Chapter 83: Legacy
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, The general is so fierce
Xu Huaineng expected that Wang Bing was in a bad state, but he did not expect that Wang Bing would look so haggard after not seeing him in just over four months. He and Wang Xuan stepped forward and helped Wang Bing up from the hospital bed, and could hardly feel how much weight there was left in Wang Bing's body.
Although Wang Bing looked very energetic at this time, Xu Huai knew that this was a rebirth. Such a broken body could not be delayed for a long time. He choked up for a moment, and didn't know where to start many words. Wang Xuan even rinsed and cried, and sat on the edge of the bed to support Wang Bing's thin and sick body from behind.
"Why are the stupid kids crying? I can see you before I die. It's so better than anything else," Wang Bing grinned and scratched Wang Xuan's head, then turned back to Xu Huai and said, "I have been hesitating these two days. Should I ask Lu Xiong to go to Chushan again. I didn't expect you to come to Bianliang. Very good, very good."
Zhu Qian received the news from Zhu Zhi, and rushed over to meet him. After hearing that Wang Bi was going to give his last words, he asked his eldest son Zhu Zhi and Lu Wenhu to wait in the yard first.
He was haggard and walked in and sat down next to the bed, took the medicine from Lu Xiong, and served Wang Bing to drink it.
"I know my fate, and they insist on using this thing to fool me. I can only pretend to be fooled by them." Wang Bing sipped the soup and talked to Xu Huai. "Actually, it may be a blessing to be able to close your eyes before the mountains and rivers are broken! I am afraid that my humble body will cause some unnecessary disturbances when kicking my feet at this time, and I feel uneasy, but it is difficult to leave Bianliang at this time. Maybe you are the only one who has the ability to help me leave Bianliang..."
The court actually bowed down to such a level of grievance, which was a tragic blow to the morale of the generals of the war faction, Xu Huai could have imagined before coming to Bianliang.
After Xu Huai arrived in Bianliang City, he had secretly met Liu Yan and others, and felt this more deeply.
To be honest, if the flood season was not coming, the time left for the Chihu people was really limited, and Xu Huai would have doubted whether the Chihu people would have gathered a large army to force the city of Bianliang to launch a strong attack.
The Chihu people have not made any big noise yet, but it does not mean that there are no variables.
For example, the morale of the Bianliang defenders, which had been extremely depressed, was once again severely damaged and shaken.
But even though he could think of this, Xu Huai couldn't bear to see that Wang Bing had already gone out, but he was still worried that his death would disturb the broken morale of the army.
Xu Huai stood up and breathed a long breath of turbid air, but he still felt stuffy in his chest. He pushed the wooden window open and let the drizzle of rain come in.
"The fall of Bianliang and the destruction of the rivers and Huai Rivers is inevitable, but the situation in the southeast and southwest is still complete, while the Dangxiang people are still lying across the northwest, blocking the throats of Chihu people, and the mountains and rivers still have time and opportunity to clean up," said Xu Huai, "However, the way of planning can no longer stick to the old rules. Otherwise, after the Chihu people calmly annexed Dangxiang, there may be no chance at all!"
"...My trick is not good after all," Wang Bing raised his head vigorously, looked at Xu Huai with his turbid eyes, and sat for a while.
He turned to Wang Fan and said, "You have to promise me: If the enemy soldiers have not retreated, I will take a step first, so let me lie on this sickbed for a few more days!"
Wang Fan knelt down crying and said, "As my father ordered, Fan dared not refuse to obey!"
Wang Bing looked at Lu Xiong, Wang Kong and Zheng Shou who entered the room later, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Do you all remember?"
As the envoy of the palace guards, Wang Bing no longer had any real power, but he was still among the important officials of the country.
Therefore, after he left Bianliang City, he died of illness, and he could not report his death to the capital due to the blockade of the Chihu people. However, he was in Bianliang City, but he was hiding his death without reporting it, which was a deception of the emperor.
Xu Huai had other plans to come to Bianliang, and the number of people he could mobilize was limited, so he could not help Wang Bian leave Bianliang at this time. Wang Bian could only ask that after his death, Wang Fan and others would deceive the king and conceal his death first.
Lu Xiong, Wang Kong, and Zheng Shou also knelt down and agreed.
"Okay, just stay with me more. You can go and discuss things by yourself! Everyone else in the yard should also take away..." Wang Bing waved his hand powerlessly, signaling Xu Huai and the others to go out to talk. He no longer had the energy to participate in complicated planning.
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The rain was still dripping, dripping on the bluestone slab.
When he walked into the guest house of the side courtyard, Xu Huai bowed to Wang Fan before taking his seat and said, "Xu Huai was young and frivolous and willful. He used to be disrespectful to Wang Fan's husband, so please be lenient!"
"Where will the hair be attached to it? In the past, I couldn't see through it." As soon as the mountains and rivers were broken, the ministers in the court showed an unprecedented ugly appearance. Wang Fan did not have the intention to compete for power at this time, and he sighed, "I couldn't expect that the disaster would be so fierce, but I saw it was too clumsy!"
"What are your plans for coming to Bianliang this time?" Zhu Heng urgently urged Xu Huai to take his seat and asked.
"The sacrifice of Chen Yuan's troops is so meaningless. Even if the Chihu people are forced to attack Bianliang this time as the flood season is approaching, they will not attack Bianliang, but as long as they make a comeback, they will easily find things in their pockets."
Xu Huai sat behind the long desk and said with a serious expression,
"Even if the fall of Bianliang has been avoided, if the world has no desire to resist and die, after the fall of Bianliang and the destruction of Hehuai, how could it be possible to successfully establish a defense line against the Chihu people in Jianghuai? I heard in Chushan that Chen Yuan's troops were destroyed because someone in the court was afraid of angering the barbarians and intentionally leaked the secrets, but I still don't know the details. The first thing I have to do this time is to pull out this man and eliminate them, so that the generals and soldiers in the world would not completely lose their will to resist the barbarians, and those who wag their tails and beg for peace still had a trace of fear in their hearts!"
"..." Wang Fan, Zhu Han, Lu Xiong, Zheng Shou and others were all shocked. Unexpectedly, Xu Huai left the Chushan military and civilians and sneaked into Bianliang on a dangerous basis. The first thing was to assassinate a person who had not yet caught the shadow. But he could figure it out again. The situation was so bad that some things could only be done by any means.
Thinking of the destruction of Chen Yuan's troops, Zhu Qing was still heartbroken at this time and said hoarsely: "The three thousand passionate men of Dayue died too unjustly!"
This situation
Later, Xu Huai arrived in Bianliang in person, and what he could do was very limited, but the leak of secrets that led to the destruction of Chen Yuan's troops was extremely bad on the morale of the army. Xu Huai decided to start with this matter first.
However, the news that Zhuang Shouxin heard hastily left Bianliang was only a few ambiguous limited rumors. At the same time, he did not mention this matter to Zhou Jing when he left Bianliang. Under the current circumstances, Zhou Jing could not spare anyone to pay attention to this matter.
Therefore, Xu Huai was far from understanding the leaked matter at this time.
"After the Chihu Cavalry invaded the south, there was a dispute over whether to fight in the court or not, and the emperor was also swaying and had no idea. As cities near the capital fell one after another, the voices of peace became increasingly popular. Many generals and ministers who had advocated a war before also felt that it was not impossible to delay time by asking for peace."
Zhu Han recalled the many details before and after sending Chen Yuan's troops to attack the enemy camp at night, and said,
"The emperor still hopes to confuse the enemy with profit and send Yang Dixun to the enemy camp. He secretly asks the annual tribute to be limited to one million silver and pay another five million taels of silver for rewards. However, he does not want the envoy to come to Bianliang to claim compensation. Although Wang Qiyong, Wang Boqian and others still insist on begging for peace after the arrival of the envoy, we still hesitate to see the emperor he was constipated and advised the emperor to send troops to attack the enemy camp at night. We also calculated that the flood season was coming, and the envoys did not dare to stay in Zhengzhou, Jingji and other places for a long time. We wanted to attack the enemy camp at night with a surprise soldier, and delay the peace talks.
When the enemy soldiers had to retreat, they could delay the claim, but they did not expect that the enemy soldiers would be prepared. Chen Yuan's troops were ambushed in tragedy, and only more than 100 people broke through and fled. We thought about where to leak the secrets. It is likely that the emperor did not abide by the secret agreement and told the ministers about this matter, but who leaked the secrets did not know. The emperor later put the responsibility for sending troops on the king's head. If there were not some ministers who were trying to advise, the king's prime minister could have issued an edict to prison, which might not have been able to support you... "
"Since there is news, it is not difficult to find clues," Xu Huai pondered for a while, then stood up and said goodbye, "I will investigate this matter now-this matter is intended to inspire morale and intimidate all evil spirits, but it cannot interfere with the prince or the mountain of Chu. We will hide our traces in every way. Please don't worry, both men. If there is no special reason, we will not come to see the men again before we get things done!"
"If this matter is available to us, we will never stand by and watch, there is no worry or worry - in addition, there is another thing I am planning to find you!" Zhu Han said.
"What's the matter?" Xu Huai asked.
"King Jing is not in Bianliang, Princess Yingyun is in the rank of compensation. We cannot stand by and watch this matter," Zhu Han said. "Wang Fan and I were thinking of sending someone to rob Princess Yingyun from the palace to hide it. We are planning to find Zhou Jing to discuss this matter - since you are in Bianliang, you should preside over this matter, and we will assist..."
Chapter completed!