Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

"What is the important thing?" Yang Shi said.

"Mr. Yang, let me first analyze the situation in Hanzhong! At present, in Hanzhong, the crown prince is nominally the highest position, but after all, the crown prince is young. It is Li Gang, Zhe Keqiu and others who are in charge of the power!" Zhao Dingdao.

"Not bad!" Yang Shi nodded.

"Especially Zhe Keqiu, he has more than one hundred thousand troops! Today we enter the Han Palace, and all the guards in that Han Palace are all Zhe Keqiu's subordinates! In troubled times, the military power is the heaviest! In my opinion, Zhe Keqiu now has the greatest power in Hanzhong! Whether it is the prince or Li Gang, it is actually impossible to compete with Zhe Keqiu!” Zhao Ding said.

Yang Shi nodded again!

"We don't know whether Zhe Keqiu is truly loyal to the prince, or has other thoughts, so we have to stay here and observe!" Zhao Ding said.

"Other thoughts?" Yang Shi asked in a puzzled way.

"The prince is young. When the prince becomes the throne, Zhe Keqiu can hold the emperor to make the princes, just like Cao Cao in the late Han Dynasty!" Zhao Ding sneered.

"Ah!" Yang Shi stayed there, in disbelief, and said, "So, isn't this treacherous minister the world's biggest traitor?"

Zhao Ding nodded and said, "Yes! If Zhe Keqiu does have such thoughts, he is the greatest traitor in the world! Emperor Jianyan is a descendant of the royal family, descendants of Taizong Taizong, even if he inherits the throne, people all over the world are talking about it. , That’s not a big deal, Song Jiangshan is still in the hands of the Song imperial family! Whether it is Emperor Jianyan or the prince is a family! You can ask for a discount, this is a real outsider!"

"This discount can be asked to have such a big ambition! Why didn't I see it?" Yang Shi said.

"It was just a guess! So, we have to stay and observe for a while! See if Zhe Keqiu is really loyal to the prince! If Zhe Keqiu is loyal to the prince, then Hanzhong is naturally a piece of iron, and Emperor Jianyan wants to deal with Hanzhong in the future. It's very difficult! If there are other thoughts in Hanzhong, if there is civil strife in Hanzhong, it will be much easier for us to deal with Hanzhong!" Zhao Ding said.

"Not bad! Not bad! Lord Zhao, you seem to be quite wise!" Yang Shi said in surprise.

Zhao Ding smiled and said, "There is a second reason why we stay here!"

Yang Shi frowned. He thought about it for a while, but couldn't figure out the reason, and said, "Master Zhao tell me soon! I can't guess it!"

Zhao Ding said: "The second reason is Qu Duan!"

"Qu Duan?" Yang Shi said, "What does it have to do with him?"

"Quduan is in the northwest and controls a 100,000 army! If Quduan can be used by Emperor Jianyan, then you can go south to take Dasanguan, from Dasanguan to Hanzhong, and destroy the prince! Even if you can't destroy the prince, Quduan is in the northwest. Blocking the prince’s exit made it difficult for the prince to get out of Hanzhong, and the prince will not have much development in the future! When the prince ascends the throne, Qu Duan is likely to go south to watch the ceremony, we will take the opportunity to persuade Qu Duan!" Zhao Ding said.

"Yes! Lord Zhao's idea is extremely second! If we can convince Qu Duan, then the prince will be in the throat, always facing the threat of Qu Duan! Qu Duan is a general of the Western Army, and the courage is more than enough! At that time it will be the prince and It's the doomsday that can be achieved!" Yang Shi said overjoyed.

"In these days, we have to move around in Hanzhong a lot and contact officials in Hanzhong! If officials in Hanzhong are willing to follow Emperor Jianyan, it would be best!" Zhao Ding said.

"Yes! Let's do this now!" Yang Shi said.

At the moment the two are discussing how to persuade Qu Duan and contact officials in Hanzhong, let alone talk about it!

At this moment, in the remote northwestern Jingyuan city, it turned out to be a scene of rolling yellow sand!

There are many deserts in the northwest, and it is normal for sandstorms to occur in spring and summer.

A few dozen miles east of Jingyuan City, there is an army marching forward! The formation of this army is very neat, even if the sandstorm arrives, there is not much confusion in the formation! The soldiers kept their heads down and strode forward!

"The wind is too strong, let my brothers find a place to rest for a while!" The leader is a tall general, who is riding on the horse, wearing a normal uniform, and holding a Fangtian painted halberd in his hand! At this moment, he waved the Fang Tian painted halberd in his hand and said loudly!

He looks like he is about forty years old, and his face reveals a sense of unrestrainedness! His face is unshaven, and I don’t know how long he hasn’t shaved, but this doesn’t affect his handsome appearance! His face always seemed to have a Ruoyouruwu smile, looking extremely chic!

Soon, under his leadership, the army found a dilapidated village, and the soldiers hid in the village houses one after another!

The middle-aged general also got off his horse and came to a broken house!

A literati in his twenties followed the middle-aged general into the ruined house. The literati looked thin and pale, but his eyes were unusually bright!

The middle-aged general had already sat down at this moment, he took out a huge gourd from his waist, he opened the cover of the gourd, and suddenly a smell of wine filled the room!

The middle-aged general drank heavily and praised him. After a while, he put the gourd down and smiled: "It's really good wine! Wang Shu, would you like to have a few sips?"

The young literati smiled bitterly and shook his head, and said, "I can't drink the strong wine in the general's gourd! I have clear water here!"

The young literati took out a skin bag and filled it with clear water. He took a few sips and sighed with great relief before he stopped!

"Wang Shu, you said, will there be any danger when we go to Hanzhong this time?" the middle-aged general said.

The wind was raging outside, but the middle-aged general seemed to be unable to hear it at this moment. He just looked at the young literati intently and waited for the answer from the young literati.

"The general, rest assured, there will be no slight danger! We have 100,000 troops on Jingyuan Road! With these 100,000 troops, who dares to disadvantage the general? Besides, although the general's martial arts is not the best in the world, there are few people. Enemy! Even with thousands of troops and horses, it is impossible to block the general! What is the general afraid of?" the young literati laughed.

"Yes! You are right! I joined the army when I was more than ten years old. I have experienced hundreds of battles in the past 20 years, and I have never been afraid! This Hanzhong is Longtan Tiger's Lair, and I want to make a breakthrough!" The middle-aged general smiled. !

It turns out that this middle-aged general is no one else, but Qu Duan, the world-famous Jingyuan Road Master!

Among the Western Army, Qu Duan is definitely famous!

If we say that among the older generations, the most famous are the kind of teachers, the kind of teachers, and Zhe Keqiu, etc., the most famous of the younger generations are Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, etc., and the middle-aged generation, The most famous is Quduan! Among the middle-aged generation, no one can compare with Qu Duan!

At that time, Qu Duan was a subordinate of Zeng Shidao, and he was cultivated by Zeng Shidao as a "successor"!

In history, there was a popular saying in the early Southern Song Dynasty: "If you have literature, you have martial arts, you are Qu Da; if you have courage and strategy, you are Wu Da". This refers to the two most powerful men in the Western Army at that time. One was Qu Duan and the other was Qu Duan. Wu Jie! At that time, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and others followed Zhao Go to Jiangnan. They were no longer considered to be members of the Western Army. However, Wu Jie repeatedly defeated Jinbing and gained fame, but he had just caught up with Quduan!

Qu Duan is upright and arrogant, so he is not popular in officialdom! Especially when he later offended Zhang Jun (not Zhang Jun), the then Chuan-Shan Xuanfu envoy, and was killed by Zhang Jun when Qu Duan was only 41 years old!

People in Guan Shan learned that Qu Duan had been killed, "Don't hesitate to do it!" Before he died, "Many Shu people have written letters to vindicate their injustices"! After the death, "people from far and near, Wen Duan died, all were bitter, and there were a few who could not get under the eclipse", "Shaanxi sergeants, all satiated and hated, and there were traitors"!

The young scholar next to him is Qu Duan's counsellor Wang Shu! This Wang Shu was a Jinshi from the Huizong Dynasty. He once served as a magistrate, and was recommended by Qu Duan to become a member of the Jingyuan Army to pass the sentence! Qu Duan had an unusual trust in Wang Shu, and the two of them had almost nothing to say, nothing to talk about!

"Wang Shu, you said that if I had gone to Hebei with the adult species back then, could the joint family army and the Jingyuan army contend with the Jurchen?" Qu Duan suddenly said after laughing for a while.

"I'm afraid not!" Wang Shu said.

"Why not? The Clan Army is the strongest army in the Western Army! Although my Jingyuan Army is not as good as the Clan Army, but it is not far behind, far better than the Zhejia Army, Yaojia Army, etc.! The two armies are combined. Two into one, with a total strength of more than 200,000, can't it be compared to the Jurchen?" Qu Duan said.

"In those days, the family army encountered the Jurchens. Before they met the main force of the Jurchens, they were defeated by thousands of soldiers and horses of the Jurchens' pioneers! General, you are gone, I'm afraid the same!" Wang Shu shook his head and said.

"Huh! I don't believe that the Jurchens can defeat the kind of adults so easily! I heard that the kind of adults was already seriously ill at the time. This must be a reason for the defeat of the kind of army!" Qu Duan said.

"Not bad!" Wang Shu nodded silently, and stopped talking about this topic.

"Wang Shu, do you think the Jurchens will go south? Can they kill our Song Dynasty?" Qu Duan asked again after a while.

"The Jurchens will naturally go south! They are greedy and sexual, and they will go south repeatedly to grab wealth and population, and they will naturally do so in the future! However, they want to destroy our Song Dynasty, I'm afraid they can't!" Wang Shu said.

"Oh? Why?" Qu Duan said.

"One, we have a large number of people in the Song Dynasty, and the Jurchens invaded, and the people resisted! The more the Jurchens went south, the greater the resistance! Both, His Royal Highness and His Royal Highness seemed to pay attention to force. There were hundreds of thousands of troops under King Kang. , His Royal Highness has the dangers of the Zhe Family Army and Chuan Shu! Of the three, the Jurchens are not the same as they were back then!" Wang Shu said.

"What is the difference between Jurchen and the past?" Qu Duan asked in a puzzled way.

"The Jurchens just came out of the deep mountains and old forests. They only had a population of hundreds of thousands, but they had to challenge the Khitan Liao! At that time, they had only one mind and no fear of hardships to win! Now the Jurchens destroyed the Daliao and occupied Hebei, Hedong and other places! They are no longer the barbarians who used to be in the deep mountains and old forests, but the strong clan who owns the northern flower world! Few people in the world can compete with them, they are only afraid to have a good time! I think the military strength of Jurchen is going to drop drastically! The generals of Jurchen are afraid that many people are also greedy for wealth and will not continue to fight south!" Wang Shu said.

Qu Duan thought for a moment and nodded!

Wang Shu seemed to be thinking about something at this moment. After a while, Wang Shu suddenly said: "General, the world is chaotic, you have to plan early!"

Qu Duan was taken aback, and said, "Make your plans early? What are your plans?"

Wang Shu said: "King Kang ascended the throne in Shangqiu, and His Royal Highness is about to ascend to the throne in Hanzhong! The Song Dynasty is no longer the Song Dynasty before! As the saying goes, there is no two days, no two masters, how will the general choose?

"This..." Qu Duan frowned, and said: "Jurchen invaded and looked at me, King Kang and the prince were arguing at this time! I don't know what to do! Hey!"

"General, I have been thinking about this these days! I have three strategies for the general!" Wang Shu said.