The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

A few days later, the [-] allied forces of the Jurchen tribe and the Song army marched out. Wanyanfeng learned Wanyanhu's lesson and did not want to take the risk of life and death. Following him, Chilaoji is a fierce general, like a black iron tower, but he is not stupid. Before leaving, he specifically explained to the dynasty that if there is an emergency, he will lead his troops to retreat quickly, and the Song army must not interfere with freedom. .

The Dynasty was quite helpless. It seemed that the help of the ten thousand Jurchen troops could not be counted on. It could only be regarded as an extra 1 people to fill the scene. Only then did the Dynasty understand why Su Jin asked him to lead the army of the Liao Kingdom to The Jurchens in Xinzhou are fighting each other. The Jurchens are indeed a selfish nation. They would not be grateful to the Song people for helping them break through the barriers of the Liao Kingdom and gain a large area of ​​land. If such a tribe develops over time, it will definitely be a tiger-wolf who betrays its faith. family.

The army marched for three days, going south first, because after the Battle of Xinzhou, the Song army who had escaped one after another knew that the dynasty's army was in the north and rushed to the round. In a few days, more than 2000 people gathered. The purpose of the south detour is to see if the old part can be washed away on the Shinshu Gathering Road.

But it was this act of determination that made them encounter an unidentified army shortly after they arrived at the border of Xinzhou. They appeared in front of the right-wing Jurchen tribe and almost started a war with the Jurchen soldiers.

After hearing the news, Wang Chao rode his horse to the front and saw that the side of the hillside in front was densely packed with people. He was shocked. Could it be Yelu Chongyuan's army staying behind in Xinzhou?Although the number of people can't be seen, it's definitely not a small army. The trouble is that the opponent didn't show their flags, and it's impossible to tell whose soldiers and horses they are hidden in the mist at the foot of the mountain. [

But Wang Chao couldn't see the other party clearly, but the other party could see Wang Wang clearly. With the sound of horseshoes, dozens of horses came galloping, and someone from a distance shouted in Chinese: "Who are you?"

Wang Chao was overjoyed when he heard the pure official dialect of the Song Dynasty, and immediately stepped forward and shouted, "Who are you? Why didn't you show your banner?"

The other side shouted: "Are you the Song Army of Marshal Su?"

Wang Chao was even more surprised. Now that he had met him, it was a blessing or a disaster. If it was a disaster, he couldn't avoid it, so there was no need to hide it.

"I am Dynasty Commander Su, the deputy commander of the vanguard of the North Army, who are you?"

The other side was silent for a long while, then suddenly turned around and ran back, Wang Chao wondered, could it be that his reputation has reached the point where the enemy is famous enough to run away in fear?

There was a sudden commotion in the opponent's formation, and then several large flags were erected, and hundreds of cavalry surrounded by a general with a bronze mask with fangs, came out of the queue and rushed straight here.

Chao Chao carefully looked at the words on the flags, it was a big word 'Di', his heart jumped wildly, wearing a mask, the surname Di, isn't it Di Qing?

Before he could open his mouth to ask, the masked general galloped over, reached out and took off the bronze mask on his face. Under the mask, there was a handsome face, and the tattoos on the cheeks were extremely dazzling. Who else could it be if it wasn't Di Qing?

Wang Chao yelled and galloped his horse up to meet him. The two came to a place and got off their horses and hugged each other tightly, laughing endlessly.

It turned out that the 8 Right Route Army led by Di Qing quietly crossed the bay to raid Yingzhou, and then led their troops straight to Jingdao. On the way, they captured many people and soldiers who fled south. The big battle seemed to be a battle of tens of thousands of people. Di Qing thought that Su Jin's main force and the Liao people's encirclement and suppression army had encountered each other in Xinzhou, so he hurriedly turned around and marched northeast to support, but Di Qing's soldiers were all infantry. It took seven or eight days to arrive in Xinzhou. There have long been mourners and bones everywhere.

Di Qing's purpose was to go to Beijing to rescue Su Jin. In order to avoid unnecessary troubles, they marched from remote places without any banners, avoiding the city, so as not to leak the news too early. Unexpectedly, they met the people of the dynasty here.

The dynasty talked about the situation of the Xinzhou battle, and then Di Qing realized that this was Su Jin's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. Thinking that Commander-in-Chief Su led his troops across the territory of the Liao Kingdom like a human being, it is really shocking."

Wang Chao said: "I don't know if the young master has taken down Linhuang Mansion, let's join forces and go to Linhuang Mansion as soon as possible to meet up."

Di Qing said: "That's natural. Since the main force of the Liao army has retreated, it must be the scene of a big battle in Beijing. It's not too late. Let's leave immediately and talk about it on the way."

At present, the two armies converged into one place. Although the more than [-] soldiers and horses of the dynasty were thin and long, they were regarded as gods by the [-] soldiers brought by Di Qing. No one expected that after half a year in the enemy's hinterland, Su Jin It is a miracle that there are still more than [-] soldiers and horses left after all the battles and calculations on hand; and among these surviving soldiers, which one is not the elite among the elite, why is it not awe-inspiring.

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Thirty miles to the east of Linhuang Mansion, on a straw mat under a fir tree, Yelu Chongyuan sat cross-legged and greeted Yelu Hongji who was stunned: "What are you doing here? Come down and have a drink with Uncle Huang."

Sweat dripped from Yelu Hongji's forehead, and he stammered, "Uncle...how do you know..."

Yelu Zhongyuan filled the two wine cups, sighed, "How could I not know? If you don't even think about it, can your uncle still live to this day?"

Yelu Hongji said: "Uncle Emperor, actually I..."

Yelu Chongyuan said: "Don't explain, don't quibble, you know that will only make you more stupid, get off your horse, and have a good drink with your uncle. Drinking in the snow is really delicious. It reminds me of my childhood with your father. The scene of the emperor hunting and camping on the grassland."

Yelu Hongjinai got off his horse, walked slowly to the mat and sat down, the coolness from the snow came up, and Yelu Hongji's buttocks were suddenly icy cold.

"Back then, my father and I were hunting gray wolves on the Handuo Grassland. There was an old wolf who was very cunning. We chased him for two days and two nights. When we were tired, we drank a few sips of strong wine in the snow and squinted our eyes for a while. Your father and I are both exhausted, Gray Wolf is also exhausted, sometimes, the reunion is only a dozen steps away, it can't run fast, and we can't catch up, you say it's funny."

Yelu Hongji laughed twice and said, "It's funny, it's funny."

Yelu Zhongyuan said to himself: "At that time, your father thought of an idea and finally caught the gray wolf. I admired you at that time. Your father is really a genius, hehe, genius."

Yelu Chongyuan drank the wine in his glass and sneered a few times. Yelu Hong basically wanted to ask what his idea was, but before he could speak, Yelu Chongyuan suddenly turned his head, his eyes were fierce, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You know you What kind of idea did the genius father think of that day?"

"Nephew...nephew doesn't know." Yelu Hongji was so frightened that he turned his head and didn't dare to meet him.

"Your father said that wolves like to bite people from the back. After being hungry for so many days, the gray wolf must also want to eat us. It would not dare to be together with the two of us. So your father said, let me sit with my back to the hungry wolf. Then, with his neck exposed, he hid in the dark, and when the wolf came up to bite me, he stabbed the wolf to death with a sharp knife behind his back, hehe, do you think your father is a genius?"

Yelu Hongji didn't dare to answer, but he heard Yelu Chongyuan continue: "So I stupidly sat there with my neck exposed, and the wolf was really hungry, so it sneaked up on me and bit me. The boot was on my neck, and the gray wolf bit it down, piercing through the boot, and biting a few small holes in my shoulder. God is good, I didn't hurt any vital parts, and I was still alive; after that, your father and I were happy I peeled off the wolf's skin, cut up the wolf dog, cut off the wolf's head and brought it home, and I didn't realize that there was anything wrong with it at the time, I was so stupid."

"Later, I gradually realized that compared with that hungry wolf, your father and my brother were more cruel. At that time, my mother loved me, and your father was afraid that she would help me ascend the throne, so I changed my mind. It's a pity that I have great fortune and fate; I took precautions everywhere, but your father never had a chance to do it; the queen mother insisted on making me emperor, and I knew I was not your father's opponent, so I went to inform him. The empress mother who loved me so much was put under house arrest and tortured to death; your father pretended to make me the emperor's younger brother, wanting to reassure me, but the throne is mine, mine! Do you understand? My, what kind of good man do I want him to be?"

Yelu Zhongyuan roared, his eyes gleaming with anger, like a man-eating beast.

"Uncle...my nephew knows that after my father abdicated, my nephew will be the first to support you as the throne."

"Bah! Are you a good thing? You are more ruthless than your father. You can even kill your own mother and sisters. Will you be a pure and good person? I don't understand every word you slander me. Keep it in mind, now that you fled the battle and issued a military order, this gave me an upright reason to kill you, and your father can't do anything about me afterwards, I'm just a regular soldier, do you understand?"

Yelu Hongji's complexion changed drastically, he waved his hands again and again and said, "Uncle Emperor, please forgive me, I am your nephew."

Yelu Zhongyuan laughed loudly and said, "Are you my nephew? Empress Renyi is still your mother, your father is still my brother, so what? Eat, eat a few bites of meat, drink a few bites of wine. But it's your last meal. Don't worry, I will leave you with a whole body out of kinship."

Yelu Hongji stood up screaming, and reached out to touch the scimitar at his waist, a guard had already stepped forward and twisted his arm to make him unable to move.

Yelu Hongji struggled and yelled and cursed, Yelu Chongyuan reached out and grabbed a leg of lamb, pinched his cheek and punched it in, immediately stuffing his yelling and cursing into his stomach.

"Let's do it." Yelu Zhongyuan turned his back and looked at the vast and undulating snow field in the distance. A rope behind him was wrapped around Yelu Hongji's neck, and the other end was put on the treetop. The body was hoisted into the air.

Yelu Hongji's body struggled violently in mid-air, and the tree body shook violently. The residual snow on the crown of the tree was shaken down, like catkins in March, blowing in the wind.