Chapter 305: Reversing the fate of the defeated general; King Jin was imprisoned and humiliated
After Yao Pingzhong thought for a while, he immediately replied:
"The officials are prosperous and prosperous, planning to end the eternity. Our soldiers of the Song Dynasty are brave, and our soldiers will definitely protect them with all their strength. What the officials say will definitely not happen."
Zhao Ji, who was sitting in the carriage, turned his head and listened to Yao Pingzhong's perfunctory answer through the open window. He immediately stopped smiling and looked unhappy.
Yao Pingzhong answered cautiously. He also secretly glanced at Zhao Guanjia's expression. When he saw the official's expression being unhappy, he immediately changed his words:
"If what the official said really happens, I would be humble to say:
First of all, it is necessary to strengthen the city defense to prevent the enemy from breaking through the city. The soldiers will work wholeheartedly to protect the officials and wait for the arrival of King Qin's army.
In addition, you can choose a brave general who is loyal to the emperor, lead eight hundred dead men, go out of the city at night, surprise the enemy camp, and capture the enemy commander. If successful, you can break the enemy's siege in one battle."
Zhao Ji asked Yao Pingzhong: "If this is the case, are you willing to serve as a general, lead the army out of the city, and risk your life to attack the enemy camp at night?"
Yao Pingzhong expressed his position without hesitation: "Wei Chen is willing to go there..."
Zhao Ji smiled and nodded.
As a time traveler, Zhao Ji knew that in the historical Battle of Jingkang, Kaifeng City, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, was besieged by the Jin army, and the Zhong Jiajun and Yao Jiajun from the northwest army came to Qinwang.
At that time, Zhao Huan obtained the Zen throne of Song Huizong and became emperor.
When Zhao Huan was the crown prince, he had long heard of Yao Pingzhong's reputation. Therefore, the new emperor Zhao Huan specially issued an edict to summon Yao Pingzhong to the Funing Palace to inquire about strategies to defeat the golden enemy.
Yao Pingzhong requested to lead a death squad to quietly leave the city at night, attack the Jin army's camp, and "capture the commander as a sacrifice."
After Zhao Huan heard Yao Pingzhong's confident plan, he was very happy and generously gave him gold and silk, promising special rewards...
That night, Yao Pingzhong led thousands of dead soldiers to sneak out of the city, made a surprise attack on the Jin camp, and broke through two enemy camps one after another, but the enemy had already withdrawn.
Yao Pingzhong saw that he had previously boasted about Haikou in front of the new emperor, but now he had not made any meritorious service. He was afraid that he would be impeached or even killed when he returned to the Song army camp. He immediately mounted a blue-black mule and fled for his life, running hundreds of miles day and night.
He fled to Dengzhou, Wuguan, Chang'an, Huashan, Shu, and Qingcheng Mountain. Finally, he fled to Damian Mountain, found a cave to live in, and began to practice Taoism.
As a time traveler, the reason why Zhao Ji is so clear about Yao Pingzhong's escape route in history is because he has read the records about Yao Pingzhong in Volume 23 "Biography of Yao Pingzhong" in Lu You's "Weinan Collected Works".
Zhao Ji asked Yao Pingzhong again: "What will happen if you lead the dead soldiers to attack the enemy camp at night and fail?"
Yao Pingzhong immediately replied: "We must be humble ministers, sacrifice ourselves to be benevolent, sacrifice our lives for righteousness, and live up to the holy hope!"
"Hahaha..." Zhao Ji laughed heartily.
Yao Pingzhong rode on a slowed-down war horse and followed the charioteer of Zhao Guan's family. Listening to the officials' laughter, he was a little confused as a monk.
Did his answer make the officials happy? It should be right?!
However, he didn't know what Zhao Guanjia was laughing at.
After Zhao Ji laughed a few times, he called out Yao Pingzhong's name with sincerity and said kindly:
"Xiyan, as a general, if you are temporarily defeated or defeated on the battlefield, how can you commit suicide? You must survive, return to my Song Dynasty military camp, and make a comeback! Don't commit suicide,
Or run away and hide from the world!"
"It is not easy for the Song Dynasty to cultivate a good general! Xiyan, remember what I said today! Remember, remember!"
Listening to Zhao Guanjia's sincere words, Yao Pingzhong felt a warm feeling in his heart. He clasped his fists and bowed his head on the horse, saying gratefully:
"Wei ministers should remember the official sage words!"
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In fact, Zhao Ji knew that not only Yao Pingzhong had the stain in history that he failed to rob the Jin camp and escaped from the world, but he also knew some stains about his father Yao Gu.
Because of this, Zhao Ji made the last stop of his inspection of the Northwest Army at the Yao family army. He even accompanied the Yao family on the expedition in person. The purpose was to inspect Yao Gu and Yao Pingzhong during the campaign against Xixia.
, let’s see if these two people will be used in the battle against the Jin Army in the near future.
Of course, even if Yao Gu and Yao Pingzhong are really unworthy of their responsibilities as in history, with Zhao Guanjia accompanying the army at Yao's family for several days, Zhao Ji also believes that he can regain the love of Yao's army's officers and soldiers, and win back the love of Yao's army.
Military power is in your own hands.
The time traveler Zhao Ji was very angry when he thought about some of the big mistakes about Yao Gu recorded in the history books he had read before crossing over. However, now that he was in the Yao family army, he had to maintain a good relationship between the emperor and his ministers, and he did not show any signs of it.
For the first time in history, the Jin army surrounded Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo during the Song Dynasty. The peace talks between the Song and Jin Dynasties were successful, and the Jin soldiers retreated with their belongings. The imperial court ordered Yao Gu, Zhong Shidao, Zhe Yanzhi, Fan Qiong and other generals to escort 100,000 troops.
The Jin soldiers withdrew.
In fact, this was because they were afraid that the unfaithful Jin army would retreat halfway and then fight back.
Sure enough, not long after, the Jin soldiers invaded the border again, and the Jin general Nianhan captured Longde Mansion. The imperial court appointed Yao Gu as the governor of Hedong and Zhongshizhong as the deputy governor.
Yao Gu led troops to support Taiyuan, and deputy general Zhong Shizhong led troops to reinforce Zhongshan, Hejian and other counties and cities. Nianhan besieged Taiyuan and cut off all transportation to the city. Yao Gu led his troops first to attack Longde Mansion and regained it in one fell swoop.
The military power was greatly boosted. He tightly guarded the key points in the north and south, and fought fiercely with the Jin soldiers several times, with both sides winning or losing.
At that time, Taiyuan had not yet been relieved. The imperial court ordered Yao Gu and Zhong Shizhong to form two wings and march towards Taiyuan. Zhong Shizhong advanced to quell the Ding army and took advantage of the victory to regain Shouyang, Yuci and other counties. The imperial court sent envoys several times to order
The two armies fought quickly, and the divisions agreed that Yao Gu and Zhang Hao's armies would attack together, but Yao Gu and Zhang Hao failed to arrive after the deadline and missed the opportunity.
Only one of the Zhongshi divisions retreated to Yuci, but was defeated and died...
The Jin soldiers continued to attack Yao Gu's army, and the two sides met at Pantuo. After several days of fierce fighting, Yao Gu was defeated and retreated to Longde. The imperial court ordered Yao Gu to demote his military post and replace him with another general, Xie Qian.
Originally, Yao Gu stationed a powerful army, but his commander Jiao Anjie did not understand the enemy's situation and falsely spread the news that the enemy's army was approaching the border, which shook the morale of the army. Jiao Anjie urged Yao Gu to retreat, which resulted in
The two counties were lost and the Song army was defeated.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Gang summoned Jiao Anjie back to Beijing and beheaded him in Qionglin Garden.
Zhongcheng Chen went to court and said: Yao Gu was defeated and his crime was unforgivable...
The imperial edict: demoted Yao Gu to Guangzhou, Lingnan.
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Zhao Ji thought about this and found that the Zhong family represented by Zhongshi Dao and Zhongshi Zhong in history, as well as the Yao family represented by Yao Gu and Yao Pingzhong, were all famous families in Shaanxi, but the disciples of the two families had always been competitive.
, neither one of them accepts the other as their superior.
This is what caused the Zhong Jiajun and Yao Jiajun to be at odds with each other during the fight against the Jin Dynasty.
Zhao Ji remembered that before he traveled through time, he had read conspiracy theories from some historians:
Yao Pingzhong was afraid that his military exploits would be monopolized by the Zhong family, so he boasted in front of the new emperor Zhao Huan that he would make a surprise attack on the Jin camp overnight. However, the information was leaked and the Jin army was well prepared, resulting in failure. This is most likely due to Zhong's failure.
What was leaked by family members...
When Yao Pingzhong attacked the Jin camp at night, he really felt lonely. The Jin army acted like a prophet, leaving an empty camp for Yao Pingzhong.
Later, when Yao Gu and Zhong Shizhong were fighting against the Jin Dynasty, the imperial court sent envoys several times to order the two armies to fight quickly. Zhong Shizhong agreed that Yao Gu and Zhang Hao would attack together, but Yao Gu and Zhang Hao were overdue.
If he didn't, he missed a good opportunity. As a result, the Zhong division was unable to defeat the Jin army alone, so he had to retreat to Yuci, and was defeated and died...
Zhao Ji was glad that he traveled through time and came to the Song Dynasty several years before the Jingkang disaster. He had the opportunity and time to rewrite all the above-mentioned defeats against the Song Dynasty.
He had the time and means to resolve the conflicts between the various factions of the Song Army and reverse the fate of the defeated generals. Of course, if it could not be resolved, he also had the means to change the commander-in-chief and replace the general.
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During the march with Yao Gu's troops, Zhao Ji often summoned Yao Gu, Yao Pingzhong, and officers at all levels in the army from partial generals to primary schools for heart-to-heart talks during breaks, in order to win over the loyalty of more soldiers.
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After getting along with each other for a few days, Zhao Ji could see that even Yao Gu and Yao Pingzhong, who did not know his true purpose, were grateful to be summoned by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty every day and even greeted by the Emperor.
The soldiers and soldiers all showed more loyalty and love to the Zhao family, who were previously unattainable.
Ten days later, Zhao Ji followed Yao Gu's army and successfully arrived outside Xijing City of Xia Kingdom, where the Song army had cut off all options...
At this time, the three northwest armies of Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong and Liu Yanqing arrived outside Xijing City one to three days ahead of Yao Gu's army. Their three troops joined forces with Guo Cheng and Han Shizhong's troops.
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As Yao Gu's army arrived outside Xijing City, the commanders of the Song armies surrounding Xijing City all received the imperial edict from Zhao Guan's family from the messenger officer of the Imperial City Department:
"I will lead the army to conquer Xia in person. I will call Qing and other commanders to come to Yao Gu's army quickly to discuss the strategy of conquering Xijing City of Xia Kingdom..."
Of course, Zhao Ji had already received the good news, knowing that Han Shizhong and Yue Fei had defeated the Iron Harrier Army, the strongest force in the Xixia Kingdom, and that Yue Fei had captured alive the Iron Harrier Army's leader, Jin King Richard.
Therefore, Zhao Ji specially ordered that Han Shizhong and Yue Fei, who were not qualified to participate in this high-level military meeting due to their military positions, were also appointed to participate. They were also asked to lead troops to bring the captured Xixia Jin King Richard Brother.
Face to face...
After receiving the imperial edict from Zhao Guan's family, Han Shizhong and Yue Fei were very happy and immediately followed it.
Before, the extremely arrogant and arrogant King Richard of Xixia Jin was captured alive by Yue Fei. At first, he wanted to seek death in order to repay his brother's trust and trust. However, as soon as he was captured alive by the Song army, he was killed by Yue Fei's army.
Niu Gao, a reckless man, smashed all of his big teeth because he was afraid that he would bite his tongue and commit suicide.
After that, Brother Richard's hands and feet were tied up all the time, and he was closely guarded by the soldiers of the Song Army.
Even when Brother Richard was first captured, he wanted to commit suicide to show his loyalty and bravery without fear of life and death, and to prevent himself from being taken out by the Song army to demand his imperial brother.
However, his hands and feet were always tied, and there were eighteen soldiers guarding him day and night. It was impossible for him to commit suicide by banging his head.
Want to bite his tongue to commit suicide? Because all his teeth were knocked out, he bit it several times, but it had no effect at all.
He also wanted to commit suicide by going on a hunger strike.
However, the soldiers of the Song Army who were guarding him, under the order of Han Shizhong and Yue Fei to "treat the prisoner Brother Richard preferentially", they mashed the food, mixed it with some warm water, and mixed it into a paste.
Several soldiers then forcibly held him down to prevent him from resisting. One soldier opened his mouth, and then another soldier forcibly poured the mushy food into him one spoon after another.
in the mouth...
Brother Richard was forced to eat three meals a day. Every time, Brother Richard's beard and front were covered with a lot of mushy food, which made him very embarrassed!
What makes Brother Richard feel most embarrassed is that after he is forced to eat mushy food, he will digest it very quickly, and he will want to go to the toilet within an hour or two...
Brother Richard discovered that the Song soldiers who were guarding him were very proactive in feeding him mushy food, for fear that they would starve to death if they fed him too little.
However, whenever he mentioned that he wanted to go to the toilet, the unscrupulous soldiers of the Song Dynasty found the scribes who accompanied the army to learn the party language, interrogated him outside the cell and recorded it...
At first, Brother Richard scolded the interrogators of the Song Army, and did not mention anything about Xia's military affairs. However, the Song Army did not punish him severely, but just looked at him with a smile.
However, he originally wanted to go to the toilet, but the interrogation by the clerk delayed his time. Many times, he either peeed or defecated in his pants...
The soldiers of the Song Army who detained him did not allow him to change his trousers at all, without the consent of the scribe who interrogated him, and had to hold his nose with one hand and hold him up with the other.
Brother Richard, who originally grew up in the Xixia Palace, was always served by servants when eating, drinking, and having sex. It can be said that he lived in fine clothes and fine food for half his life. Now he has become a prisoner of the Song Army. Even his hands and feet have been tied up.
I couldn't move my hands to go to the toilet, so I could only defecate in my crotch in such an awkward manner, which was extremely humiliating.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When Brother Richard is being interrogated, if he is disobedient, a soldier of the Song Army will take out a salt jar and use fine salt to rub the wounds on his body from the previous battle with Yue Fei
superior.
The Song soldiers had to tell him that this was the order of General Han and General Yue:
"I was afraid that your Brother Cha's wound would fester and get maggots, so I applied such precious salt to the wound of a prisoner like you..."
Every time this happened, Brother Richard's wound would be itchy and painful, and life would be worse than death. He was still a man, and the pain made him shed tears, but he didn't scream.
When Brother Richard was first imprisoned and interrogated, he was very tough-talking and would not say anything. He would be fed food filled with paste by Song Bing, would not help him go to the toilet, and would rub salt on his wounds during the interrogation, etc. A series of preferential treatment...
As time went by, after five days, Brother Richard was soaked in his own excrement and his lower body was red, swollen, and itchy. He finally became more honest and was able to take the initiative to answer some questions of the interrogating clerk.
Of course, the issues he confessed were not the top military secrets in Xixia. However, he still confessed some secondary secrets such as the deployment of troops in various places in Xixia, the commanders of various ministries, etc., even though he could not bear the torture...
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Today, after Han Shizhong and Yue Fei received the edict, they hurried to the temporary cell where Brother Richard was being held. They smelled a pungent and unpleasant smell.
At this time, Brother Richard, whose hands and feet were tied up, was in a state of panic. He saw the second general of the Korean army coming and roared like crazy, shouting in not very fluent Chinese:
"Although I am unwilling to be defeated by you two, I respect you two as heroes. Please, heroes, please give me a happy death. It can be beheaded with a knife or tied with a rope. I just want a quick death!"
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Yue Fei said nothing and glanced at Han Shizhong.
Han Shizhong, however, said with a ruffian smile:
"Prince Jin, you can't die! I, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, personally conquered Xiping Mansion, and the Zhao Guan family specially ordered me and Peng Ju to escort you to the Holy Emperor for trial!"
"Huh?!" Brother Richard couldn't believe his ears. Did the emperor of the Song Dynasty really travel thousands of miles to come here in person?
He was worried about the Great Xia Kingdom. If this was the case, did the Song Dynasty want to destroy our Great Xia Kingdom and destroy our Dangxiang clan?
Brother Richard was shocked. In order to verify whether he heard correctly, he asked loudly: "You said that your Emperor of the Song Dynasty has arrived outside the city of Xijing in our country. Do you still want to see me? Is this true?"
Han Shizhong smiled contemptuously at Brother Richard and said, "You are a prisoner! Why did I lie to you?"
Brother Richard frowned after hearing this.
Yue Fei said seriously: "Brother Richard, you were captured alive by me, but I didn't take your life. This is all because I, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, have a good life and want to restore the old friendship between Song and Xia, so I have issued an imperial edict not to kill you first!"
Later, if you see our Emperor Zhao Guan's family, if you dare to be rude, not only will you be cut off from the tent, but there will also be no peace talks for this Song-Xia war! You have to think clearly about the severity!
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Han Shizhong immediately spoke up and said, "Brother Richard, do you know that Yue Pengju, the man who captured you alive, is our new top martial arts champion in the Song Dynasty, and is highly regarded by our emperor. You may not believe my words, but you must not disbelieve Pengju's words."
ah!"
After listening to what they said, Brother Richard lowered his head and took a few deep breaths.
He slowly raised his head and said to Han Shizhong and Yue Fei in front of him:
"If your emperor wants to see me and sincerely wants to discuss the important matter of turning the war between Song and Xia into friendship, I promise you that we will not make any mistakes!"
"Okay! It's settled." Han Shizhong said, "Here, come, escort brother Richard out of prison to face the saint!"
Yue Fei added: "General, wait a minute!"
"Uh?!" Han Shizhong asked in confusion: "What's going on with Pengju?"
Yue Fei pointed at the dirty Brother Richard and said to Han Shizhong:
"There is still an hour before the interview with the Holy Spirit. You and I don't have to rush to escort Brother Richard out of prison. He smells bad and he should be washed away by the soldiers before he can be escorted to the imperial court for trial!"
Han Shizhong slapped his forehead and said, "Pengju is so thoughtful! I was too hasty for my brother's sake!"
He pointed at Brother Richard and ordered: "Here comes someone, strip him naked!"
"Obey the order!" the soldiers shouted in response to the order.
The four soldiers geared up and walked towards Brother Richard with smiles...
In fact, they could also smell the peculiar smell on Brother Richard's body and see that he was so dirty that there was nothing to do. However, this was the military order of their coach Han Shizhong! Who dares to disobey?
Besides, if you show yourself well in front of General Han Shizhong and General Yue Fei, if you can win the favor of these two noble men, your future will be bright!
The four soldiers walked up to Brother Richard, who had his hands and feet bound, and began to tear off his clothes...