One Piece of Song Dynasty

Han Shizhong frowned and thought to himself, if things go wrong today, not only will it be difficult to get off the tiger, but there might even be a bloody battle in Yangzhou. He came up with a plan and rode up to the prisoners and shouted: "Mother, listen to my general's order to Zhang Yu and Li Min, separate the left and right."

The surrendered troops were divided into left and right, and stood in two square formations. Han Shizhong rode up to Zhang Yu's queue first, patted the shoulders of Zhang Yu and other generals and whispered comfort. Han Shizhong took advantage of Zhang Yu's mentality that the rebels had been officers and soldiers of the Royal Camp, and treated them differently from Li Min's rebels. Zhao Gou, Wu Shaofen, Zhang Jun and other ministers who were looking down from the city wall did not know what kind of medicine was sold in Lao Han's gourd. Not only did they not know, but Zhang Yu himself did not know, nor did the Huainan thief Li Min.

Seeing Zhang Yu and his generals nodding frequently, Han Shizhong turned his horse's head again and walked slowly towards Li Min's phalanx. Li Min and all the surrendered generals looked at Han Shizhong warily, and many of the surrendered thieves had already drawn their short blades. Han Shizhong swaggered on horseback and walked up to Li Min and others. Unexpectedly, he pulled out his iron whip and whipped it back. He immediately smashed the thief Tianling Gai who drew the short blade next to him to pieces.

This sudden change shocked Zhao Gou, Zhang Jun, and Zhao Ding at the city wall. Only Wu Shaofen nodded secretly. Immediately afterwards, Han Shizhong whipped Li Min and drove him out of the queue: "Your mother surrendered for the second time, and you dare to beat me to death again and again."

Li Min lowered his hands and looked at the coach being beaten into a state of disarray. They were all frightened and took out their short blades to get into position. Han Shizhong was waiting for this effect and immediately shouted: "I will tie up all those who hide weapons"

The most famous thing about Han Shizhong's military management is the Beiwei Qinjun whom he personally trained. The so-called "Wei" comes from Xifan, and its meaning is quite confusing. Some people say it is a leather sign, while others say it is a wine bottle. The commander's wine bottle must be followed bravely, so the Beiwei army is an invincible elite soldier and a meat grinding machine in the army. Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi, and Yue Fei later imitated Han Shizhong and established the Beiwei Army. At this time, Han Shizhong gave an order, and the Beiwei soldiers immediately tied up a string of generals with hidden short blades, like a hawk catching a chicken.

Zhao Gou, Wu Shaofen, Zhang Jun and Zhao Ding at the city wall all breathed a sigh of relief and nodded at each other. Zhao Gou smiled and praised to his left and right: "Han Shizhong can be called the most powerful general in our army by cutting through the mess with a sharp sword."

"There are twenty-nine people hiding weapons." As soon as the guards reported the number, Han Shizhong immediately ordered: "Beat them all."

Han Shizhong's Beiwei soldiers had already stood in a row behind the general. They raised their swords and dropped their swords. Twenty-nine heads fell to the ground cleanly and rolled around like watermelons. Zhao Gou and the others had no time to react and were all dumbfounded. The remaining prisoners of war knelt down in horror and quickly took off their armor. Han Shizhong laughed loudly and turned back on horseback to look up at Zhao Gou: "My mother has calmed down this time. Please inspect the prisoners of war."

Although Zhao Gou admired Han Shizhong, he couldn't help but shake his head secretly when faced with such a bloody scene of massacre. There are many people who feel the same as Zhao Gou. Zuo Yan, who has not yet entered the city, is shouting outside the city: "General Han should not kill prisoners of war."

"Say what you said again." Han Shizhong's laughter didn't stop, and he still looked back at him and smiled. Zuo Yan was a low-level official in the imperial censor, and he loudly said: "It is ominous to kill prisoners of war."

After all, Han Shizhong was a reckless warrior, and regardless of the place or occasion, he would rush on horseback to capture Zuo Yanzheng in full view of everyone. Several of his generals who were carrying the Wei army immediately rushed off without waiting for instructions. Zuo Yanzheng was so frightened that he ran towards the moat. Zhao Gou hurriedly shouted: "General Han, stop!"

Han Shizhong heard it and stopped. Weijun behind him heard it but didn't stop. At that time, military generals generally considered their commander-in-chief as their master and father. They only had eyes for the commander-in-chief, not the court, nor the emperor. Han Shizhong's back-wei army ignored him and rushed out, forcing Zuo Yanzheng to jump into the river. Zuo Yanzheng happened to not know how to swim. After struggling a few times, he choked on the water and died. Zhao Gou and his ministers were all stunned by the sudden change. Zhao Gou hurriedly shouted: "Get the man out quickly!"

Zhang Jun glared angrily and shouted: "Han Shizhong chased his remonstrating officials to death. It was absolutely lawless. Zhang Jun petitioned to take away Han Shizhong's position as observer."

"General Han has just made great achievements," Zhu Shengfei reminded Zhang Jun awkwardly. Zhang Jun did not give in: "Han Shizhong is arrogant and lawless. If we don't take away his official position today, I'm afraid he won't even know about the imperial court in the future."

"You motherfucker, you dare to impeach me, get out of here." Han Shizhong raised his head and pointed at Zhang Jun in the city in provocation. Zhao Gou felt embarrassed and could not help but stare and grit his teeth. Wu Shaofen frowned, Lu Yihao glared, and Zhu Shengfei and Huang Qianshan shook their heads helplessly. When Zhao Ding saw that Han Shizhong dared to be so presumptuous in front of the emperor, he couldn't bear it: "Be bold, Han Shizhong, don't be arrogant and rude."

"Zhang Jun is the censor in front of the palace. It is his humble duty to impeach General Han. General Han is waiting. He will leave immediately." Zhang Jun knew that he would not be able to go to the city today, so he responded and already ran down the city quickly. Han Shizhong also urged his horse to run towards the city gate, jumping to his feet and yelling: "I have just made a great contribution, Zhang Jun, you don't even have time to impeach me."

"I know that General Han is brave enough to defeat the three armies, but in front of the emperor and all the officials, do you still dare to show off the prestige of a drunken and unstoppable scoundrel in Yan'an Mansion?" Zhang Jun had already walked out of the city with three steps and two steps. He opened the door and walked up to Han Shizhong's horse step by step with dignity, and faced him bravely.

Han Shizhong was stunned immediately: "How did you know about my old Han's family background?"

Soldiers had already retrieved Zuo Yanzheng's body, carried it to Zhang Jun and laid it down. Zhang Jun pointed to the corpse and said: "General Han has meritorious service, and the emperor will reward him. But the court clearly distinguishes rewards and punishments. You have no regard for national laws, and you dare to chase Zuo Yanzheng in public and drown him to death. Han Shizhong, today you have offended me. Here, I still don’t know the crime.”

Han Shizhong argued: "Those traitors must die. This scholar who only knows how to do this knows nothing."

"Even if Zuo Yanzheng makes inappropriate remarks, the court will punish him, but the crime will not lead to death. Even if it is a death sentence, it will not be the turn of the generals to punish him. Han Shizhong, you are good at killing courtiers, so it is still a light thing to take away your official position." Zhang Jun turned around and looked up at the city, aggressively He shouted, "Your Majesty, if Han Shizhong and other arrogant generals are not punished for their crimes today, why should the imperial court appoint a powerful official to ask your Majesty to punish the crimes severely?"

Han Shizhong panicked and hurriedly knelt down and said, "General, I made a mistake. Please forgive me."

Zhao Gou breathed a sigh of relief, and Wu Shaofen and the ministers nodded frequently. Zhang Jun still refused to give up: "Your Majesty, please remove Han Shizhong from the post of observation envoy and ask your Majesty to issue an order immediately."

Zhao Gou felt happy and raised his chest and raised his head: "General Han, if you know you made a mistake, just accept the punishment. Remove Han Shizhong from his post and make meritorious service."

Han Shizhong bowed and said, "Thank you, general."

"I feel like an emperor today." Zhao Gou whispered to Wu Shaofen with satisfaction. Shaofen nodded: "The imperial court needs tiger generals, and even more ministers who can restrain tigers."

Zhang Jun looked at Han Shizhong majestically and walked away. Zhu Shengfei said to Huang Qianshan: "Prime Minister Huang is selfless and has great potential." Huang Qianshan did not take this sentence as a good word, but just gritted his teeth in anger.

"If it weren't for Zhang Jun, I wouldn't know how powerful the national law is today, damn it." Han Shizhong stood up and muttered to himself after waiting for the emperor and ministers of Zhao Gou and others in the city to disappear.