The Shenghan Empire gradually lost popular support in the south, especially in the Jiangnan region, so that the common people preferred to believe in a rebel regime rather than the imperial court. Because of years of encirclement and suppression, the officials and soldiers killed many people in the south of the Yangtze River, and during this period, the people more or less had relatives killed by the officials and soldiers, especially most of the officials and soldiers who killed people came from the north, which intensified the rebellion of the people in the south of the Yangtze River. In the entire three states south of the Yangtze River, it cannot be said that there are no people who support the imperial court, but at least half of the people are skeptical of the imperial court.

It took seven months for the White Tiger Army to carry the defenders of the three provinces of Jiangnan and Jiangdong, as well as the Suzaku Legion, and finally compressed the main force of the puppet Wu rebels in Jiangzhou.

In March of the third year of Dade, good news came from Jiangnan, the Xuanwu Army broke through the two mansions in a row, and surrounded the main force of the puppet Wu army in Jiangzhou's Jiangzhou Mansion, but the White Tiger Army was powerless against the Jiangzhou Mansion that was surrounded by water and connected to land on both sides. When Zhang Xiaowu learned of the battle situation, he was immediately overjoyed, and immediately spread the news all over the world through the imperial court's mansion. All over the world were jubilant all over the world, and at the beginning of the three years of Dade, there was finally a good news.

But it's very difficult to go further.

The Jiangzhou Mansion in Jiangzhou is blessed with unique topography, the north of the capital city is the Dragon River, the south side is Panlong Lake, the east side is the copper mountain, and the west side is connected to Suchang Mansion. After the White Tiger Army conquered Suchang Mansion, it basically besieged the puppet Wu army, but the puppet Wu army had a powerful naval army, so that whenever the White Tiger Army launched an attack, the puppet Wu army could always use the naval army to go around the back of the White Tiger Army, and then carry out front and rear flanking attacks.

Although the White Tiger Army was stronger than the puppet Wu army, the White Tiger Army did not dare to make a desperate bet when it was attacked by the enemy. After the Battle of the Birch River of the Xuanwu Army, no one dared to fight a desperate battle against the water, and the White Tiger Army was obviously even more impossible. The puppet Wu army placed its heavy troops in Ading County, the capital of Jiangzhou, because Ading County is the only county town connected to Suchang Mansion on land, and Jiangzhou originally had many rivers, and Ading County also had complex water potential and terrain, which made it even more difficult for the White Tiger Army to advance.

The tiger on land encountered an amphibious giant crocodile, and the two sides naturally fought yours and I beat mine, so it was a stalemate again.

At the same time, Ruan Thanh Van arrived at Suchang Mansion in Jiangzhou with Yinliang, where the White Tiger Army camp was located, and asked to meet the general Du Shanbo. At this time, the presiding officer of the military was the fourth righteous son of Dushan Bo, the blue-eyed tiger Luo Xiu,

Luo Xiu served as the commander of the military department, and Luo Xiu accompanied Dushan Bo on his southern expedition, which can be said to be Dushanbo's right-hand man, and even the deputy of the White Tiger Army. After Chen Qing, the deputy commander of the White Tiger Army, was injured due to an ambush, Luo Xiu became the actual commander of the White Tiger Army.

"Lord Ruan, it is inconvenient for the Generalissimo to receive you." Luo Xiudao.

Ruan Qingwen said that it was okay, smiled and presented the gift, and introduced to Luo Xiu about the rebellion of the King of Jin and the fact that Li Canglan was rebelled by the King of Jin and entered the palace to kill the saint. But the imperial court knew that this matter had absolutely nothing to do with Dushanbo, so it specially explained it to Dushanbo.

"Who else are the rebels?" Luo Xiu suppressed the shock in his heart and asked.

"In addition to the King of Jin, Lu Kun, the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Song Wei, the lieutenant general of the Imperial Forest Army, Li Canglan, the Marquis of Liyang, Wu Dong, the deputy commander of Jinyiwei, Sima Sifang, the scholar of the university, Zhao Bu, the right attendant of the Ministry of War, and the governor of the Criminal Department, Si Bei, drove Tao Fu......" Ruan Qingwen recited all the eighty-seven people who participated in the rebellion, and was shocked that Luo Xiu, Yang Zhen, Ouyang Hong, Jiang Cheng, Diao Renyi and others did not know what to say.

Although Ouyang Hong was a member of the White Tiger Army in charge of intelligence and battlefield analysis, his attention was completely focused on the Jiangnan battlefield, and he was already exhausted just by analyzing the intelligence of Jiangnan every day, and he had heard a little about the rebellion of the King of Jin, but he did not have the energy to send more people to investigate. However, Dushan Bo told him in his illness that there is no need to worry at this time, as long as the army is in hand, the imperial court must honor them, and as long as Zhang Xiaowu is not stupid, he must pay more attention to the role of the White Tiger Army.

Luo Xiu showed a wry smile to Ouyang Hong, they had analyzed a lot before, but they never thought that there were actually eighty-seven officials involved, Luo Xiu immediately asked, "Is anyone wronged?" ”

Ruan Qingwen said: "Among these eighty-seven people, more than half are the backbone of the younger generation of the Zhang Party, can't the general see the meaning?" Zhang Biao, who has always made people feel indisputable, wants to take the opportunity to replace Zhang Kuan and become the new leader of the Zhang Party, and because of his support, the Zhang family is in charge of the world. You also know that the King of Jin is only fourteen years old, and how can he govern the government, so at this time, it is really caused by Zhang Kuan's rebellion. ”

Ouyang Hong said: "Dare to ask Lord Ruan, who is in charge of the imperial court now?" ”

"Zhang Xiaowu, Zhang Shaobao is in charge." Ruan Qingwen said proudly.

Everyone was so surprised that they almost fell, this Zhang Xiaowu is just a mere five-grade silver-clothed guard, how can he govern something? So they asked one after another, especially what happened in Longdu during the year they were not in Longdu. Someone even spread the news to Dushanbo's ears, and Dushanbo had to drag the sick body and ask through the curtain.

Ruan Qingwen started from Zhang Xiaowu's entry into Beijing, talked about the political situation of the imperial court, and talked about the incompetence of the officials led by Zhang Dang to govern the country and make trouble, so that after Du Shanbo left, the emperor had to rely on Zhang Xiaowu to fight wits and courage with these officials, and finally Zhang Dang took advantage of the reform of the tax law to launch a counterattack. But fortunately, Zhang Xiaowu appeared in time, defeated the rebels, and even killed Li Canglan with his own hands.

When it came to Zhang Xiaowu's solo star-picking platform, everyone couldn't help but applaud and shout: "What a fierce general!" What a loyal servant! ”

"That's the basic thing." Ruan Qingwen spoke for two hours before he finished telling Zhang Xiaowu's story, and it was getting late, so Rushan Bo motioned for everyone to eat. Because Du Shanbo was infected with the plague, it was inconvenient to meet everyone, so he only ate alone behind the curtain, eating and eating, Du Shanbo put down his chopsticks and sighed: "There are talented people in the country, it seems that after me, the holy Han can still produce talents, but I am very pleased." I'm not afraid that he will do something wrong, I'm just afraid that the straw bag will mislead the country and be incompetent to disrupt the country. Zhang Xianzhi's ability to write and martial arts does make the old man very pleased, very gratified. ”

Ruan Qingwen put down his chopsticks and hurriedly said: "Lord Shaobao is forced to govern, when I left Longdu, His Majesty has not yet woken up, and in order to avoid accidents, Lord Shaobao strongly requested that King Zhao be appointed as the crown prince, the purpose is to avoid giving people an opportunity to take advantage of." ”

Du Shanbo shook his head again and said, "As long as it is a member of the Xuanyuan family, whoever is the emperor is the same." Although everyone knew that there was something in Du Shanbo's words, they guessed one after another, but they didn't dare to say half a word.