Upon hearing Tang Tiande's words, Cheng Lunying was stunned for a long time and didn't know how to respond. When he saw the prefect Ning Ci and the judge Zhou Yunze who were already sitting in the hall, their faces were still uncertain. They must have known the news a moment ago, but now
Still haven't recovered yet.
"Zuo Xiaosheng's army was transferred to Xiangyang to rest and recuperate. Chushan alone resisted the enemy in the west of Beijing. How can Heluo withstand the enemy?" Cheng Lunying couldn't care less about being reserved. He and Tang Tiande were old friends, so he sat down and asked eagerly.
After coming out of the Runan County Government House before, Ning Ci judged that Chushan would not let Zuo Xiaosheng's army withdraw from Ruzhou, thinking that no matter how harsh the imperial edict was to the Runan County Government House this time, it would not put the Nanyang Prefecture officialdom in danger.
In the whirlpool.
Cheng Lunying returned to the house and thought about it carefully and felt that it made sense.
The war in Huainan has just begun, and the Red Hudong Route Army is approaching fiercely. However, Dai Viet has more than 200,000 troops and horses assembled in Huainan. Calculated purely in terms of troops and horses, it is not at a disadvantage.
From their own standpoint, the vast majority of Nanyang Prefecture officials felt that the enemy forces to the north of Jingxiang, Nanyang Prefecture and Huaishang, and Ruzhou to the west of Jingjing and Luohe were truly numerous and powerful.
Since the beginning of winter, although the Chushan Army has barely resisted the enemy's offensive in the west of Beijing in Xiangcheng and north of Zhaoling, the defenders of Ruzhou have suffered heavy losses. Ruyang and other places have fallen, and General Yang Lin died tragically in battle.
Ten days ago, Ruyang fell, and the news of the death of General Yang Lin reached Nanyang. Nanyang was in chaos. Countless people fled southward in a hurry, dragging their children with their daughters. They were afraid of Chushan's army. Zuo Xiaosheng's army was defeated like a mountain, and the captives killed them in the blink of an eye.
Under the city of Biyang, when the time came, the people cried every day but no response was given, and the earth and the earth did not respond. They were trampled and slaughtered by the captive soldiers.
Xu Huai rushed to the aid of Ruzhou and defeated the enemy at Pishan. The enemy troops in Heluo were stopped at the banks of the Duma River. This was a relief, but was the crisis facing Ruzhou and Huaishang resolved?
No!
No one in the Nanyang government office was naive enough to think that the crisis north of Jingxiang had been resolved.
The Hulu troops occupied Heluo in the west of Beijing and had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. However, before this winter in Ru and Caizhou, the Chushan Army plus Zuo Xiaosheng's Army had only more than 45,000 elite soldiers and horses, and more were
Make use of the terrain to resist enemies from the west of Beijing and Heluo.
The fall of Ruyang and the tragic death of general Yang Lin were enough to prove that the advantage of terrain could not make up for the huge gap in military strength.
At this time, Zuo Xiaosheng's army was in ruins and needed to rest and replenish new troops. Chushan's army fought fiercely in Xiangcheng and north of Zhaoling for more than a month, and suffered heavy casualties. The western part of Ruzhou was occupied by Heluo enemy troops.
The fall of Song County is also a matter of time - all circumstances mean that the situation faced by Ruzhou and Caizhou is more severe and dangerous than before this winter. How can it be said that the crisis has been resolved?
There was no particular panic in the Nanyang Prefecture. The main reason was that the Shenwu Army, in addition to more than 10,000 elite troops stationed in Shangluo, Shangluo, Lushi and other cities under Shangzhou, nearly 30,000 main elite troops were stationed in Fangcheng, Biyang and other places under Nanyang Prefecture.
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Now the imperial court has withdrawn the remnants of Zuo Xiaosheng's army from Ruzhou and transferred them to Xiangyang for rest and recuperation. It has also transferred 30,000 of the main elite of the Shenwu Army to Luzhou to reinforce the Huainan battlefield, which is equivalent to emptying out the troops north of Jingxiang.
Most of it.
At this time, if there is even the slightest mistake in Ruzhou or Caizhou (Huaishang), Nanyang Prefecture will fall directly.
Cheng Lunying did not dare to expect the Nanyang Mansion Army to be effective in the face of the ferocious and bellicose Red Hussars.
This is also the key reason why Ning Ci and others, although they directly appointed local officials for the Ministry of Personnel, did not hide their dissatisfaction in front of the edicts.
Yes, Ning Ci, as the head of the government, was second only to Zheng Huaizhong in terms of power in Nanyang. The central government also used Ning Ci to check and balance Zheng Huaizhong. In many matters, Ning Ci was not even weaker than Zheng Huaizhong in terms of speaking power.
Everything Ning Ci had was given by the central government. When Ning Ci was in Nanyang, he paid great attention to keeping a distance from the Runan County government.
However, all this is meaningful only if Nanyang Mansion is preserved.
Cheng Lunying was very puzzled as to why Chushan followed the imperial edict so swiftly and did not leave Zuo Xiaosheng's army in Ruzhou to rest and replenish new troops!
Ning Ci and Tongpan Zhou Yunze also wanted to know this at this time.
"Well, if Chushan can withstand the pressure exerted by the enemies in the west of Beijing and Heluo, it is purely bluffing to say that I am not worried." Tang Tiande was of course deeply worried about Rucai's severe situation in the future.
He did not hide it at all, frowning deeply, and said, "But if the imperial decree is like this, how can Chushan refuse it? With such an arrangement, there must be difficulties for the imperial court. We always say that we will share your Majesty's worries, and we will share our worries for the imperial court.
, it can’t be just empty words, right?”
Tang Tiande came on behalf of Chushan and expressed his position like this. What could Ning Ci, Zhou Yunze, Cheng Lunying and others say? Could they be crying and begging Chushan to resist the decree?
Xu Huai planned to rectify the Shandiwuzhai forces on both sides of Ruzhou on a large scale, so he transferred Tang Tiande, who was more familiar with related work, from Luoshan to Ruzhou, preparing to take over the post of Cao Guanjun, the prefectural government official.
However, this time the imperial edict was passed, Ruzhou was officially included in the Chushan camp defense area. Xu Huai also knew the military affairs of Ruzhou, and was responsible for military and horse supervision. However, the adjustment of many official positions in the prefecture and county offices required a process.
Even though the imperial court had given Xu Huai the maximum degree of autonomy, which was similar to that of a vassal town, according to regulations, the adjustment of these official positions still required formal appointment through the imperial staff after Xu Huai recommended him.
Tang Tiande first went to Ruzhou to familiarize himself with the situation. This time he needed someone with enough weight to come to Biyang to contact him, so Tang Tiande took over the job.
"The imperial court wants to dispatch the Shenwu Army to Huainan for reinforcements. What does Marquis Xu think of this?" Ning Ci asked, somewhat unwillingly.
"Hasn't the imperial court been urging Duke Runan to send troops to reinforce Huainan? My Commander-in-Chief has always felt that this is the right thing to do - Why, Duke Runan is not ready yet?" Tang Tiande asked rhetorically.
Although Tang Tiande was worried about whether the Chushan Army could hold off the enemies of Heluo and Jingxi in Rucai, his attitude towards the Shenwu Army being transferred to Huainan to participate in the war was completely different from that of Ning Ci, Zhou Yunze, Cheng Lunying and others.
Zheng Huaizhong is based in Nanyang, and also leads the military and political affairs of Shangzhou via Wuguan Road. This winter, he should send troops from the Lu family, which occupies the upper reaches of Luoshui River, to contain some of the enemies of Heluo to share the pressure on Ruzhou. However, the Shenwu army is stationed in Shangluo, and the Lu family
The soldiers and horses have remained stationary this winter.
The Shenwu Army led by the Zheng family and his son was stationed in Nanyang and could not share the military pressure for Chushan. However, the imperial court transferred them to Huainan for reinforcements. If the captive troops were successfully driven back to the north bank of the Huaihe River, the defensive pressure on the eastern front of Chushan would be reduced sharply - Chu
What choice Shan Hui would make, Ning Ci simply asked too much.
The Chushan generals did not want Zuo Xiaosheng's army to be transferred out of Ruzhou at this time, but they hoped that the imperial court would transfer the Shenwu Army to the Huainan battlefield.
In addition to Chushan's deep grudge against the Zheng family and his son, Yang Qiye, Yang Yaozong and other Zuo Xiaoshengjun commanders could even be said to hate the Zheng family and his son to the core.
Deep down in their hearts, generals Yang Qiye and Yang Yaozong still wanted to stay on the battlefield in Ruzhou and avenge the enemy forces in Heluo. However, considering that the imperial court's transfer of them to Xiangyang would probably force the Zheng family and his son to submit, they were happy to cooperate.
Of course, Tang Tiande came here this time to negotiate with the Nanyang government on many matters, and to observe more the attitudes and reactions of Nanyang officials and gentry and local tycoons to the current situation; as for Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son, all the news was passed on by the Nanyang government.
However, Tang Tiande would not negotiate.
"The emperor's edict is very urgent. Zuo Xiaosheng's army has suffered a lot of injuries, and it is urgent to be transferred to Xiangyang for rest and recuperation. Everything needs to be peaceful. The gentlemen of Zhou will immediately make arrangements and provide convenience. I have been ordered to come to Nanyang these two days to keep an eye on this matter.
, At this time, I went to the post house to take a rest, and I was not tired. I will see you off on Tuesday, but I will disturb you again in the morning."
Tang Tiande stood up, faced Ning Ci, Zhou Yunze cupped his hands and said,
"My Jieshuai is not easy to get along with. We have to be careful at all times. If Nanyang moves a little slower, my Jieshuai will lose his temper. Please Ning and Zhou gentlemen to take more responsibility...
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Ning Ci, Zhou Yunze and other Nanyang officials had always been unwelcome to Chushan, and Tang Tiande did not pay much attention to his words and simply left temporarily.
"If you succeed, you will be rampant. It's true that dog meat cannot go to the banquet!" Listening to Tang Tiande's undisguised threatening tone when he left, the general judge Zhou Yunze was trembling with anger, slapping the table and scolding him.
Cheng Lunying had taken care to keep a distance from Chushan over the years, but the relationship was not bad. Moreover, when Tang Tianfan left, his words were mainly directed at Ning Ci and Zhou Yunze.
He was more concerned about how the situation would evolve. He looked at Ning Ci and asked cautiously: "The wounded soldiers of Zuo Xiaosheng's army will be sent to Xiangyang via Nanyang soon for treatment. Should we send someone to inform the county government immediately?"
Ning Ci's face was gloomy and uncertain. After a while, he frowned and lowered his voice and asked Zhou Yunze and Cheng Lunying: "Does Chushan have another secret edict?"
Zhou Yunze and Cheng Lunying were also shocked and subconsciously took a peek outside the government hall, fearing that outsiders might overhear the conversation.
Zhou Yunze pondered and said: "Logically speaking, this is a good opportunity for Chushan to take over the remnants of Zuo Xiaosheng's army, but Marquis Jingsheng just sent Zuo Xiaosheng's army to Xiangyang to be commanded by Marquis Wen. Perhaps it was just as the prefect guessed, Jingsheng
You will also receive your Majesty’s secret edict to act..."
Cheng Lunying saw that Ning Ci's face was getting darker and darker, and she thought to herself: If Xu Huai received another secret edict, and Ning Ci, as the prefect of Nanyang, had not heard anything about it beforehand, would it mean that the court did not fully urge Zheng Huaizhong to send troops from Nanyang to Ning Ci?
Already quite dissatisfied?
Tang Tiande's tough and threatening tone just now was considered a hint, right?
After a long time, Ning Ci calmed down her tense look and said to Zhou Yunze and Cheng Lunying, "I still need to trouble you two adults to accompany me to the Duke's Mansion."
"What should we say?" Zhou Yunze asked anxiously.
"What about eating the king?" Besides being loyal to the king, does Zhou Langjun have any other choices?" Ning Ci asked in return.
"Yes, yes!" Zhou Yunze replied with an embarrassed wry smile.
