When Guo Ning gathered people at the Xijunhe camp, Li Yun followed his brother Li Ting and brought more than 20 fierce men to seek refuge. The first serious battle they fought was to urgently rescue Fuzhou veteran Han Renqing and others who were entrenched in the Gucheng store.
Han Renqing is Guo Ning's good friend and has fought side by side many times, while Han Renqing's two children are Li Yun's playmates. However, Li Yun and others rushed to the rescue at full speed, but they were still a step too late. Everyone in Han Renqing's family died, and his son Han Lai'er was chopped into two pieces by the pursuers of the Tiewagang Army in front of Li Yun's eyes. The person leading the pursuit at that time was the man in front of him.
Yang An'er's nephew, Yang You, the ninth king of the Red Coat Army.
At that time, Yang You's soldiers were very impressive and went on a rampage. After Li Ting and Li Yun led their troops to attack the Gucheng store, they were beaten and fled in panic. Fortunately, Guo Ning laid an ambush and was able to turn defeat into victory.
Today, Yang An'er's power has disappeared for a long time. He himself died in the battle to attack Nanjing, and his tribe was torn apart. The remnants of the Red Coat Army, which still controls several military states on the east and west roads of Shandong, are more like some kind of local force that is independent of the world and is regarded as a barrier between Zhongdu and Nanjing.
As Ding Haijun's power continued to expand, Li Yun had not thought of this group of rebels for a long time.
After the Red Coat Army was defeated by Guo Ning, some of them did flee to the Southern Song Dynasty. For example, there were a considerable number of remnants of the Red Coat Army stationed in the area from Chuzhou to Yangzhou, and the imperial court specially approved an annual military ration of 15,000 shi. When the Dinghai navy on the border of Shandong pretended to go south, the remnants of the red coat army were specially mobilized to prepare to meet the enemy, but in the end they failed to fight.
These people who surrendered to the Song Dynasty from foreign countries, especially the Jin Kingdom in the north, had a special name in the Song Dynasty, which was changed to "returners". Generally speaking, the Song Dynasty treated the scholars among the reformed people very favorably and did not hesitate to grant official positions; while most of the strong men among the reformed people were kept in the border areas as soldiers. This is also in line with the Song Dynasty when northerners governed the army and southerners governed politics. tradition of.
But Li Yunshi never thought that he would be able to meet Yang You when he was traveling in Lin'an; he never thought that the fierce general of the Red Coat Army would now be reduced to a role in the Song Dynasty that was similar to cockfighting and dogfighting, risking his life to be driven by others.
After all, Yang You's talents are more than enough to lead thousands of troops, so how can he become a mere man?
Could it be that the Song Dynasty’s army was so full of talented people?
No matter how you think about it, it won't happen.
Although Ding Haijun had never fought against the Song Dynasty, for decades, no one in the Jin Kingdom took the Song Dynasty's military power seriously. Although this can be regarded as a kind of arrogance, it is not necessarily unfounded. Some things do not need to be understood carefully. There are many experienced generals in the Ding navy. They can infer a lot of things by asking a few words about the Song army's training, garrisoning and even armaments from the merchants traveling from north to south.
Or is this the Song Dynasty's war against, splitting up and suppressing the Red Coat Army?
When the Red Coat Army was at its peak, it claimed to occupy Shandong and had hundreds of thousands of soldiers. However, their strength when they went south to enter the Song Dynasty was far less than this number. Li Yun estimated that the headquarters had at most over 10,000 people. Even if a group of refugees were taken along the way, the number would not exceed 30,000, and most of them were distributed along the Jiangbei Canal.
Among the people who went south, there were even fewer prominent leaders. In Li Yun's impression, there were only Yang Miaozhen, Liu Quan, Guo Yao'er and others, but Yang You had no effective helpers along the way.
What did the Red Coat Army do with such a weak force that made the Song Dynasty court so afraid that they suppressed them to such an extent that they were almost humiliating?
This shouldn’t be the case either…
Regardless, it's something worth exploring. Maybe we can find some places that can be used, who knows.
Now that I'm here, it's just a matter of time.
Jia Sidao's thoughts were racing, he clapped his hands repeatedly, and praised loudly like others: "Good! What a great skill!"
After shouting a few words, he looked behind him again, but all he saw was a crowd of people, and he couldn't help but frown.
Han Xi hurriedly waved, called Dr. Tea, and gave a few instructions in a low voice. In the blink of an eye, Jia Sidao's two companions squeezed into the front row from the back with sweat on their heads.
"This man with a knife...has great skills! I want to place a bet on him to win!"
Han Xi brought Jia Sidao here just because he hoped that Jia Sidao would like this exciting and passionate fight and invest some money in it. He said happily: "Brother Shi Xian, how much do you bet? This place is not accessible to just ordinary people. You can get ten points with one bet!"
"Ten guans?" Jia Sidao laughed loudly: "I, Jia Shixian, am here on the rooftop, what do ten guans count? If you beat this man with a knife with three hundred guans in cash, you will always win!"
The two companions around him hesitated for a long time before taking out the money from their pockets. Three hundred guan of cash was so heavy that it was impossible to carry it with them, so the two of them took out Xingzaihuizi, which was newly issued in the last issue. The denominations of Huizi are divided into one-guan, two-guan and three-guan. There are also two people who have made up their minds and are waiting to find out the equivalent value of three hundred copper coins in Huizi.
In the past few years, Xingzai Huizi has issued six issues in a row, and the currency value has changed dramatically. The two of them were counting and whispered: "According to yesterday's exchange ratio, one thousand four hundred and thirty-six strings and seven hundred coins will be counted now."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jia Sidao waved his hand: "What's there to calculate? Just use Sanguan Huizi and get five hundred cards!"
"Yes Yes."
After a while, the advocate in Wazi heard that a wealthy guest was coming, and he did not dare to neglect it. An old advocate personally brought several helpers and idlers to flatter Jia Sidao, and finally left with hundreds of huizhuangs on a large black plate.
The two companions looked reluctant to leave and subconsciously followed the tray for several steps before being called back by Jia Sidao.
These two people are both capable people from the Zhongdu Left and Right Department. They have traveled around with Li Lang in the past few years and have experienced extraordinary things. Even so, they are almost numb to spending money these days, thinking that they have never experienced such large expenditures in their lives.
I don’t know how Jia She is in Zhongdu at the moment. If he knew that Jia Sidao was like this, would he immediately go south and vow to eradicate this traitor?
Three hundred guan of copper coins is really not a small amount. A good horse does not cost more than this price, and a night spent with the famous oiran on the West Lake Painted Boat does not cost more than 10 guan.
Jia Sidao spent a lot of money, which immediately caused many people in Wazi to whisper: "Who is this guy?"
"Han Xiaolangjun brought it here. He seems to be quite wealthy?"
"Ask him who he is!"
"No need to ask, this is Jia Sidao who has been spending money like water in Lin'an recently!"
"A mere son of a county magistrate dares to shout here? He has three hundred strings in his hand and is he so arrogant?"
"His father, Jia She, is not an ordinary county magistrate. In this tile, there are several businesses from along the canal to Sizhouchang, all of which rely on Jia She to run back and forth to take care of him! He may have millions of dollars in money! "
The person who spoke before was suddenly in awe: "Oh? No wonder this guy is rich, he is a fellow of ours."
A stack of huizi was respectfully carried to the edge of the earthen field, where several advocates sat on the big stage. There were many people following the trend of betting, or insisting on betting on the other end, hoping to earn these three hundred coins, and the surrounding area became increasingly chaotic.
Yang You held his knife and stood on the edge of the dirt field, looking up at the scene with a sneer.
Most of the people in the Southern Song Dynasty were like these pigs and dogs. I really don’t know how they accumulated such a huge net worth! Fortunately, on this trip, I joined the eldest son of Prime Minister Shi's family. Although I am a little humiliated at the moment, I will definitely be successful in the future. Until then, watch me trample all these wastes under my feet and squeeze the oil out of them!
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