Xu Huai, Liu Shiwang, Xu Wujiang, Zhang Xiongshan and other generals from Beijing and Xiangshan left the banquet. Wei Chujun, Ning Ci, Zhang Xin and others looked at each other in the banquet hall for a long time, but they could not calm down the shocking turmoil in their hearts.
After a long time, when there was no movement outside the courtyard, Wei Chujun, who was unwilling to be trapped here, suddenly stood up, ignored the armored soldiers standing on both sides of the banquet hall and watched them, and walked out of the banquet hall.
"Your Majesty has an order, and I would like to invite Mr. Wei to enjoy the banquet in peace." Those who stayed in the banquet hall to monitor everyone came over and blocked Wei Chujun's path with their hands.
"Why, do you really dare to put a knife to my neck?"
Wei Chujun glared angrily at the general who blocked him, and shouted almost roaringly,
"I, Wei Chujun, am devoted to the imperial court and to Dayue. I am Youcheng, Shangshu of Dayue. I am involved in political affairs and canonized the title of Marquis of Jin'an. Governor Zhang is the deputy envoy of the imperial camp and the deputy commander of the Dayue Forbidden Army. I was named the Marquis of Yuanwei by the late emperor. Xianggong Ning is the householder of Dayue.
Minister of the Ministry, and all the princes in the hall are all ministers who lead the army. Is it possible that you want to pull out the iron knife from your waist and chop off our heads to show off your great reputation?"
"Prime Minister Wei????????????????Why is this happening? Why is it happening like this! When the emperor left the city, he ordered us to treat Wei Prime Minister with courtesy. How could we offend him?"
Prime Minister Wei?"
Han Gui, who had not shown up in the afternoon, walked into the banquet hall accompanied by two military generals. He raised his hands to the angry Wei Chujun and the many commanders and generals who were encouraged by Wei Chujun to cause trouble together and said,
"In order for the princes to enjoy the banquet here with peace of mind, the envoy has ordered that the entire city is closed to traffic, and not even a fly can fly in this courtyard, so as not to disturb the elegant mood of the princes. Prime Minister Wei insisted on leaving.
The generals below would definitely not dare to do anything to Prime Minister Wei, but Han Gui had no choice but to ask Prime Minister Wei to go to a separate monastery to grieve for a day or two, and also asked Prime Minister Wei not to bear any grudge against Han Gui."
Except for a small number of warning troops remaining in the city, the newly formed Jingsheng Army basically set off overnight under the personal leadership of Xu Huai.
If Wei Chujun, Ning Ci, Zhang Xin and others took advantage of the empty guards in Shu City and mobilized all the soldiers and horses of the army and the generals, such as the soldiers and horses of all the roads, the deputy capitals and Yuhou, and the commanders and envoys, etc., to recapture this time.
With the total number of more than 80,000 Qinwang soldiers still stationed in Shucheng and along the Longshui River, Shucheng will inevitably fall into chaos.
At this time, the siege of Shouchun has been resolved. At this juncture, if Wei Chujun is asked to rush to Shouchun overnight to meet up with Han Shiliang and Ge Yu, unpredictable changes will occur.
Therefore, the most straightforward way is to deploy Wei Chujun, Ning Ci, Zhang Xin, and the troops and horses who are nominally in charge of King Qin's troops in all directions before the overall situation is decided.
They were all temporarily placed under house arrest in Shucheng.
At this time, Xu Wujiang wanted to take charge of the overall situation in Shucheng and Lujiang, and be careful to prevent changes.
Han Gui didn't need to follow Xu Huai to the battlefield. He had always stayed in the government office next door to handle official duties. He stayed close to his side to guard against trouble caused by Wei Chujun, Ning Ci, Zhang Xin and others who were unwilling to be placed under house arrest - now
When he heard the commotion, he rushed over in time to stop Wei Chujun and others from causing trouble.
Han Gui said politely, but stared at Wei Chujun with dark eyes, not forgetting to glance at the faces of Ning Ci, Zhang Xin and others, in order to call them
I know that even though Xu Huai didn't give orders, he wouldn't do anything to the people easily, but when he ordered them to be tied up one by one, there was still no need to be too polite.
"..."
Wei Chujun knew that Xu Huai and others would personally take command of this northward raid.
Because in addition to the fact that the rear troops and horses of the Red Husbands still remaining on the south bank are all elite and must be extremely vigilant, what is even more important is that the crossing point (pontoon bridge erection point) where the Red Husbands withdrew their troops is located far away from where Han Shiliang and Ge Yu led his troops.
The length of Shouchun guarded was less than 40 miles away from the mouth of the Pihe River.
Xu Huai would never dare to bet that Shouchun's soldiers and horses would not respond to their attack.
Wei Chujun originally thought that when Xu Huai personally went to the camp on the Longshu River to lead the troops north, it would be difficult for those who stayed in Shucheng to take care of too much. He thought that by encouraging everyone to break in together, it might be possible to kill the few people in the capital who were monitoring them.
Xiang Jun will be shocked.
Wei Chujun was not wrong to think so. After all, there were two prime minister-level figures in the banquet hall, and Ning Ci was also the third-rank household minister of the current dynasty.
In addition to them, the five soldiers and horses from all walks of life are all senior officials of the fourth and fifth grades or senior generals like Gao Juntang???????????????????
The Road Supervisor is a giant figure second only to the Economic Envoy, the Transport Envoy, and the person who handles some criminal and prison affairs and some Changpingcang affairs. In terms of title and rank, he is not comparable to Xu Wujiang, Liu Shiwang, and others.
As for the twenty-one Du Yuhou, the Du Commanders can all be said to be the highest-level local commanders in the Department of Supervision of the Roads (there are no commanding generals under the Department of Military and Horse Deployment of the Roads). They are all soldiers at the banquet today.
The armor is on the body.
If there is really only one commander, several generals will lead the soldiers and put so many senior generals under house arrest, it is really possible that they will be intimidated.
It's a pity that Beijing and Xiangzhou have been plotting the military plan for so long. How could there be a loophole in this link?
Wei Chujun also knew that Han Gui joined the army as a reporter, and it seemed that he was only in the sixth or seventh rank. However, except for a group of generals who commanded the army, Han Gui was actually second only to Shi Zhen in Beijing and Xiangxi, and his status was even higher than that of Su Laochang, Dong Cheng and others.
more important.
Seeing Han Gui appear, Wei Chujun gave up the idea of forcing his way out. He sat back angrily and stared at him sternly and asked:
"Even if the Chihu people were not aware of it and did not mobilize the army to cross the Huaihe River for a while, nor did they have time to withdraw the troops and horses behind the palace across the river in time, there are still 8,000 elite cavalry and 30,000 elite infantry on the south bank at this time.
My Majesty, why do you think you can chew this bone in just a day or two? Besides, if the 50,000 Jingsheng troops rushed for 200 miles and arrived at the mouth of the Pihe River, how much fighting power would be left? I'm afraid these 50,000 troops will be left.
Before arriving at the enemy camp, we couldn't even arrange the complete array, right? Aren't you afraid that the 50,000 newly recruited Jingsheng Army generals would be killed by the 8,000 elite cavalrymen? Or maybe you thought that after the battle situation reached a stalemate, the North Bank
Will the main force of the Red Army cross the Huainan River again to participate in the battle?"
"The county government has always made rapid progress. Although it has won many great victories, as long as it is defeated, it will be doomed! You should never take such a risk," Zhang Xin sat behind the case and sighed, "Another one, blatantly tearing up the peace agreement, will lead to death."
Where is Your Majesty?"
"Whether we can break this hard nut will be known in two days. Please Zhang Hou to wait patiently until tomorrow morning. By then, if Han Gui wants to stay as a guest, there will be suspicion both inside and outside!" Han Gui said to Zhang Xingong, cupping his hands.
In his early years, Zhang Xin was
He was the commander of the guards of Prince Jing's Mansion, and later took charge of the Tomb Guard Army, the Zuo Xuanwu Army, and the Suwei Forbidden Army that was transformed from the Zuo Xuanwu Army. He can be said to be the absolute representative of the former emperor's old ministers.
However, Zhang Xin's talent was mediocre, far less capable than Liu Shiwang, Yu Gong, Ling Jian, Cheng Jin and others, and his temperament was really average.
After the death of Emperor Jianji, he was content with his position as deputy envoy of the imperial camp and was willing to be at the mercy of Yang Maoyan in everything.
When the Jianye Navy was destroyed, even though he did not need to bear major responsibilities, he did not play any positive role.
During the mutiny in Beicheng of Jianye, Zhang Xin, as the former commander of the Imperial Guards and the deputy envoy of the imperial camp at that time, did not appear before Beicheng from beginning to end; after Ge Boyi proposed "submit the enemy without fighting", he also
Without realizing the deeper factors behind it, he was easily instigated to serve as peace envoys with Ning Ci - this was also a key factor that forced Jing and Xiang to superficially agree with the peace talks.
Of course, compared with Qian Shangduan, another representative of the former emperor's old ministers, Zhang Xin deserves praise because he did not have any secret communication with the Huai Palace before Emperor Jianji, and he still treated Emperor Jianji...
???????????????It's considered loyal.
Although Han Gui didn't think highly of Zhang Xin in his heart, he still needed to win over the former emperor's old ministers in the court to check and balance the Qiandi generals, so he couldn't be too arrogant towards him.
Ning Ci was sitting behind the case, her face a little pale, and she couldn't help but wonder to herself if Zhou He had been ill for the past three or four months, had he expected this scene?
Without Wei Chujun's instigation, all the troops and generals in the army were no longer dissatisfied with the fact that they were under house arrest, but in their hearts they at least hoped that Jingsheng's army would gain a great victory by attacking the rear troops.
They really could not, or dare not, imagine what a terrifying situation it would be if Xu Huaiqin led the Jingsheng Army to attack the rear of the palace and failed to capture the troops.
When 200,000 captive soldiers cross the Huainan River again, how will they resist?
Therefore, they also suppressed their inner dissatisfaction, but they hoped that Han Gui would reveal more about Beijing and Xiang's military plans.
"Bring more pillows and mats to Prime Minister Wei and others, and take care of enough wine. Don't neglect it. Eating too much beef and mutton is not good for the stomach. Bring more fruits and melons. But if you have any diarrhea, please invite Prime Minister Wei to the banquet."
There are a few grievances in the hall,"
Seeing that everyone was no longer disturbed, Han Gui ordered the generals guarding the banquet hall and said,
"Your Majesty has given a clear order. All the guests in this banquet hall tonight are distinguished guests, and those who step out of the banquet hall are enemies. You don't need to be too rigid in your actions..."
Han Gyu gave the order and walked straight out of the banquet hall.
Wei Chujun soon saw through the door and window that in addition to a group of iron horses in the courtyard blocking the entrance and exit, there was also a group of crossbowmen surrounding the courtyard. He knew that it would be impossible for them to escape tonight.
And if they wait until tomorrow morning, even if they can escape, there will be nothing they can do.
Because the Chi Hu people really wanted to defeat Jing Sheng's army's attack, and the general would have a great chance of annihilating all of Vietnam's troops between the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers when the army crossed the Huainan River again, how could he show mercy to them alone?
The only thing he can expect is that when Jingsheng's army attacks the rear of Chihu Palace, both sides will be injured. This is also the situation that is most beneficial to Emperor Shaolong and the Qiandi faction.
