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

Chapter 6

"Have you heard that the imperial court is going to send Prime Minister Chen to announce that he is going to Nao Shi Ziliu to seek help?"

"If Mr. Chen is willing to go, it must be safe, right?"

"That's right. It is said that Mr. Chen is just exploring the road. After confirming that there is no danger, he asked us to move there."

"It is said that the island is several hundred miles long and wide and can support a million people."

"It doesn't matter whether he is good or bad, if Mr. Chen is willing to go, it will be safe, and we can go too."

Within half a day, the news that Chen Yizhong was about to promulgate Liuqiu had spread throughout the city, and the soldiers and civilians were all talking about it.

The general view is that since Chen Yizhong is willing to go, it must be safe and everyone can go.

Who is Chen Yizhong?
At that time, the Yuan army was pressing down on the territory, and Chen Yizhong was asked by both inside and outside the court to supervise the battle on the front line. As a result, this guy simply abandoned his son and ran away. He was a serious person who was greedy for life and afraid of death. What danger could there be in the place where he went?
In fact, everyone who followed the imperial court to the south was fed up with the fearful days, and was eager to settle down. Naturally, they were full of expectations for the Liuqiu they heard about for the first time.

"Chen Xianggong." Zhao Shi took Chen Yizhong's hand and said sincerely: "In Liuqiu, there are survivors and natives from various dynasties, who may ask for advice, where to settle, how to deal with natural disasters, what kind of medicine to have... things No matter how big or small, we should check them one by one."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely find out the truth." Chen Yizhong almost slapped his chest.

To be honest, it is definitely reluctant to leave the center, but compared to safety, mere power is really not worth anything.

Zhao didn't want Chen Yizhong to keep yelling about running around, and he was happy to see him leave. It can be said that the two sides hit it off.

Therefore, Chen Yizhong served part-time as the Xuanfu envoy, and Su Liuyi served as the deputy envoy, accompanied by [-] soldiers for protection.

The group first went to Fuzhou to replenish supplies, and then headed east from Fukou Town. The round trip took about 20 days.

Of course, immigrants cannot wait in Wenzhou. Some of them will go to Fuzhou first and wait for Chen Yizhong to return before setting off.

Chen Yizhong and others said goodbye to Zhao Shi, went down to the dock and boarded the ship, and immediately set sail.

Watching Chen Yizhong and others disappear at the end of Oujiang River, Zhao Shi turned around and said: "We have traveled thousands of miles and the waves are rough. I just hope that Mr. Chen and his party will have smooth sailing."

"Your Majesty has a destiny, so this trip will go smoothly." Jiang Wanzai said.

"Mr. Chen is the first to seek help, and the Grand Master should try to restore Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Jiangxi." Zhao Shi suddenly said.

"This minister has his own affairs, so your Majesty does not need to worry." Jiang Wanzai replied.

Zhao Shi said: "My opinion, the grand master is also the envoy of Xuanfu in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Jiangxi, and he will raise troops to conquer in person, in order to consolidate the foundation as soon as possible."

"I shouldn't refuse, but I lead the troops and leave. What will happen to Your Majesty?" Jiang Wanzai asked.

"I also want the grand master to be around day and night, so that I can teach and give advice from time to time. However, there is no one in the court, but the only one who can fight is the grand master. What can I do?" Zhao Shi looked to the north and said with emotion: "Jingkang's shame, two During the Holy Beishou period, Emperor Gaozong had been in exile. To this day, the Empress Dowager Xie brought the former emperor to the Yuan Dynasty. In 320, not a single king of the Zhao family died in the country!
If I continue to flee south in order to survive, future generations will inevitably be judged as a coward of the Zhao family. Is this the emperor of the Zhao family?From now on, the emperor will guard the country's gates, and the king will die in the country, that's all. "

After saying that, Zhao looked up at the sky, waiting for everyone to praise him.

It's hard to say something so awesome without a few words of praise, right?

"Your Majesty is responsible for the country, how can he talk about life and death so lightly?" Yang Liangjie said.

"Is it not destiny? You must obey its destiny. That is why those who know destiny do not stand under the rock wall. Those who die while doing their best are righteous destiny; those who die in chains are not righteous destiny. Your Majesty died in order to restore the country. I agree with you. Everyone deserves to die," Lu Xiufu said.

"Ants are greedy for life, not to mention humans. Unless we are in desperate situation, we will not die. You and I, the monarch and our ministers, will encourage each other." Zhao Shi clasped his hands behind his back and endured his disappointment and continued: "The Grand Master went south, and King Jianing was the supervisor of the country. He went to Fuzhou with the Queen Mother. , just in case something unexpected happens.

As for me, the city of Wenzhou is adjacent to the Oujiang River. As long as the navy is not lost, there is no need to worry about the retreat. Moreover, there are Chuzhou and Taizhou barriers. Wenzhou is located in the rear, so why worry? "

As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent.

After a while, Jiang Wanzai said: "I dare not deceive Your Majesty. The troops from Chuzhou and Taizhou are escorting them south. There are no troops in the two places. If the Yuan army arrives, I am afraid they will have to surrender."

Damn it... Zhao Shi stayed for a moment and asked, "Is it possible to recover?"

Jiang Wanzai closed his eyes and said, "I am powerless."

I was so heartbroken that I couldn't breathe. I thought I still had a lot of wealth, but half of it was cut off before I could warm it up.

Taking a deep breath to calm down, Zhao Shi said: "In this case, Wenzhou cannot be lost, and Fujian must be captured as soon as possible, and then Guangdong, Guangxi and Jiangxi will be plotted. The Grand Master will take charge of this matter."

"I obey the imperial edict." Jiang Wanzai responded.

"Ms. Chen went to Liuqiu, and Lieutenant Jiang went to Fujian. How are the central government affairs going?" Liu Fu asked.

Zhao Shi laughed dumbly and said: "One or two things in the center are not as many as one county. With Liu Xianggong and Chen Zhongcheng here, how can we miss anything?
It will take some time for the Grand Master to go south. The most urgent task is how to arrange Li Tingzhi and his subordinates. "

Before Jiang Wanzai left, he needed detailed information about Fujian, arrangements for military generals stationed in Wenzhou, and the production of gunpowder belts. He would not be able to leave for at least three to five days.

The question now is, what should Li Tingzhi do?
Standing alone in the north of the Yangtze River, there are enemies everywhere, no food and grass inside, and no reinforcements outside. This is a desperate situation.

"Li Tingzhi and Jiang Cai are both important cities in the country and cannot be abandoned!" Zhang Shijie said: "We should send envoys to make them break out of the encirclement and go south. I will lead the troops to support them."

"No." Lu Xiufu retorted: "The army of thieves is distributed in the south of the Yangtze River, and the river armies are densely populated. Li Xianggong and others are alone. They can barely survive if they stick to the city, but they will be defeated if they leave the city."

"To defend the city is to wait for death. If we can break through, why not give it a try?" Zhang Shijie argued.

"When Yangzhou is here, the thieves are mentally ill and dare not go south with all their strength. If Yangzhou is defeated, the thieves have no worries and should attack with all their strength.

If there is no perfect solution, Li Xianggong should be ordered to stand firm to relieve the pressure on the court and buy time. "

Lu Xiufu said: "I am deeply favored by the shogunate of Xiangfu, but if possible, I don't want to sit back and watch him die. However, the only thing I can do to be loyal to the emperor is death, so why be afraid of it?" ?”

"Does the Grand Master have any good ideas?" Zhao Shi asked.

"The situation is embarrassing and there is nothing we can do." Jiang Wanzai lamented.

"Don't give up lightly." Zhao Shi said: "Xianggong Li has not failed the court, and the court cannot fail him, so as not to make the world feel cold. Moreover, he and his soldiers are all urgently needed by the court, so we must try to rescue him." "If rescued, we can only do so. Using the navy to open up the river to respond is difficult, and the outcome is unpredictable," Jiang Wanzai said.

Zhao Shi hesitated for a moment and said: "Rescue! Select ships and generals, prepare more gunpowder and arrows, defeat the bandit river army, and bring back Prime Minister Li's troops!"

"I will do my best." Jiang Wanzai responded.

The general idea was settled, and Jiang Wanzai immediately arranged for messengers to inform everywhere. Even the isolated city of Diaoyu City sent detailed instructions.

It cannot provide material and personnel support, but the news that the new emperor has succeeded to the throne and will persist in the resistance will definitely give great encouragement to everyone in Diaoyu City, and spiritual encouragement is the key to Diaoyu City's persistence for 36 years.

Then there is the reorganization of the army.

There were more than [-] soldiers and civilians accompanying them, but only [-] soldiers could fight. The rest were mostly family members of the accompanying soldiers, who were unwilling to lower their rank and didn't know where they were going.

"There are so many old, weak, women and children just wasting money and food." Zhang Shijie complained.

"Relocating to Liuqiu Island is a surefire way to save front-line military supplies and keep soldiers safe," Lu Xiufu said.

"His Majesty is determined by destiny, so he has a plan, and ZTE has hope." Chen Wenlong said.

If you know how to say this, you might as well say a few more words!Zhao smiled and said nothing.

Let's talk and laugh, and the military cannot be delayed.

Jiang Wanzai divided the more than 3000 troops into three parts. Liu Shiyong joined Luzhou Jiedu Envoy, served as the Marquis of Yu and the Defense Envoy of Wenzhou, and commanded [-] people to defend Wenzhou City.

Jiang Wanzai's son Jiang Zheng joined Fuzhou Jiedushi and served as the commander-in-chief of the Oujiang naval capital and the deputy defense envoy of Wenzhou. He commanded two thousand naval forces and more than [-] large and small ships. He was stationed in Qingtian County of the former province and was responsible for the defense of Oujiang.

His nephew Jiang Chuan was the military envoy of Nankang and the envoy of Xuanfu in Guangdong. He also knew the affairs of Guangzhou and led [-] troops to Guangzhou in an attempt to recover Guangdong.

Yang Liang received one thousand at a time and was responsible for guarding Zhao Shi'an, while Jiang Wanzai took the rest and prepared to conquer all parts of Fujian.

In fact, there should be a navy chief. Jiang Wanzai suggested that Zhang Shijie come, but Zhao rejected it.

There is no need to doubt Zhang Shijie's loyalty, ability... As long as the water battle is excellent, the battle on Yashan will not be like that.

In fact, none of the civil and military personnel in the imperial court were particularly proficient in naval warfare. If there was really no choice, Zhang Shijie could only be used as the general.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Yang Liangjie invited Zhao Shi back to Jiangxin Temple.

Considering that the gunpowder factory was located in Jiangxin Temple, Zhao Shi said goodbye to Jiang Wanzai and others and walked out of the city.

While walking, suddenly a child rushed over and shouted: "The official, the official..."

"There is no need to be nervous." Zhao Shi stopped the guard who was holding a knife in his hand and said: "How can anyone who assassinated the king's driver as a child come to speak recently?"

Yang Liangjie arranged for someone to bring the child closer, but he did not forget to arrange for swordsmen to guard him.

"The official family." The child came closer, knelt down and kowtowed a few times, and then asked: "The official family wants to go south?"

Zhao Shi replied: "I returned to Jiangxin Temple to arrange military affairs, not to escape."

"But people in the city say that the official will definitely run away." The child said.

"This is just a rumor. It will be disproven tomorrow morning." Zhao Shi said, "Don't worry, if I abandon the army and the people, the army and the people can abandon me."

"Do officials dare to swear..."

"Bold!" Yang Liangjie yelled angrily: "You must be so arrogant before driving, you must have ulterior motives. Take it down with me, right and left!"

"It doesn't matter." Zhao Shi raised his hand to stop the imperial guard and said: "If the oath is credible, why would Kublai Khan destroy our country Zuo? Let's see what I do."

After saying that, he motioned to continue moving forward.

Yang Liangjie said: "Your Majesty, there must be something wrong with this matter, and it should be taken down for detailed examination."

"That's all, people are panicking now, so it's not appropriate to increase the turmoil," Zhao Shi said.

Naturally, it is impossible for a six or seven-year-old child to come to ask questions on his own. He must have been instructed by someone else, maybe the accompanying soldiers and civilians, maybe local officials and gentry, or even a Mongolian craftsman, so what does it matter?

Anyway, Zhao had already made up his mind to stay in Wenzhou. Even if Kublai Khan came to ask in person, the answer would be the same, and he was not afraid of anyone making a fuss about it.

Back at Jiangxin Temple, Yang had prepared meals. Zhao was eating while thinking about how to persuade Yang to go south.

It is not easy to leave this matter to the ministers, we can only do it ourselves.

Mother and son were in a heart-to-heart, and seeing whether Zhao was in a state of mind or not, Yang asked, "Brother, if you have something to say, just say it."

Zhao Shi was heartbroken and said: "My son, please ask your empress to take Sanlang to Fuzhou to supervise the country. If nothing can be done, retreat to Liu to preserve the Zhao family's incense."

Yang took the fish belly with her chopsticks to Zhao Shi and said, "All you gentlemen can do is protect Sanlang. As long as I protect you as a mother, why should I be afraid of death?"

Zhao Shidao said: "If mother doesn't listen to politics, what if there is a sycophant who takes Sanlang to the throne?"

Yang laughed and scolded: "Idiot, how can a woman in the palace stop such things?"

Zhao Shi scratched his head and stopped talking.

Since ancient times, it was not uncommon for sons to abandon their mothers. It was indeed rare for a mother to abandon her son. Zhao Shi didn't know how to persuade Yang to go to Fuzhou first.

And Zhao Bing looked at the eldest brother and then the eldest lady in a confused manner, and suddenly said: "I also want to guard the eldest brother."

"Okay, stay with me and watch him create a peaceful world for you!" Zhao Shi laughed.

(End of this chapter)