"What, how could Han Qian go to Jinling without saying hello?"
After receiving the notice, Han Daochang rushed to Chengyun Hall without entering the main hall. Hearing Han Jun who was guarding in front of the main hall corridor talk about this matter, he was stunned for a long time before he asked such a sentence?
When he received the notice, he thought he was coming to Chengyun Hall to attend Li Zhigao's banquet. How could he have thought that this would be the case?
"Your Highness seems to want Han Qian to replace Lord Li and command the remnants of the army in Taowu. He also wants to recall Lord Li and hold him responsible for the loss of troops and generals..." Han Jun lowered his voice and said again.
"How is it possible? It is a taboo to change generals on the spot. Don't say that the concubine will never agree easily. Even if the concubine and your highness agree, there is also a saying that 'the general will be away, and the emperor will not grant his orders'. Taowu
The remnants of Jibinghuhu are all direct descendants brought up by Mr. Li Marquis. Will he easily hand over the military power to Han Qian? Does Han Qian run to Jinling at this time because he feels that Jinling is not chaotic enough?" Han Daochang stamped his feet anxiously.
, asked anxiously, "What is the attitude of the concubine? Has she come to Chengyun Hall?"
Han Jun thought that the concubine was not old at all, she was in her most charming years, and said: "The concubine is not feeling well, she said it was heartache. She didn't come to Chengyun Hall. I don't know if she is angry about this."
When Zhou Yuan got the news, he ran to the main hall and angrily accused Han Qian of doing this purely to win people's hearts and had bad intentions. He asked His Highness to send a letter to denounce Han Qian for not abiding by the filial piety system and acting recklessly. He ordered that he be deprived of the governor of Xuzhou and consulted on the blame.
He holds military and other positions, but he stopped talking after being scolded by Shen Yang."
Han Daochang could only think about what he said secretly to win people's hearts, but he could not say it out loud. After all, Yue Yang could never publicly say that he would give up so many old, weak, women and children. No wonder he would be scolded by Shen Yang! But he then thought, maybe Zhou Yuan
, Li Chong said this deliberately to stimulate Yang Yuanpu?
Han Daochang asked again, "What happens next?"
"Afterwards, Master Zheng Chang suggested that all the ministers in Yueyang and generals above Du Yuhou be summoned to the Chengyun Hall to discuss the matter..." Han Jun said.
Only then did Han Daochang know why he was summoned to Chengyun Hall.
He walked into the main hall with a gloomy face and saw that there were already forty or fifty people crowded in the main hall.
The main generals in Yueyang City have been summoned.
Li Zhigao, Zheng Hui, Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang, Shen Yang and his eldest brother Han Daoming, accompanied by Tan Wang Yang Yuanpu, sat inside the main hall.
Zhou Yuan and Li Chong sat there silently, but their faces turned red. They must have been arguing for a long time and were just scolded by Shen Yang to silence them.
At this time, the hall was quite quiet. Han Daochang walked to the boss Han Daoming and asked in a low voice: "What does Han Qian want to do?"
"It is said that Taowu gathered soldiers and made great contributions to Yue Yang. Yue Yang cannot ignore it, but who knows what is going on in his mind?" Han Daoming was already furious, and at this time he weakly said to his second brother.
Han Daochang was slightly startled, thinking of what Han Jun had just said about Zhou Yuan, and Li Chong accusing Han Qian of deliberately trying to win people's hearts in the main hall, and asked again: "Did Han Qian really say that?"
"This is how Feng Yi came to deliver the message." Han Daoming said.
Han Daochang saw a hint of disdain on the face of someone next to him and thought about Zhou Yuan. Li Chong had previously accused Han Qian of buying people's hearts, but some people still took it to heart.
He changed the topic and asked in a low voice: "What do you think everyone thinks? Are you really going to recall Mr. Li to hold him accountable?"
"No one has said yet that they will recall Mr. Li to hold him accountable, but now that Han Qian has arrived in Jinling, generals like Zheng Hui and Li Zhigao are more concerned about what Han Qian can do in Jinling and discuss whether Yueyang should
Help." Han Daoming said.
Han Daochang looked at Zheng Hui and Li Zhigao diagonally across from him. Unexpectedly, they were still more or less biased towards Han Qian, and asked, "What is your Highness's attitude towards this?"
"His Highness did not clearly support the idea of adding additional manpower, so Zhou Yuan and the others jumped out to oppose it. Master Zheng Yu felt that Yueyang and Jinling were separated by Jiangchi and other states, and Yang Zhitang's attitude in Hongzhou was unclear, making it difficult to provide support," Han Daoming said.
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Han Daochang frowned, and suddenly found that so many people in Yueyang had subtly different attitudes towards Han Qian's trip to Jinling. He couldn't tell why this was the case for a while, and he didn't know what Yang Yuanpu was thinking.
Don’t you think that Han Qian’s move was intended to win people’s hearts?
Seeing that many people were looking at the two brothers at this time, and knowing that Han Qian was unfamiliar with them, most people still regarded Han Qian as a son of the Han family, especially when it came to the topic of buying people's hearts, things became even more complicated.
Subtle and sensitive, everyone is wondering what their attitude is right now, right?
But, what can they say?
It doesn’t seem appropriate to kill one’s relatives out of righteousness at this time!
Thinking of being involved in this whirlpool for no reason, Han Daochang felt resentful in his heart and couldn't help but complain in a low voice:
"Currently there are only 3,000 remnant soldiers in Jinling, and there are nearly 50,000 old, weak, women and children without any fighting ability. They are exposed to the fangs and claws of the Chuzhou Army and Anning Palace. These guys can't wait to rush to Jinling to attack Li
If the Marquis takes his place, what else can he do besides asking for trouble? People's hearts are so easy to bribe? I think he has over-expanded, and in the end he will end up like the third child!"
"..." Han Daoming glanced at the second child, knowing that he had said these grumbling words in a slightly stronger tone, probably intentionally telling the people next to him, and only in this way could he get rid of them.
He first went to Cishou Palace early this morning to participate in the discussion. After Li Zhigao entered the city, he went to Chengyun Palace together and took a look at the attitudes of all parties.
It has become a fact that Han Qian has arrived in Jinling. Zhou Yuan, Li Chong and others are actually eager to exchange Xinchanghou Li Pu back, but they are making a fuss, in addition to face, mainly because they do not want Xinchanghou Mansion to bear any responsibility for the previous losses of troops and generals.
There is another meaning. They don't believe that Han Qian is innocent. In addition to stabbing Yang Yuanpu in the heart, they also want to tie Han Qian to a shelf that protects the elderly, weak women and children, to make this point solid.
Generally speaking, the old, weak, women and children can still be recruited to some extent, and some young and strong men can be recruited.
However, there were more than 8,000 households of soldiers, officials and slaves in Taowu Jijunfu and Changchun Palace. After the two wars of Jingxiang and Xiangxiang, the number of young and brave people who had died in the battlefield was nearly 3,000.
There are more than 5,000 Jianrui incorporated into the left and right Longque army camps, and nearly 800 scouts, craftsmen and Zuosi's disciples are in Xuzhou. After the Jinling Incident, Xinchang Hou Li Pu gathered another 7,000 troops. In fact, Tao
The remnants of the military households in Wuji include only 3,000 young men between the ages of 15 and 50, including craftsmen in the workshops, and nearly 50,000 others, either over 50 years old.
The old people are either teenagers or children under the age of fifteen, or they are all women. It can be said that they are standard, completely old and weak women and children.
To be honest, Han Daoming couldn't figure out what Han Qian wanted to do and what he could do when he rushed to Jinling to fight such a force away from Xinchang Marquis Li Pu.
Just as the second brother said, even if you want to win people's hearts, you have to protect the old, weak, women and children back to Yueyang!
If Han Qian could only protect a small number of old, weak, women and children back to Yueyang, it would be strange if Zhou Yuan, Li Chong and others did not attack this point to death!
Feng Yi did not have an official status, but he went to Yueyang to express his love on behalf of Han Qian and was able to sit next to Shen Yang.
No one cared about his attitude or opinions, so he could calmly see the reactions of many people in the hall.
Zheng Hui, Li Zhigao, Gao Chengyuan, Chen Jingzhou and others were somewhat worried about Han Qian's situation. After all, they had fought side by side, and they also knew the significance of Han Qian's going to Jinling to stabilize the morale of the army; while Zhou Yuan, Li Chong, Wen Ruilin , Zhou Shu and others made a fuss with bluff, but their intentions were vicious.
Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang and others had uncertain expressions. They were probably worried about not being able to guess Han Qian's thoughts. Han Daoming and Han Daochang seemed to be thinking about how to show that this matter had nothing to do with them.
Yang Yuanpu and Shen Yang looked a little gloomy. Did Zhou Yuan and Li Chong's words still cast a shadow in their hearts?
Feng Yi felt that he was a little ridiculous. He thought about how he was ridiculous and dissolute in the first half of his life. He was uneducated and incompetent. He just wanted to enjoy his life in drunkenness and dreams. He didn't expect that he would leave here quickly and rush to Jinling to happily side by side with Han Qian. The passionate impulse to meet the enemy.
If my father were alive, he would probably never believe in his dreams that he had such a change, right?
"Everyone is talking about it. Should we send someone to ask the concubine what she wants?" Seeing that the generals and ministers were talking about it, Zheng Yu looked at Yang Yuanpu and asked.
Yang Yuanpu looked at Zhang Ping, the Prince's Chancellor, who was standing on one side, and said, "Go to Cishou Palace and report what the ministers have discussed."
Zhang Ping's left sleeve hung empty, he bowed his head and rushed directly to Cishou Palace.
After waiting for half a stick of incense, the concubine Wang Chan'er still didn't show up, but she sent Cishou Palace envoys Lu Qingxia and Yao Xishuiyin Zhang Ping over, walked to Yang Yuanpu and said: "The concubine said that all the old, weak, women and children gathered in Taowu are Dragon Bird Army The meritorious Jian Rui family is small, Yue Yang cannot abandon it lightly, Master Han is willing to take on important responsibilities, and the concubine cannot stop it. This matter will be discussed and decided by His Highness and the ministers."
After Li Zhigao learned about his life experience, he saw his wife and Xishui again, and his mood was different from before. However, he thought about their intention to pass on the imperial concubine's decree and realized that they believed that Han Qian went to Jinling to win people's hearts, and he sighed slightly in his heart.
Yang Yuanpu looked at Zhang Ping. In any case, since Zhang Ping had saved his life, he still had to trust Zhang Ping more.
Zhang Ping nodded slightly and indicated that this was what the concubine meant.
Yang Yuanpu pondered for a moment, and then said to Zheng Yu and Shen Yang: "Then the matter is settled, a recruitment envoy will be set up under the Privy Council of Yuxing to Han Qian, and he will command the remnants of Taowu Jibinghu for Jing. The Nanyang Army represents Yueyang and is responsible for revolting against Anning Palace. With Lin Haizheng and Feng Xuan carrying banners, seals, talismans and other items, they rush to Jinling to join Han Qian. In addition, Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, is recalled to Yueyang and appointed separately?"
Zheng Yu nodded and agreed with Yang Yuanpu's decision, while Shen Yang frowned and said: "The Jingnan Army has been officially organized externally, and as usual, a military supervisor will be appointed to supervise military affairs..."
Hearing what Shen Yang said, everyone in the hall who felt that they might be named looked down at their feet, thinking that this little old man Shen Yang was really troublesome, and that Han Qian was crazy and wanted to break into the dragon's pond and tiger's den. , why bother grabbing another one of them and throwing him over?
Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang, Han Daoming and others knew that the task of supervising the military envoy would not fall on them, but they couldn't help but look away.
Han Qian gave him no choice, and even hinted in the letter that he would take away military power as soon as he arrived in Jinling. It was impossible for Yang Yuanpu not to have a little resentment in his heart, but the scene in front of him made his heart feel sad, and his eyes looked over the hall repeatedly. After waiting for a while, he couldn't decide on the candidate. He thought that he would let Zheng Yu and Shen Yang recommend him. At this time, he heard Zhang Ping cough behind him. He turned around and saw that Zhang Ping seemed to have finally made up his mind to go around to the long case. said:
"I would like to go..."
Yang Yuanpu was slightly startled, then raised his hands and bowed in salute: "Then I'll take the trouble, Mr. Zhang, to make this trip."
Shen Yang was very relieved to see that Zhang Ping was willing to go. As the royal minister and a close official who could represent Yang Yuanpu, he went to Jinling to supervise military affairs, which could more or less prove to the generals that Prince Tan's palace did not intend to give up so many old and weak people. Women and children, otherwise it would be really embarrassing...
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When the sky and the earth turned white, the land south of the Yangtze River was still dark, as if covered with a very faint blue light, and the scenery in the distance was still too dark to be seen clearly.
A group of people appeared on the road outside the east gate of Danyang City in Runzhou, and soon attracted the attention of the guards on Danyang East City.
There were about seventy or eighty people in this group, surrounded by thirty or forty mules, horses and carts heading towards the city, but the situation was a bit bleak.
Most of the generals were in poor condition, as if they had just experienced a hard battle. Many of them were still injured, their faces were covered with dirt, and their shirts were stained with blood. It seemed that they were on their way back to the city or on temporary duty. The camp was attacked, and with great difficulty he defeated the attackers and fled back to Danyang in a hurry.
Not only were the horses under the few cavalrymen riddled with wounds, but many of the mules and horses pulling the carts were lame and neighing in the morning light.
The more than 30 carriages were quite heavy, with deep ruts in the mud and difficulty in driving. There were burn marks everywhere on the carriages, and there were many arrow feathers. The broken blades were still stuck in the walls and roofs of the carriages, and they had not had time to pull them out. When we got down, grains were still spilling out of the damaged carriage.
At that time, grains were directly loaded onto trucks and ships. Only the Lanting Lane Warehouse run by Han Qian, in order to improve the efficiency of transportation, would first weave bags of grain with twine, and then load the bags into trucks and ships. It is sold everywhere, but it has not been promoted yet.
Once a vehicle or ship that directly loads grain is damaged, leakage will inevitably occur along the way.
The soldiers guarding the city took a quick look in the dim light of dawn and knew that this was one of the troops sent out to collect food in the past few days. They were attacked somewhere and returned to the city in such a miserable state.
"Open the door, open the door! Damn you nuns, you idiots are hiding in the city and sleeping like dead people. I collected food and crops, but you were attacked by the Jintan county soldiers at the Zhaojia camp. You go quickly. Report to General Qin and mobilize the troops to kill all those thieves in Jintan and avenge the bloodshed of our brothers!"
The food-recruiting soldiers shuffled to the city gate and couldn't wait to shout loudly towards the city gate, as if they were tired of being angry outside and wanted to vent their anger on the generals who were comfortably guarding the city. Their tone was full of exposure, Anger and impatience.
Some people walked directly to the city gate and banged on the city gate with their swords.
At this time, there were three or four seriously damaged carriages. When they stopped under the city wall, they could no longer hold up. They heard a few "squeaking" sounds, the ruts broke, and three or four carriages tilted to one side at the same time.
Five or six thousand kilograms of rice poured down in the morning light and splashed all over the ground.
Several mules and horses pulling the cart were frightened and jumped in all directions. The grain collection soldiers rushed to catch the frightened horses, and suddenly there was a chaos in front of the city gate.
Seeing this scene, the primary school guard on duty was afraid that further delay would arouse deeper resentment, and hurriedly sent people down to open the city gate, but they did not notice that under the city gate hole that they could not see, more than ten carriages had turned around.
After passing the car, Kong Xirong, who was wearing heavy armor, quietly got out of the car with more than a hundred armored soldiers, and was standing close to the city gate.
Waiting for the guards inside to remove the thick door bolts and reveal a gap in the city gate, more than a hundred generals suddenly exerted their strength and pushed the city gate open. They slashed forward with swords, spears, spears and halberds, and the city gate was destroyed in the blink of an eye.
The last dozen guards killed him until they cried for their fathers and mothers, and their blood spattered on the spot.
"There are enemy soldiers attacking the city and seizing the gate! There are enemy soldiers attacking the city and seizing the gate! Report to General Qin quickly to lead troops to reinforce the east city!"
At this time, the small guard on duty woke up with a start. While shouting loudly, he organized the few soldiers around him to kill from the road to the city, thinking of taking back the city gate and closing it again as soon as possible.
Zhao Wuji, Shi Ji, Wei Chang and others were squatting half-crouched in a river channel far away. Behind them were more than 4,000 generals who had lurked over at night. Due to the lack of troops, some strong women and some elderly men were even killed.
All the old people were incorporated into the army.
Seeing that Kong Xirong and his men had deceived the city gate and entered the city, without waiting for Han Qian's order, Zhao Wuji, Shi Ji, Wei Chang and others followed the planned plan and led their men and horses to climb up the river embankment, rushing like a flood.
Kill the east gate of Danyang.
They must seize Danyang City before the defenders in the city react, kill as many people as possible, defeat the defenders, and drive them out of the city.
Yuan Guowei stayed by Han Qian's side, also staring intently at the movements in Danyang East City.
He had never thought before that Han Qian seized the military power from Xinchang Marquis Li Pu, reorganized the 3,000 remaining soldiers, and the first step was to recapture Danyang City, which was garrisoned by 2,000 elite Chuzhou troops.
Of course, he did not expect, nor did the Danyang defenders expect that the Chuzhou Army's scouts and spies were just staring at the movement in the direction of Jinling.
However, it is easy to deceive the city gate into opening, and it is not difficult to take control of the east city gate before it is prepared. But the problem is to withstand the enemy's counterattack, and ultimately to capture Danyang City before enemy reinforcements arrive, which is not the case.
Difficult matter.
Not to mention that they still have nearly 50,000 old, weak, women and children exposed in Yanlingbu, thirty miles away, which is a weak spot that the Chuzhou army can easily attack.
After a while, Yuan Guowei couldn't sit still and said to Han Qian: "I'll go to the front and take a look."
Han Qian arranged his clothes and armor, led his men to bring the war horse over, got on the horse, held a six-foot straight horse-cutting sword in front of him, and started to drive the horse to the city.
Yuan Guowei was shocked and said: "There is still a melee ahead. Sir, it is too dangerous to go there."
The Chuzhou army was best at making surprise attacks, but there was still a melee at the front. When the general entered the battlefield, he was most likely to be beheaded by surprise. Yuan Guowei grabbed the reins of Han Qian's horse and persuaded him to stay here and take charge, while he went to the front to keep an eye on the development of the battle.
"If I don't go into battle, I don't know how many more people will have to die to capture Danyang. How can we afford to lose this manpower?" Han Qian took the reins from Yuan Guowei's hand and shouted loudly without any doubt.
The three thousand remnant soldiers were truly remnant soldiers, including women, old men, and sick men who had been sick for many years. Previously, Li Pu took them and discarded their helmets and armor. Many of them had incomplete armor. Han Qian came here pretending to be a businessman and didn't know how to carry them.
There are too many soldiers and armors, and the combat effectiveness is the strongest at present. The organized team of people is a guard battalion of 200 people around him.
If he hadn't personally led the elite guards battalion into battle, if Kong Xirong, Zhao Wuji and the others had failed to withstand the Chuzhou Army's counterattack after entering the city, or even failed to defeat the Chuzhou Army in the city immediately, allowing the other side to react,
They may all fall short of success.
He came to Jinling to fight for a chance of survival in a narrow escape. How could he be afraid of encountering an accident on the battlefield?
Seeing that he could not persuade Han Qian, Yuan Guowei could only fetch a war horse and follow Han Qian to the city to kill him.
Han Qian rushed to the city on horseback. Kong Xirong and the others had already taken control of the east city gate. On the long street inside the city gate, dozens of corpses were lying in random directions.
For most of the generals, wearing armor and holding swords and crossbows, they were out of breath after running for a long distance from the river to the city. Even if there was no fierce fighting, Han Qian did not allow them to occupy the east city gate.
They adjusted their formation, not allowing them to stop to catch their breath. They grabbed the reins and shouted loudly: "Don't stop, go to the city and kill! Your wives, children, old and young, they were driven out of the city by them two months ago. Two
Months ago, how many of your brothers died due to their cunning schemes!"
Han Qian urged the entire army not to stop at all, and after ordering them to enter the city, they immediately followed the spider-like streets and alleys to the depths of Danyang City, not even planning to leave any troops to guard the east gate.
Their formation is chaotic, but the defenders haven't reacted yet, and they can't figure out their details, which will only make the chaos worse.
If they want to successfully capture Danyang City, they must not give the defenders any time to react, and they must even try to make the situation in Danyang City even more chaotic and chaotic. The scouts who have infiltrated in advance will also start to
Burning houses and buildings everywhere, causing huge fires with burning flames and billowing black smoke...
