Now that Zhennanhou's soldiers and horses have been withdrawn, Han Jian naturally can't chase them back. Just left, Han Jian knew that this qiē should be the meaning of his father-in-law, Yang Luochuan, the king of the south.

Yang Luochuan seemed to be staying in Luoyang City very leisurely now, but Han Jian also knew that he might run away at any time. If Yang Luochuan also leaves Luoyang and returns to Yuzhou, it will be completely uncontrollable.

To send away these military envoys sent by the Marquis of Zhennan, Han Jian first directly ordered to go down and find someone to keep an eye on every move of Nanwangfu.

By the afternoon, the news of the withdrawal of troops from the Nanwangfu had spread to Luoyang City like snowflakes, and almost all the yamen had learned the news, and many people came directly to the Dongwangfu to inquire what was going on, because the imperial military department did not receive any news in advance, and the impact of the withdrawal of troops from the Nanwangfu was to further empty the defense of Luoyang, and many people would naturally be in danger.

Among the people sent by the imperial court to inquire about the situation, Lin Ke was the representative. Lin Ke is the head of the civil officials of the imperial court, and after he got the news, he first went to the palace to ask to see Yang Rui, but he couldn't, so he could only come to the East Palace. Now it is also very difficult for Lin Ke, he knows that he should belong to the East King in order to get more power, but because he is a person in the court, and his heart is towards the court and the royal family, he doesn't know what to do in the cracks.

Han Jian's way of dealing with Lin Ke after learning that he had arrived at the East Wangfu was very simple, and he sent him away directly, so that Lin Ke could love to go as much as he wanted.

At this time, Han Jian was most worried about the secret consensus between the Southern Palace, the West Palace, and the North Palace, which would be unfavorable to Luoyang and the East Palace. In the past, when he encountered such a big matter, he had Yang Rui by his side to discuss it, but now Yang Rui didn't say goodbye, he could only analyze it himself. But after all, there is no evidence to show some things, and Han Jian can only make conjectures and take precautions against the side of Nanwangfu.

It was after nightfall. A military newspaper suddenly reached Han Jian's hands, and the military newspaper was secretly transmitted from the special intelligence system, taking the route of secret agents. And this way was not originally sent by the military newspaper, and after Han Jian read it, he realized that it was sent to him by Su Tingxia, who was in Luzhou City.

Su Tingxia once helped Han Jian investigate the details of the army, and he knew a little about the secret agent intelligence system in the army. Moreover, Han Jian also gave Su Tingxia a way to take the secret agent path. Han Jian read Su Tingxia's information, and his brows couldn't help frowning, it was not that Su Tingxia killed the prison army around him as he thought, but that Su Tingxia reminded him that there were signs of withdrawal of troops from the southern king's soldiers and horses on the west side of Xiaochuankou.

Han Jian read that the secret report was sent a day ago, and Su Tingxia arrived in Luzhou City with 20,000 infantry only three days ago. In two days, the average person may not even stand on his heels, so naturally there is no time to pay attention to other things. However, Su Tingxia sent someone to find out that the garrison of Zhennanhou, which was more than 40 miles away from Luzhou City, had the intention of withdrawing troops, and immediately sent it to remind him, which was also rare.

But Han Jian couldn't help but sigh, if this information had come a day earlier, he would still be able to take precautions, but unfortunately it was too late, and the soldiers and horses of Zhennanhou had already withdrawn, which meant that the defense line in the north of Luoyang was less garrisoned by the soldiers and horses of Nanwangfu. It has a great impact on the Luoyang defense line. But Han Jian was still a little lucky, fortunately, the Southern Wangfu was not preparing to secretly collude with the Northern Wangfu or the Xiwangfu. If that's the case, when the Beichuan soldiers and horses come over, the soldiers and horses of Zhennan Hou will suddenly turn against each other, and the consequences will be extremely severe. Now it is just a withdrawal in advance, but it is not necessarily a good thing to make the imperial court and the Dongwang Mansion prepared.

At the end of Su Tingxia's secret report. Su Tingxia actually took the initiative to invite Ying to fight, and the direction of the battle was to go to Beichuan.

Su Tingxia did not say the scale and motive of sending troops, but Han Jian analyzed that since it is now very likely that Beichuan soldiers and horses will go south. It's better to take the initiative. At first glance, it will make people think that Su Tingxia is also very frizzy, and he is also eager to convince the army with his might. But Han Jian felt that Su Tingxia seemed to realize something.

Now the West Wangfu and the South Wangfu have withdrawn their troops one after another, so that there seems to be no barrier between the Beichuan soldiers and horses and Luoyang, as long as the Beichuan soldiers and horses go south, if the East Wangfu does not transfer troops in time, either stick to Luoyang, or withdraw troops from Luoyang. This will obviously make the Eastern Wangjun fall into passivity, after all, whether it is holding on to reinforcements or withdrawing troops, it is not conducive to the imperial court's desire to recuperate.

Now that Su Tingxia has taken the initiative to attack, if the harvest is larger, it may make the plan of the Northern Wangfu to send troops south be somewhat restrained, so that it will stand in the vicinity of Luoyang for a long time.

Han Jian knew that sending troops might be a good thing, but the biggest problem came from the material aspect. Now it is the time of the spring famine, and the imperial court does not have the food and materials to sustain such an unusually active war.

Han Jian originally wanted to directly write to reject Su Tingxia's request, but after thinking about it, what if Su Tingxia's ability was really beyond his imagination? It is better to give him the power to act cheaply, not to transfer reinforcements and grain and grass, and let him go to find food and supplies by himself, and fight this battle by himself.

Han Jian had this idea and felt a little crazy, once he said that the defense of Luzhou City would be withdrawn, the defense line in the northern area of Luoyang, to the north of the Yellow River, would be almost unfortified, and such a situation would be very dangerous. But Han Jian didn't seem to be able to resist the temptation of an arrogant posture in his heart, and couldn't help but want to implement the matter. Han Jian simply asked people to invite Lin Zhan to discuss the feasibility of this matter.

Han Jian handed Su Tingxia's secret report directly to Lin Zhan for review, and Lin Zhan was also full of stern expression after reading it.

Lin Zhan naturally knew that the current Hebei imperial court lacked garrisons, and once it was said that the Beichuan soldiers and horses would go south, the northern defense area of Luoyang would be useless, and Luzhou City would become an important part of the supervisor. If Su Tingxia's soldiers and horses are sent out, if they win, it is fine, but once there is a defeat, Su Tingxia will withdraw his troops to the south, or directly annihilate the whole army, Luoyang City will not be able to defend it, or there is only one way to withdraw the troops, and it may not even be too late to withdraw the troops. After all, the army of the Eastern Wangfu had already withdrawn to Jiangdu first.

"Brother Lin, do you think you should send troops to take the initiative to attack according to General Su's intentions?" Han Jian asked.

"Grain and grass ......" Lin Zhan went straight to the topic and said the biggest problem in the army today.

When he said the issue of taking the initiative to attack at the military meeting before, Han Jian's reason for refusal was that he had a military agreement with the West Palace, but now many people in the army know that the East Palace does not enter the army but withdraws the troops, mainly because of the shortage of food, grass and materials. In front of Han Jian, Lin Zhan had nothing to avoid, so he spoke bluntly.

Han Jian said: "What I mean is to let Su Shen solve the problem of grain and grass by himself, as for what kind of results he can reap, it will be determined by the actual situation." If you really can't withstand the war, you can withdraw to Luzhou again, even if you don't advance or retreat, it's good to deter the Northern Wang Army. ”

Lin Zhan shook his head slightly, as if he didn't quite agree with Han Jian's words.

"Your Highness, dare to ask, now that there is no grain and grass, where will Su Shen come from? Either robbing the people of grain and grass, or going north to rob the granary of the Beiwangfu, neither of which seems to be beneficial. ”

Han Jian sighed in his heart, and Lin Zhan said the same. Now to let Su Tingxia solve the problem of grain and grass by himself, it is equivalent to letting Su Tingxia "rob", either robbing the people or robbing the Northern Palace, there is no third way to go.

But Han Jian thought again, what if it was a robbery? As long as he, Su Tingxia, can win the battle, some things will naturally be solved, but he is afraid that if he loses in the end, others will rely on the head of Dongwangfu.

Han Jian didn't comment on this, but asked, "Brother Lin, do you think that if General Su sends troops, what is the chance of victory?" ”

Lin Zhan shook his head again and said, "It's hard to say, it's mainly grain and grass." In addition, the generals brought by the Soviet staff are all recruits, and have no experience in battle, once they meet the enemy, the army will be chaotic without a fight, if it meets the general local army, it is better to say, after all, the advantage of soldiers and horses can reduce the fear of soldiers. But if it encounters the main force of Beichuan, I am afraid that it will collapse without a fight. ”

Han Jian stood up and paced back and forth, he was also thinking about whether to let Su Tingxia send troops to take the initiative.

After thinking about it, the most important thing now is that he is too forward-looking, afraid of defeat, and having this mentality is equivalent to exposing his shortcomings before the battle. Now what Su Tingxia said about taking the initiative to attack is indeed reasonable, rather than waiting for the Beichuan soldiers and horses to go south and defend Luoyang in a hurry, it is better to fight. This is in line with his character. Moreover, Han Jian also knows Su Tingxia's ability very well, Su Tingxia is not sure, he does not dare to make such a request to send troops, Su Tingxia has a deep hatred for the North Palace, there is such a person who is wholeheartedly thinking about how to take revenge on the North Palace, as the commander of the attack on the North Palace, it seems that it is easy for Su Tingxia to grasp the weakness of the North Palace.

But in the same way, Han Jian was also afraid that Su Tingxia's hatred was too deep, and in the end, he would be carried away by hatred.

"Brother Lin, I have agreed to General Su's request for the time being and allowed him to send troops. When the time comes, you may have to bring some soldiers and horses to respond from the rear to ensure the advance of the front-line soldiers and horses. Han Jian said.

"Your Highness, is this too risky?" Lin Zhan got up a little embarrassed.

Han Jian smiled and said, "Brother Lin, have you been cowardly after a few battles?" It doesn't seem like your style. ”

Lin Zhan couldn't help sighing, he also knew that his prestige in the army was completely based on a few tough battles, and every time he relied on the neatness of the army and his unyielding will. Now it's just to do it again, but he retreated a little at first, mainly because he felt that on the basis of holding Luoyang, there was no need to fight too fiercely.

But what Han Jian's temperament is to fight to the end, if he wants to wait and enjoy it, how can Dongwangfu, which is already the weakest of the Quartet forces, be based in Jiangbei and the world?

"Brother Lin, it's up to you." Han Jian patted Lin Zhan on the shoulder and said, "After all, General Su has no experience in marching, you have to deal with it later, and you may have to cover his withdrawal at any time." If this battle can be fought well, not only can Luoyang City be stabilized, but it is even possible to take Beichuan. However, it is still the same sentence, if you can stop in moderation, you can stop in moderation, after all, in terms of materials, you may not be able to keep up! (To be continued......)