Going from Song Ying to Xijing City will inevitably pass through those tragic battlefields. In the early morning, more than 10,000 of Xiao Dahu's pro-army troops had all been killed outside the east gate of Xijing. Until their last soldier died, they
It was just the second ice wall that was touched.
The enemy in the west can leave, but the enemy in the east, Yun Zheng, does not allow them to leave alone.
If Wang Anshi and the Xigu people wanted to enter Xijing City, they had to wait patiently for a while until the Song officials removed the bodies of the Liao people before they could enter smoothly.
In the open fields, countless civilians were searching the battlefield, but they still held swords in their hands. As long as they saw the Liao people who were still breathing, they would brutally plunge their swords into their chests.
The originally cowardly civilians, under the cover of the powerful army, became more courageous than ever. Some of them could even laugh and joke with their companions while mercilessly slaughtering the wounded soldiers.
Weapons were piled together, armors were piled together, and then the frozen and hard corpses of the Liao people were piled on the carriage like logs by the Song people, and then transported to a large pit in the distance for burial.
The civilians were very enthusiastic about searching for corpses. The general only said that all weapons and armor must be turned in, but did not say what to do with the belongings of the Liao people.
So the smart people collected all the belongings of the Liao people and prepared to contribute half to the commander, and then regarded the remaining half as their own wages.
When I came here, some high-ranking officials said that there were plenty of opportunities to make a fortune here. Now it seems that this statement is true. As long as the army keeps winning battles, I will have plenty of opportunities to make a fortune.
After only cleaning up the corpses at the east gate for a while, the wealth piled on the ground was already dazzling. Not to mention the Song Dynasty money making, a lot of various treasures were collected.
I heard that the number of corpses in the west gate was even more, more than ten times that in the east gate, and they were still lying on the ground for more than ten miles.
There are soldiers and refugee officials here at the East Gate to guard against private possession, but things at the West Gate should not be so strict. If you get one or two good things back, you will have money for your son's marriage or your daughter's marriage.
With this in mind, the civilians cleared the battlefield very quickly. At noon, there were only black blood stains outside the east gate. Not a single Liao corpse could be seen, not even the corpses of war horses.
Went to the back camp to prepare food for the celebration party tomorrow night.
When Wang Anshi and Xigu Xunren left the Song camp and arrived at the east gate, the gateless city wall stood there alone with its mouth wide open. There were only some remaining flags flying at the top of the city, but no defenders could be seen. Some like to eat
The carrion crows were densely descending on the city, ready to find a piece of meat that had not been cleaned up by the Song people's officials and have a feast.
Through the empty city gate, Wang Anshi found that there was not a single person in the city, only garbage everywhere was blowing and rolling in the wind.
Yunzheng specially sent 500 soldiers to Wang Anshi to guard his safety. Before Wang Anshi could enter the city, Lang Tan's elite scouts immediately entered the city under the cover of a large shield to search and advance.
Xigu Tongren picked up the reins, passed Wang Anshi, Lang Tan and Sou Su's scouts and walked to the front. The students following him shouted with trembling cries: "Come out, the war is over, the grand master will take you home!"
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When Lang Tan heard these people shouting like this, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he looked at Wang Anshi with dissatisfaction, waiting for him to give him an explanation.
"If the king doesn't kill women and children, then the beast soldiers will vent their anger on women and children!"
Wang Anshi would naturally not speak so harshly in front of Yun Zheng, but he really had no need to explain to Lang Tan. Being able to say this was because of Yun Zheng's face.
"This decision should be made by the commander-in-chief. The transfer envoy would have overstepped his authority." Lang Tan's face turned pale. He didn't care about the women and children, but he did care about the authority of the commander-in-chief.
"I have read this sentence by Mencius since I was a child. Why not apply what I have learned now?"
"They are Liao people!" Lang Tan said through gritted teeth.
Wang Anshi chuckled and said: "General Lang has the ability to carry Mount Tai and cross the North Sea, but does he have the ability to massacre these women and children?"
Lang Tan looked in the direction pointed by Wang Anshi, and saw countless women in gorgeous but shabby clothes with men, women and children trembling out of the dilapidated houses everywhere. He looked at his brightly armored group in horror.
If the warriors were not comforted by Xigu Xun and other Liao people, they would probably flee back to their homes.
These people should all be the family members of the Liao nobles. It can be seen from their clothes that since Xijing City was destroyed by Yunzheng five years ago, in order to defend itself from the attack from Yanmen Pass, Emperor Yelu Hongji of the Liao Kingdom issued an order
, all the original people moved eastward to the sparsely populated Zhongjing, which turned into a huge military camp. Therefore, there were almost no people in the city. Only the Liao army and their families and some merchants who specialized in doing business with the army lived there.
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Lang Tan looked at the women and children who shrank like quails, not knowing what to say. Some women who thought they were bright and attractive even blackened their faces with pot ash and deliberately made their bodies dirty and smelly.
"Whether Liao women and children should be killed or not is a matter for the commander-in-chief. You cannot make the decision for the commander-in-chief."
Wang Anshi smiled and said: "You are wrong. Only I can really make the decision on this matter. It is best for you commanders to stay as far away from this matter as possible. It is best not to know about it."
"how do I say this?"
"A few years ago, Liang defeated Dali and made great contributions to the court. The only flaw was that he killed a few useless bald donkeys. Those bald donkeys were the main culprits in attacking the army with weapons. Under such circumstances.
Your commander had to change the name of General Liang Ji and kill a death row prisoner to calm down the trouble.
General Lang, think about it, when the Liao people fled, they left behind women and children all over the city. If anything happens to these women and children, others won't say how much effort your commander-in-chief spent to break through Xijing City, they will only ask about your family.
Why did the commander kill the women and children in the city?
When the time comes, your commander-in-chief will definitely not be able to escape his reputation as a man-eating leader!"
Lang Tan's hair stood up when he heard this, and the muscles all over his body stretched the armor to the point where it was about to burst. He roared angrily: "How dare you do this!"
Wang Anshi sighed helplessly and said: "Fortunately, His Majesty doesn't think so, Pang Xiang doesn't think so, Han Qi, Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi, Ouyang Xiu and I don't think so, so that's why the Northern Expedition happened today.
It's a pity that in the Song Dynasty, there are countless rotten scholars in your mouth. They will often cling to the scriptures and verify the behavior of your commander-in-chief according to the scriptures word for word.
Even if the imperial court exerts all its strength to suppress it, how can it stop Youyou's mouth?
Now that things have happened, these women and children should not talk about your family's commander-in-chief. Even General Lang, I'm afraid you won't be able to take action. After all, you are said to be military generals, but you are also real scholars. You only need to see if your family's commander-in-chief orders you to be the first.
As soon as you enter the city, you will know what he wants.
If Liang Ji, Yun Wu, and Li Dongchu entered Xijing, it is hard to say what would happen. If they were impatient and raised the butcher knife, although it was the practice of the Xijing army to massacre after breaking the city, in this way
But you put your commander on the fire, after all, he is the first warrior in our Song Dynasty who can be crowned king!"
Seeing more and more women and children gathering around him, Lang Tan's complexion naturally became worse and worse. He suppressed the anger in his heart and asked, "Since these people can't be killed, why should we keep them?"
Wang Anshi pointed at the Xigu people and said with a smile: "As soon as I hand it over to him, we have never seen any women and children from the Liao people on the battlefield. Even if there are, they are the wives and concubines of the Xigu people. I see that he is an old friend in the past, and I am interested in him."
I, the Song Dynasty, had merit, so I took it upon myself to let them go.
Neither Yun Shuai nor I want to see another Liao person in Xijing City! I will also restore the county administration in Xijing City. One hundred thousand refugees will thrive here. In more than ten years, Xijing City will once again become
Our piece of land in the Song Dynasty is no different from the counties and counties in the country."
Lang Tan let out a long breath and said: "In this case, I will pretend that I didn't see anything. However, except for the women and children, the Liao army hiding in the city, I hope that the transfer envoy will not make any more trouble, otherwise
No wonder the general will show no mercy."
Wang Anshi smiled and said: "General, you might as well clean it up. People from the Song Dynasty will live in it in the spring. I don't want any potential dangers."
Lang Tan smiled evilly and said, "Don't worry, envoy!"
After saying this, with a wave of his hand, the soldiers from Hequ Pass swarmed into the city amidst the frightened cries of women and children, and began to search Xijing City inch by inch.
Yun Zheng rubbed his eye point tiredly. Starting from early morning, battle reports from all walks of life were flying in from all over the place like snow flakes. It was not just him who was watching, but the busy staff officers were even busier. Every time they read a battle report,
He would re-modify the situation between the two armies on the sand table. After the entire sand table was filled with red flags representing the Song Dynasty, Yun Zheng ordered the sand table to be sealed and a larger sand table to be used.
The progress of each army was very satisfactory. Even before the ice and snow faded, within two hours, Li Dongchu and Yunwu had chased the Liao army for thirty miles. The military newspaper said that the Liao army had died while running on the road.
There were so many troops that the Liao army could escape in a group at first, but later they dispersed when they saw how fast the Song army pursued them.
Therefore, they are now in great trouble and have to divide their own brigade into small squads to pursue and kill the fleeing Liao army.
He didn't see Chen Lin all morning and didn't know where he went. When it was time to eat, Yun Zheng saw Chen Lin with a happy face. He was holding a thick memorial in his hand and gently placed it on Yun Zheng's hand.
The table where Zheng was eating said: "Yunshuai, please review it. If there are no problems, please ask Yunshuai and Jiefu to sign, and I will immediately send it back to Tokyo on an 800-mile rush!" (To be continued)