Lord of the House

At the end of the Battle of Jiyang, the East China Sea bandits saw that there was no possibility of taking Jiyang, so many reinforcements gathered in various places and retreated one by one.

As for the question of whether to pursue or not, Gu Wuchen asked Lin Fu to consider it at his own discretion.

Without the cooperation of the elite naval forces, it is impossible to completely wipe out the enemy and bandits. Lin Fu and the defenders who moved outside the city were exhausted. They did not want to add more casualties, so they went back to the city to rest. The reinforcements pursued the enemy along the Dong Lai River.

Because Lin Fu delayed the East China Sea bandits outside Jiyang City for five days, Xiao Taoyuan, the deputy general of Ninghai Town, the commander of the Sixth Battalion Naval Division, and the Captain of the Cavalry, was able to transfer the general Shanshuizhai Naval Army, and calmly packed up in Taihu Lake. The remnants of the navy in Ninghai Town, which had been defeated, gathered more than 2,000 navy troops at the mouth of the Donglai River to fight against the East China Sea bandits who had hurriedly retreated there.

The East China Sea bandits suffered heavy casualties in the first battle at Jiyang, and their morale was low when they retreated from the siege. They also had no intention of fighting on the river. Xiao Taoyuan picked up a lot of victories, which to a certain extent made up for his loss in the Taihu Lake waterfront battle.

The Jiyang Defence Battle and the subsequent series of water battles at the mouth of the Donglai River and the chase along the river not only restored the loss of the Taihu Lake waterfront battle, but also weakened to a certain extent the damage brought to Jiangdong County by the East China Sea pirates in the past two months. adverse effects.

In this battle, more than 300 heads were captured outside the north gate of Jiyang City. Pingjiang Prefecture and Ninghai Town, as well as Jiangdong County's Admiral's Mansion, the Xuanfu Envoy and the Arbitrator, declared to the court that four enemies were killed in this battle. Thousands of people.

Lin Fu went back to the city and slept for two days and two nights before he woke up.

The final Donglai River estuary battle and falsely reported achievements brought a lot of benefits to Xiao Taoyuan, and the Admiral's Office and the Commissioner of the Inspector also decided not to hold him accountable for the loss of the Taihu Lake waterfront battle, which is really annoying. Compared with attacking Xiao Taoyuan, Lin Fu was more concerned about the preservation of the Ninghai Town Navy after the war. This was related to the fact that the situation in the coastal prefectures and counties would not collapse completely, and it was also related to the fact that Changshan Island and Xisha Island did not need to work alone. to bear the threat of East China Sea bandits.

Although it was an exaggeration to kill more than 4,000 people, Lin Bie estimated that he was quite satisfied with killing a thousand people before and after.

If such a big victory could be achieved immediately after the attack on Anji County, it would not have been possible for the Taihu Lake coast to be destroyed so badly.

Although the Taihu pirates from the Xishan Island of Taihu Lake retreated to the sea after the first battle in Jiyang, the thirteen East Sea pirates of the Shengsi Association, which were directly controlled by the Shejia and had the deepest influence, suffered heavy setbacks and could not be erased. As a matter of fact, Lin Fu can at least be sure that the East China Sea bandits can no longer pose a deadly threat to Xisha Island a few years ago, and the pressure on Changshan Island will also be relieved. This is the main purpose of Lin Fu's death battle outside Jiyang City. .

This battle raised Gu Wuchen's prestige in Jiangdong County to an unprecedented height. Gu Wuchen's guards were the most direct backbone of the victory. After the war, Gu Wuchen summoned the officials of Pingjiang Prefecture and various counties and Ninghai Town in Jiyang City. The main generals discussed the matter of local preparation and training of Xiangyong and the garrison to jointly defend against pirates, and the progress was very smooth.

After the war, Chen Xiyan lived in seclusion and rarely showed up. At least he did not publicly oppose Gu Wuchen's actions in Pingjiang Mansion.

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When it was only September, Lin Fu was lying on the soft couch in the wing building, looking out the window at the maple forest where the crimson and the sunset glowed together, the autumn color was already deep.

Lin Bie's leg was seriously injured, so he could only lie on the bed to recuperate. Gu Wuchen used the sedan chair to talk to him about things.

Xiaoman sat in front of the window with his chin up, and his small body leaned against Lin Bing to watch the autumn scenery outside the window.

After the pirates from the lake pirates withdrew from Taihu Lake, Pingjiang Mansion also recovered a rare calm. Lin Tie also needed personal care in Jiyang to recover, so Xiaoman and Liu Yueer rushed to Jiyang.

As the threat of the East Sea pirates was temporarily relieved, Lin Fu envoy Lin Jiayong, who was stationed on Xisha Island, was led by Zhao Qingshan and went directly to the mouth of Jiangning; He came to Jiyang to strengthen Gu Wuchen's guard force, and he was also in Jiyang County these days. The house that Jiyang County arranged for Gu Wuchen, Lin Fu and others to live in was also led by Zhao Hu and guarded by military soldiers.

Liu Yue'er disappeared at this time, and Xiao Man stayed in the house. In addition to taking care of him, it was also to prevent others from interfering with his meditation and recuperation with official business.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the yard downstairs, which made the oriole birds fly away in fright. Xiaoman stood up and looked out the window, and said to Lin Fu, "There are many people at the gate of the yard who don't know what to say. , Uncle Ao is passing by?"

After a while, Ao Canghai led the three people upstairs. Lin Fu saw that all three of them were Jiyang Minyong who went out of the city to help in the first battle of Jiyang. He wanted to come to the outside world, but Ao Canghai only led three representatives to the upper compartment. When I came upstairs, I said to Ao Canghai, "My feet are inconvenient to walk. You ask everyone to come and sit, and everyone will live and die together. I can't put on a shelf and make everyone wait in the yard..."

"It's absolutely wrong to come here to disturb the adult's recovery, they are all scumbags, they can't speak, and their bodies are very dirty..." The three hurriedly said, "We are just thinking about the adult's injury, come and see you. ."

Lin Fu asked Ao Canghai to invite everyone up and bring a long bench. More than 20 people huddled together and sat down restrained in the wing. Liu Yueer rushed over and made tea for them with Xiaoman. .

Gu Wuchen is going back to Jiangning tomorrow. There is no big threat on Xisha Island for the time being. Lin Fu will also follow him back to Jiangning to recuperate. Maybe there will be no chance to meet these people again. It is rare that they have the heart to visit. Liu Yueer went to prepare a few tables for dinner, and he wanted to leave everyone for dinner.

I casually chatted with everyone, and asked about Jiyang County's pensions for the casualties and the distribution of reward silver after the war.

If it weren't for a large number of volunteers from the countryside and temporarily recruited Minyong (some of them were prisoners in the county prison, Gu Wuchen promised to eliminate their crimes and recruit them to help the dead soldiers out of the city after the war), Lin Fu would not have been able to stand outside the city. at last. In addition to the heavy casualties of the Wuwei and Jiqi, these civilian braves who had not received any training but had forgotten their lives suffered extremely heavy casualties. More than 600 people died in battle, and countless injured. The more than 20 people who came to visit Lin Fu were still wounded.

When dinner was ready, Lin Fu asked people to prepare a soft couch for him at the table, and then asked Ao Canghai to call all the military guards over to have a drink and dinner.

The military guards who came to Jiyang with Lin Fu sacrificed seventeen people in this battle, and Lin Fu transported their remains to Jiangning for burial; 21 people were seriously injured, and Lin Fu sent them all to Xisha Island for treatment. They sent their families to Xisha Island to take care of them, and intentionally placed them all on Xisha Island; only eight of the Wuwei who were slightly injured could stay by Lin Fu's side with Ao Canghai.

Lin Fu didn't care about his leg injury, and drank a lot of wine with everyone. Gu Siyuan and Zhao Qinmin came over halfway. Seeing that the wine was so lively, they left without saying anything, and Lin Fu didn't care about them.

These guys from Jiyang Township thought that Gu Siyuan and Zhao Qinmin might come over and ask Lin Fu for something. What are the things that are difficult to do, tell me, and I will help you do it?"

When these Jiyang villagers heard Lin Fu say this, they all knelt down in the lobby and took the lead: "We are helpless, our identities are low, and many of us are ruined by pirates. Following the adults, I don’t know how to speak, and I’m afraid that I won’t have the ability to dislike the adults…”

"Get up quickly, Canghai, you help me get everyone up," Lin Fu sat up on the soft couch and asked Ao Canghai and Zhu Wuwei to help everyone up, "Speaking of which, I am ashamed. "Everyone," pointing to Ao Canghai and Zhu Wuwei, "they followed me, going in and out of the wind and rain, suffering a lot, and even dying, not being able to eat spicy food or drinking spicy food, the rules are still heavy, let's talk about it. I'm afraid I can't help everyone..."

"Life and death are up to our lives. As long as it is the rules set by the adults, we can abide by them. We just ask the adults to take them in..."

At this moment, Yang Pu walked in from the outside, saw the people kneeling on the ground inside, and said with a smile, "I heard that there is drinking here, I want to rush over for a drink."

Lin Fu asked General Ao Cang and Zhu Wuwei to help everyone up, and said to Yang Pu: "These people are helpless, trust me, I will take them back to Jiangning tomorrow, and I will inform Jiyang County at night. Sigh, I'll let Canghai do it! What does Uncle Yang have to do with me?"

"The main thing is to drink," Yang Pu said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to have finished drinking."

"Then warm up another pot, and I'll accompany Uncle Yang to drink it." Lin Fu said, Gu Siyuan and Zhao Qinmin walked in halfway, and left without saying a word. Yang Pu also came, and there should be something to say. Lin Fu asked Ao Canghai to take the people to settle down first, and then bring these people to Jiangning before making arrangements.

He asked Liu Yue'er to prepare two more dishes on the wing, and rushed Zhao Hu back on duty. Lin Fu called Zhao Hu over, opened the window, and the three of them drank together by the bright moon.

"Zhao Hu has been in the military for more than half a year. This time he also made a contribution in Chongzhou. After returning to Jiangning, it is more than enough to be promoted to a deputy lieutenant of Xiaoqi." The matter could not be concealed from him, so he told him directly, "My lord means to let Yang Shi go to the Dongyang Army to exercise, but I am afraid that your manpower is too tight."

"Yang Shi should be on his own," Lin Fu said. "No matter how short the manpower is on the island, Dongyang should be the most important in everything. Yang Shi had no foundation in going to Dongyang at the beginning. Just let him take it there."

Compared with Dongyang Township, which has 4,000 people, the interests of Prison Island are relatively much smaller. Probably it was also the battle of Jiyang, which made Gu Wuchen and others fully realize the importance of directly controlling an elite division. .

Gu Wuchen's manpower is very limited, and others are not as trustworthy as Yang Shi's family. In addition, Yang Shi also has the ability to lead troops. Gu Wuchen transferred Yang Shi to Dongyang. Lin Fu knew that this also meant that Dongyang Xiangyong's affairs would not be dealt with. He got involved.

If Gu Wuchen asked him to intervene in Dongyang Township's affairs, Lin Fu thought that he would even have to make excuses. After all, the focus in the future should be on the line of Changshan Island, Xisha Island and Prison Island, but Gu Wuchen so obviously excluded himself Outside, Lin Fu felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Lin Bie well concealed his emotions in the mellow rice wine.

The casualties were very heavy this time. There were more than 400 chariots. In the end, there were only more than 80 people who stayed with Lin Fu until the end. It was proved many times that the military households were unusable. Gu Wuchen survived directly from this **** battle in Jiyang. Recruited supplements from Min Yongli who came down.

Gu Wuchen didn't hesitate to delay it for two more days. It's no wonder that Lin Bujiu and Yang Minyong had dinner. Gu Siyuan and Zhao Qinmin saw it and left without saying anything. Maybe they thought they were competing for manpower.

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