Chapter 636: Interpretation (2)

When Wen Ruilin rushed to see Xu Mingzhen again, he was in Anfeng Village.

In the past year, the Shouzhou Army has built more than a dozen fortifications along the Nanqi River and the Anfeng Canal, all of which are connected by large and small trestle bridges and pontoon bridges.

Anfeng Village, or Anfeng City is more suitable, on the basis of the original simple earth wall, heightened and thickened, and is now a standard thick and high rammed earth city wall.

At this time, above the tooth tent hall of Anfeng Village, Xu Mingzhen, who was sitting behind the long case, had bloodshot pupils in his eyes; Xu Jin and the others sat on the left and right, and Wen Ruilin suspected that they were going to tear him down.

"Mr. Wen, what happened in Bianjing to make the Hejin army and the Caizhou army so desperate to abandon the garrison city and go north?"

Xu Mingzhen knew that Chen Kun led the Hejin army to abandon Haozhou and cross the Huai River in the north since the 2nd, he had trouble sleeping and eating for three days and three nights, and he had not closed his eyes.

In the past, the eastern part of Shouzhou (i.e., the area east of Shouchun in the state of Zhishouchun), as the hinterland of the inner line, Fengtai and Shoudong County, which was newly established to settle the northbound households, had only 2,000 soldiers and horses stationed in total.

They were kept in the dark about everything, and Chen Kun didn't say hello, so he led the Hejin army to suddenly withdraw within three days, so that the flank of Shouzhou was completely exposed.

In their hurry, they could only urgently transfer troops to strengthen the defense of Fengtai and Shoudong, and for a while, they could only watch the Tangyi army calmly take over the entire territory of Haozhou, and take over all the land and Dingkou in the four counties of Linhuai, Zhaoyi, Huailing, and Zhongli.

To be honest, he didn't directly tie up Wen Ruilin, and asked him to sit down and have a chance to speak, Xu Mingzhen felt that his temper was really good.

"Zhu Rang, the king of He, conspired with Liang Shixiong to rebel, but Han Qian had to learn of this before us. On the one hand, Han Qian gathered a large number of troops and horses in the northwest of Wujian Mountain, and on the other hand, he sent people to inform Huailing of the matter. In order to enable the Hejin army to cross the Huai north in time to aid Bianjing, he had to empty the nest and cede Haozhou, so that the Tangyi army stole the ...... "At present, the main forces of the Hejin army and the Caizhou army have embarked on the road to aid Bianjing, Xu Mingzhen has no more ill intentions, at least before the death of the deer in Bianjing, he can only wait and see the situation, so Wen Ruilin also sat behind the case and told the truth.

"Fart, you can trust whatever the Han thief says, then we are fighting to the death here, and we are here to show you the thief!" Sitting under Xu Jin, the first armed man with a beard on his face, could no longer restrain himself at this moment, kicked over the long case in front of him, jumped up, and was about to pick up Wen Ruilin and slap him with two big ears.

"Chengtiansi's Tanma who stayed in Bianjing rushed over yesterday, and it has been confirmed that Liang Shixiong led the Southern Ya Army and a part of the Wei Zhou soldiers to occupy Dongcheng and the six government offices after nightfall on ......the 2nd," Wen Ruilin said calmly.

The military system of the Liang army is even more complicated than that of the Chu army.

In the early years, Emperor Zhu Wen of Liang took his descendants as the forbidden army, and in addition to the forbidden army, there were feudal town troops and state soldiers in the local area.

After Zhu Yu succeeded to the throne, he reformed the forbidden army, and on the basis of the Xuanjiadu and Henan Prefecture (Luoyang), he transferred Jianrui from Caizhou and Guanzhong to establish a guard army under his direct control.

In these years, guarding the imperial city and driving the personal expedition, Zhu Yu has taken the guards and the army as the main force; This is also the basis for Zhu Yu to rule the Liang State after he ascended the throne.

Although the original forbidden army was still retained, after the rebellion of Feng Tingye was suppressed under the command of Zhu Jue, the king of Bo, and the guard Ma Jun, the forbidden army has been seriously weakened, and only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses are responsible for the daily security patrol of Bianjing City.

Since the Liang army also generally followed the old system of the previous dynasty, the guards were also called the Northern Ya Army, and the forbidden army was called the Southern Ya Army.

Since Zhu Yu ascended the throne, the command of the Northern Ya Guards and the pro-army has been commanded by the Imperial City Guards and Ma Bujun, while the command of the Southern Ya Forbidden Army has been commanded by the Privy Council and the Sixth Army.

Wen Ruilin has now received the news, first, the Southern Ya Army under the instigation of Liang Shixiong, the main soldiers and horses are involved in the rebellion, the other is that thousands of Weizhou soldiers of unknown scale returned to Bianjing by escorting the Jin prisoners of war, and encouraged the escorted Jin prisoners of war to participate in the rebellion, at present, there are more than 20,000 rebels near Bianjing, and Lei Jiuyuan and Jing Zhen led the guards to stay in the elite and were killed by surprise, and there are less than 6,000 people left in the imperial city.

As for the situation in Weizhou north of Bianjing, Weizhou in the northeast, and even the entire Heshuo region, Wen Ruilin still knew nothing, and no new information was transmitted.

"Liang Shixiong and Zhu Rang ate the leopard's gall, and dared to stir up rebellion when the world returned to their hearts?" Xu Jin held down the impulsive general, stared at Wen Ruilin, and asked sharply.

Everyone also stared at Wen Ruilin, thinking in their hearts, even if the generals of the Southern Ya Army had taken ecstasy and listened to Liang Shixiong's nonsense, but His Majesty personally led 100,000 elite northern expeditions to the Jin Kingdom, and the great victory was imminent, and it would only take ten days for the army to return to Bianjing, what confidence did Liang Shixiong and Zhu Rang have that they had the possibility of success?

Besides, this is not the reason why Chen Kun and Wen Ruilin hid from them and gave Haozhou to the Tangyi army!

According to the information obtained by the Marquis of Qianyang, Liang Shixiong and Zhu Rang have colluded with Wang Yuankui and the Mengwu people of the Chengde army. Chengtian Si joined the army before Shen Peng and Princess Yunhe were lurking in Dingzhou, which also confirmed this, and it was also through the carrier pigeons carried by Tangyi's secret spies that they passed the news in time. Although there is no further news from Heshuo yet, this may be the case. After Wen Ruilin knew the news of Liang Shixiong's rebellion in Bianjing, he was sure of many things and said.

He rushed over to stabilize Xu Mingzhen as much as possible.

Even if Xu Mingzhen rode on the wall and watched at this time, it was far better than Xu Mingzhen throwing himself into the rebels, so Wen Ruilin also needed to give him a clear explanation at this time.

"......" Xu Mingzhen waved his hand weakly, signaling left and right to help up the table that the reckless general kicked over.

Liang Shixiong's rebellion can be verified in two or three days later, and Xu Mingzhen does not feel that Wen Ruilin needs to lie about this matter - and Chen Kun led the Hejin army and Han Yuanqi led the Caizhou army to the north in a panic, which can only be explained.

As for why Han Qian reported the news, he didn't sit back and watch the complete chaos of Liang Guo, and why Chen Kun listened to Han Qian's words, this is already a trivial matter.

Xu Mingzhen had to consider at this time that Liang Shixiong and Zhu Rang colluded with the Mughurs and the Chengde army to suddenly launch a rebellion, which means that the main force of the Liang soldiers and horses of the Great Liang who accompanied Zhu Yu's northern expedition to the Jin State was very likely to have been blocked by the southbound Mengwu cavalry north of Weizhou at this time, not to mention that they would return to Bianjing through the southern foot of Taihang Mountain in a short period of time.

And why did Chen Kun and Wen Ruilin block the news from them before, and even did not hesitate to give up Haozhou to the Tangyi army, to put it bluntly, they were worried that when they saw that the situation was not right, they would turn against King He and Liang Shixiong, and even worried that they would take the first step to cross the Huai, occupy Song Ying and other prefectures, and fall into the well to contain the Hejin army and the Caizhou army, so that they would not have the opportunity to rush to the aid of Bianjing.

Xu Mingzhen didn't know how to evaluate Chen Kun and Wen Ruilin's decision, and she didn't even have the anger of not being trusted.

He knew very well in his heart that if the chaos of the Liang Kingdom was a foregone conclusion, even if Chen Kun sent someone to inform them in advance, even if he had no intention of defecting, he was still loyal to Zhu Yu, in this situation, would he still be able to divide his troops to defend Haozhou?

There were still many generals who were indignant, but Xu Jin and other generals fell into a panicked silence.

At this time, it is no longer just the question of whether Wen Ruilin and Chen Kun are not responsible for not telling them, but whether they have the ability to retreat north from the front line of Anfeng and Gaocheng in the face of the Tangyi army, which was fully mobilized six days in advance.

Shou'anfeng, Gaocheng?

Just kidding, the rear chaos, the Hejin army, and the elite of the Caizhou army have all gone north to Qinwang, and the Xu Si direction has also fully shrunk the defense line, and it is no longer possible for them to need food and grass supplies from Liangjing, and at this time they still want to hold the line of Anfeng and Gaocheng, aren't they waiting for the Tangyi army and the Xiangbei army to come over, divide and besiege them, and then concentrate troops and horses to destroy them one by one?

"Xu Jin, quickly arrange manpower, dig up the Anfeng weir embankment, and do everything possible to destroy it completely!" Xu Mingzhen stood up abruptly and said to Xu Jin, the head of Anfeng Village.

This is also a suggestion that Wen Ruilin wanted to make at this time at the risk of being torn apart.

The Anfeng Canal is the main waterway connecting the north and south rivers in the Huaixi region, and then connecting the two major water systems of the Yangtze River and the Huai River.

If the weir and embankment of the Anfeng Canal could not be destroyed in time, the warships of the Tangyi Navy could enter the Beiqishui River through the Nanqishui River and the Anfeng Canal, and then enter the Shouchun City and directly open the passage into the Huaihe River from the middle reaches.

"What did Luo Shan say over there?" Xu Jin asked Xu Mingzhen hesitantly.

Wen Bo was responsible for leading his troops to defend Nasan Fortress and the walled city of He, and to curb the expansion of the Xiangbei Army from Yiyang and Yeongsan to the central part of Gwangju from the north, but just a few days ago, Li Zhihe gathered tens of thousands of elites in Lingsan and Yeeyang, and divided them into several routes to intersperse with the central part of Gwangju, and has now outflanked the Luoshan City that Wen Bo personally defended.

Before, they thought that this was a normal offensive launched by the Xiangbei Army after a winter break.

At the moment, it doesn't seem that simple.

Xu Mingzhen groaned and said: "Quickly send a fast horse to Luoshan to report the matter......"

In addition, Xu Mingzhen didn't say anything else, Xu Jin and the others had already understood that at present, the Luoshan defenders could only break through on their own, and it was impossible for them to organize soldiers and horses to meet them.

Otherwise, the last bit of foundation of the Shouzhou Army may be completely buried.

Even more sinisterly, they now need Wen Bo to lead his troops to contain the Xiangbei Army with a better scale of troops on the Western Front, otherwise the Xiangbei Army and the Tangyi Army will unite, with a total number of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, plus Huaidong can also transfer some soldiers and horses into Huaixi to fight, not to mention holding Shouchun, Huoqiu and other fortified cities on the south bank, I am afraid that the main force may not be able to withdraw to the north bank in time......