Gao Shengtai hurried back.

Sun Quan would definitely not obey Emperor Xian of Han's orders, and of course he would not listen to Duan Zhengming's orders.

However, with the Duan brothers in Wang Ju's hands, it must be a big trouble.

Back in the city of Shanxi, he reported the situation one by one.

Gao Zhisheng was also discolored, he thought for a long time, called one of his subordinates, and said, "Send an envoy to inform Yang Yizhen of the situation." ”

"What else?" The subordinate asked.

"What else do you ......" Gao Zhisheng was at a loss and had no clue, and only said after a long time: "Explain to him that if he doesn't agree to join forces, or makes too many demands, I have to defect to the Song Dynasty." ”

"Whoa." The man rode away.

"Father, in fact, defecting to the Song Dynasty is a good way out."

"How could you have such an idea!" Gao Zhisheng shouted.

Gao Shengtai has this idea, it is that the Gao family's current situation is really bad, there is Wang Ju's main army in the east, and Yang Yizhen's huge army in the west.

Moreover, as the homeland was captured by Wang Ju, and the fields and other industries were divided one by one, the leaders of the coalition forces of various ministries were panicked and depressed.

The Gao family's situation is now extremely critical, and as for ruling Dali, it is already a delusion, so defecting to the Song Dynasty may not be a way out.

"Tai'er, let me ask you, why does this kid want to divide the land equally?"

"Easy to govern."

"Wouldn't it be easier to use troops if the fields weren't evenly divided?"

In fact, Wang Ju divided the land equally, and most people thought that this was a very dangerous trend, but there were still a very small number of people who recognized it. There is a ready-made example. It was Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun's uprising. The fields were divided equally. As a result, that area became the least annexed area of the Song Dynasty. The annexation is light, and relatively speaking, the people will be able to live and work in peace and contentment. Therefore, Li Ji, Zhang Zai and others proposed the ancient well field system, which actually wanted to divide the fields evenly in disguise. This is a fool's dream, and it is impossible to achieve it in the mainland.

Even in the south, Wang Ju kept using troops, and he could not let all regions implement the equalization system, so it can only be said that he barely let two-fifths of the areas implement this policy. In this way, Wang Ju has already spent the power of the Nine Dragons and Two Tigers. For example, since Qizhou, Wang Ju has put so much thought into creating a model and demonstration, and has used troops on a large scale twice, but only two-thirds of the areas have barely implemented the equal distribution of cultivated land.

Moreover, in doing so, it has undoubtedly increased the difficulty of employing troops.

But if this is not done, these areas will still not be able to be well governed directly in the future. If it can't be well governed, it will continue to be fettered. Why bother so much?

Gao Shengtai suddenly came to his senses: "Father, he has wanted to plot against us Dali from the beginning. Even a few years ago, I wanted to plot against Dali, otherwise I would not have used troops to destroy the region. ”

"yes, it's a pity that I've just woken up."

"Then why can't you take refuge in the Song Dynasty?"

"It's okay to take refuge in the Song Dynasty, but would you like to send us, along with our important clansmen and relatives, to Kaifeng in the Song Dynasty for house arrest?"

"This one definitely won't work."

"No, there is only one dead end, whether it is my family, or Yang Yizhen's family, important members, this son will be killed, otherwise how can he let the Song Dynasty smoothly govern this area in the future."

"Then why did he take in the Duan brothers?"

"Is there anyone else in the Duan family besides the Duan brothers?"

"No, what can I do with Yongchang, the descendant of the Duan clan?"

"How many young people have passed, the Song Dynasty has long settled the hearts of the people, no matter how many descendants the Zhengming brothers have during that period, how much of a threat can they pose to the Song Dynasty?"

"Yes, I can only fight bloodily."

"I can only fight bloodily, but I didn't expect the praying mantis to catch cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind, and the yellow finch is not an old man, but this kid." Gao Zhisheng said remorsefully.

Yang Yizhen listened to the news.

Of course, he knew best in his heart that even now, he was still searching for Duan Zhengming's brothers everywhere, but this was done in secret. But he didn't quite understand, how did Duan Zhengming escape to Wang Ju's side? Even he suspected that Duan Zhengming was not in the hands of Wang Ju, but in the hands of the Gao family.

After thinking about it for a long time, he made a decision, sent an envoy to ask Wang Ju, and asked Wang Ju why he broke the contract?

Anyway, the most dangerous thing is the Gao family, not his Yang family.

After listening to the envoy's question, the Yang family replied: "Yes, the Duan brothers fled to me, they fled from the northeast, how did they get out of the city, according to them, there are nobles in the city to help, I didn't ask more about the specifics." ”

Let Yang Yizhen be suspicious.

"Then they came to me and said to sacrifice Dali, they are the only descendants of the Duan family, it can be said that now only their brothers represent the Duan family, and the Duan family represents Dali, they sacrifice Dali, can I not accept it?"

"But Shaobao ...... at the beginning"

"What did I say at the beginning!" Wang Ju's face changed.

At the beginning, he said that he made a verbal agreement with Yang Yizhen through Zheng Xuanhe's mouth. But does this count?

In fact, Wang Ju fulfilled this agreement, if Yang Yizhen has the ability to stabilize Dali in the future, will he not plot against the second county of Dongchuan Shicheng?

Yang Yizhen's subordinates were speechless.

"But the great prince really has a good impression of the Gao family, and he also persuaded me to Xu Gao Zhisheng Buxie (the highest honor in Dali, more noble than Yu Yue of Liao, and rarely given it.) ）”

Yang Yizhen's subordinates turned pale, if Gao Zhisheng fell to the Song Dynasty, his master would really be finished.

However, Wang Juju waved his hand and said: "This rich land, the three heroes chase after it, and who they fall into in the end depends on their respective skills, but I am very dissatisfied with such a hero as the Gao family, so the first thing to deal with is the Gao family, as for your master, you can see the opportunity to act, and if you can fight in the future, defeat me, I will withdraw the army." If he is defeated by me, he can surrender, and I will save his life. ”

The picture is poor, and the dagger is self-revealed.

Wang Ju no longer concealed his intentions.

But said something that gave Yang Yizhen a headache.

When Yang Yizhen heard the news, he was also very ashamed and angry, and now he also realized that he had been tricked by Wang Ju, so he sent an envoy to communicate with Gao Zhisheng.

I sent someone to confirm that the Duan brothers had indeed fled to Wang Ju. But Wang Ju said. He hates your family. Therefore, the first thing to deal with is your Gao family, and then you will fight me for the victory. If he is defeated and withdraws, if he wins, he will allow me to surrender and save my life. Therefore, you and I join forces, which is still the original condition.

Gao Zhisheng was so angry that he wanted to jump to his feet, when is this, you still want to carve up Dali and make a profit. But forced by the situation, I had to bow my head. Said I agreed, but you also have to promise me a condition, the Song army is relatively strong, and it is extremely difficult to defeat them, but they are divided into three ways, which is the biggest weakness of the Song army.

Therefore, our two armies must immediately join forces and eat a single Song army on the south or north road first.

This request was not excessive, Yang Yizhen immediately agreed, but he made another request, first deal with the Song army on the North Road. It's not Yanda that is easy to deal with. Rather, the Yanda army also posed a threat to Yang Yizhen's army. Of course, for the Gao family, the Song army posed a threat all the way. But this Yang Yizhen won't care.

This little abacus can't hide from Gao Zhisheng, Gao Zhisheng is helpless, and they are also facing fire, but the fire is still a few steps away from Yang Yizhen, but the fire burned the eyebrows of the Gao family, so Gao Zhisheng had to agree, but he put forward his own difficulties, whether it is Wang Ju's main army or the South Route Army, they all pose a threat to Shanxifu, so they must divide their troops to stay. Therefore, the coalition forces of the two sides are mainly based on the Yang family's army, supplemented by the Gao family.

This is the reason why Yao Lin said that the division of the two families is not enough to fear.

No matter how wise the two of them are, it is impossible to completely twist them into a rope.

Yang Yizhen pondered for a long time before saying: "You go back and tell your master that I can dispatch 40,000 troops, but he must dispatch 30,000 troops, otherwise I will not agree to join forces, but sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight." "Yan Da took away 20,000 soldiers and horses, but after several tragic battles, now there are only more than 15,000 soldiers and horses, and the rest have either died or been seriously injured and retreated to Shicheng County for treatment.

70,000 soldiers and horses against 15,000 Song troops should not be so difficult.

Gao Zhisheng also thought about it for a long time.

In fact, 30,000 soldiers and horses were dispatched, and the troops in his hands were still very tight, and the Shanyan Mansion had to stay behind to guard the heavy troops. Nongdong Mansion also has to leave an army here to prevent Yang Yizhen from sneaking up. However, he also knew that even if the Song army defeated Yanda, the losses would not be small, and if he dispatched fewer troops, Yang Yizhen would not agree. Gao Zhi hesitated for a long time, and finally agreed.

Then the leaders of the various departments and the important generals were gathered together, and said: "Everyone, now our number one enemy in Dali is not a traitor, but the Song army. The Song Dynasty asked me to surrender, but I didn't agree, and as you can see, the Song Dynasty executed all the chiefs together in order to govern the region. Therefore, after I surrender, I will still be dead, including you. ”

One person asked: "Didn't that Shaobao in the Song Dynasty promise to be a high-ranking official?" ”

"Did you see them go to Kaifeng to enjoy the glory and wealth? With such a generous salary and so many officials, do you think the Song Dynasty will agree? ”

Anyway, everyone didn't see that Gao Zhisheng could deceive in a high-sounding manner.

But he didn't expect that he would be asked to say that it was not far from the truth.

"I live and die with you, will you live and die with me?"

Anyway, his words still touched some of the leaders, so they all drank them.

Gao Zhisheng made arrangements at this time, and asked his son Gao Shengtai to lead the 30,000 soldiers and horses, just now he saw that many leaders still had doubts in their eyes, and others would not rest assured that Gao Zhisheng would not be at ease.

On the other side, Yang Yizhen is also making arrangements.

But little by little, the most precious time passed by.

Gao Zhisheng actually said that it was really good, the division of troops can be flexible and mobile, and play a variety of tactical cooperation. If you don't divide the troops, the troops will be loose and easy to be broken by each one, which is the biggest reason for the failure of Song Taizong's second invasion of Liao. No matter how victorious Pan Mei and Tian Chongjin were, Cao Bin was defeated, and the two had to retreat.

Similarly, for Wang Ju, the control of the division of troops is still very poor.

Therefore, if at the beginning, the two families did not quarrel and used a certain Song army, maybe there would be a chance to turn the tables. However, now because both sides are calculating, time is dragging on day by day, and Yanda has taken Huichuan City and arrived at Huanzhou Village. He Bin also took down the Ah Yan Department, and also easily solved the Ha Mibu and the most Ning City in the east, and then pointed to Xiushan City. In other words, these two soldiers and horses are not so far away from Wang Ju, they can be controlled if they are not far away, and there will be no fatal mistakes!

The two armies of Gao Yang set off one after another, and the information was quickly fed back to Wang Ju.

"The army of the Gao family's cronies is in Shanyan City?" Wang Ju asked.

"Well, most of the 30,000 troops dispatched are allied forces of various ethnic groups." Lu Tart, the head of the White Army, said.

"It seems that Gao Zhisheng still takes Shanxian City very seriously." Wang Ju laughed.

Huang Hua's heart moved and said, "Shaobao." You can learn Cao Cao's tactics of breaking the Xiqiang. Intentionally courted the Yang family's army. Let the two armies be suspicious, and then let Duan Zhengming join the army, at least many of the Gao family coalition army are Wu barbarian soldiers who support the Duan family, first break through the 30,000 soldiers and horses, the two armies will be united, and then deal with the 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Yang family. The 70,000-strong army was defeated, and two families perished. ”

Yao Lin said: "No, most of the surrounding areas of Huanzhou Village are mountainous areas. It is not easy to carry out large-scale operations, and large-scale operations are the strength of our army. This is a bit like Shaobao's situation in Gyeongju at the beginning, but Gyeongju's geographical advantage has now become Dali's geographical advantage. ”

Miao Lu said: "However, the city of Shanyanfu is full of dead soldiers raised by the Yang family, and the city wall is strong and tall, so it is not easy to attack." ”

Wang Ju touched his beard and said, "Brother Mellow's opinion can be adopted, but only half of it can be adopted." ”

At this time, time was precious, Wang Ju immediately made a judgment and sent it to Yan Da with the general's order.

The Battle of Huanzhou Village began.

This ring state is not another ring state, a small village. However, the location is very important, and to the south of it is the Huazhu Department, the area where Duan Zhengming's brothers fled. To the east, you can reach the Shanyan Mansion, and to the west, you can also reach the Nong Dong Mansion. This is also the reason why Yang Yizhen asked to deal with the Song army on the North Road first.

However, this is mostly a mountainous area, and seeing that the two armies came together, Yanda rushed to the front and built a large military village by the water next to the mountain. Anyway, the terrain in this area is not conducive to large-scale operations, but it is extremely conducive to defense. A convenient place to defend can be found casually.

The two armies arrived and launched an attack on the Song army's camp, what tactics did the Song army excel at? Defensive battles, defensive battles.

Although most of this Song army was newly recruited native soldiers on the Guangnan West Road, it was led by Yan Da and still brought the defensive tactics to the extreme.

The two armies were attacking, and the Song army was calmly defending.

Then the shouting began.

shouted to the allied forces of various clans under Gao Shengtai: "Don't attack, Duan Zhengming and Duan Zhengchun are still alive, he asked the Gao family to cooperate with the Song army to crusade against the traitors, but the Gao family didn't listen, this is the Gao family is also going to rebel." ”

"Hurry up and surrender, not to the Song Dynasty, but to His Highness."

Someone swore to the sky that the Duan Zhengming brothers were alive and in Shicheng County, and these soldiers were arranged by Wang Ju to come to Huanzhou Village, they were all barbarian disciples, and they did see the Duan brothers, and some people recognized them.

Someone else said, "Look, we're trying to get you casualties, don't you believe it?" ”

This is even more true, both armies are attacking, but the Song army has used a spicy hand on the army on the Yang family's side, in order to kill and injure, do everything possible, and even throw a fierce fire oil bottle, and then shoot it with a rocket, burning the ghost and crying wolf, this way of death is too cruel. But for the Gao family's coalition army, it was much milder, and it only forced them back again and again.

Gao Shengtai couldn't bear it anymore, so he had to lie: "How can the two princes escape to Shicheng County? Don't believe Song Jun's lies. ”

But at least some of the barbarian soldiers were a little suspicious.

Yan Da was happy and said, "This tactic is good. ”

The next day, Song Jun changed his shouting method and said, "You really have to believe it, the two Highnesses will come here soon, how will you face Your Highnesses at that time?" ”

More people are skeptical of this. The Yang family was also very annoyed, and sent someone over to ask, what do you mean by this, are you joining forces to attack the Song army, or do you intend to surrender? Gao Shengtai had no choice but to send a military judge to enforce military law, behead those who retreated, and then report the situation back to Gao Zhisheng.

But Song Jun's shouting was not a joke, so Wang Juzhen sent 10,000 soldiers and horses, led by Miao Lu, to rush over, and the commander's banner was under the banner of Duan Zhengming. There were also scouts with sharp eyes, seeing that Duan Zheng was clearly in this army. I believe that as long as Duan Zhengming arrives at Huanzhou Village and shows a little bit, the 30,000 coalition troops will be in chaos by themselves.

Although there are 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Yang family behind them, they will not show up the disciple of the Duan family.

However, the Song army and his 30,000 soldiers and horses fought to the death, isn't the Yang family's army happy to see this situation? (To be continued......)