Chapter 549 Searching the Mountains and Seas for Peace

Zhang Fei picked up the cup in his hand and bowed to the light curtain:

"General Zong, you are so great.

After that, the cup was tilted slightly, and a strand of tea fell to the ground and was collected at the touch.

Picked up the cup and took a sip, Zhang Fei muttered in a low voice:

"Old general, don't think the tea is coarse. I have promised the military advisor that I will not drink until I return to the Central Plains. "

After that, he drank it all in one gulp.

Liu Bei looked relieved, and he did the same afterwards, but the words of worship and spitting were different.

Everyone in the room felt that it was natural. After all, this was the four-step drinking ceremony of worship, sacrifice, spit, and end of the cup that they were familiar with. It was used to commemorate close friends and relatives, or to worship heroes and generals. It was appropriate for General Yide to use tea instead of wine.

Kong Ming looked relieved. Before, Yide's active assurance to him was still a joke, but thinking about it carefully, Yide really didn't drink for a long time.

Looking east to relieve people's worries, and making achievements today?

Just as he nodded in his heart, he turned his head and saw Pang Tong sighing over there:

"Since ancient times, those who have claimed to be emperors have never seen a coward like Gou. "

Fa Zheng also agreed: "That's right."

Both of them were quite casual, and even exchanged opinions on who was the most incompetent ruler between Zhao Gou and Xuanzong.

Fa Zheng thought this was ridiculous:

"Although Xuanzong was incompetent in his later years, looking at the Tanglong and Xiantian coups, he killed the traitors and supported the legitimate government, and he also had outstanding political achievements in his early years. What is there to praise about Zhao Gou?"

Pang Tong shook his head to express his disagreement, which made Fa Zheng frown immediately:

"Shi Yuan actually thought that Zhao Gou was better than Li Longji?"

Pang Tong laughed and said:

"If we talk about the most incompetent ruler, that person must first be a incompetent ruler."

"But in my opinion, Zhao Gou is not a incompetent ruler."

Looking at Fa Zheng's surprised expression, Pang Tong said slowly:

"He has the heart of an animal, the wisdom of a jackal, and the cowardice of a fox slave. He is short-sighted and weak, and looks fierce but has little courage. ”

“When a great event comes, he still does not forget to fight for power and harm the people. He can be called a tyrant and a traitor to the people.”

Fa Zheng was relieved immediately. After thinking carefully, it seemed that what Pang Tong said made sense. Xuanzong could still be said to be stupid in his later years. Zhao Gou was the simplest and most evil from beginning to end.

However, these were just jokes. After the two added a few comments, they temporarily wrote them down. Soon, Fa Zheng couldn't help but sigh:

“Yue Fei's fate is so unfortunate that it can be said to be pitiful.”

The Fufeng Fajia had previously fled to Shuzhong. Later, Fa Zheng also knew about his early death through later generations, so he could more or less taste the meaning of fate playing tricks on people.

Ordinary people would be short of breath if they encountered it once, and would be exhausted if they encountered it twice. Yue Fei was indomitable.

Pang Tong's face softened a bit, and he said with a little helplessness:

“Such people are responsible for the world. We pity their lives, but we only see their ambitions. ”

He knew Kong Ming’s stubbornness very well, and at this moment, through the brief description of later generations, he also vaguely saw the shadow of the same stubbornness in Yue Fei.

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"What supreme emperor, but a thief and a scumbag!"

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't remember how many times he had cursed today, and he had to use indecent words to vent his anger.

Otherwise, if he said that he was "stupid and immoral", it would always feel like he was praising Wanyan Gou.

Such words made Liu Han frown, Zhao Pu pretended not to hear, and the eunuchs beside him didn't even dare to look at him.

It was originally like this. For these eunuchs who were busy taking notes, the emperor of the Song Dynasty in front of them was the emperor, but Zhao Gou was also the emperor.

It was okay for the emperor in front of them to curse, but if they followed suit, wouldn't it be suspected of chaos? Therefore, they were like quails shrinking their heads and said nothing, just focusing on the work at hand.

Seeing that Zhao Da was angry, Zhao Pu advised:

"Why should the emperor be angry? When King Kang receives the certificate of ordination, he will eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures to pray for Jing Kang and eliminate disasters, and such things will not happen. "

Now Zhao Pu is not worried about King Jin's affairs at all. He does not need to help at all. Every time the light curtain is the best assist. These alone are enough to remind the emperor not to do anything to show the grace of heaven.

And as long as King Jin receives the certificate of ordination, even if there is something like the Golden Casket Alliance that even he himself does not know about, the court officials will make it false.

After all, it is well known how unreliable the brother-in-law is, and it is even more ridiculous for monks to interfere in the affairs of the royal family.

Zhao Kuangyin is even less worried about this. After all, King Jin is now only a name left, and his followers are scattered. Those who have behaved improperly have all been detained and are waiting for the Dali Temple to judge their crimes.

Sometimes Zhao Kuangyin is even more fortunate to have the light curtain. If it were not for this thing, how could Zhao Guangyi not be able to suppress his curiosity Entering the palace and being captured by him with one hand?

However, thinking about the methods Yue Fei used to suppress bandits in the previous light curtain, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly regretted it a little:

Why didn't I try the big slap last time?

[After Zong Ze died of illness, the Tokyo governor of Bianliang needed to be designated by Zhao Gou. In this case, it was not surprising that the people sent were all in collusion with him.

So, Du Chong, who was "cruel and murderous, and lacked strategy", took office as the new Tokyo governor.

Du Chong took the opposite action of Zong Ze's active support and contact with the Hebei righteous army, and turned a blind eye to the Hebei righteous army, causing the active anti-Jin righteous men in Hebei to directly lose the support of the rear.

In the autumn of the same year, the Jin Kingdom invaded the south again, this time with a clear banner to capture Zhao Gou and destroy the Zhao Song Dynasty, and attacked Shaanxi.

The familiar plot of "he flees, he chases, he can't fly away" was staged. Zhao Gou had already seen the bad situation and ran to Yangzhou. After hearing that the Jin army was heading south, he ran to Hangzhou. After staying there for two months, he went to Jiankang (Nanjing).

Du Chong directly gave up Bianliang and went to Jiankang in the name of serving the king. Yue Fei, as Du Chong's general, could only follow him helplessly.

What Yue Fei didn't expect was that Zhao Gou praised Du Chong's actions and promoted him to the right prime minister to lead the defense of the Yangtze River.

At the same time, it can be said that Zhao Gou sent a letter of peace to the Jin people entitled "Song Kangwang Zhao Gou Respectfully Letter to Marshal Hexia":

"I am willing to give up the old title. The world is all the country of the Great Jin, and there is no second superior. Why should I bother my troops to travel far and then be happy!"

This letter was useless except that the Jin people laughed at the envoys and despised the Southern Song Dynasty even more. Seeing this, Zhao Gou continued to flee in panic.

In September, he fled to Yuezhou (Shaoxing), and in November, he heard that the front line was defeated and fled to Mingzhou (Ningbo).

In December, Lin'an fell, and Zhao Gou fled to Dinghai County by boat, and then crossed the sea to Changguo County.

Then Yuezhou and Mingzhou fell one after another, and the Jin army also sailed out to sea to pursue, but encountered a storm and the ships were not as large as the Song army, so they had to stop.

Of course, the main reason was that Zhao Gou had already run to Taizhou and Wenzhou, and the Jin people were really out of reach and could only choose to withdraw their troops and search the mountains and seas.

In a sense, Zhao Gou is indeed a blood descendant of Zhao Guangyi, and this skill of escaping is not something that ordinary people can play through.

In the process of chasing and escaping, Zhao Gou never stopped thinking about being a dog for the Jin people. He sent three groups of envoys to ask for peace, but the only response he received was the ridicule and insults of the Jin people.

But in the process of chasing Zhao Gou, the Jin people had already penetrated too deep into the south. In this case, the generals of Zhongxing finally stepped onto their own stage.

After the Jin army captured Jiankang, Du Chong surrendered to the enemy. Yue Fei fought his way out of the encirclement, gathered the defeated soldiers and trained them strictly. He then moved to Guangde and won six battles.

After the Jin army searched the mountains and the sea, they were intercepted again when they retreated through Changzhou. Yue Fei won four battles in a row.

When the Jin army retreated to Zhenjiang Prefecture, they retreated in two routes. The water army was trapped in Huangtian Dang by Han Shizhong for more than 40 days, and the land army was intercepted by Yue Fei and won a great victory at Qingshui Pavilion.

In the end, the Song and Jin fought in Jiankang in May. Han Shizhong blocked the waterway with large ships. Yue Fei relied on the geographical advantage of Niu Shou Mountain to lead 300 cavalry and 2,000 infantry to charge the enemy and recover Jiankang.

This can also be regarded as the first tragic victory of the Southern Song Dynasty over the Jin. 】