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He was knocked unconscious by Jin soldiers during street fighting.
Upon waking, they seized the general's body and buried it.
He also raised his own volunteer army to resist the Jin dynasty.
Ordered to rescue Chuzhou
Seven victories in seven battles along the way,
He was still fighting despite being shot in both cheeks.
He only pulled out the arrowhead after entering the city.
He also led troops out of the city several times to defeat Jin Wuzhu.
They even directly defeated hundreds of Ironclad Cavalry.
Eventually, the city ran out of food.
They can only survive by eating tree leaves and bark.
Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi, and many other troops
They stood by and watched Chuzhou besieged without offering any assistance.
Zhao Li was killed by a thunderbolt cannon while defending the city.
Zhang Tang dispatched Zhao Li to Yizhou to suppress the bandits.
This guy really doesn't care about his life when he's in battle.
In his first battle, he was hit by two arrows, four spears, and a knife.
He still led from the front.
The bandit leader was terrified.
Without a second thought, he turned and fled for his life.
In the second battle, he led his troops to the front lines.
Six wounds all over his body,
They fought their way up the walls of Yizhou.
A group of local militia from Xuzhou, hastily recruited by Gao Qiu.
Inspired by Zhao Li, they all fought with reckless abandon.
Moreover, military discipline is extremely strict.
Zhao Li set an example by his own actions.
He ate and slept with his soldiers, and he was fair in rewarding and punishing them, so they were all willing to listen to him.
When Zhao Yuan occupied Tokyo...
Zhao Li led more than two thousand local soldiers,
They have already taken over the entire territory of Yizhou.
And to demobilize and reorganize prisoners of war,
They quickly expanded their army to five thousand men.
The late Northern Song Dynasty was indeed not lacking in heroes.
A whole host of extraordinary people are emerging.
Li Cheng can be considered a hero.
If they hadn't betrayed the Song Dynasty.
“Zhao sent an official document asking me to submit to him. What should I do?” Li Cheng asked his younger brother.
Li Gong said, "Zhao is a truly valiant hero."
"I heard they've attacked and conquered Tokyo, destroying the Song Dynasty,"
"He will definitely become emperor in the future."
"If we submit to him, we might even become a founding general."
A nobody who started out as an archer
Now, however, they occupy three states.
Li Cheng was somewhat reluctant to give up the power he held.
"If we submit to Zhao,"
What if he sends someone to seize military power?
"They will definitely send civil officials as well,"
"We'll have to listen to those big headscarves then."
"Submit first, then we'll talk."
Li Gong said.
"If the civil official is being polite, then we will be polite in return."
"If a civil official acts recklessly, we won't be polite to him."
Chapter 1634 The Top Scholar
Li Cheng nodded and said, "That works too."
The so-called "establishment through the issuance of proclamations"
That's how it is.
With Li Cheng's defection,
Shandong was nominally all Zhao Yuan's territory.
But it's hard to say how many people will actually listen.
Zhao Yuan was certainly aware of this situation.
But right now, we need to stabilize the situation first.
When we have more free time in the future,
We might have to fight Shandong all over again.
.....
Hanguang Hall, a place for banquets.
It is located west of the Hall of Heroes.
Today, Zhao Yuan is hosting a banquet for many officials awaiting vacancy.
And last year's newly appointed Jinshi (successful candidates in the highest imperial examinations),
To bid them farewell as they prepare to leave Beijing to take up their new posts.
The numerous prefectures and counties pacified by issuing proclamations,
Zhao Yuan planned to appoint these people as county magistrates.
The former Song officials who surrendered the city
Recruit them all, promote them, and put them on the job.
They were not held accountable for their past crimes—they were all county magistrates.
How outrageous can their evil deeds get?
Shen Hui, last year's top scorer
Also among those invited,
And he sat at the very front.
He first served as a proofreader,
Zhao Huan ascended the throne and was promoted to Compiler.
All of them were low-level clerical staff in central departments.
Their salaries were so low that they went hungry for a long time during the siege.
Second place: Zhou Zhigao; Third place: Luo Mengjiao.
Everyone participated in the banquet.
Zhao Huan and Bai Shizhong shared the same thoughts as Zhao Yuan.
When they first came to power
It also involved vigorously promoting newly appointed scholars.
The second and third place scholars, who should have been local officials,
First, he was summoned back to the capital by Pai Shih-chung.
After Zhao Huan ascended the throne, he promoted them to the positions of Imperial Academy Doctor and Imperial Academy Director.
Zhou Zhigao remarked with emotion, "I also had a banquet here last year."
At that time, the emperor emeritus was sitting on it.
"In just one year, everything has changed."
"It's truly heartbreaking."
Luo Mengjiao sneered: "What retired emperor?"
"I only know that there is a false emperor in the southeast!"
“Zhao Ji brought chaos to the world and deserved to die and his country destroyed!” Shen Hui also said.
The top two scholars, Zhuangyuan and Tanhua, were personally selected by Emperor Huizong of Song.
They all cursed him.
They showed absolutely no gratitude whatsoever.
To use Zhao Gou's original words to evaluate,
Shen Hui was described as having "outspoken but cowardly words."
Commonly known as, "talking big"!
Shen Hui can talk about anything.
Even commanding troops in violation of regulations,
They even dared to teach Han Shizhong how to fight!
However, Han Shizhong completely ignored him.
He'll criticize anything he doesn't like.
Even after becoming the top scorer, he still acts like an angry young man.
He offended countless people, from top to bottom.
The emperor, civil officials, and military generals all couldn't stand him.
Luo Mengjiao was also a rule-breaker.
Historically, Chen Dong led students from the Imperial Academy to petition the emperor.
The emperor was asked to punish the six traitors.
It was Luo Mengjiao who instigated this from behind the scenes.
Later, he confronted Qin Hui and was demoted to Jinghu, where he died due to the unfamiliar climate and water.
Qin Hui hated him to the core.
They even sent someone to murder him.