Xu Huai set up his Si Xingyuan (Yazhang), which was responsible for recruiting soldiers and horses from all over the world and the king of Qin to recruit envoys, in Jiangou Town, twenty miles away from the mouth of the Pishui River in the west and thirty miles away from Shouchun City in the east.
Jianggou was developed because of the post station. There is an artificially excavated horizontal canal that leads out from Wabu Lake in the southeast of Shouchun and connects to Peishui River in the west through Jiangou Town. It is the most important canal in Shouchun, except for boats.
In addition, it mainly plays a role in drainage and irrigation.
However, before the Huainan battle broke out, in order to prevent the Japanese navy from using this horizontal canal to advance straight in, the Huaixi Commander-in-Chief ordered the horizontal canal to be cut off.
At the beginning of the war, after the key places such as the mouth of the Feishui River were lost, the Huaixi soldiers and horses retreated to the main city without too much entanglement with the Japanese soldiers outside the city. Although Jianggou Town was looted by the Japanese soldiers,
A large number of people either fled south or were kidnapped and used as hard labor. There were also many remains of murdered villagers in the streets, but most of the buildings in the town and port were preserved.
Coupled with its moderate geographical location, it became the location of the Chinese military camp.
Shouchun City is only thirty miles away from Jiangou Town. However, Han Shiliang, Ge Yu and his party set out from Shouchun City in the afternoon, except for those who were subject to five or six warning posts along the way.
In addition to the interrogation, when they arrived at the main camp in Jiangou Town, they were still stopped by the guards, who asked the guards and horses to return to Shouchun City and were prohibited from entering the camp. Even if they wanted to find a place to station outside the camp, they had to accept the status of the camp.
Send people to monitor the border.
Han Shiliang and Ge Yu did not say a word, but the accompanying generals could not bear their anger and quarreled with the guards, insisting on taking the guards into the camp.
In the end, Wei Chujun and Luo Wang, who had arrived in Jiangou Town one day in advance, came to mediate. The guards reluctantly agreed that Han Shiliang, as the pacifier of Huaixi's establishment, could enjoy the treatment of the Prime Minister and be accompanied by thirty-four armed guards into the camp.
, all extra guards will return to Shouchun City.
Except for Han Shiliang, Ge Yu and the thirty-four designated armed guards, other accompanying generals were not allowed to bring swords or weapons into the camp.
"What exactly is Jingxiang's plan? When did you ask the Five-Road Branch Envoy Si Xingyuan to move to Jiangou Town?"
Even though Ge Yu hated the guards for deliberately making things difficult, he didn't want to show too much resentment over such a trivial matter. He was more concerned about Xu Huai. Up to this moment, he still insisted on asking the Fifth Route Envoy Si Xingyuan to move from Lujiang north to Jiangou Town and
At this time, the generals and generals of King Lu Qin were summoned to discuss what their intentions were.
Although there are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Xiacai and other cities north of the Huai River, but after suffering the disastrous defeat at the mouth of the Feishui River, it is difficult to imagine that the soldiers will take advantage of the short freezing period of the Huai River to attack the south bank again this winter.
Launch a massive offensive.
As for the Jingsheng Army, the Xiaosheng Army on the left and right, the selected vanguard army and the Khitan cavalry, plus the Shouchun troops and horses, and the Qinwang soldiers from all walks of life, Dai Viet had a total of more than 200,000 troops stationed at the mouth of the Peishui River south of the Huai River.
In Chun, Lu'an, Shaopei and other places, there were also enough troops to intimidate the captives from taking any rash action.
Ge Yu even thought that all the Qinwang soldiers could arrange their withdrawal in advance at this time, and other soldiers and horses would normally only have to hold on to the walled city for two more months. This battle lasted for a year and a half.
It will be completely declared over.
If Xu Huai held a military meeting in order to show his power of raising soldiers, horses, and diligent kings to recruit envoys from all over the world, and specially summoned all the commanders and generals to attend, it would be reasonable.
This is where Xu Huai's authority lies at this time, but is it necessary for Si Xingyuan, the envoy of the Wuludu branch, to move north to Jiangou Town at this time?
"Don't Jingxiang want to cross the Huaihe River this winter?" Luo Wang thought of something and asked with some excitement in his heart.
"How to fight across the Huaihe River?" Ge Yu sneered, thinking that Luo Wang's words were whimsical.
The battle at the mouth of the Peishui River can be said to be a major turning point. Before the Red Husbands thought of an effective way to deal with the armored warships, they would probably never dare to cross the Huaihe River again.
However, to say that it is time for Dai Viet to counterattack the Central Plains is obviously to oversimplify the matter.
No matter whether it was military morale or money, food and materials, there was no preparation. Hundreds of thousands of people crossed the Huaihe River. Do you really think that the captive soldiers are weak and can be manipulated at will?
Han Shiliang didn't say much on this topic, and asked Wei Chujun some questions about money, food, rent, and taxes.
As everyone was about to leave the camp, they saw several horses galloping towards the camp gate.
Zheng Tu and Zhu Tong reined in their horses, got down, stepped forward and bowed to Wei Chujun, Han Shiliang and others:
"Zhu Xiangtong, Zheng Tu met Wei Xianggong and Han Shijun - the Xiangxiang had orders, and Han Shijun came from afar, so there was no need to wait for him at the camp gate.
Please invite Mr. Wei Xianggong to invite Mr. Han to the camp to rest, and see you later..."
Wei Chujun and the others had long seen a large group of people coming slowly towards this direction, and they guessed that they were Xu Huai and Zhou He. Wang Boqian was returning from an inspection of the front camp at the mouth of the river.
Zhou He was already over seventy years old. He couldn't ride a horse, so he had to walk slowly in a carriage. The large group of people seemed to be only five or six miles away from the camp, but they needed to walk for a long time.
Wei Chujun had no intention of asking Han Shiliang, Ge Yu and others to wait in front of the camp gate, but Xu Huai specially sent Zhu Tong over to say that it would be arrogant and rude for them not to wait in front of the camp gate.
"Prime Minister Zhou and Prime Minister Wang have come a long way, so it's okay for us to wait." Han Shiliang said calmly, his deep eyes staring at the people slowly walking toward the camp under the setting sun. No one could guess his inner thoughts.
What are you thinking about.
After waiting for almost half an hour, Xu Huaicai accompanied Zhou He, Wang Boqian and others by carriage to the main camp.
Ge Yu's handsome face twitched slightly at this moment, and he couldn't help but reach out and hold the saber at his waist.
Xu Huai dismounted and handed the horse to the guards behind him to lead it away. His cold eyes glanced twice at Ge Yu's face and the hand holding the handle of the knife with exposed veins. He cupped his hands to Han Shiliang and said:
"The guards prevented Han Shijun from leading the guards into the camp. I just heard about this on the road. I have already severely reprimanded the relevant people who were rude to Han Shijun. During the first northern expedition to Yan, General Ge Yu
His father, Ge Huaicong, as the first general of the Tianxiong Army, together with Ge Kui and other generals, led the main force of the Tianxiong Army to attack Datong. They underestimated the enemy and were defeated, and fled back to Shuozhou. In order to shirk the blame, they falsely accused their peers, but when they were exposed in Shuozhou City, they tried to resist.
, and finally ordered me to be shot. These are old things, but the people below are worried about General Ge Yu’s resentment, so they are more defensive. However, I am in the same room as General Ge Yu at this time.
As a minister, all I want in my heart is to expel the barbarians and recover the Central Plains. Besides, when I ordered Ge Huaicong to be shot, it was also to seek justice for the tens of thousands of generals who died tragically in Datong City. General Ge Yu is a man who understands righteousness. How could he do this?
Do you have bad intentions towards me?
Those people are just too narrow-minded, which makes Han Shijun laugh..."
"Shi Liang has met the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister!" Han Shiliang could feel the ferocious twist in Ge Yu's heart at this moment without looking. He could only silently bow to Zhou He, Xu Huai and Wang Bo.
Wei Chujun secretly tugged on Ge Yu's sleeve, fearing that he would be angered by Xu Huai's words and instead delegate his authority to others.
People have to bow their heads under the eaves.
Even His Majesty has to swallow his anger. If Ge Yu is a little wronged and humiliated at this time, what does it matter?
"It's winter, and all the armies are preparing for the freezing of the Huaihe River. However, the freezing period of the Huaihe River is very short, usually less than a month. It is expected that in more than a month, this war should be over. At this time, the Prime Minister
But you are moving north with the Wuludu branch, do you want the army to cross the Huaihe River directly this winter?"
Xu Huai did not directly answer Han Shiliang's question, but instead asked: "Has Han Shijun been leading his troops to Shouchun all these years, dreaming that one day he would be able to lead his troops to cross the Huaihe River?"
Just now Luo Wang guessed that Xu Huai might be thinking of crossing the Huaihe River. Ge Yu had scoffed at it, but when he heard Xu Huai say this, he was suddenly startled and thought to himself.
, is it possible that Xu Huaizhen wanted to cross the Huaihe River?
Looking at Zhou He, Wang Boqian and others also looked surprised. Ge Yu guessed that Zhou He, Wang Boqian and others had no idea what Xu Huai was thinking.
Xu Huai didn't say anything more. Seeing that Han Shiliang was silent and didn't respond to his questions, he just smiled and asked everyone to go to the camp.
The camp was built on the basis of Jiangou Town. In addition to recruiting envoys and envoys, a large building was specially set up in the camp to serve as a posthouse for the convening of this military meeting.
It’s no wonder that the guards would prevent the men waiting to be guarded from entering. There were many senior generals who came to attend the military meeting this time. In addition to Zhou He, Wang Boqian, Gu Fan, Deng Gui, Liu Yan, Yang Qiye and others, Xu Huai also made a special trip to invite Jing.
Kong Changyu and others, the pacification envoy of Hubei Road System, came over. Luo Wang, Gao Juntang and others were all considered to be of low rank.
If everyone brought hundreds of guards and horses to garrison, where would they be able to accommodate them in the post office area?
There were many generals on their way in one after another, and it was still early for the night banquet. Han Shiliang, Ge Yu and others, accompanied by Wei Chujun, Luo Wang and others, went to the post house to stay first - it was a matter of recruitment.
Zheng Tu and Zhu Tong led the people to take full responsibility, but at this time Han Shiliang, Ge Yu and others did not want to see Zheng Tu and Zhu Tong, who represented Jingxiang, turning their eyes and noses.
A large courtyard was also arranged for Han Shiliang to facilitate the settlement of thirty or forty retinue personnel. After the officials recruited from Beijing and Xiangxiang left, Luo Wang could no longer suppress the shock in his heart. He asked Han Shiliang and Wei Chujun:
"Don't Beijing and Xiangxiang really want to order the tribes to cross the Huaihe River this winter? Are the generals really willing to drive them with such inconsideration?"
Although Luo Wang had guessed about crossing the Huai River before, it was more because he said it casually and did not take it seriously. However, it was only after Xu Huai asked Han Shiliang that sentence that he realized that he might have been right.
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In the past, of course Luo Wang could have said with confidence that this was impossible. It was so easy for the generals and officials to let Jing and Xiang lead them by the nose. But at this time, he had no confidence at all. He didn't know that Xu Huaizhen was going to order all the ministries this winter.
Crossing the Huaihe River and heading north, a few people will stand up firmly to oppose...
