"Zong Wen, I really can't bear to let you go into battle injured!"
Outside Linzi City, Zhu Xu and Xu Zongwen held hands and looked at each other with tears in their eyes, as if father and son were parting. Zhu Chen on the side stared at Xu Zongwen with his tiger eyes. For some reason, his father just liked this Xu Xiao. Always give him the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
Xu Zongwen said with a smile: "The Northern Expedition is a national event. How can a mere injury prevent Xu Xiao from being loyal to the country and serving the court? Please don't worry about it. With you in Linzi, those newly attached counties will not Know how to do things, and leave the rest to your subordinates..."
"Since you have made up your mind, I can't stop you. It's just that the journey is far away, so you have to be careful in using your troops. You are the backbone of the Jin Dynasty in the future! You must not make any mistakes!"
Although he had already learned about Xu Zongwen's plan to surprise Luoyang, he did not expect the results of the surprise attack on Luoyang. The reason why he agreed was entirely because of Xu Zongwen's repeated insistence.
To be honest, until now, Zhu Xu still has no idea.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured that Xu Xiao will successfully complete the mission this time and live up to your great trust!"
Everyone was disgusted by the somewhat boring conversation between the two men. It was already known to all the soldiers on the East Route that Xu Zongwen was good at fighting. This time he sent troops to rescue the cavalry general Xie Xuan, and Zhu Xu sent Xu Zongwen again. This was obviously a gift to Xu Zongwen. What a credit!
Although everyone was jealous, they were afraid of Zhu Xu and did not dare to say it to his face, so they could only discuss it privately.
In order to conceal the action, Zhu Xuming's official mission for Xu Zongwen in sending troops this time was to rush to Suiyang and solve the urgent problem of Suiyang being surrounded. In fact, Xu Zongwen's real goal was Luoyang, which no one could have imagined!
After Zhu Xu saw him off, Xu Zongwen led a 10,000-strong army composed of 5,000 personal troops and 5,000 county soldiers to officially set off towards Yuzhou.
On the day Xu Zongwen left Linzi, Ningyuan General Zhu Chen followed Zhu Xu's orders to attack Laiwu County, Taishan County, and began to attack Yanzhou.
Jiankang, Taicheng, Tai Chi East Hall.
Emperor Sima Changming of Jin Dynasty was sitting on the couch correcting memorials. His eyelids were bulging, his eyes were dull and numb, and his bloodshot eyeballs were covered with streaks of red blood, making him even more sleepy, sleepy and tired.
He had just received the report of Zhu Xu's victory from Shangshu Province, and learned that Zhu Xu and Xu Zongwen had taken Yanzhou in two months. He happily pardoned Taifu Xie An, who was Dai Zui at home, and allowed him to continue to lead the government. He also took over the previously awarded Taibao, Governor of Fifteen Prefectures, and Luling County Duke.
Xie An resolutely refused the high position of Governor of the Fifteen States and the honorary title of Taibao, and only accepted the title of knight. Because he was already the Grand Tutor of the current dynasty, he was also a minister, and he was also the governor of the fifteen states. People who didn't know it thought he was Xie Anshi and wanted to be Cao Cao!
Emperor Jin made a compromise and appointed Xie An as the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese and Foreign Military Affairs, and changed the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Fifteen Prefectures to Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese and Foreign Military Forces. Did Xie An not know that this was just a change of name?
But this time Emperor Jin's attitude was very tough, and Xie An had no choice but to accept it.
At this point, Xie An became the greatest giant in the history of the Jin Dynasty.
Although he did not hold the highest official position like prime minister, Xie An was the Taifu of the dynasty, the Minister of Records, and the commander-in-chief of the Chinese and foreign military forces. He held the power of government in his left hand and the military power in his right hand. There are only two people who are comparable.
One is the protagonist in "The King and the Horse Share the World", Prime Minister Wang Dao, who was a veteran of the Yuan Emperor, Ming Emperor, and Cheng Emperor.
The other one is the former governor of Jingzhou, who has more than 100,000 Xifu soldiers, is stationed in Jiangling, and has the control of the great Sima Huanwen of the Jiankang court.
"The Xie family has soldiers from the North Prefecture, and the Huan family has soldiers from the West Prefecture. The many noble clans also have their own tribes. I am the only one who has nothing and is controlled by others!"
Jin Emperor Sima Changming felt very powerless. He first ascended the throne at the age of eleven, and all government affairs were presided over by the great Sima Huanwen. He spent a year tremblingly, and finally waited until Huanwen died. After he felt that he could be free, he was replaced by Ying Wen. Here comes Empress Dowager Chu, who listens to politics behind the curtain.
After another three years of listening to the government behind the curtain, Sima Changming felt that he could personally govern and enjoy the supreme power belonging to the emperor!
As a result, Xie An made a comeback, and Wang Biaozhi, Wang Tanzhi and others jointly assisted the government. The three top families of Chenjun Xie, Langya Wang and Taiyuan Wang divided up the remaining imperial power of the Jin Dynasty!
Starting from the first year of Taiyuan, after Wang Biaozhi and Wang Tanzhi died of illness one after another, Xie An became the Secretary of the Record, and the government was decided by him alone!
That year, Sima Changming started to play Canadian. When he was just fourteen years old, he felt for the first time that he was no different from Emperor Xian of Han and King Wei Qi. But Sima Changming did not give up!
In the past nine years, he has been painstakingly managing his own power. He promoted his brother Sima Daozi, king of Kuaiji, to be the governor of Yangzhou, seized the land in the capital that the Xie family of Chen County received from the Longkanghuan family, and added Sima Daozi as the minister of record. Six things, co-governing with Xie An!
After the Battle of Feishui, Sima Changming had unprecedented fear against the Xie family of Chenjun, who had a heavy army!
Even the powerful Qin army of one million could be defeated. What else could the Beifu soldiers not be able to do?
Therefore, when he first received the Feishui battle report, Sima Changming promoted Xu Zongwen to a higher level. Unexpectedly, Xu Zongwen was very capable and always brought him unexpected results.
Captured Xiapi, attacked Tancheng, captured Donghai County, defeated Pengcheng, and regained the entire territory of Xuzhou. Then he led 500 pro-troops to sneak into Linzi, and in two months, he divided and disintegrated the 40,000 county soldiers in Qingzhou, and almost wiped them out. Captured the entire Yanzhou at the smallest cost!
"Your Majesty, you personally promoted the valiant cavalry general Xu Xiao to be good at fighting. If the war is over, you can transfer him to Jiankang in the name of returning to the court to receive rewards. Isn't he a valiant cavalry general? Your Majesty, why not let him rebuild the Sixth Army of the Emperor? , by then your Majesty will have wings, and you won’t have to look at the faces of those people anymore..."
Zhonghuangmen Huaqi took the opportunity to remonstrate, and sure enough, when Jin Emperor Sima Changming heard this, he felt confident to compete with the nobles!
Sima Changming nodded repeatedly to express his appreciation for Hua Qi, and said bluntly: "Xu Xiao is indeed a rare tiger general. Since the Battle of Feishui, he has made many military exploits, regaining Xuzhou and Qingzhou for the imperial court. Among the generals of chariots and cavalry, Xie Xuan, he is the only one who has made the greatest contribution."
"You have been to Xuzhou and met Xu Xiao. What do you think of this person's character?"
"This servant thinks that Xu Xiao only has the Jin Dynasty and His Majesty in his heart, and he doesn't take the Xie family in his eyes!"
"How can you see it?" Sima Changming asked sideways.
Hua Qi bowed and said carefully: "He said that the slaves are serving His Majesty in the palace, and he is fighting for Your Majesty outside. They are all loyal to Your Majesty."
"The servant also learned that after Xu Xiao surrendered to Xiapi City, because the Beifu soldiers were looting the Xiapi treasury, he ordered people to kill the offending Beifu soldiers with sticks, and formulated seven prohibitions to restrain his subordinates..."
"It's so strange that this time has happened! If this Xu Xiao can be used by me, how can I be afraid of Huan Xie?"
Jin Emperor Sima Changming, who was only twenty-three years old, had slumped shoulders, arms hanging weakly by his side, his back slightly hunched due to laziness, and his whole body was full of laziness and slackness.
Only Hua Qi knew that His Majesty the Emperor had rested at Concubine Zhang’s place for five consecutive days, and had also used many five-stone powder donated by Master Jingyuan...
