"Marquis Pingcheng, please tell me exactly what happened that day, starting from when you first attacked "Jinxiang". Remember, there is no lie."
After once again signaling everyone in the hall to remain silent, Zongfu Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan said in a deep voice.
"Yes." Li Yang, the Marquis of Pingcheng, cupped his hands and began to tell with a solemn expression: "That day should be June 21st. At that time, we had conquered "Changyi", and Lord Wei Feng was doing an inventory in Changyi... Well,
Counting the spoils of war, Hou Youhou (Sun Mou),
The princes Yuanling Hou (Uncle Feng) and Wanlong Hou (Zhao Jian) proposed to attack "Juye", while Xiaohou, Quliang Hou (Sima Song), Kuangcheng Hou (Ji Yan) and other princes were ordered to do so.
Attack "Jinxiang"...to prepare for sending troops to "Rencheng" in the future."
Immediately, Li Yang, the Marquis of Pingcheng, slowly told how they attacked Jinxiang that day.
At that time, he, Li Yang, the Marquis of Pingcheng, Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, Ji Yan, the Hou of Kuangcheng, and others led about 6,000 noble private troops to Jinxiang County.
Jinxiang County was a territory of the "Min Kingdom" in ancient times. It was called "Jinxiang" because gold mines could be dug out of the hills and the gold reserves were quite rich.
Of course, the "gold mine" mentioned here does not actually refer to gold, but also generally refers to metals such as copper and iron that are in high demand today. In short, they are all considered precious metals in the modern era.
And it is not difficult to understand why Pingcheng Hou Li Yang and others are so concerned about "Jinxiang". After all, if they occupy a mine in Song County, even if the mine has to be taken back by the imperial court in the future, before the imperial court takes it back, they
You can still mine vigorously and make a lot of money from the minerals.
After all, the current main strategy of the imperial court is to regain the county seat within Song County. As for resources outside the city, such as mines, it will not be possible for the state to send people to exploit them within two or three years, and this gives the nobles an opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes.
This is more profitable than collecting wealth in the county.
During the attack on Jinxiang Nei, Pingcheng Hou Li Yang inevitably encountered some obstacles, mainly from the local noble families and gentry in Jinxiang County.
But it is a pity that if the private army of the nobles can be considered a rabble, then the resistance forces gathered by the local noble families and gentry cannot even be considered a rabble.
All in all, the two groups fought in Jinxiang and ended with the victory of Pingcheng Hou Li Yang and others.
When talking about the "big victory in the first battle", Pingcheng Hou Li Yang was obviously a little guilty. After all, in the hall of this clan, there were Zhao Run, King of Su, Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang, and other Wei's leading generals, and they were sending the victory report back to Daliang.
, the degree of self-bragging is not the slightest.
Fortunately, no one cared about this. Even Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan of the Zongfu did not ask in detail about the actual situation of that battle, because he did not believe that these domestic nobles could win such an amazing victory - if these people really had such strength.
, wouldn’t that mean he was better at fighting than Zhao Run, King of Su, Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Nanliang, and Zhao Yuandai, King of Yu?
"According to what you said, Jinxiang County was actually captured?" Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan asked with a frown.
"Yes." Seeing that the lord of the clan did not expose their "false battle report" in public, Pingcheng Hou Li Yang was really relieved and continued: "After Jinxiang was captured, Qu Lianghou and I, and others,
He led his army into the city, but that night, we were attacked by the Beibo Army... We couldn't understand it at the time.
Fang Mingming sent troops to garrison the city gate, and the Beibo Army rebels who attacked our army did not carry siege equipment. Why was the city gate breached in a short period of time? Later we found out that some Beibo Army soldiers
They have always been in the city, mixing among the seemingly honest civilians... They cooperated inside and outside and attacked our army at night, causing our army to be defeated."
When he said this, Li Yang, the Marquis of Pingcheng, showed a look of deep sorrow on his face: "It was that night that the dog Li Ping was unfortunately killed by the rebels. General Bu Ying, in order to cover the evacuation of Xiao Hou, led his people to cut off the rear. Unfortunately...
…death in battle.”
Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan picked up a document from the desk in front of him. After flipping through it, he said in a deep voice: "The Beibo Army who attacked you is the channel general Chen Si of Jinxiang County?"
Taking a deep breath, Pingcheng Hou Li Yang said sternly: "This is what Xiaohou sent people to Jinxiang to inquire about later... According to Xiaohou's inquiry, not all of the Beibo Army was commanded by the rebel leader Song Yun.
, the local area seems to have "qu generals" as commanders. Song Yun, the leader of the bandits, orders these canal generals, and these canal generals lead the rebel soldiers. There are thousands of people in large counties and hundreds of people in small counties. And that one
The rebel Chen Si who harmed my son is a general from Jinxiang area."
Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan exchanged opinions with Tang Zheng, Minister of Punishment, and Xu Rong, Qingzheng of Dali Temple, and then asked: "Then how did you know that these traitors are hiding among local civilians?"
After hearing this, Pingcheng Hou Li Yang turned to look at Quliang Hou Sima Song. The latter understood, cupped his hands and said: "Master Zongzheng, this matter was discovered by Xiaohou and Kuangcheng Hou Ji Yan... I was waiting in Jin Dynasty at that time.
After the Xiangxian County was ambushed, I, Pingcheng Hou, Kuangchenghou and others led the remnant army to escape from Jinxiang and set up camp about twenty miles away from Jinxiang County, preparing to wait for Humohou, Yuanlinghou and others.
After we captured Juye, we sought the support of those adults... However, while we were building the fort, the Beibo Army often attacked and harassed us. Therefore, I and a few others discussed using a team of food transporters as bait.
, to induce the Beibo Army to send troops to attack... At that time, a group of Beibo Army fell into the trap. There were about 300 people. They tried to attack the team transporting grain, but they were ambushed and defeated by our army. After that, I led the soldiers
, pursued closely all the way, tracing the direction in which the rebels fled, and tracked them to a village outside Jinxiang County..."
"The rebels fled into this village?" Tang Zheng, the Minister of Punishment, asked in surprise.
"Exactly." Quliang Hou Sima Song nodded and said seriously: "When Xiaohou chased into that village at first, he just felt very surprised, because the village was backed by Jinxiang Mountain, so Xiaohou had doubts.
It was the rebels who deliberately led me to that village. But later when Xiao Hou inspected the village, he found that there were very few men in the village. In a village with more than 200 households, there were only a dozen men in the village, and
When those men saw our army, their expressions flickered, as if they were a little panicked... So Xiaohou asked an old man in the village, and the old man told me that all the young men in the village had gone up to the mountains to hunt. I was a little suspicious at the time, so I ordered
He quickly informed the young people in the village and ordered them to return to the village."
Having said this, he paused and then continued: "After waiting for more than two hours, when the sky was approaching dusk, the young and strong men in the village returned to the village in twos and threes. At that time, I felt something was wrong...
…”
"What's wrong?" Tang Zheng, the Minister of Punishment, asked with a frown.
"Back to Master Shangshu, these men all have some new wounds on their bodies." Looking at Tang Zheng, the Minister of Punishment, Quliang Hou Sima Song said in a deep voice: "I asked them at that time why there were new wounds on their bodies, and they said
, these were injuries accidentally sustained while hunting in the mountains, but I didn’t think so. Those injuries were clearly cuts caused by swords and sharp objects... So, I immediately ordered everyone in the village to be detained, and sent soldiers to search the entire village.
As expected, many swords, bows and crossbows were found in the cellar and under the beds of the house, at least a hundred of them... If ordinary civilians, why would they hide swords, bows and crossbows and other sharp weapons?"
After hearing this, everyone in the audience lowered their heads and pondered.
Indeed, it is indeed questionable to find swords, bows, crossbows and other items from ordinary people's houses.
At this time, Xu Rong, the minister of Dali Temple, said slowly: "There is indeed something fishy about this matter, but this alone is not enough to determine that the young and strong men in that village are the rebel soldiers of the Beibo Army... According to what I said
I know that the land of Song County has been in chaos for a long time, and thieves are rampant. In order to protect itself, a village hid some swords, bows and crossbows. This is understandable... Qu Lianghou, have you discovered anything else?"
I have to say that the words of Dali Temple Qingzheng Xu Rong are quite pertinent and objective.
After listening to Xu Rong's words, Quliang Marquis Sima Song chuckled and said: "What Master Qingzheng said is absolutely true. Therefore, at that time, the young Marquis was only suspicious and did not dare to act rashly. That day, I led my army to station in that village.
, and at the same time sent someone to contact Kuang
The Marquis of Kuang City asked him to lead his troops. The next day, Marquis Kuang Cheng and I each led our troops to search the nearby area and found many clues. We even found several Beiji soldiers who had died due to serious injuries and excessive blood loss.
The corpses of the rebel soldiers of the Bo army..."
Having said this, he turned to look at Kuangcheng Hou Jiyan. The latter understood, nodded and said to the three presiding judges Zhao Yuanyan, Tang Zheng, and Xu Rong: "It is indeed true... That day, I and Quliang Hou, will those few
They brought the corpses back to the village and asked the villagers if they recognized the corpses. They found that the men and women in the village
His expression was strange, as if he was suppressing his grief, so Qu Lianghou came up with a plan and asked people to pretend to destroy the corpses of the rebel soldiers. Unexpectedly, the villagers rushed up like crazy and tried to kill them.
On our side, in order to protect ourselves, Quliang Hou and I had no choice but to order the soldiers to kill these rebels..."
Having said this, he added: "Also, when our army was suppressing the rebellious people, more than two hundred rebel soldiers came from outside the village. I suspect that these people were originally from the village, but because of their body or
He was more or less wounded by a sword, and he was afraid that we would see his flaws, so he hid in the mountains until his deeds were exposed in the village, and then he risked everything in an attempt to die with us."
After hearing this, Zhao Yuanyan, Tang Zheng, and Xu Rong exchanged opinions in private, and in the hall, everyone listening also talked about it.
According to the confessions of Li Yang, the Marquis of Pingcheng, Sima Song, the Marquis of Quliang, and Jiyan, the Marquis of Kuangcheng, 90% of the time, that village was a stronghold of the Beibo Army.
"What's going on in Jinxiang County?" Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but ask while everyone was talking.
Upon hearing the speech of His Highness Prince Su, the hall suddenly became quiet. At this time, Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan of the Zongfu was about to stop the private discussion of the audience. When he heard Zhao Hongrun interjecting and asking, he was slightly surprised and simply said nothing more.
Waiting for the answer from Hou Pingcheng and others.