Chapter 150: The Righteous People
In the Northern Song Dynasty, hundreds of miles around Bianliang was the most prosperous place in the world. Even if Huizong, the emperor of calligraphy, ascended the throne, Hua Shigang made the Jiangnan family breaker unknown, and the Western Regions Kuotian Law collapsed the homesteaders on the West Road of Hebei. But from the Yellow River to the south to Bianliang, the prosperity is still there. The Emperor Song Dynasty is known as the rich world, of course, there must be a face area that can be admired by foreign countries. It can be said that before the Jin soldiers entered the Kou, the people around Bianliang were definitely happy people on the earth in the 11th century.
But fortune and misfortune are uncertain, and they can be transformed at any time. The Jin soldiers entered the Kou, and the heaviest losses were also hundreds of miles around Bianliang. Zong Wang Zonghan tied back the millions of slaves in Huanglong Mansion like cattle and horses, most of them were ordinary people around Bianliang. After the Jin soldiers retreated, Zong Ze sat in Bianliang, and although he focused on management, he still could not restore his former vitality.
The prosperity of a place mainly depends on the heart of the people. The Jin soldiers swept everywhere, and the aborigines either became slaves or died in the ravines. It can really be said that the white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crow in the wild. The ruined villages and barren farmland all show the desolation of the troubled times. Finally, some homeless people moved here with their families, but they were killed by Wang Jun, the sky-fighting eagle, and once again killed a ghost domain on the south bank of the Yellow River.
Most of the villages are in ruins, and the few that are inhabited are pitifully scarce. Most of the people who shook in the village were gloomy and desperate. The wheat harvest is approaching, but there are only weeds in the fields. As the Protector Army beheaded Wang Jun and collected Bianliang, there were constantly homeless people pouring into the ownerless villages near Bianliang. In late April, the good news spread like wings to hundreds of miles of villages on the south bank of the Yellow River.
"Elder Zhao, have you heard? Yue Shuai has won the battle again! beheaded the Dajin State Horse Pucha Shijia slave, and I heard that he cut off the heads of at least 100,000 golden dogs. My God, I heard that Yue Shuai will make immortal methods, and on a sunny day, he will attract thunder, and directly blow up the big golden horse into scum. However, because there are too many people crossing the river, thousands of golden dogs have fled from Xingyangdu and are fleeing towards us. Therefore, Yue Shuai also issued an order, as long as I am the people of the Central Plains, carry the head of a golden soldier to Bianliang, I can receive ten taels of silver with white flowers. It's a great opportunity to make a fortune. Elder Zhao, did you say no? ”
"Come on, Elder Li! Even the dozens of old and weak people in your Li Jiazhai dare to fight the idea of the golden dog. Let me tell you, don't look at these golden dogs who have suffered defeats under the Protector Army, that's because Yue Shuai is the reincarnation of the golden-winged Dapeng, Wanyan Wu Qimai is the reincarnation of Wang Ba, and Yue Shuai specializes in the golden dogs. We don't dare to underestimate these golden dogs. Let's tell you the truth, Elder Li, yesterday we found three golden dogs in Zhao Village, dispatched the whole village, and killed more than a dozen people before taking down the three golden dogs. No, the human head has been soaked with lime, so as not to rot before it gets the Bianliang. It's a pity that one of the three war horses was broken by the offspring who didn't have long eyes. Otherwise, the bounty would be even higher. ”
"Alas, you Zhao Jiapo have made a fortune now. I heard that a war horse can get a hundred taels of silver. ”
"Hey! Yue Shuai's own order, Chrysostom Yuyan, that is still false. With these more than 200 taels of silver, it can help our village a lot. With the seed money, you can still have extra money to buy some salt. There are many things to eat in the summer, as long as you don't starve to death, you will have food to eat until the autumn harvest. ”
"Elder Zhao, I'll go first. You're so unjust. Why should we have informed our village yesterday? Wouldn't it be better to have a meal for everyone to eat together? Don't look at the small number of people in our Lijiazhai, we are still not afraid of those golden dogs! I'll grab a few golden dogs and grab a few of their horses. The old and young masters look up to me and choose me as the old man, I won't let them starve to death. ”
"Elder Li, don't be in a hurry to leave. We are all people who moved from Jingxi Road. It's supposed to take care of each other. You go back and shout to the young man in the village, let's go to the village west of the tung forest today to ambush it. I always feel like there's a golden dog trying to escape. Our place is not more than 100 miles away from Xingyang, and I always feel that there will be a golden dog coming. ”
"Okay!"
Although Zhao Xianglao and Li Xianglao have an old word in name, they are actually strong men in their thirties. The old name of Zhao Xiang is Zhao Dayan, and the old name of Li Xiang is Li Gouzi. The homeless people admired the prosperity of Ying Tianfu, so they learned from Ying Tianfu all the rules and regulations. Ying Tianfu is governed by village elders, and various homeless groups have also elected their own village elders. The only difference is that most of the village elders in Ying Tianfu are respected old people, while most of the village elders elected by the displaced people are strong men with the best military force. There is no way, the displaced people beg in troubled times, and what they need is not high morality, but strong force.
Zhao Xianglao and Li Xianglao quickly gathered one hundred and fifty young people, each armed with a simple knife and stick, and ambushed in the Tonglin forest. Zhao Xianglao was also holding a big bow.
Sure enough, Zhao Xiang Lao Meng was right. It was only half an hour after the young men arrived at the tung forest, and a small group of defeated golden soldiers came from the west, and they were about to run over the avenue in the tung forest.
It was true that there was only a small group of golden soldiers, a total of twenty-five horsemen, and four or five wounded golden dogs in the middle, who did not even have weapons in their hands. But the eager young men fell silent. Especially the young people of Zhaojiapo, they are even more apprehensive. Yesterday, in order to capture and kill three golden dogs, they broke more than a dozen young men in the village. This time, there are twenty-five golden dogs to face. Zhao Xianglao's face twitched, and he turned his head to look at Li Xianglao, who was also dumbfounded. "Li Gouzi, should we attack? There are too many golden dogs. I'm afraid we won't be able to take it. ”
Elder Li seems to be determined to capture the golden dog and receive the reward. He pointed to the golden dog that was getting closer and closer, and said coldly, "Zhao Dayan, I don't know what the golden dog you met yesterday looks like. But these golden dogs are completely a group of mourning dogs, as long as we all go out, we can definitely scare them to death. ”
Zhao Xianglao looked up and looked at it, most of the more than 20 golden dogs had crooked armor and slanted armor, and they looked dead and alive, and they didn't look murderous at all. But Elder Zhao immediately shook his head and said, "Li Gouzi, those golden soldiers were also so embarrassed yesterday. We can't underestimate these golden dogs. ”
Elder Li Xianglao shouted in a low voice, "To the east of Tongshulin, it is your village in Zhaojiapo. Even if we don't do it, will he not do anything to your village? ”
This sentence hit the key point of Zhao Xianglao. Thinking of the hundreds of women and children left in the village, Zhao Xianglao gritted his teeth and suddenly roared, "Folks, fight the golden dog!" ”
With a shout, he rushed out with a bow and arrow in his hand. The old man of Li Xiang also rushed out with a big wooden pole in his hand. Nearly 200 young people came to a semi-surround of the golden soldiers who broke into the Tong Forest.
The leader of this group of golden soldiers was a hundred household chiefs named Larut. He was originally a subordinate of Droluhuit. After Yue Fei killed the Pucha Shijia slave at the Xingyang Ferry, the Jin soldiers immediately collapsed. When Zhuo Lu Huite led his troops to break through, he died under the spear of Hua Chaoxi. Jeruyumu surrendered. The five or six thousand gold soldiers who were lucky enough to escape their lives rode war horses and tried to go west to Luoyang and east to Jinan.
At the time, Larute thought he was lucky. Because he escaped from the battlefield, he even brought nearly 300 cavalry. Although he was only a centurion, the cavalry that escaped had no leader, so it was naturally dominated by Larut.
Larute believed that as long as he led the 300 cavalry to successfully escape to the territory of the fourth prince, there would be no reward and he would never be punished.
Less than twenty miles from the battlefield, Larut ran into an army of displaced people of about 1,000 men. Or it should not be said that it is the Wandering Army, but the young and strong people who gathered together from the four villages along the river, led by the four village elders, came to support the Protector Army.
Seeing Larute's defeated army, nearly a thousand young men not only did not have the slightest fear, but even shouted and rushed up. Of course, Larut would not take these rabble without the Protector Army as the backbone in his eyes, and the three hundred cavalry slaughtered nearly a thousand young men with a single charge. Armed with a saber, Larut slew two brave villagers in a row. However, the Jin soldiers also folded nearly forty people. Because these young and strong fighting skills are not good, but they are definitely not afraid of death.
After killing the group of outcasts, Larute thought that there would be no more people to intercept them. But after escaping less than ten miles to the east, he ran into an army of more than 4,000 displaced people. This army of exiles also came from Jingxi Road, and they were displaced, and their image was extremely miserable, but their hatred for Jin Bing was also the heaviest. This time Larut folded a hundred cavalry before he could come out of the mad outcast.
Larute had to admit a fact. That is, these golden soldiers behind him, it is impossible for them to escape to the territory of the fourth prince. On the second day of his escape, he heard Yue Fei's reward and kill order. The people and displaced people who were close to the battlefield spontaneously organized themselves, armed with rudimentary weapons, and desperately stopped the defeated Jin soldiers.
Larute ran for three days, but still couldn't get two hundred miles. There is no way, on all the official roads where horses can be run, the homeless people are like roadblocks, scattering one and another. So Larute had to lead more than a hundred cavalry back and forth on a detour.
Even so, he was still stopped by the dog fighting team from time to time, and he didn't want to escape without paying a few lives.
Zhaojiapo is one hundred and sixty miles away from Xingyangdu, and this place is already far away from the battlefield. Larut thought that the people in this place must not know about the Xingyangdu war. At this time, there were only twenty-four cavalry behind Larut, and five were too wounded to fight again. Running all the way, Larut did not dare to despise the people of the Central Plains. He found that these people were simply madmen who didn't want to die.
As an old pawn who came out of the old forest in the deep mountains, Larut had already discovered the young man in ambush in the tung forest. But he didn't have a choice. This tung forest stretches for more than ten miles, and if you go around to the south, it will be too difficult. So he could only lead the cavalry straight in. He very much hoped that Lin Zhongqing would be intimidated by the might of the Jin soldiers and would not dare to attack.
But he was disappointed. Elder Zhao and Elder Li led nearly two hundred young men and blocked Larute's way.
Larut glanced back at the extremely tired Jin Bing behind him, and shouted very tragically, "Sons, let's rush out." We're going to get out. ”
Before the words fell, Larut had already urged the war horse under his crotch, carrying a saber, and rushed over at Zhao and Li. The other golden soldiers also gritted their teeth and glared, each raising their weapons, ready to slash and kill the young and strong to their heart's content.
"Folks, it's time to hit the golden dog!" The boss of Zhao Xiang shouted, pulled out the big bow in his hand, and shot an arrow at Larut. Unfortunately, he couldn't shoot arrows, and the iron arrow flew past Larut's face, but instead it was nailed into the eye of another golden soldier. The golden soldier screamed and fell from his horse.
The bright sword light swept through the waist of the old Zhao Xiang, who had no armor to protect him, and a fountain of blood gushed out. Boss Li Xiang shouted, "Zhao Dayan! The big wooden bar was rounded, and it smashed into the front legs of Larut's warhorse.
Larut's saber circled and was sharpening on the wooden pole, and suddenly cut off the thick wooden pole with the mouth of the bowl. Taking advantage of Li Xianglao's stunned moment, the saber swept out horizontally, ready to chop Li Xianglao to the ground again.
But at this time, the other two young men of Zhao Jiapo rushed up. They were all carrying a wooden stick and rushed from the left and right, still aiming at Larut's legs.
Larut didn't dare to lose his horse. At the moment of escape, there is absolutely no life without Mana. Therefore, Larut could only withdraw his saber, slash left and right, cut off the two wooden sticks, and slashed the young man on the left in the face.
In the screams of the young man, he heard the angry roar of Li Xianglao. "Golden dog, grandpa and you have fought."
The big wooden pole flew out of his hand and smashed into Larute. At the same time, the tall body was short and pounced on the left side of the warhorse. stretched out his right leg, and he actually gave the war horse a hand.
Li Xianglao's right leg was immediately kicked off by the war horse, but the war horse tripped and immediately knelt on the ground. Larut reacted quickly, jumped to his feet, and jumped in front of the warhorse. At the same time, with a round of swords, he forced back the two young men in front of him.
But then more than a dozen young feats rushed up with sticks, "Avenge Zhao Xianglao!" ”
The stick was raised, only to hear a crackling sound, and Larrut blocked it a few times before being knocked to the ground. Before being beaten to death by the sticks, Larut also saw his own soldiers, and more than a dozen of them had broken through and rushed out of the forest. Larute smiled bitterly, "Run, run away." If we are slow to escape, we will all die under the chaos of this group of madmen. But can we still escape? ”
The truth is that there is no escape. None of the golden soldiers who fled to the east could escape. The lone Jin soldiers could not escape for fifty miles before they were killed by the people. A ten-person Jin soldier would not be able to escape a hundred miles, and would be killed by the people. Only those golden soldiers with more than 100 people were able to break up the people's interception and escape 200 miles away. But by that time, most of them had also become lone golden soldiers. So they still can't escape the dog-beating sticks of the people of the Central Plains. Although the five or six thousand fleeing Jin soldiers caused at least ten times as many casualties among the people, the vast majority of them also died at the hands of the people.
These Jin soldiers proved a truth with their deaths, the fighting power of the righteous people in the Northern Song Dynasty was absolutely considerable. As long as the fighting spirit and courage of these people are mobilized to the greatest extent, they will be able to forge a real national city with their flesh and blood.
The only ones who escaped were the hundreds of golden soldiers who fled westward. They luckily escaped the interceptions and ran to the Wanyan Lou Army. However, there were only more than 50 Jin soldiers who fled into the camp.