The Yangtze River rolls, the waves are churning, and it flows eastward to the sea, never to return.

Since ancient times, how many literati and writers, heroes and heroes, have been hanging on the river, and have lamented the heroism and water potential of the Yangtze River.

At this moment, an inconspicuous caravan boat sailed from the north bank to the south bank, and in the caravan, Du Fuwei and Ximen Junyi and his wife were sitting face to face, crossing the river, and the eyes of the three of them looked back at the north bank unnaturally.

A month ago, they were still the heroes of Liyang County, occupying the three armies of Liyang, Jiangdu, and Zhongli, and the land of Jiangbei was under their control, Du Fuwei was the overlord of Jiangbei, and with an order, 200,000 Jianghuai troops obeyed the dispatch.

But now there are only three of them left, and it looks a little bleak.

"I really can't imagine that a month has passed, our Jianghuai army will be defeated, and the three counties will be cleaned up by the imperial court in this way." Ximen Junyi still couldn't figure out why he lost so quickly.

At the beginning, they began to gain the upper hand, and it seemed that the situation had reversed sharply since Luo Zhaoyun's personal expedition.

Ximen Junyi's wife Wang stabbed him with her hand and asked him to pay attention to his words, after all, the head of the Jianghuai Army was Du Fuwei, and he was the biggest loser.

Du Fuwei took the wine jug on his waist, drank some, and said with a wry smile: "At the beginning, I was too light on the enemy, and I also underestimated the heroes of the world, I always felt that I dominated Jianghuai, and I was already the dragon and phoenix among the people, and I didn't pay much attention to the court, especially this majesty, I didn't expect that he was more skilled in using soldiers than rumored, and his thinking was more unique, not our enemy!" ”

Wang Shulan sighed: "Actually, there are so many heroes in the north, and one side of the division was finally cleaned up by him, which is also his strength, compared with the regular army of the imperial court, our army is inferior in terms of weapons and equipment, armor and horses, etc." ”

Du Fuwei said: "This is the general trend, no one can contend with it, the north has been unified, only Xiao Liang is dying, and the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River is just a mess, and it can't last long." When we return to Jiangnan this time, if we can successfully lobby and reduce casualties, it will be regarded as an explanation to the people of Jiangnan. Many former generals don't have to die in battle, against the imperial court, and there is no point, it is better to submit as soon as possible, some people can continue to serve the imperial court, get official titles, and in the new Dahua Dynasty, they can gain a foothold and protect their clansmen. ”

Ximen Junyi seemed to be a little reluctant to be an official of the imperial court, and his interest was not high, so he asked Du Fuwei: "Father-in-law, if Jiangnan is really stable, will you still be an official in the imperial court?" ”

Du Fuwei hesitated for a moment and said, "I can't help that, just follow the arrangement of the imperial court." ”

Even if he doesn't want to continue to be an official, if the court has an appointment, he can't refuse, and he can only accept it, after all, he once rebelled and became a prince and king, and he was a potential threat and an uneasy factor. The imperial court will not rest assured that he will continue to stay in the place, and will definitely be kept in captivity in the capital, given an idle position, and honestly brought to be monitored in the capital in order to save his life, otherwise, something will happen sooner or later if he stays in the place.

Once there are any rumors and remarks about rebellion, Du Fuwei will definitely be arrested and beheaded, so staying in the capital can indeed save his life.

Ximen Junyi said: "Father-in-law, this time I went to Jiangnan and completed the things explained by the court, Shulan and I plan to leave and go to the land of Baiyue, which is not subject to the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and will no longer confront the imperial court, but it is not subject to that anger, incognito, and be casual." ”

Du Fuwei looked at him and his wife, was silent for a moment, and nodded slightly: "Okay, it's up to you to stay and go." ”

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When they arrived on the south bank, it was already drizzling, Du Fuwei took two people, dressed in robes, wearing hats, and went to Dangtu City, where the guards were Du Fuwei's old generals and cronies, and they could start from here, and then use this as a base to select some people to go north and mix into Jiangning City.

There were 70,000 or 80,000 horses in Fugongtuo, plus the deserters who defected from the north bank, and there were 100,000 of them, all of whom gathered inside and outside Jiangning City, as well as at the Stone Town and the ancient ferry port, and laid down soldiers and horses for defense.

Jiangning City is also known as Jinling, in 333 B.C., King Xiong Shang of Chuwei built Jinling Yi in Stone City, and the name of Jinling originated from this. During the period of the Three Kingdoms, Emperor Wu Sun Quan built the capital here, Jinling rose from then on, after that, the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Southern Dynasties of Song, Qi, Liang and Chen all built their capitals here one after another, so Jinling has the name of "the ancient capital of the six dynasties".

Of course, there is also a "buried gold" saying, according to legend, the name of Jinling is because Qin Shi Huang buried gold in Jinling Gang to suppress the king's anger, that is, "buried gold mausoleum", so the name Jinling.

Fu Gong Tuo is in the house today, and he has also begun to get busy, the reason is very simple, that is, Jiangbei has been captured by the imperial court, and the next goal is to cross the river to the south and pacify the south of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, the division of the river was planned by the strategist Zuo Youxian around him, uniting the princes of several roads in the south of the Yangtze River to fight against the imperial court, and not allowing the enemy army to cross the river smoothly, so that the south of the Yangtze River would restore the power of Wu in the troubled times of the year, and he would also be called the king and emperor.

"Mr. Zuo, can our soldiers and horses stop the imperial army, then Du Fuwei has two or three hundred thousand soldiers and horses, and he is still defeated!" Fu Gongtuo asked.

Zuo Youxian smiled and said: "Du Fuwei is too stupid, he took the initiative to attack, wanted to encircle and annihilate the vanguard army of the imperial court, but was intercepted by the reinforcements of the imperial court, the time and place are favorable, and the people are not occupied, and we do not complain if we lose, we will not attack, that is, we will take the Yangtze River as the line to fight against the imperial court to cross the river, it is about to enter winter, the imperial court has traveled a long distance, and the supply is difficult, and after the south enters the winter, it will begin to rain and rain, and it will not be sunny for a month, and the northern soldiers are not used to it, and they will definitely get sick one after another, and they will retreat when the time comes, and next year, I will continue to expand the army, It's like this confrontation with the imperial court. ”

Fu Gongtuo nodded, feeling that what he said was also reasonable, and at this moment, a guard told him that outside the general's mansion, Du Fuwei brought someone to meet him.

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