Dressed as the cannon fodder who died prematurely, I will marry the villain in anger

Chapter 705: Planning for Hedong

Lu Songli thought for a moment and said, "Dad, we have a chance to capture Hedong without spending a single soldier."

Lu Desheng took a breath for Song Mo, "If we take Hedong, Song Mo will probably have trouble sleeping and eating, right?" You know, Hedong is not far from Chang'an.

Lu Songli smiled lowly and said, "What God gives you, you take it."

Lu Desheng nodded.

This time Pingzhou launched an all-out attack, and Lu Songli was already very satisfied with the results.

Dali's army retreated to the Chenliu area in Hedong and Hanoi, obviously to protect Chang'an behind them.

So she didn't plan to attack Chang'an at this time.

First, after fighting for so long, the inventory of military supplies has bottomed out.

Secondly, this is not the time to attack Chang'an.

If Pingzhou's army attacks Chang'an, Dali will definitely resist desperately and constantly mobilize troops to come to Qinwang. As the war escalates, it will become very uncontrollable. This is what Lu Songli doesn't want to see.

But now, if there is a chance to obtain Hedong without any effort, of course she has to work hard.

Chang'an, Imperial Palace

Song Mo has been very upset recently. He wants to protect Xie Zhan, but almost everyone is opposed to it.

Song Mo felt that the outside world did not understand his painstaking efforts to protect Xie Zhan, and he was regarded as a faint king who was obsessed by his ministers.

Cities were lost one after another, and Song Mo felt more and more pressure.

But as a majestic emperor, it would be a joke if he couldn't even protect Xie Zhan.

But how to protect it, he hasn't found a way yet.

Pingzhou obviously wanted him to execute Xie Zhan. Only in this way could Pingzhou be satisfied. This is the first condition. In addition, there may be other conditions.

This goes against his original intention.

Upset!

Song Mo stood up and walked out.

Liang An quickly motioned for the young eunuchs to follow him. Recently, the emperor would go to the Queen's Palace to see the eldest prince every afternoon, and he was used to it.

Five years after the emperor ascended the throne, the harem gave birth to a total of two sons and two daughters, here I mean those who survived. The emperor would occasionally visit them, but recently the emperor's visits to the eldest prince had become more and more frequent.

When Song Mo arrived at the Queen's palace, he learned that the Queen was hosting a banquet.

Song Mo discovered that he didn't know what the queen and the people inside were talking about, but the queen even kicked out her personal maids.

For a moment, he became curious, stopped the palace maid and eunuch from reporting, and stood outside the door and listened in the corner for a while.

Li Jieying, as the chief eunuch in the Queen's Palace, glanced at the emperor who stopped at the door, carefully moved his steps to Liang An and said hello.

"What's going on?" Liang An asked him.

"The Queen is talking to Mrs. Xie."

In the palace, Mrs. Xie was begging the queen for help in telling the emperor to transfer her youngest son Xie Wei back.

Then Song Mo learned that Xie Zhan actually had a twin brother serving in the military?

Suddenly, Song Mo's plan came to mind.

After hearing it again, Mrs. Xie inside actually wanted to transfer Xie Wei back to Chang'an to take charge of the family.

Is this abandoning the big to protect the small?

madness!

Song Mo rolled up his sleeves and left without going in to see the eldest prince.

Liang An and a group of palace people quickly followed.

Li Jieying's eyes flashed, and she felt it was necessary to write down what happened today and send a letter to Pingzhou.

Bingzhou, Taiyuan

In the Xianbei king's tent, Tuoba Khan, who was trapped in the besieged city, was puzzled.

How did that happen?

After he sent his troops south, he planned to take over the Central Plains.

At that time, he saw that the Dali court was corrupt, the officials were corrupt, and there was no strong army. The Central Plains is weak, so it is a good time to take control of the Central Plains.

But after the war started, he discovered that the war was going very badly, which was seriously inconsistent with his original expectations.

How should I put it? Dali's combat power was indeed as vulnerable as Xianbei expected.

But he didn't expect that a new force in Pingzhou would break his dream of taking over the Central Plains.

Because of Pingzhou, they achieved almost no results.

Most of the cities captured from Dali were taken back by Pingzhou before they were even warmed up.

Only the northern border and Liangzhou were still in their hands, but they also lost two large territories of the Fuyu and Sushen tribes.

In other words, the past few years they have been fighting in the south have been lonely. Not to mention that he also lost his eldest son and his second son was also abolished. If you really think about it, this transaction is a loss.

Yu Chirui also felt, “It really shouldn’t be like this.”

"The internal fighting between Dali and Pingzhou should be beneficial to us in Xianbei."

"There is a saying in the Central Plains, which is that in order to resist foreign aggression, domestic affairs must be at peace. This is indeed what the Dali court did."

Tuobalian said quietly, "But that's not what Pingzhou does."

Everyone present looked at him expressionlessly.

Tuobalian didn't know it, and was still racking his brains to think of how to describe it, "Pingzhou is the kind of person who, how should I put it, gave us Xianbei two punches before slapping Dali. The inside and outside are very clearly distinguished. "

Take this full-scale war in Pingzhou as an example. When dealing with Xianbei, they used explosives at every turn, just to kill Duoduo. When attacking Dali, I was much more cautious when using explosives.

"Okay, stop talking." Tuoba Khan said, "In short, because of Pingzhou, we in Xianbei have not made any progress in the past few years."

Hearing this, the generals present also felt tired.

"With the current war situation, it is obvious that Pingzhou is committed to driving us out of the Central Plains."

Everyone in the tent nodded, yes, they occupied Taiyuan and were struggling to support it.

"Everyone, this Khan unites with Dali to contain Pingzhou."

"This is absolutely fine. I guess Dali is also having a huge headache for Pingzhou now."

"Khan, before that, let's rob Hedong first, right?"

At this time, the autumn harvest has been completed and the grain has been put into the warehouse. It is a good time for them to go south to rob.

"But Dali has deployed heavy troops in Hedong?"

"What are you afraid of? It's not like we haven't fought against Dali's army before." If Pingzhou is the one who deploys heavy troops, then they, Xianbei, need to be wary.

More than half of the members present agreed to rob Hedong.

This year, because Pingzhou sent troops unexpectedly, they did not receive a lot of the grain they expected to harvest in Xianbei. For example, Changshan, Zhaojun, Xinxing, and Leping were all places where they were preparing to harvest autumn grain.

It's a pity that these territories were taken away from them by Pingzhou, and the expected autumn grain was naturally lost. Especially in Yanmen, the people of the Xianbei tribe are responsible for farming. This year's autumn grain is cheaper than Pingzhou.

Only in Taiyuan and Hexi, they harvested all their autumn crops as they wished.

We only collected autumn grain from two places, which was not enough.

If they don't store more food, they will be seriously short of food in winter.

At this moment, the eager Wang and Sun generals in the Xianbei royal tent did not know that Pei Ji from the Pei family had returned from Pingzhou.

When he went out, he took out dozens of family guards. When he came back, there were still a group of guards. It's just that these guards seem to have a little more blood evil energy in them.

"The third young master is back!"

The people in Hedong were very happy to see Pei Ji.

Recently, the people in Hedong have also been very uneasy. The imperial court has sent heavy troops to garrison Hedong, but there is Xianbei in the north and Pingzhou in the south. It is uncertain when the Xianbei army or the Pingzhou army will come.

The Pingzhou army has a very good reputation. They never take advantage of the people, nor do they steal food or money. What they feared most was not knowing when the Xianbei army would attack.

During this time, while they were busy harvesting, they were also paying close attention to the movements of the major families in Hedong. Because if big aristocratic families like Hedong leave Hele, it will prove that Hedong can no longer stay.

But now, the Pei family has not left, the Xue family has not left, and the Liu family, the three major families in Hedong have not left either. Does it mean that Hedong is still safe for them?

Chang'an, Imperial Palace

There were only two people in the entire hall, Song Mo and Xie Zhan, and even Liang An withdrew to guard the door.

Song Mo looked at His Highness and said coldly, "Xie Zhan, I saved your life, how do you plan to repay me?"

Xie Zhan showed just the right amount of doubt, "The ambition of the humble minister is to imitate Zhuge Wuhou of the Shu Han Dynasty and serve the emperor and Dali until his death."

Hearing this, Song Mo was noncommittal.

Xie Zhan smiled bitterly and said, "It's a pity that I may not have this opportunity. Your Majesty, Pingzhou is now powerful, and the power of the aristocratic family must be used. It is better to agree to the request of the aristocratic family and get through this difficulty first. "

"Are there any families who are loyal to me now who secretly defect to Pingzhou?"

"should not."

"What about you?"

"In this world, in this court, anyone can seek refuge in Pingzhou, but it is impossible and impossible for Wei Chen to do so. There is a deep hatred between Wei Chen and Lu Songli."

Song Mo knew what he meant, and it was precisely because of this that he tried to protect him.

"I want you to swear and promise that during your lifetime, you will not seek to usurp the throne. Otherwise, you will not die well, and your entire Xie family will die."

Xie Zhan swore without hesitation, "I, Xie Zhan, swear to God that I will never attempt to usurp the throne as long as I live. Otherwise, I will not die well, and my entire Xie family will die."

After Xie Zhan finished his oath, he raised a question at the right time, "Your Majesty, I dare to ask, how are you going to protect me?"

"You don't have to worry about this!"

The next day, Song Mo issued an imperial edict and a secret edict.

In the imperial edict, the minister of Honglu Temple was ordered to send envoys to Pingzhou to discuss peace.

The minister of Honglu Temple asked the emperor to let Zhou Chengzhong, the imperial censor, go with him. He said that he had worked with Lu Desheng before and was a bit thin-faced.

The corners of Zhou Chengzhong's mouth twitched, why him? There are so many ministers in the imperial court who have worked with Lu Desheng!