"I did have such considerations at the beginning, but I never thought that such a huge chaos would occur in Qin Ting."
Wang Mi blinked, these were his true words, from the bottom of his heart, they believed it or not.
"Now that the matter has come to this, what do the two generals think?"
"Do we need to report this news to the court first?" He began to seek the opinions of the two generals.
Zhiyuan, Zhiyuan, you have already brought your pistol team, can you still stop here?
Of course it’s impossible!
"Zhiyuan, it's better to deal with this matter first and then tell the story later, what do you think?" Old Man Huan raised his eyebrows and smiled ambiguously.
At the critical moment, it depends on the experienced old man Huan. He has to report to the court even trivial matters. Is it okay to find out whether the Jingzhou area is left to the court or to Huan Chong?
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"Then what General Huan means is to hold back for now?"
Huan Chong shook his sleeves and said matter-of-factly: "Zhiyuan, look at the people in the court, will they support my actions?"
"If we had waited for the imperial court's decree before acting, I'm afraid those cities would have been occupied by Yao Qiang and Xianbei."
Well, speaking of the opinions of the court, Huan Chong really thought too much this time.
"The general is overly worried. This time, your majesty fully supports the general's continued northern expedition and expansion of territory. It was your majesty who rewarded me with these horses and allowed me to take them all the way to the new wilderness."
"Your Majesty supports me?"
This was a new thing. Huan Chong frowned and didn't believe it at all.
"Of course, this is what His Majesty said himself."
He actually doesn't believe this old man. Is Sima Yao's trust level with him so low?
"Xie An, the old boy doesn't object, either?"
Even if he passed Sima Yao's level, he would definitely not be able to pass Old Xie's level. Huan Chong already had a clear understanding of his position and the situation of the Jingzhou soldiers.
He was like the filial eldest son of that family. All the dirty work was done by his Huan clan from Qiao County, but in the end, all the benefits belonged to their Beifu soldiers and to him, Xie An!
How can there be such a truth in the world? The Huan family plants trees and the Xie family enjoys the shade.
After this battle, Huan Chong finally saw Xie An's face clearly and decided that he must keep a distance from Xie An in the court from now on.
Wang Mi pouted, he wanted to object, but he had no chance!
"You kid, why are you laughing?" Huan Chong was very confused.
"Xie Gong can't stop him because he doesn't know anything about it."
"I only gave your Majesty the letter to ask for help. His Majesty gave me permission to come to Xinye, so I came without telling Mr. Xie."
"Of course, he must know it now, but if he wants to call me back again, he will never be able to do it."
"Xie An didn't know?"
"You didn't tell Xie An!"
"You young man, you are interesting, you are really interesting. I really saw you right!" Xie clapped his hands and laughed, and Wang Mi felt that his shoulder was painful from the old man's slap.
"I heard that if Old Man Xie didn't recruit you as his grandson-in-law, how could you still betray Old Man Xie?"
Hey hey hey...
Hey hey hey...
Huan Chong raised his eyebrows, almost gloating about his misfortune. What do you think, old man, I am also well-informed.
Don't try to hide it from me!
"It turns out that you also know it!"
This is not good, it seems that Wang Zhiyuan is very heartless.
"How could we not know such big news!"
"Zhiyuan, don't blame me for not reminding you. Old man Xie is not easy to take care of, and there are many conflicts between the marriage between the Wang family and his Xie family. I think you are a good young man with a bright future, so I will remind you that you
Don’t blame me for talking too much.”
These seemingly careless words were the most sincere ones Huan Chong had said since Wang Mi took his seat.
"Old General Huan doesn't need to worry about these matters. I have my own sense of discretion and will not let Mr. Xie take advantage of me."
Huan Chong nodded: "Since you know what's going on, I can rest assured. You, a younger generation, are smart. Maybe Xie An will fall into your hands."
Good guy!
What does this say?
If Xie An knew about it, the old man's nose would probably be crooked with anger!
Huan Yi pulled him and asked him to quickly bring the topic back, and then Huan Chong reluctantly gave up his favorite gossip news.
"However, General Huan can rest assured that the governor of Jiangzhou has also been replaced. I think you will be satisfied with this candidate."
"Who changed?"
Huan Chong's eyes lit up and he became excited.
There was actually a substitution?
How can this be!
Old man Xie An actually gives in?
Kicked in the brain by a donkey?
"This person, whom both of you know, is General Huan Shi Min Huan."
"Huan Shimin?"
"It's him!"
"Is it your kid's idea?"
Without thinking carefully, Huan Chong could guess that the candidate who would not offend the Huan family of Qiao County and leave Xie An speechless must be provided by him, Wang Mi.
"How did General Huan know?"
"Of course I can guess it. Didn't Old Man Xie arrange for his son to go to Jiangzhou before?"
"This has shown his attitude, that is, Jiangzhou must be controlled by his Xie family."
"I guess no one in the court would dare to oppose Xie An except you, a stupid young man."
"I have to say, you chose this person very well."
"I can rest assured that Jiangzhou is in the hands of Shi Min."
"Old General Huan, what do you mean by this junior, we really should continue to move forward to attack the city and seize territory. Di Qin has changed. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
forward!
forward!
Huan Chong wanted to do it too, but the facts did not allow him to act impulsively.
"I also want to attack the city and seize the territory, but my troops are limited and it is really difficult to maintain it."
"You have also seen the situation here."
The door was open, and they could see the situation on the streets of Xinye City from where they were sitting. Different from the bustle and vastness of Xiangyang City, Xinye City was indeed a relatively small city. They wanted to conquer such a small place.
It is absolutely impossible to obtain a large number of soldiers.
"As for the soldiers, I have requested five thousand reinforcements from the Xiangyang City defenders. Although the number is not particularly large, it is still a force."
"They won't arrive until tomorrow."
"Five thousand people!"
"Zhiyuan, you are so generous!" Huan Chong and Huan Yi thanked them repeatedly. Although these five thousand people are not many, they are more than enough to guard Xinye City!
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"To tell you the truth, there are only more than 8,000 Jingzhou soldiers in Xinye. It is a bit laborious to garrison this city, let alone continue the campaign."
What Huan Chong said was true, and he didn't mean to be pitiful at all.
Although the resistance of the Di Qin soldiers in Xinye City was not as strong as that of Xiangyang City, it was not that there was no resistance at all.
In order to capture it, we still lost more than 2,000 men. Relying solely on the strength of the Jingzhou soldiers, we were indeed unable to move forward.
"Don't be afraid, Old General Huan. If the old general believes in Zhiyuan, when Xiangyang's reinforcements arrive, let Zhiyuan take these five thousand elite soldiers to Nanyang County to give it a try. Zhiyuan is confident that he can capture Nanyang in one fell swoop!"
"If it succeeds again this time, I think the imperial court will not dare to despise General Huan's request anymore. Whether it is Jingzhou soldiers or Beifu soldiers, they will all be deployed with General Huan."
"At that time, as long as there is enough time, we can also recruit refugees along the way to supplement the supply of troops. There is always a way."
Wang Mi laid out all the ways he could think of to replenish his troops and put them in front of Huan Chong, but Mr. Huan didn't appreciate them at all.
"It's easy for you to say that. The current military commander is the champion general of Beifu. Your father-in-law Xie Youdu, how could he assign Beifu soldiers to me? I think it won't be long before I can't even command the Jingzhou soldiers!"
Thinking of this incident, Huan Chong became very angry. This job clearly belonged to him, General Huan. Even if he was not qualified, it was not his turn to thank Youdu!
Didn't Xie An use his own nephew to step on him?
After much deliberation, Huan Chong still could not make up his mind to continue to capture the city.
He doesn't want to be the one who gets picked off the peach.
His little thoughts were not too dark and could be put on the table and explained clearly. However, he did not want to tell Wang Mi.
It's not that he doesn't believe in his character, it's just that he thinks that this young man Wang Mi still doesn't have a thorough understanding of the decades-long entanglements and struggles between several important families.
Looking at the problem, there is always a youthful innocence in it.
"Why should the general care about temporary gains and losses?"
"Junior believes that in this world, those who are capable will be promoted and those who are incompetent will be demoted. As long as the general can fight the battle beautifully, are you afraid that you will succumb to General Xie?"
"You, a young man, are really getting better and better at talking." After hearing this, Huan Chong could only sigh like this.
Now Wang Mi's diligent performance, how should I put it, occasionally makes Huan Chong have the illusion that Wang Mi's father-in-law is not Xie Youdu, but he looks like Huan Chong.
"Do you actually think that I am stronger than Xie Youdu?"
Even though Huan Chong could boast, he still wouldn't lose his mind. Could it be that Wang Mi saw some of his hidden skills?
"General Huan doesn't need to be too humble. How can you know many things if you don't try them?"
"After all, you have seen with your own eyes the strength of my pistol team."
oh!
correct!
And that magical pistol team!
In the short battle just now, didn't Huan Chong see with his own eyes the magical power of the Pistol Team?
With them here, are you afraid that you won't be able to capture Nanyang County?
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"Brother!"
"Open the door quickly!"
"Open the city gate quickly!"
It was completely dark, and the only moonlight was obscured by dark clouds. However, even such harsh conditions could not stop the Qin army from fleeing.
After five hours of long-distance attack, Yang Bi finally returned to Nanyang County with a barely scraped group of 500 people.
Yang Ding ordered his people to open the city gate. When he saw Yang Bi's embarrassment, he immediately got angry and said, "Are you...defeated?"
"I have warned you not to provoke the Jin army easily. They have just won a great victory in Xiangyang and captured two cities in succession. Their morale is strong. With this little force in your hand, they will only suffer losses when they arrive in Xinye.
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"What kind of general is he who abandons his armor and flees in a hurry?" Although Yang Bi stood in front of him perfectly, the resentment in Yang Ding's heart still could not subside even a little bit.
It doesn't make any sense whether Yang Bi himself dies or not, but the more than a thousand soldiers he brought to Xinye City who lost their lives are really serious about dying with their eyes open.
A battle that could clearly be avoided turned into a grave for the soldiers because of Yang Bi's reckless behavior.
And he, the instigator, actually has the nerve to come back!
Unlike many generals in Di Qin, Yang Ding was not a protector of calves. Looking at the soldiers who were lucky enough to escape, they were all in shock, as if they were plucked chickens and had no fighting spirit.
The most frightening thing is that the moment this group of defeated soldiers stepped into Nanyang County, the negative effects they brought were also obvious.
What happened to them?
What happened in Xinye City?
In just a few days, the Jin army's combat effectiveness has become so strong!
The remaining defeated army of 500 people does not seem to be much, but the impact it has on the Nanyang County defenders is huge.
The Jin army in Xinye City was not easy to mess with, and it soon became a consensus among the Qin soldiers.
"Brother!"
"It's really not that I, brother, acted rashly, but that the Jin army was defeated because of monsters who helped them out. They were too powerful!" Yang Bi denied.
Of course he couldn't admit that he took a small group of troops to Xinye City to challenge without Yang Ding's knowledge.
What he did was not a reckless act without any purpose.
According to the intelligence they had obtained previously, this group of Jin troops attacking Xinye City was the same group of soldiers who had previously captured Xiangyang City.
So, according to predictions, the number of people must be small, and they have been consumed by the original Xinye defenders, and the remaining Jin troops must be even smaller.
Moreover, the intelligence also showed that this group of defenders of Xinye City were none other than Jingzhou soldiers!
As for the combat effectiveness of Jingzhou soldiers, that is well known to people in the south and north of the Yangtze River.
It's a soft persimmon, anyone can pick it up and pinch it.
Therefore, Yang Bi became this talented person who had the courage to go up and pinch him.
Even though he did this, Yang Bi was not just a man of courage and no brains, he also had confidence.
With Nanyang County at his back, the chief general guarding it was his own brother, General Yang Ding, who was extremely powerful in terms of military force.
Nanyang County and Xinye County are not far apart. It can be reached in five hours at a fast pace, or maybe even faster.
If he was attacked here in Xinye, he could immediately send people to Nanyang for help. It would be completely late.
It was precisely because of this certainty that Yang Bi dared to venture into Xinye City alone.
"What monster?" Yang Ding spat with disdain.
When a loser loses a battle, he always makes excuses.
Yang Bi died unjustly. Fortunately, he came back with five hundred defeated soldiers. Because of this monster, everyone stood up and defended Yang Bi.
"The general doesn't know something, but the Jin army does have monsters to help them!"
"It's definitely not that we don't try our best to seize the city. We have already made a plan. We just want to go to Xinye City to find out the truth and strength of the Jin army, and then make another raid." A team leader stood up and told the story exactly what happened at that time.
Yang Ding listened.
As for Yang Ding, of course he didn't believe a word of Yang Bi's nonsense. However, as more and more young generals complained, he had to adjust his mentality and began to accept this reality.
"What exactly is going on?"
"Speak clearly!" He was so angry. Of course he was directed at Yang Bi.