Regarding defense matters, Lin Fu only outlined the main points of the contract. Gao Zongting will stay in Fancheng for a few more days to discuss the specific details with Yuan Guizheng and Tao Chun.
After the defense meeting, Lin Fu unabashedly left Tao Chun in the camp for a banquet, and sent Yuan Guizheng to go back to the posthouse alone. He also ignored Liu Tingzhou's vomiting of blood.
Speaking of the grudge between Tao Chun and Huaidong, I'm afraid it will take a while.
In the early years of the Eastern Fujian Army, Tao Chun was an important general second only to the Five Tigers; Li Zhuo was transferred to Jiangning, and the Eastern Fujian Army was disbanded and organized into Shaowu and Jian'an towns. Tao Chun was under Lu Jingyan in Shaowu Town.
In the ninth year of Chongguan, Shao Wu's army marched north to King Qin. Tao Chun was attracted by Yue Lengqiu and led his troops to follow him westward to avoid the main force of Yanhu troops, which led to the split of Shao Wu's army. Lu Jingyan and thousands of Shao's generals died in Jinan, while Tao Chun followed
Later in the war, Yue Lengqiu marched eastward from the western front and stole military exploits, which directly caused Shao Wu's generals Geng Quanshan, Chen Dingbang and Chu Zheng to regard him as their enemies.
Yue Lengqiu formed the Changhuai Army on the basis of Tao Chun's troops, and relied on the Changhuai Army to control the military and political affairs in Jiangdong for a long time. In Jiangdong, he formed two military and political groups with opposing interests with the Dongyang Township Party, which was led by Lin Gu at the time.
There is discord.
During the Huaisi War, the Huai army led by Yue Lengqiu was besieged in Xuzhou. Tao Chun broke out to Huai'an alone and asked for help from Lin Fu, who was the envoy to Huaidong at the time and led the troops in Huai'an. Lin Fu also tried every means to squeeze Tao Chun, and finally
Tao Chun did not find any soldiers, so he had to fight his way into the siege alone and entered Xuzhou City to join Yue Lengqiu.
When Yanjing fell and the Northland collapsed, Tao Chun, with the support of Yue Lengqiu, formally took full control of the Changhuai Army and stationed in the central Hehuai River. After the Qingzhou War and the fall of all northern Shandong, Tao Chun led his troops to retreat south.
; At that time, Yue Lengqiu supported Dong Yuan to go to Shouzhou to form the Huaixi Defense Line, and Tao Chun was brought under Dong Yuan's control until now...
Without looking at anything else, just looking at the enemy and our generals who were active on the battlefields of the Central Plains in the more than ten years from the late Chongguan period to this time, we can know that Li Zhuo deserves to be called a famous commander.
Chen Zhihu and Dong Yuan were both members of the Five Tigers of East Fujian at that time. At this time, one was named the King of Qin by the Hulu, and the other was the official of South Vietnam. Gao Zongting was the head of Li Zhuo, and at this time, he wrote an order with Zuo Dian in the Privy Council.
He is in charge of the Military Intelligence Department, and his authority in Huaidong is second only to Lin Mengde, Lin Xuwen, Fu Qinghe and other two or three people.
The Military Intelligence Department of the Privy Council was nominally established to provide military intelligence for the war, but with Lin Fu's support, the Military Intelligence Department had actually developed into the military command organization of the Huaidong Army. Lin Fu's military orders and instructions basically went through the Military Intelligence Department
To implement the implementation, in addition to providing intelligence, they are also responsible for formulating, organizing and implementing strategic battle plans and mobilization plans, commanding and deploying and coordinating the combat operations of the armies, camps, defense areas and prefectures and counties. The subordinate operations, intelligence,
Military Affairs, Transportation, Geodesy and other departments.
In addition to Chen Zhihu, Dong Yuan, and Gao Zongting, Gao Yi, Leng Zilin, Ao Canghai, Tao Chun, Chen Dingbang, Geng Quanshan, Chu Zheng, Yu Wencheng, Tang Fuguan, Yu Wenbei, Huang Zuyu, etc. survived the enemy's control on the battlefield in the Central Plains.
Most of the important generals above the military or garrison level were from the Eastern Fujian Army.
At this time, on the battlefield on the western front, the man who guarded the central and southern gates of the pass on behalf of Chen Zhihu was General Gao Yi. Ao Canghai, the general manager of the Nanyang camp and the commander of the Changshan Army, was not only from the East Fujian Army, but also served as a military commander.
General Chen Zhihu and Gao Yi were both commanders and deputy commanders of the forward battalion and fought side by side for ten years.
Dong Yuan controlled the armies in Henan, openly and secretly colluded with the Hulu enemies, and Lin Fu used Yue Lengqiu to contain them. The entanglements here are really not something that anyone can figure out in a short while.
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Although Tao Chun was quite resolute in his opposition to Huaidong in the past, Ning Zechen led his troops from Xinyang to seize Shouzhou in a surprise attack. Tao Chun remained silent in Guoyang and stood still: except for those who had been suppressed by Dong Yuan in recent years.
In addition to the reasons, Tao Chun also saw that when Ning Zechen marched eastward from Xinyang to Shouzhou, he announced that Dong Yuan would annex the Suizhou auxiliary army, control the northern mountain range of Huaishan, and withdraw troops from the north with Yanhu to restrict the Huaidong army from occupying Jingxiang.
, Nanyang's ambition went bankrupt - Tao Chun had to think about his family's future.
Next, Lin Fu dispatched Yue Lengqiu to go north to check and balance Dong Yuan. Tao Chun was now far away from Dong Yuan and close to Yue Lengqiu. In addition to his close relationship with Yue Lengqiu in the past, many of the generals under Guoyang Town were Yue Lengqiu.
Leng Qiu's promotion was a more realistic consideration. After the Battle of Jingxiang, Dong Yuan's path became narrower and narrower. Although Yue Lengqiu had been opposed to Huaidong in the past, Lin Fu could use Yue Lengqiu to go north to check Dong Yuan.
, which meant that the antagonistic relationship between Yue Lengqiu and Huaidong began to greatly ease.
Tao Chun came to Fancheng to see Lin Fu this time because he took himself as a general of Yue Lengqiu's line and wanted to further ease the relationship between Yue Lengqiu and Huaidong.
This is naturally what Lin Fu and everyone in Huaidong would like to see...
Using Suizhou's surrender troops as bait to lure Dong Yuan to mobilize his direct troops from the hinterland of Shouzhou, Ning Zechen directly led his troops down the river from Xinyang to seize Shouzhou. In fact, Dong Yuan was considered to have surrendered by jumping over the wall.
Yan’s possibility——
Counting the various battles of Yan and Hu's southern invasion, the three generals Chen Zhihu, Yuan Lishan, and Zhou Fan, who later gave Yan and Hu Yizhong and were used in the southern expedition, surrendered to the enemy and turned loyal.
For the Hulu to use.
For the generals of the Han Dynasty, surrendering to the Hulu was not an easy task and required a great psychological hurdle to be overcome.
It is precisely because of this psychological barrier that, especially in the later stages of the Jingxiang Battle, the Huaidong Army began to represent South Vietnam in regaining its strategic disadvantage. Even if Dong Yuan jumped over the wall and surrendered to Yan Hu, the Huaixi generals, and even Dong Yuan's direct generals,
Even if the Hu captives blindly followed Dong Yuan and surrendered, they would not be able to form a majority.
Lin Fu, Gao Zongting and others speculated that after losing Shouzhou, if Dong Yuan directly surrendered to Yanhu, it would probably induce the collapse of the Huaixi army.
However, the composition of this psychological barrier is very complicated. Before the concept of country and nation has been completely formed, whether one can be loyal to the court and serve the emperor is the core standard of loyalty for civil servants and military officers. Once Lin Fu deposes Yuan Yue, another
When a new dynasty is established, this psychological barrier will be broken immediately.
Because they were worried about being attacked and suppressed by Huaidong, many generals in Huaixi might even take the initiative to follow Dong Yuan and surrender to Yanhu.
If the problem in Huaixi is not resolved, Lin Fu will not be able to gather enough troops on the eastern front for the Northern Expedition. He may even ask Yanhu to regain his military disadvantage in a short period of time, which will greatly delay the process of the Northern Expedition to regain the Central Plains.
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Use Yue Lengqiu to contain Dong Yuan, and even ensure that if Dong Yuan suddenly surrenders to the enemy, the defense line along the Huai River from Shouzhou to the west, through the northern foot of Tongbai Mountain and all the way to Fangcheng Pass will not collapse immediately, so that Lin Fu can feel more at ease.
By concentrating the main forces on the eastern front, the Northern Expedition will be able to have fewer constraints in the future.
Lin Fu wanted to give Yue Lengqiu, Tao Chun, Deng Yu, Yue Zhi and others more peace of mind. Of course, Yue Lengqiu and others also wanted to give Lin Fu and the people of Huaidong more peace of mind - so during the banquet
, Lin Fu, Gao Zongting and others discussed things with Tao Chun that were much more in-depth and detailed than those discussed when Yuan returned to power before the banquet. It was decided that the Privy Council would send instructions to Guoyang, Yucheng and Zhengyang.
The observing military attache thought that the grain and fodder shipped via Haosi would be transported into the defense area via the Guohe River by a fleet from Huaidong, so as to strengthen the connection between them through various means.
When he came, Lin Fu said: "I have learned a lot about calligraphy in recent days, and I would like to give you a poem to encourage you and everyone in Guoyang..." He asked someone to bring him a pen and inkstone, and wrote "Brothers who have passed through the tribulation, we will meet again."
The fourteen words "Smile and let go of grudges" were given to Tao Chun.
Tao Chun's heart was as strong as iron, but after reading this sentence and looking at Gao Zongting, Ao Canghai, Chen Dingbang and others who were accompanying him at the banquet, he was filled with emotions for a moment, and his eye sockets were actually a little wet - but he also knew in his heart that Lin Fu wrote
These fourteen words are not so much emotions about the past as they are promises for the future.
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When the Yuan Dynasty returned to power, Liu Tingzhou and Tao Chun would stay in Fancheng for a while. Gao Zongting also postponed his return to Jiangning for a few days, and Lin Fu took a boat down the Han River on the 19th and returned to Jiangning.
In addition to Song Fu and others, they were accompanied by more than 10,000 elite infantry troops from the Forbidden Camp led by Zhao Hu and the Second Water Battalion led by Ge Cunxiong, which would be reorganized into the main force of the Jingjiang Navy's 20,000 troops in the future.
At the same time, Song Jia set off for Xuzhou to meet Liu Miaozhen.
Lin Fu personally supervised the Shangrao and Jingxiang battles. During this period, he stayed in Yuzhang for two or three months. He did not return to Jiangning for a year. During this year, only Song Jia among the other girls accompanied Lin Fu.
Lin Fu asked Song Jia to accompany him because it was Song Jia who knew the military and had strategies that were not inferior to those of three or five men.
The girls of Jiangning also understand this in their hearts, but no matter what, Song Jia has been doting on Lin Fu for a year, so how come the girls of Jiangning are not jealous at all?
Song Jia didn't accompany Lin Fu back to Jiangning because she didn't want to go back to Jiangning and get burned before Lin Fu put out the fire in the hearts of the girls.
Since there was no Song Jia to accompany him, Lin Fu was eager to return home.
Leaving Ge Cunxin behind, Zhao Hu and others led the navy and the main force of the Forbidden Camp's horsemen to slowly form behind. Lin Fu, accompanied by Cao Zi'ang, Song Fu, Zhou Pu and others, took a boat and called several warships.
Protected by more than a thousand guards, they marched ahead along the river.
On the way, they only stopped in Jiangxia for one night to have a small gathering with Fu Qinghe. Other generals and officials along the way met and boarded the ship at the designated place and stayed with them for a while before disembarking. Lin Fu did not delay, sailing day and night, and on the 26th
Arrive at the quarry on the same day.
A victory in Jingxiang completely reversed the low morale of Jianghuai soldiers and civilians after the collapse of Yanji. The Northern Expedition was also popular in Jiangning. People in Huaidong naturally wanted to build momentum for Lin Fu's return to the capital. Hu Wenmu entered Jiangning first, but it was just
To pave the way for this matter.
Under the advice of Hu Wenmu and other ministers, they worked hard and decided on the ceremony of "welcoming the emperor in the suburbs" to show the success of Lin Bin Jing and Xiang.
In order to "welcome the emperor on the outskirts" and have enough troops and horses to strengthen his momentum, Zhao Bao and other cavalry generals led the cavalry camp back east in advance and gathered in Caishi, intending to escort Lin Fu back to Jiangning by land in Caishi...