Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 555 Why Do I Want You?
Linru Town is an important place between Ruzhou and Luoyang. In history, sometimes it was established as a county, and sometimes it was abandoned as a town.During the reign of Xiande in the Later Zhou Dynasty, Linru County was abolished as Linru Town, which was under the jurisdiction of Liang County, and it was because of it in the Song Dynasty.

This area is also the watershed between the Yellow River Basin and the Huaihe River Basin.Heading towards Luoyang, most of the rivers flow into the Yi River and then into the Yellow River.Going towards Ruzhou, most of the rivers flow into the Ru River and then into the Huai River.

Luoyang is a special place.Although it belongs to Henan Province, except for Luoyang and Sanmenxia, ​​most of the other places in Henan Province do not belong to the Yellow River system.However, there are always some differences between Luoyang and other places in Henan.

The origin of the name of Henan, except Henan Road in the Tang Dynasty, mostly came from Henan County in Luoyang.From one of the earliest three rivers, to the later Henan Prefecture, until the new China was changed to Luoyang area.Puppet Qi abolished the Jingdong and Jingxi Roads in the Song Dynasty, and changed them to Shandong Road and Henan Fu Road, and the names of these two provinces came from this.Therefore, Shandong Province does not appear opposite to Shanxi, nor does Henan Province appear opposite to Hebei Province.The reason why Henan is called Henan is because Luoyang is the prefecture of Henan, not because the province is south of the Yellow River.

Here in Linru Town is the Huaihe River Basin.Then go west and enter the territory of Henan Prefecture, which is the Yellow River Basin.

Today is the market in Linru Town, people from all over come here, and the snow on the road has been trampled hard.

Zhai Xing and Zhai Cong went outside the town, stopped their horses and said, "This town is so lively! Let's take a break, drink two bowls of wine, and rush back to Yique in the afternoon. It has been snowing for two days, so it's best to go before dark back."

Zhai Cong agreed, dismounted with his own soldiers, and led them into the town.

Wang Xiaolie uniformly requested that the market be a separate area, not on the main street of the town.Zhai Xing and others followed the flow of people, and after a while, they saw an open space in front of them, which was crowded with people.

Looking around, I saw a lookout hanging in front of a shop on the side of the road, and a big banner next to it: "Wangjia Yangtang".There is an endless stream of customers at the entrance of the store, and the business is very good.Zhai Xing said: "Guests here, I think it tastes good. Come on, let's go in and drink a bowl of mutton soup."

The soldiers went to tie up the horses, and Zhai Xing and his son arrived at the door of the shop.When the boy saw it, he hurried up to greet him.

Zhai Xing said: "Do you have a private room here?"

After hearing this, the servant hurriedly said: "Yes, yes. Guests go here!"

Leading Zhai Xing and others, the servant quickly walked to the door behind the hall and invited Zhai Xing and others to enter.Said: "The last one on the east side is the best. You can see the pond outside the window. The guest officer can enjoy the snow when it clears up after the snow."

Zhai Xing smiled, and led Zhai Cong to the last room.Seeing that the inside is very clean, there is a screen in the corner, and there is water beside it to wash your face.A window was opened on the south side, looking out to a pond covered with heavy snow.

Looking at the names of the dishes hanging on the wall, Zhai Xing said: "Here is a pot of good wine, two catties of mutton, and a plate of crispy lotus root. If there are good sesame seed cakes, come and have seven or eight. I will serve as companions, each with a big bowl Lamb soup, four sesame cakes."

The boy said: "Guest officer, I don't know if you want to drink baijiu or ordinary wine?"

Zhai Xing said: "In this weather, you have to drink white wine to have strength!"

The boy agreed and left quickly.

Not long after, a plate of tender lotus root, some dried fruits, and a jug of wine came up.Zhai Xing and his son were eating, and the pancakes and meat came up quickly.

After a few glasses of wine, the drunkenness slowly picked up.Zhai Cong said: "This time I went to Wentang to meet Wang Jieshuai. Although I can't tell, I feel that he is different from before. Daddy, do you think so?"

Zhai Xing nodded: "Of course. The Wang Xiaolie now is different from before, of course the feeling is different. Thinking about the first time I saw him, there were only a few hundred people under him, and Taiwei Lu lent him troops. A few years later, Lu Taiwei was killed by the gold thief, and Wang Xiaolie also had a [-] army. Don't underestimate the [-] army. Now there is no general in this dynasty who has so many soldiers. And in the past few years, Wang Xiaolie and Jin The army has fought against each other several times, and they have not lost a single time. Think about it, with such an army, Wang Xiaolie should have walked sideways."

Zhai Cong nodded: "What Dad said is true. One hundred thousand troops, and an invincible one hundred thousand troops, the strength of Wang Jieshuai is not comparable to others. I think now, even the Jin Army will deliberately avoid it." with him."

Zhai Xing said: "That's right, even the Jin Army would not dare to tease Wang Xiaolie easily. So I said, if Luoyang is occupied, it is likely that the Jin Army will force Liu Yu to send troops to help, and they may not come by themselves."

Zhai Cong thought for a while and said, "If that's the case, I really can't figure out why Jie Shuai would help us. If he wanted to, wouldn't it be easy for Dengzhou's army to come north and swallow me up? They have food and money, so using some means can't help us." Disaster."

Zhai Xing sighed: "Dalang, there are some things that you have to jump out to see. From Luoyang to the south, in the past few years, Wang Xiaolie has rescued Li Yanxian from Shanzhou twice, Xie Qian from Jingzhou once, and Jin once. Wang Yan from Zhouzhou. No matter how the surroundings change, Wang Xiaolie has never had any conflicts with the surrounding forces. Even the court, although they don’t trust him, will not doubt him. We are just a small force, how could Wang Xiaolie How about attacking us? Let alone now that Luoyang is dilapidated, what is the use of Wang Xiaolie? After we occupy Luoyang, the imperial army will come north, and even make Luoyang the capital, so things can be done. If not, we will be in Surrounded by Wang Xiaolie. In a few years, I am afraid they will request to be merged into Wang Xiaolie's forces. You heard what Wang Xiaolie said that day. Wang Xiaolie was not even willing to merge with Li Yanxian , how could he be willing to accept us? If Wang Xiaolie wants to annex us now, it doesn't mean that it can't be done, but that he will have to pay a very high price. If I don't object and I am willing to join his army, how will my status be arranged? Is Li Yanxian inferior? Li Yanxian is now the commander of the Chinese army, and he is also in charge of a line of affairs. In fact, he is Wang Xiaolie's deputy. How many deputies can Wang Xiaolie have? What if there are others?"

After hearing this, Zhai Cong lowered his head and thought for a long time before he said, "What Father said is that I thought it was too simple. It seems that Wang Xiaolie was too reckless to let Li Yanxian be his deputy. If there is such a thing later, It will be difficult to arrange."

Zhai Xing said: "We can see it, but can't Wang Xiaolie's men see it? So no matter how powerful the rumors are outside, that Wang Xiaolie's army will definitely annex us when they come north, but they are very calm inside, no one mentions it. It is because everyone can see clearly that this is impossible."

After hearing these words, Zhai Cong was shocked and did not speak for a while.Raise your glass and drink slowly.

The current situation in the Central Plains is that Wang Xiaolie has developed, but other forces such as Zhai Xing, Dong Xian and others are getting more and more difficult. The strength gap between the two sides is so large that they are not at the same level.During this Northern Expedition, it was widely rumored that Wang Xiaolie wanted to integrate various forces and plot the area around Luoyang.In fact, Wang Xiaolie has no interest in annexing these forces, but just wants to expand the territory northward.

To expand his power, Wang Xiaolie can recruit troops and buy horses, why should he take other people's plate?Generally speaking, the purpose of annexing other forces is to gain independent power and immediately form combat power.But Wang Xiaohun's habit is to train the annexed army, and then they will be reorganized into various armies after they are completely disbanded.In doing so, these independent forces are completely unattractive to Wang Xiaolie.

(End of this chapter)