After the Jin army burned and slaughtered Yangzhou, they had to temporarily stop invading because what lies in front of them was a natural danger that was harder than the Yellow River - the Yangtze River.

There is also a Huazhou Bridge on the Yellow River, and the Yangtze River has never had a bridge since ancient times. There are only two ways to cross the Yangtze River: either take a boat or swim, or choose any.

The lack of ferry boats and the lack of water (Ba Lisu is 6,000 cavalry, mostly Jurchens, Khitans are sharp, all northerners), and the Song army opposite gathers nearly 100,000 troops to block it, various factors make Ba Lisu dare not advance lightly. He then stationed troops in Zhenzhou, southwest of Yangzhou, waiting for the deputy commander of the Eastern Army, Wushu Langjun, to lead the main infantry to go south. At that time, build ships, train navy troops, and launch a fatal blow to the Southern Dynasty.

At this time, the two military armies confronted the Jin army across the river were the Jianyan Dynasty, namely the Lu Yihao army of Zhenjiang Prefecture (newly gathered some of Liu Guangshi's remaining troops) and Du Chong's army of Jiankang Prefecture (now Nanjing). Both armies were remnants of defeated soldiers. After gathering more defeated soldiers, they even gathered a large army of 100,000. Relying on the natural danger of the Yangtze River, they dared to grin at the Jin army on the North Bank that had just beaten them.

In February of the second year of Jianyan, Jianghuai, which was full of war, experienced a rare peace.

In the middle of the year, Du Chong went to Hangzhou to Neijun - Yes, that's right, Zhao Gou fled to Hangzhou, four hundred miles away from Yangzhou. The most important thing is to have a natural danger protection, and finally settled down.

No one knew what Du Chong said to Zhao Gou, because the monarch and minister were secretly discussing in the inner court. He only knew that when Du Chong returned to Jiankang Mansion, two more powerful generals were added to the entourage: Fan Qiong and Kong Yanzhou.

As soon as Du Chong and his party stepped into the Stone City, an imperial edict came from behind.

This is an imperial edict that highly praised and praised. The object of praise is Du Chong: "...Following the country and forgetting the family, and gaining the courage of a strong man; predicting the enemy at the right time, and having the style of a famous general in ancient times. Compared to guarding the two capitals, preparing for a hundred battles, the famous barbarians and Xia were famous, and the soldiers and civilians were deprived of their anger.... He was appointed as the Right Master of Shangshu, Tongpingzhangshi (i.e., the Right Prime Minister, whose official position is only under the Left Prime Minister), and was also the Xuanfu Envoy of Jianghuai, and Jiankang stayed behind..."

Such jaw-dropping words. I wonder if Du Liuzhou will blush?

Well, Du Liuwang became a left-behind for the third time, běijing, Tokyo, Dongdu (Jiankang Prefecture), went south more and more. Oh, according to official positions, he should be called "King Du".

At night, Jiankang Mansion Office. Inner Hall.

Under the candlelight, Du Chong's face not only did not turn red, but instead showed a green air. He looked at the two generals who were watching the secret order in front of him: Fan Qiong and Kong Yanzhou, sat quietly without saying a word.

It was not until Fan and the two generals Kong looked at each other, let out a long sigh and returned the secret order, Du Chong said lightly: "How? If this matter is done, the two wealthy and noble people will be promoted, which is no problem. It depends on whether they dare to fight."

Kong Yanzhou said: "My army is absolutely invincible, it's just the side of the Jin people..."

Kong Yanzhou, who was the governor of Qi (zhou) and Huang (zhou) at that time, was a powerful general who was under thirty years old and had a strong face. This man was originally from Lin Lu (another Xiangzhou from Xiangzhou) and was a fellow villager with Du Chong when he was young. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, he applied for recruitment and was appointed as the commander of the East and West Jinglu Road Army. In the second year of Jianyan, he heard that the Jin army was about to arrive in Shandong, so he led his troops to rob and kill residents, burned houses, plundered property, and crossed Henan.

This life was brutal. After being appointed as the Qihuang Punishment envoy by the Jianyan Dynasty, he led nearly 10,000 troops, occupied prefectures and counties, and killed and looted everywhere. He was almost robbers.

The censor Han Huang described the situation of the places where Kong Yanzhou's bandit army had harmed: "From Jiangxi to Hunan, no matter what counties and villages, no matter how far they were, they were ashes, and where they were destroyed. Nine out of ten houses were empty. When the reason was that the Jin people had dispersed before they arrived, the Jin people had left and attacked the troops. The officers and soldiers robbed each other, and the cities and villages were searched everywhere. The thieves retreated and the wounds were not restored, and the officials were not in peace and were even more engraved. The soldiers and generals were tyrannical and only punished them. There were many sounds of howling, and the people were dispersed and rebelled like silk."

This person later became an important figure who rebels from Song and Jin. Of course, it is hard to say whether Kong Yanzhou still has the chance to make such a fuss.

Fan Qiong also said: "If the Jin people can open the Internet, Baochen (Fan Qiong's name) believes that this matter is feasible."

Fan Qiong, a native of Kaifeng, was appointed as the inspector of the four walls of the capital during Jingkang. He once led a thousand soldiers to attack the Jin army that besieged Tokyo at night (but the ending was tragic, mostly falling into the ice river). However, this person was also the fastest general when he was besieged by the Jin army in the late Northern Song Dynasty. Within a month, he transformed from a brave general who dared to go out of the city to fight to the traitor who held a sword to drive Hui to the Jin army, and the two emperors and concubines left the city.

After being stimulated by this misconduct, this man simply gave up and became an evil general who followed Kong Yanzhou. When the Jin army forced Yangzhou, he avoided Shouchun (now Shou County, Anhui). Shouchun people ridiculed him and left without fighting. Fan Qiong was furious and ordered his troops to enter the city to kill and loot. Even though he had such evil deeds, Zhao Gou had to win over him because he had a lot of troops. He was also given the title of General Punishment and was in charge of the Imperial Camp Commander, and his official position was really quite large.

Du Chong faced the questions of these two evil dog generals and just smiled slightly: "The minister has already handed over this matter to the envoy, crossed the river north, and contacted Tokyo. This matter is beneficial to the Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty. I believe that the two men of the Wanyan family will be happy to see it."

...

In Tokyo, two men of the Wanyan family, Zong Fu and Wushu, who saw the invitation from Song Envoy, first widened their eyes in shock, then looked at each other in surprise, and finally couldn't help but burst into laughter, and the laughter was indescribable pleasure and ridicule.

After finally stopping the laughter, Zong Fu's smile became stronger and stronger: "Empress Song, what are your name?"

The envoy of Song was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a square face and a wide forehead, a white face and a slight beard. Hearing this, he had a faint anger flashed in his eyes. His spirit remained unchanged, and he said neither humble nor arrogantly: "Xiaozhou Silu, Hong Hao."

"Xiuzhou Silu? How did the Southern Dynasties send such a low-ranking official to be an envoy? However, at this time, from King Kang to Lishu, everyone fled south. If you go alone to the north, you would have some courage."

Hong Hao said with a voice: "King, please be careful. Before the Song ministers, you should not insult the Song lord. The so-called lord is humiliated and the ministers die. If the king speaks rudely again, please give Hong a sharp axe."

Zong Fu was stunned for a while before he made up his clothes and apologized after the case. Only Wu Shu watched coldly and did not speak. Insult? Did King Kang not escape? Isn’t what he said? Since it is a fact, how could he insult? What he heard before when he was sacrificing wine in the Southern Dynasties, “People will humiliate themselves and then others will humiliate them.” It seems that what he said. Isn’t King Kang the best portrayal?

Hong Hao did not expect that the right deputy marshal of Jin would be so polite. He hurriedly returned the gift and said, "Hong Hao was not a formal envoy from the court, but was sent by Xianggong Du, who just delivered this request."

Zong Fu smiled and shook his hand in his request form: "Have Hong Silu read the contents of this request form?"

"Hong Hao only sent a message to him, and he asked for a sealed varnish, so he didn't dare to open it."

Zong Fu smiled playfully: "Since that's the case, please ask Hong Silu to reply to Du Jun. Why don't we do such a two-way situation?"

Although Hong Hao didn't know what the invitation was saying, he was overjoyed to complete his mission so smoothly and immediately thanked him.

Zong Fu was obviously very eager to see what Du Chong said, and immediately wrote a letter in his hand. Zong Fu, who was from the military affairs department of an aide and counselor, was one of the few senior generals of the Jin army who could write with his pen.

The letter was written and the right deputy marshal seal was taken and stamped. However, he did not hand it over to Hong Hao, but he called one person. But he saw that he had eight characters and tendrils around thirty years old, his eyes half-closed and half-open, as if he was afraid of light. Although his face was thin, his physique was very strong. It was a long-lost evacuation drink!

After Zong Fu handed over the letter to the evacuation, he introduced to Hong Hao: "This is the evacuation of the evacuation of the lieutenant. The so-called military force is very fast, and he will be the guide of Du Jun. I believe that it will save a lot of effort and achieve the wishes of both countries soon."

The soldiers are so fast? Guide Hong Hao and the evacuation drink greet each other, but they looked confused.

Zong Fu laughed again: "Hong Jun doesn't have to make any guesses. Just repay Du Jun. I believe Du Jun will be overjoyed. Hahaha!"

When Hong Hao and the evacuated Drum returned to Jiankang Mansion, on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the vanguard of the Jin army, Ba Lisu, was extremely pleased to send a fast boat to send two envoys across the river.

Sure enough, after seeing Wanyan Zongfu's reply, Du Chong was really happy and waited for the evacuation to drink as a guest of honor.

Three miles later, two armies entered the east military camp of Jiankang City Palace (formerly the Southern Tang Palace City), with one thousand soldiers from Fan Qiong's army and one thousand soldiers from Kong Yanzhou's army. Although these two thousand soldiers were not many, they were the jinglings among the two generals. The two generals had nearly 10,000 soldiers, but the real jinglings were only these two thousand. It can be seen that the two generals really took out all their old capitals.

As the head coach, Du Chong, of course, could not be left behind. He also sent 1,500 soldiers, of which 1,000 were the regular soldiers and 500 were responsible for the support. The three teams of people and horses merged, totaling 3,500 infantry soldiers, of which 3,000 soldiers were fighting. Such a proportion of the main and auxiliary soldiers was unprecedented in the Song army. In terms of strength, it was equivalent to the combat power of a team of 10,000, and even more than that.

What did Du Chong want to do when he assembled such a powerful army? It is impossible to attack the Jin army! The right deputy marshal of the Jin army sent envoys, thinking that it would be possible to lead the wolf into the house? The Song State often did this, but the Jin State absolutely did not.

In late February, the strangest scene appeared: this joint army, led by the three generals Du Chong, Fan Qiong and Kong Yanzhou, set off from the water gate of the northzhazhai Gate of Jiankang City and entered the Yangtze River.

Half a mile later, 3500 armies appeared at the ruined Xijin Port of Yangzhou. The Jin army stationed in Zhenzhou and was close to him, but ignored the Song army under the nose. Then, the army took the only cavalry as the vanguard, led by the evacuation of Hei and headed north. However, they encountered the Jin army's whistle cavalry along the way, and showed their right deputy marshal's order, and immediately passed. Not only that, they evacuated Hei and even recruited food and fodder to the prefectures and counties occupied by the Jin army along the way to ensure that the 3500 army would advance quickly without any obstacles along the way.

Du Chong, Fan Qiong, Kong Yanzhou and others were all grateful for the "friendly" help of the Jin people. They felt that the Jin people were not so arrogant and unreasonable and difficult to deal with.
Chapter completed!