Chapter 370 King Tang

It has to be said.

The ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty are good at playing tricks and intrigues.

After learning about the situation of Lin Chen's army from Lu Xiufu, some ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty advised to "let bygones be bygones" against Lü Wenhuan.

The purpose is to make him leave Lin Chen and join the Southern Song Dynasty court to check and balance each other.

Now the Southern Song Dynasty lacks available soldiers.

Although Lü Wenhuan once surrendered to Mongolia, looking at the military generals in the Southern Song Dynasty court, they are also short and tall talents!

This plan is a bit like hitting the snake at its weakest point.

It can be seen that the adviser has extraordinary means.

However, these means are useless when facing the butcher knife raised by the barbarians.

The Southern Song Dynasty court would never think of it.

The secret letter they sent was delivered to Lin Chen by the Jinyiwei before it fell into Lü Wenhuan's hands.

Lin Chen couldn't help but sneer after reading what was written in the letter.

Interesting.

Are you thinking about dealing with your own people before the foreign enemy is solved?

Throughout the Song Dynasty.

The Zhao family, who came to power improperly, tried their best to suppress the generals who held heavy troops.

Obviously, the Southern Song Dynasty court was no exception, fearing that Lin Chen had ill intentions.

"These guys, do you think that the knife in my hand is not as good as the Mongolian Tartar?"

Lin Chen felt underestimated.

As for Lu Wenhuan, Lin Chen did not take him seriously.

Lu Wenhuan's old soldiers could not make any waves during this period of division.

Even if Lu Wenhuan really wanted to join the Southern Song Dynasty, he could not call on many old officials and tribes.

It depends on whether this old guy will give him a chance.

Lin Chen has been sharpening his knife, just waiting to kill Lu Wenhuan to avenge his master.

But.

Lu Wenhuan did not give him a chance.

Yes.

The next day, the secret letter from the Southern Song Dynasty was respectfully delivered to Lin Chen by Lu Wenhuan.

Looking at Lv Wenhuan's solemn look, he seemed to be extremely loyal to Lin Chen.

Seeing this, Lin Chen waved his hand to signal the latter to go down.

I have to say.

Although Lv Wenhuan's character is not good, he has a keen eye.

He can naturally see that the strength of the Southern Song Dynasty court and Lin Chen are not at the same level at all!

One has more than 200,000 combat-ready soldiers and is extremely powerful, while the Southern Song Dynasty is just a broken house with leaks on all sides and may collapse at any time.

The little calculation of the Southern Song Dynasty is just an episode for Lin Chen.

Yes.

Lin Chen has never taken the Southern Song Dynasty court seriously.

Because the other party is not up to the standard.

He has been trying to find out the whereabouts and news of Kublai Khan during this period.

At the same time, he asked Shen Lian to extend the tentacles of the Jinyiwei to the north.

Soon.

The news that Lin Chen wanted came back.

That day, Kublai Khan, who had escaped from the ambush of the Yulin Guards, fled to the north without stopping with the remaining ministers.

They never stopped at the newly surrendered Southern Song prefecture along the way!

It seems that Lin Chen has left a psychological shadow on them.

Moreover!

The descendants of the Golden Family on the grassland, as Lin Chen thought, launched a rebellion.

Some old enemies who learned that Kublai Khan was not doing well in the war and might even die, rose up and declared that Kublai Khan was not worthy of the position of Khan.

Even the capital fell into the hands of Kublai Khan's enemies who rebelled against him.

However, these rebellions were suppressed after Kublai Khan appeared.

Judging from the current situation.

Even if Kublai Khan could quell these rebellions, it would take several years.

At the same time, a message came back from the north.

It said that in order to win the support of the Han people in the north, Kublai Khan declared himself emperor and established the country as the Great Yuan!

According to the original history.

Kublai Khan proclaimed himself emperor after the destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Now he is so anxious to proclaim himself emperor in order to win over the Han people.

After all, there were quite a few Mongolian tribes on the grassland that rebelled against Kublai Khan.

During the time when Kublai Khan was suppressing the rebellion, Lin Chen was naturally not idle.

He ordered Yang Zhi to lead 50,000 new troops to recover lost territory along the way.

Also, along the Yangtze River, all the prefectures of the Southern Song Dynasty that were offered by Lv Wenhuan's old subordinates fell into Lin Chen's hands, and he did not encounter any resistance.

"What is Lin Chen going to do?!"

"After all, he is a warrior, and he knows how to cause chaos and harm the people!"

The scholars who were still under the rule of the Southern Song Dynasty began to criticize Lin Chen.

There was no other reason.

Someone in the court spread the news.

It said that Lin Chen relied on his heavy troops and did not listen to the court's orders at all.

This is natural.

Lin Chen ignored all the imperial edicts sent from the Southern Song Dynasty court, hoping that he could lead the army to Lin'an.

Instead, he focused on training new troops and expanding the navy under the command of the two brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun, with a great posture of crossing the Yangtze River and marching north.

This movement.

Obviously, Kublai Khan was frightened.

He was now caught between the grassland and the south.

If Lin Chen went north, he would have to face the situation of being attacked from both sides.

So.

A northern strategist offered a strategy of division.

Immediately.

An imperial edict from Kublai Khan was announced to the world.

In the imperial edict.

Lin Chen was given the title of king, and his fiefdom was the entire southern territory!

It must be said.

Kublai Khan still had capable people under his command.

This imperial edict was obviously intended to provoke a conflict between the Southern Song Dynasty and Lin Chen.

You know, most of the south is still in the hands of the Southern Song Dynasty.

If Lin Chen continued to march north, he would have to worry about the Southern Song Dynasty stabbing him in the back.

With the insect-like behavior of the Southern Song Dynasty, they would definitely take preemptive action.

This plan was considered to have seen through the Southern Song Dynasty.

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Jiangzhou.

Lin Chen looked at the imperial edict from Kublai Khan in his hand with amusement.

The general of the Yulin Guards present was also holding back his laughter, with a sarcastic look on his face.

"Sir, this barbarian chief is planning to get you into a fight with the Southern Song Dynasty." Qiao Xuan laughed softly.

How could Lin Chen not know Kublai Khan’s intentions?

"Publish the news that our general is at odds with the Mongolian Tatars and will march north to regain the Han family's homeland."

Upon hearing this, Wei Qing immediately stood up and walked out of the queue, his eyes burning, he bowed his hands to Lin Chen and said:

"Sir, most of the defeated and surrendered troops gathered earlier have been organized and trained and are ready for use!"

Wei Qing and others all knew that their master had been silent during this period just to digest the harvest.

Now, with most of the digestion done, it’s time to show your fangs.

Lin Chen nodded slightly and his eyes deepened.

When Kublai Khan was unable to escape, it was time for him to integrate the entire Southern Song Dynasty.

Immediately.

A piece of news spread, shocking the world.

Lin Chen governed the eight states in the south, led 300,000 people, and declared himself king, taking the title Tang.

Choose a day.

Lin Chen, the king of Tang Dynasty, led 200,000 people by land and water to Lin'an in a mighty manner.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Lin Chen is planning to replace the Southern Song Dynasty!

for a while.

The Southern Song Dynasty court was in chaos.

As for Lu Xiufu, who was still detained by Lin Chen, he was so angry that he couldn't eat for two days when he learned about this.

After asking to see Lin Chen several times to no avail, Lu Xiufu just stopped and didn't know what he was thinking.

"I already knew that Lin Chen was so ambitious!"

"Your Majesty should summon an army to fight against rebellion!"

"I have appointed Deputy Privy Envoy Jia Gui, Commander of the Forbidden Army Sun Huchen, and Privy Envoy Wang Zheng to lead a three-pronged army to attack Lin Chen, the puppet king of the Tang Dynasty!"

At this time, Song Gongzong, who was in the arms of the Empress Dowager, was at a loss.

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