Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

"Zhejiang General Chronicle" and "Lin'an County Chronicle" both have records about Wu Song.

It is said that Wu Song was a vagabond who performed in Hangzhou. Seeing his outstanding martial arts skills, the magistrate promoted him to the position of chief archer, and then promoted him to the rank of governor. Gao Quan was dismissed from office because he offended the powerful, and his successor Cai Yun fired Wu Song.

Obviously, these two local chronicles are fabricated.

Because throughout the Northern Song Dynasty, there were no Hangzhou prefects named Gao Quan and Cai Yun.

Moreover, there was no official position of "Tijia" in the Song Dynasty.

What is slightly related is the "Tijia Bingjia" set up by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. This position is usually held concurrently by the prefect or prefect, responsible for training rural soldiers, arresting thieves, and suppressing uprisings.

The rest of the administrative affairs, the shopping malls, and the Wensi Yuan were all assigned to civilian officials and had nothing to do with military personnel.

Therefore, the officials of Lu Zhishen were also invented by Shi Naian.

However, the abbot of Wutai Mountain, Monk Zhenbao, was gathering troops to fight against the Jin.

Historically, monk Zhenbao was summoned by Zhao Huan. When the Jin soldiers went south for the second time, all the prefects fled, but Zhenbao led his troops to continue to resist. In the end, the temples in Mount Wutai were burned down by the Jinmen. Monk Zhenbao refused to surrender and died calmly and died generously.

Now Lu Zhishen and Wu Song are both monks, the former has short hair and the latter has long hair.

They gathered around Song Jiang and listened to his explanation of the resettlement policy.

"That's what Marshal Zhu said. You are free to leave," Song Jiang said. "If you stay to serve as a soldier, you must abide by military discipline. Fan Qiong has 30,000 soldiers and horses, and Marshal Zhu will arrest him whenever he wants. It seems that he has been sentenced to death. In "Chasing the Independent Husband Zhao Jixi", I was listed as a giant bandit together with Fang La, and I will be in trouble with Marshal Zhu if I am not careful."

"I stayed in the capital and farmed." Wu Jialiang was separated during the expedition against Liao Dynasty, and after escaping from death, he really didn't want to deal with it anymore. "There is a lot of unowned land here. Marshal Zhu wants to resettle the refugees to farm. I can still work in the village." Become a private school teacher."

Li Kui said: "Wherever my brother goes, I will go."

Gongsun Sheng was not a Taoist priest, he was actually an officer of the Xiang Army: "My family is gone, and I don't want to be a soldier anymore. It's just right to stay in Kaifeng and farm. As a military general, I can get an extra twenty acres of land and marry another daughter." Mom, if you have a son in the future, you can still spread the good news."

"I don't know how to farm, but it's fun to fight." Lu Zhishen pulled his hair and said. He was not an officer. Before he became a monk, he was a local gangster.

Wu Song said: "I will stay and plow the fields."

About half of Song Jiang's brothers do not want to fight anymore.

Anyway, they grabbed a lot of goods in Tokyo two days ago, and Marshal Zhu promised to allocate fields to them. Not to mention being rich and powerful, being a rich farmer in Gyeonggi is more than enough, and he might even be able to become a landlord in the future.

The main reason is that it is not easy to live a stable life after being displaced and precarious all year round, and I dare not have any more extravagant hopes.

Song Jiang went to announce the policy again. There were about a thousand soldiers willing to stay in the capital and become farmers. There are hundreds of others who want to go back to Shandong to farm and find their lost relatives.

Anyway, Zhang Shuye's Shandong soldiers will be reorganizing for the next half month.

Not counting the soldiers who retired voluntarily, there were two to three thousand more than the 15,000 soldiers. Then we can only forcibly withdraw, kick out the old and weak, and hand them over to Kaifeng Mansion for resettlement.

Most of the armor replaced by the Tokyo soldiers was thrown to Zhang Shuye, which could at least improve some combat effectiveness.

As for military discipline, if Zhang Shuye can't take care of it, then don't be an official anymore and go home to have your grandson as soon as possible.

His two sons also commanded the soldiers in the army and gave priority to equipping them with better armor. Ju Ming would also arrange for officers to provide food and salary. If this fails to govern the army strictly, it means that Zhang Shuye is not worthy of his reputation, and it also means that Song Jiang and Sun Lie are not useful.

The Shaanxi soldiers in the planting division are about to return to their hometown.

Of the more than 10,000 Western troops, only 3,000 were allowed to be retained, and the rest were to be eliminated and retired. Ju Ming promised that they would be exempted from land tax for five years.

Only Wang Yan's troops and horses were left behind by Ju Ming.

"These eight characters are embroidered into a military flag, and your tribe is called the Eight-Character Army." Zhu Ming said.

Wang Yan took it over and took a look, and saw the eight characters "Serve the country with all my heart and vow to kill the golden thief" written by Zhu Ming in his own hand. He immediately said with enthusiasm: "Thank you Marshal for the flag!"

Ju Ming said: "The soldiers under your command are all from Hebei and have a deep hatred against the Jin Kingdom. I am going to Cizhou and return to Zongzejie. If he is unwilling to submit, you can occupy Xiangzhou or Mingzhou."

"As commanded."

Wang Yan bowed in agreement and couldn't help but say: "In the old Song Dynasty, Hebei capital was in charge of Zhangsuo. He advocated the fight against the Jin Dynasty, but was dismissed from office. Now he is in Tokyo."

Ju Ming said: "I will let him go to Hebei to be the magistrate."

"Thank you Marshal for the promotion." Wang Yan said gratefully.

Ju Ming waved his hand: "Hurry up and reorganize your troops and put on all those soldiers and armor."

"I excuse myself."

After Wang Yan left, Ju Ming called Wang Yuan again: "Take a thousand heavily armored guards and soldiers to the Huaihe River to serve as the Qing envoy. Once there is a notorious person, no matter how many soldiers and horses he has, he will be cut down. If you hang your head on the city tower in public, you will not be guilty even if it provokes a mutiny! Within half a year, the troops in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River must be reduced and reorganized, and there will only be 18,000 troops there."

Wang Yuan wondered: "Those newly recruited troops are all General Li (Li Bao)'s people."

"You are mine!" Ju Ming's face was extremely ugly.

"Yes." Wang Yuan could only accept the task bravely.

As the size of the army expands, the phenomenon of mountain tops in the army becomes increasingly obvious.

This is inevitable, and no army in ancient or modern times, at home or abroad, can stop it.

Not a single one!

Zhu Ming added: "Zhong Yanchong will go with you and let him be the commander-in-chief of the Huaihe River. Fang Mengqing will be temporarily transferred to the commander-in-chief of Huainan."

Fang Mengqing was the deputy transit envoy to Huainan who had come to take refuge. Li Bao captured half of the entire Huaihe region and Fang Mengqing captured the other half.

Now, Fang Mengqing has officially transferred to civilian service, and the troops have been handed over to Zhong Yanchong.

Zhong Yanchong was able to control the military power in Huaihe River, of course, not because he was good at fighting, but purely because of his status as uncle. Lianghuai is now unstable, and someone must be able to calm the situation. A "brother-in-law, Marshal Zhu" is just right.

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However, it was said that the prefects of Xiangzhou and Mingzhou, on the orders of the Song Dynasty court, took the initiative to depose Yue Fei and Wang Yan, leaving them with no soldiers to use.

When Wanyan Zongwang learned that Ju Ming had occupied Tokyo, he immediately withdrew his troops and returned north, hunting rabbits and looting the cities of Xiangzhou and Mingzhou, and also kidnapped countless women and craftsmen from the two states.

The Han Qi family, hereditary governor of Xiangzhou, was completely destroyed.

Almost all the wealth was robbed by the Jin people, and all the pretty girls in the clan became prisoners of the Jin people.

When they arrived outside Cizhou City, Wanyan Zongwang looked at the tightly defended city and reluctantly ordered: "Set up camp to rest and then go around the city tomorrow. There is no need to attack this city."

Just as the Jin soldiers were setting up camp, a group of light cavalry came back to report: "The Xiangzhou bandits have come after them and ambushed a group of Bohai soldiers who were going to the countryside to collect grain. When I led the cavalry to chase them, I caught two alive and asked them to identify these thieves. The news. The leader is called Yue Fei. I heard that he is a warrior. The red thieves asked the Emperor of Song Dynasty for it by name."

"Don't worry about him. Take back the food collection team in the south." Wanyan Zongwang said.

Shi Liai shouted outside the tent: "The second prince, Huang Qianshan, please see me."

Wanyan Zongwang said: "Let him come in."

Huang Qianshan was ordered to go to Dingzhou and ordered the Dingzhou garrison to surrender. On the way back, he heard that Tokyo was gone.

He was afraid that he would be liquidated by Ju Ming, so he came directly to seek refuge with the Jin people.

"Kowtow to the Second Prince!" Huang Qianshan slid down and knelt down.

Wanyan Zongwang said: "Get up and speak."

"Thank you so much, Second Prince," Huang Qianshan offered his advice, "The Song Dynasty has been destroyed and there is no owner in the north. The Second Prince can help establish a new king."

Wanyan Zongwang asked: "None of the emperors or princes of the Song Dynasty have escaped. Who can we support as the new king?"

Huang Qianshan said: "Zhao Zhongshi, the great-great-grandson of Taizong, knew the official affairs of the Western Waizong. When the Zhu thieves sent troops to capture Luoyang, he fled with his family. Since he could not go to Tokyo, he fled to Xiangzhou and joined the Han family. When I went north, I met him at the Han family. After Zhao Zhongshi, his bloodline and reputation are enough to claim the title of emperor."

"I have robbed all the Han family, but I have never seen Zhao Zhongshi." Wanyan Zongwang regretted it, and he should have asked about it a few days ago.

Shi Liai said: "You can send Qingqi to post notices along the way. If anyone offers the Zhao and Song clan, he can be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and be granted the title of county magistrate."

"That's it." Wanyan Zongwang immediately agreed.

Huang Qianshan said: "There are many clans in Daming Mansion!"

Wanyan Zongwang said: "Send five thousand Qingqi to Daming Mansion and capture all the clan members."

The next day, the Jin soldiers closed the camp and left, taking with them a large amount of stolen money, grain, women, livestock and craftsmen.

Zhao Zhongshi, whom Huang Qianshan was talking about, is currently watching the golden man from the head of Cizhou City.

Not only him, but also several of his brothers, cousins, and twenty or thirty descendants. These people usually lived in Luoyang. Han Shizhong led his troops there, and they all fled quickly.

In addition to Kaifeng and Luoyang, Daming and Shangqiu are also areas where clan clans live, and each of the four cities has a clan leader.

Zhao Zhongshi was able to leave his name in history because he was publicly elected as the new emperor and had the army in his hands, but he sternly refused to be the emperor. In addition, Lu You's wife Tang Wan remarried his son.

"What are Zong Taishou's plans?" Zhao Zhongshi asked.

Zongze watched the Jin soldiers go away and muttered: "The capital has fallen into the hands of the Holy Lord, and we don't know where to go."

Zhao Zhongshi said: "The Supreme Emperor is still in the southeast."

Zongze's facial muscles twitched: "Since he has abdicated, it is better not to govern the world anymore. For me to obey his orders, it is better to surrender the city and submit to the red thieves."

"How about my brother ascending the throne in Hebei and proclaiming himself emperor." Zhao Zhongli next to him suddenly said.

Zhao Zhongshi waved his hands repeatedly: "There is God in this world, and I am not this person."

A bunch of clan members began to discuss who should ascend the throne and proclaim themselves emperor, but no one was willing to take over the hot potato.

Zongze was at a loss and wanted to take the initiative to submit to the Zhu family, but he felt that doing so was against morality.

In the afternoon of that day, a group of light cavalry rushed to the city: "By the order of the Grand Marshal, Zongze, the Zhizhou Zhizhou of Cizhou in the old Song Dynasty, is temporarily the general manager of all places in Hebei, and is in charge of the troops and horses of all parties..."

Zongze hesitated for a while and said, "Kaicheng."