0559 [Zhao Ji joins the Peasant Army]

Song Huizong first mixed in with the chaos and fled all the way to the northwest.

Although he was soaked in water, his face and hands showed white skin, which really didn't match the beggar's clothes. But in the same situation as him, there are more than one or two, who are not afraid of being discovered in the chaos.

After running for three or four miles, Song Huizong turned to the west and went into a small ravine to continue to escape.

Stop and go, lie down and rest when you are tired, I don't know how much time has passed, anyway, Song Huizong is so hungry that his stomach growls, and both feet have come out of the blood blister.

At night, he slept in the mountains, and was awakened by hunger in a daze, and he was hungry and dug up some grass roots to eat.

At dawn the next day, he continued to flee westward, discerning his direction from time to time through the sun.

At noon, he was so hungry that Song Huizong found a village and wanted to go into the village to ask for something to eat.

I don't need to pretend to be anything, I sleep on the ground and eat and sleep, and my whole body becomes dirty. And the skin was cut by miscanthus in many places, and the blood flowed out and stained with dust, and the cloak really looked like a flower child.

But he didn't even have a broken bowl, and the villagers were also exploited to the point of extreme poverty, and no one was willing to give them food from the head of the village to the end of the village.

Song Huizong took out a jade belt from his arms, which was when he changed his clothes, and took it off and stuffed it into his arms.

The jade is round, the middle part is carved with a dragon pattern, and the edge is a bead pattern.

The dragon was not exclusive to the royal family in the Song Dynasty, and there were a large number of dragon-shaped artifacts among the people, such as dragon pattern bronze mirrors or something, and they were not afraid of being recognized by a belt.

The southern region attaches great importance to education, and there is a village school in this mountain village.

Song Huizong heard the sound of reading aloud, dragged the jade belt in his hand and went over, and tidied up his clothes at the door of the classroom: "It's bothering the pedant!" ”

This is an elderly master, let the students memorize the text by themselves, get up and go over to return the salute: "Listen to your friend's accent, it seems to be a northerner?" ”

Song Huizong replied: "In Henan's ancestral hometown, I supervised the liquor tax in Hangzhou before, and burned and looted after the soldiers entered the city. In disguise, he fled in a hurry with his family, but he was separated halfway. I was tired and hungry when I came here, and I wanted to ask my master to give me a bite to eat. As he spoke, he took out the dragon pattern jade belt again, "This is a gift from the elders, and there is nothing else left, so I can only repay it with a belt." ”

The old master did not doubt him, asked his wife to get some food, and said: "They are all scholars, just a meal, and they don't have to be paid." ”

Song Huizong said: "I still have to give." I wanted to go to Ningguo to join my friends, and there was no entanglement along the way, so I exchanged this jade belt for some copper coins. ”

The old master no longer refused, he carefully observed the jade belt, and found that not only the carving was exquisite, but also the belt was of the highest quality, and muttered: "The old man can't afford such a precious thing, and it is not enough to pay for these rooms." ”

"Just give me some money." Song Huizong said.

The old master took out a few copper coins from the house, as if he felt too shabby, and took off two pieces of bacon from the beam: "I'm really ashamed, the family has to worry a lot." ”

"That's enough." Song Huizong was excited.

The old master took out another bag, put copper coins and bacon in it, and began to chat with Song Huizong about poetry and articles.

This specialty, which belongs to Song Huizong, not only wrote words on the spot, but also hit the edge of the table with chopsticks to sing the new words just now.

The old master was shocked, admired Song Huizong, and said: "With the talent of a gentleman, he must be a pillar of the country, and he can only do the wine tax." That faint king has eyes and no beads, is close to the villain, is far virtuous, exploits excessively, brutalizes the people, and dies in the country! Mr. doesn't have to run away anymore, go back to the new dynasty, and he will definitely be reused. ”

Song Huizong's face was slightly red, and he explained: "The Ming generals who captured Hangzhou did not know how to restrain the soldiers, and the soldiers burned and looted everywhere. I really don't want to go back to Hangzhou, so I go to my friends first. ”

After a full meal, the old master asked him to leave Mobao and write down the new words just now.

Song Huizong didn't dare to write a thin gold body, so he wrote it with a line, and then made a farewell with his burden, and hurriedly ran crazy after leaving the village.

In the afternoon, I went out of the mountain and went southwest, and finally came to a river in the middle of the night.

He forgot to ask for a fire tool, and he didn't have a knife on him, so he could only hold the bacon and gnaw it raw when he was hungry.

When I woke up in the morning, I began to have diarrhea, and I almost collapsed, and I finally recovered after lying down for a long time. Then he continued to nibble on bacon raw, and walked along the river with empty steps.

Met a farmer on the way, Song Huizong asked: "I lost the road, what is this river, and what county is in front of it?" ”

The farmer didn't look at him at all, and bent down to hoe and said, "This river is called Nanxi, and a few miles ahead is Lin'an." ”

"Thank you!"

Song Huizong continued to stagger, and finally saw the county seat in the evening.

He looked at the city wall from afar and muttered: "Lin'an, Lin'an, maybe temporary stability, when will we get Chang'an?" ”

That night he slept by the river, and when passers-by saw him, they thought he was a beggar, and no one came to trouble him.

After dawn, he asked someone for directions and learned that he was heading south to Muzhou.

After two days in the hilly and mountainous areas, it is estimated that the stomach has adapted to it, and there is no diarrhea again.

Song Huizong was gnawing on bacon raw, when he suddenly heard a noisy sound, and hurriedly put the bacon back into the baggage.

I saw dozens of peasants coming out of the valley, all with farm tools as weapons, and some carrying sackcloth banners, and killing him in a hurry.

Song Huizong was so frightened that his legs became weak, and he forgot to run away for a while.

When the peasant army passed by him, someone picked up a small stone, stuffed it into Song Huizong's hand, and said, "They are all hard-working people, come with us to vote for Li Dashuai." The Dog Emperor has been killed, don't be afraid of the government! ”

"Which Li Dashuai?" Song Huizong asked subconsciously.

The peasant said: "The general who captured Hangzhou is called Li Bao, and this Li Dashuai is Li Bao's brother." Don't ask too much, follow and go to the county seat! ”

Song Huizong did not dare to disobey, so he picked up the stone and joined the peasant army.

Halfway through, I felt that the stone was not easy to use, so I replaced it with a wooden stick.

After about ten miles of advancement, more than a dozen people were pulled into the gang along the way, and this peasant army finally arrived at the outskirts of Xincheng County.

There was a large battalion with more than a thousand peasant troops.

It is said that it is a big camp, but in fact there is not even a wooden fence, but it is only gathered separately according to the distance between relatives and relatives.

The group of people that Song Huizong joined only brought rudimentary weapons to join the army, but they didn't even have a guy to make a fire and cook.

When Li Dashuai learned of the situation, he sent people to the residence of Fu Guo to find some pots and bowls, and asked them to set up pots and make rice to fill their stomachs first.

Thanks to being a peasant army, Song Huizong finally ate cooked food.

After everyone had eaten, Song Huizong finally saw what Li Dashuai looked like.

An ordinary middle-aged man, holding a Pu knife in his hand, walked back and forth in front of more than 1,000 people: "General Li Bao, who captured Hangzhou, is my distant brother. My eldest brother, Li Bao, is the number one general under Emperor Zhu. Emperor Zhu said that the dog emperor surnamed Zhao must not die well, so that the common people will not be able to live. If you follow me to capture the county, you will have food in the future! The county is full of officials appointed by the Dog Emperor, forcing you to pay taxes every day, and if you kill them, you will have a good life. Shout with me: Kill the dog, eat a full meal! ”

"Kill the dog officer, eat a full meal!"

Everyone shouted loudly, so frightened that Song Huizong shrank his neck.

The person next to him yelled for a while, and when he saw that Song Huizong did not react, he immediately reminded: "Brother, shout to kill the dog official, and you will have a full meal when you enter the city!" ”

Song Huizong was afraid of being exposed, so he also raised his stick and shouted: "Kill the dog officer, eat a full meal!" ”

Just as the peasant army shouted, a big banner with the word "Ming" was erected at the head of the city.

An errand soldier hung down from the head of the city, trembling and said: "This county has changed its flag and returned to the new Ming Dynasty, and if you dare to besiege the county again, you are creating a new dynasty, and Emperor Zhu will lose his head when he investigates it in the future." ”

Li Dashuai stepped forward and said: "Fart, General Li Bao is my brother, and we are the soldiers of the new Ming Dynasty." Tell the dog officer in the city to open the door and surrender quickly, if he surrenders, he can not be killed, but only put him in a cell! ”

The messenger didn't dare to say much, and hurriedly said, "I'll go back to the city and send a message to the county order." ”

Song Huizong stood in the peasant army and felt that the scene in front of him was very funny, the county seat was the county seat of the Ming New Dynasty, and the peasant army outside the city was also the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Only he is the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

No, I seem to have rebelled......

The county commander was obviously unwilling to open the city and surrender, and also organized the people in the city to defend it.

The peasant army began to demolish the houses of the attached Guo and obtain wood to make ladders, and Song Huizong was also called in to help.

In the evening of the same day, another group of peasants came to vote, and many of them were covered in blood, and it is said that they had killed the whole family of several squires in the vicinity.

Song Huizong became more and more frightened, carrying his burden and planning to slip away in the middle of the night.

But he was so tired that he fell asleep in a daze.

"Kill!"

When I woke up from my sleep in the middle of the night, I saw torches everywhere, as if thousands of troops were killing me.

The peasant army was defenseless and began to flee in a panic, and Song Huizong also fled in panic.

He had fled for several miles in a row, and he had already come to his senses, and there was no army of thousands at all. It is estimated that there are only dozens of archers in the county, with hundreds of young men out of the city to attack at night, and many torches frightened nearly 2,000 peasant troops to flee.

A rebellion is not without gain, Song Huizong has an extra kitchen knife in his hand.

It was found from the residence of Fuguo, and the chief who made it up improvised also taught Song Huizong to make a simple knife, that is, to tie a kitchen knife to a wooden stick with a rope.

Song Huizong, who was in a panic, carried a bag on his back, carried a simple knife, and fled into the mountains in tattered clothes.

He was going to flee to Muzhou, where the Taishou was a clan relative, and he couldn't trust other magistrates.

Moreover, there are soldiers in Muzhou, who are responsible for protecting Shenquan Jian (the largest coinage institution in Zhejiang), and they can escort him to Jiangxi.

A few days later, Song Huizong finally came to Tonglu County, and the two bacon had already been gnawed, and he was buying some food with copper coins all the way.

He was carrying a simple knife on his shoulder, and he was dressed in tatters, and no one really ran to rob him.

When he came to the city, Song Huizong looked at the "Ming" flag at the head of the city, and was so frightened that he didn't dare to enter the city at all, so he only bought some food and walked around the city.

In fact, Li Bao's troops didn't kill at all, and they didn't even pass the word to surrender, and Tonglu County ordered itself to change its flag.

The emperors of the Great Song Dynasty are gone, why don't you hurry up and join the new dynasty?

(End of chapter)