The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 377
On the border of Jiangnan West Road, passing Dayu Ridge across the border, it is close to Dayu City.

The climate here is much colder than Dali and Leizhou, and when the new year is approaching, it is already very cold.

The mountains in the distance are covered with snow, and the sky and the earth are of the same color.

There is still snow on the ground, thin and almost transparent.This makes the road extremely slippery.

There are more than [-] troops stretching without end, and they are slowly moving forward in such a world of ice and snow.

The soldiers kept the brims of their hats extremely low to block the cold wind that hit their faces.None of the soldiers in the army rode horses, and they all led horses on foot. The hooves of the horses were wrapped in cloth, but even so, there were still horses or soldiers slipping and falling.

Marching like this is obviously not easy.

There are chariots in the army, and the military flag is flying outside the chariot, surrounded by thousands of soldiers.

Inside the chariot, the faces of Boyan and Ye Su'er were a bit colder than the weather outside.

At this point in the battle to attack the Song Dynasty, they were completely defeated.

The Yuan army had nearly a million people. In the end, they were beaten so badly by the surviving Song Dynasty. Even the deputy commander Ali Haiya died in the chaos.This battle can be said to have been defeated miserably, and it is a negative example that can be written in history books.

Throughout Boyan's decades of marching and fighting, he has never been so useless.

It's just that with their current strength, it is impossible to regain the victory.

Nearly two months ago, after the Battle of Xiujiang Town, Zhao Dongting led his troops back to Leizhou, while Boyan and Ye Suer recruited troops from all walks of life in Wuzhou to help, intending to take advantage of Zhang Hongfan's attack on Leizhou to jointly take Leizhou and turn defeat into victory. , to achieve the purpose of destroying the Song Dynasty.

Later, when they learned that the Dali army had arrived in Leizhou, they felt that this was a golden opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

But in the end, when tens of thousands of reinforcements arrived, the news of the defeat of Zhang Hongfan and the Dali army spread to the city of Wuzhou before the two had time to send their troops out of Wuzhou.

The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is gone.

This made De Boyan and Ye Su'er hate him greatly, and even hated those former Southern Song soldiers.

What a fool they are!
When the Yuan army was still in high spirits, they all flattered their horses, wishing to put their faces on their buttocks.Now that they were defeated in two battles, most of them turned a blind eye to their orders.

There used to be more than a million Song troops who surrendered in the old places of the Southern Song Dynasty, and there were hundreds of thousands in Guangnan, Jinghu South Road and other places not far from Guangxi, but in the end, only tens of thousands of people surrendered to them. .

With this amount of troops, it is impossible to take down Leizhou.

Therefore, Boyan and Ye Su'er had no choice but to abandon Wuzhou, and simply led the army to Jiangnan West Road.

The two of them knew very well that they were completely unable to control the situation in the Song Dynasty, and even if they were stationed in Wuzhou, they couldn't last long.

Although the city wall of Wuzhou City is high and dangerous on all sides, it cannot stop the hot air balloons of the Song Army.

The territory that was so hard to win can only be returned like this.This is also the reason for the ugly faces of the two of them.

And it is conceivable that those soldiers who surrendered in the Southern Song Dynasty might still return to the embrace of the Song Dynasty, and it will only be more difficult to destroy the Song Dynasty in the future.

It can be said that the two of them have broken into a big basket.

Go back to Dadu, and definitely never think about it again.

The two had already discussed this issue, and finally decided to lead the army to garrison Jiangnan West Road first.

Jiangnan West Road is adjacent to Fujian in the east, Guangnan Power in the south, and Jingnan South Road in the north. It is definitely not a good place in terms of geographical location.Because it can be predicted that in a short time, the Song court will take all Jingnan South Road, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian into its pocket. At that time, Jiangnan West Road will be surrounded on three sides.But the two still chose this place.

There is of course a reason for this.

Inside the chariot, Boyan sighed and said, "Deputy Marshal Ye Su'er, the emperor's imperial decree is probably coming soon, right?"

Ye Su'er nodded, "Maybe the marshal is not mentally prepared yet?"

Judging by the expression, she, a heroine, is more determined than Boyan at this time.

It is true that women are more ruthless than men.

Boyan murmured: "Defying the imperial decree is a death penalty after all."

Ye Su'er said: "But if we go back to Dadu, we may not die, but it will be more uncomfortable than death. The two of us will completely lose power."

"Never mind!"

Boyan sighed heavily again, "Then stay here on Jiangnanxi Road first, and wait and see what happens."

In fact, the two of them could choose to continue going north and withdraw to Jiangnan East Road or even Liangzhe West Road and Huainan West Road, so that the army would be safer.Because these two roads were very close to the border of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan would never sit back and watch their army of more than [-] be wiped out.However, if they retreated there, the two of them would have no reason not to accept Kublai Khan's imperial edict.In order to stabilize the court, Kublai Khan will definitely recall the two of them back for punishment.

Staying on Jiangnan West Road, they can still use the excuse of resisting the Song army, and will not be ordered by the king outside.

At that time, no matter how angry Kublai Khan was, he would have nothing to do with the two of them.To say the least, I have to praise the two of them for being willing to put the court in danger.

Kublai Khan didn't care whether he killed the two of them or not.He just needs to have an explanation to the government and the opposition.

Boyan and Ye Suer were defeated, but they still stayed on Jiangnan West Road. The spirit is commendable!

Moreover, when the time comes to fight with the Song Dynasty again, no one in the court and the opposition will be able to condemn the two of them.

They might even get a chance to destroy the Song Army.

The more than [-] soldiers of the Song Dynasty can defeat their hundreds of thousands of troops, why can't they make a comeback with their more than [-] troops?

Near the evening, the army finally arrived outside Dayu City.

At this time, several years have passed since the Yuan army captured Dayu City, so Dayu City is considered stable.

Under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, although the people of the original Southern Song Dynasty were fourth-class people, they barely survived.At least nothing rebellious happened.

The current county magistrate of Dayu County is still the county magistrate of the Song Dynasty. When the Yuan army arrived on Jiangnan West Road, the chief general of the Nan'an Army of the Song Dynasty led the troops to surrender to the Yuan. Decisively led the defenders in the city to surrender.Therefore, after the fall of Dayu County, the official positions of the Song officials in the city did not change much.The county magistrate is still the county magistrate, and the master register is still the master register.

Although the Yuan army was defeated, the county magistrate of Dayu still didn't have the guts to resist Boyan and Ye Su'er.

At the gate of the city, he led dozens of officials in Dayu City to stand on the official road, braving the cold wind, waiting for the army of Boyan and Ye Su'er to arrive.

When the army approached, the county magistrate bowed to the army and saluted.

Not everyone intends to turn against the Yuan and return to the Song Dynasty, at least, Li Xiang, the chief general of the Nan'an Army, has no such plan.Not even the ministers under his rule.

After the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, their life is still as moist as before, why bother to vote for the Song Dynasty again?
The Song Dynasty is now at its peak, but who can tell whether it will be Song Ying or Yuan Sheng in the end?

By the time the war ends, maybe decades have passed, and they will all become loess.

Boyan and Ye Su'er's chariot slowly arrived in front of the city, and they opened the curtain and walked out of the chariot.

The county magistrate of Dayu fell to his knees, kowtowed and said, "My minister, magistrate of Dayu County, Liu Ziqi welcomes the two marshals."

Behind him, the ministers of Dayu knelt down: "My ministers are waiting to welcome the two marshals."

If Boyan and Ye Su'er were elephants in the Yuan Dynasty, then they could only be regarded as ants at their level.

The eyes of the two of them swept across the officials, and Boyan said: "Get up, can the place where the army is stationed in the city be prepared?"

Liu Ziqi replied: "Back to Marshal, after receiving the military order, we have cleared out the houses and waited for the army to station."

"Ah."

Boyan nodded slightly, "You did a good job on this."

Then, he and Ye Su'er walked towards the city.The guards followed quickly.

Liu Ziqi and the Zhima officials of Dayu City stepped aside respectfully and made way for the army to enter the city.

When Boyan and Ye Su'er reached the corridor, Liu Ziqi hurried to catch up, but opened two paper umbrellas to support them.

The county magistrate next to him was going to help hold the umbrella, but Liu Ziqi stabbed him back with his eyes.

Uninterested.

How can you grab the opportunity to hold an umbrella for the two marshals?

After all, the county magistrate is only the second in command. Although he was not angry, he had no choice but to withdraw honestly.

This is the official of the Southern Song Dynasty.Liu Ziqi and the county magistrate are clear representatives.

The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. When Chen Yizhong was prime minister, such flattery was very popular in the Song Dynasty.Some officials compete for the opportunity to flatter others, and their actions are simply unimaginable.

Everyone wants to fight for a chance to show their faces in front of their superiors, and Boyan and Ye Su'er are the top officials in the Yuan Dynasty.

The wrinkles on Liu Ziqi's old face were all smiles, her face was full of flattery, like a daisy.

But what he didn't expect was that Ye Su'er sneered at his actions and walked out of the umbrella coverage.

Although Ye Su'er is a woman, she was born on the grassland and has a lot of personality. She despises the flattery of these old officials of the Song Dynasty the most.

Liu Ziqi's face was slightly stunned, but behind her, the county magistrate's eyes showed a slight gloating look.

Intrigue is everywhere.

Behind, more than [-] troops slowly entered the city.But as soon as he entered the city, chaos arose.

They lost the battle with Boyan and Ye Su'er, and they were extremely aggrieved. Some people saw women in the city, and even some generals ran towards those women with their soldiers.

There was a sudden panic at the gate of the city.

Liu Ziqi heard the noise behind her, turned her head to look, her expression changed slightly, "Marshal..."

Boyan turned around, but said: "Leave them alone."

He did not regard the people of the Song Dynasty as human beings at all.In the Yuan Dynasty, most ministers had his attitude.

The Han people are just an inferior nation, and in their eyes, they are no different from pigs and dogs.

Liu Ziqi lowered her head slightly, but dared not say anything.

Among the officials of Dayu who followed them, there was a look of extreme hatred in the eyes of some.Not everyone is as heartless as Liu Ziqi.

The screams of women and the rampant laughter of Yuan army soldiers made Dayu City seem to be reduced to a hell on earth at this moment.

(End of this chapter)