Draw your sword VII

Within a month, the Broken Army won another great victory, winning Fuzhou with 3,000 strange soldiers.

The news spread among the people, and it was transmitted faster than the post report of the imperial court. Some people were disappointed, more people were happy, and all over Jiangnan, the teahouses that were already on the verge of closure were once again crowded with people. Everyone whispered, talked, and exchanged gossip with each other.

Fudrunken Building used to be a famous liquor store. At that time, countless talented people watched the wine and flowers here, and sang songs every day. One day, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty paid a private visit here, and personally changed the "Ming Dynasty and the disabled wine" written by a talented man to "the Ming Dynasty and the disabled drunk", and the restaurant became famous. Every literati and celebrity who traveled here had to pay homage to the word "residual drunkenness" shrouded in blue yarn, and then began to buy drunk.

The Southern Song Dynasty was drunk for more than 100 years, until the Mongols crossed the river.

After the fire, Fuzui Lou no longer sold wine, but changed to tea. But the tea guests who come day by day are still drunk and hazy.

In the haze, someone heard the news that Wen Tianxiang had broken the Yuan army in Fuzhou, and his body couldn't help but sink and pricked up his ears. What came into the ears was a burst of melodious silk bamboo, and when I listened carefully, it was the ancestor of the old blind man who foraged for food in the restaurant, and at the invitation of everyone, sang the lyrics of Yue Wu Mu Qiao in Yingzhou.

"Swing the prancing horse to fight on the battlefield, regain the lost land except for Jin Kou, all the generals will drink the national wine together, and don't smash the yellow dragon and hate endlessly", the sound of the cloud board accompanied by the tactful singing voice of the little daughter, leading to a story of Jin Ge Iron Horse.

"Good!" Someone cheered loudly and placed the copper coins on the corner of the table.

The little singer gave a salute, stopped singing, ran over, and collected everyone's bounty. The old blind man plucked the strings and said loudly: "Let's say that Wang Quan, the ambassador of Yingzhou, was originally the reincarnation of Wang Ba, who was not a person, where did he dare to go out of the city to resist Wu Muye's army." Hiding in the city with thousands of remnants, I thought that with the height of the city, I could survive until the day when reinforcements arrived......"

"Good!" Someone then applauded. Everyone's eyes were bright, looking forward to the old blind man's next words. Although this commentary is not on the right topic, and Dajin Kingdom may not have the title of consolation, everyone understands in their hearts that this Wumu is not Bi Wumu, and this Yingzhou is not Bi Yingzhou. As for that Wang Quan, everyone knows that his surname is Wang, and they just forget who the eight generations of their ancestors are.

"Looking forward to the stars, looking forward to the moon, reinforcements are finally coming. The consolation made Wang Quan'er take hundreds of officials in the city to greet him, and the general Jin Dingyuan entered the city and began to roll call. There are a lot of civil and military officials who should come, Jin Dingyuan slapped the table, come here, take down the ...... for me".

The laughter in the tavern drowned out the old blind man's explanation, the reinforcements really came, but it was the Yue family army pretending.

A legendary battle was clearly told by the old blind man by means of storytelling. The people in the tavern laughed happily and listened, and hope was ignited in their already numb hearts.

The offensive and defensive battles of Fuzhou can be called classics.

From the very beginning of the battle, Wang Jiweng had already fallen into the situation set up by Wen Tianxiang.

After winning the Battle of Shaowu, Wen Tianxiang knew that the Broken Army was no longer capable of attacking Fuzhou, so he decided to make the most of the chaotic situation in northern Fujian.

Li Ying, the defender of Nanjian Prefecture, was beheaded by the Broken Army, and the entire Southern Jianzhou is now in a blank state, which just provides convenience for the Broken Army to detour to Fuzhou.

On the day that Mrs. Xu led the men and horses to leave Shaowu, Zhang Tang and Wen Tianxiang's guards Wan Yan Jingyuan and Bai Xu took the elite forces in the army and mixed into Nanjian Prefecture along Shaowu River. Following Mrs. Xu's tens of thousands of Xing Song troops, no one would pay attention to this small team of less than 3,000 people.

After the team arrived at Jianpu, the Breaker Army separated from the Xing Song Army, went south along the Taishi River, went to Shaxian, and then entered the Gaogai Mountains to the east.

At the same time, Mrs. Xu began to bargain with Wang Jiweng's courteing attendant. Chen Longfu began to imitate Da Chun's handwriting based on the handwriting of Da Chun intercepted by the scouts.

When Mrs. Xu left with Wang Jiweng's filial piety and was satisfied. The scouts began to appear, pretending to be Dachun's messengers, and issued three "edicts" to Wang Jiweng in succession, reprimanding him for his negative behavior in the Battle of Shaowu, which led to the death of Yetmishi.

Then, taking advantage of the new annexed army's confidence in the Mongol army and the Tanma Red Army, Bai Xu, a party member, sent a letter to Wang Jiweng, telling him that the reinforcements on the Guangzhou South Road would soon arrive in Fuzhou to help him defend the city.

Then, Wanyan Jingyuan took the tall and strong people in the Broken Army, disguised as Tanma Red Army, walked out of Gaogai Mountain, and swaggered to Fuzhou.

Wang Jiweng, a soft bone, heard that there was a Tanma Chijun to help, and he really had no doubts. He actually personally led the hundred officials of Fuzhou City to welcome Ma Chi's army on the riverbank. This kind of slapping on the horse just gave Zhang Tang the opportunity to wipe out the city's Chinese martial arts.

After Yan Jingyuan entered the city, he cut Dachun, won a hundred officials, and Fuzhou was recovered within one day.

Strategy is a series of applications of combat to achieve an end.

The Battle of Fuzhou, in a series of battles in the three years of Jingyan, was incomparable with other battles in terms of the number of enemies destroyed and the intensity of the battle.

However, this battle marked that Wen Tianxiang's ability to command the army rose to another height.

This battle shook the Northern Yuan extremely hugely. In order to calm the aftermath of this war, the Northern Yuan spent more than three months and lost a famous consolation envoy.

After Fuzhou was taken by the Broken Army, Jianning Mansion became an isolated city. The guard general Yang Yichen was originally an official of the Great Song Dynasty, and when he saw that the general trend had gone, he immediately chose to go out of the city and surrender. Since then, the three prefectures of northern Fujian have all been owned by the Broken Army.

Zhedong Xuanfu made Chen Hu want to lead the army to attack Tianxiang, but the generals were afraid of breaking the name of the captive army, and did not dare to respond to the order, so they retreated from illness one after another. Chen Hu was forced very much, and everyone bought a murderer to stab Chen Hu. Zhedong was in turmoil.

The post road to Dadu is getting busy again.

Bad news spread to the capital city one after another along the post road. In the palace beside the Gaoliang Bridge, there was a familiar roar again. The civil and military officials dodged, not daring to meet the gaze of the sturdy man on the dragon case who was lame but had the majesty of a lion.

Kublai Khan was a resolute and resourceful monarch. After experiencing an initial shock and anger, he quickly recovered, and the palace summoned several ministers of his cronies.

"Long live the ministers!" Dong Wenshan, Boyan and Ahma entered, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed.

"You all sit down, I come to me, what you need is a good general, not a kowtow." Kublai Khan raised his head from the bookcase and admonished the ministers who were saluting. He hadn't slept well for several nights, and his eyes were a little red, which seemed to add a bit of fierceness.

"The ministers have lost their grace", Dong Wenbing took the lead in standing up and said with a little apology. Let the remnant Song who was about to die toss such a big storm again, and no one among the ministers expected it. This time Dayuan's defeat was even more serious than last year's defeat in Gannan. Last year, Wen Tianxiang invaded southern Jiangnan, but it was just an opportunity to take advantage of the civil strife in Dayuan and transfer all his strength to the north to quell the turmoil. But this time, it was a hard-fought battle with the Mongolian army.

30,000 new annexed troops, 3,000 Mongol troops were all annihilated, and the commander was beheaded. This is already the biggest defeat on the battlefield in recent years, except for the expedition to Japan.

Kublai Khan did not speak, and his eyes kept falling on the few pieces in front of him. On the top is Da Chun's request for sin, the second is Liumengyan's request for compensation for Wang Jiweng's two sons who stayed in the capital, and then there is the report of Fan Wenhu, the governor of Zhejiang, on the rebellion in eastern Zhejiang and the preparation of sending troops to suppress it, as well as a stack of local officials in Guangnan East Road, Jiangnan West Road and other places, about the Liukou Chen Hanging Eyes harassing various places and asking the imperial court to send troops to suppress the bandits.

Kublai Khan's body was slowly enveloped by a layer of murderous aura. This unusual behavior made the ministers extremely uneasy. The ministers were all people who had led troops and knew the importance of the northern Fujian region in the entire strategy of exterminating the Song Dynasty. But the situation has deteriorated to such an extent that it is irreversible to hold one person accountable. The most urgent task at the moment is to readjust the layout of the army in Fujian and the South Guangdong Road, so as not to bring even greater trouble to the officers and men at the front because of the crazy actions of Wen Tianxiang, Chen Hangyan, and others.

"Is Banzai worried about the situation in Fujian, or is this kid Dachun angry with you?" The Bayan of the Balin clan (Prime Minister Boyan, among the Mongols, there are too many people with this name) stood up and asked in a low voice.

"I handed over hundreds of thousands of troops to him, and this kid actually had a vegetarian meal. For more than half a year, the puppet emperor of the Song Dynasty didn't catch me, and even the old nest on Jiangnan Road was disturbed! Kublai Khan tapped his fingers on the tabletop, his tone a little cold.

Tapping his fingers on the tabletop is usually a sign that Kublai Khan is determined to kill, and Dong Wenbing, the left secretary of the Chinese book, was startled, quickly stood up from his chair, and arched his hand and said: "Long live, Shao Wu's defeat is not the fault of Dachun with his troops." Moreover, General Dachun has been charging into battle for more than ten years, and he must ...... forward in every battle."

Dachun's strategy and bravery were seen by everyone. Among the new generation of Mongols who followed Kublai Khan, he was undoubtedly the best among them. Otherwise, he would not be in his thirties and already dominate the party.

If he is convicted for a failure, I am afraid that it will leave a shadow in the hearts of the generals. This is the detail of Dong Wenshan's consideration of the problem. He was a man known for his prudence and impartiality, and Kublai Khan took his opinion very seriously.

"This, Brother Dong, I know. That's why I can't make up my mind to punish him. Kublai Khan waved his hand and interrupted Dong Wenbing's exhortation. I gave him the Double Tiger Talisman back then, if he was a mediocre man who made a mistake, didn't I say that I looked at people and looked away, I don't know, how to deal with this matter, who to send to clean up this situation."

Among the ministers, there is only this Dong Wenbing, who will be called a brother by Kublai Khan. Only this Han man, with compassion, can stop Kublai Khan's killing intent. Several Mongolian officials looked at each other and gave Dong Wenbing a grateful glance.

Dong Wenbing smiled and replied calmly: "According to the minister's opinion, Shao Wu's defeat was all due to the fact that the enemy was underestimated. The page is now gone, and its crimes should not be investigated further......".

This is obviously a prevarication of responsibility. Leave all the mistakes to a dead person to bear to reduce the pressure on the front-line soldiers. Dong Wenbing just wants to calm things down, according to the experience of the ancestors of the Han people, changing generals in battle is a taboo for soldiers.

"In this way, Lord Youcheng's intention is not to pursue the fault of Dachun Mourning City's loss of land", Pingzhang Ahma interjected coldly, interrupting Dong Wenbing's suggestion. From Dong Wenbing's words, he could hear that the other party's next suggestion was to continue to fully support the army on the Guangnan East Road, and then take care of Wen Tianxiang's affairs after the Southern Song Dynasty was completely extinguished. This is easy to say, and in the eyes of the person in charge of money and food, it is simply standing and talking without backache. In order to provide support to the front line, Ahma and others have printed a lot of paper money, arrested displaced people to set up official metallurgy, repeatedly increased taxes in Taiyuan, Dadu and other places, and even shared many of the expenses of the Ping Song Dynasty in the newly conquered Liangzhejiang region. However, the imperial court still can't make ends meet, and if the hundreds of thousands of troops in Quang Nam are allowed to stay for a long time, it won't be long before the officials' fortunes come from.

Da Yuan immediately took the world, and on martial arts, he was unparalleled in the world. However, the ability to govern the country is the lowest in the world. In the newly established empire, the Han people who were really talented and knew how to govern the Jiangnan area were unwilling to come out and do their best for the imperial court. Those who surrendered, but most of them were corrupt officials in the original court. When it comes to corruption skills, they are no less capable than anyone else. In terms of governing the country, it is not as good as these people under Kublai Khan.

Ahmad is a financial expert, both for the country and for himself.

"General Dachun is indeed innocent," Dong Wenbing glanced at Ahma, and replied neither humbly nor arrogantly. In the past few years, the Semu Group has become more and more powerful in the imperial court, and has surpassed Dong Wenbing and other Han military families. Whether it is a moral bottom line or a political faction, several Hanchen and Ahmad cannot stand together.

Ahmad shrugged his shoulders and made an indifferent gesture at Dong Wenbing's white eyes. In the past few years, Dong Wenbing, who is known for his integrity, made people taboo three points. But now it's different, Jiangnan is about to be pacified, and the use value of the Han people has become smaller and smaller. And the Semu people, because they are good at managing money, were regarded as humerus by Kublai Khan.

"Long live, Da Chun is tyrannical, has heavy troops and does not know how to restrain. The expedition of the laborers was fruitless, and the money and food were consumed, and the crime should be punished according to the law. Even if there is no fault, the three armed forces must retreat and recuperate." Ahmad looked at Kublai Khan's face and suggested in a low voice. "At present, Jiangxi and Guangnan are uneasy, and the military rations and materials raised by the ministers are sent over, and the losses on the road are often more than half ......."

"Changing generals on the spot is probably not a good deed." Dong Wenbing retorted in a low voice. Fan Wenhu, the governor of the two Zhejiang provinces, Chen Yan, the envoy of Huaixi Xuan, and others once wrote to him complaining that Ahma sent people to set up propaganda and promotion departments in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Lianghuai, and the number of officials appointed reached 500, and these people were all capable of collecting taxes, and the persecution of the people was more serious than in the Song Dynasty. If this continues, I am afraid that the rebellion in various places will become more and more violent. And Ahma's reason is that the elimination of the Song family requires money and food. Therefore, Dong Wenbing would rather eliminate Zhang Shijie's forces at the front in one go, so that Ahma no longer has an excuse to conquer and install his own faction.

"Ke Ke Chun this time, I was indeed disappointed" Kublai Khan rubbed his head, unwilling to listen to Ahma and Dong Wenbing's argument again. What he needs now is a short-lived and effective solution, not a rambling.

"Your Majesty, the minister's intentions, Dachun is not at fault, but now we must order Dachun to withdraw his troops." Prime Minister Boyan raised his head, and his voice was like a bell.

"Ugh!" Kublai Khan was stunned for a moment, since he broke Lin'an, Boyan had never spoken to him so loudly. The surrounding eunuchs hurriedly gave Boyan a look and signaled him to pay attention to the words between him and the emperor.

Boyan also realized that his attitude was a little reckless, and quickly lowered his head, but Kublai Khan was not angry, but was moved by his short sentence, and after a long time, he asked: "Boyan told me your reasons, I remember that when I persuaded me to Tu Song as soon as possible, you were also so excited!" It's been a long time, and I thought you wouldn't talk to me anymore. โ€

Boyan's face was a little red. At that time, he did not let Kublai Khan go north to quell the rebellion, but persuaded him to take Lin'an first, destroy the Great Song Dynasty, and then return to the north. This is the most proud plan of Boyan's life, and when he heard Kublai Khan mention it again, his words trembled a little under the agitation of his mood. "In the opinion of the ministers, the most urgent task now is not to cure anyone's crimes, but to withdraw more than 100,000 troops from the sea safely."

As the words came out, the entire hall fell silent.

Although Dayuan suffered losses in Fuzhou, the entire Jiangnan war situation still developed in the direction of Dayuan's favor. The remnants of the Song Dynasty that had been divided and surrounded had been gradually extinguished. Withdrawing all the troops because of a small defeat is simply a big fuss.

"Are you persuading me to give up Quang Nam first?" Kublai Khan asked in a low voice. Although he was hot-tempered, he was not a stubborn monarch. On the contrary, he accepted the opinions of Boyan and other important ministers very modestly.

"I heard that Wen Tianxiang is in Shaowu, and his banner is no longer to restore the Great Song Dynasty, but to protect the homeland and dignity of the Han people!" Boyan's words sounded even more marginal.

Kublai Khan, Dong Wenshan, and others' eyes suddenly lit up, as if they saw what was hidden behind these words.

"I've heard of it, and it's a new idea!" Kublai Khan glanced at Dong Wenbing and the others and replied with interest. "According to this, I, Dayuan, should return to Mobei and return the land to the Han people."

"Your Majesty's words are serious, how dare the ministers live up to Your Majesty's grace!" Dong Wenbing shook his head to the ground and replied loudly.

"Brother Dong is an ordinary Han person, I'm talking about those grass people." Kublai Khan smiled and said. "Da Chun has always been brave, but this time Shao Wu's loss, he can't escape the blame. Originally, I wanted to punish him heavily, lest when everyone led the troops outside, he would not want to forge ahead and lose the prestige of my Dayuan. Since Brother Dong and Boyan both said something for him, I will let him go for the time being. It's just that where the hundreds of thousands of troops will retreat, our monarchs and ministers still have to plan carefully! โ€

"Hoorayโ€”" Ahma's lips moved, and he swallowed the words back into his stomach. Hearing the words of the people, he was confused. Dong Wenbing had previously disapproved of the withdrawal of troops and was at odds with his own opinion. Boyan only interjected a sentence, and the opinions of Kublai Khan and several Mongolian and Han ministers were quickly unified. Only I, Lord Pingzhang, was like a fool, standing next to listen to what others were talking about.

Before being summoned, several clansmen had pleaded with Ahma to find a way to send them to replace Dachun and complete the final blow against the remnant Song. In order to build up some meritorious deeds, and by the way, to get some wealth. That's why Ahmad used grain and grass as an excuse to slander Kublai Khan. Now that he suddenly saw the ministers of the Mongolian and Han factions working together, Ahmad couldn't help but hesitate.

I was thinking about what everyone wanted to do, when I heard Kublai Khan's arrangement: "Ahma, the southern expedition to the grain, you are so good that you are arranging." The road is not very smooth, just send it to Ganzhou, Ganzhou to the south, by Dachun himself to pick up. Prepare another military salary for Liangzhe, and when Fan Wenhu comes back, I will ask him to come to you to receive it."

"Yes, the minister obeys," Ahma replied, his stomach full of anger in his heart. With patience, I heard Boyan suggest to Kublai Khan: "Long live, the weather is hot and humid now, and the soldiers are working hard. If you would not like to make them part ways, they will have food...".

Boyan's advice has always been concise and clear.

Liu Shen was transferred to Zhangzhou, Suodu was transferred to Chaozhou, Pu Shougeng returned to Quanzhou by sea, and Dachun headquarters returned to Yingzhou and Shaozhou for repairs. Fan Wenhu and Lu Shikui passed through eastern Zhejiang, and strictly prevented Wen Tianxiang from fleeing north.

A new strategic framework unfolds with the deployment of Boyan. Ahmad couldn't understand it, but Dong Wenshan and other Hanchen could see it clearly and clearly.

If you connect the armies that went to various places to suppress bandits in a curve, you can find that these groups of men and horses form a semicircle. And the direction of the center of the circle is facing Fuzhou.

"Da Chuntiao Chen blames himself, and I can't blindly protect my shortcomings. He said that he wanted to carve out the Fujian Road from Jiangxi Province, and I answered him. Let Fujian temporarily become a province of its own, and it is still under the management of Dachun. However, this province was a wartime system, and Pu Shougeng and Suo Du were appointed governors to participate in politics, and they were ordered to assist Dachun and pacify Fujian as soon as possible. As for Wen Tianxiang, I want to capture him alive, I want to meet this person! Kublai Khan looked at everyone and solemnly admonished, "The one who can disrupt my great world with the power of one person is a rare talent."

"Minister, Honor!" The ministers of Mongolia, Han, and Semu agreed in unison.

Kublai Khan waved his hand and signaled for everyone to retreat. His eyes were fixed on the situation map that Bo Yan hastily sketched on the table, and sighed softly.

Wen Tianxiang is a scholar in the end, and he doesn't know how to use soldiers. Or maybe there was a huge disagreement between the generals of the remnant Song Dynasty, which caused them to miss another chance to turn defeat into victory. If this battle had been under the command of Boyan, the Broken Army would never have fought Fuzhou. Chen Hangyan and Mrs. Xu will never be separated.

That's what Boyan said just now. If Wen Tianxiang won the victory in the defense of Shaowu, and then sent troops to Meizhou and Xunzhou with Chen Hangyan and Mrs. Xu, and directly took the Dachun Hou Road, the coastal armies, the grain route would be in danger of being cut off. When the time comes, no matter whether Da Chun returns to help or not, Zhang Shijie can forcibly land.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Song army was weak, once the encirclement was formed, plus the soldiers and horses of Ling Zhen and others near Guangzhou, and the armed forces of some bandits, in the Guangnan area, the ratio of the strength of the Song army and the Yuan army was three to one.

Nearly 400,000 besieged 100,000, plus those secret weapons in Wen Tianxiang's hands, Da Chun and the others may not be able to retreat with their whole body. At that time, Dayuan will lose not only Fuzhou, but the entire Jiangnan.

Fortunately, Wen Tianxiang is not mature yet, and he does not have the kind of judgment of Boyan. What's even better is that Wen Tianxiang's current goal is getting farther and farther away from the goal of Zhang Shijie and others, and it is impossible for them to work together.

Kublai Khan inhaled the cold air and set his eyes in the direction of Fuzhou. Wen Tianxiang can no longer be given a chance to grow, if he has Boyan's mind and vision, the world will be in danger!

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