He is not talking nonsense, but he is drawing conclusions based on the situation...
On February 11th, Ma Yinglin led his troops out of Chongqing. At noon on February 12th, he had already set up camp in Sancao Mountain.
The speed of this march is not unsatisfactory.
He was originally worried that the rebels would set up an ambush in the Jialing River Valley. After all, this was the battlefield where Li Xia ambushed Shi Shu. But he did not encounter an ambush on the road.
This shows that Li Xia did not bring any trusted troops.
Later, the sentinels reported back, and it can be inferred that Li Xia was only holding Hezhou City firmly for the time being, and could not use his fingers like an arm.
So next, should we garrison Sancao Mountain and block the main road to Chongqing, or attack Hezhou and put down the rebellion?
Ma Yinglin tends to defend.
We only need to defend for more than twenty days to defeat the enemy without a fight, so there is no need to attack by force.
However, as soon as his camp was set up, Li Xia had already sent someone.
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"I understand that Li Xia, a rebel, likes ambushes and sneak attacks when fighting. Now he has sent envoys to fight, does he really think he has become a country of his own?"
"Not an envoy. Xu Zimin, the superintendent of Dianjiang County in Hezhou, is here to convey the order of Commander Shu to you."
"That's enough!" Ma Yinglin shouted: "How dare a small official act so arrogantly in front of my general's tent! I might as well tell you that the imperial court has learned about Li Xia's disloyalty, and there will be an edict in the near future. Go back and tell that treacherous person, don't stop.
If you use the title of official of the Great Song Dynasty to yell at us and other soldiers who are defending the country, if you want to rebel, just set up a battle array and fight me!"
His voice is as loud as a bell, and what he has been saying is that he knows Li Xia very well and is guarding Sancao Mountain and is not afraid of Li Xia's attack.
This is intimidation.
He wanted to scare Li Xia into not wanting to fight.
Anyway, as long as you hold on, you can achieve success.
Xu Zimin shouted: "How dare you accuse Li Jieshuai of treason? Who is instigating the war? At this time of spring plowing, regardless of the livelihood and stability of the people in Hezhou, they act without orders.
Fighting?! It’s useless to talk too much. Commander Jie orders you to surrender your weapons within three days, otherwise don’t blame him for his ruthless military law!"
Ma Yinglin thought these people were crazy.
Talking about people's livelihood, talking about military law, Li Xia thinks this Chongqing Mansion is under his control? Isn't he crazy?
Isn't it Li Xia who was favored by the Song Dynasty and took up the position of Commander-in-Chief, riding on the head of the loyal ministers and good generals of Chongqing Prefecture to dominate and kill the capital commander Cao Qi?
Will you commit suicide within three days?
madman.
"Come here, drive this treacherous and treacherous official away from me! Tell me that the traitor is here. Master Wang will be here soon. Please advise him to turn back as soon as possible!"
Xu Zimin returned to Hezhou after a long journey, went all the way to the state government hall, met with Li Xia, and recounted the conversation with Ma Yinglin.
"Then it seems that he must not dare to attack the city."
Three thousand soldiers and horses were stationed in the south of the city, but Li Xia only commented on this sentence and handed the document he had just written to Xu Zimin. The next sentence actually talked about spring plowing in Hezhou.
"Post a notice in the city to tell the people that the city will be closed for up to three days, which will not delay their spring plowing. In addition, there are still many farm tools, cattle and other supplies in Hezhou. You can make a co-ordinator for me and they will be transferred as soon as possible...
Most of the people here are the local braves and soldiers who have retired from Diaoyu City. They have made great contributions to the country, so we should not let them feel cold."
Xu Zimin held the document in both hands, but for a while he couldn't adapt to this style of doing things.
One moment they were talking about military affairs, and the next moment they were talking about farming.
If this can be said to be Li Jie's handsome and vigorous character, and he treats Ma Yinglin as nothing, that's fine. But when he orders people to do things, he really doesn't stop.
I just came back from Sancao Mountain and I didn't let anyone take a break.
There were a total of seven guards in the Dianjiang County government office, and two of them were killed. The remaining five were driven around in just a few days, as if they were not just petty officials, but high-level talents.
Xu Zimin felt both admiration and fear, exhaustion and excitement. She didn't know whether Li Jieshuai planned to reuse him, or whether Li Jieshuai could really put down the Ma Qian Rebellion...
He was about to take the order and leave when he suddenly heard Li Xia ask again.
"By the way, can a junior staff member be transferred to another official position?"
Xu Zimin's heart trembled, and he responded hurriedly and respectfully: "Although there are examples of taking up a job, it is extremely difficult. In normal times, all the officials in Tokyo and under the new law have been in office for more than thirty years, let alone the small officials in the countryside."
"I know, let's do the work."
"Yes, Commander, I will take my leave."
Xu Zimin retreated here, and immediately another soldier waiting outside the hall to report the matter came in.
"Commander, this is the list you want. After the Battle of Diaoyu City, there is no record of disabled Xiangyong. I have visited more than 20 people today. Do you want to summon them?"
"No need, write down your address, I will visit them one by one tomorrow..."
Li Xia was only busy with these things this day.
After meeting these subordinates, he went to the back hall and saw Zhang Wenjing sitting there typing documents, looking elegant and serious.
She was serious when doing these things, but then she got up and hugged Li Xia's arm, smiling freely.
"What are you laughing at?"
"Some people say they have a rule of not touching female subordinates, but they are cuddling up to me."
"Where did you hear that?"
"Sister Yuan told me that every time a woman enters the shogunate, Mr. Yan will give a solemn account."
"Okay. But it's different. You are a member of the family who helps occasionally. You neither hold a position nor receive a salary. You will not be rewarded if you do well, and I will not punish you if you do not do well."
"Who said I can't do it well? Look at me, I'm a little talented girl, right?"
Li Xia couldn't help but smile.
Compared with taking Longxi and Guanzhong, he seemed much more relaxed this time.
Occasionally, I talked to Zhang Wenjing about the situation in Chongqing, and he never showed any signs of anxiety.
"We will go to Chongqing in about three to five days."
"Do you really believe that your sworn brother will not go on a business trip?"
"Have you found a problem?" Li Xia said: "Whether it is Ma Qian in Shu or the princes in Lin'an, it seems that they have not thought about how to take Hanzhong directly from my hands."
Zhang Wenjing smiled and said: "Taking Hanzhong? How could Zhao and Song be so enterprising?"
"So, what Ma Qian did was to kill Zhang Jue, take Chengdu, and blockade Hanzhong, not to mention whether they can kill me in the future. What do all the soldiers who moved back from the mountain city in Shu think? Without Hanzhong, there would be no Shu. Barrier, and then ask them to move back to the mountain city?"
"Understood, it concerns the immediate interests of all Shu soldiers. This is what people want."
"With Zhang Jue's prestige in the army, he personally went to persuade him. Not to mention the old Diaoyu City troops, all Shu generals who wanted to understand this point would support him, so it is a sure thing."
Zhang Wenjing asked again: "Then Zhao Song has no way to cure you?"
"have."
Li Xia said: "For example, if Pu Zhezhi or Wang Jian become the commander-in-chief of Shu, their prestige in Shu is higher than mine, and I was once under their command. If these two people enter Shu, the hearts of the Sichuan and Shu generals will most likely not be with me." It will be extremely difficult for me to recruit Zhang Jue, Shi Jun, Yi Shiying and others."
"Zhao Song can't do it?"
"The reason why I can be appointed as the commander-in-chief of Shu is because the Song Dynasty was suspicious of Pu Zezhi, and Wang Jian was even more suspicious of me. There are other ways to guard Chongqing, such as letting ministers with outstanding achievements guard Chongqing. If the Chongqing government has high prestige, Of course I would not dare to come to Hezhou in person as my important ministers are here."
Speaking of this topic, Li Xia has been feeling quite emotional recently.
"In this world, if those in power have the courage, they will have miraculous effects. Let alone Li Shimin, a legendary figure who dared to charge tens of thousands of troops with only a dozen cavalry. The Song Dynasty wanted to defend the country, and there was no need for Li Shimin.
As long as there is another Song Zhenzong, I will be helpless..."
During the Jingde period of the Song Dynasty, the empress dowager and emperor of the Liao Kingdom personally led an army of 200,000 to attack the Song Dynasty. On the Song Dynasty, the Manchu Dynasty persuaded Song Zhenzong to move the capital to Jinling or Chengdu for refuge. It was the Prime Minister Kou Ni who forced Song Zhenzong to personally conquer the Song Dynasty.
After Zhenzong arrived in Chanzhou, the morale of the Song army was strong and they won several battles. The Empress Dowager of the Liao Dynasty also sent people to negotiate peace.
At that time, Kou Zhen advocated taking advantage of the situation to send troops to seize Youyan, and strongly opposed the peace negotiation. However, Zhenzong did not dare to personally conquer, and preferred to negotiate for peace. The peace advocate attacked Kou Zhen for supporting the troops and self-respecting, and had evil intentions. Later, the Chanyuan Alliance was formed.
"Your Majesty is very powerful, and your generals and ministers are in harmony. If your Majesty leads the expedition in person, the thieves will escape."
"Why abandon the temple and commune in order to be lucky to Chu? How can the world recover from Shu's far away country?"
Sometimes, whether the person in power has enough courage or not is the difference between making the world prosperous and the country being destroyed.
Li Xia rode into Hezhou at the age of 20. He was far inferior to Li Shimin and was bold enough and arrogant in the eyes of the loyal officials of the Song Dynasty.
But no matter how arrogant a rebel is, his power cannot compare with the Liao Kingdom's 200,000 troops. All he needs is Song Zhenzong, and Li Xia will die.
There will no longer be Song Zhenzong in the Song Dynasty, because there will no longer be Kou Ni who dared to force the emperor to conquer personally.
Kou Zuo had been unjustly demoted and died in Leizhou.
He had no money to bury him in his hometown, so his body was buried in Luozhong.
As for the current situation, it's Cheng Yuanfeng's fault. Jia Sidao doesn't have the courage?
The courage of the Song Dynasty was knocked away bit by bit over the course of three hundred years. Hammer after hammer was knocked off the bones of people like Kou Zhen, Yue Fei, and Yu Jie, their bones were broken, and all the bones were broken.
People's courage is shattered.
Just like Kou Zuo's desperate poem.
"Ambition is like snow, and your heart is as cold as ice. After the wind and rain in the county, you can't sleep in front of the green lantern."
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Let's look at the situation in Chongqing today. Li Xia has entered Hezhou in person; Zhang Jue dares to go to Chongqing alone; Ma Qian claims to have a heavy army, but he dare not go out of the city to fight.
Who wins and who loses, what can I say?
February 15th.
Ma Yinglin looked north from Sancao Mountain and saw no sign of Li Xia sending troops.
"Commit yourself within three days? What a madman."
Ma Yinglin had no idea how someone like Li Xia, who could only boast and talk nonsense, got the position of Commander-in-Chief of Shu.
The doubts and ridicule in my heart persisted, but guarding the Jialing River Valley was still very easy.
"Report! General, look quickly, there are broken troops coming from the south..."
Ma Yinglin quickly turned around, climbed onto another high platform, and looked south, feeling increasingly doubtful.
Where did the rout come from?
There are no troops heading to Chongqing at all.
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"Drag them out and kill them!"
Half an hour later, roars sounded from the big tent.
Ma Yinglin was so angry that he cursed loudly.
"These are not Chongqing's defeated troops! They are a trick sent by Li Xia to mess up the morale of our army! I will not fall into the trap. My eldest brother has been a soldier for the first time. It is impossible to lose so quickly. It is impossible... to kill him! Drag this trick out and kill him.
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"General, no, there are more and more defeated troops, too many..."
"Kill them!"
"Report! Cheng Cong, the commander-in-chief of the capital, came from the south with his troops and threatened to put down the rebellion. He...he said...the general was rebelling...and surrounded the southern road."
"impossible……"
"Report! The traitor Zhang Shichang led his troops out of Hezhou and headed towards Sancao Mountain."
"Why are you panic?! The troops are stationed in the mountains. They can't attack them. Go to me... go and defend the mountain for me..."
The situation took a turn for the worse.
Cheng Cong and Zhang Shichang's soldiers and horses have blocked the mountain road.
Ma Yinglin was still arranging to guard the mountain, when several loud shouts were heard from a distance.
"Brothers, Ma Yinglin is the one who rebelled. We guarded Chongqing and risked our lives to report the news, but he wants to kill us. He must be a rebel. It is better to kill him to put down the rebellion and ask Commander Shu to receive the reward!"
"We are officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty, not private soldiers of the Ma family. We should follow the orders of Commander Shu to put down the rebellion."
"Sancao Mountain is surrounded. Get reward for putting down the rebellion!"
"Kill Ma Yinglin..."
"..."
"Sure enough, there are spies sent by Li Xia among the defeated troops. Kill them immediately!"
Ma Yinglin was shocked and hurriedly left the tent to mobilize troops. When he arrived outside the tent, several soldiers suddenly rushed towards him from the side.
"You want to..."
"puff!"
The sword flashed and a head fell to the ground.
Ma Yinglin still stared at his eyes until he died, unable to believe that it would happen so quickly.
I thought I could easily defend it for more than twenty days, but unexpectedly, after only three days, Chongqing’s capital city had already been lost...