One Piece of Song Dynasty

Zong Han knew that the Song army's combat effectiveness was relatively poor, but he did not expect to be so vulnerable. From then on, he gradually came up with the idea of ​​overthrowing the Song Dynasty regime. At the beginning of the invasion, the Jin army did not have a strategic plan for the two armies to join forces in Tokyo and destroy the Song Dynasty. Their combat goal was only to occupy the Yanshan area and Shanxi. Their banner was to use the Yellow River as the boundary and rule by dividing the river.

After Zong Han led the Western Jin Army to invade the Hedong area of ​​the Song Dynasty, the "Han'ers" in Shuo, Wu, and Daizhou opened their cities and surrendered one after another. As a result, the Western Jin Army marched straight in, as if they were entering uninhabited territory. However, there were also ministers who died in battles in the Song Dynasty, and Li Yi was one of them. Li Yi was from the north of Shenmu, Xinqin, Shaanxi in present-day Linzhou. He was from the same hometown as Yang Ye, the general of the Yang family. At that time, he served as the inspector of Daizhou West Road on the mission of Wu Yilang.

After Zong Han occupied Daizhou, he sent the surrender general Li Siben to the counties of Daizhou to recruit and surrender. Li Siben arranged for his general Zang Fen to go to Nao County, now Yuanping City, Shanxi Province, to persuade him to surrender. Guoxian County has always been a battleground for military strategists, and is known as the "Key to the Three Jin Dynasties". At this time, Li Yi was in Nao County. Zang Fen rode to the gate of Nao County and shouted to Li Yi to persuade him to surrender. Li Yi stood on the tower and yelled at Li Siben, and suddenly shot Zang Fen with an arrow. One arrow hit Zang Fen's mount, which scared Zang Fen and ran away.

Li Yi said to the generals Zhe Kehe and others: "I will guard this city with you, and we must be loyal and loyal to repay the country."

At that time, Shuozhou guard Sun Yi and his generals broke away from Zhong'an and led their troops and horses to garrison in Yangwuzhai. Yangwuzhai, Guozhai, Xixingsai, Ruyue Village, Huguzhai, Dashizhai and other military villages are all in Dai County. The purpose of Yang Ye's building of these military villages was to defend the Khitan. After the fall of Daizhou, Li Yi often exchanged letters secretly with Sun Yi and Zhe Zhongan. Li Yi suggested that they send troops to guard Shiling Pass, because Shiling Pass is the throat of Taiyuan and the terrain is steep. If they can hold on to Shiling Pass, After being closed for more than ten days, Taiyuan City can gather food and guard it to wait for reinforcements from all directions. Even if the Jin army garrisoned troops under Taiyuan City, "it will not dare to drive south if the situation is like a wolf." Sun Yi and Zhe Zhongan were convinced. They wrote a secret letter to Li Yi, hoping that Li Yi could come to the army and work together. Li Yi told Zhe Keyu this plan, and Zhe Keyu also agreed. So they planned to divide their troops to break out of the city, and then go straight to Shiling Pass.

When the residents of Guo County heard that Li Yi was leaving, they "wept their heads and blocked the road to please stay." Seeing this, Li Yi couldn't bear to abandon the city, so he decided to defend the city and wait for reinforcements. At that time, Zhe Keyu's brother Zhe Kecun, general Lu Zhixing, county magistrate Li Sheng, county prime minister Tang Chen, prisoner Zhang Hongfu, county lieutenant Liu Ziying, wine supervisor Yan Cheng, Yisheng army commander Cui Zhong and others were all surrounded. In the city of Guo County. Among these people, only Cui Zhong was a Yan native who later surrendered to the imperial court, that is, "Han'er". However, everyone did not doubt him and let him lead the Yisheng army composed of "Han'er".

Soon, Li Yi heard that the Taiyuan magistrate Zhang Xiaochun had sent the returning official Geng Shouzhong to guard Shiling Pass. He looked up to the sky and sighed: "How can a man like Geng Shouzhong be entrusted with such a big thing? The national affairs are gone."

Seeing that the reinforcements had not arrived for a long time, Li Yi said to the county magistrate Li Sheng and others: "Cui Zhong is a Han son. This kind of person is greedy for profit. How can he have the loyalty to guard the city with the general in case of internal rebellion? , not only will he harm the country, but we will also suffer disaster, so it is better to kill him first."

Zhe Keyu agreed with Li Yi's suggestion, but the others remained silent. After a while, the county magistrate Li She suggested: "Cui Zhong is usually very loyal. We can carefully plan with him the stakes of defending Shiling Pass to test his attitude."

Li Yi was a little suspicious of Mr. Cui Zhong and said, "If I tell him, will he obey my arrangements?"

Li Yi then found Cui Zhong with Zhe Keyu and asked him to lead the troops to Shiling Pass. As expected, Cui Zhong refused to obey. Moreover, Cui Zhong also fought with Zhe Keyu for the key to the city gate. Zhe Ke refused to give it to him, saying: "The Duke is a court official. If the Duke holds the key to the city gate, he may be suspicious of the people."

Cui Zhong said: "I am an official, the key to the city gate should be given to me."

They argued and fought. Li Yi was very angry when he saw this. He grabbed the key to the city gate, broke it in two and said, "Since we have sworn to defend the city for the country, why should we fight for this key? Don't fight for it. We can break the siege and then open the city."

The next day, Cui Zhong summoned his colleagues in the county government to discuss matters. The prisoner Zhang Hongfu said to Cui Zhong: "I heard that there are people in the Yisheng Army who want to be internal agents for the Jin people. What should I do?"

Cui Zhong replied: "How dare you allow your subordinates to rebel?" As he said this, he looked under the tent, suddenly pulled out his sword and stabbed Zhang Hongfu, stabbing Zhang Hongfu to death.

Li Yi was shocked when he heard the news and hurriedly led his army. After repelling the rebels, he sent people to look for Cui Zhong, but they couldn't find him. So he climbed onto the city wall, determined to defend the city with the defenders. Soon, Cui Zhong rebelled and led the enemy into the city, "burning buildings and oars and robbing the residents." Li Yi led his army in a bloody battle with the enemy. "From dusk to dawn, I was exhausted and captured."

The day before the town of Guoxian County was captured by the Jin army, Li Yi was mentally prepared to die for his country. He told his son Li Zongzhou four things: "If the city is destroyed, I will not be able to survive and obey the Jin people. I heard that Daizhou Shi Anping has broken through, and the battle general Xin Jian killed himself after scolding the thief. After my death, you must find a way to return to your hometown and complain about my death to the court so that my death will not be forgotten. Then future generations will say that I have something. A loyal minister of the Song Dynasty, and you are a filial son. In the future, your uncle's orphan will receive the favor from the court. Your stepmother has only been married to me for a few months with a large sum of money. I regard state affairs as my top priority. How can I care about her? I will die. After that, you should serve her like your own mother. Even if you are all unfortunate enough to fall into the enemy's trap, don't abandon her. After my death, if you can return to your hometown, bury my bones in the ancient ridge, so that I can serve my ancestors after my death. If a person is in Jiuquan, why should he hate his death?"

After Li Yi was captured, Zong Han and Xi Yin sent people to persuade him many times to persuade him to surrender and "want to be awarded the title of Beiguan". However, Li Yi was determined to commit suicide and become a benevolent person, and he "criticized and refused to give in" to the Jin people.

On this day, Zong Han and Xi Yin sent people to Li Yi again and said: "I want to take over the world. This small county dares to resist the army. I also like loyalty and righteousness. I don't want to kill you. But if you obey me, I will be spared." Even if he dies, he still holds office, so you can worship him."

After hearing this, Li Yi folded his words and said, "I will not eat what I have said, and I will live with the Duke to the death." Then, he loudly cursed the Jin people and said, "I am a minister of the Southern Dynasty. I was captured because of the traitor's help. If you want to kill, you will be killed. How can you be willing to worship your dog?"

The translator did not translate Li Yi's words completely literally, "The intention is consistent with the intention, and the prince is lured with sweet words." But Li Yi didn't appreciate it. He pointed angrily at the people sent by Zong Han and Xi Yin and said, "Unfortunately, I have been robbed and humiliated by a dog. How can I be a living person?" l0ns3v3

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