Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 813 Duan Yu (please subscribe!)
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Dali Kingdom is a small regime established by many ethnic groups in the central and southwestern areas of the Great Central and Southwest China. Duan Siping, the envoy of the Tonghai Festival of the Later Jin Dynasty, joined forces with Gao Fang and Dong Jialuo, the nobles of the Erhai area, to destroy the Daying Ning Kingdom, and set the capital at Yangjubai City (later Dali, Yunnan Province) ), the country name is "Dali", and its territory covers Yunnan, Guizhou, and southwest Sichuan in later generations of China, as well as parts of Myanmar, Laos, and northern Vietnam.

Its establishment process and development process will not be said.

Thirty years ago, Gao Shengtai, the prime minister of Dali, usurped the throne and changed the name of the country to "Dazhong". He died the following year and returned to Duan Zhengchun.

Twenty years ago, Duan Zhengchun abdicated the throne to his son Duan Zhengyan, and then became a monk.

This period of solemnity, character and reputation, he is the prototype of Duan Yu, one of the protagonists in the later novel "Dragon Babu".

Duan Yu, no, Duan Zhengyan, is a very accomplished monarch - he understands that establishing friendly relations with the Song Dynasty is the foundation of establishing a country. However, he still strengthened his ties with the Song Dynasty, and often paid tribute to the Song Dynasty with local specialties such as Dali horses, musk, bezoar, and fine felt. He sent phantom opera musicians (magicians) to perform in the Song Dynasty, and won the courtesy of Zhao Ji. He was canonized as Doctor Jinzi Guanglu, Jiedu Envoy of Yunnan, King Dali, etc.

Later, with the rise of Dazhong, Duan Zhengyan misjudged the situation and still tightly hugged Song Dynasty's thigh.

It wasn't until Dazhong swept Liuhe in the Indochina Peninsula, occupying half of the Indochina Peninsula, that Duan Zhengyan realized how powerful Dazhong was, and then began to communicate with Dazhong.

But even so, Zhengyan still did not completely abandon the Song Dynasty at that time. When Zhao Jian established the Southern Song Dynasty, he still sent people to Jinling to congratulate him immediately.

Today, the Great Central and Southern Expeditions captured Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, in one fell swoop, and then aggressively annexed the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty.

This made Duan Zhengyan very worried!
Different from the previous Central Plains dynasties, the Dazhong Dynasty paid special attention to maritime international trade, so it paid special attention to the Indochina Peninsula.

Judging from the various actions and layouts of Dazhong, if Dazhong shifted its focus to the Central Plains to compete because of the chaos in the Central Plains, then Dazhong would definitely invade the entire Indochina Peninsula.

Duan Zhengyan saw this very clearly, and this was also one of the reasons why Duan Zhengyan didn't go deep into the University, but hugged the thigh of the Song Dynasty who had no intention of invading south.

however--

What Duan Zhengyan never expected was that the Song Dynasty, which had been strong for nearly 200 years, was wiped out so easily by Dazhong!
For now, Dali has no worries.

Now, Dazhong still needs time to swallow the vast territory of the Song Dynasty, and also needs time to digest the vast territory of the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, Dali did not completely block the north-south connection and transportation between Dali and Zhongnan—it is actually possible to enter the eastern part of the Indochina Peninsula from Guangxi.

but--

In the future, when Dazhong wants to unify the Indochina Peninsula, then Dali will surely become a nail that hinders the unification and development of Dali. The north-central area of ​​Indochina Peninsula is mountainous, especially the Song Dynasty near the east. No matter how high the mountain is, it is impossible to cross it. Therefore, if you want to go to the central part of the Indochina Peninsula from the land, you can only go from Guangxi to the Li Dynasty, then from the Li Dynasty to Champa, and then go back from Champa. In order to reach the central part of the Indochina Peninsula, and in this way, it will take a lot of distance invisibly, and it will take a lot of time. If Dazhong can capture Dali, then it can go straight from Dali to the central part of the Indochina Peninsula area, greatly saving distance and time.

Today, Dazhong only owns the Li Dynasty and Champa in the east and the Khmer counties in the middle, and it is barely affected by the Dali Kingdom.

But if Dazhong wants to invade the Queen's Kingdom, Fallapati Kingdom, Bagan Kingdom and other territories to completely unify the Indochina Peninsula, then it is bound to attack Dali Kingdom.

Because only in this way, the overall traffic of Dazhong will not be hindered, and the overall development of Dazhong will not be hindered.

And the unification of the Indochina Peninsula between Dazhong and Zhongnan is inevitable. For this reason, Wang Lun and others have been planning for the Indochina Peninsula for several years, and have spent countless energy and efforts.

In other words, sooner or later Dali will face the aggression of Dazhong.

Therefore, Duan Zhengyan is more troublesome than Li Qianshun.

As a last resort, Duan Zhengyan invited Prime Minister Gao Taiming to discuss countermeasures.

The Gao family where Gao Taiming belongs, in the Dali Kingdom, has power over the government and the public. It has forced several kings of the Duan family to become monks. "Duan Yu's uncle Duan Zhengming) proclaimed himself emperor. Later, due to the opposition of various tribes in Yunnan, Gao Shengtai ordered his son Gao Taiming to return to the Duan clan at the end of his life, so Gao Taiming supported Duan Zhengming's younger brother Duan Zhengchun. He was the emperor of Dali, but after that, the Dali kingdom was still in the hands of the Gao family. He was known as the Lord of the Gao family in the world, and all the prime ministers came from the Gao family.

That is to say, Duan Zhengyan is in charge of Dali Kingdom in name, but in reality it is Duan Zhengyan and Gao Taiming who are in charge together.

After Gao Taiming came to the Dali Palace to meet Duan Zhengyan, he turned against the guest and said, "Your Majesty came to me to discuss Dazhong's extermination of Dasong, right?"

Duan Zhengyan said: "It's about this matter, I don't know what the Prime Minister cares about?"

Gao Taiming also had a bitter look on his face, and said: "Even Khmer, Da Song, and the newly-emerged Dajin in the north are not opponents of Dazhong, and our Dali is even less likely to be an opponent of Dazhong. It's possible."

Duan Zhengyan also knew that against the mighty Dazhong, he was invincible.

The main reason for this is naturally because the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army is too strong.

In addition, there are actually some other reasons.

For example, the interior of the Dali Kingdom is not unified, and the fierce internal strife of the Gao family often causes political turmoil, which in turn leads to the fall of imperial power, and the country has no unified voice.

For example, the barbarian tribes in Yunnan often rebelled—not long ago, 37 barbarian tribes rebelled. Duan Zhengyan sent Gao Taiming to lead the troops himself, and finally put them down, and then Gao Taiming's fourth son, Gao Mingqing Yu Shanchan, guarded them.

For example, Dali Kingdom has experienced frequent natural disasters in recent years, leading to a sharp decline in national power.

and many more……

Duan Zhengyan said: "Then what is the Prime Minister's claim?"

Gao Taiming pondered for a long time, and said: "Nowadays, Dali is not the only one who is afraid.

Duan Zhengyan said: "What does the Prime Minister mean, to form an alliance with these countries and jointly resist Dazhong?"

Gao Taiming said: "The alliance is an alliance, otherwise our Dali may have to be slaughtered by Dazhong, but... the alliance with the Queen Kingdom, the Falling Rapati Kingdom, the Bagan Kingdom, etc., can play a role, I am afraid Very limited, under the instigation of Dazhong, the Mon people and the Thai people had already fought a real battle, and it was impossible to truly form an alliance. As for the Bagan Kingdom, there were constant killings of each other in the palace due to the struggle for the throne, which led to the inability of the people to fight for the throne. Unification, how can we form an alliance with us?"

After a long sigh, Gao Taiming said again: "The only solution now is to pay more tribute to Dazhong, and then beg all the Buddhas in the sky to bless Dazhong's internal problems, otherwise..."

Gao Taiming didn't say anything about the latter, but his meaning has already been expressed, that is, if there are no problems within Dazhong, then Dazhong has no way to explain Dazhong's invasion of their Dali.

Duan Zhengyan heard a kind of helplessness from Gao Taiming's words, a kind of helplessness of not being able to control his own destiny!

Duan Zhengyan asked himself: "Why is it not like this?"

Internal and external troubles exhausted Duan Zhengyan physically and mentally, and he couldn't help moving his heart to retreat...

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PS: I haven’t finished the work yesterday, and today I was delayed for a long time (I still haven’t done it quickly, I have to go there tomorrow), so I still can’t write two chapters today, sorry, I will try my best to restore the two chapters tomorrow. Even.

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