I am Da Song

Chapter 121
After listening to Wang Yan's talk, Zhao Huan said with emotion: "Although there are 5 rebels in Hebei, it is not easy to defeat a Jin army of [-] households."

In the Battle of Taiyuan, the [-], [-], and more than [-] forbidden troops were defeated by tens of thousands of Jin troops.

The 5 rebel army in Hebei can defeat [-] Jurchens, which is really an outstanding record.

Wang Yan replied: "The soldiers in Hebei are in high spirits. From the bloody battle yesterday night to today's noon, countless soldiers were killed and injured, and they have not retreated from the beginning to the end."

Zhao Huan nodded with a smile, this is the importance of morale in the era of cold weapons.When the Jin army invaded the south, they were arrogant and domineering.The Song army was invincible, and the main force was defeated in one battle.But when the Jin army was defeated and retreated, a group of Hebei rebels could also boost their morale and fight in turn, besieging them for a day and a night.

Zhang Shuye praised: "Marshal Jiuwen Zong has repeatedly won the Jin army in Hebei. He has won [-] battles. Today, he defeated the Jin army with more than [-] people in one battle. It is really admirable."

Wang Yan's expression froze, he hesitated for a moment, and replied: "Master Shu, we have not defeated more than [-] members of the Jin army. The Jin army behind the palace has only one ten thousand households, except for the more than [-] people who were beheaded by us. people, and the remaining [-] people all surrendered voluntarily."

"En?" Zhao Huan looked at Wang Yan sharply.

No matter how you look at it, this statement is unreasonable and seriously unreasonable.

Beheading more than [-] people, not one was injured, and the rest surrendered neatly.Do you think this is a storyteller?

"I'll give you a moment to reorganize your language." Zhao Huan said lightly.

A layer of cold sweat dripped from Wang Yan's forehead, and he had to say frankly: "Our army besieged the Jin army for a day and a night, and the Jurchens refused to return to the division and cross the river to rescue them. The Jin army's Liaodong Han people, Wang Bolong, the general of the right Jinwuwei, led more than [-] people Voluntarily surrender, and the rest of the recalcitrants will be beheaded by our army."

Looking at the official's meaningful eyes, Wang Yan's back felt chills, but he had to grit his teeth and persist, not daring to show it any longer.

There was a moment of silence in the hall, Zhao Huan smiled lightly, and said: "The officers and men are serving their lives bravely and serving the country with all their loyalty. The Privy Council will remember the meritorious service of the officers and men, and no one will be short of rewards."

As for the truth hidden by Wang Yan, Zhao Huan did not go into details.Zhao Huan already had a clear understanding of the course of the battle.

Hebei rebels besieged ten thousand households of the Jin army. Wang Bolong saw that the Song Dynasty was gaining momentum, and the Jurchens did not regard the Han people as their confidantes. He became determined, learned from Guo Yaoshi, and led more than [-] Han people in his headquarters to surrender to the Song army.

Zhao Huan didn't really care much about whether the remaining [-] or so people were killed for resisting or surrendering.

The crimes committed by the Jin Army in Tokyo City, even if they were massacred by the Song Army, they deserved it.After all, if Zhao Huan wanted to, he could declare that he would not accept the surrender of these people.

Zhao Huan didn't want to chill the hearts of loyal soldiers who served the country just because of the extra tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Wang Yan breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the officials no longer care about the actions of the Hebei rebels.

That's right, the scattered Jin troops and wounded prisoners who surrendered on the battlefield were all brutalized to death by the Hebei rebels.Even the volunteers in Hebei couldn't tell whether it was for revenge for their wives, children and parents, or for the exciting reward.This is a messy account, but luckily the officials don't care about it.

Zhao Huan smiled and said: "You have to work hard to return to Hebei overnight. Marshal Zhaozong, Zhang Zhaozhuo and surrendered general Wang Bolong will go to Beijing today to participate in the honor ceremony the day after tomorrow."

Wang Yan immediately took the order, and said: "I am willing to die for the official, why dare to speak of hard work, I will return to Hebei, and inform the army of the official's reward."

Zhao Huan said with a smile: "I am waiting in Tokyo to award honors to you and others."

Zhao Huan really had a good impression of the Hebei Rebel Army.Immediately after their triumphant return, they reported their victory to the imperial court, obviously their hearts were towards the imperial court.Of course, it is also possible that the heart is looking forward to the crazy reward.

But no matter what, the [-] rebels were much stronger than the more than [-] Song troops in Nanjing City.

Zhao Huan and Yan Yuese recruited the [-] rebels, and the shortage of troops will be greatly alleviated.

After Wang Yan left, Zhang Shuye asked: "After the officials, Marshal Zong, Zhang Zhaozhuo and the generals of the Hebei Rebel Army entered Beijing, the [-] rebels and the [-] surrendered troops will be under the command of the Privy Council. How should they be arranged? How should Wang Bolong confer rewards?"

Zhang Shuye also knew that it must not follow the method of the Song court.When encountering rebellion, bandits, and refugees, they directly recruited them and incorporated them into the Xiang army.

It's not that the imperial court can't afford to pay these more than 5 soldiers, but it's just a burden.

How to deal with it?

Zhao Huan thought about it for a moment.This is really a tricky question.The first is the surrender of the Jin Kingdom.

If other Jin troops surrendered, Zhao Huan really didn't want to accept it.Non-my family, its heart must be different.

Every nation should have this awareness.

These Liaodong Han people once served the Jin Army.It is impossible to say that Da Song and Zhao Huan have no grudges.

This is like incorporating a group of traitors into one's own elite troops.I'm afraid that a mouse dropping will spoil a pot of good porridge.

But the commander-in-chief of this descending army is Wang Bolong.

If Wanyan Loushi is the God of War of the Jurchens of the Jin Army, then Wang Bolong is the most outstanding general of other tribes in the Jin Army, the No.1 general.

Jin Shi said that in the second year of Jianyan, he defeated Yue Fei, Liu Li, Lu Shang and other troops after the army crossed to quarry. On the return journey, he met Li Qiong and Han Shizhong's army and was defeated again.

This may be a bit of nonsense, and there is still a slight possibility of him defeating Han Shizhong. After all, Han Shizhong has been active near Zhao Gou's camp.But as far as Zhao Huan knew, Yue Fei had been on the Hebei battlefield in 1128.First followed Wang Yan to fight in the Taihang Mountains, and then joined Zongze's Tokyo Left Behind Division.

It is indeed a bit difficult to cross mountains and rivers to appear on the Jiangnan battlefield thousands of miles away, and lead an army to fight Wang Bolong.

But since Jin Shi dared to brag about Wang Bolong like that, this general is indeed very capable.

In the last years of the Liao Dynasty, he gathered the party as a bandit, that is, the green forest and grass, and later joined the Jurchen, and he must be the first to fall into the battle in every battle, and he won the championship of the three armies.Especially in the battle against Liao, he caused countless casualties to the Liao army. In the bloody battle, he personally beheaded dozens of enemy soldiers, and was awarded the title of General of the Right Jinwu Guard because of his meritorious service.

As long as Zhao Huan is not dazed, this kind of general of the enemy country's war god level will surrender.

The two countries of Song and Jin stood side by side in the north and the south, and they were bound to fight fiercely in the future.Both sides will do their best to instigate the enemy's generals and weaken the enemy's strength.In this regard, the Kingdom of Jin has no history to follow, but the Song Dynasty can directly learn the stories of the Han and Hungarians.

So after thinking for a while, Zhao Huan said to Zhang Shuye: "In the battle between the Han and the Huns, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could accept even the Huns and use it to fight back against the Huns. Even the Hulus could reuse Li Ling. My Song Dynasty can't even do this. They don’t even have a heart. Besides, Wang Bolong’s subordinates are still Han people in Liaodong, so let him be made an official at the level of beheading five thousand.”

After thinking for a while, Zhao Huan ordered again: "We can't let him continue to command the original army. The tragedy of Guo Yaoshi's Changsheng army must never happen again."

(End of this chapter)