King Qin did not enter Bianliang, and chose four strong cities to garrison outside Bianliang. They were the horns of the Bianliang defenders. He sent ministers to serve as defense envoys for all roads, and changed the Xiansi, Caosi, Xiansi, and Cangsi to restrain each other.
, the shortcomings of low efficiency in the organization and mobilization of military forces, so that local and Qin Wang troops and horses coordinated to mobilize and support each other, forming a broader and tougher defense depth around Bianliang - this is what Xu Huai and Zhu did when he was in Fuzhou.
Hang discussed it and hoped to adopt the overall defense strategy of Gyeonggi Province presented to the imperial court by Wang Zhenjin.
Xu Huai did not expect that the DPRK could really accept such advice in such a hurry and before the monarchs and ministers in the DPRK were completely alert.
However, even if the imperial court accepts part of it, even if Bianliang City is destined to fall eventually, it will be beneficial to the defense operations in the Jianghuai region in the next stage.
As for the prince staying in Bianliang to supervise the country while the emperor went on a tour of Huainan, Xu Huai and others did not think about this in detail when they were in Fuzhou - mainly because they considered that the court might not have such a firm determination, and at the same time, they were too hasty.
When Xu Huai saw Shi Zhen raising this point in front of King Jing at this time, he was stunned for a moment. Then he thought of Shi Zhen's sad face when he came to him just now, and realized that he had some selfish motives for saying this.
To put it bluntly, Shi Zhen wanted to persuade his parents, wife, children, brothers and sisters to evacuate Bianliang City immediately, but his family could not listen to his words and did not think that the situation was serious at this time.
If there were ministers in the court advising Emperor Xuan to go on patrol immediately, even if the advice might not be accepted, it would give Shi Zhen more convincing power when he explained to his family that the current situation was serious.
Xu Huai did not expose Shi Zhen either.
With so many suggestions, even if Wang Zhen and Jing Wang can be persuaded, it is still unknown how many of them will be adopted when Wang Zhen and Jing Wang present them.
King Jing Zhao Tuan didn't notice anything unusual at all, but asked Shi Zhen with a solemn expression: "Please Mr. Shi, please select Jian City outside Bianliang to station King Qin's troops. Which cities are suitable?"
It was recommended to set up defense zones, recruit local rebels and other specific details. Xu Huai and others had detailed discussions in Fuzhou and on the way to Bianliang. They were even compiled into a document by Shi Zhen, who was more proficient in document matters. At this time, Shi Zhen
Also say it directly:
"If you want to set up a defensive zone outside the capital, you cannot limit it to the west of the capital. During the time of the former emperor, there were ministers who advocated dividing Chanzhou (Puyang) in the north and Xuzhou (Xuchang) in the south.
Zhengzhou in the west and Xiangyi (Shangqiu Suixian County) in the east were upgraded to Gyeonggi auxiliary counties, which were intended to strengthen the defense of Bianliang and Gyeonggi. Except for Zhengzhou in the west, these four cities were still too close to Gyeonggi.
The hinterlands of Jingnan South Road, Jingdong Road and Hebei Road are too far apart and need to be adjusted. Xuzhou can be replaced by Caizhou further south, Xiangyi can be replaced by Songzhou further southeast, and Chanzhou can be replaced by
Weizhou to the north and east..."
Xu Huai took out the preparedness plan that had been drafted by Shi Zhen and handed it to King Jing. He said: "We have written a rough plan for setting up a defensive zone - while the prince oversees the country, the emperor goes on patrol.
Things, things are not trivial, we have not fallen behind in words..."
"Without further delay, Prime Minister, please accompany me to the palace to see my father to report this matter." King Jing Zhao Tuan said.
The matter is so urgent that every moment must be raced against.
While King Jing was arranging the carriages and horses with his retinue, he stood with Wang Zhen in the courtyard, lighting a lantern, and quickly read through the plan for preparing troops for the capital that Xu Huai and the others had drawn up. When he was about to leave, he went to Shi Zhen again.
Said: "We still have to ask Mr. Shi to accompany us to the palace so that we can explain some things clearly..."
Shi Zhen was still thinking about how to persuade his family to immediately flee south. He also thought that Xu Huai was the core of the Gyeonggi defense zone strategy. It was only logical and reasonable for Xu Huai to enter the palace and explain all this in front of the officials and ministers.
However, just when he was about to blame Xu Huai for this matter, Shi Zhen suddenly thought that Wang Zhen might not have recommended Xu Huai in front of all the ministers and officials. It was probably the officials or the people around the officials who were still worried about Xu Huai.
His life experience made King Jing follow Wang Zhen first, and Zhu Hang came to serve as an outpost.
Thinking of this, Shi Zhen could only smile bitterly at Xu Huai and said: "I reluctantly accompany the king, His Highness, for a trip. For other things, I can only trouble the military prince to take care of him!"
Xu Huai knew that Shi Zhen was talking about small matters in his family, so he said: "For other matters, please rest assured, Mr. Shi, I will make arrangements for them!"
Xu Huai disdained the so-called entering the palace to meet the saint, and he would even try his best to avoid entering the palace directly.
However, he was not worried that his life experience would be subject to suspicion, nor was he worried about being too sharp at this juncture. Xu Huai was mainly worried that if Emperor Tianxuan and the ministers adopted his suggestions to a certain extent, they would most likely allow him to stay in the country.
Gyeonggi assists Wang Zhen.
This is not what Xu Huai expected, nor is it what Xu Huai is good at.
Even if Wang Zhen was ordered to take charge of the defense of the capital, there would be too many places where he would be hampered by others.
In addition to the mobilization of the garrison in Gyeonggi Province, will the Ministry of War and the Privy Council be involved?
When making a real decision on defense matters, should we discuss it with the ministers in power and finally ask Emperor Xuan to make a decision? How many constraints will there be in this?
More importantly, Emperor Tianxuan's trust was extremely unstable and could even change at any time.
Such bad things are bound to happen one after another, but Xu Huai can't do anything about it. Why is he staying here, following Wang Zhen's death and suffering?
Xu Huai still stayed outside the capital. If the Beilu policy was not adopted at all, he would lead the Tongbai Mountain soldiers to fight guerrillas in the periphery. Even if they were killed, the Tongbai Mountain soldiers would not enter Bianliang; if the Beilu policy was adopted or partially adopted,
If accepted, Xu Huai would strive to go south, return to Tongbai Mountain, and organize a larger Qinwang rebel army based on the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain.
The existing imperial troops stationed on Jingxi South Road, Jingbei North Road, Jingdong East Road, and Jingdong East Road are very limited in size and combat effectiveness. If the Beilu strategy is really to be adopted, various regions will need to recruit large-scale rebels to supplement the shortage of local soldiers and horses.
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There was no time to elaborate on many things, so Wang Zhen and Jing Wang Zhao Tuan hurried to the palace with Shi Zhen - Zhu Hang was not yet at the level of courtiers and had been summoned to the palace to reply to the decree.
Later, he and Xu Huai returned to the mansion to wait for further news.
At this time, the head of Rongle County was also beating eggplants like frost, and asked Zhu Hang with a panic expression: "Is the situation really so dangerous?"
"What do you think?" Zhu Hang asked angrily, "Is it possible that if I ask Prince Jing or Prime Minister Wang to come over and put on a show to scare you?"
"Then what are we going to do? Why don't you send someone to tell father and pack up and leave the city immediately?" asked the head of Rongle County.
"..." Zhu Hang couldn't help but want to roll his eyes.
The news had not been sent back before, and he had not yet entered the palace to reply to the decree. The female family members of the palace packed up and left the city first. As in previous years, they went to Zhuangzi in the south of Weishi County to celebrate the New Year. When a small group of soldiers crossed the Yellow River, the female family members took advantage of the situation.
If he sought refuge in the south, he could also stay in Bianliang without any distractions and participate in the defense of the capital.
Now the Lord of Rongle County, his mother and his eldest daughter Zhu Duojin, accompanied by Zhu Tong, son-in-law Zhu Can and others, left Bianliang. It was okay, but it was really not appropriate to expand the scope.
Otherwise, if the label of running away from the battlefield is slapped on, who can bear it?
Besides, the father of the Lord of Rongle County is an old county prince and a cousin of the official family. Can he leave Bianliang at will without obeying the imperial edict?
Seeing that Zhu Hang ignored him, the Lord of Rongle County lost all his previous arrogance and walked to Zhu's Mansion with Princess Yingyun, his eldest daughter Zhu Duojin, son-in-law Song Can and others - they had not yet entered the mansion, but stayed at home.
The servant in front of the door trotted over and said: "Master Chen's father, Song Gong, is waiting for the master to come back in the mansion!"
"Why don't you invite Song Can's father to Qian Street?" Zhu Hang asked.
They, King Jing, and Prime Minister Wang went to the Mao Erhu mutton soup shop on Qian Street. The servants in the front house knew about it; Zhu Zhizhong even brought someone back there.
"Song Gong said that he would not interfere with the discussion between the Master and His Highness, the King. He has nothing urgent to do!" said the servant.
Zhu Hang smiled bitterly at Xu Huai.
Song Tingshan and he were sons and daughters, and the two houses were very close to each other, but Zhu Hang did not have close personal contacts with Song Tingshan; Song Tingshan was the Minister of Household Affairs in the court, and had much more power and position than him.
When Zhu Hang returned from the last expedition, Song Tingshan only sent his son Song Zhen to greet him at first, and then chose an auspicious day to host a banquet in the house, and invited him, Wang Zhen, Wang Fan and others to come over for a drink, which was considered as a good way to welcome Zhu Hang.
Etiquette for washing dust.
Song Tingshan hurried over in person this time, saying that there was nothing urgent, but Zhu Hang could also guess that his in-laws must have great supernatural powers, and their hands and eyes could reach the sky. They had heard some news and came to him to seek confirmation.
However, apart from the fact that Song Tingshan is the son and daughter's in-laws and cannot ignore it, they have nothing else to do at the moment except waiting for news from the palace.
Zhu Hang looked at Xu Huai and asked, "Want to meet Song Can's father together?"
Xu Huai nodded, but before entering Zhu's house with Zhu Hang, he called Zheng Tu and Wang Xian over and ordered: "Go and see who is back now, and lead twenty or thirty people to Shi Zhen's house."
It is said that Shi Zhen committed a serious crime of killing the clan and has been caught by Yousi. He tricked his family into returning to Tongbai Mountain with you first!" Then he said to Wang Xuan, "I will arrange for two people to send you back to tell your father that you also
Go directly to Huaiyuan!"
Regardless of whether Wang Fan can resign from the post of minister, he cannot leave Bianliang at will at this time; and if Wang Zhen really wants to be able to take charge of the defense of the capital, he will definitely need some help around him. Now that Shi Zhen has followed him into the palace, what will he do next?
So he stayed with Wang Zhen with Wang Fan, Lu Xiong, Wang Kong and others.
Wang Xuan and Shi Zhen's family members are not important people. After they leave, Wang Xuan and Shi Zhen can worry less and don't need to be distracted to take care of them.
As for the women of the Zhu family and the women of the Song Tingshan family who came over to inquire about the news, if they also want to leave Bianliang in advance, they can make arrangements together...