Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 793 Fighting the Song Dynasty (please subscribe!)
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Taking advantage of the respite that the small imperial court of the Southern Song Dynasty finally sought, Fan Zhixu wanted to gather troops from all walks of life in the west and form a large army under the direct command of the Temperance Department, so that he could fight the Chinese army in a decisive battle in the future.

Therefore, Fan Zhixu ordered the various economic strategies to appease and dispatch troops to gather around Yaozhou.

However, the various economic and strategic appeasement departments did not actively obey Fan Zhixu's orders, and each only dispatched a small number of people to go to Yaozhou.

After the Song army managed to assemble, Qu Duan began to blackmail Fan Zhixu again.

At that time, the imperial court did not consider Qu Duan's actual strength at all, and still appointed Fan Zhixu, who had no prestige, to act as the acting envoy of Shaanxi Zhizhi, and appointed Qu Duan as the governor of the Department of Temperance.

Qu Duan was annoyed by this, so he refused to listen to Fan Zhixu's order on the pretext that he had submitted a resignation report to the imperial court and that it was inconvenient to command the battle.

Fan Zhixu was so anxious that he had no choice but to simply announce that Qu Duan was relieved of his position as the governor of the Temperance Department.

Qu Duan saw that Fan Zhixu was not threatened, but came hard instead. He regretted losing his military power, so he had to swallow his anger and wrote to Fan Zhixu, saying that he had changed his mind and now he was in Yaozhou to serve in the army.

Fan Zhixu had no choice but to revoke Qu Duan's dismissal.

Unexpectedly, after Qu Duan regained his military grip, he stopped listening to Fan Zhixu's words.

Not only that, Qu Duan also blasted Fan Zhixu away with force, and drove away the original Hedong Jingzhi envoy and Zhifengxiang mansion.

Then, Qu Duan sent troops to attack the rebel general Shi Bin, and he himself led an attack on the rebel army led by Zhang Zong who was active in Chang'an.

Shi Bin was quickly defeated by Qu Duan, and Zhang Zong was also killed by Qu Duan, and their trilogy was also compiled by Qu Duan.

Due to Qu Duan's unscrupulous efforts to expand his power, the Jingyuan army naturally ranked above all other Song armies, and there are jingles in the west that praise Qu Duan: "There is literature and martial arts, and Qu Duan is great."

Qu Duan became the de facto controller of the western region.

At this time, Zhang Jun's entry into Shu was officially finalized.

Different from Zhang Jun’s proposal to help Zhao Gou to leave a way out, Zhang Jun at this time has already put forward a specific proposition, that is: the strategic position of the west is very important. It is not only an important source of troops in the Southern Song Dynasty, but also can directly Threatening the Hedong and Central Plains areas, if the Southern Song Dynasty can secure the Jianghuai and Western Regions, it will form a situation of pinching the Central Plains, and it can be strategically active.

In addition, in Zhang Jun's idea of ​​managing Sichuan and Shaanxi, the Southern Song Dynasty could establish its capital in Xingyuan Mansion (later Hanzhong, Shaanxi).

To put it politely, this is a "partial hegemony" concept.

To put it bluntly, this is still a "partial security" concept.

However, no matter whether it is biased towards dominance or partial security, after Zhang Jun raised it, and after discussions with the ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty, most people thought that what Zhang Jun said was very reasonable.

So, after making full preparations, Zhang Jun led a group of people from the newly formed Sichuan-Shanxi Xuanfu Disposal Department, and set off from Lin'an to the Sichuan-Shanxi area.

Soon after, Zhang Jun and his party arrived at Xingyuan Mansion.

In Xingyuan Mansion, Zhang Jun presided over a military meeting to discuss the issue of unified command of the army.

At the meeting, Tianzhangge waited to know Tang Zhong of Tongzhou, and said: "The existing five-way economic strategy and appeasement department in the west is not unified, and the relationship between soldiers and soldiers is not harmonious. It is not appropriate to force themselves to gather together for a big battle. If it is forced, if there is a disadvantage, all five routes will be lost. It is better to temporarily garrison Li, Lang, Xing, and Yangzhou to strengthen the defense of Sichuan to stabilize the foundation. If the enemy invades, send soldiers from the five routes to help. , even if you fail to win, you will not be defeated."

How can Zhang Jun follow Tang Zhong's conservative advice?

Not only that, Zhang Jun was also very disgusted with Tang Zhong!

There is actually a reason for this.

Because Fan Zhixu wanted Tang Zhong to replace him more than once.

In other words, Tang Zhong is Zhang Jun's potential competitor.

Tang Zhong saw that Zhang Jun hated him, so he could only ask to be stationed in Jinzhou, away from the core area of ​​the west.

After Zhang Jun made a field inspection in Hanzhong, he wrote a memorial to Zhao Gou, asking Zhao Gou to come and "examine" Xingyuan Mansion.

Zhang Jun’s memorial reads as follows:

Seeing the place where the situation in the world is real in Hanzhong, the minister is serving the tent and hearing Yuyin first-hand, saying that the command of the Central Plains must be based on this.Therefore, the minister is not afraid of thousands of miles, sacrifices his life to serve himself, and flatters the holy will just in case.I would like to accumulate millet in Xingyuan's financial management and wait for the luck of the tour. I hope that your Majesty Luanyu will be a plan for westward travel as soon as possible.Controlling the division of the Six Routes in the front, and occupying the chestnuts of the two rivers in the back, the wealth of Jingxiang on the left, and the horses of Qinlong on the right, the general situation of the world can be determined!
From Zhang Jun's memorial, it is not difficult to see Zhang Jun's intention, that is to invite Zhao Gou to come to the western region to establish the capital.

The ambitious Zhang Jun soon led his staff to Qinzhou and set up the Sichuan-Shanxi Xuanfu Disposal Envoy here.

Not long after Zhang Jun arrived in Qinzhou, he undertook the construction of an altar to worship generals, and appointed Qu Duan as a mighty general, Xuanzhou observation envoy, and Sichuan-Shanxi Xuanfu disposition envoy to control the capital and know Weizhou.

Previously, Zhang Jun was kind to Qu Duan.

When Qu Duan used force to expel Fan Zhixu, the Southern Song court was shocked and even suspected that Qu Duan had rebellious intentions. Jiangnan.

Qu Duan was naturally unwilling and did not dare to leave Shaanxi.

In this way, the situation is even worse.

The ministers of the small imperial court in the Southern Song Dynasty discussed it a lot, and they all said that Qu Duan must be against it.

At that time, Zhang Jun was very calm in this matter. He used the lives of his whole family as a guarantee that Qu Duan would not rebel against the court.

Because Zhang Jun pledged his family's life as a guarantee, the small imperial court of the Southern Song Dynasty revoked the order of Tiao Tuan to go to Jiangnan to take up his post.

Qu Duan was very grateful to Zhang Jun for this.

After Zhang Jun opened his mansion in Qinzhou, he regarded Qu Duan as the main military pillar, and Qu Duan also changed his shortcoming of relying on his talents, actively supported Zhang Jun, and obeyed Zhang Jun's command.

Thanks to Qu Duan's support, Zhang Jun changed the chaotic state of the western Song army's mutual hatred and reluctance to support each other in a short period of time, and brought the western army together, and the western army really began to have a unified command.

Hearing this news, Yue Fei, Wu Jie and others were not worried but happy!
What they are most afraid of is that the western army will be scattered in various dangerous places, because if this is the case, it will be very difficult for them to conquer the western region, especially the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack Shu land.

The most beneficial thing for Dazhong is that the Song army is willing to fight directly. In this way, it is possible to capture the western region in one battle, and at the worst, they can recover many regions in one fell swoop and make a big step forward.

Feeling that the situation in the western region was almost done, and everything that should be arranged was also arranged, Yue Fei immediately got up and went back to the Eastern Front, making final preparations for the upcoming attack on the Song Dynasty.

In June of the third year of Datong, Yue Fei reported secretly to Li Yan: Wang Yuan, the governor of the imperial camp and the privy envoy, amassed money in Zhenjiang and searched for the people's fat and anointment, which caused complaints from the local people. And down to Zhenjiang.

Li Yan understood that Yue Fei was ready to attack Song, and wanted to do it.

There is a saying that the opportunity must not be missed, and the loss will never come again.

Therefore, Li Yan quickly stated that "the Southern Song Dynasty has not paid the annual tribute for several months" and "the "Great Unification Agreement" has been signed for nearly two years, and there are still wars in the Southern Song Dynasty. In the midst of the flames of war" as an excuse, announced: hanging people and punishing crimes.

As soon as Li Yan made this announcement, the Chinese army launched an attack on the eastern and western fronts at the same time, and the crusade against the Song Dynasty officially began...

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(End of this chapter)