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Chapter 240 Heroes often conspiracy to get sick
The seventh day of July is the Qiqiao Festival.

This day is one of the most important festivals for the prosperous country of the Wu Dynasty.Girls wear needle cloth for a banquet, pray to Vega for wisdom and skillful hands, and pray for marriage in the future.Rich families and royal courts often have all kinds of luxurious banquets, and there are such and such lively programs all night long.

Only on this morning, all kinds of festive atmospheres have been filled in the city of Bianjing. In the evening, the lights gradually come on, and brothel floats parade along the main street amidst the noise of gongs and drums, which symbolizes the night. The festivities officially began.A well-dressed man and woman, son, scholar, maid, and miss, embellished this subtle but full-bodied ancient festival with the fragrance of books and ink.

In the palace, lanterns and festoons were decorated as usual, but the festive atmosphere did not spread outside the palace.In the harem, the princesses, concubines, and court ladies have also prepared a begging wedding banquet. These banquets and gatherings are usually hosted by the queen, and the emperor will come every time.But today until nightfall, the imperial merchants hadn't come yet, and several little princesses and princesses from the royal family or the prince's family had already competed in the center of the banquet to thread needles. The festive atmosphere was as intoxicating as ever.Only occasionally, some well-informed people will subconsciously look in the direction of the silent main hall of the palace, and then look away, watching the activities in the center of the banquet, laughing and applauding, saying a few words of auspiciousness words.

In fact, the main hall of the imperial palace was not as silent as they had imagined. A little further to the west, in the Zichen Hall where major events were handled, the hustle and bustle and killing had been going on for a whole day. At this time, the noise gradually dissipated. He had already left the palace to go home, but the emperor did not come, which was enough to see the seriousness of the situation.

The fall of Hangzhou, in the eyes of many people, may also mean that half of the south of the Yangtze River has fallen.

Qin Yuyuan was the last group of people who walked out of the palace, and Li Gang was also with him.Not long ago, the imperial court made a decision. Three days later, Tong Guan led 15 elite imperial troops to go south to suppress Fangla's troubles, while Wang Zhi and Yang Keshi led [-] troops to go north to attack Liao.Tong Guan had already gone back, but Qin Yuyuan, who always knew how to advance and retreat, stubbornly wanted to persuade the emperor one more time. Li Gang stayed with him. Emperor Jinghan and Zhou Zhe respected the two prime ministers, left and right, and kept them for a meal, but after the meal was over After that, there was actually no result.

Leaving aside Zhou Zhe's own opinion, under such circumstances, even if the emperor repents, there is no way to reverse the decision that has been made.

These days, all kinds of news from the south have been flying in like pieces of paper, all of which are bad news. Hangzhou was besieged, and the Wu Su army who was trying to go south to rescue was blocked on the way.Shisheng of Suzhou, Lu Xing'er of Gui'an of Huzhou, Zhu Yan and Wu Bang of Lanxi of Wuzhou, Chen Shishi of Fangyan Mountain of Yongkang, Huo Chengfu and Chen Kuutong of Jinyun of Chuzhou, Lu Shinang of Xianju of Taizhou, Qiu Daoren of Shan County of Yuezhou, Zheng of Quzhou The Demon King raised his pole one after another... Some of these people were already well-known rebels on the government list, and some were previously unknown, but judging from the situation these days, it seems that Fang La may have been in the dark long before the official attack on Hangzhou. Contact everywhere, planning the arrival of this day's situation.

Reports of these rebellions came one after another in the southeast area. Even though the scale was large and small, they effectively prevented the troops near Hangzhou from sending them to Hangzhou for rescue.In the past few days when Hangzhou has become a lone army, the situation in the court is changing every day. The emperor goes on the offensive.

In this court today, Tang Ke, Li Bangyan, Wu Min and others are representatives of the Annei faction. They don't care about fighting the Liao Dynasty, but most of the people around them have their interests in the south of the Yangtze River, and what they care about is the order of fighting. Now the south is changing. In this way, the rear is unstable, and how to attack, it is natural to put down the rebellion early. These words are very reasonable.

Among these Annei factions, there are certain peacemakers who were originally unwilling to start a quarrel with the Liao Kingdom, but they also stood with the Annei faction and fully supported the suppression of Fang La.At this time, the Northwest veteran who was not in Bianjing, Zhong Shidao, made a remonstrance to suppress Fang La through an urgent message at this time, which also aroused the echo of many officials.

As the prime minister of the left, Li Gang upholds the right way, and was originally an extremely tough main fighter, but this time when the disaster in Hangzhou came, he was actually slightly shaken. He probably felt that if Jiangnan was unstable, even if the Wu Dynasty succeeded in conquering Liao With no vitality, his actions in the past few days have been a little conservative.But in the past few days, the big figures in the court who insisted on the first attack on Liao may not be headed by Qin Yuyuan. After all, he has been away from politics for too many years. The most resolute and the one who used the greatest force was Tong Guan Tong Daofu who was called the "No.

However, Tong Guan's toughness, until today's news of the fall of Hangzhou, he finally knew that there was nothing he could do. In the end, he couldn't resist the huge pressure and accepted the order to lead the army south.Only Qin Yuyuan, even at the last moment, has always insisted on the strategy of going north. When Tong Guan recommended Wang Zhi and Yang Keshi to lead the army to the north to attack Liao, several of Qin Yuyuan's cronies also expressed some opposition. Finally, several generals were installed in the army.Afterwards, the meeting dispersed, and Tong Guan and others went home immediately to prepare for the next strategy. Qin Yuyuan and Li Gang stayed behind for a while, and only then left the imperial city.

When the evening wind blows, the imperial street outside the city is full of fiery trees and silver flowers.Two old men with the highest power in the DPRK at this time were walking on the road.

"Dancing fish and dragons all night..." Qin Yuyuan sighed slightly, "Zhong Shuai is a sensible person..."

"Uncle Chong Yi?" Li Gang frowned. Throughout the day today, although some people used the idea of ​​cultivating a teacher as a bargaining chip, in Bianjing at this time, the influence of cultivating a teacher's way is still not great, " Why did Siyuan suddenly mention him?"

"If you can't defeat Liao, then simply negotiate a peace. In this way, Liao should be better than Jin."

"The place in the south of the Yangtze River is too important. In all fairness, I also think that it should go south first. Didn't Siyuan also say a few days ago that if Hangzhou is lost, our Wu Dynasty will be greatly damaged."

Qin Yuyuan smiled: "Could it be that Ji Weng also thinks that I am trying to grab credit today, and is delusional?" In the past few days, people have often attacked him with this. In such a situation, others said that he was doing it for his own sake, regardless of the overall situation.Of course, after saying this, Li Gang also shook his head with a wry smile: "We have known each other for many years, and I know that Siyuan has always been upright. In terms of doing things, I am not as far away as I am, but what happened today is really forced by the overall situation. You and I have nothing to do." There is a way..."

The two were walking on that street, followed by the carriage and servants behind. Qin Yuyuan was silent for a moment, and sighed: "I don't know that the south of the Yangtze River is important, but the north is more dangerous now. If I really want to split up and go south, I'd rather be Tong Daofu Lead the army to the north, as for who leads the army to the south, that's fine..."

"Nowadays, the only ones who can really fight in the army, apart from the Northwest Commander, are Tong Daofu..."

"It's not about being able to fight, it's about daring to fight...Ji Weng, why do I oppose Wang Chen and Yang Keshi as commander in chief today? Do you know the reason for this?"

Li Gang smiled: "After all...it must be because of Tong Daofu."

"That's right." Qin Yuyuan nodded and lowered his voice, "The Daofu is the only one fighting, and you and I understand the reason. To put it bluntly...he is an eunuch. He has enough money and wants to be famous in history... …He is greedy for ink, it’s nothing, once he wants to be famous in history, he must fight bravely, and the incident of defeating Liao is the best time for him to achieve fame, but once this opportunity is given to others, ah...Wang Chen, Yang Keshi, both It's from his boy family army, who posted a post..."

Li Gang nodded: "In this way, one hundred thousand troops will go northward, and the expedition against Liao will be in vain for the time being."

"It's just a waste of money and food."

Qin Yuyuan answered, and the two old men walked for a while. Fireworks and firecrackers were being set off in front of a mansion in front of them. It was very beautiful. The victory of the others in the court today should be regarded as the ecstasy of happiness.

"Qin Sou's second granddaughter is going to marry someone." Li Gang said.

"It was promised to Wu Min's nephew, the Wu family has been promoted."

"Ah……"

After saying so, the two walked past the mansion, a young official who came over recognized them and came to say hello, Li Gang returned the salute, then waved his hand with a smile, after the man left, Qin Yuyuan said: "Ji Weng also thinks that I'm too firm towards Faliao, so what does Ji Weng think of my Wu Dynasty's singing and dancing?"

"It's very good, you and I are like this, don't you just want to keep this dance and dance peacefully?"

Qin Yuyuan sighed: "But if you want to sing and dance, you will lose your minions... When I was in Jiangning, a young man talked to me. There is no difference between people, whether they are warriors or Liao people." Well, it’s the same for Jin people. My Wu Dynasty has been in peace for many years, and there are few people who dare to fight their lives. When the Liao people first rose, Yelu Abaoji was so talented. By this time, he was already in Taiping. However, the Jurchens, who fought from the ice and snow, white mountains and black waters, are full of vigor, like hungry tigers and wolves. The Jurchens are invincible, and it is the same if they let us go. of."

Li Gang didn't speak, Qin Yuyuan continued: "What these people value most is not negotiation or conspiracy, only the simplest power can make them treat you as equals. Ji Weng, everyone in the court said that There are few Jurchens, so it is difficult to attack our Wu Dynasty, but if they occupy a large piece of land from the Liao people, wouldn't it be easy to have an army? We couldn't even defeat the Khitan people, so why use the Jurchens?"

"That's why I said that Zhong Shidao is a sensible person. He was afraid early in the morning. It was unwise to drive away the Liao people and let the Jurchens take root on the side of the couch. Qinsou and others didn't think so. They used too many tricks I just thought that if the Jurchens and the Khitans were to kill each other, our Wu Dynasty would be able to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and get a big deal. Tactics, scheming, what's the use of using them on the battlefield."

"Ji Weng, that young man is right. We provoke the two countries to war. What we can get is not an advantage, but an opportunity. We still have to reach out to pick up the advantage. In this opportunity, if my Wu Dynasty can take advantage of the Liao people Tired and victorious in a few games, the Jurchens will naturally feel awe of my Wu Dynasty. If I am incompetent as a warrior, I just fight the autumn wind and lose. Once the Jurchens replace the Khitan, what we will face will only be from an old The wolf has turned into a young tiger...Ji Weng, I am afraid that we will really be sinners through the ages, we should think of a countermeasure..."

Fireworks rise, silver flowers and fire trees.Li Gang was silent for a moment: "Who is that young man?"

"A chess friend I met by accident." Qin Yuyuan smiled, "But...he is also stuck in Hangzhou now..."

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