From Wujinling Camp to Zhongli, the fastest way is to leave Wujinling, close to the Qiuyuan area at the northern foot of Huaiyang Mountain, rush all the way to the northern foot of Zipeng Mountain, and then along the Nanfei Mountain
The south bank of the Shuihe River goes eastward, passes through the northern part of Chaozhou City, and reaches the northwest foot of the southern section of the Wujian Mountains, and then goes northeast to the Mopan Valley.
This line is located at the northern edge of the Tangyi Army's defense line. Not only is there no peaks and ridges blocking the terrain, but in the past year, Han Qian has recruited garrison troops to continuously repair the post roads along the line in order to ensure the connection between the villages in the front.
Jetty.
At the same time, there are dozens of large and small military forts belonging to the Tangyi Army along the line, which can replace the strongest military horses at any time. This ensures that Xi Rong, escorted by the guard cavalry, can accelerate the speed of five hundred miles.
Arrive at Mopan Valley.
As for Mopan Valley, which is located between the north and south of the Wujian Mountains, after the Shouzhou Army completely reduced its defense line, this area and the mountainous area in the northern section of the Wujian Mountains were handed over to Chen Kun, the commander of the Hejin Army who also served as the governor of Haozhou, to take charge of defense.
Of course, this line is located on the edge of the Tangyi Army's defense line, and to the north are the many defensive fortresses of the Shouzhou Army. At noon, dozens of elite cavalry suddenly galloped out from the Wujinling Camp, non-stop, changing horses without changing people along the way.
It took five hours to directly enter the defense zone of the Hejin Army, which had already alerted the scouts of the Shouzhou Army in the north.
Wen Ruilin was in Zhaoyi County. When he learned about this, he, surrounded by dozens of soldiers, rushed to Huailing overnight after the Shouzhou Army tightened its defense line.
in the city.
Most of the guard cavalry stopped on the south side of Mopan Valley. Only a few guards accompanied Xi Rong into the defense area of Hejin Army. They were detained by the garrison on the outer defense base of Hejin Army. After a briefing, they were escorted to Huailing City.
It's early morning.
At this time, Wen Ruilin had already sat in the lobby of the commanding envoy's tent in the Hejin military capital, waiting with Chen Kun for the arrival of the special envoy of the Marquis of Qianyang.
Naturally, Xi Rong would not identify himself when he came into contact with the generals at the outpost of the Hejin Army, but his status as the special envoy of Marquis Qianyang was enough to meet the governor of Haozhou and the commander of the Hejin Army, Chen Kun.
Therefore, when Wen Ruilin saw Xi Rong, he was also shocked. He couldn't help but put his hands on the long case, sat up straight and shouted: "Mrs. Xi!"
When they met in Guishan, Chen Kun was guarding Zhu Yu, who was still King Yong at the time. Of course he recognized Xi Rong, who was disguised as a man. He was as shocked as Wen Ruilin. He even opened his skull and couldn't understand why Han Qian suddenly
In the meantime, he sent Xi Rong to Huai Ling to meet him.
Xu Mingzhen was a surrender of the Liang Kingdom, and Chen Kun was a trusted general of Emperor Zhu Yu of the Liang Dynasty. Unexpectedly, Xu Mingzhen’s people infiltrated Chen Kun’s side, so she took out the secret letter signed by Shen Peng, Yunhe and Princess:
"Emperor Liang is in danger for a long time, and Bianjing City will fall into the hands of the rebels at any time. Han Qian remembers the friendship between them and asked Xi Rong to come over and give this secret letter to General Chen to read..."
Ren Wenruilin was extremely resourceful. After reading the contents of the secret letter, he couldn't help but turn pale, his hands and feet trembled slightly, and he subconsciously cried out like a wounded beast:
"How is it possible, Liang Shixiong, how could King He rebel, how could he directly give Marquis Wuyang and his son Zhu Tianming to the Mongols as hostages, how could Princess Yunhe be in Dingzhou City, and fall into the trap of Tangyi Army Secret
How could the Tangyi Army accomplish such an unreliable thing as a bird passing a message to a spy? This secret letter must have been a forgery, or perhaps the stall fell into the hands of the Chu Army's secret spy and failed.
Survive the torture!”
At this moment, ten thousand impossibilities were running through Wen Ruilin's mind, confusing his thoughts.
Chen Kun read the secret letter over and over again with trembling hands, and his sharp eyes wanted to scrape off the secret letter one layer at a time to find out if there were any undiscovered secrets hidden in the layers of paper.
After a long time, Chen Kun, in a suddenly hoarse voice, ordered the Yajun Marquis Yu: "Chen Tianxiong, please immediately assemble a team of cavalry and take this secret letter to Sizhou to see Han Shuai - without any delay along the way.
Anyone who interrogates the interceptor without authorization will be killed without mercy. We must also ensure that the Sima family does not hear any rumors in advance - and whether we can save Bianjing and welcome His Majesty back south, everything depends on whether Han Shuai is fast enough - you
Tell Han Shuai that I will lead two thousand cavalry to cross the Huaihe River no later than tomorrow morning..."
"General Chen, this is most likely a scam by the Tangyi Army - even if the secret letter is not forged and is indeed the handwriting of Shen Da Stall, it is also very likely that the Da Stall fell into the hands of the Marquis of Qianyang by mistake.
, was forced to write this letter. Before the news was further confirmed, how could the Hejin Army act rashly, and how could they surrender Haozhou like this?" Seeing that Chen Kun was in a hurry, he arranged for reinforcements without questioning the authenticity.
Wen Ruilin said anxiously about Bianjing's plan.
If in a few more hours, Chen Kun will lead his only two thousand cavalry to go north first, the Hejin Army will be stationed in Zhongli, Mopan Valley and other places. Naturally, they will also have to shrink step by step to the south bank of the Huaihe River, and then cross the Huaihe River to the north.
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Not to mention Wen Ruilin, even Chen Tianxiong and other Chen Kun's direct subordinates were in shock and doubt, wondering whether they should immediately carry out Chen Kun's military order.
"Mrs. Xi, tell me, what is Han Qian's sinister intention?" Seeing that Chen Kun was slightly silent but obviously not dissuaded by him, Wen Ruilin asked Xi Rong sternly, "If you really want to follow what is stated in this letter,
Wouldn't it be more to Han Qian's liking if the Liang Kingdom was in chaos? When would Han Qian be willing to take the risk of being suspected of collaborating with the enemy and tip us off?"
"Han Qian just said that he didn't want to see the 160-year history of blood and tears of barbarians ravaging the Central Plains after the Wei and Jin Dynasties repeat itself." Xi Rong also didn't expect that Chen Kun would listen to her so easily, and faced Wen Ruilin's doubts.
, just said calmly.
"Haha..." Wen Ruilin couldn't help laughing, pointing at Xi Rong and saying, "Mrs. Xi, who can you trust in Han Qian's words? He is someone who has the world in mind?"
"I believe it," Chen Kun said, "Your Majesty also said that the Marquis of Guizhou Yang has great plans, and apart from him, there will be no one left in the world. I believe that Marquis Qianyang's words are not false, and I believe that Your Majesty will not see it.
Wrong Marquis of Qianyang. In addition, His Majesty wrote a letter some time ago and was worried about the possibility of Guanjiang Tower secretly infiltrating the Mongol people. Shen Peng left a message in the letter that only Han Shuai, Mr. Lei and I were there.
People can recognize the mark to show that he is in the hands of Tangyi's secret agents, but what is said in the letter is true..."
Wen Ruilin sat slumped behind the long desk, speechless for a long time.
"Do you want to inform Duke Huo?" an aide sitting on the left asked Chen Kun at this time.
Wen Ruilin had a thought and thought to himself, no matter what, even if the elite troops of Hejin were to immediately shrink and march north to aid Bianjing, they should notify the nearby Shouzhou army to take over instead of handing over Haozhou to
The future enemy is the Tangyi Army!
Chen Kun shook his head and said, "Under this situation, Xu Mingzhen is not trustworthy."
After hearing what Chen Kun said, Wen Ruilin thought again. It was also true that Xu Mingzhen was only forced to surrender due to the situation. At this time, in addition to continuing to independently command the Shouzhou Army, there were also some members of his family and those related to Shouzhou.
The subordinate officials who were closely related to the state army lived in Bianjing.
Once Liang Shixiong and Zhu Rang's rebellion becomes a reality, no matter how many soldiers and horses the rebels have in Bianjing, Xu Mingzhen's relatives, the surrendered officials of the Chu army, Queen Xu, Chu Duke Yang Fen and others will most likely be killed immediately.
Under the control of Liang Shixiong.
Chen Kun had just warned him specifically to prevent Sima from hearing any rumors in advance. How could they risk betting that Xu Mingzhen was loyal to His Majesty and would not be half-hearted?
Compared with the gains and losses of Bianjing City, let alone Haozhou, even if the entire Huainan is handed over, it is of no importance.
At this time, the general Chen Tianxiong no longer hesitated, took the secret letter and Chen Kun's letter charm, went out of the hall, ordered all the people, and rushed to Sizhou to find Han Yuanqi to pass the news.
Huailing City is far from Sizhou City. It has to cross the Huaihe River and go around from the north of Hongzepu. It is a three-hundred-mile road. Even if there are inns along the way, the letter will not be delivered to Han Yuanqi until noon tomorrow at the earliest, and Han Yuanqi
Qi will not be able to order all the cavalry stationed in Xu Si and other places to go north until late tomorrow at the earliest.
Wen Ruilin couldn't help but think pessimistically: Can we make it in time?
Chen Kun did not dare to panic at this time, but at least he could calm down and said to Wen Ruilin: "Mr. Wen, I would also like to ask you to personally escort Mrs. Xi to Daishan Village - if you can see Qianyang
Hou, he said that Chen Kun will send a letter today to His Majesty. I hope Liang Chu can cultivate eternal good in the future."
"Princess Yunhe, all the stalls are in their hands..." Wen Ruilin said hesitantly. He wanted to suggest Chen Kun to detain Xi Yin so that he could get Princess Yunhe back in the future.
Chen Kun shook his head and said: "Mrs. Xi can come in person to deliver the letter, which is a courtesy to Daliang. Naturally, we will escort Mrs. Xi back safely. And with the magnanimity of Marquis Qianyang, we will not embarrass the princess if we come. Shen Peng and the others...
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Now is not the time to dwell on such minutiae.
From another perspective, ceding Haozhou to Marquis Qianyang and the Tangyi Army will ensure that Xu Mingzhen and the Shouzhou Army will not act rashly. In this way, even if they are disadvantageous in using troops under Bianjing City, they can at least stabilize the southern part of Daliang.
, not to mention the Shouzhou Army, the Sima clan could not wait to throw themselves into the arms of the rebels.
Chen Kun doesn't have time to explain everything to Wen Ruilin now, but I believe that with his resourcefulness, he will be able to explain it thoroughly soon...
