Chapter 306 Dare to Teach the Sun and the Moon to Replace the Sky (4)
In the Zhang Mansion in Kaifeng City, Zhang Dun was lying on the bed.
His face was so thin that only skin and bones were left, with a rusty color from iron that had been stored for many years, and was smeared with a layer of dull gray. His triangular eyes, which once looked at everything, became loose and irregular.
Shape, dull and dull.
Beside the bed, Xu Jiang, Cai Bian and several other friends and colleagues were sitting. Outside, Zhang Ze and Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dun's sons, were standing.
After looking at his friend's current situation for a while, General Xu looked gloomy and silent. Cai Bian turned around and asked.
"Erlang and Sanlang, have you sent a message?"
"To return to Mr. Cai, my father sent a messenger when he was seriously ill. But the second brother is in Jiangxi County and the third brother is in Hubei County. He won't be able to come back for a while."
The eldest son Zhang Ze replied.
"Oh, I didn't expect Zhang Gong's condition to deteriorate so quickly." Cai Bian said nothing more and could only sigh.
Xu Jiang choked aside and said: "Several famous doctors have said that Brother Zihou's body has been sickened by overwork, and he has long been in the wind. It is only in the past few years that he has been in a good mood and relieved his heavy responsibilities early, so his life has been extended.
Now."
"Seventy years of life are rare in ancient times. It is also rare for Zihou Gong to live to be seventy-six years old. Mr. Xu, you don't need to be too sad." Cai Bian advised.
At this time, Zhang Dun turned his head with difficulty, and his cloudy and absent-minded eyes suddenly looked like relit candles, emitting a shaky light. His dry, black lips trembled slightly, probably because he was trying his best to say something.
General Xu hurriedly came over and said, "Mr. Zhang, the good news from Yanjing is coming soon and is on the way. Our 600,000 troops have surrounded Yanjing. This is the only lonely city left in the Liao Kingdom, and the morale and morale of the troops are already on the banks of the Gaoliang River."
They were defeated by our army."
As Xu Jiang talked, he couldn't help but shed tears.
During the Xining period, in order to eliminate disadvantages and strengthen the country, Wang Jinggong led a group of capable people to carry out reforms. From the opening of the Xihe River to the battle with Shaosheng, the people with lofty ideals all had a dream in their hearts. They dreamed that the Song Dynasty would turn from weak to strong and conquer the Song Dynasty.
Xixia, no longer let it lie on its body to suck blood; regain the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, so that the people in Hedong, Hebei and the Central Plains will no longer be worried and can live a stable life.
After waiting for so many years, this day finally came. My old friend Zhang Dun just held on to this and waited for the official victory report from Yanjing.
"Report! The Privy Council has received an urgent report. Envoy Li asked the younger one to send it immediately."
Urgent military reports would be sent to the Privy Council first. Li Kui had been notified long ago and would be forwarded immediately if there was any news.
"Quick! Quick! Give it to me quickly." Xu Jiang stood up abruptly and said with a trembling voice.
Zhang Ze quickly ran to the door, took the emergency report, and ran back to hand it to General Xu.
"Urgent report from eight hundred miles away! Successful report from Xuzhou, Bashu County to Nanning Army!" Xu Jiang read it loudly as soon as he opened it. As soon as he read the sentence, he felt something was wrong.
"On July 23, Yang Weizhong, the commander of Nanning's military capital, and Yao Xiong, the deputy commander of the capital, led an army of 21,000 people. They rushed across the Jinsha River from Dandang Town and went south along the road, including Luobo mid-air, Yidufu, and Ningbei.
On the ninth day of the eighth lunar month, we attacked Longweiguan and Zhao Fengcheng, and surrounded Dali City."
"Besieged the city for three days. On August 10th, Dali's leader Duan Heyu, Prime Minister Gao Taiming and 197 monarchs and ministers, 7,300 troops, and 41,000 civilians surrendered! The military capital of Nanning was surrendered.
Joining the army, Li Miao led the main force of various ministries, left Xuzhou and went up the river, joined the former army, and took over the states and counties of Dali..."
What an unexpected surprise! When everyone's attention was attracted by the Ping-Liao War, the Song Army's partial division actually destroyed the Dali Kingdom silently.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the Nanzhao Kingdom was established and ruled in a corner of the southwest. It was then spread to the two countries of Changhe and Yining, and then became the Dali Kingdom. Now it was conquered and conquered, and Natu was included in the territory.
General Xu suddenly realized that this was equivalent to the Song Dynasty conquering Dali and the Northern Liao Dynasty at the same time!
"Zhao Si, do you still remember your ambition?"
"Enrich the people and strengthen the country, surpassing the Han and Tang Dynasties!" Zhao Si replied.
Xu Jiang recalled the exchange he had with Yu Huatian at the Ancestral Temple when he succeeded to the throne.
Enrich the people and strengthen the country, surpassing the Han and Tang Dynasties! Our Song Dynasty is already like the Han and Tang Dynasties, we can destroy countless countries with the wave of our hands!
Zhang Dun's eyes were filled with light and joy.
"Report! The Privy Council is urgent..."
"Bring it in, bring it in!" Xu Jiang shouted.
"Report! On August 29th, the Prince of Liao and King Yelu Ao of Jin led more than 200,000 troops and civilians to surrender to Yanjing!"
After hearing Xu Jiang finish reading, Zhang Dun had a faint smile on his face and tears dripping from the corners of his eyes. But everyone knew that he was about to leave.
General Xu rushed forward and said loudly with tears in his eyes: "Zhang Zihou, please tell Emperor Taizu, tell Emperor Shenzong, Emperor Zhezong, tell Duke Fan Wenzheng, Duke Wang Jin... Officially, he did it! We did it!"
Amidst General Xu's shouts, Zhang Dun smiled and closed his eyes.
At the Guangde Gate of the Imperial City of Yanjing, the Prince of Liao and King Yelu Ao of Jin knelt in the front, holding up the imperial seal with both hands. King Yelu of Liang made a big stone, and hundreds of people including Yelu Diligu, envoy of the Privy Council in the north, knelt in the back.
Zhao Si was guarded by Liu Fa, Changsun Moli and others, and came over on horseback.
"Prince of the Liao Dynasty, King Yelu Ao Luo of the Jin Dynasty, together with hundreds of civil and military officials, and people of all races, please surrender to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty!" Yelu Ao Luo's crisp voice echoed in Guangde Gate, accompanied by countless Song troops.
The sound of flags rustling in the wind.
"Please get up quickly!" Zhao Si, who was wearing military uniform, jumped off his horse, walked quickly to Yelu Aolu, took the imperial seal, handed it to Liu Fa who was following him, and then helped Yelu Aolu up with both hands.
turn.
"I am very pleased that you can comply with the destiny and save the people of Li from the ravages of war. You have made great contributions and you have no fault."
"I would like to express my gratitude to Your Majesty for your great tolerance."
Zhao Si turned to Yelu Dashi and others and helped the people standing in front of them one by one.
After standing in front of the Guangde Gate and saying some greetings, Changsun Moli stepped forward and said to Zhao Si: "Your Majesty, Superintendent Yu is ready."
"Oh, let's get started."
Zhao Si straightened his appearance and stood in the middle of the open space in front of Guangde Gate. Liu Fa, Changsun Moli, Wang Zhen, Gao Shixuan, Wang Shunchen, Bai Chonghu, Zhongshidao, Zhongshizhong, Zheyanzhi, Yang Zongmin and other generals
, wearing solemn military uniforms, stood behind them one after another.
Yelu Dashi and others did not know what was going on and did not know what the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty were going to do. However, Yelu Dashi was surprised to find that Li Jian walked into the team with Zhong Yaoshi, Wu Cunzhong, Ma Zhi, Zhang Jue and others.
He opened his mouth wide and could not utter a word. Then he saw Li Jian waving to this side, and suddenly he saw Yelu Musician, Yelu Magician, Gao Xianshou and others cupping their hands and saying: "Excuse me, accuse me."
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Then he walked over there.
Yelu Dashi felt like the world was spinning, as if all his strength had been drained away. He turned his head with difficulty and glanced at Yelu Diligu and Xiao Chengqian, and found that their eyes were filled with despair just like his own.
At this time, there was a loud sound, and the expressions of Zhao Si and others became extremely solemn.
Yu Huatian held a cylinder and walked slowly over, accompanied by two chamberlains. The sound of the copper ring just now was made by a chamberlain.
As they approached, Tong Qing's voice disappeared, and the two young chamberlains stopped. Yu Huatian continued to walk forward until he reached the opposite side of Zhao Si.
He took a step forward to meet Zhao Si and asked loudly: "Zhao Si, have you forgotten the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun and the hometown of Lingwu?"
Yu Huatian's voice was sharp and crisp, just like Tong Qing's voice just now.
"Zhao Si will not forget for a moment -!" Zhao Si clasped his fists in front of his chest with a solemn expression and answered word by word.
"Zhao Si, do you want to be humiliated by the smell of fish in China and humiliated by sitting in a well and looking at the sky?" Yu Huatian asked for the second time.
"Zhao Si swears to death not to let it happen!" Zhao Si replied loudly.
"Zhao Si, do you still remember your ambition?" Yu Huatian asked three times.
"Enrich the people and strengthen the country, surpassing the Han and Tang Dynasties!"
Zhao Si replied loudly with tears in his eyes. His voice echoed in the sky above Yanjing City and jumped in the hearts of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians who were watching.
After Yu Huatian finished asking, he motioned to the two young chamberlains to come forward, took out a scroll of paintings from the cylinder in his hands, and slowly opened it.
It was the "Atlas of the Liuhe Unified State of the Song Dynasty" that had been enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple that was brought by Yu Huatian.
The hometown of Lingwu is regarded as Shuofang County, together with Hexi County, Longyou County, Dingxiang County and the three banners of Zhuque, Baihu and Xuanwu, plus Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, Northeastern Counties, Luzon and other islands, and is drawn on it
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Looking at this map, many Song soldiers had tears in their eyes.
Zhao Si stood in front of the map, turned around, and faced the soldiers of the Song Dynasty.
"The soldiers who recovered Lingwu, Yanyun's homeland, opened up new territories, fought countless bloody battles, and fought one after another are the greatest contributors. I thank you!"
Zhao Si clasped his hands together, raised them above his head, and then bent down to salute. This chapter has been completed!
