Just when he recovered the three counties of Qinzhou earlier and returned to Guyin, Xin Er sent someone to send a letter to Jiangzuo Chaozhong, and at the same time sent a letter to Huan Meng in Jingzhou.

The content of this letter and this letter is the same, both suggesting that they can take advantage of the opportunity of He Hun to rebel against Wei and Pu Mao to attack Luoyang, and Jiangzuo and Dingxi join forces to march and attack separately in order to take Guanzhong and the Central Plains.

Jiang Zuo has not given a reply to the West so far, and Huan Meng's letter is the reply to Xin Er's last letter.

In the letter, Huan Meng truthfully told that he had asked the DPRK to allow him to send troops, but the DPRK entrusted the important task of sending troops to Yin Dang, and did not allow him to cross the river to the north. Before his death, Uncle Yan praised the conquest and said that those who would wash the bloody flesh in the coming day must be requisitioned. Fangxia has ordered Yin Yangzhou to go through the horses, or will soon be about to attack the pseudo-Wei, if the capture wants to restore Guanzhong, you can wait for the Yangzhou army to move. ”

In the new three-province six-ministry system, Yang Chao, Huang Rong, Fu Qiao, etc. have their own heavy responsibilities, Tang Ai, as the most important strategist under Xin Er, is limited to his qualifications, although he is not able to serve as the chief of the "three provinces" and "six departments", but he has also been appointed to a not low official position, which is the head of the military department of the military department, and the official title is called "Langzhong". Among the four divisions of the Ministry of War, the Department of Military Affairs has the greatest authority and is under its control, including the evaluation of military attachés, the selection and award, the names of soldiers and horses, and the government decrees on the dispatch of military officers throughout the country.

It can be said that in terms of the specific administration of the military alone, the power in Tang Ai's hands is second only to Zhang Shengcheng, the secretary of the military department.

The new official took office, and the spring breeze was proud.

At the beginning of summer, Tang Ai was wearing a red official robe corresponding to the summer color, without a crown, his head was wrapped in a black curtain, a sword hung from his waist, and he wore a tiger head on his feet.

Catching the reply letter from Huan Meng handed over by Xin Er, Tang Ai quickly read it, returned the letter to the case, shook the fan, and said, "It's a pity! Yuan Yang is dead! Outside the hall, he looked at the southeast where Jiangzuo and Jingzhou were located, and said, "Ming Gong returned from Chengdu in the past, and Ai Xiaohuan described the civil and military demeanor under the Jingzhou account, and Yuan Yang especially appreciated this." Aiben also thought that when he and Jiang Zuo invaded the Central Plains in the future, he might be able to meet Yuan Yang and appreciate his demeanor of both civil and military, but he didn't think that this wish seemed to be able to be realized. ”

In the interaction between people, there is a saying of "divine friendship", Tang Ai and Yuan Ziqiao are not strictly divine friendships, but Tang Ai is indeed very interested in Yuan Ziqiao.

First, both of them are resourceful people, and they can't help but feel sorry for each other.

Second, the two of them have similar backgrounds,—— Yuan Ziqiao is from the Yuan family of Chen County, although his family is also a hairpin family, but in Jiangzuo can not be called a powerful family, which is from Yuan Ziqiao when he entered the office, it can be seen from the "Zuo Lang" as a starting point, Zuo Lang This position, although it is also a "Qing official", but it is one or two lower than the secretary Lang, etc., the real children of the valve clan are impossible to accept this appointment, Yuan Ziqiao later came to Huanmeng's shogunate as a Peng, one of the reasons is precisely because his family reputation is not high enough, It was difficult for him to get a smooth career in the Jiangzuo Dynasty, "rejecting the ordinary officials given by the imperial court, choosing a powerful mansion master, directly appointing his subordinates with real duties, and then borrowing the power of the mansion lord to obtain a beautiful official", which is a common choice for the children of the second- and third-rate scholars. In other words, Yuan Qiao's background is not much different from Tang Aiqi's, and their families are only inferior or lower in the local area.

It's just a pity that the two haven't had a chance to meet, and Yuan Ziqiao died young.

Hearing Tang Ai's regretful words, looking at his elegant face, recalling the appearance of Yuan Ziqiao he saw in Chengdu at that time, somehow, a feeling of "Yu Liang for a while" suddenly arose, and he said: "If Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu are compared to thousands of miles and Yuan Yang, it is appropriate." Lupine scarf, strategizing, thousands of miles is like Zhuge Kongming; The ambition is far-reaching, only slightly outstanding, and the sky is not a holiday, Yuan Yang is just like Zhou Gongjin. ”

Xin Er also felt sorry for Yuan Ziqiao's death.

can't help but think of Yuan Ziqiao's young age, and think of the koji ball that was killed in the middle of the arrow.

Although it has been a month or two since Koji Qiu died, and after Xin Er returned to the royal capital, he had already been buried, but as long as he thought of Koji Qiu, the uncontrollable pain rushed up like a tide. Xin Er said in his heart: "I lost my arm to help, and Huan Jingzhou is now also losing an arm to help!" In order not to make himself lose his temper again, he hurriedly turned his thoughts away and said, "Jiangzuo does not allow Huan Jingzhou to go on the Northern Expedition, which is not bad as we expected." Yin Dang this person, I didn't hear of him before, he had the reputation of knowing soldiers and being good at fighting, thousands of miles, now Jiang Zuo ordered him to lead the army to attack Wei, what do you think he will win or lose? ”

Tang Ai said: "Jiangzuo's soldiers, horses, armor, half in Jingzhou, on the elite soldiers, but also to Jingzhou soldiers as the crown, although Yangzhou also recruits displaced people, there are troops in the state with Huaisi Jian'er as the base, also known as the elite dare to fight, but its soldiers, its generals, has always been not trusted by the Jiangzuo court, supplies are lacking, rewards and remuneration are also small, morale has never been high, and even there are people with Jiangzuo's two hearts, looking at the previous record with He Hun evil department, but there are fewer victories and more defeats; As Ming Gong said, Yin Yangzhou has no name for the unknown soldiers, so the people who talk about it will lead this sloppy trip, and Yin Dang will return to Wei, which will inevitably be futile, and may even be defeated. ”

Not only to counter the upper-class Jingzhou, but also to defend the border of Yangzhou and resist the invasion of He Hun and Wei soldiers, Yangzhou Prefecture, like Jingzhou Prefecture, also had a unit based on the displaced people.

Jingzhou is in the west of Jiankang, Yangzhou is in the north of Jiankang, if the Jingzhou soldiers under the account of the Huanmeng Governor's Mansion are called "Xifu soldiers", this army in Yangzhou can be called "Beifu soldiers".

But unlike the Xifu soldiers, and the "Beifu soldiers" that Xin Er heard about in his previous life, this army in Yangzhou, because until now, there has not been a prestige and capable person who has integrated it on behalf of the imperial court and formally incorporated it into the imperial court's military system, so as of now, in fact, it is not a "formed army", it is still in one, just like Tang Ai said, "sloppy" state, it is said to be "one army", it is better to say "a combination of several wandering people's armies".

In a sense, the current Yangzhou troops, which can be compared with the same time and space in Xin Er's previous life, are not the Beifu soldiers, but the predecessors of the Beifu soldiers, that is, the exile troops led by Zu Ti and others.

The treatment of the officers and men of this unit is no different from that of Zu Ti and others.

On the one hand, Jiangzuo's court needed them, and on the other hand, they were full of vigilance, fearing that their leaders, that is, the various exile marshals, would threaten the power of the Nandu Shi clan in the court, but now it is a little better, at least accept that the various branches of this army are stationed on the border of Yangzhou, in the past, even Yangzhou did not allow them to enter, only allowed them to be stationed in the north of the border of Yangzhou.

This kind of treatment, let me ask, even if most of the soldiers of this army will not make trouble because of their hatred for the Hu people for encroaching on their homes and killing their clansmen and villagers, except for a few people, most of them will be able to have some loyalty to Jiang Zuo?

Therefore, Tang Ai judged that Yin Dang would be useless.

Xin Er put away Huan Meng's reply, and from the secret box on the case, he picked out two pieces of information that had just been sent from Wei Di a few days ago.

These two pieces of information are all caravans sent by the Western Regions Hu Shang in the name and in fact by the Dingxi State, and after going deep into the Wei realm and carefully investigating and listening, they reported to Xin Er, mainly reporting the specific situation of Pu Mao's attack on Luoyang and He Hun Evil and Murong Zhan's battle in Gucheng.

Xin Er first opened the information that reported the battle between He Hun and Murong Zhan, and his eyes fell directly to the end of the information.

On the white paper, black ink letters.

It was written: Murong Zhan has defeated Gucheng, and it is rumored that the Lord of Wei has left his younger brother Murong Quan to guard Ye, and he will want to escape from Youzhou.

Xin Er sighed and said: "Although He Hun Xie won, but his casualties are not small, this Chengbei is a great opportunity to take Henan, Xu, and Hebei Prefectures, but the Jiangzuo Zhugong has curbed Huan Jingzhou, and with Yin Yangzhou, set up Guoqing Yan, Yin Dang is useless, so he can only see this opportunity to miss." ”