Song Dynasty female artist

Chapter 650
In this month, they have suffered nearly [-] casualties due to siege, and the total number of soldiers and horses is less than [-].

"Sir Gao, it's already October. I've received news that the war in the north is coming to an end. The Emperor of Liao's personal campaign is of no avail, and he can't even capture the small town of Baigou."

Zhao Zongyuan said: "When the Song Dynasty calms down, how can your [-] soldiers and horses, plus my less than [-] men, be able to resist?"

Gao Yifang didn't know.

All done!
If he retreats at this time, how will he explain to the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty when he goes back?

The emperor will definitely seize this opportunity and kill the Gao family.

"Sir Zhao, the reason why we were unable to capture Lingyun this month was entirely because our soldiers were not in harmony and did not obey orders. We lost many opportunities to attack and were also used by the Song army to start internal strife."

Dai Hongyu said: "Now that we have come to this point, there is no way out. One person must hand over the command. All soldiers only listen to one person's orders. Success or failure depends on this, so we can only risk it, sir!"

But just as they were discussing how to attack the city again.

The scout suddenly came to report that the Song army was found in the rear less than ten miles away from them, coming towards them in an encirclement formation.

Everyone stood up in shock at the news brought by the scouts.

Gao Yifang looked down at the back of the scout's head: "Say it again, is it the Song Army?"

"Yes, it's Song Jun. My subordinates saw it with their own eyes."

"Who leads the army?"

"Okay, it seems that I am appeasing the envoy Gu Qingjue."

"what!"

Zhao Zongyuan shouted: "It's not like there are people checking every three days. Gu Qingjue is staying well in the government office. Why does he suddenly appear behind us? How did he get so many troops to surround us?"

No one could answer Zhao Zongyuan's question.

At this time, another soldier came to report: "Report, all the soldiers in Lingyun City led by Nong Zhigao have left the city and are heading towards Tianlin."

Gao Yifang paced back and forth in the camp.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Gao Yifang's scout said: "Let's explore again to see how many soldiers and horses Gu Qingjue brought this time. Is it a bluff or is it causing us to mess up our position?"

"The rest of you are ready to meet the enemy!"

Zhao Zongyuan could not sit still.

To be honest, he regretted it now.

Isn't it good to stay in Qianzhou and be the overlord? Why can't I think about it? I listened to Gao Yifang's instigation and committed rebellion.

Dai Hongyu looked at Zhao Zongyuan like this.

He looked at Gao Yifang and killed him directly.

His presence will only disturb the morale of the army.

As for how many of the soldiers had met him, it would be enough to let Gao Yifang's men with some level of cultivation use a blinding trick to make the soldiers think he was still alive.

The final result is predictable.

Gao Yifang led the remaining few thousand soldiers and fled in embarrassment in the deep mountains and old forests. When they returned to Dali, their number was less than two thousand.

Most of the [-] troops led by Zhao Zongyuan were killed, and the remaining [-] or less were captured.

They didn't know until they captured Tianlin.

Zhao Zongyuan has been dead for a long time.

Zhao Zongyuan's family, Dai Hongyu himself and his family, as well as the generals involved in the rebellion were escorted back to Beijing by Gu Qingjue and Nong Zhigao.

All those who were directly involved in the rebellion were beheaded.

Families were exiled.

Not involving the three clans was considered a mercy of the emperor Zhao Zhen.

Although the three clans were not punished, the children of the three clans were not allowed to participate in scientific examinations for three generations, and those who were officials in the court were also demoted one after another.

Being implicated will definitely not make it easy for them.

After handling the rebellion in Qianzhou, Zhao Zhen rewarded many gold and silver treasures, and Gu Qingjue and Nong Zhigao were really prosperous.

Gu Qingjue returned to the Gu Mansion, and on behalf of Feihe, he summarized the recently collected intelligence with him and discussed it again. It was already dark.

Originally, I was going back to Guangdong and Guangxi on the second day.Unexpectedly, the next day, Ren Douzhi came with the imperial edict.

Gu Qingjue's father, Gu Mingbo, was posthumously named King of Jin, and his mother, Fan Huifang, was named Princess Shuyang.

The father of a minister.

After his death, he was posthumously named a prince.

This is a supreme honor, but Gu Qingjue actually won this battle beautifully.

The courtiers were also speechless.

At the same time, Nong Zhigao, who was staying at the post station, also received the imperial edict from Zhang Fuduzhi.

There was no posthumous title for Nong Zhigao's parents.

Because what Nong Zhigao’s mother did was indeed too much.

How many lives are there!
Therefore, he only made Nong Zhigao the third-rank Huaihua general.

At this time, the Kaibao Temple, which was reduced to ashes by lightning in the fourth year of Qingli, was built, and Zhao Zhen renamed it Lingwei Pagoda and built it.

The original Kaibao Temple was a wooden structure and was built when Emperor Taizu merged the Wuyue Kingdom into the Song Dynasty.

The purpose is to enshrine the Buddha's relics from Luohan Temple in Lin'an, which is also later known as Hangzhou Luohan Temple. The tower is 120 meters high and slightly tilted to the west. It is also called the Leaning Tower.

After being struck by lightning, Zhao Zhen ordered people to rebuild it.

Now five years have passed, and the tower is considered complete.

Previously, the wooden pagoda was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire. This time when Kaibao Temple was rebuilt, the wooden structure was not used, but ocher-colored glazed bricks were used.

Ocher is reddish brown.

When the pagoda was built, the people who saw it said it was an iron pagoda.

Because it is as red as iron.

The name "Iron Tower" spread from this.

When Zhao Zhen heard this title, he readily accepted it.

On the sixth day of October, we took civil and military officials to visit the newly built iron tower.

The shape of the tower is an octagonal thirteen-story brick tower imitating a wooden pavilion. The total height of the tower is 54 meters, which is half shorter than the previous wooden tower.

In addition to the main color ocher, there are also glazed bricks in brown, blue and green.

Very beautiful indeed.

The pagoda was built, a battle was won, and everything was prosperous.

Just after the opening ceremony of the temple was completed, a battle report was sent from the north. General Di and Lord Fan repelled the coalition forces of Daliao and Xixia, and Daliao retreated to Juma River.

Wen Yanbo said: "Your Majesty, this is really great news!"

Zhao Zhen nodded: "Yes, this year is a good year."

Time flies and the first day comes. Su Yixin is nine months pregnant and will give birth at any time.

Situ Ying came to the government office from the Wuji Sect on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month. He found several stable women from among the people and brought many elixirs with him.

Su Yixin is a good cultivator.

But when it comes to giving birth, who could have predicted the danger?

Doing this is also a good idea.

This time not only Gu Qingming came with him, but also his cousin Baili Xingcai, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Originally, Su Yixin didn't notice anything was wrong.

But several times, Su Yixin caught Baili Xingcai's eyes and accidentally glanced at Gu Qingming.

That look in his eyes, how could he not understand it as someone who has been there before?

Su Yixin was stunned.

Gu Qingming will not turn 23 until after the Chinese New Year, her birthday on February 13rd!

(End of this chapter)