Lord of the House

In mid-November, Huaibei was also covered with snow.

Although the Hehuai was frozen after winter, it was the world dominated by the Yan and Hu cavalry. However, after the setback in the battle of Jingxiang, Yanhu has been given the opportunity to rest and recuperate in the past two years, but in the Hehuai area, Yanhu has not been able to regain the strength of the army. Therefore, after the winter, Huaibei's defense situation is still uncertain. grim.

In the snowy weather, the people were all huddled in the village, and in the ice and snow, they could not see a single person for a long time. Chenjiatang Fortress stands on the west bank of Sishui, guarding the Chenjiatang pontoon bridge.

The Chenjiatang pontoon bridge is more than 560 meters wide. Thirty-one pontoon boats are locked with iron cables and covered with pallets. It is the most important bridge over the Bian River south of Suyu. Although this is the hinterland of Xu Si, and the important town of Siyang is to the south, in addition to the Chenjiatang Township Division, Huaiyang also has a guard stationed here all year round.

Surabaya was frozen in November, and the river ice stuck the pontoon. At this time, horses and horses traveled on the bridge, causing great damage to the bridge. Usually, the pontoon bridge will be removed after the winter, but in order to ensure the smooth land road on both sides of Sishui, even if the loss of the pontoon bridge is high enough to be replaced once a year, the Chenjiatang pontoon bridge has not been removed after the Bian water is frozen, and it still spans the river ice. above.

A group of chariots and horses emerged from the horizon, and six chariots gradually approached under the **** of more than a hundred cavalry.

When merchants and civilians cross the bridge, they are inspected by the township department; Watching the hundreds of cavalry soldiers approaching from afar, the guard bell rang out, and at the same time, two more cavalry galloped out of the fort to greet them, and soon returned with the letter of passage for the passing soldiers and horses.

Yue Zhou opened the car curtain from the outside, and the biting cold wind rushed in from outside the car. Yue Lengqiu shrank his shoulders, narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the heavily guarded fortress, and patiently waited for the release of the flag.

Yue Zhi, who was sitting on the side, also looked at the situation on the left and right of the pontoon bridge, and said, "It is said that Duke Chongguo lives in Haizhou and looks at Jiangning, but the ruts in Xu Si have not stopped!"

Yue Lengqiu looked at the ruts in front of the car, crushing the snow on the road to pieces. Looking at the traces of the ruts, it seemed that there were not a few heavy-loaded carriages passing by here in the past two days.

"How could Xuchang and Yuzhou's little actions be concealed from Jiangning?" Yue Lengqiu said with a sigh of relief, "It's just that Duke Chongguo spent most of the past year rectifying his armaments in Haizhou, and it's hard to see through him. What's on your mind!"

"From what my uncle sees, how long can the emperor's body endure?" Yue Zhi asked in a suppressed voice.

How will the situation develop next? The life and death of Emperor Yongxing is the most critical fork in the road; in the eyes of outsiders, Lin Fu is not dragging the northern expedition, which is also a key factor.

The death of Emperor Yongxing was undoubtedly the best time for Lin Fu to proclaim himself emperor. It was as simple as forging a will. Of course, this requires Lin Fu to stay in Jiangning, or to return to Jiangning at any time to grasp the situation.

If Emperor Yongxing died of illness when Lin Fu led his army on the northern expedition, things would obviously be much more troublesome and complicated.

Lin Fu delayed the Northern Expedition, Cheng Yuqian resigned at the beginning of the year, and Cao Clan killed the two Sichuan Xuanfu envoy Qin Zongyuan's family Lin Fu in the middle of the year. Tied up waiting for Emperor Yongxing to die.

At the beginning of the year, there were rumors that Emperor Yongxing could not last for three or five months, but it was more than half a year, and it could be called a miracle that he did not see Emperor Yongxing die; Yue Zhi even suspected it at this time. How much patience does Lin Bie have left.

"At this time, you should hang it with medicine!" Yue Lengqiu said. He went back to Jiangning to see Emperor Yongxing at the beginning of the year. At that time, Emperor Yongxing was struggling to sit on the dragon chair. Of course, it was normal to drag him to death.

Think of the emperors of the fourteenth dynasties of Yuan and Yue, the longest is fifty-nine years old; Emperor Yongxing is already forty-four this year, and even if he dies, it is not an early death.

To be honest, Lin Fu summoned Yue Lengqiu to discuss the Northern Expedition in Haizhou this time, but Yue Lengqiu still couldn't figure out what Lin Fu was thinking.

After all, no one wanted to leave the name of the second minister in the history books. Yue Lengqiu hoped that Lin Fu would have the patience to wait until Emperor Yongxing passed away and set up a new dynasty. However, if Lin Fu was impatient, Yue Lengqiu also knew He knew that the actual situation did not allow him to have more choices.

After the Battle of Jingxiang, Dong Yuan had no other choice unless he was relieved of his army and returned to the fields. How could a person like Dong Yuan be willing to be a mediocre farmer when the mountains and rivers were exhausted?

Yue Lengqiu knew that he was different from Dong Yuan. Even if he had attached Huaidong to this, he could know how to advance and retreat. Lin Fu should have the measure to protect the wealth of his descendants - but everything is hard to say. There are too many, and the history is endless. Once he gives up military power, who knows whether Lin Bie will turn his face?

On this trip to Haizhou, Yue Lengqiu was also in a very complicated mood. When Lin Fu summoned him to discuss the Northern Expedition in Haizhou, he almost believed that this was Lin Fu's attitude to test the soldiers and horses of the two towns of Guoyang and Zhengyang. Yue Lengqiu, Deng Yu, Yue Zhi, and Tao Chun were in Guoyang after a long discussion, and finally decided to bring Yue Zhi with him. He planned to keep Yue Zhi in Haizhou as a pledge when he had to win the trust of Lin Fu.

Dong Yuan has to struggle in the last resort, Liu Tingzhou and Yuan Guizheng are the solitary and loyal ministers of Yuan Yue, Cao clan cut Sichuan and Shu, and his ambitions are even greater, but it is also obvious that Lin Fu can only gradually solve Henan after he is proclaimed emperor. The legacy of Zhuzhen and Chuanshu. The two towns of Guoyang and Zhengyang were responsible for the defense of the middle section of the Hehuai Line of Defense and the monitoring of Xuchang.

It's just that the eastbound is gradually entering the hinterland of the defense area controlled by the Huaiyang Army, and further east is the Yihai Theater controlled by the Fengli Army. There will be no such frequent material transportation from Si to Yihai after winter.

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It was also snowing heavily in Haizhou City, and the Xingyuan was next to the yard of the General Staff of the Northern Army.

At dusk, Lin Fu stood in the atrium, watching the thin plum branches in the corner of the yard, and under the falling snow, the flower bones were not blooming, like waxy-yellow rice grains.

Gao Zongting walked over from the other courtyard and said, "A letter has come from Sikou, Yue Lengqiu and Yuezhi have passed Sishui, they should rest in Guanyun tonight, and they will be in Haizhou tomorrow..."

"There is no need to worry about Guoyang, the western front will be stable!" Lin Fu turned around and said that he was quite satisfied with Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi coming to Haizhou in person.

Gao Zongting nodded and said: "Chen Zhihu withdrew the troops stationed in Tianshui in the first ten days and moved the Qiang Hu eastward, which should be the conditions negotiated by the Cao clan and Yanhu; She Yuan led his troops to the northwest, presumably because he had no intention of participating in the Central Plains. The battle situation; and the troops and horses that the Cao family had left in the Funiu Mountains earlier, have been approaching Ruyang where Liang Chengdong is stationed this month, it seems that Xuchang is going to go their own way..."

"He won't leave if there is a way to heaven, and he will break in if there is no door to hell," Lin Bie stood with his arms folded, looking at the falling snowflakes in the atrium with sharp eyes, and said, "I originally thought that Dong Yuan should also be a handsome man who knows the current affairs. I think he can't see the situation clearly after all!"

"Dong Yuan is not the old Dong Yuan. He was completely blinded by ambition and desire for power, and he couldn't see the reality for a long time..." Gao Zongting was also silent about Dong Yuan's choice. The military affairs of the line have never been relaxed.

"That's fine," Lin Fu said. "You give me an order, asking Ao Canghai and Ning Zechen to slightly relax the opening of the upper reaches of the Huai River to Xuchang, and Zhou Tong to slightly open the opening from the west of Xiajiang. , regards the New Deal as a flood and beasts, forcing them to stay in the south is a bitter gourd, and it is not a sweet gourd. If they want to go to Xuchang or Yuzhou, let them go. After three or five years, I will calculate the general account with them together. …”

"If that's the case, Jiang Ning's wind will be tighter to scare some people away..." Gao Zongting said.

"You and Wu Qi will arrange it, just tell me; Yuzhou's chips are not enough, why don't you ask Liu Zhi to throw a few Wang Xi secretly, and tell them to toss..." Lin Fu said.

Gao Zongting listened to the endless murderous intentions hidden in Lin Shu's words, but also gradually lost patience with Liangchuan and Xuchang, and deliberately asked Cao Yiqu and Dong Yuan to take the initiative to intensify the contradiction between each other, so as to have the opportunity to cut the mess with a quick knife.

Jiangning's rumors about usurping the throne are becoming more and more intense. Those who are worried that Lin Fu will be purged after he proclaims emperor are anxious day and night. Rather than keeping them in the territory, they would rather go to Xuchang or Yuzhou than to keep them in the territory and become a factor that hinders the New Deal. .

Lin Su delayed the Northern Expedition, it was nothing else. In fact, the New Deal wanted to lay the foundation and needed a relatively stable external environment - a pity~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Others delayed Lin Suo to the Northern Expedition. As he prepared to usurp the throne, Empress Dowager Liang did not hesitate to use Princess Yangxin's marriage to stimulate the nerves here.

Two years have passed, and although the New Deal cannot be said to have taken root completely, it has generally been implemented in various places, and the local governments have gradually seen the benefits of the New Deal; it is also time to start the Northern Expedition.

However, before the Northern Expedition, we must first stabilize the Western Front. Obviously, neither Cao Yiqu nor Dong Yuan would comfortably watch Lin Fu raise troops from the east to expedition to the north. In order to stabilize the Western Front, in addition to preparing 120,000 heavy troops in Jingzhou, Nanyang, Jiangxia and other places, Yue Lengqiu was also a key factor related to the stability of the Western Front.

As long as Yue Lengqiu doesn't want to change, Cao Yiqu is in Yuzhou and Dong Yuan is in Xuchang, no matter how much tossing, it can't overturn the overall situation. Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi came to Haizhou to meet as scheduled, which also showed the attitude of the two towns of Guoyang and Zhengyang.

At this time Wu Qi came in and said, "Wu Jingze and the others have arrived in Haizhou. I arranged for them to stay in the post house. Will the lord find time to meet them..."

"They go north and take a lot of risks, how can I be stingy?" Lin Fu smiled and said to Gao Zongting, "You and Lord Crow accompany me to see Jingze and the others; Only when Jingze was transferred from Yuanzhou..."

In the battle of Shangrao and the subsequent battles to recapture the whole of Jiangxi and Yuanzhou, Wu Jingze, who was a former captain of the Dongmin Army, had great military exploits. After the battle of Yuanzhou, he joined the army and passed the sentence.

Before the start of the Northern Expedition, Lin Fu needed a person who was familiar with military affairs and military affairs to sneak into the north to preside over many affairs. After thinking about it, Lin Fu could only transfer Wu Jingze from Jiangxi. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter