Chapter 5 Chencang Ancient Road (I) Three Watches
Zhao Huanhuan said: "You are a famous family, and you have the heart to serve the country, why do you help the family to abuse and make enemies of the Great Song Dynasty?" Yang Zaixing said bitterly: "Since the defeat in the family road, the clansmen have gone their separate ways. My father moved to Jiangxi to settle down. In the next little family, the family was poor, the mother died early, and his father taught martial arts and taught adults. After his father died, he wanted to serve the court with his martial arts and glorify his ancestral court, so he went to Tokyo to take the martial arts exam, but he had no money to take the examiner, so he was judged to have committed a foul and was disqualified. At that time, I was exhausted, and I was humiliated by this, so I was furious and killed the examiner at night, took his silver taels, and escaped from Bianliang. Since then, he has become a wanted criminal, and he has died in the world, and he has started this business without capital. ”
Zhao Huanhuan asked: "What is a transaction without capital?" Yang Zaixing said: "It's Caokou." Because of the insult to the reputation of the ancestors, he never talked about his family history to others. Zhao Huanhuan said: "Then why do you say it now?" Yang Zaixing said: "Although I am in the Qi Kingdom, I have always longed for the Great Song Dynasty, and I only want to be pardoned by the Great Song Dynasty one day, and give me the opportunity to make meritorious contributions in the next place." The emperor is the royal sister of the official family, and she may be able to ask the official family for forgiveness for the sins below. Zhao Huanhuan nodded and said, "I see, how did you follow the pseudo-Qi?" Yang Zaixing said: "When Jingkang, I heard that Bianliang was besieged, so I led my brothers to Tokyo Qinwang, and our hundred and ten grass robbers were not the opponents of the Jin army at all, and they were killed before they rushed into the periphery. The sinners did not dare to flee far, so they led their brothers to live in a nearby hill and acted when the opportunity came. However, when they heard that the 'two saints' and the royal family had been captured by the Jin people and moved north, although the criminals knew that they were invincible, they still forcibly led troops to rescue them. Unexpectedly, the Jin people were very cunning, and set up three suspicious soldiers as bait, not to mention the failure of the rescue, and also folded half of the brothers. All the resources of King Qin were at our own expense, so we had to go back to our old business and be the king of the mountains in Henan. Not long after, the Jin State established the Qi State and named Liu Yu the Emperor of the Qi State. Liu Yu came to the stage to recruit the heroes, and at that time, the criminals were somewhat famous, and Liu Yu personally carried heavy gifts to the mountain and asked the criminals to help. The sinners were living in poverty, and they agreed to come down for the sake of food and drink for hundreds of brothers. Although he was forced by life, he was ashamed of his ancestors and the Great Song Dynasty for what he did. "Touch the ground with your head and don't dare to raise your head.
Zhao Huanhuan sighed, turned over and dismounted, held his broad shoulders, and said, "General, please get up and speak." Yang Zaixing said in fear: "The sinners don't dare." Zhao Huanhuan straightened up and sighed: "It's not that the general is responsible for my Great Song, but that the Great Song is responsible for the general." Yang Zaixing's body trembled, and he raised his head suddenly, looking at her in surprise. Zhao Huanhuan said: "If it weren't for the corruption and corruption of the dynasty at that time, the general would have been the general of my Great Song Dynasty, and there is today." When Bianliang was besieged, those Taishou who held thousands of troops and horses stood idly by and protected themselves, but the general dared to send troops to Qin Wang with hundreds of people. It's my Great Song Dynasty who doesn't fight for it, which makes the general's teeth cold, what a crime to live for a living. The slave family made amends to the general. ”
Yang Zaixing was full of grievances and was avenged, and the person who understood him was actually the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, how could he not be grateful. His voice was choked, and he was speechless with excitement. Zhao Huanhuan said: "When the slave family returns to the court, they will meet with the official's family and forgive you for the sins of the year." When our dynasty is employing people, the officials will definitely agree. Yang Zaixing said righteously: "The sinner is only willing to be an ordinary soldier, kill the enemy for the country, make meritorious atonements, comfort the ancestors, and the wish of his life is enough!" Zhao Huanhuan said happily: "The general is willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, which is the blessing of my Great Song Dynasty." Yang Zaixing groaned slightly, and said: "Although Liu Yu is a traitor, after all, he has the grace of knowing me, and the criminals plan to serve him for another year, and then get up and return south to draw a clear line with the Qi State." I don't know what the emperor thinks. Zhao Huanhuan said: "These days, the slave family has understood how important righteousness is to you, and the husband is full of promises, and General Yang will keep his promise." Yang Zaixing said: "The sinners will never let the emperor down, please leave the emperor immediately, don't stop the trip." Zhao Huanhuan nodded and said, "Okay, take care, general." Yang Zaixing kowtowed: "Congratulations to the emperor." ”
They hurried down the mountain, safe and sound in a few days, on this day they came to the border of Fuping County, Shaanxi, the city had already been occupied by the Jin soldiers, they could have made a detour, but Yue Yun wanted to see the battlefield of the Fuping War, so he came to the wilderness of the north twenty miles of Fuping County. I saw that the wilderness was full of countless corpses of Song soldiers, and now the weather has not warmed up, and the corpses have not decayed, but the dry bodies are as stiff as wax statues, and from time to time there are crows and jackals gnawing on the corpses, and most of them have been gnawed beyond recognition. Zhao Huanhuan and Xu couldn't help but vomit. Xu also cried: "People are dead, why do you want to let them be in the wilderness." Yue Yun pointed to the thousands of new graves on the Dongshou hill and said: "There are all the corpses of Jin soldiers buried, and the Jin Kingdom has no mercy for foreign races, and will only take away their horses, silver taels, weapons, grain and grass, and the corpses are useless." Let's take a look at the front, I really don't understand how this battle could have been lost so badly. ”
The five rode their horses slowly past the battlefield, and saw that most of the corpses of the Song army were fifteen or sixteen-year-old teenagers, who were in the prime of life, but lost their precious lives due to the commander's improper command. They walked a long way away on the group of corpses, and suddenly saw that the corpses of the Song army in the reeds in front of them were all tied with hemp ropes, and the heads of the people were separated, and the corpses fell forward, more than 5,000 people. Luo Tianchu was surprised: "These soldiers have obviously surrendered, why do you want to kill them?" Yue Yun sighed: "This war was initiated by my court, and Jin Bing did this to give me a dismount." Jiang Feiyan saw Yue Yun's expressionless face when he spoke, and said: "You are also a general in the Song Army, why are you not sad to see so many compatriots die tragically?" Yue Yun sighed and said: "How does Brother Jiang know that the little brother is not in pain in his heart? But what is the use of heartache, crying can't save anything, the kindness of a woman will only become a victim of troubled times, and the blood debt will be repaid by blood." ”
As they entered the reeds, they could vaguely see the scattered camps in front of them and the charred military tents in the villages. As he walked, he suddenly felt that the ground was soft, and under his feet was a swamp, on which were covered with several rows of earthen bags, connected end to end, and extended like long snakes to the camp opposite, and each row of earthen bags was a man's width enough for horses. Yue Yun's heart moved, he stepped on the earthen bag, crossed a few steps, and sighed: "I understand, these earthen bags are the cause of our army's defeat, let's go, there is no need to enter the village." ”
On the way, Yue Yun explained: "Judging from the layout of the camp, Zhang Xianggong still knows the soldiers, but it is only on paper, and he wants to block the attack of the Jin soldiers with a swamp. The battlefield is ever-changing, there is no invincible formation, even the Yangtze River moat, the Qinling barrier, can be overcome by manpower, a swamp and can be used to strangle the enemy. The golden soldiers will take advantage of the night to carry the bags of earth from the infantry, and crawl forward until they reach the front of our barracks, and the long reeds will become their cover. When the morning dawned, when our army was about to wake up, the Jin Guotie cavalry stepped on the dirt bag to kill. Our army was caught off guard, and the Jin soldiers only had to slaughter them. Alas, this important battle related to the safety of Sichuan and Shaanxi was lost so absurdly. He sighed and shook his head.