The 161st of the 420 Biographies of the Song History Volume

Chen Min, Zhang Zhaocui meets An Bing, Yang Juyuan and Li Haoyi again

Chen Min

Chen Min, courtesy name Yuan Gong, was a native of Shicheng, Ganzhou. His father, Chen Hao, was talented in martial arts. In the last years of Jianyan, for his contribution to defeating the bandit Li Ren in Ganzhou, he was awarded the official post until Cheng Xinlang. Chen Min is more than six feet tall, proficient in horseback riding and archery, and has accumulated official positions up to Zhongjinglang. Because of Yang Cunzhong's recommendation, the status of joining the family was improved. At that time, there were many bandits in Fujian, and the soldiers of the Palace Division went to defend them, but they were not convinced by the local conditions. From this time on, 3,000 local soldiers were recruited and placed in the left-wing army, with Chen Min in charge and stationed in Zhangzhou. Chen Min surveyed the key places in each county and found that there were thirteen places. All of them were guarded by troops. The thieves were captured as soon as they were dispatched. Qishu of Ganzhou occupied Ganzhou City and rebelled. Tens of thousands of people gathered in response, preparing to abandon Ganzhou and go south. After hearing the news, Chen Min said: "Ganzhou soldiers are strong and strong, and they are good at running through dangerous places. If the troops sent by the imperial court do not arrive, if they rush out, Jiang, Hu, Fujian, Guang and other places will be harassed and shaken." No. Waiting for the order, he led his troops to gallop for seven days, arrived directly at Ganzhou and surrounded the city. A month later, the imperial court ordered Li Geng to lead various armies to arrive and defeat the rebels. After accumulating meritorious service, he was appointed as a doctor of Youwu, granted the title of male of Wugong County, and became the governor of Xingzhou. When he was summoned to the imperial court, Emperor Gaozong saw that he had a tall and powerful appearance and appointed him to break the enemy's control. Not long after his mother passed away, he was ordered to resume his duties before the mourning period was over and lead his troops to garrison Taiping Prefecture.

In the 31st year of Shaoxing, the benefactor Wan Yanliang came to attack. Cheng Min was appointed as the envoy of Jinghu Road, and Chen Min's army was subordinated to him. He was promoted to the commander of Ma Si, and the army was stationed between Jing and Mo. Chen Min advised Cheng Min: "The elite cavalry of the Jin people are all in the Huaihe River area, and Biandu must be undefended. If we attack Daliang directly from Chen and Cai areas and defeat their henchmen, this is a way to rescue the Jiang and Huaihe areas." "Cheng Min didn't listen. He followed Cheng Min and retreated to Guangling to garrison. At this time, the Jin soldiers had not crossed the Huaihe River. Chen Min persuaded Cheng Min to intercept the returning Jin army, but he did not listen. Chen Min claimed that he was ill and returned to Gushu.

After Xiaozong ascended the throne, Zhang Jun inspected the Jiang and Huai areas to appease the people and appointed Chen Min as commander of the Shenjin Army. After Zhang Jun inspected the troops, Chen Min was transferred to Wu Feng, the military commander of the Dudu Prefecture. The imperial court sent Li Xianzhong to the Northern Expedition, and Zhang Jun wanted to send Chen Min to go with him. Chen Min said: "It is untimely to send troops in midsummer, and the heavy troops of the Jin people are all in Daliang. I am the guest and he is the host. The situation of victory or defeat has already been formed. I hope it will be a little better." Wait a minute." Zhang Jun refused to listen and ordered Chen Min to garrison Xuyi. When Li Xianzhong arrived at Fuli, he was defeated, so Chen Min stationed in Sizhou for defense. The Jin people negotiated peace, and the emperor issued an edict ordering Chen Min to retreat to Chuyang. Chen Min petitioned the court, saying that Chuyang was not a good place to attack the enemy, so he changed his position to Gaoyou and served as military commander. He fought with the Jin people at Sheyang Lake, defeated them, burned their boats, chased them to Peicheng, and defeated them again. In the first year of Qiandao, he moved to Xuanzhou to observe the envoy, was summoned to the imperial court and appointed to be in charge of the affairs of the Guard Infantry Company. After serving for more than a year, Chen Min wrote a letter bluntly saying: "As a palace guard for a long time, I have no chance to use the power of eagles and dogs. Moreover, the enemy's temperament is deceitful, and peace talks are not reliable enough. Now that there are no defenses in the Huaihe River, I request to lead the old soldiers to garrison Gaoyou again." ." Then he requested that Gaoyou City be rebuilt. So the permanent official rank was abolished, and he was appointed as the observer of Guangzhou. Wu Feng was divided into four armies. Chen Min was promoted to the commander of the capital and had knowledge of Gaoyou's military affairs. He was also given the cost of building a city and garrisoning fields. When Chen Min went to the county, the height and thickness of the city wall built with boards were increased compared with the old standards. From Xuanying to Gaoyou, twelve stone gates were built according to the original sites. From then on, the canal flowed smoothly without the trouble of conflicts.

In the fourth year of Qiandao, Shiwang, a native of the Northern Kingdom, rebelled against the Lianshui army and secretly contacted the court, claiming that he would contact the heroes from twelve states in Shandong to revolt and restore the Central Plains. The emperor asked Chen Min about this matter, and Chen Min said: "Shi Wang wants to use our country's power to commit robbery. It will definitely not succeed. Please don't listen." It was the time when the commander of the field had contacts with Shi Wang, and Shi Wang failed. Later, there was a quarrel in the Jin Kingdom. The emperor knew that Chen Min was not responsible for the crime, so he summoned Chen Min to the court as General Zuo Xiaowei.

The people discussing the matter discussed preparing to defend Qinghe River. Chen Min said: "Every time the Jin soldiers leave Qinghe River, they must send troops to sneak across from the upper reaches. Now if they want to hold on to this place, they should first build Chuzhou's fortress." The city is because Chuzhou is the throat connecting the north and the south, and it is an important place that the enemy and we must fight for. The Huaihe River is more than 2,000 miles long, and there are five rivers leading to the north, namely Qinghe, Bianhe, Guohe, Yinghe, and Caihe; The only thing that merges into the Yangtze River in the south is Chuzhou's canal. Northerners' ships descended from Wutiao River. If they wanted to cross the Yangtze River, they would not have been able to reach it from Chuzhou's Beishenyan in the past. The Laoyuan River was dug to allow warships to enter the Yangtze River, and the Southern Tang Dynasty lost the Huaihe River area. In this regard, Chuzhou was really in charge of the fate of the Southern Dynasty. I hope the court will pay attention. "At this time, he once again served as the governor of Gaoyou. So he was ordered to build Chuzhou City with Zuo Coffin, the governor of Chuzhou. After Zuo You died, he was transferred to the post of governor of Chuzhou. Envoys from the Northern Dynasties passed by and saw that the city wall was strong and brand-new, and it was known as the "Silver Cast City".

Because there were 200 people who defected and fled back, he was demoted to the training envoy of the Zhongzhou regiment. He was dismissed as the general manager of the Fujian Road, and was changed to the general manager of the Jiangxi Road, stationed in Ganzhou. More than a month later, the imperial court ordered him to go to Fuzhou to select soldiers, and then ordered him to return to Yuzhang to teach and train people from various counties in Jiangxi. Soon after he was promoted to Youshen Guan, he was still invited by the court, and then he was restored to the defense envoy of Qizhou. He was also appointed as the commander of Wufeng Army and the magistrate of Chuzhou, and was again appointed as the observation envoy of Guangzhou. He died of illness. It is specially presented to the official Qingyuan Army as a propaganda envoy.

Zhang Zhao

Zhang Zhao, courtesy name Junqing, was born in Chengzhou. When he was young, he worked under Zhang Jun and accumulated merits and was appointed as the governor of Hezhou. He was once responsible for receiving envoys in accordance with the imperial edict. One day, people from the Jin Kingdom brought the portraits of Huizong and Qinzong they had painted to the post house. The two emperors were all wearing northern clothes. Zhang Zhao worshiped repeatedly in front of the portraits. The man who lived in the pavilion came to him and replied: "Although Zhang Zhao doesn't know these two people, their graceful appearance like a dragon and a phoenix, and their appearance like the sun make me suspect that they are not the ancestors of the Northern Dynasties. How dare I not worship them!" Xiaozong was very angry after hearing this. Happy that it was suddenly reused.

In the fifth year of Shaoxi's reign, he was appointed governor of Xingzhou and magistrate of Xingzhou, replacing Wu Ting. In the second year of Qingyuan, Zhao Yanyu was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Shu. Because it was far away from Xingyuan outside the pass, he was afraid that the opportunity would be lost in an emergency, so he requested that the east and west be divided into two commanders. Zhang Zhao then concurrently served as the official of the West Road Appeasement Company. Before this, when Zhao Rumo was an official, he often reported that the Wu family had controlled the military power of Shu for generations, which was detrimental to the country, and requested that Zhang Zhao be used to take charge of the Wuxing army. Probably Zhao Ruyu meant to use Wu Zhui as a civil servant in order to prevent the formation of a situation in which he would control military power in the future, but he did not have time to implement it. After Zhao Ruyu was appointed to the Privy Council, he refused to accept it and reported to Guangzong: "If Wuxing appoints a commander in the morning, then the minister will accept the appointment in the evening." The emperor agreed to him, so he appointed Zhang Zhao as the training envoy of the Chengzhou regiment and Xingzong. All armies in the state are under control. Zhang Zhao was very popular among the soldiers in Xingzhou. He died in the sixth year of Qingyuan and was replaced by Guo Dai.

Bi Zaiyu

Bi Zaiyu, courtesy name Deqing, was born in Yanzhou. His father, Bi Jin, followed Yue Fei to guard Baling during the Jianyan period, and fought in the Jiang and Huai areas, accumulating an official rank and reaching the rank of Wuyi doctor. Bi Zaiyu relied on his father's kindness to supplement his official position. He was subordinate to the bodyguard Ma Si. He had superhuman martial arts. He could draw two stones and seven buckets with his bow, pull one stone and eight buckets with his back, shoot two stones with his feet, and shoot one stone and five buckets with his horse. Xiaozong was very happy when he summoned him and rewarded him with war robes and money.

In the second year of Kaixi's reign, he issued an edict to carry out the Northern Expedition. He asked the palace commander Guo Ni to recruit Shandong and Jingdong, and sent Bi Zaiyu and commander Chen Xiaoqing to capture Sizhou. Bi met again and asked to select newly tattooed death warriors as the vanguard, and Guo Ni handed over eighty-seven of them to him. The Recruitment Department set a date for the advance. When the Jin people heard the news, they closed the market and blocked the city gates to take precautions. Bi Zaiyu said: "The enemy already knows the date of our departure. To win the battle by surprise, we should surprise him one day in advance." Chen Xiaoqing followed his advice. After meeting the rewarded soldiers again, he encouraged them with loyalty and marched to Sizhou City. There are two cities in Yuanzhou, east and west. Bi Zaiyu ordered the weapons, flags, and ships to be lined up under the stone slope, as if he was going to attack the west city. However, he led his soldiers to take a shortcut from the steep mountain to the south corner of the east city, and took the lead in ascending the city, killing hundreds of the enemy. The Jin people were defeated and dispersed, and the defenders opened the north gate and fled.

Xicheng was still holding on, so Bi Zaiyu erected the general's flag and shouted: "General Bi of the Song Dynasty is here. You are the people sent from the Central Plains. You should surrender as soon as possible." Immediately, the magistrate of Huaiping hung a rope from the city wall and asked for surrender, so Both the east and west cities were captured. Guo Ni came to reward the soldiers and gave it to Bi Zaiyu the tooth plaque of the governor with the emperor's seal. Bi Zaiyu declined and said: "The country has eighty-one states south of the Yellow River. Now that we capture two cities in Sizhou, we will get a governor." Position, what will be the reward in the future? And how many dental cards can I get from the imperial court?" He firmly refused and refused to accept it. Soon he was appointed to the Palace of Environmental Protection.

Guo Ni dispatched Li Ruyi and Guo Zhuo to capture Suzhou, and sent Su Xiaoqing and others to reinforce them. Bi Zaiyu was ordered to take 480 cavalry as the vanguard to attack Xuzhou. When he arrived at Hong, he met soldiers under Guo Zhuo and Li Ruyi who were returning from wounds. He asked them and replied: "The floods under Suzhou City have caused our army to lose. Control Tian Junmai has been captured by the enemy." Bi Zaiyu urged the soldiers to advance quickly and temporarily stationed at Lingbi. When they met Chen Xiaoqing and his troops stationed at Fenghuang Mountain, they were about to withdraw. Bi Zaiyu said: "Although Suzhou was not captured, the military was victorious. Defeat is not certain, how can you admit defeat right away! I was ordered to capture Xuzhou and passed by here. I would rather die outside the north gate of Lingbi than the south gate. " Guo Ni Youxin happened to be delivered. Chen Xiaoqing ordered the retreat. Bi Zaiyu said: "Guo Zhuo and Li Ruyi's troops are defeated, and the enemy will definitely pursue them. I should lead my own troops to stop them." As expected, the Jin Kingdom sent more than 5,000 cavalry to pursue them in two directions. Bi Zaiyu ordered 20 death-defying soldiers to guard the north gate of Lingbi, and he led his soldiers into the enemy formation. When the Jin people saw his banner, they shouted, "Bi Zaiyu" "The general is here." So he fled. Bi Zaiyu brandished two swords in his hands, crossed the water to pursue him, and killed many enemies. His armor and clothes were all dyed red, and chased the defeated soldiers for thirty miles. There was a golden general with a pair of iron slips. Jumping forward on his horse, Bi Zaiyu blocked the iron slip with his left hand sword and slashed his ribs with his right hand sword. Jin Jiang fell off his horse and died. All the troops left Lingbi, but Bi Zaiyu stayed behind. It was estimated that the army had marched more than twenty miles. , so he set fire to the Lingbi. The generals asked: "It was not burned at night, but it was burned during the day. Why?" Bi Zaiyu said: "The fire will illuminate the strength of our army at night. During the day, the enemy will be unable to see anything due to the thick smoke and dust. If you have already failed, don't dare to approach, so that all troops and horses can march safely without worrying. How could you know that it is easier to advance than to retreat?"

When I returned to Sizhou, because of my first merit, I was promoted from Wu Jielang to martial arts doctor and appointed General Zuo Xiaowei. At this time, Qiu Wei replaced Deng Youlong. He was appointed as Xuanfu envoy and sent a message to Guo Ni to return to Weiyang. He immediately gave up Sizhou and ordered Bi Zai to return to Xuyi. He was appointed military commander of Xuyi army and was soon appointed as commander of Zhenjiang Central Army. Because of Fenghuang Mountain's contribution, he also served as prefect. In the winter of that year, the Jin people crossed the Huaihe River with tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry and more than 500 warships and anchored between Chuzhou and Huaiyin. The Xuanfu Division ordered Bi Zaiyu to reinforce Chuzhou and sent Duan Zheng and Zhang. Gui replaced him. After Bi Zaiyu left Xuyi, Duan Zheng and others were panicked and dispersed, and the Jin people occupied Xuyi. Bi Zaiyu captured Xuyi again and was appointed deputy commander of Zhenjiang.

Seventy thousand Jin soldiers surrounded Chuzhou City. , 3,000 men guarded Huaiyin's rations, and loaded the rations into 3,000 ships and anchored them in the Daqing River. Bi Zaiyu, who knew this situation through reconnaissance, said: "The enemy is ten times more numerous than us. It is difficult to win by force. We can defeat them with tactics." "So he sent the commander Xu Jun to take a small road to Huaiyin. At night, he quietly came to the enemy's camp at the second drum time. Everyone secretly entered with flints and lurked in more than fifty places between the grain trucks. When they heard the whistle, they all lit fires. The enemy They ran in panic and captured 23 people including Wu Gurunshile and Pucha Yuannu alive.

The Jin people crossed the Huaihe River from Huanggoutan. The guard at Uokou Wangfeng fled, and Haozhou and Chuzhou were lost one after another. , Anfeng was breached again. Bi Zaiyu said to the generals: "The walls of Chuzhou are strong and there are many soldiers. The enemy has no food and grass. The only thing to worry about is Huaixi. Liuhe is the most important place, and they will definitely attack it together. "So he led his troops to Liuhe. He was then ordered to command the troops and horses in Huaidong.

Although it is difficult to stick to the old methods of handling finances these days, we can report on unparalleled properties, expose empty contracts, reveal hidden fields, explore the faults of the rich, examine the amount of debt owed by salto and sake brewers, and attract powerful people with personal grievances and grievances. There will be many situations where bribes are taken, but you have to bear these resentments. An Bing wrote back and said: "It takes four million yuan to purchase grain outside the customs, but the headquarters currently only has 250,000 yuan, so we can raise funds from various sources and it cannot be stopped without stopping." If they are all noble people, who can we rely on to do things? Among the Shu scholars, people like your younger brother Wei Jiafu and Li Chengzhi are incorruptible and noble. Are they willing to do such mundane things as handling money and food? Liu Dexiu once Accusing Yang Sixun of not being able to punish the traitors with justice, Yang Sixun said: "Liu Dexiu just didn't stay involved in the situation." , An Bing would also say the same to you, Father Hua. "Later, Feng Anshi's illegal behavior gradually became serious. Someone of the emperor's trusted ministers wrote to An Bing, and Feng Anshi's people also reported him. An Bing put him on a torture device and sent him to Da'an for investigation and punishment.

Before that, the Xia people came to the court to request that they send troops to attack the Jin people. An Bing made a report and took action at the same time. He sent soldiers to Qin, Gong, and Fengxiang, and appointed Ding Zhen to command them. The Xia people were temporarily stationed in Gong by the Privy Council. Zi Ning led more than 200,000 troops, and the two sides agreed that the Xia army would fight in the field, and the Song army soon failed to attack Gong, so the army stopped.

An Bing died, reported his funeral to the emperor, and retired as a young master. On the second day of the imperial court, thousands of pieces of silver and silk were presented to the officials. The imperial conferment on the Mianzhou ancestral hall was named "Long Chu Tu". Lizong wrote a letter in his own hand and gave him the posthumous title "Zhongding". Ran Ji".

Yang Juyuan

Yang Juyuan's ancestor was from Chengdu, and his father Yang Xinchen lived in Yichang and later settled there. Yang Juyuan was bold and ambitious. He was good at horseback riding and archery, and had read books from hundreds of schools of thought. He failed to pass the Jinshi exam and failed the martial arts exam. After seeing him, Liu Guangzu thought he was extraordinary and recommended him to Chen Ye, the general officer of money and grain, and recommended him to Fengzhou Baozi according to his military position. The former warehouse official used all his money to support the righteous people, and the loyal people in the border areas all admired his talents. He was transferred to the Yuguan Grain and Food Institute and was transferred to the Hejiang Military Warehouse in Xingzhou... There are too many words, please leave an email.