1505. The strong eat the weak
At this point, all three towns along the southern border of Yuanjingzhaofu Road were captured.
This does not seem to be too important, or even insignificant. But in fact, it is not the case and has far-reaching significance.
Most of the counties on Jingzhaofu Road are located in the north and in the south.
Apart from the three towns of Ganyou, Fengyang, Shangluo, and the two cities in Shangluo and Luonan, there are almost no other cities in the south of Jingzhaofu Road. Only Guozhou, which is located in a corner of the southwest, remains.
This is the southern half of Jingzhaofu Road.
The army of Shuzhong Military Region only needs to take down the two cities of Shangluo and Luonan, which is equivalent to capturing half of Jingzhaofu Road.
Although this place is deserted, they can use half of Jingzhao Prefecture Road to gather troops and grain, so that they can advance and defend when they retreat.
The Yuan army who rushed from Shangluo, the prefecture, to support Fengyang Town did not realize this.
This is the limitation of the times.
These Yuan troops probably did not take Gan You very much, Fengyang and Shangluo Town to their hearts. For them, as long as the prefecture of Luo is not lost, the sky in Shangzhou will not collapse.
As for Ganyou Town, which belongs to the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture, there is no need to mention it.
As the center of Jingzhaofu Road, Jingzhao Prefecture has many town guards around it. Losing the most remote Ganyou Town will not affect the overall situation at all.
So, when the Yuan army who came from Shangluo arrived outside Defengyang Town, they saw that the Song Dynasty flag had been raised on the head of Fengyang Town, and did not immediately launch an attack.
They gathered in a hurry, and there were only two thousand cavalrymen. The city was covered with armor, and the soldiers of the Tiangui Army were all full of energy.
The Yuan general in charge pondered for a while, finally waved his hand and shouted in a deep voice: "Retreat!"
"General Tao!"
Next to him was a general wearing armor and said, "The Chief Minister asked us to help Fengyang. Could it be that they just retreated like this? Will they be punished by the Chief Minister when they go back?"
The head general surnamed Tao said, "Fengyang Town has been lost. Look at the city wall. There are so many Song troops, can we take it?"
After saying that, he turned his horse's head directly.
The talking general looked at the city and knew that it was not easy to capture Fengyang Town. He sighed softly and followed him to the back.
Fengyang Town is just a small border town, and if you lose it, you will lose it. As long as you can win the battle with the Song Dynasty in the future, this is nothing.
Batumi stood on the top of the city and watched the Yuan army retreat. He was slightly surprised at first, and then smiled.
He was really worried before that Shangluo Mansion would send a large army to retake Fengyang Town at any cost. In that case, Marshal Shi Kaiji would encounter a lot of trouble in developing a base in the southern part of Jingzhao Mansion Road. Now, this worry has obviously been eliminated.
The Yuan army had only a few people, and they left without even fighting. Obviously, they didn't take Fengyang Town to heart.
The next day.
Shi Kaiji, Zhang Guangbao and others, who led a large army to station in Raofengling, met the messengers sent back from Feng Hebi, Batong and Liang Jingshan.
Of course, the news brought back by the messengers has successfully occupied the target town.
After Shi Kaiji received reports one after another, he couldn't help but laugh out loud in his tent.
As long as the Song Dynasty imperial guards could have a base within the Yuan Dynasty, it would be difficult for the Yuan army to expel them.
Later, Shi Kaiji shouted to the generals in the tent: "Wang Dagang, Wei Feiying, Yuan Kangbo... obey the order!"
"The last one will be here!"
In addition to the five general commanders of the Imperial Army outside Batumi, the three general commanders of the garrison, including Chengdu Prefecture, Jiading Prefecture and Luzhou, were all handed over.
Shi Kaiji said: "Get out the village immediately! Tianshen, Tianmeng, Tianchuang, Tianqiao, Jiading, and Chengdu Prefecture garrison followed our commander to Ganyou Town and the Vice President of Feng Hebi!"
As he said that, he looked at Zhang Guangbao, "Tiangui, Tianbao two imperial guards and Luzhou garrison troops, follow Deputy General Zhang to Fengyang! I have already taken Shangluo!"
"The last general will receive the order!"
The generals in the tent shouted in unison again. Then they hurriedly left the tent and went down to prepare.
Changsha.
Jun Tianfang and others took Yue Li's king back to the city calmly.
With their pace, if they had to go all out, they would have been able to return to Changsha within 20 days. However, because of this, Master Li of Yue, who could not suffer, delayed for ten more days.
Even so, the king of Yue Li, who appeared in Changsha City, still became disgusted.
He had never suffered such a hardship in his life. He could eat enough every day, but he often ate dry food that made him difficult to swallow. In addition, he was rushing around the clock, which made him, who was originally quite rich, lose weight and his face turned pale.
"arrive."
When Jun Tianfang took him into the southern city gate of Changsha and said these two words, the Lord Li of Yue almost burst into tears.
Finally arrived.
If he is not yet, he doesn't know how many days he can hold on.
Rather than letting him go through such a storm, he would rather be taken to the Song Dynasty Palace now and be imprisoned. At least, he can sleep well and not be so tired.
And he also understood that he was the king of Yue Li State. Although he was captured, he would not be abused by the Emperor of Song State.
If you want to kill him or abuse him, Jun Tianfang and others will do this on the road, and you won’t wait until now.
After entering the city, Lord Li of Yue began to have the heart to look at the scenery in Changsha City.
This made him look surprised and envious.
It is said that Changsha is the rarest prosperous city in the world. Now it is seen, so it is true. In comparison, his Shenglong City seems to be extremely shabby.
This spacious street paved with bluestone and a wide variety of shops on both sides of the street, it is said that it is invisible to Shenglong City.
What is even more commendable is that there are people coming and going on the streets, and there are endless streams. Men, women, old, and young, most of them have satisfied smiles on their faces.
This is a big city full of spirituality.
Even if he is given another ten or a hundred years, he may not be able to develop Shenglong City into as prosperous as Changsha.
At this moment, Yue Li Guozhu suddenly felt a little guilty in his heart.
He felt that the more than 20 years since his ascension to the throne of the Li Dynasty in Yue Dynasty were really abandoned.
His energy is focused on how to balance the domestic forces, the ministers in the court, how to select beauty, accept concubines, and excessive debauchery, but he has almost never thought about the people.
At that time, he only felt that the entire Yue Li Dynasty belonged to him, and that he was the heaven. For his selfish desires, anyone in the entire Yue Li Dynasty could sacrifice.
This is probably why the people in Shenglong City cannot smile like this.
All the way to the gate of the palace, Lord Li of Yue looked sad and thoughtful.
After Jun Tianfang and others showed the token, the crowd walked directly to the palace hall.
An eunuch hurried to the bedroom and reported to Zhao Dongting.
When Zhao Dongting learned that Jun Tianfang and others were back, he hurried from the bedroom to the main hall.
Lord Li of Yue was placed in the hall by Jun Tian, and his head was raised, and he saw the young Zhao Dongting sitting upright on the dragon throne.
This Emperor of Song was not as domineering as he imagined. Although he had a strong majesty, he was quite restrained and looked younger than he thought.
Zhao Dongting slowly opened his eyes, as if two rays of light were passing by in his eyes, and he said in a low voice: "Are you the king of the Yue Li Dynasty Li Changfu?"
The king of Yue Li, Li Changfu, looked directly at Zhao Dongting and did not answer.
Zhao Dongting said again: "Let's talk about it, Li Gongyun, the founding king of the Yue Li Dynasty, seems to be our Han people. His grandfather Li Song also served as prime minister in the Later Jin Dynasty. Speaking of it, your Yue Li Dynasty has a lot of relationship with our Song Dynasty. Logically speaking, your Yue Li Dynasty should have a good relationship with our Song Dynasty. I don't understand why during the previous dynasty, you wanted to attack our Qinzhou, Lianzhou, Yongzhou and other places, and even massacre the city. In the tenth year of Jingyan, you also asked Chen Guojun to lead the army to invade our Song Dynasty. Is it because our Song Dynasty is not friendly enough to you Yue Li Dynasty? Or is it because our Song Dynasty is just a time of storm and is easy to bully?"
Li Changfu sneered when he heard this, "The survival of the weak is the ultimate truth of the law of heaven, so what is there to explain? Now you are Song Qiang, and I am weaker than Li Chao. Have you been captured by you?"
"Good sentences are prey on the weak."
A thoughtful look flashed through Zhao Dongting's eyes and said slowly: "Since you have such an idea, I won't talk to you too much."
"Come!"
After saying that, Zhao Dongting shouted to the outside of the hall: "Take Li Changfu down! Imprisoned in the palace!"
Outside the hall, the imperial guards entered the hall and took Li Changfu out of the hall. Li Changfu only looked at Zhao Dongting and did not resist.
Chapter completed!