The scorching sun is in the sky.
Jiankang City is quite lively, and the people are not able to know what is happening outside. Some even know it, but they can only treat it as if they don’t.
It was the busy farming period that they did not stop to think about these things, and everyone was running around for life.
Over the years, Jiankang has always been so lively.
A carriage passed through the street, with warriors guarding each other, and people along the way avoided them.
The carriage drove for a long time and finally stopped outside the road leading to the imperial city.
Yuan Xian got out of the car.
Although it was the scorching sun, Yuan Xian still wore a thick dress and wanted to wrap his whole body. His face was stiff and tranquil.
Surrounded by everyone, he slowly walked towards the palace.
After him, many important officials arrived one after another.
The emperor summoned his ministers today to announce two good news.
In the war with the Han State, the State of Chen won many battles. The Jiangshui Division defeated the fleet of the traitor Ouyang outside Sheyang, defeated it, and sank many pirate ships.
On the land side, General Lu Guangda defeated the army of Yao Xiong, Gao Yanzong, Gao Changgong and others, and took the elite main force on board and successfully evacuated Jiangbei.
The old face of the silence made people tell these two good news, "The soldiers who have made contributions must be rewarded!"
"There are also people who are responsible for giving advice and transporting food and grass to be rewarded!"
After hearing these two good news, the important officials were overjoyed.
There was laughter in the hall, and everyone began to feel happy that Chen State defeated Han State and clapped and cheered.
Yuan Xian sat in the upper position alone.
I picked up the wine cup in front of me and ate it gently.
His head hurts.
Those smiles became more and more harsh and uncomfortable in his eyes.
Everyone laughed loudly, talking about the next reward, but Yuan Xian seemed to be living in another world.
They can no longer hear clearly.
Chen regretted the matter about Jiangbei after finishing it.
But he only regretted it for a long time. After that half day, Chen Xiang regained his mentality and actively comforted the whole country, hoping to reduce the impact.
After Huang Fa stabbed to death, the Han army attacked Jiangbei three times. The Jiangbei defense line was lost. Lu Guangda ran away. Things reached this point. If there was another chaos in the country, it would be really over.
But the ministers are really happy.
First of all, they don’t care about Jiangbei.
They didn't even agree that Jiangbei was the real Chen State because Jiangbei was taken down later. There were no large families of Chen State here. They felt that this place had been led by barbarians and was no longer an orthodox southern territory.
When Huang Fapu was actively forging defense, they advocated giving up their expenditures in Jiangbei and focusing on guarding the river.
Although they did not understand military affairs at all, they also had their own ideas. The army of Chen State could not defeat the Han State, and the Han State could directly attack Jiangbei from land. Therefore, no matter how much Jiangbei invested, it would be in vain and would be occupied by the Han people sooner or later. Therefore, governance and investment were useless.
The only advantage of Chen State is the navy, so wouldn’t it be better to decisively abandon the territory on the other side of the river and directly defend the river?
Before, when the ministers made such a memorial for the first time, Huang Faji was shocked.
He hurriedly told the emperor that Jiangbei could not give up, that there was a large population, food, and even a horse farm.....
Although the ministers did not understand Jiangbei at all, they still had their own understanding. They thought it would be better to move these things to their own side?
As for Huang Fashu's front line, a critical intersection, a key ferry crossing, etc., they thought it was Huang Fashu who made it up to deceive the court of money.
Huang Faku had spent a lot of money to set up defenses in Jiangbei, and he didn't like to rob the people very much.
The local area is not enough to make ends meet.
Everyone has opinions about him, his proposals, and his strategy.
The current situation is not a big deal for the ministers. If Jiangbei is lost, it will be lost. If Huang Fa is stabbed to death, it is important.
Now, no one dares to go against them anymore and supports the emperor in the new policy, right?
The relationship between Chen and the ministers became much closer.
Chen Xiang is no longer as strong as the foundation of the past period, and even took the initiative to appease a few ministers who were punished by him.
They were happy and quite harmonious.
The big clans don’t care about the country, they only care about their clan family. The emperor is the largest clan. Most emperors don’t care about the country, and he doesn’t care about the clan much. He cares about the position under his butt. Even if the country is about to perish tomorrow, the one sitting on the dragon throne must be his feudal butt.
"Yuan Qing."
"Yuan Qing?"
Chen Xiang asked twice in a row, and Yuan Xian reacted, looked at the emperor, and bowed his head to salute.
"I'm not polite."
Neither Chen Xiang nor the important officials pursued Yuan Xian’s serious crime of losing his manners in front of the palace. Chen Xiang ordered: “You come and welcome the triumphant naval generals, General Lu and others.”
"only."
After explaining everything, the ministers can leave.
Yuan Xian did not take the initiative to harass the emperor as he used to. He turned around and left without any attachment.
As for the things he guaranteed for Huang Fajita in the past, everyone could only choose to forget them.
The ministers still had smiles on their faces when they walked out of the palace.
Mr. Jiang looked at the officials around him and said with a smile: "When Huangfa poke was still there in the past, we were defeated by the Han people many times, but Huangfa poke was gone, but we were able to win. It is obvious that Huangfa poke is a person with no ability."
The ministers had long disliked this man, and Kong Fan immediately said, "Mr. Jiang's words are not false!"
"I said at the beginning that Huang Fa poked this man, and was defeated by the Beihu too many times, and he had lost his courage. He dared to say that he should share the people's money to resist the enemy. Ministers put the people first. We fought with the Beihu to protect the people in the territory.
How could you do such a thing that is to lose the most of the money?"
"What Mr. Kong said is exactly what I want!"
Another moral gentleman talked, "My nephew participated in this war, and he said in his letter to me:
The ships of the northerners are small and worn."
"Their full fleet has less than ten warships, and they are all old and broken boats. The soldiers are also unfamiliar and are not good at boat fighting. Chunyuliang took the warships of the northerners, and they chased them. They could only hide at the ferry and dared not come out."
"We have natural dangers in the river, and the navy is a hundred times better than the Beihu!"
"Beihu is good at plundering, but cannot govern."
"So what if the land is wider? They just can't build warships. The Beihu body is long and clumsy, and it's even more water-free!"
"If you want to cross the river, you are delusional! Even if you give Beihu a hundred years, they will never want to cross the river!"
"good!!"
The ministers were extremely excited at this moment.
He got rid of Huang Fa, dealt with those in the country who were in trouble, made reconciliation with the emperor, and once again consolidated his own interests.
These are all things worth celebrating, and at the same time, this battle also allowed them to see the shortcomings of Beihu.
The infantry and cavalry are indeed very powerful, but this navy...::. As long as the war horses of the Beihu have not grown wings, there is no need to worry about these people.
When the Han Dynasty strongly destroyed the Zhou State, it put great pressure on these people. Now, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Yuan Xian did not participate in anyone's chat, and got on the carriage alone, and then left here.
On this day, the ministers from the country gathered in the mansion of General Jiang to hold a banquet to celebrate. At the banquet, everyone drank and wrote poems. They were so happy.
That is, at the same time, at the moment when these people were drinking, music and chanting, the army of Chen was lying on the bumpy ship, exhausted.
Lu Guangda was caught up by Ren Zhong. Lu Guangda was not Ren Zhong's opponent. He could only abandon some people again and then fled to the ship. Under the protection of his powerful navy, he fled from Jiangbei.
The morale of the army was terrible.
The generals on each warship did not dare to neglect them and stared at their own generals and locals. They did not even dare to let the soldiers speak with each other.
The Chen State lost a large area of ​​land, a large population, elite infantry, stored war horses, iron cavalry, and important ferry crossings. It cannot exist on the shore alone.
This was originally a mesh alert line superimposed on both sides of the straits, but now, with the fall of Jiangbei, the mesh has been torn apart and many vacant places have appeared. Huang Fapu had built many sentry towers and beacon towers in Jiangbei before, and reinforced the ferry. These things used to fight against the Han army have now become powerful tools for the Han army to fight against the Chen army.
The river was surging, and the warships kept shaking.
The soldiers from Jiangbei lie on the boat uneasy and look at their hometown from time to time.
They got on the warship and realized that they had left their hometown and might never be able to go back.
The wounded soldiers made painful and mournful voices, but they were not enough with the military doctor. Many times, they could only watch the soldiers die in pain.
Lu Guangda stood at the bow of the ship with a nervous expression. Even if he got on the ship, he knew in his heart that the enemy would not be able to chase after him again.
But Lu Guangda was still nervous, and he was very worried that a mutiny would occur.
Until the army that came to pick him up appeared in front of him, Lu Guangda finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Many large ships appeared from all around, surrounding the returning warships in the middle. A giant ship slowly approached the warship where Lu Guangda was located. Both of them slowed down. Then, they connected each other through wooden boards. Soon, General Zhou Luo appeared in front of Lu Guangda.
Zhou Luohou is a very young general.
He was from Xunyang, Jiujiang. When he was fifteen years old, he liked flying eagles and dogs, beautiful clothes, and took a group of rangers to do whatever he wanted. He had a very ancient legacy. Later, he was valued by Chen Xiang for his bravery and promoted him. He was regarded as one of the few generals directly promoted by Chen Xiang in China.
He had a good relationship with Xiao Maha, he was good at charging and was brave enough to win the three armies.
Before, Ouyang was defeated, he met this young general. He was only in his thirties this year and was much more restrained than when he was young, but he still looked very energetic and powerful than other generals.
"Meet General Lu!"
When Zhou Luo visited the service, Lu Guangda breathed a sigh of relief and forced a smile, "It turned out to be General Zhou. I heard that General Zhou made great contributions and achieved a lot...:. Be really brave!"
"I dare not take it!"
Zhou Luo's voice was loud, he looked around and asked, "I wonder where General Xiao is?"
Lu Guangda's already relaxed expression tensed again. He was silent for a while, and then whispered: "General Xiao has been captured by the enemy."
"What did you say?!"
Zhou Luohou's voice couldn't help but amplify a lot.
"Impossible! General Xiao is leaving, how can the enemy stop him?!"
"General Lu, I heard someone say that the court felt that General Xiao was too close to General Huang, so he instructed you to get rid of him.
Is this a thing?"
Lu Guangda and Zhou Luo looked at each other, "No."
Zhou Luo probably realized that his questioning was a bit too extreme. He sighed and asked again: "Has General Xiao surrendered to the enemy?"
Lu Guangda did not answer him directly this time, but just looked at Jiang and whispered: "He did not attack me,
He set up suspicious soldiers to block the enemy...\n.\n. He still has family members in the south...\n:.\n.\n He did not surrender to the enemy and was captured."
Zhou Luo understood what Lu Guangda meant this time.
His hostile eyes dimmed for a moment, and then he stood side by side with Lu Guangda, and the two looked into the distance together.
Lu Guangda said slowly at this time: "General Zhou, Beihu is very cruel."
"Um?"
"Liu Taozi is a heroic lord at the moment, but there were also heroic lords among the Northern Hu in the past, but this is not important. His generals are Hu people and his ministers are Hu people. Do you know how the Han people in the north lived in the past?"
"Since the Hu people entered the pass, they killed people at will and killed people for no reason. Sometimes, they were in a bad mood.
They rode out to kill people, whether it was Hu Wei, Hu Qi, Hu Zhou, etc., killing indiscriminately and bullying them wantonly. The people were worried all day long and did not dare to see people when they walked on the road, for fear that they would meet a Hu person and would be killed for no reason."
"Hu Qi's chief Gao Huan is also considered wise? But he actually publicly supported the statement of Qian Han. If he killed a Han man, he only needed to pay one."
"His descendants are even more cruel, killing people day and night. Gao Yang enslaved hundreds of thousands of Han people to build temples, pagodas and palaces for him. After years of service, Han ministers like Yang wanted to dissuade him, but almost buried him alive."
"The Northern Hu made such a fortune, and it will be like this in the future. Liu Taozi only has the name of the country and is Han. But look at the generals under his devil, which one is not a good man who is good at killing, corruption and killing? Hulu is a Gaoche, Yao Xiong is a clan, Gao Changgong is a Xianbei, even Liu Taozi himself, neither the Huns nor the Xianbei, and he is definitely not from the Han Dynasty. Only Wang Lin, who ran over from the south, was a Han Chinese.:"
"Liu Taozi will die, but these Hu people will become big. One day, the people in the north will become a qian, and will still be enslaved and killed...:"
Lu Guangda's speech speed was getting faster and faster. He said seriously: "I don't know what your relationship is with General Xiao, nor do I know what your relationship is with General Huang. I respect General Huang very much. My brother once had an old age with him, but for the sake of my family and country, I can do things I reluctantly do."
"This time, I did a hasty job and lost Jiangbei. After I returned, I was willing to accept the punishment. However, General Zhou, please do not want to surrender to the enemy... A real man must not surrender."
Zhou Luo was silent and did not answer Lu Guangda.
When Chen's warship began to dock at the ferry, Yuan Xian led his people to greet him.
Many officials followed him and expressed great respect to these triumphant soldiers. This was rare in the south. After all, famous men and men were busy trying to subdue and exploit the common people on weekdays, and rarely came to work hard.
Lu Guangda was treated as a hero here, but even so, there was no trace of joy on Lu Guangda's face. As for Xu Jingcheng, he directly refused to meet them.
Fortunately, Zhou Luo accepted the kindness of these people. Facing this general who had just defeated the enemy, considering that Zhou Luohou was not from the bottom, most people knew in their hearts who should take on the military deployment in the future.
Yuan Xian was as usual, neither lukewarm nor hot nor talked much.
After getting laborious, several important generals went to see Chen Xiang again.
Chen Xiang attached great importance to these generals, especially Zhou Luo, who gave many rewards and asked about the situation of the Han navy.
When Chen was overjoyed and felt that Zhou Luo was chasing Chunyu Liang on the river, he was fighting hard, and Chunyu Liang lost his troops and lost his generals, and did not dare to look up. Chen was even more overjoyed and felt like he was venting his anger. Zhou Luo naturally received a lot of rewards.
Suddenly, nursery rhymes from all over the country disappeared, and the criticisms from the local area also disappeared.
Chen sent these people away, and then he summoned a general who had been hiding for a long time, Yang Jian.
Yuan Xian did not follow closely as he did in the past, and no longer expressed opposition to the emperor's many actions.
Yang Jian met the emperor again.
For Chen, the current domestic situation is a bit unbalanced. He has done a lot of things with Huang Fajita before. The results of these things have not been seen, but the consequences have already occurred. He has a sense of opposition with the ministers in the country.
Many of the generals in China currently have no experience in a war, have not led an army of more than 10,000 people, and are quite immature in strategy and other aspects.
Chen Xiang wanted to use Yang Jian, but he was still unwilling to give him military power. What Yuan Xian said before was too lethal. Even if it was no one available, Chen Xiang would not let Yang Jian lead his troops.
But, it is always OK to give advice?
The victory of the water battle also helped Chen Xiang regain some confidence.
Chapter completed!