Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

In fact, in September of the first year of Jingkang, Taiyuan City fell, Wang Zhi died in battle, Taiyuan prefect Zhang Xiaochun was captured, and until Wu Jie entered Taiyuan from Shaanxi to the east, he and Wu Jie had been secretly writing letters.

Although Taiyuan Mansion fell, there are still many people after all.

In the enemy-occupied areas, the Jin people implemented the rule of the Han people by the Han people, and adopted some soft policies to ease local conflicts.

People like Zhang Xiaochun are one of the key targets of Jin Guo.

There are also many people who hope that people like Zhang Xiaochun will stay, even if they are in the enemy-occupied areas, they can support them.

The people's sentiments in the occupied areas are very complicated. Some officials kneel down and lick the commander-in-chief of the Jin army, some officials are forced to stay, and some folks are always preparing to fight against the Jin army.

Why do people always say that Yue Fei's Northern Expedition can be successful?

Because Yue Fei's fourth Northern Expedition in the ten years of Shaoxing had already managed to contact the civilian armed forces that had fallen in the entire north. As long as the Southern Song Dynasty kings went north, they would respond to everyone and become a prairie fire.

"The last general has been taught!" Yang Zheng said excitedly, "If it is true that Wanyan Jiamu's granary is burned down, we cut off Shouyang and besiege the Jin army, will Taiyuan be destroyed without attack?"

After Wu Jie finished his breakfast, he yawned and said, "I'll go to sleep for a while."

Yang Zheng's voice came from behind: "Wu Tongzhi, be careful."

Wu Jie said: "You can lead 5000 troops to Shouyang. If Shouyang is captured, Wanyan Jiamu will probably lead troops from Taiyuan to Shouyang in anger. Zhang Xiaochun's chance of success will be higher."

"Didn't you say to contact the people in Taiyuan City first?"

"Leave this to me."

Yang Zheng said: "The last general will go here."

"Wait, don't worry, we are negotiating a truce with the Kingdom of Jin. If you go to Shouyang and take the initiative to attack the Jin Army, isn't that embarrassing for the officials?"

"How about that?"

"Shouyang is the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. The people of Shouyang are in dire straits. When you go to Shouyang for disaster relief, you encounter cruel bandits oppressing the people. What should you do?"

"What should I do?" Yang Zheng couldn't turn the corner for a while because of Wu Jie's thinking, and he said after a few moments of bewilderment, "Of course it is to kill all the cruel bandits with a knife."

"Okay, let's go."

"Is the last general going?"

"Go ahead. I'll write a letter to Zhang Xiaochun after I wake up. It is estimated that it will take ten days and a half months for the army of the Longde Mansion to go north to our Pingyao. You should take Shouyang down first."

Chapter 454 Don't be afraid, we are here to suppress bandits (second update)

It is about two hundred miles from Pingyao to Shouyang.

This road is not all flat land, and the raised peaks in the north of Taiyue Mountain have brought some troubles to the march.

But it's also an opportunity.

Yang Zheng took a small road, and even had to climb a few low mountains. Coupled with the ice and snow weather, the Song Army avoided the eyes and ears of the Jin Army's scouts.

And Wu Jie had his reason for asking Yang Zheng to take Shouyang.

It only took Yang Zheng eight days to bring 5000 people from Pingyao to Shouyang, which is two hundred miles away, along Mashan Road.

Jin Jun would never have imagined that Song Jun would cross mountains and ridges in such a snowy day for a small Shouyang County.

Because it doesn't make sense.

So what if we worked so hard to defeat Shouyang?

Li Yong, the magistrate of Shouyang County, thought the same way. On this day, Li Yong was drinking and eating meat in the yamen.

The county lieutenant ran in and shouted, "Report! Li Zhi County! It's not good! It's not good!"

Li Yong said impatiently: "When did you panic?"

"A group of people came outside, saying that there are bandits in Shouyang County!"

"Bandits?" Li Yong was taken aback for a moment, "There are no bandits in Shouyang County!"

"Yes! No bandits!"

"Who is so courageous to say that there are bandits!" Li Yong stood up with a serious expression on his face, "Don't you know that Shouyang County belongs to our Dajin Kingdom now? Which bandit dares to be presumptuous here!"

"The group of people outside insisted that there were bandits!"

"Bold! How can they be presumptuous in this place! A group of thugs! Hurry up and get people, anyone who dares to chew their tongues will be severely punished!"

"Lizhi County, there are a lot of people on the other side."

"A little too much? How many people?"

"About a few thousand people."

When Li Yong heard this, he immediately jumped up, it was clearly the bandits.

Dare to feel that the bandits shouted to catch the bandits.

Li Yong stopped drinking wine and eating meat, he hurriedly said: "Hurry up and tell Mengyan, hurry up!"

(Mengyan is the commander of the Golden Army)

Shouyang's cute eyes are a Han man named Zhong Bing, who belonged to the frontier auxiliary army in the Kingdom of Jin.

After all, the number of Jurchens is limited, and Jin Guo was forced to use a large number of Bohai, Khitan and Han people.

Shouyang is an important point between Zhending Mansion and Taiyuan Mansion, and the Jin Army has 3000 people stationed here.

Han people like Zhong Bing actually had little to do with Song people. Their ancestors lived in the Liao Kingdom for generations, and they regarded themselves as Liao people. After the fall of Liao, they regarded themselves as Jin people.

There is a military system in the Jin army called the signing army, which is specially made for the general Han army.

The armaments of the signing army are average, and there is not much training. They are usually forcibly drawn from the Han peasants, mainly to support the elite of the Jin army.

When Li Yong rushed to the top of the city, he saw that it was the Song army, and immediately became furious, cursing: "The two countries of Song and Jin have already negotiated an armistice, why are you suddenly attacking Shouyang!"

Yang Zheng sent someone to shout out, "We heard that there are bandits in Shouyang robbing the people of money and food, so we came here specially to suppress the bandits!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yong and Zhong Bing looked at each other in blank dismay.

Bandits?

It sounds ridiculous no matter how you say it.

Zhong Bing said: "There are no bandits here, please go back quickly."

At this time, the group performances that had been arranged earlier also appeared on the stage. Looking at the costumes, you can tell that they are ordinary people.

"There are witnesses here. They say that there have been bandits in the city in the past few months, searching and robbing the people's money and food!"

"Fart!" Li Yong scolded his mother angrily, "I am the magistrate of Shouyang County, why haven't I heard of it, you guys go back quickly!"

The people below shouted again: "Since some people say that there are bandits here, then of course we have to enter the city!"

Li Yong said: "Do you want to start a war!"

"We are here to suppress the bandits under the order of the imperial court. Do you want to disobey the emperor?"

"Nonsense, this place is the territory of the Great Jin Kingdom, which emperor do you enshrine!"

"This place is the territory of Taiyuan Mansion on East Road of the Great Song Dynasty. We are naturally the Son of Heaven of the Great Song Dynasty. Open the door quickly. The royal masters of the imperial court are going to enter the city to suppress bandits!"

Zhong Bing scolded angrily: "If you dare to take a step closer, don't blame my Dajin Kingdom for having no eyes in swords and swords!"

The person who called out went back: "Commander Yang, these people don't open the door."

Yang Zheng drew out his sword and shouted: "My sons, what are we? We are the master of the king! We represent the imperial court, and we came here to suppress the bandits. If the people inside do not open the door, this is disobedience to the king's order. What should we do?" manage!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The shouts instantly rolled away in the ice and snow.

"Enter the city, suppress the bandits!"

The striker team seemed to have rehearsed well, carrying the simple ladders that had been prepared, and began to rush forward.

Li Yong saw this posture and wanted to curse.

I'm an idiot to your uncle, are you suppressing bandits?The bandits also brought ladders to suppress the bandits?

The towers of a county like Shouyang County are about four meters long, and the Jin army is not very good at defending the city, so it is not difficult to attack this kind of city.

An hour later, the city gate was knocked open.

Yang Zheng led the troops into the city.

The bandits began.

It is said that there are two bandit leaders, one named Li Yong and the other Zhong Bing.

The heads of these two bandits were hung on the gate of Shouyang County that day.

How did the people of Shouyang County react?

On that day, everyone lined the road to welcome Wang Shi into the city.

The Three Thousand Golden Army in Shouyang County fled, and those who were captured were captured.

The battle of Shouyang County meant the end of Song and Jin's short period of peace, at least for a while.

In the early morning of November [-]rd, Taiyuan City remained as usual.

After groups of business travelers entered the city, beggars flocked to the city, but were scolded and retreated by the accompanying warriors.

There were also two little beggars who climbed into the car of the business traveler, wanting something to eat, but refused to get off. They were stabbed to death by several Khitan warriors on the spot, and thrown on the side of the road like dead dogs.

A majestic city like Taiyuan was also a very prosperous place back then. After all, it was an important town in the north of the Song Dynasty. It can reach Datong in the north, go out of the clouds, and enter Yanyun in the east.

Countless business travelers transported goods here, and traded with the Liao Kingdom in the northern market.

But today's Taiyuan City is in depression.

The war has brought irreparable wounds to this place. Many families who used to have enough food and clothing have disappeared during the war. Those who survived either fled south or could only stay here to beg.

In the past few years, Jinting has been pursuing the Huairou strategy of the Han people governing the Han in the south.

But in fact, the struggle of several major factions within the Kingdom of Jin also involved the governance of Taiyuan Mansion and Zhending Mansion.

People like Wanyan Zonghan advocate the use of the Han people, but they must preserve the Jurchen traditions, give the Jurchen aristocrats a lot of privileges, and clearly divide the ranks of the Jurchen and Han people.

And people like Wanyan Zongwang believe that the Han system should be fully implemented and the distinction between nobles and bureaucrats should be weakened, because the current state of Jin is no longer in the period of conquering the country. The vast territory and the population of tens of millions require a sound system to manage .

This involves the issue of local governance.

The reform faction of the Kingdom of Jin has always been committed to implementing more vigorous Huairou in places like Taiyuan Prefecture.

The Liao Kingdom, which claims to be orthodox, has already proved that Han Chinese and Khitan people can coexist by adopting the system and culture of the Han people.

Chapter 455 Song Army's Game (Third)

The weakening of the status distinction between nobles and bureaucrats like Wanyan Zongwang is definitely beneficial to the Kingdom of Jin itself. Everything is measured by the system and restrains the nobles who are too inflated.

This is conducive to strengthening the centralization of power and is a standard configuration of the empire.

But this was undoubtedly opposed by the nobles.

So Zongwang's ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny.

Nobles, including Zonghan, Wushu, Wanyanchang, Zongfu, Wanyan Jiamu, etc., which one does not have its own soldiers?

You Zongwang want to play the Song Dynasty now, all you want us to hand over the military power!

So, when Zongwang was in Yanjing, Wanyan Jiamu could restrain herself a bit and dare not be too arrogant in Taiyuan Mansion.

But Zongwang returned to Shangjing because of Wanyangao's illness and died. Wanyan Jiamu was like a wild horse running wild, and began to plunder Taiyuan Mansion without restraint.

This undoubtedly increased the burden on the people of Taiyuan Prefecture and quickly intensified local conflicts.

Zhao Ning's so-called weakness of Jin Guo lies here.

To sum it up in one sentence: Zongwang went north, the mother was rampant, and the food crisis, Taiyuan Mansion was like a powder keg, it would explode at any point.

There were screams from the Yamen of the Commanding Army of Taiyuan Prefecture, and a disheveled woman ran out of it.

A man's wild laughter came from behind: "Hahaha! Don't stop her, let's see how far she can run!"

No one dared to stop the Jin army on duty at the gate. The woman rushed out from the gate. In the severe cold of the winter moon, she rushed out barefoot and crazily shouted: "Help! Help me! Help me!" "

The moment she rushed out of the gate of the Commanding Army Division, a gleam of joy appeared on her terrified face, as if she had seen hope.

People passing by outside cast surprised glances at this side.

As soon as the woman ran out, she frantically ran towards the crowd in front.

At this moment, she seemed to see hope.