Chapter 38 Chapter Thirty-eight

In this way, the arrival of Zheng Xu brought this dead game to life, and made the marriage between Wang Zongyao and He Linlan possible.Afterwards, He Yiyang hosted a banquet in He Village for Zheng Xu and Wang Zongyao.Three days later, Ling Zongyao, Lin Lan, and Lin Ze led 3,000 vanguards and Zheng Xu's 5,000 troops to Chengdu first. Then he packed up the whole village and led the rest of his troops and countless money and food to Wang Jian. He Yiyang's surrender caused quite a commotion in Xichuan, and many local tyrants burned down the manor one after another, throwing their wealth and defecting to Wang Jian.However, for more than a month, thirty to forty thousand local tyrants and chieftains, big and small, had surrendered. Wang Jian treated each other with courtesy, and went to the court to represent their official positions one by one.

In the first month of the first year of the Dragon Age (889 A.D.), Wang Jian was bestowed by the imperial court, and he subdued local tyrants, big and small, in Xichuan. His morale was boosted and his troops increased greatly. He decided to attack Chengdu in two groups: one led by Jin Hui and himself, and Wang Zongyao and Wang Zongbi continued to launch a frontal attack at Sima Bridge in the north of the city as the principal and deputy vanguards; another route led by Li Shitai, Zhang Zao, Wang Zongkan, and Li Jian led 10,000 soldiers to attack Huanhuazhai in the southwest of the city, and took the Xipu to Pengzhou, an important town in Xichuan.

On this day, Zheng Xu was telling Wang Jian about the conversation with He Yiyang when the soldiers outside came to report: Mr. Boya asked to see him.Wang Jian tidied up his clothes with great energy, and said loudly, "Please!" Since Zhou Xiang helped him, Wang Jian's confidence continued to grow.Just as he was thinking, he saw Zhou Xiang leading an old man walking in. Wang Jian looked at the person next to Zhou Xiang up and down, and saw that this person was wearing a five-square scarf, a green satin coarse cloth round-neck gown, and black satin money boots; looking at his face, this person was over half a hundred years old, but he was born with delicate features, red lips, white teeth, and two Beads on the earlobes, and five long silver-white beards fluttering on the chest, appearing to be quite graceful.

Before Wang Jian could ask, Zhou Xiang recommended, "My lord, this is Xiang's old friend, Zhang Lin, who was the governor of Meizhou." Wang Jian looked back at Zheng Xu in surprise, and sighed that all wishes come true!Just now when Zheng Xu mentioned that He Yiyang strongly recommended the three of them, Wang Jian wished he could see this talented Zhang Lin immediately. Zhou Xiang brought it to him. Before, Wang Jian asked Zheng Xu about the reason for Xichuan's prosperity.Zheng Xu said that Xichuan relied on the precipitous Jiange, which is a relatively closed environment, and there has never been a major war in the past dynasties; the second is Xichuan's water conservancy.Since the early Qin Dynasty, Li Bing and his son used the Yangtze River to conquer Chu, and built the Weiwei Weir to divert water from the Chengdu Plain. All dynasties have received it.Apart from the Weiwei Weir, the most famous one in Xichuan is "Tongji Weir". As early as the last years of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty, Wen Weng was the prefect of Shu County. In addition to building a stone room to educate the people of Shu, Wen Weng made another outstanding contribution It is to divert water from the Minjiang River in Wuyang to build a weir, and open six water gates for irrigation; in the Jin Dynasty, it was called the Pujiang Dayan; in the Kaiyuan period of this dynasty, Zhang Qiu, who successively served as the governor of Yizhou and the Jiedu envoy of Jiannan in Xichuan, was also in charge In the twenty-eighth year of Kaiyuan (740 A.D.), the people led the crowd to build this weir again. More than 240 miles of irrigation canals were dug from the mouth of the Qiongjiang River in Xinjin.In the reign of the first emperor, it was Zhang Lin, who was the governor of Meizhou at that time, who expanded the weir to irrigate thousands of hectares and renamed it Tongji weir...

The elder in front of him is that well-known virtuous official who governs the state well and is admired by the people of Xichuan!Although Zhou Xiang is good at using soldiers, he is limited to troubled times after all.If he really wins Chengdu and becomes the master of Xichuan, if he wins Zhang Lin, why worry about not succeeding in the king's career?Thinking of this, Wang Jian stepped forward respectfully, gave Zhang Lin a deep salute, and said: "I heard the name of Mr. Zhang early, and it is like thunder! Mr. Zhang built the Tongji Weir to benefit all the people. There is a saying in Xichuan that 'there is Zhang Enrage before Zhang Lin!" Gong, Shujue water conservancy and abundant rice. Nanyang Du's poems are different, why not use it as a work of heaven.' An ode!"

Zhou Xiang didn't expect that Wang Jian not only knew about Zhang Lin, but also blurted out Xi Chuan's folk song praising Zhang Lin.Then he said with a smile to Zhang Lin: "Mr. Zhang's name is worthy of the word 'Ru Lei Guan Er'!" Then he said to Wang Jian: "Mr. Zhang and my lord are both from Xuzhou. He knows that the people of Xichuan suffer from the abuse of the Chen brothers. The imperial court is attacking Xichuan, and I am here to pay my respects to my lord, willing to do my best for the imperial court." "It is my honor, Wang Jian, to work with adults!"

"Wang Situ is too modest. When Lin was an official in Meizhou, he had heard of Situ's wisdom for a long time. Situ has both courage and strategy and treats literati well. He is indeed a hero in my Xuzhou! Although Lin is not talented, she is willing to make contributions to the country from Situ Follow the work of a dog and a horse, and do your best for the happiness of the people of Xichuan!" "Okay! If Xichuan Yingjie understands righteousness like Zhang Gong, the wish of the emperor to make the people live and work in peace and contentment will be realized!" "My lord, General Shitai and General Tian Wei were defeated in Xinfan..." Zhou Xiang's words froze the smile on Wang Jian's face.He recalled that when he was running with Han Jian back then, in order to deceive Lu Yanhong's trust, he had to leave some of the elite in Xingyuan.However, the thousands of soldiers Li Shitai brought from Zhongzhou are elite soldiers who have experienced battles in the past ten years. How could they capsize in such a small place as Xinfan?

"Who is the new general?" Wang Jian's low voice suddenly became hoarse. Zheng Xu replied before Zhou Xiang: "It's the Shan Xingzhang I mentioned just now." "What is this person's background?" "According to Yuanwai He, this man was born in Orion. He is extremely powerful and brave. In his early years, he followed Gao Qianli to suppress Nanzhao and made great achievements many times. He is known as the number one fierce general in Xichuan. If he can't defeat this man, it may be difficult to win Chengdu." "Okay, you write a letter to Shitai and ask him to persist for another ten days. I will beat Chen Jingxuan until he dares not open the city gate of Chengdu, so that he can use his hands to meet this mountain chapter!"

The defender of Chengdu North City is the well-known Song Xingneng.When the emperor ordered the conquest of Xichuan, Chen Jingxuan was not timid.Firstly, relying on Chengdu’s abundance of food and grass, secondly, Xichuan’s famous generals gathered: in Pengzhou, the governor Yang Sheng was good at raising soldiers, and his soldiers were strong and strong. In addition to Pengzhou’s unique geographical location, he was able to compete with Chengdu; With him supporting the enemy soldiers, Xichuan became one of the most difficult places to conquer; in addition, in Chengdu, Song Xingneng had undue bravery, and this last defense gave Chen Jingxuan a reassurance.

The north gate of Chengdu is slowly opening, and Song Xingneng will start a desperate battle with the siege pioneer Wang Zongyao at Sima Bridge. This Sima Bridge was originally called Shengxian Bridge, and Shengxian Water has been flowing under the bridge for thousands of years.After Sima Xiangru, a talented scholar in the Western Han Dynasty, touched the heart of Miss Wenjun with a song "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix", he surprised Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty with a song "Zi Xu Fu".The news of Emperor Wu summoning Xiangru flew to Chengdu. Xiangru, who had always been underappreciated, bid farewell to Wenjun and his friends and left Chengdu from Shengxian Bridge, leaving behind the heroic words of "not taking a high-powered car and four horses, but going down under you".Later, Sima Xiangruo returned to his hometown in fine clothes, so the ancient bridge got its name.

At this moment, Wang Zongyao didn't have the heart to investigate the origin of this ancient bridge, he just wanted to fight to determine the world and break through the North City.Looking from a distance, Song Xingneng, the general of Shu, is holding a Zaoyang lance, with a golden helmet and armor, majestic and majestic.Although Zong Yao is newly married, she is eager to fight.A few days ago, right here, he beheaded two of Song Xingneng's subordinate generals, boosting the morale of the Yongping army, and forcing Song Xingneng to avoid the city and not fight.These few days, Zong Yao really lived like a year.He heard that Wang Zongkan's vanguard had won a great victory in Huanhuazhai in the southwest of the city, and that everything went well when they marched into Pengzhou, so he couldn't help feeling anxious.Although in the strategic deployment of Wang Jian and Zhou Xiang, they did not expect to attack Chengdu from the front, but Zong Yao took the title of pioneer this time very seriously, and his impatience also more or less affected Deputy pioneer Zong Bi. The war drums were beating, and Zong Yao held a long spear in his hand to urge the horse forward, wishing he could shoot the opponent off the horse in twos and threes.Song Xingneng faced the battle carefully, not daring to neglect in the slightest.The two fought on horseback for more than 50 rounds, but the winner was not decided.Zong Yao shot several times in a row, and each shot was as fierce as a single shot, killing Song Xingneng so hard that he could only parry.At this moment, Zong Yao suddenly noticed a shadow flying towards him with the sound of wind in front of his left. He instinctively realized that someone in the opponent's formation had shot a cold shot, and Zong Yao hurriedly threw his whole body onto the horse's back... ... This arrow came fiercely, the moment Zong Yao fell back, with a "snap", the eagle feather passed Zong Yao's head.When he reacted again, his helmet had rolled to the ground, and the Zaoyang lance in Song Xingneng's hand was already approaching him... Zong Yao didn't have time to lament his narrow escape, and immediately took the reins, and the war horse dodged, Dodged Song Xingneng's spear.Song Xingneng also turned his horse around, turned over and smashed his spear at Zong Yao's back. At this moment, he saw a three-pointed and two-tough knife rising from the bottom of the spear and flying towards the big spear with the sound of wind - only heard "" With a sound of clang, Da Yang was blocked by the sword, and Song Xingneng's horse couldn't help but retreat several steps. Zong Yao looked up and saw that it was Wang Zongbi who saved her. Song Xingneng took a few steps back, feeling a little guilty in his heart.Although he hadn't seen Zong Bi fighting with the Shu army in the past few days, and he didn't know how far Zong Bi's ability was compared to Zong Yao's, but this fight made him fearful of the strength of the young man in front of him.He gritted his teeth and fought Zong Bi for another seven or eight rounds, but the more he fought, the more embarrassing he became.The general in front of him is so skillful in playing with a big knife.Wang Jianshan used the big sword, presumably Zong Biding got his father's advice: Thinking of this, Song Xingneng was a little timid.But Zong Bi relied on his youth and vigor, but became more and more courageous as he fought. Song Xingneng danced the lance in a circle in the air, and taking advantage of Zong Bi's parry, he rode his horse and ran eastward.Zong Bi turned his horse around, saw that Song Xingneng was fleeing in defeat, he threw his sword behind his back and chased after him.After chasing for a few steps, Zong Bi suddenly noticed that Song Xingneng's horse was not at a loose pace, and he guessed that the other party was trying to trick him.But Zong Bi unexpectedly turned his heart, handed the broadsword to his left hand, lightly took the rein with his right hand, clamped the horse's belly tightly with his legs, and chased after him. Song Xingneng didn't expect that Wang Zongbi would dare to catch up with him. He slowed down his horse and carefully observed the shadows of the two war horses on the ground.And a horse's head chased to the horse's tail, Song Xingneng suddenly turned around and raised his spear to stab; Zong Bi threw away his sword and pretended to fall off the horse, but his left hand firmly grasped the saddle... Song Xingneng thought that Zong Bi was out of order, threw away his weapon and fell off his horse, so he turned his horse with confidence, and Zaoyang Li went straight to pick Zong Bi—unexpectedly, at the critical moment, Zong Bi suddenly raised his right hand and grabbed at the stabbing man. When the strength in Song Xingneng's hand was at the end of the crossbow, Zong Bi turned his wrist and snatched the lance from the handle.Zong Bi jumped briskly, got on his horse, and raised his spear to stab Song Xingneng back. Song Xingneng was shocked and did not dare to fight.He flattered his ass and lost to the city in a flash. When the Shu army saw that the main general was defeated, they panicked and rushed back to the city.Zong Yao and Zong Bi took advantage of the situation to catch up, but were blocked by the rain of arrows from the top of the city.When chasing to the city gate, the Shu army had already pulled up the suspension bridge, but they had no choice but to withdraw their troops and return to the camp. Zong Yao suffered a cold shot before the battle that day and almost lost to Song Xingneng, but Zong Bi risked his life and made a great contribution, which made him very angry.Then I often recalled what my adoptive father said to Zong Bi after returning to the camp: "You use death to win, I see it in my eyes and it hurts in my heart! If you win Chengdu in the future, I will forgive you for ten deaths!" The scene of his father stroking Zong Bi's back vividly.He couldn't blame Zong Bi for taking the lead from him, but he could only blame himself for not being good at marksmanship and not being able to challenge the enemy.Fortunately, Wang Jian still gave him trust, and the next task of the Xinfan Battle was handed over to him and his father-in-law, He Yiyang.This is the best opportunity to rectify your name, don't let it go! He thought all the way, while rushing to the army village, preparing to discuss with Lin Lan about the Xinfan decisive battle, but he saw a group of soldiers in mourning clothes outside the gate of the village.Zong Yao was startled, and hurriedly asked his wife, "Whose team is wearing mourning outside?" Seeing that her husband returned safely, Lin Lan breathed a sigh of relief.She whispered back: "Something went wrong... Zhang Yuhou was killed in Huanhuazhai..." Zong Yao was taken aback: "Zhang Yuhou was ordered to attack Nancheng, how could he fight against Huanhuazhai in the west of the city! Besides, he is superb in martial arts and cautious in using troops, how could he be like this?" Lin Lan shook her head: "I just heard from the reporter that Chen Jingxuan kept mobilizing troops from Huanhuazhai to support Pengzhou. Zhang Yuhou was afraid that Zong Kan would not be able to support Pengzhou, so he insisted on bringing 3,000 people to attack Huanhuazhai. At first, the battle went smoothly, and the Shu army dared not gather any more generals, but unfortunately, they were caught in an ambush at Ruoqiao. Zhang Yuhou fought against all the generals, led his own soldiers to kill a bloody road, and saved the main force, but was accidentally hit Poisoned arrows, when you return to the army and the arrow wounds occur, then..." "Alas!" Zong Yao felt sore in her heart.Although he didn't have a deep relationship with Zhang Zao, he knew that Zhang Zao had a kindness with his adoptive father, and later worked together in Zhongwu Army and Shence Army, and the two had a deep relationship.Zhang Yuhou was shrouded in horse leather before he left the army, and his adoptive father would definitely be deeply saddened.Thinking of this, he couldn't help complaining: "As the chief general, Zhang Yuhou shouldn't have gone to Huanhua Village..." "That's right. Now the army in the south of the city is in disarray. Many soldiers blame General Li Jian for Zhang Yuhou's death." Zong Yao bowed his head and said nothing, he vaguely felt that stabilizing the morale of the army seemed more important than dealing with Zhang Yuhou's funeral.After thinking about it, he told Lin Lan a few words, and hurried to his adoptive father's military tent. Zong Yao came to the big tent and saw that teachers Zheng Xu, Zhou Xiang and Zhang Jie had gathered together.Zong Yao stood on one side after seeing his adoptive father, and he clearly saw that the tears on Wang Jian's face were still wet. "Brother, Li Dalang, as a lieutenant general, has no reason to hide himself in the camp and let Zhang Yuhou go to work?" Zhang Jie shouted emotionally with his beard shaking, "If you want me to say, just drag him and chop him up , Pay for Zhang Yuhou's life!" "Don't talk nonsense! That's what Zhang Yuhou insisted on going..." Wang Jian said. "Brother, I didn't open my mouth to frame people. Li Dalang was born to fight! Last time you beat Langzhou and asked him and Zong Yao to be the pioneers, he was lucky and went to sleep with a girl in the village. The gates of Langzhou were opened. , His mother just arrived, what a fart to be the first!" "Shut up! If you dare to falsely accuse our generals, be careful to drag you out and chop you up!" "Brother..." Zhang Jie looked aggrieved, "I have a solid foundation for this! I heard it from someone in Langzhou!" As he spoke, Zhang Jie looked at Zong Yao at the side with pleading eyes. Of course Zong Yao knew the whole story.It wasn't that Li Jian fought timidly that time, but that he asked Li Jian to escort the villagers home, but Li Jian did not arrive at Langzhong when the agreed time to attack the city was reached.He just heard from the general that on the way to escort the villagers that day, Li Jian fell in love with one of the peasant girls.As for the ins and outs of the matter, he didn't know, and he didn't dare to comment on it.He pretended to shake his head helplessly at Zhang Jie: "Uncle Zhang, I don't know about this..." "This..." Zhang Jie was speechless all of a sudden, "Brother, if you don't kill Li Dalang, the army in Nancheng will be in chaos!" "My lord," Zheng Xu interjected, "regardless of whether General Li has ever done so, it is better to appoint a general to lead the soldiers in Nancheng." Wang Jian remained silent.His ashen face looked extremely serious, and a few wrinkles seemed to be slightly carved on his tightly furrowed eyebrows.At this moment, he is also hesitating - Li Jian used to be his savior, but he has indeed had a problem with himself since he joined the Zhongwu Army.On the contrary, Zhang Zao had worked with him for more than ten years and had a deep affection for him.But if the general is beheaded because of some rumors, this is not the best policy at present. "Brother, why are you hesitating? If you don't kill me, I will cut off Li Dalang's head!" Zhang Jie rushed out of the tent angrily. "Stop!" Wang Jian yelled, and Zhang Jie turned back obediently.Wang Jian's face sank like water: "Let me ask you, where did the rumor that General Li attacked Langzhou come from?" "This... yes, it was said by two local tyrants who were subdued in Lizhou..." "Decree! Quickly capture these two leaders who have bewitched the hearts of the army, and behead them!" These words made all the generals speechless.Wang Jian lowered his head slightly, paced the room, and said in a trembling voice: "Zhang Yuhou is a loyal military general, loyal to protect the country, and a sincere person. Township Pangxun and Pinghuangchao are famous in the Central Plains; against Ludu, Ben Walking, pursuing righteousness; leading the Shence Army to devote oneself to death, and leading the army to encircle Chengdu to enjoy the grace and righteousness, is a model for my Yongping Army! Today I died for the country, and my loyal soul is still alive...I will play the role of the emperor and pursue his title. Wait for Xichuan to be pacified and then have a grand burial..." After Wang Jian's deep voice made Zhang Zao's conclusion, he changed the topic, "Li Jian, the deputy general who attacked the city in the south of Chengdu, has taken the lead in every battle since he joined the army and has made outstanding achievements in battle. The siege general will lead the army to guard the south of the city. Anyone who dares to continue spreading rumors about my general will be shot to death!" Zhang Jie wanted to say something, but he swallowed it again. Wang Jian turned to Zong Yao again: "The battle against Shan Xingzhang was no small matter, so I handed over this burden to Yuanwai He. I only led my own soldiers to rob and kill Shan Xingzhang on the way to escape, and the 30,000 horses were assigned to Yuanwai He to dispatch .Mr. Boya will also go with you, and I will definitely assist your father-in-law. In the first battle of Xinfan, I will beat Chen Jingxuan until he has no strength to fight back!" "Father, don't worry, the child will definitely live up to his mission!"