After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Chen agreed to Wu Jue's request!

Indeed, now Jiangnan does not need so many large troops to be stationed! Instead, they went north to fight, and now they need soldiers and horses! Moreover, after the end of the Northern War, the army will go north, smash the Yellow Dragon, completely eliminate the Jurchens, and even clear the grasslands, all of which require soldiers and horses!

Wu Jue's navy was only used to pacify Jiangnan, which was really overkill.

In the next few days, Wu Jue, Wu Lin, Liu Guangshi, Li Qiong and others led an army of more than 100,000 to snipe the remnants of the Dongting Lake rebels.

Almost effortlessly, the remnants of the Dongting Lake rebels were wiped out.

In fact, most of the Dongting Lake rebels had no intention of fighting again after hearing the news that Zhong Xiang and Yang Mo had been killed.

Over the years, they have had enough of this kind of fearful life, and with Zhao Chen's holy purpose, as long as they surrender, all their sins will not be blamed in the past, so no one is willing to resist anymore.

By the time of July 15, the hundreds of thousands of troops at Dongting Lake had either been wiped out or surrendered, and the fighting here was basically over.

At this point, the Dongting Lake Rebellion was pacified!

At noon, the red sun baked the earth, and the weather became hot again.

Zhao Chen had come to Dongting Lake from Miluo County at this moment, and he was sitting on a big boat with Wu Jue, Wu Lin and others.

Sparkling and dazzling, the three of them were discussing the strategy of pacifying the two Huai at the moment.

"Leave 20,000 soldiers and horses in Dongting Lake, Wu Lin, you lead 30,000 troops to the north, which is enough to pacify Lianghuai!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, I also want to follow you north." Wu Lin said.

"This can't be done, Jiangnan must have a general to guard it." Zhao Chen smiled bitterly.

He can understand Wu Lin's thoughts, and Wu Lin also wants to make contributions, but Jiangnan is so important that there must be no turmoil, so it is certain to send a large army and generals to garrison! Wu Jue and Wu Ling are all famous generals in the history of the Southern Song Dynasty, since Wu Jue followed him to the north, then Wu Lin must stay.

"Just let Wu Gong stay here." Wu Lin said.

Wu Gong is the eldest son of Wu Jue, only fifteen years younger than Wu Jue, he also followed Wu Jue to join the army early, and now he is also a general in the army.

"He can't, he's too young to handle big things." Wu Jue said without hesitation.

Wu Gong is actually a famous general in history! In the original history of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Wu family guarded Sichuan and Shu for three generations, and it was not until the Mongols finally called that the Wu family perished together with the demise of Sichuan and Shu! The three generations of the Wu family have produced many talents, and it is a famous family of famous generals in history. However, as Wu Jue said, Wu Gong's age is still too young, only twenty years old, which is not enough to guard such an important place in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Got it." Wu Lin was a little unhappy in his heart.

"Pingding Lianghuai, mainly pacifying the six counties of Xiangyang! As long as the six counties of Xiangyang are pacified, the two Huai will naturally be stable, and some of the remaining thieves can only hide in the mountains, and at that time they can be slowly eliminated. Wu Jue said.

"I understand." Wu Lin nodded.

He was quite unimpressed in his heart, there were about 100,000 bandits in Lianghuai, but they were divided into countless groups, and these bandits also occupied several cities, but they would not develop the economy, they would only burn and loot, and the local people hated these bandits. These bandits did not have any organization, and when they fought, they were the same as the Dongting Lake Rebels, under the leadership of the leader, the little minions swarmed up. In Wu Lin's view, such a rabble is vulnerable, and he is confident that he will be able to sweep away the two Huai within a few months. Originally, in history, Yue Fei led an army of 30,000 to completely eliminate the two Huai bandits within two months, and the strength of the two Huai bandits was indeed too weak.

"After pacifying the two Huai, there are also bandits in Henan and other places, and you must also exterminate the bandits in these places! In addition, if the Central Plains Jurchens are completely defeated, some remnants of the army may go south, and you will also be responsible for destroying these! Also, there are some pirates in Jiangnan, and these are also under your management! In short, you have a lot of work to do! If you can deal with these well, the credit will not be under the pacification of the Central Plains! After all, it is a foregone conclusion that there are hundreds of thousands of troops in the Central Plains and eliminate the Jurchens, but it is a great merit that you lead 50,000 troops to garrison Jiangnan and let the people of Jiangnan live and work in peace and contentment. Zhao Chen said with a smile.

"The last will understand." Wu Lin said.

"Wu Jue, let's return to Lin'an in the afternoon, and when we arrive in Lin'an, let's go to the sea and go north along the sea route! Originally, I wanted to take Liu Guangshi, Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others back to the north from the land, but now Liu Guangshi, Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others have also been handed over to Wu Lin to deal with! Zhao Chen said.

"Good!" Wu Jue agreed.

******

In the afternoon of this day, Wu Jue led an army of 50,000 to sit on a big boat, and took the big boat to the north of Dongting Lake, and then entered the Yangtze River from there.

Wang Shu followed Zhao Chen to the north! In the three months he has been in Jiangnan, he has already established a branch of the Propaganda Department here, and has also sent capable personnel to manage it! Now that the Central Plains War is about to break out, once the Central Plains is conquered, the tasks of the Propaganda Department will be even more onerous, so he will also take the remaining elites of the Propaganda Department into the Central Plains and be ready to work at any time.

Kang An originally led 10,000 imperial battalions to follow Zhao Chen south into the south of the Yangtze River, but now he left 5,000 people under Wang De's command, and he returned to the north with the remaining 5,000 people and Zhao Chen.

Originally, Kang An was only responsible for Zhao Chen's safety, but now he has taken over the intelligence department and is responsible for reporting important information to Zhao Chen at any time.

The fleet sailed north, and the breeze was blowing, after all, it was autumn, and by dusk the weather had become cooler.

Zhao Chen and Song Qingyao stood at the bow of the boat.

Zhao Chen held Song Qingyao's hand and kneaded it gently, and Song Qingyao glanced at him with some disgust.

"I've been in Dongting Lake for a long time, and now I'm going to say goodbye, and I'm a little reluctant in my heart." Song Qingyao said.

"The scenery is really beautiful, there are a lot of reeds over there...... Look, a lot of waterfowl! Zhao Chen pointed ahead and said in surprise.

"Well, there's a lot of fish here, and there's a lot of fish in the lake! This is a radius of 800 miles, and I don't know how much output there is in a year! Song Qingyao said.

"Eight hundred miles of Dongting! In another thousand years, I am afraid that these scenes will not be seen! Zhao Chen said.

"A thousand years? How do you know you can't see it? Song Qingyao argued.

"I guess." Zhao Chen laughed.

In fact, a thousand years later, there will still be Dongting Lake, but the area of Dongting Lake has been reduced by more than half, far less than now! In later generations, due to ecological destruction, many lakes and rivers can no longer be found! For example, the Yellow River, originally had a great flow and rolling waves, and was called the mother river of the Chinese nation, which flooded almost every year, after the reform and opening up, the ecology was destroyed, and the Yellow River was not to mention flooding, and it was very good to be able to keep flowing! Of course, there could be something else! For example, the Liangshanbo of the Song Dynasty is very large, it is the largest lake in the north, called "Little Dongting", with a radius of several hundred miles, and the Songjiang Uprising in the late Northern Song Dynasty took place there! Later, when the Jin State invaded and the Mongols invaded, there were righteous troops there to fight guerrilla warfare and resistance with foreign Tatars, but because the Yellow River changed course, Liangshanbo had completely disappeared!

Zhao Chen hopes that the Han people will no longer take the old road of ecological destruction, and hope that these beautiful scenery can stay!

He secretly vowed that in the future, he would urge the people to take care of the ecology and make China's ecology consistent.

"Husband, several of my junior sisters have been caught by you! They used to just practice martial arts with me, and they hardly participated in the rebellion, and you let them go. After a while, Song Qingyao said suddenly.

"Good! I just let them go, they're just little girls, and there's no point in me locking them up! After you let them go, when I leave Jiangnan, there will be someone with you. Zhao Chen said.

"I don't want to stay in Jiangnan alone." Song Qingyao gritted her silver teeth and said.

"I'm going to the north, and I have big things to do! I am the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and I can't help but go! You are pregnant now, if you follow me all the way, I am afraid that the child will be affected! Besides, there is a great deal of danger in the Great War in the North, and I can't let you go into danger! You stay in Lin'an, wait until the end of the Central Plains War, or after the birth of the child, you come to the north again, or I send someone to pick you up, or maybe I will return to Jiangnan again. Zhao Chen said.

"I can't bear you." Song Qingyao's eyes were slightly red, and she said.

She didn't know what was wrong with her, she didn't see Zhao Chen before, and although she missed it in her heart, it didn't reach the point where she couldn't give up. But in the past few days, I have been with Zhao Chen every day, feeling Zhao Chen's tenderness, sweetness, care and thoughtfulness, but for a few days, I didn't want to be separated from Zhao Chen no matter what, I just wanted to be with Zhao Chen.

In the past, she was just unrequited love, but now she is in love, which is naturally different.

She didn't understand a lot of this, she just didn't want Zhao Chen to go.

"You only have three or four months now, and in a few months, you will follow me to the battlefield with a big belly?" Zhao Chen said.

"Nasty." Song Qingyao said angrily.

"Alright, you're here to stay! I think of you every day in my heart, and I will write to you about some of the things that are happening in the north, and you can also write to me. Zhao Chen said.

"Okay." Song Qingyao nodded lightly.

Although she was reluctant, she also knew that Zhao Chen was definitely going north, and now she leaned on Zhao Chen's body, she knew that she and Zhao Chen could stay together for more than ten days, and it was time to really leave in Lin'an.

"Can you let the master go?" After leaning like this for a while, Song Qingyao suddenly raised her head and said.

"The Demon Queen?" Zhao Chen frowned lightly and said, "You can't let her go now!" But don't worry, we won't abuse her, and I'll keep her in a separate prison in Lin'an! When you get to Lin'an, you can also go and see her, you can go and talk to her, bring her some books and other things, but you can't let her go! When the world is truly unified, the imperial court is stable, and the White Lotus Sect no longer poses the slightest threat to the imperial court, I will let her go. ”

Song Qingyao sighed softly and nodded.

She knew that this was already the best ending for the master.

She and her master grew up together since childhood, and treated her master as a mother, and as long as the master could live and be free in the future, she would be relieved. As for the master's ambition, she will never help the master realize it.

"I really don't want you to leave!" After a while, she turned around, hugged Zhao Chen tightly, closed her eyes gently, Zhao Chen reached out and hugged her tightly, kissed her lightly on the face, and then let go.

The boat went north, even at night, and after reaching Yueyang, the fleet entered the Yangtze River, and then went all the way south.

On 25 July, the fleet arrived in Lin'an, Hangzhou, from the Qiantang River.

Zhao Chen took Song Qingyao to the palace and placed Song Qingyao in the Lin'an Palace.