Xianxia version of Water Margin

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It wasn't that Zhao Gou hadn't heard that Jiang Hongfei had wiped out Wang Qing, and it wasn't that he didn't expect that Jiang Hongfei's next target would probably be him.

But at first, Zhao Gou really didn't expect that Jiang Hongfei would be so decisive, and instead of attacking Hangzhou by annihilating Wang Qing's men, he would take advantage of the civil strife in their Southern Song court to send the Yuan army from Fuzhou, which was adjacent to Hangzhou, to take advantage of it. Hangzhou.

Secondly, and most importantly, Zhao Gou had been under house arrest by Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others. Even if he wanted to prevent Jiang Hongfei from attacking him, there was nothing he could do.

What's more, to be honest, Zhao Gou had no intention of guarding against Jiang Hongfei. At that time, all he was thinking about was how to get back his power from Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others.

To take a step back, even if Zhao Gou had time, he would only think about his lower body where he could only pee on his feet. How could he think about Jiang Hongfei taking advantage of others' danger?

As a result, Jiang Hongfei did not miss any opportunity for unification and dispatched his three swordsmen in the southeast - Shi Xiu, Sun Jing, and Shi Bao.

Put it this way.

Since Jiang Hongfei left the southeast, the situation of the Dayuan Empire in the southeast has been supported by Shi Xiu, Wu Yong, Shi Bao and Lu Zhishen.

Fang Baihua mother and son?

They are just the nominal leaders of the Yuan Empire here in the southeast.

In fact, the situation of the Dayuan Empire in the southeast was mainly stabilized and created by Shi Xiu, Wu Yong, Shi Bao and Lu Zhishen. Fang Baihua followed Jiang Hongfei's instructions and was Jiang Hongfei's mouthpiece.

Later, Sun Jing came to replace Wu Yong, and Lu Zhishen followed Jiang Hongfei's instructions to open up territory on Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road. The situation of the Dayuan Empire in the southeast has been controlled by Shi Xiu, Sun Jing, and Shi Bao.

Shi Xiu, Sun Jing, and Shi Bao teamed up to deal with Tong Guan and Fang La. Although they were weak alone, they never let Tong Guan and Fang La take advantage of the Yuan Empire.

Not only that, Shi Xiu, Sun Jing, and Shi Bao also expanded the territory left to them by Jiang Hongfei, and expanded their army to more than 200,000.

With Liuqiu as the rear and the Dayuan Empire as the rear, the southeast region of the Dayuan Empire under the management of Shi Xiu, Sun Jing, and Shi Bao has always firmly occupied a place in the southeast.

Therefore, Shi Xiu, Sun Jing, and Shi Bao were nicknamed the Three Musketeers of the Yuan Dynasty by people here in the southeast.

Shi Xiu, Sun Jing, and Shi Bao also lived up to the name of the Three Musketeers of the Yuan Dynasty. When Shi Xiu heard that the Miao and Liu soldiers had mutinied in the Southern Song Dynasty, he immediately sent the news to Jiang Hongfei. Jiang Hongfei also simply asked Shi Xiu to , Sun Jing, and Shi Bao were fully responsible for this matter, and could even temporarily issue imperial edicts on their behalf, and bribe the people under Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan with high-ranking officials and generous salaries.

Of course, the imperial edict to appoint Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan as Jiedu envoys, and Wang Shixiu, Wang Junfu, Ma Rouji, Zhang Kui, Wu Zhan, etc. as Tuan Lian envoys was indeed issued by Jiang Hongfei.

After Shi Xiu, Sun Jing, and Shi Bao received Jiang Hongfei's order, they decisively handed over the Dayuan Empire's territory in the southeast to General Lu and others for management. All three were dispatched. Shi Xiu and Sun Jing sneaked directly into Hangzhou City, and Shi Bao led The army responded and prepared to capture Hangzhou City, the core of the Southern Song Dynasty's small court, in one fell swoop.

Just as the world had guessed, the Yuan Empire had already placed countless spies in the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Among them, the highest-ranking one was Mo Chou, who had already entered the decision-making level of the small imperial court of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Moreover, Mo Chuan and others had already instigated many officials from the Zhao and Song dynasties to rebel against the Yuan Empire.

With the efforts of these people, Shi Xiu and Sun Jing entered Hangzhou City without any danger and took control of a large army.

But Shi Xiu, Sun Jing and others did not move until Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and the others were desperate and Zhao Gou refused to forgive Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and the others because of their arrogance. Shi Xiu, Sun Jing and the others seemed to be watching. Like a venomous snake on the verge of preying on him, in one fell swoop he captured the desperate Song army soldiers such as Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan who launched a mutiny...

In fact, Shi Xiu, Sun Jing and others had already discussed it. If they could incite rebellion against Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others, they would let Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan do it. If not, they would do it themselves. In short, they would attack the Southern Song Dynasty. The small court carried out beheadings and occupied the heart of the small court in the Southern Song Dynasty, which was the city of Hangzhou.

As a result, with the decisive attack of Shi Xiu, Sun Jing and others, as well as proper timing and response, Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others happily surrendered to the Yuan Empire, Zhao Gou was captured, and the Southern Song Dynasty's small court in Hangzhou All the courtiers were captured, and the Yuan Empire completed the beheading operation. Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others also rushed to the 100,000-strong army led by Shi Bao to Hangzhou City before the arrival of King Qin's division.

The terrain of Hangzhou is like being in a relatively small space, with Gaoting Mountain in the north, Tianmu Mountain in the west, Fuchun River in the south, and Hangzhou Bay in the east. The terrain within the territory slopes from northwest to southeast, and the district borders north, west, and It is surrounded by mountains on three sides in the south, forming a horseshoe-shaped barrier to the southeast. There are many high mountains, deep ravines and valleys in the northwest; the southeast is hills and wide valleys with flat terrain, making it a natural place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

In order to ensure that this rich city was more impregnable, the Zhao and Song dynasties spent nearly two hundred years on the basis of the former city of Hangzhou, starting from Qinwang Mountain, from Jiajiang River to the east, from the Genjiang River to Qiantang Lake, Huoshan, Fanpu, and seventy miles around. The indestructible outer city of Hangzhou was built.

As early as when Tong Guan occupied Hangzhou, in order to use it as a center to resist the southeastern region of the Yuan Empire and the Yongle Dynasty, Tong Guan gathered a large amount of grain and grass here.

Later, after Zhao Gou designated Hangzhou as his temporary capital, he sent people to collect a large amount of grain and grass and stored it in Hangzhou city.

That is to say, after Shi Bao arrived, Hangzhou had a total of 150,000 troops, including the Yuan army and the Song army that surrendered to the Yuan Empire, and there were mountains of food and grass.

Moreover, Hangzhou was close to the canal, so the waterway was very developed, which was convenient for the Yuan Empire to reinforce Hangzhou by water.

These were enough to ensure that the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack Hangzhou City could be held for a long time and wait for reinforcements.

But even so, in order to be safe, Shi Xiu, Sun Jing and Shi Bao discussed and decided to load Zhao Gou, the royal family and clan of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty and their families onto the ship, and sent 20,000 naval forces to secretly send them back to Yuan Dadu by sea...

To be honest, Zhao Gou never expected that he would be captured by the Yuan army and sent to see Jiang Hongfei in such a suffocating and angry way.

To be honest, Zhao Gou was not convinced! ! !

At the beginning, Zhao Gou chose Hangzhou as his temporary capital because Hangzhou was close to the canal, so the waterway was very developed. Zhao Gou saw that this would make it more convenient for him to escape, so he decided to move the capital to Hangzhou.

Moreover, Zhao Gou had changed his name to Jiang Gou, and he had recognized the thief as his father. He was weak and repeatedly wrote letters to Jiang Hongfei begging for mercy. The letters expressed his fear. Whether it was day or night, he was thinking that Jiang Hongfei would be merciful and let him live. Why didn't Jiang Hongfei let him go? ! ! !

In addition, Zhao Gou was on guard, but he never thought that his personal army would rebel, capture him, and send him to the Yuan army. The Yuan army then sent him to Yuan Dadu to meet Jiang Hongfei.

The personal army is the emperor's last reliance, the emperor's most trusted people, and the people who can sacrifice their lives to block the knife for the emperor at a critical moment.

Let's not talk about the distant ones, just talk about Jiang Hongfei's personal army.

That is definitely the case. Once Jiang Hongfei is in danger, they will rush to block the knife for Jiang Hongfei. They are all loyal and brave.

Let's put it this way. As long as Jiang Hongfei gives an order, most of Jiang Hongfei's soldiers are willing to die. Jiang Hongfei asks them to kill someone, and they will definitely chop that person into meat paste at the first time, no matter who he is.

There are naturally reasons why Jiang Hongfei's soldiers are so loyal to Jiang Hongfei and obey Jiang Hongfei's orders so much:

First, Jiang Hongfei is wise and wise, open-minded and generous, knows how to appoint people, and is happy to use people. All the soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty blindly worship Jiang Hongfei.

Secondly, the welfare benefits of Jiang Hongfei's soldiers are the best among all the Yuan Dynasty soldiers, without a doubt.

Moreover, Jiang Hongfei's soldiers are the most loyal (and the strongest) soldiers to Jiang Hongfei selected from all the Yuan Dynasty soldiers.

The key is that becoming Jiang Hongfei's soldiers is the supreme honor in the eyes of the soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty.

The key point is that Jiang Hongfei's personal army is the cradle of the generals of the Yuan army. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as you have been in Jiang Hongfei's personal army, you will be promoted at least two or three levels if you are transferred to the main army. Then you can serve as an officer or military supervisor of the main army. Let's put it this way. Among the current officers of the Yuan Empire, at least 30% have served as personal soldiers beside Jiang Hongfei.

Another point that must be mentioned is that Jiang Hongfei trusts all his personal soldiers, but at the same time, all the relatives of his personal soldiers must live in Yuan Dadu.

Two sides of the same coin.

Jiang Hongfei trusts his personal soldiers and uses them without doubt. This is his sincerity.

Keeping their families in his hands just in case is Jiang Hongfei's method.

In fact, the underlying logic between people and countries is much like this.

Why was Qin Shihuang Yingzheng born in Handan, Zhao? Wasn't it because he had been a hostage?

Grasping the carrot and the stick at the same time is not inconsistent.

Don't forget that when the Bodhisattva lowers his eyebrows, there must be a Vajra with angry eyes next to him.

Jiang Hongfei understands the complexity of human nature. Many factors can cause a person to change his mind and do unexpected things.

So Jiang Hongfei often has two preparations.

First, I treat you well with all my heart.

Second, if you do something that goes against my original intention, I still have bargaining chips and means to contain you.

Some people may think that Jiang Hongfei is too insidious to play tricks?

Well... how to say it?

People who think so can only say that their hearts are not mature enough, at least they can't be emperors.

Jiang Hongfei can believe in a person's kindness, but at the same time he will not underestimate the evil of human nature.

Otherwise, why does the old saying say that you should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others?

Objectively speaking, this is human nature.

Of course, while Jiang Hongfei is guarding against his own soldiers, although he has 50,000 soldiers, he can call out the name of each one and know the general information of all of them.

In addition, Jiang Hongfei usually gives his own soldiers various rewards and favors. No matter who they are, if they encounter difficulties at home, Jiang Hongfei will definitely help them as long as he knows.

All of this made Jiang Hongfei's army so loyal.

Let's look at Zhao Gou again.

Cowardly!

No backbone!

His father, mother, wife, five daughters, and all the clans were captured by Jiang Hongfei and humiliated in every way, but he was determined to escape, only caring about his own survival and enjoyment, not thinking about rescue and revenge, unworthy of being a man!

The country has come to this point, but he does not think about progress, only thinking about escaping, being content with enjoyment, and being extremely selfish!

He also used people for personal relationships, did not know how to reward and punish, only won over the leader of the army, Wang Yuan, but did not win over the army below, etc.!

It is no wonder that even Zhao Gou's army betrayed him.

The Miao-Liu mutiny also caused Zhao Gou to suffer two heavy blows:

The first is that Zhao Gou was completely gone, and he could no longer be considered a real man. He completely became Zhao Jiumei.

The second is that Zhao Gou, who felt that he had completely lost his fertility, could only put all his hopes on his only son Zhao Bing. But last time on the city gate tower, Zhao Bing was frightened by Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others, and fell seriously ill, and his condition became more and more serious. Now he is dying.

In other words, Zhao Gou is very worried that Zhao Bing will not survive and leave him without descendants.

You know, this is not just as simple as not having descendants.

If the emperor has no son, it will directly affect his rule.

Moreover, Zhao Guangyi's branch now has only Zhao Gou, and Zhao Gou has only Zhao Bing as his son. If Zhao Bing has any accident, it will be a big trouble.

In addition, the words shouted by Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others, "Your Majesty's throne is not legitimate, if Yuan Sheng comes back, how will you deal with it?" also deeply hurt Zhao Gou.

After the Miao-Liu mutiny, Zhao Gou was more convinced that military commanders were not good people. The rules set by the ancestors were too right. The court should value civil officials over military officials. Military commanders must not be given too much power, and they must not be allowed to form a unity with their subordinates.

——When Zhao Kuangyin founded the country, he implemented the law of changing the army, that is, in the same place, the commanders did not change the troops, and the troops did not change the commanders. The purpose was to prevent the soldiers from knowing the commanders and the commanders from knowing the soldiers, so as to prevent the military commanders from rebelling.

In short, anger made Zhao Gou lose his mind, and also made Zhao Gou determined to kill Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and other culprits for revenge.

Driven by hatred, Zhao Gou unwisely bullied Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others for their lack of knowledge, and deliberately wrote "Except for treason, the rest will not be discussed" on the iron certificate.

As a result, because of Zhao Gou's impulse, Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and others were easily instigated by Shi Xiu and Sun Jing to rebel. Zhao Gou was completely imprisoned before he could take revenge.

Zhao Gou knew very well how Jiang Hongfei would deal with him. If he was imprisoned in Wanguo City, he might die of old age in Wanguo City in the future. All his concubines would enter Jiang Hongfei's harem, and he would suffer great humiliation.

Ordinarily, if Zhao Gou had any ambition, he would definitely end his life and be buried with the Zhao Song Dynasty. After all, the Zhao Song Dynasty was lost in his hands.

But Zhao Gou said to himself: "They are the culprits of the demise of my Song Dynasty. They are both struggling to survive. Why should I die? They left me such a mess. I am lucky that I can hold on for so long. I am worthy of my ancestors of the Zhao family."

Moreover, Zhao Gou still has hope.

Don't forget that Zhao Gou's mother Wei Xianfei and his ex-wife Xing Bingyi are now Jiang Hongfei's favorite concubines.

In addition, Zhao Gou's original concubines and the concubines he collected after leaving Tokyo Bianliang City will also become Jiang Hongfei's women.

The key point is that Zhao Gou has changed his surname to "Jiang" like Jiang Hongfei. He and Jiang Hongfei are father and son, and Jiang Hongfei will definitely not kill him.

By the way, Zhao Gou has five daughters. When they grow up, they can also help him.

Thinking of this, Zhao Gou felt that the situation was not so bad.

In short.

Zhao Gou, his concubines, the royal family and clan of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and all the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty's small court sailed on the sea for more than ten days and arrived at Jizhou Port, and then were escorted to Yuan Dadu by the Yuan army.

Because Jiang Hongfei was still leading the expedition in person, Wang Lun, Chen Ke and others who stayed behind could only follow the previous rules and imprison Zhao Gou, the royal family and clan of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and all the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty's small court in Wanguo City, and Zhao Gou's concubines and all the royal and clan daughters of the Zhao Song Dynasty were sent to Jiang Hongfei's harem, managed by Queen Gao Liang and Queen Mother Zheng.

It was also because of this that Zhao Gou finally met Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan, and all the royal and clan members of the Zhao Song Dynasty...

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