Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 127 Almost died young

Most poor people are pitiful and will not harm others, but they will affect the appearance of the city.

This sentence can be used to describe Liu Yanqing's mentality.

What little conscience I have left knows that you are indeed pitiful, but why are you standing up now?

Especially here, in Xia Jun's camp.

Do you want me to avenge you?

joke.

You've affected my mood for drinking and having fun.

Because Liu Yanqing and Tong Guandun failed to advance, many border forts in the northwest of the Song Dynasty were destroyed. At least tens of thousands of people were plundered by the Xia people. More than 5,000 soldiers died in the Fuzhou area.

However, the imperial court will not know it, and the people in the country will not know it either.

The maid only received a slap, but she collapsed on the ground as if her spine had been broken, and was quickly dragged out by two Xia soldiers.

Xin Xingzong and several of his colleagues around him were drinking wine with their heads down, pretending not to see or hear, and they all cursed "bitch" in their hearts.

In the handsome tent, happy noises soon started to sound again.

A Xia general stood up, holding a wine bowl in his hand. He walked slowly to Liu Yanqing. Everyone around him became a little quieter. Liu Yanqing looked at him, knowing that this man wanted to toast him.

"General, I wish you good health!"

Liu Yanqing laughed, forgetting his unhappiness just now, picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

"What's your name?"

"The last name of the general is Liang, and his first name is Zhe." The Xia man replied in dry Chinese. He answered in Chinese deliberately, obviously to please.

"Okay, my commander, I recommend you to be a defense officer."

Liu Yanqing burped and nodded slightly to show that he remembered you.

Unexpectedly, after he finished speaking, Liang Zhe not only did not show gratitude, but also raised his head and asked with some confusion: "Defense envoy?"

"Oh, you are from Xia. You probably don't know that in the Song Dynasty, the defense envoy is already quite an official."

Liu Yanqing didn't feel anything was wrong. He smiled and said, "If you wait for another ten years, you may be able to become a military governor."

"But Marshal Liu said that when he returns to Yandi this time, he will be able to directly serve as a military governor." Liang Zhe said with a puzzled look.

"When did I say that? Yan Di?"

Liu Yanqing was stunned for a moment. When he looked up, he saw that the Xia general had already stood up straight, with his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist.

His drunken mind suddenly became much clearer.

"Presumptuous, what do you want to do!"

Liang Zhe raised his hand. Beside him, the Xia generals and soldiers immediately began to draw their swords. Outside the camp, more than a hundred Song soldiers who had followed Liu Yanqing to "attend the banquet" were all captured.

Xin Xingzong's face was pressed into the soup basin. When he struggled to stand up, fish soup was flowing on his face. He pushed Xia Ren aside with all his strength. He didn't care about Liu Yanqing at all and ran out in a panic.

In just a few steps, he rushed to the tent curtain. The Xia people didn't seem to react. Xin Xingzong's mind was running wildly and he began to plan an escape route for himself.

The curtain was opened, and Xin Xingzong gathered all his energy and prepared to run wildly, but a general in black armor was standing outside. Behind him, the Song soldiers had all knelt down.

Hearing Xin Xingzong's breathing, the black-armored general raised his head. When that slightly familiar face appeared in front of Xin Xingzong, his body trembled.

Han Shizhong showed a gentle smile, raised his hand and put his hand on Xin Xingzong's shoulder, and said kindly: "General Xin, long time no see."

He pressed Xin Xingzong's shoulder and kindly pushed him back to the handsome tent.

The smell of wine inside could no longer cover up the smell of blood. Two Song generals had been killed, and their bodies fell on the table. Han Shizhong took a deep breath and pushed Xin Xingzong in.

The latter rolled and fell to the ground, his face full of shock and fear, and he did not dare to raise his head to look at Han Shizhong.

Liang Zhe sat next to Liu Yanqing and signaled him to pour him wine. Liu Yanqing poured a bowl of wine tremblingly. Because his hands were shaking, a lot of wine spilled out. Liang Zhe caught a glimpse and slapped Liu Yanqing. On top of Yanqing.

"You can't even pour wine?"

A flash of anger flashed in Liu Yanqing's heart, but he still did not resist. He took several deep breaths, and finally poured a bowl of wine steadily and brought it to Liang Zhe. Liang Zhe glanced down, raised his head and took the wine bowl. Without taking a sip, he hit Liu Yanqing on the head with the wine and the bowl.

"The wine has gone cold."

"Stop humiliating him." Han Shizhong said.

Liu Yanqing suddenly raised his head and looked at him with moved eyes. He pursed his lips, thinking that this person was trying to persuade him.

After all, whatever he does belongs to Song Jun.

But the next moment, Han Shizhong met his expectant gaze and said calmly: "Just kill him."

He walked up to Xin Xingzong, who was sitting on the ground with a frightened look on his face, patted the latter's head like a melon, and added: "Leave this to me."

Late at night, the sound of rapid footsteps suddenly sounded in the government office of Fuzhou City.

"Something's happening! Something's happening!"

Zhe Kezhi got up from the bed. His old wife helped him get dressed and stood at the door worriedly.

"It doesn't matter, I'll be back soon."

Several soldiers covered in blood were kneeling outside the government hall. Qu Duan and several colleagues were standing aside. Seeing Zhe Keqiu walking out of the inner hall quickly, he greeted him and said proactively: "Just now the Xia cavalry arrived. Outside the city, the head of Liu Yanqing, the commander of the capital, was thrown outside the city gate."

Zhe Keqiu's eyes widened immediately. Qu Duan thought for a while and added: "Liu Yanqing's body was not delivered, and his left ear was also missing."

Soon, the head was carried to the government office.

The head of Liu Yanqing's eyes widened, as if he wanted to tell someone about the torture he suffered during his life. Zhe Keqiu took a deep breath and asked: "Immediately send people to the whole city to mobilize soldiers and civilians, and all of them go to the city to defend!"

"Here!"

Several generals turned and left, but Qu Duan did not move. Zhe Kezhi sat on the chair angrily and looked up at him.

"Why don't you go?"

"If the Xia people want to humiliate and refuse to surrender, it is enough to kill Liu Yanqing. There is no need to cut off his left ear."

Zhe Keqiu stared at him, waiting for Qu Duan's next words, but the latter suddenly shrugged, bowed and left.

Outside the city, a war broke out in an instant, just as Zhe Keqiu had predicted. After the Xia people killed Liu Yanqing, they began to gather troops to attack the city again. Zhe Keqiu didn't know what happened, so he could only urge the soldiers and civilians first. Defend the city.

The siege lasted until dawn. The Xia army left many corpses behind and retreated without even cleaning the battlefield.

Qu Duan walked calmly on the top of the city and noticed a soldier covering his eyes, with blood seeping out from between his fingers. Qu Duan squatted in front of him and carefully opened his hand. He saw that the man had a large wound on his left eyebrow and was bleeding profusely.

Qu Duan called a military doctor to bandage the soldier. The doctor's skills were very rough, but the soldier gritted his teeth and accepted the bandage without saying a word.

After the bandaging was completed, the doctor hurriedly left, and Qu Duan asked, "What's wrong?"

"At dawn, when the Xia people were about to retreat, a flying stone hit the eyebrow bone. Fortunately, the eye was not hurt." The soldier stood up. He was a majestic man and bowed to Qu Duan and saluted, "Thank you, general. "

"How dare I call myself a general?"

Qu Duan shook his head, inexplicably feeling that this man had a kind face, so he simply sat on the top of the city and motioned for this man to sit down and talk too.

"You have armor on your body and you are under the service of an officer. Are you not a soldier of this prefecture?"

"Indeed not." The soldier nodded slightly and looked towards the far end of the city, where a large number of injured soldiers and civilians were waiting for treatment. There was a little anger in his eyes.

"I am a native of Henan. I have been keeping mourning at home for several years because I had no means of livelihood. This time I was recruited to the Pingding Army in Hedong and served as a partial commander. Because the army was in arrears of pay, I and hundreds of my colleagues wanted to ask for it, but they were Marshal Liu sent to Fuzhou City to defend."

When the army was in arrears with pay, the normal operation was to quickly appease them, but Liu Yanqing's operation was even more showy, and he directly sent these soldiers who were asking for pay out of his army.

Having said this, the soldier sighed and whispered: "My surname is Yue and my name is Fei."

"Yue Fei." Qu Duan nodded slightly and said, "You should have a good rest."

"General, I heard that the Xia people were ready to surrender. Why did they suddenly attack the city last night?" Yue Fei thought that this officer was good, so he asked boldly.

Qu Duan shrugged and said, "Who knows."

(End of this chapter)