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Chapter 15

Ye Zongyan was shocked and said, "What should I do?"

Han Shizhong shook his head and sighed, "Mr. Liu is completely different from me. Only King Kang is in his heart. King Kang refuses to abdicate. He has a great role in it. I think the emperor of Chang'an also understands it, and Liu Guangshi knows it even more. Therefore, no matter what, he must find ways to save King Kang and restore the throne. This matter cannot be good, and I cannot turn my swords and weapons against my own people. There are many Jin soldiers on the other side, so I cannot give up my defense line. What is the matter? I can only wait and see what happens."

Ye Zongyan felt bitter, but he had to nodded and said, "Yes, so many things can be done by the lower officials. The only thing below is to observe quietly."

Han Shizhong smiled slightly and said to him: "In the world, the plan depends on people, and the success depends on heaven. As ministers, you and I are just doing our best, and thinking so much is useless."

He is indeed open-minded by nature. Among the four generals of the revival, only this person does not lose his reputation as loyalty and righteousness, and can achieve good life. His attitude towards people and things is also an important reason.

Seeing that Ye Zongyan was still depressed, Han Shizhong patted him on the shoulder and laughed: "You are a little minister, why are you doing so much? Don't worry, in my opinion, Liu Guangshi is just a mediocre person and will definitely be trapped under the strong city. The battles, one cannot fight big, and the other will definitely be beneficial to Emperor Jingkang."

Ye Zongxian smiled bitterly and said, "I hope so."

While the two were walking, Ye Zongyan felt a gust of fragrance blowing his nose. When he turned around, he had entered the inner room of the Han Mansion. There were many young maids passing by. In the middle of the inner room, there was the beautiful woman he met at the city gate in the morning.

Seeing Ye Zongyan approaching, the woman smiled and bowed to him, saying, "I have heard everything that the Lord and my uncle have said. I hope that everyone in the world will be as worried about national affairs as the Lord and his strong heart, and the world will naturally be done."

What she said about "heroic love" naturally refers to Ye Zongyan's previous act of writing poems at the city gate to express his aspirations.

This was the first time Ye Zongyan saw his wife of a high-ranking official so generous. He was blushed even though he was not careful.

Han Shizhong ignored it, smiled at his wife first, and then said to Ye Zongye: "This is my inner son. If she hadn't seen you, Lord, I wouldn't have been so easily."

After saying that, he laughed and stroked his beard and said, "Come on, come and drink, I want to make a drunk together with Lord Ye."

Ye Zongyan remembered today's events. Although it went smoothly, it was extremely dangerous. He sighed: "I only think that I am an open-minded man, and the imperial court ordered an official, and I will be blessed by God. Unexpectedly, the one who helped me achieve great success this time was a strange woman like Li Yian."

He slapped at the high-high and just sighed: "It's a pity that Li Yian is a woman. If not, he must get to know her."

Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu looked at each other and smiled, but said nothing.

The couple is the same, and they know the other person's meaning without words. Ye Zongyan seems generous, but in fact he is still a scholar at heart. There are many talented people in this world, so he doesn't want to hold on to the difference between men and women. He is really pedantic!

When Han Shizhong met Liang Hongyu, he was just a small school in the Western Army, and Liang Hongyu was just a beautiful camp prostitute. If the two had worldly opinions, they would not be able to be together and become husband and wife.

Ye Zongyan also heard about the couple. Seeing their appearance at this time, he had already thought that Han Shizhong should not marry a camp prostitute as a formal official, but for a moment he disappeared.

He sighed, picked up the wine glass given by his maid, drank it all, and smiled at the couple, "I hope that the Song Dynasty can pass this pass, the Emperor Jingkang works hard to govern, and fight against the Jurchens in the north to enrich the country and strengthen the people."

"Okay, I've had this cup!"

Han Shizhong also raised his glass and drank it all in one go. Although Liang Hongyu was a woman, she was not willing to let the enemy down and also raised her glass to drink.

The three of them laughed loudly for a moment, but just raised their glasses and drank nothing else.

When Ye Zongye was drunk and was helped to rest, he was just thinking in his heart: "Then Liu Guangshi dared to send troops bravely. I wonder if Miao Fu and others can resist it."

When he arrived in Zhenjiang, his journey was already very fast. He was a human being and could not be as fast as a real cavalry. Two days before he arrived in Zhenjiang, the news that Miao and Liu mutiny and King Kang was forced to abdicate had already been spread to Zhenjiang, and naturally it was also earlier to Liu Guangshi stationed in Jiankang.

This person is also a general of the Western Army. The rest of Liu Yanqing was a general of the Western Army. During the Jingkang Rebellion, his father died in the city of Kaifeng, winning the name of loyalty and righteousness. King Kang ascended the throne and became the empress, and Liu Guangshi led thousands of elite Western Army troops to the Grand Marshal's Mansion to surrender, becoming one of Zhao Gou's earliest military forces.

The Liu family was also a family of generals in the Western Army, but their reputation and virtue were far inferior to that of General Zhong and General Zhe. Because of their family background, Liu Guangshi became a senior military officer of the Song army early on.

However, although the Liu family and his son had a great reputation, their abilities were extremely poor. In the battle between the Song Bing and the Jurchens to attack Nanjing together in the Liao Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of Western troops, led by Tong Guan, were majestic and entered Yanyun. However, because Liu Guangshi was afraid of the enemy and the war, he did not make an appointment, the entire army was defeated, and the corpses lasted for dozens of miles, which was lighter by the Jurchens, leading to the later tragic transformation of Jingkang.

This person is an outsider in foreign wars, but he is an expert in civil war. Yan Yun was demoted after the war. Not long after, he led his troops to wipe out several powerful northern peasant uprising troops and was reinstated. Since then, he served as Chengxuan and Observation Envoy, and was even more important in the hands of Zhao Gou. In the third year of Jianyan, Wanyan Zonghan attacked Yangzhou, the entire Liu army collapsed without fighting, becoming the culprit for the fall of Yangzhou. Zhao Gou not only did not punish him, but also appointed him as the governor of the Fengguo Army and became the earliest general to hold his qualities among the four generals of Zhongxing. His position in Zhao Gou's heart can be seen.

This person has such ability and poor moral character. His troops have accommodated large groups of rebels, surrendered troops, bandits, and have all inclusive recruitment. They have poor military discipline and poor combat power, but the number of people has made the court dare not underestimate them.

As a result, in the eyes of civil officials and ministers in the court, this person was unbearable and people repeatedly attacked him, asking Zhao Gou not to let this person be a general.

Zhang Jun once said bluntly to Zhao Gou: "Liu Guangshi is arrogant and lazy and does not fight, so he should not be a general, please give up."

Such opinions have been repeatedly raised in the court, but Zhao Gou ignored them.

In this way, his trust in Liu Guangshi was also exchanged for the other party's loyalty. If Han Shizhong and others supported Zhao Gou for the sake of stability in the overall situation, it was also because Zhao Huan did not have particularly tough measures. Liu Guangshi was completely loyal to Zhao Gou, and even in order to preserve Zhao Gou's throne, he did not hesitate to fight against the Shaanxi-Ganxi Army with his 50,000 left guards under his subordinates.

When the news of the Miao and Liu mutiny came, Liu Guangshi did not hesitate at all. While urgently sending envoys to inform Han Shizhong and other border generals, he issued orders to gather troops. When Ye Zongyan arrived in Zhenjiang, his army had already been assembled in just two days and gathered at the city of Jiankang.

Although his envoy did not say everything, he had already explained Liu Guangshi's attitude, so Han Shizhong also understood in his heart that no matter what other troops were, he would definitely rely on the most soldiers and horses under his command and use troops bravely.

But it was indeed as expected that although Chunhan was not suitable to move troops and the army was gathering in a hurry, Liu Guangshi's character was not brave. The vanguard of the left guard under his command had already begun to drive towards the south while Ye Zongyan arrived.

The flags were not raised, and the morale was not revealed. The brigade was wearing simple armor, holding guns and spears, and a confused and tired soldier, walking hard on the muddy road in the spring afternoon of Jiangnan.

The command of the Liu army is known as the left guard of the Imperial Camp. It sounds high-sounding, but in fact the composition is complicated and cannot be compared with Han Shizhong's troops. Even the commander of the Imperial Camp Central Army guarding Suzhou is far from the same.

These soldiers had complex components, were not well trained, and did not continue their food and salary. Because their superiors were afraid of war, the morale of the entire army was also very low. When they were stationed in the Tianchang Army, the Jurchen soldiers were still far away, and the army of more than 50,000 people was defeated and did not dare to fight.

Although Liu Guangshi tried to strengthen military laws and smear the troops when reorganizing the army, he had insufficient personal abilities and insufficient prestige, and achieved little results.

Seeing a group of soldiers passing by listlessly, Liu Guangshi was not worried. Instead, he rode on the white spirit riding to Hengshan Mountain in Xixia, leisurely, waved the whip in his hand, controlled the war horse under him, and marched slowly in a graceful small jump riding posture.

It was almost noon at this time, and the weather was still very cold. The soldiers under him were thinly dressed and their armor was not good. They were all covered in cold faces and their hands were swollen. However, he was wearing a thick cotton robe in his armor, and he also had high-quality wine in his arms. He took out a few sips from time to time to drive away the cold air. The soldiers guarding him were the elite Western Army he brought out from Shaanxi. Although the number of people was only two or three thousand, they were the most capable and brave in fighting among his subordinates, and he was the most relied on him. Therefore, they were also the most exquisite in their armor and weapons.

Although he was not worried about the morale and combat power of the troops, he just looked at the soldiers who were dejected and slow to move, but he couldn't help but be anxious.

He repeatedly issued orders, ordering his personal soldiers to inform the generals of various departments that they must urge the soldiers to speed up the marching. Because of his anxiety, his face was also full of anxiety and anger.

His personal soldiers rarely saw the general's expression and behavior like this. They did not dare to neglect one by one. They immediately took off their horses and went to various departments to pass on orders.

After a short while, the winding line of more than ten miles was like a swinging snake, and its speed immediately became faster.

Liu Guangshi listened with his ears, and felt that the originally soft and weak rustling footsteps gradually turned into loud bangs. It was obvious that all the soldiers were ordered and were speeding up.

He nodded with great satisfaction, took out the wine pot in his arms, sipped it gently, and felt a heat gushing down from his roar, making him extremely comfortable.
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