Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 392 0387 [Han Shizhong meets Bole]

The [-] elites who quietly returned from Guo County have never been exposed, hiding behind Ju Ming's camp.

The place where soldiers are stored is called Wuzhang Plain!

The long and narrow vein extending northward from the Qinling Mountains forms a semi-enclosed terrain together with Xieshui, and can effectively connect with Xiegu Pass.This is a natural place to garrison troops. If Zhu Ming didn't want to block the Wei River, he would definitely set up the camp in the safer Wuzhang Plain.

As long as the defenders of Mei County dare to leave the city for a decisive battle, Zhu Ming will rely on the camp to carry it out for a while, and the [-] elite soldiers hidden in Wuzhangyuan will quickly cross the river and appear on the side of the battlefield.

It's a pity that Zhong Shizhong, Liu Xi, and Liu Qi were too cautious, and they were still unwilling to lead troops to fight a decisive battle.

In other words, they have too many worries and have to choose to act cautiously.

The three of them are complaining about Gao Qiu, what does Fengxiang have to guard?The commander's mansion must be set up there.

If Gao Qiu moved to Mei County, the Western Army would become more active in an instant.Especially those [-] heavy armored guards, which can be called the big killer on the battlefield, don't bring them to the front line to fight, but hide in the back to eat dust.

A fast horse galloped to the north, bringing the news that Gao Taiwei was going to Chang'an to recruit soldiers.

Zhong Shizhong, Liu Xi, and Liu Kai were stunned for a moment, why did Fengxiang Fucheng disappear inexplicably?

There are [-] heavy-armored guards there, and the bandits are under the enemy's back. They dare not send too many soldiers to attack the city. Can the **** be broken quickly?
The three guards sat silently.

Liu Guangzu, the guard of Luogu Pass who was released, couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "Taiwei Gao has escaped, and it is useless for the guard of Mei County to come. It is better to move troops to garrison Chang'an to prevent bandits from raging in Guanzhong."

Liu Kai was suddenly reminded, and quickly said: "Chang'an must be defended. If the Western Army on Tangluo Road surrenders, the bandits from Yangzhou will definitely occupy Qilu. Once Qilu is lost, our army will be attacked on three sides. The bandits can still divide their troops to Guanzhong. There are not many soldiers, maybe the bandits will go to Tongguan and approach Luoyang to shake the capital!"

Liu Xi asked: "What about Yao Gu's army? Let's leave him alone?"

Liu Kai said: "How can we still take care of the bandits? We only have to defend Guo County. If Yao Gu can't get through, we can't get through either. The battlefield has long been divided by the bandits. You can send a messenger to let him stick to Dashan Pass and Baoji. If When the bandits move eastward, they can also follow and look for an opportunity to fight decisively."

The teacher thought carefully: "If you want to go to Chang'an, you must go tonight, otherwise you won't be able to go."

That night, more than 8000 Western troops came out from the north gate and marched eastward along the south bank of the Wei River, taking as much grain as they could ship.

If you can't take it with you, burn it all.

The Xijun who was in charge of burning grain was afraid that his movements would be too slow to run away, so he threw torches into many grain piles and left.

The temporarily recruited city defenders were young and strong, and after the Western Army left, they frantically rushed to put out the fire and grab food.Dozens of stones were burned for food, and the rest were taken home by the people of Mei County.

When Zhu Ming heard the movement, he immediately sent sentry cavalry out to check, and when he learned that the defenders had indeed escaped, he ordered the whole army to enter the city to control Mei County.

The next day, [-] miscellaneous troops were left to defend the city, and [-] elite troops went to Guo County again (Zhang Tong might have a decisive battle with Yao Gu, the more troops there the better).

Zhu Ming led more than 3000 elites to Yulu.

The county magistrate ran away with the officials.

After occupying Yulu, Zhu Ming hurried to Luogu Pass to personally recruit Liu Yanqing and Yang Weizhong, who had been silent for a long time.

Wang Yuan and Han Shizhong were tied up by Liu Yanqing and sent to the closed wall.

Two baskets were lowered, but Wang Yuan was unwilling to enter the baskets, and was forced into them by the soldiers.

Liu Yanqing's personal soldiers wanted to attack Han Shizhong, but Han Shizhong shouted, "I have legs myself!"

The two sat on baskets and swayed up the wall.

Soon they saw a handsome young man smiling at them standing on top of the wall.

Zhu Ming took two steps forward and untied Wang Yuan himself.

Wang Yuan wanted to spit it out, but felt that it was not good.He treats him so politely, even if he is a bandit, he should maintain his demeanor.

"Wang Jidao?" Zhu Ming asked.

Wang Yuan replied, "Exactly."

Ju Ming clasped his hands and smiled: "I have admired your name for a long time, and I will rely on you more in the future."

Wang Yuan said: "If you want to kill or cut, it's up to you. It's absolutely impossible to be a thief."

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "Your Excellency, believe it or not, when I put Liu Yanqing back, he must lie and claim that you surrendered to the enemy and caused the defeat. Of course, you will not be held responsible alone, because you simply cannot afford it. Liu Yanqing They will also impeach the way of teaching and learning, and the way of teaching and learning can be saved, and it is these people who were defeated and lost the way of praise, which blocked the retreat of the Liu family army."

Wang Yuan remained silent, because he knew very well that Liu Yanqing could do such a thing.

Zhu Ming sighed: "Oh, from the moment your Excellency was tied up, there was no place for you in the Song Dynasty. When I was negotiating peace with the imperial court, I would not say that you were tied up by Liu Yanqing. The court sent your family members, what do you think the court officials will think? They must think that the two defected before the battle."

Han Shizhong couldn't help complaining: "As expected of someone who wore a big turban, Your Excellency is really vicious."

Zhu Ming untied Han Shizhong again, and while untying the rope, he said, "I worked so hard, not because I wanted to earn two of you. I've already heard the name of Han Wu, and I dream of drinking a few bowls of wine with you."

Han Shizhong was surprised: "I, Han Wu, really have such a famous name?"

"Otherwise, what are you doing here?" Zhu Ming pointed to the south, "I can let Liu Yanqing and Yang Weizhong's tens of thousands of troops go home, but you two must stay. In my eyes, tens of thousands of troops plus Standing up, it's not worth a single hair of the two of you."

Although he knew it was a polite remark when recruiting to surrender, but saying it from Zhu Ming's mouth still made Wang Yuan feel happy.

Han Shizhong heard it even more pleasing to his ears. He joined the army and is over 30 years old this year. He has spent more than ten years in the army and made countless contributions, but he is still just a small commander.

And the anti-thief leader occupying Sichuan in front of him actually praised and praised him so much, Han Shizhong felt quite lucky to meet his confidant.

Zhu Ming said: "If you two have concerns, why don't you lead soldiers, how about staying by my side as a personal guard?"

Han Shizhong looked at Wang Yuan, who nodded helplessly.

Zhu Ming gave each of them a pair of captured infantry armor and weapons, and asked them to stand guard for him that night.

The insidious and cunning Zhu Chenggong was also a little scared, after all Han Shizhong was quite fierce.

A short gun built by the craftsman for him was filled with ammunition and placed next to his pillow at night, and the fire pocket was always smoldering.

Anyone who dares to enter the house will collapse!

Han Shizhong's soldiers and armor stood outside the door, yawning and jokingly said, "Why don't we rush in and kill this bandit leader?"

Wang Yuan said unhappily: "You think he really has no defenses? If this man is assassinated and killed, all the tens of thousands of Western troops in Luogu Pass will be buried with him, and the soldiers will starve to death in Luogu. These thieves Without the restraint of the commander, the soldiers will inevitably rush into Guanzhong and loot everywhere. At that time, there will probably be 10,000+ people who died because of you and me!"

Han Shizhong thought seriously, nodded and said: "It is true."

Wang Yuan said: "He is buying people's hearts and wants us to work hard for him."

"I'm not stupid? Of course I can tell," Han Shizhong pointed in the direction of Tokyo, "but I'm very happy in my heart. Serving as a soldier and fighting for the imperial court, let alone someone who will buy people's hearts, even the credit I made Snatch it away. He can put so much emphasis on win-win and put his own life in my hands, so what if I betray the court and follow him?"

"A thief after all?" Wang Yuan said.

Han Shizhong asked back: "People who can still eat meat today are not thieves? It is the soldiers of the Western Army. Who is not a thief? If the court does not pay enough food and salaries, marching across states and counties can only rely on robbery. In the eyes of the common people, you and I are all thieves!"

Wang Yuan could not refute.

The next day, the prisoners were received in a peaceful and friendly manner.

No matter soldiers or peasants, come slowly in a team of ten people, and the rest of the Western Army must wait two or three miles away.

Teams of captives discarded their armor outside the wall of the pass. After the officers were identified, ordinary soldiers could enter the pass.Then, he went out from the north gate of Luogu Pass, took the food and left immediately.

There are more and more soldiers outside the north gate of Luogu Pass, and there are probably twenty or thirty fellow villagers gathered, and they will leave together with food.

Without officers to take the lead, ordinary soldiers will not go to the army again, they just want to go back and reunite with their families as soon as possible.

After three full days, all the prisoners were finally released, leaving only the generals and middle and senior officers.These guys have to be detained for a month before they can be released.

Yang Zhi brought more than 1 soldiers to join him, and Zhu Ming took more than 3 equipment from the Western Army.

He replaced the captured good equipment with Yang Zhi's troops.Then use the rotten equipment replaced by the rebels to arm the civilians to defend the city.

Immediately occupy Wugong and Fufeng, let the civilian men who have obtained the armor to garrison, after stabilizing this place, lead the troops to kill Xianyang.

There are soldiers in Xianyang, and three thousand soldiers are stationed in the Zhongshi Division, and a large number of young and strong are recruited to help defend the city.

Brothers Liu Xi and Liu Kai led [-] soldiers to protect Taiwei Gao in Chang'an.

Zhu Ming led thousands of rebels and armed civilians, and surrounded Xianyang to death.

Yang Zhi led an army of [-], regardless of Chang'an and Xianyang, and swaggered to Weinan.

During the march, Wang Xiong led three thousand troops as the vanguard, and suddenly accelerated and went straight to Tongguan.

Tongguan fell into disrepair for a long time, and Gao Qiu fled to Chang'an. There was no defense there, only a hundred or so patrolmen stationed there.

In fact, Gao Qiu has already ordered to defend Tongguan, but the local officials have no money or food, and they are still persuading the powerful to join the army.

Tongguan was taken by the rebels just like that...

In the great earthquake in Luoyang, there were countless aristocratic families there, who took the initiative to pay for recruiting soldiers, and asked the temporarily recruited soldiers to defend Shanzhou (Sanmenxia) to the death.

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Tokyo.

A fast boat came from Luoyang, [-] miles away, and went straight to the Privy Council.

Two days later, two fast horses came from Nanyang and brought back news of Tong Guan's defeat on the Southwest Road of Beijing.

Zhang Guangdao has already occupied the Nanyang Basin!
Song Huizong finally panicked, and said to Wang Fu: "Quickly issue an order to order all soldiers and horses to enter the capital to serve the king!"

"Observe the order!" Wang Fu also panicked.

Zhu Xi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the world has become corrupted to this point because Wang Fu is unbearable to be the prime minister. Duke Lu (Cai Jing) is well-respected at home and abroad. If he is rehabilitated, he will definitely wipe out the Zhu thief!"

Wang Fu was furious: "It is Cai Jing who has exhausted his wealth, and the court is short of soldiers and food. He is blind and can't even read the documents clearly. How to destroy the Zhu thief? Do you want the Zhu thief to laugh himself to death?"

Song Huizong asked: "Duke Lu really has a plan to destroy the thieves?"

Wang Fu became anxious: "Your Majesty, don't listen to this guy's nonsense, Cai Jing has never led troops to fight!"

Song Huizong said: "Don't be impatient when you are a little safe, I just recruited the Duke of Lu to ask about countermeasures."

Cai You immediately assisted: "My father is blind and deaf, so he is really not suitable for a reunion."

"The reunification of the prime minister is another matter. First, invite the Duke of Lu to the palace to ask the right." Song Huizong still had illusions about Cai Jing.

"Official, official, Zhu thief has written!"

The eunuch Li Yan yelled and rushed in.

(End of this chapter)