Chapter 96 Troubles in the world

The person in charge of the Five Pavilions and One Hall has begun to retreat again!

However, this does not have such a big impact on Chongyang Palace, which has gradually faded away from the fighting in the world and turned into a cultivator. What should be done is still what it is done. It is just cultivating, and it is not without a deputy.

If something happens, the twelve deputy cabinet masters and palace masters will hold a meeting and vote to resolve it!

There was also an episode during this period, that is, Yang Guo, who thought he had some success in his studies, went to Yuzhen Temple and planned to challenge Zhao Zhijing, but was informed that Zhao Zhijing had already left.

Even Lu Qingdu, who had no dealings with him, left with Zhao Zhijing. Now the two people staying at the Yuzhen Guanchi Shen Pavilion are Zhen Zhibing and the newly appointed deputy pavilion master Li Zhiming. Neither of them can be dealt with by Yang Guo.

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Helpless, Yang Guo had no choice but to walk around the Chishen Pavilion twice before going back to the ancient tomb!

However, he discovered that the Quanzhen Sect had no objection to his wandering around Yuzhen Guan. Originally, he thought that after he returned, the Quanzhen Sect would yell at him and kill him.

But he didn't expect that they would react like this, being completely indifferent. This made Yang Guo feel happy, but also a little annoyed at being ignored. He really didn't like this feeling of being ignored!

This may be related to my childhood experience, so I would meet with the disciples of the Quanzhen Sect's Chi Shen Pavilion every three days to learn from each other.

Of course, he would not dare to go to the Chongyang Palace to cause trouble. He had seen with his own eyes that his grandma Sun was defeated by a little-known Taoist priest.

He said he was not famous, mainly because when he met his Uncle Guo, the Taoist priest was seated at the back. Even so, he easily defeated Granny Sun in less than ten moves.

This was the result of people showing mercy. Later, because Grandma Sun made a surprise attack, the Taoist priest was caught off guard and struck back directly. Grandma Sun was beaten to death on the spot.

And later, according to Grandma Sun, it was the result of her withdrawing her strength at the critical moment.

If Taoist Priest Chong He hadn't come back in time, Granny Sun would have left him right then!

Regarding the matters that Yang Guo often came to challenge, the twelve deputy palace masters and deputy palace masters had a casual discussion and decided to let them go. If they lost, they would urge the disciples to practice hard. If they won, they would arrest Yang Guo.

Come and work!

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At the beginning of the third year of Jiaxi in the Southern Song Dynasty!

The war between the Southern Song Dynasty and Mongolia has been going on for more than half a year, and both sides are somewhat exhausted. The Southern Song Dynasty has lost Xuzhou and Xiapi two months ago, and the Huaidong Transport Envoy has broken through and moved to Huai'an. The battle line has returned to where it was two years ago.

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Compared with two years ago, the situation is more critical, because most of the grain and grass in Huai'an City are used to support Henan, which causes the city's grain and grass to be somewhat tight...

Above the court, Meng Gong held an army of 120,000 men. As an envoy to Henan, he was quite dissatisfied with the fact that he was facing death on the battlefield in Xuzhou across the river.

All of a sudden, various impeachment and slanders, self-respect for the troops, unruly, and reckless impeachment memorials flew towards Zhao Yun's desk like snowflakes!

However, Zhao Yun did not play any trick of holding back and playing hard to get. The next day, in front of the ministers, he threw the memorials one by one in the Zichen Palace and burned them for fun.

Use practical actions to show your trust in Meng Gong and the judgment of the frontline generals and fighters. Qiu Zhiqing said that there are specialties in the art! If you don’t understand, leave it to those who know. Don’t point fingers and pretend to understand!

In Zhao Yun's view, these ministers may not be Meng Gong's opponent in terms of words, but in terms of fighting, even if they are tied together, they are no match for Meng Gong and Du Gao.

Since Du Gao didn't ask for help from Meng Gong, and Meng Gong didn't take the initiative to attack, it means that they all have their own judgments, and there is no need for these guys thousands of miles away to dictate!

When the ministers said that the behavior of officials was simply an insult to politeness, Zhao Yun followed their request to be "gentle"!

After tearing apart the memorials one by one, throwing them in and burning them, Zhao Yun said: The boss is indeed insightful, and the torn articles burned more vigorously!

Those who were critical of this also shut up obediently. The official’s meaning could not be clearer...

This is the difference between an emperor with martial arts and an emperor without martial arts. The success of Zhao Yun's operation to regain the three capitals and the success of the defense of Shukou greatly increased his prestige.

Even in the battles with Mongolia in the past few years, they still lost more and won less, and the record was not good, but at least they basically stabilized the Yellow River, Shukou, and Huaidong defense lines.

A lot of reforms have been carried out in recent years, with some successes and some failures. Generally speaking, he is at least more reliable than the previous emperors. On this basis, Zhao Yun naturally became a lot tougher when he spoke.

Political power comes from the barrel of a gun, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has the most say in this. The emperors before Tumubao and after them basically had two different lives!

In the end, Zhao Yun decided to wait and see what happens. Even if he really wanted to be held accountable, he would have to wait until the fight was over. At this time, if he made small moves in the rear, wouldn't he be afraid of the frontline soldiers surrendering to the enemy?

Although he was very disapproving of these civil servants' internal fighting and external fighting, a secret report from the Imperial City Department attracted Zhao Yun's sufficient attention!

According to a secret report from the Imperial City Secretary: Among the frontier armies of the Song Dynasty, the proportion of disciples of Chongyang Palace’s disciples in the frontier army has increased from 110 a few years ago to this year, with 12 out of 10 low-level officers coming from Chongyang Palace.

Pavilion...

This is a relatively dangerous signal, although there are also many disciples from the Chongyang Palace Zhishen Pavilion in the Imperial City Division, and they are commonly known as outer disciples.

Their joining allowed Zhao Yun to understand how the mechanism of this so-called outer disciple works. But after all, if he said that he had nothing to do with Chongyang Palace after he became a disciple, does he really have nothing to do with it?

According to the report from Qin Fei, the Secretary for Promoting the Imperial City, the people they sent there themselves were fine. Those who were recruited directly still had some yearning for Chongyang Palace in their hearts. It does not rule out the possibility that Chongyang Palace would respond to everyone's call.

Although he knew that the probability of this situation was very low, as an emperor's instinct, he still made a decision!

Soon after, an imperial edict was sent to Longhu Mountain: Zhang Ke, the thirty-fifth generation Heavenly Master, was ordered to promote the three mountains of Longhu Mountain, Gezao Mountain and Maoshan. A few years later, a Zhengyiyi appeared in the south...

What a coincidence, it is also this year that Mongolia sent envoys to various temples in Tibet to lobby...

In mid-March, the Yellow River began to rise, and Meng Gong's east wind came for the opportunity he had been waiting for!

The previous impeachment in the court and the response of the officials made Meng Gong completely relieved of his slightly uneasy heart. At the same time, he also had deep feelings for the officials!

After all, burning their memorials in front of the ministers is really an anecdote through the ages, not to mention that this was the Song Dynasty where scholar-bureaucrats were the leader!

As the saying goes, a soldier dies for a confidant. He had no choice before. The Yellow River was frozen, so he had to deal with the Mongolian army's peek at the Guanhe defense line. But now the Yellow River has thawed, the tide has risen, and the east wind has emerged!

It's not that the Mongolian army didn't attack or wasn't prepared. They had been watching from the sidelines for a long time. As soon as they showed their flaws, they would be struck by thunder!

Although they have acquired a lot of cavalry in recent years, the Southern Song Dynasty is still dominated by infantry. On the plains, if the infantry fights the cavalry, if they win, it is a small victory. If they lose accidentally, the consequences will be unimaginable...

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However, these so-called outer disciples of the Quanzhen Sect are indeed useful. Combat formation may not be their strong point. For intelligence spying, they are indeed inferior to professional sentinels.

This is just because he has not received professional training. After a short period of experience transfer, he is no better than some sentry detectives with many years of experience!

After several months of investigation, Meng Gong finally figured out the Mongolian attack on Huainan East Road, the specific grain transportation route, and the general situation of troop deployment.

Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind!

God is wise, the east wind he has been waiting for has arrived!

In mid-March, the Yellow River began to rise. This was the first wave of rising water. Meng Gong took this opportunity to dig open the Yellow River at the bend of the Yellow River northwest of the existing embankment breach.

This is a dam breach in the Northern Song Dynasty. The breach caused the water of the Yellow River to rush all the way to Hebei...

The existing Yellow River channel was created by Du Chong, the defender of Daming Mansion in the Northern Song Dynasty, who dug the Yellow River to prevent the Jin soldiers from going south!

Seeing the water of the Yellow River galloping northward like a wild horse, his subordinate Li Boyuan couldn't bear to say: "General! This..."

In the middle of speaking, Meng Gong raised his hand to stop him.

"How many people does General Li think there are left in Hebei?"

This sentence made Li Boyuan's cheeks turn pale. Mongolia said to himself: "I can tell you very clearly that the total population of Hedong plus Hebei does not exceed 1.5 million!"

Having said this, Meng Gong looked around at the surrounding generals and said, "I hope you understand that this is a life-and-death war. We have no way out!"

The faces of the generals who saw them all became firm. Meng Gong then looked at the Yellow River rushing north. What Meng Gong didn't tell them was that in the past few years, their farm population had been obtained through coaxing and tricking from the Hebei area.

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Among them, those of the Quanzhen Sect who were affiliated with Taoist temples made considerable contributions. Otherwise, they would not have been able to hide the fact from the Jin Kingdom's surrendered generals and move the population to Henan so easily.

When the Mongolian generals on the front line learned that the Yellow River had burst its banks and the largest grain transport team had been intercepted, Meng Gong ordered Li Boyuan, Zhang Yi, and Liu Quan to attack Xuzhou, Tai'an, Linyi and other places respectively, completely blocking his way.

By the time we head north, it's too late!

In August of the third year of Jiaxi in the Southern Song Dynasty, after a year of hard fighting, the Song army broke out of the encirclement due to the lack of food and grass for the Mongolian army. The Southern Song Dynasty pushed the front to Jinan Prefecture.

Since the further north belongs to the yellow flood zone and is basically uninhabited, the Song Army decided to stabilize the front first and build a defense line around Jinan Prefecture!

The situation on the eastern front was excellent. Sichuan's envoy Chen Wei also took this opportunity to drive the Mongolian army out of Shukou and restored the Shukou defense line that the Song Dynasty had built for a century.

On the other hand, the troops who went from Nanyang to Wuguan and went north to Guanzhong fought many fierce battles in the Lantian Pass area, with each winning and losing. However, no one could do anything about the other, and they were temporarily in a state of confrontation.

So far, Mongolia's three-pronged expedition, the southern route army lost troops and generals, and returned without success again...

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