As the supervisor of the army, Wang Fan seized control of the Tianxiong Army from Ge Boyi. It is not surprising that he later requested to be transferred back to Bianjingdu, even if it was just to avoid suspicion. Even if there were no Cai officials in the court to interfere
, will try their best to avoid Wang Fan continuing to control the military and political affairs of the West Wing in Lanzhou, but no one can deny Wang Fan's right to speak in recommending candidates for the military and political leadership of the West Wing.
Xu Huai thought that it was a sure thing that Zhu Hang would take charge of the military affairs of the west wing in Lanzhou instead of Wang Fan. However, he never thought that Wang Fan would insist on dragging Zhu Hang back to Bianjing because he was afraid of being implicated by them.
Recommend Cao Shixiong to assume full military and political power in the west wing.
Wang Zhen and Zhu Hang made irreparable mistakes at this juncture.
They actually thought that because Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili were cruel to the Khitans, they must be loyal to Dai Viet.
Yes, Xu Huai never showed any dissatisfaction with Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili brothers in front of others. After all, since the northern expedition to Yan, the performance of Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili brothers was indeed beyond reproach.
The two Cao brothers raised their butcher knives to massacre the Khitans and Zalu in Shuozhou in response to the strong request of Ge Boyi and others.
Even though Ge Boyi repeatedly claimed at this time that this move was advocated by Yue Hailou, who had long been a collaborator with the enemy, it was also because this move eventually led to strong resistance from the vassal people in Datong and fell into the Khitan's scheme. However, this aspect
The blame cannot be placed on the Cao brothers, nor can we doubt that there is anything wrong with the Cao brothers.
Cao Shili led Qing Shun's army to raid Datong City with Tianxiong's army, and was able to successfully capture Shengde Gate at first. After entering Datong City, Cao Shili's troops fought the most valiantly. Cao Shili was good at using horses and iron halberds.
He has unstoppable courage and strong ability to command troops.
At any other time, Dai Viet would have had no problem even if they had bought horse bones for thousands of dollars, reused the Cao brothers instead of putting them on guard, or even used the Cao brothers to deal with the Khitans.
But the problem is that it is now necessary and extremely urgent to weigh the biggest variable, the Chihu people.
Xu Huai knew that Wang Fan had opinions about him, but he thought that Wang Fan and Zhu Hang would not make such a mistake.
He was still wrong on this matter.
He underestimated Wang Zhen, and deep down in Zhu Hang's heart was the psychological inertia that all Han people in the world should regard Dayue as Zhengshuo, and all Han people should naturally aspire to Dayue.
This strong, self-righteous psychological inertia is often the most fatal, and it is also the easiest way for people to blindly step into a death trap without knowing it.
"Perhaps things won't be so bad!" Liu Qiong'er opened the door and saw Xu Huai sitting in front of the case, still concentrating on studying the Kan map. The pork noodles that were placed on the table at noon were only a little shallow and had already frozen into a lump.
Ice pimples.
"I'm afraid it will only get worse,"
Xu Huai raised his head and said with a haggard and depressed face,
"I have always been deducing how the main cavalry force of the Chihu people can arrive at Bianjing City as quickly as possible, but there were many things that I couldn't figure out before. Let's take a look. The Chihu people were originally located to the west of the Xianbei Mountains and to the Yinshan Mountains.
In the north, the northwest Tibetan tribe that was entrenched in the Mobei grassland rose rapidly in the past thirty years and conquered the northwest Tibetan forces first. The Khitan also completely fell after losing control of the northwest Tibetan forces.
As long as the Hu people capture Linhuang Mansion, Dading Mansion, and Liaoyang Mansion, they will basically completely cut off the foundation of the Khitan. Then they have two paths to go south to the Central Plains. One is to gather troops and quickly defeat the Khitan on its Nanjing Road.
That is, the remaining forces in Yanji and other places, and then go straight from the Hebei Road of Mapingchuan to the north bank of the Yellow River; the second is to defeat the Khitan's remaining forces in Xijing Road, that is, Yunshuo and other places, and go south via the Hedong Road. The Chihu people
The core force is in the Mobei grassland to the west of the Da Xianbei Mountains. After the main force of the army captured the heart of the Khitan, it has been fighting for a long time. It is bound to need to return to the tribe's territory to the west of the Da Xianbei Mountains to rest and regroup. After the main force replenishes its troops, it will be assembled again.
, it is undoubtedly the most convenient way to go down from Yunshuo to the east of the river. But the problem is, from Yunshuo to the east of the river, and then out of the east of the river, directly to the north bank of the Yellow River, there are many mountains and mountains, and the main force of the cavalry is not good at attacking cities and trapping fortresses. How can it be done quickly?
Passed? No matter how bad the Dai Viet Forbidden Army was, guarding many pass and fortifications, it would not be easily broken by the Red Husband's cavalry, right? So I have always been inclined to think that the Red Husbands would probably choose the far side instead of the near, so that the main force after the rest would be too many.
Detouring thousands of miles and heading south from Yanji - until two days ago Lu Xiong came over and told me that Wang Fan recommended Cao Shixiong to take charge of Lanzhou and the Tianxiong Army. The last piece of the fate puzzle of the whole matter was complete in my opinion.
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"You said Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili's surrender to the enemy will quickly open a passage south for the red cavalry?" Liu Qiong'er gritted her teeth and asked with a pale face in shock, "Doesn't all our previous arrangements have to be overturned?"
"Perhaps this is the fate of Dai Viet that cannot be changed," Xu Huai said. "If the Red Husbands really want to pass from Yunshuo to the southeast of the river, they cannot wait until the army enters the Huihe River Valley to persuade Cao Shixiong to surrender. The two brothers Cao Shili will inevitably
They will take action immediately after their southward strategy is finalized - this also means that even if we want to escape from this quagmire, the southward retreat will be blocked by Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili brothers in advance!"
Even if we ignore the necessity of Cao Shixiong surrendering to the enemy, the Cao brothers are also careerists and conspirators. They hold the military and political power of Lanzhou in the west wing and Zhu Hang holds the military and political power of Lanzhou in the west wing. The situation faced by the three thousand soldiers of Tongbai Mountain in Shuozhou is also similar.
will be completely different.
First of all, Cao Shixiong has the Qing Shun Army and tens of thousands of Shuozhou Han people who moved south as his foundation. He also has Cao Shili, Meng Pingping and other civil and military generals. His grasp of Lanzhou and Tianxiong Army must be very deep, and he can easily solve the problem.
Zhong, Zhu Run, Lei Teng and others will be squeezed into the corner and sit on the bench.
Of course, Xu Huai can disobey Cao Shixiong, but will a person like Cao Shixiong let the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain just let him go?
Xu Huai must now consider that Cao Shixiong will directly cut off the supply of grain, grass, weapons, and military pay to Shuozhou. Xu Huai does not have the time and energy to fight Cao Shixiong for several months.
The forces withdrew early to avoid Cao Shixiong's retaliation.
The conflict between them and Cao Shixiong became acute, and Zhufengtang's caravan did not even think about passing through Lanzhou.
And tens of thousands of Han people in Shuozhou have withdrawn. They can no longer collect food from the vicinity of Shuozhou City. There are more than 4,000 Hu women and children left, but they still have to go to relief. If they do nothing, it is estimated that two
Yueshuozhou will run out of food.
In short, the situation they faced at this time was much more difficult than previously expected.
"Zheng Tu has already met Yan Xiaoyi, Shen Zhen'e and others are back. Yan Xiaoyi and Shen Zhen'e have not directly agreed to stay, and they may still be hesitating!" Liu Qiong'er held Xu Huai's hand.
Shoulder said.
Wang Fan established a guard camp in Ningwu and appointed Zheng Shou and Wang Kong as generals. Wang Kong also brought over Yan Xiaoyi, Shen Zhene and other old friends.
At that time, Wang Fan really needed some capable and trustworthy people around him. It was impossible for Xu Huai to compete with Wang Fan at that time, but the situation is completely different now. Wang Kong behaved according to the rules, and Xu Huai never thought that he could persuade Wang Kong to go to Shuo.
Zhou came to the state, but Yan Xiaoyi and Shen Zhenei were fighting for it no matter what.
So after refusing Lu Xiong to enter Shuozhou City, Xu Huai asked Zheng Tu to go to Kelan urgently to find Yan and Shen. However, there were some things that he couldn't say clearly. Yan Xiaoyi, will Shen Zhene stay? Now
It's really unknown.
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"Shu Zi is bullying people too much! If it weren't for Yan Xiaoyi and Shen Zhenei coming to say goodbye, I wouldn't have known that my father sent Brother Lu to Shuozhou this time and he couldn't even enter the city gate! Father, tell me what kind of attitude this boy has.
, do you want to sever ties with my Wang family? Is it possible that I, the dignified military supervisor, recommend the generals stationed in Lanzhou to the court, and still obey his orders? Father, please don’t indulge this son anymore, I think we are like this
It's the right time to break away from him. It's fine that he doesn't take me, Wang Fan, seriously. With his arrogant attitude, how can he take the imperial court seriously? How could a person like him not make a big move?
Woe? If we continue to be entangled with them, we will inevitably be dragged down by them and our reputation will be ruined!"
The two maids listened to Wang Fan's uncontrollable angry roar in the lobby. They grabbed Wang Xuan, who was in tears and dragged her out. They said anxiously: "Miss, we can't eavesdrop anymore. If the master sees it, you will It’s okay, but we can’t escape a beating—Miss Xuan, don’t try to harm us!”
Wang Xuan wiped away the tears on her cheeks and walked to the side courtyard with her maid. After walking a few steps, she bumped into Zhu Zhi and Zhu Tong brothers approaching.
"Master Lu went to Shuozhou City to deliver a message on behalf of Grandpa Xianggong, but he couldn't even enter the city gate. Wang Xuan, have you heard of this? That guy Xu Huai is too arrogant. The key is that this is not enough, this guy You even want to dig up the roots of our family's city wall - Wang Xuan, don't be angry, but you don't know that Yan Xiaoyi, Shen Zhenha and these guys are like drinking ecstasy soup, they actually want to go to Shuozhou to collude with these guys. They are really born to be raised by cheap servants, and all of them are pickpockets!" Zhu Tong ignored Zhu Zhi's embarrassing stop, but blocked Wang Xuan with an angry look and asked.
Wang Xuan ignored Zhu Tong and walked directly to the side courtyard.
In the dead of night, a baggage was thrown out of the yard, and then a figure poked its head out from the courtyard wall. There was no figure at both ends of the lane, and everything was quiet. The figure was about to climb out of the wall, and then suddenly saw the foot of the wall. Gen sat with a bottle of figure, and he didn't know how long he had been sitting there. There was a thick layer of snow on his coir raincoat, and he was looking up at her at this time.
"Uncle Lu, why didn't you rest?" Wang Xuan asked in surprise while riding on the wall.
"At this time, Shuozhou is more than 120 miles away, which is not too far away. However, the war is in chaos. There are 40 to 50 miles away from the vast snowy wilderness. I don't know how many Khitan scouts are there. Miss Xuan, how can you go to Shuozhou? ?" Lu Xiong asked with a sigh.
"I'm looking for Yan Xiaoyi and Shen Zhenyi to go to Shuozhou together," Wang Xuan said, "Uncle Lu, you won't stop me, right?"
Lu Xiong sighed: "Yan Xiaoyi, Shen Zhen'e wanted to go to Shuozhou, and your father was so angry that he stamped his feet, but he just gave up. If the two of them take you to Shuozhou, your father ordered that they and you should be taken to Shuozhou. After being arrested, didn't you want to kill the two of them? It wasn't Uncle Lu who had to stop you. It was the husband who guessed that you would escape over the wall and asked Uncle Lu to stay here. You wouldn't harm Uncle Lu in his old age and there would be no one in the Wang family. A place to establish oneself, right?”
"Did Xu Huaizhen do something wrong?" Wang Xuan asked, sitting on the wall dejectedly.
"It may be that we are totally wrong, but who knows - Uncle Lu has lived for most of his life and has seen many people holding their own opinions and turning against each other. No one would think that he was wrong. He can only wait for time to prove everything. Or maybe in the end, no one can prove that the other is wrong, so he must be right. Anyway, Uncle Lu and I are not very smart, so I am the one who is right." Lu Xiong sighed.
"Do you hate Xu Huai for driving you back? Are you angry in your heart?" Wang Xuan asked.
"Uncle Lu is not that young at his age," Lu Xiong said, "Auntie, please go back to the house and sleep. Uncle Lu will have nothing to be angry about. Don't freeze!"
