Chapter 178: Confrontation Across the River, Reaping the Benefits

The Yangtze River is a natural barrier, on the north bank of Jinling City.

The 180,000 new Tiger Soldiers went south to rescue the king and set up camp on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Looking from a high place, the outline of the magnificent buildings of Jinling City can be vaguely seen.

The mighty general Wu Sanjia, accompanied by his two deputy generals Zhao Kui and Tang Ziyi, came to the ferry and looked at Jinling City across the wide river.

At this time, eight months had passed since Wu Sanjia left Jinling City.

It was the dry season of the Yangtze River when he left, and the flood season when he came back.

This river surface, hundreds of meters wide, has now become the last natural barrier for Wu Sanjia to return to Jinling City and stand on the top of the power of the Great New Dynasty.

"General, now that we have entered the summer flood season, the Yangtze River has surged, and most of the soldiers in our new Tiger Army are from the north and are not familiar with water;"

Deputy General Zhao Kui said: "It seems that the only hope for crossing the river to Beijing to defend the king is to pin it on the admiral Fang Tianyao."

"I heard that Fang Tianyao held the emperor and the queen mother hostage and forced the emperor to issue an order to confer him the title of King of the Four Seas, so that the emperor and the queen mother could take refuge on the ship;"

Humph!

At this point, Zhao Kui snorted with disdain and continued: "I don't know what's wrong with the world now. A guy like Fang Tianyao who was born on an island can be crowned king?"

"And the general first fought bloody battles in Ying and Mo states, fighting desperately against the rebels from Longcheng who were heading south;"

"Now, he has been ordered to rush thousands of miles to Beijing to defend the king, but he was barely crowned a general who controls the power of the world's troops. This is simply unconvincing!"

"Yes, general!"

Tang Ziyi, the former garrison commander of Yingzhou who was just promoted to deputy general, also echoed: "General Zhao is right!"

"All along the way, we fought the battles with the new Tiger Army, but when it came to rewarding merits, it was Let Fang Tianyao, an opportunist, take the lead. How can he, a bandit from an island, be crowned king? "

"Moreover, this guy knew that our new Tiger Guards Army was going south to Beijing to defend the king. To cross the Yangtze River, we needed the help of his navy's warships;"

"As a result, when our army arrived, Fang Tianyao actually ordered all the warships to go to Shanghai, and also brought the emperor and the empress dowager to the navy camp in Shanghai;"

"With him doing this, why should our new Tiger Guards Army go to Beijing and defend the king?"

In the matter of denouncing the admiral Fang Tianyao, the two deputy generals of the new Tiger Guards Army, who were originally at odds with each other, stood on a united front with a rare common hatred of the enemy.

Speaking of which, the promotion of Tang Ziyi, the garrison commander of Yingzhou in the Central Plains of the new Tiger Guards Army, to the deputy general of the new Tiger Guards Army was full of drama.

At the beginning, outside the city of Jinan, General Wu Sanjia personally led hundreds of his personal soldiers and bravely broke into Jinan Prefecture alone to borrow a passage for the new Hu Ben army to go south.

Zhao Kui, the deputy general of the Hu Ben army who abandoned the city and fled, led thousands of remnants to chase him all the way.

This made Tang Ziyi, who had long coveted the position of deputy general of the Hu Ben army, immediately want to kill Zhao Kui, and also sent elite infantry and cavalry general Zhao Kui and thousands of remnants to surround him, preparing to execute Zhao Kui on the spot for the crime of deserting the battlefield.

At the critical moment, when the archers of the Hu Ben army who surrounded Zhao Kui and others were ready to shoot Zhao Kui and others to death with arrows, General Wu Sanjia finally arrived.

Next, when faced with how to deal with the deputy general Zhao Kui who abandoned Mozhou City without authorization, Wu Sanjia thought of his past merits and hard work, and now that he was in need of people, he gave Zhao Kui a chance to redeem himself.

At the same time, Wu Sanjia also noticed Tang Ziyi's motives in this matter, so he promoted Tang Ziyi to the deputy general of the new Tiger Guard Army, and assisted him in handling important military affairs together with Zhao Kui.

It can be regarded as a way to let the two supervise each other and serve him wholeheartedly.

When facing his two deputy generals who were angry at the admiral Fang Tianyao, Wu Sanjia's face was still calm.

He just said lightly: "This admiral Fang Tianyao, when my Hu Ben army arrived at the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, he transferred all the navy warships;"

"It's nothing more than not seeing the rabbit and not releasing the eagle, just wanting to reap the benefits of the fisherman."

"He took the emperor and the empress dowager hostage to the navy camp in Shanghai, just wanting to use the emperor to control the princes, so that his navy officers and soldiers would be invincible."

After a pause, Wu Sanjia continued: "This general guesses that if the new Hu Ben army can raise warships on its own, it can cross the natural barrier of the Yangtze River to stabilize the situation in Jinling City;"

"Then Then, Admiral Fang Tianyao will certainly personally escort the Emperor and the Empress Dowager back to Beijing from Shanghai before the overall situation is settled;"

"If Qin Ruhui and his new army in Lianghu and Liangjiang take the lead and support Zhao Lingzhan, the son of the Great Xin Fu Wang, as the emperor of the new dynasty;"

"Then, Admiral Fang Tianyao will still personally send the Emperor and the Empress Dowager back to Jinling City after the overall situation is settled;"

"It's just that he will send them back to Qin Ruhui in exchange for his throne as the King of the Four Seas and the interests of the navy army not being violated! "

Haha!

At this point, Wu Sanjia sneered twice and said: "This Great New Dynasty was destroyed by countless black sheep like Qin Ruhui and Fang Tianyao;"

"Half of the northern country has fallen into the hands of the traitor Chen Huaian, but these civil and military officials in the court are still stabbing each other in the back for factional interests and fighting to the point of bloodshed!"

"Little do they know that they are fighting among themselves here, and in the end, it will only benefit the traitor Chen Huaian!"

Wu Sanjia's words were particularly angry, but he seemed helpless.

All along the way, he saw the intrigues between the civil and military officials of the Great Xin Dynasty, and they were secretly plotting against each other.

Many times, he began to doubt whether he, Wu Sanjia, could pull the precarious Great Xin Dynasty back on track with his own strength.

After listening to Wu Sanjia's words, the two deputy generals under his command also fell silent.

Apart from being able to speak in a hurry and scold these black sheep of the Great Xin Dynasty, they seemed to be unable to do anything.

Just like, the Jinling City at the end of the field of vision is close at hand, but it is blocked by the turbulent Yangtze River.

"Report--"

"Report to the general, urgent news from Jinan Prefecture!"

Suddenly, the messenger came galloping on his horse, and turned over and dismounted before stopping the warhorse.

Then, he knelt down beside Wu Sanjia and reported: "The deputy marshal of the Longcheng army, the general of the southern expedition, Chang Yuchun, led 150,000 Longcheng troops to the city of Jinan;"

"Wu Qidong, the garrison commander of Jinan, reported that the garrison of Jinan can still hold the city for a year or so, and hoped that the general would come back to support Jinan immediately after quelling the rebellion in Nanjing!"