After capturing Yangzhou City, Han Jianmian began to prepare for a battle against Jinling City.

At this time, Lin Zhan and Su Tingxia, who were fighting in Shuzhong and Chu, were still in the process of attacking the city, and Han Jian couldn't urge them. Sima Yi's Chinese army headquarters is less than 200 miles away from Jiangling City, and it seems that Sima Qi and Zhu Tongjing's men and horses will break out in Jinling City.

On October 11, the third day after Yangzhou's break, Han Jian began to accept displaced people from outside the city into the city in batches, as the first step in Han Jian's measures to reassure the people. Refugees outside the city can enter the city in order through the open gate of Yangzhou City, and at the same time, there will be a large number of officers and soldiers inside and outside the city wall to conduct an interrogation, so as to prevent the soldiers of the Southern Dynasty from mixing in it and going north.

By the evening of the 11th, the dozens of miles from Yangzhou to the riverside had been cleared out, and the rebellious army was basically received by Zhu Tongjing, and the boats carried most of the remnants of Yangzhou to the south, while most of the people on the north bank chose to stay and return to Yangzhou. Han Jian will set up a porridge field in the city to temporarily provide rice and grain to help these refugees in Yangzhou City.

Originally, the people in Yangzhou City lived very hard, nearly a year of preparation, to the final war, Yangzhou City almost all rely on the Jinling City material transfer to maintain the livelihood of the people, now these people have returned to their homes, there is no peaceful life in the past, many people who were recruited by the Yangzhou defenders, in this desertion to the south, most of them also went south by boat with the rebels, and the separation of flesh and blood abounded.

On the evening of the 11th, Han Jian personally went out of the Taishou Mansion to inspect the defense in various parts of the city, and also inspected the living conditions of the people in the city.

The life of the officers and men in the army is very good, with a steady supply of materials, even if it is about to enter winter, the soldiers have enough clothes and bedding to keep out the cold, and they are full of three meals a day. But the people of the city. Life is very bad, especially when you just enter the city, you have only eaten a mouthful of hot food, and many people are still braving the cold wind, so they can only use thatched huts to shelter from the wind and rain.

While inspecting the city's defenses, Han Jian also ordered the people in the city to find a place to live nearby. In any case, many of the houses in the city are also vacant, and further arrangements will be made after the war. Walking down in a circle, Han Jian spent more than three hours, until midnight, when Han Jian was about to return to the Taishou Mansion, several people who came out with Han Jian, including Fa Yi and Ke Qu'er, as well as Han Qi'er and several generals and strategists, were also a little tired at this time.

"Your Majesty. Now that Jinling City is empty, it is a good time for our army to raid. The internal fighting in the Southern Dynasties continued, and our army could take advantage of the cooperation of the internal response to attack the city in one fell swoop. ”

The strategists were still talking about the siege plan they had envisioned, but for Han Jian, he didn't want to think about these things, because they were a little far away.

Han Jian just wanted to go back to the Taishou Mansion first and be quiet. By the way, think about the layout and plans of the next war. Han Jian is not a person who is too eager for quick success, in Han Jian's opinion. As long as this war can be won, it is best to do it at the lowest cost, and the impact on the people is as low as possible, if he did not insist on directly transferring to the war against the south after the end of the war against the north, the people of Yangzhou City would not have so many casualties. Today's Yangzhou City should also be thriving, not as dead and silent as it is today.

When Han Jian returned to the Taishou Mansion with his entourage, Han Jian sent everyone back, and he was just about to sit down to rest a little, and Fa also brought hot tea. The sorrow that Han Jian showed when he was inspecting military affairs in the city before. Fa Yi saw it in her eyes, although Fa Yi usually spoke little, in the end she was also a person of affection and sex, she could sense the tiredness in Han Jian's heart, and she also wanted to comfort Han Jian in her way.

"I just received a letter from Sima Yi, and he hopes that we can suspend our march and make peace with the court of the Southern Dynasty." Han Jian said a word to Fa Ye, and Fa Ye was still helping Han Jian sort out the messy official documents on the table.

"What does Your Majesty think?" Fa also asked rhetorically.

Han Jian shook his head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "The arrow has to be sent, now that the army has been displayed in Yangzhou and Suzhou, this war has reached the point of being out of control, even if I want to withdraw the army, I am afraid that the officers and soldiers of the three armies will not agree." Sima Yi may also understand that he just wants to exchange this for time to fight against Zhu Tongjing. ”

Fa Yi nodded slightly, she didn't have to think too much about the meaning of Han Jian's words, as long as Han Jian said, she nodded and responded. But some things are unavoidable, as if she herself has the heart to return, she can also feel the pain of the war very deeply, after she saw the suffering of the refugees in the city, Fa Yi is kind, and there is a lot of mercy, I hope that Han Jian can help the refugees in the city more. But under the war, the displacement of the people is not something that can be solved by a little material at all, the war is cruel, and she, as a woman, doesn't want to take care of it.

"It's not far from the river." Han Jian said suddenly, "Go back and write a letter to Li'er and them, report their safety first, and in about half a month, the soldiers and horses will cross the river in an all-round way, and it may not be easy to pass the message at that time, and I miss them a lot." It's been a short time to get together, and now when you are separated for a while, you feel worried. ”

Fa Yi smiled and said, "Your Majesty is still an amorous person. ”

"Maybe, as long as Yi'er doesn't care too much, with you, I still remember others in my heart, and it will taste good when I put it in others, so Yi'er always seems to don't care." Han Jian smiled and wanted to hug Fa Yi, but was avoided by Fa Ye.

In the end, it was Yangzhou Taishou Mansion, the door was still open, and Fa Yi didn't have to save Han Jian's face, it was because she was afraid that she would be seen and affect Han Jian's prestige. Originally, it was already a very unusual thing for the emperor to go out with a woman with him, but at least Fa Yi and Ke Qu'er were both people with martial arts, and they also appeared by Han Jian's side as Han Jian's personal guards, and even those generals couldn't find fault with them.

After everything was sorted out, Han Jian wrote a reply letter to Sima Yi, in which Han Jian told him in detail about the time when his soldiers and horses would go south. The time is set for ten days later, Han Jian is tantamount to telling Sima Yi that the time left for you is only ten days, if you can't take Jinling City within ten days, it will be the performance time of the Northern Dynasty army.

Han Jian sent someone out overnight, Han Jian believed that with the communication channel set up before, the letter should be delivered to Sima Yi in two days, and the time left for Sima Yi was actually only eight days, even if Sima Ji had great ability, he wanted to pass these eight days. It was impossible to defeat the soldiers and horses sent by Zhu Tongjing to the city and then capture Jinling City.

After the letter was sent, Han Jian was still reading through Sima Yi's letter back and forth, thinking about what he had omitted.

A lot of things, just calm down and think about it. You will find clues. Han Jian found that Sima Yi did not mention anything about Li Shanye, and the information about Li Shanye basically did not get a word after Han Jian sent his troops south. This is what Han Jian finds very puzzling.

"Yi'er, you have been investigating intelligence for the imperial court for many years, do you know Li Shanye?" Han Jian suddenly looked at Fa Yi who was standing there next to him, a little bored.

"Huh?" Fa Yi turned his head sideways to look at Han Jian with some incomprehension in his eyes. "It seems to be a famous person of the Southern Dynasty, what's wrong?"

Han Jian didn't expect Fa Yi's answer to be so direct, and couldn't help asking: "What kind of famous law is it, as far as I know, this person was just a reckless person before, but has he done something special?" ”

Fa Yi thought about it and shook her head, while she was still investigating intelligence for Yang Rui. Yang Rui was most concerned about the threat of the Northern and Western Palaces to the imperial court, and at that time Yang Rui had no intention of starting a war against the Southern Dynasty. Naturally, he would not send Fa Ye to inquire too much about the affairs of the Southern Dynasty.

Han Jian didn't get more news about Li Shanye from Fa Yi's mouth, and couldn't help sighing: "It's strange to say, this Li Shanye has been around Xie Rumo, Zhu Tongjing and others from the very beginning, but speaking of which, he is just the head of a chess academy in Jinling City. It's just a masterful chess player. But Xie Rumo, Zhu Tongjing and others maintain a very delicate relationship with this person. How can a reckless person have such prestige? ”

Fa Yi thought for a while and said, "Maybe he has something to do with someone in the court of the Southern Dynasty." ”

Han Jian said with a smile: "After that, Zhu Tongjing and Xie Rumo fought and lost both, and finally took advantage of the situation for King Hui to seize power, and this person's status did not fall but rose." He could even make some suggestions to the empress of the Southern Dynasty through Sima Yi's relationship. But before the war began, he was able to suddenly disappear, and there must be something wrong with that. ”

This time, I can't guess the law.

Li Shanye is a human being, a ghost, or any past, she doesn't want to care. Just what Han Jian said, she just said a perfunctory sentence, she really wanted to persuade Han Jian to rest early, because this was what the women in the Dongwang Mansion had to explain to her before leaving.

"Yi'er, you said that this Li Shanye, will it be among us?" Han Jian suddenly asked in a cold voice.

Fa Yi frowned and shook his head: "I don't understand." ”

Han Jian Zhengse said: "I want to say that this Li Shanye or another identity is unknown, and even has his incarnation in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and there are many of his helpers, and many things are made by him, and at the right time, he may jump out and influence the situation changes in the Southern and Northern Dynasties." ”

Han Jian didn't wait for Fa Yi to answer, he stood up directly and walked to the door, at this time, the courtyard of Yangzhou Taishou Mansion was full of patrolling soldiers.

Han Jian's safety in the Taishou Mansion is the top priority, especially when Yangzhou City has just been conquered and there are still many unstable factors in the city, there are more than 1,000 night patrol soldiers arranged around the Taishou Mansion alone.

"Or I should write another letter and ask Sima Yu, or he can give me an answer."

After Han Jian went back, he wrote the second letter and asked people to send it out, but he still felt a little stumbling in his heart, but he still turned around and went back to rest with Fa Yi.

No matter how busy Han Jian is, he knows how to cherish the women around him, he doesn't want Fa Yi and Ke Qu'er to follow him, and he has to keep the empty curtain day and night. But when he entered the room, Han Jian naturally thought about others again, and his thoughts kept stopping, especially Yang Rui, who was in Jiangdu and was supposed to go on the expedition with him, but failed to make the trip due to pregnancy.

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Two days later, at noon on October 13, Sima Yi received two letters from Han Jian in a military camp less than 90 miles away from Jinling City.

Although he was the commander of an army, he could not be alone after receiving the letters, especially the letters involving exchanges with the enemy, which had to be handed over to the empress Xiao Zhan.

"Give us ten days...... There are still eight days left, and I think it's a lot. Xiao Zhan smiled bitterly, although the journey to the north was very smooth, but the smoothness was a bit too much, Zhu Tongjing's soldiers and horses did not appear on the horizon for a long time, but only fought with the remnants of the local army, and even the soldiers and horses were expanding.

Seeing that he was about to arrive in Jinling City, even Sima Yi couldn't figure out why Zhu Tongjing could be so calm.

Now Jiangbei has completely fallen into the hands of the Northern Dynasties, and even Chudi and Shuzhong basically belong to the pockets of the Northern Dynasties. Su Tingxia's soldiers and horses, from the initial 20,000 soldiers and horses to more than 100,000 troops now, have become the fastest expansion rate among the people of the Northern Dynasty, after all, Su Tingxia has the privilege of conscription and warfare, and now Su Tingxia has sent two roads of about 30,000 or 40,000 people, and is heading to the Jiangjiang region, which is Zhu Tongjing's lair.

If even the Jiangjiang region is lost, not only will Zhu Tongjing's grain route be cut off, but the area of the remaining territory of the entire Southern Dynasty will also be compressed. Originally, the land of Lingnan in the Southern Dynasty was very barren and could not be used as a supply place for food, and the core of the Southern Dynasty was in the rich lands around Chudi, Jiangjiang, and Jinling, and now even the surrounding Jinling City had soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasty, and the area actually controlled by Zhu Tongjing was getting narrower and narrower.

Sima said: "As long as the Zhu thief does not send troops, it may end up under Jinling City, and our army will have to fight with the soldiers and horses of the Northern Dynasty." Or maybe that's what Zhu Thief wants to see. ”

After speaking, Sima Yi handed over the second letter, in the second letter, Han Jian inquired about Li Shanye's origin and background, and at the same time, Han Jian also said the suspicions in his heart, Han Jian did not have any hostility towards Sima Yi's attitude in the letter, and even had a consultative tone.

"What does that mean?" After Xiao Zhan saw it, he raised his head and looked at Sima Yi with questioning eyes.

"That's what makes me weird." Sima said, "Li Shanye is a person, his name is unknown, I said goodbye to him in Yangzhou City, he said that he was going south to Jinling, but there has been no news since then." Originally, he also took my letter, saying that he wanted to go north to Jiangdu to meet the emperor of the Northern Dynasty, and he turned back halfway, but I don't know why. ”

Xiao Zhan nodded slightly: "I thought that sir, you and Li Shanye are quite familiar with each other. ”

"There are also acquaintances, but Li Shanye and his people are not seen by the dragon, and he hides many things very deeply. But one thing is certain, his heart must be wrong, and he is also a man of ambition. ”

Xiao Zhan smiled and said, "I thought that Mr. and Li Shanye were friends, but they would actually say such things." ”

"As far as I know, the former king of the East and the father of the current emperor of the Northern Dynasty is still alive, but I don't know where he is." (To be continued.) )