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Volume 1: Saving the Three Thousand Beauties in the Harem Chapter 441: The Army Arrives at the City

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    This army on the river bank was Zhao Gou's final comeback force - the eight thousand soldiers of the imperial right army stationed in Jiankang Mansion, whose capital commander was Zhang Jun.

    After Zhao Xu took over the power, there were three relatively large military forces in the entire Southern Song Dynasty, namely Liu Guangshi's Imperial Guards, Zhang Jun's Imperial Right Army, and Wang Yan's Eight-Character Army.  Among them, Liu Guangshi's Imperial Guards had the largest number, with about 20,000 people; Zhang Jun's Imperial Right Army followed secondly; and although the Eight-Character Army had the strongest combat effectiveness, its commander Wang Yan resigned and his family members were even sent to  In Tokyo, the Eight-Character Army with less than 7,000 people left has been divided. No one obeys anyone, and no one can take charge.

    Zhao Xu originally intended to appoint his beloved general Li Qiong to be the commander of the Eight-Character Army, but he did not expect that the Tianzhu Army would suddenly launch a Northern Expedition. Wang Yan, the former commander of the Eight-Character Army, was aroused with ambition and personally went to poach the Southern Song Army. He lost more than half of it and more.  For the elite.  In the end, only two or three thousand weak people were left in the Southern Song Dynasty.  Even if Li Qiong was willing to ask for these troops, Zhao Xu would not give them to him!  The remaining prefectures and prefectures also had tens of thousands of troops in total, but most of them were Xiang troops with little combat effectiveness. Zhao Xu did not want to give up a group of old, weak and disabled soldiers to his henchmen, so he could only focus on the other two "  "strong army" (relative to the Xiang armies in various places in the Southern Song Dynasty).

    To deal with the generals of the two armies, Zhao Xu used methods of pulling and beating.

    La, Liu Guangshi.

    Liu Guangshi was born as a general as early as the late Northern Song Dynasty.  He took up the post of official propaganda envoy and deputy commander-in-chief of the Ma Yanlu Ma Infantry Army.  He also received the rank of Yu, the capital of the Guards and Horses, and became the deputy chief of the Guards and Horses Department.  At the beginning of Jianyan period, he was promoted to the military governor of ** due to his meritorious service. He was the first general to establish a military festival after the establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty.  At this time, he was promoted to Taiwei, reaching the highest level of military attache.  Although this person has mediocre fighting skills and is famously "fearful of gold and Liu San", he is experienced, hard-educated, and good at recruiting troops. For such a warlord.  Zhao Xu really didn't dare to move around at will.

    beat.  Zhang Jun.

    Zhang Jun came from a grassroots military background. From a big-headed soldier, he gradually rose through the ranks through meritorious service, reaching the rank of martial arts master.  Finally became a mid-level general.  Finally during the Jingkang period.  With hundreds of remaining soldiers.  He took refuge with the right master¡ªKang Zhaogou, the then Marshal of Hebei Province. From then on, he prospered and became more and more powerful.  The soldiers gathered more and more.  In the end, due to the rebellion of Qin Wang, Miao Liu, and the Mingzhou blockade that helped Zhao Gou escape by sea, he suddenly became a popular general in Zhao Gou's eyes.  If it weren't for the fact that Tianbo Division suffered heavy losses in the battle of "Capturing the Dragon", lost troops and generals, and even lost the monarch, and was repeatedly suppressed by civil servants such as Lu Yihao and Zhu Shengfei after returning to the court, his momentum would never be inferior to Liu Guangshi's.

    If Zhao Xu is still wary of veteran Western Army generals like Liu Guangshi, he has less worries about Zhang Jun, who is also from the Western Army.  Zhao Xu admires Li Qiong, who is versatile in both civil and military affairs, and respects Liu Guangshi, who belongs to a family of generals, but he is extremely disgusted with Zhang Qi (Zhang Junxingqi), a military ruffian who came from a grassroots background and got along simply by hugging his ninth brother.  After he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, in the name of enriching the inner palace with strong men, he took away more than 2,000 elite soldiers from the right army in front of the imperial court and handed them over to Li Qiong, the Marquis of Yu, the Infantry Guard Commander, and Yuhou Yang Yizhong, the Horse Guard Commander.  .

    Yang Yizhong was also a general. During the "Capture the Dragon" battle with Tianbo Division on the sea, his arm was cut off by a sniper attack by Di Lie. After surviving by chance, he could no longer go to the battlefield.  Zhao Xu took a fancy to his veteran qualifications and influence in the imperial right army, so he brought him into his department, which was also a means to divide and attack Zhang Jun.

    It¡¯s true that Zhang Jun has a reckless background, but that doesn¡¯t mean he has no brains ¨C how could he be like this without brains?  He couldn't count on Emperor Xingyuan. If it was just an official, he would admit it. But at this moment, Zhao Gou was released and returned In front of Zhang Jun, there was another new opportunity.

    Since then, Zhao Gou was watching flowers and admiring the moon in Lin'an Palace on the surface, but secretly he was in frequent contact with his old ministries and ministers, and Zhang Jun was one of the most important ones.  However, Zhao Xu had not been on the throne for a long time, and his foundation was weak. Most of the civil and military officials in the dynasty were old ministers of Jianyan. They were ambiguous on the surface and had flirtations with former officials in private. As a result, Zhao Xu, Emperor Xingyuan, could not guard against the various little moves of his ninth brother.  Unknowingly, he was connected with his old troops and gained control of a powerful military force right under his nose.

    "However, Zhao Xu is not just for a living. These princes and grandsons are naturally good at palace fighting.  Although he didn't know what tricks this ninth brother was playing in private, he was sure of one thing: he was not allowed to leave Lin'an, and he sent special personnel to monitor him day and night.  As long as you keep an eye on the real owner, you won't be able to escape.

    This trick was indeed effective. Zhao Gou's personal freedom was restricted and he could not leave Lin'an at all.  Even if Zhang Jun had the courage to do so, he would not dare to act rashly in such a situation.  This is why Zhao Gou risked his life to send Tianshu as an envoy - this is his only chance!

    Zhao Xu tried all kinds of dirty tricks, including poisoning the wine, but he couldn't stop the ninth brother from going to welcome Long Funeral.  Nothing to do, had no choice but to resort to the last resort, replacing the escort team with his own people, and Li Qiong's confidants as the escort generals.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUTOUTOUT) Zhao Gou had been counting on the generals to supervise Zhao Gou, but he never thought that Zhao Gou had repeatedly tried to hide the truth from the truth, and the golden cicada escaped from his shell. Each of his strategies was played out, and even Di Lie was deceived, let alone the generals of the guards.  When Zhao Gou and Zhang Jun's eight thousand imperial camp right armies met on the south bank of the Yangtze River, it heralded that another earthquake would occur in the court of the Southern Song Dynasty.

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    On April 29th, Zhao Gou and Zhang Jun led 5,000 imperial camp right troops (Jiankang Prefecture was always threatened by Tianbo Division, so of course they couldn't pull away all the troops, so they left a few thousand guards at least), and took fifty large and small warships.  The boat went east along the Yangtze River from the waterway.

    Choosing the water route instead of the land route was Zhang Jun¡¯s brilliance.  The purpose of their operation this time is to seize the throne, and the key is just one word-quick!  Playing fast and fighting slowly, before Emperor Xingyuan could react and before King Qin's edict could be issued, troops came to the city with lightning speed, coordinated internally and externally, slayed dragons and beheaded, creating an established fact.

    If attacking from the land, it would be difficult for just one Guangde Army (today¡¯s Guangde, Zhejiang Province) to pass quickly, let alone Huzhou and Xuanzhou, which were flanking on both sides.  I want to break through each state and county, let alone not having so much time, even if I have, the whole court will be alarmed, an edict will be issued, and troops will be sent to all places to serve the king If this is the case, let alone being in power, he may become a traitor and traitor.  , ended dismally.

    Therefore, Zhao Gou and Zhang Jun would rather take a big turn, spend more time, and walk an extra hundred miles - the important thing is that the waterway is concealed, safe, and unexpected.

    When the fleet was passing the river banks of Su, Chang, and Xiuzhou states, it was discovered by the imperial patrol fleet patrolling the river. It was immediately reported to Liu Guangshi, the Zhejiang envoy in eastern Zhejiang who was in charge of river defense in these states.  Liu Guangshi's attitude was very ambiguous, and he was slow to respond. He even had a banquet for several days, and the host and guest were very drunk.  After he sobered up, he gave the order "Quick and detailed investigation, interception possible".  After just a few days of delay, the fleet of the Imperial Right Army had already sailed out of the Yangtze River Estuary. Where to intercept it?

    An aide reminded him that he should report to the court as soon as possible. Liu Guangshi agreed and immediately wrote a letter to his eldest son to stay on the road. Before leaving, he gave instructions to "slow down, observe the situation, make a decision, and destroy (deliver) the letter."

    When Liu Guangshi was watching the situation, the imperial fleet's right army fleet had successfully sailed from the Yangtze River Estuary.  The army marched more than 500 miles in ten days and arrived at Hangzhou Bay on the ninth day of May. They immediately landed at Haiyan and attacked Lin'an, a hundred miles away.

    Because Liu Guangshi neglected his duties and even deliberately concealed it, the Lin'an court had not reacted until this moment.  Zhao Xu, the Xingyuan Emperor, did not receive relevant information (Liu Guangshi's letter was still halfway through), and he did not know that a life-threatening "rope" had been tied around his neck

    ??In the original history, the Southern Song Dynasty court did not have offshore power in Hangzhou Bay - because it was not necessary, the Jurchen Jin army could not even cross the Yangtze River, let alone the sea.  But in this time and space, it is completely different.  Now that the Jurchens are finished, they have been replaced by a more powerful opponent. This opponent's maritime strength is only stronger than that of the Southern Song Dynasty Navy.  Even though the relationship between the Southern Song Dynasty and Tianshu was in the honeymoon period, they did not dare to take it lightly.  Therefore, the Southern Song Dynasty established a tiger-wing navy in Yanguan, Hangzhou Bay, with more than 30 large and small warships and more than 2,000 soldiers.  The target of defense is obviously Tianbo Master.

    The Royal Right Army landed from Haiyan. Within a hundred miles, except for Chongde County and the Tiger Wing Navy, there was basically no decent blocking force.

    The number of soldiers in Chongde County is only a few hundred, which is basically negligible, but the Tiger Wing Navy this is a real navy.  Boat operators and sailors accounted for more than half of the people, and the number of real combatable soldiers was only five hundred.  If they were on the water, they might have some fighting strength, but on land, this strength would be really not enough.

    Although the right army of the imperial camp came by boat, it was an army. Among the five thousand men and horses, there were three thousand soldiers, and most of them were elite soldiers who had fought against Jin soldiers and rogue bandits.  Looking at the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, apart from Liu Guangshi's Imperial Guards, there is no other force that can compete with them.

    Zhang Jun took the fierce general Yang Mi as the vanguard and led a thousand elite infantry and lightly armored short soldiers. He threw away the logistical baggage and large troops and rushed forward regardless of the cost.  If there are any obstacles along the way, they will be swept away as soon as possible.  Be sure to arrive at Lin'an within one day and night. Failure to do so will result in death.

    Zhang Junze led the rear army of 4,000 troops to protect Zhao Gou, and then chased him, while alerting the Yanguan's tiger-wing navy.

    "If it were an enemy's army that plunged headlong into the enemy's territory without regard for its retreat, it would simply be self-destruction.  Although there are not many soldiers and tiger-wing naval forces in Chongde County, there are still thousands of soldiers put together. As long as they pinch both ends and cut off the retreat, even if they have ten times the strength, they will only be defeated.

    And right now, both Zhao Gou and Zhang Jun have only one thought - this battle can only be won but not defeated!  Victory leads to endless wealth, defeat The culprit of the Miao-Liu Rebellion two years agoThe scene is a reflection of one¡¯s own family.  Therefore, there is no need to worry about any escape routes or strategies.

    With the Imperial City of Lin'an captured, everything will be solved.

    On the tenth day of May, in the early morning, Yang Mi's vanguard army, which had marched all day and night and only rested for just two hours, led 857 people (more than a hundred people were left behind or injured) and appeared by the Huantang River, with the morning mist ahead.  In the middle, a huge city is looming.

    Lin'an City has arrived.
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