Han Jun never thought that his uncle, who was usually very affectionate, would suggest that he be abolished because he was worried that his scandal with the Queen Mother would be exposed and bring disaster to him.
However, seeing that his father did not reprimand his second uncle for his absurd remarks, but instead sat there silently, Han Jun fell to his knees in panic and stammered: "Father, I really don't know that all this is Lu Qingxia's."
Conspiracy, the Queen Mother has an order, the child dare not disobey——"
"The Queen Mother has an order? The Queen Mother can also order you to take off your clothes and climb into her bed?" Han Daoming shouted with anger and trembling all over. He wished he could kick Han Jun to the ground and kill his arrogant man with his own hands.
The root of trouble is to be cut off and fed to the dogs.
If the lid hadn't been opened by Han Qian today, he wouldn't have known that there was always a sharp knife hanging on the necks of hundreds of members of the Han family that could be chopped off at any time.
Han Duan glanced at Chen Zhiyong. He hesitated for a while and thought it would be better to sit aside and remain silent.
Of course, he knew that his father's advice still had some loopholes. The best way to explain it was to secretly claim that Han Jun had injured his lower body while practicing martial arts or doing other things since he was a child, leaving him with a hidden illness that made him unable to do human work, and quietly spread the word.
In this way, he will not be afraid of Lu Qingxia, and Li Zhigao can threaten him with this matter in the future.
At this time, there was a movement outside the yard, and it sounded like hundreds of soldiers were leaving the nearby military camp and heading north.
Han Daoming stood up in confusion. They didn't know what happened in Tangyi at this time, but the sudden mobilization of the army was definitely not a small matter.
The courtyard where they were located was part of the county government's back house, with an independent courtyard leading to the street outside.
Han Qian led his men away, and only the guards of the Han family who had come across the river were left in the courtyard.
Han Daoming and others pushed the door open and walked out of the yard. They stood on the alley and looked north. They could see countless torches lighting up the North City Gate a few meters away, illuminating the darkness inside the city gate.
Sharp soldiers.
There were a dozen cavalrymen running back and forth, as if they were counting their number, and soon they saw the north city gate slowly opening.
Not knowing what was going on, they rushed to the North City Gate with a dozen or so retinues, but were intercepted as they approached the Beicheng Gate school grounds.
Feng Liao saw their figures and sent someone to notify the sentry outside to let them pass.
Only then did Han Daoming see that Han Chengmeng, the eldest son of the concubine, was actually in Tangyi and standing with Feng Liao. He asked in surprise: "Chengmeng, why are you in Tangyi?"
"Chengmeng has met my father, my second uncle," Han Chengmeng said to his father Han Daoming, uncle Han Daochang and the others, "I just escorted a batch of grain and grass to Qingpukou in the afternoon. I heard that father, you are also crossing the river to Tangyi today, okay?
It is easy to wait until the grain and fodder supplies at Qingpukou have been counted before we can escape and rush over. The child has just entered the city for a while. Han Qian just called the child over to ask about the grain and fodder. The child still wants to wait until Han Qian leads the troops out of the city before meeting his father...
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Speaking of which, it is still a good foundation laid by the governance in the past few years after the vassal war. At present, grain is being requisitioned in the Jianghuai River and the people are young and brave. The Hunan states are probably the areas with the highest degree of cooperation except the Gyeongsang region.
In order to collect enough money, food and other materials for Tangyi's camp, the imperial court also immediately thought of recruiting from various states in Hunan.
Hearing Han Chengmeng's answer, Han Daoming nodded, thinking that Huang Hua and others' appointment as ambassadors to Hunan was still useful. He saw Han Qian wearing armor and surrounded by generals, had entered the north city gate, with a gap in the middle.
Seeing the hundreds of generals who were preparing to file out of the city, it was inconvenient for them to walk over directly, so they asked Feng Liao: "What happened that requires Han Qian to lead his troops out of the city at this time?"
"At nightfall, the scouts rushed back to report that more than 3,000 enemy cavalry had crossed Bieziding and headed south. Before tomorrow, the number of enemy cavalry gathered outside Chuzhou would increase to more than 7,000. In addition, the Shouzhou Army that had arrived at Chaozhou City before had eight more enemy cavalry.
More than a thousand infantry marched eastward along the southern foot of Fucha Mountain - Generals such as Hou Ye and Zhou Pang judged that this part of the enemy's troops would most likely insert itself between Tingzi Mountain and Wujian Mountain to stop the Youshenwu Army and the remnants of the navy.
When the Chuzhou defenders broke out to the south, the Marquis decided to personally lead troops and horses to reinforce Tingzi Mountain to contain the enemy's advance eastward and southward, in case the Chuzhou defenders did not dare to break through and might directly surrender the enemy..." Han Daoming said as
The minister who participated in the political affairs came to labor the army on an order, so Feng Liao naturally had nothing to hide and told him all about his plan to mobilize troops overnight.
Tingzi Mountain is not large in scope, but it is located on the northwest side of Dasi Mountain, close to the north bank of the Chu River. Its geographical location is extremely important. It is only thirty to forty miles away from Chuzhou City and the southeastern edge of the Wujian Mountains to the north.
It was the springboard for the Chuzhou garrison, the Right Shenwu Army and the remnants of the navy to retreat south to the north bank of the Yangtze River.
On the other hand, Tingzi Mountain is not only the key point for controlling the north bank of the Chu River, but also a transit point for the Tangyi and Dasishan defense lines extending north to Chuzhou and advancing into the Wujian Mountains.
Based on the current situation, Han Qian has not yet been able to make a final decision on whether to defend Chuzhou City or whether to include the southern section of the Wujian Mountains into the Tangyi defense line.
This is not directly related to whether Han Qian dares to fight a tough battle, but mainly to see the progress of the preparation of troops and horses and the changes in the situation of the Chu court.
If the opinions of the court can be relatively unified, and Han Qian has 20,000 well-equipped elite soldiers at his disposal, he will dare to rely on the Yangtze River and place the northern wing of the defense line in Chuzhou City, directly including Chuzhou City and Tangyi.
, including Dasi Mountain, a triangular area about a hundred miles deep was built to prevent the enemy from peeking south toward the Yangtze River.
But there are still too many variables that are unpredictable.
Han Qian's available troops in the early stage included more than 3,000 Jiangzhou soldiers in addition to the Xuzhou Water Camp, more than 4,000 new soldiers and horses from the Chishan Army, and more than 1,000 Guangde Mansion soldiers.
Even though Zhou Fang and Chen Jingzhou fully cooperated with him, the various shortcomings such as the chaotic command system, incomplete soldiers and armor, and unfamiliarity with the newly recruited troops could not be completely overcome in seven or eight days.
Han Qian was even less sure whether there would be any unexpected changes in the court.
Therefore, Han Qian's current plan is relatively conservative, striving to establish a foothold at the northern foot of Tingzi Mountain to ensure that the enemy cannot block the passage from the Wujian Mountains and the south of Chuzhou City to Tingzi Mountain in a short period of time.
Even so, Han Daoming felt that this move was extremely risky and asked in surprise:
"The enemy will be able to gather 15,000 to 6,000 troops outside Chuzhou tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Even if Han Qian has arranged a small number of troops to support him in Tingzi Mountain, only 5,000 to 6,000 troops will be available in the end. Why?
Can we ensure that the enemy's frontline will not penetrate directly into the open area between Chuzhou City and Tingzi Mountain?"
"The main force of the Liang Army did not go south, and the Shouzhou Army may not dare to fight a tough battle until it has sufficient rest and recuperation," Feng Liao said. "In addition to the Marquis, Zhou Pan led the Jiangzhou Army and the old Zuo Guangde Army to advance westward. Tingzi Mountain
Five hundred outposts have been stationed. At this time, nearly 3,000 remnants of the Navy and the Right Shenwu Army have withdrawn into the southern section of the Wijianshan Mountains. They can leave Wajianshan and fight southward at any time. There are still more than a thousand defenders in Chuzhou City, so it may not be impossible.
A battle. Besides, when we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win. If we want to gain a foothold in Tangyi, we need a victory to boost our morale..."
"As a general, Han Qian doesn't seem to need to lead the troops there in person," Han Daochang asked hesitantly, "If something goes wrong, wouldn't it be a big deal?"
"We have persuaded the Marquis. The Marquis said that if he cherishes his life, how can he make the generals use their lives?" Feng Liao said, "By the way, when will you cross the river and return to Jinling? The Marquis just asked me to give you a ride."
Procedure……"
Han Daoming glanced at Han Jun, still feeling unbearable in his heart, motioning Feng Liao to the side to speak, and asked: "Has Han Qian really decided to return to Xuzhou after the war?"
Feng Liao glanced at Han Daoming, Han Daochang and others and said, "I just advised the Marquis to think of the Han family, but the Marquis said that he had never received any benefits or favors from the Han family before. He
Even if he wants to care about blood and family ties, at most if someone from the Han family defectes to Xuzhou, he will not turn them away, but he will not bear such a big stake in the success or failure of the Han family - this should be due to the benefits he enjoys
The children of the Han family who are so kind to us must shoulder the responsibility and make sacrifices."
Hearing what Feng Liao said, Han Daochang, Han Duan, and Chen Zhiyong all turned their attention to Han Jun. Han Chengmeng had just arrived in Tangyi and didn't know what happened.
"Isn't it enough for the Han family to do their best to help him gain a foothold in Tangyi?" Han Jun asked anxiously.
Seeing that Han Jun's voice was a little loud in his desperation, Feng Liao signaled the guards on the left and right to block the entrance of the alley. Don't let others come close to hear the content of their secret conversation, and said: "Conspirate with Lu Qingxia and others, they
From the beginning to the end, he will try his best to strengthen the power of Li Zhigao's family and restrict the marquis from controlling more military power. Li Pu, the Duke of Chang Kingdom, will bear most of the blame for the defeat this time, but it is foreseeable that Li Pu tried to save his life
, to preserve the glory and wealth of the Li family's children, he will succumb to Lu Qingxia's skirt again, and has completely become a chess piece played by Lu Qingxia, which also means that Zhou Yuan, Zhou Shu, Chai Jian, Xu
Jing, Li Xiu, Li Qi and other generals from the Xinchang Hou Mansion will return to the late Honglou line. It is not difficult to predict that the more than 60,000 Huaixi Forbidden Army who retreated to the southeastern foot of Qianshan will soon become the subject of Lu
Qingxia has complete control over the direct line's combat power, and the combat power of the Zuo Shenwu Army led by Chai Jian at Wuzhi Ridge in Shaozhou is also not weak..."
Hearing what Feng Liao said, Han Daoming and Han Daochang were able to avoid the power that Wan Honglou was about to control, or the hard power that he really had in his hands, which was so terrifying.
Feng Liao continued: "... In comparison, even with the full help of the Han family, the Marquis can only manage 20,000 troops in Tangyi, and he has to block the enemy's front from the front. If he is not careful, he can
It is inevitable. If the Marquis stays in Jianghuai, and if he does not want to be controlled by Lu Qingxia, is there any other way besides regaining His Majesty's trust? And with Han Jun's incident at hand, how can the Marquis and the Han family regain their trust?
To gain His Majesty's trust? Also, Prime Minister Han, why haven't you thought about why Lu Qingxia dared to invite Xuzhou Shuying to move eastward this time without worrying about whether Xuzhou Shuying would lose its tail if it moved eastward?"
"If Jun'er was injured while riding a horse when he was young and was unable to work, could Lu Qingxia still threaten him with this matter?" Han Daoming gritted his teeth and asked with determination.
"It's okay for the Marquis and Lu Qingxia to pretend to be cowardly for a while, but this is not a long-term solution after all. We still need to quietly convince His Majesty of this matter to eliminate future hidden dangers." Feng Yi didn't even look at Han Jun.
He said calmly.
"Naturally, this matter must find a way to reach His Majesty's ears quietly, and there is no fear of verification when the incident occurs, so that there is no hidden danger." Han Daoming gritted his teeth and said.
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Han Qian stayed in Tiancheng, and Gao Shao, Feng Liao and others were stationed in Tangyi. He, Chen Jingzhou and Zhou Pang personally led the first batch of 5,000 armed elites to reinforce Tingzi Mountain.
If possible, Han Qian would like to set up his general's tent in Tingzi Mountain.
In this way, we can better take into account the war on the east and west wings, and prevent the enemy from taking control of Chaozhou, and continue to extend the front from the south of Chaozhou to the north bank of the Yangtze River.
In any case, as long as the enemy is given the opportunity to gain a foothold close to the north bank of the Yangtze River, the warships of the Lou Chuanjun Army can threaten the shipping safety of the Yangtze River waterway to a certain extent.
Even if the warships of the Lou Chuan Army are not powerful enough to compete head-on with the large warships of Xuzhou Shuiying on the Yangtze River, they will still give them headaches from time to time when they enter the Yangtze River from the north bank of the river waterway they control to carry out raids and engage in guerrilla attacks.
Incomparable.
However, it is not easy for them to completely block the entry of Louchuan warships into the mouth of the Yangtze River waterway.
To achieve that effect, in addition to Li Zhigao sending troops from Shuzhou to cooperate, Han Qian and others also need to use Dasi Mountain as their base to ensure that the Yangtze River coastline, which is nearly a hundred miles southeast of Chaozhou, to the west of Dasi Mountain.
Being within the effective military strike range of the Tangyi Marching Army made it impossible for the enemy to build defense barriers on the edge of such a long coastline, and also made it impossible for the remnants of the Louchuan Army that might later move to Chao Lake to pass through small and medium-sized creeks.
The river turned into the Yangtze River for surprise operations.
This is actually a quite difficult task.
Simply relying on the Yangtze River to establish a defense line along the river is far from enough; at the same time, the city fortresses are located close to the north bank of the Yangtze River, which will also make the defense line look too thin.
Even with their backs to the Yangtze River, these city fortresses are not afraid of being cut apart by enemy forces, but how to organize a large-scale farming on the north bank in the future?
The defense line does not have enough depth and buffer, and the enemy can attack with a surprise attack. How to ensure that the troops can safely leave the city to farm?
Han Qian, Zhou Pan, and Chen Jingzhou personally led their troops to Tingzi Mountain this time, mainly because they wanted to see if it was possible to defend Chuzhou City.
If possible, Han Qian would never give up Chuzhou City.
Chuzhou City, forty miles away to the north of Tingzi Mountain, is backed by the peaks and ridges of the southern section of the Wijian Mountains. It is further north than Chaozhou City in terms of terrain - the Yangtze River waterway runs from Jiangzhou to the east, running from southwest to northeast.
The angle flow direction makes Chuzhou City in the east much closer to the Yangtze River coastline, but in terms of orientation, it is further north than Chaozhou City. Therefore, after they occupy Chuzhou City, they will not receive support from Dasi Mountain.
It is too far away, but it can peek behind Chaozhou, threatening the enemy's communication between Chaozhou and Shouzhou.
At this time, relying on the protection of Chuzhou City, the Tangyi Army's line defense along the north bank of the Yangtze River can stride forward from Dasi Mountain and extend to the Qingcang Mountain in Liyang County to the west, which can actually seal off the enemy.
The passage from the area east of Chaohu Lake to the Yangtze River in the south.
But the biggest problem is that even if the main force of the Shouzhou Army in Chaozhou City is restrained by Li Zhigao from the southwest, there are still 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses on its northern line heading south from Zhongli or through Mopan Valley and Yongyang.
How many soldiers and horses can Han Qian have to defend Chuzhou City at this time?
This is still the dilemma that Liang Jun faces if the main force does not adjust its strategic deployment.
In addition to defending Chuzhou City, Han Qian had a more feasible alternative.
That is to abandon Chuzhou City and copy the mountain-as-city strategy originally implemented in Maoshan to the Wijianshan Mountains.
In that case, as long as the Tangyi camp army has an elite force of 3,000 to 5,000 people, operating within the Wijian Mountains without being surrounded and annihilated by the enemy, it can greatly contain the enemy's activities in Chaozhou and the northern part of Chuzhou.
, significantly weakening their control over this area, they can also achieve the purpose they envisioned.
The problem is that among the remnant soldiers who have retreated to the peaks of the southern section of the Wujian Mountains at this time, it is difficult to imagine that Li Xiu and Li Qi's troops will obey his instructions. They are mainly cavalry. As long as they find a gap, they can attack at any time.
It would not be particularly difficult to evacuate to the north bank of the Yangtze River as quickly as possible, or even cross Chaozhou to meet Li Zhigao in Shuzhou.
The cavalry is still the strongest mobile combat force in the world.
The other remnants were mainly the remnants of the Zuo Wu Ya Army Navy. The morale of the generals was extremely poor, they were eager to retreat south, and they were not good at fighting guerrilla warfare in the mountains. Han Qian wanted to withdraw them and incorporate them into the navy, and also dispatched an elite group to the Wu Ya Army.
Jianshan, the number of troops maintained in Wajianshan is no less than 3,000.
In addition, the defenders accompanying Chuzhou Governor Wei Zhen to defend Chuzhou City at this time were a headache for Han Qian.
After the recapture of Chuzhou City, all the local households had long since fled. After Wei Zhen took office, he did not directly recruit the refugees to resume farming. Instead, he gathered a large number of children from the Gyeonggi sect to cross the river to occupy the fields, and then gathered them in a big way.
The refugees were sold or directly plundered into slaves of various families.
Since Chuzhou City is further north than Chaozhou, in addition to Li Pu, Chen Mingsheng led the main force of the right Shenwu Army to be stationed here to get a glimpse of the gap between Chaozhou and Shouzhou, and to protect the land route from Tangyi to Chaozhou Camp.
Outside the supply line, the state soldiers newly formed to maintain local security were mainly recruited from the children of the Dujiang clan or their family soldiers. The children of the clan were also willing to participate in this to cover their occupation of land, plunder of slaves and other things.
The Right Shenwu Army was brought to Zhongli by Chen Mingsheng and others and was annihilated. The defenders trapped in Chuzhou City at this time were, to put it bluntly, the direct descendants of the Gyeonggi clan. It was hard for Han Qian to imagine that under the leadership of Wei Zhen, they would be obedient to him.
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Han Qian had no intention of caring about the life and death of the Chuzhou garrison, but there were still almost 20,000 people in Chuzhou City at this time, mainly slaves that Wei Zhen and the Gyeonggi clan's descendants had plundered and sold from the refugees, but Han Qian was not reconciled to these people.
Dingdu fell into the hands of the Shouzhou army or was massacred.
Exit from the north gate of Tangyi City, go west for several miles, and then continue westward along the north bank of the Chu River. There are official roads extending all the way to Liyang County.
At this time, the sky is full of stars and moon, which is convenient for the infantry to march westward at night.
Before dawn tomorrow, there was no possibility of engaging the enemy's vanguard. Han Qian and the others were quite calm at this time, riding on horseback to discuss possible changes in the battle situation before and after entering Tingzi Mountain.
When discussing the matter of replacing the remnants of the navy from Wujianshan, Han Qian couldn't help but sigh:
"There are so many magical schemes in this world. Just like when I kept Wang Lin and didn't reveal his identity, I mainly wanted to use counterintuitive tactics. I thought I could use Wang Lin to spread fake news to confuse Chuzhou, but in fact Jinling
Too many things before and after the incident were unpredictable - the same goes for not revealing Wen Ruilin's identity. He thought that he would be able to use this secret move when confronting Liang Jun in the future, but he didn't expect that it would be self-defeating. Gao Chengyuan refused to enter Tangyi
He would rather die on the river than treat his wounds. He probably resented me very much when he was dying."
Zhou Pan and Chen Jingzhou also felt sorry for Gao Chengyuan's death, but they knew in their hearts that the main reason why the whole thing happened was Emperor Yanyou's unreasonable suspicion and precaution against Han Qian.
It is true that Han Qian is good at using dangerous tactics and taking deviant moves, but the problem is that several times when the situation is most critical, Han Qian has to use dangerous tactics and take deviated moves to reverse the crisis.
How could this be a reason for suspicion?
Not only Zhou Fang, but Chen Jingzhou also immediately chose to support Han Qian after receiving Zhou Fang's secret letter.
In fact, they were born as Shanzhai generals, and they were well aware of the attitude of the aristocratic clans towards them, and Emperor Yanyou did not trust them and was unwilling to use them to command the army.
Zhou Tan was in his prime, but Chen Jingzhou was over fifty years old. He was injured on the battlefield in his early years and suffered from hidden illnesses. His health was getting worse year by year. He was worried that one day he would die of illness and take office. Zhou Tan was a lonely tree and it was difficult to support him. Guangde Mansion's
The situation may repeat itself in Junzhou, and the copycat disciples who stayed in Junzhou will be bloody purged by the clan clans.
Just as Chen Jingzhou was about to say a few words of comfort, a dozen riders were chasing after him from behind. They tightened the ropes. When they got closer, they discovered that it was Han Daoming. Han Daochang and others left Tangyi City and chased after them on horseback...