Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 71 My General and My Soldiers

Liu Ling had always been wary of the Jin people, fearing that he would be bumped into by the Jin people when passing through Jizhou, so he went back and forth in circles all the way.

But Shi Liai told him the next day that unless he came to dance in front of the golden man in person, Wanyan Zongwang would even let him go on purpose.

There are two reasons: First, the report of Pingzhou City's defeat was 100% not transmitted because the battle was too sudden. Most of the Jin soldiers were either killed or captured. If one of them escaped to Wanyan Zongwang, Reporting the situation, he must have led the Jin army to search the mountains and seas to use Liu Ling's head as a urinal.

Furthermore, even if Wanyan Zongwang knew the news of the defeat, he would not know that his "wife" was now in Liu Ling's hands.

Secondly, Liu Ling will definitely fight with Pharmacist Guo when he returns. For Wanyan Zongwang, he himself has the emperor's order not to march without permission. Now it is fun to watch Liu and Guo bite each other.

Shi Liai's estimate was very accurate.

"Liu Ling?!" Wanyan Zongwang looked at the young general next to him who was eating mutton in astonishment, and pointed at him with some disbelief, "Isn't Liu Ling here?"

Beside the young general, a Jurchen woman heard something unusual and hurriedly poked her husband to tell him not to eat.

The messenger knelt on the ground and said: "Liu Ling doesn't know how many soldiers and horses he has. It is said that he led the cavalry to directly smash the camp outside Pingzhou City. Marshal Wanyan is now in the hands of the Pingzhou rebel Zhang Dungu."

"Where is he going now?" Wanyan Zongwang sat on the chair, his eyes roaming over the young general, showing some doubts, and asked without looking back.

"Going all the way to the west, we are probably going to escape back to the border of Xijin Mansion and follow Pharmacist Guo."

"impossible."

Wanyan Zongwang said calmly: "He is the product sold to me by Pharmacist Guo. Now I am in a hurry to go back, most likely to fight with Pharmacist Guo."

"Then us"

"Don't worry about him. Send orders to everyone. If Liu Ling dares to attack, crush him immediately. If he just wants to pass, then let him go."

"Also, immediately send people to Pingzhou for peace talks. No matter what conditions are offered, we must try our best to save my uncle's life and let him come back alive."

"Here!"

After the messenger left, Wanyan Zongwang's eyes returned to the young general again. The latter calmly put down the mutton bones in his hand, picked up a cloth to wipe his hands, then stood up and stood in front of Wanyan Zongwang.

"Zhang Wu, a lieutenant under the Zhuozhou Defense Envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, met the great Jin Dynasty."

Wanyan Zongwang stood up and came to him, and kicked out suddenly. Zhang Wu was kicked and fell on his back, but he quickly got up and still stood in front of him. "Zhang Wu, the captain of the Zhuozhou Defense Envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, has seen .”

Another hard kick knocked Zhang Wu onto his back. The Jurchen woman finally couldn't bear it anymore, ran to Zhang Wu to block him, and cried: "Brother, please, let him go!"

Seeing her face full of tears, Wanyan Zongwang felt a little swollen in his head.

Who am I and where am I?
  wrong,

Who the hell are you!

The Jurchen woman kneeling on the ground was his clan sister. After catching "Liu Ling", Wanyan Zongwang not only released him in public, hoping that he would surrender, but also married the clan sister to him as his wife. Win him over.

Even he admired Liu Ling's bravery.

A single clan girl cannot reflect his "appreciation". After all, all Jurchen clans intermarry, and different surnames are related by blood. Various surnames are distinguished by "white number" and "black number". Among them, "white number" is the surname. " is respected, and "Wanyan" is undoubtedly the most noble surname.

The last name of the woman on the ground is Wanyan. As the power of the Jin Kingdom grew stronger, the value she represented became higher and higher. Originally, Wanyan Zongwang wouldn't have felt too bad about marrying her to Liu Ling. After all, he could win over a loyal and brave general, but now it's so damn cheap. He killed the captain under Liu Ling!
  Wanyan Zongwang was so angry that he asked someone to take a whip and wanted to beat Zhang Wu to death to vent his anger, but the clan sister hugged Zhang Wu and insisted on protecting him. It happened that someone outside reported it at this time.

He had no choice but to order: "Lock up this Song man and don't give him food or drink, and you." He looked at the clan sister and said coldly: "You'd better think more clearly. Let me tell you, he has nothing to do with you. ”

"He is my man!" the clan girl shouted.

Wanyan Zongwang had a headache and kicked Zhang Wu hard, "Then go and be locked up with him, and we will starve you to death!"

After handling this matter, the deputy general hurried in from outside and said: "Pharmacist Guo sent someone over to ask why the front of our army is still advancing."

Although Pharmacist Guo was privately willing to cede Jingzhou and Jizhou, and then give it to Liu Ling as a gift. But Wanyan Zongwang naturally wants to take advantage of it as much as possible, so he is still pushing forward slowly, unless there is another explicit order from the Emperor of Jin.
  "He still has the nerve to ask me?"

Wanyan Zongwang said coldly: "He gave me wrong news. Liu Ling is not in Jizhou at all. If he expects me to keep my promise, then he'd better send Liu Ling here himself!" On the second day of the first lunar month, Zhuozhou.

"Kill him!" Cai Jing's hands suddenly clenched into fists in his sleeves, and his nails dug into his palms, but it was nothing compared to the pain in his heart.

Guo Yaoshi's envoy immediately panicked. He didn't know what he was thinking, and shouted: "The two armies are fighting and the envoy will not be killed!"

"Two armies?"

Cai Jing chuckled, his voice full of cruelty and anger: "Yes, since Medicine Master Guo has rebelled, Zhuozhou and him have become each other's enemies. Unless I die, he will never get Zhuozhou."

"As for you?" Cai Jing stretched out his trembling hand and slapped it heavily on the table, "I beheaded the envoy to demonstrate!"

"Drag it down and chop it!"

"Here!"

The messenger was dragged out crying and cursing. Cai Jing's heart gradually sank as he listened to his voice gradually disappearing.

Because of the Jin army's pressure on the border, many merchants who were originally used as news channels were blocked to the north of Jizhou. News from both sides was blocked, and no new news had been delivered for a long time.

Cai Jing knew very well that the matter was probably true.

"Alas" he leaned back on the chair slumpedly and smiled bitterly, "This thief Qiu Ba used to be the most obedient, why is he like this now?"

The envoy himself said that more than a thousand of Liu Ling's cavalry had been buried in Jizhou, and asked Cai Jing to hand over Zhuozhou to them immediately.

The other party probably thought that Cai Jing was a local civil servant in Zhuozhou and was in charge of Zhuozhou after Liu Ling left. However, he did not expect that Liu Ling did not detain Cai Jing as the magistrate of Zhuozhou at all. The latter heard the messenger first say that Liu Ling was dead, and then When Da Jingcai asked him to hand over power again, he couldn't bear it any longer.

Cai Jing felt an inexplicable irritation in his chest. He stood up and took two steps forward. Suddenly he saw a woman standing outside the door, her belly bulging slightly.

His lips trembled, a little at a loss, "Mrs. Liu, you..."

"Report!"

There was another shout outside, and Chen Wen rushed in and said quickly to Cai Jing: "A victorious army is just outside the city. When they saw the envoy's head being thrown out, they immediately came towards the city gate!"

"Rebel them!"

Cai Jing took a deep look at Wan Niang and said in a low voice: "I am going to defend the city now. I also ask Madam not to have any fetal contractions. Maybe General Liu has not yet..."

Speaking of this, a trace of self-mockery flashed in his eyes, and he followed Chen Wen to the city wall.

"Wear armor for me."

Sorghum River.

A place with quite historical significance is located south of Yanjing. After crossing here, there is a smooth road ahead.

However, a victorious army stood in front of Liu Ling at this moment. Its strength was almost equal to that of his subordinates. Moreover, Liu Ling was marching in a hurry, and the morale of the Pingzhou army below him was almost at the bottom.

Several cavalrymen came to Liu Ling and whispered: "There are many of our brothers on the opposite side, almost the entire front line."

Liu Ling suddenly chuckled.

When Guo Pharmacist coaxed Liu Ling to go to Jizhou, he gave him some cavalry, and then asked Liu Ling to leave all the infantry in the army. Liu Ling did not doubt that he was there at the time. Now, these infantry are all arranged by Guo Pharmacist. He stood in front of Liu Ling, and most of the armor on his body had been taken away.

He probably felt that he had posed a difficult problem for Liu Ling.

The two armies faced off next to the Gaoliang River.

Under the watchful eyes of the old infantry, the opposite military formation suddenly separated. A young general came out holding a flag. Above his head, the flag with the word "Liu" was flying, and he was advancing towards the opposite military formation.

(End of this chapter)