The heavy rain was pouring down, and the repair work of the county hall in Qisi City was not completed, and at this time, I don't know which corner there was still rain dripping.

In the dimly lit hall, Han Qian sat opposite Guo Duanduo, Zhou Daoyuan and Shen Peng.

In the face of Han Qian's suggestion, Guo Duanduo's deep frown was like the peaks and ridges of Tongbai Mountain, and he sighed bitterly and said: "The significance of Bianjing City to the soldiers and civilians of Daliang is too important, once you take the initiative to give up, it will directly affect the morale of our army - Your Majesty, he has not considered this possibility, but the generals are all reluctant!" ”

"Hou Ye is worried that Xu Mingzhen and Sima Tan have actually surrendered, and at this time they are just pretending not to surrender, and His Majesty and the generals are also considering," Shen Peng said, "It is precisely the case, everyone is worried that all this is a trap of the Mughu, and its purpose is to make us mistakenly think that the passage from Bianjing to the Yingshui River in Chenzhou is still there, but when hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians really evacuate from Bianjing to the south, the enemy army will suddenly kill from all directions!" ”

Guo Rong, Zhou Yi, Feng Yi, Kong Xirong, Wen Bo, Wang Zhe and others, as subordinates of Tangyi, sat under Han Qian at this time, and listened to what Guo Duanduo and Shen Peng said, and they also thought it was true.

They did not advocate sending troops to the north, fearing that there would be a trap in it, but for the same reason, at this time, it was also extremely rash and risky to ask Han Yuanqi, Chen Kun and others to lead hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians to retreat south from Bianjing.

Once the guess is true, Han Yuanqi and their 20,000 generals retreated south very quickly, and they were not worried about being intercepted, but more than 100,000 civilians, including the children of the clan and the generals and ministers, were subjected to a fierce attack launched by the enemy on the way from Bianjing to the north of Chenzhou, and finally how many people could safely retreat from Yinghe to the south of Yingzhou?

Speaking of which, the Mengwu people joined forces to dig the embankment of the Yu River and cut the land of the river along the Yingshui River to create the Yellow Flood Area, which was too ruthless.

This move alone would have put them in complete strategic passivity.

Even if Emperor Liang could open up contact with the Wei Plains in time, the twenty-nine states east of the Yinghe River, eight or nine million people, would fall into the hands of the enemy, and the balance of the entire war situation would be completely tilted.

At that time, even if Huaixi joined forces with Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang, the area controlled by the two soldiers and horses would only be ten states and three million people.

In addition to the 200,000 rebels led by Zhu Rang on the eastern front, the western front had to face the stronger fighting effectiveness of the Mughal soldiers and horses after the integration of Jindi.

The complete loss of Guanzhong will probably be extremely difficult to avoid at some point in the future.

It is also unrealistic to completely abandon the military and civilians of Bianjing.

Don't talk about anything else, Guo Duanduo, Zhou Daoyuan and even Shen Peng, their little relatives are all in Bianjing City, Han Qian and they also said at this time to persuade them to completely abandon Bianjing City and hundreds of thousands of people, and let Han Yuanqi and Chen Qi lead 20,000 elites to retreat south?

Even if the families and families of the middle and high-ranking generals and the children of the clan are brought with them, who can guarantee that at such a moment, the Bianjing Liang army will not mutini on the way south?

Everyone sat in the hall for more than an hour, and they did not discuss a plan that was acceptable to both parties and felt feasible.

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves trampled on the rain into the city.

Everyone raised their heads in horror, not knowing what bad news had happened - Qi Sicheng was Han Qian's temporary tooth tent at this time, according to the rules, it was not an eight-hundred-mile urgent message, and the messenger could not gallop into the city, so as to cause unnecessary disturbance to the generals in the city.

"Master Hou, Mrs. gave birth to a boy, and Donghu sent someone to report the good news." Huo Li happily took a handwritten letter and walked into the hall with the messenger who had arrived from East Lake to deliver the letter.

"This is a great event, but it makes everyone nervous like this." Han Qian said lightly.

"Congratulations to Master Hou, Tangyi has added a new man, and Master Hou has a successor." Guo Duanduo, Zhou Daoyuan, and Shen Peng congratulated him.

The current situation is so bad that no matter how fierce the fight between the two sides was before, after the Heshuo shock, Tangyi did not fall into the well, let alone take advantage of the fire to rob, not to mention the previous ventilation and reporting, so that Han Yuanqi and Chen Kun were able to lead their troops to reinforce Bianjing in time and Guanzhong soldiers and horses to return to Hehuai through Tangyi, in the past year or so, Tangyi has borrowed more than one million stones of grain from Hehuai, more than 20,000 sets of armor and corresponding sophisticated weapons.

Even the camp of displaced people established in Caizhou and Yingzhou is now supplying thousands of stone of grain and grain every day.

The former rivals can do this step for Daliang, Guo Duanduo, Zhou Daoyuan, Shen Peng and others have nothing to say.

At this time, they couldn't discuss feasible countermeasures, and the responsibility was not Tangyi, so they could only persuade Han Qian to go back to Donghu to see the newborn son first.

Han Qian pondered for a while, and decided to send another 1,000 advance baggage heavy workers to the north of Chenzhou to build troops and horses, at the southern end of the Chenbian Post Road, in the flooded area near the main river channel of Yingshui, to assist the Liang army in expanding the construction of the camp and the trestle bridge in the flooded area - the post road entrance is narrow, and a few warships cannot be stopped at a time, and whether the scale of the trestle and the water village can continue to expand will be directly related to the speed and efficiency of reinforcements or retreat.

At the same time, Tangyi will also take advantage of the fact that Xu Mingzhen and Sima have not openly rebelled, and take advantage of the fact that the Mengwu cavalry has not gone around to the south of Bianjing, and directly send more grain and horses to Bianjing as much as possible.

Mules and horses are sometimes a good thing, not only can they speed up the journey when retreating, but also in summer and autumn, they can eat grass leaves in captivity in Bianjing City, and they can eat grass and leaves, and when the weather is cold, they can be slaughtered and stored for meat to survive hunger.

Although eating meat is a luxury in the world, it can only be done in extraordinary times.

There is another question that Han Qian has been thinking about.

The large water with extremely high sediment content of the Yu River bursts the embankment and impacts the Shaying River, and when the water flow into the mouth of the Huai River slows down, a large amount of sediment will be deposited; The flood will break down the mud banks along the Shaying River, and the water potential vortex will turn around, which will bring a large amount of sediment, trees and debris on the bank into the main channel, and produce dark sand and silt at irregular points.

Maybe there may not be any major problems in a year or two, but after a long time, with the repeated impact of floods damaging the Yingshui River, the Shaying River channel may be completely abandoned.

However, the flood broke down the embankment and spread for dozens of miles on both sides, and due to the limitations of the topography on both sides, the floodplains on both sides of the banks could not be symmetrical, which made the confirmation of the central channel also a problem, and the ship would run aground if it was not careful.

On the main channel of Yingshui, which is more than 400 miles from Yingkou to Chenzhou, it is not a simple matter to reconfirm the main channel that can be used for boats and set up some lighthouse-like markers along the line.

Han Qian also hoped that Liang Jun would speed up the repair of the wading post road as much as possible in the floodplain north of Yinshui County.

Even considering that Sima Shi and Xu Mingzhen did not surrender for the time being, it was very likely that it was a trap for the Muguls to lure the soldiers and civilians of Bianjing out of the city and ambush them, but the preparations for evacuation could not be left undone.

Therefore, in the vicinity of Chenzhoudu, the construction of a high dam post road across the flooded area in the north and south was a matter that Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang had already decided, so as not to speed up the evacuation of the military and civilians in Bianjing if necessary.

Evacuate hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians by boat and boat directly to Yingkou, which is 400 miles away, but the efficiency is too low and the speed is too slow; It would be much faster to evacuate hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians from the north bank to the south bank by boat, and then continue the south by post road.

However, the resources of the Huailiang army of the river are limited, and before the embankment collapses, the post road in the north of Chenzhou is mainly heightened and widened, and the post road near the river in Yinshui County in the south of Chenzhou has also been repaired, but when the water rushes, this post road extending from the southwest to the northeast and located in the shallow and low area of Yinshui County has not resisted the water potential and has been washed away in more than ten places.

Chenzhou North

On the one hand, the main reason for the lack of a gap in the post road is that the terrain itself is high enough, and on the other hand, the berm is repaired at any cost in the section of the road that may be affected by flooding.

The simple berm is also useful for resisting the first wave of flood impact this year, and it is impossible for the Yu River to seal the breach in the next year, and there will still be some sections of the Chen Bian Post Road exposed, and most of them will also be damaged by water erosion.

In the face of the monstrous flood, the power of man is still too insignificant.

Whether it is reinforcement or evacuation, the preparatory work cannot be stopped, and it must be stepped up; Anyway, Han Qian also hoped that Han Yuanqi would evacuate as many soldiers and civilians as possible in Bianjing in the early stage.

Even if it is finally decided to defend the capital and withdraw more soldiers and civilians, it can also relieve the food pressure in the city.

Of course, Han Qian had already set up an advance brigade in Huoqiu, headed by Kong Xirong, Cao Ba, Wang Zhe and others, and transferred six to eight thousand elite soldiers and strong generals from various departments to conduct training in coordinated operations by land and water, and was ready to take a naval warship from Huoqiu to the north to participate in the war at any time.

In addition, the main forces of the second, third, and fourth town armies were all deployed along the south bank of the Huai River in the north, and there were naval bases nearby.

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The situation was so treacherous and sinister, of course Han Qian didn't dare to make up his mind easily and gamble on the fate of Tangyi.

This is also a big worry for the family, he has to consider the fate of tens of thousands of generals and hundreds of thousands of small dependents behind him, and he unconsciously becomes more cautious, and he no longer has the courage to give up everything like Jinling when he rebelled.

After Han Qian said goodbye to Guo Duanduo, Zhou Daoyuan, and Shen Peng, he was surrounded by guards, and took a fast horse all the way south, wading across the river from the shallow water upstream of the valley water, and many roads along the way were washed away by flash floods.

Han Qian rushed to Liyang, Wang Jun had only been born for nine days, he was still a little weak, his face was a little pale, but his spirit was not bad, both mother and child were safe, listening to the baby's clear cry, so that Han Qian's heart had disappeared a lot these days.

After Yangzhou Wang got the news of Wang Jun's birth and raising, Wang Wenqian's concubine Xu and Wang Jun's cousin Zhou took a group of female dependents, junior nephews, maidservants, and dozens of people rushed to Liyang Lianyuan three days earlier than Han Qian to visit, and they all stayed in the East Garden of Lianyuan.

Xi Ying had a headache, and he was worried that the Wang family's slaves would be infiltrated by assassins, but he couldn't be rude; The wives of Han Daoming and Han Daochang also rushed to Liyang with the Han family, maids, and domestic servants, and dozens of people lived in Lianyuan.

Lianyuan, which is usually relatively quiet, was overcrowded for a while.

Before Han Qian rushed back, Xi Ying didn't sleep soundly for three days.

When Han Qian came back, Xi Ying was no longer polite, and directly invited the relatives and daughters of the two families out of Lianyuan and lived in a garden that was urgently cleaned up next door; The guards and guards in the garden returned to their normal state.

But it was Han Daochang who calculated the day of Han Qian's return, and only rushed to Liyang this morning, and went to visit Wen Duqiao at noon, knowing that Han Qian returned to Liyang, he rushed to Lianyuan with Wen Duqiao to meet.

The daughters of the Han Mansion and the Wang family were so eager, and Han Qian could understand it.

Zhao Ting'er was far from being so lively when she gave birth to Wenxin, on the one hand, they were in a remote place in Xuzhou at the time, and their strength was far less powerful than at this time, on the other hand, it can also be said that the most important thing is that Zhao Ting'er is a concubine, Han Wenxin and Han Wenyuan are concubines.

And Wang Jun was born and raised this time, and he is the eldest son in Dachu in law.

There are many people who have been feudal marquis in Great Chu, but Han Qian and his father Han Daoxun hereditary Xuzhou, Han Qian and Qianyang, the marquis of Qianyang, have a gold content that is not comparable to Li Zhihe's Xinjin Marquis or Huang Xi's Jiang Yin Marquis, and even the gold content is higher than that of the prince and the county king who did not have a real seal.

Not to mention that Tangyi is actually a feudal town, even if Han Qian has the Marquis of Qianyang, his heir is the prince of the (Zhu) Hou of the Eight Classics.

According to the current legal system, the eldest son born and raised by Wang Jun will be officially canonized by the imperial court when he grows up a little.

Han Qian held his little son in his arms, who only knew how to cry in his infancy, and he was very happy, but when he saw Wenxin standing at the door timidly looking at the situation in the house, he didn't dare to walk in at will.

"Wenxin, why did you come here again, the little brother is too young, you hairy and hairy temperament ......" At this time, there were already female relatives thinking of leading Wenxin to other courtyards.

Han Qian sighed slightly in his heart, the power of tradition or habit is still too strong.

Although he is not familiar with the daughters of the Wang family, he can't understand what kind of snobs his two aunts are, and he may not be able to wait to brand his two sons as "sister-in-law" and "concubine" in the past two days.

Han Qian originally didn't want to be entangled in this kind of thing now, thinking that in two days, he would drive away the female dependents of the two families, but the situation in Hehuai was critical, and he had nothing to do, and when he saw these situations in front of him, he was inevitably upset.

Guo Rong returned to Liyang with Han Qian, visited Wang Jun's mother and son, and wanted to leave to take care of affairs, but Han Qian suddenly stopped him at this time and said: "In the blink of an eye, Wenxin is eight years old, and he should officially go to the court, please make him the prince, you can tell me how to draw up this excerpt, is it appropriate?" ”

As soon as Han Qian's words came out, the lively people in the room were stunned as if they had been struck by lightning, it was hard to imagine that Wang Jun was the main room, so he finally gave birth to his first child, and he was still a man, Han Qian was going to directly ask the court to appoint Han Wenxin, the eldest son born to Zhao Ting'er, as the son of Hou Shizi!?

"This ......" Guo Rong, who was obedient to Han Qian's words, was also hesitant at this time and didn't know what to say.

Han Daochang and Wen Duqiao also didn't react for a while, thinking that they had heard something.

The ladies of the two families, even if they wanted to object, they couldn't speak up, and seeing that the atmosphere became a little wrong, they could only look at each other and leave first.

The lively room was deserted all of a sudden, and even Wen Xin didn't know where to go in a blink of an eye, leaving Han Qian, Guo Rong, Han Daochang, Wen Duqiao, Xi Yi, and Wang Jun who was sitting on the brocade couch to rest—Han Donghu, Huo Li, Wang Zhe, Huo Xiao and other attendants, military attachés and civil servants were waiting in the courtyard next door, and they would not run over at will without being called.

"You're really, you just came back and made everyone unhappy, and you can't stop for a few days to talk about it." Wang Jun carefully hugged his young son over and complained.

"It's better to settle down early, so that someone doesn't have to make a fuss about this matter," Han Qian said, "Now the river Huai chickens are flying and the dogs are jumping, and the Jianghuai trees want to be quiet but the wind does not stop, it is really a mess......"

Seeing that Wang Jun and Han Qian spoke in a normal tone, Han Daochang and Guo Rong were not in a hurry to say anything, after all, this kind of thing was most afraid of discord in the inner house and making chickens and dogs jump.

Tangyi said that it was a vassal country at this time, and it was not too much, think about the end of the previous dynasty so far, how many powerful people have planted big heels on top of their succession?

Han Qian's decision was too sudden, and Han Daochang and Guo Rong couldn't see through the pros and cons for a while, so it was naturally the most important thing to shut up first.

Wen Duqiao knew the truth of cherishing words like gold, and he sat there as if he was about to fall asleep.

At this time, the guard walked in and handed over a letter and newspaper, Han Qian took it and looked at it for a long time before saying to Guo Rong: "Xu Mingzhen."

I want to transfer Xu Jin to Taikang - you will make an order for me, and Kong Xirong will take the lead in sending the camp north to enter the remnants of Wanqiu in Chenzhou......"

Taikang belonged to Chenzhou, and was once under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion of Liang State, located on the east side of Chen Bianyi Road.

Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang returned to Hehuai and renamed Xu Mingzhen as the envoy of Chenzhou Jiedu, originally expecting him to lead the Shouzhou army to attack Wuzhi and other places west of Bianjing to the north, but according to Wuzhi Huaizhou, Mengjin and other places in the north, the main force of the Liang army in Hehuai cut off the communication between the Heluo rebels and the enemy army on the eastern front.

Xu Mingzhen delayed not to divide troops to Taikang, Tuocheng and other places, but to divide troops to recover and control Bozhou, Songzhou and other places on both sides of the vortex according to the two prefectures.

Xu Mingzhen didn't want to block the Mengwu soldiers, it is easy to understand that as a large area in the middle and lower reaches of the Yinghe River was reduced to a floodplain, Xu Mingzhen had no choice but to give up Yingzhou, and the center of gravity of his soldiers and horses shifted to the east; Geographically, it was closer to the Sima clan who controlled Xu Si and the rebels who controlled Wei Bo and Qi.

At this time, he suddenly deliberately transferred troops and horses to the west to enter Taikang City, and his intention was not pure.

And Tangyi, through the inside line, has long confirmed that after entering April, there have been many mysterious guests entering Mengcheng, where Xu Mingzhen is temporarily stationed; Why don't you say that there is probably no one in the world who can understand Xu Mingzhen's mind better than Wen Duqiao and Wen Bo father and son.

No matter how you look at it, Xu Mingzhen's rebellion against the enemy is something that will happen at any time; Of course, Xu Mingzhen may also have the last jealousy of Tangyi, and he has not openly rebelled by this time, right?

In response to Xu Mingzhen's moves, Tangyi also had a plan for a long time, that is, Kong Xirong took the lead in sending the camp north to help the Liang army control Wanqiu and the military and military villages east of Wanqiu, and protect the safety of the south side of Chen Bianyi Road as much as possible.

There is a plan, Kong Xirong and the others will take direct action when they learn the news of the Shouzhou army's change in Huoqiu, and Han Qian's proposed order is only for further confirmation.

However, whether to send more reinforcements in the future, Han Qian still couldn't make up his mind at this time.

The activities of Cishou Palace during this period were too frequent, Yao Xishui and Zhou Yuan not only rushed to Chuzhou in person a few days ago, but also sent people to Jingzhou twice to see Zhang Jiao, which made Han Qian have to think that once Tangyi invested too many soldiers and horses in Chenzhou, the war was very likely to fall into a stalemate and fall into an entanglement that was unfavorable to Tangyi.

Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang said that he hoped that Tangyi could solve the internal problems of Dachu within three years, but in fact, before the past year, the Mengwu people asked Liang Shixiong to dig up the embankment of the Yu River, causing the river to be eroded.

And in such a short period of time, Wang Yong has not yet sat hot in the seat of the new lord of Shu.

Li Zhihe really can't hold back his ambitions, and joins forces with Zhao Mengji and Wang Xiaoxian, and even Zhang Ji may lead his troops up the river and kill from Wushan Changxia to Kui, Chongqing and other places, can Wang Yong cope with it?

Guo Rong found Huo Xiao, and at the same time prepared three letters of order and handed them to Han Qian to sign and seal.

Three order letters, two of which will be sent to Shouchun with flying pigeons - only Shouchun, Linhuai, and Huangchuan have pigeon nests on the northern line of the flying pigeon biography - and then sent to Huoqiu through Shouchun; One was sent north by a messenger on a fast horse on a post road.

"How can the DPRK and China talk about these things now?" Watching Huo Xiao take down the signed order letter and dispose of it, Han Qian asked Han Daochang.

"Tangyi will come to the aid of Hehuai, and everyone in the court should have expected it, but most people, such as Shouwang, Zhang Chao, Zhang Han, Du Chongtao, Zhou Bingwu and others, think that this matter is beneficial to Jianghuai. The seizure of the Yu River, the siltation of the Yingshui River will become more and more serious, and the floodplain will continue to expand to the two wings, which will not only restrict the cavalry troops of the Mughal people from moving south from this area, but also the large-scale flight of the people is also destined to hollow out this area and reduce the threat of Nanyang and the northwest flank of Huai......" Han Daochang explained the views of the ministers of the court and China in as much detail as possible.

"These views prevail in the government and the opposition, which will only make some people's hearts more pretentious," Guo Rong sighed and said, "Maybe Li Zhihe is waiting for us to send troops to reinforce Chenzhou......

As he was talking, he saw Zhao Ting'er's father, Zhao Laoqi, looking in outside the courtyard, and I didn't know if he had just heard some rumors - Han Qian was annoyed by this, so he pretended not to see it, but saw Zhao Ting'er walking in with Wenxin and driving her father away.

"You want to abolish the long-term system, analyze the family and dissolve the property, the people below are discarded to Tangyi, the clan is separated, the small family is also comfortable, and there is nothing uneasy, as long as everyone is used to it, there are not so many parents in the short, but this courtyard involves Huaixi, Xuzhou millions of people's hearts, there are some rules that are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, you say that it is wasted, don't say what outsiders think, Tangyi soldiers and civilians will also be uneasy - you just came back in a hurry, why bother to make everyone unhappy?" Zhao Ting'er walked in and said resentfully.

Han Daochang and Guo Rong were all thinking about raising their butts and retiring at this time.

Anyway, at this time, everything they say is wrong, so it is better to avoid talking about it.

"Zhou Yuan, Yao Xishui, rushed to Chuzhou five days ago to see King Xin, Ruan Yan and others, the so-called 'sister-in-law' is one of the articles they can do, but some people in the Wang family have floating minds, isn't this helping to add to the chaos?" Han Qian said with a wry smile.

"It's not that these things can't be admonished in private, why do you have to mobilize the people so much, and what kind of compromises do you have to make?" Zhao Ting'er looked at Wang Jun, who was holding her young son, and said, "Sister, you don't count him down?" I was still in the academy just now, and in the blink of an eye, the news spread loudly, if this is really an excerpt, I can only take Wenxin and Wenyuan back to Xuzhou. ”

Han Daochang and Guo Rong sat there in vain, and they didn't stay or leave at this time; Wen Duqiao was thoughtful with his white beard.

"Since this matter is so disturbing, if it is really broken, it will inevitably cause a lot of conjectures," Wang Jun hugged his young son who had fallen asleep, looked at Guo Rong, Han Daochang, and Wen Duqiao hesitantly and asked, "Uncle, Lord Guo, and Lord Wen, if you don't know that Ting'er and I don't have the intention of competing for fame, and you don't know that if your husband really wants to set up an heir in the future, he will only choose talents, and he won't care about the name law, what will you think of this matter?" ”

Hearing Wang Jun ask, Han Daochang and Guo Rong hesitated for a while, feeling that some sensitive words were not easy to say too directly.

After joining Tangyi, Wen Duqiao, who has always been a low-key person, Yu Raising Mansions, and touring the mountains and rivers without asking about the world, said with a white beard at this time: "Madame probably doesn't just want to say that outsiders will think that Hou Ye's move is a disaster to hate Lanting Lane, right?" ”

"This is just one of them, if outsiders think like this, it will also be beneficial to my Wang family, at least it will not be dragged into the whirlpool immediately," Wang Jun said, "But the husband is so eager to fold, outsiders may guess that the husband has any other unusual actions, right?" ”

"Madame thinks that outsiders will mistakenly think that the Hou Ye is in a hurry to establish a successor, and his purpose is just like the current situation in Jinling during the rebellion, and he intends to lead the troops to fight in danger again?" Wen Duqiao said, "However, probably only if the outside world believes that Hou Ye is about to personally lead his troops and horses to fight Hehuai, some cow ghosts and snake gods will really jump out......

"Do you want to lure the snake out of the hole?" Han Qian wanted to go up to the fold and ask Liwen Xin to be the prince, but he was purely upset by the appearance of the two daughters, but he hadn't thought about it so deeply, but since Wang Jun and Wen Duqiao talked about this topic, he couldn't help but think deeply.

"Only by luring the snake out of the hole, the next situation will be a little clearer, otherwise, Hou Ye will not send troops, nor will he send troops, it will be a stagnant situation - Wen feels that this strategy said by Mrs. may be worth a try." Wen Duqiao said.