I am Da Song

Chapter 137 Heart and Power

Looking at the chaotic soldiers on the city wall of Nanjing, Zhao Gou was trembling with fear.

The situation has developed to this day, and there are only two words left to describe the situation in Nanjing.

According to Zhao Gou and Fan Ne's vision, after Tokyo discovers the change in Nanjing, it should respond very cautiously, and will inevitably recruit troops from all directions to encircle and suppress.

After all, Tokyo has only tens of thousands of troops, while Nanjing has more than 20 troops and nearly [-] infantry.

To be on the safe side, the imperial court had to draw at least 30 to [-] troops from various prefectures and counties before going south to suppress the rebellion.

Taking advantage of this time, Nanjing can establish a new dynasty and win people's hearts, especially the scholar-bureaucrats in the south.Zhao Huan's policy was so unpopular that most of the scholar-officials were dissatisfied.

As long as Nanjing is given a few months, the Southern Song court will gain the support of most of the scholar-bureaucrats in the world and successfully stabilize the morale of the army.

At that time, let alone Tokyo coming to suppress the rebellion, the situation will become that the army of the Southern Song Dynasty will surround the city of Tokyo from all directions.

In the city of Nanjing, countless officials, scholar-bureaucrats, and even the most conservative people believed that the imperial court would take at least half a month before sending troops to suppress the rebellion.

Because Tokyo had just fought a bloody battle with the Jinren, causing heavy casualties.Almost all of the army has been disabled, and it will take a lot of time to reorganize and rectify the morale of the army.

But let alone half a month, it only took seven days for the Tokyo army to push all the way to the city of Nanjing.

Even the news of the rebellion was announced by Tokyo on its own initiative.

In a hurry, Zhao Gou had no choice but to proclaim himself emperor, changed his reign name to Jianyan, and conferred official titles to win people's hearts.

If you don't proclaim yourself emperor in time and fight the Tokyo army as a court vassal, then there is no need to fight.With a single edict, one hundred thousand troops can unload their armor.

However, the era of the new era is only seven days old, and the city of Nanjing has not adapted to this drastic change at all.

The soldiers in the city heard that they had suddenly become rebellious, and there were many mutinies one after another. Every day and every night, Fan Ne and Zhao Ye had to put down a large number of rebellions.Thousands of heads were severed, and headless corpses were scattered all over the long street, with blood, filth and stench rising to the sky.

While the literati and bureaucrats suppressed bloody, Zhao Gou promised heavy rewards to the soldiers.All those who serve the new dynasty are expected to be high-ranking officials and rich in salary, and their official positions are third-class.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Zhao Gou also ordered the forced recruitment of Nanjing women and rewarded them to the soldiers.

Although these methods are very crude, they are also in the taste of the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty.Talking about loyalty to them is purely playing the piano with cattle.

The Yisheng Army was the army with the highest salary in the Song Dynasty, guarding the Shanxi defense line.As a result, the Jin people invaded, and the whole army, which had received a lot of money from the country, surrendered and dedicated more than ten cities.

The feudal army has limited integrity.Whoever benefits them, they fight for.

Zhao Gou was generous enough to bribe them with gold and silver, and gave them women to satisfy their animal desires.

A large number of Song soldiers immediately changed their courts and became ministers of Zhao Gou.It was with their support that Fan Ne and Zhao Ye were able to slaughter other loyal soldiers batch by batch.

But even though Zhao Gou tried his best to resist, the moment Nanjing saw the figures of the officials, the morale of the army still collapsed.

The densely packed soldiers instinctively bowed and saluted, and Zhao Gou didn't even dare to order the massacre.

At this time, if civil strife broke out on the city wall first, and the army under the city took advantage of the situation to attack, it would be doubtful whether Nanjing City could hold the first wave of offensive.

Fortunately, the Shenwu Youjun under the city maintained great restraint, probably because the moat had not been filled and the siege equipment could not be pushed up, so the commanding general did not choose to attack the city with ants.

Thousands of well-dressed soldiers lined up under the city wall in a square formation, with spears like forests, red tassels like belts, and flags fluttering.

In front of this majestic and majestic phalanx was the familiar figure, the elder brother Zhao Huan.

It's just that his temperament is a little less cowardly, and obviously a little more fierce. Just standing with his hands behind his back indifferently, everyone on the city wall dare not look directly at him.

Before Zhao Gou could figure out how to speak, he heard the calm voice of the eldest brother, without the deep-rooted hatred imagined, hysterical, but calm and calm: "Ninth brother, since you are on the city wall, you don't need to cover up, you are upright Come out, let's chat with brothers. No matter what, this world will only belong to one of you and me."

Zhao Gou gritted his teeth, turned from the back of the arrow stack, walked up to the crowd, and said, "Brother, why should I hide it? You have lost the hope of the world by acting against the law, so I was ordered as expected to ascend to the pivot. This is in accordance with the timing of the heavens, and is ordered by me."

When the weather is right, I am ordered by this.

Zhao Huan smiled indifferently, since Cao Wei, through the chaos of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the slaughter of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the rulers themselves knew that their own country was not right.When he ascended the throne, he no longer dared to claim that he was ordered by heaven, and he lived forever.On the contrary, he emphasized with a guilty conscience that he was in accordance with the weather and was ordered by him.

Regarding Zhao Gou's behavior of forcibly getting close to his face, Zhao Huan did not argue with him and slapped him in the face, but asked calmly: "Ninth brother, do you think you can be a good emperor? Can you take care of this country? Can you?" Make a long-term strategy to control the inner world, destroy the Kingdom of Jin, and pacify Jurchen?"

If Zhao Gou had this ability, would he still be called Wanyan Gou?Will it still be listed as the top three most stupid emperors since 5000?
Facing Zhao Huan's questioning, Zhao Gou chose to avoid answering, looked at Zhao Huan, and replied firmly: "Brother, you don't understand people's hearts."

people's hearts?

Zhao Huan laughed loudly, pointing to those scholar-bureaucrats on the city wall who didn't even dare to look up at him, and asked, "Brother Ninth, do you mean these people by the human heart?"

Countless scholar-bureaucrats were gritted their teeth by Zhao Huan's contempt, and Fan Ne even stepped forward and shouted at Zhao Huan: "Zhao Huan, you stupid king, tyrant! Don't you hear that the king treats his ministers as worthless, and the ministers treat him like a bandit! You humiliate me!" The scholar-bureaucrats force the scholars to engage in lowly occupations. They don’t care about sharing the world with the scholar-bureaucrats and harm the interests of the scholar-bureaucrats. They are cruel and murderous, and they will be cast aside by the scholars of the world, and they will die a good death.”

Faced with this incompetent barking, Zhao Huan was not angry, his face was stern, and he calmly replied: "Fan Na, before you break the city, you'd better kill your wife and daughter in time, and kill yourself by swallowing gold. Don't be captured by our army. Otherwise, you will surely die."

The spring breeze was full of Zhao Huan's killing intent, and there was silence on and off the city wall, and everyone was pale and trembling in the killing intent.

Then Zhao Huan looked at Zhao Gou, and said for the last time: "It's not that I don't understand these literati and bureaucrats. They can't wait to get drunk and die, betray the country and seek glory. But Brother Ninth, do you think that with the support of this group of people, you can replace the imperial court and compete with me? I can only give you one sentence."

"Ninth Brother, you don't know anything about power."

"If you still want to live, open the door and surrender as soon as possible."

Know nothing!
Know nothing!
Looking at the figure leaving indifferently, Zhao Gou gritted his teeth with hatred, clenched his fists tightly, and his nails were embedded in the flesh and blood.

It is obvious that I am the one that everyone expects, supported by all people!Why did he dare to despise himself like this, as if mocking an ignorant child!
And soon, the Shenwu Youjun under the city made Zhao Gou realize how shallow and ignorant he was.

More than [-] thunderbolt cannons were lined up under the city. When they fired a volley, dense fireballs fell from the sky like meteorites, and stars rained down, illuminating the entire dark night sky.

The walls of Nanjing City were full of flames, explosions and thunder, and large areas such as battle sheds, guards, and gate towers were ignited by fierce kerosene and gunpowder.

(End of this chapter)