He Ji's crying and roaring voice alarmed the nearby officers and soldiers, who came over to check the situation.

When they saw the hanging noose, the officers and men felt very strange.

There is no one to mutiny to force him, he can surrender at any time and live, why can't he suddenly think of committing suicide?

A few officers were literate, and when they saw the message on the trunk, they hurriedly told the people next to them.

The soldier from Tokyo also said that this old general was the emperor's personal guard.

Some people were disdainful, some people were respectful, but they didn't speak again.

He Ji re-fastened his father's belt, tidied up his appearance, and personally carried the body on his back, leading thousands of officers and soldiers to surrender - there were originally more than 10,000 people, but most of this effort had escaped, and he surrendered in groups.

Zhang Guangdao personally received the prisoners, and when he saw the strangulation marks on He Guan's neck, he thought that he had been strangled by the soldiers.

When he heard that He Ji was the son of the deceased, he became more and more confused, and asked the other soldiers to find out what had happened.

Xu Ning whispered: "This old General He is very famous in Tokyo. It is rumored that Wu Jinshi once shot an arrow through the armor of the Western Xia cavalry, penetrating through the chest and shooting at the cavalry behind. At that time, the people of Tokyo knew about the three armies, and the emperor also received them in person. ”

The story will always get more and more outrageous, and there are many legends about He Guan Shenji.

He Guan did not participate in the invasion of Liao at all, but it is rumored that he shot three arrows and stones to scare off the Liao army, pinning on the expectations of the people of Tokyo.

Zhang Guangdao asked: "Have you done evil for the imperial court?" ”

Xu Ning shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it, I don't know very well." His subordinates are all imperial guards, and he doesn't deal with our people. ”

Zhang Guangdao was surprised: "The emperor also sent the head of the guard to lead the troops?" ”

"It is estimated that there are too many defeats to eat, and the faint monarch doesn't trust Tong Guan very much." Xu Ning guessed.

Zhang Guangdao sighed: "Pity this old hero, I have to give my life for that faint king, how good it would be if I took refuge in my family." ”

He Ji put away his father's body, took off his saber, took off his armor, knelt down on his knees and said: "Please be kind to the general, most of them are township soldiers and people from Deng Xiang and other prefectures, and the temporary recruitment has not caused any damage to your department." ”

Zhang Guangdao said: "You don't need to worry about this, the righteous army will definitely not kill the good and take the risk." Do you know the children's arrangement? ”

He Ji was silent, he did not want to betray his allies.

Zhang Guangdao didn't bother to ask again, because He Ji didn't say it, and the other captives were willing to say it.

Sure enough, when Zhang Guangdao screened out the captured officers and asked them for information, one by one the bamboo tubes poured beans and spit out.

"Tong Guan is in Xiangyang, where there are 3,000 victorious troops."

"Xin Xingzong and Xin Qizong each brought some victorious troops to attack Xunyang and Pingli respectively."

"From Yunxiang to here, four grain stations have been set up along the way, and the general will send people to kill them quickly!"

"There is a big grain station at the mouth of the Wuling River (blocking the estuary), and all the grain and grass transported from Jingnan Road are stacked there and then transferred out."

“……”

Zhang Guangdao smiled when he heard this, asked the army to record it, and then summarized it himself.

These captives could not be kept in vain, and they were temporarily escorted to the counties of Golden State, where they were allowed to cut logs, mine, build roads, and dredge rivers.

Wait until the war is over and then screen and then release.

It can't be released directly, so it would require a lot of ships.

Of course, it will not be deliberately tortured to death, because Jingnan Road is vast and sparsely populated, and it must be developed after the rebels are defeated. Most of the captives in front of them are from Jingnan Road, and they will have to be released home to farm next year.

He Ji has a special identity and was specially escorted to Jinzhou City for care.

He asked to burn his father's body to leave his ashes, and Zhang Guangdao agreed, and distributed it to a few captives to help.

Batch after batch of prisoners were kicked out by the officers who escorted them away, so that the prisoners could lose their organization.

After disposing of most of the prisoners, Zhang Guangdao was finally relieved.

The captured armor and good goods were replaced by the soldiers, and the bad goods were used to arm the people.

Zhang Guangdao left a small number of soldiers and stationed them in Shuyang Town with the people, and continued to escort the prisoners in batches, and personally led the main force to the east by boat.

Since Xin Xingzong didn't dare to come again, of course Zhang Guangdao wanted to kill him!

The riverside grain stations along the way were all empty, and even the soldiers and grain were transported away by Xin Xingzong.

Zhang Guangdao landed on the shore of Wufeng Township, Yunyang District, where there was a large area of riverside flatland, which was suitable for military and grain stations.

According to the prisoners' confessions, the mouth of the Wuling River further forward was the hub for the transfer of military resources for officers and soldiers.

Wuling Water is the blocked river, the largest tributary of the Han River.

Along this river to the south, you can go directly to Zhushan County, that is, Shangyong City during the Three Kingdoms period.

said that He Ji took his father's ashes and was escorted to Jinzhou with many officers. The people who were in charge of escorting them were all improvised armed people.

The attitude is certainly not very good, and I can't take a boat, I have to carry my own rations, I often get sticks along the way, and I have to eat and beat if I walk slowly.

He Ji was treated better, because Zhang Guangdao ordered her to take care of her, and she could even chat with the escort officer when she was resting.

"I heard that Golden State is barren and mountainous, and can afford to support many soldiers?" He Ji asked.

The escort officer said with a smile: "There is not much grain in Jinzhou, but there is a lot of gold, and I have taken it to Xiangyang to buy grain." From last autumn to the beginning of spring, grain has been being delivered. ”

He Ji was quite speechless, and at the same time felt resentful, he fought with his own life, but some officials sold food to thieves.

In fact, in the continuous mountainous area, Golden State is not too poor, but a rich land. This place is called the Ankang Basin, and the grain output is second only to the Hanzhong Basin, although this "second only" is a bit more......

He Ji asked again: "Mr. Zhu really doesn't charge harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes?" ”

The escort officer replied: "Collect some too, and listen to the old people in the family, the tax is similar to that of Zhezong." ”

"That's good too." He Ji sighed.

He had studied in Guozijian, and his father planned to train him to take the imperial examination.

He Ji prefers bows and pistols, and although he also studies hard, he is still far from Jinshi.

Even so, it can be called both civil and military.

His father used to be in charge of the infantry military division, which was a lucrative position, and many noble sons came to talk about it.

He Ji was often invited by the nobles, not only to consume in Fengyue places, but also to participate in some literary meetings.

Zhu Ming's poems, He Ji has read them all.

He likes Zhu Ming's words very much, "Public Security and Sparseness" scolds freely, and "Song of Righteousness" is written heartwarmingly. He even quietly collected the forbidden book "University Chapters and Sentences", and also read Zhu Ming's "Begging for the Only Husband Zhao Jiyi".

Who doesn't hate faint kings and traitors?

In the past two years, Song Huizong reused the eunuch Li Yan and set up a troubled place in Xicheng. Even some middle and low-level officers of the forbidden army were targeted by eunuchs for their land property, and they had to pay both taxes and rent, which was equivalent to double the tax to the imperial court.

There were subordinate officers who ran to He Guan to cry.

He Guan went to Li Yan to ask for an explanation, and the two sides broke up unhappily.

At that time, He Ji thought, the officers of the forbidden army have been exploited like this, how can ordinary people stand it?

Sure enough, this year, he led the troops to the battle, and what he saw along the way was full of devastation, which reminded He Ji of Zhu Ming's essay again.

He Ji asked his father privately: "Thieves have swarmed all over the country, and it is difficult for the imperial court to exterminate them, can this Great Song Dynasty still be saved?" ”

He Guan only said: "The Lu of the food king, the matter of loyalty to the king." ”

He Ji asked again: "The forbidden army has been exploited, how to make them loyal to the king?" ”

He Guan couldn't answer, so he could only sigh.

He Ji wanted to ask again, but He Guan suddenly instructed: "I am too heavy by Jun's grace, and I should be loyal to my duties." Your military position was obtained by virtue of your ability to test martial arts, if you ......"

If anything, He Guan didn't say it, but He Ji knew.

The ship of Da Song was about to sink, and his father wanted him to find a chance to change it.

The premise is that the father must die!

A few days later, entering the Ankang Basin, He Ji carefully observed the countryside.

Although the countryside was inevitably depressed due to the impact of the war, the basic order of agricultural production remained.

Jinzhou also belongs to Jingnan Road, and it is more barren than the Nanxiang Basin. However, under the governance of the Zhu family father and son, the land here was full of crops, but the fertile Nanxiang Basin was abandoned everywhere.

Not to mention the Nanxiang Basin, Kaifeng Mansion has begun to be abandoned!

The peasants were so squeezed by Xicheng that no matter how much grain they collected, it was not enough to pay taxes. Wealthy households can still rely on their savings for many years to survive, while small landlords and yeoman farmers have to abandon their fields and flee.

Xiangyi (Sui County) and Taikang, which are under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture, appeared sporadically last year, and this year they have become more and more powerful.

When He Ji went out with the army, Tong Guan also sent a partial division to Taikang to suppress the thieves in order to ensure the rear. The thieves didn't dare to fight, and the girl wandered to Qian County, and Tong Guan didn't bother to care anymore.

Encountering a large group of displaced people on the way, Tong Guan selected young and strong people to be soldiers, and randomly issued some rudimentary weapons, and the remaining old and weak women and children were all dispersed.

He Ji still remembers the scene of those homeless people crying and wailing.

Compared with the two, the Golden State in front of you seems to be a paradise.

Even the Zhu family's father and son are also collecting heavy taxes, and the tax amount is about the same as that of the Zhezong Dynasty, but it can indeed be called a paradise!

Alas, I'm afraid this Da Song is really hopeless.

……

"Taishi, please send a victory to the army, otherwise the Jinzhou battlefield will be hopeless!" Xin Xingzong left his troops at the mouth of the Wuling River and went straight to Xiangyang by boat for help.

Tong Guan said angrily: "How did your tens of thousands of troops suffer defeat? ”

Xin Xingzong made an excuse and said: "It is said that there are 50,000 troops, but the people plus the water army are 20,000." The remaining more than 30,000 soldiers, the forbidden army is unusable, the box army is also unusable, and the township soldiers are not even in good armor. The Thief has a cannon-like magic weapon that can shoot iron balls five miles away. I also led my troops to attack the thief fort, and after being hit by the iron ball of the magic weapon a few times, hundreds of people fled. ”

"Nonsense, where did the magic weapon come from?" Tong Guan didn't believe it at all.

Xin Xingzong said: "There is really a magic weapon, and all the soldiers of the army can testify, and I can't make up such a story alone." ”

Tong Guan asked, "What about Heguan?" ”

Xin Xingzong said: "He Guan blamed me for not knowing how to fight, he had to snatch the military power and take all the township soldiers." When the army withdrew, he did not come to the rescue, and sat back and watched me be defeated by the thieves. At this time, he was still in Shuyang Town, and he didn't know if he had surrendered to the enemy. ”

"This He Guan, he was disobedient in the capital, and he was disobedient when he went to the battlefield, and we will definitely impeach him when we return to Beijing!"

Tong Guan knew that Xin Xingzong was lying, but gave him an excuse to impeach He Guan.

The emperor no longer trusted him and was afraid that he would lose the battle again, so he sent He Guan to accompany the army.

In Tong Guan's view, He Guan took away his military power, and this kind of person must be cleaned up ruthlessly!

Xin Xingzong cried and begged: "Please let the Shengjie army participate in the battle, otherwise I really don't have any available soldiers in my hands." ”

"Let's go over in person!"

Tong Guan couldn't sit still in Xiangyang.

(End of chapter)