Qiming 1158

Chapter 715 The Crying Zhao Tan

After the signing of the Lin'an Peace Treaty, Zhou Zhi and Zhou Zhixue were very satisfied.

They obtained what the Ming Kingdom needed through military means, and completed the mission entrusted to them by His Majesty the Emperor.

In a good mood, Zhou Zhixue felt that Shi Hao looked a lot more pleasing to the eye.

"Isn't it a good thing to sign a peace treaty? Why is Shi Xianggong frowning? Lin'an City can be preserved, and the living creatures in the city will be spared the harm. This is the most direct benefit to the Southern Dynasty, right?"

Zhou Zhixue went up to chat with Shi Hao.

Perhaps Zhou Zhixue was not malicious, but this sounded a bit ironic.

After signing the agreement, although he felt empty in his heart as if something was permanently lost, Shi Hao still felt a little bit of relief inexplicably. Facing Zhou Zhixue's ridicule or irony, Shi Hao had no idea or confidence to refute.

He could only smile bitterly.

"The Northern Dynasty has already got everything it wants, so why should it be so? There are still many things that the Great Song Dynasty needs to solve, and even more suffering, but the Northern Dynasty can be stable. Isn't that enough?"

"No, I don't mean anything else, I'm just talking about things."

Zhou Zhixue smiled and said, "It's not the first time Nanchao has encountered such a thing. The last time was far worse than this time. Huainan, isn't it?"

Shi Hao shook his head helplessly.

"The Northern Dynasty took Huainan East Road, and the Huainan of the Song Dynasty no longer exists. What's the point?"

Zhou Zhixue shook his head.

"Da Ming has no intention of continuing to go south. This time, he is only going south to repair the Yellow River. Even if he takes Huainan East Road, it is just a warning. As long as the two countries can't afford swords, what's wrong?

In the final analysis, if the Southern Dynasty agreed to Daming's request as soon as possible, this battle would not need to happen. Daming was only to rectify the Yellow River and for the sake of thousands of souls in the Central Plains. Didn't the Southern Dynasty bring it on by himself? "

Facing Zhou Zhixue's seemingly reasonable but domineering remarks, Shi Hao was secretly angry, but he had no choice but to swallow it.

"As of now, the loser has nothing to say. The peace treaty is established. I hope that the Northern Dynasty will withdraw its troops and leave as soon as possible, and return the Song Dynasty to stability."

Zhou Zhixue smiled and nodded.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, as long as you get your edict to cede the land, the entire East Huainan Road will be included in Daming's territory, everything is easy to say, Daming doesn't want to continue to delay, and if you continue to delay for one more day, it will also be a waste of national money.

Moreover, this is also good for you. In the future, the delivery of the annual currency only needs to be sent to the riverside, and then it can be transported to Jiangbei by water, which saves a journey and reduces a lot of transportation costs. Isn't this a good thing? "

"Yes……"

Shi Hao didn't want to say a word to Zhou Zhixue, for fear that he would make him sick, so he quickly left the Ming army camp and returned to Zhao Tan.

After Zhao Tan got the terms of the peace treaty signed by both parties, he read it carefully. After reading it, he cried bitterly. Finally, he went to the ancestral hall and cried for a while. Finally, he had no choice but to stamp it with the emperor's jade seal, giving the peace treaty new legal effect. .

From now on, Da Song will have to bear heavy political and economic burdens again.

Zhao Tan also has to prepare again, and ask Ming Emperor Su Yonglin to be a subject and pay tribute, and to ask for a canonization.

The legal system of the Zhao and Song Dynasty will belong to the Ming Empire from now on, and only the canonization and recognition of the Ming emperor can give the identity and legal system of the emperor of the Zhao family, at least in name.

The emperor cried, and Zhengchen also cried.

The civil and military officials and the royal family all laughed.

They are safe, Lin'an is safe, and everything is protected.

The rest can be said later, and for now, they want to celebrate their safe passage through this unprecedented political-military crisis, and want to release their joy and repressed emotions to the fullest.

Also on the ninth day of the fifth lunar month, Zhou Zhi sent orders to the main force of the Ming army outside the city, the main force of the Ming army navy in Suzhou Yangshang, and Ma Hongxing's department guarding Jiankang House. The war was over and the peace treaty was signed. further orders of the emperor.

On the early morning of the [-]th day of the fifth lunar month, Zhou Zhi received the edict of ceding the land with a jade seal from Zhao Tan.

The Southern Song Dynasty also specially dispatched Zaifu Tang Situ as an envoy to cede territory, and accompanied the Ming army to all parts of Huainan to be responsible for ceding lands.

To be honest, when he received this appointment, Tang Situi felt a sigh in his heart.

Shi Hao, who was in charge of signing the peace treaty, was not responsible for this kind of thing, but let himself, who has always been a bit of a marginal person, be responsible. This is not a good phenomenon.

Tang Situi was a pure outsider in military struggles, but he was an expert in internal political struggles with superb skills. Through this unusual appointment, he was keenly aware of some of Zhao Tan's thoughts.

Tang Si Tui was a little worried, wondering if the emperor wanted to do something.

But he had no evidence and dared not talk nonsense. He could only bite the bullet and accept the order. On May [-]th, he followed the main force of the Ming army besieging the city to pull out the camp and set foot on the road to return to the north.

After embarking on the road of returning to the north, Tang Situi learned that there was still a Song army unit on the front line resisting the Ming army, and did not admit defeat.

Yangzhou City, which was originally guarded by Liu Qi, remained resistant after his death and did not surrender, threatening the logistics route of the Ming army at all times. In order to force the Song Ting to surrender faster, the Ming army directly ignored Yangzhou and quickly went south to attack Jiangnan.

Jiangnan never entered a city that insisted on defending like Yangzhou City. The army fled and was defeated like a mountain. Therefore, the Ming army won a complete victory, forcing Song Ting to sign an alliance under the city and become a vassal of the Ming Kingdom.

Also in the process of going north, Tang Situi, Zhou Zhi and others learned together that Li Xianzhong, the commander of the capital of Chizhou in the Southern Song Dynasty, led the land and water armies to counterattack Jiankang.

This was the second Southern Song army that dared to take the initiative to attack after the Ming army went south.

The reason for the war was that Ma Hongxing dispatched Zhou Mancheng to lead the navy to pursue Wang Quan.

Zhou Mancheng led the Ming army navy to beat the crap out of the king's Jiankang navy and seized a lot of supplies, but soon the navy of Chizhou came to the rescue.

They fought valiantly, and they were on a par with Zhou Mancheng, and they successfully responded to Wang Quan and the few remaining warships of the Jiankang Navy.

Zhou Mancheng saw that nothing could be done, so he did not continue to pursue. After launching a big rocket, he chose to retreat.

After returning to Jiankang Mansion down the river, Zhou Mancheng told Ma Hongxing about the resistance of Chizhou and the Song army.

Ma Hongxing said that his mission was to control Jiankang House, not to attack again. If he continued to attack, the front of the Ming army would be stretched, which would be disadvantageous to logistics.

Moreover, there was no plan to attack Chizhou in the war plan. As a soldier, it was inappropriate to follow orders and mobilize the army to launch an attack without authorization, so he did not take the initiative to attack.

However, Ma Hongxing did not take the initiative to attack, but the Song army on the Chizhou side took the initiative to attack. Chizhou capital Li Xianzhong led [-] troops down the river and arrived in Taiping Prefecture, where a small number of Ming troops were garrisoned. fierce battle.

The Ming army in Taiping Prefecture was small in number and lost to the Song army, so they could only retreat. The Song army pursued all the way to Jiankang House.

When the news reached Jiankang, Ma Hongxing was furious, thinking that I didn't come to you and you came to me instead, there is a way to heaven and you don't go, and there is no door to hell if you break in, then you can't blame me!
So Ma Hongxing ordered [-] troops to fight against Li Xianzhong.

The two sides had a confrontation between Jiankang House and Taiping Prefecture.

Ma Hongxing's elite came out, the iron cavalry galloped, and Li Xianzhong's infantry formed a formation, desperately resisting.

It was not until it was nearly dark that Song Jun revealed his flaws because of his lack of physical strength.

Only then did Ma Hongxing order the cavalry to attack quickly and violently, breaking the Song army's infantry formation, the army was overwhelmed, and the Song army was defeated.

However, its defeat was not a complete defeat. Its leader Li Xianzhong personally led the elite troops to the rear, and they did not retreat, which hindered the pursuit of the Ming army, and the Song army was able to leave the battlefield relatively safely.

It was dark at that time, and the pursuit became inconvenient. After Ma Hongxing besieged and killed the rear troops of the Song army, he had to accept this unpleasant victory that did not completely wipe out the remnants of the Song army.

(End of this chapter)