"How dare you ask the prince, Duke of Zhou, Prime Minister Gu, and Prime Minister Qian to go out of the city to greet you?"
Xu Huai rode his horse to the Anran Pavilion, dismounted and presented himself to Zhao Yi, Prince of Wuwei County, Zhou He, Gu Fan, Qian Zerui and others.
"Compared with the hard work of the prime minister, how can we go out of the city and reach Wei Mo?" Zhou He laughed and said, and he, Zhao Yi, Gu Fan, Qian Zerui and others returned the gift to Xu Huai.
Except for some of the accompanying officials who were in mixed moods, Gu Fan, Zhou He, and Qian Zerui were still excited about Yingzhou's victory.
Even though Prince Zhao Yi of Wuwei County, as a member of the Zhao clan, has witnessed hundreds of millions of subjects being displaced and mountains and rivers shattered over the years, he still hopes to regain the Central Plains as soon as possible. He is very clear about the significance of the Yingzhou victory and the significance of the Yingzhou victory.
brilliant.
Although the Second Battle of Huainan was also a great victory and severely dampened the Red Husband's ambition to attack Jianghuai from the east, in terms of results alone, it was still far inferior to the great victory at Yingzhou.
Although the Second Battle of Huainan included the final Battle of Pikou, in which more than 60,000 surrendered Han troops and Red Husband cavalry were annihilated, the imperial court's losses, in addition to the 30,000-strong German returned troops who reorganized and surrendered to the enemy, Xiao??
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King Qin's troops, including those from Beijing and Xiang, lost more than 30,000 soldiers, while the Huaixi people suffered heavy casualties, with a loss of over one million people.
The Second Battle of Huainan can be said to be a standard tragic victory.
As for this Yingzhou victory, although the Tianxiong, Jingsheng, Xiaosheng, and Xuanwu armies plus the various garrison troops and horses suffered casualties of up to 80,000 or 90,000, this battle completely wiped out the Western Han army in Beijing and the troops from Hedong, Guan, Shaanxi, etc.
The total number of surrendered Han troops who had been reinforced by the ground was nearly 200,000, which was a complete annihilation (killed and captured, surrendered).
Except for Cao Shixiong's troops in the Heluo Han Army, this battle can be said to have wiped out all the Han forces under the Zhennan Zong Palace. In the end, only more than 20,000 remaining soldiers fled northward from the banks of the Yingshui River.
In addition, the Chihu Iron Cavalry, which Zhennan Zongfu and Pingyan Zongfu relied on to sweep across the Central Plains, also left 20,000 corpses on the banks of Yingshui River. If serious injuries and disabilities are included, the two palaces in Hehuai, Hedong, and Hebei
, Yunshuo, Yanji's elite cavalry should be reduced by more than 40%.
This battle also proved that the elite soldiers of Sikong Mansion were completely fearless against the elite cavalry of the Red Army on the frontal battlefield.
If the rainy season had not come, Zhou He, Gu Fan, Qian Zerui, and Zhao Yi had no doubt that Xu Huai would take advantage of the situation and regain the entire Hehuai area.
Although after entering the rainy and flood season, Xu Huai arranged for the injured to be withdrawn for treatment and rest, and also successively arranged for the garrison troops who had overdue service to return home. However, in the newly established Jingxi and Jingnan camps and in Guangchuan,
The garrisons reserved in Caizhou and Shenzhou are still as high as 200,000.
If we include the Chuzhou troops and horses commanded by Shou Hao's camp and Han Shiliang, the troops and horses deployed by Dai Viet in the southern part of Hehuai Province also gained an advantage over the Chihu people for the first time.
Counting Zhennan Zong Wangfu, Ping Yanzong Wangfu, Heluo Han Army, Xusu Han Army, Yanji Han Army and the Zhen garrison cavalry, the total strength of the troops in the Hehuai area has dropped by 240,000 to 50,000.
What's more, who now dares to say that the combat effectiveness of the surrendered Han army can match the same number of Sikong Mansion soldiers?
Now not only Biyang is full of joy, but people in Xiangyang and other places are also excited.
There is talk everywhere about expelling the barbarians and returning the capital to Liang.
Every day, hundreds of people requested to join the war, and there were also many scholars who volunteered to join the army.
Zhou He, Gu Fan and others are very confident in Sikong Mansion, otherwise they would not have chosen to side with Jingxiang during the second Huainan Battle. However, they did not think about this at the beginning of the Yingzhou Battle.
The victory will be so glorious.
They once thought that during this battle, Sikong Mansion would push the defense line to the right bank of Yingshui River, and they might be able to defend Ruyin City at most, and then use Ruyin City alone on the north bank of Yingshui River to withstand the military pressure jointly exerted by Zhennan Zongfu and Pingyan Zongfu.
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This was also the campaign goal set by the Sikong Mansion before launching the Yingzhou Campaign.
Zhou He, Gu Fan and Qian Zerui also handled military and political affairs in the court based on this goal. Now it seems that they are obviously too conservative.
When they came to Biyang this time, in addition to participating in the suburban welcome to highlight Xu Huai's great achievements, they also wanted to discuss and understand the next stage of the Sikong Mansion's plan, so that the DPRK and China could adjust the arrangements for many military and political affairs.
When Xu Huai's squadron returned to Biyang, he did not intend to make a big splash, but it was Zhou He and Gu Fan who rushed to Biyang and strongly advocated that they should return to the court in accordance with the great victory.
The ritual is to build an altar and offer a great sacrifice.
Besides, Zhou He and Gu Fan are the imperial envoys and left ministers, Qian Zerui is the privy council official, and Zhao Yi is the county king. They rush to the outskirts of Biyang to welcome Xu Huai's return with his army. The standards are high enough.
, Shi Zhen, Xu Wuqi and others followed suit. After obtaining Xu Huai's approval, they urgently recruited thousands of soldiers and civilians to build an eight-foot high platform in the south of Anran Pavilion as an altar.
After chatting with Zhou He, Gu Fan and others for a while, Xu Huaixian came to the colorful shed set up on the north side of An Ran Pavilion.
Wang Xuan and Liu Qiong'er were waiting at the colorful shed.
The youngest son Xu Zhen ran over curiously and wanted to take off the sword from Xu Huai's waist to play with it.
Xu Huai grabbed the hand of his youngest son Xu Zhen, smiled and held him on his shoulders, and said: "This is the sword used by gangsters to kill enemies. You and Grandpa Lu have not learned martial arts to a certain level, so you are not qualified to use this sword."
Play!"
Xu Huai greeted Lu Xiong, then reached out to pinch the pink and tender face of Xu Huan, the little girl in Liu Qiong'er's arms, making Xu Huan burst into tears.
"Huan'er is sleeping well. As a father, you didn't express your love for her when we met her for the first time, but you made her cry by making trouble." Liu Qiong'er turned around angrily, not letting Xu Huai pinch Xu Huan's cheek.
Small face.
Xu Huaiyu said with a smile to his left and right: "Qiong'er suffered a lot when she gave birth to Xu Huan. I was not in Biyang at the time, so it was useless to worry. I have to avenge Qiong'er this time no matter what."
"Mrs. Pingyang is blessed by God." Everyone said.
At this time, it was enough for Xu Huai to control the government with the Sikong Mansion. He personally had no intention of being promoted to a higher position, nor did he want to be too conspicuous, but Wang Xuan and Liu Qiong'er were both conferred the title of Lady of the County.
Liu Qiong'er didn't get pregnant until last summer. She had difficulty giving birth at the beginning of the year and suffered a lot.
However, Xu Huai spent most of the past six months leading his troops to fight abroad and had no time to take care of Biyang's affairs. Fortunately, both Liu Qiong'er and her daughter survived this disaster.
Lu Xiong was already old and had no energy to serve Wang Fan. Wang Xuan had brought Lu Xiong from Hangzhou to live in Biyang a few years ago.
Throughout his life, Lu Xiong either served in the army or traveled around the world. When the Red Husband invaded the south, he was busy with Wang Zhen and Wang Fan, and he had no time to take care of his family.
Over the years, he has not been able to contact his family.
Just like Mr. Wang
When my younger brother fled from Jingzhou, his troops were divided into three groups. In the end, only Wang Ju, Fan Yong, Wang Wen, Wang Zhang, Shi Hu, Shi Xiong and others gathered in Tongbai Mountain. There is also a group of disciples who are still silent until now.
In times of great strife and chaos, it is common for entire families to perish.
In recent years, Lu Xiong has given up on looking for his family. This time he settled in Biyang. With the instigation of Shi Zhen and others, he officially adopted the youngest son of Zhao Heng, who had accepted a disciple in Hanchuan, as his direct grandson.
He inherited the incense of the Lu family.
Xu Huai changed into sacrificial robes in the colorful shed and boarded the altar with more than a hundred civil and military generals including Zhou He, Gu Fan, Qian Zerui, Zhao Yi, Shi Zhen, Xu Wuqi, Wang Ju, Han Gui, Liu Shiwang, etc.
The altar is more than eight feet high and stacked up layer by layer. Compared with the surrounding mountains, it looks like a small mound. However, when you climb up to the altar and look at the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians around you, you still have the feeling of looking at the mountains.
The sacrificial ceremony, whether it was the altar, the sacrifices, or the etiquette, were all based on the emperor's sacrifice to heaven. Xu Huai also insisted on Zhou He as the chief priest.
However, holding such a big ceremony before the teacher returns to Biyang has a strong symbolic meaning.
Qian Zerui knew that Zhou He and Gu Fan were impatient for some things, especially since Zhou He was over seventy years old. How could he not worry that he would not be able to keep up with the success of his support?
After the entire ceremony, Zhou He and others couldn't bear it any longer, so they didn't rush into the city, but sat down to rest under the colorful shed.
After hearing what Xu Huai said about Yue Hai Tower setting fire to fire and Gao Xiangzhong hanging from a beam, Zhou He and others sighed with emotion and asked:
"The Yue thieves are fierce and stubborn, and they know that they are at the end of the road. This matter must have spread to the ears of Cao Shixiong and other thieves chiefs, and people must have been even more frightened. It seems that after the autumn, the Sikong Mansion can send troops to directly recover Heluo and Bianliang. It is also a matter of course.
, there is no suspense anymore. Once upon a time, I thought that I had no hope of seeing the day when I would return to Bianliang, but I didn’t expect that the Prime Minister would take action and it would become a fact in the blink of an eye..."
After the great victory in Yingzhou, Zhou He still urgently hoped that Sikong Mansion would send troops to recover Bianliang and return the capital to Bianliang.
This was also one of the main reasons why he, Gu Fan, Qian Zerui and others came to Biyang.
"After the flood season, regardless of whether the captive soldiers will voluntarily withdraw from Hehuai, it is natural for Sikong Mansion to send troops north to recover Heluo, Bianliang and other places," Xu Huai said, "However, even if they can successfully recover
In the entire Hehuai region, the army will not be stationed directly along the Yellow River in the short term, and the focus will still be on the Chen Ying, Bo, Su and Xu lines..."
The political significance of recapturing Bianliang and returning the capital to Bianliang is naturally extremely huge, but Xu Huai was far from impatient at this time.
Even if we can successfully prevent the soldiers from taking people captive and moving northward, it is no longer a matter of urgency that the Hehuai River and Huaihe River will be ruined.
They were too hasty and returned to Bianliang, stationing two to three hundred thousand soldiers and horses along the Yellow River, including Manchu civil and military officials, family members, and retinues. This huge group was unable to collect enough supplies from the Hehuai area.
They even had to spend a lot of money and food for relief. All kinds of supplies and relief needed to be transferred and mobilized from Jianghuai, Beijing and Xiangzhou. The consumption on the way alone was an astronomical figure.
At this time, agricultural production in Jianghuai, Jingxiang and other places had just resumed.
How could Xu Huai ignore the huge difficulties encountered in actual implementation for the sake of political significance that is no longer so important?
