"Guan, do you remember how Captain Zhang came to be with you back then?"
Now it was time to listen to stories. Liu Bang also asked Fo Hai to stand up. They sat on each side and poured him a bowl of water himself.
"My brain fell down a few days ago, and I can't remember many things clearly. Just tell me what you think, and don't ask me about it."
well.
People often say that Zhao Guan's family is as gentle as jade, but now I understand it.
If more people say it, then it is the truth.
"In the first year of Jingkang, the Jin people jointly attacked Yuci, and Lieutenant Zhang led more than a hundred people to break out of the siege, which made him famous all over the world... Everyone only remembers such heroic deeds, but many people have forgotten it. That year, our Song Dynasty..."
I saw him actually shed tears when he said this.
The monk cried really hard, and his whole body heaved with the sobs. After a while, he calmed down, wiped away his tears and said:
"The officials are laughing."
"It doesn't matter, you speak slowly and I listen slowly."
Fohai bowed towards him, and then said:
"I think the officials are not willing to hear those things. Since it is about Captain Zhang, I will tell you everything I know. You should make your own decision whether it is right or wrong."
Seeing the emperor nodding, Fohai said:
"In the first year of Jingkang, Wanyan Zongwang led his army to approach Tokyo. Three families in the northwest were ordered to serve the king. The Jin people were afraid of the power of the Song Dynasty army and avoided the enemy without fighting. Instead, they turned around and besieged the three towns of Taiyuan, Hejian and Zhongshan. The Yao family army was responsible for rescuing Taiyuan. The family army is responsible for relieving the dangers in Hejian and Zhongshan towns."
"After Duke Duanru crossed the river, he discovered that Wanyan Zongwang and his deputy had separated their forces, so he reported to the court and came out from Shangdang to attack Wanyan Zonghan from the side. If this move to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao is successful, the Jin soldiers from the three towns will definitely disperse."
Although he didn't know the comparison of military power at the time, Liu Bang simply looked at the map in his mind and knew that this was a feasible method.
"Is that done?"
Fohai gave him a strange look: "The imperial court rejected Duke Duanru's proposal on the grounds that the Jin people were invincible."
this……
"Then the last three cities were conquered just like that?"
Fohai smiled bitterly and said: "After Wanyan Zongwang led his troops back north, Mr. Zhong was forced to withdraw his army. Although the Yao army regained Longde and Weisheng, Taiyuan City is still in the hands of the Jin people."
"In May of the first year of Jingkang, the Yao family army and the Zhong family army marched into Taiyuan again, and together with Zhang Hao, the son of Zhang Xiaochun, the Xuanfu envoy to Hexi Province, the three armies formed horns with each other and jointly solved the siege of Taiyuan."
"Xu Han, the governor of the Privy Council at that time, received the news and believed that Wanyan Zonghan was about to withdraw all his troops... At that time, the old man in the Zhongshi division had already recaptured Shouyang, but the other two armies were slow to follow. In order to avoid going deep alone, he led the Zhongshi army The family army is stationed in Zhending."
"People from the Privy Council..." Fohai shook his head and continued, "Zhong Dinggong urged Mr. Zhong to march many times but failed. In the end, he accused him of being timid and refusing to fight, delaying the opportunity to fight."
This Zhongding Gong was Li Gang, the Minister of War at the time and later the Prime Minister. As one of the rare warlords, if he had not died last year, Fohai would not have mentioned his name, fearing that the emperor would hold a grudge.
"The old man was nearly eighty at the time, and he was a loyal member of the Zhong Family Army. How had he ever suffered such humiliation?"
"He just said: 'It is a serious crime to be afraid of the enemy and not to advance. I have been in the army since I was a child and have been fighting for many years. At this age, do I still have to bear such a crime?' In this way, the old general left the baggage and food and grass, and met with Yao After leaving the letter, Zhang and Zhang led their troops to move forward lightly."
This old man can be considered a good man, but it's a pity that he doesn't have enough brains. He will get into trouble after just a few words. Isn't this just out of anger?
You may have guessed his tragedy... Liu Bang may not be able to understand Zhongshi Zhong, and he may never be able to understand him in his lifetime, just as Zhongshi Zhong cannot understand people like Liu Bang.
"The old general marched all the way, winning three out of five battles, and finally arrived at Yuci, which was only a hundred miles away from Taiyuan. However, the other two armies failed to arrive as promised in the letter. In addition, after days of continuous attacks, the army was short of food, and the men and horses were exhausted... …Under the fierce attack of the Jin army, General Zhong refused to retreat, and finally died of four serious injuries.”
Liu Bang was holding the teacup with one hand without stopping in his mind.
This battle was said to be lost because the old man led the army to advance rashly, but there were still a few doubts.
There were three agreed troops, but until Zhong Shizhong died, the other two were not seen. How could the people in the Privy Council be so determined that the Jin Army was about to retreat?
Logically speaking, even if it is urging, he should not only urge his family. Have the other two troops received the news?
If you receive it, why not march on it? If not...this would be a big problem.
Recalling that Fohai first said this, the reason was because of Zhang Jun...
"At that time, Zhang Jun was by Zhongshi's side?"
He knew in his heart that he was the emperor, but hearing him address a deceased meritorious official like this, Fohai still felt that the Zhao family was really cold.
However, if Liu Bang knew what he was thinking, I don’t know how he would point his nose and scold him...
Your Taizu and Emperor are dozens of times younger than me. When it comes to this, I am the ancestor of all of you!
"Yes, Lieutenant Zhang's battle to become famous was when he left General Zhong behind and broke out alone... His achievements are all stained with the blood of General Zhong and the Zhong Family Army."
The monk's words were inevitably strange, but Liu Bang felt that Zhang Jun's approach was not inappropriate.
This old man has clearly made a mistake and is still unwilling to run away. Why stay with him? Waiting to die?
"Then according to your wishes, the person who assassinated Zhang Jun..."
Fohai sighed: "Amitabha, after the old general Zhong left, Mr. Xiaozhong, the manager, saw that the court was still arguing about whether to fight or not. He was full of grief and anger. The late emperor neither adopted Xianggong's strategy of taking advantage of the opportunity to expedition to the north, nor refused to go to court. Suggestions for fortifying the front line...Xianggong, the manager of Souchong, also left in October of the first year of Jingkang...You should still remember what happened a month later, Luoyang, Xijing and Bianliang, Tokyo, were gone."
"It's a pity that the Zhong family couldn't get what they wanted until their death. However, they never saw the day when the Song Dynasty, which they had guarded for generations, completely changed. This is not the worst. .”
If it had been before, he would have lost his mind when he said these words, but in the excitement of talking about it, he temporarily forgot about the nature of His Majesty.
"Although the Zhong family army is gone, the descendants of the Zhong family are still there. In the Huaibei area, the descendants of the Zhong family have recruited a large number of local warriors to fight against the Jin Dynasty. Although the power is small, the young monk believes that one day , they will succeed.”
"The incident I'm talking about is that when I was in Qiantang, a descendant of the Zhong family came to raise military funds. The layman Yi An found out about it. The layman sold a ship's calligraphy and paintings, and gave all the money he got to this man. This person will tell the young monk and others during the banquet."
Is it for revenge? To avenge Zhang Jun for abandoning the cultivator?
It shouldn't be...Liu Bang is not a person who has never fought in a war. In that case, Zhang Jun was definitely not the only one who ran away. If that kind of family were all thinking about revenge, there would be so many people that they would not be able to kill!
Knowing that the emperor was impatient, the monk did not keep the emperor waiting for too long. Before being scolded, he continued:
"The Zhong family said that the reason why Yao Jiajun and Zhang Hao were late in arriving, and the reason why the Privy Council received the news that the Jin people were about to retreat, was all because of Captain Zhang."
"So, the young monk is just guessing that if there is someone who has the ability and the courage to assassinate Lieutenant Zhang in Lin'an, it may be this one."
Liu Bang asked: "What did Zhang Jun do to allow three armies to be played by him alone?"
"That person never said it, so the young monk doesn't know."
It seems that we know the origin of the person who wants to kill Zhang Jun. Although it is still possible, we have a direction.
Liu Bang is not in a hurry. He has plenty of time for these things.
If it doesn't work, just ask Zhang Jun yourself. This old boy is the person involved.
"As for that Liu Li..."
Hearing this name, Liu Bang cheered up.
To him, this person was also very strange. He was probably a member of the non-governmental anti-financial organization that Fohai mentioned.
"The young monk has never heard of this name, from the layman Yi An..."
He shook his head, indeed he couldn't remember such a person.
"However, there are too many righteous people in the Song Dynasty who want to fight against the Jin Dynasty. I can't say for sure. This one has only recently started to fight against the Jin Dynasty. It is not impossible."
Liu Bang pestered him for a while and talked about the difficulties in Jingkang. The more he listened, the more uncomfortable he felt.
At the beginning, I was still disdainful, from top to bottom of the Song Dynasty.
Later, it started to become anger, the anger after the city was broken.
Then, there was humiliation. Strangely enough, the emperor of Song was captured and made a slave. He asked himself that he was not a weak-hearted person, but he still felt humiliated.
In the end, there were bursts of speechlessness.
I originally thought that the two emperors Hui and Qin were outrageous enough, but the most unexpected thing was the ninth son of the Zhao family.
Alas, there is a long way to go!
