Chapter four hundred and ninety fifth consolation envoy
On October 23, Feng Liao, the instigator, traveled across mountains and rivers and rushed back to Chenzhong again.
At this time, only half a month had passed since the news of the Shu army's invasion of the Wuchuan Valley reached Chenzhong.
Feng Liao set out from Wuchuan this time and walked back to Chenzhong via the dangerous road at the southern foot of Wuling Mountain under the protection of his guards. He climbed three to four hundred miles less than when he went there, but he was also very exhausted.
Feng Liao's mission to Yuzhou was kept secret. Only a handful of people in Chen knew about it, so he returned to the city quietly this time.
Feng Liao went back to the house to wash up first, but as soon as he changed into clothes, Feng Yi and Gao Shao rushed over with the retinue he sent to report the news.
"What's going on? The city is so heavily guarded?" Feng Liao said that he didn't suffer much when he returned, but his feet were full of blood blisters. At this time, he applied medicine and Ji sat on the soft couch with an ugly posture.
, asked Feng Yi about the situation in Gao Shao City. After entering the city, he also noticed that the atmosphere was somewhat different.
"Huang Hua, Xiying is here." Feng Yi said with a coquettish voice.
"Ah!" Feng Liao sat up straight in shock.
Although he is not in Chenzhong these days, the news that Emperor Yanyou restarted Hunan Province and appointed Huang Hua and others as ambassadors has also spread to Shu.
He knew the general situation here, but he never thought that Huang Hua, the envoy of Xuanwei, and Xiying, the governor of Chenzhou, would be in Chenzhong City at this time.
"How many troops did Huang Hua bring here?" Feng Liao then asked.
"They brought more than a hundred soldiers here. They are really brave. They are really not afraid that we will send people to kill them and destroy their corpses to eliminate traces!" Feng Yi saw freshly brewed tea on the table, picked it up and drank it.
, Speaking of the situation in Chenzhong City at this time, "Huang Hua went to Chenyang to meet with Xiying the day before yesterday, and went to Chenzhong City yesterday. Anji Xiang, Fu Gengwen just came from Sizhou after receiving the news - Si
Yang Xingfeng, the governor of the state, wanted to stay in Panlongling to supervise the war, but he also sent the state Sima and Sizhou general Yang Shouyi to accompany Anji Xiang and Fu Gengwen to Chenzhong to see Huang Hua."
"Where is your lord?" Feng Liao asked.
"Yang Hu accused us of secretly collaborating with the enemy. Han Qian was naturally still angry. Knowing that Huang Hua was coming, he took Mrs. Ting and Mrs. Xi to live in Longya City early yesterday morning and asked us to stay in Chenzhong to deal with Huang Hua——
It would be great if you came back quickly, Huang Hua is really difficult to deal with." Feng Yi said as if he was relieved.
Guo Rong, Kong Xirong and others followed Han Qian to Longya City, Xi Xunqiao, Xi Chang and others were responsible for their own affairs. Currently, state Sima Gao Shao and Feng Yi are bracing themselves to welcome the arrival of Huang Hua and others.
Don't look at Feng Yi's careless talk of using knives and guns here, but as Hunan's propaganda envoy, he dared to go to Huang Hua in Chenzhong City with only a few troops, and he was really under a lot of pressure.
Gao Shao is actually not much better than Feng Yi.
Now that Feng Liao came back, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Feng Liao thought that Han Qian was really cunning, but when he saw his appearance, he said with a headache: "I can't meet people like this."
As the governor of Shi, Han Qian hid in Longya City without seeing Huang Hua. He should be the one to step in, but he could tell that he had just come back from a long journey. Isn't he exposing himself by going to deal with Huang Hua?
"It's okay. We thought you should be able to come back in the next few days. We told Huang Hua that you broke your leg while climbing and are recuperating in the house," Gao Shao said. "If you really want to see Huang Hua, you don't have to go to the ground."
There will be no flaws."
Feng Liao thought about it and grabbed Feng Yi and Gao Shao to learn more about the more specific situation here.
Feng Yi then told Feng Liao one by one about the changes in many aspects in the past two months and the stance Han Qian insisted on: "Huang Hua is indeed very courageous, but this also shows that he failed to convince Chai
Jian agrees to mobilize troops from Shaozhou..."
"No matter how strong Huang Hua is, if he doesn't have soldiers, it's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice," Feng Liao said to Feng Yi, "I have difficulty walking, so you have to work hard again, go to Longya City, and report some of the situation in Yuzhou to the adults.
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"What's going on in Yuzhou?" Feng Yi also asked with concern.
Feng Liao told Feng Yi that after he arrived in Yuzhou, he happened to meet Cao Gan rushing back from Jinling, Princess Qingyang's change of attitude, and the Shu Kingdom's internal intention to transfer the Marquis of Changxiang to guard Liang, etc., and then said
: "It was secretly spread that there was a salt spring gushing out of Wuchuan River and that Emperor Yanyou intended to support the Changxiang Marquis to fight for the throne. Qingjiang Marquis and a group of ministers strongly opposed the conclusion of the alliance and wanted to summon Wei Qun. Changxiang Marquis also took advantage of the situation.
All matters in Banan are entrusted to Huang Yanzhang, the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Qingjiang Army, who is not very obedient to orders. Huang Yanzhang may forcefully occupy Shiqian, so we must be careful to guard against this..."
The Kingdom of Shu does not have bodyguards, and the Forbidden Army under direct jurisdiction has a total of 160,000 troops, of which 70,000 are stationed in Liangzhou, Jianzhou and other places on the northern line to prevent the Liang army from invading southward; 60,000 are stationed in the hinterland such as the capital of Shu to protect the Shu court.
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The left and right Qingjiang troops, composed of a mixture of navy and infantry battalions, consisted of about 30,000 elite troops. They were mainly responsible for guarding the prefectures and counties along the Yangtze River and resisting the threat of the Chu army from Jingzhou and Langzhou.
The Qingjiang Marquis has a deep foundation. One of the most critical points is that he has great influence on the Shu Army. There are quite a few generals who influence the Qingjiang Army and are close to the Qingjiang Marquis.
The Marquis of Changxiang, Wang Yong, was in charge of Yuzhou. In addition to the local state troops, the elite combat forces he used to manage Banan were mainly the elites of the three capitals of Zuo Qingjiang's army drawn from Yiling of Xiazhou, which is adjacent to Jingzhou.
Wang Yong, the Marquis of Changxiang, was the commander-in-chief of the Shu Kingdom in the southeast, and the elites of the three capitals of Zuo Qingjiang Army were also under his control, but he could not replace the generals of Zuo Qingjiang Army at any time.
Huang Yanzhang, the Marquis of Yu who was the military capital of Zuo Qingjiang, had a daughter from the Huang clan who was accepted by Marquis Qingjiang as a concubine. Huang Yanzhang was a general promoted by Marquis Qingjiang when he was supervising the battle in southern Sichuan in his early years. It can be said that he is the direct descendant of Marquis Qingjiang.
The Marquis of Changxiang, King Yong, was planning a military campaign in Banan, but he had to bite the bullet and use Huang Yanzhang to lead the army in battle. He could not arrange for Cao Gan and other direct descendants to replace Huang Yanzhang.
Huang Yanzhang was able to lead his troops to invade the Wuchuan Valley this time. On the one hand, Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong followed the trend, and more importantly, under the instruction of Qingjiang Marquis, Huang Yanzhang took the initiative to ask for a fight.
Feng Liao had to ask Feng Yi to go to Longya City and explain all the details to Han Qian, so that Han Qian could make an accurate decision.
"Princess Qingyang has figured it out, it's really rare." Feng Yi was even more curious about Princess Qingyang's attitude change and said with emotion.
"Before Jinling, Your Majesty only held a corner of Hunan. At that time, Shu was strong and Yueyang was weak. Princess Qingyang believed that she had Shu to rely on, or she expected that Your Majesty would have to rely on the support of Shu in order to compete with Jinling.
Chuzhou was fighting against each other, but she didn't need to look at Xuzhou's face. But at this time, Chu was strong and Shu was weak, and the Marquis of Changxiang, Wang Yong, was even weaker. She fell into isolation in the Chu Palace and her attitude changed. Is it any wonder?" Feng Liao said to
Princess Qingyang's change of attitude did not come as a surprise. However, Feng Yi was asked to go to Longya City quickly. He still had to wait for Han Qian's clear instructions before he could contact Huang Hua, Xiying and others...
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The large courtyards of the post house have all been cleared of idlers, and now they have become Huang Hua's temporary residence in Chenzhong.
The guards inside are also all guards brought by Huang Hua. Xuzhou only sent Feng Yi to lead the post officials to serve their daily expenses.
Naturally, Xiying, Yang Shouyi, Anji Xiang, Fu Gengwen, Han Chengmeng and others also temporarily stayed in the post house.
However, Xuzhou's etiquette was not compromised, but Han Qian claimed to be ill with "grievance" and avoided seeing him, so they had nothing to do.
"Chai Jian doesn't agree to transfer troops from Shaozhou?"
When he learned that Huang Hua came to Chenzhong in person, Anji Xiang expected that there would be no good news, but he was still quite shocked when he heard the news from Huang Hua's guest Zhou Qinian.
Isn’t it true that everyone in the Xinchang Hou Mansion hates Han Qian’s pride the most?
"Can we send troops and horses from Yuezhou, Langzhou and Tanzhou?" Fu Gengwen asked anxiously.
There was no trace of joy or anger on his yellowed maroon face. Zhou Qinian stroked his white beard and shook his head slightly, indicating that it was unrealistic to mobilize troops from the state camps in Yuezhou, Langzhou and Tanzhou.
Seeing An Xiang, Fu Gengwen and others with puzzled faces, during the Jinling War, on behalf of Huang Hua, they contacted Xinchang Li Pu and Gu Zhilong, which ultimately led to Huang Hua, Wu Zun and other Huhang family clan clan forces joining Zhou Qinian of Emperor Yanyou.
I sighed slightly in my heart.
Once upon a time, all the sects and families in the world regarded Han Qian, who had stirred up a hornet's nest, as an enemy bandit.
Not to mention that everyone in the Xinchang Hou Mansion and Han Qian have been entangled in grudges over the years, and they have long been at odds with each other.
However, the situation is not always static.
Hunan Prefectures, as the place where Emperor Yanyou made his fortune, nearly half of the Imperial Guard generals and soldiers currently come from military mansions in Yuezhou, Ezhou, Tanzhou and other places. However, Hunan Prefectures deviate from Jinling.
Even if we do not consider that the south is still threatened by two groups of rebels who have retreated to Yongzhou, and even if we do not consider the unstable factor of Xuzhou, it is still necessary for the imperial court to restart the Hunan province, assign envoys to deal with military and civilian affairs in various states, and strengthen control over Hunan.
Forced by practical needs.
Although the Zhang family, represented by Zhang Chao and Zhang Han, has deep roots in Hunan, and the six ministers appoint disciples and former officials of the Zhang brothers, from the perspective of the rise of Emperor Yanyou, the policies established by Zhang Chao and Zhang Han
Their achievements are far from comparable to those of the Zheng family.
At this time, instead of Zhang Chao or Zhang Han, Huang Hua, Wu Zun, Chen Fan and others were in charge of Hunan Province. They just did not want to see the Zhang family continue to expand their power in Hunan. Zhang Chao and Zhang Han had nothing to say.
explain.
Regarding the appointment of the three envoys of Hunan, the Zhang brothers had nothing to say, but it did not mean that they had no opinions, nor did it mean that they had no other channels to express their inner dissatisfaction.
The most direct thing is that it has been nearly a month since Huang Hua arrived in Tanzhou to take up his post. All aspects are in the process of handover and progress is slow; not to mention the deployment of troops, Huang Hua wants to mobilize a batch of money and food to reinforce Sizhou, but because the handover has not been completed,
and cannot be implemented.
Chai Jian's refusal was more straightforward.
The Yongzhou rebels had nearly 30,000 elite troops. The Zuoshen Guards and Shaoheng state soldiers controlled by Chai Jian totaled only more than 20,000. Chai Jian was worried that the Shaozhou soldiers would advance westward, causing the rebels to take advantage of the opportunity. He was responsible for
I can't bear this responsibility.
Huang Hua must transfer troops from Shaozhou, and Chai Jian asked Huang Hua to present the imperial edict from Emperor Yanyou or the transfer letter from the Privy Council.
To put it bluntly, Chai Jian was very unfazed by the sudden appearance of a new immediate boss.
This is reality and a court that is so cruel that it makes people laugh.
Yesterday, a group of people worked together and wanted to tear apart the bones of the Marquis of Qianyang together. But when their own interests were really involved, they completely forgot about yesterday's common enemies and held each other back.
Anji Xiang, Fu Gengwen was still a little younger after all, and he couldn't understand the subtleties of this for a while. Zhou Qinian had been in trouble for half his life, and he had warned him as early as when he followed Huang Huaxi to Tanzhou, and he didn't even recommend that Huang Hua take over at the beginning. This hot potato.
"How is the progress of the war at Panlongling?" Zhou Qinian asked Fu Gengwen.
Fu Gengwen glanced at Sizhou Sima Yang Shouyi and replied honestly: "The Sizhou soldiers fought bravely, but it will take some time to wipe out the bandits."
Zhou Qinian looked at Huang Hua and said, "Should we first summon the governor of Syria Feng Liao for questioning?"
"If I see what he is doing, go to Longya City." Huang Hua said.
"This..." Zhou Qinian was a little hesitant, thinking that Huang turned into an ambassador and rushed to Chenzhong without being able to see Han Qian. He had to pursue him to Dragon Tooth City, so he might not be aggrieved.
"Since I have already arrived in Xuzhou, and His Majesty also respects Marquis Qianyang as his master, why shouldn't I go see him?" Huang Hua had no intention of Zhou Qinian's dissuasion and made up his mind.