Qiming 1158

Chapter 933 Zhao Tan feels the unprecedented emptiness, loneliness and coldness
Once again launched a crusade against Jiangnan West Road?

Now?

immediately?

Zhou Linzhi thought he had heard it wrong.

"Your Majesty, is this...is this true?"

"Is my order fake?"

Zhao Tan took a deep breath: "The bandits on Jiangnan West Road are too arrogant and cannot be ignored. They must start the next expedition immediately! They must not be allowed to grow and develop! Absolutely! Start the next expedition immediately!"

Zhao Tan's order was very decisive, Zhou Linzhi was shocked, and quickly persuaded Zhao Tan not to start the war again, otherwise the problem would be really big, and the court's finances would be on the verge of collapse.

But Zhao Tan could no longer accept such a statement.

He was really in a hurry.

Relying on the transfer of contradictions, he sacrificed Shi Hao, and he barely got a good night's sleep.

But after waking up, he found that his situation was still extremely bad, and the vicious aura brought by the killing could not last for a long time, and the distrust and doubts of the ministers still existed widely.

At the moment when Zhao Gou escaped, Zhao Tan's unease was unprecedentedly strong.

Thinking of something from the past, on the one hand, he sent people to closely monitor Zhao Ji's sons living in Lin'an City, and on the other hand, he was planning a battle to restore everything.

What is lost because of the war must be recovered through the war, otherwise, it will not be recovered.

He desperately needs a victory to stabilize people's hearts, or he is really afraid that the swarms of rebels will bring down his dynasty and his status.

What could be more terrifying than this?
Zhou Linzhi was helpless about this, he did not dare to persuade Zhao Tan, he was afraid that his persuasion would make him the next Shi Hao or Zhang Jun.

But Shen Jie, who was in charge of finances, was fine. He felt that it was the privy envoy who was killed, and other positions were still safe.

So when Zhao Tan decided to attack again, Shen Ging was quite collapsed.

You just lost a battle, and you're going to fight again before your ass is wiped clean?

No, Your Majesty!
"Your Majesty, the current state of the treasury is really not optimistic, there are too many places to spend money, and it really can't stand another battle, and the previous two battles have already consumed too much reserves, and it is really impossible to fight now. Woke up!"

Shen Gai tried his best to remonstrate, hoping to restore Zhao Tan's idea.

But Zhao Tan could no longer listen to other opinions, and he became sensitive and irritable.

He asked Shen to levy a new tax and start a war with the tax money from the new tax, no matter what means or names are used, but it must be enough to start a war.

"It doesn't matter if you suffer for the people, it doesn't matter if you are infatuated with infamy, the important thing is to quell the rebellion immediately! Silencing the rebellion as soon as possible will restore peace as soon as possible. Do you really want to watch the bandits split the ground on Jiangnan West Road and become king?!"

Shen Kai had nothing to say, he could only listen to Zhao Tan's request and start to study how to levy the new tax.

Just researching and researching, I feel that the people in many places have been tossed about by the tax and continue to levy it, for fear of causing trouble and rebellion.

Wouldn't it just make things worse by then?
Shen Kai was very helpless.

Zhao Wei sent an order to deal with Wu Gong and officials of the Ezhou and Hanyang army separately, and then sent an order to Yao Zhong to lead an army of 3 people to Wuchang to make further preparations for war.

At the same time, Zhao Tan sent someone to welcome Zhao Gou back.

Although he and Zhao Gou had nothing to say about their father-son relationship, Zhao Gou, as the Supreme Emperor, always stayed outside and brought the army, which made him very uneasy.

According to the latest news, Zhao Gou has traveled eastward to Linhai County, Taizhou at a rocket-like speed. It is said that the next step is to go to Wenzhou. If the situation gets worse, he plans to go directly to sea and wait for the final result at sea. Pursuing that, fleeing to sea and waiting for things to calm down.

He is now ordering the governor of Wenzhou to prepare a fleet for him, just waiting for specific news.

Man, how can this be done?
Zhao Tan had nothing to say about Zhao Gou, and just hoped that he would come back as soon as possible without further delay.

After solving these things, Zhao Tan threw himself into the endless butt-wiping operation, and worked hard for the losses suffered in this war.

He really felt that he was so tired, so tired, that he couldn't keep up with anything, except for eating, he could still feel a little happy, and even paying public food became boring.

Every day from morning to night, his head would explode. He just wanted to sleep at night, and he really couldn't even lift his head up.

But those concubines didn't understand his hard work or helplessness at all, all of them were dressed in fancy clothes, and when they saw him, they could not wait to pull him to the bed immediately.

These women clearly want to use him to get them pregnant, and then rely on the children in their wombs to get rich.

Living with a group of women he doesn't like at all, doing this kind of thing that doesn't feel happy at all, really, really makes him very tired.

He doesn't even have a person who can speak his heart, or someone who can communicate his feelings and express his exhaustion. Every day, he is like facing a group of white-eyed wolves who only know how to ask for something but don't know anything in return. He is empty, lonely and cold.

He can only continue to put all his happiness on food, and pursue more extreme delicacies. He feels that only food will not disappoint him, and eating every day is the only thing he looks forward to.

This winter, when all forces are unstable, comes to an end with the arrival of the Spring Festival in the fourth year of Hongwu.

At the beginning of the new year, Zhao Yu's achievements were reported by Xu Tong.

It is said that he successfully completed the mission of the big counteroffensive and the disgusting Zhao Guan's family. Not only did he defeat Qi Fang's troops and captured Qi Fang, he also rushed to Lin'an with four thousand troops. humiliated.

He sent someone to send Qi Fang to Nanchang, while he stayed in Jianchang Army to deal with the post-war affairs. According to him, although he achieved great results, the army suffered a lot, and he needed to deal with the army's battles. matters later.

At the same time, he suggested to Zhao Yucheng that although the anti-encirclement campaign was won, the peasant army's combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the Song army.

Because Song Jun still has an elite team.

Yao Zhong's troops.

This unit has not yet entered the battlefield, and the peasant army will certainly not be able to fight against it.

Under the circumstance that the navy is still incompetent, fighting with this army in the Jinghu area with dense water network is tantamount to suicide.

Xu Tong and his instructor jointly suggested that Zhao Yucheng should seize the time to train troops and organize grass-roots organizations of the Renaissance to carry out a mass production movement. It is necessary to do a good job in spring ploughing after the Spring Festival, which is of great significance to the sustainable fighting of the peasant army.

This letter was delivered to Zhao Yucheng along with Qi Fang's arrival. After Zhao Yucheng read it, he praised Xu Tong's calmness and rationality. He thought that he had just won such a big victory, but instead of being proud, he reflected on it. This is very Valuable quality.

With this precious quality, in the future, Xu Tong will definitely become one of the outstanding famous generals of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, Zhao Yucheng also agreed with Xu Tong's suggestion, because no one knew better than him the lack of professionalism of the hasty peasant army.

Lin Xun's death in battle gave him a lot of stimulation, which made him put away his heart of underestimating the enemy, and had a deeper understanding of Su Yonglin's words "Despise the enemy in strategy, and pay attention to the enemy in tactics".

The enemy as a whole may be very stupid and decaying, but when it is implemented into specific action units, it will also cause tactical mistakes due to the emergence of particularly capable enemies.

This time, thanks to the help of God and the bureaucrats of the Southern Song Dynasty, it is hard to say what the consequences will be if this battle starts in the spring.

But Nanchang is likely to be unstoppable.

(End of this chapter)