Chapter 117 The Rain on the Thatched Hut

The Yàn Division suddenly headed south, captured several counties and crossed Shandong, and Pei County, Xuzhou was in an emergency.

At that time, Qi Tai was still in Zhejiang, and immediately rushed to the capital after hearing the news.

At the beginning of the year, the official army was defeated. In order to slow down the attack of the Yàn division, the court ostensibly dismissed Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others, causing King Jingnan to lose the excuse.

However, it did not play any role later, so Qi Tai took advantage of the opportunity of leaving the position of Minister of War and went to various places to raise soldiers and food.

The official army was defeated several times on the front line, but it was gradually difficult to dispatch local civil and military officials, and local governments were waiting and watching, and the court's government orders were progressing slowly.So that Qi Tai and others had to go down to supervise themselves.

...Qi Tai and his followers were on the post road and soon entered the ground of Yingtian Prefecture, but suddenly it rained heavily in the sky.

Everyone hurriedly drove the carriage to a village next to the post road, borrowed a house from a family, and stayed away from the rain for the time being.

Qi Tai bent down and walked down from the carriage and walked under the eaves of the thatched roof.

He did not enter the house, but looked up at the pouring rain and sighed, and said to the guard general beside him: Wait until the rain stops and leaves.

The general clasped his fists and said: Obey the order!

Qi Tai turned his head and took a look, then walked into the earth-walled wooden door.The people living here have been driven away elsewhere, and two men in green stood at the door.

Walking to a small window, Qi Tai went over and drafted the curtain and hung it up, looking at the rain outside in a restless manner.

Just then, a voice came from outside: Qibutang, is Qibutang here?

It sounded like Fang Xiaoru's voice. Qi Tai hurriedly got up and went out. Sure enough, he saw Fang Xiaoru standing under the eaves and collecting an umbrella.

Qi Tai hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: I dare not call myself a ministry anymore, how could Gong Fang be here?

Fang Xiaoru smiled and said: It’s a coincidence!I saw Duke Qi’s memorial, and it was time for you to arrive in Yingtian, so I asked the order to go out of the city to greet him.It was raining heavily on the road, and I happened to see a guard at the entrance of the village hiding from the rain, so I asked someone to come up and ask, it was indeed Duke Qi!

Please come in.Qi Tai said, I don’t expect that we will meet in this hut.

Fang Xiaoru smiled.

After the two entered the house, they sat next to the broken wooden table by the window, and there were guards guarding the house.

Fang Xiaoru said: Even if Duke Qi doesn’t write to the book, the emperor will issue an order to summon you back to the capital.Yàn is close to Pei County, should Duke Qi know?

Qi Tai nodded and frowned: I have planned the strategy day and night these days, and I will wait until the Beijing hometown to make suggestions.

Fang Xiaoru said: The emperor also wants to listen to Mr. Qi’s strategy.

Qi Tai pondered for a long time, and whispered: Yàn Reverse this move, intending to go straight to the capital!

Ah?Fang Xiaoru immediately looked shocked, then calmed down, and glanced at Qi Tai. If this was the case, Yàn Ni was indeed bold, and the views of Mr. Qi were also amazing.

Qi Tai shook his head and said: I just made a judgment based on facts.First, Sheng Yong worked hard to manage Shandong, which was located on the flank of the capital of Beiping, and used this as the foundation to threaten the rebellion, making it afraid to go south, thinking that it would be a long-term plan.But now, Yàn disregards Shandong and the troops reach the ground of Xuzhou. If the plan is not in the capital, how can this move be beneficial?

Fang Xiaoru thought about something.Qi Tai glanced at him and thought to himself that Fang Xiaoru could not think of it anyway. It was not his fault. Fang Gong was not good at military affairs and martial arts.

Qi Tai asked what Fang Xiaoru knew better and said in a low voice: It is said that there were spies in the imperial court in Peking. There was no news about such a big deal?

Fang Xiaoru hesitated for a moment and whispered: There is indeed a very important detail... There are only two people in the court who know that person except the emperor!

One of them must be Mr. Fang.Qi Tai said casually.

Fang Xiaoru nodded and said: But a few months ago, the man suddenly disappeared!The court sent people to Peking to ask about the details, but reported that nothing had happened.It's really strange!

After hearing this, Qi Tai did not ask questions. Since the emperor had not let him know for so long, it was difficult for him to ask again.

He asked in a half-joking tone: I heard that Mr. Fang offered a plan to distract him. It turned out that Duke Wei's idea?

Fang Xiaoru said a little embarrassedly: That's true, but the Duke of Wei was afraid that the emperor would not accept it, so he told me not to say it was his suggestion.

Qi Tai remembered the battle of peace. Before the outbreak, Xu Huizu tried his best to prevent Gaoyang from leaving Beijing... Later, Gaoyang King indeed made great contributions to the rebellion.

Now it seems that Xu Huizu is indeed interested in the court.

Duke of Wei and Huang Zicheng had a gap.Qi Tai called him by his name without any concealment, and he also couldn't stand Huang Zicheng, so the Duke of Wei was looking for Duke Fang, and he hoped that Duke Fang would recommend him to lead his troops and have a place to use his skills.

Fang Xiaoru sighed: How could I not know?But Yàn Ni is the brother-in-law of the Duke of Wei, and I am worried that the emperor will not agree.

Qi Tai said calmly: Since Duke of Wei has found Duke Fang, why not try it?

Fang Xiaoru finally nodded.

This rain at the turn of summer and autumn comes whenever you say it, stop when you say it.After a heavy rain like a pouring rain, the rain stopped.Qi Tai looked out the window and stood up and said, "Let's go back to Beijing first."

Fang Xiaoru said: A heavy rain made Duke Qi live here, please!

Qi Tai didn't care. He had lived in thatched huts before, and the house he lived in when he was a child was only more dilapidated than this one!At that time, I couldn't afford the paper and ink for study, so I could only rely on the clan to help.

...After Qi Tai entered Beijing, he immediately offered a strategy of attacking from top to bottom and attacking and defending for a long time.

After he met the Saint, he proposed to move the main front south.

He transferred Shengyong to the Huaihe River south, and then transferred Jingying to the north to reinforce, to deploy it in the south; the Ping'an Army followed him to Jining, Shandong, located in the north of Xuzhou and Pei County.

Most of the two official troops attacked the main forces of the Yàn army in a north-south manner!

At the same time, there are long-term preparations for both offense and defense.In advance, the son-in-law Mei Yin was appointed as the general officer of Huainan, gathered the soldiers and civilians in Huainan to manage the Huaihe River defense line, and was a strategy for long-term defense.

He ordered the Liaodong army to go south again and threatened the empty old nest of Peking, thinking that it would be a strategy to attack from afar.

At that time, the Yiàn suddenly headed south and marched very fast.The emperor and the imperial court could not come up with a comprehensive strategy for the time being, so they roughly followed Qi Tai's suggestion and made some modifications in small ways.

Fang Xiaoru recommended Xu Huizu.The emperor trusted Fang Xiaoru very much, and was convinced by reason. Finally, he appointed Duke Xu Huizu of Wei and served as the general of the Beijing camp to go north to reinforce.

Qi Tai planned the response as quickly as possible.Yàn's plan to unexpectedly go south suddenly would not be so smooth.

The confrontation that had been silent for half a year was broken by King Yàn's southward movement, and a large-scale war was inevitable.

Xu Huizu wiped the butter from his armor and finally got his wish and put on his armor as he wished. He came to the military camp with great enthusiasm. His posture had never been so arrogant.