After hearing the news from the military envoy, King Jing Zhao Tuan was also slightly startled. He did not expect that the imperial court could send envoys at this time.
Xu Huai frowned slightly and looked eastward. The peaks and ridges on the northern slope of Songshan Mountain were already dark in the dusk.
Of course, after the capture of Zhengzhou, the focus of Chihu's troops marching south almost completely shifted to the western front, including 40,000 surrendered troops to fill in the camps in Xingyang, Hulao and the northern foot of Songshan Mountain, and collecting boats to build pontoon bridges north of Zhengzhou.
, raided the fortresses of Meng, Wei and other prefectures and counties on the north bank of the Yellow River. The cavalry of the Eastern Route Army, as the main force to advance and besiege Bianliang, basically moved to the East Lake Camp in the east of Zhongmou City.
To the east and south of Bianliang, the red cavalry mainly blocked the passages from Weizhou, Songzhou, Chenzhou, Caizhou and other places, but they did not encircle Bianliang from the east to the west. Therefore, in the critical moment, Beijing
China can still send envoys out.
"The imperial court must have seen the soldiers blocking the road and preventing grain and other supplies from entering the capital. They had evil intentions and sent a special envoy to urge the soldiers and horses of King Qin to speed up the advance to the capital." Qian Shangduan said excitedly.
In the morning, he went to Gongxian City to urge the dispatch of troops. Qian Shangduan was also very angry because of Zheng Huaizhong, Gao Chunnian and others.
, in the face of the imperial edict, there is nothing else to quibble with.
Qian Shangduan asked the military officer who reported the news again: "Which minister from Beijing will be sent here?"
"Young ones don't know," said the messenger officer.
"Xu Huai, come with me to see the envoy!" King Jing Zhao Tuan said.
Although it would be very dangerous to leave the capital at this time, the envoys going to the other three towns were okay. After all, Hu Kai and others were the ministers who had just been sent out from the capital to control King Qin's troops. No wonder they would have any intention of slacking off.
, and Zhengzhou fell, the Zhengzhou Defense Envoy, and the Northwestern Route of Beijing Route Strategy and Comfort Envoy Sun Huacheng did not know whether they were alive or dead. The Western Army reinforcements were headed by Tian Yanxiong, Gao Chunnian, and Zheng Huaizhong, who had been away from the capital for a long time. The DPRK should send heavyweights.
The minister carries the order and supervises the battle.
No matter who this person is, King Jing Zhao Tuan also wants to bring Xu Huai, Wang Ju and others with him to talk about how Zheng Huaizhong and Gao Chunnian missed the opportunity to fight.
Xu Huai was very excited when he saw King Jing, Qian Shangduan and others. At this time, he did not want to attack them and said: "My uncle and I's clothes are stained with blood, fishy and smelly. Your Highness and Qian Langjun go first. We have changed."
Just take off your clothes!"
"That's fine!"
King Jing Zhao Tuan said that when the guards came with the horses, he, Qian Shangduan, Zhang Xin, Qiao Jien and others, surrounded by the guards, rushed to Zhuxian City first.
Xu Huai, Wang Ju, Deng Gui, Guo Junpan and others rushed to the camp and ordered Yuan Lei, saying: "Prepare a hundred heads, wash them clean, and string them up with ropes. I will wait for you."
Enter the city and give it as a congratulatory gift to Zheng Huaizhong, Gao Chunnian and the envoy..."
"Is there something wrong with this?" Deng Gui was slightly startled and asked, "Zheng Huaizhong, Gao Chunnian is quite hated for standing still, but His Highness's original intention is to urge them to send troops to the east. It seems that there is no need to humiliate them like this.
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"Do you also think that the envoy from Beijing is urging the Western Army to advance eastward quickly?" Xu Huai asked.
"Why, isn't it?" Deng Gui asked in surprise.
Wang Ju, Lu Xiong, and Guo Junpan all looked over in astonishment. It seemed to them that the captive soldiers had been marching south to the Huaihe River for more than a month, and Bianliang had been besieged for more than half a month. The princes and ministers in the court must be eager to break the siege of Bianliang.
It is hard to imagine that sending envoys here at this juncture did not urge the Western Army to move eastward quickly to relieve the siege of Bianliang.
"..." Xu Huai smiled bitterly and shook his head. He looked up at the darkening dusk and saw a pale crescent moon hanging on the top of the mountain.
The army speeds up its eastward march; and if the Chihu people have completed the encirclement of Bianliang City and driven tens of thousands of prisoners, and the soldiers have attached the city and attacked it, Bianliang is in danger and may fall at any time, I believe that the
I came here to urge the Western Army to advance eastward..."
"But the food roads are all cut off, and the grain supply in Bianliang is getting tighter day by day. No matter how stupid and incompetent the ministers and ministers in the court are, they can't just ignore it, right?" Guo Junpanchi asked, "At this time, leaving the capital will inevitably involve risks.
The extremely huge risk, if it is not to urge the dispatch of troops, why would it happen?"
Xu Huai knew that it was easy for him to reverse the cause, but others were involved. Before seeing the imperial edict, it was difficult to imagine the reason why the imperial court sent envoys to take the risk.
However, the reason would not be clear for a while. Xu Huai said: "Let's change our clothes and armor quickly. Don't keep His Highness waiting. When we see the envoy, everything will be clear!"
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Returning to the camp, Xu Huai, with the help of the guards, first took off his clothes and armor, cleaned up the few minor arrow wounds on his body, and then put on a clean robe, waiting for the guards to remove the dirty clothes.
The bloodstains and some scraps of meat stained on the armor were hastily cleaned and then put on again.
After Deng Gui, Wang Ju, Guo Junpan and others were all packed up, Xu Huai and them rode towards the town of Gong County.
King Jing was not in the city, Zheng Huaizhong, Gao Chunnian and others only occupied the office of Shouling Division to handle military affairs. The envoys from Bianliang rushed to Gongxian County with the order. Wu Wenche, the transfer envoy of North Beijing Road, met the envoys when they were in Luoyang and also rushed there.
When he came to Gong County, King Jing was in Gong County again, so of course he used the palace and side halls to discuss affairs.
In Gong County, King Jing Zhao Tuan respected him for his status regardless of whether he had political power or not.
Deng Gui, Wang Ju, Guo Junpuan and Xu Huai walked into the side hall. Dozens of candles illuminated the main hall brightly. King Jing Zhao Tuan sat in the middle of the hall with a gloomy face and saw Xu Huai and others.
After walking in, he nodded slightly towards Qian Shangduan, who was sitting in the first place under Wu Wenche on the left.
"Marquis of Xu Jun, General Wang Ju," Qian Shangduan stood up from his seat and introduced to Xu Huai and Wang Ju the official who was sitting next to King Jing Zhao Tuan. He had a dark face and a thin face, and his beard and hair were a little frosty white. "This is the Privy Council Bachelor.
Secretary of the Book, the newly appointed Xuanfu envoy of North Beijing Road, Zhou Hezhou, Prime Minister..."
In Dai Viet, the ministers such as Shi Zhong and Tong Zhongshu Menpingzhangshi are the prime ministers, and the officials such as Shangshu Zuocheng, Menxiashilang and Zhongshu Shilang are deputy prime ministers.
Zhou He took office as deputy prime minister and was appointed as the Xuanfu envoy to the northwest of Beijing. His status suddenly surpassed that of Zheng Huaizhong, Gao Chunnian, Wu Wenche, and Miao, the general manager of the military and horse capital of all Shaanxi roads and camps, who was still sitting in Tongguan to supervise the Western Army Qinwang's troops and horses.
Above Yanxiong - even without seeing the imperial edict, Xu Huai could guess that Zhengzhou had fallen, Kong Huacheng's life or death was uncertain, and the imperial court sent Zhou He to supervise the Western Army to reinforce the army.
Xu Huai bowed to Zhou He calmly, and then sat down in the seats reserved by Qian Shangduan.
Guo Junpuan couldn't hold himself back, and leaned forward and asked Zhang Xin in a low voice: "This Zhou He did not hesitate to risk his own life by leaving the capital to rush to Gong County, but he came to urge the Western Army to attack the captives quickly to relieve the Bianliang War.
Surround?"
Zhang Xin's face was also extremely ugly. He smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly, indicating that Guo Junpan had guessed wrong.
Deng Gui and Wang Ju were both shocked. They didn't expect that Xu Huaiyan would be able to do this.
Zhou He glanced at Xu Huai and others, then looked at Jing Wang Zhao Tuan, and continued the topic he just interrupted: "...the bandits are rampant going south and trampling our rivers and Huaihe Rivers. All people with lofty ideals in the world scream in anger, but Hedong, Hebei and Jinan, Song Dynasty
Soldiers and horses from all over the state clashed with the captives, resulting in incalculable casualties for the soldiers and civilians, and the cities and towns fell, but none of them could block the advance of the captive soldiers. The Western Army and the Dangxiang people had been fighting for many years, and the troops were very vigorous. The government and the public also placed high hopes on the Western Army.
If the Western Army fails, Dai Viet will lose its last support and will be unable to deal with the captive soldiers. Therefore, when Zhou He left the capital, officials warned earnestly that they must not fight with the captive soldiers without complete assurance...
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Deng Gui, Wang Ju, Guo Junpan and Xu Huai were too late to hear the content of the imperial edict, and their low "status" made it impossible for them to repeat the imperial edict to them at this time - the edict was not awarded to them.
Yes, but when they heard the word "Zhou Xuan" from Zhou He's mouth, they suddenly understood that the DPRK wanted to negotiate peace with the Chihu people!
At the same time, they thought it was so ridiculous.
Hundreds of thousands of troops from the Red Army are approaching the city. What conditions must the court impose to make the Red Army leave with satisfaction?
Furthermore, the Red Hu people were hastily prepared for this southern invasion. Judging from various signs, they did not have the preparation and determination to capture Bianliang. Their intention to trample the rivers and Huaihe Rivers, consume and weaken Dai Viet can be said to be obvious, even if they withdraw their troops this time.
If we leave, when we are fully prepared next year, we will definitely head south boldly.
Can Dai Viet negotiate peace with it again and again?
No wonder King Jing, Qian Shangduan, Lu Xiong, Zhang Xin and others looked so ugly.
Deng Gui glanced at Xu Huai and saw Xu Huai looking down at the table, making it difficult to see his face. He thought that Xu Huai just said that the envoys were not going to promote war, and he had expected this step.
"Your Highness, you also said that the Japanese soldiers have no determination to capture Bianliang. Their troops and horses are mainly trapped between Bianliang, Zhengzhou, and Luoyang. Even at this time, they have no preparations to attack Bianliang. This also proves that they have not invaded and occupied Bianliang."
The ambition of the Central Plains?"
At this time, Gao Chunnian leaned slightly and said to King Jing Zhao Tuan,
"A hundred thousand soldiers were blocked between Zheng and Bian, and the food road was blocked. Not to mention the millions of soldiers and civilians in Bianliang City who were crying for food, it was not easy for the soldiers and horses of King Qin on the roads to transfer food and supplies. It was not easy for the soldiers to withdraw north.
The government and the opposition share the same wish, but whether it would be better to make a small profit and force the Japanese soldiers to withdraw north, or to send out the hundreds of thousands of Western troops that the imperial court relied on in the end, fight bloody battles with the Japanese soldiers regardless of the consequences, and force them to withdraw north, which one would be better?
It’s more secure, do we still need to weigh it?”
"You say that Xu Junhou is capable of fighting. Do you expect Xu Junhou to kill hundreds of thousands of soldiers and defeat them all?"
"Gao Jianjun, you think too highly of me, Xu Huai." Xu Huai raised his eyes and glanced at Gao Chunnian, Zheng Huaizhong and the generals of the Western Army, and said, "But the Western Army is cautious and will not waste the battle easily.
But Xu Huai had known about his determination for a long time, so when he came back from the attack on Qingquangou Village, he specially prepared a generous gift for the high-ranking supervisor, Zheng Jinglue..."
"Oh?" Gao Chunnian was slightly startled and asked subconsciously, "Don't you know what a gift is?"
Xu Huai waved his hand towards His Highness, signaling Yuan Lei to ask the sergeant to bring the head up...
