Nian Kezhen was refreshed. He hurried out of the mansion following Su Lingtong.
At this time, the city was already in chaos, and the smell of blood began to fill the air. Outside the opposite door of the Jieduzhao's residence, cheerful soldiers came out from behind. As they walked, they wrapped brightly colored women's skirts around their waists.
There was a tinkling sound and the color of gold and silverware flashed.
There were also several local hooligans who were bare-chested and exposed their tattoos. They were holding short knives in their hands and were pushing a rich old man, shouting and cursing. A group of people passed in front of Nian Kezhen in a mess, and Su Lingtong quickly stopped them.
He scolded him and then urged Nian Gezhen: "Jiedu, let's go to the city quickly to see him!"
"Uptown! Uptown!"
Nian Kaizhen also knew that this was not the time to show off as a local official. He lifted up his crimson official robe and rushed up the corridor to the top of the city. As soon as his head came out of the wall, he heard the roar of war drums and the high-pitched sound of shouting for death. Then
The sounds came and went, forming a thunderous sound that poured into Nian Kezhen's ears, causing him to feel weak on his feet and stagger.
Su Lingtong quickly pressed his waist from behind and pushed him up high.
Nian Kaezhen stood up and looked out, leaning on the bricks of the city.
Below the city wall, a large mass of black soldiers shrank back like an ebbing tide. Even though they were retreating, the army was still full of flags and crowds of people.
"Jiedu, look to the north!" Su Lingtong said repeatedly.
Nian Kezhen looked across the city and saw a large army in the direction where Su Lingtong raised his finger!
Already approaching the city, there were light cavalry divided into two teams on the left and right, lined up in a wide front. Most of these cavalry were wearing white round-collar uniforms, with Jurchen-style curtains on their heads, holding swords in their hands, and hanging at their sides.
The long bow and the leather quiver were filled with dense arrows. From a distance, it looked like the erect tail of a wolf dog.
Some of the light cavalry rode their horses slowly, and some urged their horses forward, making a leaping attack. They stopped their horses and turned back when they were in front of Yang An'er's troops. It can be seen that each of them is proficient in riding skills and is capable of both tasks.
Scouts are also good at driving back and forth on the battlefield and killing enemies with bows and swords.
These two teams are the famous elite light cavalry in the Jin Army, called "Kaizi Horses".
Between the two wings of the horse, there are no less than two thousand infantry. Among the infantry, some are wearing Zha armor, wearing combat boots, and holding the standard iron spears of the Jin Army; some are only lightly armored, carrying
They held long bows and weapons such as bolas and maces in one hand; some wore cyan or black cloth robes and held various specifications of swords and guns in their hands.
To the north of Fanyang City, there are Zhuoshui River and Huliang River flowing together. When the water is high in summer, many small lakes are formed by temporary water accumulation in the highlands. At this time, the small lakes have dried up, leaving a large area suitable for soldiers and horses to line up.
Field of cloth.
The infantry walked slowly down the slope with heavy steps, crossing the clumps of reeds and grass in the field, and gradually protruded from the cover of the crippled horses on both sides.
When the infantry stood still, several riders rode out from the top of the slope they passed, waving flags of different colors. Then, about two hundred cavalry appeared on the top of the slope.
These cavalrymen all wore heavy black iron armor, with long eaves all around their helmets, and even their horses were covered in armor. The two hundred knights vaguely formed a circular formation. In the middle of the circular formation, there were more than ten generals in bright armor, all of them menacing.
Surrounded by these generals, a stout general rode slowly forward, like the most ferocious alpha wolf in a pack of wolves, emerging from the crowd.
This man was a rare giant man. The tall horse under his crotch looked like a donkey compared to his huge body. He was covered in shining armor and did not wear a helmet. From a distance, his face could not be seen clearly.
I just felt that the beard on his face was dark and yellow, and the color was very strange.
"What a mighty army! What a mighty general!"
Although Su Lingtong was not good at fighting, he had good vision. He could tell at a glance that this was a strong army. He couldn't help but be filled with joy and praised him repeatedly. When he saw Yang An'er's troops immediately retreated from the city and turned to confront the general's troops, his mood changed.
Relax more and turn to look at the flag behind the general.
The strange thing is that there is no general's flag. In the position of the central army, there are five square flags, five-color flags, and various triangular flags used to convey orders, but there is no flag representing the identity of the general.
Su Lingtong was a little confused, so he asked Nian Gezhen: "Jiedu, but I don't know who the general is? Do you recognize him?"
After asking twice, Nian Gezhen didn't answer.
Su Lingtong looked back and found that Nian Kezhen's expression was very strange. He had the joy of escaping from a catastrophic situation, but more of it was filled with fear, hostility and uncontrollable resentment.
"Jiedu?"
"You see that face with a yellow beard and you still don't recognize it? It's He Shi Liezhuzhong!" Nian Kezhen snorted, and then asked to himself: "Why did this person come here?"
Hearing this name, Su Lingtong was surprised and said quickly: "Is this the marshal He Shilie who stayed behind in Xijing?"
Nian Kaizhen raised his voice and shouted: "He is no longer the right deputy marshal of Xijing's left behind! Now, he is just a civilian!"
Su Lingtong coughed twice and thought, civilians with such power are probably rare since ancient times.
It turns out that He Shi Liezhizhong was a famous general from the Jin Dynasty.
This person's real name was Hu Shahu. When Emperor Shizong was in power, he was the bodyguard of the crown prince Wanyan Yungong. He successively held the positions of servant of the crown prince, chief of Yingfang, envoy of Yingfang, and commander of the guard. Because the crown prince died young, after Shizong died,
When the grandson succeeded to the throne, Heshi Lie was not favored by the new emperor, so he was demoted to a foreign official for being arrogant and disobedient to his duties, and served successively as defense envoy, military envoy, recruiting envoy, and army commander.
During his tenure in office, Heshi Lie was corrupt and autocratic, did not obey the laws, and acted arbitrarily and abnormally. He was often impeached by civil servants, and was further censured by the emperor's edicts.
But he was indeed brave and good at fighting, and he was a fierce and fierce general on the battlefield. When Taihe conquered the Song Dynasty, He Shilie led an army southward, defeating tens of thousands of Song troops along the way, and successively killed the leader of the Song army, Li Zao.
Captured Zhongyi general Lu Zhang, captured the important town of Huaiyin, and advanced to Chuzhou.
After the new emperor came to power, Heshi Liezhizhong relied on this meritorious service to conquer the hereditary throne. He was promoted successively, and in just a few years he became a stayer in Xijing, serving as the Privy Council and serving as the pacification envoy.
Who would have thought that a fierce general who had the courage to fight for a country would enjoy wealth and power, but after gaining power, he would seem to be a different person.
In the third year of Da'an, the Mongolian army went south. Heshi Lie insisted on raising 7,000 elite troops to meet the enemy, but fled without fighting, causing the entire army to collapse. The tragic failure of the Yehuling Battle was inseparable from him.
After the war, He Shi Lie fled along Yuzhou and Zijingguan without stopping. Sometimes he took money from the official treasury, sometimes he seized horses from officials and people, sometimes he broke into Zijingguan without permission, and killed the Laishui County magistrate with a stick. Because he was employing people.
On this occasion, the court did not ask any questions.
Until last year, when He Shilie was in charge of stationing troops at the south entrance, he actually moved to the Ministry of Wen and Shangshu, saying that he would not be able to attack the northern troops if they came, because he was afraid that his officers and soldiers would not be safe, and the palace of Zhongdu would not be safe. This is really too much.
The imperial court couldn't bear it, and finally issued an edict to enumerate the fifteen major crimes in one breath, and dismissed him to the field, leaving only a false title of hereditary conspiracy.
When Nian Gezhen was serving in Dexing Prefecture and Xuande County, he collaborated a lot with Xijing Road in military affairs, and had several face-to-face interactions with He Shi Liezhi.
His behavior almost drove him crazy. As for the man's later behavior of escaping from the battle, leading to the rout of hundreds of thousands of people, Nian Kezhen was even more filled with hatred.
Knowing that the man who was under He Shi Lie's rule was finally dismissed from his post, Nian Gezhen was happy to have a drink and a banquet.
Unfortunately, this year, because the imperial court was really short of troops, it finally turned its attention to Heshi Liezhizhong again. No matter how domineering and violent this person is, he has thousands of tiger and wolf troops under his command. He is among the generals of Dajin today.
A handful of powerful factions.
Those thousands of people were all hardened warriors who had fought in both the south and the north. In name, they were the soldiers of Meng'an on Dongping Road, but in fact they were just like private soldiers under the command of He Shilie. Although no one said it clearly, everyone in the court could
Everyone understands that if you want to use these soldiers, you must use this general!
Last month, Nian Gezhen heard that the imperial court intended to summon He Shilie to Zhongdu to prepare military plans.
Because Shan Yi, the right prime minister of Shangshu, and Zhang Xingxin, the left admonishment official, were both afraid of He Shi Liezhizhong's style of conduct and strongly opposed it, the important task of "predicting military affairs" was forcibly put on hold. Therefore, although He Shiliezhizhong led his troops
Going north, he could only stay in a village southwest of Zhongdu, waiting for the next order.
Who would have thought that this man would suddenly lead his troops privately out of Daxing Prefecture in Zhongdu and enter Zhuozhou?
Is he really here to rescue? Or is he here to rob? This man has the temperament of a ferocious beast, and his subordinates are also ferocious people... He is not something that can be easily dealt with!
Thinking of this, Nian Kaizhen suddenly shouted: "Su Lingtong, go and order the troops immediately, and then gather all the strong men in the city! He said that the situation outside the city is unknown, and if anything goes wrong, everyone will be killed! Anyone who wants to live, want to
Those who guard their family property will send people out to guard the city!"
Su Lingtong didn't understand why Nian Gezhen suddenly cheered up, but it was always a good thing that the local chief was determined to defend the city well. He responded and turned to go down to the city.
Nian Kaizhen continued to stand at the top of the city, staring in the direction of He Shi Liezhizhong.
But He Shilie only looked at the top of Fanyang City with contempt, snorted coldly, and then carefully stared at Yang An'er's military formation that quickly stabilized.
"Yang An'er is right there. This kid has indeed rebelled again. Look at his military formation... This man is a bit interesting! He is a bit capable! He is worthy of being my old enemy! He is worthy of being the Iron Wa Dare Warrior named by the late emperor! Haha,
Ha ha!"
He was very energetic, and his casual sneer was like thunder, making the ears of the surrounding soldiers buzz.
After laughing for a while, he added: "I have achieved meritorious service by defeating this group of rebels. With meritorious service, those mediocre and weak people in the court will not be able to block my way! Haha, Han Renqing, you are wise."
They're all good. As expected, I caught Yang An'er here... It's not in vain that I took care of you in Fuzhou, haha!"
Having said this, he lowered his eyes and looked at Han Renqing, who was standing at the end of the queue of generals: "I will remember your contribution and your hard work! Tell me, what do you want?"
It had been less than ten days since he left the Gucheng store, and Han Renqing's face was already so thin that he was out of shape. He looked less alive, more like rotten wood spliced together, ready to fall apart at any time.
Hearing He Shi Lie's question, hatred flashed in his eyes, he came out of the queue, bowed and saluted: "Marshal, I just want Yang An'er to die!"