Luo Shengping led 20,000 troops to invade Quzhou and then marched towards Yanzhou. Luo Shengping had followed Zhang Jun for many years and was considered one of Zhang Jun's confidant generals. He had been named the capital commander. This time he led 20,000 troops as a vanguard.
, tentatively attacked Lin'an Prefecture to shock the imperial court psychologically, and also to attract the main force of the Song Army and create opportunities for Zhang Jun's main army to cross the Yangtze River and move south.
The 20,000-strong army marched eastward along the official road. This area was all mountainous, the road was difficult to walk, and the field of vision was not wide. It was the morning, and their target was Jiande County, which was twenty miles away.
Rest for lunch in Jiande County.
At this time, a group of spies and cavalry came rushing from a distance, clasped their fists to the general Luo Shengping and said: "I am reporting to the capital, there are no defenders in Jiande County, only a few hundred state soldiers. The city walls are short and dilapidated and can be broken through with one blow."
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"Is there anything unusual along the way?" Luo Shengping asked again.
"I reported back to the commander-in-chief that there was nothing unusual. I asked the woodcutter about it, but I haven't seen the officers and soldiers for many years!"
Luo Shengping was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Order the whole army to speed up and go to Jiande County to rest for lunch!"
The soldiers were already hungry and tired, but thinking that they would have a break for lunch soon, they cheered up and started running quickly on the official road.
Sure enough, there was nothing unusual along the way. At this time, they had already seen the county town in the distance. The 20,000 soldiers sped up and ran again. They were still three miles away from the county town. They entered a short canyon, which was less than two miles away. After passing the canyon, they were
county seat.
When they were halfway through the canyon, there was a sudden banging sound, and thousands of arrows were fired from the woods on both sides of the canyon. The soldiers were unable to dodge, and there was a sudden scream. Thousands of people were hit by arrows.
Immediately afterwards, the second round of arrows was fired again, and thousands of arrows were fired. The soldiers of the Huaixi Army were all leather armors and could not withstand the crossbow fire at close range. In just two rounds of arrow rain, more than 7,000 people were injured or killed. The soldiers
Terrified, they scrambled to the west to escape, pushing and trampling each other. At this time, 10,000 Song troops came out from both sides of the valley entrance and cut into pieces the escaping soldiers.
This ambush was the 30,000 navy troops commanded by Han Shizhong. He used a dark-under-the-lamp tactic. When enemy spies arrived near the county seat, they would usually only focus on the county seat and would not explore the situation around the county seat. Han Shizhong looked for
They met an old woodcutter and told them that they had not seen any officers and soldiers for many years, and successfully deceived the enemy spies.
Countless soldiers came down from the mountain, led by a fierce general, wielding a broadsword, who was Han Shizhong's deputy general Wang Gui. They had been depressed for a long time and were waiting for this moment to vent their anger.
The Huaixi army was so killed that they cried like ghosts and howled like wolves, kowtowing desperately and begging for mercy. General Luo Shengping saw that the situation was not good and led a thousand soldiers to break out desperately, but Han Shizhong had already targeted him.
Han Shizhong took off his treasured bow, drew out a spiked arrow, aimed at the enemy general from a distance and shot an arrow. The soldiers shouted, covering up the sound of the bowstring. When Luo Shengping discovered the arrow, it was too late to dodge.
"Poof!" The arrow hit his throat. Luo Shengping let out a muffled cry, turned over and fell off his horse. The soldiers rushed to rescue him, but Luo Shengping could no longer breathe and could not see.
Han Shizhong shouted, "Those who surrender will be spared death, and those who resist will not be killed!"
The soldiers of the Huaixi Army were desperate and knelt down one after another to surrender.
In this battle, Han Shizhong wiped out 20,000 Huaixi troops at a very small cost with less than a hundred casualties, and shot the enemy general with his own hands. The result was extremely brilliant.
Han Shizhong immediately sent people back to Beijing to announce the good news, and the court immediately became excited. This victory was so timely, and it suddenly reversed the sad mood of the court.
Zhao Goulong was delighted and ordered to reward Han Shizhong with 300,000 pieces of money and 200,000 pieces of silk as a reward, and named Han Shizhong the Grand Tutor.
At noon, Hu Yun met Wang Mu at Xinfeng Teahouse. Hu Yun asked with concern: "I heard that the imperial court issued a warning to the newspaper office?"
Wang Mu nodded, "Early this morning, people from the Ministry of Rites came to the newspaper office and issued an order arrogantly. If we report on Zhang Jun's rebellion, all articles must be submitted to the Ministry of Rites for review. If we report without review, the court will shut it down.
Newspaper office.”
"Then how does the newspaper decide?" Hu Yun asked again.
"That's why I came to you."
Wang Mu said calmly: "This is the first time a newspaper office has encountered such a warning. Everyone doesn't know what to do. I hope you can give me some guidance."
Hu Yun thought for a while and said: "Let's do this! I will immediately ask His Highness King Yong for instructions. During the request, I will not report the news of Zhang Jun's rebellion for the time being, and switch the report to the recovery of Hebei and the fight against the invasion of nomadic cavalry."
"Is there any information on this?"
"One thing, I'll send someone to the newspaper office later."
At this time, Cha Ji brought them new tea, and the two of them stopped talking. After Cha Ji left, Wang Mu filled a cup of tea for Hu Yun and asked with a smile: "I heard that you are also very busy there.
Have you started negotiating?"
Hu Yun said calmly: "We have talked about it three times, each time getting tougher. The second time we promised to consider the fate of Jianghuai, but after the news came that Han Shizhong wiped out 20,000 enemy troops in Jiande County, he never mentioned it today.
In the case of Jianghuai, we just talked about full tax exemption, and then granted King Yong nine tins, canceled the restrictions that King Yong had overstepped, etc. In short, there is no sincerity at all."
"Then what instructions does His Highness have?"
"Not yet. I will send today's negotiation status together with the newspaper's warning to Beijing soon."
Just then, the door of the teahouse opened, and a waiter rushed in nervously, shouting: "Everyone, hurry up, the army is coming to search the shop and arrest people!"
Hu Yun was startled and looked out. He saw Jia Yingfang sitting in the bullock cart. He was an aide to Wang Bo, the magistrate of Lin'an, and one of their people. It turned out that he was the one who came to report the news.
There was a chaos in the teahouse. Everyone immediately stood up and walked out. The shopkeeper Dong Qun stepped forward and grabbed the waiter, "What's going on?"
The waiter was so anxious that he stamped his feet, "Shopkeeper Dong, please leave quickly! If you don't leave, it will be too late."
Hu Yun reacted very quickly and immediately ordered: "Dong An, let's go quickly, and the guys will also leave quickly, and leave through the back door."
"let's go!"
Dong Qun didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he rushed out of the back door with seven or eight waiters. Hu Yun looked out the window again and saw that Jia Yingfang's bullock cart had already gone away.
Just then, the sound of running footsteps was heard in the distance, and someone shouted: "Surround the teahouse and don't allow anyone to escape!"
Wang Mu chuckled and said: "It seems that the teahouse has been targeted for a long time. Is it because you come too often?"
Hu Yun nodded, "Probably, they keep an eye on this teahouse when I come here every day. The Liushenju Teahouse in front of me should have been exposed in this way, but I guess it has something to do with Lao Dong's connection with the wealthy businessmen!"
He stood up and said: "Let's go!"
Hu Yun and Wang Mu stood up and walked outside. They rushed into a large group of soldiers and surrounded them. Some soldiers shouted: "Don't move!"
Hu Yun sneered and said: "I am the special envoy of King Yong. Find your General Yan!"
Hearing that he was the special envoy of King Yong, the soldiers did not dare to mess around, so they hurriedly reported to the leader of the capital, Yan Xin.
Yan Xin succeeded Yang Yizhong as the commander of the capital in front of the palace. Following the decree of Emperor Zhao Gou, he followed the example of the Jingzhao Internal Guard and formed a plum blossom guard, which was responsible for investigating enemy scouts, spies, and officials and people who collaborated with the enemy and treason.
Yan Xin walked in quickly and said with a smile on his face: "What a coincidence, why is Special Envoy Hu here too?"
"What a coincidence, I have lunch and tea here every day."
"Then Hu Te will have to drink tea somewhere else tomorrow."
"Why?"
"A businessman reported that the shopkeeper of this teahouse is suspected of smuggling money for the businessman. The amount is huge. I am here to arrest him!"
Hu Yun nodded, "We are just tea guests, this matter has nothing to do with us!"
"Of course! Of course!"
Yan Xin turned his eyes to Wang Mu again, "This is"
"He is the editor and deputy director of the Beijing News. I can vouch for him!"
"It turns out to be the Beijing News. No wonder it's with Envoy Hu."
Yan Xin turned around and glanced at Ma Song, the archer of the county government. Ma Song nodded. He knew Wang Mu. Special Envoy Hu was right.
Yan Xin said with a smile on his face: "We will not embarrass the tea guests, please leave!"
Hu Yun and Wang Mu walked out and walked to the door. Hu Yun said calmly: "I suggest General Yan not to make such a big fuss about arresting people. He can see them from a distance. It will scare the teahouse and all the tea guests will run away."
Lost."
After saying that, he and Wang Mu turned around and left. Yan Xin then realized that the ground was in a mess, there was not a single guest left, the teapots and cups on the table were all knocked over, and the tea flowed all over the floor. He shouted anxiously: "