Chapter 293

"Imperial envoy, how should this eunuch be dealt with?"

After paying their respects, a general immediately pointed to Tongguan, who was huddled in the corner of the main tent, and asked flatteringly.

The gazes of the generals in the tent focused one after another on Tongguan,

whose presence had dropped severely since Lu Zhishen's arrival, as if he had become invisible.

They, these generals, still had a chance to change sides,

and even if their official positions were not guaranteed, they could at least save their lives and families.

But this Chancellor Tong was bound tightly to the Great Song and the Emperor, with no possibility of jumping ship.

Now that the Great Song ship had sunk, Tongguan was nine times out of ten destined to be buried with it!

"Chancellor Tong, do you have anything else to say?"

Lu Zhishen also turned his attention to Tongguan at this time.

No matter how powerful Tongguan had been, without the Great Song,

he was just a eunuch, not worth mentioning; pacifying the Western Army was the important matter.

"A real man dies when he dies; why act like a little girl and invite the ridicule of others?

Come, Monk Lu, let my, Tongguan's, fine head serve as the sacrificial flag for your control of the Western Army!"

Tongguan, knowing that it was likely impossible to escape today, straightened his clothes,

raised his head, puffed out his chest, and shouted heroically.

Seeing Tongguan so tragic, the Western Army generals all felt some pity in their hearts.

Although Tongguan was a eunuch and an Army Supervisor sent from the palace, and his reputation in the imperial court was not good,

and he had done his fair share of forming cliques, framing loyal officials, and taking bribes,

he had actually been quite good to them, as he intended to build a career with the army in his hands;

at the very least, he was better than those chancellors in the Privy Council who viewed them as bandit soldiers.

During his tenure, he could effectively guarantee the supply of grain and military equipment,

and the appointments of officials and generals below the fifth rank in the Western Army could be quickly implemented,

which made the Western Army, from these generals down to the soldiers, feel a certain gratitude toward him.

But thinking that they themselves, although without the name of surrendered generals, had the reality of them,

they were too worried to speak up for him.

If they offended the imperial envoy, a single order could leave them with nothing.

After all, what the imperial envoy was wary of was the entire Western Army, not individual generals.

"Haha!"

Facing such provocation from Tongguan, Lu Zhishen laughed indifferently:

"Chancellor Tong, you take it too seriously; how could your life or death be decided by me?"

He then ordered: "Come, take Chancellor Tong into custody, and later escort him to the Eastern Capital to be dealt with by His Majesty."

In His Majesty's words earlier, he was very interested in this Chancellor Tong.

As subjects, they naturally had to share the worries of their Lord.

Besides, Tongguan had a reputation in the Western Army after all; if he were killed directly,

it would inevitably cause resentment, and then there might be trouble, which would not be conducive to the subsequent reorganization of the army.

Immediately, two Liang Shan soldiers who had followed him to the Western Army camp came to Tongguan's side to take him into custody.

"Fate is unfavorable, what can be done?"

Tongguan smiled bitterly, gave up resistance, and let the Liang Shan soldiers take him into custody firmly.

Having taken Tongguan, Lu Zhishen immediately looked at Zhong Shidao:

"Grand Coordinator, His Majesty has ordered that you be summoned to the Eastern Capital for an audience.

The matter of escorting Chancellor Tong is entrusted to you."

"I am willing, and dare not ask for more."

Knowing that this was because the Gan Emperor was uneasy about him, the actual person in control of the Western Army,

and wanted to transfer him away, and also because he was curious about this Gan Emperor who had risen in rebellion,

breached Bianliang in a short time, and destroyed the Great Song, Zhong Shidao agreed happily.

"Everyone, this imperial envoy still has a colleague to introduce to you."

Lu Zhishen clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention.

Tap, tap.

Following a crisp sound of footsteps, a general in military uniform with a precious sword at his waist walked out from behind the tent.

"You, you are Yang Zhi?"

Looking at the blue-black mark on the newcomer's face that occupied almost half of his cheek,

Zhe Kexing asked uncertainly. Although he hadn't seen Yang Zhi much,

the mark on this person was truly impressive to everyone who knew him.

"It is indeed I; Yang Zhi of the Yang family greets the various chancellors and generals."

Yang Zhi bowed solemnly to Zhong Shidao and the others.

"General Yang is an honored guest; no need for such formalities."

Zhong Shidao and the others, as surrendered generals, didn't dare to make things difficult for such a favorite general of the Gan Emperor and hurriedly returned the salute.

Looking at Zhong Shidao and the others, who treated him with the courtesy of an equal,

and even slightly lower, Yang Zhi felt a thousand emotions in his heart.

If he hadn't followed the right person, how could he, Yang Zhi, have such a glorious day?

One must know that in terms of status and official position, the status of Zhong Shidao, who was a Grand Coordinator,

was more than a notch higher than that of the founder of his Yang family, the Old Commander Yang.

'This is all brought by His Majesty!'

Thinking of this, Yang Zhi's loyalty to Zhang Jie rose to another level.

At this time, Lu Zhishen smiled and said:

"General Yang will be a colleague of yours from now on; you should get closer."

"Brother Zhe, Brother Li..."

Yang Zhi greeted the generals in the Western Army one by one.

He knew that Zhang Jie sent him here to use his identity as a Yang Family General to build a good relationship with the "Zhe Family Generals,"

"Zhong Family Generals," and other families of generals in the Western Army, to stabilize this border force,

so as not to disturb the Northwest and give Western Xia, which was eyeing them covetously, an opportunity.

"Brother Yang..."

Zhe Kexing and the others were smart people and immediately understood the meaning Yang Zhi represented, so they all responded with smiles.

With Yang Zhi, the descendant of the Yang Family Generals, and Lu Zhishen, an old member of the Western Army, as lubricants,

the Great Gan's strategic goal of taking over the Western Army proceeded very smoothly.

After the detachment led by Luan Tingyu marched west out of Hangu Pass, arrived at the Western Army's station, and began to take over the various fortresses of the Western Army,

the Western Army was no longer the Great Song's Western Army, but the Great Gan's Western Army.

Of course, this Western Army of theirs also had to undergo personnel adjustments and training.

There could only be one voice in the Western Army, and that was the voice of Zhang Jie alone;

the object of the Western Army's loyalty could only be His Majesty the Emperor of Great Gan alone!

Bianliang, Imperial Palace.

In the early morning, Zhang Jie woke up surrounded by pairs of pink arms and jade legs.

Recalling the absurd and decadent life of this period, he couldn't help but secretly rebuke himself in his heart:

'Zhang Jie, oh Zhang Jie, you still have a country to govern; you cannot continue to degenerate like this.'

Zhang Jie's Diary: Day 1, spent time with Li Shishi, listening to music in the pleasure quarters.

Day 2: Toured Bianliang with Li Qingzhao, being intimate.

Day 3: Comforted the jealous Pan Jinlian, applied family law, and restored husbandly authority.

Day 4: Applied family law again, using stick education on the mischievous Yan Poxi.

Day 5: Enjoyed singing and dancing while being served by the various imperial princesses.

Day 6: Li Gang began selecting beautiful maidens and asked me to make the decision.

Day 7: Zhang Jie, oh Zhang Jie, you cannot continue to degenerate like this!

The second Day 1: Listening to music in the pleasure quarters.

The second Day 2: This maiden is very good; she is the type I like.