"The Liang Junshui camp has arrived in Canglang City, and the scouts of Zuo Si didn't even notice it beforehand?"

Li Chong didn't expect that because of the mistake of the Zuo Si scout, the Dragon Bird Army would miss the opportunity to make another miraculous feat, and his voice couldn't help but ask sharply.

"It's Han Qian's carelessness," Han Qian ignored Li Chong's questioning, looked at the three princes, Yang Jian, Shen Yang and others, and said, "I only cared about An yesterday, staring at the movements of the Liang army that retreated into the inner countryside, afraid that Han Yuanqi would kill a horse gun, but in other directions, I was still careless." This is my negligence, please punish Your Highness. ”

The generals of the Chu army were tired, and the Liang army had not broken out in any major battles in other directions in the past month, except for the fierce battle with them in Xichuan City, and it could even be said that they were waiting for work.

Han Qian didn't think that last night was a good opportunity to take advantage of the victory, but he himself had always taken the sword sideways, always stepping on the tightrope to take advantage of the fire, and it was inconvenient to explain too much, so he directly took the responsibility for negligence at this time.

Shen Yang and Zhenyuan Marquis Yang Jian remained silent.

They have experienced countless ups and downs in their lives, and they know that the sword is not a long-term solution, and they will one day play with fire and burn themselves, so they don't feel that they have really missed any opportunities, and this time they can force the Liang army to withdraw their troops and recover Jingxiang, which is already a great victory, and they do not have the luxury of hoping that they can really hit the Liang army hard under the conditions that are so hasty and immature in all aspects.

Xinchang Hou Li Pu and Chai Jian and the others had cloudy faces, and they were naturally dissatisfied with Zuo Si's mistake this time, but they felt that even if Han Qian occasionally made mistakes and omissions, at least at this time, he would weaken the trust of many three princes in him, and it would be useless to say more.

Yang Yuanpu was in high spirits at this time, and he was somewhat sorry for not being able to make any more miraculous achievements, but that's all.

Next, we will discuss the war, everyone thinks that we can first stabilize the war on the Western Front, and when the Liang army that is forced to attack Jingzikou is forced to withdraw, and the situation on the Western Front is completely eased, we can send troops to recover the first line of Iron Crocodile Ridge and Canglang City, and then from the west wing of the Danjiang River and the upper reaches of the Han River, to peek at Xiangzhou, Jingxiang's offensive and defensive momentum will be reversed again.

However, before the warships of the Lou Chuan Army and Naval Division crossed the narrow upper waterway of the Danjiang River and arrived at Jingzikou, the soldiers and horses of Liang Guoguan also withdrew from the siege.

Soon after Liang controlled the Guanzhong region, its Guanzhong soldiers and horses, like Chu Zhi's Suiying and other state soldiers, were not firm enough to attach to Liang, and their will to fight was not strong.

Located on the south bank of the Han River, the Liang army besieging Xiangzhou City rushed to retreat to Fancheng before the Louchuan Army Naval Division went out of the Danjiang River again, and then ten days, the Liang army shrank from both wings to the Nanyang Basin south of Fancheng, and the Jinling reinforcements recovered Yingzhou, Suizhou, Pingzhou, Zaoyang and other places after the personal rate of Emperor Tianyou.

At the end of April, the Liang army retreated to Wuyang, north of Fangcheng, and Du Chongtao also led the Zuowu Guard Army to regain Fangcheng, and the two sides began to build a walled city in the gap between the western foot of Tongbai Mountain and the eastern foot of Funiu Mountain to prevent each other's attacks.

The winter offensive between Liang and Chu that lasted for half a year could be regarded as subsidency at this time.

In this battle, although the Liang army did not complete the strategic goal of invading Jingxiang, it attacked the four prefectures of Suiyingping and Xiang, set fire to all the cities before retreating, captured nearly 100,000 strong men and prisoners of war, annihilated more than 50,000 soldiers of the forbidden army of Chu and local states, and the Liang army itself lost more than 20,000 people.

After this battle, the Liang army also successfully occupied and controlled the entire territory of Caizhou at the northern foot of Tongbai and the upper reaches of the Huai River.

For Liang Jun, this battle can be said to be quite fruitful.

As for the Chu army, the Jingxiang area, which had been recuperating for several years, suffered a heavy blow to production, in addition to the Longque Army and the Zuowu Guard Army were hit hard, the four states and the prefectures and counties that reinforced Deng Xiang were all severely damaged.

The only bright spot may be that the third prince Yang Yuanpu sat in Xichuan with a body of ten thousand gold, commanded his generals to fight bravely, and severely damaged the ambition of the Liang army to devour Jingxiang.

In comparison, although Du Chongtao held Xiangzhou City, he fought several battles with the Liang army on the periphery of Xiangzhou City, which was really inferior to the record of the Dragon Bird Army.

Failing to detect Liang Junsheng's strategic intention to attack the west in advance, Du Chongtao had to bear great responsibility.

If Du Chongtao hadn't been so passive in avoiding the war at the beginning, he could have fought a few tough battles with the Liang army in Fangcheng, Wancheng, and Xinye, and not easily give up the Nanyang Basin, it would have been difficult to perceive the Liang army's intentions.

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"To the south of Fangcheng and north of Fancheng, there are thousands of acres of fertile land, and when more cantonment camps and military offices are set up, the displaced people and prisoners are filled with ploughing and warfare, so that the treasury can be surplus, the military resources are sufficient, and there are also available soldiers to guard the frontier, and then limit the ambition of the Liang army to go south, forcing the Liang army to use heavy troops in Xuzhou and Caizhou to consume its treasury grain and straw......"

At the end of April, Emperor Tianyou led the guards and troops into Xiangzhou City, and the Liang army in the Nanyang Basin also withdrew, Li Zhihe, Chai Jian and others continued to lead their troops to stay in Neixiang, Xichuan and other cities, Han Qian, Shen Yang, Xinchang Hou Li Pu, Nei Shi Provincial Young Eunuch Shen He and Li Chong and others accompanied the three princes Yang Yuanpu from the inner countryside city located on the western edge of the Nanyang Basin, all the way south to Xiangzhou City Mian Sheng.

Sitting in the rickety carriage, watching the wild grass and warblers flying and the wild flowers on both wings of the remnant road, Han Qian told the third prince Yang Yuanpu about Deng Xiang's business strategy.

This is also the homework that the third prince, Yang Yuanpu, is likely to face inquiries when he is a saint.

Han Qian didn't expect that all the suggestions that the three princes said would be adopted, but in front of Emperor Tianyou, it was the most important thing for the three princes to have their own opinions.

This time the war was calmed down, but Jing Xiang's strategic position was completely highlighted.

In the past, the weak ruling foundation of the Great Chu in the Jingxiang region and the lack of border defense forces should be taken seriously.

Han Qian also guessed that this was probably the most urgent problem that Emperor Tianyou wanted to solve.

Of course, in addition to the rectification of the Jingxiang area and the construction of the Dengxiang defense line, the three princes also led Junzhou, and the governance of Junzhou, the use of cottage generals such as Zhou Yi and the resettlement of the villagers were answered in detail by the three princes in front of Emperor Tianyou.

If Emperor Liang is not stupid, he will strengthen the control and rectification of the Guanzhong region in the future, and the defense of the Jingxiang area in addition to the defense of Funiu Mountain and Tongbai Mountain, the defense of the eastern foot of the Qinling Mountains will also become extremely important.

This is also the military task that Junzhou is facing.

This time to be able to hold Xichuan, the cottage forces have made a great contribution.

At least for the time being, it is necessary to integrate and strengthen the cottage forces, so the establishment of a cantonment military government under Junzhou still needs to be carried out on the basis of the cottage forces, so as to have a quick hope.

Although the subsequent rule of Junzhou was more based on the loyalty of copycat generals such as Zhou Yi, this can only be regarded as a temporary strategy to treat headaches and foot pains.

However, this is not Han Qian's lack of systematic thinking about the problems existing in the Jingxiang area.

The Great Chu built the capital in Jinling, and all the systems were modeled after the previous dynasty, but Emperor Tianyou led the Jianghuai elite to establish the Chu State in Jinling, and the many complex realities faced by him were very different from those of the previous dynasty, which naturally produced many systemic problems and drawbacks.

In Jinling and Xuzhou, Han Qian and his father Han Daoxun also had full discussions on these issues.

In fact, it was precisely because his father, Han Daoxun, had a deep understanding of these problems that he firmly believed that it was necessary to carry out major surgery and carry out a profound and extensive restructuring of the territory ruled by the Chu State in order to overcome these shortcomings.

However, Han Qian knew that if he really wanted to overcome the existing drawbacks in a short period of time, the interests of the existing forces would be too extensive and too profound to be touched by the reform, and the initiators of the reform would inevitably be fiercely counterattacked by these forces.

Han Qian didn't want his father to fall victim to the restructuring before, he tried every means to promote his father's exit from the border state, and at this time, it was impossible for him to suggest those more radical strategies to the third prince, everything was to temporarily stabilize Deng Xiang's current situation, as for what hidden dangers there would be, that was something to consider later.

Han Qian and the others traveled south by land from Neixiang City, crossed the Han River from the river beach on the south side of the dilapidated Fancheng, and entered Xiangzhou City.

As soon as they entered the city, Shen He accompanied the three princes to meet Emperor Tianyou directly, while Han Qian, Shen Yang, and Li Pu of the Marquis of Xinchang and the young generals of the guard battalion of less than 200 people left after the war went to Jinxingfang.

Shen He is the young eunuch of the Inner Servant Province, so he naturally wants to return to Emperor Tianyou to serve at this time, and the third prince returns to Emperor Tianyou to talk about the relationship between father and son, Shen Yang, Xinchang Hou Li Pu and others must go to Jinxingfang to serve before receiving the summons.

As for Han Qian, he was not qualified to accept the summons at this time.

Han Qian didn't think about it, watching the army enter, making Xiangzhou City crowded, but there was a strange sense of vitality, Han Qian enjoyed the feeling at this time.

When they were about to arrive at Jinxingfang, a team of people and horses surrounded the Tanzhou Festival envoy Du Shizi Ma Xun and others passing by.

Seeing Ma Xun's bright clothes and calm expression, Han Qian was quite surprised, and heard Xinchang Marquis Li Pu also hesitantly ask Shen Yang beside him: "Could it be that Your Majesty has forgiven the guilt of the defeat of this abandoned city?" ”

Looking at Ma Xun dozens of steps apart, waving his hand and saluting this way, Han Qian thought to himself that Xinchang Hou Lipu's guess might be true.

Shen Yang turned his head directly at this moment, to show his disgust and disdain for Ma Xun.

Xinchang Hou Li Pu was just expressionless, although he didn't need to offend Tanzhou, but there was no need to curry favor with Ma Xun.

Han Qian still has to consider the practical problems faced by Xuzhou, and he bows his hand to the horse, which can be regarded as a return of courtesy.

Ma Xun also knew that he was not popular, and he would not run over to find it boring, so he glanced at Shen Yang resentfully, and then walked away with his entourage.

After Ma Xun left, Han Qian saw that Shen Yang still looked resentful, and said, "Your Majesty didn't seize this opportunity to cure Ma Xun's crime of abandoning the city and defeating, maybe he has something to ask for from Tanzhou?" ”

"Ma Xun abandoned the city and was defeated, not to mention the death of tens of thousands of generals, so that the two places of Suiying were almost without resistance to the Liang army to capture, this crime is not cured, the law is not obvious, it will only make the generals cold, this is Tanzhou gave too many conditions, can not make up for it." Of course, Shen Yang could guess why Ma Xun was able to walk through the streets and alleys in Xiangzhou City, but he still said coldly, and he didn't hide his dissatisfaction with the whole thing.

In the past, Han Qian might have felt that Shen Yang was too stubborn, but when he thought of the bloody corpses in Xichuan City, he was also silent.

In fact, Ma Xunzhen dared to fight a tough battle, and even obeyed Du Chongtao's order, led his troops to break through to the Han River, crossed the Han River with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and withdrew to Yicheng in the southeast of Xiangzhou City or Shimenling in the south, so as not to be annihilated at the northern foot of Dahong Mountain, and the situation in the entire Jingxiang area would not be as dangerous as it developed later, and their defense of Xichuan City would not be so difficult and miserable.