Xu Huai grew up in a muddle-headed way in Tongbai Mountain since he was a child. After regaining his sanity, he recognized himself as a descendant of the Xu family from the bottom of his heart when it came to the feelings of family and children in this world.
As for Lu Xiong, Fan Yong, Xu Wuqi, Su Laochang and his adoptive father whom he had no memory of at all, their loyalty and righteousness, as well as his adoptive mother who had suffered for more than ten years, all still felt deep mourning in their hearts before she died of illness.
The pain and hatred of his son, but the love and care for him, these emotions were intertwined again at this moment, which also made him excited and emotional.
Wang Xian, Wang Jun, and Fan Zongqi were all grown up and married. At this time, they were serving as escorts in the Capital Deployment Department. The flag leaders and other junior soldiers also knew their own life experiences. However, it was truly confirmed that Xu Huai was Wang Xiaocheng and was not killed in Guanluishan.
The youngest son Wang Fan and Lu Xiong came to Yingzhou this time.
Xu Huai is a very special being in Hedong. Wang Ju and Fan Yong would not believe the previous rumors about his life experience. However, Xu Huai's disclosed age was only eighteen years old. Even after his life experience was confirmed, he was only nineteen years old.
At such a young age, he has repeatedly made outstanding achievements, so much so that Liu Shizhong, in the name of the military envoy, recommended him to serve as the Yuhou of the Tenth Wing of the Tianxiong Army after the reconstruction, and as the patrol envoy to Shuozhou. This is a legend in the world.
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Therefore, regardless of the fact that Wang Fan publicly stated that he had parted ways with everyone in Tongbai Mountain when he left Lanzhou, Hedong thought that Xu Huai came to power because of Wang's talent and Wang Fan's relationship.
The reason why Liu Shizhong, as the governor of the Cai Clan, came forward to recommend him personally was that, in the eyes of outsiders, the Cai Clan was passive due to Yue Hailou's collaboration with the enemy and had to make concessions in many aspects.
After everyone calmed down, Xu Huai asked Wang Ju and Fan Yong: "How many people from the Wang and Fan families are still in Taiyuan at this time?"
Fan Yong also thought that Xu Huai was worried that the news of their acquaintance would leak out, which would cause the Cai family to be disadvantageous to their family in Taiyuan, so he comforted him and said:
"It has been more than ten years since our family moved to Taiyuan. Your seventh uncle and I are considered senior officials in the Capital Deployment Department. This time we also know that you are coming to Yingzhou to participate in the military conference and will take over the recruitment matter. Unexpectedly, no one will
We suspect it; otherwise we will find an opportunity to accompany Mr. Lu to Shuozhou to find you in two days..."
Xu Huai knew that Fan Yong and the others had gone astray, and asked straight to the point: "Do you know that Liu Jun, a doctor in the Ministry of War, went to Datong to persuade him to surrender and shot and killed the defenders?"
"Ah?" Fan Yong asked in shock, "I heard the news about your arrival at the camp, so I rushed out of the city to greet you, but I didn't hear about Liu Jun being shot and killed in front of Datong City - Guo Zhongxiong, deputy envoy for transfer just now
I went out of the west city gate and personally carried the coffin to pick up the body. Is it Liu Jun, a doctor in the Ministry of War?"
Liu Shizhong and Cai Yuanyou did not go out of the city to retrieve Liu Jun's body in person, but deliberately delayed the news to prevent the news from spreading too quickly. They were worried that the soldiers would be indignant and would have to send troops to attack Datong.
Wang Ju accompanied Lu Xiong and stayed in the house all the time, so naturally he didn't know what was happening under Datong City.
"What is the intention of the Datong defenders?" Lu Xiong asked in shock when he heard the news that Liu Jun, a doctor in the Ministry of War, went to Datong to persuade him to surrender but was shot dead.
Lu Xiong was ordered by Wang Zhen to come to Hedong again to observe the situation, considering that the Datong defenders might be inclined to surrender the Chihu people. However, he did not think of any reason for the Datong defenders to shoot the soldiers sent by Dai Viet to persuade them to surrender.
Envoy. This is too unusual.
"The King of Chihu has not yet made the final decision to break up the secret agreement with Dai Viet, but many princes and ministers are ready to take action and cannot hold back, so they need a reasonable excuse to bypass King Chihu's order," Xu Huai said
Said, "Dai Viet and Chi Hu made a secret agreement to use Wuzhou Mountain, Jingong Mountain and Hun River as the boundary, and the southern boundary belonged to Dai Viet. However, if Dai Viet could not persuade the Datong defenders to surrender, they would not dare to attack Datong, or they would be unable to capture Datong.
, at this time, the Chihu soldiers and horses gathered east of Yinshan Mountain went south to attack Datong and forced the defenders to surrender. Who can say that the Chihu soldiers did not keep their faith?"
There were no outsiders present. Xu Huai placed the tea sets in the living room and dragged the Eight Immortals table of the shrine to the middle of the room. He spread out the Kan map, which clearly marked the gathering of more than 20,000 Red Hussars at the eastern foot of Yinshan Mountain. The trajectory of their activities marked Datong.
Huairen, Jincheng and Xiao Linshi deployed their troops in the Cangtou Valley (Shenhekou); he also made Yuehai Tower disappear from Lanzhou for several months and then reappeared, secretly meeting Cao Shixiong at Mayinghai Temple in Guanluan Mountain.
Tell each other everything about the meeting.
Yue Yulou has spies in Datong City. Although there may not be any signs of Yue Hailou and others' activities in Datong City at present, and Xu Huai has no intention of arranging more manpower to risk sneaking into Datong City, there is no doubt that the Datong defenders shot
The killing of Liu Jun has once again made Dai Viet passive.
"Is there really something wrong with Cao Shixiong?" Lu Xiong did not doubt Xu Huai's judgment, but he was certainly shocked when he heard that Yue Hailou had reappeared in Lanzhou a few months after disappearing and met Cao Shixiong in secret.
"Cao Shixiong came to Lanzhou and seemed to have a very good official reputation, and most local gentry also thought of him well. However, he donated money to repair the Mayinghai Temple in Guanluishan Mountain, and invited traveling monks from all over the world to live in Xi. He himself also lived in Sancha.
We went to listen to sutras and worship Buddha on the fifth day, and also asked Tibetan monks about things in Mobei. We noticed something unusual until we saw traces of Yue Hailou in Mayinghai Temple a few days ago," Xu Huai said.
After meeting Cao Shixiong once, he disappeared again. I suspect he might be in Datong City at this time!"
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Before leaving Lanzhou, Lu Xiong rushed to Shuozhou to see Xu Huai, but Xu Huai refused to leave the city.
He didn't have any resentment in his heart, but he was worried about whether Cao Shixiong was reliable. Unexpectedly, the worst result he worried about actually happened. He was so anxious that he gasped and said,
"The king should not have recommended Cao Shixiong to go out to Lanzhou and lead the Tianxiong army a few years ago. Now it has become a big problem!"
"What is supposed to come will eventually come," Xu Huai said calmly.
Although Xu Huai's whole plan was disrupted when he first learned that Wang Fan had recommended Cao Shixiong to come to Lanzhou and lead Tianxiong's army, and he was so anxious that he wanted to curse, but the matter had passed, and he could calmly return to the situation at this time.
Look at this from the outside.
Putting aside his personal subjective unhappiness, objectively speaking, Wang Fan recommended Cao Shixiong to take charge of the military affairs of Lanzhou in the west wing, which made Xu Huai give up his fantasy of heading south directly from Lanzhou via Taiyuan and other places.
If not, it would be difficult for Xu Huai to make the decision to forcibly open the Xishan Pass.
To put it bluntly, even if Wang Fan did not recommend Cao Shixiong and Zhu Hang eventually came out to know Lanzhou and took command of Tianxiong's army, it would not be possible to reverse the historical trajectory of the Chihu cavalry's invasion of the Central Plains through the southeast of the river.
After some reorganization, the Tianxiong Army may regain some combat effectiveness, but they are definitely not qualified to stand in the way of the Red Guard Cavalry who have been fighting bloody battles in the desert grasslands for decades.
With Zhu Hang's temperament and integrity, it is absolutely impossible for him to surrender to the enemy, and it is difficult to ask him to decisively abandon the city and retreat south. The final outcome is likely to be that the Tianxiong army is besieged in an isolated city by several times more powerful enemies and has to wait for a long time.
There were no reinforcements and they became increasingly weak. In the end, there was no hope of breaking out and the entire army was destroyed.
Zhu Hang returned to the capital and Wang Fan recommended Cao Shixiong to take charge of the military affairs of Lanzhou on the west wing. After telling Xu Huai to give up his illusions, he also weakened the constraints of Lanzhou and Hedong Road Division on Shuozhou to the greatest extent.
Otherwise, Xu Huai would have no way to abandon Zhu Hang and go alone, either from a personal or moral perspective.
Under such a severe threat, he was not able to shoulder such a heavy responsibility.
Xu Huai could be so calm about Wang Fan recommending Cao Shixiong to take charge of Lanzhou's military affairs at this time because he clearly knew how history would go. Wang Fan's recommendation of Cao Shixiong could only be regarded as an accidental wave in the torrent of history, and the Chihu cavalry marched south brazenly.
At that time, if Cao Shixiong did not surrender, there would be other boneless generals willing to take the lead.
However, Lu Xiong didn't think so. He still regretted it and said: "When Wang Fan recommended Cao Shixiong, I should have advised the prime minister to talk to you. I shouldn't have hesitated!"
Although Fan Yong and Wang Ju worked as officials in the capital deployment department in recent years, they had no access to core secrets.
Seeing a lot of confusion in their eyes, Xu Wuqi guessed that Lu Xiong would not have a chance to tell him many confidential things when he came to Yingzhou this time.
Xu Wuqi then bandited Tongbai Mountain. Xu Huai escorted Wang Xun to Lanzhou for thousands of miles and helped Zhu Hang lead the remnants of the Tianxiong Army to evacuate from Datong City.
State, as well as their basically complete control over the southern part of Xishan Mountain in the past few months, were told to Fan Yong, Wang Ju and others one by one.
"You and the ninth general of the Tianxiong Army (Xiang) handed over your heads once to ask for merit, but the deployment department all thought that the people you killed were ordinary peasants and made a hasty calculation and did not delve into the matter," Fan
Yong, Wang Ju asked in shock, "And except for the time when you handed over the heads of hundreds of Tibetan soldiers, you have never made any claims for military exploits since then. How come the Xishan Mountains in the north of Fulan all fell under your control..."
"Xu Huai has always asserted that the Chihu people will inevitably invade the Central Plains from the south. Although most people don't think so, we have been preparing accordingly,"
Xu Wuqi said,
"Wang Fanlang recommended Cao Shixiong to go out to Lanzhou. We are worried that Cao Shixiong may directly defect to the Chihu cavalry when they go south, causing Shuozhou to become an isolated city with both north and south retreats blocked. We have been in Shuozhou during this period,
The main thing is to gather troops and horses to attack and manage Xishan. But at this time, everyone from Hedong to the imperial court is still dreaming of joining forces with the Chihu people to capture Yanyun. Of course, we cannot report everything to Lu Si. Of course, Liu Shizhong
, Cai Yuanyou and others have long suspected Xu Huai's life experience. If the Wang and Fan families don't have too many children in Taiyuan, they should move them to Xishan as soon as possible to prevent the situation from suddenly turning bad at any time. Especially Cao Shixiong at any time
There is a possibility of rebellion, and when the roads are blocked, there will be too many things to take care of!"
Wang Ju, Fan Yong, Wang Xian, Fan Zongqi, Wang Jun and others all looked at each other, unable to suppress their shock. Who would have thought that when Wang Ju and Xu Huai's uncle and nephew got together more than ten years ago, there would be a bigger "surprise" waiting for them.
