In order to prevent the Yan army from raiding Yecheng, Hua'an consulted with Jiang Gan many times, hoping to abandon Yecheng and move south when necessary, but Jiang Gan believed that there was little territory left in Wei, and resolutely opposed the abandonment of Yecheng, and vowed to live and die with Yecheng.

Seeing that Jiang Gan and the Wei army under his command stepped up the construction of defensive facilities in Yecheng, Hua'an also gave up the idea of evacuating Yecheng, and personally comforted the soldiers under his command, saying that he would definitely give the soldiers a satisfactory explanation.

Under Hua'an's promise and appeasement, the feelings of the soldiers under his command gradually stabilized, and many generals urged Hua'an to do his best to claim the throne, and get rid of the constraints of the Great Jin Dynasty to ensure their own interests.

With the unanimous support of the generals under his command, Hua'an took the long-cherished wish of recovering the lost territory in the north and wrote to the court of the Great Jin Dynasty, asking for the title of fake king of the north, in order to balance the king of Yan, who was eyeing him, and asked him to dispose of all things in the governor's area on the condition that he did not want any material and food from the imperial court.

Hua'an's request to be the king of such a land is tantamount to a rebellious move for the Great Jin Dynasty, but at this moment, in the case of the Great Jin Dynasty that the Great Jin Dynasty wants to attack itself, such a rebellion is already an inevitable choice, and the officials of the Great Jin Dynasty should know this, and they should be responsible for their impulsive behavior.

These days, Hua An has been wondering how the officials of the imperial court will react when they receive a request to claim the title of king, whether it will be anger, fear, disappointment, despair, or helplessness.

What kind of response will the Great Jin Imperial Court make, Hua An also thought about it countless times in his mind. But in any case, as long as you can stabilize the main army under your command with real benefits, it is enough to protect yourself.

"Report, general, Murong Ke personally led the main force of 80,000 Yan troops and has left Xiangguo City." At this moment, a small colonel rushed into the big tent and reported loudly.

When Hua An heard this, his heart was shocked, and the brush in his hand fell to the ground unconsciously. And hurriedly asked: "The main force of Murong Ke's 80,000 Yan army." What position has you already reached, and how many miles are there from Yecheng. After speaking, he looked at the map on the case.

"General Hui, the main army led by Murong Ke did not march towards Yecheng. Instead, they ran northeast. The specific goals are not yet known. The little school replied truthfully.

"What. Murong Ke personally led an army of 80,000 and marched to the northeast, how could this be. Hua An said as he began to examine the map carefully. Immediately, he understood Murong Ke's goal, it turned out that Murong Ke was going to attack Lukou, which was guarded by Wang Wuzhen, the general of Wei, in order to remove the threat of his flank.

Lukou is an important position, therefore, Wang Wu made every effort to defend to ensure this strategic place, but at this moment Murong Ke personally led the main army to attack Lukou's flank, with Wang Wu's strength, it was impossible to hold Lukou City no matter what, and the actual situation in the direction of Yecheng also made Hua'an unable to reinforce Lukou, for this reason, Hua'an immediately made a decision, let the little colonel immediately report this important news to Jiang Gan, and set up a plan for Wang Wu to lead his troops to evacuate from Lukou and join the main force of the Wei army in Yecheng.

After the colonel left, Hua An looked at the map on the case in front of him, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, he did not expect that the main force of the Yan army would abandon Yecheng and attack Lukou, so that the military pressure on Hua An's shoulders would be greatly reduced, and after the Yan army broke through Lukou, Hua An also had enough confidence that he could restore the morale of the army in these days, so that when the main force of the Yan army returned to Xiangguo, he would have enough strength to deal with the Yan army.

"General." Wang Meng walked into the big tent of the Chinese army and saluted Hua'an.

Hua An hurriedly got up and asked, "General Wang, what's the situation?" ”

Wang Meng clenched his fists and replied: "General Qiyu, the officials sent by Sizhou to the imperial court have all been arrested by the officers and soldiers of our army, and they have collected the charges of annexing the land, preying on the common people, and leading our army to be disheartened. After speaking, he put a large stack of booklets recording charges on Hua'an's case.

Hua An picked up a copy at random and flipped through it, the content in it was indeed the content that recorded the crimes of the officials of the Shi clan, and besides, there were all the human and material evidence, and it was impossible to deny it.

"General Wang, you have done a good job, so there are all the human and material evidence, see how these children of the noble scholar clan can deny it." Hua An said and dropped the booklet in his hand on the case.

"What is the general going to do with these officials?" Wang Meng asked with his fists clenched.

Hua An thought for a while, and said: "First all of them will be seized, and after the officials in the Guanzhong direction are arrested, they will be sent to Jiankang City together, and these booklets that record crimes, all of them will be copied separately and sent to Jiankang City together, and we will see what the court has to say." ”

Hearing this, Wang Meng nodded, and said softly: "The general has made up his mind, and the general will return to Guanzhong, deal with the affairs in Guanzhong, and return all the land and things that have been encroached upon by the imperial court to the original owner, and immediately comfort the people who have suffered losses, so that the soldiers in front can fight with peace of mind." ”

Hua An agreed: "Okay, General Wang, you return to Guanzhong immediately, you must let Guanzhong restore order as much as possible, at present, there are many people in Hebei and little arable land, and Guanzhong needs to be continuously supplied with grain and grass, and the grain and grass in Luoyang are also difficult to be self-sufficient, and the stability of Guanzhong is extremely important, please." ”

"The general can rest assured, everything will be handed over to the last general." Wang Meng clasped his fists and saluted, turned around and left the Chinese army's tent.

After Wang Meng left, Hua'an breathed a sigh of relief, all the court officials in the direction of Sizhou had been arrested, and a large amount of their incriminating evidence had been collected, with the evidence of these officials' crimes, Hua'an had enough reason to escort all these officials to Jiankang City, and issued a warning to the imperial court, paving the way for himself to be king.

Soon, the civil officials in the Hua'an army copied these booklets recording the charges again, kept the original books, and sent all the newly copied booklets to the armies, so as to inform the officers and soldiers of the army that all the court officials who had violated their interests had been arrested, and the land that had been usurped by these officials would soon be returned to their original owners, so as to appease the anger in the hearts of the soldiers and reassure them completely.

"General." Less than half an hour after Wang Meng left, Zhang Yu entered the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Zhang Yu, whether the supply of grain and grass for the army is sufficient, and whether our army is worried about running out of food." Hua An asked.

Zhang Yu hugged his fists and said: "General Hui, our army has enough grain and grass, and there is no worry about running out of food for the time being, but Sizhou grain and grass are not self-sufficient, especially north of the Yellow River, in the area centered on Yecheng, the shortage of grain is the strictest, fortunately, the grain and grass in Guanzhong can be supplied to Sizhou, but the grain and grass in Guanzhong is also very limited, and the surplus grain and grass in Guanzhong can supply hundreds of thousands of troops, but it can barely be supported, but if you add nearly one million people around Yecheng, the grain and grass stored in Guanzhong will not be able to support it for a few years." ”

Hua An was shocked when he heard this, and said softly: "The lack of grain and grass around Yecheng is so big, it is indeed a very strict problem, if it can't be solved as much as possible, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

"General, the surrounding area of Yecheng has been war-torn, and the common people are becoming more and more adept at fighting, and they are becoming more and more unable to farm, besides, the army of Yan may go south at any time, and the people will not farm with peace of mind, and they must rely on foreign aid." Zhang Yu said helplessly.

Hua An nodded and said softly: "What you said is also true, there are more than 100,000 troops stationed around Yecheng, and a war may break out at any time, where can you still farm, by the way, how is the construction in Luoyang and Xingyang, and how much has the cultivated land increased." ”

"General Hui, agriculture in Luoyang and Xingyang has just improved, and the cultivated land has also increased by three percent, but it is not self-sufficient in a short period of time, and it is even more impossible to support the Yecheng area. Zhang Yu said truthfully.

When Hua An heard this, he nodded and said: "What you said is that now, there are still a large number of soldiers in our army, from Liangzhou and Yizhou, although the imperial court has demoted the military affairs of Liangzhou and Yizhou, but the court officials have embezzled the fields that the generals have rewarded the soldiers, and the generals can't ignore it!" ”

"General, in Liangzhou and Yizhou, the imperial court officials wantonly embezzled the land of our army's soldiers, but only did not touch the fields of the soldiers under the command of the four generals Lei, Tie, Chen, and Li stationed in Erzhou, which seemed to be quite targeted, and the four generals did not take any action, let alone report the situation to the generals, so it seems that the four generals are likely to fall to the imperial court, if this happens, our army will lose most of the grain and grass supply, and can only rely on the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan in Guanzhong, the pressure will be very great, in addition, if the four generals join forces to enter Guanzhong in the north, it will also cause great pressure on the legions left behind in my Guanzhong, and the general must not be guarded against! Zhang Yu whispered.

When Hua An heard this, he frowned and said softly: "Thunderstorm and Tie Niu are the life and death brothers of the general, and they will not betray the general, Chen Ting's two sons are under the command of the general, and they will not turn against each other, as for Li Yi alone, he can't afford to set off any big waves in Yizhou, Zhang Yu, you are too worried!" ”

Zhang Yu shook his head again and again, hugged his fists and said: "General, how can brotherhood be worth the benefits, now the imperial court has not only greatly improved the positions of several generals, and given a large number of rewards, and the fields of the generals under the command of several generals have not been affected in the slightest, Liang and Yierzhou are rich in products, and the imperial court is so favorable, it is difficult to ensure that several generals will not be moved, as the saying goes, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if, in case these generals fall to the imperial court, the generals will no longer be able to get a large amount of food and salary support from Yizhou and Liangzhou, and the remaining legions in Guanzhong, It will also be threatened from the south, and the consequences are unimaginable. ”

"Enough, Zhang Yu, you are alarmist, how can the life and death brother of this general be so unbearable." Hua An said loudly and angrily.

In fact, Hua Anzhong was already a little worried about the thunderstorm and the iron bull, and judging from the situation reported by Congshi, the two had a good impression of the imperial court. (To be continued......)