Chapter 5: The Twelve Gold Medals (Part II)
At this time, the Jin soldiers on the city wall spotted them, raised torches and shouted in Jurchen language: "What kind of person is sneaking out there!" Yue Fei said aloud in fluent Jurchen dialect: "Tell Jin Wushu, just say Yue Fei, Luo Tianchu, Zhu Yushi came to patrol the city, let him wash his neck and lead his neck to be killed." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 The three of them laughed and returned to the camp.
In the next seven days, the Song army stepped up the construction of siege equipment, made dozens of simple catapults, and also prepared a large number of smashing walls and boulders, and the wounded soldiers who were less injured also returned to the camp, and the morale of the whole army was strong, and they were actively preparing for the attack on Bianliang. On this day, the final tactical discussion was held in the tent, and the day of the siege was set for the next day, and they had drawn up two plans for the main attack on the southern wall, and one backup plan. Discussions began in the morning, and the participants actively offered their ideas, and the final decision was made at noon. Yue Fei rolled up the densely packed map that was marked, and said with relief: "I have great confidence in tomorrow's siege, now I summarize tomorrow's tactics, first of all... ”
Before the words fell, some soldiers reported that there was a messenger from the imperial court asking to see him, and all the generals present "groaned" in their hearts, secretly feeling that it was not good, since the envoy of the imperial court had nothing to do but urge them to retreat, could it be the same this time? The recovery of the eastern capital was just around the corner, and no one wanted to fall short at this time. Yue Fei frowned and asked the messenger to enter the account.
The messenger first relayed Zhao Gou's condolences to the generals, and then took out the "Gold Medal for Retired Soldiers" and presented it to Yue Fei. Yue Fei squinted and looked at the gold medal on the table coldly, he didn't hear a word of what the messenger said behind him, and he didn't even say anything when the messenger left him, and then put the gold medal aside noncommittally and continued to summarize the tactics.
As soon as he said three words, another messenger from the imperial court came and sent another gold medal. Yue Fei looked at the gold medal with anger in his eyes, and after listening impatiently to the messenger's words, he waved his hand to let him leave. The enthusiasm in the tent was swept away, and they all focused their eyes on Yue Fei to see what he had to say. Yue Fei still didn't say a word, silently pushed the two gold medals to the inconspicuous corner of the long case, and continued to speak, he had made up his mind that this battle must be fought. Luo Tianchu and Zhu Yushi glanced at each other, and the former lowered his voice and said, "There has been no such thing as giving two gold medals in a row before, maybe there is a third one." ”
Who knew that he was really right, and the third gold medal was delivered in less than a quarter of an hour. The generals in the tent were in an uproar in a low voice, observing Yue Fei's face uneasily, Yue Fei looked at the three gold medals on the table helplessly, hehe sneered, and still ignored it.
What is even more unexpected is that there are far more than three gold medals, the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, one after another, it seems that Zhao Gou had expected Yue Fei to disobey the order when he issued the gold medal, so he sent out many in a row to show the determination of the imperial court to withdraw the army. Yue Fei's reaction had gradually become numb, as if he was competing with Zhao Gou, he pushed one to the corner of the case, and blasted out without waiting for the messenger to finish speaking, and then came again, pushed again, and bombarded again, staring at the word "Bianliang" on the map from beginning to end, without raising his head or saying a word. It wasn't until the tenth gold medal arrived that Yue Fei's majestic body trembled a few times, raised his head, and asked the messenger with red eyes: "How many are there in the back?" The messenger said: "I don't know, I also ask Yue Shuai to report on his work early." ”
Yue Fei sat down slowly, his javelin-like straight spine bent down, leaned back in his chair, his bright and deep eyes became dull, and he looked out of the tent stupidly, waiting for the messenger to come to the door. There was no sound in the tent, and even a needle could be heard clearly when it fell, and the generals were extremely heavy, and they all knew that Yue Fei was the most uncomfortable. The Bianliang in front of him was the goal and motivation of his struggle, and it was even more uncomfortable for him to withdraw his troops now than to kill him, but how could he disobey orders as a courtier? The pain and contradictions in his heart can be imagined.
The eleventh gold medal really didn't disappoint everyone, Yue Fei looked at the gold medals piled up like a hill in the corner of the long case, stood up angrily, and smashed it with a heavy fist. The long case was shattered with a "click", and when the gold medal landed, there was a crisp metal collision sound of "ding dong ding dong", and each sound seemed to hit the hearts of the generals. Yue Fei's anger did not subside, his fists clenched, and he stared fiercely at the falling map, staring at the word "Bianliang". The generals had never seen Yue Fei so angry, and they didn't dare to come out, and they didn't know what to say, and at this moment, the twelfth gold medal was delivered.
The messenger was Li Ruoxu, who not only brought the gold medal, but also brought Zhao Gou's holy decree, and when he saw the gold medal on the ground after entering the account, he was stunned at first, and then he understood, and sighed lightly: "Yue Fei took the order." Yue Fei came over and grabbed his hand and said, "Brother Yixu is also here to let me withdraw from the army?" Li Ruoxu lowered his head, not daring to face his enthusiastic and excited gaze, nodded lightly, and said, "Let's take the order first." ”
Yue Fei let go of his hand and said gloomily: "No need, you can guess the content of the will, it is nothing more than to order me to withdraw from the army, add officials to knighthood, etc., let me ask you, does the official family know about our great victory in Zhuxian Town?" Li Ruoxu did not force it, handed the holy decree to Yue Fei, and said, "I know." Yue Fei asked: "Does the official family know that the Jin soldiers are at the end of the crossbow, and the breakthrough of Bianliang is just around the corner?" Li Ruoxu nodded and said: "I know." Yue Fei was puzzled and said, "Then why do you still ask us to withdraw from the army?" Li Ruoxu took out the gold medal again, stuffed it in his hand, and sighed: " The armistice agreement between the Song and Jin countries has been signed, the statute of limitations is three years, and we have to pay a large amount of gold and silver, silk silk, and beauties as compensation for the Jin State, Lizhou Road, Jingxi Road, Huainan West Road, and the land north of Huainan East Road are all divided into the territory of the Jin State. Think about it, how could the official family let you fight again. ”
The generals were in an uproar, and Niu Gao was the first to take the case, and said angrily: "The golden dog was beaten by us like a turtle son, why should we give it land and compensation, and dare to let me call the Great Song Dynasty a vassal? We can destroy the Jin State within a year, and it is not even worthy of giving us a vassal!" Zhang Xian said: "What do the officials think!" Even if we want to sign an armistice agreement, we don't have to be so low, we obviously won a big victory, and we should have an advantage in negotiations, we can force the Jin State to hand over the sixteen states of Yanyun, at least return the Central Plains including Bianliang, and even ask for the release of the two officials and princes and ministers imprisoned in Liaoyang, the result of such negotiations is as if the Jin soldiers have fought under the city of Lin'an!" Li Ruoxu said helplessly: " It was Qin Hui who was in charge of the negotiation, who knew how he fooled the official family, and let the official family stamp the treasure seal on the terms, which was difficult to collect, and it was too late to regret it. Luo Tianchu sneered: "Jingxi Road has turned north into the territory of the Jin Kingdom, hey, even my Jingzhaofu Road has been drawn together, which is interesting." (To be continued.) )