Chapter 135: Bitter Fruit

Xu Wei couldn't do it, and there was thunder in his chest. And the face is like a flat lake. But the former body must learn to regulate its emotions, and its mood is invisible, so as not to let people see what you are thinking. But when he heard Xu Shao's words, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

Seeing his nephew like this, Xu Shao seemed to have a hint of pride on his face, returned to the chair and sat down, and said with a smile: "What? Scared? ”

"A little bit." Xu Wei also smiled. A family of martial artists wants to become a general. At least two conditions must be met. First, there must be a leading figure who holds an important position, has sufficient qualifications in the army, and has outstanding military achievements. Second, this family must have a group of children who are also martial artists, and these two are indispensable. The second generation of the Xu family. The eldest brother Xu Yuan, the fourth brother Xu Sheng, the fifth brother Xu Hong, and themselves are all officers. It is said that the eldest brother and the son of the late second brother also held military positions, which can be regarded as satisfying the second article.

But what about the head of the Xu family? Although the old man was a famous general of the Western Army in the past, he had been away from the battlefield for many years, and now although the official worships the deputy commander of the military department, he does not have a single soldier or general in his hands. The official title of the third uncle's privy deputy envoy is indeed prominent, but he is a scholar.

"Since the defeat in the Liao attack, the problems exposed by the officers and troops have become more and more serious. The three western armies of Chong, Yao, and Zhe became a fig leaf for the Song army. These three are all Jiangmen without exception. However, the party members took the opportunity of the battle between Song and Jin and captured several places in our country. The Western Army is held back by this, and it is unlikely that all of them will be thrown into the fight against Jin. Therefore, almost all of our Xu family was summoned to Beijing. Xu Shao said with a solemn expression.

Xu Wei was also confused about this matter at the beginning, when Zhao Huan summoned the representative of the Western Army in the forbidden, no matter who was surprised by Xu Zhang's presence. Now that the third uncle mentioned this, it seems to make sense. Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Xu Shao sigh: "Actually, our Xu family has become a general. Your uncle, your father. And me. Earlier, they were all under the family of farmers. Later, your uncle repeatedly made military exploits, and the court looked at it. It is said that he is ready to designate the post of envoy of Huanqing Road to him, and transfer your father and I together. But due to the sudden death of your uncle and your father's entry into the military division, the matter was settled. But nowadays. Your eldest brother has been promoted to the deputy envoy of the Economic Strategy, and your fourth brother has also joined the ranks. Your fifth brother has also become the chief of soldiers and horses in Qingzhou, although you are only a seven-rank martial artist, you have the title of "with imperial equipment", and you have more than 20,000 troops under the control of the three ya. Do you know what the officials mean by this?

Before Xu Wei could answer, Xu Shao seemed to know that he didn't know the inside story, so he asked himself and replied: "Let me tell you the truth, from the entry into Beijing to the expansion, and even the later equipment rationing, the selection of the station, and the promotion to the army, all of them are arbitrary decisions of the officials and cadres, and they have not asked the opinions of any ministers. And you don't have it now, you have tens of thousands of soldiers and beggars, and you are in the key place of Gyeonggi, but no one has ever troubled you. Why? It is because the official family deliberately presses your rank, although you have a lot of credit, but deliberately does not promote you. As a result, instead of being suspicious of you, some ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee are holding grievances for you. Of course, your cautious personality is very busy. If you don't believe it, wait and see, as long as the flamboyant Yao Pingzhong leaks arsenic again, it will definitely be pushed by the wall

Hearing this, Xu Wei couldn't help but smile: "The third uncle also promoted me, I am just a township soldier leader, and I am still a chemical martial artist, is it necessary for the official family to be like this?"

Xu Shao stared at him, shook his head and said: "The official family naturally won't cultivate only one person, you, Yao Pingzhong, Zhe Yanzhi, Liu Guangshi and others are all the objects of his cultivation. Although you are less qualified and younger than the others, the official family has let you train your soldiers and horses, and you have not even let anyone interfere with the control and training of the Hujie Township Army. I came because of the Battle of Purple Mountain, and the establishment of your department made great contributions and slapped the face of the forbidden army. The second is to see what is the difference between the troops you brought out and the forbidden army. Let me tell you this, sooner or later, the official family will let you out. ”

Xu Shao said these hidden secrets, Xu Wei himself guessed a little. But hearing these words from the mouth of the Privy Councillor, Xu Wei was still a little excited. In this way, after Zhao Huan ascended the throne, the two things he cared about the most were to try his best to eliminate the influence of his father Zhao Xuan, and the other was to increase the cultivation of his own team. The minister and the commander of the three yas are easy to change, but the generals with the troops cannot move lightly. Therefore, on the one hand, he won over the old ministers, and on the other hand, cultivated the younger generation of military attachés. Coincidentally, he was among them. But frankly speaking, compared with Yao Pingzhong, Zhe Yanzhi, Liu Guangshi and others, his weight is still too light. But that's fine, if the portion is less than 1, no one will pay attention, and there will be a lot less trouble.

"If it's really as the third uncle said, then I should be more diligent and attentive." Xu Wei said with a smile.

"Not bad! The official family is so important to the Xu family. All the children of the Xu family should be engraved with five small powders to report! When Xu Shao said this, he was a little emotional. Even clasped hands and waved fists. Xu Wei agreed repeatedly, acting more excited than him, but he didn't think so...... Xu Shao repeatedly instructed him to return to his husband and prepare for the contingency situation. Che'an and other regrets

In October of the first year of Jingkang, the Song-Jin war situation was still in a stalemate. Under the city of Taiyuan, the corpses of the Jin army were piled up. In the last southern invasion, there were thousands of soldiers in the city, the equipment was poor, and the food and grass were insufficient, and they still held out for more than half a year. Now the seed master is personally sitting in Taiyuan, the number of troops has increased greatly, and the equipment is more sophisticated. The Jurchens often launched a large-scale siege every day or two, using all the tactics they could use, and Taiyuan still stood tall.

On the second day of October, when the Jin army's spirit had been lost, he sent elite soldiers to rob the Jin camp at night, although he only cut more than 200 levels, but it greatly shook the heart of the opponent's army. For a time, the generals of the Jin army asked for a long-term siege of the "lock city law" again. He also said that the last time he went south, he marched into the army in November, and he had to go back to escape the heat when the climate was hot in May and June of the following year, but this time he went south ahead of schedule and trapped him for eight months. After eight months, it will be an impregnable wall, and it will turn into soup!

The commander of the Jinxi Route Army, Mu Han, was furious, severely reprimanded the generals for their slackness and cowardice, and urged the three armies. Siege the city with all its might. This time to the south, there was a plan for a long time, and the west road must be opened to prevent Emperor Song from escaping westward. Second, to meet with the East Road. If Taiyuan can't be stopped, everything is empty talk!

In contrast, the situation in Zhending is much worse than in Taiyuan. Its strength is already insufficient, and it was severely damaged by the Jin army last year, and now it is not personally escorted, and the people's hearts in the city are already floating and the army's morale is scattered. At this time, the Song court rulers "carefully" plotted to scrape, and the reinforcements from Qingcang and Qingcang approved by Zhao Guan's royal pen arrived respectively.

Originally, Zhending worked hard to support, and with reinforcements arriving, the morale of the Song army should be boosted. But it was the Jurchens who were happy. Since they came out of Yanyun, they have traveled to the Hebei region of the Great Song Dynasty, and every time they hit a wall, they are in the clear wilderness everywhere, and they can't hold out. Now someone actually took the initiative to send it to the knife, so how can they not like it?

Cangzhou reinforcements of nearly 40,000 troops, when they reached the outskirts of Yicheng County, they were defeated by the Jin army, which was waiting for work. In less than half a day, tens of thousands of troops were routed on all fronts. The golden spirit rode to cover the killing, and the Song army ambushed the corpse for dozens of miles. The losses were extremely heavy. And the post-war inventory. I was stunned that there were no corpses of several officers. The result. Even after hearing the news, he felt unbelievable, and asked the commander who led the army, are you sure that the Song army has tens of thousands of people? Your ministry is only six or seven thousand. After receiving an affirmative reply, he was overjoyed and asked Guo Yaoshi, "What will be the end of the Song Dynasty in the 60th year?" Guo strongly encouraged him not to dwell on Zhending, not to care about one city and one place. The army should go straight to the Yellow River and enter Tokyo!

I was not quite moved, and I was not yet finalized. A basin of cold water poured down his head.

On the tenth day of October, Song Qingzhou's reinforcements rushed to Zhenfu to capture Luling in Luxian County. The Jin army, which occupied the deer, was encouraged by the defeat of Cangzhou reinforcements and went out of the city to meet the battle. Yu was defeated by the Song army in three formations. According to the soldiers who fled back to Zhending, the Song army had a strict lineup and could not disperse. And how strong the bow and giant crossbow. It's incredibly powerful. The horses of the cavalry of the Jin army were shot dead. Six or seven out of ten, so defeated.

He was not angry, and sent Yinshuke's brother to lead 8,000 elite soldiers to break it. The Song army was blocked with their backs, showing the intention of fighting to the death. Seeing that his army was neat and well-deployed, he did not dare to attack rashly. Then he won the deer in the heavy battle, and asked the second prince to send troops to help in the battle.

He did not follow his words, and sent 3,000 cavalry to fight. On October 17, a bloody battle broke out between the Song and Jin armies. By the second day, there was still no winner or loser, corpses were strewn all over the field, and the river was completely red.

This shocked the Jurchens, who were accustomed to witnessing the great defeat of the Song army, and by noon on the 18th, the Song army was the first to escape. Ba Lixun seized the fighter plane and personally led hundreds of warriors to pursue, the Song army was killed and wounded more than 20,000, and finally died.

Less than five days after the Qingcang reinforcements were annihilated, the important town of Hebei finally fell. When the Jin army entered the city, they were angry that the soldiers and civilians insisted on resisting, and sent soldiers to advance in all directions. Regardless of the reason, kill them all. Later, seeing that the results were not great, he tried his best to be a man of true determination and rushed out of the city. Or drowned, or killed, tens of thousands of victims!

The news returned to Tokyo, and the imperial court shook! Zhao Huan panicked and tried his best to block the news so that the people would not know about it. He also summoned the Minister to discuss countermeasures. But such a tragic defeat, and a bloody case that had not been seen since the founding of the country, shocked the ministers of the Great Song Dynasty. When they came back to their senses, Geng Nanzhong, Tang Ke and others suddenly rose up to challenge the main battle faction represented by Li Gang and Xu Churen, accusing them of "focusing on war discussions, losing their teachers and wasting money" and not understanding military affairs. The staff officers under the jurisdiction commanded chaotically, and suggested that the officials should remove the phase. Get out of Tokyo! And as soon as possible, he sent envoys to sue for peace with the Jin State, and informed the commander of the Jin army of the situation of dealing with the ministers of the main battle faction, and ceded the land of the three towns, and asked the Jurchens to strike the army. If not, the foundation of the 166th year of the Great Song Dynasty is in danger! (To be continued)