Chapter 414 0409 [The man who snatched the horse, you are mighty and majestic]
Yue Fei's general Zhang Xian had actually joined the rebel army.
At that time, Lin Chong and Bai Qi led a thousand partial divisions south, conquering prefectures and counties along the way and expanding their army. Zhang Xian was incorporated into the army in his hometown in Langzhong.
Because of his bravery in combat and many military exploits, Zhang Xian has been promoted to battalion commander after two expansions. He commands 500 soldiers and is currently stationed in southern Sichuan with Lin Chong.
The names of battalion-level commanders can already be seen by Ju Ming.
But Ju Ming didn't think much about it. He never guessed that he was one of Yue Fei's generals. He thought he just had the same name.
As for Yue Fei himself, because Ju Ming asked for it by name, the monarchs and ministers in the court were also quite curious.
But it's just out of curiosity. A little-known little person, just throw it to the red thief. If you don't give it, what if the red thief uses this as an excuse to send troops from Nanyang to the north?
In order to wipe out the bandits in Hebei and Shandong, the imperial court did not even bother to proclaim the emperor Zhong Xiang, let alone garrison heavy troops to defend Nanyang.
In March of this year, two eunuchs, Tong Guan and Liang Fangping, took the lead in leading the imperial army and the Xiang army to suppress the bandits.
However, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty asked Zhang Shuye to be the commander-in-chief. Tong Guan did not want to be subordinate to others, so he took matters into his own hands and went to the Huaihe River to open up water transportation and defeated Cui Dalang who was entrenched there.
Although Liang Fangping went to Shandong, he did not listen to Zhang Shuye's orders. He underestimated the enemy and rushed in. He was severely defeated by the bandit Yang Tianwang.
Fortunately, Uncle Zhang had foreseen it early and led a group of rural soldiers to the rescue. He set up an ambush and defeated the pursuing bandits. At the same time, Zongze led thousands of rural soldiers to take advantage of the opportunity to attack the bandit city and captured the bandit leader Yang Tianwang.
My old home was confiscated.
King Yang Tian was blocked by Zhang Shuye and Zongze, and was forced to accept the recruitment. He took more than a thousand remaining soldiers to become Zhang Shuye's generals.
After Tong Guan's victory over the Huaihe River, he immediately went north to Shandong. Without greeting Zhang Shuye, he went to attack Wuhu and Jia Jin in Yizhou.
No matter how the victorious army belongs to the young master army, the physique is there and the armor is there.
As for Wuhu and Jia Jin, there was no natural danger to defend, and they suffered two defeats in succession. Jia Jin quietly accepted the recruitment, and cooperated inside and outside to help Tong Guan conquer Yizhou, while Wuhu rushed to Haizhou with hundreds of remaining soldiers.
Tong Guan took advantage of the victory and pursued him. Zhang Fang, the pirate chieftain of Haizhou, was frightened and killed Wu Hu who had escaped and accepted the offer.
At this time, Zhang Shuye, Zongze, and Liang Fangping had recaptured Yanzhou, but the Jinan thief Sun Lie had an army of 100,000, and it was difficult to defeat him for a while. Zhang Shuye asked Tong Guan to help, but Tong Guan still refused to obey the military orders and led the troops by himself.
Go and fight the Mizhou thieves.
No matter what, most of Shandong has returned to the hands of the imperial court.
However, there are still refugees everywhere, and many remnants of the rebel bandits have fled into the mountains. Once the officers and soldiers leave Shandong, these remaining bandits can come out of the mountains to coerce the refugees and grow stronger again.
The root cause of the inexhaustible suppression of thieves is that the people do not have enough to eat.
The Western Army of Yao Gu, Liu Yanqing, Zhong Shizhong, Liu Xi and others are still on the march. They will be sent to Hebei to suppress the bandits, and by the way, they will help Guo Yaoshi of Yanjing suppress the uprising.
Xiangzhou, Tangyin.
Yue Fei was farming at home. His own land was not enough for food, and he also farmed other people's land.
The state is recruiting brave warriors again, but this time they are going to suppress bandits.
But Yue Fei couldn't go, he had to mourn his father.
"Pengju, Pengju!"
Yue Fei put down his hoe and turned around to see that his fellow countryman Wang Gui was here.
Wang Gui, who had already been recruited as a junior officer in the brave warriors, hurriedly ran over and said: "Some officials in the state are asking about you, and they say that you have dealings with rebels... It's not a good thing anyway. You should run away quickly."
It's too shameful to say that you gave the gift of brave warriors to the rebels.
The imperial court would definitely conceal the truth, saying only that Yue Fei was colluding with bandits, and then capture his whole family and quietly send him to Hanzhong.
The eunuch sent by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty first went to ask the magistrate.
Although the Han family is hereditary to be the governor of Xiangzhou, the position can only be assumed by the eldest son. If the eldest son has been promoted to another place and the eldest son of the eldest son is temporarily ineligible to be an official, the governor of Xiangzhou will be temporarily replaced by a floating official.
Now this Zhizhou is a foreigner. How does he know Yue Fei?
He also heard from the eunuch that Yue Fei was a warrior, so he sent an official to the army to inquire, and Wang Gui immediately got the news.
Yue Fei said angrily: "Who is tainting my innocence? I won't run away, I will confront him!"
Wang Gui said: "You have two official names, how can you confront them? Thieves are being suppressed everywhere in Hebei and Shandong. You can escape to any state or county and kill the thieves and perform military duties. You will be able to wash away the filth and prove your innocence. When the time comes, you will
After killing many rebels, who dares to accuse you of colluding with bandits?"
Yue Fei suppressed the anger in his heart and thought that what Wang Gui said made sense.
He returned home with his hoe, said goodbye to his mother and wife, and escaped that night with his weapons.
A few days later, a eunuch came to Tangyin with official officials, went straight to Yue Fei's village, and started asking for the address while still outside the village.
Yue Fei's wife Liu was shocked when she heard the news. She abandoned her mother-in-law and young son and fled back to her parents' home to avoid the disaster.
The eunuch couldn't find Yue Fei, so he had to arrest his family members.
Even the Liu family who was hiding in her natal family was arrested by officials. Although Yue Fei escaped, his mother, wife and son were sent to Hanzhong by the government...
At the same time, the eunuch also said to the villagers: "If Yue Fei comes back, let him go to Hanzhong immediately, and our family will send his family first."
Wang Gui had been observing secretly, and now he couldn't help but stand up: "You are so polite, Mr. Zhonggui. I am a good friend of Yue Fei. What on earth did he commit?"
"Since you are his friend, you can help him to inquire in many ways," the eunuch explained. "I don't know if anyone recommended him. When the pirates in Han Dynasty learned about Yue Fei's bravery, they asked the court for this person by name."
The more Wang Gui listened, the more confused he became: "Since he is a bandit, why did the court send the strong man there?"
The court's face is important and this matter cannot be discussed in detail.
The eunuch said angrily: "Don't ask more questions than you should. Anyway, let Yue Fei go to Hanzhong to reunite with his family!"
"yes!"
Wang Gui bowed and stepped back. Monk Zhang Er was confused.
…
Yue Fei couldn't come, but a fierce man came uninvited.
Li Xiaozhong, a native of Longxi, didn't want to stay in Longxi. He went to the border all day long to observe the mountains and rivers.
While observing the terrain, he would also take the opportunity to rob the horses of the Xixia herdsmen. Then he would sell the horses, and the money obtained would be used to make friends with heroes, and entertain them with wine and banquets at home all day long.
When the money is almost spent, then go to the border to grab horses.
"This war horse is getting harder and harder to snatch." Li Xiaozhong lay on the mountain and observed the mountain pasture below.
His companion Yan Ping was also a heroic man and said with a smile: "Those people on the border of Xixia have been robbed by us for a long time. How can they dare to graze alone? If there are not five or six people with bows and knives, they will not show up even if they are killed."
body."
Li Xiaozhong said: "There are five people in total, all armed with weapons. Should we rob them or not?"
"Grab it, you're afraid of losing your eggs!" Yan Ping said.
These two brave guys quietly led their horses down the mountain, and immediately mounted their horses and galloped as they approached the pasture.
The five Xixia tribesmen on the opposite side immediately rode up to meet him, and one of them blew a horn in an attempt to summon the tribesmen in the nearby pastures.
Li Xiaozhong could draw a strong bow and shoot arrows from a long distance.
Both sides were galloping, and from such a long distance, an arrow hit Fan Ren in the shoulder.
In order to protect their property, those people were also extremely brave. Even when they were shot, they did not run away, but continued to fight with all their might.
The distance was getting closer and closer, and the Fan people charged immediately after shooting arrows. They knew that Li Xiaozhong's archery skills were very good, and they would definitely suffer a loss if they continued to shoot on horseback.
Li Xiaozhong shot another arrow, hitting Fanren's chest.
The Fan herdsmen only wore simple leather armor, which was unable to stop a powerful bow. A shot in the chest would almost kill them.
Yan Ping also shot Fan Ren in the arm with an arrow.
The two sides passed by on the wrong horse, Li Xiaozhong knocked down a Fan, and Yan Ping stabbed another Fan.
Two against five, easy victory.
Two injured people who were not dead were so frightened that they quickly rode away for their lives.
Li Xiaozhong and Yan Ping did not give chase, gathered up the three enemy horses, and left the battlefield as quickly as possible. As for the cattle and sheep on the grass, it was not convenient for them to take them away, and they would be finished if they were caught up by more people.
The two returned to Lanzhou and went directly to the horse market to sell horses.
After standing there for a short time, an official came over and said: "These three horses are all good horses. They are not allowed to be sold privately. They must all be sold to the tea horse company."
Li Xiaozhong asked in confusion: "It was still selling last month, why can't it be sold now?"
"If you can't sell it, you can't sell it," the official said impatiently, "Every horse has five guans, and the tea and horse department will take them all!"
Li Xiaozhong said angrily: "These three horses are all mounted by Fan people. Although they are not top-notch horses, they can still go on the battlefield. Isn't the sale of five horses for one horse too cheap?"
The official said: "Horses produced on the border are naturally of low price. Once you have taken them to the horse market, you have to sell them if you don't want to sell them. If you continue to disobey me, your mounts will be confiscated as well!"
"Forget it," Yan Ping tugged at the corner of Li Xiaozhong's clothes and whispered, "A good man doesn't suffer the immediate consequences."
The two had no choice but to sell the good horse at a low price.
Li Xiaozhong became angrier the more he thought about it, and went to inquire with other traders in the horse market.
They had many acquaintances here. When a horse dealer saw that the official was far away, he cautiously said: "The Tea Horse Company has been collecting good horses recently, and they are selling them to the Red Thieves in Hanzhong. There are not only famous people in the Red Thieves who have always liked them.
Camellia, and black tea, which has recently been very popular among the nobles of the tribe."
Li Xiaozhong was surprised and said: "Duda Chama Si actually did business with the rebels?"
The horse dealer smiled and said: "The Zhu bandits in Hanzhong are not ordinary. I heard that several army groups were defeated, and the imperial court even negotiated peace with the Zhu bandits. Since peace has been negotiated, of course we can do business."
Li Xiaozhong asked: "Where is the tea horse officer of Zhu Thief?"
The horse dealer said: "In Lanzhou, there are all the officials, soldiers and tea men. They are surrounded by tea and horse officials and prohibit contact with the people. The tea and horse officials want to do their own business and do not allow people to sell horses to the red thieves."
Li Xiaozhong became interested in the red bandit and felt that he was a good man who could force the imperial court to negotiate a peace.
He and Yan Ping waited in Lanzhou for half a month, and finally saw Zhuthi's tea horse officer leaving with more than 160 good horses, as well as a lot of grain, fodder, and bean cakes.
Li Xiaozhong stopped him outside the city, and the soldiers escorting the horses immediately raised their weapons.
"Don't misunderstand me. I am a knight from Longxi. I would like to inquire about Mr. Zhu from Hanzhong." Li Xiaozhong directly stated his intention.
When the horse buyer saw that he was riding a good horse, carrying a weapon, and being strong, he immediately said: "Hanzhong welcomes all martyrs, you can come with me."
However, Li Xiaozhong asked about various policies of Hanzhong, and the horse-buying officer answered them all in detail.
After some questions and answers, Li Xiaozhong became more and more curious about Hanzhong and said: "I will go with my friends first. If Hanzhong is really a good place, then I will write a letter to summon more brothers."
The horse buyer said happily: "That's just right. I wonder what your surname is?"
Li Xiaozhong thought for a while and decided to give him a pseudonym. He cupped his fists and answered, "My name is Li Yanxian."