Fenghou

I'm a little confused now, the current leader is Wanyan Kuolie!Why did he become a drinker again? Didn't he go to Niangziguan?

"I'm going to report to the general, please wait a moment!"

"Take the wolf head order with you."

Li Wu took out the copper wolf head with his left hand and handed it to him. After thinking about it, Dutou was right. He stretched out his hand to receive the wolf's head order, and saw a flash of coldness, and Dutou's arm fell to the ground. Before he could scream, the cold light flashed again,' puff! 'A human head flew up, blood splattering everywhere.

Two hundred soldiers rushed at the fifty soldiers on the top of the city at the same time. They were highly skilled in martial arts, and their movements were quick and fast. They stabbed with spears and slashed with swords. The fifty soldiers on the top of the city screamed a dozen times and then fell silent. down.

The two hundred soldiers of the Song army were divided into two, one hundred soldiers continued to patrol the city, and another soldier went from the lower city to burn food and grass. The Song army threw down ten sets of ladders, climbed down the city, sprayed kerosene, a clicked up.

Two hundred soldiers quickly left the city and headed towards the barracks.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!" Suddenly the alarm bell rang loudly in the barracks, waking up the soldiers one after another.

"The granary is on fire, hurry up and put out the fire!"

There was a sudden commotion in the barracks, and groups of soldiers rushed out of the barracks and ran towards the county seat.

Li Wu led his men to take the opportunity to approach the camp, shouting as they ran, "You must use wooden barrels and tubs to put out the fire. It's useless to go in with bare hands!"

The sentry had already confused them with the soldiers fighting the fire, and they were unprepared. The soldiers of the Song Army shot arrows indiscriminately, and the sentry fell from the sentry tower.

The soldiers threw burning torches into the camp one after another. Dozens of large tents were set ablaze, and the southeast corner of the camp also caught fire. This was in the direction of the downwind, and the fire spread rapidly. Escaped, watching the raging fire engulfed the camp.

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At night, the fierce battle for Niangziguan was still going on, and the Jurchen soldiers also joined the battle. In the fierce battle during the day, more than 3000 signing soldiers were killed, 500 were injured, and only [-] soldiers were still fighting. The top of the city was also continuously hit by fire oil balls thrown by them with trebuchets, and a big fire ignited.

Seeing the hope, Wanyan Helisa ordered an overnight attack, throwing in [-] Jurchen soldiers and [-] signature soldiers.

The fire on Niangziguan Fuguan City was still burning, and the wooden pass city was crumbling. Wang Duo led the soldiers to retreat to Zhengguan City. The bed crossbow, fierce oil fire cabinet and most of the supplies were withdrawn, but the four trebuchets Still engulfed in flames.

Four thousand five hundred gold soldiers stood densely on the mountain path, led by Wanyan Helisa himself. Everyone held their breath and stared at the Guancheng that was about to collapse. At this moment, the burning pillars of Guancheng finally couldn't bear the tower weight, 'Boom! 'With a loud bang, the wooden gate above collapsed.

Jin Bing cheered for a while, Wanyan and Lisa gave an order, "Go in!"

Five hundred Jurchen soldiers charged forward with spears in their hands and charged towards Guancheng, which was [-] paces away. They stomped on the corpses all over the ground and ran quickly, followed by a large group of Jurchen soldiers.

The signing army soldiers paid more than [-] casualties to overcome the first secondary pass, but it was the Jurchen soldiers who won the victory, and the [-] signing army soldiers fell to the end.

The Jurchen soldiers smashed open the gate with battering rams, and five hundred soldiers rushed in. Unexpectedly, they were greeted by a storm of jackdaw iron arrows. The powerful crossbow arrows pierced the shields, pierced their armor, In a blink of an eye, more than 300 Jurchen soldiers fell down one after another, howling and screaming, and the remaining dozens of Jurchen soldiers crawled and escaped from the Guancheng Gate.

Two hundred steps away, at the foot of the main gate, there are three hundred bed crossbows densely placed. These bed crossbows have wheels, and it is very convenient to alternate between advancing and retreating, and they can shoot in turn.

Although the armor of Jurchen soldiers is strong and can block most bows and arrows, it cannot stop the attack of the most powerful crossbow in the world. Every arrow has the power to break through gold and rock. In the history of Song and Jin wars, Jin soldiers were the worst All casualties were lost on the bed crossbows of the Song army.

But Jin Bing also has a way. They forced Xiang Jun to climb up the still burning Fuguanguan City, endured the scalding heat wave, cleaned up the ruins above, pushed all the burning logs down the mountain, and sorted out a wide green brick platform. , and then build the fortification wall with sandbags.

The [-] signatory soldiers were repeatedly shot down by arrows, but they did not dare to retreat. The Jurchen soldiers behind them glared at them viciously with sharp axes, and whoever dared to retreat would be punished as deserters.

After finally building a fortification wall tens of feet long with sandbags, there were less than 300 people left in the [-] sign army, and the remaining [-] people were all shot and killed by the Song army with the god arm crossbow.

At this time, suddenly a soldier pointed in the direction of Jingxing County and shouted: "There is a fire over there!"

The soldiers on the mountain could clearly see the situation thirty miles away. They saw that the fire was burning in the direction of Jingxing County, and the sky was reddened by the fire.

Wanyan and Lisa were shocked. He immediately realized that the logistics of Jingxing County must have been attacked by the Song army. The Song army had hidden troops in Jingxing Road. He glanced at the more majestic and sturdy Niangziguan, the master of Guancheng, and suddenly lost his mind. Confidence, he sighed and said: "Send the order, the whole army retreats!"

Wanyan Helisa paid the price of 9000 casualties and had to retreat in a panic.

Wanyan and Lisa have enough lessons. He knows the strategies and tactics of the Song army too well. If the Song army hides thousands of troops on the Jingxing Road, they will seize the Tumen Pass, cut off their retreat, and burn their own food and grass. If food and grass are cut off, the entire army will inevitably be wiped out in Jingxing. They have had a painful experience on the Luoshui Channel in northern Shaanxi.

So now Wanyan Holisa is not a question of withdrawing to Jingxing County, but withdrawing from the entire Jingxing Road. Only then did he realize that they were not fully prepared to attack Taiyuan Mansion. If they seize an opportunity, they will be destroyed forever, and their entire army will be wiped out on Jingxing Road.

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Three days later, Wanyan Helisa led an army of [-] troops out of Tumen Pass in embarrassment and retreated to Zhengding County. The reason for their embarrassment was that their food and grass ran out the day before, and they had to kill [-] mules carrying food and grass. Donkeys were used as military rations. Fortunately, their back-up food and grass had been sent to Zhengding County, and before they could be sent to Jingxing, these back-up food and grass completely saved their lives.

Wanyan Helisa appointed Wang Zheng, the governor, as the military envoy of Zhending Prefecture, and led 8000 people to sit in Zhengding County, of which [-] troops guarded Tumen Pass.

Wanyan and Lisa no longer had the courage to enter Jingxing again, he actually gave up Jingxing and only guarded the last pass of Jingxing.

After arranging the defense, Wanyan Helisa returned to Daming Mansion with an army of [-]. Although he lost nearly [-] troops, Wanyan Helisa didn't take it seriously. It doesn't matter how much it is, but he doesn't know how to explain the battle of Jingxing to Wan Yanchang, the battle was too embarrassing.

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Lin'an, Yue Fei waited for a full month, and finally waited for his report. There had been rumors that he would be demoted to Lingnan as an official, but no one had announced the transfer order to him, and Yue Fei himself didn't quite believe it. It is a common practice that he will not be directly demoted in the first pass, and the court will give him a chance to explain.

His debriefing was arranged in the left side hall of Ziwei Hall, and behind the right side hall was the imperial study of the emperor Zhao Gou. Generally, important work reports were arranged in the left side hall for the emperor to listen to.

All civil servants and generals dispatched abroad must return to Lin'an to report on their work on time. There are two types of report on work. One is normal report on work, such as once a year. When reporting on their duties, the generals will report to the Privy Council. This kind of reporting is just a formality, and there will be no risk. Instead, it is an opportunity for local officials to build a good relationship with senior officials in Beijing and China.

There is another kind of debriefing called special debriefing, which is mainly aimed at leading military generals. The imperial court issues special debriefing documents to local generals, asking them to return to Beijing to debrief. The imperial court was dissatisfied and asked the general to return to Beijing to explain clearly.

This kind of special debriefing is a hurdle for every general who leads the army. If he passes it, he will have a bright future. If he fails to pass it, he will be dismissed from office and demoted.

Almost every general has encountered this kind of debriefing before. Liu Ziyu, Liu Kai, Wu Jie, Wang Yan, Yue Fei, Chen Qing, Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, etc. Generally, generals with backgrounds can survive this test , or active activities to open up the joints.

The backstage of Liu Ziyu, Liu Qi, and Chen Qing is Zhang Jun, who helped them survive the court hearing, Liu Guangshi’s backstage is the Empress Dowager Wei, and Zhang Jun manages all kinds of relationships well, and Han Shizhong has the power to save the emperor Thanks to the success, Yue Fei won the trust of the emperor before, and passed the hearing without any risk.

Wu Jie and Wang Yan had no background relationship, so they couldn't go back after the debriefing, and were demoted one after another.

Yue Fei waited in Lin'an for nearly a month this time. He didn't seek any connections, and he didn't visit any prime ministers. He just waited patiently. The various investigations on him were almost completed, and the hearing began.

On the other side of the hall, Yue Fei bowed deeply to the Emperor Zhao Gou, "I pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Zhao Gou waved his hand, "Yue Dutong, please sit down!"

Yue Fei sat down, surrounded by Prime Ministers and high-ranking officials. Today, Prime Minister Qin Hui was the one who asked the question. He coughed, cleared his throat, and said calmly: "According to the usual practice, the Prime Minister will ask Yue Dutong three questions. You can answer them truthfully. gone."

"Understandable!"

Qin Hui asked slowly: "In May last year, the imperial court and the Kingdom of Jin signed an indefinite truce agreement. According to the agreement, the imperial court asked Yue Dutong to withdraw his troops and return to Xiangyang, but Yue Dutong said that he would be away. Has it happened that you have rejected the emperor's edict three times?"

Yue Fei sighed and said: "At that time, the humble army defeated the Jin soldiers successively, captured Dengzhou, Ruzhou, Tangzhou, and entered Henan Mansion. Another army was preparing to advance to Yingchang Mansion, which was empty of enemy troops. The first-order troops also conquered Caizhou and Yingzhou, and were preparing to march into Chenzhou. Once the humble West Route Army captured Luoyang, the Middle Route Army occupied Yingchang Mansion, and the East Route Army captured Chenzhou, they would form a three-sided attack on Bianliang. There has never been such a good situation.”

Qin Hui said coldly: "So you said that the general will be away, and the emperor's order will not be granted? Can you refuse the emperor's recall letter?"

"Humble job originally wanted to capture Bianliang, and then come back to plead guilty to the emperor!"

Zhao Gou suddenly asked: "If the general refuses to carry out Yue Dutong's military order in the barracks, what will Yue Dutong do?"

Yue Fei was silent for a moment and said: "Beheaded according to military regulations!"

Zhao Gou looked at him for a moment, then said calmly: "I have no military regulations, so I can't behead you, but I want to remind you now that all the armies in the world belong to me, and I am the commander-in-chief of the three armies. The general I sent out."

"Wei Chen understands!"

Zhao Gou waved his hand to Qin Hui, which means that this matter is over!

Qin Hui turned a page and asked the second question, "According to the regulations of the imperial court, each government has its own jurisdiction, and each army has its own scope of activities. Only the imperial court can dispatch troops. But the imperial court learned that , Yue Dutong actually allowed the Sichuan-Shanxi army to pass through Jingxiang without the permission of the court, is there such a thing?"

Yue Fei nodded, "Is this true?"

"Why did you allow the Sichuan-Shanxi Army to cross the border without authorization?"

Yue Fei sighed and said, "Chen Qing's army used this route to go south. In fact, there was only one time when his 1 cavalry went to Jinghu South Road to suppress bandits. When the Shaanxi army was passing through the border, Orihikozhi was the privy secretary at that time. He had the right to decide that an army of less than 1 people should pass through the border. Orihiko agreed, but the condition was that the opponent could not exceed [-] people. At that time, the opponent was [-] cavalry. , These are all recorded, Qin Xianggong can go to check, and you can also ask the officials of the Privy Council who are with Ori Yanzhi."

Qin Hui was stunned, he didn't expect Yue Fei to push this matter to Zhe Yanzhi, and Zhe Yanzhi had defected to Chen Qing, where could he confront him?

The atmosphere in the court hall was a bit awkward, Xu Xiantu was secretly a little annoyed, Yue Fei didn't make an agreement with him in advance, and pushed the Privy Council to the fire with a casual push, and the responsibility became the Privy Council.

Xu Xiantu said coldly: "But Yue Dutong and Chen Qing reached a transit agreement, didn't they?"

Yue Fei shook his head and said: "The transit agreement is true, but it was an agreement reached after I allowed the soldiers in Chen Qing's army to return to their hometowns to visit their relatives through Xiangyang. Long weapons and military crossbows are not allowed, and a certificate issued by the opposing army to return home to visit relatives is required."

"I reached an agreement with Chen Qing, why didn't I file it with the imperial court?"

Yue Fei glanced at Xu Xiantu, and said slowly: "Reporting to the privy envoy, the humble position is Jingbei Road Xuanfu envoy, this power is there, it is impossible to report everything to the imperial court, such a small matter of returning home to visit relatives, I think There is no need to report to the court."

"This question is over!" Zhao Gou said.

Academician Liu Zhi secretly sighed in his heart, this Yue Fei really doesn't understand politics!The key is not the size of the incident, but his private contact and negotiation with Chen Qing. This is the key, and he can't see through it.

Qin Hui asked the third question again, "Someone in your army reported that you had written a letter to Zhao Chen, the king of Chenliu County, who was recuperating in Jingzhao. Is there such a thing?"

Yue Fei stood up abruptly, and asked sharply: "There is absolutely no such thing, Qin Xianggong, please tell me, who is framing me?"

Qin Hui narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Why is Yue Dutong so guilty and roaring at the court?"

Only then did Yue Fei realize that he was impolite. He bowed to the emperor Zhao Gou and said, "I am impatient. I heard that someone framed me, so I exploded. I am rude. Please forgive me, but things happen. If you don’t have it, you don’t have it, I will never lie, please learn from your majesty!”

Zhao Gou waved his hand and said, "I'm a little tired, let's end the work report!"

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Emperor Zhao Gou returned to the imperial study with a gloomy face, Qin Hui, Zhu Shengfei and Xu Xiantu also arrived.

At present, there are only three of them in the court, and Li Guang, who is in charge of finance, has also been dismissed. Zhu Shengfei is a member of the Empress Dowager Wei's clique, and Qin Hui is the head of the hundred officials.

And Xu Xiantu is the confidant of the emperor Zhao Gou. He usually doesn't say anything, but he needs to be a good person at critical moments. For example, in the Zheng Tongquan incident, Chen Qing publicly threatened in the "Beijing News". He did not hesitate to send assassins to retaliate.

At this time, Xu Xiantu needs to come forward to resolve the crisis. This is the emperor's mind. Someone needs to come forward to be a villain, but someone also needs to come forward to be a good person.

Qin Hui bowed and said: "Your Majesty, it is easier to restrain a tiger than to restrain it. I suggest that Yue Fei be imprisoned and punished. If the crime is confirmed, he will be killed to avoid future troubles."

"What crime?" Zhao Gou asked coldly.

"The crime of treason, the crime of deceiving the king."

After a pause, Qin Hui explained: "The crime of treason stems from the fact that he and Chen Qing colluded in private, reached an agreement in private, and completely ignored the court. Although he has not done it as blatantly as Chen Qing, there are already signs of it, such as calling the army The Yue family army, for example, scorned the court agreement and so on.

We have to learn from Chen Qing's lesson, we can't wait for the evidence of his treason to be conclusive before taking action, then it will be too late, and the humble official does not recommend exiling him, what if he absconds like Zhe Yanzhi and fled to Xiangyang to raise the flag to rebel?So the best way is to kill them to avoid future troubles. "

Zhu Shengfei said from the side: "His son Yue Yun and his confidant Zhang Xian are still holding the military power in Jingxiang. Isn't Qin Xianggong killing Yue Fei now to force them to rebel?"

"What about Mr. Zhu's opinion?" Zhao Gou asked.

"Weichen suggested to put Yue Fei under house arrest first, take over his military power, and arrest Yue Yun, Zhang Xian and others back to Lin'an, and then consider how to convict them."

Zhao Gou nodded. Zhu Shengfei's method was relatively safe. He glanced at Xu Xiantu, who was still in deep thought, and asked, "What do you think, Mr. Xu?"

Xu Xiantu sighed and said, "Your Majesty, Yue Fei cannot be killed for the time being!"

"How to say?"

"Your Majesty, our ultimate goal of convicting Yue Fei is to seize his military power. If we kill him, what will happen to Zhang Jun? What will happen to Han Shizhong? Do they dare to return for a temporary report? Can their military power still be cut? "

Qin Hui was a little dissatisfied and said: "Yue Fei is different from them. Yue Fei's three major crimes are clear. Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong don't have these crimes, so why should we panic?"

Xu Xiantu shook his head and said: "Mr. Qin, why should he deceive himself and others? Let's talk about Yue Fei's three crimes, but if it is really promulgated, it will be untenable."

Zhao Gou frowned and asked, "Xu Xianggong had better speak clearly, why is it untenable?"

"Your Majesty! It is true that Orihiko agreed to allow Chen Qing to cross the border without authorization. The Privy Council can find the records. First of all, this one is untenable. Secondly, he secretly dealt with Chen Qing. Didn't Zhang Jun? Didn't Han Shizhong? Produced in Ganzhou Each of Han Shizhong's soldiers had a piece of sheepskin, but the imperial court had never bought it. Where did the kerosene in Zhang Jun's army come from? Yue Fei didn't.

Furthermore, it is said that Yue Fei wrote a letter to Chenliu County King, and a discerning person would know that it was framed, how could it be possible?Zhao Huan and his son were under the strict control of Chen Qing. Everyone in the world didn't know that Yue Fei could still communicate with Zhao Chen. Are all the people in the world fools? "

Xu Xiantu added: "There is also the matter of Yue Fei's refusal to resist the edict, let alone mention it. If the people know that Yue Fei's army has reached Luoyang and is about to encircle Bianliang, they are ordered by the court to withdraw and are forced to give up all their efforts to regain their homeland. , killed Yue Fei, but the court's reputation was completely ruined."

Qin Hui was also silent. He knew before that the officials wanted to kill Yue Fei, so he tried his best to cater to him. He tried every means to convict and kill Yue Fei, but Xu Xiantu obviously knew the emperor better than him. If something happened to Yue Fei hastily, Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong would have trouble Get up, the emperor may use himself as a scapegoat.

Zhao Gou stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, and asked coldly for a while, "Then according to Mr. Xu's intention, what should we do now?"

"I agree with Zhu Xianggong's plan. First put Yue Fei under house arrest, remove Yue Yun, Zhang Xian and others from the military power, and then consider how to deal with Yue Fei. I am more inclined to demote him to Lingnan as a civil servant. This is what I suggested to His Majesty before. plan."

"Then who is better to take over his army?" Zhao Gou asked again.

Xu Xiantu thought for a while and said: "There must be enough troops to suppress Yue Fei's army and prevent them from rebelling. I suggest that Zhang Jun be appointed as the Xuanfu envoy of Jinghu North Road to take over Yue Fei's army."

Zhao Gou nodded. Zhang Jun is quite reassuring. He is greedy and greedy for money. Such a person will not rebel. In the future, give him more titles and benefits, and let him hand over his military power.

Zhao Gou immediately made a decision, "Follow Xu Xianggong's plan!"

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Yue Fei and his second son Yue Lei lived in the Jinzuo Academy of Xiangyang Mansion. After the job report was over, Yue Fei returned to the Jinzuo Academy with a lot of worries. Pack your things and go home, pack now!"

"Father, what's wrong?"

Yue Fei sighed and said, "The Son of Heaven is going to seize my military power, and I'm afraid that your brother will rebel. You should go back and tell your mother to stop him. Don't allow him to act recklessly, and ruin my reputation!"

Yue Fei packed all the dozens of taels of silver into a bag, took out his gold medal, and handed it to his second son Yue Lei, "Hurry up and take Zhang Bao with them, or it will be too late!"

Yue Lei took the package, kowtowed three times to his father with tears in his eyes, got up and left in a hurry.

As soon as Yue Lei left, General Yang Yizhong surrounded the courtyard where Yue Fei lived with hundreds of soldiers, clasped his fists and said: "Yue Dutong, I have ordered you to change a place of residence for Dutong, please Dutong and your son." Pack your things and follow me!"

Yue Fei sat at the table reading a book, and asked for a while, "Have I been dismissed from office?"

"Not yet, but the emperor asked Yue Dutong to hand over the military talisman and command arrow first, this is the emperor's oral order."

Yue Fei knew that Yang Yizhong was the emperor's confidant, he was cautious and would never pass on word of mouth indiscriminately, so he took out the tiger talisman and command arrow and put them on the table.