After Su Tingxia led his troops south, the biggest problem followed. The soldier's homesickness grew, and then he became dissatisfied with his superiors, especially as the New Year approached.

Su Tingxia is a ragtag army under his command, and there are less than 20,000 orthodox men and horses under his command, and there are 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses in this south, and he has recruited from the south, and the combat effectiveness itself is problematic.

Su Tingxia suffered the biggest crisis of confidence since he led the army.

When the soldiers knew that the capital of the Southern Dynasty was broken, they all felt that the war was almost over, and many generals even asked Su Tingxia to turn the soldiers and horses to the east in person, so that Sima was annihilated by the last remnants of the force, so that even if he helped Han Jian completely pacify the main military forces of the Southern Dynasty, the soldiers had merit, and the war could be ended, and they were all happy.

But Su Tingxia knew that his biggest enemy now was time, if he couldn't occupy enough territory before Han Jian raised troops on a large scale to the south, and couldn't occupy the Lingnan region, even if he had more soldiers and horses, he would be dismissed by Han Jian, and at that time, even if Han Jian didn't kill him, he would no longer be able to continue to lead troops on the battlefield, because without war, there would be no need for him to exist, and Han Jian had no reason to keep him. In the battle of Jinling City, if he hadn't delayed Han Jian's opportunity, it would not have delayed Han Jian's attack on Jinling City for two months. Su Tingxia was more like fleeing with his soldiers and horses at this time, but unfortunately his soldiers and horses would not have the same heart as him, and Han Jian would only punish him alone if he wanted to punish.

At this time, Sima Yi officially began to withdraw his troops from Hangzhou City at the end of the year. Sima Yi's target was also placed on Su Tingxia, and Sima Yu at this time didn't want to sit still. Therefore, he simply transferred troops south to fight to the death with Su Tingxia, this is Sima Yu's decision to win the weak first, and then the strong. Because Sima Yi couldn't ensure that Su Tingxia would not stab him in the back when he fought a decisive battle with the main force of the Northern Dynasty, he believed that Han Jian was also happy to watch him and Su Tingxia's soldiers and horses get entangled to the ground.

Sima Yi's battle with Su Tingxia. In the middle of the first month, the two sides will be counted in terms of the number of troops invested, there will be nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the victory or defeat of the war will directly determine the rise and fall of the Southern Dynasty. But if Su Tingxia wins, no matter whether Su Tingxia will divide the south and become a vassal king. At least the state of the Southern Dynasty had been completely destroyed, and Han Jian could easily subdue most of the southern regions, but he had to cede part of the territory to Su Tingxia, because the soldiers in the north did not want to kill each other, and the war would end after Sima Yi's defeat.

Therefore, Han Jian neither wanted Sima to win, nor did he want Sima to lose. This is a very complicated situation, and Han Jian wants to achieve the best result. It was Sima who could win, but Sima had to pay a great price after victory. Unable to fight the final battle with the Northern Dynasty.

The battle for Hangzhou City will start around the fifth day of the first lunar month. The soldiers and horses that launched the main attack on Hangzhou City were not Lin Zhan's troops, but Zhang Xing's subordinates, who were still in a state of "training" in this war.

Preparing for the battle of Hangzhou City is the first thing Han Jian has to do after the New Year. With the soldiers and horses being sent, in two or three days. All the men and horses have crossed the Taihu Lake, and all the cities within a radius of 200 miles of Jinling City have been received, and Lin Zhan's department has suppressed all the traffic arteries in the east and north of Hangzhou, while Zhang Xing's department has sent troops south from the east bank of Taihu Lake, on the third day of the first month. Zhang Xing's vanguard was less than thirty miles away from the city of Hangzhou. The main force of Zhang Xing's Chinese army is also about 100 miles away from Hangzhou City, and Han Jian's preliminary siege time will be on the evening of the fifth day of the first lunar month or the morning of the sixth day of the first lunar month, and the specific time will be set by Zhang Xing. In the case that Sima withdrew his troops from Hangzhou City, and Hangzhou City was almost empty, Han Jian believed that Zhang Xing's battle should not take too long, as short as one or two days, and less than ten days, and he could take Hangzhou City. In this way, Sima Yi's rear position will be lost, and the last big city that Sima Yi can use as a defense is only Fuzhou City on the coast of Fujian, which is also the capital of Fujian.

Han Jian's soldiers and horses will set off from Jinling City around the ninth day of the first lunar month.

And before that, what Han Jian has to do is to complete the simple wedding with Xiao Zhan, this is Han Jian's step to show his military conquest of the Southern Dynasty, even your emperor wants to marry me, what reason do you have to fight for your emperor's blood? Even if it is defeated, your emperor is not qualified to be the emperor again, and now that the Southern Dynasty is in power, there must be a suitable person to lead the overall situation, are you ready to let Sima Yu be the emperor?

Originally, the wedding was scheduled for the first day of the first lunar month, but due to the incident of the Venerable Zuo Gu, Han Jian finally changed the wedding to the third day of the first lunar month.

On this day, there will be a banquet in the imperial palace, and some civil officials and strategists of the Northern Dynasty who accompanied the army will be the main guests to attend the wedding of Han Jian and Xiao Zhan. Although no matter from which point of view, this is not a wedding that you and I are willing to do, the reason why Xiao Zhan wore the brocade dress of the wedding was also in an extremely reluctant situation. Just a few days ago, Han Jian was "lucky" to Xiao Zhan almost every night, so that the wedding of that day was just the last situation, and lacked a more important layer of content beyond the situation.

Han Jian is still very thoughtful about the arrangements for the wedding. At least the officials of the Ministry of Rites planned for it, there was no sacrifice to the sky, and there was no ceremony to canonize the concubines, even if there was such a wedding, Xiao Zhan would still not get any name, and Han Jian would not treat Xiao Zhan well because of this, because her identity was too special, Han Jian completed the conquest, and the next step was to conquer the remaining land that Xiao Zhan remembered, and at that time, Han Jian took Xiao Zhan back to Jiangdu and even Luoyang, or would give her a small name, so that she could live a depressed life in the palace, Han Jian also had to guard against Xiao Zhan's suicide at any time because of his strong personality. If he were someone else, Han Jian felt that it was unlikely, but Xiao Zhan was different, such a stubborn woman could do anything.

On the third day of the junior high school, Han Jian held a very simple welcoming ceremony, first returning Xiao Zhan to her eldest princess's mansion in Jinling City, and then personally welcoming her in a carriage, Han Jian will personally attend, and the road is closed along the way. Even if it is not closed, the people of Jinling City do not dare to walk around the streets under martial law, even if they want to witness this wedding between the emperors of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Waiting for the welcoming procession to arrive outside the palace. An official from the Ministry of Etiquette would come out to preside over the ceremony, and Han Jian would pick Xiao Zhan off from the carriage, just like when Xiao Zhan first arrived in Suzhou City. Han Jian hugged Xiao Zhan, who was dressed in a wedding dress, from the main gate of the palace, directly to the banquet hall where the banquet ceremony was held, and then carried out a simple farewell ceremony. Then Han Jian will send Xiao Zhan into the new house, and the wedding will be over.

The most important thing is not the wedding itself, but the edict issued after the announcement of the world, stating that Xiao Zhan will get married. At that time, the king that Sima Cheng supported will be completely a thing of the past, and either Sima will choose another king to be loyal to him, or Sima will surrender sincerely, depending on Sima Qi's choice. Han Jian very much hoped that Sima Yi would lay down his weapon when the time came. The two sides can be courtesy of friends and ministers, but Han Jian knew that from the moment he took possession of Xiao Zhan, the relationship between him and Sima Yi was no longer simply a rival in love, a friend, or an enemy, but an opponent who killed each other on the battlefield, and it was almost the kind of old enemy.

"Your Majesty, there is a secret letter from the front-line general."

Just as the wedding was taking place, Han Jian received a letter from Zhang Xing from the north of Hangzhou. Although there were still more than two days before the first battle against Hangzhou City on the third day of the first lunar month, Zhang Xing had already made all preparations in advance. and informed Han Jian, which is equivalent to an explanation to Han Jian.

Han Jian opened the letter, Xiao Zhan glanced at this side, although she didn't read it very clearly, but there were a few words in it that were very obvious. "Hangzhou will be broken within three days", Xiao Zhan was furious in his heart. She even wanted to scuffle with Han Jian in front of the ministers, but soon she suppressed the anger in her heart, she knew that now was not the time to be in a hurry, if she couldn't hold her breath at this time, then there would be no point in her marrying Han Jian. How Han Jian should attack or how will he attack. Any gaffe she makes the Northern Dynasty people laugh at her.

The wedding was very simple, and then Han Jian asked Xiao Zhan to send him to the side hall to rest. Originally, Han Jian could choose Qianning Hall as his marriage room with Xiao Zhan, but there was a problem, after all, Xiao Zhan couldn't get the identity of the queen after marrying, so Han Jian didn't need to treat her very kindly. After Xiao Zhan made simple preparations in the side hall, Han Jian would summon Xiao Zhan again on the dragon couch in the palace, and this time Xiao Zhan would enter the service in a more direct way.

Han Jian entertained guests outside, the soldiers on the front line were not allowed to drink, and the civilian officials and strategists who accompanied the army did not have so many restrictions, Han Jian toasted everyone who participated in the banquet, in the eyes of outsiders, Han Jian was a newlywed Yan'er and was full of spirit, not to mention that Han Jian was about to be the king who would dominate the rivers and mountains again for hundreds of years, and he had his royal pride.

When the banquet was over, it was already sunset. When Han Jian came out of the banquet hall, he was immediately in good spirits, the little drink just now was like drinking water to him, he was drunk to death from drinking in his previous life, and he was immune to alcohol in this life.

"Your Majesty, the nobleman has already packed up and stopped ......" The female official informed Han Jian of Xiao Zhan's preparations. At this time, Han Jian had just arrived in the dormitory, and the female officer brought a towel over and would help him wipe his body. In the cold winter, Han Jian doesn't go to the bath every day, because it is a very troublesome thing, and he is not a woman, so he doesn't need to be kept so clean.

Han Jian waved his hand. Soon the female official went down and summoned Xiao Zhan to come.

This time, Xiao Zhan came over, not walking, but carrying it in a small sedan chair, the sedan chair is very short, a man can't squeeze in, and the woman needs to shrink when she sits inside. The small sedan chair is stuffed with soft pillows and warm quilts, and the breathable goods are very good, but the concubines who are fortunate to be summoned inside are wearing very few clothes, which is also a habit of the emperor of the Southern Dynasty to summon the concubines. Han Jian is now just Xiao Zhan's "father", and with the situation of her father summoning a concubine, Xiao Zhan also tastes the feeling of being a concubine.

The small sedan chair was carried to the palace under Han Jian's gaze, the sedan chair did not have a sedan door, but like a coffin, it was opened from above, and when Xiao Zhan was just wearing ** obscene pants and getting up with the help of the female official, Han Jian smiled and waved his hand to retreat the female official.

"You scoundrel!" After the female officer retreated, Xiao Zhan couldn't hold back any longer, and when Han Jian stepped forward to be rude to her, she punched Han Jian, but Han Jian easily grabbed her fist.

Xiao Zhan was still not convinced and waved his other hand, but Han Jian still easily subdued her and pushed her to the ground.

Han Jian sighed and said, "Why be so impulsive? ”

Xiao Zhan was unconvinced: "You are unconvinced, you actually sent troops to attack my Hangzhou City, you will definitely use the soldiers and horses transporting grain to take the opportunity to knock on the gate of my Hangzhou City......"

Han Jian shook his head and said, "Princess, this is wrong, I have already delivered the food you want in Hangzhou City a few days in advance." This time, it was just a righteous and bright attack on Hangzhou. ”

"Bright and bright? So why don't you tell the world in advance, and you have to be sneaky? If I hadn't seen that secret letter today, I wouldn't have known that you were going to attack Hangzhou! Xiao Zhan was angry, she felt that since she sacrificed herself, Han Jian should fulfill her promise not to attack Hangzhou for the time being, but thinking about it carefully, Han Jian didn't make such a promise at all, but she was unwilling.

Han Jian shook his head and said, "The princess is worried too much, now Hangzhou City is almost an undefended city, and even Sima Yi is ready to abandon Hangzhou City." ”

"I don't believe it!" Xiao Zhan was pressed to the ground by Han Jian, his head twisted to the side, and he said very stubbornly.

Han Jian smiled and said: "Believe it or not, Sima Yi has already transferred troops out of Hangzhou City a year ago, and he wants to fight Su Tingxia for the last time." He knows very well that Hangzhou City will become his burden, so it is best to give it up, Sima Yi is very smart, he will not use Hangzhou City to fight head-on with the main force of our Chinese army, that will slow him down the pace of King Qin, the princess should be glad to have such a good military advisor who can judge the situation and serve you! ”

Xiao Zhan was suddenly stunned.

Han Jian was actually praising Sima Yi, but shouldn't they be the biggest enemies? But thinking about it again, it seems that Han Jian's friendship with Sima Yi is far better than her relationship with Sima Yi, even when Sima Yi served her in the past, he also wrote a lot of secret letters to Han Jian, telling her frankly about the political situation in the Southern Dynasty, she ignored it, mainly because she didn't want to lose Sima Yi's helper, and at that time the Southern Dynasty was still in power by her imperial uncle Huiwang Xiao Ling.

Han Jian suddenly lifted Xiao Zhan from the ground and hugged him horizontally to the edge of the dragon couch. Although Xiao Zhan was unconvinced at this time, she no longer had the same radical reaction as just now, because she also wanted to understand that Sima Yi did not have the reason to stick to Hangzhou City.

"Now it's my turn." Han Jian picked up the black cloth prepared on the table, and just like the previous two times when he was fortunate to Xiao Zhan, he blindfolded her before pushing her down on the dragon couch that belonged to her. (To be continued.) )