Looking at the Hongzhou City Gate, Liu opened his breath: "It can be regarded as crossing Hengshan!" This mountain road is rugged and really hard! ”

On the one hand, the entourage said hello together. After passing through Yanzhou, you will enter the surrounding mountains. The terrain is broken, and the road will go to the valley for a while, and then climb up the mountain beam, up and down, going around and around, and people want to vomit.

It was not possible to drive on this part of the road, and the royal wine and rewards were made of camels and horses and mules, all of whom were out of breath.

Hongzhou Shou Liu Changzuo brought the generals early and welcomed them out of the city. stepped forward to see the end of the salute and said, "The envoy has worked hard all the way, and entered the city to rest." ”

When they arrived at the official hall, the guests sat down, and Liu Chang said: "This is the fundamental place of the party, and the party and army in Xingzhou are said to be able to fight, I don't know how many soldiers and horses the imperial court has stationed here?" The party members under the rule are still safe? ”

Liu Changzuo said: "After Captain Di led the army to break through Youzhou, I took 5,000 people south here. At that time, the general trend of the party was gone, and the defenders of the city surrendered without a fight, and there was no major war. These days have been occupied by themselves, and the people are safe, and there is no disorder. Now that the rule is preparing for spring ploughing, the farmer does not know how many things to do, but he is still obedient. ”

Liu Chang was overjoyed when he heard this: "If Hengshan is like a general here, the court will have less trouble!" I brought royal wine with me on this trip, and gave it to the army, and I got drunk tonight. Since the dispatch of troops in September last year, to the present, seeing that the party is about to be destroyed, the Holy God is very pleased, and ordered me to reward the sergeants. ”

Liu Changzuo thanked him and ordered the generals to get the imperial wine, send it to the army, and drink it all tonight to celebrate.

Liu Chang came here and brought three kinds of imperial wine. One is for senior generals, the other is for middle-level commanders, and another is for non-commissioned officers. And he brought with him gold and silver silk silk as a reward and gave it to the army. For these places, the uniform money quotation has not yet been used, and they cannot be issued banknotes.

After the order, Liu Changzuo said: "The Houya has arranged a place for the envoy to stay, and you should go and rest first." In the evening, a wine feast was prepared to catch the wind for the envoy and his party. The people in the mountains are barren and poor, the hospitality is not good, and the envoys are responsible. ”

Liu Chang nodded: "Okay, okay, that's it." I've got some sake with me, so I'm just right to drink it tonight. ”

After saying that, he asked the people who had come with him to carry the goods to give them money, and let them go away and go to change their clothes and rest. Along the way, a man hired from the security army was carrying goods. After Hongzhou, naturally the forbidden army sent people to transport them, and they were not needed.

In the evening, Liu Changzuo set up a banquet in the back office and invited Liu Chang and his party to the banquet.

After each of them sat down, Liu Chang ordered to take the imperial wine, poured it full, and raised his glass and said: "This time to attack the party, the battle has been won in a row, and now it has entered the heart of the heart." When the Holy One heard that the war was going well, he was overjoyed and ordered me to bring the imperial wine here to congratulate you! Fill this cup! ”

After drinking wine together, after a few rounds, they poured themselves on the wine table.

Liu Chang said to Liu Changzuo: "After breaking Lingzhou, I came all the way east, but it was still smooth?" ”

Liu Changzuo said: "Yanzhou has been fighting for a day or two, and there will be no big war in the future. After occupying Youzhou, I attacked Hongzhou along Guwuyan and Naiwangjing all the way. Hongzhou surrendered the city, and everything went smoothly. A few days ago, he recruited the leaders of the Tibetan tribes to Hongzhou and ordered them to take charge of their subordinates first, so as not to cause trouble. Now that the weather is warm, the people under his rule are preparing for spring ploughing, and there is no other reason. ”

Liu Chang nodded, and said: "A few days ago, after Jiao Yong occupied Longzhou, the troops suddenly rebelled, causing the army to suppress. Soon after, this happened in several walled cities. When it was reported back to the capital, the saint and the minister were very anxious, for fear that Hengshan would rebel again. ”

Liu Changzuo said vaguely: "I was assigned to guard here early, and I don't know what is going on in other places." There are no party members in Hongzhou who are in turmoil, but other places are not sure. Although Hengshan is full of party members, it is divided into many departments, and each department is different, so it is not good to say. ”

Liu Chang nodded, looked at Liu Changzuo's expression, and already knew it in his heart. Now is the time for spring ploughing, the general trend of the party has gone, even if there are generals who want to fight, they can't gather people. The so-called rebellion is only afraid that there is something else hidden.

Liu Changzuo is a fierce general in the forbidden army, and he was promoted after the training, and in a few years, he was promoted from the left pandian to the east to worship the official, and his majesty was extremely strict. The forbidden army is like this, and if the commander of the army is strictly controlled, the military discipline will be strict. Once the commander of the army is not upright, the situation under his rule will be frequent.

Hongzhou is a place with a dense number of party members, but it is far away from Yin and Xia, and it is not the same as Yuan Hao, and there are many tribes. Due to the barrenness of the place and the lack of property, the people under the rule lived a hard life. Liu Changzuo occupied Hongzhou, was tolerant to the people, and was exempted from paying taxes for several years, and the people under his rule praised him well. The original party generals and bureaucrats were all imprisoned, and the Tibetan troops below were all busy with spring ploughing, and they were willing to make trouble.

Liu Chang listened to Liu Changzuo talk about the war in Lingzhou, and sighed in his heart that victory was not easy to come by, so he drank with all the generals and got drunk.

On the second day, Liu Changzuo sent a sergeant to help Liu Chang carry supplies and send him outside the city.

All the way north, Liu Chang looked at the Wuding River around him, the valley was open and deep, at this time in early spring, the water flow was gentle, and sighed: "Swear to sweep away the Huns without regard for themselves, five thousand mink brocade mourning Hu Chen." Poor and uncertain riverside bones, like a person in a spring boudoir dream. This is the division between Han and Hu, from the Tang Dynasty to the present hundreds of years, I don't know how many wars have occurred. Today, the king is coming to the north, and the homeland is re-entering the king, and I hope that the future will be safe. ”

All the way to the north, after Youzhou, continue to the northeast, the road has been accompanied by the Wuding River. In the evening of this day, when he arrived at the three-way junction between Youzhou and Xiazhou, he was ordered to stop and sleep.

When I entered the town, I saw that the market was bleak, the population was sparse, and the houses on the roadside were mostly destroyed, which did not look like the scene in front of me. Liu Chang felt strange, and ordered his entourage to call a common man from the side of the road, and said: "There is no big war in Youzhou in the west, and Xiazhou in the east has surrendered the city. The walls of the town are very low, and they are not suitable for defense. ”

The old man looked at Liu Chang and his entourage, and said angrily: "How dare this town block the imperial army?" Originally, the city was surrendered, and the people were silent. At noon the day before yesterday, a group of soldiers suddenly came, saying that some rebels had fled into the town and slaughtered them. ”

Liu Chang was taken aback and said, "Xiazhou is already owned by the imperial court, how can there be rebels here?" ”

Lao Er said: "Which knows?" The soldiers said yes, and that is, there was. The rebels did not know who they were, and the people of the town were looted and many were killed. Many of them have been buried in the past two days, and the officials came earlier, and the corpses on the side of the road can still be seen. ”

Liu Chang nodded and let the old man leave, feeling a little bad in his heart. The three forks are between Youzhou and Xiazhou, and some rebel general will flee here if his head is broken. The so-called pursuit of the rebels is likely to be a pretext for the soldiers to loot.

found an inn to stay, and the generals of the town defenders hurriedly came to see it.

After saluting, Liu Chang asked: "I came from Hongzhou, and I saw that Hongzhou and Youzhou were very quiet and the people were happy, why is this town so dilapidated?" I heard that this place also surrendered without a fight, and there was no big war. ”

The general forked his hand: "Back to the envoy, the day before yesterday, General Yang brought the soldiers, saying that there were rebels fleeing here from the big sandpile, and he led the army to chase after him." Because the rebels were hiding in the people's homes, they led the soldiers to search the houses, and finally this was the case. The last general only brought a hundred people to guard this place, and he didn't dare to ask. ”

Liu Chang couldn't help frowning: "That being the case, what about the rebels that were found?" ”

The general said: "The rebels deserve death, so they will naturally be killed on the spot, and they will be buried for the past two days." ”

Liu Chang hurriedly said: "Then there is no captive?" This town is so badly damaged, how can it pass like this! ”