Just when Zhao Kai led his "Caotai Court" and tens of thousands of troops to go to war with mourning and detour to Shaanxi to recover Kaifeng Prefecture, his good brother Zhao Huan was busy with two things. One was to ascend the throne in Yingtian Prefecture. Zhao Huan didn't know that he had been "drowned", nor did he know that his father Zhao Ji passed the will before his death that Zhao Kai would be the emperor.

So after running to Yingtian Mansion, he "reluctantly" and ascended the throne of the Song Dynasty's official family with tears in his eyes.

Now it’s great, one Song Dynasty and two emperors, but I don’t know how to end it!

The second major event for Zhao Huan was to welcome Zhao Ji's body back.

He had to bury Zhao Ji's glory!

Although I don’t know where to bury it? The body must be welcomed back. In addition, there are several brothers who have to redeem it... The elder brother is the father!

Once Zhao Ji collapsed, he had to be a father. How could he watch his brothers suffer from the Jin thieves?

So ten days before Zhao Kai sent troops, that is, on June 15th, Zhao Ji finally arrived at Yingtian Mansion, Nanjing, the Song Dynasty, which he had been dreaming of for half a year... He was lying in a spacious, comfortable and luxurious wooden box, and pulled all the way from Huazhou where the Jin soldiers occupied.

Those who came with him were Zhao Shu and Zhao Qi and five princes of the Song Dynasty, as well as a delegation led by Zhang Bangchang, who went to Huazhou to welcome Zhao Ji's coffin.

The group of people wore mourning clothes, cried and helped the spirits. When they entered Yingtian Prefecture City, the city of Song Nanjing, which had a strong city defense, had turned into a white city, with white banners and flags everywhere, and the original colorful buildings on the streets and alleys were also covered with white linen cloth. The pedestrians coming and going also changed into plain clothes. The officials and soldiers in the city were all dressed in white clothes outside the official uniforms.

Zhao Huan, who had just ascended the throne with the support of his ministers, and a group of princes and princes of the Song Dynasty (except Zhao Ji's son, as well as King Yan Zhao Ya and King Yue Zhao Wei), were all covered with filial piety.

The whole city has been immersed in grief and fear these days - in addition to grief, of course, fear of the Golden Thieves is also indispensable!

How could you not be afraid?

Although the main force of the Jin thieves had already begun to travel north, they did not expose them. There were still many troops stationed in Huazhou, Sanshan Floating Bridge and Liyang, three dangerous places close to each other - among them, Liyang is north of the Yellow River, Huazhou is south of the Yellow River, and Sanshan Floating Bridge is above the Yellow River.

The Jin thieves controlled these three places and controlled a large section of Wannian New Dike, which could be used to dig the Yellow River embankment to release water at any time!

Although the flood could not destroy Yingtian Prefecture City, it could still turn the outside of Yingtian Prefecture City into a marsh country. In the tenth year of Xining, the flood flooded all the way to Xuzhou, and of course it also flushed the water around Yingtian Prefecture City!

Of course, the Jin thieves now have to deal with Zhao Huan and his ministers in Yingtian City, so they don’t have to let go of water at all. Send a large army of 8,000 people here. Can’t Zhao Huan and his ministers scare them away?

These days, Zhao Huan has been living on that big dragon boat because the imperial palace in Yingtianfu City is too dilapidated!

"Crunch, crunch, crunch... dong dong dong..."

On June 25th, amid the sound of sawing wood and knocking and doing woodworking, Zhao Huan was summoning Li Gang, who had just come from Liangshanpo!

The sound of sawing wood and knocking comes from the ongoing "dragon boat renovation project". Zhao Huan was in danger on the dragon boat that day and almost let the Jin soldiers shoot or burn it to death with rockets. So after escaping to Yingtianfu City, he immediately ordered the dragon boat to be transformed!

Dragon boats must be fire-proof and anti-aircraft, and they must have the ability to counterattack - they must be equipped with crossbows, stilettoes, etc. When the Jin thief attacks, they can at least fight back.

In addition, the faucet with a big target but useless use has to be removed. There are also a bunch of mixed decorations on the ship, and all the things that can be removed are removed to reduce the weight - install a fire-proof shield and apply mud to the hull to add a lot of weight. If you don't reduce some weight from elsewhere, the ship will easily overturn!

Because of the large workload and tight construction period, the work has to start day and night. Even if Zhao Huan is working inside the cabin, he still has to work outside!

Moreover, on the Bian River canal that passes through Yingtian City, there are many official boats living on it, and almost every boat is full of people.

Those who live on these boats are not only the common people who have no money to rent a house, but also many wealthy officials and nobles who escaped from Kaifeng Prefecture, and also do not look for houses on the shore... They say they are afraid of disturbing the people, but in fact, Li Gang is very clear about what he thinks.

But he had to continue to say something in the dragon boat court that no one likes to hear!

"Your Majesty, you are the first time you are in the Ninth Five-Year Plan. You should cheer up your spirits, refresh your politics, and rectify your army. Then you will recover Tokyo to the west, drive away the enemy to the north, and use the hatred of Emperor Xue's death in battle. How can you live on the water day and night and act like you can escape at any time?"

Zhao Huan became furious after hearing this. If it weren’t for your camp, how could I and the late emperor do this?

The late emperor was quite fierce, and the emperor escaped in person... No, it was the emperor who personally fought for the expedition, but what was the result? He put it in a wooden box and pulled it back, and he didn't know where to bury it!

Thinking of this, Zhao Huan winked at his teacher, Geng Nanzhong, the head of the Privy Council.

Geng Nanzhong got Zhao Huan's eyes, coughed, and said with a stern face: "Li Gang, how can you talk to the officials like this?"

When Li Gang was beaten by Geng Nanzhong, he remembered that Zhao Huan was now an official in the Song Dynasty. He hurriedly bowed to Zhao Huan, "Your Majesty, when I think of the collapse of the previous emperor, I couldn't help myself and said nothing, so I asked Your Majesty to punish him."

Responsible for punishment? Zhao Huanxin said: Your sin is too great... What's the point of being ruthless? You have almost defeated the more than 200,000 troops of the court! The reason why my father wanted to escape in person was because of you! Your sin is really a matter of death!

Zhao Huan thought so in his heart, but he did not dare to really punish Li Gang for his crime.

Because after the defeat of Wannian Xindi, Li Gang went to Liangshan with Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shimin and the three brothers of Zhong Shimin went to Liangshan! They did not go to the heavens, but used Liangshanbo as a base to gather defeated soldiers. Not only did they conquered the defeated soldiers, but they also conquered the Yi soldiers from Jingdong East Road, Jingdong East Road, and Hebei East Road.

After more than a month of hard work, Li Gang, Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shimin and others gathered 40,000 to 50,000 troops.

This is called having soldiers in your hands, and you are not afraid of being guilty!

Moreover, in the Song Dynasty, not only was there an official family of Zhao Huan, but there was also Zhao Kai who didn’t know if he had become emperor (Zhao Huan didn’t know)!

Zhao Huan is now going to dare to cure Li Gang's crimes. Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong, and Zhong Shimin and the other brothers were afraid, and most of them would surrender to Zhao Kai...

"Please Li is so serious," Zhao Huan has no strength now, so he had to coax Li Gang, "Don't I want to regain Tokyo and hate the late emperor? I live on the boat, not to escape south, but to fight the northern expedition!"

Go to Jiangnan for the Northern Expedition?

Li Gang was not stupid either. Of course he understood Zhao Huan's thoughts, so he said, "Actually, Your Majesty doesn't have to rush to the Northern Expedition... as long as you don't leave the Central Plains!"

Zhao Huan remained silent.

Li Gang said again: "If the court left the Central Plains... and Prince Yun did not leave, what would the people in the Central Plains think?"

Zhao Huan frowned and looked at Li Gang, "Don't worry, Li Qing, I will never leave the Central Plains anyway... But I can't wait for the Jin thieves to come and capture them in Yingtian Mansion! So I still want to move east."

"I wonder where Your Majesty wants to go?" Li Gang asked.

"How about Chuzhou?" Zhao Huan asked tentatively.

"Chuzhou is south of the Huai River and is not considered to be in the Central Plains!"

"Then... then go to Xuzhou!" Zhao Huan gave another half step, with a serious look on his face, "Xuzhou is the capital of the King of Chu. Xiang Yu used it as a basis to destroy the violent Qin! I also want to use this basis to resist the violent Jin!"

Li Gang sighed: "Then please stop looking south until Xuzhou."

"Okay, then I'll take a detour to Xuzhou to fight the northern expedition!" Zhao Huan breathed a sigh of relief, and remembered his good brother Zhao Kai again. He summoned Li Gang to come here just to deal with Zhao Kai.

"Li Qing," Zhao Huan said, "Li Lu, the pacifier of Hebei East Road, recently submitted a letter to the Daming Prefecture City to defend air weakness, and that there have been large-scale gold thieves under his rule, including Xiongzhou, Qingzhou, Bazhou, Xin'an Army and other places... So I want Li Qing to supervise the army to aid Daming, and to pacify Jingdong East Road and Hebei East Road."

Li Gang frowned slightly. How could he not understand Zhao Huan’s thoughts? This is to seize Zhao Kai’s territory!

But in this way, I am afraid that Zhao Kai will be forced to rebel!

If Zhao Kai rebelled, he would inevitably seize Luoyang south and forcing Kaifeng. If Kaifeng was taken by him, the court would be passive.

Thinking of this, Li Gang did not immediately take up the call, but asked Zhao Huan: "Your Majesty, are the imperial court prepared on the West Road in Beijing?"

Zhao Huan nodded, "I have already taken Yuwen Xuzhong to Xuanfuxiujing West... There are still tens of thousands of soldiers in Heyin, Xingyang, and Xingze, and they are also under the control of Yuwen Xuzhong, so there should be no major problems."

Li Gang breathed and said to Zhao Huan: "If Yuwen Xuzhong is in charge of the west of Jinghuan, there should be no major obstacles... Let me hand over the East Road of Hebei and East Road of Jingdong to me! If you are not allowed to cross the Jishui River, please rest assured that you can live in Xuzhou."
Chapter completed!