At the end of November, there was a heavy snowfall in the Jianghuai generation, and the weather was suddenly cold, whether it was Yangzhou City or Suzhou City, they began to freeze, and even the city walls were splashed with water into ice.

At this time, Jinling City had almost become a dead city, and the capital of the Southern Dynasties had been cut off from the outside world after a turmoil. Whether it was a common man or a businessman, they could not come out of the city, and the soldiers and horses who occasionally came in and out were only cavalry sent by Zhu Tongjing to grab grain. Under an atmosphere of slaughter, the people of Jinling City were on the verge of collapse.

But not far away in Suzhou City, although the weather is as cold and the war has also been experienced, the situation in the city is obviously much better than that of Jinling City.

The soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasty were stationed in Suzhou City, and regarded Suzhou City as a fortress in the south, first strengthened the defense, rebuilt the city walls that were originally somewhat damaged, and after the winter, even the city still maintained good communication with the outside world, not only military supplies could be transferred to the city, but even merchants could transport food and necessities to the city, so that the people in the city lived a very nourishing life.

On the last day of November, Sima began to move his temporary command of soldiers and horses closer to the city of Hangzhou, and by the sixth day of the lunar month, the main soldiers and horses of the main Qin kings of the Southern Dynasty, including Empress Xiao Zhan and King Hui Xiao Ling, had already entered the city of Hangzhou. Before the Southern Dynasty conquered the capital of Jinling, the city of Hangzhou was the political core of the Southern Dynasty, and the empress would personally establish a temporary court in Hangzhou to deal with the government before the soldiers and horses of King Qin of the Southern Dynasty conquered the capital of Jinling.

For a time, officials who had been exiled to various parts of the Southern Dynasties began to march towards the city of Hangzhou.

When Zhu Tongjing sent troops from Yangzhou to attack Jinling City, Jinling City was in chaos, and the south gate of Jinling City was very chaotic at that time, and there were some dignitaries. Including the empress's cronies, as well as the vassals of King Hui, all those who had a bad relationship with Zhu Tongjing chose to flee the city. Because they were liquidated after the fact.

Facts have proved that Zhu Tongjing did carry out a counterattack in the city, as long as he did not take refuge in him. Even the people of Xie Rumo's party, even if they were buried in the grave, did not end well. It is difficult for Zhu Tongjing to win the hearts of the people with a series of actions, which is also the reason why Jinling City was gradually rejected by the gentry class of the Southern Dynasty later, because Zhu Tongjing had no intention of continuing to support the Xiao royal family, even if Zhu Tongjing was made emperor, he was also a tyrant who was unpopular in the eyes of outsiders.

With the stability of the new court of the Southern Dynasty, the first thing the empress did after coming to power again was to "reconcile" with the Northern Dynasty.

This is something that Xiao Zhan is extremely unwilling to do.

The Northern Dynasty used the banner of crusading against Zhu Tongjing. sent troops to attack Jiangling, but secretly gave Zhu Tongjing ships, so that Zhu Tongjing's rebellion was successful, and even the capital of the Southern Dynasty was lost. The wolf ambition of the Northern Dynasty is obvious, although from the overall situation of dominating the world, the Northern Dynasty's approach is understandable, but now, the people of the Southern Dynasty have expectations for Xiao Zhan's court.

Xiao Zhan had no choice but to do so. It is still necessary to reconcile with the Northern Dynasty, because whether it is Xiao Zhan. is still her minister, Sima Yu, who knows that with the strength of the current Southern Dynasty court, it is still impossible to recover Jinling, let alone fight with the powerful soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasty.

Sima "obtained" the city of Hangzhou from Han Jian by writing letters, this time after receiving Xiao Zhan's order. Prepare to have a "repetition of the old tricks", and write a letter to Han Jian to "contact feelings, and let Han Jian watch the fire from the other side when the soldiers and horses of King Qinwang of the Southern Dynasty attacked Jinling City."

Han Jian also did very simple, he wrote directly to Sima Yi, and there were only three words on the letter, "Su Tingxia".

Han Jian's meaning is very clear. You pass the Su Tingxia pass first, and then discuss with me whether to cease the war. Now Su Tingxia has led troops south from the Jiangjiang region, and the first to wave his troops directly is western Fujian and southern Zhejiang, which is precisely the base of Sima Yi and the empress forces behind him.

After the start of the war, Sima Yineng has always had a supply of soldiers and a supply of grain and grass, mainly thanks to the land of Fujian and Guangdong. Now Su Tingxia knows that he can no longer get Han Jian's trust in the Northern Dynasty, and he wants to occupy his own territory and compete with the Northern Dynasty, especially after the Northern Dynasty unifies the south, he can have enough power to form a separation, so he must occupy all these territories in Fujian and Guangdong into his own hands.

After Han Jian wrote the letter, he believed that Sima would be half angry after reading the three-word letter.

Although this kind of anger is more like respect for the enemy on the battlefield, and the inability to control the future situation. Han Jian became more and more fond of the feeling of fighting with Sima Yi in secret, and even Han Jian vaguely looked forward to Sima Yi being able to defeat Su Tingxia on the battlefield, although Han Jian also felt that it was difficult.

Su Tingxia is an unborn genius in leading the army to fight, he can call the wind and rain on the battlefield, and although Sima Yi once helped Xiao Ling complete a political struggle, but in the end he lacks experience on the battlefield, although Han Jian is more optimistic that Su Tingxia will win, but he is on Sima Yi's side. Because Han Jian didn't want Su Tingxia's power to become bigger, because that would make his plan to dominate the rivers and mountains a big change.

“…… Although Su Tingxia is an outsider, he is bringing soldiers and horses from the Northern Dynasty, even if Sima Yi is from Jiangdu, but now he is working hard for the Southern Dynasty, His Majesty seems to have chosen the wrong person. ”

When Han Jian told Fa Yi what he thought in his heart, Fa Yi was a little puzzled.

Although Fa also has enough political acumen, in some small details, she is not as long-term and thorough as Han Jian's view.

Han Jian sighed lightly: "If in the near future, the soldiers and horses of our dynasty can really pacify Jiangnan, but in the end, it is Su Tingxia who is left, even the soldiers of our dynasty will feel that the war is over, and they should not raise troops to fight Su Tingxia again." Even if the war is forced, the soldiers are slack, and the geographical environment of the mountains and rivers in Lingnan is treacherous, I am afraid that it will not be able to fight for a long time. But if the rest of Sima Yi's soldiers and horses are left, this battle will continue to the end, because as long as the small court of the Southern Dynasty is not destroyed, this battle is far from over. ”

After Han Jian finished explaining, Fa Yi thought about it and nodded slightly.

Han Jian actually analyzed not the battle situation, but the people's hearts.

After a long war, even if the soldiers are greedy for merit, they will also think that the war will be calmed down as soon as possible and that they can live a stable life when they return to their hometowns as soon as possible. Su Tingxia is the general of the Northern Dynasty after all, if there is really only one threat left in the world, even if Han Jian considers the overall situation, he has to make Su Tingxia the king and let him guard Lingnan forever, who dares to guarantee that Su Tingxia will not send troops to the north in the future. Stealing the authority of the Central Plains?

"And when will this battle begin?" In the end, Fa also asked the long-standing question.

Han Jian spent nearly a year preparing for a war against the south, and it took another half a year to drag a blitzkrieg into a protracted war. But he has been wandering in Yangzhou and Suzhou for a generation, but he is surrounded but not fought in the face of Jinling City.

Han Jian was afraid that Su Tingxia would rebel before, so he didn't attack for a long time, but now Su Tingxia led his troops south, and Lin Zhan had taken the opportunity to lead his troops to occupy the land of Jiangjiang, but then Han Jian was not in a hurry to order Lin Zhan to lead the troops to the east and rendezvous with Han Jian's royal conscription horse. This battle dragged on at the end of last year, and if it could not be fought at the end of the year, it would have to leapfrog into next year.

Any years of war. It is easy to change, whether it is the supply of food and grass materials, or the love of soldiers or the heart of homecoming, it can affect the change of the battle situation.

Faced with Fa Yi's question, Han Jian only said vaguely: "It should be ...... Come on. ”

Han Jian's sentence "Come on" has been saying it since before Jiangdu set out on the expedition, and he is still saying it for more than half a year now.

In fact, Han Jian has been waiting for a piece of news. A piece of news from Jiangdu, that is, the final result of Yang Rui's pregnancy. You are involved in the inheritance of the throne. Or even the rise and fall of dynasties.

But Han Jian can't tell Fa Yi what happened, he wants to show in front of the world that he puts all his energy on this war, even if the war drags on, it is because of changes in the war, not factors outside the war.

But Yang Rui gave birth. The impact on the Korean situation and the war is too great in Han Jian's opinion. Yang Rui is thirty-eight years old, and she may be the last child, if she still gives birth to a daughter. Then Han Jian can basically make Han Xi the crown prince, even if Han Xi is accepted by Yang Rui as a righteous son, even if Han Xi also has the blood of Yang Li'er, a descendant of the Yang family, the dynasty is actually equivalent to changing color.

But if Yang Rui gave birth to a son, Han Jian would make this son the crown prince according to his previous promise. Although this child is also surnamed Han, he is the son of the orthodox Yang Rui of the royal family, so the foundation of the Yang family is equivalent to not being broken.

Han Jian is waiting, in fact, some people in the Northern Dynasty who are loyal to the original royal family are also waiting.

And some people are actually afraid.

The division of forces from the Northern Dynasty to the present day has become the Jiangdu forces, the old royal forces and the old department of Prince Yan Ning, these three parts, the old department of Prince Yan Ning is just stirring up the situation from it, and it will not form too much threat to the royal family, that is actually the Jiangdu forces and the old royal forces are fighting in secret, although after several purges, the old royal forces of the imperial court have been weakened, but in fact, Ning Yuan itself is also in the cracks, which side is stronger, he will support whom.

Han Jian purely considered from the direction of force, it was very easy for him to pacify the political forces of the Northern Dynasty, but that would make the people of the world unconvinced, Han Jian's reckless military force, and the policy of educating and leveling the world advocated by scholars, scholars are the foundation of the stability of the world, even if the martial artists have the ability, they only have a brute force, only scholars can conquer the world with wisdom and ambition.

Although Han Jian wants to suppress the readers, he can't completely suppress them, because history and public opinion themselves are created by the readers. Han Jian's ascension to the throne has been tolerated by scholars, who think that Han Jian has stolen the imperial power and is a rebellious act. Han Jian can gain the recognition of the people of the world through Wenzhi and martial arts, but the premise is that Han Jian must maintain the legitimacy of his rule over the world, and this mainly comes from the issue of the inheritance of the imperial heir.

A small matter in the eyes of generals and soldiers, but in the eyes of Han Jian and the world's scholars, it is a big thing, even more important than the capture of Jinling City. This incident is the establishment of the emperor's heir.

Yang Rui's delivery period is in the month of Layue, when Han Jian calculates, Yang Rui's child is born, and it should be in these days.

"I really want to send someone back to Jiangdu, but I always wait like this, it seems like a long time." Han Jian stood up, he looked at the night outside, his life in Suzhou Palace seemed to be very comfortable and comfortable, but in fact, Han Jian was a chess piece that stabilized the heart of the army, and he had to put his handsome on the opposite side of the river realm.

If you leave the nest, there will still be dangers, let alone to the front line of the war?

Han Jian tried his best to use some things to let others see his calmness and confidence, but the war has developed to this day, the situation in the Southern Dynasties is still chaotic, and Han Jian is still not completely sure that he can dominate the rivers and mountains. If time drags on, although it will bring down the Southern Dynasty, more changes will follow, Sima Yi, who was once the weakest of the various forces, has now gradually risen, and Su Tingxia, who was once loyal to the Northern Dynasty, is now basically separated by the Northern Dynasty's soldiers and horses.

Seeing that Han Jian was full of sorrow, Fa Ye couldn't help but get up and said, "If Your Majesty is really worried, you will have your concubine go back to Jiangdu." ”

"No need." Han Jian turned around and looked at Fa Yi with a smile, "If you leave me, I always feel that it will be like becoming a loner, and this Suzhou City will be boring." ”

This can be regarded as Han Jian's love words to Fa Yi, Fa Yi did not have a smile on her face, she naturally said: "Isn't there still Qu'er, and Zhi'er?" ”

"They ......"

Han Jian had a speechless feeling in his heart, or he shouldn't have brought Ke Qu'er with him, let alone Song Zhi'er on the front line of the war, which added some troubles to his life in Suzhou City.

Ke Qu'er and Song Zhi'er didn't seem to know what Suzhou City was, and this became the inner palace of the palace where they fought each other, as if the concubines had to fight for life and death, and the way they competed for favor was not to blindly please Han Jian, but to attack each other, and even fight with swords in private, which made Han Jian feel a headache when he saw it.

While she was talking, Ke Qu'er appeared at the door of the study in a brocade dress.

Ke Qu'er, who had never even touched firewood, actually boiled ginger tea for Han Jian, and brought it himself, although Han Jian knew very well that the so-called Ke Qu'er cooked it himself was just a firewood for the life of female officials, and Ke Qu'er added a few pieces of ginger to the pot, as for the boiling of ginger tea, it also needed to rely on those female officials, because Ke Qu'er didn't understand these at all.

"Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive." Han Jian sighed lightly, what he said was to Fa Yi, in fact, it was like talking to himself.

Fa Yiwan'er smiled: "In the end, it shows that Qu'er still feels sorry for Your Majesty." ”

"Just keep this mind and feel sorry for herself."

The last sentence, Han Jian deliberately said it to Ke Qu'er.

Ke Qu'er naturally heard this, she snorted lightly, in the past few days, Han Jian has reprimanded her a lot, which made her feel annoyed. But unlike before, she had to curry favor with Han Jian if she wanted to completely make Song Zhier bow her head. (To be continued.) )