, Sima clan Xu Si's army was captured and marched across the Hehuai battlefield.

Although the figure of the Mongol cavalry is always present in many battlefields, it has never been used as the main force. However, this does not mean that the aiding Bian army went north into the upper reaches of the Whirlpool River. The figure of the main Mongol cavalry

, will continue to huddle behind the new auxiliary army.

Once the main force of the Mongolian cavalry goes south, even if Tian Cheng leads the Bian army to successfully capture Dancheng, Wuting and other cities, forcing the Shouzhou army to retreat to the Wushui River, the battlefield on the west bank of Wushui River will be too difficult for the Bian army to support.

, it’s like a trap and whirlpool whose bottom is hard to see.

As long as the Mongol cavalry, which has an absolute advantage in mobility, enters the battlefield on the west bank of Guoshui and joins forces with the Shouzhou Army, it will still be able to forcibly cut off the connection between the Xiacai area on the north bank of the Huaihe River and the western Bozhou area, thus bringing the aiding Bian Army and Bianjing Army to the battlefield.

Liang Jun was completely surrounded south of Bianjing and northwest of Bozhou.

"That team of carriages and horses should be Li Xiu's family crossing the river with the Linjin Marquis Mansion..."

Guo Rong saw a group of carriages and horses crossing the Huaihe River from south to north on the Jiaoshan Gorge floating bridge, and reminded Han Qian.

Yang Yuan sent his sons Yang Cong and Wang Wenqian to Jinling. In addition to asking Jinling to send officials to take charge of Taizhou County in Chuyang, substantively abolish the Huaidong vassal state, and request Zhao Zhen's troops to participate in the crusade against the Jingxiang rebels, he also asked Please appoint Yang Ye, the son of the Empress Dowager Mingcheng, as the crown prince.

Although the matter of appointing the crown prince has been put on hold for the time being, it was not immediately approved during the political meeting meeting. In addition to wooing the Huang family and the Jiangdong family, King Xin Yang Yuanyan mentioned this matter, perhaps more importantly, to express that he has no intention of coveting the throne. position, but this matter still angered Qingyang, who was respected as the Queen Mother Changxin.

When convicting Li Xiu and everyone in Linjin Houfu, Qingyang, who had kept a very low profile since the new emperor ascended the throne and listened to the arrangements of Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang, and Yang En, this time went against all opinions. He categorically decided to sentence everyone in Linjin Houfu to Xiacai, and directly handed over Li Xiu and everyone in Linjinhoufu to Han Qian's hands.

Even though Shen Yang, Yang Zhitang and others did not want to see Li Xiu and the Marquis of Linjin throw themselves into the arms of Tangyi, Jinling ordered Tangyi's army to send troops to Hehuai. In addition to promising to allocate 800,000 shi of grain and grain before the end of the year, Without any other substantive support, it would be inconvenient to argue about this kind of thing.

Another group of ministers also knew very well that Li Changfeng would rather die than be kidnapped by Lu Qingxia and others to flee westward. They thought that even at this time, Li Xiu and everyone in the Linjin Hou Mansion were sent to the subordinates under the rule of Tangyi. Cai may be used by Han Qian at this time and will strengthen Tangyi's military strength. But in the future, if Tangyi really breaks with the imperial court, maybe Li Xiu and the people in the Linjin Houfu will be able to curb Han Qian's ambitions from within. .

Therefore, only ten days had passed since the official decision to flee to Cai was made. The carriages and horses that Li Xiu and everyone in the Linjin Marquis Mansion hurriedly fled to Cai had already appeared on the Jiaoshan Gorge pontoon.

"Go and call Li Xiu and Li Changfeng's eldest son Li Chi." Han Qian ordered.

Cao Ba stood next to Han Qian. After a while, when no one moved around him, he pointed at his nose and asked, "You want me to call someone?"

Wen Muqiao was so angry that he wanted to kick him down, glared at him, and asked: "Think about what rank of military attache you are at this time. Apart from you, could you ask me or Mr. Guo or Mr. Feng to run for you?" trip?"

At the beginning of the establishment of the new Fourth Town Army, Cao Ba was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the First Brigade. He was demoted one level for violating the alcohol ban in the army. When forming an advance army, he no longer wanted to lead the strong civilians to dig canals and pick up children to go north to the advance camp. After participating in the war, he was demoted one level again; when he was reorganizing the Bian Army, he thought about drinking again before going north to join the war, and drank too much. This caused heavy rains in Haozhou for days in early July, and all the generals in Haozhou went to the embankment to prevent floods. However, he fell asleep in the camp, his official position was wiped out, and he was kicked out of the camp. At this time, he could only walk beside Wen Muqiao as a retinue.

Following the example of the counselor position in Shuitai, the capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty, in order to solve the old habit of using personal staff and guests to participate in political affairs for prefecture and county chief officials, Han Qian chartered the government offices and prefecture and county government offices to set up counselors ranging from three to five people. In addition to solving the problem of state and county officials, To solve the problem of insufficient county officials, private staff and guests were also formally included in the Tangyi generals system.

Wen Muqiao, as the counselor of the government, is equivalent to a senior adviser. He comes out again and does not need to bear too heavy government affairs at his age.

Cao Ba muttered a few words, then reluctantly asked Huo Li for a horse, and rushed to the bridge to wait for everyone from the Linjin Marquis Mansion to cross the river.

"Why is he so reluctant to see Li Xiu?" Seeing Cao Ba's reluctance, Han Qian asked curiously, "I have never seen him so reluctant when I sent him to run errands before?"

"When Cao Ba was sixteen years old, I recommended him to be a halberd bearer in the late emperor's personal guard Zuoxiang camp. At that time, he had a bad temper and made trouble. At that time, Lin Jinhou was the commander of Zuoxiang camp and couldn't control it.

Later, he was punished several times by Li Xiu, who was four years younger than him, and he restrained himself a little. It should have been a grudge at that time." Wen Muqiao said.

"Oh, it turns out there is still this old thing."

Han Qian listened with great interest to Wen Muqiao's talk about some old events before and after the founding of the Chu Kingdom. After half a stick of incense, Cao Ba brought Li Xiu and Li Changfeng's son Li Chi over with a straight face.

Li Xiu was thirty-four years old. Although he was in the prime of his life, he had been imprisoned in the Linjin Marquis' Mansion for half a month. His temples were already frosty white, and his whole person had a stale look. His thin cheeks were covered with beards.

Stubble took Li Changfeng's eldest son Li Chi, who was over 24 years old, and jumped off his horse and climbed to the top of the cliff to see Han Qian.

"Prince Li had the common people in mind when he was still alive. In his early years, he followed Emperor Tianyou to quell the chaos in the Jianghuai River and the rebellion in Jinling. Although he was terminally ill, he still visited Maoshan and worried about the great power of Chu. His ambition was one of the three or five in the world.

Although the Marquis of Linjin is not as good as Prince Li, he is brave enough to sacrifice his life to preserve the integrity of the Li family. Li Xiu, what step can you take?" Han Qian stared at Li Xiu and asked.

Li Xiu stared at the mighty and turbid Huaihe River for a long time before turning his head again and said: "There are still more than a hundred men in the Li family who are willing to be driven by the Marquis. It is not a problem to wrap their bodies in horse leather, but I dare to ask the Marquis to kill Li Xiu."

The women and children of the family are placed on the south bank..."

"Did you expect that Tangyi would be defeated so miserably this time when it participated in the Hehuai War that it couldn't even defend Cai?" Han Qian stared at Li Xiu calmly and said without any doubt, "Feng Xuan, deputy general manager of Jiaoshan Gorge camp,

, and also serve as the magistrate of Cai County. I allow you two to serve as county counselors under his command. You can lead the Li family to find him. If Cai County cannot be defended, I don’t know how many soldiers and civilians will be buried in the Huaihe River.

Except for the shadow of Prince Li and Marquis Lin Jin, your Li family has nothing special in my eyes. Let’s live and die with Xia Cai!”

Li Xiu knew that he had no qualifications to bargain with Han Qian, so he sighed in confusion. Before turning around with Li Chi to retreat, he stopped again and asked, "I wonder, Lord Marquis, if there is any news about Li Qi?"

"Li Qi withdrew to Huayang. The Jinling imperial edict asked him to cooperate with Liang Jun in building the Shuanglonggou plank road to connect Lushi County. However, there is no response from him yet as to whether he will act in accordance with the imperial edict." Han Qian said.

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Huayang is a county under the jurisdiction of Shangzhou, but the upper reaches of the Luoshui River pass through the middle of the county. However, Huayang County to Lushi County in the south of Heluo is blocked by the Mangling Mountains. The Luoshui River passes through the Mangling Mountains.

The waterway for nearly seventy miles is covered with rocks, the water is shallow and the current is fast, and the cliffs on both sides are steep, so it is impassable on both land and water.

In order to bypass the blockade of Hangu Pass and the Hangu Road (Taolinsai) villages for nearly 200 miles from Tongguan to Hangu Road, Heluo is connected with Guanzhong and is built along the Luoshui River between Lushi and Huayang counties.

Shuanglonggou Plank Road is another option.

As long as Li Qi can obey the Jinling edict, Liang Emperor Zhu Yu can let him take charge of Huayang County. He has two thousand elite soldiers under his command, and then recruits thousands of elite civilians from Huayang to build Shuanglong Valley from the east side.

The plank road can reduce the construction time of Shuanglonggou Plank in half.

Li Xiu was familiar with the topography of the world. He heard Han Qian say that he did not send anyone to persuade Li Qi. Perhaps he felt that he was no longer qualified. After bowing, he led Li Chi away from the cliff and met everyone in the Li Mansion.
Chapter completed!