Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 336 0331 [Returning the Carbine]

Although Shaanxi is divided into Qinfeng Road and Yongxing Jun Road, it is managed by the same transfer envoy, namely: Shaanxi Transfer Envoy.

When Zhu Ming besieged Xingyuanfu City, the rescue messenger had already arrived in Shaanxi.

Guess who the Shaanxi transshipment envoy is?
It was Li Bozong, the Minister of Dali Temple who chose to resign after reading Ju Ming's "Song of Righteousness"!

When the old man resigned and returned to his hometown, too many people came to intercede.

In order to win over the centrists, Wang Fu also asked the centrists to recommend talents, but a bunch of people recommended Li Bozong.

Song Huizong discussed with Wang Fu and decided to use Li Bozong as the transfer envoy of Shaanxi Capital.

This is a chore!
After Tong Guan's conquest of Xixia, the Great Song Dynasty took over some territories.The farthest city is in Menyuan, Qinghai. There are very few Han people along the way, and heavy troops have to be stationed to guard against Xixia. The food is all transferred from Shaanxi.

Continued blood transfusions to Gansu and Qinghai, Shaanxi has been exhausted financially.

What the transshipment envoy thinks about every day is how to make money and food.

Li Bozong also organized reclamation, but regardless of military or civilian settlements, most of them fled within a few months.

As long as they go to Gansu and Qinghai to serve as soldiers, each soldier can be allocated 200 mu of land, and the government also pays for travel expenses to send their family members there.But it’s useless, I should run or run, I would rather stay in Shaanxi as a beggar than become a big landlord in Qinghai, Gansu.

Because they couldn't recruit tenants, they couldn't plant themselves, and civil and military officials still exploited them to death!

It can be understood as, sticking money to guard the border.

"Jinglue, there is an urgent report from Hanzhong!" An official hurried in.

Li Bozong was not only the Transit Envoy of Shaanxi Capital, but also the title of Shaanxi Economic Strategy Envoy. He asked, "What's the matter?"

The subordinate officials held the urgent mail in both hands: "Eight hundred li urgently, the subordinates have no right to open and read."

The letter was sent from Baoxie Road, no matter how urgent it was, there was no rush. If you sailed from Hanzhong to deep valleys and dangerous valleys, you had to disembark and climb over mountains and mountains honestly.

Sealed letters in the Qin and Han Dynasties used sealing mud, soap sacs, etc.

In the Song Dynasty, it was much simpler. The seal was pasted up and stamped, and the seam seal had to be torn off for reading.

Li Bozong unsealed the seal, only glanced at it, and his breathing became short of breath.

Afraid that he might have read it wrong, he read it carefully, and read it twice. Li Bozong yelled at the case: "You rat! In vain I put up a seal and resign for you. Who did you write "Song of Righteous Qi" for?"

The official asked: "Jinglue, what is the urgent matter in Hanzhong?"

After scolding, Li Bozong lay on the chair and said weakly: "Zhu Guoxiang, Zhu Ming and his son rebelled and occupied the three counties of Yangzhou."

The subordinate officer was dumbfounded, and for a moment didn't know what to say.

Shaanxi could no longer mobilize troops, some were sent to Hebei to fight against Liao, and some were guarding the frontiers to guard against Xixia.

Even if there are soldiers, they can't move, because of the lack of money and food, it is very difficult to supply the frontier troops every year.

After sitting for a long time, Li Bozong straightened his back and pulled himself together to write a memorial to the court, requesting that the Western Army in Hebei be transferred back as soon as possible.

After thinking about it carefully, Li Bozong ordered: "Inform Qinfeng Road, Yongxing Army Road, prefectures and counties, whether they are patrol soldiers, Xiangjun, archers, archers, soldiers who are worthy of a battle, all should be transferred to the nearest main road in the north of Hanzhong. Be sure to block Baoxie Road, Chencang Road, Tangluo Road, and Ziwu Road!"

Hanzhong wrote a letter asking for help, how could Li Bozong have the ability to rescue him?

What he's thinking about now is how to defend. Shaanxi's two routes are empty of troops. If Zhu's father and son lead troops to kill them, the whole of Shaanxi will fall!

The more Li Bozong thought about it, the angrier he became. The timing of the rebellion was chosen too well, the Zhu family and his son must have been planning it for a long time!

Xu Fuyan not only wrote a letter to Shaanxi, but also sent a letter to Tokyo, and the courier has already passed Chang'an.Another letter was sent to Chengdu, and the courier has now arrived in Hanzhou (Guanghan).

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Guanghan.

A fast horse galloped south frantically, and when it reached the Qingbaijiang Ferry, the messenger shouted: "Ferry, hurry up for [-] miles!"

The shop soldiers stood up in panic, and the whole shop jumped like crazy.

The person in charge of delivering letters in the delivery shop also belongs to the Xiang army sequence, and they must be replaced along the way when encountering urgent official documents.

"Would you like to change?" a shop soldier asked.

The messenger said: "I came from Guanghan, and I will exchange it at Jintang."

After speaking, he handed over the horse to Pu Bing, and quickly jumped onto the boat by himself.

Cross the river in a boat, ride a horse again, and gallop all the way towards Jintang.

After arriving in Jintang County, the courier was out of breath, handed over the urgent letter to Pubing and lay down.

Changed a messenger and rushed to Chengdu.

"Eight hundred miles, hurry up, eight hundred miles, hurry up, get out of the way!"

On the street, the horses were walking, and the passers-by dodged one after another.

The transfer envoy of Fuludu in Chengdu and the dispatch envoy of Sichuan Zhizhi was a Fujianese named Huang Gai.

He opened the urgent document and looked at it, only to feel that his eyes were darkened, and he kept muttering: "It's a disaster, it's a disaster!"

Fang La has done too much in the southeast, and the officials of the Song Dynasty are now nervous, and panic when they see someone rebelling.

Here in Sichuan, there are people who "rebel" every year, but they are barbarians who were deliberately forced to rebel.

Zhu's father and son are different, they are both officials, they are not comparable to ordinary rebels!
Huang Gu can imagine that if Hanzhong is occupied by the rebels, the next target must be Shuzhong.

Because the Shu and Han are one, the past dynasties have proved this point.

"Get Gao Jingshan quickly!" Huang Gai yelled in a panic, losing his demeanor.

Gao Jingshan has been in charge of Lizhou road transportation for several years, promoted corn and sweet potatoes with Lu Tixue, and also quelled the rebellion of Huangjinxia township soldiers for Huang Qianshan.He knew Zhu Guoxiang and they got along very well.

Today, Gao Jingshan serves as the deputy envoy of Chengdu Fulu Transit.

I heard that there was an urgent official document delivered eight hundred miles away, and the boss was still looking for him impatiently. Gao Jingshan rode all the way to meet him: "Huang Zhishi, what's the urgent matter?"

Huang Gai said: "The Zhu family's father and son have turned against each other and have captured the three counties of Yangzhou."

"What?" Gao Jingshan couldn't believe his ears.

"The Zhu family's father and son rebelled!" Huang Gai took a picture of the urgent document.

After Gao Jingshan finished reading it, he still couldn't believe it: "Why is it so good that it's so good?"

Huang Gai said: "You have been an official in Hanzhong for a long time, and you have met Zhu's father and son. Come up with a charter."

Gao Jingshan quickly disregarded the relationship, and said displeasedly: "What rules can I have? Could it be that the envoy suspects that I have something to do with the rebels? Even if you want to suppress the bandits, the envoy should make a decision!"

Huang Gai quickly explained: "I don't mean that. Deputy Envoy Gao is familiar with the situation in Hanzhong. Please help me make up my mind. My mind is very confused now."

Gao Jingshan then said: "There are not many soldiers on Lizhou Road. From what I know about Zhu Guoxiang, he is not a person who likes to take risks. Now that he has raised troops, he must be well-prepared, and Hanzhong must be almost gone. For the current plan, immediately gather troops to go north, enrich the troops in Xiongguan, and prevent Zhu's father and son from coming to Shuzhong."

"Yes, yes, guard the Xiongguan everywhere!" Huang Gai finally regained his sanity.

A few years ago, 1 Lunan barbarians rebelled, and there were only more than [-] soldiers in Sichuan. They were defeated by the barbarians, and [-] elite Western troops were transferred from Shaanxi to settle the situation.

The reason is that the Northern Song Dynasty was too defensive against Sichuan.

Although the battle of Shu after the Song Dynasty was destroyed was fought smoothly, it was difficult to govern after that.

Song soldiers burned, killed, looted, committed all kinds of crimes in Shu, and committed heinous crimes.Throughout the dynasties and dynasties, there was no founding army that was so brutal in the attached land.

That's all. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, they were extorting money in Shu and treating Sichuan people as second-class citizens.

In the decades since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the uprisings in Sichuan continued, and finally the huge Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun uprisings were brewing.

Zhang Tong's ancestor, Zhang Yong, governed Shu twice, used both suppression and appeasement, rectified the administration of officials, and improved people's livelihood. Only then did Sichuan truly settle down.

But since then, the Song court has been keeping a close eye on Sichuan.

The Xiang army in the north can take their weapons home.

Although the Xiang army in the southeast needs to return their armor to the warehouse after drills, they at least use real weapons for training.

Only the Xiang army in Sichuan (except for prefectures and counties adjacent to the barbarians) had to use wooden spears and knives even in daily drills.

It is very possible that you have been a soldier in Sichuan all your life, and you have never seen a real weapon until your death!
Civilian weapons are also extremely strictly controlled. A minister once suggested that people in central Sichuan should not use simple knives.If you want to ban this thing, you have to ban all hatchets and sickles. Fortunately, Emperor IQ Online did not agree.

Huang Gai quickly summoned the Xiang army, and asked the states and counties to recruit rural soldiers.

The main force of his subordinates are those Xiang soldiers trained with wooden knives and spears...

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Hanzhong.

Baocheng County was the first to be conquered. Tu Shen was still more than ten miles away from the city, and the county magistrate was the first to abandon the city and run away, taking his entourage and belongings along Baoxie Road.

The defenders arranged by Xu Fuyan saw that all the officials had fled, so they simply surrendered the city.

Xi County took a little effort, but the county magistrate was very stubborn and went to the city to participate in the defense.He also asked the wealthy households in the city to distribute money and food, and gave rewards to the soldiers and civilians defending the city, which immediately boosted morale.

Li Jinyi asked the soldiers to carry the boats and escort the archers to the city.

Using Shi Yuangong's strategy, he wrote dozens of letters of discord and persuasion, and shot them into the city from various angles. The letters deliberately mentioned the names of several wealthy businessmen.

So the atmosphere was a little tense, and the county magistrate took the initiative to call the rich businessmen to talk, saying that he would never be involved in a divorce, but secretly sent people to monitor the houses of those rich businessmen.

The rich merchants were roasted on the fire, and the county magistrate distributed money and food, and worried that bandits would break the city.

Immediately afterwards, Li Jinyi went to shoot arrows and throw books, and let the wealthy businessmen in the city raise fire as a sign.

The county magistrate of Xixian finally couldn't hold back anymore, and ordered several wealthy businessmen and their sons to be arrested and placed under house arrest in the county government.He also told the family members of the rich businessman that if they repel the bandits, they will be released immediately, and if there is any change, they will be killed.

Li Jinyi waited for a few days, but there was no movement in the city, so he ordered the withdrawal of troops.

With a retreat of thirty miles, they were almost withdrawn to Xingyuanfu City.

The county magistrate of Xixian County sent people to investigate and found that the bandits had really retreated, so they finally felt relieved.He told the soldiers to take turns defending the city without any slack, and he went back to the county government to rest.

It's not easy for the county magistrate, he has been tense all the time, even sleeps in the city, and now he can finally rest.

And those soldiers and civilians guarding the city, although they were ordered to take turns to guard, they all relaxed their vigilance and took the opportunity to be lazy. They were also very nervous these days.

Thirty miles away.

Li Jinyi asked miscellaneous soldiers to guard the luggage, and said to the only [-] elite soldiers: "Put down the rattan armor, wolves and shields, take the bamboo ladder, and fight back with me tonight!"

The luggage on the ship was removed, and two hundred elite soldiers rushed by boat overnight.

Back outside Xixian County at dawn, afraid of the noise caused by the sound of water splashing, I got off the boat two or three miles ahead of schedule and walked.

They carried bamboo ladders and climbed up the city wall. (Bamboo ladder: There is a big bamboo in the middle, and small bamboos in the horizontal direction, in the shape of "Feng". It is very light and suitable for use on relatively short city walls.)
"kill!"

Li Jinyi jumped onto the wall first, stabbed a sleeping defender to death with a gun.

The sound of shouting and killing sounded, and the rest of the defenders were awakened. The first reaction was not to fight, but to run away screaming in panic.

West County won.

(End of this chapter)