Chapter 1362: The Saddest Emperor in History
Jiankang to Hangzhou, Lishui, Anjizhou, Deqing, stretching thousands of miles away, in the current society, naturally is not a problem, but in the Southern Song Dynasty, the traffic is inconvenient, the mountains and rivers are blocked, extremely inconvenient.
From the beginning of the Tang Dynasty's intention to attack the Southern Song Dynasty in the south, Yue Fei began to order the people from all over the country to move south after the Spring Festival, he was ready to turn this thousands of miles of land into barrenness, to achieve the goal of clearing the wilderness, at first there were some people who objected, but with Kong Duanyou, the Yan Shenggong, things became much easier, many gentry took the initiative to take action, not only moved south by themselves, but even moved south with those tenants, as for the food at home, or hide it on the spot, or transport it away with the help of the government, want to have more waterways in the south of the Yangtze River, get a few boats, easily transported these grains, and not even a grain of rice was left for Li Jing.
Although some poor people heard about the good life of Datang, these people were oppressed, and they did not have any food in their hands, and even some people were counting on Li Tang to help, even if there was some food, I am afraid they would not take it out to support Li Jing. Whether it is Yue Fei or Kong Duanyou, they all know this truth, as long as the big family moves away, the remaining ordinary people are not taken into account by them.
"The once prosperous Jiankang City is now much dilapidated." Li Jing rode a war horse, looking at the surrounding streets, the battle a few days ago made the already very dilapidated Jiankang City even more dilapidated, and the streets were sparsely populated, which was completely different from Li Jing's previous arrival in Jiankang City, which made Li Jing sigh in his heart.
"It's all the incompetence of the ministers, which has disappointed Your Majesty." Wu Jue showed a hint of embarrassment, if he could have held Jiankang City, the important town in Jiangnan might not be like this.
"This has nothing to do with the general, even if there is no war this time, I'm afraid Yue Fei will not let Jiankang City maintain its original prosperity." Li Jing shook his head and said, "Yue Fei has grown up, and while relying on force, he knows that he can deal with me from other aspects. Sure enough, failure can make people grow faster. ”
Although Li Jing was praising Yue Fei, he didn't take Yue Fei to heart, some aspects can be victorious, but it can't change the current situation, Yue Fei's overall strength is far below the Tang Dynasty, and the current strong wall Qingye is just dying.
On the official road from Jiankang to Hangzhou, you can see people with families everywhere, these people have dishes on their faces, and their eyes reveal a trace of confusion, is it really so good to go south? It's an unknown, but what if you don't go south, war is about to break out, there are soldiers along the way, and sometimes the army of the imperial court is even more cruel than those bandits. If it's not powerful, and if you don't get it right, your life will be in danger, and you may be able to save your life if you go south.
Unlike these people, some gentry ride ox carts, of course, more people still take the waterway, the waterway is relatively safe, and the speed is relatively fast, the sailors of the Tang Dynasty have not yet entered the waters of Jiangnan, but the sailors of the Southern Song Dynasty are mostly in the south of the Yangtze River, these people recruit water bandits, form an army, or harass the grain route of the Tang Dynasty, or intercept and kill the lone secret guard, and the arrogance is very arrogant.
The entire Jiangnan has become more chaotic again because of Yue Fei's order, the officials in the city have fled, some are just empty cities, within a thousand miles, I am afraid that only those people are still making a hard trek, heading for the unknown distance, the originally prosperous Jiangnan has become extremely depressed at the moment, where is the former appearance.
After the fall of Jiankang, Yue Fei no longer dared to divide his troops one by one, let Li Jing's army break them individually, and simply abandoned the cities along the way, and only placed troops in important places to prepare to resist Li Jing's attack.
After Li Jing stayed in Jiankang City for two days, he personally commanded the army to go south, the cavalry and infantry marched slowly, and the accompanying grain and grass also carried for half a month, the soldiers not only carried their own weapons and armor, but also carried a day or two of food, although the speed of the march was not fast, but it depended on the city in front of him was already an empty city, compared to the fast march, the speed was not much slower, and the army was directly towards Hangzhou.
What annoyed Yue Fei was that Li Jing's escort of grain and grass was as high as 20,000 people, 20,000 people was a very large number, so huge that if you wanted to annihilate these 20,000 people, I am afraid you would have to pay several times the price, even if Li Jing only transported about 10,000 troops each time, Yue Fei also needed to mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress, which was a very embarrassing problem for Yue Fei, who lacked soldiers and horses. In the blink of an eye, he found that his strong wall Qingye actually did not play a role, but because of the abandonment of the city along the way, Li Jing's army drove straight in, and the momentum was huge, shaking Lin'an.
"Yue Fei gave up the surrounding cities, not only did he not let the strong wall Qingye play a role, but let Li Jing drive straight in, this, how is this good?" In the Lin'an Palace, Zhao Huan finally found a decent place, and Yue Fei's piece of paper made Zhao Huan dissatisfied in his heart, and he couldn't help but say to Qin Hui.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if the Jianbi Qingye wants to play a role, it is not whether there is grain and grass along the way, but to see if Yue Fei can hold Hangzhou, as long as he can hold Hangzhou, the grain and grass consumed by Li Jing's 300,000 army every day is enough for Li Jing to bear, and the current effect of the Jianbi Qingye has not yet been reflected." Qin Hui smiled bitterly. Even if it is not right with Yue Fei, but at this time, he still supports Yue Fei very much, and the safety of the Great Song Dynasty is handed over to Yue Fei If he does not support it at this time, when will he support it.
"And you mean to get out of here?" Zhao Huan glanced at Qin Hui.
"Yes, the minister thinks that we should leave here, but not to Jingxiang, but like the southeast, although Wang Yin in the southeast has conquered many cities, but he has not sent people to guard them, even if there are guards, it is only a small number of personnel, we can easily break through these places, think of my Great Song Dynasty, and the hearts of the people in the southeast still belong to us. Even if Hangzhou fails, we will always have a chance. Song Jiang explained: "And when I went to Jingxiang, the Jingxiang area was not safe, Wang Yin's troops were pressing towards Jingxiang, and when the time came, there would be enemies on all sides, and there would be no doubt about death." Heading to the southeast is the only way out. ”
"That's it! Since Prime Minister Qin also said so, then I moved the capital again. Zhao Huan smiled bitterly. Like him, I am afraid that he is the most pitiful emperor in history, when he was the crown prince, he was overwhelmed by his brothers and ministers, and he was also cuckolded by his subordinates, taken prisoner, and finally didn't even have a place to live, and was driven away in all directions.
But what about all this? In order to survive, Zhao Huan also had to endure it.