Chapter 113 The Significance of Lin'an
It has been more than a day or two that Zhang Shun wants to go to Lin'an, and this matter is indeed very important to him, so he must try it.
First of all, Zhang Shun has always been thinking about finding a person who can inherit the Grand Principality in the future. It is obvious that he needs to pick him up in person, otherwise how could he have his share?
Song Duzong gave birth to three sons, two of which were in addition to the current emperor, one was Zhao Shi, the eldest son of the concubine, who was seven years old this year, and the other was Zhao Bing, the youngest son of Song Duzong. These three were the famous Three Emperors of the late Song Dynasty.
In history, when the Yuan army conquered Lin'an, five-year-old Emperor Gong of Song and Empress Dowager Xie were captured one after another. On the eve of the surrender of Lin'an City, King Yi Zhao Shi, King Guang Zhao Bing, King Guang, was escorted by the son-in-law Yang Zhen, the uncle Yang Liangjie and the rebels under the jurisdiction of Sangu Twelve Zhai, dived out of the city and fled to Wuzhou. Later, he went to Wenzhou, retaining a trace of blood for the Zhao Song Dynasty. After that, Zhang Shijie and Lu Xiufu also led the remaining troops to Wenzhou Jiangxin Temple to meet, which was regarded as retaining the last little blood for the Song Dynasty.
Because Song Duanzong was captured, Zhang Shijie, Lu Xiufu and others elected Zhao as emperor, that is, Song Duanzong. At this time, the world was still in the hands of the Song people. Fuzhou, Wenzhou, Taizhou, Chuzhou, Guangzhou, Nanxiongzhou, Guangdong, Yangzhou, Zhenzhou, and Tongzhou north of the Yangtze River were still defending. Although most of Sichuan had fallen into the hands of the Yuan army, mountain cities such as Diaoyucheng, Lingxiaocheng still insisted on resisting the Yuan Dynasty.
Moreover, the Song Dynasty had about 200,000 troops. If the command was properly, the outcome was unknown. However, the Song Dynasty's monarchs and ministers hoped that the Yuan army would retreat like the Jin soldiers who chased Emperor Gaozong of Song, because they could not bear the humid and hot weather in the south, giving the Song Dynasty a chance to breathe or even revive, so they gave in step by step. However, they obviously underestimated the Yuan people.
Song Duanzong issued an edict to the Yangzhou garrison Li Tingzhi and Jiang Cai come to Fuzhou to serve the king. Li Tingzhi ordered the Huaidong garrison Zhu Huan to guard the city. He and Jiang Cai led 7,000 Song troops south. However, as soon as they left the city, Zhu Huan opened the city to surrender. Li Tingzhi was besieged by Taizhou. The Yuan army drove the wife and children of the Song army in Yangzhou to the city of Taizhou. For a moment, the wailing sounds of the city were endless. Seeing this, the Song army had no intention of fighting again and surrendering. Jiang Cai was seriously ill and bedridden and was sent to Yangzhou with Li Tingzhi.
After the fall of Yangzhou, Zhenzhou and Tongzhou were successively lost. The Song Dynasty lost its last stronghold north of the Yangtze River and had no hope of going north. It was undoubtedly a mistake to make Li Tingzhi abandon his door. Under the oppression of the Yuan army, the Song Dynasty fled south step by step, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Chaozhou, Huizhou... Because of fear of the loss of the city, the Song Dynasty spent most of its time on the sea. The soldiers were far away from their hometowns and gradually became dissatisfied. The family was displaced and miserable.
In the twelfth month of the second year of Jingyan, Song Duanzong fled to Xiushan. He heard that Guangzhou was lost and retreated to Jingao in panic. At this time, a hurricane suddenly broke out on the sea, and the Song Dynasty fleet was blown to pieces. Song Duanzong fell into the water and became sick. More than 40% of the Song Dynasty soldiers died in the hurricane.
Just after the Hurricane, General Liu Shen of Yuan led his troops to attack. Zhang Shijie lost to the battle and fled to Qixingyang. In this battle, the Song army lost more than 200 ships, and even Song Duanzong's uncle was captured.
Because the Yuan army was approaching, they had to flee to Benzhou on the sea. At this time, Song Duanzong was repeatedly bumpy and frightened. In April of the third year of Jingyan, the ten-year-old Song Duanzong died of illness on the deserted island of Benzhou.
After Zhao died, Zhao Bing became the last hope, and he was the little emperor who was finally jumped into the sea by Lu Xiufu on his back. After Yashan, there was no China, but he came out from the next step.
No one can tell whether this last little emperor of the Song Dynasty can become a wise master in the future, because he was only eight years old when he died, and there is no way to guess what kind of person an eight-year-old child will become when he grows up. There are very few records of him in later generations, and there is no famous way to show that he is a smart child. The only thing that is there is only the record of Zhang Shijie and Lu Xiufu teaching him to read and write during the battle.
In fact, some of these things were known to Zhang Shun, and some were not known to Zhang Shun, but Zhang Shun's goal was naturally Zhao Bing. It was not that he was not interested in Zhao, but the problem was that he knew that no matter Lu Xiufu or Zhang Shijie would not give that person to him easily. They valued Zhao, who was older, more.
Since there were examples from the Southern Song Dynasty, they all believed that as long as they could hold on, there would be times when the Yuan people retreated, so they would still focus on the older children in their hands. Therefore, Zhang Shun thought that it would be possible for him to welcome the little prince back to Shennongjia.
But even if it is really possible, he must go there himself. After all, he has no political capital at all and has no influence on the court. Even if Zhao Bing is not valued at all, he will never hand over such a person to someone like him. Therefore, Zhang Shun must go to Lin'an, and he must go to Lin'an to do this big thing before the last moment comes.
Of course, Zhang Shun also understood that as long as he was willing, he could definitely use the army to perform such a task. Grabbing people is not a very difficult task. At least Zhang Shun knew that there were not many troops under his command who could do this.
However, this also has to be mentioned another problem, that is, Zhang Shun’s own selfishness, that is, he has finally traveled through time. Shouldn’t he see with his own eyes what Lin'an, the most prosperous city of this era, looks like?
He really wants to see with his own eyes, even if he wants to go to danger, so what? Who dares to say what his future will look like? Can he guarantee that he will never die as long as he stays in Shennongjia and never go out? People will always die. Instead of always being in the shadow of fear of death, it is better to seize every opportunity to see the world. This is what Zhang Shun thinks.
However, Zhang Shun is not a fool. He will never be like a lunatic. He has never thought that if someone like him appears in Lin'an, he can persuade the big men in the court to rob Zhao Bing back. He has already selected the troops he wants.
There are two troops, one is the special operations battalion that Zhang Shun has always held hope for, and the other is naturally his personal guard cavalry unit - the Zhangqi Battalion. These two troops are the most fierce existences, and there is no need to say much about the special operations battalion. The Zhangqi Battalion can already explain everything because of the two words "官网". People who can enter this army must be able to fight or dare to die for Zhang Shun at any time. They are the most fanatical existences.
Chapter completed!