Chapter 21 Yangzhou fright

Wang Shan, Zhang Yong and others withdrew from Tokyo and roared southward. Du Chong was so excited that he should chase after the poor bandits with the remaining bravery, and sent elite troops to chase the enemy's ass from behind, determined to wipe out the two troops of Wang and Zhang. I'm afraid Du Chong didn't understand "Don't hide when you return to the teacher, and don't chase after the poor". Soon, he paid a huge price for his madness. Wang Shan was chased too quickly, so he didn't leave. The rear army was changed into the front army, and they formed a battle formation, and fought solidly with Du Chong's pursuers.

In this battle, Du Chong came back in a big defeat, with blood flowing all over the field and corpses all over the ground, it was really tragic! When Yue Fei came back from capturing Sun Hai and Du Shuwu in Dongming County, Du Chong wept and ordered him to command Chen Cui from the capital to pursue Wang and Zhang. In Du Chong's view, Yue Fei is the most powerful falcon.In order to "feed" the falcon, he also specially promoted Yue Fei to be a doctor of martial arts and the real governor of Yingzhou.However, taking Yue Fei for his own use is just his wishful thinking. For Yue Fei, Du Chong is the worst boss he has ever encountered since joining the army. He is cowardly, cruel, stupid, and extremely incompetent. How many times worse than I don't know.Apart from being dissatisfied and disgusted with what this man has done, Yue Fei is more contemptuous and disdainful, but he has to accept the restraint of this worst boss.

Yue Fei was expelled from the army when he submitted a letter to his post, and left the army without authorization. After these two lessons, Yue Fei has slowly transformed from an idealist to a realist. In his heart, he has the mission of serving the country loyally, the responsibility of recovering the lost land, and the ambition of helping the people.But he is very clear that in order to realize the ideal of serving the country and saving the people, appropriate compromises must be made. So, he took the order and went. Wang Shan's army prepared to attack Chenzhou Huaining Mansion (now Huaiyang County, Henan Province) south of Tokyo.

Zhang Yong stopped and said: "We have come this far only because the army lacks food. Now that food has been raised, how can we easily attack the counties and counties of the country?" Can you attack the counties of the country?") Wang Shan said contemptuously: "Che, you are too short-sighted, right? Now the world is in chaos, and it is the time when the rich and the rich are changing, and the poor and the poor are changing. How can we just be satisfied with asking for food! Besides, now that Du is full of troops in the capital, Come and chase us, wanting to kill us all, we can't be beaten passively!" ("The world is in chaos, when the rich and the poor are changing, it's more than just asking for food! Besides, the capital has sent troops to attack me, what's the matter? Nameless!")

Zhang Yong was silent for a long time before he said: "Everyone has his own ambition, you can't force it. Since you have made up your mind, forgive me for not being able to accompany you. I am going to look for opportunities in Caizhou area. Don't spend it today. I will contact you by letter in the future." ("If you attack Chenzhou, I will go to Caizhou. However, the brothers' righteousness must be written.") From then on, Zhang and Wang's two armies parted ways. On the second day, Wang Shan set up hundreds of ladders and overpasses under Chenzhou City, beat the drums, and urged his men to launch a fierce attack on the county.

On the top of the city, the defenders set up countless large furnaces, ignited a raging fire, melted the pig iron, and poured spoonfuls of molten iron on the ladders and overpasses. The soldiers who attacked the city were burnt to pieces. Yelling and screaming, they all fell down. Wang Shan was supervising the battle under the city. When he saw this situation, he was very annoyed, and said viciously: "Unless the crow turns white, I will never give up." Order people to step up the drums and urge the troops to attack the city. Seeing that a row of soldiers fell from the city, another row below the city made up for it; a ladder fell on the city, and another ladder was erected below the city.

Chenzhou is in danger!Seeing that the defense was about to fall, suddenly the formation behind Wang Shan was in chaos. Wang Shan turned his head to look, and saw a group of soldiers rushing out of the chaotic crowd. , no one dares to stand in the way! The person who came was Yue Fei who he least wanted to see! Yue Fei came from Tokyo and found himself right behind Wang Shan's formation. Such an opportunity was once in a lifetime, so he immediately launched an attack without hesitation. When Wang Shan's followers turned their heads and saw this killing god suddenly attacking, they panicked and everyone was shocked.

Wang Shan couldn't hold back his position, so he had to withdraw the siege below the city and fled in a hurry. On March 21, the second year of Jianyan (1128), Wang Shan reorganized his army and set up an army in Qinghe to face Yue Fei. In this battle, Yue Fei captured Wang Shan's generals Sun Sheng and Sun Qing alive, "there are many generals who surrendered." On June 20, the two armies fought again in the west of Cuiqiao Town, Taikang County, Kaifeng Prefecture (now Taikang County, Henan Province), and Wang Shan was defeated again. It is said in history that Wang Shan was "a rough man who had no talent to control the crowd, nor the art of governing the army. He only manipulated his followers and let them invade, so he was able to take advantage of the chaos in the world, and the ants gathered together, worth a hundred or two hundred thousand. Congregation. Looting property and prostitution of women are the troubles of the Central Plains scholars. There is no discipline in the ranks of the army, and they have repeatedly attacked cities and towns, all of which were (unable) victorious."Under Yue Fei's pursuit, he ran all the way in Suzhou, Bozhou, and Haozhou (today's northeast of Fengyang), "there was no place to station" and he was forced to enter Hefei from Luzhou.

Yang Jin, Wang Shan, Zhang Yong and others had all united under the banner of Zongze's anti-golden, and they were a powerful military force against the Jinren. Once Zongze died, Tokyo was thrown into chaos by Du Chong. It is a pity that this huge military force fell apart and even fought among themselves. On the twenty-seventh day of the first lunar month in the third year of Jianyan (1129), Nianhan led his army to conquer Xuzhou, an important town in the Central Plains, and then went south from Xuzhou to Hefei. Wang Shan was brave and had no plan. Just to seek a shelter, he threw himself under the tent of a golden man and worked as a minion for a tiger. It is really abominable.

General Han Shizhong, the left general of Pingkou, who was guarding Huaiyang, heard that Xuzhou had been lost, and thought that it would be difficult for him to defend alone. He first retreated to Suqian County, and then ran to Muyang (now Shuyang County, Jiangsu Province).In Shuyang, he couldn't sleep at night, and in the middle of the night, he led his relatives and fled to Yancheng County by boat on the tide. The next day, the troops of Han Shizhong's department found that the commander had fled and the dragons had no leader. They were panicked and scattered in all directions. Overjoyed by the news, Nianhan returned to Xuzhou to sit in the town and closely monitored the Song army in Tokyo and Yingtianfu. Then he sent a large army to attack Chuzhou (now Huaian City, Jiangsu) and Sizhou (now North Xuyi, Jiangsu), and sent elite cavalry to surprise Yangzhou , ready to capture Zhao Gou alive.

On February 3rd, the golden general Yeluma led five hundred fine cavalry to attack Tianchang Army (now Tianchang City, Anhui). The more than 10,000 defenders in Tianchang did not organize an effective blockade, and dispersed in a crowd, and the Tianchang Army immediately declared its fall. Hearing that Jin Bing was crossing the Huai River, Wang Yu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, discussed the countermeasures with the ministers. Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan laughed disapprovingly and said, "What you are talking about is something that children know, why bother to repeat it? Don't be afraid of flashing your tongue !” Neither preparing for battle nor preparing for flight.The two even ordered: "The market is prohibited, you must not shake the sidelines, and you are not allowed to leave the city like a commoner." "Thousands of miles", like an ostrich, burrowed its head into the sand, out of sight and out of hearing.This is tantamount to deceiving oneself and others. Moreover, in order to show their composure, Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan went together every day, went to temples to talk about Zen with eminent monks, and even lingered in brothels.And Zhao Gou, who is the king of a country, is also enjoying himself in the Yangzhou Palace, which is only a hundred miles away from the Tianchang Army. On this day, Zhao Gou, who was having fun, suddenly heard that the Tianchang Army had fallen and the Jin people raided Yangzhou.He jumped up, kicked the maid on the bed away, jumped out of the bed barefoot, picked up his clothes and pants, and led five or six people including Wang Yuan, the governor of the imperial camp, Kang Lu, the governor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and other five or six people, to jump on their horses and run wildly along the street. The sound of hoofbeats resounded through the long street in a panic, and someone shouted: "The emperor has run away!" The neighbors were shocked, and they looked around one after another, and they saw palace people swarming out from the palace, and the city was like a pot of boiled porridge. It seems that man, you must hold on at the critical moment! Someone quickly went to Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan and told them that the Tianchang Army was lost and the Jinren were coming. Huang and Wang "were not afraid to tell them" and severely criticized them for not listening to rumors. The guard on duty shouted from the side: "The emperor has already left!" Only then did Huang and Wang turn pale at each other, jumped on their horses and rushed to the south of the city. As soon as these two guys left, the city became even more out of control. "The number of soldiers and civilians who died due to the struggle for the door is innumerable." When Zhao Gou arrived at the Yangtze Bridge, he couldn't find the boat because of the haste! The spring is cold and the river is windy. Standing by the river, Zhao Gou had no way to go to the sky and no way to go to the earth, so he jumped up and down anxiously. One of the guards was trampled on by Zhao Gou, and couldn't help crying out in pain, "Oh!" Zhao Gou, who had been gloomy all the time, stopped for a moment, stared at him with fierce eyes, and finally found a place to vent his anger, "strike with the sword", pulled out his portable sword, and killed the guard with one blow. The surrounding guards were frightened and kept silent, no one dared to make a sound. The temper of Zhao Gou, who had killed someone, did not improve at all. He was still as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, scolding anyone he saw. The city was in turmoil, and Huang E, the Minister of Agriculture, came to check the situation, and a soldier shouted: "Mr. Huang is here." The soldiers and people in the city hated Huang Qianshan deeply. They didn't know whether this Huang Xianggong was that Huang Xianggong. They mistakenly thought that Huang E was Huang Qianshan. cut off. Shaoqing Shi Hui and Cheng Fan Hao who came later were also beheaded to death by the military and civilians who lost their minds.Huang Zhefang, who was following behind and told the story, saw that the situation was not good, turned around and wanted to retreat, but was shot four times by a soldier on horseback, and was shot dead. The anger of the people was out of control, Honglu Shaoqing Huang Tangjun was pushed into the river and drowned, the counselor Li Chudun was trampled to death by the rebels, and the life and death of the Taifu Shaoqing Zhu Duanyou and the inspector Zhang Hao were unknown, as if the world had evaporated. Seeing such a chaotic scene, Zhao Gou's face was pale, and he ran along the river like a bereaved dog. He was busy for a long time, but he couldn't find a boat. Where have all the ships gone? The person in charge of dispatching the official ships was Wang Yuan, the commander of the capital of the imperial camp.It is said in history: "In the old system, when the generals were not unified, one person was selected as the capital to control. In short, it was not an official title. The beginning." The responsibility of the imperial battalion commander is heavy.And this old man is now following behind Zhao Gou, his face is ashen, sullen, and he doesn't say a word. This old man had smelled an unusual smell a few days ago. He abused his power and privately used the official ship. Hundreds of large ships were loaded with his and most of the eunuchs' private property and family members and went to Hangzhou.Where can I find ships at this time? !Like a mad dog, Zhao Gou ran all the way to Guazhou Town in a fit of rage. By chance, Lv Yihao, a member of the Privy Council who signed the letter, and Zhang Jun, a minister of the Ministry of Rites, chased after them. They snatched a small boat from a fisherman's house in the town, and the three were able to cross the river. When he arrived at Jingkou and entered the Water Emperor Temple, Zhao Gou realized that the blood on his sword hadn't been wiped off.And "all officials will not come, and none of the guards and imperial troops will follow." When the people of Zhenjiang heard that the emperor had disappeared, they rushed to the surrounding valleys to flee, and the city was completely empty. In the evening, Jin plundered 500 fine horsemen of Yelu Mawu from the Tianchang Army to Yangzhou. It's a pity that the hearts of the people are not ancient, and at such a critical moment, some people take advantage of the fire to rob!Fishermen who usually make a living by fishing, relying on one or two fishing boats at home, "stop in the water" along the river, take advantage of the danger of others, and take the opportunity to ask the fleeing people for a lot of money to make huge profits. Nothing.The common people couldn't afford the price, so they could only "hug each other into the sinking river". The river was icy cold, the wind was biting, and the scene was extremely tragic. The first quarter moon rising on a spring night is like a sharp scimitar, bright and cold, hanging obliquely upside down in the dark blue sky, looking down at everything underground with no expression.