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Chapter 21 Talking about the Ancients

The next morning, before dawn was enough, Wu Dengke ran to knock on the door of Sun's house. He looked like he hadn't had a good sleep all night.

After asking, I found out that he wanted to borrow "Spring and Autumn" to read. But he was afraid that Sun Yu would not be able to meet him, so he came to disturb others' dreams.

After Sun Yu handed over a book "Zuo Zhuan" in the study to Wu Dengke in confusion, the person in front of him was actually rubbing the book cover under his completely unbelievable gaze, his eyes full of cherishing, as if he was stroking the skin of his newlywed wife.

Sun Yu had such a color and soul-giving experience. He was poor in his early years and would do this every time he borrowed a good book. But he could never associate all this with the illiterate illiteracy who could not recognize a single word in front of him.

After confirming that Wu Dengke was not ill, Sun Yu hurried to pay the price. He must be the first person to arrive every day, and today is no exception.

Not long after Sun Yu left, Chen Wen got up and continued to talk about the past today, so he had to prepare in advance. Although the results yesterday did not seem very ideal, he believed that only by perseverance would he succeed.

Seeing Chen Wen leaving the door, Wu Dengke immediately ran over and asked Chen Wen to explain to him the book "Zuo Zhuan" in his hand.

At this time, Chen Wen seemed more calm than Sun Yu. After all, he had already seen Wu Dengke's expression yesterday. Without saying a word, he put the book on the table in the west room, and then dragged Wu Dengke to the north room for breakfast.

While eating, Chen Wen suddenly felt a confused scene when he saw Wu Dengke absent-minded and anxious looking.

After breakfast, Chen Wen took Wu Dengke to the west room to teach "Zuo Zhuan".

However, he only told a story about Zheng Boke Duan Yuyan, and pushed Wu Dengke out of the door in the name of eating too much and chewing it. Before leaving, he told him what to say about the ancient story tonight. In addition, before telling him the next story tomorrow morning, he had to talk about his thoughts on today's story.

After sending Wu Dengke away, Chen Wen returned to the house to continue revising the speech he had made.

I said last night and you can ignore it. Today, we will start with the recovery of Jiankang. Yue Fei’s story is still very long. The battle of Yancheng and Yue Fei’s death are both highlights.

In addition, Chen Wen revised the ending, hoping to be more in line with the moral standards of this era than the previous ones set.

After dinner, Chen Wen walked towards the threshing ground with a nervous mood. In the morning, Wu Dengke mentioned that after Chen Wen left yesterday, everyone left silently and said nothing, which made him even more question the effect of yesterday's speech.

But today, Sun Yu and Sun Ming brothers also followed Chen Wen to listen to him talk about ancient times, which made him feel a bit mixed.

Perhaps it is because opportunities and challenges coexist.

Walking on the road, most people in the village who saw Chen Wen would point fingers at him, and some of the sounds also reached his ears.

"Look, that's Mr. Chen who talked about ancient times last night. I heard that he is so knowledgeable."

It seems pretty good.

"It turned out that he said yesterday that Hong Chengchou slept with the Empress Dowager of the Tartars."

Damn it.

It turns out that good things don’t go out, bad things spread thousands of miles.

Just one day passed, as if everyone on earth knew about it, the ability to disseminate peach news is too powerful.

When Chen Wen and the Sun brothers walked to the entrance of the village, they saw that there were already many people waiting in the threshing farm. At first glance, there were more than yesterday. Moreover, whether from the village or from other directions, there were still people constantly heading towards the threshing farm.

It's just a little bit. Whether it's already arrived or is rushing to come, he is holding a wooden stick in his hand. Those who don't know about it thought it was a gathering of prehistoric gangsters.

Chen Wen was left with amusement and laughter in his heart, hoping that not all of them came to listen to the pornographic news.

As if seeing Chen Wen's arrival, Wu Dengke immediately stepped out and trotted to Chen Wen and the Sun brothers, bowed, and then said loudly: "Brother Chen, after listening to you talk about ancient times yesterday, everyone thought you were knowledgeable and extremely knowledgeable. Now, everyone is here again today, and they even asked many familiar brothers to come and listen to your talk about ancient times."

Chen Wen bowed his hand to return the gift, and he knew that many of them must have been credited by Wu Dengke, and if it weren't for him, he would have been basically a dismal yesterday.

Walking on the road to the stone mill yesterday, people kept bowing to Chen Wen, telling their admiration for Chen Wen. Chen Wen also bowed one by one, for fear of losing his etiquette and making others feel arrogant and rude.

This is a courtesy he has never received in modern times, and it is also the time he has received such courtesy after coming to this era. He believes that this is just the beginning.

When Chen Wen walked to the stone mill, Wu Dengke signaled everyone to pile the firewood in his hands in the center of the crowd, and reserved open space to prepare to light a bonfire after dark.

Seeing that everyone had settled down again, Chen Wen stopped waiting and started today's talk about ancient times. Although there were still people coming at this time, for the sake of time arrangement, this was the only way.

However, not only did the newcomer ask Chen Wen to start the story again today, but even familiar faces who had been here yesterday wanted to listen to it again. Since that was the case, Chen Wen had to cater to everyone's wishes and start Yue Fei's story from the beginning.

Fortunately, every time someone has questions and wants to interrupt, they will be stopped by someone nearby who has heard of it, and then whisper to explain it according to Chen Wen's words, so the story is very fast. Moreover, Chen Wen did not tell the story of the Battle of Hunhe again.

Soon, Chen Wen told the story he told yesterday again. Then he continued to tell along the Huang Tiandang victory.

"While Han Shizhong and the Jin army were in stalemate with Huang Tiandang, Yue Fei had already begun to lead his troops to attack Jiankang's Jin army."

"On April 25, 2018, Yue Fei won the first battle at Qingshui Pavilion, 30 miles south of Jiankang City. According to historical records, the Jin soldiers crossed their bodies for fifteen miles. In early May, Yue Fei set up camp on Niutou Mountain south of Jiankang, and harassed the Jin army with a hundred suicide squad at night. The Jin army suffered heavy casualties. So Wanyan Zongbi decided to give up Jiankang and prepare to cross the river from Jing'an Town northwest of Jiankang City to Xuanhua Town on the north bank."

"Seeing the Tartars were about to escape, Yue Fei immediately led 300 cavalry and 2,000 infantry to rush down Niutou Mountain, defeated the Jin army, and entered Xincheng. Then he chased to Jing'an and eliminated the Jin army that had not crossed the river. In this battle, the Yue family army killed more than 3,000 Zhenyi and captured more than 20 officers. At this point, Jiankang was able to recover."

"In the second year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei quelled Cao Cheng, a bandit who rebelled in Daozhou and Hezhou. After this battle, a general of Cao Cheng joined the Yue family army, and his name was Yang Zaixing."

"In the spring of the fourth year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei submitted a letter to "Quoting for Repair of Xiangyang" to propose the Northern Expedition to recover lost territory. The target was the puppet appointed by the Jin people, the six counties of Xiangyang controlled by the puppet Qi emperor Liu Yu. The Song Dynasty court recognized this, but Song Gaozong specifically stipulated that the Yue family army should not be called "promoting troops to the Northern Expedition or saying that it would be recaptured Bian Jing", and it was limited to recovering the six counties."

"On April 19, 2018, the Yue family army launched a northern expedition from Jiangzhou. On the fifth day of the fifth month, the Yue family army headed straight to the city of Yingzhou. At dawn the next day, the Yue family army launched a general attack on Yingzhou. The battle was extremely fierce. Yue Fei sat under the big flag to command. Suddenly, a large cannon stone fell in front of him. The left and right were shocked and avoided him, but Yue Fei's feet remained motionless. Seeing the master general like this, the soldiers bravely climbed the cloud ladder and attacked the city wall. This battle killed more than 7,000 enemies."

"After Yingzhou was recovered, Yue Fei decided to divide his troops into two groups. Zhang Xian led his army to attack Suizhou. Yue Fei personally led the army to go straight to Xiangyang and fought with the enemy's chief general Li Cheng. Unexpectedly, Li Cheng saw that Yingzhou was captured in one day and had no courage to defend it. He fled in a hurry. On May 17, Yue Fei's troops were not bloody and entered Xiangyang. On May 18, Niu Gao and Zhang Xian joined forces to capture Suizhou and captured 5,000 enemy troops."

"In this battle, Yue Yun, who was only sixteen years old, was the first to rush to the city to recover the important town of Xiangyang with two iron cone guns weighing dozens of kilograms. Therefore, it is also a fallacy to say that Yue Yun used a hammer."

"Haha." After the re-presentation in the first half, the newcomers gradually began to believe Chen Wen's words with the explanations of others. Even if Chen Wen said something different from what they had heard before, they were mostly smiling with kindness.

"Yue Fei's victory in the division made Liu Yu, the puppet emperor appointed by the Tartars, extremely frightened. So the guy hurriedly drew a large army and invited a large number of real barbarians, claiming to be 300,000 troops, ready to retake Xiangyang. However, he was immediately defeated by the Yue family army. Seeing that he could not do what he wanted, the enemy had to defend Dengzhou to curb the Yue family army's momentum to head north."

"On July 15th, Wang Gui and Zhang Xian fought with tens of thousands of enemy troops more than 30 miles away from Dengzhou. Yue Fei sent Wang Wan and Dong Xian's army to assault, and the enemy army was defeated. He captured more than 200 Jin general Yang Desheng and others, captured more than 200 horses and countless armors. Only the enemy general Gao Zhong led the remaining troops to escape into Dengzhou and defended behind closed doors."

"On July 17, the Yue family army recovered Dengzhou, captured Gao Zhong alive, and killed the enemy. Yue Yun took the lead in the city again. After Dengzhou was recovered, Yue Fei immediately sent Li Dao to Tangzhou and recovered Tangzhou Prefecture City on the 23rd. At the same time, Wang Gui and Zhang Xian defeated the Jin and puppet Qi coalition forces thirty miles north of Tangzhou to protect Li Dao to recover the city. On the same day, the Xinyang army was also conquered."

"At this point, the Yue family army successfully recovered the six counties in Xiangyang, and this was Yue Fei's first northern expedition to the Central Plains."

"The Yue family army recovered the six counties of Xiangyang. It was the first time that the Song Dynasty, which was in the south of the Yangtze River, recovered lost territory on a large scale after Jingkang. After the six counties of Xiangyang, Yue Fei actively resumed production and rectified defense. Soon, this place became the focus of defense and offensiveness of the northern defense line of the Song Dynasty. It was not until more than a hundred years later that it was captured by the later Mongolian Tartars, and the Song Dynasty also destroyed the country soon."

"In the fourth year of Jianyan, when Yue Fei was working to recover Jiankang, Dongting Lake bandits Zhong Xiang and Yang Yaobui raised an army to rebel against the Song Dynasty with hungry people. The Song Dynasty court encircled and suppressed several times, but all returned in disgrace. In February of the fifth year of Shaoxing, the Song Dynasty court, which could not bear it, sent Yue Fei to command 50,000 troops to attack Dongting Lake."

"In April of the fifth year of Shaoxing, Yue Fei arrived in Tanzhou. When the bandits heard that Grandpa Yue was coming, they all surrendered. On the second day of the sixth month, Yang Qin, the general under Yang Yao surrendered to Yue Fei. Most of Yang Yao's troops disintegrated, and only he and his general Xia Cheng were left to defend themselves. Seeing this, Yue Fei sent the surrendered general Yang Qin as a guide and attacked Yang Yao and Xia Cheng. Soon, Yang Yao was captured and died, and Xia Cheng was defeated. The Dongting Lake bandits that had lasted for several years was completely pacified by Yue Fei within two months."

"In this battle, Yue Fei conquered more than 27,000 households and more than 100,000 people, and was reorganized into the army with 50,000 or 60,000 strong men. He and his old subordinates were divided into the Beiwei Army, Front Army, Right Army, Central Army, Left Army, Back Army, Youyi Army, Train Bai Army, Selected Front Army, Shengjie Army, Defeat enemy Army, Navy Army and other twelve armies. At this time, the Yue Family Army's army was in full swing."

At this time, seeing that the dusk had left, Chen Wen called Wu Dengke and others to light a bonfire.

Then, he continued to tell the story of his mother-in-law's death, Yue Fei's second Northern Expedition recaptured Shangzhou and other places, and the third Northern Expedition successfully defended the recovered lands of Xiangyang and other places, and the conflicts between the peace factions and the pro-war factions within the Southern Song Dynasty court, as well as the bloody battles of Xiaoshanghe, the great victory of Yancheng, and the Yingchang battles in Yue Fei's fourth Northern Expedition.

It was not until Chen Wen told the story of the great victory in Zhuxian Town that when Yue's army surrounded Kaifeng and was about to attack Huanglong, the night was already dark, but the enthusiasm of everyone in the threshing ground reached its peak.

But in this cheering scene, Chen Wen knew that when this story was told, the chapter of the hero rising up and reversing the fate of China was over, and the epic belonging to the hero was about to end.

"Just when the ten years of achievements were almost complete, Emperor Gaozong of Song actually ordered the troops to return to the court. Yue Fei wrote a letter to argue in view of the battle that had been completely won, but he received twelve troops issued in golden cards."

"When Yue Fei withdraws his troops, the Jin people who were no longer able to fight again attack again and again invade the lost territory recovered by Yue Fei during this Northern Expedition. At this point, the ten years of power will be destroyed!"

"In the 11th year of Shaoxing, the Jin people saw that they were unable to destroy Song, so they reopened the peace talks. At this time, Wanyan Zongbi, the loser on the battlefield, believed the treacherous minister Qin Hui and said, "Start kill Yue and reconsider peace talks." So, the dog traitor Qin Hui began to vigorously conspire to frame Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and other generals of the war faction."

"In April of the 11th year of Shaoxing, three generals Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong and Yue Fei were transferred out of the army and served in the Lin'an Privy Council. On the ninth day of August, Yue Fei was dismissed from the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and Yue Fei asked himself to return to his former residence in Lushan, Jiangzhou to work as an idle."

"Yue Fei had no troops or power at this time, but the persecution of him was still pressing forward step by step. Under Qin Hui's instruction, Zhang Jun used internal conflicts of the Yue family army to threaten and lure the commander-in-chief Wang Gui, and the deputy commander-in-chief Wang Jun first sued Zhang Xian for "rebellion" and then implicated Yue Fei."

"Zhang Jun set up a private court and tortured Zhang Xian to confess. Without any consequences, he fabricated Zhang Xian's confession, 'to rebel for the purpose of collecting Yue Fei'. Yue Fei stayed in Jiangzhou for a very short time, so he received an order from the Song court to summon him back to Lin'an Prefecture."

"On October 13, 1911, Shaoxing, Yue Fei was thrown into the prison of Dali Temple. His eldest son Yue Yun was also imprisoned. Yue Fei faced the interrogation with a righteous and stern expression and exposed the four major words "To serve the country with loyalty" on his back. He Zhu, the chief judge at that time, was moved by this. He Zhu found out the injustice of the Yue case and reported it to Qin Hui truthfully. Qin Hui said: 'This is the best intention!', so he changed his order to his close confidant Wanqisheng to preside over the trial of the case."

"On the seventh day of the 11th year of Shaoxing, the Song and Jin Dynasty's Shaoxing Peace Agreement reached: Song and Jin Dynasty surrendered all the land north of the Huai River to the Jin Kingdom, and tributed 250,000 pieces of silver and silk to the Jin Dynasty every year."

"Although the peace talk has been reached, Yue Fei is still not released. Wan Qien and others failed to force confession. In order to confirm the unjust imprisonment, they also weave charges for Yue Fei and want to put Yue Fei to death."

"At that time, many loyal and righteous people would not bear to be framed by Yue Fei, so they wrote a letter to seek justice for him. But what awaited them was dismissal from office and robbery and sentenced to death. Seeing this, Han Shizhong, who had been protected by Yue Fei, also came out to inquire about this matter."

"I remember the history books are written like this: Han Shizhong was the general of the prison, and went to Hui to question the truth. Hui said, "Although Fei Ziyun and Zhang Xian's letter are not clear, the matter is incorrect." Shizhong said, "How can you conquer the world with the three words "Fei Ziyun"? "

"Yes, how can you convince the world with the word "False"? This sentence is still deaf and deaf until today. However, Song Gaozong and Qin Hui, the treacherous ministers, made up their minds to put Yue Fei to death and servilely exchange for the so-called tolerance of the Tartars."

"On December 29, 1911, Shaoxing, Emperor Gaozong of Song issued an order: 'Yue Fei specially granted death. Zhang Xian and Yue Yun were also implemented in accordance with the military law, and ordered Yang Yi to behead him, but many soldiers still sent to protect him."

"On this day, Yue Fei was killed in the prison of Dali Temple at the age of 39; Yue Yun and Zhang Xian were beheaded. Only eight words were left on Yue Fei's confession as the final letter."

"The sun is bright, the sun is bright!"

After almost spitting out these eight words with shouts, Chen Wen found that he was already in tears. He paused and breathed a sigh of relief, allowing the resentment in his heart to be released for a moment.

Then, Chen Wen said: "Young man Yu was in a state of mind and was extremely naughty, but when the gentleman explained the famous work of King Yue, "Manjianghong", he was very serious and still remembered it in his heart."

"The anger is rushing to the crown, and the rain stops when you are standing on the railing. Looking up, you whistle at the sky, your heart is fierce. Thirty fame, dust and soil, eight thousand miles of clouds and moon. Don't wait, your youth's head is white, and you are sad."

"The shame of Jingkang has not yet been achieved. When will the hatred of the ministers be destroyed? Driving a long cart and breaking through the Helan Mountains. Ambitions are hungry to eat the meat of the barbarians, laughing at the thirst and drinking the blood of the Huns. Waiting to stop, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and go to the sky."

"Someone once asked Yue Fei: 'Why is peace?' Yue Fei replied: 'Civil officials do not love money, military generals will die, and the world will be peaceful.' And this is also a portrayal of his life."

"It is recorded in history that when the soldier was sick, Yue Fei personally adjusted medicine for him. When the soldiers went on an expedition, Yue Fei's wife Li Xiao'e would go to their homes to comfort him. Some of them died in battle and would shed tears and pain for him and raise his orphans. The court would give rewards and rewards to him, and all of them were distributed to the officers and soldiers under him, without any possession."

"The Yue family army has strict military disciplines and claims that it will not demolish houses and starve to death. If the soldiers seize the common people, they will immediately behead them and show them to the public. The soldiers camped at night. The common people knew that the Yue family army was coming, and they were willing to accept it, but no soldiers dared to enter without permission."

"Yue Fei is good at attacking the crowd with fewer people. Whenever he takes action, he will summon his officers to discuss and determine and then fight, so the soldiers are invincible. Even if he suddenly encounters an enemy attack, he will not panic. Even Wanyan Zongbi, who hates Yue Fei deeply, commented on the Yue family army: It is easy to shake the mountain, but it is difficult to shake the Yue family army."

"I think, probably as Mr. Shu said, Yue Fei came in response to the disaster and came to the sky of China. We Han men should be proud of having such a hero. It is also such a perfect man who shines through the past and present, but eventually died under the butcher knife of a foolish monarch and treacherous minister."

"Now let's imagine that if there were no twelve gold medals, the Yue family army would have to go straight to Huanglong, recover Yanyun's old land, and clear the shame of Jingkang. If there were no twelve gold medals, the Jin people who were unable to continue fighting would have to retreat to the outside world and be destroyed among the barbarians, and the Song Dynasty would no longer have to pay annual monies and be subordinates of the barbarians. If there were no twelve gold medals, with the danger of mountains and rivers, more than a hundred years later, the glorious Song Dynasty with abundant talents and developed technology might not have died in the Blast Yuan!"

"But all this ends with the twelve gold medals, the false charge, and the shameless saying of killing Yue and reconsidering the peace. Liu Song killed Tan Daoji, and Daoji was imprisoned, and said angrily: You ruin your Great Wall! Today, it seems that history is a replay of history."

"Fortunately, the sun was bright and the eunuch of Song Gaozong had no queen, and the great country had to give way to the sons of others."

"Fortunately, the sky is clear, and Qin Hui's wife Wang is jealous and unable to give birth, so the traitor had to adopt another's son as his heir."

"Fortunately, the sun was bright. In the 32nd year of Shaoxing, Emperor Xiaozong of Song ascended the throne, and Yue Fei was injustice. Decades later, Emperor Ningzong of Song ascended the throne and posthumously named King E."

"From then on, there have been endless offerings and blood and food throughout the dynasties."

"From then on, we can see that loyal ministers and righteous men have mercy on God and favored the people; foolish monarchs and treacherous ministers are disgusted by their ancestors and scolded by the people."

Looking at the crowd who had already sobbed in front of him, Chen Wen didn't want to say anything anymore.

He looked up at the night sky and prayed secretly.
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