Since Shen Yue and Fan Yun had submitted letters to the Huaijun Post House, they naturally wanted to defect to Wang Jing.
If Liu Song's soldiers and horses had not blocked the city gate, they would have crossed the river and headed north to Yangzhou.
When Jingkou was closing the city, they received news that Liu Laozhi was preparing to go south to Jingkou, and that the Huai Army's envoys were also among them.
That's why they didn't set off immediately. Instead, he recruited scholars and scholars in the city. The two of them had served as prime ministers of Nanliang and were both top smart men. They knew that if they defected to Wang Jing alone, they would definitely be reused.
But it will definitely take a long time to grow up in the Huaijun system.
If dozens or even hundreds of soldiers are brought together to go to the Huai Army, then these soldiers will naturally form a small circle with them to keep warm.
It is said that the two of them can build some momentum within the Huai Army in an instant.
As for whether attracting hundreds of scholars to cross the river and go north at once would arouse the suspicion of King Huai... They have already considered this. First of all, the reputation of King Huai Wang Jing is very good.
The second is that the Huai army has just captured Yangzhou and Huaidong and other places, doubling the territory and three times or more Dingkou, and is in desperate need of talents to fill the vacancies of prefecture and county officials.
The scholars they brought could just solve King Huai's urgent needs.
It didn't surprise the two of them.
After the envoy Pei Ju returned to Jingkou, he took the initiative to visit them as soon as he saw their name cards.
Shen Yue and Fan Yun also hit it off with each other and expressed their intention to defect to Wang Jing.
News of the two prime ministers of Nanliang and hundreds of scholars crossing the river to defect.
Through expedited means, it reached Yangzhou one day later.
Wang Jing suddenly became happy after receiving the news.
"It really came just in time!'
"We have a suitable candidate to send Cao Jingzong as envoy!"
Wang Jing laughed loudly in Guiyan Palace.
"Why is the king so happy? Did he get some good news?"
In the palace, Xiao Yun and several beautiful maids have always been serving Wang Jing, and today is no exception. When Wang Jing looked through the urgent information sent to him, he had no intention of covering it up.
Xiao Yun was no longer as reticent as before.
She is like a gorgeous peony that withered at the beginning but was nourished by rain and dew and bloomed again.
The originally silent and indifferent starry eyes flickered, and he took the initiative to chat and laugh with Wang Jing.
In fact, it is understandable.
She was originally a gentle and gentle woman from the south of the Yangtze River, with a kind of happy-go-lucky yet tough character. After being brought into the palace by Wang Jing, she had done all the most intimate things. She became more and more familiar with Wang Jing, so naturally she couldn't help but It will remain cool and cool again.
"It is indeed good news. Thanks to the blessing of your ancestor, Emperor Wu, two great talents, Shen Yue and Fan Yun, took the initiative to cross the river with hundreds of scholars to surrender! With their defection, Cao Jingzong will definitely not remain indifferent!"
Wang Jing smiled.
The sparkle in Xiao Yun's eyes moved slightly. She was proficient in poetry, calligraphy, etiquette and music, so she naturally knew the identities of Shen Yue and Fan Yun.
Her direct ancestor is Xiao Tong, the prince of Zhaoming who has a very high literary status in history. Xiao Tong's ability and character are similar to Zhu Biao, the prince of Ming Dynasty. It's a pity that although Xiao Yan also loves his son, he doesn't have the same broad-mindedness as Zhu Yuanzhang.
Listening to the slander led to a rift between father and son. When Xiao Tong accidentally fell into the water and was about to die of illness, he did not allow his attendants to report the news to his father.
If Xiao Yan could die early and Xiao Tong could ascend the throne early, Nanliang's national destiny might be extended for decades.
As a descendant of the Xiao family of Nanliang, Xiao Yun clearly remembers the deeds of her ancestors.
When Xiao Yan was defeated and fell in Jiangnan, she still worshiped southward in the palace for three days.
When Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty Xiao Yan started his career, his main advisers were Shen Yue and Fan Yun, both of whom were the Eight Friends of Jingling. Have political achievements.
Among the civil servants throughout history, they are not ranked among the top thirty, and they may not even be among the top fifty or eighty. It can't be called the best, but it can be ranked among the best.
The most important thing is that as the founding prime ministers of Nanliang, they have good appeal among the many civil and military generals in Nanliang.
"It turns out it's them! Congratulations to the king. Two great talents have taken the initiative to apply for the title. Their reputation will spread far and wide!"
Xiao Yun said.
Wang Jing suddenly smiled. It was indeed as Xiao Yun said. As long as Shen Yue and Fan Yun defected, he could use their reputations to recruit famous ministers and generals from the Southern Liang Dynasty scattered throughout the country.
Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Southern Liang, made wise decisions in the early stage and was indeed a wise king. He had several famous generals under his command who were qualified to be ranked in the Martial Temple.
Among them, Wei Rui, known as "Wei Hu", and Chen Qingzhi, the white-robed God of War, are both top talents under Xiao Yan.
Naturally, Wei Rui needless to say that in the Battle of Zhongli, he defeated hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Northern Wei Dynasty, defeated Wang Yuanying of Zhongshan in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Yang Dayan, who was known as the enemy of ten thousand people. The entire Northern Wei army was wiped out, with only Yuan Ying and Yang Dayan surviving.
In just one battle, Wei Rui can rival Zhou Yu and Xie Xuan.
As for Chen Qingzhi... later generations will be called one of the Ten Philosophers of the Net Temple. His achievements are a bit exaggerated, but he led thousands of soldiers and horses northward to continuously break through dozens of cities and occupy Luoyang, so he is qualified to be called a famous general.
Chen Qingzhi had no experience in commanding an army of hundreds of thousands.
But Wei Rui does.
When Wei Rui arrives in the future, Wang Jing should have no problem recruiting him through Shen Yue, Fan Yun, Xiao Yun, Yang Kan and others.
Han Xin, Fu Youde, Wei Rui... all have the ability to command hundreds of thousands of troops.
With these three people, the Huai army has the confidence to dominate the south.
"Now there are more and more people from the civil and military general schools under my command, from the Huaixi and Nanliang families of the Ming Dynasty! But this is a good thing!" Wang Jing originally promoted the reputations of Fu Youde and Wang Guangyang.
The purpose is to attract those Huaixi generals who were poisoned by Zhu Yuanzhang in the original world to take the initiative to surrender.
Now we can also promote Shen Yue, Fan Yun and Yang Kan, and use them to recruit the civil and military generals of the Southern Liang Dynasty. It just so happened that Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty, was defeated and fell by the Ming army early.
The famous ministers and generals of the Nanliang Dynasty came and lost their original monarch. Wang Jing happened to replace Xiao Yan and became their new master. Compared with Yang Kan, a general who fled from the north to the south.
It is Shen Fan who has a great reputation.
Wang Jing had decided that as long as the two men crossed the river and headed north, he would send Fan Yun as envoy to Fengyang to recruit Cao Jingzong.
"correct!"
Wang Jing suddenly remembered Shen Tianzi, who was defeated and captured by Yang Kan during the previous attack on Baoying.
Shen Tianzi's character was somewhat violent, but when Yuan Shiji was under Liu Yu, his record was comparable to Wang Zhen'e's. The main reason was that he killed Wang Zhen'e without permission, which directly led to the change of ownership in Guanzhong, and most of the halo of the famous general was shattered.
If he uses it well, it is a sharp weapon, but if he uses it incorrectly, he will hurt himself.
"I remember that Shen Tianzi's brother is called Shen Linzi, and Shen Linzi is Shen Yue's grandson... After Shen Yue comes to Yangzhou, he can be asked to persuade Shen Tianzi and subdue him!"
Wang Jing's eyes showed a thoughtful look.
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