The thirty-first chapter, the old people are hard to care for (1)
He ordered people to bring the general captured by Qin Wu and asked, "Who are you? What position do you hold under Fan Yongji's tent?"
The general raised his head and replied, "The villain, General Fan, was the one who was loyal to the Han Minghua."
Zheng Yunming nodded and shouted, "You are waiting to rebel against the court and surrender to the Mongolians. You should be beheaded on the spot. You can also keep your head on your neck to send a message to Fan Yongji."
He reached out and took out a wax ball from his arms. He asked Han Feng to hand it over to Hua Jinzhong, and said, "Hide this wax ball on your body and hand it over to Fan Yongji, and tell him that the Zhao Commander of Xiangyang welcomed him back to the Song Dynasty at any time." As he said that, he asked the personal soldiers to untied their bondage and even let Hua Jinzhong go and go back.
"What should we do with it?" Wang Deng pointed to the hundreds of counterfeit soldiers watching the battle in Baiyang Valley.
"It's not appropriate for you to go there or I." Zheng Yunming smiled and said, "Only by asking Mr. Lu to go there in person."
Lu Xunzhi, who was commanding everyone to clean the battlefield, turned around and asked, "Why do you want me to go?"
Wei Zugui saw Zheng Yunming easily defeating Fan Yongji's troops, and was both happy and suspicious. He naturally didn't have to be forced to serve in the Mongolian army. He wondered what Zheng Dutong, who had won the battle, had his attitude towards him?
The Zhenwu Army at the foot of the mountain had no intention of relaxing and guarding, and unfolded the formations in turn. The archers held their bows in their hands, and the spearmen raised their guns like forests, waiting for Zheng Yunming to issue an order.
The vermilion cool umbrella cover had already arrived at the foot of the mountain, but Zheng Yunming did not issue an attack order. On the contrary, a soldier raised his hands and came to the middle of the mountain to inform the news that Lu Xunzhi, the commander of the Zhenwu Army, was about to go up the mountain to negotiate. After Wei Zugui promised, a middle-aged general led a small team of guards to climb the mountain.
Wei Zugui rushed forward to see the ceremony. Although he was born in the Jin Kingdom, he also knew that Mr. Lu Jiuyuan of the Southern Dynasty was an amazing scholar. When he saw his son today, he was indeed elegant and polite. The two of them came to the top of the mountain together, and soldiers brought a few stones to serve as seats. They sat down opposite each other, and Lu Xunzhi said first: "I will discuss three things with the leader of Wei's village."
Wei Zugui waved his hand: "You literati, when you talk about things one by one, just say something, there is only one thing. Zheng Yunming wants me, old Wei, to put down his weapons and surrender obediently, but he can't imagine it."
Wei Ruolan, who was standing behind him, suddenly looked sad and looked at Bai Yijie who was standing aside. However, the scholar did not look sad at all. He just closed his eyes slightly, as if the negotiations had nothing to do with him and Wei Ruolan's future. Seeing Mr. Bai like this, Wei Ruolan couldn't help but feel sad.
Lu Xunzhi was not angry and said slowly: "First, the governor allowed you to take the entire village down the mountain and move to Xiangyang Prefecture to live independently. You don't have to break up the organization or install the officers of the Jing and E army. If the leader of the village is unwilling to be under the command of the governor, he can also directly be under the command of the Xiao Zhao commander."
Wei Zugui had no expression on his face, and he was considering the pros and cons of gains and losses. The first condition that Zheng Yunming had given was indeed good, but he just didn't know what to do next.
"Article 2: Once the village leader surrenders to the Southern Dynasty, it will be formally organized for our army. As soon as the grain, salary and rice are used, the governor has prepared 5,000 hu of grain, and can receive it when the village leader goes down the mountain. In addition, a generous gift is prepared for the village leader. Before going to the expedition, Zhao commanded the envoy, as long as the village leader is willing to support the Song Dynasty, Xiangyang will not hesitate to supply food and food."
Wei Zugui responded lightly: "Why is Wei surrendering or not surrendering, is it a matter of making a decision for five dou of rice?"
He pretended to raise the price. In fact, in the years of chaos, there were many examples of surrendering to cheat food and pay. Not to mention others, even Li Quan, a strange man from Shandong, often collected gold from the Mongolians, received rewards from the Jin Dynasty, and demanded money and food from the Song Dynasty. Wei Zugui screamed loudly. However, Lu Xunzhi knew that the grain had been stored in his village for less than three days. Even if there was no attack from the Song army, the whole village would be hungry in a few days.
"What's wrong with giving five thousand hu of grain to the village leader?" Lu Xunzhi's calm expression was as if he was a lecturer in the academy when he was young. However, the person who was listening to the lecture was not the students, but the brave northern man.
"It's just that the village leader escaped this time by chance, but the road in the future will become narrower and narrower." Lu Xunzhi said: "The current confrontation between Song Meng really cannot tolerate the survival of the third force."
His words were considered as the link. The current situation is no longer possible to wander in the blank area. Not only the Jinghu front line, but the official troops of Haizhou, Xuzhou, Anfeng, Luzhou, and Song and Meng were all clearing out local armed forces that survived in the cracks. In the direction of Sichuan, the Mongols not only focused on sweeping away the remnants of the Jin Dynasty's activities in the Sichuan and Shaanxi areas, but also threatened the barbarians in Lintao and Minzhou areas with large troops. Let the main barbarian forces active on the western border of the Song Dynasty, the Eighteen Xifan tribes belonging to the Qingtang Tubo branch, take the initiative to surrender to the Mongols. Both sides are nervously clearing out those forces that may hinder themselves in the future, and silently prepare for a more cruel and bloody war in the future.
"Even if Zheng Dutong could not attack, Zhao Zhengshi would have to send people to come when he was young." Lu Xunzhi said: "The camp leader is brave and will naturally not surrender easily, but the newly arrived troops in Xiangyang have tens of thousands of people, and the few are thousands of people. After all, the Xianren Village is single and lonely, and these generals have just been included in the Jinghu General Command. They are eager to make contributions in front of the head coach. They are eager to make contributions, and they will inevitably force the attack to be urgent, and both sides will suffer heavy casualties. At that time, even if the camp leader wins by chance, they will be greatly injured. No matter whether the Mongolians or the Song people attack again, the camp leader will not have the ability to resist, and there are too many killings and wounding the Southern Dynasty. Even if the camp leader has the intention to surrender in the future, how can the generals not be jealous? So today is the best opportunity for the camp leader."
Bai Yijie had mentioned these truths to Wei Zugui before, but the army was pressing against him to surrender, which always refuted his face. Therefore, Wei Zugui bit his back teeth and just refused to nod.
The two sides were in a stalemate, and everyone was very anxious. Only the two were still calm. Lu Xunzhi learned the skills of qi cultivation from his father, so he naturally remained motionless. However, Bai Yijie also had a relaxed expression. In fact, he had already thought of a solution to the current situation.
After a while, Bai Yijie said to Wei Zugui: "Please allow me to go downstairs to meet Zheng Du Tong."
He didn't say that he would go back to see Zheng Yunming for the sake of something. Wei Zugui naturally trusted Bai Yijie. He waved his hand and asked someone to send Bai Yijie down the mountain.
Bai Yijie's figure disappeared into the Zhenwu Army's formation. Not long after, the Zhenwu Army began to hear the sound of orders, and the army slowly began to retreat.
The spies from Xianren Village monitored the Song army's every move until the Zhenwu army stopped and re-formed the formation before they hurriedly reported to go up the mountain: "The Song people retreated three miles!"
This is already the greatest sincerity that Zheng Yunming showed. To be honest, with his new defeat of Fan Yongji, when the generals were in full swing, it was definitely not difficult to send troops to attack the mountain to eliminate these hundreds of people. Although Wei Zugui was a bit proud of a brave general, he was not an arrogant person, otherwise he would not have survived successfully in the sinister battles in the north.
Sure enough, Zheng Yunming waited three miles away for a short time. The team of Xianren Village was neatly arranged and drove down from the mountain and went straight to the Song army formation. Wei Zugui took off his bonnet, held the military flag of Xianren Village in his hand, stepped forward to Zheng Yunming's horse, knelt on one knee, and called him a general.
"Today, I am willing to go through fire and water for the general, and I will die without hesitation!"
In the usual order, Zheng Yunming should turn over and dismount and support him with both hands. But Zheng Yunming sat on the horse, smiled and held the saddle with his forearm, and said, "Wait, before surrendering, Zheng Yunming had another private matter to ask the village leader to allow it, otherwise the terms that this will agree will not be counted."
Wei Zugui's heart sank. What he feared most was that the other party immediately changed his mind after surrender. At this time, his army was completely exposed to Zheng Yunming's army, like fish on a chopping board. Zheng Yunming cut it as soon as he wanted to cut it, and he would not have any room for counterattack.
Zheng Yunming did not continue, but made a gesture to Wang Deng beside him. Wang Deng turned over and dismounted, came to Wei Zugui and bowed, shouting loudly: "All officers and soldiers of the Jing-E Chief Commander General Office are the senator of the Chief Commander General Office, Mr. Bai Yijie, please ask about the name of the Wei family's wife!"
With his powerful shout, the five thousand Zhenwu soldiers responded in unison: "I would like to propose marriage to the village chief for Senator Bai!"
Wei Ruolan blushed and hid behind Wei Sheng. Bai Yijie was caught off guard, and he didn't even care about his calm attitude. He took two steps forward and grabbed the reins of Zheng Yunming's mount: "Recruiting the Immortal Village is a major national event. Don't reject the sincerity of the Wei Village Master because of Bai Yijie's affair!"
Zheng Yunming said calmly: "If you have a family, you will have a country. If a man does not have a family, how can he understand the importance of the country?" He jumped off his horse and said to Wei Zugui: "Bai Yijie has 100,000 soldiers in his heart. Extraordinary people can be compared. If you recruit him as a son-in-law, you will never let down the future of the daughter of the king. Please ask the village leader to agree to this good thing."
As the lord of the commander-in-chief, he personally protected Bai Yijie's mediation, and Wei Zugui couldn't find any reason to refuse. When he was about to speak up, Wei Ruolan suddenly flashed out from behind Wei Sheng. His cheeks were blushed, like the falling glow, and his true nature was beautiful but not losing his heroic nature. He walked to Bai Yijie generously, grabbed his right hand and raised it high, and said loudly to thousands of Zhenwu soldiers: "I! Wei Ruolan is here today! I will be Bai Yijie's wife to take care of his family affairs. The couple worked together to protect Zheng Guanren and defend Xiangyang City!"
Chapter completed!