Han Jian had suspected that the Luoyang Army and the Northern King Army dared to send 200,000 soldiers and horses south to attack Jiangdu with such fanfare, regardless of the back road, and they must have received the secret support of the King of the West and the King of the South. Now Han Jian is just verifying what he thinks in his heart.

Han Jian also easily understood the intention of the King of the West and the King of the South, that is, to show a position to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, no matter which side wins in the end, they are all the winners. And they are not completely unable to send troops, if there is a change in the war between the two sides, when they can take advantage of the opportunity, they will not hesitate to send troops to capture Jiangdu or Luoyang, or even the north.

The king of the west and the king of the south both coveted the city of Luoyang, and on the other hand, there were also the north and the Jiangdu.

Yang Luochuan, the king of the south, has always been outside the Jiangdu, and he also has the intention of attacking Jiangdu at any time, even if he can't capture Jiangdu, he will steal a large area of territory between Jiangdu and Yuzhou, which is also a good deal, anyway, it is the Luoyang army and the Beiwang army who are fighting for their lives. As for Yang Pingju, the king of the west, he prefers the land of the north, and if Jiangdu can win this time or the army of the king of the north suffers heavy losses in this battle, he will have the opportunity to get the north and complete the siege of the land of Luoyang.

"Is the message confirmed?" Han Jian thought for a moment and asked.

"This is the content of the Western King's upper notebook, as well as the road map for the Southern King's envoys to enter Luoyang......"

Onishiliu took out a book from his bosom and handed it to Han Jian. Han Jian opened it and looked at it roughly, and he didn't have any doubts.

The king of the west did not act in secret, so many people in the court knew about it. is the only Yang Luochuan, and now he is Han Jian's father-in-law. There was also an alliance agreement with Jiangdu, and he sent an envoy to Luoyang to report to Yang Yu, which was naturally more mysterious. However, this can't hide Mrs. Luo's intelligence system, Mrs. Luo is full of eyeliner in the three sects and nine streams in Luoyang City, and in the end, the envoy still did not hide it.

"Alright, you can go back. I'm too tired these days, rest more, and I'll have to keep you busy in the future. Han Jian said.

"Yes, young boy." Onishi Yanagi bowed and then retired.

Han Jian sat in the living room for a long time, and his mood was a little complicated.

He had been talking to Yang Li'er before. He would have believed in the sincerity of the alliance with the Southern Palace. Now it seems that this is just his wishful thinking, from the beginning, Yang Luochuan married his daughter to him just to understand the predicament of Yuzhou. Nothing to do with the covenant. If it weren't for him and Yang Li'er leaving the Yuzhou military camp. Until now, he may still be a caged bird imprisoned by Yang Luochuan. Perhaps it was precisely because he and Yang Li'er escaped that Yang Luochuan was furious, and he had to go to Luoyang in exchange for the siege of Jiangdu by Luoyang and the Northern Wang Army.

Be a man of power. Han Jian naturally also hopes that he will have a few more friends, so that he can be his king of the east and be safe with others for the rest of his life. But now it seems that his youth has become an intolerable storage of other powerful people, and the persimmon picks the soft pinch, and now in the land of Jiangbei, Jiangdu is the softest persimmon, and everyone wants to come and rub a leg.

Han Jian sat for a while, his body also warmed up, and as soon as he was a little warm, he didn't want to go out and walk in the wind and snow. But knowing that the living room is not his blessed place after all, he has to hurry back to the inner courtyard.

Coming out of the Zhisheng Room, the guards who had been waiting outside for a long time hurriedly saluted.

"Excuse me, let's go in." Han Jian smiled apologetically.

All the guards also knew that Han Jian was very polite, and after saluting, they all entered the living room. Han Jian stepped on the snow and returned to the main hall of the East Prince's Mansion, at this time Han Song and Han Cui were still waiting for him to go back.

"Jian'er, over there...... How is it? Seeing Han Jian coming in, Han Cuishi couldn't wait to come forward to greet him, and asked by the way.

"Everything that should be arranged has been arranged." Han Jian sat down and said in a calm tone, "Jiangdu will start from now on, and it will not be able to stick to the city, and the grain and grass in each city have been replenished a few days ago, and it should be able to cope with half a year." In addition, the rebels are unable to fully attack the cities in our northland, and if the city is damaged during the war, some reinforcements can also be sent to support. The problem is not very big. ”

"That's good." Han Cuishi glanced at Han Song's family, and both of them were a little relieved, "Jian'er, you are doing more and more like a person who does great things, and in the future, the land of Jiangdu will depend on you." ”

Han Jian smiled and said, "Isn't there still Erniang and Sanniang to help?" I can't do it alone. ”

Han Song and Han Cui smiled, and Han Song also asked his subordinates to send dinner here. Han Jian has been busy with the military meeting since the afternoon, and he hasn't eaten yet, and they are afraid that Han Jian will go back to the room directly regardless of his body after he returns.

"Just send dinner to the yard next door." Han Jian said, "I'm going to spend the night today." ”

Han Cuishi sighed: "It's snowing so hard, you just stay with Xin'er, I believe that she can understand you." ”

Han Jian smiled and said, "Some rules, since they have been set, don't violate them, so as not to make them think too much in their hearts." ”

"It's still the athlete who understands the imperial interior, so I won't say much to your second mother. But drink the hot soup before you go. Han Cuishi said.

"Let's send it all along." Han Jian got up, and the person had already walked outside the house.

Han Jian walked to the door and heard Han Cuishi complaining there, probably complaining that he didn't know how to be considerate.

Han Jian entered the wind and snow again, and suddenly felt a little cold, he originally wanted to tell Yang Li'er about the Nanwang Mansion, and the husband and wife were honest and honest, but when he went out of the door, he was blown by the cold wind, and he changed his mind. Yang Li'er is already on his side after all, rather than letting her know that Nanwangfu is treacherous and blamed herself, it is better not to let her know, let her feel at ease to be his little wife, and give advice in front of him on weekdays, and have no worries.

After Yang Li'er moved to the courtyard next to the Dongwang Mansion, a passage was built between the Dongwang Mansion and the courtyard to facilitate the entry and exit of the subordinates on both sides and Han Jian. The two mansions are nominally the East Palace, but the discerning people also know that one is the inner house and the other is the outer house, but the people in the East Mansion don't call it that. This is like the East Palace and the West Palace, although Yang Li'er is the first door, she is not the concubine of the East Palace, but the West Palace, but she doesn't care about this, only during the New Year's holidays, she will go to the main courtyard to have a meal together, she just stays in her small courtyard on weekdays, and she doesn't even go to the outside courtyard, let alone the main house.

When Han Jian arrived at the outer house, many people were clearing the snow. It was originally a heavy snowfall. Suddenly stopped, even at night, these subordinates had to come out to sweep the snow, otherwise the snow would pile up, and it would be difficult to sweep the next day.

Seeing Han Jian, the subordinates saluted one after another.

Han Jian smiled, and under the guidance of the maid with a lantern, he walked to Yang Li'er's small courtyard alone. It is said that the entire outer house was set up for Yang Li'er, but Yang Li'er only occupied a corner of the outer house, a very small yard. Even Han Jian's aunts didn't expect Yang Li'er, who was born in the second lady of Nanwangfu, to be so low-key. On weekdays, I was surprised when I came to see it.

Han Jian had seen Yang Li'er's living yard in Nanwangfu. Simple and low-key, it is also Yang Li'er's character, although the two are now husband and wife, Han Jian does not want to change her lifestyle.

Got to the yard. The door opened. Yang Li'er heard the sound of the door opening. knew that it was Han Jian who came over. On weekdays, if Han Jian couldn't sleep, she would even plug in the horizontal bar of the courtyard door, leaving her alone in the small courtyard.

Yang Li'er is a little withdrawn after all. On weekdays, it's hard for even maids to get close to her.

"Here we go." Han Jian entered the courtyard, and the maid was about to retire with a lantern, but Yang Li'er had already personally welcomed out of the courtyard and was about to come over to close the door.

Seeing Yang Li'er looking like a little wife waiting for her to come back, Han Jian's original dissatisfaction with Nanwangfu was swept away. In the power field, he doesn't want to bring it to the courtyard, in this small courtyard, he is the male host, and Yang Li'er is the hostess, this is the world of the two of them.

"I thought you slept first." Han Jian helped Yang Li'er put the horizontal bar away.

"Knowing that you went to talk about something big today, and you didn't come back, how can I go to sleep with peace of mind?" Yang Li'er carefully helped Han Jian into the door, and when she got inside, she was beaming, it turned out that Yang Li'er had made a hot pot on the table, but she hadn't moved her chopsticks yet, and the food was put on the table, and the water in the pot was also boiling, and it seemed that she was waiting for him to come back.

"The water has been added a few times, and I can eat it when I come back." Yang Li'er said with a smile.

Han Jian felt warm in his heart, and was about to eat when there was a knock at the door. Yang Li'er's face was elongated.

"Who is so ignorant of current affairs?" Yang Li'er said as if annoyed.

"It's supposed to be the night snack from next door, I asked them to send it here just now." Han Jian said with a smile.

"Hmph, if you don't eat delicious food here, eat your supper and ......"

Yang Li'er's face seemed to be angry, but she was teased by Han Jian and couldn't help laughing.

Han Jian personally went out to open the door and asked the maid to bring things in, before closing the door and coming back in.

"This is also the intention of my aunts, and there are a lot of supplements for you to eat." Han Jian said.

Yang Li'er was a little surprised: "Isn't it for you to eat?" ”

"I need to make up for it, and so ......do you," Han Jian said, already starting to eat in the hot pot.

"One out and one in, how can it be the same, I still listen to a few princesses of the county, you can make up for it more......" Yang Li'er stepped forward and said like a nagging woman.

When Han Jian heard this, he felt a little "doorway", so he smiled and said, "Listen to you." I'll make it up first, and then I'll make it up to you, that's what you mean, right? ”

Rao is Yang Li'er is also not taboo in the room, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but blush, glared at Han Jian viciously, and came over to eat with Han Jian.

This is also the eating habit of the two, since Han Jian let Yang Li'er know about the good thing "hot pot", Yang Li'er likes to eat like this, it is absolutely refreshing and free, and there is no need to be too restrained by those eating etiquette. She also lives alone in this small courtyard, so she doesn't have to look at the faces of outsiders.

When he arrived in the room, Han Jian could also feel happy, which was different from the feeling he had felt when he lived in this huge palace with several aunts. The two of them are attached to each other, and even in winter, they don't feel the cold outside.

"Hey, what's going on over there? Isn't it that in the next few days, Jiangdu may have to close the city gate and can't get out? After eating, Han Jian was washing his feet, and Yang Li'er suddenly asked.

"Whatever." Han Jian said, "As long as the Jiangdu City is peaceful and starve, what do we have to do with it outside?" ”

Yang Li'er glanced at Han Jian and said, "You are the king of the east, saying that the matter has nothing to do with you?" ”

Han Jian smiled and pulled Yang Li'er to the bed. Yang Li'er originally wanted to show her "integrity" with a black face, but under Han Jian's attack, her defense line quickly collapsed.

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Heavy snowfall in mid-March covered the capital and even the northern part of the river with snow. This also had a great impact on the marching operations.

Originally, the Luoyang Army and the Northern Wang Army wanted to take the opportunity to go south and sweep the land of Jiangdu with a sweeping momentum. Because of the snow, their marching speed was also extremely slow, and after capturing several small county towns one after another, the process of the Luoyang army and the Beiwang army moving south also became slow.

At the same time, no more reinforcements were sent from the Dongwangfu side, as if both sides were waiting for the snow to melt and for the spring flowers to bloom.

In the spring, the snow falls a lot, but it melts quickly, and once the weather gets warmer. A day or two of work. In an instant, there were only a few points left in the snowy sky.

On March 26, when Han Jian left the Dongwang Mansion in the morning, the open space in front of the entire Dongwang Mansion had been completely cleared, and the catkins were fluttering. It seems to have turned from winter to spring overnight.

Even though spring came very late. However, Han Jian was still in a good mood. This kind of season. It is also the best time of the year in Jiangdu City, last year at this time Han Jian embarked on the road to Luoyang, and this year he was entangled by the war. I don't have time to enjoy the scenery.

Han Jian went to the Chengdong Mansion with some regrets. There was a military meeting that day to discuss the transportation of grain and grass from the front, and he needed to attend.

And the person presiding over this meeting is no longer him or the officials of the imperial court and the Eastern Palace, but Lin Xiaoshu. This is also the first time that Lin Xiaoshu has presided over such an important meeting in public, and Han Jian went purely to "cheer".

Han Jian arrived early, but Lin Xiaoshu arrived earlier than him. When Han Jian arrived, she was packing up some official documents, all of which were submitted to her by the local government about the transportation of grain and grass, because she didn't know much about writing, and many of them she had to go back to ask Da Xiliu to know what was written on them, but she was also learning by heart, and now she recognized most of the words on an official document.

"So many things, you didn't prepare in advance?" Han Jian saw Lin Xiaoshu frowning at it with a large stack of official documents, and he didn't even notice that he was entering, so he couldn't help but joke with a smile.

"Huh?" Lin Xiaoshu looked up, only to see Han Jian, and hurriedly saluted.

"No need, Steward Lin, you are now entangled in official business, how dare you delay your time? How, today, is it sure that it will be opened? Han Jian said with a smile.

Lin Xiaoshu thought about it seriously and said, "It should work." ”

"You know you're frowned upon by some people, but be prepared to be harassed. When you can't hold on, you look at me, and I'll save you. ”

Lin Xiaoshu was a little dissatisfied: "This means that I can't do it?" We'll see. ”

Han Jian smiled and nodded, at this time, some officials in charge of grain and grass transportation had already entered the hall, including the people from the household department and the treasury department of the imperial court, as well as Sun Xiaoning, the head of the household department who even Han Jian dared to contradict before.

All of a sudden, dozens of people came to the originally empty hall.

Han Jian knew that in the past, no matter how many people Lin Xiaoshu dealt with at a time, it was only three or five, and it was good to explain to them, as if he was giving an order, and no one else would object or say anything. Now she is facing the reproach of dozens of big men, these people are not vegetarians, and they are more professional than Lin Xiaoshu, a monk who has become a monk halfway, in terms of grain collection and transportation.

"I've seen His Royal Highness the King of the East." Seeing Han Jian here, these people were not surprised, after all, Lin Xiaoshu was promoted by Han Jian, and it can be said that Han Jian was an absolute cronie, and these people were also prepared that Han Jian would come to the rescue.

The meeting started in a very relaxed atmosphere, and one by one they just came out of the "hibernation", shouting and asking for warmth with hypocrisy. At the beginning of the meeting, the atmosphere changed abruptly.

Because of the heavy snowfall, the war in the north began to develop in an unfavorable direction on the Jiangdu side, but at the same time, it also brought a buffer period of more than half a month to both sides of the war. During the buffer period, the two sides basically did not exchange fire, and Jiangdu only lost some small counties in these days, which had nothing to do with the overall situation. Some important prefectures and counties in the north, with the exception of Luozhou, are also under the control of Jiangdu.

If the city is not lost, it will mean that the food and grass support cannot be stopped.

There was a heavy snowfall before, and the reports of lack of food and materials in many places also spread to Jiangdu one after another, just like reaching out for supplies, it was almost a sick habit, as long as there were cities to ask for them, other cities would also follow suit. It was as if there was a lot of urgency in his city, and he didn't have the next meal, but in fact, most of the cities had hoarded a lot of supplies to cope with the preparation for the war last winter, and Han Jian didn't have any intention of holding on when the snow was covered.

They all reached out to ask for it, but Jiangdu didn't have so many supplies to supply, which involved which of these reports asking for materials were real and which were coaxing.

Originally, there were many supplies in the city, and the East Wangfu had a number, and they would not let them open their mouths. Some special supplies are in short supply, such as medicinal herbs and weapons. Dongwangfu generally does not refuse, but if the request for a large amount of materials is asked, that is, the lion opens his mouth, with a bit of coercion intention, if these cities are close to the front line, even if they understand that it is a lion's big mouth, they can't be too lazy, because it was originally to prepare for war, and it is right to prepare more materials to deal with the rebel siege at any time. And this kind of request is generally with a coercive attitude, if the material is not transported in time. Those states and counties have reasons not to resist. It can even cause a mutiny within the army.

Han Jian knew that the question of who to be loyal to in these years was nonsense, whoever gave food was the emperor, and who made people hungry. Even if he is the reincarnation of the Jade Emperor. Step aside, too. So it is with the people. Those who are officials and soldiers are roughly the same, if you want people to fight to the death, you must first meet the requirements of others. Whether it is to buy people's hearts or spend money to hire people to work, you must be willing to pay first.

Because the snow in various parts of Jiangdu has almost melted in the past few days, the official road is no longer blocked, and the news transmission is a little faster. In the past few days, the reports from all over the country asking for supplies have also been like snowflakes.

At the beginning of the meeting, in terms of transporting materials, the people of the Luoyang faction of the imperial court attacked Lin Xiaoshu.

The first thing these people mentioned was to meet the material needs of the front-line cities, and first give up the supply of some central and southern cities, that is, to ensure the first cities that might be besieged by the Beiwang Army and the Luoyang Army.

Among the people who made the trouble, Sun Xiaoning was the leader, after all, he was the head of the household. Although the household department of the imperial court does not know how many materials there are in the Dongwang Mansion now, he can also guess that in wartime, the materials are always insufficient.

Lin Xiaoshu was a little powerless in the face of so many people's questions at once, she was also fully prepared, but the people who were embarrassed by her in front of her were all "old fritters" in the court, who had always had a hand in the political struggle, and her words were also well thought-out. In the end, the question is actually to ask how many materials can be transferred out of the Dongwang Mansion now.

"There is a fixed number of materials to be transferred...... Lin Xiaoshu was forced to ask, and said in a panic.

Sun Xiaoning said: "Fixed number? The cost of a city in wartime, but there is a fixed number? Since there is no fixed number, how can the dispatch be determined? Who knows when the city will be emptied? ”

"If it is lost, it will not be ......"

Lin Xiaoshu said half of it and said no more.

The problem she said is also a big taboo in the transportation of materials. It was the materials that were transferred, and as a result, the city was lost, and the materials became someone else's. This is the last thing that the person in charge of munitions wants to see.

Lin Xiaoshu was also inexperienced, so he said such a taboo question in a panic.

Sun Xiaoning is not worrying about this problem, since he has already won some victories, he will take advantage of the victory to pursue. He just let people know that it is not possible for Dongwangfu to find such a woman who does not understand the world to be responsible for the major affairs of grain and grass transportation.

Immediately afterwards, a group of people continued to blame Lin Xiaoshu, but the problem was that they were talking about the movements of the Luoyang Army and the Beiwang Army, and there were some speculations, involving the rationing and backup of some materials on the front line.

Because the front line was besieged by the Luoyang Army and the Beiwang Army, even if the supplies were transferred, they could not be transported into the city as soon as possible. This requires transit in some large cities, which is also for backup, and it is also convenient to transfer if there is a need in surrounding cities.

It was originally a very simple question, and Lin Xiaoshu had prepared it many times, but under so many people's questions, she still couldn't answer it smoothly.

Han Jian stood behind Lin Xiaoshu, and seeing her break out in a cold sweat, he knew that she was still underprepared.

However, she was in charge of such a big meeting, and it was good enough to hold on to it, and if he didn't help at this time, it might make her lose her temper in front of others and affect her future work.

"Ladies and gentlemen, how do you know which city the rebels will attack next?" Han Jian suddenly asked.

After Han Jian finished speaking, no one spoke on the spot, Dongwang exited, why should they avoid taboos first.

"The northern states and counties were attacked first...... His Royal Highness the East King, there is no mistake, right? Sun Xiaoning looked at everyone and asked Han Jiandao.

Han Jian pointed to the military map and said, "Now the land of my Jiangdu is strong and clear, and I rely on the stability of the city to hold on. In such a situation, the rebels can be said to be unimpeded, which city is he attacking is not attacking? If we are trapped tomorrow, will we have to transfer the supplies back? ”

Han Jian's question was also very scathing, and the people present were silent. (To be continued......)