Chapter 23: Traitors

Dongping Road, only more than two hundred miles away from Jinan, the storm that occurred in the entire Shandong Liangdao, also affected here, a group of mountain bandits who did not know where to come out tried to occupy the county seat of Xucheng, where Luzhi was located, but were repelled by the defenders who were waiting for it, but they did not have the strength to pursue, they could only protect themselves according to the city, after receiving the letter sent in the name of the Song people, they neither immediately recognized it, nor refused on the spot, the two sides seemed to have some kind of tacit understanding not to interfere with each other's actions, until one day was broken. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Things started from Changqing County, Tai'an Prefecture, sandwiched between the two, this county before the rule of the Yuan people, half of the county once belonged to Jinan Province, and the other half belonged to Dongping Province, and among this small half, there was a great man in the north, the Mongols first entered the Central Plains when they were enclosed several Han princes, the so-called one of the 70,000 households.

His title at that time was the Dongping Road march of ten thousand households, was about hereditary, therefore, also known as Dongping Yan, after the rebellion of Li Pu, Kublai Khan cut the power of the Han generals, as one of the Yan family was not spared. Of course, because of the loyalty they showed, the Yan family after the removal of military power still held many important positions in Shandong, except for Yan Zhonghu, the head of Jinan Road, the head of Dongping Road, and the sixth son of Yan, Yan Zhongyu, the reason why they were able to keep the county seat at the beginning was because of the Yan family's own family.

Not only that, in order to encircle the Yan family, Dongping Lu Daru Huachi, a position that should have been held by a Mongolian or a Semu person, was concurrently held by Yan Zhongyu himself, which was quite similar to the flag-raising system of the Qing people in later generations.

The roots of the Yan family are in Changqing, has been dead for twenty-six years, the Yan Shi tomb that was buried by the Yuan people is located in a small town called Queli under the Qingfeng Mountain when he started the army, and the relatives who stayed here for him are the relatives of the Yan family who stayed here, and the nearby clan fields are rented to the local people.

It's a pity that Liu Yu didn't come to reduce rent and interest, the small county town of Changqing is naturally not as stubborn as Dongping Road, and when the army like a red tide entered the county, he opened the city gate, and the local magistrate who had not even changed his crown and uniform knelt respectfully by the city gate with his subordinates and local gentry, and looked like he was being slaughtered.

"Where is Yan Shi buried?" Since they were unwilling to stand, Liu Yu was not reluctant, and directly ordered the person who knew the county and asked him to take him over.

Xu saw a civil official leading the soldiers, not the rumored murderous female devil, the county was not as scared as before, so he took them to the outside of the city immediately, and introduced him as he walked: "Yan Gongshan Ling is not far from here, the successive county governors have taken care of it, and the lower officials and others do not dare to slack off a little, there are regulations in the house, and every death day, there are people to sacrifice ......"

Soon, they came to the Yan ancestral tomb at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain, this cemetery covers a huge area, planted with pine and cypress everywhere, the wide road is paved with smooth bluestone, and there is a stone tablet that is higher than half of the human body at the entrance next to the road, and the stone is engraved with dense words, Liu Yu does not get off the horse and stop and watch.

"This is written by Mr. Yushan, and the epitaph in front of it is also his own handwriting." Seeing that he was very rude, the magistrate couldn't help but feel worried, and hurriedly stepped forward to introduce him.

Liu Yu was not interested in what Mr. in his mouth, and the words "East Parallel Platform Yangong Shendao Monument" were written on the head of the inscription, which showed that the main owner was right, and he was not appreciating the monuments, so he was too lazy to look ahead, and waved his hand: "Dig it!" ”

"Yes." The sergeants behind him shouted and rushed in together, both the magistrate who brought them here and the local tomb keepers were taken aback, they never expected them to have such an idea, the magistrate immediately knelt down in front of his horse and kowtowed again and again.

"My lord, I can't help it, Yan Gong is not luxurious in front of him, and there is very little burial after death, there is only one coffin in it, it is worth nothing, if the lord is interested, open a number, I will definitely try to make you satisfied."

"Yes, yes, the Yan family has no disobedience to what the adults want, and I hope that my subordinates will be merciful." Most of those who guarded the tomb were Yan's domestic servants, and it seemed that they had been following for many years, and more than a dozen people followed behind the magistrate and knelt down to him, but Liu Yu was not moved in the slightest.

"I don't remember giving birth to a son as old as you." The horsewhip in his hand pointed forward: "Qian Silk is not what I want, only this person is worth their trip." ”

In the shocked eyes of these people, he said with a straight face: "Yan Shi, first rebel against Jin, and then rebel against Song, the three surnames are slaves, there is no shame, their people should be Ming Zheng, their clans should be deeply respectful and self-reflective, according to the law, from their families, except for the first evil, the descendants will flow three thousand miles, and they will never be used." ”

Zhixian fell to the ground, unable to say a word, it seems that people are still strictly in accordance with the law, this person did have a short experience of returning to the Song Dynasty, but no matter what, exhuming the coffin and killing the corpse is an extremely serious insult, not only the Yan family can not accept it, but his local parents are the same, who knows how long the Song people can stay, and when the Yuan people come back, won't he be held accountable for the same.

"Those who are registered in the Yan clan, do you know what to expect?" Liu Yu's words were like sharp arrows, cutting open his heart, and the meaning couldn't be more obvious, either stand in line or ...... I will be with Yan's family.

"Xiaguan...... Yes, sir. Zhixian gritted his teeth and squeezed out these words, the dead Dao friend is not the poor Dao, he is not a resolute person, the threat of the Yuan people is still unknown, these Song people who don't even let go of the corpse are the top priority, and he also has his own relatives.

With the old horse leading the way, things have become much simpler, the Yan family living in Changqing County was uprooted, those with Shiyuan experience were directly put into prison, and the rest of the people were all sent to the coastal area. When he was done and returned to the cemetery, the magistrate found that the place had changed, the tall stone tablet had been pushed to the ground, the words engraved on it had disappeared, and the smoothed side was re-engraved with a few words.

"Traitors and their descendants are not allowed to live in Han soil!"

Several old stonemasons trembled and finished carving the words, for fear that these people would be dissatisfied, and they did not dare to raise their heads to lie on the ground, Liu Yu glanced at it, there was no typo, and raised his hand: "Will be escorted to Jinan Mansion and erect this monument to set an example to the world." ”

Several sergeants put the dug up corpses on the cart, and on their side, the Yan clan members who had been strung together in a long line by ropes had already hit the road, and there were everything from swaddling children to white-haired old decay, and the walls were pushed down by everyone, and the first to rush into their homes was to identify these people, who were the villagers they thought had given grace, and at this moment, looking at the skeleton that had long been unrecognizable, no one remembered the glory that this person had brought them, but avoided it.

As soon as the matter of Changqing was over, Liu Yu led people to Dongping Road overnight, their actions were not unpleasant, but when they arrived at the city, the city gate had already been closed, and it was obvious that these people had already gotten the news.

The banner of the Yuan people fluttered in the sky, a white banner on the head of the city, each defender wore a white scarf on his head, wearing a filial piety belt, and posed as a face of fighting to the end, Liu Yu looked at it with a clairing mirror, and sneered: "I have heard of the death of the Yan family, mourning from far and near, crying in the alley, the moon is endless, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

Changqing Zhixian, who was standing in front of his horse, asked himself unexpectedly, and replied after a while: "When Fang Sheng was in turmoil, Yan Gong restrained his soldiers, stopped killing, and helped the victims, which is still the case in Dongping, so the people's hearts are not known. ”

"I see, now that I have killed their benefactor, isn't it a trend of endless death?" Liu Yu continued indifferently: "As far as you can see, if you send people into the city to persuade them to surrender, will they be tempted? ”

The magistrate was stared at by him, and he really couldn't avoid it, so he had to bite down and "Xia Guan is willing to take a trip." ”

Dongping City is not a strong city, since forty years ago for Yan Shi, has been considered peaceful, including more than ten years ago close by Li Pu rebellion, has not affected their livelihood, Yan in order to recruit scholars, and the study of the palace, in this case, the city defense and the like naturally did not improve much, but the city is the city, once the defenders are resolute, they also have to take human lives to fill.

Just at such a cursory glance, Liu Yu understood that these people were completely brave for a while, the sparse city was not even full of people, and the attire of the guards also knew that most of them were family members, holding a variety of weapons in their hands, and most of them were long sticks, and the iron ban of the Yuan people, even if it was a hardcore supporter like Yan, he had to obey it, so even if there were tens of thousands of people in the city, he was not afraid at all, ten households and a kitchen knife, can it be used to defend the city?

However, in order to give enough pressure to the other party, while sending the magistrate into the city, his subordinates also began preparations before the siege, the people outside the city were collected, and a large amount of wood was cut down into various utensils, under the threat of force, these people who had received the great favor of the Yan family did not have much choice, and none of them would lose their lives in vain for those so-called favors.

All this was done under the noses of the defenders, Liu Yu just wanted to show them, to see if they dared to point arrows at their fellow villagers, how determined they were, for the sake of a family with a surname to accompany the entire city?

Yan Zhongyu, who was dressed in filial piety in the Dongping Road Governor's Mansion, looked at the parent official of his hometown with an iron face, and pressed his fingers on the handle of the knife tremblingly, seeing that the other party was trembling, and he couldn't even speak.

"They had no warning in advance, and when they arrived at the city, the lower officials were already at a loss, and they had to open the door to accept the surrender, who knew that they were going to the tomb of Yan Gong, and the lower officials and the squires persuaded each other, but they were helpless, and said that we were acting for the tiger and helping to abuse, not only did not listen, but turned into Bengali, Yan Gong's coffin was not saved, and even the Yan family was arrested, and it seemed that they were sent to Jinan."

"I'm mad at me!" Yan Zhongyu pulled out the saber, and was frightened to learn that the county sat on the ground, the sword flashed like a skill, brushed his body and fell, splitting a fine rosewood stool in half, and rolling it on the ground with a "grunt".

"Sixth brother, this person is just a messenger, and it is useless for you to kill him." A scribe next to him made a gesture and pulled him.

Yan Zhongyu hatefully raised his knife and shouted: "Dissect the coffin and kill the corpse, Yan and him do not share the sky!" ”

The hall is dominated by literati, these people are from Yan's new establishment of the school, after Yan Shi gained power, in order to consolidate the rule of the family, deliberately befriended the scribes, and also the territory of tranquility, attracted many Jin people's remnants to go, for a time the name of Dongping Fuxue resounded throughout the north, most of them, have become the so-called ministers in the Zhongtong, Zhiyuan, and Dade years, and the scribe who pulled him was one of them.

"Mr. Benefit, Yan is out of order, and I hope to teach me." Yan Zhongyu vented a few words, facing the tens of thousands of troops under the city, there was no way to do it, so he had no choice but to consult these literati they respected the most.

"It doesn't make any sense." Li Qian, who was called Mr. by him, shook his head with the letter that was almost like a text: "Although we have not clearly attached to them, we have never harmed their affairs, why did we suddenly use this as an excuse to commit Dongping Road?" ”

"Zijing, what do you think?"

Another scribe took it and looked at it, equally puzzled: "Famous sinners, hardcore traitors? This is saying that I am waiting. ”

"Traitor? What is a traitor? ”

"Living in the land of the Han Dynasty, forgetting the surname of the ancestors, but in the name of Hulu, harming the Han people, flattering the fishy spirit, driving the length of the felt fur, groveling, servile and flattering, is a traitor." Li Qian is always in a hurry, and he can memorize the entire article after reading it once, not to mention that this kind of text is already catchy, he reads it happily, but the scribes are very embarrassed to hear it.

After the Song Dynasty crossed to the south, of course, they could no longer regard themselves as Song people in these areas conquered by the Jin people, so they followed the name of Yanyun Land that was ceded to the Liao people by Shi Jingtang, and became the title of Han people, the word "traitor" is a hat tailored for them by Liu Yu, and some people in later generations defended Zhang Hongfan that he had never been an official of the Song people, where can he be called a traitor? In fact, it is precisely because he is not a Song person that he should be called a traitor, because he is a Han person.

These here are all the same, the debate of Yixia has been in ancient times, but it is as fierce as it is today, it is really rare, and now it is somewhat similar to the time of the Five Hu Chaohua, and the remnants of them have become a nondescript type of people, not everyone in the school intends to contribute to the Yuan people, many of them have returned to the mountains and forests after completing their studies, this is another kind of struggle, and they are advocating to go out, and the Yuan people have always treated them very well, and slowly forgot the difference.

However, when has it been a time when someone will point at your nose and be scolded as a "traitor"? Where will I be comfortable in my heart, the article is still secondary, the Song soldiers are coming to the city, and they are refusing to give up when they see it, how will they deal with it? The army of the Yuan people does not know where it is, there are not many soldiers and horses in Dongping City, the total number is less than two thousand, and in a hurry, it is too late to recruit again, who would have thought that the Song people acted so quickly.

"What do the Song people want me to wait for?" Yan Fu, who is as famous as Li Qian and is known as the "Four Masters of Dongping", suddenly asked the point.

"Kaesong, Na Cheng." Li Qian glanced at Yan Zhongyu: "Hand over the Yan family." ”

"How?"

Everyone was shocked, and it was okay to hand over the city, after all, people had to bow their heads under the eaves, if the Song people could stay here, sooner or later there would be such a situation, but the Yan family was their benefactor, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they were unwilling, and before they could figure out how to negotiate, the earth-shattering military drums sounded outside the house, and the Song people attacked the city!

Yan Zhongyu didn't care about discussing anything, and rushed out of the mansion quickly, and all the scholars led by the "Four Heroes" looked at each other, and they all understood that this time they were afraid that they would not be able to hide, but what the Song people asked for was only the Yan family, was it necessary to accompany the people of the entire city?

Their hesitation did not stop the Song people's siege speed, the whole world heard that the Song people were good at defending and not attacking, but the team in Liu Yu's hands was all the previous Shandong Han army, they not only had siege experience, but also learned more from the Yuan people, such as the way of playing in front of them, driving the local people to fill the trenches, Liu Yu could not do it, but it did not prevent his men from doing it.

With Qi Baozhu's order, tens of thousands of people ran to Dongping City under the watchful eye of the Song army, holding sand, masonry, and even door panels, throwing things into the moat that dried up in winter, while shouting to the city as hard as they could, hoping that they would not release arrows downward.

They are all local folks, look up and don't look down, the few Han army defenders immediately put down their bows and arrows, in this situation, the thousands of households defending the city can't force them to come, otherwise it is likely to cause a mutiny, it is himself, looking at the neat Song army formation outside the city, as well as those tall equipment erected in front of the military array, the legs and stomachs are turning, this is not a bandit bandit, how can there be a little will?

"Why don't you release the arrows?" Yan Zhongyu Pegasus rushed to the head of the city, and at first glance, he was so angry that he almost fell down, the moat outside the city was not very wide, and it could also cause some inconvenience to the besiegers, such as tools or something If you want to push it to the city, you have to pay a lot of casualties, but now that it is being filled in little by little, how can this battle be fought?

"I can't let it go, they are all the people under his rule, as soon as this arrow is released, the fame that Yan Gong has easily accumulated, but it is all gone!"

Qianhu's words made him angry, Yan's foothold is to buy people's hearts, and the purpose of establishing education, protecting the territory and the people, and helping the people is all for this purpose, and if they shoot these people in order to defend the city, no matter what the final result is, they will no longer believe in the Yan family.

In this dilemma, the ditches and moats outside the city were quickly filled, Liu Yu glanced at Qi Baozhu beside him, and the latter quickly explained: "Fu Shuai looked at the last general, he couldn't take the city within half an hour, and he was willing to ambush the military law." ”

Along the passage filled in by the people, all the soldiers of the loyal army who had changed their new clothes pushed tall building cars, covered cars, ladders and other things, and pushed forward at the same time from all sides, in Liu Yu's lens, the defenders on the head of the city after the previous blow, no longer had the original fighting spirit, after the Song army entered the firing range, the arrows and stone bullets that came out from under the city head were also scarce, and he knew in his heart that Qi Baozhu's guarantee was still ambushed, which could take half an hour so long.

Sure enough, after just one round of attacks, cheers sounded on the city, and more and more sections were broken through, and the suspense of the result was gone, he put down the clairvoyant mirror and threw a roster to Qi Baozhu: "After entering the city, don't let go of any of the people above, the Yan family still uses the old method." ”

Qi Baozhu put away the booklet, the so-called old method is to let the people take the lead, this is not a siege, of course they will not shirk, this is the Yan family's lair, which has been in business for more than fifty years, and the savings can be imagined, and his goal, in addition to the Yan family, there are more important, those who are attached to the Yan family.

At this moment, a deafening cheer also sounded in front of his military array, Liu Yu Dingqing saw that the city gate in the distance was pushed open from the inside, and the banner of the Yuan people on the city also fluttered down, and Dongping City fell.