Repatriation (9)
He is so strong, although the teeth of the Jin Kingdom are itching, there is nothing to do. Just as he had a headache, the news of Shen Tuo's return from the northern hunt came from Shaanxi, and since Zhang Jun, Wu Min and other Chinese officials of the DPRK also went to Jingzhou and personally confirmed it.
As a result, the whole country of Jin immediately lost face. Originally, he decided to make a move on the southeast, but he immediately accelerated his pace.
Zong Han was originally old and sick, and he didn't want to go to the south to get heat, but he couldn't at this time, so when he made peace with the Mongols, he took tens of thousands of Jurchen elites to the south.
He also did not join forces with Wushu, and went directly from the southeast of the mountain to Zhundong, breaking the Song Tianchang army and marching to Yangzhou. Jiang Zhun made Liu Guangshi lead the army to meet the enemy, but he was the most incompetent and useless of the four generals of Zhongxing, one general was incompetent and killed the three armies, Liu Bu's army did not fight with the Jin soldiers, it was all defeated, Liu Guangshi only took a few hundred personal soldiers, and fled back to Yangzhou in embarrassment.
The front line was so defeated, but the city of Yangzhou was still singing and dancing.
Prime Minister Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshanwu took the words of the senior monks, and the front-line military reports were frequently spread, and the people in the city scattered and fled. ”
The officials are like this, but Zhao Gou is also living one day at a time. Since the news of his brother's return to Shaanxi, he has a headache every day, where can he care about the war ahead.
Drinking two more glasses this night, I was sleeping sweetly, but in the early hours of the morning, I was woken up by the provincial escort class Kang Xu.
He was extremely annoyed, stared at Kang Lu and scolded: "What's the matter, even you don't think I'm the emperor anymore?" ”
Kang Lu was sweating profusely on his forehead, knowing that the emperor had been upset recently, and was very angry that many civil and military ministers had gone to Jingzhou to pay homage to his brother without waiting for his consent.
In recent days, many chamberlains have been killed by Zhao Gou's order because of this incident.
He didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied: "Official, how dare the minister." It is the inner servant who went to Tianchang to inquire about the return, the Jin people have broken the Tianchang, Liu Guangshi's department is defeated, and the Jin soldiers will arrive at noon tomorrow at the latest! ”
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Gou only felt cold, he was originally hot and dry after drinking, and his body was sweating, but at this time, the cold and heat were pressing, and he couldn't help but shiver.
"Official, official!"
Seeing that he was ignorant, Kang was in a hurry, and kept shaking and pushing Zhao Gou. But he was careless for a while, and knocked over a bowl of cold tea next to the bed, which was pouring it on Zhao Gou's lower abdomen.
"Ah......h
Zhao Gou was stirred by the cold water, only to feel that his lower abdomen was cold, but his mind was much more sober. Hurriedly jumped up and hurriedly put on his robe and armor.
Look at the sky again, but it's just dawn.
Although the Jin soldiers were still far away, he couldn't wait, and immediately ordered the guards to be gathered, and even the concubine abandoned them, and after a few guards were gathered around him, he immediately ordered to set off.
He came out of the south gate, because he fled early, the road was not blocked, and he drove all the way until he reached the Yangtze Bridge dozens of miles away, and then stopped at the horse for a while.
After resting for a long time, the military generals of the court arrived one after another, bringing together hundreds of people.
Zhao Gou called a guard and asked, "How is it in the city?" ”
The guard's face was red and white, and he replied to Zhao Gou in a straight voice: "After Your Majesty fled, there was chaos in the city. The people spread the word of mouth, and they all said that His Majesty had abandoned all the people and that the golden soldiers were about to be killed, so more than 100,000 people in the city fled together and went to the south gate. In addition, civil and military officials, concubines and palace people in the palace, generals and monks, crowded together. When the minister was at the city gate, more than 1,000 old and weak women and children were squeezed to death and trampled to death, and the corpses were turned into mud, and blood and intestines flowed all over the place, and the situation was unspeakably miserable. ”
He said it so miserably that not only did he have tears in his eyes, but also the rest of the people.
Zhao Gou didn't care about it, only trembled his hands, took the reins, and wanted to get on the horse and run away.
The guard finally couldn't bear it any longer, pulled his horse rope, and shouted: "Your Majesty, there are less than 10,000 golden soldiers who have broken through the heavens, and they have come down thousands of miles from the north, and they are exhausted, and there are still tens of thousands of defenders in the city, which is enough for a battle!" As long as Your Majesty does not leave, the soldiers will definitely use their lives, the people will definitely follow, and there will be more than 10,000 gold soldiers, what are you afraid of? ”
Zhao Gou was anxious to flee for his life, but he grabbed the horse's head, and he couldn't help but be angry, but when he was employing people at this time, he didn't want to punish him, so he only said: "Let go, national affairs, what do you know as a guard." ”
The guard was a strong point, and only said: "I heard that Emperor Jingkang is going back to Kaifeng, Your Majesty is so evasive, how can you be worthy of him?" ”
"You're bold!"
What Zhao Gou feared most in the past few days was this matter, where could he allow this guard to be so provocative, he was furious at the moment, pulled out his sword, and stabbed the guard in the heart viciously.
The guard let out a "uh" and glanced at Zhao Gou with disbelief, blood splattered on his chest, staining the sword in Zhao Gou's hand with blood.
Zhao Gou was flustered in his heart, and he didn't pay attention to it, but said, "Hurry up!" ”
When he went, he was extremely embarrassed. After a delay for a while, the Guazhou ferry was already crowded, and more than 100,000 or 200,000 Yangzhou citizens poured to the ferry and snatched all the ferries. And the original boatman saw that it was not a problem, and he had already hid far away one by one, and did not dare to ferry.
In such a chaotic situation, Zhao Gou couldn't imagine it, and he was panicked for a while.
Helplessly, I searched around the Yangtze River, and finally found a small boat, and promised a lot of money to the boatman, but the boatman only refused to dock, and only said: "There are so many people on the shore, how dare I get close, and when I come closer, I am afraid that it will be crushed." ”
Zhao Gou gritted his teeth anxiously, but he didn't dare to reveal his identity to suppress the boatman, and in his eagerness, even the cries of the people seemed to be that the Jurchens were about to kill them. At that moment, he rode his horse into the river, and swam across the river with the reins of the horse, but fortunately, the boat was not far away, and he swam for a while, and finally successfully climbed to the boat.
After he left, he was alone, holding a sword, looking around blankly, and there was nothing to rely on.
It wasn't until Qian Boyan, the prefect of Zhenjiang, knew that Zhao Gou had landed at Xijinkou, sent local guards to look for him, and welcomed him into Zhenjiang Mansion to live, that he settled down a little.
After living in Zhenjiang for a few days, and after collecting some remnants of the army who escaped from the army, Zhao Gou fled to Jiankang and then hid all the way to Hangzhou, which was a little relieved.
Soon after he fled, in the evening, 500 Jin soldiers vanguard first to Yangzhou, burning, killing and looting, * women, the next day more than 10,000 Jin soldiers and cavalry main force chased to Guazhoudu, more than 100,000 people have not crossed the river, Jin soldiers killed and slashed, for a time in the Yangtze River floating corpses tens of thousands, floating corpses into pieces, the people on the shore suffered heavy casualties, blood stained mess.
On the third day, there were thousands of gold soldiers to come, and once again robbed and burned Yangzhou, the official classics, official rituals, the court's official daughters and official women were burned and robbed, and after three days of killing and looting, Yangzhou City almost became an empty space, dilapidated, and the golden soldiers slowly retreated.
Zong Han knew that this battle had wiped out the main force of the Song imperial camp, and there were almost no soldiers in the north and south of the river, because of this, although the weather was hot, he decided to rest and adjust a little, so he crossed the river with a large army and destroyed the Song court in one fell swoop.
Zong Han was so proud, but Wushu heard that Shen Tuo had returned to Shaanxi, gathered a large army, and threatened Yongxing. He knew in his heart that there was no major war in Jiangnan, and the water network in Jiangnan was dense, and the weather was about to turn hot, and most of Zong Han's subordinates were heavy cavalry and northerners.
In the area of Shaanxi, there are more than 500,000 Song soldiers gathered, although there are quite a number of people, and the main force of the forbidden army that can fight is also more than 200,000 people.
Therefore, from March onwards, the Wushu moved rapidly from Zhunnan to the western part of Beijing, and along the way, ordered Fu to gather a large army, preparing to gather a strong force of more than 100,000 men, at least half of which was composed of elite Jurchen cavalry.
The big war is about to break out.
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