Northern Song Dynasty: Counterattack and became emperor after the Jingkang Revolution

Chapter 59 Liu Yu’s choice
Zhang Xiaochun smiled slightly, "Officials, if you don't follow Zhang Bangchang's example and surrender the Song Dynasty with gold and silver troops, not only can you save your family's lives, but you can also be granted a title of marquis."

Liu Yu pondered for a moment after hearing the words, and thought that what he said was not unreasonable. After all, there was the precedent of Zhang Bangchang. After he asked to abdicate and abdicate the throne, Zhao Gou not only did not accuse him, but instead gave him a fief on Zhejiang Road to live in. Tian Nian.

However, before he could respond, Zuo Cheng Li Xiaoyang stood up and objected, "How can Zhang Bangchang be compared with an official? The reason why Zhang Bangchang was not prosecuted for the crime of disobedience was because he did not do anything to make Zhao Gou murderous." , but if the officials surrender to the Song Dynasty, there will be only a dead end."

When Liu Yu heard this, he felt that Li Xiaoyang's words made more sense. After Zhang Bangchang became the emperor, he always left a way out for himself, but he was different. He not only assisted the Jin people in raiding the Song Dynasty clan, but was also good at killing the Song Dynasty ministers... various behaviors All in all, it would be strange if Zhao Gou didn't kill himself.

"Master Li is very reasonable. If I surrender, I will definitely die! But if I don't surrender, what will happen if Shen Wanshu's army invades the capital?"

Zheng Yinian, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, made a suggestion, "Officials, there are still [-] soldiers and horses in Qingzhou. We can order Qingzhou soldiers and horses to rush to the capital. We can order General Liu Yang to rush to the aid of His Highness the Crown Prince. Your Majesty will write another letter to Wanyan Zonghan." , ordered him to mobilize all his troops and go south to attack Kaifeng. Then Shen Wanshu will 'surround Wei and save Zhao', can't we wait?"

Liu Yu was overjoyed after hearing this, "Master Zheng has made a good analysis, so let's implement it accordingly!"

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After Wang Shan defeated Puzhou, he followed Zhao Yingluo's instructions and stationed himself directly in Puzhou, waiting for the next order.After Liu Yi learned that Puzhou had fallen, he received Liu Yu's instructions and led his army to turn towards Shangzhou.

Zhao Yingluo's 9 horses were about to hit Liu Lin's tens of thousands of horses, while Liu Ni's 3 horses were behind Zhao Yingluo, and Han Shizhong's 2 horses were behind Liu Lin.

This situation made the duel between Zhao Yingluo and Liu Lin the winner of the Shangzhou battle.

If Zhao Yingluo defeats Liu Lin's army, she can join forces with Han Shizhong to strangle Liu Yi. Otherwise, Liu Lin and Liu Ni's armies can merge together and counterattack Han Shizhong.

Liu Lin led the army to march for a day, and it was not until the sun set that a scout came to report that his army was less than fifty miles away from Shen Wanshu's army.

"Give me the order, set up camp nearby, give the soldiers a good meal, and fight to the death with them early in the morning."

【That night】

A day of rapid marching made the soldiers extremely tired. After dinner, they returned to the camp to rest. The entire camp was extremely quiet except for a few patrolling soldiers.

At midnight, when people were sleeping most soundly, all the soldiers were still asleep. Suddenly, they all woke up when they heard the sound of horses neighing and the cry of "enemy attack" from outside.

At this time, Liu Lin's camp was already in a sea of ​​fire. Some people were lucky enough to escape from the tent, while some unlucky ones were directly burned to death in the tent.

After Liu Lin was woken up from his sleep by his guards, he didn't even bother to put on his clothes. He jumped on his horse and ran wildly along the road with the retreating people and horses.

That's right, Zhao Yingluo did it again!Liu Lin detected the distance of Zhao Yingluo's army. Of course, Zhao Yingluo's scouts were not for nothing.

After learning that Liu Lin was stationed fifty miles away from her, Zhao Yingluo suddenly came up with a bold idea. The art of war said, "When the enemy is stationed, I will harass you." Why not order the cavalry to harass her at night? Even if she could not win a complete victory, It also made Liu Lin unable to sleep well all night.

So after she and Yue Fei made a plan, they ordered Yue Fei and Wang Zaixing to each bring five thousand cavalry, arrows, tung oil and other items, and take advantage of the night to approach Liu Lin's camp.

Yue Fei's two night attack armies followed the agreement. Yue Fei ordered his cavalry to fire a volley of rockets, setting Liu Lin's army's right wing camp on fire. Wang Zaixing led his army to attack the left wing camp again.The wind helped the fire, and in just half an hour, Liu Lin's camp had been completely burned down.

This night attack caused Liu Lin to lose nearly half of his food and grass and one-fifth of his men. When he cleaned up the remaining troops the next day, he felt his heart drop when he saw the miserable appearance of his subordinates.

He had been fighting for several years, but had he ever been so embarrassed?
"General, now that we have experienced this setback before the war, the morale of the army has declined. If we don't return to Shangzhou before making a decision, if we use this remaining army to face Shen Wanshu's [-]-strong division, we may be in trouble."

Liu Lin sneered and said, "A mere woman did not dare to confront me head-on despite some sneak attacks. This shows her cowardice. If I were to meet this person, I would definitely make her surrender."

That person thought, haven't you already met Shen Wanshu now, why don't you take any countermeasures?
Liu Lin led the remaining troops and fled to a county not far from Shangzhou before finally stopping the army.

After Zhao Yingluo's night attack was successful, she asked the 1 men who participated in the night attack to return to the camp to continue resting.

He led the remaining 8 troops to march in a day and finally caught up with Liu Lin's army. However, Liu Lin's army had already entered the city at this time. If he wanted to fight Liu Lin decisively, he would have to fight a fierce siege. war.

This was not what Zhao Yingluo wanted to see, but she had to admit that Liu Lin's escape speed was the fastest she had ever seen.

Zhao Yingluo was not in a hurry to attack the city. She was waiting for Han Shizhong's arrival, and was also wary of Liu Yi behind her taking the retreat.

【Yanjing】

After four days of running around, Liu Yu's letter asking for help finally reached Wanyan Zonghan.

Wanyan Zonghan quickly informed Jin Taizong Wanyan Sheng about Liu Yu's affairs in the court.

"Your Majesty, the Song Dynasty is besieging Liu Yu. Our country, the Kingdom of Jin, and Daqi are dependent on each other. If they die, their teeth will be cold! Now Liu Yu and his son are in danger. For the sake of his loyalty to the Jin Dynasty, I request that troops be sent out immediately to attack Kaifeng. .”

Before Zhao Yingluo appeared, Wanyan Zonghan was originally going to lead his troops south to attack Kaifeng and give it to Liu Yu. However, the appearance of Zhao Yingluo caused an unexpected change in the wheel of history.

Historically, Liu Yu's puppet Qi not only occupied Kaifeng, but also controlled roads, states, counties, and counties in Hexi and the Wei River Valley with the help of the Jin people. They also sent large armies southward and occupied large areas of land in Huaibei.

But in the time and space dimension of Zhao Yingluo, Liu Yu not only failed to control more territory, but instead compressed his power to a large area north of the Yellow River and east of the Taihang Mountains.

Therefore, Wanyan Zonghan had already planned to assist Liu and his son, but Jin Taizong suppressed this matter in order to improve the relationship with Song Dynasty.

But now Liu Yu took the initiative to ask for help from him, which gave him hope, because it was mentioned in the letter that after defeating Shen Wanshu's army, Da Qi would definitely give Da Jin 500 taels of gold as a reward.

So he immediately wrote a letter and ordered the messenger to hurry up and send it back to Liu Yu.

Liu Yu was overjoyed after receiving Wanyan Zonghan's reply, and immediately ordered Zheng Yinian and others to set off immediately to fully cooperate with Wanyan Zonghan's southward offensive.

(End of this chapter)