Chapter 548: Three Calls for Crossing the River

The three people in the Bianliang Palace sighed immediately.

Although they were prepared in their hearts, they still couldn't help but feel sad when they saw Zhao Gou and Yue Fei split into the north and south, and heard clearly from the screen that it was the Southern Song Dynasty since Zhao Gou came to power.

After all, in the final analysis, this foundation was opened up by Zhao Da himself.

Although the later generations have some complaints about the means he used, just thinking about the sentence "Tang Zong and Song Zu are slightly inferior" will make him not care much.

Therefore, seeing the demise of this foundation clearly, Zhao Kuangyin was full of mixed feelings for a while, and couldn't help asking:

"If this..."

But Zhao Kuangyin shook his head immediately.

He wanted to ask if Zhao Gou could really listen to Yue Fei's words and join the Northern Expedition, would there be no division between the two Song Dynasties?

But thinking about the ugliness of Jingkang, and seeing the scene where the nobles and the people were all slaves, he felt that it was particularly ridiculous for him to be entangled in these things.

If the emperor and his subjects really wanted to fight to the death, why would they end up in such a situation?

And even if the fate of the Northern Song Dynasty was extended, what would it matter?

If they could conquer the Jin invaders in the north, welcome back the Han people, destroy their country and end their sacrifices, and avenge this shame, then it would be a meritorious thing!

As for Hui and Qin, it would be more satisfying if they died!

Even Zhao Kuangyin regretted that he could not ask them in person when Hui and Qin were led north by the Jin people like livestock.

When they passed by Taiyuan where the army and civilians fought to the death, and when they passed by Youzhou where they were forced to rebel.

Loyal bones were left in the wild, and the Han song was sad for thousands of miles.

Did what they saw along the way make the two feel ashamed at all?

Or did they just regret not fleeing south as soon as possible?

"I understand why people in later generations only remember Yue Fei."

Zhao Pu, whose ancestral home is Jixian County, Youzhou, sighed:

"He joined the army three times, and he did not change his mind despite defeat and demotion. As long as such kind-hearted and righteous people survive, the Song Dynasty will survive."

And on the contrary... the meaning is self-evident. Liu Han immediately felt a little unfair for Yue Fei:

"The Jin captives are all barbarians. We Song have warriors who can fight, weapons and armor, and strong cities to defend against the enemy. Moreover, the people of Hebei will never follow the Jin. How could General Yue be defeated by the Jin?"

Zhao Pu immediately felt both amused and annoyed, but when he thought about the vaguely guessed fate of Yue Fei, he could not laugh anymore, and just nodded slightly.

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"Why wasn't Zhao Gou captured by the Jin Kingdom?"

Zhang Fei's words were full of undisguised regret:

"Yue Wumu saved his Zhao Song's foundation, but Zhao Gou was reluctant."

"Could he really be surnamed Wanyan?"

This was obviously a joke, and others didn't care much, but Ma Chao was still a little confused:

"Zhao Gou is so cowardly as an emperor, isn't he really afraid of being laughed at by the world?"

Rather than a question, it's more like a sigh.

After all, for Ma Chao and others, a real man should hold a seven-foot sword, ascend to the throne, make great achievements, and spread his name for generations. These are all natural things.

Even if he can live to be a hundred years old, what use is it to his family and country?

There are many scholars in the Zhao Song Dynasty, but why is there only one in ten benevolent and righteous people?

Liu Bei patted his thigh and shook his head:

"Northern Expedition, Northern Expedition, no wonder Yue Fei loves Prime Minister Zhuge alone."

After saying that, Liu Bei and Kong Ming looked at each other tacitly, and a smile appeared in their eyes.

The smile disappeared as soon as it was touched, and soon turned into concern and regret for the Han people thousands of years later. Liu Bei did not hesitate to curse:

"The emperor is a thief. Since he is determined to live in peace, the situation of the Southern Song Dynasty is nothing but a slow death."

[Yue Fei went north and headed straight to Daming Prefecture, where the Hebei Recruiting and Appeasing Office set up by Li Gang was located, and it was also the front line of the anti-Jin war at that time.

Relying on his previous reputation for bravery and the knowledge accumulated from studying when he was young, Yue Fei and the Recruiting and Appeasing Envoy Zhang Suo hit it off.

In the case of insufficient manpower, Zhang Suo relied heavily on Yue Fei and promoted him without hesitation. If you have any achievements, I will give you promotion and rewards. In just a few months, he was promoted from a commoner to Xiuwu Lang, and served as the commander of the Central Army of the Zhaofu Division. Soon he was promoted to the commander of the Central Army, basically Zhang Suo's deputy, and was honored and favored.

Obviously it seemed to be going smoothly, but later Yue Fei recalled this period of time and used the adjective "embarrassed and stranded". Why?

Of course, Zhao Gou was making trouble again.

Li Gang and Zong Ze in the late Northern Song Dynasty were the two mainstays of the country, one civil and one military. Zong Ze defended Kaifeng to the death, while Li Gang relied on his own strength to give Zhao Gou "strategies to make the court look like a court".

Then Zhao Gou dismissed him without hesitation in the name of "Li Gang looked at me like a child".

In fact, Li Gang could not be blamed for this matter. After all, Zhao Gou's mentally retarded appearance was inevitably suspected of being looked at like a child no matter who looked at him.

But in short, Li Gang's dismissal inevitably caused a shock to the Southern Song Dynasty at that time. Soon, a student from the Imperial College and a Jinshi from Jiangxi submitted a petition to plead for Li Gang's injustice, saying that Zhao Gou's confidants were all traitors to the country.

Unfortunately, Ouyang Che, a Jinshi from Jiangxi, was more drastic in his words. In his petition, he bluntly pointed out Zhao Gou's "palace ban on banquets and music", hoping that Zhao Gou could cultivate himself and become a wise ruler.

Ouyang Che accused Zhao Gou of being "as lustful as his father when he was still King Kang, and many maids died".

Unfortunately, Zhao Gou did not forget to take advantage of the fire to "buy virgin girls" while fleeing south. This incident caused many ministers to criticize him in Yingtian Prefecture, so Zhao Gou, who kicked Li Gang away, began to enjoy the privileges of being an emperor without hesitation.

Both the student from the Imperial College and Ouyang Che who submitted the petition were directly dragged to the streets of Yingtian Prefecture and beheaded on the street.

This move was very stupid and was directly interpreted as suppressing the pro-war faction headed by Li Gang, which directly triggered the extremely fragile situation at that time, and the pro-peace faction began to openly rise.

It is common for a person to die and a government to end, especially when it involves the disagreement between the pro-peace and pro-war factions at that time. Zhang Suo, who promoted Yue Fei, was promoted by Li Gang, so as expected, he was also implicated and dismissed, demoted and exiled.

However, Zhang Suo can be called a hero: knowing that he would encounter an unexpected event, he still sent Wang Yan to lead the troops to recover Weizhou according to the original plan, so as to relieve the pressure on Kaifeng and retain the anti-Jin spark, and then calmly accepted his fate.

In October, Wang Yan took command and Yue Fei, a deputy general, recovered Weizhou and achieved the first great victory of the Southern Song Dynasty against the Jin Dynasty.

In the same month, Zhang Suo was killed by bandits on his way to exile in Lingnan.

In the same month, the Hebei Recruiting and Appeasing Division was abolished, and Wang Yan and Yue Fei became isolated troops. After fighting for a period of time, the two successively joined Zong Ze to jointly defend Kaifeng.

The first half of 1128 AD was probably the most comforting time for the veteran Zong Ze:

The fierce general Yue Fei won successive victories in Zaocheng County, Heilongtan, Guanqiao and other places near Huazhou City, which greatly relieved the pressure on Kaifeng Prefecture.

Wang Yan, the righteous army, came to Kaifeng Prefecture with more than 10,000 elite soldiers to garrison Huaxian County, greatly increasing the defense of Kaifeng Prefecture.

Ma Kuo, who organized the righteous army in Changshan, Hebei, also went to Kaifeng in person and worked out a plan for the Northern Expedition with Zong Ze, Wang Yan and Yue Fei.

But unfortunately, the most important part of this plan was to get the support of Zhao Gou, and everyone knew what kind of person Zhao Gou was.

The Northern Expedition plan was already formulated in April, but Zong Ze kept urging Zhao Gou until July, and Zhao Gou still did not express his position.

The old man who stood up to fight against the Jin in his sixties could only say "cross the river" three times in the end and died with hatred. 】