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- When Zhao Zicheng, who had become the emperor in confusion, convened the civil and military forces of the Southern Song Dynasty to discuss how to resist Daliang, some people even directly suggested surrendering to Daliang to avoid fighting and save Zhao Zicheng's life. After all, the Prince of Liang had the precedent of killing Li Qianshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom. Once the war started, the Prince of Liang might not kill Zhao Zicheng after he won.
Zhao Zicheng was really moved. Although he was a direct descendant of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, he was just an idle clan before. He was even driven to Yingtian Mansion in Nanjing by the descendants of Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi, living off the income from the clan land.
At first, the emperor allocated a lot of land to the clan in Nanjing and Xijing. However, as the clans in Nanjing and Xijing had a large number of children, more and more people had to be supported by these lands, and many royal families without other sources of income fell into despair. In the past few years, the royal family could not serve as official officials. The royal family with no future could only concentrate on creating people behind closed doors. A large number of royal families were born every year. The royal family in Tokyo had to marry businessmen for money, and the royal family in Nanjing and Xijing were even less valuable. There were very few businessmen willing to pay high prices to marry them.
Zhao Zicheng was one of the royal families who were barely making ends meet. Therefore, Zhao Zicheng did not have much affection for the Song Dynasty because he did not enjoy any privileges of the royal family and was instead bound by many rules of the royal family. Many times, he envies the lives of ordinary people.
Nanjing Yingtian Mansion announced its surrender to Daliang and also sent troops to arrest the Nanjing royal family. However, Zhao Zicheng was not an important figure. He escaped from the city by luck and went south. He originally wanted to escape from the butcher's knife of Daliang and live incognito in the future. However, he ran out of money when he fled to the south of the Yangtze River, and Tong Guan happened to make a list to find the clan going south. Zhao Zicheng took the initiative to find him, but unexpectedly he became the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty.
At first, Zhao Zicheng thought it was Song Taizu who blessed him and made him the emperor. But soon, he discovered that he was just a puppet, and Tong Guan made the final decision on all political affairs in the court. Afraid of Tong Guan's power, he could only act as his puppet honestly. Later, Tong Guan's pro-army collapsed, and Zhao Zisong of the same clan went south to invite Zong Ze and Jiang You to serve as officials. Forced by the situation, Tong Guan could only agree to give part of his rights to Zong Ze and Jiang You. With the efforts of Zongze and Jiang You, the Southern Song Dynasty quickly gathered some people's support. Just when Zhao Zicheng felt that Song Taizu was still blessing him, the Western Army surrendered to Daliang, and news of Daliang's annihilation of Xixia came one after another. Zhao Zicheng felt that he was sitting on the crater of a volcano. The volcano below could erupt at any time and burn him to ashes.
Zhao Zicheng also found out that Daliang had made Zhao Ji a virtuous duke, with no worries about food and clothing. This was exactly the life he wanted to live before. In troubled times, being a member of the royal family was the most likely to bring disaster. It is very rare to live the rest of your life without worrying about food and clothing. Therefore, I was particularly moved when I heard that some courtiers suggested surrender.
It was just that Zongze, Jiang You and others immediately came forward to refute the capitulationists and asked the Southern Song Dynasty to use all their strength to resist Daliang.
Zhao Zisong was not willing to let his ancestor's foundation be ruined like this, so he supported Zongze and others.
The only one who can compete with them is Tong Guan. Although most of Tong Guan's army was dispersed, before Zhao Zisong went south, he cultivated many party members in Jiangnan. If Zongze and others hadn't taken the opportunity to recruit new soldiers later. After seizing a lot of military power, Tong Guan may still be able to cover the sky with only one hand.
In the face of a formidable enemy, Zongze and others could not just fight among themselves with Tong Guan, so the Southern Song Dynasty was divided into two factions. One faction is headed by Zhao Zisong, Zongze, and Jiang You, who can be said to be loyal ministers and good generals of the Song Dynasty; the other faction is headed by Tong Guan, who can be said to be the traitorous ministers of the Song Dynasty. But both factions have a common goal. That is to preserve the Southern Song Dynasty. Loyal ministers and good generals do it to be loyal, while traitorous ministers do it to protect their rights. Although Daliang pardoned their sins. But it is impossible to appoint them as officials anymore, which is difficult for people who have a taste of power to accept. Therefore, the two groups of people worked together for the same goal.
Tong Guan had led the army for more than ten years and was unwilling to give up his power easily. He did not speak out against Zongze and others' proposal to resist the war.
Although Zhao Zicheng wanted to surrender, he had no one to support him and would be rejected if he tried, so he agreed to the request to resist the war.
In terms of experience and power, the person most qualified to lead the troops in the Southern Song Dynasty was undoubtedly Tong Guan, but Tong Guan was unwilling to lead the troops to the front line.
In the end, Zongze volunteered to lead troops to Runzhou to fight against the Daliang soldiers.
Although Tong Guan was unwilling to lead troops, he did not skimp on the troops he had and agreed to let Zongze lead 150,000 troops to Runzhou.
The total number of soldiers and horses in the Southern Song Dynasty was only 200,000, and they had to defend Lu Shinang in the south. The 150,000 soldiers and horses could be said to be all the soldiers and horses that the Southern Song Dynasty could mobilize.
As soon as Zongze led his troops on the expedition, some soldiers began to flee, and some even established troops disappeared.
When 150,000 soldiers and horses arrived in Runzhou, there were already less than 100,000.
Zongze also knew that the city could not stop the Daliang army, so he led his troops to camp at the foot of Beigu Mountain on the bank of the Yangtze River, hoping to prevent the Daliang army from crossing the river.
Beigu Mountain is located on the bank of the river.The mountain wall is steep, standing side by side with Jinshan Mountain and Jiaoshan Mountain in the middle of the river, controlling the river. However, Zongze did not send troops to Jinshan and Jiaoshan, and most of the newly trained 10,000 navy troops had fled before the arrival of Zongze's troops. Zongze had no choice but to gather all the remaining naval forces to the south bank, so as not to collapse when the Daliang army arrived.
The river is thousands of miles long, and there are many sections that can be crossed, but Chao Yong still led his troops straight to the section of the river where Zongze was guarding.
In less than a month, the army arrived at Guazhou Ferry on the other side of Beigu Mountain.
After the army set up camp, Chao Yong summoned the generals to discuss matters, as well as Li Li, the urging judge in charge of Jiangnan intelligence.
After Li Li went up the mountain, he opened a hotel outside the water park, welcomed and sent guests to the village, and gathered information.
After the establishment of Daliang, the four leaders responsible for gathering intelligence also formed an Intelligence Department to gather intelligence for the imperial court, and their power also expanded rapidly.
Li Li was born on the banks of the river, and it was difficult to open up a situation in the north, so he simply went south to the river and established an intelligence agency all over the river.
People came one after another. Chao Yong saw that Li Li had brought a lean young man with him and said with a smile: "Who is this hero?"
The lean young man hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "The villain Wang Dingliu, please see the prince."
Li Li introduced: "Wang Dingliu is good at using sticks in the water. He can walk and jump very fast. People in the world call him a living flash woman. He is a good spy in my Jiangnan Bureau. He just came from the other side and got a lot of information, so I Bring him to see the prince."
It turns out that after Li Li went to Jiangnan, he recruited mostly smugglers on the river and people who opened hotels on both sides of the river.
Because the price of official salt is high, many hotels will buy private salt from some people who sell private salt, and hotels are places where it is easy to get information from all over the world. Therefore, Li Li went south. The situation soon opened up.
Wang Dingliu was recruited into the Jiangnan Bureau by a smuggler of salt. After entering the Jiangnan Bureau, Wang Dingliu did not sit and guard the small hotel in the village. Instead, he ran around to inquire about information, and soon became Li Li's subordinate. Officers and generals.
Chao Yong heard that it was Wang Dingliu. In Water Margin, Wang Dingliu met Zhang Shun and went to Liangshan together when he went to ask for An Daoquan. However, when Zhang Shun went to ask for An Daoquan the previous time, he did not meet Wang Dingliu. Chao Yong originally thought that Wang Dingliu might be buried in the world, but unexpectedly he came under Li Li's command again.
"He looks like a good man at first glance. If you don't want to be in the Intelligence Bureau anymore, you can serve in the army."
Hearing this, Li Li, the urging judge, said hurriedly: "There are many powerful generals in the army, and I don't have many capable people in the Jiangnan Bureau. Prince, please don't poach me."
Chao Yong smiled and said: "In that case, forget it. Everyone is here, please tell the six brothers Wang Ding about the situation on the other side."
"The prince wiped out Xixia and the news of building a spaceship spread throughout the south of the Yangtze River. The prince led his troops south, and the soldiers and people in the south of the Yangtze River wanted to surrender. Zongze led 150,000 troops to resist the prince, but when they arrived at Dajiang, there were less than 100,000. After the army was stationed at the foot of Beigu Mountain, the soldiers continued to flee. If Zongze had not closed the camp tightly, there would have been no soldiers at the foot of Beigu Mountain at this time. Zongze's son Zong Ying was guarding Runzhou. There is a grain and grass operation from Runzhou to Beigushan Camp every five days. Most of the soldiers and horses in Runzhou have also fled. Now the Beigushan Camp is tightly guarded and the number of soldiers and horses in the city has not changed. , It¡¯s impossible to guess how many soldiers and horses there are now, but a large number of soldiers did flee in the past few days.¡±
Chao Yong smiled and said: "Zongze really deserves his reputation."
Although Zongze¡¯s official position is not high, he is quite famous. Everyone only thought that Chao Yong was talking about Zongze's clear name. Little did he know that Chao Yong was talking about Zongze's later fame.
When the Jin Dynasty invaded the south for the second time, Zongze advocated the war of resistance. The Song Dynasty gave Zongze an empty title as the general manager of the Hebei Volunteer Army, and asked Zongze to go to Hebei to resist the Jin soldiers.
Zongze was not afraid, and took a dozen guards to Hebei to take up his post. He summoned the Hebei rebel army to resist the Jin Kingdom and achieved many victories. It was under Zongze that Yue Fei gained fame and was promoted to a general in the Song Dynasty.
Xu Guanzhong said: "Zongze can also be said to know the soldiers, but the prince's reputation was too great and the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty had no intention of resisting. He locked the soldiers in the camp. Although the number of deserters was reduced, it fermented the fear in the hearts of those soldiers even more. It's awesome. We only need to give them a thunderous blow to make those frightened birds collapse, and then the whole army will be defeated."
Hu Yanzhuo smiled and said: "If he doesn't close the camp gate, I'm afraid there will be no one on the other side before the prince's army crosses the river."
Chao Yong nodded and said: "When I led the troops to drive directly to Runzhou, I wanted to defeat the Southern Song Dynasty troops in one battle and conquer Jiangnan. Looking at the current situation, this battle will be easy."
Li Kui shouted: "The southerners are too damn cowardly. I wanted to cut off thousands of their heads, but most of them ran away first. Otherwise, we will kill them today and save the rest." Ran."
Li Jun also said: "The navy is familiar with the water conditions on both sides of the river and can cross the river at any time."
The 10,000-strong naval force was faster than the horse-mounted infantry army. They arrived in the river a few days earlier and blocked the puppet Song warships on the south bank. If Chao Yong had not strictly ordered the navy not to cross the river first, a group of navy generals would have led their troops ashore to attack Zongze Dazhai. Although the navy did not attack Zongze Dazhai, they also investigated the water conditions of the river.
After Zongze saw hundreds of warships heading south from Daliang, he strictly ordered the Southern Song Dynasty navy not to leave the shore. Of course, no navy officer dared to go to the river to stroke the tiger's beard.
Chao Yong smiled and said: "There is no hurry, the army will rest for a day before crossing the river."
Everyone discussed for a while and then went to recharge their batteries.
"Dong dong dong"
The sound of powerful war drums spread across both sides of the river. This year, all roads are infested with drought locusts. The drought in the south of the Yangtze River is more serious, and the water surface of the river is much narrower. Only less than two miles of the several-mile-wide river remain. Standing on the riverside, you can vaguely see the situation on the other side.
Zongze saw the soldiers and horses of Daliang in the north of the Yangtze River gathering on Beigu Mountain, so he arranged his troops and horses on the river bank, hoping to attack the Daliang army head-on when they came ashore.
"Spaceship, spaceship."
When Zongze was looking at Beigu Mountain, he suddenly saw a huge spherical object on the other side slowly rising into the sky, and then heading south.
Hundreds of warships on the river also crossed the river together.
As the spacecraft approaches, the four-clawed golden dragon painted on it becomes even more vivid.
People in the south of the Yangtze River also knew that Prince Daliang had made a spaceship, but when they saw the spaceship the size of a house flying in the sky, everyone forgot that the enemy was on board the warship behind. Just looking blankly at the spaceship in the sky, many people knelt on the ground and worshiped.
Zongze looked at the situation on the riverside and hurriedly sent his soldiers down to urge the soldiers to prepare to meet the enemy. He wanted to shoot the spaceship with his bed crossbow, but the spacecraft did not come towards Beigu Mountain. Instead, it moved away from Beigu Mountain and headed towards the flat beach by the river.
The wind on the river was stronger. Hou Jian drove the spaceship to the south bank first, and shouted down with a loudspeaker made of copper: "Everyone should step back a hundred feet. Anyone who violates the rules will be killed without mercy."
Although there is no advanced equipment. However, after being wrapped in a copper sheet into a horn shape, it can still achieve a good sound amplification effect.
Some soldiers kneeling on the ground immediately stepped back when they heard the shouts from the people above.
"Those who retreat without permission will be killed."
Seeing that some people were about to retreat, Zongze's soldiers who were supervising the formation drew their swords and cut down the first few people who fled.
Under the pressure of Zongze's soldiers, the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty stopped again.
"Boom"
"Boom"
"Boom"
Hou Jian looked at the soldiers and horses below and hesitated. Fire thunders were immediately thrown down from the spaceship. Fire thunders hit the heads of the Southern Song soldiers or exploded around them. The huge explosions immediately spread across the battlefield.
The injured people screamed in agony. The soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty collapsed immediately when they saw fire mines being thrown from the spaceship.
"kill"
A new recruit, with red eyes, drew his sword and rushed towards Zongze's soldiers who were blocking the way.
"Kill them. We will be able to run away."
Under the clamor of Xiao Zuo, the recruits who were frightened by the spaceship and fire and thunder immediately turned their guns and rushed towards those who blocked their escape.
When Daliang soldiers and horses docked. The soldiers and horses of the Southern Song Dynasty on the riverside were already fighting together.
Zongze saw the situation on the riverside on Beigu Mountain and said sadly: "The Song Dynasty is dead."
Family members around him advised: "Master has been loyal to the Song Dynasty, and no matter what he does, he will be worthy of the Song Dynasty."
Zongze naturally knew what his family meant, so he shook his head and said, "I have lived under Song Lu for thirty years. And I have been entrusted by your superiors to lead troops to fight against the enemy. At this time and place, all I can do is die. Bring my war horse."
Seeing the determination on Zongze¡¯s face, the family members did not dare to say anything more and silently brought in the war horses.
Zongze got on his horse and shouted to the soldiers on Beigu Mountain: "Those who are willing to fight to the death with me will come down the mountain together."
After saying that, he mounted his horse and walked down the mountain.
At this time, Zongze was already sixty-one years old. Although his head was full of white hair, his waist was still as straight as a steel gun in his hand.
All the soldiers on the mountain followed Zongze down the mountain, but most of them fled back.
Only a few hundred soldiers trained by Zongze himself were still following Zongze.
Zongze looked back at these young faces, hesitated for a moment, and said: "I have been serving Song Lu for thirty years, and I have to be loyal to the Song Dynasty. You have only been soldiers for a few months, and now the situation is over. Go and escape for your lives."
A scholar who decided to join the army immediately called?: "We are willing to sacrifice our lives for justice with the general."
"Sacrifice yourself for justice."
"Sacrifice yourself for justice."
Someone took the lead, and the other soldiers immediately followed and shouted.
After recruiting new soldiers in the Southern Song Dynasty, in order to control the military power, Zongze and others personally trained the troops.
Although Zongze was very strict in his daily routine, he often drilled with the soldiers regardless of his sixty years old age, so he was highly respected by the soldiers. If many soldiers had not been sent to restrain the soldiers and horses on the riverside earlier, there must have been more soldiers and horses behind them at this time.
"kill"
The intolerance in Zongze's heart was also driven away by the roars of the soldiers. Although he was already over 60 years old at this time, his blood was aroused by the bloody roars. With a roar, he rode towards the river to kill.
Although Zongze was a Jinshi, he was good at both civil and military affairs. Especially after Zhao Ji decided to join forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty, he felt that chaos was not far away, so he practiced martial arts diligently. Leading hundreds of soldiers and horses to the riverside, they were really invincible.
The new soldiers who had just landed were rushed by Zong Ze, and many of them retreated into the water.
Zongze did not chase the Daliang soldiers and horses, but fought close to the river, hoping to kill several times where the Daliang soldiers and horses landed ashore.
He also knew that today's defeat was certain, and the force of Daliang troops heading south was unstoppable. It's just that I'm crazy about being a teenager and want to imitate Zhao Zilong's seven-in and seven-out approach.
Chao Yong led his troops south this time. Although there were 50,000 veterans and 50,000 recruits, Chao Yong decided to use the veterans to hold the battle and the recruits as the vanguard.
This batch of recruits have been practicing for half a year. Under Wang Jin's supervision, these recruits can be said to be well-trained, and their combat effectiveness in the school exceeds all the recruits in the past. Of course, they couldn't beat the elite veterans in the school field, but what they lacked was battle experience. Therefore, Chao Yong went south this time with the intention of training troops. Otherwise, after the world is unified, there will be fewer and fewer opportunities for actual combat.
Chao Yong watched from the river that the recruits who had just landed were killed by Zongze and then retreated into the water, and he couldn't help but shake his head.
Li Kui shouted: "These recruits are useless. The enemy retreated into the water in fear before the enemy could pursue them. Prince, let them reach the shore, and I will kill the old man."
Chao Yong shook his head and said: "Since I said this is a military training, we must let the new soldiers handle the battle. Give me the order, and those who retreat without permission will be killed."
"The prince has an order to kill anyone who retreats without permission."
"The prince has an order to kill anyone who retreats without permission."
The messengers on the fast boat arrived at the riverside like arrows, shouting loudly.
The generals on the front line immediately rushed to the shore with the recruits, their faces red and red.
The prince led the army and was invincible in every battle. He defeated the Southern Song Dynasty and caused the army of 150,000 to collapse without a fight. This was a battle that will go down in history, but they were blocked by a veteran general with hundreds of soldiers and horses by the river. Although the main reason was that they were not stable and were killed by surprise, they would undoubtedly be punished by this. The glorious battle was disgraced. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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