Updated: 2013-06-19

King Zhao established the country, and the world was shocked. But the corresponding reaction was not very large. Except for Murong Cheng, the king of Qi, who scolded Zhao Xun for being unjust, the rest of the princes were silent.

Regarding King Qi's scolding, Zhao Xun still understood. After all, this King of Qi is a member of the royal family of Dayan, and he occupies a very special position. However, with the founding of Da Zhao, the royal blood in his body will lose the last bit of effect.

Of course, what King Qi can do is only verbal scolding, but in fact, he can't make the slightest means of response. As far as Zhao Xun was concerned, Murong Cheng's angry scolding, he didn't pay attention to it at all, and he didn't have the value of paying attention to it.

It took half a month to deal with all the matters of the founding of the country clearly, and to build the 'door' system of various departments. As for the rest, he didn't have time to pay attention to it either. And the southern princes, after Zhao Xun established the country, the offensive actions in various places were accelerated a lot, which made Zhao Xun slightly stunned.

"The establishment of a kingdom by the king is by no means a good thing for the princes, and it also puts great pressure on them. In their view, the establishment of a kingdom by the king means the unification of the south, and they cannot but be in a hurry. The privy envoy Situ Liang said with a smile. Now, Situ Liang is a member of the second rank and has entered the orthodoxy of the imperial court. Counting it up, he also went through many battles with Zhao Xun at the beginning, and today, from the leader of the battalion to today's Zheng Erpin, it can be regarded as a complete merit.

"Oh? It seems that the founding of the country can also make the south 'chaotic' faster and more fierce. In this regard, Zhao Xun also wants to see. The more 'chaotic' the south, the better it is for itself.

Indeed, after Zhao Xun established the state, the actions of the southern princes accelerated a lot. In Jingzhou, the Tang army, which was besieged by several large armies, finally failed to hold off Brother Situ's attack.

After Zhao Xun established the country, Situ Che, the king of Shu, who was originally located in Jiangzhou in the south of Jingzhou and fought for Jiangzhou with the Qi army, finally began to put his knife and fork on the Tang army, and also shared a piece of the cake in Jingzhou.

For the Tang army, the threat posed by the Shu army was much greater than that of the kings of Hanzhong and Luoyang in the north. The Shu army not only has sharp armor, but also has a wide range of soldiers. But in the north, although the kings of Hanzhong and Luoyang had occupied the north of Jingzhou, they were still separated from the Tang army by the Han River. In addition, the kings of Hanzhong and Luoyang in the north are also slowly 'licking' their wounds for the losses of the previous war.

As a result, Tang Xian immediately mobilized the army in the territory and defended back to the south to resist the threat of the Shu army. In addition, Tang Xian believed that the kings of Hanzhong and Luoyang, who had 'friendship' with Zhao and Zhao, must also strengthen the northern defense line, and their actions against Jingzhou should be temporarily stopped.

However, Tang Xian guessed wrong. The founding of Zhao Xun made Situ Hao, the king of Luoyang, and Situ Fei, the king of Hanzhong, even more determined to increase the operation of Jingzhou. As Tang Xian guessed, Zhao Xun's establishment of the state was too much of a threat to the kings of Hanzhong and Luoyang, and they needed more room for maneuver and strategic depth.

However, after Tang Xian's army was difficult to adjust, the combined forces of the king of Luoyang and the king of Hanzhong began to increase the offensive momentum, and the originally repaired armies were also mobilized one after another to press the Tang army's position.

The coalition army invaded on a large scale, and Tang Wen, who was sitting in Xiangyang, was not afraid, because the coalition army had no naval army, and the Tang army in Xiangyang controlled more than 10,000 sleeping soldiers. It has nearly 100 large and small warships, and the others dare not say, but there is no problem in guarding the Han River.

Therefore, Tang Wen did not take the initiative to attack, nor did he cross the Han River to attack the coalition forces, so he took the Han River as the limit and held the Han River to the death, and the two sides fought the front line of the Han River. Although the coalition forces also began to build water villages and establish water divisions in the upper reaches of the Han River, they were still no match for the Tang army, which had a complete water division.

However, a piece of news made Tang Wen, who was sitting in Xiangyang, feel cold. Taking advantage of the attack north of the Han River, the coalition army sent another large army to the southeast and directly attacked the land of Jingling Mansion between the 'Chun' Mausoleum and Jiangxia.

Because the Tang army was stationed in Xiangyang, the counties of Jingling Prefecture, which were located on the eastern side of Xiangyang, were quickly killed by the Tang army, and there was a tendency to occupy the entire territory of Jingling Prefecture.

Jingling Mansion is located between 'Chun' Tomb Mansion and Jiangxia Mansion, located in the southeast of Xiangyang Mansion and northeast of Gangneung Mansion, and the topography is very crucial. Once this place is occupied, it is equivalent to cutting Jingzhou's waist with a knife. Whether it is Xiangyang Mansion in the northwest or Jiangxia Mansion and Jiangling Mansion in the south, they will all receive flank blows. For the Tang Army, this is very bad news, especially since the Jingling Mansion cannot use the water army to block it.

"Impossible, how did the enemy army get down?" Sixty percent of the Spring Tomb Mansion was occupied by the Zhao army. Although forty percent of them were occupied by the army of the king of Luoyang, they did not want to connect with Jingling Mansion at all. How did the army of the king of Luoyang pass through the land of the Zhao army and go south? Hearing this news, Tang Wen of Xiangyang City didn't believe it at all.

Subsequently, the intelligence from the spies learned that the king of Luoyang exchanged the remaining forty percent of the territory of the 'Chun' Mausoleum Mansion for the full strength of the army.

Because of the Han River, the armies of the King of Luoyang and the King of Hanzhong could not go south at all, and sixty percent of the territory of the 'Chun' Mausoleum was in the hands of the Zhao army. As a last resort, Situ Hao exchanged the remaining area of the 'Chun' Mausoleum Mansion for the conditions for the army to go south. Situ Hao chose so, and he also had no choice but to choose. In addition to going south to completely defeat the Tang army, it was also because the 'Chun' Mausoleum Mansion was its isolation zone from the Zhao army, and it was originally stipulated that no troops should be stationed on a large scale. Under the implementation of Zhao Jun's new policy, the eastern region of 'Chun' Lingfu changed rapidly, and the people of Zhufu County in the west fled one after another, making the people's livelihood in the remaining areas wither. Seeing this, Situ Hao simply changed his heart and exchanged the rest of the regions to Zhao Jun.

Zaoyang, Yiyang, Jingling and other prefectures and counties have fallen one after another, which made Tang Wen in Xiangyang angry and scolded, but also began to think about the next way out. In particular, the fall of Jingling made Xiangyang Mansion in danger of being cut off, and even in the middle of the enemy's attack from the north and south.

When the news reached Tang Xian, who was sitting in Wuling Mansion and commanding the 'Dong' Tinghu Navy to fight against the Shu army, Tang Xian was silent for a long time, and finally Cai exhaled coldly, "Withdraw!" Let them withdraw their troops immediately. ”

At this moment, Tang Xian had to let the Tang army in Xiangyang Mansion withdraw from Xiangyang, especially the water army, although this choice was a painful choice for Tang Xian, but it was also a helpless choice.

Xiangyang Mansion is the center of Jingzhou, both geographically and politically. Occupying Xiangyang Mansion is regarded as owning Jingzhou, and losing Xiangyang Mansion is equivalent to losing Jingzhou. Tang Xian was actually the most reluctant to retreat, after all, he was the lord of Jingzhou and the dignified king of Tang.

However, the urgency of the situation forced him to withdraw his troops. The loss of Jingling Mansion means that this Xiangyang Mansion has become a dead place surrounded by enemy troops on all sides, and if the army is not withdrawn, it can only stalemate with the northern coalition army for a longer period of time. In the north, east and south of Xiangyang Mansion, the army of the allied army of generals, in fact, since the fall of Jingling, the coalition army in the north has formed a three-sided encirclement of Xiangyang Mansion, and the coalition forces from Fancheng, Zaoyang, Jingling and other three directions may launch a general attack on Xiangyang Mansion at any time. The coalition forces in the north and east are fine, but the army of the king of Luoyang, who occupies the land of Jingling, is the most deadly, they can directly attack Maicheng and Dangyang at any time, completely isolate Xiangyang Mansion, and cut off the back road of the Xiangyang Mansion army.

In the south, the offensive of the Shu army also became more and more fierce, and Tang Xian needed more troops to stop the enemy. There are still 15,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 sailors in Xiangyang Mansion, which are all needed by Tang Xian. It was with this in mind that Tang Xian's important ministers strongly advocated retreating and leaving the dead place of Xiangyang Mansion as soon as possible.

"It's better to withdraw than not to withdraw, and it's better to withdraw early than late! In addition, if Xiangyang Mansion is lost to the Situ brothers, they will also fight inwardly because of the division of interests in Xiangyang Mansion, which will leave us more time. This is the opinion of Fan Ziyu, the number one minister under Tang Xian.

Although he knew that once Xiangyang Mansion was lost, it really meant that his Tang Army would no longer be able to turn over. After all, without the righteousness of Xiangyang Mansion, not to mention anything else, even the big clans and gentry in various places will no longer continue to support him, and the local people will also think that Jingzhou has changed its master.

However, in the face of such a grim situation. In the face of the increasingly fierce attacks of the Shu army, Tang Xian had to order a retreat, although he had shouted countless slogans such as co-existence with Xiangyang Mansion in Xiangyang Mansion, although when he left, he ordered Tang Wen to defend Xiangyang Mansion to the death. However, there was no other way for him to do it.

When he heard that the enemy army in Jingling Mansion had begun to move westward and there were signs of preparing to block the Han River channel, Tang Xian could no longer hold on, and immediately issued an order to retreat. Because Tang Xian was very worried that Jiangxia Mansion and Jiangling Mansion in the south of Jingling Mansion would be occupied by enemy troops, Tang Xian asked Tang Wen to retire from Jiangling Mansion to defend it, while the naval army withdrew to Xiakou in Jiangxia to defend it, sealing the entrance of Han Water into the Yangtze River. In addition, he also ordered that all the large ships in Xiangyang Prefecture be towed away, leaving no one for the coalition forces.

For Situ Hao and Situ Fei, occupying Xiangyang Mansion is equivalent to having taken most of Jingzhou, and even has a tendency to take over the entire territory of Jingzhou. Originally, after occupying Xiangyang Mansion, the King of Hanzhong and the King of Luoyang really had to fight each other for the division of interests in Xiangyang Mansion. However, now they don't.

In this way, it was not because of anything else, but because of the actions of the Shu army in the south, so that the two of them had to let go of the internal division of interests. Although they were brothers with Situ Che, the king of Shu, they didn't think that Situ Che would let them go because they were brothers.

For Situ Hao and Situ Fei, now that the Tang army has been defeated by the two of them, this land of Jingzhou is already in the pocket of the two of them, but the Shu army is now also attacking the southern part of Jingzhou, which is obviously taking advantage of the fire to rob. Situ Hao and Situ Fei have always been guarding against Situ Che, how can they still let him be happy now? Immediately, he also waved his army to the south, preparing to complete the battle. In the eyes of the two of them, as long as they occupy Jingzhou, they have the ability to confront the Shu army.

"Bastard!" After learning that Xiangyang Mansion was taken by his two elder brothers, Situ Che, who was storming Wuling City, couldn't help but scold angrily.

Situ Hao and Situ Fei were able to go south to attack Jingzhou, or he Situ Che guided them. At the beginning, both the Shu army and the Tang army aimed at Jiangzhou. In order to prevent Tang Jun from profiting in Jiangzhou, Situ Che talked about Situ Hao and Situ Fei, the original intention was just to let him fight with Situ Fei and Tang Jun to the death, so that he could profit from it. Who knew that now the Tang army was defeated, which made Situ Hao and Situ Fei benefit a lot. This is also the reason why Situ Che hurriedly retreated from Jingzhou and took action against Jingzhou. If it goes on like this, Jingzhou will have no chance with his Shu army, how can he not be in a hurry?

Wuling City is an easy to defend and difficult to attack the city, backed by the 'Dong' Ting Lake, the Qi army was stationed here for many years, and the Yong army resisted, built a large number of strong fortresses, although the Qi army declined, but these strong fortresses were not demolished, on the contrary, since then the Tang army occupied here, resisting the possible attack of the Yong army, and also desperately strengthened the defense of Wuling City here.

It was also because of Wuling City that the 'Dong' Tinghu Water Army of the former Qi Army was able to defeat the invasion of the Yong Army. After the Tang army occupied Jingzhou, while cutting off the supply of the 'Dong' Tinghu naval army, it finally drew the 'Dong' Tinghu naval army over and established a solid defensive line here by taking advantage of the relationship with the Wei army in the past.

The Tang army, relying on Wuling City and Yuanshui, was stunned to block the Shu army's many onslaughts. made the Shu army outside Wuling City not allow an inch to advance, which made Situ Che hate itchy. Especially after the northern part of the Tang army was occupied by the king of Luoyang and the king of Hanzhong, the Tang army still defended it accordingly and did not retreat, which made Situ Che even more angry and scolded.

Although Wuling City was strong, the surrounding cities were not, and as the Shu army gathered more and more, Wuling City finally became an isolated city. However, with the Yuanshui and 'Dong' Tinghu water army, the Shu army still stopped here.

And in Jiangling and Jiangxia, the situation was not optimistic for the Tang army. The combined forces of the king of Hanzhong and the king of Luoyang in the north were pressing step by step, and they came straight to Jiangling Mansion and Jiangxia Mansion. After the loss of Xiangyang Mansion, the Tang army had already begun to lose hope in holding the place. Especially after the loss of most of the territory, the logistical supply of the Tang army became the biggest problem restricting the Tang army's defense.

After all, without food and grass materials, what is the use of more soldiers? Although an agreement was reached with Zhao Jun at the beginning, it still could not replenish the materials that Tang Jun was now asking for consumption.

"Tang Jun, it's over!" In Wuling City, Tang Xian said to his son Tang Wen.

"Father's ......"

"It's come to this, and it's useless to say more. Now, too, it's time to think about a way out. It is enough for the Father to be able to do what he is today. However, your brothers and these children do not know that they are here to accompany me to the funeral. Now Zhao Xun, the overlord of the north, has finally 'exposed' his fangs, with the intention of dominating the world. My father intends to let you take the rest of your family to live in Zhaodi, and it is enough to be an ordinary person. ”

"Father, we still occupy Wuling Mansion, Jingling Mansion and Jiangxia Mansion to block the enemy army......"

"How long can you resist? For the current situation of the Tang Army, others don't understand, than they don't understand? Even the grain and grass materials have bottomed out, and without grain and grass materials, how can these places hold on? You are still young, and you are alive and well. Father is going to 'hand' Jiangxia Mansion and Jiangling Mansion to the hands of the Qi army, what about you, go directly to Zhao State. ”

Tang Wen also understood that his father was right. I am not afraid of death, but there is still a large family at home that needs to be settled.

"'Handover' to Qi Jun? Why don't you just 'hand' it over to Zhao Jun? Tang Wen was a little puzzled.

"The Zhao army is not connected to these two places, and the Zhao army has no intention of going south now. Therefore, Zhao Jun will not take over these two places at this moment. At this moment, if Zhao Jun takes over these two places, it will inevitably let the three Situ brothers join forces to fight the enemy, which is not good for Zhao Jun. Therefore, the father wants to 'hand' this place over to the Qi army, so that they can continue to 'melee' the war. This can be regarded as laying the foundation for you to live in Zhao Kingdom. ”

Tang Wen left and quietly left with his family, and among the Tang army, except for Fan Ziyu, no one else knew. Tang Xian's original intention was to let Fan Ziyu also leave with him, and there would be a way out in the land of Zhao Jun. But was rejected by Fan Ziyu, and 'desired' to face the situation in front of him with Tang Xian.

After Feng Ziming in Yuzhou learned of Tang Xian's situation, he still properly settled Tang Wen and his party, and did not take any measures against Tang Wen and his party. And Tang Wenjia and Zhao Jun did not embarrass themselves, and also 'handed' the gold and silver accumulated by the Tang King who was secretly transported to Zhao Jun.

The war continued, and the northern coalition army occupied Gangneung Province, but Jiangxia Province did not fall into the hands of the coalition army, but fell into the hands of the Qi army. Of course, this is also Tang Xian's arrangement. This Jingzhou land was originally the former jurisdiction of the Qi army, so when the Qi army arrived, Jiangxia Mansion immediately fell to the Qi army, so that the army of the King of Luoyang who attacked Jiangxia Mansion had to evacuate. The 'Dong' Tinghu Naval Army also retreated to Baling and returned to the Qi army.

However, for the king of Luoyang, now he is very satisfied, the land of Jingzhou has been occupied by the coalition army, except for the 'Chun' Mausoleum Mansion in the hands of the Zhao army, and the Jiangxia Mansion in the hands of the Qi army, only one Wuling City is still in the hands of Tang Xian against the Shu army.

In order to allow Tang Xian and the King of Shu to continue fighting, the coalition army did not continue to move south, but quickly deployed defenses in Jiangling Mansion to prepare for the Qi army.

Seeing that Jingzhou was taken by Situ Hao and Situ Fei, and he did not lose any benefits, the angry Shu army began the most fierce attack on Wuling City. After arranging his family properly and arranging the 'Dong' Tinghu Water Army to the Qi army, Tang Xian was ready to live and die with Wuling City. He is a prince of a land, and he is also very satisfied that he can be a prince, although he can't make it, he is not willing to lose the face of a prince of a place.

However, at the last moment, Tang Xian also established himself as king and established the Tang Kingdom. But that's all he did. Tang Xian, who claimed to be the monarch of the Tang State, did not wantonly divide the soldiers under his command, nor did he canonize the princess and the prince, but simply established the country and announced to the world that there was a prince who established a country on his own.

"Founding a nation? The last madness! This king will put an end to you with his own hands! Situ Che now hated Tang Xian so much. It was precisely because of Tang Xian's stubborn defense of the city that he did not gain any success, and watched Jingzhou being taken away by others.

In the face of the frantic attack of the Shu army, the Tang army also fought back desperately, and the two sides launched the most 'fierce' fight up and down Wuling City. After five days of bitter fighting, Wuling City was finally breached. Tang Xian, the state of the Tang State, set fire to the Tang Palace, ** and died.

Since then, the princes of one side, the lord of Jingzhou, and Tang Xian, the king of Tang who has been established for less than half a month, has come to an end.