One Piece of Song Dynasty

Li Xin sneered and said, "I just want to stimulate him. When I get to the place, I will publicize it with great fanfare. As long as I arrive in Luzhou, all the enemy's eyes will be focused on me. In this way, they will be behind me." I don’t pay much attention to this matter. This person is prone to do irrational things when he is stimulated. Then our opportunity will come.”

Wang Shu thought for a while and wanted to persuade Li Xin again. Li Xin knew that they were afraid that he would get away with it, but Li Xin still waved his hand and refused Wang Shu's dissuasion and said, "I know what you are worried about, but don't be afraid. The enemy will attack you." After more than a month of siege warfare, both supplies and morale must have been almost exhausted, so it’s decided.”

Zhao Ding frowned and asked, "We have all gone to Luzhou, what about the government affairs?"

Li Xin said, "Zhao Ding was promoted to Shangshu Zuopushe, Li Guang was promoted to Jiangdong Zhizhi envoy to participate in political affairs, returned to Lin'an to preside over the government affairs, and Li Ying was transferred to Jiangdong Zhizhi envoy."

Zhao Ding bowed and said, "I obey your order."

On the same day that Li Xin received the letter from Yu Yunwen, Wang Gui and Pang Rong set off towards the two locations with two advance teams of several hundred people.

After five days of sailing, both teams successfully arrived at the waters near their destination during the day on July . When they arrived, the ships of the two teams were decorated with pirate skull and crossbones flags to keep it confidential. All that was left was to wait. Night falls.

The person who responded to Wang Gui's team was Zhao Yun's subordinate Hu Zi, and the person who responded to Pang Rong was Zhang Yan, the subordinate of Kang Ning, the chief secretary of Changli County. Since Kang Ning received this task, he was very excited because he knew that once the Northern Expedition was successful, he could He went home to see his relatives. He was one of the first secret spies to follow Liang Xing to Yanyun. His subordinate Zhang Yan was a few years later than him, but he was also in Yanyun for more than ten years.

At the beginning of the night of July , Zhang Yan and his men went to the beach to wave torches at the scheduled time. Soon Pang Rong discovered the torches of Zhang Yan and others through the telescope, and he hurriedly ordered the ships to go ashore.

After docking, Pang Rong and Zhang Yan checked their codes and confirmed that they were their own. Zhang Yan held Pang Rong's hand and said excitedly, "Welcome to you. My name is Zhang Yan. I was ordered to pick you up. You are here today." How many people are there? There are two villages within a radius of ten miles near this coast, with about four to five hundred villagers, mainly Han and Khitan people."

Pang Rong replied, "We have two hundred people here today. These two villages must be controlled. One hundred people per village. Just wait until the army lands tomorrow night."

Zhang Yan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take you there."

Zhang Yan and Pang Rong were walking at the front of the team. Zhang Yan asked, "Where are you from?"

Pang Rong looked at Zhang Yan and said, "I was originally from the Daming Prefecture in Hebei Province. Later, when the Jin soldiers came, I became a soldier and followed General Hu Cheng, the commander of the Tokyo Left Behind Department. Later, General Hu was killed by the traitor Qi Fang, so I took him with him. I followed the team south and surrendered to General Yue Feiyue. Where are you, brother?"

Zhang Yan said excitedly, "That's a good relationship. I was originally from Xiangzhou, not far from Daming Mansion, but later there was a famine, and my whole family became refugees and went to Jiangnan. When we arrived in Jiangnan, I was the only one left with my wife and son. My mother was later taken in by the prince. She was able to eat and drink under the prince, and the whole family lived a good life. Later, when the prince recruited people to come to Yanyun, I signed up to repay the favor. "

Pang Rong asked, "How many years have you been here?"

Zhang Yan sighed, "It's been fifteen years. In these years, apart from occasionally sending letters back, I basically don't know the situation at home. I still remember that my son was only four years old when I left. He should be nineteen now. I don’t know what he looks like anymore. I didn’t even go back to get my son married, and I didn’t even go back when my mother passed away a few years ago.” Zhang Yan shed tears silently at this point.

Pang Rong patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "Brother, you have worked hard. It's okay. When this is over, you can go home and have a good rest."

Zhang Yan wiped his tears and said, "Yes, we have been preparing for this day for many years. Really brothers, when I heard the news, I couldn't believe it was true."

Pang Rong said, "This is all true. We have experienced the darkest period of the Song Dynasty, and now it is time to move towards the light."

Zhang Yan nodded and said, "Yes, brother, you don't know. At the beginning, we in Yanyun watched the Jingkang disaster happen and were unable to do anything. Especially we were very angry about the incompetent actions of the court, but fortunately, the prince came out to turn the tide. .”

Pang Rong suddenly asked in a daze, "Have brothers gotten married again in Yanyun?"

Zhang Yan sighed and said, "We got married. We all got married in order to gain a foothold in Yanyun. I married a Khitan woman here and now we have a son and a daughter. The son is ten years old and the daughter is eight years old."

Pang Rong smiled and said, "What are you going to do after this incident?"

Zhang Yan said, "What else can be done, we must take them all away. To be honest, it is not easy for the people here to face the oppression of the Jurchens, especially the Han and Khitan people."

Pang Rong asked, "Why didn't they rise up and resist? Instead, they were very active when they invaded the south."

Zhang Yan shook his head and sighed, "The reasons here are too complicated. First, if you can't resist, you will die; second, everything you rob during the southern invasion is yours. This is very important. This is also the main motivation for them to support the southern invasion; third, The people here despise the people in the south, because the south has never won against the north, whether in the Liao Dynasty or in the current Daijin Dynasty. The weak believe in the strong. This is an eternal truth. You can fight even if you fight. But how can I convince others? But the people here are very generous and loyal. As long as you have a heart-to-heart relationship with them, you will definitely go through fire and water without hesitation. The most important thing is to win more battles and let those people see. .”

Pang Rong said thoughtfully, "Well, I understand."

The two of them arrived at their first destination while talking. Pang Rong ordered his people to quickly block the entrance and exit of the village. After finding the rich householder in the village, Pang Rong sent someone to take him out and said, "What is the name of this old man?" name"

The old man replied, "I, Li Ze, may I ask what this little brother wants to do with me?"

Pang Rong replied, "I think your family is living well in this village. I think the old man can still talk in this village. This village has been requisitioned by us for one day. I hope the old man will tell the villagers about it tomorrow during the day." We are not allowed to leave the village, we only need one day, and I don’t want anything unpleasant to happen during this period.”

Li Ze looked at Pang Rong. His accent told him that he was not a local. He also looked at the fierce-looking strong men around Pang Rong and knew that something was wrong. "I dare to ask what I do, but I want money."

Pang Rong shook his head and said, "I don't want your money. I just want the village to spend the day as usual tomorrow, but I can't leave the village."

Li Ze was a little surprised when he heard this. It was really rare for someone to rob someone without asking for money, but in the end Li Ze agreed, "Yes, I understand."

After making arrangements here and leaving a hundred people behind, Pang Rong followed Zhang Yan and led another hundred people towards another village.