After Shao Song

Chapter 147 Bearing the humiliation for the Song Dynasty
All in all, due to Zhang Jun's magical operation, Han Shizhong's army was forced to stop for a period of time, but that was only for the main battle area.In the coastal areas, Li Bao's attacks never stopped.

This Jiaozhi is not the same as the Jin Kingdom back then. It didn't have such a large land and manpower. Of course Han Shizhong had to worry about the problem of soldiers and food, but didn't they worry?
You must know that Jiaozhi at this time is not the entire territory of Vietnam in later generations, and there are Champa Kingdom in the south and Dali Kingdom in the northwest watching him covetously.Geographically, Jiaozhi is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, and six or seven of its territory are mountains and plateaus.If the Song army marched from Guangnan, it would indeed be troubled by miasma, high mountains and dense forests, but if it marched from the sea.The densely woven rivers and plains in the south will instead become their great advantage.

Anyway, both Han Shizhong and Li Bao regretted it. If they had known that the river network was so dense, they should have borrowed more men, horses and boats from Zhang Rong.

It seems that it has been a long time, and those maps are old. After chewing on the books for so long, it is better to fight an actual battle.

But what is already terrible for Jiaozhi is that the attack location chosen by Li Bao is Halong Bay, which is also very close to Jiaozhou. Once the Song army completely breaks through the Red River and attacks from both sides, there is only one result waiting for the Li family of Jiaozhi: perish.

At this time, the king of Jiaozhi, Li Tianzuo, who they called themselves the king of Dai Viet, was only a six-year-old child. Although he was being held by his mother and sitting in the court hall, he had no idea why the courtiers below were feeling as sad and quarreling as if they were mourning their heirs.

It seems that Jiaozhi was unlucky. In the ninth year of Jianyan, when the Zhao Guan family was singing the Northern Expedition, their divine sect Li Yanghuan died as a young man due to long-term addiction to drinking and sex. Three-year-old Li Tianzuo succeeded to the throne and became the sixth monarch of Dai Viet.In the eyes of the Song Dynasty, the monarchs of Dai Viet were still the kings of Jiaozhi County, but they faced the Song Dynasty, which had unprecedented national power after the victory of the Northern Expedition.Dai Viet had no choice but to call itself the King of Jiaozhi to the outside world and did not dare to do anything else.

But it is probably an old tradition in East Asia that an orphan and a widowed mother must have rebellious ministers and traitors when they come to court.

However, the situation in Jiaozhi is a little special, and it has a lot to do with Queen Mother Li's lifestyle.

The young master is in court, the mother is strong and the son is young.The Empress Dowager Li, who listened behind the curtain, had an affair with the powerful minister Du Yingwu, whether it was for personal reasons or to protect her own status.At that time, Du Yingwu, who was the Taiwei, held the military and political power of the Li Dynasty. The South Vietnam area was deeply influenced by Chinese culture. They were so unscrupulous, which naturally attracted many people's dissatisfaction.

The result was that a fortune teller, Weng Shenli, claimed to be the son of Renzong Li Qiande. With the help of Dali's army, he once occupied the northern part of Jiaozhi. However, Du Yingwu commanded it well and repelled the rebels last year. If the Song Dynasty had not sent strong troops, they would have The victory should be celebrated by now.

Unlike now, Captain Du Yingwu relied on Zhang Jun's blind command to escape, and the army suffered countless losses.

Empress Dowager Li saw that the whole court was pessimistic and even capitulationist. She slammed the table and said angrily: "Back then, the Song Dynasty's expedition was defeated by our miasma and mountains. Are they not afraid now? Even if you don't want to think about us, Li Chaoguo, Zuo, are you willing to join the Song Dynasty as a slave?"

I have to say that she is still somewhat political.

But it was just a little bit. Su Xiancheng, the Prime Minister of the country, did not mean to get used to her, and said bluntly: "Queen Mother, no one has to deceive themselves anymore in this land. Even though the Song Dynasty stopped at the Red River, it was still accumulated for future generations. Countless experiences, and the current emperor of the Song Dynasty can actually conquer the Jin Dynasty himself. If it weren't for Song Shenzong, he would naturally not take our geographical obstacles in his eyes. It is said that we have already had countermeasures, not to mention the two directions, even if we can stop it for a while If we can stop the army, how can we stop the navy? If the Li clan's ancestral temple is not protected, I will just die to express my gratitude to the late king. There is no need for the Queen Mother to say such a thing."

Su Xiancheng was a minister with both civil and military skills. He made great contributions in the early process of quelling Weng Shenli's rebellion.He was very young and advocated Confucianism, and was highly respected among his courtiers.As soon as he said this, some young generals were naturally full of complaints.Although he did not dare to accuse the Queen Mother explicitly in his words, the meaning was conveyed very clearly.

Du Yingwu originally wanted to rely on his identity.You have to scare them off, but as a general, you were almost captured, and your entire army was wiped out. Your prestige within the army has been greatly reduced, how can you still convince the court?

It was a senior elder of the Li family who came out to act as a peacemaker, "Prime Minister Su, Lieutenant Du, please turn off the fire first. No matter how difficult it is for us at this time, is it better than the Zhao Guan family who fled to the Huaihe River to ask for help?" Is it difficult? Now is the time to cooperate sincerely. You can’t start fighting among yourself! Otherwise, even if you go to meet the ancestors of the past, you will not dare to say that you have a clear conscience. What’s more, why don’t you seek life when it’s not time to seek death? ?”

This man is over eighty years old.It was always his descendants who went to the Song Dynasty to take offense, so they were quite popular.All the ministers gave him face and stopped quarreling.Although Empress Dowager Li is the master, she is also a junior, and she will not deny him face.

After all, Du Yingwu, a general who has fought many battles, analyzed the situation, "Li Bao in the navy is not an idiot. We wanted to lure him into a big defeat with the same method back then, but he judged the tide in advance and took our army instead. The army’s production losses were also extremely heavy. It’s just that for some unknown reason, the army’s side stopped attacking. It is said that they were able to reach the Red River and lost less than [-]%. Isn’t it because they are afraid of miasma?”

The method he mentioned back then refers to the Battle of Baiteng River launched in the Southern Han Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The Emperor Liu Yan of the Southern Han Dynasty, regardless of the time, ordered his son Liu Hongcao to lead the navy to enter the Baiteng River from Haikou (Halong Bay).Wu Quan, the ruler of South Vietnam at that time, after learning that the Southern Han army had reached the Baiteng River, ordered his soldiers to cut down trees, make wooden stakes, and wrap sharp iron sheets on the tops of the wooden stakes.Wu Quan inserted these wooden stakes into the dangerous heart of the Bai Deng River where it entered the sea, and at the same time set up an ambush along the river bank.

During the war, Wu Quan pretended to be defeated, and the Southern Han army fell into the trap and penetrated deep into the Baiteng River. As a result, the tide receded, the ship was scratched, and they were ambushed. How could they be invincible?

After Wu Quan defeated the Southern Han army, he became king and established the Wu Dynasty. This homeland of the Tang Dynasty gradually became independent.

Coincidentally, when I discovered that Li Bao also wanted to advance through Halong Bay.Everyone in Jiaozhi unanimously wanted to use the same method as before to trick the Song army at the same time. But the problem was that although Li Bao was not very knowledgeable, he had been preparing for this war for many years. How could he not know this allusion?Even if you don’t know, you have been in the navy for more than ten years. How can you be prepared for the ebb and flow of the tide? How can you still not know?
So the result was that Li Bao did not use a big boat to go deep into the Bach Dang River, but used an iron boat to row there.The soldiers who are proficient in water are ordered to attack with fierce fire and oil. The north wind in winter is already fierce, and the river is full of fire. When did the Jiaozhi soldiers and horses see such a magic weapon?Any soldiers in ambush were so frightened that they ran away.

In this regard, Li Bao said that if Zhang Shuxiang hadn't used up the other part of the fierce fire oil, I could go deeper.

Prime Minister Su Xiancheng also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The Song Dynasty is indeed not as easy to fool and dismiss as it used to be. But the clan leader is right, Xiancheng was too fierce. At the moment, we should still find ways to survive in death."

I don’t know what kind of Bodhisattva in the sky, Buddha will bless me. After he said this, someone suddenly said: "The Queen Mother, the Taiwei, the Prime Minister. A small group of Song soldiers came to surrender."

Needle drop can be heard in the main hall, this is the situation, and the Song army is willing to surrender, am I right?

Su Xiancheng still has the city government, "The Song army is in a good situation, why did they surrender? Do they think everyone in my court is a fool and they want to use espionage?"

"Returning to the Prime Minister. The man claimed to be Shao Long. He was a former general of the Song Dynasty, but he was involved in the Lishan Incident and was reduced to hard labor. This time, the Prime Minister of Zhao and Song Dynasties, Zhang Jun, regarded him as a traitor and wanted to harm him on the battlefield. To kill him, in order to survive, he took his soldiers and family members to surrender to our country of South Vietnam." The person who passed the message said dutifully.

After all, Jiaozhi had been subject to the Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years, and there were more than one or two Han cultures in the country.Moreover, I have been frightened for the past two years. While fighting with Dali, I have been paying close attention to the movements of the official family of the Song Dynasty.Naturally, I knew about the rebellion, so I called a special messenger to check the information. Oh, it really matched up.

In order to win, you have to meet this Shao Long.

Of course, err on the side of caution.The king was carried down, only the queen mother was left behind, and the other irrelevant courtiers also retreated automatically.Shao Long tied himself up with his arms bare and a young man by his side. As soon as they met, he cried: "I am a sinner. In fact, the Song Dynasty treated me well, but for the sake of my son's life, I had no choice but to let go of the official family. The official family, I am. I will apologize to you underground."

His "son" Ma Yu, whose acting skills were not as good as his, had no choice but to bury his head.

All for the great cause, for the Song Dynasty.

But Qin Wang, you are a bully, a young general of seventeen or eighteen years old, I am not the only one with good martial arts, why should I cooperate to be his son?Don't spread this matter back, otherwise if the old man doesn't break his leg, he might as well go to Zhongnan Mountain to practice Taoism.

That's all, Vice President Wang has agreed that as long as this matter is done well, he will be slipped back to the front army.

　When the war begins, the description may be a bit verbose. After all, female authors have to check a lot of information.If it's not good, it will be changed.
　　
　
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