After Zu Ji left Chaoge, he first went west into the mountain, traveled a hundred miles through the mountain road - and then went west to the white of Taihang Bacheng - and then went north to climb the mountain into the flat, and approached Lin Xicheng after eighty miles. His morale was high, and his army marched very quickly, nearly two hundred miles, and it was only three short days.

It happened that Guo Ao's father and son were ordered to guard the forest, and before they entered the city, they received a report that the Chinese teacher was coming. Mrs. Guo couldn't help but be surprised: "The thieves came very quickly!" And he wanted to hurry into the city to guard it. Guo Ao shook his head and said: "No-there are few soldiers in the city, and there are not many in our department, even if we guard the forest, how many days can we hold it?" And before the edict comes to help, Hua Kou will come from the court, and I am afraid that my father and son will die here! ”

He judged that the reason why the Chinese army advanced into Lin Wei was to further plot to seize Shexian County, so as to block the way for the Shangdang army to go east—if Jiao'an was forced to take the Jingcheng in the north, the circle would be too big—so he summoned the defenders, took the initiative to abandon Lin Shucheng, and retreated to the north.

After Zuji won Lin Ji without a fight, he really didn't have time to rest the horse, so he hurried out of the city to chase the enemy and go to take Shexian County. Fifty miles north from Lin Xi, and then into the mountains, Guo's father and son stopped and set up camp, defending against danger, Zu Ji repeatedly challenged, and the enemy did not come out. Duan Wenyang saw that something was wrong, and advised Zu Ji: "Now that you have Lin Xian, do you hope to regain Shexian County?" Since the thieves have been sent to guard the forest in the future, there will also be reinforcements in Shexian County, even if we destroy the Guo family and father and son, and go over the mountain, what are the chances of victory?

"And Lin Shu is far away from Chaoge, and close to Anyang, if the thief comes from Anyang to attack and cut off my back road, I am afraid that it will be difficult to return! It is better to retreat to Lin Shu and wait for the arrival of the marshal's main force. ”

Zu Ji thought so and hurriedly turned to return to the south. Sure enough, the general of Anyang received Guo Ao's invitation and sent troops westward in an attempt to recover Lin Xi, but Guo's father and son pursued from behind, attacking back and forth, resulting in a great defeat of the Chinese army. Zu Ji and Duan Wenyang were forced to abandon Lin Shucheng, walk over the mountain, and retreat to Chaoge.

Guo Ao obtained the banner of the Chinese army on the battlefield, and ordered the urgent envoy to be sent back to Xiangguo and reported to Shile.

In other words, this is the first time Shi Le knows that Pei should set the new country name as "Hua......

This is naturally related to the backward level of transportation and communication, and the slow transmission of information, and also because after the trip out one by one, the Shi Zhao intelligence system, which was barely effective, has produced a period of inevitable chaos.

Cheng Ziyuan was responsible for the previous intelligence work, and he also regarded this field as a forbidden area and did not allow others to interfere. This time Cheng Yao failed to murder Zhang Bin, which caused Shi Le's thunder and anger, but for fear of disturbing the situation, he did not punish him severely for the time being, and ordered him to still hang the name of Shangshu Zuo's servant, but went out of the capital to pacify the thieves in the north of Jizhou - in fact, he was driven out of the center - Cheng Yao's original work should theoretically be handed over to Xu Guang.

But how could Cheng Ziyuan be willing to hand over the power to Xu Jiwu smoothly? This led to a temporary shutdown of the intelligence system, and even if the spies in Luozhong found out about the new dynasty, they could not send it to Xiangguo in time.

Moreover, the closest to the Zhao army before was the Shao family army of Chaoge, and the Shao family army was short of materials, and it was necessary to wait for Zu Ji to come over before officially changing the banner. Zu Ji's department had already changed the banner of the Chinese army in Xingyang - Pei Gai naturally offered the materials needed by the Zujia army - and after the defeat near Lin Xi, the news was conveyed to Shi Le through Guo Ao.

Shi Le was a little inexplicable, so he asked Zhang Bin: "Why did Pei Wenyue call 'Hua'?" Could it be that it was named after Huashan? Zhang Mengsun was also a little confused about this, but it was Fu Chang, the secretary from a family, who was born in the family, and said:

""The Zuo Chuan: Ten Years of Dinggong" contains the words of Confucius, Yun: 'The descendants do not seek summer, and the Yi does not mess with China.'" It is Zhihua and Xia Tong, both of whom are China's self-proclaimed. ”

Shi Le couldn't help but say abruptly: "He pretends to be China, and he sees us as Yidihu? ”

The ministers said in their hearts, "If you don't Yidi, who will Yidi?" Obviously, even the appearance is not quite like ours...... Zhang Bin said: "What is the so-called Huaxia? 'China has great etiquette, so it is called Xia; There is the beauty of uniforms, and it is called Hua'......"

In fact, this statement comes from Kong Yingda's "Spring and Autumn Left Transmission of Justice", and Kong Yingda is a native of the Tang Dynasty...... It was originally told to Zhang Bin by Pei Gai in the camp that year, and it was falsely claimed to be recorded from a fragment of an ancient book snatched from the ruins of Luoyang. Zhang Bin used this to comfort Shi Le today: "...... It is based on Chinese dress etiquette and Chinese rules and regulations, that is, for China. Thinking about the Zhou metric system in the past, Jing Chu was a barbarian; By the time of the Warring States Period, Jing Chu was no different from China, and Gaozu of the Fu Han Dynasty was also a Chu person. If you think that Huayong is Hua, and Yiyong is Yiyi, can't Yanhan also Yibang? ”

Pei Xian, Cui Xuan and others also echoed in unison.

However, after going down to the court, Kong Chang secretly asked to see Shi Le and said to him: "The right person is facing up, what the Taifu said, Your Majesty should not be gullible." ”

Shi Le asked him, "What do you mean by that?" ”

Kong Changnai said: "What is China, what is China?" In fact, it has nothing to do with what dress etiquette and rules and regulations have nothing to do with it. Taifu is a Chinese, and he voluntarily uses Chinese gifts to practice Chinese politics, but Chinese politics may not apply to our ......."

- Don't look at this guy's self-proclaimed surname Kong, in fact, he has nothing to do with the Kong family in Qufu, and he is also from a miscellaneous background-

"In the past, the two administrations of Han Guangwen and His Majesty also followed suit, using the people of the country to manage the people of the country, and the people of Zhao to manage the people of Zhao, with outstanding results, why bother? Taifu can strategize, win thousands of miles, in political affairs, has always been rarely involved, so the so-called use of Chinese etiquette, rules and regulations, is purely conjecture, Your Majesty can not follow his words.

"As for Pei, Xun and others, they are from the Central Plains family, and they are familiar with etiquette and regulations, and they persuade His Majesty to use the politics of China, but it is just convenient for them to use and seize power. If the government of China is used purely for many generations, then the Zhao people will be glorious for many generations, and we and other countrymen will fight for your majesty for half our lives, but we are afraid that our descendants will be reduced to civilians.

"And Pei Wenyue is also a noble family of Qinghua, with the name of Huawei, he believes in himself as the king of China, and despises us as Yidi. If Your Majesty wants to use China's politics to compete with Pei Wen for Chinese orthodoxy, he will definitely not be able to compete with him, so it is better to use Yidi as the opposite. In the Jin Rebellion, knowing that the government of China is not available, why not try the government of Yidi to integrate into China? If you can thwart the Chinese teacher and wait for the change of the situation, Yidi is also expected to be Huaxia, and in vain with Huawei, or reduced to Yidi! ”

Shi Le listened to his words and nodded again and again: "What Qing said is true, it is indeed this truth." Then he smiled and said: "I want to occupy the land of China, get the people of China, be the lord of China, and transform the government of China, so why should I stick to China's etiquette and rules?" ”

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When Zu Ji was defeated and retreated to the court, Zu Ti had also led the army to arrive, stationed outside the city, except for Li Ju and Guo Yu to guard Hanoi, Xu Liu and Wang Yu to guard Xingyang, don't order Wei to guard the grain road, the rest of the ancestral army is gathered here, 50,000 soldiers, and the momentum is immense.

Zu Ji entered the account and pleaded guilty to Zu Li, Zu Li was furious, and scolded him: "Although it is possible to win Lin Xi and the county, and block the road to the east of the Shangdang army, our army can be completely victorious, but how can things in the world be so complete?" The two cities are leaning on Taihang in the west, and the location is so important, how can the thieves not be defended? And you actually tried to go straight to the head of the division and take this risk for meritorious service, can all what I taught in the past be regarded as a deaf ear?!

"Now the thieves are defeated and retreated, our army's morale is flourishing, Luoyang grain and straw materials are recovered, and a steady stream of help is provided, naturally only the enemy must take risks, and the defeat can be reversed, but we must be cautious, do not seek merit, but hope for no fault - no fault can be won, greedy merit and will lose! Thou hast been with me for many years, and thou hast been on the battlefield for a long time, do thou not understand this?

"Now that I have been edicted to go north, I will rise and destroy the division of the Karma, and the two armies will meet, and you will be defeated first, which will greatly reduce my momentum and boost the morale of the thieves - can you know the guilt?! I ordered you to go first, and I want you to look at the thief in the court, if Lin is worried about taking it, why did he order you to go north again to seek the county? If you have Lin Yu and keep it and don't move, why will you lose today, and even Lin Yu will be lost again? Make your own assertion and disobey the order, you need to know that military law is not merciful! ”

He immediately ordered Zu Ji to be pushed out and beheaded for the Fa. The generals hurriedly persuaded him, saying that Fang would behead a general when he left the division, which was not good for the army; And General Chu Chong has been fighting with the marshal for many years and has made many meritorious achievements, how can he be directly executed because of a defeat?

Changshi Zhang Chang also said: "General Chu Chong's defeat, in the eyes of the last officials, is not a greedy merit, but the previous marshal defeated the division in Xingyang, Shi Le was spared alone, and the whole army was inevitably arrogant. Although we are defeated today, we can calm this pride, which may not be a good thing. I also hope that the marshal will forgive General Chu Zhong for the time being, so as to observe the after-effects. ”

Zu Ti then ordered Zu Ji to be pushed back, and reprimanded a few more words, ordering the army to record his major demerits, so that after the meritorious service, he would be compensated, otherwise the class teacher would return to the court in the future, and he would still have to be punished. Zu Ji thanked him repeatedly, but retreated in shame.

Immediately, Zu Ti and the generals discussed the strategy of marching, and the big guys suggested that they should also go forward with regular soldiers to attack Yin and Anyang.

Nowadays, the place where Hua and Zhao Zhengxiong are in the northeast of Sizhou in the Jin Dynasty - Pei Gai has not changed the old administrative division for the time being - there is Taihang Tianwei in the west, and it is a horse and a flat river in the east to Jizhou, which is basically all plain terrain. Theoretically speaking, from Chaoge in the west to the mouth of the Yellow River in the east, the Chinese army can attack from any point, and it is difficult for the Zhao people to fortify everywhere, and they will inevitably show flaws.

However, the actual situation is not so simple, after all, Zu Ti only has 50,000 soldiers and horses, and it is impossible to spread them all out on a long front of 1,560 miles - it is easy to be broken by the enemy one by one - plus the river defense east of Wei County is still in the hands of the Zhao army, if you seek to break horizontally first, it will consume too much manpower and material resources, and the battle line will inevitably be too long.

Although Luoyang promised to supply and deliver materials and even soldiers, Pei Gai did not carry a cornucopia in his arms, and the government's grain stocks were limited after all, once the battle line was too long, or the progress of the war was too slow, it would be difficult to transport grain, and if the enemy took the opportunity to harass the grain route, the momentum of victory and defeat could be reversed in an instant.

Therefore, the only ones that can actually launch an attack are the frontal Dangyin and Anyang fronts.

Wei Zhan suggested: "You can ask the Son of Heaven to issue an edict and order General Su to cross the river from Yanzhou or Qingzhou to contain the thieves." ”

Zu Ti immediately waved his hand and said, "Su Jun is not available." ”

Su Jun originally guarded Qingzhou, and took most of Yanbei from the west, if Luoyang was still the weak Sima family's small court, maybe he could only pinch his nose and recognize it afterwards. But now that Pei should practice Zuo, how can he allow him to cross the three states of Qing, Xu, and Yan? will inevitably order him to withdraw from Yanbei first.

Pei Gai promised to let Zu Ti lead the army to continue to attack Qianzhao in order to destroy the country, but since he guaranteed that Zu's army would not be broken up and reorganized for the time being, Zu Ti would not be able to gain an inch, and then he must control Yan and Henan as he did in the Jin Dynasty - in fact, before the battle of Xingyang, taking advantage of Zu Ti's serious illness, the Xun clan had already put his hand into the two states - Hua Ting would inevitably place new guards in the counties of Yanbei where the Qingzhou army had withdrawn, and other towns and horses.

Yanbei had been ravaged by Shile before, the cities were bad, and the people were displaced, although Su Jun regained his land, he failed to stabilize the place. It will always take time for Yanbei to re-arm, and it is impossible to respond to the northward movement of the ancestral army.

As for Qingzhou, theoretically, after Su Jun shrank back to Pugu, he had the strength to go north, however, Zu Ti said: "Jiankang's back is still unknown, and Xu Fang is empty, and the imperial court will most likely order Su Jun to divide troops to protect it, so why do you have time to go north?" ”

Feng Tie said hatefully: "The country is indeed empty in the East, only Su Jun has an army; However, looking at what Su had done before, he was quite selfish, and he was unwilling to kill the enemy with all his might. The marshal should play the Son of Heaven, depose Su Jun, and entrust him with another general. ”

Zu Ti said: "I have already talked to the Son of Heaven about this matter, and there is no need to play it again. ”

Qing and Xu is a historical problem, initially because Pei and Zu joined forces to go to the Northern Expedition, and the situation forced them to go to Henan, Pei should rush into the Guanzhong branch base, and had to temporarily empty the main base in Xuzhou. Later, Zu Ti Wensi, Yan, and Yu were in the three states, and Pei fought fiercely with Hu Han, and he had no time to take care of Xuzhou, so he only sent Su Jun a group of men.

At that time, the south was the Jiankang regime, and the face had not been torn, and the north was Cao Wei with dry bones in the mound, and Shile with an unstable foundation, so Su Jun's army was enough to calm Xuzhou, and even had the strength to advance to Qingzhou. When Shile became a force in Hebei, Pei Gai also withered Hu Han, and with the growth of power and fame, it was inevitable that there would be a gap between Chang'an and Luoyang. Both Xun and Zu wanted to reach out to Qing and Xu, but Pei Gai was unwilling to give up easily, and the result of repeated reversals was to gradually return the civil affairs of the two states to the imperial court—in fact, to the Xun family—and ordered Su Jun to obey Zu's dispatch.

However, the Xun clan had no generals in their hands, and they had not had time to place soldiers and horses in Qing and Xu Prefectures, and Zu Ti went from being seriously ill to pretending to be sick, and he had no time to completely control the Qingzhou Army, which gave Su Jun the opportunity to dominate the family in the East, and even divide himself.

For this historical problem, the Hua Dynasty will definitely try to solve it, but freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and it is impossible to solve it in one fell swoop.

Besides, Zu Ti was quite disgusted with Su Jun, and he also wanted to make great achievements in destroying the karma independently, so as not to let the Qingzhou Army easily share the profits. Therefore, I told the generals that we will fight by ourselves, don't expect Su Jun, and I have already told Su Jun in front of the Son of Heaven, and I believe that the Son of Heaven will definitely find an opportunity to deal with him.

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