Chapter 133: Providence Is So
Han Li didn't take the reins of the horse, stepped into the stirrup with one foot, grabbed the saddle bridge with both hands, and in the past, he could turn over on the horse with just a light vertical, but today his body seems to be filled with lead, and he couldn't get on the horse after several efforts, and a personal soldier stepped forward to help him get on the horse, "No need, it seems that I am useless!" He sighed and waved his hand, patted the horse's neck and handed the reins to his own soldiers, and the white horse that had been with him for many years snorted, very puzzled by the master's mood at the moment.
"Dashuai, no, you will be fine in two days!" Wanyan Xiyin very much understands Han's mood at this moment, in the past, a rider who used to be accompanied by a horse all day long and never left the knife, but now he can't get on the horse, and he can't lift the knife.
"Ceres, don't be persuaded, since more than ten years ago, I have galloped across the territory with my father, conquered the Jurchen tribes, destroyed the Liao and attacked the Song Dynasty, killed countless people, and I have long seen life and death, and I am very satisfied to live until now!" Since the Beihui was attacked and lost the captured hostages and a large number of property, Han Li's body collapsed without hurrying, and after the Great Song Dynasty Emperor was taken away from him again, his slightly improved body took a sharp turn, and a sturdy man became a wasted man.
"Dashuai, the Great Song Mountain Bandits will not retreat, our offensive is blocked, we can't take the Tiebi Pass, now the weather is hot, and there is a lack of food and grass, you are sick again, let's withdraw the army first!" Wanyan Xiyin persuaded.
"Ahem..."Han Li coughed violently for a while, "We were humiliated by the Song people three times and twice, not only were the hostages taken, but also the property was lost a lot, just go back like this, where do you have the face to see the emperor, and although the Xijing army that went south this time did not play the banner of Zhao Er, but its various actions are enough to show that he is the second prince of the Great Song Dynasty." Now we are trapped in the Five Horse Mountains, if we don't take the opportunity to destroy him. I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future! Han Li shook his head.
"What the big marshal said is extremely true, this is Zhao Er's cunning as a fox. He has no rules in his use of soldiers, I am worried that he still has a backhand, should we stay behind and send reinforcements? Wanyan Xiyin said.
"How can he dare to lead the army to leave Xijing and go south, what I am worried about is that he sent troops to the Central Plains, as long as our Yanjing army moves, he will send troops from Fengshengzhou to Juyongguan to seize Yanjing, and then we can cut off the road to the north and trap us in the Central Plains and can't move!" Han Li said.
"Alas, this Zhao Er is really our Jurchen rival. Now that the Central Plains is in turmoil, Zhang Bangchang is too uncompetitive, not only failed to keep the throne, but was also killed by the remnants of the Song Dynasty to prepare for a new monarch, and now Zhao Er is likely to take the opportunity to seize the throne and become the lord of a country! Wanyan Xiyin said.
"Well, Ceres, your worries are exactly what I'm worried about, so we're going to do our best to kill Zhao Er!" Han Li said.
At that time, Mu Han did not listen to the advice of the marshal, and strongly advocated the abolition of the second emperor of the Song Dynasty and the establishment of his surname as the emperor. If one person is selected from the Zhao family as the emperor, then Zhao Er will have no chance to become the king of a country, and he will not leave such a big trouble. Zhao Er is the one who will be repaid, and we have gone south several times. and took his people captive, and abolished his father and brother, and demanded his sister. This kind of hatred cannot be eliminated, and if he claims to be the emperor, he will devote all his strength to our Jurchen enemies! Wanyan Xiyin said worriedly. This time, the Jurchen stabbed a hornet's nest and angered a tiger. Big trouble.
"It's too late to say that, I just hope that Sticky Han can remember this lesson and smoothly bring the abolished emperor Zhao Huan back to China, once Zhao Er ascends the throne, we can also re-establish him as the emperor, that is the two masters of the Great Song Dynasty, their brothers are fighting, they will use the power of my Dajin, so that we can regain control of the Central Plains!" Han Li said.
"Dashuai, you can rest for a while, I will tell Sticky Han!" Wanyan Xiyin saw that Han Li's face was pale, his lips were purple, and he was panting, and hurriedly persuaded.
"No, carry me up the mountain, I want to watch the Dajin warriors capture the Tiebi Pass and kill Zhao Er!" Han Li shook his head and said, he probably realized that he was running out of time, and insisted on going to the front to watch the battle...
After many days of hard fighting, the Jin army had advanced to the front of the Tiebi Pass and fought a great battle in this long valley. The Jin army has found out that there is a lack of water on Wuma Mountain, and it must be supplied by streams in the ravines, as long as the water source is cut off, the people in the entire cottage will fall into a water shortage and surrender without a fight, so the current battle is around the water drawing channel of Wuma Cottage.
This mountain road is only three feet wide is the lifeblood of Wuma Mountain, and it has also become a must for the Jin army, Zhao Bangjie listened to the guidance of the prince, along the mountain road to the stream to build a simple walled wall, built fortifications, and this low walled wall has become a meat grinder that devours the lives of countless Jurchens, whether it is a strong attack or a sneak attack, it cannot be surpassed, so that the stream is mixed with a long-lasting bloody gas.
Zhao Ta's headquarters is located in a mountain col in the Tiebi Pass, which is already the core area of Wuma Cottage, there are heavy troops around, and Zhao Ta's internal guard brigade and special operations detachment are responsible for the security work, which can be said to be foolproof, but here is only five or six miles away from the battlefield, and the sound of guns can be heard from time to time, and now it has become Zhao Ji's 'palace'.
After the excitement of the first two days, Zhao Ji has quickly adapted to life here. He deserved to have been the supreme leader of the country, and he was calm and calm in the depths of danger, and he did not forget to gather the hearts of the people, convened a meeting with the leaders of the cottage, and reinstated Ma Kuo as an official on the spot, and crowned him as a direct bachelor of Baowen Pavilion; Zhao Bangjie was the observer envoy of Zhaozhou, a doctor of Xiezhong, and the other leaders were also made officials.
The people in the cottage used to be farming people, and the ancestors had never seen the emperor for eight generations, and now they not only saw the dragon face, but also got a reward, of course, everyone smiled, and the mountain shouted long live, saying that they would swear allegiance to the emperor. Of course, Zhao Ji was also very happy, with kind words and encouragement, and the morale of the cottage army was greatly boosted for a while. He originally wanted to go to the front to inspect and comfort the soldiers, but Zhao Ta refused, and it took him so much effort to get him back, if there were three long and two short, how could he have to pay for the loss!
"Father, why are you sighing?" When Zhao Tan entered his father's 'palace', he saw him frowning, sighed, and hurriedly asked. There can't be any dragon robes in the cottage, and there are no clothes that match his identity, so he can only find a staff and let him change into it, and with his appearance, he looks like a landlord and old wealth.
"Erlang, have you ever taken back the treasury that the gold thief stole from Ouchi?" Zhao Ji looked at his son and asked.
"Oh, some were recovered, but the situation was urgent, and less than thirty percent were recaptured!" Zhao Tan replied, wondering in his heart what his father was thinking, did he want to ask himself for gold and silver just after he got out of danger? However, some of them have already been used as military salaries, so he only said a rough idea to test his father's meaning.
"Is there a large collection of books and antiquities?" Hearing Zhao Ta's answer, Zhao Ji's eyes lit up and asked.
"Erchen hasn't had time to check, I don't know what is in the road!" Zhao Ta scratched his scalp and replied embarrassedly, but his heart was wide, it was rumored that the Jin army looted the palace property after breaking the city, and his father did not feel a little distressed, when he heard that the royal collection of books was also taken away, but sighed, now ask these first, it seems that the rumor is true.
"Send someone to inspect it, alas... Forget it, now that the war is urgent, don't move yet! Zhao Ji wanted to look for it, but when he heard the sound of golden drums coming from outside the mountain, he still suppressed this thought.
"Don't worry, father, when the son defeats the Jin army, he will definitely find all the lost things in the palace!" Zhao Ta saw that his father had experienced great hardships and made a lot of progress, and he knew the importance of the Dao, but these royal books were not only his father's beloved things, but also embody the essence of Chinese thousand-year-old culture, and they were all rare national treasures, and they should be returned to their homeland.
"It's okay, you must look for it carefully, and don't miss it!" Zhao Ji saw that his son was intimate and said with relief.
"Father, the son has got something, I don't know if it's true or not, can I ask my father to identify it?" Zhao Ta's heart suddenly moved and said, in addition to the emperor's bad fool, his father is good at eating, drinking and having fun, not only proficient in calligraphy and painting, but also has a deep study of antique gold and stone, and has seen a lot of good things, and his eyesight is no worse than that of any current appraisal expert.
"Oh, take it and show me!" Zhao Ta's words really aroused his interest, and Zhao Ji was uncomfortable and urged.
It didn't take long for Zhao Ta to retrieve a package, it was he in the northwest 'picked up' the piece of heirloom jade seal, it had been collected by Jianxi, this time before the expedition saw Xi to take it to him, Zhao Ta didn't know what Lu Dao thought at the time, so he sent the ghost to bring it, just let himself, who is known as the first person in the Great Song Dynasty, to identify the authenticity, but also let him relieve his boredom, so as not to think crankily.
"Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity!" Zhao Ta watched his father carefully open the box, and when he saw the jade seal in the box at first glance, his eyes flashed with a thief's light, and after turning it over, he trembled and read these words, his face was red, and his brain was bright.
"Oh, my father is still erudite, and I even know Khitan characters!" Zhao Ta said very appropriately.
"Erlang, you said that it is engraved in Khitan script?" Zhao Ji looked at Zhao Ji as if he was seeing an alien and asked.
"Yes, when the Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi was chased by Han Li, he was almost caught, one of my subordinates picked it up on the battlefield, no one knew the words on it, and it was left by the Khitans, I think it was the official seal of the Khitan general, and some people said that it was the national seal of the Liao State, anyway, no one could say clearly, the son saw that this jade was good, so he kept it and didn't throw it, and today is just for his father to play!" Zhao Tan said nonchalantly.
Zhao Ji didn't know whether to cry or laugh at the moment, how did he raise such a 'unlearned' son, but he didn't care about teaching him at the moment, but looked at this piece of jade seal carefully, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, he looked up at his son who was still ignorant, his heart turned up, and he secretly hesitated, is it really the will of God, the responsibility of saving the world fell on him... (To be continued......)