Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 44 I’m poor, give me some.
  The city gate was closed tightly, and dull drums kept ringing at the top of the city. The smoke and dust rising behind the golden cavalry as they ran made the defenders at the top of the city unclear for a while how many people were on the other side, but this sight undoubtedly gave them brought great fear.

Almost all those present were former soldiers of the Liao Kingdom, and their country was defeated and annihilated bit by bit by the army under the banner of the Jinren. Now when that flag appeared again, inside the city garrison There was an uproar.

The sky was covered with dark clouds, and a heavy rain or snow was about to come. The blood-red flags of the Song Dynasty were undulating in the strong wind, accompanying each other with the sound of drums at the top of the city.

"Why are you panicking? Just go back and stand still!"

Familiar angry scoldings were heard, and many soldiers followed the sound. Seeing that familiar figure ascending the city wall, most people immediately became quiet.

Liu Ling would personally supervise the training at the school grounds on weekdays, but now it worked. The Zhuozhou Army seemed to have found a backbone and returned to their respective posts under the orders of the officers.

Behind Liu Ling, rows of archers quickly ascended the city. Except for a small number of them who stood directly behind the defenders, most of them continued to climb the parapet and hid behind the battlements, only waiting for the officer's order before they started firing arrows.

The auxiliary soldiers came over and put away the arrow baskets used by the archers. At the same time, they began to work together to push the three crossbows placed above the north city gate. After pointing the aim at the Jin army, they worked together to pull the crossbow strings.

The sentries outside the city discovered that the Jin cavalry was heading towards Zhuozhou City and immediately rushed back to report. When Zhuozhou City responded, the whole city immediately began to move. The bodies of the twenty or so soldiers next to Liu Ling They also each carried a divine arm crossbow.

Seeing the rapid response of the city, the Jin soldiers and horses never got close to the city wall. After pausing in the distance for a while, several cavalry left the military formation and came towards the city wall.

At this time, the crowd at the top of the city slowly separated. Liu Ling looked back and saw Cai Jing leading several Song officials to the top of the city and bowing to him.

"General Liu."

"Zhizhou."

The Jin cavalry came to the city wall and shouted in Liao dialect:
  "Our army knows that the guard general of Zhuozhou City is Liu Ling. My general is an old acquaintance with him. Please come out and answer me, General Liu!"

Next to him, Cai Jing frowned slightly and asked, "What is this golden man talking about?"

"He wants to talk to me." Liu Ling replied.

Hearing this, Cai Jing took a step back and let Liu Ling stand in front, but his brows furrowed deeper.

On the top of the city, the Song flag was rolling, and under the blood-like banner, the young general appeared in the sight of the Jin people and shouted to them:

"Liu Ling of the Great Song Dynasty is here!"

"Brother Liu, long time no see!"

A Jin general rode out into battle, seemingly not caring about the cold arrows fired by the defenders at the top of the city. He took a few steps closer to the city wall, took off the hood on his head, and revealed a slightly familiar face.

It is the speed of complete beauty.

Previously, this man came to the Song Dynasty as an envoy to discuss secrets with Tong Guan. He passed through Rongcheng on the way, had a drink with Liu Ling, and invited him to serve as an official in the Kingdom of Jin.

"Brother Liu, can you let our troops enter the city? It's so cold and freezing, it's really killing people!"

Liu Ling immediately replied:
  "This is the territory of the Song Dynasty. As a general of the Song Dynasty, how can I let you enter the city without authorization! Now that you are leaving Zhuozhou with your troops, I can treat it as if you have never been here."

This is not Rongcheng, and Ba Lisu's identity has changed from a messenger to an army commander. Liu Ling will only let him into the city unless he has a problem in his head.

"Hahaha." Hearing the shout from the top of the city, Ba Lisu was not only not angry, but felt that Liu Ling was more tough than before, and he felt a little more fond of him.

He thought for a while and shouted towards the city:

"General Liu, this time it is not my intention to stir up trouble. You should also have heard about Zhang Jue's rebellion after staying in Nanjing in our country. Now my second prince has broken it, but after entering the city, he found himself in Zhang Jue's mansion. , found the letters between him and your Song Dynasty!

Since you are a Song general, can you give me an explanation for this matter? "

"This general knows nothing about this. Isn't Zhang Jue an official of your Jin Kingdom? Why do you ask me, a Song Dynasty man? I have only one sentence to tell you." Liu Ling raised his right hand, and Cai Jing didn't know why. Looking at it, Zhang Wu had to push Cai Jing away and handed the horn bow and a feather arrow to Liu Ling.
  The horned bow felt heavy in his hand, so Liu Ling raised it, picked up the bow and arrow and aimed it at Bali Su. The smile on the latter's face suddenly froze.

He knew how the Queen Mother of the Liao people died.

"This is the border of the Song Dynasty. Get out of Zhuozhou quickly. Otherwise, don't blame me for recognizing you, but I can't recognize this bow and arrow!" It passed through an arc and sank into the soil in front of the fast war horse.

There was an uproar among the Jin army behind him. For a while, many people also took off the long bows they were carrying and pointed them at the city head.

Zhang Wu and other defenders suddenly drew their swords. The archers on the female wall stood up one after another. The sound of armor rubbing could not be heard. Zhuozhou soldiers who were beating drums beat the drums vigorously. As the drums beat, the morale on the city wall was as high as a mountain. Press down.

Liu Ling's first arrow was just a warning, and the defenders around him once again expressed his attitude.

When Ba Lisu saw that this guy was serious, the smile on his face completely disappeared, and he shouted coldly: "Liu Ling, don't be too young and energetic. I, Dajin, have treated you with courtesy several times, even if you are the second prince of my family. What you did before was to turn a blind eye. Don’t you have any gratitude at all?

Let me tell you, if Zhang Jue absconds to your Zhuozhou territory and you conceal it, you will have to bear the crime of war between the two countries. When the time comes, our Dajin Heavenly Army comes to the city, don't blame me for not warning you! "

"go!"

Wanyan quickly turned his horse's head and led his troops straight to the west - that was the direction of Yanjing.

After the golden man left, Liu Ling not only did not breathe a sigh of relief, but instead darkened his face and said to Cai Jing:
  "Cai Zhizhou, I think we should have a good talk."

Historically, the Jin army only recaptured Nanjing during this period, and at the same time sent people to urge the Song Dynasty to hand over Zhang Jue.

Zhang Jue should be hiding with Wang Anzhong in Yanjing.

Liu Ling stared at Cai Jing, fearing that the man would suddenly say, "General Liu, to be honest, I hid Zhang Jue in Zhuozhou."

Because of his own existence, some history has quietly changed, but Liu Ling absolutely does not want these changes to happen to him.

"To be honest," Cai Jing took a deep breath and replied, "I don't know much about Zhang Jue."

Facing Liu Ling's obviously disbelieving look, he sighed, "Originally, the court had arranged for me to take over Wang Anzhong, but for some reason, His Majesty changed his mind and instead asked me to control Zhuozhou.

Wang Anzhong also knew about this matter, so he was afraid that I would really take his position and would not deal with me. Therefore, I never intervened in Zhang Jue's matter. "

"I want you to tell me everything you know."

"When Medicine Master Guo and General Liu led the army to resist Xiao Qian, Tan Zhen took over Tong Guan's position. Then he conspired with Wang Anzhong and sent people to persuade Zhang Jue to surrender. The latter also had objections and sent two of his cronies to go first. He had a secret conversation with Yanshan Mansion, and then Wang Anzhong sent someone to secretly send him to Bianjing to see His Majesty."

Speaking of this, Cai Jing sighed again, "Your Majesty thought that the land of Pingying and other three states would be easily obtained, but this move greatly violated the peace treaty, and our Northern Frontier Army of the Song Dynasty did not come to Pingzhou to support, so Zhang Jue's The outcome can be imagined.”

This passage did not mention Pharmacist Guo and Chang Shengjun. Cai Jing himself knew that Pharmacist Guo himself did not agree to recruit Zhang Jue from the beginning to the end.

When Cai Jing said this, he even felt a little gloating.

He had no involvement in Zhang Jue's affairs. As soon as something went wrong, the first people the court would hold accountable were Wang Anzhong and Tan Zhen.

"You write a letter now." Liu Ling put the pen and paper in front of him.

"I will send someone to Yanjing."

"Are you going to send a message to Yanjing?" Cai Jing glanced at him and said, "There is no need for me to write it myself. A clerk will pick up the pen later."

"I didn't mean to report to them."

"Then you are"

"It looks like a war is about to begin, so we have to give some money, food, and soldiers, right?" Liu Ling rubbed his face and sighed, "Zhuozhou is poor."

　I worked until three o'clock in the morning last night to re-revise some of the content settings of the previous 100,000 words. Now they have all been changed. If there are any omissions, please let me know.

　　
  　
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