With the withdrawal of the army in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the crisis in Yanbei was resolved, and the clear sunshine shone across Yanbei in an instant.
However, although the Northern Zhou Dynasty withdrew its troops, because after several days of fighting, Yanbei was filled with flames of war, and under the sunshine, Yanbei was full of depression. After the war, restoring people's livelihood in Yanbei as soon as possible became a top priority.
In particular, the remaining 50,000 guards of Yanbei Prince's Mansion were less than 2,000. This number, almost all of Yanbei's guards were lost in this battle. Once the reinforcements from the western territory left, the Emperor's Imperial Forest Army and Jinglu soldiers and horses belonged to the capital. If they also left, the Yanbei military would be empty. It can be said that no one was stationed in Yanbei City.
After discussing with Su Zhen and Xu Yunchu, Su Fengnuan felt that the matter should be reported to the imperial court as soon as possible, and the imperial court would handle the aftermath and provide support.
Su Fengnuan has been taking care of Yanbei's general affairs for these years. In terms of gold and silver materials, Yanbei is not worried. What is worrying is the army, horses and military. If Yanbei should restore the military deployment before the Northern Zhou Dynasty did not invade Yanbei as soon as possible, then At that time, although Yanbei had only 50,000 soldiers and horses, they were all well-trained soldiers and good generals for many years. Now they are all lost. In a short period of time, restoring the military is not only a major event, but also a difficult one.
After Bei Zhou retired from the army for a while, Su Zhen couldn't help sighing while sitting in the newspaper hall.
Su Fengnuan sat on the side, looking at Su Zhen, seeing his sad face, couldn't help laughing, "Second Uncle, it's the best of luck to be able to keep Yanbei. Now that Bei Zhou has retreated, it couldn't be more difficult The city was destroyed and the family was destroyed. This level has been passed. As for the others, what is the difficulty? You will not be so depressed in your chest, which is not good for your injuries."
Su Zhen slapped his head when he heard the words, and said, "You're right! Second Uncle Bai has lived a long time, and he needs you to persuade him. He has survived even the most difficult trials, and the people of Yanbei have not been trampled on. The best outcome, as for the rest, there is always a way."
Su Fengnuan nodded, and said to Su Zhen, "Although the imperial court has the privilege of raising 50,000 soldiers and horses for the Yanbei Palace, if you recruit soldiers and horses now, you can't choose to recruit and train them into elite soldiers and good generals in a short time. , always takes time. So, I have an idea."
"Say it!" Su Zhen looked at her, "Second Uncle listens to you."
Su Fengnuan smiled and said, "There are 300,000 soldiers and horses in the camp at the foot of the capital. I originally brought 200,000 soldiers and horses out of Beijing, but the 170,000 soldiers and horses were too much to travel and it was difficult to reuse them. I had no choice but to choose He sent 30,000 soldiers and horses, and sent the 170,000 soldiers and horses back. After the emperor heard about it, he had no choice but to send out the imperial forest army, and his uncle Xiaoguo brought them to Yanbei. Regarding the fact that the soldiers and horses in Jinglu were useless, the emperor I must be very angry in my heart. It's just that I have no time to pay attention to the Jinglu soldiers and horses because of the two old cases. Therefore, I think I can give a memorial to the emperor, and suggest that the emperor send 100,000 Jinglu soldiers and horses to garrison in Yanbei, so as to It can be trained to be a useful soldier, and at the same time, it can also relieve the pain of emptiness in Yanbei where there are no soldiers to guard."
Su Zhen was startled when he heard the words, but he didn't expect that Su Fengnuan was talking about this idea, he immediately said, "Jinglu soldiers and horses never leave the capital, this time the Yanbei Army is in a hurry, it is really urgent, so the emperor allows you to transfer Jinglu soldiers Malay Yanbei. But it is only for temporary use. If it is transferred to garrison Yanbei, this...is not in compliance with the rules? Let alone whether the emperor will agree, the courtiers will probably strongly oppose it."
Su Fengnuan looked at Xu Yunchu upon hearing this, and asked, "What do you think?"
Xu Yunchu thought for a while and said, "It is certain that the emperor will be angry that Jinglu's soldiers are useless. Jinglu has 300,000 soldiers and horses. If 100,000 soldiers and horses are sent to Yanbei to garrison, the emperor will definitely agree, and I think the courtiers have no reason to do so." be opposed to."
Su Fengnuan smiled, "The government of An Guogong and Jingyanghou's government have already executed, and the remaining officials involved in the case will be convicted one after another after being prosecuted in accordance with the law. At this time, Yan Bei managed to keep it, and there should be no one who does not have eyes to come out to object, so as not to add another fire to the emperor who is furious."
Xu Yunchu smiled and nodded, "Exactly!"
Su Fengnuan said, "Since you agree, that's it. The second uncle will go to the memorial to repeat the history of Yanbei's battle in the past few days and the current situation of Yanbei, and ask the emperor to make an opinion on Yanbei's military as soon as possible. And you and I In addition, they each submitted a memorial, suggesting to the emperor to send 100,000 soldiers from Jinglu to garrison Yanbei, so as to relieve Yanbei's lack of troops."
Naturally, it was not appropriate for Su Zhen to bring up the matter of transferring troops from the foot of the capital to Yanbei to garrison, but it was appropriate for Su Fengnuan and Xu Yunchu to propose.
Xu Yunchu smiled when he heard the words, "Okay!"
Su Zhen looked at the two of them, and found that Su Fengnuan and Xu Yunchu spoke kindly, and often had a tacit understanding of their thoughts, but they acted frankly and did not hide any personal feelings. He thought to himself that Yuanyuan liked Ye Shizi from Rong'an Palace, and even someone like Uncle Xiaoguo couldn't fall in her heart, but looking at the case of Ye Shizi breaking the moon, there must be something more extraordinary, otherwise ordinary men would It will not be read by her for so many years.
He really wanted to see Ye Chang!
Su Fengnuan thought for a while, and then added to Su Zhen, "Second Uncle, at the end of the memorial, please plead for the statement, and ask the emperor to forgive him for the crime of implicating him."
Su Zhen heard the words and said, "This is for sure. If you don't say it, I heard about the affairs of Duke Anguo's mansion. I tried my best to ask the emperor to save him. The second son of Chen not only set fire to Beizhou two This granary made a military contribution and saved my life. I can’t just ignore it, whether it’s public or private.”
Su Fengnuan nodded, and looked at Xu Yunchu again.
Xu Yunchu said with a smile, "I will also mention it in the memorial. Although Second Master Chen was born in the mansion of Duke Anguo, he is indeed different from Duke Anguo. He has the heart of loyalty to serve the country, and he is also heroic and courageous, which is admirable."
Su Fengnuan smiled, "It's really beyond my expectation that he shielded the second uncle."
Su Zhen also nodded again and again, "My life was first saved by Uncle Fu, and now it is saved by Second Young Master Chen. I am really ashamed."
Su Fengnuan said, "Uncle Fu must be glad that he is in the spirit of heaven. As for the statement, if he is willing, Yanbei Palace will be his home in the future!"
Su Zhen nodded affirmatively.
After the three agreed, they each wrote a memorial and sent someone to ride a fast horse to the capital together.
After Su Fengnuan finished writing the memorial to the emperor, he wrote another private letter and sent it to the capital as soon as possible.
Not long after her flying eagle letter left, a flying eagle flew into Yanbei Palace, circled outside her study room, and flew into the study room along the open window.
This flying eagle was so huge that it landed on her desk after it came in, occupying half of the desk.
Su Fengnuan looked at the flying eagle, couldn't help smiling, took a step forward, reached out to touch its head, and said with a smile, "Is he willing to let you out again? I knew he couldn't sit still anymore. "After saying that, she untied the letter from Feiying's lap.
It was Ye Chang's letter.
At the beginning of the letter, he asked several questions about his well-being, and said that he was sitting on pins and needles in Beijing, wishing he could fly to Yanbei, and hated that his injuries were so serious that he would never recover. The letter also talked about various things in Beijing, and said that after An Guogong's mansion and Jingyanghou's mansion were imprisoned, the emperor went to the prison to meet the two in person for the sake of Taizong Danshu and the late emperor's gold medal, and asked Why did Duke Anguo and Marquis Jingjing cooperate with Concubine Yuegui to collude with the enemy and betray the country to bring disaster to the government? The excuse, I had to do so, and said that An Guogong and Princess Ruiyue saved their young daughter with the Taizong alchemy book, and saved Shen Zhilan with the gold medal of the former emperor. The emperor allowed him to personally send Shen Qi on the road...
When he wrote Shen Qi's name, the place where he wrote the pen was heavily smeared with ink, which shows the degree of distress in his heart.
In the end, he wrote that he could not come to Yanbei, but after thinking about it, he felt that he could not be of much help, so he went to the palace and asked the emperor for an order, ordering General Su to send troops to attack Beibei in the west. For the surrounding cities and Yucheng, follow the strategy of besieging Wei and saving Zhao, and at the same time, show some color to Northern Zhou. If they want to fight, Southern Qi can also fight.
The emperor was in a critical moment, and he also hated that the Northern Zhou Dynasty had just been defeated a few months ago, and now he came to attack Yanbei again.
Seeing this, Su Fengnuan was quite speechless for a while, thinking that he had been rambling on for so long, and now he put this important event at the end and said it, he is really...
Although she was speechless, she had a smile on her face for a moment, thinking that she had always guessed that her father might send troops to attack Yucheng in the western region, but she ignored Ye Chang who was recuperating in Beijing. Even if he can't come to Yanbei, how can he be a master who can hold back his leisure and not make some secret moves
At the end of the letter, he also mentioned that if the reinforcements from the Western Territory, the Yulin Army, and the Jinglu soldiers and horses were withdrawn, the Northern Zhou Dynasty would be empty. He proposed that the emperor send 200,000 Jinglu soldiers and horses to Yanbei, saying that the Jinglu soldiers and horses were a group of Waste, the imperial court has raised them, but they are useless, why not come to Yanbei to eat wind and sand and drink cold water so that they can exercise well.
Su Fengnuan laughed, he and she really wanted to go together, but she only wanted 100,000 soldiers and horses, and he wanted 200,000, he really dared to ask for it. After laughing, he curled his lips, who said that Yanbei is a barren land? He had never been to Yanbei before, but he didn't know how prosperous Yanbei was in the past. Unfortunately, it was invaded by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and now the prosperity has passed. It may take two or three years to bring it back.
But he also said it seriously, there is no need to eat wind and sand and drink cold water, because the vegetation in Yanbei is lush and there is no wind and sand, but it will snow early when late autumn comes, and it will be colder.
In the end, in his letter, he asked her when she could return to Beijing in big characters written with pen and ink.
Su Fengnuan couldn't help laughing at the three question marks behind the word "Beijing".