Xie Ming

Chapter 444: Order to Move Quickly

I heard that Xiao Lang mentioned the contents of the letter, and it was said that the Southern Court had sent three urgent edicts in a row, wanting that person to return to the court!
All the generals talked to each other, discussing how to deal with the situation!
When Yuan Ping came up with the idea of ​​clearing the court of corrupt officials, General Xiao Jingchuan was shocked and just about to refute him, the black servant Hu Chen nearby started to sing some song "Feng Bo Pavilion" in a pretentious manner!

Peizhong lost his patience and interrupted him!
After hearing this, Hu Chen was disappointed and grumbled, and was also very dissatisfied.

"What?!"

"What kind of sour article is this?"

"My singing is so damn appropriate for the situation!"

"If you don't understand, don't say anything!" After scolding Peizhong, Huchen turned to Xiao Lang.

"Hey, Commander!"

"You said no!"

"What I mean is that you must not."

However, before the black man could finish his words, Xiao interrupted him by begging for mercy.

"Hey! All right, all right!"

"I know. I know."

"Good guy!"

"You are comparing me to Yue Fei!"

"Are you afraid that I will follow in the footsteps of Yue Pengju (Yue Fei, also known by his courtesy name Pengju)? Huh?!"

"Hehehehe."

"Brother Huchen!"

"You really dare to flatter me!" Xiao didn't dare to accept it and declined it modestly.

"Hey!"

"Xiao Chuan!"

"Don't say that!"

Yuan Ping was standing nearby and now he was causing trouble again.

"I think what Hu Chen said is very appropriate for our current situation!"

"It's not impossible!"

"You don't dare to think about it!"

"But those ministers hiding in the Southern Dynasty are unwilling to fight to be Qin Hui or Qin Taishi?!"

"Zhao Deji of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty, at the beginning he was full of slogans, but he was also conquering the north to recover the mountains and rivers!"

"But what happened in the end?!"

"I see, our Nan Ting Hongguang Dynasty now has the same vigor as it did in the past!"

"Don't take it lightly!" Yuan Ping made an excuse and tried to stir up trouble again.

Seeing this, Xiao had no time to refute him. Xu Jizu, who had been listening in silence, rarely spoke at this moment.

"Ah, yes!"

"warlord!"

"Brother Yuan, this is right!"

"Who are you now?!"

"The commander-in-chief of the northern front controls the troops of an entire province, the governor-general of Shandong!"

"The responsibility for the defense of Shandong Province rests solely on your shoulders!"

"We all know how powerful this is! Doesn't he understand in the Southern Court?!"

"Are you pretending to be ignorant even though you know the truth, and deliberately trying to trip someone up from behind?!"

"Well, I'm not well educated, but I've heard the opera sung by Brother Li just now!"

"What a decree! He is so anxious and angry, I'm afraid he has nothing good to say!"

"The commander-in-chief must be cautious!"

"Be careful!" Ji Zu worried.

"Hehehehe."

"Hey! You guys!"

"you!"

"It's getting more and more weird!"

Xiao Ming was in a good mood, and a warm feeling suddenly appeared in his heart!
But if you put all the talk together, it can be summed up in one word!
A general is not subject to military orders when he is away from home!

The urgent decree is strange, so we must be on guard!

In response to this, Xiao Jingchuan sighed and shook his head helplessly!
If you care about it, nothing can be constructive!

Seeing that it was the commander-in-chief, he remained silent. Sun Peizhong in front of him also started a new talk.

"Uh"

"Commander-in-chief!"

"Regardless of whether the motive behind this edict is pure or not!"

"But I just made some plans!"

"Ah! You, all of you should think about it too!"

"this."

"There is something clearly written in this note!"

"It is said that the court wants the military governor to return before the Mid-Autumn Festival!" Dun said, and Peizhong swept all the officials together.

"Humph!"

"It's already twelve today!"

"Mid-Autumn Festival is in three days!"

"General!" "From here on, we are heading south. It is more than 1,200 miles away from Nanjing!"

"Even if there is no roadblock, and we rush there at night, even if the horses die, we will still struggle to catch up!"

"That's it. If we bring any team with us, it will be too late for us to survive!" Pei Zhong said honestly.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ping rolled his eyes.

"Hey!"

"You are such a fool!"

"You're just being stubborn!"

"If you really are going to lead your army back to Nanjing, then what are you waiting for and what orders are you following?" Yuan Ping was speechless.

"Eh!"

"No, no!"

"I think your Majesty's original intention is still good!"

"But this time, could there be any misunderstanding?"

"It's hard to say, it's really hard to say!"

"But, Brother Yuan, I will never agree with your method!"

"Don't advise me again!" Xiao Bai said.

"Besides, the current situation is complicated!"

"The war on the northern front is already chaotic enough!"

"Now that Nantingdan is in internal strife, the Tartar soldiers will definitely take advantage of the situation and invade!"

"Then everything will be over!"

"The country is lost, everything is lost!"

"Then we are all sinners for all eternity!"

"I, Xiao Jingchuan, will not be a Yue Fei!"

"The Hongguang Dynasty will never live up to the ambition of the Jianyan Dynasty!"

Xiao Jingchuan made the final statement!

After he finished speaking, he slapped the table next to him, stood up, and gave the order!
"Generals, listen to my orders!"

Upon hearing and seeing this, the generals were startled and quickly stood still.

"Everyone!"

"Now that we have this information in hand!"

"Then there's no need to think about staying here for the night!"

"Don't care about the wind and rain and the hardship!"

"Yuan Ping, Sun Peizhong!" Xiao said and called the two generals first.

"exist!"

"In" Peizhong responded immediately, and Yuan Ping knew that Xiaochuan had made up his mind and it would be difficult to win him back, so even though he was unwilling, he had to put the matter aside for the time being and quickly responded to the order!
"You two, take Zhao Yingyuan and his men, and we will immediately gather our troops and head straight to the city walls of Jinan North Gate!"

"You and I will go into the city tonight!"

"This urgent imperial edict, it is hard to explain the details of this letter!"

"We must find out the contents of the edict as soon as possible before we can consider it comprehensively!"

"Ugh"

"If you don't show up, you may not be able to get it done!"

"Since we have brought troops across the south bank, we must eventually enter the city to coordinate!"

"Besides, I haven't taken care of Shandong's southward military affairs for a while!"

"Among the four towns in northern Jiangbei, we have to consider the situation of Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing in Jining and Linyi these days!" Xiao Wei said.

"Yes!"

"Understood!" Generals Yuan and Sun accepted the order and bowed.

"Xu Jizu!" Xiao heard it and tilted his head again and gave two orders.

"Ah! I'm here!" Ji Zu also responded.

"You take our troops with you, join forces with Li Hongsheng's troops, and head towards Qingzhou together!"

"I'll be leaving soon!"

"Go find Minglu and Qi Gang!"

"Ji Zu, the whole of Shandong can be roughly divided into three parts at the moment!"

"One is the northern line!"

"We're lost!"

"And I'm afraid it will be difficult to organize troops to march north and retake the lost territory in a short period of time!"

"And the autumn flood of the Yellow River this time will probably be able to stop the invasion of the Jiannu Tartars from the south for a while!"

“So there are only two areas left!”

"One is the core areas such as Jinan, Yanzhou, Jining and Linyi!"

"Second, it has to be the prefecture east of Qingzhou, the large area that extends eastward into the sea!"

"You and Li Hongsheng should hurry over there. It's a long way, but it's also extremely important!"

"According to my estimation, in the future, even if Shandong cannot be defended, the Jiannu Yi Ding will invade the south and kill us in the hinterland!"

"As for the eastern area you are heading to, based on the geographical location, it will be difficult for the enemy to make contact for a while!"

"Once we get there, we will use the local resources that Minglu has allocated to store food and prepare a practical strategy for mobile warfare behind enemy lines!"

"As long as we manage it well and protect ourselves for a month or so, it shouldn't be a problem!"

(End of this chapter)