Chapter 1002: Entering the City Overnight
Han Yong naturally knew who Wang Biantou's brother was, but he still put on an unaware expression, and pretended to be curious and asked, "Who is the general's brother!" ”
Seeing that Han Yong pretended not to know, Wang Biantou showed a sneer in his heart, paused, and said with a straight face: "General, the elder brother of the last general is none other than General Pingbei under the command of the current Northern King." ”
"Oh, it's him." When Han Yong heard this, he pretended to be surprised again, and hurriedly asked: "General Pingbei came all the way from Luoyang to Jiangnan without prior notice, so the general would also be able to take advantage of the friendship of the landlord and treat him well." After speaking, he showed a slight look of regret.
Wang Biantou smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and said with a straight face: "The general doesn't have to regret, the third brother of the last general doesn't like these red tapes, he came to Jiangnan this time to visit the last general." ”
"Oh, it seems that there is still a deep brotherhood! General Pingbei once went to Liaodong with the general, and he had a good personal relationship, so he didn't say that he wanted to come to see the general. Han Yong said jokingly.
Wang Biantou smiled and said: "The third brother did mention the general, but I was afraid of disturbing the general, so I haven't come to visit for the time being, I believe that in a few days, the third brother will come to visit in person." ”
"Oh, that's good, Ben will be waiting for you at any time." Han Yong hurriedly said, paused, and asked curiously: "By the way, Vice General Wang, you suddenly told General Pingbei that you came to Jiangnan, is there something wrong?" ”
Obviously, Han Yong felt that Wang Biantou suddenly said in front of him that Wang San had arrived in Jiangnan, there must be some purpose, otherwise, it would be impossible to say this matter for no reason.
Seeing that Han Yong seemed to have guessed something, Wang Biantou also said bluntly: "That's right." General, the third brother came to Jiangnan this time to tell the general about something, and the general felt that it was a serious matter, so he wanted to hear the general's opinion. ”
"What's the matter?" Han Yong hurriedly asked.
Wang Biantou said, "General." The third brother told the last general that the palace in the old capital of Luoyang City was about to be repaired, and once the palace in Luoyang City was repaired, the king of the north would ask the imperial court to move the capital to Luoyang City. ”
"What, move the capital to Luoyang City." When Han Yong heard this, he was slightly surprised, although he had long known that the palace in Luoyang City was being repaired, and he had also guessed it. Once the palace is repaired, Hua'an is likely to make a move to ask the imperial court to move the capital to Luoyang City, but this is speculation after all, Han Yong is not very sure, now, Wang Biantou's words can be said to have turned this speculation into a fact, how can this not surprise him?
Seeing Han Yong, he showed a surprised expression. Wang Biantou hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "General, Luoyang City is the old capital of the Great Jin Dynasty. At that time, it was only to avoid the Hu people that they moved to Jiankang City, but now, the Hu people have fled far away, and several northern states have also been recovered by the king of the north, and the last general feels that the court should move back to the old capital. What does the general think? After speaking, he waited for Han Yong's answer.
When Han Yong heard this, he was slightly surprised, looked at Wang Biantou, and said, "Vice General Wang, you and I are both generals of the imperial court. should be wholeheartedly loyal to the imperial court, whether to move the capital or not, should be entirely up to the imperial court's decision, you and I just need to seriously lead the soldiers, there is no need to think about these. ”
Obviously, although Han Yong did not express his position directly, what he said actually made his position clear, that is, unconditional obedience to the imperial court, and now the imperial court is completely controlled by the scholars led by Xie An, so he now represents the interests of the scholars, and the scholars will try their best to obstruct the imperial court from moving the capital for their own interests.
Of course, Han Yong is also very helpless, after all, more than half of the generals under his command are all children of the Shi clan in Jiangnan, especially the relatives of Yangzhou Assassin Shi Xie An, for this reason, he must safeguard the interests of the Shi clan, otherwise, his position as the main general will not be kept, and there may even be imprisonment.
Seeing that Han Yong stood against the relocation of the capital, Wang Biantou felt a little regretful, but since the matter was already like this, he had to face it seriously.
"General, the king of the north has a handwritten letter, which is addressed to the general." Wang Biantou took out Hua An's handwritten letter from his arms and handed it to Han Yong.
Seeing that Hua An had written a handwritten letter to himself, Han Yong was slightly surprised, but he still took it and opened the letter gently.
After reading the whole letter, Han Yong suddenly felt frightened, Hua An first told the time with Han Yong during the trip to Liaodong in the letter, and said that he missed this time very much, in order to win over the feelings between each other, and then, he explained to Han Yong the reason for letting the imperial court move the capital to Luoyang City, and Hua An said in the letter These reasons are very sufficient, so that Han Yong feels very convinced, but Han Yong also has a hard time, so knowing that Hua An is reasonable, he can't express support, and at the end of the letter, Hua An expressed his worries very tactfully, and made it clear that if some ministers of the imperial court tried their best to prevent the imperial court from moving the capital to Luoyang City, then the generals under his command were likely to put forward the requirements of the Qing monarch.
Although Hua An said very politely and tactfully in the letter, Han Yong still understood Hua An's meaning very clearly, Hua An's intention is very clear, that is, if the imperial court moves the capital to Luoyang City, it is the best, and if the imperial court cannot move the capital to Luoyang City, then there must be a minister to obstruct it, so that he will lead the main army under his command in the name of the Qing monarch and launch an attack in the direction of Jiangnan, and now, Hua'an has millions of soldiers and horses, and the strength is very strong. With less than 200,000 soldiers and horses of the Yangzhou Army, it is impossible to stop it in any way, and Wang Wu and Wang Liu, who are stationed north of the river, are the old departments of Hua'an, once they are attached to Hua'an, Hua'an's strength will be greater, so that the 100,000 sailors under his command have become the only force to block Hua'an from crossing the river, and he knows very well in his heart that with less than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command, it is difficult to stop the main force of Hua'an's troops and horses no matter what, and Wang Biantou in front of him has obviously taken refuge in Hua'an. Wang Biantou's 20,000 henchmen and horses that he was able to control naturally became a very unstable factor among the 100,000 troops under his command. In this way, it will be even more difficult to stop Hua'an's southward army.
Since Wang Biantou didn't read Hua An's letter to Han Yong, for this reason, he didn't know the content of the letter at all, at this time, seeing Han Yong's very surprised expression, he was also shocked in his heart.
"Does Vice Admiral Wang intend to rebel against the imperial court?" Han Yong asked coldly.
Wang Biantou was shocked when he heard this. Surprised: "Why did the general say this, how could the last general, as a general of the Great Jin, rebel against the imperial court?" After speaking, I was very nervous, and I kept thinking about what Hua'an wrote in the letter.
Seeing Wang Biantou's surprised expression, Han Yong knew that Wang Biantou might not know that Hua'an had an attempt to raise troops south, but he naively felt that it was a good thing to move the capital to Luoyang City, and expressed his support.
"If Vice General Wang doesn't have the heart to rebel, it's naturally the best. The training of the soldiers in the battalion still needs to be strengthened, and this matter will bother Deputy General Wang more, so retreat! After speaking, he waved his hand and asked Wang Bian to retreat.
"Yes, General." Wang Bian clasped his fists and saluted, turned around and left the big tent of the Chinese army.
Wang Biantou had just left the big tent of the Chinese army, and Han Yong immediately ordered: "Someone is coming, immediately send General Xie Shi to come." ”
"Yes. Checkmate. When the little colonel heard the order, he left to summon Xie Shi.
At this time, Han Yong's heart was very chaotic. Hua'an already has millions of soldiers, and every word he says is very weighty, for this reason, Han Yong must not be taken lightly, and how to deal with this matter. Han Yong felt that he was powerless, and felt that it was necessary to consult with Xie Shi, after all, the Chen Jun Xie clan had already controlled more than half of the forces in the navy, and. Xie An is a big celebrity around the emperor.
Soon, Xie Shi strode into Han Yong's Chinese army tent, and hurriedly asked, "Is there something important that the general is in such a hurry to summon the last general?" ”
Han Yong nodded, and said with a straight face: "General Xie's worries have been fulfilled, look at this!" After speaking, he handed over the handwritten letter written by Hua An to Xie Shi.
Xie Shi didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly looked at it carefully.
"It seems that what the assassin said is right, the king of the north is really going to make a move, how does the general plan to deal with it?" Xie Shi asked nervously.
Han Yong shook his head slightly, and said anxiously, "If Ben Jiang knew what to do, would he still discuss it with you?" Hey, now the king of the north has millions of troops, if he really leads the troops south in the name of the Qing monarch's side, it will be impossible to stop it with our soldiers and horses in the south of the Yangtze River, and once the war starts, it will be a disaster! After saying that, he became worried.
Hearing this, Xie Shi nodded and said, "What the general said is yes!" If the king of the north really wants to lead the troops south, we really can't stop it, and the last general has just received the news that the general of Pingbei passed through Pengcheng on the way to the south of the Yangtze River, and met with the two generals who guarded Xuzhou, and these two generals are the old department of the king of the north, and the last general has a hunch that they may support the king of the north and rebel against the court! ”
"That's not all! This letter was handed over to the general by Vice Admiral Wang. Han Yong said helplessly.
When Xie Shi heard this, he was not particularly surprised, he had already guessed that it was Wang Biantou, so he said lightly: "The general doesn't have to worry about Vice General Wang, there are only 20,000 henchmen and horses under his command, if necessary, we can immediately remove Vice General Wang's military power and take all the cronies and generals under his command into custody, so it will be difficult for Vice General Wang to make a difference." ”
Obviously, Xie Shi had already begun to monitor Wang Biantou, and had placed eyeliner among Wang Biantou's cronies, so he was very confident and felt that he could firmly control Wang Biantou and let him not do whatever he wanted.
Han Yong nodded and said, "That's fine, but how to deal with this matter, Ben Jiang still has no clue!" After speaking, he frowned deeply.
Obviously, he was completely flustered about such a big matter, and felt that no matter how he dealt with it, something was wrong.
When Xie Shi heard this, he pondered for a moment, and said: "General, since such a serious thing has happened, why don't we enter the city tonight and discuss with the assassin history overnight, in this way, with the assassin history in charge, maybe we can think of a way to deal with it." ”
Obviously, Xie Shi didn't know how to deal with it, after all, it was an undeniable fact that Hua'an had many soldiers and horses, he didn't have enough strength, so he naturally didn't dare to hold it up, and felt that this hot potato should be pushed to Xie An, although Xie An was the assassin of Yangzhou?
"Okay, you and I will prepare, and we will enter the city overnight." Han Yong immediately agreed to Xie Shi's suggestion.
Subsequently, Han Yong and Xie Shi made some preparations, and led a team of personal soldiers to leave the naval camp on horseback and run towards Jiankang City at the fastest speed.
Soon, Han Yong and Xie Shi's group passed through the street five miles away from the naval camp and galloped through, but their passage still caused a lot of movement, after all, it was already very late at this time, and there were almost no pedestrians on the street.
By the window on the second floor of the inn, Wang San and several personal soldiers beside him were watching Han Yong and his party leave, and after Han Yong and his party left completely, a smile appeared on the corner of Wang San's mouth.
Since handing over the letter in his arms to Wang Biantou, Wang San had anticipated this, and deliberately waited for Han Yong by the window on the second floor, and now Han Yong had rushed to the direction of Jiankang City, which was enough to prove that Hua'an's plan was successful, and then, he just had to wait for the development of the situation.
Soon, Han Yong and Xie Shi and their entourage arrived at the city of Jiankang City, but at this time, it was already time, and the city gate had already been closed.
"Open the gates, open the door." Han Yong's personal soldiers shouted loudly.
"The hour has passed, so go back into the city tomorrow morning!" The little colonel who was guarding the city said loudly.
Xie Shi was furious when he heard this, and shouted: "Bastard, General Han has an urgent matter to meet the assassin Shi, so don't open the city gate quickly." ”
The little colonel guarding the city naturally recognized Xie Shi, but the black light was blind and he couldn't see it clearly, and after listening to Xie Shi's scolding, he knew that it was Xie Shi, and the general Han that Xie Shi said in his mouth was naturally Han Yong, the governor of the navy, and the two generals who were so important wanted to enter the city, naturally there was something important, but as a guard at the city gate, he could not open the city gate at will at night without receiving a special order, otherwise, he would be a capital crime.
"The general forgives the sin, the duty of the last general, without the order of the assassin, the city gate shall not be opened at night." The little school guarding the city politely refused.
Xie Shi was furious when he heard this, and scolded: "Pedanc, I will have a hundred thousand urgent things with General Han, I must enter the city tonight and open the city gate quickly." (To be continued......)