Battered and unyielding

Chivalry rescues the tiger

Fan Zuliang, the commander of the Huaidong soldiers and horses, was captured, and the Suzhou assassin Nalan Banglie was like a treasure, persuaded Fan to surrender, and told the military deployment of the Song army. Fan Zuliang said categorically:

"Fan took the initiative to ask Ying, killed the enemy on the battlefield, but was killed by a traitor and fell into the hands of the enemy, only to die to repay the court, and it is impossible to make me surrender."

After hearing this, Nalan Banglie said slyly: "The Song people are all greedy for life and afraid of death, today I want to see if my board is hard or your bones are hard." Come on, call me! ”

Bang, bang, after a meal, Fan Zuliang's skin opened and his flesh bloomed, and he was covered in blood.

Nalan Banglie asked: Fantiha, to descend or not to descend?

If you don't fall, you'd rather die than descend.

For three days, Fan Zuliang died and came back to life, tortured, and never surrendered.

Nalan Banglie decided to send someone to Bianliang and hand it over to the left deputy marshal Bu Sanyu for disposal. In this way, thirty sergeants, led by a sergeant, escorted Fan Zuliang all the way north.

When the group arrived in Sangshu, something unexpected happened.

There is a young man surnamed Han in his thirties in Huangfutun Village, Anyang, Xiangzhou, named Han Qingsong. This person is Han Qingyuan's younger brother, after his brother sneaked into the Song realm, he made a fortune in business, so he dreamed of becoming a Song countryman, just because his parents were old, the brothers said that it was good, the elder brother was earning money outside, and the younger brother supported the second elder.

has an elder brother as economic foreign aid, his life is also rich, planting a few acres of land, he likes to dance with guns and sticks and do chivalrous deeds. Following the example of the Song Association, he organized a Huoyun Fitness Club with about 20 young people. The fire is golden, and the cloud is as fast as the cloud.

When the Northern Expedition of the Song Army began, Han Qingsong couldn't sit still, and convened all the members of the Huoyun Fitness Club to discuss how to contribute to the Song Army's war against gold. Everyone was indignant, some advocated attacking Anyang County and burning the county government, and some advocated organizing a loyal army of several hundred people to defect to the Song army. When it comes to specific questions such as where the Song army is now and how to defect, it is stuck.

Late that night, Han Qingsong slept soundly. Knock, there was a knock on the door outside the house, he got up in his clothes, asked who knocked on the door, and the voice of a middle-aged man came from outside the door:

"Second brother, open the door, I'm the eldest brother Du Youde."

Of course he recognized Du Youde, he was the elder brother of his sister-in-law, who had been doing business in Yanjing in the past few years.

Han Qingsong hurriedly opened the door, invited Du Youde into the house, woke up his wife, and cooked for his eldest brother.

Washing his face and eating a bowl of hot noodle soup, Du Youde perked up and pulled Han Qingsong, "Come, the second brother and eldest brother will tell you something important." ”

It turned out that while Du Youde was doing business, he also secretly collected information about the Jin Army and reported it to the Song Huangcheng Division through some channels.

Two months ago, there were all kinds of indications that the Song army was going to go on an immediate northern expedition, and at first he just wanted to collect as much information as possible about the generals of the Jin army and the deployment of the garrison. Inadvertently, after listening to the words of a Taoist priest, he felt that the matter was important, and tried to tell Han Pingzhang this point of view.

The ancestors of the Taoist priest were under the jurisdiction of the state of the Song Dynasty, who could be good at writing and martial arts, and after the change of Jingkang, he saw that the general trend had gone, and returned to the field to live in seclusion under Wutai Mountain.

Although the Taoist priest is full of wealth, he is not involved in officialdom, and when he also cultivates and reads, he travels to famous mountains and rivers and is familiar with the situation in various places. When it comes to major events in the world, there is a refreshing macro theory:

The general trend of the world will be together for a long time. Nowadays, Chixian Shenzhou rises together, the desert steppe has Mongolia, the Central Plains has Dajin, the southeast is Song, and the west is Xia. Tubo and Nanzhao in the southwest are scattered sand, which is not worth talking about. Among the four kingdoms, the Song Dynasty is the best, the military strength is the strongest, the Xia national strength is weak, the court is stupid, and the day of the death of the country is not long. Although the Song Dynasty is rich but has no good generals, there is no strong army, although the Mongolian state is late, Genghis Khan is a hero who has the world, coupled with the invincible iron horse, is destined to become a great weapon. After the death of Xia, Mongolia will inevitably cut gold, and then Song. The land of China tends to be unified. If you give up your previous suspicions and join hands to fight, the Jin and Song dynasties will still be able to establish a country.

Judging from the reality of the Song Dynasty, if you want to snow the shame of Jingkang and restore the Central Plains, you need to rely on the power of Mongolia, that is, when Mongolia is raising troops, take the opportunity to go on the Northern Expedition to succeed, otherwise it will be difficult to win.

After hearing this, Du Youde felt that it was very reasonable.

No, before arriving in Suzhou, the two armies had already started a war, and then the Song army was defeated, and a general was captured. After inquiring again, I learned that this person was Fan Zuliang.

In the summer of last year, Fan Zuliang, as a deputy envoy, went to Jin to congratulate Emperor Jin's birthday, and was ordered by Han Pingzhang to listen to the news in Jin, and also met Du Youde in Yanjing. I don't want to, I was betrayed by my own people, and after being captured, I was loyal and unyielding.

Speaking of this, Han Qingsong interjected: "Big brother, stop for a moment, what are you talking about this Fan, it was sent by the Seventh Uncle?" ”

Du Youde nodded, yes, Fan Zuliang is a civil official, but he took the initiative to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, where would he have thought that he would be handed over to the Jin people by his own people.

Han Qingsong patted his thigh and shouted, Big brother, Fan Zuliang has backbone, and he was sent by the seventh uncle, let's be saved.

Brother, you are a smart man, and we are looking for you for this.

It was getting dark, and a team of people who escorted Fan Zuliang walked swaggering on the official road, and when he saw that everyone was listless, he urged:

Brothers, when you mention the spirit of this mountain pass, you will go to Xiangzhou City.

Entering the col, the road becomes more and more difficult to walk, probably a few days ago, the road was washed away due to heavy rain. The prisoner cart was difficult to walk on, and it took more than a dozen people to push it forward slowly.

At this moment, dozens of people on horseback appeared in front and behind, and they couldn't help but say, take a knife and cut it, and the chief shouted: "What person? Before the words fell, Han Qingsong cut him down with a knife, and when he saw that he was not dead, he pointed a knife at him: The car was held by General Fan Zuliang?

Shi Chang broke his right hand and became a lamb to be slaughtered, nodding instinctively, calling Fan Zuliang, and the strong man spared his life.

Han Qingsong looked around, and the escorted Jin people were all in different places, and the prisoner car had been opened, so he stretched out his hand and stabbed him, resulting in his life.

A month later, Fan Zuliang returned to Yangzhou under the escort of Han Qingsong and a group of others. He did not recklessly enter the Xuanfu Envoy, but quietly found Zhu Yu, the deputy general of the Loyal and Righteous Army.

Seeing that Fan Zuliang escaped safely, Zhu Yu was overjoyed. Last summer, because of Li Shizhang's rescue, Zhu Yu returned to Zhenjiang, recruited hundreds of people, and volunteered to go on the Northern Expedition with the army. On weekdays, he respects Fan Zuliang very much and regards him as a life-saver. After listening to Fan Zuliang's twists and turns, he said with emotion: The sky has eyes, Mr. Fan, you are a good person and have good rewards. What do you do next?

Fan Zuliang said his thoughts: go to Guo Ren's Xuanfu envoy to report to the state, tell Guo to make Li Ruyi's state, and then see how the Xuanfu envoy arranges. Also, according to the strategic deployment of the Jin people, it is recommended to adjust the plan, because it involves confidentiality, he did not say.

Zhu Yu shook his head. This line did not work, and after the battle, Guo Ren only reported to the imperial court: the attack on Suzhou failed, and Fan Zuliang was wounded and captured. didn't mention the shooting of the loyal and righteous soldiers of the siege, let alone the fact that Guo Li Er sent you to the Jin people to save his life, Guo Ren and Li Ruyi privately threatened the soldiers who knew the truth, and if anyone said it, they would kill his whole family. Guo Zuo is Guo Ren's cousin, even if he knows the truth, he is unwilling to pass on the truth. If that is the case, Guo Zuo Li Ruyi is a capital crime, and Xuanfu makes Guo Ren also guilty of deceiving the imperial court. If you go, Guo Ren may immediately lock you up and defile you to defect to the enemy, Guo Zuo knows about it, and he still doesn't try to kill you?

What he said is indeed reasonable, what to do next, Fan Zuliang was confused for a while.

Zhu Yu saw that Yang Yuandao was a little stunned, and gave him an idea: Boss, without further ado, you will have a long dream at night, and ask those brothers to protect you, rush to Lin'an in the starry night, one to report the truth to Han Pingzhang, and ask Pingzhang to severely punish Guo and Li, and the other is to report peace to the family, so that uncles, aunts and younger siblings can rest assured, the injuries on your body are not neat yet, and by the way, you will take care of yourself at home. Loyal ministers and good generals like you are needed by the court, and the people welcome them.

Zhu Yu said disappointedly, Master Fan, relying on these military masters to fight, it is difficult to win in the sky, if it weren't for Han Pingzhang, I would have gone home to live my own little life.