Soaring City.

After the servant king Bu Yaqin led 13,000 soldiers to help the Changning army defeat Lu Wenhuan, he took the corpses of the people who died in the battle and left neatly, without greeting Lingxiao City at all.

It came suddenly, and it left suddenly.

I don't know, I thought that Bu Ya was for goodness and didn't leave a name, and he came to do good deeds.

But in fact, Bu Ya rushed back to ask the Tang State spies for payment.

The soldiers left without even giving a chance to thank them, which made the soldiers and civilians of Lingxiao City very puzzled.

"Sheren, why is that?" The generals looked at the figures of the servants disappearing into the mountains, and they were confused.

Yi Shiying pondered for a while, and finally understood, "Who should have invited them to relieve the siege." ”

"Who invited you? Could it be the official family of Guangzhou? The generals speculated.

Guangzhou official?

Yi Shiying wasn't sure. However, those who were willing to spend a huge price to invite soldiers to relieve the siege were none other than the Guangzhou officials, Jiangling Xiaoyin, and Lin'an Li Luo.

That's all there are to it.

All three of them have the potential to rescue Soaring City. Most likely, it is still the Guangzhou official family. What Yi Shiying hopes for most is also the Guangzhou official.

"Don't worry about so much for now, hurry up and clean up the battlefield and collect the Tartar weapons, grain and grass!" Yi Shiying didn't want to do so much.

At this time, everyone in the Changning Army was overjoyed, and it was a great victory. There are more than 10,000 corpses of the Yuan army, and the weapons and grain and grass left behind alone are a bumper harvest.

With today's seizure, Lingxiao City can hold out for a long time.

When the soldiers and civilians of Lingxiao City were carrying the spoils of war, a group of soldiers and horses finally drove in from outside the mountain, waving the banner of the Yuan army.

The Changning army immediately deployed and was ready for battle.

However, the Yuan army stopped advancing halfway up the mountain, and immediately afterward, a British Wuzi in his thirties came alone to fight under Lingxiao City.

"In the next Zongday, it was sent by the Tang King to ask to see General Yi Shiying, the guard of Lingxiao City!"

What the? Not the Yuan Army?

Sent by Tang King Li Luo?

Yi Shiying immediately understood that it was not the Guangzhou official family who hired the soldiers to rescue Lingxiao City, but Li Luo, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River.

Why was Lu Wenhuan defeated so easily? It must have been the Yuan army's camp outside the mountain that was ended. Otherwise, with just more than 10,000 soldiers, Lu Wenhuan would definitely not be defeated, otherwise he would not be Lu Wenhuan either.

"Hurry up, please!" Yi Shiying hurriedly invited Zong Sun to enter the city.

This is a grateful guest in Lingxiao City!

"In Xia Zongday, I saw General Yi!" After entering the city, Zong Sun bowed his hand.

Yi Shiying said to a good man, and hurriedly bowed and said: "Brother Zong Tian is polite, please enter the city guard to drink tea!" ”

Zong Tian followed Yi Shiying and the others towards the city guard center, and while looking at Lingxiao City, he found that there were low stone houses everywhere, densely packed, indicating that the residence was very crowded.

The city is not large, it covers an area of just over a mile, and the streets are narrow, so at first glance the city has a large population.

Zong Tian walked all the way and found that many soldiers and civilians in Lingxiao City were pointing and talking about themselves, with excited looks on their faces. The Changning army he saw was all fierce and resolute, and at first glance it was the kind of elite who fought a hundred battles.

The so-called city guard center is actually a slightly larger stone house, which is the size of an ordinary farmhouse's yard.

Zong Tian followed Yi Shiying and other generals into the city guard center, sat down in the court, and immediately a little girl took the initiative to bring Zong Tian a bowl of water.

"Ling Xiao, you go and tell Lao Liu Tou, just say that you have a distinguished guest, let him roast a lamb to entertain guests!" Yi Shiying instructed the little girl.

"Yes, Father!" Xiao Lingxiao childishly agreed, put down the kettle and ran out with his calves.

Zong Tian didn't expect that Lingxiao City had been besieged all year round, and there were still sheep.

It turned out that although the Yuan army was besieged all the year round, it was in the mountain pass outside the mountain, not under the city. In that case, the Yuan army will not be able to bear it for a long time.

Therefore, when the Yuan army did not attack the city, the soldiers and civilians in the city relied on the mountains to eat the mountains, and went out of the city to hunt in the mountains to supplement rations.

After the guest and host sat down, Zong Tian took out a letter, "This is a letter from His Royal Highness King Tang, please take a look at General Yi." ”

Yi Shiying took the letter, the more she looked at her face, the more wonderful she became, and finally couldn't help but say, "Tang Wang Gaoyi!" Tang Wang Gaoyi! I'm ashamed! I dare not be ashamed! ”

He circulated the letter to the generals, and the generals were moved.

It turned out that Li Luo first highly praised the fearless spirit of the soldiers and civilians of Lingxiao City for persisting in resisting the Yuan. One of them is: "The righteousness of Hongtian Heng, the festival of Yang Suwu; Shame Li Ling, far away Zhang Xun. ”

There is also a sentence: "The world has been negative for Lingxiao City for a long time, and Lingxiao City has lived up to the world." ”

There is even a sentence: "I'd rather give up a million gold and silver than a single person." I have raised an army, but I have an inch, and I will not let this city be left in dust. ”

These words moved Yi Shi and others very much. No one has ever said such heartwarming words.

King Tang not only said a heart-warming word, but also really spent a lot of money to hire soldiers to go out, and even sent Yang Hanming, the Banzhou army, to the rescue and relieved the danger of the fall of Lingxiao City.

That's not all. Li Luo said in the letter that he would send Lingxiao City 50,000 stone of military rations, 1,000 stones of salt, and 100,000 feather arrows...

These donated materials, plus the seizures, are enough for Lingxiao City to hold on for another two years. These grain weapons were all trophies looted by the Banzhou army in the camp of the Yuan army outside the mountain, and most of them were given to Lingxiao City.

For Ling Xiao City, it is really timely rain, charcoal in the snow, and benevolence and righteousness.

Compared with Zhao Guan's family in Guangzhou, one is really in the sky and the other is on the ground. Now in the anti-Yuan rebel army, Li Luo, the king of Tang, is the strongest, but only Li Luo takes them seriously.

People's hearts are full of flesh, how to choose, do you need to think about it?

Yi Shiying and the generals tacitly exchanged glances, and everyone knew what to do.

"General Yi, the things sent by King Tang are halfway up the mountain, and I ask General Yi to carry them." Zong Tian said, "I am busy with military affairs and can't stay for a long time, so I won't eat in the city." ”

Yi Shiying heard that he was busy with military affairs, and it was inconvenient to keep him, so he had to write a reply letter and asked Zong Tian to bring it to Li Luo.

Zong Ri saw Yi Shiying's letter and raised his head and said: "His Royal Highness the Tang King Junjian, the last general Yi Shiying worships ......" Zong Ri couldn't help but smile. Well, the king's hard work was not in vain.

Zong Tian asked, "I wonder how many soldiers and civilians are still in the city?" ”

Yi Shiying replied: "There are probably 10,000 people, nearly 4,000 old and weak women and children, and more than 6,000 soldiers. "Although there are not many soldiers, all of them are elite soldiers with tenacity and experienced anti-veteran soldiers.

Zong Tian nodded, "With these populations, the grain sent by the king can still support one or two years. ”

Yi Shiying said: "Please return to the Tang King with Brother Zong, as long as the Tang King's heart to resist the Yuan does not change, Lingxiao City will be the only one from now on." ”

Zong Tian nodded: "I will definitely return truthfully." If the country does not change, there will be a period in the future. ”

Zong Tian did not stay, and left after explaining the matter. Yi Shiying and others have been sent out of the city.

It wasn't until Zong Day's back disappeared that Yi Shiying returned to the city with great emotion.

Zong Tian returned to the camp outside the mountain and said to Yang Hanming: "Junma, the matter has been done. Yi Shiying was also happy to take revenge, and he agreed to belong to my Tang Dynasty. ”

Yang Hanming breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "The king has no last resort, and he finally didn't fight this battle in vain." ”

Zong Tian said: "Jun Ma, now that Lu Wenhuan has mostly guessed that the Banzhou army has rebelled, the other Yuan troops will soon know, how do Jun Ma plan to deal with it next?" ”

Yang Hanming smiled: "Am I the opposite? No, I don't. The Banzhou Army is still under the banner of Dayuan, who can prove that I, Yang Hanming, are reversed? I just don't admit to rebellion now, Lu Wenhuan said that if I rebel, I will rebel? ”

Zong Ri laughed, "Jun Ma's trick is really clever!" ”

Chen Yu and Job's words couldn't help either.

Yes, the Banzhou Army did not openly oppose the Yuan, and did not raise the flag to change the banner, based on Lu Wenhuan's guess, it can be determined that the Banzhou Army has rebelled? Didn't that force tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Banzhou to rebel openly?

As long as Yang Hanming does not admit it, even the king of Yunnan will not be able to send troops to attack.

Qiao Bu suddenly said: "The king of Yunnan is about to return to Yunnan, what if the king of Yunnan summons the county horse to his camp to participate in the military meeting?" ”

Yang Hanming said: "Then I will also pretend to be sick and delay, and shirk in every way." The big war is imminent, and he can only pretend to be confused. ”

Why does Yang have this confidence? Because Banshu is mountainous, and the people are fierce, there are many soldiers and horses. To defeat Banzhou, not only do you need more soldiers and horses, but it also takes a lot of effort.

Even if Timur knew that Yang Hanming had secretly rebelled, it was not good to ignore the threat of the three rebels and fight Banzhou, which did not openly rebel.

It is likely that in the view of Timur, Banzhou may not really be opposed, but just sit on the wall and wait and see. The so-called more is better than less, before Li Luo and others were eliminated, Timur could only temporarily let go of the Banzhou army.

Banzhou did not openly rebel, and it was not good for Timur to use troops against Banzhou first, and Banzhou was safe for the time being.

This is also Li Luo's consideration.

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In the Luchuan River in the south of Yunnan, a huge army is crossing the river.

On the hundred-zhang wide river, the pontoon bridge drained for several miles. A large number of armor soldiers, war horses, mules and horses crossed the river in a tense and orderly manner.

On the north bank of the river, tens of thousands of people have crossed, people neighing and shouting, boiling and rebellious, and the radius of several miles is densely packed with soldiers and horses and baggage.

On a hillside five miles away from the river, a tall black horsetail and a blue wolf battle flag are standing on the hill, majestic.

At the foot of the hillside, there is a white tent like white clouds, and there are many guards outside, and a majestic Haidongqing is squatting on the top of the big tent.

This is the big tent of the Chinese army of the general of Yunnan, King of Yunnan, Timur.

Since the end of last year, Timur first captured 27 cities of the Bagan Dynasty, subdued many tribes, fought dozens of battles, destroyed 200,000 Burmese troops, and finally captured the city of Bagan, the king of Burma, not long ago.

The Bagan Dynasty, which had been established for hundreds of years, perished.

Because the resistance of the Bagan Dynasty for more than half a year angered the young king of Yunnan, Timur not only killed the king Naroti Kepo and the Bagan royal family, but also ordered that the sword should not be sealed for three days.

The Yuan army and the barbarians who belonged to the Yuan army burned and looted the city of Bagan, and the city was bloodied and pestleed, and the beautiful royal palace and temple were reduced to ashes in the fire.

Timur also raided money, food, and property and captured slaves. Not only do generals at all levels earn a lot of money, but even the low-level soldiers also have bulging pockets.

The wealth accumulated by the Bagan Dynasty over hundreds of years was lost.

Because of the southern expedition of Wuhou and the legacy of thousands of years, the Burmese people respected Zhuge Wuhou. There are a large number of Wuhou temples in northern Myanmar, as well as Kongming City, and every household has a Wuhou shrine. Timur also ordered the burning of the Wuhou Temple, the destruction of Kongming City, and the prohibition of the Burmese from worshipping Zhuge Liang.

At the same time, Timur also learned from his grandfather Kublai Khan, and vigorously encircled "Musha" in various places. Miusa is a system handed down from the Shu and Han dynasties, and it is actually a copy of the Wei and Jin clans.

In addition to this, Timur also subdued the tribes. Twelve tribes, including Wumeng, the king of Jiandu, and Pingsha, the king of the golden tooth, were attached to the Yuan court and were named Tusi officials by Timur.

Originally, Timur would have stayed in Bagan for a few months, and then triumphed after the situation in Bagan was completely stabilized. But he didn't have time.

He must rush back to suppress the rebels.

"The speed of crossing the river is like a turtle crawling on the sand, and like a snail from one tree to another!" In the big tent of the Chinese army, Timur also said dissatisfiedly, pushed away the frightened Bagan princess Aya in his arms, and shouted: "Raduhan! Let the army cross the river quickly! ”

Timur is only in his twenties this year, and he is tall and mighty. And his resourcefulness is also among the top among Kublai Khan's grandchildren, otherwise he would not have commanded an army of more than 100,000 to attack Burma and destroy Burma.

"Wow!"

A Mongol general rushed out of the tent with a horsewhip in hand.

"This is the distress of returning to my hometown full of trophies!" Timur also looked around at the generals in the tent, "We have received more than a million stone of grain, more than 100,000 slaves, 50,000 cattle, thousands of elephants, and countless gold and silver treasures..."

"But these things, like a burden like a mountain, slow down the pace of the warriors."

The deputy marshal said to Mango: "King, our harvest is too great, we can't fly to the other side of the Jinsha River in one night like the Great Khan crossed the river with his leather bag." At this rate, it will take at least three days to cross the river. ”

A color-eyed general said: "King, do you want to leave a little soldiers and horses to escort the spoils of war, and the army will cross the river and go north first?" It would save two days of effort. ”

Timur shook his head, "This won't work." At the very least, the grain and grass must be taken away, as well as elephants, which are used against the rebels. ”

The venerable King of Yunnan rejected the general's proposal and continued: "Pass on the order of the king, send someone to tell Lu Wenhuan, Duan Qing, Tian Jinxian, Yang Hanying and others that before the twentieth of this month, they must gather in Kunming to participate in the military meeting!" If the extension is not reached, the military law will deal with it! ”

When he mentioned Yang Hanying, he thought that the lord of Banzhou was Yang Hanying.

Xiang Mango lost his words: "Don't you wait for the Tubo army?" ”

"No waiting!" The king of Yunnan said coldly, "It will take at least two months for those Tubo people to gather, and we don't have the time to wait!" ”

He had already received a secret order from Kublai Khan to let him seize Hengyang. Since it was a secret decree, he did not say it in public. Except for the deputy marshal Xiang Mango, the other generals don't know yet.

Those who are qualified to know are only Yunnan Pingzhang, the Duan Chief, and a few generals such as the Annan Army.

But what the king of Yunnan didn't know was that as soon as his army returned to Yunnan, the Tang agents sent the news back.

…………

On November 15, Li Luo finally received the news that Wang Dajun of Yunnan had returned to China.

He immediately convened Wen Tianxiang and others for a military discussion.

"There are still 150,000 troops left in Timur's headquarters, plus the newly attached Jiandu Army, the Golden Tooth Army, etc., with more than 200,000 soldiers and horses! And that's not counting the hundreds of thousands of slaves. ”

"The Yuan army stationed in Annam transferred 80,000 people, most of whom were led by the widows before."

"The Duan family's dispatch of 100,000 troops has been made clear. Lü Wenhuan of Sichuan had at least 80,000 troops. The Sizhou Tian clan sent 50,000 troops, and more than a dozen big toasts such as the Cen family and the Huang family combined sent 100,000 troops! ”

Wen Tianxiang's expression was solemn, "In this way, there are at least 600,000!" ”

"Yes!" Li Luo said with a smile, "This is also the last main force that the Yuan Court can take out in the south." As long as the decisive battle is won, not only will there be no elite soldiers of the Yuan Court in the entire south, but also the major Tusi, and the vitality will be greatly damaged, which will be conducive to the return of the land in the later stage! ”

Chen Shuzhen said: "Timur also ordered the generals to meet in Kunming on the 20th, then the earliest date for him to send troops is also on the 20th." The army was slow to move in the south, and it was not until December that it reached the southeast. There is still more than half a month left for our army, which is enough. ”

Just ten days ago, under the impetus of the Tang State agents who controlled Xiao Liang's court, Xiao Yin did not hesitate to agree to the proposal to form an alliance against the Yuan. Because he also knew that the Tang Army was the strongest, he elected Li Luo as the leader of the coalition forces.

The Song court in Guangzhou, who learned the news, also passed an alliance to resist the Yuan under the pressure of the upcoming army of the Yuan army, and elected Li Luo as the leader of the coalition army.

The three kingdoms have exchanged letters of state, and decided to set up a coalition army to conquer the Yuan general shogunate in Hengyang Prefecture, relying on Xiangshui, Dongting and Hengshan, to fight a decisive battle with the Yuan army.

Li Luo was the general of Zhengyuan and formed the base camp of the coalition army.

The Tang army will press 200,000 soldiers and horses in Hengyang Mansion, half of which are veterans, which is basically the main force of the Tang army. Xiao Liang dispatched half of his troops to 150,000 troops to Hengyang.

The Song court in Guangzhou sent the least troops, only 50,000 troops.

The strength of the Three Kingdoms Alliance in Hengyang Mansion will reach 400,000!

It can be said that since the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, the southern army has never been as prosperous as it is today.

It is no less than the scale of the forces of both sides during the Song and Yuan Wars.

The forces of the three countries are already being mobilized. Whether it was the efficient Tang State or the average efficiency of the Liang State and the Song Kingdom, they were all running at full strength because of the war at this time.

Take Tang as an example, the latest batch of armor and firearms produced in Dongzhou has all been shipped to the southeast.

Even Xiao Liang, who never wanted to offend Haoqiang, also began to use a knife to force the wealthy gentry to donate money and food.

Zhao Liangchuan opened the treasury and took out a large amount of gold and silver to reward the Hakka surname, the leader of the She people, and asked them to help fight against the Yuan. even sent people to buy and contact the toast of Liangjiang Province in Guangxi.

The anti-Yuan sentiment of the people of the Three Kingdoms was also mobilized.

In particular, the Tang State was in full swing and emotional, and everywhere there was talk of a "national war". The Chungmu Shrine, which has just been completed in various places, is overcrowded every day. The anti-Yuan poems and writings of scholars from all over the country are in the ascendant, and even the leaders of the Qinlou Chu Pavilion and the land of fireworks are also talking about the national war and talking about the rise and fall.

Don't dare to suffer the disaster of the country again!

In order to facilitate the decisive battle with the Yuan army, at Li Luo's suggestion, Xiao Yin also ordered Hengyang Mansion and its seven counties to relocate all the people west of the Xiangjiang River in Hengyang to the east of the Xiangjiang River.

The Tang fleet was to enter the Xiangjiang River and help the local officials of Hengyang of the Liang State to move the people across the river. After that, the Tang River Fleet will send 10,000 people into the Xiangjiang River blockade to prevent the Yuan army from crossing the river and control the main battlefield to the west of the Xiangjiang River.

In this way, even if the land of several counties west of the Xiangjiang River is white, it will not hurt the people of Hengyang. On the contrary, the people of the outer battlefields and counties will inevitably suffer a large number of casualties.

The people of Hengyang have already migrated for two days, and there are still ten days at most, and they will all be able to move across the river.

"In another ten days, all 400,000 soldiers and horses will be stationed in Hengyang." Wen Tianxiang said, "At that time, Hengyang will be the middle road, Jiangling will be the north road, and Guangzhou will be the south road, and there will be three battlefields." And I, the people of the Tang Dynasty, were blocked by Liang Guo and Zhao Song, and there was no suffering from war. ”

Li Luo sighed and said: "The people of Liang and Song will all be my Tang sons in the future." This big war will not be fought in two or three months, and I don't know how many people will be displaced and die under the sword soldiers. ”

Jiang Tu said: "Wang, Weichen suggested increasing the number of slave prisoners of war who went to Hengyang to build fortifications, especially in several county towns, which need to be urgently heightened and reinforced, as well as the camps and passes of various large camps, which need to be repaired and reinforced. ”

Li Luo nodded, "Okay." Then another 50,000 prisoners of war will be sent to Hengyang. ”

There were already seventy or eighty thousand prisoners of war slaves who went to Hengyang to work as coolies, and at this time, Li Luo transferred another 50,000 to basically empty the prisoners of war slaves in the Tang Kingdom.

"King, counting that our army is a few days faster than the Yuan army, Weichen is not worried. But the most important thing at the moment is gunpowder! Wen Tianxiang frowned and said, "Our army has tens of thousands of firearms, and the little gunpowder left is not enough at all." ”

Li Luo smiled bitterly: "There is nothing the widow can do about this matter. It depends on whether the queen has found nitrate in Dongzhou. ”

At this moment, suddenly a guard came in and said, "King, Yan Tong suddenly came back, saying that there is something important to enlighten the king!" ”

Yan Tong is back? Didn't he go outside? Have you found the heirloom jade seal? Still is......

"Pass him in!" Li Luo was a little apprehensive. It doesn't matter if you can't find the jade seal for a while, don't let anything happen to you.

But as soon as Yan Tong came in, Li Luo knew that it was not a bad thing, but a good thing. Because the joy on Yan Tong's face was difficult to hide at all.

The heirloom jade seal has been found!

Li Luo subconsciously thought that the thing was in hand.

"Minister, meet the king!" Yan Tong was dusty, sweaty, and he didn't care about his appearance, so he worshiped when he met.

"Hurry up! Why did you come back on your own, they..."Li Luo asked.

Yan Tong said: "The king atoned for his sins, the minister doesn't know if he found the jade seal, the minister came back first......"

Li Luo listened to Yan Tong's narration, and slowly showed an irrepressible excitement.

An ancient tripod suspected to be Jizhou Ding!

Is it really true?

Wen Tianxiang also showed a look of surprise, with his profound knowledge, he felt that it was most likely Jizhou Ding!

"That Wanyan Weihuo is already outside the palace? See him! Li Luo said.

He is basically sure that it is Jizhou Ding.

Why?

Because his teacher once told him that Kyushu Ding was not in the mausoleum of the First Emperor, but was buried by the First Emperor in the feng shui treasures all over Kyushu.

The old thing speculated that he was not sure where the other tripods were, but he was sure that Yanzhou tripods must be somewhere in Mount Tai, and Jizhou tripods must be in the north of Chengde or Zhangjiakou!

Although the old thing is insidious and vicious, his professional level is at the master level, and no one in the world can match the study of Chinese wild history. He thinks that Jizhou Ding is in the north of Chengde or Zhangjiakou, so it is difficult to be wrong.

According to Yan Tong's description, the place where Guding was discovered was the northwest of Chengde in later generations!

The old thing also said that in the era of the Huaxia Alliance, the bronze manufacturing industry in the Central Plains was already very developed. By the time of Xia Yu, the level of bronze smelting was even more superb, and he was fully capable of casting large bronze ritual vessels.

He believes that the level of bronze smelting in the three dynasties has not been developing upward, but has developed in a curve due to the change of dynasties. The conclusion of the old thing is very novel, he said that the bronzes of the Western Zhou Dynasty are not as good as the Shang Dynasty, and the bronzes of the Shang Dynasty may not be stronger than the Xia Dynasty, and may even be inferior to the Xia Dynasty!

Li Luo was very skeptical of the teacher's conclusion before, but now, he felt that it was likely that the teacher was right.

If it is really Jizhou Ding, then this luck ...... If I go, I won't really have the blessing of Lao Jun, right?

Li Luo couldn't help but think a little frightened.

"King, Wanyan Weihuo bring!"

"The grass people finish Yan Weihuo, meet the Tang King!" Wan Yan Weihuo, who was in his eighties, bowed down tremblingly.

He thought he would come to the Song Kingdom, but it wasn't until he came to Lin'an that he knew that the Great Song Dynasty had died. And the one occupying the southeast turned out to be the Tang State. And the noble man he wants to see is the Tang King.

It's really a white cloud and a dog, the vicissitudes of life!

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