Zhou Qinian was stunned for a long time, unable to believe everything Lu Qingxia said.
Given the strength of Tangyi's army and the fact that Han Qian had attached great importance to reconnaissance and scouting over the years, Zhou Qinian believed that it would be easy for him to rob three or five people from behind enemy lines. However, this would be completely different from robbing three to five hundred people from behind enemy lines.
They are two concepts.
If the Sima family is really so easy to bully, isn't it true that for so many years before the Jinling Incident, Li Yu and Xin Wang Yang Yuanyan led Chuzhou soldiers and horses to confront the Sima family in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River for so many years, but failed to achieve decisive results?
idiot?
In his early years, Wen Muqiao was as famous as Li Yu, Du Chongtao and others. Wen Bo played against Li Zhigao and Han Qian. It can be said that the tactical level is not much different from Li Zhigao and Han Qian.
The resilience and strong combat effectiveness of the direct line led by Wen Bo are enough to prove that the Wen family is a clan of generals comparable to those of the princes of eastern Zhejiang.
Even though a considerable number of the Wen clan's descendants are serving as generals under Wen Bo and are trapped in Luoshan City at this time, how could the basic defensive strength within the clan be weak?
Unless the Wen clan takes the initiative to cooperate, who in the world can kidnap the Wen clan, whose small-scale fighting power is absolutely tyrannical and the most powerful in the world, from under the Sima family's nose?
"Ma'am, are you kidding," Zhou Qinian said with a smile, "Even if Marquis Qianyang colluded with Liang Jun, Wen Muqiao was one of the culprits who killed Han Daoxun back then. How could the Wen clan not resist and just follow Qian
The light troops sent by Marquis Yang left? Madam, are you sure it’s not the Sima clan who has some kind of deal with Marquis Qianyang?”
If it is true, Zhou Qinian is more willing to speculate on what kind of cooperation agreement the Sima family has reached with the Marquis of Guizhou Yang. Perhaps the Sima family is worried that Huaidong will send troops to Xu Si, and then intends to please the Marquis of Guizhou Yang and give up his blood feud for killing his father.
But can this be considered collusion with Liang Jun?
Or maybe this is an opportunity to persuade the Sima family to submit to Da Chu?
Zhou Qinian couldn't digest such shocking news for a while, and he couldn't even tell whether Lu Qingxia's words were true or false.
"I don't know what means Han Qian used to persuade the Wen clan to cooperate. In hindsight, there was no sign of armed confrontation or struggle in the settlement. However, the Sima clan was furious. Afterwards, he divided his troops to pursue them in several directions, but dozens of them were killed.
Everyone is a suspicious soldier, but in the end, the light soldiers managed to escape successfully."
Lu Qingxia did not hide that they had a very reliable source of information in Xu Si, and said in more detail,
"Of course, the reason why the Sima clan was slack and unprepared was that this light soldier sneaked out from Tangyi. It was initially pretending that Liang Jun was approaching Xuzhou North from the north. But after the Wen clan was robbed, the Sima clan sent troops and horses
The pursuit to the north was fruitless, and they realized that soldiers and horses might be sent from the south to pretend to be Liang Jun to rob people. The follow-up pursuit started along the south of Xuzhou, but at this time they were interfered by the soldiers and horses of the Tangyi Army crossing the river from Haozhou during this period.
It occurred to me that this light force led the Wen clan not to go north or south to break out, but to go east to cross the sea in the north of Haizhou. Unfortunately, we got the news a little late. Four days ago, people from the Shou Prince's Mansion discovered it at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
There will be four warehouse ships entering the Yangtze River waterway from the open sea in Chishan. Perhaps when Mr. Zhou arrived at East Lake, Han Qian and Wen Muqiao had already seen the bridge..."
Zhou Qinian frowned slightly. He knew that Lu Qingxia had told so many details so that he could verify the authenticity. He hesitated and asked: "Madam, what you want to say is that Marquis Qianyang kidnapped the Wen clan members..."
Zhou Qinian was a little stunned by his idea, so much so that he hesitated and couldn't express it directly.
"Mr. Zhou has been dealing with Han Qian for more than a year and a half. Don't you know enough about what kind of person Han Qian is?" Lu Qingxia said, "Back then, Han Qian used the name of filial piety to play with His Majesty.
time, and once filial piety becomes an obstacle to his ambition and desire for power, and is trampled under his feet, what is there to be surprised about? What does the revenge of killing his father count in the eyes of such a person? Furthermore, speaking of
Well, he doesn’t admit it, who in the world can say that the Wen clan will definitely fall into his hands? At this time, Mr. Zhou can still say that Han Qian is not determined to collude with Liang Jun to achieve his ambition? "
Zhou Qinian took a breath and thought to himself, there are so many fathers, sons and brothers who kill each other for power. If people like them still believe in the so-called sworn hatred between fathers and mothers, aren't they deceiving themselves?
However, if the Wen clan fell into the hands of Han Qian, especially if they were very cooperative and followed Tangyi's sneak attack troops into Tangyi to hide, then what kind of secret agreement had been reached between Han Qian and the Wen clan?
At this time, Zhou Qinian understood why Lu Qingxia, who never appeared in public, wanted to intercept him here.
He couldn't help but think, if Han Qian and the Wen clan reached some secret agreement, how could Li Zhigao besiege Luoshan City?
Zhou Qinian secretly felt that perhaps there was no need to wait for the Tangyi Army and the Luoshan garrison to launch an offensive together. He only needed the Tangyi Army to send additional troops to Huangchuan and Le'an, and Li Zhigao would not dare to risk a secret attack on Luoshan City.
Is it surrounded by ventilation?
Zhou Qinian had previously predicted that no matter how fierce the opposition from Han Qian and the court's Shen Yang, Yang En and others, the Queen Mother's party would most likely instruct Chai Jian to cooperate with the Shu army in Junzhou to launch an attack on Guanzhong. However, in the current situation, Chai Jian
How dare you act rashly?
Lu Qingxia stared at Zhou Qinian and asked: "Does Mr. Zhou not have a clear understanding of Han Qian's treacherous intentions at this time? Mr. Zhou and Mr. Huang are from the same clan, so they really think they can have a chance to fight with Han Qian.
Do you seek common ground while reserving differences?"
Zhou Qinian would not be easily swayed by Lu Qingxia's words, and asked calmly: "According to what Madam has seen, the Marquis of Qianyang has the Wen clan in his hands. General Zhigao can't fight, so the Marquis of Qianyang can't."
If he can’t directly send troops across the valley, what will he do?”
"Wen Bo sent people out of the city to directly ask for surrender from the imperial court. Under the control and arrangement of Han Qian, Han Daoming and others, Wen Bo's troops were recruited to surrender so that they could continue to guard Luoshan and other cities. Who can stop it?" Lu Qingxia asked.
Zhou Qinian nodded, thinking that what Lu Qingxia said was very likely to happen.
Li Zhigao would not dare to carry out an airtight siege of Nashan City when the time came, and a long-term confrontation in the middle of Gwangju was not an option.
Under this situation, Wen Bo took the initiative to write a letter asking for surrender, and the court had no conditions that would not allow it.
And since it is a call for surrender, or a call for peace, allowing them to retain part of their military power is a common practice of winning over them first and then dealing with them.
If anyone wants to resolutely oppose it, that's fine, but who the hell dares to storm Luoshan City and annihilate the Luoshan defenders when the Tangyi army peeks at one side with ulterior motives?
The whole thing is simply a replica of the civil unrest in Sizhou.
Thinking of this, Zhou Qinian was inclined to believe that what Lu Qingxia said was true.
"More than four hundred Wen clan members have entered Tangyi. With so many people, Han Qian can't hide them so tightly that no news will spread." Lu Qingxia didn't want to force Zhou Qinian to be too hasty. Besides, even if Zhou Qinian was extremely yellowed,
Although he was only a disciple of the Huang family after all, Zhou Qinian still needed to bring this information to the Huang family and the Jiangdong family to digest it, and said, "If Mr. Zhou is serious, I believe he will be able to find some clues soon."
Zhou Qinian didn't say much to Lu Qingxia. After all, nothing was confirmed, and he would not believe Lu Qingxia's words easily. He entered the city soon after they parted.
He did not rush to talk to Huang Huixiang and Huang Hua's son Huang Lu about the matter. After entering the city, he first went to see Zhang Xian, a fellow countryman and a guest of the Shou King Yang Zhitang.
As a guest, Zhou Qinian was not qualified to meet the Shou King Yang Zhitang directly, but he had a very good relationship with Zhang Xian and others who were guests of the Shou King Yang Zhitang.
Huang Hua's daughter was canonized as the queen. The Huang family is a descendant of a foreign relative, and there is no fundamental conflict of interest with the royal family's palace, Prince Shou. The crown prince of Prince Shou led the Youlong Military Army to move to Runjiang and control the east of Runzhou.
In terms of defense along the river and along the coast, Prince Shou's Mansion also deliberately wooed and made good friends with the Jiangdong family.
Therefore, Zhou Qinian went to Zhang Xian to verify that four sea-going ships from the Chishan Society had recently returned to the Yangtze River and headed for East Lake. Zhang Xian did not hide it and confirmed that it was indeed the case.
The lower Yangtze River waterway east of Runzhou is the defense area of Youlong Wujun Navy. Prince Shou's Mansion pays special attention to Chishan Society's ships. Even if they will not block them without reason, they will not even search them without reason according to the conditions secretly agreed by both parties.
inspection, but occasionally a few large sea-going ships enter the Yangtze River Estuary, how could it be missed?
Zhang Xian was even able to confirm the time when two batches of large ships went to sea before and after the Chishan Meeting, which was after the Shu official Wei Qun went to Jinling as an envoy.
Huang Hua was far away in Tanzhou, and it was not convenient to send news at that time. Zhou Qinian said goodbye to Zhang Xian and rushed to the Huang Mansion. He met Huang Huixiang and Huang Lu first and told Lu Qingxia about meeting him on the way.
"I've long said that Han Qian is really not a good guy!" Huang Lu said nonchalantly.
When he was first on duty at the Changchun Palace, he partnered with Han Jun. He preconceptionally heard Han Jun say too many bad things about Han Qian. How could he have a good impression of Han Qian?
However, Huang Lu was not so naive as to think that Lu Qingxia stopped Zhou Qinian halfway and just wanted to find a stranger to complain to, so he curiously asked Zhou Qinian:
"But, having said that, Lu Qingxia and the others have brought the second prince into Cishou Palace. Is there anything else she can do to make peace with us?"
Although his sister is currently canonized as queen, if the Huang family's status is to be truly consolidated, they have to wait until his nephew is established as prince.
It's just that Emperor Yanyou is so young, no matter who he is, no matter how eager he is, he won't bring up the matter of establishing a direct heir at this time.
Not to mention that after the direct line is established, the direct line can be abolished. Now the prince has not been established. Cishou Palace suddenly took over the second prince born to Li Pu's daughter to raise him. He wanted Huang Lu to have a good impression of Lu Qingxia and others.
impossible.
"The matter is serious and urgent. Regardless of Lu Qingxia's intentions, it would be best for Mr. Zhou to see them again," Huang Huixiang said.
Over the years, Lu Qingxia, Yao Xishui and others have been manipulating power in front of and behind the scenes, but in the eyes of most people, they are all female officials and eunuchs who are dependent on the Queen Mother. And the power of female officials and eunuchs has been nothing for thousands of years.
When it comes to new things, even many people in both the government and the opposition like to take this approach when they seek office and power.
In Huang Huixiang's view, they may have a dispute with Lu Qingxia and others in the future on the matter of establishing heirs, but compared to the shocking ambitions of Han Qian and Tangyi Army exposed at this time, they and Lu Qingxia and others
There was still some room for compromise for the time being, so I thought of asking Zhou Qinian to contact Lu Qingxia again to see what they had in mind to deal with the current situation. It was impossible to just pass on the news with good intentions.
