Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 894
It has been several months since Xie Ai joined the Huainan Governor's Mansion, and just after joining the Dudu's Mansion, he took up such a lowly but powerful position as the Chief Registrar. He is in charge of sorting out the military and political documents in the Dudu's Mansion, which is an absolute confidant's treatment.

But after joining the Dudu Mansion for such a long time, he just sticks to his duties and has never made any interesting remarks. Over time, the officials of the Dudu Mansion gradually ignored this so-called Liangzhou sage.

But Shen Zhezi knew what kind of endowment Xie Ai had, and he could also see that while doing his duty, he was also trying to deepen his understanding of the Huainan Governor's Mansion through these correspondence documents.He is quite satisfied with Xie Ai's attitude and approach. As Huainan becomes more and more important, more and more people come to seek refuge in the Governor's Mansion. Suspected of sensationalism.

However, Xie Ai was recruited into the mansion by Shen Zhezi himself, and it is really rare that he can maintain such an attitude of neither arrogance nor impetuosity, and does not show his ability with wild words.

Therefore, Shen Zhezi also paid special attention to Xie Ai's first move, especially since this move coincided with his own ideas, so he really wanted to hear what Xie Ai said.

"Master Wang has accumulated for several years. Tiannan has become a city of prosperity. Since the Northern Expedition, there have been few rivals. This Chengcheng army has grown in power, like a broken bamboo. After a few knots, they are all defeated. Guohou threatened Chenggao, and Xiao Lang picked up jujubes. It's the same. ! Going up to gain power, it is appropriate to be brave, not self-defense."

Seeing the governor looking at him, Xie Ai was also a little flustered. After all, this was the first time he made a speech, so it was inevitable that he would feel uneasy.

After saying this sentence, Xie Aicai calmed down a little after seeing the approval in the eyes of the governor, and continued: "The strong man is available, this is the first. The Wang Shi is advancing sharply, and the momentum is unstoppable. The decisive victory is quick, and the unprepared is the second."

Hearing this, someone in the banquet immediately raised their hands to express their disapproval. It was Huainan veteran Qiao Qiu: "Mr. It’s really a feat. But if you say that the decisive victory should be done quickly, and the unprepared attack is a bit self-deceiving? Since Wang Shi entered the north, both the north and the south have been moved, and now he has defeated several stone thieves in Hebei. How can he win again? prepared?"

Hearing Qiao Qiu's question, Xie Ai paused for a moment, then looked at Shen Zhezi, saw the governor nod to signal him to continue, and then said: "What General Qiao said is indeed common sense, the master Wang is going north, the thieves There is no reason why I don't know, but looking at its placement across the river, there is nothing wrong with saying it unprepared..."

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he couldn't help secretly applauding in his heart.Before, whether it was himself or the generals who made the overall battle plan for this time, they actually made a small mistake, that is, they over-substituted Shi Kan into their position.In their view, Shi Kan must seek to come south, and the situation should be extremely urgent.Therefore, the preparations they have made all the time are to gather heavy troops in Henan, and then start a big battle with Shi Kan, which may break out even before reaching the Yellow River.

However, Shi Kan may not have a clear understanding of the situation, and perhaps the troops under his jurisdiction are too restrictive, and the troops deployed in Henan are really very small, and even these troops are probably dispatched privately by the generals of the various ministries. The geographical area does not meet the defensive needs of watching and helping each other, and it is too scattered. Secondly, in terms of military strength, it does not seem to be treating the Huainan Army as an opponent.

On this point, Hu Run, who supervised the battle against Hu Ting, has the most say. Under the signal of Shen Zhezi, he narrated the whole process of the battle in detail.From its description, it can be seen that Hu Ting's enemy army did not meet the standard of long-term defense in terms of armaments and preparations.

In other words, they probably didn't realize that the Huainan Army would launch an attack during this time period, otherwise they would be too arrogant.Although the Huainan Army only arrived with tens of thousands of troops ahead, such rough preparations are really courting death.

It is actually not difficult to analyze such a fact. Perhaps they did not believe it before, but now they have arrived in Henan, and they are still facing such an opponent. It can be seen that this is indeed the case. Shi Kan really did not regard the Huainan army as Opponents who need to be ready, or at least not in this period of time.Perhaps his people attached great importance to the Huainan Army, but this attention was not implemented in specific military operations.

For such an analysis, all the generals in Huainan are somewhat unacceptable, because the combat goal of the Huainan Army has become very clear. Tens of thousands of people marched north to fight Shi Kan in the Yellow River, but the other party seems to have not realized it. This is actually an undefended posture.

Naturally, they didn't believe that Shi Kan would be such an ill-informed mediocrity. You must know that Shi Kan's fame today is by no means a fluke. Fate, in the early years in Huaibei, the entire Xuzhou was suppressed to death.

"Could it be that his person showed the enemy in vain and tempted him to go deep?"

Qiao Qiu continued to ask. After all, Huainan did not have a clear grasp of the situation in Yecheng. It is very likely that Shi Kan deliberately put on an undefended posture in Henan, and deployed heavy troops in Hebei, waiting for the Huainan army to throw themselves into the trap or halfway across. attack.After all, in terms of geography, the Yellow River is close to Yecheng, which is Shi Kan's home field. He waits for work at leisure and occupies an absolute advantage. It is not surprising to make any arrangement.

When Shen Zhezi heard this question, he also looked at Xie Ai with great interest, which was actually one of the reasons why he was hesitant to answer.After all, with the current strength of the Huainan Army and the large-scale actions since the end of spring, no one can ignore it like this.Even Shihu, who was further north, had some insights and took the initiative to shrink his military forces to Hebei.Shi Kan was in the first place to bear the brunt, if he really turned a blind eye to it, it would be incredible.

"If Shi Kan is not aware of it, but can't, is it possible?"

Xie Ai's eyes sparkled when he spoke up to this point: "Commander Xiang Nian tried his best to defeat Ji Long. It coincided with Shi Long's new funeral and the collapse of the Jie Department. Huaibei is by no means the master of Hebei's plans..."

Xie Ai analyzed a lot, but there was only one core point, that is, the current situation in Yecheng was on the verge of losing control.Although Shi Kan is Shi Le's adopted son, he does not have legal advantages, and Hebei is not where he is based. He may have lost or partially lost the dominance of Yecheng, so there is such an unpredictable situation in Henan.

Hearing this, Shen Zhezi couldn't help standing up from the table, and turned to face a map of Hebei hanging in the big tent.This map is not from Huainan, but one of the books presented by the people of Hebei to persuade the Yuan Emperor in the early years. It has a history of nearly 20 years. The most detailed map of Hebei preserved in Jiangdong.

Previously, when Huainan was conducting mutual market and trade, it was actually collecting a lot of information about Hebei, but it was hoped that the accurate information of Hebei could be obtained through those village clans who lived in one place. Even if those people dared to say it, Shen Zhezi had to believe it.And with those one-sided information, it is difficult to piece together a complete map.You must know that the Jiangdong court has disappeared in Hebei for more than 20 years. Even when Zu Ti's northern expedition was at its strongest, it could not break through the line of the Yellow River.

Shen Zhezi, including the Huainan Governor's Office, now knows the situation in Hebei. The most convincing and credible information is some information obtained by Qian Feng's earlier activities in Hebei. Therefore, after crossing the Yellow River, the entire Hebei land is a fog of war for the Huainan Army.A few years ago, Shi Hu led the crowd to the south, and suffered a lot in this regard, because he didn't understand that in that short period of more than a year, Shen Zhezi rose strongly in Huainan, and made a mistake in judging the situation in Huainan.

Now it is the Huainan Army that is facing this problem, and it is also the Huainan Army that needs to make a choice.Xie Ai's judgment was mostly in line with what Shen Zhezi thought. He also felt that Shi Kan had at least lost part of his control over Yecheng, otherwise it would be impossible to have no plans in Henan.Shi Kan's current situation is similar to that of Ran Min in the future, but much worse than Ran Min.

At the very least, Ran Min has always been a highly valued general under Shi Hu's command, and Shi Hu's tyranny has intensified ethnic conflicts to the point of breaking out. Holding a suppressive attitude, he mainly relied on the armed forces in Guanzhong, such as Fu Hong and Yao Yizhong. When suppressing the Xianbei Murong family, he inevitably supported the Hebei begging army.

Therefore, when Ran Min turned against Jiehu, on the one hand, he relied heavily on Li Nong's begging army, and on the other hand, he was able to gain the dominance of Hebei in a short period of time through ethnic conflicts.Of course, this was also because the armed forces of Di and Qiang were eager to return to Guanzhong at that time, and did not join the power struggle in Jie State.

Shi Kan's current position of power is due to chance, and his military ability and personal prestige are far weaker than that of Ran Min later.As a general transferred from Huaibei to the core of Jie country, his foundation is shallow, so Xie Ai's judgment is entirely possible.Even Shen Zhezi himself has already had guesses in this regard.

The most obvious evidence is that, first of all, Shi Kan did not deploy heavy troops in Henan to prevent the Huainan army, including the Xuzhou army from attacking. This is most likely because a considerable part of his subordinates opposed the return to Henan.Secondly, after learning that Hu Ting was attacked, the people of Suanzao not only did not come to rescue, but voluntarily gave up Suanzao. The Jiehu army mainly focuses on self-protection and will not save them.

If this assumption is true, then on the north bank of the Yellow River, it is very likely that Shi Kan did not have enough troops at all. The weakness on the south bank of the Yellow River is simply due to his inability, rather than the so-called trick to lure the enemy.

In this way, if the Huainan army appears in Hebei, it is very likely to cause great changes, and even cause the collapse of Shikan's army.Of course, this is the best guess, conceivable, but it should not be the goal.

Originally, this was just Shen Zhezi's guess alone, and he himself was not sure, so he was extremely entangled in his heart.But now that he heard that Xie Ai's judgment was quite similar to his own, he was naturally very excited.In fact, it is very simple to prove whether this guess is correct, that is, to send some people to cross the river to test.But if this guess is wrong, this part of the people will be caught in the trap, and there will be ten deaths and no lives!

Others are still digesting the information contained in Xie Ai's judgment, Shen Zhezi has already made a decision, he turned his head to look at Xie Ai, and said in a deep voice: "If I send the master to cross the river, will I dare to do it? According to what you see How much troops should be invested in order to open up the situation?"

When Xie Ai heard this, his shoulders shook suddenly. He could make this judgment, so he could naturally imagine the dangerous situation he would face if he made a wrong judgment and crossed the river.But the reason why he was shocked was not because he got burned, but because the governor seemed to agree with his guess.

He was already familiar with the structure of the Huainan Governor's Mansion. The military and the government were two independent systems, or the political affairs were subordinate to the military. It seemed that he was chosen as the Chief Registrar, but in fact he could not be involved in the military at all.But because he saw the same thing, the governor seemed to want to give him a special way.

"If the armed forces win with three thousand soldiers, the last general is willing to cross the river and restore the land, and he will be bathed in blood in Hebei, and there will be no retreat in a deadly battle!"

Xie Ai knew that such an opportunity was really rare, and at the same time he was full of confidence in his own judgment. He knew that once he seized this opportunity, he would become the real confidant of the governor, so he stood up and said Su Rong.

　This chapter has been changed a few times. I originally wanted to avoid the somewhat sensitive topic of Ran Min, but he is a typical Han army leader parasitic in Shi Zhao's interior. There is a bit of analogy with Shi Kan in the book.My own military description is my weakness, and I admit it, so when I write it, I don’t just focus on the outcome, but I inevitably have to analyze the internal logic to make up for my shortcomings.For example, Shihu's suppression of the armed forces of the Jie tribe itself, including the later Fu Jian, also adopted this method. It seems a bit unbelievable, but it actually makes sense, because each of them supports the abnormal superiors through their own armed forces. Take precautions
　　
　
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