Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 40

"Officials! In the next battle with Khitan, Jinyang City will become a new stronghold for our army. As long as we defend Jinyang City, our army will be invincible. We can retreat and defend, and attack without any worries. However, the Khitan army will instead It has become an expedition for labor teachers. Therefore, after Jinyang City is broken, we must appease the people of Jinyang as soon as possible, and rely on them to build the city wall." Standing behind Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Pu suddenly bowed and said.

Zhao Kuangyin deeply believed that he had already mentioned in the military order he issued to the armies last night that after entering the city, the troops must be strictly controlled. As long as the people do not resist, soldiers are strictly prohibited from burning, killing and looting.

At this time, Xiao Huangmen suddenly ran up to the watchtower and said in a low voice: "Officials! The sentry at the gate of the southern barracks has received news that Guo Wuwei, the prime minister of the Northern Han Dynasty, is seeking to see him."

Zhao Pu lowered his head and his face changed slightly. Guo Wuwei's messenger was still tied up in his tent. If Guo Wuwei came and told the matter, would it arouse suspicion from the officials.

Zhao Kuangyin smiled slightly and said, "Announce him here."

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Kuangyin turned his head and said to Zhao Pu: "Aiqing is right. I decided to let Aiqing be responsible for appeasing the people of Jinyang City and building the city wall. In addition, Guo Wuwei is the prime minister of the Northern Han Dynasty. He is familiar with the situation. He is very popular in Northern Han Dynasty, you can let him help you as Ai Qing's deputy."

Zhao Pu smiled wryly in his heart, bowed and said yes.I thought that the officials knew the origin of Guo Wuwei and the relationship between him and the Taiping Sect, but the officials were confident and would not believe that they would be bewitched by Guo Wuwei, let alone be influenced by a small Taiping Sect. The affairs of all parties in the Song Dynasty.

"It's also possible... Maybe the officials want to use the power of the Taiping Sect to deal with that mysterious force." Zhao Pu suddenly thought of a possibility.It is difficult to change the fact that Guo Wuwei will be reused by officials.Because he knew that the weight of eliminating that mysterious force in the hearts of officials was no less than destroying a country and gaining a place along the way.

More and more Song cavalry and infantry rushed into Jinyang City, leaped over the catapults and ladders that had been left unattended on the ground, and began to gallop and charge.Nothing can stop their progress.

After the cavalry of the Southern Battalion rushed into Jinyang City first, in order not to block the gap, they sent the Song Army's troops to the city as much as possible.It was quickly opened, allowing the other cavalry of the three armies to rush into the city quickly.There are surging crowds of horses in all directions, and the whole city is like a flood embankment collapsed, and the flood is spreading in all directions.

Strange to say, I don't know if it's because of the different foundations or other reasons, but none of the gates of the four cities collapsed.

An hour later, the street fighting in the city was over, and a large number of Northern Han troops surrendered.The imperial palace was even guarded by Zhao Zan, the general of the Southern Command of the Great Song Dynasty, Jianxiong Jiedu envoy, to prevent rioters from looting. Thousands of maids, eunuchs, and guards knelt down on the entrance square of the imperial city.

Crazy people are generally the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty Liu Jiyuan and a group of concubines and royal family who are in separate custody, waiting for Zhao Kuangyin to deal with it.

However, at the intersection of the Main Street and Avenue in the south of the city, about 3000 Northern Han troops still resisted to the death, surrounded by the Great Song Army, and fought one after another.

At this time, Liu Jiye was able to organize thousands of troops to resist in a short period of time, and persisted until this time, and the soldiers under his command still did not surrender.He is indeed a famous general known as Liu Wudi.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin had brought several civil servants, Ye Chen, Luo Yaoshun and others, and led five thousand soldiers to come here.When they entered the city earlier, Zhao Pu and Guo Wuwei took several ministers and a thousand imperial troops to another place to appease the people.Guo Wuwei and Ye Chen had seen each other before, but the two agreed as if they didn't know each other, and didn't say a word.In addition, Guo Wuwei did not mention to Zhao Kuangyin the killing and disappearance of his two messengers in front of everyone.

At this time, Ye Chen had put aside the worry that Guo Wuwei would be reused by Zhao Kuangyin, because he followed Zhao Kuangyin all the way, and what he saw and heard shocked him so much that he couldn't help himself.

These days, he watched the Song army attack the city with his own eyes, and he experienced Liu Jiye's sneak attack a few days ago, and personally participated in the killing of the enemy. The intensive conflicts that occurred were affected by the terrain, and the corpses were very concentrated, piled up like a hill, which looked very scary.

Ye Chen felt that the horse's hooves of his mount were a bit slippery. This was not an exaggeration. The blood on the street was really flowing, like it was raining.The surface of the mosaic irregular stone slabs is smooth, and the wet blood is sticky and flowing on the stone slabs, and the horseshoes will slip if they are not careful.

The blood pooled in the cracks between the stone slabs, and the color darkened, revealing horrible lines... like cracks in the earth.

The corpses in many places have been piled up!The smell of blood on the street is disgusting, like a slaughterhouse.It was like a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

Ye Chen listened attentively, screams and begging for mercy from far and near floated in the air, human beings are enduring extreme situations.

The 3000 troops led by Liu Jiye continued to decrease, and soon there were less than [-] left, and this was because the Song Army saw that the general trend was set, and he was unwilling to cause unnecessary losses to himself, so he adopted the water-grinding tactic, like peeling an apple, consuming little by little. The last people in the Northern Han Dynasty.

"What a Liu Wudi, it's this time, and there are still so many soldiers willing to follow him. Send an order to capture this Liu Wudi alive." Zhao Kuangyin was invited by Li Jixun, Cao Bin, and Dangjin to a nearby place for two. On the first floor of the restaurant, through the window, watching the fight a hundred steps away.

Li Jixun, Cao Bin, and Dang Jin were all the founding heroes who followed Zhao Kuangyin to conquer the world. They were very familiar with Zhao Kuangyin. Once they heard what Zhao Kuangyin said, they knew that the officials had taken a fancy to Liu Wudi's talent and wanted to take him in for their own use.

Li Jixun understood Zhao Kuangyin's heart and went down to persuade Liu Jiye to surrender, but the latter didn't listen at all, but led the remaining soldiers to resist desperately, which brought great difficulty to the Song army to capture Liu Jiye alive.

Ye Chen and Luo Yaoshun were blocked by the military leaders brought by Zhao Kuangyin in front, they looked for a small window on the other side, and looked there.

At this time, the remaining 1000 people in the Northern Han Dynasty were still desperately resisting, and they had been surrounded by the Song Army's infantry.Trampled by iron hoofs, hacked with spears and bayonets, the scene was very tragic.

Liu Jiye was determined, and he used an iron spear superbly. He stood in front of the soldiers all the time, his whole body was already blood red, and he didn't know if it was his own blood or someone else's blood.

Ye Chen was very surprised that the Northern Han army still fought to the death even though they knew they would be defeated. He remembered that some people said that the ancient army would collapse if [-]% of the troops were killed, but at this time the Northern Han army was completely defeated and had no chance of winning. The remaining thousand soldiers were just slaughtered, but they still did not surrender, let alone collapse.

Li Jixun kept people shouting: "Put down your weapon, or you will not die!" "Kneel down and surrender!" and other words.

However, the Northern Han army screamed and roared in despair, and fought one after another, never surrendering or collapsing.One of the generals beside Liu Jiye shouted, "I would rather die in battle! Repay the general!"

Desperate cries resounded throughout Jinyang City. Da Song, including Zhao Kuangyin and Ye Chen, couldn't help admiring this army and being surprised by Liu Jiye's prestige.

You know, who doesn't cherish life, who doesn't fear death?When a person or even a group of people can really reach the point of "sacrificing one's life for righteousness" as Mencius said, then he must be sincere!
"Hey! This Liu Jiye didn't believe in Liu at first. His surname is Yang, and his name is Yang Chonggui. Yang Chongxun of Linzhou, one of the two major powers in the northwest of the Song Dynasty, is his younger brother. Yang Chongxun originally belonged to the Northern Han Dynasty, but when the Song Dynasty rose , the power spread to the northwest, Yang Chongxun took refuge in the Song Dynasty, but his elder brother Yang Chonggui still supported the Northern Han Dynasty, and inherited the surname bestowed by the emperor, and changed his name to Liu Jiye." Luo Yaoshun said with some emotion.

Talking unintentionally, listening intentionally, a piece of dusty memory information appeared in Ye Chen's mind. He remembered the general of the Yang family who had been famous for more than 1000 years and was widely praised by later generations. The most important thing is that Ye Chen remembered that Yang Jiye was the general who surrendered from the Northern Han Dynasty to the Northern Song Dynasty.It's just that according to the original history, it was already in the hands of Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi.

"It turns out that Liu Jiye is Yang Jiye! Because the history of my appearance has changed, the Northern Han Dynasty was taken down by the Song Dynasty in advance. Could it be that Yang Jiye has not surrendered to the Song Dynasty at this time, and let him die here? Doesn't that mean that in history There will be no more generals from the Yang family." Ye Chen thought to himself, and began to feel a little worried.

At this time, Li Jixun ordered to temporarily stop the attack, giving the remaining nearly [-] people in the Northern Han Dynasty a chance to breathe.

"General Liu!" Li Jixun shouted loudly.

"The general situation is over, why not surrender, my Son of Song cherishes the talent of General Liu, and will definitely use it in your favor."

Liu Jiye was unmoved, and said hoarsely: "I, Liu Jiangye, was trusted by the royal family of the Northern Han Dynasty. I commanded the army and gave the imperial surname. Even if I died, I would never surrender."

"General Liu, are you just watching these thousands of soldiers die in vain because of you?" Li Jixun said.

Liu Jiye's face was covered with blood, and he couldn't see the expression clearly, but he remained silent for a long time, unable to speak.

"I, the Son of Song, is the true Son of Heaven bestowed by heaven and earth. With the help of heaven, otherwise, the city wall of Jinyang would not have collapsed suddenly. You surrendered to me, Da Song, just following the heavens. Why bother to let the soldiers die in vain! "Li Jixun continued.

Zhao Kuangyin in the restaurant was delighted when he heard this, and thought that maybe I was really the right one, and that Yechen kid was a disciple of a worldly master, and his sudden appearance was God's will.

"Hahaha..." Liu Jiye laughed wildly, and then suddenly shouted: "Brothers, put down your weapons! Please accept Liu's worship, Liu is sorry for you..." After saying that, he turned and turned to the back The soldiers bowed respectfully.

(End of this chapter)