The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 360 Kidnapping Zhang Yong
Zhang Yong was frightened, but he was unwilling to reveal his weakness with just a word.

He snorted and said, "The Southern Song is besieging me? Haha! What a joke! Do you think I'm afraid of them? The Southern Song is currently dealing with the puppet Qi, the Northern Song, and the Chu Kingdom. Do you think they can handle all that?"

Yue Wenxuan: "General, you may not know this, but the Southern Song and Northern Song have basically stopped fighting and are now ruling their own territories in the Huainan region. As for the pseudo-Qi, it has been blocked by the Northern Song and will not harass the Southern Song anymore. The first thing the Southern Song needs to deal with right now is you, General, and the second thing it needs to deal with next is the Chu Kingdom."

Zhang Yong's expression changed slightly.

What Yue Wenxuan said was exactly what he had been worried about.

He used to be able to jump around happily because the Southern Song Dynasty was too busy, fighting on all sides, but now it seems that the Southern Song Dynasty can free up its hands to deal with him.

Yue Wenxuan continued, "If I'm not mistaken, the Southern Song Dynasty has already sent General Yue Fei to deal with you, General."

This is all nonsense from Yue Wenxuan. Yue Fei actually came to persuade Zhang Yong to surrender, but Yue Wenxuan deliberately said "to deal with" him. The difference of two words makes a completely different meaning.

Zhang Yong's face changed color: "Yue Fei and I are both from Tangyin, we are fellow townsmen, how could he possibly kill a fellow townsman?"

Yue Wenxuan: "Yue Fei was a good man, he probably didn't want to kill you. But you've offended the Southern Song Dynasty terribly, betrayed it, disobeyed orders, and harassed its cities... Think about it yourself, how many times are you sentenced to death for these crimes? If Yue Fei had you brought back to the court, wouldn't Zhao Gou have beheaded you?"

Zhang Yong's sweat began to trickle down in eight-petal-like drops...

"Report!" A bandit soldier ran in from outside and shouted, "Brother, Yue Family Army has entered Fenning County... and it seems... they're coming for us."

Zhang Yong: "!!!"

Yue Wenxuan chuckled inwardly: This is going to be interesting. Yue Fei, you've come just in time. But I'm sorry, I'm going to intercept your Hu and steal your Zhang Yong.

But it can't really be called hijacking.

Although Yue Fei successfully persuaded Zhang Yong to surrender, Zhang Yong was soon taken away by Zhang Jun and became Zhang Jun's subordinate. Therefore, Yue Wenxuan did not steal Yue Fei's beard, but Zhang Jun's. Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem wrong.

Zhang Yong panicked: "How could this be? Did the Southern Song really send Yue Fei to deal with me? Damn it! Yue Fei is very powerful, I definitely can't beat him."

He commanded 50,000 men, and at this time, Yue Fei's army was just beginning to grow in strength.

But before even fighting, Zhang Yong realized he couldn't win and immediately backed down.

This person is just so timid!
"What are we going to do? It's all over, it's all over!"

Zhang Yong panicked for several seconds, then suddenly realized something and turned to Yue Wenxuan: "You... you're clearly just a beggar, how do you know these things? You... what exactly do you want to say to me?"

Yue Wenxuan: "It's obvious that I'm not a beggar at all. I'm a person sent by the Northern Song Dynasty, specifically to see the general."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yong was startled again: "A person from the Northern Song Dynasty?"

Yue Wenxuan: "The Northern Song Dynasty was still the Song Dynasty, and it was more orthodox than the Southern Song Dynasty."

Zhang Yong didn't care who was more orthodox; he was just a little surprised: "How come the Northern Song Dynasty..."

Yue Wenxuan: "Our Northern Song Dynasty cherishes General Zhang's talent and did not want to see him die here. We came here specifically to show him a way to survive."

Zhang Yong looked at him with suspicion.

Yue Wenxuan said, "General, why don't you lead your 50,000 troops north across the Yangtze River, enter Huainan, and then go to Chuzhou to join my Northern Song army?"

This route was too far for a group of townspeople, but for a bandit like Zhang Yong, it was a piece of cake; he could easily "flee" across it. Zhang Yong was a little suspicious: "Are you kidding me? I've never had any dealings with the Northern Song Dynasty. You suddenly come here saying that the Northern Song Dynasty has taken a liking to me and wants to recruit me. How can I believe you?"

Yue Wenxuan: "General, you have no choice but to believe it! The Yue Family Army will arrive in an instant. I'm not trying to boost the enemy's morale or dampen your spirits, but Yue Fei is not someone to be trifled with. Not only is the General no match for Yue Fei, but even the Jin general Jin Wuzhu would be beaten to a pulp if he encountered Yue Fei. If the General is too slow, he will surely be caught and beheaded by Yue Fei."

Zhang Yong: "!!!"

He believes what others may not!
He and Yue Fei were from the same hometown, and he often followed news about Yue Fei.

This young player has been victorious in every battle since his debut, and is unstoppable.

Zhang Yong never thought he could defeat Yue Fei.

He thought it over and over again... (omitting a hundred million words of his inner monologue here)

After a long pause, he finally spoke: "How can I believe you if you just talk the talk? Can't you produce some proof to convince me?"

Yue Wenxuan shrugged: "Look at my outfit, it's not easy to be a spy. I have to completely disguise myself as a beggar to get here, otherwise I would be too easily recognized on the way."

Zhang Yong: "..."

Yue Wenxuan: "Besides, the fact that a beggar can chat with General Zhang for so long already proves that I'm not an ordinary beggar, right?"

Zhang thought to himself: That makes sense... Such a beggar is quite strange in itself.

Yue Wenxuan: "After General Zhang's army enters Chuzhou territory, a middle-aged general named Ma Sheng will come to meet you with a small team. Once General Zhang sees Ma Sheng, he will know that what I am saying is true. If General Zhang does not receive Ma Sheng's help, then I am lying and you may cut off my head."

Zhang thought to himself: If I enter Chuzhou and hear the sound of horses to greet me, it means he wasn't lying. If I don't see the sound of horses, I can just kill this beggar and continue my wanderings.

Thinking about it this way, I understand now.

He was terrified of death and didn't want to stay there and be caught by Yue Fei. So he didn't linger in the town and quickly ordered the entire army to set off, taking Su Qier with them.

The people who were waiting outside the town waited and waited, but instead of Su Qier coming out, they saw Zhang Yong's army leave the town...

They didn't know what method Su Qier had used to coax Zhang Yong away, but they knew they could go home. They couldn't help but kowtow several times in the direction Zhang Yong's army had left, saying, "Thank you for your righteous help, hero."

"If I ever have the chance to see the hero again, I will definitely join the Beggars' Sect and serve him faithfully."

The 50,000 bandit troops crossed the Yangtze River to the north and first entered Huainan West Road.

At this time, Huainan West Circuit was a region "fighting" between the Southern Song Dynasty and the puppet Qi State, and it was a place of utter devastation and misery.

Zhang Yong led an army of 50,000 across the border, but neither the Southern Song nor the puppet Qi armies attacked him.

Or perhaps they're just too lazy to bother with him.

He swaggered across Huainan West Road, entered Huainan East Road, and continued his journey towards Chuzhou.

The closer he got to Chuzhou, the more worried he became, fearing that Su Qier was a fraud.

But before they even entered Chuzhou, a small group of people came to greet them. The leader, on horseback, clasped his hands in a salute and said, "I am Ma Sheng from the Northern Song Dynasty. I have come to welcome General Zhang Yong."

(End of this chapter)