On the south bank, Zhao Gou personally went to the battleship harbor and boarded the lookout, waiting for the battle situation on the north shore with anxiety. After Liu Guangguo set out, he ordered all the warships to be pulled out, and the men and horses boarded the ships to prepare for a desperate battle.

In fact, long before Chu Tianya came to Shunchang Mansion, Liu Guangguo proposed the tactic of "feints to attack the water village, make a detour to raid the dry village and the Shunchang Mansion". Zhao Gou actually appreciates this tactic very much, and has always wanted to implement it. However, the various news that has been circulating recently is very unfavorable for him to throw a mouse bogey, mainly because of Jiyuan's victory.

What Zhao Gou was worried about at that time was that if he killed the Huai River and took Shunchang, Chu Tianya personally led the army to recapture Shunchang, how would it be good? At that time, the southern army will have no way to retreat, and there is a surging Huai River behind it. With a lonely city in Shunchang, how can it be kept?

In the final analysis, Zhao Gou still feared Chu Tianya's soldiers from the bottom of his heart. When he was in Xiangzhou and Zhenping, he had seen the power of the Chu family's army. At that time, Chu Tianya was just a bandit, and thousands of people dared to take the Zhending fortress heavily guarded by the Jurchens. Up to now, there have been hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under Chu Tianya, and in the battle between Wutongyuan and Jiyuan, even the hundreds of thousands of main forces of the Jin Kingdom of Zong Wang and Zong Han were defeated by him!

In Zhao Gou's heart, he was actually more afraid than anyone else. Originally, he wanted to take advantage of the fact that Chu Tianya was flawless and unable to take care of the Central Plains during the Battle of Jiyuan, and Zhao Gou wanted to take this opportunity to unify Jiangnan and take Tokyo. Even if he can't destroy Chu Tianya's forces entrenched in Luoyang, he can at least fight against him.

What Zhao Gou never expected was that the battle of Jiyuan would come to an end at such a fast speed. This result is still the last thing Zhao Gou wants to see - Chu Tianya wins!

When he heard the news, Zhao Gou's men and horses were already crossing the Yangtze River. The so-called arrow has to be sent on the string, since Hangzhou has changed its flag and completely torn its face with Chu Tianya, there is no longer the possibility of reconciliation and retreat. Zhao Gou went all the way to the north, and now he has arrived at the bank of Huaishui, and there is Uncle Zhang in front of him to block the road. Zhao Gou's already uneasy mind became even more unresolute.

It was precisely because of Zhao Gou's scruples, apprehension and hesitation that the Southern Army missed the best opportunity to capture Shunchang Mansion. They gave Zhang Shuye enough time to build a military fortification on the north bank of the Huai River, and gave him enough time to let Chu Tianya slowly walk all the way from Luoyang to Shunchang and take the emperor to conquer in person.

Now, many outsiders who know about the battle situation are commenting: If Zhao Gou had half of Chu Tianya's courage and decisiveness, he might have taken Tokyo and approached Luoyang by now, and even forced Chu Tianya to a desperate situation.

But Zhao Gou will always be the Zhao Gou who hid in Xiangzhou and secretly raised troops, and he will not become Chu Tianya who dares to go to the real set with five thousand tigers overnight. His inward-spiritedness and indecisiveness, which are hidden deep in his bones, have determined today's situation.

All in all, it is their different xìng personalities that determine their success or failure and fate!

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More than 100,000 southern troops were ready to go on the south bank of the Huai River. Although these sergeants were worried about each other, they were fortunate to see that they were able to strengthen each other's strength, so they had nothing to fear.

However, the several warships that fled back in a hurry on the south of the Yangtze River completely shattered Zhao Gou's inner illusions, and also dispelled the courage of the southern army that had finally grown up.

Liu Guangguo not only failed to sneak attack, but fell into the encirclement arranged by Chu Tianya in advance. More than half of the navy army was lost, and the two sneak attacks led by Liu Guangguo himself did not come back!

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Zhao Gou forgot how he got off the high lookout and how he returned to the tent. His mind had gone blank, like the mood and feeling of a death row inmate when he heard the verdict.

There was silence in the tent. King Kang's staff and generals all held their breath, each calculating their future fate in their hearts. Many people have one thing in their hearts: those who can't win are hopeless...... We have to find a way to cross the river and surrender as soon as possible!

For half an hour, no one in Zhao Gou's handsome tent spoke. The sergeants who had lined up on the boats by the river had withdrawn to the barracks, and no one was allowed to say a word about the situation of the day. Those who dare to speak out and confuse the morale of the army will not be spared.

This is the only way that Zhao Gou can come up at the moment to stabilize the morale of the army. If the rumors and panic were not suppressed, he was worried that his army of 100,000 would run away!

After a long time, someone outside the tent suddenly came to report, "Report - His Royal Highness King Kang!" An envoy on the north shore sent a wooden box and letters! ”

Everyone trembled, and Zhao Gou rubbed his face twice and slapped the god strongly, "Bring it in!" ”

The pawn brought in a wooden box, and there was a letter on the box, and the cover read "Zhao Gou personally opened".

Outspoken, rather unceremoniously bluntly said Zhao Gou's name!

Zhao Gou tore through the letter, tore it up without even looking at it, and shouted, "Open the box!" ”

The attendants on the left and right stepped forward to open the box, and a head appeared, Liu Guangguo!

Everyone exclaimed at the same time, "Huh?! ”

"General Liu!!"

Zhao Gou suddenly bounced up and froze with a half-arched body, staring at Liu Guangguo's head with wide eyes, his face was pale!

"Big Brother !!" A general threw himself in front of the box in tears and cried loudly.

It was Liu Guangshi.

He was listed as the "Four Generals of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty" with Yue Fei and others in history, but now, he is just a thug who follows the rebellious Zhao Gou.

"Your Highness, give the order to send troops!" After Liu Guangshi cried bitterly for a while, he gritted his teeth and roared, "Chu Tianya is too deceitful!" Our army has 100,000 people, and it is just a snap of a finger to break through the Shunchang Mansion! The more it is delayed, the more time the Chu thieves have to recruit and expand the army, collect the thief party, and grow their momentum. Taking advantage of the fact that there are not many people and horses, there is not enough food and grass and the foothold is not stable, it is a good time to defeat it in one go! - Your Highness, don't hesitate any longer! Can't wait any longer!! ”

The last sentence shouted out the hearts of many generals - hesitation! Zhao Gou's death is hesitation!

When Zhao Gou heard this, he was faintly angry in his heart. Although he didn't get angry, he didn't agree, he just said calmly: "Chu thieves are scheming, although the detailed return to the north bank is only 30,000 or 40,000 horses, but who knows that he has ambushed thousands of troops and horses in other places?" Now, it is not yet the best time for Armageddon. The order was passed down, and the soldiers and horses were rectified and strictly guarded. King Rong Ben thinks carefully about the strategy to destroy the enemy! ”

"Alas!!" Liu Guangshi beat his chest and burst into tears, both angry and sad, and even hated Zhao Gou a little.

"Report! At this time, another pawn came to say that the sergeant patrolling the river had picked up a lot of floating bamboo tubes on the riverbank, and the bamboo tubes contained paper letters.

The content of the letter is a copy of the official decree, which clearly states that the soldiers on the south bank are all soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, and they were only deceived and bewitched by Zhao Gou, so they had to rebel against him. Now the official family has a will, all the soldiers who repent in time before the defeat of Zhao Gou's army and go to the north bank to surrender will be treated well and appointed by the official family; can leave Zhao Gou as soon as possible and no longer continue to help the abuser, and the official family will not be held accountable! I hope that the soldiers on the south bank will no longer be stubborn and will be buried with Zhao Gou!

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These bamboo tubes are like cold arrows, directly hitting Zhao Gou's heart!

When Zhao Gou opened a bamboo tube and saw these letters with his own eyes, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his whole body stiffened, and even his eyes were straight!

This is far more than the blow brought to him by Liu Guangguo's defeat and awarding the head, ten or a hundred times greater!

Previously, Zhao Gou strictly sealed the news, and there were only some "rumors" in the army, saying that the Great Song Dynasty Jiyuan had won a great victory and the official family had come to the royal conquest. Now, the official family's edicts have been sent to the south bank, and there is no doubt about the truth!

Therefore, before Zhao Gou came back to his senses to collect the bamboo tube and block the news, this news had already spread widely in the barracks. For a while, the sergeants fled frantically, and there was a danger of disaster!

Zhao Gou had no other choice. He could only listen to the opinions of Liu Guangshi, the representative of the "death war faction", and on the one hand, he vigorously suppressed the deserters and mutinies, and on the other hand, he took out all the money to reward the sergeants and win the hearts of the scattered people. With this, Zhao Gocai reluctantly stabilized the situation, leaving a group of outlaws who "died for money" to continue to follow him.

It's just that after such a fuss, there are more than 10,000 people on the south bank to go, which is almost equivalent to the loss caused by Liu Guangguo's defeat!

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The North Shore, meanwhile, is a relaxed scene. Most of the sergeants who accompanied Liu Guangguo in defeat and were captured surrendered to Chu Tianya. Originally, the vast majority of them were the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, who was really willing to draw a sword against their own people? There are also many forbidden troops who were originally in Tokyo, and their ancestral homes, wives and children are still in Tokyo. That is, thanks to Chu Tianya's blessings, they kept Tokyo, so they kept their homes and relatives. In terms of personal feelings alone, they were already more inclined to the Tokyo Imperial Court. It was only because people were soft-spoken and had no choice that they had to obey the military order and become Zhao Go's party servant.

Now, they have "justified" their abandonment of darkness and refuge. Originally, it was a very humiliating and self-respecting thing to be a prisoner and a traitor on the battlefield, but this group of surrendered sergeants rarely felt like this. First, they are emotionally acceptable, and secondly, Chu Tianya also issued a strict order to treat the pawns well, and they are not allowed to treat the pawns differently or bully and suppress them.

The Chu family army has always been known for its "strict military discipline". As long as Chu Tianya gives an order, it will be strictly implemented. Therefore, these surrendered sergeants quickly stabilized their minds and became a member of the "Chu Family Army" with peace of mind.

Shi Liai, a military advisor who has always been good at scheming and pursuing the heart of attack, played a heavy role at this time. He first carefully selected a group of trustworthy people among these surrendered sergeants, and asked them to abscond to the camp on the south bank as a detailed worker, and let them go to the front of the law to lobby and persuade those who remained on the south bank, so that they could abandon the darkness and turn to the light as soon as possible; At the same time, Shi Liai also asked them to spread the "Bamboo Tube Holy Decree" on a large scale in the south bank of the river, to confuse the military spirit of the southern army and recruit rebellion, and to destroy the confidence of Zhao Gou and his party!

These two tricks are quite effective. In just a few days, thousands of soldiers escaped from the southern camp by various means and returned to the northern shore. Although Zhao Gou carried out brutal repression and large-scale bribery in the barracks, it still did not stop the sergeants from fleeing.

The number of sergeants in the south camp continued to decrease, and the morale of the army was scattered; The number of sergeants on the North Shore is increasing and morale is high. Now even Zhao Huan, the official who is the most ignorant of military affairs and is as timid as a mouse, is convinced that "the king of Shunchang will win"!

Within half a month, after only one attack by Liu Guangguo, which seemed to be suicidal, there were no more attacks on the south bank. Instead, they followed the example of the north bank and began to build embankments and fortifications, and fortified them tightly.

Chu Tianya was not in a hurry, in fact, what he lacked now was time. Zhao Gou was really obedient, and immediately gave him plenty of time to transfer troops and generals. On the one hand, Chu Tianya ordered to requisition grain and grass everywhere, and on the other hand, he closely paid attention to the war situation between Jiyuan and the Western Xia Kingdom. Every day, fast horses are sent from Luoyang to present these important military information.

The Tangut and Western Liao people fought fiercely, and the envoys sent by the Western Xia State to Luoyang for help were more diligent than the messengers sent from Luoyang to Shunchang. Chu Tianya laughed secretly, thinking that Zhang Xiaochun, who was now in charge of staying in Luoyang, must have been annoyed by these Western Xia envoys and wanted to hang himself.

On the other hand, the battle of Jiyuan has basically ended. With Wanyan Gushen taking the lead in surrendering, many Jurchens who were in a desperate situation could only choose this path. However, after all, the Jurchens were different from the rebels here in Shunchang, and their xìng style and position determined that a large part of the people would not surrender.

Therefore, Liu Ziyu, who has always shown himself as a "Confucian handsome", this time he did what he could only do in the past - kill!

Those who do not surrender will be killed!!

In the Jiyuan area, the blood flows like a river, and the corpses are piled up like a mountain!

It can be said that from the time Chu Tianya left Luoyang until now, Liu Ziyu has been killing people without stopping for a day. Weapons that are chopped and chopped can be piled up into a mountain!

Liu Ziyu, who had already been instructed by Chu Tianya, wielded a carrot and a stick at the same time in Jiyuan, and quickly quelled a huge battle here. According to Chu Tianya's prior arrangement, now, Liu Ziyu's troops and horses have been divided into two batches, and they are stationed in the Jiyuan camp and the Taiyuan front line respectively. Yue Fei's men and horses returned to Zhending after the Jiyuan War, and joined forces with Zhending's guard general Jiao Wentong to rectify the men and horses and deploy them tightly to prevent the Jurchens from going south to report their losses.

In other words, the war between the Great Song Dynasty and the Jin State has come to an end temporarily.

After reading these military reports, Chu Tianya smiled and said nothing, and his mood was extremely relaxed. Only Shi Liai and others, who were very close to Chu Tianya, could think when they saw his expression, now, Chu Taishi has completely controlled the overall situation, and has enough time and enough soldiers and horses to clean up Jiangnan!

Zhao Gou's good rìzi is almost over.