XXXV. Suppressing the Rebellion (Part I)

Although fighting in the dark of night could produce the effect of a surprise attack, after the defeat of the enemy army, it also created considerable difficulties for the Song army to continue to pursue and expand the results of the battle. And Bi Zaiyu also knew this, anyway, at this time, the victory was decided, so he didn't want to make any more trouble, so he ordered all armies not to chase after the defeated army, but to focus on the enemy army on the battlefield in front of him who had not had time to escape, and at the same time sent people to report to Xin Qijian overnight.

It was also thanks to this move that a considerable part of Ren's army finally escaped from the battlefield and saved their lives under the cover of night. This also includes Ren Decong and Ren Chunli. And those enemy troops who had not had time to flee also knew that the situation was gone, and they did not even have to abandon their weapons, so they raised their hands and surrendered. Because in the hands of most people, there are no weapons.

It wasn't until the next day that the day dawned, and Bi Zaiyu ordered people to get some results. In this battle, more than 15,000 of Ren's army were killed and more than 6,000 were captured. The Song army only suffered 231 casualties, and another 307 were wounded. However, he still escaped nearly 20,000 enemy troops, which made Bi Zaiyu feel quite regretful, if the war happened in the daytime, it could be seen clearly, and the results of the Song army would be even greater.

In fact, Bi Zaiyu didn't know that the enemy troops who really escaped were actually less than 10,000 people, and the others were all pushed each other in the dark, fell into the Yellow River and drowned, and it was impossible to count.

No matter how you calculate, the battle by the Yellow River ended with a great victory for the Song army, and the main force of the Ren army was basically wiped out, and the Ren rebellion was only as brilliant as a flash in the pan, and then it was immediately defeated.

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In fact, long before Bi Zaiyu won the victory of the Yellow River, Yang Changpeng captured Pingxi Mansion very smoothly.

After Yang Changpeng received Xin Qiji's order, he immediately handed over the military affairs of Yinzhou to his subordinate Zhou Hongming, the first commander, and personally led 15,000 men and horses from Yinzhou to Pingxi Mansion.

At this time, the main army of the Ren clan has been transferred to Anxi Mansion, and the remaining guards of Pingxi Mansion are only five or six thousand people, and the garrison is very empty, almost even standing on the city wall is not satisfied, and the soldiers have not seen any big scene, seeing that the Song army's brigade suddenly killed, they were immediately frightened and panicked, and before the Song army began to attack the city, they were in a mess first. Therefore, although Yang Changpeng's men and horses did not bring large siege equipment, they relied on nineteen wooden ladders and ropes to easily attack Pingxi Mansion and enter the city. A small part of the Ren army defending the city was killed, and most of them chose to abandon their weapons and surrender.

At this time, among the main leaders of the Ren family, in addition to Ren Decong, Ren Chunyi, and Ren Chunli, Ren Dejing was bedridden, and others such as Ren Deren, Ren Chunxin, Ren Chunzhi and others, along with all their family members, also stayed in the Pingxi Palace. After learning that the Song army suddenly killed, the people of the Ren family were also very panicked, Ren Deren, Ren Chunxin, Ren Chunzhi and others were also helpless, and everyone was helpless, so they remembered Ren Dejing again, so they had to come to Ren Dejing who was lying on the bed together, and asked him to think of a way to deal with the crisis in front of him.

After Ren Dejing listened to everyone's report, he didn't worry but laughed, and laughed a few times, very happily, and laughed so much that everyone looked at each other, thinking that Ren Dejing was sick.

After laughing, Ren Dejing pointed at Ren Deren and said: "What I said at the beginning, you couldn't listen to it, and thought that you could really fight against the Great Song Dynasty, but this is the evil fruit you planted yourself, only wait for you to bear it yourself, at this point, I can't protect myself, what else can I think." After saying that, he couldn't stop laughing.

Ren Deren and the others have also woken up now, and they are all repentant, but at this time, they are counting on Ren Dejing's life-saving straw, because in the past, Ren has also had many crises in the struggle with the party nobles, and they all relied on Ren Dejing's means to turn the danger into a disaster, and now they can only rely on Ren Dejing to resolve this crisis. Therefore, Ren Deren led everyone to plead bitterly at Ren Dejing's sickbed: "Brother, we were wrong, we were wrong, we will never dare in the future, now you can think of a way, at least to ensure the safety of the Ren family." Ren Chunxin, Ren Chunzhi and others also knelt in front of the sickbed, kowtowing more than once.

And Ren Dejing no longer looked at them, but leaned on the bed, looked at the ceiling, and laughed: "Heaven is evil, especially forgivable, self-inflicted, you can't live." After speaking several times, he suddenly spat blood from his mouth and died of despair.

Seeing Ren Dejing die violently, the Ren family lost their backbone at once, and immediately became chaotic. There were a few concubines who were respectful and cried non-stop. And Ren Deren, Ren Chunxin, Ren Chunzhi and others also knew that the general trend was gone, and after a little discussion, several people decided to abandon the city and flee, go to Anxi Mansion to find Ren Decong and them, and then make plans. So ordered people to immediately prepare horses and carts, ready to take some gold and silver soft things to run away, that Zhi Ren in Pingxi Mansion for more than 30 years, the accumulation of treasure utensils can also be a lot, and when packing up things to feel that this is also reluctant to throw, that can not bear to lose, even loaded five carts, actually not half of the load.

At the moment, then the family guards at the bottom, the servants and servants are naturally looking for a way out, jumping up and down looking for property, for fear that they are one step behind, and many people fight for a valuable thing, stirring up the whole palace into a pot of porridge.

As a result, the good time was wasted, and when Ren Deren, Ren Chunxin, Ren Chunzhi and others were still busy packing cars, the Song army broke through the city gate with scriptures, entered the city, and surrounded the Pingxi Palace. When Yang Changpeng led the Song army to break open the gate of the palace and rushed into the palace, the brothers Ren Chunxin and Ren Chunzhi actually quarreled over the subordinates who were fighting for a jade horse. Even Yang Changpeng couldn't help crying and laughing when he saw it, such a thing still wanted to dream of rebelling and becoming an emperor.

As a result, in the entire Pingxi Palace, except for a very small number of subordinates who saw the opportunity quickly and ran away without regard to grabbing things, all the other people of the Ren family and their families, including the account steward, the family guard, the servant women, etc., were all honest and became prisoners of the Song army.

Because the Song army had just invaded the city of Pingxi Mansion, things were still complicated, and it was impossible to invest too much energy in Pingxi Palace, Yang Changpeng did not embarrass the Ren family, but just collected all the weapons in the palace, together with rolling pins, kitchen knives, hoes, sickles, flat poles and other things, and disarmed the Pingxi Palace, and then closed the gate, sent 3,000 soldiers to guard it, and then went to deal with other things.

The Song army first occupied the four gates, closed the city gates, and did not allow idle people to enter or leave. Immediately, he issued a proclamation to appease the people in the city, explaining that Ren's rebellion had nothing to do with the people, and as long as the people obeyed the law and were loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, they did not have to be hurt. Then he searched the city for the remnants of the defeated army and quickly restored order.

On the second day of the war, Lai Wenzheng rushed to the city of Pingxi Mansion to meet Yang Changpeng and began the second task, immediately arresting the spy personnel placed here by Jin Guo.

Lin Huanjin, Shi An and others led by the Jin State spies are also good spies, but they are obviously not qualified tacticians, although they did not overestimate the combat effectiveness of the Ren army, they never expected to cross so fast, and after the Song army entered the city, they realized that the situation was not good, and they were ready to flee from Pingxi Mansion, although their hands and feet were faster than the Ren people, but it was too late, seeing that the Song army took the first step and captured the city gate, it was strictly forbidden to enter and exit, and these Jin spies could only look at the door and sigh. Lin Huanjin and Shi An had no choice but to disband the people, each of them lurked in the city, and after the limelight passed, they managed to sneak out of the city and escape back to the Jin Kingdom.

At this time, they could only resign themselves to fate, and at the same time, the spies of the Jin Kingdom still had a hint of forgiveness, thinking that they were not exposed, and the Song army's closing of the city gate was just a routine move, and there was no other intention. The spy personnel who knew the Great Song Dynasty had already opened a big net and stared at them, but when they saw that they had not escaped from the city, they did not launch it for the time being, but continued to keep an eye on them.

After Lai Wenzheng came to Pingxi Mansion, the Song army immediately began to close the net, and the spy personnel of the Great Song Dynasty guided the way, and Yang Changpeng sent troops to cooperate to capture the spies of the Jin State one by one. There were a total of seventeen people in Jin Guojian, who were targeted by the Song army, three of whom resisted stubbornly in the process of arrest and were killed by the Song army on the spot, two committed suicide, and five were injured in the arrest, but they were treated by the Song army in a timely manner, and their lives were not in danger. The two key figures, Lin Huanjin and Shi An, were arrested, but Shi An was broken by Song Jun with one of his arms. And the Song army also paid three times the price of 54 people killed in battle for the capture of these 17 people.

However, Lai Wenzheng believes that the gain is huge, and it is definitely worth paying such a price, because a gap can be opened from these twelve people, and the spy network set up by the Jin State in the Anxi region can be uprooted to ensure the peace and stability of the Anxi region. And Yang Changpeng, in accordance with the requirements of the Privy Council, handed over all 12 arrested people to Lai Wenzheng to deal with, and he was only in charge of military affairs.

After Bi Zaiyu defeated the main force of Ren's army on the bank of the Yellow River, he also rushed to Pingxi Mansion and joined Yang Changpeng, bringing another good news, Anxi Mansion was recovered by Xin Qiji, and Ren Chunyi, the main general of Ren's army guarding Anxi Mansion, was arrested. As a result, the two major capitals of Western Xia, Anxi and Pingxi, were returned to the control of the Song army. It can be said that Ren's rebellion was basically quelled by the scriptures, and it only took six days before and after.

And now the last task is to find Ren Decong and Ren Chunyi, who were defeated on the banks of the Yellow River, and hide there.