Xianxia version of Water Margin

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Taiyuan was called Jinyang in ancient times, also known as Bingzhou and Dragon City. It has a long history and is an ancient civilized city.

However, Taiyuan City at this time is actually not the real ancient Jinyang City. The real ancient Jinyang City was burned down by the order of Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty Zhao Guangyi in the fourth year of Song Taipingxingguo.

It is said that it is because the ancient city of Jinyang has dragon veins.

——Jinyang was called Tang State in ancient times. The Tang Dynasty actually originated here. After Li Yuan and his sons established the capital in Chang'an, they used "Tang" as the country name and named Jinyang as the northern capital and Beijing. Together with the capital Chang'an and the eastern capital Luoyang, they were called "Three Capitals" and "Three Capitals". Especially during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Northern Han, either started in Jinyang or used it as the capital. For a time, Jinyang was famous all over the world, and people said that it was a "Dragon City".

Therefore, Zhao Guangyi decided to burn it down after destroying the Northern Han Dynasty to prevent another hero from emerging here and seizing their country and land of Zhao Song.

But three years later, in order to defend against the Liao Empire in the north, Zhao Guangyi ordered Pan Mei to build a new city in Tangming Town, across the Fen River, thirty miles northeast of the ancient city of Jinyang, which is now Taiyuan City, but the scale and shape are much smaller than the ancient city of Jinyang.

It can be said that the sorghum car god was completely a waste of money and labor.

Let's say that Jiang Hongfei came to Taiyuan City in person and suddenly encountered heavy rain.

It rained heavily for three days in a row.

The 200,000 or 300,000 troops of the Yuan Dynasty surrounded Taiyuan City, but they could not attack it at all because of the heavy rain.

Seeing this, some people couldn't help but talk about it, thinking that this was not a good omen.

Moreover, it cost a lot to feed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.

The key is that Hedong is poor here, and all the food and supplies of the Yuan army, all military supplies, have to be transported from other places, which is quite laborious.

It is no exaggeration to say that Jiang Jing's mouth is full of bubbles.

Even Jiang Hongfei frowned.

On the fourth day, Wu Yong went to Jiang Hongfei and said with a smile: "May God bless our Yuan Dynasty."

Jiang Hongfei was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

Wu Yong said: "Taiyuan is the core military city of Hedong. The city is high and the river is deep. It is as solid as a rock and cannot be attacked. Fortunately, it rained heavily, so I was able to break it in one fell swoop."

Without Jiang Hongfei asking in detail, Wu Yong told the story: "Now the water is so strong that the three armies cannot stay. What if the enemy selects dead soldiers to attack the city? I have a plan to break this city. Just do this and that..."

Then Wu Yong gave Jiang Hongfei a vicious plan...

The general defending the city in Taiyuan was named Zhang Xiong, who was falsely granted the position of palace commander, and Xiang Zhong and Xu Yue were falsely granted the position of commander-in-chief. Seeing that the Yuan army surrounded Taiyuan City, Zhang Xiong discussed with Xiang Zhong and Xu Yue: "Once the heavy rain stops, Jiang Yanqi will surely attack with all his troops. There are hundreds of thousands of bandits under the city, and we only have 30,000 troops. How can we resist? Now the bandits have nowhere to plunder, the water and land are not favorable, and the firewood and fodder are scarce. The army has no intention of delaying. We will attack them quickly and win a complete victory." Xiang Zhong, Xu Yue and other generals all felt that Zhang Xiong's words made sense, so they agreed with Zhang Xiong's proposal. The next day, Zhang Xiong was about to divide his troops and attack the Yuan army from four gates, when he suddenly heard the sound of gongs from all four sides. Zhang Xiong and other defenders of Taiyuan City hurriedly climbed up the enemy tower and looked outside the city. They saw hundreds of thousands of Yuan army soldiers all climbing the high hills in the rain, and their behavior was very suspicious. Zhang Xiong was puzzled, and he heard the sound of thousands of troops and horses galloping wildly in the east and west of Zhibo Canal outside Taiyuan City. After a while, the same sound was heard in Jinshui. "Something is strange!"

Before Zhang Xiong and other Jin generals could figure out what was going on, they saw the raging waves coming!!!

It turned out that Wu Yong's evil plan was to flood Taiyuan City.

It was also a coincidence that Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu were cooperating with Li Jun, Tong Wei, Tong Meng, the four heroes of Taihu, Zhang Shun, Hu Yanqing and other naval commanders to transport food and supplies to Hedong. It can be said that the Yuan navy gathered in Hedong.

So, after learning Wu Yong's evil plan, Jiang Hongfei sent Ruan Xiaoer and Li Jun to take advantage of the sudden rise of water after the heavy rain to lead the navy to divert Zhiboqu and Jinshui to flood Taiyuan City.

It was said to be late, but it was fast. Not long after, we saw:

Suddenly, the water rushed and the waves rose. Mountains shook and collapsed, and the sound of the waves was like anger. The city walls collapsed, and all the houses were closed. Miluo waves were difficult to clear, and frost and snow were fighting. Zombies sank like fish and turtles, and their blood boiled with the waves. In a moment, trees were uprooted, and in an instant, rafters were flying in the water.

Let's look at Taiyuan City again.

Seeing the sudden flood, all the soldiers and civilians in the city climbed up the walls and houses in the wet, climbed up the wood and held the beams, and the old, weak and fat had to go up to the table.

In a blink of an eye, even the tables, chairs and benches floated up, and the houses collapsed one after another, and those who didn't have time to escape all became fish and turtles in the water.

The soldiers of the Yuan navy outside the city approached the city on Feijiang Tianfu.

The flood flooded over the walls of Taiyuan City, and the soldiers of the Yuan navy rowed small boats and climbed up the walls. They each held a sharp knife and hacked and killed the soldiers guarding the city.

Another soldier of the Yuan navy rushed in on a raft and went directly into Taiyuan City along the collapsed city wall.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiong was crying out in pain on the tower, and a big white fish jumped out of the flood, grabbed him in one bite, and then took him into the water and drowned him.

This big white fish was none other than Zhang Shun, the white shark in the waves.

When the flood receded, soldiers and civilians in the city, drowned, crushed and killed, were everywhere, beams, pillars, doors, window frames and other things were all over Taiyuan City.

Taking advantage of the flood, the Yuan navy had already seized the four gates of Taiyuan City.

When the flood receded, the soldiers of the Yuan army stepped on the mud and entered Taiyuan City.

In history, Wang Bing held Taiyuan City for more than 250 days, but it was broken by the Yuan army.

When the water receded and the ground was flat, Jiang Hongfei led his army into the ancient city of Taiyuan.

At this time, there was no sound of chickens and dogs in the city, and bones piled up.

Seeing this, Jiang Hongfei sighed: "Please don't talk about being a marquis. One general's success is the result of the death of thousands of people. This strategy is brilliant, but it is too vicious."

Jiang Hongfei was actually passing the buck. If he didn't agree, Wu Yong's strategy would never have been implemented.

So, Jiang Hongfei was the real initiator of this disaster.

There was no way. Jiang Hongfei was really worried that if there was a defender like Wang Bing in Taiyuan City, Jiang Hongfei's 300,000 troops would be dragged here in Taiyuan City, which might delay the opportunity to fight.

You know, in the "Battle of Suiyang", the Tang Dynasty general Zhang Xun resisted the attack of the 130,000 troops of the Anshi Rebellion with less than 10,000 troops. Although Zhang Xun and other generals were eventually outnumbered, they all died in Suiyang. But they guarded the peace of the Jianghuai region of the Tang Dynasty for ten months, winning precious time for the main force of the Tang army, and thus allowing the Tang Dynasty to last for more than a hundred years.

Jiang Hongfei must not make such a big mistake, so Jiang Hongfei agreed to Wu Yong's poisonous plan.

However, Jiang Hongfei is now the emperor, and he cannot bear the poisonous name of flooding Taiyuan, which is not conducive to Jiang Hongfei's image.

As a minister, Wu Yong has the obligation to take the blame for Jiang Hongfei.

Wu Yong also has this awareness.

Besides, this poisonous plan was indeed proposed by Wu Yong.

So, after hearing Jiang Hongfei say this poisonous plan, Wu Yong said: "Give me another ten thousand chances, I will also firmly advocate this plan. It is better to suffer a short pain than a long pain."

Jiang Hongfei sighed with compassion, and said nothing more, but ordered people to immediately provide relief to the victims inside and outside the city, bury the corpses, repair the city walls, and rebuild houses for the victims and call people to live.

There is a summer palace in Taiyuan City, which was built by Emperor Shenwu of the Northern Qi Dynasty. The foundation is high and solid, and it was not damaged by the flood. Jiang Hongfei decided to make it his own palace and temporarily lived here to command the overall situation, and conquered Hedong by political, military, economic, propaganda, and diplomatic means.

It is worth mentioning that Hedong is across the Yellow River from Fuyan Road, one of the six routes in Shaanxi during the Zhao Song Dynasty. Fuzhou, Linzhou, and Fengzhou of the Zhao Song Dynasty belonged to Hedong.

Fuyan Road is the hometown of Liu Yanqing and Liu Guangshi, father and son. Although they went south to suppress Fang La, part of their Liu family army was still deployed in Fuyan Road.

From the beginning of the Tang Dynasty to the present, for hundreds of years, the Zhe family "occupied Fuzhou alone, controlled the northwest, and China relied on it."

The mother's family of She Taijun, a general of the Yang family, is actually this Zhe family.

Fuzhou, Linzhou, and Fengzhou are places where ethnic groups live together, mainly the Dangxiang people. Since the reign of Emperor Taizu of Song, the Zhao Song Dynasty has implemented special policies for the region, governing according to local customs, appointing local tyrants or ethnic minority chieftains as prefects or foreign officials, and restraining them to check and balance each other, thereby consolidating the stability and order of the border.

In fact, the Western Xia was also like this.

Historical records: (Song) Taizu was not diligent in military affairs, and the army of Xiazhou Li Yixing, Hexi Zhe Yuxun and Shuofang were all given hereditary titles by their chieftains, so there was no trouble on the border.

Later, Xiazhou Li Jiqian rebelled against the Song Dynasty, and his son Li Yuanhao established the Xia Kingdom and broke away from the Zhao Song Dynasty. In the past hundred years, he has been fighting with the Zhao Song Dynasty.

The Zhao Song Dynasty learned this lesson and adjusted its ruling policy for the three states of Lin, Fu and Feng in the frontier area of ​​Hedong, and further strengthened its efforts to win over local tyrants.

However, due to the different specific conditions of the three states of Lin, Fu and Feng, the strategies were also different.

Fengzhou was later captured by the Western Xia, and the Wang family no longer inherited the title, and the Linzhou Yang family (the Yang family generals where Yang Zhi belonged) only inherited the title for three generations. Only the Zhe family in Fuzhou inherited the military power.

The Zhe family was as powerful as the vassal state in Fuzhou, which was indeed an exception for the Zhao Song Dynasty, which was always on guard against repeating the disaster of the vassal state in the late Tang Dynasty.

What is even more surprising is that later, after the Zhao Song Dynasty recovered Fengzhou and Linzhou, these two states were actually under the control of the Zhe family.

The Zhao Song Dynasty allowed the Zhe family to inherit the military power for a clear purpose, which was to let them fight against the Western Xia for a long time.

The three states of Lin, Fu, and Feng are bordered by the Yellow River in the east, the grasslands and deserts in the northwest, and the states in Hexi in the south. The geographical location is very important.

The Zhe family did live up to the expectations of the Zhao Song court. They fought against the Western Xia for several generations for more than a hundred years and made numerous military exploits, while the Western Xia cavalry never crossed the Yellow River to the east.

Because of this, the Western Xia hated the Zhe family to the bone.

Therefore, the Zhe family was called "Zhe Family Army" by the Song people.

If Jiang Hongfei wanted to occupy Hedong, he had to go around the Liu family and the Zhe family, and he could not guarantee that they would not make trouble, especially the latter.

At the current stage, it was the critical moment for Jiang Hongfei to attack Tian Hu. Jiang Hongfei did not want to fight on two fronts, so he still wanted to stabilize the Liu family and the Zhe family by political means.

Based on this, Jiang Hongfei sent Wang Jieru and Xiao Rong to Fuyan Road with the peace treaty signed by the Yuan and Song dynasties, and sent Shi Li'ai and Xiao Sanbaonu to Fuzhou with the peace treaty signed by the Yuan and Song dynasties, warning the two families not to act rashly.

At the same time, Jiang Hongfei asked Wang Jieru and others to try to surrender the two families, so that the Yuan Empire could establish a bridgehead in Shaanxi and Xixia.

Of course, the military action could not end here.

Jiang Hongfei sent Wu Yong, Du Fu, and Han Shizhong as the left vanguard to lead 30,000 troops to attack Jinning Prefecture, and Chen Xizhen, Sun An, and Wu Jie as the right vanguard to lead 30,000 troops to attack Fenyang Prefecture...

Soon, Jiang Hongfei sent Ma Ling to contact the northern army to discuss the encirclement of Tian Hu's old nest and Weisheng...

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Let's talk about the southern army to attack Tian Hu.

At the beginning, when the plan to attack Tian Hu was set, Jiang Hongfei and his ministers decided: the northern route, enter Yanmen Pass, attack Daizhou, go down Shiling Pass, take Taiyuan, take Jinning, take Fenyang, from Fenxiu, Pingyao, Qixian, go straight to the northwest of Weisheng to join; the southern route, go down Gaizhou, cross Huguan, take Zhaode, from Lucheng and Yushe, go straight to Dagu, and then join forces in Linxian, take Weisheng, and capture Tian Hu.

According to the established strategic guidelines, after the southern route of the army attacking Tian Hu captured Gaizhou, Xu Guanzhong left Hua Rong to lead 20,000 elite troops to guard Gaizhou, and the rest of the troops immediately went north to cross Huguan.

The southern route of the army attacking Tian Hu was about to set off when they suddenly received a report that the soldiers and civilians in Yangcheng and Qinshui, two counties under Gaizhou, were repeatedly killed by Tian Hu. They also admired Jiang Hongfei's benevolence, so the soldiers and civilians captured Yangcheng garrison commander Kou Fu and Qinshui garrison commander Chen Kai, and brought them to the front of the army to surrender. In addition, the elders of the two counties also led the people to lead sheep and carry wine to offer the city.

Xu Guanzhong and others were very happy and thought it was a good omen.

Xu Guanzhong rewarded the soldiers and civilians in the two places, comforted them, and restored them to good people. At the same time, he sent Yu Cheng and Liu Guang to take over the two cities.

Xu Guanzhong also beheaded Kou Fu and Chen Kai for sacrificing the flag and killing chickens to scare monkeys when they knew that the heavenly soldiers were coming.

After dealing with these matters, Xu Guanzhong, Mrs. Jia and others led the army to continue northward.

Huguan is at the eastern foot of the mountain. The mountain is shaped like a pot, so it is called Huguan. There is Baodui Mountain in Shandong, which is connected to the foot of Huguan. Huguan is between the two mountains, 80 miles away from Zhaode City, and it is a dangerous pass in Zhaode. There are eight fierce generals under Tian Hu and 30,000 elite soldiers guarding the pass.

Tang Bin said to Xu Guanzhong, Madam Jia and others: "I once occupied Baodui Mountain and became the king. I know the terrain here very well. There is a small road on Baodui Mountain that can bypass Huguan. I will ask for permission to lead a detachment to bypass this pass from Baodui Mountain. When the time comes, we will attack from the north and south and break this pass."

Xu Guanzhong, Madam Jia and others were very happy. According to Tang Bin's idea, they easily captured Huguan.

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The officials of the Weisheng pseudo-provincial court received emergency petitions from Huguan, Jinning Prefecture and Fenyang Prefecture, and reported to Tian Hu, saying that the Yuan army was very powerful and the three places were in danger.

Tian Hu went to the hall and discussed with everyone and sent troops to rescue.

A man flashed out from the squad. This man wore a yellow crown and a crane cloak. He stepped forward and said: "I am willing to go to Huguan to repel the enemy."

The person who asked for the battle was Qiao Lie, the magic king of the Jin army, and Qiao Daoqing, the real person who protected the country and inspired the left prime minister.

Seeing Qiao Daoqing willing to lead his troops to Huguan to resist the Yuan army, Tian Hu said: "The national teacher is really my right-hand man!"

Then, Li Tianxi and Zheng Zhirui were willing to lead troops to reinforce Jinning Prefecture and Fenyang Prefecture.

Tian Hu appointed Qiao Daoqing, Li Tianxi and Zheng Zhirui as the Grand Marshal of the Yuan Dynasty, and each of them sent 20,000 troops to go.

Let's not talk about the two routes of Jinning Prefecture and Fenyang Prefecture.

Just say that Qiao Daoqing led 20,000 elite troops to Zhaode at night.

In less than a day, Qiao Daoqing's troops arrived ten miles north of Zhaode City, and the front scouts reported: "Huguan was broken by Liangshan water bandits yesterday. Now we are divided into three routes to attack Zhaode City."

Qiao Daoqing heard the report and said: "So fast? Well, let's end it here in Zhaode."

After speaking, Qiao Daoqing raised a black cloud and flew straight to Zhaode Prefecture...

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