But in the matter of who proposed Zhao Fan to act as the envoy of Huaidong, Ji Xiancheng played a trick, he deliberately proposed an official who was not treated by Zheng Qingzhi, but pushed Zhao Fan to Zhen Dexiu to nominate him, and Zhao Yun would definitely choose the candidate proposed by Zhen Dexiu in order to balance the relationship between Zheng Qingzhi and Gao Huaiyuan, so when Gao Huaiyuan beat Li Quan, Zhao Fan's future was basically determined. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

So everything is logical, Zhao Fan was appointed as the new Huaidong envoy, and at the same time served as the prefect of Chu Prefecture, and this time because Xu Xiji cooperated with Gao Huaiyuan to exterminate Li Quan, he made a lot of contributions, so that Zhao Yun's impression of him changed quite a bit, plus Gao Huaiyuan was playing Jie, and he also tried to show what Xu Xiji did this time, so Zhao Yun simply promoted Xu Xiji again, and let Xu Xiji go to Xuzhou to serve and become a prefect of Xuzhou.

Anyway, Xuzhou is also a place that is not easy to manage, as long as Song and Jin start a war here, it must be the first place, and there are few people in the court who fight for Xu Xiji, it just so happens that he is also surnamed Xu, and he is also considered to be home, so Xu Xiji knows that no one in Xuzhou has expressed any objection.

So far, the things that Gao Huaiyuan secretly manipulated were basically implemented according to the plan, and Huaidong had Zhao Fan and Xu Xiji here, as long as they implemented it according to Gao Huaiyuan's original arrangement, they should be able to stabilize the situation in Huaidong soon.

As for the matter of dredging the canal, the DPRK and China were quite controversial, but Zhao Yun finally agreed with Gao Huaiyuan's opinion and started the project by using the existing manpower, but in terms of scale, Zheng Qingzhi was still given some face, and in terms of the amount of work, certain restrictions were given, and some funds were also reduced.

However, the impact of this matter is not too big, Gao Huaiyuan's basic purpose can be said to have been achieved, if he goes north to recover the Central Plains in the future, as long as the main canals and rivers can pass large ships, then there will basically not be too much trouble in logistics and transportation.

However, within a few days after these things were decided, Zheng Qingzhi went to Zhao Yun to complain, saying that before the holy decree arrived in Xuzhou, Gao Huaiyuan sent troops north without authorization.

After Zhao Yun heard this, he was slightly unhappy, but after thinking about it carefully, when he sent Gao Huaiyuan on the expedition, he once told Gao Huaiyuan that after he arrived in Huaidong, let him act cheaply, and he couldn't hesitate about the affairs of the soldiers, and it was not a fault for Gao Huaiyuan to do this, so this matter was pressed down by Zhao Yun, and Zheng Qingzhi was no longer let go, and it was over.

Although Gao Huaiyuan was on the way to Jinan Mansion for these things, because of Jia Qi, the spy leader, who was in charge of Lin'an City, and Ji Xiancheng, a super insider, was an official in the court, Gao Huaiyuan also knew something about it through the exchange of carrier pigeons.

For Zheng Qingzhi's performance, he laughed at it, he now knows Zheng Qingzhi's thoughts very well, in fact, it is very simple, because after the fall of Shi Miyuan, he crossed Zheng Qingzhi and directly recommended Zhen Dexiu and a group of ministers in this matter, offended Zheng Qingzhi, let Zheng Qingzhi sell some big favors, and invited Zhen Dexiu to Beijing as the left minister, which seriously weakened Zheng Qingzhi's power in the court, made Zheng Qingzhi very unhappy, and Zheng Qingzhi's revenge was inevitable for him, not to mention that Zheng Qingzhi represented the ideas of a large number of civil officials, I don't want to see that he, a minister who was born as a military general, has too much power, and there is a reason for this, Gao Huaiyuan didn't bother with him, but just let Jia Qi keep an eye on Zheng Qingzhi in Lin'an City, and this guy from the province made him stumbling again.

As for other things, Gao Huaiyuan expressed his satisfaction, at least Zhen Dexiu is a good person, Yu Gong and private have helped him this time, which shows that he has a very stable foundation in the DPRK and China at the moment, and he doesn't need to think about the big changes in Jingdong's policy for the time being, so he can rest assured and boldly give it a go in Jingdong.

When he arrived at Jinan Mansion, although Peng Yibin was physically inconvenient, he still let people carry him, personally led his subordinates out of the city to greet him, the scene was also very grand, and he did not show any wariness of the arrival of the imperial court soldiers and horses, which made Gao Huaiyuan very satisfied, the reason why he sent Zhao Futang to Jinan Mansion first was to test Peng Yibin's mind first, and now from the news sent back by Zhao Futang, Peng Yibin has a welcoming attitude towards their coming here.

Therefore, Gao Huaiyuan does not have to worry, because of Peng Yibin's non-cooperation here, he will be strategically passive, and even betrayed, so that he will be exposed to the enemy.

Gao Huaiyuan also expressed his support for Zhao Futang's initiative to ask to guard Enzhou, because the current front line is not in Jinan Mansion, but on the front line of Jizhou and Enzhou.

What made Peng Yibin overjoyed was that the main force of the Song Army led by Gao Huaiyuan this time was really powerful, basically the same as the elite level of the Holy Protector Army he had seen before, he didn't quite understand why the Song Army suddenly became so capable, but from this young Jingdong recruiting General Gao, he could also see some clues, in the past two years, he has also continued to hear about the things in Beijing, so he knows that Gao Huaiyuan's current momentum in the Great Song Dynasty is in full swing, and he can successfully launch a mutiny, Pulling out the deep-rooted Shi Miyuan party from the Lin'an Dynasty in one fell swoop, it shows that this person is not a wasted person, especially this time he led the army to recruit Li Quan, with less strikes and more attacks, in just a few months, Li Quan was uprooted, and Li Quan's department was completely swept away.

So although Peng Yibin saw that Gao Huaiyuan was very young, he didn't dare to him at all, after seeing Gao Huaiyuan, he was very respectful, and Gao Huaiyuan saw Peng Yibin come out to greet him with an injury, and immediately dismounted, walked in front of Peng Yibin, thanked him repeatedly, and stopped Peng Yibin, and did not allow Peng Yibin to go down to the ground to give a salute, looking very polite, without showing a little arrogance because of his high status.

This made Peng Yibin and his subordinates very satisfied, and the surname Gao of the various hearts was really a smart person, at least he was not as arrogant and rude as ordinary court officials, and he didn't take them as righteous soldiers at all, and this alone left a good impression on these people.

Peng Yibin once again held a banquet in the city to entertain Gao Huaiyuan, but as soon as his invitation was proposed, Gao Huaiyuan politely declined.

General Peng should not be polite, the current war is critical, it is not the time to drink and have fun, we still focus on how to retreat from the enemy, this kind of vulgar etiquette will be exempted! Don't hide it from General Peng, before Gao sent out the army, he issued a ban on alcohol in the army, and anyone who drinks and has fun will be punished with a cane and a heavy one. Let's have a simple meal, and let's discuss the retreat from the enemy! Gao Huaiyuan politely refused to Peng Yibin.

Only then did Peng Yibin and others believe that what they said in Zhao Futang, who came a few days earlier, was true, this tall man was really a person who governed the army very strictly, and even he consciously abided by military discipline.

And if an army wants to be invincible in the world, not to mention, the least is that the military discipline must be strict, only after the officers and soldiers in the army can order and prohibit, the army can have combat effectiveness, this truth is very simple, but there are very few people who can really do it, Peng Yibin asked himself, he will never be able to do this, otherwise, he will not be so badly defeated in front of the Mongolian army now.

So Peng Yibin repeatedly praised Gao Huaiyuan's method of governing the army, and he was no longer polite, and served some simple meals for Gao Huaiyuan and others to eat, and then discussed how to relieve the siege of Jizhou.

Gao Huaiyuan learned in detail about the situation of the Mongolian army, focusing on the combat strength of the Mongolian army and the tactics they commonly used, and Peng Yibin also replied in detail without concealment.

After hearing this, Gao Huaiyuan was convinced that the Mongol army was indeed as difficult to deal with as he expected, and if they were to fight hard, the army he led this time was really not necessarily the opponent of the Mongol army.

But because he predicted in advance that there would be a confrontation with the Mongols sooner or later, Gao Huaiyuan had already begun to carefully study how to deal with the Mongol army over the years, and knew himself and his opponent in advance, so he already knew it in his heart when he came to support Peng Yibin this time.

Therefore, after Gao Huaiyuan listened to Peng Yibin's introduction, he only nodded slightly, but did not show any nervousness or worry.

You don't have to worry, since this official dares to come, he is not afraid of the Mongol army of Polu! However, this matter is not a trivial matter, after all, the official is coming on behalf of the imperial court, the situation is different from before, this matter is related to the two countries' military affairs, Sun Tzu said: soldiers, the country's major affairs, the place of life and death, the way of survival! Therefore, this official should salute first and then soldier, and inform Polu that Jingdong is now the land of my Great Song Dynasty, not the land of Jinguo, and ask him to withdraw his troops quickly, so as not to make the two countries hostile! If Polu insists on going his own way and continues to besiege Jizhou City, then we will not blame the Great Song Dynasty for being unkind to them! Gao Huaiyuan was sitting at the head of the lobby and said to Peng Yibin and the others below.

Peng Yibin didn't dare to say no, but he still said: The Mongols are arrogant and unreasonable, they don't care about these at all, they know that I, Peng, have already surrendered to the imperial court, but they still lead the troops to come, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for Lord Gao to persuade them to take the initiative to withdraw from the army!

Gao Huaiyuan nodded and said: This official also thinks so, but after all, this matter is related to the exchange of troops between the two countries, and we must do our best to be benevolent and righteous.

Everyone saw that Gao Huaiyuan was determined to salute first and then soldier, so they didn't say much, this was Peng Yibin's biggest in the past, but now Gao Huaiyuan is the privy envoy of the central court, and his status is much higher than anyone here, and only he has the final say here.

So after Gao Huaiyuan discussed with everyone, he sent a messenger to go outside Jizhou with his handwritten letter, find Polu to deliver the letter, and in the name of the Great Song Dynasty, let Polu quickly withdraw his troops.

At the same time, he ordered the army to take a break in Jinan Mansion and prepare for the expedition at any time, and handed over some of the grain and straw that he brought with him to Peng Yibin to solve Peng Yibin's current urgent need, after all, Peng Yibin is very poor here, and after a few months, the grain collected before is basically consumed, and Gao Huaiyuan's arrival just solved their urgent need, otherwise, Peng Yibin will immediately have a shortage of grain.

For the imperial court officers and soldiers to allocate grain and grass for them so generously, Peng Yibin's lieutenant generals are also quite grateful, from this point, they can see that the imperial court sent troops to help them this time, it is out of sincerity, so that the morale of Peng Yibin's soldiers and generals has been greatly improved again.

In private, many soldiers discussed this matter, and they all felt that their waists were much tougher, and they were sharpening their knives, ready to follow the army of the imperial court to fight the Mongolian army, and they were ashamed.

But without waiting for Gao Huaiyuan to sit firmly in Jinan Mansion, something happened to Enzhou, and on the night of Gao Huaiyuan's arrival in Jinan Mansion, Gao Huaiyuan received an urgent report from Enzhou City.