Anqing Mansion, originally Shuzhou, Anqing Army, the first year of Qingyuan "to Ningzong Qiandi, promoted to Anqing Mansion". In the first year of Jingding, Ma Guangzu, the ambassador of the system along the river, "used the bricks and stones of the original Shuzhou Mansion city wall to rebuild Yicheng as the new Anqing Mansion", and moved to Huaining County to govern Guo. Here, bordering the Yangtze River, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and has become an important barrier for Jiankang Mansion downstream.

At the beginning of the year, the Yuan army went south, and the former prefect Fan Wenhu surrendered to the city, and Xia Yi was sentenced to drink medicine and die. A few months later, the army was defeated, Xia Gui's troops and Li Tingzhi's Huai soldiers attacked the palace at the same time, the former took the capital first, and the Anqing Mansion was officially restored, and then the imperial court moved the former deputy commander along the river from Huangzhou, which had fallen into the hands of the enemy, to here, and took Zhang Shijie as the deputy envoy and Anqing Mansion.

Zhang Shijie moved quickly after receiving the edict, his subordinates were all Hubei soldiers, and he was also very satisfied with being able to enter Anqing Mansion, which was closer to his hometown. Therefore, under the coordination of Li Tingzhi, Zhang Bu advanced by land and water, and stepped into his territory only a few days later, but Zhang Shijie wanted to take up the post officially, but it took a lot of trouble, because the city was still in Xia Gui's hands.

It is not far between Anqing Mansion and Luzhou, the usual foot journey is only four days, and the fast horse is only two days, Zhang Shijie has a large army, and there is an edict in hand, so naturally there will not be much patience. After some negotiations, only four days were given to the Xia Department, and the guards stationed in Fucheng saw that the Hubei soldiers under the city were in high spirits, and the majestic scene of a victorious army, where was there still a fighting spirit, and only hoped that the withdrawal order of the Luzhou side would come earlier.

In the marshal mansion of Luzhou City, Xia Gui walked around the room irritably, and the huge ice basin seemed to be difficult to eliminate the anger in his heart, and every time he walked back to the table and saw the military report, he couldn't help but be angry. Three ways to send troops, respectively to Huang, Qi, Anqing three places, the front two were beaten back by the Yuan people, only Anqing Mansion has made some progress, and now the imperial court is about to take back an edict, how can he not be annoyed.

Now that the court has won the battle, it is a time of jubilation up and down, and he no longer dares to be as tough as before, so in addition to calling him sick, "the war is not over, and the Yuan people are pressing" is also an excellent excuse, that Zhu Huan is still waiting outside the city to replace him, but he encountered this incident again.

In fact, Xia Gui himself knew in his heart that the person who came back this time was not like that Zhu Huan, who had more than 30,000 elite soldiers and horses, and had an official name in hand, so he could do whatever he wanted. Now he didn't do it just because he wanted to make it difficult for him to retreat, so did he have any other choice?

The staff member who had to be used in the Shuai Mansion walked into the room with a few military reports that had just arrived, and he knew very well what his old marshal was worried about, this was nothing he could do, and he couldn't interject, and it would be done when the old marshal figured it out himself. But he had to come and bother, because the military report in his hand was even more urgent.

"Tell me, where did the bad news come from?" Xia Gui turned around and saw the solemn look on his cronies' faces, and knew that something bad must have happened again, "If there are more lice, don't itch and don't worry if you have more debts", these days are not smooth, he is also used to it, stop, Xia Gui sat on the hardwood chair in the hall, making a "squeak" sound, which made people worry about whether it would collapse.

"Back to Dashuai, there is a military report from Huangzhou, the Tartars have moved, they have begun to press forward, and they are currently less than thirty miles to Macheng County. According to the news sent back by the spies, the army was at its peak and did not look like a defeated army, so several commanders sent a letter together, hoping that the commander would make a decision as soon as possible, and if they could not resist, they could only retreat into Dabie Mountain. ”

"And? Let's say it together, the old man will not be scared to death. Xia Gui scratched the white hair on the top of his head, and as soon as the person in front of him finished speaking, he knew that there was more than one bad news. Come on, come on, he wants to see, what else does the Tartar want to do?

"There is also news from the direction of Qizhou, the Tartars seem to be increasing their troops, the number is unknown, and the commander is also asked to make a decision as soon as possible." The staff read out the contents of another letter, and the news came very suddenly, and the Yuan people seemed to be annoyed by Xia Gui's dispatch of troops, and reacted one after another.

The staff waited quietly, although he could also counsel military affairs, but this kind of deployment in the war would not be lightly spoken. The movements of the Yuan people are unknown, the Mr. Yi in the city originally came to the Shuaifu almost every day, and there has been no movement in the past few days, but he knows that it is not a move to force peace with war, and the depressed thing is that the court is also forcing the old man to express his position, for a while, it can be called a domestic and foreign difficulty.

There must be a trade-off, almost in an instant, Xia Gui made a choice, since the dispatch of troops to the state capitals along the river, the number of local garrisons in Luzhou City has been greatly reduced, this can be regarded as a hinterland, and it is also very safe, but when he thought that there were less than three thousand soldiers and horses in the city at this time, he had some inexplicable doubts.

"Order Anqing Mansion to get out of the city, don't clash with the garrison, and temporarily retreat into the territory of the Anfeng Army. Also, when you quit, take the Fan family out and send it directly to Luzhou. The Fan Mansion in Xia Gui's mouth refers to Fan Wenhu's family in Anqing Mansion, the imperial court has clearly ordered "his family", and most of the property of Fan Mansion has fallen into the hands of his subordinates, but the family has no intention of detaining, so it is not a violation of the ban, and the two families are more or less in-laws.

What the staff thought in their hearts was that this soldier and horse did not return to Luzhou, but went to the Anfeng army, is it preparing to take over the headquarters of the front line in Huangzhou? Anqing Mansion and Luzhou are so close, Zhang Shijie has an army of 30,000, in case the imperial court wants to attack, just now Luzhou is almost empty, how to resist?

"It's okay, those people in the court, as long as it's not the opposite, who dares to touch the old man, unless they don't want this Huaixi." Xia Gui saw the concerns of his cronies, waved his hand indifferently and said, but the staff was not as confident as him, and now it was not as good as before, but he didn't say anything, and still listened respectfully to the order.

"Huangzhou, take a step back first, Dabie Mountain is the bottom line of a certain one, and they must guard the passes, and in case of emergency, a certain will send reinforcements there. The same is true of Qizhou, if the Yuan people are forced to be ruthless, they might as well retreat, if they are still not satisfied, and want to invade Huaixi, they will send a message to Jiankang Mansion to see if Li Shuai cares? ”

The staff smiled bitterly in their hearts, at this time they remembered the imperial court, the attack of the Tartars may not be real, the usable intention is obvious, and their patience is also limited, whether it is a battle or surrender, they want a definite answer. Why don't you invite Mr. Yi to come over? It's better to go to visit by yourself, it's too busy these days, so let's look at the military reports in front later.

"By the way, send someone to inform that Zhu Huan, the military affairs ahead are urgent, the Tartars have the intention of offending my Huaixi, the commander is responsible for guarding the land, and he cannot hand over to him for the time being, if the imperial court insists on carrying out this edict, then the Huaixi crisis is not responsible, so let's implement it accordingly." Xia Gui waved his hand to let him step back, now the situation is unclear, he can only take one step at a time, whether he can drag it over or not, he is a little bottomless in his heart.

It's a pity that these good news for the Yuan people can't reach Mr. Yi's ears, and he and his men have lost their freedom. Liu Yu did not kill them on the spot, nor did he interrogate him personally, but handed over the matter to Jin Ming.

Although this courtyard is not small, after more than 200 people were squeezed in at one time, plus those who were tied up, some people were still overcrowded. Li Shiyi and the sergeants didn't understand why they didn't just kill these people, so they still had to keep an eye on them carefully, not even too loudly, so as not to alarm the neighbors next door, but the order was still carried out to the letter.

Of course, Liu Yu unceremoniously occupied Mr. Yi's original main house, the furnishings in it were very luxurious, and all kinds of utensils were worth a lot of money at a glance. Just as he picked up a bottle of porcelain that he didn't know what it was, Jin Ming wiped his hands and walked out of the back room.

"So fast? Recruited? Liu Yu was too lazy to go to the house to find evidence, and directly asked Jin Ming to ask himself, and estimated that Mr. Yi couldn't resist with his means, but he didn't expect that this would be too much, Liu Yu couldn't help but be a little curious.

"Bad luck, I haven't wanted to be tortured yet, so the guy is busy talking about it all, he is just an outpost sent by the Tartars, and he is trying to win over some rich merchants in the city by doing business, and he also has dealings with people in the army, Xia Gui" Jin Ming hesitated for a moment "It is also their target, but they have not succeeded yet. ”

"The Tartars have already moved, the black bull just in front of them has sent news, in Huangzhou, the Tartars have been forced to Macheng County, there are a lot of people, Xia Gui's department is estimated to retreat into Dabie Mountain, this hand should be a combination of soft and hard, if you want to force Xia Gui to comply, the worst can also drive him out of Huangzhou and other places."

Liu Yu's words were in Jin Ming's ears, which surprised him, Dabie Mountain is the Huaixi Tianxi barrier, once lost, the Tartars can drive straight in, and Huangzhou used to be the territory of the Anfeng Army, and the destination of Mrs. Wang and her party is in Lu'an County, at the northern foot of Dabie Mountain, so it will be the first target.

"If that's the case, how can you move Xia Gui now, once he dies, even if those troops on the front line don't immediately surrender the Tartars, how can they resist their troops?" Involving the safety of Engong's family, Jin Ming couldn't help but feel a little anxious, Liu Yu looked at him and shook his head.

"I'm doing this now, just to prevent the kind of situation you said, and it's hard to say where the Tartars will go, maybe it's a temptation. If Xia Gui has a move to preserve his strength, maybe they will take advantage of the situation, and that will be really dangerous, you know, this kind of thing that the old handsome man did. ”

"But" Jin Ming understood what Liu Yu meant, but he didn't dispel his doubts, isn't it worse if Xia Gui dies?

"I know what you mean, but what if Xia Gui died at the hands of the Tartars?" Liu Yu said softly.

"Ahh Jin Ming was stunned by his words and was speechless for a long time.