King Jing Zhao Tuan and his party would stay in Xiangcheng and set off to head south until tomorrow morning. However, in order to arrive in Xiangyang as soon as possible, King Jing Zhao Tuan was surrounded by only hundreds of cavalry guards.

Although the Chihu people had not yet focused their attacks on the south of the capital, there were still small groups of soldiers and scouts in Xuzhou and Caizhou.

In order to ensure that King Jing Zhao Tuan went south without any accident, Xu Huai led the Chushan cavalry out of Xiangcheng before nightfall and spread along the two sides of the Rushui River overnight to ensure that no small group of enemy soldiers penetrated into Wuyang, Xiping and other places south of the Rushui River.

The counties under Ruzhou, including Xiangcheng, will be included in the defense zone of Heluo Xingying.

Zheng Huaizhong's eldest son Zheng Cong also took charge of Xiangcheng as the commander of the Left Army of the Heluo Xingying camp and the governor of Ruzhou. Zheng Huaizhong also specially sent Zhao Fan to follow his son Zheng Cong to Ruzhou first to ensure that there are no mistakes in taking over Ruzhou's defense and other matters.

King Jing Zhao Tuan, as well as the first generals who followed the south, Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and others, all lived directly in the back house of the state yamen.

Even further, Hu Kai, Yang Lin, Liu Yan, Zheng Cong, Zhao Fan and others bid farewell to leave the palace of the state yamen. King Jing Zhao Tuan asked Qian Shangduan and Zhang Xin to send him off.

Hu Kai, Yang Lin, Liu Yan and others walked out of the back house of the state yamen, looked at Qian Shangduan, Zhang Xingong bowed, then turned over and rushed to the Xicheng military camp. Hu Kai led his troops to Xiangcheng, and he also went forward and retreated with his soldiers, sleeping and eating together.

Zheng Cong turned over and rushed to the temporary station in Dongcheng, but Zhao Fan did not rush to get on the horse. He sat in a narrow alley and looked up at the night sky. The full moon was hanging, illuminating the long stone paving alley with residual snow. He sighed with emotion:

"I think Xu Huai has always made plans for everything. He has lost all casualties in the second attack on Yan, but the Chushan cavalry was not injured at all. As the fall of Bianliang, the Zhu Mansion and the Prince's Mansion could all be taken out. Princess Yingyun also returned to His Highness safely, but he was not as good as the prince's chess. Perhaps this was the will of heaven, or it was because of heaven's secrets!"

Zheng Cong didn't know what Zhao Fan said these useless nonsense, so he turned his head impatiently and urged him to get on the horse and leave quickly.

Qian Shangduan and Zhang Xin, as close ministers of the royal family, had the opportunity to serve the concubines and princesses in Bianliang in the past. When they first heard Zhao Fan's words, they felt aroused of melancholy and sadness in their hearts, but when they turned back to the house, the more they thought about it, the less they felt.

Zhang Xin and Qian Shangduan had a close past, and signaled the left and right guards to go there, and asked Qian Shangduan in a low voice: "What does Zhao Fan mean? Is it that Xu Huai intends to be with the concubine, and the prince has not done his best in his work?"

Qian Shangduan frowned slightly, shook his head at Zhang Xin, and said in a low voice:

"Don't worry about what Mr. Zhao means. We must pretend that we have never heard of it! You go and rest first, and I'll see if Your Highness has fallen asleep at this time!"

Qian Shangduan knew very well that when His Highness ascended the throne in Xiangyang, he was not qualified to compete with Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and others for the position of prime minister, ruler, etc., but his advantage with Zhang Xin was that his direct minister who had followed His Highness for many years.

Therefore, the daily life of King Jing Zhao Tuan and Princess Yingyun should be responsible for Qiao Jien, who is a statute of the inner court. However, Qian Shangduan would take care of all the details without getting tired of it, so as to avoid any mistakes.

Qian Shangduan walked into the yard where Princess Jing and Princess Yingyun lived. He was thinking about what Zhao Fan said just now, but when he saw that the candlelight in the hall had not yet been extinguished, he walked to the corridor, looked in, and said, "Your Highness hasn't fallen asleep yet?"

King Jing Zhao Tuan sat in the hall, nodded slightly to Qian Shangduan, and said, "I am tired, but I don't feel sleepy. Seeing Yingyun sitting in front of the porch at night, I blamed me for scolding her just now, so I talked to her for a while."

King Jing Zhao Tuan continued to say to Yingyun:

"It's not because of your father that you don't understand your missing mother. Abao's sadness is not because of your father that you must scold you in public. Do you not miss your mother, Abao? But this is the case where the mountains and rivers are overturned, and life is in trouble, and for your father, you are even more panicked. You are just too concerned and ask more questions, but will Liu Yan and the others misunderstand that you are accusing them of being unable to provide assistance? Do you know how many shocking worries your unintentional question will cause?"

"I will apologize to General Liu Yan one day," Ying Yun said.

"You are not convinced, but you are not blamed,"

King Jing Zhao Tuan sighed lightly,

"Although my father is a prince, since he was favored by Renming Palace, he has been walking on thin ice every day for twenty years. He has felt more deeply about the words "Accompanying the king is like a tiger" - so, even if you can't understand it, don't ignore my warning to you today. The situation is so bad now. If there is a slight mistake, don't say that you will turn the tide. You, my father and daughter will become prisoners of the barbarians like your mother, Abao. Tell me, if the king and his ministers are suspicious at this time, how could you expect the soldiers to use their lives to defend the mountains and rivers and turn the tide? Your mother, Abao and the others may be in danger. If you are the only daughter by your father, you should pay more attention to your words and deeds."

The next morning, he took a two-hour nap in the forest wrapped in a felt blanket. Xu Huai came to sleep and found that it was already dawn. He washed up and ate dry food. He then followed Wang Ju, Chen Zixiao and others with Wang Ju, Chen Zixiao and others, surrounded by guards and walked east along the south bank of Rushui.

At this time, the sun rises from the treetops in the east, shines on the vast fields on both sides of the Ru River. A milky white mist rises from the river and spreads to the two sides.

The Ru River, Ying River, Cai River and Bian River are all mainstream tributaries on the left bank of the Huai River.

The Ru River originates from the northern section of Funiu Mountain and flows through Yiyang, Jiacheng, Liangxian, Xiangcheng and other places. Although it has already left the Funiu Mountain area, the two sides are still undulating and have not yet entered the real Hehuai Plain area.

However, the villages and houses on both sides of the Rushui River have become increasingly dense, and from time to time, you can see the fleeing refugees sleeping in rags and their faces are full of desolation.

Xu Huai and his team went east and received reports of small groups of cavalry along the way from time to time. However, Chihu people sent scouts along the coast of Rushui, mainly reconnaissance of the gathering of troops in the southwest of the capital.

There are currently no signs of large gangs of cavalry gathering in Xuzhou to the north and Chenzhou to the east.

Even if the scouts on both sides encountered it, they would catch the opportunity and quickly distanced the distance with one shot.

"It is obvious that during the Taiyuan battle, the Chihu people dare not easily ignore the threat from the flanks. After easily capturing Bianliang, they transferred the main force of the cavalry back to the north bank of the Yellow River and cooperated with the surrendered troops to capture Hedong, Hebei and other cities that were not trapped--" Chen Zixiao said, "Although this will consolidate the occupation and rule of the Chihu people north of the Yellow River, it will also help us consolidate the defense line upstream of the Huai River and gain more time."

"Yes, I hope we can still get through time," Xu Huai sighed.

Although the tragedy of the Bianliang trap was not avoided, it obviously had greatly affected the evolution of the subsequent trend of the war.

From this moment on, the trajectory of history should be completely deviating from the established direction.

However, the most critical issue is that even if the historical direction has deviated from the established direction, it has not turned in the good direction at all, but turned to another bad direction, which is not worthy of optimism.

Of course, thinking about what is not interesting at this time, Xu Huai looked at Rushui.

The Ru River flows obliquely into the northern part of Shangcai in the southeast direction, and the two banks become flat and wide. It flows into the Ru River at this time from the Sha River, which originates from the eastern foot of the Funiu Mountains, and continues to flow to the wilderness in the southeast direction at a greater inclination, until it reaches the east of Xincai, and then enters the Wuzhai River, which originates from Qingyiling and other mountains, and finally merges into the Huai River in the northern part of Gushi County, Guangzhou.

The defense area of ​​the Chushan Camp ends at Rukou to the east. However, from the Tongbai Mountain Road to the west pass into the Biyang County, Tangzhou, the defense area of ​​the Chushan Camp is more than 400 miles wide from the west to the east.

Even if Wuyang, Shangcai and other places are not lost, the western generals of the Chushan Camp are located in Wuyang, and there is no chance to catch the enemy under the cover of Shangcai's defenders. However, even if we start from Qingyi Ridge south of Queshan, we go south to Rukou, and there is a defensive surface of 300 miles deep.

Such a broad defense surface is mostly plains.

Yesterday, when discussing the adjustment of the defense zone, Hu Kai advocated the transfer of Queshan north of Qingyiling and Huaichuan east of Xincai into the Chushan camp.

In this way, the Chushan Camp has four counties, Queshan, Zhenyang, Xincai and Huaichuan on the north bank of the Huaihe River. On the south bank of the Huaihe River, there are seven counties of Chushan, Xinyang, Huangchuan, Guangshan, Luoshan, Gushi, Shangcheng, and Jiuli, Pingjing and Wusheng three gates between Tongbai Mountain and Huaiyang Mountain.

With such a broad defense surface and so many city passes, even if six or seven thousand people were broken and filled in, there would be loopholes.

Xu Huai went to Puban to meet King Jing and rarely expressed his opinions on other matters. In addition to his insistence on his identity and status at this time and not stealing the limelight from Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and others, more importantly, he was thinking about how to defend the upper reaches of the Huai River.

At night, Xu Huai walked down to the northern part of Xincai surrounded by many guards. At this time, the scout came to report that King Jing and his group had set out from Xiangcheng early in the morning and had successfully entered Fangcheng County, Tangzhou in the afternoon.
Chapter completed!