Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

Yue Yun led a thousand soldiers and horses towards the front. He left Linzhou City on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve and did not dare to stop along the way.

On the morning of the fifth day of the first lunar month, Yue Yun and others finally arrived at Xiazhou City.

A thousand soldiers and horses came here, but there was no warning signal from Xiazhou City.

When Yue Yun came to the gate of the city, the gate opened, and several soldiers lazily appeared in front of Yue Yun.

"I don't know who the general is?" Several soldiers saw Yue Yun's attire and knew that he was a general in the army. They put away their lazy expressions and asked hurriedly.

"I am here under the order of General Yue Feiyue, the commander of the Imperial Army, to meet General Zhang Jun Zhang!" Yue Yun said.

"It turned out to be the general of the imperial army, please come in quickly!" Those soldiers didn't check Yue Yun's identity carefully, so they let Yue Yun in immediately.

These city guards were so careless, they were not afraid that Yue Yun and the others were pretending to be the enemy, Yue Yun couldn't help frowning.

Yue Yun entered the city with a thousand soldiers and horses. The snow fell heavily, and the city was covered with snow everywhere. The roads were all white. Seeing such a scene, Yue Yun felt a little displeased.

In Yue Fei's army, usually in such weather, the soldiers have to go out to clear the snow, at least to ensure that the roads in the city are clear. In addition, even in such weather, the forbidden army has to go out for training! In fact, not only the Forbidden Army, but also the Jingyuan Army, Huanqing Army, etc.! Snow is no reason to stop training! But since they came to Xiazhou, they never saw soldiers training outside, nor did they clear the snow on the road.

"What are the soldiers of your army doing now?" Yue Yun asked, looking at the leading soldiers.

"In this weather, we naturally hid in the barracks! To be honest, since we joined His Majesty Xuanwu, we soldiers have enjoyed a lot! Our barracks can even have a stove, and the soldiers rarely You are starving! I really want to thank Your Majesty!" The soldier in front laughed.

Yue Yun frowned. There was a huge food shortage this year. Forbidden Army, Jingyuan Army, Huanqing Army, etc. had already begun to limit food. It was difficult for soldiers to have enough food every day, but for Han Shizhong, Wang Yan, Zhang Jun, etc. Generals who surrendered received special preferential treatment from the imperial court and sufficient food. However, under such conditions, Zhang Jun's soldiers and horses did not come out for training! On the fifth day of the first lunar month, they hid in the barracks to rest! Yue Yun felt very dissatisfied!

After walking for a while, they came to an empty military camp in the city, where Yue Yun and others were placed.

"I'm going to see General Zhang Jun!" Yue Yun said.

"Wait a moment, general, we have to report first!" the soldier said.

Yue Yun nodded.

However, after waiting for two full hours, Yue Yun did not wait for the soldier's figure, and no one came here again.

"What's going on here? Could it be that the soldier forgot to report it? That's all! I'll go to Xiazhou Yamen to meet General Zhang Jun in person!" Yue Yun thought to himself.

At the moment Yue Yun ordered the soldiers to rest here, he took only four or five soldiers and headed towards the Xiazhou Yamen.

After arriving here, Yue Yun expressed his intention to come, but a deputy general of the state government came out and said that Zhang Jun is not in Xiazhou city now, but inspecting the military camp in a military camp south of Xiazhou! The lieutenant asked Yue Yun to temporarily wait in Xiazhou City for two days, Yue Yun had no choice but to wait here.

However, until the seventh day of the first lunar month, Yue Yun still didn't see Zhang Jun!

During the three days from the fifth day to the seventh day of the first month, none of Zhang Jun's troops came out for training because of the snow! Yue Yun became more and more dissatisfied with Zhang Jun's troops.

*****

In Xiazhou State Yamen, even in the dark night, candles were still lit in the innermost room, and the lights were brightly lit.

Zhang Jun was sitting in the room at the moment, the cold wind was howling outside, and the place was warm.

Sitting in his arms is a woman, who is his concubine Liu Shi!

Women are not allowed in the army, but Zhang Jun didn't care about that at all, he still brought his concubine into the army!

The wind outside was getting louder and louder, like a ghost crying, that concubine Liu shrank involuntarily.

"General, this Xiazhou is really a place of bitter cold!" Liu said.

"That's right, this is the northwestern border, and it used to be the place of the Xixia people! There are not many people here, only soldiers. It is extremely desolate, and of course it is a place of bitter cold." Zhang Jun said.

"General, I don't want to stay here any longer." Liu said.

"This general doesn't want to stay here any longer!" Zhang Jun said.

"Ah!" A surprised expression appeared on Liu's face.

"When I returned to Emperor Xuanwu, I thought I could become a general, command hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and conquer the Jurchens! Who knew that I was still the commander of the army and horses, stationed in this bitter cold place! Moreover, the so-called staff headquarters actually asked me to obey Yue Fei's order! Yue Fei is just a farmer, but he won a few battles by luck, and now he is sitting on my head, I am not convinced!" Zhang Jun gritted his teeth.

"That's right, I heard that Yue Fei was very mediocre and didn't have much talent, but he is a direct descendant of Emperor Xuanwu, and he had saved Emperor Xuanwu's life, so Yue Fei was given a heavy responsibility!" said Liu.

"That's exactly the reason! Hmph, when I was in Xiangzhou, I had already captured Emperor Xuanwu alive, but a farmer named Yue Fei appeared. Although he didn't have much talent, he was good at martial arts and saved Emperor Xuanwu's life! If there was no Xiangzhou Things, the situation in the world will not become what it is now, and I don't have to wrong myself to take refuge in Emperor Xuanwu! Moreover, I am dissatisfied with other things in the army!" Zhang Jun said.

"Oh? I don't know what it is?" Liu asked curiously.

"I originally had an army of 100,000, but after taking refuge in Emperor Xuanwu, Emperor Xuanwu streamlined his army, and I only had 50,000 troops under him! But Emperor Xuanwu also placed some generals in my army. Those generals did not hold military power in name, but they To 'educate' the soldiers, to tell those soldiers to be loyal to the country, loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and so on. Originally, this army was my army alone, Zhang Jun, and I completely controlled it, but now it has become the army of the imperial court! Damn it!" Zhang Jun Jun said bitterly.

"There is no way to do this. I heard that Emperor Xuanwu controlled the army in Guanshan." Liu said.

"Staying in this army is getting more and more meaningless! Yue Fei still wants me to meet him, hmph, why did I meet this farmer? I think it's better to leave Xiazhou, this general is not worth it! Over the years, I have also accumulated countless wealth , The world is seeing peace, let's go to Jiangnan to enjoy the happiness!" Zhang Jun said.

Zhang Junnai is one of the four ZTE generals in history, but he is also one of the most greedy generals in history! He ran the army brutally, but every time he fought, he allowed the soldiers to plunder wantonly, and of course he himself wanted to plunder property! In addition, he used his power to oppress local officials and gentry and rob them of their property! According to historical records, Zhang Jun occupied more than one million mu of land, and he was the largest landlord in the early Southern Song Dynasty! Zhang Jun’s house was full of gold and silver, and there were many thieves in the south of the Yangtze River at that time. In order to prevent the gold and silver in his home from being stolen, Zhang Jun cast the silver into a thousand taels of silver balls, and named them "Wu Nai He", which means that even if the thieves see such There is nothing I can do about it, I can't steal it! Zhao Gou came to Zhang Jun's house for dinner, and Zhang Jun took the opportunity to offer three thousand taels of gold, sixty-nine thousand pearls, thirty agate bowls, more than forty pieces of fine jade, one thousand pieces of silk and satin, and countless precious Antiques, calligraphy and painting! Zhang Jun was born in poverty, but since he became a general, his family property has become the number one in the Southern Song Dynasty!

Although Zhang Jun surrendered to Zhao Chen now, he had accumulated a lot of wealth when he was under Zhao Gou, and now these wealth are still in Jiangnan, which is regarded as his family property!

"This is really great! General, since you have made up your mind, let's leave this bitter cold place earlier!" Liu said.

"No hurry! I am very dissatisfied with Yue Fei, a farmer. Even if I want to leave, I will embarrass him!" Zhang Jun sneered.

When Yue Fei was outside Xiangzhou City that day, Yue Fei stepped on him. For Zhang Jun, this was a great shame! Now that Yue Fei became his boss, he felt even more ashamed! So he wanted to find a chance to take revenge!

"Yue Fei also sent someone to see the general, do you want to meet the general?" Liu said.

"No, let his people wait in Xiazhou City!" Zhang Jun said disdainfully.

The night was already dark, and Zhang Jun carried Liu Shi to the bed at the moment, not to mention that.

*****

Yue Yun stayed in Xiazhou City for a few more days, until the tenth day of the first lunar month, he hadn't seen Zhang Jun yet.

These two days, Zhang Jun's soldiers and horses finally came out to train, but their training was loose. They only trained for an hour in the morning and then returned to the city to rest. Yue Yun frowned.

"General, Zhang Jun's soldiers and horses are so slack, this is not an army at all." Yue Yun's personal soldier said.

"This was the case with soldiers and horses in Jiangnan in the past! After Zhang Jun surrendered to His Majesty, he thought his army had changed, but who knows it is still like this! Damn it, if I see Zhang Jun, I will definitely question him!" Yue Yun said coldly.

"General, I heard from the soldiers this morning that Zhang Jun is in the yamen, he just doesn't see us!" said the soldier.

"Really?" Yue Yun was taken aback and said.

"Of course it's true! Some of Zhang Jun's soldiers have seen Zhang Jun. These few days, Zhang Jun has been in the Yamen and never left!" said the soldier.

"Damn it! I came here under my father's military order to perform military duties. Zhang Jun is clearly here, but he excused not to see me. This is a violation of the military order! The military order is like a mountain, even if he is the guard of Xiazhou, he must not violate it! Come on, bring a few more people, let's go to the Yamen, I must see Zhang Jun today!" Yue Yun said angrily.

After a quarter of an hour, Yue Yun led hundreds of soldiers towards Xiazhou Yamen.

When he came to the yamen, Yue Yun took a deep breath, he clenched the sword in his hand, and was about to force his way into the Xiazhou yamen, but at this moment, four or five cavalrymen came rushing towards here from a distance.