Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 711 Loyalty to duty (please subscribe!)
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Seeing many seven or eight-year-old boys and even seven or eight-year-old girls practicing assassination and archery on the school grounds, Yan Qing said with emotion: "Children in the Central Plains can grow up carefree, thanks to Fuzhou Zheshi gifted by the sacrifice of children!"

Zhe Keqiu and Zhe Kecun happened to hear these words, and their impression of Yan Qing immediately improved a lot.

Zhe Keqiu said: "Master Yan is serious. Guarding the frontier is the responsibility of the Zhe clan. The Zhe clan is nothing more than being loyal to their duties."

Yan Qing turned her head and said: "The officials say that the most valuable thing in the world is to be loyal to their duties, and it is even more commendable that the Zhe family has been loyal to their duties for hundreds of years and dozens of generations."

Zhe Keqiu smiled and said nothing, this is not only his own praise, but also the praise of the entire Zhe family, he has no right to refuse.

When he came to Yan Qing's side, he could ask: "Master Yan, can you tell us about the situation in the Central Plains?"

Yan Qing smiled and said: "You two feel free to ask, as long as it doesn't involve secrets, Yan Qing will know everything and talk about it."

Zhe Keqiu said: "I heard that the Chinese army and the Jin army have fought dozens of battles, and they haven't lost a single one. Is there something wrong?"

Yan Qing said: "Our army has also suffered some defeats in small-scale encounters in some areas, but generally speaking, our army has been winning."

This is similar to the information Zheshi collected, so Zhe Keqiu and Zhe Kecun believed Yan Qing's words.

Zhe Kecun asked, "What's the current situation in CICC?"

Yan Qing said: "When I came here, I passed by the war zone. At that time, the Jin army had just defeated the Shaanxi army and wanted to retreat from Hedong to Yundi. However, the Jin army did not expect that the brothers Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin would lead Yichuan, Ruyang The people of Song County blocked his way to the north again. At the same time, our generals Liu Kai, Han Shizhong, and Zhang Xian attacked decisively and bit the tail of the Jin army, so that the Jin army dared not ignore it and fled back to Yunhe from Hedong. Right now, the two sides must be at a stalemate by the Yellow River, planning a decisive battle."

Zhai Xing was born in Yiyang, Henan Province (later Luoyang Ruyang). He was famous for his bravery when he was young.

At the beginning, when the Jin army invaded the capital, Wang Xiang, the head of the West Road, sent an order to Zhai Xing to command the army and horses in the city to protect the Song Dynasty mausoleum.

Zhai Xing awarded Cheng Xinlang for his meritorious service.

Later, Zhai Xing was appointed by Fan Zhixu as the deputy governor of the army and horses of Northwest Beijing Road, and the former military commander of Shaanxi Xuanfu Division.

After Fan Zhixu was defeated and returned to Tongguan, Zhai Xing did not follow Fan Zhixu into the pass, but stayed near Luoyang, looking for fighter opportunities.

Zhai Xing was well-known and prestigious in the local area. After Fan Zhixu's defeat, he and his younger brother Zhai Jin gathered some defeated troops, and recruited some militiamen from Yichuan, Ruyang, and Song counties. , And then use these rebels to guard the pass, forcibly delaying the pace of the Jin army's return to the north.

Zhe Ke asked: "Then Zhai Xing is one of the few good generals, didn't your army send someone to recruit him?"

Yan Qing was silent for a while when he heard the words, and then said: "If someone asks this question, I will definitely not answer it, but when the patriarch asks, Yan Qing has to tell the truth."

After a pause, Yan Qing went on to say: "To be honest, Zhai Xing, Zhai Jin and their troops have already joined our army. Now, Zhai Xing is the envoy of our Dazhong Hedong system, and Di Jin is our deputy envoy of the Dazhong Hedong system. , and its department is also the official formation of our army."

Although the Zhai family is not comparable to the Zhe family, it is also a famous family in the south of Longmen in Luoyang.

Seeing that the Zhai family has already voted for the big middle school, it can be said that the balance in his heart is biased towards the middle school.

Zhe Keqiu asked again: "I don't know what the aspirations of the emperor of your country are?"

Without even thinking about it, Yan Qing said, "Naturally it's a great unification."

Zhe Keqiu and Zhe Kecun glanced at each other, and saw in each other's eyes: "It really is."

Yan Qing said again: "To tell you the truth, when I came, our general Yue Fei had basically recovered Hebei. The next step is to target Yanjing and Pingzhou. If it goes well, we will recover Yundi."

This is an important piece of news that Zoroshi does not know.

Zhe Kecun quickly confirmed: "General Yue has recovered Hebei?"

Yan Qing answered truthfully: "General Chen Yu of Zhongshan Mansion is still unwilling to surrender, and Hejian Mansion is still holding on. All the other places should have been recovered. When I came, General Yue had [-] soldiers in Bazhou and Hexiong. On the front line of the prefecture, the battle to regain Yandi should have started by now."

Zhe Keqiu and Zhe Kecun thought that the current situation of the Chinese army is very good, but they didn't expect it to be so good.

Now the main force of the Yandi Golden Army is either wiped out by the Chinese army or trapped in Henan. At this time, there is definitely a great hope of success in recovering Yandi.

Zhe Keqiu and Zhe Kecun thought at the same time: "Maybe, Yanyun, which the Han people have not recovered for hundreds of years, can be recovered this time."

At this moment, an entourage brought by Yan Qing came to Yan Qing's side, and then whispered in Yan Qing's ear for a while.

After listening, a look of joy that could not be concealed immediately appeared on Yan Qing's face.

After sending the man away, Yan Qing looked at Zhe Keqiu and Zhe Kecun, and said, "I would like to share a piece of good news with you two. General Yang Yizhong of our army has just defeated General Zongze of the Song Dynasty. Now, the remnants of the Song Army are on the way. Jingchu fled, and Song Kangwang also fled to Yangzhou. At present, although the Song army has not yet crossed the river, it has obviously given up on the north of the Yangtze River."

Hearing Yan Qing's words, the pupils who could not afford it shrank immediately!
Zhe Kecun confirmed, "Is this news true?"

Yan Qing smiled and said, "True or false, you two will know soon."

indeed.

How can we hide this kind of victory and defeat of tens of thousands of people?

Three days later, Zhe Keqiu, Zhe Kexi, Zhe Kecun, Zhe Ketong and other important members of the Zhe Ke family came to see Yan Qing again.

As soon as they met, Zhe Keqiu bowed to Yanqing and said: "Master Yan, please ask for something."

Yan Qing hurriedly helped Zhe Keqiu, and said: "It's okay for the patriarch to say."

Zhe Keqiu got up and said: "Keep has an only daughter named "Yuexiu". She is sixteen years old and looks pretty. Would you like to enter the palace together and serve as guards for the official family? Besides, the brother who can beg for it will die without giving him gold, insulting the golden man and being killed by the golden man, he died with integrity, begging for the help of Master Yan, he can beg the official family to reward him Children and grandchildren, with all their loyalty."

It can be said that it is a fold, and the signal of submission is too obvious.

If Yan Qing couldn't see it anymore, she wouldn't be able to take on this important task.

Yan Qing fully agreed, saying: "Marquis Zhenxi, don't worry, these two matters are all on Yan Qing's shoulders."

How can a person like Yan Qing, who has important affairs in mind, address him indiscriminately?
Therefore, after hearing that Yan Qing called Zhe Keqiu the Marquis of Zhenxi, the Zhe family who reacted quickly finally knew what Li Yan's condition of submission to the Fuzhou Zhe family was—hereditary marquis.

Those of Zheshi who understand this matter are all overjoyed!

Although the Song Dynasty allowed the Zhe family to guard the prefecture, at most it allowed the Zhe family to inherit the post of magistrate of the prefecture, and there had never been such a heavy seal.

(Apart from the Song dynasty’s respect for Wen and Wu’s inferiority, this is also to prevent Fuzhou Zheshi from becoming bigger or breeding unsustainable ideas.)
But Li Yan believes that it is not too much to give the Zhe family a hereditary marquis because the Zhe family has guarded the frontiers of the Central Plains for hundreds of years.

In addition, Li Yan is not as hopeless as the Song Dynasty. Sooner or later, he will regain Yan Qu and destroy Xixia, so the Zhe family in Fuzhou will not be as important as before.

Zhe Keqiu tidied up his clothes after the young disciples of the Zheshi had arguing for a while, then looked at Tokyo in the distance and bowed solemnly, saying: "Zheshi, thank you for your kindness!"

The Fuzhou Zheshi belonged to Dazhong.

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(End of this chapter)