July in Jianye City is as sultry as a steamer, and the sky is covered with gloomy dense clouds, but there is not a breath of wind blowing down, making people breathless.
Pedestrians walked by in the streets and alleys, their heads drooped listlessly, with glistening beads of sweat hanging on their faces. They couldn't wipe them off, so they just wanted to find a well and take a deep drink.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew up, rolling up the loess in the streets and alleys. Pedestrians suddenly felt a chill, and when they raised their heads, they saw three or five raindrops hitting their faces, which made them feel slightly painful.
The raindrops gradually became denser, suppressing the swirling dust, and soon the dirt road was soaked through, and the sky became darker and darker.
In front of the verandah of the back hall of Prince Qi's Mansion, Taoyun held the little hand of Prince Zhao Yin of Qi, looking at the sky as if a hole had been punched out, and the heavy rain covered the sky and covered the earth, hitting water splashes on the paving stones in the courtyard;
The koi pond was overflowing in a short time. It was only a dozen steps away, but you could only vaguely see the fish tumbling happily in the pond where the white flowers were blown by the raindrops.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has issued an order that Mr. Hu is released to Hengzhou!" Qiao Jien came over holding an oil umbrella and reported the news he had just learned to Princess Yingyun, regardless of the fact that the skirt of his robe was wet by the heavy rain.
"Is the order issued so soon?" Yingyun asked slightly shocked.
"The recruitment of the Hu bandits was originally done out of necessity. Your Majesty and the ministers in the court had absolutely no trust in the Hu bandits. However, Hu Gong thought of transferring the returned troops to Luzhou and asked Deng Hou to lead his troops to defend Guangzhou, thinking that Deng
The Marquis and Jingxiang are leaning against each other, and the Marquis of Han is guarding Shouchun, so they will be able to block the captive troops to the north of the Huaihe River without fail!" Qiao Jien said, "However, there were secret rumors in the capital that Xianggong Hu and Jingxiang were secretly communicating.
Qu, Mr. Hu has always been stubborn, no wonder His Majesty thought too much and finally made up his mind to expel Mr. Hu from the capital!"
Yingyun frowned tightly and said nothing.
There have long been rumors in Beijing that Hu Kai, Zhu Hang and even Liu Yan, Yang Qiye and others had secret affairs with Beijing and Xiangzhou. However, her uncle Shaolong had just ascended the throne at that time. In order to better control the court, he did not
I don't care about these rumors, but I don't have doubts in my heart.
After the Dongjing Lake Bandit Rebellion subsided, the Chihu West Army, which first conquered the Dangxiang people, violently attacked the Western Qin Dynasty. The West Road defense line guarded by the Dongchuan Army soldiers and horses successively lost Tianshui, Qinfeng, Lantian, Shangluo and other places; with great difficulty,
After driving the Chi Hu soldiers and horses from the depths of the Qinling Mountains, the Chi Hu people gathered 300,000 soldiers and horses in the middle to attack Rucai.
In this case, let alone Hu Kai, Zhu Hang and others, they were secretly in cahoots with Jingxiang. Jingxiang had done so many taboo things in the past two years. Didn't Emperor Shaolong tolerate them one by one?
Of course, the most critical point here is that Emperor Shaolong felt that although Jingxiang was unruly and rebellious, he did not feel that he would not have the means and ability to check and balance Jingxiang after he took control of the overall situation in the court. He even expected the Chihu people to take the center route.
By launching an offensive, both Jing and Xiang will suffer losses, so that Jing and Xiang can be held in the palm of your hand more easily.
But no one expected that Jingxiang would not only be able to survive, but it would be easier than imagined.
As a result, many subtle changes occurred in the court. On the one hand, many ministers did not dare to criticize Jingxiang unscrupulously, and some courtiers even openly praised Jingxiang. On the other hand, it also caused Jingxiang and rumors to be secretly involved with Jingxiang.
The officials were even more suspicious. However, this year Chihu had launched an offensive non-stop from the east road. Yingyun thought that no matter how eager Emperor Shaolong was, he should not kick Hu Kai out of the court at this juncture.
It seems that she still underestimated her uncle Shaolong Emperor's inner anxiety.
"When Prime Minister Hu leaves the court, who will take charge of the Privy Council? Gu Fan?" Yingyun asked.
"In the past few years, Wang Boqian has been the most eager to expel Hu Xianggong from the temple. How could he take advantage of Gu Fan?" Qiao Jien's old wrinkled face became darker and darker at this moment, and said, "Now I am worried that Your Majesty will expel Hu Xianggong from the temple.
, I still don’t want to stop..."
"Your Majesty is unwilling to stop. Is it possible that at this juncture, you still want to replace Liu Yan?" Yingyun asked with some fright.
"I heard that General Xu Pu was very close to Wang Boqian, Yang Maoyan and the others during this period,"
It can be said that Qiao Jien did nothing in his life. His greatest success was that when Emperor Jianji crossed the Hebei River from Yanshi, he, Chen Yougui and others finally chose to follow him, thus gaining a place in the court. However, no matter what happened after the fall of Bianliang,
Nian has been serving Emperor Jianji for a long time. Even though he has been in high and low officialdom for most of his life, his eyesight is still extraordinary. He sighed,
"With Xu Pu, an honest and obedient person, your Majesty might not touch Marquis Liu!"
Xu Puyuan was a general of the Imperial Guards in Beijing. When Bianliang fell, he, Liu Yan, Xie Zhong, Liang Wenjiang, Gu Cong and other generals led their troops to break out of the encirclement and go south. After that, Emperor Jianji established the army on the basis of their troops.
You Xiao wins the army.
Gu Cong later returned to the Gu family and led the army to fight on the Dongchuan Road. However, Xie Zhong, Xu Pu, and Liang Wenjiang were all still in the Youxiaosheng Army, and each formed their own line. Liu Yan's control over the Youxiaoshengjun was far less than that of Yang.
Lin, Yang Qiye mastered Zuo Xiaosheng's army so comprehensively.
Obviously, if Emperor Shaolong felt that Xu Pu could replace Liu Yan, he might not touch Liu Yan.
Of course, Qiao Jien was able to say these words in front of Princess Yingyun at this time, and there were still some rumors...
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"At this juncture, Xu Pu was appointed deputy envoy to Huainan, and You Xiaosheng was in charge of the army, but Liu Yan was transferred back to the imperial court as deputy envoy to the privy council. Isn't it nonsense?"
In the study at the back house of Zhu Mansion, Zhu Hang learned from the visiting Qian Zerui that his Majesty was planning to transfer Liu Yan to the central government as deputy envoy to the privy council, and to appoint Xu Pu as deputy envoy to Huainan, to be informed of Luzhou's military affairs and to take charge of the right wing.
Xiao Shengjun was also shocked and shouted,
"Let's go see the Prime Minister. This matter must not be left to His Majesty's temper!"
The situation of the Chihu people launching an offensive across the Huaihe River from the east this autumn and winter has become increasingly clear by this time, and Huaixi is likely to be the focus of the new round of the Chihu people's offensive.
At present, the imperial court has established two lines of defense in Huaixi, one is the Guangzhou-Shouzhou line of defense, which is close to the south bank of the Huaihe River, and the other is the Luzhou line of defense.
Hu Kai's original idea was to switch defenses between Liu Yan's troops and Sun Yanzhou's returned troops. By then, Guangzhou and Shouzhou would be each other's horns, and Guangzhou and the Beijing-Xiang-Shenzhou theater would be each other's horns, and all the troops would be elite warriors.
They have an sworn feud with the Hulu, so they can rely on the city to defend it. In this case, the Chihu people would not dare to rely on their superior strength to carry out long-term sieges on key cities such as Huangchuan and Shouchun. Facts
In the two years since they went up to the middle road to confront Rucai, the Chihu people have only built a fortification wall close to the edge of Rucai's defense line to form a new defense line. They have never been able to directly send troops to Xiangcheng, Zhaoling or Ruyang.
The city was besieged, reinforcements were cut off and then slowly attacked - on the Rucai defense line, key supporting cities such as Xiangcheng and Zhaoling could maintain smooth access to the rear most of the time, ensuring the smooth flow of materials and people.
Ship in.
Deng Gui, Han Shiliang, Ge Yu and other troops may be inferior compared to the Beijing-Xiang army, but they should not be underestimated. Even if the Hulu relied on their superior strength to besiege cities such as Huangchuan and Shouchun for a short time, it would be difficult to suddenly fall.
As time goes by, the imperial court will naturally be able to organize reinforcements to go north, or send the Beijing-Xiang army to the east...
This will actually be a replica of the first Huainan Battle. At this time, Dai Viet is also capable of organizing the second Huainan Battle.
Although the Returned German Army was recruited from rogue bandits and its military morale was very unstable, Hu Kai believed that as long as they were not forced to go to a dead end, the Generals of the Returned German Army would no longer have a sense of belonging to the imperial court, and most of them would not be willing to do it.
The lackey of the Red Huren.
Therefore, the returned German troops were transferred to Luzhou and used as second-line reinforcements. Hu Kai felt that there was no problem - the returned German troops were placed on the first line of defense.
Once Huangchuan was besieged by superior Japanese troops, Hu Kai could not imagine how strong their resilience would be to hold on until reinforcements arrived.
However, Hu Kai's ideas were not adopted by Emperor Shaolong, and he even angered Emperor Shaolong because of his stubbornness. In the end, he was ordered to deprive him of the post of privy envoy and send him to serve in Hengzhou on the West Road of Guangnan.
Zhu Hang did not expect that at this critical moment, His Majesty would not let General Hu Kai go, but would transfer Liu Yan back to the court as deputy privy envoy, leaving Xu Pu, who lacked both ability and prestige, to take charge of the Youxiaosheng Army.
If Hu Kai's suggestion is not adopted, the first line of defense will have loopholes in Huangchuan, which is worrying. At this time, the actual commander of the second line of defense in Huaixi is being adjusted. Why is Zhu Hang not in a hurry?
Zhu Hang immediately wanted to go to Hu Kai and persuade his majesty to take back his orders.
"Mr. Zhu," Qian Zerui hurriedly grabbed Zhu Hang's sleeve and said, "Don't you understand why Your Majesty sent the Prime Minister away? The Prime Minister has been ordered to leave Beijing and go south within a time limit. You and I can go find him now.
When the Prime Minister said this, didn’t he drive the Prime Minister to death?”
Zhu Hang stood there like a puppet.
Of course he knew that Hu Kai was demoted, but His Majesty suspected that Hu Kai's efforts to transfer Liu Yan out of Guangzhou were secretly colluding with Jingxiang. Therefore, Liu Yan was also suspected, and that's why he was transferred to Beijing as deputy privy envoy - he
In a panic, what would be the consequences if he really wanted to bring Hu Kai into the palace and ask His Majesty to take back his orders?
Furthermore, the deputy privy envoy is also among the prime ministers. It is rare in the world for military generals to reach the high position of deputy privy envoy and privy envoy. Your Majesty summoned Liu Yan to Beijing to serve as deputy privy envoy. How can you say that this is a direct response to Liu Yan?
suspicion?
Of course, when Qian Zerui grabbed Zhu Hang, he had another thought, that is, in his opinion, Xu Pu was a veteran who had been in battle for a long time and had made outstanding achievements. Even though he had been with Wang, Yang and others in recent years,
Being closer does not mean that his ability to lead troops in battle is any less.
Just like Han Shiliang, Ge Yu and others, they were all generals of the Huai Palace who followed the rise of Emperor Shaolong. Even if their military exploits were not as dazzling as those of the generals of Jingxiang, they were still qualified to be included in the list of famous generals and good generals since the founding of the dynasty.
