Chapter 478: The Rebellion of the Whole Division

April 16 of the third year of the Great Song Dynasty (965 AD)

Wende Hall of the Imperial Palace of Bianliang City of the Great Song Dynasty

"Smack!"

Zhao Kuangyin slammed the chapter to the ground and looked at the ministers angrily.

"Wang Quanbin, a death row prisoner, has done such a vicious thing, and the newly pacified Shu land is full of smoke, and the good situation is ruined, Wang Quanbin and others must be severely punished!"

Zhao Pu picked up the piece expressionlessly and put it on the table.

It turned out that in the first month, the edict of the Great Song Dynasty ordered the Shu army to be sent to the capital, and each person was given 10,000 money, and those who did not leave were given two months of food. Wang Quanbin and others did not execute it immediately, and from then on, the Shu army was resentful, and everyone wanted to make trouble.

There were often dozens or hundreds of envoys from the two armies, and Wang Quanbin, Cui Yanjin and Wang Renzhen each shielded them and prevented them from sending the Shu army, and only sent Zhuzhou Yaxiao to send them respectively. When the Shu army arrived in Mianzhou, it rebelled, robbed the subordinate counties, gathered more than 100,000 people, and called itself the "Xingguo Army".

Among the Shu people, there was a person named Quan Shixiong, who had been a general, had prestige and virtue, and the soldiers were afraid of him. At that time, he was leading the whole clan to the capital, and encountered a rebellion in Mianzhou, and the whole Shixiong was afraid that he would be held hostage by the soldiers, so he first hid the whole family in the Jiangqu house. A few days later, he was caught by the rebels and pushed to the commander-in-chief.

Wang Quanbin sent the capital eunuch Mi Guangxu to appease the rebels, and Mi Guangxu killed all the Xiong people in the whole division, took his beloved daughter as a concubine and confiscated his family's wealth. After hearing about it, Quan Shixiong did not return to his heart, and led his soldiers to attack Mianzhou in a hurry, but was defeated by Liu Fu, the commander of Henghai, and Tian Shaobin, the commander of Long Jie; So he attacked Pengzhou, drove away the assassin Wang Jitao, killed the capital eunuch Li Derong, and occupied the state city.

The ten counties of Chengdu all raised troops in response to the whole division of the male, and the whole division called himself the "King of Xingshu", established the shogunate, set up officials, appointed more than 20 commanders, and ordered them to guard Guankou, Daojiang, Pi, Xinfan, Qingcheng and other counties.

Cui Yanjin and Zhang Wanyou, Gao Yanhui, and Tian Qinzuo jointly crusaded against them, and were defeated by Quan Shixiong, Gao Yanhui was killed in battle, Tian Qinzuo was only spared, and the rebels were even more powerful. Wang Quanbin sent Zhang Tinghan and Zhang Xu to suppress it, but the battle was unfavorable and retreated into Chengdu. The whole division was stationed between Mian and Han, blocked the pavilion road, built a village along the river, and declared that it was ready to attack Chengdu.

Since then, the seventeen prefectures of Qiong, Shu, Mei, Ya, Dongchuan, Guo, Sui, Chongqing, He, Zi, Jian, Chang, Pu, Jia, Rong, Rong, and Ling have all followed the whole division to make trouble. The postal transmission has not been smooth for more than a month, and Wang Quanbin and others are very afraid. At that time, there were still 20,000 Shu troops who surrendered in the city, and Wang Quanbin was afraid that they would respond to the traitors, so he conspired with the generals to lure the soldiers into the city and kill them all.

Now Shu is full of smoke and thieves, and it has become a hell on earth. This greatly affected the plan of the world, and it was estimated that it would cost huge manpower and material resources to quell the rebellion in Shu.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger, now that the matter has come to this, it is better to plan and judge the matter as soon as possible. As for how Wang Quanbin and others deal with it, it is better to wait until Shu is completely pacified. ”

Zhao Kuangyin suppressed his anger as much as possible, "The Privy Council will mobilize troops and horses as soon as possible, and give Wang Quanbin another 15,000 people, so that he can quell the rebellion in Shu as soon as possible." If he can't do it, he will be punished for both crimes, and he will be severely punished! ”

The privy envoy Li Chongju immediately bowed down to receive the order, and then said cautiously:

"Your Majesty, there is another big event, news came from Yangzhou, saying that the 3,000 men and horses led by Cao Bin were almost wiped out, and only three warships and more than 200 soldiers escaped. Most of the others were killed or captured. ”

Zhao Kuangyin was shocked: "How is Cao Bin?" He commanded the three parties, tens of thousands of people to clear a group of pirates, and he was able to wipe out the whole army? What an incompetent. ”

"Your Majesty, according to the soldiers who escaped back, Cao Bin's ship should have been captured by the pirates, and now he doesn't know if he lives or dies."

Zhao Kuangyin snorted: "Send someone to talk to the pirates, and try to redeem the captured soldiers as much as possible." Guangyi, you are responsible for this matter. ”

Zhao Guangyi agreed, "Your Majesty, the Seven Seas Company has a few shops in Bianliang City, and the minister will send someone to negotiate with them in a while." ”

Zhao Kuangyin nodded, and asked again: "Li Qing, does the Privy Council have any specific battle reports?" How did Cao Bin lose? ”

Li Chongju replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, according to the soldiers who escaped back, the warships of the Seven Seas Company first attacked Chen Hongjin's naval camp and destroyed all his warships. Chen Hongjin was frightened, and under the pretext of defending Quanzhou, he did not send a single soldier.

Then Seven Seas Company sent troops to land in Hangzhou, united with Qian Hongyi's army in the city, and defeated Qian Hongxin's army in one fell swoop.

Qian Hongxin led the defeated troops to retreat to Huzhou, and was besieged by Qian Hongyi's army.

The Southern Tang sent more than 20,000 troops and hundreds of warships, but when they fought at sea, they fled the battlefield for no reason, abandoning Cao Bin's fleet. As a result, Cao Bin was besieged by the warships of the Seven Seas Company, and the army was almost wiped out. That's how it happened. ”

Zhao Kuangyin's face was solemn: "It seems that I underestimated these bandits!" Their actions were deeply in line with the way of using troops, and they moved as fast as the wind, first defeating the weakest Chen Hongjin, and then defeating Qian Hongxin, the closest to Qishan Island.

Hmph, they must be in cahoots with Li Yu, otherwise the sailors of the Southern Tang Dynasty would not have been defeated on the battlefield.

Cao Bin's defeat to Seven Seas Company is indeed excusable, this is my mistake! Zeping sent someone to appease Cao Bin's family and send some gold, silver and silk silk over so that they didn't have to worry, if Cao Bin was still alive, the court would do its best to rescue him. ”

Zhao Pu bowed down and agreed: "Your Majesty, the old minister has thanked General Cao's family on behalf of him." ”

Zhao Kuangyin waved his hand: "It's me who underestimated the enemy, our Great Song Dynasty is indeed weak in the naval division, especially since we have not experienced naval battles, and it is common for us to be unable to defeat the bandits."

This time we were defeated and had nothing to say, so we must be brave in the future, train a sailor who can fight at sea as soon as possible, and then seek revenge from Seven Seas. ”

Li Chongju said: "Your Majesty, the top priority now is to quell the rebellion in Shu as soon as possible, and the imperial court has no spare strength to establish a sailor who can fight at sea."

The first is that there are not enough sea vessels, there are no trained sailors.

Secondly, money and food are stretched, and there is really no spare energy to deal with Nanami Company. ”

Zhao Kuangyin was also very helpless, now Shu was in chaos, and the Northern Han and Khitan were doing things in the north, and often had skirmishes with the army of the Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, the current strength of the Great Song Dynasty is simply not enough, and the treasury is empty, and there is not enough money, food and military supplies.

Hey, I can only let these bandits get away with it for a while, and when I free up my hands, I must break these bandits into pieces!

Zhao Kuangyin looked at his younger brother: "Guangyi, you send a few clever people to Qushan Island to negotiate with the Seven Seas Company, and then let our people listen more to the reality of the pirates and find out more about the situation of the pirates." ”

Zhao Guangyi comprehended: "Your Majesty, the younger brother will send capable men to the bandits' lair, but if General Cao is still alive, how much price do we have to pay to redeem General Cao and the captured soldiers?" Your Majesty, please. ”

Zhao Kuangyin pondered for a moment and said, "In this way, let Xue Juzheng, the squire of the military department, as an envoy, go to negotiate with the Seven Seas Company, and Guangyi's people will assist." ”

The ministers listened to Zhao Kuangyin's arrangement, and they were all a little unimpressed, the emperor actually asked Xue Juzheng, an important minister of the imperial court, to negotiate with the pirates, this is too trivial, right?

Seeing this, Zhao Kuangyin explained: "Don't underestimate this group of bandits, now the whole court must pay attention to this Seven Seas Company.

Among these pirates, there are definitely amazing and brilliant characters, and the spirits that are now popular in Bianliang City, as well as perfumes, toilet water, whale oil candles, whale skin bags, leather boots, etc., are all goods of Seven Seas. According to the Imperial City Division, Seven Seas relied on these goods, but it made a huge profit.

and the ordnance they sold to the imperial court last year, all of which are high-quality products. The price of their 100-for-100 steel knives turned out to be one-tenth of that of our Great Song Dynasty. And they can still make money, what does this mean, Zhongqing won't be unclear, right? ”

Many ministers were surprised, so it seems that the Seven Seas Company is indeed a big trouble for the Great Song Dynasty!

Zhao Pu bowed down and said: "Your Majesty is far-sighted, and the minister admires it very much. Seven Seas has a small footprint and a small population. But they are geographically advantageous and located on the islands overseas, and we really have nothing to do about them.

Moreover, Seven Seas Company has so many money-making products, if it is allowed to develop, it will eventually become a big problem for Da Song. Lao Chen suggested that although the imperial court could not use troops against the Seven Seas Company now, it should pay attention to it, send more spies to Jiangnan, try to find out the truth of the Seven Seas Company, and make sufficient preparations for the crusade against the Seven Seas Company in the future. ”

Zhao Kuangyin nodded with satisfaction: "It's better to know me, Zhongqing, now you have to treat the Seven Seas Company as a big country like the Northern Han, Khitan, and Southern Tang Dynasty, and definitely don't despise these bandits, I let Xue Juzheng send an envoy to Qushan Island, that's the reason." ”

Zhao Guangyi said: "Brother Chen understands His Majesty's hard work, and he will definitely attach importance to Seven Seas Company. In addition, Li Jilong's shaft is likely to be on Qishan Island now. We can send someone to get in touch with him and ask him to provide the Imperial Court with information about the Seven Seas Company. His Majesty should repair a book to his father, Li Chuyun, and ask Li Zhishi to write a letter to Li Jilong, persuading him to serve the imperial court. ”

Zhao Kuangyin frowned: "This shaft is also on Qishan Island?" When did he go? ”

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten that last year he and Du Dalei were sent to Shamen Island together, and later the Seven Seas Company sent warships to break through Shamen Island and rescued Du Dalei and Li Jilong together. Li Jilong definitely doesn't dare to come back now, he should be on Qishan Island. ”

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head: "Li Jilong, this kid attaches great importance to love and righteousness, I guess he won't provide us with news." Don't embarrass him, he's a famous general, so don't let him get in touch with these tricks. ”