Marquis Zhao Yu died to protect Chuzhou

Xue was martyred in Anyang

Han Baofeng lived in the Han Mansion for three months, and he saw all the scenery in and around the capital, and the adult children of Xiangzhou Zhongxian Wang saw everything he could see. Emperor Zhao Kuo personally received her and rewarded her father for his heroic deeds.

The old lady was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth and pulled Han Yanxuan, "Seventh brother, the fourth sister has now made a name for her father, and she has also seen many younger siblings and nephews, and she is living a heavenly life here, and she is blind to death!" ”

"Fourth sister, you live a down-to-earth life, and a good life is still ahead."

The Song Dynasty's commendation against the Jin martyrs this time was massive. The military forces of all prefectures and counties in the list were announced: All civil and military officials above the ninth rank who sacrificed their lives in the previous anti-Jin wars, their families, children, and colleagues can report to the National History Museum, and after screening, write deeds and write them into the annals of history.

Fourteen people were selected by the Political Affairs Hall. Among them, the deeds of Zhao Li, the pacification envoy of the Lianshui Army in Sizhou and the knowledge of Chuzhou, are the most touching.

This is a military general who was born in the military, a native of Zhangyi Village, Xuzhou, who was recruited as a soldier because of his bravery. In the early years of Jingkang (1126), the Jin people invaded on a large scale, and the bandits rose up. In the third year of Jianyan (1129), the Jin soldiers attacked Xuzhou, and the soldiers and horses gave the king to defend the danger and ordered Zhao Li to supervise the battle, Zhao Li was shot by six arrows, but the more he fought, the more brave he became. Because of his bravery, Wang Fu comforted him with tears in his eyes. Later, the city fell, and Wang Fu's family was killed except for his only son, Wang Xiu. Xuzhou Taishou Zheng Bao was also executed. When the city was broken, Zhao Li and Jin Bing fought in the streets, snatched the city gate and tried to escape, but were knocked out by Jin Bing. It rained lightly at night, and Zhao Li woke up. Kill the Jin army guards, find Wang Fu's body, and bury it with your hands.

Zhao Li secretly contacted the villagers and wanted to regain Xuzhou. The army of the Jin State returned to the north, and Zhao Li led the remnants of the army to chase and kill behind, capturing thousands of boats and ships, and the morale of the army was boosted. took the opportunity to recruit villagers and recaptured Xuzhou. Zhao Li was awarded the title of Zhongyilang and the governor of Quan. Zhao Li played for the king to rebuild the temple. Whenever Zhao Li encounters an expedition, he must lead the generals to pray in front of the temple: "You died for the country, and after you die, you will definitely bless those of us who survived in the underworld." ”

In the spring of the fourth year of Shaoxing, Chengzhou (now Gaoyou, Jiangsu) was captured, and Chuzhou became more isolated, and Zhao Li sent people to the imperial court to complain. Chuzhou, now Huai'an, Jiangsu, is an important city guarding the Huai River and canals. The city was defended by less than 10,000 men, and there were contradictions among the armies. Zhao Ding, the Privy Councillor, sent Zhang Jun to relieve the siege, but Zhang Jun refused to go, Zhao Ding said: "Jiangdong's products are all produced by two Huai. If you lose Chuzhou, there will be danger, if you Zhang Jun is afraid to go alone, I am willing to pass with you. Zhang Junzhi's division still shirked, so he appointed Liu Guangshi to supervise the towns of Huainan to rescue Chuzhou. Li Yan of the East China Sea reached the Huai River first, but was blocked by the Jin soldiers and could not advance. Xue Qing of Gaoyou went to Yangzhou and was killed on the way to the battle. Wang De arrived in Chengzhou, just pretending. Guo Zhongwei of Yangzhou stood still in Tianchang, looking left and right. Only Yue Fei of Hailing can be rescued, but there are few people and horses, and they are outnumbered.

After Gaozong saw Zhao Li's recital, he sighed and said: "Zhao Li sticks to the lonely city, even if he is a famous general in ancient times, there is no way. Later, Liu Guangshi was asked to mobilize troops five times, but Liu Guangshi knew that it was difficult to break the siege, so he just blindly prevaricated.

Jin Jun knew that foreign aid had been cut off, and sent Zhao Li's old friend to persuade him to surrender. This person said to Zhao Li, Chuzhou is now a lonely city, you surrender now, the Jin army will protect you for glory and wealth, and will treat the people well, if you blindly resist, and finally provoke the Jin army to slaughter the city, can you be worthy of the people in the city?

Zhao Li said, the gold thief killed my whole family, I just died, and I won't be a traitor like you. So they took the man out into the street and burned him alive.

In September, the Jin army attacked Dongcheng, Zhao Li recruited strong men to burn the ladder of the Jin army, but the fire burned in reverse, Zhao Li sighed: "Could it be that God doesn't help me." After a while, the wind changed direction and burned a ladder, Zhao Li was very happy, and watched from the steps of the city tower, and was hit in the head by artillery, and the people around him quickly rescued him. Zhao Li said: "I can't destroy thieves for the country." After saying that, he died of anger. He was only 37 years old.

After Zhao Li's death, the staff officer Cheng Kuo took the town to guard Chuzhou. The people of Jin Guo thought that Zhao Li had cheated to death, and they did not dare to act rashly. It took more than ten days for the city to fall.

Zhao Li has never read a book, but he is loyal by nature. He is good at riding and shooting, and he doesn't like to make money, and the items he gets are distributed to the soldiers as money. If you find someone fleeing, you will shout loudly, pull him by the hair, and behead him in anger.

Although Chuzhou fell, it bought time for the Great Song Dynasty, so he is often compared with Zhang Xun during the Anshi Rebellion.

When Xuzhou fell, Zhao Li's wife and children died at the hands of the Jin people, as early as the Shaoxing period, the imperial court openly looked for Zhao Li's relatives, and there was no one. This time, Wang Weiyi, the grandson of Wang Fu of Xuzhou Soldier and Horse, took the initiative to report. At that time, Wang Tizhi had a family of eighteen people, except for the youngest son Wang Xiu, all of whom died under the sword of the Jin people.

Five-year-old Wang Xiu fled south with his old housekeeper and settled in a remote village outside Chengzhou. When Wang Xiu grew up, he vowed that his children and grandchildren would not be allowed to become officials from now on. Because he was grateful to Zhao Li for burying his father, he taught his children and grandchildren to repay Zhao Li.

In the summer of the second year of Jianyan (1128), tens of thousands of Jin soldiers besieged Xiangzhou, Song Tokyo stayed behind to control Xue Guang with troops to hold on, a month later, the ammunition ran out of food, the city gate was killed, Zhizhou Zhao did not try to commit suicide, Xiangzhou has been based on the Jin people since then.

This historical fact is provided by the great-grandson of Zhao Buxian. Zhao Buqian was a native of Yuezhou, and when the Jin besieged Xiangzhou, he ordered the housekeeper to flee south with his wife and concubine and three children. Along the way, he was full of dangers and hardships, and finally returned to his hometown, only the housekeeper, his aunt and his second son survived. According to Zhao Zhizhou's aunt's wife, General Xue was a native of Shaanxi and was in his thirties at the time.

The imperial court showed that not succumbing to strong enemies, coexisting and dying with the city, killing for righteousness, and sacrificing their lives for the country are also heroic martyrs who should be commended.

The imperial court decided that the three divisions would allocate funds to build a martyr's shrine for these martyrs. In Huangzhou, the martyr's shrine was established for Han Hao; In Chengzhou, for Zhao Li, Wang Fu set up the martyrs' shrine, in Yuezhou for Xue Guang, Zhao Butry to set up the martyrs' shrine.

Now that the martyrs have sacrificed their lives for the country, they can no longer let their descendants shed tears and suffer. For the martyrs of the Loyal Martyrs' Shrine, the imperial court is looking for their heirs, giving them pensions, and those who are willing to be officials will be hired by grace.