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On May 24th, ten days after leaving the court due to the death of the late emperor, the first great court meeting was held.

During the court meeting, the main topic was the preparations for sending troops outside the customs. Wearing a dragon robe, Wanyan sat on the throne, but his presence was not strong.
Every time the courtiers presented a memorial, they would always address her as "Queen Mother". Chai Yuanyi behind the bead curtain would either say "Zhunzou" or "Rediscuss", which was majestic and skillful.

The little emperor, who was treated as nothing but nothing, could not help but look back several times, but because the light behind the bead curtain was slightly dim, he could not clearly see the expression of the queen mother.
A few days ago, the half-way mother and son had some conflicts over the matter of 'Shang's father', but Chai Yuanyi did not coax him as much as before.

Somehow, his mother, who used to be extremely gentle to him, seemed to have changed recently.

Wanyan'an couldn't describe this change well. But subconsciously, besides his admiration for Chai Yuanyi, there was also a hint of fear.

Inside Xuanyang Gate, Laining Palace is hundreds of steps away from Da'an Palace.

The matters discussed at the court meeting half a quarter of an hour ago were sent to Chen Jingyan's desk in written form. Originally, Chen Jingyan did not need to handle these trivial and specific tasks personally. His responsibilities were more focused on the army's logistics manager, and after Chen Chu led the troops to the expedition. Stay in Nanjing to monitor the political situation of the Jin Dynasty.

However, when he first arrived, Chen Jingyan personally handled these tasks, which could help him quickly become familiar with the Nanjing court, and then find out the temperament and stance of the ministers from their speeches.

Officials from Huaibei are most pragmatic.

The ambitious Chen Jingyan knows this very well. If he still wants to compete with his sworn brother in the future, the prerequisite is to do the current specific work well.

After a brief tidying up, Chen Jingyan went to the Tiance Mansion Staff Department, which was also in Laining Palace.

When Tongzhen entered, he saw Chen Chu, Zhe Yanwen, Feng Shuangyuan and others discussing something around a huge sand table modeled after mountains and rivers.

Under the Tiance Mansion, Chang Shi was in charge of Wen, and Jun Zhi was in charge of Jijiu and Wu. Their work was relatively independent. Chen Jingyan, perhaps to avoid suspicion, had to leave after handing over the official document.

Chen Chu said, "Uncle, it's okay to sit down for a while and listen. When I get to the front line of Daling River, my uncle will be in charge of the rear and understand our army's battle plan."

In this kind of war to destroy the country, the battle plan is absolutely confidential, but Chen Chu has spoken, so Chen Jingyan naturally does not need to avoid suspicion.

It felt good to be completely trusted. Old Chen Lehe sat on the chair next to him.

Here, Jing Peng held a small stick and walked along the Daling River where the numbers of the two armies were scattered: "The two armies have been facing each other for more than two years. It is not easy for us or the enemy to cross the Daling River by force. What the staff means is even more The reinforcements are inclined to the plan proposed by the prince and continue to put pressure on Wan Yanliang, so that he does not dare to easily move away from the defenders and send surprise troops from the side."

The small wooden stick in Jing Peng's hand drew a circle around the Liaodong Peninsula on the sand table, and then said: "With Wan Yanliang's existing troops, it is absolutely difficult to guard thousands of miles of coastal defense. Our army can choose a powerful horse army before landing. , After joining forces with General Xin, they expanded the area of ​​attack, making it difficult for Wan Yanliang to take care of him. "

After Jing Peng recounted King Chu's plan, Feng Shuangyuan, who had frowned for a long time, said: "The key to this plan is whether the intensity of the attack by the surprise troops can be enough to disrupt Wanyan Liang's military morale. It has been nearly two years since General Xin went behind enemy lines, and the effect is How is it?"

When Feng Shuangyuan lost Luoyang City, he made up for it afterwards, but since then he has been extra cautious in using troops, so he still has doubts about the strategy of attacking the enemy alone and going deep into the city.

Chen Chu, who was sitting at the top, looked at Li Ke and said, "Ju Ye, you, the military commander, know best about General Xin's situation outside the pass. Please explain it to everyone."

Li Ke stood up, handed over his hands to everyone, and talked eloquently: "In the summer of the third year of Xuanqing, General Xin led an army of 3,000 horses to cross the sea and leave the customs. The initial situation was indeed not good, and he could only guerrilla everywhere. By the spring of the fourth year of Xuanqing, After a severe winter, nearly 30% of the troops and horses were lost, leaving only 2,000 people. Fortunately, in April, the King of Chu secretly sent Liu Siliang, the first political worker in our army, to lead more than a hundred political workers out of the border. Now."

Li Ke took the small wooden stick from Jing Peng, pointed to the mountains on the west side of Huanglong Mansion and said: "Now, with the assistance of Liu Sixiang, General Xin backed the Da Xianbei Mountains and brought the rescued Han slaves and Liao people a little After additional training, eleven or three strongholds were built at the eastern foot of the Xianbei Mountains. General Xin gathered more than 8,000 people and retreated to the mountains when he was strong. When he was weak, he destroyed his small force.

Last summer, they attacked Jingyuan, Wuyi, and Huaide counties within seven days, forcing Wan Yanliang to mobilize nearly 10,000 people from the Daling River front line to return to defense. Seeing that the enemy was outnumbered, General Xin took the initiative to retreat into the mountains, but he also completely locked up the few mobile troops of the Jin Army outside the pass around Huanglong Mansion."

Li Ke's narrative is plain and formulaic, but even Chen Jingyan, who is not familiar with military affairs, can hear the thrilling twists and turns.

In just one winter, Xin Qiji's troops lost 30% of their troops. These were all non-combat casualties. You can imagine how harsh the living conditions were!

The winter outside the customs is so difficult!
"Mr. Li, what was the result of General Xin's battle?"

After paying such a high price, Chen Jingyan was very curious about how effective it would be.

Li Ke raised his hand to Chen Jingyan and couldn't help but show a hint of pride, "It's hard over General Xin's side, and it's even harder for the Jin people outside the pass! General Xin's main targets are various grain farms, ferries and counties where food is stored, every time he breaks ground In order to prevent the grain farms from being attacked, the Jin people had to move the Jin people and Han slaves from various grain farms to the city. As a result, they could not farm stably, and they were already in extremely short supply. Food and grass are becoming increasingly scarce.”

Chen Jingyan couldn't help but nodded repeatedly and said: "There were originally hundreds of thousands of people in the Jin Army outside the Pass. One part of Wanyan Mouyan has been surrendered under the walls of Tokyo, and the rest are tightly restrained by us in the Daling River! All the young men and women are out of work, and all the cities are full of people. The Jin people are old and weak. Although General Xin suffered a lot, the Jin people must have been exhausted!"

"Correct!"

Li Ke continued: "This spring, famines have broken out in Ningjiang Prefecture, Huanglong Prefecture, Xinzhou and other places! In order to prevent the Daling River front line from running out of food, Wanyan Hushe, the puppet prime minister of the Jin Kingdom who was in Huanglong Prefecture, had to squeeze the Liao people desperately , Xi people, plucked grain from their mouths and transported it to the Daling River. In March, there was a riot by the Liao people in Xinzhou. Unfortunately, General Xin was too far away and was suppressed before he could respond to the riot by the Liao people. "

Zhe Yanwen, who heard about these things for the first time, couldn't help but wonder: "The Jurchen clan is good at fishing and hunting. I heard that the products outside the customs are extremely rich. How can they still be hungry?"

Li Ke smiled and said: "Even fishing and hunting require young people! They are only old and weak. After nearly thirty years of prosperity, how can they still draw the bow and shoot arrows?"

Chen Chu, who had been silent until now, suddenly said: "After being poor for a long time and then getting rich, a nation can become corrupted at an unexpectedly fast rate."

Li Ke nodded in agreement and said: "It is bitterly cold outside the Pass, and the wheat matures more than a month later than in the Central Plains. In early June, it is the time for the wheat to mature and be harvested! If there are more strange troops coming out of the Pass, cooperate with General Xin to bring Huanglong Mansion There is only a small amount of farmland left in the surrounding area that has been burned. This winter, there will definitely be chaos outside the pass due to lack of food. It is not impossible that Wan Yanliang’s army will collapse without a fight!”

As the second-in-command of the military, Li Ke was not in a position to express opinions on the military, but he expressed support for the King of Chu in sending another cavalry army and completely destroying Wan Yanliang's rear.

Chen Jingyan also expressed his position: "The so-called war is about national power! Completely destroying the enemy's production capacity means destroying the enemy's war power! I think it is worth a gamble!"

"The general seconded the proposal."

Zhe Yanwen also spoke, and Feng Shuangyuan saw that the staff had almost reached a unified opinion and said, "King Chu, who will be sent there?"

Chen Chu, who had already made a plan, said: "The Sixth Regiment, the Second Guards Regiment."

Everyone looked over and knew from just their numbers that these two teams were direct descendants of the King of Chu.

They are also the two most powerful cavalry armies in the Huaibei Army.

As staff officers, they naturally know the generals of each army. Wu Kui, commander of the Sixth Regiment, is the oldest regiment commander in the entire Huaibei Army and was born in Qifengling.

As for the Second Guards Regiment, there is no need to say more.

Even a few people knew about the relationship between the leader Shen Tiedan and the King of Chu. Although they were not husband and wife for the time being, many people saw the scene of old Shen Tuogu under the city of Tokyo.

After all, he was fighting behind enemy lines when he went outside the customs. There were many crises. Commander Shen did not need the opportunity to make achievements in order to be promoted like Wu Kuina.

Anyway, sooner or later, they will all belong to the King of Chu.
After thinking about this, Zhe Yanwen said kindly: "King Chu, it is not the last general who underestimates Commander Shen's bravery and ability to lead troops, but after all, it is inconvenient for women to go deep alone."

Unexpectedly, Chen Chu immediately said: "This time the Second Guards Regiment will be led by regimental deputy Pang Shengyi."

The King of Chu is still worried about his wife after all.

At the end of the year, major matters were decided.

When everyone came out of Ning Palace, it coincided with Wanyan'an's first court meeting after he ascended the throne. Two groups of people met unexpectedly in the square in front of the temple.

Upon seeing this, the civil and military officials of the Jin Kingdom who had just exited the Da'an Palace slowed down their pace, but no one dared to walk side by side with the King of Chu.

Everyone in the court wanted to avoid one person.
Chen Jingyan, who was walking beside Chen Chu, suddenly felt a heroic feeling of "This is what a real man should be like"!

The eyes he looked at Chen Chu became more and more eager. It was all thanks to my good vision back then! You have chosen such a good husband for me, Ayu!

Just as he was looking at himself, he saw a young Huangmen hurriedly coming from behind and said in a low voice: "I have met the King of Chu. The Queen Mother has something to discuss. Please move over to the King of Chu."

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Lao Chen's good mood was instantly ruined.

Another meeting? I'm afraid we'll have to discuss matters on the dragon bed again!

After all, this Chai Yuanyi was born in the royal family, but how could she be like a slut and not even carry herself on her back?

In fact, Chai Yuanyi did have business today. The expedition was about to begin. Chai Yuanyi hoped that Chen Chu would take away some potentially restless people when he set off, so as not to threaten her control of the court.

Secondly, she also wanted to try to open her mouth to Chen Chu and ask Zhou Zongfa, who was in charge of palace confinement, to obey her instructions to a certain extent, so that she would be able to deal with emergencies while Chen Chu was away from Beijing.

But in front of his father-in-law, Chen Chu finally wanted to avoid suspicion, so he replied: "You will only say a word when you go back. I have something important to do today. If the Queen Mother has anything to do, please send me a letter."

Hearing what he said, Chen Jingyan's face became brighter and he just said: "Yuanzhang has worked hard for the country, and I see it. But for a man, to govern a country and a family, both are indispensable. When you came here, you brought Ayu with you, and said Let her relax, but Yuan Zhang is about to lead his troops on an expedition, so he hasn't accompanied her seriously, has he? "

Chen Chu felt ashamed when he said this. He always felt that there was something in Old Chen's words about "Yuan Zhang works hard for the country" and couldn't help but said: "It's sunny and sunny today. I didn't do anything in the afternoon. I just went out to the city with Ayu and Nian'er." ”

That afternoon.

Chen Chu took his wife and children out of the city for a trip.

The scenery in the north is very different from that in Huaibei.

In late May, the heat in Huaibei is already severe, but outside Nanjing, there is an occasional wind coming from Saibei. After mixing with the slight heat, it turns into a warm and pleasant breeze blowing on the face.

Extremely comfortable.

"Drive, drive"

Chen Chu, who never hesitated to whip Xiao Hong with a riding crop, only yelled twice, and Xiao Hong, who was quite humane, immediately moved forward, startling the grasshoppers and butterflies in the grass to flee.

"嗲,嗲"

Ayu, who was riding with her uncle, held Nian'er in her arms. Nian'er immediately imitated his father and urged Xiaohong to continue accelerating with non-standard shouts.

The couple immediately laughed.

Xiao Hong is a arrogant person. In the whole palace, she only listens to the words of Chen Chu and her mother-in-law Cai Hua. Even the little master's face is not betrayed. When she heard that the little guy wanted to 'drive' her, she deliberately slowed down her pace.

"Daddy, Daddy"

Nian'er twisted her little body desperately, pointed at Xiaohong's sexy horse face, and complained to her father.

"Try calling me Uncle Hong~"

Chen Chu's childish heart grew and he laughed and joked.

Ayu, who was held in front of Chen Chu, smiled helplessly. Then she looked at the green mountains in the distance.

"Ayu, the mountains in the north are very different from the mountains in Huaibei."

Chen Chu put his arms around the slender waist of Ayu, who was not good at riding horses, and followed the latter's gaze as he looked over.

Ayu pondered for a few breaths, with a slight smile on her lips, and said: "The hills in Huaibei are more rounded and charming, like a gentle woman; the mountains here are more vigorous and majestic, like Ayu's uncle, majestic and majestic."

"Hahaha"

Unexpectedly, Chen Chu couldn't help but laugh after being complimented by his beloved wife. He stretched out his head and kissed Ayu on the cheek.

Ayu was startled, and immediately turned her head to look at Xiao Yi and others who were riding nearby. Seeing that everyone was looking towards them, she suddenly blushed with embarrassment and said softly: "Everyone has been killed." Look!"

This can't be blamed on Xiao Yi and the others. They are personal guards, so their attention will naturally be on the King of Chu.

Unexpectedly, Chen Chu turned around and cursed unreasonably: "What are you looking at? I can't even look at you even if I kiss you? If you look at me again, I'll drive you away to the Fire-headed Army!"

Naturally, everyone could tell that King Chu was joking, and couldn't help laughing.

This time, Ayu became even more embarrassed and muttered softly: "Uncle, why are you acting like a child?"

But Chen Chu wanted to make trouble, lowered his head and pecked the tip of Ayu's blushing ear, and said: "In the past, when Ayu was still a daughter in the boudoir, she dared to do anything. How come we are husband and wife now? On the contrary, I became timid."

"Uncle, stop talking!"

Ayu becomes more and more embarrassed
"I have never dared to do this before." When the two of them went to Beijing together, Ayu dared to write down the agreement for a night tryst to Chen Chu in front of the illiterate wet nurse.

Later, the two made a private marriage in Chen Chu's duty room at the Caizhou government office.

Later, the two of them went to Qingyun Temple for trysts every now and then.
In comparison, Ayu was indeed bold at that time.

Perhaps because of a joke, the two of them fell into memories together.

Xiaohong lowered her head to gnaw the red and white wild flowers freely. On horseback, Chen Chu held Ayu and Ayu held Nian'er. The family of three was leisurely and contented.

After a long time, Ayu suddenly relaxed her back and slowly leaned back, her whole body nestled in Chen Chu's thick chest.

I saw Ayu looking at the distant mountains, murmuring softly as if in a dream: "Uncle, Ayu is actually not that courageous. In the past, Ayu dared to do that because he was afraid of missing uncle. Ayu will never live in this life. I have exhausted all my courage on my uncle" (End of Chapter)