Su Jun made people sneak to the stone mountain secretly to watch the movement, but when he saw that the northern soldiers had just arrived, he did not build first, that is, he gave them full food, and then selected all the military officials and led them to other places, and did not insert them into the southerners at all levels...... Re-entering Jiankang, I saw that the inner city was short, there was no wall outside, there were only some fences, and there were many earthen ramparts, and the defenders were only four or five thousand, and their qualifications and discipline were extremely poor.

Su Jun was previously placed by Deng Yue on the front line in Hefei - in fact, Deng Boshan responded to the situation and there was no big mistake between advancing and retreating; But in Su Jun's opinion, you first refused to help me take the western base, and took the initiative to retreat when the war was stalemate, forcing me to have to cross south, this is all your fault, or it must be instructed by Wang Dun, that is, he intends to trap me - he hates Wang Dun deeply, so he will be stationed in Xuancheng County after crossing to the south, and he will not return to Wuchang with Deng Yue. He wanted to get closer to the Jiankang regime in order to oppose Wang Dun - at least not to be dispatched by him, not to be bullied by him - who wants to Jiankang has such a face.

This is clearly to rob my soldiers and horses, it seems that you want the northern soldiers, but for me, the general, you plan to cross the river and tear down the bridge, right?

So Su Jun gathered the generals to discuss, and said: "I don't believe in the southerners, Wang Daowei relies on Wang Dun's momentum, Yu Liang is trivial and taboo, and the king of Jin is just a puppet." Now not only do they refuse to use me, but they are plotting to take away our soldiers, and even if they are willing to use me, how can a country like this have enough food and enough soldiers to make me hold the river defense and prevent the Chinese from crossing south?

"It's better to enter Jiankang, kill Wang Dao, Yu Liang, etc., and support King Jin to ascend the throne. It is rumored that hundreds of officials asked the king of Jin to practice Zuo, but the king refused, because he was unprepared along the river and was not at ease. If we can enter Jiankang, sanitize the palace, copy the property of each family, finish the outer Guo, and build additional stones, it does not have to be half a year old, and Jiankang will become a strong and indestructible trend, then what else does the king have to worry about? We will be willing to practice the throne of the emperor, and we are the heroes of the dragon, relying on the power of the Son of Heaven, enough to fight against Wang Dun.

"Compared with the momentum of the Han Dynasty, I am in Wu, which is comparable to Sun Quan, and Wang Dun is in Jingzhou, which is comparable to Liu Biao. Sun Liu Ruohe, enough to resist the northern soldiers, if divided, then nothing can be done - I don't think Wang Dun will be so unwise. If I want to die in Wang Dun, the days are numbered, and there is no 'Liu Bei' by his side, waiting for his death, I can hope to merge Jing and Jiang and restore the old business of Eastern Wu.

"This matter may not be easy to do, but if it is implemented, there will be a glimmer of life, otherwise it will be harmed by the raccoon dog - what do you think?"

Ren Rang, who joined the army, said: "The situation is like this, I am afraid that there is no way out, but I can only get up and fight." "All the generals also agreed - during this critical period of time, Jiang Zuo's generals were bullied too badly, and everyone was resentful, since Su Jun was willing to give a chance to vent, and it was expected to open a glorious avenue, who would not be happy?

Moreover, rebellion is such a thing, which is indeed harmful to reputation, but may not be able to succeed, people are not forced to be urgent, most of them will not do this decision, they must go to the state violence machine; However, as long as you have made a reversal, it is like gambling, whether you win or lose, you will take the bouncing out of your pocket again, and the previous mental barrier has been completely broken.

So Su Jun perfunctory Yu Liang on the one hand, and on the other hand, he sent someone to contact Ma Xiong, and agreed on the time, and the two armies went straight to Jiankang to kill.

Jiankang Palace City was originally the old capital of Eastern Wu, in the past, after the Jin army entered the city, all the illegal buildings were demolished, and the city wall was also reduced, and the defense became extremely poor, although Wang Dao, Yu Liang and others tried to build, but because of the lack of manpower and materials, it was not completed for many years.

The north of the palace city is covered by Zhoushan and the south is by Huaishui (Qinhuai River), the official office is mostly in the north of Huaishui, and the south of Huaishui is the east of Danyang County, and the west is Wuyi Lane and Changganli where nobles live. The whole Jiankang City, theoretically, should start from the foot of Fuzhou Mountain in the north, reach Danyang County in the east, reach Yundu and Jianchu Temple in the west, and reach Jubao Mountain in the south, which is quite a large scale; However, in the Dongwu era, the outer Guo was not complete, and after being picked up again, there are now only a few earthen fortresses left, most of which are just bamboo fences.

After the "Yongjia Rebellion", the Central Plains Shishu crossed to the south, and Jiankang and its nearby areas rushed in hundreds of thousands of people in one go, most of whom could not squeeze into the city, and could only live in Nantang. At that time, although Nantang was like a slum in terms of planning and architecture, in fact, there were countless rich people - so Zu Ti and Zu Yue brothers would pretend to be thieves and rob in the middle of the night. However, after the Central Plains was restored, the rich people returned from crossing the river one after another, and all that remained were abject poverty, or had just become destitute......

As a result, there were many thieves, much bigger than the chaos caused by the Zu brothers at the beginning, and even in three days, some people secretly opened the bamboo fence and ran to Wuyi Lane to steal things, or beat the street corner. On the one hand, Wang Dao, Zhou Yi and others strengthened the portal, and at the same time, they also looked forward to quickly training a team of soldiers and horses to protect both sides of the Huaishui River.

In fact, Diao Xie and Liu Kui wanted to train at the beginning, but they were completely ruined by Wang Dun's "Qingjun side" and the whole plan. After Wang Dun left thousands of soldiers and horses to protect Jiankang City, he was suspicious of He Xun, Xue Jian and other Nanshi, and tried his best to support the main force far away, leaving only a few hundred people as "soldier seeds".

Seeds alone are naturally not enough, so Yu Liang offered a plan to recruit troops from the dilapidated settlement in Nantang to help defend it. However, most of those who are in the broken households are idle - those who are willing to rely on hard work for food, have long been pulled by the surrounding wealthy families to be tenants, and those who remain in Nantang are not ordinary farmers, because their family wealth has been exhausted, they have fallen here, neither farming nor disdain to farm, let alone being slaves with others - being a soldier is just to cheat and eat, and they are not willing to train seriously at all.

In addition, Ji Zhan, who is in charge of military affairs, is actually a second sword, with low eyes and low hands, and it is difficult to resist the public, so it took a lot of effort to recruit only four or five thousand soldiers, even if he is not qualified to serve as a patrol, where is there any combat effectiveness.

Because of this, Wang Daocai rushed to the doctor in a hurry, and listened to the persuasion of Zhuge Hui and Ji Zhan; And Su Jun sent people to reconnoiter the situation in the city, and the heart of chaos will rise up - such a good place, it has been ruined like this by you, rather than waiting for the Chinese to take it in the future, it is better for me to take it down and rectify it first!

So almost without much effort, the rebel army immediately broke the bamboo fence and rushed into the city, and the four or five thousand defenders scattered in a hurry. The magnates had to give up their family business in Wuyi Lane, and fled into the palace city in embarrassment under the escort of the family, leaning against the wall. Of course, there are also slow runners, all of whom have fallen into the hands of the rebellious army - for example, Wang Bin, for example, Zhuge Hui.

Zhuge Hui was tied up to see Su Jun, but Ma Xiong thought about his past virtue of care, asked Su Jun for instructions, and said that Mr. Ming is a good person, do you think he let him go? Su Junnai personally untied Zhuge Hui's shackles, and asked hypocritically: "We really have no intention of plotting rebellion, holding the king of Jin hostage for the king and Yu, and revenge on my soldiers, and harm my life—do you know about this, sir?" ”

Zhuge Liang hurriedly cleared up: "This is all Yu Liang's plan, and it has nothing to do with it...... I didn't know about it before. ”

Immediately tied Wang Bin again, and Wang Bin kowtowed and begged for forgiveness. Su Jun sneered: "The only people I hate are my brother Maohong and Yu Liang...... Mao Honggong thought that he was also confused for a while, and Mr. Daoming once said that this was all Yu Liang's strategy. Then I am willing to enter the palace city, meet the king, and beg to eradicate the traitor - only kill Yu Liang, and Brother Yu Ling will not harm him. Is Qing willing to persuade Brother Ling for me to open the palace gate? ”

Wang Bin agreed, he said in his heart that as long as I can get rid of the clutches of the devil and escape into the palace, then I still have a chance of life. It's a pity that Su Jun is not so gullible, and he doesn't have any kind eyes, he ordered the captured scholars and their dependents more than 1,000 people, headed by Wang Bin, all tied into a string with ropes, forcing them to go and open the palace gate, and by the way, block the arrows for me.

Besides, this Qingzhou rebel was originally an elite pawn, but since he followed Su Jun to the south, he had no home to return to, and he was bullied by the southerners, so he gave up on himself a long time ago. After entering Jiankang City, the soldiers in the palace city only dared to hold on and did not dare to rush out, so they had no scruples and spread out and wantonly raped and plundered. When he escorted the more than 1,000 people to call Miyagi to open the door, Yu Lu saw that everyone was dressed in ayaluo, and he couldn't help but be greedy, so he walked and picked, and when he approached Miyagi, Wang Bin and below, regardless of men and women, were almost all naked, and their appearance was extremely miserable.

Su Jun didn't restrain this at all, just rode a horse and followed behind. Not far away, the general Han Huang suddenly came to complain, saying that Honghui had made a rebellion and robbed and killed my soldiers. Su Jun was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly summoned Honghui to ask why, Honghui replied: "King Wuxing and the concubine did not have time to leave, they were surrounded by me in the mansion, and General Han's subordinates wanted to enter the mansion to loot, but they couldn't stop persuading, so they killed a few people by mistake." ”

Then he persuaded him: "Duke Ming is here, specifically to eradicate the traitors and welcome the king of Jin, then no matter the surname Wang or the surname Yu, they can be killed, but Sima's family cannot be killed - and King Wu Xing is really the son of the king of Jin, how dare he offend?" ”

Su Jun suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "What Qing said is true, but I can protect the ancestors and grandchildren of King Wuxing for me, and if anyone dares to rush to the offender, I will apply for my order and kill him." Then he squinted at Han Huang: "You are a reckless man, you almost ruined me!" Han Huang had no choice but to retreat.

Besides, in the palace city, Wang Dao saw Wang Bin and others from afar, and couldn't help crying, so he forbade the soldiers to release arrows. Ji Zhan said: "Prince, the rebellious army will follow, if you don't release the arrows, the palace will be broken - is it the life of the younger brother that matters, or the safety of the king?" ”

Yu Liang smiled bitterly: "Even if you release the arrows, with the current situation, is it possible to hold the palace?" He suggested that while the rebel army had not yet been able to surround Miyagi, he should quickly protect Sima Rui and sneak out of Yundu, escape by boat on the river, save his life first, and then summon soldiers and horses from all sides to quell the chaos.

Yundu is an artificial river, out of the west gate of the palace city, and to the south, can go straight to the Egret Island. So he ordered people to remove a lot of door panels, and hundreds of people such as Sima Rui and Wang Dao sneaked out of the west gate on the door panels, and escaped to the river through Yundu - there were naturally not a few who fell into the water and drowned on the way.

So the rebel army successfully entered the palace, and the officials and palace people who did not escape were humiliated. Su Jun couldn't find the whereabouts of Sima Rui and Wang Dao everywhere, grabbed the palace people and asked, only to know the end, and hurriedly ordered Han Huang to pursue. Han Huang was only one step away, Sima Rui and the others had already boarded a boat at the ferry and sailed against the current to the middle stream.

At this moment, Su Jun was completely dumbfounded - pinching Sima Rui in the palm of his hand, then Wang Dun and others would be able to have a chance to spread, if Sima Rui ran away, then I wouldn't completely become a rebel? In the current situation, I can't beat Wang Dunna!

Changshi Xu Wei suggested: "Why don't you support King Wu Xing? King Wu Xing is the son of the King of Jin, can inherit the line, and his grandmother is the aunt of Hua Tianzi, but can ask him to write to the Son of Heaven, Yun I and others to do this, in order to atone for the previous sins, as long as the Son of Heaven crowns him the king of Jin, forgive me and other previous sins, you can welcome the northern soldiers across the river......"

Xu Wei had no intention of rebellion, because he followed Su Jun, he couldn't help himself, and he had no choice but to cross south, in fact, he had been thinking about how to plan to return to the north. Now this opportunity is very good, if the Chinese army can cross the Yangtze River and occupy Jiankang without spending a single soldier, then there is a lot of room for mercy for our previous treachery.

If it is not good, I ask Su Jun to send me as an envoy to Luoyang, then I will have a chance to go home.

Su Jun nodded and said, "Reasonable." Then he shook his head again: "If I can stand firm and healthy, how can I give it up to the Chinese?" After a pause, he said: "Zu Ti and others hate me a lot, and with them in the court, I am afraid that the Chinese lord will not forgive the previous sins." ”

So he ran to the palace of King Wuxing and asked to see King Wuxing.

Sima Chong, the king of Wuxing, was just ten years old, how could he have the courage to see this rebel chieftain, or the Pei family had the courage to lead him out, sat firmly on the hall, and ordered Su Jun to meet him. Su Jun led the guards into the house, and as soon as he came in, he bowed and worshipped, and then cried with a handful of snot and tears, saying that I didn't want to rebel, but I was so **** that I had no way out, so I planned to warn the king of Jin and depose Yu Liang and other treacherous evils......

Pei Shi listened to him cry expressionlessly, and then said slowly: "That is the case, Qing Kele restrained his troops and horses, withdrew from Jiankang and did not stay, and the old man should have sent a letter to the king of Jin, appealing for the general, and asking the king of Jin to forgive the general." ”

Su Junxin said that I didn't mean that, so he continued to wipe his tears and said: "Now the king is holding Yu Liang and others hostage to Xiajiang, and he will summon General Wuchang to crusade against the last general...... The last general knew that he was guilty, and he didn't dare to escape the axe, but the generals of his subordinates had been following the last general for a long time to fight Qing and Xu, killing Hu Yukou, and how could they bear to die? The last general is brave, please serve the king of Wuxing, Shao Ji Jinzuo, but can make peace with Wuchang......"

Pei's face sank: "Ru Yunshao succeeds Jin Zuo? ”

Su Jun said yes, King Wuxing has a noble bloodline and should succeed to the throne as the son of Jintian.

Pei Shi was furious when he heard this, and immediately scolded: "Betraying the lord and traitor, repeating villains, the Son of Heaven sees that in Luoyang, even the King of Jin does not dare to trample on the emperor's throne, how can you make such rebellious words?!" ”

Su Jun tried hard to persuade him, but Pei's just didn't allow it. Su Jun had no choice but to be tough, immediately straightened up, pressed the saber on his waist, and said sharply: "The situation is like this, I can't help but let the concubine not obey - the concubine is not afraid of death?!" ”

Pei Shi sneered: "My head can be broken, this matter must not be done!" ”

Su Jun threatened: "The concubine is not afraid of death, but after the death of the concubine, the king rushes to the young, who can take care of it?" Isn't the concubine afraid that the king will immediately follow underground? ”

Pei immediately shoved Sima Chong forward: "If you want to kill, you will kill." If Chong'er does this, he is a usurper in the country, and he is a son against his father at home, that is, life is still death - it is better to die, but he can leave his name in history! ”

Sima Chong said "wow", and he was so frightened that he cried on the spot.