Chapter 52: Lurking
In 979 AD, four years after the Taiping of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, personally conquered Taiyuan, and the Northern Han Dynasty perished. Zhao Guangyi burned water and razed a Taiyuan city with a history of more than 1,400 years. In 982 AD, three years after the burning of Taiyuan City, out of military needs, Zhao Guangyi ordered the minister Pan Mei to build a new Taiyuan City in Tangming Town, on the other side of the Fen River, thirty miles northeast of Tang Taiyuan City, which was the new Taiyuan City.
The circumference of the new Taiyuan City is ten miles and two hundred and seventy steps, and the four city gates are very different from the scale of the twenty-four miles and twenty-four city gates of the old Taiyuan City. When Pan Mei was building the new city, in order to destroy the feng shui of Taiyuan and eliminate the royal spirit of Taiyuan, she took the homonym to "nail" the dragon vein of Taiyuan, and only repaired the T-shaped street instead of the cross street. So much so that the newly built Taiyuan City was ugly.
Ironically, Zhao Guangyi deliberately burned down Taiyuan City to eliminate its "dragon spirit", but Taiyuan City protected the Song Dynasty in the subsequent war. If the original Taiyuan City had not been destroyed, the shame of Jingkang could have been completely avoided, and the history of the Northern Song Dynasty would have been rewritten.
The Jurchen iron cavalry went south, and in the battle of Taiyuan in the Jin and Song dynasties, the small city of Taiyuan stubbornly resisted the siege of the Jin army for more than 200 days. It was not until the Northern Song Dynasty annexed Taiyuan to the Jin Dynasty that Taiyuan fell without food inside and no rescuers outside.
In 1218 AD, in the eleventh year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Mongolian general Mu Huali attacked Taiyuan and blew up a corner of Taiyuan City with explosives, and it took only ten days to break Taiyuan City.
At this point, the city of Taiyuan was renovated and returned to the rule of Mongolia.
In the west of Taiyuan City, the Baggage Mansion Treasury.
Several people pulled a large cart of baggage, and the two officials and governors escorted them into the treasury compound and headed towards the baggage warehouse in the backyard.
"Song Dong, thanks to you these past few days, brother, I thank you...... Ah......h
The older one spoke, yawning a few times.
"Dutou, they are all their own brothers, why are you saying these things? Besides, my brother is able to do things in the yamen, and it's not thanks to you, brother. Brother, if I don't repay my kindness, am I still human? ”
Song Dong said with a smile as he looked around carefully.
He didn't know how many times he had walked this road to the baggage warehouse, but he could only go to the door of the backyard, and he didn't go in, but through others, he learned about some of the situation in the baggage warehouse behind.
"Brother, righteous anger!"
Zhang Qian glanced at Song Dong curiously, and then withdrew his gaze.
"Brother, why did you add a piece of clothing, are you sick?"
"Yes, brother. I've had a little cold in the past two days, but it's out of the way, and I'm going to get better soon! ”
Song Dong glanced at Zhang Qian, who was ignorant, and suddenly moved his heart of compassion.
"Brother, nine out of ten lies. You'd better quit. ”
"Under the rule of the Tatars, aggrieved! If you don't gamble, go to the tile shop, what else can we do? ”
Zhang Qian opened the conversation box and chattered.
"In a few days, when the army goes south to Taiyuan, we will be busy like dogs again. Good days are numbered! ”
"Brother, how do you know that the army is going south?"
"Have you read the newspaper? The Song army is about to go on a northern expedition, Liu Heima and Xiao Zha Ra play on it all day long, the weather is cold, the army will definitely go south, can it be seen that Taiyuan City is lost? ”
Zhang Qian whispered softly, and Song Dong smiled and nodded.
The Northern Expedition of the Song Army, it is estimated that he will not be able to see it.
Arrived at the door of the backyard, the cart was put down, a few coachmen left, Zhang Qian came forward with a smile on his face to report, the Mongolian generals sitting on the chair stood up lazily, checked the car, beckoned, a few Mongolian soldiers came from the backyard, pulled up the cart, and went to the gate of the baggage warehouse not far away.
Song Dong looked around, and at the door of the baggage warehouse, several Mongolian soldiers guarded it. And in the courtyard, there were also dozens of Mongolian soldiers on guard.
"Look at what? Get out! ”
The Mongolian generals had a big cake on their faces, Zhang Qian smiled with a smile on his face, nodded his head, and pulled Song Dong to leave.
"Brother, I'm sorry! I'm a Song person! ”
I don't know when, Song Dong had a round earth-shaking thunder in his hand, which was emitting white smoke.
Zhang Qian was taken aback, Song Dong had already crossed the chair of the Mongolian army general and rushed into the backyard.
The courtyard suddenly opened up, and the first earth-shattering thunder in Song Dong's hand was thrown out and landed at the door of the baggage warehouse. Immediately after that, the second sky-shaking thunder was thrown out and landed about twenty steps on the right side of the gate, and the third sky-shaking thunder was smoking and thrown twenty or thirty steps on the left side of the courtyard.
"Mother!"
Zhang Qian and the Mongolian generals both had discolored faces, and the Mongolian generals sat down on the ground, trembling, and then went to their waists to draw their knives.
Zhang Qian forgot to escape, and watched the earth-shaking thunder explode in the courtyard, and the Mongolian soldiers flew flesh and blood, and Song Dong ignored it and flew forward, Zhang Qian watched, Song Dong knocked over a Mongolian soldier next to the cart, rolled on the ground a few times, and jumped directly into the baggage warehouse.
"Quick! Rush in! ”
The Mongolian general was so anxious that he strode towards the baggage warehouse, but before he had run a few steps, a smoking earth-shattering thunderbolt was thrown out of it and landed outside the door of the warehouse.
"Get down!"
The Mongol soldiers who rushed to the door of the baggage warehouse fell to the ground one after another, and none of them got up.
With a sound of "Tong", the earth-shattering thunder exploded, the iron pieces soared, the smoke billowed, and the door of the baggage warehouse was blown up.
"Rush in!"
The Mongol generals climbed up and commanded the Mongol soldiers to rush into the storehouse tremblingly.
Zhang Qian's heart was frightened, his eyes widened and he looked into the warehouse, only to see that the Mongolian soldiers had dispersed, but he couldn't see where Song Dong was.
Suddenly, the earth-shattering thunder in the warehouse sounded, followed by thick smoke billowing and firelight, huge waves of air and black smoke erupted from the door of the warehouse, overturning Zhang Qian, who was caught off guard, and the objects in the sky continued to fly down and pressed on Zhang Qian.
Zhang Qian staggered to his feet, his head bleeding, struggling to flee to the front yard, and together with the countless officials who fled in a hurry, he escaped from the gate of the treasury and fled towards the eastern city.
I don't know how far I fled, until everyone stopped, Zhang Qian sat down against the corner of the street in exhaustion, gasping for breath and being shocked.
The people around pointed in the direction of the treasury, where thick smoke billowed and the flames soared into the sky, and the entire West Street seemed to be shrouded in fireworks.
Zhang Qian looked there, in a trance.
I'm a Song person!
Was this Song Dong's last words?
Zhang Qian struggled to his feet. Taiyuan City, but I can't stay any longer.
Three miles south of Taiyuan City, in a tea shop on the side of the road, two men were discussing around the table, whispering and being cautious.
"In the past few days, Tatar troops have continued to enter the city of Taiyuan, and those Tatar officials have also continued to patrol. In my opinion, the Tatars are probably going to increase their troops to Taiyuan City. ”
The young man of Si Svenwen said in a low voice, dressed in a Confucian shirt, and seemed to be a scholar.
"Brother Thirteen, you're right. Now Dongshan has begun to garrison troops, preventing the people from going up. It seems that the news in the newspapers has alarmed the Tatars, and they have already begun to move. Maybe in a few days, all the people in the city will be driven out. ”
The man who spoke had a round face and an amiable face, and looking at his coarse clothes, he seemed to be the shopkeeper of this wine shop.
"Fifth brother, you said that the third brother did this, is it worth it? He finally managed to sneak into the government. ”
Si Swenwen's high thirteen eyebrows are not furrowed, and he is worried.
"The third brother's temper is too stubborn. No one can change what he decides. Let's hope he'll get out of it. ”
Xiao Wu sighed with emotion, and he understood it in his heart. Song San went on an adventure alone, and the chance of coming back was too small.
"Walk away? How easy is it to say? The third brother is gone, I'm afraid he won't be able to come back. There are so many firearms and gunpowder concentrated in the important treasury, and the Mongolian army must be tightly guarded. This time, I am afraid that it will be more than lucky. ”
Gao Thirteen shook his head, his eyes gloomy.
Blowing up the baggage warehouse of the Mongolian army in Taiyuan is definitely a life of death.
"You and I should have expected such an ending. As...... Do you and I have a choice? You sit first. ”
Xiao Wu looked around, immediately stood up, and went out.
"A few officials, please take a seat!"
"Hurry up! Make a few baked cakes and a few bowls of soup cakes. Starving! ”
Several Han soldiers sat down, and one of them said dissatisfiedly.
"Good, good! Right away! ”
Xiao Wu smiled and waved his hand, and the two guys immediately got busy.
Gao 13 on the table next to him glanced at a few Han soldiers, remained silent, and continued to eat and drink.
"Hurry up! Okay, no? I want to starve your grandpa! ”
A Han soldier was eating baked cakes and urging impatiently.
"Right now! Right away! ”
Xiao Wu scolded secretly in his heart, and it was another group of bandits who ate and drank for nothing.
As soon as Xiao Wu finished speaking, suddenly, in the direction of Taiyuan City, there was a continuous sound of muffled thunder, followed by the fireworks and fireworks, soaring into the sky, and it seemed that the entire ground was trembling.
The Han army was all surprised, and they all got up and looked in the direction of Taiyuan City. Gao 13 also walked out, looking north, unable to take his eyes off it.
"What happened?"
"It's not going to be water, is it?"
"It seems to be in the direction of the Xicheng Treasury, could it be that something happened to the baggage warehouse?"
Several Han soldiers chattered a few words, sat back again, and one of them urged again.
"I said your father or your mother is dead, why is it so slow? Are you going to a funeral? ”
Han Jun's chopsticks knocked on the table, and when he looked up, Xiao Wuyi was motionless, staring at the firelight of Taiyuan City.
"Oops, are you deaf? You're a dead man in the family! ”
Han Jun stood up and impatiently punched Xiao Wu in the shoulder. Xiao Wu turned his head abruptly and looked at Han Jun coldly, his eyes were full of murder.
"What? You and the...... Want to rebel? ”
Han Jun was shocked, and subconsciously replied.
"Master Jun, he is sick here, don't be like him! Today's meal, I invite a few military masters! ”
Gao Thirteen hurriedly came up and pulled Xiao Wu away, and the guys hurriedly brought the soup cakes.
"A few military masters, eat while it's hot! Please! ”
Xiao Wu was pulled away, and the Han soldiers cursed in their mouths, and then sat down to eat.
"Fifth brother, what are you doing? After enduring it for so many years, why can't I hold my breath at this time! ”
Gao Thirteen pulled Xiao Wu to the back and whispered.
"Thinking that the third brother can't come back, I ...... in my heart"
Xiao Wu choked up for a while and couldn't continue.
Gao Thirteen's heart was also gloomy, he looked at the southern sky, and muttered to himself.
"Fifth brother, bear with me. The Northern Expedition is coming soon! ”