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With Long Zaitian, his godfather, as his internal support, Sun Kewang became more eager to retreat to Yunnan.
However, the road to Yunnan is controlled by the thirty prostitution dealers, and it is not easy to pass through their territory.
Sun Kewang drank three cups in a row, and said unwillingly: "Brother Long, I do want to enter Yunnan, but the post road into Yunnan is blocked by the Thirteen Huang Families, and it is not easy for the army to pass through."
Long Wangbao said confidently, "If Brother Sun is interested, I know a small road. From Qianwei County, go around Muchuansi, go along the eastern foot of Daliang Mountain, cross the Jinsha River from the south of Mahu Prefecture, and climb over Wulian Peak of Wumeng Mountain to reach Wumeng Prefecture. There is an official road going south from Wumeng Prefecture, passing through Dongchuan Prefecture and entering Xundian Prefecture in Yunnan."
There are Daliang Mountain and Wumeng Mountain, and in between they have to cross the turbulent Jinsha River. When Sun Kewang heard about this road, he became a little nervous.
As far as he knew, these mountains were covered with snow in winter. Even the mountain trails were covered with snow. If one was not careful while walking on them, one would fall into the abyss of the canyon and there would be no way back.
"Brother Long, you may not know that I once fought with Muchuan Tusi Abao. I'm afraid it won't be easy to pass through his territory."
"Brother Long, don't worry. My father-in-law has some connections with Muchuan Tusi Abao. I guarantee that Brother Sun's army can pass through Muchuan Tusi safely."
"Really? That's great!" Thinking of the bright prospects after entering Yunnan, Sun Kewang decided to take the risk even though the mountain road was difficult to travel.
He still has more than 40,000 troops at his disposal. Even if he loses 10,000 on the way to Yunnan, it will be worth it as long as he succeeds in entering Yunnan. "Come on! Brother Long, please drink this glass of wine together."
"Dry!"
After finding their place, Sun Kewang and Xu Yixian seemed very happy. They changed to big bowls and drank.
"By the way, Brother Long, how strong is Sha Dingzhou?"
"Brother Sun, rest assured. Sha Dingzhou's army only has a few thousand men. After he used despicable means to suddenly attack the Mu Mansion and seize Kunming, some fence-sitters joined him, and his army is said to be 30,000. But in fact, these fence-sitters have their own calculations in private. When it comes to fighting, they will never fight for Sha Dingzhou. As long as Brother Sun's army arrives, I can guarantee that Sha Dingzhou will be shattered."
"Okay. Thank you, Brother Long."
After finding his way to Yunnan, Sun Kewang no longer cared about Renshou County which was taken away by Li Dingguo, and he drank to his heart's content.
After the banquet, Sun Kewang asked his generals Feng Shuangli, Bai Wenxuan, Ma Weixing and others to immediately prepare for entering Yunnan.
He returned to the back court drunkenly. Lu Xiaomei had already bathed and changed her clothes. Her delicate white skin was so white that it could be broken with a flick of a finger. Her eyes were full of seductive light. Her slender waist was about to break. Her breasts were shaking and about to tear her clothes.
Sun Kewang was feeling happy, thinking of her seductive tricks that made people feel ecstatic in the past, he could no longer suppress the desire in his heart, and went forward to hug her, and his cold hands directly grasped the two plump snow-capped peaks on Lu Xiaomei's chest and rubbed them to his heart's content.
"Master! Be gentle..."
"You little devil, I miss you so much."
"Master, don't be impatient. You've drunk so much. You must be thirsty. Come, let me have a cup of tea to quench your thirst."
Lu Xiaomei struggled to get a cup of tea from the table. Sun Kewang was thirsty, so he drank the tea in one gulp without even looking at her. Then he carried Lu Xiaomei to the bed...
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Youth is halfway point when one is filled with sorrow and worry.
The twin phoenixes separate, and it is another separation.
I hide my face in the mirror, speechless and with my brows lowered, my thoughts follow the sad grass.
Relying on the east wind to blow my dreams, I walk with my lover all day long.
This is a poem "Qing Ping Le" written by Sun Guangxian, a poet from Renshou in the Later Tang Dynasty. The line "The intertwined branches and the phoenix have lost their companion" can barely serve as a footnote to Sun Kewang's fate.
Renshou is located more than 100 miles north of Jiading Prefecture. It is a hilly area where the transition from plains to mountains occurs. The most famous person from Renshou is not Sun Guangxian, but Yu Yunwen.
Yu Yunwen defeated Wanyan Liang's intention to destroy Nanning in the Battle of Caishifan, and indirectly led to internal strife in the Jin Dynasty, allowing the Southern Song Dynasty to continue for more than a hundred years.
After his death, he was posthumously named Zhongsu and a temple was built in his hometown of Renshou.
At this moment, Li Dingguo was standing in front of Yu Yunwen's shrine, commemorating this predecessor.
Li Dingguo was familiar with history books and knew that when Wanyan Liang's army arrived at Caishiji, Yu Yunwen was not a general of the Song army at that time, but went to Caishiji to reward the army as a staff officer in charge of the Jianghuai Military and Horse Office.
At that time, the commander of the army, Li Xianzhong, had not yet arrived at Caishiji. The enemy was very large, and the Song army was without a leader, and the soldiers were in panic. Seeing the critical situation, Yu Yunwen, a staff officer of the Military Cavalry Office, stepped forward resolutely, boosted morale, and commanded the battle. With less than 20,000 troops, he defeated the 150,000-strong Jin army in one fell swoop, writing a brilliant chapter in history.
Li Dingguo admired Yu Yunwen from the bottom of his heart. After he captured Renshou, he strictly ordered his soldiers to abide by the law and not to rob. He also personally brought incense and candles to the ancestral hall to pay homage to Yu Zhongsu.
He had just finished burning incense and praying when he heard the sound of hurried horse hooves from the stream south of the ancestral hall. A rider on a fast horse came galloping over, shouting from afar that he had an urgent matter and wanted to see Governor Li.
Li Dingguo's personal soldiers stopped the man and brought him forward. Li Dingguo remembered that this was Qin Zhaoming, whom he had met once.
Qin Zhaoming's whereabouts have always been very secretive. Li Dingguo only knew that he was a member of Yebushou, but he had no idea what his specific position was.
Qin Zhaoming's face was covered with dust, his chest and abdomen were heaving, and he clasped his fists and said while panting: "General Li, quickly... send troops to Jiading Prefecture. Sun Kewang died suddenly, and his army is leaderless...General Li, please go to Jiading quickly..."
"What?" Li Dingguo, who was always calm in the face of adversity, could not help but show a shocked expression after hearing the news. "What did you say? Sun Kewang died suddenly? Is this true?"
"Commander Li, how dare I lie about something like this? Commander Li, there is no time to hesitate. Send troops to Jiading Prefecture immediately and control the situation first."
Although Li Dingguo didn't know much about the internal situation of Yebushou, he knew that this was definitely a mysterious organization that was no less powerful than the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty. They were Qin Mu's eyes and ears, and the information provided by Qin Zhaoming should not be false.
But this news was too shocking. Sun Kewang was less than 30 years old and had always been strong and healthy. How could he suddenly die
Li Dingguo glanced at Qin Zhaoming suspiciously. In view of the urgency of the matter, he did not give it much thought and hurried back to the camp with his personal soldiers. Then he personally led 3,000 cavalry ahead and asked his deputy general Li Baimu to lead the infantry to Jiading.
Yellow dust was everywhere, the sound of horses' hooves was like a tide, and the three thousand cavalrymen only had two days' worth of dry food, and they were running wildly in the north wind with light gear, and the cold air was painful on their faces... ..
The reason why Li Dingguo dared to lead 3,000 cavalrymen and head straight to Jiading was because three generals under Sun Kewang, Feng Shuangli, Bai Wenxuan and Ma Weixing, all had good relations with him in the past.
Feng Shuangli and Bai Wenxuan were both from northern Shaanxi. They followed Zhang Xianzhong in the uprising in their early years and were veteran generals of the Dashi Army. Among them, Bai Wenxuan had the best relationship with Li Dingguo.
Bai Wenxuan had been herding sheep and farming since he was young. He was big and ate a lot, had extraordinary strength, and was naturally fond of using swords and sticks. He started as a fireman and was promoted to a soldier. He always rushed to the front in every battle and was promoted to the commander of the front army for his meritorious service.
Now that Sun Kewang has died suddenly, Li Dingguo still has some confidence in recruiting Feng Shuangli, Bai Wenxuan and Ma Weixing to surrender.
The key is time, so as not to let Sun Kewang's troops make any other changes.
In order to save time, Li Dingguo continued to run south with a torch until nightfall.
In fact, when Sun Kewang, Long Wangbao and Xu Yixian finished drinking and returned to the back court, it was not yet the hour of the thirteenth lunar month. His death spread quickly to Renshou, a hundred miles away, at an astonishing speed within an hour.
As the three most important generals under Sun Kewang, Feng Shuangli and others waited for Sun Kewang to get up at noon the next day. After sending people to the back court to urge him but getting no response, they pushed the door open and found that Sun Kewang had been poisoned to death in bed.
The news of Sun Kewang's sudden death was spread to everyone by the maidservants in the back court who ran out screaming to report it. It could no longer be concealed. For a time, the morale of Sun Kewang's troops was in chaos.
Feng Shuangli, Bai Wenxuan and Ma Weixing hurriedly found Xu Yixian to discuss the matter. Before they could come up with a plan, soldiers rushed into the yamen and reported that Li Dingguo had led his troops to Wudou Chong on the other side of the Minjiang River.
"Generals, General Anxi invites you three to meet on the river."
"General Anxi?"
The three of them were somewhat puzzled. Li Dingguo was appointed General Anxi by Zhang Xianzhong when he was in Daxi Kingdom, so there was nothing to be puzzled about.
What puzzled Feng Shuangli and the other two was how Li Dingguo happened to appear on the other side of the Minjiang River at this time. Was it a coincidence, or...
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ps: I suddenly remembered that some book friends said that they were disgusted when they saw words like "candidate of staff" and "general staff" in books, because they are modern words. After checking, I found that Yu Yunwen's official position in the battle of Caishiji was exactly "candidate of staff". It's ridiculous that we are so ignorant that we thought that the word "candidate of staff" is only used in modern times.
Suddenly I remembered the title of "Governor of Tokyo" that often appears in the news. It seems that it is inherited from the title of Zhizhou (Knowing the affairs of a certain state) in the Song Dynasty. The title of mayor in China is inherited from the West... ... ...
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