Xu Xin'an, Tang Pan, Yin Peng, and Tang Qing walked into the house and saw Xu Huai, Liu Qiong'er, Su Laochang, Xu Wuqi, Xu Wukun, Zheng Tu, Zhou Jing and others in the house; in the yard
There was no one there. Han Qi and two people blocked the entrance of the courtyard to prevent irrelevant people from approaching.
Looking at this posture, Xu Xin'an and Tang Pan both knew that Xu Huai had sent someone to call them back to Nanyu Lane, and the matter was by no means simple.
Xu Huai stood in front of the window, and when he saw Xu Xin'an and the others walking into the living room, he sat down in the middle.
Since going north, he has been thinking hard about the Khitan situation in all aspects, which is obviously not optimistic. Why did Dai Viet suffer a heavy setback when it assembled superior forces to conquer Yan in the north?
He has always had the extravagant dream to reverse the existing historical trajectory.
Now he finally cleared away the fog that covered his eyes, but the looming historical truth was so cruel and powerless.
To say that Xiao Linshi has great abilities and skills is not entirely true.
After Xiao Linshi became a member of the Khitan clan, he once held important positions such as being deployed in Xingyi Palace and knowing state affairs in the Southern Prime Minister's Office. He watched the Khitan government decline day by day and watched helplessly as Khitan men fell one after another to the Red Husbands.
Under the iron heel, there is nothing you can do.
If Xiao Linshi really has great ability and skill, he only needs to arrange hundreds of thousands of elite troops and horses in Shuo and Yingwai to fend off the enemy. Why would he need to take such a dangerous plan?
However, Xiao Linshi, who had nothing to do about the Khitan's decline, laid such a death trap on Xijing Road, but it was like a huge net. Even though Xu Huai had seen through it at this time, he was unable to stop the ignorant and ignorant tens of thousands of Vietnamese troops.
Step inside.
The people in the temple have no long-term plans. At this moment, few people take the threat of the Red Hu people seriously. What can he do to stop it?
Good words can't persuade a damned person!
What he can do now is not to make plans with the temple since it has no long-term plans.
At this time, he urgently summoned everyone to Nanyu Lane to formally set this tone before sending Zhu Hang north.
Prior to this, Xu Wuqi, Zhou Jing, and Su Laochang were all inclined to tell Ge Boyi about Chen Zixiao through Wang Zhen or Wang Fan Zhen, hoping that this would be helpful in the northern expedition to Yan.
All of this is due to their deep-rooted feelings of family and country and loyalty, and they do not feel that this temple is hopeless.
Of course Xu Huai would never reject his loyalty and righteousness to his family and country.
If Xu Wuqi, Su Laochang and others did not have a deep sense of family and country, how could they have such deep identification with his biological father Wang Xiaocheng; and if they were not loyal and righteous people, how could they make such a big sacrifice?
He has been dormant in Tongbai Mountain for more than ten years, covering up his life experience and taking good care of him?
And if Xu Huai himself hadn't hoped to be able to turn the tide, or if he hadn't thought about doing something, he wouldn't have been able to take the risk of everyone and stay in the North.
However, in his eyes, even if the feelings of family and country cannot be abandoned, it does not mean that one must be loyal to this temple.
At this moment, Xu Huai even had to make a clear cut with the temple that had no foresight and was occupied by greedy and thieves, so as to ensure the absolute independence of Zhufeng Hall.
Now everyone is hesitant about whether to report the matter about Chen Zixiao, it is still a small matter.
Not to mention that in the future, the Chihu Iron Cavalry will move south like a torrent. They will do everything possible to avoid being dragged into the quagmire of fire by the incompetent and stupid temple. Take this trip to the north as an example. If they cannot maintain absolute independence and sobriety, Xu Huai will not know.
In the end, how many people will come back alive?
"What's going on? You really scared us like this!" Tang Pan urged with a smile.
Xu Huai spread out the Yanyunkan map on the long table, took a long breath and said:
"Shuozhou guard Cao Shixiong, Cao Shixiong's troops are attached to the imperial court in the south of Shuozhou, Tianxiong's army is in Langu, Ningwu's troops will go to Shuozhou City in two days at the latest, and I have just received Wang Fanlang
Your order is to escort Mr. Zhu Lang to Shuozhou City Governor before this time!"
"Really?"
When Xu Huai talked about this secret, Xu Xin'an, Tang Pan, Yin Peng, Tang Qing, Zheng Tu and others were very excited.
Xu Wukun said happily: "If the Shuozhou defender really surrenders so neatly, it seems that there will be no hard battles to fight, and the entire Xijing Road can be taken over."
There is no merit in the war, if it can be solved so smoothly from beginning to end, it would be the most beneficial to be incorporated into the Supervisory Army Envoy Yuan!"
They couldn't see the crisis hidden in the depths. How could they not be happy and inspired when they suddenly heard that the enemy general had surrendered before the war?
Even if Wang Fan, Zhu Hang and others were not convinced that victory was certain?
This also determined that with Xu Huai's position at this time, any advice could not be worth a breeze.
But it was Xu Wuqi, Zhou Jing, Su Laochang and others who saw Xu Huai asking Liu Qiong'er to dig out all the text materials of Datong Mansion in the afternoon, and they were absolutely convinced of Xu Huai, so they guessed what was going on.
Far from being as simple as Tang Pan, Xu Wukun and others thought.
At this time, hearing Xu Huai talk about Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili's defection, Su Laochang frowned and asked: "Why, do you think Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili's defection is a scam?"
"..." Xu Huai shook his head and said, "Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili are originally Bohai Han people. Although they may not have much affection for the Central Plains, the fact that the Khitan sun is declining is a fact that anyone with a discerning eye can see, and they cannot be the loyal ministers of the Khitan people.
, at this juncture, they use their Han identity to make it easier for Dai Viet to accept this, and there should be no problem in surrendering Dai Viet to the south——"
"Then what's wrong with the whole thing?" Xu Wukun asked puzzledly.
"Although Yue Hailou had secretly contacted Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili many times on behalf of the imperial court before, and the imperial court also conferred Cao Shixiong as the Observer of Xinzhou, Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou and Ge Boyi were still worried about fraud and secretly ordered Cao Shixiong to officially change the banner.
, it is necessary to purge the Khitan, Xi and other tribes in Shuozhou City. I led my troops to escort Zhu Hang to Shuozhou. Rather than supervising the army, I was to supervise whether the Shuozhou auxiliary troops took care of Liu, Cai, Ge and others.
Calling for killing,"
Xu Huai said,
"Although Mr. Wang Fanlang will never reveal a word to me, the Northern Expedition strategy drawn up by the Privy Council is no longer a secret in my eyes. If you look at the topographic map, the Eastern Route Army has 50,000 forbidden troops and an army of the same size.
The army has completed its assembly at Yanmen in Daizhou, basically attracting the main force of the Khitan garrison on Xijing Road to the south of Yingzhou. However, on the side of our West Route Army, the Tianxiong Army's assembly has been delayed, which undoubtedly gave the Khitan
People created an illusion: to the west of them, there is Shuozhou City controlling both sides of the Hui River, which is enough to stop the Tianxiong Army that was defeated in their hands more than ten years ago..."
"You are saying that the Tianxiong army has actually secretly completed preparations for a rapid northward march, but the delay in gathering is actually waiting for Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili to formally surrender. The troops rushed directly to Shuozhou, without even stopping in Shuozhou, so as to finally
Quickly attack Datong, the heart of Xijing Road, from the west?"
Xu Wuqi followed Jingsheng's army into Datong City more than ten years ago. The march route at that time was along the Huihe River and he was very familiar with this situation.
"Do you suspect that the commander of the Khitan Xijing Road has already noticed that there is something wrong with Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili, and is most likely hiding an ambush in Datong City to wait for Tianxiong's army to sneak in?" Xu Wuqi asked.
"Datong must be a trap, there is no doubt about it, but in addition to Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili, it is impossible for Yue Hailou, Liu Shizhong, and Ge Boyi not to repeatedly confirm the garrison situation in Datong before launching a raid. Therefore, when the Tianxiong army arrives,
The city of Datong must have been empty! Idiots like Ge Boyi, Liu Shizhong, and Cai Yuanyou had to have brothers Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili raise their butcher's knives against the Khitan and the Zalu before they dared to trust them. How could they not do it again and again?
Confirm whether there is an ambush in Datong City?" Xu Huai said, "The real problem actually lies in the high-pressure policy of the North Vietnamese conscription horse against the Khitan and the Tibetan tribes..."
Xu Huai threw some information compiled by Liu Qiong'er onto the map of Kanyu and said:
"In the past two hundred years, in order to strengthen their control over Xijing Road and Nanjing Road, the Khitan, in addition to their own tribes, also continued to move the Tiele, Xianbei, Rouran, Xi people, and Bohai Han people they conquered southward.
Datong was the capital of Xijing. At this time, there were nearly 200,000 Khitans and miscellaneous captives living in the city. At this time, the imperial army was loose in military discipline in Landai and other places, and there were many robberies and harassment of the Tibetan people. Waiting for Cao Shixiong, Cao Shili
The news of the massacre of Shuozhou captives was spread to Datong City along with the raiding troops and horses. At this time, if the nearly 200,000 Khitan people and Tibetan captives in Datong City were provoked to resist fiercely, they would surely be killed by the raiding troops and horses.
Mud!"
Xu Wuqi was a man who knew how to fight. At this time, he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Khitan is declining, and corrupt officials are rampant in its territory. Nobles and officials bully and exploit the people wantonly. There is serious antagonism between the government and the people, and there are even rebellions from time to time.
Normally, it would be impossible for the Khitan's Xijing Remaining Department to organize the 200,000 Khitan people, Xi tribe, Tiele, Rouran and other miscellaneous tribes to fight against the Northern Expedition of the Yue army against the Yan army.
On the other hand, Xu Wuqi had to admit that the Khitan people as well as the Xi people, Tiele, Rouran, Xianbei and other miscellaneous Tibetan households were all good at riding and shooting, and had strong bodies. The proportion of people who were good at martial arts was much higher than that of the Han people, and basically they were good at riding and shooting.
Every household has the tradition of carrying private armor.
If 70,000 to 80,000 able-bodied Tibetan people were deliberately guided by someone in Datong City to raid Dai Viet and massacre, and arouse fierce resistance during the looting, then 30 to 50,000 to 50,000 raiding troops would surely be able to quickly suppress them?
And what happened in Sujin Tower today is enough to prove that the Khitan secretly intends to make a fuss about the conflict between Han and Tibetan.
Xu Wuqi didn't think they could stop anything after seeing through all this.
Not to mention that Wang Xun personally went to admonish Ge Boyi before noon, asking him to tighten military discipline when the army was searching for enemies, but he almost got sick from anger, nor did he mention the headache and difficult-to-control military discipline of the imperial army. Xu
Wu Qi was more aware of the custom of issuing orders from the imperial court and commanding with an imperial pen.
The Privy Council must have already drawn up a plan for what strategy the Yan army would adopt in its northern expedition against the Khitans and miscellaneous captives. It was even written directly into the imperial edicts (imperial command) carried by Liu Shizhong, Cai Yuanyou, and Wang Fan when they went north.
It is definitely not something that can be changed casually just because the three or five low-level military officials below raise objections.
"Wang Fanlang ordered me to lead 200 people to escort Zhu Hang north to Shuozhou. I can't refuse. However, as the governor of Shuozhou this time, I will inevitably go to Datong with the raiding troops. This is a near-death situation," Xu
Huai said, "At this time, everyone should also see through what kind of things the princes in the temple are. Even if Wang Xianggong resurrects, it is impossible to change the short-sighted nature of the temple alone - even if it is for the sake of the country, we can no longer
I have so many expectations for a temple like this..."
