Chapter 18: Nong Zhigao's self-reliance

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Vietnam has been ruled by the ancient Chinese regime since Qin ruled the world, this situation has lasted until the five dynasties, in 939 AD, Wu Quan became independent in Cochin, Vietnam, in 97o A.D., Ding led the military force to unify the separatist forces near Cochin, and established the country as the emperor, and was recognized by the Northern Song Dynasty regime at that time, since then Cochin has become an independent vassal state, 1o1O A.D., Li Gongyun founded Nan'an in Cochin, and since then Vietnam has been called Nan'an Li Dynasty by the Northern Song Dynasty court.

Bathed in the majestic grandeur of the imperial palace of the sunset, when Zhao Lei rushed to the imperial palace, several important ministers of the imperial court had already arrived.

After Zhao Lei, who walked into the imperial hall, and Zhao Zhen, the official family, met the salute, they began to scan the hall.

Three years have passed, the center of the Great Song Dynasty has changed a lot, three years ago the two prime ministers Du Yan and Wang Su were dismissed, Du Yan was sent to Liangzhejiang Road as a transit envoy, and Wang Su was sent to Lizhou Road as a festival envoy, and then the two prime ministers who came to power, one was Wang Yiyong, who was promoted from the governor's affairs, and the other was Jia Changchao, who was promoted by Wenyuan Pavilion scholars.

In the imperial hall, Wang Yiyong and Jia Changchao are on both sides, and behind Wang Yiyong, Zheng Jian, who was promoted to the governor at the same time as him, and behind Jia Changchao, is the big Song Song in the big Song Dynasty.

Three years ago, the highest commander of the Great Song Dynasty military, the privy envoy Song Zhu, and the privy deputy envoy Wang Deyong have now been released, and now it is Wu Yu and Pang who control the military power of the Great Song Dynasty.

Pang Ji and Zhao Lei have a good personal relationship, over the years, Zhao Lei has used Pang Ji to mobilize elite soldiers and strong generals in the south, and Wu Yu is not so close to Zhao Lei.

Wu Yuzi Chunqing, born in Jinshi, is resolute. Scheming and good advice, and evil as hatred, and Bao Zheng, who served in Kaifeng Mansion, and Zhao, who served as a member of the three divisions, called the "Three Qings".

Wu Yu, Bao Zheng and Zhao Tong went out of the imperial embassy. And the relationship between Zhao Lei and the Imperial Envoy has never been good. In the past few years, almost every month, officials of the Imperial Embassy have impeached Zhao Lei, if it were not for the maintenance of the official family and Zhao Lei's own political achievements, with the words of the group of people in the Imperial Embassy, Zhao Lei had already been relegated overseas, it was precisely because the Imperial Envoy had repeatedly impeached Zhao Lei to no avail, so Zhao Lei and the officials of the Imperial Envoy were not very good, and Wu Yu did not have a good opinion of Zhao Lei, and the two did not know how many times they quarreled in front of the king.

The prime minister and the governor have changed a lot. And Ye Qingchen, known as the third envoy of the evergreen land of officialdom, was crazy two years ago, and actually offended Zhao Xin, the prince of the dynasty, and was sent to Jiangnan by the official family, and now the third envoy has been replaced by Chen Zhizhong.

Prime Minister Wang Yiyong and Jia Changchao, Governor Zheng Jian and Song Qi, Privy Envoy Wu Yu and Pang Ji, Three Envoys Chen Zhizhong and Zhao Lei, Envoy of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. Today's eight important ministers in the central court are all in the imperial palace, and Zong Zhengqing, an important minister, with the death of Zhao Yuanyan, his status plummeted, after the death of the predecessor Zong Zhengqing Zhao Yunrang. The successor of the prince of the clan, Wang Yunbi of Beihai County, could not maintain his influence on the imperial court, and Zong Zhengqing immediately fell out of the list of important ministers, and now there is no place for Zong Zhengqing in the central council.

"I summoned you Aiqing today, there is a major event to discuss, and I will rush to report it this morning. The troops of the Li Dynasty in Nan'an occupied the city. In less than two months, the army of Zhancheng was defeated, and now the entire territory of Zhancheng has been conquered. The city has fallen, I don't know what you Aiqing thinks about it. After the official Zhao Zhen saw the eight important ministers gathered together, he waved his hand and asked Gan Ling, the chamberlain next to him, to send a few documents, and then asked Zhao Lei and the others.

"Champa seems to be a dependent country of Angkor (Cambodia), and the Nan'an Li Dynasty conquered Champa, and the headache should be the Angkor Dynasty! What's the matter with us? Song Qi, who was in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, pondered carefully for a while, then frowned and asked the official Zhao Zhen.

Not only Song Qi was puzzled, but even Zhao Lei and Jia Changchao, who were familiar with Nan'an affairs, were also puzzled, you must know that Zhancheng is close to the South China Sea, and its geographical location is still in the south of Nan'an Li Dynasty, and it is not connected to the Great Song Dynasty at all, and Zhancheng is a vassal state of the Angkor Dynasty, and the Nan'an Li Dynasty conquered Zhancheng, why should the official Zhao Zhen work so hard!

Looking at the puzzled eyes of the ministers, the official Zhao Zhen immediately waved his hand to the privy envoy Wu Yu and said, "Wu Aiqing! You can tell a few Aiqing about the current southern form. ”

"According to reliable intelligence in Lingnan, Nong Zhigao has joined forces with the Nan'an Li Dynasty, and the Nan'an Li Dynasty will fully support Nong Zhigao's independence and statehood." Wu Yu heard the words of the official Zhao Zhendi, and immediately briefly explained to Wang Yiyong, Jia Changchao, Zhao Lei and others.

"No, it won't! Nong Zhigao and Nan'an Li Chao have a grudge against their father! Can the hatred of the common heaven be reconciled? Hearing Wu Yu's words, Prime Minister Wang Yiyong asked in surprise.

"Politics has no eternal enemies, and no matter how big the grudge is, it is not important to have interests!" Zhao Lei thought that in history, Nong Zhigao would reconcile with the Li Dynasty of Nan'an and invade the Great Song Dynasty in a few years, but now he was only reconciled a few years in advance, which was not surprising at all, so he pouted and said with a sneer.

Zhao Lei's words are very real, the relationship between Nong Zhigao and the Great Song Dynasty is very wonderful, Nong Zhigao originally wanted to avenge his father, so he has been harassing the Nan'an Li Dynasty all these years, but only the land of Sanzhou Nong Zhigao has only 100,000 people, and the soldiers are not thousands, and he can't compete with the Nan'an Li Dynasty at all, so Nong Zhigao wants to attach himself to the Great Song Dynasty and get support from the Great Song Dynasty to avenge his father, but the main energy of the Great Song Dynasty is on the two great enemies of Xia Liao in the north, and Nong Zhigao, who only has thousands of soldiers and horses in the south, can't look down on it at all. Besides, Nong Zhigao has a grudge with Nan'an Li Dynasty, and it is definitely not cost-effective to offend Nan'an Li Dynasty for a Nong Zhigao, so the Great Song Dynasty pushed Nong Zhigao's attachment heart three times and twice, and Nong Zhigao, who was sincerely attached but was rejected, finally became angry, and now he colluded with the enemy Nan'an Li Dynasty and was ready to make a move against the Great Song Dynasty.

"Where is Nong Zhigao going to stand on his own?" Prime Minister Jia Changchao suddenly asked a very sharp question, you must know that the three prefectures of Guangyuan Prefecture, Wanya, and Wule, where Nong Zhigao lived, were nominally the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and belonged to the forty-four prefectures under Yongzhou on the West Road of Guangnan.

"Guangyuan, Wanya, Wule three states, Nong Zhigao has begun to call on the people of Sanzhou to gather in Guangyuan to participate in his royal ceremony, when Nong Zhigao will establish the country of Nantian, and he directly entered the Nantian King, Nan'an Li Chao will send a messenger to congratulate, officially recognize Nong Zhigao's establishment of the country." The privy envoy Wu Yuyin said in a low voice with an old face.

"What if Nong Zhigao is a country? Even if Nong Zhigao has the support of Nan'an Li Chao behind him, what can he do? Nong Zhi's master is only a few thousand soldiers and horses, and Nan'an Li Chaoguo is weak, and the soldiers and horses are only 100,000. The privy deputy envoy Pang Ji stood up at this time and said indifferently, his tone was full of contempt for Nong Zhigao and Nan'an Li Chao.

"What this official cares about is not the Nan'an Li Dynasty and Nong Zhigao, but the Western Xia and Liao States in the north, once the Nan'an Li Dynasty supports Nong Zhigao's rebellion, the imperial court's soldiers and horses in the south may not be enough to deal with, if the Bianjing forbidden army is mobilized, I am afraid that the north will be unstable!" Prime Minister Wang Yiyong pointed to the north and said worriedly.

"Since the defeat of the Liao army in the Western Xia, although the imperial court united with other countries to close the border trade, resulting in the poor life of the people of the Western Xia, but the military strength of the Western Xia has not been hit too hard, the supply of war horses in the Western Xia has returned to normal in recent years, and with the reconstruction of Xiazhou, weapons and armor and arrows have gradually been reserved, and now the Western Xia still can not support a large-scale war, but a small-scale war can be realized, Li Yuanhao is ambitious, if the Nan'an Li Dynasty and my Great Song Dynasty are enemies, Li Yuanhao will not sit idly by, Once the war between the north and the south starts, it will be a catastrophe for the Great Song Dynasty! Prime Minister Jia Changchao also agreed with Wang Yiyong's opinion and said with the same concern.

"Nothing to worry about! Western Xia has recovered a little bit in recent years, but a few years ago the battle between Western Xia and Liao, so that the relationship between the two countries completely broken, three years ago the defeat of the Liao State has now recovered, and now the Liao State invaded Western Xia to take revenge is very strong, in this case, how can Western Xia invade my Great Song Dynasty in the south!

And the Nan'an Li Dynasty has just conquered the city, but the city is a vassal state of the Angkor Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Angkor will definitely not watch the Nan'an Li Dynasty digest the granary of the city, so even if the Nan'an Li Dynasty supports Nong Zhigao's rebellion, the strength will not be too great, with the land of Nong Zhigao's three states, it can't make any big waves, and the imperial court only needs to order Yongzhou officials to pay close attention to Nong Zhigao's movements. Pang Ji refuted Jia Changchao and Wang Yiyong with a contemptuous smile again.

The official Zhao Zhen didn't seem to agree with Jia Changchao and Wang Yiyong's worries, nodded in agreement with Pang Ji's opinion, and Wen Yan said: "Pang Aiqing is right, I also think that Nong Zhigao is not enough to be troubled, but Nong Zhigao is self-reliant, and the land of Sanzhou has always been the place of Yongzhou in the Great Song Dynasty, let the Lingnan army send troops and horses to quell the rebellion!" ”

Several important ministers of the imperial court agreed to the final decision of the official Zhao Zhen, and immediately prepared an official document to let the Lingnan army send troops to quell the rebellion, but Zhao Lei, who had very few words in the court, hid aside and sneered.

Others may not know the situation of those old soldiers in Lingnan, but Zhao Lei knows very well in his heart that Yang Wenguang has been guarding Lingnan for three years, and has written to Zhao Lei more than once to complain that the quality of the Lingnan Army is too low, and the old and weak in the army account for as much as eighty percent, and the soldiers are war-weary, and no one is even willing to train, the combat effectiveness of the army is extremely low, Yang Wenguang intends to disarm, but he can't find a source of troops to replenish, so he can only be helpless, the Lingnan Army is in this situation, and he wants to rely on the Lingnan Army to assess Nong Zhigao's rebellion, wishful thinking!

Zhao Lei is more aware of the combat effectiveness of Nong Zhigao's soldiers, you must know that the soldiers under Nong Zhigao have been fighting with Nan'an Li Dynasty over the years, and they are definitely hundreds of elites, in history, Nong Zhigao relied on his soldiers to occupy the entire Yongzhou 44 Prefectures, and fought all the way to Guangzhou, besieging Guangzhou for more than a month, if it were not for Di Qing's resourcefulness and good fighting, I am afraid that the entire south was conquered by Nong Zhigao, so Zhao Lei is not optimistic about the prospects of the Lingnan Army to counter the rebellion.

Zhao Lei knew that the Lingnan Army was not the opponent of Nong Zhigao's army, but Zhao Lei just didn't mention it, because he understood that this was the best opportunity to improve the status of the Great Song Dynasty military, once the Lingnan Army was defeated and Nong Zhigao besieged Guangzhou, then Zhao Lei would have an excuse to reform the low status of the soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty for a hundred years, this was a rare opportunity for qb5, how could he miss it!

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