Jingzhou, Jiangling.

An old man in his fifties, very imposing, eagle-eyed and hooked nose, handsome robe and big armor, sitting behind the handsome case, his brows were deeply locked, looking at a Tang newspaper in his hand, for a long time, before he sighed: "Xie Anshi has the talent of the temple, but he has no ability to fight, and most of the children he sent are exaggerated and talkative, and at the moment of this great enemy, he still refuses to join forces with us, I am afraid that it will not be long before my generation will be left behind." ”

(The left side is the way the Hu people wear clothes with an open placket, as opposed to the right side of the Han people, which means that the Jin army will soon fail and destroy the country, and they have to learn to wear the clothes of the Hu people like the people of the northern Qin State)

A young man sitting opposite him, dressed in a light ink shirt and fine silk materials, looks so special in this hall full of uniformed officials, isn't it Huan Wen's son, Liu Yu's rival Huan Xuan?

Huan Xuan smiled slightly, and said to the marshal: "Uncle Shuai, don't worry, in my nephew's humble opinion, this time the Beifu army should be able to defeat the Qin army, and it will not be so bad that Hu Ma will cross the river." ”

This person known as Shu Shuai is Huan Xuan's uncle, the current Jingzhou Thorn History, the head of the Huan family class, Huan Chong, he hooked the corners of his mouth, and said indifferently: "Lingbao (Huan Xuan's character), although the combat effectiveness of the Beifu Army is very good, Huangfu and Wu Fu are praised, but Xie Xuan only has 30,000 core troops after all, and more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, which is a temporary patchwork army of major families, under the banner of the Beifu Army. The army of Qin they faced, but there were no less than 500,000, and Fu Jian personally commanded the front line, which shows his determination to complete his work in one battle, Shouchun, which is known as the town, fell in only a few days, what are you still saying now that the Beifu army can win, is it a bit too big? ”

Huan Xuan shook his head and said calmly: "There is no main force of the Beifu Army stationed in Shouchun, and Liu Yu, who the nephew said, only brought more than 100 subordinates, originally Xie Xuan wanted to marry Shi Huanyi, the assassin of Yuzhou, in order to command the soldiers and horses of Xifu, but by mistake and did not succeed, so Liu Yu volunteered to garrison there, and the little nephew could predict that he would inevitably fail between leaving." ”

Huan Chong's brows furrowed: "You have three thousand sharp soldiers under me, since you know the importance of Shouchun, why don't you stay in Shouchun to help Liu Yu defend, but you want to go back to Jingzhou?" There is no shortage of you 3,000 men here, but you are needed there. ”

Huan Xuan smiled slightly: "Because the little nephew thinks that Shouchun is lost, it is better for our Huan family." ”

Huan Chong's face changed: "Lingbao, what do you mean by this?" Speaking of this, he looked around left and right, looked at the soldiers and scribes who were busy, and said in a deep voice, "Wait for the time being, and when necessary, the commander will go to the palace with Xuan'er." ”

Soon, there were only the two uncles and nephews left in the main hall, Huan Xuan said with a straight face: "Uncle Shuai, Xie Xuan asked Liu Yu to seize Shouchun, or the previous marriage with Huan Yi, all in the hope of letting Huan Yi's soldiers and horses defend Shouchun, in order to consume the strength of the Qin army, buy time for the assembly of the Beifu army and the allocation of military rations, and more importantly, they don't want the Beifu army to lose too much in this war, once this army is lost or disabled, then the Xie family's plan to continue to be in power is afraid that it will be frustrated." ”

Huan Chong nodded: "I naturally understand this truth, but Lingbao, now that the national crisis is at hand, we still have to focus on protecting the family and defending the country, and these power struggles can be done at other times." If the Great Jin Dynasty dies, how can we, the land of Jingzhou of the Huan clan, be alone? You are the smartest of all the sons of the eldest brother, so he didn't set up your brother back then, but set up you, the youngest son, as the son, and this Jingzhou will be handed over to you sooner or later, your kind of thinking is too dangerous. ”

A cold light flashed in Huan Xuan's eyes: "If you don't take advantage of this opportunity, you will be even more unable to act in the peaceful period." Uncle Shuai, you are too polite to the Sima Emperor, as well as those Jiankang family gate valves, I want my Huan family to start from scratch, a loyal martyr, the southern and northern wars, only to have today's status, my father three northern expeditions, high achievements, but still suppressed by these family valves, ambition is difficult to pay. Now that God has given us the best opportunity to seize the power of the dynasty that has been controlled by the Xie family for decades, why not take advantage of it? ”

Huan Chong sighed: "Uncle Wei didn't say that he didn't fight for power, but the enemy is currently the same, and it's not a good thing to still calculate like this." In case we are defeated because of our internal friction, whether it is the Xie family or our Huan family, who can get the benefits? ”

Huan Xuan sneered: "Uncle Shuai, in order to maintain the power of their family for a long time, the Xie family used the wealth accumulated by their family for decades, recruited the homeless warriors in the Lianghuai area with a lot of money, collected these strong homeless people, and formed the Beifu Army. ”

Huan Chong hooked the corners of his mouth: "When the eldest brother went on three Northern Expeditions, I followed them all, and I have a deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of the northern Hulu on the plains, what even the eldest brother can't do, can Xie Xuan do?" I don't believe it! ”

Huan Xuan shook his head: "If it's just my southern soldiers, naturally it can't work, but the strength of the Beifu army lies in the fact that they recruit two Huai refugees, these people are mostly from the north to the south, and they have occupied the mountains for many years, and they have been fighting with all kinds of Han people and Hu people, and they have extremely rich combat experience, far better than ordinary people who usually make a living from farming, so the combat effectiveness is also terrifying, the little nephew has personally contacted them, and has secretly observed a few battles, saying that it is the best combat effectiveness in the world, and even stronger than our Jingzhou soldiers, it is not an exaggeration." ”

Huan Chong's brows gradually wrinkled: "If it is really so powerful, it can really defeat Fu Jian, and even go on the Northern Expedition." Therefore, you deliberately let the Qin army capture Shouchun, just to let the Beifu army fight the Qin army in advance? ”

Huan Xuan smiled slightly: "That's right, Shouchun is lost, Xie Xuan can't continue to sit idly by, he can only wave his army forward, so that he will definitely fight a decisive battle with the Qin army in advance, if the Qin army wins, then the Beifu army will be scattered, and the Xie family can only hand over the military power. ”

"If the Beifu army wins, it will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and then it will not be able to wave the Northern Expedition, and we only need to take advantage of the defeat of the Qin army on the eastern front to launch a powerful counterattack against the Qin army in front of us, and we will be able to break the enemy army.