Chapter 380: Drinking at the Same Table

After this incident, Emperor Zhao was obviously angry, and Prime Minister Lu also looked unhappy, which was understandable... Apart from anything else, the so-called scene where the enemy was defeated and the people were eager to obtain food and food as soon as the royal army arrived was greatly reduced.

However, once these two became unhappy, all the people accompanying the emperor, from Wang Yan, Wang De, Li Qiong, Fan Zongyin and other big figures who actually had very high political status, to the top 100 officials in the cabinet who had no say, all became silent.

However, no matter how silent one is, things have to be done. Although Zhao Guanjia was hit hard, making him realize how complicated and tangled the situation in the Northern Expedition was, the more so, the more he had to bite the bullet and move forward.

So, on the second day after Anyi was opened, Emperor Zhao put on a calm face and pretended nothing had happened, holding a military meeting to inquire about the next itinerary, and he did receive many suggestions.

The first category of suggestions was to hope that the emperor would temporarily settle down in Anyi or Jiezhou capital and establish a temporary residence to appease the local people and to show the rear that Hezhong (Yuncheng Basin) was completely under his control. Then, when the imperial cavalry was in place, they would join forces and march north to Taiyuan.

The second type suggested that Emperor Zhao should head west to Hedong City. They said that the heavily guarded Hedong City might do the same as here and surrender directly after seeing the dragon flag.

These two opinions were the mainstream. Civil officials and most of the cabinet members who came from the southeast suggested that Emperor Zhao stay in the local area, while most of the military generals including Wang Yan suggested that Emperor Zhao go to Hedong City.

There is no doubt that the former is inevitably thinking of taking advantage of the vacant official position and seeking stability, while the latter is obviously for possible military merit... No one thinks that Wen Dun Sizhong and thousands of Jurchen soldiers in Hedong City will surrender directly. On the contrary, they all think that it has been more than half a month, and Black Dragon King Sheng's siege position has been built, so they can get something directly by going there.

However, no matter which one it is, Zhao Jiu will not indulge them.

Fortunately, there is a third suggestion.

"His Majesty."

Lu Yihao bowed in the county government office, his expression was cold, and there was no trace of anger and embarrassment from yesterday. Even many smart people have realized that Shi Gao's suicide yesterday was more directed at this gentleman. "I think that since Jiezhou has been taken, we can't stay for long..."

"Oh." Zhao Jiu seemed surprised. "Why did Mr. Lu say that?"

"Your Majesty is going north with great ambitions, and you want to take over the two rivers. If possible, you should also try your best to take over Yanyun." Lu Yihao was not in a hurry. "If you take over the prefecture and two states in Hezhong, you can defend Jiang County. Of course, it is gratifying, but if your Majesty puts on a gratifying attitude, I am afraid that you will be ridiculed by people with lofty ideals, and the soldiers on the front line will think that your request is too small, and they will inevitably slack off."

"So we're going to the frontline?" Zhao Jiu said calmly. "We're going to Hedong City?"

"Of course we are going to the frontline, but if we are going to the frontline, why do we need to go to Hedong City?"

Lu Yihao continued to confront him proudly. "The Jin army withdrew from the Chenguan Pass, retreated across the Huishui River, and defended along the Fenshui River, which meant that they had already abandoned Hezhong. Although Hedong City was the capital of Hezhong and a famous city in the world, it suffered a setback in the first battle and had no strength to fight. It was also surrounded by Wang Sheng's troops, which were several times larger than its own. It was unable to make any efforts. Now that there was no possibility of reinforcement, it had already become a dead city. As for Wen Dunsizhong, he was born in Aguda's camp and had been in Hezhong for several years, killing many people. He was the enemy chieftain who was put on the list of war criminals by the government. Not to mention whether he would surrender, even if he did, would the government agree? So Wen Dunsizhong is just a living dead man."

"I understand." Zhao Jiu looked as if he had suddenly realized something. "A city that is doomed to die and a man who is doomed to die, if I look at it for a second, it would be wrong, and it would be stealing the merits of Wang Sheng's hard work for a month. For now, we should just set up our battle array in Hedong, let Wang Sheng lead the main force of the left army of the imperial camp to take it, and then kill him and send his head to the world to deter others... Is that right or not?"

"yes."

"Then where should I go?"

"Please ask the emperor to move his imperial court to Tieling Pass and command the troops to advance and fight with the main force of the Jin army for Linfen!" Lu Yihao's words made people unwilling to refute. "This is the emperor's original intention of crossing the river to the north."

"Mr. Lu said it well!"

Zhao Jiu slammed the table on the spot, but then looked around and asked earnestly, "What do you think? Do you have any other good ideas? Go ahead, and Prime Minister Lu and I will definitely consider it sincerely."

The rest of the civil and military officials looked at each other in bewilderment... then they naturally came to realize what was going on, and they all came out to praise Prime Minister Lu for his sincere words and to the point. The emperor should not have stayed here to waste time, nor should he care about Wen Dunsizhong, a man who was about to die... He should have gone to Tieling Pass.

Since everyone had the same opinion, Zhao Jiu no longer hesitated and made a decision immediately to move to Tieling Pass.

However, Emperor Zhao was not so anxious this time... Following Wang Yan's advice, he urged Generals Han, Li and Ma to make proper arrangements and advance northward. At the same time, he personally issued an order in Jiezhou to establish temporary military stations and storage points along the line, trying to build a stable and strong logistics supply line to deal with the possible tug-of-war.

We waited until the relevant arrangements were made before we officially headed north.

This delay brought about new changes in the situation.

First, Wu Jie rushed the head of Guo Zhen... In fact, it was not that Wu Jie was reluctant to kill Guo Zhen before. Wu Da was also a ruthless man. Since such a shocking thing happened, no matter whether he was explaining to Emperor Zhao or to Han Shizhong, who was the big brother in the Western Army, he had to kill this man to make a statement.

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