Before Liuzhou became the fourth state of Beiliang Road recognized by the Liyang court, Qingliangshan had actually started to build two large post roads, starting from Qingyuanjun Town, which controls the west gate of Liangzhou, and Lingzhou. The Chicken Neck Pass in the northwest leads to Qingcang City where the residence of Liuzhou Governor is located.
The tragic Battle of Miyun Mountain Pass had just ended when three convoys entered Qingcang City one after another under the strict escort of Jingqi from Guannei and the soldiers from Fushuifang.
The backbone of the three convoys has exactly the same identity. They are all governors and generals of Yizhou. , the three governors all took office in this Xiangfu for three years, especially Bai Yu, the newly released Liangzhou governor, surprised the official circles inside and outside Beiliang Dao. No one thought that Mr. Bailian from Longhushan would become A "Xu family minister". In contrast, because a scholar went to Liang before him, as a disciple of Han Guzi, the moral guru of the Shangyin School, and a senior brother of Xu Weixiong, Chang Sui ascended to the sky and was promoted to the governor of Lingzhou in one step, which is not so shocking. As for Yuan Lingzhou, don't drive Song Yan to take advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and become the number one civil servant in Youzhou. When he was General Zhou, he was already on the line, and he was regarded as the second group of ministers who took refuge in the young vassal king, second only to Li Gongde, Huangfu Ping, Han Laoshan and the like.
And when the three convoys entered Qingcang City from east to west, it didn't take long before a group of people galloped into the city from west to east. In addition to Yang Guangdou, the governor of Liuzhou, a total of seven officials from the frontier came out of the city to welcome them. Regardless of the military or government, this is an extremely rare and extremely high specification.
As far as the city gate can see, there are more than 80 horsemen with swords on their shoulders, Xu Yanbing with an iron spear slanted, and two Fushuifang big crotch heads Mi Fengjie and Fan Xiaochai, and for some reason not wearing armor. There are also more than twenty riders without sabers.
The horse team stopped outside the gate of the city. After raising the curtain for the first carriage, a young civil servant jumped out of the dust. After smiling at the assassins and generals, he turned his head to look at the second carriage and said, "Here we are!" .”
Following the eyes of the young civil servants, these high-ranking officials from Beiliang Road who secretly met in Qingcang City saw a pair of men and women getting out of the car slowly. Some Xianbei jade belts, women's figures are plump, and there is an exquisite sachet that looks like lavender to dispel filth at the waist, embroidered with half-faced patterns of women with pipa makeup, but it is a pity that it is badly damaged. He looked at Qingcang City's unimposing west gate, with an indifferent expression.
The twenty riders surrounding the carriage looked like they were facing a formidable enemy, and everyone looked alert. Although these riders of unknown origin were unarmed, as veterans who had experienced many battles, they still chose to sit on horseback and pose. Show a decisive posture to charge at any time.
Cavalry died on horseback in battle, that is a good death.
The young man with the Xianbei head jade belt on his waist said flatly in Beimang dialect: "Get off the horse."
Although the cavalry pawns were full of unwillingness, they still got off their horses and landed without hesitation. Many of them were obviously injured, but everyone stood upright.
Two young men of the same age, both from Beimang family, and distinguished family background, but their fates were completely opposite in the end. The former is the grandson of Xu Huainan, the former king of Beimang Beiyuan, and now he is visiting as the deputy governor of Beiliang Road. Xu Beizhi of Mount Lantuo, the identity of the latter was only revealed in the general's intelligence report from the governor's residence. Beimang Xia Nabo planted sandalwood, the eldest grandson of the Chong family, and a new generation of famous generals in the Beimang temple.
As the old saying goes, you can escape the first day of junior high school, but you can't escape the fifteenth day. Zhong Tan, who had previously stood out from the encirclement at Hulukou in Youzhou, was successfully intercepted at the border of Gusai Prefecture by Xu Yanbing led eighty riders from the Wu family's sword mound, and then joined Xu Beizhi in Linyaojun Town, and came to Qingcang together. city.
When Zhong Tan identified those people at the gate of the city with the help of spider web intelligence, his heavy heart sank to the bottom. The reason why he assisted Huang Songpu in commanding the battle in Liuzhou seemed to be the aftermath of the defeat in the Battle of Hulukou. The imperial court abandoned the main battlefield where they could most gain military merits, but this time, not only the Zhong family had high hopes for his comeback, but also the Taiping Order was also very concerned. Before the battle of Miyunkou was decided, There is only a thin line between planting sandalwood and the completion of the great success. Once tens of thousands of monks and soldiers from Mount Landa return to Beimang and echo with the left hand of Huang Songpu's army, this means that the situation of Liangmang and Mang on the battlefield in Liuzhou is not only a disparity in military strength, It was Beimang who took the lead in achieving the "general trend" on local battlefields. It was an inevitable result to eat the Dragon Elephant Army in one bite, and it was against the western border of Liangzhou supported by Qingyuan Army Town, and even directly against the first battle of Liangmang. The entire Lingzhou, which is out of the way, will form a huge deterrent. No matter how miserable Huang Songpu's victory in Liuzhou is, in the end, only 20,000 to 30,000 cavalry troops are left to drive straight into the northwest of Lingzhou and smash the Lingzhou. State, is to break up the vitality of the Beiliang frontier army, and the strategic depth of the Xu family's cavalry will inevitably shrink sharply.
But these have become ridiculous "ifs", not only that, Zhong Tan also saw a group of top officials from Beiliang gathered here, and it was not until this moment that Zhong Tan was completely sure that Beiliang was determined to be in Liuzhou There was a big move, so the Battle of Miyunkou was definitely not a temporary idea of two young Beiliang generals.
Wealth and wealth are sought in insurance, and if you obtain it, it is often a great wealth.
Chong Tan sighed slightly, he was not like this, but his luck for Chong Tan was really bad. Afterwards, he learned that after discovering Cao Wei's cavalry, he did not wait on the sidelines. Instead, he quickly gathered 20,000 monks and rushed to On the battlefield, there were even 3,000 cavalry who left the main force and almost bit the tail of Cao Wei's cavalry army. Landa Mountain was not indecisive. As long as he planted sandalwood for another half an hour, he could break through Xie Xizhen outside the Miyun Mountain Pass. The bloody line of defense piled up by the corpses, or as long as Cao Wei slows down for a while, he will be completely entangled by three thousand monks riding on Landuo Mountain. Zhong Tan really can't figure it out, Cao Wei is fine, after all, he is a native of Beiliang, but why? Xie Xizhen was willing to fight to the death for Beiliang, so why did he even give his life to Cao Wei.
Zhong Tan only felt that this defeat was very wronged, and it was not wronged at all.
Zhong Tan is not clear at the moment, he lost to the teamwork of Cao Wei and Xie Xizhen, and will be praised by later historians as a glorious defeat, because Cao Xie, in the full three hundred years after the auspicious talisman, They all firmly occupy the top ten list of famous players. Many years later, Zhong Tan became the first Beimang native to join the temple center of the Central Plains, and he and Cao Wei each became the left and right assistants of the Ministry of War. Xie Xizhen, who was employed by the government, chose the latter because of the height of the temple and the distance of the rivers and lakes. Later generations laughed and said that if Xie Xizhen had not given up his official career, then the military office could be called Miyun Mountain Pass.
On the way to Qingcang City, Zhong Tan and Xu Beizhi, who belonged to different camps, one Wu and one Wen, had several open and honest conversations. Border iron riders were used to sacrifice flags, or they were chopped off and thrown over the gourd mouth to "add bricks and tiles" to those huge Beijing temples.
Zhong Tan never believed in the saying that life is better than death. As long as people are still alive, there is hope of revival.
So along the way, Zhong Tan did not make any small moves to make himself boring. Of course, this is also because he knows well that unless Tuoba Bodhisattva, the God of the Northern Mang Army, leads the army personally, Xu Yanbing and the eighty cavalry The terrifying combat power of the Wu family swordsmen, even the gods of the land can't save them.
At this moment, a carriage drove out from the city gate, and three people got off the carriage.
Three big figures from Beiliang Dao whose official status is higher than those of the governor generals.
Song Dongming, deputy governor of Beiliang Road, and Yang Shenxing, deputy governor.
And the king of Beiliang, Xu Fengnian.
After exchanging pleasantries with Yang Guangdou and the others, the young vassal king came to Xu Beizhi and Zhong Tan, looked at the Beimang Xia Nabo and his personal maid, and said in an authentic Beimang official accent: "Back then, Hexi Farewell to the Mansion of the Governor's Day, and we meet again."
Zhong Tan said indifferently: "If I had known the identity of the prince, I would have kept the prince."
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said with a smile: "Although I was not in a high level at the time, even if you and this master from Gongzhufen tried their best to stop me, they might not be able to stop me from running away."
Zhong Tan sneered and said, "My lord, don't forget, my father and uncle were nearby at that time."
Xu Fengnian said something inexplicable, "I said it in advance, there is no other meaning, I was just curious, your name is Zhong Tan, your brother is Zhong Gui, and your uncle is Zhong Liang. They are all two-character names. Why is your father It’s called a supernatural power.”
Zhong Tan frowned, but did not answer the question.
Xu Fengnian asked Song Dongming, Yang Shenxing, and the governor generals to go to Liuzhou Governor's mansion first, while he led Zhong Tan and Xu Beizhi into the city on foot.
The young vassal king and Liyang's youngest vice-jiedushi walked side by side, followed closely by Zhong Tan and his maid Liu Daogu.
Zhong Tan looked at the back, and asked straight to the point: "May I ask the prince, am I dead or alive, when will I die, and how long can I live?"
Xu Fengnian didn't turn around, but smiled and said, "It depends on you."
Zhong Tan said in a deep voice: "If the lord wants me to persuade the Zhong family to defect, you will not only overestimate the value of my Zhong family, but also underestimate the family tradition of my family."
Xu Fengnian couldn't help but stop, turned his head to look at the resolute Xia Nabo, smiled strangely and said: "It's too early to say that."
Zhong Tan was puzzled by this, and didn't bother to get to the bottom of it. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Who is Beiliang using to target Huang Song Pu's army here in Liuzhou, and who is going to go deep into Xijing alone?"
Xu Fengnian slowed down and walked side by side with Zhong Tan, and said frankly: "Originally, I used my younger brother Huang Man'er and Liuzhou General Kou Jianghuai to target Huang Songpu, but now we have to add the monk soldiers of Mount Lantuo led by Xie Xizhen Yu Luandao's Youzhou Cavalry Army will also be echoed by Cao Wei's Cavalry Army, and they will enter the hinterland of your Southern Dynasty together."
Zhong Tan nodded, "In the war in Liuzhou, you in Beiliang were barely able to fight, but now you are barely able to win. We are in a good situation, but we have fallen short."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "General Zhong is a great hero."
Zhong Tan looked indifferent, but his personal maid didn't have the concentration of the old monk, and she was full of murderous intent.
Xu Fengnian was indifferent, and continued: "I said earlier that you spoke early, meaning that you don't have to worry. If the war outside the Beiliang Pass is unfavorable, such as the fall of the northern city, then you will definitely die. But if the trend of the war outside the pass is unexpected, such as If our Beiliang cavalry can regain Tiger Head City next year, then you will naturally have 'weight'."
Zhong Tan said expressionlessly: "Then I will wait and see."
Xu Fengnian suddenly joked and said: "When I went to Beimang, I had to speak your Beimang language from the beginning to the end. You have better luck in growing sandalwood than I do. When you come to Qingcang City, you don't need to speak the official accent of the Central Plains."
Zhong Tan laughed it off.
On the contrary, the female master from Gongzhufen sneered: "I heard that the Xu family in Beiliang and the Zhao family in Liyang have a deep grievance. Unexpectedly, the prince has a bodhisattva heart of repaying hatred with virtue, and he is determined to guard the house for the emperor of Liyang!"
Before Xu Fengnian could speak, Zhong Tan shouted softly, "Rice!"
Her eyes were gloomy, her lips were tightly pursed, without fear, she looked at the young feudal lord who was a master of martial arts.
She sees death as home.
Xu Beizhi, who hadn't interjected all this time, said in a nonchalant way: "This is... a bit hurtful, and not very kind."
Pulling Liu Daogu behind him, Zhong Tan showed an expression of surrender for the first time, "I hope the prince will forgive me."
Xu Fengnian glanced at the worn-out kit bag on her waist, and asked, "Have you tried our Beiliang green ant wine?"
Her words were full of sarcasm: "I drank it once in the early years and I don't want to drink it anymore. It's very crude, but I want to drink the poisoned green ant wine. Remember, my lord, don't be too stingy when the time comes. A glass is not enough, so I'll have a jug. "
Zhong Tan turned his head and shouted angrily: "Liu Daogu! Don't drag me if you want to die!"
Xu Fengnian withdrew his gaze from her face, and continued to walk forward with a somewhat depressed mood, "Okay, you two, master and servant, stop acting, one of you thinks that you will die on the spot with blood spattering, so that the prince can reduce his anger , to earn a little more life for the master. One wants to separate from the personal servant girl, so as not to be angered. After all, the two of you taste much worse than the green ant wine."
Both Zhong Tan and she were speechless after being exposed.
Xu Fengnian looked up into the distance, dazed.
The reason why I asked that silly question about Green Ant Wine was that after seeing the dead spy from Gongzhufen, I thought for no reason of the maid in Wutong Courtyard whom I had nicknamed Green Ant.
A man is willing to die for his family and country, and a man is willing to die for his confidant, and he dies generously.
Some women are only willing to live for men, only for the sake of those who please themselves, and in the end they die, and they die very tenderly.
Near the governor's mansion, Zhongtan Liu Daogu and the twenty or so family elites left under the "escort" of Mi Fengjie, Fan Xiaochai and several Fushuifang spies.
Standing on the steps outside the official residence, Xu Beizhi looked at the back of the passerby, and said mockingly, "I've already thought up the words, telling you not to rush to kill Zhongtan, it's all in vain."
Xu Fengnian smiled without saying a word.
Xu Beizhi asked: "Why, do you want to recruit this Beimang Xia Nabo, who is good at using soldiers? It's not like it, otherwise it would be the routine of a corporal who is respectful and worthy."
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said, "No one knows how to use sandalwood when I use it."
Xu Fengnian quickly added: "Besides, you didn't tie him up all over the place, why should I step forward and untie him personally?"
Xu Beizhi bared her teeth and said, "Disgusting!"
Xu Fengnian suddenly smiled and asked, "How many heads do you think Chong Tan has?"
Xu Beizhi froze for a moment, rolled his eyes and said, "A joke? It's not funny at all."
Xu Fengnian looked into the distance, and said softly: "In the gourd mouth of Youzhou, there are two cities, the Lying Gong City and the Luanhe City, but he only has one head on his neck, which is not enough."
Xu Beizhi nodded and said: "Let's keep it for now, anyway, it might be very useful in the future. Once Bei Mang is really forced by us to cause internal turmoil, the Zhong family where Zhong Tan is located can indeed add to the fire."
Xu Fengnian hummed.
Xu Beizhi seemed to remember something, and asked curiously: "It's nothing more than planting sandalwood, why didn't you even kill that Beimang woman, did you pity her? I have to talk about you, that maid looks so mediocre, Are you really good at talking?"
Xu Fengnian said helplessly: "You are not too kind."
Soon this persimmon put his arms around Orange's shoulders, and said with a playful smile, "Didn't you just realize that the woman seemed to be looking down on death, but she was already sweating profusely? Besides, you didn't notice my murderous aura at that time? I At that time, I almost couldn't help but remind you, 'I'm too murderous, get out of here!'”
Xu Beizhi only tipped one word, "Get lost!"
Xu Fengnian pouted.
Xu Beizhi restrained his expression, and said in a low voice: "There is something wonderful in Zhongtan's words, wait and see! Wang Sui, the coach of the Western Front of Beimang, Helian Wuwei, the commander of the Hexi Prefecture, Yelu Hongcai, the prince, Yelu Dongshou, the new minister of the Xijing Military Department, and Shen Some Spring and Autumn chess pieces that are deeply rooted in the territory of Beimang. Now add a breeder. Really... "
Xu Fengnian took the words, and said slowly: "There is also Gu Jiantang who is ready to move in Liyang, Han Lin, the envoy of Lianghuai Road, Zhao Sui, King of Jiaodong, Han Fang and Yang Huchen of Jizhou! So... a lot of murderous intent."
The whole world is full of murderous intentions.