(Thanks to the 67th new alliance leader, the tough guy Mi Qing... for supporting him...)
"The Red Husbands have been sweeping across Mobei in the past few years. They have always eliminated most of the weak ones through brutal battles against the surrendered vassals. It is enough to leave only a small number of leaders who can fight the elite and direct forces who have been weakened by the first officer for their use.
, it is also conducive to the control and integration of the larger surrendered tribes. The Chihu people want to completely conquer the vast land east of the Xianbei Mountains, which determines that they will eliminate the weak and retain the strong of the remnants of the Khitan tribe, rather than other surrenders.
The Fu tribe is even more cruel, and will only allow a few Khitans to enjoy the glory and wealth in the end. Most of the Khitans need to die in cruel wars in order to satisfy the Chihu people; only then can the Chihu people completely control the majority.
The tribes originally attached to the Khitan east of the Xianbei Mountains will no longer be half-hearted. After the three northern capitals of the Khitan fell one after another, it was only a matter of time before the whole territory fell. Two voices split within the remnants of Yunshuo Yanji: among them
One voice is to surrender directly to the Chihu people, who are also being driven by the Chihu people to attack cities and plunder lands in Hedong, Hebei and other places. The other voice is represented by Xiao Linshi, the Khitan's former Xijing defense envoy, and others.
They are unwilling to give up the remaining hundreds of thousands of Khitan people to exchange for personal wealth and wealth with the Chihu people. At this time, they retreated to the area west of Shuozhou and south of Yinshan Mountain to wait for the last chance. As long as our court can be in the river
If the Huai area stops the Red Hu people from invading south, the Dangxiang people who are waiting to see the situation may form an alliance with our country to jointly defend the Red Hu people. Only in this way can the remnants of the Khitan tribe under Xiao Linshi rely on the Dangxiang people to gain respite and peace.
The chance of survival. Otherwise, the Dangxiang people may be the first to sell the Xiaolin Stone Division to the Chihu people!"
Even though Princess Yingyun knew very little about the military struggle at this time, Xu Huai had the time to explain the current situation to her as much as possible, making her understand that the remnants of the Khitan army led by Xiao Linshi were their
The most important chess piece that can be obtained at present,
"After the Chihu people gained the strength to annex the Khitan and sweep across the world, the hostile situation between our court and the Khitan and the parties should actually change. This is also the key to Wang Zhen's long-standing admonishment against the alliance of troops to attack the Yan.
The principle sounds simple, but there are too few people who can see through it personally. It has even reached this stage today. The Holy Lord summoned hundreds of officials to ask for advice and really advocated a war. He had no hope for peace.
There are less than twenty ministers in the fantasy, and more ministers will not hesitate to flatter you, the princess, to your red husband, in exchange for a short period of peace..."
Yingyun's knowledge of the affairs of her family and country was very limited, but the thought that the incompetent people in the court had planned to offer her to the Red Husbands as a plaything was enough to make her grit her teeth.
In addition, the reason why she was sacrificed this time was somewhat related to the Chen family of Empress Duangong and the lineage of King Lu, King Su, and Duke Yi. Although Xu Huai would not directly mention this sensitive topic, Yingyun
Yingyun, who has been told since she was a child that she should treat Empress Chen and her family on a small scale, is even more aware of this.
As Yingyun's mood gradually stabilized, it was inevitable that the seeds of hatred would be planted in her heart.
"The military marquis should rest first. If the princess has any confusion, I can explain it to you because of my humble position!" Seeing that Xu Huai had been working hard since arriving in Bianliang, and that he would definitely take the lead in the subsequent assassination, Zhou Jing advised him to hurry up.
Take a break or two. If Princess Yingyun doesn’t understand anything, they can give you advice and explain at any time.
"That's fine!"
Just as Xu Huaigang was about to get up and take a nap, the man in charge of guarding the surrounding alleys ran over and reported: "Fifth Master, Master Zhu has brought three guests over!"
"Three guests?" Xu Huai stood up with some confusion.
If Zhang Xiongshan is willing to cooperate here and come over to meet, of course the smaller the target, the better.
Even if Zhang Xiongshan had doubts about this side, bringing two more guards over would be of no use.
"I'll go out and take a look first!" Zhou Jing said.
No matter what, if something really went wrong, he would have to buy time for Xu Huai, Zhu Hang and the others to move Izumo from the warehouse.
Although there are two veterans, Xu Wuqi and Zhu Chengjun, it is unlikely that there will be any mistakes, but Xu Huai also adheres to the principle of being bold in decisions and cautious in actions. There is nothing wrong with Zhou Jing going out to greet Zhang Xiongshan and his party.
After a while, Zhou Jing, Xu Wuqi, and Zhu Chengjun took the guests back to the warehouse.
Seeing the appearance of the other two guests, Xu Huai was both surprised and felt that this should be the case.
"Haha, I was just thinking that Commander Xiao has not withdrawn all his troops from Bianliang until now. He should be looking forward to the situation in Hehuai. I didn't expect that he would ask you to come and observe the situation in person!" Xu Huai
Seeing Chen Zixiao and Xiao Yanhan disguised as men, they laughed.
"Can you still laugh?" Xiao Yanhan glanced at Xu Huai and said, "We originally planned to go back to Shuozhou in the next two days, and you were not staying in Tongbai Mountain, but now you came to Bianliang because you felt that the river
Is there any room for recovery from the situation in Huai?"
"No?" Xu Huai asked back, "If Xiao Shijun really felt that there was no hope at all, he wouldn't have asked you to come here!"
Chen Zixiao sat down with a wry smile and admitted that they had indeed sneaked to Bianliang to observe the situation under Xiao Linshi's order.
They cannot wait until the situation in Hehuai is completely irreversible before taking action.
By then, most party members would have already made their choice.
They must make an earlier decision before the surrender faction of the party finally gains the upper hand and before the party members finally decide to betray them.
That's why they sneaked to Bianliang to avoid any errors or omissions in the information sent back by Zhang Xiongshan, which would lead to misjudgment.
However, Chen Zixiao now thinks they can make a decision.
There is no doubt that the Chihu people will withdraw their troops from Hehuai and return north this time, but the Southern Dynasty has collapsed from the outside to the inside, from top to bottom. The Chihu people will go south again and will completely destroy the resistance in the Hehuai area.
Although the Southern Dynasty still retains large areas of territory such as Jianghuai, Jingxiang, Liangjiang, Liangzhejiang, and Southwest China, if it is completely unable to contain the Chihu people from the south, what choice will the Dangxiang people who have been dominant in the northwest for more than a hundred years make?
Even if the Dangxiang people are more courageous than the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Dynasties, they cannot resist the torrent of red cavalry alone. The northwest region where the Dangxiang people are entrenched includes deserts, Gobis and grasslands. Except for the limited cities in the Hetao area, most of the
The Dangxiang people still maintain the custom of living by the water. Without the protection of the city and fortress, it is even harder to withstand the unstoppable horizontal and vertical sweeps of the red cavalry.
None of the Dangxiang people could protect themselves. They were originally a remnant tribe that relied on Dangxiang talents to barely gain a temporary foothold in the southern foothills of Yinshan Mountain. If they had not been able to retreat across the northwest desert to the west of Dangxiang earlier, how would they have escaped being torn to pieces by the stormy waves?
ending?
To be more precise, the Southern Dynasty was about to give up the important town of Taiyuan. After the main force of the Red Army's West Route Army effortlessly captured the important town of Taiyuan, the four fields did not have any troops to restrain them. Will they take advantage of it again?
There was still three to five months left before heading south, so they turned their swords around and swept over the Xishan area where they were entrenched.
It is impossible for Chen Zixiao to really wait for the Southern Dynasty to formally conclude a peace agreement with the Chihu people, and wait for the Southern Dynasty to hand Taiyuan into the hands of the Chihu people before returning to Shuozhou; the time they can buy may be less than a month.
“It’s far from time to give up hope!”
Xu Huai looked at the expressions of Chen Zixiao and Xiao Yanhan and knew what they were thinking. This situation actually frustrated everyone in Chushan, but meeting Chen Zixiao and Xiao Yanhan in Bianliang made Xu Huai see more
Plenty of opportunities, he said with a smile,
"For more than two years, Xiao Shijun knew for sure that our dynasty and the Chihu people had reached a secret agreement. Xiao Shijun was a herdsman in Yunshuo at that time. He was being squeezed and suppressed by Xiao Qian, Li Chulin and others in Yunshuo. In such a dangerous situation,
Under the situation, I still thought about turning my hands into clouds and turning my hands into rain, and finally succeeded in beating Tianxiong's army like a dog. Why do you think now that I have gone towards the general trend? You are all here as guests, why don't you ask,
How did I find you?"
"Who knows how many dog eyes you planted in Bianliang? Zhang Xiongshan accidentally exposed a flaw and asked you to take a look. What's the fuss about?" Xiao Yanhan saw Xu Huai in Bianliang. She was happy in her heart, but her mouth was not forgiving.
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Time was running out, so Xu Huai did not play riddles with Chen Zixiao and Xiao Yanhan, saying: "...Someone secretly communicated with the captive envoys, causing the three thousand Xuanwu soldiers who attacked the captive camp at night to be brutally destroyed, and this matter has been secretly spread -
- This incident had a huge impact on the morale of the hundreds of thousands of garrison troops in Gyeonggi Province, even more so than bowing down to the Red Husbands to ask for peace. I couldn't sit still in Chushan, so I rushed to Bianliang two days ago, thinking of catching the secret prisoners.
Make it happen!"
"Did Qin Zhihui fall into your hands? Do you want to ask Qin Zhihui about the person who secretly communicated with the prisoners?" Xiao Yanhan asked in shock, "Qin Zhihui disappeared for no reason. We thought something had gone wrong and we all wanted to move away in advance.
, I didn’t expect that it was you who did it! You didn’t do anything to Qin Zhihui, did you?”
"Perhaps you didn't think that Qin Zhihui was the one who secretly communicated with the prisoners, right?" Xu Huai asked with a smile.
"How is that possible? What nonsense are you talking about? Qin Zhihui is one of ours, how could he secretly communicate with the envoys? Don't you suspect that we have surrendered to the Red Husbands?" Xiao Yanhan said anxiously.
"I didn't know that you and Chen Zixiao were in Bianliang before, but I sent Uncle Wu and Master Zhu to invite Zhang Xiongshan to meet. How could I suspect that you had defected to the Chihu people?"
When Xu Huai saw Chen Zixiao and Zhang Xiongshan, they were like hedgehogs in distress. They subconsciously put their hands on the saber at their waists, and their beards and hair were slightly spread out, showing that their strength had spread throughout their bodies.
Xu Huai just waved his hands towards Xu Wuqi, Zhou Jing and the others, telling them not to act rashly against Chen and Zhang. He spread his hands and said to Chen Zixiao,
"I really don't doubt you. To be precise, I don't believe that Xiao Shijun will surrender to the Red Husband. The matter is that Qin Zhihui is out of your control - you used Zhang Xiongshan's adopted daughter of unknown origin to blackmail Qin Zhihui into working for you.
Do you think that this will make him loyal to you from body to heart? Qin Zhihui is currently being held in the west wing. You can ask Qin Zhihui in person about many details..."
