Chapter III: Fangshan Peace
When Xu Ruyu said the word "peace discussion", he stood stunned on the spot, looking at the people in Jiangning dozens of steps away, his heart fluttered, and he felt that Xu Ruyu had come here to make a joke with him. After a while, he came back to his senses a little, and glanced at the eldest uncle, but saw that his shock was no less than his own.
Chen Yu also knows that today's situation is by no means easy to solve with the word "peace discussion". Although Jiang Ning was anxious to rescue the Su Guards in Jingbei, Jiang Ning had tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Liyang and other places who could be mobilized in an emergency, and Xu Ruyu had plenty of time to resolve the war here.
Jiangning's strategic center of gravity shifts westward?
Chen Yu's mood gradually calmed down from the shock mixed with ecstasy at the beginning, and said secretly: Jiang Ning has been deploying all this on the north bank of the river since the late spring of last year, why did he hastily shift the strategic focus because of the incident in Jingbei? Although Nanping took Jingbei away, and more than 10,000 Su guards were trapped in Jingbei, Chen Yu thought that Xu Ruyu did not need to panic about this matter.
Seeing that Chen Yu was silent, the eldest uncle and several generals accompanying him fell into deep thought, and couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
Xu Ruyu's expression was indifferent, unmoved by Chen Pre's silence, Fang Su turned his head sideways and whispered to Zhao Jingyun: "Donghai knows Ruyu best, but Chen Pre is the only one, I'm afraid that Chen Pre is already suspicious at this time." ”
Zhao Jingyun looked at Xu Ru's straight back, smiled faintly, and said, "Does Chen have any other choice?" ”
Xu Ruyu glanced back, Zhao Jingyun removed the smile from his face, and said: "There is still no good news from Xinzi's side, why don't you give Chen a few days to think about it?" ”
Xu Ruyu shook his head and said, "Zhang Jidao knows the news of Jingbei, and it only takes three or two days to see through the mystery, how can there be extra time?" ”
While everyone in Jiangning was discussing, Chen Yu retracted his mind from his contemplation, bent his back, took a step forward, and his eyes flashed like lightning in his eyes, and he wanted to see through Xu Ruyu's thoughts, so he raised his voice a little and asked: "Donghai and Jiangning have long had a discussion of resting their troops, but in the late spring of last year, Jiangning abandoned it like a shoe, and brazenly gathered heavy troops to cross the border and invade the land. Today, I say that I will revisit the old discussion, I don't know when Jiang Ning will tear it up with his own hands again? ”
Xu Ruyu's head was slightly on one side, Shao Haitang understood that he couldn't say something, stood a step forward, and said sharply: "The East China Sea trapped Pengcheng, helping Hulan to invade Youji, with this crime, dare to think that Jiang Ning will abide by the old proposal?" Speaking of this, his tone softened slightly, "Jiang Ning only found out everything at this time, knew about the siege of Pengcheng in the East China Sea, and was instigated by Zhang Jidao alone, so he resumed the previous discussion and reconciled with the East China Sea." Zhang Jidao wolf ambition, my lord traveled to the Northern Tang Dynasty, he secretly communicated the news to harm him, and sent troops to trap Pengcheng to help the aliens, causing the danger of Youji to be unsolvable, so that Jiangning had the pain of bereavement. Zhang Jidao's evil cannot be forgiven, and I, Jiangning, will always regard him as an enemy. Although the tone was calm, there was no doubt about the resoluteness in it.
Xu Ruyu opened his mouth and said: "As long as Zhang Jidao does not hold the authority of the East China Sea, the two families will naturally be able to live in peace." ”
Xu Ruyu made it clear that he wanted to prevent Zhang Jidao from taking charge of the authority in the East China Sea.
Chen Qian's heart sank, if Jiang Ning had made this attitude clear last year, he might have been able to prevent Zhang Jidao's power from expanding dramatically. Yes, some people in the East China Sea will be forced by Jiangning's pressure to choose to stand on Chen Yu's side again, but Zhang Jidao's climate has become difficult to suppress, and Xu Ruyu's move only intensifies the internal contradictions in the East China Sea, making the East China Sea unable to become a threat to the north of Jiangning.
Before this war, the East China Sea had already tacitly acquiesced to the fact that Zhang Jidao succeeded Chen Pre as the governor of the East China Sea, and appointed Chen Pre's son as the prince of the East China Sea. Such an arrangement will undoubtedly enable the East China Sea to tide over the immediate crisis and deal with the threat from Jiangning. The eldest uncle can slightly understand Chen Pre's predicament: the Shaolin abbot of the post-80s period allowed Chen Pre to lead the remnants of the army here to return to the East China Sea, but Xu Ruyu forcibly intervened in the internal affairs of the East China Sea and prevented Chen Pre from giving way to Zhang Jidao, and Chen Pre returned to the East China Sea only to fight for power with Zhang Jidao.
The eldest uncle was angry and angry, and his breathing became short, and he stood up and reprimanded: "Judah, do you have to let the East China Sea be torn apart? ”
Xu Ruyu was silent for a while, bowed for a long time, and said: "The East China Sea fell into the hands of Zhang Jidao, and the harm of the world. He turned his head and said to Fang Su: "Zisu and Jingyun stayed here, and Mr. Shao and I went back first." ”
Chen looked at Xu Ruyu's figure as he turned away, but felt a little depressed. Different from the eldest uncle's worries, Chen premeditated: If the East China Sea is ceded to Zhang Jidao, will he still have the strength to accommodate me? If I die here, the Chen clan is afraid that no one will be able to balance him.
Chen Jingzong's death has always been in Chen Pre's heart, but as Zhao Jingyun said, there is only one choice in front of Chen Pre.
On the 24th of the first month, Xu Ruyu led his troops to cross Xia'a Xi for more than a month, and Chen was forced to negotiate peace with him.
Jiang Ning demanded that the East China Sea forces completely withdraw from Baishi; asked Donghai to work together with the Yi, Li, and Xun clans to fight against foreign insults; Jiangning opened its borders to accept displaced people.
In a hurry, it only took a day for the two sides to agree on the matter of the two families cessing their troops.
In the early morning of the next day, Jiang Ning transferred the soldiers and horses from the north and east, and made a big gap in the encirclement that was as tight as an iron hoop.
You Sentinel reported: "The soldiers and horses evacuated from Jiangning are all heading to the southwest of Fangshan, and the Jiangning army in the area of Qingzhuyan and Jiangjiawu is also separating from our rear army, and there is nothing else unusual." ”
That's the end of it? Chen Yu sat on the back of the horse, and looked at the eldest uncle with many doubts in his eyes.
Fang Su turned his head with a smile on his face, as if he could see what Chen Yu was thinking, and said, "Mr. Ying and Jing Cheng will go to Biling with you to assist the displaced people in the East China Sea. ”
Baishi is returned to Jiangning and will be divided into two prefectures, south of Xia'axi, divided into Zhenning Mansion, and Xintuo land north of Xia'axi, divided into Baishi Mansion. The list of people sent by the Jiangning Political Affairs Hall to serve as the magistrates of the two prefectures and counties was already in the hands of Fang Su, who stayed in Baishi and was mainly responsible for the peace between the two families.
After Fang Su and his entourage rode away, Chen Yu retracted his gaze and re-threw himself into the vast plains of the northeast, sparse forests and withered grass, separated from the vines, and was about to spit out his sentimental words, but he heard the sound of galloping horses coming from behind the forest in the north.
Chen Pre's doubts in his heart could not be completely eliminated, like a frightened bird, hearing the sound of horses' hooves galloping, his heart suddenly tightened, looking left and right, only Ying Mingyu and Xu Jingcheng did not see anything abnormal, and the rest of the people were shocked on their faces. Chen didn't care about his demeanor, sat on the horse, leaned forward, as if he could know the news earlier.
Several scouts galloped out from behind the forest, turned over and dismounted, and reported loudly: "Xinzi is lost, Zhang Zhongdao captured Xinzi in the early morning of yesterday. ”
Chen Yu was shocked, looked at Xu Jingcheng, and asked sharply: "Jiang Ning and Yi, is it child's play?" ”
Xu Jingcheng said indifferently: "My family and I are only running for the lives of the homeless, and we don't care about the deceit between Jiangning and the East China Sea. Fang Su hadn't been there for long, so he could come and ask what was going on. ”
If Jiang Ning was really cheating, how could Fang Su return? Chen Yu was very resentful, but he had no choice but to send someone to invite Fang Su. After a while, Fang Su rushed back with the people who came and said, "I was returning to Qingchi, and I was shocked to hear about the new appearance. ”
Chen pre-observed his words, and saw that Fang Su's face was as calm as water, without revealing what he was thinking, and asked: "The two families have just negotiated peace, but this incident happened, how do you think it can be resolved?" ”
Fang Su said: "The two families agreed on the matter of ceasing troops yesterday and evening, and the matter of the new posture should have nothing to do with the peace negotiation. ”
The eldest uncle blew his beard and glared and said: "If Jiang Ning has the intention to negotiate peace, he should suspend the offensive in various places, this is the sincerity of course, Jiang Ning'er bullied the East China Sea too much." ”
Fang Su's face darkened, although he didn't want to argue with the eldest uncle in person, but it was a matter of Jiangning's great interests, and he was not allowed to argue, and said: "Our twenty-first day first learned that Jingbei had changed, and Ru Yu had the desire of two families to stop the army at that time, and sent people to various places to restrain the actions of the armies, but the time was in a hurry, maybe he didn't have time to rush to the Xinzi army yesterday. Moreover, Xinziyi Cheng Chen Qiluo secretly surrendered to our army, opened the city gate at the appointed time, and Zhongdao judged the situation and captured Xinzi before the peace agreement was finalized, what is wrong with attacking Xinzi? ”
"Ah......" Chen Yuchu heard that Xinzi had fallen, and he was so resentful that he forgot to ask for the details of the loss, pointed to the sergeant who reported the news, and said, "You say, what's going on?" ”
"Some time ago, the Jiangning army attacked very fiercely, the city collapsed in several places, and the previous said that the offensive was suddenly stopped, and it was rumored in the city that there was a big battle between Nanping and Jiangning, and Jiangning was going to withdraw its troops. It was said that it was late, but Jiang Ning looked like he was going to withdraw his troops, and the soldiers and horses surrounding the north city began to evacuate to the south. ”
The peace talks have not been finalized, and who will miss this opportunity?
It's just that this matter is in my heart, which makes people unhappy. Chen Pre-secretly said: When did Zhang Zhongdao learn to deceive? Looking at Fang Su with cold eyes, he asked, "How does Jiang Ning want to deal with the aftermath?" ”
Fang Su said: "I have only done half of this matter, and the matter of the new posture still needs to be discussed with Zhongdao. I will go with you to a new look, and I should be able to negotiate a way that will satisfy everyone. ”
Chen Yu snorted coldly, and said to the eldest uncle: "Zi Lian, you will lead the Nanying Army to return to Yiyang on my behalf and join Zhaoyu, and I will go to Xinzi to meet the famous generals of the East China Sea in the past." ”
The eldest uncle said: "This ......"
Chen Yu said: "A radius of hundreds of miles, all of them are the land of Chen soldiers in Jiangning, you don't need to worry about my safety." ”
Fang Su's old face turned red, and he said secretly: Chen Yu really saw through at this time, I am afraid that no one is more worried about Chen Yu's safety than Jiang Ning, the eldest uncle is lonely in Zhang Zhongdao has the grace of knowledge and enlightenment, and the eldest uncle is not going to look new, Zhang Zhongdao's face can look a little better.
Chang Shulian led more than 10,000 southern battalion troops from the northern border of Longyou to Yiyang, and Chen Yu led the remaining hundreds of cavalry and Fang Sujing to Xinzi, accompanied by Ying Mingyu and Xu Jingcheng.
Years ago, there were still wild homeless people between Qingchi and Xinzi, and as the war approached, the displaced people were forced to migrate from these fields, leaving only some remnants and the occasional corpse lying on the side of the road.
Chen Yu pondered along the way, walked past a corpse that had fallen on the side of the road, pulled the reins lightly, looked sideways at Fang Su, and asked, "All this is Jiang Ning's plan?" ”
Fang Su was stunned when he saw him suddenly ask, and he didn't know how to answer him for a while.
Chen Yu said: "I was only suspicious at first, but when I saw the displaced people who died in the wilderness, I was already a little sure in my heart. The confrontation between the two sides continues, and it is unknown how many of the displaced people who are drowned in the East China Sea will die from the impending famine. The two families stopped before the great famine was about to break out, Jiang Ning chose a really good time, Xu Ruyu took a lot of painstaking effort. ”
The two families have been fighting for a few days, and Chen Yu has been thinking carefully about many things that happened between the two families when Xu Ruyu returned to Jiangning in the late spring of last year. At this time, I remembered what Xu Ruyu said: "The East China Sea fell into the hands of Zhang Jidao, and the world suffered." Xu Ruyu did something, but he wanted to prevent Zhang Jidao from entering the East China Sea. No, no, no, more than that, Xu Ruyu personally extinguished the Chen family's ambition to dominate the world.
Fang Su let out a long sigh: "Second Uncle can finally understand. ”
Fang Su once again called each other by his old name, which made Chen Yu feel a lot of emotion in his heart. said: "You led me down this path, how could I not understand? It's just that you're not afraid that I will understand, but to help Zhang Jidao? ”
"Thou foolish often says that the worst thing in the world is in the heart of man. Zhang Jidao wanted to have his own power and selfish thoughts, and did not hesitate to trap the deceased, raise sword soldiers, and help foreign races, and the death of Jingzong was forced by him. Will the second uncle put the future of the Chen family in the hands of this person? ”
Chen Yu looked at Fang Su and asked, "What kind of mind is Jiang Ning?" ”
Fang Su smiled slightly and said: "The East China Sea does not violate the taboo of the world, and does not harm the world, how can you bear to raise troops against the East China Sea?" ”
Chen Yu was slightly surprised, Fang Su's words undoubtedly showed that as long as he held the power of the East China Sea, Jiang Ning would not raise troops in the East China Sea. It's just that Zhang Jidao's climate has been completed, and although it is far away from the foundation of Yixing, it still cannot be underestimated. How to suppress and even finally remove Zhang Jidao's authority gave Chen Yu a headache. However, the headache at this time is much better than the determination to die resolutely in the midst of being trapped.
Xu Jingcheng said secretly: Will Xu Ruyu allow the Chen family to divide the East China Sea? Xu Ruyu couldn't bear to hurt the feelings of the deceased, but the current situation in the East China Sea was promoted by him. Xu Ruyu knows people very well, he should have known Zhang Jidao's ambition a long time ago, Zhang Jidao can become a climate, although it is Chen Pre-evil because of the evil results, Xu Ruyu is also suspected of adding fuel to the fire. Since Xu Ruyu has achieved this step, he should no longer let the Chen family have the possibility of separating the East China Sea.
Fang Su looked at the faint excitement on Chen Yu's face, and said secretly: Second Uncle will never be able to understand Ru Yu's mind.
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