Chapter 1140 The Zhao family took the lead in rebelling against Zhao
"If Jiongyang is lost, Jieyin will be the top priority! We must not lose it again!" Miao Xun said in a heavy tone.
Once Jianyin also falls, Xuchang's flanks will be in danger. The entire Yuzhou battlefield will be in a disadvantageous position for them in terms of the overall battle situation. They may even be forced to abandon Xuchang voluntarily as a last resort.
, to avoid falling into a situation of being faced with enemies on both sides.
Although Xuchang became a very famous place in the late Eastern Han Dynasty because of Cao Cao, it is indeed not an easy place to defend, especially when many dangerous passes in the west are actually in the hands of the Jin army.
Since ancient times, Xuchang has controlled Ru, Luo, Jing, Yinjiang, and Huai from the west. It has fertile land and is a strategic area in Zhongzhou. Because, as far as the whole of China was concerned at that time, Henan was the habitable center. As far as the whole of Henan was concerned,
Xuchang is a livable center.
There is the Yellow River as a barrier to the north, but it will not be affected by its overflow. To the west is the dangerous Hulao Pass, which has many mountains as a barrier. It connects to the Huai River and the Han River in the south. It can be said that this place is important for controlling the central plains.
It's important.
In this kind of plain area, once two groups of soldiers and horses surround them, especially if the opponent has many iron hoofs, they may not be able to escape by then!
Therefore, Jianyang has been lost, and Jieyin, who is the last line of defense on Xuchang's flanks, must guard tightly and not give Zhang Liao any chance.
"With Lin Renzhao as general, Wei Hu and Luo Shaowei as deputy, we will lead 15,000 troops and station in Zhuoyin to support Wu Jie!"
"In addition, matters related to Xuzhou are not allowed to be spread again. Anyone who dares to discuss it will be killed without mercy!" Zhao Kuangyin sighed heavily.
Lin Renzhao's reinforcements, coupled with Wu Jie's original strength of more than 20,000 troops, are actually enough to defend Zhang Liao's Guangwu Camp, as long as they don't fall into the enemy's plan like Shi Shouxin did before!
As a defensive side, half the troops are more than enough!
However, after allocating part of the troops to Wu Jie again, Zhao Kuangyin's ability to mobilize troops to go to Xuzhou was even more limited. Even if he gritted his teeth and sent part of the troops to Xuzhou, it would be equivalent to sending them directly!
Moreover, Zhao Kuangyin could even imagine how low the morale of the soldiers would be once the news about Xuzhou spread to all armies! Even if he took some preventive measures in this matter, what effect would it have?
Zhao Kuangyin is not optimistic about how effective it will be.
After all, even if he ordered his generals to strictly prohibit external news and not spread it to the mouths of the soldiers below, how could the Jin army, as the enemy, give up this opportunity to suppress their morale?
"Give it a rest, Zou Ji will send envoys to Liu... His Majesty and Zhu Yuanzhang respectively, and ask others to allocate their own troops to cooperate with our army to return to Xuzhou!" Zhao Kuangyin sighed again.
Zhao Kuangyin was originally accustomed to directly addressing Liu Bei by his first name, but when he thought that after all, Liu Bei was the emperor of the Qing Han Dynasty, and they were still nominal subordinates of each other, he finally changed his name temporarily.
In fact, the only one Zhao Kuangyin hopes for now is Liu Bei. Zhu Yuanzhang is also facing hundreds of thousands of Jin troops. Even if the other party is willing to help, he may not put in much effort.
And if it is possible to send troops from Liu Bei, then it would not be a bad idea to send some of the 150,000 troops to Xuzhou! After all, although the pressure on Yanzhou is not small, it is at least incomparable to Yuzhou.
Zhao Kuangyin did not expect to wipe out all Dou Jiande's troops, but at least he had to keep Pengcheng. If the families of generals large and small fell into the hands of the Jin army, then this battle would be impossible to fight!
"My lord, Xuzhou is in danger, and people's hearts are bound to be unstable. We must be on guard against this!" Miao Xun reminded him.
Such a big thing happened in the rear. Not to mention the soldiers, even the generals were afraid that they should have been loyal to Zhao Kuangyin, but when it was time to have dissent, they would also have dissent.
The whole family is in danger, and the hope of victory is getting slimmer. It would be strange if something like this doesn't happen!
"Pengcheng has not been broken, so I think it will be fine for the time being. The Imperial City Department will just step up the security!"
Zhao Kuangyin originally thought that Pengcheng was at least still under their control at this time. At least before Pengcheng was lost, even if the generals had some dissent, it was impossible to really make any changes.
But in fact, the matter is more serious than Zhao Kuangyin thought!
Regarding matters related to Xuzhou, it is okay to hide the news from the top soldiers under his command, but the top civil and military officials of the Xuzhou forces must not be able to hide this news from them!
Within a few days, a rebellion occurred that caught Zhao Kuangyin off guard and was extremely distressing.
Zhao Ji, the magistrate of Changshe County, rebelled against the Jin Dynasty and opened the city gates. The guard of Changshe, Chen Ba, fought hard first and then blocked the rear. Unfortunately, he was eventually captured. Only generals Zhao Bifang and Xia Luqi led 300 cavalry to fight out. The remaining 20,000 troops were all killed.
Either dead or captured, only a few thousand escaped.
When the news came out, the whole army was in an uproar. Zhao Ji was a member of the Zhao clan and a bloodline of the Zhao family, but such a person took the lead in rebellion. You can imagine the confusion among the people.
After Zhao Kuangyin received the news, he placed a bowl of white rice on the table. As if he was upset, he kicked the plate of vegetables on the table and flew it away.
After getting angry, he took the white rice on the table and a few chopsticks and put it into the bowl and started eating it slowly. He didn't mind that the green vegetables he threw to the ground were stained with dust, so he picked them up one by one and started eating them.
Arrived in the bowl.
Today, Zhao Kuangyin's forces are seriously short of food, and Zhao Kuangyin himself sets an example by eating only a plate of vegetables and rice for each meal.
"Chen Baxian fought with great merit, and I will report to Your Majesty to ask for merit for the Chen family. Chen Baxian's son Chen Xu can be made the Marquis of Xia Piting!"
"Zhao Ji is a treasonous thief who deserves to be punished for his crime. Send a message to Yi Yin and order his son Zhao Heng and his wife and children to be executed!" Zhao Kuangyin waited until he had eaten and drank enough before he said in a low voice.
As a clan member, Zhao Ji took the lead in rebellion, so he must be severely punished, and it is precisely because of his clan status that he must be punished even more severely. In addition to Zhao Gou who rebelled with Zhao Gou, obviously, his wife and family members who are still in Pengcheng
As well as his other sons Zhao Heng and Zhao Kuangyin, they have no plans to keep him at all.
As for Chen Baxian, this is a scene of treating others with tolerance and winning people's hearts.
If he died fighting hard, then the emperors would naturally write a book about this meritorious official. But if he was captured after fighting hard, it would be almost meaningless, but it did not prevent Zhao Kuangyin from giving him a reward at this time.
At this time, Zhao Ji, who was in the Changshe, was very proud of himself. Obviously, he did not expect that everything would not develop in the direction he expected.
