Chapter 95: Digging for Survival
Seven or eight miles south of Luancheng, Yang Ye led his subordinates and led a group of people to rummage and search among the dilapidated camp walls. In this area, many people also died, and most of them were officials of the former Jin State who were forcibly taken north.
The helmet was clipped to his waist, and his expression was tired, standing on the side, commanding. In last night's battle, Yang Ye slashed several Khitan generals and colonels in front and back, and shot and killed the Khitan general Yelu Barid, behaving extremely fiercely.
And Yang Ye's task is to find those Later Jin Ministers. Liu Chengyou had also ignored those people before, but he accidentally saw some surviving post-Jin bureaucrats in his own business, so he reacted and immediately searched and rescued.
He was followed by an official, Wei Renpu.
Wei Renpu was dressed in a coarse cloth coat, his image was not as good as taking care of, and his hair was in a messy bun, but there was still a sense of generosity between his eyebrows.
Extraordinary people do extraordinary things on their own. In the chaos last night, he did not panic like ordinary people, but calmly analyzed the situation, and saw the opportunity to encourage Ding Zhuang to work together to fight the Khitan. He has a very good memory, and he has long had insight into the situation of the surrounding guarding Liao soldiers, and attacked according to the situation, and defeated a Khitan without much effort. After dawn, he also organized people, appeased people's hearts, and led the crowd to take refuge.
Wei Renpu led the crowd to return, heard his situation, Liu Chengyou personally received him, although he did not talk in detail, but in a few words, he could feel his extraordinary, very satisfied with his organizational ability, and immediately took up his duties.
His eyes swept around, and seeing this tragic scene, Yang Ye turned his head and said to Wei Renpu, who was following him: "Mr. Wei, it seems that these Jin vassals are dead and injured in the chaos. Maybe those ministers have already died......"
"I heard that the Liao Lord attaches great importance to Feng Xianggong and others, and there are soldiers around him to protect him, so it shouldn't be like this!" Wei Renpu replied.
Yang Ye shook his head: "It's like the situation last night, such crazy killing, it is still difficult to protect itself, how can the Khitan people protect Han Chen?" ”
Hearing this, Wei Renpu sighed and pointed to the north: "If I remember correctly, these camps are all for the high-ranking officials of the Jin Dynasty, let's look for them along the way." ”
"It can only be like this, His Highness has an order, there must always be a result, even if it is to turn over this pile of corpses."
Beckoning a group of people, the search continued, and it took some time to get results.
The sun was shining, the wind continued to blow, and the bloody atmosphere on the battlefield seemed to dissipate a lot. In a camp on the river beach, Yang Ye and Wei Renpu couldn't help but be stunned as they looked at several Shi Jinzai courtiers who had crawled out of the hole.
On the flat riverbank, red knotweeds are dense, wild grass is overgrown, dead branches and leaves are soaked in the sandy soil, and there are remnants of the war attack everywhere.
Several holes were dug in the camp, small but deep enough for one or two, and the ministers were pulled out of them.
Since the battle last night, Feng Dao and these Jin ministers were also panicked. Although most of them have experienced the chaos of the rise and fall of the dynasty, there are fewer of them in this kind of chaos in the marching camp, their sense of security is too low, and their lives are threatened at all times.
After that, the turmoil that they had secretly hoped for was not extinguished, and when the shouts of "kill Hulu" were in their ears, the Khitan soldiers who protected them could no longer care about these Jin ministers, and scattered and died, each seeking to survive. In fact, Feng Dao thanked God for his blessing, and those Khitan guards did not take advantage of the chaos to slaughter them......
A group of people gathered here at Feng Dao, waiting for him to come up with an idea of how to take refuge. While the Liao camp was killing everywhere and the turmoil was intensifying, Feng Dao was calm enough and didn't panic like ordinary people and scurry around, which would only lead to faster death.
Instead, they gathered together the loyal servants around the courtiers, dug deep pits in the camp, hid in them, and covered them with a layer of planks, weeds, and dead branches, and sprinkled them with mud and sand.
The drama of digging to survive is bizarre, but it is unexpectedly effective. The slaves were eventually scattered by the rebels, but they were safely preserved. It wasn't until Yang Ye led people to pass by that he shouted for help and was able to survive. However, there were a few unlucky ones, probably because the servants were too faithful and covered too tightly, and they were suffocated directly in the pit.
However, the people who are alive can't help but cry with joy, thank God excitedly, they don't care about the image and bearing of any ministers and ministers, and they really only know the preciousness of life when they have tried it on the edge of life and death.
In contrast, although the old man Feng Dao was excited, his performance was quite calm, his body and face were all stained with mud, and he cleaned up the mud sticking to his white beard a little, and staggered to Yang Ye.
After all, he was old, and after this night of fright, Feng Dao's body and bones were a little unbearable, Wei Renpu saw the opportunity, and immediately stepped forward to support the old man: "Xianggong beware." ”
"Do you know the old man?" Feng Dao looked at him with some surprise.
Wei Renpu ordered someone to hand over a water bag and said to him: "In Lower Wei Renpu, I was originally a small official of the Privy Council, and I was fortunate to witness the true face of the Prime Minister. ”
"You are Wei Renpu? The old decay is in the center, and I have heard of it. After looking at Wei Renpu a few times, Feng Dao showed a little tired smile and said. However, whether or not they have actually heard it is unknown.
After taking a sip of water, Feng Dao bowed his hand to Yang Ye and said, "Thank you General for saving your life." ”
"Don't thank me, if you want to thank you, thank Your Highness!" Yang Ye returned the salute and said, "If it weren't for His Highness's order to search, I'm afraid that the princes would be buried here." ”
"Your Highness?" Feng Dao opened his old eyes and asked urgently: "Dare to ask the general, you are the Longqi Army, under the command of the second prince of Hedong!" ”
Although it was a question, Feng Dao's tone was very affirmative, and when Yang Ye replied affirmatively, this old man directly got rid of Wei Renpu's support. I didn't know which direction Liu Chengyou was in, so he simply bowed in the direction of Taiyuan in the west to express his gratitude.
The other Jin ministers, when they learned that it was Liu Chengyou who saved their lives, learned from them, and after recovering a little, they also confided in their thanks, and in front of all the soldiers and people, their mouths were full of praise for Liu Chengyou.
As for whether it was sincere, it is up for debate, after all, it was the attack launched by Liu Chengyou that caused their fear and suffering this night, otherwise, in the Liao camp, with their status and identity, they could still live a very nourishing life.
Of course, I am always a little grateful, as far as the current situation is concerned, at least I don't need to enter the northern country again, be a courtier of the Khitans, and be a ghost in that foreign land in the future. And with their identity and qualifications, they will definitely be treated well by Liu Zhiyuan, and they have been replaced by several dynasties, and they are like this for the old ministers of the previous dynasty. This time, it is not "usurping" the country.
In the future in Liu Zhiyuan's new dynasty, they can always get some benefits, even if they don't have real positions, some lords still have them, and when the court situation is stable, it is not impossible to be a general and a general. As for those who lost their lives, they can only be blamed for their bad luck, and in such troubled times, bad luck is a sin.
In addition to these people rescued by Yang Ye, there were many other Jin ministers who survived.
Feng Dao, Li Song, Zhao Ying, Feng Yu, Li Huan, He Ning, Xu Taifu, Tao Gu...... This is a list of Jin ministers submitted to Liu Chengyou, and there are quite a few people, after all, they almost represent the entire Shi Jin court.
However, except for Feng Dao, Liu Chengyou basically never heard of it. That Tao Valley, it seems to be a little impressed.
Liu Chengyou did not meet with these Jin ministers for the time being, and only ordered people to be properly resettled. It's not that he doesn't pay attention to it, but he is so tired that after handing over all the affairs to Zhang Yanwei, Guo Rong, and Xiang Xun, he lay down and fell asleep.