Lord of the House

Vol 9 Chapter 61: fight for silver

"In the past ten months, Niang Xun, you are also scared in Chongzhou, right?" Taking advantage of the time before the dinner, Lin Fu pulled away and went back to the mountain to meet with Gu Junxun, Liu Yueer, Xiaoman and other wives and concubines.

When Lin Fu had no time to clone in Dongya, Song Jia, who had followed Lin Fu from south to north, was called to the inner house first.

Counting the time from the north to Jinhai, Lin Fu left Chongzhou for almost three months, and he really left these beauties at home in the cold. However, a woman like Song Jia, who is not clear about her identity, can accompany Lin Fu, and the female family members of the inner government are naturally full of opinions on her. He was so anxious to ask her about the details of the war between the South and the North, which not only made people hate her, but also had to be patient and perfunctory.

Song Jia sat upright and reviewed the questions from Jun Xun and the others. When Lin Fu came over, she breathed a sigh of relief and left. The seventh lady Gu Yingxiu and the sixth lady Shan Rou also listened to Song Jia's details of the trip in the house.

Song Jia saw the reluctance and affection in Gu Yingxiu and Shan's eyes, and laughed secretly in her heart: This **** is really a mess, there is still a woman waiting for him in Tingfeng Teahouse in the city down the mountain, and he is not afraid of coming back this time. Squeeze into jerky!

"On this trip, I will stay for a few days, and I won't stop for two days before leaving again?" Liu Yue'er made tea and handed it over. Although she abides by women's ethics and does not interfere in military affairs, she also looks forward to spending a few more days with Lin Fu.

"I'm not going anywhere," Lin Fu took the tea Liu Yueer handed over, smiled at her who was standing beside him, and said, "The current situation is not something I can solve by running around here and there, only Sitting in Chongzhou and watching the situation develop. With Master Fu in the south, Zi Ang in the north, Gao Zongting and my elder brother in Jinhai, maybe the situation in Jiangning will be more complicated. One foot."

Gu Junxun sneered and ignored him.

Liu Yue'er stood next to Lin Fu and said, "I can't take care of or help with other things, but seeing your face is much thinner, I always feel uncomfortable, and there is no one around to take care of you... "

"Who said no one can take care of him, I think he's enjoying himself outside." Xiaoman was full of opinions about Song Jianeng running around beside Lin Fu, and he didn't hide it.

Liu Yueer pinched Xiaoman while leaning over her body to prevent her from talking nonsense.

"Xiang Gong has to go to Dongya to deal with it, so don't waste time here." Gu Junxun is always thinking about business for Lin Bie.

"It's okay, someone will come and call me when the time comes," Lin Fu said, "Xin'er and Zhengjun, don't see each other after a while, they don't recognize me as a father..."

"Juan'er, go and call Xin'er and Zhengjun over..." Gu Junxun wanted to find a pair of little sons and daughters, who was standing beside him.

Lin Fu sat in the inner house for half an hour before going down the mountain to Dongya to have a feast with everyone to celebrate the great victory in eastern Zhejiang.

After the banquet, Lin Fu kept Zhao Qinmin, Lin Mengde, Qin Chengzu, Sun Jingxuan, Sun Jingtang and others to speak.

"The early victory in eastern Zhejiang is still far from turning the current crisis around," Lin Fu asked Zhao Qinmin and others to sit down and asked, "What do you think about the current situation in Jiayue and Jiangning?"

"If you want to save the north, you must first go to Jingnan. This is the consensus reached by the adults and everyone in Jiangning," Zhao Qinmin said. "I just learned that when you led the Huaidong Army to turn south and attack eastern Zhejiang, many people in Jiangning were indeed surprised. The time has come. Today, Deng Yu is unable to support Huizhou. He wants to withdraw to Xuanzhou and join the Changhuai Army to defend Ningguo. He knows more and more about your strategy of attacking the east. What will be the current situation!"

"Deng Yu wants to withdraw from Huizhou!" Lin Fu frowned, thinking about the consequences of letting She Feixiong occupy Huizhou on the western front.

Since She Feixiong was able to attack the two fronts of Huizhou from Yuling Pass and Qianqiu Pass, and the food route from Xuanzhou and Ningguo to Huizhou was also cut off, Deng Yu was under great pressure to defend Huizhou. If Jiangning failed to send troops from Ning to retake Dusong Pass and open up the passage from Ning to Huizhou, Deng Yu's troops would be in danger of being alone and trapped in Huizhou - this was also the main reason Deng Yu wanted to withdraw from Huizhou north. reason.

And let Shefeixiong seize Huizhou, and its western Zhejiang troops and horses will have a few more passages from Huizhou west to Jiangxi Poyang Lake, and then cooperate with Luo Xiancheng to move south, it is very likely that the luxury family will take the whole territory of Jiangxi first...

The early victories in eastern Zhejiang can't really reverse the overall situation, not to mention the situation on the northern line is a mess, even the southwest is not worrying at all.

"Jiangning's opinion naturally refused to let Deng Yu give up Huizhou easily, but Deng Yu was attacked from the back and the back, and it was difficult to support alone. In the end, it was up to the armies of Huaidong and northern Zhejiang to contain more Zhejiang and Fujian rebels and relieve the pressure on the west. Zhao Qinmin said, "Looking at the situation in the north, although King Ning has not officially assumed the post of supervising the country at this time, it is not far behind. Jiangning wants to set up four more envoys in Ganzhou, Yuzhang, Tanzhou and Jingzhou on the western front. To stabilize the situation on the southern front, Jiangning may send a special envoy to Chongzhou to ask for policy..."

Today, Jiang Ning can no longer ignore Huaidong's attitude.

The luxury family went out of Xianxialing to occupy Fuzhou and Xinzhou, which is exactly the position that cuts into the heart of Jiangxi County. The southern part of Jiangxi is Ganzhou, which controls the middle and upper reaches of the Ganjiang River; below it is Yuzhang, which is the later capital of Jiangxi Province Nanchang, which controls Poyang Lake. The purpose of Jiangxi's separation of the two systems is to block the troops and horses that invaded Jiangxi from Xinzhou and Fuzhou.

Tanzhou, also known as Xiangzhou, is the later capital of Hunan Province, Changsha. Jingzhou is located to the west of Jiangxia. When Jianghan is the rush, Tanzhou and Jingzhou are set up as envoys to strengthen the control of the two lakes.

Especially in Jinghu County, from Xiangyang to Nanyang, from Suizhou to Qichun, nearly half of the county was lost to the Changle army, and the area from Jingzhou to Jiangxia could barely hold.

Although King Ning had not yet formally assumed the post of supervisor of the country, after the siege of Yanjing, the uncaptured counties could only follow Jiangning's lead.

The added four-system envoys are nominally under the direct jurisdiction of the Ning Wangfu and the six ministries of Jiangning, but in fact, it is hard to say how strong Jiangning's control over the four-system envoys can be; Zhang, Tanzhou, and Jingzhou were set up to have an excuse to get rid of the original county control.

However, the newly established four systems should also play a role in restricting the westward advance of the Zhejiang-Fujian rebels and attacking Luo Xiancheng's troops.

Seeing that Lin Bie's eyes were fixed on the location of Luo Xiancheng's troops on the map, Zhao Qinmin said, "Luo Xiancheng's troops are numerous, but their combat power is not strong.

"The She family hopes that Luo Xiancheng will advance eastward in Qichun or cross the river south, disturbing Jiangning's deployment on the southern line," Qin Chengzu said, "but Luo Xiancheng is not a good person, and he hopes that the She family will first move Qichun on the southern line. It is not impossible for the surrounding troops to spread out!"

"The sharper Huaidong fought on the Eastern Front, the more Luo Xiancheng was afraid to move. Before Yanjing was trapped, he appointed Liu Tingzhou and Li Wei as Huaisi's envoys, intending to follow Huaidong's strategy to appease the Huaisi army. ; Luo Xiancheng may not have this idea, most likely will not go to the dark with the extravagant family," Zhao Qinmin said, "As for the current situation, the most critical is still the northern line - Your lord asked me to ask Lin Zhizhi, whether Yanjing can do it. Keep it? If Yanjing can't keep it, can Jinhai keep it? If Jinhai can't keep it, can Jinan and Yangxin keep it?"

Zhao Qinmin turned the conversation to the main topic, Lin Mengde and Qin Chengzu looked at each other and said nothing.

Lin Fu pulled out the topographic map of Yanji from his desk, spread it on the desk, and said, "Jizhou and Linyu have fallen, and the Donghu people have established a firm foothold in the eastern Hebei area, and they have also opened up the western Liaoning passage connecting Jidong and Liaoyang. This time, I will definitely not leave the pass easily. More than 100,000 Donghu cavalry and surrendered troops lie in eastern Hebei, cutting Yanjing from Jinhai. In western Hebei and southern Yanjing, 20,000 to 30,000 elite cavalry will cut Yanjing. Contact with the south and west areas - the current situation on the southern front is such that Jiangning and Huaidong are unable to send troops; the Cao family is entangled in the northwest of Shanxi by the Huhus of Yanxi, unable to advance half a step; the Liang family shrinks in the plains Mansion, dare not go north - Yanjing's grain storage may last until the end of July, but there are only two months left, who has the ability to solve the crisis in Yanjing? If Datong and Xuan Mansion fall during this period, the situation will be even worse unbearable..."

In the periphery of Gyeonggi, in addition to the Tianjin Navy, the 20,000 Huai Army led by Tao Chun was the Changhuai Army. However, the prefectures in Yannan, Jidong, and Jixi were successively lost. Thousands of miles were all under the control of cavalry, and the 20,000-30,000 infantry could only Contain on the periphery, wait for the opportunity.

"Where is Jinhai?" Zhao Qinmin asked.

"The Tianjin navy expanded to more than 12,000 troops in February and March, and 2,000 elites from the Huaidong Cavalry Battalion rushed to the rescue, and they could also select elites from the refugees to help defend the city. As long as the retreat is not cut off, Tianjin Haineng can defend for a period of time-especially at this time, there are still nearly 70,000 Jingying troops on the front line of Yanjing and 30,000 elite soldiers of the Western Road Qin Wang army entering the Gyeonggi area, the Donghu people will not attack Jinhai by force," Lin Fu said. Said, "If Yanjing falls, the Donghu people can dispatch hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to turn around and focus on Jinhai - at this time, it will be difficult to defend Jinhai! What Huaidong can do now is to try to take refuge in Jinhai as much as possible. The people were evacuated and moved south by sea..."

"If Jinhai can't be defended, Jinzhong and Yanji are afraid that they will fall completely." Zhao Qinmin knew that Lin Fu did not have the intention of defending Jinhai, and suddenly felt that things were difficult, and said, "The cavalry of the Donghu people is about to sweep south. , the Liang family is not worth looking forward to!"

The Liang family is not worth looking forward to. The edge of the Donglu iron cavalry will directly pass through Henan, the east and west of Shandong, and directly reach Huaisi and Qingzhou in eastern Shandong.

"It's just that the cavalry of the Donghu people can handle it..." Lin Fu sighed softly when he said this.

More evidence proves that at this time, there were only more than 60,000 cavalry in the Donghu headquarters who entered the Yannan and Jidong areas, while the Koreans and Liaodong Han people who entered the East and Jixi areas to fight in the war, and the surrendering rebels who fought for the yoke Together, there are almost 60,000 or 70,000 people.

If we count the troops around Datong and Xuanfu, in addition to the elite cavalry, the Donghu people can normally mobilize as many as 112,000 soldiers and infantry battalions to participate in the war - this is the Donghu people controlling Liaoxi and Yanxi. And the scale of military use that can be supported under normal circumstances in the eastern Hebei region.

Those rebellious soldiers and horses were as cowardly as mice when defending against the eastern captives and invaders. After surrendering, they turned around to fight their colleagues of the same clan and clan, but they were fierce as tigers.

Once Yanjing, Datong, Xuanfu and other places fall, it may not be able to consume the strength of the Donghu people, and it is more likely to send a large number of surrendered soldiers to the Donghu people.

When the Donghu people swept through from Yanji and Jinzhong, once the force would increase like a snowball, when they reached Huaisi, the difficulty of defending Huaisi would increase sharply.

Lin Fu could roughly guess what his father-in-law Gu Wuchen wanted to say through Zhao Qinmin.

Qin Chengzu, Lin Mengde and others also listened quietly. This is already the scope of Lin Fu's family affairs. There are some things to say, but they can't be said in front of Zhao Qinmin.

Lin Fu thought for a moment and asked Zhao Qinmin directly, "Is Jiangning thinking about how to prevent the situation from worsening after Yanjing's fall?"

"Huh?" Zhao Qinmin nodded and said, "Yanjing was besieged, and the Jinhai food route was forced to be interrupted. The Ning Wangfu and the Jiangning six ministries wanted to implement an expedient measure, temporarily withholding the salt and silver of the Lianghuai and the Jiangdong Zhecao to fill the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang provinces. The military equipment in Hehuai, Huhan and other places. But the northern line is divided into three routes, east and west, and the southern line is divided into east and west sides. How to divide the silver is a problem!"

Lianghuai salt and silver plus Jiangdong Zhecao silver can hold nearly 200,000 taels of silver every month; at the current grain price in Jiangdong, 150,000 stone japonica rice can be purchased.

Yanjing was surrounded and threatened, Jiang Ning had a lot of money on his hands, but he had so much money, but each family was like a hungry tiger watching a sheep. How to divide is really a big question.

Should we use this money to recruit troops to aid Yanjing, or should we use this money to settle the situation on the southern front?

Do you want to use this money to support the Liang family in building a defense line on the north bank of the Yellow River?

Hehuai retreated and divided into three routes, east, west, and middle. Which route should we focus on supporting to prevent Donghu iron cavalry from threatening Jianghuai?

If the situation in the south is stabilized first, in addition to Jiangning, the west line is divided into Huizhou, Ganzhou, and Yuzhang, and the east line is divided into Huaidong and northern Zhejiang. Meng Yishan of Huzhou led the old Ning navy and the Haiyu army inserted in the middle...

Zhao Qinmin added another sentence and said, "Only the Ning Wangfu, Jiangning Sixth Division and the chief of the Jun Division know about this matter. It's already been a quarrel! The military divisions have not been formally notified to discuss this matter..."

"Master Gu, what's your opinion?" Lin Mengde interrupted and asked.

"Yanjing may not be able to be saved," Zhao Qinmin said. "Instead of desperately pulling 100,000 troops and horses to go to the King of Qin in the north, it is better to let Yanji buy more time for the south, and defending Hehuai is the most important thing! That's it, Yue Lengqiu, Wang Tian, ​​Cheng Yuqian, Yu Xinyuan, including Chen Xiyan, all seem to mean this, but they didn't say it clearly..."

Embracing the new emperor is already the plan of many people - it's just that Yanjing has not fallen yet~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Emperor Chongguan is still sitting on the dragon chair, even if he has an idea, he can't openly say it, so he abandoned Yanji And the thoughts of guarding the river Huai, everyone has to hide it, and can't say it outright.

Perhaps the one in Prince Ning's mansion was in the most urgent mood.

Even if they abandoned Yanji and guarded Hehuai, they also guarded the Yellow River and the Yellow River.

To keep Huanghebei, we have to rely on the Liang family and the Cao family. Zhao Qinmin just said that the Liang family is not worth looking forward to. No doubt Gu Wuchen also means this - the concrete manifestation of the Liang family's influence in Jiangning is the Yongchang Houfu, and the Cao family guards it alone. Guanzhong had little influence in Jiangning. Yue Lengqiu, Wang Tian, ​​Cheng Yuqian, Zhang Yan, Yu Xinyuan, Gu Wuchen and others did not have a deep relationship with the Liang and Cao families, and no one would pin all their hopes on the Liang and Cao families.

Once the Liang family could not support the Yellow River along the river, Pingyuan, Jinan, etc., the Cao family did not send troops from Guanzhong - crossing the Yellow River, including the entire Shandong, all the way to Huaisi, was regarded as an east road.

East Road, at the easternmost end are the remnants of the Dengzhou Zhenshui infantry, the Qingzhou forces headed by Gu Siyuan, Chen/Yuanliang and others, Liang Xi, Liang Chengchong and their sons occupying western Shandong, Chen Hansan occupying Xuzhou, and The army of red jackets who occupied Huaisi and wanted to be recruited.

To the west is the Cao family and Liang Chengyi, who occupied the Hezhong Mansion.

Among the people in Jiangning, no one is willing to give money to the Cao family and the Liang family. The soldiers and horses between Hehuai and Huai can share this money, including the women in red jackets from Dengzhou Town, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and Huaisi— —

Zhao Qinmin said that to this point, Gu Wuchen wanted to convey to Huaidong what he meant by him, and it was very obvious: Gu Wuchen wanted Huaidong to support Qingzhou to get the most of the money... My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter

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