Ji Guang lost Lei City, failed to attack Pucheng twice, forcibly occupied Lincheng and was calculated by Luo Songting, 70,000 casualties before and after, Han He finally saved political capital and prestige of the Jin State, and lost everything, at this time withdrawing troops back to the Jin State, not only did not help solve the problem, but more importantly, Xihuan, the crown princess, will become embarrassed in the political position of the Xian State.

Gu Chen held Xihuan's secret letter and rode a fast horse to Pingtang, the capital of the Jin Kingdom, more than 20 days later.

The reason for this is that there are few victories in the war situation of the Central Plains countries, and the Sun Kingdom, the Changsun Kingdom, and the Xu Kingdom have been defeated again and again, and there are not a few defeats, and it is understandable how much the defeat of Jiguang is. What's more, the Xian army was able to recover the three cities of Xijun, and the Jin army played a key role to some extent.

When this kind of voice became the mainstream, Xihuan's voice obviously had no market, so after Gu Chen saw the King of Jin and the crown prince, he found Han He again. Han He gathered Wang Shuo, Wang Li, Fan Tao and others to their home to discuss the matter:

"General Wang, the princess wrote from Chenling that the defeat of Jiguang was due to his greed for merit and recklessness, and he was repeatedly calculated by the Xian army and rebels in order to occupy the city of Xianguo. But the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty thought that the rebels were powerful and the thieves were strong and invincible, what did General Wang and you think? ”

"What do the kings and princes mean......" Wang Shuo asked cautiously.

"The great king hopes to continue to train troops in Xianguo, and the prince has suffered huge losses due to the loss of Lei City, and wants to withdraw the northern army to Jiangdong for temporary repair."

Han He clarified the attitude of King Jin, and Wang Shuo continued on the matter:

"The thieves are thousands of miles away from the national capital, and the front is changing rapidly, and it is really difficult for us to know the details when we are in the national capital. But if you want to gain hegemony, you must train your troops and withdraw them, not to mention the loss of national prestige, and it will not be so easy to enter the Xian country next time. However, in a few months, there were 70,000 or 80,000 casualties, but not an inch of land was gained, and Lei Cheng was lost. ”

Wang Shuo didn't mention anything about changing generals, but everyone knew that the Northern Army must train troops, not soldiers, and said that the Xian Army couldn't fight, and the Black Turban Army couldn't beat it, but if he wanted to change generals, after all, his surname was "Xi", even if his daughter was the crown princess, the matter of removing and replacing the feudal officials could not be noisy.

Han He understood and asked Fan Tao again:

"Master Fan, what do you think?"

"The king is now presided over by Chen Xiangguo, and the prince can't listen to me, and Ji Guang is a relative, so this matter is really difficult to handle. However, if Sima envoys can be sent to supervise the battle, it may be able to improve somewhat. ”

"Hmm!" Han He affirmed Guan Tao's meaning: "Is there a suitable candidate?" ”

"I'm afraid this is difficult" Fan Tao was puzzled, and then said: "In the near future, Wei Han, the general of Zhenbei, should be the most suitable person to directly serve as Sima Envoy, but Wei Han is a concubine and a common man, and he has no foundation in the court, so I am afraid that it will be difficult to restrain Ji Guang."

If it is selected from the court, there will be, but if the prince does not agree, and the king agrees, won't it make the king's father and son suspicious. In these extraordinary times, this matter should be cautious. ”

Before the Northern Army Sima Envoy became the commander of the Northern Army, Wang Shuo had been concurrently serving as the commander-in-chief, and after the Northern Army crossed the sea and the country, the army was not in the country, and his position as Sima Envoy was withdrawn by the King of Jin.

The King of Jin and the crown prince Ji Jun concept to the left, under the rule of Gong Shukuo, the Jin State is becoming stronger, and the ambition of the hegemony is exposed, in order to completely solve the Xian State, the King of Jin sent the Northern Army to sit in the Xian State, which is not only a training army, but also a foreshadowing for the forced stationing of the Xian State after the future counterinsurgency.

Prince Jijun was born in the prosperous era after the political situation stabilized, he is used to being the prince of Chengping, a bit of the mentality of a rich second-generation small shareholder, in the face of big ups and downs of price fluctuations, he can't bear it, based on the mentality of capital preservation, take the book back first.

Ji Guang lost a large amount of military supplies in Lei City, and the crown prince Ji Jun only felt that he had broken his old capital, so he should return to regroup. But where the war is stock speculation, the territory is exchanged for human lives, how can it be easily said that it will be conceded, even if it is rooted in Xianguo, it is also a garrison and occupies the political initiative.

Even if you want to retreat in the future, you can bargain with Xianguo, and if you take the initiative to withdraw your troops, the political nature will be different.

Sending Sima envoys is also very tricky, and someone has to be able to suppress him. After all, Ji Guang's surname is "Xi", he is a nobleman, and the Sima envoy sent must have enough sense of identity to suppress him, Wei Han has enough qualifications, but his background is not enough.

There was a moment of silence at the scene, and Wang Shuo's son, Wang Li, said:

"Father, General Han, I have one person to take on this responsibility."

Han He's eyes lit up, and he said busily:

"Who?"

"Ji Jinsheng."

"Him!" Wang Shuo faintly sounded such a person

Ji Jinsheng, 37 years old, former deputy general of the Prince's Mansion, was transferred from the Prince's Mansion by the King of Jin for privately criticizing his uncle Kuoguo's politics, and is now the Jin State's military overseer stationed in the Song Defense Region of Qianyue Mountain.

Overseer of the army, the same position as the governor of the left and right, but no military power, a bit like a military observer, the military rank will be very high, but there is no right, it is sent to the front line to observe the enemy's situation to understand the situation, and from time to time to report to the country such a powerless idle position. Basically, it is no different from distribution, and I can't return to China for a few years or even more than ten years.

Ji Jinsheng is known for his strategy and has won the trust of the prince, and after the death of King Jin, he will be transferred back to China sooner or later. What Wang Li means is that Uncle Kuo has also passed away for many years, and the state of the Jin Kingdom is stable, and the King of Jin has probably forgotten about it.

But for the crown prince, the situation is different, Ji Jinsheng is the prince's descendant after all, and the return to the dynasty will inevitably be reused by the prince. Why not take this opportunity to transfer Ji Jinsheng back to China and redistribute him to the front line, speaking of which, it is still far away from the temple of the principle of the Inner Dynasty.

Wang Li's proposal was good, and the old man agreed very much. General Wang and Master Fan, what do you two think? ”

Fan Tao said with a smile:

"It's good to be able to restrain Hime, and at the same time to make the prince agree to rest assured that we are waiting."

"What about General Wang?" Han He asked.

Wang Shuo frowned at his short beard and said:

"Xianguo now has a new general Wei Xian, this person is very young and extremely good, and there is Guangxin Gong in Beihai, Ji Jinsheng is here, will it make Xianguo vigilant and calculate our army even more."

"What General Wang said is not unreasonable, and it is best to avoid this situation."

Han He affirmed Wang Shuo's worries, and Fan Tao said at this time:

"You can let Ji Jinsheng protect Liang Feng in Xihuan, and then you can make Liang Feng nominally serve as Sima Envoy, so that Ji Jinsheng can maintain a secret edict and control."

"Eh, that's a great plan!" Han He and Fan Tao hit it off.

Liang Feng is the protector of the prince's mansion brought to the Xianguo Prince's Mansion by Xihuan, the descendant of the forbidden army of the palace in the royal palace, the captain of the forbidden army in the inner palace, which is equivalent to the right governor of the garrison, and he is promoted to the governor of the capital, and he is reluctant to serve as the Sima envoy, with the support of Xihuan, the resistance is much smaller, and both sides of the Jin State and the Xianguo State make sense, and Ji Jinsheng holds the secret edict behind the planning, which can minimize the vigilance of the Xianguo.

So on the morning of the second day, Han He handed over the book to the prince, and in the name of the meritorious service of Liang Feng, the protector of Xihuan, he was promoted to Sima Envoy of the Northern Army, and Ji Jinsheng was transferred to serve as the general of Xihuan.