Chapter 634, The Guangxi Question
Yang Jiumei returned to Yang Peng's body, put her cheek on the skin of Yang Peng's chest, and said, "Regarding Yue Li Chao, are you really not worried at all?" ”
Yang Peng stroked Yang Jiumei's skin and said, "With our current strength, what else is there to worry about!" Even if they are caught off guard by the Yue Li Dynasty, it's a big deal to let them occupy the southwest of Guangxi first, but it won't be long before we take it back! Yang Jiumei got down from Yang Peng's body, her lower limbs were still wrapped around Yang Peng's lower limbs, but her upper body was lying next to Yang Peng, thinking: "I'm afraid that the development of things will be as you said, and I'm afraid that the southwest of the relationship will be occupied by the Yue Li Dynasty!" However, Mei'er is mobilizing a large army to go over, and it may be difficult for the Yue Li Dynasty to occupy those lands! ”
After a pause, he said, "But you can't be careless!" After all, the 200,000-strong army of the Yue Li Dynasty should not be underestimated, and it is very suitable for the local hot and hot weather. In the Three Kingdoms period, the Shu Han Dynasty used the troops of Sichuan to attack the Nanban, in fact, the two places were not far apart, but there was a serious water and soil adaptation, which almost made Zhuge Liang's Pingnan plan die halfway. Now that our army is all soldiers from the north, going to fight in the hot and hot areas of the south thousands of miles away, I am afraid that this situation of not adapting to the water and soil will only be even more serious! The Yue Li Dynasty occupies a favorable position, and if it holds on for a long time, it will be unfavorable to us, and even if we win in the end, I am afraid it will make us pay a lot of price! ”
Yang Peng sat up. Seeing this, Yang Jiumei also sat up, the quilt slid off her body, and her charming body was completely exposed to the air.
Yang Peng frowned and said: "You reminded me, I ignored this problem a little before!" You are right, if there is really a serious lack of adaptation, you can only rely on the Song army that has come over, but those armies are obviously unreliable, and I am afraid that the recovery of the whole of Guangxi will have to be postponed! After a pause, "The main force of our army is all troops from the north, and the situation is the same for any troops transferred south." I will immediately order the Bianliang Cabinet to immediately mobilize doctors from all over the country who are good at treating dysentery and other diseases, as well as related medicinal materials, to transport them to the south! At the same time, she told Mei'er to pay attention to this aspect of the situation! ”
The herald sent by Yang Peng left Yanjing and rushed to Bianliang as quickly as possible, and continued to change horses and hurried along the way, arriving at Bianliang in a few days, and conveying Yang Peng's order to the cabinet. Under the chairmanship of Zhang Xiang, the cabinet immediately passed a resolution ordering Henan, Lianghuai, Jiangnan, Sichuan and other places to immediately summon doctors to purchase medicinal materials and transport them to the south.
At the same time, the battle to defend Nanning began.
The Vietnamese army began to strengthen the Yongjiang River, but the Yanyun army had already prepared and made a strong resistance to the Vietnamese army crossing the river. The battle was very fierce, the Vietnamese army rushed to the north bank many times, but they were all defeated by the brave Yanyun soldiers, the corpses on the river beach were all over the field, most of them were the corpses of the Vietnamese army, and the Yongjiang River was stained red with blood. The Vietnamese army attacked for several days, but failed to break through the Yanyun defense line, and the battle entered a stalemate.
However, at this moment, an urgent report came that an elite Vietnamese army had smuggled across the Yongjiang River from the upper reaches of the Yongjiang River and was now building a pontoon bridge. In fact, Shi Liancheng had long expected this situation, but the Nanning defenders only had 40,000 horses, and they were already very difficult to face the fierce attack of nearly 200,000 Vietnamese troops in the front, and they could not divide their forces to defend in other directions.
Shi Liancheng received the news that an elite Vietnamese army had crossed the Yongjiang River, and frowned and thought about it. raised his head and said categorically: "Huang Xin, you guard Nanning for me!" Huang Xin was taken aback and said urgently: "General, it is difficult to wipe out the elite of the Vietnamese army crossing the river with our troops, and if our army goes upstream, if the main force of the enemy attacks head-on again, Nanning will be dangerous!" The subordinates thought that they should defend the city and wait for reinforcements from the chief governor! ”
Shi Liancheng said: "If the enemy army is allowed to cross the Yongjiang River safely to besiege Nanning, it will be difficult for us to hold out until the general manager comes to help!" At this point, we have no choice! I have made up my mind, you will lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to continue to garrison Nanning, and I will lead 10,000 elite troops to raid the enemy army upstream! Huang Xin knew that Shi Liancheng was right, and responded a little helplessly.
Immediately, Shi Liancheng led 10,000 elites to leave Nanning and go upstream. The Vietnamese army on the other side of the river discovered the movements of the Yanyun army and thought that there was an opportunity, so the main force immediately launched another fierce attack. Huang Xin commanded the soldiers and horses to resist, and the two sides fought fiercely, and the scene was very fierce.
Shi Liancheng led 10,000 elites to the north quickly, and before nightfall he saw the enemy's bridgehead position, 20,000 enemy troops had lined up their military formations and were ready to fight, at the same time, behind them, thousands of Vietnamese soldiers were stepping up to build pontoon bridges, and now two-thirds of the pontoon bridges had been erected, and tens of thousands of Vietnamese troops on the south bank were waiting to cross the Yongjiang River.
Shi Liancheng raised his long knife and roared: "Brothers, follow me and crush the enemy army!" Ten thousand soldiers roared in unison. Shi Liancheng urged the war horse to rush towards the enemy army first, and 10,000 soldiers rushed away with a roar.
Seeing that Yan Yun had few soldiers, the general of the Vietnamese army dared to charge, and couldn't help but laugh cruelly: "I'm really impatient!" Then he shouted at the crossbowmen: "Ready, crossbowmen!" The crossbowmen of the Vietnamese army immediately bent their bows and arrows and pointed obliquely at the rushing Yan Yun army, waiting for the general's order.
Seeing this scene, many Yanyun soldiers took off the shields they were originally carrying on their backs, raised them obliquely in front of them, protected their heads, faces and chests, but rushed towards the enemy step by step.
Seeing that Yan Yunjun had entered the firing range, the general of the Vietnamese army roared sharply: "Release the arrow!" "The crossbowmen of the Vietnamese army fired arrows together, only to see that the sky was dark, and the dense arrows rushed towards the Yanyun army like flying locusts! Yan Yunjun didn't mean to stop at all! In the blink of an eye, only a loud crackling sound was heard, as if a torrential rain hit banana leaves, the dense arrow rain of the Vietnamese army fell, most of them hit the shield of the Yanyun army, and some of the arrows were fixed on the ground, several Yanyun soldiers were hit by arrows, the injured were light, and they didn't take it seriously at all, and continued to charge, and the seriously injured ones fell to the ground with a muffled snort.
The Yanyun army kept approaching the Vietnamese army, and the Vietnamese army kept releasing arrows, but the Yanyun army was all good at attacking and defending, and the long-range attacks of the Vietnamese army were not very effective. When the Vietnamese generals saw this scene, they couldn't help but be a little annoyed. Seeing that Yan Yun's army was already very close to his own front, he ordered the crossbowmen to stop shooting, ordered the shield commander in front to rush to prepare for battle, and at the same time ordered the warriors behind him to wait for the enemy to charge into battle, and after the power was removed, they immediately rushed into the enemy formation and killed the enemy! The Vietnamese army was ready, just waiting for the Yanyun army to charge into battle.
The Yanyun army suddenly stopped, and the shield that protected the whole army was removed, and more than a thousand Yanyun sergeants held a powerful divine arm bow and aimed at the enemy's shield line! They pulled the trigger suddenly, only to hear a loud buzzing sound, more than a thousand powerful sharp arrows screamed and pounced on the enemy, more and more loud sounds, the powerful crossbow arrows pierced through the shield of the Vietnamese army, pierced the body of the Vietnamese soldiers, and in an instant, I saw that the original strict shield defense line of the Vietnamese army collapsed! The soldiers of the Vietnamese army couldn't help but be shocked when they suddenly saw such a scene, they didn't expect such a thing to happen at all!
The Yanyun soldiers holding the divine arm bow retreated, thousands of soldiers with crossbows came forward, the Yanyun army restarted, approaching the Vietnamese army's battle formation, and at the same time, the thousands of soldiers in the front kept pulling the trigger, and the crossbows sprayed arrows one after another, and the Vietnamese soldiers were hit by arrows one after another, and the screams resounded one after another for a while! The soldiers of the Vietnamese army saw that the opponent's crossbow was constantly spewing arrows one after another, and in a very short period of time, many of their own personnel were shot down, and they couldn't help but be terrified, and the whole army was in a commotion!
The general of the Vietnamese army hurriedly ordered the warriors to rush and kill. Thousands of Vietnamese warriors howled with long-handled broadswords and rushed towards Yan Yunjun, very vicious, like a pack of wild dogs. Seeing the enemy rushing towards them, Yan Yunjun immediately concentrated his firepower to attack them, only to see dense arrows flying all over the sky, and the warriors of the Vietnamese army fell to the ground one after another, and their charging momentum was frustrated.
The Yanyun soldiers holding the crossbow suddenly separated to the two sides, Shi Liancheng jumped out of the horse, and led thousands of Yanyun troops to rush into the middle of the opponent, like a tiger descending the mountain, bravely moving forward, the sword light danced, and the corpses of the Vietnamese warriors were bloody, these leading figures in the Vietnamese army were like lambs under the claws of the tiger, and they had no ability to resist at all! When the soldiers of the Vietnamese army saw this scene, they couldn't help but be shocked and inexplicable, and it was only at this time that they suddenly woke up, it turned out that Yan Yun was so fierce, much more terrible than the previous Song army!
At the same time, the soldiers of the Yanyun Army armed with crossbows were divided into left and right wings, advancing in battle formation, shooting at the same time, the Vietnamese soldiers fell to the ground one after another, unable to resist, and kept retreating, and the army's heart began to waver.
Seeing that the army was becoming more and more chaotic, the general of the Vietnamese army was angry and anxious, and shouted loudly, ordering the soldiers under his command to come forward and fight for their lives. Suddenly, I saw that General Yanyun was killing all the way by himself, and he was invincible. The general of the Vietnamese army was taken aback, and when he saw that the other party was about to rush in front of him, he hurriedly pulled out his long knife and urged the horse to meet him. Shi Liancheng rushed straight towards the Vietnamese general, and suddenly roared violently, like a thunderclap, the Vietnamese general was startled, and the whole person couldn't help but tremble! Immediately, I saw that the terrifying Yanyun warrior rushed to the front of him, and the long knife was raised high, like a fierce tiger! The general of the Vietnamese army was in a pang, and hurriedly raised the long knife, only to see the sword flash in front of him, and there was a loud bang!
The two horses staggered past, and then turned the horse's head. The Vietnamese general's right hand trembled uncontrollably, his heart was extremely shocked, he didn't expect that the opponent's strength and momentum would be so terrifying! I suddenly remembered a rumor in my heart: 'Yanyun Warrior, the genus of the dragon and tiger, dominates the world, invincible!' ’
Kill! The roar of the opponent was heard again. The general of the Vietnamese army was shocked and hurriedly looked, only to see that the momentum of the other party was even more amazing than just now, like a tiger and a dragon, and it was powerful in all directions!
When the general of the Vietnamese army saw that Shi Liancheng's momentum was so terrifying, he was so frightened that he hurriedly turned his horse's head and wanted to escape. Which one had just turned his horse's head, and the other side ran behind him. The Vietnamese general felt bad, and subconsciously rolled to the side and fell off the saddle. Almost at the same time, he heard the long and mournful roar of his war horse, and he was so frightened that he dared to turn back, and crawled towards his own soldiers. I crawled all the way until I dared to stop and turn around. I saw that the fierce Yanyun warrior was killing all sides in his own soldiers, and his own soldiers were killed by him, and no one was one of them.
Just then, there was a huge commotion on the left. The general of the Vietnamese army hurriedly looked to the left front, and saw that his army could not withstand the fierce attack of the opponent, and was already defeated, and the defeat was like a mountain, like a reversed wave. The general of the Vietnamese army was shocked, and before he could figure out how to deal with it, the entire army was quickly affected and fled in defeat! On the wilderness, I saw my own army of wolves rushing and fleeing for their lives, while Yan Yun's army was ruthlessly chasing and killing, swords flying wildly, blood and water dancing, and their own soldiers were cut down to the ground by the Yanyun tiger wolf who caught up. The general of the Vietnamese army turned pale, suddenly came back to his senses, where did he dare to fight again, and quickly fled for his life.
The soldiers of the Vietnamese army were chased by the Yan Yun army to the sky and the ground, and finally threw away their armor and jumped into the Yongjiang River to swim towards the south bank.
Yan Yunjun chased to the river, took off the strong crossbow and crossbow, shot at the Vietnamese soldiers who fled for their lives in the upper reaches of the river, and in an instant saw the arrows whistling and flying on the water, the Vietnamese soldiers were hit by arrows one after another, and the screams rang out into a piece, and in an instant, the originally clear Yongjiang River water was dyed with wisps of mottled red, and the corpses of the Vietnamese soldiers floated down the water. However, most of the Vietnamese soldiers still swam through the Yongjiang River, and the Vietnamese soldiers grew up in the hot climate of the water network area, and they have been familiar with the water since childhood, and a small Yongjiang River is difficult for them.
Shi Liancheng led his soldiers and horses to break the Vietnamese army in one fell swoop, and then smashed the pontoon bridge that had not yet been built. After doing this, the soldiers and horses immediately returned to Nanning.
However, before arriving in Nanning, bad news came.
An elite Vietnamese army crossed the Yong River from the lower reaches of Nanning and built a pontoon bridge. Now more than 40,000 Vietnamese troops have crossed the Yong River!
When Shi Liancheng got this report, he couldn't help but be annoyed and scolded: "Fuck! The little barbarian even played a trick with me! He immediately led his soldiers to speed up their return to Nanning. By the time they returned to Nanning, the battle on Nanning's side had already ended.
Shi Liancheng hurried to the camp hall, turned around, looked at Huang Xin, and asked, "When did the enemy's main force stop attacking?" Huang Xin hugged his fists and said: "Half a day ago, the enemy's main force stopped attacking!" ”
Shi Liancheng frowned and said, "They plan to cross the Yongjiang River from downstream, and then come to besiege Nanning!" ”
Huang Xin asked, "General, what should I do now?" ”
Shi Liancheng pondered for a moment, frowned, and said: "There is no good way now, but to defend the city and defend it to the death!" Then his face showed a look of pride, and he said, "With a little barbarian, don't want to break the city!" Immediately, his heart moved, he thought of something, immediately called the herald, carefully instructed him, and finally advised: "You must bring my order to Xiang Meng!" The stakes are too high to be missed! The herald clenched his fists and hurried down.
Immediately, Shi Liancheng began to arrange the city defense, and after it was over, the generals left in a hurry. Shi Liancheng stood up, walked to the map, looked at Yongzhou on the map, frowned and pondered.
At this moment, an officer rushed in and reported: "General Qiqi, there are many rumors in the city!" ”
Shi Liancheng turned around and asked, "What rumors?" ”
The officer said indignantly: "Someone is spreading rumors that our Yan Yun Army is deviant and perverse, and it is doomed!" He also said that the Vietnamese army has the support of Providence, and it is a crime of hanging the people and fighting the people, and it will definitely win! The rumors also stirred up the people to rise up against us in order to save themselves! ”
Shi Liancheng was furious and shouted, "What a group of brutes who betrayed their ancestors! Then he asked, "It must be the nobles in the city who are spreading rumors again!" The officer nodded and said, "Although the specific situation is not very clear, but judging from what has been learned so far, it should be those Confucian scholars of the scholar clan who spread the rumors!" In addition, some idle people in the people also played a role in fueling the flames! ”
Shi Liancheng scolded: "Fuck! It turns out that the way of a saint is to collude with other places to betray their ancestors! Lao Tzu has seen it today! ”
The officer said worriedly: "Although the people have not yet been stirred, the people in the city are already panicking!" General, if this matter is not handled well, I am afraid it will cause turmoil! ”
Shi Liancheng thought for a while, waved his hand and said, "Don't worry too much!" Now that my Yanyun army of nearly 40,000 is in the city, even if someone wants to plot against him, he doesn't dare to act rashly for the time being! After a pause, "But this matter can't be left alone!" Prevention is better than prevention, and at this moment, it is necessary to immediately eliminate hidden dangers by thunderous means, so as not to cause big trouble! At this point, he said to the officer: "You go and call General Huang Xin to me!" The officer answered and ran down.
At present, the situation in Nanning is critical, but there are still several taverns and teahouses that are still open. In a restaurant called 'Tiannan', a Confucian student was talking to the drinkers: "The Yue Li Dynasty was originally a subject country of my Great Song Dynasty, but it was because of Yang Peng's perverse behavior that he made the heavens angry and resentful, so the Yue Li Dynasty angrily raised rebels and hung the people for their crimes!" As the saying goes, those who follow the heavens prosper, and those who go against the heavens die, and we can only save our lives if we obey the will of heaven! ”
There was a lot of talk among the drinkers. A butcher-like man raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "According to what you say, we Han descendants should help the Nanban invade our own land?" This is simply ridiculous! A few men chimed in.
The Confucian frowned, "Your thinking is too narrow!" What are Han Chinese and what are Nanban? Aren't they all people born between heaven and earth? Since they are all human beings, why do they distinguish one another? Besides, the Yue Li Dynasty was originally a subject state of the Great Song Dynasty, and their army was not an invasion, but to make it difficult for the Zhao and Song officials, and to be loyal to the Zhao and Song officials! In other words, they're here to help us at the end of the day! When we help them, we help ourselves, how can we say that we help the Nanban invade our own land! His crooked reasoning made everyone's heads dizzy, and although he felt that something was wrong, he also felt that what he said was not unreasonable.
The butcher shouted, "I have heard that the Yue people have burned and looted everywhere they passed, and the people of many towns have slaughtered them all!" Is that the case for hanging people? Is this the case for restoring the Confucian path? If that's the case, Lao Tzu would rather not have that bullshit Confucian righteousness! You say that King Yan is not good, Yan Yunjun is not good, but the Yan Yunjun that Lao Tzu saw was strictly disciplined and did not infringe on us ordinary people in the slightest, and General Shi Liancheng issued a decree of King Yan, exempting all unreasonable taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and also allocating land for us landless people, our ordinary people's lives are much better than before! In my opinion, King Yan and Yan Yunjun are good, better than the official family of Zhao and Song, and better than the Confucian righteous path! Many drinkers chimed in. These were all ordinary people and businessmen, while those Confucian scholars who were gentle and full of books frowned with a look of annoyance.
A Confucian scholar slapped the table and said angrily: "You and other small people don't understand the righteousness at all!" Kong said to be benevolent, Meng said to take righteousness, but for the sake of benevolence and righteousness, there is nothing that cannot be sacrificed! All the Confucian scholars echoed and applauded.
The butcher said angrily: "Kong said to be benevolent, and Meng said to take righteousness." It is to ask us people to become benevolent and righteous, and then let you, the Confucian scholars, and the emperor, sit and enjoy the glory and wealth in peace! Since you want to talk about this, why don't you go to the Zhao Song Dynasty and your Confucian scholars to become benevolent and righteous, so that we, the ordinary people, can live a good life? ”
A Confucian student was furious and said angrily: "It's just nonsense! People are born with a distinction between high and low, and the official family of Zhao and Song Dynasty is the son of heaven who has the mandate of heaven, and it is natural to enjoy glory and wealth! And I, the Confucian scholars, educate the people, and the merit is in heaven and earth, so we should naturally enjoy glory and wealth! ”
The drinkers were very displeased, and a businessman sneered: "Just now, some of you said that there is no distinction between heaven and earth in life, why do you now say that people are born with a distinction between high and low?" You talk to yourself, it's inconsistent! Anyway, you just want to take all the benefits and let others do it! Confucian bullshit, if it is not destroyed, we ordinary people will not have a good life, how can I stand between heaven and earth! ”
The drinkers only felt extremely happy and applauded. All the Confucian scholars stood up and pointed to the drinkers. Just when the two sides were arguing, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps at the top of the staircase. The two sides of the arguing immediately stopped and looked towards the staircase. Seeing dozens of fierce Yan Yun sergeants rushing up under the leadership of an officer, he couldn't help but feel uneasy.
The officer led the sergeants to the crowd, looked at the people present, and then his eyes fell on those Confucian scholars, and he raised his voice: "On the orders of the general, arrest the Confucian students who collude with foreign enemies!" Then he waved his hand: "Take it!" The sergeants immediately stepped forward and grabbed the Confucian students. The Confucian scholars were shocked, and one of them shouted: "How can we collude with foreign enemies, you are clearly trying to add crimes!" The officer Yanyun said coldly: "You are inciting the people to commit treason and defect to the enemy in the tavern, aren't you colluding with foreign enemies?" You Confucian students deserve to die! ”
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.