Linru Town is an important place between Ruzhou and Luoyang. In history, counties were sometimes established, and sometimes they were abolished as towns. During the Xiande period of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Linru County was abolished as Linru Town, which was under the jurisdiction of Liang County, and the Song Dynasty followed it.

This area is also the watershed between the Yellow River Basin and the Huai River Basin. Going towards Luoyang, most rivers flow into the Yi River and then into the Yellow River. Going towards Ruzhou, most rivers flow into the Ru River and then into the Huai River.

Luoyang is a special place. Although it belongs to Henan Province, most of the other places in Henan Province, except for Luoyang and Sanmenxia, ​​do not belong to the Yellow River system. However, there is always a little difference between Luoyang and other places in Henan.

The origin of Henan's name, except for the Henan Road in the Tang Dynasty, mostly came from Henan County in Luoyang. From one of the earliest three rivers to the later Henan Prefecture, until the new China was changed to Luoyang area. The pseudo-Qi abolished Jingdong, Jingxi Road and Shandong Road in the Song Dynasty, were changed to Shandong Road and Henan Prefecture Road. The names of these two provinces came from this. Therefore, Shandong Province did not appear opposite to Shanxi, and Henan Province did not appear opposite to Hebei Province. The reason why Henan is called Henan is because Luoyang is the Henan Prefecture, not because the province is south of the Yellow River.

Linru Town is the Huaihe River Basin. Then go west and enter Henan Prefecture, it is the Yellow River Basin.

Today is the market in Linru Town, where people from all directions come here, and the snow on the road is trampled hard.

Zhai Xing and Zhai Cong arrived outside the town and stopped and said, "This town is so lively! Let's take a break, drink two bowls of wine, and rush back to Yique in the afternoon. These two days of heavy snow, it's best to rush back before dark."

Zhai Cong agreed and dismounted with his personal soldiers and led him into the town.

Wang Xiaolii unified the requirement that the markets were all individually marked areas and were not on the main streets of the town. Zhai Xing and others followed the crowds and soon saw an open space in front, which was crowded with people.

Looking around, I saw a shop hanging in front of a shop on the side of the road, and a big flag was erected next to it: "Wang Family Lamb Soup". There were endless customers at the entrance of the shop, and the business was excellent. Zhai Xing said: "I think the guests here taste good. Let's go in and drink a bowl of mutton soup."

The personal soldiers went to tie the horses, and Zhai Xing and his son arrived at the door of the store. When the servant saw this, he hurriedly came up to greet him.

Zhai Xing said: "Do you have a private room here?"

After hearing this, the servant hurriedly said, "Some, some, guests are here!"

Leading Zhai Xing and others, the servant quickly walked to the door behind the lobby and asked Zhai Xing and others to go in. He said, "The last room on the east side is the best. You can see the pond outside the window. After the snow is clear, the guest officials can enjoy the snow."

Zhai Xing smiled and took Zhai Cong to the last room. Seeing that it was very clean inside, there was a screen in the corner of the wall, and there was water next to it to wash his face. A window opened south and looked out, and the snowy pond was covered with pond.

After looking at the names of dishes hanging on the wall, Zhai Xing said, "Give me a pot of good wine, two pounds of mutton, and a plate of crispy lotus root. If you have good sesame cakes, you can also serve seven or eight. I will be my companion, each of whom has a large bowl of mutton soup and four sesame cakes."

The servant said, "Customer, I wonder if you want to drink white wine or ordinary wine?"

Zhai Xing said: "In this weather, I just need to drink white wine to have the strength!"

The servant agreed and went out quickly.

Soon, a plate of tender lotus root, a few dried fruits, and a pot of wine came up. Zhai Xing and his son ate it, and the sesame cakes and meat came up quickly.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, the wine slowly became more and more enthusiastic. Zhai Cong said: "This time I went to Wentang to see Wang Jieshuai. Although I couldn't say it, I felt that he was very different from before. Dad, do you think so?"

Zhai Xing nodded: "Of course. Wang Xiaolie is different now than before, and it feels different. I remember the first time I met him, there were only a few hundred people under him, and it was the time when Grandmaster Lu lent him soldiers. After a few years, Grandmaster Lu died of Jin thieves, and Wang Xiaolie also had a 100,000 army. Don't underestimate this 100,000 army. Now no general in this dynasty has so many soldiers. Moreover, in recent years, Wang Xiaolie has fought with the Jin army several times, but has not been defeated once. Think about it, with such an army, Wang Xiaolie should have walked sideways."

Zhai Cong nodded: "What my father is talking about is a 100,000 army, and an invincible 100,000 army. Wang Jieshuai's strength is not comparable to that of others. I think now, even the Jin army will deliberately avoid him."

Zhai Xing said: "Yes, even the Jin army would not dare to tease Wang Xiaoliu easily. So I said that if Luoyang was occupied, it was likely that the Jin army forced Liu Yu to send troops to help, and they might not come."

Zhai Cong thought for a while and said, "If this is the case, I really can't figure out why the general Jie was helping us. If you are willing, it would be easy for the Dengzhou army to come north and swallow me up? They have food and money, so it's not difficult to use some means."

Zhai Xing sighed: "Dalang, you have to jump out to see some things. Going south from Luoyang, Wang Xiaolie has saved Li Yanxian from Shanzhou twice in the past few years, Jie Qian from Jingzhou once, and Wang Yan from Jinzhou once. No matter how the surroundings change, Wang Xiaolie has never had any conflicts with the forces around him. Even if the court does not trust him, he will not doubt him. We are just a small force, how could Wang Xiaolie attack us? Not to mention that Luoyang is now broken, what is the use of Wang Xiaolie? After we occupied Luoyang, the imperial army came north and even used Luoyang as the capital, so things could be done.

, We are surrounded by Wang Xiaoli. In a few years, I am afraid we will be required to be incorporated into Wang Xiaoli. You have heard that Wang Xiaoli's words. Even if Wang Xiaoli is not willing to merge with Li Yanxian, how can we accept us? If Wang Xiaoli wants to annex us now, it is not that we cannot do it, but that we have to pay a great price. If I don't object and are willing to join his army, how can we arrange our status? It cannot be lower than Li Yanxian? Li Yanxian is now the commander of the central army and is also responsible for a party of affairs. In fact, he is the deputy position of Wang Xiaoli. How many deputy positions can Wang Xiaoli have? What if there are other people?"

After hearing this, Zhai Cong lowered his head and thought for a long time before saying, "What my father said is that I thought it was too simple. It seems that Wang Xiaoliu made Li Yanxian his deputy position too reckless. If there is such a thing later, it will be difficult to arrange."

Zhai Xing said: "We can see that, can't Wang Xiaoli's subordinates see that? So no matter how powerful it is, it is said that Wang Xiaoli's army came north and would definitely annex us, but they were very calm inside and no one mentioned it. It is because everyone can understand that this matter is impossible."

After hearing these words, Zhai Cong was vibrating and didn't say anything for a moment. He raised his glass and drank slowly.

The situation in the Central Plains is that Wang Xiaoli has developed, and other forces such as Zhai Xing, Dong Xian and others are becoming more and more difficult. The gap between the strength of the two sides is so big that it is not on the same level. During this Northern Expedition, it is rumored that Wang Xiaoli wants to integrate various forces and plan for the areas around Luoyang. In fact, Wang Xiaoli has no interest in annexing these forces, but just wants to expand the territory northward.
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