(The third volume will be opened next, and the writing will be slower...)
Xu Huai also struggled with whether to go to Bianjing or not.
The memory fragments that flashed in his mind had already revealed the existing and tragic ending of history.
Even if Cai Zheng is imprisoned and Wang Zhen becomes a member of the ruling party, and may even be reused, Xu Huai does not feel that this has completely reversed the foundation for this tragic ending.
His earlier thought was that even if he led the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain to go to King Qin, he would choose to stay away from the periphery of the Battle of Bianjing, and try his best to organize a defense line on the Huaihe River line for the follow-up, and accumulate valuable effective strength.
He never expected to win the defensive battle of Bianjing.
As for Xu Huai's concerns, or whether he should go to Bianjing in the end, he had no way to discuss it with Wang Ju and Xu Wuqi.
Judging from their expectant looks, they obviously thought that even if the Red Hussars could cross the Yellow River and go south and ravage the Central Plains, Bianjing City would never fall so easily.
Yes, as the imperial capital of Dai Viet, Bianjing City is usually garrisoned by tens of thousands of imperial troops; and Dai Viet covers thousands of miles, and Bianjing is surrounded by densely populated prefectures and counties. Once the enemy cavalry reaches the city of Bianjing, reinforcements will continue to arrive from there.
The surrounding prefectures and counties arrived.
The Chihu people's cavalry is invincible, but their siege troops only have 40,000 to 50,000 troops, and the attack on Yingzhou City is not very impressive. After all, this is the shortcoming of the Chihu people. What do they use for it?
To attack the city of Bianjing, which has millions of soldiers and civilians?
In addition, Xu Wuqi, Wang Ju and others still have loyalty in their hearts. How could they want to stay out of the situation because of the dangerous situation in Bianjing in Vietnam?
Of course, even if Bianjing was destined to be unable to be defended in the end, when Xu Huai went to Bianjing at this time, he realized that it was a situation of death and no life. The first northern expedition to Yan was such a dangerous situation, but he still managed to escape with many dangers.
If you want to go to Bianjing this time, the people and things you will face will inevitably become more complicated, but no matter when, you will not be unable to find an opportunity to escape.
He had no intention of dying for the Dai Viet Dynasty.
Xu Huai was not in a hurry to reply to Zhu Hang. He only said that he needed to think about it carefully, and then changed the subject to talk about all the tragic things that had happened between Yunshuo and Yunshuo in the past month or so.
Although every three to five days, Shi Zhen, Zhu Zhi, as officials accompanying the army, as well as Wang Gaoxing and others, in the name of the Lanzhou Military and Horse Supervisory Department and the State Yuan, would write a letter with the detailed progress of the war and send personnel to Bian.
Jingtong endowment.
However, not everything is suitable to be written directly into letters and official correspondence.
These things still need to be told face to face before they can be explained clearly.
Everyone sat around the brazier, and for the night meal, they put a smoked rack of lamb on the brazier and cooked it. Everyone used knives to cut the meat dripping with oil and eat it.
Although he slept for several hours during the day, it still could not eliminate the fatigue of continuous guerrilla warfare. Xu Huai still had too many things to weigh carefully, so he went back to rest early without staying with Zhu Hang for many nights.
Xu Huai took off his coat and robe and lay down on the bed. He didn't ask anyone to light a lamp, and lay in bed alone to meditate.
Although the sky was full of stars and moon outside, the narrow earth-walled windows were covered with several layers of thick paper, making the room pitch black.
Liu Qiong'er opened the bed and got in. Xu Huai complained and shouted: "Are you here to seduce me again?"
The situation was dangerous. When Xu Huai returned from several bloody battles, Liu Qiong'er shouted that she would not care about her status and would completely commit herself to him. But every time when the fire was about to burn, she retreated and ran away.
Of course, Xu Huai complained, but it was a very beautiful thing to be able to hold a soft and fragrant beauty in his bed, but he would not refuse - but he didn't expect that this time he would reach out to hug the beautiful lady's slim waist, but his tentacles would be soft.
So soft and elastic, Liu Qiong'er at this moment was actually not wearing any silk strands, which was different from before.
Xu Huai felt as if a volcano was erupting inside his body. In order to prevent Liu Qiong'er from escaping again, he decided to make a quick move. He pulled her into the bed and pressed her directly under him, then hurriedly stripped himself clean.
Liu Qiong'er had no idea that Xu Huai was so anxious. She was so scared that she covered her mouth to keep from screaming. She bit her lip to bear the tearing pain. Fortunately, Xu Huai was also the first brother, and he was impatient. It didn't take a while to finish, and finally it was over.
He did not endure the torture for too long.
"Why are you so reckless?" Liu Qiong'er lay in Xu Huai's arms, biting his shoulder viciously, and cursed.
"Aren't you afraid that you will run away again and hurry up to cook the rice?" Xu Huai asked.
"I think you didn't reject Mr. Zhu Han outright, so you must be going to Bianjing, but I don't know when we can see each other after this separation. I have to keep this in mind!" Liu Qiong'er said.
Liu Qiong'er knew best how Xu Huai had no expectations for the defense of Bianjing, and the situation in Bianjing and the DPRK was extremely complicated, far beyond the two northern expeditions to Yan. It was expected that Xu Huai would choose to go to Bianjing.
And let go of all worries.
"I will not go to Bianjing," Xu Huai said, "or even if I go to Bianjing for a visit, I will not stay in Bianjing for too long, nor will I stay with Mr. Wang Zhen to serve..."
"Ah?" Liu Qiong'er stared at Xu Huai's face in the dark room with wide eyes. She wanted to sit up from Xu Huai and asked in shock, "Since you don't want to go to Bianjing, why did you look so worried and hesitant just now?
Undecided?"
"I hesitated because I didn't think about how to persuade Zhu Hang first," Xu Huai said.
"Then I suffered a big loss?! It really hurt me to death just now. You are so reckless and don't care about others at all. I hate you so much." Liu Qiong'er grabbed the skirt on the bed and tried to get up from Xu Huai.
Xu Huai held Liu Qiong'er in his arms and said: "If we cannot break the current political structure of Dai Viet, there is no way to withstand the disaster of national subjugation - and even if there is a major change of blood among the ruling ministers in the current dynasty, or if the king and the prime minister are able to
The matter of taking full control of King Qin cannot be changed..."
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Xu Huai kept Liu Qiong'er in the room at night, but Liu Qiong'er couldn't bear his lust for pleasure, so he kicked him out of the room early in the morning - no one needed to wait on him. After Xu Huai washed up, he sent Zhu Hang and Shi
Zhen, Lu Xiong, Wang Ju, Xu Wuqi and others were invited to come over and ask Zhu Hang frankly and honestly:
"I wrote Mr. Shi's theory in a letter before and presented it to the Prime Minister Wang. I wonder what the Prime Minister Wang thought after reading it."
"At that time, I had not yet left Bianjing. When Prime Minister Wang Zhen read the letter, he specially called me over, saying that he had been thinking about it all night, and he felt more and more careless that he wanted me to go from Luzhou to the capital this time.
When you come from Zhouzhou, in addition to you, you must also invite Mr. Shi back to Bianjing first." Zhu Hang said.
"Shi Mou has spent half his life in the pile of old papers. It is also a bad habit to talk a few words about military affairs on paper. It is really a sin not to try to frighten Prime Minister Wang Zhen! This time he went to the north with the army. He was frightened and felt more and more weak and weak, so he thought
If you can return to Bianjing to retire and recuperate, I would also like to ask Mr. Zhu Hang to help you make a confession in front of Mr. Wang Zhen!" Shi Zhen quickly declined, his tone somewhat anxious, for fear that Zhu Hang would catch Wang Zhen.
I can no longer escape from my side.
"Mr. Shi, don't rush to shirk it. Even if you want to go to Bianjing, I will go with you. I won't leave him alone in Bianjing." Xu Huai signaled Shi Zhen to calm down and said, "You
Let’s talk to Mr. Zhu Hang about why Bianjing cannot be defended?”
Shi Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "The Marquis knows what I am worried about. What does the Marquis have to say that it is inconvenient for him to say directly to Mr. Zhu Hang? Why do you have to use my mouth to say it?"
Xu Huai shook his head and sighed:
"Mr. Shi is really a treacherous person. He won't even say a few words for me, so let me do it! Bianjing City is high and thick, guarded by hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops, and it is far away from Jianghuai, Xianghu, and Guanzhong.
Shandong is all close, and when encountering the enemy, King Qin's troops and horses suddenly arrive. Although the Red Husband cavalry is invincible in the world, it doesn't look like it can suddenly capture Bianjing. However, let's not consider the Red Husband at this time.
It is stronger than the Khitan when it was at its peak more than a hundred years ago. Let me first ask how much worse the Dai Viet is today than the Dai Viet at the beginning of the dynasty. Is it capable of forcing the Khitan to form an alliance more than a hundred years ago and finally force the Khitan to form an alliance?
Will the Chihu people give up their ambition to invade the south?"
Zhu Hang frowned and pursed his lips and said: "At the beginning of the Dai Viet Dynasty, several battles with the Khitan were not smooth, and the Khitan cavalry was also ordered to fight to the banks of the Yellow River. However, at that time, the atmosphere of the government and the public was renewed, and the monarch and his ministers stayed together, and the generals
Exercising one's life is not something that can be done at this time. It is precisely for this reason that Wang Xianggong came up with the theory of "a lion and an elephant fight a rabbit, use all your strength" in front of the officials, and advocated summoning the soldiers and horses from all over the world before the Chihu people drank their horses in the Yellow River.
After arriving at Bianjing, King Qin did not wait until Bianjing was besieged by the red cavalry before thinking of repairing the situation!"
"The king reports that your prime minister is able to say that a lion and an elephant fight a rabbit. This is indeed a brilliant idea!" Shi Zhen, who was sitting next to him, praised him with neither salt nor blandness.
At this time, it was Zhu Hang's turn to smile bitterly and said: "But the other ministers are worried about too many other things. At this time, they don't agree with Mr. Wang's haste, and the officials are also indecisive. However, these are just the things that happened when I just left Bianjing. At this time
The Chihu people have formed a trend of advancing in parallel from the east to the west. Prime Minister Wang Zhen mentioned in several letters in recent letters that the direction of the wind has changed..."
"Even if the theory of the lion and the elephant's full strength can be recognized by the government and the public, and this time they can use all their strength to defend Bianjing City, but with the troops and horses from all over the world, can Dai Viet win a decisive battle with the red cavalry in the field battle between the Hehuai River and the Huaihe River?" Xu Huai said, "
If the Red Husbands saw that Bianjing should not be taken unexpectedly and besieged but did not attack, would Dayue have a deep defense outside Bianjing to limit its rampage in the Hehuai River? If the Hehuai River was broken and the Red Husband cavalry was allowed to wreak havoc, even if it could temporarily defend Bianjing
What’s the use of the capital?”
Seeing Zhu Hang's silence, Xu Huai continued: "Since the founding of the Dai Viet dynasty, they have followed the ancestral law and used civil and military power. The checks and balances of power are deeply rooted. Although the area between the Hehuai River and the Huaihe River is divided into four routes, Beijing, Southwest, and North, and Beijing, East, West, and East.
There are more than 160 prefectures and counties, but the authority of the various roads is divided into four divisions: management, transportation, Changping, and trial.
Executions were carried out in the capital hall. Among the state offices, the magistrates and state magistrates were in check with each other. The officials of the Cao Division were all noble officials of the Qing Dynasty. Dai Viet actually cut the power between the Hehuai River and Huaihe River to pieces. This was an effective way to prevent local officials from taking advantage of their power and endangering the court.
Tang, but the authority has been cut into pieces. Zhu Langjun, you will find that the 20 to 30 million people in more than 160 prefectures and counties in Hehuai are actually unable to gather a truly combat-effective army to restrict
The Red Husband Cavalry rampaged across the Hehuai River..."
If you want to resist the southern invasion of the Red Hu people, it is no problem to call in soldiers and horses from thousands of miles away once or twice, but if the number of times increases, Dai Viet itself will definitely be unable to bear it and collapse first.
After Hehuai was crippled, it was still a problem to feed the millions of soldiers and civilians in Bianjing City. How to solve the problem of food and salary for King Qin's troops?
It is not unreasonable for Wang Zhen to advocate the theory of lions and elephants using all their strength, and other ministers in power have some concerns.
After all, if hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are suddenly summoned to the vicinity of Gyeonggi Province, they can withhold their pay for the time being, but with hundreds of thousands of mouths, they can't be left open to eat the northeastern wind, right?
You can't follow the example of Chi Huren, who indulged his generals and looted prefectures and counties to raise their own money and food, right?
Regardless of the various shortcomings of the imperial court at this time, assuming that everything is in an ideal state and that Hedong and Hebei are broken, if you want to truly defend Bianjing, you need to build Jingdong East Road (today's central and northern Shanhe area) and Jingdong East Road
(Today's Anhui, northern Jiangsu and eastern Henan), South Jing Road (today's southwestern Henan, northern Hubei), North Beijing Road (today's western Henan), can all assemble a defense force with sufficient scale and a certain combat effectiveness.
Soldiers and horses, together with Bianjing, formed sufficient defense depth.
Only in this way, on the one hand, in addition to restricting the red cavalry from rampaging unscrupulously in the four directions, on the other hand, it can also protect the production in the Hehuai area to the maximum extent, and ensure that the hundreds of thousands of generals in the Hehuai area will not starve and fight with the red cavalry.
Fighting with soldiers.
Xu Huai did not think that Dai Viet could do this at this time. Even if he immediately appointed princes and ministers to control the money, food, troops, and horses of the four areas, and to tap and mobilize the military potential of these four areas, it would be too late, but he
If you want to go to Bianjing, you must raise this point, and you will definitely strongly advocate Wang Zhen to promote this matter.
This is naturally impossible, nor will it solve Bianjing's current pressing crisis.
It's too late.
But doing so can maximize the efforts to push the South Beijing Road, including Tongbai Mountain and Nanyang Basin, into a state of preparation for war before the Hehuai River is completely eroded.
Xu Huai at least needs Zhu Hang, Lu Xiong and others to agree with him, so it makes sense for him to go to Bianjing; otherwise, he would rather not go...
