The wind blows four At ten o'clock in the evening, a plume of smoke swept towards Liling.
The desolate trumpet sound immediately sounded in the port city, and the soldiers panicked and picked up their weapons and rushed to the city.
Staring at the cavalry getting closer and closer, cold sweat slowly broke out in the palms of his hands.
Liu Xie, a member of the newly attached army of Qianhu, crouched behind the battlements in fear, his legs trembling as if from convulsions.
Under his influence, the nearby soldiers all turned pale, and beads of oil and sweat rolled down their foreheads.
Before the fight even started, morale had already collapsed.
This is not entirely to blame for the cowardice of Liu Xie and others.
At this time, the places along Jinghu South Road were already within the Bei Yuan, and the newly affiliated armies in various places had already lost their most basic combat effectiveness under the deliberate suppression of the Bei Yuan.
After going south, the fate of the newly attached troops in various parts of the Yangtze River has always been a headache for the court.
Some people proposed to disband them on the spot and let the soldiers live among the people.
However, Hututmur and others were worried that these new auxiliary troops had the Song Dynasty in their hearts and planned an uprising among the people.
As for keeping them, the imperial court is currently fighting on the north and south fronts, and it really can't afford so much ordnance and salaries to support these useless guys.
Therefore, the newly attached armies in various places in the south of the Yangtze River, except for high-ranking generals such as Fan Wenhu and Lu Shikui, are basically in a state of self-destruction.
Not only were there insufficient troops, but the equipment was seriously damaged, and military pay had not been paid for several years.
It would be better if he followed Dachun on the front line, and he could massacre the people in the area on charges of "banditry" and then use the property to supplement military supplies.
In Jinghu Road, the people have accepted the rule of the Yuan Dynasty for several years, and their family wealth has long been wiped out by the Mongolian nobles and tax collectors from various places.
Even if you knock their bones and suck out their marrow, you won't be able to get out a few ounces of oil.
Moreover, the soldiers were all natives of their hometowns, and they could not kill their own relatives for no reason.
Drunkard's Note: Historical facts show that the soldiers and horses of the Northern Yuan Dynasty basically had no military pay and relied entirely on plunder.
It was not until after Yashan that there was no place in the world to plunder that we started to solve the problem of military pay.
The smoke is getting closer and closer.
Suddenly, the soldiers on the enemy tower cheered, "It's our people, I saw it, I saw it, they were wearing woolen banners, woolen banners."
Everyone let out a sigh of relief, and some people simply fell down on the wall and started breathing.
At noon, everyone got the news that bandits were robbing court officials in the direction of Luohuling.
Every soldier was worried about his own fate.
He wanted to save others, but he was afraid that he would not be able to save others and would bring himself along with him.
Don't save it.
The person who was intercepted and killed is said to be the apple of Dachun's eye.
If there is any mistake, Mr.
Youcheng of Jiangxi Province will blame him, and the head of Liling Guards may not be saved.
Several newly attached generals discussed for a long time and finally decided to send Liu Xie's nephew Zhou Yanghao to lead 500 people for a symbolic rescue.
Before leaving, Liu Xie took his nephew's hand and kept telling him that after arriving at the destination, he should adapt to the situation and let Pingxiang's guard Yuan Gui do the meritorious work.
He had to bring back the little wealth he had under his command safely.
There were mountains of equipment, food and fodder to be transported to the front line in Liling.
Once these supplies were lost, it would be worse than losing Dachun's daughter.
"Open the door, I am Bao Lige, my young lady has been intercepted," the knight covered in blood shouted loudly on horseback.
His helmet had been chopped off in half, and the steel armor was covered with knife marks.
One thigh was wet, and blood flowed down the stirrup to the ground drop by drop.
"It's a Mongolian, Lord Dachun's guard," the soldiers shouted in panic.
There were about four hundred soldiers under the city.
Their faces were all smoky and they were wearing slanted armor.
At first glance, they knew they had just escaped from a defeated battle.
Liu Xie, a member of the Qianhu Army of the New Affiliated Army, straightened his uniform with many holes in it.
He leaned down from the tower and poked half of his head out: "This is General Baolige.
This is Liu Xie.
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I am guarding this place under the emperor's orders.
How are you on the road?
Why are you in such a mess?"
"The gangsters were robbing, I accidentally got hit, and the eldest lady was injured.
General Liu, please open the city gate quickly and let us take refuge.
The enemy is coming soon."
Bao Lige spoke not very fluent Chinese.
He replied anxiously, accidentally touching the wound while speaking, and grimacing in pain.
"General Bao, General Bao, not the last word.
This city stores military supplies for Master Zhang Hongfan.
According to General Zhang's order, any troops coming must be treated with caution.
See if you can go around the city and the thieves will pursue you."
Come on, I will fight for you in the end."
Liu Xie said with saliva on his face, and carefully prevaricated.
He didn't quite believe the words of the generals in the city.
He had heard someone say that recently a team under the banner of Polu Army appeared in Luoxiao Mountain.
They were brave and good at fighting.
The leader, Lin Qi, was a young man under thirty years old.
He always used tricks and tricks.
Known for his many tricks, even the Mongolian generals sent by Dachun suffered losses at his hands several times.
Once he leads the troops to deceive the city, he and the soldiers in the city will face great trouble.
"Enemy, I can't stop those who can be stopped by you."
The voice from the city immediately turned cold, and he cursed in a mocking tone, "General Liu really thinks of himself as a general.
Since he is so good at fighting, why didn't he enter the mountains as soon as possible?"
Suppress the bandits.
I have to let them hurt my young lady before I remember to open the door, otherwise it will delay my lady's injury and make you unable to walk around."
"Open the door, open the door, the slave who knows how to sell his mouth" "Open the door, open the door, who is Zhang Hongfan?"
The soldiers below the city shouted loudly, with Chinese, Mongolian, and all kinds of insults and ridicules ringing in my ears.
On the top of the city, the newly attached soldiers looked at the blood-covered Mongolian army below the city, feeling annoyed and relieved.
Everyone was whispering around, discussing which master could injure the Mongolians so badly.
"Sir, I have my own difficulties.
General Zhang Hongfan will definitely kill me if he knows about it."
Liu Xie blushed and looked like a mourner after being scolded, pushing the responsibility upwards.
"The difficulty, what difficulty is it?
Zhang Hongfan can kill you, a southerner, but my master can't kill you, a southerner.
If it weren't for the fear of death in your new army and your connivance with bandits, how could my young lady be injured, and how could my brother be injured?"
General Liu is in such a mess, I don't think you are in trouble.
I have colluded with the bandits for a long time.
I want to capture my young lady and ask for credit.
Okay, okay, I will die in battle under this city today as you wish.
When my master finds out, let’s see how the people of Liling City follow.
He explained, "Baolige's war horses circled the city several times, waved their hands, and prepared to go around with the remaining soldiers.
At this moment, due to the south, another plume of smoke rolled over in the distance.
The cavalry in the rearguard blew their horns to report the news.
Paulig looked back, pulled out his scimitar, and let out a cry of grief and indignation.
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Hundreds of Mongolian cavalrymen in tattered armor brandished their sabers and rushed over with shouts.
The shouts of killing rang out in the distance and slowly calmed down.
The smoke and dust continued to come eastward, and none of the soldiers who rushed forward could return.
Baolige waved his hand, and another group of cavalry turned back to intercept the pursuers.
The shouts of killing were getting closer and closer.
On the top of the city, Liu Xie saw the Mongolian warriors curled up with each other.
Outnumbered, they fell off their horses one after another.
Under the city, all the soldiers made a noise, and some even bent their bows and shot arrows towards the top of the city.
Liu Xie held onto the battlements with trembling hands, undecided whether to open the city.
There are a lot of doubts about the person who came, and he is very likely to be a liar.
But he couldn't let the other party die fighting under the city.
Baolige said it right.
If everyone died in the battle under the city, Dachun was furious and buried by hundreds of Mongolian soldiers, it might be the city officials and people.
Hoarse, Liu Xie asked again, "General Bao, have you seen the nephew of the last general?
His surname is Zhou, and he leads people."
"I see, that boy was brave and took the initiative to cut off my queen.
He has already lost the battle.
My lady promised that when she returns to the capital, she will personally ask for credit from him.
There are actually such heroes among the southerners."
Bao Lige arched into the distance He cupped his hands and replied with admiration.
Two lines of hot tears rolled down Liu Xie's face.
For a moment, his heart ached like a knife, and he could no longer think about other problems.
He waved his hand and ordered his subordinates to open the city gate.
The remaining soldiers of the Mongolian army roared and swarmed in.
After entering the city, he immediately assisted the defenders in blocking the gate.
"Go up the city wall, look for weapons, help defend the city, help defend the city."
As soon as General Baolige entered the city gate, he immediately gave the order decisively.
The tired-looking cavalrymen immediately dispersed.
Some ran up the city wall with swords in hand.
Some jumped off their horses and asked the soldiers in the city where the ordnance was placed and asked to be moved out to defend the city.
Some people hit their horses and ran towards the north gate. .
"General Bao, General Bao, please restrain your troops from running around.
The weapons are in the warehouse in the north of the city.
No one is allowed to touch them without the order of the court."
Liu Xie wiped his tears and protested loudly.
"How long has it been?
You are still such a mother-in-law.
Outside the city are not bandits, but the Polu Army."
Bao Lige pushed Liu Xie aside, turned around, and ordered to the guard wearing a mask beside him, " Blow the trumpet and order them to stay in their places and not to mess around."
"Yes" the guard agreed, pushed up his visor, put the horn to his mouth, and blew.
"You, you" Liu Xie looked at the guard's handsome face in surprise, and suddenly remembered a person, a person who disturbed the guards everywhere on Jiangnan West Road.
Before he could finish speaking, General Bollig's scimitar was already on his shoulder.
"I am General Ximen of the Polu Army, and he is General Lin Qi of the Polu Army.
Liling City has now returned to the Song Dynasty."
On the city wall, the newly arrived "Mongolian" soldiers drew their sharp swords and fought with the defenders.
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Inside the city, the cavalry flew through the streets, cutting down anyone who dared to stand in their way.
At the city gate, the "Mongolian" soldiers heard the horn, turned their swords, and knocked over the defenders one by one.
The door creaked open, and the "Mongolian cavalry" who had been "killed" earlier rushed in together with the pursuers, and quickly rushed towards the main streets in the city.
Zhou Yanghao walked up to the top of the city with a smile and bowed deeply to Liu Xie, "Uncle, my little nephew is lucky to live up to his mission."
"You" Liu Xie was happy and angry, pointing at his nephew, speechless.
"My nephew knew that my uncle was cautious, so he couldn't force him to do anything, so he used this method.
Uncle, please give the order to surrender.
Stop struggling.
The brothers in the city have no food and salary, so why should they work for the Mongols?
Besides, everyone has no weapons. , If you continue to resist, there is only one way to die.
Instead of dying for the Mongols for no reason, why not sacrifice your life for the Song people."
Zhou Yanghao put away his smile and advised seriously.
"Hi" Liu Xie sighed and remained silent.
He was a subordinate of Lord Xia Gui.
As Lord Xia fought against the Mongols for decades, more than 200,000 of his brothers were killed.
In the end, 200,000 heroic souls were exchanged for the wealth of Mr.
Xia’s family.
Surrender and fight for the Song Dynasty.
But is there any hope for the Song Dynasty to be revived?
"Uncle, why are you hesitating?
Are you going to let all the brothers die in battle without knowing anything?"
Zhou Yanghao asked loudly when Liu Xie didn't speak.
"Surrender, okay, I surrender."
Liu Xie became more than ten years older in an instant.
With trembling hands, he took off the sword from his waist and raised it in front of Lin Qi.
"General Lin, please order someone to hold this sword and summon him."
The defenders, they are all my old subordinates, I hope the general will not embarrass them."
"Don't worry, General Liu.
We are all from the Song Dynasty and have the strength to kill the Tatars.
Why bother killing each other?"
Lin Qi took the sword and replied respectfully.
"Don't blame General Liu for the conflict of words just now."
Ximen Biao put away the scimitar on Liu Xie's neck, bowed his hand in salute, and apologized to Liu Xie, "I heard General Xiao Zhou say that General Liu was also a hero back then.
Due to the situation, we followed the coach and surrendered to Beiyuan.
Now that the situation has reversed, can General Liu fight side by side with us to fight against the Tatars?"
Liu Xie shook his head first, looked at everyone's eyes, nodded again, sighed and said: "Thank you generals for their kindness, let me think about it again, and think about it carefully."
"Uncle, what are you still hesitating about?
You have lost the city and you still expect the Mongols to let you go.
Have you forgotten that you told me about how many years ago you fought against the Tatars on the river under the command of General Xia?
After becoming a Mongolian official with a high salary, your arrogance has been blunted."
"I" Liu Xie looked at his Zhengyi with several holes in it and smiled bitterly.
Frankly speaking, he is an upright official.
Mongolian officers had no salary, and all their gains depended on battlefield plunder.
However, as an official, Liu Xie never allowed his subordinates to bully the people wantonly, except for occasionally extorting necessary living expenses from wealthy families.
At that time, he served as the guardian of the Song Dynasty.
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The Queen Mother Xie and the Emperor surrendered, and he had no choice but to follow his superiors.
Behind the cowardly face, what sticks to is the official's personal sentiments.
Now, the Song Dynasty came back and asked him to make a new choice between Yuan and Song Dynasty.
Liu Xie hesitated.
He didn't know what he should do.
When he defended the territory of the Song Dynasty, he was loyal to the emperor.
When the Song Dynasty died, he followed his leader and surrendered, which was a sign of loyalty to his old master.
Protecting the place and enduring poverty without disturbing the people means being loyal to the work and duty.
Now, as an official of the Yuan Dynasty, he lost his city and surrendered to the bandits under the banner of the Song Dynasty.
Can he still deserve the word "loyalty"?
If Liu Xie can't insist on even a word of "loyalty", he doesn't know the meaning of his life.
What else is left?
"Hey, let me tell you why you are such a mother-in-law.
Man, if you want to join the gang, we all welcome you.
If you want to leave, based on your actions over the years, we will send you out of the city safely.
A real man decides what he wants to do.
There are so many, are you tired?"
Ximen Biao got a little impatient from waiting and accused loudly.
Liu Xie smiled bitterly, stretched out his hand to wipe away a few turbid tears from the corners of his eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "General Ximen is right, Liu would like to learn from you.
But I have something to ask, please make it clear to General Ximen."
"Tell me, what else are you worried about?
Tell me one by one.
I, Ximen Biao, will answer you in front of everyone.
If I can't do anything in the future, everyone will point at my face and spit."
"Without him, the general has been in the south for a long time, fought in various places, and has seen a lot.
Liu dares to ask the general a question."
Liu Xie paused, looked back at Lin Qi, and looked at his nephew Zhou Yanghao.
What I want to ask cannot be asked by people like Lin Qi who have read books, because they will not tell the truth.
"The Song Dynasty has been weak for more than three hundred years.
Is there really any hope?
Who can turn Tianhe back?"
After saying that, his eyes were bright and stared at Ximen Biao's eyes.
All the surrounding Liling officers and soldiers cast their eyes over.
Only they could understand the true meaning of Liu Xie's words.
Liu Xie asked not for himself, but for everyone, for all the new vassals who had been demoted to the Yuan Dynasty.
All the soldiers who had fought for the Song Dynasty knew that the remains of those bodies that had been left for more than three hundred years had long since lost their souls.
Even if Bian Que is alive and Hua Tuo comes back to the world, I'm afraid he won't be able to save him.
At that time, it was Jia Sidao who misled the country.
But even after Jia Sidao died, Prime Minister Chen Yizhong was still unable to save the country.
Those chronic diseases, those literati's rejection and exclusion of warriors, those foreign relatives' monopolization of power, empty talk that harms the country, self-proclaimed elites, and the problems of treating the common people as non-human beings are still there, and they have not diminished at any time.
Although I heard that Prime Minister Wen has emerged, can he influence the court?
Can he block those open and hidden arrows?
Moreover, Zhang Hongfan is about to lead a million troops south.
Is the Can Song Dynasty ready to deal with it?
Or is it still busy fighting for a place that was originally his country's capital?
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A position of power that would last only a few days.
Once they failed in the struggle for power, would those loyal elites die for the Song Dynasty?
I'm afraid they would surrender faster than anyone else.
Everyone surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty back then, and now they are surrendering to the Song Dynasty.
There are obstacles in their hearts, but it is not difficult to overcome them.
If the Song Dynasty fails one day, the Yuan Dynasty will have to be demoted.
This back and forth is a big joke.
It was better to die fighting now, or pack up and go home.
"This" Ximen Biao was a little flustered by Liu Xie's stare and took half a step back, not knowing how to answer.
The Song Dynasty is doomed and no one can save it.
When the army started to fight against the Yuan Dynasty, the great leader Chen Diaoyan said this.
But the Song Dynasty is over, won’t everyone resist?
"I'm a rough man and can only speak foul words."
Ximen Biao scratched his bald head and replied with some embarrassment.
"But it doesn't matter, I just want to hear the truth," Liu Xie said expectantly.
"I don't know whether the Song Dynasty can be saved.
But I know that you can't be a dog to the Tatars.
Even if you die in battle, at least when future generations ask, I, General Ximen, died standing up.
I was not a fourth-class person, and my life is worse than "A donkey is expensive."
According to the notice from the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the reward was as high as 10,000 guan.
Ximen Biao looked at Lin Qi with a hint of apology in his eyes.
"I don't understand the affairs of the court.
I don't do things for the emperor or the court.
I just ask my own heart.
The officials of the Song Dynasty were bastards and forced me to rebel.
But the Mongols were even more bastards, so I continued to rebel. , until a peaceful world is created.”
"I would like to be taught."
Liu Xie straightened his clothes and bowed in a serious manner.
After the ceremony, he took off his leather helmet and threw it far away under the city
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