Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Now only Guo Yaoshi's ever-victorious army is still capable of fighting in Yanshan Mansion, and the imperial court's reinforcements are nowhere in sight.The life and death of Yanshan Mansion depended on today's battle.

Cai Jing, Lu Xihao and others silently prayed to God and worshiped Buddha in their hearts, begging for God's blessing, so that the Changsheng army flag could be unleashed and the crisis faced by Yanshan Mansion could be resolved.

Baihe is about eighty miles away from Yanshan Mansion. Cai Jing and others stood on the tower of the east gate, and saw the smoke and dust billowing in the direction of Baihe, covering the sky and the sun. One can see how fierce the battle between the two armies is.

After waiting anxiously on the tower for half a day, Cai Jing and others suddenly saw an army appearing in the distance, rushing towards Yanjing City.

After the army charged close to the city gate, Cai Jing and the others all changed their faces.Because they recognized that the leading general was Zhang Linghui, the general of the Ever Victorious Army.

Zhang Linghui shouted to the top of the city tower: "Prefect Cai, our army has been defeated, quickly open the city gate and let our army enter the city for defense!"

"Our army is defeated?"

There was a "boom" in Cai Jing's head, and his face suddenly turned pale.Seeing that everyone in Zhang Linghui's tribe was covered in blood and exhausted, he hurriedly ordered the city guards to open the city gate and let Zhang Linghui's tribe enter the city to repair and heal their injuries.

Soon after Zhang Linghui's troops entered the city, Liu Shunren's troops also retreated to the city of Yanjing.

Cai Jing anxiously asked Liu Shunren about Guo Pharmacist's safety, and Liu Shunren replied that the war had lasted for tens of miles and he had lost contact with Guo Pharmacist's department.He only knew that Guo Yaoshi led his army into the Jin army's formation, and now he does not know whether he is alive or dead.

Hearing that the whereabouts of Guo Yaoshi, the commander-in-chief of the Changsheng Army, was missing, Cai Jing, Lu Xihao and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, losing their minds for a while.

Fortunately, at sunset, Guo Yaoshi also led the remnant troops back to Yanjing City, fighting and retreating, so that the army of Yanshan Mansion had a backbone again.

After Guo Yaoshi entered the city, he saw Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren, and reprimanded them with livid faces for retreating.

Zhang Linghui said that it was Guo Yaoshi who underestimated the enemy and made the mistake of attacking the Jin Army's camp, but allowed himself to bear the crazy attack of the Jin Army Jurchen's main force alone.Most of his army was killed and injured, so he had to choose to retreat.

Liu Shunren blamed Zhang Linghui for leaving without saying goodbye, and Guo Yaoshi never heard from him, putting himself in danger of fighting alone.

All three of them were very depressed because of the loss of the army and the loss to the Jin army, and they accused each other of delaying the opportunity.

The prefect Cai Jing can only act as a peacemaker at this time, persuading the three generals to regard peace as the most important thing, and work together to save the crisis.

Not long after Guo Yaoshi was defeated and returned to Yanjing City, Wanyan Zongwang led his troops to chase outside the city, set up camp, and surrounded Yanjing City.

That night, Huang Ben, the general of the Changsheng Army guarding the northeast gate, ordered someone to secretly contact the Jin army outside the city, saying that he could respond to the Jin army attacking the city.Huang Ben also asked Wanyan Zongwang, commander of the Jin army, whether he wanted Guo Yaoshi to die or live.

Guo Yaoshi had high prestige in the Changsheng Army and had many eyes and ears. The news that Huang Ben had secretly contacted the Jin Army soon reached Guo Yaoshi.

Guo Yaoshi knew that Huang Ben was following the orders of Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren to contact the Jin army. Obviously, Zhang Linghui, Liu Shunren and other veterans of the ever-victorious army were dissatisfied and were unwilling to fight for the court anymore.

Guo Yaoshi's confidant and beloved general Zhen Wuchen heard that Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren were planning to plot against Guo Yaoshi, so angry that he wanted to lead his troops to fight Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren to kill these traitors.

Guo Yaoshi stopped Zhen Wuchen and told him that the Changsheng Army threw itself into the embrace of the Song Dynasty from the Liao Kingdom, and they were trying to survive in the cracks.

After a bloody battle with the Jin Army today, the Ever Victorious Army has lost troops and generals, and its strength has been greatly reduced.

If the Ever-Victorious Army is not united, but kills each other internally, I am afraid that tomorrow, there will be no place for the Ever-Victorious Army in the world.

Zhen Wuchen said angrily, should the traitors Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren be left alone?

Guo Yaoshi let out a long sigh and said, "Five ministers, I'm afraid that the old brothers in the army are all united with Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren now! They don't want to turn against me, but they are dissatisfied with the court and don't want to work for the Song court anymore. "

"These birdmen want to invest money, and everyone gets together and disperses, how dare they plot against the general!"

Zhen Wuchen is still resentful.

"Five ministers, they don't want to harm me, but they are afraid of me! Because they are afraid that I will kill them, they have the heart to protect themselves."

Pharmacist Guo said calmly.

"General, even so, we have to guard against it. I will lead the troops to monitor those birdmen!"

Zhen Wuchen begged Guo Yaoshi for orders.

"No! The Ever-Victorious Army is not allowed to engage in civil strife. Once Zhang Linghui, Liu Shunren and others find that you are spying on them, they will definitely fight you out of fear. No matter which one of you is injured, you are cutting off my arm! Five ministers , you bring my soldiers, I will personally go to see Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren!"

That night, Guo Yaoshi paid a surprise visit to Zhang Linghui's barracks, and secretly summoned the main generals of the Changsheng Army to discuss advances and retreats with them openly and openly.

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The movements of Guo Yaoshi and others were also monitored in the city.

Cai Jing, the prefect, learned that Guo Yaoshi's night meeting with the generals of the Changsheng Army also speculated that the Changsheng Army might surrender to the Jin Army.

It's just that Cai Jing, the magistrate, doesn't have many soldiers and horses in his hands, which makes him unable to control the Ever Victorious Army.

Cai Jing's staff and advisers were also divided into two factions in the face of the Jin army's pressure. One faction advocated abandoning the city immediately and fleeing, and saving one's life is the most important thing; the other faction advocated sticking to the city and never giving up.

After thinking about it for a while, Cai Jing finally decided to be loyal to the country and live and die with Yanshan Mansion.

The next day, Guo Yaoshi held a military meeting in his government office to discuss the deployment of Yanjing City's city defense, and invited the prefect Cai Jing and others to the meeting.

As soon as Cai Jing, Lv Xihao and others stepped into Guo Yaoshi's hall, Guo Yaoshi gave an order, and his ambushing soldiers rushed out to surround Cai Jing and others, and disarmed Cai Jing's guards.

Seeing that Guo Yaoshi rebelled, Cai Jing did not want to be captured and humiliated, so he pulled out his saber and wanted to commit suicide, but was quickly subdued by the quick-sighted and quick-handed soldiers, who took the saber away.

Guo Yaoshi was afraid that Cai Jing, Lu Xihao and others would have suicidal thoughts again, so he ordered someone to tie them up and help them sit on chairs.

Cai Jing had always been on good terms with Guo Yaoshi, but at this time he yelled at Guo Yaoshi for being ungrateful and betraying the imperial court.

Guo Yaoshi actually wanted to serve the Great Song Dynasty, but the soldiers of his ever-victorious army believed that the Great Song Dynasty was ruthless and discriminated against the Han people in Yandi, and they did not want to serve the court anymore.

If Guo Yaoshi did not follow the wishes of his brothers, he would become a widow and a lonely man who had deserted his relatives.

And once without the support of the army, Guo Yaoshi, who has no use value, will also worry about the fate of Zhang Jue.

Therefore, after a lot of inner struggle last night, Guo Yaoshi chose to advance and retreat with the soldiers of the Changsheng Army, rebelling against the Song Dynasty and surrendering the Jin Dynasty.

Faced with Cai Jing's scolding, Guo Yaoshi did not kill people in anger, but knelt in front of Cai Jing and others, and said with tears, "Masters, I, Guo Yaoshi, am sorry for not being able to serve the imperial court with you... …

Under the command of Guo Yaoshi, the Changsheng Army quickly took control of the entire Yanjing City.

Except for a few officials and a small number of Song soldiers who took advantage of the chaos and fled out of the city, more than 300 officials and city guards in Yanshan Mansion were all captured and coerced by Guo Yaoshi, who asked them to surrender gold with Guo Yaoshi.

Chapter 883 Taiwei Tong is about to escape

After taking control of Yanjing City on December 300th, Guo Yaoshi sent people to contact the Jin Army, sent a surrender form, and led more than [-] officials and [-] defenders in Yanshan Prefecture to surrender to Wanyan Zongwang Army.

After more than two years after the Yanshan Mansion was ceded to the Song Dynasty, it returned to the hands of the Jin Army.

On December [-], Guo Yaoshi opened the city gate and welcomed Wanyan Zongwang's army into Yanjing City.

What made Cai Jing, Lu Xihao and other hijacked officials ashamed was that the people in Yanjing City actually welcomed the Jin army sincerely. There were constant cheers in the city, as if they were celebrating that Yanjing City got rid of the rule of the Song people.

There are also those aristocratic families who were unwilling to cooperate with Song Dynasty in the past, and they also showed up at this time to welcome Master Wang.

With the support of the Yan people, Wanyan Zongwang led the army into Yanjing City with pride as the liberator of Yandi.