Lord of the House

Although the county seat was not swept away by the hurricane, houses collapsed and sheds were swept up.

Chu Zheng's mind was heavy. After nightfall, he tossed and turned in the building and couldn't fall asleep. It was Gao Zongting's book boy Chen Xiaoyan who came to look for him, pushed open the door and said, "Sir, please come over and talk! Mr. Gao and Lord Ye are both there."

Now that he came to Huaidong, Lin Bie asked him to go over to reminisce in the night. If it was someone else, he would definitely be very excited and happy, but Chu Zheng felt unspeakable anxiety and heavyness in his heart, and went to Lin Bie with Chen Xiaoyan with a taut face Chang Guo's Xingyuan walked away.

In the streets and alleys, insects chirped constantly, and occasionally there were sounds of dogs barking and babies crying. The night was dark. Chu Zheng looked up at the sky: In the night sky squeezed by the high walls on both sides, a bright moon shone in the sky. , it's already midnight.

"Don't the adults and Mr. Gao rest until this time on weekdays?" Chu Zheng asked.

"The situation in Qingzhou is so bad. When the news came, Mr. Chen didn't sleep well," Chen Xiaoyan said. "The same is true for adults. It was just in time for the typhoon to hit Changguo. It's even harder to come over to inspect the relief..."

Although it was only in Yangxin that he fought side by side with the Jiangdong Zuo Army for a period of time, but Lin Fu's diligent style, Chu Zheng has also learned from it. It hasn't changed.

Chen Xiaoyan added: "I know that Colonel Chu is in Yangxin these years, but I look forward to your coming to Huaidong. Not only sir, but Colonel Chen and Colonel Geng have also repeatedly proposed. Colonel Chen came to Mingzhou on business a few days ago. Listen to me. When you arrive at Colonel Chu, you want to come to Mingzhou, and it is up to you to meet with you before going back to Yongjia. It happened that the hurricane crossed the border, and I don't know how long you would be delayed in Yudong, so Colonel Chen went back to Yongjia— - When you were leaving, I recommended you to go to Yongjia to serve as a general, but the husband said that Colonel Chu was tired from his journey, and the Advanced Military Intelligence Department was the commander to join the army, and he brought his family to Huaidong for resettlement. Late……"

Along the way, Chen Xiaoyan kept talking non-stop; Chu Zheng was very thoughtful, but he accompanied Chu Zheng to several retinues in Huaidong, and was very excited to hear it.

Apart from the five entourages, Chu Zheng could be said to have come to join Huaidong alone, whether he would give Huaidong any attention, Chu Zheng did not say, the entourage who joined him in Huaidong was very worried. I heard that Gao Zongting recommended Chu Zheng to advance to the Huaidong Military Intelligence Department as the commander to join the army, which was a pretty good starting point.

Zhou Pu was waiting in the yard, and when he saw Chen Xiaoyan brought Chu Zheng over, he directly led Chu Zheng in.

In the side hall, Lin Fu held a charcoal pen in one hand and an oil lamp in the other, and was lying on the table studying the map. Gao Zongting and Ye Junan stood at the door talking about things. Seeing Zhou Pu leading Chu Zheng in, Lin Fu raised his head and put the oil lamp on his desk, and said, "About Qingzhou, there are still some things I need to ask you..."

"Sir, may I ask." Chu Zheng said.

"You heard what Mr. Meng said during the day," Lin Fu put the charcoal pen between his fingers, asked Chu Zheng to sit down and speak, and said, "The main force of the Qingzhou army is surrounded in Yangxin, and the Liang family is more concerned about whether their own territory is not. Consolidation, Chen Xiyan transferred Dong Yuan to Huaidong, in essence, to take over power in northern Zhejiang. The main force of the Huaidong army was also caught in a stalemate with the luxury family in eastern Zhejiang, and the Qingzhou battle situation was also unable to save the near fire - just With the current situation, we have to consider the worst consequences..."

"Master, are you worried that Yangxin will fall?" Chu Zheng asked with a shudder in his heart.

"It's much more serious than this," Gao Zongting sat down with Ye Junan, Gao Zongting took Lin Bing's words, and said to Chu Zheng, "Yan Hu chose this moment to use force against Yang Xin, and it was very targeted, just to guard against Huai. The Dongcong sea route interfered with their encirclement and attack on Yangxin—Yanhu was bound to win this time, and the troops invested in Yangxin were beyond imagination. In fact, unless Huaidong was authorized by the court to command the troops and horses in the towns of Hehuai, otherwise only Relying on the Huaidong family to draw 20,000 to 30,000 elite soldiers to the north, there is absolutely no ability to solve the siege of Yangxin."

Gao Zongting pointed to the map on the table and said to Chu Zheng: "Yuan Lishan has already surrendered Yanhu, the Marquis of Guiyi, and the former Jizhen surrendered army, almost all of which are under his banner, only the newly attached army under Yuan Lishan is as high as 60,000 people. We had previously considered that Yan Hu would use Yuan Lishan as the main general to fight against Yang, but we did not expect that Yan Hu would transfer Chen Zhihu from Qinyang east to participate in the war at the same time. It is very likely that the number of troops will exceed 150,000."

"Yanhu will invest so much troops in this battle!" Chu Zheng gasped, feeling his back numb.

The official formation of the new Affiliated Army by Yanhu dates back to the bandits in the ninth year of Chongguan. At that time, the newly attached army was like a rabble, and it was hit hard by the Jiangdong Left Army under the city of Yangxin, and the actual combat power was very poor.

Yan Hu did not despise the newly attached army because of Yangxin's defeat. Just after the first battle of Yangxin, the newly attached army increased in size and participated in the siege of Datong and Jinhai one after another, and the combat effectiveness was rapidly improved.

Although the situation in the north finally collapsed like a landslide, this was directly related to the blind command of the imperial court. In the circumstances at that time, the troops and horses capable of fighting from the top and bottom of the court were mainly concentrated in the frontier army. Datong, Xuanfu and other armies were forced to surrender until they ran out of food.

Yanhu's new attached army finally absorbed a large number of generals and soldiers from the surrendered Sanzhen frontier army, and its combat power was reborn, and it was not the same.

The total strength of the four Hehuai towns is only 150,600 or 60,000, and they are scattered on the Hehuai defense line that is nearly 2,000 miles long. It is difficult to imagine how the Yanhu 150,000 troops poured in from the eastern front.

"At the beginning of the year, Yanhu aggressively entered Kou Qingzhou and Dengzhou, it was just an outpost battle," Lin Fu said. "The significance is to destroy the river and land route for reinforcements to enter Qingzhou from Jiaolai River, and to destroy the supply capacity that Qingzhou can provide. Yanhu is in the east. The total number of troops and horses gathered in the line is enough for Yanhu to divide his troops to seize Linzi and Qingzhou first while besieging Yangxin. At that time, the Liang family will be disadvantaged in the battle, and the entire flank will be exposed to Yanhu's forces if they do not fight. The bad consequence is that the entire Hehuai line of defense is likely to collapse completely after this battle!"

Chu Zheng also knew the military strategy. At first, he was only in it and could not see the great danger. At this time, listening to Lin Fu and Gao Zongting analyzing the situation, he broke out in a cold sweat.

"If the Liang family could decisively resist the enemy with the Qingzhou coalition at first, they would be able to take advantage of their unstable foothold and repel them. However, the Liang family was only concerned with strengthening their own territory at this time, and the four Hehuai towns were suspicious of each other— - If such a vicious situation can be spared, there may only be a one-tenth chance. Huaidong is helpless in this situation." Lin Fie pointed to the map and said, "But Mr. Gao and I studied the situation and believed that the captive soldiers were encircling the real situation. After Yangxin, they divided their troops to capture Linzi first, and the Liang family's forces in Jinan and Pingyuan would definitely be sucked to the east. Before capturing Yangxin or defeating the Liang family's troops, Yanhu's troops first captured Linzi's troops, and then Without sufficient time to clear the surrounding cities, the Qingzhou Army did not give the remaining troops under the siege a chance to escape into Yishan and Kunyu Mountains. No one could turn the tide in Hehuai at this time. We must work together to expel the Hulu from the Central Plains. What we can do at this time is to maximize the resistance of the Hehuai region. When you left Qingzhou, you met Cheng Weiyuan once. I want to ask you, Huaidong is at this time. Sending people to contact Cheng Weiyuan and Zhang Jinxian, can you persuade them to abandon the city and retreat to Yishan before the situation collapses, so as to preserve some strength..."

There were fine beads of sweat oozing out of Chu Zheng's forehead, and Lin Fu's question was really hard for him to answer.

Cheng Weiyuan and Zhang Jinxian were rejected by Gu's father and son and were fortunately not in Yangxin City, but before the situation in Qingzhou collapsed, they were told to abandon the city and retreat to Yishan, which is to say it nicely to preserve their strength for future counterattacks. , to put it badly is to flee without a fight, and to be held accountable is a serious crime of raiding and beheading.

What is right and wrong here cannot be said clearly with one mouth.

Zhang Jinxian and Cheng Weiyuan are people who cherish feathers. It is easy for them to sacrifice their lives calmly, but it is much more difficult to persuade them to abandon the city to save their lives.

Zhang Jinxian and Cheng Weiyuan were close to Huaidong, but in fact they had few opportunities to have close contact with Huaidong, and Lin Fu didn't know much about their character, so he asked Chu Zheng to ask.

Looking at Chu Zheng's expression, Lin Fu knew that his idea might not be realized.

Lin Fu can't force anything. Everyone has their own way to go. He thought that for Zhang Jinxian and Cheng Weiyuan, perhaps dying in defense of the land and leaving a name in the history would be more in line with their personal wishes. On his shoulders, he wanted to leave this matter alone and said, "Zong Ting recommends you to join the Military Intelligence Department as a commander to join the army. First familiarize yourself with the situation in Huaidong, what do you think..."

"Sir, Chu Zheng has something to ask for..." Chu Zheng suddenly stood up and knelt down in front of Lin Bie on one knee.

"If you have something to do, stand up and say it." Lin Fu said.

"Master Cheng Zhang cherishes feathers, and may not be willing to abandon the city to save their lives before the situation collapses," Chu Zheng said, "but according to the adults' speculation, the captured soldiers will divide their troops to attack Linzi first. There are only more than a thousand county soldiers in the distance, and it is difficult to restore the crisis. At that time, I will persuade Lord Cheng to give up Guangrao and retreat to the south. Lord Cheng is not a stubborn person. Although it is dangerous, there is still a chance to retreat into Yishan. Chu Zheng wants to go back Qingzhou takes this first-line opportunity!"

"There is a chance; but I will write a letter to ask the scouts to sneak to Qingzhou to take them to the two adults, Cheng and Zhang. You don't need to take this trip in person," Lin Bie said.

"The matter will be finished by withdrawing into Yishan, and we have to compete for the territory in Yishan from the bandits, and we have to face the brutal encirclement and suppression of captive soldiers," Chu Zheng said, "Mr. I am familiar with the school, I believe that I can help Lord Cheng when I return to Qingzhou..."

Lin Fu picked Chu Zheng up, looked at Gao Zongting, and asked for his opinion.

Gao Zongting thought for a moment, then said: "No matter how many troops there are, no matter how many hilltops Yishan can be defended in the end, it will be very beneficial to the future tug-of-war in the Hehuai area - of course, Huaidong can't openly send troops before they have a bad relationship with the Liang family. In the past, but it was optional to send an elite team out of the military uniform to sneak into Yishan first. At this time, the Liang family also hoped that Dong Yuan could go out of Huaidong to contain Huaidong's troops in the Huaisi area~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and only In this way, the Liang family can safely transfer Yinan troops and horses to the northern line to reinforce Jinan. As long as the Liang family takes time out of Yinan's troops and horses, their control over Yishui will inevitably weaken, and Huaidong can send some supplies to Yishan through Yishui. It is also possible to evacuate and resettle the people along the Yishui South..."

Gao Zongting suggested, Lin Fu thought to himself: Isn't this the volunteer army plus the guerrillas?

Due to the fact that the world is fighting with cold weapons, guerrilla tactics are greatly restricted, but Yishan is located in Shandong, and it is of great significance to preserve a part of the military force in Yishan, and it is worth a try.

Thinking of this, Lin Fu also made up his mind, turned around and said to Zhou Pu, "Quickly go and ask the guards if anyone is familiar with the situation in Yishan, and if anyone is willing to temporarily take off the Huaidong military uniform and follow Chu Zheng north to Qingzhou. , lurking in Yishan? Then order the Ministry of Military Intelligence to send all the scouts and sentries that can be mobilized nearby to the island to listen to the orders - make it clear to them that before Huaidong and Liang's official relationship, Huaidong will not admit them. Existence. Those who are willing to go north will be treated kindly by Huaidong..."

Perhaps the entire army could easily gather thousands of elites to go north with Chu Zheng, but time did not wait for anyone. The situation in Qingzhou was extremely critical, and the whole line would collapse at any time. They should immediately send Chu Zheng and the others back to Qingzhou.

It is too late to travel by land, and even take the risk of going by sea. Fortunately, the "little princess-class" super-large sea ships are far more capable of resisting wind and waves than ordinary sailboats. As long as they are not involved in hurricanes, they are still quite safe.

Zhou Pu turned around and went out, called up the half-battalion of guards who guarded Lin Fu to inspect Changguo Island, and selected a group of volunteers to go north with Chu Zheng.

Lin Fu said to Chu Zheng again: "This time back to Qingzhou, everything is difficult, but the people of the country will definitely remember your achievements; I will bring your family from your hometown to Huaidong for resettlement, and now I can only choose a part first. People go north with you..." My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter