At the end of Song Dynasty: I want to be the master of ZTE

Chapter 217 Shandong
During Huizong's reign, the Lax rebelled in the south of the Yangtze River. Although it only took one year to put down the rebellion, Jiangnan was beaten to a pulp.

In order to support Huizong's luxurious life, Shandong's burden increased sharply, the people were overwhelmed, and the entire Shandong rebelled.

Before the Xuanhe Rebellion was settled, the Jin people moved south on a large scale, and the Jingkang Disgrace occurred.

When foreigners invaded, many rebels immediately targeted the invading Jin army, such as Wang Yan's Eight-Character Army, for which Grandpa Zeng Yue was also a general.

Although the rebel armies were defeated again and again because of the power and brutality of the Jin Kingdom, the resistance of the Shandong people never stopped.

In the [-]th year of Shaoxing, the Jin State launched a large-scale southern invasion, but was defeated. The Song Army took advantage of the situation to attack. Especially Yue Fei led the Yue Family Army to achieve a great victory in Licheng, defeated the main force of the Jin Army, and successively recovered Zhengzhou, Luoyang and other cities.

The situation was excellent, and everyone was calling for the recovery of the north. However, Zhao Paopao's twelve gold medals left thousands of families feeling resentful.

In the 12th year of the Song Dynasty, the Song and Jin Dynasties signed a peace treaty, which was bounded by the Huaihe River in the east and Dashan Pass in the west, which is almost the current border between Song and Mongolia. Shandong was then owned by foreigners, 130 years ago.

In order to better govern the Han Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom learned from the Liao Kingdom and granted privileges to the powerful Han people. Over time, aristocratic families were formed, commonly known as the nobles of the North.

In the second year of Jin Xuanzong Zhenyou (1214), the Jin Dynasty moved its capital to Nanjing (Kaifeng). The Mongolian army went south again and plundered Shandong, Hebei and other places. Facing internal and external difficulties, the rulers of the Jin Dynasty were unable to resist the Mongolian army's southward movement and still controlled the territory. The people imposed excessive taxes and increased exploitation.

There was aggression from the outside and exploitation from the inside. A large-scale uprising of the Red Coat Army broke out in Shandong and Hebei. Among them, Yang An'er, the largest, became king, appointed officials and subordinates, and changed his name to Tianshun.

After the Mongolian army withdrew to the north, the Jin State invaded and suppressed the army. Yang An'er was defeated and died. His brother-in-law Li Quan took over the military power and retreated to the East China Sea (Lianyungang). At that time, the Song State recruited various rebels to counterattack the Jin State. Li Quan surrendered to the Song Dynasty and He has repeatedly made meritorious deeds, and has been appointed as an observation envoy to Guangzhou and the general manager of Jingdong.

At that time, the Song court called the northern anti-Jin rebels attached to the Song Dynasty the "Northern Army". Although they were given official titles, they were only used to resist the Jin and carry out a policy of differentiation and suppression.

In particular, the blockade of the Huai River prevented the Northern Army from crossing south, which made the Northern Army increasingly alienated and gradually turned into a local separatist force. Li Quan was no exception.

Jia She wanted to recruit Ji Xian's troops and trap them to death, but his subordinates refused to be recruited and resisted with Shi Gui as their leader. Li Quan heard about this and asked his troops to attack Shi Gui. Shi Gui led his troops to surrender to Mongolia. Li Quan took the opportunity to attack and annex them. department.

In this way, Li Quan gradually became the de facto master of Shandong.

In the 16th year of Jiading in the Song Dynasty, because the Huaidong pacification system was set up, Xu State despised and suppressed him, so Li Quan raised troops to kill him. Although he did not raise a flag, he was actually independent.

In this way, Shandong, which could have been regained, was lost before it was too late.

In the third year of Jin Zhengda (1226), the Mongolian army went south to Shandong and wanted to recruit Li Quan from Qingzhou to surrender. Li Quan refused and Yingcheng defended itself. After a year, they ran out of food and grass and had no choice but to surrender. Genghis Khan ordered Li Quan to be dealt with cheaply, so he used his In charge of Huainan and Chuzhou in Shandong.

At the same time, Li Quan's troops stationed in Chuzhou attacked and killed each other, and all his sons and concubines were killed. Li Quan led his army south to quell the rebellion and took revenge, then stationed in Chuzhou, expanded his army and built ships, and later captured Yancheng on the grounds that the grain ship was seized.

Not only did Song Ting not dare to send troops to attack, but in order to appease Li Quan, he gave him the title of Jiedushi.

It's useless.

Li Quan became more and more arrogant and openly hostile to the Song Dynasty. After capturing Taizhou, he also attacked Yangzhou. The Song court began to reduce his official position and cut off his food and salary.

Due to the lack of logistics, Li Quan was unable to attack the city. He was unsuccessful in fighting, and his main force suffered heavy losses. In the end, he was defeated and died. His wife led the remaining troops and could not resist the Song army. He and his adopted son Li Fen returned to their hometown in Shandong and succeeded Jin Yidu Province.

In short, Song Ting originally had a lot of opportunities to take back Shandong, but he missed the opportunity because of a series of stupid decisions.

After Li Fen inherited his father's position, he supported his own troops and continued to expand his power. In 30 years, he controlled most of Shandong.

In the first year of Kaiqing of the Song Dynasty (1259), Li Fen accelerated his preparations to rebel against Mongolia. However, he was a fool. While he was actively strengthening the defense of Yidu, storing grain and grass, and intercepting salt taxes, he was invading the Southern Song Dynasty.

Although this guy took 4 cities including Haizhou in the early stage, he was beaten by Li Tingzhi and couldn't take care of himself.The following year, Kublai Khan competed with Ali Buge for the throne. In order to stabilize Li Fen, he named him the governor of Jianghuai.

It's also useless.

The following year, Li Fen raised a rebel flag and presented the three cities of Lianhai to the Song Dynasty to express his intention to form an alliance. The Song Dynasty granted him the title of King of Qi County and the title of Jiedu Envoy, but did not provide effective cooperation in military operations. In the end, Li Fen was defeated and died.

After regaining Shandong, Yuanting established Shandong Xuanwei Division in eastern Shandong to govern it.

The Department of Xuanwei is in charge of military and civilian affairs. It is divided into general counties and counties. If the province has government orders, it will be issued to the subordinates.

The province here refers to Zhongshu Province. Shandong Xuanwei Division is directly under the jurisdiction of Zhongshu Province and is lower than the provincial level.

After Li Fen's Rebellion, there was no major chaos in Xuanwei Division in Shandong, and the place recovered quickly. In addition, it had many seaports and developed overseas trade, so it was quite wealthy and has always been one of Yuanting's moneybags.

If the Song army captures this place, it will not only be able to control the local population and wealth in Shandong, but also control the Bohai Bay, blocking Yuanting's maritime trade and causing it to lose an important financial route.

In addition, after taking Shandong, you can turn around and go south, and attack Haizhou (Lianyungang) and other places in the middle with the Lianshui Army.

There are many benefits.

The reason why Jiaoxi was chosen as the target was because it was on the seaside, within the range of cannons, and it was located next to the Jiao River, so the Jiao River could be controlled from this stronghold.

The Jiaohe River basically runs through the Shandong Peninsula and separates the eastern part of it. After the Song army captured it, they could temporarily rely on the Jiaohe River to form a defense line.

Of course, defense is always the last option, and offense is the best way.

However, before attacking Jiaoxi, it is necessary to capture the Yuan Navy's navy in Jiaozhou Bay.

After the defeat at the mouth of the Yangtze River, Zhang Xuan, who had a chance to escape, was sent to Jiaozhou Bay. His official position was restored to his original position, with a thousand households, more than 30 ships and thousands of men under his command.

Zhang Xuan knew that his life was basically over.

Because the Liu family had given up on him and hedging their bets, he, a defeated general with no background, could only eat and wait to die.

I thought I would just get over it, but I didn't expect to hear the bad news again.

The Song Army actually developed a cannon that could be mounted on the ship. When the cannon was fired, the sky would shatter and the earth would shatter, and no one could stop it.

Being in constant panic all day long, commonly known as panic.

Zhang Xuan estimated that whenever the Song army crossed the sea and headed north, it would inevitably choose Jiaozhou Bay, which was his defense area. After all, that idiot Li Fen did this back then. There were so many generals in the Song army, so it was impossible not to think of it.

Fortunately, after spending the summer in fear, wandering into autumn, and entering winter, Zhang Xuan let go of his worries.

It’s understandable if the weather doesn’t come in summer, but if autumn doesn’t come it means you’re not ready, and it’s basically impossible for winter to come.

The cold weather and freezing ground are more unbearable than the heat of summer. Unless the Song army is crazy, they choose to attack in winter.

What to do after spring begins?Zhang Xuan was wondering whether he would surrender to the Song Dynasty if he had no future in following Yuan Ting.

The hatred of good brother Zhu Qing?What will happen to the good brother's wife if she dies in revenge for him?
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