Chapter 155: Union of Flags
"What the hell is that?" At the Jin army's main camp northeast of Changshe City, Wanyan Talan turned his head and looked at the Song surrendered official behind him, with a look of absurdity on his face. "What Jin banner?"
"The Imperial Guards' banner..." The middle-aged surrenderer who had guessed that Hu Yin was personally leading the expedition was clearly a little flustered. "Anyone with a little common sense knows that wherever this banner is, it must be where the emperor is!"
"You mean the young emperor of Zhao Song is there?" Talai still had that incredulous expression. "But how could the emperor of Zhao Song be here? Did he fly here? Didn't you just say that this must be Hu Yin? Couldn't Hu Yin have borrowed this Jinwu flag?"
"Maybe so?" Seeing that Wanyan Talan could not ask further, the surrendered man became more and more flustered. "Given the character of that official, it is possible that he gave this flag to Hu Mingzhong before he left..."
"Have you ever seen the Emperor of Zhao Song?" Talai suddenly stared at the man. "Do you also recognize Hu Banxiang?"
"Yes..." The man became more and more panicked. "Most of the newly appointed officials in Jingxi were appointed through the palace examination last year, so not only me, but half of the officials here must have met the emperor and Hu Mingzhong..."
"I remember your name is Hong Ya, and you are from Jinan?" Talai suddenly interrupted.
The surrendered man was completely helpless after hearing this, and could only bite the bullet and reply, "That's right."
"Jinan is a good place, and Liu Yu is a very filial old man." Talan said, his face suddenly changed. "Let's go ahead and take a look to see if it is the official of Zhao Song, and then come back to report to me!"
The middle-aged surrendered man, who was Hong Ya from Jinan who had participated in the palace examination and was awarded an official title last year, was stunned when he heard this, but seeing that Talai's face had turned black, he really didn't dare not go.
As a result, he was completely helpless. He could only lead his horse down from the platform with a sad face, under the gloating gaze of his colleagues, then climb back on his horse and head towards the most intense battle group on the battlefield, looking back every step of the way... and when he looked back for the third time, he saw Talan drawing his knife, so he could only grit his teeth and push his horse forward.
There's nothing we can do about it, since he is from Jinan.
Last year, the Jin army returned in the east of Beijing. He was fleeing in Xuzhou and naturally thought that the area south of the Yellow River would return to the Song Dynasty. In addition, he had not held a proper official position until his middle age, and did not want to miss the opportunity. So he used his past status as a juren and a professor at a county school to easily go to Nanyang through Zhang Jun's connections. Then he was able to pass the palace examination and be appointed as an official, and became a proper county magistrate in the west of Beijing.
However, no one expected that although he was appointed as an official, in the whole east of Beijing, only Jinan clung to the Jin people tightly, and the Jin people only did not give up supporting Jinan. Then when autumn came, even most of the west of Beijing fell again.
At that time, the city was under siege, and his hometown was a hardcore traitor territory. After thinking for a while, Hong Ya simply gritted his teeth and surrendered to the Jin army. Later, when he heard that Liu Yu, the governor of the Jin army, was going to be the emperor, he had other ideas again. He took the initiative to flatter the right deputy marshal of the Jin army, Talan, implying that he was from Jinan and could be a minister or something. He also took the initiative to write a letter to ask his family in Xuzhou to transfer back to Jinan... Who would have thought that he didn't become a minister, and because his family's position was exposed, he had to go forward to be a spy to observe military situation.
However, the battlefield was in chaos at the moment. How could he, a scholar, who could ride a horse and wore a decent leather armor, pass safely among the thousands of soldiers?
Especially the position of the dragon banner...
Let me tell you, half a quarter of an hour ago, when the Jinwu flag crossed the pontoon bridge and arrived at Yue Fei's main camp in the southeast of Changsha City, Han Shizhong, who had been watching for a long time, no longer hesitated. He directly ordered the whole city to attack. The two commanders Jie Yuan and Wang Shan rushed out from the east and south gates together. Han Shizhong, the governor of the four counties of Huaixi, the governor of Wucheng Army, and the commander of the left army of the Imperial Camp, actually personally led a few hundred Beiwei soldiers with the commander Cheng Min to cross the gap in the collapsed city wall and took the lead in attacking.
After two or three months of confrontation, and even several street fights and raids, Wanyan Talan had a full understanding of the bravery of this man in Changsha City. Therefore, when he saw the opponent's flag flying out, he was almost terrified, fearing that the opponent would rush up to him and take his head off.
However, it is not known whether it was a joy or a sorrow, Han Shizhong led his troops to charge forward, but he did not pay any attention to Wanyan Talan who was located in the northeast of Changsha City. Instead, he led his troops directly towards the Jinwu flag.
At this moment, in the midst of this shock, Wanyan Talan took the initiative to inquire about the origin of the Jinwu banner - the right deputy marshal of the Jin army especially wanted to know why Han Shizhong felt that his head was not as important as the flag?
This led to the conversation just now and the battlefield journey with General Hong.
Back to the present, Hong Ya, the former magistrate of Xinzheng, Zhengzhou, Jingxi Road of the Great Song Dynasty, and currently a military officer under the right deputy marshal of the current military marshal's office, led seven or eight Han army followers and walked a few hundred steps when they were submerged in the vortex of the chaotic battle. He finally avoided a battle group, but when he looked back, he found that only half of the seven or eight followers were left.
The reason why I said half is that the man was shot by an arrow and fell directly on the horse, unable to move. He was just dragged by the smart warhorse to continue following General Hong.
Seeing this situation, Hong Ya was trembling with fear. He had no courage to advance to the core area of the battlefield in the southeast direction. How big was that place? There were Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, and even the Jinwu Banner. Was he looking for death by going there?
But I don’t dare to go back!
Not only that, as the Song army kept crossing the river to join the battle, the battlefield became larger and larger. Even the most important place seemed particularly fierce and crazy. Hong Ya looked around and saw arrows flying around and swords flashing. Perhaps because the tactical space was suppressed, the Jin cavalry could no longer launch an attack. The Song and Jin armies were completely trapped in a hand-to-hand fight... The entire battlefield was in chaos. Even if he wanted to go back, the risk would be high!
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