Lord of the House

(The Spring Festival is over, I wish brothers and sisters a new year and a new atmosphere)

The residence Lin Fu arranged for Yue Lengqiu was right next to the Xingyuan.

Before entering the city, Yue Lengqiu was also tossing and turning without sleep. Entering Yuzhang, it was almost noon. Before the banquet, Yue Lengqiu temporarily went to Yuzhang to wash up in the side courtyard that was temporarily arranged.

The Huaidong Army has been stationed in Yuzhang for just over a month. Jiangxi is broken, Yuzhang is broken, and there is a shortage of materials in the territory. Even if Huaidong has supplies that can be transported from western Zhejiang or Jiangzhou from Jiangning, they will give priority to supplying military supplies.

Looking at the rudimentary living room, the beams have burn marks, the four walls have just been painted with lime, except for a couch and a few bamboo chairs, there is nothing long; the table has a copper lamp and some paper and pen, presumably the same Take special care of Yue Lengqiu and prepare it temporarily.

Yue An and Yue Zhou are the accompanying servants, and there are other room arrangements in the courtyard. Yue An moved in Yue Lengqiu's clothes, books and other items at this time. Seeing that the room was so shabby, he couldn't help complaining: "Huaidongta looks down on Xiangye..."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Yue Lengqiu said in a deep voice to stop the old family Yue An from talking too much.

The situation in Yuzhang City, they have all seen along the way into the city and the yard, it is really dilapidated. At this time, it was too late for Lin Bie to buy people's hearts in Jiangxi. If any supplies came in, he would first use them to replenish military supplies and provide relief to the victims.

Moreover, they came here to ask Huaidong to save the Chizhou army, and because Huaidong did not ask them, they complained for no reason that the accommodation arranged by Huaidong was poor, which was not the mentality they should have.

After a while, Yue Zhou walked in from the outer compartment.

Just now, the official in charge of cooking in Xingyuan specially called Yue Zhou over to ask Yue Lengqiu if he had any taboos, so that the kitchen could remove it in advance. Yue Zhou walked back from the Xingyuan and said to Yue Lengqiu, "Except for the inside of the room. In addition to the strong guards of the armored soldiers, the traces of the war have not been completely removed, it seems that the Yuzhang is broken, and it is too late to clean up after Huaidong comes over."

Yue An has been by Yue Lengqiu's side for many years, and is loyal and trusted, but his knowledge is not as good as that of his son Yue Zhou, who was carefully cultivated by Yue Lengqiu.

Yue Lengqiu was limited by his identity, and it was inconvenient to walk around in Yuzhang City, and Yue Zhou was his eyes and ears.

"Perhaps Duke Chongguo didn't plan to restore Yuzhang to the county seat?" Yue Lengqiu frowned and whispered.

"Huaidong didn't guard against Yuanzhou?" Yue Zhou was surprised. In his opinion, Huaidong restored Yuzhang as the county seat of Jiangxi, and reconstructed it, firstly, it could increase the control over the hinterland of Jiangxi, and secondly, it could monitor Yuanzhou Huang Binghao.

Now from what they saw when they entered the city, Huaidong did not intend to clean up Yuzhang City immediately.

Although the Huaidong Army has only been in the city for more than a month, with the speed of Huaidong's recovery of Jiangning and other places to rebuild, Huaidong has not yet cleaned up Yuzhang on a large scale at this time, and it is difficult to recruit people to return home, which shows that Huaidong has not rebuilt Yuzhang City for the time being. mind.

"It's not that we were unprepared, maybe it was because of the war in Shangrao that Huaidong was too weak," Yue Lengqiu said. "In addition, the situation of Cao's family's retreat to the south has been determined, and Huaidong should also be prepared for the sudden collapse of Jinghu. Of course."

Looking at the detailed information collected later, the Huaidong Army spent a lot of money in order to penetrate the Shangrao defense line of the luxury family, and now they are eager to prevent the collapse of the Jinghu situation, and the reconstruction of Yuzhang will probably take a while.

There is no large-scale import of materials into Yuzhang. Under the current situation, Lin Fu can only hope that the strategy of delaying troops will really be effective in Yuanzhou, otherwise the main force of Huaidong will not be able to be drawn from the hinterland of Jiangxi.

At this moment, Gao Zongting and Tang Xitai came into the courtyard, and on behalf of Lin Fu invited Yue Lengqiu to Dongyuan for a banquet.

Lin Fu used Gao Zongting and Song Fu as the masterminds.

All the way south, Yue Lengqiu was inconvenient to test Tang Xitai, but he could take a closer look at Gao Zongting's reaction.

Going to Dongyuan, you have to pass through a bamboo forest. There are traces of fire burning in the corner of the bamboo forest. Yue Lengqiu walked side by side with Gao Zongting and asked, "I came from Pengze and went all the way south, and everything I saw in Jiangxi was dilapidated, even worse than Jiangning. What's more, in three or five years, the Privy Council is afraid that Jiangxi will not be able to make progress. However, the biggest advantage of annihilating Jiangxi's enemies and eliminating the threat of Jiangning's side armpits is that the Privy Council can recruit sufficient troops from Jiangxi - now Chongcheng , Changshan, Fengli, Huaiyang, Jinying and Jinghai armies, 300,000 iron armored and sharp soldiers. If the Privy Council can make up another 200,000 soldiers from Jiangxi, and Huma comes south, the people of the country will be fearless. also……"

"Gao Jian, Governor Yue." Gao Zongting laughed and replied, saying that Yue Lengqiu couldn't tell whether he agreed or perfunctory.

Yue Lengqiu's judgment was not wrong.

After Yan Ji collapsed, Lin Fu accepted Li Zhuo's political legacy, including Gao Zongting, Tang Fuguan, Yu Wencheng, Yu Wenbei, Geng Quanshan, Chen Dingbang, Chu Zheng and many other generals from Jiangxi who were originally from the Eastern Fujian Army, making Huaidong in Jiangxi. Has a very solid network foundation.

Lin Tie's foundation in Jiangxi is second only to Huaidong, and even above Zhejiang, which has been in business for several years.

This is also an important reason why Huaidong launched its offensive from the periphery, and the resistance forces in Jiangxi responded one after another.

Jiangxi is broken, and 600,000 households in Jiangxi are living in embarrassment.

At present, the total number of soldiers of the water and land infantry and cavalry troops in Huaidong is less than 300,000, and there is not much difference. Combined with the troops of Jinghu, Xiangtan, Huaixi, and Chizhou, there will be 600,000 soldiers, blocking Huma from going south; If you add another 200,000 troops from Jiangxi, you can stop Huma from going south without relying on Jinghu, Xiangtan, Huaixi, and Chizhou.

If the armies of Jinghu, Xiangtan, Huaixi, and Chizhou are all useless, but half the country in South Vietnam is not only Lin Fu who has the final say? Yue Lengqiu's question was a thorough enough test.

Lin Fu had already entered the banquet to treat each other, watching Gao Zongting lead Yue Lengqiu in, stood up and greeted: "The banquet is simple, Wangyue Lord does not blame this court for neglect..." Lin Fu was in charge of the Privy Council, and naturally called himself "this court" .

Yue Lengqiu also politely said: "Privacy envoy Jian Zheng loves the people, how dare Yue to complain?"

The situation in the north is already precarious, and there is no time to stay in Yuzhang to keep testing. During the banquet, Yue Lengqiu went straight to the topic and pleaded guilty: "I regret not being able to strictly abide by the order of the Privy Council, and I am confused by the situation and delay the second. On the day of the collapse of Zongyang, Yue Mou has been entrusted by the Privy Council, and he came to Yuzhang to plead guilty to the Privy Council..."

If I really want to ask the guilt, I didn't have those politeness before, and even the pretence is superfluous at this time.

Lin Fu pondered for a while, and said: "The extravagant thief Jiumin slipped, and the speed at which they escaped, this hospital is also deeply surprised. The Chizhou army suffered a big setback, and the casualties of the military and civilians were tens of thousands. This hospital is also ashamed, what is there? Qualified to hold Master Yue accountable?"

"The privy envoy gave good words to comfort him, but he hung up his boots and left, feeling ashamed and remorseful. On the road, he was thinking about it, and he was the only soldier to follow the Chizhou army to fight against the rebellion, or to make up for one or two sins. Please also please. The privy envoy agrees." Yue Lengqiu said.

Yue Lengqiu's request was not beyond Lin Bing's expectations. Besides, Yue Lengqiu had no choice.

Lin Fu pondered for a while, and said, "Although Huaidong won a great victory, the casualties of all the troops were also heavy, and they dared not cross the river to fight lightly. Will you be overworked by expelling troops?"

The only option to save the Chizhou Army is to ask the Chizhou Army to play a role in the current situation in Jinghu; without crossing the river north, trying to preserve the strength and wait and see the situation in the cracks of the Huaidong Army is tantamount to a fool's dream, or too underestimated Huai Eastern people's intelligence.

It’s better to treat Lin Fu as a swordsman, or to rush to the north bank to fight with the luxury family. If you want to save the Chizhou army, Yue Lengqiu knows that the only way is to cross the river and completely give up the two counties of Qiupu on the south bank. come out.

Lin Fu was still pretending, and Gao Zongting and Fu Qinghe were also sophisticated and calm, but the other officers and generals of the Huaidong Army who sat with him were somewhat happy-Yue Lengqiu regarded the expressions of the generals in Huaidong as a future. Look, Zheng Shi responded to Lin Fu: "Be brave after knowing shame. The Chizhou army is ashamed of Zongyang's defeat. If they want to wash away their shame, they will fight bravely to kill the enemy.

Lin Fu pondered for a moment, and said, "Don't hide it from Lord Yue, the situation in Guanshan is critical, and the lonely trees in Hezhong and Nanyang are difficult to support. , the casualties are also heavy, and those who can continue to fight, five or six out of ten, desperately need to rest and recuperate, and the food supply has been exhausted. The only strategy for now is to have a team of troops and horses to cross the river in advance. Slow down the troops to advance, do not need too much Urgent. To frighten the Luo bandits, so that they don't dare to change; and delay the extravagant rebellion, so that they are comfortable with Erai, and will not flee north quickly to join with Huma. The Eastern Army also has enough time to go to Xinyang and fill Nanyang to strengthen the defense..."

Yue Lengqiu pondered the meaning of Lin Fu's words:

The Huaidong army rested and the Chizhou army crossed the river north, filling in the areas east of Huangmei and Qichun first. Luo Xiancheng and Shewenzhuang would not feel too much crisis for the time being. In this way, Shewenzhuang and Luo Xiancheng will not jump to the wall in a hurry, and they will probably stabilize their footsteps on the east bank of the Han River first.

In this case, Nanyang Mansion does not need to worry about being attacked from both sides for the time being. Even if Yan Hu takes Guanzhong and Hezhong as scheduled, it is impossible to directly use the iron hooves of cavalry to attack Nanyang without adequate preparation of food and cargo. Fortified city.

In the past two or three years, Liang Chengchong retreated to Nanyang. He first got the support of Huaidong, and then joined forces with Huaixi. The operation in Nanyang was still impressive, the city was high and the pool was deep, and it was not so unbearable.

I am afraid of being attacked from the front and back, otherwise the Nanyang line of defense is weak, and the situation can be delayed until the autumn.

With three to five months of buffering, the situation in Jiangxi can be completely settled down~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The war in eastern Fujian may also come to an end, and the main force of the Huaidong army will also be rested. Don't worry about the lack of food and grass. As long as Nanyang is not lost, the main Huaidong army can even enter Nanyang from the northeastern foot of Huaishan and Xinyang, strengthen the defense of Nanyang, and completely destroy Shejia, Luo Xiancheng and Yan. Hu split up.

In this situation, it is better than the Huaidong Army's main force continuing to cross the river without any rest.

Before Yue Lengqiu came, he wanted such a result, but it was too easy and he was a little puzzled.

Lin Fu could see the doubts on Yue Lengqiu's face, perhaps because Yue Lengqiu showed the puzzled look on his face. Regardless of what he thought, Lin Fu continued: "After the Chizhou army crossed the river, it took Zongyang and Huangmei as its roots and approached Qichun. With the appearance of grain and weapons and the appearance of building a fortress, the Privy Council marched with 40,000 soldiers. Count, enough to provide, can you?"

Abandoned the two counties of Qiupu on the south bank, abandoned Yicheng adjacent to Luzhou, went west to Zongyang, Huangmei and confronted the remnants of the Shejia army in Qichun, completely abandoned the establishment of the navy, and the number of troops was reduced to 40,000—— This kind of condition, although it makes people feel bitter when they hear it, is not unacceptable.

Yue Lengqiu hesitated whether to accept such conditions immediately, or to delay for a few days. At that moment, there was the sound of horses' hooves galloping over, and it seemed that several horses galloped straight into the house. It must be an emergency military situation.

Lin Bie sat upright on the long case, staring at the door, not knowing what emergency military information would come.

A guard came in with a letter. Yue Lengqiu watched Lin Fu open the letter and read it, his face became very serious, and he thought: Could it be that Guanzhong has fallen?

Lin Fu did not circulate the letter, but said directly: "Liang Chengyi abandoned the river without telling him on June 4th, and led more than 60,000 soldiers and civilians to flee to Nanyang and defected to Liang Chengchong..." My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter