Chapter 724 Host Road Storm

There was an army of the Great Song Dynasty that came from afar to the north of the Daimyo's mansion, and when the soldiers and horses of Hebei were scattered and fled, and no one dared to come to Hebei again, this army resolutely chose to be stationed on the only way for the Jurchens to return to the north without hesitation. They are also afraid of death, and they are also afraid, look at that immature face, how many people are new recruits. Bringing these people from Jingdong Road to Hebei to face the powerful Jurchens may die at any time, but they did not hesitate, not for anything else, just because they have a common commander, he is the old general of the Seed Division.

The master loves soldiers like sons, and sometimes the salary issued by the court will be spent on soldiers, so even if his soldiers are trained hard, there are no complaints, when other armies are loose and loose, his army is like a command, after fierce battles again and again, there are fierce generals like He Shu and Yang Weizhong. Some people say that the Great Song Dynasty talks about loyalty, no one can compare to the family army, this is not false at all, now the seed master Tao in the name of loyalty, played the most thrilling battle in life, this battle is life or death, only look at the will of heaven, maybe this battle is meaningless, maybe this battle will win time for the arrival of the Dingguo army, in short, he will not regret it, let him watch the two Great Song emperors and members of the royal family were sent to Huining Mansion to suffer endless humiliation? He couldn't do it, and would rather die than do it. The spring breeze overlooks the earth, the withered yellow grassland overflows with a piece of blue, the breath of spring exists everywhere, but there is a desolate color in front of you, this is the Jurchen swept through Hebei, the village is dilapidated, the people are displaced, the cultivated fields in the field are unmanaged, and the spring days have lost their vitality. How bad the situation was. The planter knows it. There is no hope of life. He didn't want to hide it from these soldiers, especially since many of these sons and daughters were immature children, so how could he bear to lie to them? Just after noon, the Seed Master Dao received a military report from the front, and the Jurchen soldiers and horses would arrive at the Daimyo Mansion in two days, which means that there were only two days left for the army to prepare. This is a dilapidated village, because the people have already fled completely, so the Planter Dao is temporarily stationed in this village. The quiet in the private house was unusual, the needle drop could be heard, and everyone's faces were solemn, waiting for the seed master to speak in person. Seed Master Dao's mood was also very heavy, he thought about it carefully, and after a long time, he stood up with his head held high, looked at the generals under him, and suddenly bent down and bowed his hands to make a big salute. The planting master Dao behaved like this, but it frightened several generals. They hurriedly got up and saluted back, "Old general." What do you mean by that, and how can this be done? ”

"Generals, this battle is against the Jurchen army, and there are many auspicious ones, so someone is here to thank you. Now, I have come to Hebei, and there are still two days to go, if anyone wants to leave, I will not stop you! Seed Master Dao looked at the more than a dozen generals in the room, some of these people were newly promoted, some were old men who had followed for more than ten years, and two people had just been transferred from the Jingying Forbidden Army to Jingdong Road, but it was a pity that Yang Weizhong followed He. As soon as the planter said this, everyone was moved, and the planter said so, which was clearly telling everyone that the battle was almost dead and lifeless, everyone was silent, they bowed their heads and thought about the stakes, but after a long time, no one left, among them, Chengxuan made Cao Ying's commander Xue Tian arch his hand and said, "Old general, what kind of family are you, since the brothers came to Hebei with you, they didn't plan to go back alive, and when they became soldiers, they had already pinned their heads to the waistband of their trousers." The barbarians broke me in Tokyo and kidnapped my Majesty the Great Song Dynasty, and I should try my best to stop it, so don't say what the old general said, wouldn't you look down on the brothers in the house. ”

"Yes, old general, just give the order, we are not greedy for life and afraid of death, let's let the barbarians taste the power of this battle, our Great Song Dynasty can not only determine the national army to fight" Everyone looked at me and said a word, the crowd was excited, but what about the teacher, his eyes were already full of muddy tears, but he tried to control it, so he didn't let the tears flow. What a good son, but in two days they will follow him on the journey of death.

Soon after, the village beat drums and gathered generals, and an army of more than 10,000 people gathered in the north of the village, listening to the teachings of the planter, none of the young soldiers were willing to leave, even if the planter promised not to stop the people who left and paid them, but these soldiers just did not leave. Just like a soldier thinks, the old general is so good to them, if he leaves at this time, is it still a person? Fighting with the Jurchens, the big deal is death, the big man is the husband, even if he is an old general, what is there to fear if he dies in Hebei? A shout rang out from this dilapidated village, roaring to welcome the coming war.

The host road is stormy, the first battle of Hebei, the sky is blue outside the Daimyo's mansion, the ink grassland, who can stop it for thousands of miles. The master of the cultivation used his life to bloom the last wonderful, but in Taiyuan Mansion, the man at the peak of the Great Song Dynasty was patiently waiting for the opportunity. When the news of Bianliang City was broken and the Chu Palace's mansion was trapped, Zhao Yougong sighed helplessly, he knew that the master was determined not to come out, and she was staying in Bianliang City with a heart of death. Zhao Yougong had to admit that he was really hungry for prestige, because enough prestige could bring a lot of convenience to what he was going to do next, but the teacher did this, but Zhao Yougong felt a sense of guilt in his heart. In fact, Zhao Yougong can feel that there has always been a knot in the teacher's heart, that is, her identity, the former Deyuelou Oiran, the first leader of Tokyo City, and the woman who used to be Zhao Ji, this is a stain on her life that cannot be erased. She didn't want to fight for anything, she just wanted to have a glorious deed and be able to enter the palace of King Qin openly. A person like Shishi, according to the rules, cannot enter the ancestral tomb after death, let alone enter the ancestral ancestral genealogy, let alone enter the imperial tomb, she does so much just to let her name leave a mark on the Zhao family tree.

Genealogy is a symbol of family inheritance, where all the records of a family from ancient times to the present, if you can't even enter the family tree after death, then how can you talk about coming to this world? Living in the Great Song Dynasty, so to understand the psychology of the Great Song people, if it is the 21st century, who will care about these, don't say that they care, that is, how many young people know the genealogy? Most people have forgotten their genealogy and forgotten where their roots are. Zhao Yougong felt that he needed to do something. If he doesn't do anything. The master will definitely die. From the moment she stayed in Bianliang, she didn't think about living, she hoped that her death would win the respect of everyone in the Qin Palace, so that her body could be buried in the tomb of the King of Qin. Life cannot be the same, death is the same sleep. Will the teacher go to Huining Mansion? Hehe, she doesn't even want her life, will she go to Huining Mansion? To be alive is just waiting. Waiting to take a look at the one you love the most.

Holding the letter sent from Bianliang City, Zhao Yougong gently closed his eyes. Sanniang frowned lightly and stood quietly behind Zhao Yougong, there were many women in the Qin Palace, and they didn't understand why Master Li would do this, she stayed in Bianliang City to clear the threat behind His Highness, but it also brought constraints to His Highness's decision-making, because His Highness was not a real cold-blooded butcher. But Sanniang can understand the teacher's thoughts, when he used to. She also suffers from gains and losses like this, and she does not have an innocent body. There is no decent identity, there is only a past that has been spurned by others, and she needs to do something to make herself better. Saying that Master Li is for himself, it is better to say that it is just to let the women of the Qin Palace no longer despise her, maybe many people have not said it, but too many people look down on Master Li. Why should she, a dirty woman, preside over the affairs of Bianliang, and why should she, a woman with bad deeds, be favored by His Highness?

"Official, don't worry too much, now Wanyan Zongwang doesn't dare to take the master, and now if you want to save the teacher, it's not impossible!" There are some things that Sanniang didn't say, in fact, you can understand it if you don't say it, if you want to save your master, you have to make corresponding concessions, there is no other way, Wanyan Zongwang doesn't commit any offense against Master Li, that's for these.

Zhao Yougong already had a certain number in his heart, he turned around and hugged Sanniang in his arms, stroked Sanniang's delicate face, and his thoughts seemed to return to a few years ago, "Sanniang, are you tired of being a woman of this king?" ”

"No" Sanniang shook her head with a smile, although she still smiled coldly, it gave people a kind of warmth, "Sanniang never felt tired, just because the teacher was too stupid, as long as the officials paid for it, what did they care about so much false fame?" ”

Sanniang has always been very open-minded, she doesn't care about any identity or false name, even if she is said to be like a snake and scorpion, she doesn't care, it's enough to live a good life. It's a pity that the teacher can't do this, and she will never be able to become Hu Sanniang. I was about to call for future deliberations, when I saw Mei Jian hurriedly walking in from outside the arch, "Master, the old general of Hebei has sent his family here, and the prince of the small seed has also come in person." ”

Well? Zhao Yougong secretly said that it was not good, the planter went to Hebei, and the planter went to Taiyuan Mansion, it seems that things are a little bad. Zhao Yougong really didn't want the Seed Master Dao to stop the Jurchens, doing that would be a mantis arm as a car, and there would be no benefit at all. But can you stop the Seed Master, this old minister who is loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, it is simply impossible for him to watch the two generations of emperors being sent to Huining Mansion. Sighing, followed Mei Jian to the living room, and took the handwritten letter from the Seed Master, Zhao Yougong looked patiently, in fact, the Seed Master Dao didn't say much in his heart, just a few words. But Zhao Yougong frowned, and his heart beat wildly.

"The ministers are destined to make the Daimyo's mansion, may His Royal Highness send troops as soon as possible, the sons and daughters are looking forward to it, don't let the Great Song Dynasty lose the last trace of faith!" A few words, one stroke at a time, but it seemed to be dripping with blood, Zhao Yougong's heart couldn't help but tremble, and the planter said that this was forcing him to send troops with his life. The last trace of faith in the Great Song Dynasty is he Zhao someone, the way of the planter, the way of the planter, why are you so pedantic, why do you have to follow the hopeless court to the death, the power of faith is very strong, but he Zhao Yougong wants to maintain this Xinyang, there is no need to fight for Zhao Ji. The master will use his life to compose a hymn to life, but he Zhao Yougong can't agree, the master is still in the hands of Wanyan Zongwang, and he will not have a conflict with the Jurchens until he gets the master back.

Waiting for Zhao Yougong to finish reading the letter, the planter knelt on the ground and said emotionally, "Your Highness, I hope you will send troops to rescue my brother as soon as possible, please!" ”

The middle master is old, but he kneels on the ground and begs like this, Zhao Yougong can't bear it, but he still shook his head, there are some things that he can't agree to, even if there is no teacher, he can't choose to start a war near the Daimyo's Mansion. He will intercept the Jurchen army, but it is in the area of the Baigou River and the Yongding River, not the Daimyo's Mansion, "General, if you care about the old general, please ask the old general to leave the Daimyo's Mansion, this king will not let his subordinates go to the Daimyo's Mansion to take risks." ”

The military deployment of the Dingguo Army, the division knows a little bit, and now most of the troops of the Dingguo Army are gathered in the northeast of Taiyuan Prefecture. The target is much more flexible. It can cooperate with the Yingzhou army to attack Nanjing Xijin Mansion. It can also be directly inserted into the area of the Baigou River and the Yongding River, but if you go to the Daimyo's Mansion, it will be a bit of a matter of giving up your advantage. In other words, in the first battle of Hebei, the Dingguo Army fought if it wanted to, but it didn't fight if it didn't want to, but my brother was different, his temperament was too upright and loyal to the court. They would never watch the Jurchens take the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty across the line of the Baigou River, so they could only block it in the Daimyo's Mansion. Hey, brother, brother, why are you like this, His Royal Highness King Qin doesn't care about the life and death of the official family at all, he can't wait to finish Yan Zongwang slashing the official family with a knife, counting on him to save it, isn't it just a pipe dream? It's not that there has been no persuasion among the planters, but it's useless at all, and the reason why the way of the planter is the way of the planter. The reason why he has such a high prestige is because of his loyalty and heroism.

Zhao Yougong helped the seed master up. Looking at the old and depressed face of the seed master, he smiled bitterly, "General Seed, I hope you can persuade Brother Ling again, if he wants to fight, please move troops to the north bank of the Baigou River, no matter what happens, Han Shizhong and Wu Jue can also rescue in time, north of the Daimyo's Mansion, this king will not take his own soldiers to risk." ”

Zhao Yougong's words are a little cruel, the lives of the soldiers of the Dingguo Army are lives, is it true that the lives of my brother and others are not worth anything? It's a pity that most of the Dingguo Army are the children of Guanzhong, they just like Zhao someone, the Dingguo Army only fights for the King of Qin, and the others, I'm sorry, whether they are dead or alive is a lively look.

Soon after he left, Zhao Yougong held an emergency meeting, and Han Shizhong, Wu Jue, Wu Liang, Yang Zaixing, Pang He and others on Hedong Road all rushed to Taiyuan Mansion within two hours. Looking at the generals present, Zhao Yougong's heart swelled with infinite pride, once upon a time, he envied other people's fierce generals, and now it is the turn of others to envy him. Especially Yang Zaixing, the rising star in the army, has a kind of momentum to overshadow Wu Jue, after years of fighting, Yang Zaixing can be said to be invincible, and gradually won a nickname, called "Yang Dare to be", which means that Yang Zaixing is not rigid in fighting, but as long as he fights, he is not brave and forward, and his sons and daughters are united and forward like wolves, invincible and invincible. If you are mature and steady, you can't compare to Han Shizhong and Yelu Dashi, but if you break the enemy in the battle formation and fight with cavalry, Yang Zaixing can always be unexpected.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the situation is a little wrong now, the old general of the seed master Dao has laid out heavy troops in the north of the Hebei Daimyo Mansion, I am afraid that it is more than auspicious, in short, the old general of the seed cannot die in vain, otherwise this king will not bear it, so the previous plan has been changed. Han Shizhong, after you go back, immediately pull out the battalion and lead the troops to Yingzhou to meet Concubine Xiao and Marshal Yelu. Liangchen, your burden is very heavy, whether you can intercept the Jurchens and completely inflict heavy damage on the soldiers and horses of the Jin State depends on whether you can defeat the Xijin Mansion in time. Wu Jue, Yang Zaixing, this king ordered you two to withdraw the soldiers and horses of Xiongzhou, and all of them were stationed in the area of Tang County. If Concubine Xiao leads the Yingzhou army to break the Xijin Mansion, you will go all out to the east to the Yongding River, and then Concubine Xiao and the Marshal Yelu will also send people to help the Yongding River, and the king will fight a decisive battle with the Jurchen barbarians in this Yongding River. If you can't take the Xijin Mansion within three days, you won't be able to go out, so it can only be said that Providence wants the Jurchen barbarians to pass. ”

Zhao Yougong said that the change is really too big, according to the original plan, the Dingguo army can rely on Xiongzhou City on the front line of the Baigou River to block the Jurchens south of the Baigou River, although Xiongzhou is in the hands of the Jurchens, but since the Dingguo Army dares to go to the Baigou River, it is sure to take Xiongzhou. There are two advantages to starting a big battle with the Jurchens in the Baigou River, one is that with the Baigou River as a moat, the power of the Jurchen cavalry will be greatly reduced, and secondly, if the battle is too tragic, the Dingguo army can also retreat north to the Yongding River, which can be said to advance or retreat. But if you storm the Jinfu and then fight in the Yongding River, it will be a bit of a complete battle, a battle will be a battle, it seems to be heroic and chic, but the risk is not small, in case this battle is the loss of the Dingguo army, then it will be a big injury, at least this defeat, five years can no longer stop the expansion of the Dajin country.

No one blames Zhao Yougong, because His Royal Highness Zhao was also forced, the cultivation of the master is too upright, he thinks about the imperial court, but he does not think about the Dingguo Army, and the Dingguo Army will never consider the imperial court, especially the members of the royal family, life and death have a fart relationship with the Dingguo Army. Two generations of officials have been taken prisoner. I didn't even have the courage to commit suicide. has already lost Da Song's face. Do you need someone else to fight for face?

Han Shizhong knew that the matter was serious, so he didn't dare to slack off, and left in a hurry with the order, and the rest of the people were also dignified, and after the detailed battle plan was issued, everyone left Taiyuan Mansion one after another. At the beginning of March of the second year of Jingkang, the spring breeze swept through the north, and there was a spring rain that continued to fall. Spring rain is as expensive as oil, everything recovers after the rain, but unfortunately there are no crops on the land of Hebei, and this rain is destined to come at the wrong time.

In Yingzhou Mansion, Xiao Zhiyun listened to Han Shizhong's narration, and her whole face became a little blue, hum, what do you say because of the way of the master, I am afraid that the reason for the master Li is indispensable, this amorous species. It's really distressing. It is not easy to lay down the Xijin Mansion in three days. You must know that Wanyan Zongwang had all kinds of preparations in the early stage, and it took a month to take down Xijin Mansion. However, the general order is the general order, Xiao Zhiyun still issued the order to march, "Marshal Yelu, let Yelu Sha withdraw the cavalry to Yizhou first, don't put too much pressure on the Jurchens, and in addition, order Zheng Biao to lead his mountain battalion to infiltrate Xiangshan." ”

As soon as Xiao Zhiyun's order came out, Yelu Dashi only felt a toothache, and it was better to let Yelu Sha give up the Zhuozhou area and return to Yizhou City, but it was too difficult to let Zheng Biao's mountain battalion sneak into Xiangshan, and it was even more difficult than the army to break through Xijin Mansion in three days. Xiangshan is just west of Xijin Mansion, and the Jurchens are tightly guarded, how can the mountain camp of nearly 4,000 people infiltrate? If you really let the mountain battalion sneak into Xiangshan, with the ability of the mountain battalion, it is estimated that a surprise attack can break through the gate to the west of Xijin Mansion, "Xiao Shuai, isn't this a little difficult for General Zheng?" ”

"Is it embarrassing for Zheng Biao? If he couldn't sneak into Xiangshan, why did Ben Shuai take down the Xijin Mansion in three days and let his subordinates fill it with their lives? Tell Zheng Biao, just say that this order was issued by His Royal Highness, don't look for Ben Shuai if you have grievances, if he can't sneak into Xiangshan, don't mention the matter of analyzing the Jinfu! Xiao Zhiyun said this and left with a cold face, and now a group of generals looked at each other, good guys, the big guys all smelled a smell of danger, Concubine Xiao is angry with His Royal Highness, let's not get involved in this kind of, it's not good to put yourself in. Now it's okay, no one will help Zheng Biao speak, and when the order reaches Zheng Biao's hands, Zheng Biao's anxious eyes almost swallowed the big porcelain bowl in front of him. What is this called, Concubine Xiao is angry with His Royal Highness because of Mrs. Li's matter, and she can't be angry with him Zheng Biaozi. But who did he complain about, who made Zheng Biaozi known as the "gold medal lackey" of Qin Wangfu. Now His Royal Highness is in trouble, others don't come out, he Zheng Biaozi has to come out.

It's so difficult to sneak into Xiangshan. But Zheng Biao still got out, he ran if he couldn't get in, couldn't he beat him, and he couldn't run away from the Jurchen barbarians? Slowly the mountains and forests, the terrain is complicated, the cavalry of the Jurchen barbarians has no effect, relying on two legs, can the mountain battalion still play with the barbarians? Although it is said that the Jurchens grew up between the white mountains and black waters, and are very familiar with the mountains and forests, the mountain battalion is a mountain special operations force, and if they can't even defeat the mountain people who have not undergone formal training, let alone the mountain special forces in the future.

In order to sneak into Xiangshan, Zheng Biao can be said to have racked his brains and gathered the whole battalion of soldiers and horses together to discuss the plan, but a group of big bosses and coarse people, there are only dozens of people who can come up with ideas, listen to it, it is not reliable. In particular, someone actually said that he attacked the mountain from the west and scolded Zheng Biao angrily, he sneaked into Xiangshan, if he attacked it, he still needed to worry? Besides, if you attack Xiangshan, how can you sneak attack the west gate of Xijin Mansion from Xiangshan in the future? Just when Zheng Biao was about to lose heart, a guy ran in with a military hat, "General Zheng, I have an idea, can you hear it!" ”

"Second baby, what are you talking about, if you have a trick, hurry up and say, if it is really useful, General Ben is indispensable for your benefits!" Zheng Biao didn't have much hope at all, because there were too many people who said this before, and in the end, they were all scolded by him, so they were a little numb at this time.

The second baby scratched his head and said in a low voice, "General Zheng, there is a cliff in the south of Xiangshan, you know, if we can hang a rope, with the skills of our mountain camp brothers, can't we climb up quietly?" ”

There is a cliff in the south of Xiangshan, which Zheng Biao knows, but the problem is that this cliff is too smooth, how can you hang the rope on it? "Second baby, after you finish talking in one breath, you should tell me, how to hang the rope? Can you still grow a pair of wings? Zheng Biao rolled his eyes, his tone was not too good, the place was too high, high and steep, and rock climbing was no fun at all. Light work? What are you kidding, no matter how good you are, you can't become a real big bird, and you can fly all the way? If it was really that simple, he had already borrowed the Flying God Marquis under General Yang, and with that kid's light skills, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to escape?

"Hey, General Zheng, don't worry, haven't you heard, the barbarian has been going to the city to find some women to go up the mountain recently, hehe, if we want to find a woman to help us, just secretly" Before the second baby finished speaking, he saw Zheng Biao's eyes shining, and the big slap slapped the second baby's shoulder, and the thin body of the second baby staggered, "Good boy, what a clever plan, a clever plan, when you sneak into Xiangshan, this general will remember your first work." Second baby, you go to the city now to find a few young ladies, ah, don't, it's better for General Ben to go in person, the province has leaked the news! ”

Zheng Biao patted his forehead and smiled stupidly, he was almost half stupid when he was happy, he had to find a reliable sister to do this kind of thing, and it was not much easier to find an upright sister in the kiln than to find an elephant in the ant colony. It's not that any sister is like Li and Cui Niangzi, most of those people are not very reliable, and when the money comes, their mouths are opened.

Zheng Biao was busy choosing a reliable sister, and a desolate atmosphere had begun to permeate the vicinity of the Daimyo's Mansion, because the Jin Army's army had already escorted more than 1,000 royal family members to the south of the Daimyo's Mansion. One by one, the royal family members were tied with their hands, and they lined up in a long human dragon, walking on the land of Hebei. Before, they were all glamorous, but now they are like beggars, they bow their heads, and they don't even have the courage to look directly at the Jurchens. Their weakness was of no use at all except to make the Jurchens more arrogant. If there is anyone who is treated well, there are only Zhao Fujin and Li Shishi, these two women, one is a woman who has been in love with Yan Zongwang for a long time, and the other is Zhao Yougong's woman, it can be said that they all have their own roles. As for the others, they are not treated so well.

Although Wanyan Zongwang has a strict military order and is not allowed to harm these royal people, but there are so many people in the royal family, where can Wanyan Zongwang manage it? Just yesterday, Wanyan Lou defiled a daughter of the clan, and after Wanyan Zongwang knew this, he also turned a blind eye, and as for Zhao Fujin's noise, it was only perfunctory. As for Master Li, she was just watching from the sidelines, since she had embarked on this path, she should know what the end would be, and if she couldn't bear the humiliation, she should have chosen it early. (To be continued......)