Chapter 85 Donkey Cart Rally around Hebei
Song Dynasty, the third year of Taipingxingguo.

Faced with the devastating defeat that he personally commanded, Zhao Guangyi's face turned dark. He felt a surge of frustration in his chest that he didn't know where to vent.

He was very angry, but he couldn't find an outlet for his anger - he was in command personally and did not send other generals; when he wanted to attack Youzhou, the generals did not support him... Who should he find to take the blame?
Wait a minute - didn't someone just say "it's the situation and the time"? This is flattering the superiors and being treacherous! Otherwise, it's just mocking him for being the time and the fate!

Zhao Guangyi narrowed his eyes and glanced at the ministers in the hall. He remembered that the person should be Cui Han!
The early years of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bang had laughed several times. He sat leaning against the wall, not caring about his image at all. "Why do you feel that this matter is not over yet?" He thought for a moment and asked, "When we listed the titles for him before, was there a Gaoliang River God of Chariots? Could that Gaoliang River be the Gaoliang River we have today?"

A group of people exchanged glances and finally nodded, it is very likely!

However, now that the Song army has been defeated, it can be seen at a glance that it has no strength to fight again. How can Zhao Guangyi get the title of "God of Chariots"? After all, this is the title of "God"!
Forgive the people in the early Han Dynasty. In their simple cognition, if they want to get the title of God of Chariots, they have to counterattack the Liao army - at least not in the current state of great defeat. No one expected that His Majesty Zhao Guangyi turned around like the wind and achieved great success from another direction!
It was not only the emperors and ministers of the early Han Dynasty who were curious about this. Other emperors and ministers before the Song Dynasty were also quite interested in it.

Unlike them, apart from the later dynasties that already knew the outcome and were laughing out loud, there was also Zhao Kuangyin. He always felt that the title of Zhao Guangyi would be a great shame, which made him feel uneasy.

Later Zhou, the fifth year of Xian De.

Chai Rong smiled and said in a gentle tone: "Xianghaier, in your opinion, how did your brother get the title of 'God of Chariots'? Could it be that he is actually a fierce general, or has some unknown ability?"

Zhao Kuangyin broke out in a cold sweat. How could Zhao Guangyi have any abilities that were unknown to outsiders?

He hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I don't know. My second brother is just an ordinary person, without any extraordinary talents." He paused and then expressed his subtle premonition, "Besides, I feel that the title of 'God of Cars' may not be a good thing."

[At dawn the next day, Zhao Guangyi was hit by two arrows in the leg during the melee, and fled to Zhuozhou in a panic. Because of the arrow wounds, he could not ride a horse, so he changed to a donkey cart and continued to flee south. The Liao army chased him for more than 30 miles. Yelu Xiu'ge was also injured in many places and could not ride a horse, so he changed to a light cart and chased him. When he reached Zhuozhou, he did not capture Song Taizong and returned.]

The third year of Taipingxingguo.

Seeing this, Zhao Guangyi breathed a sigh of relief. It was just that he retreated, so there was no problem. It was just that the retreat speed was faster and the distance was longer. What was the problem? This actually showed that he was very capable and had a keen vision. Otherwise, how could the Liao army not catch up?

The first year of Kaibao.

Zhao Kuangyin’s eyes went dark and he felt the world spinning.

From this short narrative, he had already realized that something was wrong: the emperor was hit by an arrow in the leg. Even if it was because Zhao Guangyi was at the front line in person, it also showed how chaotic and seriously disorganized the Song army was at that time... Not to mention, Zhao Guangyi actually ran to Zhuozhou and then fled south... He used adjectives like "flee south" and "hastily"!
It is a great shame, it is really a great shame.

Zhao Defang stepped forward and supported the shaky Zhao Kuangyin. Although he also felt that there was something wrong with this sentence, he was not as sharp as Zhao Kuangyin, so he asked in confusion: "Dad, what's wrong?"

Zhao Kuangyin waved his hands helplessly, not wanting to say a word. What could he say?
Tang Dynasty, the third year of Zhenguan.

Li Shimin also sensed something wrong in this simple and veiled narrative, or rather, found a blind spot: "How far is the Gaoliang River under Youzhou City from Zhuozhou?"

The important officials looked at each other and began to recall the map of the Tang Dynasty in their minds: "It seems to be more than a hundred miles."

Li Shimin took a breath, this Zhao Guangyi is a talented person!

[You may not be able to tell much from this description alone, so we will explain it in detail here. ]

Song Dynasty, the third year of Taipingxingguo.

Zhao Guangyi was almost seeing stars. What are you talking about? What details are there? Go on, I don't want to hear it!

Not only him, but all the emperors after him did not want to hear the story of Emperor Taizong and Gaoliang River. Emperor Taizong and Gaoliang River, these two words together are taboos! Oh, yes, there is another word...

Of course, the ministers of these time and space didn't want to listen either.

[First, we need to know the distance between Youzhou City and Zhuozhou. The two are about 120 to 140 miles apart, and Zhao Guangyi's transfer route at that time was not recorded, so he may have actually walked a longer distance than this.

Then let's adjust the time back to the day when the Song army was defeated, that is, the evening of the 6th to the early morning of the 7th.

Under the fresh force of the Liao army and surrounded on three sides, even though this army in the early years of the Song Dynasty was brave enough and could be said to be the strongest in the entire Song Dynasty, it was gradually defeated, its formation was in chaos, and it began to retreat.

At this time, Zhao Guangyi didn't know why, maybe the Liao army was too brave, anyway, Zhao Guangyi was hit by two arrows in the leg. Maybe the situation was too tragic at the time, or maybe Zhao Guangyi was "too seriously injured", anyway, Zhao Guangyi ran away.

When the emperor personally led an army, there would be corresponding flags and umbrellas. When Zhao Guangyi ran away, these also disappeared. The Song army suddenly lost its leader, and for a time the army was in chaos. Without a leader, they could only be defeated and scattered.

Zhao Guangyi, who was on the run, was shot in the leg and could not ride a horse, so he found a donkey cart from somewhere - this was his exclusive vehicle! With this vehicle, he could exert 300% of his speed!

Zhao Guangyi really brought out the unimaginable potential of the Liao army. Not only the Liao army, but also the Song army itself did not expect it.

At dawn on the seventh day, Zhao Guangyi began to participate in the donkey cart rally around Hebei. On the eighth day, Zhao Guangyi drove his beloved little donkey to escape to Zhuozhou. In one day, he ran more than a hundred miles, which was really beyond imagination.

Of course, the Liao army did not expect this. The "History of Liao" wrote: The Song ruler barely escaped with his life and went to Zhuozhou, where he secretly fled in a donkey cart.

He ran too fast. The Liao army had never expected him to run so fast. In addition, the fleeing Song soldiers along the way had to be killed, which slowed down the Liao army's pursuit. As a result, Yelu Xiu'ge, who was also unable to ride a horse due to injury, had to give up after chasing for a long time. The Song leader fled, and Xiu'ge was unable to ride due to injury. He chased him to Zhuozhou with a light car, but failed to catch up and returned. 】

The fourth year of Zhengde.

Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao, was delighted and asked Duke Ying of Ying, Zhang Mao, with great interest: "Duke Ying, is there anything else interesting about Zhao Guangyi? It must not be just these, right?" Looking at Zhu Houzhao's eyes full of curiosity, Zhang Mao just wanted to sigh, Your Majesty, why don't you put this curiosity somewhere else?
Song Dynasty, the first year of Kaibao.

Zhao Kuangyin was still holding a few pieces of broken ceramics in his hand - these were a cup of warm tea handed to him by Zhao Defang, who had seen him seem unwell for some reason, as if to help him calm down and relax his mind. However, he did not expect that what Miracle would say next would be so exciting that Zhao Kuangyin got so excited that he crushed the teacup directly, and the tea leaves spilled all over the floor. Some of the fragments of the teacup fell to the ground, and some were still stuck in Zhao Kuangyin's hands.

"Daddy/Brother!" Several exclamations rang out. The three people, who were originally immersed in Zhao Guangyi's unknown racing skills and whose world views were shattered, heard the sound of cups breaking to the ground, and then they realized that Zhao Kuangyin had crushed the cups.

Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang rushed to Zhao Kuangyin's side, one on each side, carefully holding Zhao Kuangyin's arms, and advised him to let go of his hand and not to be too angry; Zhao Guangmei waved at the palace servants who were also standing in a daze at the palace gate, and shouted: "Go and call the imperial physician, my brother is injured--" Seeing several palace servants hurriedly leave, he turned around and quickly walked to Zhao Kuangyin.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin had already loosened his hands, and the large pieces of teacup fragments were carefully taken away by the two brothers.

Soon, the imperial physician arrived and cleaned, applied medicine, and bandaged Zhao Kuangyin's hand. However, the wound on the outside was bandaged, and Zhao Kuangyin's inner anger became more and more intense.

It is easy to imagine why people would remember this escape from Gaoliang River - and even gave him the nickname "Gaoliang River God of Chariots". This could not have been in the history books of the Song Dynasty itself. Instead, as the examples in the sky curtain show, they were all records of the Liao Dynasty!
You, Zhao Guangyi, failed to destroy the Liao Kingdom, which recorded your negative history, and you didn't pay attention to your own behavior. Now, you have abandoned your weapons and armor, fled in a panic, and even rode away on a donkey cart. All of this was seen clearly by the generals and soldiers of the Liao Kingdom, and they remembered it clearly!
Who knows, this Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, might become a joke known to everyone in the Liao army since the attack on Youzhou!
My Great Song! My Great Song’s face! And my face!
I believe that I have worked diligently throughout my life and have done a lot for the country and the people. The only person I feel sorry for is Chai Rong, but I have a clear conscience towards the world! Why, why did I let such a bastard inherit the throne and ruin my Song Dynasty?
I didn't establish my business and establish my rule to be ruined by people like this!

……

There are many people who have the same defense breakdown as Zhao Kuangyin, but the points at which these people have their defense breakdown are different from those of Zhao Kuangyin.

The fourth year of Chunhua.

At this time, Zhao Guangyi had already experienced the Gaoliang River, Yongxi Northern Expedition, and the repeated independence of Li Jiqian of Western Xia... He no longer had the ambition he had before, and he only wanted to secure his throne and didn't care about anything else.

However, all the previous defeats were black history and a taboo in the Song Dynasty. People were not allowed to mention them, especially the words "donkey cart" and "donkey".

Therefore, Zhao Guangyi, who had been on the throne for many years and no one dared to touch his bottom line, was furious when he heard Tianmu say that he "ran away on a donkey cart" and "ran very fast". His cheeks were red and his eyes were bloodshot - I am so angry! How dare you, how dare you...

The attendants around him were terrified and had already crawled on the ground, huddled together, wishing they were deaf and blind, unable to hear or see anything. How could they be safe if they knew such a secret about the emperor?

As they did not dare to look up, the attendants did not know Zhao Guangyi's expression. They could only hear his heavy breathing, which became heavier and heavier. From this, they judged that his anger had not subsided, so the attendants shrank themselves smaller and more inconspicuous, and naturally did not notice that Zhao Guangyi was already breathing rapidly.

"Bang!" With the sound of an object falling to the ground, the servants looked up quietly and found that the official had fainted on the ground.

"Official!"

"Imperial doctor!"

The other Song emperors were embarrassed, angry, and dissatisfied. In general, they all disagreed with the things mentioned in the sky curtain that tarnished Taizong's image and damaged the royal dignity.

Tang Dynasty, the third year of Zhenguan.

After Li Shimin laughed at Zhao Guangyi's miraculous operation, he noticed the "History of Liao" on the sky curtain: "I remember that the previous miracle said that the "History of Liao" and this "History of Song" were listed side by side?"

Zhang Sun Wuji nodded, understanding what he meant, and was very sad about it: "Yes, the Song Dynasty was not able to perfect its orthodox status, but the nomadic peoples can never be killed or conquered."

During the Han Dynasty, it was the Xiongnu. Later, the Xiongnu disappeared and the Xianbei appeared. When the Xianbei were integrated into the Central Plains, the Rouran and Turks appeared on the grasslands...

"I understand, but I just need to do everything I can, that's enough." Li Shimin shook his head. He couldn't control what would happen to the Song Dynasty in who knows how many years. He could only say that he would leave some shadows for the Tang Dynasty as much as possible. This time, the attack on the Turks would definitely win! (At this time, Li Jing had already led his troops to set off)
[Is this the end? Of course not.

On the eighth day he ran to Zhuozhou, but Zhao Guangyi felt that it was not safe enough here because the Liao army was constantly chasing him, so he continued to run south, demonstrating his superb donkey cart drifting skills one after another.

On the ninth day, Zhao Guangyi, who had bypassed Zhuozhou, ran to Jintaidun. At this time, he had run a long distance. When he arrived at Jintaidun, he finally had the heart to stop and take a breath. At this time, he finally knew that the Song army had fled across the board, so he sent Cui Han, the palace guard, to take in the deserters, but he still did not stop. 】

On the sky, a little man was driving a donkey cart at a very fast speed with billowing dust.

On the 11th, Zhao Guangyi ran to Dingzhou and learned that the Liao army was returning north. He finally felt relieved and his mind began to work. So he asked Cui Han and others to stay in Dingzhou, Heyang Jiedushi Cui Yanjin to guard Guannan, and Du Qiexia Liu Tinghan and Qiexia Li Hanqiong to garrison Zhenzhou to prevent the Liao army from attacking.

Afterwards, he headed south, passing through Zhenzhou, Xingzhou, Mingzhou... and finally returned to the capital, his base camp, on July 28th.

This journey can be called a donkey cart rally around Hebei. 】

Han Dynasty, the first year of Yuanshuo.

"Hahahahahahahahahahaha——" Liu Che laughed non-stop, tears almost coming out, "The sky can also be mischievous, the Donkey Cart Rally around Hebei hahahahahaha..." Although the Han Dynasty did not have the term "rally" at the moment, as the name suggests, the meaning of this word is not difficult to understand. This Zhao Guangyi really did hold a Donkey Cart Rally around Hebei!
After laughing enough, Liu Che wiped away his tears and said: "It seems that the champion of this competition must be Zhao Guangyi!" There is no one like him before, and there will probably be no one like him in the future.

In the first year of Yuanshuo, Liu Che was still making fun of Zhao Guangyi, but in the third year of Yuanshou, Liu Che had already mastered the ability of quick divergent thinking.

At this time, Liu Che stopped smiling, frowned and thought deeply, which made the officials who had been troubled by him in recent years tremble with fear.

As expected, not long after, Liu Che spoke again with a smile: "I think that although Zhao Guangyi is indeed embarrassing, this competition is still quite interesting. Why don't the Han Dynasty hold one to give it a try? ... For the first time, the scope can be smaller, so... let's have a Chang'an donkey cart rally!"

Seeing the ministers' faces were as bitter as bitter gourds, each one more bitter than the other, Liu Che pretended to be puzzled: "Do you have any objections? Oh, I understand, but this donkey cart is not suitable? This can be changed."

Ministers: “…” Thank you, Your Majesty, for considering us!

(End of this chapter)