Chapter 10 Winning the Central Plains Section 47 Xu Rong and Xin Bi carefully discussed some details about the surrender and reorganization of the 27,000-strong army.

During the conversation, Xu Rong mentioned that some of Yuan's generals who did not want to submit to the imperial court could return to Luoyang, and promised that he would guarantee their safety.

Xu Rong's friendliness and tolerance touched the panicked Xin Bi very much.

"Forget it." Simpi sat for a long time and said bitterly,

"I don't have the face to go back, I really don't have the face to see Brother Benchu. Guanzhong was defeated, 40,000 troops were annihilated, Luoyang was surrounded on all sides, what should I do when I go back? ”

"What about the others?" Xu Rong smiled and asked slowly,

"You go back and ask. If General Zilu and the others want to go back, in a month, I can send someone to send them out of Wuguan. ”

"I can still save my life when I go back." Simbi shook his head, his tone was harsh,

"My family is a high gate in Yingchuan, and I have been friends with the Yuan family for generations, and my first brother will spare my life no matter what, but Zi Yu and the others will definitely die if they go back. The defeat of Guanzhong means that Luoyang is about to be overturned, how can the first brother spare them when he is angry? Staying here, they and their families in Luoyang can live, and if they go back, they will inevitably harm their relatives in different places. Simbi paused for a moment and continued,

"Even if they want to go back, I won't agree."

"Okay then." Xu Rong said,

"If you don't want to go back, and you don't want to submit to the imperial court, then I will send you to Jinyang and let the imperial court punish the crime according to the law." Simbi nodded gloomily.

"Brother George, don't worry, you'll be fine." Chen Wei said with a smile,

"When you get together with some old friends in Jinyang, take a look around, learn more about Hebei, and your mind will change immediately. I remember that when Han Hao was captured, he swore not to surrender, but after staying in Jinyang for half a year, he wrote a letter to ask for guilt, sincerely repented, and was soon reused by the imperial court. I believe that we will soon become ministers of the same temple. Xin Bi smiled bitterly, and the expression on his face was extremely sad.

He and Chen Wei are both Yingchuan celebrities and knew each other in their early years, but today's unexpected reunion in this situation made Xin Bi very embarrassed.

Chen Wei's words were originally well-intentioned consolation, but at this moment, it was like a knife in Xin Bi's ears, which made him feel painful.

Yoshimi Koji slept for a while, and was not called out by the guards until dusk. Xu Rong specially prepared some wine and food to treat him.

At the banquet, Xu Rong looked serious, didn't say a word, and stopped after tasting it, but Koji Yi ate and drank heavily, ignoring Xu Rong's indifference.

Chen Wei and the guards felt that the atmosphere was not right and avoided the side.

"Can you explain why I ordered Zhang Baiqi and Yang Ming to stop the pursuit and let Han Yi and Yang Qiu's troops calmly withdraw from the right flank battlefield, resulting in my failure to encircle and annihilate Han Sui on the left flank battlefield?" Koji Yi suddenly threw the half-gnawed leg of lamb on the table, and asked in a cold voice,

"Why are you doing this? Why did I let my men die in vain? Xu Rong was dissatisfied

"Snorted", reached out and picked up the leg of mutton on the table and handed it to Ko Yi,

"Don't waste it." Koji Yi glared at Xu Rong angrily, snatched the leg of mutton, and bit viciously,

"Why? Before the start of the war, you said that you gave up the idea of saving the Xiliang army and did your best to kill the rebels, why did you suddenly change your mind? ”

"We have dragged the Xiliang Army on the right flank battlefield, we have inflicted heavy losses on the middle battlefield, we have taken the initiative on the left flank battlefield, we have controlled the entire battle situation, why can't I let the battle situation develop in the direction that is most conducive to the rapid stabilization of Guanzhong?" Xu Rong knocked the table,

"Even if you can completely annihilate Han Sui and the Xiliang army, how much will it cost you? If Han Sui and the Western Liang Army were all wiped out, and the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry suffered staggering losses, what would happen to the Western Frontier? Are you going to defend alone? Koji Yi opened his mouth to refute, but Xu Rong immediately reached out to stop him,

"Don't say it, you can ignore the will of the court, but I can't. I am the imperial lieutenant of this dynasty, I must obey the will of the imperial court, and I cannot leave the great cause of Zhongxing behind because I covet the victory in front of me and the credit of killing Han Sui. ”

"Are you accusing me?" Koji Yi's face changed suddenly.

"Yes, I'm accusing you." Xu Rong stared at Ko Yi's angry eyes and said bluntly,

"You are greedy for meritorious service, ignoring the safety of the community, ignoring the life and death of the soldiers, acting recklessly, and insisting on going your own way, which will surely bring immeasurable losses to the great cause of Zhongxing." Xu Rong turned around and picked up a roll of bamboo slips from behind his back and threw it to the ground.

"See for yourself, this is the loss of the various divisions of this war. Although this is only a preliminary estimate, the gap between the actual casualties and the actual casualties will not be too large. ”

"Zhang Baicai, Wei Jun, and Yang Ming on the right-flank battlefield lost about 6,000 cavalry. He Feng on the battlefield in the middle lane lost about 4,000 men, and Yan Rou and Duan Xuan also suffered nearly 1,000 casualties in the process of encircling and destroying Ma Chao and Yan Xing. ”

"The casualties on the battlefield on the left flank are staggering. In order to lure the enemy, Yang Feng, Hua Xiong, and Liang Baiwu took the initiative to attack before Gao Gan's army attacked, losing about 4,000 people. After the Gao cadres attacked, the battle formation was heavily damaged, and the casualties increased sharply. Yang Feng said in the battle report that his army of 15,000 lost 7,000 men, nearly half. ”

"You led the army to support the battlefield on the left flank, and after encircling Gao Gan, you have more than 60,000 foot cavalry troops in your hands, and the strength is almost twice that of Gao Gan, which is enough to surround Gao Gan and intercept Han Sui's rescue. At that time, you deployed 20,000 infantry cavalry in the southwest of the battlefield, although the Youzhou army and the Huns suffered great losses under the front and rear attacks of the rebels, but because the 10,000 troops of Lei Zi, Tie Yue and Nie Xiao arrived in time, Gao Gan failed to break through, and the Xiliang reinforcements also began to retreat. Xu Rong glared at Lu Yi and shook his head again and again,

"If at this time you decisively ordered to surround Gao Gan with the main force and pursue the Xiliang people with an iron cavalry, then the losses of our entire battle could be controlled at about 25,000 people, but you didn't do this, you actually ordered to surround the Xiliang reinforcements, wanting to eat two enemies in one bite."

"Do we have enough troops to eat two waves of the enemy at once?" Xu Rong waved his hand vigorously and asked angrily,

"Even if Yang Feng's army is put into the battlefield again, you only have less than 70,000 people in your hands, can you eat about 40,000 enemies with 70,000 troops? Are you crazy to make such an incredible move at such a critical moment after you have fought for so many years? Koji Yi's face was red, and he was speechless.

"Han Sui personally led the army to support, and the senior cadres broke through again, and our army suffered heavy losses as a result. Although Yan Rou, Huangfu Li, and Duan Xuan led the army to arrive, we had actually lost the initiative on the battlefield. If Gao Gan had not died suddenly, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Xu Rong slapped the case hard,

"You still think that you have the strength to encircle and annihilate Han Sui, have you thought about it, at that time, our army had reached the limit, the soldiers had died too much, and the strength was greatly reduced, even if Han Yi and Yang Qiu's troops did not come to support, Han Sui might have successfully broken through at night."

"Even if he fails to break through, we will have to pay a greater price to completely annihilate the Xiliang army. But the more serious question is that Han Sui and the Xiliang Army have all been wiped out, who will defend the Western Frontier? Are you going? At that time, we didn't have many iron horsemen in our hands, what did you take to defend the western frontier? ”

"The encirclement and annihilation of the Xiliang Army caused us to lose about 8,000 more people, bringing the losses of the entire war to 33,000 people." Xu Rong sighed sadly,

"But our actual losses far exceed the losses of troops on the battlefield."

"It's a matter of time before the people of Xiliang retreat, as long as they make way home. However, the losses of the northern Xinjiang iron cavalry were too great, and once the Huns, Qiang, Xianbei and Duliao camps withdrew to the outside of the Saiwai, the Wula iron cavalry alone could not deter the western Xinjiang at all. ”

"In addition, the losses of our infantry are also very large, and the 27,000 captives cannot be used immediately, and the attack on Kansai will inevitably be delayed. The longer the fight against Kansai dragged on, the stronger Yuan Shao's defense became, and the more difficult it was to fight Kansai. If Kansai cannot be taken for a long time, we will not be able to cooperate with the various armies of the Central Plains to attack Luoyang. ”

"You know the solidity of Luoyang, if Yuan Shao is given enough time to hoard grain, grass and ordnance to strengthen the city defense, if we can't conquer Luoyang in about half a year, we will withdraw from Kanto." Xu Rong's expression gradually softened, and he sighed,

"Don't you know how long Hebei's financial power will support an army of 200,000?"

"You are fighting hard now, but you have brought a lot of unforeseen troubles to the imperial court, although there are some things that we can try our best to avoid, but some things have become a fait accompli and can no longer be changed." Koji Yi disagreed,

"Isn't it just that the casualties are a little bigger? As for being as serious as you say? I admit that after this war, the affairs in Western Xinjiang are indeed a bit tricky, but according to the original plan of the imperial court, we will not fight Kansai this year, why did you suddenly think of fighting Kansai? ”

"The battle in Guanzhong ended early, which created an excellent opportunity for us to fight Kansai." Xu Rong took out the map from the scroll behind him and spread it out on the table.

Yuan Shao would not have thought that the Battle of Guanzhong would end in the first battle, let alone that the senior cadres would be wiped out, so his troops in Guanxi would not be too much, and the defense of the cities and passes in Guanxi would not be very strong. Most importantly, his attention was now drawn to the Yingchuan battlefield, and his forces were also moving towards the south of Luoyang. Once he learned that Guanzhong was lost, what was Yuan Shao's first thought? ”

"Recapture Yingchuan, protect the connection between Luoyang and Jing and Henan, and ensure that Luoyang is not lost." Koji Yi said without hesitation.

Rong's hand tapped Yingchuan on the map,

"When we fought Guanzhong, Yingchuan was to contain the battlefield, but the unexpected end of the Guanzhong War quickly changed the current situation. We can immediately attack Guanxi, use Guanxi as a diversion battlefield, and let the general quickly increase his troops in Yingchuan, occupy Yingchuan, and completely cut off the connection between Luoyang and Jing and Henan. As long as the general takes Yingchuan, the army can get food on the spot, and the war can continue forever, and then drag the troops of Luoyang Yuan Shao, Jingzhou Liu Biao and Yuzhou Liu Bei all on the Yingchuan battlefield. ”

Yuan Shao took care of one thing and lost the other, and he was in a hurry, and the deployment of troops was bound to be chaotic. At this time, we still have two months of grain and grass, as long as we can kill Kansai with lightning speed, Kansai will definitely be able to go down in one go. Xu Rong looked slightly excited, and clenched his fist and hit Hongnong County on the map hard,

"If Guanxi is down, we will be able to attack from the three directions of Hongnong, Henan, and Hanoi, and at the same time use the Yingchuan battlefield to drag Yuan Shao's reinforcements, and strive to break through the eight passes of Gyeonggi next year and enter Luoyang." Koji Yoshi's face was a little ugly.

If Chang'an City can overcome without a fight, as Xu Rong predicted, now is the best opportunity to attack Kansai by surprise.

Attacking Guanxi required a sufficient army of foot soldiers, while Zheng Baiqu's army of foot soldiers suffered too many casualties in the first battle, and needed time to rest and replenish.

Therefore, it is very difficult to attack Kansai immediately. However, the losses caused by his own command mistakes were mainly cavalry, and the large losses of cavalry were not good for deterring western Xinjiang, but they did not seem to be harmful to the western part of the country.

"Zilie, what do you mean? Don't want me to fight Kansai? Xu Rong frowned deeply, looking at the excited Koji Yi and was silent, but the expression on his face had clearly told Koji that he didn't want Koji to command the Kansai battlefield.

"Yesterday, I was just angered by Han Sui." Koji Yi was in a hurry, and took the leg of mutton and beat it again and again on the table,

"When I was in Xiliang, I was pressed and beaten by him all the time, and I suffered a lot of anger. When he was the king of Guanzhongqin, he inserted a rod into it again, so that he failed. I've been holding this breath for more than ten years, can I bear it? Xu Rong shook his head resolutely.

"I am willing to petition for guilt, and I am willing to bear all the responsibility for the excessive damage in the Zheng Baiqu War." Koji was furious and smashed the leg of mutton that had been smashed to the ground,

"Zilie, let me go to Kansai."

"I can let you go to Kansai, but you must promise me one condition." Xu Rong finally relented.

"I know." Koji Yi smiled,

"What you say, how I fight, there will never be any more violations of the order."

"First of all, it is necessary to minimize the losses of the army." Xu Rong slowly rolled up the map and said in a low voice,

"Secondly, you have to ask me for reinforcements very often. If I don't give it to you, you will ask the imperial court, three books a day, and urge reinforcements day and night. Koji Yi was stunned for a moment,

"Zilie, Guanzhong also needs troops. Xiliang, Gaizhou, and Nanyang are all likely to attack Guanzhong. After Chang'an is conquered, the Iron Cavalry will return to Saiwai one after another. At this time, if I transfer all my troops, what will happen to Guanzhong? Xu Rong smiled slightly, picked up the wine on the table and took a sip lightly, without speaking.

Koji Yi suddenly thought of something, and exclaimed in a low voice: "Troops? Xu Rong put down the wine, reached out and picked up a piece of minced mutton from the desk and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it slowly.

"You know by now why I'm so angry, right? If Han Sui's army threatens Guanzhong in the west, and the Kansai War in the east, will the eldest princess and the imperial court still have reason to reject our proposal to increase troops? Koji Yi was stunned for a long time, with an apologetic look on his face,

"I'm sorry, Zilie, I didn't know things would be so complicated, I ......"

"Forget it, the general won't blame you." Xu Rong glared at him,

"You are indeed powerful in war, but you are now Shangqing, a general of the Left Guard, and your every move is directly related to the fate of Sheji. When you command operations on the battlefield, you should think more about the things behind the battlefield, so that you can really use the battlefield to defend Sheji and defend the Han Dynasty. Koji Yi smiled awkwardly, approached Xu Rong and asked, "How many troops do you plan to increase?" Xu Rong stretched out a hand, then spun it in the air, shaking the back of his hand towards Ko Yi's face.

"One hundred thousand?" Koji was shocked.

"Is it much?" Xu Rong said with a smile,

"I still think it's less. Now there are more and more places to fight, but our troops are getting smaller and smaller, and the increase of 100,000 troops is only enough to take Luoyang. If we have 500,000 troops in our hands, will Han Sui still dare to oppose us? If I had known you were so reckless, I should have told you in advance. ”

"Will the eldest princess and the court agree?" Koji asked hesitantly.

"I want to have a good talk with Han Sui." Xu Rong said confidently,

"It's up to you. Within two months, you will not only take Kansai, but also turn the imperial court upside down. Koji Yi was absent-minded

"Hmm", raised his head and took a long sip of wine,

"Zilie, can you make me clear? I'm a little confused. Xu Rong smiled, stretched out his right index finger and shook it in front of Ko Yi's eyes,

"You have to keep in mind that the pillar of Zhongxing in the Han Dynasty is our people from the north." After the end of the Central Plains War, the great Sima general Li Hongzuo asked the Son of Heaven, the eldest princess and the imperial court to ask for the construction of five additional barracks on both sides of the Yellow River in order to attack Luoyang, but the eldest princess and the imperial court finally agreed to build three more and increase the army by 30,000.

The reason of the imperial court was that the total strength of the Han Dynasty had reached 270,000, and the military expenditure was very large, and the financial endowment could not afford it.

Although Dahan now practiced

The "soldier household" system, there is no need to pay the soldiers' salaries, and the soldiers also bring some of their own horses, armor and weapons when fighting, but the court believes that the war is becoming more and more intensive, and there are more and more soldiers who have died in battle.

The number of "soldiers" is also swelling sharply, and the land in the hands of the imperial court is limited, and the grassland is limited, which is no longer able to support it.

In fact, this reason is simply a prevarication. After the Great War in the Central Plains, the imperial court recovered two states, and there were countless unclaimed lands.

In order to allow the rapid recovery of Qingdao and Yanzhou, the imperial court also deliberately moved more than 2 million people south from northern Xinjiang and Hebei.

The reason why the imperial court rejected the general's proposal to increase troops was, to put it bluntly, that it was worried that the military power in the general's hands would not be controlled.

The generals have too much military power in their hands and too many troops under their control, which is a huge threat to both the imperial court and the community, and the slightest carelessness is a disaster for the country.

The eldest princess also made a special explanation in her letter to the general, saying that the increase in troops involves too much of a problem, involving the field system, taxation, border guards, etc., not that it can be increased by saying that it can be increased.

Under the current circumstances, it is better to maintain the current troop strength. The eldest princess also said that in the Battle of Luoyang, if the troops are not enough, they can transfer troops to the south again from outside the Saiwai.

Transferring troops from outside the Sai can not only consume the strength of the Hu tribes, but also contribute to the stability of the desert, and can also reduce a series of troubles caused by the increase of troops in the imperial court.

But the general really needs troops to fight Luoyang, and after the army recovers the Central Plains, it will go south to Jianghuai, Jingyu, and maybe even Yizhou.

Fighting these places, the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry no longer has much effect, and what is needed is an army of foot soldiers. In addition, after the main force of the army went south to fight, the stability of northern and western Xinjiang was extremely important, and at this time, it was impossible for the northern iron cavalry to fight with the army in the south, and they needed to concentrate on defending the frontier.

However, now the general can't even increase his troops to attack Luoyang, and after Luoyang is captured in the future, let alone increase his troops to the south to recover the north and south banks of the Yangtze River.

Increasing troops will cause a series of problems, which the eldest princess and the imperial court are right, but if you don't increase your troops, relying only on the existing troops, in the case of recovering more and more prefectures and counties, the battlefield is getting farther and farther away, and the war is becoming more and more intensive, the pace of pacifying the world will be greatly slowed down.

And the eldest princess and the court asked the general to calm the world as soon as possible, and the contradiction between the two made the general anxious.

The eldest princess trusts the general and the nobles and bureaucrats in northern Xinjiang, but with the slow start of the great cause of Zhongxing, as the army continues to recover the prefectures and counties, the eldest princess not only needs the victory of the army and the army, but also needs more and more nobleman bureaucrats to help her promote the great cause of Zhongxing.

At this time, there are more and more forces from all sides entering the court, and all kinds of contradictions and power struggles are coming, and the eldest princess needs to balance the interests of all parties to maintain the stability of the court and the continuous advancement of the new policy, and it is inevitable to suppress and damage the interests of the most powerful northern Xinjiang.

Therefore, it was a helpless move for the eldest princess to prevent the general from increasing troops, and it was also a helpless move for her to personally go to the outside of the Saiwai to recruit the Hu iron cavalry to go south to participate in the Central Plains War.

The general could understand the eldest princess's difficulties, but at the same time, he also felt a deep crisis that was rushing to his face.

Immediately afterwards, the two states of Qingyan broke out

The trend of "enclosure and speculation", the proposal to set the capital of Chang'an was met with great resistance, and the Guan and Luoshi people refused to serve to blackmail the imperial court with the intention of sharing power, and these things broke out after the Central Plains War.

That is to say, after the Great War in the Central Plains, with the continuous expansion of the actual control territory of the imperial court and the rapid increase of power entering the court, the eldest princess's dependence on the northern Xinjiang people is gradually decreasing, and the northern Xinjiang people are gradually losing control of their authority.

Things in the court finally inevitably exceeded the bottom line that the general could tolerate, and he decided to take action.

The general told his thoughts to Xian Yufu, the general of the left chariot cavalry, Xu Rong, the lieutenant, Li Wei of Shangshuling, Zhang Yan, the general of the right guard, and Zuo Yan, the captain of the Si Li, and asked Zhu Mu, the Taishou of Hanbei County, and Yu Peng, the protector of Liaodong Prefecture, to write to the imperial court to report on their work.

"Gongding (Zhu Mu) and Bohan (Yu Peng) are coming back?" Koji asked in surprise,

"So, the general invited Brother Yu Xing (Xian Yufu) and Brother Junyi (Zuo Yan) to Dingtao to discuss this matter? Inviting Lou Lu, Shot Yingtong, Lu Huanyang and a group of Hu kings to Dingtao is also for this matter? ”

"Yuntian, aren't you surprised that the general married Cao Cao's daughter to Sai Feng?" Xu Rong replied unanswered.

"Not strange." Koji Yi smiled,

"I think it's a good fit. But listening to what you say, this kid seems to have picked up a big bargain. ”

"If Yuxing, Gongding and Bohan all come back, there will only be fearless (Yan fearless) on the desert, and only Xiaolazy (Li Su) in Liaodong, and it will be too difficult for the two of them to support the entire northern frontier. In order to ensure the safety of northern Xinjiang, the general asked Lou Lu and Sheyingtong to rush to the Central Plains to discuss the defense of northern Xinjiang. ”

"The Great General should have done this a long time ago." Koji pouted dissatisfiedly,

"Over the years, the people of Northern Xinjiang have either counted the stars in the desert or fought bloody battles on various battlefields, and only one Li Zhongyuan (Li Wei) has been holding on to the court, and it is difficult to speak alone. What is the extent to which the people of Northern Xinjiang have fallen now? You can't even increase your troops to fight Luoyang, but you still have to look at the faces of those bastards in the imperial court? To whom do we fight? To the Great General? To the eldest princess? It's for the big guys, it's for them to fight the world with these bastards. Koji scolded angrily,

"By the way, the eldest princess won't turn her face with the general this time, right?" Xu Rong shook his head,

"For the matter of fixing the capital of Chang'an, the eldest princess secretly cried many times. She couldn't stand the endless arguments of the ministers in the DPRK and China. In recent years, the new policy has been formulated and implemented, mainly thanks to the strong support and help of old ministers such as Zhang Wen, Cui Lie, and Yuan Peng. But now that they are gone, the eldest princess has lost her strong support, the government is gradually deviating from the original direction, and the new policy is becoming more and more difficult to maintain. If we don't think of a way in time, things like the enclosure and land speculation in the two states will emerge one after another, and the new policy will be ruined by those self-righteous and mercenary people in the DPRK and China. ”

"The general has made up his mind this time?" Xu Rong pondered for a moment, his face showing a hint of worry,

"The general is extremely cautious, very careful, and has not taken any measures so far." Koji Yi was so angry that he smashed the wine lord in his hand on the desk,

"The general is cautious in everything he does now, looking ahead and looking backwards, how can he have the domineering spirit that led us across the desert back then? What is he afraid of? Are you afraid that Jinyang's gang will rebel? There are still nearly 10,000 disabled veterans in the Longshan camp in Jinyang, as long as the general gives an order, he can kill Jinyang into a river of blood. ”

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Xu Rong rebuked angrily,

"The general didn't let me tell you in advance, because he was worried that you would break something big. How many nobles are there in Northern Xinjiang? How many people can enter the court? Why do you think anyone can enter the court to govern the world? In the future, when the society is pacified, the Han Dynasty is prosperous, and as long as the people in the world have the ability, they can enter the court, so what we have to do now is not a matter of ten or twenty years, but a matter of one hundred or two hundred years. ”

"What did you say? Why can't I understand? Koji asked, glaring at Haruki.

"Very simply, now the people of Northern Xinjiang want to completely control the government and let the great cause of Zhongxing move forward according to our vision. In the future, our descendants will continue to control the government and allow the great cause of Zhongxing to be maintained and sustained. A few generations later, the Han Dynasty has prospered, become rich and strong, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the world has been peaceful, and our wish has been realized. Xu Rong looked at Lu Yi and said solemnly,

"So, it's not something that can be solved by killing people and shedding blood, you know?" Koji Yoshiki laughed,

"I see. As long as there is an army, the people of northern Xinjiang will be able to control the government, and as long as they control the government, they will be able to do whatever they want. ”

"That's the end of it, we won't talk about it anymore." Xu Rong shook his hand and said,

"Tomorrow, together with Zhang He and Gao Lan, you will lead the army to Huayin and quickly capture Tongguan. General Yang Feng and Zhang Bai led the army to follow. After receiving my order, Sun Qin and Yang Hua's army will begin to attack Fenglingdu to help you capture Tongguan. ”

"What about you? How many men did you take to attack Chang'an? ”

"Two or three thousand is enough." Xu Rong said with a smile,

"I want to have a good talk with Han Sui. Things will go very well, you can rest assured. "Jump to