Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 396 Before sending troops ()

Faced with Huan Xi's request, Sima Xingnan did not refuse, but agreed.

Ever since she married Huan Wen, Sima Xingnan had been in charge of all matters in the family. After all, Huan Wen was focused on all directions and basically didn't care about his family. And Huan Xi's grandmother Kong Xian didn't pay much attention to worldly affairs even when she was alive. , dedicated to worshiping Buddha.

Although Sima Xingnan has no political acumen, she has been the head of the Huan family for so many years, so she naturally has no shortage of means. Otherwise, how could Huan Wen be manipulated by Sima Xingnan.

Of course, the main reason is that Huan Wen loves his wife and misses his old relationship.

"With a mother taking care of them, the children no longer have to worry about anything."

Huan Xi flattered.

Sima Xingnan didn't agree with him. He just snorted, changed the subject, and asked:

"When will Aman come back?"

If you want to ask about the two people Sima Xingnan cares about most, they can only be Huan Xi and Aman. As for Huan Wen, we have to go back a little bit.

Now that Huan Xi is about to leave, Sima Xingnan naturally hopes that Aman will come back soon.

Huan Xi knew his mother's thoughts, he smiled and said:
"I had someone notify Ziliang (Quan Yi) a long time ago and asked him to return with Aman. He should be there in two or three days. The reason why I didn't tell my mother was just to give you a surprise."

Sima Xingnan was overjoyed when he heard the good news.

Huan Xi stayed with his mother for a while, then said goodbye and was about to leave when Sima Xingnan stopped him:
"Xi'er, you have been spending most of these days with Ling Jiang in the Qingliang Palace. Once you leave Chang'an, no one will care about whoever you want to favor."

Huan Xi nodded and said:
"The kid knows."

Seeing that the expedition was imminent, Huan Xi had completely withdrawn from official duties and focused on spending time with his family. Otherwise, he would not have the time to show up at Sima Xingnan's residence and eat melon with her.

Since the end of last year, Huan Xi discovered that Yan and Yu were secretly accumulating strength and preparing for a comeback. Throughout the spring, the central and local governments of Liang State were actively preparing for war.

By now, all the preparations were in place, and there was no need for Huan Xi to sharpen his guns before the battle.

If there is anything else that needs attention, it is that Shiwan Xianbei and Xiongnu cavalry from Hexi and Hetao are currently stationed outside Chang'an City, so we must be more cautious.

In order to prevent them from causing trouble, Wang Meng has personally gone to the camp to take charge of these servants. As for the affairs of Shangshutai, they have been handed over to Xie An, who will handle them on his behalf.

Although Xie An is a relative, his talents have already impressed the officials. Since Quan Yi has not returned yet, he is naturally the first choice to replace Wang Meng.

In fact, it would be better if Huan Xi went to the military camp outside the city to take charge. After all, he had high prestige among the tribes in Hexi and Hetao.

But when Huan Xi thought that this battle could be as short as a few months or as long as a year and a half, and he would not be able to see his wife, children, and mother, he still chose to believe in Wang Meng's ability, thinking that with his methods, he could completely suppress the barbarians.

After all, these barbarians have already been defeated by Huan Xi. It is not difficult to suppress them, at least it is not difficult for Wang Meng.

In this case, why should Huan Xi personally guard the military camp.

Of course, just in case, Huan Xi uncharacteristically did not disband the soldiers and did not let them go home to reunite with their relatives before going out for the expedition. If the Hu people outside the city rioted, Huan Xi would need soldiers to go out of the town to suppress them.

If they were on vacation and it would be difficult to assemble in a short period of time, it would be too late to regret it.

In fact, given Huanxi's control over the Hexi and Hetao tribes, the possibility of riots is very small, but it is always better to be cautious.

To make up for it, Huan Xi would give them time to say goodbye to their families who came to see them off on the day of the expedition.

If you don't even have a chance to say goodbye to your family, how can you devote yourself to the Battle of Hedong without any distractions?

Huan Xi did not have many soldiers around Chang'an, only 30,000 elite cavalry, including 10,000 Guanlong Tu cavalry, 10,000 Bao Xianbei, and 10,000 personal guards.

The Guards Yi Cong originally had only 5,000 men. At the end of last year, Wang Meng proposed and Huan Xi approved the expansion, adding 5,000 additional soldiers.

Huanxi had previously captured Hedong County and occupied the two salt ponds in Anyi and Jiexian. He also concluded the salt trade with the countries in the Western Regions controlled by him, as well as the Chu State in the south and Tuyuhun in the west, and his finances were about to receive a large sum of money. The income can also support him to expand his army again.

Although Wang Meng is in charge of Liang Guo's money bag, he is by no means a free-spirited person. As Liang Guo's territory expands and goes deep into Hedong, we can no longer let the other side send troops as much as we did before. I will only defend Gaowang City and let them sigh at the sight of the city. , had no choice but to retreat.

Now that they have attacked, if they want to defend Hedong County, they have to increase the number of soldiers. Therefore, Wang Meng took the initiative to propose an expansion of the army, and Huan Xi immediately agreed.

As for the new five thousand cavalry, some were selected from the former Liang cavalry who had been eliminated before, and the other part were the adult children of Huan Xi's fallen soldiers in the wars over the years.

Although the children of those fallen soldiers were young, Huan Xi gave them a large amount of pension, which allowed them to practice martial arts and riding skills.

As the saying goes, the poor in culture and wealth in military affairs.

Not to mention that Huan Xi recruited cavalry and must be able to ride horses. Huan Xi did not have time to recruit a group of infantry and let them practice riding skills from scratch.

Of course, although the children of those fallen soldiers were good at martial arts, they were still new recruits. Their addition weakened the overall combat effectiveness of Konoe Yoshitomi to a certain extent.

Therefore, Huan Xi did not mix them with the original guards Yi Cong, but combined them with the newly recruited Qianliang cavalry, so as not to affect the original five thousand soldiers.

Huan Xi was confident that once a riot broke out among the 100,000 Hexi and Hetao soldiers outside the city, he would be able to put it down as soon as possible with his 30,000 cavalry.

After all, not to mention the original five thousand guards and Yi Cong, the Guanlong Tuqi selected from the former Liangqi soldiers, and the Baibao Xianbei selected by Huanxi from dozens of Xianbei young men in Hexi are all in this world. The most powerful soldiers in the world.

Suppressing the rebellious servant army is really not a challenge to them.

After leaving Sima Xingnan's residence, Huan Xi went straight to Qingliang Hall. Before he entered, he heard the sound of reading inside. Huan De, Huan Lu, Luo Niang, and Zhou Youniang were still studying beside Xie Daoyun.

The affairs of Weiyang Palace could be left to Sima Xingnan for the time being, but Huan Xi did not dare to let Sima Xingnan interfere with his children's education.

As the saying goes, a loving mother often loses her son. Even though it is impossible for Huan De and Huan Lu to surpass Aman and inherit the family business, Huan Xi does not want them to be spoiled by Sima Xingnan.

Of course, Sima Xingnan always felt that she was good at raising her children. With Huan Xi's example, no one could refute her.

(End of this chapter)