The 532nd year of the Song Dynasty is destined to leave a mark in the "History of the Song Dynasty".
In this year, the king of Song Dynasty awarded the sword to the general of Song Dynasty, and the Confucian sword to Song Zhiwen. Zheng and Song officially kicked off the national war.
Song Zhiwen came from a famous family in the Song Dynasty. His grandfather Song Shenshu followed the sword immortal Li Muzhi for seven or eight years when he traveled to the north. He wanted to learn the sword immortal's unique skill of crossing the sea with a reed.
Unexpectedly, Song Shenshu failed to learn that sword in the end. Frustrated, Song Shenshu decided to go back home, but when he was about to cross the Lancang River, the man suddenly realized that facing the mighty water of the Lancang River, he obtained "The Sword Intent of the Great River".
Song Zhiwen had been practicing martial arts under his grandfather since he was a child. He joined the army at the age of twelve and made great achievements in battle. At the age of twenty, he broke through the four realms in one fell swoop and became the youngest Supreme in the history of the Song Dynasty.
But this was quickly refreshed in history.
Not long after Song Zhiwen broke through the Four Realms Supreme, he was awarded the rank of general. So this man got the second title, the youngest general in the history of the North!
In the same year, a scholar from the temple studied at Yuelu Academy because of Song Zhiwen. His swordsmanship and swordsman, Song Shenshu, who was already well-known in the northern border, were passed down by word of mouth. This added a "Confucian sword" to this proud young general. good reputation.
The opponent of the Confucian swordsman Song Zhiwen is also well-established. He is the most dazzling rising star in the Jixia Academy of Qi State, the junior student Chen Shouren.
Jixia Academy is a Confucian school in the northern border. Chen Shouren, a junior student, not only studied under Mr. Yuan Tiangang and received his true biography, but he was also the most proud disciple of Yan Zhitui, the master of the academy.
Therefore, the outcome of this battle naturally entangled the eyes of the entire Northern Scholars.
The battle between Zheng and Song was on the one hand a battle of revenge and humiliation of the Song State, and on the other hand a battle of defense of the Zheng State. The game between the Confucian swordsman Song Zhiwen and the junior student Chen Shouren is not only a contest between them, but also the division between Jixia Academy and Yuelu Academy, and even more so the grievances between Zheng and Song.
The war began in the late spring of the 532nd year of the Song Dynasty. Confucian Jian Song Zhiwen led his troops to capture fifteen cities of Zheng State. Zheng was suffering from domestic and foreign troubles. The princelings and the young princelings had not yet decided the winner. Song Zhiwen had already pointed his sword at the capital of Zheng.
The intervention of Jixia Academy immediately turned the war for the better.
Chen Shouren led 30,000 elite troops from Qi State to rush to the aid of Zheng State, hoping to block Song Zhiwen's army at Sishui Pass, the choke point leading directly to Zhengdu.
Chen Shouren did it.
After Song Zhiwen captured fifteen cities in a row, he broke through three more cities. The Song army reached Sishui Pass and encountered Chen Shouren head-on. It took three months for the two armies to confront each other. The Wengcheng of Sishui Pass was captured by Song Zhiwen three times. However, every time the Wengcheng was breached, the Song army was repulsed by Chen Shouren.
Wengcheng was defeated three times and defended three times, and the battle situation suddenly became stalemate.
For a time, the battle to capture the city turned into a tug-of-war between the two armies. Chen Shouren occupied Sishui Pass, with Zhengdu as his back, and supplies of supplies continued to flow. As for Song Zhiwen, although they had conquered the eighteen cities of Zheng State, they were still in a foreign country. If they wanted to obtain supplies, they had to resort to extraordinary measures.
Song Zhiwen's intention was to conquer the capital of Zheng. Yixue was ashamed of the previous king's hatred and did not want to ravage the people of Zheng. But the war situation cannot be delayed. If he does not use extraordinary measures, the Song army will be completely wiped out in Zheng State within half a month.
The young general had no choice but to finally order the army to plunder grain and military supplies. But even though the military orders repeatedly stated that the army was not allowed to burn, kill, loot, and endanger the lives of the people, those soldiers who were red-eyed still committed all kinds of atrocities.
"History of Zheng" records that in the 489th year of Zhengli, there was a national war between Zheng and Song. After the Song army withdrew from the country, all 19 sons born to women in Daocheng, Echeng, and Tiecheng were Song citizens.
More than 70% of babies born are killed. Either drown it, pinch it, or cook it and eat it. Those who survived were kept lowly for three to five years, bought as slaves, and kept company with pigs and dogs.
As soon as Song Zhiwen's military order came out, he was immediately criticized verbally and written by Confucian scholars led by Jixia Xuegong. The name of Confucian Sword was suddenly turned into a laughing stock among the public.
Song Zhiwen said nothing about this, as if the name Confucian Sword was of no importance to him.
This night, the bright moon was in the sky and the stars were shining brightly.
Military common sense is that when attacking at night, avoid the moonlit night. Because the bright moonlight will reveal the whereabouts of the army, it will be easily discovered by the enemy, resulting in the failure of the night attack.
But his opponent was Chen Shouren, a young man. Song Zhiwen did not dare to be careless, but ordered the night patrol scouts to keep an eye on Sishui Pass and report any movement immediately.
The commander's military tent.
Song Zhiwen was writing a letter under an oil lamp.
This is already the seventeenth letter written by this young general.
But what surprised the guards in the military tent was that he had put all the letters written by the general in a box, and none of them had been sent out.
"General, my subordinates don't understand." Konoe once asked him, "The general wrote so many letters, why didn't he send any of them?"
The young general just smiled, looked at Konoe, and said, "Who said letters must be sent?"
"But General, why did you write a letter if you didn't want to send it?" Konoe was still surprised.
"I just write because I want to write." The young general smiled, "But when I send it, I have to consider whether the other party is willing to read it. I never do anything I'm not sure about."
"The general is worried that the person you wrote may not want to receive the letter?" Konoe understood, but he didn't understand.
Who can refuse a letter written by a person like the General?
But the young general just smiled and did not answer Konoe's question.
Perhaps only he knows who he wants to send it to.
"Woo!!——"
The long silent night was suddenly broken by the sound of desolate horns. The young general in the military tent stood up suddenly and said in surprise: "How dare you attack the camp on such a moonlit night?"
The sound of the horn spread throughout the Song army camp.
"The three armies are on alert! The three armies are on alert!" The inspection commander galloped on his horse. In the Song army's camp, the soldiers emerged from the military tent where sparks gathered, holding swords and halberds, and got on their horses.
The soldiers stood up one after another and organized their ranks in an orderly manner. The commander led the soldiers to meet the centurion, and the centurion led the troops to rush to the flag of the general.
Song Zhiwen, wearing black gold plate armor and carrying a sword, left the military tent. The guards had already brought the war horses. The young general got on his horse without saying a word.
"Commander, the scouts have come to report that the enemy has opened the city gate at night and intends to attack the camp!" Deputy General Yang Chengzong came on horseback to report, holding a large Xuanhua axe, five big and three thick, and his voice was as loud as a drum.
"Let's lead the troops out of the camp gate first." Song Zhiwen ordered, and then without further words, he led the guards straight to the observation tower in the camp.
The Song Army's military camp has a lookout tower, which is far behind the camp and is flush with the city wall of Sishui Pass. From the huge observation tower, you can have a clear view of the situation inside the Sishui Pass.
The moonlight is everywhere tonight, and the view is wide.
Based on Song Zhiwen's understanding of Chen Shouren, this man would never launch an attack on the camp when he was running out of time.
Therefore, either the information detected by the scouts is wrong, or there is something big going on in Sishui Pass.
Song Zhiwen had to see it in person to find out.
There were noisy shouts everywhere in the military camp. Song Zhiwen came to the observation deck, slapped his horse on his hip, rode the wind straight up, and in the blink of an eye, he had reached the top of the platform more than 20 feet high.
"Commander!" The soldier responsible for guarding the observation tower immediately saluted as he saw the visitor.
Song Zhiwen just nodded and looked in the direction of Bishui Pass.
The cold moon hangs high, and the huge pass looks like an ancient beast crawling on the wilderness, with majestic momentum. The name of Sishui Pass is related to Sishui.
Under the huge city gate, a large river flows through, which is the Si River.
The Song Army camp is stationed south of Sishui. Directly to the north is the last line of defense leading directly to Zhengdu, Sishui Pass!
Song Zhiwen took the stage and looked around. Everything was as usual in Sishui Pass, and there were no signs of a large army launching a night attack. The barbican was closed, and the patrolling soldiers held torches. Although the security was tight, it definitely didn't look like they were about to start a war.
"Send the order, news from the scouts..." Before Song Zhiwen could finish his sentence, he suddenly saw a white-robed general on top of the city wall of Sishui Pass, raising a glass to each other from afar.
"I originally set my heart towards the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch." The water was closed, and the white-robed general drank all the tea in the cup.
"Life between heaven and earth is like a journey from afar." Song Zhiwen said with a smile, "Little sir, don't you know that the bright moon is a heavenly thing, and does not know that the human world is full of sorrow in the years? You and I are just parasitic mayflies in the world, how can we turn our hearts to the bright moon? "
The two of them were talking thirty miles apart, but their voices clearly reached each other's ears.
"As a human being, how can you think that you are so insignificant?" Chen Shouren said, "A gentleman sits down to discuss the Tao, and then gets up and practices it. You must know that everything in the world depends on human beings."
"The way of heaven is constant, how can the young gentleman not understand the principle of Sunchang's rebellion?" Song Zhiwen sneered.
Chen Shouren seemed to be smiling but not smiling, playing with the white jade tea cup in his hand. He suddenly looked at Song Zhiwen and said, "Ru Jian's words make sense. If you look at the current situation, is the way of heaven here or there?"
Song Zhiwen's face darkened slightly.
Fighting deep into the heart of an enemy country is indeed a risky move.
Although the civil war in Zheng is not over yet, after all, eighteen cities were built in a row, all the way to Sishui Pass. Now the Song army was like a sword, nailed hard into Zheng Guo's body.
But if the war can be ended before autumn, the three armies will have enough strength to withdraw to the Song Dynasty. If it drags on any longer, the Song Army is likely to be besieged on all sides in autumn and winter.
This is no joke.
A large part of the reason why the Song army's offensive was unstoppable was that Zheng was tired of the civil war. Many cities had been captured by Song Zhiwen before he knew who to listen to.
Once the civil war takes a turn for the better, the major cities are ordered by the prince, and the Song army is attacked from all sides, the current war situation may be easily overturned.
Therefore, Sishui Pass must be breached before autumn arrives.
Otherwise, the consequences will be disastrous.
Song Zhiwen's eyes were fixed on Chen Shouren who was on top of the city of Sishui Pass. He knew in his heart that if he wanted to break the city, his biggest enemy would be the white-robed general.
"Whether the way of heaven is here or there, we will find out within a month." Song Zhiwen said coldly.
"Then we'll see." Chen Shouren just smiled, "Ru Jian, don't be nervous, I'm not planning a night attack tonight. I just sent someone to send you a letter, that's all."
After that, he walked away.
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