Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 378: Right and Wrong Between Life and Death

Soon, everyone understood the whole story through Pu Sulie's intermittent narration.

The reason is also very simple.

The Han people in Shandong began a general settlement of the Hu people who migrated inland.

This scene also occurred in history, but it happened several decades later, after the complete decline of the Jin Dynasty. The Han people and the Mongols tacitly worked together and almost wiped out the Jurchens.

Although this time is not as massive as it would be a few decades later when Shandong, Hebei, Central Plains, Shanxi and Guanzhong all attacked together, but today when the situation in Shandong is completely out of control, all Han people do not want to endure it anymore.

The most powerful Tianping Army was the first to take action. Geng Jing needed land to house his troops, wealth to reward meritorious officials, women to marry soldiers, and food to feed the army.

Where does all this come from?

In addition to the treasury, there are of course these Meng'an Mouke households.

They are all clan groups of landlords and powerful people. Dealing with the Han people would cause tension among ordinary landlords and wealthy families, but dealing with the Meng'an Mouke households would simply be in accordance with the will of heaven and the will of the people.

Therefore, starting from Yanzhou, Geng Jing raised his butcher knife all the way. As long as they were Meng'an Mouke households settled by the Jin Kingdom, no matter what their origins or nationalities were, they would be slaughtered without leaving a single person alive.

This quickly created a demonstration effect, and men from all over the country swarmed up to form an army of volunteers and began a massive liquidation campaign.

Of course, it was not just ethnic hatred. More importantly, the taxes levied by the Jin Kingdom in the south were too heavy. Almost all the autumn grain had to be handed over. If they did not grab some food, the whole family would really starve to death in the winter.

The liquidation for the purpose of plundering soon expanded, and even the powerful landlords who had originally wanted to sit on the sidelines were involved.

There are manors everywhere in Shandong... This is of course not what the Shandong tyrants want, but because Shandong has been extremely chaotic since the Northern Song Dynasty, and they have to establish semi-militarized manors.

However, when large-scale unrest really began, the role of these estates was limited.

Especially at this time, when all the people in the state are rising up against the Jin, you powerful people are still indifferent. Have you secretly established contact with the Jin thieves? Are you in cahoots with them?

Faced with this situation, even in order to maintain order in their own territory, the powerful people had no choice but to raise troops to wipe out the Jin forces.

The Meng'an and Mouke households in Yanzhou and Dongping Prefecture were completely unable to resist such a surging wave. Only a few people escaped, while most were directly slaughtered.

Shizhanxie of the Wei Yi Army was killed so easily and neatly, it was really not unfair.

The unrest in Yanzhou has been going on for nearly a month and has long affected the surrounding states and counties. Even Yidu Prefecture has become unstable.

A few days ago, dozens of young and strong men from Dongping Prefecture arrived and asked the Meng'an Mouke households in Yidu Prefecture for reinforcements.

However, Yidu Prefecture was powerless.

Although in theory Yidu Prefecture was the place where the Jin Dynasty had the most stable rule in Shandong, this was because there were enough Meng'an and Mouke households in the Jiaolai Plain.

But now is the time when the main force of the Jin Kingdom is marching south to attack the Song Kingdom.

The Jin Dynasty established these military-civilian integration organizations to facilitate the deployment of troops. At this time, all these elite soldiers were organized into a large army and went south to fight.

Among the seven thousand households that invaded Lianghuai at this time, many elite troops were drawn from Yidu Prefecture. Although Yidu Prefecture now claims to have 40,000 households, even if you scrape the bottom of the pot, you can't get more than 3,000 reliable soldiers.

Just when Yidu Prefecture was becoming increasingly unstable, the Wucheng Army and the Dongping Army had already reached the doorstep with overwhelming force, making everyone terrified.

Last night, when the news came that Wu Chengjun had captured Linqu, Wanyan Xiongju, a member of the royal family and the governor of Yidu Prefecture and the commander-in-chief of the two Shandong armies, fled directly, and most of the officials at all levels of Yidu Prefecture also fled. If it were not for Kong Damu, the military commander of Yidu Prefecture, who stepped forward and began to use the troops of the prefecture to maintain order, Yidu Prefecture might have been in chaos.

Even so, many Meng'an Mouke households thought about returning to their hometown in the north. Although all the hard work of taking root for many years would be in vain, if they left now, they might not only lose their property, but if they left any later, they might even lose their lives.

But how could it be so easy to escape?

Not to mention that all the young and strong men in the family had already gone south, even if they were all at home, the journey of a thousand miles back home would not be easy. If ten people set out, they would be thankful if one of them arrived safely. At this time, Pu Sulie, who had once dealt with the Loyalty Army under the alias Pu Lie, knew some of their policies and had witnessed their treatment of the Meng'an Mouke households. He quickly made up his mind, persuaded several acquaintances, and came to Linqu County, intending to surrender.

Pu Sulie had already found out that the Wucheng Army was the Wucheng Army in the navy, and the one leading this army was the rebel general Huyan Nanxian. Regardless of whether the two sides had ever dealt with each other, with this identity, at least some relationships could be established.

But he never expected to meet Wei Sheng, the commander of the loyal army, here.

"Marshal Wei, this is our situation."

Pu Sulie still knelt on the ground, wiping tears with his sleeves: "I know we have let down the Shandong people. We deserve to die a hundred times, but my family is innocent. Most of our 40,000 households are innocent too. Some of them are Jurchens, some are Han, and some are Xi and Bohai. But they are all people who want to live. They... They lived well in Liaodong and did no evil, but they were transferred to Shandong with a transfer order. Many people died in the process, and now they have to face such a fate. General Wei, I... I really..."

Huyan Nanxian finally lost his patience, stepped forward with his sword, and kicked Pu Sulie to the ground. "You're still being wronged! You ate our food, drank our drinks, occupied our land, and killed our Han'er family. And we Han'er shed blood and died for the Jin Kingdom, only to suffer humiliation. Now that we Han'er have picked up the knife, you're crying and saying it's not your fault?"

At this point, Huyan Nanxian was extremely angry and suddenly drew his sword: "If it's not your fault, is it our fault?"

"I..." Pu Sulie stared at the sword tip on his chest, cried twice more, and then said, "General Huyan, if my death can make you calm down and save us, I will die now!"

As he spoke, Pu Sulie actually pounced directly towards the tip of the sword.

"when"

The sound of weapons clashing was heard. At the critical moment, Liang Yuaner drew his sword and lifted up the long sword in Huyan Nanxian's hand, leaving Pu Sulie empty-handed.

"No action can be taken without the order from the commander-in-chief in person." Liang Yuaner held Huyan Nanxian's big hand and said concisely.

Huyan Nanxian also knew that he had violated a taboo, but he was still furious and thrust his sword into the ground fiercely.

Wei Sheng stroked his beard, watching the scenes before him. He was silent for a long time before finally speaking: "Pu Sulie, do you know that the Shandong man has wanted to kill you for a long time?"

Pu Sulie nodded: "I know."

Wei Sheng said, "No, you don't know. If you knew, you would understand that this kind of hatred didn't arise overnight, and naturally it can't be dispelled by one or two people or a few words.

Yet now you still come to me and General Huyan, hoping that we can settle the matter once and for all and force the Shandong man to give up his revenge. Isn't that a bit naive?"

Pu Sulie slumped to the ground, his eyes filled with despair: "Are all of us, 40,000 households, hundreds of thousands of people, countless elderly, weak, women and children, destined to die without a burial place?"

Wei Sheng glanced at Hu Yannan again and said, "Now you are right when you say that you are the Meng'an Mouke households, and General Hu Yan is also right when he says that you are the Shandong Haner, but in this situation, someone is wrong after all.

I give you five days to tell me who is wrong? How will you deal with those who made mistakes? And how can you ensure that you will not make mistakes in the future?

Pu Sulie looked up blankly at Wei Sheng. He felt that the other party had given the Meng'an Mouke households a way out, and at the same time put forward some conditions, but he did not know where the way out was and what the conditions were.

"Let's go. Tell your true boss what I've said." Wei Sheng saw Pu Sulie's confused expression and his voice turned cold. "I'll only give you five days. After five days, no matter what you say, I'll march to Yidu Prefecture. We'll settle the matter with swords."

After saying that, Wei Sheng waved his hand and ordered his personal guards to come forward and blast all five people out.

Huyan Nanxian's eyes were still red: "Marshal, you still have to protect them in the end."

Wei Sheng turned around, his expression calm: "It's not that I want to protect them, but they themselves need to survive."

As he spoke, Wei Sheng tapped Huyan Nanxian's shoulder and said, "Survive from your sword."

Huyan Nanxian was slightly stunned, then started laughing.

Because the anger has not been suppressed, the smile is extremely ferocious.

(End of this chapter)