Chapter 304: Jade Axe Draws the Territory
While Goldman was hesitating, he suddenly received a message that someone from Shunfengchu in Chengdu had followed Liu to Yazhou. He was shocked and sighed, saying that the task assigned to him by Young Master Duan could no longer be completed.
He immediately conspired with the eldest son of the Liu family and decided to start the rebellion immediately.
Just at this time, the governor of Yazhou came to ask him to discuss the capture of the bandits in Qiongzhou. This was exactly what they wanted, and they planned to launch an attack when the governor asked Gao Sheng to attend the meeting.
Because of Goldman's special identity, and the fact that Yazhou was still in the process of establishing a country in Chengdu, the celebration of the third young master's wedding was caught off guard when Goldman raided the venue, and most of the senior officials were killed or injured.
Yazhou was leaderless and was smashed to pieces by Goldman Sachs.
Fortunately, a group of border troops of the Shenwei Army were stationed here a few years ago as middle and lower-level generals. When they discovered the changes, they alertly avoided Goldman Sachs' purge and quietly stabilized some of the garrison. Otherwise, Goldman Sachs would have dragged all 5,000 soldiers into the water and become the main force of the rebels.
Goldman led the rebels to trick their way through three counties and passes, gathering tens of thousands of rioters, but his luck ended there.
The Hanyuan garrison was very vigilant. When they found anything unusual, they unceremoniously refused to let them enter the city. While they were defending the city, they received a warning from the windward side and started fighting directly, blocking the rebels outside the city.
Goldman thought he had more soldiers and more generals, so he launched a fierce attack on Hanyuan. Unfortunately, most of his men were just novice soldiers who had never been on the battlefield. How could they compare with the soldiers who had fought against the Dali Kingdom on the border?
After fighting for a long time without any results, the rebels who were dragged in saw the attackers falling down like leeks being cut, and realized that fighting with the real Shenwei Army was no joke, so they fled in all directions, and Goldman Sachs's troops were reduced by half in an instant.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the eldest son of the Liu family immediately told Gao Sheng to run away quickly, bypass Hanyuan and continue to move south. As long as he could bring the crossbow, iron barrel cannon, catapult and four mortars back to Dali Kingdom, it would be a great achievement and he could report to his master, the "eldest son" Duan.
Moreover, they had opened the armory in Yazhou and robbed the government office, and they still had a lot of new weapons and silver in their hands.
Goldman's mind gradually became clear. He and Young Master Liu originally wanted to directly conquer a large piece of territory and build a career for his master, Young Master Duan. However, a few mortars could not accomplish what he wanted.
After making up their minds, the rebels immediately decided to flee and took a shortcut to continue south to Jianchang Prefecture...
Zhao Yulin's official ship was stopped in Jiading, and a secret letter from Cao Youwen was delivered to him by the wind. Cao Youwen only had a few words, which were: "Move troops to quell the rebellion and wipe them out completely."
Moreover, because Huo Fenghuang was in Cuiping Mountain, she received news the fastest. She judged that this rebel army was connected with the Dali Kingdom, or even that it was Dali's spies who were causing trouble. She had already ordered the new troops in the Cuiping Mountain military camp to move to Xinshi. After reporting to Chengdu, she went to Xinshi Town to lead the troops, and she was going to attack Jianchang Prefecture in Dali directly. This report also received the promise of Lao Cao.
Zhao Yulin felt that the situation was serious and that if things went wrong, he would have to go into full-scale war with the Dali Kingdom.
Yangjin saw that he was frowning and said it was no big deal, and she would return to Chengdu to help Ma Ling ensure the security of the capital?
Yangjin had already regarded Chengdu as his capital, and Zhao Yulin also felt that this was safer. He asked Feihu to assign 200 guards to Yangjin to take away. Yangjin knew that he would not be idle, so he only took 100 guards with him.
Zhao Yulin shouted that the boat should not stop and should go directly back to Yibin.
His mother knew that Fire Phoenix had led the troops to the battle, and when she saw the heroic Yangjin waving goodbye at the bow of the ship, she sighed that each of her daughters-in-law were as capable as any man, and were so amazing.
The old scholar sighed and said: What is this? It's still the New Year, why can't we enjoy our good days?
How could Zhao Yulin know what these evil people were thinking?
Huo Fenghuang brought a few older children back to Cuiping Mountain to be the leader of the children. She was having a great time with Shunzhidi who had just returned from Renhuai when she suddenly received a secret letter from Chengdu. Master Lu sharply judged that the remnants of the rebellion by the big landlords and grain merchants were causing trouble, and they were most likely spies from the Dali Kingdom.
The little woman was angry because it was these people who caused her to get hurt and lose a little white rabbit. She immediately dispatched troops to intercept them.
Master Lu told her that this would most likely lead to a war with the Dali Kingdom, which was no small matter and needed to be reported to the Central Council in Chengdu, because we had established our country and it was not just the Shenwei Army that was acting independently.
Fenghuang said that she didn't care, she would chase those evildoers to the ends of the earth to avenge her. She led the 5,000 newly trained soldiers from Cuiping Mountain to Xinshi.
Master Lu dared not delay and immediately sent the secret letter to Cao Youwen in Chengdu. This was consistent with Cao's idea of completely wiping out the rebels.
When Huo Fenghuang arrived in Xinshi, she was very surprised to see Duan Xiaolin and Zhao Sihan.
Zhao Sihan sobbed on Fenghuang's shoulder, saying that the situation in Dali had changed, Xiao Linzi's father had become a showman in the court, and they had been expelled from the Zhennan Palace. She was worried that someone might do something bad, so she asked Xiao Linzi to come to Xinshi to take shelter.
After hearing this, Fenghuang became even more determined to send troops to Dali to stop the Liu brothers from taking revenge, so she gathered the border troops from Xinshi and started to take action.
The two prefectures of Jianchang and Huichuan in Dali controlled a large area of tribes west of Mahu Lake and south of Lushui River.
Lushui is the Dadu River. This area was originally the land of the Song Dynasty. The early Song ancestors thought it was too barbaric, with frequent rebellions and unruly behavior, so they simply used a jade axe to cut a line in the Dadu River area and gave up on it.
The Song army retreated to the north of the Dadu River and issued an edict that the Dali Kingdom was not allowed to station troops there, allowing it to govern itself and serve as a buffer zone between the two countries.
However, as the Song Dynasty became weaker and weaker, the Dali Kingdom gradually wooed and encroached on it, and had already set up their Jianchang Prefecture on the shore of the Qionghai Sea and stationed troops in Kaizhou County to implement administrative management.
Jianchang Prefecture on the shore of Qionghai is the location of Xichang City in later generations. Fenghuang wanted to lead his troops westward, passing through the territories of various tribes to block the rebels heading south. The best position was to go straight to Jianchang Prefecture.
At this time, Jianchang Prefecture of Dali Kingdom had already received news that the rebel army from Yazhou had come south to surrender.
Duan Xingzhi, the eldest son of the Dali Kingdom's retired emperor, quickly reunited with the Gao and Chai families to launch a coup. He sent troops to blockade the Tianlong Temple, forcing Duan Xiaolin's father to abdicate and become a monk, and he himself sat on the throne of the Golden Dragon Chair.
As soon as this gentleman summoned all the officials to announce his new imperial majesty, he immediately received news that there had been a rebellion in Yazhou of the Song State and that a righteous army was marching southward towards Jianchang Prefecture. He was overjoyed.
Duan Xingzhi stood up and walked around the dragon throne, dancing and laughing heartily.
The Gao family and the Chai family congratulated him one after another. This was an auspicious sign for the new emperor's ascension to the throne. He was able to expand the territory without spending a single soldier. This was a blessing for Dali . Long live the emperor...
The court was filled with compliments and congratulations.
Duan Xingzhi immediately pressed the shortcut key to march into Yazhou and ordered General Chai to lead 20,000 troops north to Jianchang Prefecture to meet up with the Guiyi Army heading south. The Song Dynasty would occupy as much land in Sichuan and Shu as possible.
In fact, Duan Xingzhi suddenly launched an attack to seize the throne because he received the secret report of the uprising in Yazhou and that Goldman Sachs and others were about to return. He took advantage of the situation to create the illusion of coincidence to the officials in the small court and give him the aura of a mythical figure who was a chosen one of heaven.
He sent 20,000 troops north not to attack the New Song Dynasty and seize its territory, but just for show.
However, he didn't know how serious the consequences would be if he angered Lei Ting, the descendant of the dragon who inherited the Chinese mantle.
Zhao Yulin returned to Cuiping Mountain, leaving Zhao Feiyan to take care of the children and accompany his parents, and hurried to Xinshi. The Fire Phoenix had already set off with 5,000 vanguard troops.
Fenghuang knew he would come, so she left a letter saying that she would cross the mountains and go straight to Jianchang, and the follow-up teams would follow her.
Zhao Yulin sat on the chair in the government office and buried his head deeply.
Lu Youpeng said that General Cao and Fenghuang were so angry that they might take back the entire Jianchang Prefecture. However, the area north of the Jinsha River was originally a territory of our Song Dynasty. In the long run, Dali was not an independent country at all.
Lao Lu asked him what to do next?
Lu Youpeng has made it very clear that there is no Dali Kingdom at all. In his mind, wherever he stands is the land of the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Yulin raised his head and said, "Of course, he would listen to Fenghuang. Send another 10,000 people to follow. The follow-up troops will be deployed along the Jinsha River to annihilate all Dali troops who dare to resist. We must act quickly and immediately."
Lu Youpeng said happily that if General Youwan of Guangnan took action again, the Dali Kingdom would be unable to take care of both ends.
Zhao Yulin nodded and said that if they were going to fight, they had to let them know how serious the war was. He asked Lao Lu to inform the Dai Viet Chen Dynasty of the news that the New Song Kingdom was attacking the Dali Kingdom.
Lu Youpeng understood immediately and immediately arranged to send the message to a favorable place.
Zhao Yulin changed to a small boat and went upstream to Yongshan Village. The border troops immediately set out and marched into the Shama tribe and the Wumeng tribe. These tribes were just like Fenghuang marching into Jianchang Prefecture. They all opened the gates and welcomed the Shenwei Army to enter.
The New Song Army quickly disarmed the Dali soldiers and advanced towards Dongchuan County with great momentum.
In the Dali Palace, Duan Xingzhi had only been happy for two days after sitting on the throne when urgent news arrived from all over the country.
First, news came from his Jianchang Prefecture that General Cao Youwen of the New Song Dynasty was leading 30,000 troops to the border. Then, it was reported that the female general Huo Fenghuang of the New Song Dynasty was leading troops out of Xinshi Town, heading west to attack Jianchang Prefecture, with the intention of dismembering and occupying Jianchang.
Then an urgent call for help came from the south, saying that the New Song Army from Guangnan West Road was gathering at the border to attack Zuining Town, and the Dai Viet Kingdom was also ready to make a move. It was really like a storm was about to come.
Duan Xingzhi had just responded to various urgent reports and was about to go to the dragon bed in joy when another secret letter came from Xinshi: Zhao Yulin, commander of the Shenwei Army, had arrived in Xinshi and was mobilizing a large army to support the Fire Phoenix , intending to march south to Yongshan Village to attack Dongchuan County and swallow up Huichuan and Jianchang prefectures.
Damn, this is the point.
There is a proverb among the people: I am not afraid of heaven or earth, but I am afraid of Zhao Qier coming.
It was a big deal that Zhao Qi'er was going to lead the Shenwei Army into battle personally, so Duan Xingzhi quickly fastened his belt and told his attendants to change their clothes, and summoned important officials to discuss the matter.
