For Jiangdong Sima Rui's every move, the emperor Sima Shu saw it, as early as a few years ago the Xiang army began to formulate a plan to attack Jiangling, Wuhu, Quarry, Jiangning, Dantu, when Jiangdong suddenly suspended the negotiation plan, the Xiang army located on the north bank of the Yangtze River immediately and frequently mobilized!

The movement of the Xiang Army was soon learned by the Jiangdong spies, and with the reports of the Tanma, it finally came to the hands of Jiangdong Sima Rui, and in the face of the fanfare of the Xiang Army on the north bank, he did not think of how to deal with it, but in fact, Sima Rui could only watch things happen with a weak heart.

As soon as the Xiang army attacked, it aimed at the weakness of his Jiangdong, there was no strong naval army, and the army was not the opponent of the Xiang army, so the outcome could be imagined.

Since the end of the peace talks, every night, Sima Rui's head began to ache faintly in the face of the stacks of urgent documents on the bookcase, as well as the military reports.

These days, he is so busy that he has hardly even gone out of the Jin Palace, and all the urgent items from the north have been transferred to Gu Rong and Diao Xie, and then sent to him after combing, even so it is still as much as a cow's hair. But basically it's asking for help, asking for supplies, and so on.

Sometimes Sima Rui really can't understand how Sima Shu in the north governs the country, why the north can get better and better, and he Jiangdong can only follow behind and eat ashes, and sometimes he can't even eat ashes!

Originally, when the Eight Kings Rebellion was in turmoil, there was a war in the north, and coupled with the threat of the Hu people in the north, Sima Rui felt that he was the hope of the future Great Jin Guozuo. Who knew that Sima Shu thundered and blew up all the ghosts. At the same time, it has created an unprecedented prosperity.

Especially the emperor's uncle in Luoyang, who can be called one of the greatest emperors in China throughout the ages, every time he defeats the strong with the weak, and the millions of Hu people in the north who once seemed to be incomparable have also been swallowed by the other party, and can they digest millions of Hu people at once?

On the one hand, the reason why Sima Rui suspended the negotiations this time was indeed suppressed by the local scholars in Jiangdong, and on the other hand, he was still a little unconvinced in his heart. This person, who is used to living a beautiful life, is difficult to return to the ordinary life before! Sima Rui still doesn't believe that millions of people in Jiangdong will have no resistance at all.

If Sima Shu knew Sima Rui's thoughts, he might have laughed at the other party for wishful thinking, but the other party didn't think so. Although Sima Rui knows that the reality is very cruel. And already mentally prepared to accept the final result. It's just that he still harbors a glimmer of fantasy, dreaming of restoring his former glory.

Faced with the sudden action of the Northland, Wang Dun, who was in Jiankang, immediately called all his subordinates to hold a pre-war meeting, at which his henchman Qian Feng suggested that Wang Dun send several small elite troops. In the case that the Xiang army has not yet gone south with all its might. Choose a suitable location to smuggle across the Yangtze River to various places on the north bank to harass them. If the Xiang army is not allowed to successfully complete the early battle, then even if all the troops crossing the river are wiped out, it can buy a certain amount of time for Jiangdong.

But Wang Dun did not take Qian Feng's advice, and Wang Dun thought that it would be useless to do so. Huainan Liu Kun is not an incompetent person, Jiangdong has not wanted to infiltrate the north in recent years, but he has not succeeded once. Qian Feng's suggestion was completely to kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 by himself, and using Jiangdong's strength was tantamount to self-destruction.

In order to stabilize the situation in Jiangdong, Wang Dun began a large-scale mobilization, and 100,000 Jiangdong troops were stationed in various counties along the Yangtze River. Among them, 30,000 elites guarded Jiankang and were personally commanded by Wang Dun; Wen Xian led 20,000 troops to garrison Jiangling; Qian Feng led 20,000 troops to garrison the Dantu area, mainly facing the land of Yangzhou, and at the same time taking into account the protection from the mouth of the Yangtze River.

In addition, Wang Dun also let his brother Wang Han lead 30,000 troops to sit in Wuhu to guard the Jiankang portal, and at the same time be responsible for the inspection of the safety of the Yangtze River.

In order to be just in case, Wang Dun also ordered an increase in the number of foot soldiers in the name of the Jin Palace, striving to expand the number of infantry by another 50,000 within a month, to help protect the cities along the river, and the main task of the Jiangdong naval army was to parade on the river, so as not to let the Xiang army easily cross the Yangtze River.

In order to prevent a sneak attack by the Beidi Xiang army, Wang Dun also set up a scout-based exploration camp to cross the river to monitor Yangzhou, Gaoyou Lake, Chaohu Lake, Honghu Lake and other lakes along the river. Prevent the Beidi Xiang Army from quietly gathering fleets in these places, and if there is a situation, the Jiangdong Navy will go to destroy it at all costs.

Jiangdong was busy protecting himself, and Liu Kun was also not idle in the north, patrolling back and forth on the river from hundreds of Fu ships equipped with firearms from the river fleet.

On September 15 of the twelfth year of Hongwu, the Emperor Sima Shu of the Great Jin Dynasty issued an edict and ordered Huainan Jiedu to make Liu Kun command a total of 60,000 troops on land and water, and the soldiers were divided into three routes, with Li Chao, the commander of the army, as the vanguard, and officially opened the battle of the southern expedition. At the same time, Shuzhong Jiedu made Zu Yue transfer 20,000 troops, and the troops pointed directly at Jiangling, in order to contain Wen Xian, and he could not go all out to reinforce Wuhu and other important towns.

With a series of military movements on both sides of the Yangtze River, all parts of Jiangdong suddenly became nervous, and all kinds of characters came and went to various parts of Jiangdong, especially the Jin Wangfu in Wu County. Gu Rong, Diao Xie, Dai Yuan and other local scholars in Jiangdong, as well as Wang Dao, Xie Kun and other northern scholars all gathered together to discuss the current situation.

"Hehe, King Jin is here!"

"King!"

"Say hello to the King!"

"Hehe, you've all arrived, oops, Maohong is here, it's hard for you to go north this time!" After a while, I saw Sima Rui, the king of Jin, walking into the hall wearing a python robe, everyone got up to say hello when they saw it, Sima Rui greeted his subordinates with a smile, and suddenly saw Wang Dao in the crowd, and hurriedly walked over and grabbed the other party's arm.

"Your Majesty, the minister has failed the trust of His Highness this time. Alas, because the negotiations were not negotiated, the two sides of the strait met each other, and the ministers were ashamed of the king! Director Wang's face was full of shame, and it was obvious that he felt guilty for failing to bring about cross-strait peace.

"Eh, this is wrong, Maohong, you don't have to feel guilty, I don't blame you at all this time. It was Lone who asked you to suspend the negotiations, and Lone was worried that the Luoyang Imperial Court would be angry with you, but I didn't expect to see you again! What a blessing in misfortune! Sima Rui patted Director Wang's shoulder with concern and sighed.

Wang Dao knew at a glance that there was a secret in this matter, in fact, Sima Rui didn't say it, he could guess some, it must be that the details of the peace talks were known by the local scholars in Jiangdong, and they were not satisfied with the conditions of the imperial court, so they put pressure on the king of Jin and finally canceled the negotiation plan.

"Isn't this Wang Changshi? I heard that Lord Changshi was greatly welcomed by the Northland this time, and even the emperor in the Luoyang Palace personally met with Wang Changshi, and praised the Lord in public, the emperor is so important to Your Excellency, why didn't Lord Wang stay in the Northland? When Director Wang was about to comfort King Jin, an annoying voice sounded behind him.

Director Wang turned around and saw that it was Zhang Shang, one of the four surnames in Jiangdong, a member of the Zhang family, presumably he learned some gossip from other people, and specially came to entertain him.

"What does Master Zhang mean by that? In the staff of the King of Jin, my family is also here, why don't you come back and stay in the Northland? Wang Dao retorted quietly.

"What?! This is not for sure, maybe the emperor is happy to make Changshi a scholar, and now there is no one in the world who does not know the preciousness of this bachelor's title, which is better than a hat of a national prince. I heard that all the officials in the north do not want to be able to enter the cabinet one day to pay homage to the prime minister, since the emperor values your Excellency so much, if you are developed in the future, don't forget our colleagues! Zhang Shang still spoke in a weird manner.

"Okay, what's all the noise?!" Gu Rong saw that Zhang Shang was endless, and had to come forward to make a round, after all, the local scholars in Jiangdong still had a place to use Wang Dao, and besides, Wang Dao's cousin still held most of the military power in Jiangdong, so no matter what he said, he couldn't offend the other party to death.

As soon as Zhang Shang saw that the leader of the Jiangdong Shi clan stood up, he could only glare at Wang Dao and then turned around and left angrily. After Gu Rong saw Zhang Shang leave, he turned around and comforted Director Wang with a smile: "Maohong, don't be angry, Zilang's temper is a little rushed." You also know that the situation has been a bit tight lately, and everyone is a little out of control emotionally! ”

"Lord Jun Sima is polite!"

"Well, the old man knows that Mao Hong is a magnanimous person."

"Everyone, stop, Gu has gathered you this time to discuss the future of Jiangdong. Don't hide what you think in your heart, just say it! Sima Rui saw that everyone was quiet, and glanced at everyone before saying.

"King, why don't you let Wang Changshi talk about it first, how can he say that he has personally walked to the Northland, and he knows more about the Northland than everyone here, see what Lord Wang thinks, how about it?" Someone suggested.

"Well, that's fine, then...... Maohong, you can talk about it first. ”

"Yes, my lord. Ladies and gentlemen, since the cancellation of the peace talks, the current saint immediately issued an order for Huainan Liu Kun to start the southern expedition plan. When Weichen and others came back, the Yangtze River line was much stricter than before. A large number of elite van troops are heading south in batches, and at the same time, it is said that the Admiralty has also begun to mobilize fleets from the north to the south. ”

"Shhh Director Wang's words made the Jiangdong people present gasp, they really didn't expect that Beidi would make such a big move for Jiangdong.

"Maohong, didn't you tell the north that war will cause a lot of damage?" Diao Xie asked anxiously.

"I said it, why didn't I say it?! But do you know what His Majesty answered? His Majesty said that even if Jiangdong was beaten to a pulp, he would not give up on recovering Jiangdong, even if it set Jiangdong's economy back by ten years in the end! Director Wang's words made all the people in Jiangdong feel desperate, everyone present knew very well the strength of the north and the south, and in the case of a tough encounter, Jiangdong didn't even have a chance. (To be continued......)