Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 706
The land of Zhangquan is recruiting soldiers and horses, but outside it is full of wars and constant battles.

Cao Bin divided his troops into four groups, and a group of soldiers and horses guarded Jinling City, guarding these ministers and officials, and prepared to send them to the capital of Song Dynasty again.

For the remaining three routes, Cao Bin himself, Pan Mei, and Li Jixun each led [-] elite soldiers, starting from Jinling City and going south to conquer the southern territory.

It can be said that now Jinling City has been broken, and some cities along the river, such as Chizhou, Jiangzhou, and Ezhou, have been conquered. However, these territories combined are only one-fifth of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

There are still four-fifths of the territory, and no Song army has set foot at all.

The demise of the Southern Tang Dynasty is really a bit strange. The capital chose the prosperous Jinling City. There is only one natural barrier along the Yangtze River. As long as the city is destroyed, the country will die directly. The power of resistance was given up by Li Yu.

It can be said that this is the short-sightedness and lack of strategic vision of Li Yu and the Li family's royal family.

In the history of the Northern Song Dynasty's battle against the Tang Dynasty, if Li Yu could move his capital to Hongzhou and gather in the hinterland of the Southern Tang Dynasty, or the Song Army would travel deep into the Jiangxi and Anhui areas of the Southern Tang Dynasty to fight, but the march was difficult, and there were foothills and thorns everywhere, and the water was also flooded. Many, the temperature is high in summer, and there are many rainy days. The soldiers of the Northern Song Dynasty were not used to it at all.

Even if Li Yu doesn't have this brain, he can let his brother rush to Hongzhou, Yunzhou, Yuanzhou, Jianzhou, Xinzhou, Qianzhou, Jizhou, Fuzhou, Tingzhou, Raozhou, etc. to gather soldiers Ma, even if the imperial city is lost and Li Yu is captured, his younger brother, nephew, eldest prince, and others can all take the opportunity to ascend the throne in the local area, and continue to compete with the Northern Song Dynasty under the banner of the Southern Tang Dynasty instead of being captured by others. It's all in one pot.

The Southern Tang royal family was so stupid that they chose all the members of the royal family to wait to die in Jinling City, and set up the capital at the place closest to the border of the Northern Song Dynasty, not changing according to the situation. What a stupid act.

The fall of the Southern Tang Dynasty so quickly is inseparable from the stupidity of Li Yu and the Li clan in the Southern Tang Dynasty. They can't blame others.

Today, Cao Bin leads troops to attack Raozhou. There is Wu Wenyuan, the envoy of Anhua Jiedu in the Southern Tang Dynasty, guarding Raozhou. There are [-] Anhua troops, and they fight Cao Bin.

Li Jixun and Liu Guangyi led troops to attack Xinzhou, while the governor of Xinzhou defended the city for a battle, and the two sides also fell into a confrontation.

The third route, led by Pan Mei, went south to attack Shezhou. This is the southern part of Anhui, which is famous for producing Hui ink and She inkstone.

At this time, Lu Jiang led the disabled soldiers to flee here from Xuanzhou, and cooperated with the governor Tao Ze of Shezhou to resist the Song army.

Shecheng used to be a place where military strategists often fought. In August of the second year of Jingfu in the Tang Dynasty (893 A.D.), Yang Xingmi, the Huainan Jiedu envoy of the Tang Dynasty, saw that the general Tian Kai could not attack Shezhou for a long time. After careful consideration, he accepted the proposal proposed by Pei Shu, the governor of Shezhou. As long as the people are not killed, he will withdraw from the peace negotiation conditions of Shezhou and return to Chang'an, and at the same time send his subordinates, Tao Ya, who was the training envoy of the Chizhou regiment at the time, as the governor of Shezhou to consolidate this newly acquired territory.

It's just that no one thought that after Tao Ya arrived in Shezhou, she never moved her nest again, until Tianyou died ten years ago as the governor of Shezhou, and she ruled for 20 years.

During those 20 years, warlords fought endlessly in the north and south of the river, and local states and counties frequently changed hands. However, in this troubled time, Shezhou has always belonged to the Southern Wu regime of Yang Xingmi, and there are Zhongchuan in Raozhou in the west, Qiantang in Qiantang in the southeast, Wang Wu, who is alone in Wuyuan, is surrounded by powerful enemies on three sides. Shezhou can not only protect itself, but also take the initiative to fight for territory for Yang Xingmi. In the end, it is an important logistics support hub for Yang Xingmi, all of which are due to Tao Ya.

Tao Ze, the Jiedu envoy, is a descendant of Tao Ya. The Tao family is also a local wealthy family. They have been officials for several generations, and most of them are local governors and Jiedu envoys.

Therefore, Tao Ze told Lu Jiang that there was enough food and grass in the city, and there were many outstanding heroes, all of whom could be recruited into the army and fight to the end with the Song army.

Lu Jiang said gratefully: "Thank you Master Tao, the Great Song Dynasty destroyed the Tang Dynasty, causing the destruction of many people's families, and we swear we will not surrender!"

Tao Ze cupped his hands and said, "General Lu, you don't have to be polite. My Tao family has guarded Shecheng for generations. When the country is in crisis, I should serve the country!"

Old General Lu Jiang looked at the middle-aged Tao Ze, and said: "Mr. Tao used to be a general of Southern Wu. After serving as governor of Shecheng, he governed in an orderly manner. It was a good story at that time. Even if Li Tang established the country, he was also a favor to the Tao family. You have added that it is really commendable for the Tao family to serve as the governor and Jiedu envoy of Shecheng!"

"It all depends on the trust of the officials!" Tao Ze said modestly, a complex look flashed in his eyes.

Just two days ago, Tao Ze had received a secret letter from Yang Wu's Fuguo organization. It was a secret letter written by Hu Zhongxian instead of Yang Ling'er. It was stamped with a new jade seal made by Yang Wu, urging Tao Ze to return to Yang Wu.

After all, Tao Ze's great-grandfather, Tao Ya, was a general under Yang Xingmi's command back then, and he was deeply trusted and regarded as a direct descendant.

The Tao family has a rigorous family style, and they always regarded themselves as Wu Chen. Surrendering to Li Tang was also a helpless move. After all, Li Min usurped power from Xu Wen, then abolished the Southern Wu Emperor, and established the Tang Dynasty. The entire court transitioned smoothly. , unable to resist Li Min's general trend.

Now, the descendants of Yang Wu have found him, and the Southern Tang royal family no longer exists, and the territory of the Tang Kingdom is torn apart. Many Tang governors, governors, and local officials are at a loss as to whether to fight to the end or submit to the Song Dynasty.

If it is to fight to the end, there is not even a child of Li Tang's royal family, and there is no banner to fight for the restoration of the flag. It is a bit unfair and difficult to grow, and unite with other governors to persevere to the end and give each other hope for the restoration of the country.

But it's different now. There is news about Yang Wu's descendants. This is also a spiritual pillar. Following Wu Guo's restoration is the merit of following the dragon, and he became famous as a teacher.

While supporting Lu Jiang against the Great Song Dynasty, Tao Ze thought to himself, when the time is right, he will find an opportunity to discuss with the old general Lu Jiang and vote for Yang Wu again, so that he will no longer be a subjugated Tang official.

Several armies of the Song Dynasty were caught in a fierce battle, and Lu Zheng went straight to Fuzhou City with tens of thousands of elite soldiers.

This Fuzhou City, also known as Changle Mansion, is another name for the capital of Fujian. In the third year of Kaiping in Houliang (909 AD), Wang Shenzhi was named King of Fujian by Taizu of Houliang.In the third year of Tongguang in the later Tang Dynasty, Wang Shenzhi passed away, and his eldest son Wang Yanhan succeeded to the throne. Soon after, Wang Yanjun, the second son of Wang Shenzhi, killed Wang Yanhan and seized the throne. Named Longqi, after the coup d'état and civil strife in Fujian continued.

In the third year of Min Tiande (945), the Southern Tang Dynasty sent troops to attack and destroy Fujian during the civil turmoil. However, because the Southern Tang did not know how to appease and govern Fujian, it searched the local people instead, provoking local uprisings, and drove away the Southern Tang with the help of Wuyue soldiers. Tang Jun, from then on, Fuzhou fell into the hands of Wuyue Kingdom.

Today, there are only a few thousand troops stationed in Fuzhou City. Lu Zheng led an army of tens of thousands to attack fiercely. It took only seven days to conquer the city and enter Fuzhou City smoothly.

The Northern Expedition of Yang Wufu's army achieved a great victory in the first battle.

(End of this chapter)