The most unlucky crossing in history

On the sea, on the river, and on land, the Zhong family caravan, which used to follow the established route and traveled around north and south, bought grain, rice, oil, salt, and medicinal herbs from the middle school after receiving the urgent news from Hangzhou. Waiting for things, but in just three days, according to the requirements of the letter from Hangzhou, it was drastically reversed, and headed northwest with the purchased items.

After the ship, the river and the sea turned silver, and the waves were rolling and continuous.Behind the chariots and horses, mud and dust flew, and hoofbeats rattled endlessly.

The caravan of the Zhong family was like countless crazy beasts, howling angrily and rushing towards the westernmost Bo Lai.

Just like the Patriarch of the Zhong family, he completely ignored the prohibition of the imperial city and went straight to the northwest without leaving any room or worries.

"What is he doing!"

In the Royal Study Room of the Imperial Palace, the enraged Tan Yuanyong threw the letter in his hand to the ground, his face changed color, and he was extremely angry: "Zhong Qiyun is going to rebel!"

The people presenting the report trembled slightly in fright, even He Qinyan, Linghuze, Zhou Kui, Tian Maoli and others did not dare to say anything more.

Tan Yuanyong's face was ashen. A few days ago, when he heard that Zhong's family was leaving for the northwest, he saved face for Zhong Qiyun and made people rush to spread the word secretly, but now the person who spread the word came to tell him that Zhong Qiyun directly made people Call back the messenger?

In today's situation, even those with some brains know that this is the emperor who wants to take the opportunity to get rid of Xie Wenyuan, and the profiteering merchants will not get involved in it in order to protect themselves, but this Zhong Qiyun...

Tan Yuanyong's expression was unpredictable. It's not that he didn't hear any of the rumors about Zhong Qiyun and Xie Wenyuan. It should be said that he had already heard a thing or two from Linghuze.

However, who in this world is not driven by desire, people are greedy after all, and it is still difficult for a sage to withstand the temptation of profit, let alone a businessman like Zhong Qiyun who values ​​profit heavily?

He could see Zhong Qiyun's desire for the Zhong family to stand at the top, he could see that Zhong Qiyun wanted a position that no one else could shake, so he used his power to induce and his status to attract, and he has grown up in the quagmire of power so far, Tan Yuan Everyone in Yong knew that under power and under his life, even his own father, son, and brother could turn against each other, and that kind of illusory emotion was even more vulnerable.

Therefore, he never really cared about the ambiguous rumors of Zhong Qiyun and Xie Wenyuan, as long as Zhong Qiyun

If there is a desire for power and status, then those things are not very important.

However, Zhong Qiyun ignored the holy decree at this time, ignored the supreme glory that the Zhong family had just obtained, even when he knew that such actions would only bring about the disaster of killing people, he seemed to go crazy like this... ..

There is no turning back.

for what?

Tan Yuanyong exhaled softly and said, "Where is he now?"

Hearing the sound, the reporting guard hurriedly said: "The Zhong family has arrived at Yumen Pass quickly, and Zhong Qiyun has rushed from Hangzhou. I am afraid that he has already bypassed Jingzhao and arrived at Fenglin..."

Hearing this, Tan Yuanyong frowned suddenly, starting from Hangzhou City to the northwest, some lands must pass through under the influence of Xie Wenyuan, Zhong Qiyun must be unimpeded, but Duqu, Lantian and other places are all his people, " Didn’t Duqu and other government officials have been ordered to guard that place and not allow him to pass through? How could he be ordered to leave!”

"Hui, Huishang, the report from the Duqu government office said that Zhong Qiyun ordered Cheng Shishi to be tied up, and threatened the Duqu government office to open the city gate..."

Tan Yuanyong frowned. The land of Duqu was originally within the sphere of influence of Wei Hechao. After Wei Hechao fell, it was Li Huan who he sent down to make the decision. It won't have much effect...but Zhong Qiyun still left, so it must be Li Huan who asked Zhong Qiyun to leave.

It took Tan Yuanyong a long time before he asked He Qinyan who had never spoken: "Master He, do you know what happened to Li Huan in the past two years?"

When He Qinyan heard this, he frowned and thought for a long time before saying: "Lord Li has done his best in the past two years, without any mistakes. In recent years, Duqu, as the gateway to the northwest, has developed very well."

Tan Yuanyong asked again: "I remember, it was the Zhong family who built the Chengfeng Post Car Horse Port here, and the taxes in Duqu increased steadily, right?"

He Qinyan bowed his head: "Yes."

The words were not clear, but who in the hall couldn't understand the meaning?Although Li Huan tried his best to do things, I'm afraid that when dealing with the Zhong family in the past few years, he asked for a lot of "things" from the Zhong family, which also made the Zhong family hold a deadly handle...

"Even so, Zhong Qiyun is just a businessman. If he insists on doing this, he will hold his Zhong family and make him immobilized!" Zhou Kui over there was also very angry when he heard it, and he sternly said : "A mere businessman, still trying to fight against the imperial court?!"

It's just that after he finished speaking,

He Qinyan over there said coolly: "Master Zhou said this lightly. You have been behind me all year round to make suggestions, I am afraid you don't know what the world has become?"

"How? Can the Zhong family cover the sky with one hand?"

"It's not enough to cover the sky with one hand, but all his fortunes in the court have been pinched by the Zhong family, and even the shipbuilding and car building businesses are almost under his control. The Zhong family is like a big net covering the country. Middle and high, Master Zhou knows what this means?" He Qinyan glanced at Zhou Kui, and without waiting for him to answer, he said directly: "As far as He knows, the Zhong family has cooperated with hundreds of merchants in the middle and middle of the country for the past six months. Signing some shipping contracts, the amount of money is huge, far exceeding the sum of the capital paid by the state in the past few years. If all the cars, boats, and people of the Zhong family stop, it will be as if human blood is immobile. The goods of merchants and wealthy merchants will be backlogged in the local area, and they will not be transported to the sea, foreign countries, and even grain, rice, oil and salt will not be transported to various places. This will not only make all merchants lose their capital, but even suffer huge losses. Even if it affects the common people, how can those merchants be willing? How can the common people be willing?"

"When his house collapses, someone will follow him!" Zhou Kui said angrily.

It's just that after he finished speaking, even Tian Maoli, who was with him, couldn't help but said: "It's impossible to find a sea merchant and ship merchant to replace Zhong Qiyun right now? Now it seems that this Zhong Qiyun is really treacherous. Not only the ability to sail the sea in his mind, but he even has all the sea charts, shipbuilding skills, and skilled craftsmen in the world, I am afraid that it is impossible to find a replacement from the country now."

Linghu also said: "What's more, there are too many people who are sincere in the Zhong family. From the free transportation of family letters to the rescue of the two lakes and the relief of the world, the Zhong family is praised everywhere in the country."

"Hold the node of circulation, pinch the lifeblood of other merchants, I am afraid that the Zhong family cannot be moved at will by the court..."

Tan Yuanyong suddenly felt a little dazed, Zhong Qiyun must have longed for a high position, otherwise he would not have worked so hard to get the Zhong family to this position, but he originally thought that Zhong Qiyun wanted these for personal gain, It was for his own desires, but looking at it now, he may indeed be for the desires in his heart, but behind these desires are not gold and silver treasures, not the dignity in front of people, not the respect that everyone bows their heads when they see them, but …

Xie Wenyuan.

This is what he didn't expect

Thinking about it and never thinking about it, he tried his best, but he didn't think about it.

Thinking of the Northwest Army, thinking of Uighur, Tan Yuanyong sat down on the dragon chair, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, shook his head and sighed: "Forget it, let him go, that place is dangerous, if he has the ability Bringing grain and rice in, that means Xie Wenyuan's life should not die."

Qingcang and Daluo Peaks are different from the Pingcheng Mountain Pass. Their peaks are towering and covered with deep snow, and the mountains are continuous. The Uighur army of 25 is afraid that it will be killed before it retreats.And if the 15 Northwest Army were to detour and evacuate on foot, the deserted road would be even more difficult and dangerous. It would take at least three months or three months for the 15 army to leave on foot. Right now, the army's grain can only last for a month at most.

Therefore, after confirming that the army could not evacuate Bolai, Xie Wenyuan's first order was to let the army retreat to Bolai City, to preserve their strength, set up an ambush, and prepare for battle.

He knew that if Ye Hezhe knew that Qingcang and Da Luofeng were blocked, he would not let this golden opportunity go, and would definitely raid Bolai City.

Only two days later, just as Xie Wenyuan expected, Ye Hezhe's general Nayite led an army to attack Bolaiximen. Xie Wenyuan ordered Wu Qu, who was not seriously injured, to lead an army of [-] soldiers to ambush Outside the city of Bolai, on Wangzhu Mountain, Xie Wenyuan led the army to set up bed crossbows at the head of the city.

But Wu Ju saw the opportunity and besieged from the rear, forcing Nayite to flee in a hurry.

Since then, the Uyghurs did not know the foundation of the Northwest Army, nor did they know that there were enough weapons and food in Bolai City. information.

Bolai City, in the military council office not far from the city gate, was silent.

Xie Wenzhuo, Wu Qu, Jiang Hupin, Zhang Hong, Bai Lan and others all clenched their fists and their faces were full of anger, while Zhen Xianke, who was listening to the news, was also shocked and unbelievable.

"Can't you send it in?" Wu Yu gritted his teeth, "This is an army of 15! This is a 15 army fighting against the Uighurs! It's fine if you can't send it in?! Fucking bullshit! If I were the emperor, it would be a detour Tianshan will also bring grain, rice and weapons in!"

Wu Qu's words were disrespectful, if usual, Xie Wenzhuo, a great general, would definitely remind him a few words, but today,

But he kept silent.

No one in the Military Council is a fool, who can't see that this is not a question of whether to send it in or not?It's that the emperor didn't really want to send grain and rice to Bo Lai, why?

Why else?

Even if these military generals don't like the twists and turns, open and secret fights, and intrigues in the court, they can also guess that Emperor Shengning wants to use Ye Hezhe's hand to get rid of Xie Wenyuan.During this period of time, Xie Wenyuan's strategies and tactics in the Northwest are all amazing. May I ask what kind of threat such a person with literary and martial arts will be in the eyes of the emperor?I was afraid that the master would be overwhelmed by his achievements, and the emperor would be moved to kill him.In the eyes of the emperor, it is never the loyalty of the present, but the stability of future generations

Didn't Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty also mention to Prince Li Zhi before his death: If the British Duke Li Ji lingers after his death and refuses to leave, you will kill him immediately.

Everyone is innocent, but pregnant is guilty.That's the case with a crew cut, let alone someone like Xie Wenyuan.

However, Emperor Shengning was still too ruthless.

"How could the emperor be like this..." Zhang Hong's eyes were full of anger, and he said with hatred: "Does he know that now is the time to repel the Uighurs and show off our great national prestige! Does he know , now the Northwest Army simply cannot do without adults!"

However, Xie Wenyuan's expression did not change due to the anger of others, he looked at the sand table and said slowly: "The situation in the Qingcang Mountain Flood is really dangerous, even if the emperor wants to send food, grass and herbs into the city, I am afraid there is no way. …”

Xie Wenyuan did not lie about this, he personally went to investigate that place half a month ago, the flood was raging, the mountain peaks collapsed everywhere, he knew at that time that it was almost impossible to send food and grass in from outside.

Xie Wenyuan thought for a while, and then said: "I'm afraid Ye Hezhe knew this a long time ago, so he didn't attack with a large army. Instead, he chose to slowly consume the strength of the army to test the foundation. When the army rations and weapons are lacking, At that time, he can easily win."

"So," Xie Wenyuan tapped the table with his fingertips, and said, "We only have two ways to go, one is to attack and fight to the death, and the other is..."

"The second is to look for an opportunity to capture the large camp where Uyghur Southwest Army grain is stored, and seize grain and rice." Zhen Xianke, who had just gone out for a while, returned to the hall, and he continued Xie Wenyuan's words.

Xie Wenyuan raised his eyes to look at Zhen Xianke, and saw that Zhen Xianke's lips were tightly closed and his gaze was downcast.Xie Wenyuan nodded slowly: "As Lord Zhen said, Bailan and others have found out the truth about the return the day before yesterday.

The falcon's food and grass are hiding in the camp at the foot of Xumin Mountain. Now there is not enough food and rice. It is really risky to attack with troops. If we seize the food and rice first, we can save some energy for the subsequent attack. "

Xie Wenzhuo heard the sound and said, "So, what a deal!"

Xie Wenyuan also nodded.

Afterwards, Xie Wenyuan and others discussed some strategies, and they dispersed when night fell.

After leaving the military council, several generals went back to the house first, and Zhen Xianke, who was walking behind Xie Wenyuan, stopped Xie Wenyuan.

"Prime Minister, take a step slowly."

"Master Zhen, what's the matter?"

Xie Wenyuan turned around and saw Zhen Xianke frowning with a complicated expression.It was a long time before Zhen Xianke hesitated and said: "Prime Minister, Zhen has something to ask you."

"Master Zhen, tell me."

Zhen Xianke took a deep breath and said: "On the battlefield, if a person has to make a different choice with another faction, so that the leader is defeated on the battlefield, what do you think of this person? Do you hate this person?"

As if he had seen through Zhen Xianke's thinking, Xie Wenyuan looked deeply at Zhen Xianke, and said slowly: "Why do you feel resentment? It's hard to say whether it's good or bad. Some things cannot be forced."

Zhen Xianke paused, and he closed his eyes. He could see what kind of person Xie Wenyuan was after getting along with him recently, and he also remembered that day when Xie Wenyuan knew that Tan Yuanyong was afraid that he would touch the military power in the Northwest. When I said, "Who will go if I don't go", those few words.

It was only when he came to the battlefield that he understood the righteousness of the country as a general, and understood Xie Wenyuan somewhat. It was not disrespect in his heart. Thinking of the words from his attendants just now, Zhen Xianke sighed inwardly.

I'm afraid that Xie Wenyuan had already guessed that Tan Yuanyong would do this, but even so, he still told him "it's just up to each other, and he can't help himself", even though he knew there was a trap, he stepped into it .

Actually, Zhen Xianke didn't want to do this either. If it wasn't for such a stalemate relationship, Zhen Xianke thought that he would be very happy to make friends with someone like Xie Wenyuan, but, as Xie Wenyuan said just now, he couldn't help himself. To serve Tan Yuanyong, one must be sincere to him, even though he knows that maybe what Xie Wenyuan wants is not the supreme position in the world......

Thinking of this, Zhen Xianke bowed his hands together for the first time and said to Xie Wenyuan: "The Prime Minister is transparent, Zhen respects me, if I can see you in the court someday...Rong Zhen invites the Prime Minister to have a drink together Three little wines, let’s talk about the affairs of the world.”

"nature."

May [-]th, Ben

It was the day of the full moon, but the sky was covered by dark clouds and the sun covered the light of the full moon. At the time of lightning and thunder, when the army and food in the city of Bolai were exhausted, Xie Wenyuan was stationed in the military camp in the south of the city. Xie Wenyuan personally led [-] troops The soldiers wanted to take advantage of the night to raid and seize the rations.

Just as he was about to step on his horse, there was a sound from the guard in front of the camp.

The lights ahead were dim, and he still couldn't see clearly, but he vaguely saw dozens of people in coarse clothes standing in front of the distant door. When the thunder stopped, he heard the guarding guard ask in the night: "Who are you, how dare you act without authorization?" Approaching the barracks!"

Xie Wenyuan frowned slightly, this moment was already delicate, and suddenly an outsider approached him, he had to guard against it.Thinking of this place, he turned around and was about to go there, but before he got close, the leader there said: "I am Zhong Qiyun, the head of the Zhong family in Hangzhou. The Northwest army is transporting grain and rice, please this little brother..."

But before he finished speaking, he raised his head and looked forward, and when he met the eyes of the person who missed him so much, his words got stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say a word anymore.