Chapter 546: Serving the Country

"After fighting for eight months, the army and civilians...died for their country.

Liu Bei was shocked.

There are many words of martyrdom from the light curtain, such as Zhang Yi's Northern Expedition with Jiang Wei, leading the Wudang Flying Army to fight to the death with Wei, and died for his country.

There are more than this in the history of later generations, such as Fu Zhuo and Ma Liang who died in Yiling, and the descendants of Kong Ming and Yide who died at Mianzhu Pass, all of which were remembered by Liu Bei.

He even remembered the words of later generations that 100,000 soldiers and civilians jumped into the sea to die for their country when the Southern Song Dynasty fell.

But those words are difficult to compare with the heavy eight words heard at this moment.

There are thieves outside and gritting their teeth, and angels inside are announcing the decree to cede land.

The soldiers and civilians in the city are determined to resist the decree, and the city will be destroyed and the country will die. .

The younger generation did not say it in detail, but it was enough for Liu Bei and others to get a glimpse of the veins of the Northern Song Dynasty's martial arts.

The emperor was incompetent and the civil officials were in conflict.

Those who wanted to save the country with bloody battles could not achieve their goals, and those who wanted to sell out the country and live in collusion were in cahoots.

And now it seems that what is the fault of the people?

Suffering from the pain of separation of the country, suffering from the hardship of heavy taxes, and having no peace all day long, and having nothing to gain, the emperor of the Song Dynasty finally pushed them into the mouth of the jackal with a stroke of the pen.

Liu Bei only felt how ironic it was. No wonder there were so many rebels in the Song Dynasty. If he, Liu Bei, was born at that time, he would have to find like-minded people to make a call!

On the other side, Zhang Fei was already extremely impatient and stood up and cursed:

"This Qinzong is really a worthless guy!"

"He is happy in his incompetence, but he makes his wife and daughter suffer pitifully."

"I wish I could catch him and stab him in Taiyuan! "

Zhang Fei became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and finally he couldn't help but smash the low table in front of him with a vertical punch. Then he bowed to Liu Bei and walked out of the hall, but the curses he left behind still fell in the hall for everyone to hear clearly:

"Such pigs and dogs really pollute the eyes and ears of me, Zhang."

The atmosphere in the hall was originally a little solemn, but after Zhang Fei's stirring, it was relieved a lot. Kong Ming sighed:

"Yide is a straightforward person and can't hide his words. My lord, please don't mind it."

Before Liu Bei could say anything, Pang Tong said:

"The three generals' words are still from the bottom of their hearts, and I also feel it. "

The others nodded as well, feeling that Zhang Fei had said what they were thinking, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

Because they were all in the same troubled times, they watched the Northern Song Dynasty's monarchs and ministers go wrong step by step, and they could empathize with them even more.

Especially when they saw that Li Gang and Zhong Shizhong wanted to shoulder the responsibility of the country, but in the end some died and some were demoted, their mood became even worse.

"Everyone has their own preferences in prosperous times, but how similar are troubled times?"

Lu Su shook his head, and wrote down his thoughts in the notebook in front of him like Kong Ming, and suddenly felt that his previous insistence on reputation was also ridiculous.

"Taishigong said that people's death may be heavier than a mountain or lighter than a feather, and their uses are different. "

Lu Su smiled bitterly to calm down, and bowed to Liu Bei solemnly:

"I am willing to let Lord Xuande dispatch me, but I hope..."

After hesitating for a while, Lu Su took a deep breath and said:

"I hope that the Chinese people will be inspired by the spirit of Datong and will not know the separation and chaos, and I hope that... there will be no martyrdom for the soldiers and civilians."

Liu Bei waited solemnly, and bowed to Lu Su in the same manner:

"Zi Jing's trust, I will not let you down."

"What I said today is a clear reflection of our common aspirations and paths, and I will not let you down in the world!"

Everyone in the hall, some solemn, some laughing, some impatient, some expected, bowed together: "I will not let you down! "

They were not high-ranking officials or generals, nor were they from famous families. For Liu Bei and others at this time, what they wanted was actually quite simple:

In the first half of their lives, they saw the people in disarray, and in recent years, they saw the fate of China.

In fact, the world of great harmony that everyone wants is not exactly the same, but the idea of ​​avoiding tragedy is completely similar.

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"There is no greater shame than this. "

Li Shimin on the couch had lost his previous excitement.

Ganlu Hall was also quiet, and the only thing that echoed in the hall was Li Shimin's long sigh for the four words.

As for the original text of the Song Dynasty classics that appeared in the light curtain, everyone could see it clearly, and therefore became more silent.

After a while, words that sounded like edicts or thoughts rang out in Ganlu Hall:

"After Tuyuhun is eliminated, Guanzhong will be safe. The Turks are far away from the Western Regions, and Tubo is still ignorant. The thirty-six countries in the Western Regions have always been disunited and disloyal, and they are not a threat. Therefore, Hebei should be the most important in the world..."

"For a hundred years, we need to take advantage of the climate to cultivate the fields in Hebei, set up official schools to educate, set up towns to eliminate bandits and deter the surnames, and those who do not obey should be moved to Guanzhong..."

"I need no royal court in the south of the desert and no mixed Hu in the north of the desert, and I don't ask the Turks to be the first Han'er, make sure the Turks disperse and start the process of changing customs..."

The order was very detailed, but the civil and military officials of Zhenguan listened attentively.

[Before the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei, an unknown captain of the Pingding Army, only participated in the second Taiyuan Campaign, which was the tragic defeat in which Li Gang took the blame and Qinzong controlled it.

According to historical records, Yue Fei's performance in this battle was still remarkable. He took the initiative to take on the task of going deep behind enemy lines to gather information, and completed it quite well. In the process, he even left his heroic figure as a fierce general in the official history for the first time.

The more than 100 scouts led by Yue Fei ran into more than 1,000 Jin soldiers near Yuci. In a narrow road, the bravest one wins. Yue Fei cosplayed his idol Guan Yu's operation:

"Single-handedly riding the Tu Lu formation, in and out several times, killing several of their cavalry generals"

The mission was completed well, but as a scout captain, there was only so much he could do. Apart from that, neither Qinzong's brains nor Li Gang's military capabilities were beyond Yue Fei's ability to interfere.

After the failure of the Second Battle of Taiyuan, as we mentioned earlier, the Jin Army began to move south in a large scale. Yue Fei's Pingding Army of only 3,000 people was very determined to fight, but it was difficult to stand alone when Zhending Mansion fell rapidly.

Three thousand people resisted the fierce attack of tens of thousands of Jin troops for half a month and finally fell helplessly. Yue Fei and several Pao Ze had no choice but to break through the encirclement and return to their hometown.

The story of his mother-in-law having his mother-in-law tattooed is a familiar one nowadays. The four words "loyalty and serving the country" that were tattooed on Yue Fei's back by his mother-in-law are also clearly stated in the story.

However, this story is not found in the annals of history. In the official history, when Yue Fei was tried as a prisoner, the four characters on his back were "Serve the country with all your loyalty."

Although the mother-in-law's tattoo may be a rumor, there is no doubt that the mother-in-law is a great mother.

At that time, Yue Fei's hometown had already fallen. With Jin soldiers surrounding him and the situation precarious, his mother-in-law first scolded Yue Fei for his idea of ​​taking his family to the mountains to seek peace, and then cut off his son's love for children:

"My life is flying to serve the country by joining the army"

The destruction of the Northern Song Dynasty briefly broke the shackles of "using culture to control military force" that had lasted for hundreds of years since the beginning of the Song Dynasty.

The mother-in-law cut off her son's last hesitation with her righteousness and determination.

Yue Fei, who was alone at the age of 23, began to join the army for the third time.

The legend of the famous anti-gold general has just begun. 】