Chapter six hundred and forty seventh strange plan
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After hearing the latest news Wang Che brought from East Lake, Han Qian sat on the stone bench in front of the tent, looked at the stars above the night sky, and remained silent for a long time.
"Wei Qun rushed to Jinling and presented his credentials. In addition to sending people to Chuzhou to lobby, he also visited Li Changfeng, Zhou Yuan, Shou Wang and others very frequently in the past two days. We speculate that the so-called alliance strategy to conquer Liang was fundamentally based on
The purpose is still to persuade Lu Qingxia to use Chai Jian's coalition forces to attack Guanzhong..." Gao Shao also brought the conclusion of the preliminary analysis by the Military Intelligence Staff Department.
Han Donghu and Huo Li, who served as senior military attache in the Guard Cavalry Battalion after returning from Heshuo, spread out the maps they brought with them.
Chu Army currently has four areas bordering Liang Army.
From east to west, the first area is the defense line of the lower reaches of the Huaihe River, which is the responsibility of the Huaidong soldiers and horses.
The second area is the defense line in the middle reaches of the Huaihe River that the Tangyi Army is responsible for.
The third and fourth areas are respectively the Xiangbei Army responsible for the upper reaches of the Huaihe River and the Nanyang Fangcheng defense line, and the Xiangbei Army Chai Construction Department responsible for the Qinling Jingzikou and Xichuan defense lines.
The Liang army corresponding to Chai Jian's headquarters was the garrison of Wuguan in Shangzhou.
Although Han Qian's previous memorials were retained and not made public, Han Qian's position and attitude have already been made clear. It is not difficult to see some clues about Shu's informants lurking in Chu, and it is not difficult to imagine Wei Qun.
After he went to Da Chu as an envoy with his credentials, he sent people to Chuzhou, but no one was sent to Donghu to contact him.
In the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, Li Zhigao led his troops to besiege Luoshan City, but it has not yet been captured and is currently in a stalemate with the defenders.
Both Li Zhigao and Wen Bo used their troops very steadily, and Wen Bo refused to surrender. Li Zhigao did not want his troops to suffer too heavy casualties, and would not easily lead his troops to attack before the defenders ran out of food and ammunition. Even if there were variables along the way, Wei Qun came forward.
Even a great Chu would not place too much hope on something without a clear goal.
The route by which the Chu army could really launch a large-scale attack on Liang was: first, King Xin Yang Yuanyan led the Huaidong troops to cross the Huaihe River and attack the Xusi area, which in itself was something that King Xin Yang Yuanyan had been actively planning; second, Chai
Jian sent troops to attack Wuguan. Of course, he could also borrow some troops and horses from Zhang Wei in Jingzhou.
For the Shu army, it was to send troops from Liangzhou to the north and attack the southwest and southern areas of Guanzhong.
From the perspective of the Shu army, the Liang Kingdom is currently in a state of fragmentation. Wei Qun persuaded Huaidong troops to cross the Huaihe River and attack Xu Si in the north, which had little impact on the relationship between other regions of the Liang Kingdom.
It promoted the overall situation of advocating the conquest of Liang within Dachu, but if it could persuade the Chu court to order Chai Jian to attack Wuguan, it would truly be able to effectively share the military pressure of sending troops northward.
This should be the top priority of Wei Qun's mission to Chu this time.
Although Emperor Liang still had 60,000 troops in Guanzhong at this time, he wanted to prevent the Weizhou rebels from sending troops from Hangu Pass to attack Tongguan, and on the other hand, he wanted to prevent the Mongol cavalry from sending troops along the Fenshui River Valley to attack Hejin and other places.
If Chu and Shu joined forces to attack Guanzhong from the south, such news would be too bleak for Liang Jun.
Obviously, this is not something that Han Qian can stop by resolutely admonishing him.
Even if the Chu army did not send troops to attack Wuguan, the Shu army in Liangzhou could gather 50,000 to 60,000 elites to attack Guanzhong from Baoxie Road, Ziwu Road and other passes, which would be enough for the Liang army to eat a pot.
Although they have secretly maintained close ties with the Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong and his family over the years, even if they can exert influence on Changxiang Marquis Wang Yong, can Wang Yong dissuade the Shu monarchs from giving up the good opportunity to seize the Guanzhong area?
What's more, at this time, Shu State sent Wei Qun as an envoy to Dachu. Who knows whether there were factors instigating Guanjianglou behind it?
Han Qian thought about this problem, Feng Liao, Gao Shao and others also thought about this problem.
"If Xiao Yiqing and Wang Jingrong send people to Shu to make a match, and they follow Wei Qun, the Shu envoy, into Jinling to secretly meet Lu Qingxia and others, the allied attack on Guanzhong will probably happen soon." Feng Liao frowned.
He said with a frown.
Although Chu and Shu can generally coexist peacefully, the entry of the two countries' coalition forces into the same area involves too many complex aspects. Generally speaking, negotiations and preparations will take a long time, plus they are secretly holding back.
, it is unclear whether Emperor Liang could seize the time difference and first open the passage out of Hangu Pass in the west.
As long as Liang Jun can regain control of the Heluo and Bianjing areas, the attitudes of Xu Mingzhen and Sima Tan may change and become loyal ministers and filial generals of Daliang again. In that case, Liang Emperor Zhu Yu will have more chips in his hands.
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And if the Shu army had the idea of seizing Guanzhong at this time, it was the Mongols or directly Xiao Yiqing and Wang Jingrong who were instigating it. Lu Qingxia and others who had been secretly colluding with Guanjiang Tower were in Jinling.
Secretly adding fuel to the flames, the Chu-Shu coalition's attack on Guanzhong may be launched within a month or two.
Chai Jian only needed Lu Qingxia's instructions to launch an attack on Wuguan directly.
"We will go back to East Lake at dawn tomorrow!" Han Qian pondered for a while, then stood up suddenly and said to Feng Liao and the others.
The current situation was so chaotic and complicated that he had to interrupt his tour of the disaster situation in prefectures and counties in advance, told Han Donghu and the others to prepare, and set off back to East Lake at dawn.
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Silent all the way, Han Qian hurried back to East Lake during the Double Ninth Festival, which was already the season of crisp autumn weather. Maybe in another month, the first wave of cold wave this year would come from the north.
Tired from traveling all the way, he hurriedly washed his face and ordered Wang Che to take Shen Peng, the Marquis of Chengtian Sidu of Liang Dynasty, who had been detained in East Lake for nearly half a year, as well as Princess Yunhe and Zhao Ci, to Yanchi Pavilion where he handled daily affairs.
Come.
Wang Che is in charge of affairs in the North, and he is also responsible for the house arrest supervision of Princess Yunhe, Shen Peng, and Zhao Ci.
Han Qian made this arrangement because he also considered that even if Shen Peng, Zhao Ci and others accidentally leaked a little bit of information, it would be extremely beneficial for the scouts of the Military Intelligence Staff Department to lurk and spy in the Central Plains and Heshuo areas.
It's just that Princess Yunhe, Shen Peng, and Zhao Ci all have a tight rapport, and they don't directly help the lurking and espionage work in the Central Plains and Heshuo areas. However, using the three of them as bait, Wang Che still followed the clues and caught Qi.
Lurking in the secret room of Liang Guo in Tangyi was the greatest contribution the three of them had made to Tangyi during this period.
Wang Che couldn't understand why Han Qian rushed back to East Lake and urgently sought out these three people in this situation. Should he let them go back to deliver the news? He thought again, even if Emperor Liang knew about the Chu-Shu generals ten days and a half in advance.
What's the use of the news of jointly attacking Guanzhong? Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang must have been prepared for Chu and Shu to take advantage of the situation, right?
Of course, Han Qian gave the clear order, and Wang Che also obediently led his people to the prison where Shen Peng, Zhao Ci, and Princess Yunhe were detained respectively.
It's so fast these days. Riding a horse through the streets and alleys is not much faster. After two sticks of incense, the escort returned to the Xiyan Pavilion. Wang Che saw that in addition to Wang Jun, Gao Shao, Feng Liao, and Guo Rong,
In addition to Xi Rong and others, Zhao Wuji, Guo Que, and Xi Fa'er were all summoned.
Han Qian, Feng Liao, Gao Shao and Feng Yi were dining around a table.
They rushed back to East Lake. It was already past lunch time, but only Feng Liao, Gao Shao, and Feng Yi were dining with Han Qian casually. The others felt more comfortable privately grabbing some snacks to fill their stomachs.
Han Qian wolfed down a bowl of rice and vegetables while listening to what Guo Rong was saying.
However, in addition to these people in the small hall at this time, the ordinary guards and the assistant clerks around Guo Rong, and even Huo Xiao, who always held a knife beside Guo Rong to write letters, and Huo Li, who served as the military attache, were all in the courtyard. He was standing guard outside, as if he wanted to discuss a secret.
Wang Che brought Princess Yunhe, Shen Peng, and Zhao Ci in, wondering whether he should also resign.
"Wang Che, please tell General Shen in detail the changes in the situation in the Liang, Jin, Chu and Shu regions since the beginning of Xia and the intention of Shu envoy Wei Qun to rush to Jinling three days ago. Don't hide anything, so as not to mislead General Shen's judgment." Han Qian stopped his chopsticks and directly ordered Wang Che.
Wang Che was stunned and glanced at Han Qian doubtfully, secretly thinking that he really wanted to let Shen Peng go and Zhao Ci go to Guanzhong to report the news? Of course, Han Qian had ordered so, and he disclosed the changes in the situation of the four kingdoms of Liang, Jin, Chu, and Shu. Wei Qun also explained to Shen Peng one by one the matters concerning Wei Qun's arrival in Jinling with his credentials to contact Chuzhou and the Queen Mother's party in Cishou Palace.
When Wang Che introduced the situation, Han Qian had just finished eating a bowl of rice and vegetables, put down his bowl and chopsticks, stared at Shen Peng standing next to Princess Yunhe, and said:
"Regarding Guanjiang Tower, Late Red Tower and even Shu Lord Wang Jian, they are all remnants of the Shenling Division and the eunuchs of the previous dynasty. General Shen must know better than us, and the incident in Heshuo also confirms that Guanjiang Tower has long been fleeing to the north. Under the auspices of the gentry, we now have clear evidence that the Wanhonglou and Guanjianglou have colluded for a long time. They even gave away many of the new techniques and methods that I have implemented in Qiuhu Mountain and Xuzhou over the years. Sent to the hands of the Mongol people. As for the joint attack between Shu and Chu in Guanzhong, it seems that no one can easily reverse it——"
Even if he expected that the situation would be difficult to reverse suddenly, he could also guess that Chu and Shu would most likely take advantage of the situation. However, when he heard that the Central Plains was still in chaos and that Chu and Shu were about to join forces to attack Guanzhong, Shen Peng took a while to calm down. He straightened his clothes and said with a gloomy expression:
"After so many days, the Marquis has just summoned us again. It shouldn't be to scare us. If there is anything you need, please give me your instructions?"
"There are not many ways to prevent Chai Jian from sending troops from Junzhou to attack Wuguan, but it is relatively justified and will not cause Tangyi to fall into a situation where everyone is fighting. There are not many ways - I would like to ask General Shen for help. We will rob the Wen clan and bring them to Tangyi!" Han Qian stared at Shen Peng and said.
Hearing what Han Qian said, Wang Zhe suddenly thought of what the plot was.
Li Zhigao sent troops to besiege Luoshan City for so long but did not attack by force. Firstly, he did not use his direct troops, and secondly, he wanted to force Wenbo to surrender the city without any bloodshed, so that Wenbo and his elite troops could be used by him.
And if Tangyi could rob and control the Wen clan one step ahead, the government and the public could only praise Tangyi for his merits, but could not accuse Tangyi of having ulterior motives. However, Wen Bo and the Luoshan garrison came out of the city to surrender to Li Zhigao at this time, and Li Zhigao , can Lu Qingxia and the others still accept it without reservation?
Li Zhigao, will Lu Qingxia be more worried that Wen Bo may lead the Luoshan garrison and the Tangyi army to attack the Xiangbei army internally and externally?
Under such circumstances, Chai Jian, who was stationed in Dengjun and Dengjun, really did not dare to act rashly.
However, after the Wen clan members followed Wen Muqiao and surrendered to the Liang Dynasty, they were granted a fief and lived together in the north of Xuzhou City. When the Liang Kingdom was in chaos, the Sima clan was ambiguous. They did not directly imprison the Wen clan members, but they also sent troops.
Horses monitor left and right.
How could they do it, send men and horses to the north of Xuzhou quietly, kidnap hundreds of Wen clan members, then break through the Sima clan's roundup, and successfully plunder the people to Tangyi?
In addition to the surrounding area where the Wen family gathers together, there must be Xu Si's soldiers and horses to supervise it. Looking at Wen Muqiao and the life trajectories of Wen Bo and his son, we know that the Wen family must also organize corresponding defense forces within the family, even if there are only a few
It is extremely difficult to deal with ten elite military forces like the generals of the princes of East Zhejiang County - especially when the Wen clan members learn that Tangyi has sent troops to kidnap them, will they fight to the death?
To be honest, if Wang Che was asked to formulate a plan of action, it would be impossible.
What must be done is to jointly send troops with Huaidong to cross the Huaihe River (currently, Tangyi has no waterway directly connected to the Huaihe River, and must borrow a channel from Huaidong so that warships can enter the Huaihe River). While advancing towards Sizhou, send one or two troops.
Three thousand elite cavalry quickly circled to the north of Xuzhou to rob people.
Of course, this also depends on the Sima clan not evacuating hundreds of Wen clan members to Xuzhou City in advance when sending troops to cross the Huaihe River.
And when Han Qian brought Shen Peng here, Wang Che naturally knew that there might not be a chance in this matter.
In order to control the local warlord Sima clan, Emperor Liang not only transferred Sima Shi to serve in the capital, but his life and death were unknown at this time, he must have also planted several insiders in Xu Si besides Han Yuanqi.
The Sima family did not directly join the Weizhou rebels, who were currently in a more favorable situation. It is probably because of the internal agents deployed by Emperor Liang.
Shen Peng is one of the two major princes of the Chengtian Division. He should be able to contact and use the insiders planted by Emperor Liang Zhu Yu in Xu Si; even further, whether there are any Chengtians in the residence of the Wen clan?
Does Tiansi’s secret stake exist?
"They must be trying to deceive us. Wen Muqiao has a grudge against him for killing his father. He robbed the Wen family members to Tangyi. How could he ask Li Zhigao to surrender to him?" Zhao Ci said sharply. He had no idea about Wang Zhe during this period.
Use them to fish out the dark people lurking in Tangyi. They are worried about it, fearing that it will be Tangyi's deception again.
When Zhao Ci said this, the hall suddenly fell silent.
Of course everyone still remembers that when Han Daoxun went to lobby Wen Muqiao, he was captured and killed by Anning Palace. It can be said that Wen Muqiao was one of the direct culprits who killed Han Daoxun.
Speaking of which, Han Qian hurried back to East Lake and planned to send special forces elites to sneak into Xuzhou to kidnap the Wen clan members. At this moment, everyone's surprised mood has not completely calmed down.
Because of this blood feud, even if the Wen clan can be successfully abducted to Tangyi, there will still be an extremely complicated struggle between people behind it.
If Wen Bo was worried about murdering the Wen clan in order to avenge the blood revenge of that year, would it make him more determined to surrender to Li Zhigao so that he could use the power of the Queen Mother's party to save the Wen clan from Tangyi?
go out?
If this is really the case, it would be self-defeating for them to put in so much effort.
Of course, this old incident was still too sensitive, especially since Wang Jun was present, Gao Shao, and Feng Liao couldn't bear to mention it, but they didn't want Zhao Ci to break it bloody.
"You are a young man after all. Your father has been lurking in my Han family for more than ten years and has manipulated so many people. He is not as restless as you. How did you see that I wanted to deceive you?" Han Qian looked at Zhao Ci and asked with a slight expression on his face, "You may not know why my father died, but you don't know how your father died either? Do you think your father died in Xuzhou? I ordered the killing, and then pretended to build a monument and biography for him?"
After Zhao Kuo committed suicide by hitting a stone, Han Qian finally buried him next to his father's tomb in Longya Mountain. He also ordered a monument to be erected to commemorate Zhao Kuo's years of serving the Han family and the last stage of his life, regardless of the dangers, robbing the body and transporting him back to Xuzhou and even dying. Wait for the deeds to be recorded.
Zhao Ci was so scolded by Han Qian that her face turned red.
Shen Peng waved his hand to signal him to calm down and said: "Master Hou also knows that Xu Si has undergone earth-shaking changes in the past six months. I am not very clear about many things over there. If Master Hou really wants to transfer Wen Si, The clan members brought them to Tangyi and gave Shen 500 elite men to pretend to be Liang Jun. They might give it a try, but Shen couldn't guarantee success. It can only be said to be a 50-50 number."
"It is impossible to hand over the troops directly to your command, but I will ask you to accompany me. In the current situation, the chance of success is only 50 to 50, so it is worth doing," Han Qian said to Han Donghu and Wang Zhe again. , Xi Faer, Guo Que and others said, "You and General Shen will draw up a plan and what resources to use. The Military Intelligence Staff Department will fully cooperate with you."
The Military Intelligence Staff Department only has a small number of guards and can only draw manpower from the Guard Cavalry Battalion. However, the arrangement of the operation must be led by the Military Intelligence Staff Department. After all, this is not a conventional raid into enemy territory.
"We have seven hidden stakes detained by the Marquis. If we take them with us, the success rate may be higher?" Shen Peng said calmly.
Han Qian looked at Wang Che. He remembered that Wang Che had mentioned this matter, but he didn't take it to heart.
"Two people are seriously injured and the other five are in prison," Wang Che said.
Han Qian spread his hands towards Shen Peng and said: "Now I can only return five people to you. If this happens, I will let you go. And when Emperor Liang returns to Bianjing, I will also send someone to send Princess Yunhe back. .As for whether Chu and Liang will be bloody in the future, I, Han Qian, will not embarrass a woman or child."
"I hope the Marquis will not forget what I said today." Shen Peng stood up and took Zhao Ci, Han Donghu, Wang Che, and Xi Fa'er, while Guo left first to discuss a feasible plan to rob the people.
Someone sent Yun He Zhengyi back to the prison, and Han Qian also signaled Feng Liao, Gao Shao, Guo Rong, and Zhao Wuji to go about their business. He walked to the study, picked up the pen and wanted to write something, but after writing the numbers, it took him half a day. I haven't been able to write any more.
Wang Jun and Xi Yin walked in, looked over, and saw that only the four words "Wen Gongmu Bridge" were written at the beginning of the letter.
Xi Rong asked in surprise: "Are you going to write a letter to Han Donghu and bring it to Wen Muqiao?"
Han Qian nodded and said: "Han Donghu, Wang Che and the others sneaked to Xuzhou with their people, and it was not too difficult to evacuate. The most difficult thing is that the Wen clan will fight and resist, which will be the biggest danger of this trip—— And pretending to be Liang Jun should not be able to hide it from them. I wrote this letter to Wen Muqiao, maybe it will be of some use."
"How could Wen Muqiao believe that you would rather bear the reputation of being unfilial than put aside the blood feud and let the Wen clan go?" Xi Rong asked, "He has been struggling in intrigues all his life, and he is willing to do anything
It’s impossible for Yingzhao, the lackey of Anning Palace, to understand the boss’s mind and your state of mind when you made this decision, right?”
"No," Han Qian shook his head and said, "People like Wen Muqiao, even if they choose to collude with An Ning Palace to cause chaos in Chu, or are full of disdain for people like my father, they may not not understand.
It’s not necessarily that I don’t believe it. Just like Wang Jun’s father, as early as the beginning of the Jinling Incident, she saw clearly what kind of person my father was, and then she borrowed my father’s hand to kick off the chaos of the Jinling Incident!”
Han Qian stood up, took out a sandalwood box from the house, took out the blood letter that Zhao Kuo brought back, handed it to Wang Jun and said, "This is the blood letter that my father left for me before he was executed."
This was a blood letter written by cutting off the lapel of his robe and breaking his finger. This was the first time she saw Wang Jun. After taking it and unfolding it, she saw several lines of blood words on the letter: "Old things in Chuzhou have been lingering for many years, and the execution is imminent. In this life
Suddenly, before my eyes, I really feel that life and death are no big deal, so don’t take it too seriously..."
Han Qian said: "I have my heart set on asking Han Donghu to bring this blood book to Wen Muqiao for reading, but I'm afraid that something unexpected will happen and it will never come back to me."
At this moment, he heard the sound of Wen Xin and Yuan'er breaking into the yard and chattering and playing. Han Qian raised his head and looked out the window. Zhao Ting'er walked into the yard, so he put down his pen temporarily and walked to the yard.
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In the dead of night, Guo Que, Han Donghu, Wang Zhe, and Shen Peng waited for Han Qian to make a decision with the prepared sneak attack plan.
Of course, Tangyi already knew the exact location of the Wen clan's settlement, but the internal situation of Zhuangzi was extremely difficult for outsiders to penetrate. Tangyi didn't know, but Shen Peng knew it.
The chief of the village where the Wen clan lived was a secret agent directly under the jurisdiction of the Chengtian Division. In the early years, he was responsible for monitoring the Sima clan while lurking there. Later, he casually arranged the fiefdoms of the Wen clan there.
Monitor it.
Of course, there are many hidden stakes of Chengtiansi in Xusi territory. Firstly, they involve the secrets of the Liang Kingdom. Secondly, the situation is turbulent. Shen Peng doesn’t know how hard these hidden stakes have been affected. At this time, he only wants to reveal what may be with the hidden stakes.
Regarding the attack plan, there are a few hidden stakes who need to step forward to cooperate, while the others have to wait for the troops to sneak into the Xu Si area and adapt accordingly.
Three retreat plans were also prepared. One of them was to dispatch two three-masted ships from the Navy to go to sea and sneak into the bay area in the northeast of Haizhou to lurk. If the sneak attackers could not escape the Sima clan's roundup from the south,
We can only consider moving from the mountainous area in northern Xuzhou eastward to the coastal area in northeastern Haizhou.
Of course, the biggest problem is that the Wen clan may resist desperately.
They cannot stay in Xuzhou for too long. It will be too difficult to capture all the Wen clan members alive before enemy reinforcements arrive, and it will be completely meaningless to bring back a bunch of dead bodies - in that case, it will only incite
Wen Bo turned to Li Zhigao, and then looked for an opportunity to avenge his blood feud with them.
Han Qian handed the letter he had written all afternoon and the blood letter left by his father to Han Donghu and put it away...