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Chapter 63 Envoy

"Come to the capital?"

After hearing the news of the military envoy, King Jing Zhao Tuan was slightly stunned. Unexpectedly, the court could still send envoys to the court at this time.

Xu Huai frowned slightly and looked eastward. The peaks on the northern slope of Songshan were already dark under the twilight.

Of course, after capturing Zhengzhou, Chihu's army moved south to almost completely to the western front, including 40,000 surrendered troops filling Xingyang, Hulao and camps on the northern foot of Songshan Mountain, collecting boats to build floating bridges north of Zhengzhou, sweeping the city walls of Meng and Wei and other counties in the northern bank of the Yellow River. The cavalry of the Eastern Route Army, as the main force to surround Bianliang, was basically moved to the East Lake Camp east of Zhongmu City.

To the east and south of Bianliang, the Chihu cavalry mainly blocked the passages with Weizhou, Songzhou, Chenzhou, Caizhou and other places, but did not encircle Bianliang from east to west. Therefore, when the important time was that the envoys could still be sent out in the capital.

"It must be because the court saw that the enemy soldiers blocked the roads and prevented food and fodder from entering Beijing. They were vicious and sent envoys to urge the soldiers and horses from supporting the kings to speed up their pace to advance to the capital." Qian Shangduan said excitedly.

In the morning, he went to Gong County to urge troops to send troops. Qian Shangduan also shirked his responsibilities for Zheng Huaizhong, Gao Chunnian and others, but he had no choice but to use Zheng Huaizhong, Gao Chunnian and others. Now he wanted to see Zheng and Gao, and what else can he make a judgment when facing the imperial edict.

Qian Shangduan asked the military officer again: "Which minister was sent to the capital?"

"I don't know the little one." said the military officer Chuanxin.

"Xu Huai, you go with me to meet the envoy!" said King Jing Zhao Tuan.

Although it would be very dangerous to leave the capital at this time, it was okay to say that the envoys who went to the other three towns were all ministers who had just been sent out to control the king's troops in the capital. Unexpectedly, they would have any slackness. Zhengzhou was in the fall, Zhengzhou defense envoy, and the Northwest Road Strategy and Pacification Envoy Sun Huacheng was not aware of the life and death of the Western Army's aid division, led by Tian Yanxiong, Gao Chunnian, and Zheng Huaizhong, who had been away from the capital for a long time, the court should send heavyweight ministers to supervise the battle.

No matter who this person is, King Jing Zhao Tuan also wants to bring Xu Huai, Wang Ju and others with him, and talk about Zheng Huaizhong and Gao Chunnian's chances of missing the opportunity.

When Xu Huai saw King Jing, Qian Shangduan and others were quite excited, and he didn't want to attack them at this time, and said, "My robe and I were stained with blood, and it was fishy and smelly. Your Highness and Qian Langjun went first. We changed our armor and then went!"

"Okay!"

King Jing Zhao Tuan said that when Hu Wei brought the horse over, he and Qian Shangduan, Zhang Xin, Qiao Jien and others rushed to Zhu County first, surrounded by Hu Wei.

Xu Huai, Wang Ju, Deng Gui, Guo Junzong and others rushed to the camp and ordered Yuan Lei, saying, "Prepare a hundred heads, wash them, string them up with ropes, I will enter the city later to give them as gifts to Zheng Huaizhong, Gao Chunnian and the envoy..."

"Is this a bit inappropriate?" Deng Gui was slightly stunned and asked, "Zheng Huaizhong, Gao Chunnian is very hated, but His Highness's original intention should still urge them to send troops eastward. There seems to be no need to humiliate them like this!"

"Do you also think that the envoy from the capital is urging the Western Army to advance east quickly?" Xu Huai asked.

"What, isn't it?" Deng Gui asked in surprise.

Wang Ju, Lu Xiong, and Guo Junzong all looked over in shock. In their opinion, the enemy soldiers went south to Hehuai for more than a month, and Bianliang was besieged for more than half a month. The princes and ministers in the court must have been desperate to lift the siege of Bianliang. At this critical moment, it is hard to imagine that they would not have urged the Western army to advance eastward to lift the siege of Bianliang.

"..." Xu Huai smiled bitterly and shook his head, looked up at the dark twilight, a pale crescent moon hung on the top of the mountain, and said, "If the court was the head of the prime minister, I believe that the envoy came over to urge the Western Army to speed up the eastward advance; and if the Chihu people had already completed the encirclement of Bianliang City and drove tens of thousands of prisoners and soldiers to attack Bianliang forcibly, Bianliang was in danger and was worried about falling at any time, I believe that the envoy came over to urge the Western Army to advance eastward..."

"But the food route is broken, and the food and fodder in Bianliang will be tight for a day. No matter how stupid and incompetent the ministers in the court are, they will not be able to ignore the matter, right?" Guo Junsen asked hesitantly, "And when leaving the capital at this time, you will inevitably take great risks. If you were not urging to send troops, why did you come?"

Xu Huai knew that it was easy for him to fall from the consequences, but other people were in the bureau. Before seeing the imperial edict, it was difficult to imagine why the court sent envoys to come here for risk.

However, the reason was unclear for a while. Xu Huai said: "Let's change your clothes and armor quickly, don't ask your highness to wait for a long time. When you have seen the envoy, everything will be clear!"

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Back at the camp, Xu Huai, with the help of the guards, took off his armor and cleaned up several not-so-serious arrow wounds on his body. However, he changed into a clean robe and waited for the guards to clean up the blood stained with the wart armor and some minced meat before putting on it again.

When Deng Gui, Wang Ju, Guo Junzong and others all took care of Qi Dang, Xu Huai and they rode their horses to Gong County.

King Jing was not in the city. Zheng Huaizhong and Gao Chunnian only occupied the office of the Tomb Shou Office to handle military affairs. The envoys of Bianliang rushed to Gong County with their orders. Wu Wenche, the transfer envoys from Jingxi Road, met with the envoys when they were in Luoyang and also arrived in Gong County. King Jing was in Gong County again, so of course he used the palace to discuss matters.

In Gong County, King Jing Zhao Tuan respected his status regardless of whether he had power or not.

Deng Gui, Wang Ju, Guo Junzong and Xu Huai walked into the side hall. More than a dozen candles illuminated the hall. After King Jing Zhao Tuan sat upright with a gloomy face, he saw Xu Huai and others walking in, and nodded slightly to Qian Shangduan, who was sitting on the left at the top of Wu Wenche.

"Master Xu Jun, General Wang Ju," Qian Shangduan stood up from his seat and recommended him to Xu Huai. Wang Ju to sit in King Jing Zhao Tuan, with a dark and thin face and a little frosty hair. "This is the direct scholar of the Privy Councillor, the Secretariat of the Secretariat, and the new Xuanfu envoy of the Northwest Road of Jing...."

Dayue appointed the Minister of State and the Minister of State and the Minister of State and the Minister of State and the Minister of State and the Minister of State as the Deputy Prime Minister.

Zhou He became the Xuanfu Envoy of the Northwest Road of Jingxi Road as the deputy prime minister. His status was suddenly higher than that of Zheng Huaizhong, Gao Chunnian, Wu Wenche, and Miao Yanxiong, the general manager of the military commander of the Shaanxi camps who were still in charge of Tongguan to help the king and continue to gather together. Even without seeing the imperial edict, Xu Huai could guess that Zhengzhou was in a fall and Kong Huacheng was in danger of life and death. The court sent Zhou He to supervise the Western Army's aid troops.

Xu Huai saluted Zhou He without hesitation, and then sat down in sequence with Qian Shangduan the seats reserved.

Guo Jun was somewhat unable to control himself and asked Zhang Xin in a low voice: "This Zhou He did not hesitate to take risks and went out of the capital to rush Gong County, but came to urge the Western Army to quickly attack the enemy soldiers to break the siege of Bianliang?"

Zhang Xin's face was also extremely ugly. He smiled bitterly and waved his head slightly, indicating that Guo Jun was wrong in guessing.

Deng Gui and Wang Ju were both shocked, but they didn't expect that this could be called Xu Huaiyan.

Zhou He glanced at Xu Huai and others, looked at King Jing Zhao Tuan, and continued the topic that had just been interrupted: "... The enemy bandits were rampant and went south, and they were benevolent and ambitious. All the people in the world were indignant and mournful. However, when the soldiers and civilians fought in Hedong, Hebei, Jinan, Songzhou, the soldiers and civilians suffered casualties, and the cities were in a row, but they could not stop the enemy's troops. The Western Army and Dangxiang people fought for many years, and the troops were very powerful, and the government and the country also placed high hopes on the Western Army. If the Western Army had any mistakes, the Dayue would lose its last reliance and could not deal with the enemy's troops. Therefore, when Zhou He left the capital, the officials warned earnestly that they had no confidence and would never fight with the enemy's troops..."

Deng Gui, Wang Ju, Guo Junshu and Xu Huai were one step late and could not hear the content of the imperial edict. Their "status" was low, so it was impossible to repeat the imperial edict to them at this time - the imperial edict was not issued to them. However, when Zhou He heard the word "Zhou Xuan", they suddenly understood that the court would discuss peace with the Chihu people!

They also think it's so ridiculous.

Tens of thousands of troops of Chihu were at the city. What conditions should the court provide to make the Chihu people leave with satisfaction?

Furthermore, the Chihu people were in a hurry to invade the south this time. Judging from all the signs, they did not have the preparation or determination to capture Bianliang. Their intention to trample on the Hehuai River and Huai River, consume and weaken the Dayue can be said to be obvious. Even if they withdraw their troops this time, they will definitely go south after they are fully prepared in the coming year.

Can Dayue still discuss peace with one another and another?

It is no wonder that King Jing, Qian Shangduan, Lu Xiong, Zhang Xin and others looked so ugly.

Deng Gui glanced at Xu Huai, and saw Xu Huai looking down at the table, making people unable to see his face clearly. He thought that Xu Huai had just said that the envoy must not go to war to promote war, and he thought that he had expected this step.

"Your Highness, you also said that the enemy soldiers had no determination to capture Bianliang. Their troops were mainly submerged between Bianliang, Zhengzhou, and Luoyang, and there was no preparation for attacking Bianliang at this time. Does this prove that they had no ambition to invade the Central Plains?"

Gao Chunnian leaned slightly over her body at this time and said to King Jing Zhao Tuan.

"Ten hundred thousand enemy soldiers were blocked between Zheng and Bian, and the food route was blocked. Not to mention that the millions of soldiers and civilians in the city of Bianliang were hungry, the food and fodder of all the soldiers and horses were not easy to transfer. It was the common wish of the government and the people to be able to retreat north. However, it is better to make the enemy soldiers retreat north. It is better to make the enemy soldiers retreat north. The tens of thousands of Western troops that the court relied on the last one, and fight the enemy soldiers with bloody battles regardless of the consequences. Which one is safer? Do you still need to weigh the trade-offs?"

"You said that Xu Junhou can fight, can you expect Xu Junhou to kill hundreds of thousands of soldiers and overwhelmed?"

"Supervisor Gao, you are too proud of me, Xu Huai," Xu Huai raised his eyes and swept away Gao Chunnian. Zheng Huaizhong and the generals of the Western Army said, "But the Western Army is determined to not fight easily. Xu Huai has known for a long time. Therefore, when he returned from attacking Qingquangou Village this time, he specially prepared a generous gift for the High Army and Zheng Zhengluo..."

"Oh?" Gao Chunnian was slightly stunned and asked subconsciously, "I don't know what kind of etiquette is?"
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