Captain Zhang

Author: Stephen the Thunderman

Captain Zhang

In May of the first year of Jingkang, in order to relieve the siege of Taiyuan, the Song Dynasty ordered Zhong Shizhong to march west from Jingxing, Yao Gu's army to march from Changzhi, and Zhang Hao's army to march north from Fenzhou.

After the Zhong family's army regained Shouyang, they did not see the other two armies for a long time. Zhong's army had grown up in the army since childhood and was not ignorant of military affairs, so he led the main force back to Zhending and garrisoned behind Jingxing.

Although the division was confused, among the three armies, Zhong's army had the longest distance and Zhang Hao's army had the shortest. According to common sense, Zhong's army should be the last to arrive.

But at that time, one of the worries was that the other two armies had encountered the Jin army, and the other was that the imperial court had other plans. After all, changing orders from morning to night had become the norm in the Song Dynasty...

Therefore, the Zhongshi at that time did not have too many concerns. In his eyes, as long as the three armies arrived together, Taiyuan would definitely be captured.

But until the Privy Council's order to urge troops came down, there was no news about the other two armies.

When the Zhongshi asked the envoy from Bianjing, they only received the reply that "the old general is only the commander of one army, but not the commander of the three armies."

Not only that, the Privy Council did not even ask for a reason and directly gave him the title of "fearful of enemies".

This made the young masters feel sad and angry, so they had no choice but to lead their troops to attack, and finally ended up like this.

Upon arriving in Yuci, Huang You, the forward general of the Zhong Family Army, had already sensed that something was wrong. He repeatedly warned the Zhong Army to retreat, but was not adopted.

What Huang You can see, can a seed master not see?

Since you can see it, why should you persist in moving forward?

Even after trusting the other two armies, they also received the order from the Privy Council to urge troops.

Even if he believed in the other two armies, he would be labeled as fearful of the enemy just like himself.

Even if you believe in the other two armies, under such heavy pressure, they will definitely rush to Taiyuan at all costs just like you!

It was a pity that until his death, the troops of Yao Gu and Zhang Hao were not seen among the army.

Of course, if the cultivator dies, the master cultivator will not let it go.

On the day he received the news, Mr. Souchong, the manager, slapped the knife on Li Gang's table.

In this way, we now know some details of this battle.

Zhang Hao's father, Zhang Xiaochun, the governor of Hedong Province, had surrendered to the Jin people.

This can be proven when he became the prime minister of Da Qi in the future. Of course, he also sent some news to the Song Dynasty later. For example, Liu Lin, the son of Emperor Liu Yu of Da Qi, wanted to use Huang Tingjian's ink to dedicate to Zhao Gou in an attempt to carry out the project.

He leaked the secret about the assassination.

This is a story for later, but at that time, the army led by Zhang Hao naturally had no reason to advance.

Yao Gu, like the Zhong family, also came from the northwest.

The children of the two families have always been competitive and unwilling to give up.

Moreover, in this siege of Taiyuan, Yao Gu was the commander in chief, and Zhong Shizhong was only the deputy commander.

He was not willing to be driven by the masters, and he did not want to be coveted by him, the number one skill in Taiyuan. This was one of the reasons why Yao Gu stood still.

Secondly, after defeating Zhong Shizhong, the Jin army continued to take advantage of the situation to move south, and fought fiercely with the Yao army in Pantuo for several days. In the end, Yao Gu was defeated and had to retreat to Longde, which was a great victory.

The reason why he was not moved by the Privy Council's order to urge troops was because compared to the Privy Council's information that "the Jin people are about to retreat across the board",

What Yao Gu received was completely the opposite news.

Not only will the Jin people not retreat, but they will raise a large number of troops and press the border across the board.

In this way, the Yao army, which was originally stationed in Longde and Weisheng, had just suffered a defeat, and its morale had been shaken. At the suggestion of Yao Gu commander Jiao Anjie, the commander Yao Gu abandoned the city and fled.

Longde was only a distance from Bianjing by the Yellow River. After Yao Gu's repeated defeats, Bianjing city was once again exposed to the eyes of the Jin people.

"In order to appease the anger of my Zhong family, Li Gang later beheaded Jiao Anjie, and Yao Gu was also exiled to Lingnan. It was only the year before last that the Zhong family found him and cut off his head."

This is the whole story of the Yuci War, but this girl from the Zhong family did not shy away from telling the story of the murder in front of the emperor.

In her eyes, the emperor Zhao Laojiu was greedy for life and fearful of death, and was extremely timid...Moreover, with his calm face now, he had to finish his words, and he would inevitably lose his life.

It is no different from what Fohai said, but with some added details.

As for Yao Gu being still alive, Liu Bang really didn't expect that he would just be exiled if he committed such a thing. The Song Dynasty was also quite lenient towards military generals.

"That Zhang Jun..."

She didn't know why, but when she saw the pained look on Yang Yizhong's face, she felt a little relieved.

Seeing the emperor asking again at this moment, she didn't even think about it and just cursed angrily:

"That ungrateful bastard, talking about him makes my mouth dirty!"

The charming energy from before is completely gone.

After she scolded her for a long time, she looked at Yang Yizhong and said:

"Yang Duzhi should know about this. That man doesn't care about the kindness of the Zhong family to support him. Instead, he flirts with the Yao family. He is really a slave with three surnames."

Zhang Jun... was flirting with the Yao family?

"He was born as a soldier in the countryside. He only became a scholar at the age of thirty. How come he is now the number one general in the Song Dynasty?"

Xu Chengxinlang was the lowest-ranking military officer in the Song Dynasty. According to Zhang Jun's current age of fifty-three or four, it only took him about twenty years to go from the lowest to the highest.

Although it is not as good as his own rise from pavilion chief to emperor, it is already unbelievable to most people in this world.

Yang Yizhong remained silent. Unlike people like Liu Qi and Wu Lin, Zhang Jun and Yue Fei could indeed be regarded as outliers in the Song Dynasty army.

Even he, who has been in the military for several generations in his family, also carries the identity of 'General of the Yang Family'.

"Later, people in the Zhong family learned that Zhang Jun had already joined the Yao family when he was in Fengxiang Mansion. He came to our Zhong family just to act as an informant for the Yao family."

"The intelligence received by the Privy Council was sent by Zhang Jun at the request of Yao Gu. Yao Gu's original intention was to let me take the lead and consume the Jin people's fresh troops. Then his Yao family's army came out from behind and took over.

This is a fisherman’s profit.”

"So, Your Majesty the Emperor, you now know why Yao Guhui stood still despite the Privy Council's order to urge troops?"

"Because the news that the Jin people are going to attack the whole army is false in the first place. It was originally released by Yao Gu himself!"

So and so...Liu Bang was a little confused. He knew it was false news, so how could he lead his army to advance rashly?

The girl from the Zhong family continued: "Later, the news that the Jin people were going to attack the entire border was revealed by Captain Zhang."

"I think this man saw the power of the Jin man in Yuci and was frightened out of his wits. He released such news, which made his master suffer the crime he deserved."

"It's just a pity that this soldier of the Song Dynasty was deceived by a few slaves of the Yao family and lost his life for no apparent reason."

Liu Bang was shocked when he heard this.

This kind of thing happens on the battlefield...

It’s no different than child’s play!

There are those who are foolish and loyal, such as Zhongshi, those who are greedy for merit, such as Yao Gu, those who have their hearts in the enemy camp, such as Zhang Hao, and the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty who believe in intelligence...

Even if there was one person who was more normal, the Song Kingdom would not have fallen to this level!

Probably because of some inexplicable feeling in his heart, Liu Bang drank several glasses of wine in succession.

But I heard Yang Yizhong, who had been silent since the mother-in-law spoke, said:

"Miss, there are still some things going on. You should listen to me."
Chapter completed!