When the outside world learned of the news, their first reaction was not to believe it. Su Tingxia only brought more than 10,000 horses with him when he set out on the expedition, although he recruited troops and horses on the way to Beichuan, but he also experienced an expedition to the Bohai Sea, and there were countless deserters on the way. Now that the withdrawal from the Bohai Sea will only decrease the number of soldiers and horses, how can there still be more than 100,000 men and horses?

But after a detailed investigation by all parties, it was only known that this was not a bluff, and the number of Su Tingxia's soldiers and horses was indeed very large, and it was unknown how large it was. But the number of soldiers and horses is at least 70,000 or 80,000, that is, this is a soldier and horse that can change the situation in the Central Plains along the way.

Su Tingxia's soldiers and horses retreated south, and Luoyang did not release the news in advance, and it was only after the soldiers and horses passed the northern pass that all parties received information one after another. Even Luoyang itself learned about the situation after Su Tingxia retreated south. As for whether this road of soldiers and horses was personally led by Su Tingxia, no one knew, and even Han Jian was not sure whether it was Su Tingxia who personally led the troops. Along with Su Tingxia's subordinates, there were hundreds of thousands of ordinary people, almost all of whom were citizens of the Bohai Kingdom, which was like a major internal migration.

As soon as the soldiers and horses came along the way, the situation in the entire Central Plains suddenly became tense. The Yuzhou Soldiers and Horses Division, which was already stationed outside Luoyang City, did not make any changes after learning of the situation, and seemed to be observing the shape to decide whether to launch a strong attack, continue to garrison, or prepare to withdraw the troops. The reaction of the Guanzhong side was also very indifferent, in addition to strengthening the garrison on the front line of the Guanzhong Pass, and then sending people to hurriedly receive a group of soldiers and civilians who had withdrawn from the area west of Guanzhong into Guanzhong. In this way, the Xiwangfu is tantamount to completely abandoning the area outside Guanzhong and preparing to defend Guanzhong.

The Xianbei people were still spending the winter, and after the plundering they had earned in the first year, they had no time to go out to Guannan in winter.

Of the parties, the most unusual reaction was from the Nanqi side. Judging from the information obtained by Han Jian, before Su Tingxia returned to the army and went south. It seems that all parties of the Southern Qi people have reached an agreement, and they are ready to use Yuzhou as a breakthrough to kill the hinterland of the Central Plains from Yuzhou while the king of Nan and Huang Shilang of Zhennan are not in Yuzhou.

Han Jian was most worried about two aspects, one was Su Tingxia's loyalty. Judging from the fact that Su Tingxia cut off contact with Dongwangfu when he sent troops to Bohai, this person is ambitious. And he is the kind of person who has a strong military strategy and foresight, since he has been given a chance, and now his soldiers and horses are very prosperous, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not take advantage of the emptiness of Luoyang to plot the authority of the Central Plains. In addition, Han Jian is most worried about the people of Nanqi. How to say that in the past two years, the people of Nanqi have been watching the fire on the other side, although there are internal battles in Nanqi, but under the national strength, this time the intention to send troops will not just want to make a fortune and leave.

The Wei Dynasty wanted to unify the world, but why didn't the people of Southern Qi want to?

After Su Tingxia's department crossed the North Pass. In a few days, Luoyang also strengthened its vigilance, and the yamen of the military station was also raising accounts every day, and in the end the discussion was inconclusive. However, there is a general opinion, that is, when Luoyang is in danger now, it is best to transfer back all the soldiers and horses who are out of the country. But Han Jian's opinion was very insistent, it was one thing to capture Guanzhong, and it was another thing to defend Luoyang, and as for the southward movement of Lin Zhan's troops, there was no timetable for the time being. Han Jian didn't plan to let Lin Zhan come back to the troubled waters for the time being.

A few days later, Su Tingxia arrived in Luoyang with the recital of the imperial court.

Han Jian was the first to see the transcript. I also learned the contents of it for the first time.

In Su Tingxia's book, Chen omitted the results he had gained since he sent troops to Bohai, although there was a slight exaggeration in it, but it was basically consistent with Han Jian's previous investigation.

First of all, Su Tingxia pacified the entire territory of the Bohai Sea, because the Bohai State did not have a definite territorial concept, in the strict sense. Su Tingxia pacified Liaodong and Jilin for a generation, as for the north, because it was sparsely populated at this time and the winter was particularly cold, it was already sparsely populated. Some of the old nobles of the Bohai Kingdom could only flee north to such a deserted place to try to make a comeback, but Su Tingxia did not send troops to chase them to the northern wilderness. Instead, they chose to retreat south.

The second point is the attrition and loss of war. Su Tingxia first leveled the Balhai Sea, and then leveled the Silla reinforcements, and at the same time went to Silla twice, but did not achieve good results, but only knocked down several cities in the northern part of Silla, forcing the Silla people to send peace talks. In the end, Su Tingxia accepted the Silla people's title of vassal on behalf of the imperial court, and said that the Silla people would send envoys to Luoyang to meet them in the near future. In addition, Su Tingxia indicated in the above book that the number of soldiers and horses withdrawn was 110,000, which was the number of combat troops, of which there were not many cavalry, only more than 10,000, most of them were infantry, and the weapons were relatively old. According to Su Tingxia's statement, the imperial court should immediately support the weapons. Coupled with the civilian men and prisoners of war accompanying the army, the number of soldiers and horses that can be mobilized on this road is 1890,000, which is even larger than the outside world expected.

Even though Han Jian and Yang Rui hadn't seen each other for many days, he still had to go into the palace to discuss with Yang Rui when he encountered such a big matter.

Entering the palace, Han Jian also went directly to the inner bed.

At this time, Yang Rui was nearly six months pregnant, and her actions had remained unchanged, and she only stayed in the dormitory during the day and did not come out. In order to avoid being too embarrassed, Han Jian invited Gu Weipan to meet with him, Yang Rui did not summon Han Jian and Gu Weipan in the expected dormitory, but chose to be in a small flower hall not far from the dormitory.

When Gu Weipan saw the pregnant Yang Rui, he was also surprised, from this Han Jian knew that it was Gu Weipan who assumed the bond between the courtiers and Yang Rui, but in fact, Gu Weipan had not seen Yang Rui for many days, and he didn't know that Yang Rui was now pregnant to the point of having a big belly.

"I heard that Su Aiqing came back with the troops?" Yang Rui just sat down and spoke.

Han Jianxin said that he used to call Su Tingxia "surnamed Su", and he mentioned that he was like a courtier, but now he calls him "Su Aiqing", which is really a change of time. Could it be that Yang Rui thought that Su Tingxia came back to rescue the imperial court?

"Yes."

Han Jian presented Su Tingxia's recital.

Yang Rui opened it and looked at it, there were dozens of pages in the book, and there were many treasures looted from the Bohai Kingdom, and the entire Bohai Kingdom could not be described as devastated after being trampled by Su Tingxia's subordinates, not only the country was destroyed, but it was about to be wiped out. Even the remaining residents have to migrate to Guannai, which shows Su Tingxia's extremes.

But Su Tingxia's extremes were also "forced" by Han Jian. If it weren't for the fact that Han Jian didn't give Su Tingxia food for the soldiers at the beginning, and let him enter the army by snatching and raising the war by fighting, he would not have done such a desperate thing, and now those Confucian scholars and well-educated people in the world mention Su Tingxia is like mentioning a demon who drinks blood. Now I know that Su Tingxia is coming back. Some even tried to attack the man at the imperial court to prevent him from returning to a "sacred" place like Luoyang.

"Good." Yang Rui finally put down the notebook, looked at Han Jian and said, "Now that Su Aiqing's men and horses are back, the king of the south will not dare to make another time, I don't know if he can send an envoy to the Yuzhou army to inform him of this." Let the king of the south come to Luoyang in person to take the blame? ”

Han Jian thought to himself, Yang Luochuan had already been guilty of Jing once before, and in the end, he was not vicious and difficult to change back to the soldiers and horses to plot his imperial career? Now even if Yang Luochuan comes back, can he still trust him?

The best way now is to completely subdue Yuzhou, not drag it down, and make the entire military and political system of Yuzhou under the control of the imperial court, so as to ensure that Yuzhou will not change again. Now there is a good opportunity, the date for the Southern Qi to send troops has basically been set, and all parties are already raising people. The direction of sending troops is also determined to be Yuzhou, and now the battle in Luoyang is basically impossible to fight, in a few days, the soldiers and horses of Zhennanhou will be withdrawn if they do not withdraw, will Yang Luochuan and Huang Shilang watch Yuzhou being subordinated by the people of Nanqi, and still count on the capture of Luoyang?

Faced with Yang Rui's question as if he was joking, Han Jian chose to remain silent. Gu Weipan on the side naturally didn't say anything.

"That's fine." Yang Rui finally said by himself, "Since the people of the Southern Dynasties have the ambition to plot the Central Plains. Now he is preparing to send troops to Yuzhou, and he thinks that the soldiers and horses of Nanwang will not stay outside Luoyang for a long time. Gu Taishi may wish to take the name of the imperial court. Send people to the Yuzhou army to discuss how to resist the invading enemy. Although the king of the south has bad intentions, he is also a minister of the king, and I don't want to end up taking advantage of the people of the southern dynasty for nothing. ”

Gu Weipan glanced at Han Jian, this expression obviously meant to ask for instructions, and in the end, he didn't get Han Jian's expression. Only then did he accept the order.

"Mrs. Gu, this king and His Majesty have something to do, I don't know if I can avoid it." Han Jian said.

Gu Weipan couldn't have left earlier, and if he stayed here, he already felt like a light bulb. Yang Rui's belly is so big now. In his heart, he was still angry with the child's father, and Han Jian even pulled him as a backing, with him by his side, Han Jian and Yang Rui always need to be polite and even inconsistent when they speak. He felt the pressure and wanted to leave early.

As soon as the person left, Yang Rui turned his head a little angrily, as if he was ready to quarrel with Han Jian.

"Are you really going to send another army to rescue Yuzhou?" Han Jian's tone was also calm.

Yang Rui said-for-tat: "Otherwise? Look at the Southern Dynasties to take Yuzhou? Without the barrier of Yuzhou, how can Luoyang be stable? ”

Han Jian sighed: "Then have you ever thought about why the Southern Dynasties would send troops to Yuzhou at this time?" ”

Yang Rui originally made up her mind not to look at Han Jian, so as not to be coaxed by Han Jian again, she also knew that she was no longer the arrogant and empty empress she used to be, she was now a wife, how much she missed Han Jian in her heart these days, and what kind of suffering she endured, she also knew it. She also knew that she couldn't stand Han Jian saying a few good words, so she simply came up with an arrogant posture.

But now, she couldn't help but glance sideways at Han Jian.

Han Jian also sat down and sighed: "The people of the Southern Dynasties, sending troops to the Central Plains are not to plot against the Central Plains, but to harbor ghosts. ”

"How?" Yang Ruidao.

Originally, the Southern Dynasties were divided into the troop faction and the peace negotiation faction, led by Xie Rumo, who always advocated the pacification of the Central Plains by force. But even Xie Rumo himself knew that it took a long time to send troops to the Central Plains, and it could not be completed in a few years or even decades, and what he wanted was nothing more than the military and political power of the Southern Dynasties. He wanted to completely secure his position as the uncrowned emperor. Han Jian said in a deep voice, "Empress Dowager He's party, originally supplemented by Zhu Tongjing, can be called a faction, now Zhu Tongjing is self-reliant, Empress Dowager He's party has long been out of power, once Empress Dowager He's people, most of them have taken refuge in other families, and on the issue of sending troops to the Central Plains, Empress Dowager He has no right to speak." As for Zhu Tongjing, he used to know very well that it was not enough to pacify the Central Plains with the national strength of the Southern Dynasties, but now he is also a representative of the faction that sent troops, because he knew that if he wanted to use his connections and status, he could only establish his prestige on the battlefield. And Xiao Ling, the king of Hui, might as well say that he had no idea of entering the Central Plains, and this time he agreed, just to relieve the crisis for me in Luoyang. ”

Yang Rui sneered: "Your relationship with King Hui is not bad!" ”

"Do you think I'm going to use this to betray the court?" Han Jian said, "Even if you want to sell it, what else can the imperial court sell now?" ”

Yang Rui couldn't answer, now that the imperial court was in the hands of the Eastern Palace, Han Jian didn't need to ask for her opinion on what to do, because she had become a puppet herself. And what the imperial court has, except for the nominal master of the Central Plains, there is nothing left, and even she herself has become a victim to give birth to children for Han Jian, what face does the imperial court have?

Han Jian said: "One more thing, you don't want the flesh and blood in your womb to be born, and you don't even have a name?" Why don't you ...... it sooner After completing some things, it is also good but the court is worried. ”

Yang Rui was still a little annoyed when he heard Han Jian mention the marriage again, and turned his head sideways and said, "Don't mention this matter." ”

"So what? If you have a child out of wedlock, even if everyone in the world knows what the identity of this child is, how will he deal with himself in the future? Do you want him to hold a grudge against you and me in the future, and treat us like enemies? ”

Yang Rui couldn't say anything, but she was ready to give birth to the child and raise him alone. In her opinion, things will never be as bad as Han Jian said.

Han Jian sighed and said, "Tomorrow afternoon, I am going to convene the courtiers and hold a court meeting in the palace to announce the marriage of you and me." At the same time, it will also grant amnesty to the world in order to calm people's hearts. In this way, the world is settled, and I will return the military power to you. ”

"You...... Say what? Yang Rui was surprised not by the first half of the sentence, but by the second half of the sentence, Han Jian now holds the power of the military and politics, and will he return to the military and politics?

"Anyway, you are the king, and I am the minister. But in this I am a husband, and you are a wife. Han Jian said, "In terms of big gifts, the minister is the king, but in terms of the small ceremony, the wife is the husband." I just want my family to be in harmony. As for how to calm the world in the future, that is also what you, as an emperor, are worried about. I, as a courtier, will listen to you. ”

"What do you mean by the Three Platforms and Five Constants, in the end, you still don't want me to listen to you in everything?" Yang Rui said angrily, as if he was very angry, but when he turned his head, the corners of his eyes couldn't help but be a little wet.

Although she didn't believe what Han Jian said in her heart, Han Jian still expressed her intention to return the military power. Anyway, this is what she felt the most guilty about before, and it is precisely because of this that she often quarrels with Han Jian.

If this matter can be resolved, then the last stone in her heart will also fall to the ground. (To be continued......)