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Of course, there were also many passers-by who focused their attention on Pan Qimei.

Pan Qimei felt that everything was very novel, looking at all kinds of clothing and goods, it seemed like another world.

Ji'an Fucheng is extremely prosperous now.

The reason is that Zhao Han ruled for the longest time.Not only has it been stable here for several years, but the people are getting richer and richer. Even the migrant workers in the city can now have a small meal every now and then.

As the disposable income of the people increased, consumption also increased. In addition, Ji'an Fucheng was located at the center of a commercial waterway, and the prosperity of the market even surpassed that of Nanchang, Jiujiang and other cities.

Most obviously the clothes!

The style changes little, but the colors are more varied.

Most of the urban civilians in the past wore indigo cloth, which was the same color as the Datong military flag.Nowadays, there are a lot of tie-dye and batik fabrics, and various patterns on indigo clothes.

In addition, red, turquoise blue, royal blue, dark green and other colors also appear sporadically on civilians, which are exclusive to the rich.

Judging from the clothes of the common people, the former Ji'an Fucheng seemed a little lifeless, but now it is becoming more and more lively.

Zhao Han likes this vividness and freshness.

If it continues to develop, I am afraid that it will be the improvement of the style of clothes, which will gradually become more fashionable and beautiful.

Zheng Sen, Zhang Jiayu and others, who came back with Zhao Han, felt even more shocked than Pan Qimei.

First, the people of Ji'an Mansion have a very good relationship with Zhao Han.There is no fear, only love, the kind of sincere support.

Second, there are no beggars or extremely poor people here.

"This is a world of great rule!" Zheng Sen said with emotion.

Zhang Jiayu pressed his sword and nodded: "Indeed."

Hu Mengtai laughed and said, "The whole of Jiangxi is slowly becoming like this, and Guangdong will do the same in a few years."

These attendants dispersed separately.

Zhao Han took Pan Qimei and went straight to the inner house of the General Military Mansion.

Fei Rulan went to a girls' school to be a teacher for half a day, and stayed at home to take care of various affairs.She had already received the news of Zhao Han's return, and stood at the gate of the courtyard to welcome her with her children and servants.

"Husband!"

Fei Rulan's face was full of joy, and then she saw Pan Qimei beside Zhao Han.

Zhao Han took out a silver hairpin from his pocket: "I saw them in Guangzhou, and they looked good, so I bought a few. Xiaomei and Rumei also have them."

"It's so beautiful." Fei Rulan held the silver hairpin and said with a smile, "This is my younger sister."

Zhao Han introduced: "Pan Yao, Pan Qimei, she doesn't speak Chinese very much."

On the way, Pan Qimei learned some more, and still remembered the etiquette taught by her husband.She bowed low and said, "Sister Wanfu!"

Fei Rulan didn't show jealousy at all, she took Pan Qimei's hand and said, "Come in and talk."

Boys and girls have a fast metabolism.

Ever since she won the beauty pageant, Pan Qimei hadn't done rough work for a long time, and the calluses in her hands were gradually disappearing, Fei Rulan didn't feel anything strange when she held her hand.

Zhao Han picked up the gun and walked to the courtyard: "Little sister is studying today?"

"I'm on vacation, I went to the Mathematics Society, there seems to be some kind of mathematics party today." Fei Rulan said.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "It's good that she has something to do."

Fei Rulan said, "Sister, does she live here, or does she tidy up and go into the yard?"

"Let's live here first, she doesn't understand the language, learn Chinese first before speaking," Zhao Han put down the gun, and hugged Fei Rulan from behind, "Miss, do you miss me?"

Fei Rulan's heart felt sweet, and she blushed and said, "Let go, my sister and the servants are here."

"Don't be afraid, let them watch." Zhao Han felt tired for a while, but he was actually afraid that Fei Rulan would be jealous.

Pan Qimei smiled, then looked around the yard, and felt that a row of chicken coops could be placed in the corner of the yard, otherwise it would be a waste of space.

Chapter 277 [War is Gambling]

When Zhao Han returned to Ji'an, the battle situation in Beizhili was somewhat stalemate.

Yang Sichang was transferred from Beijing to Hubei to fight against the bandits, which seemed to have little effect on the war in the north.

What Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian conspired to frame Lu Xiangsheng, the content of the story is very similar to a novel.Even if he really wanted to be framed, he wouldn't be so low-level, otherwise how could Yang Sichang be trusted by the emperor all the time?

The real situation is that Lu Xiangsheng took the initiative to suggest the division of troops, and wrote a letter to discuss with Yang Sichang, and Yang Sichang agreed to the division plan.

This can be verified through the memorials of the two men. Lu Xiangsheng chose to divide his troops according to the situation of the battle. The original words in his memorial can be summarized as follows: the gathering of armies from all walks of life seems to be combined, but it is actually bloated and a waste of troops; Form a lone army.Combining troops to hoard and divide troops to defend the city are taboos for military strategists, and they should be divided and united according to the trend of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.

The Qing army divided the troops, so Lu Xiangsheng also divided the troops, otherwise the Manchus would be allowed to plunder the place.

Yang Sichang cooperated very well and asked Lu Xiangsheng to command Xuanda's soldiers, with a strength of 31500.Fearing that Lu Xiangsheng would make a mistake, he dispatched troops from Jizhen, so Lu Xiangsheng had 9000 troops, surpassing Gao Qiqian's [-].

In this time and space, Yang Sichang was transferred away, and Lu Xiangsheng led the war.

The opening is exactly the same, nothing has changed.The troops were divided into two groups. Lu Xiangsheng had [-] troops from Xuanda, Shanxi, Jizhen, and Baoding, and Gao Qiqian controlled [-] troops.

The next change is still exactly the same.

Chen Xinjia, governor of Xuanda, was transferred to Beizhili to guard the imperial tomb, and Lu Xiangsheng allocated part of the army to him.

At the same time, some key cities and strongholds must be stationed with troops, and the task is handed over to Jizhen, Baoding and some Shanxi soldiers.

The situation became, Lu Xiangsheng led 16000 people, chasing and blocking the Qing army all the way.Chen Xinjia led 4500 people to guard the imperial tomb.With a high dive rate of 39000 people, they pursued and intercepted another Qing army.The remaining troops are all used to defend strategic points.

Let's see how the situation changed dramatically.

Changping, Imperial Mausoleum.

"General system, North Hebei Daotang Newspaper!"

"Bring it!"

Chen Xinjia snatched the military newspaper, which was sent by Zhu Jiashi of Jibei Road.

The supervisor, Wu Yijing, reported to the magistrate of Shanyin County that he had discovered that the Qing army had passed through Longquan Pass, and the news was passed on to Chen Xinjia.

Prior to this, Chen Xinjia also received a military report saying that the Qing army had arrived at Huolu and was going to enter Shanxi through Jingxing.

The two military newspapers both indicated that the Qing army was going to Shanxi.

It's just that one takes Longquan Pass and the other takes Guguan, two completely opposite routes.

After thinking carefully, Chen Xinjia took up a pen and wrote a pond report to the Ministry of War. The general content was: the day before yesterday, he got the pond report, there were Da slaves in Zhending, and the outposts had arrived at Huolu and Jingxing.Today, according to the Daotang newspaper in Northern Hebei, the Nuyi have passed through Longquan Pass, which is exactly the same as the previous Tangbao newspaper.

In the hands of Chen Xinjia, the two completely opposite pond newspapers matched perfectly, and he even dared to send them to the Ministry of War.

In history, it was Chen Xinjia's military situation that caused Lu Xiangsheng to fight and die alone.

Among them was Yang Sichang's fault, because after Yang Sichang received the information, he immediately transferred Chen Xinjia and others back to Shanxi.

Then, Yang Sichang wrote a letter to Lu Xiangsheng, saying that the Qing soldiers had passed through Longquan Pass.Lu Xiangsheng thought that the Manchus had divided their troops and had gone to loot Shanxi, so he immediately dispatched Wang Pu and other elite generals to pursue them. As a result, only a few thousand of his own troops were left to be surrounded and wiped out.

Chen Xinjia, like Xiong Wencan, was recommended by Yang Sichang.

After all, Yang Sichang and Chen Xinjia were not familiar with geography, which led to wrong judgments.Or did it on purpose, wanting to kill Lu Xiangsheng?

It's all possible. It's not clear, and future generations can only guess.

Now because of Zhao Han's rise, Yang Sichang was transferred to Hubei instead of blindly commanding in Beijing.

There are a lot of servants of the Ministry of War, all of whom were sent to the local governors, leaving only Xie Wenjin, the left servant, and Sun Bixian, the right servant.

Both of these two were from the Donglin Party and were promoted by Yang Sichang.

Yang Sichang and the Donglin Party were deadly rivals, so the promotion of these two people must have betrayed the Donglin Party.

After receiving the military report, Xie Wenjin immediately said: "The military situation is so important, please quickly report it to His Majesty for discussion!"

Sun Bixian frowned. He had experience as an inspector in Shanxi, and he himself was from Shaanxi.He knew some general military knowledge and some geography of Shanxi. The military situation sent by Chen Xinjia seemed problematic no matter how he looked at it.

There are only tens of thousands of Tatars entering the customs this time.The army has been divided before, how can it be divided into two groups now, and go to Shanxi from two opposite routes?

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Sun Bixian is already dying of illness. According to history, he will die of illness in half a month.

If Yang Sichang hadn't left Beijing, and the Ministry of War urgently needed someone who knew how to fight, Sun Bixian would definitely be lying at home.

"That's not right...cough cough cough, definitely not right." Sun Bixian said with chest tightness and shortness of breath.

The two went to find Chongzhen together, but Sun Bixian couldn't walk, so he had to be carried by the eunuch to Qianqing Palace.

Seeing that Sun Bixian was weak, Chongzhen ordered the eunuch: "Bring two chairs."

Before Sun Bixian sat down, Chongzhen asked anxiously: "But what is the important military situation?"

Xie Wenjin immediately took out the pond newspaper that Chen Xinjia had written to the Ministry of War: "Your Majesty, the slaves on the West Road have passed through Longquan Pass and entered Shanxi."

"Who is the guard of Longquan Gate? There was no warning before, but he was suddenly breached by the slave army!" Chongzhen said angrily.

"Your Majesty... cough cough cough!"

Sun Bixian coughed repeatedly: "The military situation is wrong. Longquan Pass and Guguan Pass are one south and one north. It is impossible for the Mandarins to appear in two opposite directions at the same time."

"Get a map!"

Chongzhen asked the eunuch to fetch the map, and after finding two passes, he nodded and said, "It's really far away."

Sun Bixian asked the eunuch to move the chair, helped him to sit closer, pointed to the place to the east of the middle of the two passes, and said: "A while ago, the Da slaves were still here. The two passes, the direction of the army's advance is completely different. Strange."

Xie Wenjin said: "According to the Tang report sent by Chen Xinjia, the Tartars probably sent a small number of troops to attack Guguan. This strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain is also to lure the officers and soldiers to go to the south to pursue it. The main force of the Tartar slaves is secretly heading north, unexpectedly. Attack Longquan Pass! This is a great opportunity, and this group of Mandarin slaves marched so quickly, they must have not brought much luggage. Officers and soldiers can block Longquan Pass, order all prefectures and checkpoints in Shanxi to guard it strictly, catch turtles in the urn and wipe them all out!"

The analysis seems to make sense.

Chongzhen was delighted to hear this, nodded and said, "It must be so!"

Sun Bixian still vaguely felt that something was wrong: "Your Majesty, the situation on the front line is changing rapidly. Why don't you hand over this pond report to Lu Xiangsheng intact and let him judge by himself?"

Chongzhen hesitated.

If the information reported by Tang is true, then this group of Qing soldiers, a lone army going deep into Shanxi, is very likely to wipe them out.Once successful, it will be the biggest victory against the Manchus since Chongzhen ascended the throne.

But if the information reported by the pond is false, or if there is any accident, it will lead to a disastrous failure.

Chongzhen wanted a big victory, but was afraid of a disastrous defeat.

He didn't dare to make a decision, and suddenly regretted it, it would be nice if he didn't transfer Yang Sichang away.At such a critical moment, Yang Shangshu will definitely be able to make a decision, unlike the two ministers in front of him who ran to argue in front of the emperor.

"Are you sure that the military situation is true?" Chongzhen asked Xie Wenjin.

Xie Wenjin hesitated to speak, and dared not speak for a moment.He believed in his own analysis, but what if something went wrong?I'm about to take the blame for myself!

Chongzhen wanted Zhang Wenjin to make a decision, and Zhang Wenjin could take the blame if something happened.

Zhang Wenjin didn't speak, so Chongzhen could only ask Sun Bixian: "Are you sure that the military situation is false?"

Of course Sun Bixian didn't dare to talk nonsense, and coughed quickly.As a result, the fake cough turned into a real cough, and the cough could not be stopped. I covered my mouth and coughed for a long time, and my palms were full of blood.He said ambiguously: "I just feel that the military situation is very strange, so I can send it to Lu Xiangsheng as it is. Lu Xiangsheng is a person who knows soldiers, and he will make his own judgment."

The three monarchs and ministers seem to be suffering from difficulty in choosing at the same time.

After careful consideration, Chongzhen said: "Order Chen Xinjia, governor of Xuanda, Ye Tinggui, governor of Datong, and Song Xian, governor of Shanxi, to immediately bring their respective pacesetters back to defend Shanxi. Copy and copy Chen Xinjia's Tang Bao and send it to Lu Xiangsheng."

These two orders seem to be very comprehensive.

Transferring a governor and two governors' pacesetters to Shanxi can defend against Qing soldiers who may appear in Shanxi.At the same time, Lu Xiangsheng was left to decide the course of action of the main force of the officers and soldiers.

But with such a troop deployment, Lu Xiangsheng's defense line in the north was directly turned into a sieve...

Three days later, Lu Xiangsheng received the military information.

Lu Xiangsheng was dumbfounded and couldn't understand for a while, so he quickly called Wang Pu, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei, Li Chongzhen and other generals to discuss the matter.

"What do you guys think?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.

After reading the military newspaper, everyone was equally confused.

Wang Pu asked: "Could it be that the defenders of Guguan and Longquanguan reported the whereabouts of the slaves indiscriminately after hearing about it?"

"That's not true," Yang Guozhu said, "The information that the Mandarin slaves have passed the Longquan Pass was sent by the magistrate of Shanyin. If it is true, it means that the Mandarin slaves have already arrived in Shanxi."

"If the Tartars had gone to Shanxi earlier, then the Tartars we chased these days were all ghosts?" Hu Dawei asked back.

Li Chongzhen's judgment was exactly the same as that of Xie Wenjin, the left servant of the Ministry of War: "Maybe the Tartars have divided their troops, and one of them is looting in front, leading the main force of our army to go south. A small group will go to Guguan to confuse our army. The Tartars on the West Road The main force actually went to Shanxi secretly."

Wang Pu said: "The Tartars had divided their troops into two groups before, how could the Tatars on the west road divide their troops into three groups?"

The pressure of judging the military situation fell entirely on Lu Xiangsheng at this time.