I rebelled in the Song Dynasty

Zhongdao and Zhe Keqiu led the sergeant and ran out of Yanmen Pass without looking back. They stopped to rest when they saw no pursuers behind them.

Zhe Keqiu pushed Zhong away and said, "Xiannie, why do you want to save me? A general who loses his land and defeats his army should live and die with Yanmen.

How can I have the face to meet an official, a handsome man?

Now that Yanmen has been lost, our army has suffered heavy casualties. Even if it retreats to Taiyuan, Liu Sheng's unpredictable methods will be used.

As long as he leads his army to attack Yemen, Taiyuan will be destroyed.

I no longer have the confidence to face Liu Sheng, nor the shame to meet with officials. "

As he said that he was going to kill himself with a knife, the guards on the side were already watching under Zhongdao's instructions.

The moment Zhe Keqiu swung the knife, he was held down and the blade was taken away from his hand.

Zhe Keqiu said angrily: "You, you," but couldn't say a word, and finally sighed deeply helplessly.

At this time, Zhongdao stepped forward to persuade: "Uncle Shi, you also said that Liu Sheng's methods are unpredictable. No one knows how he did it. This defeat was not the fault of the military.

But Liu Sheng used something we didn't know about. What we have to do now is to guard Taiyuan, and then spread the news about Yanmen and Liu Sheng's methods to the court.

Then we serve as defensive reinforcements, and we can defend them for as many days as we can.

If uncle Shi killed himself and fulfilled a legend, how could he defend Taiyuan with only his nephew left?

Liu Sheng's army went south and directly attacked Taiyuan. Linfen occupied the entire Shanxi Province and threatened Kaifeng. Shishu's sin was even greater. "

Zhe Keqiu looked at the soldiers surrounding him who were concerned about him, and their expressions were gloomy.

The fully-strength Zhejia army numbered 30,000 people. They were first coaxed by Tong Guan to go south to fight for justice, and suffered more than half of their casualties. In the end, they saw nothing of the promised rewards and pensions.

Then, under the instructions of Marshal Zhong, knowing that Liu Sheng was weird and not knowing how to break through the two city gates, he refused to listen to Zhong Dao's persuasion and insisted on forming a formation to defeat Liu Sheng.

Now the number of sergeants gathered around him was less than five thousand. It could be said that the Zhe family army was gone.

As if they had seen through the situation, the guards surrounding him said, "General, we don't blame you. Going south to put down the rebellion was a choice we made together. It's just that Tong Guan was too cunning and didn't give the promised reward.

The brothers are acting recklessly these days because they want the general to cheer up and take care of us.

Liu Sheng's methods were so weird that we had never heard of them, and we accepted his defeat. We just asked the general to cheer up and lead us to defeat Liu Sheng and once again promote the reputation of our family's army. "

Hearing the shouts of generals all around, Zhe Keqiu burst into tears.

Zhongdao continued: "Uncle Shi, we just lost one level, and knowing Liu Sheng's trump card, we still have many opportunities, so don't think too much!"

The military commander who was defeated in the Song Dynasty would definitely be severely punished, not to mention that what he lost was Yanmen Pass, a great pass that had never been lost since the founding of the Song Dynasty.

Losing Yanmen would almost expose the entire capital to the enemy, which would add insult to injury.

However, as long as he dies on the battlefield and Liu Sheng's weapons appear on the battlefield and are known to the world, the court will not only not embarrass him, but also frantically support his family and spread his deeds.

But at this moment Zhe Kezhi looked at the old brothers around him, and suddenly felt that he was selfish, selfishly leading them south, selfishly wanting to die.

If he dies, what will his old brothers do?

He stood up and shouted loudly: "Brothers, I am so sorry for you. I led you to fight in the north and south. I wanted to do some meritorious deeds and make the brothers' lives easier, but I failed again and again, and now it is even worse. It’s like a lost dog, but our Zhejia Army is definitely not at this level. We must rebuild the Zhejia Army. Let the enemy flee when they see our flag, and their liver and gallbladder will burst when they hear our reputation.”

"We soldiers have the responsibility to defend the land. We should die when the city is overthrown and repay the country with our death. However, the family hatred has not been avenged, and the country's hatred remains. When bandits attack, we should leave our bodies behind and fight with the enemy until death. This shows our great Song Dynasty. The true nature of a man.”

"The general is mighty, the general is mighty..."

With some words, the low morale was mobilized again.

Zhongdao said: "Uncle Shi, we should retreat to Taiyuan and wait for reinforcements from the imperial court."

Zhe Keqiu thought for a while and said: "Deploy soldiers and prisoners from all counties from Yanmen Pass to the south to Taiyuan to defend Taiyuan.

This was a trick that the Khitan had used before, but now he couldn't care less about whether it worked or not. The only thing Zhe Keqiu could think of now was to rush to Taiyuan quickly and seal all the city gates. Otherwise, he couldn't think of any other way to resist Liu Sheng. .

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Zhongdao looked worried and said: "Defending is not the answer. The top priority now is to find out what method Liu Sheng used? To be able to launch such a large iron pellet and hit it so accurately, the stone trebuchet absolutely cannot do it." "

Zhe Keqiu thought for a while and said, "I think Liu Sheng might have used gunpowder."

Looking at Zhongdao's puzzled eyes, he explained: "When you were young, when I fought against Xixia with Commander Zhong, we used gunpowder. Although it was not as powerful as it is today, the poisonous mist and smoke emitted from it also made The Xixia army suffered heavy losses.

Occasionally, fire would erupt. Nowadays, the gunpowder jars used by the Khitans in Zhongjing were also developed in the Song Dynasty. When they explode, they will also emit fire and be accompanied by a large amount of smoke. Although you stand far away, you can't see it clearly.

But at the moment of the loud noise, I did see fire and a lot of smoke.

Liu Sheng should have mastered the method of using gunpowder that we don't know.

Only then could he break through Yanmen so easily. "

"Then how should we defend against this gunpowder?" Zhongdao didn't know much about gunpowder, he mostly practiced riding and shooting.

Zhe Keqiu was confused when asked, how to prevent gunpowder?

Making gunpowder has just begun in the Song Dynasty. They are also making gunpowder jars according to the description of Liu Sheng outside Wuguan and the Jurchens being bombed in Zhongjing.

They haven't yet figured out how to make a gunpowder pot, which is most powerful, but now Liu Sheng can already use gunpowder so flexibly.

The method of using a gunpowder jar is very simple, just light it and throw it out, or bury it on the ground.

It's not difficult to be on guard as long as you're careful. As for the method that can drive the iron pill that far, it's unheard of.

And he only suspected it was gunpowder. After thinking for a while, Zhe Keqiu said: "Water, gunpowder is afraid of water, and it will be useless as long as it touches water."

The two looked up at the sky and fell into silence.

Zhe Ke begged: "Let's rush to Taiyuan first. At least it's right to seal the city gate. We'll think about the rest on the way.

According to Liu Sheng's theory of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao, if we occupy Yanmen, we are likely to move south quickly, or go east to threaten Kaifeng. We need to defend Taiyuan and pass the news to the court. "