When Yingyun saw everyone sitting in the living room falling into silence, she felt so depressed and uncomfortable, as if something heavy was pressing down on her and she couldn't breathe.
She left Bianliang with Xu Huai in early April. Although she studied military affairs very hard with her father and tried to understand the current situation facing Dai Viet, after all, it had only been more than two months, and she had no idea that the situation had become so bad that it was extremely bad.
It's a redeemable point.
Xu Huai and King Jing Zhao Tuan cupped their hands and said:
"This time I looked north at the situation in Danzhuling and saw refugees everywhere, but the prefectures and counties could not provide food relief. As a result, many skinny people saw our group stopping to eat, and they also stared at us eager to come and rob us.
Suddenly I realized that the situation was very bad and Hedong was in a difficult situation. What to do next requires His Highness, Mr. Qian, Mr. Zhu Hang, and Mr. Qiao to think carefully..."
Xu Huai did not say that he had anticipated the current bad situation. He only said that he was surprised when he went north this time, which would make Qian Shangduan, Qiao Jien and others feel better.
This time, he pulled off the last layer of fog that obscured everyone's eyes, and exposed the current true situation in front of everyone in a bloody manner, but he was not in a hurry to say more about what to do next.
On the one hand, it takes time for everyone to digest such a bad real situation; on the other hand, King Jing Zhao Tuan had to come and get the final idea, and Qian Shangduan, Qiao Jien and others had to help make plans, so he couldn't say everything.
Another one, Qian Shangduan and Qiao Jien are not stupid people.
They have their own limitations. At the same time, they are not like Xu Huai who can deduce causes from effects. They will inevitably have unrealistic fantasies and extravagant hopes for the future. They will always inevitably think on the bright side of things and cannot get rid of "
The weakness of "hard to make decisions".
At this time, Xu Huai revealed the cruel reality of the situation, believing that Qian Shangduan, Qiao Jien and the others would definitely have their own thoughts.
Of course, Qian Shangduan, Qiao Jien, Zhang Xin and even King Jing Zhao Tuan had only realized that Taiyuan was a death trap dug by the Red Husbands, and they did not advocate hastily solving the siege of Taiyuan, but they had not yet thought of the actual solution.
The situation is more critical than they imagined.
They even thought that after delaying for three to five months in Jinzhou and Luzhou, they should be able to find a turning point.
Suddenly realizing that the actual situation was so bad, they were a little confused and didn't know what to say.
No matter how urgent the time was, Xu Huai would not be able to afford to delay for two or three days. When he was about to stand up and leave, King Jing Zhao Tuan suddenly asked: "Did Guild Zheng also see through this a long time ago?"
Xu Huai was slightly startled and said: "I have limited contact with Mr. Zheng, so I can't guess what Mr. Zheng is thinking in his heart!"
Xu Huai told the truth. In the few limited contacts he had, Zheng Huaizhong didn't look at him seriously. He also had a conversation with Zheng Huaizhong's trusted advisor Zhao Fan just three days ago. It was Zhao Fan who had too many thoughts and took the initiative to find him.
Coming here, what can he know about Zheng Huaizhong, Zhao Fan and others?
However, King Jing's question also reminded him.
Did he underestimate Zheng Huaizhong and Zhao Fan? Zheng and Zhao had already seen through the situation at this time, and then they made up their minds to put all their chips on King Jing?
"Regardless of whether Mr. Zheng has seen through the situation, we can have a frank discussion." Qian Shangduan said with some uncertainty.
King Jing Zhao Tuan looked at Xu Huai and Zhu Hang, with a look of inquiry in his eyes.
Xu Huai nodded and agreed with Qian Shangduan's suggestion.
If Zheng Huaizhong and Zhao Fan decided to put their chips on King Jing after seeing through the situation, he would need to pay more attention to Zheng Huaizhong and Zhao Fan in the future, but right now everyone is already tying a grasshopper to a tree.
More importantly, they had to prepare for the worst situation in advance, and it was impossible to bypass Zheng Huaizhong and Zhao Fan.
"Mr. Zhu Hang and I are going to visit Duke Zheng at night?" Qian Shangduan looked at King Jing and asked.
Previously, Zheng Huaizhong led Zhao Fan to the post house to see King Jing, just to show his feelings, but after all, he was the envoy of Hedong and the minister of the Ministry of War. At this time, he was stationed in the state government office to handle official duties, and his status was no lower than that of Wang Zhen.
The king cannot really call him and leave immediately.
If we really want to have a frank discussion, Qian Shangduan and Zhu Hang will have to come forward to see Zheng Huaizhong.
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Xu Huai returned to the camp and took off his armor.
The weather was getting hot. They left Jincheng and headed north. They looked at the topography of Taiyue Mountain and Danshui River all the way without taking off their clothes. After three days of running, they felt sour and smelly. They scrubbed their whole bodies with well water, put on short shirts and squatted.
Under the shade of the old locust tree in front of the camp, we sipped salty sauce and herbal tea, holding wheat cakes in our hands. While breaking the cakes and chewing them carefully, we watched the gorgeous sunset in the west.
After the sun set over the Western Mountain, and twilight fell, Zhu Hang and Qian Shangduan went to the state government office to meet Zheng Huaizhong. They passed by the camp, walked in and greeted Xu Huai, and Xu Wuqi went to the post house together:
"Zhao Fan has followed Qian Langjun to meet with His Highness - Zheng Huaizhong. Zhao Fan is indeed extremely pessimistic about the next situation, but he didn't know our views before and had reservations when he met with His Highness three days ago."
"This Zheng Huaizhong is not simple. He actually stood still in Gong County!" Xu Wuqi said with a frown.
Xu Huai tried his best to manage the Chushan Mountains and had already predicted the erosion of the situation in the Hehuai River; Shi Zhen had also decisively sought a retreat; when Xiao Linshi led the remaining Khitan troops to retreat to the Western Mountains, he only hoped that the situation in the Southern Dynasties would develop.
There was a confrontation and stalemate with the Chihu people in the Huaihe River. They were all people with great vision and great strategies, but except for these three people, Xu Wuqi had not found anyone else who saw the situation so thoroughly.
After the Chihu people withdrew north, many people in the government and the public even became optimistic. Even Qian Shangduan, Zhang Xin and others were influenced by the people in Chushan, but they still lacked a clear enough and deep understanding of the bad situation. Xu also needed
Huai today completely blows away the fog.
It is certainly not easy for Zheng Huaizhong, Zhao Fan and others to have such accurate judgments on the situation, but precisely because of this, when they think about how they held heavy troops in Gong County but did not move, Xu Wuqi felt like it was stuck in his throat.
Zhu Hang's expression also became solemn. He knew that when Xu Huai raided Qingquangou Village in Gong County, Zheng Huaizhong, as the deputy commander of the Western Army Qin Wang's troops and the deputy general manager of Shaanxi Fifth Route Qin Wang's troops and horses, led tens of thousands of forward troops at that time.
Gong County, however, stood still.
In the past, they thought it was due to Zheng Huaizhong being timid and fearful of fighting, or having limited skills and being unable to decisively seize the opportunity to fight. Now it seems that Zheng, Zhao and others are in deeper trouble.
"..." Xu Huai sighed slightly and said, "If Zheng Huaizhong is a heroic figure, it may not be a good thing for him to be in charge of Guanzhong in such a bad situation."
The erosion of the Hehuai River is a foregone conclusion, but whether an effective line of defense can be formed in the Jianghuai River, with Guanzhong and Luoyang as the flanks, and whether they can resist the enemy from the outside will be extremely critical.
At this level, if Zheng Huaizhong and Zhao Fan are really heroes, they can at least make people more confident in the flanks.
Another extremely critical factor is whether Xiao Linshi can lead the remnants of the Khitan tribe to evacuate from Xishan to Yanlin and other places. This requires the approval of Zheng Huaizhong, a figure with great status and influence in the Western Army.
Xu Huai and the others did not delay on the way and arrived at King Jing's residence in the post house. Zhao Fan and Qian Shangduan had just sat down.
"Marquis Xu Jun," Zhao Fan saw Xu Huai, Zhu Hang, and Xu Wuqi walking in. He stood up very humbly and bowed his hands in salute.
"Mr. Zhao, you're welcome." Xu Huai returned the courtesy, but at this time he confirmed that Zhao Fan was guilty of being so humble in front of him.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Zhao Fan went straight to the topic and said: "Zheng Gong did not want to go north because he knew that the food supply in the DPRK would be unsustainable. He hoped that the three groups of soldiers and horses rushing north to meet the enemy could thwart it in one fell swoop. This plan is really harmful.
The country of Dai Viet will be ruined. However, there is no room for Zheng Gong to argue in the court. To argue is to coward the enemy. Naturally, some things cannot be said quickly. I did not make it clear in front of His Highness before because I was worried that there would be misunderstandings, but I didn’t want His Highness to say anything.
The situation has long been understood, and because of his previous hesitation, Duke Zheng sent Zhao Fan over to apologize to His Highness!"
"Mr. Zheng is worried and is afraid that the morale of the army will be shaken. Where is his fault?" King Jing Zhao Tuan comforted Zhao Fan and said, "But now everyone is open and honest. Please tell Mr. Zhao if you have anything to say."
The dire situation has been thoroughly analyzed before, and now we have reached a consensus with Zheng Huaizhong and Zhao Fan. The next thing to talk about is what everyone should do.
Zheng Huaizhong and Zhao Fan had already anticipated this before heading north. Xu Huai believed that they had already thought about it, so he sat aside and watched what Zhao Fan said.
Seeing that everyone was looking towards him, Zhao Fan knew that he could no longer hold back this time, so he cupped his hands and said, "The Chihu people are using Taiyuan as bait. If we don't bite the hook, they will gather an army to go south again after the autumn. And I
No matter how many troops and horses are gathered in Puzhou, Luzhou, and Zezhou, it will be difficult to sustain food and grass, and even the city will not be able to be defended!"
Pu Zelu and other areas in the central and southern parts of Hedong, Jin, had been harassed and besieged by Japanese soldiers for half a year, and the food stocks in each city were extremely limited. For example, in Jincheng, hundreds of people had died of starvation due to lack of food. At this time, there was an urgent need.
Outsiders brought food to help.
Now that the army is marching over, it will only further intensify the consumption of limited local food reserves.
The imperial court said that it was transferring grain from Guanzhong to Hedong. At present, it can only be squeezed out little by little. Even if it can be barely used, it will not be able to form enough reserves in any city.
This also means that the Chihu people are going south again. They cannot defend any city except retreating, otherwise they will be trapped and dead.
Zhao Fan came over on behalf of Zheng Huaizhong, and suggested that Zheng Huaizhong should go directly to the court, recommend King Jing who had made great achievements to take charge of Hezhong Prefecture (Puzhou), and lead the Xuanwu Army to guard Puban in Hezhong Prefecture, which was only separated by a river from Guanzhong.
In addition, Zheng Huaizhong will send a general and elite troops to guard Pinglu City in Shaanzhou, which is located on the north bank of the Yellow River (North Entrance of Maojin Ferry).
As long as the Red Hu people's East Route Army penetrates directly into the south bank of the Yellow River from Hebei, Zheng Huaizhong will not engage with the main force of the Red Hu people's West Route Army. He will lead the main force of his army to withdraw directly to Pinglu and Puban, blockade the Lu troops and directly attack from Hedong.
Luoyang, Passage to Guanzhong.
In other words, they must make the determination to give up participating in the second Bianliang defensive battle and preserve their strength.
If King Jing has any officials in Bianliang who need to be recommended, Zheng Huaizhong can transfer them to Hedong in the name of Hedong Zhizhi envoy, and arrange for them to be sent to Hezhong Mansion to prepare for the next major changes - the court is now
It is expected that Zheng Huaizhong will go north to meet the enemy. If he needs money and food, a few people and a few official hats, he will not stop him. He will definitely speak better than King Jing.
The so-called big change was that after the fall of Bianliang, they supported King Jing as the new emperor...
