Chapter 16, The Tragic Jin Army
The evening of the 22nd of the 11th month of the first year of Jingkang
On the outskirts of Bianliang, there is the Jin Army camp in Qingchengzhai.
Since the temperature plummeted again, the heavy snowfall that had lasted all day and night has temporarily come to an end, but the clouds in the sky are still heavy. The winter sun is so weak that even at noon, it cannot penetrate the clouds, and the whole world is still plunged into darkness.
Completely different from today's gloomy weather, Wanyan Zonghan, the commander-in-chief of the Dajin West Route Army, walked briskly. Amidst the sound of the guards outside the tent, without waiting for the permission of the owner of the tent, he opened the door and walked in. The commander-in-chief of the East Route Army In Wanyan Zongwang's tent.
As the curtain was raised, Zong Han felt a wave of heat coming towards his face - not just because in the two cooked copper stoves seized from the suburban villa, a pile of high-quality tribute charcoal was shining with a faint blue flame. What's more, the fragrant scenery in the tent can make every man burn from the bottom of his heart.
In the tent that is more than ten steps wide, there are more than a dozen beautiful women of various ages dancing. They were all covered with only a few strands of tulle, and as their figures danced, their private parts flickered in and out. In the corner of the tent, there was a beautiful woman playing the pipa and singing a new tune. Wanyan Zongwang, who was sitting on a soft couch padded with several layers of thick sheepskin, was surrounded by five or six half-naked stunning women, serving him wine and food.
Zong Han glanced at the mesmerizing scenery in the tent, laughed and said, "Oh, you are enjoying yourself so much!"
Unfortunately, despite this lively and romantic atmosphere, the owner of the tent, Wanyan Zongwang, is still very depressed... Seeing Zong Han, an uninvited guest. When he suddenly came to the door, Zong Wang's face suddenly became even more ugly. There was even a hint of anger flashing through his eyes. Angry, but more than anything, ashamed - as the leaders of the two largest military and political factions in the Jin Kingdom, and the two strong contenders for the Jin Kingdom's throne in the future, between Wanyan Zonghan, commander of the West Route Army, and Wanyan Zongwang, commander of the East Route Army, Have maintained a not so good competitor-partner relationship. Even when fighting side by side, they never forget to fight and stab each other.
——The early Jurchen Wanyan tribe was originally a very loose tribal alliance. Even if they were brothers, once the family property was divided among the tribes, they would become two families. Therefore, there were many internal conflicts and various factions.
Among them, the two strongest factions are Aguda and Wu Qimai. However, since Wu Qimai ascended the throne, in order to pave the way for his son, he suppressed Wanyan Zongwang and others after Aguda, which gradually made this faction more powerful. Signs of separation. The other is the lineage of Wanyan Zonghan, who has been very popular in the world. Before attacking the Song Dynasty, Zonghan's faction had already controlled Datong Mansion in Xijing. It had the right to appoint officials and fight on its own. It was known as the Western Imperial Court and was extremely powerful. . After that, Wanyan Zonghan repeatedly performed extraordinary feats in the battle against the Song Dynasty. In particular, his heroic general Wanyan Loushi defeated the Song Dynasty's overwhelming troops with a force of 20,000, and fought in Xiongling, Yuci, Wenshui, Taiyuan and other places. series of battles They must win every battle and annihilate more than 200,000 Song Dynasty's Guanxi Forbidden Army. Their outstanding military achievements can be said to be unprecedented, which further increased the prestige of Zong Han's West Route Army and reached an uncontrollable level.
Therefore, the struggle between the two factions has always been very fierce. The East Route Army considered itself to be a direct descendant of the royal family, but was secretly suppressed by Emperor Wanyan Wu Qingmai. Its strength was relatively weak, and its composition was also mixed with a large number of Han troops, Khitans, and A motley crew of Bohai people, Xi people and even Korean people. The West Route Army not only far surpassed the East Route Army in terms of performance, but also had far more Jurchen elite cavalry than the East Route Army, and regarded itself as a more authentic Jurchen tradition.
Therefore, the two sides naturally disliked each other, and all kinds of frictions never subsided.
——According to the original history, Zong Wang would die from Zong Han’s assassination soon after the Northern Song Dynasty was conquered...
Of course, now that Bianliang has not fallen and the Song Dynasty still exists, their disputes have not yet heated up, but the full malice between them is also obvious.
"...can't be as happy as you! Nianhan (Zong Han's real name), I heard that you have recently acquired famous prostitutes from Tianshui Lane in Tokyo City. Each one of them is one of the most beautiful beauties? Why should you be envious? My little gain?”
Zong Wang said lightly while waving his hands to the women, "...you all go down!"
Hearing this, the girls felt as if they had received an amnesty, and hurriedly put on the clothes thrown on the ground, and hurriedly escaped from the tents - Like all barbaric peoples of this era, the Jurchens were also moody and regarded women as playthings, and they were also very worthless. That kind of... Ever since the Jin Army invaded Bianliang City, hundreds of female corpses were thrown out of the Jin Army camp in Qingcheng Village every day after being brutally ravaged to death!
Although Zong Wang was famous for his kindness in the Jin Kingdom and was praised by the Jurchens as the "Prince of Bodhisattva", for these abducted Song women, they were still accompanying the emperor like a tiger, and there was always the possibility of tragic accidents. Danger - not to mention that he was in a terrible mood right now.
And Zong Han did not forget to laugh and pinch the chests or buttocks of these women a few times, taking advantage of them. Then he dragged a brocade futon over, sat down with a golden sword, and said with a smile, "... …Have you sorted out the dirty things caused by that servant named Yaoshi Guo?”
"...It has already been dealt with! They are all a bunch of immature wolf cubs! It really makes people want to kill them all!"
Wanyan Zongwang snorted in disinterest, as if he had already expected that Wanyan Zonghan would mention this unfortunate incident.
Speaking of which, both Wanyan Zongwang, who was caught off guard, and Wanyan Zonghan, who was gloating about the misfortune, had an inexplicable or weird feeling about the sudden rebellion by Guo Yaoshi and Chang Shengjun.
——In the past, when the Jurchens raised their troops, during the Jin-Liao War, the Liao Kingdom suffered successive defeats, all its elite soldiers and generals were lost, and most of the land in Liaodong was lost. In order to replenish its troops, the Khitan court began to recruit Han and Bohai refugees who had fled from Liaodong to form a "resentful army", which was later renamed the Ever-victorious Army, with Guo Yaoshi and other northern Han tycoons as generals, hoping to Taking advantage of the grievances of these Liaodong refugees against the Jurchens, a brave army was created.
However, this "resentful army", or the ever-victorious army, seems to have had a rebellion in the back of its head since it was formed into an army. It was scolded by the Khitan people as "not complaining against the Jurchens, but complaining against the country" - Pharmacist Guo first led Chang The victorious army defected and surrendered to the Song Dynasty, dealing a fatal blow to the crumbling Liao Kingdom. The Song Dynasty greatly rewarded him and made him the Great Wall of the North. The victorious army also received a large amount of military pay and equipment, and at one time expanded to as many as 50,000 people.
The reason why the Song Dynasty donated so generously was in the hope that Pharmacist Guo could repay his kindness and guard the northern border for the Song Dynasty. Unexpectedly, when the Jin soldiers went south, Guo Yaoshi immediately switched sides and surrendered to Wanyan Zongwang, becoming the leader of the Jin soldiers' attack on the Song Dynasty, once again biting the former benefactor... Since the outbreak of the Song-Jin war, the two Jin armies sub-nan During the conquest of Bianliang, Guo Yaoshi's ever-victorious army was the vanguard. They burned, killed, looted, massacred villages and burned cities all the way. They committed all kinds of evil. The people of Song Dynasty were on the same side as them, and their hatred was as deep as the sea. They regarded them as white-eyed wolves who repay kindness with hatred. Their hatred I'm afraid they are still above the Jurchens.
To say that such a guy would change his banner and join the Song Dynasty, especially when the Song Dynasty was about to be destroyed, I am afraid no one in the world would believe it.
——The problem is, with Doraemon’s magical prop [Lies Turning Truth Mouth], nothing is impossible.
In this way, just this afternoon, Pharmacist Guo didn't know what medicine he took wrongly. He actually summoned his soldiers and generals and announced that he would defect to the Song Dynasty. People were immediately shocked, and some loyal people thought that the general had lost their hearts. Crazy, and suddenly there is no master; the other group of guys have evil intentions , saw the hope of ascending to the top... So, before Guo Yaoshi's rebellion could be launched, he himself was captured by several victorious army generals with different intentions. Next, these generals sent troops to control The Chinese army's main tent of the Ever Victorious Army disarmed Guo Yaoshi's soldiers.
After that, these generals gathered together and did nothing without stopping. While leading the troops to control their colleagues and taking the military power of the Ever Victorious Army into their own hands, they chopped off the head of Pharmacist Guo and sent someone to offer it to the East Road. Military commander Wanyan Zongwang asked for merit in order to be recognized and canonized by the Jin people.
But the problem is that precisely because Guo Yaoshi's rebellion was so nonsensical and completely illogical and unreasonable, Wanyan Zongwang didn't believe the words of these victorious generals at all. Instead, he suspected that they conspired to murder the boss. , and then make up a random reason Perfunctory with yourself...Obviously, this trend must not rise. If the entire Eastern Route Army's soldiers and horses of all races follow the same example, the junior high school below will casually fabricate a completely untenable reason and kill their own general. If his head comes to ask for credit, how can he, the head coach, lead the team? Just kill each other every day!
——Even if they are cannon fodder in the eyes of the Jurchens, they cannot be allowed to waste them indiscriminately like this!
Therefore, while Wanyan Zongwang pretended to praise them for their "credit" for bringing order to the chaos, he deceived the guys who killed Guo Yaoshi into the military tent and captured them. At the same time, he sent the Jurchen cavalry to suppress the camp of the Ever Victorious Army... After a chaotic battle, Wanyan Zongwang finally stabilized the situation, but the Chang Sheng Army had also been driven to disunity and was basically useless. As for whether Yaoshi Guo really wanted to rebel, no one could tell.
Such an inexplicable commotion gave Wanyan Zongwang a headache, and the resulting confusion in military morale added huge variables to the Bianliang siege that was about to start again... It's no wonder that after cleaning up the mess, he , will hide and drink alone in depression.
After hearing the news, Zong Han did not forget to come over and make fun of his old enemy.
However, no matter how bad the mood is, the current battle still has to be fought.
Therefore, after a few words of bickering with Zong Han, Zong Wang still straightened up and talked about the next siege plan.
"...The day before yesterday, I pretended to negotiate peace with the Song people to paralyze the defenders. At the same time, I gathered various troops scattered in Henan and Hebei to prepare for a decisive battle."
Pointing to a sand table model of Bianliang City on the table in front of him, Wanyan Zongwang spoke eloquently, "...Right now, all the armies from Luoyang and Hebei have gathered under Bianliang City, and the siege equipment is also complete. I plan to launch the attack tomorrow. early in the morning , take the victorious soldiers as the vanguard, ants climb up the city wall, and attack Bianliang! If you win, you will break the city and overthrow the Song Dynasty. If you lose, the hidden danger of our army will be eliminated, and at the same time, the strength and morale of the Song people will be consumed..."< br>
"...This is a very good statement! It can be said to be the best of both worlds!" Zong Han clapped his hands and said with a smile, "...It's just that this last-minute deployment seems to have yet to be destroyed..."
However, before he could finish his sentence, the two people in the tent felt violent vibrations on the ground at the same time.
The wine jar on the table fell down with a clatter, and the clear soju poured out, soaking a large area of the camel hair carpet worth a thousand gold. Zong Han, who reacted quickly, immediately held the table and was about to stand up. Unexpectedly, the table suddenly fell over, causing him to fall down too...
When a big crack opened in the ground and the entire tent collapsed, Zong Han finally heard the panicked shouts outside: "...Run! Everyone, run out! It's a dragon!"