Text/Black Egg
01
In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty (1038), Li Yuanhao, a party member who called the eldest brother behind the ass of the Great Song Dynasty, was a bit inflated.
Li Yuanhao said hello to Renzong: Thank you big brother for taking me to play for so many years, but now I also have a bunch of little brothers under me to eat, and there is no future with you.
He raised the banner and established the Great Xia Kingdom himself, and also became the emperor, sitting on an equal footing with the Great Song.
Renzong was very angry: Seeing that this goods is not authentic, can you let me raise my head in the future on the rivers and lakes?
Angry and angry, but since the alliance of the Yuanyuan Dynasty, there has been no war for more than thirty years, and all of a sudden he tore his face with Li Yuanhao, and some of them were "under-defended".
At that time, the garrison on the western front was Zhong Shiheng, that is, the old Zhong Jing in "Water Margin" was slightly gong his father.
Zhan Shiheng had been dealing with these sheep herders in the northwest for many years, and of course knew what to do with them: building a city.
Fortification can connect all the cities into strongholds, forcing these nomadic people who are good at mobile warfare to be forced to turn into a battle.
However, since Li Yuanhao dared to argue with Da Song, he naturally had the courage to do so, not a hot head.
To put it bluntly, Li Yuanhao just saw that the military strength of the Northern Song Dynasty was not impressive, and in the previous Battle of Sanchuankou and the Battle of Haoshuichuan, Li Yuanhao showed strong military strength.
The most important thing is that Li Yuanhao still has two capable generals under his hands.
Ye Li Wangrong and Ye Li Yu Begging (Note that these two are brothers, but not Japanese.) ）
Seed Shiheng had always wanted to get rid of these two people, assassinate, persuade and surrender, but did not succeed.
For this reason, Seed Shiheng was very distressed.
Zhong Shiheng was distressed, and Li Yuanhao was not happy, because the Qingjian City (present-day Qingjian, Shaanxi) built by Zhongshiheng was exactly the throat place, and it was very difficult for Li Yuanhao to take a step forward.
After several attacks, it was always Wangcheng who sighed.
Brother Yeli Wangrong knew that he had met an opponent, and now he wanted to take advantage of it.
Then use the meter.
02
The Yeli brothers sent someone with gifts and letters to find Seed Shiheng.
Do?
surrender!
The Wild Lee brothers' calculations were well played: sending a few people to pretend to surrender, but in fact they came to spy on the intelligence of Seed Shiheng's side.
A sheep herder has used the art of war, do you think that such an old soldier as Shiheng will not be able to see it?
Well, since you've used spies, I'll give you a counter-plan.
Zhan Shiheng pretended to be very stupid and naïve, and entertained the spies sent by the Western Xia with good food and drink, "riding in and out of the favor", on the one hand, secretly looking for suitable candidates who could execute the anti-interpersonal characters.
After searching, He finally found a person, a monk from the Purple Mountain Temple.
This monk's name is Fasong, and the layman's name is Wang Guangxin.
This FaSong had originally been a guide to Seed Shiheng many times, and was familiar with the topography of Western Xia, and the most important thing was that he was tall and had a martial arts background.
Later, I didn't know what happened and ran to the Purple Mountain Temple to become a monk, so some people called him Wang Monk.
Seed Shiheng sent someone to find Fasong and told him: Now that the country is employing people, you have a good kung fu, but what does it mean to be in the temple, follow me.
FaSong was originally forced to be helpless, and now that general Seed is so appreciative of himself, he is willing to eat green vegetables and tofu every day!
After arriving at the house of Seed Shiheng, Seed Shiheng was very important to him and tried everything he could to satisfy him.
Drinking, playing with money, and even FaSong wanted to do something shameful, and Seed Shiheng did not frown and agreed to him.
This day was better than at the Purple Mountain Temple, and even The People of the Purple Mountain Temple had arranged the Fasong's family properly.
I thought to myself very clearly at this time: General Seed must have a difficult and glorious task to entrust himself.
However, what Fa Song never expected was that one day Shi Heng would turn his face to him.
03
Fa Song spent a year carefree in the house of Seed Shiheng, raising a red, white, and fat person, looking at himself in the mirror full of red light, often thinking: What does the general really want me to do?
On this day, FaSong was bragging about a little sister in his arms, when two of Zong Shiheng's relatives suddenly broke in and tied up Fasong without saying a word.
Sent to Seed Shiheng, FaSong just wanted to ask what was going on, and Seed Shiheng slapped the table: You bastard, am I not good to you? How can you do such a thing?
Fasong was surprised: General, what have I done?
Seed Shiheng was even angrier: You still pretend? I care about you eating and drinking, you even secretly colluded with the devils, I can't imagine that your thick eyebrows and big eyes will actually betray the revolution?
Fasong shouted unjustly: General, you are so good to me, why can I betray you?
Seed Shiheng said: I have already mastered the solid evidence, you better be honest.
But FaSong swore to heaven: My old king can never do that kind of thing, there must be a misunderstanding in the middle.
Seed Shiheng doesn't care so much: hit, give me a hard beating, what I hate most in my life is that others betray me.
It's not a pretend fight, it's a real fight, [the punch is extremely painful].
The skin of the beaten Fa Song opened the flesh, but Fa Song clenched his teeth and insisted that he did not.
If you don't admit it, then fight continuously, fight non-stop, and leave FaSongti out and beat him every day.
Fasong is also really a hard bone, and only one breath is left after the beating, [Binyu loses], or does not admit it:
General, everything I have is given by you, I regard you as a benefactor, I have never done anything to be sorry for you, if you want me to die, I will die, but I do not yearn to pour dirty water on my body.
More than a month has passed, and FaSong has turned over and over and over with just a few words.
Even the spies sent by Western Xia knew that there was an undercover agent installed by the Western Xia side beside Seed Shiheng.
Seed Shiheng took a look: Okay, this goods is the material for drying this.
04
After this fight, Zhong Shiheng sent FaSong into the secret room and gently wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth:
Brother, you have suffered.
Fasong cried: General, I really didn't do anything sorry.
Seed Shiheng gently patted Fasong: I know, I know everything.
Fasong almost jumped up: You know? Do you know that you still beat me like this every day?
Seed Shiheng smiled: To tell you the truth, this is actually a kind of test, if you can carry it, there is a very difficult task entrusted to you, congratulations on passing the test.
Fasong struggled and said: What task is it?
Zong Shiheng said that he wanted to send him to Xixia as a spy: This task is very dangerous, and if one is not careful, there is a danger of losing his head, and you will answer me after you think clearly.
Fasong was silent for a long time and said, "Since the general looks up to me so much, why don't I try it?"
[Silently, knowingly, try to be public.] 】
Zhong Shiheng personally drafted a letter, and the recipient was Yeli Wangrong.
The content of the letter is roughly:
Brother Wangrong, I have received the information you sent me, thank you very much, your brothers are also very good here, don't worry.
I told the emperor about your important contribution to the Great Song Dynasty, and the emperor was also very happy, and appointed you as the envoy of Xia Zhou Jiedu, hoping that you would come back early and take up your post.
In addition, send you a painting, painting a date, a small turtle, you should understand what it means, right?
Seed Shiheng said to Fasong:
This painting also has several pieces of information that I have made up, and you have given it to Li Yuanhao's most trusted person after you passed.
Luring them to attack, I set up an ambush here and gave them an urn to catch turtles. After the fact, your credit is great.
Fasong listened with enthusiasm and accepted the task by patting his chest.
05
When the day of departure arrived, Zhong Shiheng personally bid farewell to Fasong: Brother, this is a life of nine deaths, you take care of yourself.
Saying, he took off his silk cotton coat and draped it on Fasong's body: It is very cold in the northwest, you wear more, don't freeze, the body is the capital of the revolution.
Fa Song was moved to tears, and Seed Shiheng continued: I thought about it, Li Yuanhao's most trusted person is the Yeli brothers, and after you go, you must find a way to meet one of them and give him this false information.
FaSong originally had a relationship with the Dangxiang people, and after arriving in Western Xia, he began to use his connections to meet the Yeli brothers.
This incident quickly attracted the attention of the Western Xia side: What does it mean that a foreigner ran over and pointed out that he wanted to find our high-ranking official by name? Grab it and ask.
After being arrested, the Western Xia people asked Fasong: Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing?
In the face of these three questions from the soul, Fasong insisted that he was not a bad person, but just looked for the Yeli brothers to have a problem.
So Fasong was sent to see Ye Li Wangrong.
Ye Li Wangrong saw that Fa Song had given him a painting: a small date, a small turtle.
Wangrong was a little confused: What does this mean?
Fasong said: General, we Da Song already know your intentions, and specially let me tell you to return early and treat you well.
Ye Li then understood: Oh, early return.
I'll go to you to get that egg, it doesn't hurt much, it's very insulting.
What kind of person am I, I swear allegiance to my Emperor Li Yuanhao of Bactria to the death, play with me this set, Yuck!
At this moment, the spies sent by Ye Li to Seed Shiheng also sent back information: a person named Fasong next to Seed Shiheng may be an undercover agent of our Western Xia.
Of course, this is a kind of false information that Shiheng deliberately let them pass on.
But Nori was a little confused: What the hell is going on? What is the identity of this guy?
It won't be sent by the boss himself, so let's leave it to the boss to deal with.
06
Li Yuanhao also felt very strange: I don't have such an undercover.
But Li Yuanhao thought again: Since it is not our undercover, it means that this guy was really sent by the Song Dynasty to persuade Ye Li to surrender.
Thinking like this, Li Yuanhao took a breath of cold air:
Obediently, the Wild Lee brothers have heavy troops, if there is really a reaction, I am finished.
Could it be that these two brothers have already done something unseemly behind my back?
Thinking of this, Li Yuanhao repeatedly asked FaSong: What did you come for? Wouldn't you go so far and send him a painting?
But no matter how you ask Fa-Song, you don't say it.
Don't say yes or no, call me!
I have to say that Seed Shiheng had foresight, and Fasong's beating made him already not know what pain was, so Fasong's mouth still hadn't been pried open.
Li Yuanhao had no choice: give you one last chance, and I will kill you without saying anything.
FaSong looked up at the sky and sighed: "General Seed, I'm sorry for you, it seems that I can't complete the task you gave me."
Li Yuanhao listened: Huh? Have a task? Bring it back.
Fasong said: There is also a letter, sewn into my clothes.
Seeing the letter written by Seed Shiheng to Yeli Wangrong, and then contacting the paintings he had seen before, Li Yuanhao was even more suspicious.
However, Li Yuanhao did not have the impulse, calmed down, in order to distinguish the authenticity of this matter, secretly sent his own henchmen disguised as Wangrong's subordinates as emissaries to see Seed Shiheng and inquire into the truth.
After receiving the emissary, He shiheng was a little suspicious that it was not sent by Wangrong, so he did not summon him, but only asked people to go to the inn every day to drink tea and chat with him.
After talking more, the horse's foot leaked out: when it came to Li Yuanhao, the answer was like a stream, but when asked about the specific situation of Yeli Wangrong, he couldn't answer it.
He found a few former captives to identify and learned that this was actually Li Yuanhao's confidant.
Seed Shiheng understood that Fasong's action had been successful.
Then pour another barrel of oil on the fire - Zhong Shiheng deliberately praised Yeli Wangrong in front of the emissary for his brain to be accurate, and the step of surrendering to the Song Dynasty was good.
When the messenger was leaving, Zhong Shiheng gave him many more gifts and told him: Go back and tell General Yeli to let him hurry up and stop hesitating.
If you think about it, Li Yuanhao was originally uneasy about the Yeli brothers, and now that his own confidants have returned and reported such a news, can Yeli Wangrong still be good?
Soon, Ye Li Wangrong was stripped of his military powers and then executed for rebellion.
07
Cutting the grass is to remove the roots, and since Wangrong is dead, there is also a wild li who can't let him live.
After receiving the news that Yeli Wangrong had been executed, Zhong Shiheng carried out a ritual sacrifice to Yeli Wangrong at the border between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia.
He made people write a tribute to Yeli Wangrong, vigorously praising the Yeli brothers for abandoning the dark and casting light, and expressed deep regret for the death of Yeli Wangrong.
However, he did not burn all of these sacrifice texts after the event, leaving a large part of them, no matter who read them, they understood what they meant.
The traitors of Western Xia picked up this sacrifice text and hurriedly gave it to Li Yuanhao after Seed Shiheng left, and Li Yuanhao was more determined that Yeli Wangrong was executed correctly:
Eating dog stuff inside and out, I'm so good to you, what's the name of what you did?
Ye Li was also very angry: Our brother was born into death and followed you, and you listened to others to blindly force my brother to die? Are you still not human?
Ye Li was excited when he met the beggar, and Li Yuanhao naturally decided that their brothers had discussed betraying themselves:
Just catch it all.
Ye Li Yu Begging was also killed.
The Great Song was less troubled by two confidants, but there was an uproar in the Western Xia, and it was no longer as united as before, and its strength began to gradually weaken.
Fasong's mission is complete, but how to retreat?
This is not only a problem for FaSong, but also for The Caste.
Although both men had anticipated the best and worst outcome before the mission, the reality was that Fasong was still alive.
You can't just leave him there, can you?
But what no one expected was that Li Yuanhao actually released Fasong.
Not only was it released, but it was also a "very generous gift".
It turned out that after Li Yuanhao killed the Yeli brothers, some people in China accused him of wrongfully killing the heroes.
In order to calm this voice, Li Yuanhao simply did not stop planting the Yeli brothers again.
Ye Li Wangrong had a sister who had been Li Yuanhao's empress, but had been unpopular for many years.
Li Yuanhao had people spread public opinion that the Yeli brothers had a grudge because their sister had been deposed, so they secretly colluded with the Song Dynasty to plot rebellion.
In this way, killing the Nori brothers is justified.
And Fasong has nothing to do with the rebellion of the Yeli brothers, on the contrary, it is still a meritorious report.
In this way, a spy miraculously returned to the embrace of the motherland in perfect condition.
After that, FaSong changed his name to Wang Song (王嵩), and added the official jinjue (進侍禁), the Marquis of Gemen (阁門祗侯)
However, this was all thanks to the privy councillor of the dynasty, Pang Yuan, who did not care much about the merits of The Town Guard Border Pass of Zhongshiheng, but believed that FaSong was born into death and went deep into the Tiger's Den to undergo severe torture without defecting to the peace of the Great Song Border.
Therefore, Pang Zhi [please enter the Song official], it can be said that if it were not for Pang Yuan, these things that Fa Song did would probably not be known to anyone at all.
According to Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Pen Talk", after Fasong returned, Zong Shiheng did not want to give him credit, because he was afraid that Fasong had done some illegal things in Western Xia and affected himself.
However, fasong went to be a spy, and Shiheng once bragged about it with Pang, so Pang would reveal Fasong's heroic deeds.
Anyway, if it wasn't for Pang Yuan, Fasong would most likely have shed blood, sweat and tears.
PS：
In addition, the records in the Mengxi Pen Talk are also slightly different from the "History of Song":
At that time, Fa Song did not know that there was a letter to Wangrong in the clothes that Zhong Shiheng had given him again, and it was the officials of the Western Xia interrogation who found that one of his monks was wearing a silk cotton coat that was a bit strange, so they ripped off his clothes and found the letter.
Lao Wang: If Li Yuanhao reads a little book, even if he listens carefully to the Three Kingdoms, he will not be unaware of Huang Gai's bitter meat plan.
What to do, you have to be cultured.