The battle at Tuling was successful, but not yet complete.

On the next day, Yue Fei sent Zhang Xian's troops across the river to join forces with Fu Xuan to pursue Li Dunren, the last rebel army who fled into the mountains to the east.

However, Li Dunren's matter is not that troublesome.

The reason why this man fled eastward in a desperate situation, and even scuttled the ferry and begged his neighbors, was because he hoped to rejuvenate the country. There was a natural barrier called Gushi Cave at the junction of Yudu and Yudu counties. There was a mountain village in front of Gushi Cave.

Not to mention the large cave guarding the back, the other three sides are all cliffs, with only one way in and out. At the same time, there is enough space and water in the cave to station troops.

According to Li Dunren's idea, Yue Fei, a majestic warrior who is good at fighting, cannot be defeated, but the opponent is destined not to stay for a long time, so as long as he stays in the cave for a while, he will have an explanation... Therefore, as early as Yue Fei

After breaking through Wuling and entering Guangdong for the first time, Li Dunren prepared a retreat in Qianzhou. He chose Gushi Cave early, and then communicated with, bribed, and transported the Miao village in front of Gushi Cave many times.

A large amount of rice and grain supplies.

To use his exact words to the envoys sent by Zhang Xian and Fu Xuan: 'With such natural dangers, if the officers and soldiers can only break through the stronghold, what's the point of dying?'

In other words, if they were captured, they would deserve to die, and he would admit it!

However, is there any natural danger in the world that one can truly hold on to?

Although the heads of the Miao village on the mountain, the three sisters of the Liao family and the three Miao aunts, are very good at keeping their promises. Aunt Liao even said the famous saying to the envoy, "Only by flying here", under the overall situation, there is no way to resist stubbornly.

in any sense.

On the first day, Fu Xuan, Zhang Xian and others tried to fight, but naturally failed to succeed.

On the second day, Fu Xuan and Zhang Xian all came out, divided into more than a dozen teams, and brought enough ladders to besiege the mountain village from three sides. They climbed all the short and short places on the cliff at the same time, but retreated when in danger, and took turns advancing.

Attacking is more about consuming arrows, stone pellets and other materials in the village.

On the third day, Fu Xuan's troops continued to pretend to attack, but Zhang Xian suddenly sent Yang Zaixing, who had been incorporated into his troops, and Guo Jin. The former led some Miao soldiers who had just been reorganized, and the latter led Zhang Xian's personal guards and the second division.

Wearing double-layered iron armor, they all climbed up the cliff from a dangerous place on the back side of the mountain village with a narrow field of vision, and actually succeeded in the battle.

Li Dunren and the three Liao sisters were all beheaded, which was regarded as "death without regrets", and their tribesmen also surrendered. From the beginning to the end, Yue Fei did not "fly here" in person.

In fact, in the past few days, Yue Fei has been reorganizing more than 100,000 surrendered bandits in Xingguo County on the other side of the Pingjiang River.

Dealing with the 400 heroic leaders was only the first step. Next, the imperial army repatriated, resettled more than 40,000 old and weak women and children, pardoned more than 30,000 strong men who had been kidnapped, and sent some troops to escort the leader Li Dongtian.

Tens of thousands of prisoners were sent to the surrounding areas. Only a few people, such as Peng Tieda and Yang Zaixing, along with a select group of soldiers, were directly appointed and given official positions.

After receiving Li Dunren's execution, Yue Fei followed his previous agreement with Liu Hongdao, Jiangxi's economic envoy, and asked Fu Xuan to lead five thousand people to deal with the aftermath in Xingguo County. At the same time, he personally gathered the army to move north.

On the Dragon Boat Festival in May, Yue Fei entered Jizhou for the third time, planning to go north along the Ganjiang River according to the original division of the Privy Council, and preparing to return north as soon as possible. But this time when he returned north, the morale of the army was like a rainbow, and there was no fatigue from months of fighting.

Even Yue Fei himself was somewhat complacent. He even wrote an inscription on the official post when passing by Fuzhou.

The book says:

"Yue Fei, the former military commander of the imperial camp, was ordered to punish the thieves. From Dongting to Guiling, he leveled the nest, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan and Xi'an. I remember the two saints far away in the desert, the world is peaceful, and the shame of Jingkang is still not snowing.

Therefore, we must swear to be loyal and filial to the best of our ability. With the majesty of the country and the virtuous kings and saints, we will clear out the barbarians and return to our homeland one day, so as to spare the emperor from worries at night. This is our ambition. Is it enough to take care of the swarms of bees and ants as a meritorious service?"

Obviously, Yue Pengju really felt a little drifting.

But there is no way, this battle was really beautiful.

From the perspective of this era, mountainous areas, miasma, Miao villages, and inexplicable bandits have taken root in places and caused trouble for many years. They are simply an unsolvable trouble. Even from the beginning, few insiders had any idea about this campaign.

I have absolute confidence... This is because the Qiantai did not happen in the past few years at all. It just happened to encounter the Jingkang Incident and the subsequent war, so the scale of the rebellion became larger. And as early as the so-called peaceful and prosperous era,

At that time, pious thieves were a proper noun, a chronic disease in the south.

The imperial court at that time could only suppress this rebellion in the mountainous area.

However, Yue Fei won the battle so neatly.

This battle is of course essentially a counter-insurgency to suppress bandits. Compared to the battle against the Golden Men, it has the flavor of the NBA regular season versus the playoffs in later generations. But the problem is that thirty-five seconds and ten

Three-pointers are more worthy of bragging than overall runner-up.

This battle is probably the same.

Back in front of him, Yue Peng was so proud that he led the main force of the army northward along the Gan River. At first, the local officials in Jiangxi along the river could hardly believe it, but they saw countless prisoners being placed in various farming and mining sites in Jiangxi, and the officials

The main force of the army showed off its power, the marching flags were waved in an orderly manner, and as the troops who had placed the prisoners gathered gradually merged, the size of the troops became increasingly larger... but they didn't dare to believe it.

It can only be said that as the news from the south caught up with the marching speed of the army, the attitudes of the officials along the way changed three times a day.

However, it was too late to change anything. Within the borders of the country, the army was marching down the river, how fast was it? What's more, Yue Fei had a lot of trouble with Jiangxi officials because of the matter of Fuzhou Zhizhou, so he didn't bother to deal with it, so he simply stopped.

Don't stop, go straight north... By mid-May, the imperial army had already passed Poyang Lake and entered the Jiangzhou territory belonging to Jiangnan East Road. At this time, Yue Fei had just stationed in Jiangzhou to wait for Jiangxi

, the military supplies supplied by the Jiangdong two routes can then continue to move northward.

It was at this time that Yue Pengju finally learned about the Tokyo Peace Conference.

Moreover, he already knew everything he should know and what he shouldn't know.

This is not to say that the former imperial army in Tokyo who was responsible for copying the newspaper could know of his return so quickly and summarize the news and send it there specially, but it means that during this gap period, the war and peace between North Korea and China became more and more intense.

It has obviously gone beyond the scope of ordinary discussions. It has not only become a force in the center, but has even spread to the southeast region... And don't forget that in Jiangnan, there are two heavyweight players with clear stances, Li Gang and Lu Yihao.

As for their opponents, the two of them had already laid out their plans in this southeastern place and started a public debate.

And Yue Fei is sitting in Jiangzhou. With his current status, how can he avoid these messages?

In other words, Lu Yihao, as the strategic envoy of the two Zhejiang Roads, has great powers and responsibilities, very senior qualifications, and has always been able to control his subordinates, so no one in the surrounding officials dare not take the lead in the battle. Almost every prefecture, state, and army have their own supervision

, are all writing to Bianliang, asking the officials to stick to their own opinions, and not to listen to villains and negotiate peace without authorization... It is impossible not to say so, because Lu Jinglue will never leave an overnight grudge.

Even Li Gang, who once served as prime minister and is now the spiritual leader of a major faction in the court, also suffered directly.

Li Gang wanted to go through the formalities at first, so he wrote a letter to express his approval for peace. Unexpectedly, the memorial was published publicly here, and Lu Yihao publicly scolded him as a superior over there!

This official document, which was distributed almost throughout Zhejiang, Jiangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Huaihe, enumerates Li Boji's various mistakes starting from the siege of Taiyuan. The so-called "ignorance of soldiers ruined the country's hundreds of thousands of healthy men, resulting in the fall of Lianghe and Jingkang."

Great changes', 'losing Jingdong and destroying Guanzhong without knowing people', 'pushing the Huai River to the emperor for the sake of being a public minister', 'causing chaos in the southeast in order to stay behind', and even scolding them publicly, saying 'the loss of the emperor's heir'

, some people should have taken three feet of white silk to prove their innocence, but they lingered, hiding in the south of the Yangtze River, controlling party members and playing power, which can be called shameless!

Of course this is nonsense...According to this statement, the whole world is caused by Li Gang, so what did the Second Sage and the surrender faction in Jingkang do?

However, Li Gang was furious to death, but because he couldn't explain the matter about the emperor's heir clearly and had no way to defend himself, he had no choice but to swallow his anger and turn to the people, relying on letter writing, tea parties, and poetry gatherings many times in

The people discussed this matter with influential scholars to refute Lu Yihao.

There are a lot of discussions among the people, but it is obvious that more people support the peace talks... Even Lu Yihao took the initiative to increase taxes in the southeast and increase taxes in Jingxiang in order to lead the war, but he simply ended up like "beating the father-in-law" among the people.

When Yue Fei stayed in Jiangzhou for a while, he heard many nursery rhymes and paragraphs mocking and insulting Lu Yihao.

He even heard with his own ears that some people called their own big free-range rooster with an iron neck as Lu Jinglue. The price was only 300 yuan, and it only cost 350 yuan to help him copy and drain it. It was much cheaper than in the north.

The military pay for the troops in front of the imperial camp was sufficient. Yue Pengju saw with his own eyes that Guo Jin bought one and ate it in a horse spoon.

Of course, even so, Yue Fei didn't want to get involved.

Because even people like Li Gang never claim to be the main peace faction. They are "defensive and then attack". They call themselves the main defense sect or the main delay sect. Their original intention is to rest for a few years before heading north... This is obviously

After the debate ended, both sides adjusted their positions.

Regarding this statement, even though Yue Fei's inclination was self-evident, he didn't know how to refute it, so he just waited for supplies to arrive and then hurried back to the north.

Of course, the military supplies did not have to wait long. The supplies from Jiangdong were sent over first, and soon the supplies from Jiangxi were also sent... However, they arrived together with the 20,000 stone meters and 100,000 yuan raised by Jiangxi.

There is also Liu Hongdao himself, Jiangxi economic and strategic envoy.

Liu Hongdao chased Ben Shou out of the city as a dignified military commander. No matter what unpleasantness he had with Jiangxi Province before, Yue Fei certainly would not neglect him. He, who was always simple, quickly asked local officials to find a famous restaurant outside the city.

It was Xunyang Jiangzhengku (the official store recognized as having the qualification to make its own wine), where the Xunyang Tower was inscribed by Su Dongpo himself, and then he hosted a banquet in person.

Both parties were top officials, so there was no chance of any verbal blunders. After three rounds of drinking, Liu Hongdao, after complimenting and praising Qianzhou for suppressing the rebellion, took the initiative to mention one more thing.

Without him, it was the problem of the colleague who knew Fuzhou before. Liu Jinglue wanted Yue Jiedu to be properly settled. It would be best to set up a logistics farm in Jiangxi and let this person be in charge.

Of course, it is the officials who lose their temper. Jiangxi will definitely not make it difficult for everyone and will definitely make this matter a good one.

The general manager came to speak in person. His attitude was so low and it was a matter within his authority. What could Yue Fei say? He agreed.

After saying this, both parties seemed to be very happy and had two more drinks.

However, after two drinks, Liu Hongdao suddenly stood up, then personally held Yue Fei's wrist, saying that he wanted to climb to the rooftop together to watch the beautiful scenery along the river.

The surrounding civil and military officials knew that these two high officials had something to say, so they all made a noise in the audience, and then allowed the two high officials to leave the crowd and go up to the next floor to take a closer look.

To be fair, it is summer, and the view from upstairs is clear and unobstructed. The scenery outside Xunyang Tower is of course excellent... The so-called carved eaves reflect the sun, and the painted buildings fly into the clouds. The green lanterns are connected to the windows, and the emerald curtains

Hanging above the door, you can soothe your drunken eyes, lean against the blue sky and reach thousands of clouds and mountains; to seduce the soul, and turn over the auspicious snow to fill the river with mist. At Baiping Ferry, you can often hear the fisherman singing his palm; at the beach of Red Polygonum, you can always see the fisherman hitting his croaker.

Although the two of them had something on their minds, they looked at each other for a long time while they were slightly drunk, and then they came to their senses. The so-called scenery that opens people's hearts, now that I mention it, is much more magnanimous.

"Does Yue Jiedu know about the recent major events in the DPRK?" Liu Hongdao said to the wind with his hands behind his back.

"Is it a matter of peace negotiation?"

"good."

"Then I dare to ask Liu Jinglue, as a general manager of one side, whether he is the one who advocates war or peace?" Yue Fei copied his hands and was equally straightforward.

"I don't know either." Liu Hongdao sighed when he heard this, and just spread his hands on the Xunyang Tower. "I am from Qingzhou. I was hastily appointed in Jingkangzhong and became a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Then I suddenly changed, almost...

He fled back home, but because the Jin people went south, he was ordered by Li Gang and Li Gongxiang to send him to Zhiqingzhou, regardless of the established rules, and he became the magistrate of his hometown..." At this point, Liu Hongdao suddenly paused, and then chuckled. "I remember your words.
To be continued...