Xianxia version of Water Margin

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Xiongzhou, Jiang Hongfei’s residence.

At this time, there were only Jiang Hongfei and Sun Jing in the room.

Jiang Hongfei poured Sun Jing a cup of tea with his own hands and said, "You have so little confidence in me?"

Sun Jing carefully took the teacup, then shook her head: "No, on the contrary, I have too much confidence in the Duke now, and concluded that the world must belong to the Duke, so I wanted to hang out in the south for a few years to avoid the limelight and come back. Let’s serve our country like a dog and a horse again.”

Jiang Hongfei and Sun Jing were talking about completely different things.

Jiang Hongfei knew that Sun Jing's extortion of the Ever Victorious Army this time was not only to help him eliminate the hidden danger of the Evervictorious Army, which had repeatedly rebelled in history, but also to slander himself. To put it bluntly, he did not want to lead the army anymore. I was afraid that my high performance would shock my master, so I wanted to go to the southeast to change with Wu Yong.

Jiang Hongfei felt that Sun Jing was so cautious because he had no confidence in his own mind. He would not kill heroes like Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang, and his target was Liu Xiu.

But Sun Jing was determined not to take this risk. He insisted: "Although I have read some military books and tactics in my early years, I have no ability to restrain the literati, but how can I really know how to lead the army to fight? Previously, the Duke's men had no There are talents in commanding the army, and the ministers have the courage to support them. Today, the Duke has many talented generals, and the separation of civil and military affairs implemented by the Duke is a good strategy for governing the country. The minister has a lazy temper, and is unwilling to take the path of martial arts, or even unwilling to Being an official means retreating from the rapids and being a counselor safely. This is what I want."

After a pause, Sun Jing said again: "Today, I, Shuibo Liangshan, am no longer a petty quarrel in the past. Some rules should be established, so we should start by obeying the ministers. As for the recovery of the sixteen states of Yanyun, we can teach you a lot." Under the command of Lady Liu and Lady Jia, assisted by Zhu Junjun, Chen Guozhang, Military Advisor Gongsun, Military Advisor Wu, Military Advisor Wen, Madam Xu, Madam Wang and others, after the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were recovered, the generals trained by the Duke of Guo also grew up. It’s time to fully implement the separation of civil and military forces.”

After hearing Sun Jing's heartfelt words, Jiang Hongfei said leisurely: "Well, if the military advisor insists on doing this, Baihua will have trouble with the military advisor."

Sun Jing said with a smile: "Military Wu has a very good foundation in the southeast, and I, Xiao Guicao, can do whatever he wants."

Jiang Hongfei was still very confident in Sun Jing's abilities and believed that with him assisting Fang Baihua, there would be no problems in the southeast.

Jiang Hongfei said nothing else.

As for the little money Sun Jing got from the Chang Sheng Army for self-corruption, Jiang Hongfei didn't ask Sun Jing to spit it out, so he let Sun Jing keep it and feel at ease.

Soon, Sun Jing wrote a confession of guilt and requested to be promoted to an official position: "If the ministers of the country are not used to their full capacity, and if the ministers are not appointed, they will not be dedicated. The ministers who are destined to be poorly blessed, take the yin and yang of violence, accumulate worries internally, and be exhausted externally. If Xu Chen returns his seal, retreats to his home, escapes the turmoil, and reaps the rewards in the land of mulberry trees and elm trees, he will not be a ghost. I will bear no responsibility, but I will always say that this kindness is for the ultimate benefit..."

Jiang Hongfei rejected Sun Jing's request to become an official, but just beat Sun Jing to the end, sent her to Fuzhou, and served her for her crime.

Sun Jing didn't stay in Xiongzhou for more than a day, and took a boat to the south early the next morning.

Jiang Hongfei then issued an edict to amnesty the two places on the grounds of recovering the lost land in Yizhou and Zhuozhou. The edict stated:

"Those who prohibit violence regard non-killing as a force, and practice benevolence and righteousness as a teacher; the people of the region regard fraternity as a public spirit, and show virtue with dignity. Jiang Yanke respects the former martyrs and restores the plan of his predecessor Yan Yi. I miss Yan Yun for a long time. Being reduced to barbarians, the noble family of the old family was scattered among the four chiefs; the vast valleys and great rivers prevented the Jiu Ji clan..."

In this edict, Jiang Hongfei blamed himself for not taking good care of Chang Shengjun.

Then, Jiang Hongfei issued an order to bury the soldiers who died in the Chang Sheng Army generously, pay heavy compensation to the family members of the Chang Sheng Army, and ordered the officials of Li Cao to do their best to help the family members of the Chang Sheng Army reorganize their new homes.

In addition, Jiang Hongfei promoted Yaoshi Guo to the rank of General Zuowei and rewarded him with fifty thousand spiritual coins.

On the surface, this matter was because Sun Jing was greedy for Chang Shengjun's money and persecuted Chang Shengjun. When Jiang Hongfei found out, he became furious and, regardless of Sun Jing's hard work and achievements, beat Sun Jing to the end to avenge Chang Shengjun and compensate him. He killed Yaoshi Guo and comforted the family members of Chang Shengjun. It can be said that Jiang Hongfei did his best to be benevolent and righteous, and outsiders could not find anything wrong with Jiang Hongfei.

But as the person involved, Pharmacist Guo clearly felt that it must be because Jiang Hongfei was worried about their Chang Sheng Army that Sun Jing dealt with the Chang Sheng Army.

It's normal for Pharmacist Guo to guess the whole story, because no one knows better than him what is going on with the Ever Victorious Army.

A few years ago, Gao Yongchang, a Bohai native from Tokyo, rebelled, killed Xiao Baoxian, who stayed in Tokyo, and proclaimed himself emperor of the Great Bohai Kingdom, taking control of more than fifty states in Liaodong.

Yelu Yanxi sent Prime Minister Zhang Lin to attack, but Zhang Lin was defeated by the Jurchens in Shenzhou.

Later, Yelu Yanxi appointed King Yelu Chun of Yan as the marshal of the capital and ordered him to go to conquer. Yelu Chun recruited hungry people in Liaodong and formed an army, known as the "Resentful Army", which means an army that complained about the Jurchens.

After the establishment of the Resentment Army, rebellions broke out one after another, especially in the first month of last year. Dong Xiuxiu, the general of the Resentment Army, was executed because he rebelled against Lizhou. His generals, Luo Qinghan and others, led their troops to rebel and attack Jinzhou. Guo Yaoshi took action in time, killing Luo Qinghan and other rebels, and stood out for his meritorious service.

Then, Xiao Qian and Yelu Yujian led their troops to quell the rebellion, and were ordered to completely solve the rebellion problem of the resentful army.

Yelu Yujian suggested to Xiao Qian: "Two battalions rebelled the year before last and plundered Qianzhou, and they have been recruited. This year, the whole army rebelled again and attacked Jinzhou. If our army does not come, tens of thousands of residents will be killed if the city is destroyed. So-called The resentful army has failed to complain to the Jin people, but has repeatedly complained and rebelled against my family. If we take advantage of them to disarm and send troops to cover up and kill them all, we will never have trouble in the future."

Xiao Qian disagreed and said: "There are also those who are loyal and righteous for a moment, so how can we kill them all?"

Xiao Qian carried out a large-scale reorganization of the resentful army, leaving only 2,000 men and horses, organized into four battalions, led by Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Linghui, Liu Shunren, and Zhen Wuchen respectively. The rest of the men were scattered among the various forbidden armies.

Judging from the short history of the Resentment Army, this is a team with a tradition of rebellion.

After Yelu Chun became emperor, Xiao Qian recommended Guo Pharmacist to come to Yanjing to serve as the imperial palace official, that is, the emperor's attendant.

Later, Yelu Chun renamed the Resentful Army to the Changsheng Army, promoted Yaoshi Guo to the rank of General of the Guard, commanded the Changsheng Army, and left Zhuozhou behind.

Judging from the short history of the Resentment Army, this is a team with a tradition of rebellion.

Therefore, after Guo Yaoshi and Chang Shengjun returned to Shuibo Liangshan, they were always worried that Jiang Hongfei would doubt their loyalty, so they tried their best to find opportunities to show their loyalty. Whenever Yelu Yanxi was mentioned, they immediately changed their expressions and said: "Emperor Tianzuo is our old master. If the old master is still there, how dare we surrender to the king? Because the old master has fled, and we have sworn not to surrender to the Jurchens, Only then did he surrender to the Duke."

In addition, according to tradition, the costumes of the Han people in the Central Plains are mainly with the right gusset, while the costumes of the nomadic people are mainly with the left gusset. As recorded in the "Book of the Later Han": "Qianghu were given left gussets." According to common sense, after the Ever-victorious Army returned to Shuibo Liangshan, they should abide by the dress code of the Han people and change to wearing right-hand folds and growing their hair. However, the officers and soldiers of the Ever-Victorious Army ignored this and kept wholesale left-hand folds.

Now that Medicine Master Guo thinks about it, it may be because of their actions that aroused Jiang Hongfei's suspicion. In other words, they completely shot themselves in the foot.

Come to think of it.

Their victorious army has all surrendered to Jiang Hongfei, but they open their mouths to be loyal to Yelu Yanxi and shut up their allegiance to Yelu Yanxi. This seems to be a sign of loyalty, but in fact it can be regarded as "remaining love" for the old master Yelu Yanxi. The key point is Yelu Yanxi is not dead yet. If Yelu Yanxi comes back from Jiashan one day to recruit their ever-victorious army, will their ever-victorious army respond to Yelu Yanxi's call, or will they continue to stay and serve Jiang Hongfei?

The key is, if Jiang Hongfei is not the weak Zhao Ji, how can he get used to Chang Shengjun's bad habits?

Since the Ever Victorious Army does not surrender wholeheartedly, Jiang Hongfei would rather spend a little money to deal with the Ever Victorious Army once and for all.

Based on these speculations, after seeing Jiang Hongfei, who was wearing big beads, necklaces, sewn silk, and gold and green gauze war robes, Medical Master Guo hurriedly stopped in front of His Highness and said with tears: "I heard about the Duke of our country in the barbarians. It's really great." Like in heaven, I didn’t expect to see the face of the king with my own eyes today. This is why I died for this, and I am deeply honored!”

Jiang Hongfei said: "I am very pleased that General Guo can understand the righteousness and lead his army to surrender to me in Shuibo Liangshan to help me recover the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. The general has both civil and military skills. He is a rare commander. It is a pity that the ever-victorious army is no longer there. Sigh... Otherwise, how can I rebuild a victorious army for the general?"

Pharmacist Guo really wanted to agree, really, really, really, really!

But Medical Master Guo felt keenly that Jiang Hongfei did not trust him. If he dared to choose to continue to lead the army, he would most likely follow in the footsteps of the soldiers of the Victory Army who were killed by Sun Jing.

Guo Yaoshi believed in his own intuition, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Wei Chen has been leading the army since he was seventeen years old. He has been working for thirty years, but he is really tired of commanding the army. Wei Chen heard that our Liangshan Army has a staff officer, and he only needs to make suggestions." , Don’t go to the battlefield unless necessary. I want to ask for the grace of the Duke. I want to steal a few years of leisure and become a staff officer. "

Jiang Hongfei took a deep look at Yaoshi Guo and confirmed, "Are you sure you want to take the staff path?"

Pharmacist Guo hurriedly said: "I sincerely mean this, I hope that the Duke of our country will do it!"

Jiang Hongfei said: "Okay, since you want to be a staff officer, then I will make it happen for you."

Pharmacist Guo immediately thanked him: "Thank you, Lord, for your grace!"

Suddenly, Jiang Hongfei changed the subject and said, "By the way, I still want to entrust you with something, is that okay?"

Pharmacist Guo hurriedly paused and replied: "Wei Chen is a barbarian from far away. Today, I have received great favor from heaven and earth. I swear to be loyal to the country to the death, even if I walk through fire and water, risk my life, and be broken into pieces, I am willing to do so. No matter what happens, I will definitely die." Handle it with your heart.”

Jiang Hongfei said: "I want to capture Emperor Tian Zuo. If you meet him, capture him for me so that the people of Yanshan will no longer have illusions about him. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Pharmacist Guo hesitated and his expression changed!

Pharmacist Guo carefully worded his test and said: "Emperor Tian Zuo is the old master of Wei Chen. His old master fled, so I surrendered to the Duke. The Duke teaches his ministers to do whatever they want, and I will not hesitate to die. Only for this matter, I hope that the Duke will leave it to others. I will be loyal to the Duke just as I was loyal to my old master. If I have any objection to my old master, what else can I use to be loyal to my father..."

At this point, Pharmacist Guo saw Jiang Hongfei looking at him with a half-smile.

Pharmacist Guo was suddenly sweating profusely!

——Pharmacist Guo realized that he had said the wrong thing. He had guessed correctly before. Jiang Hongfei wanted him not to be clean but to be loyal to Jiang Hongfei. Jiang Hongfei even almost said: "If you still have your old master in your heart, , how can I use you?"

After thinking about this, Yaoshi Guo quickly changed his words: "Wei Chen is already a staff officer. If he meets Emperor Tian Zuo by chance, if Wei Chen really meets Emperor Tian Zuo, then it is God's will who taught Wei Chen to end things like this with Emperor Tian Zuo. I will capture Emperor Tian Zuo and present it to the Duke!"

After hearing what Medical Master Guo said, Jiang Hongfei nodded with a smile.

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I heard that Zhuozhou was also lost, the victorious army surrendered to Jiang Hongfei, and Yelv Chun, the Emperor of Tianxi in Northern Liao, spat out a mouthful of blood, and then fell ill.

On this day, Yelu Chun, who was bedridden, suddenly saw some black bats flying around in the Yaochi Palace.

Yelu Chun said to the wise woman Xiao Pu: "How can there be bats flying in in this clear sky and day? Where did they fly in? Drive them out quickly!"

Xiao Pu Xiannu quickly asked people to drive away the bats in the hall.

In fact, there were no bats in the hall at all. This was just Yelu Chun's illusion.

Xiao Puxiannu felt that Yelu Chun's condition was getting worse.

Sure enough, Yelu Chun was in a trance for a while, then awake for a while, and his head was groggy.

Two days later, Xiao Qian hurriedly came to Yaochi Palace and whispered to Yelu Chun: "Your Majesty, I have just received a spy report that King Xiangyin gathered in Jiashan Mountain from Tiande, Yunnei, Shuo, Wu, Ying, Wei and other places. The Han soldiers and horses, claiming to have 50,000 elite cavalry, are preparing to leave Jiashan in August and rush to Nanjing. "

Yelu Chun was greatly shocked. He hurriedly ordered Xiao Qian: "Hurry up and gather the ministers and come here to discuss countermeasures."

After receiving the notice, all the Fanhan ministers from Northern Liao came to the Yaochi Palace in Miyagi City for a meeting.

Looking at the white-haired, haggard, skinny, and lifeless Yelu Chun, all the ministers in the Northern Liao Dynasty felt sad and anxious.

Yelu Chun was half lying on the bed, looking at the ministers and said: "There is a spy report today that the King of Xiangyin will lead 50,000 elite cavalry out of Jiashan and come to Nanjing in August. What do you think we should do?"

The ministers looked at each other, speechless.

Later, it was Li Chuwen and Xiao Qian who advocated the strategy of "welcoming Qin and rejecting Hunan".

The so-called "Qin" refers to King Yeluding of Qin, the son of Yelu Yanxi.

The so-called "Xiang" refers to Yelu Yanxi, the Lord of Liao, because he has been demoted to the king of Xiangyin by the Northern Liao government.

The ministers all agreed with this strategy.

However, Yelu Ning, who was deployed in the southern camp, raised objections: "If King Xiangyin can capture Yanjing with his remaining troops, it means that his destiny has not been fulfilled. How can we refuse him? King Yelu Ding of Qin is his son. If you want to refuse, just refuse together. How can we welcome him?" His son rejects his father’s principles?”

When Li Chuwen heard this, he was furious and wanted to put Yeruning to death for disturbing the morale of the army.

Yelu Chun stopped him and said, "This is a loyal minister and cannot be killed. If King Xiangyin comes to Nanjing, I will only die. I will no longer be able to see him face to face!"

After saying that, Yelu Chun burst into tears.

While crying, Yelu Chun's coughing suddenly worsened, he was out of breath, threw his head back, and fainted again.

The imperial doctors who were waiting beside him rushed forward to rescue him.

It wasn't until the next morning that Yelu Chun woke up leisurely.

At this time, the sun was shining brightly, filling the wooden lattice windows. Yelu Chun felt that his mind was particularly refreshing today. He asked Xiannu Xiao Pu to inform Li Chuwen to come to see her.

Yelu Chun personally wrote a letter (i.e. letter of appointment) to Li Chuwen in front of Xiao Puxian's daughter, conferring Li Chuwen the title of Marshal of the Fanhan Horse Infantry Army, and told him: "After my death, you must welcome King Yelu Ding of Qin to succeed him." The position must not be wrong.”

Li Chuwen agreed with tears in his eyes.

Yelu Chun waved his hand and told Li Chuwen to go down, then closed his eyes as if falling asleep.

In fact, Yelu Chun didn't sleep. He really couldn't sleep.

Now, Jiang Hongfei has sent hundreds of thousands of troops to the southern border, and has also captured the two states of Yi and Zhuo. The Jurchen soldiers and horses have arrived in Fengsheng Prefecture in the west. Half of the nine states behind the mountains have fallen into his hands, and Yelu Yanxi is about to lead his army to Yan. Beijing.

These three sharp arrows are all aimed at Yanjing. How can Yanjing be saved?

Yelu Chun slowly opened his eyes and looked at the half-old lady Xiao Pu. He couldn't help but think: "After I die, I don't know who this beauty will take advantage of. Alas~~~!!!"

Yelu Chun thought of the scene when he married Xiao Puxian more than ten years ago. At that time, the Liao Kingdom had not yet revealed its signs of subjugation. He was not yet fifty years old. It was a good time for a man to be high-spirited, so he Regardless of the huge age gap of thirty years between her and Xiao Puxian's daughter, he married Xiao Puxian's daughter, known as "the most beautiful woman in the Liao Kingdom", and became his stepmother.

But not long after Yeluchun married Xiao Puxian's daughter, civil strife began to break out frequently in the Liao Kingdom. Later, Wu Yashu, the leader of the Jurchen alliance, died of illness, and Aguda succeeded the alliance leader, saying that Du Bo Ji Lie, the Liao-Jin War broke out soon, and then the Bohai Sea Gao Yongchang, a descendant of the Chinese aristocracy, rebelled against the Liao Dynasty and occupied the Liaoyang Prefecture in the capital of the Liao Dynasty. He claimed to be the Emperor of the Great Bohai Sea and soon founded the country.

From then on, Yelu Chun was like a paper painter, constantly tinkering with the big leaky house of the Liao Empire, hoping that it would last longer.

In a blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed, and he has reached the end of his life.

Yelu Chun didn't know that he was sorry for Xiao Puxian. For the sake of the Liao Empire, he sent Xiao Puxian to Yelu Yanxi, and she was imprisoned by Yelu Yanxi for many years.

But if he hadn't done that at that time, the Liao Empire would have fallen apart.

He had failed Xiao Pu, but he had no choice but to do so.

Yelu Chun knew that Xiao Puxian had a strong personality, was extremely capable, and was ambitious. After his death, Bei Liao would most likely fall into Xiao Puxian's hands.

But he could no longer control the matter.

The key is that even if he defeats the wise woman Xiao Pu, he cannot solve the current predicament of the Liao Empire.

So it’s better to let Xiao Pu Xiannu give it a try.

Yelu Chun said to Xiao Pu Xiannu: "After my death, you have to take care of yourself. I am afraid that my ascending the throne and proclaiming myself emperor will involve you sooner or later. Time? Destiny?" After saying this, he shed tears silently.

Seeing that Yelu Chun's condition was getting worse, Li Chuwen hurriedly sent someone to secretly inform the Khitan and Xi ministers that his Majesty was seriously ill and asked everyone to come to Yaochi Palace to take care of him.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the palace, Li Chuwen quietly left the palace. He wanted to close the gates of Yanjing and block generals such as Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi from the city gates, and then send people to Xiongzhou to contact Jiang Hongfei and ask Jiang Hongfei to lead his army. At that time, he would open the door to welcome the surrender.

Yes.

Li Chuwen wanted to drown himself in Liangshan.

This is normal, because Li Chuwen is Han Chinese, and Jiang Hongfei has also proven his strength.

However, when Li Chuwen arrived at Yingchun Gate, the gatekeeper reported to him that the king of the Fourth Army had led 3,000 elite cavalry into the city quickly.

Li Chuwen was shocked when he heard the news: "Xiao Qian led his army into the city, it must have been arranged by Concubine Xiao De! Alas, I was a step too late after all!"

Li Chuwen knew that Xiao Puxiannu, Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi had already joined forces, and they had already made arrangements secretly, but he did not expect them to move so fast.

When Xiao Qian led his troops to Yaochi Palace, Yelu Chun had stopped breathing.

This day is the night of June 24th.

Xiao Qian immediately blocked the news, imposed martial law on the imperial city, and ordered the ministers to come to Yaochi Palace to discuss matters.

After the ministers of Beiliao came to the imperial city, they saw that there was a post every three steps and a sentry every five steps, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

Xiao Qian loudly announced to all the ministers of Northern Liao: "In accordance with your Majesty's last will and testament, Yeluding, the son of Emperor Tianzuo, is appointed as the emperor, and his concubine Xiao is the empress dowager. Since Yelvding is far away in Jiashan with his father, Xiao is appointed as the empress dowager. The Queen Mother is in charge of military matters."

Everyone was obedient and no one dared to raise objections.

Xiao Puxian's daughter immediately changed her reign name to "Dexing", making no secret of her ambition...

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