The imperial capital fell into the hands of the enemy, the courtiers, emperors, and clans were all prisoners of the barbarians. The mountains and rivers were shattered, and the country of Dayue fell. The situation can be said to be extremely bad.
King Zhao Tuan went to Chang'an to ascend the throne, which seemed to be most beneficial to the Guan-Shan military group. However, the problem was that after Cai, Xu and other places were captured by the Japanese soldiers, the communication between Guan-Shan and Jinghu and Jianghuai was directly cut off. They had
What kind of confidence can you order the local officials in Jinghu and Jianghuai to send millions of grain crops all the way from Hanzhong, Sichuan and Shu to Guanshan and Shaanxi at all costs?
Although there are still more than 200,000 troops and horses in Heluo, Guan, Shaanxi and other places that can be mobilized at this time, the grain and fodder support from Southeast, Jingxiang, Sichuan and Shu and other places are more urgently needed than ever before.
From this point of view, it was also in line with the interests of the Guan-Shaanxi Military Group (Western Army) that King Jing Zhao Tuan went to Xiangyang to open a government office and ascend the throne in Xiangyang.
In addition, Zheng Huaizhong and Gao Junyang are in charge of Heluo and Shaanxi camp troops and horses. In the future, they will eliminate many supervisory departments that restrict them, so that they can mobilize the manpower and material resources of Guanshaan and Heluo to the maximum extent to resist the Red Army.
The Hu people's attack can be said to be the greatest delegation of power to generals since the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty.
As a compromise plan, the Taiyuan garrison was incorporated into the Xuanwu Army, and Wen Hengyue was put in charge of the Xuanwu Army above Zhang Xin and Deng Gui to defend the Holy Emperor. This was at least acceptable to Zheng Gao, Zhou Wu and others.
If this were not the case, would they be happy if Xu Huai commanded the troops and horses to escort King Jing Zhao Tuan to Xiangyang to ascend the throne?
This is the situation they really don't want to see.
There is no conflict of fundamental interests, and some minor differences are not worth the trouble and trouble of arguing in front of King Jing at this juncture. King Jing has also proved during this period that he is not someone who can be manipulated, so he went to Xiangyang to open an office.
Many major policies of the government were quickly agreed upon by everyone.
Xu Huai entered the city in the afternoon and went straight to the Generalissimo's Mansion. Everyone was having a banquet and talking about things. During this period, the banquet was removed and the tea soup was replaced. Then he felt hungry again, so he grilled lamb legs and put them on the table to satisfy his hunger.
After the discussion, it was already midnight.
The moon was bright in the sky and it wasn't that cold, but there was still snow on the eaves and courtyard walls.
Zheng Huaizhong left Zhao Fan in Puban to participate in the discussion of follow-up matters. Surrounded by his guards, he left the city directly from the south gate. After crossing the river, he rushed to Luoyang via the old road of Xuhan and deployed in Gong County, Hulao and Liang County in Ruzhou east of Luoyang.
The defense of Jiacheng and other places.
Gao Junyang also led his escort to leave Puban overnight and rushed to Hejin on the north bank of Fen River.
Hejin and Puban are both gateways to Guanzhong, but under the current situation, Hejin's strategic position is more prominent.
In addition, there were two groups of messengers. One group of messengers left the city and crossed the river from Xicheng, rushing to the south of Yanzhou to convey the imperial edict to Heng Yue to rush to Puban to command the Xuanwu Army. The other group of messengers rushed to Yishi carrying military orders from the Generalissimo's Palace and Xu Huai.
, Arriving at Xuwuqi, Wang Ju led 5,000 men and horses to cross the river first, passing through Luoyang, Ruzhou and heading for Xuzhou.
After Wen Hengyue arrived in Puban, he led the Xuanwu Army to escort King Zhao Tuan of Jing Dynasty southward.
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The city and other counties are necessary places to pass through.
However, when the Chihu people captured Bianliang, there were no soldiers and horses near the capital to contain the Chihu people's advance. However, in the southern part of Xuzhou, the eastern part of Ruzhou, and Caizhou, only Hu Kai and Yang Lin led the Caizhou army to break through from the capital.
A small number of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army was sent out for defense.
Although the Chihu people have no immediate intention to strategically expand to the southwest and southeast of Gyeonggi Province, the flank of Jingwang Zhao Tuan passing through the eastern part of Ruzhou and the western part of Caizhou and going south to Xiangyang is definitely not safe at this time.
Now it is not only necessary for Zheng Huaizhong to strengthen the defenses of Liang, Jiacheng and other counties in Ruzhou (divided into Heluoxing Camp), but also to order Xu Wuqi, Wang Ju and others to lead 5,000 troops to join Hu Kai and Yang Lin's troops first.
It also ensures that King Jing Zhao Tuan can go to Xiangyang smoothly and safely.
Xu Huai still needed to stay in Puban for two more days. King Jing Zhao Tuan had something to discuss with him. However, he was always fast when chasing a large group of people surrounded by more than a hundred guards. Unexpectedly, he had no way to rush to Xuzhou in person to command the troops and strengthen them.
flank defense.
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When they arrived at the post house, Xu Huai had no time to rest. Shi Hai still had something to talk to him about, so he took Xiao Yanhan and Chen Zixiao, Zhang Xiongshan, Han Lurong and others who had been temporarily recalled from the Yi family to meet in the cold post house.
Sit down in the courtyard.
Before Shi Hai took his seat, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Xu Huai, saying: "My clan is determined to move west to Qinzhou without consulting the military marquis in advance. Xiao Shuai asked me to bring this letter to the military marquis and ask for your permission."
Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
Xu Huai opened Xiao Linshi's letter and read it carefully.
The remnants of the Khitan clan moved to Qinzhou, and Xiao Linshihui accepted the appointment of Dai Yue as the defense envoy of Qinzhou. He was nominally affiliated with Shaanxi Xingying, but in fact he would maintain a semi-independent status.
Before the Khitan's demise, it had long mobilized young men from Yunshuo and other places to fight against the Red Husbands.
This makes the Khitan people in Yunshuo have a very low proportion of young and strong males.
After the Khitan was destroyed and Yunshuo fell, a group of elites from the clan followed Xiao Tong, Xiao Qian and others and surrendered to the Red Husbands, which further reduced the proportion of males among the remaining Khitan clan.
Although the absorption of Xishan Fanhu increased the size of the remaining Khitan tribe, Xishan Fanhu was severely punished by Xu Huai in Shuozhou. Nearly 3,000 of the most elite warriors were annihilated by Xu Huai. Subsequently, the Wuchi tribe also returned
He broke away from Fanhu in Xishan and followed Xu Huai southward.
Although the Khitan remnant tribe currently has more than 100,000 people, there are less than 20,000 young and strong men, and the rest are old, weak, women and children.
This is the most cruel situation faced by the remnants of the Khitan clan. Even if Xiao Linshi still has ambitions in his heart, he can only hold on to them.
Xiao Linshi also mentioned in his letter that Zheng Huaizhong and Gao Junyang did not have the strength to defend Heluo and Guanshan under the strong offensive of the Chihu people. He judged that they would retreat to Sichuan and Shu after experiencing setbacks and take advantage of the terrain of Sichuan and Shu.
He hoped that Xu Huai could consider this situation as soon as possible.
In order to avoid Zheng Gao, Zhou Wu and others from speculating about Xu Huai, Xiao Linshi will use Xiao Yanhan as
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And some Khitan military generals will be recalled, but at the same time, Chen Zixiao, Zhang Xiongshan, Han Lurong and other Han generals will be officially expelled. I hope Xu Huai can treat them well.
Xu Huai handed Xiao Linshi's letter to Chen Zixiao, Zhang Xiongshan, and Han Lurong to read.
After reading the letter, Chen Zixiao, Zhang Xiongshan, and Han Lurong first knelt down and kowtowed toward the northwest, and then knelt down toward Xu Huai: "Chen Zixiao, Zhang Xiongshan, and Han Lurong are willing to follow the commander-in-chief, and why not hope in the commander-in-chief?"
abandoned!"
"Please get up quickly!" Xu Huai said, "When you enter Chu Mountain, you will become the leader of Chu Mountain!"
In the past, there were more Han people attached to the Khitan in the Yunshuo area than the Khitans, Bohai people and other Tibetan tribes combined. At the same time, the Khitan implemented the Han system in Xijing (Yunshuo) and Nanjing (Yanji), appointed Han officials, and organized large-scale
Han people have participated in defense for two hundred years.
Therefore, Han generals such as Chen Zixiao (Han Lun), Han Lurong, Zhang Xiongshan and other Han generals also have a strong position in the Khitan army, at least they will not be obviously excluded; Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili still have the opportunity to sit on one side.
The current situation is that among the remnants of the Khitan who moved west to Qinzhou, there are only a handful of Han people who continue to rely on them. Even if Xiao Linshi has great trust in Chen Zixiao, Han Lurong, Zhang Xiongshan and other generals, it is inevitable that they will be marginalized.
reality.
In Xiao Linshi's view, now may be the best time for Chen Zixiao and the others to "draw a clear line" with the Khitan people.
Chen Zixiao, Zhang Xiongshan, Han Lurong and others followed Xiao Yanhan to lead the captured soldiers of Tianxiong Army to participate in the attack on Taiyuan. Xiao Linshi approached them to express his relevant intentions at that time. When they saw Xiao Linshi's letter, they were not too concerned.
Shock.
Apart from the remnants of the Khitan, who else in the world is worthy of their following except Xu Huai?
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Puban Inn had so many people staying at this time that many of the guards had no choice but to sleep in a courtyard with Xu Huai. Shi Hu was forced to sleep in the same room with Niu Er, who was snoring loudly as he fell asleep.
However, Shi Hu was on the road for days and there was no need for him to be on duty in the yard tonight. He fell into a deep sleep as soon as he got into bed. After an unknown amount of time, he was woken up by Niu Er. He was surprised that this idiot was not asleep yet and was actually sneaking around.
He moved closer to his bedside.
"What happened?" Shi Hu asked in confusion.
"Listen..." Niu Er said.
"..." Shi Hu heard Xiao Yanhan talking to the guard on duty in the yard, and looked at Niu Er in confusion. He didn't know what was so fussy about this. Was it worth it for this idiot to wake him up from his sleep?
"Princess Xiao went into the courtyard and asked if the Marquis had fallen asleep. She didn't let anyone know yet, so she was going to see the Marquis. Don't you think there is something wrong with this?" Niu Er asked Shi Hu alertly, "Let's talk more.
, half an hour ago we were sitting together drinking tea, why didn’t we say something at that time, but we just waited for the military prince to fall asleep and sneaked over to her? No, I have to stop her! "
Shi Hu caught Niu Er and lied to him: "When we separated before, Junhou secretly communicated with Princess Xiao and discussed secret matters privately. You fool, don't stir up trouble. Go to bed quickly!"
