Chapter 36 Song Bing, don't be weak

After talking about Yue Fei's suppression of the bandits, he turned his head to look at Song Jun's performance on the anti-golden battlefield. Wushu entered Liuhe from Jiankang, "wanted to lead the boat back to the north from the canal", but the governors of Chu, Sizhou, and Lianshui, Zhao Li, the governor of Chuzhou, Chengzhou (now Gaoyou City, Jiangsu), and the governor of Tianchang Xue Qing, who is also the magistrate of Chengzhou, guarded the main road, cut off Wushu's "home return group" repeatedly, and made Wushu suffer a lot. In order to open up the waterway along the north of the canal and rescue the younger brother who was blocked, the Marshal of the Jinjun East Route Army and the Zuo Supervisor Wanyan Talan led the army to Liuhe County in early May, and joined forces with Wushu to attack Chu at the intersection of the Huaihe River and the Grand Canal. State (now Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province), clearing roadblocks.

Guo Zhongwei, the governor of Zhenyang, received the news, and quickly sent someone to invite Xue Qing, who was stationed in Chengzhou, to lead the troops to Yangzhou to join him in attacking the Wushu brothers. Xue Qing is a bloody man, and immediately assembled the army to come as promised. However, Xue Qing didn't expect Guo Zhongwei to be a capricious person. When he arrived in Yangzhou, Guo Zhongwei suddenly regretted it. At this time, Wushu was less than ten miles west of Yangzhou. Xue Qing said angrily: "What time is it, are you still drinking and having fun?! I will be the vanguard, and you will follow behind, mount your horse and kill the enemy!" He raised his sword and mounted his horse, led his own troops, and galloped away.

On this day, Xue Qing fought with the Jinren for more than ten li. In the end, there were less than a hundred cavalry, his sleeves were full of blood, and his sword was missing.But Guo Zhongwei never showed up.Xue Qing was outnumbered, so he had to retreat to Yangzhou in a hurry. Guo Zhongwei sat firmly on the top of the city and held the wine against the wind. Instead of sending troops to help, Guo Zhongwei "closed the door" and refused to let Xue Qing enter the city.Poor Xue Qing had no choice but to turn back and fight the enemy to the death, exhausting all his strength, "being captured and killed by chasing horses".All the soldiers Xue Qing brought from Chengzhou also died heroically.

Xue Qing's horse rushed out of the enemy's formation, and galloped back to Chengzhou along the road. The soldiers staying in Chengzhou saw it from a distance, and all of them wept, crying bitterly: "Only the horse returns empty, Captain Xue must have died!" The Jin man captured Xue Qing and retreated temporarily. Guo Zhongwei was frightened by the military power of the Jin men, and he dared not defend Yangzhou any longer. He took his wife, children and family members, full of gold and silver, and rushed to Xinghua (now Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province) overnight like a bereaved dog.

The main generals of the two cities of Yangzhou and Chengzhou were lost, and the two cities fell soon. The two armies of Wushu and Talan were able to join forces calmly and surrounded the city of Chuzhou (now Huai'an City, Jiangsu). Chuzhou is surrounded by helpless, lonely city, and the situation is precarious. Guarding Chuzhou is the guardian Youwu doctor, the Xuzhou observer envoy, and the Chu, Sizhou, and Lianshui army governor Zhao Li. Zhao Li, from Zhangyi Village, Xuzhou, is a super fierce man. When he joined the army for the first time, he was a "daring warrior" like Yue Fei. He was extremely ferocious in battle.

During the Jingkang change, the Jin people went south in a large scale, and the thieves swarmed up. Zhao Li made many military exploits and was promoted to the Marquis of Yu, the capital of Wuwei.In the third year of Jianyan (1129), the Jin people besieged Xuzhou, Zhao Li stood at the top of the city to supervise the battle, "hit six arrows, and the battle became fiercer".The city was broken, and Zhao Li led the crowd to start a fierce street battle with the Jin people. He was knocked down by the Jin people and almost died. In the middle of the night, it began to rain lightly. He woke up, killed several Jin soldiers guarding the city, and escaped. come out.Afterwards, a large group of villagers were gathered and continued to fight for the recovery of Xuzhou.

The Jin people had looted the city and were about to pack up and go home. Zhao Li led a remnant army to attack and cut off his way back.The villagers within a radius of tens of miles joined him as soldiers one after another, so Xuzhou was quickly recovered.However, Xuzhou was just an isolated city and it was difficult to hold on to it. Zhao Li soon led his army to the south. In December of that year, Jinzuo General Talan frantically besieged Chuzhou. The situation was critical.Along the way, he fought and walked with the Jinren. After seven fierce battles, he finally broke through the Jinren's blockade and entered the city of Chuzhou victoriously.But Zhao Li "had arrows streaming from his cheeks and couldn't speak", so he could only direct the battle with his hands.After entering the city, the arrowhead was pulled out, blood spurted out, and the soldiers' faces changed when they saw it.

Zhao Li has a bold personality, does not know a single word, but has an innate sense of loyalty; he is good at riding and shooting, and has a majestic appearance; "Now that the country is in danger, and ministers can't share the worries of the country's affairs, how can they increase the country's burden for no reason?" Usually, we share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers; , "People are afraid to obey, and they are happy to use it." Every time Zhao Li said about the golden man, "he will be gnawed and angry", he wished he could eat his flesh alive and lay his skin to death, and swore that he would never share the sky with the golden man.All the captured Jin people will be "shown to the public", and they have never offered a prisoner to Zhao Gou once, so they cannot be promoted for a long time.When talking with soldiers, the three sentences are inseparable from killing the enemy, "and swear to die."

Zhao Li entered Chuzhou and ordered people to demolish a number of abandoned houses in the city, and dug many large ponds, and a raging fire broke out in the ponds. As soon as the golden man climbed to the top of the city, he was hooked by the guards with long hooks and dragged from the top of the city into the fire pool.Tarlan was unable to attack for a long time and was forced to withdraw his troops. Therefore, Zhao Gou appointed Zhao Li as the governor of Chuzhou and guarded Chuzhou. At that time, Zhao Li would not have imagined that a year later, in Chuzhou, he would continue to write his legend until the end of his life, and pass it on to the people of this place for generations.

Wu Shu was preparing to return to the north from Liuhe County. He sent people to send a large amount of gold and silver treasures to Zhao Li, hoping to buy a road from Chuzhou to go home. Wushu became angry from embarrassment, and set up two villages in the north and south outside the city of Chuzhou, cutting off the grain roads in Chuzhou. Zhao Lidexin'er took six cavalry generals out of the city and ordered them to wait in line in front of the suspension bridge on the moat. He patted his horse and galloped towards the Jinren's camp, shouting: "I am the governor of Chuzhou, the leader of the bandits. Come and fight!"

Jinren's Nanzhai immediately rushed out two cavalry generals, with long spears in their hands, screaming strangely in their mouths, and charged towards Zhao Li like a whirlwind. Zhao Likong stood still with both hands, waiting for the two spears of the golden man to stab out. It was too late, then soon, he opened his hands like a dustpan, bowed left and right, grabbed the two spears, and shouted violently: "Come here! "The sound was like Jiao Lei, and with both arms, the two golden generals fell to the ground in response. Zhao Li shook his two long spears, aimed at the faces of the two golden generals, and stabbed them hard, and the two golden generals died on the spot. Zhao Li laughed loudly, let go of the barrel of the gun, still with both hands empty, "snatch the two horses", and turned around to return them. More than 50 cavalry generals rushed out of Jinren Beizhai to chase after Zhao Li. Zhao Li turned his horse's head, his tiger eyes widened, and shouted loudly, as if Zhang Fei was reborn in front of Changban slope. They were all frightened, and it was easy to count for miles." The horses were so frightened that they couldn't control them and retreated one after another. On the second day, the Jin people set up a formation outside the city and invited them to fight in three battle formations.Zhao Li immediately set up three battle formations.The Jin people rushed through Zhao Li's infantry phalanx with hundreds of iron armored cavalry, surrounded him in all directions, and surrounded Zhao Li in the middle.Zhao Lifen broke through the encirclement, holding a long lance, dashing left and right, shouting, "I don't know how many golden men fall from their horses." This time, Wushu and Talan joined forces to attack a family and besiege Chuzhou together. Although Zhao Li fought bravely and "did his best attack skills", the food and grass in the city were almost exhausted, so he had to ask the court again and again for emergency. Zhao Ding, a member of the Privy Council who signed the letter, meant that Zhang Jun was in charge of military affairs in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River and should be rescued by him.And let Yue Fei be under the control of Zhang Jun and send troops together. Zhang Jun was treacherous and determined that the Jin army was too powerful to follow. He declined, saying: "The enemy has just joined forces, and the momentum is in full swing. He is lazy and uses his troops like a god, and his front is unstoppable. Chuzhou is isolated and in danger. If you send troops to rescue, there will be no way." It’s different from fighting a tiger with bare hands and seeking your own destruction. The current plan is to just sit back and watch Zhao Li survive and die on his own, without investing any more troops and risking the lives of soldiers in vain.” Looking at Zhang Jun's expression of being beaten, Zhao Ding said angrily: "Chuzhou is located on the front line and protects the Lianghuai River. If it is abandoned, it will not only expose the land north of the Lianghuai River to the enemy's blade, but also make it difficult for the people to fight." The generals are chilling." Zhang Jun made a strong statement: "Theoretically, it is necessary to rescue. But since the southward journey, the foundation of the imperial court has not yet been firmly established, the existing guards are few and weak, and people's hearts are easily shaken. If the rescue fails and the military strength is reduced, the situation will be out of control." Seeing that Zhang Jun couldn't be moved, Zhao Ding had no choice but to appeal to Zhao Gou: "The reconstruction of the imperial court depends entirely on the defense of the two Huaihe Rivers. If Chuzhou falls, it will be a big deal. Sending troops to save Chuzhou is not only to save the dying city, but also to save the dying city. It is also an excellent opportunity to encourage the generals to be loyal. Your Majesty, if Zhang Jun agrees to send troops, I am willing to go to the front with him." When Zhang Jun heard this, he was angry and annoyed. In his heart, he had already greeted Zhao Ding's eight generations of ancestors fiercely, and cursed secretly, "What's wrong with you? If you want to send yourself to death, I won't go crazy with you!" "The tripod argued again and again, and Jun also resigned again and again." Zhang Jun pushed back and forth, looking for objective reasons, and insisted on refusing to send troops to rescue. Although Zhao Gou was very dissatisfied when he saw Zhang Jun fearing the enemy like a tiger, Zhang Jun had a heavy army in his hand, so it was inconvenient to attack him.How to do it? After much deliberation, Zhao Gou had no choice but to order Liu Guangshi to send troops to rescue Chuzhou. But Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun are like chickens in the same feather, without any political awareness at all.The edict was issued on August 19th in the fourth year of Jianyan (1130), and by the end of August, he had no response at all. The situation in Chuzhou is getting more and more critical! Among the soldiers and civilians in Chuzhou City, Zhao Li brought thousands of them from Xuzhou. Half of them were old and weak. There were two thousand generals from Chuzhou who were originally from Chuzhou, and about five thousand militiamen from the four counties under Chuzhou. people.At the beginning of the siege, there were still edible wild beans and wild wheat in the city. After a long time of siege, the soldiers and civilians ate "no living things". In mid-August, there was no food in the city, and they could only eat grass and trees. Some people even used knives to cut elm bark to eat.As a result, the emergency letters were sent out one by one more urgently, and the messengers met each other. Zhao Gou urged Liu Guangshi to lead his troops across the river several times, but Liu Guangshi turned a deaf ear to him with the attitude of "the general is out, and the king's order is not accepted". Zhao Gou became anxious, and said to Zhao Ding: "Sending official documents alone is not enough to express what I mean. You write a long letter for me, telling him the seriousness of the matter, and strictly ordering him to send troops immediately." But Liu Guangshi remained the same, insisting on not moving. Chuzhou is in danger!