Chapter 56: Who Leaked the News?
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At the end of September of the twelfth year of Tianfu of the Han Dynasty, Chu and Tang jointly sent troops to attack Lingnan. In the very first few days, Liu Sheng, the Han Emperor of Lingnan, was very worried for a while. But soon, ** was frustrated in Shaozhou, and in the case of repeated attacks, it could only surround Shaozhou. On the Western Front, since Zhong Yunzhang sent an envoy to Chu to bring back Ma Yun's extremely harsh conditions, Liu Sheng put Zhong Yunzhang in prison under the usurpation of Lin Yanyu, and at the same time urged Pan Chongche to stick to the front line of Fengzhou. Fifteen days later, the Chu army launched an attack on Yongzhou, where the number of Han troops was indeed too small, but after three or four days, Yongzhou fell. Since then, Ma Yun has waved his army to attack Fengzhou, which is also repeatedly defeated.
In this way, Liu Sheng, who was nervous, was reassured. As long as Fengzhou and Shaozhou are not lost, he can continue to drink Hutian.
In December of this year, the weather was not very good, the whole day was gloomy, the sun could not be seen during the day, and the moon could not be seen at night, except for the occasional star that appeared and disappeared. Late one night, the north wind whistling, whether it is the mouth of the Xijiang River (Pearl River), or a little outside the Lingding Ocean, everywhere is a stretch of hands without seeing the five fingers, pitch black, in this kind of weather, not to mention the merchant ships in the South Seas, even the poor people who make a living from fishing, will not venture into the sea.
But in the whirring wind, there was a faint sound of "popping" oars hitting the water. In the vast Lingding Ocean, it was not when a fleet of ships came in.
"General, look at this chart, we have just bypassed Dahao Island, and now we have entered the Lingding Ocean." In the cabin of one of the large ships at the front of the fleet, a tooth general said.
"Well... It's been 19 days, let's go all the way south, carefully bypass Wuyue, pass through Chaozhou and Xunzhou, and finally come to Xingwangfu. As long as we take the Xingwang Mansion, the first attack of this Han Dynasty will be ours. This man said with a little emotion, but he said confidently. He was Li Tang's deputy capital supervisor of soldiers and horses, and Sun Zhen, the general of Fubo. As early as October, Bian Hao, the generalissimo of Pingnan, and Cha Wenhui, the superintendent of the army, secretly proposed to the imperial court, suggesting that the imperial court send sailors to cross Wu Yue and directly attack the Xingwang Mansion.
This suggestion, although unbelievable, is not unpurposeful or whimsical. You must know that Li Tang's 6th Army is indeed slightly worse than that of the Central Plains Dynasty. Since the founding of the Li Dynasty, Li Tang had never won a war with the Central Plains Dynasty. But Li Tang's sailor is unique in the world, even Wu Yue can't compare, from the building boat that can accommodate hundreds of people, to the small and flexible sampan boat, Li Tang has everything. Li Tang sailors not only dominated the Yangtze River, but also rescued Haizhou and other places from the sea, and also escorted envoys to Khitan, Silla and other places, and had rich experience in naval warfare and sea navigation. As for the issue of nautical charts, although Li Tang's sailors had never gone to the South Seas or visited places like Xingwangfu, those big merchants often did business from the sea, and it was not difficult to get relevant nautical charts in this regard. In other words, Li Tang has the strength to fight across the sea like this. After all, even Wu Yue was able to rescue Fuzhou by sea, and Li Tang's sailors were stronger than Wu Yue.
However, Cha Wenhui's suggestion was not approved by Feng Yansi at the beginning. Feng Yansi has Feng Yansi's concerns, although there are various signs that the army of the Lingnan Han State is now very scattered, mainly distributed in Fengzhou, Shaozhou, Fengzhou and Kangzhou, and the strength of Xingwangfu is not much, but to conquer Xingwangfu and achieve the goal of beheading, it will take 30,000 horses. After nearly 20 days of sailing, there was only one supply point in the Ryukyus. Moreover, in the past, the voyages were nearly 6 voyages, and this time to achieve the purpose of sneak attack, it is necessary to bypass Wuyue and Chaozhou, Xunzhou, in the vast sea, what if you encounter strong winds and waves? He can't afford it.
However, Li Tang's economy is now extremely difficult. In October, Wang Renyi, the assassin of Qianzhou, received news that it was the Fenglong pawnshop in Qianzhou and privately collected copper coins, and Wang Renyi immediately sent someone to seize the Fenglong pawnshop, and as a result, a whole 1o boxes of copper coins appeared in the pawnshop's warehouse. Subsequently, there are also illegal traders hoarding copper coins in Jiangzhou. After reporting to Li Jing, he not only rewarded Wang Renyi and others, but also ordered all localities to investigate and crack down on illegal traders who collected copper coins. This decree is good, but after it arrived at the local level, it changed its taste, and the local officials regarded the search for Tibetan traders as a political achievement. But whoever opens a shop, how can he not have copper coins in his hand? After all, whether it is silver or silk, this is a high-value currency, how can this business not have a small amount of money in hand? How much is this copper coin considered a private possession, and how much is considered normal. Whether Li Jing's edict is on or not depends on the local officials themselves. When this edict arrives at the Jiedu Embassy, the Jiedu Envoy or the Town Guard Envoy will naturally convene a meeting of the governors of the states to study and study the spirit of the Central Committee and set a general range; But the people below must always have a little sweetness when doing things. When he arrived at the Thorn Mansion, the Thorn Shi convened a meeting of the counties, and this range was lower than that set by the festival, for example, the section was set at 10,000, so he changed it to 8,000, and when he waited for the county, this data became a little lower. These are nothing, if you want to check, you will always send someone to the store, these officials are not easy to take the sheep.
The big shops have backstage, which is better. Pitiful, just pity those small shops, these officials usually like to come over to take advantage, this time it is to take advantage of the order, then the number of visits to the door is more diligent. Since then, business has not been able to be done, and public resentment is boiling. Zhou Zong couldn't help but jump out, and attacked this Feng Yansi for a while. After Li Jing learned about this, he was also very dissatisfied with Feng Yansi, and immediately issued an edict to abolish the last edict. Feng Yansi's phase is unstable. In order to keep his position and regain Li Jing's favor, he had only one way, and that was the victory of the Southern Expedition. And Shaozhou was unable to attack for a long time, so he was so determined that he began to support the cross-sea sneak attack on Xingwangfu. finally persuaded Li Jing to select 25,000 elite men and horses of the navy to attack Xingwangfu.
Sun Zhen looked at the night sky, calculating the time in his heart. Tonight, except for the fact that the wind direction is not very good and cannot borrow strength, everything is going well. The dark sky covered everything, and no one could show their own army, and when they reached Panyu, half of the men and horses immediately climbed 6, and went straight to Xingwangfu, and the other half attacked along the waterway.
"General, should we send someone to occupy this Dahao Island?" Ya General said.
Sun Zhen smiled: "Occupy it, what are you doing?" We don't have many people, so we have to gather together. Later, he gave Hu Zhong an order, and after a while, he asked him to lead his troops ashore in Panyu and go straight to Xingwangfu. When the palace is built, it will be the best. If not, we will abandon the ship and go ashore, with these more than 20,000 horses, we can attack Yingzhou in the north and completely disrupt the defense line of the Han State. When the time comes, it will also be a great credit. Hehe, so, this time we come, as long as we go ashore in Panyu, we will be the heroes of the Southern Expedition. Hehe... This Ohori Island,It's useless.。。。 ”
"Well... Why haven't you been to Panyu yet? You go out and ask, urging them to hurry up. By the way, give the order to disperse the sampan boats, let them go in the front, and wait for the Lingding Ocean to pass. Let them spread out privately, this Xijiang estuary, there are many islands, our army passes by, maybe it will be revealed, let them deal with it on the spot. ”
The tooth general led the order to the deck, but couldn't help but shake his head, this general is really anxious, don't you look at what kind of weather it is now, how strong the wind is, let's go against the wind, it's good to have this degree.
To the west and north of Quang Nam Dong Province are highlands and hills, and to the south are some plains, which are crisscrossed by waterways, and it is said that there are hundreds of rivers in Quang Nam Dong Province. This Xingwangfu is very obvious. This side is not only an estuary of the Xijiang River, there are also some other rivers into the sea, such as Xunjiang (Dongjiang), Zhenshui, etc., they divide the area in front of Xingwangfu into large and small islands, the whole 6 places seem fragmented, this narrow channel has basically all the way to Xingwangfu and Panyu not far from it.
**According to the previous arrangement, they will be divided into several teams, and according to the sea chart, they will follow several wide waterways to Xingwangfu. Except for the wider waterway that Sun Zhen walked, the other teams all encountered some trouble and touched the reef a few times when they just started, after all, those merchants usually only take the main road, and the rest of the waterway only saw others walk by, but they didn't know the specific front of those rivers. But it's all here, and there's no need to check it again. And now, as long as they walk in the middle, they can pass safely. The army is getting deeper and deeper, and some light faintly appears in the distance, and it seems that the Xingwang Mansion is near. In the middle of the night, the common people have already gone to bed. Only in those large cities do there hanging torches and candles at the gates.
After a while, according to the identification of the merchant on the ship, it was confirmed that he had arrived in the area of Panyu, and the shore was dark, and the shadows were full of shadows, and it seemed to be a forest. Adjutant General Hu Zhong commanded his own troops, abandoned the ship and boarded the 6, and the sergeants jumped from the big boat to the sampan boat, and then boarded the 6 in turn. The one who goes up first naturally and orderly begins to investigate. If you don't check, maybe you feel better, but this time, they appeared-"There is an ambush!" ”
In the dark night sky, such an exclamation suddenly sounded. Even Hu Zhong, who was on the boat in the distance and commanded Deng 6, heard it. Before he could give the order and figure out the situation. I saw that suddenly, on the shore of Panyu, lanterns and torches were raised, illuminating the dark Dongjiang estuary. Then the firelight looked at it, and Hu Zhong's heart sank flickeringly. On the shore, a yellow dragon Chinese flag of Douda. Who knew that there was a "dong dong" war drum sound, accompanied by the sound of turning, a burst of bows and crossbows shot over. There were people on the east bank, and there were also men and horses of the Han army on the west bank!
"Ambushed." Hu Zhong's first thought was to order the army to retreat quickly.
The channel is narrow, and your fleet is lined up, so if the other side sets fire, you will be in danger. But he had just given the order: "The rear team becomes the front team and retreats quickly." "This has just become the back team of the front team, and it has worn out a very bad news, the river is impassable, and there is a shipwreck in front!
Hu Zhong had one in his heart, he knew that the so-called collision of his fleet just now obviously did not really hit the reef, and the ten ** encounters were also the shipwrecks of the Han army! At this time, the ** who had just boarded 6 was driven back into the water again. And the Han army on the shore didn't know where to drag more than ten small boats, thrown in the river, a torch is still put on, "whew", the fire is high, the fire borrows the wind, the more it burns, the more vigorous, the boat borrows the wind, the more and more urgent, and rushes towards the **.
At this time, the estuaries of the Xijiang River and the Dongjiang River were full of light, and even Zhang Zhen couldn't retreat, and the way out of his channel was not blocked by the sunken ship, but there were Han army sailors there. There are not many sailors in the Han army, but this channel is too narrow, and no matter how many ships there are, it can't be spread. **Caught in a desperate situation! After a few bursts, he couldn't get out, Zhang Zhen had no choice but to rush to the point of no return with his men and horses - Xingwangfu! There are ambushes here, how can Xingwangfu not have it? He couldn't figure out how he could be exposed by the Han army if he acted quickly and covertly?
Before Zhang Zhen died, he was very unwilling to know who leaked the news
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