The next day, Wang Yinglin and others responded to the imperial edict to meet each other. They looked at each other with dark circles and thought they hadn't had a good sleep. The few of them were more deeply afraid. They said that the holy heart was unpredictable. Did the little emperor really get drunk and talk nonsense last night, or did he use wine to cover his face to test it, which made them embarrassed.

The ministers proposed to become a crown prince as soon as possible. From the perspective of official affairs, they respect the ancestral temple and the country and not forget the world. This move is out of public intention. If they oppose it, it is equivalent to standing opposite to everyone. And they also understand that there must be people with selfish intentions, intending to test the holy heart and guess the holy intentions in order to stand in a row, so as not to go against the emperor.

Seeing Wang De waiting in front of the door, Wang Yinglin wanted to ask His Majesty what his reaction was. He just smiled and shook his head slightly without saying a word. Then he immediately understood that His Majesty did not ask about yesterday, which made him feel a little relieved.

"Minwu, what is your Majesty summoning me?" Lin Zhiwu asked softly when he met Chen Shi.

"It should be a matter of discussing the rectification of the administration and military affairs. General Ni has entered the palace." Chen Shishi replied.

"Well, that happened yesterday..." Lin Zhiwu asked implicitly again.

"Your Majesty did not mention it, but ordered the court officials to remove the memorial to establish a crown prince. I have no choice!" Chen Shishi blinked and said with a smile.

"This is the best!" Lin Zhiwu was a senior in the imperial office, so he naturally knew that His Majesty's move was to suppress the memorials. He refused to comment, which means he would deal with it coldly.

Sure enough, after the meeting, the little emperor arranged official business and did not mention yesterday's incident. Everyone thought that His Majesty had forgotten about this matter when he was drunk. Of course, everyone kept silent about it tacitly and would never mention it again in the future. Even if someone asked about being beaten to death, he would not say it. Wang De also issued a ban yesterday, and all the little yellow gates serving the meal were warned. Only a trace of wind was heard in the inner palace in the middle of the capital, and then all the sticks were killed.

After everyone received the imperial edict and went out, they all vented their anger and felt that they had finally passed this. But everyone made up their minds. No matter how Your Majesty made a statement, they would stay out of the matter. Even if someone asked them to report a joint report, they would refuse and never participate in the matter of becoming the crown prince. Then, several people followed His Majesty's instructions to meet with the Jingxiang military and political officials who had arrived one after another, listened to their opinions, and understood their mentality at this time...

In the evening, without waiting for their return, Your Majesty issued an edict to summon him urgently. Wang Yinglin and others didn't know what happened again, so they hurriedly left the matter at hand and felt that they were in charge.

"Meet Your Majesty!" Several people entered the hall and saw His Majesty walking around the hall with some excitement, and hurried forward to salute.

"Good news, Wen Xiang defeated the Mongols and Yuan Shu Army in Jialing River, captured Chongqing, captured Lingxiao City, and gained a foothold in East Shu!" Zhao Bing couldn't suppress his joy and raised his hand to let them avoid politeness, and said impatiently.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!" After His Majesty sent the 10th Army to reinforce the Sichuan-Shu battlefield in April, the news has been cut off for more than two months, and he has no idea about the situation there. Today, there was a good news coming, and everyone was also very excited while being surprised.

"Recover Chongqing and rebuild the mountain city defense system, the back door of the Mongol Yuan attacked the Song Dynasty will be locked to death. If Xiangyang is recovered, Jiangnan will be free of worries!" Zhao Bing said happily, and handed Wen Tianxiang's memorial to Wang Yinglin and others for circulation.

Wang Yinglin saw the passage in detail and felt deeply moved. The terrain of Sichuan and Sichuan was extremely dangerous, the road to entering Sichuan was extremely difficult, and the supply of materials was difficult. He led a lonely army to expedition for thousands of miles. Only a tenacious person like Wen Tianxiang could do it.

At the end of last year, after a hard battle, the army of Shu had opened up the water and land routes into Sichuan. Wen Tianxiang led his troops to recover Wanzhou, Zhongzhou, Fuzhou along the Yangtze River along the water and land, and approached Chongqing. Since the winter entered a dry season, the river surface narrowed and the water depth was not enough for warships to pass, he temporarily stopped attacking. After occupying Duong City, he divided his troops to attack Dazhou, broke through Xiliu Pass, conquered Niutou Village, recovered and rebuilt Liyi City, Rongcheng, Daliang City, Yunshan City, Pingliang City, and Qingju City, and the enemy retreated to Kuzhu Pass. In this way, the Song army joined forces in Hechuan.

In the past, given that the Mongolian cavalry was unstable and the western Sichuan plain had no dangers to defend, Yu Jie was inspired by the mountain village to move the city to the mountains and establish a mountain city defense system. Most of the mountain cities in the Song Dynasty were located on cliffs surrounded by mountains and rivers. Although the average altitude was only three or five hundred meters, it was surrounded by cliffs, which was far more dangerous than artificial city walls. In some places, they could even rely on natural dangers to build cities. Geologically, they were vividly called "Fangshan".

The top of the "Fangshan Mountain" is flat, with hundreds of acres to dozens of miles. It has fields to cultivate, forests to drink, and water to drink. It is suitable for the army to be stationed for a long time. The fleeing people also came to the mountain city to farm and live, and provided the army with necessary food and grass. The construction of the Fangshan Castle system in the Song Dynasty was centered on the Hechuan Diaoyu City. Not only was it close to Sichuan to establish the Si Daying Chongqing, but the terrain was also extremely dangerous. In front of these mountain cities, the Mongolian cavalry lost the advantage of speed, and the boats and oars traveled between the mountain cities, which made the Mongolians who were not good at water war suffer.

Diaoyu City is located on Diaoyu Mountain five kilometers east of Hechuan City, Chongqing. The Jialing River and the Qu River from the northeast converge at the mouth of the Qu River, flow through Hechuan City, and merge with the Fu River from the northwest to form a "Ba"-shaped water bay, which is like a "pocket", pouring Diaoyu City into it. The north, west and south of Diaoyu City are surrounded by rivers, and the Huaying Mountain in the east is only 300 meters above sea level, but it is "relying on the sky and the earth, standing majestic", like a natural military barrier.

At that time, the powerful general Wang Jian guarded Diaoyu City and recruited more than 100 million people from five counties in Tongliang, Bachuan, and the early Han Dynasty. With the natural height of the mountain, the city wall was more than ten to hundreds of meters high, and eight city gates such as Qishengmen, Zhenximen, and Xiaodongmen were built. Among them, there were city walls next to Xiaodongmen and Zhiqimen, which penetrated directly into the Jialing River, called "Yizicheng", which cut off the Jialing River waterway like a sharp sword. Wang Jian also asked someone to dig a pool on the mountain, called Tianchi, and dig seventy-two wells. The spring water did not dry up all year round, and even if it was besieged, there was sufficient water source.

I originally thought there would be a hard battle here, but after Wang Jian surrendered to Meng, the enemy was blocked here for more than 30 years and died countless soldiers. In order to vent his anger and prevent it from being used again by the Song people, he destroyed the mountain city and demolished the main defensive facilities, so that it could not be used at the moment, so he gathered troops in Chongqing and stationed heavy troops on the bank of the Jialing River.

After the rainy season entered, the river water rose and the Song army warships entered the Jialing River. The Mongolian Yuan originally built a naval army in Sichuan and Shu, preparing to follow the Yangtze River after occupying Sichuan and Shu to capture Jiangnan. However, due to the changes in the strategy of attacking Song, this naval army did not play a role in conquering Jiangnan, and more than ten years later, due to lack of training, its combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

In order to prevent the Song army from siegeing the city, the Yuan army defenders had no choice but to use the tactic of iron chains connecting the warships to connect the iron chains and iron rings. In some places, wooden boards were laid to set up water camps to resist the attack of the Song army. In fact, the tactics did not matter whether they were good or bad, but they had to be implemented according to the time and the local area, and the same was true for iron chains. The benefits of doing this were obvious, that is, they increased stability and comfort.

There are more than one disadvantage: time-consuming and labor-intensive, very high cost; combat flexibility is severely reduced, almost zero; one of the ships is injured and sunk or stranded, which will drag down companions; once they are approached by the enemy, it is no different from land warfare; if they are defeated, it is inconvenient to pursue the enemy quickly, and if they are defeated, the entire army will be wiped out.

Facing the Song army entering the river, the enemy generals believed that their warships were stronger than the Wu army in terms of their number and size, but the reason why they still failed to win was that they did not give full play to the advantages of the warships. So they came up with a creative idea, which was to connect the warships with iron cables in a row, so that the large and small ships could travel the same speed, and flow down the river and fight against the Song army warships head-on.

However, he did not know the strength of the Song navy and the large number of firearms, so that failure was destined from the moment it connected the warships. Under the command of Liu Shiyong, the Song navy used small groups of tactics to attack in different ways, detoured to the enemy side, and then bombarded with artillery. An enemy ship was sunk in a chain, and several ships were sunk together. When a ship caught fire, the nearby warships burned together.

In just half a day, the enemy warships were either burned or sunk. The enemy soldiers who went out to fight jumped into the river, washed away by the rolling river water, and drowned. In the battle, more than 30,000 main enemy forces died in a bad life. After that, the Song navy used warship artillery fire to cover the attack, exploded the north gate of Linjiang and attacked the city, annihilated all the enemy troops in the city, and occupied the city.

The main force of the enemy's eastern Shu army was basically lost in this battle. Wen Tianxiang sent troops to attack south. The enemy was unable to fight or flee or surrender. He joined forces to recover Hutou City and Nanping City. He finally broke up the siege of Lingxiao City, and met with the Song army and civilians who still insisted on fighting against Mongolia. Finally, he completed the task assigned by His Majesty. After all Sichuan and Sichuan fell, he persisted for twelve years. After the Song army entered the city, there were only more than 500 soldiers and civilians in the city. They were weak, ragged, and had lost weapons. They were extremely scarce. They were already in danger...

"Your Majesty, Wen Xiang has been a side army for a thousand miles of expedition. Not only has he recovered eastern Sichuan and rebuilt the mountain city defense line, but he has also completed His Majesty's mission of rescuing Lingxiao City. He should be rewarded and rewarded to the soldiers and civilians of Lingxiao City!" Wang Yinglin was deeply moved and told His Majesty.

"After the advice of the subordinates, Lingxiao City has been alone in the mountain fort for more than ten years and has fought hard but has not surrendered. It is actually a loyal minister and righteous man in the Song Dynasty. It deserves praise!" Lin Zhiwu also politely said.

"Well, I have the intention too." Zhao Bing nodded and said, "Recovering eastern Sichuan, the generals were effective, and the soldiers were all promoted to the first level. The credit was discussed separately, and 200,000 yuan was given to the army. The soldiers and civilians in Lingxiao City were loyal to the emperor and patriotic. They fought alone for more than ten years, and they all agreed to be awarded the title to show their praise!"

"Your Majesty is wise, I am grateful to the soldiers and civilians of Sichuan!" Everyone was shocked when they heard this. It was the first case for all the titles in this dynasty, but they were worthy of them...
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