If one was trapped in a city without reinforcements, it was usually a dead end.
But Fishing City was different. It had been defended for thirty-six years not because of the food stored in it.
It was because of its special geographical location. It was on a mountain surrounded by a river. The enemy could either attack the city from the other side or cross the river to attack the city.
But the city was only hundreds of meters away from the river. If the cannons were set up below the city, they would only be targets and could be demolished by the cannons from the top of the city.
On the other hand, if the cannons were set up on the other side of the river, they would be too far away to be a threat to the top of the city and could easily hurt the enemy.
In other places, there were even more rugged mountains and cliffs. In the age of cold weapons, it was impossible to attack the city by force.
There were only a few strategies to break the city. If they couldn't attack the city by force, they could besiege the city to death.
The food stored in a normal city was limited after all. As long as the besiegers kept attacking the city, the food in the city would run out sooner or later.
But Fishing City had the ability to produce food on its own. Firstly, Fishing City was surrounded by mountains and rivers. The outer wall of the city covered a large area with springs and wells. The land on the mountains could be cultivated for crops.
Secondly, there were two Heavenly Lakes in the city, large and small, from which water flowed into the Heavenly Lakes. The fish in the Heavenly Lakes could be used for fishing. The Heavenly Lakes were also running and drinkable.
When besieged, the people in the city could feed themselves for a long time, but the army outside the city couldn't afford to waste time.
Because of the geographical location of Fishing City, the Meng army couldn't surround the city all the time, which would require a lot of manpower.
To maintain a huge military force, the army had to be withdrawn in a year and a half, or a small number of troops would be left to patrol around Fishing City.
After the army retreated, it would be easy to get out of the city. The terrain of Fishing City was complicated. One could crawl out of any place and reach the entrance of the magnetic device.
The bamboo forests were dense, and there were plenty of grasses on the banks of the Jialing River where people and boats could be hidden.
As long as the Meng army's surveillance was not strict, they could send people out during the day and go out at night. They could go down the river and get some supplies and even soldiers from other places! Because too many people in the middle of Sichuan were still willing to help the Emperor of Song.
The news that Zhang Shijie had shocked Cliff Mountain to save Lady Zhao, and the Three Divine Generals had protected him for a thousand miles to establish a new emperor had spread all over the country.
Everyone knew that there was an emperor in Fishing City, and the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was in Shu.
Although Dayuan had conquered the world, as long as the Zhao clan remained in Fishing City like a nail, Great Song would not perish.
There were rebellions in Zhejiang, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Hunan, Shu, and many other places. Most of them were under the banner of Emperor Song.
Although the death of the three Godly Generals had poured a bucket of cold water on all the righteous men in the world and made many opportunists give up.
However, there were still many places that revolted. Regardless of whether the three Divine Generals were dead or not, they could not bear to be reduced to fourth-class citizens.
One must know that in the other world, after the defeat of the Cliff Mountain Sea, 100,000 scholars from Jiangzhou and Zhejiang died for the country. There were also 50,000 from Fu Jian.
These scholars who should have died for the country back then all chose to live because of the existence of Hongguang Emperor. They either hid in the dark to cause trouble, or they just raised their banners and joined the small rebel army that was still resisting.
There were even more farmers. The people did not have any intention of dying for their country, so they directly rioted.
Many of the provincial and county officials were from the Southern Song Dynasty. They surrendered to protect themselves and did not dare to fight against the Meng Yuan soldiers. On the other hand, it was because Emperor Deyou had surrendered and sent out a decree for the various places to submit.
The mentality of these officials was simple. They would follow whichever side was stronger. If they saw that the situation was not right, they could change their banners at any time.
After all, they used the reason that the emperor asked them to surrender. Naturally, they could also use Hongguang Emperor as an excuse to rebel against the Meng Yuan Empire.
It was easy to imagine how they would try their best to suppress small uprisings in various places. They basically turned a blind eye to it and treated the Meng Yuan Imperial Court perfunctorily.
In the other world, Kublai Khan valued Wen Tianxiang greatly, but in the end, he still killed him.
This was because three years after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, there were rebellions everywhere. There was a madman in Zhongshan who called himself the Song Emperor and gathered thousands of people to save Wen Tianxiang.
There were also unsigned letters in the capital that mentioned burning the reeds in the city. This led the people guarding the capital to rebel and help the Prime Minister.
Although this small disturbance could be resolved overnight, the Prime Minister of the Yuan Dynasty at that time told Meng Yan that as long as Wen Tianxiang was still alive, the Song people would not give up. They would always think of ways to rescue him and restore the world. How could they not kill this man?
As such, Kublai Khan could only kill Wen Tianxiang.
In the three years since the fall of the Song Dynasty, one Wen Tianxiang was enough to make people want to rebel, much less the Hongguang Emperor.
Without an emperor, people would rebel just to save the Prime Minister. One could imagine how much trouble Dayuan was in now that there was an emperor in Fishing City.
Now that the kings in the north were rebelling, the people in the south were thinking about the Song Dynasty.
Rebel forces were all over the place, and no matter how strong the Meng Yuan soldiers were, they could not stop the hearts of the people.
When the army arrived, they were all obedient. When the army left, they raised their flags and rebelled.
Kublai Khan was so anxious that he wanted to give up on Jiangnan.
Conquering the world was easy, and the Meng army swept Jiangnan in a few years. However, when they tried to govern, they realized that it was not the case. The local officials obeyed on the surface but disobeyed on the inside.
Jiangnan was already holding back two hundred thousand of his troops. If he moved them away to the north to quell the rebellion, he suspected that the war in the south would be for nothing.
"Move Ali Hai Ya's army and Fan Wenhu's army. Don't care about the small chaos there. Gather with Ah Shu and take down Fishing City first!" Kublai Khan said furiously.
"Khan, please reconsider. The fake emperor in Fishing City is unable to send troops. If the world stabilizes, he will destroy himself!" Hearing that they were going to attack Fishing City, some officials tried to persuade him.
What a joke. Was Fishing City so easy to attack? If it was going to be broken, it would have been broken long ago.
Ah Shu, Ali Hai Ya, and Fan Wenhu only had two hundred thousand soldiers. When Brother Meng attacked Fishing City, he used four hundred thousand. In the end, Brother Meng died …
If Brother Meng did not die, Kublai Khan would not be able to do anything.
"That Hongguang Emperor took root in Shu, so how can the world stabilize?" Kublai Khan said furiously. He was clear that the emperor was the root. If not, the people in the south would not dare to rebel. Who would they support?
Only when Dayuan was at its weakest point would there be people like Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang to support him. However, at this time, Dayuan was like the sun in the sky, and the rebels were just small powers. If all of them supported him and there was no one to support, they would be a pile of loose sand and would not be a problem. What he was afraid of was that they were all working for the same goal.
Kublai Khan was indeed a mighty ruler. He knew that if he did not take down Fishing City, Jiangnan would not be stable.
He knew that it would be tough, but no matter how tough it was, he had to fight, "Move Bayan's two hundred thousand troops down south! I'll personally take charge of the capital, so the north will be fine! "
The officials were in an uproar. Bayan was wiping out the rebel kings in the north. He did not care about them and moved two hundred thousand troops down south to gather with Ah Shu. A total of four hundred thousand to attack Fishing City.
What kind of bold decision was this? How could a normal emperor make such a decision?
Any emperor would pay attention to the problems in the capital. They would focus their forces to deal with the ones around them and let go of the enemies that were further away.
However, Kublai Khan did the opposite. He saw the Shu Lands in the south as a problem and was confident that the rebel kings in the north were not a problem. As such, he moved his troops far away.
Seeing that he had made up his mind, no one dared to stop him.
In truth, Kublai Khan looked confident on the surface, but in his heart, he was uneasy, "Another four hundred thousand … will I end up like my brother and die in Fishing City?"
At night, he could not sleep. He looked at the map and calculated how long the two hundred thousand troops could last without Bayan.
At the same time, he would look at the door from time to time like he was waiting for someone.
As expected, a person walked into the purple pavilion in the middle of the night. However, no one noticed him.
"Don't think about it. If you insist on this choice, Dayuan is finished," a voice said.
Kublai Khan immediately raised his head. Only then did he realize that someone was standing in front of his table.
The eunuch at the side also seemed to have just noticed. His mouth twitched, but he did not shout.
This was not the first time this person had come. When he first came two months ago, he was knocked out just as he was about to shout. Who knew what this person talked about with the Great Khan, but after that, the Great Khan would often meet him here at night.
This person treated the palace as his own backyard and came in and out without leaving a trace. Kublai Khan had ordered people to set up ambushes and investigate this person's tracks, but they did not find anything. Unknowingly, this person would appear in front of him.
Kublai Khan decided to maintain his composure as the Great Khan and chatted with him.
Two months ago, this person had told him about the situation in the south. After a long time, his men quickly sent over information. Only then did he know that this person was not wrong at all.
Moreover, it was the truth and not the version that was spread by the people. Not only that, but he was also able to tell him about the things that were happening in the west at the same time.
It was like this person had the ability to travel to the east in the morning and come to the north at night to tell him stories. Sometimes, he would even bring fresh lychees from Jiangnan or fresh grapes from Tibet …
Not only that, but he also often told stories. The stories that he told were all very interesting and were beyond his imagination. It was completely different from the stories that he heard in dramas and folklore.
His vision was always in control of the entire situation. He often talked about the things that happened in the world. It was completely different from stories like "The Great Khan shot the eagle with his bow" or "The Yue army destroyed Zhu Xian town".
Especially when he often brought up examples of the apocalypse. That made Kublai Khan feel like he had opened the door to a new world.
Apocalypse wasteland? There was such a story?
Kublai Khan was addicted to listening to stories. He loved and feared this mysterious person.
For a few days, it seemed like this person was busy and did not come. Kublai Khan would wait in this room for an entire night before angrily skipping the morning assembly the next day.
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