Seeing Wu Jie's meaningful words, Wu Lin of course knew very well that if his brother met someone who hindered his career development in the army, No. 1 would definitely do anything to get rid of him, and he was always very good at planning.
Cruel person.
Many colleagues in the Western Army can't help but walk around when they see Wu Jie and other important generals in the city. But Wu Lin also understands better that even if his brother is an unscrupulous and ruthless person, ordinary people can't help it.
As a nobleman who was kind to his Wu brothers, unless it was absolutely necessary, Wu Jie would definitely not turn around and be ungrateful, and would not retaliate against his former benefactor.
For example, when Wu Jie and Wu Lin were initially dispatched to the south of the Yangtze River to exterminate the Manichaeans, the imperial court also dispatched Liu Kai, a scholar from the Zizheng Palace, to supervise the officers and soldiers along the eastern Zhejiang Road to resist the thieves, and Liu Ziyu, Liu Kai's son, assisted his father in charge of Jiyi writing.
In order to defeat Fang La, he was temporarily appointed as Weiweicheng. Liu Ziyu was quite capable of knowing people. After meeting the two Wu brothers, he also admired Wu Jie very much. Liu Ziyu also personally admitted that after Fang La's defeat was completed, he would also
Wu Jie and Wu Lin will be introduced to other high-ranking figures in the army, so that their talents will not be buried by Qu Shen...
For Wu Jie, Liu Ziyu was a nobleman that he could never harm and must protect. However, the person who showed greater kindness to Wu Jie than Liu Ziyu was Xiao Tang, who, like Fang La, raised a flag of rebellion against the imperial court.
If he had not met Xiao Tang, Wu Jie would have still been a humble official in the Western Army. Now that he cannot stand out in military positions, Wu Lin can no longer be promoted by his brother, so he joins the army at this time. So,
Whether the Wu brothers can be recommended and promoted by nobles in the court is still a matter of debate... But after all, Xiao Tang has left the court, and the brothers Wu Jie and Wu Lin can only be at odds with each other. Wu Lin stole his eyes.
Xiang Wu Jie understood the meaning of his words. As a former benefactor, but now the leader of the rebel army, Xiao Tang, if one day he could take his life in exchange for great achievements, then would Wu Jie be unable to take it, or would he not?
Pick?
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In the face of the massive counterattack by the elite Western Army of the Song Dynasty, the Manichaeism in the south of the Yangtze River retreated steadily as recorded in the official history. Most of the leaders of the sects in various places were killed and captured. It was really difficult to resist the Western Army's advance, which marched straight in and pressed heavily on the territory.
Fang La, who was somewhat belatedly aware of this, now realizes that he was eager to occupy the entire territory of Jiangnan. He fought on all sides and dispersed his troops. He taught the conquering Song armies on the east and west routes to defeat them one after another. However, the imperial troops of various tribes pursued quickly, and Fang La also
He had no choice but to lead the rest of the troops to retreat to Bangyuan Cave, northwest of Qingxi, where the main altar of Manichaeism is located. Tong Guanlian made arrangements and ordered Wang Zhen, Liu Zhen, Liu Guangshi, Yao Pingzhong, Wu Jie and other Song troops
Together, the Bangyuan Cave area is about to be surrounded layer by layer. Not only is the difference in the combat qualities of the generals and soldiers, strategically the Manichaean rebels have been passive since the beginning, and now Fang La's military situation is even more critical.
We can only remain stubborn and on the defensive.
However, the strategic direction of Tong Guan's army to conquer Fangla was to first seize Jiangning Prefecture, gather heavy troops from the mouth of the Yangtze River and divide the east and west routes to recover Hangzhou, Shezhou and other places. There was a military state in the north occupied by the Manichaean rebels that was temporarily trapped.
The dilemma of being isolated and without help from outside.
Runzhou, on the other side of the Yangtze River, was originally an area guarded by Fang La's privy secretary Lu Shinang and twelve commanders. This area was divided according to the boundaries of Wu and Chu, occupying the position of the tail of Chu and the head of Wu. But the guard Lu Shinang at Jiang'ankou analyzed the battle situation and saw that there was a fire in the backyard. The main force of the Song army was advancing into the areas south of the Yangtze River. It no longer had any strategic significance to guard Runzhou Port. If it stayed here, sooner or later it would be conquered by officials from all sides. If the army cuts off water and land routes and encircles and exterminates them, they will surely fall into the dangerous situation of waiting for death.
Therefore, Lu Shinang made a decisive decision and was about to abandon this place. Even if the war was in danger, most of the elite troops of the Song Army were gathered at the borders of She, Mu and other military states. I am afraid that they would not be able to rescue Shenggong Fangla, but they could also fight other armies in the south of the Yangtze River. Prefecture, no matter if Fang La could be saved, he would still have to gather the defeated Manichaean army in one place and continue to fight against the Song Dynasty court.
Under Lu Shinang, he was in charge of twelve commanders, named the "Twelve Gods of the South of the Yangtze River", who were respectively called: "God of Heaven" Shen Gang, "God of Wandering" Pan Wende, "God of Armor" Ying Ming, "God of Escape" "Six Ding God" Xu Tong, "Thunderbolt God" Zhang Jinren, "Giant Spirit God" Shen Ze, "Taibai God" Zhao Yi, "Tai Sui God" Gao Keli, "Diaoke God", Guangzhou, "Yellow Banner God" Zhuo Wanli, the "Leopard Tail God" and Tong, and the "Sangmen God" Shen Bian. Now, under the orders of Lu Shinang, they abandoned the defense at the Runzhou port. Together they commanded 50,000 southern troops and commanded more than 3,000 large and small warships. However, while keeping an eye on the Song army's movements in the area controlled by the Guazhou Ferry on the north bank of the Yangtze River, they were preparing to cross the river into the sea via the unobstructed waterway and then move to the southern part of the Yangtze River.
However, at this time, another division of the Song Army had already arrived at the north bank of the Yangtze River. Under the planning of the military counselors, they first sent people to explore the road and inquire about news across the river. Just when Lu Shinang was about to abandon the stronghold and flee, this A Song army moved forward by land and water, and the attack was very sudden. It was bound to intercept and kill Lu Shinang and the Manichaean rebels who were evacuating from here.
However, the general who led the way to intercept Lu Shinang's rebel troops was the same general who followed Gao Qiu to Jingdong Road to conquer Xiao Tang, but ended up with several disastrous defeats. Fortunately, he later defeated Su Yuanjing, Zhang Shuye and others. Hanxuan begged for mercy, and was transferred here by the imperial court to serve as a partial force to help suppress the Manichaean rebels in the south of the Yangtze River.
Lu Shinang seemed to be following the trajectory in his official history, eager to escape from danger, preserve his soldiers and horses, and continue to raise the banner of Manichaean rebellion, gathering the followers to fight against the conquering officials and troops; and Song Jiang was also eager to fight against the enemy. He established achievements in the Jiangnan battlefield, so that he could teach himself and his brothers who were still following him were recognized and appointed officials by the imperial court. Both sides had very strong goals in their hearts. As soon as they fought, each other could never lose. The generals of both sides The soldiers were all wild-eyed and full of murderous intent. Whether on the ships on the river or on the land on the shore, the war was already very tragic from the beginning.
The corpses of Zhijiao are as high as Beigu Mountain, and their blood stains the Yangtze River red...
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Note: In the official history, although Wu Jie had a grudge with Qu Duan, he did instigate the commander Zhang Jun to fabricate accusations of killing a good general in the army. However, he and his brother Wu Lin did meet Liu Ziyu during the war against La in the south of the Yangtze River. , was valued and recommended by him, and then was promoted to the governor under Liu Ziyu's recommendation, which brought Zhang Jun's attention. From then on, Zhang Jun valued Wu Jie very much, so he appointed Wu Jie as the commander, and he and his brother Wu Lin were in charge of the front office. Later, Wu Jie was transformed from a low-ranking general in the army who was mostly controlled by others, to the personal soldiers, and had the opportunity to command a single force and fight against the Jin army to fight successive classic battles.
Later, Liu Ziyu incurred the hatred of the surrender faction in the DPRK and was demoted to Shanzhou, Baizhou and other places. Zhang Jun was also banished to Fuzhou. Regarding the benefactor who promoted him and appreciated him, Wu Jie first wrote to Zhang Jun to plead for mercy, and also asked for his chastity.
The military post of the military envoy was exchanged to atone for Liu Ziyu's sins. However, Zhang Jun often disagreed with Qin Hui in the court because he opposed the peace negotiation with the Jin State. He was repeatedly pushed out of the court by Qin Hui, dismissed and demoted. However, Zhang Jun and Liu Ziyu were reinstated one after another.
It was inevitable that the Southern Song Dynasty court had to rely on the support of the border commander Wu Jie. Song Gaozong Zhao Gou also issued an edict to praise Wu Jie because of his "loyalty to justice". The officials in the court praised Wu Jie for his deep loyalty and expressed admiration for Liu Ziyu's ability to know people.
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I mention this section because human nature is complex, and I also want to explain that the portrayal of official historical figures such as Wu Jie is by no means a random creation, but is indeed well-founded. And pointing out this section can also be regarded as a reference to many Song Dynasty figures in the following chapters.
Pave the way for your decision so that it won't be too abrupt to mention it again...
