Chapter 42: The Great Destruction of Wang Shan
Just when Yue Fei led 10,000 infantry to the Yingtian border, preparing to defeat Wang Shan, Zong Ze, the old commander in Bianliang City, was also furious.
Zong Ze was born as a Jinshi, and his every move on weekdays is about the demeanor of a scribe, but at this moment, Zong Ze is like an angry tiger, the beard under his chin trembles and trembles, holding a long sword in his hand, and he broke into the inner hall of Du Mansion in a huff, and the bright tip of the sword pointed directly at Du Chong, who was left behind by Bianliang, and asked loudly, "Du Chong, who allowed you to order Wang Shan to attack Ying Tianfu?" Today you have to tell me that you are ugly. Otherwise, the old man will recognize you, but the long sword in the old man's hand will not recognize you! β
Du Chong is in his forties, tall and strong, with a gloomy face. When Zhao Gou appointed Du Chong as the deputy of Bianliang, he earnestly entrusted, "I hope that Aiqing will use the power of a bear and a tiger to suppress the Central Plains, and assist Zuozong to stay in the Central Plains to pacify the Central Plains." β
In Zhao Gou's words, it has been determined that Du Chong's main task is to use the power of the bear and tiger to suppress the Lianghe group of gangsters recruited by Zong Ze. The secondary task is to assist Zongze.
Du Chong took Zhao Gou's words to heart, and in the few months in Bianliang, he also won over the leader of the bandits. However, it may be that his strength is not strong enough, and many bandit leaders have eaten his wine, and they are still only on Zong Ze's orders. Only the Golden Sword Wang Shan and the Great Thief Qi Fang were extremely close to him.
At this time, the golden sword Wang Shan had already led his troops to Yingtian, and only the big thief Qi Fang remained by Du Chong's side. Qi Fang saw Zong Ze's angry appearance, for fear that Zong Ze would stab Du Chong to death with a sword.
Qi Fang knew Du Chong too well. Don't look at Du Chong's killing people at every turn, in fact, martial arts are very good. Maybe even Zong Ze, a literati, can't beat him. Hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile, "Don't be angry. Don't hurt Lord Du. β
Du Chong was not flustered at all. After a few months of getting along, Du Chong has already figured out Zong Ze's temperament. Although Zong Ze is sometimes bold and reckless, such as recruiting the Lianghe group without authorization, he is fiercely loyal to Zhao Gou. Zong Ze would never dare to hurt him Du Chong. Zong Ze was left behind by Bianliang. He, Du Chong, was appointed by Zhao Gou personally to stay in Kaifeng.
Du Chong waved his hand and asked Qi Fang to step aside, before he said slowly, "Zong Shuai don't be impatient. I sent Wang Shan to sweep away Yingtian Qunkou, also for the sake of the overall situation of Bianliang. Thinking that Ying Tianfu is only more than 300 miles away from my Bianliang, how can I let a local group with bad intentions practice recklessly. If they surrender the Jin soldiers when they come to attack, won't they miss my Bianliang event?"
Zong Ze snorted coldly, stared straight into Du Chong's eyes and said, "It's you Du Chong who is wanton, right?" The Protector Army is a local regiment training spontaneously formed by the local squires, and the guards are responsible, and in just over a month, they have restored the order of Yingtian, which is a great achievement, how can it be called Kou! And,"
Speaking of this, Zong Ze pointed his finger at Zhihun and Yue Tuo, who were following behind him, "These two, one is Master Zhihun of the main book of the Protector Army, and the other is Yue Tuo, the deputy commander of the Protector Army, they came to Bianliang a few days ago, and they said that they voted for me Bianliang and came under the command of my Bianliang, and you were also present at the time, and you also agreed to their request." Why did you send Wang Shan to attack Yingtian without telling me, what was his intention? β
Du Chong suddenly waved the sleeves of his robe, and said sharply without showing weakness, "Isn't Zong Shuai selfish? As far as I know, Yue Fei, the training envoy of the Protector Legion, used to be your favorite general, he regarded you as a teacher, and you regarded him as a son. But how can the affairs of the state be ruined by private benevolence? Yue Fei killed the court officials in Yingtian, and his crime was unforgivable. The reason why I sent Wang Shan to attack Yingtian without telling you was because I took care of your face. Since Zong Shuai has repeatedly forced each other, I have no choice but to write to Banzai and let Banzai administer justice. β
Zong Ze saw that Du Chong did not leave the court, and he couldn't help but tremble with anger. Zong Ze is a loyal minister and a direct minister, but he is not a fool. He also understood that the emperor sent Du Chong to serve as the deputy guard of Bianliang in order to monitor himself. Because he recruited 300,000 rogues, the momentum was extremely high, which naturally made the Long Live Lord who was far away in Jiankang feel at ease. Zong Ze understands Banzai's decision, this is Zhao Song's consistent family rule, and naturally he will not make an exception for himself.
So Zong Ze wanted to stab this hateful Du Chong to death with a sword, but in the end he just sighed. If he killed Du Chong, wouldn't it make Long Live Lord even more suspicious. Seeing that the autumn is crisp, the Jin people will go south to herd horses again, and the Central Plains can no longer mess with themselves.
Yue Flip listened to Du Chong's voice accusing his eldest brother, and he had already clenched his fist to cluck, and he couldn't break Du Chong's mouth with one punch. Zhihun lightly touched Yue Fu with his hand to calm him down. Then he stepped forward and said to Du Chong, "Lord Du's words, it can be said that there is no word for the crime you want to add?" Not to mention that our Yue Tuan Lian envoy didn't kill the officials without permission, those dead officials were all killed by angry villagers because the villagers were too ruthless. Even if all those officials died at the hands of our Protectors, could we still have more officials of the Emperor and Song Dynasty who were good at killing the Golden Sword King? Wang Shan came to the Central Plains from the Daimyo's Mansion and destroyed many cities along the way. Why didn't General Du bring Wang Shan to justice, but relied on him as a cronie? It seems that General Du is not an iron-faced and selfless person! β
Du Chong glanced at Zhihun coldly, and said disdainfully, "In my Du Mansion, how can you be a place where a wild monk can talk." You are just the master of a small local regimental training envoy, why don't you kneel when you see this official? Don't you know that the regimental training in the place where you serve is about to be exterminated by the Golden Sword King? β
Zhihun patted the monk's robe on his body with his hand, folded his hands, recited a good sound, and said with a smile. "Lord Du, the poor monk is an outsider, and he doesn't talk about ordinary etiquette. As for the Golden Sword Wang Shan, I guess he won't be able to come back to see General Du. β
Du Chong snorted and turned his face to Yue Fan, "That reckless man, why don't you kowtow to the old man?" β
Yue Chuan was about to smash it with a punch, but he heard Zhihun cough. Yue Fu endured and endured before he said bluntly, "I don't kneel in the People's Army. Since I am the head of the Protectorate, I certainly will not kneel to you! β
Du Chong sneered at Zong Ze and said, "Look at the good protΓ©gΓ© of the Sect Shuai! Dare to be exempted from kneeling, is this to ruin my Great Song Dynasty rules and keep up with the barbarians from all directions? β
Zong Ze suppressed his anger and replied, "My Emperor Song didn't become the Emperor Song because he knelt. With a flick of the sleeves of his robe, he led Zhi Hun Yue to turn over, and walked out of the Du family's mansion directly.
Du Chong watched Zong Ze walk out of his door with a gloomy face, and scolded in a low voice, "Old horseman! β
Qi Fang arched his hand and said, "Lord Du, do you think Wang Shan can take Ying Tianfu?" Otherwise, I'll help him. β
Du Chong patted Qi Fang's shoulder and said very affectionately, "Qi Fang, you are my most trusted general." I'm not going to send you out. As long as you follow me, you will always be as safe as Mount Tai. As for the Golden Sword Wang Shan, I think he will have no problem taking Ying Tianfu. β
Du Chong was full of confidence in Wang Shan's golden knife. Wang Shan was full of confidence in several of his brothers. Wang Shan had ten brothers. Wang Shan is a big man. Yue Fei split it in half in Li Bashao's mansion, and the scarred face of Wang was San Lang.
Wang Shan has always been ambitious. In this attack on Yingtian, he ostensibly obeyed Du Chong's orders, but in fact, he just wanted to ask for a gold medal for avoiding death in front of Du Chong, and not let Zong Ze punish him.
Wang Shan, the prosperity of Yingtian, has long heard of it. Especially in the last January, the prefectures and counties have become more and more chaotic, and only Yingtian has a unique scenery. Many of the squires began to move their possessions to Yingtian. Several well-known wealthy people in Taikang County, where Wang Shan was stationed, looked up to Wang Shan and snorted, and at the same time secretly sent their family members and children to Yingtian.
Wang Shan was furious, and directly destroyed those wealthy people who "had two hearts". But not much of the gold, silver, and jewelry was copied. It turned out that they had already been brought to Yingtian by their children in the name of business.
This made Wang Shan even more annoyed. He was extremely active in attacking Yingtian this time, from mobilizing the whole army to raising troops to go to Yucheng, but it took only a few days. The ostensible reason is to follow Bianliang's order to stay behind and crusade against Yingtian's rebellious ministers and thieves. The private reason is to avenge Wang Saburo. But the truest reason hidden in Wang Shan's heart is that he wants to occupy Yingtianfu, the most prosperous city in the Central Plains at the moment.
Wang Shan's vanguard officer is his sixth and seventh brother. There are ten brothers Wang Shan, the bravest is Wang Dalang, holding a gold-plated broadsword, weighing about 70 catties, and can cut the running war horse into two pieces with one knife. The second is Wang Sanlang. It's a pity that he was stabbed by Yue Fei for a second. The second is Wang Liulang and Wang Qilang. Therefore, whenever Wang Shan fights, he will send these two people as vanguard officers.
Wang Shan has tens of thousands of troops, in addition to his own brothers, he also has two close generals, one is called Zhu You, and the other is Zhang Yuan. These two are the earliest horse thieves who followed Wang Shan, their hearts are ruthless enough, their hands are hot enough, and their eyesight is good enough. Both of them are second only to Wang Shan in martial arts, but when they compete with people below Wang Erlang, they always take the initiative to admit defeat.
Wang Shan saw that these two people were interested, and in order to show that he did not forget the old brother, he still regarded Zhuyou Zhang Yuan as his right-hand man.
Wang Shan's rogue is because he is a horse thief who came from the border of the Liao and Song Dynasties, and compared with Cao Cheng, Li Cheng, Qi Fang and others, there are more horse troops. Of the 30,000 troops, there were no less than 6,000 horses.
Wang Liulang Wang Qilang's vanguard troops were all cavalry, and there were 1,000 cavalry troops. Wang Shan ordered his two younger brothers to quickly enter Yingtianfu, not to attack the city, but to burn some villages first, and then mess up the situation in Yingtian.
The two younger brothers were ordered to burn and kill by the eldest brother, and the march was even faster. When the 1,000 cavalry heard that the Great Leader had allowed them to go on a killing spree, they immediately screamed with excitement, like a pack of wolf cubs who had been released from their cages.
In the past few months since he defected to Zongze, although he has also engaged in some illegal things in the local area, he does not dare to kill people and set fires blatantly and without scruples. These horse-thief-turned-cavalry soldiers have long been suffocated.
Wang Liulang and Wang Qilang gave an order, and a thousand cavalry troops killed Yingtian at a speed of 100 miles a day. The first target is Yucheng County, which should be on the border of Tianfu.
The tragedy is that when this group of red-eyed rogues saw the first village on the border of Yucheng County, they just raised the saber in their hands and collided with Ji Qian's 3,000 cavalry.
Three thousand cavalry against one thousand cavalry, even if this thousand cavalry is a Jurchen iron cavalry, under the attack of Ji Qianhua Ruyu, the happy enemy, it will not be able to please him. Not to mention the thousand horse thieves of Wang Liulang and Wang Qilang.
What's even more tragic is that if Wang Liulang and Wang Qilang pulled their horses and fled when they saw Ji Qian's army, maybe they could still leave a dog's life. However, these two people were invincible in their own army, thinking that they were ten thousand enemies, and when they bumped into Ji Qian, the killing god, not only did not run away, but played the game of fighting generals. The two rushed to the front of the formation and called to Ji Qian. I want to take Ji Qian's head and sacrifice the flag.
Ji Qian was about to meet him with an iron shovel, but Hua Ruyu was carrying her ash pole spear and rushed to the front of the battle first.
Wang Liulang saw that it was a female general, and couldn't help but say to his brother, "See, brother, this time the two of us have a good fortune." This woman is a little stronger, but she is good-looking. Or I'll come first. β
Wang Qilang looked Hua Ruyu up and down with an extremely obscene gaze, and then said with a smile, "Sixth brother, this time I'll come first." You know that my little brother loves to ride a fierce horse. β
Hua Ruyu heard the conversation between the two guys, but she was not angry. She wouldn't be angry with two dying guys. So Hua Ruyu directly said something more fierce. "You two thieves, don't waste time, let's go together."
Hua Ruyu had a loud voice, and her voice was heard by many soldiers. As a result, the soldiers on the side of the Protector Army all held back a smile, because Ji Qian glared at the soldiers behind him. The horse thief laughed and foul language.
Hua Ruyu also sensed that her words were a little inappropriate. So she stopped talking to Wang Liulang and Wang Qilang. She hands-on. The ash rod shook out two bowl-sized spear flowers, which bloomed directly on the throats of the Wang brothers.
Because Hua Ruyu's gun was too fast, and the Wang brothers were too vegetable, they didn't catch a single shot. So when the corpses of Wang Liulang and Wang Qilang fell into the dust, the horse thieves who pressed the formation had not stopped laughing.