The weather is gradually getting warmer, which is a good thing for the march and battle, but as the weather warms up, the soldiers' thoughts of returning are more urgent. Originally, Han Jian said that he wanted the three armies to return to Jiangdu, but then he changed it temporarily. For Han Jian, this is just a temporary strategic adjustment, but for ordinary soldiers, it is a broken promise.

Although the army has distributed food and salaries and necessary military and war service awards, the feelings of the people in the army are still becoming more and more urgent. There was no way, Han Jian also had to quickly organize the local defense around Luoyang, so that the soldiers and horses of Jiangdu could be temporarily dispatched back.

Yang Rui's attitude towards this is completely different.

Yang Rui naturally didn't want the Dongwang Army to withdraw its troops, after all, Luoyang's defense could not be completed by relying on a little garrison around Luoyang. The Eastern Wang Army is not only the main force of Jiangdu, but also the main force of the imperial court, if the Eastern Wang Army withdraws, whether it is the Western Wang Army attacking or the Northern Wang Army coming, it will be difficult to form an effective resistance.

By mid-February, the defense around Luoyang had been basically perfected, but at this time, it was also the most necessary for the Dongwang army to garrison.

Subsequently, Lin Zhan's troops retreated to the vicinity of Luoyang one after another, and there were more than 100,000 horses gathered around Luoyang, including the East Wangfu and the South Wangfu.

In addition to the busyness of the Dongwang Mansion, the imperial court is also very busy, mainly worried about the problem of military rations.

There is no money and food, let alone leaving the army of Dongwangfu, even the twenty or thirty thousand regular troops temporarily organized around Luoyang cannot be supplied. Yang Rui also knew this truth very well, so she didn't ask Han Jian too hard to let Han Jian continue to keep the Dongwang Army, after all, she also knew that it was easy to keep people, only one military order was needed, but she couldn't keep the hearts of the soldiers, and she couldn't feed the soldiers of the three armies.

The matter of money and food dispatch is very troublesome. Han Jian asked Lin Xiaoshu to temporarily raise the food from the northern part of Jiangdu and Shandong, and it was almost used up in a few days. Han Jian only wanted to rely on the transfer of grain from the big households around Luoyang, but he also found that these big households around Luoyang were also empty of grain depots, mainly because they were robbed by the rebels during the war, plus Yang Yu's forced deployment when he was dying.

On February 15, inside the Ye'an Pavilion of the Imperial Palace. Only Han Jian and Yang Rui were discussing the issue of military rations.

Han Jian entered the palace on this day mainly to deliver military newspapers, and Han Jian had already made a decision that the army would officially return to Jiangdu five days later, that is, on February 20, so that it could catch up with the spring sowing.

Yang Rui was a little impatient, as if he was complaining: "Military food, military food, I have been here everywhere these days, can't I change something else?" Now it seems that Luoyang can starve to death. But you can't even get a little food? ”

Han Jian sat on the side, not speaking, but looking at Yang Rui, pacing back and forth so eagerly, as if he was watching a play.

"You still see, if you don't help, you know that you are coming." Yang Rui glared at Han Jian and complained.

Han Jian spread his hands and said, "When will I come to urge?" ”

"Still say no? You're not here to rush something? After withdrawing troops in five days, what should be done with Luoyang's city defense? Don't you want me to go back to Jiangdu with you? ”

Han Jian smiled: "You are willing to go." I don't want to. Xin'er and Sanniang Jiuniang will arrive in Luoyang in the next two days, and they will go back when they come. Isn't it a toss for nothing? ”

"That's right." Yang Rui seemed to feel a little more at ease, and after hearing the news that Han Jian was not leaving, she seemed to have taken a reassuring pill, "Then what are you going to do after that?" ”

"Didn't you say that? Looking at the soldiers and horses around Luoyang to garrison, for the time being, we do not plan to march north of the Yellow River, so we should regard it as a strategic defense. Han Jian said.

"Strategic defense? There are many traitors. As the king of a country, I don't think about peace, but I actually defend strategically? Too...... It's a shame. Yang Rui was a little annoyed and said, "Husband, why don't you help the concubine?" It's not enough to beg you as a concubine? ”

Han Jian looked at Yang Rui with a pleading attitude. also knew that Yang Rui was completely helpless.

This time, the main force of the Dongwang Army was transferred back to Jiangdu, in fact, there was no way, mainly to appease the grievances of the soldiers. If the three armies continue to stay, they may not have to wait for the people of the West Wangfu and the North Wangfu, there will be civil strife on their own side alone, and the number of deserters reported in the army is already more than during the war years ago, which also shows how slack this army is.

"Rui'er, it's not that you don't want to help. We are one now. Not only you and me, but also between the imperial court and Jiangdu, are also inseparable. Now the transfer of soldiers and horses is also for the peace of the army, if the problem of food can be solved...... It's not like there's no way to ......."

Yang Rui said a little helplessly: "Then let's withdraw to Jiangdu, the problem of military food is even more difficult to solve!" ”

Han Jian smiled, got up and saluted to say goodbye. Yang Rui was also a little angry, and he didn't even say a word to each other.

Han Jian went out of the palace and had a brief meeting with the officials in charge of military supplies and grass in the army, and then found some major generals in the army, and talked about the transfer of the generals and soldiers, and the more than 100,000 soldiers who went out with the empress will return to Jiangdu in addition to the local armed forces originally absorbed from the surrounding areas of Luoyang. Han Jian calculated, if all the main forces of the Dongwang Mansion were transferred back, the defenders around Luoyang would only have 30,000 horses at most, and there would be no guarantee in terms of combat effectiveness.

"Young son, a letter from the princess of the county through the Guò military post." Zhang Xingjin went to the Wu'an Institute and delivered the letter from Han Jian's Jiuniang Han Zhao to Han Jian.

Han Jian looked at the font on the letter and knew that it was written by Han Zhao, and it was a lead-sealed letter, and no one had opened it.

Tearing open the letter, it was also the time when Han Zhao's party informed him of the arrival of his Dongwangfu in Luoyang, the letter was sent on March 12, and the expected arrival time in Luoyang was March 19, Han Jian calculated it, and it was soon. In the letter, Han Zhao also explained that the number of soldiers and horses who came with the family of Dongwangfu this time was 3,000 escort soldiers and horses, and these soldiers and horses Han Jian thought that they should be able to stay in Luoyang as the main force to guard Luoyang.

"Young boy, what else is the arrangement?" Zhang Xing asked.

"No need, Lao Zhang, you are ready to mobilize soldiers and horses to return to Jiangdu, after a few days, the rain will be less, and the road back to Jiangdu will be better." Han Jian said.

Zhang Xing asked: "Young boy, some middle-level generals in the army have disappeared for no reason these days, either because they escaped, or they may have been assassinated by the enemy, young boy, this matter shouldn't bother you, but this ...... After all, it is very evil, do you want to protect some generals in the army? ”

When Han Jian heard this, he looked at Zhang Xing, nodded slightly, but said, "I know, Lao Zhang doesn't have to worry about this matter, these people were transferred out by me, and they have secret missions to do for the time being." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Xing looked puzzled, obviously unable to think of what Han Jian wanted so many middle-level generals to do.

Han Jian actually didn't say that these middle-level generals in the army were arrested and interrogated by the military affairs yamen temporarily established by Su Tingxia, which is a matter of meticulous work in the army. Originally, Han Jian also trusted Zhang Xing, and he didn't plan to hide Zhang Xing from him. But later Han Jian found that many of the detailed works in the army investigated by Su Tingxia were directly related to Zhang Xing, and many of them were promoted by Zhang Xing himself, and they were promoted by leapfrogging, and Zhang Xing, as the commander, had the right to decide, and he would not ask, but the people who could be promoted were disloyal to the Dongwangfu, and Han Jian had to consider the strictness of the problem, in the end, does this mean that Zhang Xing was also aware of this matter, or that Zhang Xing was related to the detailed work in the army?

Han Jian gently patted Zhang Xing's shoulder and said: "General Lin will return to Luoyang tomorrow, and then the defense of Luoyang will also be exchanged with you, you put down the defense of Luoyang for the time being, bring the soldiers and horses back to Jiangdu, and the defense of Jiangdu will also fall on you in the future." ”

Zhang Xing heard Han Jian's words, and his face showed a slight look of disappointment.

Han Jian said this, which means that Han Jian is ready to keep Lin Zhan by his side and send him back to Jiangdu.

Originally, when he returned to Jiangdu, he could not be restrained by Han Jian, who was the king of the East, and he could leap with the sea, which was a good thing for the generals with the troops, but Zhang Xing was born as the captain of Han Jian's guard after all, and he knew the forces in the army very well. As the king of the East, Han Jian, leaving Lin Zhan shows that Han Jian trusts Lin Zhan more, and for him, it is only the relationship between superiors and subordinates.

After Han Jian finished giving the order, Zhang Xing took a few personal guards back to the yasu.

As the commander of Luoyang's defense, Zhang Xing is now managing military affairs as the commander of the three armies, and although Lin Zhan is also the commander, he is on a journey.

Zhang Xing arrived in the yasho, and the generals below also came forward, all of whom were some strategists and generals of the East Palace, who followed him all the year round, and he had made great achievements in the past two years, and he was also obvious to all.

"What's the matter, Your Highness has some arrangements?" As soon as Zhang Xing arrived, the generals below immediately surrounded him and asked Zhang Xingdao.

Zhang Xingyi sighed and said: "The young prince has an order, and the army will set off to return to Jiangdu in five days." ”

Hearing this, most of the generals next to them cheered, after all, the important thing is to be able to return to their hometowns in good clothes, and now they have done it, if this can't make them excited, it won't be interesting to be a general.

"General, why are you ...... Seems a little displeased? Zhang Xing's left envoy asked Shaoyue.

Guo Shaoyue is Zhang Xing's cousin, and he has made a lot of contributions in the army, and Zhang Xing immediately promoted him to the left envoy of the army, according to the rules of the army, this is already the honor of those strategists who do not need to lead troops to fight, but Zhang Xing has a stalk in his heart after all, that is, Su Tingxia's problem.

Su Tingxia was just a down-and-out scholar who had no ambition in Luoyang City, and in the end he almost lost his life. Although Zhang Xing still admired Su Tingxia a little, Su Tingxia was born in Nanwangfu after all, and as soon as he came to Luoyang, he was directly promoted by Han Jian to be the right envoy of the army, which made Zhang Xing feel uneasy At the same time, it also made him feel that his right to speak in the army was average after all. (To be continued......)