choke element

Chapter 38
"The elite troops of the imperial court?"

Nianjiazhen's spirit perked up.He followed Su Ling out of the mansion.

At this time, the city was already in chaos, and the air began to fill with the smell of blood.Outside the gate of the Jiedushi's mansion, cheerful soldiers turned out from behind, and as they walked, they wrapped brightly colored women's skirts around their waists, and the skirts were tinkling, shining the color of gold and silverware.

There are also a few bare-chested hooligans with tattoos showing, holding short knives, pushing and shoving a rich old man, yelling and cursing endlessly.A group of people passed in front of Nian Jiazhen in a mess, Su Lingtong immediately reprimanded them and urged Nian Jiazhen: "Jiedu, let's go to the city to see!"

"Uptown! Uptown!"

Nian Jiazhen also knew that this was not the time to put on airs as a magistrate, so he lifted up his crimson official robe, and quickly rushed to the top of the city along the corridor.As soon as his head was exposed to the wall, he heard the roar of war drums and the high-pitched sound of shouts for killing.The voices came one after another, converging into thunderous waves and pouring into Nianhezhen's ears, which made his legs go weak instantly and he staggered.

Su Lingtong quickly pressed his back against his waist and pushed him to a high place.

Nianjiazhen climbed on the city bricks and stood up to look out.

Below the city wall, the black masses of soldiers will shrink back like the ebbing tide.Rao is retreating, the army is still flying everywhere with flags and crowds.

"Jiedu, look to the north!" Su Lingtong said repeatedly.

Nian Jiazhen looked over the lower part of the city, and sure enough, he saw a large army in the direction Su Lingtong raised his finger!
Those who had already approached the city were divided into two teams on the left and right, and lined up a wide front of light cavalry.Most of these cavalrymen wore white round-neck military uniforms, Jurchen-style veils on their heads, swords in their hands, long bows hanging by their sides, and densely packed arrows in leather quiveres. It looks like the tail of a wolfhound raised up.

Some of the light cavalry rode their horses slowly, some urged their horses forward, leaping and charging, and reined in when they were in front of Yang An'er's troops.It can be seen that each of them is proficient in riding, and they are good players who can not only serve as scouts, but also drive around on the battlefield and kill the enemy with bows and knives.

These two teams are the famous elite light cavalry in the Jin army, called "kidnapper horses".

Between the kidnapped horses on both wings, there were no less than two thousand infantry.Among the infantry, some wore armor, stepped on combat boots, and held iron spears that were standard equipment for the Golden Army; Some are dressed in blue or black cloth robes, holding various sizes of knives and guns in their hands.

To the north of Fanyang City, the Zhuo River and the Huliang River flow side by side. In summer, when the water is high, many small lakes are formed by the temporary accumulation of water between the highlands.At this moment, the small lakes are all dry, leaving a large field suitable for soldiers and horses.

The pawns walked down the slope slowly with heavy footsteps, crossed the clumps of reeds and grass in the field, and gradually protruded from the cover of the kidnappers on both wings.

When the pawns stood still, several riders rode out at the top of the slope they passed, holding flags of different colors and waving them again and again.Then, about two hundred cavalry appeared on the top of the slope.

These cavalrymen are all wearing black heavy armor, with long eaves around their helmets, and even their horses are also wearing armor.Two hundred knights vaguely formed a circle.In the middle of the circle, there are more than a dozen generals and schools in distinctive armor, all of them are menacing.

Surrounded by these generals, a burly general rode slowly on his horse, like the most ferocious wolf among wolves, coming out more and more.

This man was a rare giant, and the tall horse on his crotch looked like a donkey compared to his huge figure.He was clad in gleaming armor without a helmet.From a distance, he couldn't see his face clearly, but the beard on his face was black and yellow, and the color was very strange.

"What a majestic army! What a mighty general!"

Although Su Lingtong was not good at fighting, he had a good eye. He could tell at a glance that this was a strong army.Seeing that Yang An'er's troops immediately retreated from the city and turned to confront the general's troops, he felt more relaxed, and turned to look at the banner behind the general.

Oddly, there is no general flag.At the position of the central army, there stood five-party flags, five-color flags, and small triangular flags of various colors used to send orders, but there was no flag representing the identity of the general.

Su Lingtong was a little puzzled, so he asked Nian Huazhen: "Jiedu, but I don't know who that general is? Do you recognize him?"

After asking twice, Nianjiazhen didn't answer.

Su Lingtong turned around to look, only to find that Nian Jiazhen's face was very strange. There was happiness in getting over the disaster, but more, it was jealousy, hostility and uncontrollable resentment.

"Jiedu?"

"Seeing that yellow beard on his face, don't you recognize him? It's Heshi Liezhi!" Nianjiazhen snorted, and then asked to herself, "Why did this person come here?"

Hearing this name, Su Lingtong was taken aback, and quickly said: "Is it Xijing who is staying behind, and He Shilie is the Marshal of the Central Committee?"

Nian Jiazhen raised her voice and shouted: "He is no longer the left-behind right deputy marshal of Xijing! Right now, he is just a commoner!"

Su Lingtong coughed dryly twice, thinking to himself, civilians of this level of power are probably very rare since ancient times.

It turned out that Heshi Liezhizhong was a well-known general in the Jin Dynasty.

This man's real name was Hu Shahu. During Sejong's reign, he was the guard of Crown Prince Wanyan Yungong.Because the crown prince died early, after Shizong died, the grandson succeeded to the throne, and He Shilie was not favored by the new emperor, so he was demoted to a foreign official for the crime of arrogance and disobedience. , recruitment envoy, command army envoy, etc.

The incumbent of Heshi Liezhi was greedy, cruel, domineering, disobedient to the law, and acted abnormally. He was often impeached by civil servants, and then the emperor issued an edict to punish him.

But he is indeed brave and good at fighting, and he is a fierce general on the battlefield.When Taihe attacked the Song Dynasty, Heshi Liezhi led a group of troops to the south, defeated tens of thousands of Song troops along the way, and successively killed the leader of the Song army Li Zao, captured the loyal general Lv Zhang, captured the important town of Huaiyin, and advanced to Chuzhou.

After the new emperor practiced, Heshi Liezhi relied on this meritorious service to seek hereditary conquest, and was promoted successively. In just a few years, he was left behind in Xijing, served in the Privy Council, and served as a comfort envoy.

Who would have imagined that the fierce general who was originally brave in the national war would seem to be a different person after enjoying wealth and power.

In the third year of Da'an, when the Mongolian army went south, Heshi Liezhi raised [-] elite soldiers to meet the enemy, but fled without fighting, causing the entire army to collapse.The tragic defeat in the battle of Yehuling cannot be separated from him.

After the war, Heshi Liezhi fled along Weizhou and Zijingguan all the way, without stopping along the way.For a while, he took money from the official treasury without authorization, for a while he seized officials and people, and for a while he broke into the Bauhinia Pass without authorization, and killed the magistrate of Laishui County with a stick.Because at the time of employing people, the imperial court did not ask.

Until last year, when He Shilie was in charge of stationing troops in Nankou, he actually moved to the Ministry of Literature and Literature, saying that the Northern soldiers would not be able to defeat them if they came here.These words were too much, the whole court couldn't bear it, and finally issued an edict to enumerate the [-] major crimes in one breath, dismiss them and return them to the fields, leaving only a vain title of hereditary seeker.

When Nianhezhen worked in Dexing Mansion and Xuande Prefecture, he cooperated a lot with Xijing Road in the military, and had several face-to-face interactions with Heshi Liezhizhong. The behavior is driving him crazy.As for the behavior of this person who fled before the battle and caused the defeat of hundreds of thousands of people, it made Nianjia Zhen hate him even more.

Knowing that Heshi Liezhong was finally dismissed from office, Nianjiazhen was also happy to have a banquet with wine.

It's a pity that this year, because the court's military strength is really short, it finally turned its attention to Heshi Liezhizhong again.No matter how domineering and ferocious this person is, where are the thousands of tiger and wolf divisions under him, he is one of the few powerful factions among the generals of Dajin today.

Those thousands of people were all weather-beaten soldiers who fought in the south and the north. In name, they were the soldiers of Meng'an on Dongping Road, but in fact they were like the private soldiers of Heshi Liezhi.Although no one said it clearly, everyone in the court knew that if they wanted to use these soldiers, they had to use this general!

Last month, Nianjiazhen heard that the imperial court intends to recall He Shilie to Zhongdu to discuss military affairs.

Because Shangshu Youcheng Prime Minister Tu Shanyi and Zuojianyi doctor Zhang Xingxin were both afraid of Heshi Liezhizhong's behavior style and tried their best to oppose it, this important task of "predicting the military" was forcibly put on hold.Therefore, although Heshi Liezhizhong led his troops to the north, he could only stay in the village southwest of the central capital, waiting for the next order.

Who would have thought that this person would suddenly lead the troops out of Daxing Mansion in the central capital and enter the territory of Zhuozhou?
Did he really come to the rescue?Or to rob?This person's temperament is like a beast, and his subordinates are all savage... It's not easy to deal with it!

Thinking of this, Nianjiazhen suddenly yelled: "Su Lingtong, you go to recruit troops immediately, and then gather all the strong men in the city! Just say, the situation outside the city is unknown, and if something goes wrong, you will be burned! Those who want to live, want to Those who guard the family property, send people out to guard the city!"

Su Lingtong didn't understand why Nianjiazhen suddenly cheered up, but it's always a good thing that the local chief is determined to defend the city well.He responded and turned to the city.

Nianjiazhen continued to stand at the top of the city, staring at the direction of Heshi Liezhizhong.

And Heshi Liezhi only looked contemptuously at the top of Fan Yang's city, snorted coldly, and then stared carefully at the army formation that Yang An'er's troops quickly stabilized.

"Yang An'er is right there. This kid really rebelled again. Look at his army formation... This man is interesting! He has some skills! He is worthy of being my old enemy who fought several times in Shandong! He is worthy of being named Tiewa by the late emperor Dare to fight the army! Haha, haha!"

He was very angry, and he sneered casually, like thunder rolling, making the ears of the surrounding soldiers buzzing.

After laughing for a while, he said again: "If I defeat this group of rebels, I will have merit. With merit, those mediocre people in the court will not be able to block my way! Haha, Han Renqing, you count as a bit Not bad, I caught Yang An'er here... It's not in vain for my care for you in Fuzhou, haha!"

Having said that, he lowered his eyes and looked at Han Renqing who was standing at the end of the ranks of the generals: "I will remember your achievements and hard work! Tell me, what do you want?"

Less than ten days after leaving the Gucheng Store, Han Renqing's face was already thin and out of shape, and he looked lifeless, more like rotten wood spliced ​​together, ready to fall apart at any time.

Hearing He Shilie's persistent question, hatred flashed in his eyes, he came out of the queue, and bowed to salute: "Marshal, I only want Yang An'er to die!"

(End of this chapter)