When Zhao Yun in the rear had just arrived in Nie County with his army and was about to clean up the ruined city wall, he heard the retreating trappers say that Han Dang continued to go south with his team.

Zhao Yun thought for a while, worried that Han Dang would suffer a loss, so he immediately took the Crane Control Army south and galloped to Xiangyuan.

As Zhao Yun expected, when he advanced rapidly along the post road, he really encountered a party soldier outside Xiangyuan City.

Liu Pet, who was the party guard, was building fortifications in the Xiangyuan area with two thousand foot cavalry, and suddenly encountered the attack of Zhao Yun's sudden cavalry, fought fiercely for half a day, lost the enemy, and retreated to the infant city of Luxian County to hold on.

Zhao Yun smoothly led the crane army to Xiangyuan, and after sending the good news to the rear, he led the army straight to Luxian.

At this time, after Zhao Yun fought with the Shangdang army, he really understood why Han Dang was in such a hurry, because they were really too weak.

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When the Taishan army was in Baigu, Luoyang, Kwantung Province, had already been expedited by the party Taishou Liu Pet.

At that time, in the Kwantung Imperial Court, the little emperor Liu Wei had long since ignored political affairs, and all the large and small military aircraft were handled by the general He Jin.

When Liu Pet reported that the Taishan Army had appeared in Tuanbai Valley, He Jin was irritable and somewhat happy.

The ministers of Kyoto are not all fools, in fact, when the Taishan army went out of Yanmen Pass, its chief Shi Wang Qian had warned him, thinking that the Taishan army would point to Heluo and let He Jin prepare early.

But He Jin didn't understand that if the goal of the Taishan army was Kyoto, then why not go directly to Hanoi from Yecheng, but take the more rugged annex to Bingzhou.

Although Wang Qian later carefully talked about what strategic actions Bingzhou had for Hebei, where the Taishan Army was located, he said that the Taishan Army did not dare to go south to Hanoi before taking the flank of Bingzhou, otherwise it would be in danger of being cut off by the Han soldiers in the Bingzhou area at any time.

Wang Qian even has a vivid analogy:

"The Taishan army is distributed on the north side of Taihang Mountain from north to south, just like the snake of Changshan Mountain. This Yecheng and Handan are snake heads, Xiangguo is snake belly, and Changshan is snake tail. If the army of the annexed state goes east out of the mouth, it will hit its head and tail, hit its tail and hit it first, and hit it from the beginning to the end. And once the Taishan army out of Hanoi, it will be the first to break, if it is attacked by the state again, the tail and the belly will fall. ”

Wang Qian was a wise man, and he keenly discovered that the Taishan army crossed Yanshan and entered the Daibei region precisely to prepare for their southward march to Shangluo.

So why did he decide that the target was Kyoto and not Chang'an?

The reason, of course, is simple, who made them weaker.

Wang Qian's judgment is correct, and it can stand the verification of history.

In the future, when An Lushan went south from Yuyang, he also made arrangements in the Bingzhou area, in order to protect the passage when he went south.

Later, it was the defeat in the Bingzhou area that made the Shuofang army go east out of Jingchengkou and enter Changshan, cutting off the return route of An Lushan.

If it weren't for Li Longji's impatient decision-making and urging his troops out of Tongguan, which led to the defeat of the court army, An Lushan might have collapsed himself.

But Wang Qian's judgment could not convince He Jin. His insight does not support his understanding of the hidden implications of this strategy.

But fortunately, He Jin still listened to persuasion, and after listening to Wang Qian's suggestion, he sent Liu Chong to Shangdang as a guard to build a line of defense.

Since the destruction of the Yuan clan and the period when He Jin was in charge of the Kwantung region, this general has not been without a little merit, and it is one of his political achievements that the Shangdang region is brought together in the Kwantung court.

Previously, the Shangdang area had always been under the jurisdiction of the state, and at that time, the state, as Liu Hong's basic plate, was incorporated into the Kansai forces along with Liu Hong's westward migration.

At that time, the Kanto region had the absolute upper hand over the Kansai region, and did not pay much attention to the Kamidang region, which was only valuable in terms of defense, and its main focus was on Kuihan in the west.

However, it was not until the Bingzhou soldiers, led by Ding Yuan, entered Hanoi from Hedong and broke Yuan Shao's army, that Kwantung began to pay attention to the defense of Hanoi.

And once Hanoi is taken seriously, it is natural to merge the Shangdang into his arms.

Later, under the auspices of He Jin, the Kwantung Army set out from Hanoi and was able to collect the party through Taihang, which can be regarded as expanding the territory for Kwantung.

And now, it is also said that Chen Wang Liu will be sent out of the town.

Among today's Kanto scholars, King Chen is undoubtedly an existence that stands out from the crowd. His martial arts are strong, brave, good at using bows and crossbows, superb archery, and can pass through a hole with ten shots.

With Liu Pet in the party, there is no worry about the north of Luoyang.

After arranging these, He Jin didn't pay attention to the party's side anymore, and began to organize the last army in Kansai wholeheartedly.

In order to replace the defense with merit, He Jin used the only remaining influence in the Kanto region to continuously make the Quartet lose tribute.

But with the rise of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, in fact, Kyoto has been cut off from paying tribute, except for Chen Deng in Xuzhou and Sun Jian in Wudi who are still trying to send tribute to the imperial court, other places have long been cut off.

On the one hand, He Jin gave Chen Deng and Sun Jian the title of official and knight, respectively granted the treatment of the two envoys, and also listed Sun Jian as the Marquis of Wucheng, that is, they continued to pay tribute.

But just when He Jin was concentrating on training the army, the Taishan army appeared outside the Shangdang Gate, and it was really coming to fight his Kyoto.

But He Jin didn't worry too much, he still had an army of 50,000 people in his hands, all of whom were from the Southern Army, who were good at fighting.

Therefore, after hearing that the Taishan army was in the south of the party, he decided to personally unify the army to the north to meet the attack.

However, this was opposed by Wang Qian and other ministers, especially what Wang Qian said:

"Now from the Taishan army to the south of Yanmen, the famous teachers and generals have been repeatedly broken, and the momentum is at its peak. It is necessary to borrow the party's mountains and rivers to frustrate the enemy's spirit. And the general goes north lightly, and the people's hearts are easy to shake, so it is better to go to Kyoto in the town, and order a general to dominate. ”

In fact, Wang Qian's meaning is obvious, that is, you were just plotted by the little emperor last year, although you won the coup d'état, but you just put Liu Wei under house arrest. Now it's okay for you to go into Beijing to say, and once you lead the troops outside, the little emperor won't be greeted again?

To be honest, Wang Qian has already thought about it very much, and these words are already somewhat rebellious.

But He Jin didn't know if he didn't understand, but replied seriously:

"I, He Jin, am also from the world, how can I be bullied like Zhang Chong'er. If I don't fight the Kansai region, he will offend me in the Kanto region, if I don't face the attack, how will the people of the world think of me? ”

Over there, Ying Shao, Kong Ling, Zhang Shi and other shogunate officials insisted on persuasion. This is the truth that a gentleman does not erect a dangerous wall, and the one who says that there is no gentleman who risks the battlefield and stones.

But He Jin didn't know if he was dizzy or what, and suddenly said excitedly:

"In the past, Emperor Guangwu often drove out to conquer, and he determined the world. How can General Ben not work? ”

He Jin's words directly lowered the atmosphere to the freezing point, and all the shoguns were silent.

For example, Ying Shao, Kong Ling, and Zhang Zhi actually knew that He Jin had some thoughts, which was also the reason why they saw the opportunity to transfer from the establishment of the imperial court to the shogunate.

But there are some things that can be said but not done, and some things that have been done but cannot be said.

Sure enough, when Wang Qian heard He Jin's words, his whole beard expanded, and he said:

"General, be cautious."

And another court minister present, Taichang Han Rong choked coldly:

"I didn't expect the general to have such ambitions, and he can compare with the ancestors."

He Jin also knew that he had lost his words, but he was so choked by Han Rong that he couldn't get over it, and said loudly:

"I have 100,000 male soldiers, and thieves are like Mount Tai crushing eggs!"

In fact, this was just He Jin's face-saving words, but Han Rong wanted to embarrass him even more, and replied:

"I didn't expect the general to be so tall and towering, and he could compare with Mount Tai. I think it's the Taishan Army on the other side. ”

At this time, He Jin was already so angry that his face was red, but he couldn't deal with these people, so he could only brush his sleeves and leave.

And just like that, the crowd parted unhappily.

When Wang Qian withdrew, a person suddenly walked up to him quietly and wondered:

"Long history, the general intends to forge ahead, why is he frustrated."

Wang Qian looked back and saw that it was Shi Bianrang, the secretary of the shogunate.

This is a famous person in the area of Chen Liu, who is less argumentative and erudite, can belong to the text, and once wrote "Zhang Huafu" and became famous for a while. So although Bian gave way to a lower position than himself, Wang Qian still respected this person very much.

He shook his head and gave way:

"When you first arrived, you didn't know enough about the general. The great general is good at winning souls, and his talent is not in the battle array. ”

Bian Rang's position is to record the history of the office, responsible for reporting the reports sent from all over the country, although the position is not high, but it is actually very important.

It was also in this position that Bian Rang knew what the situation was like today.

So he was not persuaded by Wang Qian's words, but said such a truth worriedly.

In Bian Rang's words, the imperial court at this time was like the Zhou royal family during the war, and it could be said that it was surrounded by enemies.

There are Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao in the south, the puppet dynasty in the west, the rebellious Zhang Miao in the east, and the Taishan army entrenched in Bingzhou and Jizhou in the north.

And now that the Taishan army is going south, there is quite a situation of tiger swallowing Heluo, in this dangerous situation, the general can not win a big victory in the Shangdang area, then Heluo is in danger.

Jean also added:

"If you don't win the decisive battle of the upper party in the shape of mountains and rivers, do you want to sit under Kyoto Castle?"

But for Bian Rang's determination to forge ahead, Wang Qian shook his head.

has been a eunuch for so long, and he has seen too many famous people like Bian Rang enter the court, and he is always holding such a pearl of wisdom and forging ahead, thinking that the world is like that.

But in reality? They are not responsible for the result, and who will not say it.

But Wang Qian needs to be responsible for the court and the Son of Heaven, so to speak, with his understanding of He Jin, if the real commander of the army arrives in Shangdang, it will be defeated.

On the contrary, it is better to send a general, such as transferring Zhu Jun from the west to the northern front, with Zhu Shuai's ability and the risk of going to the party, his victory or defeat is really unknown.

But he couldn't say this to Bian Rang, so he said a reason that he couldn't argue:

"The general was in charge of the court at the beginning, and the four feudal lords did not have kindness to add to it. Yuzhou Yuan Shao is close at hand, once the general is out of Kyoto, once the second Yuan Shangluo, how can the general deal with it? ”

Bian Rang was still not convinced, and insisted:

"Zhu Gong has entered Kyoto, and he can be entrusted with this appointment."

Wang Qian was quite impatient, and asked rhetorically:

"Is that the party heavy, or is it Kyoto?"

This time, Bian Rang was speechless.

So, Wang Qian threw up his sleeves, ignored Bian Rang, and left.

Over there, Bian Rang shook his head and sighed:

"Long history, long history, you are indeed old and serious, but you don't understand the general, and you don't understand this political matter."

After saying that, Bian Rang returned the same way, turned a corner, and then entered the shogunate.

There, He Jin was already waiting there.

Seeing Bian Rang come back, He Jin asked anxiously:

"How, has the prince agreed?"

Bian Rang shook his head, He Jin was impatient anymore, and scolded:

"This Wang Changshi is really old, ignore him, let's send this soldier as it is."

Bian Rang was silent, he knew that He Jin had a reason to send troops.

What Wang Qian said was right, but he didn't think about it from He Jin's side.

At this time, He Jin was in a huge vacancy in legal principles, and he was about to lose the situation. Because it is very simple, there is no precedent for the two dynasties to have a great general Bingguo.

Even the great generals of Bahu still set up a puppet emperor, but now?

It had been a long time since the courtiers had seen Liu Wei's face, and there were even rumors that the little emperor had been killed by He Jin.

There are even some rumors that the palace has been hearing children crying recently, and this is the He family carrying the baby into the palace from outside the palace, falsely claiming to be the heir of the little emperor.

All kinds of rumors are rampant, and He Jin urgently needs to establish a great career to establish prestige.

At this time, the Taishan army Fan Shangdang became an opportunity for He Jin. It's not that he doesn't know how difficult the Taishan army is to deal with, in the past, when the Xingyang War was over, he was in the Tiger Prison, and the sound of killing in the sky above Xingyang shook the sky, and how could he forget the corpses all over the field.

But this time, He Jin didn't think it was too dangerous.

Because he only needs to hold Taihang Cheng to block the Taishan army in Shangdang, and when the time comes, the Taishan army will run out of food, and the opposite side will naturally retreat.

And when the time comes, he He Jin will return to Beijing with this big victory, not to mention stabilizing the momentum, and even one step closer.

Therefore, He Jin went out to the party with an iron heart.

And that's exactly what he did.

He first listed Zhu Jun as the lieutenant of the division and the army of Gyeonggi, and then passed on the four armies himself, selected the elite soldiers to be stationed in Xiyuan, and then he personally took command to assist the war of the party.

For this battle, He Jin discussed with the staff of the shogunate, and decided to use Hanoi to defend Xue Hongtun and Bingji County to defend against the enemy in Yecheng.

Then Liu Dai, the fierce general of the clan, commanded the northern army of 10,000 people out of Taixing, and aided the party to guard Liu Pet.

And he controlled the Tianjing Pass where the army lived in Taihang, and dealt with both Shangdang and Hanoi.

It can be said that this time He Jin almost destroyed the only remaining family business in Kyoto, and even in order to raise the opening fee of the army, he also melted most of the gold in the palace.

For He Jin, this time, if he doesn't succeed, he will become a benevolent.

So, in the third year of Taiwu, on March 8, the Kwantung general He Jin unified the northern army of 50,000 out of the East Gate and sent troops to the party. Along the road, the car rides the road, the flag covers the sun, and the martial wind is magnificent.

At this time, Zhao Yun also led the Crane Control Army to camp in the southwest of Lu County, and this place has an ordinary name.

It is called "Sanzhui Gang".