The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 273
"Oh!" Zhao Huan snorted coldly, and said, "Such a big thing happened, and you didn't mention it in the report, Han Shizhong, you are really amazing!"

After hearing this, Han Shizhong broke out in cold sweat, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I'm guilty!"

"Hmph, you are naturally guilty. Although the generals are not allowed by the military order abroad, you dare to conceal such a big matter and not report it. You really have the guts!" Zhao Huan said coldly.

"Your Majesty, General Han has already written a letter of merit to General Yang, please read it!" Zhang Jun hurriedly took out a memorial from his sleeve at this time, and prepared to present it to Zhao Huan.

Zhao Huan didn't take it over, and said, "Okay! Really good! Since you said that Yang Zaixing went deep alone, that's why he died in battle. If that's the case, why do you still need to ask for credit for him?"

"Your Majesty, although General Yang went deep with his own army, he has made remarkable achievements repeatedly during this expedition, and his flaws are not concealed!" Zhang Jun said hastily.

"Get up!" Zhao Huan said in a soft voice: "Han Wu, you give me a written report of what happened at that time. Remember, what I want is the whole story!"

Han Shizhong hastily agreed. In fact, Han Shizhong was also very guilty about Yang Zaixing's death. He was reprimanded by Zhao Huan at this time, but he didn't feel dissatisfied in his heart.

"Where is General Yang's body?" Zhao Huan asked.

"For a long march, we can only cremate General Yang's body, put the general's body in a cupping jar and bring it back!" Han Shizhong said softly.

In ancient times, parents paid attention to the body, hair, skin and skin. Even if they died, they could not be cremated, but the corpse should be buried in the ground for safety. Now Han Shizhong cremated Yang Zaixing's body and brought it back. Facing Zhao Huan's questioning, he said To be honest, Han Shizhong was still a little guilty.

But Han Shizhong was too worried about this point. Zhao Huan had no resistance to this cremation. After hearing what Han Shizhong said, he nodded and said, "I want to pay tribute to General Yang in person!"

After Han Shizhong heard this, he felt in his heart that it is inevitable that soldiers will die before the battle, but they can still be missed by the emperor after death, so it can be regarded as a worthy death.

Ever since, Zhao Huan led a group of soldiers to pay homage to Yang Zaixing together. After paying homage to Yang Zaixing, Zhao Huan felt so moved in his heart that he ordered someone to bring paper and pens, and wrote on the paper: "The first ruthless man in Song Dynasty!" people!"

From then on, Yang Zaixing became the most ruthless person in the Song Dynasty. In terms of bravery and invincibility in battle, no one in the entire Song Dynasty could match him, even Yue Fei was incomparable. Yang Zaixing killed the enemy by himself, and was finally defeated by Jin Jun Luan shot him to death with arrows, and the arrowheads taken out of Yang Zaixing's body at that time reached as much as two liters.

At this time, the war was imminent, so naturally he would be hypocritical about these things from time to time. Zhao Huan ordered to send Yang Zaixing's cupping jar back to Haosheng in Kaifeng Mansion for burial. After the Northern Expedition ended, Zhao Huan went to pay homage in person.

The battle is still to be fought.

After dealing with the situation on Wanyan Xiyin's side, the next step is Wanyanchang on the other side of the river.

Wan Yanchang led the vanguard to cross the river. At this time, there were 10 troops crossing the Zhang River. When he received the news from Wan Yan Zonghan, Wan Yanchang was also a little confused. He subconsciously wanted to let The army crossed the river as soon as possible, but when he saw the powerful warships of the Song army going down the river, Wan Yanchang knew that the entire army had no way to cross the river.

Wanyan Zonghan made adjustments in time and stopped the army from crossing the river, but in this way, the Jin army was cut into two parts by the Song army. In this way, the Song army was given every opportunity to defeat them. up.

"General, what should our army do next?" Liang Zongbi said to Wan Yanchang.

Wan Yanchang said angrily: "At this time, what else can I do? I can only go back to rescue. If I am with an army of 25, the Song army will have no way to compete with our army. Now only Wanyan Zonghan is left." The general's 15 army, but the Song army has 20 people, it can't resist it at all."

"But now the river is blocked by the Song army, we can't get through it at all!" Liang Zongbi said with a wry smile.

"If you can't make it through, you have to find a way. Let me let the spies out, find the bridge, and see where there is the floating bridge." Wan Yanchang said a little angrily.

Here I have to say that the reason why the ancient Yangtze River was called a natural danger was because in that era, bridge-building technology was still very underdeveloped. The Yangtze River was so wide that there was no way to build a bridge on it, so I wanted to go to To the south of the Yangtze River, you must take a boat.

In fact, at that time, it was not just that there were no bridges on the Yangtze River, like the relatively large rivers, the Yellow River, etc. There were also no bridges, so now the spies sent by the Jin Army on the Zhang River have scattered for more than [-] miles, and still have not found the pontoon bridge. , although there are small boats that can cross the river, if the army wants to cross the river, it is simply impossible.

Of course, Wan Yanchang was not idle here. He ordered the army to attack the Song army blocking the river, but the effect was minimal. It seemed that the Song army did not pay attention to their part of the Jin army at all, and the big ships docked on the other side of the river. , Even if they want to attack, they can't do it at all, so they can only worry on the other side of the river.

The battle on Wanyan Zonghan's side didn't last long, so Wanyanchang here got the news soon.

"General, General Wanyan Zonghan has already withdrawn to the east at this time, let's continue to withdraw to the north, otherwise, if the Song army has mobilized its troops to the north, it will be too late if we don't retreat!" Wanyan Shan said softly.

Wan Yanchang naturally understood the reason for this, he took a deep breath, and ordered: "Order the army, march northward!"

So the army began to rush northward, and the army marched all the way to Baocheng, and then stopped to rest.

"General, we have already marched fifty miles in a hurry, and it is impossible for Song Jun to catch up in a short time!" Yeludian said softly.

Wan Yanchang nodded. Thinking of this expedition, he couldn't help but sigh. Originally, he thought that he could destroy the Song Dynasty, but he didn't expect to end up like this, being chased by others. If he escaped slowly , I am afraid that it is unknown whether he can go back.

"Have all the spies been dispatched? Go out for thirty miles and keep an eye on Song Jun's movements. If there is any situation, please report to me at any time!" Wan Yanchang did not dare to be careless now, and ordered.

Ever since, Jin Jun's spies began to shuttle back and forth like a lantern.

(End of this chapter)