As long as these remaining soldiers don't come out from the mountains, they won't be able to move any faster. If the cavalry is well rested, they can outflank and intercept them at any time.

The day's fighting had almost come to an end at this point.

Before noon the next day, more than a thousand cavalrymen crossed the Huaihe River from the north. When Wen Ruilin heard the news, he rushed to the county government hall and stayed with Xu Mingzhen, Niu Gengru, Wen Muqiao, Lei Jiuyuan and others for a long time.

Shen Peng and Zhongli guard Zhao Mingting welcomed several generals in.

Wen Ruilin was ordered to lurk in Tanzhou in his early years. Great changes have taken place in the Liang Kingdom in recent years, and many things have changed. Only after Lei Jiuyuan reminded him did he know that the person opposite was the commander of Zuodu, the bodyguard's army.

Chen Kun, together with Han Yuanqi, Jing Zhen, Jing Hao and others are His Majesty's most trusted generals.

Wen Ruilin followed Lei Jiuyuan, Xu Mingzhen and others to meet Chen Kun, and then they heard Xu Mingzhen ask: "When will your Majesty's chariot arrive at Zhongli?"

Wen Ruilin has also been extremely concerned about this issue in the past two days.

Xuzhou is more than three hundred miles away from Zhongli City. It has been raining and snowing on the north bank of the Huaihe River for the past few days, making the road difficult to travel. However, six days have passed since he escaped from the Chaozhou camp, and four days have passed since he sent someone to Xuzhou to report the news.

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In any case, Wen Ruilin felt that the troops and infantry gathered in Xuzhou City might advance slowly, but the cavalry forward of tens of thousands of people should have crossed the Huaihe River and arrived at the Zhongli line today.

But, what now?

Except for the more than a thousand Xuanjia cavalry led by Pang Xiong who crossed the Huaihe River in advance, and the more than three hundred Chengtiansi reconnaissance cavalry led by Shen Peng, only today Chen Kun led more than a thousand cavalry to cross the Huaihe River. No reconnaissance cavalry was heard saying that there was more troops in the north of the Huaihe River.

Many soldiers and horses are approaching.

Seeing that Lei Jiuyuan, Xu Mingzhen and others were concerned about His Majesty's whereabouts, Chen Kun untied his cloak to keep out the cold, handed it to the guards behind him, and said to everyone: "Your Majesty personally led the cavalry to Suyu..."

"What, Your Majesty didn't come to Zhongli?" Wen Ruilin thought of Lei Jiuyuan's warning yesterday and wanted to hide behind Lei Jiuyuan and Xu Mingzhen as low-key as possible. At this time, he couldn't help but asked in surprise.

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Suyu belongs to Sizhou, located to the east of Hongzepu. To the south of Suyu, across the Huaihe River, is Chuzhou, an important town in Huaidong where King Xin Yang Yuanyan personally led a heavy army.

Wen Ruilin never thought that His Majesty did not go to Zhongli City to supervise the battle as originally planned, but instead went to Suyu.

Niu Gengru, Wen Muqiao and other Southern Chu surrender officials eagerly followed Xu Mingzhen to the ruined city of Zhongli. Didn't they plan to stay in Zhongli and wait to greet him?

It was not planned that after the imperial chariot arrived at Zhongli, Empress Xu would later lead the Xu family members to come over for an audience. After presenting more than a hundred descendants of the Yang family, she would then lead the Xu family to settle in Bianjing.

Is it acting as a role?

Wen Ruilin didn't feel at ease last night. He was thinking about what His Majesty might ask when he accepted the summons and how he should answer in a decent manner. He was also thinking about how he could assist Lei Jiuyuan in planning the next few days if he stayed in Zhongli City.

His Majesty's palace. Unexpectedly, His Majesty suddenly changed his mind.

Lei Jiuyuan glanced at Wen Ruilin who was making a fuss, then looked at Chen Kun and asked: "Has your Majesty confirmed that Han Qian has been in Aurous Hill for a long time?"

"Your Majesty initially just speculated on this possibility. Two days ago, you sent a message saying that there were signs of refugees gathering in Tangyi, and Your Majesty confirmed that this was the case. Yesterday morning, he sent people to chase after him and captured my men who were about to reach a place on the north bank of the Huaihe River.

All the 10,000 cavalrymen were transferred directly to Suyu. Let me come over and join you first. Later, there will still be 20,000 infantrymen heading south from the western front to join us here, but with these troops and horses, the speed will still be slow.

In a few days, other soldiers and horses will follow Your Majesty to the Eastern Front!"

Although he had previously speculated that Xuzhou Shuiying might move eastward at any time, Wen Ruilin still never thought that Han Qian was in Jinling at this time.

However, except for Lei Jiuyuan, when he saw Niu Gengru, Wen Muqiao, and Xu Mingzhen, they all seemed to behave as they should. Wen Ruilin suddenly realized that he had been too intoxicated in the glory of his successful suggestions in the past two days.

I missed some extremely important details and didn't notice them.

Apart from anything else, the unidentified small-scale elite ambush force that suddenly came out of Yashan yesterday should be the elite of Xuzhou, not the elite scouts sent by Li Zhigao or Huaidong.

And the reason why his identity was leaked was because Han Qian was in Jinling!

This is also the only reasonable explanation.

After all, he was the first to fall into the hands of Han Qian in Wuling. Han Qian did not accept his plan to persuade Gao Long to assist Tanzhou, so Li Chongcai informed his father Li Pu overnight to pick him up.

Perhaps only a handful of people know the details here, but no one knows it better than him.

At that time, he was angry that Han Qian looked down on him. Later, he guessed that Han Qian had been beaten by Emperor Tianyou before and became cautious and did not dare to shock his master with his great achievements.

Now it seems that he made all this simple. Han Qian had already realized that he had a problem at that time?!

At this moment, Wen Ruilin felt a chill that made his heart tremble straight from his buttocks, and his neck felt numb. He really didn't expect that he had stepped back and forth in front of the ghost gate several times.

It’s just that Han Qian had already figured out his identity, so why didn’t he hide it?

And Han Qian is in Jinling now, is it possible that he will already be in Jinling when the Nanchu Navy is dispatched?

Maybe you guessed his plan at that time, but didn't stand up to remind Emperor Yanyou and the princes of the Southern Chu Dynasty?

Thinking of this, Wen Ruilin felt an electric current pouring into his head, and his scalp became numb. He suppressed the shock in his heart and lowered his voice and asked Lei Jiuyuan: "Is it possible that Han Qian has actually been in Jinling for a long time?

Are you so cruel that you just sit back and watch the destruction of the Nanchu Navy?"

"...Perhaps?" Lei Jiuyuan, "I only confirmed yesterday that Han Qian should be in Tangyi, but I didn't expect that His Majesty had received intelligence about our reconnaissance in Tangyi before and confirmed this. But did Han Qian mean it?

It's hard to say just sit back and watch the Nanchu navy be destroyed. However, Tangyi cannot rush to attack, lest the old incident in Xichuan happen again..."

Wen Ruilin stirred up an unimaginable turmoil in his heart. Of course he knew that Han Qian's real success began with the Battle of Xichuan. He thought, if they didn't notice it, they directly pushed tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to Tangyi City, and finally Han Qian

His men still failed to capture even a small city, and finally had to retreat in disgrace. How far will Han Qian's reputation and power in Nanchu increase?

Was it because His Majesty saw through Han Qian's plan that he didn't fall for it and launched an offensive directly from Xuzhou against Huaidong Xin Wang Yang Yuanyan?

Wen Ruilin couldn't calm down in his heart for a long time. He called himself a strategist. Even after the war to reduce the feudal vassal, he once resented the Ma family for not realizing his wisdom and causing his own destruction. But then he thought of the situation of being captured in Wuling County.

, thinking about how disdainful Han Qian was at handing him and the victory of Tanzhou to Li Pu, and thinking about the possibility that Han Qian had been lurking in Jinling for a long time, he finally understood why Yang Yuanpu treated Han Qian who had made great contributions to him.

So suspicious.

Who the hell can sleep at night if there is such an imperial master in the stall?

At this time, someone ran past Fu'er to report something to Zhao Mingting. Wen Ruilin heard a familiar name and thought about it. Fu'er said a few words to Lei Jiuyuan, Chen Kun and others.

Lei Jiuyuan looked appreciative, but looked at Chen Kun hesitantly.
Chapter completed!