After listening to Han Gui talk about some conclusions deduced by the Military Intelligence Department in the past few days, Shi Zhen pondered for a while, looked at Xu Huai, and said, "Can Su Miao, Xu Dang and the others avoid it first?"
Xu Huai looked up and saw Su Mung, Shi Hu and others standing at the door of the flower hall and hesitated.
Xu Fang also wanted to ask Shi Zhen if there were any secrets that he couldn't hear, but he asked Su Mi to grab the sleeves and pull him out. Su Mi also dragged Niu Er out, who was standing dazedly against the door frame.
Niu Er belatedly asked: "Should I avoid it too?"
Jiang Ping, Shi Hu and others all avoided, leaving only Shi Zhen, Xu Wujiang, Su Laochang, Han Gui, Jiang Xie, Dong Cheng and Xu Huai in the flower hall.
Xiao Yanhan also stood up and retreated temporarily. Shi Zhen saluted and said: "The matter discussed is also related to the survival of Khitan. Please stay here, Princess..."
At that time, women's participation in political affairs was still relatively loose, not to mention that the remnants of the Khitan and Beijing and Xiang had a stake at this time, and they needed representatives to participate in the following discussions.
Xiao Yanhan glanced at Xu Huai hesitantly, and Xu Huai patted his side, asking her to sit down and listen to what Shi Zhen said.
"The envoy will lead five thousand elite vanguard troops and march eastward to reinforce Luzhou without waiting for the imperial edict," Shi Zhen said slowly. "Prince Ping Yanzong may not be interested in the envoy's arrival. The main force of his navy is
Entering the Yangtze River according to the established plan. In fact, if this is the case, it is not bad. The court can also realize that the murderous intention of the Chihu people is directed at Jianye. There should be no reason to blame the envoy for not issuing an edict. However, the envoy
Have you ever thought that King Ping Yanzong might choose to remain hidden? How will the envoy explain to the court that he did not send an edict to help? How can he make the world think that the envoy did not have an ulterior motive but offered support without an edict?"
"Brother Tu shouldn't pay that much attention to me." Xu Huai said with a deep look on his face.
"Yes, after two years of fruitless confrontation, the Chihu people did not take the initiative to think of ways to make peace with the court to isolate Jingxiang. That is to say, the major kings of Chihu and the newly established Khan King did not pay enough attention to Jingxiang and the envoys.
But as long as possible, the envoy cannot gamble with the fate of the two hundred thousand generals and four million people of Beijing and Xiang, nor the fate of hundreds of millions of people in Vietnam in the next hundred or thousand years," Shi Zhen said, "Of course Brother Tu will not make a decisive decision.
He just led the troops but did not attack them. At least he would try his troops between Luzhou and Shuzhou. The problem was that he only led 5,000 elite soldiers to support Huaixi. He had no way to hide his weakness and could only go all out to frustrate the forward troops.
, to stand firm. At this time, Brother Tu may calm down. From what Shi Zhen saw, Brother Tu may still be able to temporarily retreat his naval army before the land can block the enemy's attack. At this time, Brother Tu may be able to calm down.
Although the credit you have made has fundamentally resolved the crisis in Huaixi, the imperial court will not recognize it!"
"What if we send troops again after the enemy navy enters the Yangtze River Estuary?" Xiao Yanhan couldn't help but ask, "In this case, there shouldn't be a problem of reinforcements without an order, right?"
"Xu Pu is not Liu Yan. When you envoy to Huaihe, Xu Pu most likely thought that you were going to fight for merit and left the city rashly. If because of Xu Pu's restlessness, You Xiao's victorious army was defeated by the enemy, then you would still be
How sure are you that you can turn the tide?" Shi Zhen advised, "Your Majesty, you are no longer the young man in Tongbai Mountain who thought you were small and broad, and had no scruples. Or maybe the world is so big that I don't think anyone else can do it for you.
Can you turn this tide so that you can give it another try without any scruples?"
"If Xu Pu is restless and gets taken advantage of by the soldiers, of course I will not go straight to Luzhou," Xu Huai said with a frown. "If the situation you mentioned really happens, I will land at Qianshan to the west of Luzhou.
Gather the rebel army from the flanks and wait for the follow-up reinforcements to join in! I am not so proud that after the Youxiaosheng army was defeated, I only had 5,000 elite troops to turn the tide, so you don't need to worry about this matter!"
"Since your Majesty expected this step, why couldn't you be more patient and disembark from Chizhou?" Shi Zhen asked.
Xu Huai remained silent.
"Dong Gong, what do you think the envoy will lead his troops to land in Chizhou, waiting for the follow-up reinforcements to arrive?" Han Gui looked at Dong Cheng who was sitting aside and asked.
Only then did Dong Cheng fully understand why Shi Zhen had dragged him to Jingzhou.
Shuzhou is located to the west of Luzhou and north of the Yangtze River.
Xu Huai led the reinforcements to land in Shuzhou to prevent the enemy from infiltrating into Jinghu North Road. At the same time, he threatened the enemy's flanks and prevented them from crossing the river calmly to threaten Jianye. The situation was likely to be stalemate until subsequent reinforcements were assembled in Shuzhou.
, it is also possible to expel the captive soldiers from Huainan, but the price will be higher.
Xu Huai had such meritorious service, no matter whether Emperor Shaolong would be more wary of Jingxiang or not in the future, at least on the surface he would still be prepared to add rewards.
Chizhou is located to the south of the Yangtze River and west of Jianye. Xu Huai led the reinforcements to land in Chizhou, which can also threaten the enemy and prevent the enemy from crossing the river in a hurry to threaten Jianye.
It can prevent the enemy from inserting into the hinterland of Jinghu North Road from the shallow valley plain (Qianshan, Qichun) between the southern foot of Huaiyang Mountain and the Yangtze River.
There seems to be little difference between landing from Shuzhou and landing from Chizhou. Even for the reinforcements, it is safer to go to the south bank - there is a chance to attack the enemy troops trying to cross the river halfway across the river. Of course, it must be safe.
Much more.
However, Dong Cheng knew very well that the biggest difference between Chizhou and Shuzhou was that Chizhou was on the side of Jianye.
Xu Huai led the elite vanguard troops to land at Shuzhou in the north of the Yangtze River. After the reinforcements from all over the world arrived, they should all be under his control, but this would only be limited to the Huaixi battlefield.
With Xu Huai's status and qualifications, he led 5,000 elite vanguard troops to land in Chizhou in the south of the Yangtze River. In the future, more soldiers and horses from Beijing and Xiangzhou will continue to rush to Chizhou from Jingzhou and other places. Will Xu Huai just
Can we ask for an overall plan to defend Huaixi, along the Yangtze River and even Jianye in Gyeonggi Province?
On this basis, if we go one step further, wouldn't it be...
When Dong Cheng thought of this, he immediately stood up, bowed his body and saluted, and said: "The treacherous officials in the imperial court are in power, and your Majesty is ignorant and incompetent. He listened to the slander and made the situation fall into trouble again. Unless I make you unable to control the barbarians outside the territory and save the people from water and fire, how can you still return the favor?"
Please enable me to turn the tide of the world and the defeat of Daiyue, and do not worry about the safety of the Huaixi corner. If you can make the world safe, then the country will be safe, and Huaixi will be safe!"
Han Gui was more direct. He walked to the front of the hall, knelt on his knees, and advised: "It is God who takes the blame, but he is the one to blame! Please make you a member of the tens of thousands of generals in Beijing and Xiang, and millions of people, please take on this responsibility!"
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After Han Gui took the test, Shi Zhen, Su Laochang, Xu Wujiang, Jiang Xie and Dong Cheng also left their seats and knelt down in front of the hall to greet each other.
"What's going on?"
Xu Tang, Niu Er and others avoided and did not stay away. They were all still waiting in the garden outside. They were shocked when they saw Shi Zhen, Han Gui, Su Laochang and others kneeling down in front of the flower hall; Niu Er was shocked;
The second detective looked there and asked, wondering,
"Could it be that Mr. Shi made some mistake and came here to ask for your forgiveness, and now everyone is helping Mr. Shi to plead for mercy? You think Mr. Shi is already old, what kind of mistake can he make? Is he reaching out to get money secretly, or is he robbing him?
Whose daughter-in-law did you marry? Isn’t this possible?” Kneeling and worshiping were not popular in the world, and there were only very limited days for major court ceremonies between monarchs and ministers. All the ministers would kneel and worship in unison, and they usually bowed to each other.
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Xu Huai and the generals in Beijing and Xiang treated each other with courtesy. Without paying attention to these false etiquette, and not talking about Xu Wujiang, Su Laochang was Xu Huai's uncle.
Of course, except for Niu Eryi who was shocked, everyone else in the garden couldn't help but think of Han Gui when they saw this scene. Xu Wujiang bypassed Xu Huai many times and directly asked Zhang Xiongshan and the staff officers of the Military Intelligence Department to deduce the selection of the vanguard army.
Possible changes in the war situation after landing in Chizhou.
Han Gui and Xu Wujiang have even asked the Military Intelligence Department to send scouts and spies to Chizhou to learn more about the distribution of prefecture and county cities, major towns, ports, docks, and the direction of mountains, rivers, and rivers.
Standing in the courtyard at this time, all of them are the core generals of Jingxiang. Seeing this scene, how could they not think of it?
They were also nervously staring at every move in the flower hall, staring at Xu Huai's vague expression and changes in body posture; Xu Huai sat behind the case and watched silently as many people knelt in front of the hall, and their hearts were hanging.
In my throat, I really couldn't guess what kind of decision Xu Huai would make.
After a long time, Xu Huai stood up from behind the case. He didn't mean to ask anyone to get up, but walked straight to the living yard with Xiao Yanhan.
After Xu Huai left, Shi Zhen stood up with his sore knees, and everyone else also stood up.
Niu Er walked into the flower hall and asked Shi Zhen curiously: "Old Shi, did you rob someone's daughter-in-law, or is it something that the emperor wants to accuse you of?"
"I came all the way to Jingzhou, driving day and night, and my bones were all broken. How could I have thought about a little wife?" Shi Zhen held up his knees and sat on the mat beside him, complaining, and said to Niu Er, "You're so tired."
My little daughter-in-law, my little daughter-in-law, has moved your heart and wants me to marry you?"
"No need, no need, Lao Shi, please don't scare me with this matter." Niu Er was startled, said no and ran away.
Although Su Mung knew that there were some things that were extremely confidential and he shouldn't ask, he couldn't help but asked his father softly at this time: "The envoy left without saying a word?"
"..." Su Laochang couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. He looked at Shi Zhen and said, "It seems that you are still having a hard time making a decision."
Shi Zhen looked at Dong Cheng and asked: "What do you think, Mr. Dong? We should go back to Biyang first. No matter what decision you make, there are so many things in Biyang that always need to be watched."
"It's normal for your Majesty to hesitate. We might as well wait for two more days in Jingzhou." Dong Cheng said thoughtfully.
"Just waiting like this?" Su Laochang asked doubtfully.
Jiang Xie was also puzzled and asked in a low voice: "Now that things have come to this point, should I try to persuade the envoy again? Maybe he will change his mind."
"You idiot, you still need some help when big things happen," Shi Zhen said to his son-in-law with a smile, "Isn't 'waiting' better than 'waiting'? Are you still afraid of waiting two more days?"
Jiang Xie suddenly thought that Han Gui and Xu Wujiang privately invited Shi Zhen to Jingzhou. Isn't their first purpose to dissuade the emperor to wait and see what happens?
Many things now are speculations and deductions. The situation has not developed to that point yet. You can't just ask the envoy to stand up and say loudly that you want to be Cao Cao now, right?
He hurriedly saluted his father-in-law Shi Zhen and Dong Cheng, who had seen the mystery earlier, and said: "Jiang Xie has learned a lesson, Jiang Xie is impatient!"
