It's better to have a good omen than hard work.

When Huizong of the Song Dynasty was the emperor, he first triggered the peasant uprising in Fangla, and later directly caused the shame of Jingkang, who could be a faint monarch and a mediocre monarch. But because when he was the emperor, the water of the Yellow River was clear, so "the Yellow River is clear, and the saint comes out", and Song Huizong became a saint;

And Song Qinzong, when Bianliang was besieged for the first time, ceded Hedong, Hebei and other places, it was simply Shi Jingjiao's second, Wang Jingwei's ancestor, and later in order to save his life, he surrendered to the Jin army. But in the eyes of the Song people, they were willing to be humiliated in order to protect the people of Bianliang.

And Song Huizong and Song Qinzong are not considered to be Ming monarchs or good emperors in any way, but the world always misses them.

In his previous life, the slogan of Yue Fei's Northern Expedition was "Directly smash the Yellow Dragon and welcome back the two saints".

The two dead monarchs, the two bastard emperors, without a trace of merit, are all bullshit things, and they have become two saints.

And he worked hard, like an old scalper, in order to inspire, he personally went to the front line to reward the three armies, and later fought several bloody battles with the Jin army, and it was a hard show, he was easy! But in the end, the courtiers, talking about this and that, kept in trouble, and always found fault with him.

Now, it was just a heavy snowfall, a snow disaster, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty froze to death countless frostbite, and the snow disaster also forced the Jin army to retreat, so he became a saint.

It's so tricky!

Looking at Yangzhou, the faces of these big men, Zhao Pu felt vomited, and he simply couldn't see it, or it was better to tour the world and leave Yangzhou.

"It is the duty of a man to start well and finish well!" Zhao Pu said, "I will continue to patrol the world, and this time I will go to the Xiangfan area to help the victims!" ”

"Your Majesty, Yangzhou has experienced heavy snowfall, and at this moment it is the people's hearts that are fluctuating, and they cannot be left lightly!" Privy envoy Zhao Ding was the first to speak.

Wang Boyan also advised: "Your Majesty, although the Jin army retreats, if it kills back and attacks Yangzhou, without Your Majesty's guard, Yangzhou will definitely be difficult to protect!" ”

"Your Majesty, you can't leave Yangzhou lightly!"

At this time, the ministers who knelt down one after another, and Zhao Pusheng was helpless.

It is said that the monarchy is supreme, but without the help of these ministers, the autocracy is not good. Autocracy must have a large number of henchmen and a large number of irons, but he has very few irons in the court. Whether it is Wang Boyan, Zhao Ding, or Fan Zhongyin, they all have some support and some do not.

"The disaster in Yangzhou is better to say, but the Xiangfan generation, the disaster is extremely serious, and the Jin army is mostly looting, starving to death, and freezing to death. As a king, I cannot remain indifferent, I cannot fail to go! Zhao Pu had no choice but to play the emotional card and move these ministers.

"The Xiangfan generation is now in turmoil, and it's too dangerous. Your Majesty can send a messenger to go, don't move lightly! Zhao Ding persuaded him.

Zhao Pu smiled bitterly, and said secretly in his heart: There are too many officials in the Song Dynasty, the phenomenon of ripping is too serious, and the administrative efficiency is too low. He had to go into battle in person, act as an overseer, supervise subordinate officials!

But these words can only be understood, and they are destined to be unspeakable.

Li Gang said that in the situation of the world, Guanzhong is the first, followed by Xiangyang and Dengzhou, and Jiankang is second. Today, Chang'an should be the western capital, Xiangyang as the southern capital, and Jiankang as the eastern capital, respectively, appoint vassals, build cities, renovate palaces, and accumulate dry food for the emperor's visit. After the completion of the three capitals, there are three benefits: the first can be used in the name of patrol luck to urge all parties to make the country not too weak; The second item is not to set up a fixed capital, so that the enemy has nothing to watch for me; The third item is that the Quartet hopes that His Majesty will be lucky, and the traitor has nothing to covet............"

At this moment, Zhao Pu thought of Li Gang's goodness. Touring the world, its Chinese chapter is large, which can be extended to run away policy, can also be extended to sports warfare, and can also be extended to free travel.

The difference is that ordinary people travel with a few scholars and servants, and catch a few carriages on the road; And he, the emperor, took the eight-character army to escort him, and he went away in a mighty way, in order to prevent the outcasts from attacking, or the Jin army to kill a horse gun.

Zhao Pu had to debate, and he fought many ministers with one person, and finally convinced. Finally, with the approval of the ministers, they can go to Xiangfan and make a tour.

It was only on the escort horse that there was a conflict, and Zhao Pu thought that only 5,000 soldiers and horses to escort it was enough, while the ministers thought that at least 30,000 should be dispatched.

As the saying goes, if you are bitten by a snake for a while, you will be afraid of the well rope for ten years.

The Jin army left too many terrorist influences to the ministers, and it is not too much to be careful about how the Jin army is prepared. At this time, who said that the Jin army had retreated, but in case the Jin army killed a horse gun, attacked Yangzhou City at night, or attacked the emperor's guards, it would be a tragedy. Therefore, there are a lot of guards needed, and it is better to make Yangzhou empty than to let the emperor have problems.

In the end, it was finally decided, and Zhao Pu was leaving Yangzhou.

And before leaving, Yangzhou's defense must be dealt with. Although Yangzhou is not a good base and has various shortcomings, it is at least a heavy tax place, and the money in the south needs to pass through Yangzhou before it can be transferred to the national treasury, which is a veritable money pocket. The eight-character army, many troops on the front line, have to come from here.

Guarding the river first guards Huai, Yangzhou is preserved, and Jiangnan is safe.

Yangzhou must be heavily guarded.

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At this time, the eight-character army was still 30,000 people.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhao Pu had been advocating the strategy of elite soldiers, and was extremely strict with the recruitment of the Eight-Character Army, it would be possible for the Eight-Character Army to exceed 100,000 at this moment.

Under the elite strategy, the Bazi Army still maintained a slim state, only as many as 30,000, but it was also the strongest division of the Great Song Dynasty, and it had the power to fight against any enemy.

The Bazi Army has always adhered to the strategy of elite troops, but other troops are not so strict.

The so-called elite soldiers have the benefits of elite soldiers; Mediocre soldiers, there are also benefits of mediocre soldiers. The elite soldiers pay attention to the few and fine, and the emphasis is on one as ten, which is like a sharp blade in battle, and overwhelms the opponent in a hard encounter; The mediocre soldiers, on the other hand, pay attention to the number of people to win, rely on the large number of people, and beat the enemy to death.

The cost of elite soldiers is high, and it is a money-burning thing; But the cost of mediocre soldiers is much lower, anyway, it is just a one-time consumable on the battlefield, and it makes no sense to spend too much money.

In Yangzhou, Zhao Pu also recruited 100,000 people, which was regarded as a second-line army, referred to as the Yangzhou Army.

The Yangzhou army was recruited by bankrupt peasants in Yangzhou, or refugees who fled from Shandong, all of whom belonged to the typical proletariat and had no personnel. The establishment of the Yangzhou Army itself was to reduce social instability, recruit a large number of disaster victims, carry out militarized management, and reduce the possibility of rebellion.

Most of these bankrupt peasants, or these displaced people, are dragged with their families, the elderly, the young, and the women in the middle. In the end, the number reached 300,000, and there were only 50,000 strong men who could fight.