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It is false to say that the Southern Capital Army has fully occupied the area north of the Yangtze River.

There are still a large number of towns and fortresses north of the Yangtze River, under the control of the Southern Army soldiers or the gentry appointed by Zhao Gou.

This is inevitable, after all, there is no shortage of foolish and loyal people in any era.

For these people, Han Qing ordered:

If you can surrender, you can surrender, which can give you a certain surrender policy. After all, peaceful disarming of their armed forces will not only reduce certain casualties, but also reduce the energy of the Han people, but also ensure the spoils to the greatest extent.

As for those who are stubborn, they can't argue. They can only attack the city, then search the house and ask for it. Their families, men are imprisoned for labor reform, and women are all charged in the Jiaofangsi.

Just as Han Shizhong commanded the Nandu Guardian Army to sweep across the Huai River and north of the Yangtze River, just as General Hu organized civilians and fleets to transport grain to the capital, Zhao Gou crossed the river and fled to the south of the Yangtze River.

After crossing the river from Yangzhou, Zhao Gou gave up his original plan to move the capital to Jiankang, so he ran from Zhenjiang to Changzhou, from Changzhou to Suzhou, Xiuzhou, and arrived in Hangzhou on February 13th.

Among the generals under Zhao Gou, one of the most experienced generals was Wang Yuan.

When the Jin people first went south, Fan Ne, the Hebei Xuanfu envoy, led the king's troops to station in Yongqiu, and Wang Yuan was the vanguard.

When Zhao Cheng established the Grand Marshal's Mansion, Fan Ne ran south. Wang Yuan did not choose to run south with Fan Ne, but instead led his troops to join Zhao Gou.

Later, Wang Yuan was one of the first people to support Zhao Gou as emperor.

Zhao Gou was extremely respectful to Wang Yuan and praised him as a pillar minister. He first established the Imperial Camp Department, so he appointed Wang Yuan as the commander of the Dragon and the Shenwei Four-Villa Commander, and then changed his name to the Pangri, Tianwu Four-Villa Commander, and advanced to the Great Army to Chengxuan Envoy.

Many novels in later generations describe Wang Yuan extremely unbearable, but in fact this person is not useless.

Wang Zao served in the Western Army very early. He was the vanguard of the expedition to Fang La, and directly attacked the enemy Laowo Gangyuandong, and finally captured Fang La - Han Shizhong, who personally captured Fang La, was a small school under Wang Yuan at that time. Therefore, there was no problem with Fang La, who was captured by Wang Yuan.

However, he performed poorly in the subsequent battle against Yanjing, and was captured by the Liao army and fled back, bringing back fake news to Liu Yanqing, resulting in the defeat of the Song army.

This may be one of the reasons why Wang Yuan’s low evaluation.

Zhao Gou decided to move the capital to Lin'an, and the first person he thought of was Wang Yuan.

Why do you think of Wang Yuan?

That was because "groups of thieves rose" near Hangzhou at that time.

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The so-called thieves are the people in the southeast - the people in the southeast who opposed Zhao Gou's going to rule them.

Thinking back to the time, Zhao Ji, who was obsessed with building gardens, made a big fuss about the Flower and Stone Sect.

Huashigang was a marshalling of southeastern flower stone ships transported by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty, most of the materials for land and water transport were organized into "公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公�

Zhao Ji was extremely corrupt in politics, had arrogance and extravagance, was squandered and loved flowers and stones.

At first, Cai Jing took the Jiangsu and Zhejiang flower stones and presented them, and the imperial court paid for it at that time.

Later, Zhao Ji's appetite became bigger and bigger, and the scale of the flower stone group became bigger and bigger. The Northern Song Dynasty was also ruined by Zhao Ji and lost money. Cai Jing presided over the Suhang Yingfeng Bureau, and specially requested strange flowers, stones and other objects to transport them to Tokyo Bianliang City.

Each ten ships transporting flower and stone were composed of a plaque, from Jiangnan to Kaifeng, along the Huai and Bian, with steaks connected in an endless stream, so it was called the Huashi Gang.

The disturbance of the Huashigang affected a large number of areas such as Lianghuai and south of the Yangtze River, while Liangzhe was the most important.

At that time, no matter how big or small the stones that should be taken seriously, in high mountains and valleys, or in deep waters, were transported out without regard to the people's efforts.

I heard that some ordinary people had a stone or flowers and trees that were more exquisite and unique, so the officials led the soldiers into that house and posted it with a yellow seal. It was considered a gift for the emperor and asked the people to keep it carefully.

If there is any damage, you will be charged with "great disrespect", fined at a minor level, and imprisoned at a serious level.

Some families were enfeoffed with tall flowers and trees, which was inconvenient to move, so the soldiers demolished the house and destroyed the walls.

Those families who were sent to the office and soldier took the opportunity to extort and were confiscated by flower stones were often broken up, and some families sold their children and fled everywhere.

Zhao Ji once obtained a Taihu stone, four feet high, carrying a giant ship and serving thousands of men. Some of them passed through the prefectures and counties, some of them destroyed water gates, some of them destroyed bridges, and some of them dug city walls to let them pass.

However, the ships originally prepared by Yingfeng Bureau could not cope with them, so they forced thousands of ships carrying food to replenish them, and even went to merchant ships next to them, causing great harm.

Hua Shigang lasted for more than 20 years during the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty. The officials took the opportunity to extort and make a fortune, causing great disaster to the people in the southeast.

This made the people in the southeast hate the Zhao Song Dynasty to the core, which led to the Fang La Uprising. In a short time, millions of rebel troops appeared, sweeping across the entire southeast.

Fang La was also unlucky. At that time, Zhao Ji was preparing to recover Yan Yun. Therefore, he sent Tong Guan to assemble the strongest army of the Song Dynasty, the Western Army of the Song Dynasty, in Daming Prefecture, Beijing. Even the food and supplies were loaded, and he could go north to recover Yan Yun at any time.

But before Tong Guan led his army northward, the Fang La Uprising broke out.

Zhao Ji was shocked and quickly sent Tong Guan to lead the Western Army to suppress Fang La's uprising.

The Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty is worthy of being the strongest army of the Great Song Dynasty. After they headed south, they took only half a year to destroy the mighty Fang La Uprising.

However, the Western Army of the Song Dynasty was very powerful in war, but the discipline was really poor. After they went south, they burned, killed and looted in the southeast region. They even caused a tragedy of naked female corpses hanging on trees more than ten miles.

This undoubtedly made the people in the southeast who already resented the Zhao Song Dynasty even more hated the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Let me put it this way, if you find an area that hates the Zhao Song Dynasty the most in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, it will undoubtedly be the southeast region that has been repeatedly persecuted by the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Zhao Gou also has a clear understanding of this, and he knows that the people in the southeast do not welcome his rule.

Therefore, Zhao Gou sent the five armies of the Grand Marshal's Office, whom he trusted most, to Hangzhou to "put down the rebellion", and appointed his most trusted general Wang Yuan as the commander, leading Zhang Jun and others to Hangzhou to suppress bandits.

Wang Yuan did not disappoint Zhao Gou's trust in him. After arriving in Hangzhou, Wang Yuan commanded the five armies of the Grand Marshal's Office to conquer and suppress the war, and was invincible and won a great victory.

During this process, Wang Yuan was decisive in killing and using thunder to quell the "group of thieves" in Hangzhou and turned Hangzhou into a peaceful nest.

At the same time, Wang Yuan seized a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry for Zhao Gou.

Zhao Gou was extremely pleased to learn about this situation, and then promoted Wang Yuan as the official of the Privy Council and became the first military general.

Due to this heavy use, Wang Yuan spared no effort to build Hangzhou into Zhao Gou's comfort zone, and repeatedly asked Zhao Gou to visit Hangzhou.

Due to his reputation of "non-resistance", although Zhao Gou's people did not go to Hangzhou at that time, his heart had already flown to Hangzhou, and he sent his concubines and only son to Hangzhou early.

Now, Zhao Gou finally came to Hangzhou as he wished.

But Zhao Gou couldn't be happy no matter how hard he was.

Because the central army has captured Yangzhou and can cross the river to the south at any time.

Thinking about such a terrifying central army about to move south, Zhao Gou was frightened!

"We must find a way to stop the Korean thieves from moving south!"

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Chapter completed!