Li Gande didn't know that Lu Qi's sailors had been assembled in Qiongzhou, and he was nearly sixty years old, and he had been on the throne for nearly fifty years, and his control over the Li Dynasty in South Vietnam could be described as super-strong. In particular, two years ago, the Li Dynasty army captured hundreds of people in the Tuojiang River valley, including Niuroarman, Mashadong, and Wei Pang, the cave chief. Let the Huayi barbarians in the entire Li Dynasty surrender to his feet.

Therefore, this time, the Li Dynasty took advantage of the fire to rob Zhao and Song, and for the Central Plains to steal chickens and dogs, and with his insistence, he was recognized by the entire Li Dynasty and the opposition.

After experiencing the tempering of the Song-Yue-Xining War, South Vietnam's fear of the Central Plains Dynasty has been worn out a lot. The strength of the latter is very strong, and the South Vietnamese army is far from being an opponent in a real fight. They held an elephant army that competed with the Chenla [Angkor Dynasty], and under the strong bows and crossbows of the Central Plains army and the poisonous smoke of fireworks, they had little power to speak of.

However, the mountains and rivers in northern South Vietnam are moats that cannot be crossed. Just like in the last war, the Song army drove them back to South Vietnam cleanly as soon as they made a force. He even seized several states and counties on the border, and then faced rivers one after another, but he couldn't exert all his strength. After dragging on with the South Vietnamese army day after day, many of them were infected with diseases and diseases, so they had no choice but to quit and return to the division.

The South Vietnamese Army did a lot of things in Yongzhou, and in the end, they didn't hurt them at all.

The reality was in front of them, and most of the fear of the Central Plains in South Vietnam was gone. Because the unfavorable factors for the Central Plains army to enter South Vietnam were water and soil, climate, and disease. These things cannot be reversed in a short period of time.

Li Qiande wanted to take advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains to get a piece of the pie, but he had nothing to fear.

That's why when it was cheap, he brazenly raised troops to attack Yongzhou.

As it turned out, this decision was the right one. That Yongzhou Zhizhou Shangguan Heng is a good hand in civil governance, but it is shorter than the military. There is another Liu Zhengyan, and Li Qiande is not in his eyes.

And that's exactly what happened. The South Vietnamese army made great progress, attacking the city and pulling out the fortress, and it didn't take long to take several states [the state of South Vietnam].

Throughout July, the most common news heard in Thang Long Mansion was that the county seat and military city had been broken again, and this time the Han officials did not escape; The officials of which county died ......, and so on.

The good news is like the waves of the sea, wave after wave, and there is no rest. Li Qiande was so unhappy in his heart.

Of course, the South Vietnamese Army did not win every battle, and Liu Zhengyan did not eat rice. He is in charge of Yongzhou's military affairs, and he still has some vision in the war, and he is a good hand at picking persimmons and picking soft ones. But after all, it was only a small victory, and it did not help the general trend. Liu Zhengyan has already pierced the heart of defending Yongzhou City.

But suddenly, the South Vietnamese army did not move. For example, at the moment, the movements of the South Vietnamese army are becoming more and more incomprehensible.

The South Vietnamese army that attacked Guwanzhai suddenly retreated, and even didn't want Tuoling and Wuli, and went straight back to Taipingzhai. There has been definite news that the South Vietnamese army retreated backwards after arriving at Taiping Village, leaving only a part of the army to garrison Taiping Village.

Liu Zhengyan was unwilling to give up the opportunity, and said to others: "The thief is in full swing, and he suddenly turns around and goes south, which must be a big change." I can't wait for the opportunity to fight a good battle, why don't I wait for the thief's brigade to turn around and kill again? "I only wonder if there is a fork behind the South Vietnamese Kingdom, such as Zhancheng taking advantage of the void. But it's too beautiful to think about.

Isn't there a saying that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

He had also won battles earlier, but it didn't help the overall situation in the end. When he went south, he only brought 2,000 soldiers, and the local soldiers and horses in Yongzhou were even 1,000 and insufficient. For many years, he has not practiced and has not cultivated his martial arts, which can be said to be more brave and insufficient than Zhuang Ding. Because this generation has already vented its courage.

With the 2,000 soldiers he brought, this can be regarded as having the backbone. And there is also Ding Zhuang, who is enthusiastic in Yongzhou, according to reason, Liu Zhengyan can organize a decent army. But it's a pity that Ding Zhuang in Yongzhou has a strong desire to serve, but they are only willing to work hard for 'their own people'.

This 'own person' is not the entire Yongzhou people, but only his own one-third of an acre.

Liu Zhengyan and Shangguan Heng cooperate well, if there is time, they may not be able to divide and disintegrate one by one. But Li Qiande didn't give him more time. As soon as the war began, Liu Zhengyan held less than 10,000 men and horses in his hands. Even if he has the backbone of the imperial battalion and horses, facing the tens of thousands of troops of the South Vietnamese Kingdom, he cannot be an opponent.

Now the main force of the South Vietnamese army on the opposite side suddenly returned to the south, although I don't know what it is, but there are only a few thousand people left in the Taiping Village, but it can't be wrong, how can Liu Zhengyan still be polite?

On this day, a burst of cheers suddenly sounded in Yongzhou, first from the city gate, and then quickly spread towards the city center. It was the whole city cheering, and it was overwhelming. woke up Shangguan Heng, who had stayed up all night in the study last night, from his deep sleep.

"What's going on out there?" If it weren't for the cheers, Shangguan Heng would have thought that the city was broken.

"Father, father...... won, General Liu won. Taiping Village has been taken, and the thieves inside have been wiped out by our army. ”

The voice of the eldest son, Shangguan Ruiwen, sounded outside the house.

Shangguan Heng's head, which was originally confused, came to his senses. The whole person jumped up from the bed, and before he had time to put on his shoes, he strode towards the door. As he walked, he said, "Is this true? Did the official army really recover Taipingzhai? The latter is the most important pass on the road ahead of Yongzhou. Over there, Tuoling and Wuli are not a problem, and Guwanzhai is just a small ditch.

"That's still false. The thieves inside were all eliminated, the military general Li Jingping was captured, the prison army Wu Jishan drew his sword and committed suicide, and none of the officers and officers below escaped. Two leading lieutenants were also surrendered. ”

Shangguan Heng happily showed his gums, and shouted out in a gaffe: "Good, good, good." He vented his evil anger and made the official unhappy. ”

That Shangguan Ruiwen also smiled toothlessly, "This great victory will be publicized, and it will definitely boost the morale of the military and people in Yongzhou." "This is a meritorious defense against the enemy. Presumably, even if he arrived in the new dynasty, the Shangguan family had such merits, and his father's long-term good reputation, the future would not be bad.

This is a great joy.

Shangguan Heng couldn't be happy, listened to the loud cheers outside the mansion, and said to his son: "Quickly find Wang Tongju, gather all the pigs, sheep, wine and meat in the city, and then invite the gentry and celebrities in the city." "Shangguan Heng wants to reward the army, reward the army! The army must be sacrificed.

This battle can be said to have made the hearts of the military and people in Yongzhou reassured.

In an alley not far from the Yongzhou Prefecture.

Zhou Yongmin, the magistrate of Xuanhua County, Yongzhou Prefecture, did not let his subordinates serve, and there were no three bowls and four cups of seven meats and eight vegetables on the small round table, which was the simplest home-cooked food, Zhou Yongmin's wife and their children who were not yet ten years old, just a simple family of four.

Zhou Yongmin no longer has the majesty of being outside, and he drinks and sings at the dinner table, which can be said to be a profligate. But his wife did not persuade him, for she knew how great the weight of her husband had been these days.

The offensive of the South Vietnamese army was in full swing, like waves in the sea, wave after wave, and never stopped.

Many people in the city fled to the north, and many officials were obviously limited to the constraints of Shangguan Heng and could not move their families to the north, but secretly sent out the property of their descendants.

Zhou Yongmin didn't do this, but he couldn't sleep restlessly every night for such a long time, but he survived. Today, he finally waited for the good news he had dreamed of - Taipingzhai reported success. The South Vietnamese bandit army was annihilated by more than 5,000 people. The crisis situation in Yongzhou has changed .......

"Hahaha, the sword suddenly spread to collect Jibei, and the first time I heard it, I was full of tears. But seeing where his wife was worried, he was ecstatic with poems and books. Singing during the day must indulge in wine, and youth is a good companion to return home. That is, from Ba Gorge through Wu Gorge, then go down to Xiangyang to Luoyang. ”

"The joy of the Du Gong Department in the past, Zhou someone knows it today."

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The celebration of Yongzhou is the sorrow of South Vietnam, but it is even more sad and lies ahead. The sea breeze blows in Thang Long Province, and the time enters August.

Ruan Xiaoqi was the pioneer himself, and Hu Yanqing was the deputy general, and the 50 warships of the water diversion division, carrying more than 2,000 sailors and 3,000 marines, entered from the mouth of the Red River. The road is like a bamboo, all the way up the Red River, and the 200-mile road is just leisure.

The proud Thang Long Mansion never thought that one day he would be stabbed in the face, and in just three days, everything has changed greatly.

The navy and army of the Central Plains Lu Qi fought all the way along the Red River to the foot of Thang Long City. There is not a city along the way, the Red River Delta is the most precious place in South Vietnam. It was the political, economic, and military center of the Ly Dynasty regime in South Vietnam.

The fertile Red River Delta is the "Golden City of Thousand Miles" of South Vietnam and the "Land of Abundance" of the Li Dynasty.

They never expected that an army from the Central Plains would suddenly come here. The mountains and rivers in the north, combined with the climate and environment of South Vietnam, were a moat separating themselves from the Central Plains in the eyes of the powerful people of the Li Dynasty.

But what about now?

The Qi army struck from the sea. The entire Li Dynasty of South Vietnam was stunned.

In fact, China has long had a strategy of advancing by sea and land, whether it is Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty attacking Goguryeo, or the Tang army destroying Goguryeo and Baekje, the strategy of advancing by sea and land is not shocking.

But that's all in the north.

For the south, so far there has not been a force worthy of such fanfare from the Central Plains Dynasty.

Therefore, when the sailors of the Qi army appeared outside the Thang Long Mansion, Li Qiande was blind.

When the news of the fall of Haiyang, Hedong and other cities came one after another, Thang Long Mansion was even more panicked and panicked.

Fortunately, there were still defenders in Shenglong Mansion, and Li Gande also quickly issued an edict from King Qin, calling on the Yue people to fight against foreign thieves, and incorporated the soldiers of the powerful families of South Vietnam inside and outside the city, with a strength of more than 20,000.

Nahu Yanqing is brave, and the 3,000 marines are also brave and brave, and they are all victorious in several battles, but the former relies on the city wall, and the defensive battle is advantageous in the end. The Thang Long Mansion was not broken after all.

Li Nailan stood on the head of the city of Thang Long Mansion, looking at the sky in the north, like a cold stone statue. No one could see that the envoy of the four walls of the Shenglong Mansion, the Dinghai Divine Needle of more than 10,000 defenders in the city, was actually exhausted.

He had already fought three battles with the Qi army outside the city. However, three battles and three defeats, the loss of soldiers and the defeat of generals! He's going to be shameless.

In the soldiers and horses in Thang Long Mansion, there were only six or seven thousand of the original tens of thousands of forbidden troops left. Ding Zhuang, who was recruited from inside and outside the city, and the thousands of private guards who were taken away from the homes of powerful bureaucrats in the city, also lost more than half.

Therefore, he no longer dared to go out to fight and fight.

Fortunately, Li Gande did not blame him, but asked him to be knighted. The one who can still be promoted after losing the battle is him. He doesn't have the ability to do this.

Li Nailan's father is Li Ilcheng. At the beginning, Li Qiande ascended the throne at a young age, and Li Changjie and Li Ilcheng jointly assisted the government.

Yes, Li Gande trusts Li Nailan very much, and the people who can really fight in Nanyue have already gone north, so Li Nailan is already the tallest of the short.

But what is the use of high-ranking officials? What he needs most now is reinforcements, reinforcements! Instead of these useless bounties.

After a series of defeats, the defenders of Thang Long Mansion were already demoralized. Especially the army north of the Red River, which was the first to return to the army of King Qin, was defeated by the Qi army. The news spread throughout Thang Long Mansion like a wind, so that the military and civilian magnates in the city really thundered like five thunders, and their morale was completely lost. The army that came back from the north was the main force of the South Vietnamese army. And the opponent's reinforcements are still arriving one after another, what a desperate thing this is. How could the defenders of Thang Long still have high morale?

What kind of knighthood, high-ranking officials? Is it precious? That person slashed with a knife, and came to see if the official on his head could stop it? In the face of the big question of life and death, many people suddenly discovered that Li Qiande's rewards and commendations were all false.

What if you are crowned king, people cut it with a knife, and you still lose your head?

Even Li Gande did not have the spirit of the past, his face was pale, his eyes were blue and black, and even his hair was much whiter.

The straight waist collapsed, and the whole person aged ten years in a trance, and he really became an old man who was more than half a hundred a year.