Jiankang, Taicheng, and Kong Fan, who had just returned from Huainan, are reporting the situation in Huainan to the emperor. This time, the official army has taken all important places south of the Huainan River, especially the two cities of Shouchun and Zhongli. The Huainan River defense line has been established, and the northern border of Chen State is temporarily worry-free.

This is not unrelated to the use of life for the officers and soldiers. Of course, it is also necessary to assist the allies behind the scenes, forcing the Yuchi Youqi army, who was entrenched in Zhongli, to stand firm in Huainan.

In order to get out of peace, Yuchi Youqi was able to retreat north safely in front of Chen Jun and settle the score with Yuwen Wen on the condition of returning Shouchun and Zhongli.

The Yuwen family and the Yuchi family competed for Henan, Huaibei, and Huainan Chen army took this opportunity to rest and seize the time to organize the people to farm, avoid the shortage of harvest or large-scale failure of harvest in autumn, and then repair various cities to prevent accidents.

There is more than one exciting news. Kong Fan, who returned to Beijing from Huainan, has now been revealed by the emperor that according to the secret report from the governor of Fengzhou, the chief officers and chiefs in Lingbiao who were interested in their homeland could not bear the oppression of the officials of Zhou. They have joined forces to drive the Northern Territory away.

The governor of Fengzhou heard many vague descriptions of the situation in Guangzhou by boat people from the south, and then he probably knew that the specific situation had changed. However, from this, it can be seen that if the Zhou army left behind in Lingbei did not receive the main force to help, it would not last long.

There is another exciting news, that is, Jiankang has been peaceful.

Rebellion broke out in Jiankang City before, and the rebels plundered south of the Qinhuai River, setting fires and killing people everywhere. Then they occupied Changganli, south of the Qinhuai River, trying to spy on the magical artifacts.

But this was just a delusion. When the government troops entered Zhongli and Shouchun, the storms in Jiankang City had been defeated by the government troops returning to the rescue. They also took many people to escape from Jiankang and fled everywhere.

During this rebellion, the border Huai Liesi on the Qinhuai River turned into ruins, and a large amount of goods, money and grain were burned. Both officials and the people and the nobles and the low-priced people suffered heavy losses. However, the urban area north of the Qinhuai River was not affected by too many rebellious soldiers, and the Qingxi area where high officials and nobles lived did not suffer much loss.

Not to mention the heavily guarded Taicheng, no riots could approach the city walls. The royal family and vassal kings, the main officials of the court and their families all spent this time in Taicheng and were safe and sound.

But there are still some people who were not spared. The imperial concubine Zhang Lihua, who was about to be enthroned as the queen, and the half-sister Princess Ningyuan, were lost in the chaos. There was no news since then. It seems that she has died.

Speaking of this matter, Kong Fan quickly comforted the emperor: "I would like to ask the official family to mourn. If the imperial concubine has a spirit in heaven, she would never want to see the official family standing in a state of shape..."

As Kong Fan spoke, his face looked sad. Chen Shubao was sad when he heard this. He wanted to say something, but the words turned into a long sigh.

Zhang Lihua is Chen Shubao's most beloved concubine. She is unparalleled in terms of favor and has been popular for a long time. He originally wanted to make Zhang Lihua the queen, but Empress Shen, who was about to be deposed, is now safe and sound. Even if Zhang Lihua is not dead, she has become a broken flower and willow.

At that time, Chen Shubao was heartbroken when he learned the bad news, but as time passed, the wounds in his heart had healed. Except for being hurt from time to time, he would no longer be furious and would kill people and vent their anger at any time, because this was meaningless at all.

The beloved concubine died, but there were also many beauties in the harem. Chen Shubao was still not empty every night, so his grief gradually dissipated.

But as the emperor, his forbidden body was abducted by the lowly and raged troops and then ravaged him in every way. Whenever Chen Shubao thought of this, he was so angry that he felt that his dignity was trampled on by others and he could never let it go.

Chen Shubao has ordered the generals who led the troops to siege and suppress the soldiers and their families to kill them to comfort Zhang Lihua's spirit in the sky and also to give him a good breath.

Kong Fan knew that in this way, the riots would inevitably be forced to jump over the wall and go all the way to the dark, but he did not intend to persuade him. The emperor wanted to vent his anger, and whoever dared to stop him would be in trouble.

What he was considering was to consolidate his position and should never leave Jiankang easily, the center of power, and even more so, he should not leave the emperor easily.

Kong Fan knew nothing about leading troops to fight, but when it comes to fighting for power and profit, he was a good player. Before, Kong Fan and Shi Wenqing, as internal and external military supervisors, worked closely together and firmly grasped the situation in the DPRK.

However, Shi Wenqing was killed by the riots, so Kong Fan could not stay away from the capital or the emperor for a long time, so as to avoid any trouble and possess him outside of Jiankang to replace him.

He had enough credit in Huainan, so he had to return to Jiankang to continue to fight for power and profit. So he took the opportunity of the emperor summoning himself to Beijing and asked the emperor to send his royal family to Huainan as a military supervisor. He himself wanted to contribute to the restructuring of Jiankang and share the worries of the emperor.

What Kong Fan said was exactly the same as Chen Shubao's intention. His confidant Shi Wenqing died, and another confidant who made great contributions naturally had to stay in the Jiankang Commission for important tasks, so it was natural that the royal family left Huainan.

The most important thing is that Kong Fan needs to make suggestions around him to decide what strategy should be adopted next, to get along with the Yuwen family and the Yuchi family, and to regain the territory occupied by the Yuwen family.

"The official, the empress thinks that since the storm of Lingbiao has started again, Yuwen is busy dealing with the Yuchi family, and he may not be able to withdraw troops to go south to reinforce. The storm of Lingbiao, especially the Guangzhou garrison, may not last long."

"Then, the court can send envoys to Chang'an and ask Zhou to return the Lingbiao. In fact, it is to give the other party a step. Regardless of whether they agree or not, the Lingbiao will not be able to occupy it."

"As for Jiangzhou, Xu Tuzhi, after all, the king's army had just recovered Huainan and was in trouble. He had to be wary of the Yuchi family's attack on the south again, so it is not advisable to have conflicts with the Yuwen family at this time."

What Kong Fan said was also what Chen Shubao thought. If the rebellion had not caused a lot of losses and disrupted the entire deployment of the court, he really wanted to ask Yuwen to return to Jiangzhou now, so as not to have a disturbance upstream, and Jiankang would be frightened.

Seeing that Chen Shubao was in a good mood, Kong Fan thought about it and spoke up and asked: "The official family, I don't know where Ying Yang Gong's family is now, and whether the Dharma has been rectified?"

"Mr. Yingyang? Are you talking about Wang Meng?" Chen Shubao suddenly became excited.

"Yes, the official..."

"Don't mention him! I trust him very much and let him express all military affairs. What's the result? What's the result!"

Kong Fan glanced at Chen Shubao, made up his mind and continued, "The official family is planning for the overall situation. I think it is better to send Yingyang Duke's family to Chang'an."

"No, I will never....Hmm? Are you talking about love?"

"I am planning for the long-term plan. If the official family wants to rectify Wang Meng's family, he will breathe a sigh of relief. The civil and military officials who had no choice but to surrender to Zhou State will have no thoughts since then. If the official family is generous and sends Wang Meng's family to Chang'an, these surrendered people will probably feel more and more guilty towards the official family..."

"If the official army advances westward in the future, these people will probably rush to cause trouble and will redeem their sins..."

Wang Meng, the Duke of Yingyang County, Chen State, was originally the Grand Governor of Chen State who was the military governor of the Ling Dynasty. Zhou army attacked Lingbiao. Wang Meng led his troops to resist but was defeated one after another. Finally, he led his troops to surrender to the Zhou army.

This situation was later known to Jiankang. Wang Meng went out to Lingnan, and his mother, wife and other family members stayed in Jiankang. After the incident, the government was under house arrest waiting for disposal. It was only because the situation changed drastically later that Chen Shubao had not made a decision for a long time and has been delayed until now.

Previously, Kong Fan "risk" to Ruyin, Hezhou to negotiate with Wang Yuwen Wen of Xiyang, Zhou State. During private contact, Yuwen Wen asked Kong Fan to protect Wang Meng and his subordinates' families, so Kong Fan of course had to do his best to promote this matter.

Surrender is different from being captured. Most of the civil and military officials of Chen who surrendered to Zhou will not come back on their own initiative. Chen sent his family to Zhou, which is considered as a backup plan.

Chen Shubao was unwilling at first, but he was soon convinced by Kong Fan. Next, he was the candidate to go to Chang'an. Kong Fan took the initiative to retreat and volunteered: "The official family, the weak ministers are willing to share the worries of the country and go to Chang'an!"
Chapter completed!