Ten days later, Wang Daolong, an envoy of the Liu Song Dynasty, received news from special channels that the cadres from various places did not go to Lujiang County to assemble, but went to camp near the nearest city for exercises, and did not rest every day.

Wang Daolong was relieved at this time, and only said goodbye to Zhao Junsheng and set off to return to the Song Kingdom a few days after he was in Chang'an.

In the next two months, Liu Yu, who had just ascended to the throne, was busy controlling the government, gathering military power, and replacing the key position with a henchman who had been following him, and he also ordered the death of Liu Ziye's half-brother Liu Zishang and his sister Liu Chuyu, the princess of the Huiji.

Liu Yu's killing of his nephew and seizure of the throne and the killing of Liu Zishang, the king of the sect, caused strong dissatisfaction and fear among the brothers of the former deposed emperor Liu Ziye, although Liu Ziye died, but this throne should be done by one of their brothers, how could it not be the turn of Liu Yu, who was an uncle, right?

With this in mind, the kings of Liu Song began to set off a wave of opposition to Liu Yu.

The first to react was Liu Zixun, the king of Jin'an and the assassin of Jiangzhou, who was the third son of Liu Jun.

The emperors of the Liu Song Dynasty named their children and grandchildren really wonderful, never knew to avoid the venerable, just say this Jin'an King Liu Zixun, his uncle is called Liu Xun, and the uncle and nephew actually have the same name, Liu Xun is the eldest son of Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty Liu Yilong, who once killed his father and seized the throne, and was the emperor for a few months, but he was not recognized as the emperor who killed his father and seized the throne, and he did not even have a temple number after his death, so he was not considered an emperor.

There is also Liu Yu, the current emperor of Liu Song, whose name is the same as that of Gaozu Liu Yu, and what is even more ridiculous is that Liu Yu's eldest son is called Liu Yu, and the names of father and son are homophonic, which is really a big joke in the world!

Not to mention the absurdity that Emperor Liu Song named his children and grandchildren, and the names of fathers and sons, grandchildren, and uncles and nephews were homophonic, but only that the internal struggle within the Liu Song royal family was the most absurd and fierce dynasty in the entire history.

Deng Wan is a native of Nanchang, Yuzhang, he once served as the Taishou of the South China Sea, and later served as the military commander of Jin'an Wangzhen, the internal envoy of Xunyang, and the history of Jiangzhou assassination.

This Jiangzhou is not the Jiangzhou city of Yizhou, its jurisdiction covers the regions of Jiangxi and Fujian provinces in later generations, and the seat of governance is Xunyang (i.e., Jiujiang).

After Liu Yu ascended the throne and became emperor, Deng Wan first stood up on behalf of Liu Zixun, the king of Jin'an, to announce that Liu Xun killed his nephew and seized the throne, and Liu Yu also killed Liu Zishang, the king of the sect.

On this ground, Deng Wan also sent someone to contact Yuan Yi, the assassin of Ningzhou, who had been in office for less than half a year, and called on the Quartet to crusade against Liu Yu in the name of non-faint Liming, and supported the young Jin'an King Liu Zixun to ascend the throne as emperor in Xunyang, with the year name Yijia.

Liu Zixun's ascension to the throne really won the support of the kings and towns of all over the country, so that Liu Yu's decree could not go out of the land of the hundred divisions of the capital, and what was even more terrifying was that these kings and towns from all over the country also sent troops from all over the country to the direction of the capital division to crusade.

At this time, Liu Yu's brother Zongwang were all in Beijing, and they all supported Liu Yu, and Liu Zixun's brother Zongwang supported Liu Zixun in various places, which formed an internal struggle between Emperor Wen and Emperor Xiaowu.

In the spring of the twenty-eighth year of the Great Qian, in February.

The kings of the Liu and Song dynasties sent troops to the Beijing division from all directions to attack Liu Yu, and Liu Yu implemented various strategies against the kings of the provinces in the name of quelling the rebellion with a small number of powerful forbidden armies.

He reused Zhang Yong, Xiao Daocheng, Liu Mian, Zong Yue and other military generals, and gave power to his brother King Zong, so that they could actively quell the chaos.

Although Liu Zixun's brothers came from all directions, although they had many troops, they did not belong to each other, and the soldiers' combat strength was uneven, the military discipline was not strict, and they lacked strong organization and command, and they were soon defeated by Liu Yu's army, and they were defeated one by one.

It took less than half a year for Liu Yu to put down the rebellion of Liu Jun's sons, and he ordered all of Liu Jun's sons to be killed, leaving no one behind.

Although the rebellion was quelled, Liu Yu's losses were very large, the elite troops lost forty percent, the financial resources were exhausted, all parts of the country were beaten to pieces due to the war, the spring plowing was destroyed, and the people had no harvest, which consumed the last trace of vitality of Liu Song.

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August, Chang'an.

Zhao Junsheng had sent his sons out for more than a year, and there was still no intention or sign of calling them back.

Under the shade of the weeping willow trees by the lake, Zhao Junsheng sat on the horse and held a fishing rod like an old monk.

The little eunuch came over with Lin Jinghui, the commander of the black-clothed guards, and reported: "Your Majesty, Commander Lin has something to ask to see!" With that, he retreated into the distance.

Zhao Junsheng didn't look back, "Say, is there a result of the war on the Southern Dynasties?" ”

Lin Jinghui hugged his fists and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, Liu Song's kings and Fangzhen were defeated, Liu Jun's sons were killed by Liu Yu, Liu Yu also lost most of the elite troops because of this rebellion, most of the sailor warships were lost, the treasury was empty, and the people everywhere also delayed spring plowing because of this half-year war, and the fields were not harvested. ”

Zhao Junsheng looked into the distance on the surface of the lake and muttered, "Yes, I am not young anymore, and I can't afford to delay!" ”

Lin Jinghui didn't say anything, lowered his head.

After a long time, Zhao Junsheng got up and dropped the fishing rod, turned to the eunuch and ordered: "Pass the decree, ring the bell to summon the ministers to discuss!" ”

"No!"

Soon, the palace rang the bell for gathering the ministers to enter the palace to discuss matters, and the ministers rushed to hear the sound.

All the ministers who came were important ministers of the Qianguo court, and the rank ratio was more than 2,000 stones, and everyone gathered together.

Zhao Junsheng looked at the ministers and said: "I just received the news from the black-clothed guard, Liu Song's civil strife has been pacified, but the remnants of the kings are still there, Liu Yu has lost forty percent of the elite soldiers in order to quell the rebellion, the treasury is so empty that it can starve to death of rats, and their sailors lost half of them when Liu Zixun's sailors were fighting, so now is the weakest time for Liu Song, I am determined to take this opportunity to take this opportunity to capture Jiangnan, destroy Liu Song, and dominate the world!" ”

The ministers began to talk in a low voice, and Zhao Junsheng did not stop him.

After a while, Minister Lu Xuan stood up and arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, although Liu Song is weak, there is no excuse for our dynasty to send troops, how can I send troops?" ”

Pei Jin stood up but said: "Your Majesty, now it's time for me to see the poor dagger, I don't need any excuses, if I am afraid of face, twist and pinch, and be a little daughter, I will miss a great opportunity, and the minister agrees with Your Majesty to send troops to attack Liu Song and dominate the world!" ”

The national teacher Dongfang Chen and the generals also stood up one after another to express their approval.

Only some civilian officials still think that there is no excuse that the division is unknown and the war is unfavorable.

Zhao Junsheng made the final decision: "I have already decided to send troops, and there is no need to discuss it again!" Now let's talk about how to send troops to take Liu Song the fastest and with the least loss, and I hope that all the Qings will express their opinions! ”

Who wouldn't talk about it? But high-minded rhetoric also needs to be based on actual conditions, otherwise it will be just talk on paper.

In this regard, the generals have more say than the civilian officials, and if they want to fight Liu Song, they must understand the situation of the garrisons and naval divisions in various parts of the Liu Song Dynasty, and these belong to military aircraft, and there are very few civilian officials in the court who can learn about these military aircraft, but most of the generals can get it from relevant institutions.

Gao Xu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can attack Liu Song in four ways!" The first road crossed the river from Jingxiang to attack Xiakou; the second road crossed the river by boat from Chaohu Lake to attack Jiankang; The third route set off from Qingzhou by sea ship to attack Wu County; The fourth way, send troops from Yizhou to the south to attack Ningzhou! ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand, and several eunuchs opened the curtain on the wall, revealing a large map hanging on the wall, which was not only the territory of the Qianguo, but also the territory of the Song State, and even extended to the western Persia and the Roman Empire, and even the extreme north was slightly marked.

Zhao Junsheng beckoned again: "Gao Xu will introduce the situation of the military branches in various parts of Liu Song!" ”

"No!"

Gao Xu walked to the map and said: "First of all, let's talk about Ningzhou, Ningzhou is vast and sparsely populated, the terrain is full of mountains and valleys, and there are miasma poisons rampant from time to time, Liu Song's troops in Ningzhou According to the recent military intelligence report, there are about 12,000 people, more than half of whom are local soldiers in Ningzhou who surrendered and were captured!" If I transfer troops from the north, I am afraid that it will be difficult to adapt to the climate and environment there in a short time, but if I send troops from Yizhou, it will be much better, Yizhou is close to Ningzhou after all, and the soldiers can adapt quickly, as long as we prepare more medicinal materials to prevent miasma poisons, it should not be a big problem! Our dynasty has an army of 18,000 people in Yizhou, and the minister thinks that he can send 12,000 troops, although Liu Song has 12,000 people in Ningzhou, but they have just finished the battle, and they are still clearing the remnants of Yuan Yi's forces, and they are scattered all over the place, and our army of 12,000 people is enough! ”

"Looking at the Xiangzhou, Jiangzhou and Jiangnan parts of Nanyu Prefecture in Liu Song, there are about 50,000 Liu Song troops in this area, including 15,000 in Xiangzhou, 20,000 in Jiangzhou, and 15,000 in the Jiangnan part of Nanyuzhou! Our army can divide the first road into two more groups, one to attack Baling, and the other to attack Xiakou! The second road can also be divided into two teams, one to attack Xunyang, and the other to attack Jiankang! ”

"Look at South Xuzhou and Yangzhou again, the combined strength of these two places is about 13,000 people, but they have to guard against our army crossing the river from Hailing County, so they must deploy most troops in South Xuzhou, and the troops deployed in Wu County will not be too much, if our army takes a sea boat from Qingzhou to Wu County along the coastline, there should be no problem in landing!"

"Guangzhou, Jiaozhou, and Zhuyazhou do not have many troops, adding up to less than 8,000 people, and the troops in Dongyang are not much, Liu Yu has sent out all the soldiers and horses and has not taken them back, so the troops near Liu Songjing's division are only 5,000 people!"

"The above is the situation of the soldiers and horses in Liu Song! Your Majesty, the minister thought that at this time, the soldiers and horses in Liu Song were already exhausted, and even some of the soldiers and horses had not been replenished, and there was a lack of arrows, and this time was the best time for me to send troops! ”