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Chapter 79 The death of Zongwang

Yang Zaixing is a familiar name that is well known to women and children in later generations. His bravery and tragedy are almost unknown to everyone. However, he is not from Xiangzhou, Henan, as most people think, but from Jiangnan West Road (today's Jiangxi)

He was from Jishui County, because Jishui was under the jurisdiction of Luling, so Yang Zaixing called himself a Luling native. This is why Yang Zaixing did not call him "I" but "me." And He Yuanqing called him "Axing" (a common title for people in Jiangnan area).

However, the ancestral home of Yang Zaixing is actually Xiangzhou, Henan.

He Yuanqing is not famous in historical materials, but in "Shuo Yue", he is one of the famous "Eight Hammers". Of course, He Yuanqing in real history is not necessarily a hammer. In fact, horse fighting is the best

It is no joke to use long soldiers such as spears and spears. Every inch is longer and every inch is stronger. Although the golden soldiers often use short weapons such as scimitars, short axes, and hammers, they are actually backup weapons, commonly used when chasing down defeated soldiers. As a result,

The golden soldiers used it, and it worked smoothly. I also knew that when chasing deserters, using a gun is not as effective as a sword or an ax. Just put the short soldier under the horse's neck and use the power of the horse to easily kill it.

Can harvest the heads of defeated enemies.

Of course, currently only the Jin Army has the qualifications to pursue and kill like this; the Song Army... still has to return to the master's arms to practice first.

He Yuanqing was from Hongzhou (today's Nanchang), and was from the same hometown as Yang Zaixing. The two were equally skilled and congenial. They were also the fierce generals of the giant bandit Cao Cheng and the Cao Liang brothers, making them a golden pair.

The Cao brothers had been in the underworld for a long time and wanted to clear their names. It happened that Zongze of Kaide Mansion, in the name of Zhao Gou, the marshal of the Hebei army, issued an order to the world to call Qin Wang. So the Cao brothers led Yang Zaixing, He Yuanqing and other fierce generals to join forces.

They picked up hundreds of bandits and ran to Kaide Mansion happily. Zongze was not ambiguous and gave the Cao brothers a small official position. But other than that, there was nothing. Money, food, soldiers and armor.

, there are no personnel at all. If there is thick food in Kaide Mansion, you will eat the thick food; if there is thin food, you will drink the thin food. Anyway, you will not starve to death.

Who are the Cao brothers? They are the kings of the mountain who divide money on a big scale and drink from a big bowl! Come here to drink soup with you?

As a result, the porridge became thinner and thinner, and the Cao brothers began to think about retreating. At this time, Zongze heard that the Jin soldiers captured Hui and the second emperor of Qin went north, so he led his troops to Huazhou and transferred to

The daimyo planned to cross the Yellow River, cut off the Jin soldiers' return route, and intercept the Second Emperor. At the same time, Zongze sent a message to the Song soldiers from nearby places to come and act together. Unfortunately, this was just Zongze's wishful thinking, and now even the imperial court collapsed.

Who cares about the powerful sects from all over the country and what the Generalissimo of Hebei ordered? As a result, the Song soldiers from all over the country did not come when they were due. Zongze's plan to seize chestnuts from the fire failed to come true in the end.

If you can't count on the official army, then count on the heroes of the world. So Zongze issued a call to the heroes of the world, saying that all the people of the Song Dynasty can launch an attack on the Jin army returning north and repay the merit with their heads. Sign the heads of the soldiers

, five guan for each level; each Ali Xi's head level, ten guan for each level; Jurchen leader with ring, fifty guan for each level.

Under the heavy reward, there are indeed many rebels and bandits who are not afraid of death. They just give the Jin army a try to cool off. But this is not the case. The strength of these people is really inferior. Basically, they are just meat buns and dog beaters.

end.

Yang Zaixing and He Yuanqing were both moved. The reward was secondary. The most important thing was that they could exchange for fame. If they could cut off the head of a murderer, their military merit would be great. The two of them were in

Before the Cao brothers left, they made this suggestion, but they rejected it without hesitation. What are mountain bandits? Avoiding the truth and attacking the weak is the only way to go! There are several ways to bump your head against a rock.

The robber is willing to do it?

So everyone parted ways. If Di Lie hadn't come out of nowhere, Yang Zaixing and He Yuanqing would have probably ended up empty-handed, escaping back to Jiangxi with injuries all over their bodies, and continued to hang out with the Cao brothers until that powerful guy showed up...

Di Lie excitedly stepped forward to hold their arms, smiling broadly: "You want to know how I defeated the Jin Army? It's easy. Come with us to the Taihang Mountains, and I will let you understand."

Shang Taihang? Luocao? If it were any other celebrity, they might have worries. But Yang and He have no mental obstacles in this regard. This is their old profession. Now that they have left the Cao brothers,

I haven't been able to get any military merit, and the other party has the grace to save my life, and he has such magical powers. So joining this person's account is not a good choice at the moment.

Di Lie was overjoyed, one powerful man, two fierce men, it’s a deal!

The next step is to make overall arrangements. Let Chen Gui, Zhang Li, Yang Zaixing, He Yuanqing, Aji, Liu Da, Jia Hu and more than ten Liangshan brothers protect Empress Zhu and his party, and retreat to a mountain stream ten miles away to rest. And Di

Lie, Zhang Rong, A Shu and three Liangshan brothers sneaked to the south bank of Yishui River to closely monitor the movements of the Jin army to prevent the enemy from counterattacking without knowing it.

At the end of Xu Shi (ten o'clock in the evening), when Di Lie and his party arrived at the former central camp of the Jin Army, they found that the camp was in a mess and empty of tents. Look at the large number of horses, food and grass left behind by the Jin Army.

, ordnance, and then looking at the large amount of baggage abandoned by the Song prisoners on the south bank of Yishui, A Shu's eyes turned into stars. Unfortunately, he can only look at these things for the time being. Whether he can finally get them depends on the gold on the other side.

What was the military's reaction?

When everyone came to the traces of the felt tent where Zong Wang and a group of golden generals had a carnival before, they saw that the floor was full of wine and meat, and the white main tent had been taken away by the golden soldiers. After half a night of tossing, everyone was also hungry, and now they were hungry.

You're welcome, he grabbed the meat left by the Jin army and ate it up. But he couldn't drink the wine, and Ah Shu and the three Liangshan brothers had to look around while eating. After all, there were still people a few miles away.

A considerable number of Jin soldiers failed to cross the Yishui River, and they were waiting for the rafts on the other side.

Ah Shu was chewing a leg of mutton, his eyes wandering around, and suddenly something caught his eye. Ah Shu was stunned for a moment, his mouth slowly opened wide, and pieces of meat fell out of his mouth.

"Master, master, this, this is the Chinese army's main tent belonging to the Jin army's commander Wanyan Zongwang." A Shu's excited voice came, and he waved a bunch of white things in his hand.

Di Lie, who was eating while holding a sniper rifle and looking around cautiously, was startled when he heard this. He dropped the meat in his hand and reached out to grab the bunch of pure white furry things: "How do you know this is Wanyan Zongwang's main account?

What is this thing?"

Ah Shu's face was red with excitement. He pointed at the string of furry things and said: "This is a knot made of white mink armpit antler. It is originally an ornament tied to a large banner. There are usually two strings.

There are large brocades weighing more than 100 grams, but most of them are made of wool, and the number of knots of the ball velvet is only five. Meng'an can use mink antler, with the number of knots being seven; Tengmu is also made of mink antler, with the number of knots being nine.

, you count, how many knots are there in this string of knots."

Zhang Rong on the side had already counted first, and then exclaimed: "Twelve sections, twelve sections in total!"

Ah Shu almost danced: "Yes! The Twelve Festival! This is the coach's festival! Master, your power makes even the White Wolf King bow to you. This time, we win again!"

Di Lie held the string of knots tightly and sighed in his heart: No wonder this Jin army retreated so quickly and easily without losing its strength. It turned out that the shot fired before actually hit Wanyan Zongwang!

It's a pity that the distance was too far at that time, the shooting accuracy and the power of the bullet were not satisfactory. Wanyan Zongwang's injury should not be too serious.

When Di Lie thought of this, he had the urge to rush to the river bank with a gun, find Zong Wang's figure and shoot again. As soon as this thought arose, he was helplessly suppressed, not to mention that there were many people on the bank at this time.

Even if Jin Bing could run to the river bank smoothly, how could he possibly find the target again in this chaotic battlefield? Not to mention being heavily guarded by armored soldiers...

Of course Di Lie didn't know that although he failed to kill Zong Wang on the spot, he was more cruel than when he took Zong Wang's life.

After Zong Wang entered Yizhou, he only regained consciousness for a moment and told Wanyan Xiyin and Wushu two things: First, Wanyan Medicine Master was a hawk who looked down upon a wolf and rebelled against Wuchang. If he was allowed to control the army, he would lose control of the army in the future.

There are bound to be future troubles. In order to prevent its recurrence, its minions must be cut off, and the eight thousand ever-victorious army must be wiped out. Second, the Yishui was attacked, and the morale of our army has dropped, so we should retreat quickly. The top priority is to remove the backlog in the Yi River.

The huge amount of loot from the state must be safely transported back to Beijing. Don't use tens of thousands of troops to tangle with an invisible man...

It can be seen from this that Wanyan Zongwang is worthy of being a qualified commander. Even in such a severe situation, he still considered the problem based on the interests of the entire army and the country: eliminating unstable factors and preserving inherent achievements.

, everything is focused on the overall situation.

"A commander should not raise an army out of anger!" This was what Zong Wang repeatedly told Wu Shu at the end. He knew the temperament of his brother. This was a master who was unwilling to suffer immediate losses. It was exactly Zong Wang's repeated warning that in the end,

Dispelled Wu Shu's idea of ​​immediate revenge.

It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years. But for the Jin army to take revenge, it will not take ten years at all, not even ten months...

Zong Wang then fell into a deep coma and did not wake up again until he returned to Huining Mansion in Shangjing. However, his breathing did not stop.

One month later, it was June 13th in the fifth year of Jin Tianhui (1127), which was three days after the Jin East Route Army returned north to the Kingdom of Jin. The second son of Jin Taizu, the right deputy marshal of the East Route Army in the attack on Song Dynasty, the Jurchen eagle——

Wanyan Zongwang suddenly fell when he had just reached the peak of his life.

The time of Wanyan Zongwang's death is surprisingly consistent with the history of another time and space. Interestingly, the official reason for Zongwang's death announced by the Jin Kingdom is also the same: he died of a cold due to cold water while bathing.

What a weird cause of death! During the 6th month of the lunar calendar and the 7th month of the Gregorian calendar, during the fire season, a brave general who had built a strong body from the black waters of the White Mountains actually died from taking a cold shower? What kind of cold water did he use?

?Ten thousand-year-old ice on Changbai Mountain?

When Di Lie heard the news later, he just smiled knowingly. Of course, he also had no idea that a bullet that almost missed the target on the bank of Yishui River that day exploded an egg in a gesture that changed history.
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