Chapter 597: Liao Jin
This is about to pass a year that is very important in the eyes of the countries of the North and the South. Because a lot can happen in a year.
For example, the Jurchen and Lu Qi became stronger, for example, Zhao Song and Khitan, and Western Xia were even weaker. For example, the refugees of the Liao country have revolted.
The snow was falling, and a Liao army of three or four thousand people marched with difficulty in the wind and snow. Snow covered everything, and the only reference they could make out their direction was the river on their side.
The cold winter has already frozen the river, and the destination of the resentment army is to follow the river to the colder north.
The cold wind is like a knife with a handle, cutting people's faces. Pharmacist Guo wears a fur hat on his head, and he still can't keep warm. If he can take a sip of the burning knife of the southern specialty from time to time, it will make him hot, even if he is the commander of the army with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, he will be frozen and can't help himself.
Even if he was marching in this snowstorm, he didn't know how many sergeants he would have to suffer from frostbite and frostbite. These people are all capable of resenting the army.
In May of this year, there was a great hunger on the roads in front of Liaoshan [referring to Liaodong, not the south of Yanshan], and the roads such as Qian, Xian (now Beizhen, Liaoning) were full of Su, and the people ate tree bark and cannibalism. In the states of the East Road, there were uprisings everywhere. The Han people Li Gao and Zhang Sheng gathered 100,000 people to revolt, and the hungry people joined the rebel army. Li Gao was defeated and sacrificed in Dading Mansion [Liaozhongjing] and Yeluma Wu. Zhang Sheng was defeated for the return of the king of Liaoxi and was captured and beheaded.
Although this uprising was short from its launch to its end, lasting only three months, it caused a lot of shock to the Khitans. After this upheaval, the situation in the Northland has entered winter, and it is a lament. But this is not the worst thing, the worst thing is that the negotiations between Liaojin and Jin have entered a dangerous stage.
In July, the Liao envoy Yelu Nuge and others brought Song, Xia, and Goryeo books, edicts, tables, and Mu to Jin, and Jin Nai sent Hu Tugon to Liao, saying: "Exempt from taking protons and the prefectures and counties to which Shangjing and Xingzhong Prefecture belong, and reduce the number of coins for the year. Jin sent the Liao envoy back to Liao, and said, "If you don't obey the words, don't send the envoy back."
This made Emperor Tianzuo's face hot, and most importantly, the high-level Khitan figures felt that the border was restless, and the short-term peace between Liaojin and Jin seemed to have come to an end.
If so, he began to dispatch soldiers and horses, and in this heavy snowstorm, he dispatched troops and horses.
The resentful army is one of them, and it is also the most powerless army in terms of logistical support. Without the help of Liang Shanjun, Pharmacist Guo felt that he would have survived this winter, and this resentful army could be reduced by half.
Now they were going to Fuzhou, the easternmost city on Shangjing Road. Yang Xunqing and Luo Ziwei, the commanders of the army there, wanted to lead people to reduce the gold, but the matter was not done carefully, and was heard by Yelu Yu, who was sitting in Jinzhou, and sent the resentful army to quell the chaos.
He was very reluctant to send Pharmacist Guo like this, how happy he was when he was in Yanzhou earlier? As soon as the ice floe in the sea melted, a large number of southern ships loaded with food and supplies sailed to Juehua Island, and the labor trade between the two sides was not too pleasant. And this Fuzhou is a bird?
In addition to the similarity of the name to Fuzhou in the south, how can there be a little 'blessed' place here?
Far away from the sea, civil unrest is frequent, and it is at the junction of Liaojin and Jinjin......
Compared with Juehua Island, it is simply a hundred harms and no benefits.
But his arms couldn't reach his thighs, and his heart was full of troubles and resentment, and he wanted to listen to the Khitans. Perhaps the only good news is the hat that Pharmacist Guo is now wearing on his head. Yelu Yujian's meaning is very clear, kill Yang Xunqing and Luo Ziwei, and the Fuzhou Assassin is Guo Yaoshi's.
The northwest wind tightened and loosened for a while, and continued to blow, and then it became fierce again. The snow and sand were swept up by the wind from the ground, and slammed down on the man, as long as he lifted the man down.
However, it was also Pharmacist Guo's luck, so Yang Xunqing and Luo Ziwei obviously didn't expect that in the snowy weather, Pharmacist Guo would lead his troops to Fuzhou.
At this moment, in the city of Fuzhou, it is in the midst of fire.
The Fuzhou judge Yelu Maitreya resolutely set fire to the Fuzhou Assassin Mansion when the chaos broke out, Yang Luo and the two had completely rebelled, and seven or eight of the ten soldiers and horses in the city followed Yang Luo and the two swordsmen, and the remaining people also ran five out of ten, and only a few soldiers were still loyal to the Khitan. The city has gone in general fashion, but there are still people who are not dead. He stood on a big stone in the courtyard and shouted loudly: "Brothers, listen, Yang Xunqing and Luo Ziwei here have betrayed the country and defected to the enemy, and without their ancestors, they are going to surrender the Jurchen barbarians." Our judge Yelu was loyal and unashamed, and was forced to commit suicide in the assassination office. For the sake of public and private interests, we can't spare these two black-hearted thieves. If there is a bloody liver and sausage, don't scatter it, and follow me to kill the thief. The man shouted several times, and ten bloody paces came to him with guns and knives. It's just that the general trend has gone, and it can't be reversed by one's own efforts.
Yang Xunqing and Luo Ziwei are not only from local families in Fuzhou, but also serve in the army all the year round. Seventy or eighty percent of the state soldiers followed the two to rebel, how could such a force be so small that they could resist it?
When Guo Yaoshi led the troops to Fuzhou City, he was still far away, and he could hear that something was wrong. Seeing the city gate wide open, Guo Yaoshi first waved his soldiers and horses into the city, and went to the street, but when he saw the people all over the street, he cried and cried, and he ran around regardless of the southeast, south, north, and west, but he heard that the soldiers and horses in the city were in flames, and the rebel army had controlled the east, west, and north of the city.
At the same time, from the center of the city, a raging flame rose into the air, covering half of the city circle in smoke. But it's the stabbing mansion.
Seeing the situation, Pharmacist Guo couldn't help but stand still and hesitate. Zhang Linghui said: "Unify the army and look, the four gates of the city are wide open, although there are many people in the rebellion, but they are all in chaos, it is a great opportunity for me, a godsend." "Already in the city, so that they can escape the battle? What's more, the high-class official hat on Guo Yaoshi's head has not been completely brought down.
Liu Shunren looked at the flames in the sky, and also said to Guo Yaoshi: "It is indeed a God-given opportunity. ”
As he spoke, the noise of people like the tide of the sea came from the east of the city. But someone was shouting, and Jin soldiers appeared outside the east of the city.
Guo Yaoshi's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he asked Liu Shunren to quickly lead his troops to investigate the number of Jin soldiers, and he and Zhang Linghui led troops to quell the rebellion.
There is a snow-covered plain outside the city of Fuzhou, and the sky and the earth are white. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and the sky made a strange sound like a long river bursting. The layer of snow on the surface of the float, which had not been frozen firmly, let the north wind lift, like the flying sand in the desert, and like the flying clouds on the mountain, across the mountains and fields, rushing southward. Inside this snowfall, there was an unbearable sharp cold air, which struck people as fast as a cut.
Liu Shunren turned over his long-haired sheep's fur, covered with a purple fur hood, and his wool was frozen into felt by the crushed snow, leading a cavalry to go straight around the southeast corner of the city and go straight to the east of the city. Guo Chang beside him said: "With such a heavy snowstorm, the thieves in the city will definitely not be prepared for our army to kill, and the Jin soldiers outside the city may not be expected." ”
"At present, our two countries are still negotiating peace, even if the Jin people are arrogant, I am afraid that they will not dare to start a war without authorization, trying to manipulate the Khitan tongue."
Liu Shunren seemed to understand what Guo Chang meant, and ran behind a group of people, cutting down trees and dragging them behind the horses, only making a posture of thousands of troops and horses. He drew his gun in his hand and led a cavalry to gallop away.
At this time, the northwest wind is blowing more and more tightly, and the snowflakes cover the sky and the ground, and they are facing the future. When Liu Shunren arrived in the east of the city, he only saw a few hundred and ten Jurchen soldiers, although he didn't know if there was an ambush behind them, but he was relieved first.
He called Guo Chang and taught a single horse to rush to the group of golden soldiers, who was not to be outdone, so he heard a whistle sound, and saw that one of the golden soldiers also gushed out, beating horses and galloping, rolling up snow flames, with the wind, like a white dragon.
Both horses galloped fast and met in the blink of an eye. Jin Bing roared, holding a mace in his hand and slashed his head. But Guo Chang shouted, turned his body, swept the tip of the spear with both hands, and stabbed the horse's head. The horse's eyes were glazed, and his front legs stood upright, and the tip of the spear went straight into the horse's belly. The horse stumbled twice, and the golden soldier fell to the ground. Guo Chang hurriedly shot him again and killed him.
The snow on the ground, the wind-blown snow, was stirred up by the horses' hooves.
But the sergeants on the side of the resentful army were shouting excitedly, Liu Shunren jumped on his horse with his spear, and was waiting for the shouters to come forward, and the Jin soldiers had already turned around and left. At this time, the wind rose again, and the snow covered the heavens and the earth, and the resentful army did not rush there.
And the battle in the city was soon decided. Even though the resentful army marched all the way, everyone was tired, but they were the elite of the resentful army, all of them were well-armed, and they had enough food to eat, and everyone was strong and healthy. When he arrived in Fuzhou City, he still had Yu Yong.
As for the rebels in Fuzhou City, they were already irritable, and because of the earlier fighting and the later looting, they confused the array. Now that the whole army of the resentful army has been killed, and an organized army has dealt with a disorganized team, the victory or defeat does not need to be said.
Five days later, the heads of Yang Xunqing and Luo Ziwei had already been sent to Yelu Yujian. The latter also believed in his word, and immediately issued a decree, so that Guo Yaoshi really sat on the history of Fuzhou Thorn.
But what this official did made Pharmacist Guo reluctant. On Chinese New Year's Eve, the army feast. Yang Lin was naturally the guest of honor.
Guo Yaoshi and other high-level officials of the resentful army came to Yang Lin with bitter water. But while Yang Lin, the golden leopard, was empathetic, he was secretly applauding in his heart.
Yes, Yelu Yu saw that this hand completely pushed the resentful army to the forefront of the Liaojin battlefield.
There are 15,600 people in the four divisions of this resentful army, many of them are fully armoured, and they have relied on the Liangshan army in the past two years, and they don't know how comfortable they are to live a small life - in horizontal comparison. But Yang Lin always kept in mind a fundamental problem, the resentment army is the resentment army, and they are not the Liangshan army.
Therefore, it is better for the resentful army to be weakened. In this way, they can be more close, rely on, and rely on the Liangshan army.
The Liangshan army gathered Guo Yaoshi and their troops in the north, that is, they were raising a vicious dog. They can't be called too thin, or they won't be useful; But you can't call them too strong, then they will be disobedient, and they may even bite back......
This kind of plan can be done but not said. People's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and the ghost knows what Pharmacist Guo thinks? These people are the Han people of Liao, and no matter how much they learn, they are also different from the Han people.
Thinking like this, Yang Lin sighed in his heart again, another year has passed, and he doesn't know when this northern land will belong to the Central Plains.
The first priority of the Liangshan Army next year must be to completely take Kansai. Secondly, I am afraid that it will launch a fierce attack on Gangneung, and the first target will not be Northland. Without waiting for the two countries of Liao and Jin to divide the victory or defeat, King Lu will not easily go into the water.
So, he's here, and he's going to boil, suffer!