Chapter Ninety-Three: Big Brother
Your family's Maxima? How do you say that? When Xu Weizheng was puzzled, the generals and colonels in the tent looked at him in surprise, the chief minister and the official worshiped the history of the Qinzhou assassination, the deputy head of the soldiers and horses of Jingyuan Road, and the deputy envoy was recruited by the strategy, and he was in the northwest from the beginning of the old Xu Jingluo, what is the origin of this posterior? Could it be that he is also the nephew of the Xu family?
Xu Wei stepped forward and saluted, claiming that he had seen the head of the capital, and the other party bowed slightly, showing a look of approval. He said in a deep voice: "Yes, I didn't disgrace your father. Xu Wei was stunned when he heard this, the old man's fame is really not small, and wherever he goes, when people hear his identity, they all say, oh, Xu Tianfu's son. I don't know what day, when people hear the word "Xu Zhang", they all say, oh, Xu Wei's father.
Seeing that his expression was different, the other party only thought that he was too tired and worried, so that he looked in a trance. It's hard to think about it, this fight is a big worm, the brothers of the Xu family count this lawlessness, the last time I went to see my uncle, this kid beat people to half death in the county, and people carried the injured to block the door of Xu's house to ask for an explanation, and he let his uncle beat him well! Thinking about it, time flies so fast, and in a blink of an eye, the boy of the year also came out and made such a great achievement! Our old Xu family, there is no one who is stunned!
"You don't know, he is the ninth elder of the Xu family, our five brothers, and he is the youngest." The deputy governor explained to the generals. Xu Wei was startled, and finally knew who this person was. In his father's generation, there are only three brothers, namely the late uncle Xu Mao, father Xu Zhang, and third uncle Xu Shao. In his own generation, the uncle has an only son, Xu Yuan, who is in the northwest. The third uncle has two sons, it is said that the fifth brother is an officer in Shandong, the sixth brother follows the third uncle, and the fourth brother and himself are in the father's house. Women do not have a genealogy, they only occupy ranks. Unexpectedly, the leader who came to help was actually the eldest brother Xu Yuan. I didn't expect that I was less than twenty years old in this life, but my eldest brother was an old man over fifty years old? However, I heard the fourth brother Xu Sheng mention it in the past, saying that the eldest brother was in the northwest and later participated in the battle of Liao. Presumably, he got the imperial edict and led his troops into King Qin, and defended Gyeonggi. Only now did he lead an army from Tokyo to reinforce him.
At this time, when the generals heard Xu Yuan say this, they all flattered him. is nothing more than praising Xu Weiyi's talent, he has done such a job at a young age, and his future is limitless. Among them, there was one person, in his early forties, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, with a fierce expression, and looked at Xu Wei and said: "Tianfu Gong was famous in the northwest back then, known as the first tiger general of the Western Army, I don't know how much the little official learned from him?" ”
Xu Wei saw that he was contemptuous, and said with a smile: "I am a lowly person who is shallow in learning, and I dare not compare with my father." However, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and there must always be the belief that surpassing the predecessors, otherwise, if one generation is not as good as the next, then this China has thousands of years of history, isn't it going backwards? ”
As soon as these words came out, they immediately won applause from the audience! The chiefs who were just perfunctory at first also looked at Xu Wei differently at this time. The scornful officer heard this, laughed and said nothing.
Xu Yuan seemed to be very satisfied, summoned his younger brother to stand beside him, and said loudly: "Get down to business!" I was ordered to lead troops to help, and the first task was to find out the situation of the enemy and me, Xu Wei. ”
Xu Wei responded, and in the face of the senior commanders, he calmly introduced: "The north bank of the pontoon bridge, as well as the Phoenix Mountain barrier in the river, have been occupied by the Jin army. Our unit defended the south bank and repelled several attacks by the Jin army in the past five days. This Jin Army is the Eastern Route Army of this southern invasion, which was commanded by the second prince of Jin State. Right now, the rebel general Guo Yaoshi is on the north shore. ”
After the generals listened, the general who spoke contemptuously at first questioned: "How many men and horses do you have in Jingsui camp?" "The strength of the Jin Army's combat power is unknown to others, but these people who lead the troops know best. Defend for five days in a row and repel several attacks, just rely on the men and horses of your township Yong battalion? Those few broken knives and broken guns?
"There are more than 3,000 township soldiers in the headquarters, and since the name came out, the remnants of the official army have been taken in along the road, and more than 2,000 people have been accommodated. More than 1,700 defenders on the south bank volunteered to stay, totaling 7,000 infantry troops and hundreds of horse troops. Xu Wei replied.
Hearing him say this, all the generals and colonels thought that it must be the main guard of the forbidden army of the imperial court, and the township soldiers assisted. That is, to help carry equipment, clean up grain and grass, dig stoves, cook rice, and so on.
Xu Yuan suddenly asked: "I heard from the soldiers you sent to Tokyo to ask for help, after you entered the border of Xiangzhou, you also fought a battle with the Jin army?" ”
Xu Wei hadn't answered yet, and all the generals looked at each other, laughing? Just his little country soldier? What are you doing against the Jurchens? I'm afraid that there are not enough people to stuff their teeth, and if you want to fight the Jurchens, you have to rely on our serious imperial court.
Knowing that these forbidden soldiers who were paid generously and ate white flour and dried meat looked down on the village soldiers, Xu Wei didn't bother to say much, and only understated the "small gains" and perfunctory. The generals will only treat him as prevarication, and will not ask questions. After Xu Yuan listened to the situation of the enemy and us, he decided to wait until nightfall to take over the defense by the officers and troops, and replace Xu Wei's headquarters to rest. After the discussion, Xu Yuan saw that Xu Wei was tired and urged him to rest for a while. To inspect defense affairs, it is acceptable for his deputy Zhang Qing to act on his behalf. Xu Wei insisted on accompanying him personally, and Xu Yuan had to force the order as a commander to work.
On the top of the Purple Mountain on the south bank, Xu Yuan led a group of officers to listen to Zhang Qing, the deputy commander of the Jingsui Battalion, report on the battle situation in the past few days. The pontoon bridge was in shambles, with fire, arrows, slashes, and blood stains that had turned black. There were also the corpses of the Jin army that had not had time to move away, lying on the ground, and I heard Zhang Qing say that just before they arrived, the Jin army stormed, and the south bank was almost lost. These officers of the imperial forbidden army couldn't help but secretly rejoice, if the south bank was lost and the Jin army crossed the Yellow River, this battle would not be easy to fight. Now, tens of thousands of my elite soldiers have arrived, and with the natural danger of the Yellow River, even if the Jurchens have millions of soldiers, they will never want to step across the Yellow River!
"Jurchen soldiers and horses, so majestic!" Standing on the Purple Mountain, overlooking the Jin Army camp on the other side, the general sighed solemnly. In other words, it is no wonder that we were defeated and attacked all the way from Yanyun to the north bank of the Yellow River, as if entering a no-man's land.
Xu Yuan heard it in his ears and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard Zhang Qing say: "The Phoenix Mountain Golden Soldiers have withdrawn!" Everyone fixed their eyes on the wall of Phoenix Mountain in the river, and the Jin army was hurriedly removing the pontoon bridge and heading to the north bank. I think it was because I found that the Song army's reinforcements had arrived, and I gave up my plan to storm the pontoon bridge.
The corners of Xu Yuan's mouth suddenly twitched, and when the Jin army saw that our army was coming to help, he knew that the strong attack would not succeed, could it be that he wanted to borrow a boat to carry soldiers and horses to cross the river? When he was in doubt, he suddenly looked at the northwest corner of the Jin army's camp, a cavalry rushed quickly, and before it stopped, the foot soldiers in the camp poured out like a tide, set up obstacles, and lined up in formation. Many soldiers climbed the tower and looked around, as if they were facing a great enemy.