When Xu Huai woke up again, the sky was already bright and the beauty had gone, but the sweet and sweet feeling in his heart still lingered, like a burning dream.
After a long time, he heard someone moving in the yard. Xu Huaicai got up, opened the door and window, and saw Shi Hu walking into the yard and asking the guard if he had gotten up, and asked: "What's the matter?"
"Princess Xiao and General Shi Hai have already left the city. If they don't come to bid farewell to the military lord, they specifically asked me to come over and say something." Shi Hu reported.
Xu Huai looked sideways, and saw the long blue sky above the peeling white courtyard wall. At this time, the mountains and rivers were broken, and he didn't know if he would see each other again at this moment, and he couldn't help but feel melancholy.
After a while, King Jing Zhao Tuan sent someone to invite him. Xu Huai hurriedly washed up, then took Shi Hu and Wang Zhang to the government office.
Zhou He, Gao Chunnian, Qian Zerui, Xu Wei, Zhu Hang and others were talking in the hall, discussing matters with King Jing.
King Jing Zhao Tuan brought the embroidered embroidery to Xu Huai and sat beside him.
We discussed the big strategy last night, and what King Jing and everyone discussed today are the specific implementation details.
It was also impossible to wait until King Jing Zhao Tuan arrived in Xiangyang before sending envoys to various roads.
In that case, the action is too slow.
Today we will at least confirm the envoys sent to Sichuan, Shu and Jinghu to deliver the message, and immediately set off to various places to invite the envoys from Sichuan, Shu and Jinghu to meet in Xiangyang to discuss the big plan.
At the beginning of the Dai Viet Dynasty, after the destruction of the Shu Kingdom, Xichuan Road (Chengdu Prefecture) was first established. After a series of administrative adjustments, Sichuan and Shu were finally divided into four parts, namely Yizhou Road (governing Chengdu) and Lizhou Road (governing Hanzhong).
The Four Sichuan-Sichuan Roads are also collectively known as the "Sichuan" Road, from which the name Sichuan came in later generations.
At the beginning of the Dayue Dynasty, Jinghu South Road and Jinghu North Road were established in Tanzhou and Ezhou. In the second year of Guoxing, Jinghu South Road and Jinghu North Road were merged into Jinghu Road, but they were separated soon after.
Jinghu, Sichuan and Shu are the closest to Xiangyang, and are also the most direct hinterland of the West Road battlefield. The first step is to obtain the support of these six supervisors. King Jing Zhao Tuan went to Xiangyang to open a government office and finally ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Xiangyang.
, is meaningful.
At the same time, it is also necessary for the six supervisory departments to immediately gather troops and horses, transport grain, fodder, and ordnance to support the war in Guanshan, Heluo, and southern Gyeongsang Province.
Of course, these six roads were not directly affected by the war. They are still under the absolute rule of the Shichen Group, including Jiangnan East Road, Jiangnan West Road, Huainan East Road, Huainan West Road, Liangzhe East Road, Liangzhe West Road, etc.
That's true.
At this time, the role of Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and other famous officials can be reflected.
Not to mention Xu Huai, who was not recognized by the scholar-officials at this time, even Zheng Huaizhong and Gao Junyang had extremely limited influence on Sichuan, Shu, Jinghu, Huainan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Zhou He and Gaochunnian, as the established prime ministers and candidates for power in the new dynasty at this time, did not slack off at this time of Dai Viet's survival. It was not obvious that they were tired at their age. On the contrary, they were still very energetic.
Zhou He and Gao Chunnian had already drafted the candidates for the envoys to send messages to Jinghu, Sichuan and Sichuan at this time, and also listed their old names who served as important missionaries in the Sixth Road Supervisory Department.
This matter was agreed upon, and Xu Wei and Zhu Hang took Liu Zhiyuan, Zhong Yingqiu and others to draft the order letter.
Xu Huai had no way to get involved in these matters at this time, so he just sat aside and listened to their discussion.
At this time, King Jing Zhao Tuan was free to greet Xu Huai and asked Xiao Yanhan about Shi Hai's farewell:
"Princess Xiao, General Shi Hai has just come to say goodbye and return to the west. Can you give them a send?"
"When we returned to the post house after discussing matters last night, General Shi Hai and Princess Xiao talked about resigning and returning home. Xu Huai had been running around for days and was too exhausted. Just now, before he had time to get up, he heard that they had left the city. The Khitan tribe moved westward.
, there were not many Han people. Chen Zixiao and Zhang Xiongshan were originally descendants of the Han family in Yunshuo. They were worried that they would have no place to live in Qinzhou, so they did not return with Princess Xiao and General Shi Hai. They thought of following Xu Huai to Chushan as a general.
, please give your permission..." Xu Huai said.
"The defense of Chushan and Guangzhou is the eastern gate of Xiangyang, and you are not qualified to do it. As for the Tianxiong Army, the generals appointed by the Guangzhou Military and Horse Supervisory Department, and the prefecture and county officials, it is all up to you to decide!" King Jing!
Zhao Tuan said.
The generals under the jurisdiction of the Chushan camp and the local officials in Guangzhou were all decided by Xu Huai alone, and the authority he delegated was unusually large.
King Jing Zhao Tuan called Zhou He, who was sitting beside him, to hear these words. Gao Chunnian and Gao Chunnian both frowned deeply after hearing this, but they both held back and remained silent.
Chushan and Guangzhou not only guard the eastern gateway of Xiangyang and Nanyang Basin, but are also responsible for liaison with Huainan. At the same time, the southern part of Xinyang in Guangzhou is located between Huaiyang Mountain and Tongbai Mountain.
Entering Jinghu (Anzhou), the gateway to South Jingxi Road (Suizhou), the strategic point.
Who can guard such a place so that the people in Xiangyang can feel at ease?
This was not the time to be polite and humble. Xu Huai saluted King Jing Zhao Tuan and said, "Thank you for your highness's trust. Xu Huai, the defender of Chushan, will shoulder the responsibility. He would rather die than let a single soldier pass by by mistake."
Zhou He, as the new chief historian of the Marshal's Mansion, and Gao Chunnian, as the chief minister, are the prime ministers and candidates for power proposed by the new dynasty. Since the big strategy was agreed upon last night, their status has surpassed that of Qian Shangduan, Qiao Jien, and Zhu
On top of Hang, Xu Wei and others, before joining Hu Kai, the military and political matters of the Marshal's Mansion will be assisted by the two of them to assist King Jing Zhao Tuan.
The two of them also discussed it and felt that they could not really wait until all the Taiyuan garrison arrived in Puban before moving south, as that would take at least ten days and a half - the people of Taiyuan would move south even more slowly.
Now it is difficult for them to grasp the situation on King Lu's side in time. When such a shocking change occurs, it is also difficult for them to imagine King Lu's intention to remain unmoved and support him.
In addition, Gu Fan, the pacification envoy of the South Beijing Road Economic Strategy, has never expressed any special preference for King Jing Zhao Tuan. However, he was in the same year as Yang Maoyan, a minister of the King of Lu and Yang Maoyan, who was appointed deputy privy envoy before the fall of Bianliang.
The officials who attended the imperial examination high school were friends of the same age, and their nephews were related by marriage.
Zhou He and Gao Chunnian thought about it a lot, but still felt that they needed to leave for Xiangyang immediately. For fear of delay, King Zhao Guan of Lu would contact Gu Fan to lobby the generals on the southwestern road of Beijing to muddy the waters.
At this time, King Jing Zhao Tuan was appointed by the imperial court as the general marshal of the roads in the west of Beijing, Shaanxi and Hedong. Among them, the west of Beijing included the South Jingxi Road and Xiangyang Prefecture.
They directly surrounded King Jing Zhao Tuan and headed to Xiangyang City. Gu Fan at least could not use the imperial decree to openly keep them out of Xiangyang City.
And as long as Wen Hengyue, Zhang Xin, Deng Gui and others led even two or three thousand elite Xuanwu troops to escort King Jing Zhao Tuan into Xiangyang City first, Gu Fan could only succumb to reality even if he was more inclined to support King Lu in his heart.
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Zhou He and Gaochunnian thought that as soon as Wen Hengyue arrived in Puban, they would immediately mobilize elite troops from the Xuanwu Army stationed in Puban and escort King Jing Zhao Tuan and Zhou He and other officials from the Marshal's Mansion to Xiangyang first.
Just in case, Xu Huai needs to lead his troops to make more careful deployment on the flanks.
Of course, Xu Huai also hoped that King Jing could go south as soon as possible. Not only was the target small, but it would also be difficult for the Red Husbands to respond.
This is actually much safer than thousands of soldiers and horses guarding King Jing and others heading south.
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Wen Hengyue led the Taiyuan garrison to escort 100,000 people. By this time, they had arrived in the south of Yanzhou. Envoys had been summoned in the early morning, and Wen Hengyue would be able to arrive at Puban at the latest.
Xu Huai no longer delayed, and left Puban with Chen Zixiao, Zhang Xiongshan, Shi Hu, Wang Zhang, Wu Chihai, Niu Er and a group of guards at noon, and caught up with Xu Wuqi at dusk. Wang Ju led
The main force has just arrived on the north bank of the Yellow River.
During the attack on Taiyuan, Xu Huai mobilized 2,000 elite soldiers from Chu Mountain. In the end, nearly 500 elite soldiers died on the battlefield or died of serious injuries.
The Luliang Army resisted the rebels and the Taiyuan people recruited Jian Rui to replenish the losses. At this time, Xu Huai led the soldiers and horses returning south, including the captured soldiers of the Tianxiong Army, and still ensured that the 4,500 men were full, and more than 4,000 horses were preserved.
Or camels and horses heading south.
However, after years of hard training, there are only 1,400 to 500 elite cavalry who are good at riding and shooting. The other newly recruited Jianrui and captured soldiers of Tianxiong Army are still at the stage of using horses instead of horses.
In order to ensure that they arrived between Caizhou and Xuzhou as soon as possible and ensure that no small group of enemy troops would penetrate into the eastern foothills of Funiu Mountain and disturb King Jing Zhao Tuan and his party as they headed south, Xu Huai rested on the north bank of the Yellow River in the south of Pinglu County.
One night, 1,500 cavalry were organized separately overnight.
They crossed the Yellow River early the next morning and headed south at high speed. However, they passed through the deep ravine between Songshan Mountain and Funiu Mountain from Jiacheng, Liangxian and other places, and arrived at Zhixiangcheng, Ruzhou Prefecture, at the southeastern foot of Songshan Mountain.
Hu Kai had always advocated that King Jing Zhao Tuan could go to Xiangyang and ascend the throne.
After the fall of Bianliang, Hu Kai personally led a limited number of Caizhou soldiers and horses and stationed them in Xiangcheng, in order to safely defend King Jing Zhao Tuan and his party so that they could pass through Ruzhou and move south smoothly.
Xu Huai rushed to Xiangcheng and not only met Hu Kai and Yang Lin, but also Liu Yan, Xie Zhong and others who had been separated for nearly a year...
