Summoning of the Great General of the Great Qin Empire

Chapter 213

There are also three generals Du Chong, Wang Xie and Li Qiong who were subordinated to the Song Dynasty by Jin Wushu Wan Yan Zongbi.

Among them, Du Chong likes fame and fame, is cruel and murderous by nature, and lacks strategy.During the reign of Shaosheng (1094-1098), Du Chong passed the Jinshi examination and was promoted to Kao Gonglang and Guanglu Shaoqing several times, and later became the magistrate of Cangzhou.

In the early years of Jingkang's reign, he was appointed editor and editor of Jiyingdian, and was again appointed magistrate of Cangzhou.At that time, the Jin people invaded the south, and there were many people from the Yan region living in Cangzhou. Du Chong was worried that they were internal agents of the Jin people, so he killed all of them, men, women, old and young.

In the first year of Jianyan (1127), Du Chong was promoted to the post of Tianzhang Pavilion Waiting System, Beijing Daming Prefecture stayed behind, and later moved to the post of Privy Councilor.Guo Yong, who was sent to prison for punishment, made several suggestions to Du Chong, but Du Chong refused to listen.Guo Yong satirized him and said: "This person has ambition but no talent, likes fame but has no practical actions, and is arrogant but wants to gain fame. It will be difficult for him to take on heavy responsibilities."

This became the portrayal of Du Chong's future image.

On the eve of the Jin Dynasty's second invasion of Song Dynasty and the defeat of Kaifeng, Du Chong guarded Daming Mansion in Beijing. He boasted that "a handsome minister should not sit on the throne and make decisions, but should risk his own life."

, it seems that Han Xin is reborn, not only able to strategize, but also personally lead troops into battle.But when Wanyan Zongwang's Jin Guodong Army came, Du Chong did not dare to confront them. The only countermeasure was to order the breaking of the Yellow River embankment, so that the water of the Yellow River would flow into the Huaihe River from Surabaya, in an attempt to stop the pursuers behind him.Du Chongjue River not only failed to stop the Jin Kingdom's East Route Army, but also caused more than 20 local people to be drowned, and the deaths caused by displacement and plague were several times that.During the Northern Song Dynasty, the most prosperous Lianghuai area was destroyed, and nearly ten million people became homeless and became refugees.

In July of the second year of Jianyan (1128), Zongze, who was determined to recover the territory of Hebei in the Northern Expedition, died, and Du Chong replaced him as the stay-at-home of Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo.

After Du Chong took over, he immediately did the opposite.

First, suspend Zongze's Northern Expedition deployment.The first unit of Xue Guang who was in charge went to Xiangzhou under the order of Zongze, but Wang Shan and Zhang Yong failed to send out because of Du Chong's obstruction. In the end, Xue Guang died in battle, Xiangzhou fell, and the guard Zhao Bushi committed suicide;

Second, cut off the connection and support to all the northern non-government anti-golden armed forces.

, Objectively helped the Jin army sweep the occupied areas.In the autumn of this year, the Jin army did not invade the Yellow River on a large scale, but the last batch of states and counties in Hedong and Hebei where anti-gold armed forces were active, including Beijing Daming Mansion and Wuma Shanzhai, were all captured at this time. "If Zong Ze is there, the robbers can be used as soldiers, but if Du Chong is in use, all the soldiers will be robbers."

After Du Chong took office, he not only stopped the Northern Expedition and stopped supporting the northern civilian anti-golden forces, but also rejected the anti-golden forces that Zongze had recruited as potential enemies.Ding Jin and Yang Jin were the first to rebel and become "robbers". Wang Shan, Zhang Yong and other tribes also made changes.

Du Chong's general Yue Fei was first transferred out with Lu Qing. At the end of the second year of Jianyan, he returned to Kaifeng on Du Chong's order. Du Chong immediately ordered Yue Fei to eliminate Zhang Yong and other troops.Zhang Yong is a fellow of Yue Fei, once served as Tangyin's "archer", and is a sworn brother with Cao Cheng, Li Hong, Ma Youshao and others. He has tens of thousands of troops, and Wang Shanbu also protects him from the side.Yue Fei politely declined on the grounds that he was "outnumbered", but Du Chong threatened to engage in military law and ordered Yue Fei to send troops.

Yue Fei couldn't resist, so he could only repel Zhang Yong and Wang Shan's tribes with less than a thousand men, relieve Du Chong's siege, and attack and hunt down these civilian armed forces that have become bandits.In June of the third year of Jianyan (1129), as soon as Yue Fei returned to Kaifeng from suppressing bandits in other places, he received an order from Du Chong to withdraw to Jiankang Mansion.Yue Fei persuaded: "The land of the Central Plains cannot be abandoned. If our army leaves, this land will not belong to the Song Dynasty. If we want to regain it in the future, we must use hundreds of thousands of troops." But Du Chong Insisting on his own way, Yue Fei could only go south with him.

So far, Zongze's plan to defeat the Jin army with the number of troops and popular support has been completely destroyed by Du Chong, and Kaifeng has since become the territory of the Jin State and the Puppet Qi.Although the Jin army was unable to invade the south because it focused on solving the anti-gold armed forces left by Zongze in Hebei, the Song court believed that Du Chong had guarded the nominal capital Kaifeng for nearly a year during this period. Great courage; predicting the enemy when the opportunity arises, has the style of an ancient famous general.

Guarding the two capitals, preparing for hundreds of battles, Yi and Xia are famous and exhausted, and the soldiers and the people are united to death." Du Chong was appointed to know the affairs of the Privy Council, and he was in power. Pu She is the same as Ping Zhangshi (that is, the right minister), and his official position is only under the left minister. Du Chong took office and served as the Jianghuai Xuanfu envoy, guarding Jiankang.

In the "Jingkang Difficulty" in the first year of Jianyan, Hebei fell, and the war spread to Henan.At this time, Du Chong gave up Kaifeng, but it could not stop the Jin army from continuing to invade the south. The war quickly spread to the south of the Yangtze River, and bandits along the Yangtze River (such as Cao Cheng, Li Cheng, Zhong Xiang, Yang Yao) were attacked by the Jin army. enter.In autumn, the Jin State was led by Marshal Zuo Jianjun Wan Yanchang to attack Huainan, and Wanyan Zongbi led the army to directly attack Jiangnan.Wanyan Zongbi's troops were divided into two groups, the west was led by Wanyan Ba ​​Lisu, Wanyan Houying, and Yelu Mawu, and in October they crossed the river from Huangzhou and slaughtered Hongzhou, and plundered the Hubei and Jiangxi areas in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

; the East Road was led by Wanyan Zongbi himself, and went straight to Lin'an.

Du Chong lived in seclusion and made no preparations. Yue Fei wept and said: "The enemy of the barbarians is close to Huainan, looking down at the Yangtze River. The situation is not beyond this time. However, the husband and wife feast all day long and ignore military affairs. If the enemy sees our army's slackness and takes the opportunity to attack, since Xianggong will not fight in person, can you guarantee that the generals will fight with their lives? If the generals do not use their lives, once Jinling (Jiankang Mansion) falls, Xianggong will still be there Is there nothing to worry about here? Although I serve alone, it will not help the country!"

But Yue Fei's bitter remonstrance was of no avail.After hearing the news of the Jin army crossing the river, Du Chong only sent Chen Que, the governor of the capital, to lead Yue Fei, Qi Fang and other generals to lead 3000 troops to Majiadu, and sent [-] of Wang's troops to support him.On November [-]th, Chen Cui led the army to fight, and Yue Fei led the right army to confront Wang Bolong, the commander of the Han army of the Jin Kingdom, but Wang fled before the battle, Chen Cui died in battle, and all the generals were defeated. Zhongshan in the northeast.

After Du Chong received the report of Majiadu's defeat, he led three thousand of his troops to abandon the city and fled to Zhenzhou in the north of the Yangtze River, where he lived in Changlu Temple in Zhenzhou.Zhenzhou guard general Xiang Zimin persuaded Du Chong to go to Zhejiang from Tongzhou and Taizhou to join Song Gaozong's entourage, but Du Chong already had second thoughts and rejected Xiang Zixin's suggestion.Wanyan Zongbi immediately asked Tang Zuo (a friend of Du Chong, who had already surrendered money) to write a letter to persuade him to surrender, and sent someone to tell Du Chong: "If you surrender, I will seal the Central Plains to you, just like the story of Zhang Bangchang." Du Chong surrendered.When Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, learned that Du Chong had surrendered to the enemy, "those who do not eat will suffer for days." Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty said, "I treated Du Chong by allowing him to transform from a commoner to an official to worship the prime minister. This can be considered a great kindness. Why did he rebel?"

An imperial edict cut off Du Chong's title, and exiled his sons Du Song, Du Yan, Du Kun and son-in-law Han Ru to Guangzhou.

In the winter of the fourth year of Jianyan (1130), Du Chong arrived at the camp of Wanyan Zonghan (ie Nianhan), and Wanyan Zonghan looked down on him very much.Soon, Du served as Xiangzhou Zhizhou.Du Chong got along very poorly with people in Xiangzhou, suspected his colleagues, and threatened his subordinates.

In the second year of Shaoxing (1132), Du Chong's grandson fled from exile to Xiangzhou to join Du Chong.Wanyan Zonghan dismissed Du Chong and tortured him severely. He asked, "Are you planning to return to the Southern Dynasty?" Du Chong replied, "Even if the Marshal asked me to return to the Southern Dynasty, I would not dare." Wanyan Zonghan laughed , I believe that it is impossible for Du Chong to have an affair with the Southern Song Dynasty.

In the seventh year of Shaoxing (the 15th year of Jin Tianhui, 1137), Du Chong was appointed by Jin Guo as the third envoy of Yanjing.

In the eighth year of Shaoxing (the first year of Jin Tianjuan, 1138), he was promoted to Yanjing Xingtai Shangshu to save trouble.The following year, he moved to Taiyou Prime Minister.

In the 11th year of Shaoxing (the first year of Jin Huangtong, 1141), the "Shaoxing Peace Agreement" was signed, and Du Chong died in the same year.

During the Jingkang period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1126-1127), when the Jin army attacked the Song Dynasty, Wang Xie joined the Qin Wangyi army, and after being defeated, he became a bandit. inspection.

In July of the first year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (1127), Song Gaozong appointed Wang Xie, the observation envoy of Wenzhou, as the envoy of Hedong Jingzhi.In December, the Jin army broke through Tongzhou, and Wang Xie led his troops to retreat into Sichuan.In June of the following year (1128), Song Gaozong ordered Wang Xie to know Fengxiang Mansion.In November, Yan'an fell, and Wang Xie led his troops to flee to Xingzai (the place where Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty was stationed), and was given the command of the former army of the imperial camp.Wang Xiebiao asked Song Gaozong to drive to Sichuan, but Song Gaozong refused.In May of the third year of Jianyan (1129), he was granted the envoy of Huainan.In July, Wang Xie fought against Xinghua with the rebel general Jin Sai, deputy commander of the Huaidong Mabu Army, and returned in defeat.In the eighth month of leap, Song Gaozong shot Du Chong and Jianghuai Xuanfu envoy with the right servant of Shangshu, and ordered Wang Xie to be controlled by him.In September, Dr. Youwu, the defense envoy of Zhongzhou, and Li Cheng of Zhisizhou rebelled. Du Chong ordered Wang Xie to suppress it. Wang Xie did not dare to enter.In November, when the Jin army crossed the river, Du Chong commanded Chen Que to lead the right army to control 3 generals including Yue Fei and 3000 under Wang Xie to defend against the enemy. Wang Xie led the army to flee first, and Chen Cui died in battle. The Song army was defeated.In February of the fourth year of Jianyan, Wang Xie fled to Xingzai and was conferred the training envoy of the Wenzhou regiment.

In the third year of Shaoxing, in June, he ordered Wang Yu to be the envoy of Jingnan, Tanding and Liyue, commanding 3 forbidden troops, Cui Zeng under the imperial command, and 5000 Gaojin troops under the command of the Empress Shenwu; 500 ships, carrying food for May, and controlled the Jingtan system, set up the water army to control Wuquan, hundreds of warships and more than 5 soldiers, went to suppress.In October, Wang Yu led the water army to Yuezhou and marched from the downstream of the waterway; he sent the commander You Shida to lead 2000 troops to Dingzhou, and met Cheng Chang to live upstream, in an attempt to attack from both sides.

On the 29th, Wang Yu led an army to attack and fought fiercely with Yang Yao's chariot and boat navy.Later, he led more than [-] former Shenwu troops to Dingzhou by land, and turned to attack from the upper reaches, and left Cui Zeng and Wu Quan to set up Fuyuezhou Bashan, Dongting Lakekou, Paikou, etc., waiting for the upstream. Forced to drive away, intercepted, concealed, killed and defeated the rebels.Yang Yao checked his plan and used his plan to transfer the people and livestock of the upstream villages to Yougang (now Yougang Town, northeast of Hanshou, Hunan Province) for concealment; he used some water troops to contain the Song army upstream, and sent thousands of people to sneak in vehicles and boats. Only, the flags and the drums were silenced, and they were released to the east to lure and annihilate the Song army downstream.

On November 3, Wang Yu and Cheng Changyu led [-] cavalry and the Dingzhou water army, went out to Rangjiang Estuary, and marched by land and water to encircle and suppress the rebel camps along the lake one by one, and all the camps were empty.At that time, Cui Zeng and Wu Quan waited in ambush for a long time, and sent people to visit. They saw several vehicles and boats floating in the lake.When they approached Yangwukou, the water surface was wide, and the rebels suddenly beat drums and shouted, their bicycles circled, and they rushed on a rampage, sinking all the boats of the Song army, and wiped out Cui Zeng, Wu Quan and more than [-] subordinates.Rotate to Yougang, concentrate on vehicles, boats and water troops, and then defeat Wang Ji and other troops.

Li Qiong was originally a student of Xiangzhou.During the Xuanhe period of the Song Dynasty (1119-1125), there were thieves, so Li Qiong changed to fencing, drew a hard bow, and practiced horseback riding. He was a member of Zongze's army and was stationed in Cizhou.Not long after, Li Qiong returned to his hometown, gathered 700 rebels, and then returned to Zongze's army. Zongze appointed him as the leader of the 700 people.

In the second year of Jianyan (1128), after Zongze's death, Li Qiong was transferred to Huazhou to guard the border.At that time, King Yan Zongwang of the Kingdom of Jin attacked the Song Dynasty and was preparing to cross the Yellow River.When the border guards of the Song Dynasty heard the chaos, they killed the leader Zhao Shiyan, and then elected Li Qiong as their leader.Therefore, Li Qiong led the crowd, under the banner of King of Attendance, and recruited soldiers while walking. By the time they crossed the Huai River, there were more than 1 people.Song Gaozong Zhao Gou appointed him as the appeasement envoy of Chuzhou and the jurisdiction of Huainan East Road Bing Maqian, and then he was promoted to Wutai Army Chengxuan envoy.

Not long after, Li Qiong led more than [-] infantry and cavalry to join the puppet Qi regime, and was appointed as the Jiedu envoy of the Jingnan Army and Zhigongzhou.Later, the puppet Qi was abolished, and Li Qiong was appointed as the defense envoy of Bozhou by the state of Jin and promoted to general of hussars.Wanyan Zongbi regained Henan and asked Li Qiong to serve as a crossbowman on the Shandong Road for thousands of households and to know the affairs of Bozhou.After Li Qiong's mother passed away, she resigned from office and took mourning.

Wanyan Zongbi attacked Jiangnan for the second time, because Li Qiong knew the mountains and rivers in the south, so he called him into the army to plan major events.Li Qiong said calmly: "When I followed the army to attack the south, I often saw the king, the marshal of our army, coming to the front to supervise the battle. Similar to Sun Tzu and Wu Qi, he can be regarded as a man of great destiny. As for facing the sharp arrows and not avoiding them, no one is afraid of death after seeing them. The army is invincible and can open up thousands of miles of land every day.

And the commanders in Jiangnan are less talented than ordinary people.Whenever troops are dispatched, they must be hundreds of miles away from the battlefield, which is called maintaining importance.Some supervisors summoned the army, replaced generals and officers, and only used one soldier to hold orders to announce.The decisive victory against the enemy was actually entrusted with the deputy general, so the clever ones were scattered, and the stupid ones were wiped out.Occasionally, if you are lucky enough to win a small battle, the news of success will spread frequently, and you will add prisoners as your credit, and you will restrain the resentment of the soldiers.Even if some generals come to the battlefield in person, but the momentum is wrong, they will definitely run away first.

Moreover, there is no program for Jiangnan state affairs, and rewards will be given for only small contributions. Some commit serious crimes, but they will not be killed.It is a blessing that Jiangnan did not perish immediately, how can it be revived. Everyone thought that what Li Qiong said was right. At this time, Wanyan Zongbi was the marshal. When Wanyan Zongbi asked Li Qiong about the success or failure of his attack on Jiangnan, and who dared to resist, Li Qiong said: "The army in Jiangnan is weak and weak. And there is no good commander, so why should it resist me.It is said that Qin Hui was in charge of the state affairs in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Qin Hui is a literati, that is, the so-called doctor who has subjugated the country. He guards himself cautiously for fear of being overthrown.When we come to the south of the Yangtze River with a large army, their monarchs and ministers must be heartbroken, and the generals have no time to mourn, that is to say, the injured bird can shoot it with an empty bow. "Soon, the Southern Song Dynasty really surrendered to the Jin Dynasty, and Wanyan Zongbi liked Li Qiong very much and became a confidant.

At the beginning, not long after Li Qiong left Bozhou, the Song Dynasty soldiers captured Bozhou but did not defend it. They abandoned it and asked Song Chao, a Bozhou native, to guard it.When the Jin Dynasty army arrived, Song Chao entrusted Bozhou to Qian to administer Wei Jing while he fled.Wanyan Zongbi's commandery sent someone to recruit Wei Jing, but Wei Jing didn't go.When the city was captured and the common people were afraid of being killed, Li Qiong asked Marshal Wanyan Zongbi, "The reason why the city cannot be captured is that villains forced everyone to defend it. The common people have no crimes. I am willing to comfort them."

Marshal Wanyan Zongbi thought: Li Qiong had guarded Bozhou before, so he did not kill Wei Jing, and released the people of Bozhou, and then ordered Li Qiong to guard Bozhou.During the six years of guarding Bozhou, the local people were very grateful to Li Qiong, so Li Qiong was promoted to the military governor of Wuning Army.In the eighth year of Huangtong (1148), Li Qiong served as the envoy of the Taining Army.In the ninth year of Huangtong (1149), Li Qiong was promoted to guide Yin.In the first year of Zhenyuan (1153), he was promoted to Doctor Jin Ziguanglu, and finally Li Qiong died in his official position at the age of 50.

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