PS: I’m taking IELTS these two days, so I’ll just update one chapter today (there’s no way to save the manuscript), please forgive me!
Jiankang Mansion, Da Nei Imperial Study Room.
Although the sun is shining brightly outside the house, the entire imperial study still feels a bit cold, not because the lighting conditions are not good, but because the atmosphere here really makes people unable to feel the warmth.
There were hurried footsteps, and an eunuch walked quickly to the desk in the imperial study, stretched out his hand and put the express report under Chen Xu's eyes. Chen Xu, who was taking a nap, heard the sound and slowly opened his eyes. He looked at these
There was a chilling air in the eunuch's eyes.
And this chilling atmosphere obviously will not dissipate just because there is warm sunshine outside.
"Where did it come from? What news?" Although Chen Xu narrowed his eyes slightly, he still carried an irresistible dignity, which made the eunuch lower his head subconsciously.
"Reporting to your Majesty, this is the news sent by General Zuowei of Jingkou. The army has already set out for battle." The eunuch replied hurriedly.
Chen Xu stretched out his hand to take the eight-hundred-mile express report. After taking a look at it, he took a breath. He was not in a hurry to say more or give orders. He just looked at the map slowly with deep eyes. Xiao Mohe, I hope
I didn't read you wrong.
I have been looking forward to this Xiliang for a long time.
At this moment, another eunuch walked in quickly. Seeing that Chen Xu had woken up, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, General Fan of Huainan is reporting urgently!"
"Oh?" Chen Xu raised his eyebrows, "Fan Meng? This report comes at the right time."
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"Wang Gui is mobilizing troops in Huaibei, and he has great intentions to attack Huainan?" Xiao Mohe slowly put down the dispatch sent from Huainan, frowning.
Li Xingchen and Xiao Shilian, who were standing next to him, glanced at each other subconsciously, and their expressions changed slightly. It is already an ironclad fact that the Northern Zhou Dynasty's domestic army moved northward, and now what Wang Gui wants to do in Huaibei, with the troops in his hands,
It is even difficult to successfully resist Nanchen's attack, let alone attack Huainan.
"This Fan Meng is really looking for time," Xiao Mohe sneered, "Just take a look, according to what he said, Wang Gui's attack is in the Zhongli area. It's really a good place to pick!"
Li Xingchen was startled for a moment, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
I see!
Although Fan Meng was nominally the commander-in-chief of Nanchen in Huainan after Xiao Mohe left, after all, the imperial court never issued a clear order. No matter how you look at it, his commander-in-chief has an unfair reputation and the scope of his orders.
After all, it is still limited to the Liangjun area.
Now Fan Meng claims that Wang Gui intends to attack Zhongli. The intention is of course obvious, but he just wants the court to take this opportunity to give him a name so that he can truly command all parts of Huainan.
You must know that in the entire Huainan defense line, Zhongli is the hub connecting Huaidong and Huaixi, and it is also the fortress that Nanchen devotes himself to. Its status in the Huainan defense line is no less than that of Jingkou in the Dajiang defense line. Even now Nanchen
The main force is moving south. Wang Gui cannot easily threaten Zhongli unless he mobilizes 70,000 to 80,000 troops and a sufficient number of naval forces.
Compared with Zhongli, North Xuzhou and Liang County on the east and west sides are a bit weak. If Wang Gui attacks, he will definitely choose to attack these two directions. After winning North Xuzhou, he will have to face another strong city -
—Yangzhou, so if you want to gain a bridgehead in Huainan, Liang County is obviously the most suitable.
Therefore, it would be a fantasy for Wang Gui to leave Liangjun, the weak point of Nanchen, and attack Zhongli with insufficient troops. Fan Meng's report is naturally very fussy.
It may just be a mobilization of troops, but it may be exaggerated as a gathering of troops.
This method of exaggerating the enemy is nothing new.
Zhongli is the territory left to Xiao Mohe by Wu Mingche. Whoever is in charge of Zhongli's military affairs also symbolizes who is the commander-in-chief of the Huainan army in Nanchen. This is a convention and a rule that all soldiers abide by. So from the bottom of my heart, Xiao
Maha did not want to hand over Zhongli to Fan Meng.
Fan Meng is now in charge of Huainan's defense in Liangjun, and stationed in Zhongli to completely control all Nanchen's military power in Huainan are two different concepts. Being in charge of it means that once Xiao Mohe comes back, Fan Meng can still follow Xiao Mohe's lead, but he
It's different when you settle in Zhongli.
I'm afraid there will be no place for Xiao Mohe to gain a foothold in Huainan from now on.
"This Fan Meng is really despicable!" Xiao Shilian snorted.
And Xiao Mohe shook his head: "But this method is very effective. This is Chi Guoguo's conspiracy. Even if the court doesn't want to, there is no reason to change generals at this time, so it seems that Zhongli will have to fall to Fan Meng.
in the hands.”
"Not necessarily." Li Xingchen narrowed his eyes, "Fan Meng's actions certainly leave people with no choice, but General, don't forget that His Majesty's temperament may not tolerate such a minister."
Xiao Mohe's expression changed and he breathed a sigh of relief.
As Li Xingchen said, perhaps in most cases, when faced with frontline generals' demands that are not actually excessive, the court will go along with the flow to satisfy them. After all, the real power is almost in their hands. It is just a matter of name.
There isn't much difference given.
Sometimes the court even wished that the frontline generals would care about this. As the saying goes, no one is perfect, and it may not be a good thing if a person is too perfect. What the court is afraid of is not civil and military officials who like wine, sex and wealth, but those officials who don't like anything.
The court was truly frightened.
Because these subordinates have no weaknesses, once they become opponents one day, they will be unable to resist. And to a large extent, everyone has their own weaknesses and preferences, which are important for wine, sex, wealth, and even military power.
Officials who are not interested may really covet the highest position.
But this is only in most cases, and the current emperor of Nanchen is Chen Xu. As an emperor who "is not in the right position", Chen Xu is not only suspicious in character, but also very sensitive to ministers with evil intentions. Obviously now
Fan Meng's request for command of the entire Huainan in a semi-forced manner may be counterproductive.
Xiao Mohe breathed a sigh of relief. According to what Li Xingchen said, it is indeed very likely that Chen Xu will not agree.
But it was obvious that Li Xingchen did not feel relaxed because of this. He thought and said slowly: "Even if your Majesty won't refuse, he will definitely be dissatisfied. Then Fan Meng will not be able to really get what he wants. This is very important to your Majesty."
You could call it 'satisfied', but it may not be a good thing for us."
"Shizhong, what you are doing may not necessarily be a bad thing, and it may not be a good thing, so is it a good thing or a bad thing?" Xiao Shilian suddenly said with some dissatisfaction. He didn't like this kind of tortuous intrigue, so he naturally listened at this time.