Jiankang, Taicheng, Kong Fan, who had just returned from Huainan, was reporting the situation in Huainan to the Son of Heaven, and this time the official army took all the important places south of Huaishui, especially the two cities of Shouchun and Zhongli, the Huaishui defense line has been completed, and the northern border of Chen State is temporarily worry-free.

Being able to do this has nothing to do with the lives of the officers and soldiers, and of course, the assistance behind the back of the allies is indispensable, forcing the entrenched Zhongli Wei Chi Youqi's army to be untenable in Huainan.

In order to ask his soldiers and horses to get out safely, Wei Chi Youqi was able to retreat north safely in front of Chen's army on the condition of returning Shouchun and Zhongli, and went to Yuwenwen to settle accounts.

The Yuwen clan and the Wei Chi clan fought for Henan and Huaibei, and the Huainan Chen army took this opportunity to rest and recuperate, seize the time to organize the people to farm, avoid the autumn harvest or large-scale failure, and then repair the cities everywhere in case of accidents.

There is more than one exciting good news, Kong Fan, who returned to Beijing from Huainan, has now revealed that according to the secret performance of the envoy sent by the assassin of Fengzhou, it is said that the officials and chieftains of Lingbiao who are thinking about their homeland can not bear the oppression of the officials of the Zhou State, and have united their troops to drive the northern captives away.

The history of the Fengzhou Assassin is to listen to the many vague descriptions of the situation in Guangzhou by the boat people from the south, so that he probably knows that there are changes in the Lingbiao, and the specific situation has not yet been figured out, but it can be seen from this that the Zhou army left behind in the Lingbiao, if the main force is not helped, I am afraid that it will not last long.

In addition, there is also exciting good news, that is, Jiankang is peaceful.

A rebellion broke out in Jiankang City, and the rebels looted and set fire to people south of the Qinhuai River, and then entrenched in Changganli south of the Qinhuai River in a vain attempt to spy on artifacts.

But this is just a delusion, just when the official army was stationed in Zhongli and Shouchun, the rebels in Jiankang City had been defeated by the returning official army, and many people fled from Jiankang with their families and fled to various places.

In this rebellion, the border Huai Lie on the bank of the Qinhuai River turned into ruins, a large number of goods, money and grain were burned, and both the officials and the people, the nobles and the lowly suffered heavy losses, but the urban area north of the Qinhuai River did not suffer too much from the chaos of the army, and the Qingxi area, where the dignitaries and dignitaries lived, did not suffer much loss.

Not to mention the heavily guarded Taicheng, none of the rebels could approach the city wall, and the clan vassal kings, the main officials of the imperial court and their families all spent this time in Taicheng unharmed.

But there are still people who have not been spared, Zhang Lihua, the concubine who is about to be canonized, and Princess Ning Yuan, the half-sister of the Son of Heaven, were not in the chaos of the army, and there has been no news since then, and it seems that they have died.

Talking about this matter, Kong Fan hurriedly comforted the Son of Heaven: "Please also ask the official family to mourn, if the concubine has the spirit in the sky, she will never want to see the appearance of the official family..."

Kong Fan said with a sad face, Chen Shubao was sad when he heard this, and wanted to say something, but the words turned into a long sigh.

Zhang Lihua is Chen Shubao's favorite concubine, the degree of favor is unparalleled and enduring, he originally wanted to set up Zhang Lihua as the queen, but the soon-to-be-deposed Empress Shen is now safe and sound, Zhang Lihua has become a broken flower even if she is not dead.

At that time, Chen Shubao, who learned the bad news, was heartbroken, but with the passage of time, now the wound in his heart has healed, except for touching the scene from time to time, he will no longer be violent and kill people at every turn, because this is meaningless at all.

The concubine died, but there were also many beauties in the harem, and Chen Shubao was still empty at night, so the grief-stricken mood gradually dissipated.

But as the Son of Heaven, his forbidden body was taken away by the lowly and chaotic army, and then ravaged in every way, every time he thought of this, Chen Shubao was so angry, he felt that his dignity of the Son of Heaven was trampled on, and he must not just let it go.

Chen Shubao has already ordered the generals who led the troops to encircle and suppress them to kill all these rebels and their families, so as to comfort Zhang Lihua's spirit in the sky and breathe a good sigh of relief for him.

Kong Fan knew that in this way, those rebellious soldiers would inevitably be forced to jump over the wall in a hurry, and go all the way to the dark, but he didn't plan to advise, the Son of Heaven was going to be angry, and whoever dared to stop him would be unlucky.

The thing he is thinking about is to stabilize his position, and he must not easily leave Jiankang, the center of power, and the Son of Heaven.

Leading troops to fight, Kong Fan doesn't know anything, but when it comes to fighting for power and profit, then he is one of the good hands, before, Kong Fan and Shi Wenqing worked closely together as internal and external supervisors, firmly controlling the situation between Korea and China.

However, Shi Wenqing was victimized by the rebels, and Kong Fan could not stay away from the capital and the Son of Heaven for a long time, so that someone would sow discord and take him outside Jiankang in order to replace him.

He had enough credit in Huainan, so he wanted to return to Jiankang to continue to fight for power and profit, so he took the opportunity of the Son of Heaven to call him back to Beijing and took the initiative to let Xian and ask the Son of Heaven to send the clan to Huainan as a supervisor, and he himself wanted to contribute to the reorganization of Jiankang and share the worries of the Son of Heaven.

What Kong Fan said was in line with Chen Shubao's intentions, his henchman Shi Wenqing died, and Kong Fan, another henchman who had made great contributions, naturally wanted to stay in Jiankang and take on a heavy responsibility, and it was natural for the clan to leave Huainan.

The most important thing is that Kong Fan needs to be by his side to give advice to decide what strategy to adopt next, between the Yuwen clan and the Yuchi clan, and recover the land occupied by the Yuwen clan.

"Official, Weichen thinks that since the Lingbiao turmoil has arisen again, the Yuwen clan is busy dealing with the Wei Chi clan, and I am afraid that he will not be able to draw troops to the south to reinforce him, and his Lingbiao, especially the Guangzhou garrison, may not last long."

"Then, the imperial court can send an envoy to Chang'an and ask the Zhou State to return the Lingbiao, which is actually to give the other party a step down, anyway, whether they agree or not, the Lingbiao will not be able to occupy it."

"As for Jiangzhou, and Xu Tuzhi, after all, Wang Shi has just recovered Huainan, and he is in ruins, and he has to beware of the Wei Chi clan attacking the south again, so it is not appropriate to clash with the Yuwen clan at this time."

What Kong Fan said was also what Chen Shubao thought, if it weren't for the rebellion that caused a lot of losses and disrupted the overall deployment of the imperial court, he really wanted to ask the Yuwen clan to return to Jiangzhou now, lest there be a disturbance in the upper reaches, and Jiankang would be scared.

Seeing that Chen Shubao was in a good mood, Kong Fan thought about it in his heart and opened his mouth to probe: "Official family, I don't know where Ying Yang's family is now, whether they have corrected the Fa?" ”

"Ying Yang Gong? You mean Wang Meng? Chen Shubao suddenly became excited.

"Yes, the official..."

"Don't mention him! The widow trusted him and asked him to supervise the military, but what was the result? And the result! ”

Kong Fan glanced at Chen Shubao, turned his heart sideways, and continued: "The official family, for the sake of the overall situation, Weichen thinks that it is better to send Ying Yanggong's family to Chang'an. ”

"No, I won't.... Well? Aiqing is interceding? ”

"Weichen is for the long term, if the official family wants to correct Wang Meng's family, but he breathed a sigh, and the civil and military officials who had no choice but to surrender to Zhou before have never thought about it, if the official family is generous and sends Wang Meng's family to Chang'an, these surrendered people, I am afraid that they will feel more and more guilty about the official family in their hearts...."

"If he advances westward, these people are afraid that they will rush to make trouble and atone for their sins..."

Wang Meng, the prince of Yingyang County, was originally the governor of the military of the Zhou army, and the Zhou army invaded the Lingbiao, Wang Meng led the troops to resist but was defeated one after another, and finally led his troops to surrender to the Zhou army.

This situation was only known to Jiankang later, and Wang Meng left the town of Lingnan, and his mother, wife and other family members stayed in Jiankang, and after the incident, he was placed under house arrest by the government to wait for disposal, but because the situation changed greatly later, Chen Shubao did not make a decision for a long time, and it has been delayed until now.

Previously, Kong Fan 'ventured' to Ruyin, Hezhou to negotiate with Wang Yuwenwen of Xiyang, Zhou State, and when they were in private contact, Yuwenwen asked Kong Fan to protect Wang Meng and his subordinates' families, so of course Kong Fan had to do his best to facilitate this matter.

Surrender is not the same as being captured, most of the civil and military officials of Chen Guo who surrendered to Zhou will not take the initiative to come back, and Chen Guo sent his family to Zhou State, which can be regarded as leaving a backhand.

Chen Shubao was reluctant at first, but he was soon persuaded by Kong Fan, and next, it was the candidate to envoy Chang'an, Kong Fan took the initiative to ask for help: "Official, Weichen is willing to share worries for the country and send an envoy to Chang'an!" ”

"This can't be done, Kong Aiqing still has to stay in Jiankang to give advice to me, how can I stay away, not to mention that the king of Xiyang of Zhou is in Huaixi, how to deal with him, Kong Aiqing has to advise."