The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 283 Two dogs go south

Wang Huan and others were discussing how to rescue the Han Bao brothers in the camp, but Han Bao or Han Cunbao returned without his mind.

Everyone was surprised but asked him how he escaped. Han Cunbao said truthfully: "Liu Zhongwu, please let me back!"

As soon as Han Cunbao said this, all the leaders, big and small, were shocked, and some of them looked at Han Cunbao strangely.

Although everyone is determined to recruit troops in the future, they do not regard the current Song Army generals as their future colleagues. On the contrary, the relationship between the two parties can be said to be on the same level.

The generals of the Song Army have always regarded the leaders of the rebel army as walking military merits, and they will kill them as soon as possible. It seems that Wang Huan and others are mostly serious military generals, and they have a very clear understanding of this. They will not have inappropriate illusions about their former or future colleagues.

It seems that Han Cunbao was caught by Liu Zhongwu. If the Song army was not under siege, under normal circumstances, the officers and soldiers would have beheaded him on the spot.

Some people may say, wouldn't it be better to surrender?

Sorry, the military generals of the Song Dynasty generally did not like to recruit surrenders and rebels, because it was meaningless to them.

In the Song Dynasty, the recruitment of surrenders and rebels was generally attributed to the civil servants who led the troops or the supervisors.

The indicators used by military commanders to record their military exploits include the number of enemy soldiers captured, beheading generals, capturing horses, armor, etc.

There is a loophole in military generals' merits, that is, capturing enemy generals. Normally, this is the merit of military commanders, and it is also the chief meritorious service. But if the captured enemy is persuaded to surrender (including voluntary surrender), then the credit no longer belongs to the generals who charge into the battle, but becomes the credit of the civilian commander or supervisor.

Therefore, unless the commander-in-chief before the war specifically designated an enemy general to be captured alive to be credited, regardless of killing him, generally the generals of the Song Army would kill the enemy general if they caught him.

For example, Jia Jin, who died in battle in Nankang, was born from a humble background and had insufficient knowledge of the officers and soldiers. He thought that he wanted to recruit troops, but he did not know that his own head was the favorite trophy of the officers and soldiers.

In contrast, Jing Zhong was born in a powerful place. Although he did not know the unspoken rules of the Song Dynasty army, he had some insight into the greed of officials and was able to escape with his life after being prepared in advance.

Of course, ordinary soldiers are not included in this list. Military generals who are good at killing ordinary soldiers who surrender will not only receive no benefits, but will also be impeached and punished by civil servants on the grounds of excessive killing and unlucky killing of prisoners.

However, these are the habits of generals in the Song Dynasty in the past. Now the new great calligrapher is a guy with a brain circuit problem. In the future, after he and other "virtuous ministers" continue to make monsters, the Song Dynasty will be more than ten years later. When military generals fight again, their first achievement is basically to capture the enemy general alive and send it to the capital to report victory.

So much so that many leaders of Liangshan in "Water Margin" were arrested countless times, but they were all rescued almost unscathed. That is to say, Song Jiang and others were sent back later when they bumped into the unscrupulous Fang La and his gang. Got quite a few heads.

However, the nature of the great calligraphers in this period has not yet been widely known to the Song Dynasty soldiers, so the Song Dynasty army generals still maintain the past tradition.

There was usually only one situation in which Han Cunbao was released seemingly unscathed, that is, he surrendered to the officers and soldiers and was then released back as an undercover agent. Of course, being an undercover agent is not easy. Even if you succeed in the end, there is a high chance that you will be chopped off by General Song for his military exploits.

However, under normal circumstances, such an undercover agent would use an excuse to rush out when the officers and soldiers were unprepared, or escape due to some accident. They would never say that Liu Zhongwu let him go as directly as Han Cunbao.

Therefore, although everyone was somewhat suspicious of him, they did not directly question whether he had betrayed everyone.

As the leading brother, Wang Huan naturally had to remain silent, but he asked: "Brother Han, I know Liu Zhongwu's temper very well. It's not because of my brother's suspicion that he let you go, but what's the reason? "

Han Cunbao thought hesitantly for a moment, then sighed and said: "Brother Wang Huan, unless I deliberately concealed it, there are some reasons why Liu Zhongwu let me go. The first reason is that he wanted to get it from you brothers. If there is a way out, as long as he can leave with thousands of his troops, he will order other sergeants to put down their weapons and ask for surrender.",

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Without him, it’s just because Liu Zhongwu’s capital is still very strong.

The besieged Song army now has at least nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, and they are all first-class elites.

In terms of comprehensive combat power, the rebel army actually did not have much advantage over the Song army. It was just that they held the initiative on the battlefield and had the help of terrain such as Yunzhou Beach, so they were able to besiege the Song army and prevent it from moving.

Of course, this situation is not absolute. If the Song army can have a naval force to support it at this time, the rebel army's siege cannot be said to be ineffective, but it is difficult to see the results. Fortunately, He Zhizhong only thought about the mountainous terrain of Lingnan and did not use the Yangtze River Navy, but the rebels took an advantage.

Even if the Song Army is a bargain now, it is not easy for the rebels to pick up this bargain. If the Song army tried its best to break through before they ran out of food and fodder, the rebel army would have to lose at least half of its troops to completely eliminate Liu Zhongwu and others, and one or two thousand people might even slip through the net.

After all, war is not a child's play. It is impossible to say that the rebel soldiers will become lazy and war-weary because they cannot bear the cost of casualties.

According to Liu Zhongwu's wishes, they only need to spare Liu Zhongwu and his own thousand troops, and then they can surrender eight or nine thousand elite Song troops again. In this way, the entire Zhennan rebel army will definitely increase in strength again, and Liu Zhongwu's thousand men who were spared will not pose a big threat to the rebels.

Such a favorable and free deal is simply irresistible.

Zhang Kai couldn't help but ask: "Brother Han, are you serious about what you said?"

Han Cunbao glared and said, "If Han makes any false claims, please behead me!"

At this time, Li Congji said: "Brother of the Han family, please forgive me for my lies. If Liu Zhongwu has such an idea, he can just send a soldier to tell him. Why let him come back? If he keeps me in his hands, we will be afraid of rats." , he will have an extra layer of protection, wouldn’t it be even more beautiful!”

When everyone heard this, most of them nodded secretly, thinking that what Li Congji said was very true.

Wang Huan said: "Brother Congji must not be suspicious of our brothers for no reason! Brother Han Bao is lucky to have returned safely. As long as it does not violate our loyalty, there is no need to ask more questions!"

Han Cunbao sighed to himself, thinking that if he didn't tell the truth, he would be troubled in the future.

He said sternly: "What Brother Cong Ji said is not unreasonable, but you don't know that I had some grudge against Liu Zhongwu, and his plot was huge, so he had to let me go!"

"Oh? Brother Han Bao has a grudge against Liu Zhongwu? I've never heard of you talking about this, brother." Wang Huan frowned, but asked suspiciously.

Han Cunbao cupped his fists and apologized to the leaders, and then said: "Brothers, please forgive me for concealing it. My real name is not Han Bao, but Han Cunbao. I was born in the Han family in Anyang, Xiangzhou. My grandfather is Zhongxian Gong Han. Tao Qi!"

Wang Huan was shocked when he heard this. He stood up and shouted: "Wait! 伱... Are you the grandson of the former prime minister Han Qi and Han Zhigui?" Han Cunbao covered his face with his hands and said, "Han is unworthy. What he did is disgraceful to the family. I really feel guilty for glottis!"

Xu Jing frowned and said: "How can a Luanfeng like Brother Han, who comes from a wealthy family, end up hanging with the likes of us and other gangsters? Is it because he wants something?"

Han Cunbao said: "This matter has something to do with Liu Zhongwu. Because Han loved to practice guns and clubs since he was a child, four years ago, Mengzu secretly obtained the position of military and horse supervisor in Hezhou. It was because when my grandfather was in the northwest, he I was beheaded and humiliated Di Wuxiang for no reason, so I was often ostracized after taking office. Although I have always been cautious, I was inevitably plotted by others."

Wang Huandao: "Brother Han's words are true. My grandfather's reputation among the northwest generals is indeed not very good. However, beheading Jiaochu is only a trivial matter. Beheading generals has been a common practice since ancient times. Han Zhongxian was not the only one who did it. On the battlefield The winner is king, and the defeat of Haoshuichuan is the real reason for your grandfather's bad reputation!"

Han Cunbao said: "That's it! Thanks to brother Wang Huan for clearing up the confusion, otherwise I wouldn't know what's going on."

Then Han Cunbao continued to talk about his past experience: "Three years ago, Luzhou barbarians invaded the prefectures and counties, and the Chengdu Road could not calm down, so he asked the northwest frontier army for help. At that time, the Qinzhou roadside commander conspired with Liu Zhongwu, but he sent me to lead the troops to trek thousands of miles. Li went to quell the rebellion.

When we arrived in Luzhou, our troops were exhausted, but we were attacked by Luzhou barbarians. As a result, we were defeated, and we only escaped with our lives. I planned to go to the state capital to be punished for my crime, but I was mistaken by my friends and captured by the barbarians on the way. I became the son-in-law of the Li family. Because I felt that it would damage the family's reputation, I changed my name to Han Bao. "

The leaders enjoyed Han Cunbao's good fortune, but they were not very suspicious. They only shed "tears" of sympathy for Han Cunbao's experience and suppressed their smiles.

The narrow-minded Wang Wende smiled and said: "Brother Han is lucky. Most of the men from other families were kidnapped by barbarians and lost their lives. Not only did my brother escape the guilt of defeat, he was also able to hold a cute little barbarian girl in his arms. I am so impressed. Brothers too! Hahaha——"

All the leaders couldn't help but laugh when they heard this, except Han Cunbao, whose face tightened and he was ashamed.

Wang Huan couldn't help laughing and shouted with a smile: "Please be more serious! Han Cunbao is our brother after all, how can we expose his scars and make fun of him!"

Everyone said: "Brother Wang Huan is absolutely right!"

Then everyone smiled and bowed to Han Cunbao, apologizing.

He was just waiting for everyone to behave like a fool, which made Han Cunbao so angry that he wanted to stab him with a knife.

Everyone had laughed enough. Han Cunbao calmed down and said to everyone: "This time I was captured by Liu Zhongwu, but I learned some secrets. He had planned to harm me earlier, but it had nothing to do with my grandfather. It was me who carried the jade." He is not aware of his sin, so he is harmed by others!"

Li Congji was a man who loved money. He had also engaged in tomb robbing in the past. He asked curiously: "But I don't know what treasure my brother has, but Liu Zhongwu has to spy on it?"

When he said this, Han Cunbao became energetic. He said: "When I was in Xiangzhou in the past, I met a strange man who had quite magical powers as a brother. When I took office in Hezhou, I had a falling out with my family, so I was a little depressed when traveling. . When my stranger brother found out, he gave me thousands of gold and silver as a gift, and also gave me two treasures for self-defense. It's a pity that Han acted carelessly and lost them all."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but admire him. A good man like that who is generous with his wealth and justice is really rare in the world.

Of course, Li Congji was more interested in the two protective treasures lost by Han Cunbao. He asked: "But I don't know what the style of the protective treasures lost by brother Cunbao is? What is its function? If we encounter it in the future, it will be easy to snatch it." Come and return it to my brother!"

Han Cunbao said: "The first treasure my brother gave me was called the [Evil Karma Orb]. It was made from the skull of a very evil person. It is as big as a walking bead. I carry it with me on a daily basis, but some people want to If you want to harm me, the orb will scream a warning.

I was able to escape from the siege of the Luzhou barbarians all because of the power of this treasure. However, I encountered a bad person and was deceived by a good friend. I was later captured by the barbarians. Otherwise, as long as I had the treasure to protect me, those barbarians would never have thought of it. You can hold me! "

Everyone was amazed when they heard this, and they all said: "It is indeed a good treasure! It is a pity to lose it! I wonder which unfaithful villain defrauded Brother Zunbao of the orb? If there is a chance in the future, I will definitely go after that guy." That’s it.”

Some people could only say in their hearts: Wouldn't it be wonderful to have such a treasure to protect you? Only a fool would give it back to you Han Manlang!

Li Congji clapped his hands and said, "Isn't there another treasure? Brother, just keep talking!"

"Yes, yes! Brother Han, please continue!"

"My brother and I will pour a glass of wine to moisten our throats, so that my mouth will not dry up after talking! Brother, please drink this glass full!"

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Han Cunbao was flattered and drank a glass of plum wine before saying: "This second treasure is called salt essence, and it is a magical item that my brother extracted from table salt.

It can be enjoyed as ordinary table salt. Eating it can make people feel light and healthy, have clear ears and eyesight, and avoid all kinds of diseases.

If you encounter something evil, you can use it to dispel the evil and eliminate disaster, so that the evil will not harm you!

My friend gave me a stone of salt essence at the beginning, but when I went to Luzhou to conquer the barbarians, I left the salt essence in Hezhou without taking it with me. Now I don't know who has gained the advantage! "

Han Cunbao did not dare to say that the salt essence was taken away by Liu Zhongwu, because the eyes of the people around him had already turned red at this moment. If they knew the whereabouts of the salt essence, they would probably cause more troubles next.

At this time, the leaders of the rebel army were experiencing ups and downs in their hearts, and all kinds of envy, jealousy, and hatred were surging in their hearts.

Straight bitch! How could this Han barbarian be so lucky! I have received so many good things in life!

oh! All lost! Great...that's such a pity!

Li Congji wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, but said: "Brother, how can we let our treasures wander outside! It is better for me to go to Hezhou with my younger brother and bring back the salt essence that my brother left there!"

Han Cunbao sneered in his heart, but shook his head with regret on his face and said: "It's too late! There are not all knowledgeable people in the world. When I was in Hezhou, I was asked for salt essence. Liu Zhongwu and others plotted against me, maybe it was because of this incident Treasure. Now that time has passed, I don’t know where the salt spirit will be divided among them!"

As soon as Han Cunbao said this, everyone felt as if they had missed five million, and they all said angrily: "Zhi Niang! How could our brother's treasure be taken away by someone else! Liu Zhongwu did such a dirty deed, but it's We can’t spare him lightly!”

Han Cunbao said quickly: "Brothers, don't be upset! We must preserve our strength and strengthen ourselves at the moment! Liu Zhongwu is just a loser, so it's not worth it for him to delay the plans of several brothers!"

While everyone was arguing, Han Cunbao did not know that a letter asking for help had been sent to Xiangzhou in his name and fell into the hands of Ergou.

(End of this chapter)