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Chapter 228: Offer suggestions

"I Xu Huai bowed to Your Highness! I am reckless by nature. Without your permission, I led my troops into the city to disturb the Lords. I also asked you to give me a crime!"

Xu Huai walked into Mingde Hall with the ceremony of seeing the successor emperor respectfully and performed the tribute of bowing respectfully.

"Mr. Xu is acting on his orders by the emperor's brother. What crime is there? Please get up quickly, please get up quickly..."

At this time, Zhao Guan wanted to be charged with the Zheng family's father and son for usurping the throne. He completely eradicated this threat. How could he blame Xu Huai? He came over and took Xu Huai's arm and eagerly helped him to sit down.

Mingde Hall is the place where the prince undertakes his studies, Zhao Guan was granted the title of Crown Brother, Mingde Hall is the main hall of the Huai Palace. At this time, Zhou He, Gao Chunnian, Hu Kai, Zhu Han, Wang Boqian, Gu Fan, Wang Fan and others sat in the hall, waiting for Xu Huai to come.

In addition to the ministers, the Imperial Guards, the Jianye Prefecture Army, the Navy's commander, the Du Yuhou, including Zhang Xin, Yu Gong and others, all of them had already visited the Huai Palace to pay their respects to Zhao Guan in the afternoon.

At least within the Jianye Prefecture, the title of Emperor Zhao Guansi has been determined.

After being surrounded by the guards of the Huai Prince's Mansion for an hour, the Duke of Wen finally gave up his resistance.

In addition to the more than 300 slaves in Duke Wen's Mansion were detained on the spot, except for Duke Wen's Mansion, Zheng's family had more than 160 men, women, young and old, Zheng Huaizhong, and Zheng Cong and his son were detained in Dali Temple Prison to be tried; Dali Temple Prison was also supervised by the guards of the Huai Palace.

In addition, the Jianye Zhucheng Gate was temporarily closed in the afternoon, and the Jianye Navy also sent a large number of warships to block the Yangtze River waterway.

However, this does not mean that Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son stayed in Chuzhou and other places, and that the direct confidants who commanded the 60,000 elite soldiers in Huaidong would easily hand over the military power and would not be in a hurry to jump over the wall.

In addition to Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son and Zheng Jinqing were captured in Jianye, the Zheng family had more than 30 children occupying many key positions in the Huainan East Road Control Department, including 16 of whom served as commander commander, Du Yuhou, commander commander and other generals, and most of the commanders were the most elite troops in the Huainan Camp.

Since Xu Huai was in Jianye, in addition to the need to meet the successor Emperor Zhao Guan, everyone also wanted to ask him how to solve the problems of Huaidong.

Xu Huai ignored the opposition of the crowd and was determined to eliminate the Zheng father and son. The most critical reason was that the Huai Wangfu Group and the Shenwu Army Group had been too deeply rooted in recent years, and the internal interests were too deeply tied up and too close. There was no way to resolve them in just two years by using conventional means. It was dragged until the Chihu people launched a large-scale offensive from the East Road again. At that time, even if the Zheng family was not busy surrendering the enemy, the Huai Wangfu Group and the Shenwu Army Group could not work together to fight against the enemy. As long as any family sat on the tiger's fight, Ruyang's defeat would inevitably be repeated.

The Qinling Mountains-Huaihe River defense line has a dangerous terrain in the western section. Even if the Qinling Mountains and Qishan are lost, the Chuanxia land still deals with the Chihu people and lies.

In the middle section, in addition to the Huaishan defense line that Chushan had been operating for several years, there were also Nanyang, Xiangyang and Jinge as deep. If the enemy was surging and Huaishan was unable to defend, the Chushan army retreated to Nanyang, Xiangyang and even Jinge to pull the throne, it was not a question of whether the court allowed it, but something that must be carried out.

Only the defense line in the eastern section of Huainan is the weakest, but it is irreversible, which is the least deviation.

Shi Zhen, Han Gui, Zhu Han, Wang Fan and others opposed Xu Huai's rash actions, thinking that harming Zheng's family would not benefit Chu Mountain - even capturing Chu Mountain would be injustice.

What Xu Huai saw in his eyes was not how much benefit or benefit he could get from it this time, but that the Jianghuai defense line was corrupt, and half of the country would be broken, and the Chu Mountain would not be able to survive alone.

How can there be a complete egg under the nest?

The bird's nest is about to be blown down by the strong wind. What's the point of who will compete for more young birds in the nest or less?

The key is to keep bird suppression, gain time, and give the wings a chance to grow plump and harden.

At this time, the biggest and most fundamental interests are not the rest, but the Jianghuai defense line can be maintained, so as to gain time for the further growth of Chushan and consolidate its foundation.

As for the others, Emperor Jianji's body collapsed so suddenly, how could there be any perfect solution?

"Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong has been fratricidal for a long time. Except for his father and son, no other general in the Huaidong camp can establish absolute prestige in the army. Whoever has outstanding military achievements and who can be more convinced will be suppressed by the Zheng father and son, and Zheng Jinqing and other Zheng children will not be spared," Xu Huai said, "Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong's arbitrary decree is not conducive to the conclusive evidence of your highness. Your Highness immediately ordered general Han Shiliang or Ge Yu to lead troops to Chuzhou to take over the Huaidong camp, and ordered Liu Yan to send troops from Yangzhou to north. Chen was in the south of Chuzhou as a deterrent - against Huaidong.

For the generals of Huaidong Army, choose the good ones and take them, and those who follow them are forbidden to confine them. With His Highness's wise and powerful military, the soldiers and civilians of Huaidong will inevitably return to their jurisdiction soon! Of course, when the emperor of the enemy collapsed, Xu Su, the enemy in the west of Jing and Heluo was slightly weak, but the bandits in the Dongjinghu River were becoming more and more intense. In order to avoid the delusion of the generals of Huaidong Army, they should be eliminated decisively and simply. I am commanding the troops on Huai, and the journey is long and difficult to save the danger of Huaidong. However, Chushan trained 6,700 township soldiers in Nancai, Qiao County. He was planning to replenish the enemy in Ru and Cai prefectures to defend the enemy. If your Highness needs it, he can quickly be incorporated into the camp and help Ge Gong quickly suppress the bandits in Dongjinghu..."

Xu Huai was speechless in his words, the generals of the Huaidong Army were speechless, but the key point was to suggest that the King of Huai should enter the Jing bandit army faster and more decisively to prevent the generals of the Huaidong Army from waiting and watching, prevent the Chihu people from taking the opportunity to win the surrender of Xu Su, sending troops to respond, and helping to increase the rebellious spirit of the generals of Huaidong.

"Okay, Mr. Xu suddenly said the key point. It seems that the emperor's brother relies on Mr. Xu to be respectful," said King Zhao Guan of Huai. "Although the Dongjing bandit army is far away from Huaidong, it is undoubtedly a jealous problem. The strong Dongjing bandit army will inevitably cause unnecessary delusions to the generals of Huaidong army. It should be eliminated early and eliminated quickly!"

Xu Huai set such a big trap for the Zheng family and son, and he didn't want to ask for any profit, but King Huai Zhao Guan didn't believe it or feel at ease.

Although the Zheng family and his son have already entered the army, so many Huaidong generals are in danger and are in danger. They are also commanding 60,000 elite soldiers. Tens of thousands of surrendered soldiers are peeping in Xusu and other places north of the Huaihe River. Not to mention anything else, the Huaidong army will directly lead 60,000 elite soldiers to cross the Huaihe River from Chuzhou (Huaiyin) to Xusu, Beitou, and will directly change the power balance between enemy and us in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River. This is not something that Da Yue can easily bear.

Therefore, at this critical moment, King Huai Zhao Guan was not so naive that he thought that he would sit firmly with the support of the ministers in the court and the generals of the Imperial Guards in Suwei. He thought that he would not need to be appeased and win over the generals who commanded the troops such as Xu Huai, Gu Jiqian and Gao Junyang.

Therefore, what was most worried about Xu Huai and King Zhao Guan of Huai at this time was that he was afraid that he would ask to intervene in the situation in Huaidong by using his support.

Before the Huainan victory, the two routes of Huainan were the basic structure of the Huainan Palace.

The battle in Huainan made the generals of the Huainan Palace recognize the strength of the Chihu East Road troops, which was beyond their control. They had to accept the arrangement of Emperor Jianji to dismantle Huainan into two routes for defense.

Now, as long as the Huaidong generals are properly dealt with, Huainan can be completely included under his direct rule. Zhao Guan does not want any generals who are not his direct descendants to intervene.

Next, he received the firm support of the scholars. Jiangdong Road, Zhejiang Road, Guangnan Road, Fujian Road, and Jinghu South Road, which Ge Boyi served as the commander of the command, will become the most stable foundation and basic foundation for him to sit on the dragon throne. At this time, he will make some concessions to Xu Huai, Gu Jiqian, Gao Junyang and others on Jinghu North Road and Chuanxia, ​​which will not be so difficult to accept.

In addition, Ge Boyi replaced Xu Wei as the commander of Jinghu South Road. In addition to the 40,000 to 50,000 troops trained by Xu Wei in Jingnan, he also mobilized the past 5,000 elite troops from Huaixi.

If the Dongjing bandit army could be dealt with earlier, it would also mean that these 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers could get out and he would have more trump cards to play.

At that time, if he is worried about anyone, he will have room to replace the imperial guards such as Liu Yan, Deng Gui, and Zhang Xin, and he will not need to be careful for a while now.

Therefore, Xu Huai suggested strengthening the attack on the Dongjing bandit army as soon as possible, which was in the heart of King Huai Zhao Guan.

Xu Huai asked to organize six or seven thousand soldiers to participate in this battle in Caizheng in Nan. Whether it was to seize prisoners or obtain more military achievements and rewards, King Zhao Guan of Huai did not want to say that Ge Boyi would be able to cope with the troops in Jingnan and the cooperation of Jingbei. That would make him too stingy and mean and ruthless.

"Your Majesty's great mourning. If Marquis Jingsheng stayed in Jianye for mourning, would it be a waste of opportunity for war?" Zhu Qing frowned slightly and asked King Zhao Guan of Huai, "Han Shiliang or Ge Yu led the troops to take over the Huaidong camp. I'm afraid we can't wait until the great mourning is over..."

When the emperor was in great mourning, the court officials had to mourn for twenty-seven days; Xu Huai was in Jianye at this time, so he should be the same as the court officials.

"The emperor's most obsession with expelling the barbarians and Taiping in the country." The Huai King wished he could solve the problems of Huaidong early, so how could he dare to delay the funeral after the great funeral? He looked at Zhou He, Wang Boqian, Gu Fan, Gao Chunnian and others and said, "Tomorrow, the emperor's funeral will be a grand funeral. After the funeral, Xu Hou will take the funeral to the expedition, which is good?"

Zhou He, Wang Boqian, Gu Fan, Gao Chunnian and others all thought that Xu Huai was too difficult to figure out, and his murderous aura was too strong. They wanted him to leave Jianye early, so they felt that the court had truly fallen back into their control. At present, it is said that the country is the most important thing, as long as they are loyal and righteous to the court, there is no difference between mourning in the capital and in the army.

"Please watch your Majesty at night and send your Majesty a journey." Xu Huai asked again.
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