Chapter 315 Li Cun: Just ban Liu Qi and Li Yanxian (please vote for me!)

Author: Ren Niaofei

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Liu Qi and Li Yanxian are actually not isolated cases.

At this time, soldiers and civilians from all over Shaanxi responded to the call of the Yanyan Road Economic Strategy and Appeasement Department and spontaneously raised troops to resist the Qian army entering Shaanxi.

Several rebel armies led by Meng Di, Zhong Qian, Zhang Mian, Zhang Jian, Bai Bao and Li Jin all had strong military strength.

Of course, the most powerful one among them is the rebel army led by Li Yanxian.

Li Yanxian, who had a strong sense of the overall situation, took advantage of the lack of troops stationed in Shaanzhou and sent troops to recapture Shaanxi. He took the initiative to send General Dang Song to set up his government office in Xiazhai, thirty miles away from Tongzhou City, to cooperate with Yan Yan. Lu Jinglue and the Pacification Division's military operation to regain Tongzhou.

Tongzhou is located on the north bank of the Wei River east of Chang'an.

Due to the narrow terrain on the south bank of the Wei River, it was difficult to deploy heavy troops, so Tongzhou became an important town for attacking or defending Chang'an.

Not only that, Tongzhou is also an important support point for the defense system of Tongguan and Pujinguan.

The Song army attacked Tongzhou with all its strength, cutting off the communication between the Qianjun in Chang'an and the Qianjun in Tongguan and Pujinguan.

Li Yanxian's occupation of Shaanzhou also cut off the direct communication between the Shaanxi Qianjun and the Henan Qianjun.

Therefore, when Wu Jie, the commander-in-chief of the Shaanxi Qian Army, heard that Shaanzhou had been recaptured by the Song Army, Tongzhou was also seriously threatened by the Song Army, and his own retreat might be cut off, he did not dare to attack Xizhou again, and hurriedly led his army to retreat eastward. .

Zhang Shen was originally the military envoy of Fuyan Road.

After Zhang Shen and Liu Guangshi went to Zhao Gou together, Zhao Gou, in order to firmly grasp Shaanxi in the hands of the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty, appointed Wang Shu, who was loyal to the Zhao and Song Dynasty, to succeed Zhang Shen on Zongze's recommendation. He served as the economic and strategic pacification envoy of Fuyan Road, and later appointed Zhang Shen as the economic and strategic pacification envoy of Xihe Road. He first firmly grasped the Western armies on these two roads.

After Liu Qi stopped the Qian Army's attack and Li Yanxian and other militiamen cut off the Qian Army's retreat, Zhang Shen sent Song generals Zhang Yan and Liu Weifu to lead troops to cover the Qian Army retreating eastward.

However, Liu Weifu was unwilling to accept Zhang Yan's command and led his troops out of Baoji from Wushan without authorization to attack the Qian army's cavalry.

As soon as Liu Weifu left, Zhang Yan's troops were weakened and he underestimated the enemy by rushing in. Therefore, he was ambushed by Qian's army at Wulipo near Fengxiang and was severely defeated. Zhang Yan himself also died in Wulipo.

After defeating Zhang Yan, Wu Jie changed his mind. He was no longer eager to attack Tongzhou and Shaanxi and open up channels to connect with Hedong and Henan. Instead, he garrisoned in Fengxiang Mansion and sent a cadre of troops to march north in search of fighter opportunities. Attack the main force of the Song Army.

It must be said that the Song Army did achieve some partial victories on some battlefields at this time.

But overall, Ganjun still has the absolute advantage.

While Zhao Gou was escaping all the way to the west, Qian Jun was also quickly moving westward.

In order to complete the strategic goals set by Li Cun for them, which was to capture Zhao Gou, eliminate the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty, and recover the Sichuan and Shaanxi areas, under the command of Wu Jie, the Qian army almost penetrated Shaanxi.

The reason why Qian Jun's attack was so fast was not only because of Qian Jun's powerful attack power, but also because most of the officials and generals in the cities of the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty surrendered without fighting. The door was wide open, and the officials and generals of the small imperial court of the Western Song Dynasty were either kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, holding letters of surrender, or they had already run away without knowing where to go.

Seeing this situation, Wu Jie sent his general Yang Congyi to lead 3,000 light cavalry all the way west to pursue Zhao Gou.

Yang Congyi led the troops in combat and was good at running, infiltration, and guerrilla warfare. He was especially suitable for the task of chasing Zhao Gou.

After Yang Congyi arrived in Chang'an and learned that Zhao Gou had just escaped, he immediately led his troops to pursue Zhao Gou in the direction of his escape.

During this process, Yang Congyi almost caught up with Zhao Gou several times.

Faced with Yang Congyi's deadly pursuit, Zhao Gou gave full play to his ancestor's escaping skills and ran all the way west, living a life of escape from east to west.

The local officials and soldiers of the small court of the Western Song Dynasty either surrendered or ran away when faced with the cavalry of the Qian army. The entire small court of the Western Song Dynasty seemed very weak and incompetent. So, didn't anyone in the small court of the entire Western Song Dynasty step forward and rise up? Resistance?

Of course there are, and quite a few.

In fact, many people who were still loyal to the Zhao and Song dynasties rose up to resist the Qian army's attack.

The most typical among them are not big figures like Liu Qi and Li Yanxian who are destined to be extraordinary, but some inconspicuous little people.

for example:

Zhao Lu, the general of the Qian Army, led his troops to attack Huazhou City.

The Song garrison surrendered Kaicheng without any resistance, and Zhao Lu then led more than a thousand soldiers into the city.

As soon as the officers of Ke Qian's army entered the city, a soldier from the Song army who was waiting to surrender suddenly picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at Qian's army.

The soldiers of the Song Army did not hit the officers and soldiers of the Qian Army, but were caught by the soldiers of the Qian Army in front of Zhao Lu.

Zhao Xun felt very strange, so he asked the soldiers of the Song army: "All the generals of your family have surrendered, and you are just a small soldier, why do you still risk your life to resist?"

The soldier of the Song Army replied righteously and sternly: "Although I am a small soldier, I still know my loyalty. I am born as a minister of the Song Dynasty and die as a ghost of the Song Dynasty. Even if I die ten thousand times, it will be difficult to change my ambition!"

After listening to the words of the soldiers of the Song army, Zhao Yan said to the surrendered Song general next to him: "You, the general of the city, are not as good as the soldiers under your command."

After hearing this, General Song felt extremely ashamed.

The soldiers of the Song Army turned around and said to their commander: "On a certain month, I was given a salary of one stone. I still know how to serve the country with my death. You have been favored by the emperor and enjoyed high officials and generous salaries. Now the Qian army is marching westward, but you only know that Kaicheng surrenders. You are so unfaithful and unjust." , how will you be able to see your ancestors under the Nine Springs a hundred years later?"

The words of the soldiers of the Song Army made the Song general so ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

Zhao Yan lamented that this soldier of the Song Army was a righteous man, asked him if he was willing to surrender to the Daqian Dynasty, and said that he would recommend him as a loyal warrior.

But the soldiers of the Song Army said: "I would rather die than surrender!"

This is not an isolated case.

The reason is that after all, the Zhao and Song Dynasties were a dynasty that existed for almost two hundred years. How could there not be people who were loyal to it?

yes.

In many people's impressions, the Zhao and Song dynasties mostly had negative images such as killing loyal people, losing power and humiliating the country.

But there are two sides to everything.

The Zhao and Song dynasties were cowardly and weak, they emphasized culture and suppressed military power, had many problems, and were inferior to the Han and Tang dynasties in many aspects.

but--

It is undeniable that the Zhao and Song Dynasty did make achievements in many aspects, and it was not without merits as many people imagined.

First of all, from the perspective of economic conditions, the economy of the Zhao and Song Dynasties was very prosperous.

To be fair and just, during the Zhao and Song Dynasties, not only agricultural civilization was further developed, but industry and commerce also developed relatively rapidly.

——Not only did they vigorously develop maritime foreign trade, the Zhao Song Dynasty also had morning and evening markets to promote trade. In terms of coins, the Zhao Song Dynasty also had Jiaozi, Qianyin and other banknotes circulating in the market.

It is not difficult to see from this that the material civilization of the Zhao and Song Dynasties has developed to a higher stage than the previous dynasties.

If we look at it from the perspective of the world during this period, the economic level of the Zhao and Song Dynasties occupied the absolute highest position on the world stage, and even the United States of later generations would have to lag behind.

Secondly, from the perspective of political atmosphere, the internal political system and external policies of the Zhao and Song Dynasties can show that the politics of the Zhao and Song Dynasties were very enlightened.

Before Song and Liao signed the Tanyuan Alliance, Prime Minister Kou Zhun forced Emperor Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng to visit the battlefield in person.

Before the battle between the two sides, Zhao Heng was daunted by the war, but Kou Zhun insisted on pulling Zhao Heng onto the tower to encourage the soldiers of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Also, when negotiating with foreigners, the content of compensation can be decided by the relevant ministers, not by the emperor Zhao Heng alone.

It can be seen from this that the politics of the Zhao and Song dynasties were still very enlightened. Even the emperor who had great power would be restricted by his ministers, and he would even be forced by his ministers to go to the battlefield in person.

Decisions in many aspects of the Zhao and Song dynasty's government were also the result of joint discussions between the monarch and his ministers, rather than being arbitrary decisions made by the emperor alone.

From the political point of view of the Zhao and Song dynasties, the status of ministers was very high.

In other words, the ministers had higher restrictions on the emperor.

At this point, Li Cun's arbitrary Daqian Dynasty was far inferior to the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Undoubtedly, many literati preferred the Zhao and Song dynasties where they could play a more important role, rather than the Daqian dynasty where the monarchy was extremely powerful.

In addition, from the perspective of cultural development, the cultural situation of the Zhao and Song Dynasties was also very prosperous.

The policy implemented by the Zhao and Song dynasties was to worship civility and suppress military force, and it also showed that punishment could not be used to punish officials.

This will undoubtedly enable the culture of the Zhao and Song Dynasties to be highly developed, and the status of literati will be elevated to the highest level in history.

As for literati, you know, they have no moral integrity.

Since the Zhao and Song dynasties "threw them a peach", the literati naturally had to "repay them with a plum" and vigorously promoted the Zhao and Song dynasty.

And this is not an era when everyone in the future is literate and everyone can surf the Internet. Many people in remote areas have no idea what is happening outside. What they know is only instilled in them by those extremely selfish literati.

The idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

Therefore, many people, especially those who are not yet under the control of the Daqian Dynasty, do not know what the sudden rise of the Daqian Dynasty is all about. They believe in the propaganda of the small court of the Western Song Dynasty and the literati close to the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Yes, Li Cun is a rebel. Now he has stolen the great treasure of the Zhao Song Dynasty, captured the two emperors of the Zhao Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan, brought chaos to the harem of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and also wants to attack the new emperor of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Zhao Gou rushed to kill them all.

Therefore, many loyal and loyal people who did not know the truth chose to help Zhao Gou, who was full of tragedy, to restore his country and to help Zhao Gou save the so-called Two Saints.

In addition, some people, under the propaganda and exaggeration of the small court of the Western Song Dynasty and the literati close to the Zhao and Song Dynasties, wanted to defend their hometown.

Also, although the Daqian Dynasty had many good things, it is undeniable that for those who had vested interests in the Zhao and Song Dynasties, that is, those wealthy gentry and nobles, the Daqian Dynasty was determined to seize the land in their hands without any mercy. These people

It will definitely deceive those innocent people and loyal people to resist the Daqian Dynasty.

Therefore, although in the eyes of those who know the Daqian Dynasty, the behavior of those who resisted the Daqian Dynasty to complete the unification is similar to fools, but in the eyes of these "idiots", they themselves are heroes who protect their homes and country. .

In fact, there is no right or wrong in this kind of thing, there are just misunderstandings and inevitable pains.

As for such "idiots", there is actually no need to argue with them, because time will prove to them who is the clown.

Li Cun never showed mercy when he massacred foreigners, but towards his compatriots, Li Cun always felt that there was no need to raise the butcher's knife unless necessary.
To be continued...