When approaching Guiyan Palace, Zhang Jun and Han Yuzhou immediately withdrew their gazes, straightened their clothes a little, and their expressions became solemn and serious, not daring to show any slights.
They did not get any records about King Huai's kings in the history books, but King Huai was able to annihilate the heroes of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers one after another, and had an army of more than one million men. His prestige shook the south of the Yangtze River, which shows the ability of King Huai.
Zhang Jun and Zhang Jun were naturally in awe of this kind of wise king in troubled times.
Soon, the two followed Gao Xi into the palace.
There are teams of elite guards serving as sentries in the front hall of Guiyan Palace. The aura of these guards is ten times more powerful than the soldiers patrolling the city outside. Each of them can be regarded as a warrior equal to ten.
Those who can serve as King Huai's personal guards are naturally the best among millions of soldiers, and they are the best among the best.
Some of these guards came from the children of various wealthy families under the rule of the Huai Army. They each sent the most talented direct children of their families to King Huai.
In addition to expressing support and loyalty to King Huai, it also serves as a proton.
Of course Wang Jing would not really treat these people as hostages. This is a rule from ancient times to the present, which is conducive to the trust of monarchs and ministers and gives peace of mind to the nobles under their command, so we can only let it be.
"Zhang Jun and Han Yuzhou pay their respects to King Huai!"
After Zhang Jun entered the palace, he glanced upward and then quickly bowed down.
"Your envoy, please arise..."
Wang Jing said lightly, his eyes flashed slightly, and he understood the details of these two people. Zhang Jun served as the commander-in-chief of the Song Army twice in history and presided over the Northern Expedition, but he did not have the ability to be a military strategist and was a pure Confucian scholar.
The aura of awe-inspiringness on his body is quite strong, but the aura of killing is not much.
It would be strange if such a typical civil servant could succeed as the head coach of the Northern Expedition.
If Zhang Jun can really succeed in the Northern Expedition, then he will be comparable to Zhuge Wuhou... It is a pity that Zhang Jun does not have such ability and cannot bear the heavy responsibility of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains.
If virtue is not matched, there will be disaster. The disaster he brought was the defeat in the Battle of Fuping and the Battle of Fuli, and the Song army had to negotiate peace with the Jin State...
As for Han Yuzhou, he was born in a famous family. He personally vindicated Yue Fei and denounced Qin Hui. He only thought about the Northern Expedition. He was a patriotic and good minister no matter how he looked at it. However, he was listed as one of the three most powerful and treacherous ministers in the Southern Song Dynasty in the history books.
His eyes are high but his hands are low, and he is eventually assassinated by Shi Miyuan.
The head also became the sincerity of the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty in negotiating peace, following in the footsteps of Yue Fei.
Wang Jing's evaluation of these two people was not very good.
But Zhang Jun and Han Yuzhou had a very high opinion of Wang Jing. After seeing the situation in Yangzhou with their own eyes and the current strength of the Huai army, King Huai was the image of a wise master in their hearts.
Now that they saw Wang Jing with their own eyes, the two of them were immediately shocked by Wang Jing's aura. I felt even more in awe.
No matter what Wang Jing thought in his heart, he did a good job on the surface. He kept talking to Zhang Jun and Han Yuzhou with a smile on his face, and asked about the situation in the south, that is, Lin'an and further south.
Zhang Jun didn't hide anything and simply introduced Wang Jing.
Since the unified dynasties and half of the dynasties in history were located on the border between the Central Plains and Jiangdong, the large territory south of Lin'an was basically a separatist force that was destroyed by the major dynasties in history.
There are the remnants of the Taiping Army in the Qing Dynasty, Fang Guozhen in the early Ming Dynasty, various ethnic groups in Shanyue during the Three Kingdoms period, the Jiedushi envoys of one side in the late Tang Dynasty... the Southern Han Dynasty, Nanyue and other dynasties.
These forces cannot be compared with the Southern Song Dynasty. The Song army's combat effectiveness was relatively average, but with its strong foundation and sufficient money and food, it took three or four years to finally pacify Shaoxing, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Yanzhou and other places.
The sphere of influence is twice as large as that of the Ming army and Liu Song Dynasty.
It's not that their strength exceeds that of the Ming Army and Liu Song, but that their opponents are not very good and have ample opportunities to develop.
Chatted for a while.
Wang Jing had some understanding of the situation in the south.
"May I ask who are the famous generals under your command? I wonder if King Yue has ever come?"
Wang Jing leaned forward slightly and asked curiously.
When Zhang Jun and Han Yuzhou heard this, their expressions changed.
As long as the Southern Song Dynasty is mentioned, Yue Fei is a character who cannot be avoided, especially for his loyalty to the country, but in the end he was unjustly killed in Fengbo Pavilion. It made many people angry.
In the world of China, if the Southern Song Dynasty wanted to compete with other dynasties and princes, it could only rely on Yue Fei's power.
Without Yue Fei, even if all the famous officials and generals such as Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, Yu Yunwen, and Meng Gong were put together, they would not be as good as the Ming Dynasty and Liu Song Dynasty.
Even Soochow may not be able to defeat it.
Han Shizhong is a famous general, but his ability is not enough to defeat a country by one person. Xu Da of the Ming Dynasty, Chang Yuchun, and Liu Yu of the Liu Song Dynasty can all overpower him. He is probably on par with Liu Laozhi.
Meng Gong, Yu Yunwen... a so-called mobile defense master, a Jin army who once turned the tide and defeated the southern invasion in Caishiji, are both famous generals and ministers.
But if Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Yu go south with all their strength, they can only hold on for a period of time at most. In the long run, they will definitely lose.
Only Yue Fei.
With the power of one person, the strength of the Song Army can be raised to a higher level, and it can stalemate with Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Yu!
This is the case in the history of the Origin World. Yue Fei relied on the power of the Yue Family Army to make the Northern Expedition, allowing the Jin Army at its peak to suffer repeated defeats and great victories, almost conquering the Central Plains.
If there were no twelve gold medals, Yue Fei's wish to go straight to Huanglong might really have a chance to come true.
This is Yue Fei's power.
One person is against one country.
In history, he has not fully exerted his abilities. If he succeeds in attacking Huanglong, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi will jump out of the coffin board to kowtow to him.
His status as a martial sage could not be replaced no matter how suppressed it was by successive monarchs of the Qing Dynasty.
"this……"
Zhang Jun hesitated for a moment and said: "Now our army's generals are headed by General Han Shizhong, and King Yue has not appeared yet..."
Of course Zhang Jun would not tell the real situation of the Song Army.
However, the news about Han Shizhong and Yue Fei could not be kept secret at all, so Zhang Jun simply mentioned it.
"General Han Shizhong..."
Wang Jing nodded slightly.
King Yue didn't show up? That means Yue Fei has not joined the Song Army yet...
After he arrives, the chance of staying in the Song Army is only 30%. If Song Xiaozong knew the news about Yue Fei, went to invite him in person, and showed the spirit of visiting the thatched cottage three times, the chance would soar to 70%.
But the Southern Song Dynasty must persist until then.
"Okay, without further ado, since your lord has agreed to join forces with Gu, let's talk about how to send troops to Soochow..."
Wang Jing changed the topic and brought up business.
Zhang Jun suddenly became energetic and told the conditions of the Southern Song Dynasty.
In general, the Southern Song Dynasty was willing to send Han Shizhong, with this ninth-level strongman as the main general, to lead 150,000 troops north to attack Jiaxing, and to attack Soochow together with the Huai army.
Correspondingly, after the fall of Soochow, the Southern Song Dynasty will obtain the Jiaxing and Songjiang boundaries...
Wang Jing frowned. The Southern Song Dynasty had a big appetite...
However, Wang Jing did not refuse immediately, but asked Gao Xi to negotiate with Zhang Jun. The other party asked for a high price. Can the Huai army pay back the money on the spot? Anyway, Soochow has not yet been captured, and the conditions mentioned now are still on paper. .
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