The horse is newly riding on a white jade saddle. After the battle, the moon is cold on the battlefield.
The sound of iron drums at the top of the city is still vibrating, and the gold sword in the box is still bleeding.
Let us also say that on the last day of the ninth year of Jianyan, the Zhao Guan family and Yue Fei broke into the city on the same day, and both Taiyuan Prefecture and Daming Prefecture fell.
Among them, let’s not mention what is happening outside Daming Mansion, but only talk about the situation inside and outside Taiyuan City. The main force of the Song Army is actually caught in a certain situation of chaos. However, given the exaggerated contrast between the enemy and ourselves in Taiyuan, as long as the city can be swept clean
If the Jin army is in chaos for one night, it will be chaos for one night.
Moreover, the most common way to express this chaos is that the Song army, which was in a state of excitement, was unwilling to leave the city and return to the camp to settle down, so it went everywhere to inspect the Jin army.
In one afternoon, three men and dozens of murderers were captured alive, tied up, or their heads were sent directly to Zhao Guan's house. It is worth mentioning that so far, there are still no Jurchens.
Meng'an was willing to surrender, so beheadings continued one after another in front of the Taiyuan Inner City Government Office Hall where Zhao Guan's family was temporarily stationed.
"So that the officials will know that this person is Wanyan Renhe."
Just when the ministers and officers below Zhao Guan's family were a little bored, suddenly Wang De, the deputy commander of the imperial camp, actually led a person into the hall, stepping on dark red blood stains.
Hearing Wang De's words, the crowd in the office was naturally excited, and even Zhao Jiu was in high spirits for a moment.
There was no way, this was the general of Taiyuan of the Jin Kingdom, and he was the second Wanhu of the Jin Kingdom to be captured alive after Han Chang.
You must know that the military systems of the Song Army and the Jin Army are different. When the Jin State was prosperous, one ten thousand households could lead the march. At that time, the marching ten thousand households could directly compare with the capital commanders in the imperial camp of the Song Army, and the fierce security was also
It was almost equivalent to a commander. Later, the situation was slightly balanced. The system of marching division was widely used. The Jin army also had a permanent commander with tens of thousands of troops. Naturally, the commander-in-chief was against the commander-in-chief. But even so, it cannot be said that tens of thousands of households were left behind.
To the point where he is equivalent to a controller.
What's more, it is equivalent to this kind of famous person. He has been famous in both countries since the Jingkang Incident ten years ago. Later, he accompanied Wanyan Lou's chamber to raid Guanxi many times, and participated in the Yaoshan War, so that he was on the list of war criminals.
household?
No wonder Wang De actually came to repay his merits personally.
Without further ado, Zhao Jiu nodded towards Wang De, then looked at the bound golden general, but hesitated for a moment.
But soon, with everyone holding their breath and concentrating, the official of the Song Dynasty still spoke seriously to the people in the hall: "In other words... I will tell you the truth, according to the memorandum and the list of war criminals I published before, it is
There is no need to persuade you to surrender, but you are the first Jurchen Ten Thousand Households that I have captured alive, and you are from the Wanyan clan, so if you are willing to surrender, I can make an exception and pardon your death penalty... Are you willing to surrender?"
The whole body was tightly tied up, and he kept staring at Zhao Guanjia, who was sitting in the former pull-out position, as soon as he entered the door. When he heard this, he looked at the other person deeply, as if he wanted to remember the other person's appearance.
, then slowly shook his head and responded calmly:
"The foreign general is not dead. At the beginning, he simply destroyed the city too quickly and was discouraged. When he was surrounded, he just wanted to take a closer look at the officials... Now that he has seen it, he will die without regrets."
Many civil servants who came after the incident, especially a few younger southeastern "preparatory consultants", sighed when they heard the words, as if they had hit some big news, and wanted to see how Zhao Guan's family would respond, so that they could go back and write their own today.
In "Cong Zheng Ji".
However, when Zhao Guanjia heard this, he just nodded, and then without changing his expression, he waved his black hand directly in the seat and said concisely:
"Behead it!"
The civil servants around him were immediately discouraged, and the squad leaders, who had carried out this order countless times in the afternoon, immediately swarmed forward, dragged the man out, held him down on the ground in front of the hall, and chopped him with a knife.
His head was presented, but Zhao Guanjia just waved his hand again, obviously not caring.
Only once I came back, the blood stains on the ground became more obvious, which made many people who came late know where these blood stains on the ground came from.
"Add a sentence to the express report from Tokyo." Zhao Guanjia thought for a while, and then turned to the ministers beside him. "Tell them to change that statement again... Wherever the country of Jin is fiercely safe, and tens of thousands of households are lined up, each one will be the first to go out.
Those who surrender will be forgiven their death penalty."
All the ministers agreed and went about their business in a hurry.
Zhao Jiu also looked at Wang De and finally smiled: "Wang Qing, do you have anything to say about the good fortune that was distributed today, or should I keep it public until the end of the war?"
"Official!"
Wang De immediately bowed down in the hall, extremely eager. "The measurement of merit is naturally a matter after the war. This is an official rule. I will never dare to say anything at this time, but I really have a small matter... Please forgive me.
The second son, Wang Shun, does not want an official salary. As long as he can continue to serve the army as a regular soldier, I will be grateful... Let him take credit for his achievements and his future."
Zhao Jiu immediately laughed again: "I have forgotten what Wang Shun committed, but no matter what, I can pardon the Jin man, but can't I pardon him? If he is prepared to hold the title, it will still be effective in front of you."
Wang De was relieved for a moment, thanked him hurriedly, and handed over to all the civil servants and military generals in the hall, then simply stood in the hall and stopped paying attention to external matters.
As soon as the matter was over, before anyone could congratulate Zhao Guan's family on the capture and kill, another officer hurried over to ask for instructions. But for some reason, this person came to the hall and saw the people in the hall. He was a little timid again and only hesitated in front of the door.
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Seeing this, Zhao Jiu pursed his lips slightly. Ren Baozhong, who was already impatient, immediately moved forward with his knife and started talking with the man outside the door.
After a while, Ren Baozhong turned back, but he said quite simply: "Go back to report to the official's house, and there is another capture. I don't know what to do next?"
"Who is it this time?" Zhao Jiu didn't care. "All of them have been killed. Meng An has killed dozens of people. If anyone is involved, just report him..."
"They are the family members of the Taiyuan Marching Department of the Jin Kingdom..." Ren Baozhong bowed his head and faced each other. "We just found it in the warehouse in the northwest corner of the inner city."
"Pull out the female relatives from Su's family?" Zhao Jiu suddenly understood.
"Not only the family members of Ba Lisu, but also the family members of my own family, as well as the families of Meng'an, Mouke, and local officials who were directly under Taiyuan. They were all previously consolidated and placed in Ba Lisu's mansion in the inner city. The war just broke out
, so he fled to the warehouse under the leadership of the great master of the side room of Ba Li, and fought stubbornly."
"Dashi?" Zhao Jiu thought thoughtfully.
"Bohai Da Clan." I don't know if it was an illusion. After today's war, Ren Baozhong's behavior was obviously more cautious. "The Da Clan is a noble family of Bohai. Bohai's status in the Jin Kingdom is second only to the Jurchens.
People in high positions are often related to the Bohai family and the Gao family. For example, the current ruling prince Wanyan Orben has a concubine of the Da family, and his eldest son Wanyan Liang is the daughter of the Da family."
Zhao Jiu became more and more aware and asked again: "Then what? Are you asking me how to deal with it?"
"Yes." Ren Baozhong was still respectful and cautious. "Those young girls from the Jin Kingdom often behaved in a promiscuous manner... They didn't dare to bring them to the imperial court, so they asked the officials to punish them directly."
"There are so many bad things going on." Zhao Jiu thought for a moment and directly gave an answer that he had been preparing for a long time. "Then we will take care of it first. When we have more, we will send it to Lanzhou and hand it over to the Xiliao officials.
He said that these people are all natives of the Liao Kingdom... Let them exchange for war horses, Persian and river specialties."
As soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly fell silent, but unexpectedly, there was no voice of advice or opposition.
As for Ren Baozhong, although he is well-informed, he couldn't help but be startled at this time, but after being startled for a while, he had nothing to say... Bohai people and Jurchens, aren't they the ancestors of the Liao Dynasty? Yelu Dashi
Come here, you can't deny this.
However, the person still spoke: "There is one more thing."
"Tell me."
"The commander who captured the female family members said that in addition to the wife and young man who were some misbehavior, there were also some people who took the initiative to plead for mercy and release. One of them claimed to be Master Li from Tokyo..." Nibaozhong continued to report seriously.
It was so quiet in the hall that you could hear a pin drop. Even Wang Yan and Wang De just raised their ears and lowered their heads, let alone Wu Jie and others who looked up at the roof.
However, Zhao Guanjia barely paused and smiled directly: "This is really strange...Liu Ziyu's younger brother Liu Zihui once told people that he met Li Shishi in Jiangxi...Why did this Li Shishi come to Hedong again?"
Ren Baozhong didn't know how to deal with it for a while.
Zhao Jiu, on the other hand, obviously didn't take it seriously and instead chuckled: "Forget it, whether it's true or not, it's just a matter of survival... And she's not Master Li, she's also a Han woman who was robbed in Jingkang. According to the direct military rules, this
As long as she asks for it, she can be dismissed and resettled directly, so according to the established rules, let her pay her a resettlement allowance and let her go back to Tokyo... As for whether she is Master Li or Master Wang, it doesn't matter, she can't be sent to Shaolin Temple anyway, right? That way
Isn’t it humiliating the Supreme Taojun Emperor?”
Ren Baozhong nodded heavily, turned around and left, making special arrangements.
A small incident, nothing to mention, that's it. Next, there are a few small things to deal with, nothing more than sending out the Imperial Guard to directly supervise military discipline, taking over the inspection of the warehouse, and by the way, one Meng'an and two Muke were captured.
, but still no one surrendered, and the matter was solved with a knife. However, after a while, the sky had completely darkened. It is conceivable that today's temporary incident will come to an end, but the next step seems to be the main course.
Sure enough, after dark, Han Shizhong, Li Yanxian, who were originally scattered everywhere, and Ma Kuo, who stayed behind in the camp outside the city, came one after another, including the senior commanders under the various ministries.
Beside them, Wu Jie, Wang Yan, Yang Yizhong, Liu Yan and others who had not even washed their hands, as well as Wang De who had caught someone on the way... Basically, it can be said that the entire Taiyuan Basin, except for monitoring things at this time
Li Shifu and Li Qiong of the Jin Army on both sides, and most of the top officials of the Song Army gathered together again.
This time, due to the chaos in the city, there was actually no special intention to hold a military meeting, but almost all senior generals with rich military experience realized that there should be such a meeting.
In response to this, Zhao Guan's family followed suit and started military discussions directly.
"I only have one thing to say, and that is to send an envoy to tell Hebule that if he doesn't come, he won't come." Zhao Jiu responded simply. "As for the rest, as for Wu Jie, I will be responsible for delivering the order."
There was a slight commotion in the hall where the candles had been lit, but it quickly subsided because no one among the three people with big banners, Han Shizhong, Li Yanxian, and Ma Kuo, said anything, especially Han Shizhong, the nominal marshal of Hedong.
The one with his chest out and his belly leaning on his belt actually didn't say a word. Although Wang Yan and Wang De had some problems with their personalities, for some reason, maybe it was because the city was so shocked today, they still managed to hold it back.
...If the commanders and ministers are like this, then naturally it is not easy for the others to say anything.
"So that the officials will know," Wu Jie held his black hands and went out. He first bowed to the officials, then bowed his hands to the officials, and then turned around and continued to show respect to Zhao Jiu. "I think the first priority right now is
, instead of going to capture Jingxing, they quickly dispatched some elites to go north to Yanmen Pass, and combined with the main force of the imperial camp rear army, the Yinshan Khitan-Ximengu coalition forces, plus the Hebule Eastern Mongolian army that the officials sent to notify, to try to encircle Datong.
... There are two reasons. First, Datong still has 20,000 households of the Jin army. If it can be captured in one fell swoop, it will be enough to shake the foundation of the Jin army; second, if Taiyuan and Datong are taken, Jingxing will block Hebei and the effectiveness of Hedong will exist in name only.
...In contrast, if you suddenly go to capture Jingxing at this time, Yelu Mawu is a good warrior and has a good heart, so it will definitely be time-consuming and laborious, and attacking the party will just go along with the flow..."
Let's say that Wu Jie officially took over the Hedong Front Army after dark and began to coordinate the next step step by step. However, in the Hexi area of Daming Prefecture, the top brass of the Jin Army's main force stayed up until the third night before finally suppressing all kinds of uneasiness and in Li
A temporary military meeting was held beside a large bonfire somewhere outside Gu Town.
There was nothing that could be done about it. Although the serial explosions caused both armies to blow up their camps at the same time, the Song army quickly realized that it was their own miracle and destroyed the enemy's city defenses, so in the afternoon they finally
Entering the city calmly. But the Jin army just gathered their troops and hurriedly transferred tens of thousands of households across the river to the north and south to ensure that the camp was safe. It was already very difficult and very challenging.
It can only be said that fortunately most of the middle and lower-level Jin troops did not have the vision to witness the series of explosions. Otherwise, even the process of gathering the troops would have been difficult.
Even this military meeting seemed a little embarrassing...because the vast majority of households failed to recover from the earth-shattering destruction of the city during the day. Many people directly lost their basic logical thinking. It was obvious that
A bit of a trance.
Among them, they even included the two top leaders in the army, Ba Lisu and Wu Shu.
In fact, deep down in their hearts, these top elites of the Jin Kingdom do not know that they must make up their minds quickly and decisively at this time, and immediately change their strategic plans. However, they know how to understand, but the impact of being on the scene in person cannot be easily exerted at all.
and left.
Several times, everyone tried to speak, but Ba Lisu and other generals from Hedong couldn't help but talk about Taiyuan. When they spoke, their words were incoherent. When Ali opened his mouth, he talked about Yuancheng and Gaojingshan, and they were all in indescribable grief.
, even the generals such as Zhen Lubu and Wanyan Benjian were in a daze and lost their minds. They lacked the stability of the veteran generals and the unruliness of the previous fights for power and gain.
"Everyone, that's good." Wu Shu wanted to speak several times, but he didn't know where to start. However, he remembered someone in a daze, so he managed to support his body and stood up next to the bonfire. "You and I have all seen it with our own eyes.
What happened during the day, I said that I knew in my heart that it was gunpowder, but in fact I was still shocked, so that my heart was in confusion and I couldn't speak properly... I will change my staff, and you all recognize it. The former commander-in-chief of the West Route Army,
Later, I asked Gao Qingyi from Gao Jingshan, whose abilities should not be doubted, to come and part ways for us."
Beside the bonfire, below the pull-out speed, the generals looked at each other in confusion. Everyone's expressions were dim and helpless, so they had no choice but to nod.
About a moment later, Gao Qingyi was summoned and listened to Ali relay a few words, but remained silent. Everyone looked around and saw that except for his eyes, which were glowing red under the firelight, his expression was calm, but they didn't know.
what's going on.
Only Wu Shu secretly told himself that he was confused and others didn't know, didn't he know? This Gao Qing native was greatly favored by Gao Jingshan, and the latter is now likely to die without a burial place, so is the former still in good condition?
As soon as he thought of this, the fourth prince waved his hand to repel the other party.
However, unexpectedly, at this moment, Gao Qingyi actually spoke. Although his voice was slightly hoarse, it was calm and serious, which lifted everyone's spirits.
"Forgive me for speaking frankly." Gao Qingyi looked calm. "The matter itself is very simple. The reason why the fourth prince, the marshal, and all the households cannot analyze it properly is not because they don't know, but because they don't want to talk about it...
Please give me a brief explanation."
Beside the bonfire, there was no conversation for a while, only the whistling of the wind continued, and the loud beeping of the bonfire was obvious.
"First, the marshal is right. If Yuancheng can be exploded like this, Taiyuan can also be exploded. Considering that today is the New Year's Eve, and the officials of the Song Dynasty marched into Taiyuan so quickly before, I am afraid there was an agreement. At this time, Taiyuan
It must have been blown up like this... and since Taiyuan City has fallen, it means that nine out of ten generals have died for their country."
Ba Lisu pursed his lips and stopped talking.
"Secondly, both Taiyuan Prefecture and Daming Prefecture fell into the hands of the Song Army. Daming Prefecture will not be mentioned here, only Taiyuan. Once Taiyuan is lost, the land east of the river will be lost, and the Jin Kingdom will lose its fundamental foothold in defense.
, the entire Hedong, from Datong to Shangdang, will inevitably be swept away easily and unscrupulously by the main force of the Song Army... Now, don't expect that these two places can still be defended. Military orders need to be issued quickly to let the two thousand households in Datong and the remnants of Taiyuan
The troops and the few left behind by the Shangdang must evacuate as quickly as possible. If it is too late, they will be blocked by the Song army and will end up being wiped out in vain."
"Is it really hopeless?" Ba Lisu finally spoke, his words difficult to speak.
"How can we be saved?" Unexpectedly, the person who responded to the request was Wanyan Benjian, who had a swollen face. He was usually depressed and uncontrollable. "Gao Tong was right. Not only was there no way to save Taiyuan, but Longde Mansion could only
Exit, be one step too late, and the Song army from the north and south press in together, which is a dead end... Looking at the movement during the day today, it is clearly a male pass. The city is useless in front of the Song people, and the several barriers of Longde Mansion cannot stop it at all.
The Song army lives in Taiyuan Prefecture. The remaining cities and soldiers are just at the mercy of others... Sa Lihe is also waiting to die!
The scene became deserted for a moment, but soon, Wanyan suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed like a roar.
After Wu Shu, all the generals knew that his family and children were all on the west bank of the Fen River. It was estimated that they had not had time to be captured at this time, but it seemed that they could not escape, and they were all so sad that they had nothing to say.
"The key is Datong Mansion." After an unknown amount of time, with the help of Gao Qingyi's explanation, Wu Shu finally gritted his teeth and admitted the reality. However, from his point of view, he was obviously more concerned about other places. "The two left behind in Datong Mansion
Ten thousand households are the key... Gao Tongshi, is it useless to have troops in Taiyuan Prefecture?"
"It's more dangerous to have soldiers." Gao Qingyi responded calmly. "Fourth Prince... let alone whether Yanmen Pass can stop the Song Dynasty, I only want to say one thing. Hebu Le is in the north with the head and the rat at both ends. Today Taiyuan City is destroyed, he
Will we continue to be neutral? If Hebule goes south, then Datong will be surrounded on three or four sides, or even the whole country may be surrounded."
Wu Shu was horrified and immediately turned around and called out: "Where is the Grand Master's slave?"
"My subordinate is here." The Grand Master's slave in the darkness was suddenly startled, and then came back to his senses.
"Hurry up and send someone, pass on my gold medal, and tell Yelu Mawu to resist Jingxing. Then go to Datong Mansion to find Xun Luguan and ask him to retreat immediately. He will retreat with as many people as he can."
Taishi Nu agrees.
"Borrow King Wei's gold medal." Wanyan Ben saw and gritted his teeth and followed. "I immediately sent several thousand troops from my headquarters to accompany King Wei's gold medal to Longde Mansion, and picked up the generals' families from Longde Mansion's Marching Department...
If the treasury can be moved, move it; if it cannot be moved, burn it!"
Wu Shu nodded blankly.
"Is Gao Dutong really dead and without life?" At this difficult time, a slightly younger voice answered with difficulty. "Can't you go and find out?"
In the darkness beside the bonfire, a few sneers sounded sparsely, and beside the bonfire, Gao Qingyi, who looked calm, remained motionless, as if he did not recognize that it was Pu Suyue's voice.
Wushu, on the other hand, sighed slightly and continued to turn around and give instructions: "Master slave, send an envoy to the other side early tomorrow morning to ask Yue Fei... The other party is reasonable and will not cover up his whereabouts if there is any... Gao Tong, please continue to talk.
.”
After these words, the campfire side became quiet again. Gao Qingyi waited for a moment before explaining the situation seriously: "Fourth Prince, what comes next is actually the countermeasures...the countermeasures are also very simple. After today's incident, just as the golden man said
, the city cannot be relied upon, the barriers cannot be relied upon... That is the plan for now, if we want to prevent the main force of the country from collapsing to the end while the main force of the country is still there, the only way is to fight in the field."
No one had anything to say.
"And if you want to fight in the field, where should you fight in the field? If the city cannot be relied on, do you have to give up?" Gao Qingyi said this, and he was also a little frustrated. "Zhending Mansion has always designated military supplies for the ruling prince to patrol the various routes.
There are countless ordnance, grain and grass warehouses, do we have to give up directly? If we abandon Zhending, what about Hejian? If we abandon Hejian again, won't we have to abandon Yanjing directly? Therefore, if we want to fight in the field, we can only abandon Yuancheng.
Taking advantage of Yue Fei's lack of horses, we quickly led the main force northward, set up formations around Zhending, and attempted a decisive battle."
Everyone still had nothing to say...because what the other party said was so right, so right that it was impeccable.
Right now, they are forced to do this by the Song Army.
"But it's not easy to fight in the field?" Ba Lisu suddenly said. "How can it be possible to fight with the Song army in the field with the current morale and morale of the army?"
"Restoring morale is nothing more than giving rewards and appeasements, or taking the initiative to find opportunities and win a few small battles... including how to explain gunpowder to the soldiers and ignorant officers who don't read the newspaper, but it is all the work of the King of Wei and
It's the marshal's duty." Gao Qingyi responded calmly. "The lower official's duty is nothing more than to tell the generals what they already know but dare not say."
Ba Lisu and Wu Shu looked at each other across the bonfire, both speechless. Wu Shu was even more prepared to work hard to appease the generals.
But at this moment, a gust of cold wind blew by someone I don't know, and the wind kept sobbing, as if someone was choking.
However, the sound of the wind stopped, but the choking sounds continued. Wushu was startled, and only then did he realize that someone was really crying, so he hurried to see Balisu, but Balisu and Wushu looked at each other, without any intention of stopping them.
.Wu Shu was completely helpless, so he wanted to get up and see who it was so as to dissuade him from coming down.
However, as he kept thinking, he also gave up getting up... The reason couldn't be simpler. He didn't know how to comfort the Hedong general who had lost his family and his ten-year residence. He also didn't know how to comfort the general who was about to lose his family.
Even Pu Suyue, the Hebei general in his hometown, wanted to cry for Gao Jingshan, but he didn't know how to comfort him.
In fact, as a gust of cold wind came again, Wu Shu sniffed at the bonfire, but found that he actually wanted to cry wildly through the sound of the wind.
PS: Thanks to Mr. Xiahou for his cuteness and Dream Fighting Swordsman Tianya, Did the Ashes Spread the Fire Today, Huang Erma, and Scholar Mei for their rewards?