Chapter 61 Return to Chang'an
"Forcing surrender by fighting?"
Feiren repeated with a bitter face. Seeing that the other party was unmoved, he said again: "It was already done, but now it's snowing heavily, and the city is covered with snow. Our army has no siege equipment. Is it a mosquito attached to the siege? This is really a joke."
Zhe Xiaozhong smiled and said, "I'm here for half a year, is it all in vain?"
"Oh? Who is willing to surrender, or is willing to be an internal response?"
Feilun is worthy of being the supervisor of the pedestrian department. With Zhe Xiaozhong's words, he already knew what the other party's arrangements were.
Zhe Xiaozhong smiled and said, "I just arrived tonight, and I went to see He Guan. He was originally going to wait for the third uncle's arrangement, but I was convinced by the letters from my fourth uncle and eldest brother Yanzhi, and I was willing to lead Fengzhou to surrender first. In this way, we can fight without bloodshed until the city of Linzhou."
Feilun was also very happy first. Heavy snow fell suddenly, and there was not much food and grass in the siege, and he would return without success after a few days. When the enemy was in civil strife, he would inevitably be in chaos. The Song army could be calmer, get food and grass supplies, and get help from the surrendered army. It would be better.
Just thinking about the pros and cons, he asked Zhe Xiaozhong: "He Guan was an old minister of the Zhe family. When Zhe Kexue asked to surrender the Zhe family, he didn't say anything."
He did not say that this matter was not necessarily reliable, because he was afraid of hurting Zhe Xiaozhong's face. Several brothers were all the men who had the best of their power, but he was depressed and unsuccessful. At this time, his intention to make contributions must be in full swing. Feilun didn't want to touch the brother's bad intentions.
Zhe Xiaozhong smiled heartily, patted his shoulder, and replied, "Don't worry, Wulang, not only He Guan, but also my cousin Zhe Yanwen is in Fengzhou City, and he has nothing to say about surrender. They all knew that the third uncle wanted to get a bigger code, and they all hated his actions. At that time, he felt sorry for his sons, but now His Majesty pardoned his sins without remorse, but bargained with the court. He Guan, Zhe Yanwen and others felt that it was too much, but this time they did not follow him one way to the dark. Not only them, but Lin, there were many people in the two prefectures. As long as the imperial officials came with integrity, they would surrender. There were still people who were reluctant to give up their feelings with the third uncle's former master. Just watching him act, they didn't want to turn to the court."
Speaking of this, he finally felt relieved, sighed and said, "My Zhe family has been blessed with the grace of the Song Dynasty for a hundred years, and I admire China. I will not take it seriously to serve the barbarians."
In fact, the Zhe family is a barbarian party that is completely unfair. It has been a long time since the Chinese history and no longer regards itself as a Hu person, but only regards itself as a Han person. This situation has been everywhere in China's thousands of years of history.
Seeing that he was sure, Feilun was relieved, and immediately introduced him into Yao Duan's tent, and Zhe Xiaozhong explained the details. By midnight, the gate of Fengzhou was quietly opened. The elite Song army entered the city and took over the government office, armory, grain warehouse, and city gates. By dawn the next day, the people in the city were still ignorant, and Fengzhou had quietly changed its banner and returned to the Song Dynasty.
Most of the generals in the city had been persuaded by Zhe Xiaozhong, and the subordinates of the restraining troops handed over their weapons and quietly returned to the camp. A few tough young generals had been arrested and arrested after the Song army entered the city in the middle of the night. Therefore, in this battle that was related to the three states, one person was not dead. Only a few Song soldiers fell a few times when they entered the city and fell apart, and their hands were broken. In fact, there was no loss at all.
After dawn, the situation in the city had already settled. Nearly half of the Song army entered the city, and the rest moved to the city.
A few generals who were still loyal to Zhe Keqiu were released and rode north on bare hands and fists to Linzhou to find Zhe Keqiu to ask for news.
Zhe Keqiu Wenxin was furious, but he felt deeply afraid. The head of his family had no prestige at all. However, when the rebellion was a little difficult to curb. Looking around, it seemed that everyone was wearing a mask, which was not so reliable.
Without waiting for him to take any action, the main force of the Song army followed the fleeing generals, unfolding in groups, flags fluttering, and the army's appearance could not be achieved by the number of people.
Among the young and strong Zhe family, a few were dissatisfied and led their troops to fight. The main force of the Song army remained unmoved. Only Zhang Xian and other generals led a small group of cavalry to fight the Zhe family army who had left the city to fight.
Zhe Keqiuan understood in the first place that it was not that the soldiers of the Zhe family were so unstoppable now, but that the soldiers and generals had no intention of fighting.
After thinking for a long time, he knew that if he persisted, there would inevitably be an unexpected disaster. He had to be ill and ordered his brother Zhe Ketong to take charge of the three states. As a result, he stepped down and Zhe Ketong immediately announced that he would receive the imperial envoy to welcome the Song Emperor, and the Zhe family would return to the Song court again.
In order to reassure Chang'an, in addition to confessing his guilt, Zhe Keqiu was also forced to take his children and relatives to Chang'an in person to apologize to the emperor.
The three states of Linfu Feng were settled, and Yao Duan and others dared not stay. This place was already snowy and snow. I thought that although Taiyuan would not be like this, it must be cold and cold. If the overall situation in Hedong was to stabilize before this winter, even if Taiyuan was not able to take action, it would have to increase its troops and surround it.
They first followed Zhang Jun's military orders. At this time, the Shufu orders arrived again. In addition to Yao Duan's troops, Liu Yi led his troops to more than 30,000 people across the river to Taiyuan. A total of more than 60,000 people surrounded the Taiyuan city with less than 20,000 people. Even if the Jin soldiers had a small number of reinforcements coming, it would be useless.
When Yao Duan's troops arrived at the city of Fengzhou, it was October of the fifth year of Jingkang. After less than ten days of delay at the city, they had successfully solved the problems in Hedong. The troops of his troops set out to Taiyuan. When they arrived at Pingyang, they joined Liu Qi's troops who came across the river. They asked that it was snowing near Tongguan, and the Jin soldiers could not attack anymore. They were also wary of the pursuit of the Song soldiers. They retreated from Tongguan Valley Road and began to retreat to Jingdong and Hebei.
At this point, the Song and Jin sides had already clearly understood that this unprecedented large-scale battle started at Tongguan and was scheduled to be under Chang'an City, but it would eventually end at Taiyuan Prefecture City on Hedong Road.
There will be no war in Tongguan gradually, and there will be a bloody battle under Taiyuan City, and a decisive battle related to the overall strategic situation of the world.
Shortly after Yao Duan led his troops to leave, Feilun personally led more than 300 pedestrians and cavalrymen, guarding the Zhe Keqiu family, riding in more than a hundred people, dozens of horses and mules, and set off from Linzhou. In the snow and ice, the head of the Zhe family, like a prisoner, took the previous generation of Zhe family to Chang'an like a prisoner.
They started from Linzhou and went straight south through Yan'an Prefecture. The way was smooth. Not far from the original Yongxing Army, the sky was broken and the snow fell, and heavy snow fell. In this way, the people who were rushing to the roads were in great pain. In the past few years, the wars were linked, and Zhao Huan was determined to rectify the roads and water conservancy in the territory, but he couldn't take it out. When the heavy snow first fell, the roads were frozen and slippery, but the snow was clear but the sky was muddy and difficult to move. By the time they arrived at Chang'an City, it was already mid-November of November of the fifth year of Jingkang. Although the weather was gloomy and the black clouds were about to destroy the city, they did not do their business.
As the head general of the pedestrian, Feilun naturally did not have to go too hard to enter the city. When Dutou, who was guarding the city, he was already scared to death. In addition to letting go, he had to come forward and smile. He kept waiting for Feilun to lead a large group of cars and horses to pass in, and then Dutou wiped his sweat on his forehead and relaxed his breath.
The city had followed Zhao Huan's order and specially built a Huitong Pavilion to entertain officials who came to Beijing. Although Zhe Keqiu's family was like a prisoner, Feilun knew that the emperor had said it first and did not blame him. Although this person was forced to surrender, the emperor would not break his promise. Therefore, after entering the city, he still arranged the Zhe family in the Huitong Pavilion and arranged everything. Then he rode his horse to the palace to ask for the emperor.
He was the imperial equipment, and the most trusted military officer around the emperor. When he arrived at the palace gate, the gatekeeper of the gate did not have to report it anymore, so he put him in directly.
When he arrived in the palace, he found out that the emperor was in the back garden of the palace, serving the empress dowager to have fun. He was surprised and didn't know what was good to play in the snow. He hurriedly sorted out his appearance and waited near the imperial garden, and his close servants around the emperor reported to him.
Zhao Huan was helping Meng Hou to play in the garden, enjoying a few newly bloomed plum blossoms. He felt that the flowers stood proudly in the cold wind, and the fragrance was refreshing, and it really had a unique charm.
He sighed in his heart that while modern people are busy enjoying the achievements of industrial society all day long, how can they have such leisure to quietly wander among the creation of nature and feel this natural pleasure?
Just as I felt comfortable, I saw Feilun stretching his head to the flower door outside the garden, and I knew that this person had come back from northern Shaanxi to report his life. I sighed leisurely in my heart that the emperor still had too little spare time.
He smiled at Empress Meng, "My son has government affairs again, so he needs to surrender first."
Empress Meng was also in a happy mood. There was nothing wrong with Chang'an, nothing wrong with Tongguan, and great victory everywhere in Longkou, Hedong. Obviously, there was no need to suffer from bumps anymore. In comparison, Zhao Huan was indeed much stronger than Zhao Gou.
Moreover, he was very good at face-saving, and he would never delay his conservatism every morning and evening, and he was extremely respectful. Regardless of whether he was a post or not, this water-melting skill was very rare. She naturally didn't know that Zhao Huan had a misunderstanding. In the future, the royal family of the Song Dynasty was the same as the Ming and Qing dynasties in the future, and he needed to pay his respects sooner or later. In fact, the Song Dynasty Neo-Confucianism was just rising, and the ethics was not as meticulous as the later generations. Song Guangzong did not meet Xiaozong for more than ten years, and everyone in the world criticized him, but there was no way to deal with him. This shows that ethics were not as good as the system at that time.
At this time, seeing Zhao Huan bent down and standing in front of him with a respectful face, Meng Hou was very satisfied. Seeing that Zhao Huan's face was rosy, he showed fatigue. He said to him in a very concerned tone: "The emperor is too hard. In fact, with the prime minister and the Guanfu, the emperor only needs to be the general government and military affairs, and there is no need to worry about everything. His ancestors have also landed like this for more than a hundred years."
Seeing Zhao Huan smiled bitterly, Empress Meng smiled again, "Stop, I'll talk too much, the emperor will do it yourself, I'll go and tease Dun'er."
After saying that, he turned around happily.
Zhao Huan just shook his head. Since his son was born, he, as a father, was not as happy as the rest of the royal family. Not only Meng Empress, but also a few newly released old concubines and princesses, who must tease the prince every day and think they are happy.
Chapter completed!