The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 465 Kill him
Commander Nie Erbojin led his remaining troops back to Ye County.

He went out with 10,000 men, but returned with only 7,000. He fought 13 battles, large and small, and lost every single one. His losses were extremely heavy. Even the Iron Pagoda, which the Jin army relied on as a bulwark, lost several hundred cavalrymen once again.

Every Ironclad Cavalry unit lost on the battlefield today will be replaced by a red Ironclad Cavalry unit tomorrow to fight back against them. Damn it, just thinking about it makes me angry, extremely angry.

He just didn't expect that something even more infuriating was waiting for him.

Just as they reached the gates of Ye County, Nie Erbojin received intelligence: "Our troops, which set out from Wuyang County to enter Tangzhou, were ambushed by the Southern Song army at Zhongyang Mountain and suffered heavy losses."

"Report! The Northern Song Dynasty has suddenly launched an attack and captured our Wuyang County. The cavalry unit that was defeated and retreating from Zhongyang Mountain was ambushed by the Northern Song army on its way home and almost the entire army was wiped out. Only a few hundred men returned."

Upon hearing this, Nie Erbojin finally couldn't hold back any longer: "Oh! This is too much! This is really too much!"

Just then, a soldier ran out and whispered, "The Southern Song peace envoy Wei Liangchen and his party are still in the camp. What should we do with them?"

Nie Erbojin was furious: "This bastard pretended to negotiate peace, but actually provided false military intelligence to lure our army into an ambush. He is extremely despicable. Kill him! Kill him and chop him up to feed the dogs."

At this moment……

Wei Liangchen was completely unaware of the impending disaster. He was still rejoicing, thinking, "I sold Han Shizhong's intelligence to our Jin father. After the Jin father captures Tangzhou, he will surely understand the sincerity of our pro-peace faction's desire for peace, and he will sit down with us to negotiate. Then we can cede a few prefectures to the Jin father, appease their anger, and the war will naturally end. We can then return to the brothels of Jiangnan, listen to folk songs, and sing 'The Song of the Rear Courtyard'..."

Just as he was enjoying the moment, a group of burly Jin soldiers rushed in and, without saying a word, kicked Wei Liangchen to the ground. Wei Liangchen's followers tried to come to his aid, but a Jin general raised his knife and, with a series of swift strokes, slashed several of his followers.

All the attendants were terrified.

Wei Liangchen was also terrified and shouted urgently, "Why...why is this happening? What have I done to offend the general?"

The golden general pointed to the blood on his armor and said, "See this blood? It's my brother's blood!"

Wei Liangchen: "?"

Jin roared angrily, "We believed your bullshit intelligence and went to attack Tangzhou, only to find that Han Shizhong was lying in ambush outside Fangcheng and caught our army off guard! It's all your fault! It's all your fault! My own brother is dead, you son of a bitch, pay for his life!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Liangchen's face turned ashen.

Fell into a trap!
He knew he was finished.

Han Shizhong is a damn old actor; he acted so realistically that he fooled me.

Wei Liangchen: "Injustice! It's truly an injustice! I was only thinking of the good of the Great Jin, I really was only thinking of the Great Jin..."

Jin general ignored his nonsense and dragged Wei Liangchen out of the tent like a chicken. Outside, a large group of defeated Jin soldiers were glaring angrily at Wei Liangchen.

Wei Liangchen: "Please allow me to explain..."

Nie Erbojin: "Kill him!"

A large group of Jin soldiers swarmed forward, and in no time, Wei Liangchen was crushed into mincemeat.
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Lin'an!

A lone rider galloped into the city from the south gate, heading towards the imperial palace to the north, shouting as he went: "Great victory! Great victory! Great victory! Han Shizhong has utterly defeated the Jin general Nie Erbojin, and Yue Yun has utterly defeated the Jin cavalry... Great victory! Great victory!"

This rough report was shouted all the way from the city gate into the palace. Soon, more detailed information began to spread from the palace to the common people.

"General Han is amazing! He won all thirteen battles, big and small."

"The Jin army entrenched in Ruzhou no longer dares to make any rash moves."

"Have you heard? The Northern Song reinforcements have arrived, captured Wuyang City, and tied down Ruzhou."

"I heard that the Northern Song army gave General Han 500 sets of Iron Pagoda armor."

"I heard that General Yue Fei was also given 300 paintings."

"I think the people of the Northern Song Dynasty were actually quite good; they not only provided equipment but also sent troops to help."

"They really go when there's trouble."

"After all, they are people of my Song Dynasty. The Northern Song Dynasty was created by the Emperor's seventeenth brother. They are ultimately of the same lineage as my Great Song Dynasty."

“I heard that when the Seventeenth Prince was in the Jin Kingdom, he suffered all kinds of humiliation from the Jin Kingdom, so the Northern Song Dynasty never backed down when it came to resisting the Jin.”

A group of commoners were chatting animatedly when a beggar's head popped up from the side, snorted, and said, "The Northern Song emperors are really putting in a lot of effort when fighting the Jurchen invaders, but our emperors... humph... are complete cowards..."

"Shh!" The group of people quickly made a shushing gesture.

The beggar retorted, "You're afraid, but I'm not. I'm just a beggar, my life is worthless, what am I afraid of saying? I'll say it, Zhao Gou is a coward! So what if I say it?"

He had barely uttered two sentences when he saw a constable jump out from the street not far away, shouting loudly, "Wu Changfeng, you're spreading rumors again! Come on, let's go to the yamen!"

It turned out that the beggar's name was Wu Changfeng. He chuckled and said, "If you've got the guts, come and catch me."

After saying that, he darted out in one step, and the constables chased after him. Wu Changfeng disappeared into a small alley, and the two chased each other in the alley.

Wu Changfeng was clearly very familiar with the streets and alleys of Lin'an. He dodged left and right with incredible agility, and the constable lost him after only a few steps and had to give up.

But Wu Changfeng shook off the constables, then slipped through several streets and into a dilapidated temple.

There was a large group of beggars here, some sitting and some lying down. Su Qier, the leader of the Beggars' Sect, was also there. When he saw Wu Changfeng, the little beggars all bowed and said, "Elder Wu!"

Wu Changfeng clasped his hands in a fist salute to Su Qier: "Chief! I'm back. I was spreading rumors in the city when I was caught red-handed by the constables, so I had to come back first."

Su Qi'er's eyes were bright, clearly a version of Yue Wenxuan possessed. He chuckled and said, "It's alright, don't confront the constables head-on. Pass on as much information as you can, and leave as soon as you see the constables. Safety comes first, and let time tell what happens next."

As the two were talking, another beggar squeezed in from a nearby alley. It was another elder of the Beggars' Clan named Ma Dayuan. He clasped his hands in greeting and said, "Chief! There are many more constables in the city, and I have been sent back. It seems that Zhao Gou is angry and has sent out a large number of constables to investigate who is talking badly about him."

Yue Wenxuan laughed: "It's alright! The mouths of the people can't be silenced. Let's see how Zhao Gou will weather this wave of public opinion crisis."

(End of this chapter)