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In the first half of the fifth year of the Qingli period, after Yang Cha arrived in the southwest, he immediately began to integrate resources.
The first step was to concentrate the local garrison troops in Guangnan West Road. There were not many people, only more than 10,000 people, which was basically all the troops in the entire Guangnan West Road.
Historically, Guangxi was either conquered by Vietnam or by the Nong Zhigao rebels. It was not because they were strong, but because Guangxi was weak.
There were only a few thousand people in Yongzhou City, and the imperial court had also been laying off the elderly and weak on a large scale in the past two years, so the military strength in Guangxi was further reduced.
This amount of troops was definitely not enough, so Yang Cha asked Nong Zhigao to immediately contact the leaders of the border people who were often harassed by the Yue people and invite them to join the troops.
At one time, a large number of troops were assembled in Guangxi, and food and fodder were also transported in large quantities from neighboring provinces such as Guangdong and Hunan through the Lingqu Canal, and the treasury of Yongzhou was piled high with food.
At the same time, Di Qing's mighty army also left Bianliang. They also first took the land route through the Nanyang Basin and arrived in Xiangyang. Then they took a boat south, went through the Han River, Yangtze River, Xiang River and turned into the Lingqu Canal.
Fortunately, Zhao Jun allocated a lot of money in his early years to carry out large-scale repairs on the Lingqu Canal. Otherwise, although the army of 10,000 is not a large number, the weapons, food, firearms, tents and other military supplies they carry with them weigh thousands of tons, and it is not certain that they can arrive safely.
Historically, Nong Zhigao started his campaign in April of the fourth year of Huangyou and captured Yongzhou in May.
The imperial court immediately dispatched Di Qing upon receiving the news, but Di Qing did not arrive in Yongzhou until the end of the year. This shows that it took at least half a year from the Nong Zhigao rebellion to the imperial court's reorganization of troops and marching to Guangxi.
There's no other way. The journey is long, so this is the only way.
The big move in Guangxi quickly attracted the attention of Jiaozhi. Firstly, Jiaozhi had many insiders in Guangxi, and it was impossible for such a big move by the court to go unnoticed by them.
Secondly, Nong Zhigao had been fighting with them, and he was suddenly summoned to be the Tongzhi of Yongzhou, which meant that the Song Dynasty court had paid attention to Guangxi.
In the past, the Vietnamese Ly Dynasty had made many small moves, mainly because it was located in a remote southwest region. The Song Dynasty court paid much less attention to them than the Liao Dynasty and Western Xia, and even Japan's Goryeo was much more important than them.
As long as they didn't cause too much trouble, attacked the Song Dynasty's territory of Guangxi with great fanfare, and plundered the border, the Song Dynasty would have to endure it considering the cost of using troops against Jiaozhi.
But now Guangxi is not only stockpiling a large amount of supplies, but is also recruiting local ethnic minorities and gathering troops, as if it has the intention of using military force against Jiaozhi.
For a time, the Vietnamese Ly Dynasty was also a little panicked.
In recent years, the Song Dynasty has become much stronger. Not only is the country well-stocked with supplies and good harvests, but it has also shined on the international stage with several defeats against the Western Xia and Liao.
So if the Song Dynasty was weak, it could have tolerated those minor actions in the past, but now it might really have to launch an army to punish the culprits.
King Ly Phoma of the Ly Dynasty was a little panicked when he thought that before the establishment of the Ly Dynasty, Jiaozhi had always been occupied by the Central Plains dynasty. Even if there were occasional rebellions and independent regimes, they would soon be easily destroyed by the Central Plains dynasty.
Ly Phuc Ma is one of the most wise monarchs in Vietnamese history. He worked hard to govern the country during his reign, and the prosperity of the Ly Viet period was basically laid by him.
But no matter what, Li Yue's size is still a world apart from that of the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, after discussing with the Grand Marshal Guo Shengyi, the Grand Protector Tao Chuzhong, the Privy Councilor Li Fengxiao, and dozens of other civil and military ministers including Li Zhengxian, Li Zaiyan, Du Qing, Liang Maocai, Feng Zhineng, Ban Shi Yonghe, and Ban Du Xingru, they decided to send an envoy to deliver the white elephant to the Song Dynasty.
This is what the Ly Dynasty did for many years. Since the reign of Zhao Heng, the Ly Dynasty has sent envoys to pay tribute many times. Every time there is a problem on the border, the Song Dynasty sends a letter of reprimand, and they immediately send ministers to the Song State to make peace.
Among these civil and military officials, many had repeatedly served as envoys to the Song Dynasty. They were all important officials in the court, such as the Deputy Privy Councilor, the Commander-in-Chief of the Palace, and the Three Dukes and Three Masters.
They were just giving the Song Dynasty some consideration for its appearance, but they would still invade the country as they wanted.
Every time they sent envoys to repair the border, within two years they would start harassing the border again, sometimes moving the border line and encroaching on Song territory. Sometimes they would cross the border to abduct border residents, burn, kill, and loot.
Seeing that the Song Dynasty seemed to be serious about its actions this year, Li Foma naturally wanted to use the same trick again.
In their opinion, the Li Dynasty was located in a remote area, and a large-scale attack by the Song Dynasty would not be worth the cost. As long as they saved the Song Dynasty's face, they should be able to give up.
Soon it was June, and when Di Qing arrived in Guilin, Guangxi and was about to go to Yongzhou, the letter from the Li Dynasty was quickly sent to Bianliang.
It was early June, the end of summer, and the weather showed no sign of cooling down.
After the Little Ice Age, the world began to warm up. Living without air conditioning in the summer is a torture, especially in Henan and Hebei. There was even a drought in Henan in May this year.
If the imperial court had not provided timely disaster relief and taken the opportunity to allocate money to hire local young and strong people to repair water conservancy projects, many people would have starved to death.
Inside the Constitutional Court, people should have been enjoying a leisurely lunch break, but instead, the atmosphere was extremely hectic.
Inside and outside the house, many clerks and other officials of the Constitutional Court were coming in and out, as if something big was happening.
But in fact, it’s not a big deal, but there are too many documents piling up in recent years.
During the summer, Zhao Jun had people clean and sort through the items. The useful items were stored and placed in the yard to dry. The useless items were thrown into the warehouse and stored in the archives.
The room was stuffy under the scorching sun. Although the doors and windows were open for ventilation, it still made people feel uneasy. Among the more than ten prime ministers in the room, only Zhao Jun, Fan Zhongyan, Yan Shu, Jiang Tang, Cai Qi and Song Shou were there.
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