Chapter 372 Cheng Min offers prisoners and officials kill people
Zhao Ji learned from the reporter's report that not long ago, when Han Shizhong led his troops to approach the North City of Xingqing Prefecture, he happened to see a group of Xia Army cavalry that had just left the city protecting a luxuriously decorated carriage and rushing out of the North City Gate.
, having crossed the moat, headed northwest quickly.
Han Shizhong hurriedly divided his troops into two groups, leaving one group led by the vanguard officer Hu Yantong to besiege the enemy's northern city of Beijing, while he personally led another group of three thousand cavalry in pursuit.
After Han Shizhong led his troops to pursue them three miles away, they caught up with the rear detachment of nearly a thousand Xia army cavalry who had escaped from the north gate of Xingqing Prefecture.
At that time, Han Shizhong ordered a vanguard team of more than a hundred cavalrymen to take out the grenades given to them by Zhao Guan's family. When they caught up with the enemy, they threw the fired grenades forward, then quickly turned their horses and retreated to a safe place.
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As a result, these imperial guards in the capital city of Xixia had never seen such evil tactics as the Song army. Many of them were blown up by firearms and grenades that were ahead of their time. The Xia army was immediately in chaos.
Han Shizhong jumped on his horse and brandished his sword, and led his cavalry to charge at the Xia enemy. The Song army killed many Xia army cavalry who were protecting the carriages and sedans without fear of death at a very small cost of casualties, and captured more than 180
Xia army generals with varying degrees of injuries.
Han Shizhong immediately stood in front of the enemy's carriage and sedan that had been forced to a stop. He used his knife to throw out the Xia Army coachman who was killed by an arrow, and then used the tip of the knife to cut down the sedan curtain.
As the sedan curtain fell, Han Shizhong and his soldiers saw that inside this luxurious and spacious sedan, there were two people, an old man and a young man, shivering.
The old man in his fifties was wearing the court uniform of a third-grade Xixia civil servant, and the handsome young man of fourteen or fifteen years old was wearing a brocade robe and casual clothes. Both of them held swords in their hands and glared at Han Shizhong who had removed the curtain of their sedan chair...
Han Shizhong, who was rich in combat experience, immediately used a simple knife to quickly knock off the swords in the hands of the two people in the sedan chair, and ordered his soldiers to pull the old man and the young man out of the sedan chair and tie them tightly.
At that time, Han Shizhong conducted a surprise interrogation of the two of them, but they were determined to die and refused to reveal any useful military information or their true identities. He also interrogated other prisoners, but they also refused to reveal any useful military information or their true identities.
Han Shizhong summoned several former Xia Army generals who had surrendered to him earlier to identify them.
They identified the person in front of them who was wearing the court uniform of a third-grade civil servant from Xixia. It was none other than the censor, Zhongcheng Bari Zuren, whom they had met before when they returned to the capital!
Han Shizhong was overjoyed when he heard this, feeling that he had caught a big fish! He was full of expectations, pointed his sword at the handsome young man from Xixia who was tied up with five flowers, and asked his generals:
"Who is this young man?"
The surrendered generals all shook their heads, saying that they had never seen this frail and handsome Dangxiang young man before, so they had no idea who he was.
Han Shizhong knew that these subordinate generals under him did not have high official positions in Xixia. They probably could not see the high officials of Xixia temples and their young sons in their families. Therefore, he focused the focus of the surprise interrogation on the weak man.
A handsome fourteen-year-old boy.
Censor Zhongcheng Bali Zuren had a complicated expression on his face, and a cunning light flashed in his eyes. When he saw that he was identified, he simply stopped pretending, but he still had to protect more important people.
He told Han Shizhong: The young man they were protecting was the son of the leader of the Yan Army Division in Heishui Town, a tribe in the northwest of Daxia who stayed in the capital.
Now, Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Daxia, is under siege and needs to move reinforcements. Therefore, Bali Zuren was ordered to take the son out of the capital in order to move the troops of King Qin from the Yan Army Division in Heishui Town to rescue Xingqing, the capital.
Mansion...
Han Shizhong was dubious after hearing this, but he still had the important task of Zhao Guan's family sending him to lead his troops to attack the north gate of Xingqing Mansion. Therefore, he did not want to waste too much time for interrogation.
He asked his soldiers to tie several more ropes to the captured Xixia Censor Zhongcheng Bari Zuren and the frail and handsome young man with suspicious identity, and then asked his soldiers to tie them tightly.
He stuffed his mouth with rags and threw them back into the luxurious and spacious carriage.
Han Shizhong ordered Cheng Min, the deputy pioneer officer, to lead more than a hundred cavalrymen to escort Cheng Bali Zuren, the young man and dozens of lightly wounded prisoners, and rush to Zhao Guan's house on the bank of the Yellow River, preparing to sacrifice the prisoners.
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At this time, the sunset was like blood, dyeing the sky a brilliant red.
On the bank of the Yellow River, on the newly captured position by the Song Army, Zhao Ji stood under the setting sun with his hands behind his back. He listened to the sound of the rolling Yellow River water and the report of the reporting officer. He felt that Bali Zuren was probably not telling the truth.
talk.
However, at this time, Bari Zuren and other prisoners had not yet been escorted to Zhao Ji. This was because the reporting officer learned of these urgent military reports from dozens of flying cavalry relay reports.
It was transferred to Zhao Guan’s family.
As for the Song Army cavalry who escorted prisoners such as Bari Zuren, they also had to take care of the prisoners' marching speed. Therefore, their marching speed was slower.
Zhao Ji's eyes were like a torch, looking at the direction of Xingqing Mansion in the distance, with great pride in his heart. At this time, from the battle reports of the various armies attacking Xia, it can be seen that the situation is excellent and beneficial to the Song Dynasty!
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"Report!"
"To inform the officials, the prisoner cavalry squad sent by Han Shizhong has arrived in front of our army's formation. Will the officials summon them?"
Zhao Ji said categorically: "Summon."
The messenger rode a fast horse to deliver the oral instructions from Zhao Guan's family.
Cheng Min, the deputy pioneer officer of Han Shizhong's department, led more than a hundred cavalry, escorting a luxury sedan pulled by four horses, plus dozens of Xia army prisoners whose hands were tied with ropes in a long string, from the northwest.
direction.
They came to the military camp where Zhao Guan's family was located, dismounted one after another, and stopped in front of the camp without breathing.
After they listened to the official's oral instructions, they all liked it. While leading their horses and strutting, they pushed the Xixia prisoners they were escorting into the army where Zhao Guan's family was, attracting everyone's attention...
When they approached Zhao Guan's house, they grabbed Bari Zuren and the frail and handsome young man who were tied up in the sedan, got out of the car, and pushed them to the front of Zhao Guan's house.
"At the end of the year, General Cheng Min is wearing armor and cannot perform prostrations to see the officials. Please forgive me!"
"Hahaha!" Zhao Ji laughed happily:
"My dear, your hard work has yielded great results! What's the crime? Please get over it as soon as possible."
"Thank you to the official family!"
After the burly Cheng Min thanked him, he still looked a little restrained and stood in front of Zhao Guan's house with his head bowed.
"Han Liangchen really lived up to my expectations. His troops were well-trained and fought bravely and fearlessly. As soon as his troops arrived outside the northwest gate of the enemy's capital, he killed nearly a thousand people and presented me with such an important gift from Xixia's Yushi Zhongcheng.
captive!"
"It seems that I was so right in giving Han Liangchen the right to recruit and train troops!"
The civil servants and generals of the Song Dynasty who were present immediately shouted:
"The official sage..."
"Long live my emperor..."
The civil and military generals took the lead in shouting long live, leading the way with their points, and more than 10,000 Song troops in the newly occupied positions of Li Liangfu's troops in the original Xixia shouted:
"The official sage..."
"Long live my emperor..."
"Long live my emperor..."
Bari Zuren, whose mouth was stuffed with rags, the weak and handsome noble young man from the Dangxiang clan, and dozens of Xixia prisoners were all shouted "long live" by the Song Dynasty civil servants and generals, as well as thousands of Song soldiers.
My ears were buzzing and my heartbeat was racing...
"Uh huh..."
"Uh huh..." The prisoners' mouths were blocked, so they could only make such a sound.
The Song army on the road where Zhao Guan's family was located heard the good news one after another in a short period of time. The shouts of "Guan Jia Shengming" and "Long live" they shouted out were sincere, so they were particularly excited!
"Long live my emperor..."
"Long live my emperor..."
Zhao Ji walked up to the 27-year-old strong man Cheng Min, amidst the carnival-like shouts of long live the Song army.
He raised his hand and patted the thick shoulders of Cheng Min, a famous general, with a satisfied smile on his face and said:
"I see you, Cheng Min, as a tiger general! I see you as a tiger general who will scare the enemy all your life!"
At this time, Cheng Min was praised by the Song Dynasty Emperor Zhao Guanjia. He was flattered and said firmly: "At the end of the day, Cheng Min will never let down the holy hope. He will kill many enemies on the battlefield to repay the holy grace!"
"Okay!" Zhao Ji said.
Zhao Ji, a traveler who is familiar with the history of the two Song Dynasties, naturally knows that Cheng Min was really a fierce general under Han Shizhong in history.
In history, when Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty crossed to the south, Cheng Min followed Han Shizhong to pursue the rebel general Miao Fu, fought against Jin Wanyan Zongbi and suppressed Fan Ruwei's uprising, and moved to the palace to take control of You Yijun with his numerous military exploits.
In the 24th year of Shaoxing, Cheng Min paid homage to the Qingyuan Army as the military envoy. Wan Yanliang, the benefactor, went south. He first settled in Wuchang and served as envoy to the west of Hubei and Beijing. He controlled the two armies and horses and also served as envoy to west Beijing and Hebei. Later, he was eliminated
The Huaidong system established envoys to control the capital of Zhenjiang, and they were timid and avoided war (another way of saying it was to avoid the enemy's sharp edge).
After Wanyan Liang's death, Cheng Min led his troops across the river and petitioned Huaidong to be conquered and restored. He was impeached by the imperial censor, dismissed the prince, and seized the military envoy.
In the fifth year of Qiandao (1169 AD), he returned to control the armies in Zhenjiang; in the first year of Chunxi (1174 AD), Cheng Min, who was eighty years old, died in Pingjiang.
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Cheng Min led his men to offer prisoners to Zhao Guan's family...
Zhao Ji said kindly: "Take out the cloth balls from the mouths of the Xixia prisoners, and I will ask them if there are any who are willing to surrender to our Song Dynasty."
Cheng Min and his soldiers followed the order and took out the rags one by one from the mouths of the dozens of Xia army prisoners who had been sacrificed.
Under the leadership of Bali Zuren and the noble young man, all the prisoners of the Xia army refused to kneel to Emperor Zhao Ji of the Song Dynasty, and even spoke rudely, insulting the Zhao family and the soldiers and generals of the Song Dynasty...
"*#****......"
“***&**……”
The officers and soldiers of the Song Army were furious...
"Haha!" Zhao Ji sneered:
"You are already my prisoner, and you still dare to speak rudely and insult me?!"
"I am magnanimous and can bear it! However, you dare to insult our officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty who saved the people of Xixia from dire straits. You are really looking for death!"
Zhao Ji quickly took out a blunderbuss pistol for self-defense from his waist, aimed it at the head of the general who was the most scolded and most unpleasant member of the Xia Army prisoners two feet away, and pulled the trigger.
There was a "bang" gunshot.
"ah?!"
"ah……"
Everyone was shocked. Looking at the Xia Army general who was shot by Zhao Guan's family, he was already lying in a pool of blood, his brain was broken, and it was too horrible to see.
Zhao Ji looked calm and calm, blew the smoke coming out of the barrel of the gun, and put the gun into his arms.
The captured Xia Kingdom Censor Zhongcheng Bali Zuren was so frightened that his crotch was wet...
The unidentified, frail and handsome young man was shaking all over, with tears streaming down his face...
After being briefly shocked, King Yun Zhao Kai immediately congratulated his father on his superb marksmanship and said: "The enemy general whose head was shot by my father deserves to die..."
The young Kang Wang Zhao Kai, who was both shocked and a little scared, swung his legs and imitated the words of his brother Zhao Kai, the King of Yun, and complimented his father...
Most of the soldiers of the Song Army present were ruthless men who licked blood with their swords and went into battle to kill the enemy. When they saw that Zhao Guanjia had vented their anger on them in public and killed the captive Xia general who insulted them, they immediately became excited and shouted
The sound is endless;
"The officials are wise and powerful!"
"Long live my emperor..."
What Zhao Ji did was not because he was murderous, but because he had far-reaching intentions.
First, Zhao Ji's move could establish authority in the Song army and relieve the anger of the Song army soldiers who were already being scolded by the Xixia prisoners;
Secondly, Zhao Ji wanted to use this move to frighten the captured Xia censor Zhongcheng Bari Zuren, and then use hard and soft tactics to force Bari Zuren to surrender to the Song Dynasty. In the future, after the Song army captured the capital of Xixia, he would use the "Xia traitor" Ba Lizuren to surrender to the Song Dynasty.
Li Zuren assisted Song Jiang in governing the party members.
Thirdly, it was used to threaten the noble young man from the Dangxiang clan who still refused to reveal his true identity. As for who this young man was, Zhao Ji already had a guess in his mind, but further verification was needed.
"Come here, take the captives who just scolded me and our Song Dynasty officers and soldiers, and execute them on the spot one by one! If there is anyone who repentes before dying and wants to surrender to our Song Dynasty, we can spare him under the sword!"
"The general will obey the order!"
"ah?!"
"Crack!"
"Ahhh..."
"Crack!"
"Click!..."
When the heads of many captured soldiers of the Xia army rolled to the ground, with blood spraying from their mouths, the Xia soldiers who were still alive finally shut up their abusive mouths, and at the same time won the cheers of the soldiers of the Song army.
Zhao Ji glanced disdainfully at the prisoner Bari Zuren who was protesting and shouting dissatisfaction, but the ground under his feet was quite wet;
He then looked down at the noble young man from the Dangxiang tribe who was filled with indignation and spoke rudely. He was reduced to tears.
Zhao Ji recalled the past: the scene when he forced the Xia Princess Cao to surrender to the Song Dynasty...
At that time, Zhao Ji not only asked about the appearance, living habits, etc. of the Xia Emperor Li Qianshun from the young and beautiful Princess Cao of the Xia Kingdom, he also asked about the appearance, character and conduct of the current Xixia Prince Li Renai...
At this time, Zhao Ji combined with the confession of the previous Xixia Emperor Cao; and then looked at the Xixia Kingdom's censor, Zhongcheng Balizuren, who all behaved like a slave in front of this distinguished young man.
Therefore, Zhao Ji preliminarily deduced that the noble young man from the Dangxiang tribe standing in front of him without kneeling was most likely: Li Renai, the current crown prince of Xixia.