The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 535 Song Jiang's Ending
Feeling this, after arriving in Yanjing to stay in the yamen, Mu Xu immediately ordered to open a warehouse in the city to collect grain from tomorrow, and to solve the livelihood problems caused by the war, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment as soon as possible.

After dealing with this matter, he arranged for the next battle.

In the study room, after looking at the map spread out on the desk for a while, Mu Xu called Shi Bao, pointed to the land north of Yanjing, and asked directly, "If you are given [-] horses, how long will it take to win Shun?" State?"

Shi Bao is a very cautious person, and he never makes conclusions on things easily, so after hearing Mu Xu's question, he made some calculations in his heart, consciously said with some confidence, "If you go back to the prince, it will be broken within ten days." This city."

Mu Xu smiled and said, "Okay, then I will wait for the good news."

When Shi Bao retreated, Mu Xu summoned Han Shizhong again, gave him [-] soldiers and horses, and ordered him to lead his troops to pretend to attack the three places of Pingzhou.

Han Shizhong was puzzled, "Why don't you attack directly?"

Mu Xu explained, "There are two reasons. First, there are no less than [-] enemy troops in Ping, Ying, and Luan prefectures. If we send troops to attack, our army will be scattered, and there is a possibility of losing troops and generals.

Second, the reason why I sent you there is a more important purpose besides feint attack, you might think of it? "

Han Shizhong stared at the map and meditated for a moment, and combined with what Mu Xu said, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help but raised his head and asked, "Did the lord prepare other troops?"

"Ruzi can be taught!"

Hearing Mu Xu's confession, Han Shizhong was even more surprised, and he was full of doubts, "But the main force of our army has a place to go, so where will we come again?"

Mu Xu smiled and told about Liuqiu, and finally talked about his specific plan, "I sent a secret letter to Liuqiu half a year ago, ordering the Sanruan brothers to lead an army of [-] to land at the mouth of the Luan River on March [-]th. Cut off the Jin people's retreat at Yuguan.

At that time, with the cooperation of the [-] troops, it will be the day when you really launch an attack. Don't let me down! "

At this moment, Han Shizhong finally understood Mu Xu's overall plan, and why he was so sure that the Jin army would escape from Gubeikou, but it turned out that he had planned it a long time ago.

After thinking through all the joints, Han Shizhong had a deeper understanding of the heavy burden he was about to shoulder, and hurriedly assured Mu Xu, "The final general will obey the orders of the prince and general, and will never let down your trust!"

"You go, I'm waiting to hear your good news."

After sending Han Shizhong away, Mu Xu looked at the map again, and after feeling that there was nothing missing, he couldn't help but sneered, "Wanyan Zongbi, let me see where you escape this time?"

In the next few days, under Mu Xu's orderly command, the Dingxiang army began to attack in all directions, making the Jin people tired of coping.

Wanyan Zongbi consciously tried his best, but the situation was still becoming more and more unfavorable to him.

In fact, if Mu Xu were to say it, he would think that Wanyan Zongbi did it all by himself.Obviously this guy has [-] elite Jurchens in his hands, but he still refuses to attract them. He would rather keep this team in Jizhou than send them out to support other places, so that they can take the lead.

From Wanyan Zongbi's standpoint, maybe he wanted to preserve his strength, but he didn't know that it was his incessant mentality that led to all this.

On the surface, Wanyan Zongbi's side has more than [-] troops in Yandi and Hebei, and they are backed by the mountain of Jin Kingdom. Compared with Mu Xu, who has only [-] troops on the surface, it seems that he has an obvious advantage.

But the reality is not the case, because when two countries fight each other, the outcome is never determined by the number of people, but the right time, place and people.

Let's talk about the weather first, it's the beginning of spring at this time, although the weather in the north is still expected to be cold, but it doesn't have much effect on the two sides, it's barely a tie.

Besides the favorable location, Mu Xuhu is in Kyushu behind the mountain, and has two fortresses, Juyongguan and Feihukou, in his hands.

Finally, let’s talk about Renhe. Since the Jurchens took over the land of Yan, they have perversely perverted and killed the local people, causing the local people to suffer unspeakably. The country worked hard.

And Mu Xu's reputation in Yundi is very good, coupled with the fact that his army is composed of a large number of Han Chinese, and a small number of Khitan and Xi people, this makes the people of Yandi naturally recognize them more than the brutal Jurchens.

So to sum up, apart from the weather, Mu Xu has an absolute advantage in terms of location, people and harmony. Coupled with mental calculations and unintentional, it is understandable that the situation is one-sided.

Time soon came to the early morning of March [-]th. Some fishermen near Luanzhou were about to drive their small boats to go fishing from the mouth of the Luanhe River, when suddenly someone pointed to the distance and shouted, "Look, what is that! "

Everyone looked for the reputation, and saw a large white cloud floating in the sky, slowly approaching the shore.

The ancestors of these fishermen all depended on the sea for their livelihood, but they had never seen such a spectacle, so they couldn't help discussing and pointing at them for a while.

It wasn't until the white cloud got closer that the fishermen suddenly realized what kind of cloud it was, and it was clearly a huge fleet that had never been seen before.

Just when the fishermen were scattered, on the deck of the big ship headed by the fleet, Ruan Xiaoer looked at the coastline with a panoramic view, and waved to the orderly standing on the mast. The flag waved.

Following the actions of the messengers, the ships lowered their sails one by one, formed a wild goose formation, and slowly sailed towards the shore.

An hour later, the fleet was moored, and the three Ruan family brothers and more than a dozen members gathered around a simple map to discuss how to advance.

Ruan Xiaoqi was naturally jumpy, so he jumped out first and said, "If there is anything to discuss, just follow the instructions of the brother of the Mu family and lead the army to go straight to Yuguan."

"Cough...Xiao Qixiu is so rude, and now he is going to call the envoy a prince."

But Ruan Xiaoer couldn't stand it, and reminded his third brother.

Ruan Xiaoqi's face flushed, and he muttered, "Mu... the prince is not to blame, but brother has a lot of things."

Ruan Xiaoer frowned, and was about to reprimand him, but Ruan Xiaowu smoothed things over, "Okay, the important thing is now, don't miss the deadline given by the prince."

Hearing this, Ruan Xiaoer had no choice but to give Ruan Xiaoqi a hard look, warned him not to talk nonsense with his eyes, and then gave the order, "Tong Wei, I will give you a thousand troops to guard the ship.

Tong Meng, I will allocate all one hundred war horses to you, and you will lead the scouts to explore the way.

Xiaoqi, I ordered you to be the vanguard and lead [-] troops to go first. If there is an opportunity in Yuguan, you can take advantage of the opportunity to seize the pass and meet the follow-up army.Xiao Wu, you are at the back of the palace to supervise the transportation of grain and grass.

Wait, can you understand their respective missions? "

"Little leader."

"Brother, don't worry."

The four people who were targeted took orders at the same time, and then each led the troops.

Three days later, Yuguan, which was guarded by only a thousand people, was easily breached by Ruan Xiaoqi from behind.

So far, Wanyan Zongbi's way out to the east has been completely blocked, leaving only one way to go north.

Not long after, Wanyan Zongbi, who was still hesitating in Jizhou, got the news that Yuguan had fallen and that the Dingxiang army was attacking Luanzhou violently.

Faced with the messenger from Luanzhou asking for help, Wanyan Zongbi not only did not agree to send troops to rescue, but hastily ordered the whole army to withdraw to Tanzhou immediately, fearing that if he was late, Mu Xu would preempt him and block his last retreat.

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Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

And turning his attention to the Song Dynasty, it is said that after the Jin soldiers retreated, Zhao Huan, who was newly enthroned, was overjoyed. He completely ignored Mu Xu's contribution, but rewarded and promoted all his confidants, and soon dismissed Zhao Ji's former official position. occupy.

Among the group of people rewarded by Zhao Huan, Song Jiang and his gang were impressively listed.

Among them, Song Jiang was awarded by Zhao Huanjia as a doctor of martial arts, the comfort envoy of Chuzhou and the general manager of the army and horse capital; Wu Yong was awarded Wu Shengjun as the envoy; The commander is still in Qingzhou; Huang believes in the control of Muzhou.

The remaining surviving members of the Second Dragon Army also received rewards.

After going through untold hardships and various tests of life and death, Song Jiang and his gang finally got everything they dreamed of, but the price they paid was also painful.

From north to south, and from south to north, among the thirty-six Tiangang stars including Song Jiang, there are only six left now, and all the rest died in battle.

It can be said that no matter what the personal virtues are, when it comes to loyalty to the emperor, Song Jiang's group can be counted from the beginning to the end, at least a hundred times better than many current officials.

Therefore, after learning about the deeds of several people in Song Jiang, Zhao Huan was very relieved, and once planned to reuse several people.

But when Zhao Huan mentioned this matter in front of Liang Shicheng and Geng Nanzhong, he was opposed by both of them at the same time.

As a member of the scholar-officials, in the eyes of Geng Nanzhong, even those orthodox generals are bandits, not to mention bandits like Song Jiang!

"Officials, I think it's inappropriate. Song Jiang and his gang are all thieves. They are inherently thieves, and they are also members of the Tongguan Party. If people like this are allowed to steal high positions, they will definitely attract the attention of all officials. Dissatisfaction is harmful to the official reputation!"

Liang Shicheng and Song Jiang had no grievances, but the bad thing is that when Song Jiang was recruited in the past, he gave Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Gao Qiu and others generous gifts, but he just forgot about Liang Shicheng.

Eunuchs are the most vengeful type of people, and Liang Shicheng is even more outstanding among them. Hearing Zhao Huan mention Song Jiang today, the memory of this eunuch was immediately brought back, and he immediately echoed,
"Master Geng is right. The former imperial court recruited Song Jiang and his gang as a last resort, in order to consume their strength. Now that the goal has been achieved, they should be closed in time, lest these people go to the place, and they will be born in vain. The incident will discredit the officials."

Zhao Huan has never had a strong opinion, and after hearing the harmony between the two, especially when he heard that Song Jiang was Tong Guan's party, he immediately changed his mind and said in a disgusted tone, "Forget it, I will leave this matter to the two Qings, and they must be dealt with." Proper, lest people in the world say that I am mean and ungrateful."

Geng Nanzhong said that he had a lot of skills, but in terms of real skills, he didn't have much, so in the end, the matter fell on Liang Shicheng.

This guy Liang Shicheng was full of bad things, but after thinking about it for a while, he came up with a plan, and then secretly gave orders.

However, Song Jiang and the others were still ignorant of this. After receiving the decree of the award, they all felt that since the ancestors were honored today, if they didn't return to their hometown in brocade, wouldn't it be better to walk at night in brocade clothes?

Therefore, several people discussed and decided to ask the court for leave first, and take time to go back to the hometown to visit relatives.

After getting permission, several people separated separately. Only Song Jiang and Wu Yong returned to Yuncheng County together because they were from the same hometown.

When he arrived in Yuncheng County, Wu Yong went to Dongxi Village to worship his ancestors alone, while Song Jiang returned to Songjiazhuang after many years of absence.

The Song family's reputation in Yuncheng was very good, and Song Jiang was recruited later. Therefore, even though he hadn't returned for many years, the estate, property, and other belongings in the manor house were all the same as before.

After entertaining old folks and relatives in the village, Song Jiang came to the grave of Mrs. Song, and when he thought of his brother Song Qing who died in Wulongling, he couldn't help crying and feeling very sad.

In the second half of the month, the former state and county bureaucrats visited him endlessly, and Song Jiang had banquets and drinks every day to express his farewell feelings.

When it was time to return, Song Jiangfang and Wu Yong bid farewell to the villagers with tears and returned to Tokyo City. After receiving the official documents, they planned to go to the office.

When he didn't want to leave, Dai Zong came to visit him suddenly. He said, "My younger brother has been blessed by the Holy Grace, except for granting Yanzhou capital control. Now I would like to accept the official order and go to the temple to accompany the hall to seek leisure and live this life."

Song Jiang was puzzled, "Why do you have such an idea, my virtuous brother?"

Dai Zong replied, "A few days ago, my younger brother dreamed about Cui Fujun Gou Huan at night, so I sent out this kindness."

Song Jiang was silent for a long time, and sighed, "Since Lord Cui calls for a good brother, it's not easy to stop him as a brother."

After the farewell, Dai Zongna returned the official notice, went to a temple in Tai'an Prefecture, accompanied him to become a monk, and offered incense to the Holy Emperor diligently every day, devoutly and without neglect.

A few months later, Dai Zong died laughing.

Song Jiang was silent when he heard about this, and he knew in his heart that Dai Zong was seeking benevolence to obtain benevolence.

As early as the day when he returned from the battle outside the customs, Dai Zong was dissatisfied with the Song court. This dissatisfaction reached its peak when the Jin people went south. Sorry brethren.

That's why, when Song Jiang heard that Dai Zong was going to resign, he didn't express his position.

It is said that not long after Dai Zong's death, he suddenly heard that the imperial court had given him imperial wine, and Song Jiang hurriedly went out of Guo to greet him with all the officials.

After entering the public house, the imperial decree has been read. The angel holds the royal wine and teaches Song Jiang to drink it.

Song Jiang also persuaded the angel with the imperial wine, and the angel said that he would never drink alcohol.

After the royal banquet, the angel returns to Beijing.

Song Jiang prepares gifts and presents gifts to the angels, but the angels refuse to go away.

After Song Jiang drank the imperial wine, he felt pain in his stomach and doubts in his heart, and then thought that he must have been drugged in the wine, so he burst into tears and sighed to the sky,

"I have studied Confucianism since I was a child. I have been a long-time official. Unfortunately, I lost my life to a sinner. I have never done anything different. Today, the emperor listens to slanders and gives me medicine and wine. How can I offend you! I will not fight to the death. Only Li Kui sees him in the capital of Runzhou. If he hears about the imperial court's treachery, he will definitely go to the mountains and forests again to destroy our reputation of loyalty and integrity. Only if we do this."

So he sent someone to Runzhou overnight to invite Li Kui to come, and tricked him into drinking poisonous wine together. When Li Kui's drug strength broke out, Song Jiang told the truth.

"Brother, don't blame me! The day before yesterday, the imperial court sent an angel to give me medicine and wine, and I died at the end of the day. As a human being, I only advocate loyalty and righteousness, and I don't want to deceive people in the slightest.

Today the imperial court bestows death on innocent people, rather than the imperial court betraying me, I am loyal to the imperial court.After I die, I'm afraid you will rebel and ruin my reputation of being loyal and righteous, Erlongshan acts on behalf of the sky, so please come and meet me.I took the slow medicine with you in the wine yesterday, and I will die when I return to Runzhou.

After you die, you can come here outside the south gate of Chuzhou, the scenery is no different from Erlong Mountain, and gather with your ghost.After I die, my body will be buried here, I have made sure of it! "

After all, Song Jiang shed tears like rain.

Seeing this, Li Kui also wept and said, "Come on, come on, come on! When I was alive, I served my brother, and when I died, I was just a little ghost under my brother's subordinates."

After speaking and crying, he felt that his body was a little heavy. At that time, he said goodbye to Song Jiang with tears and returned to Runzhou. Sure enough, he died of medicine.

Besides, Wu Yong, the military adviser of Wu Shengjun, the envoy of Xuanshi, suddenly felt in a trance one day, and his sleep and sleep were restless.

At night, Wu Yong suddenly dreamed of Song Jiang and Li Kui. He pulled his clothes and said, "Military Master, we will take loyalty as our main priority, do justice for the heavens, and never betray the emperor in our hearts. Come and have a look at the tomb."

Just as Wu Yong was about to ask carefully, he woke up. It turned out to be Nankey Yimeng, and then burst into tears. The next day, he packed his luggage and went straight to Chuzhou.

Wu used Chuzhou, and he learned that Song Jiang and Li Kui had been poisoned to death by poisoned wine a few days ago.After thinking about it for a while, he knew the reason.

When he found the tomb, Wu Yong set it up to offer sacrifices to Song Gongming and Li Kui, then slapped the graves with his hands, and cried, "My dear brother, the heroic spirit is not ignorant, begging for a lesson. Wu Yong is a scholar in a village. He first followed Chao Gai, and later met My dear brother, saving a life and enjoying the glory all depend on brother's virtue. Since he died for the country today, he entrusted me with a dream, and there is nothing brother can repay. I hope that this good dream can be reunited with my dear brother under the Nine Springs."

After saying that, he hanged himself under the locust tree beside him.

More than a month later, Huang Xin came alone to worship Song Jiang, Li Kui, and Wu Yong, and got very drunk in front of their graves.

After waking up, Huang Xin returned to Muzhou, hung his seal and left, and never disappeared. Qin Ming died soon after taking office.

At this time, the Song Jiang gang who made a big fuss in the original book officially came to an end, and future generations will comment on their merits and demerits.

(End of this chapter)