Chapter 658 0653 [Various Anti-Jin Heroes]
In the Hebei battlefield, the Ming army was divided into three routes.
The Western Army was in Zhaozhou, led by Guan Sheng, Yue Fei, Li Qiong and other generals, and Zong Ze was responsible for their logistics. The reinforcements from Shaanxi were about to arrive, but Yang Zhi was in Lanzhou and did not come. Li Jinyi led the troops to help.
The Central Army was in Shenzhou, and Zhu Ming was in charge.
The Eastern Army was in Nanpi, led by Deng Chun, Han Shizhong, Li Cheng and other generals.
The main force of the Jin army was here with Zhu Ming!
The Tongpan of Yongning Army and the Magistrate of Boye County were the internal supporters of the Ming Dynasty, and now they have all died. Before they died, they sent a piece of intelligence that Wanyan Zongwang personally led his troops to hide in the mountains, and they would kill Zhu Ming as soon as he led his troops across the river.
The Jin people sent the Han army to cross the river for a feint attack, and suffered two defeats in a row, eager to lure Zhu Ming to pursue.
The enemy was so anxious, but Zhu Ming was not panicked.
He camped on the south bank of the Tang River, facing the not-so-wide Tang River, and refused to go over to fight the Yongning Military City, which was twenty miles away.
You, Wanyan Zongwang, are on the opposite side, why must I go over?
If you want to fight, just come over by yourself, anyway, my military rations are more abundant than yours!
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Zhaozhou.
Li Jinyi brought reinforcements from Shaanxi, and including regular logistics personnel, there were more than 11,000 Hanzhong veterans.
There was also a Western Army, with only more than 2,000 people, led by Li Yongqi.
This man was originally a general of Liu Yanqing, and his position was the governor of Qingjian City (Qingjian County).
Last year, when the Western Xia was defeated, Liu Yanqing sent troops to recapture the lost territory. Li Yongqi took the opportunity to take his family and the army to the court.
This incident put Liu Yanqing in an extremely embarrassing situation. After he learned the news, he did not dare to send troops to chase, otherwise it would be a blatant rebellion!
"Dad, do we have a chance to make merit this time?"
The Zhaozhou City is in front of us. Li Shifu looks at the well-armored friendly army (Hanzhong veterans), and then looks at the beggars under his command. He is envious and hopes to kill the enemy and make merit.
Li Yongqi shook his head and said, "We are not elite under Liu Yanqing, and we are even more shabby here. Most of the friendly army is out fighting, and you and my son are ordered to defend the city. Just cheer up and defend the city."
Li Shifu was a little unwilling. He had enough skills to look down on the three armies, but he didn't want to waste time in the city.
Li Shifu has another name in history books-Li Xianzhong.
He was forced to surrender to Jin, conspired to return to Song, his family was killed, he defected to Xixia, borrowed troops for revenge, rebelled against Xia and returned to Song, repeatedly made military exploits, was demoted and dismissed, recovered Huaixi, and was posthumously named Zhongxiang.
His life was exciting enough.
Outside the city, Zong Ze and Guan Sheng took the civil and military officials of Zhaozhou out of the city to welcome Li Jinyi who came to help with troops.
Li Yongqi was also a general, so he was called to talk outside the city.
Li Shifu, however, was not qualified to participate. He watched his father go away and could only watch from afar.
Soon, another civil official came and led them to go around the city and camp in the northern suburbs of Zhaozhou City.
The camp had just been set up when another military officer came and asked, "Who is in charge here?"
Li Shifu hurried to greet him: "I am Li Shifu, the last general, and I pay my respects to the general!"
The military officer said, "My name is Li Qiong. The soldiers under your command are not fully equipped with armor, so bring your men with me to lead the armor."
"Thank you, General Li!" Li Shifu was overjoyed.
Li Qiong was the one who partnered with Wang De and was forced by Wang Yasha to betray Song and join Jin.
He and Yue Fei were from the same hometown of Xiangzhou, and they were also students of Xiangzhou. When the Jin soldiers attacked Song the last time, Li Qiong gave up his pen and joined the army, recruited 800 local soldiers to fight against Jin, and joined Zong Ze as a military officer.
Compared to Yue Fei, Zong Ze liked Li Qiong more, after all, the latter was a scholar from a prominent family.
The two quickly entered the city, and Li Qiong pointed to the armory and said, "Go to the armory and choose for yourself, and wait for inspection after you have chosen."
Li Shifu, who was crazy about poverty, led his troops into the armory, and his eyes glowed green.
The weapons and armor inside were all transported to the front line from various places.
There was no heavy armor, and even not much medium armor, but there were a lot of light armor piled up, and most of the weapons were long spears and waist knives.
Li Shifu was the first to grab all the medium armor, and he felt something was wrong when he picked it up, because it was too light. Looking more carefully, the armor plates were thicker, and there were even armor plates on the chest that were bigger than the palm.
"What kind of rubbish is this?" Li Shifu said to his soldiers, "Put all this armor back!"
Li Qiong walked in with a smile: "Brother Li is ungrateful."
Li Shifu pointed at the armor and said: "The armor pieces are too big, brittle and easy to crack, and cannot be used on the battlefield."
Li Qiong said: "These armor pieces have been repeatedly forged. Not only are they as strong as the thin armor pieces before, but the whole set of armor is also lighter. If you don't believe me, take a closer look."
Li Shifu really squatted down, drew his sword and scraped the side of a piece of armor, and soon laughed happily: "Good stuff!"
Li Qiong said: "These are forged with a hydraulic hammer. I heard that they will be replaced in the next few years, and they will be replaced first for the elite troops in Sichuan. You are lucky to have encountered them this time."
Li Shifu smiled even more happily. After selecting the equipment, he handed it to the clerk brought by Li Qiong to count the number.
Taking advantage of nothing to do, Li Shifu asked: "General Li often fights with Jin soldiers?"
Li Qiong said: "The Jin army left few troops in the pseudo-court in Hebei last year, but there were a large number of old Liao Han troops, and some Hebei Han troops were recruited. Yue Fei and I often led troops north to ambush those Han troops, and occasionally we were able to ambush Jin soldiers. Those Han troops were vulnerable, and they were even more defeated when they were ambushed."
"How does the combat power of Jin soldiers compare with that of Xixia soldiers?" Li Shifu asked.
Li Qiong shook his head: "I have never fought with Xixia. I used to be a scholar in the provincial school."
"Disrespect, disrespect!" Li Shifu was immediately in awe, and even had a faint sense of inferiority that a warrior would feel when facing a scholar.
Li Qiong asked: "Have you ever fought with Xixia?"
Li Shifu said: "My family has guarded Qingjian City for generations. It is a walled city not far to the south of Suide Military City. Every time Xixia invades, my father and I have to send troops. Unfortunately, there are not many soldiers and not enough armor. Most of the food and salary provided by the court were swallowed up by Liu Yanqing's bastards. The Xixia soldiers are just like that. If I have enough food and armor, I can defeat tens of thousands of Xixia soldiers. "
"Hahaha, your tone is quite good." Li Qiong laughed.
When Li Shifu rebelled against Xia and returned to Song Dynasty, he only brought 800 soldiers with him and was chased and intercepted by tens of thousands of Xixia soldiers. In the end, he was able to lead his soldiers and their families thousands of miles to return to the Southern Song Dynasty.
Moreover, the number of troops grew more and more along the way.
When the people of Shaanxi learned that he was going to join the Song Dynasty, they dragged their families to join the army. Some historical records record that he took 40,000 people with him.
Of the two men in front of me, one was forced to defect to the Jin, rebelled against the Jin and defected to the Xia, and finally rebelled against the Xia and defected to the Song Dynasty. The other joined the army, raised troops to fight against the Jin, and finally rebelled against the Song Dynasty and joined the Jin Dynasty.
The choices in life are often difficult to describe.
After chatting about the Hebei battlefield for a while, Li Qiong said sternly: "Our army will move north in the near future, and your troops will stay to defend the city. Remember to restrain the soldiers and not harass the people. If you violate it, you will be punished by military law!"
"yes!"
Li Shifu straightened his back and accepted the order, but he was very disappointed. As expected, his soldiers could only defend the city.
After returning to the camp with the equipment, not long after waiting, my father Li Yongqi also came back.
Li Shifu asked curiously: "Dad, when the two armies met, didn't the commander invite you to drink?"
Li Yongqi said in a low voice: "Here in Zhaozhou, the literary leader is Zongze, and the military leader is Guan Sheng. Generals such as Yue Fei and Li Qiong were all promoted by Zongze. Zongze is very strict in running the army, and the sergeants are really If you are greedy, you can only drink wine in batches for two days a month. If you drink on the other days, you will be given a military stick or beheaded."
"Military discipline is so strict?" Li Shifu was quite surprised.
Li Yongqi said: "I heard that Yue Fei was more strict in governing the army. Some soldiers who went to the city to eat without being paid were actually ordered to beheaded by Yue Fei in public. He also shouted something like 'if you freeze to death without demolishing the house, and if you starve to death without looting', he went to the Pseudo Song Dynasty." The people in the enemy territory are not harassed. Now, although there are Jin people supporting the puppet emperor, a large number of officials and people are willing to act as spies for Yue Fei. "
Li Shifu was even more shocked: "Then what are you waiting for? There are internal agents inside and outside the city. If you just lead the army to kill them, you can easily capture Zhending Mansion."
"There are thousands of gold soldiers stationed in the city. The city is high and the pond is deep, so it is not easy to fight." Li Yongqi said.
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Zhendingfu city.
In prison, Liu Yu, a die-hard traitor, was personally interrogating an official named Cui Dan.
This Cui Dan was originally the magistrate of Lingshou County. Because his family was captured by the Jin soldiers, he had to serve as an official in the puppet Song Dynasty court, and he had been promoted to the rank of Yuanwai Lang of the Ministry of War.
Liu Yu's face was cold at this moment. He looked at Cui Dan who was covered with bruises. He picked up a letter and said, "The war is about to begin. How dare you send someone to deliver a letter to the south? You wrote a secret letter to Zongze! I have long thought that your words and deeds are suspicious." , sent people to squat outside your house for many days, and finally found evidence of your collaboration with the enemy! "
Cui Dan was dying and said: "I'm wronged. There must be a dog thief who framed me."
Liu Yu sneered: "How dare you speak so harshly. The servant you sent to the city to deliver the letter has confessed that you sent him to deliver four letters, each time to Deng's Rice Store in Gaocheng (Gaocheng). I have sent troops. Go to Gaocheng to arrest the merchant named Deng. If you reveal your accomplice now, he will definitely confess. "Hurry up!"
Cui Dan knew that he would not be spared, so he began to bite randomly: "I am acting on the orders of Mr. Huang."
"Which Mr. Huang?" Liu Yu's eyes twitched.
Cui Dan said: "Dazai Huang Qianshan."
Liu Yu was furious: "That's nonsense. He is the prime minister, how can he collaborate with the enemy?"
Cui Dan said: "Huang Gongxiang longed for the Southern Dynasty and wanted to make meritorious deeds, so he secretly contacted Zongze. He was afraid of being discovered, so he asked me to pass the message on his behalf. He also said that the puppet dynasty... also said that if this dynasty was destroyed, he would be the first to do so. I am a second meritorious person. When the time comes, I can go to the Ming Dynasty... and the Pseudo-Ming Dynasty, and I can still become a high official in the court. "
"That's nonsense!" Liu Yu scolded.
Cui Dan said: "It's absolutely true. This person is as timid as a mouse, but he wants to do big things. Even if you catch him, he will push him away."
Liu Yu was actually moved. Although he was dubious, he was inclined to believe it.
Because you can use this to kill Huang Qianshan and free up the prime minister's position, you will definitely make contributions and rise to the top.
You may not be able to become a Dazai, but it's still easy to be promoted to a Shao Zai.
"Let me untie you and write down the confession in your own hand!" Liu Yu said with a smile.
Huang Qianshan, a guy who defected to the Jin Kingdom and helped support the puppet emperor, unexpectedly turned into an anti-jin righteous man...