I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 209
Hongzhou, hence the name Yuzhang, faces Poyang Lake in the north and is an important town in the south of the Yangtze River.In this dynasty, the governor's office was set up to supervise the seven prefectures.

Since the death of Dingnan Hou Zhang Ji, Hongzhou fell into the hands of Wu Ni, and has since become a key place for the rebels to operate.

Recently, there has been a sense of jitteriness in the city.Jianchang was breached, and the northern gate of Hongzhou was wide open, and Marquis Pingbei might lead his army south at any time.

There are still more than [-] soldiers and horses in the city, although it is more than enough to defend the city, but the current situation cannot be defended by defense.

After the new Wu King Zhao Chengjun gave the old Wu King Zhao Deyu a grand funeral, he even gave Zhao Deyu a posthumous title of "present" very presumptuously.

It is "Wu Xianwang".

Of course, this is just an internal statement of the rebels.

Except for Hongzhou City, few people recognize it.

And in order to restore the current decline, Zhao Chengjun, the new King of Wu, was also thinking hard all day long.

He knows that the current situation is on the brink of destruction for the rebels, and the only way is on the Red Lotus Army.

This was already planned in Luzhou.

Merge with the Red Lotus Army.

As for whether this road will work, it can only be said that a dead horse is a living horse doctor.

For people like them, there is no option to turn back on the road of rebellion.

On the city, Zhao Chengjun brought his personal guards and the head of the palace, Shi Gu Xianglin, while the new Central Guard Wang Yang was patrolling the city defense and comforting the soldiers.

After all, consecutive defeats have dealt a great blow to the morale and morale of the army. If you want to resist the attack of the army, you must boost your morale.
And Zhao Chengjun, the king of Wu, was actually quite popular in the army, not only because he had been leading the army before, but also because he had paid rewards to the army after he succeeded to the throne.

However, this kind of morale cannot be maintained for a long time, and he is clear about this reason.

Therefore, he often went in and out of the camp and the city, chatted cordially with the soldiers, and appeased the soldiers.

As for the effect, there are still some.

But for the situation at hand, it is hardly helpful.

"My lord, when can we fight back to Jianye?" An old soldier born in Jianye asked.

Zhao Chengjun smiled when he heard it, "Speaking of Jianye, Gu is also from Jianye, and I also want to go back and have a look. Speaking of the painted boats on the Qinhuai River, Gu has been there a lot."

When talking about the boat, everyone obviously smiled knowingly.That place is the well-known Gold Elimination Cave.

"But the situation is critical now. Only by resisting the attack of the officers and soldiers first can our army turn defeat into victory, accumulate strength, and fight back to Jianye. When we go back, we must invite all the soldiers of the army to drink together by the Qinhuai River."

Accumulate strength and kill back.

This is the best answer Zhao Chengjun can give.

As for the time, he absolutely dare not say.

"My lord, can you let us see what the lady Hua Kui looks like?"

"It's easy to say, when the time comes, all the oirans in Jianye City will come out to perform songs and dances for the soldiers."

"Ha ha ha ha."

For a while, the rebel soldiers on the top of the city began to fantasize.
After talking and laughing with a group of soldiers, Zhao Chengjun stood on the top of the city, looked at the Ganshui below the city, and then looked north.

I don't know what to expect.

"Mr. Gu, is there still no one coming from Honglian Road?"

Gu Xianglin shook his head and said: "There is no news yet. I think it's a long journey, and there are many counties and counties controlled by the government in the middle. I'm afraid it won't come so soon."

After hearing this, Zhao Chengjun was silent, and after a moment of silence, he asked again: "If it merges, where should Gu go?"

After Gu Xianglin heard about it, he immediately understood the concerns of the new King of Wu.

Honglian Road is short of generals leading the army, officers of all levels, armaments, scribes and officials, and even more talented Wang Zuozhi like Gu Xianglin with outstanding intelligence.

But there is no shortage of such a banner as Zhao Chengjun.

When it was agreed to merge with Honglian, Zhao Chengjun was not yet the king of Wu.Zhao Deyu was already dead at that time.

After arriving in Luzhou, in order to stabilize the situation, everyone pushed him to the king of Wu.At that time, his head was hot, and he was bewitched by the "Wu Wang".

But now he figured it out.

Red Lotus Road seems to have no shortage of him, the King of Wu.

In other words, his banner of the King of Wu seems to be of no use to the great cause of the Red Lotus Army.At least it seemed so to him.

So he was a little worried, and today he finally opened his mouth to ask Gu Xianglin, the most trusted schemer of his uncle in the past.

"Honglian Dao doesn't need the lord, but we need you. If there is no lord, even if we join the Red Lotus Army, we will have no chance to clean up our reputation of rebellion. And we will let Honglian Dao understand that the lord treats them How helpful it will be to your great cause.”

Zhao Chengjun was skeptical of Gu Xianglin's words.

But right now, it is enough for the other party to say such a thing.

And he wasn't afraid that these people would sell him out.

After he became king of Wu, he asked Wang Yang, who was a royal guard, to be the central guard, commanding [-] personal guards.

Wang Yang is about the same age as him, and the two have practiced martial arts together since they were young, so they have a close relationship.

With this relationship, he is not afraid that Xue Gu and others have other thoughts about him.

As for the other ministries, although Xue Julin, Li Zichun, Liu Taiqing and others are in command, the rebel navy still has 5000 people and hundreds of warships.

And the naval commander Wang Tingshan is none other than Zhao Chengjun's own uncle.

It is precisely because of these factors that Zhao Chengjun, the king of Wu, is not just a decoration and a puppet.

It is also an important factor why Gu Xianglin elected him as King of Wu.

The only thing Zhao Chengjun is worried about now is, after joining forces with Honglian, what will happen to him, the King of Wu?

So worried, he is now eager to know what the conditions given by Honglian are.

Are you still willing to enshrine the "Wu King" as the emperor, take Honglian as the state religion, and Sheng Gong as the state teacher like when Shouzhou was under the city?

After all, today is different.

When the Honglian Secret Envoy under Shouzhou City issued this condition, there were still nearly [-] rebels.

But now, there are only more than [-] people, and several states under actual control.

When the states in the east of the south of the Yangtze River are recovered by the imperial court, the situation will be even more ugly at that time.

He even thought about it, otherwise he would talk to the court about whether he could open the city and surrender to change his way of life?
But he didn't dare to bring it up at all, because those generals and soldiers who participated in the Luzhou massacre would directly "rebel", and the rebel army would immediately disintegrate.

Surrender is impossible.

There is only one way to go to black.

Just when he was about to see through, Pang Zhigu, the Hongliandao military commander, and Fang Jiao, the marshal of the Red Lotus, were sailing on Poyang Lake in a warship of the rebel navy, only heading for Hongzhou.

"This Poyang Lake can be regarded as magnificent. It's a pity that I didn't witness the water battle last year."

Pang Zhigu leaned on the railing to watch, and the mist rose on the lake.

Fang Qiu said: "This Wang Tingshan really has some skills. He wiped out the navy of the Hongzhou Governor's Mansion in one battle, otherwise King Wu and the others would have finished their game long ago. In my opinion, it is better to just pull Wang Tingshan over, and those people in Hongzhou let them Let’s just fend for ourselves. Well, at most, at most, bring Xue Julin and Liu Taiqing, both of whom are good at running the army, and the rest are useless.”

Pang Zhigu said with a smile: "They are now grasshoppers on a rope, they will prosper and all will prosper, and all will suffer if one is damaged."

"Could it be possible to really give Zhao Chengjun the position of emperor? The eldest brother has not become emperor, let him do it first?"

Fang Qiu really didn't understand the thinking of this military division Pang, but he still believed in the other party's plan.

"Marshal thinks, the world, the emperor and the position, which one is more important?"

Pang Zhigu's question caused Fang Qiu to fall into a tangle, and then said: "Then you must have the world first before you can be an emperor?"

"Since the marshal understands this truth, why are you still struggling with it?"

"It's just a name, give it to him first!"

"We want the reality of the world."

(End of this chapter)