Chapter 548: Reversal of the Situation

"Marshal, the rest of the Jin army who disarmed and surrendered is easy to say, but the Han'er army is arrogant, and it is impossible to be a prisoner! Fuck it, it's all angry to see the lowly one! Li Chengwei scolded while following Xu Wei. Niu Wen full text (牛文~网)

Han people, Han children, it doesn't sound any different, but there are still a few differences. The Han Chinese were the overwhelming majority of the ethnic group under the rule of the Song Dynasty and were generally known as the Nanren. Han'er is a Han nationality under the rule of Liao, and its customs and habits, language and writing are almost the same as those of the southerners, but in the point of "national identity", the southerners are often blindly confident. I always think that if it is not my race, its heart will be different, and that is my race, and it must be the same heart as mine.

This idea proved to be wildly wrong. During the period when the Khitans ruled the north, because of the implementation of the Han system, respect for Confucianism, and the adoption of a relatively moderate ethnic policy, the Han people in Liao did not regard Liao as a state of Diyi, nor did they regard the Great Song Dynasty as the "motherland". In their concept, Liao is the Northern Dynasty, Song is the Southern Dynasty, two courts in one country.

Therefore, in the previous Song-Liao wars, the figure of Han'er can always be seen everywhere. Liao died, the Jurchens sat in the country, and Han'er became the pawn of the Dajin Kingdom again. Especially after many years of warfare, the Jurchen army source is seriously insufficient, and the enthusiasm is greatly weakened.

When Li Chengwei accompanied Zijin Tiger to the northwest corner of Guancheng, the soldiers of the Western Army were fully armed, holding guns and bows to guard the disarmed Han'er army. On the city, the crossbowmen even kept the equipment in firing condition. Before Xu Wei arrived, he listened to the noise of people, and when he looked over, he saw the surrendered men standing or sitting, looking loose.

There was a *** voice shouting: "Whether it's a Khitan or a Jurchen, they will give us food, what?" When it comes to the Nanren, why did you let me starve to death? ”

His companion then chimed in, shouting, "Bring the bread and the meat, Lao Tzu has no food in his stomach!" Even if you want to kill, you have to make us a full ghost! ”

"Hurry up! Damn! Is there meat? Where are you officials? ”

"Hey, I heard that this is the Purple Gold Tiger Xu Jiu's troops? Hey, don't pestle like a wooden stake, go and invite you Xu Dashuai to come, our brother will ask him for food! ”

Thousands of people shouted and shouted, and the western officers and soldiers who were guarding them didn't care, but when they heard them mention the big handsome, they couldn't get angry. An officer suddenly had a seizure, grabbed a knife with his backhand, and rushed into the crowd! Seeing the man who screamed the loudest, he grabbed the placket of his shirt and dragged it out, and said through gritted teeth: "Come on!" Lao Tzu is close to you! ”

"What have you done! Spread out! The troops around him suddenly rushed over to block the way. The officers and soldiers in charge of guarding the city around and on the gate didn't look good, and they all showed their weapons and pulled round bowstrings!

Xu Weili was on the sidelines, turned his head and glanced at Li Chengwei, who said angrily: "Dashuai saw it, right?" Is this a fucking captive? All of them are uncles! I really want to pit all these birds! ”

After Xu Wei heard this, he said casually: "The Han is all nonsense, but he scolds the Han people to the city. They know that we don't have the habit of killing prisoners. Tell me to go down and let the man get some food. As soon as he finished speaking, the dispute in the field became more and more intense, the officer grabbed the knife in one hand, grabbed the placket of Han'er's clothes with the other and wanted to drag it out, and the prisoners next to him swarmed up and surrounded him, but he didn't dare to do anything. But when the soldiers guarding the field saw this, they all rushed forward with their weapons, trying to suppress the situation. The more you mess up, the more messy it becomes......

Zijin Hu frowned, turned his head sideways to Li Chengwei, and motioned for him to step forward to stop it. As soon as the latter received the order, he drew his saber from his waist, waved his hand and shouted: "Follow me!" ”

Xu Wei's guards, all composed of tall young men, with bright armor and well-armed equipment, followed Li Chengwei and strode towards the field.

When the captives on the periphery saw this situation, they knew that it was not good, and the noisy ones immediately shut up, and those who stood immediately squatted down. Li Chengwei's bald head was shining in the sun, and he ran all the way over, kicked away the captives who stood in the way, and led the guards to the field. Don't talk nonsense, cling to the knife, and stabbing one of the captives who surrounded the officer!

The soldiers who followed were even more terrible, and the snowy blades flew up and down, slashing blood everywhere! After a cry of horror, the captives of *** all dispersed. Looking at the struggling companion who fell to the ground, touching the blood splashed on his face, he looked at the mighty officer with a bald head and braids in shock.

"Trouble! Trouble again! Li Chengwei carried a bloody machete and shouted.

The captives were silent, one of them, probably also an officer, pointing at the officer of the Western Army who was surrounded by them before, as if he wanted to justify something, his mouth opened, and as soon as he made a faint sound, the knife in Li Chengwei's hand swept over! The skull bounced up and fell to the ground, blood spurting from the neck, and the headless body stood for a moment before falling to the ground.

"Who has anything to say?" Li Chengwei has a hideous face!

The standing captives slowly crouched down, and there was a dead silence in the field. Seeing this, Li Chengwei ordered: "Drag it out!" ”

The soldiers dragged the corpses and pulled out the blood trailing out of the crowd. Everywhere they passed, the Liaodong Han'er looked at the corpses of their companions and knew that they would never be able to benefit from making trouble here and now.

At this moment, a group of soldiers with waistbands carrying baskets and dustpans came over, the baskets were steaming, and the snow-white buns exuded an attractive aroma, and the contents of the dustpan were even more eye-catching. A piece of fist-sized meat has already been cooked!

These things made the captives who had been hungry and thirsty for a long time couldn't help but swallow their spit. Baskets, dustpans, and barrels were all placed on the sidelines, attracting countless eyes.

Xu Wei stepped forward and took out a bun from the basket, because it was hot, he only pinched it with his fingers, tore off a piece and put it in his mouth, and chewed it. I grabbed another piece of meat, kept changing my hands, and took a bite, as if it was very tasty. The thousands of captives watched him eat, and it was no exaggeration to say that some people drooled.

The Purple Gold Tiger didn't say anything, just stood on the sidelines, eating and drinking unhurriedly. It wasn't until a piece of bun and a piece of meat were all in his stomach that he scooped up another half bowl of soup and drank it, and then he picked up the man's waist and wiped his hands.

"I am Xu Wei, the envoy of Shaanxi in the Great Song Dynasty, among you, some of you have heard my name, and some of you have not. It doesn't matter, Ben Shuai won't talk to you today, let's talk about something practical. Xu Jiu's voice spread in all directions.

When they knew that the guy in front of them who was eating and chewing and causing the brothers to salivate was the Purple Gold Tiger Xu Jiu, the captives' attention shifted from eating.

"Even though you and I wear the same clothes, wear the same hair, speak the same language, and write the same language, I don't want to talk to you about my compaternity. You are my captives, I didn't kill you on the battlefield, and you won't now, except, of course, ***. Ben Shuai knows that you are all Liaodong Han'er, and you have fought for the Khitan Jurchens, and at that time, each was his master, needless to say. Now, you have laid down your arms, and Ben Shuai is willing to give you a way out. I know you've been fighting hard for a long day and hungry for another day, but these diets ......"

Xu Wei spread his hands and pointed to the baskets, dustpans, and wooden barrels on the ground: "They are all obtained by the people of Sichuan and Shaanxi facing the loess with their backs to the sky and working hard." Most of you also come from farming families, so you know how hard it can be. The people handed over food and fed the army, which was nothing more than counting on the officers and soldiers to win a few battles on the battlefield and keep them safe. Therefore, these things cannot be eaten casually. If any of you are willing to join our army and fight back, come and receive food. ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a commotion in the crowd. Anyway, the war has been defeated, the war horses and weapons have been handed in, and now people are swords, and I am fish and meat, how can we choose? Song Jun is Song Jun, who will you help to fight? As long as I have food to eat and a salary, I will beat whoever I am told to beat!

Just as someone got up and wanted to come over to get food, Zijin Tiger stretched out his hand and blocked it: "Wait, there is a sentence I said ahead." In your opinion, being a soldier is the easiest thing to do, but Ben Shuai tells you that the soldiers under my Xu Jiu are all well-disciplined, fierce and resolute soldiers! The order is forbidden, there is no second word! To be able to do this is my brother! Therefore, once you have eaten this ration, and you dare to do anything illegal and unobstructive, there is only one way to go! ”

At this point, the Purple Gold Tiger glanced at the audience and said in a loud voice: "Okay, as long as you think clearly, if you are willing to live under this military flag, come here!" ”

This sentence worked better than any military order, and the captives rose and gathered around. Xu Wei picked up a piece of bun and a piece of meat, and handed it to a man who ran in front of him. The other party was a little nervous, and wiped a pair of hands on his clothes before taking it with both hands.

Next, Xu Wei noticed that he was a little old, probably in his forties. At this age, it should be an officer, and after handing him the food, he casually asked, "What rank?" ”

"Back to the big handsome, the villain is a fierce man in the 10,000-strong Han army, and in the Southern Song Dynasty, he is considered a commander. These people are all subordinates of villains. The man replied.

"How many fights?" Xu Wei scooped a bowl of soup and handed it over.

Na Meng'an took it, thought for a while, and then shook his head and said: "I can't remember clearly, anyway, I started the expedition at the age of thirteen, first for the Khitans, and then for the Khitans, and then for the Jurchens." ”

"You must be thinking that you have to fight for the Southerners again, right?" Xu Wei said with a smile.

The officer bowed his head and ate too much to answer. Zijin Hu said while handing out food: "Although you were defeated, Ben Shuai has taken a closer look, and your Liaodong Han army is very powerful. Defeat has nothing to do with you. In this way, since you have already achieved fierce peace in the Jin army, then this commander also appoints you to be the commander, and still leads this group of horsemen, how about it? ”

When the officer heard this, he bowed his head: "I am willing to serve my life!" ”

On the day after the Western Army captured the Tiger Pass, Sa Li, who led the army from Zhengzhou to rush to the aid of the army, arrived at the pass. But he never expected that at this time, the city had changed hands, and the military flag of the Western Army was flying on the Tiger Prison Pass.

The Tiger Prison Pass was lost, and the Jin army was blocked out of the Luoyang Basin. According to this pass, the Western Army can attack and retreat, like a nail, nailed into the hinterland of the Central Plains. How can this make Sali not in a hurry? Looking at the fluttering Western Army flag on the Tiger Prison, this Jin Guo clan hated itchy. But he knew that it was almost impossible to take it back from Xu Hu'er. He could only endure the pain and return to Zhengzhou, with a high degree of vigilance, in preparation for the arrival of the Western Army. Sa Lijiu made it very clear that Xu Wei was definitely not here to recover the Central Plains, but mainly to relieve the pressure of the Song army on the battlefield of Xianghan. Although Zhengzhou is in no danger to defend, as long as he is rooted in Zhengzhou, the Western Army will not dare to bypass it.

But even so, he had to truthfully report this matter to the Wushu on the Xianghan front.

Xu Wei was in the Tiger Prison Pass, reorganized the surrender of troops, contacted the rebel army, and intensively sent rangers to the area of Zhengzhou, and even the boundary of Kaifeng Prefecture, and trumpeted that the Western Army wanted to take the Central Plains and recover Tokyo. By the end of August, rumors were spreading throughout the Central Plains, and the news spread that the Western Army had recovered Xijing, captured the Tiger Prison, and that the Purple Gold Tiger was about to raise the Tiger and Wolf Army to sweep the Central Plains.

Under Xu Wei's powerful propaganda offensive, Sa Liyu had to report to Wushu again. pointed out that Hu'er is bluffing, the king must not be gullible, with me to drink in Zhengzhou, Tokyo can be safe.

At that time, in the Xianghan region, the repeated struggle between the Song and Jin armies had reached the point of fighting every day, and the commanders of both sides were struggling to support it. He Guan and Zhe Yanzhi, Zhe Keqiu and others mobilized almost all the main forces of the two Xuanfu Divisions and threw them into the Xiangyang area, and fought bloody battles in the more than 200,000 steps led by Wushu.

After the Jin army captured Xiangyang, it was too late to make defensive adjustments, and the Song army made a comeback. Under the city of Xiangyang, there is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, since the Song and Jin Dynasty started the war, there has never been an offensive and defensive battle that has been so tragic and long-lasting. The reason is that Xiangyang is really a matter of life and death for the Great Song Dynasty, and there is no room for failure!

At the beginning of August, when the two armies of Song and Jin were at a standstill, Xu Shao made a surprising decision to open up the Jianghuai battlefield! His proposal was initially opposed not only by some ministers who were hostile to him, but even by his ally, Xu Han, the governor of Xifu, who thought it was too risky. Even the emperor said that he wanted to think long-term.

It's just that most of the troops in the south are now in the Xianghan Theater, and only Zhao Ding's Shenwu Chinese Army is defending the south of the Yangtze River and protecting it. If Zhao Ding is also put on top, if any battlefield is lost, Jiangnan will not be protected.

But Xu Shao insisted on going his own way, and even threatened to resign to force Zhao Chen to approve. Subsequently, the Shenwu army divided into two routes, all the way from Jiangning Mansion to the west of the Yangtze River, to capture Hezhou; All the way from Zhenjiang Mansion to the water, on the Yangtze River, the Song army relied on the advantage of the water division, defeated the Jiangbei Jin Army in one fell swoop, successfully landed on the shore, and the troops came to the city of Yangzhou.

The main purpose of this campaign was to collect the Xianghan region. First of all, his arrangement was relatively stable and perfect. In addition to the main force attacking Xiangyang, he also arranged heavy troops in Zhengzhou to guard against the Western Army, and gathered troops in Huainan to prevent the Song Army from moving north. But the attack and defense of Xiangyang turned into a protracted battle, and the Song army confronted the Jin army with unprecedented tenacity.

Later, Wushu was forced to transfer troops from the Huainan region to supplement Xiangyang, resulting in the emptiness of Huainan's defense. The Shenwu Chinese army took advantage of this loophole, and in a very short period of time, it would connect Xiahezhou, Zhenzhou, Chuzhou, Yangzhou and other places.

When the Wushu on the front line of Xiangyang heard the news, they were greatly shocked! Because he couldn't have imagined that the Song army was so tenacious this time! And it works so well together! I'm just hitting Xiangyang, it's like stabbing a hornet's nest! Not only did the Song army in Jinghu and Jiangxi try their best to counterattack, but the Song army in Jiangnan also crossed the river and marched north, and even Xu Hu'er came out of the pass to threaten the Central Plains!

The Jin army is now under pressure on three sides, and the battle is fought to this point, whoever grits his teeth and holds on to the end will be the winner and the king! But the question is, can he still hold on now?

On 25 August, the situation in the Xianghan Theater was reversed. Yue Fei, who succeeded Zhang Zhongxiong in commanding the army, with the cooperation of the first part of the Zhejia Army, first defeated Pu Luhun in the field battle, killed two commanders and 14 centurions, and after the Jin army retreated to Tangzhou City to hold on, he did his best to capture the city. On the afternoon of the 25th, the Song army broke through Tangzhou, and Yue Yun, the son of Yue Fei, was the first to ascend to the top of the city before he took the lead.

Pu Luhun is also brave, and he knows that if Tangzhou loses, he will be severely punished by military law. Therefore, after the city was broken, street fighting was also organized very rarely. However, the general trend has gone, Yue Fei waved his army and attacked, Pu Luhun was defeated, and only led hundreds of horsemen to flee in a hurry. Below the governor of Jintang Prefecture, a number of officials were captured.

Tang Zhou was lost, and the side of the vultures was completely exposed. At this time, Yue Pengju quickly transferred his troops to the west and defeated Dengzhou, so the Jin army would not only be blocked in the front, but also in danger of being cut off in the back! Wushu did not dare to be careless, and sent his son-in-law Xia Jinwu from Dengzhou to attack Yue Fei's department in an attempt to recapture Tangzhou.

Guanghua Army, located between Dengzhou and Xiangyang, that is, the later generations of Hubei Laohekou City. The Wushu set up the headquarters here and commanded the various Jin armies to fight.

In the past few days, military newspapers sent from Xiangyang, Zhengzhou, Jianghuai and other places have arrived in Guanghua City in an endless stream. And these news, few of them can make the Wushu happy. No, I just received a report from Sa Li, and the three counties of Xingyang, Xingze, and Heyin, east of Hujiao Pass, defected to the Western Army and played the banner of Xu Wei. And Xu Wei even sent people to Zhengzhou to drink the war letter to Sali, asking for an "appointment to fight" and a showdown.

"King, this is Hu'er's bluff, it seems that he uses soldiers, and he never has any rules, how can he engage in such a set of appointments and battles?" In the Shuaifu set up in Guanghua County, a Han official said to the sorrowful Wushu.

That being said...... "Wushu has always been resolute and resolute, and this time, he really hurts his spirits." However, since Xu Hu'er's soldiers came out of Tongguan, they have successively broken Luoyang, Yanshi, Yong'an, Gongxian, and according to the Tiger Pass, and now the three counties have rebelled again, and Zhengzhou is facing unprecedented pressure. Zhengzhou has a slight mistake, where is the way for you and me to retreat? Moreover, the Song army seized Tangzhou, exposing my side, like a man's back! ”

"Xia Jinwu has set off with a whole army, and the enemy in Tangzhou is expected to be safe, although Xu Hu'er has repeatedly made a move, but it is estimated that it is very unlikely to enter Zhengzhou and threaten Tokyo. However, the enemy of Xiangyang attacked fiercely, and the Song army used all the means of guarding the house, it seems that it is necessary to recapture Xiangyang! ”

Wushu was silent, and the glorious aura of stepping through the Central Plains and reaching the Yangtze River was still there, and he didn't want it to be so difficult this time