Chapter 1235: Race against time
Looking at Zhao Gou's corpse under the mountain, Liu Qi's face was complicated, and he had to say that Zhao Gou was still very good to himself and others. But in the face of the general trend, Liu Qi and others also had to make a choice, Yue Fei had the upper hand, Zhao Song's last hope could only be Zhao Huan, Zhao Gou basically had no possibility, and everyone's future could only be said to be on Zhao Huan.
Not to mention, Zhao Gou still has a stain on his body, for the sake of the throne, he killed his father, although Zhao Ji has a bad reputation and is a faint monarch, but after all, he is the emperor and Zhao Gou's father, and he even killed his own father alone, who would be loyal to such a person.
Whether it is a reason or an excuse, Liu Qi and others had already made a decision when they received Qin Hui's letter, ending the fighting in Jiangnan as soon as possible, and then dealing with Li Jing, which was already a common wish in the army.
"Let's bury it!" Yue Fei's face was calm, even if the other party was the emperor and his former monarch, but he committed suicide here today, Yue Fei felt that he needed to express himself.
"Yes." Liu Qi and the others have no other opinions, people die like lights go out, people like Zhao Gou who are greedy for life and afraid of death, but they commit suicide here at this moment, it can also show the courage of the other party, shouldn't they be respected for such people?
The soldiers guarding Zhao Gou's side saw that Zhao Gou had committed suicide, so naturally they would not resist, they put down their weapons one after another, and waited for Yue Fei's reception, for these ordinary soldiers, who is loyal is not allegiance, as long as they can save their lives, not to mention that the commander of the army is Yue Fei, and the Song army in Jiangnan wants to be part of Yue's army!
After half a ring, Liu Guangshi also led the rear army to come, at this time Zhao Gou's body had been collected, and a grave was dug on the top of the mountain, and the dignified Emperor Jianyan was buried on an unknown peak, and there was nothing to accompany the burial, which was extremely miserable. Even if it was worshipped, there were only Yue Fei and others, which did not conform to the emperor's demeanor at all.
"Generalissimo, what's next? And ask the generalissimo to show me. After everyone followed the soldiers and horses, Liu Qi hurriedly asked: "Zhao Gou died, presumably Jiangnan doesn't know yet, it is the best time for the army to attack, presumably Jiangbei Li Jing didn't expect that the war would end so quickly, it just happened to be our opportunity to sweep Jiangnan, I'm afraid that when we unify Jiangnan, Li Jing will find out what kind of Great Song he is about to face." ”
"Yes, Jiangnan has no leader at the moment, it is just when we regain the lost territory, Li Jing's secret guards are all over the world, I believe that the news will be known soon, even if you don't have the energy to do it now, but you won't watch us unify Jiangnan." Liu Guangshi hurriedly said: "Didn't Li Jing let the Zhao family fight internally because of this? Is it just waiting for the two sides to be exhausted, and then suddenly killing, so as to defeat the two in one fell swoop, or just wait for one to perish, and then take advantage of the heavy losses of the other side's soldiers and horses, and then do it? Now our soldiers and horses have not lost much, Li Jing would never have imagined. Dashuai, let's do it! The soldiers are divided into three routes, and they can definitely control the entire Jiangnan. ”
"Jiangnan Qunlong has no leader, that's for sure, but to say that Li Jing didn't prepare at this time is false, believe it or not, today we kill Emperor Jianyan here, and the details of how we kill him tomorrow will appear in front of Li Jing." Yue Fei shook his head and said: "So tomorrow his edict will definitely reach all the generals in the army, and in addition to the army that is about to attack us in addition to the army of the Seed Master Dao, there is Jiankang, the sailors of Jiangdu will kill Jiankang within five days, once they occupy Jiankang, it will be difficult for us to recapture it, and the other party will be able to send more soldiers and horses to attack Jiangnan through Jiankang, and if Jiankang is lost, Jiangnan cannot be defended." So our goal is to build health, and immediately set up troops to go to Jiankang. ”
Yue Fei knew very well what the focus of Jiangnan was, those cities were basically in a leaderless state at this time, as long as the news of Yue Fei's suicide of Zhao Gou came, as soon as the army arrived, these cities would open their gates and surrender, but in the same way, as long as Li Tang's army arrived, it would be the same. Yue Fei believes that as long as he grasps the key points, everything will be easy to do. Occupying Jiankang and blocking Li Tang's army on the north bank of the Yangtze River is the key.
There are many people who have this kind of thought, and they have been close to Han Shizhong, the mouth of the Yangtze River, and they have also keenly discovered this problem, there are still 30,000 troops under Wu Jue, plus 30,000 sailors, a total of 60,000 people, and they are coming to Jiankang in a mighty way.
"Liu Qi and Zhang Jun have already led the army to leave, and there are not many soldiers and horses in Jiankang City at this time, so it should be possible to go down in a battle." Han Shizhong said with confidence: "I'm afraid Zhao Gou wouldn't have thought that His Majesty would send troops at this time. ”
"No one in the world would have thought of it." Wu Jue looked at the river in front of him and said, "When you take Jiankang, you will basically have the initiative over Jiangnan, and Your Majesty may not be able to wait." ”
"What kind of person is Zhao Gou, he can actually be the emperor, and he still wants to rule the river with His Majesty, it's really a big joke, His Majesty didn't pull out his hand before, but now everything has been solved, and he hasn't surrendered honestly, why should he still resist His Majesty?" Wang Mu said with a smile: "Zhao Gou has no power as an emperor, and the talents of a general like General Han have been given up, how incompetent." ”
Han Shizhong showed a trace of embarrassment on his face when he heard this, but he didn't speak, his eyes looked around, and suddenly saw a small boat moving quickly towards the big ship, his face moved, he picked up the clairplane and looked over, and said: "Quick, the big ship is coming over, it's a secret guard, I'm afraid something is coming." ”
Wu Jue and the others didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent someone to bring the big boat over, and saw a person on the small boat climb up, and said loudly: "But General Han is in front of him, there is an urgent military situation here." "This time the army went out to fight, mainly Han Shizhong, who let Han Shizhong have stayed in Jiangnan and is familiar with the reality of Jiangnan.
"Zhao Gou committed suicide?" Han Shizhong took the note, his face changed greatly, and said: "Liu Qi and Liu Guangshi rebelled, Zhao Gou was trapped and committed suicide, it's not good, I'm afraid Yue Fei's army is also marching towards Jiankang." While being surprised by Zhao Gou's death, Han Shizhong suddenly thought that Yue Fei had also led a large army towards Jiankang at this time.
"Speed up and attack Jiankang." Wu Jue immediately gave the order to move forward at full speed, and everyone's faces showed nervousness. Whoever occupies Jiankang will be able to gain the initiative in the war.
"It's simply that now Yue Fei doesn't know that we have marched towards Jiankang, and we still have time." Wang Muqiang said with a smile. Yue Fei thought of something else, but he definitely didn't expect that Li Jing had already ordered Han Shizhong to attack Jiankang, so there was still a chance for all this.