Chapter 633: The Messenger
Rushing from the camp of Wujin Ridge to Zhongli, the fastest way is to get out of Wujin Ridge, close to the hill plain area at the northern foot of Huaiyang Mountain, run all the way to the north foot of Zipeng Mountain, and then go east along the south bank of the Nanqishui River, through the north of Chaozhou City to the northwest foot of the southern section of the Wujian Mountains, and then go northeast to the Mopan Valley.
This line, located in the northern edge of the Tangyi military defense line, not only is there no peaks and ridges on the terrain, but in the past year, in order to ensure the connection of the front villages, Han Qian requisitioned the cantonment soldiers to continuously repair the post roads and trestle bridges along the line.
At the same time, there are dozens of large and small military fortresses of the Tangyi army along the line, which can replace the strongest military horses at any time, which ensures that Xi Ying, under the escort of the guard cavalry, can rush to the Mopan Valley at a speed of 500 miles.
The Mopan Valley, located between the north and south of the Wujian Mountains, after the Shouzhou Army fully shrunk the defensive line, this place and the mountainous area in the northern section of the Wujian Mountains were handed over to Chen Kun, who was also the commander of the Haozhou Thorn History, to be responsible for the defense.
Of course, this line is located in the edge area of the Tangyi army's defense line, to the north is the Shouzhou army's many defenses, at noon there are dozens of elite cavalry suddenly galloped out of the Wujinling camp, all the way non-stop, along the road to change horses without changing people, only five hours, directly into the Hejin army's defense area, which has long alarmed the scouts of the Shouzhou army in the north.
Wen Ruilin was in Zhaoyi County, and when he learned of this, he was surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers, and he also rushed to Huailing City overnight after the Shouzhou Army contracted the defensive line, and the Hejin Army's tooth tent moved west from Zhongli.
Most of the guards and cavalry stopped on the south side of Mopan Valley, and only a few guards accompanied Xi Ying into the defense area of the Hejin army, and were seized by the garrison of the outer fortification of the Hejin army, and then escorted to Huailing City after a report, it was already early in the morning.
At this time, Wen Ruilin had already sat in the lobby of the envoy of the Hejin Military Capital, and waited with Chen Kun for the arrival of the envoy of the Marquis of Qianyang.
Xi Ying naturally would not admit his identity when the outpost generals of the Hejin Army came into contact, but the identity of the envoy of the Marquis of Qianyang was enough to see the face of Chen Kun, the commander of the Haozhou Assassin and the Hejin Army.
Therefore, Wen Ruilin was also taken aback the moment he saw Xi Ying, and he couldn't help but hold the long case with his hands, sat up straight and shouted: "Mrs. Xi!" ”
When they met in Guishan that year, Chen Kun was guarding Zhu Yu, who was still King Yong at the time, of course he recognized Xi Ying, who was dressed as a man, and was as shocked as Wen Ruilin, and he couldn't understand why Han Qian suddenly sent Xi Ying to Huailing to meet him.
Xu Mingzhen is a subordinate of Liang State, Chen Kun is a close confidant general of Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang, Xi Ying is not afraid that there will be Xu Mingzhen's people infiltrating Chen Kun's side, and he directly took out the secret letter signed by Shen Peng, Yun and the princess: "Emperor Liang is in danger for a long time, and Bianjing City will fall into the hands of the rebels at any time, Han Qian remembered the feelings of mutual acquaintance back then, and specially called Xi Ying to come over and send this secret letter to General Chen for reading......"
Ren Wenruilin was resourceful, and after reading the contents of the secret letter, he couldn't help but turn pale, his hands and feet trembled slightly, and he subconsciously whimpered like a wounded beast and shouted:
"How is it possible, how can Liang Shixiong and King He rebel, how can they directly send the Marquis of Wuyang and the prince Zhu Tianming to the Mengwu hostages, how can Princess Yunhe be in Dingzhou City, and fall into the hands of the secret spy of the Tangyi army, how can the Tangyi army do such an unreliable thing? This secret letter must have been forged, or maybe the big stall head fell into the hands of the secret spy of the Chu army and failed to survive the torture! ”
At this moment, there were 10,000 impossible things rushing in Wen Ruilin's chest, stirring his mind into chaos.
Chen Kun's hands trembled and he read the secret letter repeatedly, and his sharp eyes were eager to scrape off the secret letter to dig out if there were any undiscovered secrets hidden in the paper.
After a long time, Chen Kuncai used a suddenly dumb voice to instruct the Yajun Yu Hou: "Chen Tianxiong, you immediately order a team of cavalry, and go to Sizhou to see Han Shuai with this secret letter - there must be no delay along the way, there are unauthorized inquiries and interceptors along the way, not to mention killing, and we must also ensure that the Sima clan cannot hear any rumors in advance - and whether you can keep Bianjing and welcome Your Majesty back to the south depends on whether Han Shuai's speed is fast enough - you tell Han Shuai that I will lead 2,000 cavalry to cross the Huai River first by early tomorrow morning......"
"General Chen, this is very likely to be a trick of the Tangyi army - even if the secret letter is not a forgery, it is indeed the handwriting of Shen Da Stall, but it is very likely that the big stall head fell into the control of Qianyang Hou and was forced to write this letter. Before the news is further confirmed, how can the Hejin army act rashly, and how can they give up Haozhou like this? Seeing that Chen Kun was in a hurry, arranging a plan to rush to Bianjing without arguing the truth, Wen Ruilin said anxiously.
If a few hours later, Chen Kun will lead his only 2,000 cavalry to the north first, and the Hejin army will be stationed in Zhongli, Mopangu and other places, and naturally they must also shrink to the south bank of the Huai River step by step, and then cross the Huai River to the north.
Not to mention Wen Ruilin, even Chen Tianxiong and other Chen Kun's descendants were shocked, and they didn't know whether to immediately carry out Chen Kun's military orders.
"Mrs. Xi, you say, what kind of sinister intentions is Han Qian?" Seeing that Chen Kun was a little silent, but obviously not persuaded by him, Wen Ruilin asked Xi Ying sharply, "If you really want to follow the words in this letter, isn't the chaos in the Liang Kingdom more in line with Han Qian's intentions, when will Han Qian be kind enough to risk the suspicion of collaborating with the enemy and report to us?" ”
"Han Qian just said that he didn't want to see the 160-year-old history of blood and tears ravaged by Hu Ma's iron hooves after the Wei and Jin dynasties repeat itself." Xi Ying didn't expect Chen Kun to listen to her so easily, and in the face of Wen Ruilin's questioning, he just said indifferently.
"Haha......" Wen Ruilin couldn't help laughing, pointed at Xi Ying and said, "Mrs. Xi, who can you trust Han Qian with what you say, so that he thinks of the world?" ”
"I believe," Chen Kun said, "Your Majesty has also said that the Marquis of Qianyang has a great strategy, and there is no more children in the world besides him." I believe that the words of the Marquis of Qianyang will not be false, and I also believe that His Majesty will not be wrong about the Marquis of Qianyang. In addition, His Majesty wrote a letter some time ago, and he was worried about the possibility that Guanjianglou was secretly attached to the Muslims; Shen Peng left a mark in the letter that only me, Han Shuai, Mr. Lei and a few other people could recognize, to show that he was left in the hands of Tangyi's secret spies, but what he said in the letter was true......"
Wen Ruilin sat behind the long case, speechless for a long time.
"Did you inform Huo Guogong?" There was a staff member sitting on the left, and he asked Chen Kundao at this time.
Wen Ruilin was scheming, thinking to himself, no matter what, even if the elite of the Hejin army wanted to shrink north immediately and rush to the aid of Bianjing, they should have notified the nearby Shouzhou army to come and take over, instead of giving Haozhou to the future rival Tangyi army!
Chen Kun shook his head and said, "In this situation, Xu Mingzhen is not trustworthy. ”
Hearing Chen Kun say this, Wen Ruilin thought again, too, Xu Mingzhen was only forced by the situation to demote the Liang, at this time, in addition to continuing to independently lead the Shouzhou Army, there are also some small families and officials closely related to the Shouzhou Army living in Bianjing.
Once Liang Shixiong and Zhu let the rebels become a fact, no matter how many soldiers and horses the rebels have available in Bianjing, Xu Mingzhen's relatives, the Chu army officials, and Empress Xu, Yang Fen, the Duke of Chu, and others will most likely fall under Liang Shixiong's control as soon as possible.
Chen Kun had just deliberately told him to prevent the Sima clan from hearing any rumors in advance, how could they risk betting that Xu Mingzhen was loyal to His Majesty and would not be half-hearted?
Compared with the gains and losses of Bianjing, not to mention Haozhou, even if the entire Huainan is handed over, it is irrelevant.
At this time, the general Chen Tianxiong no longer hesitated, took the secret letter and Chen Kun's letter, and went out of the hall to gather people and horses to rush to Sizhou to find Han Yuan Qi to spread the news.
Huailing City is far from Sizhou City, to cross the Huai River, bypass from the north of Hongzepu, there are 300 miles of road, even if there are post shops all the way, the letter can be delivered to Han Yuanqi at noon tomorrow at the earliest, and Han Yuanqi will not be until tomorrow at the earliest, so that the cavalry stationed in Xu Si and other places can be ordered to go north.
Wen Ruilin couldn't help but think pessimistically: Can we catch up in time?
Chen Kun didn't dare to be anxious at this time, but at least he was able to calm down, and said to Wen Ruilin: "Mr. Wen, I would like to ask you to personally escort Mrs. Xi to Daishanzhai - if you can see the Marquis of Qianyang, you will say that today will pass the book, Chen Kun will be dedicated to Your Majesty, and he hopes that Liang Chu can cultivate forever." ”
"Princess Yunhe and the big stall are all ......in their hands," Wen Ruilin hesitated, he wanted to suggest that Chen Kun detain Xi Ying so that he could exchange for Princess Yunhe in the future.
Chen Kun shook his head and said: "Mrs. Xi can come over to deliver the letter in person, it is righteous to Daliang, we naturally want to escort Mrs. Xi back safely, and with the bearing of the Marquis of Qianyang, I will not embarrass the princess and Shen Peng ......if I come."
Now is not the time to look into the details.
And ceding Haozhou to the Marquis of Qianyang and the Tangyi army, from another point of view, can also ensure that Xu Mingzhen and the Shouzhou army will not act easily, so that even if they use troops under Bianjing City, they can at least stabilize the southern part of Daliang, so that the Shouzhou army and the Sima clan can't wait to throw themselves into the arms of the rebels.
Chen Kun doesn't have time to explain them to Wen Ruilin one by one now, but I believe that with his resourcefulness, he will soon be able to get it thoroughly......