Although Zhu Tong did not go with the army to the north during his second expedition to Yan, and although he did not follow him to Datong City in the first expedition to Yan, and experienced the most dangerous time, Xu Huai's contact with Kelan City in just over a month made him act as a reckless leader.
He has fully understood the tiger side; he also knows how much Wang Zhen trusts Xu Huai.
Previously, Wang Fan was dissatisfied with Xu Huai and rejected him in every possible way. Zhu Tong thought that he could at least ignore this lost star for the rest of his life, but he did not expect that the second northern expedition to Yan would end in a more tragic outcome. Cao Shixiong rebelled and surrendered to the enemy, causing Wang Fan to
I had to submit my resignation letter.
Even though Zhu Tong had known that his mother was used to being arrogant since he could remember, he also knew that his mother and Zhu Duojin were destined to have nothing to do with Xu Huai - what he thought was power in the past, using force to suppress others, was not enough with Xu Huai.
Doesn't make sense.
At this time, Xiaoyi was waiting on him, just thinking that his mother and sister could be relieved, and not want to make any trouble again, which would only make the Zhu family more embarrassed; of course, he was also curious about what happened to His Highness Prince Jing.
He came over suddenly. Why did he come here specially for Xu Huai?
Zhu Tong looked up from the stairs, but couldn't hear any movement.
After a while, Zhu Tong saw his brother Zhu Zhi and Lu Wenhu accompanying Lu Xiong, Xu Xin'an, Zhou Jing, Wang Xian, Wang Xuan and others also walking downstairs.
After Lu Xiong, Xu Xinan, Zhou Jing, Wang Xian and others were arranged to sit down at the table by the window on the ground floor, Zhu Tong pulled Zhu Zhi aside and asked in a low voice: "Dad, you can't sit down, whatever they are talking about up there.
Can you listen next to me?"
"It's a matter in the capital." Zhu Zhi said.
During the first northern expedition, Zhu Zhi saw with his own eyes that the victory he was sure of was overturned day and night. The lives of tens of thousands of generals were worse than animals and grass. He was so frightened that he retreated to Shuozhou.
The queen of the city also fell ill.
After that, he tried his best to hide the fear he had felt and regarded himself as a meritorious person. But in fact, he had no idea how the remnants of the Tianxiong Army evacuated from Datong, thinking that everything was really the Ge family and the Tianxiong Army.
Too incompetent, the Western Army would never be like this.
Only then did he have the courage to participate in the Second Northern Expedition as a military official.
But this time after meeting Xu Huai and seeing the defeat of Yan's army again, Zhu Zhi was no longer so panicked.
During the second northern expedition against Yan, whether he was involved in it or he got out in time at the last moment, he retreated to Shuozhou with Shi Zhen, Lu Xiong and others. In Shuozhou, he watched the Chihu people declare war, and the main force of the Yan army broke through and was captured.
He was intercepted, defeated, and thousands of defeated soldiers fled in the snowy fields. The impact on his heart was extremely strong and clear.
All in all, it was thanks to Xu Huai and everyone at Tongbaishan’s precise and clear-cut analysis and prediction of the development of the situation.
This is equivalent to two live and profound large-scale on-site teachings for him.
This also finally tore through Zhu Zhi's self-righteousness that she had been raised in since childhood.
Zhu Zhi followed Xu Huai and his father Zhu Hangchi back to Bianliang this time. He was very aware of the dangerous situation and the last effort he could make at this juncture.
However, Wang reported that His Highness Prince Jing was present to discuss the secret. According to the rules, they should avoid it or not.
Zhu Zhidao was about to say something to Zhu Tong. At this time, he saw Wang Xuan running over to greet his mother. His mother still had a dark face and looked angry.
Zhu Zhi was afraid of his mother, so his sister lost her temper and completely forgot about the occasion. She walked over with a headache and persuaded her: "——Mom, please stop for a moment! No matter how bad Xu Huai is in your heart, you still have to think about the child."
I prayed to him again and again to save me. Forgetting other things, wouldn’t this neglect of kindness cause the world to poke holes in the backbone of our Zhu family?”
No matter how angry he was, King Jing and Wang Zhen were here, and Xu Huai didn't even show any signs of cowardice in front of King Jing and Wang Zhen. He even completely ignored them in front of King Jing and Wang Zhen. King Jing and Wang Zhen didn't even think that they were there.
I mean, the Lord of Rongle County has already felt guilty.
However, in front of his own family, the head of Rongle County was not willing to admit defeat, and shouted: "It's the Xun family who said that they kill people like crazy, and their thieving nature is hard to change. Who knows who in the left and right houses, and who doesn't know - these words...
I didn't tell them; besides, I didn't do anything to them, I just arranged for them to live in a village outside the city, which is more spacious?"
"That's right, Yingyun was playing Cuju at my place at noon, and the Xun family woman was there chatting nonsense. Yingyun was thinking about who could kill people like crazy, so she wanted to come over to see what happened, and that's why today's trouble happened
"Something happened," Zhu Duojin said, "If you don't believe it, ask your brother-in-law. Mom is also worried about the safety of our family."
"well,"
Zhu Zhi guessed that his mother and sister had such a temper and appointed someone to cause trouble behind her back, and sighed,
"Regardless of what the Xun family said outside, do you know how Xun Yannian died?"
"Isn't it because you failed to rescue him that he died at the hands of thieves?" Zhu Duojin asked in surprise.
"This is what I say to outsiders to take care of the Xun family's face, but I didn't expect that the Xun family would be so ungrateful."
Zhu Zhi hates Qi Dao,
"How did Xun Yannian die? The Lanzhou Prefectural Court and I made it clear in our secret reports to the court and letters to his Xun family. Since they don't know how to keep their heads down and be a good person, you can't blame me for spreading the word for his Xun family.
12. The matter is very simple. Xu Huai led his troops to raid Kelan City and rescued many captured officials. However, Xun Yannian had already surrendered to the enemy before that. He had no choice but to hang himself from a beam - the Xun family hated Xu Huai for not wanting to do so.
I just hid the fact that I surrendered to the enemy for Xun Yannian."
"Xun Yannian was confused for a moment, but it's not a big mistake." Zhu Duojin muttered.
Not only had the Xun family been officials for generations, Xun Yannian was also a disciple of the old servant. The two families had close contacts in Bianliang, and they were related by marriage. Zhu Duojin was still mentally biased toward the Xun family.
"Xun Yannian surrendered to the enemy and wanted you to help him hide it. He must be greedy for life and afraid of death. Why did he hang himself again?" Yingyun asked curiously.
Zhu Zhi couldn't explain to Yingyun that people who hung themselves from hanging beams or drank poison in history were all desperate, or no one was willing to give them an activity. He just scolded Zhu Duojin with a straight face: "You guys can't do anything."
I don’t understand, I was so fooled by the Xun family - not to mention other things, why don’t you think about it, some people are secretly criticizing Cao Shixiong’s surrender to the enemy. If Xu Huai concealed Xun Yannian’s surrender to the enemy without authorization, he would end up
If someone finds out and accuses me of being secretly instigated by my husband-in-law and my father, who can get away with it then?"
No matter how coquettish and domineering Zhu Duojin is, he comes from a family of officials, so he is still more clear-headed than ordinary people about the truth in this family - he also had a dark face and stopped talking at this moment.
"Xun Tingheng is also talking in a weird way these days. It seems that we should avoid messing with these people in the future." Although it had only been a long time since we met again, Zhu Tong felt that Zhu Zhi's attitude was much tougher than before, and he quickly expressed his intention to fight with her.
Xun Tingheng drew a clear line.
"The captive soldiers will soon reach Bianliang City, and everyone in Bianliang will be doomed by then. What's the use of letting the Xun family stir up trouble?" Zhu Zhi said with emotion.
"It's not that serious!" Zhu Tong asked in surprise, "The imperial court is in the east of Hedong, and there are 200,000 soldiers and horses in Hexi. They are defending the fortified city. Are they all vegetarians?"
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"How long do you think the court has left?"
Zhu Zhi and the others went downstairs. Wang Zhen's first question to Xu Huai was to know how soon it would take the captive soldiers to reach Bianliang City and how much time the court had to do more to prepare for this inevitable catastrophe.
Some preparations.
"Ten days-" Xu Huai said.
"Ten days at the earliest, what about the latest? Is it possible to delay it through this winter?" Wang Zhen asked.
"There is neither the fastest nor the latest. I estimate that it will be about ten days. The Chihu people have completely controlled the Yanji area. It only takes ten days for their cavalry to penetrate into the vicinity of Bianliang on a large scale."
Xu Huai said with certainty,
"Yes, the Chihu people have only initially taken control of Yunshuo, Yanji and other places, and have not yet captured Taiyuan City. It seems that they can wait until they further consolidate their advantages in the north before moving south in a big way. But for the Chihu people,
If they head south this winter, the blow to Dai Viet, which has not yet awakened to the vast majority of people, will be even more fatal. Even if the Chihu people go south this winter, it is unlikely that they will gain a foothold in the Hehuai River and may shrink back.
In the north, the Hehuai River is destined to become riddled with holes..."
"Yingzhou defended for almost a month before it was captured. Taiyuan couldn't be defended for ten days, right? As for Zhuo and Xiongzhou in Hebei, the city is deep and dangerous. Can the Chihu people conquer it suddenly?" Zhao Tuan asked.
"Taiyuan, Zhuo, and Xiong Zhucheng should be able to defend for a period of time, but there is no need to capture these cities when the soldiers move south," Xu Huai said. "Especially in Hebei, there is a vast plain outside the city, and there are streams that may have restricted cavalry movements before.
The rivers and lakes are also frozen solid at this time, so you can ask the cavalry to bypass the city and gallop..."
"The Red Husbands bypassed the city and went south. How to deal with their food and fodder? My father has issued an edict to Hedong. The states and counties in Hedong have strictly fortified the walls and cleared the fields, so that the soldiers could not gain anything even if they wanted to plunder. The ministers of the imperial court thought that this should be able to delay the soldiers.
Go south!" King Jing said.
Xu Huai couldn't help but slap his forehead. The court and the court were all a group of people who talked about military affairs on paper. King Jing Zhao Tuan didn't know much about actual military affairs. At this time, he could only explain patiently:
"In addition to strict military discipline, the Chihu people are more tolerant than the Khitan and Dangxiang people. This is also the most intimidating thing about them. Generals who are not afraid of hardships can risk their lives and forget about death. Their will is tenacious and unbreakable. This is
The most fundamental quality of being a hero in the world - In addition, the Red Army soldiers and horses fight in all directions and are accustomed to feeding on horse milk and other dairy products. They can persist for thousands of miles or even thousands of miles without any additional supplements.
Marching. The good horses on the Mobei grassland may not be as tall and strong as those in the northwest, and they are slightly weaker in short-term battles, but they are also very patient. In the ice and snow, they can use their hooves to dig through the frozen grass and eat dry grass.
