Chapter 352 Farewell and Tactics

Chapter 352 Farewell and Tactics

Chapter 352 Farewell and Tactics

On May 20th, the first batch of grain ships had passed Xuzhou and were not far from Kaocheng.

At this time, one after another, generals and officers from the government arrived.

Cao Fu, who has been practicing health preservation in Guangchengze in recent years, also came. When he saw old friends such as Pei Kang, Yang Jiongzhi, and Lu Zhi, he was filled with emotion.

The newly appointed Donghai Internal History Mi Huang returned home and passed by Kaocheng, so he stopped by to pay a visit.

"Zihui, talk to me, hey!" Only Uncle Cao has the qualifications to point fingers at Mi Huang.

When Luoyang was in danger, Uncle Cao's house was the main base of operations for those who stayed behind, and Old Cao's status in the underworld was frighteningly high.

Xiaohong followed behind Cao Fu, covering her mouth with her hands and laughing softly, while searching with her eyes to see how many of these "beasts in human clothing" who came today were her prey.

"Military commander." Mi Huang sighed softly.

"Since you called me the military commander, we still have some old feelings for each other." Cao Fu said with emotion, "Donghai State has four counties, and the Internal History is not comparable to an ordinary governor, and must be no worse than the Sili Xiaowei. You go back and do your job well. The heir king will not be able to return to Donghai in the short term, so I can only rely on you to take care of that mess."

"I save that." Mi Huang nodded slightly.

I came to Luoyang ten years ago, in the prime of my life.

Ten years later, he returned to Donghai with a hunched back.

Ten years have passed like a dream. How many more decades are left in life?
"Zihui." A clear voice came from a distance.

Mi Huang looked up and saw that it was the concubine waving at him.

The heir to the throne and the queen dowager stood side by side, with Chen Gong Shao Xun standing behind them, smiling and nodding in greeting.

Tears welled up in Mi Huang's eyes.

He covered his face with his sleeves, wiped it gently, walked over, bowed to the Queen Mother and the Heir to the throne, and then bowed to Shao Xun.

The three of them returned the greeting in turn.

Concubine Pei looked radiant, dignified and elegant. After carefully examining Mi Huang, she sighed and said, "I have been wronged over the years."

Mi Huang smiled bitterly and said, "Not really."

"My Lord, please worry about the affairs of the East Sea." Concubine Pei said, "I don't know when I can return to the East Sea, alas."

"Please be at ease, Your Majesty. I am here and will not let the villains succeed." Mi Huang replied.

"Why doesn't the successor king pay his respects to the internal historian? Your family business depends entirely on him to manage it." Concubine Pei looked at Sima Pi and said.

Sima Pi came to his senses and bowed hurriedly.

Mi Huang accepted the gift calmly and said, "Don't worry, your Majesty, as long as I am here, there will be no chaos in the East China Sea."

"Lord Mi is a man of both civil and military talents. I...I trust him." Sima Pi said stutteringly.

"Supervisor." Shao Xun walked up and greeted with a smile.

"Young Master." Mi Huang replied.

After saying that, they both laughed at the same time.

In an instant, it seemed as if I had returned to the days when we first met in Pan Garden and fought hard in Biyong.

"I'm leaving." Mi Huang felt that his emotions were out of control today and he almost shed tears again.

"Stay in Donghai for a few years and wait for me to come back." Shao Xun put his arm around his shoulders and said, "I received your help when I was young, and I will always remember it in my heart. If there is a future, I will definitely rely on your wealth and honor."

"Let's not talk about this anymore." Mi Huang sighed, then held Shao Xun's hand tightly and said, "Take care, we will definitely meet again in this life."

"Yes." Shao Xun said.

In today’s inconvenient transportation situation, sometimes a farewell may be a farewell forever.

From now on, news from distant old friends may only exist in the few words of others.

What’s even more cruel is that these “few words” may very well be inscriptions on the tombstones of the deceased.

this is life.

Mi Huang wiped her tears, did not look back, and strode away.

Shao Xun looked at his back, feeling a little melancholy.

Concubine Pei took a few steps and stood shoulder to shoulder with him.

Shao Xun glanced at her and his mood gradually improved.

After Pei Kang finished his greetings with Yang Jiongzhi, he quietly looked at his daughter and Shao Xun.

When he saw his daughter this morning, he felt something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on what it was.

After thinking for a long time, I seemed to have some understanding.

Seeing the two standing side by side, he cursed them for not paying attention to the occasion, so he coughed lightly, stepped forward and said, "Mi Zi will have to face the pressure of Gou Xi and Cao Yi when he returns to Donghai."

Concubine Pei left gracefully.

"General Gou Dao is not that stupid. If he goes to Xuzhou, King Langya might be unhappy." Shao Xun said.

As the central authority is gradually declining, the governors are all looking at the pot while eating in the bowl. Sima Rui originally crossed the river from Xuzhou to the south, and he had certain connections in the local area. He might have certain ideas about Xuzhou in his heart.

Furthermore, Xuzhou is a small state, and Gou Xizhen may not go there. If he fails, he is more likely to come to Yanzhou to grab food.

As for Cao Yi, haha, Shao Xun didn't think he was necessarily a die-hard supporter of Liu Han. Everyone has ambitions. When they monopolize a state, they may obey Liu Han's orders at first, but it's hard to say after a long time.

For the Jin court, this was an object that could be won over.

"Mr. Chen has no ideas about Xuzhou?" Pei Kang asked.

"Of course I have an idea, otherwise I wouldn't have sent Li Chong to Lu. But doesn't Lord Pei think I've spread my wings too wide?" Shao Xun said, "To put it bluntly, even the counties and states of Qiao, Lu, and Pei in Yuzhou, whether they will rebel against me depends entirely on the mood of the governors. The same goes for Yanzhou, where my control is even weaker. Even the newly recruited troops may rebel."

This is the disadvantage of the feudal system.

But if you want to govern it directly, in addition to needing a large number of officials, you also need to destroy the economic foundation and armed forces of the local gentry.

All the talents trained by Shao Xun were assigned to Luonan and Xiangcheng. There were too few in Chen County, not to mention Nandun and Xincai.

Now I have to coax those people.

"Besides, I need to contact Liaodong through Xuzhou." Shao Xun continued.

Pei Kang was a little surprised.

"Buy horses from the Xianbei people." Shao Xun said with a smile: "If they are willing to sell, we can contact them by sea."

"From Liaodong to Qingzhou, it can be reached in one day and one night with good winds, but it may be difficult to reach Xuzhou, right?" Pei Kang said, "If the ship capsizes and people die, it will not be a good thing."

"We have to give it a try." Shao Xun said, "With a large reward, there will always be brave men willing to go out to sea. This is a big business."

"You are full of wonderful ideas." Pei Kang sighed: "Today, you called everyone to the meeting, and you are still talking about Henan affairs?"

"That's right." Shao Xun nodded. "The assistants of the Zhenjun General's shogunate are here too. What I mean is that Yuzhou and Yanzhou are one, and Yanzhou, as a place of military conflict, will inevitably become a battlefield. Yuzhou is in the rear, and can focus on farming, raising livestock, and training soldiers and horses. Once the time is right, they can counterattack the Xiongnu. With this arrangement, the Yanzhou scholars may be dissatisfied, and Pei Gong is needed to help them turn things around."

"You are just trying to make me lose my favor." Pei Kang said dissatisfiedly.

Shao Xun laughed.

He stationed the slow-moving and less effective infantry at various key points in Yanzhou as filling-in troops.

The Silver Spear Army, the Yamen Army, and a part of the government troops were stationed on the second line as mobile field forces.

The cavalry should be used in concentrated groups, either assigned to field infantry for combat or captured and severely beaten when the enemy cavalry has penetrated deep into their own territory, so that they will suffer a few losses and learn a few lessons so that they will not dare to wreak havoc again.

This tactical arrangement would obviously make the Yanzhou gentry dissatisfied, because they would become cannon fodder.

But in a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak, someone is bound to make sacrifices.

If Pei Kang tried to persuade them, he would probably be met with cold stares.

"You and Hua Nu--" Pei Kang couldn't help but suddenly asked in a low voice.

“Mr. Pei, what are you doing…” Shao Xun was a little unsure. Did he know something?
"Don't make a big mess, it won't end well." Pei Kang still didn't approve of his daughter being with this man, and couldn't help but say: "If you want a lady to serve you, it's not difficult with your current status. I can even make the decision--"

"Mr. Pei." Shao Xun laughed and said, "I care about the world and have no interest in women."

After saying this, he apologized and left.

Pei Kang sighed.

As long as Shao Xun asked, he was even willing to marry his granddaughter (Pei Dun's daughter) to him, and make her his legitimate wife together with Yu's daughter. Now it seems that Shao Xun doesn't want to have a second wife, and he actually uses this reason to evade him. It's really...

After Shao Xun left Pei Kang, he was about to call everyone to a meeting when Cai Cheng hurried over and reported in a low voice: "Mingsir, there are two pieces of news from Luoyang."

"explain."

"First, the emperor personally went to Jinyong City and ordered the left and right guards of the imperial army and the soldiers of Liangzhou to fight. They defeated the Xiongnu and beheaded more than 3,000 people. Hu Yanyan camped in Mangshan and retreated to Xin'an after hesitating for a long time."

"Secondly, General Miao Yuan of the Palace reported that the emperor suddenly went to visit General Liang Fen at his residence. We don't know why. But Liang Fen has been very close to Bei Gong Chun recently, and I heard that he also has contacts with the refugee leader of Guanxi."

After listening to this, Shao Xun thought for a long time.

It is conceivable that the royal army would repel Hu Yanyan.

Hu Yanyan had only 20,000 to 30,000 infantry and cavalry, and Wang Mi also had only more than 20,000 troops.

The left and right guards of the imperial army had 25,000 to 26,000 soldiers, which was no worse than the Xiongnu infantry.

There are still more than a thousand cavalrymen, including no less than three hundred armored cavalrymen.

Adding another 5,000 soldiers from Liang Province might not be enough to severely damage or even annihilate the Huns, but with these elite soldiers as the vanguard and the imperial guards' infantry advancing in a loud voice, it would be possible to repel the Huns. After all, Huyan Yan was only there to divert the Huns, and he had no reason to fight to the death.

But how can I put it, the emperor has a really eccentric personality.

Have you ever considered what to do if you lose the war?
He personally went to the top of the city wall to boost morale, with elite troops as the vanguard and the main force rushing forward. It was a pure one-time deal.

Fortunately we won the battle. If we had lost, Luoyang would have been lost by now.

As for General Liang Fen...

Shao Xun thought for a long time and felt that there was only one possibility: the emperor did not want this very capable army from Liangzhou to go back and wanted to keep it in Luoyang and use it for his own purposes.

Shao Xun had seen the fighting power of the Liangzhou soldiers. They were truly fierce. They were extremely brave in charging on horseback and were also good at infantry combat.

Liang Fen was from Guanxi, so it was not surprising that he had connections with the Liangzhou soldiers. In fact, he knew Beigong Chun and his officers and had some friendship with them.

Now that the road to Guanzhong is blocked, it is difficult for the soldiers from Liangzhou to return home for a while, which is indeed a good opportunity to win them over.

Damn it, stop messing with me.

"Shunling, pick a few smart people and go to Luoyang to ask General Wang." Shao Xun ordered.

(End of this chapter)