Chapter seven hundred and forty fourth Southern Tang Dynasty to Yuan
In the darkness, an army of 20,000 people was moving rapidly toward the northwest. This was the 20,000 Shence Army commanded by Dou Wenchang himself. Their target was the 20,000 Jiannan Army stationed in Xipu County.
The eunuch group has no way out. Only by completely controlling the situation can they have the capital to negotiate with the civilian group. Dou Wen has been forced to compromise and expressed his willingness to remain neutral. Now there are only 20,000 Jiannan troops left outside the city.
At the same time, Changsun Quanxu was leading 20,000 Jiannan troops towards Chengdu. According to his agreement with the emperor, his army would enter the palace at the fifth watch.
The two armies are about twenty miles apart, but they don't know each other. In half an hour at most, the two armies will encounter each other unexpectedly.
At this time, there was another army secretly following the Jiannan Army. This secret army was the eight hundred Jin army scouts commanded by Zhang Yun. Of course, they also had tasks. They existed in Bashu as soldiers of the Dugu family.
Secretly assisted the eunuch group to control the power of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
On the night of New Year's Eve, the moonlight was very good, and a half-moon cast a silver glow on the official road. Twenty thousand Shence troops were speeding along the official road. A cavalryman rushed over and reported urgently to Dong Chunyang, the commander of the Shence army, "General
, an army was found five miles ahead, numbering about 20,000."
Dong Chunyang was taken aback and ordered hurriedly: "Stop the entire army!"
He turned the horse's head and found Dou Wenchang. He cupped his fists on the horse and said, "Weng Weng, an army of 20,000 people appears five miles ahead. It is most likely the Jiannan Army."
Dou Wenchang did not expect such a coincidence to encounter the Jiannan Army halfway, but it was not surprising when he thought about it. This army must have rushed to the palace as planned.
He immediately concluded: "Instruct the officers to ambush on both sides of the road and prepare to fight!"
The 20,000 Shence troops were well-trained and quickly ran towards the fields on both sides of the official road and lurked in the vast fields.
About a quarter of an hour later, an army came from the north and gradually entered the encirclement of the Shence Army. At this time, a soldier suddenly discovered the army ambushing in the field. The army suddenly became commotion. Changsun, who was marching in front of the army,
Quan Xu also discovered the ambush. He was taken aback and shouted in a hurry: "Retreat quickly!"
Dou Wenchang also noticed that the opponent was showing signs of retreating, so he shouted: "Attack!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The drums were beating loudly in the fields, and 20,000 Shence troops jumped up from the fields, shouting and killing the Jiannan Army on the official road.
Changsun Quanxu was rich in experience. He knew that as soon as he withdrew his troops, the whole army would collapse. He ordered: "The front army will form a formation to resist, and the middle and rear troops will press forward immediately!"
The Jiannan Army quickly adjusted its formation. The front army formed a large formation and fought fiercely with the charging Shence Army. The rear army and the middle army also quickly adjusted and formed a formation to press forward. The two sides started a big battle in the wilderness.
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In a forest two miles away, Zhang Yun led 800 soldiers to watch the two armies fighting in the wilderness. Although the two armies participating in the battle were both Southern Tang armies, they were still easy to distinguish because their armors were different.
The Shence Army's helmets are all made of Mingguang armor, while the Jiannan Army's are made of leather armor, and their helmets are also in different styles. The Shence Army's helmets have three horns, while the Jiannan Army's helmets are in the eagle-ridge style.
Although the Shence Army's equipment was superior to that of the other side, both sides were obviously not used to fighting at night, and both sides were at a loss.
Seeing that the time was ripe for an attack, Zhang Yun waved his hand and led eight hundred soldiers to attack the back of Jiannan Army.
The equipment of Zhang Yun's men was exactly the same as that of the Shence Army, but when they suddenly appeared, the Jiannan Army still thought it was the Shence Army coming from behind, and the Jiannan Army suddenly fell into chaos.
But this army of 800 people was completely different from the Shence Army in front. The 800-man army was like tigers descending from the mountain. It instantly tore a big hole in the rear army and the army rushed in...
The soldiers fought one against three, killing the soldiers in Jiannan until they fell on their backs. Dead bodies were everywhere. The five thousand troops retreated steadily. Finally, they could no longer resist and shouted, and thousands of soldiers fled in all directions.
Changsun Quanxu was leading the front and middle troops to fight fiercely with the enemy. Suddenly, there was chaos in the rear. When he was confused, a sergeant ran over and shouted: "General, the enemy is attacking from behind. Brothers can't resist it."
, has been defeated!"
Changsun Quanxu was horrified. He was attacked from both sides. If the fight continued, his army would be completely defeated. He immediately made a decision and ordered: "Send my order and the entire army retreats!"
‘Woo——’
The horn sounded for the Jiannan Army to retreat, and more than 10,000 Jiannan Army immediately turned around and retreated to the north.
At this time, Zhang Yun and his men had already left the battlefield under the cover of night, but Dou Wenchang did not know it. He was overjoyed when he discovered that the enemy troops were retreating, and immediately ordered: "Pursue the enemy troops!"
The Shence Army pursued the entire front, and the Jiannan Army was defeated. Countless people were killed and surrendered. Changsun Quanxu fled all the way. At dawn, he collected the remaining troops and only received less than 6,000 soldiers. The remaining soldiers surrendered.
, those who fled home fled home, and thousands more were killed.
Changsun Quanxu led his army back to Pi County. A few days later, news came from the palace that the emperor had passed away and the young emperor had succeeded to the throne. This really disheartened him. He led his army south to Luzhou and joined the 10,000 men who guarded southern Xinjiang.
Jiannan's army converged.
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It was getting daylight, and Zhang Yun led 800 soldiers back to Dugu Manor in Shuangliu County. In a night battle, he did not lose a single soldier, and only paid the price of slightly wounding three people.
Entering the manor, he unexpectedly met Song Tian.
"Mr. Song, is your mission also over?"
Song Tian nodded, "I have brought back two hundred brothers and fifty subordinates. I will stay in the manor for a while and wait for His Highness King Jin's order."
"Um...where is Ying Caihe?" Zhang Yun asked.
A wry smile appeared on Song Tian's face, "After she withdrew from the palace, she handed the army back to me, and then she disappeared. I guess she is no longer in Chengdu now."
Zhang Yun laughed, patted Song Tian on the back and said, "Let's go! Let's go have a drink and let's celebrate the completion of the mission."
"To be honest, I'm still confused about my mission now."
"Don't worry so much. You are only responsible for assisting Ying Caihe. She will explain everything to His Highness Prince Jin."
Song Tian thought it was right. He put down the burden in his heart and followed Zhang Yun towards the manor house.
On the first day of the first lunar month, the palace issued an obituary notice. The emperor's old wounds broke out, and he unfortunately died in the night due to ineffective rescue efforts. Queen Wang urged the northern and southern yamen to reach a consensus as soon as possible, establish a new emperor, and pay tribute to the emperor.
The army was defeated, compromises were made, and the Southern Tang civil servant group no longer had any hope of making a comeback. Zhang Yanshang and Cui Zao negotiated with the Beiya eunuchs headed by Song Chaofeng on behalf of the civil servant group.
After three days of negotiations, the two sides finally reached a compromise.
The civil official group agreed to maintain the status quo and not move the capital to Chang'an for the time being. The distribution of power between the two parties also remained unchanged. For this reason, the eunuch group compromised with the civil official group on the issue of the new monarch. They originally wanted to establish the son of the deposed crown prince Li Song, but the civil official group did not like it.
Li Song, who proclaimed himself emperor in Taiyuan, was more inclined to depose Emperor Li Yi.
In the end, the eunuch group agreed to the proposal of Zhang Yanshang and others, and established Li Xiu, the three-year-old second son of the deposed emperor Li Yi, as the new emperor, and respected the queen Wang as the queen mother.
The Empress Dowager immediately issued an edict, agreeing to Li Xiu's accession to the throne, and was named Emperor Renming. He named the late emperor the Temple of Dezong, and the people of the world mourned him.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Li Xiu, who was only three years old, ascended the throne. The Queen Mother listened behind the curtain and changed the reign name to Zhenyuan.
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Despite the thrilling palace coup in Chengdu, the New Year in Taiyuan was unusually calm. Thanks to the huge amount of loot seized from Uighur last year, the supply of meat in Taiyuan City is abundant and the price is low this New Year, allowing the people of Taiyuan and even the entire Hedong to have a very satisfying New Year.
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"Don't move. If you move again I won't draw!"
In the study, Guo Song sat motionless on a chair. His daughter Guo Weiwei was concentrating on painting his portrait. In fact, Guo Weiwei had no background in painting portraits. She had only painted a few cats. When Guo Song accidentally mentioned that she
When there were supposed to be several portraits, Guo Weiwei volunteered and insisted on painting a picture of the Jin Dynasty for her father.
She has been drawing for two days and has torn off countless pieces of paper. Even Guo Song is about to lose his patience.
"Weiwei, can you just draw a face? Daddy has important things to do!"
"Stop talking, I'm just painting my face!"
At this time, Xue Tao came in with a cup of tea. Seeing her husband's helpless look, she couldn't help but smile and said: "Weiwei, you have been painting for two days, give dad a rest!"
"Mom, why can't I always draw faces well? Isn't the cat face I drew last time pretty good?"
"Drawing a face may seem simple, but it is actually the most difficult. You have only drawn a few cats and want to draw people well. How can it be that easy? It is better to copy it for a year first."
Guo Song broke out in sweat after hearing this. It turned out that his precious daughter had never painted people before!
Guo Weiwei threw down her pen angrily, "I won't draw anymore!"
"How about letting daddy draw it?"
Just as Guo Song was about to come over, Guo Weiwei screamed, "I won't show you!"
She grabbed the portrait and ran away quickly.
Guo Song could only say to his wife angrily: "This child, I have been sitting here for two days. What on earth did you paint me like? You didn't even give me a look?"
Xue Tao held back his laughter and said, "Just think about Zhong Kui's picture."
"Although Zhong Kui is a bit ugly, he is also quite powerful."
Xue Tao couldn't hold it back any longer, covered his mouth and chuckled, "I'm not talking about Zhong Kui, I'm talking about the one at Zhong Kui's feet!"
Guo Song was so angry that he couldn't speak, "This damn girl, my love for her was in vain."
"Okay! Okay! Don't worry about the child. Pan Changshi sent a greeting card just now. He has something to discuss with his husband in the afternoon."