Lord of the House

(Second, ask for a red ticket)

Han Zai left Chongzhou in the early morning of the 17th in the name of borrowing reinforcements. He was escorted by Xiao Baiming and the Ninghai Zhenzhou Ship Master. He stayed behind with the enthusiasm of Xiao Taoyuan and Xiao Baiming, and stopped in Jiyang for two days. None of them were bad, which made him a little reluctant to go to Jiangning for rescue.

On the 19th, his family who stayed in Chongzhou to inquire about the news caught up in a boat and told him the news of the great victory in Chongzhou.

Han Zai was dumbfounded at the time, and at the banquet, he stood there in a daze, feeling melancholy for a while, never thinking that he had only left for a day, and Jiangdong Zuojun would break through the enemy like rotten wood in Chongzhou.

No matter how thick-skinned he was, with his bad relationship with Lin Fu, Lin Fu would never allow him to rush back to Chongzhou at this time to get a share of the military exploits.

If the matter were to spread, Han Zai would only become a laughing stock in the officialdom. Originally, as long as he had the guts to stay in Chongzhou for one more day, as the nominal military and political chief of Chongzhou and the special envoy of Chongzhou Xuanwei, the victory of Hecheng would never escape his deployment. Well done.

Xiao Taoyuan and Xiao Baiming also hated at the same time, Xiao Baiming was even more remorseful, Xiao Taoyuan's favorite general, the former army cottage guard, Zhenwei Colonel Chen Qianhu hated and smashed the armrest of the seat with a palm. : "This swine herd, so easy to deceive me out of Chongzhou."

Chen Qianhu said this, Xiao Baiming could only go to Xiao Taoyuan to apologize, he was the chief officer sent by Xiao Taoyuan to Chongzhou to be responsible for the affairs of the military cottage, and forced Lin Fu out of Chongzhou, naturally his responsibility was the greatest: "Baiming is stupid, Please ride and punish!"

Lin Fu threatened to withdraw from the Jiangkou to avoid the war, so Xiao Baiming was forced to lead the boat division to withdraw from the army cottage. At this time, when he returned to Chongzhou, there was absolutely no possibility for Lin Fu to spit out the army cottage that he had eaten in his stomach - Xiao Baiming hated and regretted it. , My heart is envious and painful, my throat is sweet, and I almost vomit blood.

Chen Qianhu said this, making Han Zai very embarrassed. If it weren't for him in a hurry to leave Chongzhou, or if he hadn't handed over the military regime of Chongzhou to Lin Fu, Xiao Baiming and Chen Qianhu would not have given up the military cottage so easily.

"You get up and talk first," Xiao Taoyuan said in a deep voice, "If you didn't leave earlier, the pig herdsmen threatened the governor's mansion with this victory, and the governor's mansion would have a hard time supporting Ninghai Town's division of troops in Chongzhou... Yang or Yang, the commander-in-chief intends to revive the boat division. After the autumn, the silver will be doubled for half a year. It is when you and I have made great achievements. This military exploit will be picked up by the pig herder, and it will be our turn to show off our great power in the future—no In a hurry."

In Xiao Taoyuan's view, the grievance between him and Lin Fu lies in the fact that last year's autumn lake robbers in Xisha Island, the army's cottage boats stood by, this grievance can't be solved, Lin Fu and Jiangdong Zuojun are so strong, Xiao Baiming is very difficult Again, like a wooden wedge, it is always stuck in Chongzhou, so there is no special blame.

In order to prevent the Chongzhou boy case, Xiao Taoyuan, who was not on good terms with Zuo Shangrong, the then Admiral of Jiangdong at the time, sent more than a thousand elites who were privately supported by Xiao Baiming, Chen Qianhu and their son Xiao Changze to the garrison. Ready to go to sea.

Zuo Shangrong died in battle, and Yue Lengqiu became the governor of Jiang Zhun, and he deliberately tried to win over here. Besides, the situation has changed, and the Chongzhou boy case was almost kicked into a forgotten corner. Xiao Taoyuan was not as vigilant as before. Xiao Taoyuan also hesitated in his heart to transfer the only more than a thousand elites to his side. He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity of Yue Lengqiu's intention to enrich the sailor's water camp and expand his strength.

Hearing that Xiao Taoyuan's words did not contain much blame, Xiao Baiming calmed down a little, but felt that this matter was strange, and asked the Han Zai family who came to Jiyang to report the letter: "Did you witness the news of the great victory in Hecheng? Jiyang It is only a hundred miles away from Chongzhou, and Chongzhou really wants to win this big victory yesterday afternoon, so this side should have known the news earlier."

Han Zai's family was also stunned, and hesitantly said: "I haven't seen it with my own eyes. Before nightfall yesterday, the news spread in Chongzhou, and the county was celebrating. It can't be faked... Maybe Jiyang and Chongzhou are across the river, Messaging is not that convenient."

Han Zai also heard the doubts. Jiyang and Chongzhou were separated by the river, and during the war, there were almost no fishing boats or merchant ships crossing the river. It was difficult for news from the north bank to reach the south bank. Jie, Jiyang should have received the news of Jietang before dawn today.

The news of the great victory was actually delayed until the afternoon of the 19th, and Han Zai's family had to chase after him in a small boat to find out about it-the strangeness in this made Han Zai, Xiao Taoyuan, Xiao Baiming and others could not understand.

"Maybe Lin Fu is old-fashioned, and he wants to report the victory together after the results of the battle are counted," Xiao Baiming asked himself and gave a specious answer, "When he was in Yannan, the timing of the victory seemed to be delayed, but it was his usual bad habit-- If Chongzhou really won the victory, and Lin Fu did not send someone to spread the victory, Master Han could take the lead..."

Han Zai was stunned for a moment, then smiled knowingly. The others hadn't arrived in Jiangning yet. If he took the lead in sending someone to Junji Chuanjie in the name of the special envoy of Chongzhou Xuanwei, how could he have a share of this military merit!

Yue Lengqiu and Wang Tian always wanted to help him. Even if Chuanjie had some errors and some inaccuracies, it wouldn't be a big deal.

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In Chongzhou, Lin Tie was not in a hurry to fly cavalry to pass the victory. It was not for other reasons. He did not want the seemingly easy victory of the Chongzhou side to reach the ears of Quan Ciqing, the admiral of the two Zhejiang provinces, so that he would make the defense of the East China Sea bandits in Chang country empty. , An opportunity to take advantage of misjudgment.

Although the East Sea pirates who invaded Hecheng in the north were much more elite than in the Battle of Jiyang, it is clear that the main force of the East China Sea pirates on the northern front this time is mainly Cheng Yiqun and Shu Qingqiu. Li, She Feixiong must have set a trap for Quan Ciqing in Changguo and waited for him to jump in.

Lin Fu had previously sent a letter to Quan Ciqing through Gu Wuchen to remind She Feixiong of the possible traps set by She Feixiong in eastern Zhejiang - Gu Wuchen also supervises the township camp, and the townships in the prefectures and counties along the east of the Yangtze River are mainly prepared for the sea disaster. There is a direct official letter exchange with the two Zhe Admiral's Office - but Lin Fu is very doubtful of the effect of such an official letter, and it is likely to give Quan Ciqing a contemptuous smile and throw it into the wastebasket.

Lin Fu had to use some small tricks in Chongzhou to deliberately conceal the scale of the East China Sea pirates entering Kouhe City, so that Quan Ciqing would not be deceived.

Even in normal times, with the Yangtze River separating the north and the south, news from Chongzhou usually takes ten days and a half months to reach eastern Zhejiang. Even if I heard the news of the victory in Chongzhou, there was no confirmation from the official Tang newspaper, and with Quan Ciqing's cautious and subtle temperament, most of them suspected that rumors were spread among the East China Sea pirates - this is the news of the victory spread in Chongzhou, but Lin Fu The fundamental reason for not directly reporting victory to Jiang Ning.

In short, it should be the military exploits of Jiangdong Zuojun, and no one can take it away, but he did not expect that Han Zai would sabotage his plan in Jiyang.

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On Daheng Island, She Feixiong was shocked when he received the military report of the fiasco of Hecheng, but Su Tingzhan wrote in the secret letter: "If there is such a defeat, it will not be enough for Quan Ciqing to enter the palace!" His face returned to normal. Yes, there was no solid defeat on the northern front. How could Quan Ciqing believe that the main force of the East China Sea pirates moved north to invade Chonghuai?

She Feixiong ripped the secret letter to pieces. Although he did not intend to lose so badly, the most serious damage this time was the second child's direct line and Cheng Yiqun's department. Su Tingzhan's words in the secret letter should be leaked. In the ears of the second child, unnecessary suspicion will always arouse. He watched the pieces of paper scattered like snowflakes into the waves under the reef, and said to a general in his left hand: "Su Tingzhan has an unstoppable defeat in the defeat of Hecheng. Responsibility. You can send 2,000 elites to help, and you must support the northern battlefield. Su Tingzhan - let him come back to defend Daheng Island! At this time, the boat division of Jiangdong Zuojun is likely to retreat to Jiangkou, you Lead the troops to pass through Jiangwaikou quickly, and approach Hecheng through the shallow water beach—no need to fear the pursuit of Jiangdong Zuo army boat divisions when walking through the shallow water beach!"

"The last commander will be ordered." Xu Zhong is a child of the Xu family in Dongmin, and the mother of She Feihu, the Xu family, was born in the Xu family and is Xu Zhong's aunt. At this time, he could not have imagined that the eldest son, She Feixiong, had the intention to weaken the second son secretly. , Without thinking much, he ordered Qi's subordinates to go to Hecheng Army Fortress to replace Su Tingzhan.

Although the Jiangdong Zuo army boat division can take advantage of the large and strong ship to block Hecheng Port, but the East China Sea pirates often take flat-bottomed boats and land from shallow waters without needing to borrow a port. The shallow waters on the east side of the military fortress were blocked.

In order to convince Quan Ciqing that the northern front was the focus of the East China Sea bandits this time, She Feixiong had to continue to build up troops on the northern front after the fiasco in Hecheng.

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Lin Bing Wufu enjoyed the leisure of newly married Yan'er, and returned to the northern front early in the morning on the 20th to inspect the defense and condolences to the casualties.

Gu Siyuan could not stay in Chongzhou for too long, so he also went to the west gate of Hecheng to see with his own eyes the results of the victory in Hecheng. After a day or two of delay, he went directly from Chongzhou to Qingzhou, Shandong. Sir, let's also go to the northern line to inspect the people's situation.

Unable to attack the Hecheng military fortress, the Jinghai battalion returned to Jiangmen yesterday. There are still a large number of pirates in the Shengsi Islands. Lin Fu must prevent them from attacking Chongzhou from the Jiangkou. There must be enough troops to block the Jiangkou.

In the west of Hecheng, the Chongcheng Infantry Camp, Fengli Infantry Camp, and Cavalry Camp are the main forces, and the Minyong and Hecheng Army—especially the Minyong. If it increased to 4,000, even if there were 2,400 or 500 pirates who had shrunk back to the Hecheng Military Fortress, they would be able to suppress and block them from the ground.

Although Wu Meijiu was a civil minister, he had also brought several years of government soldiers. Among the civil ministers, he was skilled at bowing and riding horses up the river bank.

On the north side of the garrison, a mud dam that was built after the war yesterday stretches across the Yunyan River. The river on the west side of the mud dam is almost exhausted, revealing a dark brown riverbed, and on the east there is only shallow water left, and there may be water at high tide. It came up, but at this time there was even silt exposed, and the wreckage of the burned warship and the corpses that had not been cleared out in the silt in time were shocking to ordinary people—

Wu Meijiu was also someone with some knowledge, pointed at the black mud on the riverbed, and smiled with Lin Fu: "The Governor is all about dredging the river, which can be regarded as a double benefit-I heard from the old peasant that the black mud at the bottom of the river is on the top of the river. Good fertilizer, when dug out, digs deep river channels, and can be used for composting fields..."

One convenience and two benefits can be said to be building a dam to cut off the river to kill the enemy~www.wuxiaspot.com~ building a dam for drainage and dredging, and it can also be said to dig silt. Of course, digging silt is far more than these two benefits. I don't know how interesting it is to be a good person in front of Wu Meijiu, so he just smiled and said, "Master Wu is also quite familiar with farming, which is really a blessing for the people of Chongzhou..."

Wu Meijiu smiled awkwardly and said, "The Governor is the well-being of the people of Chongzhou..."

Lin Fu laughed. Wu Meijiu had objected to the dredging before, but he was unable to get rid of Lin Fu's control. At this time, he changed his previous objection.

The result of the day's inspection also made Wu Meijiu fully aware: Before the situation, he had to bow his head.

Six hundred and seventy-two enemies were killed and one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three were captured, which was a great victory wherever they were placed, which made Lin Bie's reputation in Chongzhou soar.

Ordinary villagers actively supported them. Yesterday, there were as many as 200 or 300 people who took the initiative to apply for military service in Dongya and Beiya; even the big households in Chongzhou, who were diametrically opposed to Lin Fu and Jiangdong Zuo Army due to the dispute over public land, also changed their direction one after another— - The Great Victory in Hecheng made many people change their attitudes. At least before nightfall yesterday, private soldiers from all townships and li completed their assembly at the foot of Mount Zilang Mountain. As a result, the number of township soldiers under the jurisdiction of the county barracks surged to more than 4,000. One hundred and twenty-six civilian ships with a capacity of more than 100 stone.

The dusk setting sun sprinkled on the black mud of the riverbed. At this time, a jujube red horse came galloping from the south, like a messenger, and was brought directly to Lin Fu. Wu Meijiu saw that Lin Fu opened the letter, and his expression changed. Getting heavier, he wondered what had happened.

Lin Fu did not tell Wu Meijiu the content of the private message, but let Cao Zi'ang, Gu Siyuan and others circulate it: She Feihu sneaked away from Jiangning before dawn today, and the news of the great victory in Chongzhou was reported by Han Zai before nightfall yesterday. Jiangning. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter