Chapter 323 I have gathered the four generals of ZTE
"Pa!" Another whip crack...
Zhao Ji raised his whip and whipped the body of Xixia Pu King Li Renzhong again, and cursed angrily:
"The wheels of history are rolling, who can stop reunification?"
"You are using your arms as a chariot. You would rather die than surrender to the Song Dynasty!"
"Li Renzhong, you are trying to prevent me from leading an army to unify China. This is a heinous crime and you deserve to be whipped."
The words and deeds of Zhao Jiguan's family made the people present, including Zhao Kai, King of Yun, Zhao Gou, King of Kang, Zong Ze, the Privy Councilor, and Yao Gu, the director of Xihe, all see their blood boiling with excitement, and they all admired Zhao Guanjia in their hearts.
On the side, Li Liang, who writes straightly, originally thought that the Zhao Guan family's behavior of whipping the corpse of the enemy commander Li Renzhong, who preferred death to surrender, was against the name of benevolent kings.
However, when he saw that Zhao Guan's family whipped Li Renzhong's corpse twice, and each time he could explain the profound truth, he felt that there was nothing wrong with Zhao Guan's whipping of Li Renzhong's corpse, and that he should have been whipped harder.
Relieve your hatred!
Li Liang was shocked by Zhao Guanjia's domineering attitude, which made his right hand holding the charcoal pen tremble constantly, causing the words he wrote on the cardboard to become a little crooked.
He didn't care too much about the handwriting he wrote that was far worse than usual because of his excitement.
Anyway, when he has free time, he will write these records of Zhao Guan's words and deeds on portable cardboard, and then copy them with a brush into "Notes on the Daily Life of the Emperor".
At this time, this living man was extremely excited.
He was lucky enough to be able to record a series of feats such as Zhao Guan's family's personal expedition, strategizing, victory over thousands of miles, horse riding on the enemy's Xijing City, and beating the corpse of the enemy's commander Pu Wang. He felt like he was following Zhao Guan's family on a donkey all the way to the westward expedition, even if it was
My buttocks and both thighs were worn out, and I still feel a dull pain. It was all worth it.
He was so excited that his hands trembled. On the trembling cardboard, he recorded the words and deeds of Zhao Guanjia just now with charcoal:
[The officials raised their whips in the east city of Xijing in Xia Kingdom, whipped the corpse of Xia Pu King Li Renzhong twice, and angrily denounced his crime:
"The wheels of history are rolling, who can stop reunification?"
"You are using your arms as a chariot. You would rather die than surrender to the Song Dynasty!"
"Li Renzhong, you are trying to prevent me from leading my army to unify China. This is a very sinful crime and you deserve to be whipped."]
This man, Liang, wrote down in his own hand these few heroic words of Zhao Guan's family, which are enough to be remembered in history. He was in a surging mood and could not calm down for a long time.
Zhao Ji asked the primary school student who stayed with Han Shizhong:
"What were Li Renzhong's last words before he committed suicide?"
The primary school hurriedly started to play truthfully:
"Before Li Renzhong committed suicide, he once said:
'I sincerely ask Zhao Guanjia to remember that Xijing City, the capital of our Great Xia Kingdom, was also the Lingzhou City of the Song Dynasty more than a hundred years ago. After the Song Army invaded this city, please treat the people in the city kindly. I beg you not to
Massacre!'
Finally, Li Renzhong put his sword on his neck, looked up at the sky, and shouted:
‘What’s Gu’s fault for the fall of Xijing?!’
'How can the long sky be so poor as being alone?!'
Then, General Han and our other generals tried to rush forward and snatch the sword from Li Renzhong's hand. It was too late, but he resolutely swung his sword and killed himself, causing blood to splash on the city wall!"
Li Liang, who was not far from Zhao Guan's family, listened attentively with his ears straightened up, and wrote down it quickly. This was first-hand historical data. He felt that his expedition with Zhao Guan's family was really not in vain. This kind of
Li Renzhong's suicide is comparable to Xiang Yu's suicide. He recorded it himself, and later generations had to quote it from his own "Notes on the Daily Life of the Emperor" when compiling history.
After listening to the junior high school student's narration of Li Renzhong's last words, Zhao Ji had to admire that Li Renzhong was indeed a loyal minister of the Xixia Kingdom.
However, the Xixia Kingdom is now an enemy of the Song Dynasty. The more loyal ministers there are in the enemy country, the more disadvantageous it will be to my Song Dynasty.
"Haha..." After Zhao Ji listened to the primary school student's narration of Li Renzhong's last words, he deliberately sneered, pointed his riding crop at Li Renzhong's body, and reprimanded loudly:
"Li Renzhong, you are lying: How can the long sky be inferior to you?"
"I will tell you the reason: I am helped by heaven, but your Xia Kingdom is helpless. Therefore, you cannot stop me from conquering Xixia in person!"
"Bah!" After Zhao Ji said this, he raised his whip and hit Li Renzhong's cold body.
Zhao Kai, Zhao Gou, Zong Ze, Yao Gu, the Imperial City Secretary Guan Jia, and the nickname who led the way all nodded, agreeing that what Zhao Guan Jia said was very reasonable.
With an excited heart and trembling hands, the resident Liang truthfully recorded the words and deeds of Zhao Guan's family, and wrote a heartfelt tribute:
"The Zhao Guan family is the true emperor! With heaven's help, he will unify Xixia!"
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Zhao Ji looked at Li Renzhong's remains carefully. The perseverance and unyieldingness reflected in his single eye made Zhao Ji feel a trace of respect in his heart.
He held the riding whip, pointed at Li Renzhong's body, and said:
"Li Renzhong, you have committed three major crimes, so I will whip you three times."
"I will also kill you in the street for three days, so that the people in Xijing City can see your tragic death, and let them know that resisting me, the Song Dynasty, will not end well."
Zongze, Yao Gu and others all believed that the Zhao Guan family handled the situation well, as it could frighten the people in Xijing and make them succumb to the powerful Song army.
Zhao Ji looked around and said:
"Although I hate Li Renzhong for defending Xijing to resist our righteous army of the Song Dynasty, I also respect him for preferring death to unyielding, being loyal to the Xia Lord, and repaying the Xia Kingdom with his own life."
"I have decided to exhume Li Renzhong's body three days later, give him a rich burial, and give him the posthumous title of 'Zhonglie Marquis of Xiazhou of the Great Song Dynasty'."
Zongze and Yao Gu both saw the far-reaching intentions of the Zhao Guan family.
The Zhao Guan family's whipping of Li Renzhong's corpse and the upcoming massacre of corpses on the street were all intended to frighten the soldiers and civilians of Xixia who still wanted to resist the Song Dynasty, and let them know that Li Renzhong's behavior of resisting the Song Dynasty was like a mantis mantis trying to fight a chariot, and it was all in vain.
However, after the Zhao Guan family punished Li Renzhong, he also wanted to give him a lavish burial, not only to win over the hearts and minds of the Xixia soldiers and civilians, but also to show it to the Song Dynasty soldiers and let them learn from Li Renzhong who would rather die than surrender.
, the patriotic spirit of sacrificing one's life for charity and being loyal to one's own country's monarch.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Zhao Guan family gave Li Renzhong the posthumous title of "Zhongliehou of Xiazhou in the Song Dynasty", which declared that the Xixia Kingdom should have been a state of the Han Dynasty in the Song Dynasty.
Everyone present, including Zhao Kai, King of Yun, Xiao Zhaogou, King of Kang, Zong Ze, the Privy Councilor, Yao Gu, the Governor of Xihe, as well as Li Li, who writes straightly, and the Imperial City Chief Minister, all expressed disapproval of Zhao Guan's family's actions.
Deeply agree and admire.
"Official sage, long live my emperor!"
The sound of the mountain shouting long live is heard all the time.
Zhao Ji waved to the primary school student left by Han Shizhong and said:
"You will be responsible for the three-day murder of Li Renzhong on the street!"
The primary school teacher happily accepted the order and said:
"The general will obey the order and thank the Lord for His grace."
Zhao Ji waved his hand and said: "Carry Li Renzhong's body down to the city!"
The primary school immediately led his men and acted in accordance with the wishes of the Zhao Guan family...
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At this time, with the dawn of dawn, the artillery fire over Xiping Fucheng gradually dissipated, replaced by the thundering drums and loud horns of the Song army.
Wearing armor and holding a long sword, Zhao Ji stood majestically on the high east city, his eyes like torches, firm and profound, looking at the movements in Xijing City...
Group after group of reporting officers rode on fast horses to report the success that the Song armies had just achieved:
"Report! Report to the officials. After the Nancheng of Xijing was bombarded by our army, the Xia enemy has abandoned the city and fled. Our army entered Nancheng to pursue the fleeing enemy..."
"Report! The west city of Xijing has been destroyed, and more than 2,000 enemies have been wiped out..."
"Our army has entered the West City and is advancing into the city..."
"Report! The defeated enemies in West City fled towards Beicheng, which was not bombarded by our artillery..."
"Report! The defeated generals of the Xia army who were defeated in the south city also fled towards the north city of Xijing. Our army pursued them behind and killed many enemies..."
Zhao Ji listened to the frequent reports of good news. He stood on the east wall of Xiping Mansion and looked into the distance.
He knew that this victory was just the beginning. After the Song Dynasty official army had advanced gunpowder weapons that surpassed this era, it would be a dimensionality-reducing blow to the Xia Kingdom, Liao Kingdom and Jin Kingdom, which mainly used cold weapons!
The original plan Li Renzhong made during his lifetime for Xia Jun to resolutely carry out street fighting in case the city was captured also came to nothing.
Because the Song army used artillery, muskets and grenades when attacking the city, the deserters and defeated generals of the Xia army did not dare to resist the overwhelming Song army in the streets and alleys of Xijing.
The Xia army, which had fled from the East City, South City, and West City of Xijing, had only one thought, and that was to escape from the death-like pursuit of the Song army as quickly as possible. It would be best to escape from the North City, which had not been attacked by the Song army...
When the defeated Xia army generals scrambled to escape toward the north city, they trampled on each other and caused many casualties. Many of the slower runners were overtaken by the Song army's cavalry and hacked to death...
The army was defeated like a mountain.
The total number of defeated soldiers who fled from the East City, South City, and West City of Xijing to the North City was about 3,000 people.
At this time, there were more than 3,000 Xia soldiers in the north city. They heard that King Pu Li Renzhong might have been killed, and saw that the city was filled with large groups of Song troops attacking the city.
"Generals of the Xia Army, please quickly throw down your weapons and surrender. Any escapees or resisters will be shot without mercy..."
"Kill!"
Song Jun’s shouts of killing shook the sky...
The three thousand Xia troops guarding the North City were also frightened by the Song army's momentum and panicked.
They could only bite the bullet, opened the gate of the North City, lowered the suspension bridge and built it on the moat, mixed with the three thousand Xia troops who had retreated from the three cities, fought with each other for roads, and fled out of the city...
The rear troops of the Xia army that had escaped from the North City were already being overtaken by several groups of Song troops. Another burst of killing was accompanied by the screams of the Xia army generals...
Zhongshidao, Zhongshizhong, Guo Cheng, Han Shizhong, Yao Pingzhong, Wu Jie and other generals saw that the Xia army had deserted and fell into the Zhao Guan family's plan of "definitely siege the city". They sincerely admired Zhao Guan family's military genius.
They knew that if these Xia troops still held on to Beicheng, then although it would be a matter of time before they captured Beicheng, they would definitely cause certain casualties to the Song army.
The Xia army opened the North City Gate on their own and fled from the North City. It seemed that Liu Yanqing's camp outside the North City frequently dispatched soldiers and horses to support the other three Song armies to attack the city. In fact, it was decided by Zhao Guan's family.
A plan to confuse Xia Jun.
Now, there are 20,000 soldiers and horses from Liu Yanqing and Liu Guangshi outside Beicheng, and they will launch another round of blocking battle against the escaped Xia army.
In addition, there were two troops, Yue Fei and Wang Zhen, sent by Zhao Guan's family as mobile rangers to pursue and annihilate the Xia army who had luckily escaped...
This is equivalent to asking the Xia army in Beicheng to abandon their geographical advantage and run out of the city, and they will be attacked from both sides...
"Come on!"
"Kill!"
Several groups of vanguards of the Song Army, shouting and waving their swords and guns, chased the rear of the Xia Army out of the North City...
In this siege, Zhang Jun, a subordinate of the Zhongshi Division, was the bravest among the three armies.
He led more than a hundred cavalry from his headquarters, and as the vanguard, he made great progress all the way, approaching the rear of the Xia army.
Zhang Jun was wearing heavy armor, with a neighing war horse under his crotch. He was holding a spear, his eyes were blood red, and the armor and war horse on his body were stained with the blood of the enemy.
Zhang Jun shouted:
"The official expedition of the Zhao family to the northwest is a good opportunity for us to kill the enemy and make achievements. Brothers, whoever follows me, Zhang Jun, and kills the enemy vigorously will be rewarded; whoever retreats will be beheaded!"
"Kill!"
"Kill..."
Zhang Jun led his cavalry down the mountain like a fierce tiger and rushed towards the rear of the Xia army.
Zhang Jun took the lead, waving his spear as if the god of war descended to earth. Wherever the spear in his hand collapsed, pushed, pressed, covered, picked, and stabbed, the Xia army soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and blood flowed into rivers...
Encouraged by Zhang Jun's heroic killing of the enemy, more than a hundred Song army cavalrymen under his command also became even more brave in killing the enemy.
Zhang Jun led his troops, and every time he charged, Xia's soldiers were frightened.
The defeated Xia army soldiers panicked and trampled on each other, causing heavy casualties. Zhang Jun's cavalry killed more than 800 people...
Han Shizhong, who arrived slightly behind, led his troops and met Zhang Jun's veteran general Zhong Shizhong.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Han Shizhong saw in Ma Ye that Zhang Jun and his cavalry fought very bravely.
Han Shizhong asked Zhong Shizhong: "Xianggong Zhong, who is the tiger general in front?"
The cultivator smiled slightly, called Zhang Jun, and said loudly:
"This person is Zhang Boying, our fierce general!"
Han Shizhong also kept these three words Zhang Boying firmly in his heart.
He watched Zhang Jun lead the army and kill the enemy bravely, which looked very much like himself.
Han Shizhong was delayed for some time because he was in Dongcheng, trying to persuade the enemy's commander-in-chief Li Renzhong to surrender. Therefore, he led his troops to arrive a little late.
He shouted: "My soldiers and generals, follow me to kill the Xia enemy!"
"Kill..."
When the Xia army's former generals who escaped from the city wanted to bypass the camp of Liu Yanqing's troops stationed outside the north city, suddenly Liu Yanqing and his son Liu Guangshi led an army and killed them from the camp, which had been so quiet that it seemed no one was there.
out……
Liu Yanqing and Liu Guangshi, father and son, were good at recruiting surrender and rebels. When they led their troops, they did not attack the Xia army immediately. Instead, they asked hundreds of Song army generals in the front line to chant in unison and memorize the words in advance.
Good surrender sentences:
"General Xia Jun, listen up. You have already surrounded and blocked our army from the Song Dynasty. We have been chasing and blocking it up to this point. You have no way out!"
"You will quickly dismount, throw away your weapons, and kneel on the ground with your head in your hands. Our army will treat the prisoners well, and Paul will not die!"
"If you don't surrender quickly, this is where you will be buried!"
Half of the recruits in the Xia army were strong men who were forcibly captured by Li Renzhong from the city after being besieged by the Song army in Xijing City.
They had no intention of fighting to the death, but were forced to join the army. They had just been dragged out of the city by the Xixia regular army and fled here.
Liu Yanqing and Liu Guangshi and his son asked their soldiers to shout in unison to persuade Xia Jun to surrender, which really had a certain effect.
Especially those warriors in the Xia army who had been captured earlier, when they saw the strength of the Song army, after hearing this, they threw away the weapons in Nian Zui's hands and knelt on the roadside with their heads in their hands...
But many Xixia veterans did not believe that the Song army could really treat them well.
What's more, the families of Li Renzhong's regular army soldiers are not in Xijing City.
These people just want to escape from Xijing and return to their tribal homes...
Therefore, Liu Guangshi's idea to his father Liu Yanqing to persuade the Xia army to surrender before the battle was only half effective.
More than a thousand recruits of the Xia Army, the strong men who had been forcibly captured by Li Renzhong's troops earlier, dropped their weapons one after another and knelt on the roadside with their heads in their hands, willing to surrender.
The remaining two thousand Xia troops took the opportunity to rush out from the weak point in the northwest of the encirclement, and desperately fled towards the north...
Liu Yanqing saw that there were still so many Xia troops who did not want to surrender but fled. He called his beloved son and said:
"Guangshi, hurry up and hunt down the fleeing enemy!"
"Follow the order!" Liu Guangshi also knew that his father asked him to lead his troops to hunt down the fleeing Xia army in order to allow him to obtain more military exploits, so that when Zhao Guan's family would reward him for his merits, his official status would be promoted again.
Liu Guangshi urgently ordered his three thousand troops to follow him in pursuit of the fleeing enemy...
He knew that his father, in compliance with the orders of Zhao Guan's family, had to deliberately arrange fewer soldiers in the northwest direction of the encirclement, in order to allow the Xia army to fight the Song army here and leave them with a man who could kill from the weak point of the encirclement.
The psychological hint of escaping from a tight siege.
In this way, the defeated Xia army would not fight to the death and would not cause excessive casualties to the Song army.
In the northwest where they fled, there was an ambush set by Yue Fei and Wang Zhen, waiting for them.
Liu Guangshi rushed his horse and led his troops to pursue the enemy troops fleeing to the northwest. Suddenly, he saw Han Shizhong leading his troops to charge towards them.
When Liu Guangshi saw Han Shizhong, he felt a little unhappy. He still remembered that when he went to the southeast with Zhao Guan's family to conquer Fang La, it was Han Shizhong, a ruthless man from the junior high school, who really dared to fight his way into the enemy's formation and captured Fang La alive.
It is precisely because of this that Han Wu, the former gangster from the elementary school, was personally summoned by Zhao Guan's family. As a result, he rose to great heights and his career was bright.
'Now, Han's five-level ranking is actually much higher than mine, Liu Guangshi!'
Thinking of this, Liu Guangshi rushed his soldiers even more anxiously and shouted:
"My soldiers, please quickly pursue the fleeing enemy. Don't let others take away the victory!"
"Follow orders..."
Although Liu Guangshi's generals promised so, they were already used to being disorganized, and their usual training was not in place.
Now, they saw that a good opportunity to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds was right in front of them, but their cavalry was unable to catch up with the fleeing Xia army cavalry...
On the contrary, Han Shizhong led hundreds of cavalry in the leading group, because they were all carefully selected, usually with strict military discipline and hard training. They soon chased the Xia army's cavalry rear group, who were fleeing on flying horses, and killed them...
Just when Liu Guangshi was about to scold his cavalry for being useless, he saw a fierce general leading more than a hundred horses, diagonally attacking the fleeing Xia army's horsemen from the front, and started fighting...
"I see that the fierce general who only leads more than a hundred horses is not Han Shizhong's men and horses. Who is the brave general under his command?"
"Report to the general, that brave general is Zhang Jun, an old acquaintance of the last general, who is now under the command of Mr. Xiang Lue, Souchong!"
Liu Guangshi frowned when he heard this and said:
"Zhang Jun?! Do you have the same surname and the same name as Zhang Jun, a member of Zhongshushe who came from the capital to the Western Expedition of Zhao Guan's family?"
"This man is very brave. If I can ask Mr. Zhang Jun, the general manager of Souchong, he will be even more powerful than a tiger under my command!"
Liu Guangshi looked at Zhang Jun from afar, who was not afraid of death and bravely killed the enemy, and he was very hungry for talents.
He could understand why low-level officers like Han Wu and Zhang Jun who came from poor backgrounds did not value their lives so much when fighting against the enemy, because people like them who came from ordinary people were not as good as Liu Guangshi, a lieutenant general like him.
Is life worth anything?
Liu Guangshi believed that with his father's official position, he did not need to work as hard as Han Wu and Zhang Jun, and his career was also bright.
On the contrary, if he fought too hard to kill the enemy, he really sold his life, and then everything he had now was gone.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Thinking of this, Liu Guangshi did not rush to urge his troops to flee from the enemy. He led his troops to follow Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, and escaped a little behind.
Kill single or injured Xia army deserters...
Han Shizhong's troops and Zhang Jun's troops pursued them in front, while Liu Guangshi's troops picked up the remaining troops behind them. In this way, they chased and killed the enemy troops and ran for more than two miles.
There were only 1,300 or 400 Xia cavalry left in the retreat.
Suddenly, Yue Fei led his troops to intercept the fleeing Xia army...
The Xia army, already frightened, was so frightened that they wanted to split their troops and flee from the left and right sides. However, Wang Zhen's men and horses followed and blocked the Xia army's left and right wings...
At this time, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Liu Guangshi also arrived from behind!
"Kill!!"
Several Song armies launched an encirclement and annihilation attack against the Xia army, which had less than 1,500 horsemen...
Liu Guangshi immediately stepped away from the fierce battlefield. He saw that on the battlefield filled with blood, Yue Fei, who was born as a martial artist, was leading the charge like Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, who were born among ordinary people.
"Alas!" Liu Guangshi immediately stood outside the battlefield and sighed:
"Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, you are just brave generals, not handsome men!"
Liu Guangshi's words were heard by his confidants who were responsible for protecting him.
The general immediately flattered Liu Guangshi and said:
"If there is anyone who is handsome and talented, it must be General Liu!"
Liu Guangshi smiled proudly and said:
"This statement is not allowed to be spread outside!"
"Follow the order!"
Liu Guangshi pursed his lips and smiled:
"We have worked so hard to pursue the enemy, but we will not let those few people take all the credit for killing the enemy! Send the order, our front team rushes towards the enemy's formation! Bring me more beheadings, I will use a lot of money
Gour and others behead the enemy!"
"Follow the order!"
Liu Guangshi's leading troops, more than a thousand cavalry, took orders to charge towards the enemy in the encirclement...
Liu Guangshi gave an order to the nearly two thousand soldiers and generals who stayed to protect him:
"Don't just watch, shout out the words of surrender to me in unison, so that those who don't dare to fight can quickly return to my unit and surrender!"
"Follow the order!"
Those under Liu Guangshi who did not participate in the war all shouted in unison:
"Xia Jun, listen up, if you resist to the end, you will definitely die."
"The commander of our unit is the famous veteran General Liu Yanqing from the northwest!"
"Today General Liu Guangshi, the beloved son of Old General Liu, hereby swears an oath:
As long as you throw away your weapons and quickly come to our formation, Paul will not die and will treat you preferentially..."
Liu Guangshi led his soldiers and shouted words of persuasion to surrender in unison, which had a certain effect.
Under the encirclement and killing of Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Zhang Jun, Wang Zhen and other troops, the Xia army, which originally had 1,300 or 400 horsemen, now only had more than 300 horsemen alive.
Many Xia army generals, after hearing Liu Guangshi's call to surrender from the Song army, did not want to surrender but just wanted to escape. They already knew that they would die if they did not surrender.
There were more than a hundred Xia army cavalry who actually threw away their weapons, urged their horses, and bolted towards Liu Guangshi's troops...
The remaining Xia army generals who were a little slow to throw away their weapons were all chopped down or stabbed at the foot of their horses by Zhang Jun and his men, who were like tigers descending the mountain. They wielded swords and spears...
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[PS: The mainstream view in historical circles is that the four ZTE generals are: Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, and Yue Fei.]
[PS again: Thanks to Fengxiaotang Liuwei Dihuang Wan, Fuping Hou Yixiao, and Fengqi Wutong 626 for the reward!
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