On the upper floor of Tongguan West City, Mao Yi'er looked back and saw a group of soldiers crashing through the door and entering.
The bright sword and gun made his heart beat faster in fear.
"General?!"
"you……"
"Who dares to tie up the general?"
When soldiers rushed forward to help him, Mao Yi'er lowered his head again and realized that he had been stabbed twice in the abdomen at some point and was still bleeding.
I was too excited just now, and I didn't feel the pain until now.
"The city gate," Mao Yi'er said, covering his abdomen, "The city gate isn't open yet, is it?"
"We're going to open the city gate right now."
"What?" Mao Yi'er was stunned.
But the soldier who spoke had a dark complexion and a simple look on his face, and he repeated the sentence seriously.
"Let's open the city gate now, General."
Mao Yi'er's heart sank, because that simple face actually gave him a hint of terror.
Just when he was about to pounce again, the next words fell on his ears.
"General, Lou Dutou said, is it appropriate to wait until dawn to open the city gate? Although it is the prince's order, it is appropriate to confirm it?"
"What? Reinforcements are coming?" Mao Yi'er looked at the corpse on the ground and murmured: "Why bother?"
The soldier understood what was going on. He scratched his head and didn't know what to say. He simply straightened his back and shouted in response.
"Report to the general! Reinforcements are coming!"
…
When the sky was bright, a large beam was pulled away from the Huaiyuan Gate in Xicheng.
Sand and stones rolled down, and the soldiers stepped forward to lift away the stones, revealing the smashed flesh, flesh and bones underneath.
"vomit!"
"You vomited? Bury it with sand. Yesterday there were people killing people in the city, but I didn't see you vomiting."
"It's different. Your brain is hot when you kill an enemy. Looking at him today... vomit..."
"Oh, those who were killed by cannon stones were blocked under the city gate before their bodies could even be pulled out."
"Move quickly and send reinforcements into the city! What are you doing lying there?!"
The soldiers lying on the ground vomiting quickly got up, continued to move the wood and stones, and slowly opened the city gate. Soon, groups of soldiers entered the city.
Mao Yi'er looked up and saw that the big bamboo pole was erected on the top of Tongguan City, and he finally calmed down.
Only then did the tense nerves relax, and suddenly I felt so weak that I almost fell to the ground.
I met Li Xia that day and talked about the various things about guarding Tongguan this time. Mao Yi'er also reported the betrayal between Niu Ping and Mao Wu. The more he talked about it, the more heartbreaking it became.
"The general doesn't understand...how can they be able to communicate with each other? One of them saved me, and the other is from my hometown. They are not like this on weekdays..."
"A man won't shed tears easily, why are he crying?"
"There are traitors in the general's army... They were not cowards before, it was me who failed to manage the army well..."
"Of course not everyone can accompany us to fight this kind of battle against the wind, so the strong wind knows the strong grass. The rootless grass that can be blown away by the wind will be blown away."
Mao Yi'er was stunned for a moment, his eyes quite blank.
"Blow it away, blow it away" is easy to say, but it is not so easy to let go of the past Paoze who was beaten to death.
Li Xia patted Mao Yi'er on the shoulder and praised him.
"You did a great job, taking root in the strong wind. You are not only a strong grass, but also a pillar."
In the camp, Liu Zheng stared at Liu Yuan blankly, unable to believe it for a long time.
He knew that since Li Xia had returned from Wuguan, he could defeat Liu Yuan... There were too many reasons. Liu Yuan had gone deep alone, with only more than 7,000 troops blocked in the enemy's territory, just waiting to see Li Xia's attack.
Soldiers and horses, if they learn that the main force going to Chang'an has been defeated, the morale of the army will be in chaos.
Therefore, Liu Zheng thought about it before expressing his willingness to persuade the troops to surrender. He did not want to see his son die fighting with his subordinates, even if Li Xia did not agree to use him again.
But I didn't expect that Liu Yuan would be defeated so quickly.
"How could it be? Li Xia hasn't even taken me to the front of the army to threaten you, how could you just..."
Liu Yuan knelt down in front of Liu Zheng, looking at the injuries on Liu Zheng's body, and burst into tears.
The Song soldiers behind him ignored them and allowed the father and son to talk.
Afterwards, Liu Yuan mentioned why he was captured so quickly and scolded him.
"Father, there are traitors in the army!"
"..."
"Haier was incompetent. Not long after setting up camp west of Tongguan, he received an urgent message from his second brother, saying that Xiayang Ferry was attacked by the Song army. Without waiting for Boyer to send troops to support, Xiayang Ferry was lost. Now that his retreat was cut off, Boyer had no choice but to attack fiercely.
Tongguan. Attacking Tongguan from the west soon cut off the communication between Tongguan and the Twelve Liancheng. Until five days ago, I received a message from Marshal Dong that Jindou Pass had been taken from the east. I thought that Tongguan could be broken immediately...
"
"And after that?"
"The day before yesterday, the third brother suddenly led the remaining soldiers back to the camp. Yan's father was ambushed by the Song army in Huazhou and was surrounded in Huashan Valley. I asked the fourth brother to bring half of the troops to support..."
When Liu Zheng heard this, he was furious.
I wanted to scold Li Xia for being extremely shameless, but finally I couldn't.
"Gaier, how...is he?"
"I don't know." Liu Yuan said: "The third brother led the fourth brother to Huashan Valley and never came back. That night, our camp was surrounded by the Song army. We didn't see how many people there were. We only knew that there were people in all directions.
Yes. The kid doesn’t know the terrain in Guanzhong, and he doesn’t know how to break out..."
"Besieged for one day and then defeated?"
Liu Yuan said: "There is a traitor in the army. He suddenly detained me last night. It must have been instigated by a few wounded soldiers left behind by my third brother."
"who?!"
Liu Zheng shouted, his eyes showing the majesty of a victorious general.
The old troops under his command, from being in the enemy camp to defeating the enemy, then going to Sichuan to support and then going north to surrender to the Mongols... have always been regarded by him as elite confidants, and it is hard to imagine that anyone would dare to touch his eldest son.
Liu Yuan did not answer immediately. He only shook his head and whispered: "It's not some generals. It's just some soldiers. Father doesn't know their names."
When Liu Zheng heard this, he knew that Liu Yuan had told a lie here and concealed it for those people.
It is hard to say whether Liu Yuan was detained or persuaded at that time.
Liu Zheng finally sighed, raised his eyes and glanced at the soldiers guarding them, then looked at Liu Yuan and asked: "Did you join Li Xia's command?"
"No."
"What do you mean? Why not."
"Li Xia only asked me to come to see my father. He said that because my father had made great contributions to the country, he allowed us to reunite as father and son..."
Liu Zheng asked in surprise: "He doesn't need you to lead the troops?"
Liu Yuan stared blankly at the gangrene on Liu Zheng's leg and responded: "My child is willing to fulfill his filial piety in front of his father's knees and become an ordinary citizen from now on..."
Before he finished speaking, Liu Zheng was furious and shouted: "He doesn't need me, the Liu family and his son, to lead the army, so he can't even think of getting help from my Liu family's troops!"
Outside the tent, someone suddenly shouted.
"Start camp! Bring them into Tongguan in batches!"
Liu Zheng turned around suddenly and realized that he was indeed near Tongguan.
"He can never conquer Dengzhou Xiaoyong without me..."
Tongguan.
On the tower, Yang Ben took a brochure, checked it out, and introduced a captured general who was brought to the tower.
"He Tai, one of the twelve brave men who captured Xinyang with Liu Zheng, was appointed as deputy commander. After defecting, he was appointed as a Mongolian Qianhu, and was awarded a silver medal. He is the oldest among the seven Qianhu in the enemy camp..."
Not long after, the conversation between Li Xia and the other party started to sound.
"Practical issues such as salary, family education, etc. have been recorded before. Do you still have any questions?"
"Many thanks to the king. One more thing, please don't blame the king. The guilty general still wants to fight with Liu Shuai, and I beg the king to allow Liu Shuai to serve. He has been wielding military talismans all his life, and he is really not used to it. Maybe he got angry when he touched the military talismans.
When he comes back, his injury will be healed. And the criminal general will not abandon him."
"I have often thought about the standards for surrender in the past two years. The difficulty lies in our era. The first is the legacy of southerners returning to the south and northerners returning to the north. The second is the Mongolian atrocities of slaughtering cities at every turn. So, the feelings of people returning from the north
How to measure the difference between "excusable" and "inexcusable"?"
"I won't tolerate those who massacre the city."
"Kublai Khan attacked Ezhou and ordered Qiu to commit no crime, but Liu Zheng entered Guanzhong but massacred innocent people."
"After the county prince Mingjian conquered Xiayang County, it was not Liu Shuai who ordered the massacre of the city."
"But he is the commander-in-chief."
"In war, it is inevitable to sacrifice food to the enemy. It is a common thing. And Liu Shuai cannot make the decision in this matter. It is for this reason that he leads the army."
"Yes, it is common to lose food to the enemy. A while ago, I took the cavalry to Dengzhou. Because Dengzhou borders me, we can send troops from the Han River and Wuguan Road to attack it. Then we can encircle it for reinforcements and capture its general first. But
I just can't think of a way to attack Luoyang and Kaifeng. Liu Zheng led 10,000 probing horse red troops and headed straight for Chang'an. How do you plan to break the city? Do you have a plan?"
"this……"
"Are you planning to drive tens of thousands of people to invade, build artillery vehicles, and refine corpse oil?"
He Tai lowered his head and was silent for a while.
Li Xia asked: "Did you know that when the Mongolians refined corpse oil, the people who were thrown into the oil pan were still alive?"
"Liu Shuai didn't really do it, but the prince stopped him."
"So I haven't killed him yet." Li Xia said, "But you want me to use him?"
"I beg the prince to forgive me. Liu Shuai has nothing to do. He is under the command of the Mongols..."
"Everyone else was thinking of a way, but Liu Zheng couldn't do anything? It was also a surrender. Yang Dayuan killed the Mongolian envoys and defended Dahuo City until he couldn't hold it anymore, and surrendered in order to save the people in the city. What about Liu Zheng? The situation is not yet up.
If the worst comes to worst, take the initiative to kill and surrender."
"Liu Shuai just calculated further than others. The reason why he surrendered voluntarily was that Song Ting was too suspicious of him, and Lu Wende forced him to do so. He had no choice but to..."
"He can surrender, but the question is what to do after he surrenders. How many northerners have been working hard for many years to persuade Kublai Khan to stop killing. And Liu Zheng brought the Mongols to thresh the grass valley? After that, he showed no regrets and talked with Kublai Khan.
I'm talking about my talent, but I feel wronged?"
"Because Liu Shuai is so wronged!"
"Is he the only one in the world who has been wronged?! Even if all the people in Shu were massacred, nothing can compare to the wrong of being jealous?!"
After seeing many generals in the enemy camp in succession, Li Xia finally got angry.
"He can be aggrieved and angry. I can understand that he betrayed the Song Dynasty and surrendered to the Mongols, but he can't just be aggrieved and angry. Because he was angry at the Song court who was suspicious of him, he turned around and led the Mongols to stab innocent people with knives...
Do you think so?"
He Taiben had something else to say, but when he heard it later, he still responded: "You shouldn't."
Li Xia nodded, a little more solemnly.
"I discussed with Liu Zheng a few days ago. I said that we need an orderly, unified, and strong country to avoid the tragedy of the massacre of Shu, and to avoid the plight of the Northerners who have no country to return to... Others
The only point of contention between the northerners and me is who should build this country.
Liu Zheng is different. Liu Zheng only cares about himself. He feels wronged and keeps saying that Song Ting forced him to do this. Maybe, Song Ting also thought about killing me. But I have no time to deal with the grievances caused by Song Ting.
The important thing is, how many people in the enemy's army are like this? How many people can join us in building the country? It is easy to be extreme, but it is difficult to do things. Especially in difficult and difficult undertakings, people without faith cannot do it."
Having said this, Li Xia looked at He Tai and asked again.
"What about you? Do you care more about your grievances? Or do you want to live in a country that belongs to northerners as well as southerners, and can protect people from dying in massacres... or even better?"
Li Xia seemed to be asking He Tai.
It's like asking about the enemy's camp.
It's like asking all the people who have returned from the north.
It's like asking everyone in the world.
"Have you had enough? In this world where people from the south return to the south, people from the north return to the north, dust is everywhere, and butcher knives fly, have you had enough?"
…
On this day, some of Liu Zheng's generals insisted on following Liu Zheng only, while others disdained and sneered.
Someone also gave Li Xia an answer.
Different people have different answers.
Liu Zheng suffered from tetanus.
He suffered from general weakness, headache, and gradually developed facial paralysis.
In the days after he was transferred to Tongguan, his old troops kept visiting him.
These people all came in plain clothes, but Liu Zheng knew that they had all surrendered to Li Xia.
Only then did he fully understand the meaning of Li Xia's words when they met that day...
Until June 23rd.
A subordinate came to visit, which pushed Liu Zheng's anger to the top.
"Liu Shuai said before that it was useless to do so much for Zhao and Song Dynasty. But in the eyes of the prince, it was his contribution to protecting the people of Jinghu. The prince remembered this merit, so he did not pursue Liu Gong's defection to the enemy..."
"Get out! Get out!"
Liu Zheng was furious and scolded Liu Yuan, who was wearing coarse linen clothes, for being incompetent.
"It's impossible for Li Xia to conquer my subordinates, it's impossible!"
He choked and gasped for air.
Finally, he stretched out his hand into the air, as if he still wanted to recapture his achievements.
"Father? Father!"
Liu Yuan burst into tears...
"Liu Shuai died of serious injuries..."
It was already evening when the news reached He Tai's ears.
He Tai's eyes turned red, and tears soon fell.
He once thought he looked like Liu Zheng.
They are both from the north, both are jealous of the Song Dynasty, and have experienced the same things together all their lives.
But today I discovered that he is not Liu Zheng.
He is not as talented, as powerful, and as conceited as Liu Zheng, and can fight against the world alone. He cannot do this, and needs a stronger force to protect him.
He Tai raised his hand to wipe his eyes, but returned to the school field and continued to organize the soldiers.
With so many thoughts on his mind, he finally gathered all his soldiers together and lectured loudly.
"Listen all, if anyone asks us to surrender our troops again, beat him! The king will make the decision for us. This is what Liu Shuai asked the king before he died. He said that he no longer wanted to lead troops, but only wanted us to stop being bullied.
.
The prince also promised to keep the flag of our enemy camp. We want to let people know that to defeat the enemy camp is no longer the surrender of the Jin Kingdom, the Song Kingdom, or the Mongolian soldiers. We are not the surrender of soldiers.
, we are not from the north, we are the army of China!
Do you all understand? You... damn... you are no longer a reformed person. From now on, what we stand on is our own land, and we must all live uprightly!"——
(Also: This is a fictional novel, so Liu Zheng in the book must have done a lot of things that he has never done in history.
Maybe it will appear that I have written this person too badly.
The reason why it is written this way is based on the biography of Liu Zheng, "In the first month of the tenth year, Fancheng was broken and massacred."
Fancheng was indeed massacred, which may be one of the reasons why Lu Wenhuan surrendered.
The history books do not say who ordered the massacre of Fancheng, but it is written in the biography of Liu Zheng.
I couldn't find more specific information, so when I made up the story, I wanted to try my best to make his good and evil to the same extent.
In addition to good and evil, why is his character compiled like this? Because according to historical data, those who did not get along with him include Zhao Fang, Jia Sidao, Lu Wende, Yu Xing, Niu Lin, Ali Hague, Boyan...)