But it is said that the ninth prince Zhao Gou jumped up on the battlement, looked down from a high position, and shot Yelu Yanxi with an arrow, causing Yelu Yanxi to fall from his horse.
This arrow is drawn neatly and accurately, which shows that the skill is extraordinary!
Moreover, the Ninth Prince is only fourteen or fifteen years old. He is a handsome young man, standing high on the battlements, with his clothes flying, which is really pleasing to the eye.
In an instant, the sound was like thunder.
"Ah!" Zhao Guanjia was surprised at first, then ecstatic, frivolous and frivolous. He jumped up on the spot, clapped his hands, and shouted happily: "Ah! Good! My son has won! He is indeed my good prince!" You are truly worthy of being a descendant of my Zhao family!"
He stretched out his hand and patted his son's calf: "My son is brave, and I bow to you deeply!"
His slap was so hard that Zhao Gou shuddered and almost fell down. Thanks to his eldest brother Zhao Huan, he hugged him tightly and helped him down, so he didn't become a joke in hell.
Zhao Guan's family was also startled. When they saw that their son was fine, they became happy again. They patted their eldest son and praised him: "Good! Brother and friend, respectful! You can set an example for the world."
He then hugged the Ninth Prince, his face full of love: "My son is a brave young man who has greatly enhanced the country's prestige. How many princes in the past and present can be so extravagant? This merit must be appreciated, so I will make you the Taibao, leader of Sui'an and Qingyuan. The military envoys of both armies are entrusted with the title of Prince Kang!"
Zhao Gou was overjoyed and hurriedly broke free and bowed: "My dear father, thank you so much!"
The father here is kind and the son is filial. He has never seen Yelu Yanxi gritting his teeth and getting up outside the city.
The King of the Great Jinyun Province was embarrassed in front of others. He was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven. He gritted his teeth, took out his bow and arrow, and wanted to shoot back.
Seeing him bending his bow and setting an arrow, Tong Guan exclaimed: "Your Majesty, be careful of cold arrows!"
While warning, he squatted neatly and reacted quickly, showing off his veteran style.
Although Cai Jing was a civil servant and an old man, he was not slow to adapt. When he pulled his son Cai You, father and son both squatted down.
The rest of the important ministers, each showing their skills, including Yang Jian, Liang Shicheng, Wang Fu, Zhang Bangchang... dozens of people squatted together, and suddenly there was nothing around the official father and son.
Zhao Ji was a little slow to react. When he turned around to look, Yelu Yanxi's arrow had already left the string, but with a whooshing sound, the arrow flew three feet above his head.
Zhao Ji raised his head and looked up, feeling frightened in his heart. He felt that his whole body and limbs were stiff and cold, and he froze on the spot.
The ministers saw that he was motionless, his expression did not change, and he did not even utter a exclamation. They couldn't help but admire him, and they all praised him: "The officials are so brave!"
Yelu Yanxi was hit by an arrow in his shoulder first. When he fired the arrow, his arm was unstable, so that his accuracy was greatly missed. Just as he was about to shoot again, King Kang Zhao Gou was furious. He bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and shouted: "Incompetent old dog, I have to hunt all my life." How dare you act so arrogantly in front of my father at such a level?" After saying that, he shot out an arrow.
Yelu Yanxi was startled, but fortunately he was prepared. He took a snake-like position to avoid the arrows, and did not dare to shoot at him again. He jumped on his horse and ran towards the main formation.
At this moment, the city gate suddenly opened, and three generals, Zhang Jun, Qu Duan and Wang Yan, took the lead and led the army to charge out with great momentum.
"Hoo——" The official exhaled a long breath, and then came back to his senses. He felt his feet were as soft as cotton, and he quickly held on to the city wall and shouted with all his strength: "Whoever catches this beast, I, I will make him a Marquis of Ten Thousand Households." !”
Seeing Yelu Yanxi fleeing in embarrassment, the three generals in front of the Jin army were shocked and rushed out to respond. It was the three generals Yelu Xinilie, Yelu Mawu and Geng Shouzhong.
These three generals let Yelu Yanxi pass, and stopped the three Song generals. They caught each other and fought against each other. The soldiers and horses behind them swarmed up, soldiers against soldiers, and the generals strangled themselves into a group under the city.
Yelu Yanxi rushed to the back of the battle and looked at his injuries. Fortunately, the golden armor was thick and the arrow did not penetrate deeply into his flesh. So he hurriedly wrapped up his wounds, put on his armor again and went into battle, firing out the steel gun.
At this time, the young general Liu Qi was so angry that he led 11,000 forbidden troops to fight out.
Although Liu Qi was young, he had experienced many battles. At a glance, he saw that his more than 4,000 Western troops were fighting against ten thousand Liao troops in a stalemate. He was afraid that this group of forbidden troops would enter the battle and it would be useless, so he fired his gun. , shouted: "Follow me!"
Lead the army in an arc, taking a detour to cut off the enemy's rear.
Zhao Guanjia watched the battle without blinking, thinking about how to color this scene of a fierce battle with thousands of troops on paper.
Suddenly he saw Liu Qi's army circling around like a long snake, slapping the city wall, and said happily: "Ah! I know this, this is the art of war that uses perfect combination and surprise to win..."
He got excited and asked Jiu Zi: "Xiao Jiu, since you love to learn martial arts, my father will teach you the art of war today! Look at the current battle situation. Our three generals lead thousands of people and treat him as 10,000 troops. On this side of our army, everyone is fighting to the best of their ability. Although there are many troops and horses, most of them are blocked behind them and cannot exert their strength. This is the principle of righteousness. Look to the right again. The main force of our army is going around. Behind him, this is going to be a surprise victory. When his retreat is cut off and attacked from both sides, how can his military morale not be chaotic? Haha, not to mention a mere 10,000 people, even a hundred thousand people will commit suicide and be defeated..."
He was talking endlessly, exaggerating the meaning of the words and making far-fetched explanations. He was so excited that Zhao Xiaojiu felt confused when he heard it. His originally smart mind gradually became confused.
Tong Guan and Liang Shicheng were two, one on the left and one on the right, vying to praise each other. They exclaimed: "That's it! The situation is so complicated, it's rare for Your Majesty to have a clear understanding of the situation." The one said: "Tong Shuai is the best soldier in this dynasty. I just found out today that if compared with His Majesty, Tong Shuai is the second best."
When Cai Jing saw the two old traitors fawning over each other, he snorted coldly and pushed his son Cai You away. Cai You stumbled into the official's presence.
The officials looked at it in surprise, but they found that this guy was a talented person. His heart was filled with happiness for a moment, and he immediately expressed his emotions: "Oh, Your Majesty! I just got a poem, and I would like to ask Your Majesty to correct it."
Lao Zhao loved poetry far more than the art of war, so he immediately got excited and said, "Read it and let me listen."
Cai You shook his head and said:
"The little barbarian wants to knock down the pass, but how can it be scaled by a thousand-year-old pass?
The sage is smiling on the cloud platform, and the tiger warriors are chasing each other to kill each other.
The remaining clouds are as red as blood, and the armor of thousands of knights is as cold as a mountain.
It's just in line with Qisheng's military affairs and his great talents that he can shake up the world! "
He composed poems impromptu, which showed his talent. The officials laughed loudly, pointed at Cai You, and said to Cai Jing: "Old Master, it can be seen that the talented are better than the talented!"
Cai Jing quickly humbly said: "This guy is a master of tricks, but he dares to show off in front of officials. It is ridiculous, ridiculous."
The official shook his head and said: "Such talent can be obtained immediately after export, which is considered extraordinary. Although there are some imperfections, it can be done with a little bit of work. For example, this 'a patch of residual clouds is as red as blood, and the armor of thousands of cavalry is as cold as a mountain', if Change it to 'The remaining clouds in the sky are as red as blood, and the iron armor in the world is like mountains'. Wouldn't it be more powerful? However, since the neck couplet is moved, the chin couplet must also move, well..."
The official heard that the original style of rhythmic poetry consists of eight lines, divided into four lines: first couplet, chin couplet, neck couplet, and last couplet, which correspond to the beginning, succession, and transition. The first and last couplets do not need to be in opposition, but the middle two couplets must be fair in opposition. In addition to the sky to the earth, the rain to the wind, the continent to the sky, there is also a saying that "one, three, and five are irrelevant, but two, four, and six are clear", which means that the two, four, six, and three characters in each sentence are relatively equal.
For example, in Cai You's poem, the 246 characters "xiao", "yi" and "叩" in the first sentence are 廄平廄, and the corresponding words "gao", "仞" and "neng" in the second sentence are The third sentence is the same as the second sentence, which is also flat. The fourth sentence is opposite to the third sentence, which is also flat. This is the emphasis on the level of rhythmic poetry.
Generally speaking, modern Chinese has four tones, the first two tones are flat and the last two are oblique, which is the so-called new Chinese rhyme. The ancient rhymes are not completely consistent. For example, "白" is considered a flat tone in modern Chinese, but it was counted as a oblique tone in ancient times. , these details are more detailed.
Let’s just say a few words and get back to the main story.
Seeing the official frowning and thinking about the words, all the civil servants got excited and were about to show off. Suddenly they heard Kang Wang Zhao Gou said with a smile: "Father, the sons and ministers have a saying: the sage talks and laughs, the tiger and the warrior compete." Chijin Gehan.”
The official clapped his hands and said with a joyful smile: "Hey! The emperor is both civil and military!"
How dare the ministers compete with the prince? They all nodded and praised him.
When the prince Zhao Huan saw his younger brother showing up many times, he was unwilling to be left alone. He smiled and said: "Father, I have an idea. It is better to slightly change this poem and copy it as a gift to Yelu Yanxi. It will not be in vain for him to come all the way to Bian. I received an arrow from my brother at the foot of Liang City."
The officials became more and more excited: "What a great idea! How to change it?"
Zhao Huan smiled and said: "How about changing it to——
You barbarians want to knock down the pass, but Bianliang is thousands of years old and difficult to reach!
The sage is chatting and laughing, and the tigers and warriors are galloping in the cold weather.
The remaining clouds in the sky are as red as blood, and the iron armor in the world is as red as a mountain.
Just in time for Qi Shengbing's family affairs, he will wipe out all the dust and clean up the world! "
After the prince finished speaking, the officials were full of flattery. Zhao Guan's family was also overjoyed. They nodded repeatedly, turned around and took Cai Jing's hand and said, "Old Qing, I just said that you have a beautiful son, who is better than blue. Now I won't let you." You are as beautiful as before. Let’s take a look at my son’s words, ‘Sweep away all the dust and purify the world.’ How does it compare to your son?”
Cai Jing shook his head repeatedly, with a face full of shock: "This is the ambition of the hero! How can you tell it if you are not a member of the dragon and phoenix? How can we mortals have such pride?"
Zhao Guanjia laughed loudly and gave instructions: "My lords, this poem is called "Giving Gold to the King of Yunzhou". You and others should take note of it quickly. When our army wins, we, the king and the ministers, will recite this poem together and compete with each other." Zhuge Kongming's line about "Zhou Lang's clever plan to calm the world, lose his wife and destroy the army" is more elegant and it will be a good story through the ages."
A group of traitorous ministers all laughed heartily and recited it with all their heart: These traitorous ministers also all came from academic backgrounds, and reciting a few lines of poetry was as easy as retrieving something from a bag.
His monarchs and ministers pointed out the battle situation, recited poems and compared kung fu. Liu Qi had led the imperial army to the rear of the Jin soldiers. Liu Qi shouted loudly: "I have learned literature and martial arts, and my goods are with the emperor's family. We will fight against the Han people and gain fame immediately. Now your majesty is personally in the city." Go up and watch the battle. If you gain military exploits, the rewards will be much heavier than usual. You all fight with all your heart, and you will become rich and powerful, just for today!"
Hearing his words, the Imperial Guards also stirred up their fighting spirit. Each one breathed heavily from their noses, their eyes were bloodshot, and they all shouted: "Wealth and honor, only today!"
Liu Qi was secretly happy, no matter what he thought, with such morale, it would be difficult to defeat!
He pointed his gun and shouted: "Kill with me!" He took the lead and killed the Liao soldiers in the rear.
Three generals, Zhang Jun, Qu Duan and Wang Yan, heard the loud killing sounds from behind the enemy lines and knew that Liu Qi had arrived. They all cheered up and shouted in unison: "The enemy has been surrounded. All officers and men, kill the Liao dogs!"
Wang Yan steeled himself, fired a shot, and knocked Geng Shouzhong off his horse!
In the original time and space, Geng Shouzhong was a Liao general who first surrendered to the Song Dynasty and led the army to guard Shiling Pass and defend Taiyuan.
Unexpectedly, when the Jin soldiers arrived, the eight thousand men under his command did not fire a single shot, and they all surrendered gold. As a result, all battles on Hedong Road were lost.
Fortunately, in this life, he did not have such an opportunity to have both sides. After his fall, he was trampled by others and turned into mud in an instant.
When Zhang Jun saw that his younger brother had made a great contribution first, he used the reins of his horse, which made him even more powerful. The person he was fighting was Xi Nilie, the eldest son of Yelu Yanxi's concubine.
Of the three surrendered generals, one died and one escaped. Only the brave general Yelu Mawu struggled to hold on.
Qu Duan used a big axe, which was unparalleled in strength. Yelu Mawu swung his big sword and fought with him for dozens of times without losing any spirit.
Qu Duan felt respectful and shouted: "You will be defeated today, why should you die for the Jurchens? If you are willing to surrender, Qu will protect you from death."
Yelu Ma Wu Jiejie smiled strangely: "Then General Song! Do you think you will win? How can you guess the clever plan of the Jurchen Loushi Marshal?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yelu Yanxi came out of nowhere. The spear in his hand was trembling, and the red tassel on the gun was tumbling like flames. He shouted strangely: "Today we will enter the capital of Song Dynasty, capture Zhao Ji and make him the Duke of Bianliang!"
Zhang Jun and Wang Yan were going to help Qu Duan, but suddenly they saw Yelu Yanxi showing up. They were both overjoyed and rushed to catch him.
At this moment, a whistle was heard, causing the sky to crackle. The thousands of soldiers and horses that had not moved behind them suddenly spread out in a circle, revealing three thousand cavalry among them.
Then a large banner was erected high, the golden flag fluttered in the wind, and the word "gold" was written in red pen.
Yelu Yanxi's eyes were full of ferociousness, and he said with a strange smile: "You said that all I brought were Pishi troops? Did you know that there are three thousand Jurchens hidden among them! Hahaha, Song Gou, today I want you to see the power of Jurchen soldiers and horses!"
Before he finished speaking, he heard the three thousand cavalry howling in unison, splitting into two groups, and charging out from the front and back.
The Liao Xiang troops in front hurriedly got out of the way. If they moved a little slowly, they were trampled under the hooves of horses.
Zhang Jun's face changed drastically and he shouted: "Don't be afraid of him! The Jurchen soldiers are only human beings. Do they have two extra arms than me?"
While he was talking, he saw a Jurchen general running towards him, full of evil aura. It was the fierce general who pulled out Li Su, wielding a golden melon hammer, and smashed it down head on.
Zhang Jun raised his spear to parry, only to feel a powerful force coming at him. The man and his horse were knocked back several steps, but he rushed straight into the Western Army's formation without stopping. The golden melon hammer in his hand flew up and down, and blood and flesh flew everywhere he passed. .
Jurchen soldiers came rolling in from behind. Zhang Jun roared angrily, got up to fight, and ordered two people to dismount. Suddenly, a mace struck him diagonally, hitting the head of the horse under his crotch. The horse hissed sadly and fell to the ground. Zhang Jun jumped down in a hurry, secretly shocked: A mere soldier has such strength!
Looking back, those Jurchen soldiers were in groups, going back and forth. His soldiers and horses were retreating steadily after being killed by him. For a moment, he couldn't help but think of the tragic battle with the Liao soldiers when he followed Mr. Zhong in the decisive battle, and the Jurchen soldiers were killing him everywhere. condition.
The troops of Zhang Jun and others only had more than 4,000. They had just fought with the Liao surrender for a long time and had lost more than 10%. They had used up a lot of manpower and horse power. Now they were cheered up by more than a thousand Jurchen soldiers. Rush, suddenly crumbling.
It was still like this here, but the forbidden troops who went behind the formation were even worse.
There were more than 10,000 people, but when more than a thousand Jurchen soldiers rushed in, chaos broke out almost instantly.
Those Jurchen cavalry killed these forbidden troops just like chopping melons and vegetables. Even if some brave Song troops could match them, three or five Jurchen soldiers would immediately rush in and kill them quickly. When the other Song troops saw it, they became even more afraid and battle.
Liu Qi was shocked and shouted heartbreakingly: "Come on up, don't be afraid, there are many of us!"
The spear in his hand danced like a windmill, killing several Jurchen soldiers in succession. Wulin Datai wanted to see his bravery, and danced with two swords in his hand to fight——
His pair of swords were very different from those in the Central Plains. Each sword was five feet long. The blade was serrated, wide and long. When used, it was unstoppable. Liu Qi immediately fell into a hard fight.
However, after struggling for only more than ten times, they heard their soldiers and horses shouting: "Our army is defeated, our army is defeated." Turning around, countless Song troops dropped their weapons and fled towards Bianliang, howling.
It took them a long time to reach the enemy's rear. How easy was it to escape now? Not only the Jurchen soldiers and horses, but also the thousands of surrendered troops from the Liao Kingdom were beaten like chickens, desperately trying to intercept and kill the collapsed Song army.
The sound of a great defeat resounded, and the Western Army, which was already in a difficult position, became even more panicked. Many generals turned around and fled to Bianjing. Wang Yan saw that he was not the leader, so he fought hard and joined Qu Duan and Zhang Jun. He said sadly and angrily: "The situation is irreversible, let's go back to the army!"
The three of them were filled with rage, but they also knew that they would definitely die if they fought again, so they had no choice but to gather their troops and work hard to break out.
On the city wall, Zhao Guanjia kept all the ministers in order. Just as he was about to recite "The King of Yunzhou of the Kingdom of Gold", he saw a large banner propped up in the golden army formation, and then thousands of fierce cavalry separated and rushed forward. Just as he was shocked, he saw his own family. The soldiers, horses and tsunami were "defeated", almost in the blink of an eye, they were completely defeated.
Tong Guan was surprised: "There are only three thousand Jurchen veterans among the Jin soldiers. How dare you hide them all in this group of surrendering troops? Isn't he afraid of being careless and being wiped out by our army?"
Seeing his soldiers and horses being slaughtered wantonly, the official felt his hands and feet were cold, and he trembled and said: "With perfect combination, with surprising victory... I calculated over and over again, but I didn't realize that he hid this strange army." ,awesome……"
Suddenly, he caught sight of the tiger-like Wu Lin Da Tai Yu, chopping up a Song military captain, his men and his horse with one knife. He couldn't help but roll his eyes and fall after looking back. In a blur, countless noises were transmitted to his eardrums:
"Hurry and help!"
"Close the door quickly!"
"Can't close the door, can't close the door, our people are still outside!"
"Your Highness, you can't care anymore. The golden soldiers are about to rush in. Release the Thousand Jin Gate quickly..."
"Don't close the door, don't close the door!"
"Your Majesty, open the door! Your Majesty, open the door!"
"My sons, follow me and fight out, fight out!"
It's so noisy. Before his consciousness disappeared, Guan Jia had one last thought: This Bianjing must not be here anymore!
There is a branch of teaching: the good soldiers combine to win with surprise troops, and the famous city is given away. Sweeping away all the dust and purifying the nine worlds, if Cao Lang arrives, he can be called.
(End of chapter)
