Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 629 Swallowing the world with anger, fighting in all directions

When the news of Guo Yaoshi's office reached Lu Qian, it was already the end of April.

At this time, Lu Qian had already moved from Jiangling to Tanzhou, and the army had already reached Hengyang City. The city was besieged for half a month, but it was still not captured.Hengyang City is located on the west side of the Xiangshui River, on the south bank of the Zhengshui River, and is adjacent to the water on both sides.And the intersection of steamed water and Xiangshui is the famous Shigu Academy.

Founded in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, Shigu Academy is the birthplace of Huxiang culture and the first scenic spot in southern Jingnan. Even now, it is a great scenic spot that integrates lectures, stone exploration, self-cultivation and leisure.

But during the war, this is the must-take place for the Liangshan Army to capture Hengyang.To win here is at least a foothold in the northeast corner of Hengyang City.

Zhao Huan had left Hengyang a long time ago, and had already entered Fujian surrounded by Liu Zhongwu, Liu Yanqing, Xu Huiyan, etc. The one who stayed in Hengyang was Zhong Shizhong. His brother Zhong Shidao led more than ten thousand western troops to defend Guiyang and Chenzhou.

The latter is mostly mountainous, located in the Wuling area, and there are many Miao and Yao people in it. The situation is complicated, the terrain is difficult and dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.Among them, Guiyang Supervisor is an important silver-producing area in the Northern Song Dynasty in today's era. One Guiyang Supervisor is the only state-level mine supervisor in the Central Plains, and there are only four large-scale silver pits.At the same time, there is a Jiaoyuan silver market at the junction of Guiyang and Hengzhou.There are more than two hundred large and small copper pits.In the middle and late period of Li Tang Dynasty, Li Xun, the envoy of salt and iron, restored the Guiyang prison in Pingyang, and used two furnaces to mint 20 coins a day.At that time, Li Tang's coins were only 13 coins.Guiyang prison accounted for half of them.

What is more important is that outside the three counties under the jurisdiction of Guiyang, there are even more caves.

That is the Wuling area, which is the hub of the road between Jingnan and Guangdong and Guangxi.The land transportation extends in all directions, from Guiyang Jianzhi Pingyang to the east for 65 miles to Chenzhou, and then north to Hengtan via the highway to go directly to the capital. This is also the main road for Guiyang Jian to enter Beijing and transport goods.Therefore, Zhong Shi Dao Yin's army is mainly stationed here.

There are two main roads to Nantong Guangnan East Road via Guiyang. One passes through Jiannan Ninety Li Luoxing River and goes south to Shaozhou; Formed in the Qin and Han Dynasties, this road is one of the two main avenues from Jing South Road to Guangnan East Road, and is also the main channel for overseas trade of Guiyang Jian Baiyin.The 5000 taels of silver ingots originally produced in Guiyangjian carried on the sunken ship of Yintan salvaged in the waters of Indonesia by later generations flowed overseas through this road.

There is also a road leading to Guangnan West Road in the southwest of Guiyang via Lanshan, Quanzhou, and Yongzhou in the northwest.

The main road from Pingyang to Hengzhou in the north via Pingyang has been formed at the moment. In Qingli, northern Guangxi was entrenched by Huang Zhugui and other desperadoes. This road was interrupted for a while. Today, this road has failed to become the main channel for Guiyang prison to communicate with the northern region.If you want to enter Guiyang, the smoothest road is to go down from Hengzhou to Chenzhou, and then turn east.

Compared with the land transportation that extends in all directions, the waterway in Guiyang prison is relatively backward. Although there is Hengtang water (Zhongshui) in the prison, which can be used by boats and boats to flow north to meet the Xiangyuan water and reach Hengzhou, it is restricted by Chung Ling [-] Due to the blockage of the beach, the transportation capacity is very limited. Therefore, Zhu Tianxi said in "Guiyang Jun Chuangtong Huicang Province Zha": "Guiyang is a county, with many mountains and few fields, many hills and ridges, and it is impossible to pass by boats."

It is also because it is located in a mountainous area, so it has always been the gathered children of Man Yao.Man Yao continued to rebel.Especially in Taiping, Yizhang Erxiang and Guiyangjian Linwudong in Chenzhou, which are adjacent to the Ying, Shao and Lianzhou borders of Guangnan East Road, where the mountains are steep and the people are fierce. , has always been a hiding place for thieves, and if there is a small apology every year, the small ones will be a group, and the big ones will go out to loot.

Now that the Liangshan army has not taken Hengyang City, the big and small species have already taken the imperial decree issued by Zhao Huan, and the big and small officials have been awarded to the leaders of the Miao and Yao tribes without money.

There is only one purpose, to win them over as much as possible.Even at the expense of giving them semi-independent treatment in a sense.

At this time, it has been more than four months since Lu Qian sent his troops to the south. In this short half a year, the situation in the Central Plains has changed drastically. unexpected.

Now, both Zhong Xiang and Wang Qing's armies were driven by Lu Qian, and they had already invaded the southwest area of ​​Jinghu South Road. Lu Qian was stationed in Tanzhou, and his army went straight to Hengyang. It was clear that he wanted to seize this place, continue southward, and open the Lingnan Passage in one fell swoop. .

Stimulated by the Liangshan Army, combined with the split of the Western Army, and the southward movement of Dazhong and others, the pressure on the west side of the Manichaeism suddenly eased.Therefore, Fang La also quickly turned his spearhead, and the soldiers pointed directly at Taizhou.Li Gong's pressure increased greatly.

At the same time, Chao Gai also took Zhu Dian and Li Ying as the vanguard, divided his troops into two groups, and entered Jiangnan West Road.At this time, most of the area has been completely occupied by the Liangshan Army.

Lu Qian's army won one after another, like a broken bamboo, sweeping across Jinghu Lake and across the south of the Yangtze River, shocking the world.

The Manichaeism sent envoys to visit Lu Qian one after another. One of the purposes was to find out King Lu's true attitude towards them.

It can be said that Liang Shanjun's current state of affairs has made all forces except him terrified.

Nalu Zhishen also took Suo Chao and Zhai Xing as generals to supervise the battle against Baoji.Xu Ning took the opportunity to lead his troops across the Han River and advance towards Hanzhong.This series of changes made the great artists who had just settled in Chengdu act like cats and dogs whose tails were stepped on. They frantically mobilized troops and material resources in central Sichuan to send reinforcements to Guanzhong.At the same time, he also sent envoys to Dali to borrow troops from Dali.

This is a groundbreaking thing for Dali.The Huanghuang Song Dynasty, the lord of the Central Plains, actually borrowed troops from Dali, a remote and small country, which really excited many people in Dali.

It's just that there are people in Dali who are clear-headed after all. For example, the king of Dali at this time, Duan Zhengyan, is also the prototype of Duan Yu who is very familiar to later generations. His real name is Duan Heyu.

This was a wiser monarch with a clear mind. In the second year of Daguan (1108), his father Duan Zhengchun became a monk and abdicated the throne to him.This person knew very well that establishing friendly relations with the Song Dynasty was the "foundation of the country" for the Duan family.After all, the Gao family had just usurped the country not long ago. Even when Gao Shengtai was seriously ill, due to the opposition of various Yunnan tribes, Gao Shengtai asked his son Gao Taiming to return the power to the Duan family, so Gao Taiming supported Duan, the brother of the deposed emperor Duan Zhengming. Zhengchun became the emperor of Dali, but the control of the Dali state was still in the hands of the Gao family, and he was known as the Lord of the Gao Kingdom in the world.

Duan Zhengyan is very smart, he works hard at home and loves the people, he governs the country benevolently, and has repeatedly asked for the reduction of corvee and tax in order to win his reputation.He made the people in Dali support him very much; outside, he paid tribute to the Song Dynasty many times, presented gifts and music, and won the favor of great artists.In order to commend Duan Zhengyan's obedience, Zhao Ji canonized him as doctor Jinzi Guanglu, inspector Sikong, Shangzhu Kingdom, Yunnan Jiedu envoy, and Dali king.

Therefore, Duan Zhengyan and the great artist have always had old friends.

But at this time, Duan Zhengyan and Gao Taiyun, who actually controlled Gao Taiyun [Gao Taiming has passed away from illness], were clearly aware of Dali's weakness and were unable to support them to join the Dragon Fighting in the Central Plains.

During that period when Zhengyan ascended the throne, all parties paid tribute, including gold, silver, Luoqi, treasures, rhinoceros and elephants, and cattle and horses were all over the place.However, the good times didn't last long. In the first year of Zhenghe, the Dali earthquake "damaged sixteen temples" and destroyed countless houses.Later, after the 37 rebellions in the East, Gao Taiming, the prime minister of the time, put down with troops.After Gao Taiming's death, Gao Zhichang, one of his eight sons, died in exile for crimes.The two subordinates, Gao Yi and Gao He, conspired against each other and took advantage of Duan Zhengyan's visit to the temple to offer incense.Although Duan Zhengyan admired the righteousness of the two, he pardoned them and established a righteous man's tomb.It seems that this period of conflict between Gao has been calmed down, but in fact it has intensified the tension between Duan and Gao.

Up to this year, the Muning, Yuan, Yi, Po, and Ma tribes rebelled.In March, the Dali army went out to attack and was defeated.The last 37 Man rebelled again.Dali is still in dire straits, how can it lend troops to Zhao Song?
Coupled with the secret activities between Liao and Jin, they were all stimulated by this anyway, and they each accelerated their pace.

There are also many interactions between Liao and Xia.

Everyone understands that once Lu Qian unifies the Central Plains, he will march to the north. The remaining [-] prefectures of the [-] Youyun prefectures in the Liao Kingdom must attract the attention of the Liangshan army; let alone Xixia.And the Kingdom of Jin not only wanted to inherit Khitan's territory and influence on the grasslands, but also was reluctant to part with the bustling Nanjing Road and Xijing Road.

Khitan occupied the sixteen prefectures of Youyun, possessing an absolute geographical advantage in marching into the Central Plains, which made Zhao Song unable to hold his head up. At this moment, the Jurchens definitely did not have the ambition to go south to the Central Plains and drink horses in the Yangtze River, but they must It is hoped that it will also have the deterrent power against the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains when Khitan was in its heyday.

I don't know how many people in Liao Jinxia are praying that Lu Qian can "love each other" with Zhao Song for decades, so that they can get their wish.

Fang La, Zhong Xiang, Wang Qing, and even Tian Hu must be secretly cursing Lu Qian, hoping that he will die young, just like Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty.From the succession to the death of illness, it was only five or six years, just like Lu Qian is now.God took Chai Rong's life away, leaving orphans and widows, and Zhao Kuangyin took the opportunity to steal power and seize the throne.

It's a pity that Lu Qian's body has always been healthy, and he hasn't even had a single illness in these years.

Thirty six, can also say a heroic glow, civil servants and military generals like rain and clouds, plump wings, deep roots.Apart from the fact that the successor is still young, the Lu Dynasty has no flaws.

At this time, in Tanzhou city.

Lu Qian did not live in the state government office, but settled in a wealthy family.There is a half-acre pool in the backyard, facing the water pavilion, the water in the pool fluctuates when the breeze blows, and the reflections of the corridors and pavilions fluctuate with the waves on the lake.In the pool, the lotus leaves are tumbling with the waves, forming a sound with the sound of the water, which brings a sense of coolness.

At the end of April, it was already hot.The land of Jingnan is cloudy and rainy, but the weather is not cool at all, more humid and hot.

If it weren't for the Liangshan Army's strong logistics and stricter requirements, the soldiers were not allowed to drink raw water, concentrate their defecation, and pay attention to cleanliness.

Even so, from Hengyang to Tanzhou to Yuezhou, there are soldiers who are sick, and most of them are fever, diarrhea, vomiting and other lesions. Once found, they will immediately enter the medical camp and isolate them from the army.

"Report to Your Majesty, General Song Wan has escorted the medicine to the outside of Tanzhou City."

Lu Qian was enjoying the shade in the waterside pavilion, and suddenly came to repay him with joy.But the gunpowder he asked the rear to transfer has arrived in Tanzhou.

"Tell Song Wan that there is no need to visit the city and go south as quickly as possible. When the battle is won, I will give him a chance to help him."

Touching the sky, Du Qian, and Yunli King Kong, Song Wan, these two have long since withdrawn from the power center.Back in Liangshanbo, they had already disappeared, and the top spot in the cottage was the second brother's New Year's Eve, and there was not one year left.

But the two of them were people Lu Qian could trust.

Back then, the Shuibo cottage was small and there was no place to properly accommodate them.But now the territory is vast, and there are many departments. Those who are not strong, but loyal, are more likely to be placed locally.

For example, the granaries and arsenals inside and outside Yidu City, such as the city defenses in Yidu City... need more trustworthy people.

(End of this chapter)