Yang Qingle in front of him has long since lost the glory of the past. The infighting of the royal family of the Wei Dynasty in the past two or three years has tormented these royal magnates who are caught in the cracks, and those who choose the wrong camp are like Yang Qingle, and they don't even have any dignity like today.

Han Jian sat down, his face looking very indifferent. Yang Qingle on the side was still shrinking in the corner, as if she was afraid that Han Jian would eat her.

"I heard that you haven't eaten for the past few days, but is there such a thing?" Han Jian asked in a calm tone.

This aroused the last trace of dignity in Yang Qingle's heart, and she simply didn't look at Han Jian, lest Han Jian find the tears in her eyes.

"There's no need to get along with your body. There is another thing to tell you, although it is not as comfortable as your Yanning County Palace, at least you will not lose your life, if you escape one step, you will be killed. Han Jian added, "Now it's not the Dongwang Mansion that wants you to die." You'd better be a little conscious. ”

Yang Qingle naturally didn't understand what Han Jian said, but she was even more scared by Han Jian's intimidation.

After all, she's just a seventeen-year-old girl, and nothing more. After going through so many things that scared her, she now felt helpless, as if she was in danger everywhere.

Han Jian stopped saying and got up. Just as he was about to leave, suddenly Yang Qingle behind him trembled and asked, "...... I...... I want to see ...... 陛陛xià! ”

Han Jian turned his head sideways and showed a sneer, and said, "I still haven't figured out the situation, if you see Your Majesty, you will be in a different place the next moment!" ”

Yang Qingle's body naturally shrank, obviously startled by Han Jian's cold words.

Han Jian didn't say anything more and left directly.

For Yang Qingle, he has no intention of killing. Han Jian wanted to keep Yang Qingle as a chess piece in his hand, and he could use it at a critical time.

What he is worried about now is the power struggle in the royal family in the future. Although Yang Rui is still a wife to him. But after all, there is a power gap between the two. Whether Yang Xi returns in the future or Yang Rui continues to be in power, he will face a problem, that is, the power of the East Wangfu will not be lost. There was also Prince Yan Ning's remnants behind the scenes who came out to fight for power and profit, and Han Jian also felt that he could use it to resolve the contradiction between him and Yang Rui.

There is a consistent spearhead. will work together with the outside world. If the north is completely quelled, the biggest threat to the imperial court will become the East Palace, and Yang Rui will definitely use various ways to slash the power of the East Palace.

At this point, he should also take precautions in advance.

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The fighting in the north has continued to the point of white-hotten.

In mid-July, Su Tingxia's troops and horses had approached the Liaohe River and launched the first round of offensive against the forward positions of the Bohai State.

Compared with the strength of the Xianbei cavalry, the military strength of the Bohai State is much weaker. Judging from the information coming back from the front, it has only been two or three days. The front line of the Bohai State has basically been lost, and some of the soldiers and horses of the Bohai State that originally invaded the Wei Dynasty have all chosen to retreat.

And at this moment, Beichuan City in the Beiwang Mansion has still not been lost. The Northern Wangfu held on for nearly five months, but still did not let the Xianbei people take the next step south. This also gave Su Tingxia's troops the opportunity to further expand their results.

When Su Tingxia's troops and horses invaded the territory of Bohai State, the Yamen of the Military Department and all forces in Luoyang City were also in an uproar. Only then did they know about the Eastern Palace's plan to march this time. Since the beginning of the East Palace, no half of the sentence has been leaked, which shows the confidentiality of this operation.

Today, the Xianbei people invaded southward. Beichuan City is in danger, and even Luoyang will ignore it day and night. Dongwangfu actually sent troops to take the initiative to attack, and in the case of lack of troops and food, its boldness in sending troops was also admired by many people. It is also unexpected that in such a long and difficult march, good results have been achieved.

Fighting on the front lines is still raging. Judging from the news from all sides, the Xianbei people stepped up their onslaught on Beichuan City in the first few days after learning that the territory of the Bohai Kingdom diagonally behind was raided by the soldiers and horses of the Wei Dynasty and suffered heavy losses. Dayou solves Beichuan City first. Then return to the army to support the Bohai State and swallow Su Tingxia's troops in one fell swoop.

But after all, the Xianbei people are not good at siege warfare, and Beichuan City belongs to the realm of trapped beasts trapped on all sides, so that the soldiers and civilians in the city are united in resisting the siege of the Xianbei people, which makes the Xianbei people's plan also fail. After this round of pressure, Beichuan City is still standing. In this way, the Xianbei people were a little flustered.

In the northeast of the Wei Dynasty, in the big tent of the Wei Dynasty's soldiers and horses, Su Tingxia sat like a generalissimo.

In the big tent, a lot of people poured in, in addition to the generals of the Wei Dynasty, there were also several local leaders and generals of the Bohai Kingdom who were escorted up.

This time, the Wei Dynasty suddenly attacked the Bohai State, which made the Bohai State defenseless, and in addition to the territory occupied by the Bohai State in a few days, Su Tingxia's troops were more important to plunder the local resources to complete the war with war. The burning, killing and looting have already made the people of the Bohai State a little frightened, and some of the population and livestock, just like the Xianbei people plundered the people of the Wei Dynasty, were all arrested together.

Everywhere Su Tingxia went, it could also be said that there was no grass.

"You are the people of my Wei Dynasty, why did you do something rebellious?" Su Tingxia shouted on the spot.

The people present were all the nobles of the Bohai Kingdom, and they could be said to have privileges in the Bohai Kingdom, and they did not expect that as soon as the Wei Dynasty people came, they would become prisoners from the privileged class, and they might be treated like cattle in the future.

The Bohai Kingdom has always been a vassal state that regards the Central Plains Dynasty as the main lord and calls itself a vassal. That is, they have independence, but they only recognize themselves diplomatically as vassals, and if there is a war, they will be conscripted. However, the Central Plains Dynasty has always looked down on the land of the Bohai Kingdom, and has never said that there will be a war to recruit the soldiers and horses of the Bohai Kingdom. However, if there was any rebellion in the Bohai Kingdom, the royal family would always seek refuge from the Central Plains Dynasty.

But in recent years, because of the rise of the Xianbei people, the Bohai State has not paid tribute to the Wei Dynasty for many years. On the contrary, the Bohai State and the Xianbei people established relatively reciprocal diplomatic relations, that is, the relationship between fraternal countries. The Xianbei people are the elder brothers, and the Bohai people are the younger brothers. In this way, the Bohai State does not have to pay tribute every year, and while saving expenses, it can also be protected by the Xianbei people, which can be said to be a good thing for the Bohai State.

Now the Xianbei people are marching south, and the Wei Dynasty is still in the midst of civil strife. The Xianbei people also felt that it was the best time to plot the Central Plains and the Xianbei people to sit and share the soup. They agreed to send troops together.

It's just that the Xianbei people are in front, and the Bohai people are behind, and the Bohai country's battle formation is sparse, and the troops have not achieved any good results except for occupying a few cities. However, the Bohai State is different from the Xianbei people, who mainly plundered in the south. Because the Xianbei people are only good at fighting on horseback, they don't know how to conquer cities or manage fixed cities. However, the Bohai people are different, relatively speaking, the way of life of the Bohai people is closer to the Central Plains, and even the culture is also in the same line, which makes them want to occupy more cities for future operations.

Su Tingxia's remarks caused several uneasiness among the Bohai people present. As a member of the elite, most of these people could understand the language of Middle-earth.

"The general. I don't know the honorific name. An old man from the Bohai Kingdom asked.

Of all the people present, this person seemed to be the oldest, but he was in good spirits. At first glance, he is a powerful person.

Su Tingxia had already learned before that this person was a local patriarch-level elder. In the Bohai Kingdom, it can be said that he is a vassal king-like figure, and it is said that this person has more than 100 heirs alone, and there are countless grandchildren.

"This is our General Su." Su Tingxia definitely couldn't reply in person at this time, but said a word from the side general.

"General Su?" This old man obviously hadn't heard of Su Tingxia's name.

Su Tingxia himself is not a famous general in the Central Plains, and he led his troops north to pacify the Northern Palace. It's not a big deal. In addition, the news in the Bohai Sea is blocked, and recently it has been busy invading the cities of the Central Plains. It doesn't matter how many people there are in the Central Plains.

"This General Su, you are now the master of this land of Luzhou, we are willing to serve General Su as the main master, if General Su has something to send, just give orders. I'm willing to do the work of dogs and horses! The old man said.

Su Tingxia couldn't help but sneer.

These Bohai people are also cunning and abnormal in his opinion. Now his soldiers and horses have occupied the entire area, even if the old man does not say surrender. Can you still resist?

Although according to the rules, it is said that the soldiers are saluted first, and now the troops are sent directly, but they meet the "etiquette" of the Bohai people, which is also a way to survive. After thinking about it for a while, Su Tingxia understood. These Bohai people are seeing the wind and steering the rudder.

"No need." Su Tingxia sneered. "Such a disloyal minister still has to be handed over to my majesty to deal with. You will be escorted to Luoyang tomorrow! ”

At this time, the Bohai people who were present were very frightened.

The people of Waibo who have always been escorted to Luoyang City will basically not get any good end. Even if they were once powerful, they would become slaves when they arrived in Luoyang, and they would even be sold and slaughtered at will, and even the government would not ask about it. Even these killings and buying and selling are all done by the government.

These people all thought in their hearts that even if the occupants were changed now, as long as they were ministers, they would be able to get the original treatment. I never thought that this general surnamed Su would not give them a chance, and even their last bit of dignity would be deprived of them.

"General Su, think twice before you act!" The old man was a little anxious, and hurriedly said, "This Bohai man is also a vassal of Middle-earth, even if there has been disloyalty, it is forced by the situation, not intentionally. What's more, how ferocious the Xianbei people are, if there is no help from the Bohai people, I'm afraid the imperial court will not be able to drive away the Xianbei jackals, right? ”

"You won't have to worry about these things."

Su Tingxia said, and personally issued the military order at the moment.

Let the people in charge of logistics in the army move all the Bohai people to the interior, and temporarily imprison these people in the nearby city. After the war was over, these people were escorted to Luoyang.

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Su Tingxia's decision was transmitted back to Luoyang three days later.

At the same time, there were also battle reports from the front, including the Shun lì of Su Tingxia's march in the past few days. Within a few days, the soldiers and horses had completely defeated the soldiers and horses of the Bohai Kingdom, and the vanguard army had already gone to the capital of the Bohai Kingdom.

Han Jian had studied the maps of the Wei Dynasty, and he did not understand why the Wei Dynasty people did not occupy Liaodong. I think it was the people of the Wei Dynasty who felt that it was a bitter cold land and was not worth occupying. Guarding the line of the Great Wall, you can live in peace.

But for Han Jian, what should have belonged to me is mine. Now Liaodong is occupied by the Bohai people, and the Bohai people themselves have no combat effectiveness, if they are not completely occupied, it is somewhat unreasonable.

When Han Jian saw the battle report, he was on his way to the palace. Because the battle report is urgent, even if Han Jian is not in the military office, the yamen and the Wu'an office. The news still has to be transmitted to Han Jian as soon as possible.

After reading it briefly, Han Jian took the battle report into his arms, and then entered the palace.

In the Ye'an Pavilion, Yang Rui was reading the progress of the war in the north reported by Han Jian before, and Han Jian also came at this time.

In the past few days, Han Jian has often entered the palace. And the relationship with Yang Rui is a little lukewarm. Both sides are deliberately avoiding the topic of Prince Yan Ning and Yang Qingle, so as not to find it unpleasant. Yang Rui also knew that it was futile to talk to Han Jian's dignitaries now, so he first held the mind of waiting and seeing. She also felt that Han Jian was not the kind of person who was very difficult to speak.

"But what progress has been made in the north?" When Yang Rui saw Han Jian coming in, he motioned for Han Jian to sit down on the chair on the side and asked casually.

Han Jian had already sat down, got up when he heard the words, and handed over the battle report he was carrying in his arms.

While Yang Rui watched, Han Jian explained: "This Su Tingxia has robbed a lot of people. Prepare to send them to Luoyang together. ”

"Sent to Luoyang?" After reading it, Yang Rui smiled and said, "But it's not a good thing." There has always been a shortage of people around Luoyang recently, so it can be regarded as a supplement. ”

"Huh?" Han Jian frowned and looked at Yang Rui.

Yang Rui said with a smile: "In the past two years, due to the frequent wars, the number of men around Luoyang has decreased, and the number of people has rarely increased. You might as well transfer all the female dependents of the Bohai people to the meritorious soldiers who have returned from the front line, and then transfer the men of the Bohai country. Wouldn't it be better to transfer them all to reclaim the tuntian? ”

Han Jianxin said that Yang Rui was also "vicious" enough.

And so it goes. Aren't those Bohai people really devoid of even a little dignity?

If you want to deal with some powerful people, Han Jian can accept this trick, and now it can be said that the Bohai people's wives are separated, not only the female dependents are distributed to others, but he also has to go to Tuntian to open up wasteland. The entire Bohai State will no longer exist.

"Does His Majesty think it's a bit ...... to do this? Inappropriate? After all, Han Jian had the idea of a civilized person in his heart. It is to be open-minded to the enemy. Unlike Yang Rui, who holds the most basic idea of people in this era, that is, slaves don't even have the most basic right to be human beings.

"Wrong? What's wrong? The ambition of the Bohai people and wolves, and they actually colluded with the Xianbei people and wolves to occupy the territory of our Wei Dynasty, and these are also their own faults. Yang Rui said viciously. This time, the surnamed Su sent people to Luoyang, wasn't it also your instructions? Aren't you doing this for the sake of this? Is it better to move them over and feed them alive? ”

Han Jianxin said so, but the problem can't be thought of like this.

Even if the Bohai people were relocated, it would only break up their original way of life and prevent these Bohai people from rising again in the future. When the time comes, some residents from the neighboring Bohai State will be relocated to Liaodong for a generation, and they will be given a lot of conveniences and conditions, including tax exemption and incentives for the reclamation of wasteland, and even the most basic living materials will be allocated to them. In this way, it can be regarded as completing the transformation of the land of the Bohai Sea, making it completely become the land of the Central Plains.

But when Yang Rui said this, Han Jian was also a little "soft-hearted" towards the Bohai people.

"Even if the Bohai people are in the twilight, it is the fault of the Bohai royal family and the magnates, why should ordinary people be wrong? If you break up your wife, if they join forces to cause chaos, isn't it to add to the chaos? Han Jian said.

Yang Rui glared at Han Jian, put down the battle report and said with some resentment: "Then you can do what you want." I, who am an emperor, have no right to speak in front of you anyway. However, I would like to remind you that these Bohai people are not the people of the Central Plains after all, and they have barbarian hearts in their hearts, and if you do not break them up and disrupt them, there may be many disasters in the future. ”

Han Jian was silent for a moment and did not speak.

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After only four or five days, the Bohai State was a little unable to sit still.

Han Jian learned from the front that the Bohai Kingdom had asked the Xianbei people for help several times in succession, but the Xianbei people were busy fighting Beichuan City, and they had no time to take time to rescue the Bohai Kingdom.

The Bohai State was forced to have no choice but to simply send envoys to bypass Su Tingxia's subordinates and go directly to Luoyang to "beg for mercy" from the Luoyang court.

It is said that it is a plea for mercy rather than a plea for help, because it was the Wei Dynasty that sent troops to attack the Bohai State this time. Although it was the Northern Wangfu rather than the Wei Dynasty, in the eyes of the Bohai people, there was no difference between the two.

The Bohai people want to skip Su Tingxia because Su Tingxia is a demon-like existence in the eyes of the Bohai people. Burning, killing and looting, even some children and babies were not spared, even if some tribes and cities of the Bohai Kingdom took the initiative to surrender, they would still end up in the bitter condition of being relocated from their places. Moving away is also moving away, not even the most basic rations, along the way these Bohai people just eat weeds and gnaw tree bark to make a living. And the grain was plundered by Su Tingxia's subordinates, and then used as military supplies.

Later, when the Bohai people saw Su Tingxia's army, they did not send troops to meet it, nor did they blindly defend and resist, let alone surrender. It's almost to the point of fleeing when he hears the news, as long as he hears that Su Tingxia's army is coming. The entire city was evacuated by soldiers and civilians, and the direction of retreat was also the capital of the Bohai Kingdom, or even further north. Those places, near autumn and winter, are simply bitter cold and sparsely populated.

By the end of July, Han Jian was convinced of the authenticity of the news. The Bohai Kingdom has indeed sent envoys, and they are about to arrive in Luoyang City.

At this time, the Xianbei people also temporarily slowed down their attack on Beichuan City, because at this time, the Xianbei people also felt the pressure from the rear.

The Bohai State was defeated like a mountain. Even the Xianbei people felt that it was impossible for them to resist for long. In this case, if it is left alone, the next person to be attacked must be the Xianbei people themselves.

Xianbei people go south, they don't have to worry about it. This is also the tradition of the Xianbei people.

Because the Xianbei people do not have any rear positions, as long as they send troops out and find a grassland to settle their wives and children, they are not afraid of the Central Plains people going around. One offense, one defense, this is also an immutable rule.

But this time the situation is very different. For the first time, the Xianbei people felt the pressure from the rear. There is a lot of pressure in the rear, and the elites of the Xianbei people are the first to do it. Because they have a lot of privileges in the rear, and there are many powerful people who do not have to go to the front to fight in person.

In addition, the morale of the army is unstable, after all, the Xianbei people also have wives and children, and it is impossible to take their wives and children with them during the war. In addition, the Xianbei people do not know what military intelligence control is, and any news in the rear can be transmitted to the whole army as soon as possible. So much so that the whole army knew that there was danger in the rear.

Originally, it was possible to take Beichuan City in one go, and it was also based on the premise that the Bohai people could hold on for a period of time and wait for the Xianbei people to come to the rescue. But now the Bohai people are too busy to take care of themselves, and they don't dare to confront Su Tingxia's department head-on. The Xianbei people did not take Beichuan City, and after coming and going, more and more people among the Xianbei people proposed to withdraw their troops.

Because in the eyes of most Xianbei people, the purpose of this southward journey is to plunder. Now that the goal has been achieved, it is a very loss-making business to take down a meaningless Beichuan City, killing and injuring so many people.

After Han Jian learned that the Xianbei people had the intention of withdrawing troops, it was probably similar to what he had estimated before.

However, Han Jian couldn't let the Xianbei people easily return to help, because this would trap Su Tingxia's troops in a heavy siege. At that time, Su Tingxia's troops may be wiped out.

If this is the case, if the Xianbei people take the opportunity to go south, Luoyang and Beichuan City may not be guaranteed.

Han Jian has been planning things for a few days, calculating various possibilities of things.

Han Jian originally sent Su Tingxia to contain the soldiers and horses of the Bohai people and give Lin Zhan's troops a chance to fight a decisive battle with the Xianbei people. Now it seems that he is completely simple, Su Tingxia is simply a monster on the battlefield, and once he sends troops, he has no intention of stopping. When the troops were sent to the Northern Palace, there was no moderation in victory, and now they are fighting the Bohai people, and they are even more unscrupulous, and there is a feeling of caring about the front and the back.

If this is another time, it will be too late for Han Jian to be happy, where can such an imposing commander go to find? But now that he meets a general like Su Tingxia, he only has a headache. Now that Su Tingxia's department is already alone, even if he sends Lin Zhan to lead his troops and horses to the rescue, he will not be able to respond within a month or two. What's more, the Xianbei people have blocked the way to rescue, it can be said that Su Tingxia has no way to retreat, so he can only fight all the way to the end.

Han Jian thought to himself, if he was a Xianbei person, then he didn't care about the back road, so he simply bypassed Beichuan City and went south and attacked Luoyang directly. It's more secure.

Because the Xianbei people are strong, as long as they can defeat Lin Zhan's subordinates, after crossing the Yellow River, they can also say that they are a horse and a flat river, and no one can hinder the Xianbei people's ambition to dominate the Central Plains. But although the Xianbei people are strong, they lack such foresight and courage, and at this time, they have a little rich mentality, and they want to retreat when they have the results of the battle.

Han Jian wished that the Xianbei people would retreat, because in this way, he could easily subdue Beichuan and the territory previously occupied by the Xianbei people. (To be continued......)