And Jing Zhong gradually got married to Cai Jing after being promoted. He used his power to seek personal gain for Cai Jing, in exchange for Cai Jing's appreciation and support. Under the guidance of Cai Jing, Jing Zhong was promoted all the way, and finally achieved the high position of the Qinghe Tianshui Festival.
Although Wang Ba and Ji Shun were also promoted, they have been serving under Han Cunbao.
Later, the Liangshan rebel army was huge, attacking the city and plundering the land, and the imperial court sent troops to recruit and suppress the successive defeats, and under the suggestion of Gao Yu, Han Cunbao was sent to conquer Liangshan. The emperor thought that the Liangshan army was strong, and the one way was not enough to suppress Liangshan, so he took Gao Yu as the commander and transferred the ten road jiedu envoys to fight Liangshan.
Gao Yu led the Ten Roads Jiedu to make more than 100,000 troops go to Liangshan, and as a result, Wu Yongjing Zhong died under the whip of Huyanzhuo. captured Han Cunbao and other six Jiedu envoys, and only Wang Huan, Zhang Kai, and Xiang Yuanzhen escaped. Gao Yu and the commander of the navy were captured alive.
Later, Gao Yu was put back by Liangshan, and it was explained in this paragraph of "Water Margin", which is not shown here.
Han Cunbao and Xu Jing were first released by Song Jiang, so they came to see Gao Yu, Gao Yu was furious, saying that this was Song Jiang's trick to kill Han Cunbao and Xu Jing, Xu Jing was very good, and all the generals interceded for him. At this time, several other festival envoys were also released. The law does not blame the public, Gao Yu had no choice but to spare the two of them from death, cut off their official positions, and send them back to Tokyo to listen to their crimes.
When Han Zhongyan learned of his nephew's defeat and dismissal, he was depressed and soon became ill, and died a few days later, and Han Cunbao had no backer.
Song Huizong remembered that Han Cunbao's uncle had just died, and did not punish him, but only reduced him to the people. Han Cunbao has no official and is light, and since then he has been swimming in the rivers and lakes with Qin'er, so uncomfortable.
10
The wind and sand are rolling on the border, and the sound of war drums is shaking the sky. The iron hooves of the golden soldiers broke through the tranquility of the border, and the urgent military reports of the imperial court flew like snowflakes.
In the face of the border emergency, the emperor urgently ascended to the palace, and when it came to the matter of unloading the enemy at the edge of the town, there was a dead silence in the court.
At this time, Gao Yu remembered Han Cunbao again. He said in his heart: He didn't kill Han Cunbao at the beginning, firstly, because Han Cunbao was stained with the light of the envoys of the festival, and secondly, because of his uncle Han Zhongyan. Now, Han Zhongyan is dead, it is better to call Han Cunbao to take command of the expedition, Jin Guotie is brave and invincible, I will send some old and weak soldiers to Han Cunbao, cut off his food route, Han Cunbao can not win no matter how capable he is, at that time, I will use my "eyeliner" to accuse him of collaborating with the enemy, and I will not worry about Han Cunbao. Thinking of this, Gao Yu played to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I want that Han Cunbao is brave and good at fighting, and his martial arts are strong, I still want him to take command of the expedition, and he will be victorious and successful." ”
The emperor was very moved when he saw Gao Yu recommending Han Cunbao, and felt that Gao Yu was broad-minded and did not miss the old evils. He immediately allowed the performance, and used Han Cunbao as the pioneer of the northern capital to go to the Jingzhou border.
Although Han Cunbao knew that the road ahead was difficult and dangerous, he still took on this important task without hesitation. Gao Yu installed Wang Ba in Jingzhou and served as a marching counselor under Han Cunbao.
Before leaving, Han came to the streets of Tokyo, ready to buy some items needed for the expedition. In the midst of the bustling crowd, a man who was performing on the street caught his eye. The man looked like he was about forty years old, and he danced in the streets with an eyebrow-raising stick in his hand, but his face was full of exhaustion and hunger.
The man suddenly gave up on his feet, fell to the ground, and his club fell to the ground. The crowd laughed. Someone laughed and said: I can't stand still, what kind of art are you selling!
Han Cunbao didn't laugh, he hurriedly stepped forward to help the man up, and asked, "Brother, I can see that you have real kung fu, but your feet are floating, you shouldn't have eaten a full meal for a few days, right?"
The man's eyes were moist: "Brother, you still have eyesight, I haven't eaten for three days, plus I've been sick for many days, I haven't healed yet, my head is dizzy, and my feet are weak." ”
Han Cunbao asked: "Listening to my brother's accent is not a local, how did he get to such a situation?"
The man sighed: "The villain Meishan people, these years of travel in the rivers and lakes, made a lot of friends in the green forest, today to visit friends here unsuccessfully, but fell ill in the inn, the plate is wrapped in the fine flowers, now can not settle the bill, had to promise to the innkeeper, come out to sell art to make up some silver two settlement store money, today is the third day, I don't eat, just to save some money, the store money settled." ”
At this time, a person from the crowd walked out and said to the man: "You Chao You, you have lived in my store for ten days, and now you owe more and more money to the store, you said that you will pay back the money for performing arts, today is the third day, and you have only earned less than 20 yuan, and if you continue like this, you will not be able to settle the store money in 100 days! What do you say!"
Han Cunbao said to the man: "Is he the shopkeeper of the inn?"
The man nodded yes.
Han Cunbao said: "How much money does he owe you?"
The shopkeeper counted with his fingers and stretched out five fingers: "He has lived in my shop for twenty-one days, and as of today, he has owed five taels of silver." ”
Han Cunbao said: "How can there be so many?"
The shopkeeper said: "Not only the cost of accommodation, but also the money for his medical treatment and medicine, are all accounts in the store on credit, I see that he is seriously ill, I can't kick him out, I sent a kind heart, left him in the store for treatment, not three days, he used up the plate entanglement, had to borrow the store first, I want to save people's lives, win the seventh-level floating slaughter, and then make a good person, who would think that now can not settle the account." ”
Han Cunbao sighed lightly, took out five taels of silver from his arms and handed it to the shopkeeper: "I settled his account for him." ”
The shopkeeper's eyes widened: "Really, are you his friend?"
Han Cunbao said with a smile: "Although I am not his friend, it is the true nature of the rivers and lakes to help the poor, this account ends here, and I will ask him again for it." ”
The shopkeeper bowed his hand to Han Cunbao again and again: "Sure enough, he is a good man, the villain admires it, and I will return his IOU to him." ”
As he spoke, the shopkeeper took out an IOU from his bosom and gave it to Chao You.
"Guest officer, you are really lucky, you have met a good person, this IOU will be returned to you, and the arrears of the store will be written off today!" said the shopkeeper, picked up five taels of silver, and walked away.
Chao You lay on the ground and kowtowed to Han Cunbao: "Brother, you and I met in Pingshui, but we were so generous to each other, how can I repay Chao You?"
Han Cunbao helped him up and said: "I have also been mixed in the green forest, the sea is crossing, the world is up and down, who does not have a seven disasters and eight disasters." I see that you have good martial arts skills, you have eaten and drunk enough, and you can be regarded as a good man who stands up to the sky. ”
Chao You said: "Dare to ask the name of Hao Hanzun, if someone has a career in the future, he will be repaid." ”
Han Cunbao smiled: "My surname is Han Cunbao, a native of Tokyo City." ”
Han Cunbao took out two taels of silver from his arms and said: "Brother, I don't have much silver on me, and there are two taels, you can take it to have a full meal, make a plate, and go back to Meishan." ”
Chao Yu took the silver, and his eyes flashed with gratitude: "Brother Han, even if I owe you these silvers, I will definitely pay them back in the future!"
Han Cunbao smiled slightly, turned around and left.
11
Han Cunbao came to Jingzhou to take up his post, and there were originally 5,000 soldiers and horses in Jingzhou, but after several vicious battles, only 2,000 people remained. Because he lost the battle and his morale was low, he held on behind closed doors and at the same time trained his troops.
Soon after, Na Chaoyou suddenly came to Jingzhou, and he found Han Cunbao and asked to join the army. After Han Cunbao had a deep talk with Chao You, he learned that Chao You was not only strong in martial arts, but also proficient in the art of war, so he accepted him as a deputy general. From then on, the two talked about martial arts and the army together, and they had a very close relationship, and Chao Yu put forward many suggestions to Han Cunbao for arming and fighting, and Han Cunbao adopted them one by one. With the help of Chao You, the defenders of Jingzhou gradually recovered their morale and their combat effectiveness was greatly improved.
Soon, Han Cunbao felt that the time was ripe, and under Chao You's plan, he began to recover the lost cities, and after several encounters with the Jin army, he took back all the five cities including Xiongzhou. Han Cunbao asked Wang Ba to stay in Jingzhou, and he commanded 2,000 troops to defend Xiongzhou.
The news reached Gao Yu, who was worried that Han Cunbao would be rewarded for his greater military exploits. He secretly disrupted Han Cunbao's battle plan. Soon, the Jin State counterattacked, dispatching tens of thousands of troops to besiege Xiongzhou, Han Cunbao avoided its edge, held the wall, and at the same time sent a team of men and horses deep into the rear of the Jin army, and sent a letter to Gao Yu to ask for reinforcements. Waiting for the arrival of reinforcements, they attacked inside and outside, and defeated the Jin army in one fell swoop.
Two months have passed in the blink of an eye, and the reinforcements of the Song Dynasty have not come, and the military rations have been eaten. And the reinforcements sent fell into a desperate situation because they could not get military aid, and were eventually annihilated by the Jin army. At this time, all the military horses in the army were also eaten, and the soldiers could only survive by eating tree bark.
Seeing that the people in the city starved to death, there was a situation of cannibalism. Despite this, Han Cunbao still stood firm on the city with his soldiers. The Jin soldiers failed to break through Xiongzhou many times, and they lost their troops instead.
After Gao Yu heard about the battle situation on the front line, he gave Han Cunbao an order to fight. Han Cunbao thought to himself, it is still difficult to defend the city now, where can there be spare strength to fight? If he fights at this time, not only will the entire army be wiped out, but the city will also be lost.
The only way is to continue to wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the imperial court, and to cooperate with the outside to return the golden soldiers. Han Cunbao knew that Gao Yu had a gap with him, and his letter for help must have been intercepted by him. He wrote another letter to the privy envoy Tong Guan, and after receiving the letter, Tong Guan presented it to the emperor
Xiongzhou was in a hurry and asked for reinforcements.
The emperor sent Wang Yu as the vanguard envoy of the middle road to the north to rescue Xiongzhou.
Gao Yu learned that the imperial court had sent people to rescue Xiongzhou, and urgently ordered him to plant a secret line king by Han Cunbao's side, and reported that Han Cunbao secretly colluded with the Jin people, disobeyed military orders, and passively forced the war. He wanted to kill Han Cunbao before Wang Yu lifted the siege of Xiongzhou.
Wang Ba immediately ran from Jingzhou to Tokyo, and went to the emperor with Gao Yu to sue the emperor, and the emperor heard that Han Cunbao secretly formed a bond with the Jin State, passively avoided the war, rushed to be angry, and immediately ordered a gold medal, so that after Wang Yu arrived in Xiongzhou, he first escorted Han Cunbao to the capital.
Han Cunbao knew that he was framed this time, and he was more than lucky, so he explained the aftermath to Chao You, he said that he had offended Gao Yu, and Gao Yu had wanted to declare his personal vendetta several times, but because his uncle was alive, he had not succeeded. And this time he will definitely not let himself go, and he may even endanger his wife and children. He asked Chao You to take care of his wife Qin'er and his newborn son, and it was best to stay away from the capital, a place of right and wrong.
Chao Yu agreed. took off his military uniform, changed his name, and quickly sneaked to Tokyo after changing his disguise, and picked up Han Cunbao's wife and children.
Han Cunbao was escorted back to the capital, and the emperor gave Gao Yu full authority to deal with the matter, Gao Yu sentenced Han Cunbao to be beheaded, and at the same time sent someone to arrest Han Cunbao's family.
It turned out that this Gao Yu knew that Han Cunbao had just given birth to a son, and in order to cut the grass and eradicate the roots and prevent the descendants of the Han family from taking revenge, he asked Han Cunbao's wife and children to be arrested and killed.
The dignified generation of famous general Xiaobailong Han Cunbao finally died under Gao Yu's butcher's knife, but Wang Ba stepped on the blood of his benefactor and was promoted to three levels, Gao Yu introduced Wang Ba as a confidant and promoted him to General Dingyuan.
Chao You took Han Cunbao's wife and children to his hometown, a remote village in Meizhou, incognito, Qin'er carefully raised his son Han Yulang, and Chao You devoted all his efforts to Han Yulang and taught him to learn literature and martial arts. When Han Yulang grew up, he became a civil and military double jinshi, avenged his father's grievances, and restored his reputation. Qin'er and Han Yulang regarded Chao Yu as relatives and sent them to the end of their old age. After Gao Yu's death, the ungrateful villain Wang Ba was dismissed and exiled, and finally died of poisonous sores.
(ENDS)