In April of the sixth year of the Taihe reign, Meng Yan held a court meeting in Chengdu and announced the use of troops against Chu. The order was to pacify the southern border. With Wu Guogong and the Tiger Army commander Yu Geng as the commanders, they marched south from Baoqing to Jianning.

The county magistrate and the commander-in-chief of the Wanxiang Army, Jing Yi, led the troops on the right out of Ronggui, and on the left, the Marquis of Xiangyang and Changsha General Deng Ang led the troops on the left from Luling. He took Zheng Xi, Bo of Hengnan, as the vanguard, and went to Hengyang first. The Central Plains were in an uproar.

In August of the fourth year of the Great Peace, Xiao Yu announced the use of troops against Xiling in Jinling. He sent King Quanxi of Yan as the northern army to harass southern Shanxi, and used the new Lu Duke Teng Han as the southern army to march into southern Shanxi. At the same time, he sent envoys to Chengdu and Da

Declare it repaired.

In early September, all the generals of Daxuan's Southern Expedition gathered in Baoqing City to swear their loyalty. Then Daxuan's Nan Bo Zheng Xi led the army and attacked Hengyang. Zhuo Xun, the defender of Hengyang in Dachu, retreated step by step. By September 18th,

All the counties and counties around Hengyang fell, and Zhuo Xun was unable to go south, so he retreated to Luling on September 21.

On the ninth day of September, Deng Ang, the commander-in-chief of the Left Route Army of Daxuan, arrived in Yuzhang and launched an attack on Tangyuan, Fuzhou on September 12th. Tangyuan held on to Fuzhou and fought to the death, and the war on the right side of the Yangtze River came to a stalemate.

On September 14, Jing Yi, the commander-in-chief of the Daxuan Right Route Army, led Yelinghou Song Ji as the vanguard from Yuping in southern Guizhou to attack Yizhou. On September 15, Jing Yi sent Nanbo Xiahou Xin out of Funing and headed straight for Yulin.

, until the end of September, the Song Dynasty occupied the entire territory of Yizhou, Xiahou Xin was approaching Yongzhou, and on the seventh day of October, Jingyi's army arrived in Silin County, the westernmost county of Yongzhou.

Zhong Roulan convened the ministers to discuss countermeasures. Song Jian, the Duke of Xi State, arrived in Yongzhou with the Xiang brothers who had returned from the south. After Song Jian took office, he hurriedly ordered Xiang Xu to garrison in Guizhou. At the same time, Tang Yuan was appointed as the general in Zhenbei, and Tang Yao was appointed as the general in charge of Zhenbei.

The governor of Luling defended the northern front, and Poyang Wang Zhongfan led troops to Shaonan Pass for defense.

The Daxuan Southern Expedition entered a stalemate stage, but Emperor Daxuan sent more troops to the south in early November of the sixth year of Taihe, with the obvious intention of further shrinking Dachu's sphere of influence.

At the same time, Daning's use of troops against Xiling was not progressing smoothly. King Quanxi of Yan repeatedly harassed southern Shanxi but was blocked by Long Tingfei, and Duke Teng Han of Lu was also repulsed several times.

In November of the fourth year of Jinghe, King Quanxi of Yan in Daning and Teng Han, Duke of Lu, gathered their troops together. The two armies made plans in Changshan. In early December, snow fell in the north, and the two armies of Daning crossed the central area of ​​Jin.

When rushing to Suide, the Ling army failed to take precautions, and the Suide front line completely collapsed.

Empress Daling urgently summoned Li Qingque to supervise the battle. In February of the fifth year of Jinghe, the two armies formed a confrontation in Luochuan.

At this point, Daxuan's Southern Expedition and Daning's Western Expedition maintained basically the same pace, and the first phase of the war ended.

The military operations of Daxuan and Daning in the past six months directly pushed Dachu and Daling into a dead end. In May of the seventh year of Taihe in Daxuan, Daxuan sent the Condor Army to the commander-in-chief, the general of Kaifeng, the consort of Princess Baoqing, and Xiahou Zhou

Ce Zhuzhu met with Xiao Han, Prince of Anqing County in Daning, in Yongcheng. The two parties signed a non-aggression agreement and a mutual assistance agreement.

In September of the same year, Meng Huan, King of Qin, led a hundred thousand troops in white clothes out of Hanzhong to harass the pass. In October, Daning Yu Qingwu withdrew from the Jiangyou area and gave up Raozhou and Wuzhou. Huo Youji, the Marquis of Chu County in Daxuan, immediately settled in the two states.

In November, Daxuan gave up the area north of Kaifeng as a thank-you gift for Rao and Wuzhou.

In April of the eighth year of Taihe's reign, the Southern Expeditionary Army went out again. Duke Yu Geng of Wu State came to Shaonang Pass in person. On April 16, the two sides fought at the pass. Wang Zhongfan of Poyang was seriously injured. The Xuan army broke through on April 21.

At Shaonanguan, Zhong Fan is nowhere to be found.

On May 3rd of the same year, Daxuan Song Ji turned south, crossed the Daming Mountain and headed straight for Yongzhou. Jingyi, who was stationed in Silin County, immediately took action. By May 19th, the two armies converged under the city of Yongzhou, and Yongzhou was in crisis.

On May 6th, the Duke of Xiangyang, Deng Ang, and the Marquis of Chu County, Huo Youji, sent troops to Fuzhou again, but Tangyuan could not hold out. On May 14th, the Marquis of Chu County, Huo Youji, detoured to Yihuang, and Fuzhou was besieged. Tangyuan held on for five days.

After that, they were not allowed to withdraw from the territory of Fujian and Yue. On May 22, Huo Youji returned to Yuzhang, and Deng Ang's army approached Luling.

Until June 6th, Song Jian, the Duke of Chu Xi, withdrew from Yongzhou. What was surprising was that Song Jian did not join Xiang Xu in the north, but went south into Qinzhou. It was elusive, but soon he announced the south

The news of Zheng Zheng was covered up by Li Qingque's execution.

In mid-May of the sixth year of the Great Peace, Teng Han raided Luochuan. Li Qingque was unprepared and rushed to fight. Then Teng Han's army came out and killed them all the way to the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor. Li Qingque was divided and surrounded, and he was killed by Teng Han himself in a fierce battle.

Immediately, a generation of famous generals fell.

By the time Mu Yi, who took over the command of Li Qingque, arrived, Teng Han had already occupied Baishui City, and Daningyan King Quanxi was also unceremonious. By the end of September, he had captured the entire five states of Yansui, forcing Xue Che of Daling to resort to

Conservative posture.

At this point, the second phase of the Daxuan Southern Expedition and the Daning Western Expedition ended.

In March of the ninth year of Taihe reign, Meng Yan convened the Fourth Great Court Conference and the Second People's Sentiment Representative Conference at the same time to determine the national policy of the Southern Expedition. At the same time, it was determined that the Great Court Conference and the People's Situation Congress would be held together once every five years.

In April, the "Two Sessions" ended, and Emperor Meng Yan of Daxuan announced the start of the third phase of the war. Zheng Xi, the Nanbo of Daxuan Heng, led troops to the west to support them. On June 19, he and Song Ji besieged Guizhou City, and Xiang Xu escaped.

However, he was captured alive by Zheng Xi and taken to Chengdu for trial. It was time for Xiang Xu to repay his blood debt in Yuanzhou.

Then Zheng Xi was granted the title of Marquis of Guilin by the Jin Dynasty, and Yu Geng ordered the armies of the Song Dynasty and Zheng Xi to merge into one. The army swept across Ronggui territory, captured Liuzhou in May, annexed Wuzhou in early June, and surrendered Rongzhou without a fight at the end of June.

, so far Da Chu is in Ronggui

Only Qinzhou remained. Song Jian and Xiang Lie defended Qinzhou. The Xuan army could not attack for a long time. An edict came from Chengdu to postpone the attack on Qinzhou. Zheng and Song troops stationed in Rongzhou and Jingyi stationed in Yongzhou. Military control was temporarily implemented until the political affairs officials

Hand over government affairs after joining the company.

In August, Deng Ang took advantage of the surge in the Jiangyou River and led 50,000 elite troops to quickly penetrate into Fujian and Yue. Tang Yuan could not react in time and retreated all the way south. By September, when the rain stopped, only four of the seventeen states in Fujian and Yue were still resisting.

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The continuous campaign to retreat to the south left Tang Yuan physically and mentally exhausted. On October 13, Tang Yuan died of illness in Fuzhou. At the end of December, the Governor of Luling of Dachu took the initiative to hold talks with Daxuan. On the day before the Shangyuan Festival in the 10th year of Daxuan Taihe, the Governor of Luling of Dachu

Tang Yao and Zhuo Xun announced their surrender to Daxuan, and the Battle of Jiangyou ended.

In March of the 10th year of Daxuan, all the remaining four Fujian and Yue states surrendered to Daxuan. At the end of April, Daxuan Emperor Meng Yan announced the end of the third phase of the war.

In May of the seventh year of Jinghe, Teng Han once again mobilized his troops. However, with the persistence of Xue Che and Mu Yi, the war continued until February of the eighth year of Jinghe. For most of half a year, the two sides won each other. After Teng Han was captured,

The battle ended after the stabbing, and Xiao Yu announced the end of the third phase of the war in March of the eighth year of Jinghe.

In August of the 10th year of Taihe, the Empress of Chu Zhong Roulan secretly sent her envoy Murong Changfeng to Chengdu for talks. Murong Changfeng returned to Chenjing in November of the 10th year of Taihe. Then the Empress of Chu organized her troops and headed south via Qinzhou.

Forcing Zhong Rouxuan, Zhong Rouning withdrew to the south by sea and pacified the South Vietnam at the end of the 10th year of Taihe.

In the eleventh year of Taihe, Zhong Roulan announced that the capital would be moved to Bihai City, and at the same time ordered Song Yan to stay in Chenjing and Xiang Lie to be the general of Chenjing.

In the 11th year of Taihe, Yu Geng, Duke of Wu State in Daxuan, personally led an army to the area north of Chenjing, and delineated the boundary between Dachu and Qinzhou in the west and Chenjing in the east. At this point, Daxuan's southern expedition came to an end, and Dachu

In the Central Plains, only two major cities, Qinzhou and Chenjing, were left, and the southern border was basically pacified. At the end of the same year, Meng Yan announced that he would change the Yuan Dynasty to Yuan Sheng in the coming year.

After Teng Han from Daning returned to Jinling to recuperate, Xiao Yu recruited generals Yu Qingwu and Gan Ming to join Yan Wang Quanxi to manage the Western Expedition. In October of the ninth year of Yu Jinghe, he captured Xijing and cut off the connection between Longyou and Guan Nei.

Da Xuan King of Qin

He launched the Northern Expedition until the early October of the first year of Yuansheng when Longyou was pacified. Xue Che fled north to the Beimu grassland, and Li Jing fled back to Luochen. Geng Chao stayed in the Western Region until the arrival of Prince Daxuan. Geng Chao tearfully announced his surrender to Daxuan.

The Longyou War ended.

The Great Peace announced the end of the Western Expedition at the end of the ninth year. The following year, Xiao Yu changed the Yuan Dynasty in Jinling to the first year of Tianwei. So far, only the southern Shanxi and Luobei areas of Daling were left. People no longer called it a country, but called it Luo.

Chen power.

In the first year of Yuansheng of Daxuan and the first year of Tianwei of Daning, the two countries held talks in Kaifeng to agree on the spheres of influence of both sides. This event was recorded by later generations as "Kaifeng demarcation", also known as "the initial establishment of the North and the South".

The two sides take Longyou, Hanzhong, Kaifeng, the two lakes and northern Fujian as the boundaries. The north and the south stand side by side. They recognize each other's rule and are not allowed to attack each other in the name of orthodoxy. The two sides open trade routes, with Xizhou as the waterway trade route, Bozhou and Yingzhou as the

Overland trade routes.

At the same time, it was agreed that the two sides could send students to each other for study tours, and Da Ning would open the two academies, and Daning would open the naval supervision training camp.

Everyone calls it the "Southern and Northern Dynasties" period. Within ten years, there was no war between the two sides. The Daning Dynasty focused on the development of key cities. Within ten years, six major cities were formed in Daning. From west to east, they are Xijing, Taiyuan, Youdu, and Jinan.

, Jinling and Yuhang.

Daxuan pays more attention to people's livelihood, and has formed regional development within Daxuan. After ten years of stable cultivation, it has gradually formed a central regional circle with Chengdu, Langzhong, Jianning, and Yeling as the center; Nanzheng, Chencang, and Jincheng as the center of the western region

Circle; with Nanyang, Kaifeng and Xuchang as the center

The northern regional circle centered on Jiangxia, Yiling, Xiangyang, Changsha, Yuezhou, Baoqing, and Hengyang; the southern regional circle centered on Guizhou, Yongzhou, Rongzhou, and Yeling;

The eastern regional circle is centered on Yuzhang, Jiujiang, Luling, and Fuzhou.

At the same time, the two countries had close business, cultural, and academic exchanges, creating a prosperous scene. In the sixth year of the friendship between the two sides, the development of the Central Plains had returned to its peak period in Daling, and the population growth had even seen a large-scale expansion.

Prosperity and development are inseparable from the dedicated efforts of the courtiers of the two countries. Of course, birth, old age, illness and death are inevitable. Daning is okay. After the last "Qinhuai Blood Night", most of the older generation were almost wiped out. In the past ten years, only Chen Shuo

Died of illness.

On the other hand, Daxuan was not so lucky. In the third year of Yuan Sheng's reign, King Lu Chongzong of Hunan died of illness and was posthumously named King Xiao of Hunan, followed by Meng Jingye who inherited the throne of Hunan.

In the fourth year of Yuan Sheng, Xue Zhen, the Duke of Wanzhou County, died of illness in Chengdu in the fourth year of Yuan Sheng. His second son, Xue Chen, inherited the title and was reduced to Wanzhou County Marquis. The post of Hakka Courtyard was taken over by Yongchang Hou Jingpo, who will be the Secretary.

The position was transferred to the cabinet and was succeeded by Du Heng, Marquis of Minning, who was the Minister of the Department.

In the fifth year of Yuansheng, the infantry commander of Nanyang County Gongda Xi Qianbi and the cavalry commander of Jinping County Gong Tongyan died of illness one after another. The infantry and cavalry commanders were succeeded by Wang Yuan, Bo of Yuesi, and Ma Jiong, Bo of Yongchang respectively. Luling County

Hou Tangyao took over as the auxiliary commander of the Wanxiang Army, and Kangshan Hou Yushan took over as the auxiliary commander of the Wanxiang Army.

In the seventh year of Yuan Sheng, the auxiliary commander of Baize Army and the internal defense general Yuhou Ancan died of illness. Prince Yanque of Nanchuan County took over Ancan's old post. Qingyang Bohuangu was appointed as the counselor of Baize Army. Gong Jinfu of Nayong County was transferred to the governor of Shenying Army.

Commander-in-chief Xue Zhen, Marquis of Wanzhou County, took over as commander-in-chief of Baize Army.

In the ninth year of Yuansheng's reign, Bajun's general Jiang Jinbo Dugubi was assassinated while suppressing bandits. He was transferred to Tangbo Dujun to take over as Bajun's general.

In the tenth year of Yuan Sheng's reign, the Duke of Beichuan County, the auxiliary commander of the Shenying Army and the general in charge of Jiangxia, and his uncle Gu Xifeng died of illness in Chengdu.

Nan Jiangbo, while the positions of Assistant Commander of the Shenying Army and General of Jiangxia were temporarily held by King Yong.
Chapter completed!