Chapter 1659 Begging for gold, resisting the Song Dynasty and becoming a hegemon
In the battle to block the river, the Jin army was defeated. The area more than ten miles south of Bozhou on the north bank of the Yellow River was already covered with piles of corpses, and densely packed crossbow arrows were inserted between the ruins of the fortress walls. Those who could not escape could not stop. Most of the Tartar foreign invaders had been chased and annihilated by the rebels and lost their lives, while the sound of the Jin army's soldiers and horses running and screaming seemed to have gradually faded away as they were able to maintain a relatively complete array during the retreat.
The rebel armies also boarded the shore to assemble complete cavalry troops to continue the one-sided pursuit and annihilation. The other armies also assigned sergeants to start cleaning the battlefield. Li Zhu had already wiped the blood on the blade of his sword, sheathed it and paced around. After walking for a while in the Shura field where corpses were piled up, Li Zhu quickly stopped again and looked towards a virgin, miscellaneous... Among them, there were many corpses of rebel soldiers scattered across the pillows. The pair of The move also stopped at Chen Yun, who was lying on his back, probably unable to get up again.
His right arm had been chopped off at shoulder level, and a spear had already pierced through the armor on his body, heading straight into Chen Yun's chest. Dark red blood was pouring out from the wound on his neck where his neck was cut open. Li Zhu stared coldly. , he saw that the figure in Chen Yun's eyes had dimmed, and the breath of life seemed to be slowly passing away from his body. Blood also oozed from Chen Yun's mouth and nose. His body had already suffered such fatal injuries, even Da Luo Jinxian, I'm afraid it won't be possible to save his life.
Chen Yun, who was eager to win the victory but was reckless in the end, rushed left and right in the rebellious army. However, he suddenly realized that there were more than ten Jurchen war horses around him who were trapped and fighting. They suddenly attacked from all sides. After a fierce battle, Chen Yun used all his strength to defeat the enemy. , using his halberd to stab five or six people over and knock them off their horses. However, he still underestimated these Jurchen warriors. Although the battle situation was in a desperate situation, it actually aroused the ferocious Jurchen knights who were like dying and seriously injured beasts to fight to the death. Just wait and see. When a large group of rebels surged up from behind and almost annihilated the remaining Tartar soldiers who were still resisting, Chen Yun, who fought hard, inevitably had his arm cut off, his chest pierced, and his throat was cut open as he was dying. One of the Jin Army cavalrymen who was fighting passed by with his sword. Now he stumbled off his horse and could only lie on the ground and struggle feebly waiting to die.
Li Zhu's face was gloomy. When he saw Chen Yun struggling to turn his head slightly to one side and looking straight towards him with eyes filled with despair, Li Zhu suddenly shook his head and said, "I also know that you are impatient. According to the old friendship, we are not considered to be the closest confidants of the direct sect among the many leaders, but my lord has never neglected and treated me badly. Even if you don't want to be second to others, you are most afraid of being arrogant and arrogant. But you still don't listen to my advice. , I have to step forward to grab the credit, otherwise how could I end up in such a bad situation?"
Chen Yunjian said, the expression on his distorted face became more complicated. He opened his mouth to speak, but no sound came out. After a while, when Li Yan, He Ji, and Guo Ji also rushed over, they saw Chen Yun looked miserable as he was about to die. After all, they had a close relationship with each other in the past. He Ji cursed in annoyance and said angrily: "Brother Chen Yun, you are so impatient! The battle across the river should have been a smooth success. We There are several people who are helping and caring for each other, how could you be too eager for success and end up leading to such a disaster!"
Guo Ji, who was beside him, also felt sad and mourned, and said: "Brother Chen Yun is so injured that even if we rush to escort Muslim doctors to treat him, I'm afraid it won't be enough..."
However, before Guo Ji finished speaking, the sword Li Zhu was carrying suddenly came out of its sheath. A golden light flashed towards Chen Yun's neck, and another spurt of blood spattered. Chen Yun, who had to suffer the agony when he was about to die, was suddenly shaken. , the distorted and painful expression quickly condensed on his face, and his eyes were still wide open, but there was also chaos. Except for Li Yan, who had a cold face, General He Ji and Guo Jin saw Li Zhu's clean and neat look. When the sword went down, Chen Yun died happily, but his expression changed slightly.
However, after staring blankly at Li Zhu for a moment, He Ji and Guo Ji remained silent. After all, they had been persuaded by Li Zhu a long time ago, and the two of them probably knew that Mr. Jin Jian was in the west of Beijing when he was traveling in the world. He instigated and lobbied with Jiangyang robbers and copycat strongmen on Jinghu Road, and knew how to make friends with Jianghu. However, Li Zhu was obsessed with plotting to defect to a worthy hero and had the ambition to help achieve hegemony. He had never been interested in his mother-in-law who was so worldly and friendly. How to take it seriously? He Ji and Guo Ji asked themselves that it would be difficult for them to be cruel to their close friend who was suffering from death and was stabbed to death with a sword. However, Li Zhu also taught Chen Yun that he no longer had to endure the pain of struggling to his death but to no avail. Therefore, although Guo Ji felt a little uncomfortable with He Ji, he did not dare to fall out with Li Zhu because of this.
Li Zhu also looked at the slightly hesitant expressions on He Ji and Guo Ji's faces. He shook his head slightly and said: "Brothers are so stupid, but now they just rely on the world to show off their abilities. Back then, I was willing to trust Li Li. I will help you point out the way to make a fortune. Don’t rush forward now. It’s not just the chaos bird. The officialdom of the imperial court is dangerous and deceitful. Throughout the ages, those who have achieved hegemony, how can they achieve great things without the power of the city? What we are planning now is not just to establish a secluded place. In a corner of hegemony, the world is in chaos, but there is great hope for a long-term hegemony.
The Lord is also at the right time to employ people, and if he continues on this road... It was said that Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, used his two fists and a coiled dragon stick to defeat the eight hundred military states in the Central Plains. After taking the throne of the orphans and widowers of the Zhou Dynasty and unifying the country, the methods he used to treat his brother Paoze were already kind and generous compared to the kings of the previous dynasties who conquered the world... Today, the Lord has joined forces with Jianghu to establish a great event. Sooner or later, we will have to treat others with the emperor's mentality. At any rate, we will never act recklessly with green forest spirit. As for the checks and balances of the city government, fighting for power and profit, etc., you two still believe that I am... "
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After the battle across the river, cleaning the battlefield and collecting the corpses of the fallen soldiers, the rebel troops who crossed the Yellow River to the north also moved to Bozhou to assemble near the Xingli border and temporarily set up camp. The rebel troops sent out sentries and cavalry. They were also all assigned to go back and forth in the vicinity of the company camp, paying attention to the movements of the Jurchen troops and horses nearby.
In the large tent of the Chinese army that had just been set up, Xiao Tang had also heard reports from the military academy that during the battle across the river, the generals of the riding wave army, Tongtou Ao Jiahu, the partial generals of the infantry fighting army, Ji Jingfeng, Chen Yun, etc. After Yan Xiaoguang, the three generals of Yan Xiaoguang who temporarily joined the rebel army under his command to march northward to attack Jin, died in battle, they couldn't help but sigh with melancholy in their hearts. They immediately ordered the sergeants to collect the corpses of the three killed in the battle, set up a tent ceremony, and personally fought with them. The leaders offered sacrifices and drank libations.
Now that we have reached the border between Hebei and Hebei, after a short rest, we should take advantage of the situation and move forward to seize the large areas of state capitals still occupied by the Jin army. However, compared with several nearby military states, the war is also divided into priorities.
, Xiao Tang also needed to decide where to focus his troops and horses first and where to conquer, where to deploy troops and horses to advance together, and how to divide the troops to guard important passes to guard against Jin army reinforcements...
As early as when he sent his army to move north, Xiao Tang was already familiar with the terrain of Hebei, and had already discussed it with his close advisors, and the roughly agreed result was that after crossing the Yellow River north, the first direct target would be
It is also only more than 250 miles away from where the camp was set up. As one of the Song Dynasty capitals north of the Yellow River and the northern gate to the south to the Central Plains, it was also the original Daming Palace in Beijing in the Song Dynasty where the Xiaotang Dynasty made its fortune.