At the gate of Yizhou City, the lazy defenders suddenly stood up, and a group of cavalry galloped from a distance, rolling up loess all over the sky.
Without him calling out, all the defenders on the tower had already squatted on the low wall, raising their hands to shield themselves from the sun and peering outside.
The vanguard rode ahead of the others and rushed to the city. He shouted: "Young Master Yang Lin is here in person. Open the city gate quickly."
It turned out that Yang Lin and others rode too fast and arrived earlier than the messenger. The defender looked confused and did not believe it, and shouted from the tower: "Let me go and report the news."
After finishing speaking, he quickly ran down the city and went straight to Yizhou Yamen. The guards of the Wansui Battalion under the city rode to a high hill, holding a whip in hand and raising it to protect themselves from the sun. After confirming that there were no other troops, they patiently
waiting.
The prefect of Yizhou and the defense envoy arrived at the city gate almost with Yang Lin. Yang Lin sat on his horse. Both the civil and military officials of Yizhou were personally promoted by Yang Lin. They recognized him at a glance and hurriedly went down to the city to open the door to greet him.
Liu Liangsi, the defense commander of Yizhou, took his riding whip and ordered the soldiers to lead the horse away. He cupped his fists and said, "The general didn't know that Shao Zai was coming. He missed the chance to meet him from afar. I hope Shao Zai will forgive me."
Yang Lin snorted coldly and cursed: "I have a thousand cavalry, and the march can be several miles long. Such people and horses are around your Yizhou, rushing towards the city, and you don't know anything about it. If the Jurchens attack the city,
, you don’t know either?”
Liu Liangsi wiped the sweat from his forehead and kept confessing his guilt. Zhao Changxu, the prefect next to him, laughed and said: "Young Zai came from the east. That is our territory all the way to the sea. It is not that we in Yizhou don't have sentries, but they are all
Placed in the west."
Yang Lin lowered his eyelids and pointed to Lu Qian: "Take two hundred people and run around the west of the city and return at sunset."
Lu Qian had been riding a horse for so long, and there was no sign of fatigue on his face. He raised his finger to his lips, whistled, and galloped off, followed closely by more than two hundred personal guards.
Others gathered around Yang Lin and came to the tower. Yang Lin was sitting on the tower. Zhao Changxu and Liu Liangsi next to him had uneasy expressions on their faces.
Yang Lin didn't say a word. Time passed slowly. The soldiers all took out dry food to eat. Liu Liangsi stepped forward with a smile and said, "Young Master, can you come to the city to have a meal?"
Yang Lin waved his hand and reached out to ask for a piece of cake from Lu Wang. Lu Wang took out the wine bag and stuffed it into his hand.
After taking a bite of the cake with strong liquor, Yang Lin looked at the two people behind him and said: "I have been out for so long and haven't seen your sentry report back. This is already a dereliction of duty. Could it be that the Jurchen Tatars couldn't touch the city in half a day?
, if you don’t see anyone by the end of the day, get out of here.”
The two people were trembling, looking at each other and not daring to speak anymore. Although Yang Lin no longer had the power to remove them from their official positions, in this place, after Yang Lin spoke, the two people had no choice but to submit their resignations and return to their hometowns.
After another half an hour, the anger between Yang Lin's brows continued to build up, and finally a few Qingqi came down from the city. After being led up to the city by the defenders, they clasped their fists and said: "Qi Fu Zun, the defense envoy, suddenly happened in the area of Baima Mountain.
A group of cavalry appeared, but I don’t know where they came from.”
Liu Liangsi and Zhao Changxu looked at each other and sighed at the same time. Yang Lin snorted coldly and cursed: "At least you two scoundrels didn't neglect your duties to the point of hopelessness. When I sent you to take office, I gave you good words and advice.
You, there are a large number of Jurchen soldiers and horses in Yunzhou, the number is greater than all the enemy troops in Youyan combined, and Yizhou where you are located is bearing the brunt, so you should be careful and guard against it.
This Yizhou is surrounded by dense forests and giant trees, and there are three rivers, making it extremely well-hidden. You keep a lookout in the west, and no one comes to report until sunset in the east. What do you take my words for? Is there a breeze in your ears?
?”
The two people clasped their fists and bent over at the same time, sweating heavily and not daring to refute. Yang Lin shook off his sleeves, strode downstairs, and said: "Each of them beat twenty military sticks to give them a long memory, and then summon all the officials to the Yamen.
Come see me."
The magistrate and the defense envoy were already the leaders of the government and were the backbone of the Song Dynasty's bureaucracy. But with just one word from Yang Lin, someone immediately came forward and carried out the execution of the two of them on the spot. Yang Lin's prestige in Yandi was
It was truly extraordinary. He had taken this place step by step, and those powerful men from Yan who surrendered only recognized Yang Shaozai.
If you offend Yang Lin and serve as an official in Yandi, you have to be on tenterhooks at all times for fear of accidentally "stirring public anger."
In Yizhou City, groups of guards suddenly appeared on various streets. Officials all over the city hurried to the magistrate's office. The people on the road were also infected by this emotion and became a little nervous.
Thanks to Gao Bing's lobbying, Yizhou City returned to the Song Dynasty without experiencing war. There were still some Khitan soldiers in the city who were unwilling to follow Yelu Dashi and integrated into the Song army camp. The centuries-old Hu and Han living in these places have already
Many Khitan people were Chineseized and became part of the Youyan land.
People all over the city, regardless of whether they were Han or Chinese, folded their arms and watched curiously on the street. They whispered to each other from time to time, and their worries about the situation were revealed between the lines.
They had just settled down, but they had heard about the brutality of the Jurchens. They finally returned to the Song Dynasty and lived a stable life for a few days. No one wanted to continue fighting——
When Yang Lin in Yizhou City summoned the generals, Han Shizhong's face was solemn on the Great Wall outside Tanzhou.
Looking at the Jurchen camp slowly gathering together under the Great Wall, Han Shizhong could already smell something unusual.
"The Jurchen Tatars behaved a bit abnormally. It's strange. We had more casualties than them, and they actually gathered together to avoid fighting."
Zongze looked at him and said in a solemn voice: "Are you planning to attack?"
"In my opinion, it's very possible, but those Tatars are all beasts drilled out of ice holes, and they will produce several layers of lard when the sun shines.
Huxu, I’m afraid things are not that simple.”
Zongze stood up, walked to his side, and looked down at the sand table together. Their eyes suddenly moved north, and they immediately raised their heads and said in perfect agreement: "Weizhou!"
Zongze said excitedly: "Are the Jurchens from Yuzhou planning to attack me from both sides and attack You Yan?"
Han Shizhong was silent for a moment, with clear lines on his rough face, and his leopard eyes narrowed slightly: "You must be on guard!" The two of them guessed this result just based on the movements of Jurchen at the foot of the mountain, which shows that their level is much higher than that of ordinary generals.
It's no wonder that there are such things. The big waves wash away the sand, and those who can leave their name in the catastrophe of the late Northern Song Dynasty are mediocre people.
At this time, a soldier came in from outside. Han Shizhong recognized the military uniform as the unique attire of the Long Live Battalion, and immediately took a step forward: "Is the Young Master here?"
The visitor held his knees, and before he could catch his breath, he hurriedly said: "Young Shao Zai has given an order. Zongze will lead his army back to Juyong Pass in Changping to guard against the Jurchen invasion from Yuzhou!"