big song poppi

Chapter 524 0521 [I haven’t gotten in the car yet! 】

Before Tong Guan left, he did something stupid.

The three hundred victory troops guarding the city tower were transferred to the palace to protect the safety of Zhao Ji and others.

If they had not been transferred away, relying on the favorable location of the city tower, they could still resist for a while, and there would be a chance that the Shengjie army, which had been dragged outside the city, would arrive.

But now, Wang Yan got an advantage in vain.

In fact, Tong Guan's move was out of helplessness. After all, there were only more than 200 victorious troops in the palace, and there were countless Qi troops lurking in the city.

If he kills the palace, the consequences will be disastrous.

After a thousand elite Xuzhou troops entered the city, they headed straight for the palace.

"The south gate is open!"

The news of the opening of the South City Gate quickly spread throughout the city.

All of a sudden, people all over the city started running towards Nancheng.

This made Wang Yan and the thousand Xuzhou troops under his command dumbfounded. Facing the influx of people, they could not kill the people and had no choice but to rush in.

The south city gate was only a few hundred steps away from the palace, but it took nearly a quarter of an hour to walk.

There was nothing we could do, there were too many people fleeing in all directions, and the streets were blocked tightly.

After a lot of effort, we finally arrived at the palace.

Wang Yan raised the tiger-winged sword in his hand high and shouted: "Brothers, I will grant you the title of wife Yinzi tonight, and I will follow my general to capture the fake Song Dog Emperor alive!"

"Capture the fake Song Dog Emperor alive!!!"

A thousand Xuzhou Army elites all looked up to the sky and roared, their eyes red with excitement.

"Meet the enemy!"

The more than 500 victorious troops shouted and opened their military formations with nervous expressions.

Although the Shengjie Army was one of the most elite of the Song Army, the Qi Army had a strong record. The two sides had already lost momentum before the battle began.

When it comes to ordnance, a victorious army is better than one.

After all, this Xuzhou army is a rare force. They go into battle lightly and cannot bring much luggage. They only have a pair of half-length iron armor, swords, guns, and crossbows.

But as soon as they fought, the victorious army fell into a disadvantage.

The officers and soldiers of the Xuzhou Army were all unafraid of death, with ferocious faces, and roared as they charged into the formation.

Military achievements are also divided into big and small.

Once the pseudo-Song emperor is captured alive, the next three generations of his descendants will not have to worry.

The Shengjie Army was actually not weak. After all, Tong Guan recruited elites from the Western Army, and each of them was strong and powerful.

The difference between the two sides is not only the number of people, but more importantly, the morale.

Wang Yan took the lead, holding a sword in one hand and a small buckler in the other, killing the victorious troops and retreating steadily.

……

"Your Majesty, the Qi army is coming to kill you!"

Li Yan rolled and crawled into the bedroom, screaming at the top of his lungs.

Zhao Ji was so frightened that he turned pale and asked hurriedly: "Tong... Where is Tong Guan?"

Li Yan replied: "Tong Guogong went to mobilize the victorious army outside the city, but he has not returned yet."

Zhao Ji asked again: "How is the situation outside?"

"The Qi army is fierce, and the victorious army is retreating steadily. I am afraid that Duke Tong will not be able to lead his troops to rescue them." Li Yan looked panicked.

"Let's go, let's go now!"

Hearing the loud shouts of killing coming from outside the palace, Zhao Ji felt his legs were a little weak and hurriedly ordered: "Go and carry King Yun into the dragon chariot. We will leave immediately."

After Zhao Ji said that, he walked quickly towards the front yard where the dragon chariot was parked.

Li Yan got the order and ran towards Zhao Kai's bedroom.

Halfway through, Zhao Ji seemed to have remembered something, turned around and returned to the dormitory, pulled out a small wooden box and held it in his arms.

The small wooden box was filled with green money, all of which Kou Zhongwen had helped him get during this period, totaling hundreds of thousands of coins.

In addition, there are millions of gold, silver, copper coins and jewelry in the warehouse. Unfortunately, these things are too heavy to take away.

After hesitating for a moment, his artist's nature broke out again. He dug out the original Huang Tingjian that Kou Zhongwen had presented to him some time ago and hid it in his sleeve pocket.

This shows that Zhao Ji really appreciates Huang Tingjian.

The reputation of Huang Tingjian in later generations was far less than that of Su Shi. However, during the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, Huang Tingjian was as famous as Su Shi and was also called Su Huang.

His poems are different from Su Shi's and should be carefully studied in conjunction with his calligraphy.

Because his calligraphy is also outstanding, comparable to Mi Pei's.

Therefore, Lu Benzhong once joked that Huang Tingjian's poems could not leave the study room.

This is actually normal. For example, later generations gave Li Bai the title of Poet Immortal. In fact, during the Tang and Song Dynasties, there was only one recognized Poet Immortal, Bai Juyi.

Moreover, Bai Juyi, the Poet Immortal, was officially recognized. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty wrote a poem to commemorate him and called him the Poet Immortal.

Bai Juyi's fame in the Tang Dynasty was much greater than that of Li Bai, and his influence was wider.

Emperor Saga of Japan was a loyal fan of Bai Juyi. He once sent a special envoy to the Tang Dynasty to collect Bai Juyi's new works, and then traveled thousands of miles and sent them back to Japan by boat for Emperor Saga to appreciate and read.

"Kill!!!"

The shouts of killing became louder and louder. Zhao Ji was startled and ran out of the dormitory quickly.

As a result, I was too anxious and accidentally tripped over the threshold and fell down.

"Ouch!"

This fall was not light, and Zhao Ji gritted his teeth in pain and sucked in cold air.

The severe pain in his knee shot straight to his forehead, almost making him faint.

"Li Yan!"

"Someone is coming!"

"Someone come quickly!"

Zhao Ji shouted at the top of his lungs, but no one answered, let alone came.

The palace was already in chaos. Seeing that the situation was not good, the maids, eunuchs, and master attendants ran away and hid.

After lying on the ground for quite a while, he gradually regained his composure.

Struggling to get up, Zhao Ji rubbed his knees, and then raised his hand to touch his mouth.

Half of my front teeth were knocked off!
However, Zhao Ji had no time to take care of this at the moment and limped towards the front hall.

As soon as they arrived at the front hall, they saw six horses pulling a dragon chariot, galloping away under the protection of dozens of guards with royal equipment.

Zhao Ji was stunned, his face full of disbelief.

After regaining consciousness, he opened his arms and shouted loudly: "Wait a minute, I haven't gotten in the car yet, I haven't gotten in the car yet!"

However, the dragon chariot showed no signs of stopping. Instead, it went faster and faster, quickly disappearing into the night.
For a moment, Zhao Ji's hands and feet were as cold as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

……

Outside the palace, the Xuzhou Army led by Wang Yan was still fighting with the Shengjie Army.

At this time, more than 500 victorious troops were on the verge of collapse.

At this moment, Zhang Yi shouted: "General Wang, no good, the fake Song Dog Emperor has escaped!"

Ran?

Wang Yan was extremely anxious. He chopped down the Shengjie army in front of him with a knife and shouted: "Brothers, follow me and don't let the dog emperor run away!"

Seeing that the great achievement is about to be achieved, how can they give up?

One thousand Xuzhou troops almost fell into madness and ran wildly in the direction of the dragon chariot, no longer paying attention to the Shengjie army.

Even if all 7,000 victorious troops were killed, it would still be far less than the achievement of capturing the puppet Song emperor alive.

And this news also caused the Shengjie Army, which was already on the verge of collapse, to completely collapse.

The emperor has already run away, how can they fight for their lives?

As a result, the remaining victorious troops dispersed and fled in all directions.

……

But he said that Li Yan was sitting on the shaft of the car, looking anxious.

Suddenly, a fire dragon rushed down the street in the distance.

After a closer look, it turned out that it was Tong Guan who had arrived with six thousand victorious troops.

Li Yan suddenly turned from worry to joy, turned towards the dragon chariot and said: "Your Majesty, Duke Tong has led his troops to escort you!"

As a result, after waiting for a long time, there was no response from the dragon chariot, only a few violent coughs. "The Great Emperor?"

Li Yan shouted again.

There was still no answer in the dragon chariot.

Li Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he stretched out his trembling hand and slowly opened the door curtain.

It was pitch dark inside the dragon chariot. Li Yan picked up a lantern and stretched it in. With the dim light, he saw only Zhao Kai lying there in the spacious dragon chariot, with a red face and coughing desperately.

There is no one else except here.

hiss!
Li Yan took a deep breath, and a layer of white sweat suddenly appeared on his back.

The Supreme Emperor is not here!
However, he clearly saw the Supreme Emperor running towards the front hall before, why didn't he get into the dragon chariot?

The situation was critical just now, and it was pitch dark inside the dragon chariot. Li Yan just thought that Zhao Ji was already in the car, so after putting his majesty into the dragon chariot, he hurriedly ordered to take the royal equipment and drive out of the city.

Unexpectedly, the Supreme Emperor was not in the dragon chariot at all.

Seeing the dragon chariot, Tong Guan, who was mounting his horse, could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, clasping his fists and saying, "I am late to save you, so please forgive me."

"Tong... Duke Tong..."

Li Yan slowly turned his head, his face frightened.

Tong Guan frowned slightly and asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Yan said in a trembling voice with a cry: "The Emperor...the Emperor is still in the palace."

"What?!"

Tong Guan was shocked.

After reacting, he immediately ordered: "Xin Xingzong, lead three thousand soldiers and rush to the palace immediately to rescue the Supreme Emperor!"

"I accept my order from my humble position!"

Xin Xingzong responded loudly.

"Kill!"

At this moment, a shocking shout of killing came from the front.

The Xuzhou Army led by Wang Yan has already come after him.

Finished!

The Qi army is chasing after him, and the Supreme Emperor is probably in danger!
This thought arose in the minds of Li Yan and Tong Guan.

"Meet the enemy!"

Xin Xingzong swallowed his saliva and immediately ordered his Shengjie army to protect the dragon chariot and form a battle formation to meet the enemy.

Facing an enemy several times their own, Wang Yan and the soldiers of the Xuzhou Army were not timid at all. Instead, they became more courageous. They formed small groups into fish scale formations and started street battles with the Shengjie Army.

puff!

A long spear came through, penetrated the iron armor, and stabbed into Wang Yan's abdomen.

However, Wang Yan cut off the handle of the gun with a knife, pulled out the gun head, and continued to fight with a roar.

The soldiers of the Shengjie Army were shocked by the opponent's fearless aura, with frightened expressions on their faces and timid hearts.

Coupled with the previous reward, these victorious troops were already filled with resentment. How could they be willing to fight to the death?

With a reward of dozens of coins, why are you so stubborn?

No one wants to fight hard or die, so naturally no one wants to push forward.

For a time, the victorious army was retreating steadily.

Xin Xingzong also participated in the battle to pacify Shandong. Although he did not fight with the Qingzhou Army, he saw with his own eyes that the 100,000 Western Army led by Yang Weizhong was beaten to pieces by the Qingzhou Army, which left a psychological shadow.

Now I saw another 3,000 victorious troops being suppressed and beaten by more than 1,000 Qi troops. I couldn't help but feel fear and hurriedly reported: "My lord, the Qi army is fierce and invincible!"

Tong Guan couldn't care less about the emperor at this moment, and ordered: "You lead three thousand people to break up the rear, and the rest of the soldiers will accompany the prince to escort His Majesty out of the city!"

After that, he turned his horse's head and led three thousand victorious troops to escort the dragon chariot and run all the way out of the city.

Xin Xingzong is not stupid. Letting him cut off his wife would mean death.

After Tong Guan left, he immediately called his lieutenant, and Xin Xingzong ordered: "You lead three thousand people to cut off the rear and evacuate in a quarter of an hour."

After the explanation, Xin Xingzong slipped away on horseback under the escort of his personal guards.

The deputy general suddenly became anxious and hurriedly mounted his horse to catch up: "General, general, wait for your humble position!"

As the generals and deputy generals fled one after another, the morale of the three thousand Shengjie troops responsible for breaking up the rear plummeted, and they all dropped their weapons and knelt down to accept the surrender.

"Don't kill me, I surrender!"

"I surrendered too!"

Soon, a large number of Shengjie troops were kneeling on the street.

"General Wang, you are injured."

Seeing Wang Yan's abdomen bleeding continuously, Zhang Yi looked concerned.

Wang Yan waved his hand and ordered: "My injury is not a problem. You lead five hundred soldiers to pursue us. Don't let the fake Song Dog Emperor escape!"

"Order!"

Zhang Yi nodded.

Although there were only 500 people, they had already seen through the first battle that the victorious army had low morale and no fighting spirit.

"Brothers, follow me to pursue the enemy!"

Zhang Yi roared loudly and led five hundred soldiers in pursuit.

The personal guards around Wang Yan quickly removed his armor, took out his first aid kit and began to treat his wounds.

"General Wang?"

At this time, a Shengjie soldier not far away who was kneeling to surrender let out a cry of surprise.

Wang Yanxun went out with doubts on his face.

The famous Shengjie soldier took off his helmet and said in a surprised tone: "General Wang, don't you recognize me? I am Niuchang. I served as Marquis of Yu under the command of Mr. Lao Zhong."

"It's your boy!"

Wang Yan also recognized the other party at this time.

These victorious troops were originally the elite of the Western Army, and Wang Yan had served under Zhong Shidao. It was normal for a few of them to recognize him.

Sure enough, several victorious soldiers came to recognize him.

Looking around and looking at the Shengjie Army kneeling on the ground, Wang Yan said angrily: "Get the fuck out of here, don't embarrass the Western Army!"

Wow!

With the sound of armor leaves rubbing together, Shengjie's army stood up one after another, each of them looking ashamed.

As the only strong army in the Song Dynasty, the Western Army also had its own pride.

The most typical example is Wei Da Nie Dong and others. Even as deserters, they looked down on bandits like Shi Bao. If Han Zhen hadn't convinced them with his unparalleled force, they probably wouldn't have easily defected to Han Zhen.

Wang Yan scolded: "When I was in the Western Army, I didn't give in to the Xixia people one by one. How come they have all become cowards now?"

Niu Chuang lowered his head and said calmly: "Tong Guan, Xin Xingzong and those gang of thieves don't treat us as human beings at all, and our brothers don't want to sacrifice their lives for them."

As the saying goes, if a soldier is raging, a general will be raging in a nest.

Under the command of people like Tong Guan and Xin Xingzong, no matter how elite the soldiers are, they will turn into a bunch of pigs.

On the contrary, the three thousand Shengjie troops who stayed in Taiyuan, under the leadership of Wang Zhen, were a strong and iron-blooded army, and they did not fall behind in the face of the Jin army.

Wang Yan naturally knew this truth and sighed: "I know it's not your fault. I'll join the Qi army and work hard."

The Shengjie army is all elite, and they don't even need to drill. They can immediately go into battle to kill the enemy wearing armor and holding guns.

Wang Yan knew in his heart that with His Majesty's temperament, if he learned that he had taken it upon himself to recruit the victorious army, instead of blaming him, he would be rewarded.

A Shengjie army asked: "General Wang, I heard that the Qi army can eat meat. Is it true?"

"Look at your potential."

Wang Yan glared at him and immediately replied: "One meal of meat every five days."

Originally, the Qi army ate one meal of meat every three days, but later they had no choice but to eat one meal every five days.

It’s not that they can’t feed them, it’s that they don’t have enough meat.

Han Zhen also converted the few meat meals he missed each month into copper coins and added them to the soldiers' salaries.

In this way, no one complained, and instead they loved and respected Han Zhen even more.

　It’s my son’s third birthday today, and I spent the whole day playing with him. I’ll only have 4,000 words for today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)