Chapter 1227: Recapture the three counties of Runan
"Master Jia, my lord sent me here this time. In addition to returning Xuanyuan Pass, he also wants to be canonized by the Luoyang court."
Zhao Pu's face was expressionless, and he could not tell whether he was happy or angry, and said calmly: "As far as I know, no princes have taken the initiative to profess their vassalage to the imperial court and be honored by the imperial court as Zhengshuo.
My lord, Zhao Kuangyin, the Marquis of Song Dynasty, the governor of Runan, was originally supposed to be the first prince, and he hoped to be canonized by the imperial court as soon as possible. "
The implication of Zhao Pu's words is that as the first prince to respect the imperial court, should the imperial court be generous for a year and grant a greater title to him?
Jia Xu's eyes flashed with surprise when he heard this. He didn't know if Zhao Pu came up with this idea for Zhao Kuangyin, but the person who came up with this idea was definitely not a simple person.
Zhao Kuangyin's slogan of "Qing Jun Side" against Yuan Shu can only fool the common people. No one with a little knowledge will believe it. But if he is canonized by the imperial court, then the nature of Zhao Kuangyin's rebellion will be different. .
If a rebellion is approved by the imperial court, can it still be rebelled? That is justice and counterinsurgency.
If Zhao Kuangyin is canonized by the imperial court, he will completely gain righteousness, thus transforming from an evil traitor into a righteous party. He will also have a certain advantage in the confrontation with Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu will automatically side with Qin Hao. The opposite of the imperial court represented.
If it were Jia Xu, he couldn't help but say in his heart: Awesome.
A simple act of surrendering can fundamentally change Zhao Kuangyin's predicament. Zhao Kuangyin can definitely make a profit from such a transaction, and Jia Xu will certainly not treat Zhao Kuangyin so cheaply.
"Well, your Majesty is still young and cannot manage politics yet. This matter still needs Duke Qin to make the decision. However, Duke Qin is currently far away in Hetao to resist the aliens. If the Marquis of Song wants to be canonized by the imperial court, he may have to wait until Duke Qin's squadron returns. Just go to court."
To be honest, the court now urgently needs the recognition of the princes, but if Jia Xu agrees to Zhao Kuangyin at this time, although he will get a lot of benefits, it is Zhao Kuangyin who will get more benefits, so of course Jia Xu cannot do it so easily. accepted.
Zhao Pu was disappointed when he heard this, and sighed in his heart: Jia Wenhe is really cunning and cunning. As expected, he couldn't hide it from him. It seems that he can't complete the task without bleeding.
Although Jia Xu refused on the surface, Zhao Pu saw what Jia Xu meant. In fact, he wanted to be canonized by the imperial court. The value of a Xuanyuan Pass was not enough, and Zhao Kuangyin needed to pay other benefits.
In fact, after Qin Hao defeated the foreign master and returned to the court, Zhao Kuangyin could still be canonized by the court without paying any price. After all, Qin Hao could not turn away a prince who took the initiative to submit.
But who knows when Qin Hao will move?
Half a year? Or a year?
Qin Hao can afford to wait, but Zhao Kuangyin cannot.
If Qin Hao really waits to move his troops back, the battle between the Song Army and the Yuzhou Army may be over.
Zhao Kuangyin wanted to gain the approval of the court in order to seize the opportunity in the battle with the Yuzhou Army and defeat and replace Yuan Shu at the minimum cost, so he had no choice but to admit it even if he was blackmailed by the Qin Army.
"Master Jia, please don't tell secrets. My lord is willing to cede Ruyin County to the Qin army. I only hope that Duke Qin can handle this matter as soon as possible." Zhao Pu said solemnly, holding his hands.
A strange color flashed in Jia Xu's eyes, and he thought to himself: Zhao Kuangyin is so anxious. It seems that the situation faced by the Song army is worse than he imagined. It seems that the fat sheep can be slaughtered.
"Master Zhao, it's not that I don't want to help, but I'm really in trouble. It won't make any difference if Marquis Song waits for a few more months..."
After Jia Xu said what he said, Zhao Pu was speechless. In short, it meant 'add money', so he said: "Ruyin County, at home plus Shen County, there can't be more."
"Hey, aren't you making things difficult for me..."
"Stop it, plus Xiyang County, if it doesn't work, forget it."
"make a deal."
In the end, under Jia Xu's argument, Zhao Pu agreed to cede the southeastern Jiangbei area of Runan and Ruyin Shen County and Xiyang County bordering Zhangling County to the Qin army on behalf of Zhao Kuangyin.
In this way, the Qin army not only took back Xuanyuan Pass without spending a single soldier, but also gained nearly 100,000 more people in three counties. The price paid was just an edict and stationing troops at Xuanyuan Pass to intimidate and indirectly help The Song army contained part of the Yuzhou army.
After Zhao Pu left, all the Qin generals cheered. It would be best for them to deal with the enemy without fighting. After all, the Qin army is not suitable for fighting on multiple fronts at this time, because if one line collapses, all the lines will collapse.
As the greatest hero, Jia Xu didn't show any joy. Seeing this, Qin Qiong couldn't help but asked: "Military advisor, why don't you seem happy?"
"I feel like I'm at a loss. If I had fought for it, I might be able to go back to the two counties." Jia Xu said with a pained look on his face.
Qin Qiong couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth when she heard this. She has made a lot of money and is still losing money? Zhao Kuangyin only has more than thirty counties in his hands. It would be good to give up three counties. How could he give up five counties.
All the generals thought that the Qin army had taken advantage, but Jia Xu knew that it was Zhao Kuangyin who really took advantage. After all, although it seemed that the Qin army had taken advantage of it, Zhao Kuangyin must have gained more, otherwise why would he have taken advantage of him? The territory and population were given to the Qin army.
"After Xuanyuan Pass is recovered, the role of Guangcheng and Yique Pass will also be greatly reduced. In the future, only strict defense of Xuanyuan Pass will be enough to ensure the safety of the southeast of Sizhou, and our army can also save a lot of troops. troops."
At this point, Jia Xu looked at Qin Qiong and said softly: "Xuanyuan Pass is very important. Before my lord returns to the court, I hope that you, General Qin Qiong, can go and guard it personally."
"No." Qin Qiong said solemnly, cupping her fists.
Seeing this, Jia Xu couldn't help but nodded, and immediately mobilized 15,000 troops from Guangcheng Pass. He ordered Qin Qiong as the chief general, Yuchi Gong and Xiong Kuohai as deputy generals, and went to take over and guard Xuanyuan Pass.
After Qin Qiong led the army and left, although the number of troops at Yique Pass was close to 5,000, it had no impact on its defense, because as long as Xuanyuan Pass was not lost, no enemy could reach Yique Pass.
"Instruct Xin Qiji, the prefect of Zhangling, to send troops to take over the three counties ceded by the Song army. However, these three counties will not be transferred to Zhangling County for the time being. Everything will be decided on his own initiative after the lord returns."
Qin Hao gave Jia Xu great power, but Jia Xu did not dare to abuse his power. Matters such as dividing counties and counties were beyond the control of ministers, so Jia Xu naturally did not dare to make arbitrary arrangements.
"Instruct Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to lead their respective armies and return to their bases. By the way, I'm sending an order to Yue Fei. Now that the war against Yuzhou is over, he can go back to attack Nanjun."
