Northern Song Dynasty: I became Zhao Ji Chapter 322: The official horse trampled on the western capital, whipping the enemy ZTE’s capable ministers to death
Chapter 322: The official horse trampled on the western capital, whipping the enemy ZTE’s capable ministers to death
Li Renzhong swung his sword and killed himself, and blood spattered the city...
With a "plop", his body slipped from the Grand Master's chair and fell onto the corridor on the city wall.
"ah?!"
Han Shizhong, who was ten steps away from Li Renzhong, couldn't help but be moved when he saw this scene. An indescribable feeling of sympathy between heroes arose spontaneously.
Behind Han Shizhong, the Song soldiers who had shouted "Capture Li Renzhong alive" before were in awe...
They were a little moved when they saw that Li Renzhong actually preferred death to surrender and actually committed suicide.
The Song Army officers and soldiers present all admired Li Renzhong's loyalty and courage, but they also knew that war was cruel, and the opponent's commander Pu Wang Li Renzhong, who was determined to defend the city to the death, would not regret his death!
If the Zhao Guan family had not developed such powerful cannons, with the tall and strong walls of the Xijing City of Xia Kingdom, and the determination of the city defender Li Renzhong and his troops to coexist with the city;
If the Song army continues to attack the city in the traditional way as before, and it doesn't take a year and a half to besiege the city to the point of exhaustion, it will definitely not be able to break through this Xijing city. In that case, how many Song soldiers will die.
Military officers!
'Perhaps I will die miserably in the battle to siege the city?'
'It's better now. We used the artillery developed by Zhao Guan's family to attack the city. We captured Xijing City so easily with minimal casualties, forcing the defender's commander Li Renzhong to commit suicide.'
'The enemy's remnants of defeated generals, without their commander-in-chief Li Renzhong, are bound to be like a pile of scattered sand. It is only a matter of time before this city is completely occupied by our Song Dynasty.'
Han Shizhong waded in the river of blood and walked quickly to Li Renzhong's body. After checking it several times and confirming that he was dead, he hurriedly sent messengers down to the city to report this gratifying military report to Zhao Guan's family outside the city.
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Han Shizhong turned around, pointed at a small school member behind him, and said:
"You lead more than a hundred soldiers from your headquarters to stay in the city and clean up the battlefield. Make sure that no enemy soldier pretends to be dead, in case Zhao Guan's family is in danger!"
"After Zhao Guan's family arrives at the city, you can pass on Li Renzhong's last words to Zhao Guan's family."
The principal clasped his fists happily and said, "General, I will obey the order!"
With a wave of his hand, Han Shizhong led the rest of the soldiers to run down the city, mount their horses, and charge into the city, preparing to hunt down the defeated Xixia soldiers who had abandoned the city and fled...
Of course, his ultimate goal is to lead the army to the North City of Xijing according to the Zhao Guan family's advance battle plan, and to join forces with the Song army who entered the city along the way from Zhongshi, Zhongshi, and Guo Chengji to the enemy's North City...
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When Zhao Ji received the battle report from the messenger sent back by Han Shizhong, he said to the veteran Yao Gu who was riding on the horse next to him:
"Yao Aiqing's troops can be divided into half and enter the city to pursue the remaining enemy troops!"
Yao Gu said happily: "My lord, I obey the order and thank you!"
He glanced meaningfully at Yao Pingzhong, who was riding on a war horse dozens of steps away. This was his nephew who he had raised since childhood, better than his own son.
He cupped his fists on his horse and asked:
"The humble minister Yao Gu recommended Yao Pingzhong to lead his army into the city to pursue and kill the remaining enemy troops."
Zhao Ji smiled slightly, and he could naturally see Yao Gu's little thoughts.
Yao Gu, don’t you just want your descendants to seize this opportunity to make military exploits?
'Of course I know that during the Jingkang Incident in history, Yao Pingzhong became a "long-distance escape" general. He was not very useful!'
'However, fortunately, Yao Pingzhong in history, after he went to rob the gold camp and was defeated, he just did not dare to return to the capital and ran away to live in seclusion in the mountains, but he did not pay the gold.'
'And Yao Pingzhong was also very brave in the battles against Xixia in the past. He had many military exploits.'
'From the perspective of stabilizing the Yao family's army, there is nothing wrong with agreeing to Yao Gu's recommendation.'
Zhao Ji smiled and nodded:
"I'm here to tell you. Yao Pingzhong is commanding 10,000 troops to enter the city to pursue the remnants of Xia's army!"
"Weak minister Yao Gu, thank you Lord for your kindness. Long live my emperor!"
When Yao Pingzhong received the imperial edict, he was extremely excited. Not only was he grateful to his father Yao Gu for recommending him, but he was even more grateful to Zhao Guan's family for their trust and respect for him, which made him deeply feel the emperor's grace...
Yao Pingzhong, who was astride his horse, was full of fighting spirit, raised his spear and urged his horse, led his soldiers, and roared into the east city of Xijing in the Xia Kingdom...
Zhao Ji once again received a reward from the scouting horse: the east city of Xia State was already under the control of the Song Army...
He then led Zhao Kai, King of Yun, Zhao Gou, King of Kang, and Zong Ze, the privy envoy, to prepare to enter the city under the protection of a large army led by the Imperial City's close ministers and veteran general Yao Gu.
In the early morning in the east city of Xijing, there was a light mist that had not cleared away, and the air was still filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke from previous artillery bombings.
The east city gate of Xijing has been blown to pieces, and many huge gaps have been blown out of the tall and long east city wall.
Zhao Ji, led by the primary school student Han Shizhong had left behind, led the crowd to the horse trail inside the east city wall.
Zhao Ji saw that the horse trail on the inside of the east city wall of Xijing protrudes from the city body and is about a slope of more than 30 degrees. Its main body is made of rammed earth, and the road is paved with bricks, which is strong and resistant to pressure.
Zhao Ji has seen many of the city climbing horse roads in Bianjing City, so he naturally knows the role of this city climbing horse road. It is the main road to the city. It is a specially built ramp for the soldiers and military supplies to go up and down the city. There are no steps.
The form is to make it easier for carriages to get on and off.
Of course, in order to allow more infantry to go up and down the city, there are far more stairways than this kind of horse path for climbing the city.
"I have informed the officials that the final edict of the officials has not moved the corpse of the enemy Pu King Li Renzhong. I invite the officials to come to the city and inspect it."
Zhao Ji nodded and said to the primary school student left by Han Shizhong:
"Okay! You lead the way."
"The general will obey the decree."
"drive!"
The junior high school student urged his horse and took the lead on the horse path to the city.
When Zhao Ji ascended the city, he only brought along Zhao Kai, King of Yun, Zhao Gou, King of Kang, Privy Councilor Zong Ze, Xihe Military Envoy Yao Gu of the Western Army, and hundreds of imperial city ministers as escorts.
Of course, Li Lang, who was riding a donkey among the Song army, was not invited, but he volunteered and insisted on following Zhao Guan's family to the city, and kept shouting:
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "The official horse is riding on the Xia Kingdom's Longxing City, and the humble minister is a common man, how can he not follow?"
"If the ministers do not follow the officials, how can they truthfully record the official's words and deeds in the "Notes on the Daily Life of the Emperor"?"
Zhao Ji nodded slightly, raised his whip and pointed it at the common man, saying:
"If you are willing to come to the city with me, then follow me!"
"I thank the Lord for your kindness..."
This living man rode a small donkey and followed behind the tall horse ridden by Zhao Guanjia.
He whipped the donkey vigorously before he could barely keep up with Zhao Guan's family, who were all riding war horses.
Before Zhao Ji left Bianjing, he specially gave Li Lang, who was a sixth-rank official, a donkey as a mount, just to play a trick on him.
Who makes him so upright that he cannot use the Spring and Autumn style of writing to record every word and deed of my emperor?
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Zhao Ji asked the primary school leader leading the way:
"Did Han Liangchen and his troops also attack the East City via this horse road?"
"Return to the officials," the principal immediately replied: "We have not taken this road to climb the city."
"General Han saw Brother Richard sitting alone at the top of the city, holding swords at his neck, so General Han led our soldiers, abandoned their horses and sprinted up the city from the path, in order to capture him alive.
Li Renzhong."
"Alas! It's a pity that after General Han arrived at the city, he tried his best to persuade Li Renzhong to surrender, but he preferred death to surrender and committed suicide with his sword."
Zhao Ji nodded slightly.
After a while, Zhao Ji and the others were taken to the east city of Xijing by the primary school principal.
At this time, the rising sun rose in the east, and Zhao Ji rode a snow-white Zhaoye Jade Lion War Horse on the high east city of Xijing in Xia Kingdom.
The morning light shines on Zhao Ji's shiny and fine armor, reflecting thousands of golden lights, making Zhao Ji, who is already tall and powerful, even more majestic and heroic!
Under the city, tens of thousands of energetic Song army officers and soldiers looked up at the Zhao Guan family who stood on top of the enemy's Xijing city. They saw the dazzling Emperor of the Song Dynasty!!!
They knew very well who developed cannons and other gunpowder weapons that could capture the enemy's Xijing City so quickly.
They also knew that if the emperor of the Zhao Guan family of the Song Dynasty had not personally marched and brought in artillery to bombard the city, they might have died in the battle to storm the city...
At this time, above and below the city, the sound of mountains shouting for long live could be heard...
"The official family is mighty!"
"Long live my emperor..."
"Long live my emperor..."
Zhao Ji immediately waved his whip in greeting to the Song soldiers who were shouting "Long live" in unison at the city gate...
The Zhaoye Jade Lion War Horse that Zhao Ji stepped off was very good at cooperating with its owner. It even stood up with its two front hooves in the air on the corridor on the tall east wall of Xijing, and kept neighing and roaring...
At this moment, Zhao Ji felt that he was on the enemy's east city of Xijing, and his whip-lashing action was so impressive that it could be recorded in history.
"The official family is mighty!"
"Long live my emperor..."
"The official family is mighty!"
"Long live my emperor..."
At this time, there were tens of thousands of Song soldiers and generals on the city and below the city, and the earth-shattering voice of the mountains was heard again...
Li Liang, who was riding on a donkey behind Zhao Ji, saw the majestic Zhao Guan family being loved by the soldiers of the Song army; he was also filled with excitement.
He immediately clamped his legs around his donkey, hurriedly took out a pen and paper, and wrote in his "Daily Notes":
"The official's imperial chariot marched in person, and the horse rode on the Xijing of Xia Kingdom; the horse immediately whipped on the city wall, and the morale of the Song army was high..."
At this time, the primary school leader of Han Shizhong's department saw that the Zhao Guan family was so heroic, and in order to avoid starting the performance, his voice trembled:
"At the end of the day... I will tell the officials that the body of Li Renzhong, the enemy's Puwang, is still on the main tower of the east city. Please dismount and take a look."
Zhao Ji nodded and said: "Okay!"
He turned over and dismounted, and handed the ‘Zhaoye Jade Lion’ war horse to the care of an imperial city official beside him.
Zhao Ji is wearing a helmet, a sword on his waist, a riding whip in his right hand, and a bright red cloak embroidered with gold dragon patterns on his back.
At this time, the east wind blew by, and on the high east city, behind Zhao Ji, the red cloak was floating in the air, fluttering!
Following Zhao Guan's family in dismounting were Zhao Kai, Zhao Gou, Zong Ze, Yao Gu, and more than a hundred imperial city ministers serving as official guards.
They walked on foot, stepped onto the masonry steps, stepped over the corpses of Xia soldiers one after another, and climbed to the main tower of the East City of Xijing.
The primary school leader who led the way turned around, bowed and clasped his fists, saying:
"In response to the official report, the dead body lying on the ground in front of the Grand Master's chair in the city tower is that of Li Renzhong, King Pu of the enemy country."
"Yeah! I saw it."
Zhao Ji nodded, holding the riding whip, and under the protection of everyone, he walked to the main city where the blood river had almost dried up, and came to the lonely Grand Master.
Zhao Ji saw a corpse wearing a python robe lying in front of the Grand Master. It was Li Renzhong, the Pu King of Xixia Kingdom.
The python robe on Li Renzhong's body was stained red by large amounts of blood.
Zhao Ji held the riding whip and walked closer, only to see Li Renzhong's right hand still holding the hilt of the sword tightly.
The blade of the sword he used to kill himself was only stained with a small amount of blood.
Li Renzhong's neck was cut by himself with a sword, about one-third deep.
"Alas!" Zhao Ji sighed and said:
"Li Renzhong was really cruel to himself. When he committed suicide, he almost cut off his own head."
The primary school student who was left behind by Han Shizhong immediately echoed Zhao Guan's words and said:
"As the official said, when Li Renzhong committed suicide, the last general was standing behind General Han and very close to Li Renzhong. When he committed suicide, it was true as the official said, he had the thought of death, so the sword blade was inserted into his body.
, very deep!”
Zhao Ji nodded and looked carefully at this minister of the ZTE in the history of Xixia Kingdom.
This time traveler knew the name of Li Renzhong, the Puwang of Xixia.
Of course, some historical books that Zhao Ji has read record that the name of King Pu is Li Renzhong, and some old historical books record that the name of King Pu of Western Xia is Li Renzhong.
"Zhong" and "Zhong" have the same meaning, and Xia History has omitted incomplete information, so it is inevitable that it will be biased when it is passed down to later generations.
However, in the world that Zhao Ji traveled to, King Pu of Xixia Kingdom was really named Li Renzhong.
"Alas!" Zhao Ji sighed. He thought to himself:
If I, the time traveler, had not come to the Song Dynasty, brought about the butterfly effect, created artillery, and personally conquered Xia, brother Richard would not have been captured by the Song army, and you, Li Renzhong, would not have been forced to commit suicide.
On the east side of Xijing.
In history, you, Li Renzhong, lived to die of natural old age!
If it weren't for my imperial commander personally conquering Xia, you, Li Renzhong, could have lived another twenty-six years.
That is to say, in the first year of Tiansheng in the future of the Xixia Kingdom (1149 AD), you, the King of Pu, Li Renzhong, will die of old age due to illness...
I originally wanted to imitate Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in employing people, and I also sincerely wanted to recruit and employ a group of outstanding talents from foreign races to serve me and the country.
But, Li Renzhong, you don’t cherish this good opportunity I gave you to change your destiny!
If I hadn't known that Li Renzhong, you can be called the minister of Xixia's resurgence in history, would I have thought of surrendering and reusing you?
Zhao Ji knew that Li Renzhong, the Pu king of Xixia in history, dared to write a letter to impeach the increasingly arrogant King Richard of Jin, forcing Richard to curb his corrupt behavior.
During the Renzong Dynasty of the Western Xia Dynasty, Ren Dejing, a relative of the Western Xia Dynasty, was granted the title of Duke of Xiping for pacifying Xiao Heda's rebellion. He also petitioned to enter the court, but was blocked by Li Renzhong, the king of Pu.
History has proved that Li Renzhong was far-sighted. Shortly after Li Renzhong's death, Ren Dejing was able to enter the court by bribing Brother Richard, and as the father-in-law of his foreign relative, he was appointed as Shangshu Ling and Zhongshu Ling. Eight years later, he was promoted to
As the Prime Minister of the country, he gradually gained military and political power in Xixia. In the first year of Qianyou (1170 AD), Ren Dejing forced Xia Renzong and divided half of Xia's territory under his rule. Xia Renzong received the support of Jin Shizong, and in August of that year, Ren Dejing arrested and killed Ren
Brothers, Ren Dejing failed to divide the country...
"Alas!" Zhao Ji's thoughts reached this point. He sighed and looked at the body of Li Renzhong, who had lived for twenty-six years.
After Li Renzhong died, he still maintained the same ferocious look and grinning teeth as when he committed suicide. His left eye was still wrapped with a bandage, and his right eye was still glaring.
Zhao Ji said to himself: "Li Renzhong, you are a one-eyed dragon. You still stare angrily with one eye after death. It seems that you will never die in peace!"
"Who can blame this?" Zhao Ji said:
"A few days ago, I sent soldiers and generals under the city to shout to you, asking you to quickly open the city and surrender, but you led the Xia Army soldiers and generals to resist stubbornly!"
"Three days ago, Li Renzhong, when you boarded the East City to supervise the battle, I still sent people under the city to recruit you to surrender, but you shot and killed the generals I sent to persuade you to surrender."
"At that time, I was angry and sent a musketry team to shoot at you and blinded one of your eyes. I wanted you to see the power of the thermal weapons I developed, so that you would be afraid and you could lead your troops to open the city.
Gate, surrender to our Song Dynasty as soon as possible, so as to avoid the loss of life when I lead my troops to attack the city!"
"However, you don't know what is good or bad and stick to Xijing City. This is one of the major crimes you, Li Renzhong, have committed! You deserve this first whipping from me!"
"Snapped!"
Suddenly, Zhao Ji swung his riding crop and whipped the body of Pu Wang Li Renzhong hard.
"ah?!"
"ah?!"
"..."
The people who followed the emperor to the city were shocked...
The Zhao Guan family’s act of whipping Li Renzhong’s body was outrageous...
Even the mature and prudent Privy Councilor Zongze frowned with gray eyebrows.
King Yun Zhao Kai and Kang King Zhao Gou were both startled by their father's sudden action of whipping the corpse, and their bodies trembled involuntarily.
Yao Gu, the military envoy of Xihe, was so frightened that he staggered when he saw Zhao Guanjia suddenly whipping the corpse of the enemy commander Li Renzhong...
It turned out that Li Lang, who was following Zhao Guanjia, was writing down the words and deeds of Zhao Guanjia after they arrived on the city with charcoal pen on the cardboard...
However, when he saw that Zhao Guanji actually ignored the image of the emperor and whipped the body of King Pu of Xixia Kingdom with his own hands, he was shocked and frightened so much that his body trembled involuntarily...
He was shocked, he was worried...
At this moment, in order to quickly record the words and deeds of Zhao Guan's family, he, a living person, broke three charcoal pens in succession.
Fortunately, he had a lot of charcoal with him and had some to change.
He also heard what the officials meant.
That is, the Zhao Guan family will continue to denounce the crimes of the enemy Pu Wang Li Renzhong, and will continue to beat him to death!
"Pa!" Another whip crack...
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