Chapter 99 Section 2 Seventy-four righteous men raised an incident

The Jin people must take the head of Han Tuozhou, otherwise there will be no peace talks.Just when the negotiations between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty were at a stalemate, Wu Xi, who had already surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin, dealt a fatal blow to the Southern Song Dynasty.So, what did Wu Xi do? Wu Xi, who is known as the king in Shu, said that in order to be loyal to my new motherland, Dajin, I am going to lead an army of 100,000 to go down the river and attack the Song Dynasty.Jin people are not familiar with water warfare. If Wu Xi's troops go out to cooperate with the Jin army, the consequences will be disastrous.Wu Xi built a palace in Xingzhou, his residence, installed hundreds of officials, appointed bureaucrats, and became emperor behind closed doors. He also planned to build a new palace in Chengdu and move the capital there later.Jin Zhangzong has sent someone to canonize Wu Xi with the imperial edict and seal.

Wu Xi, being the false King of Shu, felt that his subordinates were all old and rough, and that he had to have literati. If those who were well-educated and upright could be used by me, I would have more face.So Wu Xi sent people to visit the famous people in Sichuan. The famous people in Sichuan were unwilling to be rebellious, and they dared not resist. Wu Xi's subordinates went out for a tour, and when they came back, they reported that some celebrities had run away, some were dead, some were insane, and some were sick. What do you think?Wu Xi said, it doesn't matter if he ran away or died, and it seems to be the same if he went crazy, and he doesn't know when he will recover.As for those who are sick, you go to their house and stay by his bedside, and he will recover one day.As long as he doesn't die of illness, he must come out and be used by me.One person Wu Xi valued was An Bing, who turned out to be Cheng Song's subordinate and the leader of the Da'an Army.In the Song Dynasty, local administration was divided into three levels: roads, prefectures, and counties, and there were units at the same level as the prefectures, as well as the army and supervisors.The Zhijun of the Da'an Army is equivalent to the level of Zhizhou.Before An Bing had time to escape, Wu Xi took a fancy to him, and Wu Xi asked him to be the long history of the prime minister, the prime minister of the puppet Shu.An Bing neither dared to refuse, nor was he willing to be rebellious. He pretended to be sick at home all day long, and escaped day by day.But pretending to be sick is not an option, Wu Xi sent someone to stay at their door 24 hours a day, so don't come out if you have the guts.Even every three days, baskets of flowers and fruit were brought over to visit.An Bing was at a loss for what to do, when would he be able to hide?

In a critical moment, a great hero who turned the world around appeared. This man was Yang Juyuan.All the officials ran away, the idiot Cheng Song ran away with the gold ingot given by the traitor, the second person surrendered and prepared to assist the false king of Shu, the celebrities ran and hid, only Yang Juyuan contacted Wu Xi's subordinates at this time General, prepare to restore the Great Song Dynasty.But a snake can't do without a head, and a bird can't fly without a head, so they also found An Bing.After all, An Bing turned out to be a Zhijun, and Wu Xi appointed him as the prime minister of the puppet Shu, the number two figure in the puppet Shu government.Without hesitation, Yang Juyuan came to An Bing and told An Bing that we were born as Song officials and died as Song ghosts, you should take action to restore the Song Dynasty.An Bing is a literati, he can only cry bitterly, now the soldiers will not listen to me, I can't help it, if I destroy this thief, I must have heroes to help me.Yang Juyuan stroked his beard and laughed loudly, Hero is here, right in front of you, I won't come to you if it's not a hero.Yang Juyuan told An Bing again that you should use a name and be a consultant.Anyway, general consultants are not cared about or asked, so we will use your name, you only need to raise your arms and charge, I will come to Juyuan.Yang Juyuan went to contact Wu Xi's general Li Haoyi. Just by his name, he was not an ordinary person.Yang Juyuan said to him, I have Emperor Ningzong's secret edict to kill this thief and restore the Song Dynasty. You and I are both great contributors to the revival of the country.Li Haoyi was not willing to be a traitor at first, once he heard that Yang Juyuan had the emperor's secret edict, no matter if it was true or not, okay, I will do it with you.Yang Juyuan and Li Haoyi contacted the martyrs, gathered seventy-four people together, and started an incident.

Seventy-four righteous men attacked Wu Xi's residence, the pseudo-Shu palace.Wu Xi never dreamed that he would turn into an elbow and armpit, causing Xiao Qiang to suffer.He felt that the army of the Song Dynasty was completely defeated, and my new motherland was victorious every day. I am at peace here. What can happen to my three-acre land?Therefore, the gate of the pseudo-king's palace is open, and there are no guards.Seventy-four righteous men rushed in, not actually rushing in, but swaggering in.But after all, there are more than a thousand guards in the pseudo-king's palace, and there are only more than seventy righteous men, and there is a huge gap between the widow and the widow.Li Haoyi shouted: "According to the imperial court's secret edict, An Changshi is the Xuan Fu. Now I will punish the rebels. Those who dare to resist are the Yiqi clan!" Xuan Fu envoy, come to punish the rebels, whoever dares to resist me will destroy your three clans.In fact, he was just bluffing and yelling.He only has more than seventy people, and his family has more than a thousand people. If these guards really fight, the result will be unpredictable.However, many of the guards in the pseudo-king's palace were unwilling to surrender to the Kingdom of Jin.They thought, we are all from Shu, this is my hometown, I can’t defend my hometown, I can’t protect my elders, the court has raised soldiers for thousands of days, now the commander-in-chief will lead us to surrender when the war starts, and I will have no face to see my ancestors when I die.The guards listened to what Li Haoyi said, and looked at Yang Juyuan holding a piece of edict in his hand. He didn't know if it was a real edict, and he couldn't fight against the imperial court as a traitor.So when Li Haoyi yelled, all the guards in the puppet palace dropped their guns and ran away.Without any resistance, seventy-four righteous men rushed to Wu Xi's bedroom.In the bedroom, Wu Xi heard noises from outside. There were rumors that someone had come in. Wu Xi quickly jumped up, but there was no knife in the room.Because he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen. When practicing martial arts, the saber is left in the lecture hall. Why do you bring the saber into the bedroom when you have nothing to do?Wu Xi had no choice but to open the door and rush out.As soon as he showed up, a righteous man rushed forward, slashed at Wu Xi with a knife, and chopped him down.After all, Wu Xi was a general, so he was very skilled. He dodged the knife, rushed forward and pinned down the sergeant who cut him, and the two of them rolled on the ground.Li Haoyi ordered his men to chop Wu Xi with an axe.Holding a long ax in his hands, he rushed over to aim at Wu Xi, and with a "boom" the ax hit, Wu Xi was in pain, so he let go of his hand, and was beheaded by Li Haoyi.Wu Xi had been the puppet King of Shu for forty-one days, and was in his forties when he died.The martyrs showed Wu Xi's head to the public, and then posted an Anmin notice to remind everyone not to panic. "The army and the people worship and dance, and the joyous sound moves the world. Holding the head of the sun, the city will be calmed, and the city will not be changed." ("Song History Li Haoyi Biography") In this way, the land of Shu settled down.The common people were elated and became citizens of the Song Dynasty again.

After the land of Shu was settled, the imperial court appointed An Bing as the Deputy Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan to preside over the government affairs, and let Li Haoyi and Yang Juyuan lead the army.Li and Yang told An Bing that it is time to counterattack and regain the land that Wu Xi lost.The Song army in Sichuan began to counterattack. It turned out that Wu Xi deliberately gave up many places in the Kingdom of Jin, but they were taken back.