Chapter 291 Li Cun: I am just soft-hearted (please vote for me!)

Author: Ren Niaofei

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Li Cun had already asked people to list in detail the names, ages, titles and official positions of all members of the royal family, clans, and relatives of the Zhao and Song dynasties according to the genealogy of the Zhao and Song royal families, clans, and relatives preserved in Zongzheng Temple of the Zhao and Song Dynasties, and register them all.

book.

According to the list, after more than three months of manhunt throughout the city, almost all the royal family and clan members of the Zhao and Song Dynasty were wiped out.

To be precise, as of now, there is only one person missing, and the royal family and clan of the Zhao and Song dynasties in Bianliang City, Tokyo are all present.

The missing person is Zhao Kai, the king of Jian'an County, the eldest son of Queen Mingjie (Concubine An).

Wang Shiyong, Xu Bingzhe, Fan Qiong, Zuo Yan and others almost turned over Bianliang City in Tokyo in order to find Zhao Kai.

But Zhao Kai could not be found.

Later, Wang Shiyong and others who could not find Zhao Kai had no choice but to ask Li Cun for help.

Zhao Kai has a wife he has not yet married, named Kong Lingze, who is only fourteen years old now.

Because the little girl was engaged to Zhao Mei, she was also captured by Wang Shiyong and others and sent to Yanfu Palace.

Li Cun sent someone to find Kong Lingze and wanted to find out.

But Kong Lingze thought that Li Cun was going to let her sleep with him, so she dressed herself up beautifully and put on a green wedding dress.

After meeting Li Cun, Kong Ling was shy and almost said directly: "This is my first time as a concubine. I hope your majesty will have mercy on you."

What made Kong Lingze's little face collapse immediately was that Li Cun actually asked her about the whereabouts of Zhao Mei, without any intention of visiting her.

Kong Lingze didn't even visit, so how could she know where Zhao Kai was, so of course she didn't know anything about it.

Li Cun felt that Kong Lingze was beautiful, but too young, so he asked her to go back and wait until she was older.

Unexpectedly, Kong Lingze burst into tears when she saw Li Cun asking her to go back.

But Kong Lingze did not dare to disobey orders.

Therefore, Kong Ling could only walk back out one step at a time, hoping that Li Cun would feel sorry for her, become soft-hearted, and change his mind.

Seeing this scene, Li Cun suddenly thought of the story in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" where Ling Rong was defeated by the emperor, but he was trembling all over due to nervousness. The emperor was unwilling to force it, so he asked people to carry Ling Rong back to the palace.

As a result, Lingrong became a joke in the palace and was ridiculed by others. Even the eunuchs thought she was unlucky, making it even more difficult for her to hold her head high and be a good person.

Li Cun estimated that if he asked Kong Lingze to go back like this, her fate would be similar to that of Ling Rong. If she was more cautious, she might commit suicide.

After sighing, Li Cun still waved and said: "Come back..."

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Although Kong Lingze did not know Zhao Kai's whereabouts, she still provided a useful clue to Li Cun afterwards.

That is, the night before Li Cun entered the city, her father Kong Junlong, the former judge of Dali Division in Song Dynasty, went to see Zhao Kai and looked very bad when he came back.

Although Li Cun had already guessed that Kong Lingze wanted to use this incident to allow him to meet her father, issue an amnesty for her family, and preferably give her father an official position, Li Cun did not blame Kong Ling.

but.

This is human nature and understandable.

On the same day, Li Cun issued an amnesty and released all the people in the Kong family who were not related to the Zhao family. His family's property was also returned to his family, and he met with Kong Junlong.

From Kong Junlong, Li Cun learned that Zhao Kai suddenly died due to fright the day before he entered the city. At that time, Zhao Ji ordered to block the news and buried Zhao Kai's body in the back garden of the Jian'an County Prince's Mansion.

Li Cun sent people to search in the back garden of Jian'an County Prince's Mansion, and sure enough, they dug up the body of a boy of about thirteen years old.

After identification, the owner of this corpse was indeed Zhao Kai.

——Due to the cold weather during this period, and the fact that Zhao Ji had people use better burial techniques to seal the coffin, Zhao Kai’s body was relatively well preserved.

Li Cun ordered that Zhao Kai's body be sent to Song Ling in Gong County for burial.

At this point, all the royal family and clan members of the Zhao and Song dynasties in Bianliang City, Tokyo, were arrested.

Li Cun ordered that the gates of Bianliang City in Tokyo be opened to allow people to come and go freely.

This also means that the era belonging to the Zhao and Song Dynasties has completely come to an end.

Tokyo's Bianliang City, which has been closed for more than four months, has finally been opened again. It is inevitable that some people will choose to leave this sad place.

——Although Li Cun has tried his best to control casualties, many people, even innocent people, still died in this war.

In this regard, Li Cun could only say that without him, Li Cun, the death and injury of people in this city might have been a hundred times more, and the fate of many people might have been a thousand times more miserable.

In addition, Li Cun also knew that some people who were still loyal to the Zhao and Song dynasties also chose to join Zhao Gou and others when he let go of Bianliang City in Tokyo.

In this regard, Li Cun could only say that everyone has his own ambitions.

To be honest, Li Cun thinks this is actually a good thing. If you have to keep people who want to leave, it may cause disaster.

but--

Generally speaking, both those who left Bianliang City in Tokyo and those who remained loyal to the Zhao and Song dynasties were only a very small part.

It is not difficult to see from this that Li Cun's governance during this period was actually very successful.

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Fan Zhixu ordered Du Chang to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses as the vanguard, and ordered Xia Chu to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to Gongyi to guard the Song Emperor's mausoleum.

These two troops were the first to leave Jingzhao Mansion as the vanguard of the Western Army.

As a result, Du Chang and Xia Chu met a man named "Wei Zhiji" on their way to Tongguan.

Wei Zhiji once served as the commander of the east wall of the capital. When the city was destroyed, he luckily escaped from Bianliang City in Tokyo.

Wei Zhiji told Du Chang and Xia Chu that Bianliang City in Tokyo had been captured by Qian's army, and the Zhao and Song dynasties might have perished.

Du Chang and Xia Chu were shocked and quickly took Wei Zhiji back to the army to meet Fan Zhixu.

Fan Zhixu was furious when he saw that Du Chang and Xia Chu, who had just set off for the expedition, came back with their army.

Moreover, Fan Zhixu simply did not believe that Bianliang City in Tokyo, which was strong, had many soldiers, had sufficient food and grass, and had millions of people, would be so easily defeated by Gan's army.

Therefore, after listening to Du Chang and Xia Chu's report, Fan Zhixu immediately angrily scolded Du Chang and Xia Chu for shaking the military situation: "How can the capital be trapped?"

Then Fan Zhixu personally interrogated Wei Zhiji about what was going on?

When Wei Zhiji saw Fan Zhixu looking like he was about to kill someone, he didn't dare to tell the truth, so he could only lie and said: "This villain is a Qinwang soldier. He didn't go to the capital and his troops were defeated, but I heard that the defense of the capital remained the same."

Fan Zhixu was very satisfied with Wei Zhiji's answer. He informed the three armies of Wei Zhiji's lies, saying that Bianliang City in Tokyo was still waiting for help, and they had to go to Bianliang City in Tokyo quickly to save him.

Fan Zhixu had actually heard for a long time that the soldiers under Du Chang and Xia Chu had very poor military discipline. As soon as they left the main force, they would burn, kill and loot everywhere - this was actually a common problem in the Western Army.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Fan Zhixu happened to arrest Du Chang and Xia Chu, and said to Du Chang and Xia Chu in public: "I always sent Du Chang to command the troops of King Qin to assist the capital, but he heard the lies of the defeated troops and returned midway. Xia Chu

Chu could not defend the mausoleum. The two of them even sang peace to each other and set off to plunder and plunder.

They drive away women who dare to enter the pass. If they escape or the capital is lost, when the officials hear about it, they will rush to die together. They will fight to watch and be defeated, and those who pass by will be burned. They will be killed according to law and spare your family." Then Du Chang and his family were spared.

Xia Chu was beheaded in front of the tent, and he posted a list to explain to the whole army the reason for killing the two men.

After this incident, all the officers and soldiers of the Western Army were frightened, and their discipline became much better.

Fan Zhixu then detached a partial division and handed it over to Zong Yin's control, and marched towards Luoyang, Xijing by water. After Zong Yin took the order, he organized the monks into an army and named it "Zunsheng Team";

The young monks who serve in the temple) are organized into an army, which is called the "Jingsheng Team".

——Almost all the monks and traveling boys along the road were recruited into the army by Zong Yin, and some were hired as officials. These monks became staunch supporters of Zong Yin.

Fan Zhixu personally led the main force to march overland to Luoyang, Xijing.

In fact, someone had already given Fan Zhixu an idea at this time, asking Fan Zhixu not to go to Bianliang City in Tokyo, but to seize Tongguan, Bojin Pass, Hangu Pass and other passes, and then use this

Use these dangerous passes as barriers to keep the Qian army out of Shaanxi, and then manage Shaanxi well, appeal to Shu commanders and the Sichuan-Shaanxi road, combine the power of Qin and Shu, and wait for the royal family of Zhao and Song Dynasty to retreat to the Sichuan-Shaanxi area, and then slowly plan for it.

But Fan Zhixu simply ignored such suggestions and continued to lead the hundreds of thousands of Western troops in his own way, preparing to leave Shaanxi and go to Bianliang City in Tokyo to rescue King Qin.

It is only said that the partial division led by Zong Yin went down the river and arrived at Sanmenjin in less than three days. Along the way, it actually defeated several waves of Ganjun's cavalry and achieved several small victories.

After Fan Zhixu learned about this, he was very happy and granted Zongyin an envoy to the east of the river, allowing Zongyin to continue his eastward march.

At the same time, Fan Zhixu ordered Ma Changyou to lead his army towards Tongguan.

This time, the Western Army encountered relatively favorable resistance from Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin's subordinates.

——Three thousand officers and soldiers guarding Tongguan blocked Fan Zhixu's hundreds of thousands of troops in front of Tongguan for seven days and seven nights.

Later, because these three thousand soldiers really had no ammunition and bows and arrows, and received Zhai Jin's order to retreat, they voluntarily abandoned Tongguan and retreated to Hangu Pass.

After capturing Tongguan, Fan Zhixu did not realize that this was Qian's army's plan to lure the enemy deeper. Instead, he ordered the army to continue marching eastward, and Fan Zhixu also asked the Song army to march out of the pass with drums.

Li Yanxian, the general, felt that something was wrong, so he suggested that Fan Zhixu divide his army to advance. He said: "The army is marching quickly, and there are many armies, so it will not be overrun and defeated. If a large number of people gather together to eat,

If you take one step in danger, everything will collapse."

But Fan Zhixu didn't adopt it.

actually--

Li Cun had long known that Fan Zhixu was marching eastward with more than 100,000 Western troops. He had also known for a long time that Zhao Gou had led an army of 100,000 troops and was stationary in Dongping Prefecture. Wang Xiang, Zhao Ye, Fan Ne and others were leading the army.
To be continued...