The moonlight shines on the stone steps, like a layer of white frost covering it, making it feel even more cold.

In the hall, the candles were brightly lit. Zhu Han returned from Huaichuan and was summoned to the palace without even having to stop. Zhou He, Gao Chunnian, Gu Fan, Hu Kai, Xu Wei, Wen Hengyue, and Wang Fan, who was about to serve as the deployment of the military and horse capital in Jingbei, also rushed to the palace to listen to the latest updates on the Huai River.

"When I left Huaichuan, all the people had crossed the river and retreated to the south bank. The Marquis of Jingsheng was in charge of Huaichuan. There were 2,000 elite troops in Chushan and more than 4,000 soldiers in the village. Although the enemy was approaching again, they did not dare to make another attack. They formed a large camp in the north of Huaichuan City, and continuously transferred troops. The materials passed, and they also built war equipment."

Zhu Huo sat on Xiudun, calming his breath to report the latest situation of Huaichuan to Emperor Jianji and other ministers.

"Marquis Jingsheng is in charge of Huaichuan, and there is no expectation that there will be any problems. However, the rebel general Yue Hailou is mobilizing troops, food and grass to Zhenyang at this time. There are only more than 10,000 elite troops in Chushan, and it is difficult to take into account both ends. Huaichuan still has to give up. Huangchuan and Guangshan cannot defend. Marquis Jingsheng advocates that Xuanwei's army in Guangzhou will all retreat to Jiuli Pass. As long as Qingyiling, Chushan City, and Shimen Ridge are not lost, the enemy soldiers will not dare to launch a large army to attack Jiuli Pass this winter..."

"It's still too dangerous. Once Jiuli Pass breaks out, the hinterland of Jingbei will be south, and there are neither soldiers nor dangerous guards!" Zhou He frowned and said worriedly, "Although the enemy soldiers will not enter Jiuli Pass in large quantities, they will also send 10,000 or 20,000 people across the river to restrain Huainan. The flanks on the Huainan are not defended by Chushan. They rely solely on the remnants of Xuanwei's army, which may still be hidden dangers!"

"Who will Xu Huai submit to the remnants of Xuanwei Army?" Emperor Jianji asked.

Xu Huai has written the memorial for many things, but now everyone has not had time to read the memorial for Xu Huai to bring Zhu Han back. If you have any questions, just ask Zhu Han directly for the convenience of coming.

"Xu Huai recommended Chen Zixiao, the Duke of Yu, to be the sixth general of Tianxiong Army," Zhu Qing was worried that anyone here would not be familiar with Chen Zixiao, and introduced, "Chen Zixiao was originally a Khitan Han Lun, and was demoted for the crime. In the second year of Tianxuan, Xiao Linshi was sent to the Central Plains and became a bandit in Tongbai Mountain. In the fifth year of Tianxuan, Tianxuan was under the siege of Zheng Hui and Dong Qifeng, and caused bandit chaos. In the sixth year of Tianxuan, he was recruited to Lanzhou as the commander of the camp. In the first northern expedition to attack Yan, Chen Zixiao plotted for Xiao Linshi and severely defeated Tianxiong Army. His Majesty raised an army to cross the river to guard Qinshui. Marquis Jingsheng led his troops to attack Taiyuan. Chen Zixiao actively contacted Xiao Linshi's troops to help. His people were capable and had extraordinary means, and they knew that they were good at fighting. Later, they returned to the commander of Jingsheng Hou, but they had a slight ties with the people in Chushan and had no chance to lead the troops..."

The bandits in Tongbai Mountain were in chaos, and the conspiracy of Zheng Hui, Dong Qifeng, Chen Zixiao and others from beginning to end, but tens of thousands of people were killed and injured in Tongbai Mountain. It is obvious that Xu Huai's main elites from Tongbai Mountain would not be able to obey Chen Zixiao's command.

Zhou He and Gao Chunnian were not very familiar with Chen Zixiao, and Chen Zixiao used to be his master. They also believed in the principle of "if you enter China, you will be in China."

It is precisely Chen Zixiao's past that makes them think that Chen Zixiao deserves the "ability" and "strategic" evaluation.

However, it is hard to cook without rice. Xu Huai chose the general, but how much combat power is left in the remnants of Xuanwei Army is really worrying.

We discussed it, but everyone didn't want to give it to Chushan at this time

The pressure was too great that he was forced to defend Huangchuan, Guangshan and other cities to the death. He finally decided to transfer troops from the Right Xuanwu Army to garrison Xiaochang City, Anzhou, south of Jiuli Pass.

In this way, even if there is any mistake in Xinyang in Jiuli Pass, it will not be completely at a loss.

But thinking about the wars from Shaanxi, Heluo, and then to Huaihang, Shouchun, everywhere, the situation is critical, and there is no place that makes everyone see hope, and the atmosphere is extremely depressing.

Speaking of this, Emperor Jianji brought Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and others to leave and rest, leaving Zhu Han to speak in the palace.

"I returned to Xiangyang. I heard that the ministers meant to demote Liu Xianliu to Yazhou?" Zhu Han guessed that Emperor Jianji left him alone to deal with Liu Xian's affairs, so he asked first.

How to deal with Liu Xian's crime of underestimating the enemy and losing the army, the Censorate and the Minister of the Secretariat have the right to memorialize. As a foreign general, Xu Huai needs to avoid taboos.

Therefore, Emperor Jianji asked Zhu Wei to ask Xu Huai about his opinion in private, and he would not pass on an imperial edict to seek it. Xu Huai would not easily submit a memorial on this matter.

"Yes, in terms of his crime, it is light to be demoted to Yazhou!" Zhao Tuan sighed while sitting on the dragon chaise.

I finally thought that as long as I survived this winter, the situation in Xiangyang would at least change, but I didn’t expect that the first battle in Huai Shang would be defeated so badly.

Isn’t this also proved that Zhao Guan, the King of Huai, ignored Xiangyang’s edict, abandoned Xu and Su, and ordered Han Shiliang’s troops to withdraw from Sizhou. Is it correct?

Thinking of this is really anger and frustrating.

"What do you say about Xu Huai?" Zhao Tuan asked again.

"Xu Huai said that Liu Xian's loss of the army was extremely evil, but he was sincere in sharing his worries for His Majesty!" Zhu Han said.

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"The first time the Hu barbarians made a fortune in the south, Liu Xian sent food and soldiers to all the roads; the Hu barbarians made a fortune in the south again, Liu Xian gathered 20,000 troops, but there was an imperial edict on Bianliang that they could not go on. Your Majesty and the generals and officials first arrived in Xiangyang and went to a humble house. Liu Xian asked his son to carry utensils, brocade quilts and quilts and money to comfort Your Majesty," Zhu Han said, "I will not hide it from Your Majesty. The brocade quilts that I slept in my house at this time were still given by Liu Xian. If I had said a few words for Liu Xian, Your Majesty wouldn't think it was because I was selfish, right?"

"What do you think should be dealt with?" Zhao Tuan asked.

"Liu Xian's crime of losing his army should not be spared lightly. Your Majesty should demote him to a commoner and let him live in Xiangyang's house to reflect on his crime!" Zhu Han said.

"It's not appropriate to be demoted. He was a student of the imperial examination and was also obtained by his own ability. So he will keep a Jinshi for him and clean up the others, so that he can save his crimes at home!" Zhao Tuan made a decision and asked Qiao Jien, who was standing beside him, "What do you think of Liu Xian in this way?"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Qiao Jien said.

Qiao Jien was serving Zhao Tuan, of course he knew that Zhao Tuan was angry, but he still didn't want to attack Liu Xian too much. However, the impact of the destruction of Xuanwei's army was too bad, and it had a great blow to Xiangyang's morale that had finally recovered a little.

Of course, the destruction of Xuanwei's army had a more direct impact on the defenders in Huai Shangdi.

If Chushan and Wuyang generals were angry at Liu Xian's crime of losing the army, even if Zhao Tuan wanted to leave a line for Liu Xian, he would have to "sweep his tears".

Liubianyazhou, it seems

Liu Xian will also arrange a group training envoy, the title of deputy group training envoy, but thousands of miles away are actually completely cut off the possibility of Liu Xian's resurrection, and he may die of illness early in the miasma.

Now, even if Liu Xian is really demoted to white, as long as the situation remains stable, when the world forgets the destruction of Xuanwei's army and wants to re-appoint Liu Xian, it is just an edict.

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Liu Xian did think about resisting the Huhu in Guangzhou. In addition to more than 20,000 troops, Huangchuan, Guangshan, Huaichuan and Jiuliguan, the total grain storage of officials was as high as 500,000 stones.

Except for the people evacuated to the south, a total of 200,000 shi of grain were released according to the mouth, more than 300,000 shi of official grain storage were all transferred to Xinyang via water.

Liu Xian reserved so much grain in Guangzhou, and mainly transported it south from Jingbei provinces through Jiuli Pass. During this period, he used a large number of mules and horses. At this time, tens of thousands of mules and horses remained in Huangchuan, Guangshan and other places.

As the deputy envoy of Jinghu North Road Transportation, Xu Kang was responsible for the supervision of grain and grass transportation, and he was also directly in charge of the transportation army. However, in addition to Xiangyang's order, he clearly defined the area south of Jiuli Pass and was controlled and dispatched by Chushan. Xu Kang did not think that the attitude of the Jingbei Supervisor was strong. He could really take back these grains and mules and horses from Xu Huai, and even had a bad relationship.

Although Huaichuan, Huangchuan and Guangshan are also considered to be the upper middle and upper reaches of the Huai River, the water level is much more vast than that of the Huai River in Tongbai Mountain.

Chushan shipping and shipbuilding industry was originally Xinyang, Luoshan and Xincai located on the shore of Rushui, but there was only a small shipyard in Xinyang.

Xu Huai collected hundreds of boats from Xinyang, Luoshan and Xincai, but in fact there were not even a few boats that could deliver cavalry on a large scale - mainly because the war horses occupied too much space and required the cabin to be deep and wide. Such warships needed to be modified with large-bellied boats.

When Xu Huai returned to Chushan at the beginning of the year, he was determined to build a naval army, but he urgently transformed a group of small and medium-sized oar-rolling warships, which were not enough to form a large-scale naval army combat power.

Of course, there is another problem that Chu Shan does not have any generals who are good at water battles, and there are not even many skilled sailors and boatmen.

Xu Huai built a new dock in Zhouqiao. In addition to the lack of craftsmen, it took three or five years for the shipbuilding wood to be cut down, and there was no way to build a brand new large warship for a while.

Huaichuan is a water and land major, Huangchuan and Guangshan are also all in Huaichuan. The shipping and shipbuilding industries are much more developed than those in Chushan.

In addition to boats and boats in Huaichuan and other places, Xu Huai directly conscripted shipmakers and ship workers in Huaichuan and other places to Chushan; the materials from shipyards in Huaichuan and other places were also transported to Xinyang and Zhouqiao together.

After Xu Huai and other materials that may have exceeded 2 million straits, they finally led their troops to evacuate Huaichuan and threw a ruined house to the enemy soldiers.

Since the beginning of winter, Chushan has fully entered the strategy. In order to ensure the supply of materials on the front line, the construction of the internal line has been forced to stop. Now that such a huge amount of materials has been withdrawn from Huaichuan and other cities, Chushan will not only ensure the demand for combat on the front line, but also continue to expand the construction of the internal line.
Chapter completed!