At this time, the small court appointed Wang Jiweng as the recruiting envoy to Fujian and knew Nan Jianzhou, the deputy envoy Huang XizhiZhangzhou, Wu Jun as the eastern Zhejiang recruiting envoy, Zou Feng as the deputy envoy, and Zhao He appointed an envoy to Jiangxi and marched to Shaowu. Xie Fangde set up an envoy to Jiangdong and marched to Raozhou. And they agreed on a time when the armies would meet up, so that each could win. .
The imperial court and Chen Wenlong and Wen Tianxiang believed that the establishment of the small imperial court made the Southern Song Dynasty the right time, place and people, resisted the Yuan Dynasty and restored the Song Dynasty, and devoted themselves to the country. Chinese heroes risked thousands of lives and went to national calamity. They united as one, shared the same hatred, and drove away the Yuan invaders. When we leave the land of China, it will be just around the corner for the Song Dynasty country to reappear.
However, things went contrary to expectations, and all the Song army's troops were unlucky.
Wen Tianxiang was ordered to move his government to Tingzhou , and immediately sent Zhao Shishang and Zhao Mengqin to capture Ningdu through Shicheng, sent Wu Jun to garrison Ruijin, and regained the capital , and ordered Liu Mo and Xiao Mingzhe to attack from Jiangxi. Zou Feng took action in Ningdu, and the situation became internal and external.
However, Wen Tianxiang's plan did not go smoothly and the attempt failed.
The commander-in-chief of the Yuan army, A Shu, led his troops to attack Yangzhou. The military and civilians have been resisting for three years. At this time, Emperor Jingyan and Concubine Yang issued an edict for Li Tingfang to come to Fuzhou to serve as prime minister. Li Tingfang ordered Zhu Huan, the deputy envoy, to guard Yangzhou. He and Jiang Cai led 7,000 troops to Fuzhou via Taizhou .
As soon as Li Tingfang left Yangzhou, the deputy envoy and guard general presented the city to surrender. After the Yuan army occupied Yangzhou, they immediately pursued Li Tingfang. The two armies fought fiercely. Li Tingfang lost a thousand men and led his troops to avoid Taizhou. The Yuan army attacked Taizhou. After a few days of fighting, Taizhou guards Sun Gui and Hu Weixiao carried Li Tingfang on their backs and opened the city gate to welcome the Yuan army into the city. At this time, Jiang Cai had gangrene on his back and could not fight. Only Li Tingfang led 5,000 soldiers to fight against the Yuan army. After a day of fierce fighting, the Yuan army increased its troops, but was finally outnumbered and gradually lost. Seeing that he could not escape, he threw himself into the lotus pond and committed suicide. Unexpectedly, he survived in the shallow water and was captured by the Yuan army. Li Tingfang, the right prime minister of the court, was killed by Yuan on his way to his appointment, and Jiang Cai was also killed at the same time.
Yangzhou and Taizhou were occupied. The Yuan army redoubled its forces to attack Zhenzhou. Soon Zhenzhou was captured and the defender Miao Youcheng died in battle.
Then the Yuan army captured Gaoyou , Huaidong only Tongzhou was left.
