Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 809 The Southern Song Dynasty has become history (please subscribe!)
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Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan led tens of thousands of soldiers in Lin'an City to surrender and welcome the first battalion into the city, making Lin'an City self-defeating.

Originally, the Song Army in the Hangzhou area was still trying to stop Niu Gao and his [-] elite soldiers from rushing towards Lin'an City.

But soon, the Song Army in Hangzhou received the edict of surrender jointly signed by Zhao Gou and Queen Mother Pan.

As a result, these Song troops who did not have much will to resist fled or surrendered one after another.

In just three days, Niu Gao led [-] elites to the city of Lin'an.

On the other side, Yue Fei also led hundreds of thousands of troops to kill Lin'an.

Wherever the Chinese army passed, whether soldiers or local officials, they either surrendered or fled. The entire Southern Song Dynasty appeared very weak and incompetent.

So, is there no one in the entire Southern Song Dynasty who stood up to resist the Chinese army's attack on the Song Dynasty?
Of course, there are also many loyal people who can also be said to be stubborn people who rose up to resist the Chinese army.

Among them, there is such a story.

The Chinese army captured a state city, and the defenders also surrendered. The lieutenant general led more than 1000 soldiers into the city.

As soon as the Chinese army entered the city, a guard named Tang Qi in the Song army suddenly took out a stone from his arms and threw it at the Chinese army.

It's a pity that Tang Qi's shot didn't hit the soldiers of the Chinese army, and he was also arrested by the soldiers of the Chinese army.

The lieutenant general felt very strange, so he asked Tang Qi: "Your commander has surrendered, you are just a small guard, why do you risk your life to do such a senseless resistance?"

Tang Qi replied sternly: "Although I am only a small guard, I still know loyalty. I was born as a Song official and died as a Song ghost."

After hearing Tang Qi's words, the lieutenant general said to the Song army commander who surrendered next to him, "You are the commander of a city, but your integrity is not as good as your guards."

After listening to that song general, he was ashamed.

Tang Qi turned around and said to his general: "My monthly salary is only one tenth of a meter, and I know that I will serve the country with my death. You have been favored by the emperor and enjoyed a high official salary. Now that the Chinese army is going south, you only know that Kaesong surrendered. If you do this, what will it look like to see your ancestors under the Nine Springs a hundred years later?"

Tang Qi's words made General Song feel so ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground and sneak in.

The lieutenant general lamented that Tang Qi was a righteous man, and asked him if he would surrender to Dazhong.

Tang Qi said that he would rather die than surrender.

The lieutenant general reported the matter to Yue Fei.

Yue Fei praised: "This Tang Qi is really a loyal man." Then he ordered Tang Qi to be killed and given a rich burial.

With the Chinese army pressing every step of the way and the Song army retreating steadily, there are actually still some people loyal to the Song Dynasty who rose up to resist regardless of their own safety.

however--

Such people, after all, are still very few.

Li Yan is a Han, and Dazhong is a regime established by the Han, so this is different from foreign invasion, it can only be said to be internal unity, so, except those who were completely brainwashed by the Song Dynasty, or those who have received great favor from the Song Dynasty Otherwise, he wouldn't be such a stubborn person.

Moreover, Dazhong has proved its ability to govern from the emperor Li Yan down—Dazhong has only been established for more than two years, and it has already stabilized and become prosperous and strong.

Compared with Li Yan and Dazhong, Zhao Gou and his regime in the Southern Song Dynasty are too disappointing—it was also established for more than two years, but the Southern Song Dynasty is full of chaos, and people are all living in dire straits , poor clothing, poor food, people feel no hope.

In addition, Yue Fei was in charge of the army, and his military discipline was extremely strict. He would not demolish houses to death from freezing, and would not plunder to death from starvation.

Therefore, the vast majority of people hope that Dazhong will complete the unification of Dazhong, end this endless war, and give them a peaceful life.

This also led to the fact that there were not many people who really resisted the footsteps of the Chinese army. Even if some people wanted to resist the Chinese army, there was no way to gather the troops.

After careful planning and strict implementation, the Chinese army advanced both land and water, and at the same time dispatched troops from the south of the Yangtze River, Taiwan County, Hainan County, and Central South Counties to devour the southeast land on a large scale.

At the same time, Zhao Gou and others were also escorted to Beijing...

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With the strength of the Chinese army and the weakness of the Song army, it is not surprising that Dazhong defeated the Southern Song Dynasty.

But no one thought that the war between China and the Song Dynasty had only been going on for more than a month and less than two months, and Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, was captured by the Chinese army, and Zhao Gou's family was captured.

Those who know the specific process all lament that those who gain the way will be helped more than those who have lost the way. If Zhao Gou did not favor the eunuchs and connive at Wang Yuan, which caused the Mutiny of Miao and Liu in the Southern Song Dynasty, no matter how capable the Chinese army could fight, they would not be able to fight. It is absolutely impossible to take all of Zhao Gou's family so easily.

People's imagination is extremely rich.

Since the last emperor of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Zheng'an, Zhao Yan was frightened to death at the age of three, people thought: "The power of the Song Dynasty is really exhausted, and it is time for the Li family to replace the Zhao family and become the lord of the world."

Soon, Zhao Gou's family was sent to Bianliang City.

This incident caused a great commotion—when Zhao Gou's prison van entered Bianliang City, almost all the people in Bianliang City crowded onto the street to watch this historic moment.

Someone who knew Zhao Gou recognized it at a glance. The person in the prison car was really Zhao Gou, and then sighed, "The Song Dynasty of nearly 200 years has really become history."

Unlike Zhao Gou who was brought back in a prison cart, Zhao Gou's concubines, even Zhao Gou's court ladies, were all brought back in a comfortable carriage.

Moreover, only Zhao Gou was paraded through the streets after entering Bianliang City, and Zhao Gou was sent to the palace directly after his concubines and court ladies entered the city.

Li Yan didn't see Zhao Gou, but ordered Zhao Gou's prince to be cut off, Zhao Gou was properly taken into custody, and then he continued to work on his own affairs.

From the moment Zhao Gou was caught, Zhao Gou has become no longer important.

The current Zhao Gou is just a piece of fun in Li Yan's hands. When Li Yan is bored, he may release Zhao Gou to relieve boredom.

But now, Li Yan is not free.

Now, Li Yan has too many more important things to do than to relieve Zhao Gou's boredom.

For example, taking advantage of the great opportunity when the central system of the Southern Song Dynasty was taken away by the Chinese army, the Southern Song Dynasty was completely wiped out, making the Southern Song Dynasty a real history-although Zhao Gou was captured by the Chinese army and the Southern Song Dynasty died, it does not mean that the Southern Song Dynasty was really It is completely over, not to mention that the western region is still in the hands of General Song, even in the southeast region, there are still many places in the hands of General Song and Song Chen. In addition, there are two gangs of Li Cheng and Zhong Xiang in the southeast region Rebels, each of them has hundreds of thousands of troops and a large territory.

For another example, how to digest the vast territory of the Southern Song Dynasty-annexation of the southeast region does not mean that it has been conquered, but it is annexed.In addition to defeating it, it also needs to be governed, and it must also be recognized by the people there.Otherwise, Li Yan and Dazhong will be replaced by others sooner or later.

and many more……

All in all, there are too many important things that Li Yan needs to do.

And if Li Yan doesn't want to be someone else's fun in the future, he naturally has to do these important things first.

As for using Zhao Gou to relieve boredom, you can do it anytime.

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(End of this chapter)