Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 458 0453 [The Emperor’s Assistance]

Jiangzhou (Jiujiang).

Quan Bangyan is fighting with Zhong Xiang and has been fighting for almost a month.

And it was Zhong Xiang who took the lead in attacking!
Quan Bangyan has been promoted from Jiangxi Economic Strategy and Comfort Envoy to Jiangnan Economic Strategy and Comfort Envoy, in charge of the troops in Jiangdong and Jiangxi.

"Mr. Quan, I can't stand it anymore, break out quickly!" the generals under his command shouted sadly.

Quan Bangyan, however, led his reserve team towards the captured city wall and roared at the retreating soldiers: "My wife, children and mothers have all been brought to Jiangzhou. I am not a foreigner afraid of death. You locals are still afraid of death." What are you afraid of? If the bell thieves attack Jiangzhou, you will all die without a burial place!"

"kill!"

A son of a wealthy family, inspired by Quan Bangyan, led his bankers forward.

Quan Bangyan also came out with a knife, and the soldiers behind him were infected by the officer, and everyone was willing to fight to the death.

A quarter of an hour later, the Chu army who attacked the city wall was finally killed by Quan Bangyan.

Today, the Chu army's fourth wave of offensive was finally blocked.

Quan Bangyan sat paralyzed in the female wall, covered in blood and panting.

Suddenly a soldier shouted: "Look!"

Quan Bangyan stood up quickly and saw hundreds of ships approaching from a distance on the river.

Could it be the bell thief's reinforcements?

Quan Bangyan was terrified, his face was ashen, he felt that Jiangzhou was about to lose its hold.

Something is wrong!
Quan Bangyan observed carefully and found that the newly arrived ships were all sailing along the north shore, deliberately avoiding the bell thief's warships.Then, without stopping at all, he swaggered downstream.

A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and Quan Bangyan suddenly understood: "These are the soldiers of the Zhu Thief who are going to attack Huaixi!"

The southern battlefield is equally complicated.

First, Zhu Ming informed Zhong Xiang that Jiangxi and Guangxi officers and soldiers were about to attack Jinghu Road.Zhong Xiang took the initiative to send troops in advance, ordered Jingnan's army to defend to the death, and led Jingbei's army to attack Jiujiang.

When the fighting broke out in Jiujiang, Ju Ming wrote to Xiang Zhong again, saying that he planned to attack Huaixi and needed to transport troops and food along the Yangtze River, and that they would restrain their navies from conflict.

Zhong Xiang already owed someone a favor for the tipping off.

Zhu Ming's attack on Huaixi can also contain the officers and soldiers there, so that Xiang Zhong doesn't have to worry about the north, so Xiang Zhong readily agreed.

Li Bao has sent thousands of troops to attack Huanggang, Qichun and other places.The current fleet was to transport soldiers and rations, sailing from the Yangtze River into Leichi to attack counties such as Susong and Wangjiang. The next step would be to attack Taihu (Taihu County, Anqing City) and Huaining.

On both sides of the Yangtze River, Zhong Xiang, Li Bao, and Quan Bangyan fought on their own without interfering with each other.

"Mr. Quan, the emperor's secret decree!"

A fast ship came from the south, but the river was blocked. Song Huizong's secret message was sent to Zhejiang, and then he went overland to Jiangxi and headed north.

When Quan Bangyan opened the secret letter and read it, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood on the spot.

Quan Bangyan is desperately resisting the bell thief, but Song Huizong actually asked him to transport money, food and tribute to Huainan.

What a hell!

……

However, it is said that Song Huizong fled with Tong Guan, Cai You, Li Yan, Zhu Meng, Liang Shicheng and others, first fleeing to Nanjing (Shangqiu) to wait and see the situation.

Hearing that Zhu Thieves and Jin soldiers were arriving one after another, Song Huizong felt that Shangqiu was also in danger, so he immediately slipped along the Bian River to Suzhou.

Then, in the name of the Supreme Emperor, he issued secret decrees to all states and counties, asking local officials to donate money, food and tributes.

At this time, of course Song Huizong was not trying to make money, but was conveying a message to the local officials: Although I abdicated to become the Supreme Emperor, I am still in charge of the Song Dynasty. Each of you must stand up immediately, as long as you pay tribute with money and food. Send it to your own people.

In addition, there were a large number of concubines, maids, eunuchs, guards, and Tong Guan's Shengjie army accompanying them. The expenses of these people were very high, and they really needed a place to supply money and food to support them.

"Asshole, all assholes!"

Song Huizong cursed loudly, and the whole person has fallen into madness.

From the transshipment envoys to the magistrates and county magistrates, more than [-]% of the local officials no longer take the Supreme Emperor seriously.One by one, they sent people to reply and said that they were currently recruiting troops to serve the king and there was no money, food or tribute to send to the emperor.

Even in the southeastern region controlled by Zhu Xi, many magistrates and county magistrates also jumped back.

They agree with the existence of the Supreme Emperor, but now they have to raise money to support the new emperor in defending the city!
That's why Song Huizong wrote a letter asking King Qin's army to stop advancing.The letter was originally written to Bai Shizhong. After the messenger arrived in Tokyo, he found that Bai Shizhong had resigned as prime minister, so he handed the letter to Tang Ke instead.

Huainan transshipment envoys Yu Hui and Yun Pan Xiang Ziyi were frightened and trembling.

Song Huizong asked: "One of you is a transport envoy and the other is a transport judge, but you can't even get money and food?"

Yu Wei winced and said, "Everyone who can mobilize transportation has been mobilized. There is really no reserve in Huainan. The deputy envoy Fang Mengqing does have food, but he must lead troops to guard against the Zhu bandits coming."

Song Huizong was even more angry: "You are the transfer envoy and economic strategy appeasement envoy, why did you let Fang Mengqing lead the army?"

"Chen... I'm not familiar with military affairs." Yu Yu replied cautiously.

Song Huizong said: "The main force of the Zhu bandits is in Kaifeng. Where can the bandits come from Huainan? Even if there are any, they are just partial troops. The local soldiers trained by Fang Mengqing will definitely not be able to stop the Zhu bandits' partial troops. Let him withdraw his troops and transport the grain back to my victory. Czech army to defend against the enemy."

Yu Yu is a timid official who will definitely abandon the city and flee when he encounters an enemy, but his IQ is still online: "The emperor, a few days ago, a message was sent that the Zhu thief's partial division has captured Huangzhou. Is it too... too childish to transfer it back?"

Song Huizong said: "It was because Huangzhou had fallen and Fang Mengqing could not hold the city that I asked him to withdraw his troops and bring back food. My Shengjie Army is now short of food and pay. If there is food, it will naturally be supplied to the elite first. In addition to the Shengjie Army, , the Huainan two routes and which strong forces can fight?"

As a result, Tong Guan led the Shengjie Army to resist Li Bao, but this was Song Huizong's only remaining force, and he did not dare to move too far away from him.Tong Guan and his troops had just walked a few dozen miles when Song Huizong's order came, telling Tong Guan that the furthest he could go was Haozhou (Fengyang).

Tong Guan has long been accustomed to Song Huizong's coquettish operations, and he himself is unwilling to work hard, so he honestly went to Haozhou to station.From here to Li Bao's army, there is a Shouzhou in the middle.

And Fang Mengqing, who was really fighting on the front line, was recalled by the company and the army for no reason.

On the way to retreat, he was hunted down by Li Bao's army.

Fang Mengqing's army, which he had trained for a year, was completely wiped out in a daze, and the grain and grass he had hoarded were also seized by Li Bao.

"Hyun-jun, dim-jun!"

Fang Mengqing escaped with only a few hundred remaining soldiers. Covered in blood, he looked at the sunset and cried and howled.

"Father, why don't you rebel!" Fang Chunxiao gritted his teeth and said, "What are you doing for such a foolish king? What are you doing for him? Xianggong Zhu and Marshal Zhu are famous all over the world. They are both benevolent and righteous people. If a new dynasty is established, they will be wise kings. My father and son The two of them were training troops in Huaixi, which made the people miserable, and the food and grass were plucked from the people's mouths. They finally succeeded in training, but they were ruined because of an order from the ignorant emperor!"

Fang Mengqing looked at the sun that was about to set and muttered: "I really want to crack open Mr. Hun's head to see if there is tofu dregs inside."

Fang Chunxiao said: "If you vote for the Zhu family, you will have this opportunity."

Fang Mengqing looked around at the hundreds of remnant soldiers, then looked forward and said, "Go back and look for the thief... The rebel general said that I will capture Lu'an and ask them to come quickly with their troops."

The prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, who led troops to fight against the Jin Dynasty and was dismissed by Qin Hui, was forced by Song Huizong to directly surrender to the traitors.

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"The officials, King Guangyang (Tong Guan) sent an urgent delivery, Fang Mengqing raised an army in Lu'an and rebelled!" Eunuch Li Yan rushed to the palace in panic.

Song Huizong was shocked, and then said viciously: "Sure enough, he has different ambitions. I have long known that he cannot be trusted."

Li Yan was so frightened that he was in a trance, and said anxiously: "If Fang Mengqing rebels, Huainan will only be able to defeat the Jie army. How can we stop it? The officials should make plans early!"

Zhu Meng took the opportunity to suggest: "The official family can tour the southeast. Hangzhou, a great city, can be used as a companion capital. I am willing to donate money to build a palace."

Zhu Meng and his son have huge control over Zhejiang and Zhejiang, but this control is gradually disappearing.If Song Huizong is brought to Hangzhou, he can regain power and become the uncrowned king of Jiangsu and Zhejiang again.

Cai You hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, if you go to the southeast, it may be difficult to return to Kaifeng."

"Where can we go back to Kaifeng?" Zhu Meng said, "The Zhu thieves and the Jin people are coming from the south and the north, and the officers and soldiers are absolutely unable to stop them. What's more, the officials everywhere do not care about the kindness of the officials, they only know that there are The new emperor, I don’t know that there is an emperor, it is extremely dangerous for the officials to return to Kaifeng!"

The last sentence spoke to Song Huizong's heart.

Song Huizong's original plan was to control the court and places after abdicating the throne. His son Zhao Huan was just his puppet. He believed that he had this influence.

Unexpectedly, officials from all over the country had long hated him. After hearing that he had abdicated the throne, they all immediately turned to the new emperor.

For Song Huizong, the situation was completely out of control.

The relationship between their father and son was so bad that even if Song Huizong returned to Tokyo, he would probably end up under house arrest.

"Go to Hangzhou!" Song Huizong finally made up his mind.

He even somewhat hoped that Tokyo would be captured and he could proclaim himself emperor again in Hangzhou.It doesn't matter if all the sons in Tokyo are gone. Anyway, he can continue to have children in Hangzhou with dozens of concubines.

Cai You looked to the north and sighed softly: "Alas!"

Song Huizong took a large number of followers and ran south again.

Worried about his own safety, he quickly called Shengjiejun back.When passing through Yangzhou, they searched hard and emptied the loose wealth of several wealthy Yangzhou businessmen.

Then he ordered Huainan transfer envoy Yu Fu to reorganize and train the army to resist Ju Ming's partial division.

Yu Wei and Xiang Ziyi looked at each other. They knew nothing about military affairs, and they had little time and no money or food. How could they summon an army to resist the rebels?
"Do you want to surrender?" Xiang Zichen didn't want to surrender, but he was afraid of Yu Yu's sudden attack, so he had to discuss it first.

Yu Wei was very frightened: "I heard that officials in Xiangyang who raided too hard were all killed by red thieves. You and I..."

Xiang Ziyi said, "Then run away."

Yu Hao was about to cry: "Brother Bo Gong's home is in Jiangxi, so you can naturally escape back. But my home is in the north, and you may encounter Jin people at any time when you go back!"

Xiang Ziyi was not only the fifth-generation grandson of Xiang Minzhong, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, but also a cousin of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. His grandfather's family moved to Zhangshu Town, Jiangxi Province to settle down.

What does this person say?

Also very complicated.

He does not refuse corruption and respects those who come, but he also knows that he should do the right thing.

At first, he actively helped transport Hua Shi Gang.Later, he thought it was too much and the people could no longer afford it, so he quietly reduced the supply of Huashigang, and was demoted one level of official rank because of it.

When he encountered Jin Bing, he ran away quickly at first.After encountering a national disaster, he was able to muster the courage to personally lead the troops to defend the city and fight in the streets.Zhang Bangchang proclaimed himself emperor, and he also detained Zhang Bangchang's family members and spread the word to denounce him.Later, he insisted on resisting the Jin Dynasty and even got into a confrontation with Qin Hui, but was forced by Qin Hui to resign and retire.

A corrupt official with a certain bottom line, a descendant of China who knows his shame and then becomes brave.

Xiang Ziyi said: "Your Excellency has a lot of money in Huainan, and he also takes his wife and children with him. You can also run away to Jiangxi to buy a piece of land and live in seclusion."

"That's the only way." Yu Yu sighed.

Yu Yu knew that his official career had been ruined, Xiang Zichen was the cousin of the Supreme Emperor, and he could become an official again no matter how fast he escaped, but he didn't have that much energy.

At this point, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty fled south with his troops. The Huainan transportation envoy and transportation judge also ran away, and the Huainan transportation deputy envoy even raised troops to join the thieves.

Huainan Road is in a complete mess!
Ju Ming only asked Li Bao to occupy the entire west of Huaibei, and then to occupy the transportation thoroughfares in east Huaibei. Now Huaixi and Huaidong are open for them to occupy.

(End of this chapter)