In early autumn, Song Zhiwen faced his biggest crisis in this battle.
The battle for succession between the princelings of the Zheng Kingdom and the young princelings finally ended with the failure of the young princelings.
Zheng Guo is about to integrate the two divided forces in the country, and the whole country is running to tell everyone. On the other side of Sishui Pass, the young gentleman from Jixia Academy guarded the door, preventing Song Zhiwen's 100,000 cavalry from advancing even half a step further into Sishui Pass.
The unification of the rear means that in the battle of Sishui Pass, Chen Shouren will receive full support from Zheng Guo, and both food and armaments will be quickly replenished in a short time.
Looking back at Song Zhiwen's side, after the Song army captured eighteen cities of Zheng State, they burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil, which was despised by scholars all over the world.
The most serious time was when Tiecheng was forcibly confiscated of grain and grass by the Song Army generals. The Tiecheng clan elders were angry and organized young and strong men to gather to complain. As a result, the Song Army generals killed them all on the grounds of provocation and provocation.
Tiecheng was filled with blood for a while.
In one day, almost all the young men in the city who were suspected of causing trouble by the Song army were killed. For a time, the entire Tiecheng city was in mourning, but the Song soldiers, who were red-eyed with bloodshed, did not intend to stop there.
Those young women in Tiecheng, regardless of whether they were married or not, were pushed to the ground by men wearing enemy armor while their husbands, fathers, and even children were still dead with their eyes open, and they were pushed to the ground and galloped around.
Some could not bear the insult and committed suicide out of hatred.
Some were unable to even commit suicide and were humiliated to death by several or even a dozen men throughout their lives.
The heaven and earth are in a state of horror, and it is absolutely tragic.
When the Song army left Tiecheng, the once prosperous city was empty of alleys.
The news spread to other cities, and the living were furious. In many cities suppressed by the Song army, young and strong men began to organize themselves, tearing down door panels as shields, sharpening wooden sticks as weapons, and a head-on confrontation with the Song army broke out. conflict.
The results can be imagined.
The Song army was strong and tenacious and survived the scorching summer. The anger and frustration in their hearts due to the long-term failure to conquer Sishui Pass suddenly burst out, and began a bloodbath to conquer various cities.
The season has entered winter. The generals who were responsible for suppressing the captured cities of Zheng State did not have to worry about the excessive number of corpses that could easily develop into a plague. They all vented their anger towards Chen Shouren on these unarmed people. On the body.
This battle is no longer just a battle of revenge for the Song Dynasty.
It has also become the national humiliation of Zheng State.
The two countries of Zheng and Song Dynasty started from the time when the former King Zheng and his sister who was married to the late King of Song were cheating on each other. After being discovered by the late King of Song, he poisoned the former King of Song. Now, the gentleman of Song King has inspired to launch a war of revenge. The swords are straight. Referring to Zhengdu, he wanted to dig up the tomb of his predecessor, King Zheng, take out his body and whip him. The bloody feud between the two countries was out of control.
The Song army went on a killing spree in the fallen city of Zheng. The crown prince of Zheng was grieved. In desperation, he wanted to end the division in the country as soon as possible. He promised the young princelings, who were already in a losing position, that as long as they opened the city and surrendered, everything would be over. Let bygones be bygones.
As soon as these words came out, in order to ensure that her only bloodline could survive, the young prince's biological mother, Mrs. Yi, gathered a group of people. Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, she quietly opened the city gate, led the princeling army into the city, and defeated the rebels in one fell swoop. repression.
The Crown Prince of Zheng kept his promise. After breaking the city, he removed his armor and discarded his sword, and personally pardoned Mrs. Yi and the young Crown Prince for their crimes of treason.
Mrs. Yi burst into tears of gratitude, hugged the young prince, knelt in front of Prince Zheng, and kowtowed.
The city occupied by the rebels has been besieged by the princeling army for more than two months. The food and grass in the city had long been used up, and Mrs. Yi was so hungry that her complexion was sallow and skinny. How could she still have the charm of serving the late king of Zheng?
But she was a woman who could confuse the late King of Zheng, so much so that he deposed the crown prince on his deathbed and made the young prince born of Mrs. Yi his new crown prince. Even though Mrs. Yi was sallow and thin, and she was kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly, she still felt pity for her.
Prince Zheng hurriedly helped Mrs. Yi up.
Just when everyone thought the matter was over, Prince Zheng suddenly smelled a strange smell on Mrs. Yi's body, as if it was the rotten smell of the dead.
Prince Zheng was shocked.
But Mrs. Yi was smeared with thick powder, which had a strong smell.
At first, Prince Zheng thought it was Mrs. Yi who had not bathed or changed clothes for a long time, and wanted to cover up the odor with the scent of makeup and powder, so as to stay decent in front of him. But when the strange, rotten smell of the dead penetrated into the nostrils of Prince Zheng, the middle-aged Prince Zheng suddenly realized that something was wrong.
But it was too late.
Mrs. Yi suddenly raised her head and showed a sinister smile to Prince Zheng. Then Prince Zheng felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. He subconsciously screamed and pushed Mrs. Yi away, pushing the woman who started laughing uncontrollably. He was knocked over and hit the ground, his face covered in blood.
"Hahaha, hahaha!" Mrs. Yi laughed wildly, with a look that proved it. She stretched out a thin finger, pointed at Prince Zheng, and cursed angrily, "Teng'er is dead, I want you to be buried with Teng'er, you The late king knows this evil son who has caused trouble, and he will definitely not let you go!"
"Prince!" The leading general of the princeling party saw Prince Zheng taking three trembling steps back. He was so frightened that he rushed over in a hurry.
Prince Zheng covered his stomach, and saw that a dagger had penetrated deeply into Prince Zheng's abdomen.
Prince Zheng covered the wound on his abdomen with both hands. The blood had turned both of Prince Zheng's hands red and continued to flow down the gaps in his hands.
"You poisonous woman!" When the princeling general saw this, he was furious, drew his sword and cut the laughing woman in half.
"Send to the imperial doctor quickly!" the general roared.
Prince Zheng's face turned pale, and he subconsciously looked at the young imperial brother who was being held in Mrs. Yi's arms.
Because Mrs. Yi stabbed Prince Zheng with a dagger, the child had rolled to the ground and was now face up, lying next to Mrs. Yi's body. His face was black and purple, and the two children were deeply sunken due to hunger. His eyes were already rotten to the point of being disgusting and creepy just by looking at them.
This Mrs. Yi has been holding the child who has been dead for a long time.
"Hahaha, hahaha!" Mrs. Yi laughed wildly, with a look that proved it. She stretched out a thin finger, pointed at Prince Zheng, and cursed angrily, "Teng'er is dead, I want you to be buried with Teng'er, you The late king knows this evil son who has caused trouble, and he will definitely not let you go!"
"Prince!" The leading general of the princeling party saw Prince Zheng taking three trembling steps back. He was so frightened that he rushed over in a hurry.
Prince Zheng covered his stomach, and saw that a dagger had penetrated deeply into Prince Zheng's abdomen.
Prince Zheng covered the wound on his abdomen with both hands. The blood had turned both of Prince Zheng's hands red and continued to flow down the gaps in his hands.
"You poisonous woman!" When the princeling general saw this, he was furious, drew his sword and cut the laughing woman in half.
"Send to the imperial doctor quickly!" the general roared.
Prince Zheng's face turned pale, and he subconsciously looked at the young imperial brother who was being held in Mrs. Yi's arms.
Because Mrs. Yi stabbed Prince Zheng with a dagger, the child had rolled to the ground and was now face up, lying next to Mrs. Yi's body. His face was black and purple, and the two children were deeply sunken due to hunger. His eyes were already rotten to the point of being disgusting and creepy just by looking at them.
This Mrs. Yi has been holding the child who has been dead for a long time.
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Prince Zheng received a dagger.
The good news is that although Prince Zheng had removed his armor and discarded his sword, he still wore a layer of soft armor under his clothes, so even if the dagger was as sharp as iron as clay, it could not really pierce Prince Zheng's internal organs.
The bad news is that the dagger is poisoned!
The situation where the Crown Prince of Zheng, after settling the domestic disputes, raised his flag and rushed to Sishui Pass under the stars at night, plotting to directly expel Song Zhiwen out of the country, suddenly collapsed.
The outcome of the war between the two countries is once again confusing.
And at this critical juncture, a group of baggage was secretly mixed with the team escorting grain and grass, and was quietly sent into the Song Army's camp.
The person who inspected and accepted the baggage was none other than the Song Army’s inspector-general, the eunuch Zhang Yan!
Zhang Yan was the eunuch in charge of ceremonies and seals in the Song Dynasty. He was so powerful that he was called "internal minister" and "foreign minister" together with Qian Qi, the prime minister of Song Dynasty. What's more, Zhang Yan has been with Song King Junzi Qi since he was young, and he is also a close confidant of the Queen Mother.
Zhang Yan was granted the title of Inspector General of the Army and was sent by the King of Song Dynasty to the front line where the two armies were facing each other to supervise military affairs. Now in the Song Army, although Song Zhiwen is still the commander-in-chief of the three armies, in fact, his authority has been eclipsed by Zhang Yan.
So much so that Zhang Yan transported this batch of baggage from the Song Dynasty to the Song Army camp stationed outside the Sishui Pass. Song Zhiwen didn't even know what was in that batch of baggage.
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The border between the two countries, the camp of the Song Army.
Night has fallen.
But it was late at night like this that the senior generals of the Song Army who were on the expedition to Zheng had to gather together and hold a military meeting.
When the messengers summoned all the deputy generals and generals to go to the commander's camp to discuss matters, they all thought that Song Zhiwen had summoned them overnight to make some big move.
"Old General Lu, what did you say that the commander called us here overnight?" Yang Cheng said in a dull voice. As he rode towards the commander's camp, he straightened his armor neatly and exhaled a long breath of white steam. , "It's getting colder and colder today, and the war can't be dragged on any longer. Otherwise, when the severe winter in the north comes, we people may not be able to eat and walk around."
Lu Yunshan was convinced.
But the older veteran was also very confused and didn't understand what Song Zhiwen was going to say when he summoned the top generals of the Song Army late at night.
Could it be related to the batch of baggage shipped from Song Dynasty this evening?
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