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Hearing Tang Tiande's words at first, Cheng Lunying was stunned for a while and didn't know how to respond. Seeing the prefect Ning Ci who had already sat in the hall and the magistrate Zhou Yunze, his face was still gloomy and clear. I guess they had known the news a moment ago, but they had not recovered yet.

"Zuo Xiaosheng's army was transferred to Xiangyang for rest and rest. Chushan alone resisted the west of Jingxi. How can the enemy in Heluo bear it?" Cheng Lunying didn't care about his reserve. He and Tang Tiande were old friends, so he sat down and asked anxiously.

Before leaving the Duke's Mansion of Runan County, Ning Ci judged that Chushan would not let Zuo Xiaosheng's army withdraw from Ruzhou, thinking that no matter how harsh the imperial edict was on the Duke's Mansion of Runan County, it would not cause the officialdom of Nanyang Prefecture to fall into a dangerous whirlpool.

Cheng Lunying returned to the house and thought it carefully and found that it made sense.

The war in Huainan had just begun, and the Chihu East Route Army was coming in full force, but Dayue had gathered more than 200,000 troops in Huainan. Just based on the military and horses, it was not at a disadvantage.

Most officials of Nanyang Prefecture, from their own standpoint, felt that the enemy troops facing the west and Luohe River of Jingxiang, the north of Jingxiang, the Nanyang Prefecture, Huai Shang, and Ruzhou were truly numerous and powerful.

Since the beginning of winter, although the Chushan Army was in Xiangcheng and north of Zhaoling, barely resisted the attack of the enemy's troops in western Beijing, the Ruzhou defenders suffered heavy losses. Ruyang and other places were trapped, and the general Yang Lin died in a fierce battle.

A few days ago, Ruyang was in a fall, and the news of the death of the general Yang Lin in battle reached Nanyang. Nanyang was in chaos. Countless people dragged their sons and daughters to flee south in a hurry, fearing that the Chushan Army would be defeated like a mountain. The enemy soldiers would kill them at the city of Biyang in the blink of an eye. At that time, they would cry every day, and they would not be able to cry, and they would be trampled and slaughtered by the enemy soldiers.

Xu Huai rushed to Ruzhou to help, and destroyed the edge of Pishan, which made the enemy troops in Heluo stop by Duma River, which made people feel relieved. But was the crisis facing Huai Shang in Ruzhou and Huaizhou been lifted?

No!

No one in the Nanyang Prefecture Office was so naive that he thought the crisis north of Jingxiang had been resolved.

The Hulu occupied the west of the capital, Heluo, and had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Before this winter, the Chushan army and Zuo Xiaosheng army added to the elite troops, with only more than 45,000 troops, and more were using the terrain to resist the enemy in the west of the capital, Heluo.

The fall of Ruyang and the death of the general Yang Lin in a fierce battle is enough to prove his advantage in the terrain and cannot make up for the huge gap in military strength.

At this time, Zuo Xiaosheng's army was deserted and needed to rest and replenish new troops. The Chushan Army fought in Xiangcheng and Zhaoling for more than a month, and the casualties were quite heavy. The western part of Ruzhou was occupied by the enemy troops of Heluo, and Songxian fell sooner or later - all situations mean that the situation facing Ruzhou and Caizhou is more severe and dangerous than before this winter. How can we say that the crisis has been resolved?

The Nanyang Prefecture Office was not particularly panicked. The main reason was that the Shenwu Army, except for more than 10,000 elite troops stationed in Shangluo, Shangluo, Lu family and other cities belonging to Shangzhou, were nearly 30,000 main elite troops stationed in Fangcheng, Biyang and other places belonging to Nanyang Prefecture.

Now the imperial court has removed the remnants of Zuo Xiaosheng's army from Ruzhou and transferred them to Xiangyang for rest. It also has to transfer 30,000 main elite troops to Luzhou to reinforce the battlefield in Huainan, which is equivalent to emptying most of the troops north of Jingxiang.

At this time, if there is any mistake in Ruzhou or Caizhou (Huaishang), Nanyang Prefecture will fall directly.

Cheng Lunying dared not expect the Nanyang Prefecture Army to play a role in the face of the brutal and warlike Red Hu cavalry.

This is also the key to Ning Ci and others who were directly appointed by local scholars from the Ministry of Personnel, but did not hide their dissatisfaction in front of the envoys.

Yes, Ning Ci is the master of the palace and has a power in Nanyang, second only to Zheng Huaizhong; the central government also has the intention of using Ning Ci to check and balance Zheng Huaizhong, and his voice in many things is not even weaker than Zheng Huaizhong.

All this Ning Ci has is given by the central government; Ning Ci is in Nanyang and pays great attention to keeping a distance from the Duke's Mansion of Runan County.

However, it is only meaningful that all this must be preserved in Nanyang Prefecture.

Cheng Lunying was very puzzled. Why did Chu Shan act so neatly and not leave Zuo Xiaosheng's army in Ruzhou to rest and replenish new troops!

Ning Ci and the magistrate Zhou Yunze also wanted to know this at this time.

"Oh, can Chushan withstand the pressure exerted by the enemy in the west of Jing and Heluo? It is purely a bluff," Tang Tiande of course had deep worries about the severe situation in Ru Cai in the future. He did not hide it at this time, and said with a deep brow locked, "But the imperial court's orders are like this, how can Chushan refuse it? The court's arrangements will also have difficulties in the court. We always say that we should share the worries for Your Majesty and the worries for the court. It's not empty talk, right?"

Tang Tiande came on behalf of Chushan and made such a statement. What can Ning Ci, Zhou Yunze, Cheng Lunying and others say? Are they crying and begging Chushan to resist the order?

Xu Huai planned to rectify the mountain dock forces on both wings of Ruzhou on a large scale, so he transferred Tang Tiande, who was more familiar with the relevant work, from Luoshan to Ruzhou, and was preparing to take over as the position of Cao Senjun, a yamen servant in the prefecture.

;     However, this time, Ruzhou was officially included in the Chushan Camp Defense Zone, and Xu Huai was also the governor of Ruzhou's military and military chiefs. However, the adjustment of many positions in the prefecture and government offices and county officials required a process.

Even though the court had given Xu Huai the maximum autonomy and was like a vassal state, according to regulations, the adjustment of these ranks and official positions still needs to be officially appointed through the imperial court's Ministry of Personnel after Xu Huai's recommendation.

Tang Tiande first went to Ruzhou to get to know the situation. This time, a person with enough weight needed to come to Biyang to contact him. Tang Tiande took on this task.

"The court wants to transfer the Shenwu Army to Huainan for reinforcements. What does Xu Hou think about this?" Ning Ci asked somewhat unwillingly.

"Hasn't the court always urged Duke Runan to send troops to reinforce Huainan? My Jieshuo always felt that it should be done - why, Duke Runan has not prepared it yet?" Tang Tiande asked back.

Although Tang Tiande was worried about whether the Chushan Army could block the enemy in Heluo and the west of Jingxi, his attitude towards the Shenwu Army being transferred to Huainan to participate in the war was completely different from that of Ning Ci, Zhou Yunze, Cheng Lunying and others.

Zheng Huaizhong was in charge of Nanyang and also led the military and political affairs of Shangzhou through Wuguan Road. This winter, he should have sent troops from the Lu family, which occupied the upper reaches of the Luo River, to restrain some of the enemies in Heluo to share the pressure under Ruzhou. However, the Shenwu Army stationed in Shangluo, and the Lu family's troops remained unmoved this winter.

The Zheng family father and son led the Shenwu army to station in Nanyang and could not share the military pressure for Chushan. However, the court transferred it to Huainan for reinforcements. If the enemy troops were successfully driven back to the north bank of the Huaihe River, the defense pressure on the eastern line of Chushan would be reduced sharply. Ning Ci was simply asking what kind of choice Chushan would make.

The generals of Chushan did not want Zuo Xiaosheng's army to be transferred out of Ruzhou at this time, but they also hoped that the court would transfer the Shenwu army to the battlefield in Huainan.

In addition to Chu Shan's deep resentment towards the Zheng family's father and son, the generals of the Zuo Xiaosheng Army, including Yang Qiye, Yang Yaozong, and other Zuo Xiaosheng Army hated the Zheng family's father and son to the core.

Deeply, Yang Qiye and Yang Yaozong's generals still wanted to stay in the battlefield in Ruzhou and seek revenge on the Heluo enemy. However, considering that the imperial court transferred them to Xiangyang might have forced the Zheng family's father and son to submit, they were very happy to cooperate.

Of course, Tang Tiande came here to negotiate with the Nanyang Prefecture Office this time, and observed more about the attitudes and reactions of Nanyang Prefecture officials and gentry tycoons to the current situation; as for Zheng Huaizhong and Zheng Cong and his son, all kinds of news can be transmitted from the Nanyang Prefecture Office in the middle, and Tang Tiande would not negotiate.

"The emperor's imperial edict is very urgent. Zuo Xiaosheng's army is very injured and needs to be transferred to Xiangyang for rest. Everything needs peace. The gentlemen of Zhou immediately raise money to provide convenience. I have been ordered to come to Nanyang for the past two days to focus on this matter. At this time, I will go to the inn to rest for a while. I will not be willing to calm down. The gentlemen of Zhou will send him off, but I will disturb you in the morning."

Tang Tiande stood up, bowed to Ning Ci and Zhou Yunze, and said,

"My family's handsome guy is not a good match. We usually have to be careful and cautious. If Nanyang moves a little slower, my family's handsome guy will have any temper that will cause trouble. I will ask Ning, my husband Zhou to take responsibility..."

Ning Ci, Zhou Yunze and other officials of Nanyang Prefecture have never liked Chushan, and Tang Tiande was not particular about his words and said that he had just left.

"If you succeed, you will be rampant. You really can't go to the banquet!" Listening to Tang Tiande's uncovered threatening tone when he left, the judge Zhou Yunze was so angry that he trembled and slapped the table and scolded him.

Cheng Lunying has paid attention to keeping a distance from Chu Shan over the years, but his relationship is not bad. Moreover, when Tang Tianfan left, his words were mainly directed at Ning Ci and Zhou Yunze.

He was more concerned about how the situation would evolve. He looked at Ning Ci and asked carefully: "The wounded soldiers of Zuo Xiaosheng's army will be sent to Xiangyang for treatment soon. Should we send someone to inform the Duke of Hui County immediately?"

Ning Ci's face was gloomy and gloomy. After a while, she frowned and asked Zhou Yunze in a low voice, Cheng Lunying: "Will Chushan have another secret edict?"

Zhou Yunze and Cheng Lunying were also shocked and subconsciously glanced out of the yamen hall, afraid that the conversation would be eavesdropped on by outsiders.

Zhou Yunze pondered: "Realistically speaking, this was a good opportunity for Chu Shan to lead the remnants of Zuo Xiaosheng's army, but the Marquis of Jingsheng sent Zuo Xiaosheng's army to Xiangyang to wait for the commander of Wenhou. Perhaps as the Lord of the Palace guessed, Jingsheng's Marquis of Jingsheng got another secret edict to act..."

Seeing that Ning Ci's face became darker, Cheng Lunying thought to himself: If Xu Huai got another secret edict, Ning Ci, as the prefect of Nanyang, had never heard the news beforehand. Does it mean that the court is already quite dissatisfied with Ning Ci's failure to fully urge Zheng Huaizhong to send troops from Nanyang?

Is Tang Tiande's tough and threatening tone just now also a hint?

After a long time, Ning Ci slowed down her tense expression and said to Zhou Yunze and Cheng Lunying: "I have to bother you and accompany me to the county magistrate's mansion."

"What do we want to say?" Zhou Yunze asked nervously.

"Why are you a king? Apart from being loyal to the king, does Mr. Zhou have any other choice?" Ning Ci asked back.
Chapter completed!