Chapter 704 The soldiers and horses fighting against the imperial court, Xiao Jieshuai, will they fi
Human nature cannot be judged simply by good or bad, and it is not suitable to be labeled with just one label in a lifetime. This sentence can be reflected to a certain extent in Yao Pingzhong. And judging from his deeds in the first half of his life and the second half of his life, it is also completely
They are completely different people.
The former Yao Pingzhong was not only a calm and brave general, but also a proud man. He could not get used to some of Tong Guan's actions, so he made it clear that he did not want to be controlled by him. But Yao Pingzhong also had selfish motives. When the Jin Dynasty decided to invade the south,
, Zhong Shidao, when Zhong Shi was ordered to unite the army to resist the enemy, Yao Pingzhong also acted on his own initiative because he did not want the military exploits to be monopolized by the Zhong family, which led to the failure of the plan.
Especially later, when Yao Zhongping's uncle and adoptive father Yao Gu, together with Xiaozhong's manager, Zhong Shizhong, led troops to defend Taiyuan Prefecture on Hedong Road, when the imperial court sent an envoy to supervise the two armies to fight quickly, Yao Gu's troops were overdue.
If he didn't, he missed a good opportunity. It also led to the enemy in front and back of the division. Even after having to retreat, he was still defeated and died in battle.
Although the reason for Yao Gu's delay in fighting has to be pondered, combined with the competitiveness between Yao Pingzhong, Yao Gu and other Yao generals and the Zhong family, Pan Meidu, a famous general in the early Song Dynasty, failed to lead his army to rescue in time, causing Yang
Yang Laolinggong, the family general and martyr, was captured and killed by the enemy. He was scolded by later generations and turned into the villainous and treacherous official Pan Renmei in the opera.
Later, Yao Gu, who was guarding the Weisheng Army on Hedong Road, retreated without authorization because he did not understand the enemy's situation, thinking that the Jin army was pressing on the border and was unable to resist. Li Gang, a famous anti-Jin official who organized the Tokyo defense battle, investigated the culprit and not only killed Yao Gu's cronies, but also barely saved his life.
The decapitated Yao Gu was also demoted to Guangzhou, Lingnan, and never recovered. This is quite ironic. The Yao family did not want the Zhong family to dominate the Western Army.
Not only did the Yao family fail to recreate the glory of the Western Army, but it also left an uncoverable stain in history.
Perhaps because he was tired after seeing his adoptive father's miserable end and having fought many years of miserable battles, Yao Pingzhong, a young lieutenant of the Western Army who was very high-spirited in the side court and dared to confront Tong Guan, failed in a sneak attack on the enemy (
(It was just that the Jin army had evacuated first and his own troops were not lost in the battle), he actually left the army and ran to Huashan to live in seclusion. Later, he was worried that he would be found by the court, so he fled to a place in Damian Mountain in Shu.
He lived in seclusion in a rare stone cave. The court of the Southern Song Dynasty issued many edicts to search for him to no avail. It was not until the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty that Yao Pingzhong, who was over eighty years old and strong and walked like flying, appeared in front of the world again.
Xiao Tang now sees that Yao Pingzhong has a majestic and calm expression. He is completely a young and vigorous general who is about to show off his talents in the army and become a blockbuster. There is no way he can associate it with an old man from the mountains and fields who has some fairy spirit. But only
From now on, Yao Pingzhong has begun to show his prowess in the confrontation with the Xixia Army. Although the six battalions under his command are not large in number, they can easily kill a group of thieves and become frightened. The Western Army is indeed known for its good fighting skills.
There are no false rumors.
"It turns out that you are Yao Zhongping, the young Taiwei of Zanzuo in the army, the tiger son of the Yao family in Sanyuan. I have heard of your name before, and I am destined to be able to fight alongside you this time." Xiao Tang first handed over his hand.
Said to Yao Pingzhong.
After all, Yao Pingzhong is now just a military commander, with a military attache rank far lower than that of a Privy Councilor. Xiao Tang is worshiped as the military envoy of Xin'an Army, so he also bowed military salutes to Xiao Tang in a polite and polite manner and returned to Xiao Tang.
: "I don't dare. I have heard about Xiao Jie Shuai for a long time. It's just that Xiao Jie Shuai leads the army and is stationed in Tongtang County, Weisheng Army. The general is leading our troops to join the county town. Why does Jie Shuai arrive in person to lead the army?
The boundary between Jiangzhou and Gaizhou?"
Xiao Tang replied: "Now the bandits in Hedong are causing trouble everywhere, and there are also a large number of thieves in Gaizhou. The thieves are cunning people, and they may take advantage of the time when the officers and soldiers have not assembled to attack them. They were in Xiangzhou last time."
There was a bandit army in Longlu Mountain trying to intercept our officers and soldiers escorting grain, grass and baggage, which would inevitably lead to Yao Dujian's men being surrounded by the bandit army, so I led a group of soldiers and horses to pick them up."
Hey! They are just a bunch of thieves, but they are making such a fuss?
Just as Xiao Tang finished speaking, Yao Pingzhong had not yet spoken, but the Western Army soldiers behind him suddenly sneered. Xiao Tang saw that most of the officers and soldiers in those battalions had arrogant expressions, and he could vaguely guess why the other party acted like this again.
Playful expression.
Among the close brothers who reunited with him, Lu Zhishen and Han Shizhong were also men from the Western Army. Although one of them was very heroic and the other had a mischievous habit, they often showed a sense of disrespect for their Western origins in their words.
The pride of the army comes. There is also Yang Zhi, a Kansai man who also has a "Sa family" and is also a descendant of the Yang family general of the Western Army. He switched to the Tokyo Palace Commandery and only worked as an envoy, and has been suffering ever since.
Qiu Shen once thought hard about going to the side court to win an official position with a sword and a spear, but he never thought that he could no longer feel that he was a dwarf when compared with the soldiers of the Western Army.
Unlike the arrogant Wang Wenbin in the past, the soldiers of the Western Army did have the capital to be arrogant. Even among the military athletes of later generations, the soldiers would feel proud that I was a soldier from a certain company of a certain army.
What's more, since the founding of the Song Dynasty and the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, this army has fought the most brutal and tough battles in all the wars between domestic and foreign countries?
Such an army may not be able to suppress them simply by relying on powerful official positions. It is no wonder that Tong Guan always wanted to hold on to the military and political power of the Western Army. However, even though he exhausted all means, even on the eve of the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, Tong Guan failed.
Still have to worry about suppressing or winning over the internal factions in the Western Army...
After hearing what Xiao Tang said, Yao Pingzhong raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said: "Xiao Jieshuai has good intentions, but as Xie can see, the grass bandits in the mountains and wild areas will only come to ambush our troops if they are not exposed."
Times, there is nothing you can do about me, the son of the Western Army. Since the general has rushed to the east of the river with his troops and horses, the general can rest assured. Our troops are willing to fight for the vanguard, so why worry about the rampant bandits?"
Although Yao Pingzhong's words were polite, there was also a sense of superiority in his tone. Hua Rong, Shi Xiu, Niu Gao and others behind Xiao Tang couldn't help but frown when they heard this. But Xiao Tang just smiled lightly.
, said: "Since you are dead, you must rely on Yao Dujian to do his best to share the country's worries."
Although I don't know the depth of Xiao Tang's ability, I remember that Tong Guan's bad military affairs and his coercive power forced people to respect him, which caused many spineless generals in the northwest region to fall down and bow down to him when they saw him.
The ugly appearance of filial piety... He is a high-ranking official from the second rank, and now he is in charge of the military and political power to suppress the banditry in the east of the river, but he personally led a team to come to rescue our troops. In this aspect, he is better than the prime minister.
A lot.
After Xiao Tang and Yao Pingzhong exchanged a few more words, a military leader had already taken the surrendered thief leader forward. After only a brief interrogation, the leader said in a clear voice: "The villain originally surrendered.
Under the command of Chief Fang Xuedu, Chief Fang and Chief Fan followed Tian Hu's instructions and went to Hedong to recruit strongmen from all over Gaizhou. They bumped into the soldiers and horses of the lieutenants on the way. They were also confused by lard, so they planned to intercept the officers and soldiers.
It can win the attention of the leader Tian Hu. Now that the leader Fan is dead, the leader Fang is looking for trails in the mountains to join the green forest soldiers and horses in the chain village of Taihang Mountain to avoid being hunted by the official army."
After Yao Pingzhong heard that the little leader had confessed, he was about to make a name for himself, so he immediately said to Xiao Tang: "Xiao Jieshuai, since there are still a large number of thieves stationed in the chain village of Taihang Mountain, they are also gathering in the mountains and forests to become enemies of the imperial court. We are waiting for you
Since we have been ordered to clean up the bandits in the east of the river, why not take this opportunity to also clear out the strong men in the chain village in Taihang Mountain?"
