Chapter 666: Good Gentlemen and Good Soldiers, Abandon the Darkness and Turn to the Light
Emperor Lu's army had not yet officially marched towards the West Guangnan Road. However, the letters he sent had already spread throughout the states and counties.
Call on good gentlemen and good people from all over the country to respond to the order of the heavens and attack the pseudo-Song group. And the latter local people did not want to take the opportunity to rise, hoping to take advantage of the last afterglow of the Southern Song Dynasty to make a profit.
Therefore, the situation of the whole Guangnan West Road is not calm. The excuse for Xu Huiyan to entrench himself in Xiangzhou and Liuzhou is to suppress local rebellion. Miao Fu was heading north, and the first thing to do after arriving in Guizhou was the same. Only Liu Zhengyan was relieved, Yongzhou was facing the threat of the South Vietnamese army, and the local young people had already been mobilized by Shangguan Heng in Zhizhou. In the face of external enemies, it is peaceful internally.
It's just that although the latter two have achieved a stable place, their means are far less powerful than Xu Huiyan's, which makes everyone praise him for his courage and loyalty.
In the end, the Southern Song Dynasty has reached the point of dying, and many people have to leave a way back for themselves. Like back then, Na Shanqi and Zaifeng had to be "extraordinarily gracious" to Wang and Huang Fusheng, so as not to suffer greater revenge from the revolutionaries and leave a way out for themselves in the future. But Xu Huiyan was ruthless and went down. If this is not loyal to Zhao Song, why is it here?
Therefore, Guizhou City quickly responded. first took off the hat of the rebel minister on Xu Huiyan's head, and put the responsibility on the dead Chen Guoting and others, and then added the official to the knight, and directly mentioned the position of the festival and the crown of the yang. Although Zhao Song's title is not valuable, this is also a great favor.
The Qi army was like a bamboo, chasing after Xu Huiyan and the ass of the seed master, and hit Wuzhou. At that time, the city of Guizhou was panicked, and it was deeply afraid that the Qi army would be able to kill all the way to Guizhou. Zhao Huan had already given birth to the idea of giving up and surrendering. Unexpectedly, they stopped when they reached Wuzhou, and Xu Huiyan, who took a breath later, was also very competitive, and successively thwarted the follow-up attacks of the Qi army. The small court in Guizhou was immediately turned from danger to safety.
The current Xu Huiyan is already the envoy of the Jing Navy. He is less than thirty years old, and he has already established a festival, which is a great honor for Zhao Song Wuchen.
You must know that in the current small court of the Southern Song Dynasty, Xu Huiyan is already a veritable third person. Second only to Seed Master Dao and Liu Yanqing.
And the title he received is also very interesting. The Quiet Sea Festival Envoy, or more so the Quiet Sea Festival Envoy. The latter was placed in the Tang Dynasty and managed twelve states including Jiaozhou. That is to say, under the rule of the Jing Navy, it is now the South Vietnam Kingdom.
It can only be said that Zhao Huan and Geng Nanzhong are still a little arrogant, and their attitude towards the robbery of Nanyue has always been firm.
Now that the South Vietnamese soldiers have entered Yongzhou, it can be said that the two have torn their faces, and some unspoken rules do not need to be taken into account.
After the independence of South Vietnam, the Jing Navy Jiedu Envoy has not been heard of for a long time, just like the Guiyi Army's Jiedu Envoy and the Dingyan Army's Jiedu Envoy. However, now that this title is back in the rivers and lakes, there is no taboo, and there has been a fight between the horizontal and vertical sides.
Just when Lu Qian made a big plan and ordered Wang Qing, Zhong Xiang and Fang Lajun to go south one after another, the seed master Dao had already dragged his remnants and rushed to Yongzhou with a troop.
Yongzhou, as the sad place of the war that year, has not healed its scars so far. More than 100,000 people were slaughtered, and more than 100,000 people were taken captive by the South Vietnamese army to South Vietnam, which lasted more than two years.
Therefore, this time the South Vietnamese army invaded again, and a large number of young and strong people in Yongzhou enthusiastically joined the army. No one thinks about doing a second time after being a pig or sheep to be slaughtered once.
is also the same, the current Yongzhou is full of beacons.
As a border with South Vietnam, Yongzhou's jurisdiction is very large, and there are naturally a lot of local young people, Nong Zhigao relied on the young people here, swept the South Guangxi Road in one fell swoop, went down the Xijiang River to the east, and went straight to Guangzhou.
Now that the South Vietnamese invade again, it is not only the interests of the local Han people who have been lost, but also the few people who have suffered.
Who called this Yongzhou boundary, it has always been that there are few Han people and more people? Not to mention that after the original fighting, the number of Han people in Yongzhou has not recovered.
The governor of the other place reinstated the official, with a single name and a balance character. With a generous temperament and a humble self-listening, Yongzhou is the desire of the people.
There was a change in the north, the world was in turmoil, and Tokyo City still took care of getting remote places like Yongzhou. That Shangguan Heng has been serving here for more than six years.
The fault is not that Liu Zhengyan suddenly led the troops to come, Shangguan's family is on the boundary of Yongzhou, that is, like the emperor of the soil.
It's just that Shangguan Heng, the emperor of the soil, is not in a good mood, and the Nanyue Kingdom is gathering troops and horses on the border, and his desire is known to everyone in Sima Zhao's heart. But he was born as a civilian official, and he didn't know anything about martial arts.
If so, Liu Zhengyan came at the right time. asked Shangguan Heng to let go of his thoughts of secretly hooking up with Lu Qi - originally Yongzhou was an undercurrent, Zhao Song was defeated again and again, lost the city and lost the land, the people's hearts had already been scattered, and the local Han and Shaomin families were all eager to find a safe way out. But now, the South Vietnamese army took advantage of the fire to loot, but the latter had to be condensed into a rope.
Everything is about the urgency.
But even so, under the attack of the superior forces of the South Vietnamese Army, the border states and counties of Yongzhou and the gateway land have also fallen, and now the South Vietnamese Army has taken Taiping Village. The name of this place is a military village, but in fact it is already a county seat.
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Also belongs to Qiongzhou, the Li family of Guangnan West Road.
Inside the mansion, bright red lanterns are hung high, and the long corridors are connected in a line. The night breeze blows, the sparks sway, and the branches and leaves of the trees rustle.
On a three-story pavilion, the lights were bright in the middle of the night, and at this time, Li Mingxiao, the head of the Li family, was sitting and talking with several brothers.
Li Mingxiao is about 60 years old this year, but he is well-maintained, he looks no more than in his early 50s, his hair is half black, his face is ruddy, and he looks elegant and kind.
Sitting around the table with him are two siblings of the same father and mother, among them, the third is Li Mingzhong, who is only one year younger than Li Mingxiao, and the other is Li Minglian, who is the most ranked among the seven brothers of the older generation of the Li family. Now he is only in his early forties.
Li Mingxiao and Li Mingzhong looked at him like their own sons.
And filial piety, loyalty, propriety, and righteousness, this is the origin of the name of the seven brothers of the Li family.
Because they are brothers-in-law, and they have been close since childhood, when they grow up, although they are also separated, but the three of them are tightly together, and there has never been any dispute, even though the juniors have some small frictions in private, but they are the same enemy in external affairs. Therefore, the power of the Li family in Qiongzhou is also firmly in the hands of these three rooms.
Today, Li Mingxiao summoned the two to his place, and he had an extremely important matter to discuss with them.
At this moment, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Li Mingxiao's eyes are even brighter.
The young Li Minglian put down the cup first, and asked, "Big brother, why are you looking for me and the third brother to come over today?" ”
Li Mingzhong's eyes also sharpened, "Big brother, if there is something, say it, we two brothers, work together, then there will be no ditch that cannot be crossed." ”
"Is there something bad going on in the clan again?"
Li Mingzhong and Li Minglian looked at their brother, just waiting for him to answer. The three of them are now in the same breath, one is losing and the other is prosperous.
Li Mingxiao's gaze swept over the faces of the two brothers, and he nodded in response: "Brother Wei summoned you all over today, it is really a big matter to discuss with the two of you." ”
Seeing his solemn expression, Li Mingzhong and Li Minglian also had a grim expression, and sat more and more straight.
Li Mingzhong asked tentatively: "Listening to the meaning of the eldest brother, it seems that this matter is not an internal family matter?" "As far as the people in the other rooms are concerned, they can't make his eldest brother's face so solemn.
"Big brother, just say it!" Li Minglian's eyebrows were full of murderous energy.
His Li family is not pure. Earlier, it was a naturalized familiar, because the word Li was too conspicuous in Qiongzhou, so it was changed to the surname Li, and it has been passed down for five or six generations in Qiongzhou. not only whitewashed his worth, entered the circle of Han gentry, but also broke off the connection with Li Tong and secretly maintained close contact, so the Li family also has a place in Qiongzhou.
Li Mingxiao sighed and said: "This matter is related to the overall situation today. Although my Li family's foundation is in Qiongzhou, and the situation in southern Guangnan is still far away, I never thought that the Qi army was not big enough in Guizhou, and first pointed the spearhead at Qiongzhou. Once the war starts, it will be a catastrophe. My Li family has a lot of entanglements with the Qiongzhou government, and if I am not careful, I will die without a place to be buried. Therefore, for my brother, I should think about how to leave a way out......"
"Big brother, now the situation in Quang Nam has become clear. If my Li family wants to protect itself, it must be to serve Daqi. Li Mingzhong asked suspiciously. Isn't this a matter of fact already decided? When the Qi army arrived, they were the first to follow. The reputation of his Li family is not bad, and according to the laws of the new dynasty, at most some money will be confiscated.
"Third brother. We have long defined this matter, but now it has had another twist and turn. Li Mingxiao also couldn't understand what kind of stroke this new Korean sailor was going to go straight to South Vietnam. But the credit that was sent to the door, if he Li Jiaru let it go in vain, Li Mingxiao, the head sheep, would be too unqualified.
"Big brother mean?" Hearing Li Mingxiao's words, Li Minglian excitedly provoked.
"South Vietnam is the homeland of the Central Plains. Earlier, it was just the cowardice of the Zhao family, which allowed the Li family to dictate the country. How fierce is Emperor Hongwu of the new dynasty now? If the party and the Khitan are not taken seriously, the little South Vietnam, if it is not bound to be killed, will it not be self-defeating to come and take advantage of the fire to rob and invade our territory? ”
"Now the navy of the new dynasty wants to go straight to Shenglong and destroy the reverse Li in one fell swoop. The importance of Qiongzhou is needless to say. The king sent an order to me and others to connect one or two good gentlemen and good men, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, turn the false into the true, and stabilize Qiongzhou, so as to stabilize the back road for the conquest army. ”
After the Great War, Qiongzhou was the transit point of the sea route.
Not only that, Wang Dingliu also sent news, saying that he wanted to recruit sharp Ding Yong from Li Tong and join the army to serve, and he would have a good reward in the future.
However, because he was worried that the various armies going south would not be able to adapt to the subtropical rainforest climate for a while. Therefore, the Li people on Qiongzhou Island were recruited as a precursor.
When Li Mingzhong and Li Minglian heard this, they were all very excited. His old Li family has a deep relationship in Li Dong.
Li Mingxiao looked at the seventh brother Li Minglian, "Seventh brother, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Your third brother and I are already old, but you have to seize the opportunity. Li Mingxiao has his own son, but he knows very well the quality of his son, he can't be said to be a waste, but he can't compare to the seventh. The same is true for Li Mingzhong in this regard.
"Hello is the good of my Li family. Could it be that you are developed, and you can still kick your eldest brother and your third brother out with one kick? ”