Chapter 650: Battle in South Vietnam
On the second day after capturing the city of Doma, Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, Ba Fenghan, Yin Xianhe, Xu Xingzhi and Wang Xuanshu led 50,000 troops, followed [Destroy Qi Er] and set off in a small way, preparing to attack Luoshe City.
Tubo has a high terrain, and the paths are mostly cliffs and continuous mountains. Some soldiers have poor physical condition and have already developed altitude sickness. The 50,000 soldiers led by Kou Zhong and the six men are all good physical condition. Otherwise, if they don’t need to go to Lusie City, a group of soldiers will die due to altitude sickness.
As for Li Xiuning, after waiting for three days, the 10,000 people sent by the prefect of Lanzhou Prefecture finally arrived. After delivering more than 70,000 surrendered soldiers in the city of Doma, Li Xiuning led a 50,000 army to continue moving forward. As for the more than 70,000 Tubo soldiers, there will naturally be someone to deal with, so she doesn't have to worry about it.
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On September 30, the first year of Wude, after five days of march, Song Que led an army of 30,000 to Liangzhou. As for the other 20,000 troops, Song Que was sailing by the Song family and heading to Nanyue and other countries by sea.
Liangzhou is one of the independent cities in South Vietnam, with a population of only tens of thousands and only tens of thousands of soldiers.
Since ancient times, countries such as Nanyue have been independent forces, and the same is true for Liangzhou. Because the people in Nanyue and other places are arrogant and ignorant, it makes sense to be called the Southern Barbarians. In addition, the land of Nanyue is too barren and backward, and no dynasty in history is willing to waste money and manpower on it. Until the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Gongyun, the founder of Li Dynasty in Vietnam, continued to raise troops to go north to erode the territory of the Song Dynasty, and took over the territory of the Song Dynasty, and married his daughter to Jia Chenggui, the leader of the local chief Jiadong. He was named the governor of Liangzhou. In the second year of Tiancheng (1029), Li Taizong married Princess Pingyang to Chenggui's son Jia Shaotai as his wife, and Liangzhou became the territory of Vietnam until now.
However, now that King Song Que of Zhennan has started his journey to unify South Vietnam, Liangzhou may have belonged to China from now on.
"Father...well, report to the head coach, Liangzhou Wang Jiafeimao invited the head coach to the city to discuss the surrender."
Song Shidao originally wanted to call him "father", but after being glared at by Song Que, he immediately changed his words.
Song Que was helpless about Song Shidao's virtues of civil and military affairs. Song Que was quite helpless. Song Shidao's personality tended to be plain. He liked to travel around and learn about literature and ink. It was precisely based on this point, coupled with the great talent of the Li family father and son, that Song Que had the idea of fighting for the world.
Liangzhou was originally a land without a border. It was occupied by the native of South Vietnam, Jia Feimao. The title of Liangzhou King was naturally his own name. A city with only tens of thousands of people. He dared to claim himself as king, and Song Que sneered.
"Hey, Xiao Xiaoliangzhou dares to call himself the king. When he heard that the boss... the army of commanders arrived, he was just burping immediately."
Song Lu still acted carelessly, but Song Que and Song Zhi understood that this was just a superficial phenomenon of Song Lu, which made people think that he was a guy with developed limbs and simple minds. After being cheated, he realized that this girl's appearance was disguised.
"Second brother, lead the army outside to wait, come for you when you go."
After Song Que gave orders to Song Zhi on the side, he led Song Shidao, Song Lu, and more than a dozen personal guards into Liangzhou City.
"The King of Zhennan came to Liangzhou City, which made Mr. Jia extremely honored."
Song Que and others entered the Liangzhou City Lord's Mansion, and a middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes and a sallow complexion came to everyone. Of course, the middle-aged man's face was not because of illness, but because of the people in Nanyue. It was probably because of the geographical advantage, climate and other reasons.
"Song is also honored to receive it personally by the King of Liangzhou."
Song Que bowed to the visitor, but said politely. From Song Que's words, it can be seen that the visitor was Jia Feimao, who called himself the King of Liangzhou.
"I dare not take it, I dare not take it!" Jia Feimao bowed and bowed, with a very flattering tone. "There will be no King Jia, Liangzhou, after today. Jia will take care of the King of Zhennan in the future. Jia has ordered his subordinates to hold a banquet to welcome the King of Zhennan. After he has enough food and drink, he will discuss the surrender with the King of Zhennan and invite him to the King of Zhennan."
Jia Feimao welcomed Song Que and his group into the mansion with great humility. When he lowered his head, a flash of light flashed through his eyes.
At the command of Gerfimao, the dishes with all colors, fragrance and flavor were quickly put on the banquet.
"The King of Zhennan came to Liangzhou, and Mr. Jia will do it first!"
Jia Feimao picked up the porcelain bowl on the table, poured a large bowl of wine into his mouth. The countries in South Vietnam were not as rich as the Central Plains, and most places only barely maintained food and clothing. There was no spare money to make luxury items such as exquisite jade cups.
After three rounds of drinking, everyone was blushing, even Song Shidao.
"King Zhennan, Mr. Jia has something unknown, so please ask King Zhennan to solve his doubts." Jia Feimao held a porcelain bowl and a large bowl of wine in his stomach, and looked at Song Que with confusion.
"If you have any questions, please ask me. If Song knows, he will definitely give the King of Liangzhou an answer."
Song Que's face was dull, making people unable to see what he was thinking at the moment.
"It's so hard for King Zhennan." Jia Feimao bowed his fists to Song Que, and asked with a puzzled look: "Rangzhou is located in the wilderness, and the people are arrogant and rude and do not know etiquette, so there is no point in getting what you want. Why did King Zhennan send troops here?"
"It is precisely because Liangzhou is located in a wilderness and the people are arrogant and ignorant. In order to let the people of Liangzhou live a prosperous life, everyone knows the ways of Confucius and Mencius, so Song and his benevolent and righteous army spread our Tang civilization to Liangzhou. The Tang emperor has worked hard, thanks to the King of Liangzhou who can understand and save the people of Liangzhou from the disaster of war. Song has served as a cup of Liangzhou for the people of Liangzhou."
As he said that, Song Que took the initiative to pick up the porcelain bowl on the table and greeted Jia Feimao for the first time.
"Haha, King Zhennan has become too famous. Jia is a famous person. He respects the name of King Zhennan and surrenders to King Zhennan. Then he surrenders to King Zhennan." Jia Feimao had a smile on his face, but when he saw his eyes rolling, he seemed to say carelessly: "The reputation of King Zhennan and other countries in Nanyue are all known, and everyone knows why King Zhennan is beleaguered by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty? King Zhennan waves his arm, and all countries in Nanyue will definitely respond. At that time, King Zhennan can proclaim himself emperor. Confront the Tang Empire across the river, without looking at people's faces, wouldn't it be great?"
"Bang!" Song Lu slapped the table, widened his eyes, stared at Jia Feimao and cursed: "Don't let your mother gossip! My elder brother has been reading Confucius and Mencius since he was a child. How could he be the kind of unfaithful person you said? You are just a small city with only more than ten thousand soldiers. Since you dare to say such a ruthless saying, you are simply seeking death!"
Song Lu cursed at the slightest bit, but Song Que was drinking without any reaction.
"San Master Song, King Zhennan, didn't even say anything, why are you anxious?" Jia Feimao was happy when he saw Song Que's reaction, and mocked Song Lu. He continued to tempt: "Does King Zhennan have any other concerns? Although the Tang Empire is strong, the countries in Nanyue are not afraid of him. Moreover, if the Tang Dynasty wants to send troops, we only need to station 100,000 elite soldiers on the south bank of the Yangtze River. At that time, he will have millions of lions in the Tang Dynasty, and then he will have nothing to do. At that time, King Zhennan will be the emperor. We will be the king. We will be the king, and each of us will get what we need, so why not do it? What does King Zhennan think?"
"The King of Liangzhou was probably prepared for a long time. Since that's the case, why did he tell Song to surrender to the Tang Dynasty? Do you think Song is so fooling?"
Song Que glanced at Jia Feimao lightly, the latter was frightened. However, thinking about his preparations, he calmed down a little.
"Since King Zhennan said that, then A said it straight!"
Jia Feimao closed his sleeves, grew up from the table, and said loudly: "Everyone understands, it is impossible to hand over the right he gets for nothing. He would definitely be fools who would do that. Although Liangzhou is small, it is full of all organs. Jia proclaims himself as king, and he is happy to be at ease. No one would agree to it. Just say that Zhennan King has surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, but the throne of Zhennan King remains unchanged. Otherwise, Zhennan King would probably not agree. Jia is the King of Liangzhou, and there are many bosses on his head inexplicably, but he also feels uncomfortable. Because he respects the reputation of Zhennan King, Jia is willing to join forces with the countries of Nanyue to elect Zhennan King as emperor. Jia is still the King of Liangzhou. You and I will not invade each other. Zhennan King thinks it is feasible!"
"The proposal is good. After the early years, Song agreed. Now Song is dull and doesn't have much thought. If the King of Yuezhou is unwilling to surrender, you and I will have to meet each other."
Song Que put down the porcelain bowl and stood up, looking at Jia Feimao and said calmly.
“Since that’s the case…”
Jia Feimao looked at Song Que's words and suddenly smashed the porcelain bowl in his hand to the ground. With a "bang", the porcelain bowl split into pieces. Then he saw countless soldiers outside the mansion holding guns and spears, surrounding the entire mansion courtyard. On the outside, there were a circle of archers who had already taken a bow and arrow. In this case, Song Que and others were in danger.
"What does the King of Liangzhou mean?"
Song Que's expression remained unchanged. He glanced at Jia Feimao and said in a plain tone.
"The King of Zhennan is extremely powerful, and Mr. Jia cares about his wealth and life, so he can only make this worst decision. If Mr. Zhennan agrees with Mr. Jia's proposal, the previous words will still be valid. Mr. Jia will join forces with the countries of South Vietnam to recommend Mr. Zhennan as the emperor. If Mr. Zhennan refuses, Mr. Jia will have to offend him."
Jia Feimao looked solemn. Song Que [Tian Dao] was famous, how could he not be afraid? Now he forced Song Que to agree with his proposal, and because of Song Que's reputation, he was not afraid of him repent. If he disagreed, Jia Feimao would have to kill him, otherwise a master-level master would not sleep well above his head.
"When the King of Liangzhou knows Song's strength, he thinks that these people can resist Song?"
"A naturally knew that, so in the wine, A added some seasonings, whether to live or die, it was just a matter of thought of Zhennan King."
Facing Song Que's words, Jia Feimao was not worried at all. He had been tampering with fine wine, but today Song Que could not fly even if he had wings.
"Well, since the king of the state is stubborn, it is not a pity that Song is merciless!"
Song Que didn't care at all about what Jia Feimao said. In Jia Feimao's surprised eyes, a sip of wine spurted out of his mouth.
"Song has long been disdainful of some tricks."
After saying that, Song Que reached out to touch the treasure sword that had been following him for many years. In Jia Feimao's inexplicable eyes, he slowly pulled out the treasure sword, and saw the sword light flash by. Jia Feimao, who was standing in the center, suddenly pinched his neck, and a little bit of red blood flowed down from his fingers.
"I'm not willing..."
"thump!"
Before the last word "heart" was settled, the man had already fallen face to the sky. The situation that had been arranged for a long time was so vulnerable to Song Que's absolute strength, how could Jia Feimao be willing to do it? Unfortunately, even if he was unwilling to give up, he could only be crushed in front of the wheel of history.
"Put down the weapon in your hand, otherwise, don't blame Song for being ruthless in his hand!"
"Put down your weapons and surrender, otherwise you will be killed without any hesitation!"
"Put down your weapons and surrender, otherwise you will be killed without any hesitation!"
More than a dozen Song Que's personal guards shouted loudly. The soldiers were originally frightened by Song Que's reputation. At this moment, when Jia Feimao fell down, he did not dare to take action. After hearing Song Que's words, they all honestly threw away the weapons in their hands and squatted aside with their heads in their arms.
Song Que has been old for many years. How could he be so easily caught? He had already given instructions before entering the city. So no one swallowed the wine into his stomach, all of which were stuck in his throat. When Song Que took action, he vomited it out long ago. Jia Feimao, a guy who had never read many strategies, actually wanted to make plans in front of Song Que. He really didn't know how to live or die.
"The second brother is ordered to lead his troops into the city!"
The next day, all the men in Jiafeimao's family were killed, and the women were sold to others as servants. Just killing the person who took the lead, the Liangzhou City surrendered. It can be seen how famous [Sky Dao] has reached.
"I am the commander to pass on the orders of the commander, and the army will continue to move forward tomorrow and send troops to Fengzhou!"
On the third day, Song Que led an army of 30,000 from Liangzhou. After two days of trekking, he crossed the south across the intersection of Honghe and Xidao River to Fengzhou.
However, he found that no one resisted Fengzhou. After entering the city to inquire, he found out that the Jia family, which originally occupied Fengzhou, had already collected money and led his family to Jiaozhou after hearing that Song Que sent troops to Fengzhou. The city wall of Fengzhou was only three meters high and was extremely easy to break. The Jia family knew that they could not resist Song Que, so they abandoned the city.
Subsequently, the Jia family united the Li family in Jiaozhou, the Tuo family in Aizhou, the Tan family in Jizhou, the Cha family in Daozhou, and the 18 states in Nanyue, gathered 300,000 troops to fight against Song Que.
Song Que had only 30,000 soldiers, but Nanyue gathered 300,000 soldiers to resist, once again proving Song Que's reputation.
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, the Nanyue Kingdom was pacified, and the states were established in Jiaozhi, the country of Nanyue Kingdom, with a total of nine counties and eighteen states. In the early Eastern Han Dynasty, Jiaozhi was changed to Jiaozhi, and the capital was built as a dragon. Later, Jiaozhou continued to rebel and surrender during the Three Kingdoms, Two Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties. The original territory of the eighteen states gradually narrowed. By the time of the former Sui Dynasty, there was only one state left in Jiaozhou, and the remaining seventeen states were independent.
Therefore, after hundreds of years of construction, Jiaozhou City is now high and thick, just like the city of Doma in Tubo. It is difficult to capture Song Que’s 300,000 troops. Even if ten soldiers are replaced by Song Que’s one soldier, it is enough! It can be seen that this battle in Jiaozhou is extremely difficult. Of course, if Song Que wins, all the forces of the eighteen states will be destroyed and the Nanyue will be pacified in one fell swoop. As the saying goes, there are disadvantages and advantages, it depends on Song Que’s methods!
Subsequently, Song Que's army was stationed outside Jiaozhou City, forcing the 300,000 troops in the city to dare not move, and Song Que's name was enough to be recorded in history.
Song Que did nothing, but don’t forget that Song Que still had 20,000 troops set out from the sea, but now it came in handy.
Aizhou, Jizhou, Nanhaizhou, Cangwuzhou, Yulinzhou, Hepuzhou, Jiuzhenzhou, Rinanzhou, Zhuyazhou, and Danerzhou, a total of ten states were near the seaside. All the ten states and fifteen forces were concentrated in Jiaozhou, but their families and some small families were still in the local area and were not taken away at all. Then, all the slaves of the ten states and fifteen forces fell into the hands of Song Que's 20,000 troops.
The next step is very simple. Song Que directly passed the news into Jiaozhou City. Then Song Que didn't have to do anything, just wait for the result.
"Now Song Que has arrested our family, what should we do?"
In the hall of Jiaozhou Prefecture, a middle-aged man with bead chains hanging on his neck and fluffy hair like a bird's nest was full of anxiety.
"Yes, my little family is under Song Que's hands. If I don't surrender, I'm afraid my life will be lost!"
Another middle-aged man with dry and wrinkled skin and dark skin was also anxious.
"I ask the head of the family, there is no need to worry about this. Song Que is also from a Han Chinese. They claim to be benevolent and righteous, and will never touch your family."
Above the main position in the center, a refined middle-aged man comforted everyone slowly.
The two people who spoke before were Tola, the head of the Tuo family in Aizhou, and the head of the Tandan family in Jizhou. The man in the middle was Li Daiquan, the head of the Li family in Jiaozhou.
"I have reported to the King of Jiaozhou that the Han army has something to send into the city, and I told us that we must let the kings watch it."
Just as the twenty-six forces were discussing endlessly, a soldier ran into the palace with an exquisite wooden box. Li Daiquan, who was above the main position, had a glimmer of light in his eyes, as if he had understood something.
The twenty-six forces in these eighteen states are their own kings, and some states have two forces in one state to rule the rule. This is why the twenty-six forces in the eighteen states emerged.
"Open it quickly and see what's in it!"
Seeing that Song Que had something to deliver, everyone was anxious and shouted to open the wooden box. So, after obtaining Li Daiquan's consent, the soldiers slowly opened the wooden box.
"Ah, this is..."
"There is still a piece of paper inside, let's see what it says!"
"Song respects you, a small little gift is not respectful. From tomorrow onwards, Song will not offer a thumb, but a big and good head. Another day, Song will offer two heads, and then four heads until all the kings' families are killed. Where can I go, I believe that all the kings can make wise choices."
It turned out that the wooden box contained a thumb of these young prisoners. Moreover, Song Que's words were very clear. If he didn't surrender, he would kill someone.
"King of Jiaozhou, I think we should surrender. Isn't it just to go to Chang'an to be an idle official, which is not bad!"
"Yes, yes! The treatment of Han people is not bad, it is much better than that of us who are in danger."
"It's better to drop!"
Those families whose families were captured were yelling to surrender to Song Que. Some of the other eleven families also showed signs of inspiration. After all, Song Que's reputation was too high, which made them frightened. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!