The next day, early in the morning, Zhao Ta received a battle report from the other side of the Yangtze River.

Huzhou fell, and the two armies of Fangla rushed to Suzhou.

The Western Army led by Tong Guan had already arrived in western Zhejiang, but it was too late to recapture Huzhou, so they could only follow Fang La's army to support Suzhou.

Zhao Ta wondered in his heart, Fang La did not hit several important towns along the river, but went east to Suzhou!

Then he checked the news from Jiangning's side, and couldn't help but be even more confused, the wind and waves near Jiangning were calm, there was no military situation, and there was not even news from Zhao Kai.

Could it be that Zhao Kai walked so slowly that he hadn't reached Jiangning yet?

Zhao Ta was puzzled in his heart, and hurriedly sent four people, Lu, Han, Xu, and Jiang, to cross the river and continue to investigate.

The next day, he and Zhao Yuannu went to Yangzhou Houtu Temple to see if the Qionghua was open, and the Houtu Temple was dedicated to the Mother of Houtu, also known as Houtu Niangniang.

Our Lady of Houtu is the oldest ancestor of China, the most respected god of the land, and the Houtu Temple has always been known as the crown of the ancestral temple in the sea.

In the sixth year of Zhenghe, Emperor Daojun conferred the title of Our Lady of Houtu as "Chengtian Imitation Houde Guangda Hou Tuhuang Diyi", enjoying the same ceremonial specifications as "Haotian Supreme Jade Emperor Great Heavenly Venerable Xuanqiong High God".

Yifu went to the temple, only to see people coming and going, bustling, very lively.

The two of them first went to the main hall to incense, and then the earth lady held yin and yang, nurturing all things, known as the mother of the earth, not only in charge of the changes in the mountains and land, the gods of the mountains and the gods of the earth and the emperor of the three mountains and five mountains, but also controlled the things of the robbery.

After the incense was completed, the two walked to the back of the main hall, and the Qionghua tree was in the Qionghua Temple in the depths of the temple.

Walk all the way, the buildings are dignified, the scenery is full, many people outside the Qionghua view are looking forward to the door, it is not possible to watch at will, you need to respect the incense.

Zhao Yuannu said in a low voice: "I have been here since I was a child, and I never want money." ”

Zhao Tan smiled: "At this time and that time, there are no famous flowers and plants in the land of Jianghuai now, and this place is more and more precious." ”

Hua Gang almost took away all the famous flowers and strange trees in the land of Jianghuai, this Qionghua was not dug up by Zhu Mian and transported to Tokyo, it is estimated that the implication is not good, after all, the folk legend is that Emperor Yang of Sui watched Qionghua die.

I made some silver money into the view, after entering the hall, I saw a big flower bed, there are three zhang square, there is a flower tree inside, the branches are strange, the form is quiet, the tree is full of silver and clear, look like being in the snow palace of Qionggong.

This Qionghua has not yet opened at the moment, and the clusters on the branches are full of buds, but just waiting to be released is so amazing, Zhao Ta couldn't help but nodded.

"It's a little early at the moment, and it is estimated that it will take another ten days to start." Zhao Yuannu was a little regretful.

Zhao Ta smiled slightly, this actually surprised him, even if it was just a bud, but it looked so crystal clear, even a little illusory, a little ethereal, I still wanted to see it, which made people not want to leave for a long time.

Qionghua is actually a singular variant of the hydrangea, different from other flowers, can not be described with "flower", a cluster of Qionghua, surrounded by eight five-petal flowers, clustered in the middle of a group of pearl-like white flowers, after blooming, the flower is as big as a plate, clear as crystal.

Although it is not yet in full bloom at the moment, you can imagine the scene of a tree of jade snow.

Zhao Ta thought for a while, and suddenly opened his mouth and said:

Don't compare Qionghua to makeup, who looks like a white neon dress. It is quiet and quiet, natural and standard, and it is not close to the east wall.

Ice muscles and jade bones are talented, and they are both desolate and desolate. Poor night, cold smoke and moon, sparse shadows and horizontal windows.

He said with a charming eye, and immediately surrounded many people, Yangzhou has been a lot of literati since ancient times, and there is never a shortage of Qionghua poems, but at this moment, the eyes that looked at Zhao Ta showed a look of shock.

A young man dressed as a scholar stepped forward and saluted deeply: "This brother is invited." ”

Zhao Ta replied with a shallow Confucian salute, and the scholar was not surprised, but said eagerly: "The song "Unknown Brother Tai" was made by himself? ”

Zhao Ta touched his chin and said with a smile: "This word was not made by me, I dare not risk the beauty of others." ”

Shizi was even more anxious: "May I also ask Brother Tai, which of you is filling in this hand?" ”

Zhao Ta glanced at Zhao Yuannu, Zhao Yuannu covered his mouth and chuckled, he also smiled: "This is to be filled in by the King of Qin, and I am next to him, just remember." ”

The scholar immediately said suddenly: "That's the case, I knew that it was out of everyone, but I didn't expect it to be His Royal Highness the King of Qin." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Such small words, Your Highness fills in three or five poems a day, no problem." ”

Shizi nodded again and again: "That's nature, that's nature, King Qin is so amazing, such a small order should be at your fingertips...... However, when I heard that King Qin is advocating music now, why do you make words again? Brother Tai is a person close to King Qin, can you know the reason? ”

Zhao Ta glanced at him and said, "King Qin's songs are not all loose songs, but also a full set of stage songs, have you heard of the White Hair Record?" ”

Shizi said: "I have heard of it, but it is only a smooth trip in the north, but Yangzhou has never been staged." ”

Zhao Ta said with a smile: "You can buy a book and read it first, although the book is made by everyone Zhang Dongxiang, but most of the sets of songs in it are filled in by King Qin, which is easy to understand and popular." ”

Shizi pondered: "I see, Brother Tai didn't say that he didn't know that the music of the play was written by King Qin, but there is no bookstore in the city to sell this book...... This is strange, brother Tai didn't say that I couldn't think of it, the drama has nowhere to perform, why don't you even have a book to sell? ”

Zhao Ta's eyes narrowed and he didn't speak.

Shizi said to himself: "It seems that I want to send a letter to my classmates in Tokyo, and ask him to send a few copies from there in a hurry, so that you can feast your eyes." ”

He said and saluted Zhao Ta again: "Thank you brother for your advice." ”

Zhao Ta returned the salute: "Your Excellency is too polite. ”

Then he and Zhao Yuannu walked out, with a hint of ridicule in their expressions, although the white hair book was in full swing in the north, but in the land of Jianghuai, there was not even a book to read.

When he was in Beijing, he used to be a bookseller with three orders, and he went to the south to print it, and several booksellers also did it according to his orders, and even replied that Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Huai and other places were in short supply, and the sales were even better than in Tokyo, but now they looked at it, but they were not sold at all, and the people here had not read the Baifa Ji's book.

But the bookseller said that they had all been sold, and the scholar here said that they had not been sold, so where did the book go?

Zhao Ta knew in his heart at this moment that it must be the Jianghuai clan, and Bai Fa Ji was not allowed to be put on sale.

It is estimated that as soon as the book arrives, the local scholars will first look at it, and if it is not appropriate, they will buy it all, or pile it up, or find a place to burn it, so that it will not appear in the market.

The bookseller thought it was all sold, but he didn't know that there was not a single copy in circulation.

Zhao Ta felt that what he had thought before was too simple, and the local scholars actually controlled things such as folk pastimes such as scripts, which showed the great power and the depth of mistakes.

But he's not in a hurry, isn't there someone helping him solve it right now?

Fang La killed corrupt officials and corrupt officials, killed the gentry of the clan, and when the time came, the Jianghuai and Zhejiang provinces would be clean, and it would stop.

Fang La naturally wants to be flat, but he has to wait until he finishes killing, Zhao Ta didn't think of taking the initiative to assist Tong Guan Fang La, he just needs to hold the Yangtze River, and it's not too late to make a move when the fruit is picked at the end.

The Jiangnan Shi clan has a huge power, if they don't overthrow it by violent means, other methods are useless, Fang La's incident this time has made them hurt their muscles and bones, and their vitality has been greatly damaged, and they can't be relieved at all in a few years.

How many officials in the court are from the Jiangnan clan, tied to the interests of the Jiangnan gentry, and a little alliance makes some stumbling blocks, and the decrees of the court may not be implemented, or they will be changed beyond recognition.

It seems that the methods used against booksellers are all this kind of stealing beams and changing pillars, and Li Dai Tao is stiff, which often makes people unaware of it for a long time, and it is difficult to deal with it if they are aware of it.

If it was possible, Zhao Ta even wanted to secretly add fuel to the fire, borrowing Fang La's knife to kill more people!

I thought all the way back to Qionghua Liyuan, and in the evening, suddenly Bai Ao, the boss of the Bai family, returned.

Zhao Ta hurriedly called him to the secret room to inquire, it turned out that after arriving in Jiangning, Bai Ao saw that there was no military here, so he left his two younger brothers to continue to investigate, he went south alone, and after a few days, he got a big news, so he hurried back to report.

"You mean...... King Yun went to Hongzhou, the capital of Jiangnan West Road, to station? ”

"Lord, that's exactly the case, the army led by King Yun didn't take the Jiangdong Road at all, but went directly down to Jiangxi from Huaixi, rushed into Hongzhou and never came out."

Zhao Ta was speechless for a moment, Zhao Kai and Fang La, a pair of sleeping dragons and phoenixes, one did not go north to take Jiangning Mansion directly, the other did not garrison Jiangning Mansion's military important places, and neither of them went to Jiangning!

Zhao Kai gave up the entire Jiangnan East Road, it seems that he intends to defend Jiangxi, but Jiangxi has Poyang Lake in front of Hongzhou, and most likely Fang La will not fight there, after all, Jiangxi's strategic significance is not as good as that of two Zhejiang and two Huai.

But with such a good opportunity, how could Zhao Ta let it go?

Zhao Kai doesn't go to Jiangning Mansion, he goes!

As long as he occupies Jiangning Mansion, he can attack the two rivers and two Zhejiang, retreat to defend the Yangtze River, and the north bank of the two Huai, as long as he manages it here, he will be almost invincible.

Although he preached the two Huai, it does not mean that he will stay in the two Huai all the time, he was ordered to go south to beg for thieves, even if according to the rules of the Xuanfu system, he does not have the right to the military and political affairs of Liangjiang, but as soon as the war starts, there is still the right to say urgently, and the soldiers and horses can be mobilized in special times.

Occupy Jiangning, Fang La does not come, he will be cautious and wait for the last peaches to be picked, if Fang La comes, he will give him a head-on crit, drive him back, just like raising dolphins in the circle, let him rampage in Jiangnan, and then exterminate the officials and gentlemen!

Zhao Ta pondered for a long time, and then recruited Yao Pingzhong, Zhe Kecun, Wang Yu, Lu Junyi, and Zhang Xian.

Then it was discussed until midnight, and finally it was decided that Lu Junyi would lead the two Huai troops to sit in the rear to curb the Yangtze River, and Zhao Ta would take the rest of the people to lead 30,000 Gyeonggi soldiers across the Yangtze River and go to Jiangning Mansion!

Early the next morning, on the bank of the Yangtze River, Zhao Ta smiled at Lu Junyi: "Lianghuai will be handed over to Senior Brother!" ”

Lu Junyi saluted to the ground: "Don't worry, the prince is here, there is Junyi, and he will never let the thief army set foot on the north bank for half a step. ”

Zhao Ta nodded, and without further ado, he went directly to the Sky Hao Zhi Ning Yuan Shenzhou.

Shenzhou broke the waves, took a few large warships to the opposite shore first, and then dozens of warships belonging to Lianghuai began to transport soldiers, and it took more than half a day to transport all 30,000 forbidden troops to the opposite side.

Such a big move, Jiangning Mansion has already gotten the news, Jiangnan East Road pacification envoy, Wang Hanzhi, who knows Jiangning, is a little confused, he received the holy decree before, knowing that the King of Qin, the King of Yun and the privy envoy Tong Guan, each led two military and political roads, and went down to the south of the Yangtze River to beg for thieves, but the original King Yun of Liangjiang did not come, but the King of Qin of Lianghuai crossed the Yangtze River, what is going on?

Although he couldn't think of the reason, he still brought someone to pick it up, after all, he was originally worried about how to deal with Fang La's really call, but now it's okay, with the 30,000 forbidden troops of King Qin, plus the thick walls of Jiangning's high city, even if Fang La's army and horses are more, I am afraid it will be difficult to break through the city.

As soon as Zhao Tan entered Jiangning, he began to prepare the army and horses, and directly picked out 20,000 or 30,000 mixed soldiers who were originally transferred by Wang Hanzhi from several states to defend the city, and incorporated them into the Chinese army, and since then, a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses have been under his command.

Subsequently, he didn't care about Wang Hanzhi's thoughts, and directly ran Jiangnan East Road, anyway, the military here was already under control, and Zhao Kai hid in Jiangxi and didn't come over.

And Wang Hanzhi is not young, not much shorter than Hong Zhongfu, and he has a hidden disease, several times handed the Zhishi excerpt, but were rejected, in later records, he in the second year of the end of the Fangla Rebellion to ask Zhishi to be approved, another year to die of illness, not Hong Zhongfu long life.

He knew that he was sick, so he was happy to ignore it, and only recuperated in the house, not only in the military, but also handed over all political affairs.

Zhao Ta took over Jiangning as a whole, which was more thorough than Yangzhou, and then rectified the two towns of Zhenjiang Mansion and Taiping Prefecture in Runzhou, and firmly controlled the land along the river in this area.

In the following days, the front military situation was constantly reported, and Suzhou had been fighting for many days, but Tong Guan never completely drove out the Fangla army, and for a time the war was stalemate between Suzhou and Xiuzhou......

However, it is said that Fang Qifo's South Route Army, after falling into Yuezhou, went all the way down, that is, Mingzhou and Taizhou were also taken, so that the East Zhejiang Road has been under the land of five states, only the southern Chuzhou and Wenzhou are still in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty.

In Taizhou City, Fang Qifo looked at the stack of battle reports on the handsome case, his brows furrowed, and he sighed.

Lin Chong looked worried when he watched from the sidelines, and couldn't help asking, "What is it that hurts the marshal?" ”

Fang Qifo looked at him and said: "After the Holy Prince's army went down to Hangzhou, it did not attack Jiangning directly, but went east to fight Huzhou and Suzhou, and now it is confronting the Western Army led by Tong Guan in Suzhou, and the situation is not good. ”

Lin Chong wore a mask and couldn't see his inner look: "Marshal, can't you take Suzhou?" ”

Fang Qifo shook his head and said: "It's not that you can't take Suzhou, but you should go down to Jiangning and other important towns along the river first, and I don't know what the Holy Father plans to do, so he went to Suzhou first." ”

Lin Chong was silent, and after a while, the Seven Buddhas said: "There is no depth in Suzhou, and it is not good for the holy army to drag on the war, it seems that ...... It's time to return to the army! ”

Lin Chong hurriedly said: "Marshal, there are still two places that will fall into the entire eastern part of Zhejiang." ”

Fang Qifo shook his head: "I can't wait any longer, tomorrow I will return north with the army, and this Taizhou will be handed over to Brother Lin to guard!" ”

Lin Chong hurriedly stood up: "Marshal, what can Chong do, dare to pacify a state?" ”

Fang Qifo looked at him and said slowly: "I believe in Brother Lin, with Brother Lin's intelligence and martial arts, it is safe to guard Taizhou!" ”

Lin Chong saw that Fang Qifo's tone was resolute, and he said: "Lin Chong is ashamed, dare not die for the Holy Dynasty!" ”

Fang Qifo nodded: "Tomorrow morning, I will lead the army north, and I will meet the reinforcements of Zhao and Song in a while." ”

Lin Chong said: "The marshal is going to Suzhou to support the Holy Father?" ”

Fang Qifo was silent for a moment, shook his head and said: "Ben Shuai will not go to Suzhou for the time being, Ben Shuai will go north to eastern Zhejiang and go to the important town of the Yangtze River...... Jiangning Mansion! ”

(End of chapter)