There is a small mountain in the northeast of Laojun Mountain called "Spider Pecking Mountain".
After the flood receded, Li Xia and Yi Shiying rode their horses to the top of the mountain. Looking north, they could see a row of horse hoof marks in the moist soil.
Li Xia has learned to look for traces and judge that there are at most two thousand people.
"It seems that when the flood came, Niulin fled here to hide." Yi Shiying sighed: "It's a pity that we couldn't capture him."
"The Yunding defenders are still blocking the way in the north, and Niulin may not be able to escape." Li Xia said: "It doesn't matter even if he escapes, lest Brother Meng sends another general to attack."
"It would be nice if I could share some of the pressure on the Chongqing government..."
Yi Shiying looked at Li Xia and said, "We are receiving the imperial salary, so we should not be afraid."
Li Xia is naturally not afraid of anything, he just doesn't want to be affected by his plan to manage Xuzhou.
But he still responded honestly: "Thank you, General Yi, for your teaching."
Looking at the mountains and rivers, I saw that the mountains and fields were quiet after the floods subsided.
Unlike the Yellow River, which has a changeable course, the Tuojiang River's course is stable, and it quickly returns to its own course after the accumulated flood momentum passes.
"I just hope that the Mongolian invasion will be like this flood and recede as soon as possible." Yi Shiying said with emotion.
Li Xia knew that this was impossible and never took any chances.
There is a messenger galloping towards me from the west. It is not from Laojun Mountain. It seems to be a message from Xuzhou.
Sure enough, Zhu Xusun, the pacifying envoy on Tongchuanfu Road, had woken up and ordered people to deliver food and grass. He also ordered Yi Shiying to quickly return to Lingxiao Town to guard, and ordered Li Xia to lead his troops to Xuzhou to hand them over.
Yi Shiying's duty is to guard Lingxiao City, and he has no objection to this.
"Then let's ask General Yi to make arrangements first." Li Xia said, "I'll go to Fushun Prison to meet the Yunding Army."
"That's fine. When you come back, the Changning army will set out again. Go and return quickly. The military orders are overwhelming. There is no need to delay."
Yi Shiying felt a little emotional. Li Xia, a mere county magistrate, was able to contact the garrison from all over the country. His ability was indeed strong. In the future, his official position would be higher than his own.
I only hope that he can become a pillar of the Song Dynasty.
"Also, bring more people with you and be more careful."
Yi Shiying gave another warning and rode back to Laojun Mountain.
Li Xia and the messenger walked behind.
"President of the county, Mr. Han has already taken control of Xuzhou before Zhu Yasuo wakes up."
"I know."
This time it was the defender Kong Xian who led the troops down from Yunding City, while Yi Qing was responsible for staying behind.
Because Kong Xian was a civil servant and had extensive experience in building cities and walls over the years. Digging canals and breaking embankments was more suitable than Yi Qing.
Unfortunately, they failed to intercept the remnants of Niulin, allowing more than a thousand Mongolian troops to break through the defense line and run north.
"It doesn't matter, let the Marshal return to Chengdu." Li Xia said: "General Kong please move, I have some ideas for the next battle in Western Sichuan..."
Li Xia and Kong Xian had a long talk again and hurried back to Laojun Mountain.
After a victory, the soldiers and horses of Xu and Lu will return to their respective stations...
Xuzhou.
Jiang Chun climbed to the top of the city and saw the Song army crossing the Minjiang River, and couldn't help but feel very good.
"It's safe."
Now Tongchuanfu Road's pacifying envoy Zhu Xusun is temporarily stationed in Xuzhou to recover from his injuries. Jiang Chunquan has been temporarily ordered to know about Xuzhou affairs. The memorial has been written and will be sent to Xingzai today.
Jiang Chun never expected that he would be able to move up the ranks just by sitting at home.
Now it seems that Wei Wenbo's death is nothing more than a trivial matter.
Compared with the Niulin army pressing down on the border... No, I heard that the Mongolian Lord has personally conquered Sichuan and Shu. In the face of such a major event, is it worth the death of a prefect?
It must be that many pacification envoys, Xuanfu envoys, transfer envoys, governors, governors, and governors have died in recent days.
When the list is sent to the bank, how can the imperial court read it?
Wouldn't it be nice to guard the city and wait for promotion?
Of course, just two days ago, Jiang Chun didn't think so. At that time, he was so afraid that Niulin would attack Xuzhou that he couldn't sleep a wink for several nights... All gone, all gone.
"Feiyu!"
Jiang Chun soon saw Li Xia's towering figure getting off the boat. He quickly went down to the top of the city and greeted him personally.
"Feiyu has made great achievements again. It's gratifying and congratulatory. It's gratifying and congratulatory."
He wanted to pat Li Xia on the shoulder as a sign of commendation, but when he raised his hand halfway, Jiang Chun realized something was wrong, swept his sleeves away, and changed to a supporting action.
"Thanks to Jiang Tongpan, oh, Jiang Zhizhou." Li Xia said: "Thanks to Zhizhou for strategizing and sending Qingfu Army and Changning Army to support..."
Jiang Chun was still shaking his head and said: "Well, it's not about knowing the state. It's just that the appeasement envoy temporarily gave me the right to know..."
In the middle of his words, he suddenly stopped and asked in surprise: "Is it me? Is it me who planned the plan?"
Li Xia smiled slightly, tacitly understanding.
Jiang Chun was overjoyed. He suppressed his eyebrows and danced with joy, and asked in a low voice: "Is it me who sends you north to contact Yunding, acquire Zizhou, and then go down to Luchuan?"
"Yes, but I wonder what Wei Zhizhou said at that time?"
Jiang Chun understood and whispered: "Don't worry, just leave this matter to your brother."
"Zhizhou is Qiaoer's adoptive father. I dare not call him brother."
"Then call uncle, uncle, don't look too raw..."
Li Xia looked around and saw that Han Qi'an, Li Zhaocheng, Gao Nianfeng and other confidants were all there, only Jiang Fan was missing.
"Where's the ginger rice?"
Han Qi'an stepped forward and whispered: "I was originally going to come to welcome the magistrate, but some people acted strangely, so I ordered him to do it..."
At the same time, a doctor carrying a medicine box entered the government office in Xuzhou City and entered a public room all the way.
Sitting in the room was a middle-aged official named "Lu Yizhou", who was an official of the Royal Envoy and served as the observer of Tongchuan Prefecture Road.
The Song Dynasty attached great importance to local supervision, and Zhu Susun, the pacifier, was one of the central officials who came out to pacify the local area.
However, as the pacifiers were regarded as "commanding ministers", there was no guarantee that they would not violate the law or even be rebellious. Therefore, the imperial court often sent inspection envoys to observe the situation in various places.
Basically, in a state capital, everything from the transfer envoys, the pacification envoys, to the general judges, etc., all belong to the censors. This shows that the Song Dynasty was prepared for local affairs.
In short, Lu Yizhou's power was mainly to supervise Zhu Xusun for the imperial court.
He followed the army to Luchuan, and after Zhu Xusun was injured, he followed him to Xuzhou.
After that, I felt something was wrong...
"Doctor Huang is here, have you noticed anything strange?"
"Yes." Huang Suren put down the medicine box in his hand and said: "The villain went to administer medicine to the wounded in the army today and took the opportunity to ask a few soldiers. One of them was on guard duty nearby when Zhu Anping envoy was attacked.
"
Lu Yizhou leaned forward and asked, "Did you ask?"
Huang Suren said: "At that time, Zhu Yasuo did not fall unconscious immediately after being knocked down. He fell into unconsciousness only after being helped into the tent by Li Xia."
"Sure?"
"Yes, that person clearly saw Zhu Yasuo wave his hand to Li Xia, as if to say it was okay."
Lu Yizhou looked thoughtful and said, "It seems like the smell I smelled when I went to see Ambassador Zhu was really anesthetic?"
Huang Suren looked extremely confident and said: "According to what the observer said, it should be the Drunk Immortal Peach, which is used to ensure that Zhu Anping is always in a coma."
Lu Yizhou squinted his eyes, pondered for a while, and murmured: "So, Li Xia was also responsible for Wei Wenbo's death? This man has great ambitions."
Huang Suren was a little excited. He took two steps forward and whispered: "As long as the observer reports to the court, he will be rewarded heavily. Don't forget the villain's contribution."
"Report it now? Are you looking for death? Look inside and outside the city. Who do the soldiers listen to? Don't show your face, in case that Li Xia finds out."
"This... villain knows."
Lu Yizhou took out a bag of money from his sleeve and handed it over first, still thinking to himself.
"How can we use this matter to bring down Ding Daquan together? If we defeat the traitors, we will have Qing Shi's name... But Wei Wenbo is clearly a member of Ding's party, so why did Li Xia kill him too?"
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
"Observation envoy." A minor official said: "Envoy Zhu Yasuo is awake. Please come over."
Lu Yizhou frowned, a little unhappy.
He was discussing a secret matter, but he didn't expect someone to come so close. He secretly scolded the boy for not looking at the door carefully, waved his hand, and asked Huang Suren to open the door...
In Tongpan Mansion, Jiang Chunzheng and Li Xia were having a lively conversation.
"Feiyu, you understand me. When I was the county magistrate, the county affairs could be entrusted to the hands of Zhengshu. Why? Trust. In my opinion, what an official needs is trustworthiness in employing people.
tolerance……"
At this point, Li Xia's soldiers came forward and said: "Prefect of the county, Captain Jiang is here."
Li Xia turned to Jiang Chun and asked, "How about we go to uncle's study to talk?"
Jiang Chun was stunned and subconsciously felt that something was wrong, but he still said bravely: "This is natural."
…
This study was where Wei Wenbo died, and Jiang Chun was reluctant to come in after that.
I'm thinking of moving to Zhouya soon, so I'm too lazy to change places for the time being.
Not long after, Jiang Fan led two people, each dragging a sack.
"You guys go down first... By the way, guard the courtyard gate."
"yes."
Jiang Fan then turned to Li Xia and said, "Magistrate, these two people discovered the matter."
"It's inevitable, let it go."
After the sack was pulled off, Lu Yizhou saw Li Xia sitting there.
Lu Yizhou was barefoot, with a pair of socks stuffed in his mouth. His eyes were full of horror, but also revealed some thoughts.
The moment Jiang Fan took off his socks, he suddenly said, "Don't kill me, County Magistrate Li. I'll tell you a few important things."
Without waiting for Li Xia to answer, Lu Yizhou immediately started talking.
"Ding Daquan will be dismissed soon..." To provide you with the fastest update of the final Song Dynasty, Chapter 426 is revealed for free to read.