The fall of Ezhou was for Huainan to gain a strong defensive gateway upstream; For Qian Biao and other feudal towns, there is one less ally to fight against Huainan; For Zhu Quanzhong, it was the loss of an ally to contain Huainan; However, all of these effects were not as great as the shock to the town of Jingxiang Domain. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Today's Jingxiang, with the defeat of Cheng Wei, his original territory was quickly divided, and now there are only three major feudal towns left around Jingxiang: Lei Yangong with Langzhou as the core, Zhao Kuangning, the envoy of Shannan Dongdao Jiedu who had just defeated Lei Yangong to obtain Jiangling, and Ma Yin of Hunan with Tanzhou as the capital.

As soon as the news of the fall of Ezhou spread, Lei Yangong, who was weaker, and Zhao Kuangning, who had some disagreements with Zhu Quanzhong, chose to send an envoy to Guangling to express their attachment. Only Ma Yin in Hunan was extremely hostile to Huainan and began to strengthen the defenses in Yuezhou.

Guangling.

"What do you think of the fact that many officials have written to ask for a crusade against Ma Yin in Hunan in recent days?" In the study, Yang Xingmi asked in a flat tone.

In recent days, with the fall of Ezhou, many officials in Huainan suddenly wrote to the Jiedu Embassy, saying that the towns of Jingxiang had come to attach themselves after seeing the might of Huainan, but Ma Yin in Hunan quickly moved closer to Zhu Quanzhong and showed great hostility towards Huainan, so he should take advantage of the opportunity of the current victory to continue to attack Hunan.

The most important person here, and the first person to write a book, is Liu Cun, the deputy commander of the Western Expeditionary Army. Some time ago, after Li Shenfu broke through Ezhou, he set off to return to Guangling, and all the military affairs of Ezhou were handed over to Liu Cun for disposal.

In the recital, Liu Cun said: Ma Yin was Sun Ru's subordinate general at the beginning, and he once plagued the people of Jianghuai; Later, when Sun Ru was defeated by Yang Xingmi under the city of Xuanzhou, Ma Yin, as a deputy general, was following Liu Jianfeng to lead his troops to plunder the nearby prefectures and counties, but he escaped Yang Xingmi's blow.

Later, Liu Jianfeng led his troops westward and came all the way to Hunan, which created a career; After Liu Jianfeng died, Ma Yin was elected as the commander and officially seized Hunan.

In this way, Ma Yin is just a group of defeated generals who escaped with their lives in Xuanzhou City.

Then, Liu Cun listed many reasons to prove Ma Yin's weakness, and finally said that if he raised troops to defeat Ma Yin, he would be able to easily win and expand the territory for Huainan.

This statement was greatly recognized among Huainan officials, that is, Gao Miao, Yin Wengui and others, although they knew that Liu Cun's words must have been exaggerated, but they also generally agreed with his proposition, believing that they should take advantage of the victory to go south to crusade against Ma Yin.

However, Yang Wu felt deeply bad about this attitude in Huainan now, because he saw pride and arrogance in everyone's expressions.

"After all, it's been a series of victories for more than a year, and everyone has become a little unbeatable." Yang Wu sighed in his heart.

Of course, Yang Wu knew that Liu Cun's letter to the war had received so much support in Huainan was definitely not only due to pride and complacency.

For example, Liu Cun, in addition to looking down on Ma Yin, he also had the idea of gaining military merit for himself; After all, attacking Hunan will he be reused and have the opportunity to establish meritorious service.

Gao Miao and Yin Wengui agreed with his letter, in addition to having arrogance in their hearts and looking down on Ma Yin, the general of the defeated army under Xuanzhou City, there are also reasons for their good reputation.

As traditional scholars, they always have a feeling of "all nations come to the dynasty" in their hearts, and now Zhong Chuan, Lei Yangong, and Zhao Kuangning have all shown favor to Huainan, and the latter two have sent envoys to express their attachment and began to regard themselves as subordinates; In this case, Ma Yin was extremely hostile, and Yin Wengui and the others naturally felt that they should be taught a lesson.

As for the other officials who wrote the book, they had many ideas and it was difficult to explain clearly.

"Father, Hunan, it's definitely not that easy to deal with! In my child's opinion, among the many feudal towns in the south, only Qian Biao and Ma Yin are the real enemies of Huainan. Not to mention that you have to deal with Qian Biao now, even after eliminating Qian Biao, you also need to be fully prepared before you can raise troops, you must not be so light on the enemy, otherwise there will be a big defeat! Yang Wu said in a deep voice.

"Really?" Yang Xingmi was noncommittal, and looked at Yan Keqiu again, "Mr. Yan, what do you think?" ”

"The subordinates think that they can let Liu Cun give it a try, didn't General Li Shenfu leave him more than 10,000 troops when he returned to Guangling? Let him lead 10,000 people to attack Yuezhou, and if he wins, he can further plot Hunan, and the loss will not be too big if he loses! Yan Keqiu said in a deep voice: "Of course, the defense of Ezhou must be done first, lest after Liu Cun is defeated by Ma Yin, a counterattack will even lose Ezhou."

Yang Wu saw the great urgency, he saw from Yang Xingmi's attitude that he also supported the attack on Hunan, and originally wanted to seek support from Yan Keqiu here and dissuade Yang Xingmi together, who knew that Yan Keqiu also supported the attack on Ma Yin, did he also think that Ma Yin was still more than ten years ago when Xuanzhou City fled in a hurry?

"Father, Ma Yin is not so easy to deal with, his strength in Hunan has grown extremely rapidly in recent years, and he has reused his talents, and his soldiers are wide and general, if he attacks rashly, it will be difficult to achieve victory!"

Yang Xingmi shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Ma Yin, this person is very clear to his father, he is not as powerful as you think!"

Yin Wengui, Gao Miao and others also agreed, believing that Ma Yin replaced Liu Jianfeng and was officially canonized by the imperial court as the envoy of the Wu'an Army Festival two years ago; In just these two years, it is difficult to say whether he can subdue the generals of the original Liu Jianfeng, and where will his strength be?

Yang Wu felt even more bad when he heard this, and persuaded him again and again, but with the unanimous support of everyone, Yang Xingmi finally decided to let Liu Cun continue to lead his troops to attack Yuezhou after the defense of Ezhou was completed.

After leaving the study, Yang Wu directly found Yan Keqiu, and asked with some dissatisfaction: "Mr. Yan, now Huainan is full of impetuousness, and they all feel that they are the first in the world, and they look down on other feudal towns. Ma Yin's strength is strong, and he is definitely not so easy to deal with, I believe that with Mr. Yan's ingenuity, he will definitely be able to see this, why did you support the attack on Hunan before? ”

Yan Keqiu sighed and said: "Since the prince knows that Huainan is full of arrogant emotions now, and they all look down on Ma Yin in Hunan, then why should the prince stop it?"

Yang Wu was stunned and asked in surprise: "What does Mr. Yan mean, it's better to be blocked than to be sparse?"

"Not bad!" Yan Keqiu said: "Can't the prince see it? Now Huainan has the most pride and complacency, it is none other than the king himself! ”

Yang Wu was silent, and he could see this, but was there really no way to dissuade him?

I only heard Yan Keqiu continue: "Shizi, you know, this kind of arrogance in Huainan is very dangerous now, if this attack on Hunan fails, maybe it can make everyone sober up; Otherwise, if everyone is still in such a mood when facing Zhu Quanzhong or Qian Biao in the future, the consequences will only be even more terrifying! ”

"So instead of dissuading the king and leaving the hidden danger for later, it is better to explode it now."

Yang Wu had to admit that Yan Keqiu had a certain amount of truth in what he said, but he still asked, "Then what if Liu Cun's attack on Yuezhou succeeded by luck?" Doesn't that make this arrogance even stronger? ”

Yan Keqiu was stunned for a moment, pondered for a long time before saying: "Huainan has to fight a defeat to calm down again." Moreover, the king is sometimes very stubborn, and the prince is afraid that he will not be able to persuade him. Moreover, the consequences of attacking Yuezhou may not be as serious as Shizi thought. ”

Yang Wu was silent, it was not that he reacted too violently, but that in history, Liu Cun led the army to attack Hunan, and it was in such an arrogant mentality that he sent troops. As a result, Liu Cun's army was defeated in a battle, losing tens of thousands of soldiers, 800 warships, and even Liu Cun and Chen Zhixin, the two leading generals, were captured, and were later killed by Ma Yin because they were unwilling to surrender.

Now everyone's mentality, if this continues, there will inevitably be a big defeat in the future, either when conquering Hunan, or on other battlefields.

Seeing that Yang Wu was silent, Yan Keqiu smiled and said: "The wedding date of the prince is also coming, and there is also the matter of the imperial examination, which will be held in March next year, the prince should come up with a charter as soon as possible, and then officially release it, otherwise those candidates will not have much time to prepare." ”

Yang Wu nodded, and at the same time, for the first time in his heart, he was eager to officially succeed to the throne, personally take charge of Huainan, and take the helm for the direction of Huainan's progress!

Yan Keqiu arched his hand and turned to leave.

At this time, Yin Wengui came out and said, "The king asked His Highness to go over, and now he is in the study." ”

"Okay, I'll go over here." Yang Wu nodded and returned to the study again.

"Wu'er, do you feel confused for your father?" As soon as they met, Yang Xingmi smiled.

Yang Wu was silent, and Yang Xingmi said when he saw this: "It seems that you have acquiesced?" In fact, you can rest assured that your father will not know Ma Yin's difficulty. ”

"Then why ......" Yang Wu was a little puzzled.

"My father knows that you are worried about Huainan's impatience, and do you think that your father is also a little proud and complacent?"

Yang Wu was a little surprised, but he didn't expect him to even guess this.

I only heard Yang Xingmi continue: "Actually, you are too worried, you see that Yan Keqiu is much calmer than you." Ma Yin is indeed not so easy to deal with, but because it is difficult to deal with, he must be suppressed while his current strength is not strong enough. This time to conquer Hunan, it is not to destroy him at once, but to seize the gateway of Yuezhou and prepare for the attack on Hunan in the future! ”

"You know the situation in Yuezhou, four months ago, Ma Yin's general Xu Dexun attacked Jiangling, passing through Yuezhou on the way back, under his persuasion, Deng Jinzhong, the assassin of Yuezhou at that time, completely took refuge in Ma Yin. In other words, Ma Yin actually mastered Yuezhou for only a few months, and if he didn't capture it as soon as possible, would he have to wait until when Yuezhou was heavily defended in the future? ”

Yang Wu said: "So what about the future? What if this victory makes everyone feel that Hunan is easy to deal with? ”

"Later?" Yang Xingmi smiled: "In the future, it will be your business, if you eliminate Qian Biao as soon as possible, and then concentrate your forces to deal with Ma Yin, what is there to worry about?" ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly said again: "By the way, some of the officials who wrote to request to continue the attack on Hunan this time were bribed by Qian Biao, and these people have been dealt with heavily for their father. So don't worry, getting rid of Qian Biao as soon as possible is the most important thing now! ”

Yang Wu was relieved to see that he still regarded the elimination of Qian Biao as his first goal, and as for the future, he might only be able to take one step at a time.

ps: There is another chapter in the evening.