It is about two hundred miles from Pingyao to Shouyang.

The road was not all flat. The bulging peaks in the northern part of Taiyue Mountain caused some troubles for the march.

But it is also an opportunity.

Yang Zheng took a small path and even had to climb several low mountains. Coupled with the ice and snow weather, the Song army avoided the eyes and ears of the Jin army's scouts.

Moreover, Wu Jie had his own reasons for asking Yang Zheng to take Shouyang.

It only took Yang Zheng eight days to bring five thousand people along the mountain road from Pingyao to Shouyang, two hundred miles away.

The Jin army would not have thought that the Song army would cross mountains and ridges in such a snowy day for the sake of a small Shouyang County.

Because this is against common sense.

So what if we work so hard to conquer Shouyang?

Li Yong, the magistrate of Shouyang County, thought the same way. On this day, Li Yong was drinking and eating meat in the yamen.

The county lieutenant ran in and shouted: "Report! Li Zhixian! It's not good! It's not good!"

Li Yong said impatiently: "When did you panic?"

"A group of people came outside and said there are bandits in Shouyang County!"

"Bandits?" Li Yong was stunned for a moment, "There are no bandits in Shouyang County!"

"That's right! There are no bandits!"

"Who is so brave and dares to say that there are bandits!" Li Yong stood up with a serious look on his face, "Don't you know that Shouyang County now belongs to our country of Dajin? Which bandit dares to act reckless here!"

"The group of people outside insist that there are bandits!"

"Bold! They can't be so arrogant here! They are a bunch of unruly people! Hurry up and arrest the people. Anyone who dares to talk nonsense again will be severely punished!"

"Li Zhixian, there are a lot of people there."

"A bit too much? How many people?"

"Probably several thousand people."

When Li Yong heard this, he jumped up immediately. This was clearly a fucking bandit.

Dare Qing is a bandit shouting to catch the bandit.

Li Yong stopped drinking wine and eating meat. He hurriedly said: "Hurry up and inform Mengyan, go quickly!"

(Mengyan is the captain of the thousand soldiers in the Jin army)

Shouyang's cute eye is a Han named Zhong Bing, who belongs to the border auxiliary army in the Jin Kingdom.

After all, the number of Jurchens was limited, so the Jin State was forced to use a large number of Bohai people, Khitans and Han people.

Shouyang is the strategic point between Zhending Prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture. Three thousand Jin troops were stationed here.

Han people like Zhong Bing actually have little relationship with the Song people. Their ancestors have lived in the Liao Kingdom for generations and consider themselves Liao people. After the fall of the Liao Dynasty, they considered themselves Jin people.

There is a military system in the Jin army called the signature army, which is specially made for the ordinary Han army.

The signing army has average armaments and little training. They are usually forcibly drawn from Han peasants and mainly serve as auxiliaries for the elite Jin army.

When Li Yong rushed to the top of the city, he saw that it was clearly the Song army. He immediately became furious and cursed: "Song and Jin have negotiated a peace truce, why did you suddenly invade Shouyang!"

Yang Zheng sent a man over to shout, "We heard that bandits were robbing people's money and food in Shouyang, so we came here to suppress the bandits!"

When Li Yong and Zhong Bing heard this, they immediately looked at each other.

Suppress bandits?

This sounds so funny.

Zhong Bing said: "There are no bandits here. Please go back quickly."

At this time, the extras that had been arranged for a long time also appeared on the stage. Looking at the costumes, you can tell that they are ordinary people.

"There are witnesses here. They say that there have been bandits in the city in the past few months, plundering and robbing people of their money and food!"

"Fart!" Li Yong was so angry that he scolded his mother, "I am the magistrate of Shouyang County, why haven't you heard of it? Go back quickly!"

The people below shouted again: "Since some people say there are villains here, then of course we have to enter the city!"

Li Yong said: "Do you want to start a war?"

"We are here to suppress bandits under the orders of the imperial court. Do you have to disobey the emperor?"

"Nonsense, this is the territory of the Great Jin Kingdom, which emperor do you serve!"

"This place is the territory of Taiyuan Prefecture on Hedong Road of the Great Song Dynasty. Naturally, we are the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty. Open the door quickly. The imperial army is going to enter the city to suppress the bandits!"

Zhong Bing angrily scolded: "You dare to take a step closer, don't blame me, the sword of the Kingdom of Jin, for having no eyes!"

The person who shouted went back: "Commander Yang, these people won't open the door."

Yang Zheng pulled out his sword and shouted loudly: "My sons, who are we? We are the king's master! We represent the imperial court and are here to suppress the bandits. The people inside do not open the door. This is disobeying the king's order. What should we do?

manage!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The shouts instantly rolled away in the ice and snow.

"Go into the city and suppress the bandits!"

The vanguard team seemed to have rehearsed, carrying the simple ladders that had been prepared, and began to rush forward.

When Li Yong saw this posture, he wanted to yell.

Damn it, uncle, are you suppressing bandits? You bring a ladder to suppress bandits?

The city towers in county towns like Shouyang County are only about four meters long, and the Jin army is not very good at defending cities, so it is not difficult to attack such a city.

An hour later, the city gate was knocked open.

Yang Zheng led his troops into the city.

The bandit suppression begins.

It is said that there are two bandit leaders, one is named Li Yong and the other is named Zhong Bing.

The heads of the two bandit leaders were hung on the gate of Shouyang County that day.

What was the reaction of the people in Shouyang County?

On that day, everyone lined the streets to greet the king and cheered him as he entered the city.

The three thousand gold troops in Shouyang County fled, and those who were captured were captured.

The Battle of Shouyang County meant that the brief period of peace between the Song and Jin Dynasties was over, at least it had come to an end.

Early in the morning on November 3, Taiyuan City was still as usual.

After groups of caravans entered the city, beggars on the roadside swarmed in, but they were scolded and retreated by the accompanying warriors.

There were also two little beggars who climbed onto the business car to ask for something to eat but refused to get off. Several Khitan warriors stabbed them to death on the spot and threw them on the roadside like dead dogs.

A great city like Taiyuan was also a very prosperous place in those days. After all, it was an important town in the north of the Song Dynasty. It could reach Datong in the north, Chuyunzhong, and Yanyun in the east.

Countless business travelers transported goods here, and traded with the Liao Kingdom in the market in the north.

But today, Taiyuan City is in a state of depression.

The war has brought wounds that cannot be healed here. Many families that used to have enough food and clothing have disappeared during the war. Those who survived either fled south or could only stay here to beg.

In recent years, Jinting has been pursuing the gentle strategy of Han people governing Han Dynasty in the south.

But in fact, the struggle between several major factions within the Jin Kingdom also involved the governance issues of Taiyuan Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture.

People like Wanyan Zonghan advocated the use of the Han people, but the Jurchen tradition should be preserved, a large number of privileges should be given to the Jurchen nobles, and the hierarchy between the Jurchens and the Han people should be clearly distinguished.

People like Wanyan Zongwang believed that the Han system should be fully implemented and the distinction between aristocrats and bureaucrats should be weakened, because the Jin Kingdom is no longer in the period of conquering the country. Its vast territory and population of tens of millions require a complete system to manage.

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This involves issues of local governance.

The Jin Kingdom's reform faction has been committed to implementing more powerful Huairou in places like Taiyuan Prefecture.
Chapter completed!