Chapter 1554 Recruit heroes from all corners of the country and dig the corner of the court
When Yao Pingzhong paid a visit to Xiao Tang and bowed to salute him, since he had already made his decision, Yao Pingzhong knew that he could only trace Xiao Tang to the end, and he would not have to end up like his adoptive father Yao Gu because of the constraints of the court.
Not to mention running away from the world, but still able to achieve success and fame by relying on his ability to fight and fight.
However, after confessing his truth to Xiao Tang, Yao Pingzhong hesitated for a moment and still couldn't help asking: "Mr. Xiaozhong...are you still okay?"
Yao Pingzhong, an acquaintance of Xiaotang Dynasty, went from being a high-spirited young general in the Western Army to slumping out of the world to escape from such a huge contrast in his life story. You can probably understand his thoughts at this time. Because strength is so easy to break, Zhe was discouraged and frustrated and came up with this idea.
The thought of living in seclusion, but in the turbulent years of military service, if there is still room for choice, who is willing to give up what he has learned throughout his life and the prestige and reputation he has gained through battles?
During the Yanyun War, after the Jin army invaded, Yao Pingzhong did have several disagreements with Lao and Xiaozhong, the general manager, on military decision-making, and began to express a more obvious opposition. However, many factions of the generals in the western frontier were originally
While representing the Western Army, they are also groups with their own interests within each other. The general of the Zhong family and the Mihara Yao family have been colleagues guarding the side court for generations, but they also have a complex relationship with each other that has a tendency to fight against each other.
It is impossible to say clearly. Whether it is Yao Pingzhong or his adoptive father Yao Gu, although they had a vaguely antagonistic attitude towards the Zhong family after Lao Zhong became an official for a time, the Miyuan Yao family did not deliberately design the Jin army's foreign invaders.
He almost died in the battle among the cultivators of Xiongling Ridge.
Listening to Yao Pingzhong's words, there seemed to be a sense of guilt, so Xiao Tang also secretly told him: "Xiao Zhong is old after all. He was exhausted and seriously injured and fell into a coma. Fortunately, he saved his life... It was only because he rushed to the rescue of Taiyuan.
The battle was ineffective and the army was defeated at Xiongling. The court wanted to punish him and dismissed Mr. Xiaozhong from his military command. If he was kept in our army for a long time... I am afraid that he would be even more jealous of the court. Therefore, I have also sent a
Send troops and horses to escort Mr. Xiao Zhong southward to the place guarded by the Song Dynasty officials and troops to rest and wither."
Seeing that Yao Pingzhong was silent for a moment, he immediately smiled sadly and sighed: "At first, I thought that Mr. Zhong had retired to seclusion, and the time came when my Yao family finally gained power in the Western Army... Now it is not just my Yao family that has fallen into disgrace, although at the beginning
When discussing military affairs, everyone held their own opinions, but at the end of the day, the generals knew that they were old. Mr. Xiangzhong, the manager, thought very hard in planning to resist the golden thieves. He was loyal to the country, but he had to suffer injustice...
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Does the imperial court still need to be vigilant against more than just Xiao Renxia's troops? Back then, there was Tong Guanna, an eunuch and a traitor who ostracized dissidents and coveted the power of the Western Army. Now in dangerous times, the imperial court has repeatedly interfered in the military affairs of the front line. Huh! Corrupt Confucianism and civil servants are upside down.
To get in the way and do bad things, the generals are noisy and forceful so that they will not see the opportunity to deal with the enemy. On the battlefield, they must not risk their lives and find faults but punish them ruthlessly. Zha Mo is afraid, but he also wants to take advantage of the opportunity.
Suppress the various factions of the Western Army that have been forming their own factions in Bianting for generations?"
Yao Pingzhong had a heart-to-heart relationship with Xiao Tang. He was so angry with the imperial court. It seemed that his loyalty to the Song Dynasty had been greatly reduced. This was true. Originally, he was a rising star of the Western Army generals who had already become famous in Bianting, such as Yue Fei and Han Shizhong.
Famous generals such as Wu Jie were either only big-headed soldiers and did not even have any military qualifications at all. Other generals who emerged during the anti-golden period were probably not even blessed by Fuyin when he received an official rank.
As a junior lieutenant of the Western Army, he challenged Tong Guan face to face. However, according to his original intention, he planned to give up his position and fled 750 miles in one breath. He just did not want to be found by Song Ting again.
This shows that Yao Pingzhong was not only depressed and discouraged at that time, but also deeply resentful of the imperial court.
Compared with the arrogant and arrogant posture when they first met, Yao Pingzhong was much calmer and restrained when he surrendered to Xiao Tang. Fu Xuan, Meng De, Liu Ze, and Jiao Wentong had already gathered with Xiao Tang to share the righteousness before they met.
We have been very familiar with each other for a long time, but we usually communicate with each other through flying pigeons, so we don't have many opportunities to meet each other. Now that we can reunite after the great victory, we are even more happy.
Although the war with the Jin army has already begun, Xiao Tang looked at Fu Xuan and other leaders who were originally mainly responsible for the anti-Jin army. There was no such thing as "Serve the country with all my heart and swear to kill the gold thieves" or "Serve the country with all my heart and swear to kill the gold thieves" on their faces
I swear to do my best to live up to King Zhao."
Wang Yan, the Song general who formed the Eight-Character Army, was originally supposed to be the one who dispatched generals to the Taihang Mountains to contact the heroes of the two rivers to jointly fight against the Jin Dynasty. However, as a forbidden officer of the Song Dynasty in history, he still had deep prejudices against the Green Forest Rebels in his heart.
They also often changed their sleeping places at night, and were secretly wary of the rebels in the Taihang Mountains. The initial fame of the hundreds of thousands of Eight-Character Army was originally due to the leaders of the green forest rebels looking at the clues and focusing on jointly resisting the Jin Army.
, so in order to dispel Wang Yan’s suspicion, he tattooed characters on his face to show his loyalty. The Eight-Character Army originated from the rebel army and was later transferred to the official army. Although it was an army with outstanding combat record, now it was first the heroes of the Green Forest who gathered for the cause, and they were all
As brothers who can treat each other honestly and confidantly, Xiao Tang certainly does not need Fu Xuan and others to express their loyalty with tattoos on their faces.
As for "Little Brother Liang" Liang Xing, the leader of the Loyalty Protection Society who has now attracted four to five thousand troops, although he is not as good as Fu Xuan, Meng De and others in gathering a large number of people in the chain village of Taihang Mountain, he is the gathering of the heroes of Liang Mountain in Shuibo.
After the brothers decided on their duties, they were ordered by Xiao Tang to go to the southern region of Henan Province to recruit the Lianghe Township Yongyi Army. In a limited period of time, they developed to such a powerful force that they joined forces with the Taihang Mountain Link Village Volunteers and became a civilian anti-golden force.
The core strength is enough to prove the outstanding organizational ability of Brother Liang in mobilizing and gathering the people.
About half of the other troops that were now able to join forces with Xiao Tang's army were indeed the Jingnan Army that was trained and formed when Xiao Tang was stationed in Fuhe East.
Now that Li Xiaozhong, who no longer had to change his name to avoid trouble due to the court's arrest, met Xiao Tang again, he paid homage to him as he walked along the rivers, lakes and green forests. Xiao Tang hurriedly stepped forward to help him stand up, but also looked at the leader who was saluting him respectfully behind him.
Two of them who were familiar with each other couldn't help but feel happy. When the two brothers Dang Shiying and Dang Shixiong met Xiao Tang's eyes, they had mixed feelings in their hearts, and they couldn't help but smile bitterly at each other.
The two brothers were once transferred to the Palace Commander's Mansion in charge of Gao Qiu to serve as frontline generals. Then they wandered to Hedong to recruit the new army formed by Xiao Tang. They accumulated some military exploits in the Bianting War and became commanders. Thinking about it.
Let's treat Xiao Tang as a benefactor from now on... In the end, he unexpectedly raised the flag of rebellion and rebelled against the imperial court. The two Dang brothers only wanted to get involved in the military, and they would not give up their current hard-earned military rank.
He went to join the green forest instead, but he was thinking about his friendship with Xiao Tang and thinking about becoming enemies when they met again in the future. I'm afraid there would be no chance to follow him and serve... Xiao Tang led all the roads.
The rebels turned the tide and severely defeated the Jin army one after another, and also sent reinforcements to relieve the siege of Shaanzhou. The real power in their hands now is no less than when it was still controlled by the court. The two brothers followed Li Xiaozhong and became more and more independent.
Dang Shiying and Dang Shixiong came to seek refuge with Xiao Tang. They didn’t know whether to say it was fate or destiny.
Forget it, since we are destined to work for you, we two brothers just accept our fate and don’t plan to bother anymore...
Li Xiaozhong's thoughts were like those of his brothers in the Party, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. No matter whether it was Shuibo Liangshan or Qingzhou Mountains, he had little contact with him. He was promoted by Xiao Tang when he was working in the officialdom.
He was shocked and puzzled that his old benefactor would rebel against the imperial court. Naturally, he would not run away from the Jingnan Army and become a green forest bandit like Wang Jin and Niu Gao. However, now that he met Xiao Tang again, Li Xiaozhong could not help but wonder.
He stood up and said decisively: "Xiao Renxia, according to the rules of the world, I should return the favor to Xie. Before, it was my younger brother who was obsessed with it. But now I have figured it out, and I know that only by surrendering to Xie and continuing to serve can I kill him happily."
Tatars, and accomplish the great task of wiping out the gold thieves!"
