Chapter 1141 Marquis Zhongyi
Among the many princes, Zhao Kuangyin was definitely not a strict person. It was far behind Qin Shihuang in the north and Zhu Yuanzhang in the south.
In Zhao Ji's view, his relatives are also Zhao Kuangyin's relatives. Even if he rebels from Jin, he will not end up dying directly. If Pengcheng is captured later, his family will naturally be rescued.
But he never expected that this time, Zhao Kuangyin would be so cruel and decisively killed all his family, without leaving any affection, which was very different from Zhao Kuangyin's previous behavioral habits.
Although Zhao Ji had minor problems such as loving to visit brothels, it was indeed minor problems. Although his level of cultural treatment was not very high, at least there were some. For the clans who were capable in the clan, even if there were some minor problems, most princes would choose to promote them.
However, Zhao Ji was also a corrupt person. He was better before, at least he did his best to face the Jin army's downfall, but he still cooperated with the Changshe guard Chen Baxian to defend the barrier in Xuchang in the rear.
If Yingyin is the barrier on the flank of Xuchang, then Changshe is the barrier on the front of Xuchang. Once it is lost, the Jin army's troops will be directly towards Xuchang's important land.
It was not a tough guy at all. After receiving the news of the danger in Xuzhou, Zhao Ji thought that Zhao Kuangyin had no chance of winning. If he continued to fight, the entire Zhao clan would not have any good results. Therefore, he actually made a three-pointer.
Although Zhao Ji's small movements were very secretive, they did not completely hide them from Chen Baxian's eyes. It would be impossible to say that Chen Baxian didn't notice any of them in advance.
However, Chen Baxian deliberately turned a blind eye.
Zhao Ji didn't want to live and die with Zhao Kuangyin, let alone Chen Baxian, who was an outsider.
However, Chen Baxian was implanted in Xia Pi Chen family. Not to mention such a large family, his wife, children, and young people are all in the back, so he naturally has some concerns.
After all, Su Qin and Chen Gui had just agreed to the matter at this time, and Chen Baxian could not have known it so quickly. Not to mention such a life-threatening thing, even his own people would not say it casually unless it was critical.
It is precisely because of this that Chen Baxian turned a blind eye to Zhao Ji. In the end, he fought to the death and was knocked off the horse and fell into a coma at a suitable opportunity and forced to capture him alive.
Of course, Chen Baxian fought to the death in the end, which did not conflict with him being captured in a coma. In this way, Chen Baxian was the best of both worlds.
From this, it can also be seen how strong the influence of Xuzhou's danger on the people's hearts of Zhao Kuangyin's power is. The news has not spread yet. Just among the senior generals, people like Zhao Ji and Chen Baxian have already jumped out.
If the news spreads completely, you can imagine how frightened those ordinary soldiers will be?
Once the base camp Pengcheng is lost, it will probably be a huge blow to Zhao Kuangyin's forces!
Although Chen Baxian also fulfilled his responsibilities and stood firm in the way to cut off the rear, but the infantry was the main one under his command. After the Jin army broke through the city and the iron cavalry chased them, these infantry still had no choice but to escape. This is why, even if Chen Baxian cut off the rear, there were only 20,000 troops, but only Zhao Bifang and Xia Luqi led hundreds of cavalry to retreat to Xuchang.
Changshe.
Today, Li Xiang’s visit to this place is a revisiting place!
The last time I came here, I still remembered that it had been many years and many years ago. At that time, it was during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and at that time, his troops had been stationed here for a short time.
Now, I am revisiting the old place, but Li Xiang doesn’t feel that much emotion.
"Sinner Zhao Gou, please see Your Majesty!" Zhao Ji, as a hero in this battle, gave a big gift with his son Zhao Gou in fear and fear.
Zhao Ji is a standard literati, and a literati with no power, and is dressed in ordinary official uniforms.
However, Zhao Gou was wearing iron armor, with blood vaguely on the iron armor, and there was a faint evil spirit on his body. Obviously, he was probably the one who had experienced a fight that he had experienced in person just now.
As the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, he favored Qin Hui and killed Yue Fei, which made his future generations criticize him for being cowardly, timid, despicable and shameless.
He settled in a corner, not only did he not recover the lost territory, but also paid tribute to the Jin Kingdom.
Zhao Gou’s criticized deeds are true, but his early force is also true.
"History of the Song Dynasty: The Original Annals of Emperor Gaozong" records: A person with a bright understanding of nature, knowledge and memory. He recited more than a thousand words a day after reading, and took a bow to five dou of stone. In the fourth year of Xuanhe, he started to win the title and went out to leave.
One stone is five dou, what is this concept? It is equivalent to 184 kilograms now.
At that time, the standard for selecting ordinary soldiers in the Song Dynasty was to draw a hard bow of one stone and two dou of kills. The highest standard for the imperial court to select officers of the imperial guards was to draw a hard bow of one stone and five dou of kills. Zhao Gou's force reached the highest standard for officers of the imperial guards.
Before the Jingkang Incident, the Jin Kingdom proposed the conditions to take the prince of the Song Dynasty as hostage before he was willing to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty.
Song Qinzong asked his 31 princes and brothers during the dynasty, and asked who would like to share the worries of the country? The princes looked at each other. Zhao Gou, who was only nineteen years old, stepped forward and volunteered to go to the Jin Dynasty camp as a hostage.
As soon as he arrived at the Jin Dynasty camp, Zhao Gou's performance made all the Jin people look at him with admiration.
According to the Ming Dynasty's "Nandu Record", in order to humiliate the hostages, the prince of the Jin Kingdom attacked the Song lord Wanyan Zongwang proposed to compete with Zhao Gou to test the archery technique. Wanyan Zongwang shot three arrows, one of which hit the bull's eye, and two arrows were close to the bull's eye. Zhao Gou shot three arrows in a row, all hit the bull's eye.
This surprised Wanyan Zongwang and the Jin people present. They did not believe that the Song Dynasty, which always valued culture and neglected military, could have such a sharpshooter prince.
At least Zhao Gou is not the cowardly and incompetent Emperor Gaozong Zhao Gou, but the brave prince Zhao Gou in the early stage.
"Your dear is not a criminal minister, you think it is a meritorious minister!" Wang Yu laughed loudly and personally helped the two fathers and sons up.
"I am a good friend of mine in this battle and should be rewarded, and I will be awarded the title of Zhongyi Marquis, and I will be appointed as the Marquis of Ting, and have a fief of thousands of households."
Li Xiang gave a reward without hesitation, and he became a marquis at the beginning.
Zhao Ji is a big treasure now. He happened to use his example to make a case for the generals of the Central Plains and those generals in the south. If he doesn’t give a heavy reward, how can he play the role of this role model?
Especially the birth of Zhao Ji, the Zhao clan, should be rewarded even more!
Chapter completed!