"Okay, great, with General Shi Min here, Murong Haoxiu wants to attack my Da Zhao." Shi Hu looked very happy, and his eyebrows revealed a strong sense of pride.

"The king is wise and martial, General Shi Min is a young hero, my Da Zhao will inevitably dominate the world and return to one."

"Yes! Oh, yes! The king is extraordinary, has the appearance of the Son of Heaven, and should ascend the throne to call on the world. ”

"The ministers ask the king to ascend the throne to settle the world."

A group of ministers, seeing that Shi Hu was happy, hurriedly patted their ass.

"Hahahaha!" Listening to the compliments of the ministers, Shi Hu became even more excited and laughed out loud in the big tent.

General Yao Gezhong was most disgusted with the group of sycophants, snorted coldly, hugged his fists and said: "The last general thinks that it is not appropriate for the king to be the emperor now, and after our army breaks through the Jin army's defense line and sweeps the south of the Yangtze River, it will not be too late for the king to be the emperor again." ”

Shi Hu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, although he was extremely unaccustomed to listening to the voice of the ear, but Yao Gezhong was upright, upright, and loyal to Shi Hu, although he spoke straighter, but Shi Hu listened to it quite well, besides, what Yao Gezhong said was very reasonable, first sweep Jiangnan, and then call the emperor, which can convince the people.

In fact, although Shi Hu is the king of the Great Zhao Kingdom, he has all the real power of the Great Zhao Kingdom, in fact, there is no difference from the emperor, just the difference in the title, Shi Hu wants to be the emperor when he wants to change the title is just a matter of one sentence, not in a hurry.

"Hahaha! Yao Aiqing is right, the emperor is not in a hurry, the most important thing at the moment is to sweep the south of the Yangtze River and destroy the Jin Kingdom first, and other things can be put aside first. Shi Hu praised Yao Gezhong in front of all the ministers, and then asked: "Regarding the sweep of Jiangnan, what are the good strategies of Aiqing, you might as well talk about it." ”

"The last general thinks that our army is stronger than the Jin army, so we should fight steadily and steadily, step by step, first capture all the cities between the Jianghuai and Huai, and then force the river, cross the river to the south, and capture the entire Jiangnan."

"No, if all the Jin cities between the Jianghuai and the Yangtze River are breached, it will take at least a few months, so that the Jin army's defense in Jiangnan will be strengthened, and the Northern Expeditionary Army in Jiaozhou will also be reinforced, and our army will lose the huge advantage at this time, when the Jin State abandons the strong city of the Jin State, and quickly marches into the south of the Yangtze River."

"That's right, now General Sun Fudu's former soldiers and horses have broken through Quanjiao City and are on their way to Wujiang City, as long as Wujiang City is captured, the main force of our army can cross the river from Wujiang Ferry, so as to break through Jiankang City in one fell swoop, and then further sweep the entire Jiangnan."

The generals expressed their opinions and expressed their opinions, some radical and some conservative, but the overall opinion was to attack quickly and quickly, not to give the Jin army a chance to breathe.

Shi Hu listened to the opinions of his generals, and felt that it was most convenient to abandon the Jin army's well-defended city and cross the river directly from the Wujiang Ferry, so he said: "The Wujiang Ferry is the most suitable for a large army to cross, and this king decided to lead the whole army to the south from the Wujiang River and sweep the entire Jiangnan." ”

Seeing this, General Yao Gezhong hugged his fists again and said: "Your Majesty, the main force of our army is gathered on the Wujiang River, and the movement is quite large, how can the Jin army not be prepared, the strength of the Jiangnan Navy is stronger than our army, if the main force of the Jin Navy is fortified on the south bank of the Wujiang Ferry, it will be difficult for our army to break through the defense line." ”

Being bumped into by Yao Gezhong again, Shi Hu felt a little irritable, but what Yao Gezhong said was the truth, in case the Jin army and sailors blocked it with all their might, it was really unknown whether they could break through the defense line.

Shi Hu frowned, looked at Yao Gezhong, and asked, "In Yao Aiqing's opinion, how should our army march." ”

Yao Gezhong hurriedly walked to the military map of the big tent, pointed to the map, and said loudly: "Wang Shangke can lead the main army to attack the Wujiang ferry, so that the main army that the Jin State can use will definitely make every effort to fortify on the south bank of the Wujiang ferry, and the last general will lead 20,000 strange soldiers to attack Wuhu, cross the river from the Wuhu ferry to the south, and then march east along the south bank of the Dajiang River, and go straight to Jiankang, the capital of the Jin State. ”

When Shi Hu heard this, his eyes lit up, what Yao Gezhong said was very reasonable, if all the troops were concentrated at the Wujiang Ferry, the Jin army would definitely be fortified on the south bank of the Wujiang Ferry, and with the advantage of the Jin army's water warfare, as long as the 30,000 Jin army sailors blocked the Wujiang Ferry, it would be difficult for the 100,000 troops of the Zhao State to cross, and sending a surprise army to attack the Wuhu Ferry far to the west could surprise it and achieve the purpose of quickly breaking through the Jin army's defense line.

"Okay, great, Yao Aiqing, this king allows you to play, tomorrow you will lead 20,000 partial divisions to attack Wuhu, and this king will personally lead the main army to enter the Wujiang River and attract the attention of the Jin army." Shi Hu agreed to Yao Gezhong's request.

Yao Gezhong was greatly moved, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Wang, the last general will definitely break through the Wuhu defense line, attack Jiankang City, and sweep half of the south of the Yangtze River for the king." ”

"Hahaha! You are the king's most loyal general, and the king can definitely trust your ability, so go and prepare! Shi Hu encouraged.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yao Gezhong clenched his fists and turned to leave the big tent.

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In the direction of Liyang City, because the army of Zhao State has broken through Hefei City, some soldiers and civilians in the city are panicked, many rich people have left the city, crossed the river to Jiangnan, and some of the poor people have left.

The Liyang garrison and the 3,000 soldiers under his command who sat in Liyang City received the order to live and die with the city, and this garrison was also a patriotic general, so the order of the city was quite orderly.

But in the face of Zhao's 100,000 troops, the Liyang garrison did not have the slightest confidence that he could hold the city, but he would guard his position and fight to the death to defend his dignity as a general.

At this time, Wang Wu, who was responsible for the task of the Northern Expeditionary Army's Tuntian, entered Liyang City with 10,000 Tuntian soldiers and a large number of food materials, and their camp was dozens of miles away from Liyang City.

For the arrival of Wang Wu and the 10,000 Tuntian soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the Liyang garrison was naturally extremely happy, with this 10,000 living force, the pressure on defending Liyang City was much less.

In fact, the Tuntian soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army in Jiangbei were originally 20,000 horses, but because the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army went to Jiaozhou to quell the rebellion under the leadership of Hua'an, the Tuntian in the south of the Yangtze River was unmanaged, so before Hua'an left, let Wang Liu lead 10,000 Tuntian soldiers to temporarily enter the headquarters camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army in the south of the Yangtze River, responsible for managing the Tuntian and pastures of the Northern Expeditionary Army in the south of the Yangtze River.

At this time, the 10,000 Tuntian soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River learned that the Zhao army had broken through Hefei City, and they all asked to cross the river to the north to support the men and horses stuck in the north of the river, but they were stopped by the imperial court, because the troops near the capital were weak, and the Great Jin court needed such a force to enrich the defensive tasks in the north of the capital.