Prime Minister

Chapter 788
Xining six years in January.

Like this harsh and ruthless winter, the Song army suppressed the resistance of the Hezhou Fan tribe from Nanshan to Taohe.

For example, there are three or five tribes, large and small, that were razed like the Erlejin tribe.

Zhang Yue's blood-letter flag did not belong to Baishu. After Tabai City was destroyed, there were less than [-] Song soldiers alive.And once Hezhou City is captured by the Fans, the city will be full of no one left.

This is the principle that a dog that bites a person must be beaten, and a dog that bites a person must be killed.

After the outer area of ​​Hezhou City was cleaned up, Zhang Yue led the Song Army to the city.

Under the city of Hezhou.

Fan Jiang Gui Zhang Jieqing was wiping his treasured sword in his tent. On the shelf beside him were dozens of heads. These were the heads of the enemies he beheaded. Among them were Song Jiang Jing Sili and Wang Wang. preserved head.

Gui Zhangjie Qingyi clearly remembered the scene when Jing Sili led the army to break up. He led dozens of cavalry to attack his tens of thousands of horses, and also covered the retreat of other Song army troops.

General Song's courage, he Gui Zhang will never forget in his lifetime.It is rare that among the people of Song Dynasty, there are such heroes.

Thinking of this, Gui Zhang once again praised Song Future.

He enshrined Jing Sili's head in the tent, which was a first-class admiration to him, and at the same time, he felt a first-class pride from the bottom of his heart for defeating such a hero Guizhang.

The so-called heroes cherish heroes.

Gui Zhang wiped half of the blade, took a sip from the wine cup.

"Report to Your Majesty, the Song Army will send troops from Ninghe Village."

Gui Zhang stood up and said, "Let's go."

"Your Majesty, don't you want to fight the Song Army?"

Gui Zhang said: "No, the Song army is in full swing at this moment, let's not fight against him! Let's join forces with Mu Zheng first and then talk about it."

"I'm afraid I will be ridiculed by Leng Jipu!"

Guizhang sneered and said: "Let him say, we will have more soldiers and horses if we step into Baicheng, and the Song army will stay to guard Hezhou, one increase and one decrease, if the Song army dares to come again, we will kill one more! "

After talking about the ghost chapter, he lifted the tent and left.

Guizhang left at night with all his troops and horses. In the cold morning wind, he looked at the Hezhou City that had been surrounded for many months before him, and left without a moment's nostalgia.

It's no pity to give up as soon as you say it, which shows Guizhang's determination.

The general at the side pointed to the tent under the mountain and said to Guizhang: "Since the king wants to withdraw, why didn't he know Zhao Shao's ministries?"

Gui Zhang said: "If some people don't die, how can Song Jun think that we have lost?"

Luring the enemy deep has always been Gui Zhang's strategy, he paused and said to the left and right: "Don't feel sorry for Zhao Shao, I will take care of his wife."

All the generals knew that Guizhang was taking care of him, and he must have been taking care of him.

When Zhang Yuekui arrived at the city of Hezhou, the scouts reported, "Report to Commander, Gui Zhang has led his army and fled."

Xu Xi said: "Commander, Guizhang dare not attack our army's front, just in time to pursue!"

Immediately, Wang Hou and other generals took the initiative to invite Ying.

Zhang Yue said: "if the enemy army is driven away, the siege of Hezhou will be solved. You don't have to go far away! This ghost Zhang uses troops cunningly, so we must be careful."

The rewards for the Song army's attack on Qingtang were very generous. After Zhang Yue gave the order, all the generals volunteered.

Wang Hou and Xu Xi led the cavalry to Hezhou City, where they saw a mess under the Hezhou City.

Wang Hou said: "Fan's army is really defeated, it's not an act of luring the enemy."

Xu Xi said: "That's right, but you must follow the Commander's order carefully and not chase far away."

Seeing that Xu Xi, a scholar, dared to ride on horseback, Wang Hou admired him from the bottom of his heart, "Okay."

So the two led the army to attack. At this time, Hezhou city also saw the arrival of Song army reinforcements, and they also led the army to attack.

After two pincer attacks, the Fan army was defeated, and the Song army captured thousands of Fan troops.But Guizhang still led an army of [-] troops and retreated calmly to Tabai City.

Zhang Yue thought a little bit when he heard the words, he did not give the order to pursue Gui Zhang and Mu Zheng, but led his army to Hezhou City.

Hezhou City, which had been besieged for more than three months, was finally relieved.

Heavy snow has covered the inner and outer parts of Hezhou City.

Most of the sheep and horse walls under the city were damaged, and the tattered flags inserted in the cracks of the walls fluttered in the wind. From the ruined walls below the city, broken guns and folded swords, it can be seen that the Fan army and the defenders had fought a fierce battle here.

When Zhang Yue arrived at the city, he saw Wen Jifu, the magistrate of Hezhou, leading hundreds of soldiers to meet him at the foot of the city.

Zhang Yue was a little surprised when he saw Wen Jifu, a handsome young man, wearing armor and holding a sword, and looked at the haggard look of the other party and said: "Zhou Han is suffering."

Wen Jifu almost had tears in his eyes when he heard the words, this time Zhi Xihe originally came with Zhang Yue's brother-in-law in the military service, but he didn't expect that the military service almost confessed himself.

After the defeat of Tabai City, during the three-month siege, Wen Jifu went from being at a loss at first to gradually stabilizing the morale of the army.

After all this, he also became vicissitudes.

Wen Jifu said: "Commander, this ghost chapter, Mu Zheng deliberately placed it in Hezhou City and did not want to fight. He wanted our army to lead reinforcements into the set. The lower officials knew the enemy's plan, but they were trapped in a tight siege and could not break through. Fortunately, the commander-in-chief Mingjian has seen through the tricks of the thieves, otherwise we will not be able to escape the blame."

With Wen Jifu's words, even Cai Jing praised Wen Jifu for being smart.

The distance from Ninghezhai to Hezhou is only a few tens of miles, but Zhang Yue led the main force of the Song army to station here, but they did not come to rescue.How would you feel if you changed to a normal person and became the leader of Hezhou surrounded by siege?

But Wen Jifu didn't complain a single word, and explained the situation thoughtfully for Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue dismounted from his horse and helped Wen Jifu up, he just said, "What are you talking about? As long as Hezhou City is safe and sound."

Shiwuniang once sent someone to send a letter to Zhang Yue, urging herself to rescue Hezhou, but he did not reply after receiving the letter, and Shishiniang never mentioned Wen Jifu in the letter sent home.

Wen Jifu stood up, Zhang Yue patted him on the shoulder, and looked at the soldiers behind them again.

A veteran suddenly cried: "Marshal, we almost thought that the imperial court had forgotten us."

After the man finished speaking, all the soldiers behind him looked sad, covering their faces and weeping.

Zhang Yue said to the soldiers: "It's Zhang who came late. Don't worry, you have been guarding Hezhou City, and you have listened to heaven. Your Majesty knows that you are trapped in an isolated city. Your loyalty is lamentable. "

Hearing Zhang Yue's words, the soldier cried like a child even more.

The generals spoke one after another.

"I have traveled from life to death, and from death to life. When Mu Zheng Guizhang besieged the city, there was no news from Xizhou. All of us thought that we would not be able to return to the Central Plains."

"Yes, I have nothing to hate when I die, but I am afraid that the court will not know the evil of the young thief."

"Gui Zhang is good at using troops, General Jing accidentally fell into his ambush, and asked the commander to avenge us!"

"I've been waiting so hard for this, I only hope that the imperial court will send out soldiers to avenge General Jing with a bloodbath."

"Revenge for General Jing!"

All the soldiers shouted together.

Zhang Yue saw that in the cold wind, the soldiers in Hezhou City were all in ragged clothes and starved of food, but even so, their fighting spirit remained undiminished.

Zhang Yue looked at the expectations of the soldiers, and almost said, "I promise you, I will not capture Zhang Guizhang alive, and I will never retreat!"
But the words came to his lips, and then he swallowed them again.

As the coach, he can't be emotional. Whether to enter Baicheng or not still needs to be considered.

Facing the eyes of all the soldiers at this moment, Zhang Yue said: "Don't worry, everyone, I will definitely avenge you!"

(End of this chapter)