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They besieged Zhenwu Army.
Li Ganshun, however, despite the Western Xia's great victory...
He recalled Chage and issued an edict to negotiate peace.
This prevented the Western Xia army from launching a large-scale invasion of the Song Dynasty.
However, Tong Guan concealed this major defeat.
Instead, they submitted a memorial to the imperial court.
They achieved a great victory over the Western Xia.
All the generals of the Western Army knew that Li Qianshun had been working diligently to govern the country in recent years.
The Western Xia dynasty was powerful and prosperous.
However, Li Qianshun did not seem enthusiastic about expanding his territory.
It is rare for them to launch large-scale military invasions on the border.
On the contrary, Tong Guan frequently led troops to provoke the Western Xia.
If we say that the Liao Dynasty was on its last legs,
However, this was the period when the Western Xia Dynasty was at its strongest.
It can be described as a lurking tiger.
The Central Plains are now in chaos
The main force of the Western Army then marched south again.
No one believed that Western Xia would miss this opportunity.
Xin Xingzong was worried that trouble would break out in his own backyard.
He no longer cared about currying favor with Tong Guan.
"We humbly request the Grand Councilor's permission to withdraw our troops and return to the Northwest."
Other military officers also habitually asked Tong Guan for orders to withdraw their troops.
Tong Guan also knew that these Western Army generals now appeared to be under his command.
But once he refused to allow these Western troops to withdraw,
I'm afraid they won't obey orders.
If things go wrong, these arrogant and fierce soldiers might even plunder and loot before leaving.
“Alright, I will arrange for the prefectures along the way to supply provisions.”
"There's no time to lose, you should reorganize your troops and return to base now."
The generals of the Western Army also disregarded the need to claim the rewards for previous beheadings.
He immediately withdrew to reorganize his troops.
The Western Army soldiers learned that their homes might be lost.
They didn't care about the hardship.
Instead, they urged the generals to withdraw their troops.
In less than half an hour,
The 100,000-strong Western Army then set off one after another.
Heading northwest.
Once the Western Army withdrew,
Tong Guan was also afraid that Lü Shinang from Taizhou would lead his troops to seize Fang La.
He immediately led 20,000 victorious troops to Hangzhou.
Furthermore, Fang Baihua and Fang Jie escaped from Muzhou.
They dared not enter any towns or cities along the way.
Only choose to travel along country roads.
Upon arriving in Jing County, Xuanzhou, they discovered that the soldiers had stopped checking passersby.
Only then did they dare to enter the city.
The two had just entered the city.
Then they heard someone next to them say to their companion,
"Did you hear that?"
"The Liangshan army has captured Tokyo,"
"The emperor issued an edict ordering all prefectures to submit to the Great Liang."
"I wonder if our county is now considered part of Daliang or somewhere else?"
His companion said, "Now everyone knows that the Liangshan army has captured Tokyo."
"I heard that many prefectures and counties in the capital region have been captured by the Great Liang."
"It's just about the emperor's edict,"
"I haven't heard of that. How did you know?"
The man looked around before saying, "It is said that after Liangshan captured Tokyo,"
"The emperor then issued an edict to all the prefectures and counties,"
"But many state officials have hidden the imperial edict."
"These past few days, the Liang Dynasty has been distributing imperial edicts everywhere."
"The people north of the Yangtze River all know,"
"I'm afraid it won't be long before the people of Jiangnan know about it."
His companion asked curiously, "Why did those officials hide the imperial edict?"
"Why did Liangshan distribute imperial edicts everywhere?"
The man said, "I heard it from someone else; they said those officials didn't know whether they should accept the imperial decree or not."
"Therefore, they hid the imperial edict and pretended not to have received it."
"Liangshan issued the imperial edict to let the people of the world know that the emperor had already issued an edict to abdicate,"
"If any official resists, it is considered disobeying the imperial edict."
"To raise an army in rebellion is to lose sight of righteousness."
Chapter 1738 Killing the innocent and claiming credit
"They have no legitimate reason to act, so officials from other prefectures won't respond,"
"Then we can defeat Daliang piecemeal."
His companion nodded and said, "You're right, they became officials by the emperor's decree."
"If they disobey imperial orders, what right do they have to hold office?"
"But what if this imperial edict is fake?"
"How could the emperor relinquish his empire to the Great Liang?"
The man said, "The royal family has all been captured by the Great Liang."
"Even if the emperor doesn't abdicate, the country will no longer belong to his family."
"Why not issue an imperial decree to save their lives?"
"I heard that the emperor of the Great Liang Dynasty was appointed a foolish and immoral duke,"
"It must have been obtained through an imperial decree,"
"Otherwise, according to the Great Liang's practice of acting on behalf of Heaven,"
"They probably already killed the emperor."
"I heard that the Great Liang publicly executed seven notorious traitors in Tokyo: Cai Jing, Yang Jian, Liang Shicheng, Wang Fu, Cai You, Zhu Mian, and Li Gang."
"They even erected a monument for the people to curse for generations to come,"
"I heard that on the day of the execution, the people scrambled to eat the flesh of these treacherous officials."
"Good riddance! I wish I could eat the flesh and sleep on the skin of such a treacherous villain."
"The Great Liang should bring that treacherous Zhu Mian to Jiangnan for execution,"
"How many families in the southeast have been destroyed and people have died because of him?"
……
"Walk."
Fang Baihua listened for a while.
He turned and walked out.
Fang Jie hurriedly followed, and as they left the city, he said...
"I never expected the Liangshan army to be so powerful; they actually managed to break through Tokyo."
"So, are we still heading north now?"
Fang Baihua shook her head and said, "Since Tokyo has already been captured by Liangshan,"
"Tong Guan will no longer escort the Holy Duke north,"
"Let's go find Lü Shi Nang,"
"Now that the Song Dynasty has been destroyed, perhaps we can lead troops to force Tong Guan to hand over the Holy Duke."
Fang Jie thought for a moment,
“Auntie is right, then let’s go to Taizhou.”
Then there's Lu Shinang from Taizhou.
This man was originally a wealthy household in Shezhou.
I read military books and strategies when I was young.
He was skilled in martial arts, wielding a ten-foot-long spear.
Before Fang La's uprising,
Lü Shinang then sold all his family property to support the rebel army.
In return for his kindness, after Fang La declared himself emperor,
He then appointed Lü Shinang as the Privy Councilor of the Eastern Hall.
After the uprising, Fang La divided the rebel army into two.
Heading north one way and south the other.
The general leading the southward expedition was Lü Shinang.
His subordinates commanded twelve officers.
Their title is "The Twelve Gods of Jiangnan".
"Sky-Supporting God" Shen Gang from Fuzhou, "God of Chess" Pan Wende from Shezhou,
"Dunjia God" Mu Zhou Yingming, "Six Ding God" Mingzhou Xu Tong
Zhang Jinren of Yuezhou, known as the "Thunder God," and Shen Ze of Hangzhou, known as the "Giant Spirit God."
Zhao Yi from Huzhou, known as the "God of Taibai," and Gao Keli from Xuanzhou, known as the "God of Taisui."
The "Hanging Guest God" is from Changzhou, while the "Yellow Banner God" is from Runzhou.
"Leopard Tail God" Jiangzhou and Tong, "Death God" Suzhou Shen Lin