Chapter 152: Victory and Defeat
Picking up Liang Zhongshu, who was bent on death, Ximen Qing sighed: "Brother Shijie, people are inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than Hongmao, if you die, will it be regarded as righteousness and benevolence, but what is the life of the world?" β
Talking to such a scholar requires all the people in the world to be involved, adding a sense of guilt to his psychology, so that he can change his mind.
Liang Zhongshu was really stunned and said: "Shijie, I have a small body, how can I be involved in Li Shu in the whole world?" β
Ximen Qing said: "Although Brother Shijie went to Qingzhou to suppress the Hu generals, he is still the left-behind envoy of the east and west roads of Hebei, commanding the four important towns of the Daimyo's Mansion, Gaoyangguan, Zhendingfu and Dingzhou, and is the first line of defense to guard the country and resist the Khitan. Brother Shijie guards Hebei, known as the best military heart, even if the Khitan intends to come south to herd horses, but also wanders and does not dare to enter, the people of the Great Song Dynasty are safe, and Brother Shijie is powerful - if Brother Shijie only wants to die today, after you let go, who does the Hebei border defense count on? Seeing that the Liao Emperor gathered troops and horses, although it was said to be a crusade against the Jurchens, but did he know that it was not a fake plan to destroy the Jurchens? If the Liao soldiers are assembled, they do not attack the Jurchens, but come straight across the white ditch, at that time, Hebei will have less Shijie brother to sit in the town, and the dragons will be leaderless, and the Liao soldiers will be divided into a joint attack, and the city will be conquered, and the world will inevitably shake! I can only sigh that the people should be so innocent that they should suffer such poison? Brother Shijie, if you die here, not only will it not benefit you, but if the Liao soldiers go south, you will become a sinner of a foreign race! β
Liang Zhongshu listened, cold sweat trickling down. He was originally a scholar, and he was captured by Ximen Qing three times, and he couldn't erase his face, so he deliberately put on a high posture that could not be killed and humiliated, and maintained the little dignity left in his family. In fact, human nature is happy to live and die, but there is a way to live, who wants to throw their heads and spill blood? Now listening to Ximenqing say so righteously and strictly, Liang Zhongshu just borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, got up and bowed again: "If it weren't for Brother Siquan to wake up, the servant would have almost missed a big thing!" Ashamed! Ashamed! Terrified! Terrified! β
Ximenqing nodded and said, "That's it." If you have the courage to die, why not take it out and fight for life? Today, let's sit down and discuss how Brother Shijie will deal with the aftermath. β
Liang Zhongshu smiled bitterly: "How to deal with the aftermath?" Shijie lost a defeat under Brother Siquan today, and he was convinced, and the court will inevitably condemn me. My father-in-law is a man of the official journey, and when the matter comes, he first plans for his own power, and I am so completely defeated today, that the sin is all over the world, and he may not be willing to help - maybe he will fall into the ground, and the name of righteous destruction of relatives, in order to invite the grace of the saint, is unknown. Alas! The future is so dark, I, Liang Shijie, have no choice but to earn my life! β
Ximenqing smiled when he heard this: "There is no endless road, why should Brother Shijie be so pessimistic?" Come and see ......," he said, taking out a folded piece of rice paper from his poster bag and handing it to Liang Zhongshu.
When Liang Zhongshu read it, it read: "Liang Shijie, the left-behind envoy of the four towns in Hebei, is a good deed." The ministers received the holy order, and the soldiers entered Qingzhou, and entered Huyan to rebel, but Liangshan Caokou came with a clamor to fight the thieves. When the minister heard this, he rose up, drew his sword and cut a few, and he swore an oath with the thief! The two formations confronted each other for more than a month, several battles, countless small battles, the thieves had the upper hand, and then the strong disciples of Erlong Mountain, Peach Blossom Mountain, and Baihu Mountain were gathered on the left, and the ants came to compete with Wang Shi under the city of Qingzhou. β
Seeing this, Liang Zhongshu couldn't help but glance at Ximenqing, but saw that he was smiling and groaning, and he looked like he was in his chest, so he continued to look back.
"At noon on the day of November Bingshen, the thieves were so large that they looked at the thieves from afar, and the bees and ants gathered, not to mention more than 100,000 people. At that time, the three armies had the heart to serve the country, and each of them had a strong ambition, and the ministers led the front army to beat the drum and fight the thieves. The two formations were not connected, first with bows and arrows, and then with bows and arrows, and then with white blades. The minister's flag was surrounded by thieves for several turns, the spear in the minister's helmet was broken, several injuries were killed, fortunately the prisoner Li Cheng, came bravely, cut down the thief's banner on both sides, grabbed three guns, near the steel knife, far away the halberd, killed more than 50 members of the fierce thieves, and the people were angry for it. β
Seeing that Li Cheng was depicted dressed like Changshan Zhao Zilong, Liang Zhongshu couldn't cry or laugh for a while. Look down further - "At four o'clock in the middle of the calendar, the thieves finally collapsed, and under the city of Qingzhou, blood flowed and drifted, corpses were like mountains, and the loess was red. It is a battle, 48,000 thieves are strange, Qingzhou is back to the state, all rely on the official family Hongfu, and there are all the masters of the DPRK and the central government to give it appropriately, and the athletes of the three armies can achieve this bloody battle. β
Although he has been in officialdom for a long time, when he saw this, Liang Zhongshu was already numb, so he had to take a break and read it again.
"Huyan rebels, all of them are rats, and they escaped into Liangshan Shuibo to survive. Because the ministers had no ships, they were not allowed to enter for the time being, so they returned to Qingzhou, appeased the old and the young, provided relief to the disaster, and assigned men and horses to search for the remnants of the party in various places where the thieves had been left before, and properly arranged local regimental exercises to hold the danger and guard the important points, so as to facilitate the imperial army. To the day of the appearance, Jingxi Road has been re-bathed in the emperor's grace, slightly recovered, the people cover the dust and look at the Beijing master to worship, the people's hearts have been at ease, there is no holy worry. β
Seeing that Ximen Qing wrote his defeat into a big victory, Liang Zhongshu was happy and sad, happy that if Ximen Qing cooperated, he would definitely be able to coax the emperor ministers who were in the middle of the court; The worry is that there are many people here, and if this fig leaf is uncovered, it will not be a trick at that time.
I stayed for a long time, but I saw that there was another paragraph behind, so I watched it again.
"Although this battle has greatly frustrated the thief's edge, the soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and the king also has mourning. First, there was Wu Bingyi, the commander of the soldiers and horses of Chenzhou, who met the enemy on patrol, was counted by the thief, and served the country with his body; This battle also killed Duan Pengju, the supervisor of Suizhou soldiers and horses, Chen Zhu, the supervisor of Zhengzhou soldiers and horses, Han Tianlin, the supervisor of Tangzhou soldiers and horses, Li Ming, the supervisor of Xuzhou soldiers and horses, Wang Yi, the supervisor of Dengzhou soldiers and horses, Ma Wanli, and Zhou Xin, the supervisor of Songzhou soldiers and horses. There are also the rest of the meritorious soldiers, and after the merits are collected everywhere, they will be recorded and submitted. Chen Shijie has no joy to dance. Sincerely. β
After reading it, Liang Zhongshu put the light but heavy paper on the table, and sighed: "Alas! Brother Siquan, you're making a big joke! β
Ximen Qing said leisurely: "Although the layout is big, it may not be a joke, right?" β
Liang Zhongshu shook his head slowly: "This matter is not comparable to the bottle stealing the beam and changing the pillar." Thousands of troops, how can they be so easy to deceive? If it is leaked, Brother Siquan, you are free in Liangshan, and I will only suffer for you. β
Ximen Qing said with a smile: "What Brother Shijie is worried about is just that the big defeat a few days ago is difficult to hide - but what's so difficult? Brother Shijie Shenlong saw the beginning and did not see the end, secretly lurking behind the scenes, first defeating the arrogant with deception, and then attacking with a thunderous attack with the ambush of the hidden cloth, so the great victory - isn't this wonderful? At that time, we pushed the boat down the river, just to let Qingzhou out, and achieved your great achievement, Brother Shijie. β
Liang Zhongshu was surprised: "Brother Siquan, do you really want to give up Qingzhou?" A state and county, it's not easy to get! β
Ximen Qing said with a smile: "You, the official of the imperial court, are you planning to get up for me?" β
Liang Zhongshu was embarrassed for a while: "This ......"
Ximen Qing put away his smile and said, "Now our Liangshan is just a hidden dragon that leaps into the abyss, and it is not yet the time of the Dragon Teng Ninety-Five!" Brother Shijie, it's not that I, Ximenqing, boast about it, if one day I really encounter the opportunity to conquer the city, Liangshan Yiqi will be raised, and we can really spread the word on the two roads of Jingdong! Do you believe it or not? β
Liang Zhongshu thought about Liang Shan's actions, and thought about what this court had done in recent years, so he couldn't help but sigh and bow his head. After being silent for a long time, he raised his head again and said: "Those seven soldiers and horses are my father-in-law's protΓ©gΓ©s and former officials, since they have surrendered, why should Brother Siquan kill more?" Heaven has the virtue of a good life, so forgive them! β
Ximenqing shook his head and said, "Brother Shijie's words are wrong. Those seven fellows, although they have not succeeded enough, have more than enough failures, and sparing them is just a gesture, but if they see through the flaws in this matter, when they are disturbed, I can be free in Liangshan, and only suffer you to take the cylinder for me - so I still end them, once and for all! Yes, they have surrendered, but I don't say I have surrendered. Besides, does God really have the virtue of a good life? The four seasons of heaven and earth, spring, summer, autumn and winter, the spring lord is born, the summer lord is long, the autumn lord is born, and the winter lord dies - the cold winter kills, does not care for all things, and those who dare to be its edge die without a place to be buried! Therefore, the way of killing is the right way to follow the way of heaven, so why should we slander and cover it up for fear of death? Only by calmly facing death and thoroughly understanding the true meaning of killing can we cherish the existing life! β
Liang Zhongshu listened, unable to say a word, only pondering. After a while, he asked, "Brother Siquan thinks about Shijie and does not hesitate to do this, why did he come?" Please also be explicit. β
Ximenqing sighed and said, "Brother Shijie, I don't ask you to betray the court you are loyal to, I just ask you to have no distractions and guard Hebei." If my prediction is correct, something big will happen in the north in the near future. β
Liang Zhongshu said: "The big thing that Brother Siquan said is not referring to the Liao Lord's crusade against the Jurchens? β
Ximenqing nodded and said slowly: "The lord of Liao has no way, ignores the government and politics, and only cares about hunting and swimming, so that corruption is rampant in the country, and the people are also in dire straits!" On the occasion of this chaotic autumn, the lord of Liao did not talk about cultivating the Tao and protecting the law, reforming the decadent government, but instead used military force and started a war against the Jurchens. It must be known that Jurchen is a great hero, and when the Liao lord forced him into a corner, he had no choice but to go out and do a big job. This time the Khitan Jurchens will fight, although there are many Liao soldiers, their morale is low, although the Jurchens are few, they have the same enemy, and the Liao lord will be destroyed! β
Liang Zhongshu exclaimed: "Brother Siquan is wrong, right? I listened to what I said, the Liao lord has gathered 700,000 troops, and the Jurchens are only 10,000 at most, with 700,000 against 10,000, the victory or defeat can be imagined. β
Ximen Qing smiled: "Brother Shijie, how about you and I make a bet?" "This is exactly what it is:
Who will repeat once it is overturned? I only know the rise and fall of the ages. But I don't know what will happen next, and listen to the next breakdown.