Chapter 108: Heroes of Troubled Times
Zhao Gou was very surprised by Zong Ze's impressive achievements, and originally wanted to let the old man Zong touch a few nails in front of the Jin people, and stop talking about sending troops to rescue, but it backfired, and the situation of the counterattack on Bianjing was very good.
But this was not Zhao Gou's original intention, Zhao Gou thought that rescuing his father and eldest brother would have no benefit or benefit to him, because his political ambitions and goals were ulterior. So Zhao Gou faced such a good situation of counterattacking Bianjing, and chose to dodge again, but he was not idle, but led his troops to regain lost territory in Shandong and expand the scope of his power.
Zong Ze is just a civil official, he only knows how to be loyal to the monarch and love the people, and he has not yet realized the cruelty of political struggle. In desperation, Zong Ze had no choice but to fight alone and continue his unfinished mission. Zong Ze formulated a very perfect plan, while rescuing the second emperor, he could also defeat the invincible Jin soldiers by the way, but Zong Ze's actions, the other Qin Wang troops did not respond, and the others were lonely, and it was useless, so they had to give up in the end.
Jin Bing successfully crossed the Yellow River with the Zhao father and son, Zong Ze wanted to cry without tears at this time, all hopes had been dashed, and the demise of the Song State seemed inevitable. He couldn't help but recall how many grievances he had suffered in the past year or so, when he had to face the wolf-like Jin Army and deal with all kinds of constraints from the small people in the DPRK? How much pressure is it on? What is the purpose of such a dismal operation?
This year, Zong Ze is already a rare year, and in the ups and downs of the sea for decades, countless derogatory remarks can't hurt him in the slightest. Even if he used a rabble to fight against hundreds of thousands of wolf-like Jin troops, he had no fear, but Zong Ze realized that he was too naïve at this time. Zhao Gou wanted to put his father and brother to death and proclaimed himself emperor, but he still wanted to save the second emperor.
I heard about the victory of Zhongshan. There was a strange army there, Zong Ze decided to go north to meet with him and discuss the rescue of the second emperor, after all, he was still the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and Chen Yu was named the marshal of Hebei soldiers and horses, and he was considered his subordinate, and he could use this force to fulfill his wish.
But now that the Jin army is strong in Hebei, he will be blocked when he leads the army north, and there will be fierce battles along the way. Therefore, Zong Ze decided to only lead a thousand horsemen to the north in order to reduce the target and avoid the encirclement and suppression of the main force of the Jin army. On this day, he arrived in Xiangzhou, which was still falling, and Zhang Suo, the envoy of Hebei Xuanfu, was stationed here.
Knowing that Zong Ze was going to Zhending to recruit troops in order to rescue the second emperor, Zhang Suo was very moved, a seventy-year-old man worked tirelessly for the country and was not afraid of hardships and dangers. It can be seen that he is loyal and tenacious, and when he saw that he had few soldiers, he sent another 300 soldiers to his subordinates to protect them along the way, and recommended Yue Fei, the commander of the troops, to him, saying that he was too brave to be brave. Genius of the world. Zong Ze was overjoyed, and Yue Fei also ushered in another turnaround...
Yue Fei wrote to Zhao Gou and was convicted and deposed from his official position. After being expelled from the army, he was alone. Embarrassed, but he didn't sink. Instead, he resolutely ran to Hebei and threw himself under the command of Zhang Suo, the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei, but this was Yue Fei's fourth time in the army!
In the fourth year of Xuanhe, Tong Guan sent troops to attack Liao, but as soon as Tong Guan sent out the army, he was defeated by the Liao army, and the situation in Hebei was critical, at this time, Liu Tao, who was the prefect of Zhending, began to recruit a large number of soldiers in order to prevent the Liao army from counterattacking, and Yue Fei, who was not yet 20 years old at the time, took the opportunity to enlist in the army, and officially became a "dare soldier" in the Song army. But Yue Fei, who joined the army for the first time, did not get the opportunity to fight, but was dismissed and returned to his hometown after a few months of military salary.
The process of joining the army again was even more miserable, it was six years since Xuanhe, Yue Fei devoted himself to the Pingding Army and became a senior sergeant in the army, but two years later, the Battle of Song and Jin began, Yue Fei devoted himself to the defense of Taiyuan as a "hard detective", but in the end it ended in the defeat of the Song Army, and then even the Pingding Army was captured by the Jin Army, Yue Fei had to flee back to the township, and this short military career also ended.
After Yue Fei fled back to his hometown, until the Jin army went south again to surround Bianjing, King Kang's Zhao Gou was ordered to open the Generalissimo's Mansion in Xiangzhou, Xiangzhou is Yue Fei's hometown, so Yue Fei immediately re-enlisted in the army after hearing the news, and threw himself into Zongze.
Because after Zhao opened the Generalissimo's Mansion, he fled all the way with his men and horses, from Xiangzhou to the Daimyo's Mansion, and then to Dongping Mansion. Yue Fei was very dissatisfied with his policy of surrender and escape, so he fiercely wrote to Zhao Gou to return to Bianjing and personally lead the Sixth Army to recover the lost territory, but he was directly expelled from the army because of patriotism, and this time his military career ended in such a hurry.
When Zhang ceded the two rivers in the Jingkang period, he used wax books in Hebei to recruit militia into the Beijing Division, and the number of recruits reached more than 100,000 people within a month, so he enjoyed a good reputation in Hebei. He is an upright person, attaches great importance to talents, and attaches great importance to Yue Fei. Before Zhang took office, the imperial court had given him an empty name, and after a conversation with Yue Fei, he recognized Yue Fei as extraordinary, and immediately took out an empty name to make up Yue Fei as Wu Xiulang, and then promoted Wu Jinglang.
Yue Fei's first three enlistments in the army were not smooth, for different reasons, the first was due to the dismissal of the troops by the imperial court, Yue Fei was passively discharged, the second was because the troops were broken up by the Jin army, Yue Fei lost his organization, and the third time was because he angered the authorities by expressing patriotic views, and was finally expelled tragically, each time more embarrassed, until he enlisted in the army for the fourth time, the situation finally took a turn for the better.
Wu Jinglang is a military attache from the seventh grade, and this official position has been promoted by six officials compared to Yue Fei's previous Bingyilang. Yue Fei had just been expelled, and it was the most embarrassing time in his life, Zhang was grateful to Yue Fei for his kindness, and asked him to escort Zong Ze to Zhending immediately!
There are heavy troops in the Jin army tun in Hebei, and at this time the Jin army has all crossed the Yellow River and returned to the north, and the main road is the Jin army marching brigade, Zong Ze and his party can only take the small road around the wilderness, day and night, and sleep in the open air. Although he tried his best to hide his tracks and avoid the sentry of the Jin army, he would inevitably encounter the Jin army on the way, and there was always a fierce battle. Whenever Yue Fei takes the lead at this time, he rushes in front of the soldiers, galloping through the Jin army formation, no one can stop him, kill the bloody road, and cover Zong Ze's advance! (To be continued......)