Jiangzhou (Jiujiang).

Kwon Bang-yan is fighting with Zhong Sang, and he has been fighting for almost a month.

And it was Zhong Xiang who took the lead in attacking!

Quan Bangyan has been promoted from the Jiangxi Jingluo pacification envoy to the Jiangnan Jingluo pacification envoy, in charge of Jiangdong and Jiangxi.

"Prime Minister Quan, I can't stand it, let's break through!" The generals under his command shouted in grief.

Quan Bangyan led the reserve army to the captured section of the city wall, and roared at the defeated and retreating soldiers: "My wife, children, and mother have been brought to Jiangzhou. I'm not afraid of death as a foreigner, but what are you locals afraid of? If the Zhong thief breaks through Jiangzhou, you will die and have no place to be buried! ”

"Kill!"

A child of a big clan, inspired by Quan Bangyan, rushed forward with his own household.

Kwon Bangyan also raised his sword to kill, and the soldiers behind him were infected by the commander, and everyone was willing to fight to the death.

A quarter of an hour later, the Chu army, which had attacked the city wall, was finally killed by Quan Bangyan.

Today, the fourth offensive of the Chu army was finally blocked.

Kwon Bangyan sat paralyzed inside the women's wall, covered in blood and panting.

Suddenly, a soldier shouted, "Look! ”

Quan Bangyan hurriedly stood up, but saw hundreds of ships coming from afar on the river.

Could it be the Zhong Thief's reinforcements?

Quan Bangyan's heart was horrified, his face was already like ashes, and he felt that Jiangzhou would not be able to hold it.

Wrong!

Quan Bangyan observed carefully and found that the new ships were all sailing on the north shore, deliberately avoiding the warships of the Zhong Thief. Then, without stopping at all, he swaggered downstream.

With a flash of inspiration in his mind, Quan Bangyan suddenly figured out: "This is the Zhu thief's soldiers going to attack Huaixi!" ”

The southern battlefield, no less complicated.

First, Zhu Ming sent a message to Zhong Xiang, informing the officers and soldiers of Jiangxi and Guangxi that they were about to attack Jinghu Road. Zhong Xiang took the initiative to send troops in advance, ordered the Jingnan army to defend to the death, and led the Jingbei army to attack Jiujiang.

When the Jiujiang battle started, Zhu Ming wrote a letter to Zhong Xiang again, saying that he planned to attack Huaixi, and he needed to use the Yangtze River to transport troops and grain, and restrain each other from conflicting with the sailors.

Regarding the matter of ventilating the news, Zhong Xiang already owes a favor.

Zhu Ming's attack on Huaixi can also contain the officers and soldiers there, so that Zhong Xiang does not have to worry about the north, so Zhong Xiang agreed very readily.

Li Bao had already sent thousands of troops out to attack Huanggang, Qichun and other places. In the past, the fleet was transporting soldiers and military rations, sailing from the Yangtze River into Leichi, attacking Susong, Wangjiang and other county seats, and the next step was to attack Taihu Lake (Taihu County, Anqing City) and Huaining.

On both sides of the Yangtze River, Zhong Xiang, Li Bao, and Quan Bangyan fought each other and did not interfere with each other.

"The power minister, the emperor's secret decree!"

A fast ship came from the south, but the river was blocked, and Song Huizong's secret letter was sent to Zhejiang, and then by land into Jiangxi and north.

Quan Bangyan opened the secret letter and looked at it, so angry that he almost vomited blood on the spot.

Quan Bangyan was desperately resisting the Zhong thief, and Song Huizong actually asked him to transport money, grain, and tribute to Huainan.

the hell!

……

However, it is said that Song Huizong fled with Tong Guan, Cai You, Li Yan, Zhu Mian, Liang Shicheng and others, and first fled to Nanjing (Shangqiu) to wait and see the situation.

Hearing that Zhu Thief and Jin Bing had arrived one after another, Song Huizong felt that Shangqiu was also in danger, and immediately slipped along the Bianhe River to Suzhou.

Then in the name of the Emperor Taishang, he issued a secret decree to all prefectures and counties, asking local officials to offer money, grain and tribute.

It's all like this, of course, Song Huizong is not to make money, but to convey a message to the magistrate: Although I abdicate to become the emperor, the Great Song Dynasty is still in charge, and you must all stand in line immediately, as long as you send money, food, and tribute, you are your own people.

In addition, there were a large number of concubines, palace maids, eunuchs, and guards accompanying him, as well as Tong Guan's Shengjie army, and the expenses of these people were very large, and they really needed local supplies of money and food to be able to afford it.

"Bastards, they're all bastards!"

Song Huizong scolded, and the whole person had fallen into madness.

From the transfer envoy to the governor and county order, more than sixty percent of the local officials no longer regard the emperor in their eyes. One by one, they sent people to reply that they were currently recruiting troops to serve the king, and there was no money, food, and tribute to send to the emperor.

Even in the southeast region controlled by Zhu Mian, many prefectures and county orders have also jumped back.

They agree with the existence of the Emperor, but now they have to scrape together food and pay to support the new emperor to defend the city!

That's why Song Huizong wrote a letter to stop the advance of the Qinwang army. Originally, the letter was written to Bai Shizhong, but after the messenger arrived in Tokyo, he found that Bai Shizhong had been dismissed, so he handed the letter to Tang Ke instead.

Huainan transshipment envoy Yu Xun and Yun sentenced Xiang Zixu, who was frightened at the moment.

Song Huizong asked: "One of you is a transfer envoy, and the other is a transportation judge, and you can't even get money and grain?" ”

Yu Yun shrunk his neck and said: "Those who can be transported have already been transferred, and there are really no reserves on the Huainan Road." The deputy envoy Fang Mengqing had food, but he had to lead troops to prevent the Zhu thief from coming. ”

Song Huizong was even more angry: "You are the transport envoy and the pacification envoy, why did you let Fang Mengqing lead the troops?" ”

"Minister...... The minister was not familiar with military affairs. Yu Xun replied cautiously.

Song Huizong said: "The main force of the Zhu thieves is in Kaifeng, where did the thieves in Huainan come from?" Even if there is, it is a partial teacher. The township soldiers trained by Fang Mengqing will definitely not be able to stop Zhu Thief's deviation, so he will withdraw his army and transport the grain back to my Shengjie army to defend against the enemy. ”

Yu Xun is a timid and fearful official, and he will definitely abandon the city and flee when he encounters the enemy, but his IQ is still online: "Emperor, a few days ago, I sent a message that Zhu Thief's partial division has captured Huangzhou, is it too ...... to transfer troops back at this time?" Too child's play? ”

Song Huizong said: "It was because Huangzhou had fallen and Fang Mengqing couldn't hold the city, so I asked him to withdraw his army and transfer grain back." My Shengjie army is now short of food, and if there is food, it is natural to supply the elite first, in addition to the Shengjie army, what strong army can fight on the Huainan two roads? ”

So, Tong Guan took Shengjie's army to resist Li Bao, but this was the only remaining army of Song Huizong, and he didn't dare to move too far away from him.

As soon as Tong Guan led the troops out of dozens of miles, Song Huizong's order came, so that Tong Guan could only go to Haozhou (Fengyang) at the farthest.

Tong Guan has long been accustomed to Song Huizong's comical operation, and he himself is not willing to work hard, so he honestly went to Haozhou to station. This is far from Li Bao's army, and there is a Shouzhou in between.

And Fang Mengqing, who was really fighting on the front line, was inexplicably recalled by the company with his troops.

On the way to withdraw, he was pursued and killed by Li Bao's army.

Fang Mengqing trained the army for a year, but the army was wiped out in a daze, and the hoarded grain and grass were also seized by Li Bao.

"Faint king, faint king!"

Fang Mengqing only escaped with a few hundred remnants, covered in blood, looking at the sunset and crying.

"Father, it's better to do the opposite!" Fang Chunxiao gritted his teeth and said, "What are you doing for him with such a faint king?" Zhu Xianggong and Marshal Zhu are famous all over the world, they are both benevolent and righteous people, if a new dynasty is established, they will be virtuous kings. My father and son were training in Huaixi, which has made the people miserable, and the grain and grass are all pulled out of the people's mouths. finally practiced it, but it was buried due to an order from the faint king! ”

Fang Mengqing looked at the sun that was about to set, and muttered, "I really want to knock open the head of the faint monarch to see if there is tofu dregs inside." ”

Fang Chunxiao said: "If you vote for the Zhu family, you will have this opportunity." ”

Fang Mengqing looked around at the hundreds of remnants around him, looked forward and said, "You go back to find that thief...... The generals of the rebel army said that I would take Lu'an and let them bring their troops over quickly. ”

The prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, who led his troops north to resist Jin and was dismissed by Qin Hui, was forced by Song Huizong to surrender directly.

……

"Official, King Guangyang (Tong Guan) sent an urgent delivery, Fang Mengqing rebelled in Lu'an!" The eunuch Li Yan rushed to the palace in a panic.

Song Huizong was shocked, and then said viciously: "Sure enough, I have different ambitions, I have long known that he cannot be trusted. ”

Li Yan was already in a trance of fright, and said anxiously: "As soon as Fang Mengqing reverses, Huainan will only have the victorious army left, how can it be stopped?" The official family should plan ahead! ”

Zhu Mian took the opportunity to suggest: "The official family can patrol the southeast, Hangzhou Dayi, can be the capital, and the minister is willing to donate funds to build the palace." ”

Zhu Mian and his son have huge control in Liangzhejiang, and this control is gradually disappearing. If Song Huizong was brought to Hangzhou, he would be able to regain power and become the uncrowned king of Jiangsu and Zhejiang again.

Cai You hesitated: "Your Majesty, if you go to the southeast, I'm afraid it will be difficult to return to Kaifeng." ”

"Where can I go back to Kaifeng?" Zhu Mian said, "The Zhu thief and the Jin people, one from the south and the other from the north, the officers and soldiers will not be able to stop them." What's more, officials everywhere don't read the kindness of the official family, they only know that there is a new emperor, but they don't know that there is an emperor, and it is extremely dangerous for the official family to return to Kaifeng! ”

The last sentence speaks to Song Huizong's heart.

Song Huizong's original plan was to control the court and the place remotely after the abdication, and his son Zhao Huan was just his puppet, and he believed that he had this influence.

Unexpectedly, officials from all over the country had long been disgusted with him, and after hearing that he had abdicated, they immediately brushed down to the new emperor.

For Song Huizong, the situation was completely out of control.

Their father-son relationship is bad, and even if Song Huizong returns to Tokyo, most of them will end up under house arrest.

"Go to Hangzhou!" Song Huizong finally made up his mind.

He even looked forward to the destruction of Tokyo and the fact that he could reclaim the title of emperor in Hangzhou. It doesn't matter if the bunch of sons in Tokyo are gone, anyway, he took dozens of concubines and went to Hangzhou to continue to live.

Cai You looked to the north, leaving only a soft sigh: "Alas! ”

Song Huizong took a large number of followers and ran south again.

Worried about his own safety, he hurriedly called Shengjiejun back. When passing through Yangzhou, he searched hard and emptied the floating wealth of several wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou.

Then he ordered Huainan to transfer the envoy Yu Cheng and reorganize the army to resist Zhu Ming's partial division.

Yu Xun and Xiang Zixuan looked at each other, they didn't know anything about the military, and the time was still short and there was no money and food, how could they conjure up an army to resist the thieves?

"Your Excellency wants to surrender?" Xiang Zisu didn't want to surrender, but he was afraid that Yu Zhen would suddenly attack, so he had to discuss it first.

Yu Cheng was very scared: "I heard that over there in Xiangyang, the officials who were too ruthless were all killed by the Zhu thief." You and I ......"

Xiang Zixu said, "Then run away." ”

Yu Yun was already about to cry: "Brother Bogong's home is in Jiangxi, so naturally he can escape back." But my family is in the north, and I may meet Jin Ren at any time when I go back! ”

Xiang Zixu is not only the fifth grandson of Xiang Minzhong, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, but also the cousin of Song Huizong, whose grandparents moved their families to settle in Zhangshu Town, Jiangxi.

What does this man say?

Again, very complex.

He does not refuse corruption and filial piety, but he knows that he should do the right thing.

In the beginning, he actively helped to transport the flower stone class. Later, he thought that it was too much, and the common people could no longer afford it, so he quietly reduced the supply of Huashigang, and was demoted to a first-level official product.

He encountered Jin Bing and initially fled quickly. After encountering a national disaster, he was able to muster up the courage to personally lead the troops to defend the city and fight street battles. Zhang Bangchang proclaimed himself emperor, and he also detained Zhang Bangchang's family and condemned it from all directions. Later, he insisted on resisting gold, and he also got up with Qin Hui, and was forced to resign and retire by Qin Hui.

A corrupt official with a bit of a bottom line, and a Chinese descendant who is shameful and brave.

Xiang Zixu said: "Your Excellency has a lot of floating wealth in Huainan, and your wife and children are also with you, so you can flee to Jiangxi to buy a piece of land and live in seclusion." ”

"That's all there is to it." Yu Yun sighed.

Yu Xun knew that his career had been ruined, Xiang Zixuan was the cousin of the Emperor Taishang, and no matter how fast he escaped, he could become an official again, but he didn't have so much energy.

In this regard, Song Huizong fled south with the crowd, and the Huainan transfer envoy and the transport judge also ran away, and the Huainan transfer deputy envoy even raised troops to serve as thieves.

Huainan two roads, a mess!

Zhu Ming only asked Li Bao to occupy the entire Huaixi, and then go to occupy the transportation arteries of Huaidong, and now Huaixi and Huaidong are open for them to occupy.

(End of chapter)