"Okay, I'll tell you about it." Xiao Ying paused and said, "Well, the third brother is with you in the Eastern Expedition, he is an old soldier, you should ask him for advice." ”

"That's nature." Meng Jiucheng said with emotion: "It is really a blessing for Jiucheng to have the teaching and love of several masters. ”

"Well, you kid has a good conscience." Xiao Ying smiled very satisfied, but stretched out his hand, "Bring the telescope as soon as possible, then you will have more conscience." ”

Meng Jiucheng smiled and said, "I have already found someone to build it, and the fifth master will soon have a toy to please Mingdang." However, do you want to marry a Ming lady with so much trouble? It is said that the matchmaker is hired and the family is in the cave room, how simple it is. ”

Xiao Ying pursed her lips, looked very contemptuous of Meng Jiucheng, waved her hand, and said, "What do you know about adults?" ”

Yes, I don't understand, you can continue to play your romance! But in this era, do men and women need romance? Feelings are out of sleep, I don't even understand this, and I'm pretending to be an old bird!

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During the reign of Ningzong and Jiading of the Southern Song Dynasty (1208-1224), although the "Shaoxing Peace Conference" and the "Longxing Peace Conference" between the Song and Jin Dynasty maintained a humiliating and fragile peace, in fact, the war between the Song and Jin Dynasty was never interrupted.

However, there are Western Xia harassment and Mongol attacks outside the Jin Dynasty, the rebellion of Yelu Liuge and the Eastern Xia Kingdom established by Puxian Wannu in the northeast, and the rebellion of the Red Jacket Army in the east, which has been trapped on three sides, and the trend of decline has been very obvious.

The Southern Song Dynasty also saw the decline of Jin clearly, and after the Jin Dynasty moved south, the Song courtiers debated fiercely over whether to fight against Jin.

Zhen Dexiu, the envoy to the Jin State, pointed out that the signs of the destruction of the Jin State were "almost visible", but "those who practice peace are easy to control, and those who rise are difficult to tame", and Mongolia is the biggest trouble in the future, so the top priority is still to "consolidate the border defense inside and spy on the outside", and pay close attention to the development of the situation.

Xu Yinglong, the waiter of the Ministry of Justice, also said worriedly: "The Jin people are poor and run south, and they will overflow and go to my realm." The death of Jin and the birth of new enemies are particularly worrying. ”

It can be seen that although the Song court did not want to make progress, it was still very cautious in its attitude towards Mongolia, and many ministers realized that this might be a repetition of the "old affair of Xuanhe".

Despite this, when the minister Qiao Xingjian proposed that "the strong Tartar is gradually rising, its momentum is enough to kill gold." The enmity of the past is also, and now I am covered. The ancients had a cold tooth and a cold tooth, and Yigu and the currency made the rejection of the Tartar", but it was opposed by the ministers, thinking that this was "the end of the insult and the foundation of the Kou".

There are even too many students who denounce this as a traitorous act and demand that Qiao Xingjian and others be beheaded. For a while, Shi Miyuan had no choice but to follow the will of the people, quit the New Year's coin, and cut off the envoys.

Later people read the history and can be verified by the results, of course, they will think that under the situation of the rise of the Mongol power, Jin has turned from the enemy of the past to today's buffer state, as long as Jin can resist the attack of the Mongols, it is not impossible for the Southern Song Dynasty to continue to pay New Year's coins to Jin.

Moreover, the New Year's coins were not a heavy burden for the Southern Song Dynasty, and the trade with the Jin Kingdom could easily be earned. If you do not break off diplomatic relations with the Jin Dynasty and continue to lose the New Year's coins, it will be beneficial for the Jin people to resist the Mongols, so that the Southern Song Dynasty will also have the opportunity to relieve time and organize forces to fight against the Mongols going south.

But if you don't have the thinking of later generations, but as a Song person, don't you hate the Jin people to the core? The Jin soldiers went south, captured the second emperor of Huiqin and returned to the north, including the royal family, and the court was looted, and the call to recover the lost land to avenge the world has never stopped, so do you want to continue to supply the New Year's coins in humiliation?

Therefore, although Qiao Xingjian and others' views are correct, they are too calm, and emotionally, it is difficult for people to accept.

Despite this, the Southern Song Dynasty court was only the loudest in the call for "exterminating gold", but it was extremely cold to "Lianmeng". Even Zhen Dexiu, who advocated the destruction of Jin to avenge the revenge, also believed that "today's Jurchen is the death of Liao in the past, and the Tatar of today is the Jurchen of Xiang", and believes that Lianmeng's destruction of Jin may repeat the mistake of Lianjin destroying Liao in the past.

The controversy in the court has a result, that is, to stop paying New Year's coins and sending envoys.

During the critical period of changes in the relationship between Song and Jin, it was not only the imperial court that decided the relevant policies, but also the local officials who played a very important role.

For example, Li Jue and Cui He, two important figures in the defense of Huaidong, both knew that the relationship between Song and Jin was weak and that the peace treaty would not last, and they both deeply felt that the border defense was weak.

However, Cui He emphasized guarding the royal and his attitude towards recruiting northerners was more reserved and cautious; Li Yu actively fought the main battle, plotted to recover, deliberately recruited northerners, and even used these people to reconnoiter the enemy, attack and harass the Jin soldiers, and encourage them to engage in the cause of restoring their homeland.

Just before the outbreak of the war between Song and Jin, Huaidong continued to intrude on Jinjing Lianshui and the East China Sea, as well as besieged Sizhou, which should be related to Li Yu's planning.

Shi Miyuan was worried about angering the Jin people, and he was unwilling to openly recruit the northerners from Nantou. But he also felt that the northerners were brave and might become a force to contain the Jin people, so he secretly ordered Li Jue and Ying Chunzhi of Zhichu Prefecture and other officials to receive them, and paid a certain amount of money and food.

Since it is a secret order, that is, a tacit approval, of course, it will not be widely known. Knowing that Chu Prefecture should be pure, in the name of recovering copper coins, quietly abolished the ban on crossing the Huai River, and those who came to Huainan did not stop it, but gave them appropriate resettlement, and began to recruit northerners to form a "loyal militia".

This is undoubtedly a good thing for the northerners who fled to the south. For Meng Jiucheng, the lifting of the blockade of the Huai River will undoubtedly be of great help to him in spreading the news.

After more than ten days of rest and reorganization, the Red Turban Army moved again, starting from the county seat, and more than 5,000 troops marched east to Rizhao.

Through Xiao Ying's guidance and re-discussion with Wang Zhongfeng, Han Shouzhong and others, Meng Jiucheng changed the combat deployment.

After the army successfully occupied Pingshang Town, it divided its troops into three routes, Han Shouzhong as the south road, and took Tuanlin, Mazhan, Shiqiao and other towns as the southern barrier; Wang Zhongfeng is the north road, taking Jufeng, Taoluo and other towns to defend the north.

Meng Jiucheng led the Middle Route Army to go down to Beikuo, Hushan and other towns and arrived at Lanshan.

In this Eastern Crusade, the Red Turban Army finally showed a little edge, whether it was the self-protection armed forces of landlords and local tyrants, or the reckless thieves under the banner of the Red Jacket Army, they would be eliminated if they did not surrender, and if they surrendered, they would be collected and scattered into the troops.

The armed forces entrenched in Rizhao County numbered no more than 1,000 people, and only one or two hundred, and under the powerful blows of the Red Turban Army, they were either defeated or surrendered, and were all swept away.

Then, the main force of the Red Turban Army moved northward and assembled in Taoda Town, preparing to attack Rizhao County; The other part took the Longwang River in Hushan Town as the defense line in the south, built a fortress and fort to guard against the enemy in Haizhou (now Lianyungang area). The government officials and militia coaches then arrived and went to the villages and towns to implement the new policy and stabilize the localities.

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