Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 289 Traveling to Xiangyang
Huan Xi had indeed left Chang'an. The day after he learned of his grandmother's death, he had already set off on the road with Huan Ji and Huan Qian.

However, what the monarchs and ministers of the Yu State did not expect was that although the nominal commander of the Hetao area was still Deng Xia, Xie Ai had secretly headed north. Of course, this secret was destined not to be hidden for long.

After all, Xie Ai, as the Minister of the Ministry of War, has not shown up for a long time, which is bound to arouse suspicion.

In fact, how could Huan Xi not know about the problems that Liang Ping could always detect? Because he was cautious, he had to think carefully about everything.

Deng Xia's loyalty and bravery are commendable, but as Mr. Liang Ping commented, don't expect him to have any strategies.

Of course, as a charging general, you only need to strictly follow military orders and advance rapidly on the battlefield.

The main reason why Huan Xi asked Deng Xia to guard Yinchuan and control Hu Qi was because Deng Xia was loyal and reliable.

However, letting Deng Xia guard the Hetao was based on the fact that Huan Xi would send troops from the Hetao area.

Shen Jin was asked to mobilize before the war in Puban and Gaowang. One of the reasons was to confuse Fu Jian so that he could not tell whether his main force was going to attack the southern part of Bingzhou or the northern part.

Secondly, it was also to contain some of the troops of Yu State.

Huan Xi is a person who always knows the importance of things.

Deng Xia was an arrogant person. If Huan Xi told him directly and asked him to take orders from Xie Ai, even if Deng Xia did not dare to disobey, he would definitely feel that he had been slighted and would inevitably have friction with Xie Ai. Want to compete.

Xie Ai went north, nominally as a deputy general, to assist Deng Xia, but Xie Ai also carried a secret letter and a warrant with him.

Therefore, in his letter, Huan Xi recalled the difficulty of conquering the Tiefu Xiongnu and Hetao Xianbei. He also mentioned Xie Ai's past achievements and told Deng Xia that letting Xie Ai go north was just to check for his mistakes and fill in the gaps.

The secret letter was written by Huan Xi himself and was specially addressed to Deng Xia.

But once the Loop is lost, it will be a real regret.

Since he can't stay in Guanzhong now, how can Huan Xi rest assured that Deng Xia can lead Hu Qi alone.

This is not to doubt Deng Xia's loyalty, but to worry that he is not capable enough to shoulder this important task.

Even if Deng Xia felt uncomfortable, Huan Xi's ability and status had plenty of ways to comfort him.

As for the warrant, it was reserved for Xie Ai to come in handy at critical moments.

The content of the warrant is also simple: the military affairs of Hetao are all entrusted to Ai, and Xia will take charge of him.

At this time, we can no longer take Deng Xia's thoughts into consideration.

If Kong Xian had not died of illness, Huan Xi would have gone to the Hetao area to join the Xianbei and Huns cavalry.

Of course, since they were checking for leaks and filling them up, the two of them would naturally have to discuss it if anything happened.

The so-called critical moment is when Xie Ai and Deng Xia have different opinions, and Deng Xia is stubborn and insists on his own way.

Xie Ai could be forced to produce this warrant because Deng Xia's idea might bring the soldiers of the three armies into a dangerous situation.

When Huan Xi went south and Xie Ai went north, his uncle Huan Huo had also left Luoyang and arrived in Xiangyang ahead of Huan Xi.

The one left behind in Luoyang now is Huan Wen's general Mao Muzhi.

Mao Muzhi, nicknamed Xianzu and nicknamed Husheng, was the son of the former governor of Yuzhou and general Mao Bao. He was first known as Mao Xianzu, but in order to avoid the name of Huan Wen's mother Kong Xian, he changed it to Mao Mu. one of the names. The so-called taboos include: first, avoiding the names of emperors and queens of the dynasty; second, avoiding the names of officers and their fathers and ancestors; third, avoiding the names of saints; and fourth, avoiding the names of elders in the family.

Of course, to be more realistic, Mao Muzhi's situation does not fall into one of the four categories. After all, although Huan Wen is his superior, he only needs to avoid the name taboo of Huan Wen's father and ancestor. Now Mao Muzhi is avoiding the taboo name of Kong Xian, which is enough. Show his attitude.

As for him taking this opportunity to express his loyalty to Huan Wen, it was only because Mao Muzhi was an old member of Yu Yi, the former governor of Jingzhou, and had served in the army.

After the death of Yu Bing, the governor of Jiangzhou, Yu Yi took over his brother's tribe and settled in Xiakou. He also ordered his son Yu Fangzhi to stay in Xiangyang.

Since Yu Fang was young at the time and could not hold a big position, Yu Yi thought that Mao Muzhi had outstanding talents, so he sent Mao Muzhi to assist his son.

After Yu Yi's death, the Yu family left Jingzhou, and Mao Muzhi came under Huan Wen's command. He participated in the battle to conquer Shu and made many military exploits. Later, he followed Huan Wen in his Northern Expedition, but was left in Luoyang by Huan Wen to assist Huan Huo.

Now that Huan Huo needs to go south to attend the funeral, the only person left to stay in Luoyang in his place is Mao Muzhi.

Luoyang's 30,000 surrendered soldiers have now been reorganized.

Although the combat effectiveness is not too strong, fortunately, Hongnong County on the west side has 30,000 elite troops of Deng Qiang, Xiangcheng County on the southeast side has Lehong's 10,000 troops, and Huan Wen also has troops in Nanyang County, southwest of Luoyang. garrison.

Mao Muzhi's 30,000 soldiers were enough to hold on until reinforcements arrived.

Therefore, Huan Huo could go to the funeral with peace of mind.

When Huan Huo came to Xiangyang, most of the men of the Huan family had gathered, and only Huan Xi, Huan Ji, and Huan Qian were still on the way.

Among the people of Huan Wen's generation, except Huan Chong, the other four, such as Huan Wen, Huan Yun, Huan Huo, and Huan Mi, all had deep feelings with their mother Kong Xian.

Because they lost their father when they were young, and Huan Wen, who was only fifteen years old at the time, wept bitterly and devoted himself to avenging his father. Naturally, he would not spend too much thought on his brothers. Kong Xian could only take care of them hard by himself.

As for Huan Chong, he was given away by Huan Wen when he was just born and replaced with a sheep to replenish Kong Xian's body.

After Huan Wen became prosperous by marrying Sima Xingnan, four-year-old Huan Chong was found. By that time, Kong Xian no longer cared about family affairs, so Huan Chong was naturally raised by his brother and sister-in-law.

Of course, Kong Xian was Huan Chong's biological mother no matter what. In front of her mourning hall, Huan Chong also burst into tears.

In the twelfth year of Yonghe (AD 356), the twenty-sixth day of the first month.

It is only early spring, and the temperature is not too high, but Kong Xian's body has been lying in state in the mourning hall for more than ten days, and an unpleasant stench has already emitted.

The servants in the mansion could only pour wine on the coffin to cover up the smell of the body.

In fact, the delay in burying Kong Xian was not because Huan Wen wanted to wait for Huan Xi and the others.

According to the funeral system, the mourning period for emperors is 49 days; the mourning period for princes is 28 days; the mourning period for hundreds of officials is 14 to 21 days; the mourning period for scholars is 7 days; the mourning period for civilians is 7 days. Rest for three days.

In "A Dream of Red Mansions", readers speculate that Qin Keqing must have a palace background because she was laid to rest for forty-nine days and the funeral expenses were far beyond what she should have been.

Kong Xian's funeral followed the duke-hou system, which required twenty-eight days of burial.

Huan Xi and his party rushed back to Xiangyang on the fourteenth day. Sima Xingnan was waiting for them outside the city gate in mourning clothes.

As soon as they met, Sima Xingnan, Huan Xi, Huan Ji, mother and son already had red eyes.

(End of this chapter)