At the end of February, Yuan Guowei and Han Daochang had completed their mission, and it was time to return to Jinling and return to Beijing to resume their mission.
On the day when Yuan Guowei and Han Daochang were leaving, Han Qian and Wang Jun went out to Shenjiaji to see them off.
There was a steady spring rain in the sky, and Han Qian was afraid that Wang Jun would be too tired to lift the umbrella, so he took the oil-paper umbrella and shielded him and Wang Jun from the rain.
It's been a warm day. Green grass buds are popping up in the valleys at the foot of the mountains, and the colors between heaven and earth are much moister.
Han Qian did not regard Yuan Guowei as an outsider, and picked up some important words before leaving:
"The victory at Wujinling was hard-won. In order to consolidate the victory, I asked the imperial court in the memorial to urge the Marquis of Xinjin to attack Huozhou and Guangzhou from Wusheng Pass and Pingjing Pass to the north, and to integrate Guanghuo and Huozhou into the territory of Chu as soon as possible. And on the left
The Longque Army should also follow Xinjin Marquis into Guanghuo Prefecture to fight, instead of staying in Shuzhou and doing nothing. The Shouzhou Army was severely damaged, but considering that Xu Mingzhen might give up Chaozhou City later, the defense line would continue
After shrinking back, our Tangyi soldiers are still bearing great military pressure in Huaixi. In my memorial this time, I specifically asked Your Majesty to enlarge the Tangyi soldiers into two armies. At that time, I will ask Mr. Yuan to help with the matter.
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"Yuan will not refuse anything within his power." Yuan Guowei put on a raincoat, bowed his hands to Han Qian, Wang Jun and other people who were seeing them off, and he and Han Daochang climbed onto their military horses. Surrounded by their entourage, they walked along the stream.
Go south.
This time, Yuan Guowei, Han Daochang and the others only needed to pass through the hinterland of Huaiyang Mountain and reach the upper reaches of Longtan River, and then they could go east by boat.
After that, it passed through Chaohu Lake and Yuxi River without stopping, entering the Yangtze River, and returned to Jinling City on March 4th.
Yuan Guowei did not follow Han Daochang to the Han Mansion for a banquet, but returned directly to the palace to repeat the order. However, the moment he stepped into the palace, he could still feel the subtle atmosphere permeating the palace.
There would be such an atmosphere, and Yuan Guowei would not find anything abrupt or strange.
According to the rules, Han Qian's memorial must be sent to Zhongshu Province first, and he does not need to carry it into the palace.
After Yuan Guowei returned to the palace, he first sent the eunuchs accompanying him to Chongwen Hall to report the matter, but until the sky darkened, Emperor Yanyou did not send anyone to summon him for questioning.
His Majesty did not summon him, and Yuan Guowei was not anxious. After dark, Jiang Huo brought two young men in green clothes and two food boxes to come to him for a drink.
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and the weather was only slightly cold. Yuan Guowei directly set up the food and drinks in the courtyard, and all the young men in green clothes left, and he and Jiang Huo drank and chatted under the new moon.
"Why don't you ask His Majesty how he reacted these past few days?" Jiang Huo couldn't help but ask when he saw Yuan Guowei drinking wine leisurely and contentedly.
"The great victory at Wujinling came so quickly, so violently, and so unprepared that everyone tried to hold them back, so what else can you ask?" Yuan Guowei spread his hands and asked, "You can't blame the Marquis of Qianyang for this battle.
It's so smooth and so unexpected, why don't we give everyone time to delay?"
Jiang Huo shook his head and smiled. He had worked with Yuan Guowei for many years and had an irreversible friendship. After a while, he lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother summoned Shen Xiang to the Chongwen Palace the night before yesterday to ask if she could accompany the Xinjin Marquis Jiedu to the military affairs of the Ying states. Prime Minister Shen
I was silent for a long time, neither saying yes nor saying no..."
"Does Your Majesty have no other way besides using the two people he most taboos to check and balance each other? In the 21st year since the founding of the Chu Kingdom, except for the early king of Zhejiang Province who visited Wu and Yue in the early days, there was no military envoy.
, if we open this special case again, I'm afraid things will be even harder to deal with in the future, right?" Yuan Guowei smiled bitterly and shook his head, not knowing how to evaluate what Jiang Huo said.
Jiang Huo didn't want to talk about this matter anymore. He just told Yuan Guowei about it, then changed the topic and continued to talk about other things that happened in Jinling in recent days:
"You may not know that the Privy Council received a report yesterday that the Shouzhou Army started to clear out the households in Chaozhou City yesterday - the Privy Council estimates that the Shouzhou Army may withdraw from Chaozhou as early as mid-to-late April.
Prefecture, otherwise they will become even more passive when the water in the Nanfeishui River rises again and the Tangyi Navy's large ships can drive straight into the Nanfeishui River. And before you come back, there were officials at the Yushitai in the morning yesterday
The history book requested that the Marquis of Qianyang be given the title of envoy to control the military and political affairs of Huaixi..."
"This is also the intended meaning of the title, but it is good that the northern line of Dachu is officially divided into three war zones, which can be somewhat less involved." Yuan Guowei said.
"The power of Marquis Xinjin is still too great, but I don't know why Cishou Palace trusts Marquis Xinjin so much?" Jiang Huo frowned slightly and asked with confusion in his eyes.
Yuan Guowei was not in Jinling during this period, but it was also expected that Li Zhigao, in addition to being the military governor of the five states in Xiangbei before, would also be directly granted the title of Jingjie this time and appointed as the military governor of Xiangbei. It should be from Cishou Palace.
Pushing hard.
If the northern defense line of Dachu is really adjusted according to the three theaters, Huaidong will be responsible for the lower Huaihe River area east of Hongzepu, Han Qian will be responsible for the defense line from eastern Huozhou to Shouzhou in Huaixi, and the southern extension of Haozhou against Liang Jun, the scale of
None of them are as good as the west wing theater composed of Xiangying and Deng Jun's five states.
Xiangbei borders Liangzhou of the Shu State to the west via the Han River, to the northwest via the Dan River to guard against Liangzhong Guanzhong soldiers and horses, to the north via the Nanyang Basin to confront the Liang Army's troops in Rucai and Rucai, and to the east via the Huaiyang Mountains and
The pass of Tongbai Mountain is in confrontation with Guangzhou and Huozhou, which are controlled by the Shouzhou Army in the north.
It seems that the west wing theater bears the greatest military pressure, but this also means that the imperial court will subsequently import the most resources to the west wing, and grant Li Zhigao the heaviest military power.
In addition to the local troops from the five prefectures in Xiangbei, the three elite combat forces of the Forbidden Army, Zuo Longque Army, Zuo Wuwei Army, and Zuo Shenwu Army, can be said to be the most elite combat forces of the Forbidden Army. They will all be controlled and dispatched by Li Zhigao.
Or maybe Cishou Palace used this as a reason and an excuse to grant Li Zhigao a special case of being awarded the title of Jiedushi?
Regarding this situation, Yuan Guowei did not want to delve too deeply into this situation, and said: "The power of the Marquis of Xinjin is very strong, but if the Marquis of Xinjin does not work hard after arriving in the west, I am afraid that the Marquis of Guizhou and Yang will take over all the states in Huaishang."
"That's right, if I had known this, I should have asked for this mission beforehand," Jiang Huoxiao asked, "Tell me quickly, how did you win at Wujin Ridge, and why did you win so blindly?
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"The letter sent back to the Privy Council didn't mention much?" Yuan Guowei asked curiously.
"If you didn't send it back secretly, how could the Marquis of Guizhou Yang report all the details to the Privy Council?" Jiang Huo said, implying that Yuan Guowei had to think of a good excuse on this matter.
Yuan Guowei was ordered to comfort the army, so he had the power to supervise the army.
The Privy Council received the victory report of the Wujinling battle, thirteen days later than the actual time. Han Qian could say that the road was blocked and the messenger he sent was intercepted by the enemy. No one would expose his lie, but why didn't Yuan Guowei
Send the message back in time?
The retinue accompanying Yuan Guowei to Huaiyang Palace this time were all eunuchs in the palace, and not all of them would keep their mouth shut or make up lies for Yuan Guowei.
"I just went to work for the army according to the order. I also feel that I have many physical inconveniences. Maybe it's time to ask Your Majesty to return home." Yuan Guowei said calmly.
Jiang Huo nodded. He and Yuan Guowei were both in their sixties, and they didn't have a few years to worry about. If Your Majesty allowed them to retire and return to their hometowns, they might enjoy a few years of pastoral fun, but would Your Majesty let them retire and return to their hometowns?
This topic was too heavy, so the two of them changed the subject and talked about the specific circumstances of the Wujin Ridge battle.
"So, when Marquis Qianyang led his troops out of Fucha Mountain, and the Shouzhou Army failed to intercept them regardless of casualties, they were doomed to be defeated!" Jiang Huo couldn't help but sigh with emotion after listening to Yuan Guowei's story, "And Xu
Mingzhen did not pay much attention to the people fleeing their homes in the Huaiyang Mountains, which was also the reason for the defeat."
"Yes, there is no statistics on how many households there are in the Huaiyang Mountains. However, only the tributaries of the Nanfeishui River and the Longtan River in the mountains are not particularly wide-ranging. The Qianyang Marquis controlled them immediately after entering.
There were nearly 30,000 soldiers in the nearly 50 civilian villages. In addition to the nearly 20,000 soldiers and civilians captured from Anfeng Village, the Marquis of Guizhou Yang added more than 6,000 troops and horses before the flood invaded the enemy camp and still controlled it.
The main channel upstream of the Nan Feishui River, otherwise the Marquis of Guizhou Yang would not be able to win this battle..." Yuan Guowei said with emotion.
Although there were less than 4,000 new recruits in the Huaiyang Mountains who voluntarily recruited into the army at the beginning, he saw that the elite generals suffered too many losses in the battle, so Han Qian then forcibly captured nearly 2,000 other elite soldiers in Anfeng Village.
Catch the fence and join the defense.
From Fucha Mountain, they crossed north to Wujinling and defeated the enemy. Tangyi soldiers also killed more than 5,000 soldiers and were seriously injured in the battle.
If it weren't for the new soldiers who took nearly 60% of the casualties, Han Qian wouldn't have been able to sustain the moment when the army was defeated at Wujin Ridge.
During the Jinling Incident, Yuan Guowei participated in the formation of the Chishan Army and the Zuo Guangde Army for almost the whole process, and he felt particularly deeply about this. He secretly felt that this was perhaps the biggest difference between Han Qian and the famous generals in the world, rather than his unpredictable calculations.
