In the direction of Yecheng, the army under the command of Hua'an and the Wei army in Yecheng lived in harmony, and there were no unpleasant disputes, mainly because Hua'an governed the army strictly, and strictly ordered the soldiers under his command not to leave the camp at will, thus reducing the chance of contact with the Wei army in Yecheng.

At the same time, due to the threat of the Yan army, the Wei generals needed the Jin army to help them defend Yecheng, so they were not disgusted by the Jin army's garrison of Yecheng, and had no intention of squeezing out.

Under the joint management of the Jin and Wei armies, the defense of Yecheng can be described as impregnable, enough to resist the attack of the main force of the Yan army.

In these days of garrisoning Tongquetai in Yecheng, in addition to strict training every day, the army under the command of Hua'an is to help the defenders of Wei arrange city defenses, and Hua'an has been paying close attention to the dynamics of all parties, in addition to paying attention to the situation in the direction of Yan, but also paying special attention to the situation inside Yecheng, after all, at this moment, he and the most elite men and horses under his command are stationed in Yecheng, if there is some kind of change within Wei, Hua'an must react immediately, so that the situation develops in his favor.

Fortunately, Hua'an has already installed a large number of scouts and smarts in Yecheng, and these scouts and smarts have been living in Yecheng for several years, and they have long been integrated with the people of Yecheng, and even the mansions of important ministers of Wei also have scouts and smarts sent by Hua'an, which is extremely important for Hua'an to grasp the dynamics of Wei.

"Big brother, according to the scout's report, Pu Hong has led the army under his command to cross the Yellow River and occupy the four counties of Qinghe, Pingyuan, Leling, and Bohai in succession." Wang San rushed into Hua'an's Chinese army tent and reported loudly.

Hua'an heard this. He was slightly shocked in his heart, he didn't expect that the actions of Puhong's army would be so fast, and they would be able to occupy four counties in the southeast of Jizhou in such a short time.

However, if you think about it carefully, the Wei army is all moving closer to Yecheng and Lukou, and there are not many defenders in the four southeastern counties of Jizhou, so to speak, dozens of cities are all empty cities that have no ability to resist. Pu Hong had an army of 50,000 under his command. It would not be surprising to quickly occupy the four counties.

Pu Hong's vision was good, seeing that the Wei army had gathered Yecheng, he attacked decisively, and easily occupied the four counties of Jizhou. And it's bloodless. Hua An opened his mouth and praised it.

"Big brother. Pu Hong participated in the snatching of the jade seal of the country. It can be seen that it has great ambitions, and now, let it occupy the four counties of Jizhou. If you develop your strength, it will be a great disadvantage to my Dajin! Wang San said worriedly.

Hua An nodded, and said softly: "You are right, however, the main army of more than 100,000 people of Yan State has occupied Xiangguo, which has formed a huge threat to Yecheng, and the current strength of our army can only defend Yecheng, and there is no way to draw troops and horses to deal with Pu Hong, besides, Pu Hong is nominally already a courtier of the Great Jin, occupying the four counties of Jizhou, and also helping the Great Jin to recover the lost territory, what can we do with him?" ”

Hearing this, Wang San nodded his head in approval.

"General, the Holy Decree has arrived." At this moment, the will of the imperial court arrived in Yecheng.

Hua'an heard that the imperial court had issued a holy decree, and hurriedly took Wang San out of the Chinese army's tent and knelt down to receive the decree.

Seeing that the imperial court canonized him as the assassin of Sizhou, the general of the expedition to the north, and the military of the five states of Qin, Yong, Si, and Hebei, Hua'an was suddenly surprised, although his position was raised and a lot of property was rewarded, but Liangzhou and Yizhou were not within the scope of the governor, which surprised Hua'an.

Hua An received the edict and thanked him, and looked at the eunuch who passed the edict, and said suspiciously: "May I ask my father-in-law, who are the governors of Yizhou and Liangzhou?" ”

This eunuch is also a warm-hearted person, and when he saw Hua An's question, he replied softly: "General Hui, the emperor has issued a holy decree, appointing General Tie as General Anxi, supervising the military of Yizhou, appointing General Lei as General Pingxi, and supervising the military of Liangzhou, and the three holy decrees were issued at the same time. ”

When Hua An heard this, he was stunned, the imperial court actually handed over Yizhou and Liangzhou to the Iron Bull and the Thunderstorm Governor respectively, the situation in this situation does not seem to be so simple, and the imperial court seems to have the intention of attacking itself.

"Thank you, father-in-law." Hua An hurriedly thanked him.

"General Hua doesn't have to be polite." The eunuch hurriedly responded.

"By the way, father-in-law, the Wei State asked for surrender, what is the attitude of the imperial court, and why did it not issue an order." Hua An hurriedly asked.

The eunuch pondered for a moment and said: "The Wei State asked for surrender and presented the jade seal of the country, and the entire imperial court was very happy, and arranged the Wei hostages in the proper place in the capital, but for such a canonization, the opinions of the court ministers are still inconsistent, and they are still being discussed. ”

Hearing this, Hua An nodded, hugged his fists and said: "Thank you father-in-law, now, it is getting late, and my father-in-law will deign to be wronged in the military tent for one night!" ”

The eunuch hesitated for a moment and said softly: "Then it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”

Subsequently, Hua'an arranged for his own soldiers to arrange the eunuch's food and lodging, and immediately summoned Zhang Yu to analyze the court's intentions with him.

It didn't take long for Zhang Yu to rush to Hua'an's Chinese army tent, and hugged his fists and said, "General Hua, what's the matter with your subordinates." ”

Hua An picked up the holy decree, handed it to Zhang Yu's hand, and said softly: "The imperial court has just issued a holy decree, take a look!" ”

When Zhang Yu heard this, he hurriedly took the holy decree, read it carefully, paused, and said with his fists clenched: "General, who is the governor of Yizhou and Liangzhou." ”

"The imperial court handed over Yizhou to Tie Niu, and Liangzhou to Thunderstorm, these two boys are almost on an equal footing with Ben General." Hua An said softly.

When Zhang Yu heard this, his brows frowned, and he said: "General, it seems that the imperial court has begun to fear the general's power, and has begun to weaken the general's strength, removing Yizhou and Liangzhou is only the first step, if the general does not react, the next step, the imperial court will definitely make some moves." ”

Hua An nodded, and said softly: "This will be the general of the Great Jin Imperial Court, the king's order cannot be violated, the imperial court intends to weaken the strength of the general, what can the general do?" After speaking, he seemed a little helpless.

Zhang Yu took a step forward and hugged his fists and said: "General, now the imperial court is controlled by the scholars, and this group of scholars are all blind, and only consider their own interests, regardless of the great cause of the Northern Expedition, now, the two countries of the Yan Dynasty have not yet been pacified, and the imperial court has begun to weaken the strength of the general, if the general does not react immediately, the court will only treat the general more severely, when the time comes, the land that the general has worked so hard to recover will be tossed beyond recognition by these scholars, and at that time, the general will also lose the strength to fight against the two countries of the Yan Dynasty, so, Once the two countries of the Yan Dynasty entered the Central Plains, weren't it still the common people of the Central Plains who suffered? In order to drive out the Hulu and protect the common people of the Central Plains, the general must make some moves. ”

Hua An heard this, and said softly: "What you said, how can I not understand, but at present, our army and the main force of the Yan Dynasty coalition army are facing off, if the general falls out with the imperial court, it must be the two countries of the Yan Dynasty that will benefit, the Great Jin Dynasty has experienced the rebellion of Wang Dun and Su Jun, and it is already a great injury to the vitality, after so many years of accumulation, it has finally recovered some vitality, if there is civil strife again, so many years of accumulation will be in vain, and I will not want to become a sinner in history!" ”

"The general's intentions, the subordinates fully understand, but the subordinates have no intention of letting the general rebel against the imperial court." Zhang Yu hurriedly said.

Hua An looked at Zhang Yu and said softly: "You let the general take action against the decision of the imperial court, didn't you make the general rebel?" If not, what else do you have to do? ”

Zhang Yu thought for a moment, hugged his fists and said: "The general can take the initiative to resign from his position and put pressure on the imperial court, so that the imperial court can understand the general's anger, if the general does this, those ministers of the imperial court will be shocked, even if they don't withdraw their orders, they will not make further moves." ”

When Hua An heard this, he smiled and said softly: "Zhang Yu, what kind of bad idea did you come up with, if the imperial court really agreed to the general's request, wouldn't the general lose everything, this is really too risky, no, absolutely not." ”

"General, this move is to retreat as advance, it will definitely be able to deter the ministers of the imperial court and make their hearts tremble, the general should think about it! After all, apart from this plan, his subordinates really couldn't think of any better way. Zhang Yu said with his fists clenched.

Hua An waved his hand and said softly: "If you can't think of it, don't think about it, besides, the main forces under the command of Ben Jiang are all concentrated in Hebei and Bingzhou, and they are beyond the reach of Liangzhou and Yizhou, and the imperial court has let the iron bull and thunderstorm be responsible for guarding Yizhou and Liangzhou, which can be regarded as thoughtful, why should Ben be so stingy, because of such a trivial matter, it is unpleasant to have trouble with the imperial court?" After speaking, he smiled generously.

When Zhang Yu heard this, his eyes widened, and he was surprised: "General, Liangzhou and Yizhou were the foundations of the generals when they started, and now the foundation has been pulled out by the imperial court, just like drawing a salary from the bottom of the kettle, how can this be a trivial matter?" ”

Hua An smiled and said softly: "You are too worried, although the imperial court has unloaded the military affairs of the general's capital Yizhou and Liangzhou, but handed it over to the general's humerus general, Tie Niu and Thunderstorm, which is no different from the actual situation before, how can there be such an exaggeration of the salary from the bottom of the kettle?" ”

Hua'an is right, in recent years, although Hua'an has concurrently served as the military governor of Liangzhou and Yizhou, he did not spend his mind on the military affairs of Liangzhou and Yizhou, but handed over these military affairs to the iron bull and thunderstorm to deal with it all, and now the imperial court has asked them to supervise the military of Liangzhou and Yizhou, there is not much difference, the only difference is that Hua'an used to have the right to mobilize the armies of Liangzhou and Yizhou, but now, there is no right to transfer.

However, Liangzhou and Yizhou also need guards, and there are not many soldiers and horses left, so Hua'an does not need to transfer troops from Liangzhou and Yizhou, and besides, Hua'an believes that Thunderstorm and Iron Bull will still give necessary assistance to him when he needs it.

The most important thing is that Iron Bull and Thunderstorm have been guarding Yizhou and Liangzhou for so many years, and there are not many opportunities for meritorious service, Hua'an owes them a debt, and now, the imperial court has promoted them, and Hua'an feels that he should not object. (To be continued......)