Although Tongguan is still under the control of the Liang army, from Tongguan to the east, Hangu Pass, Luoyang, Yanshi, Xingyang and other places are under the control of the Weizhou rebels and the Mengwu people, unless the Liang army in Guanzhong goes east to break through, attack the city all the way, tear through the blockade of the Weizhou rebels, or can meet the Liang army trapped in Bianjing in the Central Plains, but it is impossible for 5,000 men and horses to take this road and withdraw to Caizhou or Bianjing.

Of course, Hanzhong City and Yongzhou are connected by Fu Luo Road, and Fu Luo Road is completely under the control of the two of them, at this time, three or five thousand Liang soldiers and horses changed into the uniforms of the Chu army, and when the right Shenwu army retreated to Tangyi, they borrowed the road from Tangyi to return to Caizhou, and they can really do it without knowing it - the merchant ships of the Chishan Society can directly Tiehe Village, Fucheng and Hanzhong City, what do they really want to do, the soldiers and horses borrow the merchant ships of the Chishan Society to enter and exit, and a large number of generals will borrow the night sè to hide in the cabin, even if there are scouts on Li Zhihe's side, The dark sentry stared at this side, and it was difficult to notice.

At present, there are 14,500 Liang troops in Caizhou, which are greatly involved with Han Yuanqi, and the main generals are generals trained by Han Yuanqi, and they are still loyal to Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang, but due to the ambiguous attitude of Xu Mingzhen who lives on the flank, after the Heshuo shock, he also wantonly expanded to Yingqiao and other places, and the Xiangbei army in the south was eyeing him, so that the Caizhou soldiers had no way to rush north to reinforce Bianjing.

In fact, after Han Yuanqi and Chen Kun led their troops to reinforce Bianjing, they could only barely hold Bianjing at present, but in the face of the more powerful Weizhou rebels, there were more than 10,000 more Caizhou soldiers and horses near Bianjing, and the military morale was unstable and it was difficult to protect the back road, which was of little significance.

However, if the Liang army in Guanzhong dispatched the most elite 5,000 soldiers and horses, if they could secretly rush to Caizhou to join Caizhou with the help of Tangyi, the meaning would be very different.

And when the Caizhou soldiers and horses go north to reinforce Bianjing, the Weizhou rebels' combat effectiveness of the Caizhou soldiers and horses is very likely to be seriously misjudged, so as to achieve the effect of surprise attacks and sneak attacks.

If the Liang army can win one or two key victories near Bianjing, it will greatly improve the bad situation in the Central Plains, and maybe it will even reverse the ambiguous attitude of Xu Mingzhen and other forces.

Of course, Xu Mingzhen's change of attitude is also good for Tangyi, after all, with such a big help, how can Liang Jun (Shouzhou Army) have to give up Shouchun and Huoqiu, the two cities on the south bank of the Huai River?

As soon as Shen Peng made this request, Guo Rong, Chen Jingzhou, Wen Bo, and Tan Yuliang were all surprised, but it was a clever strategy to think about it carefully, retreated to the side, and after discussing in a low voice for a while, Guo Rong officially replied to Shen Peng: "We can't decide this matter, but we will send someone to report to my family tonight......

"Can you do the preparatory work first?" Shen Peng asked.

Fu Luo Road is about 500 miles long, and 5,000 Liang troops will come from Yongzhou and arrive at Tiehe Village in the pass on the south line of Fu Luo Road, which will take seven or eight days.

And here we must strictly prevent the slightest leakage of rumors, the generals of the Right Shenwu Army may not be reliable, and it is necessary to garrison the front line of Tiehe Village, all the guards led by Han Donghu or the old soldiers brought by Tan Yuliang from Xuzhou, so that they can really hide from the world.

Guo Rong and Chen Jingzhou, Wen Bo, and Tan Yuliang glanced at each other, knowing that they had sent someone to ask Han Qian, and it would take seven or eight days to go back and forth, but now the situation can be said to be an inch of light, and if they can prepare in advance, they should not delay for seven or eight days.

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Wang Zhe and Zhao Ci set off for Huaixi overnight.

A small group of people or scout messengers borrowed from the territory of Xiangbei, Li Zhihe was not embarrassed, Wang Zhe and Zhao Ci rode fast horses to Huangchuan two days later.

At that time, Han Qian's people were no longer in Huangchuan, and they chased from Huangchuan to Huaiyang, and met Han Qian, who was inspecting there.

Han Qiandang agreed to cover the Liang army's soldiers and horses, escorted them to Caizhou quietly, and Guo Rong and Wen Bo fully cooperated.

At the same time, in the name of preparing for the attack on Shouchun and Huoqiu, Han Qian officially issued an order to transfer the right Shenwu army and Tianping to withdraw from Liangzhou, so that Guo Rong and Wen Bo could continue to negotiate with Li Zhihe and Li Changfeng.

Wang Zhe and Zhao Ci rushed back to Hanzhong City with Han Qian's warrant on the 10th day of the first month of April.

Guo Rong also rushed to Li Zhihe and Li Changfeng with Han Qian's warrant and letter to negotiate the withdrawal of troops.

At this time, it is almost confirmed that Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian did not dare to counterattack the Liang army in the short term, and Wen Bo and Tan Yuliang withdrew their troops under Han Qian's secret order, which was also to fulfill the previous promise and completely hand over Liangzhou to the Xiangbei Army and Zuo Wuxiang's army to take over.

The elite soldiers and horses of the Xiangbei Army and the Zuo Wuxiang Army combined were more than 60,000 people, and there was no major military pressure in several other directions, and they occupied many cities in Liangzhou first, and had the huge advantage of defending the city, and Junzhou, Xiangzhou, and Dengzhou were connected by the Han River, and they were also fully capable of undertaking the defense task of Liangzhou alone.

Li Zhihe has even started to move to Xunyang, Han yīn, Shiting, Xicheng and other old Jinzhou villages and forbidden army households, at this time, if Wen Bo and Tan Yuliang continue to lead their troops to stay, they have to be distracted to guard against other changes, how can they oppose Wen Bo and Tan Liangliang They withdraw their troops back to Tangyi and participate in the preparations for the recovery of Huoqiu and Shouchun.

Of course, when the newly formed Right Shenwu Army of Wen Bo's headquarters withdrew, Li Zhihe demanded that they must strictly take boats and boats south along the Han River to the Yangtze River to Donghu, and they were no longer allowed to go directly to Gwangju by land from the territory of Xiangsui and Deng Junzhou.

It seems that it will take more than 2,000 miles to take the waterway, but the ship will not be slow down by a few days along the Han River and the Yangtze River, and then go north to the central area of Huozhou through Chaohu Lake and Weishui, and the generals will not be so hard.

In this way, Chen Jingzhou, Guo Rong, Wen Bo and others first waited for the second and third batches to evacuate with the first batch of 5,000 men and horses (3,000 of which were pretended to be Liang Jun), Tan Yuliang, Han Donghu, Guo Qi, and Wen Bo's Wen Yuan, Cao Ba, Xue Chuan and other generals.

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The first batch of soldiers and horses to withdraw entered Chaohu Lake on 22 April on the merchant ships of the Chishan Society.

At this time, it is already early summer in the Jianghuai region, and the weather is already a little hot; There is more than half a month, and the summer grain harvest season such as beans and wheat in the Jianghuai region.

This year, the rain in the Jianghuai region after the beginning of summer is much more abundant than in previous years, and news of floods has already occurred in many prefectures and counties.

After the fleet entered the Yangtze River, it rained continuously on both sides of the river.

The only thing that is gratifying is that the prefectures and counties in the hinterland of Dachu have been considered to be national peace and security in the past five or six years, and the boat ride has not delayed the trip.

Emperor Yanyou, Shen Yang and others were quite diligent in governance, and the local ability to resist natural disasters was also strong, even if the taxes and miscellaneous contributions were extremely heavy, the poor people at the bottom could barely survive.

Even in a typhoon as large as last year's in Koto, there was no large-scale starvation, which is extremely rare in such a world.

Of course, this is also due to a lot of Tangyi, the Chishan Society last year almost in the Jiangdong area alone to evacuate more than 40,000 victims to Chuzhou, Chaozhou and other places to settle.

In addition, the military department expanded the number of military households in the vicinity of Gyeonggi by integrating tens of thousands of disaster victims and displaced people into the cantonment military government near Gyeonggi for resettlement, expanding the scale of military households near Gyeonggi.

After the fleet entered Chaohu Lake through the Yuxi River, the ships of the cavalry guards and some of the old soldiers of Xuzhou sailed to Donghu Port, while the ships of the 3,000 Liang troops would pass directly through Chaohu Lake, continue north from the Nanqishui River in the west of Chaozhou City, until they landed near Anfeng, and then rushed to Caizhou by land.

Shen Peng and Jing Zhen, the commander in charge of commanding the elite of the Liang army, had to follow Chen Jingzhou, Guo Rong, and Wen Bo into East Lake City to meet Han Qian no matter what.

They were not afraid of delaying for two or three days at East Lake, and they would soon be able to catch up with the Liang army that was heading north through Chaozhou on horseback.

At this time, looking at the boats on the east bank of Chaohu Lake, in addition to the merchant ships of the Chishan Society and the warships of the Tangyi Navy, there are also a large number of merchant ships entering Chaohu Lake from all over the world, and the scale of the port is no less than Jinling.

Of course, Jinling was a foreign merchant and the goods were mainly collected by waterway for the dignitaries and children in the city to spend on it.

In addition to the grain and tribute escorted by Zhuzhou County, in order to meet the food, clothing, housing and transportation of hundreds of thousands of people in Jinling City, more than 2 million stone of grain, millions of cloth and other commercial goods were transported from all over the country.

On the East Lake side, there is a large-scale transportation of commercial goods to Zhuzhou County.

The different needs of the two cities are also destined to make the waterway transportation between East Lake and Jinling increasingly prosperous.

Ships transporting ordinary soldiers have designated anchorages on the side of the naval camp, and soldiers and horses can go ashore and be stationed in the barracks to rest; The two sailing boats on which Chen Jingzhou, Guo Rong, Wen Bo, Shen Peng, Jing Zhen, and others were on were guided by the sentinel boats and sailed directly to a military wharf outside the naval camp.

More than 100 people can be seen standing on the pier from a distance.

Surrounded by more than 100 soldiers, Han Qian was standing on the dock with Wang Jun, Xi Ying, Gao Shao, Feng Yi, Zhao Wuji, and even Wen Duqiao.

Chen Jingzhou, Guo Rong, and Wen Bo thought that Han Qian had personally rushed to the port dock to meet them, and when the bow of the ship came over, they saw that Han Qian and Wang Jun were still standing beside a young girl who was standing tall and elegant, looking forward to it, with a face full of anxiety and anticipation.

Chen Jingzhou looked at Guo Rong and Wang Zhe with some confusion, not understanding what the identity of this girl was on such an occasion, and asked, "Who is the girl next to Hou Ye?" ”

"Cloud and princess?" Guo Rong subconsciously answered Chen Jingzhou's question, but as he spoke, he and Wang Zhe were suddenly confused, and after turning his mind, his eyes searched among the entourages behind Shen Peng and Jing Zhen.

They understood that if they only saw Shen Peng and Jing Zhen, there was no need for Han Qian to bring Princess Yun and Princess Yun directly to the dock, it was a big deal to ask them to meet afterwards, Tang Yi was already full of sincerity, unless it was ......

But seeing that among the attendants behind Shen Peng, a thin scribe wearing a green shirt with a sallow face but a somewhat sickly appearance stood in front of Shen Peng and Jing Zhen at this time, at this moment Guo Rong and Wang Zhe both wanted to slap themselves, but they didn't expect them to escort Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang to East Lake, and they didn't notice it along the way.

It's just that compared to the portrait of Zhu Yu hidden by the Military Intelligence Department, Zhu Yu at this time is much thinner, and he has a somewhat ill appearance that can't be concealed, so it's no wonder they didn't recognize it.

Shen Peng and Jing Zhen were all worried all the way, and they were even more opposed to Zhu Yu entering East Lake City with them, for fear that after being found out of Xingzang, Han Qian would suddenly change his hexagram.

Now they are relieved, since Han Qian had already guessed in advance that His Majesty was hiding in the fleet, but he didn't make any extra moves, coming to the lakeside dock to meet them at this time, naturally he shouldn't be able to leave them in trouble.

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"When you say goodbye to Turtle Mountain, you will suddenly pass through a gap for several years, like a white horse."

Even if he didn't want to arouse unnecessary vigilance among the Liang generals like Shen Peng and Jing Zhen, Han Qian would not invite Zhu Yu to enter Donghu City, and they would just meet each other on the dock.

The guards guarded the periphery and strictly forbade unrelated people to peep at this side, and the left and right were all close ministers and descendants of Tangyi or Liang Jun, and Han Qian did not shy away from talking to Zhu Yu.

"Wang Jun has seen Your Majesty." Wang Jun stood beside Han Qian and bowed to Zhu Yu.

Although she first expected that Zhu Yuji might personally rush to Caizhou to command the battle, she couldn't help but look curiously at such a figure in front of her.

"Madame is gracious. I heard in Bianjing that the Wang family has a good daughter, and the Marquis of Qianyang can get your help, which can really be said to be like a tiger's wings, but Madame expected that I would go to Caizhou via East Lake? Zhu Yu bowed his head slightly and asked with a smile.

Wang Jun lowered his head slightly, and replied: "My husband is a hero, and Your Majesty is also a hero, so Wang Jun guessed that Your Majesty would be a guest at East Lake." ”

Chen Jingzhou and Guo Rong were very confused just now, thinking that thousands of soldiers and horses, if they wanted to enter Caizhou quietly from Guanzhong at this time, they had to be covered by Tangyi, but Zhu Yu wanted to go to Caizhou, and he could take his personal guards directly over Funiu Mountain, so he never thought that he would hide in the fleet and go to East Lake to take this trip.

At this time, listening to Zhu Yu and Wang Jun's witty words, Chen Jingzhou and Guo Rong felt it in their hearts, and thought to themselves, could it be that Zhu Yu didn't have much hope for his trip to Caizhou?

Zhu Yu looked at Wen Duqiao, who was standing with Feng Yi, Gao Shao and others, and asked, "Duke Wen has already decided that Tangyi is where he returns?" ”

Wen Duqiao is old and spicy, and he feels a little embarrassed to stand in front of Emperor Liang Zhu Yu at this moment, and he bows and says

"Your Majesty's kindness to the Wen family, the children of the Wen family will never forget. ”

"There is no righteous war in the country, I used the children of the Wen family at that time, and I also intended to seek Chu, how can there be any kindness at all? The Wen family stayed in Tangyi, if there were no more half-hearted words, history could be expected. Zhu Yu said with a general feeling.

Wen Duqiao responded: "Your Majesty is right. ”

Zhu Yu stood on the slightly higher pier and looked at the newly built East Lake City on the west side for a while, before he said to Han Qian: "Although the East Lake is broken, it has a new atmosphere at the end of the millennium since the Qin and Han dynasties, and the hills and ravines in your chest are more unfathomable than I imagined after all." ”

"Your Majesty has praised it." Han Qian said.

"The Mughal people are so strong, I am the enemy to lose. And if I fail to clean up the ruined situation in the Central Plains within three years, Xiao Yiqing and Wusu Dashi will also be your fierce rivals - I admit your affection, and at most persuade Xu Mingzhen to return the two cities of Huoqiu and Shouchun to you, but at that time, Chu will not be able to worry about the country, and it will be difficult to prevent external troubles. Zhu Yu said.

"This can only be counted wherever you go." Han Qian said with a light sigh.

"Father." Yun He Princess couldn't help but call out loud at this time.

Zhu Yu stroked Yunhe's forehead and said: "Yunhe, you should stay in East Lake, after three years, the situation in the Central Plains can be determined, I will send someone to pick you up, with the mind of the Marquis of Qianyang, you don't have to worry about not getting together with your father when the time comes." ”

“…… Yunhe," Princess Yunhe said.

Zhu Yu shook his head, interrupted her request to follow her to Caizhou, and said to Han Qian: "I originally planned to enter East Lake to meet you for two or three days, but when I entered Chaohu Lake through the Yuxi River, I found that it was no longer necessary—I really hope that one day, you and I can meet on the battlefield." ”

"I hope there will be this day." Han Qian said.

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Zhu Yu did not enter Donghu City after all, and Han Qian arranged a boat to send him, Shen Peng, and Jing Zhen to catch up with the main force of the Liang army, which was heading towards the Nanqishui River through Chaohu Lake.

Han Qian stood in front of the dock, and until the lonely sail melted into the cloud shadow and was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, he asked Chen Jingzhou, Guo Rong, Wen Bo and others to leave the dock with him, ride a carriage and horse together, pass through East Lake City, and go to Liyang.

Although Lake Lane is extremely prosperous, the scale of East Lake City at this time is still far from being comparable to Jinling City.

However, as Zhu Yu said, East Lake had a new atmosphere that was not available in Dazhou at that time.

Passing through the spacious galloping road, the carriages and horses rushed to Liyang City, more than 30 miles away, under the escort of the guards.

Today, Chen Jingzhou, Guo Rong, and Wen Bo led the first batch of soldiers and horses to retreat to Tangyi, so naturally they had to hold a banquet to celebrate their achievements, and they would not be interrupted by Zhu Yu's arrival and departure.

Liyang is also a quiet town hidden under the richness of summer, the terrain is quite high, the summer climate is also quite dry, there is no special hot and humid Jianghuai area, it can be said to be a rare place to escape.

In addition to Gao Shao, Feng Yi, Wen Duqiao and a very limited number of people who accompanied Han Qian to the dock to meet Zhu Yu, the banquet in the Lian Garden of Liyang City, Yang Qin, Yuan Guowei, Zhao Wuji, Zhao Qi, Chen Zhiyong, Ji Xiyao, Chen Jitang, Xi Fa, Wen Zhanyu, Cao Kun and other important figures of the Wen family, Han Qian also invited them over.

In addition to the war in Liangzhou and the situation in Hehuai, the most discussed by everyone at the banquet was the people's livelihood in Huaixi and the worrying rain and water since the beginning of summer.

Although it is said that the more than 10 counties newly recovered and newly relocated in Huaixi will no longer be exempted or exempted from the summer grain and field tax this year, the field tax will be intercepted in the prefecture and county.

At present, all counties are reporting on the construction of ditches and roads according to the scale of people.

In particular, in the four prefectures of Huohao and Shouguang, considering that the subsequent war is likely to develop along both sides of the Huai River, the residential areas, especially those with particularly poor living conditions and in need of subsidies from the county and township departments, will gradually build enclosed houses and encircled villages this year according to the standards of defense against cavalry attacks by small squads.

The land taxes collected by the counties and township divisions must be invested in these things, and the government will also subsidize a part of the money and grain accordingly to maintain the daily operation of the prefectures, counties and township divisions.

In many of these matters, the county and township departments will purchase building materials on the spot as much as possible, or directly by the government, or encourage the private sector to raise funds to build various brick cellars, ash cellars, lumber yards and other workshops, and hire laborers on the spot to spend on it.

The use of cash-for-work and the expansion of local infrastructure construction can continuously improve the living conditions of the poor at the bottom in these places, which is something that Huaixi will continue to do unremittingly.

Han Qian, Chen Jingzhou, and Zhou Yi have always maintained close correspondence, and will report the latest situation in Huaixi in a timely manner.

Wen Bo has led the troops to confront Huaixi (Tangyi) for a long time, and he is no stranger to the situation in Huaixi, but he knows very well in his heart that there are some things that Tangyi can do, but the Shouzhou army can't do it.

In addition to selling goods in Jianghuai, Sichuan, Shu, and Guizhou, Tangyi can also raise money from Qiao Chen and other close clans through the official money bureau, and buy a large amount of grain and other materials from all over Jianghuai.

Before the Battle of Wujinling, even if the Shouzhou Army relied on Bianjing to allocate four or five hundred thousand stone grains, the materials and other materials that could be mobilized were already a lot behind Tangyi.

In the Battle of Wujinling, others may think that Han Qian is using dangerous tactics and deceit to make merit, but in Wen Bo's eyes, even without the Battle of Wujinling, it will be difficult for the Shouzhou Army to hold Chaozhou and other places in the past two years.

After talking about the people's livelihood, it is inevitable that they will also talk about the placement of the Wen clan and the new Right Shenwu Army.

To say that there were still some scruples in my heart before, but today I saw the situation of Han Qian and Emperor Liang Zhu Yu meeting at the wharf, Wen Duqiao, Wen Bo and his son did not hesitate, and immediately expressed their position, resolutely no longer engaged in independent mountain, and determined that everything should be integrated into the Tangyi army as the premise, and the remaining problems that may exist in the Right Shenwu Army should be removed.

With the initiative of Wen Bo and Wen Duqiao and other core figures of the Wen family, these things can be discussed and discussed freely.