At the post station twenty miles north of Kaifeng City, Ni Yi asked curiously: "Huainan? Isn't the only one we can use in Huainan... the scholar Jia She?"
He rolled his eyes and asked in a low voice: "That fellow Jia She may not be one of ours, right?"
Guo Ning laughed and patted Ni Yi on the shoulder: "Don't underestimate the significance of us taking Kaifeng. Some people will be so afraid of our power that they will go crazy. They will desperately try to change the situation and want to give themselves
We have found some means of survival in troubled times. There are also some people who have not shown up before, but will change according to the times... We only need these people to be slightly alienated from the Southern Song Dynasty, and we have already taken advantage."
Ni Yi was a little confused by Guo Ning Yunshan's misty words. He asked in surprise: "Who are these people and those people? It sounds like there are quite a lot...Do you have other plans, my lord? Can we still capture Huainan?"
"Our strength has reached its limit after taking Kaifeng, and we must maintain the direction of Qinlong. If there is a war in Huainan, we cannot afford to support it. What's more, if we take Huainan, the military front will be as thin as the Yangtze River, and the Southern Dynasty will
If you have to fight us to the death, you won’t be able to do business!”
Having said this, Guo Ning felt a little emotional. He waved his hand, turned around and continued to look at the marching queue.
This doesn't work, that doesn't work, and the Duke of the State prefers Huainan. What will happen there?
Ni Yi thought for a long time and suddenly realized.
At the same time, Yang You, who was hundreds of miles away, finally became impatient when he saw that the two of them had been trying to persuade him. He put his hand on the handle of the knife and sneered: "Are you two confused? Who do you think the Prime Minister is?"
If you continue to be in such a coma, you two will offend the prime minister severely, not to mention that your official position is not guaranteed, and your life is at stake, and your head will be dislocated at any time!"
"Why would Governor Yang make false threats? We have done nothing, how could we offend the prime minister?"
"You two only know how to boast and accept bribes. It is a dream to ask you to deal with Ding Haijun in the north. However, Ding Haijun's traitor is working as the deputy envoy of Huaidong in Yangzhou, and you just watch?
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"this……"
Ying Chunzhi looked at Li Jue and said hesitantly: "However, this person has worked under the Prime Minister's family before, so there is some friendship."
"fart!"
Yang Youduan shouted: "This guy is the one who protected Li Yun and entered Lin'an under a different name. This guy is the one who deceived the Prime Minister and many of his close associates! The Prime Minister can't do anything against Li Yun, so is there nothing he can do against Jia She?"
The prime minister must be the prime minister of the Song Dynasty. Every extra day this person lives in Yangzhou is a slap in the face of the prime minister, and he will become a weapon for outsiders to launch criticism at any time!"
Li Jue wanted to gain more money after all, so he quickly said: "Having said that, this man is now the key intermediary in the land trade between the North and the South. How can we touch him?"
"madness!"
Yang You yelled again, making Li Jue's ears buzz.
"Nowadays, land trade is in the hands of many private traders, and private traders are becoming more and more unruly. Is this what the Prime Minister wants to see? This huge financial source must be in the hands of the Prime Minister. How can
Can he be faked by others? Jia She is running around making money for unrelated people, so what use does the prime minister want him for? This person attracts the attention of the government and the public in vain, reminding people that the prime minister was fooled; he also cheats on others, he is a
The moths who defrauded the prime minister of his money...are actually living well until now, what does the prime minister want from you?"
"this……"
Li Jue and Ying Chunzhi had always regarded Yang You as an ignorant Qiu Ba, but now they understood that such a reckless man who had fought in the north and south and remained standing had his own ability to gain a foothold. Although he was crude, he could judge the intentions of the prime minister. , which seems to make sense!
The two of them have always regarded themselves as powerful figures in the history party, and they have made great efforts to understand the history of the prime minister. Now it seems that they are not as understanding as a fierce dog?
The two of them thought about it again along Yang You's train of thought, and couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.
"Have you figured it out? This is a rare opportunity. If you figure it out, just follow my lead!" Yang You urged.
"Yang Tongzhi, what are you going to do?"
Yang You laughed ferociously several times, walked to the door of Jia She's mansion with his back to it, and opened it suddenly.
Outside the door is a fairly spacious courtyard, which probably used to be a grain drying yard in the early years.
In the courtyard, there were originally a dozen capable guards brought by Li Jue and Ying Chunzhi.
At this moment, the guards were all restrained by their swords and did not dare to make a sound or move. Everywhere in the courtyard, there were warriors standing high and low with various weapons and helmets. The early morning sun shone on them. On Sen Han's armor, he looked increasingly murderous.
Yang You stood proudly by the door and waited until Li Jue and Ying Chunzhi saw the situation in the courtyard clearly before closing the door again.
He said: "Today, Jia She summoned more than 20 private businessmen who were close to him to conspire. Naturally, these more than 20 private businessmen were particularly loyal to Ding Haijun Guo Ning. However, I am in Yangzhou City. There are also some connections. They entered the city this time and smuggled five hundred warriors with them. Each of them can fight one against a hundred. They are extremely ferocious. They can kill everyone in that mansion with just one charge."
"If you do this, there will be chaos in the city."
"It would be better if there is chaos! When the city is in chaos, many things will no longer be clear. The two of you jointly wrote a document saying that the private merchants in the city colluded with the gangsters to cause chaos, killed the deputy envoys, and the private merchants fought each other to death... Let’s just go with the flow and this matter will be over!”
Ying Chunzhi pondered for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Is this really what the prime minister needs?"
Yang You said angrily: "If you don't believe it, just do nothing and wait for the Prime Minister to unleash his thunderous wrath!"
Ying Chunzhi fell into deep thought.
Li Jue suddenly asked: "Mr. Yang, you came from Zhenzhou to eliminate our danger. We are deeply gracious to you. However, what do you want at the risk of leading troops across the border?"
"Loyalty Army."
Ying Chunzhi was stunned: "Aren't your subordinates in Zhenzhou just..."
Halfway through his words, he realized: "You want to combine the loyal and rebel armies on the two routes in Huainan into one and bring them all under your command!"
The so-called loyal army is the remnant of the red coat army that retreated into the Song Dynasty after Yang An'er was defeated. The remaining army was divided into two groups. The leader of one group was Yang You's group; the other group was the long-term camp. Yang Miaozhen's troops stationed along the canal.
Generally speaking, Yang You received more support from the court and had higher levels of equipment and training due to his hard work for Shi Kuan's saddle. Yang Miaozhen's command had a better reputation among the remaining Red Coat Army troops and had a larger number of troops. After Yang An'er's death, the two families have been competing with each other for influence in the Red Coat Army, and there have been conflicts from time to time.
Because the recruitment process of this army actually affected the interests of Jiankang, the imperial army, and the two commanders of Zhenjiang, all parties also deliberately provoked them to fight among themselves in order to check and balance each other.
However, the Thirteen Captains of the Kaifeng Imperial Court of the Kingdom of Jin went south and, in just over a month, severely defeated the imperial troops stationed in Huainan, causing heavy losses to the garrison troops of the two capital commanders. Cui and
The strong and brave troops formed and trained in Huaidong and the two armies to suppress the Huaihe River were messed up by Li Jue and Ying Chunzhi for more than a year, and their combat effectiveness was not as good as before.
A clear-minded person can see at a glance that these two loyal armies are now the most capable troops in Huainan. After the two loyal armies merge into one, the person who leads this army will be the one who controls the Song Dynasty.
The most powerful person in Huainan.
"The Loyalty Army belongs to me, and I will definitely guard Huainan as tightly as an iron barrel. The profits from the trade between the north and south of the canal, and even the power to select merchants, belong to the two of them. I think they can manage it in an orderly manner. For
The Song Dynasty has won a steady stream of benefits for Prime Minister Shi. This is a great thing that benefits the Song Dynasty and Prime Minister Shi. How about it? Can we do it?"
Yang You is good at tempting.
Ying Chunzhi was about to nod, but held it back: "There is no problem in getting rid of Jia She. What else, such as the loyal army and trade profits, are there things we can exchange privately?"
"If you don't give and receive privately now, when will you wait?" Yang You smiled half-heartedly: "Things given by others are never as solid as holding them in your own hands!"
Ying Chunzhi laughed and asked for words again, but was pulled hard by Li Jue.
Li Jue turned to Yang You and nodded slightly: "Yang Zongzhi, no matter how much you say now, it's all lies. We might as well wait until you kill Jia She and take control of Yangzhou, and then we can discuss the details of the future."
Yang You's eyes flashed fiercely, and after a few breaths he said slowly: "Okay. You two, just wait here, and let me kill those worms in the imperial court first!"
What he meant was to put Li Jue and Ying Chunzhi under house arrest, but they were unable to object.
Yang You strode out and got on his horse.
Prime Minister Shi boasted in Lin'an City that he had long joined forces with the Duke of Zhou in the north to jointly destroy the Kaifeng court of Jin Dynasty and bring huge commercial benefits to the ministers. Such words can only deceive the idiots in Lin'an City.
After all, does the two families have a tacit understanding? How could the commander-in-chief on the Huainan border not see it?
There was no tacit understanding between the two families, so the Song Dynasty was beaten violently by the Thirteenth Captain of the Kaifeng court, and then the navy created an opportunity for a covert attack. Such poor performance created an empty and abnormal situation in Huainan.
Yang You wanted to take advantage of this situation with force, and Jia She wanted to take advantage of this situation with financial resources; in the end, their goals were the same.
No matter what they wanted to do, Li Jue and Ying Chunzhi actually had no ability to stop them. They could only watch Yang You standing majestically on top of the war horse. He lightly tightened the reins, and the horse turned its head and swung its tail, circling and prancing.
Yang You was known as the "Nine Kings" under Yang An'er at that time. It really wasn't due to relatives. Just watch him point his toes when he mounts the horse, and his body will jump up. His movements are smooth and fluid, and he is as strong as a cheetah. You can imagine this person.
He was so fierce on the battlefield. No wonder he was able to retreat with his troops intact despite repeated fierce battles with the Jurchen army!
His riding skills are also excellent, his upper body is stable and motionless, he looks around at his tense subordinates in the courtyard, and says with high spirits: "You warriors, you heroes! Today we..."
Suddenly, there was a dense roar in the courtyard.
That was the sound of arrows piercing the air.
When Yang You mounted his horse and shouted, the soldiers in the courtyard raised their weapons in response. Some of the men with crossbows even nocked their arrows, appearing eager to fight.
Now, those arrows that were placed on the strings all flew out, and the target was Yang You.
Dozens of arrows, hundreds of arrows, were densely pierced into Yang You's tall body from all directions. At first glance, it looked like a huge hedgehog with two human legs had appeared in the courtyard out of thin air.
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Yang You's head was also pierced with more than a dozen arrows, so that no one could see his face clearly. His body seemed to be twitching, but the dense arrows restricted his movements. The result of his exertion was just that
The densely packed arrow shafts collided with each other twice, making a clattering sound.
Blood spurted out from the wounds penetrated by countless arrows. The flow was very fast at first, and it made a hissing sound against the narrow wounds, like dozens of small fountains shooting.
Within a few breaths, all the blood in the body flowed out, and the blood flow at the wound slowed down, like wisps of blood overflowing. The huge hedgehog also fell from the horse. Because it was supported by arrows, Yang You's stiff body could not help
After landing, he was held up half a foot above the ground.
In the entire courtyard, many people were frightened by the situation before them, but there was another group of people who had been prepared, and they immediately started slashing and killing with swords and guns.