"Commander, your defeat is just a temporary defeat, it's nothing. The fastest update []" Qu Duan comforted Master Zhong at the top of Tongguan City.
"This is not a temporary defeat, but a real and complete defeat! Only today do I know how strong Liangshan is. Their army is not comparable to our Zhong family army. We are no match at all! Even in terms of numbers,
No matter how many there are, we are no match for them!" Zhongshidao sighed.
"We occupy Tongguan. As long as we defend carefully, we can stop the Liangshan army." Qu Duan said.
"Faced with such a powerful army, I'm afraid even Tongguan can't stop it." Zhong Shidao shook his head.
"Commander, what should we do?" Qu Duan frowned and asked.
"We should retreat to Sichuan immediately. Only there can our Song Dynasty survive." Zhong Shidao said with a bitter smile.
At this moment, the news of Zhong Shidao's defeat has gradually spread to the entire Western Army, and the entire Western Army is in an uproar! In addition to the Zhong Family Army, Zhe Family Army, and Liu Family Army, the Western Army also has other factions. In the past two years,
Because the threat from Liangshan is getting bigger and bigger, these factions are also constantly trying to
Expanding the army, on the surface, the strength of the Western Army seems to have increased a lot! However, when the news of the defeat came, the entire Western Army did not believe that they could stop the Liangshan army! The Zhong Family Army, known as the strongest among the Song Army, was so defeated by the enemy.
Easily defeated, let alone other armies?
The confidence of the Western Army was completely shattered!
From this aspect, Liang Hongyu’s strategy is correct!
Nowadays, Liangshan is really full of famous generals! Any one of them, a legendary female general like Liang Hongyu, can be comparable to the first person in the Song Army like Zhong Shidao. Speaking of overall strength, Liangshan is more powerful than the Song Dynasty.
It is too strong!
"Sir, someone is coming from Chang'an?" At this moment, a school captain came to Zhong Shidao and said.
Zhong Shidao soon saw someone coming from Chang'an, who turned out to be Huang Qianshan, the Xuanfu envoy to the northwest!
The two entered the house, and Zhong Shidao hurriedly asked people to serve tea.
Huang Qianshan looked very unhappy and said: "Master Zhong, I heard that you led an army of 200,000 to Bianliang, but was defeated by 30,000 Liangshan cavalry. Is this true?"
Zhong Shidao sighed and said: "Not bad!"
Huang Qianshan snorted coldly: "The Supreme Emperor has long issued a decree that the Western Army's departments are not allowed to attack at will, and that you must defend Tongguan with all your strength and prevent the Liangshan army from entering the northwest. How dare you leave the pass easily?"
Master Zhong said: "Your Majesty is in Bianliang and is besieged by Liangshan. He came with an order and I have to save him!"
Huang Qianshan said: "Your Majesty is in Bianliang, and there are countless soldiers working for the king. You don't need your rescue! What you have to do now is to protect the comfort of the Supreme Emperor!"
Zhong Shidao nodded and said: "I understand that I will never go out to the army easily again in the future. [ ]"
A smile appeared on Huang Qianshan's face and he said: "That's good!"
In fact, because of Zhongshi Dao's random dispatch of troops, Song Huizong and others even wanted to remove Zhongshi Dao from his post. However, Zhongshi Dao's prestige in the Western Army was too high, and the Zhongjia Army belonged entirely to Zhongshi Dao.
With an army of one man, if they dismissed Zhong Shidao and captured him, the entire Western Army would be in chaos or even rebel! Therefore, they just sent Huang Qianshan to scold him!
"Master Huang, I want to go to Chang'an to see the Supreme Emperor!" Zhong Shidao said suddenly.
"Oh, I wonder what's going on with Mr. Zhong?" Huang Qianshan said with some vigilance.
"I can't tell you what the specific matter is right now!" Master Zhong said calmly.
The status of Zhongshi Dao is so high that even Huang Qianshan could not stop Zhongshi Dao from going to Chang'an! Tongguan is not far from Chang'an, so Zhongshi Dao worked hard and arrived at Chang'an City two days later! Today's Chang'an City is no longer the Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty.
After experiencing the wars in the late Tang Dynasty, the city of Chang'an has declined greatly. Although it is still a big city, the population, economy, etc. in the city are very backward.
Zhong Shidao entered Chang'an and came to the palace of Chang'an. Here, he finally met Song Huizong Zhao Ji!
"Wei Chen Zhongshidao has met the Supreme Emperor!" Zhongshidao knelt down and said.
"Qing Zhong Ai, I heard that you are going to lead the army to Bianliang. Fortunately, you are back! What should I do if you go to Bianliang? I am the father of the emperor. I, the Song Dynasty, rule the world with filial piety. You should
First of all, save my life!" Song Huizong complained at first.
"Your Majesty, I led the army to Bianliang and was defeated by the Liangshan cavalry, so I had to retreat! The strength of Liangshan's military is indeed extraordinary. I finally understand why they destroyed the northern countries so smoothly and now they have reached the Central Plains." Master Zhong.
Dao lowered his head and said.
"Defeated? When did this happen? Why didn't I know?" Song Huizong said in surprise.
It turned out that Song Huizong only knew that Zhongshi Dao was leading troops out, so he hurriedly sent Huang Qianshan to pursue Zhongshi Dao. As for the news of Zhongshi Dao's defeat, the ministers below did not tell him at all!
Zhong Shidao was stunned, and then told the specific battle situation. Song Huizong stayed there after hearing it. [Thanks for supporting the novel]
"You mean the 200,000-strong army was wiped out? The enemy only used 30,000 men? This...this...what should we do now?" Song Huizong said, trembling all over.
"Your Majesty, for the current plan, we have to go to the middle of Shu immediately! There are countless great passes in Sichuan, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. We can still survive there!" Master Zhong said.
"Okay, okay, everything is up to you..." Song Huizong said tremblingly.
In the afternoon of that day, Song Huizong took several ministers and headed towards Sichuan! A few days later, all the Western Army units retreated towards Sichuan! After the Western Army retreated, Liangshan's Eighth Army retreated from Hedong.
Cross the river to enter here and accept the various cities in the northwest! The Liu Jiajun and the Zhejia Army also moved south to assist the Eighth Army in controlling the northwest.
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It has arrived at the end of September in the lunar calendar, and the weather is gradually getting colder.
Outside Bianliang City, some Qinwang troops have been arriving one after another in the past few days, but they were all easily defeated by Han Shizhong's cavalry.
When the news came that the 200,000-strong Zhong Family Army had been defeated, people in Bianliang City were panicked. The entire Bianliang City knew that the Song Dynasty was probably over! Even the Zhong Family Army could not stop Liangshan’s army, so what army could?
Block the Liangshan army?
At this time, the various Qinwang troops also retreated one after another. Many of the Qinwang troops had already disbanded halfway, and the soldiers took off their uniforms and headed for their hometowns.
In Bianliang City, Song Qinzong looked pale. He didn't know what he could do now.
In these days, Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty no longer went to court early in the morning, and the ministers had no intention of going to court early in the morning. Many of the eunuchs and maids in the palace had fled!
That evening, Zhao Ding came to the palace. Seeing Song Qinzong's expression, he sighed: "Your Majesty, if Bianliang falls, I am willing to die for the country with Your Majesty."
Hearing the words "martyrdom for the country", Song Qinzong trembled all over and said: "I can't die... I don't want to die!"
Zhao Ding smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, we have no hope of blocking the Liangshan army now!"
Song Qinzong said fiercely: "Zhao Aiqing, I heard that the kings and emperors of Goryeo and Daliao all surrendered to Liangshan. In the end, Liangshan forgave them, and now they are all living well! Is this possible? Is this possible?"
Zhao Ding nodded and said: "This is true... It's just that Your Majesty, you are the lord of the Central Plains, different from the barbarians of Goryeo and Khitan! What I, the lord of China, pay attention to is integrity. They can surrender to Liangshan, but you will never
No!"
Song Qinzong said angrily: "You bastard, what nonsense are you talking about? They can surrender, why can't I surrender? In fact, I have been thinking about this problem these days. We in the Central Plains have abdicated since ancient times. Yao and Shun both abdicated, but they are human beings.
I can also abdicate to the sage who is praised by everyone! The Emperor Datong of Daliang is Yingwu Shengming. If I abdicate the throne of the Central Plains to him, it does not count as surrender? Do you think so?"
Zhao Ding frowned, and he suddenly felt extremely disappointed in his heart!
Song Qinzong said again: "I didn't want to be this emperor in the first place. It was my father who forced me to become this emperor! Zhao Aiqing, you should go out of the city now to have peace talks with Liangshan again and tell them that I am willing to abdicate the throne to Emperor Datong! I
Write the imperial edict now, Guo, you take all these to the Liangshan Army!"
"This..." Zhao Ding stayed there.
"What? Are you unwilling? If you are unwilling, I will have to let others go!" Song Qinzong said coldly.
"I am willing!" Zhao Ding sighed deeply.
That night when Zhao Ding returned to his mansion, he rolled over and couldn't sleep.
He was thinking about the affairs of the Song Dynasty and Liangshan, compared with Liangshan of the Song Dynasty! He had studied the policies of Liangshan many times and admired them very much.
"Husband, why haven't you fallen asleep yet?" Zhao Ding's wife Hu suddenly asked.
"I'm thinking about my brother-in-law!" Zhao Ding said with a bitter smile.
"Ah? The leader of the Liangshan bandits?" Hu said in a loss of voice.
"My brother-in-law is a talented man and a hero! The policies he implemented have integrated the military and civilians of the north, making them extremely powerful, far superior to our Song Dynasty! The land policy he implemented has benefited the people at the bottom, and the people at the bottom support him! No wonder he
To be able to gain the country..." Zhao Ding sighed.
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In the early morning of the next day, Wu Dong finally led everyone from Hebei to Bianliang City. In Han Shizhong's military camp, he saw Wu Min, Yang Shi and others.
"Mr. Yang, do we meet again?" Wu Dong looked at Yang and said with a smile.
"Humph, traitor!" Yang Shi said coldly.
"I heard that you want to have peace talks with us in Daliang? Is this possible?" Wu Dong said.
"Not bad!" Wu Min nodded.
"I already know your conditions! But I can tell you clearly that it is impossible for me to agree to these conditions!" Wu Dong smiled lightly.
"Why?" Wu Min asked hurriedly.
"Do you know that in two months, we have captured the two Huaihe Rivers, our Eighth Army has entered the northwest, and our navy has entered the Yangtze River and occupied Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Jiangning and other important places in the south of the Yangtze River! Now we have
We have captured half of the territory of the Song Dynasty, and the other half is about to be recovered by us, so why should we negotiate peace with you now?" Wu Dong said.
"This..." Wu Min stayed there. He did not expect that Liangshan's military front was so powerful. When they came for peace talks, Liangshan only occupied Hebei, Shandong and other places, but now it even connected Huaihe, Jiangnan, and Northwest.
They are almost under Liangshan's control! It has only been so long, but Liangshan's military strength is too strong!
"Rebel, you just gained power temporarily, you can't possibly dominate the whole world!" Yang Shi snorted coldly.
"Oh? According to Mr. Yang's idea, only by implementing the Hua Shi Gang and killing the people in the world can we take over the world? But is this the truth?" Wu Dong said.
"This..." Yang Shi was stunned.
"I have just ordered that Liangshan completely abolish the Huashi Gang and no longer use the power of the world to build a new palace! From today on, I, Liangshan, abolish all corvee and reduce taxes on farmers and merchants! All taxes on farmers and merchants have been reduced to 10%, you guys
What do you think?" Wu Dong said.
Yang Shi and Wu Min were speechless! Although they thought Wu Dong was a traitor, they had to admit that Liangshan's policies were far better than those of the Song Dynasty and were beneficial to the people.
"Abolish corvee? How is this possible? Corvee has existed in the Central Plains since ancient times and cannot be abolished! In the future, what will the government do if it needs to build roads and houses?" Wu Min shook his head.
"If the government needs labor from now on, it can hire ordinary people! The people will work and the government will pay for it!" Wu Dong said calmly.
"Traitor, what you said is just to deceive people. You can't really implement these policies!" Yang Shi suddenly cursed angrily.
"We Liangshan have conquered countless territories in the north, and now there are countless wastelands! We have told the people of the Central Plains that as long as they are willing to go to the north to open up wasteland, as long as they work for a certain number of years, those lands will be theirs! The people of the Central Plains are happy and excited,
You are so welcome to Liangshan!" Wu Dong said.
"Traitor... you will be infamy for thousands of years!" Yang Shi ignored what Wu Dong said and just cursed.
Wu Dong didn't bother to pay attention to such a rotten scholar who could only mess around.
"We have now wiped out all of your King Qin's troops, and the remaining King Qin's troops don't dare to come again! Tomorrow, we will truly conquer Bianliang!" Wu Dong said again.
Just as Wu Dong was talking, Han Shizhong suddenly walked in and said: "Your Majesty, someone else came out of Bianliang City and wanted to negotiate peace with us! This person is Zhao Ding!"