Chapter 774: Raid on Yongcheng
The initiator of the attack on Zhao Ji was Liang Fangping, the chief of staff of Wanyan Xianye, this plan is very bold, and once successful, it will produce miraculous results, for this plan, Wan Yan Xian also returned to Yanshan Mansion to report to Wan Yan Sheng, the wolf lord of the Jin State, and Wan Yan Sheng finally approved this plan.
Wan Yan Xian also returned to the Daimyo's Mansion and continued to refine this plan, and finally decided to take advantage of the opportunity of the Song Dynasty's infighting to lure Zhao Ji back to Tokyo with support for Zhao Ji's restoration as bait, and they carried out a surprise attack on the way.
The mild-mannered Xiao Zhonggong lived up to his mission, successfully deceived Zhao Ji's trust, and bribed Cai You with a lot of money, and finally made Zhao Ji agree to cooperate with Jin Guo to carry out a coup d'Γ©tat in Bianliang, Tokyo, in mid-April.
The 20,000 cavalry that raided Zhao Ji was led by Wanyan Zongwang, who secretly crossed the Yellow River from Xiaowangzhuang and wiped out the 300 garrisons there, but later burned down the barracks where the 300 soldiers were stationed when they lit the fire, but inadvertently triggered three earth-shattering thunderbolts hidden in the barracks, which alarmed the division.
Wanyan Zongwang led 20,000 cavalry all the way, and finally arrived at Bianhe on the second night, just in time to meet Emperor Zhao Ji, who spent the night in Yongcheng County.
Zhao Ji lives in a wealthy family in Yongcheng County, and at the end of the watch, he and his two concubines hugged each other and slept sweetly, when a violent knock on the door suddenly woke Zhao Ji up from his dream.
"What's the matter?"
He roared in exasperation, he had been emperor for decades, and he had never heard a knock on the door in the middle of the night, disturbing his sleep.
In just a moment, a eunuch crawled outside, and said in horror: "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, the golden soldiers are here!" β
Zhao Ji screamed in fright and rolled out of bed, and the two concubines also screamed in fright, looking around for their dresses.
Zhao Ji didn't care about the two concubines, ran to the door barefoot, and asked in a trembling voice, "Jin Bing..... Where is Jin Bing? β
"The Jin soldiers have been killed ten miles to the west, and Captain Gao has led the army to meet the battle, Your Majesty hurry up!"
At this time, the two concubines had already put on their dresses and ran over with Zhao Ji's official uniforms, and several eunuchs also came in, putting on clothes for Zhao Ji, and the two personal guards almost ran out of the door with Zhao Ji on their left and right, and several war horses had been prepared at the gate.
As soon as Zhao Ji came out of the gate, Cai You rushed to report, "Your Majesty, Captain Gao's army has been defeated, and the Jin soldiers have been killed on the west bank of the Bianhe River." β
Zhao Ji was so frightened that he was helped on the war horse by the guards, and rushed to the north city without urging the horse, the two concubines were stunned and looked at the emperor and his party running away, no one cared about them at all, they were actually abandoned by the emperor, the two were panicked and afraid, so they had to run back to the house and beg the owner for refuge.
Zhao Ji didn't say that it was two new concubines at this time, even if it was his own children, he couldn't take care of it, he and Cai You rushed out of Beicheng, and happened to meet Fan Qiong with 5,000 troops and received Zhao Ji.
"Your Majesty, there are also Jin soldiers in the south, and Weichen suggested taking refuge in Yingtianfu!"
Songcheng County is the closest city to Yongcheng County, about 150 miles away, where the city walls are tall and strong, and there are thousands of troops in the city, which is the most ideal place to take refuge.
Zhao Ji was already so frightened that he had no idea, and said in a loud voice: "Then go to Yingtianfu!" β
Fan Qiong led 5,000 soldiers to escort Zhao Ji, and took advantage of the dark night to rush to the direction of Songcheng County, Yingtianfu, in the north.
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The day gradually brightened, the corpses on the west bank of the Bianhe River were all over the field, the blood flowed like a river, and the 30,000 Tianlong forbidden army was almost slaughtered by the 20,000 fierce Jurchen cavalry, including the 8,000 people killed on the battlefield and the more than 20,000 people who were slaughtered after surrendering.
The Jin soldiers looted the belongings of the forbidden soldiers, and threw tens of thousands of corpses into the Bianhe River, building a 'corpse bridge', and 20,000 Jin soldiers stepped across the corpse bridge and chased them north at a gallop.
Wanyan Zongwang has learned that Zhao Ji has been escorted north by soldiers, it is estimated that he fled to Yingtianfu, the city of Songcheng is tall and strong, he did not bring any siege weapons, he can not attack the city at all, he is also anxious in his heart, he can't care about sacking the county seat, immediately waved his army to the north, thousands of Jiangnan Xiang troops hiding in the city actually escaped the slaughter of the Jin soldiers, and when the Jin soldiers went north, thousands of soldiers who were frightened escaped from the city one after another, and fled to the south without their lives.
Tens of thousands of residents of Yongcheng County were also frightened by the massacre outside the city, they were afraid that the Jin soldiers would kill back again, and began to pack up their softness, help the old and the young to flee from the county, and began to flee south on a large scale, and Zhao Ji's two new concubines also fled back to Jiangning Mansion in an ox cart, and they also brought the news of the Emperor's accident back to Jiangnan.
After running all night, the soldiers were exhausted, Zhao Ji was also so tired that he almost fainted, at noon, they arrived at a small town, the town is called Huiting Town, there are only thirty or forty households, and they have entered the territory of Yingtianfu, but there are still seventy miles away from Songcheng County.
The army that followed Zhao Ji to flee north was not the forbidden army, but the box army of Jiangning Mansion, they were originally dissatisfied with the high treatment of the Tianlong forbidden army, at this time, Fan Qiong didn't bother to care about them, just let them solve the breakfast by themselves, the soldiers were already hungry, as soon as they entered the town, they began to loot food from house to house, the town suddenly chickens and dogs jumped, scolding, crying sounded, Zhao Ji also turned a blind eye to the looting of the soldiers, he also counted on this army to protect him Songcheng County, there is no need to offend them.
Zhao Ji sat in a tavern in the center of the town to rest, with only one eunuch and five guards left by his side, as well as Cai You and Cai You's two henchmen.
At this time, Fan Qiong sent two plates of thick bread, "Your Majesty, if you only find this bit of food, let's pad your stomach first!" β
Zhao Ji sighed, had to pick up a dry noodle cake, and drank water while gnawing it, the dough cake was very dry and difficult to swallow, Zhao Ji turned around, and saw Cai You sitting aside, so he reluctantly smiled: "Cai Aiqing also come and eat a little!" β
Cai You glanced at Fan Qiong vigilantly, waved his hand and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Weichen will rest first and eat later." β
"Your Majesty, Weichen went to inquire about the news."
Fan Qiong turned around and walked out, walked to the door, but quickly stared at a few wooden boxes beside the two family members, turned around and left.
Fan Qiong is Tong Guan's general, once followed Tong Guan to fight with the Liangshan Army, and later followed Tong Guan south to the south of the Yangtze River, suppressed the Fang La rebellion, after the war was recommended by Tong Guan as the Jiangning Mansion soldier and horse envoy, in charge of the Jiangning Mansion of the three thousand Xiang Army, Zhao Ji arrived in Jiangning Mansion, he was reused, was named the general of the left guard, Jiangnan East Road Xiang Army commander, commander of 10,000 Xiang Army.
Fan Qiong walked into a teahouse and sat down, and ordered two of his generals to be called.
The three of them sat at the small table, and Fan Qiong smiled gloomily: "I'll tell you a piece of news, that Cai You will bring three boxes when he escapes, what do you say will be inside?" β
The eyes of the two subordinates lit up, "Of course it's gold, silver and jewelry!" β
"It should be gold, when his two servants unloaded the box, I heard the sound of metal striking, we can't let go of this opportunity to make a fortune."
A general hesitated, "It doesn't matter if you kill Cai You, but what about the Emperor?" β
Fan Qiong patted him on the shoulder, "There are still seventy miles away from Songcheng County, do you really think that the two legs of the brothers can outrun the four legs of the Jin cavalry?" β
"What does the general mean..... Surrender? β
Fan Qiong sighed and said, "I thought about it all night, this time we will either die under the golden sword, or we will be promoted and rich." β
"Tie up the Emperor Taishang and dedicate it to Jin Bing?"
Fan Qiong narrowed her eyes and said slowly: "Cai You's gold will be divided equally between the three of us, and Zhao Ji will be dedicated to the gold people, let's be promoted and make a fortune together, do it or not?" β
"It's done!" Two of his men slammed their fists on the table.
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Zhao Ji was a little uneasy, turned back to a guard and said, "You go and tell General Fan, I'm afraid the Jin soldiers will chase after you, we have to leave quickly!" β
"Your Majesty, we'll leave right away."
More than a hundred people poured in outside the gate, and the person at the head was Fan Qiong, Zhao Ji was taken aback, and quickly stood up, "General Fan, what are you going to do?" β
Fan Qiong glanced at a general next to him, and the general immediately walked towards Cai You with more than a dozen people, and said with a smile: "Cai Xianggong, let's help you move the box!" β
Cai You hurriedly waved his hand, "You don't want to move the box, we can do it ourselves." β
As soon as his words fell, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, he lowered his head, only to see that a sword had pierced his chest, Cai You was horrified, and pointed at the general who killed him, "You.... You ....."
"You shit! Toast without eating and drinking, go to death! β
The general pulled out his sword and stabbed Cai You into the right chest with a sword, both swords hit the vital point, Cai You was killed instantly, and more than a dozen soldiers stepped forward to cut down two family members and split a box, 'Whoa!' Roll out dozens of gold ingots.
"It's gold!" The general shouted in surprise.
Zhao Ji watched Cai You die in front of his eyes, almost fainting with fright, at this time, Fan Qiong waved his hand, and the soldiers rushed up and killed all five guards, leaving only Zhao Ji and an old eunuch who were trembling all over.
Fan Qiong laughed and shouted, "Your Majesty, please get on the ox cart!" β
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The ground shook the mountains, the dust covered the sky and the sun, Wanyan Zongwang led 20,000 cavalry to kill like lightning, there were still three miles away from Huiting Town, only to see someone waving a white flag in the distance, Wanyan Zongwang shouted, "Slow down the horse!" β
The soldiers sounded the speed drum, and the 20,000 cavalry began to slow down, and the inertia of the cavalry ran out for another two miles, and the 20,000 cavalry finally stopped.
At this time, Fan Qiong was naked, stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Song General Fan Qiong, willing to serve the Jin Kingdom!" β
Wanyan Zongwang pointed at him with a horsewhip and shouted, "Where is Zhao Ji?" β
Fan Qiong turned his head and pointed to the ox cart behind him, "It's in the ox cart, the last general will dedicate him to the general!"
Wanyan Zongwang glanced back at Xiao Zhonggong, Xiao Zhonggong immediately turned over and dismounted, galloped away, he opened the car door and looked at it for a while, then turned back and gave Wanyan Zongwang a thumbs up.
Wanyan Zongwang suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and after being aggrieved for nearly half a year, he finally caught the emperor of the Song Dynasty with his own hands.