When Fang La, Chen Houtong, Fang Fei and other Manichaean leaders quickly gathered the believers hiding near Bangyuan Cave and sent their troops to rush out, they encountered Wu Jie, Wang Yuan and other Western Army generals and intercepted them.
After a brutal breakout, the soldiers and horses suffered heavy losses. Finally, under the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army, Fang La, who led the Manichaeans to revolt in the south of the Yangtze River, was captured by the soldiers and horses of Xin Xingzong, the Zhongzhou defense envoy.
Several of the leading figures were also captured alive. During these days, during the encirclement and counter-encirclement wars near Bangyuan Cave, seventy thousand Manichaeans were killed.
As for Lu Shinang, another Manichaean leader who abandoned Runzhou and led his army southward by sea, he moved to the southeastern region to invade the state and seize counties. However, when the army was mobilized for the expedition, he was killed in Shixia
He was defeated by Song general Yao Pingzhong's imperial army. Later, Lu Shinang joined several remaining groups of Manichaeans and fled, but was pursued by the Song army's Zhe Kecun troops to the Guantou Mountain area of Huangyan County. Lu Shinang held on to the danger.
A few days later, he was outflanked by the Song army and attacked by surprise from high places. The followers of Lu Shinang were killed and fled in disarray. Zhe Kecun and his general Yang Zhen, wearing heavy armor, jumped into the formation with arrows and fought hard to capture him alive.
Lu Shinang and all the remaining leaders of the twelve gods in the south of the Yangtze River were also killed.
Fang La and his family members were also taken to Bianliang, Tokyo, for questioning. Naturally, they were spared from being cut to death for the crime of rebellion. The vigorous Manichaean uprising in the south of the Yangtze River ended in failure.
The various departments of the Song Army, horse and infantry troops gathered together in the army to recruit envoys and passed down military orders. They captured the thieves and fake officials and others alive. The rest of the thieves were beheaded by the local city officials. The officials were recruited and all were governed in Muzhou.
A Taiping banquet was held to celebrate the generals and bureaucrats, reward the generals and colonels of the three armed forces for their service, send orders to the vanguard leaders, clean up the capital, and pass the military orders. Everyone prepared their luggage and set off one after another.
Together with Tong Guan, the commander of the conquering army, the generals of the Song army who went to the south of the Yangtze River to suppress Manichaeism were expected to return to Beijing and receive rewards based on their merits. However, on the outskirts of Qingxi County in Muzhou, they were
An accident occurred.
It turned out that there was a prostitute named Wang Jiaojiao living in a tile kiln outside the local county town, and the village elder (meaning village leader) where the tile kiln belonged reported that there was a Manichean thief named Du Wei.
For the first time, he visited Wang Jiaojiao privately, not to hide himself, but to ask for the money and silk that he had stored in the kiln when he kept Wang Jiaojiao, a prostitute, privately. He only said that although the Manichaeist Saint Fang La was defeated and captured,
He and several brothers had other important matters to flee from the south of the Yangtze River, and they had come to pick up the money and go on their way. The boss of the community immediately reported it to the officials, and immediately there was a large-scale search and arrest of the remnants of Manichaeism, which actually happened to the east of Qingxi County.
Several men and women who were acting suspiciously were tracked down more than ten miles away.
At that time, the two sides fought hard, and the thieves were all highly skilled in martial arts. The officers and soldiers who went to search could not resist the enemy. After a simple fight, more than a thousand soldiers and horses finally came to help. Finally, two people were killed.
A thief who resisted stubbornly, but the rest still wanted to run away.
The Muzhou government office verified the true identities of the fugitive criminals and summoned the captured Manichaeans to identify the two thieves they had killed. Someone immediately confessed. At that time, the queen fought hard and fiercely, but in the end he was still trapped
The person who was killed by the chaos blade during the heavy siege was Sixingfang, another leader of Manichaeism.
As for the other fugitive Manichaean leader who died in the battle, it turned out to be Fang Tianding, another son of the rebel leader Fangla.
The magistrate of Muzhou, the recruiting envoy and even the commander-in-chief of the army, Tong Guan, were shocked when they heard the report. They immediately wrote a document and sent out an urgent document to capture the fugitives.
He mobilized the generals and bureaucrats who were striving to hold a peace banquet to celebrate, and also mobilized his troops to pursue the fugitive Manichaean remnants.
It was just that it had been delayed for several days, and there was no news about the men and women who were suspected to be the family members of the rebel bandit leader Fangla. A few days later, a large number of people arrived in Wuyishan, Fujian Road, and Baiyunshan, Wenzhou.
Go to the seaside, take a boat across the sea, and go north by water...
All the tribes of the Western Army in the Bianting who were ordered to conquer Manichaeism in the south of the Yangtze River would report to the court in Bianjing based on their military exploits. During this period, except Tong Guan, he summoned the Western Army's young captain who had repeatedly performed military exploits.
Yao Pingzhong, I am afraid that there may be some unkindness between the two of them, and it seems difficult for the imperial court to come to a conclusion as to whether Song Jiang's soldiers and horses should be rewarded or punished.
Compared with Xiao Tang, the co-owner of the Green Forest Mountains, who had failed the emperor's favor and now gathered all kinds of rebels to fight against the imperial court, Song Jiang was already insignificant, and was not enough to arouse the suspicion of the powerful people in the court. But in the court, except for Su Yuanjing and other courtiers
, they were also deeply disgusted with serving as officials in the same dynasty as these green forest bandits who were recruited by the imperial court. In the previous wars, they were defeated miserably by the Xiao Tang Dynasty. Now that they were dispatched to the south of the Yangtze River to quell the Manichaean bandits, they were supposed to have done meritorious service, but Song Jiang led his troops.
They never intercepted Lu Shinang, the leader of the Manichaean sect, but they did fight to the death and suffered heavy casualties among their troops...
Originally, Song Jiang was only awarded the title of the vanguard of the partial division, and was not promoted to a noble title. The leading brothers of the first middle school under his command were all white men. Now there are no powerful traitors such as Gao Qiu to obstruct him, instigate frame-ups, and the court.
Even Zhao Ji thought that it would be unreasonable to reward Song Jiang, but if he should be held responsible for the defeat...the group recruited in Liangshan indeed fought to the death against Xiao Tang and conquered Jiangnan, so they had to work hard.
, only half of the losses were lost. If the crime and punishment were reduced, it seemed that the emperor's kindness and compassion would not be shown. However, during this period, Song Jiang seemed to have made up his mind, and wrote a memorial to the class teacher when he returned to Bianjing.
Official report:
Fu Nian, Chen Jiang and other foolish and mediocre officials, who have committed endless crimes, are fortunate to have received great kindness. How can the high heaven and earth repay them, and how can they be repaid with broken bones and broken bodies! With all their strength, they left the water to drive away evil spirits;
Brothers work together, are loyal and righteous, and protect the country and the people. There was a fierce battle on the Jingdong Road against Xiao and Tang rebels, and the Yangtze River blocked the Manis. Although they tried their best to die, they suffered repeated defeats.
, Nai Yuan is saddened by the loss of brothers and sisters... Chen Jiang is worried day and night, sad at night, looking forward to God's grace, and offering holy guidance, so that all the dead will be blessed, and the living will have shelter and peace. I would like to record this.
The number of people who have survived will be reported on the table. Chen Jiang begged to return to the fields, wishing to become a farmer to fulfill His Majesty’s gift of benevolent education. Chen Jiang and others were overwhelmed with fear!
Song Jiang's memorial also helped Zhao Ji figure out how to arrange the remaining leaders under his command. Those leaders who survived and were recruited by the court, if they were awarded titles and taught their descendants, inherited the official titles, or were given the edict to build temples, they would enjoy the privileges wherever they were.
There is no need to think about the sacrifice anymore. Zhao Ji then waved his pen and approved the memorial, saying: "Anyone among Song Jiang and other subordinates who died in the king's affairs, I ordered their graves to be sealed, and their merits will not be lost. Although Song Jiang gathered thieves and gangs, it was a crime."
Evil has its own freedom, and it also has the merit of leading people to submit, abandoning darkness and turning to the light. I understand his feelings and feel pity for him. Since he was recruited, he has led the army in various wars, and his merits and demerits have been offset. His grace is merciful, and he has forgiven his sin and given him gold and silver.
Two hundred taels, ten taels of brocade, and the other generals and deputy generals were each given a hundred taels of gold and silver, and five taels of colorful satin. The remaining soldiers were given fifty guans of money and ten pieces of silk, and each was ordered to return to his hometown to serve the people.
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In other words, what the imperial court means is to tell Song Jiang that those leaders under your command who died fighting for the country will be granted a title. As for those of you who survived, there is no hope of becoming an official. After some rewards are given to you,
Everyone returned to their homes and became good citizens again, thinking that they would no longer commit the grave crime of gathering in the green forest and going against the imperial court.
After Song Jiang received the official's approval of the decree, he sighed in his heart. The day he and his soldiers and horses meandered to Bianjing, it was the day when they dispersed and returned to their hometown, disarmed and returned to their fields. On the day of departure, Song Jiang and his followers
The few remaining brothers on his left and right got drunk, and the next day they left Tokyo with Song Qing and Li Kui, carrying royal belongings, luggage, clothes, and rewards.
It's just that Jingdong Road, Songjia Village, Yuncheng County, Jeju, is very close to Shuibo Liangshan. After all, Song Jiang and Xiao Tang were enemies and fought fiercely with each other. Even if Xiao Tang didn't come to look for him, I'm afraid Song Jiang would still worry about Liangshan Bo.
There may not be anyone who wants to settle old scores with him, and Zhemo will also sell off his property and move to another place to live.
Except for Li Kui who still followed Song Jiang and was willing to be a helper, Wu Yong, Dai Zong, Dong Ping, Du Bo, Zhu Fu and others were scattered everywhere after being pardoned of their original sins, and their whereabouts were temporarily unknown.
When the Manichaean uprising in the south of the Yangtze River led by Fang La still ended in destruction, and the imperial court treated Song Jiang with neither reward nor punishment, and dismissed the remaining leaders under his command, when the news of the soldiers and horses reached the Liangshan side of Shuibo on Jingdong Road, Xiao Tang was temporarily
Feeling that, he also sighed: "People in those days were so obsessed with fame that they were afraid that it would never end... But Song Jiang did not get promotions and awards, but he was hated and jealous by the powerful traitors in the court... In the past, Jianghu
Right and wrong have become a thing of the past, but in fact, for him, this can be considered a better destination, right?"