The flotilla entered the Furagawa River.!

Sure enough, unlike the Song Dynasty, there were no decent polders on both sides of the riverbank, but dense and tall trees, and many trees grew in the river after the spring water had risen. However, it had little impact on the Song fleet, and the lower reaches of the Fuliang River were very wide, and the spring water was huge enough for the large ships of the Song Dynasty to sail smoothly to Thang Long City, or even upstream.

After Zheng Lang left Qinjiang Port with his soldiers, he did not march directly to Fuliangjiang, but transferred to Qiongzhou.

This is all due to a change in plans.

To attack Thang Long City, not only to bring troops, fleets, but also to bring a cavalry, Thang Long City and Hua Lu City are both in the Red River Delta, in Thang Long City to the area of Beijing Port, along the Fuliang River, mostly plain areas, mature development.

Therefore, Zheng Lang brought 2,000 cavalry over.

There was only one place in Liangguang where there was cavalry, and Guo Kui's subordinates, after withdrawing from the self-determined pass, retreated to Zhennan Pass, and slowly transported the 2,000 cavalry back to Yongzhou without showing their horses and feet through the form of changing guards. Then secretly got on the ship from Yongzhou, anyway, when the war came, all kinds of materials came along the water, and the ships came and went, and it was not easy to notice. Then he transferred to Guangzhou, made a big circle from Guangzhou, and got on a sea ship. Forced to be helpless, Jiaozhi intelligence work is well developed, and if you are not careful, the whole plan will fail.

In Qiongzhou, there were some militiamen who had to wait for the cavalry to arrive, and there were also some militiamen who had been temporarily recruited from Guangzhou to go to Thang Long City as logistics men and porters.

Many supplies, including weapons, siege equipment, and even various medicines, mosquito coils, mosquito nets, why did Jiaozhi not think that the Song Dynasty would counterattack Thang Long City, or launch an attack in March. There is an important reason for the weather.

The weather is hot, and the war continues to this day, not because the weather is hot, but because the weather is officially hot. After entering the Fuliang River, mosquitoes are more dense and are most susceptible to various diseases. Zheng Lang in order to control the infection and spread of the disease. The preparation is extremely meticulous. Drugs don't count, mosquito repellent doesn't count, and even military doctors deliberately make masks. Prevent infection. It was impossible to eradicate the disease, but the infection rate among the soldiers was reduced.

These meticulous preparations take time.

In order not to attract the attention of the cochin people. The concentration of materials in Qiongzhou is also not interested in Hainan Island and Jiaozhi. Forced by the danger of Anyuan City, Zheng Lang released this hidden army in advance. But he couldn't leave immediately, returned to Qiongzhou, stayed in Qiongzhou for two days, and on the third day, the wind was strong, Zheng Lang did not dare to sail, but the typhoon season in Beibu Gulf was mostly in summer and autumn, and the impact was not great. It was only on the fourth day that the preparations were completed. Following the warm easterly wind, the fleet quickly entered the Fura River.

The Jiaozhi people did not expect that in the capital of Dongjing Port, they would not have time to set up an ambush, and the Song army had already sailed into the Fuliang River. He also used all kinds of small boats to capture all kinds of fishing boats anchored in Dongjing Port, and let the soldiers go ashore. All the poor hundreds of soldiers in the barracks were killed. A few of the soldiers fled, but did not pursue. If you don't move, you have to move quickly.

The fleet continued to travel upstream.

In this line, there were more than 40 large ships of more than 500 stones, more than 80 medium-sized ships between 100 and 500 stones, and more than 100 ships between 50 and 100 stones. There are also nearly two hundred small boats of various kinds.

There were only 20,000 soldiers, and there were more than 6,000 barbarian militia in the middle, otherwise there were even fewer, and it was enough to deal with the empty Jiaozhi. There were also nearly 6,000 people, more than 2,000 war horses, and all kinds of materials and equipment.

It is not as large as the naval army of the Song Dynasty when it eliminated the Southern Tang Dynasty, and 100,000 naval troops were used that time. But it is also the largest naval army since the destruction of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and it crossed the sea, although this sea is along the coastline, it can be said to have created the history of the Song Dynasty naval army.

In fact, it was not a sailor, and many soldiers began to get seasick after getting on the boat. The main thing is to use ships to airdrop the army directly to the core area of the country in Jiaozhi.

Zhou Xin was also a little seasick.

Zheng Lang and Zhang Kang are a little better.

When he arrived at the inland river, the wind and waves were less bumpy, and Zhou Xin behaved normally.

Sitting down and starting to discuss business, Zhou Xin said: "Zheng Xianggong, why don't you include Jiaozhi in the territory of our dynasty?" ”

It is normal to think that in the minds of the ministers of the Song Dynasty, North Vietnam has always been the territory of China since ancient times, and it is closer than Dali and Western Xia. The Song Dynasty said great unification, but North Vietnam and the sixteen states of Youyun were not recovered, and no one had the face to say great unification. As for Dali, what does that place with high mountains and far rivers want it to do? It is better to operate Longyou (referring to the southeast of Qinghai to the Gansu corridor). In the past, I was trapped in the north, and the south had to turn a blind eye, but now that I have the opportunity, it would be a pity not to take it back.

Zheng Lang shook his head: "If you want to operate, you can't take it away, where does this bereavement come from?" ”

"...... to the imperial court" and then plunder, what can a small Jiaozhi capture?

Zheng Lang still shook his head and said: "Not only can you not plunder, if you want to operate, you must use all kinds of pacification measures, if you have been separated for too long, the people of Jiaozhi are hateful, and they may not be convinced. With the current national strength of our dynasty, the two Guangxi are the limit, and it is not simple to open up the territory and expand the territory, where is the big island in the East China Sea, and I don't know how many times the area of our dynasty, why have I not been divided into the territory of the Song Dynasty? In the past, you were worried that if a large area of people went south, the center of gravity of our dynasty would shift southward with it, and Gyeonggi would be weak and not conducive to rule. I'm already having a headache with this. If you re-operate Jiaozhi, the cost is huge, and you may not be able to get the credit, and if you get the merit, you will become a big tail. Zizhen, aren't you worried? ”

Zhou Xin was speechless.

In fact, Zheng Lang hated this white-eyed wolf country and the white-eyed wolf people.

More or less with the marks of a past life.

And the fact is also difficult to control, although the Ming Dynasty occupied Jiaozhi, but also because of the distance, the weather is hot, and finally abandoned here. Therefore, Zheng Lang did not want to regain possession of North Vietnam. It only occupies the northern highlands, controls the most favorable geographical advantages in the hands of the Song Dynasty, and uses some strategies to make Jiaozhi weak, and there is no harm in the south, and it is satisfied.

The fact that the troops, finances, and popular support did not allow him to recover North Vietnam immediately.

Now want to occupy North Vietnam, two ways. The first is to support a puppet, but the sky is high and the emperor is far away, the puppet is not popular with the people, and North Vietnam cannot be peaceful, and if it wins the hearts of the people, it will continue to be ambitious, which is equivalent to the Song Dynasty living in vain, but let this puppet benefit, just like the Tang Dynasty ran Nanzhao at the beginning. The second one is retracted for a straight pipe. Within ten years, the direct administration must be pacified, and at least 10,000 troops must be stationed. Not to mention all kinds of wars, just the disease, there will be many soldiers who die here. But there are still Meishan Barbarians in China, as well as Kuixia Man, as well as Western Xia and Khitan, and Western Xia and Khitan will definitely drag the hind legs of the Song Dynasty. It was not worth it for the Song Dynasty to devote energy to Jiaozhi.

The common people did not have much good impression of the Song Dynasty, and if they said that they had a good impression, they would have regarded the Song Dynasty as a sheep, and it was not easy to govern.

This has to wait until after the war, and all kinds of shortcomings will be written down and presented to the Ming court.

Then he said: "Zizhen, I have a few things to confess, after this war." I must ask the imperial court to transfer me to Jinghu South Road. The matter of reward and mercy will be left to you and Cheng Shimeng. Fortunately, the Jiaozhi army has been trapped on the front line south of Taipingzhai, and not many people have been slaughtered by the Jiaozhi people. Although the barbarians, most of these barbarians are independent and self-reliant, and they are not very loyal to our dynasty. They don't care what happens to them. This time, it also made them realize clearly where to go in the future. However, it will be divided into several areas. Many civilians and soldiers died in the defensive battle, and I estimate that there will be no less. Some of them had only one son in the family, and they also died in the battle, so the pension should not be generous, and at the same time, they asked the court to exempt them from taxes for ten or twenty years. Give his family a lease of life. Then there is the Taipingzhai to Zhennanguan area, with our army to fight, meritorious service will be rewarded, if the battle is rich, a little subsidy will be given to some of the families who were killed, but to be treated differently, to see whether they were loyal to the court in the past. From the south of Zhennan Pass, it is best for the imperial court not to enter for the time being, and there is a lot of trouble when entering. The main strategy is to build roads, use the major customs as mutual markets, and strengthen communication. Water conservancy is not allowed to be repaired, no immigration is allowed, and it can be done, but it is not until three or two years have passed, and other areas have stabilized, that we can slowly replace the blocks with points and develop them with the blocks. Even after three or two years, they must ask for it before they can resettle, and the immigrants must also be concentrated so that they have a certain ability to protect themselves before they can be resettled. ”

Zhou Xin silently wrote it down and did not speak.

There are things that can't be said.

After this battle, there will be more controversy and more achievements.

The controversy is that the imperial court has not heard any rumors beforehand, although Zheng Lang said that it was a self-defense counterattack, but smart people can still have doubts.

If Zheng Lang himself is rewarded after he enters, he will double the hearts of the people. Let Zhou Xin, Cheng Shimeng and others arrange bereavement rewards, which will make the imperial court gather the hearts of the people.

Zheng Lang didn't want to rebel, so why did he need to continue to win the hearts of the people in Liangguang? Doesn't Zheng Lang feel that his prestige is too high?

You can only go to Jinghu South Road, which is the practice of smart people.

Zheng Lang brought another map and said: "Moreover, through the form of commercial trade, we can carry out some covert support for Ailao Man, Niu Roar Man, and Zhancheng, and after the war, I will release some prisoners of war in these two places to go back, and even moderately support some standard weapons to make them strong." But it is important to remember that it is a hundred flowers blooming, not a single branch, so as not to harm the Southern Zhao. The same is true of Yongzhou, in this battle, there are tribes who participated in the invasion of Jiaozhi, and there are tribes that were harmed by Jiaozhi, so I will take the opportunity to subdivide the Yongzhou Prefecture again, and divide it into nearly 100 prefectures and counties, so as to weaken it and facilitate management. ”

The Tang Dynasty supported Nanzhao, the Song Dynasty supported the Nong family, and wanted to learn from Zhuge Liang's practice of supporting Meng Shu and unified management. It's all good at first, but then it brings sequelae. Although the division and rule will produce local chaos, because the division will not produce a unified and powerful local force, Zheng Lang forcibly corrected the previous wrong practice.

Cochin was only in the Red River Delta region when it expanded.

Because the Song Dynasty did not attach importance to the south, it gradually advanced to the north and also to the west. Even if it is a village and a village, it will not be spared.

Niu Hao Man is located at the junction of Cochin and Dali (the junction of Son Lo Province, Lai Chau Province of Vietnam to the border of Laos), which is the land of the local Dai tribes, and Cochin is called Niu Roar Country. Since Li Dezheng, he has vigorously crusaded against the country of Niu Roar, and constantly plundered people, cattle, horses, and elephants to bring back dragons. However, under the resistance of the Dai people (Tai people), they gave in partially, but not all of them surrendered to Jiaozhi.

In the upper reaches of the Majiang, Zhu and Lan rivers in the western part of Jiaozhi (in the western part of present-day Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces) were the Lao (Laotian) tribes, and Jiaozhi called them Ailao Man. The Song Dynasty looked down on Jiaozhi and called them barbarians. However, these two areas are more backward, and the Jiaozhi people call them Yi Di Zhu Man, the Yi people and Di people of North Vietnam. Since Li Dezheng, he has also launched a large-scale attack on Ailaoman.

If it was in the original, it would not work to hold these two barbarians.

But after this war, the country was in decline. If the Song Dynasty provided some support, it would be possible for these barbarians and the city to recover and grow. The number of heroes in the south will rise together, at least for 50 years. There is no threat to Liangguang.

When there is a threat, Liangguang also has the strength to resist again.

Either the Northern Song Dynasty will not get better, and let the Jurchens successfully invade. If the country is ruined, how can we talk about the south?

Zhou Xin wrote it down carefully.

Zheng Lang said again: "After this battle, I will write a letter asking the imperial court to leave you with Cheng and Yuan, Tian An. You are all rare good officials in the Song Dynasty, for the sake of the court, you have suffered a little and stayed in Liangguang for a few more years. After the two Guangzhous are stabilized, the four of you will have made miraculous achievements. Otherwise there will be a little turmoil. The 70 million yuan invested by Liangguang may have been wasted. ”

As night gradually came, Zhou Xin nodded heavily.

I have entered the Fuliang River for dozens of miles, but I have not encountered any decent resistance. Probably this battle will be successful.

Although this battle has brought serious trauma to Liangguang, as long as the care is generous, this major trouble will be removed. Maybe after the autumn, there will be people who will move to the south, and with the great development of the two Guangzhous, they will no longer be the two Guangzhous before. If you really want to change some bad officials, it will bring heavy consequences to the south.

Zheng Lang praised himself as a good official, although he was a little embarrassed, he could ask himself. I'm doing a good job.

The flotilla continued to sail forward, and suddenly a small patrol boat on the side brought up a few people, saw Zheng Lang, and bowed down to report: "There are people in Jiaozhi in front of them who are digging dark piles in the river. ”

This was a good strategy, and Jiaozhi used it to defeat the Later Han army in the past.

Zheng Lang moved up many times this time, and hidden piles were drilled on the river surface of the left and right rivers, so that Jiaozhi could not launch a threatening attack on Yongzhou from the waterway.

"You've worked hard, go down and rest." Zheng Lang said with a pleasant face.

In this battle, there were too many scouts sacrificed by the special service battalion.

Zheng Lang has long been prepared for this.

Although the dark pile is being laid, the Fuliang River that can be used at this time is not very suitable, the river is very deep, and the effect is poor. Although the flood season of the Phu Ra River has not yet really arrived, the depth of the river center downstream from Thang Long Fortress is also amazing.

And there isn't enough time.

If you want to make the Song Dynasty fleet sail, you can't succeed in preparing for more than ten days. And many people in the prime of life joined the army and went to Yongzhou.

Zheng Lang also has some arrangements.

The order was given, and the boats quickly left the fleet and moved forward.

While fighting back against the Jiaozhi boats patrolling the river, while searching for these hidden piles, there is no one in the center of the river, but the Jiaozhi people have laid some hidden piles on the riverside as they wish, and some shallow areas of the river have also pierced sparse wooden piles.

Encountering the stake, the two ships dropped anchor in front of the stake and took out a tool, an iron cylinder several meters high, but not a whole, divided in half, with an almost large screw device in it, and a spiral pattern on the outside of the tube. In fact, it is a screw, but with the current casting process of the Song Dynasty, it will be very troublesome to make.

Send the water ghost to dive down, screw this iron cylinder on the dark pile, and take an iron cylinder about 30 centimeters high, which also has spiral patterns inside, a cross handle outside, and then fixed it on the two ships with a long wooden handle and rotated it.

How much bite force can a hastily planted dark pile have?

It spun out in a few clicks.

The stakes were placed on the boat, and the flotilla continued to move forward.

It was prepared for a long time.

Where is the example of the failure of the Later Han Dynasty, Zheng Lang used this trick again, didn't Zheng Lang prevent it? It depends on whether you pierce fast or if I dial fast.

Seeing that the dark pile lost its effect, the Jiaozhi people were anxious.

Seeing that the fleet was approaching Thang Long City, Cochin also used a fire attack strategy, and a large number of fishing boats were gathered, filled with flammable materials, and burned it downstream.

Zheng Lang ordered to prepare again.

A large amount of wood was put down on the boat, tied into a long wooden raft, anchored in the middle, and stabilized the wooden raft in the center of the river, and put one end on the shore. There were some soldiers standing on the wooden platoon, holding a long penny in their hands, and when they saw the fireboat coming, they pushed the fireboat south of the river, and the fireboat continued to flow downstream, and the fleet avoided it.

In fact, it doesn't matter if you don't avoid it, at this time, the Song army fleet is not connected, and attacking with fire will not work.

This trick burned nearly a hundred small boats in vain, and did not cause any damage to the Song army.

The cochins were helpless. A large number of small fishing boats were carrying civilians, and they wanted to harass the Song army and could not go west.

After paying a large number of casualties, the Song army arrived at Thang Long City a little later, but it also arrived at Thang Long City in the afternoon of the third day. Not far away, actually. But under the repeated harassment of the Cochins, the navigation became very slow.

The heroic resistance of the people of Jiaozhi gave the people of Jiaozhi some buffer time. At this time, Jiaozhi didn't care, Thang Long City was strong and tall, not Anyuan City. Not so easy to attack. Since the Song army has divided its troops to come, Liangguang is even more empty, and they still expect good things.

For more than two days, Jiaozhi prepared a big gift for the Song Dynasty.

At the north gate of Thang Long City, 5,000 soldiers from Cochin stood in a strict formation, including more than 200 elephants.

In terms of size, elephants are undoubtedly the largest animals on land, and if the elephant soldiers are allowed to kill in the middle of the battle and condescendingly collide, the consequences will be uncontrollable. But seeing the elephant, Zheng Lang was happy. The most feared thing in Cochin is to fight in the mountains or in the rainforest. It will be very unfavorable to the Song army, but I am not afraid of being in the plains, or this kind of elephant soldiers.

Whether the city used elephant soldiers to deal with Jiaozhi, or Jiaozhi used elephant soldiers to deal with the Central Plains, they all ended in defeat.

How to deal with the elephant soldiers has also been prepared.

The fleet is lined up. The soldiers disembarked from the warship.

The Jiaozhi army rushed in, and the remaining soldiers lined up the crossbows on the boat, threw them into the air, and pressed the Jiaozhi people to the death, and more and more Song troops landed on the shore. But only to grab a beachhead on the shore, there was no counterattack.

More and more Song troops eventually landed successfully. Including two thousand cavalry.

Zheng Lang then ordered the guards to blow the horn of attack.

The army slowly approached the Cochin army.

Jiaozhi led the army is the old captain Wu Shangding, seeing the Song army rushing in a neat formation, sighed, this expedition to Yongzhou, he is opposed, although the development of the two Guangxi seems to have an impact on Jiaozhi, through the prime minister's various things, including the Han household in the area north of the twelve villages, or prove that the prime minister also holds a restrained policy. Jiaozhi attacked the Song Dynasty, it is better to go south to occupy the city, and unify the city, and the strength will be stronger.

But no one listened, and this catastrophe was invited.

Although the Song Dynasty came from a long journey, it may not be easy to fight, so I suppressed my mood and ordered the elephant soldiers to attack. You can't retreat any longer, retreat again, those 2,000 cavalry are eyeing the rear, let them charge, and their 5,000 soldiers and horses will be defeated.

Hundreds of elephants rushed towards the Song army with their soldiers.

Zhang Kang Dale.

Let the soldiers prepare bows and arrows, and prepare some more things.

Just when the elephant was less than a hundred steps away from the Song army, dense arrows and crossbows flew over like raindrops, and then a large number of firecrackers crackled. Many of the elephants were frightened and in pain, so they turned around and ran. Even if some elephants rushed over, the Song army threw short spears or stabbed them with hook guns, causing the elephants to turn around and run in pain again.

The biggest drawback of the elephant soldier comes out, it is not a war horse, it is small in size, and the soldier is easy to control. Once an elephant is frightened, the elephant soldier cannot control the elephant at all.

Seeing hundreds of elephants turning around and rushing, the soldiers of Jiaozhi also turned around and fled, but they couldn't outrun the elephants. After a while, the elephant rushed over, and countless soldiers trampled to death. The Song army then rushed up, not very far from the city gate, but the Song Dynasty still had cavalry. Most of the Jiaozhi soldiers did not flee to the city gate before they were caught up again by the cavalry. The first battle became a one-sided slaughter. Guan Jian is Jiaozhi transferred the elite soldiers to the front line together, which is also the reason for the easy defeat.

Subsequently, the Song army divided into four roads and blocked the four gates of Thang Long City together.

In the afterglow of dusk, four large camps were set up.

Jiaozhi is still not nervous, Thang Long City is tall and strong, and the four city gates have set up urn cities, break through the outer city gates, enter the urn city, and there is a long passage that can shoot the Song army. There was a wide moat outside the city, and there was plenty of food and grass in the city. Unless the Song Dynasty sent an army of 100,000 to come, it would be extremely difficult to break through Thang Long City.

Therefore, although the people in the city were a little panicked, they were in good order, and the officials successfully recruited some people to go to the city to defend the city.

But the next day, the Song army did not attack, but divided half of its forces, re-boarded the boat, and traced the Dun River on the east side of Thang Long City to Hualu City, the second largest city in Jiaozhi, that is, the capital of the former Li Dynasty, and now Chang'an Mansion in Jiaozhi.

Li Dezheng led his ministers to watch from the city tower, and he was a little anxious.

Hearing that the Song army is coming, Gong guards the royal capital, and all the troops of the surrounding cities are drawn, and now Chang'an Mansion is an empty city, and the Song Dynasty army is going, how to defend?

This time it went well, and the fleet came to Hualu City safely. Before the siege of the city, the officials of the city fled with their families. In the evening, the Song army all entered the city. Start scooping.

The Song Dynasty also suffered heavy losses in this war, as well as post-war pensions and rewards, Zheng Lang did not intend to ask the imperial court for it, and did not want to operate Jiaozhi, so he adopted the same approach as Jiaozhi and plundered. It may not be copper money, the policy of Jiaozhi is quite similar to that of the Tang Dynasty, light business and heavy agriculture, copper coins have been issued, the number of copper coins is not large, there are products in Jiaozhi, valuable gold and silver, copper coins, agarwood, light incense, ripe incense, raw incense, real pearls, ivory, rhino horn, etc., and more than that, what is the looting, the people can scavenge to Liangguang as a disguised ministry, grain, cloth, timber, poultry and livestock, and other kinds, under the persecution of the Song army, the people in the city and the people brought to carry together, and then even people with materials together on the boat. Zhou Xin said that Jiaozhi doesn't have much wealth, if it is looted like this, will the wealth be less?

After a day and a night, the city really became nothing, the Song army withdrew again, turned around and turned to Jiaozhi Duhufu, that is, the original Tang Dynasty Jiaozhou governor, in the east of Thang Long City, not far away, because each other is horns, there are still some soldiers left behind.

Zhang Kang gathered the middle-aged people in the city and forced them to be cannon fodder. It is better than the practice of Jiaozhi, women and children are not cruelly treated, and even soldiers are strictly ordered to rape and other bad acts. You can make a small fortune when you are looting, and you should not be too unconcerned, but you must not commit adultery with women, and those who do not resist must not be wreaked havoc and slaughtered.

The Song army was also miserab.

Although Jiaozhou City resisted, the troops were too small, and under the frantic attack of the Song army, it was only half a day's work, and the city was lost again. It's another big plunder.

After this battle, Cochin basically returned to its original shape.

In front of the Thang Long monarchs, the people's supplies were put on the big ships, as well as various medium-sized and small ships, otherwise they could not be loaded. Then he went down the Fuliang River and returned to Qinzhou, and after the people and materials were brought down, he turned around again and entered Thang Long City.

Li Dezheng was shocked and angry at the city, but he didn't think about how many tribes were inhumanely exterminated under the expansion of the Li Dynasty.

But he saw a benefit, the cruelty of the Song Dynasty people, which made all the people in the city hate the same enemy, which was conducive to defending the city. Although tens of thousands of people were taken captive and were very wounded and painful, it was conducive to the heroic resistance of the people to the invasion of this Song army.

Zheng Lang is not in a hurry. The outside of Thang Long City was open, which was conducive to the Song army's battle. Most of the boats in Jiaozhi burned at the mouth of the Qinjiang River, and along the way, many small boats launched suicidal attacks, and there were not many ships left. The main army went to Yongzhou again, and this army was a behemoth in the territory of Jiaozhi.

He was waiting, waiting for the Qin Wang army of Jiaozhi.

In one fell swoop, the remaining army in the country of Cochin was crushed again, so that Cochin completely returned to the era of poverty and whiteness......)

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