Chapter 308 The Bowl (Part 2) (Last Moment Asking for the Moon
From that day on, the Liao people were no longer as provocative as before. But this was only a superficial phenomenon. In fact, their demonstrations never stopped, and they adopted a method that the Song people could not refute.
For example, they would deliberately take the Song envoys to take long detours to show the country's vast territory and magnificent mountains and rivers. At the end, they would always add: "I really don't understand why you Han people would give away such magnificent mountains and rivers."
At first, Zhao Bian would give a very serious defense, saying that Shi Jingtang was from Shatuo. But instead, it would arouse the Liao people's proud memories: 'The son emperors and sun emperors of the Later Jin Dynasty and the Northern Han Dynasty were really too well-behaved...'
Later, Zhao Bian simply acted like a pricked gourd, thinking it was just a swarm of flies buzzing around. Zhao Zongji and Chen Ke did not listen to their noise at first, and focused on traveling around the mountains and rivers. The accompanying Liao officials did not
They knew that they were inspecting the mountains, rivers and dangerous passes of Yanyun... Although the imperial court had information on this, seeing it is worse than hearing it. Being there and seeing it is a prerequisite for making a correct judgment.
Just go all the way north, from Xincheng County to Zhuozhou for 70 miles, from Zhuozhou to Liangxiang for 60 miles, and from Liangxiang to Youzhou for 60 miles. Youzhou is Nanjing, one of the five capitals of the Liao Kingdom.
, the city is thirty-six miles away, and the city has a prosperous population, with numerous markets, houses, and temples. It looks more developed than Dali City, but of course it is incomparable with Bianjing.
Travel north from Youzhou to Shunzhou, then proceed 70 miles from Shunzhou to Tanzhou, which is later Miyun County in Beijing. Travel nearly 200 miles from Tanzhou to Gubeikou, which is also called Hubeikou.
It is a famous Xiongguan Pass, known as the key to the capital in later generations. The Liao Kingdom had a posthouse here, and the imperial regiment was established here.
When the Song envoys stayed here, one of the places they must visit was the 'Yang Wudi Temple'. Yang Wudi, also known as Yang Ye, was a Song general who died fighting against the Liao people. However, he was highly respected by the Liao people.
A temple was even built to offer sacrifices to him. The incense was very strong...
Zhao Zongji and Chen Ke did not have dinner, so they brought incense and candle offerings, left the post house, and rushed to Beishan. At this time, the sun was setting in the west, surrounded by lush green pine trees. Under the backdrop of the thousands of feet of red clouds, a two-foot-high tower stood.
The imposing mountain gate, one foot wide, with polished bricks facing each other and tiger heads facing the door, catches everyone's eyes.
I saw a couplet on both sides of the mountain gate. The upper couplet is: "Yang Laolinggong is loyal in his work". The second couplet is: "A dedicated temple to commend bravery and unparalleled bravery". The horizontal line is "Magnificent Mountains and Rivers". Such a rough and strong couplet,
It is said to be from the hands of Liao Shengzong.
Going up from the mountain gate, you can see a large ancestral hall with two courtyards in the north and south. It was sunset and there was only one Zhike in the courtyard. It was very quiet.
A group of envoys from the Song Dynasty came to the main hall of the ancestral hall and saw a one-foot-long statue of Lord Yang. The old general was wearing golden armor and a python robe. He was stroking his beard with one hand and holding the hilt of his sword with the other. He was sitting majestically on the throne.
superior.
On both sides of the old Duke, stood his eldest son Yang Yanyu, who died in the battle with him, and his general Wang Gui!
Although the eyes of the three people were made of clay and gold, they clearly radiated a fierce light, making everyone afraid to look directly at them. I am so ashamed of my old lord!
In addition to offering incense, Chen Ke was also entrusted by Yang Huaiyu to pay homage to the old prince on behalf of the Yang family's children.
In the Linggong Temple, with incense and candles curling up, Chen Ke and Zhao Zongji were burning paper in a copper basin. The flames danced, bringing the two to seventy years ago...
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That is a tragic song of the failure of the rejuvenation of the Han nation...
At that time, the Han people were the proudest and most confident nation on this land. In the previous forty years, starting from Zhou Shizong Chai Rong, the Han nation, which had been sunk in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, revived vigorously. They conquered east and west,
Invincible in the world. He has been suppressing the Liao people hard, constantly attacking, constantly winning, and even raising an army to regain his hometown!
Unfortunately, they lost two generations of leaders in succession, and the throne of the empire fell into the hands of a brother-killing conspirator. But the victorious generals and troops are still there. Their ideals and pride are still there. In order to complete complete reunification, for one
In order to wipe out a hundred years of shame and establish their own prestige, the conspirators mobilized the power of the whole country and launched the Yongxi Northern Expedition to seize Youyan.
During Yongxi's Northern Expedition, the Song army divided into three groups to attack the Liao Dynasty. The West Route Army, commanded by Pan Mei and Yang Ye, captured generals and quickly captured the three states. The East Route Army, as the main force, fell behind.
...Cao Bin, the number one soldier in the Song Dynasty, unexpectedly lost control of his army. In order to win credit, the East Route Army under his command did not wait to join forces with the West Route Army, violated the imperial edict, and went north to capture Zhuozhou on his own.
Retreat all troops.
After the Eastern Route Army retreated, they felt it was not worthwhile and advanced again. As a result, the soldiers were exhausted and defeated by the main force of the Liao Army. Zhao Guangyi quickly ordered more troops to be added to the border and ordered the three armies to withdraw.
The East Route Army withdrew from the battlefield in panic... The Liao Army was able to deal with the remaining two Song armies with all its strength. Soon, Tian Chongjin in the middle route also withdrew from the battlefield, and the entire army returned to the country safe and sound. However, the West Route Army was under a series of heavy attacks.
After the victory, they were unwilling to give up. They wanted to have a head-to-head confrontation with the Liao Kingdom to see who was stronger!
But the result was that Yuzhou and Huanzhou fell one after another, and thousands of defenders were killed...
Seeing that powerful enemies were surrounding him and his defeat was certain, Pan Mei suffered from aphasia, but Yang Ye did not want to be silent like him. Instead, he suggested that 'the thieves are strong and cannot be fought,' and that they should temporarily transfer the people of the three states south.'
However, Wang Qian, the supervisor of the army, advocated facing the enemy head-on. Yang Ye shook his head and said, this is a sure defeat...
Wang Qian's expression changed, his eyes were full of contempt and hostility, and he sarcastically said: "The king is known as the invincible, and he has tens of thousands of elite cavalry. How can he have the ambition to tease the enemy?"
Failure? Aren’t you a famous invincible general? With tens of thousands of troops, you just want to escape. Are you going to rebel and surrender to the enemy?
If others heard this, they would be angry at most, but for Yang Ye, it would cost his life! Because he was originally a general of the Northern Han Dynasty. After the Song Dynasty destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty, he followed his leader Liu Jiyuan and surrendered to the Song Dynasty. Although, it was not
He surrendered voluntarily, but the so-called "loyal minister does not serve the two masters" has always been a problem for a man like Yang Ye who has a strong sense of shame.
Yang Ye was so angry that he immediately agreed to fight for the sake of dignity.
But before leaving, he suddenly turned to Pan Mei, his old partner for many years, and said in a low voice: "I will definitely lose if I go there. I was a surrendered general and should have died long ago. Instead, the Lord has entrusted me with a heavy responsibility. Today I
I can die to repay you." After a pause, he lowered his voice and said: "But, can you ambush the archers on both sides of Chenjiayu? When I am defeated, if I don't have the support, the whole army will be annihilated..."
Pan Mei nodded heavily, asking him to rest assured.
After the explanation was completed, Yang Ye led his troops to the expedition. The armor was clanging, and the three armies were silent. The soldiers, knowing that they would be defeated and killed, went all the way north and ran into the Liao army head-on, just to prove their loyalty.
Outside Yanmen Pass, the commander-in-chief of the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Xiezhen, couldn't believe his eyes. This 'Yang Wudi', who had fought with the Liao Kingdom for more than thirty years, destroyed cities and villages, and was in danger of losing every battle, actually attacked at this time. Could it be his head?
Kicked by a donkey?
But is there any reason not to eat the meat that is delivered to the tiger’s mouth?
When the enemies met, they were extremely jealous. The two sides fought, fought, and fought again. The bloody battle lasted a whole day. Seeing that his men had reached their limit, Yang Ye led his troops to fight and retreat.
How could the Liao army let "Yang Wudi" who had tortured them for thirty years escape? They followed him and chased him.
In this way, both sides retreated and pursued, and arrived at Chenjiayu.
It was dusk at this time. Yang Ye led his army to retreat to the mouth of the valley, only to see silence on both sides, and not a single sign of reinforcements...
Behind him, endless pursuit troops have come up. Yang Ye's troops have been exhausted since they sent troops in the early morning and have not had a drop of water or rice. If they retreat in a hurry, they will only be trampled down by the Khitan cavalry.
His subordinates wanted to cover him to break out, but Yang Ye refused. He looked up to the sky and sighed: 'This is my fate! Your Majesty, the sky can tell you that Yang Ye is loyal to you!'
In the end, Yang Ye ordered his only son, who had children to raise, to retreat with the soldiers whose brothers had died in the battle. He led the remaining hundreds of people to fight to the death with the Liao army. In the end, all the soldiers died in the battle, and Yang Ye
His son Yang Yanyu and his general Wang Gui also died...
The red moon is like blood. On Chenjiayu, the old general was wounded in more than a dozen places. He was covered in blood, especially his beard and hair were spread out. He rushed back and forth and killed hundreds of Liao soldiers.
Finally, Xiao Dalin, a famous general of the Liao Kingdom, fired a cold arrow from the secret and hit his horse. The horse fell to the ground and knocked him off. The Liao soldiers took the opportunity to surround him and captured him...
The Liao people won and captured alive what they called 'Yang Wudi'. This was a success they had never dreamed of!
But all he got was Yang Ye's body. Old Linggong was captured and died on a hunger strike for three days...
After tracing, where were the reinforcements that day? It turned out that they had been waiting for Yang Ye for a long time. Wang Qian was overjoyed, thinking that Yang Wudi had once again created a miracle. Fearing that Yang Ye would take away all the credit, he ordered Pan Mei to lead the army to catch up.
.Unexpectedly, when they reached the halfway point, they knew that Yang Ye was defeated, so they turned around and retreated, leaving no soldiers behind to rescue...
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The dusk was getting heavy, and standing in the ancestral hall, I could no longer see the face of old Ling Gong. Chen Ke said softly: "What the Yang family means is to see if they can get the bones of old Ling Gong back..."
"Can the Liao Kingdom agree?" Zhao Zongji whispered.
"No, the Song Dynasty has been asking for the remains since the old Duke died in battle." Chen Ke whispered: "But the people of Liao said that you Song people are sorry for Yang Wudi, and he will not go back..."
After hearing this, Zhao Zongji, with his strong self-esteem, did not refute.
After a long time, Zhao Zongji slowly said: "The old Lord is buried in peace, and you really don't need to disturb him anymore." After a pause, he said word by word, unforgettable: "Let us take Yan Yun back!"
There are swans flying over the roof, their cries shaking the sky...