Chapter 19: The Great War 2
In the third year of Shenwu in the Great Zhou Dynasty, on January 16, the king of Jin was shocked to recruit all the soldiers and horses of his cronies in Bingzhou when he learned that the army of the southern expedition to Bingzhou was annihilated, ready to hold Jinyang, and hurriedly asked the Great Liao Empire for help. The annihilation of the Jin king's army also surprised the Wushuchi garrison of Lingshou Pass, you must know that the combat strength of the Bingzhou army under the command of the Jin king Ma Lin is no less than that of the Liao soldiers, how could it be defeated so quickly, which made Wushuchi puzzled and puzzled.
In order to keep Ma Lin, the king of Jin, Wu Shuchi led his army south to Jinyang immediately.
Not long ago, the Liao army led by the Liao general Wu Shuchi encountered the rebel army led by Xie Xuansuo in the area of Fucheng County, Shangshan County, Bingzhou, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.
Xie Xuanqin led the main force of the left and right leopard Taowei to face the Liao army head-on, and the left leopard Taowei general Yue Yun led the control crane army, and the right leopard Taowei general Niu Gao led the Xiaoguo army as the left and right flanks to carry out a north-south flank attack on the Liao army.
The Liao army led by Wu Shuchi came to the rescue from a long distance, and the long-distance march made the soldiers tired, the people were sleepy and the horses were tired, and the army was unstable, and they could not resist the three-sided attack of Xie Xuan's elite army, and they were defeated after a bloody battle for half a day, and tens of thousands of Liao soldiers were killed.
The next day, the whole army of Wuchochi fought again, but the result was defeated again, and the remnants of Wuchochi fled in a hurry, and camped in Wulin Mountain under Jinyang City in Bingzhou.
This time Wushu Chike made a fatal mistake, Daliao is located in the prairie, the trees are scarce, and he does not understand the dangers of mountains and forests. Sure enough, Xie Xuan observed the place where the Liao army was camped from a distance, and immediately smiled, and immediately decided to set fire to the mountain.
In the middle of the night on the eighth day of the second month of the third year of the Great Zhou Shenwu, the stars and the moon were gone, Xie Xuan quietly sent thousands of elite soldiers with fire oil to secretly march to the Liao army camp and suddenly threw fire oil.
In this battle, Wujuchi was completely defeated, and he no longer had any power to resist, and fled back to the territory of Liao with a few remnants of the Liao army
The night was blue, and the sky above Wulin Mountain in the distance of Jinyang City was reflected red by the raging fire, which also disturbed the minds of everyone in Jinyang City.
There was chaos in the palace of Jinyang City, the eunuchs and palace maids ran around in a panic, and even the palace guards and sergeants did not have the intention to be on duty seriously, and their faces were depressed and their morale was completely lost.
Plop Plop Plop ......
From time to time, you will see someone jumping into the Jinyang Lake in the palace, which is the concubines of the King of Jin throwing themselves into the water to die, and the sad cries come and go.
Rebellion is a big crime of stealing the family and destroying the clan, and now that the army is defeated, it is better to commit suicide to preserve his innocence than to be caught and humiliated in the end. Ma Lin was already dead at the moment and had no illusions, so she didn't stop the concubines from committing suicide, and even felt a little comforted in her frustration, thinking that it should have been like this!
In the pavilion next to Jinyang Lake in the palace, the candles were bright, and several palace maids and eunuchs with panicked expressions stood with their heads down, and the sad cries outside came and went.
The princess of Jin, Wang Shi, was neatly dressed under the service of her personal maidservant, tied up her hair in a bun, and applied fat powder thinly, and the woman who was nearly forty years old was still so beautiful, with bright eyes and bright teeth, and picturesque eyebrows.
Princess Jin walked to the window and sat down, her expression was calm, and she stared out of the window for a long time, and then sighed lightly, and a crystal tear rolled down, followed by a few drops.
Since discovering that her husband had the intention of rebelling, Wang has repeatedly tactfully advised. It's a pity that her husband didn't listen at all and was furious, for which Wang could lose a lot of tears.
However, as a woman, what else can you do but admonish her? Now that her husband's rebellion has failed, the whole family will be executed, and the Wang family will also be implicated......
The maid stood behind Wang, tears slipped down involuntarily, she knew very well what was about to happen, the cries outside came and went, and the maidservant girl was bidding farewell to her master.
Wang stood up lightly, moved a small stool to the window and rested down.
"Princess!" The handmaid cried out in grief.
Wang glanced back at the maidservant and sighed lightly: "Girl, you should have married a long time ago, but I delayed you with a soft heart, and now I have also harmed you." ”
The maid said with tears in her eyes: "Don't say that, the princess, it's just that the slave doesn't want to marry, as long as the princess doesn't dislike the slave and the maid, the slave is willing to serve the princess for a lifetime, whether it's life or death!" ”
Wang sighed lightly: "Alas, you stupid girl, you don't have to serve me anymore from today onwards, live well."
After Wang finished speaking, he stood on the stool and jumped into Jinyang Lake from the water pavilion without hesitation......
"Princess!" The maidservants ran to the window with a sad cry, and several palace maids and eunuchs behind fell to their knees, and the cries rang out.
Leaning slightly, Ma Lin, the king of Ning who received the news, stumbled in, screaming for his concubine, and ran to the window to cry sadly, for this beautiful and talented wife, he was loved from the bottom of his heart, of course, he obviously loved the emperor's throne more.
Ma Lin sighed and said sadly: "I regret not listening to Madame, Madam! I'm sorry for you! ”
A group of palace maids and eunuchs knelt and wept silently, the cry shook the sky, the Wang family has always been deeply loved by the palace, and now they committed suicide by throwing themselves into the lake, and all the palace people cried bitterly.
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On the ninth day of the second month of the third year of the Great Zhou Shenwu, Xie Xuan led the left and right leopard Taowei army to attack Jinyang City with lightning speed, and Ma Lin, his sons and cronies who were caught off guard were all captured
In order to avoid being captured and humiliated, the concubines of the King of Jin resolutely chose to commit suicide by throwing themselves into the lake, but the men who took the lead in the rebellion of the King of Jin chose to steal their lives, and finally all of them were captured, I have to say, this is really a great irony!
On the ninth day of the first month of February, the king of Jin and a group of backbones were captured, announcing that the rebellion in the state was completely quelled.
February in the world is full of flowers.
In the blink of an eye, it is the early spring, the weather is gradually becoming warmer, and the streets of Jinyang City are full of pedestrians and shops, which seem to have restored their former prosperity.
However, this is only a superficial phenomenon, and the wounds caused by this rebellion to the people of Bingzhou are far from being recovered, and the war has directly caused more than 100,000 casualties, and many families have been torn apart as a result, and many people have been displaced as a result......
As the so-called plan of the year lies in the spring, the agrarian society that relies on the sky to eat, and there is no way to make up for the missed agricultural time, and the people of the state are destined to tighten their belts and suffer hard this year.
In addition, the rebellion of King Jin is still continuing, and someone is arrested almost every few days, and the major prisons in Jinyang City are already overcrowded. This is still the result of Xie Xuan's restriction expansion, and it is really necessary to thoroughly investigate and investigate, I am afraid that more people will be implicated.
These days, Xie Xuanguang is busy preparing prisoner cars, because there are as many as 100 prisoners in the line of King Jin alone, not to mention the families of those prisoners under the command of King Jin, the number of prisoner cars to prepare can be imagined, so Xu Xianling has been busy these days.
Fortunately, after today's busy work, Xie Xuan ordered Yue Yun to lead the leopard to guard thousands of soldiers, escorting the king of Jin and all the prisoners to leave Jinyang and go south to the divine capital.