Chapter 917: An Unexpected Heir
At the same time as Han Jian established the crown prince, the edict of amnesty and tax reduction and exemption was also issued, which was equivalent to Han Jian paving the way for the final unification of the south.
Compared with Sima Yu's calmness, Su Tingxia has already felt that the general trend has gone, after he was cut off by Sima Yu, he originally hoped to collect his own territory in the land of Fujian and Guangdong to split the soil and seal the king, but now it seems that if he can no longer fly the banner of the Northern Dynasty, let alone tear the earth and seal the king, even he will not be able to protect himself. At this time, Han Jian's edict to persuade Su Tingxia also reached Su Tingxia's army, and at the same time, Han Jian also asked Su Tingxia to lead his troops north, and together with Lin Zhan and Zhang Xing's troops, Sima Yi's Qinwang army was wiped out in one fell swoop.
Su Tingxia had no choice at this time, as the number of deserters in his army increased, and the prestige of his commander was also decreasing, if he could not continue to be loyal to the Northern Dynasty, he would also follow in the footsteps of Zhu Tongjing. At this time, he had no choice, and after discussing with his generals, he chose to wave his troops north, but he also kept an eye on it, and took advantage of Han Jian's edict to receive six or seven cities on the Fujian-Guangdong border that had been included in the table, so that even if he could not win a battle with Sima, he would have a way to retreat.
On the second day of the first month of March, Su Tingxia's last 30,000 soldiers and horses, known as the 100,000 army, went north from the Tingjiang River, preparing to directly insert the north from Wuping and start a decisive battle with the main force of Sima Yi's Chinese army. Su Tingxia's idea is good, he wants to take advantage of Lin Zhan and Zhang Xing's two ways of attacking central Fujian and eastern Fujian, Sima Yi has to return to help, he can take the opportunity to include parts of western Fujian and southern Fujian into the territory, and when the war over there is over, his soldiers and horses have already restrained the generation from southern Fujian to Guangdong, and he is qualified to argue with Han Jian. But he obviously ignored a problem, that is, Sima Yi had made preparations for a back-to-back battle from the beginning. Even when Fuzhou City, the last key pass of Sima Qi's Qinwang army, was about to be lost, Sima Qi did not have the intention of withdrawing troops to help.
Sima Yi knew very well that his strength was not enough to fight on both sides, even if he lost Fuzhou City, he could return the victory in the battle against Su Tingxia, and his war would be worth it. He still has one last chance to deal with Han Jian.
At this time, Han Jian was in Jinling City, and when he looked at the war situation map, he already felt that the war had basically reached the final stage, and the main thing to see in this closing battle was the final victory or defeat of the decisive battle between Sima Yi and Su Tingxia.
If Sima wins, Han Jian can send people from all walks of life to the south without any scruples, and even transfer Han Cui's and Han Zhao's subordinates in the Jiangjiang region to western Fujian, but if Su Tingxia's subordinates win, Han Jian is hesitating whether to rely on political means to receive Su Tingxia's men. still relied on force to completely subdue Su Tingxia. Judging from the current situation, Su Tingxia's chances of victory are not great, and the desperate Sima has greatly increased his chances of winning.
Sima used this to respond to all changes and directly reversed the situation of the first battle against Su Tingxia.
What Han Jian has to do in Jinling City is to wait for news from western Fujian and southern Fujian every day, and he has also imagined countless battles between Sima Yi and Su Tingxia in his heart, and he is also guessing in his heart who will be the last victor of these two men who are his last enemies.
“…… Isn't Your Majesty afraid that they will be linked? Fa also saw that Han Jian had rehearsed countless battles on the sand table. Finally, I couldn't help but ask her question.
This was also a concern for many generals of the Southern Dynasties. Su Tingxia's rebellion seems to be obvious by now. Han Jian not only did not cure Su Tingxia's crimes, but also sent an edict, saying that he would forgive Su Tingxia's previous mistakes, which actually caused a very bad impact on the army. It still has the strength to fight with the Northern Dynasties.
But Han Jian shook his head with certainty and said, "Others or maybe, they ...... I don't believe it. ”
Han Jian did have reason not to believe it, as if he believed that Sima Yi and Zhu Tongjing would not unite together. Sima Yi and Su Tingxia didn't deal with each other in the first place, although the two had little intersection before, they were both very conceited people. They can judge the current situation, either you die or I die, if he and Su Tingxia cooperate, whether it is in the coordination of soldiers and horses, or in the division of interests, they cannot achieve coordination, the final result is not one plus one equals two, but one plus one is less than one, so what is the meaning of the union?
Fa Yi would not refute Han Jian, she was only worried about this situation in her heart.
Since the beginning of March, Han Jian has already planned to lead his troops south, although Han Jian's personal expedition to the south should have been in the middle of the first month, but now it has been delayed by Han Jian for nearly two months. In March, although Han Jian sang less often every night, he still occasionally went to Xiao Zhan, often staying up all night, which made Fa Yi anxious and angry. Fa Yi's temper has always been very good, even so, she still can't accept that Han Jian is too close to Xiao Zhan, because Fa Yi knows that Xiao Zhan's motives are not pure.
But it was also in this context that Fa Ye learned a shocking news that Xiao Zhan was pregnant.
Fa also diagnosed Xiao Zhan's pulse on the ninth day of the first month of March, when Xiao Zhan was almost two months pregnant. In other words, Xiao Zhan was pregnant in the first month, and within a few days of getting along with Han Jian, she became pregnant, and her expression became a little cold. Such a child may have a great impact, and it may also have an impact on the political situation of the Southern Dynasties.
Fa also knows Han Jian's personality very well, at the moment Han Jian may just regard Xiao Zhan as a trophy, but Han Jian has feelings for Xiao Zhan, Xiao Zhan has this child, it is easy to win Han Jian's trust, if Han Jian crowns Xiao Zhan's child as king in the future, it may become a hidden danger in the future.
"Shaw's joy?" Han Jian was also a little surprised when he heard the news.
It's no wonder, in fact, Han Jian feels that he is lucky to have a lot of women around him, but in fact, there are very few pregnant, he doesn't know if this is related to his reincarnation, Xiao Zhan's child, no matter how Han Jian thinks, it can't be someone else's, Xiao Zhan was only committed to him at the end of the year, Han Jian had this female emperor of the Southern Dynasty in high spirits, and calculating the time of pregnancy, it was just when Xiao Zhan tried all kinds of methods to win his trust, so that Xiao Zhan could get pregnant, which can be regarded as a kind of trick by God on Xiao Zhan.
Fa Yi did not hide the news, and when she noticed that Xiao Zhan was happy, she still told Han Jian as soon as possible.
After the initial surprise, Han Jian did not exceed Fa Yi's expectations. With a long sigh, he fell back into deep thought. Han Jian often seems to be a little indecisive when it comes to women, because Han Jian cares too much about the feelings of the women around him.
"Yi'er, what do you think?" Han Jian looked at Fa Yi one last time.
Fa Yi naturally shook his head, this matter is too big. She herself couldn't calm down, Xiao Zhan was pregnant, which was probably a result that everyone didn't want to see since Han Jian took possession. Xiao Zhan didn't want to give birth to his enemies, Han Jian was not prepared for this, and the people in the Northern Dynasty system naturally didn't want Han Jian to have an heir with the empress of the Southern Dynasty. This involves the question of imperial rule.
Han Jian said: "This matter must not be publicized, her body will be taken care of by Yi'er for the time being......"
Fa also knew that Han Jian's "care" was to ask her to help diagnose, and he also hated Xiao Zhan. But she also knew that the flesh and blood in Xiao Zhan's abdomen were innocent, and that was also Han Jian's flesh and blood, and she herself had no luck to give birth to children for Han Jian, she still cherished Han Jian's heirs, which was a manifestation of her respect for Han Jian.
Han Jian spent the whole night in the study.
Or Han Jian also thought about Xiao Zhan's pregnancy from the beginning, but he didn't expect things to come so suddenly, Han Jian himself was also thinking about how to settle Xiao Zhan in the future. Continue to treat Xiao Zhan as a trophy that can be taken and desired. still put yourself in her shoes as the mother of your own child and treat her with sincerity.
When Han Jian was a little irritable in the middle of the night, he couldn't help but go out of the study to calm down. This night, in fact, Han Jian was waiting for news from Lingnan at the same time. Judging from what Han Jian learned, the decisive battle between Sima Yi and Su Tingxia had begun. Although it may not be possible to find out the final victory or defeat in the first battle, basically Su Tingxia and Sima Yi will not leave any behind, the problem is that Zhang Xing and Lin Zhan's soldiers and horses have already moved south, and there is not much time for Su Tingxia and Sima Yi to fight.
Han Jian naturally walked outside the Qianning Palace, and at this time there was still a candle flame inside. Han Jian didn't know if Xiao Zhan was asleep, but he knew that even if Xiao Zhan fell asleep, he wouldn't sleep very well, because Xiao Zhan definitely didn't have any preparations for his pregnancy.
"Your Majesty, your noble man has not eaten since noon today...... hasn't slept yet......" The female officer informed Han Jian of the situation.
Han Jian nodded, in fact, he had expected it.
Xiao Zhan made a compromise, thinking that he was Su Daji, who brought disaster to the country and the people, and tried to confuse Han Jian to the point that everyone betrayed his relatives and left, and in the end, it was best to destroy the country. But it didn't take long for her to become pregnant, this is the heir of the enemy in her mind, to say that Xiao Zhan should be hateful in her heart, but Xiao Zhan also knows that the orthodoxy of the imperial heir of the Southern Dynasty now, apart from her, there is only the uncompetitive imperial uncle Xiao Ling, can she count on Xiao Ling to complete the great cause of King Qin? She naturally hoped that Sima Yi could bring King Qin's soldiers and horses to Jinling, and she didn't expect that Sima Yi could take the opportunity to dominate the rivers and mountains, at most restore the status quo ante before the war, and even she could cede the land of Shuzhong and Jiangbei in exchange for the partial peace of the Southern Dynasty. But now it seems that it has exceeded her expectations, and her one child can make her fall into a situation from which she will never recover.
With children, she can no longer make her people completely new to her, a person who bears children for the emperor of an enemy country, and is still qualified to lead her people? But if Xiao Zhan is asked to give up this child, Xiao Zhan is even more unwilling, because after all, this is her own flesh and blood, and the most important thing is that this child may be able to pass on the imperial heir of the Southern Dynasty, even if the Southern Dynasty really falls completely in the future, maybe the son will be able to turn the tide and recover the rivers and mountains again after more than ten years or even decades?
When Han Jian stepped into the Qianning Palace, he saw Xiao Zhan in a trance. In the past few months, the charming and amorous beauty style has disappeared, and it has been replaced by the calmness and solemnity of Xiao Zhan when he was the eldest princess and emperor in the past, this is what Xiao Zhan originally looked like.
When Han Jian walked to the side of the bed, Xiao Zhan didn't even notice the intruder, and it wasn't until Han Jian sat down on the bed that Xiao Zhan glanced up at Han Jian, his face tense.
"The princess is still worried about being pregnant?" Han Jian asked in a calm tone.
Xiao Zhan didn't answer, and she didn't need to answer, although Han Jian was a thief who invaded her land and her enemy, but now he was also the only man, and the one who conquered her was also her father in the womb.
Han Jian looked into the distance and said, "Whether you want to or not, your child is also mine, and I will treat him equally, and I will never treat him badly." ”
When Xiao Zhan heard this, he seemed to understand something. It's as if she has been hiding the evil intentions in her heart, Han Jian is not falsely wronging her, both of them are very familiar with each other's personalities, and they both feel that they can rely on time to corrupt each other, in fact, from the beginning, the two of them are acting against each other, you pretend to be charming and amorous, and I pretend to be mine and are confused by you. Finally, after you get pregnant, we spread out the cards, and it turns out that everyone is covering up with each other for their own ulterior purposes.
Xiao Zhan was very angry, because in this scene, her sacrifice was great, because she was the one who made the compromise, not Han Jian. She is also the one who will be infamous and distrusted by her people afterwards.
"Humph!" Xiao Zhan didn't easily show her anger in front of Han Jian, but this time she was different, since things had been laid out, there was no need for her to pretend to be infatuated with Han Jian. But when Han Jian sighed and got up and walked out of the Qianning Palace, she still couldn't help but glance in the direction where Han Jian left, with a little loneliness in her heart.
If you put aside the hatred of the country, she and Han Jian used to be friends, and she also admired Han Jian's talent and ability, and there seemed to be no one else in the world who could conquer her except Han Jian, even if it was the talented Sima Yi, it was a cut behind after all. Xiao Zhan sighed faintly: "At the beginning, why didn't you leave me in the Northern Dynasty and not come back, wouldn't there be no now?" ”
Xiao Zhan seemed to hate Han Jian, if Han Jian forcibly detained her when Sima Yi wanted to support her as the empress, there would indeed be no contradiction between her now. She stayed in the Northern Dynasty for a long time, and it is very possible to marry Han Jian, she didn't plan to see through the red dust, she always wanted to marry, except for Han Jian, she really didn't know who she could marry.
But Han Jian sent her back to the Southern Dynasty with helplessness, which doomed the two of them to turn against each other now, and now that they are together, even if she has Han Jian's flesh and blood, her heart is full of entanglements and contradictions.
Han Jian didn't think about it so much, what he was thinking about now was to treat Xiao Zhan as sincerely as possible. But when he returned to his study, news from the south finally came.
On the eighth day of the third month, the main forces of Sima Yi and Su Tingxia fought in Shanghang, Fujian, and the result of the war was a complete victory for Sima Yi. Su Tingxia's more than 30,000 soldiers and horses were almost wiped out. (To be continued.) )