Five days later, the good news came from the front again, and the two armies had surrounded Fengyang City, besieging Fengyang City. Two hundred medium and large artillery pieces surrounded the ten gates of Fengyang City, shelling in turn day and night, and the defenders in the city suffered heavy casualties. According to Jing Jie's estimate, no matter how tenacious Fengyang City is, it won't last for a month.

Ma Shiying was looking for death on his own, and he gave up all the states and counties, as well as the defenses on the periphery of Fengyang City, and only trapped a lonely city in Fengyang, which can be said to be a place of self-death. Of course, Ma Shiying's strategy this time is quite clear, to keep the only chance of Fengyang City, it is not to defend the city and repel the Xuanjia army, but to Shandong Sun Chuanting's reinforcements.

Therefore, Jing Jie's main energy is not on the siege, but on the encirclement and reinforcements. He arranged for the siege of the city to be the 40,000 Xuanjia troops brought by Gan Hui from Jiangxi, and the 40,000 most powerful Xuanjia iron cavalry of Chigutai and Zhao Quanzhong were stationed in Xuzhou, north of Fengyang Mansion, monitoring the movements of Sun Chuanting in Shandong. As long as Sun Chuanting's department is disturbed again, he will immediately give a thunderous blow.

Jing Jie himself led 50,000 Xuanjia troops to be stationed in Suzhou, halfway between Fengyang City and Xuzhou, and was in the middle to deal with the battle situation between the two sides.

Whether Sun Chuanting would go south to rescue Fengyang Mansion, Fang Yuan couldn't guess, in his heart, he hoped that Sun Chuanting would lead a large army to come to the rescue. Sun Chuanting's hard bone can't be bypassed, and it must be gnawed. The decisive battle was at Fang Yuan's home stadium, which was always better than going to Shandong and challenging Sun Chuanting away.

The military situation at the front is stalemate, Fang Yuan attaches great importance to this Fengyang offensive and defensive battle that may lead to a decisive battle with Sun Chuanting, Jing Jie in the front is attacking the city, and the rear side continues to mobilize a total of 40,000 Xuanjia troops stationed in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces to support the north.

Because the senior generals of the Xuanjia Army had exhausted their elite and rushed to the Fengyang battlefield, Fang Yuan dispatched Zhang Ying, a fierce general who had made great contributions to the southern expedition to Guangdong and Taiwan, to come to Nanzhili to prepare for the war.

This reinforcement army going north, Zhejiang's reinforcements took the land route, and the reinforcements of Fujian and Guangdong took the sea route, and it will take at least a month to assemble and complete.

In addition to making full preparations for war, Fang Yuan also ordered Zhu Yihai, who had been staying in Nanzhili to watch the battle, to send someone to send a message to Sun Chuanting and invite Sun Chuanting to negotiate peace in person, and the time and place were decided by the two sides through consultation.

While waiting for the Southern Xuanjia Army to assemble in the north, Sun Chuanting had time to reply, Fang Yuan took the time to go to Liu Ruyi's Hedong Courtyard.

went to Hedong Courtyard, first, because Chen Yuanyuan's words touched him deeply, and he wanted to listen to what Liu Ruyi said; Second, Jin Yiwei tracked down Hou Fangyu's case, found out Chen Zilong, who is currently the same governor of Shaoxing Mansion, and even found Chen Zilong's handwritten letter to the imperial court in the capital to express his loyalty, as long as the imperial army went south to the south of the Yangtze River, he would respond in Shaoxing Mansion. And this Chen Zilong is exactly what Liu Ru used to be.

Of course, the more important reason why he found Liu Ru was not between these men and women, but a case of Hou Fangyu that implicated two cabinet members and a senior general of the Xuanjia Army. It is imperative to rectify the trend of the cultural circles in Jiangnan, and we must no longer allow those literati to collude and collude as they wish.

Hedong Temple

Liu Ruyi's bed

Fang Yuan lay on the big chaise longue in tiger skin, closed his eyes and recuperated, enjoying the fragrance of birds and flowers outside the window, and the bright spring sunshine.

Liu Ruyi poured tea and water for him, and occasionally fed him a few mouthfuls of pastries, and served him very thoughtfully.

Fang Yuan entered the Hedong Courtyard except for a few polite words, but he didn't say a word, and Liu Ru couldn't guess his thoughts, so he could only wait quietly for him to speak.

Fang Yuan suddenly asked, "Sister Liu, what's the hot news in Jiangnan recently?!" ”

Liu Ru said truthfully, "The most popular thing is, of course, the execution of Hou Fangyu, and the fact that Chen Yuanyuan, who is in the south of the Yangtze River, agreed to marry the concubine of the Lu Palace. ”

Liu Ru knew that Chen Yuanyuan was now replacing the position of Xu Hua, a former official and businessman, and was doing things for Fang Yuan. And the folk of Jiangnan have long circulated the scandal of Fang Yuan and Chen Yuanyuan, the heroic beauty. Chen Yuanyuan suddenly wanted to marry King Lu's mansion, but it was also beyond Liu Ruyi's expectations, I don't know what happened between Fang Yuan and her.

She looked at Fang Yuan's reaction and said tentatively, "Brother Fang, you agreed to Chen Yuanyuan to marry King Lu's mansion?!" ”

Fang Yuan opened his eyes, looked at the catkins flying outside the window, and said lightly, "Chen Yuanyuan and I have no relatives and no reason, who does she want to marry, why do I have to agree?!" ”

"This goes to the willow flowers like a dream, the smoke and the moon have always been sad, who knows the news of the painting hall, and the green tent looks alone."

Fang Yuan slowly recited this poem written by Liu Ru herself, turned his head to look at her, and said slowly, "Sister Liu, if you want to marry anyone, just inform me." ”

Liu Ru looked at him in a daze, for a long time, lowered his gaze, and Hua Rong smiled miserably, "Once the sea was difficult to water, except for Wushan, it is not a cloud, and I have met heroes like Brother Fang, only to know that the past was muddy before, and other men were all grass mustards." Brother Fang doesn't have to blame himself, it's because I don't want to marry into the palace, and it has nothing to do with Brother Fang. ”

With such a confidante, what more could you ask for?!

Fang Yuan sighed secretly, pinched her hand, leaned to his lips and kissed it, let it go gently, took out the Jinyi guard from his arms and searched for Chen Zilong's incriminating evidence, and handed it to her, "Sister Liu, tell me how this person should be punished?!" ”

Liu Ru took Chen Zilong's letter and looked at it, before she met Shang Yuan, Chen Zilong was the only man she had ever touched her true feelings, and now Chen Zilong was actually caught in the case of Hou Fangyu's rebellion, his delicate body trembled slightly, and his hands were trembling.

She carefully read Chen Zilong's letter, looked up at Fang Yuan and said, "Brother Fang, Chen Zilong is confused this time!" ”

Fang Yuan said lightly, "Sister Liu, how do you know that he is confused for a while, isn't he planning to subvert and rebel?!" ”

Liu Ru lowered his gaze and said, "He has written with me and Qian Qianyi, and he is angry at Brother Fang's atrocities in slaughtering officials and wealthy businessmen in Shaoxing Mansion, and wants to contact me to rebel with Qian Qianyi." ”

Fang Yuan sighed lightly and said coldly, "It turns out that Sister Liu has long known about such a poisonous snake lurking in the official mansion, but she didn't report it. ”

Liu Ru explained, "Brother Fang, I think he is a capable talent, and I want to give him a chance, but I never thought that he is always obsessed. ”

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice, "If the capable talent can't be used by me, it will be a big disaster. The position is different, and the more knowledge the more reactionary the truth, Sister Liu should know it. ”

Liu Ru bit her lip lightly and said softly, "Okay, since he is to blame, let Brother Fang deal with it!" ”

Putting aside the relationship with Liu Ruyi, Chen Zilong in history is indeed outstanding, whether he is engaged in agricultural politics or military affairs, at least he is a middle-class talent. He has made great achievements in many military and political affairs, such as governing county affairs and suppressing bandits. It is a rare practical talent under the exaggerated atmosphere in Jiangnan.

Fang Yuan didn't want to beat this person to death with a single shot, so he decided to meet this person and make up his mind, sat up and said, "Sister Liu, I'll give him a chance to come to Hedong Courtyard, and I will interview him in person." ”

When Liu Ru heard that Fang Yuan was willing to interview Chen Zilong in person, she had some hope, and hurriedly agreed.

Fang Yuan continued, "Hou Fangyu's case involved countless literati, and there were thousands of people registered with Jinyiwei. Sister Liu, how do you think these people should be punished?! ”

Liu Ru sighed and said, "Brother Fang, you often say that your words are not guilty, you don't want to punish them all!" ”

Fang Yuan said lightly, "If these people are killed!" Ruined our original reputation. Don't kill it! Causing trouble like flies all day long. ”

"Sister Liu, I think it's time for the Jiangnan cultural circle to rectify! From today onwards, the entire Jiangnan cultural circle will carry out a one-year rectification campaign, led by Sister Liu and Mao Bijiang. A year later, if the rectification operation is successful, the literati involved in this case will be exonerated from their crimes. If, after a year, the rectification action is not effective, then the new and old accounts will be counted together. ”

Fang Yuan's move was to give these literati involved in the case a chance to reprieve their sentences, as long as they honestly repented this year, they would not be guilty of the past. If you are obsessed with it, you are asking for a dead end, and you have nothing to do with others.

Seeing that he had raised his noble hand, Liu Ru hurriedly saluted him, "Brother Fang, I thank Brother Fang for his forgiveness on behalf of this thousand literati." ”

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