Jincheng is the seat of the state government, and the post house occupies a large area. However, many buildings in the post house have been demolished, and the bricks and stone beams have been removed and transported to the city wall for defense. At this time, walls of earth are left in the courtyard.
Wall, only a few courtyards are still preserved.
King Jing Zhao Tuan did not sleep when he returned to the post house. At this time, he was sitting under a pavilion in the small garden with Qian Shangduan, Qiao Jien, Zhang Xin and Deng Gui, drinking wild tea picked from the Qinshui River.
Princess Yingyun was sitting next to King Jing, making tea for everyone. From a distance, she saw Xu Huai and Zhu Hang walking in at the door of the post house. They raised their hands to say hello, but they were too embarrassed to call out.
"Where have you gone and why did you come back?" Zhao Tuan, the king of Jing, called Xu Huai and the others to sit under the pavilion and drink tea together.
At this time, the weather was already getting hot, but there was still a cool breeze after nightfall. I didn't know where to find a small stove. There was no charcoal or dry firewood. I cut down some new tree branches to cut off the water and boiled the water. The smoke was fragrant.
King Jing Zhao Tuan, Qian Shangduan, and Qiao Jien were able to share the joys and sorrows with the generals during this period. They sat under the pavilion and drank the astringent wild tea under the eye-catching smoke, but they were also quite happy.
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The pavilion was small, and not everyone was qualified to sit down and drink tea next to King Jing. Xu Wuqi, Xu Xin'an, Lu Wenhu and others walked under the pavilion and bowed before taking their leave.
"Marquis Xu Jun is so young and has devoted so much attention to state affairs. We can't help but sigh!" Qian Shangduan greeted Xu Huai warmly, and Zhu Hang and Zhu Hang went into the pavilion and sat down.
When they met in Yanling, Qian Shangduan was affected by various rumors and had strong opinions on Xu Huai and was on guard against him. At first, he was firmly opposed to rushing to aid Gongxian. However, King Jing Zhao Tuan insisted, so he had no choice but to rush to Cai with Lu Xiong.
The state asked Hu Kai to move reinforcements.
However, Qian Shangduan saw with his own eyes that the defense of Gong County was successful. The Ling Guard Army grew up in harassing the enemy on the northern slope of Songshan Mountain. When Xu Huali admonished King Jing Zhao Tuan to cross the river north, he became the banner of the main war faction and led his troops.
The cavalry camp achieved great success, but tried its best to avoid contact with local officials and gentry, so that the reputation of crossing the river north was concentrated on His Highness. The front camp, middle camp, and rear camp of the mausoleum guarding army recruited more than 3,000 brave soldiers.
Zhong and Yiqi battalions only recruited two to three hundred people from Jiangxian, Qinshui and other places to supplement wartime losses.
Regardless of what Xu Huai thought in his heart, Qian Shangduan recognized that he was loyal to King Jing at this time because he was so cautious.
"Xu Huai knows a little about marching and fighting, and he is obsessed with it. He doesn't feel tired." Xu Huai smiled slightly, sat down and said humbly.
"Brother Zhu Hang, what do my father, Wang Qiyong, Wang Boqian and other ministers think about the enemies east of Hebei and Hebei?" King Jing Zhao Tuan waited for Zhu Hang to sit down and took the teapot from his daughter Princess Yingyun.
, personally made tea for Zhu Hang and Xu Huai.
Zhu Hang arrived at Jincheng with Zheng Huaizhong and other Western Army generals, and then entered the city accompanied by Liu Zhiyuan, Ma Sijing and other local generals.
He inspected defenses and attended night banquets. During the banquets, he also talked about the situation in the court and the changes in the minds of officials and ministers, but they were all general remarks.
In the past month or so, King Jing and Qian Shangduan had exchanged letters with Bianliang, but their understanding of the situation in the court was often not very thorough due to various scruples.
Now that Zhu Hang has come to Jincheng, as the main figure of the main war faction in the court, he has a high and deep level of contact. Listening to his personal account will of course be clearer and more thorough.
Everyone returned from the banquet and stayed up late at night, just waiting for Zhu Hang to talk about the situation in the court before deciding their subsequent choices.
"I can't take it." Zhu Hang took the tea cup and hesitated for a while. He felt that there was no need to speak too cryptically in the current situation. He sighed softly, "Capturing troops in the south of Hehuai River and Huaihe, the Holy One and all ministers are very worried, but waiting for the captives
The soldiers crossed Hebei and returned, but they thought about their achievements again..."
"Thinking about meritorious service?" Deng Gui asked in disbelief.
"..." Zhu Hang smiled bitterly and nodded. No matter how incredible it is, this is indeed a subtle change in the DPRK in recent times.
Xu Huai sat quietly aside.
Wang Xun died of illness, and after the Kenggong Incident occurred, in Xu Huai's eyes, there was not much left in Bianliang City, so Xu Huai took Zhou Jing and others with him and continued to stay in Bianliang to collect information.
There are not many people behind the scenes.
However, Zhu Hang, Wang Fan, Wang Kong, Zheng Shou and others were all still in Bianliang, and Xu Huai had not interrupted correspondence with them. In addition, his prediction of the current situation had not deviated greatly up to this point.
Therefore, he is very clear about the changes in the situation between North Korea and China.
The main reason was that he did not want to cause Qian Shangduan, Qiao Jien and others to be on guard for no reason. There were some subtle changes in the court that were not directly related to the Qinshui battle, so Xu Huai deliberately pretended to be confused and did not mention it.
It must be said that Emperor Tianxuan, Wang Qiyong, Wang Boqian and most of the courtiers who stood at the upper level of the pyramid of scholars could definitely use the words "they are always scheming, they are fierce and timid, they cherish their lives when doing big things, and they are willing to sacrifice for small gains".
This sentence describes "forgetting one's fate".
When the Red Husbands invaded Hehuai, Emperor Tianxuan and many of his court officials were afraid of the fall of Bianliang and were imprisoned. There was no bottom line for begging and groveling.
When the Chihu people were forced to temporarily retreat north due to the approaching flood season and hot summer, Emperor Tianxuan, Wang Qiyong and others mainly thought about begging for peace, and secretly sent peace envoys to Xiongzhou, Dingzhou and
Taiyuan's edict.
The defenders of Xiongzhou and Dingzhou, two important towns in northern Hebei Province, opened their city gates in mid-May to dedicate themselves to the city. Tens of thousands of defenders abandoned the people in both places and retreated south to Weizhou. However, when the peace envoys went to Taiyuan to declare the decree, Taiyuan was
The defenders refused and have not yet fallen to the enemy.
However, due to the retreat of the Chihu people to the north, many officials in the court no longer felt an imminent threat, and suddenly thought that there was still the matter of "integrity", and some things would be discussed behind closed doors.
At this time, when there was another important matter in the court and a group meeting was held for discussion, the voices advocating for peace were much fewer and weaker.
The voices of the war faction became louder, and some officials even tried to impeach Wang Qiyong, Wang Boqian and others to beg for peace.
The soldiers and civilians of Taiyuan refused to open the city gates and surrender to the Chihu people, insisting on holding on to Taiyuan. No one in the court dared to publicly reprimand the Taiyuan defenders for disobeying the order.
Under the same background, of course no one in the court would openly accuse King Jing Zhao Tuan of leading the mausoleum guarding army to cross the river north. As for Princess Yingyun being kidnapped and brought to King Jing Zhao Tuan's side, everyone pretended to be deaf.
Zuoyu seemed to wish he could forget the existence of Princess Yingyun.
On the one hand, the Taiyuan defenders refused to surrender the city to the Red Husbands. On the other hand, Taiyuan, as the most important town in Hedong, had an extremely prominent strategic position. No matter how the court formulated a new defense strategy, Taiyuan could not be bypassed.
In several court discussions a few months ago, Emperor Tianxuan's attitude was also inclined to relieve the siege of Taiyuan first, and then discuss peace and war. He was even quite urgent, and even hoped that the siege of Taiyuan would create a military miracle, and gave the Chi Hu people
Inflict heavy losses and completely defeat the enemy to dissuade them from invading the south.
It was only then that Zheng Huaizhong was appointed as the envoy to Hedong and led his troops to the north via Taixing.
This is also what Zhu Hang said: "Be anxious when you see the enemy, and think about success when you see the enemy."
As the most determined militant group, especially with 200,000 soldiers and civilians holding on to Taiyuan for more than half a year, they could always hold the bottom line and not surrender to the enemy, and even refused to dedicate the city to the emperor. Xu Huai could not say that he did not support the lifting of the siege of Taiyuan.
However, all signs indicate that the various troops and horses are "urgent" to relieve the siege of Taiyuan, which is destined to be another tragic military defeat for Dai Viet. It is very likely that Dai Viet's potential for military resistance north of the Yellow River will be completely destroyed.
, thus making the collapse of Bianliang inevitable.
After seeing this clearly, Xu Huaicai truly understood what it means that the trajectory of history cannot be reversed.
Can he object to lifting the siege of Taiyuan? Or is his personal objection meaningful?
"The enemy is afraid when he is close, and the enemy thinks about merit. How can he plan a big plan when he is so panicked?" King Zhao Tuan of Jing heard Zhu Hang mention the several court discussions a month ago, and even the peace negotiators were eager to lift the siege of Taiyuan before negotiating peace.
, also quite shocked.
At this time, King Jing was no longer the one who had just left Bianliang and encountered the enemy half a year ago. With the help of everyone, he led the army guarding the mausoleum to guard Gong County and crossed the river to the north. He had a true understanding of the world situation, offensive and defensive wars, and the real situation of the country and the country.
understanding and thinking.
If the government and the public are united, and all the generals and generals can work together to fight against the captives, Dai Viet has assembled a total of four to five million troops in Zhengzhou, Bianliang, Zezhou, Weizhou, Caizhou, and Songzhou. It will first regroup in Hedong.
, it is possible to establish effective defenses in central Hebei and eventually relieve the siege of Taiyuan.
The problem is that all these preconditions do not exist at all, and the current deployment of the Chihu people is just waiting for the Vietnamese troops to rush to relieve the siege of Taiyuan.
After Qian Shangduan, Deng Gui, Zhang Xin and others learned about the latest subtle changes in the situation between the DPRK and China, their expressions became solemn.
