Chapter 134 Bearing the humiliation for the Song Dynasty
All in all, due to Zhang Jun's miraculous operation, Han Shizhong's army was forced to stop for a period of time, but that was only for the main battle area. Li Bao's attack on the coastal areas never stopped.
This Jiaozhi is not the Jin Kingdom of the past. It does not have such a large land and manpower. Of course Han Shizhong has to worry about soldiers and food, but aren't they worried?
You must know that Jiaozhi at this time was not the entire territory of Vietnam in later generations. There was also the Champa Kingdom in the south and the Dali Kingdom in the northwest. The geography of Jiaozhi was high in the northwest and low in the southeast. Sixty-seven parts of the territory became mountains and plateaus. If the Song Dynasty
The army marching from Guangnan will indeed be troubled by miasma, high mountains and dense forests, but if they march from the sea, the densely woven rivers and plains in the south will become their great advantage.
Anyway, both Han Shizhong and Li Bao regretted it. If they had known that the river network was so dense, they should have borrowed more men, horses and boats from Zhang Rong.
It seems that it has been a long time, and those maps are old. It is better to actually fight a battle after chewing on the books for so long.
But what is already fatal for Jiaozhi is that Halong Bay, the location Li Bao chose to attack, is also very close to Jiaozhou. Once the Song army completely breaks through the Red River and attacks from both sides, there is only one result waiting for the Li family in Jiaozhi: destruction.
At this time, the King of Cochin, Li Tianzuo, who they called the King of Dai Viet, was only a six-year-old child. Although he was being held by his mother and sitting in the court hall, he had no idea why the courtiers below were feeling as sad as if they were mourning their heirs and were quarreling in confusion.
It may be said that Jiaozhi was unlucky. In the ninth year of Jianyan, when the Zhao Guan family was singing the Northern Expedition, their emperor Li Yanghuan died as a young man due to long-term addiction to drinking and sex. Three-year-old Li Tianzuo succeeded to the throne and became the sixth monarch of Dai Viet.
In the eyes of the Song Dynasty, the monarchs were still the kings of Jiaozhi. However, facing the Song Dynasty, which had unprecedented national power after the victory of the Northern Expedition, Dai Viet had no choice but to call itself the king of Jiaozhi and did not dare to do anything else.
But it is probably an old tradition in East Asia that an orphan and a widowed mother will be accompanied by rebellious officials and traitors.
However, the situation in Jiaozhi is a little special, and it has a lot to do with Queen Mother Li's lifestyle.
When the young master came to the court, his mother was strong and his son was young. The Queen Mother Li, who was in charge of the affairs from behind the curtain, had an affair with the powerful official Du Yingwu, whether it was for personal reasons or to protect her own status.
Du Yingwu controlled the military and political power of the Li Dynasty, and the South Vietnam region was deeply influenced by Chinese culture. They were so unscrupulous, which naturally attracted many people's dissatisfaction.
The result was that a fortune teller, Weng Shenli, claimed to be the son of Renzong Li Qiande. With the help of Dali's army, he once occupied the northern part of Jiaozhi. However, Du Yingwu commanded it well and repelled the rebels last year. If the Song Dynasty had not sent strong troops, they would have
The victory should be celebrated by now.
Unlike now, Captain Du Yingwu relied on Zhang Jun's blind command to escape, and the army suffered countless losses.
Seeing the pessimism and even capitulationism in the whole court, Queen Mother Li slammed the table and said angrily: "Back then, the Song Dynasty's expedition was defeated by our miasma and mountains. Are they not afraid now? Even if you don't want to think about us, Li Chaoguo,
Zuo, are you willing to join the Song Dynasty as a slave?"
I have to say that she is still somewhat political.
But it was just a little bit. Su Xiancheng, the Prime Minister of the State, did not mean to get used to her, and said bluntly: "Queen Mother, no one has to deceive themselves anymore in this land. Even though the Song Dynasty stopped at the Red River, it was still accumulated for future generations.
Countless experiences, but the current emperor of the Song Dynasty can actually conquer the Jin Dynasty personally. If it is not the Song Shenzong, he will naturally not take our geographical obstacles in his eyes. It is impossible to say that we have already had countermeasures, let alone the two directions, even if we can stop it for a while
If we can stop the army, how can we stop the navy? If the Li clan's ancestral temple is not protected, I will just die to express my gratitude to the late king. There is no need for the Queen Mother to say such a thing."
Su Xiancheng was a minister with both civil and military skills. He made great contributions in the early process of putting down Weng Shenli's rebellion. He was also very young and advocated Confucianism, and was very respected among his ministers. As soon as he said this, some young generals
Naturally, he was full of complaints. Although he did not dare to accuse the Queen Mother explicitly in his words, the meaning was conveyed very clearly.
Du Yingwu originally wanted to rely on his status to scare them away, but as a general, you were almost captured, and the entire army was wiped out. Your prestige within the army has been greatly reduced, how can you convince the court?
It was a senior elder of the Li family who came out to act as a peacemaker, "Prime Minister Su, Lieutenant Du, please turn off the fire first. No matter how difficult it is for us at this time, is it better than the Zhao Guan family who fled to the Huaihe River to ask for help?"
Is it difficult? Now is the time to cooperate sincerely. We cannot start fighting among ourselves! Otherwise, even if you go to meet the ancestors of the past, you will not dare to say that you have a clear conscience. Besides, when it is not time to seek death, why not seek life?
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This man was over eighty years old. It was always his descendants who were criticized by the Song Dynasty, so he was quite popular. All the ministers gave him face and stopped quarreling. Although Empress Dowager Li was the master, she was also a junior
, let alone not giving him face.
Du Yingwu, after all, a veteran general, analyzed the situation and said, "Li Bao in the Navy is not an idiot. We originally wanted to use the same method as before to lure him into defeat, but we didn't expect that he judged the tide in advance and defeated our army. Water.
The losses on the army's side were also extremely heavy. But for some unknown reason, the army's side stopped attacking. It is said that they were able to reach the Red River with less than 10% loss. Isn't that because they were afraid of miasma?"
The method he mentioned back then refers to the Battle of Bai Dang River launched by the Southern Han Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Emperor Liu Yan of the Southern Han Dynasty, regardless of the weather, ordered his son Liu Hongcao to lead the navy to march into the Bai Dang River from Haikou (Halong Bay).
Wu Quan, the ruler of South Vietnam at that time, after learning that the Southern Han army had arrived at Bai Dang River, ordered his sergeants to cut down trees, make wooden stakes, and wrap the tops of the wooden stakes with sharp iron sheets. Wu Quan inserted these wooden stakes in Bai Dang River
At the heart of the dangerous river where Fujijiang River enters the sea, an ambush was set up along the river bank.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! During the war, Wu Quan pretended to retreat, and the Southern Han army fell into a trap and penetrated deep into the Baiteng River. As a result, the tide receded, the ship was scratched, and it was ambushed. What's the point?
The principle of invincibility.
After Wu Quan defeated the Southern Han army, he proclaimed himself king and established the Wu Dynasty. This homeland during the Tang Dynasty slowly became independent.
Coincidentally, when they discovered that Li Bao also wanted to march through Halong Bay, people in Jiaozhi unanimously wanted to use the same methods as before to trick the Song army into a big trap. But the problem was that although Li Bao was not very knowledgeable, he had been preparing for this war for many years.
, how could you not know this allusion? Even if you don’t know, you have been working in the navy for more than ten years. How can you be prepared for the ebb and flow of the tide? How can you still not know?
So the result was that Li Bao did not use a big boat to go deep into the Bach Dang River, but used an iron boat to row there. He ordered soldiers who were proficient in water skills to attack with fierce fire oil. In winter, the north wind was already strong, and the river was ablaze.
Have you ever seen such a magical weapon? Even the ambush soldiers were so frightened that they ran away.
In this regard, Li Bao said that if Zhang Shuxiang hadn't used up the other part of the fierce fire oil, I could go deeper.
National Elephant Su Xiancheng also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The Song Dynasty is indeed not as easy to fool and dismiss as it used to be. But the old team leader is right, the dismissal of officials was too drastic. At present, we should still find ways to survive in death."
I don’t know what kind of Bodhisattva in the sky, Buddha will bless me. After he said these words, someone suddenly said: "The Queen Mother, the Taiwei, the Prime Minister. A small group of Song troops have come to surrender."
You can hear the needle drop in the hall of consciousness. In this situation, the Song Army is still willing to surrender. Did I hear it correctly?
Su Xiancheng still has the city government, "The Song army is in a good situation, why did they surrender? Do they think everyone in my court is a fool and they want to use espionage?"
"Returning to the Prime Minister. The man claimed to be Shao Long. He was a former general of the Song Dynasty, but he was involved in the Lishan Incident and was reduced to hard labor. This time, Zhang Jun, the Prime Minister of Zhao and Song Dynasties, regarded him as a traitor and wanted to harm him on the battlefield.
To kill him, in order to survive, I took my soldiers and family members to surrender to our country, the Great South Vietnam." The messenger said dutifully.
After all, Jiaozhi had been subject to the Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years, and there were more than one or two Han cultural masters in the country. Moreover, it had been frightened for the past two years. While fighting with Dali, it was also paying close attention to the movements of the officials of the Song Dynasty. Naturally, I know
During that rebellion, I called in a special envoy to check the information, and eh, it was indeed correct.
In order to win, you have to meet this Shao Long.
Of course, for the sake of caution, the king was carried away, leaving only the queen mother, and other insignificant speeches were automatically suppressed. Shao Long tied himself up with his arms bare, and had a young man beside him. As soon as they met, he cried: "Your Majesty
I am a sinner. In fact, the Song Dynasty treated me well, but for the sake of my son’s life, I had no choice but to let go of the official family. Official family, I will definitely apologize to you underground."
His "son" Ma Yu, whose acting skills were not as good as his, had no choice but to bury his head.
All for the great cause, for the Great Song Dynasty.
But King Qin, you are just bullying people. I am not the only young general who is good at martial arts at the age of seventeen or eighteen. Why should I be allowed to cooperate and be his son? Do not spread this matter back, otherwise my old man will not be able to do it.
If you break his legs, you might as well run to Mount Zhongnan to practice Taoism.
That's all, Vice President Wang has said that as long as this matter is done well, he will be slipped back to the front army.