"The enemy forces in Fancheng are moving more and more frequently now!"
"I'm afraid they are preparing to cross the river to attack our Xiangyang City!"
Xiangyang guard Xu Zheng reported to the prefect Zhou Ding.
"Just hit them!"
"When the soldiers come, they will cover up the water and the earth. We just need to be prepared. What is there to worry about?"
Zhou Ding seemed disapproving.
"Previously, Commander Zhang advised the prefect not to abandon Fancheng at will, but you didn't listen. Instead, you said that the rebel army would retreat sooner or later!"
"But it has been more than a month now, and the bandit army has not retreated, and they are still moving frequently. They seem to be planning to cross the river and attack the city!"
"You actually don't care at all, and you say that the soldiers will come to block the water and cover it with earth. Do you really think of Xiangyang City as an iron wall?"
Xu Zheng seemed a little anxious.
"What's wrong?"
"Do you still want to throw all the responsibility for losing Fancheng to me?"
"Fan City is guarded by Zhang Dun. I am only exercising restraint and am not responsible for the specific guarding of Fan City!"
"Although I withdrew to Xiangyang City that day, I did not allow it to guard Fan City!"
"So the responsibility for the loss of Fancheng lies entirely with Zhang Dun. It was Zhang Dun who gave up on Fancheng himself. You have to understand the reason!"
"I didn't report it to the court. It's good enough that I reported Zhang Dun's crime of losing Fancheng!"
"do you know?"
Zhou Ding suddenly began to excuse himself.
"Prefect...you...how can you shirk responsibility like this?"
"If you hadn't evacuated all the soldiers and civilians in the city, how could Zhang Dun abandon Fancheng in desperation?"
"Now you actually say that Zhang Dun lost Fancheng. Isn't this too much?"
Xu Zheng immediately complained to Zhang Dun.
"Could it be that the responsibility for the loss of the city and the land does not lie with the general, but with me, the prefect?"
"I know Zhang Dun is your nephew, are you colluding together to go against this prefect?"
Zhou Ding was a little unhappy.
"Prefect Zhou, as the prefect, you not only control our entire Xiangyang Prefecture army, but also manage our logistics and reinforcements!"
"When the enemy is at hand, you don't want to defend the city, but instead shirk your responsibilities. You are simply ignoring the comfort of our entire Xiangyang Prefecture!"
"So I hope that you, the prefect, can abandon your negative war-weariness and immediately take the lead in organizing defenses to defend Xiangyang City!"
Xu Zhengxiang advised.
"Xiangyang City is known as a copper wall and an iron wall. Why should we be afraid of the enemy's attack?"
"You are confusing the people with your lies here, and you are really suspected of disrupting the morale of the army!"
"Someone is coming!"
"I will take this Xu Zheng down and lock him up, so that he can wake up and wake up!"
Zhou Ding couldn't bear it anymore.
"Amitabha!"
"Good, good!"
"Why does Governor Zhou have to be so angry?"
At this moment, there was a sudden sound outside.
"Who are you?"
"who is it?"
Zhou Ding immediately started questioning.
"The poor monk was given by His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to the State Master Jinshan Temple to preside over the Dharma Sea!"
Just listen to the monk introducing himself.
"You...are you the national master?"
Zhou Ding looked surprised when he saw the monk in front of him.
"Yes!"
"My master came to Xiangyang this time under a secret order from His Majesty!"
"Look at it!"
Later, Fahai took out an edict from his arms.
"Zhou Ding, the magistrate of Xiangyang, pays homage to the Imperial Master!"
"Meet the new commander-in-chief of the Central Route Army, Fahai Dutong!"
After Zhou Ding received the edict, he immediately bent down and saluted Fahai.
It turned out that this was a letter of appointment from Emperor Zhao Gou to Fahai. The letter appointed Fahai to take over Shao Hongyuan's position, command the entire South Jingxi Army, and be responsible for the defense of the entire Jingxiang and Jianghan areas.
"No need to be polite!"
"Have someone call back that Xu Tongzhi just now!"
Fahai ordered.
"Call it back?"
"Then Xu Zheng is a man who has no respect for his elders. Imperial Master, you can't trust him!"
Zhou Ding was a little reluctant.
"What's wrong?"
"Do you want to disobey the orders of our national division?"
Fahai's expression was very serious.
"I don't dare!"
"I dare not...!"
Of course Zhou Ding did not dare to offend Fahai.
"Someone is coming!"
"Someone is coming...!"
"If you still don't listen to the instructions of the Imperial Master, bring Xu Tongzhi back, bring him back!"
Then I called someone immediately.
"That's right!"
"By the way, don't you also have Zhang Dun, the former guard of Fancheng?"
"Call it over too!"
Fahai reminded again.
"Zhang Dun?"
"Zhang Dun has committed the crime of abandoning the city. Now he has been demoted to supervise the construction of equipment. I'm afraid he won't be able to come back for a while!"
Zhou Ding seemed a little reluctant.
"What's wrong?"
"Do you want to disobey the orders of our national division?"
"My master asked you to send someone to call Zhang Dun, didn't you hear?"
"If you hadn't called Zhang Dun, my Imperial Master would have removed you from your position as prefect now!"
Fahai said, his tone became very tough.
Zhou Ding naturally did not dare to offend Fahai, so he ordered people to find Zhang Dun.
Not long after, Xu Zheng and Zhang Dun were brought to Fahai.
"well!"
"My national division has long heard of these two loyal and courageous generals!"
"When I saw it today, it was indeed extraordinary, extraordinary!"
After Fahai saw the two of them, he began to admire them.
"Fan City guards Xu Zheng!"
"Xiangyang defends Zhang Dun!"
"Meet the Imperial Master!"
"Thank you, Imperial Master, for your appreciation!"
Both of them seemed to be grateful to Fa Hai at this moment.
"No need to be polite!"
"I know you may have had some misunderstandings with Governor Zhou before, but now that we are facing a formidable enemy, you should not fight among yourself like this!"
"Amitabha!"
Fahai couldn't help but clasped his hands as he spoke.
"All right!"
"From now on, just pretend that what you did before never happened!"
"From now on, we must work together to fight against the rebels. The most important thing is to protect Xiangyang!"
"The Holy One has entrusted all hope of resisting the rebel army to you!"
"Amitabha!"
Fahai certainly didn't want his subordinates to have internal strife in the future.
"There is no dispute between us and Magistrate Zhou. We just didn't understand that Magistrate Zhou gave up on Fancheng rashly, so something unpleasant happened!"
Zhang Dun explained first.
"My country's division has already heard about Governor Zhou's abandonment of Fancheng!"
"Actually, it's not a big mistake to abandon Fancheng. After all, Prefect Zhou didn't know the strength of the Song Army before!"
"If we rashly stick to Fancheng and cause unnecessary losses, Prefect Zhou will not be able to explain it to the court!"
"Do you think so?"
Of course Fahai already knew everyone's situation when he came.
"The Imperial Master is still wise!"
"It makes sense!"
"I really gave up on Fancheng because I didn't want to cause unnecessary losses. I didn't expect that the two guards didn't understand me!"
"I am helpless!"
Zhou Ding took the opportunity to complain.
"Amitabha!"
"The magistrate is dedicated to doing good, and for the safety of the people in the city, he is indeed worthy of praise!"
"The two guards also worked hard to guard Xiangyang and Fancheng, so you are all doing it for the Song Dynasty and for the safety of the people in the city!"
"Since we are all aiming for the same goal, why bother arguing here?"
Fahai continued.
"The Imperial Master is still sensible!"
"It's all my fault, Zhang Dun, for being impulsive!"
"It's all my fault, Xu Zheng, for being impulsive!"
"It was all our fault before!"
"We hereby apologize to you, Prefect Zhou!"
After Xu Zheng and Zhang Dun listened to Fahai's words, they apologized to Zhou Ding together.
"It's not your fault!"
"I don't blame you!"
"It's me...!"
"I didn't explain it clearly to you!"
Zhou Ding also wisely apologized to the two of them.
"Amitabha!"
"Good, good!"
After Fahai reconciled the three of them, he also looked satisfied.