Taiping Inn

Time entered the fourteenth year of Tianbao, Qin Su was thirty-one years old, and entered the realm of heavenly beings. However, because Qin Su did not walk in the martial arts world, few people knew about it. During this period, Song Zheng tried to send someone to assassinate Qin Su, but because Qin Su was protected by the "Yin Yang Fairy Clothes", not only was Qin Su unscathed, but Song Zheng lost a Right Venerable.

The reason why Song Zheng did not come in person was that it was too dangerous. In this game of chess, Song Zheng and Qin Su were like the generals in chess. If they died, the whole game would be lost. If Song Zheng assassinated in person, it would be like an old general crossing the Chu River and Han River. If he was not careful, he would be besieged by Qin Qing, Xu Wugui and others, and he would lose the game immediately. This is why Qin Su did not dare to walk in the martial arts world.

In addition to these dark means, Qin Su continued to gather young and promising people. Many young talents were impressed by Miss Qin and joined her. Qin Su named this organization directly under him the Taiping Society, and Qin Su was the leader.

Song Zheng directly destroyed all the forces in Shuzhou, including Miaozhen Sect, Shushan Sword Sect, and Tangjiabao. Some people from Tangjiabao surrendered to Song Zheng. Song Zheng began to manage Shuzhou, imitating Emperor Zhaolie in the past, and made early preparations for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.

At this time, the spectators had already seen Song Zheng's thinking, which was exactly the strategy of the geomancer in the past, first taking the northwest, and then settling the Central Plains. Although Li Xuandu's thinking could be seen, it was not as clear as Song Zheng after all.

However, Qin Su saw it clearly. The so-called Taiping Society was just the Taiping Inn and Qingping Society with a different name, which was in line with Li Xuandu's usual style. However, Qin Su could not think of what Li Xuandu was going to do next. She was very curious, how far would Qin Su in the book world go?

For the dynasties in the world, natural disasters happen every year, not only in the last years of the dynasties. It is just that when the dynasties are at their peak, they can deal with these natural disasters and resettle the victims, so as not to cause a catastrophe. But at the end of the dynasties, they are no longer able to deal with natural disasters, so it seems that disasters are frequent, as if their luck has run out and God wants to destroy them. Take the river embankment breach as an example. In the heyday of the dynasty, the court transferred grain to provide disaster relief and repair the river embankment. It may only be a disaster in one or two counties. But at the end of the dynasty, after the river embankment breached, no one repaired the river embankment, let alone transferred grain to provide disaster relief. I am afraid that the land of several prefectures will be eroded. Hundreds of thousands of disaster victims and people will be scattered all over the place. In order to survive, they will inevitably become bandits. If the court is unable to suppress them, the victims will drag along the people who are not affected by the disaster. The number of victims will increase, and a large number of fields will be barren. This cycle will repeat and eventually the world will be in chaos.

In the fifteenth year of Tianbao, it was another Jiazi year, and the general situation in the world changed. The war on the grassland finally stopped, and Ili Khan defeated Batu Khan and became the new Khan. This year, there was a severe drought in the two capitals and 19 states, and many places had no harvest but the taxes did not decrease.

Under such circumstances, Song Zheng summoned the followers of Qingyang Sect and decided to raise troops in March with the slogan "The blue sky is dead, the yellow sky should be established, the year is Jiazi, and the world is auspicious." Song Zheng sent his confidants Zuo Zunzhe, Qi Sha Wang, and Tan Taiyun to Jiangzhou Jinling Prefecture to summon believers and prepare for the uprising. He also went to the imperial capital several times to meet the eunuch Liu Yi in person, hoping to cooperate with the outside.

At this juncture, Song Zheng's concubine Shangguan Wan informed the regent Xu Wugui, who personally killed Liu Yi, the chief eunuch of the Silijian, and sent Qingluanwei Tiqi and officers and soldiers to vigorously arrest and kill believers of Qingyang Sect, implicated more than a thousand people, and issued an order to arrest Song Zheng throughout the country.

Due to the suddenness of the incident, Song Zheng was forced to launch the attack in February, a month in advance. The Qingyang Sect army was dispatched from Shuzhou and went down the river. The Qingyang Sect believers who had been dormant for many years along the way responded one after another. The Qingyang Sect's army was unstoppable. In more than a month, they arrived at the city of Jinling Prefecture. The Qingyang Sect believers in Jinling Prefecture cooperated internally and externally, and Song Zheng conquered Jinling Prefecture and seized Jinling Prefecture. Song Zheng also moved from Baidi City to Jinling Prefecture, which was second only to the Imperial Capital in terms of prosperity and wealth.

This move was beyond the expectations of all the spectators. They thought that Song Zheng would first take Xijing and then take the three states in the northwest, but they did not expect Song Zheng to do the opposite and take Jiangnan first.

This move has both advantages and disadvantages. You must know that Jiangnan is an important tax area in the world. If Jiangnan is lost, the treasury, which has been in deficit for years, will certainly not be able to support it. In this case, the court cannot give up Jiangnan like giving up the three states in the northwest, and must send troops to conquer it. On the contrary, if Song Zheng succeeded in defending Jiangnan and completely digesting it, he could follow the example of Emperor Taizu of Wei and launch a northern expedition. By then, the Wei court's treasury was empty, natural disasters and man-made disasters occurred, and Xu Wugui was trapped in the game. He wanted to reform but had nowhere to start, and he was no match for Song Zheng at all.

In the next few years, Song Zheng became the undisputed protagonist on the entire chessboard.

In August, Song Zheng ascended the throne in Jinling Prefecture and proclaimed himself emperor, calling himself a sage monarch, and he granted fiefs on a large scale. In September, the Qingyang Army fought fiercely in Xiaozhou. In December, the Qingyang Army captured Jiangling, an important town in Jingzhou, and the defending general committed suicide.

In the same year, Xu Wugui set up a large camp in Jiangnan to resist the Qingyang Army and besieged Jinling Prefecture, led by Qi Ying, the governor of Jingchu. Qin Su, who was far away in Liaodong, continued to gather people with lofty ideals and put forward the slogan of clearing the world and returning peace. The power of the Taiping Society expanded to Jinzhou, Dijing, Qizhou and other places.

In the 16th year of Tianbao, the Qingyang Army was divided into two routes to attack Qizhou in the north and Qinzhou in the west. Li Shixing led the northern expedition. Li Shixing's lone army was defeated, captured, and surrendered to the court. Qin Fuchen personally led the army to attack Qinzhou in the west and approached the city of Xijing. In September of the same year, Qi Ying, who was stationed in the Jiangnan camp, was surrounded, and the court sent Xu Zaiyuan to lead the army to rescue. However, before the reinforcements arrived, Qi Ying had already come up with a plan. In the evening, a strong wind blew, and Qi Ying defeated the enemy with fire and personally fell into the battle. The Qingyang Army was in chaos and ran around. They met Xu Zaiyuan's reinforcements and returned in defeat.

In the 17th year of Tianbao, Song Zheng personally killed Qi Ying, broke the Jiangnan camp, and lifted the siege of Jinling Prefecture. In the same year, the Qingyang Army launched a second northern expedition, with Fan Hui as the general, conquering Luzhou and Qizhou, and attacking all the way to Zhili. However, because Fan Hui died in the battle, the Qingyang Army had to retreat to Jinling Prefecture, forming a pattern of two armies facing each other and dividing the river. Qin Daofang, the governor of Qizhou, was dismissed from his post as governor because of his poor defense against the enemy and had to return to Liaodong.

In the two years of Tianbao's 16th and 17th years, Song Zheng's main enemy was Xu Wugui, who was stationed in the imperial capital. However, Liaodong was not safe either. Ili Khan of the Golden Horde saw the opportunity of the civil strife in the Central Plains and marched south. Under such circumstances, because the court was in a state of malpractice, the treasury was empty, and there was the involvement of the war in the south of the Yangtze River, there were no soldiers, no generals, no food, no people, and no money. It was unable to take care of Liaodong and could only rely on the local big families in Liaodong. So three months after Qin Daofang was dismissed from office, he was reinstated as the new governor of Liaodong and ordered to raise money and recruit soldiers to resist foreign enemies.

Qin Daofang had the support of his family and began to train a new army, while Qin Su sent the young talents he had recruited to join Qin Daofang's new army, most of whom served as middle-level generals. At the same time, Qin Su also joined forces with Qingwei Sect and Cihang Sect to block sea transportation, so that Song Zheng, who was stationed in Jinling Prefecture, could not go to sea, cut off Song Zheng's food and grass, and made Song Zheng's several military operations fail.

In the eighteenth year of Tianbao, Qin Su was already thirty-five years old and had entered the realm of heaven and man, only a hair's breadth away from the realm of longevity. Now Song Zheng has occupied half of the country, and has conferred the title of Great Heavenly Master Zhang Jingchen as the Great Protector of the Country. Zhang Jingchen turned to support Song Zheng and assisted Song Zheng in wiping out the Xuannv Sect in Xiaozhou and the Shenxiao Sect in Jingzhou. The government troops in various states surrendered to Song Zheng one after another. On the contrary, Liangzhou, Qinzhou, and Zhongzhou were still in the hands of the court. Xu Wugui sent Zhao Zheng to sit in Xijing, and Qin Xiang stationed troops in Qinzhongfu. Qinzhongfu is the gateway to Shuzhou, and the two sides have fought here many times. Although Qin Xiang could not attack Shuzhou, he did not let Song Zheng seize Qinzhongfu.

Qinzhongfu is a vital throat for Shuzhou. Without the protection of Qinzhongfu, Shuzhou would be open and defense would be lost. If Qinzhongfu is lost, the three Ba ​​would be unable to recover, which is like cutting off the arm of Shu. If the Qinzhong Prefecture can be obtained, the enemy can be overthrown, Qinzhou and Liangzhou can be eroded, and the key points can be defended for a long time.

However, Qin Xiang was a famous general of the time, and he was experienced in using troops. Zhao Zheng was also a master of strategy, with men fighting and women transporting. Xu Wugui did not hesitate to let Liaodong grow stronger, and also guaranteed the food and grass for the war on the western front, which made Song Zheng return empty-handed several times.

In this year, Song Zheng once again went north to attack Luzhou, took Huainan Prefecture, and captured the important town of Jianghuai. At the same time, based in Luzhou, he sent troops to attack Qizhou. The court's new governor of Qizhou, Xu Zaiyuan, died in battle, the situation in Qizhou was corrupt, the Qingyang Army was rampant, and the troops were directed at the various prefectures in Zhili. The imperial capital was shocked, because Xu Zaiyuan was the only one among the many clans who could be a general. After Xu Zaiyuan was dead, there was crying in the palaces of the major dignitaries in the imperial capital. The Prince of Yan was old, and the Prince of Jin was still able to govern, but he was not familiar with military affairs. Unless the Prince of Qi went to the battlefield himself, who would be in charge of the overall situation if the Prince of Qi led the army? Although Emperor Tianbao was already 28 years old and an adult man at this time, he was still unable to govern because of the great prestige of the Prince of Qi, Xu Wugui. Under such circumstances, under the secret promotion of the Confucian school, the imperial party in the court wrote letters one after another, requesting that the emperor govern himself. For a time, undercurrents surged in the court.

There were external enemies and internal hidden dangers. When the time comes, the heaven and the earth will work together, and when the luck is gone, the hero will not be free. Xu Wugui had no choice but to visit Donghai in person and ask Situ Xuance to come out and temporarily take over the post of Governor of Qizhou. The military and political power and the power of personnel and money were all handed over to Situ Xuance, relying on the power of Qingwei Sect to counter the Song Dynasty.

The Qingwei Sect has dominated the East China Sea for many years and has also operated in Qizhou. Its power cannot be underestimated. After the Qingwei Sect joined the war, the Qingyang Army in Qizhou quickly retreated and could only retreat to Luzhou.

Qin Su secretly visited the Qingwei Sect and personally met Situ Xuance. The two sides formed an alliance. Although Liaodong and Qizhou were separated by the Zhili Prefectures, they could be connected by sea.

At this time, Qin Su had worked hard for many years. As his realm and cultivation continued to rise, he was already the second most important person in Liaodong after Qin Qing.