After conquering Nanchang, he captured Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Zhao Kuangyin sent people to escort Li Jing and his ethnic group to Kaifeng, which was regarded as a prisoner, but in fact, he also threw a piece of what he thought was a hot potato to Guo Zongxun.

If you want to raise an army in Nanchang to rebel, it is naturally not so easy.

Zhao Kuangyin's family is still in Kaifeng, according to past experience, as long as the leading general rebels abroad, his family members who stay in the capital will basically be killed by the emperor.

Just like Guo Wei and Guo Rong, they led the troops outside, and were suspicious of the emperor at the time, so they asked them to hand over their military power and return to the capital for trial, Guo Wei was also forced to rebel in desperation.

As a result, Guo Wei and Guo Rong's family members who stayed in the capital were all slaughtered, and none of them were left.

Guo Zongxun originally had three elder brothers, but he was only the fourth.

All three of his brothers were victims of rebellion.

Zhao Kuangyin is also ready to do this this time, his eldest son Zhao Dexiu has been named the king of Chen Qiao by Guo Zongxun, and his younger brother Zhao Kuangyi is still quite reused by the little emperor.

Zhao Kuangyin once thought about bringing Zhao Kuangyi out, but Guo Zongxun didn't let go.

In fact, Guo Zongxun didn't mean to be a hostage at all when he kept Zhao Kuangyi, he kept Zhao Kuangyi purely because he felt that this guy was really a talent.

In addition to Zhao Kuangyin, his henchmen and generals were also mentally prepared for their families to be slaughtered by the Great Zhou Emperor, because, as early as after conquering Jinling, they had already set up a second home in the south, and they had no intention of returning to Kaifeng at all.

In this era, don't really take your family so seriously.

As long as there are women, it means that there will be children.

Then, the problem now is that the generals in the army who are not Zhao Kuangyin's henchmen and the soldiers of the Great Zhou Forbidden Army, and most of them have their homes in the north.

Regarding this issue, Zhao Pu once gave Zhao Kuangyin an idea, but Zhao Kuangyin did not use it at that time, but now he has taken it out and used it.

"It's still thoughtful for Ben Shuai, and Ben Shuai is flat when he loses, woo and mourn."

Zhao Kuangyin finally expressed his condolences for Zhao Pu's death, and at the same time, his words made Shen Yilun, who was standing aside, blush, the marshal meant that I am not as good as Zhao Pu, not as cunning and resourceful as Zhao Pu, and not as resolute as Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu's idea for Zhao Kuangyin was to spread rumors in the army.

The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was quite suspicious of the highly meritorious Marshal Zhao, and now he has placed Marshal Zhao's family under house arrest, and the family members of the generals in Kaifeng have been closely monitored.

In addition, for the forbidden soldiers who followed Marshal Zhao to fight abroad to expand the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, their combat exploits were not recognized, which completely cut off their dream of earning military merits by killing the enemy bravely and entering the Guard Division, and even cut off their opportunity to enter the Hall of Heroes of the Hundred Battles.

Rumors stop at the wise, but how many wise men are there in the army.

The most important thing is that the Jinyi guards lurking in Zhao Kuangyin's army all remained silent at this time, allowing the rumors to spread everywhere, which ...... In fact, it was a secret order issued by Guo Zongxun.

"Let my soldiers suffer for a while first, I think of them in my heart, and I will give them a satisfactory explanation."

Zhao Kuangyin can make a move, how could Guo Zongxun not think of it.

In Kaifeng, Zhao Kuangyin's family members were closely monitored, including those who were known to be Zhao Kuangyin's confidants and generals.

Surveillance is actually protection, and Guo Zongxun has no intention of killing them at all.

The rumors intensified in Zhao Kuangyin's army, and just when the soldiers were about to mutiny, Zhao Kuangyin made another move.

occupied Nanchang and eliminated the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the commander allowed his soldiers to rob women at will in Nanchang City and the surrounding areas within 100 miles, and whoever grabbed it belonged to whomever he wanted.

If you grab a woman, go to your respective generals to report, Marshal Zhao has prepared a new home for you in Nanchang City, and you can marry a wife and have children here again with peace of mind to continue the incense.

The Great Zhou Emperor was suspicious of us and used unfair means to squeeze us, and we could not sit idly by.

Under the deliberate propaganda of Zhao Kuangyin's henchmen, the call for Zhao Kuangyin to ascend the throne and become emperor is getting louder and louder, and Zhao Kuangyin's popularity and prestige in the army have also reached an unprecedented height.

This winter, the north of the Great Zhou Dynasty was peaceful and tranquil, and Guo Zongxun sent Fan Zhen, Wang Pu and Wei Renpu to pacify the families of the Great Zhou forbidden army stranded in Kaifeng City and the surrounding areas.

"Your Majesty has not forgotten the soldiers who are far away in Nanchang, and now it is Zhao Kuangyin who has concealed the military exploits of the soldiers and has not reported to the imperial court at all, and the imperial court cannot give fair rewards for the time being, but please rest assured that the heroes who have fought bloodily for the Great Zhou will not be abandoned by Your Majesty, and they will definitely get their due meritorious rewards."

Guo Zongxun felt that it was time, he didn't want to rub shoulders with Zhao Kuangyin anymore, and kept giving Zhao Kuangyin a chance, which was actually a bit naïve, which Guo Zongxun admitted.

"How I hope that my Marshal Zhao can rein in the precipice and be a loyal minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, why did he have to embark on the road of rebellion and rebellion, and also killed countless warriors of the Great Zhou, who now have picked up swords and guns to confront my army."

Guo Zongxun didn't like civil wars, but he had to fight when it was time to fight.

Yue Fei and Han Zhao had already led the Great Zhou Hanzi army to secretly cross the Yangtze River in batches, and they also figured out the defensive direction of the main force of Zhao Kuangyin's army.

"General Han, this kind of fratricidal between brothers and sisters, Yue is the most unwilling to see, but there is no way, in Zhao Kuangyin's army, there are many generals and soldiers who have fought under you and me, and they are all good, but now they are going to meet their swordsmen, you say, can you do it when the time comes?"

"Marshal Yue, the last general thinks that the war is like this, the last general only knows to be loyal to His Majesty, in the country, everything obeys His Majesty's will, in the army, everything obeys Marshal Yue's military orders, military orders are like mountains, and orders must be carried out."

Yue Fei said with emotion:

"A good military order is like a mountain, and the order must be carried out, so let's wait and see."

In the first month of the eighth year of Xiande, in Kaifeng City, Guo Zongxun issued an order that the people of the city celebrate the New Year together.

"This year is the third year after I ascended the throne, this year, my Great Zhou will continue to promote the great cause of unifying China, no one can stop it, God blocks and kills God and Buddha block and kills Buddha, my people, the whole world celebrates."

Zhao Kuangyin was secretly plotting against self-reliance in Nanchang, and this year was a little dull.

On the one hand, Zhao Kuangyin wrote to the Great Zhou court in a fake way, protesting against the unjust treatment given by the imperial court to the front-line soldiers, and demanding that the imperial court honor the rewards of meritorious soldiers as soon as possible.

With this letter, Zhao Kuangyin reported the merits of all the soldiers, and it was five or even ten times false.

Of course, Guo Zongxun would not be the culprit of this injustice, and immediately rejected Zhao Kuangyin's report and asked him to re-examine the military merits of the soldiers.

Zhao Kuangyin used this as an excuse to confirm the rumors that the Great Zhou court ignored the military exploits of the front-line soldiers.

Under the instigation of Zhao Kuangyin's confidants and generals, the deceived grassroots soldiers and soldiers, who also tasted the sweetness and had a new home in the south, unanimously demanded that Zhao Kuangyin ascend the throne and become emperor, lead them to fight back to Kaifeng, and get back what they deserved.