Chapter 366： war situation

   Mu Yangling looked at Qi Haoran and asked, "Are you sure you can really afford it?"

Qi Haoran's money is always not enough.

Qi Haoran waved his hand confidently, "I don't need to spend the dividend money in the future, I will definitely be able to get it back."

So Qi Haoran gave an order, and the logistics of the five battalions went to Hanzhong Mansion to find Fan Zijin with the ledger and roster.

Fan Zijin almost vomited out a mouthful of tender blood. Qi Haoran said that his one-year profit in the restaurant was gone, but he had already made a promise, and he couldn't make him go back on it.

Fan Zijin plans to go back and teach him a good lesson.

At this time, Qi Haoran was happily riding a carriage back to Mingshui County with Mu Yangling for the New Year.

Mu Yangling looked at the people with smiles on their faces outside and said, "I don't know if Brother Qi and the others can stop the war today to celebrate the New Year."

"Jin Bing is not a new year, even if Big Brother wants to stop the war, he has to ask Jin Bing to agree."

The Jin soldiers didn't want to truce, but they were unable to defend the city now, so they could only retreat. In addition, the weather was freezing cold. Seeing that the Han soldiers did not move their troops today, they huddled in the camp and didn't move.

At this time, Qi Xiuyuan was not in the camp, but in a restaurant in the town he had just returned.

When General Yuan and his two entourages strode in, he saw the young man sitting in front of the window at a glance, his eyes flashed with admiration, and he walked over with a smile.

Qi Xiuyuan got up immediately when he saw him, "Yuan... Uncle."

General Yuan laughed, patted his shoulder and said, "Since you call me uncle, then I'll recognize your nephew. Come, let's all find a place to sit down."

Seeing that there were not many people in the restaurant, but there were ordinary people standing or sitting around, he smiled and looked at Qi Xiuyuan, "You kid, you are very shrewd, this town has only been occupied for a few days, and you have come up with this. A restaurant is coming."

Qi Xiuyuan smiled and explained: "The price is low in a small place, and only a hundred taels of silver can sell the shop. If my uncle is coming over, I always have to prepare."

General Yuan did not blame Qi Xiuyuan, but felt that he was thoughtful. He raised his head and looked at Qi Xiuyuan carefully. Qi Xiuyuan was only twenty this year. Refinement, standing with the old and rough in the army is a bit out of the ordinary, but the rare thing is more convincing.

General Yuan patted him on the shoulder and called "Okay" three times in a row, "It's true that the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves. Although I have never seen you, I have been listening to your news. Your uncle told me that you are You can build it, but I didn't expect it to be so buildable, and it surprised me two years ago when you wanted to take over the Hanzhong Mansion."

Qi Xiuyuan said modestly: "Although I tried my best, I only took back Hanzhong Mansion. When the general came out, he took back Henan Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion."

General Yuan shook his head, "Jingzhao Mansion is easy to defend and difficult to attack. One mansion can reach two of my mansions. Besides, you only have 90,000 horses, but I have 200,000. How can you compare?"

That's why General Yuan took the risk to meet Qi Xiuyuan. He is really a rare military talent. He has fought for so many years, and he feels that it is getting more and more difficult to fight against the Jin Bing. Too familiar, but also because he is getting more and more anxious, he is over forty years old, how many more years can he be on the battlefield?

Although his son is brave and kind, his own son understands that they can only be forwards, not generals.

He was afraid that if he died, Beiguan would not be able to bear it, but Qi Xiuyuan's appearance undoubtedly gave him hope.

That's why he came to see Qi Xiuyuan despite the advice of his military advisor, Shen Mu.

Of course, this could not be the reason for their meeting, so they used the excuse that they would use troops against Jin Guo later.

The two quickly cut to the topic after their greeting. General Yuan meant to pursue the victory, and it was best to recover all the lost land south of the Yellow River and drive the Jinbing to the north of the Yellow River.

Listening to General Yuan's suggestion, Qi Xiuyuan couldn't help thinking of what his brother said to him the night before he left.

Although it was difficult to take back the Hanzhong Mansion, they still took it back. Although it was difficult and dangerous to take back the Jingzhao Mansion, they also succeeded. Qi Xiuyuan is indeed full of confidence now.

Before that, he and Rong Xuan did have the same plan as General Yuan, to recover as much lost land as possible.

But the younger brother, who has always been impulsive and is more eager to take back his homeland, doesn't think so.

Qi Haoran had discussed this matter with him before being sent back to Xingzhou Mansion. Qi Haoran's meaning was very simple. After opening things up, he would shrink the front line and defend Jingzhao Mansion, Henan Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion.

Qi Haoran's round face said solemnly: "Brother, it's not that General Yuan has not taken back the area north of the Yellow River. Even though there is an iron decree from the Holy One, he is eager for quick success and quick success, and it is also a matter of accepting or not keeping it. We want to Take it back and defend it, only if we defend it is ours, if we take it back and lose it, wouldn’t the blood of our soldiers be wasted in vain?”

Qi Xiuyuan has always known that his younger brother is very talented in marching and fighting, so he thought about his words seriously.

Qi Haoran chased after the victory: "Brother, we only have tens of thousands of troops, so it would be good to be able to defend Jingzhao Mansion. Although General Yuan has 200,000 troops, but after the battle, no one knows how many people are left. The boundary between Kaifeng Mansion and Jingzhao Mansion is very long, and even 200,000 people may not be able to hold it. We might as well guard the Jingzhao Mansion first, and then slowly erode it out after recuperating. It is worse than going north. , but had to lose the land again due to insufficient reserves, is it better?"

Qi Xiuyuan has been thinking about his younger brother's words for the past few days, and the pride that has been accumulated for many days has disappeared.

Haoran only looked at the war situation to see this issue, but he also thought about the political situation and Jin Guo's response.

If they continue to go north and squeeze the Jin Kingdom into a place where there is no survival, will they be furious and use the strength of the whole country to resist?

And if they can't defend the city they attacked, the court will definitely abandon him and General Yuan in order to keep the existing territory south of the Yangtze River.

General Yuan has 200,000 soldiers and horses, and the court may have a lot of scruples, but he is only a third-rank general, but he can be kicked out at any time to commit crimes, so Qi Xiuyuan decided to listen to his younger brother's opinion.

And he came to dispel General Yuan's idea of ​​continuing his journey north.

Qi Xiuyuan raised his head, looked at General Yuan with bright eyes, and said earnestly, "General Yuan, I think we should not go further north, but shrink the front line and defend the captured city."

General Yuan was taken aback and asked, "What did you say?"