At the end of February, Yuan Guowei and Han Daochang's mission was completely completed, and it was time to embark on the journey back to Jinling and return to Beijing to resume their purpose.

On the day Yuan Guowei and Han Daochang left, Han Qian and Wang Jun specially went out of the Shen family to see them off.

There was a continuous spring rain floating in the sky, and Han Qian was afraid that Wang Jun would be too tired to hold the umbrella, so he took the oil-paper umbrella and shielded him and Wang Jun from the rain.

On this day, when it is said to be warm, it is warm, and green grass sprouts emerge between the foothills and valleys, and the color between heaven and earth is much more moist.

Han Qian also didn't think Yuan Guowei was an outsider, and when he parted, he picked up some urgent words and told him:

"In order to consolidate the victory, I asked the imperial court to urge the Marquis of Xinjin to attack Huozhou and Gwangju from Wusheng Pass and Pingjing Pass to the north, and to annex Guanghuo and Huo Prefecture as the territory of Great Chu as soon as possible. And the Zuo Longque Army should also enter Guanghuo Prefecture with Xinjin Hou to fight, instead of staying in Shuzhou and doing nothing. The Shouzhou army suffered a heavy blow from this, but considering that Xu Mingzhen may then abandon Chaozhou City and continue to shrink the defense line, my Tangyi soldiers are still under great military pressure in Huaixi, and I specially ask His Majesty to expand the Tangyi army into two armies on the left and right in Songshu this time, and I will ask Lord Yuan to help say ...... when the time comes."

"What he can, Yuan will not refuse." Yuan Guowei put on the rain cover, and saw off Han Qian and Wang Jun to see everyone off, and Han Daochang stepped on the military horse, surrounded by Hu Sui, and went south along the stream.

Yuan Guowei and Han Daochang only need to pass through the hinterland of Huaiyang Mountain to the upper reaches of the Longtan River this time, and then they can take a boat to the east.

After that, he entered the Yangtze River through Chaohu Lake and Yuxi River non-stop, and returned to Jinling City on March 4.

Yuan Guowei did not go to the Han Mansion with Han Daochang for a banquet, and returned directly to the palace to reply to the decree, but the moment he stepped into the palace, he could still feel the subtle atmosphere in the palace.

There will be such an atmosphere, and Yuan Guowei doesn't think there is anything abrupt or strange.

According to the rules, Han Qian's recital should be sent to Zhongshu Province first, and he did not need to carry it into the palace.

After Yuan Guowei returned to the palace, he first sent the eunuch accompanying him to Chongwen Hall to pass the ceremony, but until the sky darkened, Emperor Yanyou did not send anyone to summon him to interrogate.

His Majesty did not summon him, and Yuan Guowei was not anxious, after dark, Jiang Shu brought two young eunuchs in Tsing Yi and two food boxes to him to drink.

The moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and the weather is only a little cold, Yuan Guowei directly set up wine and food in the courtyard, and the little eunuch in Tsing Yi all withdrew, and Jiang Shu drank and chatted under the new moon.

"Don't you ask Your Majesty what your reaction has been in the past few days?" Jiang Yu saw Yuan Guowei drinking wine leisurely, and couldn't help but ask first.

"The victory of Wujinling came too fast, too fast, too unprepared, so that everyone wanted to drag their feet, what else could they ask?" Yuan Guowei spread his hands and asked, "You can't blame the Marquis of Qianyang for fighting this battle too smoothly and unexpectedly, so don't give each family time to lag behind."

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Jiang Shu shook his head and smiled, he had worked with Yuan Guowei for many years, and his friendship was irreversible, and after a while, he lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother summoned Shen Xiang into the Chongwen Hall the night before yesterday and asked if he could follow the military of the Yingzhou Prefecture with the Marquis of Xinjin, Shen Xiang was silent for a long time, and he didn't say yes, and he didn't say that he couldn'......."

"Your Majesty, is there no other way than to use the two people he is most taboo to check and balance each other? Twenty-one years after the founding of the Great Chu, except for Wu Yue, the king of eastern Zhejiang, there was no festival envoy, and now this special case is opened, and I am afraid that things will be more difficult to clean up in the future, right? Yuan Guowei smiled bitterly and shook his head, not knowing what to say about what Jiang Shu said.

Jiang Shu didn't want to talk about this matter too much, but just told Yuan Guowei about it, so he changed the topic and continued to talk about other things that had happened in Jinling in recent days:

"You may not know that the Privy Council received a letter yesterday saying that the Shouzhou Army began to clear the households in Chaozhou City yesterday - the Privy Council estimates that the Shouzhou Army may withdraw from Chaozhou before mid-to-late April at the earliest, otherwise when the water of the Nanqishui River rises again, the big ships of the Tangyi Navy Army can drive straight into the Nanqishui River, and they will become more passive. And before you come back, yesterday morning, there was an official history letter from the Imperial Historical Observatory requesting that the Marquis of Qianyang be granted the title of envoy to the Tangyi camp to oversee the military and political affairs of Huaixi......"

"This is also the proper meaning of the question, but this is also good, the northern line of Dachu is officially divided into three war zones, and it can be less involved." Yuan Guowei said.

"The power of the Marquis of Xinjin is still too heavy, but I don't know why the Cishou Palace trusts the Marquis of Xinjin so much?" Jiang Shu frowned slightly, and asked with doubts in his eyes.

Yuan Guowei was not in Jinling during this time, but he could also expect that Li Zhihe, in addition to being able to supervise the military of the five states of Xiangbei before, would directly grant the festival and serve as the envoy of the Xiangbei Festival this time, which should be the Cishou Palace's full promotion.

If the defense line in the north of Great Chu was really adjusted according to the three theaters, Huaidong would be in charge of the lower reaches of the Huai River east of Hongzepu, and Han Qian would be in charge of the defense line against the Liang army extending from the eastern part of Huozhou to Shouzhou and the southern part of Haozhou in Huaixi, the scale would not be as large as the western flank theater formed by Xiangying and Deng Jun.

Xiangbei borders Liangzhou of Shu through Hanshui in the west, guards against the soldiers and horses of Liangzhong Guanzhong in the northwest through Danshui, and confronts the soldiers and horses of the Liang army in Rucai and Caizhou through the Nanyang Basin in the north, and confronts the soldiers and horses of the Liang army in Rucai and Tongbai Mountain in the east, and confronts the Guang and Huo states controlled by the Shouzhou army in the north.

It seems that the western flank theater bears the greatest military pressure, but this also means that the imperial court will import the most resources to the western flank in the future, and give Li Zhihe the heaviest military power.

In addition to the local soldiers of the five prefectures of Xiangbei, the three elite combat forces of the forbidden army, the Zuo Longque Army, the Zuo Wuwei Army, and the Zuo Shenwu Army, which can be said to be the most elite combat forces of the forbidden army, will all be subject to Li Zhihe's control and dispatch.

Or maybe Cishou Palace used this as a reason and excuse to give Li Zhihe a special case of granting a festival envoy?

Regarding this situation, Yuan Guowei didn't want to delve too much into this situation, and said: "The power of the Marquis of Xinjin is heavy, but after the Marquis of Xinjin goes to the west, if you don't add it."

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Hard, I'm afraid that the Huaishang Prefectures will have to be recovered by the Marquis of Qianyang. ”

"Also, if I had known that this was the case, I should have asked for this errand before," Jiang Shuxiao asked, "Tell me quickly, how did Wujin Ling fight, and why did he win in a daze?" ”

"In the letter back to the Privy Council, it didn't say much?" Yuan Guowei asked curiously.

"You didn't send it back in secret, and the Marquis of Qianyang can know everything to the Privy Council?" Jiang Shu said, suggesting that Yuan Guowei should think of a good rhetoric in this matter.

Yuan Guowei was ordered to comfort the army, so he had the right to supervise the army.

The Privy Council received the good news of the battle of Wujin Ling, which was delayed by thirteen days than the actual time, Han Qian could say that the road was blocked, and the messenger he sent was intercepted by the enemy halfway, and no one would debunk his lies, but why didn't Yuan Guowei send the news back in time?

And the entourage who went to Huaiyang Palace with Yuan Guowei this time were all eunuchs in the palace, and not any of them would keep their mouths shut or make up lies for Yuan Guowei.

"I am only going to the army on orders, and I feel deeply inconvenient in my body when I get close, so maybe it is time to ask Your Majesty to return home." Yuan Guowei said lightly.

Jiang Shu nodded, he and Yuan Guowei are both in the year of the sixtieth year, and there are no years to toss, if Your Majesty lets them return to their hometowns, they may enjoy a few years of pastoral fun, but will Your Majesty let them return to their hometowns?

This topic was too heavy, and the two diverged from the topic at the moment and talked about the specific situation of the battle of Wujin Ridge.

"In this way, the Marquis of Qianyang led his troops and horses out of Fucha Mountain, and the Shouzhou army failed to intercept regardless of casualties, and it was already doomed to defeat!" After listening to what Yuan Guowei said, Jiang Shu couldn't help but say with emotion, "And Xu Mingzhen doesn't pay much attention to the escape of the mountain people in Huaiyang Mountain, which is also the cause of defeat." ”

"Yes, there are no statistics on how many Ding households there are in Huaiyang Mountain, but only the main stream of the Nanqishui River and the Longtan River in the mountains is not particularly wide, and there are nearly 30,000 people in the nearly 50 villages controlled by the Qianyang Hou for the first time after entering. In addition, nearly 20,000 soldiers and civilians were captured from Anfeng Village, and the Marquis of Qianyang replenished more than 6,000 soldiers and horses before the flood invaded the enemy camp, and also controlled the main stream upstream of the Nanqishui River, otherwise the Marquis of Qianyang would not have won this battle...... Yuan Guowei said with emotion.

Although less than 4,000 recruits in Huaiyang Mountain were voluntarily recruited in the early days, seeing that the elite generals had lost too much in the battle of pulling the stronghold, Han Qian then forcibly caught up with the other nearly 2,000 elites captured by Anfengzhai to join the fence to participate in the defense.

From Fucha Mountain to the north to Wujin Ridge, the enemy army was defeated, and the Tangyi soldiers also accumulated more than 5,000 casualties.

If it weren't for the fact that the recruits had borne nearly sixty percent of the casualties, Han Qian would not have been able to support the moment when the army broke through the water in Wujin Ridge.

During the Jinling Incident, Yuan Guowei participated in the formation of the Chishan Army and the Zuoguang German Army almost the whole process, and he felt particularly deeply about this, and secretly felt that this may be the biggest difference between Han Qian and the famous generals of the time, rather than his unpredictable calculations......

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