Lord of the House

Opening up the southern Zhejiang battlefield is a key step in Huaidong's strategy of "capturing Huai and attacking Fujian".

In addition to the need for Huaidong to expand itself and strive for more development space, it is also necessary to achieve the purpose of weakening and dragging down the luxury family through continuous high-intensity military confrontation.

Although Huaidong's early military operations in southern Zhejiang progressed smoothly, it was mainly due to the weakness of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army's dispersal of troops in Yongjia and Taizhou that the transfer was hindered, giving Huaidong an opportunity to take advantage.

Next, the Zhejiang-Fujian Army is facing continuous military defeats. On the one hand, it is likely to voluntarily give up the coastal plains, which are easy to carry out military operations in Huaidong, and move to the interior where the terrain is more precipitous and not easily covered by the Huaidong Navy. Lu Chengzhai's shrinking of troops, on the one hand, is likely to draw troops from western Zhejiang to make up for the lack of troops in southern Zhejiang.

The situation has developed to this stage, and the pressure on the luxury family has increased greatly, and Huaidong must be determined to capture Yongjia and Taizhou, connect southern Zhejiang and eastern Zhejiang, and double up more resources and troops in the southern Zhejiang battlefield.

Relying only on the three prefectures currently controlled by the Huaidong Military Division is also very stressful, and it is necessary to adopt the method of fighting to support the war to make up for its own deficiencies.

Different from the traditional way of raising wars with war and looting, Huaidong mainly obtained the replenishment of troops and materials by fully mobilizing and organizing the newly occupied areas.

When the Zhejiang-Fujian army abandoned the outer city walls and shrunk to hold on to key cities, the rural areas that were abandoned at the same time were often ten or dozens of times the total population and materials of the cities.

It's just that the rural areas are vast and scattered, and the local clan forces are relatively stubborn. It is by no means an easy task to obtain resources from the battlefield in a gentle way.

This requires two preconditions: one is that the Zhejiang-Fujian army has a weak foundation for ruling the southern part of Zhejiang, and the vast majority of local people have a heart for the Zhejiang-Fujian army; the other is that Huaidong can send enough and experienced personnel to go deep into the countryside. mobilize widely.

In addition to the preparations for the Jinghai Second Water Battalion, the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion, and the Xinzhe Southern Army, as well as the preparations for hundreds of thousands of stone grains of rice, knives, spears, spears, armor and arrows, Bouma salt and iron wound medicine, etc. Before the official opening of the southern Zhejiang battlefield, Lin Fu transferred a large number of officers and nearly 100 southern Zhejiang officers from Huaidong for a three-month special training, as the basis for mobilizing local resources in southern Zhejiang to participate in the southern Zhejiang war.

It has only been ten days since the start of the war in southern Zhejiang, since Chen Shu led his troops to land on the northern shore of Yueqing Bay, and Huaidong has successively established four inspection divisions in Yanhu, Wenqiao, Lupu and Ningxi along the coast of Yueqing Bay.

In order to obtain as many war resources as possible from southern Zhejiang, Huaidong not only dispatched a large number of manpower, but also paid attention to absorbing underprivileged children from local areas, and tried to win the support of local gentry forces as much as possible.

Lin Fu stayed in southern Zhejiang, saying that he was supervising the battle, but he spent more time meeting various people in the place.

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When Wenling was transformed into a city of bricks, Hu Renjie donated 4,000 stone meters, and the locality asked the court to reward a loose official of a scholar. However, after the luxury family occupied southern Zhejiang, Hu Renjie wished he could forget about it, and he also secretly set a fire on the turquoise official robe that he had collared before, so as not to cause trouble.

This time, Hu Renjie spent hundreds of taels of silver to buy a ninth-grade official robe from a family whose ancestor Wen Qiao was an official, and wore it to Yueqing to see Lin Fu. From a distance, I saw a group of people walking out from the vermilion gate of the yamen. The young man at the head, wearing a purple robe with a jade belt, stood in front of the steps to bow and salute.

Lin Fu was entrusted with the title of Marquis of Huaidong, led by the Right Servant of the Ministry of War in Zhejiang, and the envoy of Huaidong. His authority was already one of the few people in the world.

Not to mention Lin Fu for the time being, Hu Zhiyong, Gao Zongting and others behind him are not the important officials in Huaidong that local squires such as Hu Renjie can see casually.

Seeing that the high-ranking Lin Fu led Huaidong officials to the gate of the yamen to greet him, Hu Renjie, who was still vigilant and worried when he entered Yueqing City, was so excited that his heart beat like a drum, and he didn't hear Lin Fu clearly. what are you talking about.

"Hu Gong..." Hu Renjie's heart was pounding for a while, and then he realized that Tang Xitai, who was standing beside him, was pulling his sleeves. At this time, he came back to his senses and heard Lin Bie leaning over and asking for help. Looking at himself, as if asking him something...

"Is this gentleman Hu Gong?" Lin Fu squinted and asked another question with a smile.

Then Hu Renjie replied in a panic: "The little old man is the Hu Renjie of Wen Qiao, I dare not accept the salute, it is the little old man who should meet the master!" He also forgot that he has the fame of the scholar, and he wants to Kneel down and kowtow in return.

"Hu Gong has killed this official," Lin Bie said, hugging Hu Renjie's arm, "I heard from Xitai that the squire Wen Qiao actively donated military resources, and Hu Gong didn't want to be reconciled. Ten catties, thirty heads of cattle and sheep, you should be honored by this official..." The local squire who came with Hu Renjie again greeted them and invited them into the yamen to sit down and talk.

At this time, Hu Renjie's mind was only a little settled, and he thought to himself: when the She family occupied southern Zhejiang, his Hu family also donated so much money and goods to buy peace, not to mention seeing the southern Zhejiang governor She Feihu, it was sent by the She family. Jia Xiong, the magistrate of Wenling, is so big that he can take it to the sky, and he never takes these little squires in his eyes.

In the past, it was to see which officer of the county secretary, not to mention asking others to do things, even if the door was smashed open, it would not be possible to shoot without a thousand taels of silver.

The most important thing in the world is to have a face. Thinking of this, Hu Renjie felt that the money and goods he had donated before were very worthwhile.

He walked to the side hall and sat down around Lin Fu. Hu Renjie listened to Lin Fu's chatter while sitting in the hall. Although it was some gossip, he felt that none of it was wrong, and none of it was uncomfortable. He almost made an impulsive pledge to donate again. A thousand stones of grain.

Lin Fu patiently accompanied Squire Wen Qiao to dinner before returning to the building to rest.

"It's too hard to review official letters, but to deal with the rich people in the countryside, don't you think it's hard work?" Song Jia changed into a light-colored skirt, watching Lin Fu push the door into the room, pinched her nose to refresh herself, and greeted her with a smile.

In the March day in southern Zhejiang, the daytime is warm and the night is cool. The temperature difference is large. Lin Fu touched Song Jia's cold hand and said, "Why don't you wear more clothes?" He came back after drinking some wine, but his body was hot. Under the service of Song Jia, he took off his official robe and put on a plain shirt, and said, "What is the fundamental purpose of our opening up the battlefield in southern Zhejiang? Based on this fundamental purpose, it is Huaidong who is on the opposite side to attack. The enemy, the others are the targets of Huaidong's extensive support and alliance... The more and more supporters we win in southern Zhejiang, the more isolated the extravagant family in southern Zhejiang, and the weaker the power will be. ."

"Alright, alright," Song Jia raised her hand to cover Lin Bie's mouth, and said coquettishly, "You will help you review the official letter for the day, but I don't want to listen to your lesson at night. You should rest too, I'm afraid you will be too tired. , I don't know how many people will stab my spine in the back..."

"How can I worry about it?" Lin Fu took Song Jia's hand and walked to the long desk to sit down. The next battle plan formulated by Zhou Tong, Tang Fuguan and others in the afternoon was placed on the desk.

It is necessary to strive to launch a strong attack on Tianshui Village before the 12th; after the capture of Tianshui Village, the war in southern Zhejiang will be further escalated. People are in Yueqing to supervise the war, where can they relax?

At this time, Liu Wenzhong and Yang Zichen came in again to report new things, and Lin Bie said after listening, "Oh, the ship carrying salt and iron from Chongzhou has docked? This is a good thing, and we have to quickly transport the goods to the newly established material stations. We are now using copper dollars to redeem rice grain, mules and horses in southern Zhejiang, and also use copper dollars to pay salaries, pensions, and rewards to generals and soldiers. There must be a channel for the return of copper dollars. Only then can we talk about the most basic credit... …”

In Lin Fu's view, some truths are as simple as common sense, but thousands of years earlier, the few people with the most outstanding knowledge in the world may not be able to keep up with Lin Fu's thoughts, and they can only repeat it repeatedly when they have time.

Picking up the charcoal pen, Lin Fu said while writing instructions in the blank space, and then said to Liu Wenzhong: "The merits and pensions in the battle of Wushanjian must be done immediately. The number of official fields identified in Yueqing is insufficient, so you can redeem one first. Approval is urgent. Rural braves recruited from local areas will first supplement the Southern Zhejiang Army. The rapid and extensive military service appreciation of the generals of the Southern Zhejiang Army will undoubtedly have an excellent publicity and demonstration effect. The first is to influence this Quickly and in-depth publicity to the whole army, and secondly, to spread this influence in-depth to the local area... Those who have rented the land of the landlord all their lives and given the luxury of heavy exploitation even for a breath, we must deeply understand the desire for land, In order to protect their fields from deprivation, weak peasants will also become brave lions. You should take these things as the top priority and start doing them immediately, so that the generals and the people in southern Zhejiang can see the real things. It's countless times better than a verbal promise!"

"Yes..." Liu Wenzhong replied, but he was still worried.

In order to supplement the shortage of the troops of the New Zhejiang Southern Army, Lin Fu not only requested that the more than 2,000 villagers recruited from the localities be directly incorporated into the New Zhejiang Southern Army, but also proposed to further recruit villagers from the local areas on a large scale.

Although a large number of soldiers and armor were captured in the early era of clearing the peripheral defenses and the victory of Wushanjian, but hastily recruited a large number of newly recruited rural warriors who lacked training, Liu Wenzhong was worried that the combat effectiveness of the Southern Zhejiang Army would seriously decline.

However, Liu Wenzhong himself was born in a civil service, and his temperament was relatively cautious. Seeing that Lin Fu was so confident, he was a little worried and did not say it.

Liu Wenzhong and Yang Zichen said goodbye and left.

Song Jia Yanran smiled and said, "Liu Wenzhong seems to lack confidence..."

"..." Lin Fu pulled Song Jia to his body, put his arms around her slender waist, and said, "Liu Wenzhong insisted on resisting the Zhejiang-Fujian Army in Yueqing for a long time, and he didn't know much about the Huaidong Army, so he would inevitably lack confidence—but Having said that~www.wuxiaspot.com~ If I have enough time, I don't want to use this cruel method to expand the Southern Zhejiang Army. Although it can ensure that the combat effectiveness does not drop significantly, it can also reduce the total number of soldiers of the Southern Zhejiang Army in a short period of time. It's a big improvement, but at the same time, it's hard to avoid a lot of casualties - some things will be left after the Tianshui Village is built."

The establishment of the New South Zhejiang Army is not long, and it still retains the deep traces of the founding mansion and the original resistance army in South Zhejiang.

Whether it is an officer or an ordinary soldier, the Xinzhe Southern Army has not had enough time to run in. Worried that Tang Fuguan would not be able to lead the battle in southern Zhejiang well, Lin Fucai transferred the more prestigious Zhou Tong to serve as the main general in the southern Zhejiang battlefield, and he also came here to supervise the battle in person.

In order to quickly break in the new Zhejiang Southern Army, through continuous high-intensity warfare, rapid expansion in the way of "consumption, replenishment, consumption and replenishment", although it will be cruel, it is effective.

It is precisely because of this idea that the elites of Chongcheng Buying were transferred to the southern Zhejiang battlefield and used it on the northern front to set up a suspicious formation, and the new southern Zhejiang army was used to take on the main task of attacking on the southern front.

The battle of Wushanjian was the first tough battle fought by the Xinzhe Southern Army. Although he annihilated more than 2,000 elites from Zhejiang and Fujian, he also accumulated more than 1,000 casualties. In the case of gaining control of the battlefield with an absolutely superior force at that time, such casualties were a bit high.

The Xinzhe-Fujian Army lost thousands of people in the first battle, but it will be recruited from the four new battalions in the south of Zhejiang in the shortest time. . Whether it can achieve good results will be reflected in the attack and defense of Tianshui Village that will be carried out on the 12th.

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