Chapter 258: Escape Becomes the Main Theme (Part I)
As the saying goes, what kind of generals there are will bring out what kind of soldiers.
After Wang Xie's voice, the 13,000 Imperial Forest Army under his command immediately turned around and fled together before they had time to fight with the Jin soldiers.
Wow, these Imperial Guards move in unison, with the same pace and distinct rhythm, as if they have been drilled thousands of times, and they can't find any flaws.
This group of Imperial Forest Army, including Wang Xie, advanced slowly like turtles when they charged, and slipped like rabbits when they fled. In the blink of an eye, he had already left the battlefield for some distance.
This time, Chen Qu's troops were miserable.
Originally, the Song and Jin sides were entangled hard, and it was this breath that they were fighting for. Now that Wang Xie's Imperial Forest Army has come so suddenly, the confidence of the Song army has disappeared, and the remaining outcome is a fiasco and the main general will be captured.
Chen Quan is worthy of being a general brought out by Zong Ze, even if he was defeated and captured, and his hands were tied, he still kept scolding the enemy, showing his sharp blade and rubbing his chest, and his expression remained unchanged until death.
"Three Dynasties and Northern Alliances" Volume 134: Commander Wang Xiesu was arrogant and extravagant, and did not care for the sergeants, but the guards boasted of their glory and nobility as a general, and led the army to escape first
Volume 106 of "Continuation of Capital and Governance": The nephew led the western soldiers to escape first, and the lonely army was invincible
The situation on the battlefield is really changing rapidly.
From the situation of great excellence to the sudden total rout, it is only a cup of tea.
The escape of the commander Wang Xie triggered a complete rout and escape of the Song army, including of course our former commander-in-chief Du Chongdu.
The defeat was like a mountain. Even if he was as strong as Yue Fei, there was no way to reverse this endgame. You can't fight your way out of the deserters of the Song army. Fight to the death with the golden soldiers in front.
In desperation. Yue Fei had no choice but to lead the 2,500 cavalry of his headquarters. With the fleeing army, they retreated all the way, and stopped at Zhongshan not far from Jiankang Mansion.
What I didn't expect was that this time the stationing in Zhongshan turned out to be the beginning of Yue Fei's solo leadership, and the 2,500 cavalry under Yue Fei at present became the prototype of Yue's army in the future
Since it is an escape, it is in charge of each other. Everyone has their own goals.
Wang Xie's goal is, of course, to go to Lin'an City and return to Emperor Gaozong's side.
Anyway, over the years, it has become a habit for the Imperial Forest Army to defeat the battle and flee, and Wang Xie is not worried that the little emperor will blame them.
As for our Lord Du Chong, he must return to Jiankang Mansion first, and then flee to another country, because there are Du Chong's family and property in Jiankang Mansion.
There is no record in the history books of how much property Du Chong has, but it is only said that his family members even loaded three big boats with their property, and they were blocked by the people's boats at the water gate of Jiankang and could not get out.
Boy. The belongings of three large ships are really weighty.
Du Chong's boat couldn't get out. He sent his own soldiers to coax the people and said, "Everyone get out of the way, get out of the way on both sides, Lord Du's warship is in a hurry to sail out of the city to fight the Jin soldiers." ”
As soon as they heard that Du Chong was going out to fight the gold soldiers, the people laughed and immediately responded: "We are also all going out to fight the gold soldiers." The work of beating gold soldiers is too heavy, so it will not trouble Lord Du. ”
Du Chong was ruthless, and selected dozens of tall and powerful soldiers from his own personal army, each of whom was rewarded with ten taels of silver and ten horses of silk, and let them open the way in front.
"Under the great reward, there will be a brave man".
With these dozens of strong men in front of the road, Du Chong's fleet finally fought its way out of the chaos and escaped from Jiankang Mansion in embarrassment and headed for Zhenzhou (now Yizheng City, Jiangsu) in Jiangbei.
The people of Jiankang Mansion all pointed to Du Chong's back and cursed: "This Du Chong only knows how to kill his own people, and now the enemy's army is pressing the border, but he wants to abandon the city and flee first!" ”
On the battlefield of Majiadu, only the Jin soldiers and those captured Song troops remained.
From being passively beaten to winning a big victory, the process of reversal was too fast and too easy, which made Jin Bing a little confused. Even Wan Yan Wushu, the commander-in-chief of the Jin Soldiers, who had been observing the movement of the battle in the rear, couldn't believe his eyes.
If it weren't for those Song army captives, if it weren't for the tragic situation left behind after the Great War, Wanyan Wushu would still think that he had just daydreamed.
Doesn't it say that "pie in the sky will not fall for nothing"? What's going on right in front of your eyes?
Happiness came so suddenly and so weirdly that even Wanyan Wushu didn't dare to believe it completely.
Could it be that Song Jun has some conspiracy?
For the sake of insurance, Wanyan Wushu ordered the Jin soldiers to rest on the spot, and then sent people to cross the Jiangbei to transfer troops, and re-raise the 60,000 army before marching to Jiankang Mansion.
This back and forth took another day, allowing the officials and wealthy households of Jiankang Mansion to escape a lot
As for the reason for the victory of Majiadu's battle, Wanyan Wushu finally summed it up as a shock to his tiger body, and Wang Ba's anger was full of anger, so that the Song people of the Southern Dynasty fled in the wilderness.
Other than that, Wanyan Wushu could no longer find any reason to win.
Replenishing the soldiers, coupled with the strength of proving his Wang Ba's qi, the confidence of Wanyan Wushu is even stronger. On the one hand, the army was sent to Jiankang Mansion, and on the other hand, the remnants of the Jin soldiers in Jiangbei were sent to attack Huangzhou (now Huangzhou City, Hubei), and then killed in the direction of Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangxi, in order to annihilate the entire Jianyan small court
The officers and soldiers defending the city all fled, and Wanyan Wushu was almost bloodless, and easily occupied Jiankang Mansion.
Jiankang Mansion (now Nanjing) has always been the first important town in the Jiangnan region, holding the throat of the Yangtze River, and is the intersection of the water and land passages in the south of the Yangtze River, with an excellent geographical location.
The fall of Jiankang means that most of the area south of the Yangtze River is directly threatened by the Jin soldiers. The traffic is so convenient that it extends in all directions, and there is no safe area in Jiangnan anymore.
For the fall of Jiankang Mansion, Han Shizhong, the first to respond, was stationed in Zhenjiang in the western part of Zhejiang.
His method was to load all the war supplies and troops onto the big ships, and then burn down his barracks. Retreated the entire fleet into Jiangyin.
It's obvious. Han Shizhong believed that his troops could not compete with the cavalry of the Jin State on land.
Volume 116 of "Continuation of Capital and Governance Tongjian": Han Shizhong was in Zhenjiang in the western part of Zhejiang. And he knew all the money he had saved, and he filled the ships with them, and burned his castles. After hearing that the Jin people crossed to the south, that is, the Jiangyin that led the boat, and knew that the Jiangyin army Hufang treated it well
The second person to react was the right servant shooting, and the same Ping Zhangshi and the imperial camp envoy Du Chongdu.
After all, Du Chong was the right prime minister of the Song Dynasty and had great influence. Wanyan Wushu sent a general named Tang Zuo to envoy and said to Du Chong: "If you surrender to the Dajin Kingdom, you will be the second Zhang Bangchang." We can make you the emperor of the Han people, and this piece of land in the Central Plains will be handed over to you to take care of. ”
"History of the Song Dynasty" volume 475, biography 234: Wanyan Zongbi sent people to say that "if it falls, it should be sealed in the Central Plains, such as the story of Zhang Bangchang." "Surrender the gold.
Before Tang Zuo's arrival, Emperor Gaozong's Qincha had already arrived in Zhenzhou one step ahead, not only did not make any rebuke to Du Chong's defeat, but also issued an order to comfort, saying that victory and defeat were a common thing in soldiers, so that Du Chong did not have to mind.
The most rear. Emperor Gaozong also sent beauties and gold and silver to Du Chong.
OMG. What kind of world is this!
After a great defeat, instead of being punished, the emperor himself came to comfort and reward. This Du Chong must have exploded in character.
It's just that compared with the beauties and gold and silver sent by Emperor Gaozong, Du Chong attaches more importance to the promise of completing Yan Wushu. After all, he is the king of a country, even if he is a puppet.
What Du Chong didn't expect was that the Jurchens, who have always respected contracts and kept promises, broke their promises this time.
When Du Chong led his family and thousands of soldiers to cross the Yellow River in a hurry, and rushed to Yunzhong Mansion to report to Wanyan Stickyhan, he never heard any arrangements and news related to the emperor, but encountered all kinds of blank eyes and cold reception.
"History of the Song Dynasty" volume 475, biography 234: It is winter, filled into the clouds, sticky and thin
At this stage, the policy of the Jin State towards the Southern Song Dynasty was to give preferential treatment to prisoners and welcome surrender.
After thinking about it again, Wanyan Sticky Han still gave Du Chong a position as the prefect of Xiangzhou. Although this position is many levels lower than that of the emperor, Du Chong can only thank him for his kindness.
Under the eaves of people, how dare not bow their heads.
The bitterness and regret in Du Chong's heart are hard to say, and there is nowhere to talk about it
Du Chong's story is not over yet.
For this traitor, lackey, and traitor of the Jianyan court, the Han colleagues in Xiangzhou were very uncooperative and often stumbled Du Chong.
In the second year of Shaoxing, Du Chong's descendants fled back from Guangzhou. When Hu Jingshan, the deputy governor of Xiangzhou, learned of this, he immediately reported it to Jin Bing, saying that Du Chong had colluded with the Southern Dynasty and had bad intentions.
Wanyan Muhan immediately threw Du Chong into prison and used various tortures to extract confessions, including the legendary cannon branding.
At this time, Du Chong finally showed a kind of soldier's toughness: he didn't admit it even if he was killed.
Wanyan Sticky Han felt strange, so he asked Du Chong: "Aren't you going to flee back to the Southern Dynasty?" ”
Du Chong smiled bitterly and replied: "Everyone dares to go to the Southern Dynasty, including you, the marshal, but I, Du Chong, don't dare." ”
When Wanyan Muhan heard it, he understood what Du Chong meant, so he let Du Chong go.
Five years later, Du Chong's official position in the Jin State was gradually promoted, first as the third envoy of Yanjing, and then as the secretary of Yanjing Xingtai Shangshu Province, and finally promoted to the position of the right prime minister of Xingtai, which is equivalent to the deputy chief executive of the Han administrative region. It wasn't until the eleventh year of Shaoxing that after Song Jin reached a peace agreement, Du Chong died mysteriously.
"History of the Song Dynasty" volume 475, biography 234: For a long time, fate knows Xiangzhou. Suspicion is unbridled, and there is no agreement with the column. In the second year of Shaoxing, his grandson returned to the palace from the time of migration, and his deputy Hu Jingshan falsely accused the court of Yintong. Sticky Han filled the officials, the cannon plundered to the ready, dissatisfied, relieved, because of the question said: "You want to return to the Southern Dynasty evil?" Chong said: "The marshal dares to return, but he doesn't dare to return." "Sticky. For seven years, he was appointed as the third envoy of Yanjing. For eight years, he signed the book Yanjing Xingtai Shangshu to save trouble. In nine years, he moved to the right prime minister. Eleven years later, the peace agreement was completed and died...... (To be continued......)
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