Lord of the House

"Why don't you see Liu Tingzhou alone?"

Hu Weitong passed Yuan Guizheng, Tao Chun had arrived at Xingyuan, Gao Zongting, Song Fu, Ao Canghai, Sun Jingtang and others had already met.

Lin Fu was arranging his clothes in front of the tin-plated glass mirror, thinking of Liu Tingzhou, his expression was deep and serious, as if there was a string in his heart, Ercai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Liu Tingzhou should be a critical minister, when he was in Huai'an, he If he can give up his family to reject bandits, give himself up to thieves, and not be afraid of authority, then Huaixi will allow Chen Zhihu to enter Nanyang, and Liu Tingzhou will not fight, it is not that he succumbs to Dong Yuan, but that he has gone astray, what is the benefit of me seeing him?"

Song Jia followed with a sigh and said, "Liu Tingzhou manages Huai'an and Hao Si, and he has many means to settle people's livelihood, and he also suppresses the tyrants and protects the commoners, but in the end, he still wants to maintain the rule of the imperial family, and he always hopes in his heart. Let's be the minister of ZTE in Yuanyue!"

"Being the ruler and herdsmen is the deep-rooted moral concept of the scholars of the world, and it is also the psychological root that they take themselves for granted above the commoners. On this road, the vast majority of scholars have never forgotten themselves; Liu Tingzhou has already Going too far, so that people can't see the slightest sense of humanity..." Lin Fu said.

"But compared to corrupt officials, isn't Liu Tingzhou more respectable?" Song Jia was also a little puzzled and asked, "As you said just now, Liu Tingzhou should be regarded as a critical gentleman according to the standard of the world."

"That's right, it's even more terrifying. There is a religious country in the Taixi mainland, and the fanatical believers are never soft to the infidels when they pick up a butcher's knife. They regard evil as good and killing as redemption. Think about it, Liu Tingzhou and them What's the difference? Liu Tingzhou is just a fanatical believer in the way of loyalty to the king," Lin Fu said helplessly, "I would rather not have one of such a stubborn gentleman."

"Take loyalty to the monarch as good, and see everything that violates this rule as evil. So, Liu Tingzhou really went too far," Song Jia said when she saw that Lin Fu was not happy, and put her hand on his chest, "To be fair, I really can't say enough about you..."

Lin Fu smiled, left Liu Tingzhou behind, put on the python robe, and walked to the outer courtyard.

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After the Battle of Jingxiang, from Huaishui to the west to Tongbai Mountain and Qinling Mountains, the offensive and defensive situation was completely reversed.

After the remnants of the Yanhu Western Line retreated north, although they still controlled the Wuguan, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and blocked the entrance of the Huaidong Army to the north of the Guanzhong with the danger of nine fortresses, and at the same time established Chen Zhihu as the king of Qin and made him guard the Guanzhong. Chen Zhihu led his troops and the remnants of Tian and Su, and the troops in Guanzhong were no more than 60,000 or 70,000. He also completely lost the ability to go out of Wuguan and threaten Nanyang and Jingxiang.

In the same way, Lin Fu will start to adjust the defense of Qinling Mountains and Huaishui. When further consolidating the defense line, he will also make some preparations in advance for the future Northern Expedition.

Because Huaidong had the advantage of water camps that Yan Hu could not make up for in the east, it was an inevitable choice to gradually shift the military focus to the east while conducting military confrontation on the west, and actively prepare for the northern expedition on the east.

Among the armies in Henan, Dong Yuan was sent to guard Xuchang on the western front, while Yue Lengqiu was sent to guard Guoyang in the middle, which, to put it bluntly, was to isolate Dong Yuan, who was dangerous and threatening Huaidong, from the eastern front.

But for the Henan troops, in addition to asking them to push their defenses to Changge, Yanling, Shangqiu, and Yucheng, they also asked them to contain and attack Beiyan in Hezhongfu and Daliang, an important town on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Lin Fu, dressed in a python robe embroidered with a four-clawed golden dragon, sat on the ground in front of the long table, asking Yuan Guizheng, Tao Chun, Gao Zongting, Song Fu and others to sit in line, saying: "...the opening words, Song Gong and Zongting also I have already told General Tao Yuanhou that there is not much more to talk about in this hospital. Now the Huai River goes north to the south bank of the Yellow River, and the rivers are frozen. The opportunity for the army to move north, this court will not ask you to take the risk of moving north to recover the cities on the south bank of the Yellow River. All the cities on the south bank of the Yellow River are now disabled, and the recovery is not meaningful, but the military action of Henan Xingying after the Bingjie Spring must be There must be a clear goal and plan. This goal and plan are not demanding in this court, such as how many refugees are accommodated, how many camps are built, how much the scout front line is pushed northward, and how much is the core defense force pushed northward. How many elites and how many old and weak soldiers are eliminated, this court wants Henan Xingying and all towns to give the Privy Council a clear, detailed and executable plan before March. Before March in spring, money, grain and soldiers will be paid, and everyone should have a plan after the war. At the time of rest, the Privy Council will pay the full amount; and after March, the payment of money and grain will be directly linked to the implementation of the combat readiness plan of the Henan armies... The troops with combat capability will naturally have ample money and food supplies; those without combat capability, Not only will the supply of money and grain not be abundant, but it must be abolished as soon as possible to save resources. The truth of this must be understood by everyone. Of course, if the Henan troops can take down the Hezhong Palace, it is not uncommon for the central government to have no money and food. The problem, the premise is that the troops in Henan have the ability to take down the Hezhong Mansion."

Hezhong Mansion was almost the only remaining land in Henan, and it suffered little damage from the war; Liang Chengyi lived in it for several years, but before the Cao family abandoned Guanzhong, Liang Chengyi abandoned Hezhong Mansion and fled south, defeating Chen Zhihu in Ruhebei. , Called Babaili Luochuan and a million Dingkou are called Yanhu in vain.

In addition to the 800-mile good land and the million-dollar mouth, the 800-mile Luochuan is surrounded by the dangerous land of Funiu Mountain in the south, the Yellow River in the north, and Luoshui and Yinshui, which connect the Yellow River to the north, for defense. It is also the flank barrier of Jinzhong County on the north bank of the Yellow River. Therefore, after Ye Jiluorong led his troops to withdraw Jinzhong from Guanzhong, Yan Hu transferred the newly attached army of Zhou Zhizhong to Luoyang, focusing on strengthening the defense of Hezhong Prefecture. The danger of defending the mountain.

At this time, Yanhu had more than 40,000 cavalry on foot in Hezhong Mansion.

Dong Yuan directly controlled more than 80,000 troops and horses on the front lines of Xuchang and Ruzhou. He had already formed a military advantage over Hezhong Prefecture. Even if it was difficult to march north in the cold winter, after the spring, there were still conditions to use troops to Hezhong Prefecture.

Lin Fu didn't expect Dong Yuan to fight against Yan Hu in the Hezhong Mansion, but he would never let Dong Yuan, who was standing still, have a good life.

The pressure on Guoyang is also far less than Xuchang, except that Guoyang is farther south than Xuchang, and more importantly, the military center of Huaidong Army will shift eastward after the spring, which will attract Yanhu troops and horses on the eastern front. Most of the attention will be shared with the pressure on Guoyang...

According to Lin Fu, it will be easier for Guoyang to implement and realize the goals and plans of military operations, while the pressure on Xuchang will be much greater, so that Lin Fu has an excuse to reduce the money and establishment of Xuchang, and further. Strengthen Guoyang - Yuan Guizheng can understand Lin Fu's intentions, but it is difficult to say anything, but silently write down what Lin Fu said, and then make a long-term plan when he returns to Xuchang.

Next, Lin Fu informed Yuan Guizheng and Tao Chun about the Huaidong Army's upcoming defense and military establishment adjustments.

The western front is easy to attack and defend, but there is still a lot of war pressure.

Lin Fu divided Nanyang, Xiangfan, and Suizhou into a war zone, set up Nanyang camp, with Ao Canghai as the general manager of Nanyang camp and knowledge of Nanyang government affairs, with Sun Wenbing as the marching commander, and supervising the grain and fodder, and using Tang Xitai, Wang Xiang, Gu Hao, etc. People know about the affairs of the Xiangyang government, know the affairs of the Suizhou government, and pass the judgment on the affairs of the Nanyang government.

The first division of the Changshan Army was divided into two divisions. One was led by Chen Dingbang, which remained in the Changshan Army and was stationed in Nanyang with Yu Wencheng and Liu Zhenzhi; the third cavalry brigade was expanded to the second cavalry battalion. The three town divisions were organized into three brigades; in addition, Hu Yu'er's division was separated from the forbidden navy army, and the deputy town division level Xiangyang and the navy army were made to guard the upper reaches of the Han River.

The garrison of the Nanyang Camp included 45,000 infantrymen, 10,000 cavalry soldiers, and 5,000 navy troops. The total number of soldiers was 60,000. Another 20,000 soldiers were made up for the construction of fortifications, roads, dams, and dredging. river course.

In addition, Lin Fu listed Jingzhou, Yiling, Jiangling, and Wuling on the south bank of Yangzi River and located upstream of Yueyang as a war zone.

The Chongcheng army stationed in Jingzhou only retained the sequence of two divisions. The first division was split, with Huang Zuyu as the army, and Zhang Jiheng and Zhang Jiheng led 30,000 elites under the control of Zhou Tong. Take it out, set up the Jingxiang navy, and make up 10,000 soldiers.

The Jingzhou garrison counted 40,000 water infantry troops, and another 10,000 commuters.

Although it was explained on the surface that Lin Fu said that Jingzhou Xingying was set up as a backup line of defense for Nanyang Xingying, but Yuan Guizheng, Tao Chun and others knew better than anyone that Lin Fu was stationing heavy troops in Jingzhou, which was to guard against Cao Jiadong, who was based in Shu, leaving the Xiajiang River. .

Lin Fu also officially set up the Governor's Office of the Two Lakes in Jiangxia, with Fu Qinghe as the Governor of the two lakes' military and political affairs, and under the Governor's Office of the Lianghu, set up Xianghu Xuanfu Envoy and Jinghu Xuanfu Envoy to administer the civil affairs of the two lakes.

In addition to controlling the camps in Nanyang and Jingzhou, the Governor's Office of the Two Lakes will also directly administer more than 24,000 soldiers and horses, including six brigades of infantry, one brigade of cavalry, and two brigades of navy; in addition to maintaining the security of the two lakes, it is also responsible for clearing the southern foot of Huaishan Mountain. The three remnants of Chen Han and the remnants of Chen Zishou at the northern foot of Mubu Mountain.

During the Battle of Jingxiang, the total strength of the Shuibu-horse army assembled by Lin Fu at Jinghu once exceeded 210,000. Some of the navy will go to Jiangning, and almost 60,000 elite troops and horses will be directly transferred to the east and supplemented to the east.

Among them, the first division of the Changshan Army was split, and another division was formed with the first, second and third brigades as the backbone. It was transferred to Shanyang for reorganization with Zhang Goudong and incorporated into the Fengli Army sequence; The department was directly transferred to Xuzhou and incorporated into the Huaiyang Army sequence; the first division of the Chongcheng Army would be split, and the first, second, and third brigades would be the backbone, and they would be transferred to the Yunti Pass in Huaikou, and a separate chapter would be compiled. Master of the Sea.

On the Eastern Front, Liu Miaozhen, Ning Zechen, and Li Liang had nearly 100,000 infantry troops before, and then Zhang Gou, Tang Fuguan, and Chen Zhuo were transferred in, and the Eastern Front infantry would be as high as 150,000, and the cavalry battalion was the first The second brigade has also been reorganized into the second town division of the cavalry battalion, and the force will be expanded to 15,000 people in the fifth brigade.

During the Battle of Jingxiang, the Huaidong Army captured more than 40,000 horses, laying the foundation for the large-scale expansion of the cavalry battalion.

However, Lin Fu did not intend to use the cavalry as the main arm, and rejected the proposal of generals such as Zhou Pu and Sun Zhuang to expand the cavalry force on a large scale, and strictly controlled the ratio of cavalry to infantry at about 1:10.

Even the first cavalry brigade, the forbidden cavalry army, Lin Fu only agreed to expand it to three brigades after the war, which was less than double the number of troops before the war.

In addition to expanding the war horses needed by the cavalry and setting up large pastures in Suizhou, Xiangyang, Nanyang and other places to serve more than 10,000 war horses as backup resources, Lin Bie even scattered as many as 12,000 war horses. , distributed to the military division brigades and the post department.

At the same time, Lin Fu made a large-scale adaptation of the Huaidong Navy.

The former first water battalion is mainly composed of the Nanyang Naval Division, which specializes in the defense of the sea and frontier along the southeast coast. Jin'an is the main station, and Yizhou and Jieyang are the sub-stations. The force is controlled below 15,000.

With the third water battalion and the forbidden navy as the main force, the Jingjiang navy was compiled and placed under the forbidden battalion, with a total of 20,000 navy troops. The defense of the Yangtze River and the defense and warfare of the inland rivers in the upper reaches of Hongzepu and Huai River.

The second water battalion is mainly composed of Jinghai Division, which specializes in coastal defense and warfare in the northern seas.

The Jinghai Division will also be the naval force that Huaidong will focus on strengthening next. Some elite sailors will be recruited from the first and third water battalions to supplement them, and the number of sailors will be expanded to 30,000.

At the moment, Lin Fu told Yuan Guizheng and Tao Chun about the next defense and organizational adjustment of the Huaidong Army. It was also clear that the core strategy of implementing the Northern Expedition and recovering the Central Plains from the east would be the military situation. There is no need to hide the deployment, and a simple situation search can clarify a general situation.

Strategy is useful, but strategy is still based on absolute strength.

Taking the Battle of Jingxiang as an example, although the Huaixi Army may have indulged the enemy in the later period, it still contained more than 100,000 troops of Chen Zhihu and Luo Xiancheng in the early stage - including the Huaixi Army and the Jinghu Army~www.wuxiaspot. com~ Lin Fu used a total of more than 380,000 troops during the Battle of Jingxiang, of which the Huaidong Army directly invested more than 200,000 elite troops. the basis of absolute strength.

At this time, including the six towns in Henan, Lin Fu will be able to gather a total of more than 330,000 troops in Henan and the Hehuai area of ​​southern Shandong; while the total force of Yanhu in Henan and Shandong is barely two 100,000 people, the offensive and defensive trend of both sides is clear at a glance.

Even if Dong Yuan's troops in Xuchang and Yue Lengqiu's troops in Guoyang were excluded, Yanhu would have to exclude the guards in Hezhongfu and Daliang on the west line, and only face Huaidong directly in Shandong. The 200,000-strong army group that is about to be deployed in the Xusi area has only 150,000 soldiers and horses.

Yuan Guizheng has a heavy heart. Once Lin Fu is successfully recaptured in Shandong, probably no one can stop him from abolishing Yuanyue and establishing a new dynasty. In the face of the 200,000-strong army group that Huaidong is about to deploy in the south of Shandong and Xusi area, how can Ye Jiduodi have only 150,000 soldiers in Shandong to resist?

If the true strength and potential of the Huaidong Army were not exposed in the battle of Jingxiang, Yuan Guizheng even thought that Huaidong would have to operate the remnants of Fujian and Jiangxi for three to five years, and then it would be possible to break through 300,000 troops. Before the Battle of Jingxiang, Huaidong's forces were already approaching 400,000.

As far as the current situation is concerned, as long as Lin Fu needs it, within three or five years, the total troops directly controlled by Huaidong will easily break through 500,000, or even 600,000... Only Yuan Guizheng feels that his future is extremely bleak. If it wasn't for the fact that he and Tao Chun had already searched the weapons before they came in, all the soldiers outside the meeting room were Huaidong's soldiers, and Lin Fu himself was known for his martial arts. nightmare. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter