At the end of Song Dynasty: I want to be the master of ZTE

Chapter 51

On May [-]th, the Dragon Boat Festival, dozens of dragon boats are ready to go on the Oujiang River.

With the sound of a drum, the boats shot out like arrows, and the people on both sides of the strait burst into cheers.

On the high platform, Li Tingzhi said with emotion: "At a time when the world is in chaos, the people of Wenzhou are so happy, and it is all thanks to His Majesty."

Zhao Shi replied: "It's all the merits of everyone, I just sit back and enjoy the achievements."

"Your Majesty, why should you be so modest?" Chen Yizhong agreed.

Zhang Shuangguo said: "Today the soldiers and civilians are gathered together, why don't your Majesty write a poem to remember it?"

Zhao Shi waved his hand and said: "This is not my strength, so don't force it. If you are interested in it, you can write poems."

Li Tingzhi said: "Your Majesty is too modest. The words 'No one has ever died since ancient times, and his loyalty will be remembered by history' is better than countless literati and poets. How can you not be good at it?"

Anyway, Prime Minister Wen went to Jiangxi. Zhao Shiye didn't feel embarrassed and just smiled without saying a word.

Soon, the topic turned to the current situation.

Zhao Shi said: "The two broad bureaus require you. Now Tongzhou can choose one or two good generals to hold on. There is no need for you to return to Tongzhou."

Li Tingzhi said: "Your Majesty has great love for me, and I deeply appreciate it. However, the soldiers and people of the four states regard me as their parents, and have followed each other all the way. How can I abandon you?"

In order to fear that the soldiers and civilians in the four prefectures would be distracted, Li Tingzhi took Zhang Shijie into custody before going south to report on his duties. In two days, he would go back to preside over the migration of the people.

The reason why this happened is a long story.

In the first year of Kaiqing (1259), Li Fen, the general manager of Shandong Huainan Province in Yuanting, planned to establish himself on his own and invaded the Song Dynasty in order to expand his territory. At that time, the Huainan envoy Zhao Yumin and the counselor Li Yinggeng were not courageous and resourceful, so they lost their troops and lost their territory.

At that time, Li Tingzhi's mother Ding was worried about the court deliberation to choose someone to guard the Lianghuai River. Lizong said, "There is no one like Li Tingzhi", so he seized the opportunity to be in charge of the Lianghuai system and appointed a procurator.

Li Tingzhi arrived to prepare for war, defeated Fen's troops, killed Fen's general Li, and returned to Yinan City. The following year, he defeated Li Fen again in Qiao Village, and defeated Donghai, Shipu and other cities.

In the third year of Jingding (1262 AD), Li Fen was defeated. Li Tingzhi moved the people from the three cities to Tongzhou and Taizhou and resettled them properly.

Not only the people of Yangzhou regard him as their parents, but also the people of Tongtai.

So before Li Tingzhi goes south, he must take Zhang Shijie there, otherwise people will be distracted and everything will stop.

Seeing that Zhao was unhappy, Chen Yizhong said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. I have already raised more than [-] ships. It will not take half a year to move all the [-] people in Tongzhou. At that time, Prime Minister Li can go south."

At the same time that the dragon boat race on the Oujiang River began, Jiang Wanzai had already built a pontoon bridge and was preparing to cross the Yihuang River to attack Yihuang County.

At the same time, Yihuang Guanjun Qianhu and Daruhua Chilu led [-] troops from their headquarters and [-] local soldiers to form an array, waiting to attack halfway across the river.

Jiang Wanzai did not hesitate and ordered forward Jiang Xin to lead the army across the river.

When the Song army stepped onto the river bank, Lu Dai gave an order and the entire army launched an attack.

As soon as the Yuan army moved, they heard countless shouts from behind, and a group of men and horses came out to kill them.

Being attacked from the front and back, the Yuan army was frightened and their positions were in chaos. Jiang Xin took advantage of the opportunity to cross the river and attacked from both sides. Within a quarter of an hour, the Yuan army was defeated.

At this time, the marshal of the ambush met Jiang Wanzai. After a brief greeting, he immediately led his troops to attack Yihuang County.

Lu Dai was defeated and fled, and all the officials in Yihuang County fled. Jiang Wanzai entered the city and immediately appointed him as the county magistrate to rectify the place.

When Wen Tianxiang was a native of Le'an in Honzhou, he was a Jinshi in the same year. He assisted Wen Tianxiang in organizing the rebel army. When Wen Tianxiang was the king, he organized logistics in Ganzhou. After Jiangxi was occupied by the Yuan army, he absconded and returned home.

When I heard that Master Wang had entered Jiangxi, I immediately organized a rebel army and indeed made meritorious service.

At the same time, Wen Tianxiang led his troops to arrive outside Shicheng County, Ganzhou. As they were arranging their troops, chaos broke out in the city, and soon the city gates were opened.

What's there to say? Come on.

The inside and outside cooperated, and the city was captured in an instant.

It turned out that Jiang Hong, a native of Shicheng, heard that Wen Tianxiang led troops into Ganzhou, so he organized hundreds of people to lurk in the city.When Wen Tianxiang saw Jiang Hong, he said happily: "The public's loyalty will be rewarded by the court."

"Is this a reward?" Jiang Hong said: "My husband has not abandoned the elders of Ganzhou, how can the elders of Ganzhou bear the burden? I am willing to be the pioneer of my husband, and I will not hesitate to do anything to my heart."

Wen Tianxiang said: "The villagers are not trained to know that the county is a peaceful place."

Jiang Hong said: "An Jing place is not my specialty, but I am willing to serve as your prime minister."

Wen Tianxiang said: "In that case, I will become a pro-army soldier of the Chinese Army. I will discuss my merits after Jiangxi is pacified."

Therefore, Wen Tianxiang took Zhao Shishang as the county magistrate and stayed in Shicheng, and led the army to attack Ningdu.

Wherever the soldiers arrived, heroes from all over the country came to surrender one after another. They all brought their own rations for their troops and horses, which made Wen Tianxiang feel as happy as a fish in water.

There is no way, in this three-thirds of an acre of land in Jiangxi, it has such influence.

At this time, in the Chongqing government office, Zhang Yu, the deputy envoy of Sichuan and the prefect of Chongqing, looked at the edict in his hand with doubts.

It was a crumpled piece of paper with illegible handwriting and no familiar seal. No one who saw it would believe that it was an edict from the emperor.

In the hall, Wang Chengdong, the emperor's envoy and the head of the imperial army, said: "There is no need to worry, Taiwei, this is indeed the emperor's edict.

In the first month of the first month, Lin'an closed the city and surrendered. The ministers supported the two kings and fled, first to Wuzhou and then to Wenzhou, where they now ascended the throne.

There were no tokens such as the jade seal that passed down the country, so the seal had to be remade, so the Taiwei did not recognize it.

At the beginning of March, His Majesty sent envoys to set out. In order to prevent unexpected events, a group of envoys were sent out every five days. I left Wenzhou in mid-March. Because the Yuan captives blocked the way, it took more than two months.

In order to prevent searches, the edict could only be kept close to the body. In times of crisis, it even had to be hidden under the soles of shoes. Fortunately, with the emperor's blessing, it was delivered to the Taiwei. "

In fact, looking at Wang Chengdong's sallow, thin and ragged appearance, you can tell that he encountered a lot of hardships along the way. This is natural, because there are Yuan troops everywhere, especially Chongqing Prefecture, which was besieged. They had to avoid Yuan troops when they were not familiar with the road. It takes a lot of luck to get in by military patrol.

Zhang Yu read the edict again. Although the handwriting was blurred, the main idea could still be seen.

Zhang Yu himself was granted the title of Duke of Shu, Taiwei, Xuanfu envoy and strategic envoy along the Yangtze River, and he was appointed to make self-determination for offensive and defensive breakthroughs. His subordinates were appointed to be self-determined and their support was indefinite.

It's not that the imperial court doesn't want to appoint personnel below Zhang Yu, but since the fall of Ezhou, news from Sichuan and Shu has been basically cut off, and the central government doesn't know who else is under Zhang Yu's command or in other places.

In fact, Zhao Shi only knew that Diaoyu City was still there, and did not know that Zhang Yubing went out of Diaoyu City to regain Luzhou and Chongqing Prefecture.

As for support, I really don’t know when, so it’s all up to Zhang Yu to make his own decision.

Next to him, Zhang Wan read the edict and said, "Congratulations, Taiwei, the imperial court has not forgotten Sichuan and Shu."

Wang Chengdong said: "Before leaving, His Majesty ordered that if possible, the Taiwei can go down to Jiangxi along the river. I think the imperial army has arrived and can respond."

Zhang Yu said: "The imperial court has not forgotten Sichuan and Shu, and the officials have not forgotten Zhang Yu. Sichuan and Shu will definitely live up to the court, and Zhang Yu will not let down the officials."

As for breaking through, don't mention it.

Thousands of miles of rivers are under the control of Yuanlu, and there are even heavy troops stationed in Ezhou. Instead of breaking out to the east, it is better to go north to attack Guanzhong.

At this time, Zhang Yu's situation was far more difficult than that of Li Tingzhi, because Yangzhou could follow the river and enter the sea, but Chongqing was absolutely impossible.

Zhang Yu looked at Wang Chengdong and asked, "Angel has been working hard from afar, please rest."

Wang Chengdong said: "The officials are looking forward to news from Diaoyu City, just like looking forward to the rain after a long drought! Please reply to Taiwei Xiu and prepare some dry food packages. I will set off immediately after a night's rest."

"What's the urgency?" Zhang Yu sighed.

Wang Chengdong said: "The officials treat me very kindly, so why should I bear to worry about them? I can only die for one or the other, so why should I be afraid?"

Zhang Yu also wanted to get in touch with the central government, so he didn't try to persuade him. He just asked if he wanted to add more followers.

Wang Chengdong said: "The Yuanlu patrols are strict, and there are many people paying attention to it, which is not beautiful. I have already visited it once, so I think there is no harm in coming."

(End of this chapter)