"Jia, Jia..., u... 800 miles to speed up... open the city gate quickly..."

Guards of the capital: "Where is the military newspaper?"

"The Jin army in the east was defeated, and the Yan army had entered the Central Plains. Why don't you let me go in and see the Grand Tutor? Can you afford to delay your time?"

...

At the same time, Liu Yi, who was rushing to Qizhou, also received a report from Zhao Chun's three armies: the Jin army was defeated in the Jianghuai Plain, Chen Wenlie's 450,000 army lost more than 100,000 yuan in Yingjiang, Bozhou and Songzhou were dispersed again 70,000 to 80,000 yuan, and now he is retreating to Kaifeng Prefecture (Bianzhou).

The first thought of Wei Jingxian was that when he saw this military newspaper, Wei Jingxian was crazy. How could Luoyang City be so easy to eat? He couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry. He could hold it back for more than two years. Why couldn't he endure it for a year or two? The direction of the Southern War has not yet been determined, and the result of the Xia and Liao War in the north has not come out. After Wei Jingxian, is the decisive battle period of the Great Wei Dynasty still far away? In his view, at least he had to wait until the Xia and Liao War and the Southern War came out. The Yan Palace is located east of the Central Plains, and it can be said that there are enemies in all directions. Why do you want to go in so hurry? Want to destroy yourself? Zhongzhou can be occupied so easily forever? (Zhongzhou refers to the entire Henan Prefecture, of course, including Luoyang, but Luoyang belongs to the Tokyo of the Great Wei Dynasty, and Luoyang is generally called separately.)

What is the situation when the Jin army retreated to Bianzhou? Although the 450,000 troops were more than half lost, they were basically the Anhui army of the Henan army and Duan Yuran. The real main force of the Jin army did not lose much. Logically speaking, if Yingzhou is lost, it should be retreating to Rujiang. Now the situation is not only not retreating west, but also retreating northward. What does it mean? Want to rely on Zhengzhou to fight a defensive battle? I don’t know what the Taishi Mansion is thinking. The Zhongzhou Plain is not suitable for defense at all. With the Northeast Army stuck in Lu Long, Wei Jingxian has no place to stand even if he enters Zhongzhou. Now, Chen Wenlie led the Jin army to retreat north. Wouldn’t he deliberately let Wei Jingxian push it away? If the Hubei army does not go north, then Zhongzhou will have to fight (the main force of the Hubei army is under the National Guardian Mansion, and it is impossible to go north to help the Taishi Mansion, and the attack from north to south is lost by Chen Wenlie).

He folded the military newspaper, turned around and stepped on the carriage, turned around and said to the secret spy of the Military Intelligence Bureau, "Tell Zhao Chunsan, don't go west, send someone to Tokyo to find out what the Grand Tutor's Mansion wants to do."

"Yes, sir." After saying that, he got on his horse and headed straight for the capital.

"Let's go, try to rush to Qizhou to meet Lao Li before dark."

Inside the car: "What's wrong?"

"A big incident happened in the mainland. Don't be too playful on the road. You have to finish the work and go back to Yuzhou."

?_?: "Oh! What big thing makes you so nervous?"

"You don't understand even after you say it. Let's sleep well and call you in Qizhou."

?_?: "Cut! You will pretend to be noble."

Ignoring Shu Chan, thinking about the purpose of the Taishi Mansion in his head. As the chief general of the Jin army, Chen Wenlie was in no way ignorant of the advantages and disadvantages of retreating north and west. As the location of Tokyo, Henan Prefecture could not fall into Wei Jingxian so quickly. He knew that there was no need to retreat north, but Chen Wenlie went to Kaifeng Prefecture. All he could think of was three purposes: First: The Taishi Mansion deliberately brought the battlefield to the north, so that he could let the Yan army divide the north and south.

When Yue Zhongren entered Guanzhong, the Taishi Mansion could take the opportunity to dominate the court and directly control the center of the court. 2: The Taishi Mansion wanted to force the Guojiu Mansion to take action, and the Jin army retreated north and made a move for the Hubei army. He wanted to use the two kings to attack the north and south to consume the strength of the Guojiu Mansion. As for the last point, to be honest, the last point he was most reluctant to believe was this: the Taishi Mansion wanted to give up the entire Central Plains to Wei Jingxian, including Tokyo. There was only one purpose in doing this - to cut off the retreat of Wei Jingmin and let the Great Wei die in name only.

What he feared most now is that Wei Jingmin collapsed early, because once Wei Jingmin collapsed, the entire empire would inevitably be completely in chaos. This kind of chaos is not as simple as the Three Feudal Rebellion. The Great Wei is so big, with hundreds of military prefectures across the country. No matter how many troops are, even if there are hundreds of soldiers, it is not something that ordinary people can resist. The Three Feudal Rebellion only increases taxes. With the royal palace and the court, the mainland cannot be in chaos even if it wants to. But it is different if Wei Jingmin collapses, like Mu Tianya and Yuwen

Mingjun and other military prefectures may not be affected. The problem is that in a small military prefecture like Qizhou and Qinzhou, if Wei Jingmin is not suppressed, it will become king in minutes. Although this situation will happen sooner or later (the fall of any force will lead to chaos in the jurisdiction), no one will fall in the next few years, especially Wei Jingmin, Anxi is in a period of development, and caravans in various places have just entered the desert. If the mainland loses order, it is easy to imagine how much impact it will have on Anxi's trade routes.

After all, the main problem is Yangping. Whether it is the Grand Tutor's Mansion, Yan's Mansion, or even Wei Jingmin and him, the eyes of the four major forces are all focused on Yangping. If Yue Zhongren really defeats Yangping, Wei Jingmin will lose the way to Tokyo again, and it is inevitable that he will be trapped in Guanzhong. Judging from the current situation, at that time, he will be the only one left in the army of serving the kings in various places. The problem is that the desert troops cannot return, so how can he enter Guanzhong to serve the kings?

Before I knew it, most of the day passed, "Young Master, I'm in Qizhou."

Come back to his senses, "Well! Enter the city and meet Lao Li."

The city gate guard: "The cost of entering the city is 11 cents per person."

"What?" The disciple of the Beggars' Gang said in surprise, looking at the city guards, "The cost of entering the city in Qinzhou Prefecture has only increased from five to eight. How dare you, the small Qizhou, rise to eleven cents? Who gives you the courage?"

Chengwei: "It's just eleven months. Do you want to enter? If you don't enter, don't block the way."

Hearing the quarrel, he lifted the curtain, "What's wrong?"

"Young Master, these city guards are too brave. The cost of entering the city has increased to eleven cents per person."

Liu Yi shook his head, "Don't cause trouble, give them time to enter the city."

Needless to think about this, I know that it must be a corrupt official who took the opportunity to make money. The four people and the carriage were in and out, and I wonder if the Qizhou City Guard had participated. Without thinking too much, I paid the entrance fee and rushed directly to the city to the inn.

In fact, this is not a corrupt official making money. The tax on entering the city in Wei has never exceeded five cents from low to high. The city tax in small counties is at most two cents, and the city tax in the city is higher, generally ranging from three to five cents. Of course, the caravan tax is calculated separately, and the head tax is definitely not comparable to the cargo tax. During the war period, the court ordered that all places increase the tax rate, but the head tax has never increased by multiples, because it has to be paid again when leaving the city. The city gate guards are the lowest-paid military branches in the whole continent, but the net income is often more than the war soldiers earn. The main reason is that this is the entry.

In the city tax, the traffic flows between the city and the city gate guards are very accurate. They can tell whether the rich people are rich by just a glance. Liu Yi was sitting in a carriage and carrying two followers. In their eyes, he became a fat sheep to be slaughtered! Since he is a rich man, it is natural to charge dozens of cents for his brothers to drink. Liu Yi was also thinking about whether the city guards would participate. A small city guard was at the lowest level and that was also a lieutenant level. The low income was not comparable to that of the soldiers. He also participated? Does the people who know this? Who would have said nothing about it? (I won’t mention nonsense, come back immediately)

After receiving Liu Yi's reply, Li Dazi kept waiting in Qizhou. He accompanied Guo Yan in Zhongyuan for half a year and had not found out the person Guo Yan was looking for. He had already taken Guo Yan and others on the way back. As a result, he received a message that the Protector had gone to the mainland as soon as he arrived in the capital. He didn't know why the Protector entered the pass in person, but asked him to stop the trip and stay in Qizhou to wait. There must be something important to him. He waited anxiously in Qizhou for three days, and finally waited for the Protector, "Come on, come and take me to the city gate to welcome the Protector."

"Yes, the Great Elder."

...

When Liu Yi's carriage first entered the city, he was noticed by the Beggars' Sect's eyeliner, but he didn't come forward to contact him.

In the car, looking at Shuchan with her eyes circling around, I knew that this dead girl couldn't hold it anymore without guessing. "What? You are the queen, where is the majesty of not keeping your words?"

^_^: "Ah? It's all in the city! Wouldn't you be compatible?"

"No, your dress is too peculiar and it is easy to cause riots."

Shuchan glanced at her eyes?_?: "I want to get out of the car and go shopping."

"No, keep your word."

?_?: "I want to get off the car and have something delicious."

"no"

...

"no"

...

"It's still not possible"

Shuchan was so full of tears! Her tears were almost falling. After all, a man couldn't persuade her. He reached out to help her wipe her two big eyes with tears, and said with a heartache, "Oh! Don't cry, don't cry, can't you be wrong? Be good, don't cry, let's go, I will take you down to buy delicious food."

"No, if I go down, then I won't keep my word?"

"It's okay, I'm having fun with you."

"Then am I joking?"

"Where is it? You are the king of the desert, this is the Great Wei, I don't know."

^_^: "Is it true?"

Nodded "Yeah! Absolutely true."

^_^: "Haha! Xiao Yizi... Get out of the car with me."

"Hey hey! Please put your mask on the queen first. Just like you, I'm afraid I can't catch you if I transfer a hundred thousand troops to come back."

?_?: "Oh! Weiha is a fox mask? Is there anything else?"

"Yes, here, the Black Cavalry's special wind and sand mask, do you bring it?"

?_?: "Then you should wear this fox mask!"

...

Well, Li Da Crooker has to go to the city gate to pick him up, but this guy took the beauty shopping. It seems that Shu Chan is still the most important thing between the business and Shu Chan!

(This is aside in advance, and we will talk after the streets are on the street. Turn your attention back to the capital, the Yan army will enter Zhongzhou, and see what the Grand Master, Your Majesty, and Tian Ruoju think.)

...

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In the capital city's Grand Tutor Mansion, Chen Qiaoyuan squinted his eyes and lay on the Grand Tutor's chair and pondered, and knelt down at the sending soldiers.

"How did Wenlie be defeated?" Chen Qiaoshan asked with his eyes closed.

The sending soldier replied tremblingly, "I just know the general, but I don't know the specific situation. It seems that the Yan army was on a boat at night and went to the west from the Huai River. When they came ashore from Yingzhou, the Jin army discovered it. But it was too late. The 450,000 troops were attacked from the Huai River. The Yu army was defeated by the Yan army in Chenzhou and was dispersed in advance. When the Jin army fought against the main force of the Yan army in Yingzhou, the Anhui army in Bozhou was also defeated one after another. The general was afraid of being surrounded by the Yan army in Yingzhou, so he had to order to retreat to Songzhou. When he passed by Chenzhou and Bozhou, he happened to be caught by the Yan army. Because of hasty response, he lost nearly 80,000 troops in Songzhou."

"Hmph! This Wen Lie is really a elm-headed person. It's only Wei Jingxian. If it were Yue Zhongren, wouldn't Su Mengran die? (The combat effectiveness of the Yan army is somewhat different from that of the Guangdong army and the Shu army). Fortunately, he still knows to retreat north. If he dares to retreat west, I must take away his general." Chen Qiaoyuan said angrily.

"How should I reply to the general?"

Chen Qiaoyuan tapped the Taishi chair with his finger and said swayingly, "Tell him that he will fight and retreat from Kaifeng Prefecture, and he will not step into Zhengzhou City. After crossing the Yellow River, he will return to Taiyuan immediately."

The messenger stumbled and said, "This, this, wouldn't this give Dongdu to the Prince Yan's Mansion?"

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, go back and pass the order immediately."

"Yes, my subordinates know that they are guilty." After saying that, he stood up and took a break.

It can be seen from the battle of Huai Shui that Chen Wenlie has led his troops for 20 years, but the difference between him and Wei Jingxian is really not a small part. The Yan army can successfully smuggle in the Huai River. If it is placed in Chen Chuan, it will be impossible to let it appear. Chen Wenlie was not blamed for this battle. The opponents were not equal, and there was no way to defeat him. If the boy in Huizhou commanded this battle, it would be difficult for Wei Jingxian to enter northern Anhui. Forget this battle, Wei Jingxian would be handed over to Qin Zhong in the future. Now he will still go to the palace to fight with his uncle.

...

At this moment, in the palace study, "Chen Qiaoyuan...Chen Qiaoyuan...Chen Qiaoyuan...I am immortal, even if I become a ghost, I will never let you go..."

"Your Majesty, it's not the time to get angry yet. Let's calm down first and think about the countermeasures to see what to do."

"What should I do... What else can I do? The Jin army wants to give all Zhongzhou to the Yan Prince's Mansion, what else can I do? I originally thought that Yangping would retreat to Dongdu when he was defeated. Now, Dongdu is lost faster than Xidu. If the Yue surnamed enters Guanzhong, where will I retreat?"

When Wei Jingmin received the defeat of the Jin army and retreated to Bianzhou, he was so angry that he wanted to go to the Taishi Mansion to question him. Fortunately, Tian Ruoqiu persuaded him to stabilize his position and did not have the impulse to tear him apart. The current situation must not be what the National Uncle Mansion wants to see. The Taishi Mansion deliberately gathered its troops north, so the Hubei army had to face the double pressure of the two kings of the north and the south, and even forced the Hubei army to go north in advance. There were 250,000 rebels in Guizhou who were recruiting Ma Wencai, and the Zhennan Army next door was carrying it head-on. The Hubei army was not unable to go north in advance. It was just that the pressure on the Qi royal palace was too great and was beaten by the Guangdong army step by step, and he didn't have the courage to transfer the Hubei army north.

Tian Ruoju’s analysis is not unreasonable. Although the Hubei army only has 100,000, it is the real family of the Guojiu Mansion. In the early stages of the battle, the Gui army was used as the front horse. The Hubei army guarded its hometown and never participated in any battle. In his opinion, once the situation in the north is not good for the Guojiu Mansion, the Hubei army will go north to the north. (The analysis makes sense. The question is, will Song Deli use his direct army to open a third battlefield in the north? You should know that the water battle in the East China Sea Hangzhou Bay has not yet shown signs of victory or defeat, and the land situation is still unfavorable to the Guojiu Mansion. Last battle in Dongting Lake, the Guangdong army almost broke through the base camp of the Yangtze River Navy in Dongting Lake. It is impossible for the Hubei army to go north in the short term. No matter what, we still have to see what the Guojiu Mansion says. Next, the sight will be shifted to the Guojiu Mansion.)

...

Since Song Xi returned to Xiangyang to retire aged 2019, all the affairs of the Guojiu Mansion have been handed over to Song Deli. As politicians, leading troops to fight is not their business. Their affairs are only to plan wars, and they are in the capital center to control the domestic situation more easily. The civil war between the Great Wei Dynasty is still in the early stage, and there is no financial shortage of forces at all. If the troops are weak, they will be prepared for decades. If the power is completed in just two years, then will they still be in the Great Wei Dynasty?

There is a reason why the King of Qi's Mansion and the Marquis of Western Shu started so fiercely. The King of Qi is still stuck, and Wei Jinghao is still brave but not wise. The Marquis of Western Shu started fiercely because there were foreign aids, and Yue Zhongren was a typical arrogant maniac. The combat effectiveness of the Shu army is not much worse than that of the Guangdong army, and he does have arrogant capital.

What he didn't understand was when did the Yan Prince's Mansion become so arrogant? He was so anxious to enter the Central Plains just two years after the war, and he was looking for death. Moreover, the Jin army's approach of starting from the beginning and ending was really shameful. He could still retreat north if he didn't move west, obviously forcing the Hubei army to go north. If his father didn't say anything to him before returning to Xiangyang, the Hubei army would probably have gone north directly, but he always remembered his father's words: Go north and never leave Ezhou, and never leave the Yangtze River. No matter how Wei Jingxian made trouble in Zhongzhou, the Hubei army could not move. "Come and prepare a car to enter the palace. I want to see what Chen Laogou has the ability to force me to submit."

(The matter in the capital will be put on hold for the time being. The old man probably finished shopping and his eyes changed to see what was going on when he found Li Dazi.)

...

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Liu Yi, Shuchan, Li Dazi and a few followers were walking towards the inn. Shuchan was wearing a small mask and licking the candied haws in her mouth. After walking around for most of the day, her feet were sore, "Xiao Yizi, I'm tired."

Hum? Alas! I was tired after walking for a long time. I stopped and bent down. "Be careful, don't throw the sugar residue off me. I really admire you, why do you love sweets so much? Be careful of tooth decay in the future."
To be continued...