Lord of the House

In late November, it was already extremely cold weather in Jinan Prefecture.

In the southwest of Jinan City, about one watch, the dirt road on the east bank of the Yufu River was solidified by the cold air after nightfall. It feels like there is a bottomless abyss ahead, and the dirt road in front of you is like a lure to fall into a trap.

Only the frozen surface of the Yufu River has a faint reflection in the dark night, making people believe that they are walking on solid ground.

From Crouching Tiger Mountain to Jing'er Lake to Licheng County, a team of cavalry, about 60 people, walked on the road. Horses' hooves trampled on the frozen dirt road like a dull drum beat. Barking endlessly, occasionally a few villages lighted oil lamps, and the dim yellow lights that came out from the paper-covered windows were like ghost fires, and they were quickly blown out.

Lin Bie rode a horse and was surrounded by the other riders, his heart was heavy.

Starting from Jiangning in mid-October and heading north to Qinwang, the appointment period of one month has passed, and the trip is less than two-thirds completed. He is not worried about the responsibility of missing the deadline. The main force was stationed in Linqing, two hundred kilometers away, and a letter was sent to order him to stop going north, and to move to Liaocheng to join him.

Liaocheng is more than 100 miles south of Linqing and more than 150 miles away from Licheng.

Lin Fu thought that Cheng Yuqian already felt that Linqing was not so safe, and wanted to withdraw Jiang Dongqin King's division to Liaocheng to avoid the front of the Donglu Iron Cavalry.

From the beginning of October when the Eastern captives broke the border and entered the pirates, Jinzhong, Shandong, Zhongzhou counties, as well as Datong and Xuanhua towns, nearly 100,000 diligent kings' troops have all arrived in Gyeonggi, but few dared to fight against the Eastern captives. After Yanjing was fruitless, it swept the three houses in Yannan and interspersed to the south, and the Donglu outpost rangers have entered the territory of Dezhou, the plain house...

Seeing that the road to Gyeonggi had been blocked from other counties, King Qin's troops from other counties did not dare to intersperse with the interior lines, so they were stationed on the outside to watch the situation. The King Qin troops from Linqing, Dezhou and other places also gathered tens of thousands of people, but they did not belong to each other. , the court did not send envoys to the governor of the world, the king of diligent soldiers. Seeing that the Donglu iron cavalry swept over, the Qin Wang troops gathered in Dezhou and other places in Pingyuan Prefecture began to evacuate to the outside, and they did not consciously guard the door for Shandong.

After Lin Shui led the fifth battalion of the left army of Jiangdong Qin Wang's division from Weiyang to the north to Suyu, it left the direction of Caolu, interspersed with Yishui Valley Road to the north, over the mountains in central Shandong, and entered the territory of Jinan Prefecture. He and Crouching Tiger were stationed for seven or eight days, and Caozhuang in front was the fourth battalion of the Left Army led by Zhao Qingshan.

More than sixty riders sneaked silently in the dark night, except for the sound of horses' hoofs, the only sound of awakened dogs was the endless barking. After arriving at Caozhuang, Lin Fu, Cao Zi'ang and Zhou Pu turned over and dismounted. Ning Zechen, Zhao Qingshan, Lin Mengde, Wu Qi and others who had arrived earlier were all standing at the entrance of the courtyard waiting for them.

Lin Mengde said: "The night wind is blowing like a knife, you guys are not slow..."

Lin Bie took off the gloves, put them in the side pockets next to the saddle, and asked the guards to lead the horse away, warmed his frozen hands, hoping to warm them up a bit, and said, "I was about to come, and I received a report saying that You and Lord Crow have arrived...what news from the northern line?"

"Let's go into the room and talk." Zhao Qingshan, who was wearing military armor and had a well-defined face, greeted.

The farmyard was temporarily requisitioned. The layout of the house was very simple. In the middle of the main room was a wooden pillar that was blackened by smoke. There were four elm benches, and in the corner was the stove. The fire was burning, making the inside of the house much warmer than the outside.

Lin Fu untied the cloak, placed it on the bench, let everyone sit down, and asked Wu Qi directly, "Is the river in the north frozen?"

"It's not just the river, the Xiaoqing River is frozen solid," Wu Qi said while blowing his nose, his voice a little jarred, "This is still a small matter, Yang Zhaoqi died in Gaoyang County..."

"What!" Lin Fu heard Wu Qi's news, as if he gave the whip a cold slap on the back.

Yang Zhaoqi was the minister of the Jinzhong County Commissioner and the Admiral of the Ministry of Military Affairs. In fact, his powers were not weaker than that of the general governor, but the position of the governor was not taken lightly, so Yang Zhaoqi could not go further.

After the Eastern Captives broke the border, Yang Zhaoqi was the first to lead 20,000 soldiers from the Jin Dynasty to the King of King Qin.

On the way to the north, Lin Fu heard that the court intended to send the governor of Yang Zhaoqi to fight against the invaders. He did not know what happened. After he led the army of King Qin of Jiangdong to Jinan, he did not listen to the official appointment of Yang Zhaoqi by the court. After the appointment of the governor-general of the army of Qin Wang, he suddenly heard the bad news of Yang Zhaoqi's death in battle.

Cao Zi'ang was also taken aback. Looking at the map unfolding on the table, Gaoyang County was located in the southeast of Baozhou Prefecture (now Baoding City), in the heart of the three Yannan Prefectures. The main force of the division fought against the Donglu cavalry in Gaoyang.

"How about the casualties of Yang Zhaoqi's troops? Why didn't the tangchao from Jinan Prefecture mention the Battle of Gaoyang?" Cao Zi'ang asked two key points.

Even if the post roads of the three houses in Yannan are blocked, but the battle of more than 10,000 people, Jinan Prefecture does not know any news, and it is somewhat unreasonable.

"I don't know why Tang Chaoli didn't mention it." Wu Qi wiped his face and said, "I have personally been to the Gaoyang battlefield. Thousands of Donglu cavalry have died. Jinzhong soldiers should be given to Quanzhou. It was wiped out, and only a few soldiers escaped. The battle took place on the night of the 16th. About 30,000 Donglu cavalry gathered in Gaoyang to participate. The Northern Cavalry is at the same mouth fifty miles northwest of Gaoyang..."

"The dead **** of the dog/day!" Lin Fuhen scolded, the Jibei cavalry was one of the few elite cavalry that survived the defeat of Chen Tangyi, known as the Jibei iron cavalry, and one of the few capable of fighting against the Donglu cavalry The elite of the field, in order to master this elite, the emperor did not hesitate to violate the ancestral system, and directly dispatched the inner minister Hao Zongcheng as the supervisor to control this elite. Who would have thought that Hao Zongcheng was sitting on top of the elite soldiers, but he would sit 50 miles away and watch the soldiers of the Jinzhong Qin Wang encircle and wipe out the Donglu...

"I'm afraid there is something filthy in the capital that we don't know about," Cao Zi'ang frowned. Hao Zongcheng was an internal minister, but he was just an envoy sent by the emperor to the Jibei Army. Sitting and watching Yang Zhaoqi's department being wiped out, he couldn't explain it to the top and bottom, and asked Wu Qi, "Are there any notable rumors from Yanjing?"

"Rumours," Wu Qi thought for a while, and said, "It is rumored that the current sage intends to negotiate peace with Donglu who has entered the pirates, and the second prime minister Zhang Xie and others all agree to negotiate peace. Prime Minister Chen Xinbo and Yang Zhaoqi are the main war faction, and Hao Zongcheng is in charge. I negotiated peace with Donglu..."

"The DPRK has not sent envoys and governors to fight against the eastern prisoners of the border. I am afraid that the issue of peace is not groundless," Cao Ziang said. "It is easy to understand that Chen Xinbo is in the middle of the battle - although he is the prime minister, he is on the other hand. Whether it is the main battle or the peace talks, he can't play a decisive role, and of course he won't bear the crime of surrendering and negotiating for them..."

Lin Bie frowned deeply and said nothing.

In this dynasty, the minister of the left and the servant of the minister was the prime minister, the minister of the right of the minister and the servant of the middle book was the second minister, and the minister of politics, the left and the right of the minister were the vice ministers. In addition to the ministers, the people who decide the military and political affairs of the world are the old emperor and the eunuchs and ministers who surround him all day.

If Yang Zhaoqi's death in battle involved a dispute between the two factions of the DPRK and China, the Tang newspaper deliberately did not raise Yang's battle, but Yang Zhaoqi and more than 20,000 Jinzhong soldiers also died too unjustly.

Zhao Qingshan, Ning Zechen, Zhou Pu and the others were all silent. They were okay, they had no intention to sacrifice their lives for the Dayue Dynasty, but they didn't know what other civil and military officials would think when such news spread to the ears.

Wu Qi smiled, wanting to dispel the current deadness, and said: "At present, in addition to the sentinel cavalry entering the Pingyuan Mansion, there are also a large number of roaming horses heading west to enter Jinzhong for activities, especially after Yang Zhaoqi died in battle, The morale of the defenders in Jinzhong will be seriously damaged, and Yan Jingjing is worried that the main force of the Eastern Captives will take advantage of the situation to enter Jinzhong."

"Impossible," Lin Fu shook his head and said with certainty~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Both sides of the Donglu were bluffing, but what good would the Donglu's main force attacking Jin in the west? Move Yannan out of the way, so that the army of Qin Wang from all over the country will enter Gyeonggi continuously, and block their escape route? The main force of the eastern captives is heading south, they can cut off the waterway and threaten Jinan Prefecture, and if it fails, they can grab a ship from Dengzhou and go to Liaodong..."

Lin Fu's conclusion made everyone present feel great pressure. They are in the territory of Jinan Prefecture, only more than 50 miles away from Jinan City. If the main force of the eastern prisoners directly targets Jinan Prefecture, they will move and retreat.

At this moment, there was a faint sound of hooves, and Lin Fu and the others pricked up their ears and listened for a while. After a while, the guard on duty brought a few officers and soldiers to the door. The head was a small school, and without waiting for the news, he walked in and glanced at everyone's faces, and said, "Which one of you is in charge? Who can lead me to your supervisor Lin, my family has something to call him to Jinan. See you in town."

"I am Lin Fu, who is your lord?" Lin Fu turned around and sat down, looking at the person who came.

"Lord Lin," Xiao Xiao bowed to Lin Fu and said, "I am a soldier in front of the tent of Lord Yue, the governor of Dongmin. Lord Yue has just arrived in Jinan City, and he knows that Lord Lin leads the army to be stationed here, so I specially invited me to invite him. Lord Lin went to the city to discuss important matters..." He took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Lin Fu.

Lin Fudao did not expect that the East Minqin Wang Shihui would be the governor of Yue Lengqiu, who was one of the core figures of the Chu Party. Yue Lengqiu invited him to the city, but he was inconvenient to ignore it. Lin Fu opened the letter that Yue Lengqiu had sent to him, and after reading it, he said to the small school who delivered the letter: "I have read the letter from the commander of Yue, go back and report to the commander of Yue, I will be in Jinan City tomorrow before noon. See Commander Yue."

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