On the evening of the second day after the Battle of Yangzhou broke out, Han Jian learned the news.

In Yangzhou City, Han Jian specially arranged eyeliner is responsible for investigating the movements around Yangzhou City, and these news are almost transmitted to the outside through various ways of land, sea and air, in order to achieve the fastest and most fast.

Jiangdu is three hundred miles away from Yangzhou in a straight line, and when Han Jian got the news, it was even earlier than Jinling, which was less than fifty miles away from Yangzhou. This is mainly because Zhu Tongjing should be able to cooperate inside and outside in Yangzhou City, and the capture of Yangzhou was carried out almost in complete secrecy.

Han Jian still didn't know Sima Yi's life and death, and Han Jian sent many people to rescue him, which made Han Jian very annoyed.

Judging from the information obtained by Han Jian, Zhu Tongjing's troop carrier arrived at Yangzhou City at the third watch, and at the end of the fourth watch, Yangzhou City had been lost, and the news was still blocked in Yangzhou City. Sui Hua was captured alive, and then beheaded by Zhu Tongjing, and some of the generals and strategists around Sui Hua were absorbed by Zhu Tongjing, and some were "missing".

For the words "whereabouts unknown" obtained from the intelligence, Han Jian seemed a little incomprehensible, it stands to reason that Yangzhou City was captured by Sui Hua and others almost unprepared, even if someone can take advantage of the chaos to escape, they will definitely not fly with wings, unless there is a possibility, that is, some people guessed this result before the catastrophe, and some people took the opportunity to escape in advance.

Han Jian very much hoped that the person who learned about this situation in advance was Sima Yi, but he also knew that Sima Yi was under house arrest by Sui Hua and might not be able to get out.

Needless to say, Zhu Tongjing's next goal is to continue to attack Jinling City, if Jinling City is lost again, it will also be when the political situation in the Southern Dynasties falls into complete turmoil, and it is not far from him personally leading his troops and horses south.

That night, Han Jian urgently convened a military meeting to publicize the drastic changes that occurred in Yangzhou City last night, and the generals and strategists in Jiangdu were in an uproar. No one expected that the war between the Southern and Northern Dynasties would turn into a civil strife within the Southern Dynasties. In the article that Han Jian issued to fight against the thief, he wanted to send troops to recruit Zhu Tongjing, but in the end, it was Han Jian who lent Zhu Tongjing a ship from Jiangling, so that he could go down the river and kill Yangzhou by surprise.

At the military meeting, Ning Yuan also participated. When he knew what was going on, he was most shocked, because Han Jian had never revealed relevant information to the imperial court from beginning to end, when the imperial court requisitioned a large number of troop transport ships to Jiangling, Ning Yuan, as the first assistant of the dynasty, did not know at all.

"Your Majesty, the internal upheaval in the Southern Dynasty is a good opportunity for our dynasty to send troops, I don't know where Your Majesty should recruit troops and horses to attack the south?" While Ning Yuan was stunned, he also realized that he himself had not been trusted by Han Jian, otherwise it would be such a big deal. It was impossible for Han Jian to hide even from him, the first assistant.

Han Jian glanced at Ning Yuan coldly and said, "I haven't made a decision yet, so according to Ning Taishi's wishes, which city in the Southern Dynasty should be used as a breakthrough?" ”

In the past, Ning Yuan would definitely pretend to be confused on this kind of issue, but this time he said almost without hesitation: "Yangzhou." ”

"Yangzhou was stolen by the soldiers and horses of the King of Linjiang at the beginning, and with the caution of the King of Linjiang, even if he wants to capture Jinling, he will never give up to Yangzhou." Han Jian said.

There were generals next to him who disagreed, and a man named Han He said, "Your Majesty." The last general thought that the Southern Dynasty was now in the midst of civil strife. The king of Linjiang occupied Yangzhou, but for the tens of thousands of defenders of Yangzhou, once he succeeded, he would inevitably send troops to Jinling and abandon Yangzhou. The king of Linjiang has only 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses, how can he be both offensive and defensive? ”

Many generals and strategists next to him thought so. Almost everyone thinks that Zhu Tongjing will attack Jinling non-stop when he captures Yangzhou, and Jinling is Zhu Tongjing's ultimate goal. But Han Jian could feel how unfathomable Zhu Tongjing was, with Zhu Tongjing's wisdom. It is impossible not to take into account the movements of the soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasties, maybe he has arranged soldiers and horses in Yangzhou and waited for the soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasties to attack, and he can wait for work.

Jinling City and Yangzhou City, two seemingly solid and impregnable cities, are almost undefended in Zhu Tongjing's eyes. In other words, Zhu Tongjing's attack on Jinling will be as easy as attacking Yangzhou City, which is a situation that Zhu Tongjing had already laid out when he withdrew from Jinling City to the Jiangjiang region.

Since Zhu Tongjing doesn't need to use too many men and horses in Jinling City, then he can deploy more troops and horses in Yangzhou, for Han Jian, now is not the time to be in a hurry, since the overall plan has been set, he wants to take the Southern Dynasty by surprise, and at the same time make Zhu Tongjing unexpected.

"I have made up my mind, I will not send troops and horses for the time being, and I will discuss in detail after the battle situation in Jinling is transmitted back."

Han Jian's military meeting did not last very long, and he mainly conveyed the specific situation of Yangzhou City.

When the generals and advisers, including several civilian officials who participated in the military meeting, withdrew, Han Jian waved his hand, and Onishiyanagi came out of the back hall, as the person in charge of the intelligence system, even if Onishiyanagi did not have to show up, she also needed to attend this important military meeting.

"You have heard the specific words, now I need to know the battle situation in Yangzhou and Jinling City immediately, you will immediately leave for the south, if you can, go to Xuding City, if Sima can really escape, he will definitely go to Xuding with Li Fang."

Han Jian thought about it, he couldn't be sure of Sima Yi's safety, but it was expected that before the city of Yangzhou was broken, someone in the city did know the situation in advance, and there were not only one or two people who escaped. It is not known who these people are to report the news, or it is possible that someone inside Zhu Tongjing leaked the news, but Han Jian estimated that this possibility is not large, when Zhu Tongjing led the troops down the river, no one would have expected that he would attack Yangzhou first and then attack Jinling, or someone inside him would be informed of the situation, but after all, Zhu Tongjing began to attack the city after the arrival of the troops, and there was no pause in the middle, and it was still very difficult for the news to leak.

can guess that Zhu Tongjing can attack Yangzhou with soldiers and no ships, and his plan must be extraordinary, Han Jian does not know who among Sui Hua's men has escaped, and he will have to wait for the follow-up situation to make a judgment.

When Han Jian returned to the Dongwang Mansion, the news had already come back, and the women of the family were almost all gathered in the main hall of the Dongwang Mansion, and they also wanted to know the detailed situation just now.

Han Jian didn't want to explain more, so he waved his hand and said: "Just go back to rest, put your heart back in your stomach, even if there is a war in Yangzhou, it will not spread to Jiangdu City." ”

Han Xu was a little dissatisfied and said: "Jian'er, you can't be too arbitrary, I heard that Zhu Thief's ship was still lent to him." Why? You are not raising tigers for trouble, King Hui of the Southern Dynasty himself is stupid and incompetent, it is easy to occupy his country, but this Zhu thief is an old fox, how easy is it to dominate the mountains and rivers from him in the future? ”

Han Jian still doesn't want to be angry with his aunts at home, no matter how they say it, they are also for themselves. There is also consideration for his country.

"Liuniang, I told you a lot of things, you don't understand, only by creating chaos in the Southern Dynasty can you capture the Southern Dynasty at the lowest cost. With the war resources of the imperial court now, it is impossible to start a protracted war like last year with the Xianbei people. ”

Han Xu's listening to Han Jian's words seemed to make sense, but she was still unconvinced, and sighed: "If you want to do things, take a little more leisure, it was your second mother and third mother who were in charge of you before." Now that they're gone, I'm going to help talk about it. If we are old in the future, there are still Li'er and Xin'er, you should always have a degree in doing things, not for others and for the sake of the people around you. ”

Han Jian saluted and said: "What Liuniang taught is that the child is urgent. Come and send a few princesses and princesses back to rest. ”

The palace maids each followed the hostesses of each courtyard to leave, and in the end, Han Jian still left the two queens of the main palace, Gu Xin'er and Yang Li'er.

Both Gu Xin'er and Yang Li'er could sense the seriousness of the situation. Originally, they were very worried about Han Jian's expedition, but now they know that there is a fight within the Southern Dynasty. Han Jian may be allowed to lead the troops out at any time, and they are extremely anxious.

"Husband, if you go to the south, can you bring your concubines with you?" Gu Xin'er looked at Han Jian with a blank look, her eyes full of attachment.

On weekdays, Gu Xin'er is a reserved and introverted person, and she rarely shows the emotions in her heart like this. This time she did this, which also shows the eagerness in her heart.

Han Jian smiled and said, "Don't worry too much, I've been on so many expeditions before, aren't they all good?" ”

Han Jian wanted to be comforted, but he also felt that these words were a little pale. He also can't let go of Gu Xin'er and other daughters in his heart, he can't take all the women around him with him when he goes on the expedition, but he also knows that doing so will only make the women around him more dangerous.

Yang Li'er sighed and said: "It's useless to persuade Xianggong, it's better to pray more, in Xianggong's eyes, we are all little women, so we don't deserve to go to war with him." ”

Han Jian smiled, Yang Li'er wanted to use the agitation method, but it wouldn't work for him at all.

Han Jian explained some simple things, mainly to let the two beloved wives replace him to comfort the women around him, many things he can't do in all aspects, and these two queens, one is gentle and knowledgeable, and the other can control the overall situation, both are suitable to be the centerstone of his backyard.

Han Jian didn't accompany Yang Li'er and Gu Xin'er back to the room, he still had to go to Yang Rui's side.

After coming to Jiangdu, Han Jian didn't accompany Yang Rui much in the past, mainly because the two had discussed before, Han Jian would take Yang Rui by his side after the expedition, and there were many opportunities to accompany him day and night, so he had to wait to accompany others. But Han Jian lived in Jiangdu for three months, and now at the end of July, Han Jian still did not lead the troops to the battle, which will inevitably make Yang Rui feel that he has been left out.

By the time Han Jian arrived at Yang Rui's residence, the lights in Yang Rui's room had been extinguished.

Han Jian felt strange, he had already sent someone over to inform him of the news of Yangzhou City Break, could it be that Yang Rui felt that the matter was a trivial matter and insignificant?

When Han Jian arrived at the door, he found that Hui'er was standing there with a somewhat drowsy appearance.

Suddenly, there was a figure in front of her, Hui'er was startled, and she was relieved to see it clearly, and hurriedly greeted Han Jian.

"Your Majesty is inside?" Han Jian asked, but in fact, he had already felt Yang Rui's breath.

"Yes."

Hui'er replied, and when she turned around, Yang Rui stood at the door and looked at them. Hui'er hurriedly got out of the way, she didn't dare to disturb Han Jian talking to Yang Rui.

"Why are the lights out so early?" Han Jian looked inside, Yang Rui had already turned around, went back to the room, and lit the candle again, in the faint light, the little princess was already asleep in the cradle.

"Always crying." Yang Rui was slightly annoyed, "I can't listen to any coaxing, I'm really upset." I thought she was annoyed enough when she was young, but now when I hear her cry, I don't have any reason to be upset. ”

Han Jian smiled and said, "Maybe it's because you're pregnant and upset, if it doesn't work, it's better to let the nurse come and bring it." ”

Yang Rui smiled, there was no arrogance in his smile that was so respectful and distant as before, Yang Rui's attitude towards Han Jian was really bad before, no matter what Han Jian did was right or wrong, she was always inseparable from Han Jian. But after she became pregnant again this time, it made Yang Rui a little more gentle as a woman.

Han Jian has not established a prince for a long time, but he is actually waiting to have a son with her, which is a great luck for Yang Rui. She gave up the throne in order to stabilize the imperial court, at that time it was the Xianbei invasion, the country was on the front line, it turned out that her choice was correct, it was because of Han Jian's accession to the throne, the court and the army were united, and finally the Xianbei people were completely driven to the Mobei grassland.

But she still hated in her heart, and while hating herself, she transferred this hatred to Han Jianjian, but in fact, she was mainly afraid that the foundation of the Yang family would be broken in her hands in the future. Coupled with the fact that Han Song and Ning Yuan joined forces to suppress the old royal family and moved her to the cold palace, she couldn't let go of Han Jian in her heart.

But now that she is pregnant again, many things are developing in the direction she expects, as long as she can give birth to a son and her son becomes the crown prince, then Han Jian will dominate the mountains and rivers again, her status will no longer be a monarch of the dead country, and she will become the mother of the future Son of Heaven, and the foundation of the Yang family can also continue to be inherited. After all, even the name of the Wei Dynasty has not changed until now.

"You've decided when you're going to go?" Yang Rui asked, she still seemed a little exhausted, probably pregnant, and her husband was often not around, and even she couldn't control her irritability. After all, for Yang Rui, she is already an "older mother".

Han Jian sat down and shook his head slightly.

Yang Rui smiled and said, "When you decide to inform me first, I'll prepare." ”

Han Jian smiled bitterly: "With your current condition, how can you withstand the fatigue of the journey?" It's better to stay. ”

Yang Rui shook his head very insistently and said: "You once said that you wanted me, the former emperor, to witness the time when you ruled the mountains and rivers together." Either way, I want to go with you. With my physique, as long as it is properly maintained on the road, there should be no problems. ”

Han Jian looked at Yang Rui, whose stomach was already slightly bulging, and suddenly felt a sense of stable life in his heart.

The beacon fire is in the sky, fighting in front of the battle, attacking the city...... He didn't want to go through any of this again. (To be continued.) )