Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 868

"Yes, it's destroyed. In the end, the fortress that the enemy can't take down will be destroyed by our own people." Zhou Zhi patted the big snake on the head: "Just like this basalt sculpture, although the tortoise is as firm as a rock, it is heavy and brave, and it can't stand the big snake. It's a bad thing to press on your own head..."

"Is there a traitor?" Liang Hong asked.

"It can't be said that there is a traitor." Zhou Zhi said with emotion: "To be precise, it should be that the court of the Southern Song Dynasty was busy with party disputes and forced a national hero into a traitor!"

"What?"

"As we said before, the southern Sichuan defense system was completed by Yu Jie. This system has withstood the Mongolian and Yuan attacks for decades. It can even be said that until the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, this system has not been broken. Even the snakehead God Arm City can stand alone against foreign enemies for 34 years."

"Such a great hero who broke the plan of the Mongolian army entering Shu and destroying the Song Dynasty along the river, do you know the fate of Yu Jie?" Zhou Zhi sneered: "When the government is rectified, the discipline is cleared, the defense is established, and the development is promoted, when it is successful, He was framed and died in Yuzhou."

"Just like Yue Fei?"

"Yu Jie won the War of Resistance, but he was at odds with Yao Shi'an, who was in charge. Yao Shi'an used the then prime minister Xie Fangshu as his aid, so Xie Fangshu tried to persecute him, and Xu Qingsou, a political adviser, made a false accusation against Lizong, attacking Yu Jie as the sole power, but not The governor's gift."

"Lizong listened to the slander and summoned him to return to court. Knowing that there was a change, Yu Jie became ill with anger. In July of the same year, he died suddenly in Shuzhong at the age of 56. There are rumors that he committed suicide by taking poison."

"After Yu Jie's death, Li Zong quit the court for him and gave him five special features. However, in June of the following year, after the imperial court removed his wings, Wu Sui, a servant of the imperial court, and others mobilized Chen Yujie's seven crimes of "accumulating wealth". Li Zong issued an order to seize Yu Jie's family property."

"Later, it was also said that he was in charge of Sichuan Wufang, laboring the army and the poor people, and ordered his family to transport money to 'reward the teachers and revitalize the people'. In October, after being falsely accused by the supervisory censor Chen Dafang, Lizong cut off Yu Jie's Zizheng Palace bachelor position, and persecuted his family and cronies."

"It's unreasonable for such a country not to perish!" Fang Wenyu was filled with righteous indignation.

"That's why Wang Fuzhi's "On the Song Dynasty" is well written." Zhou Zhi said: "Meng Zongzheng, Zhao Fang, Meng Gong, Yu Jie, Peng Daya and others started up, but the soldiers are still enough to be soldiers, and the generals are still enough to be generals. There is still a battle, there is still a defense, victory is not a matter of luck, defeat is enough for self-sufficiency. The left branch and the right reject between Huai, Xiang, Chu, and Shu, not only to cut the remaining gold in half, but also to counter Mongolia."

"...Using bribes to look at the commander-in-chief, using tenderness to control military power, treating husband and wife as enmity, and rewarding love and hatred as punishment; so Yu Jie died and Sichuan and Shu were in danger, Liu Zheng rebelled and Sichuan and Shu were doomed, Lv Wenhuan's help is gone, but Yangluo's crossing is irresistible." Zhou Zhi's eyes were also full of resentment: "When Yu Jie died at that time, it is recorded in history that 'the people of Shu are as sad as they are when they lose their parents'."

"Then the traitor you're talking about is the one who 'rebelled and the death of Sichuan and Shu is inevitable'?" Zhang Lu asked, "The one called Liu Zheng?"

"Yes." Zhou Zhi said, "Liu Zheng is a native of Guanzhong. He was very brave. He once attacked Xinyang in the Jin Dynasty with Meng Gong. He led 12 brave men at night to cross the moat and climb the city, and captured his defenders."

"Meng Gong was shocked when he heard about it. He thought Li Cunxiao, a famous general of the Five Dynasties, led eighteen riders to take Luoyang. Today, Liu Zheng leads fewer troops and takes Xinyang. Therefore, the army called him 'Sai Cunxiao'."

"When he served as the Deputy Envoy of Tongchuan Fulu and knew Luzhou well, as one of the four main generals under the Sichuan Zhizhi Division, he repeatedly made outstanding achievements in the battles against the Mongolian army in Suining and Fuzhou."

"It's a pity that Liu Zheng, who is a northerner, was promoted with his martial arts, and all the generals in the south are under him. This has become a kind of original sin."

"So Liu Zheng was suspected by his boss, Lu Wende. Whenever he made a plan, he was denied, and whenever he made a contribution, he was concealed. Yu Xing, who had conflicts with Liu Zheng, was appointed as the envoy of Sichuan to attack Liu Zheng."

"The two also planned to collude to falsely accuse and persecute Liu Zheng. When Liu Zheng heard the news, he was terrified and sent people to Lin'an to appeal to the court."

"As a result, when the subordinates arrived in Lin'an, they found out that the superior Jiang Wanzai, who had always valued Liu Zheng, had been forced to resign, and there was no way to complain. Moreover, the famous generals Xiang Shibi and Cao Shixiong were also forced to death by the traitor Jia Sidao, so 'Yi I can't protect myself' and surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty."

"The funniest thing is that Song Lizong was furious when he heard that Liu Zheng had surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, and ordered Yu Xing to crusade, but he was defeated by Liu Zheng."

"In the next two years, Song generals Gao Da and Wen Wen pushed Chengdu, and Liu Zheng was ordered to rush to help. Song soldiers heard that 'Sai Cunxiao' had arrived, and they didn't even dare to fight, so they fled overnight."

"Afterwards, the two were ready to attack Tongchuan, but they were defeated by Liu Zheng in Jinjiang."

"In the fourth year of Zhizheng, Liu Zheng, who had been promoted to the general of Zhaowu and the Xuanfu envoy of Nanjing Road, went to the pilgrimage to see Kublai Khan, and proposed the best military plan to destroy the Song Dynasty, that is, to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, he must first take Xiangyang .”

"Kublai Khan adopted Liu Zheng's plan and moved him to be the general and marshal of the town. He adjusted the direction of the war, abandoned the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack defense line in southern Sichuan, and turned to attack Xiangyang. The demise of the Southern Song Dynasty officially began at that time, officially entered the countdown."

"What will happen to this man?" Fang Wenyu asked.

"Afterwards, there will be a series of 'great achievements'." Zhou Zhi said with a sigh: "He was the deputy commander of the siege of Xiangyang. He led [-] troops, broke through the counties along the river, captured the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty, built [-] ships, and trained the navy. [-], beheaded many Dutongs of the Song army, and suggested to the commander that if you want to destroy Xiangyang, you must first defeat Fancheng."

"Afterwards, he took the lead and broke through the outer gate of Fancheng, beheaded 16 ranks, captured [-] generals, and captured Zhang Gui who had come out of the city to ask for help at the gate of the cabinet, and completely sealed off Xiangyang."

"In the first month of the tenth year of Zhengzheng, Fancheng was broken and slaughtered. Lu Wenhuan was isolated and helpless, and Xiancheng surrendered. The Battle of Xiangyang came to an end, and the Southern Song Dynasty was basically over."

"Liu Zhengsheng was promoted to the General of the Hussars, Zuo Cheng of Xingzhong Shu, and then defeated the Song Dynasty general Xia Gui who led the navy to Daren Island."

"In the first month of the 12th year of Zhengzheng, Liu Zheng was ordered to lead an army to attack Huainan, and cover the attack of the main force in the middle from the east wing. Liu Zheng wanted to take advantage of the victory to cross the river and compete with the main force in the middle, but he was blocked by the chief commander Boyan and failed."

"Later, Liu Zheng heard the good news of Boyan crossing the river and entering EZ. He couldn't help saying sadly: "The chief commander stopped me, and he made me a successor. A good person doesn't have to be good. Sure enough." That night, he died of anger and depression in the city of AH Wuwei , years 63."

"Yuan Ting gifted General Longhuwei and Zhongshu Youcheng with the posthumous title 'Wu Min'."

"A titan who was supposed to defend the Song Dynasty and was undefeated in his life, known as Sai Cunxiao and Iron Monkey, was forced to become the top strategist and military strategist of the Yuan Dynasty, the biggest planner and the greatest planner to destroy the Song Dynasty. The executor, the loyal minister who dedicated himself to death at work!"

"Instead of you, would you be against it?" After listening to the story, everyone was silent. After a while, Wei Fei let out a foul breath and asked this question with some uncertainty.

"'The time is poor and the festival is now', the way is not good, even the master can only say that he will float in the sea." Zhou Zhi shook his head: "Until that time, it is just unproven lies to say that you can say you can't. We can only thank this era, so that we don't have to suffer such mental and physical torture, the test of conscience and integrity."

(End of this chapter)