In the memorial, Yue Fei impeached Jia Xu for his reckless command and wanton transfer of 50,000 troops from Jingzhou, delaying the fighter plane, causing the meaningless sacrifice of 8,000 soldiers, and ultimately causing the army's sergeants to become excited...
Seeing the resentment slowly unfolding, Qin Hao estimated that Yue Fei was really angry this time.
Although Jia Xu did not do this for the sake of stability, it is an indisputable fact that the sacrifice of the eight thousand Xiangyang Qin army lost its due value.
Qin Hao guessed that the reason why Yue Fei was so angry was not because he was provoked by Jia Xu. After all, although Yue Fei's political attributes were not high, he still had a sense of the overall situation. He just felt unworthy for the sacrifice of those soldiers, so
Want to seek justice for your soldiers!
Of course Yue Fei knew that Jia Xu was thinking about the overall situation, but the eight thousand people under his command could not die in vain, so he wrote this letter of impeachment full of resentment.
However, Yue Fei also knew that Jia Xu was his lord's uncle, so he did not say anything about killing the traitor or any other request to embarrass Qin Hao. He only mentioned at the end that Jia Xu should be 'severely punished'.
It was difficult for Qin Hao to refuse Yue Fei's request. After all, Yue Fei represented the voice of Xiangyang's 60,000-strong army.
Jia Xu's arrogant maneuvers definitely delayed the opportunity to fight, but since Jia Xu had just planned to retreat the Yuzhou Army and had made great achievements, he definitely shouldn't be punished severely.
Therefore, Qin Hao finally fined Jia Xu half a year's salary and was demoted one level. It was not painful for Jia Xu, but it also gave Yue Fei an explanation.
After talking about Yue Fei's petition, let's turn to Jia Xu's petition at Shuo Yue. Jia Xu was not exonerating himself, nor was he impeaching Yue Fei, but was asking for a reward for Zhao Kuangyin.
After reading Jia Xu's letter, Qin Hao's back was covered with cold sweat. He did not expect that Wang Mang, who was forced out of Bingzhou by him, would cause trouble at such a critical moment against the aliens, and actually persuaded Yuan Shu to attack.
Sizhou.
Qin Hao didn't know how to evaluate it. Was it because Yuan Shu's brain was too stupid, or because Wang Mang's "smart tongue" was too effective in reducing intelligence. In short, Yuan Shu could be said to have played a good hand of cards to pieces.
Yuan Shu took the initiative to provoke the war in a confused manner, and then the war between Qin and Yu developed in a strange direction.
Yuan Shu chose to attack Qin's general Zhao Kuangyin, but was forced to rebel by Jia Xu's estrangement. Then the Yuzhou army, which took the initiative to provoke the war, started fighting among themselves and attacking each other.
Not only did the Qin army win without a fight, but they also took back Xuanyuan Pass, which they had never wanted back after many diplomatic negotiations, and also occupied three additional counties in the southeast of Runan.
Now, in order to fight against Yuan Shu, Zhao Kuangyin became the first prince to take the initiative to submit a letter of surrender, and it was naturally impossible for Qin Hao to refuse such a request.
After pondering for a long time, Qin Hao wrote: "I, Qin Hao, the general of the Hussars, have requested your majesty to quickly grant Zhao Kuangyin, the Marquis of the Song Dynasty in Runan, the Duke of Song Dynasty, the shepherd of Yuzhou, and order him to lead troops to attack the rebellious Yuan Shu...
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Yuan Shu took the initiative to attack Sizhou at this time. Although he has now retreated, this behavior is tantamount to rebellion.
Qin Hao represents the Luoyang court, and they have already been attacked. If there is no response, then the court will definitely lose its prestige, let alone make the princes in the world surrender.
Since Yuan Shu dared to take the initiative to provoke him, Qin Hao naturally did not need to be polite. Now that Zhao Kuangyin was still weak in the confrontation with Yuan Shu, Qin Hao weakened Yuan Shu by supporting Zhao Kuangyin.
As the first prince to submit a letter of submission, the imperial court should not be stingy in its treatment of Zhao Kuangyin, otherwise what would the other princes think?
Qin Hao assigned Yuzhou Mu belonging to Yuan Shu to Zhao Kuangyin, which left Song and Yuan, who were at odds with each other, without any possibility of mediation unless one party fell completely.
As for the position of Duke of Song, to be honest, Zhao Kuangyin is not qualified to be crowned now, but as long as he gets rid of the traitor Yuan Shu for the court, then he will naturally be qualified to be crowned.
After finishing writing, Qin Hao picked up the letter and checked it again. After confirming that there were no typos, he couldn't help but sigh: "I don't know if helping Zhao Kuangyin at this time will create a big enemy in the future."
Although what Qin Hao sent out was a canonization edict that meant little to him, Zhao Kuangyin received not just a simple canonization edict, but great justice.
With this edict, Zhao Kuangyin would be righteous in his confrontation with Yuan Shu. On the other hand, Yuan Shu would become a traitor. Without it, he would be a traitor.
It was precisely because this edict was crucial to Zhao Kuangyin, and even the key to competing with Yuan Shu for Yuzhou, that he was willing to exchange the nearly 100,000 people in the three counties.
In Qin Hao's mind, Zhao Kuangyin was a much greater threat than Yuan Shu. Although Yuan Shu still had an army of 200,000 at this time, plus Lian Po, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, it seemed that he had completely gained the upper hand, but the final result
But it's still hard to draw a conclusion.
Even if Yuan Shu wins in the end, the Yuzhou Army will definitely be severely weakened, but if Zhao Kuangyin wins, a difficult opponent will appear in the Central Plains, and the difficulty of conquering the Central Plains in the future will definitely increase.
Qin Hao knew this but still wanted to help Zhao Kuangyin, because the court at that time could not refuse the submission of any princes. In addition, helping Zhao Kangyuan could also weaken the comprehensive strength of Yuzhou to the greatest extent. In the end, the price paid by Zhao Kuangyin was enough to exchange for it.
The imperial court recognized it.
In summary, Qin Hao had to help Zhao Kuangyin because of the above three points.
"That's all, it's still too early to conquer the Central Plains and confront Zhao Kuangyin. The top priority is to deal with the enemy Temujin in front of us first."
After Qin Hao entered the Hetao with 40,000 cavalry, he did not go to join the main force of the Jin army. Instead, he stayed in Yinchuan County to garrison. After that, Bai Qi's 100,000 troops and Long Qie's 10,000 light cavalry entered the Hetao.
Later, they also stayed in Yinchuan County together.
At this point, Yinchuan County has a total of 150,000 regular troops, including 100,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry.
The reason why Qin Hao did not leave Yinchuan County and go north to fight with the main army was mainly because the garrison in Yinchuan County was too weak. The regular army was very few, and nearly 80% of the garrison personnel were newly recruited strong men from the common people.
Since the 400,000 Yuan and Mongolian cavalry entered the Hetao, the entire Hetao, which was smooth and flat, was in emergency. The Yuan and Mongolian cavalry could gallop freely in the thousands of miles of Hetao, while the Han army could only passively defend and stop them at all.
When Qin Hao arrived in Yinshan County, three of Yinchuan's seven counties had already been captured (it was originally ten counties, but Murong Ke burned three counties). Only with the efforts of Qin Hao and the generals, the other four counties were finally spared.
In difficulty.
It was not until Bai Qi's 110,000 troops arrived that Qin Hao successively took back the other three counties, completely driving Yuan Meng's forces out of Yinchuan County.bdshare();