Ruan Yan and Yin Peng rushed to Linhuai, and Feng Yi, Guo Rong and others would not make it difficult, and arranged for them to meet with Han Qian as soon as possible.

Facing Ruan Yan's questioning, Han Qian stood on the city wall, looked at the Huai River, which had a mighty water potential after entering March, and calmly explained:

On the 26th, Tangyi interspersed with scouts in the north of Xuzhou, unintentionally intercepting a secret report from the Liang army, convinced that Zhu Rang, the king of Liang He, and Liang Shixiong, the privy council of Liang, were plotting to launch a rebellion while Emperor Liang was leading his troops to conquer Luzhou. Ben Hou expected that Chen Kun of the Hejin Army and Han Yuanqi of the Caizhou Army were the generals of Emperor Liang's direct confidants, and when he heard the news, he would rush to the aid of Bianjing as soon as possible, so as to resist the rebels and wait for the main force of the Liang army to return south. Ben Hou didn't forget to say a word to Huaidong, but he thought that even if Ben Hou sent someone to Huaidong to report the news, His Royal Highness the King of Xin would not accept it, so he was too lazy to do so. Lord Ruan, do you think that's the truth? ”

Ruan Yan almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

What kind of bullshit reason is this?

"Han Hou knows that if Tangyi can inform Huaidong in time, you and my two armies will entangle the Hejin army and Caizhou army of Liang State, and cause Bianjing City to fall into the hands of the rebels, and Liang State will fall into unprecedented chaos. And my big Chu soldiers and horses wave their halberds to attack the Central Plains, which will be just around the corner! Han Hou became famous as a young man, and he was the first adviser of my Great Chu, why did he make such a big mistake at this time for the small profit in front of him? No matter how good Ruan Yan's temper is, at this moment, he can't help but feel heartbroken.

Han Qian's face suddenly turned cold, staring at Ruan Yan, whose temples were frosty, and said unceremoniously: "Lord Ruan, this Hou respects you as a great Chu elder with the same name as my father and ancestor, but it doesn't have to be allowed for you to accuse indiscriminately. You say that Ben Hou is a small profit and a loss of righteousness, then please Ruan Lord return to Chuzhou immediately, please Xin Wang open the Hangou waterway, my Tangyi naval army warships should be able to go north from Hangou to the Huai River, Ben Hou is willing to personally lead the armor soldiers, join forces with the Huaidong Army, and merge Xu Si into my Great Chu territory, but it is not in vain here! Lord Ruan's lips moved, but it was relaxed! ”

Ruan Yan was reprimanded by Han Qian, his tone was stagnant, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Feng Yi, you ask Lord Ruan and General Yin to go down and rest, they are also tired from the journey!" Han Qian grimaced and said to Feng Yi.

"Lord Ruan, General Yin, please." Feng Yi motioned to Ruan Yan and Yin Peng to go down the city wall first.

Yin Peng glanced at Ruan Yan, who had a blue face, and silently walked down the city wall first.

At present, the Tangyi Navy does not have direct access to Hongzepu and the Huai River, which is the biggest limitation of the Tangyi Army at present. Otherwise, even if Han Qian didn't attack Xu Si first, after the Tangyi Navy entered the Huai River, he could try to cut off the connection between the Shouzhou Army and the north bank, or have the opportunity to join forces with Li Zhihe to destroy the isolated Shouzhou Army first.

However, will His Highness agree to allow the Tangyi Navy to borrow the road from Hangou (Shanyang) and enter the Huai River?

Yin Peng also knew that His Highness would do everything possible to prevent the Tangyi Navy from entering the Huai River, so there was really no excuse to accuse Han Qian of blocking such important news.

Of course, Yin Peng didn't believe that what Han Qian just said must be the truth.

Just intercepted a secret letter from the Liang army, and categorically believed all this, and preempted the Hejin army and the Caizhou army before the change

The Tangyi Left Army, which was deployed on the Eastern Front overnight, when could it be such a child's play?

Linhuai, as the old seat of Haozhou, is quite open, but after these years, the prosperity is no longer there, and there are collapsed houses and muddy streets and alleys after the continuous spring rains, as well as frightened households.

There are not many households in Haozhou City, less than 1,000 households, and most of them are still small officials and private families who were coerced by Anning Palace and fled north after the Jinling Incident.

Even if they were not the families of the core generals who were later integrated into the Shouzhou Army—these people were either concentrated in Shouzhou City or moved to Bianjing to settle down—but they were either rich or expensive in Jinling City at the beginning.

Therefore, after crossing the river, they can still have the strength to live in Linhuai City and buy houses, and the slaves and slaves and dependent tenant farmers are more fortunate than tens of millions of people to cultivate fields outside the city, but can they continue to be lucky?

These people have absolutely no idea where the cruel fate will take them.

At present, the city also allows grain and oil shops, charcoal shops, medical centers, medicinal herb shops and other street shops that maintain people's livelihood to continue to operate, and the curfew is not enforced until after dark.

Ruan Yan and Yin Peng, accompanied by Feng Yi, went to the post house, and the dilapidated houses along the street were all closed, except for the generals patrolling the street, there was not a single pedestrian on the long street.

The inn is also very simple and dilapidated.

In such a short period of time, Han Qian's temporary residence and the yasha as the main general's tooth tent have not been cleaned up, and it is impossible to take care of the outbuildings of the post house.

At present, only a few sets of courtyards are selected for Ruan Yan, Yin Peng and their entourage to settle in, and then an official from the Military Intelligence Staff Department is selected to act as a post officer, with some manpower, to settle Ruan Yan and Yin Peng, and is also responsible for keeping an eye on their movements.

No matter how simple it is, the case is complete.

Ruan Yannai is a scribe, and he is also old, and he rushed from Chuzhou to Linhuai City all the way, and he was tired enough, and his bones were scattered, but after arriving at the post house, he did not show that he was so angry with Han Qian on the city wall that he ascended to heaven as a Buddha, called Yin Peng to his room, and asked: "Just now on the city wall, there is a young scribe behind Han Qian, I am dizzy, but I look a little familiar, is it Wang Yan of Wang Wenxing's family?" ”

Wang Wenxing is Wang Wenqian's cousin and Wang Jixiong's nephew.

His people are good gold and stone calligraphy and painting, in the early years in the Shengzhou Festival Embassy Minister, after the Shengzhou army was destroyed, Wang Wenxing secluded in the countryside, did not re-enter the office, and died of illness before the Jinling Incident.

Wang Yan and Wang Zhe are both sons of Wang Wenxing, who have studied hard since childhood, and have been influenced by their father Wang Wenxing, and secondly, they are concubines of low status in the clan, even in Huaidong, they have not entered the ranks.

Yin Peng recognized Wang Yanwai just after he climbed the city wall, but he could only pretend not to know, but he didn't expect that Ruan Yan, the old fox, was silent just now, but he had already recognized Wang Yan.

"Ruan Gong has good eyes, I haven't seen him for a long time, Wang Yan has changed a lot, he stands there and doesn't speak, I don't dare to recognize him." Yin Peng said.

"According to what you can see, why did the Marquis of Qianyang confirm the turmoil in the Liang Kingdom, and General Yin would not really think that Tangyi would dare to believe it just by intercepting a secret letter, right?" Ruan Yan didn't want to dwell on Wang Yan's question at this time, so he asked.

"Xu is Qianyang Hou has eyeliner that penetrates very deeply into the Liang army, just like when Wen Ruilin infiltrated the side of Changguo Gong

so that Qianyang Hou can firmly believe that the news is correct. Yin Peng guessed.

"It's not that simple," Ruan Yan shook his head and said, "The Hejin army and the Tangyi army withdrew and advanced one by one, and they were in order, which is by no means explained by an intercepted secret letter or the presence of hidden spies in the Liang army; Unless the commander of the Hejin army, Chen Kun, the assassin of Haozhou, is this secret spy ......"

Ruan Yan guessed like this, and Yin Peng was not easy to answer.

"And no matter how the Marquis of Qianyang learned about this, if Liang He Wang Zhu Rang and Liang Shixiong really plotted a rebellion, they must have been planning for a long time, and maybe they also colluded with the Jin army - the turmoil in Liang State, I'm afraid it won't be able to calm down in a short time, and Xu Mingzhen won't be able to support it for long on the south bank of the Huai River?" Ruan Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Yin Peng and asked.

Ruan Yan didn't have any more sources of information, so he couldn't think of it so deeply for a while, but he could also guess that Liang Shixiong and Zhu Rang could not act rashly when Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang was about to capture Luzhou.

The reasonable explanation he could think of at this time was that in order to avoid the doom of destruction, the Jin State sent secret envoys to persuade Zhu Rang and Liang Shixiong to rebel.

However, this can also initially be used for them to deduce the subsequent changes in the situation in Hehuai.

Yin Peng looked at the tea cup in front of the case in silence, not so much that Ruan Yan speculated how long the Shouzhou army could hold on to the south bank of the Huai River, but that he was worried about how much benefit Tangyi could gain this time, right?

The chaos of the Liang Kingdom, even if it will not affect the southern region in a short period of time, Xu Mingzhen and the Sima clan in the Xu Si region can still sit on the wall and watch.

The difference is that the Sima clan can also collect enough military supplies from Xu, Yi, Mi, Si, Hai and other prefectures, which is more than enough to maintain more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and even has the spare power to further expand the military equipment on a large scale, which actually restricts the Huaidong Army from crossing the Huai River on a large scale and expanding to the Xusi region.

However, Xu Mingzhen was able to support the south bank of the Huai River before, mainly relying on bulk material support from the hinterland of the Liang State. For a long time in the future, it will be impossible for Xu Mingzhen to get supplies from the hinterland of Liang State, and Haozhou will completely fall into the hands of the Tangyi army.

The best outcome for Xu Mingzhen may be that the main force withdraws to the Huai River and takes grain from Ying, Si and other prefectures on the north bank, while only controlling a limited number of fortified cities such as Shou County and Huoqiu on the south bank of the Huai River, ensuring that it is possible to recapture Huaixi when the Liang realm is stabilized.

No matter who can win the chaos in Liang in the future, Xu Mingzhen can give an explanation, and he can also ensure that the interests of the Shouzhou army will not be damaged to the greatest extent, and no one in Liang will accuse him of taking food from the north bank of the Huai River afterwards.

However, in this way, most of Shouzhou, Huozhou, and Gwangju on the south bank of the Huai River will be divided between Han Qian and Li Zhihe.

In other words, the area controlled by Tangyi, the worst result is to add another one and a half states.

And because the Tangyi army is mobilizing at full speed, and then boldly interspersed and infiltrated the territory of Shouhuo, the Shouzhou army wants not to be entangled, and the soldiers and horses can shrink to the cities along the Huai River at the fastest speed, and there is not enough time to drive the households in the central part of Shouzhou and Huozhou to the north.

This also means that at least 100,000 or 200,000 Dingkou in these areas will fall under the control of Tangyi.

At that time, if Xuzhou is not counted, the population and area controlled by Tangyi will not be under Huaidong.