Chapter 1214: Mixed Blessings
Yu Wa's relief made He Weixian feel a little guilty, but it quickly disappeared again. After asking for surrender, he not only explained the whole raid clearly, but also revealed his own defense and strategic cooperation, but his sincerity did not impress him at all, but he was asked to write a confession and surrender in his own handwriting.
He Weixian felt that he had shown twelve points of sincerity to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, but the devil still refused, and instead asked him to return to Mengyuan as a spy and spy for them. He pleaded in every possible way at that time, but he was not moved at all, and shot all the remnants of the camp in front of him, even the seriously wounded.
Looking at the lives one by one, he was shot at the head with a musket, and his head exploded like a watermelon with a crisp sound, and when his brains, blood and bones splashed on his face, he made no secret of saying that he was frightened to pee his pants at that time, and when the muzzle of the gun was pressed against his head, he completely surrendered, and he could not afford to have the slightest disobedience.
What's even more terrifying is that he has his own handwritten confession in his hands, as well as the evidence of killing Jia Zhenhou, He Weixian understands that if he leaks these, not only himself, but also his family will be implicated, even his father, who is a member of the imperial court, will not be spared. However, after the devil promised to sneak back to the court as an undercover agent, he also promised to give him high-ranking officials and help him go further in the Mengyuan court.
He Weixian knew that as the second son, as long as the eldest brother was still there, he would not have the possibility of receiving the title of the family, at most he would be a petty official with his father's light. If there were no special merits, he could only become a vassal of the family as a collateral lineage, and gradually became nameless, and this kind of ending was not what he wanted to see. But he understands that if he wants to change his fate, he will be Bi Jachi by the side of the Great Khan, who seems to have infinite scenery and is respected, but in fact he is just a small official, and if he wants to enter the center, his Han identity is already impossible.
Being an errand boy next to the Great Khan seems to be a beautiful situation, but He Weixian understands that this is not a long-term solution. As the saying goes: Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, and now the Great Khan is moody, and the various forces in the DPRK and China are even more intertwined, and the slightest carelessness will lead to the fall of the head. And he also understood that the Mongols were the most important military merit, and they were to be a fearful sword and pen officer by the side of the Great Khan, so they would not have looked for an opportunity to be a feudal officer, so they volunteered to come to the army to be a Daru Huachi, and the defeat and capture were also because they wanted to make military merits too much to lead to the ambush.
But it's too late to say anything now, He Weixian knows that his wealth and wealth are even in the hands of the Song people. And the Song army put him back, and gave himself the great achievement of 'burning' the camp of the rear army, burning grain and grass, and arranged for him to escape back smoothly, which was also on a mission. He wanted to try to convince Tutuha that the Song army's grain, grass, and baggage had been burned, and now the army at the front was facing a situation of running out of ammunition and food.
And He Weixian understood that the task at hand was to first make Yu Wa lose his words, believe that he had really burned Song Jun's baggage, and escaped. In this way, as a first-hand witness of this battle, it will be the best proof. And this battle suffered heavy casualties, 5,000 soldiers and horses were almost completely wiped out, and if they returned in vain, they would also be punished. But if the rear camp of the Song army was burned, then not only was there no fault, but there was merit, and the thousands of dead and wounded people were not a matter at all.
Now He Weixian thought that his set of rhetoric should have made Yu Wa lose most of his beliefs, as for the people who knew the truth, all of them had been wiped out, and he was still some distance away from the scene, and the fire was enough to make Yu Wa lose believe that even if the Song army camp was cast in iron, it would be burned. As long as he gives half of the credit, he does not believe that it will not be in the hub and become his most powerful witness.
"Internal envoy, it's getting dark, let's go on the road, we must rush back to the Fuli camp tonight!" The difficult day finally passed, and seeing that the sky was dark, Yuwa lost and pulled out He Weixian.
"General, I thought it would be better to wait a little longer to see if we can gather some soldiers who broke through the encirclement, otherwise the losses will be so great, and the commander will definitely be angry with us!" He Weixian did not move, but said with a worried face.
"Internal envoys, if the commanders learn that we have burned the rear camp of the Song army, not only will they not be punished, but they will also ask for credit for us!" Yuwa lost his weak heart, and secretly laughed in his heart that this envoy had been by the side of the Great Khan for a long time, where did he know the doorway in the army, and smiled to explain his way.
"Of the five thousand soldiers and horses, only a few of us escaped by chance, and they all commanded us to let us go easily?" He Weixian pretended to be incredulous.
"The inner envoy is reassured." Yuwa said in a speechless manner, "The Song army has lost grain and grass, and it is almost impossible to raise so much grain and grass from Jiangnan in the short term, so it will be panicked and ready to withdraw the army. ”
"Oh, in this way, as long as we defeat the enemy attacking Fuli, then the enemy of Xuzhou will also face the danger of being cut off from the back route, forcing them to retreat to Huainan, so that the danger of Gyeonggi will be solved!" After hearing this, He Weixian immediately said with surprise on his face.
"The envoy is right, but he is still too cautious." Yuwa smiled and said, "Once the Song Army's Eastern Route Army retreats, the right flank of the Western Route Army attacking Xiangfan will be exposed, and it will inevitably retreat with it. In this way, our army can not only recover the land of Huaibei, if there is chaos on the way of the enemy's retreat, as long as our army seizes the opportunity to open a breakthrough, then the Song army will inevitably be defeated, and then Huainan will also return to our dynasty, and it is not impossible to march into the south of the Yangtze River! ”
"Hehe, the general's eyes are like torches, and he can see the current situation, this envoy admires it very much!" He Weixian suddenly said when he heard it, but he smiled secretly in his heart, it seems that he doesn't need to say more this time, he has already spoken for himself......
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"Great Khan, great victory in Suzhou......" There was a sudden shout of excitement in the capital palace, and a person ran towards the inner palace while shouting, and no one dared to step forward to stop him along the way.
"Who's making a noise in the palace?" Gongzhong Zhenjin asked with some annoyance. These days, he has been exhausted to cope with the war ahead, but there are also many internal contradictions and disputes. Tired of coping, he fell into deep anxiety, often sleepless all night, and could only fall asleep by the paralysis of alcohol, and he drank two jugs of wine today to barely fall asleep in the early morning, and was woken up before the dream was made, which made him not annoyed.
"Great Khan, yes...... It's like Yuechi Cha'er! The chamberlain listened for a moment and said vaguely.
"What's the noise about this thing early in the morning?" Hearing that it was Yue Chi Cha'er, Zhenjin's face was a little softened, but his heart was tight, as a close minister beside him, he knew his life habits well, and he would never be disturbed if there was nothing special. Today, if it is so abnormal, something big must have happened, and what I am most worried about is nothing more than that there is a problem in the war ahead.
"Great Khan, it seems that he is shouting the victory of Suzhou!" The chamberlain said after carefully distinguishing it.
"Are you sure it was the Southern Army that landed in Tongzhou? Isn't it the return of the kings to Beijing? As if he couldn't believe it, he grabbed the chest of the waiter and shouted.
"Great Khan, no...... No, it's a great victory in Suzhou! During this time, the Great Khan was in a bad mood, his mood was unstable, he often got angry for no reason, and it has become common to beat and scold the attendants around him, and the attendants knelt down in panic and said in a trembling voice.
"Suzhou victory, haha...... Suzhou Dajie ......" After Zhenjin confirmed it again, he laughed like a madman, "Hurry up and change clothes with me, and let Yuechi Cha'er enter the palace to meet you!" ”
After Zhenjin confirmed it repeatedly, not only was his spirit lifted, but the haze in his heart seemed to have dissipated most of it. Some time ago, he sent his guards and troops out of Beijing to the south to resist the invasion of the southern army to the north, and stabilized the battle line on the line of Yingtianfu and Xuzhou. And the requisitioned grassland army also went south from the grassland to reinforce the Xuzhou battlefield after promising a lot of profits, which made him feel a little at ease. But before the good news came, he found that the Southern Korean naval army appeared in the sea off Cheongju and tried to enter the Jiehe River.
After hearing the news, there was immediately chaos in the capital. If the Song army entered the Jiehe, it would only be a hundred miles away from the capital, and they would only need one day and one night to reach the capital after they landed. At this time, the guards defending Gyeonggi had already moved south in large numbers, and the defense forces in the city were empty, leaving only the cowardly Xue army, which had seriously reduced its combat effectiveness, and some of the Semu and Mongol guard troops, which were unable to resist at all.
As a result, the ministers of the court and the central government asked Zhenjin to quickly move the capital to avoid the enemy's edge, and at the same time summoned the kings and kings. For this kind of practice, which is equivalent to cowardly fleeing, Zhenjin is naturally very annoyed. And the abandonment of most of them also means that Meng Yuan gave up the Han land, which is also difficult for real gold to accept. Of course, Zhenjin also suspected that the Song Shui army suddenly appeared in the sea off Qingzhou, which seemed to have the intention of attacking the east and the west, but he could not help but suspect that they used a suspicious strategy to prevent the reinforcements from continuing to move south, so that they could take the initiative in the Xuzhou battlefield.
Although there are doubts in their hearts, no one dares to take Gyeonggi's gains and losses lightly, let alone say that they are unharmed, and can only hold an attitude that they would rather believe it than not believe it. However, the troops around Gyeonggi were empty, and the transfer of troops from various places was far away, and it was not possible to solve the urgent need. And to save most of the capital, you can only let the grassland sect army that is halfway back to return, although this may make Xuzhou's troops tight, but it can only be helpless.
However, the return of these sect kings also gave Zhenjin a headache. At the beginning, they were asked to go south to reinforce the Xuzhou battlefield, but they refused to leave in the name of lack of food, grass and funds, and could not afford to buy horses and weapons. And the transfer of them back to Beijing halfway was not achieved overnight, and these royal armies thought that the Great Khan's command was wrong, and it was a waste of manpower and horsepower, causing them to run back and forth, and they were willing to leave only if they were compensated. For these grassland sect kings, the army is self-respecting and does not listen to the dispatch, and Zhenjin is helpless against them for a while......