The Mr. Jingxiu Zhang Jun is talking about is his chief aide Wang Jingxiu, who is about fifty years old and is a fellow countryman of Zhang Jun. After following him for many years, he has won the trust of Zhang Jun.
Not long after, Wang Jingxiu, a tall and thin man, followed Zhang Ziqi slowly into the study.
Walking into the room, Wang Jingxiu asked with a smile: "What worries Ambassador Xuanfu?"
"Sir, please look at this!"
Zhang Jun handed the secret decree to Wang Jingxiu. Wang Jingxiu took the secret decree and read it again, shook his head and said, "This is really a troublesome thing!"
Zhang Jun nodded, "It's very troublesome. I'm worried that Yue Fei's army will rebel?"
"Xuanfu Envoy, the rebellion of Yue Fei's army is a trivial matter. What I am worried about is Chen Qinghui's intervention!"
Zhang Jun was startled, "Will Chen Qing get involved in this matter?"
"Why don't you intervene? Yue Fei's troops are all good at fighting. Chen Qing has captured Dengzhou and his army is close to Xiangyang. Doesn't he want to take this good fighting army into his pocket?"
Zhang Jun suddenly remembered something, nodded and said: "Sir, you are right, Chen Qing must also be plotting against Yue Fei's army. I got news two days ago that Yue Lei returned to Xiangyang from Dangtu County. This is obviously Chen Qing's help.
He fled."
Wang Jingxiu pondered for a moment and said: "The imperial court was mainly worried about the rebellion of Yue Fei's army, so it asked the Xuanfu envoy to collect this army. Otherwise, it would be enough to directly send a civilian official to collect the army, but the imperial court definitely did not consider Chen Qing's factors."
"Actually, what I'm really worried about is not Yue Fei's army, but that the imperial court has begun to clean up the feudal towns. Either I or Han Shizhong will be next. After losing military power, I don't know how the imperial court will deal with me. I'm afraid my end will be worse than Yue Fei's!"
Speaking of this, Zhang Jun couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
Wang Jingxiu smiled slightly and said: "Didn't the Xuanfu ambassador behave very well in these years? He worked hard to make money, acted tyrannically and ruined his own reputation. Isn't that how Wang Jian reassured the King of Qin back then? So the Xuanfu ambassador doesn't have to worry, since the emperor
Asking you to collect Yue Fei's army shows that he still trusts you."
Next to him, Zhang Ziqi couldn't open his mouth for a long time. It turned out that his father had been desperately trying to make money over the years and deliberately ruined his reputation. He was just pretending to reassure the emperor. He was really old and cunning!
Zhang Jun didn't want to mention this matter, so he quickly changed the topic, "Then how should Yue Fei's army be controlled? Please teach me, sir!"
Wang Jingxiu pondered for a while and said: "I suggest that the Xuanfu envoy should grasp two principles. First, to satisfy Chen Qing, this will leave a way out for himself; second, to make the emperor dissatisfied, he must satisfy the emperor and the court.
Realizing that the consequences of reducing the vassal state would be serious, the imperial court would be cautious when seizing the military power of the prince and Han Shizhong in the next step."
"Is there any way to make Yue Fei's army unwilling to accept the imperial reorganization?"
Wang Jingxiu pointed out two fingers, "Two words, rumor!"
Zhang Jun nodded, and then said to his eldest son Zhang Ziqi: "I will write a letter, and you will ride a fast horse to Xuchang immediately and deliver the letter to His Highness King Yong!"
"Baby, obey your orders!"
After Yue Fei received the order from the imperial court to prepare to recapture Jinghu South Road, he ordered his eldest son Yue Yun to lead 20,000 men to garrison in Changlin County, Jingmen Army, with his troops directed at Jiangling Mansion.
But this was just preparation. They could not send troops to Jiangling until they received the exact order from the court. Yue Fei immediately took his second son Yue Lei to Lin'an to report on his duties. There was no more news about this trip.
The military camp is located outside Changlin County, and the soldiers are patiently waiting for orders.
Yue Yun is only twenty years old this year. At the age of fourteen, he followed his father in the Northern and Southern War. He was a famous young general in the Song Dynasty. He was extremely tall, with big arms and a round waist, and his arms were powerful. He just started learning guns from his father.
But as he grew older, his strength became stronger and stronger, and the spear could no longer take advantage of his strength.
At the age of seventeen, Yue Yun began to practice hammer training. A pair of bright silver hammers weighing 82 kilograms hit the invincible hands of the Song army. He was praised as the Silver Hammer Taibao.
Yue Yun's character is the same as his father's, he is upright, hates evil, and is not good at compromise.
Ever since they were forced to withdraw by the imperial court during their northern expedition to the Central Plains, Yue Yun had been extremely resentful of the imperial court's mediocrity and weakness. If his father hadn't stopped him, he would have almost killed the messenger who ordered them to withdraw.
This time the imperial court ordered them to attack Jinghu South Road. Yue Yun also held a strong objection. The main reason was that Chen Qing went north to the Central Plains to regain his homeland, but they took advantage of people's danger to attack Jinghu South Road. This approach was too unethical and would lead to
Being reviled by everyone in the world.
Another reason is that the Song Army's warships blocked the Yangtze River and their troops could not cross the Yangtze River. What was the point of just occupying Jiangling County on the north bank?
In the past few days, Yue Yun had a strong feeling of uneasiness. He had heard rumors before that his father had been exiled to Lingnan, and in the past two days he had heard rumors again that his father had been convicted and imprisoned. But no matter what kind of rumors, it was not a good thing for his father.
Especially in the past few days, several news have spread in the military camp. Their army will be taken over by Zhang Jun, and all generals will be demoted to three levels.
The commander was demoted to deputy commander, and the commander was demoted to deputy chief. This news immediately caused the military camp to explode. You know, it takes at least ten years to be promoted to the third level. You don't know how many fierce battles you have to participate in and how many achievements you have made.
, they were promoted little by little, and now they are wiped out at the third level all at once. This is even more unacceptable than killing them, wiping out all their ten years of achievements.
This news hit the army's Achilles' heel and made the generals extremely angry.
At this time, staff officer Xue Bi quickly walked into the big tent and said: "Young general, this is a bit strange!"
"Excuse me, Xue Canjun, what's so strange about this?"
"Bizhi just received a document from Li Ruoxu from Xiangyang, asking us to prepare all military and political files and prepare to hand them over to Zhang Jun."
"What?"
Yue Yun's eyes widened, "Are the rumors true that my father has been dismissed and imprisoned?"
"There is no definite information on whether Dutong was dismissed from his post and imprisoned. It is possible that he was transferred to another post, but it should be certain that Zhang Jun took over our army."
Yue Yun clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "Does this mediocre emperor treat the generals who fought bloody battles for him like this?"
Xue Bi sighed and said: "I came to see the young general because I hope he can stabilize the mood of the generals. They are all discussing going north to join the Western Army."
"It's a good thing to join the Western Army. That's the real anti-Jin army. Why do you have to work for this stupid and unscrupulous emperor?"
"Calm down, young general! There is no news from Ambassador Xuan yet. If it is a rumor, it will be difficult to turn back."
As soon as Xue Bi finished speaking, a soldier said outside the tent: "Junior General, the Second Young Master is back!"
"Ah! My second brother is back, where are the others?"
Yue Lei rushed into the tent, hugged his brother and cried bitterly.
"Don't cry yet!"
Yue Yun held his brother's shoulders and asked urgently: "Where is father? Didn't he come back with you?"
"My father was imprisoned and under house arrest. Zhang Bao and I got help from Chen Qing's men and escaped from Lin'an."
"imprison."
Yue Yun's body shook. He finally got the definite news that his father was really imprisoned.
He suddenly pulled out his sword, cut off the table with one blow, and said through gritted teeth: "The emperor is fatuous, traitors are in power, and loyal ministers are being framed. Such a dynasty is not worthy of my allegiance, Yue Yun. It is better to turn against it!"
"Brother, you must not do this!"
Yue Lei knelt down and cried: "My father asked me to come back just to stop my eldest brother's impulse. The eldest brother can resign to take care of his family or find another job, but he can't rebel. This will ruin my father's reputation for life!"
After saying that, Yue Lei took out Yue Fei's troop dispatching gold medal, held it up high and said: "The capital has an order. If General Yue Yun has the intention of rebellion, he can be deprived of his military power."
When Yue Yun saw his father's gold medal for troop deployment, he couldn't help but sit down and sighed: "I know, I won't rebel and ruin my father's reputation for life."
At this time, Yue Lei glanced at Xue Bi behind him and said, "Xue Canjun, can you step aside for a moment? I want to talk to my brother about family matters."
Xue Bi would be relieved as long as Yue Yun did not rebel. He nodded, turned around and walked out of the tent.
Yue Yun looked at his brother in confusion and asked, "What do you want to say?"
"Father said that the court is very likely to arrest eldest brother and Zhang Xian. Father asked you to resign and return to your hometown to avoid arrest. But I want to persuade eldest brother to defect to the Western Army. We will continue to fight against the Jin Dynasty, regain the Central Plains, and make up for the regrets of last year.
So many officials have defected to Jingzhao, and even high-ranking minister-level officials like Zhe Yanzhi and Lu Qingshan have defected to the Sichuan-Shaanxi Army. Why can't we go and insist on serving the fatuous emperor?"
Yue Yun nodded and asked, "I heard you say just now that you escaped back with the help of Chen Qing's men?"
"Exactly! As soon as we escaped from the city, the court started to arrest us. I guess I took away my father's gold medal for troop deployment. There were checkpoints everywhere. We couldn't escape at all. No one helped us, so Zhang Bao went
We approached the Sichuan-Shaanxi Pavilion for help, but unexpectedly the other party agreed immediately, and Wei Yanzong, deputy commander of intelligence agents, personally led us to break out of the encirclement."
At this time, there was a fierce noise outside, and the soldiers came running and said: "Major General, the generals are all here!"
Yue Lei suddenly thought, Zhang Bao should be the one who told everyone the news.
