Xianxia version of Water Margin

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Yelu Chun died, and the wise woman Xiao Pu seized the military and political power of Northern Liao with thunderous means. Prime Minister Li Chuwen, who wanted to dedicate Yanjing to Jiang Hongfei, hurriedly and slowly, but was still a step too late.

Xiao Pu Xiannu immediately went to court, summoned all civil and military officials, and announced the regency.

Li Chuwen also received the notice from the previous court, but he knew that the situation in Beiliao was now controlled by Xiao Puxian's daughter, and he was unwilling to accept Xiao Puxian's rule. Therefore, he claimed to be ill at home and asked his younger brother Li Chuneng to contact him if he wanted to The Liao minister who surrendered to Liangshan asked his son Li Shi to quickly contact the heroes and warriors in Yanjing in order to protect himself and prepare for emergencies.

Although Xiao Pu Xiannu declared the regency with the help of Xiao Qian and others, Li Chuwen, as the head of the officials, did not come to the meeting.

This made Xiao Pu Xiannv a little uneasy.

Moreover, Li Chuwen was a Han official and had the same species as Jiang Hongfei, Xiao Puxian's current biggest enemy, which made Xiao Puxian very uneasy about Li Chuwen.

Therefore, after all the ministers from Bei Liao left, Xiao Puxian said to Xiao Qian: "Li Chuwen has a letter in his hand. It was written to him by the late emperor, appointing him as the marshal of the infantry and infantry capital of Fanhan. With this letter here, You, Yelu Dashi, and General Shiyi Yao are all under his control. This Zhazi is very inappropriate in his hands and should be taken back as soon as possible. "

Xiao Qian said: "The Empress Dowager will announce that Lieutenant Li will enter the palace tomorrow. I ask him to hand over this Zazi. We must not leave any future troubles."

Xiannu Xiao Pu nodded: "Okay."

Early the next morning, Xiao Puxian ordered Li Chuwen to enter the palace immediately in the name of the Queen Mother, saying that she had something important to discuss with her.

Li Chuwen, Li Chuneng, and Li Shi had a long secret discussion at home.

Li Chuneng was very worried: "Both Xiao Defei and Xiao Qian are scheming and ruthless. Brother, we have to be careful. I think it's better for you to continue to complain about illness at home and not go."

Li Chuwen said leisurely: "Concubine Xiao De and Xiao Qian must be thinking about the Zhazi in my hand, which the late emperor appointed me as Marshal of the Infantry and Infantry Army of Fanhan, and want me to hand it over. I don't think they will kill me."

In the end, Li Chuwen chose to go to the palace to meet Xiao Puxian.

As soon as he entered the palace, Li Chuwen saw Xiao Qian standing in front of the palace with a knife on his waist and a cold face.

Li Chuwen immediately stepped forward and knelt down, crying and said: "I never expected that the late emperor would leave like this, so he couldn't afford to fall ill. I also have a copy of the note written by the late emperor to me, which I dare not keep privately." , are now submitted to the Queen Mother for disposal.”

With that said, Li Chuwen took out the document appointing him as Marshal of the Fanhan Horse Infantry Army from his arms, and held it to Xiao Pu Xiannu with both hands.

Li Chuwen's smart performance made Xiao Pu Xiannu very satisfied. She smiled slightly and said, "Li Taiwei is already old, so he should take care of himself. The matter of killing soldiers and horses should be left to the juniors."

Li Chuwen knew that Xiao Pu Xiannu only trusted Xiao Qian, Yelu Dashi and other Khitan people, and did not trust him at all.

Therefore, after handing over the letter of appointment as Marshal of the Han and Horse Infantry Command, Li Chuwen claimed that he was ill and would no longer go to court.

On the surface, Li Chuwen is recuperating at home, or even becoming an official.

In fact, Li Chuwen is still active in secret.

Li Chuwen asked Li Chuneng to secretly contact hundreds of Liao officials who were willing to surrender to Liangshan, and asked his son Li Shi to form a team of about 3,000 men.

——Li Shi’s main helpers were Yeluce, Gao Xie and Ma E. Yeluce was a palace guard; Gao Xie was the head of the yamen army; Ma'e was a secretary and young eunuch. Several of them contacted each other separately and secretly promised to recruit warriors with large sums of money.

Everything is going on quietly and nervously.

At this time, Zhu Fu, who had been lurking in Yanjing for a long time, approached Li Chuwen and handed Jiang Hongfei's autographed letter to Li Chuwen:

"I secretly thought that the Khitans were disgusted by the heavens, and brought about self-subversion, and the wars and disasters. At the end of the year, the old king had not returned, and the new king was isolated. Despite the turmoil, he only relied on his labor. Since ancient times, the country has not been rejuvenated as fast as the Jurchens. Liaodong In western Liaoning, we were already on the verge of death. We took Shangjing the year before and we took Zhongjing this year. They destroyed the clouds and destroyed the ancient ruins. Their livers and brains were covered with fish, and the smell was heard in the west of the Tianshan Mountains. Isn't it heartbreaking to think about the Jurchen Vehicle? Already victorious, what can be done in an isolated city of mediocrity?

I want to save the people of Yan from fire and water, so I personally lead an army of 500,000. I will go to the border to attack the people and punish them as fast as the rain. I have ordered the generals and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army not to poison the good people, but to obey the will of God, obey the people's will, and expand the world. Thistles gather together safely, this is a rough idea. If you are unconscious and disrespectful, the country will have a permanent constitution, and it will be too late to regret it. The territory of Yan is small, with an area of ​​only a few hundred miles. It is already suffering from the Jurchen invasion, and considering the return of the old monarch, the army is becoming increasingly difficult, the taxes and servitude are becoming increasingly heavy, and the food and grass are becoming increasingly scarce. This is the time when the Khitan has exhausted its destiny. Although there are wise people, why do they plan? Four of the five capitals have died, and Yan is only weak. How can it be isolated? Don’t you, your Excellency, and all the ministers of the temples know each other?

If you are good at Khitan's plan, please gather your heroes secretly. When our army comes to the city, we will detain the leading prisoners, prepare pots of pulp and baskets of food, and open the door to welcome the surrender. You will enjoy wealth and honor in the world, and this will be the next best thing to your past ambitions. Your Excellency, father and son, are determined to do this. It is a rare opportunity at this time and cannot be lost! If someone comes to surrender with his old official, he will be punished with his old official, and those with high merit will be rewarded generously. I sincerely hope that your Excellency will assess the situation and deal with it decisively. Looking to the north, we are waiting for good news. "

Li Chuwen read Jiang Hongfei's autographed letter several times, and his heart was filled with excitement!

The main reason why Li Chuwen felt that Jiang Hongfei was someone who could achieve great things was that Jiang Hongfei didn't let him persuade Xiao Pu Xiannu, Xiao Qian, Yelu Dashi and others to surrender.

No one knows better than Li Chuwen that people like Xiao Puxiannu and others disdain to surrender to the Han people. They all demand a decisive battle to the end and hold the belief that they will die.

In addition, among the Han officials, people like Zuo Qigong and others also made it clear that they would rather send money to Liangshan than send water to Liangshan. They were very angry with the Han people and believed that the Han people would take advantage of people's danger and rob them. They were very dishonest. It's so petty and unreliable.

Only one-third of the Northern Liao officials really wanted to drown themselves in Liangshan.

In such a political environment, it is simply impossible to persuade Xiao Puxiannu and others to surrender.

Unexpectedly, although Jiang Hongfei was not in Yanjing City, he had already grasped the situation in Yanjing and did not force Li Chuwen to do anything difficult. This made Li Chuwen feel that Jiang Hongfei was very reliable.

After Li Chuwen put down Jiang Hongfei's secret letter, Zhu Fucai said, "I wonder what difficulties the Taiwei is facing now?"

Li Chuwen said bluntly: "What I'm most worried about now is that I don't have an army. Without an army, I have no strength and lack of confidence. The Liao army is now divided into several parts. One part is in the hands of Xiao Qian to resist the Duke's army heading north. ; One is in the hands of Yelu Dashi, stationed at Juyongguan; the other is in the hands of the Eleven Yao generals except Yelu Dashi. They are the troops defending Yanjing. They were originally in the hands of Emperor Tianxi, but now Emperor Tianxi If they die, they are in the hands of Queen Mother Xiao."

After a pause, Li Chuwen continued: "The top priority is that I want to build an army under the command of my son. When Emperor Tianxi was alive, he gave him 70,000 yuan and taught him to form an army to resist the Jurchens. He also appointed him To be the marshal of the Han, horse and infantry forces..."

Speaking of this, Li Chuwen was a little sad. He said with regret: "Emperor Tianxi is a man of great wisdom. He actually wanted to pay tribute to the Duke of the country and jointly resist the Jurchens. Unfortunately, Empress Dowager Xiao and the others He has been secretly trying to prevent this, and Emperor Tianxi's health deteriorated due to the pressure, and finally... Alas!"

After calming down for a while, Li Chuwen continued: "Although I have tens of thousands of coins in my hands, I am really short of money to build a strong army with this small amount of spiritual money. I don't know..."

Zhu Fu smiled and said: "The Duke taught me to bring 500,000 yuan for the Taiwei. The Taiwei can use it freely. In addition, the Duke has said it first. If the money is not enough, the Taiwei can raise it again. There is no upper limit, as long as he can take it." No matter how much money you spend on going to Yanjing, it’s worth it.”

People here in Yandi, regardless of Han, have received riding and archery training since childhood, and every family raises spiritual horses, so as long as they have spiritual money, they can easily form an army.

The key point was that Jiang Hongfei thought of it before Li Chuwen brought it up, which made Li Chuwen so satisfied.

Next, Li Chuwen and Zhu Fu began to discuss the details...

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Xiongzhou.

Wu Yong, who swapped roles with Sun Jing, is back.

As soon as Wu Yong saw Jiang Hongfei, he reported to Jiang Hongfei in detail the current situation of Shuibo Liangshan in the southeast...

Fujian is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the sea to the east. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was one of the most difficult places to reach by land.

Therefore, historically, for a long period of time, Fuzhou, the only place in Fujian that could be reached by sea ships, was an enclave controlled by the central government.

After the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Wuyi Mountains in the northwest were often used as the battlefield for land offensive and defensive operations in Fujian.

Among them, there are three important passes, namely Shanguan Pass, Fenshui Pass and Xianxia Pass.

These three passes and one lock make it difficult for outsiders to enter Fujian from land.

There are actually three Fenshuiguan Passes in Fujian. The Fenshuiguan Pass in Wuyi Mountain, like Shangguan Pass, leads to Jiangnan West Road.

Xianxia Pass shapes the road boundaries of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangnan West Road.

From Xianxia Pass out of western Zhejiang, along the Minjiang River and its tributaries, passing through Pucheng, Jianou, and Nanping to Fuzhou. This route into Fujian created the earliest urban belt in Fujian.

If Xianxia Pass is lost, Fujian will have difficulty protecting itself. Therefore, Huang Chao entered Fuzhou from here at the end of the Tang Dynasty; during the Southern Ming Dynasty, as soon as Zheng Chenggong and his father Zheng Zhilong withdrew the Xianxia garrison, Qing troops filed in and reached Fuzhou.

At the beginning, when Jiang Hongfei was still in the southeast, he first captured Shangguan, Fenshuiguan, and Xianxiaguan. All the roads from the land to Fujian were sealed. In addition, Liuqiu behind Shuibo Liangshan could be used as a strategic depth for Fujian. , coupled with the extremely powerful navy in Shuibo Liangshan, Jiang Hongfei left an impregnable base in the southeast.

After Jiang Hongfei left, even before Jiang Hongfei left, the heroes from the southeast began to rise together.

Lu Shinang from Xianju County, Qiu Rixin from Yan County, Yuezhou, Zheng Mowang from Quzhou, Chen Miaozhen from Yongkang County, Huo Chengfu from Jinyun County, Chuzhou, Hong Zai from southern Chuzhou, Lingshandong from Lanxi County, Wuzhou Zhu Yan, Wu Bang, and the Zhu family in Dongyang County rose up one after another.

Among these people were Manichaean protectors, such as Lu Shinang, Qiu Taoist, and Demon King Zheng.

There are also supporters of Fang La, like Huo Chengfu and Hong Zai.

There are also some who have nothing to do with Fang La and Manichaeism, such as Chen Miaozhen, Zhu Yan, Wu Bang, and Zhu Shi.

Before Jiang Hongfei left Southeast, he told Fang Baihua, Wu Yong, Lu Zhishen, Shi Bao and others that no matter where the heroes rebelled, the Liangshan Army would go to help.

Of course, the Liangshan Army will not help in vain. Wherever it conquers, Shuibo Liangshan will send people to conduct public trials. The proceeds will be divided into 70% and 30%, and Shuibo Liangshan will keep 70%, leaving 30% for the heroes of the uprising, so that they can continue to grow and develop.

Since Fang La's rebel army was in front to support the main force of the Song army, although Jiang Hongfei did not have many Liangshan troops left in the southeast, the water-poored Liangshan army achieved great results and gained a very rich harvest.

——The southeast is extremely rich. Taking advantage of the opportunity to help heroes from all walks of life to revolt, Shuibo Liangshan earned a huge amount of money and food.

At the same time, Shuibo Liangshan has also established its prestige in the southeast. It is no exaggeration to say that Jiang Hongfei's reputation in the southeast is now second only to Fang La, and there is no third hero who can challenge the fame of Jiang Hongfei and Fang La.

——There is no airtight wall in the world. What's more, after the peace talks between Shuibo Liangshan and the Zhao and Song Dynasties, Wu Yong sent people to publicize: Fang Baihua and Fang Jinzhi were both Jiang Hongfei's concubines, and Fang La took all his sisters and daughters. It was dedicated to Jiang Hongfei to gain Jiang Hongfei's support; Fujian and Liuqiu both belong to Jiang Hongfei; Jiang Hongfei was the first person in the Southeast Uprising...

This caused a large number of heroes and heroes from the southeast to join the Liangshan Mountains, from Chen Miaozhen and Yu Daoan in the early days to Zhu Yan, Wu Bang, and the Zhu family later.

Seriously, Shuibo Liangshan now owns almost one-third of the territory in the southeast.

Not only that, before Wu Yong came back, Shuibo Liangshan's forces had penetrated into Guangnan East Road.

According to Wu Yong's estimation, it won't be long before Guangnan East Road will become a watershed in Liangshan.

From Wu Yong's report, Jiang Hongfei could easily tell that he had some regrets.

This is also understandable.

The person in charge of the overall situation in the Southeast is nominally Fang Baihua, but in fact, Fang Baihua is just a "village girl" without much knowledge. It is impossible to preside over the chaos in the Southeast. Therefore, the person who really presided over the overall situation in the Southeast before was Wu Yong.

To a certain extent, Wu Yong got the opportunity to display his talents that he had been looking forward to when he was in Southeast.

But when Wu Yong was showing off his talents, Jiang Hongfei ordered him to switch with Sun Jing.

Unable to retake Guangnan East Road with his own hands to open up territory for Jiang Hongfei and Shuibo Liangshan, and unable to continue the battle of wits and courage with Fang La and others as well as Tong Guan and others, how could Wu Yong have no regrets?

However, when Wu Yong handed over work to Sun Jing, the two also talked about it.

Seeing that Sun Jing did not hesitate to use self-destructive methods to give up the opportunity to regain Yanjing with her own hands, this also gave Wu Yong a big reminder.

——Wu Yong is also a very smart person. How can he not understand that if he wants to stay with the emperor for a long time, then don’t be greedy for merit. If anything is as good as the forest wind, it will be destroyed. Only counselors like Chen Ping and Jia Xu can survive. For a long time.

Therefore, after briefly explaining the affairs in the southeast to Sun Jing, Wu Yong took the grain ship to Xiongzhou as soon as possible.

After listening to Wu Yong's introduction to Shuibo Liangshan's current situation in the southeast, Jiang Hongfei asked: "Are you unwilling to accept my transfer of you back from the southeast?"

Wu Yong did not hide anything: "If you say no, it must be false, but I know that my brother's move is right."

Then, Wu Yong took the initiative to speak: "What Military Advisor Sun said is absolutely true. The separation of civil and military affairs cannot be delayed any longer. Military advisors can provide advice and assistance, but they cannot always command the troops..."

Wu Yong talked eloquently, telling Jiang Hongfei his understanding of the separation of civil and military affairs, his thoughts on the structure of Shuibo Liangshan, and even his outlook on the future of Shuibo Liangshan.

It can be seen that during his time in the southeast, Wu Yong did not only focus on the southeast. He was also thinking about how to improve Shuibo Liangshan.

After listening to Wu Yong's suggestion, Jiang Hongfei did not immediately discuss these matters with Wu Yong, but asked the thing he was most concerned about: "How long can Fang La resist?"

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