Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 583 Dedicated to serving the country

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Taiyuan was called Jinyang in ancient times, and it was also called Bingzhou or Dragon City.

However, the Taiyuan City at this time is no longer the ancient city of Jinyang—the ancient city of Jinyang was burned down by Zhao Kuangyi as early as the fourth year of Taiping Xingguo in the Song Dynasty. It is said that the ancient city of Jinyang has dragon veins.

Jinyang was known as Tang Kingdom in ancient times, and the Tang Dynasty actually originated here. After Li Yuan and his son established Chang'an as their capital, they took "Tang" as the country's name, and named Jinyang the northern capital and Beijing. Capital" and "Three Capitals".

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Northern Han either made their fortunes in Jinyang, or used it as their capital.

As a result, Jinyang is famous all over the world, and folk legends say that it is a "Dragon City".

Therefore, after Zhao Kuangyi destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty, he ordered the ancient city of Jinyang to be burned down.

Three years later, in order to defend the Khitan, Zhao Kuangyi ordered Pan Mei to build a new city, Taiyuan City, in Tangming Town on the opposite bank of the Fen River, [-] miles northeast of Jinyang's old city, but it was smaller in scale and shape than Jinyang's ancient city. a lot of.

After Tong Guan led the Xuanfu Division to withdraw from Taiyuan, the East Road appeasement envoy and acquaintance Zhang Xiaochun of the Taiyuan Prefecture, together with the deputy governor of the capital, the governor of the Hedong Xuanfu Division, and the commander of the Shengjie Army, Wang Zhi, organized the soldiers and civilians in the city to prepare for the battle, and at the same time sent people out of the city. Contact nearby states and counties to ask them to send troops to reinforce Taiyuan.

Ten days later, Wanyan Zonghan led the West Road Jin Army to break through Shiling Pass and quickly arrived at the foot of Taiyuan City.

Since entering the territory of the Song Dynasty, the Jin Army on the West Road has never encountered effective resistance from the Song Army.

But under the city of Taiyuan, the West Road Jin Army was stubbornly blocked by the Song Army.

The first to come to reinforce Taiyuan was Sun Yi, a famous general from Hedong.

At the beginning of the Jin army's invasion, when Sun Yi led his troops out to fight the Jin army, Han'er knocked on the door and surrendered.

Sun Yi had no choice but to lead his army to Taiyuan.

When Sun Yi came to Taiyuan City, the West Road Jin Army had already surrounded Taiyuan City.

Zhang Xiaochun stood on the tower and shouted to Sun Yi: "The enemy is approaching, so I dare not open the door. Observing can serve the country faithfully!"

Sun Yi replied: "But I hate that there are few soldiers and no strength!" Then he led two thousand soldiers into the Jin army.

Although Sun Yi's army was less than [-], its morale was strong and they fought bravely.

Wanyan Zonghan climbed up to observe the battlefield situation and saw that Sun Yijun was brave and unstoppable, so he decided to use tactics to win.

Wanyan Zonghan ordered the people of Shuozhou to be driven to the city of Taiyuan to show Sun Yijun.

The Duosuo people under Sun Yi's command saw their relatives taken to the battlefield by the Jin army, and the army's morale was suddenly in turmoil, and then the army changed.

At that time, Sun Yi was fighting fiercely with the Jin people when he was suddenly killed by a traitor from behind.

It's a pity that a generation of famous generals died tragically under the knife of the rebels!
All the soldiers led by Sun Yi were killed by the Jin people.

Also coming to Taiyuan for reinforcements is the Shaanxi army, which is the most elite Western army in the Song Dynasty—mainly Fuzhou Zhizhou Zhe Keqiu, Yanyan Road guard Liu Guangshi, and the military envoy Han Quan and Jin Ning Luo Cheng, the magistrate, and so on.

Among them, Zhe Keqiu and Liu Guangshi were the main force, leading more than 2 horses respectively. In total, the Song Army had about 4 reinforcements.

Zhe Keqiu is the son of Zhe Kexing, a famous general in Northwest China. During the years of war with Xixia, Zhe Kexing cared for the soldiers, won many surprise victories, and made many military exploits. His troops were respectfully called "Zhe Family Soldiers" by the Song people.

From the beginning of the Tang Dynasty to the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, for hundreds of years, the Zhe family ruled the prefecture alone, controlling the northwest, and China relied on it.

Yang Family General She Taijun's natal family is actually this Zhe family.

In the Song Dynasty, there were three prefectures on East Road, namely Fuzhou, Linzhou, and Fengzhou. They were places where ethnic groups lived together, and the Dangxiang clan was the main one.

From the time of Zhao Kuangyin, the Song Dynasty implemented a special policy in this area, that is, governing according to the customs, appointing local tyrants or ethnic minority chiefs as prefects or officials, and restraining them to check each other, thereby consolidating the stability and order of border defense.

Later, Li Jiqian of Xiazhou rebelled against the Song Dynasty, and his grandson Li Yuanhao established the Xia Kingdom and broke away from the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty accepted this lesson and adjusted its ruling policy on the three prefectures of Lin, Fu, and Feng located in the frontier area of ​​​​Hedong, and further strengthened the wooing of local local tyrants.

However, due to the specific conditions of Lin, Fu, and Feng, the three states are different, so the strategies are also different.

Fengzhou was later captured by Xixia, and the Wang family was no longer hereditary, and the Yang family of Linzhou was only hereditary for three generations. Only the Zhe family in Fuzhou has always hereditary military power.

Zhejia is in the same position as the feudal town here, which is indeed an exception for the Song Dynasty, which is always on guard against the disaster of the feudal town in the late Tang Dynasty.

The purpose of the Song Dynasty to allow Zhejia hereditary military power was very clear, which was to allow them to fight against Xixia here for a long time.

Fuzhou borders the Yellow River in the east, the grassland and desert in the northwest, and overlooks the Hexi states in the south. The geographical location is very important.

The Zhe family did not live up to the high expectations of the imperial court. They fought against Xixia for more than a hundred years and made a lot of military exploits. However, the Xixia cavalry never crossed the Yellow River eastward.

Because of this, Xixia can be said to hate the Zhe family.

(Later, Zhe Keqiu was poisoned to death, and the Xixia people took advantage of the opportunity of the Zhe family's funeral to invade Fuzhou, and then exterminated the Zhe family, and even dug up the corpses. From this point, it is not difficult to see how much the Zhe family has. Being hated by Xixia people can also explain how much his family contributed to the Song Dynasty.)
You can ask for [-] reinforcements to cross the Yellow River from Fuzhou, pass through Kelanzhou, and arrive at Tianmen Pass. When you find that there are Jin soldiers guarding here, you turn to Songziling and stationed in Jiaocheng, southwest of Taiyuan.

And Liu Guangshi led the troops from Yanyan, marched all the way to Taiyuan in the northeast direction, met with Zhekeqiu in Jiaocheng, and stationed separately.

During the Northern Expedition to capture Yanjing, Liu Guangshi failed to reach Yanjing City in time to meet Guo Yaoshi, which caused the Song Army that had already entered Yanjing City to lose support and was defeated. When he was held accountable, he was demoted.

Later, Liu Guangshi made contributions in pacifying the Hebei uprising army, and was promoted to deputy chief of the Mabu Army on Fuyan Road.

On the north bank of the Fen River, the Song Army and the Jin Army fought a battle.

The two armies fought from the morning to the middle of the day, regardless of the outcome. The Song Army's various armies fought very tenaciously, and it can be said that they did not give up an inch.

At noon, a strange army of the Jin army suddenly broke out from behind the Keqiu troops!
The situation changed immediately.

Liu Guangshi quickly fled, Zhe Keqiu's troops were defeated, Luo Cheng and Han Quan died in the battle, and the soldiers outside Hewai lost seven to eight.

In this battle, the Song army lost more than 1 people, while the Jin army waited for work here and won a complete victory. The generals of the Jin army who commanded this battle were Wanyan Yinshuke and Yeluyujian.

At this time, there were only more than 3000 residents in Taiyuan City, and the only soldiers were [-] Shengjie troops led by Wang Zhen and some Xiang troops.

Sheng Jiejun is Tong Guan's pro-army.

Before Tong Guan left Taiyuan, he appointed Wang Ting as the vice-captain of the capital, that is, the deputy commander-in-chief, and left a part of the Shengjie army for Wang Ting to command, making him responsible for guarding Taiyuan.

Wang Ting was born in Kaifeng, styled Zhengchen, and was born in a family of generals. Both his grandfather and father were generals of the Western Army.

When Tian Hu, Wang Qing, and Fang La rebelled, Wang Ting served as the commander of the infantry and made great military exploits. He followed Tong Guan in the Northern Expedition, and was later promoted to the command of the capital of Hedong Xuanfu Division, and was stationed in Taiyuan with Tong Guan.

Wang Zhen was bold and bold by nature, and brave and good at fighting. Although he only had 3000 troops, every one or two days, Wang Zhen led a team of Qingqi out of the city to attack the Jin army.

Wang told them to ride horses and hold big knives, rush into the Jin army camp, turn left and right, kill about a hundred enemies, and then retreat.

It can be said that the reason why Taiyuan City was able to defend for such a long time was largely due to the courageous Wang Zhi, who used offense instead of defense from time to time.

After Liu Guangshi was defeated and Liu Guangshi was defeated, there were no new reinforcements from Song Dynasty.

Zhang Xiaochun couldn't help being a little shaken, thinking that more than 2 civilians and more than 3000 soldiers could not withstand the [-] skilled Jin army, so he thought of surrendering.

Therefore, Zhang Xiaochun convened a meeting of the supervisors to discuss, and wanted to surrender in Kaesong.

After Wang Ting learned of this, he immediately led 500 swordsmen to pay homage to Zhang Xiaochun at the magistrate's office.

Wang Ting asked the swordsmen to line up in front of the government office.

Wang Ting asked loudly, "Do you want to be an official?"

Everyone replied: "Yes!"

Wang Ting said: "If you make meritorious service to the court, you will get an official!"

Wang Ting asked again: "Do you want to reward?"

Everyone replied: "Yes!"

The king said: "If you defend the court against enemies, you will be rewarded!"

Wang Ting went on to say: "You want both officials and rewards, so you should declare your strength and dedication, and defend the country with loyalty. What should you do if you have someone who has said something in your generation?"

Everyone raised their swords and replied, "I would like to kill him with this!"

Wang Ting asked, "What should I do if I tell you to surrender?"

The crowd raised their swords again and replied, "I beg you to kill him too!"

Wang Ting asked again: "Xuanfu and all the supervisors have surrendered, what should I do?"

The crowd raised their swords again and replied, "I beg you to kill him too!"

Zhang Xiaochun was shocked when he saw this, and since then he has never said anything about surrendering, and the military power in the city has been completely in Wang Jin's hands since then.

In order to strengthen the city defense and make up for the shortage of troops, Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Zhi ordered that all men over the age of 15 and under the age of 60 in Taiyuan City be included in the list of city guards.

Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Chen were determined to fight to the death with the Jin army, standing firm and waiting for help.

Zhang Xiaochun said to the soldiers and civilians in the city: "Although the Jin people are under the city, they can't do any harm. Taiyuan has been a powerful feudal clan since ancient times. The city is strong and the food is sufficient, and the soldiers are brave. The reinforcements are nearby, and the inside and outside are corresponding, so that Hu Qi will not return on his horse, and the top will avenge the court, and the bottom will protect your blood, is it okay?" Everyone agreed.

The circumference of Taiyuan City is only ten miles. They dug a trench outside the Tucheng, and built a heavy city inside the Tucheng.Military control was imposed on the food stored in the city, and the daily supply was based on the head of the population, regardless of the rich or the poor.

Zhang Xiaochun sits in the mansion and coordinates the logistical arrangements, while Wang Ting supervises the battle and defends the city on the city wall every day. He takes the lead and drives around every day. Whenever there is an emergency, he comes to support him in person. Even the Jin soldiers outside the city knew that there was a heroic and skilled general Wang in the city.

The Jin army took turns to attack for more than ten days, but the city of Taiyuan still stood tall.

Various siege weapons such as ladders, partial bridges, and catapults were all used by the Jin soldiers. The slightly larger stones on both sides of the Fen River were used up by the Jin soldiers, but every time they attacked, they were met by the soldiers and civilians of Taiyuan City. His tenacious resistance was repulsed every time.

Wanyan Zonghan was very annoyed by this. He ordered to build fortifications outside the city, and surrounded Taiyuan City like an iron bucket with antler companies.

Taiyuan City is now like an isolated island, completely surrounded by the Jin army, and all external communication channels have been completely cut off by the Jin army...

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PS: Say a few words.

After writing this book and reading "Water Margin", Da Bird believes that "Water Margin" deserves its name as one of China's four great masterpieces. It can even be said that if it only has the first half, it will be China's No.1 with.

Of course, the second half of Luo Guanzhong's work is also very good, worthy of a master of literature.

But Luo Guanzhong made a big mistake in "Water Margin", that is, he shouldn't slander Wang Tun - the hero Wang Tin.

This man is a first-class hero in history, and in Big Bird's heart, this man's generation is the backbone of the Han people.

Such a hero should not be slandered as a villain, even for artistic creation.

Luo Guanzhong was wrong.

If he is still alive, he should apologize to the king.

(End of this chapter)

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