Chapter 76: Counting Old Friends on the Battlefield
[Update time]2012-05-2310:17:28[Number of words]3628
In the past, Goryeo had Yuan Yue as its suzerainty, but later it succumbed to the iron hoofs of the Donghu people. Watching the Huaidong Army defeat Yanhu's defense lines and important towns, and the elite troops and horses, it shows the typical characteristics of the Goryeo people who are accustomed to surrendering to the strong and surviving. Cui He, who accompanied the army on the shore of Tianjin Sea, was already mentally and physically exhausted and had no intention of struggling. 1,
That night, Gao Zongting, Luo Wenhu and Cui He negotiated the conditions for the Cui family to surrender: as long as the Cui family can make contributions in eliminating the Yanhu troops who aided Goryeo and eradicating the stubborn forces of the Prime Minister Zuo Jing, Jiangning will retain the Goryeo royal family while , will also protect the Choi family’s status in the Goryeo Kingdom.
Early the next morning, Cui Hyuk, accompanied by Luo Wenhu, took a boat eastward and secretly returned to Hejin, hoping to contact his father Cui Quanchen who was stationed at Gimpo Mani Mountain...
Jinhai City was reduced to rubble, but the ruins and remains were the best barrier to prevent the Yanhu cavalry from dying and revolting.
The headquarters cleared out the main fortress of Jinhai City and used it as a temporary location for the camp.
The clear morning light streamed in from the crenellations of the incomplete city wall, and the air was still filled with the bloody smell of the slaughter.
Lin Fu got up from his nap and stood in the court with his hands behind his hands, holding in his hand the urgent report sent by a speedboat from Haizhou overnight.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Lin Fu turned around and saw Song Jia approaching in a green shirt and skirt, and said: "I came to Jinhai twice before. The first time was the battle in Yannan, and Jinhai was also a wreck; the second time was When Duke Tang went on a hunger strike in Jimo and died, I completely lost confidence in Yuanyue. However, the foundation of Huaidong was not solid at that time, so I could not sneak into Jinhai and use the Jinhai grain road as a threat to protect salt and silver. The grain policy... this has passed by in the blink of an eye, and nearly ten years have passed by without even realizing it!"
With salt and silver to protect grain, it was possible to build a sea-defending dike. After building a sea-defending dike, Huaidong's strategy of "building the city deeply and accumulating grain widely" truly took root. The real rise of Huaidong began with the Tianjin-Hai grain road. , this time they went on the Northern Expedition along the old route of Tianjin and Hainan, which can be regarded as echoing back and forth.
Song Jia walked up to me, smiled brightly, and said, "I was accidentally detained by you in Chongzhou. I really feel like ten years have passed by without me noticing."
Lin Fu looked at Song Jia's beautiful face, mature and gorgeous, and asked with a smile: "I have always had doubts in my heart when I mentioned this, and I forgot to ask you, did you really not feel that Chongzhou was dangerous when you came to Guangjiao Temple? ?”
"As if you are willing to be captured by me?" Song Jia glanced at Lin Fu, her beautiful eyes looking forward to the charm, recalling the past, and said, "Back then on Zilang Mountain, it's not like I never thought about being unable to escape. It's possible that others are just looking at you. I couldn't help but want to see if you have the courage to do great things. I didn't expect that one mistake would lead to eternal hatred..."
"..." Lin Fu smiled and said, "If the She family had listened to you earlier, maybe Huaidong wouldn't be what it is today..."
Song Jia shook his head and said: "I am a female prostitute after all, so what I say is insignificant. In fact, before She Feihu entered Jiangning, Du Rong drew up a list of talents for the She family to recruit in Jiangning. Zhao Shuhan, Song Shixian, Ge Cunyu, Shi Fengtai and others, even Jingxuan and Jingtang are among them; looking back at this time, the She family still thinks of themselves a little higher..."
"Oh..." Lin Fu looked at Song Jia and asked, "I haven't heard you mention this? Are you worried that if I find out, I will detain Du Rong and not ask him to leave Xiaoyao Mountain?"
"It was Duke Du who was worried that you would be like this," Song Jia said. "At that time, except for Zhao Shuhan, everyone from Song Shixian, Ge Cunyu and Shi Fengtai had already joined the Huaidong Empire. Duke Du asked me to keep secrets for him. I think Duke Du also did the same.
I am determined to leave, and I have no intention of being an enemy of Huaidong, so I can only reluctantly give him a favor - will you blame me?"
At the beginning of the rise of Huaidong, Du Rong was a big opponent, and Lin Fu did make some bitter smiles at his hands, but looking back at the past, he felt that "it's all over now."
Du Rong lurked in Jiangning, and for several years he established an intelligence network for the She family in Jianghuai, and also supported a Qingfeng Hang with other warehouses, business gangs, and clubs that were less powerful. In fact, he was extremely pragmatic and capable.
people.
After She Feihu entered Jiangning, he followed Qin Zitan's advice. Du Rong's status was actually inferior to Qin Zitan's, which was actually putting the cart before the horse. As a counselor, Qin Zitan's strategy was indeed first-rate, but he emphasized strategy and neglected practice.
An obvious shortcoming.
After all, the She family was also born in Fujian. They regarded themselves as a wealthy family and were not much different from the mainstream of the world. Fundamentally, they still despised lowly arts such as miscellaneous craftsmen and craftsmen.
Although the two brothers She Fei Xiong and She Fei Hu can be considered pragmatic people, they are more superstitious about superficial force, and in fact they cannot break away from the shackles of traditional thinking.
At the beginning of Lin Fu's rise in Jianghuai, Zhao Shuhan, Song Shixian, Ge Cunyu, Shi Fengtai and others were not reused in Jiangning. They were all middle- and lower-level officials, but they had achieved success in miscellaneous studies and had already gained fame - Lin Fuchu
When he was a small prison official, Ge Siyu and his father Ge Fu compiled "Supplementary Commentary on the General Sutra" on the prison island, and invited twenty-six craftsmen from Jiangning to participate in the work. These twenty-six craftsmen were from Jiangning at that time.
Among hundreds of thousands of craftsmen's households, there are master craftsmen from all walks of life...
The development of the new academic system is directly related to the promotion after the rise of Huaidong; these master craftsmen and master-level figures themselves stand at the pinnacle of traditional craftsmanship, and whether Huaidong rises or not will not be promoted.
, it doesn’t matter.
Du Rong was able to notice these people a long time ago and pay enough attention to them, which shows that he can still see some essential things; it is a pity that he did not pay attention to She Feihu and the She family behind She Feihu, and did not take any positive actions.
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Qingfengxing, which Du Rong ran in the early years, had little development in the later period, which is already very illustrative of the problem...
Lin Fu would not pretend that the results would have been different if She Feihu valued Du Rong more than Qin Zitan. There is really no need to assume some fundamental things - at the beginning of the collapse of Yanjing, Huaidong called almost all the
Yanjing's potential power was only used to escort the seemingly insignificant Jiang Yue and a few others south. This in itself was a choice that other forces would not make except Huaidong.
The Du family, including Du Cheli, all chose to serve Huaidong. Du Rong, whose actual talents were comparable to those of Gao Zongting, Song Fu and others, resolutely chose to retire. Lin Fu just felt it was a pity and sighed softly: "
Old friends are either mourned or hidden, which makes me feel lonely in life. It would be a joy in life if I have the opportunity to see Duke Du again. She Yuan led the remaining troops to the northwest and no longer participated in the war in the Central Plains. As long as he moved fast enough
, I am not someone who will kill everyone, and there is really no need for Duke Du to avoid me..."
"Why are you feeling so emotional at this time?" Song Jia asked in confusion.
Lin Fu handed the urgent letter in his hand to Song Jia.
Song Jia took it, but it was an urgent report from Haizhou sent at night - it would take three days at the fastest to send a ship from Haizhou. Song Jia didn't know what news Haizhou or Haizhou had received three days ago. Call Lin
Bie was so emotional.
What the newspaper reported was the death of Liu Tingzhou.
Liu Tingzhou died of poisoning on the 27th, and the Songyang Army officially accepted the reorganization on the 27th, blocking the way for Xuchang soldiers to escape westward. However, the news did not reach Guoyang until the 30th, and then passed through Guoyang Express
A message was sent to Haizhou on horseback, and a fast boat was sent to Tianjin via Haizhou. Today is already May 6th.
Liu Tingzhou actually wanted to kill Xiao Kui'an with poison, wine and medicine. Song Jia was also quite surprised: "Does Liu Tingzhou want to control the Songyang Army by himself?"
"The foundation of the Songyang Army is Huai'an Township Brave. Most of the generals are directly related to Liu Tingzhou's promotion." Lin Fu curled his lips and said, "If Liu Tingzhou can really kill Xiao Kui'an by surprise, it is not impossible to control the Songyang Army; it's just that he
Thinking of everything too simply..."
"When Liu Tingzhou led his army in Shanyang to cross the Huaihe River to aid Xuzhou, he thought the problem was too simple. How has he ever changed?" Song Jia sighed softly, "Furthermore, the people in Xuchang also forced you to have no way out, even if there was a glimmer of hope.
They have to take advantage of the opportunity. They want to use a dangerous trick to kill Xiao Kui'an and open a way to escape to the west. It seems that they want to use the Hezhong Prefecture to escape to Guanzhong..."
"Yeah." Lin Fu nodded.
If everyone in Xuchang directly defected to Yanhu, there would be no need to take a dangerous trick to kill Xiao Kui'an. They only need to send people through Ye Jiluorong, who was in Luoyang at this time, so that Ye Jiluorong could send troops from the rear to threaten Songyang and defeat the Songyang army.
If suppressed and cannot be deployed, Xuchang's soldiers and horses can escape westward into Hezhong Prefecture - only if everyone in Xuchang wants to take advantage of the Hezhong Prefecture to escape to Guanzhong, they can only rely on themselves to solve the problem of Songyang's army blocking the way.
Yanhu cannot protect itself, and the capital is under the threat of the Huaidong Army. There is no way out for the people in Xuchang to defect to Yanhu at this time. It will only make it difficult to save the tombs of their ancestors. And the people in Xuchang borrowed a road from Hezhong Prefecture to go to Guanzhong.
, persuading Chen Zhihu to bring order to the chaos and support the Yuan clan's imperial family will be the last move they can make; if that doesn't work, they can also borrow a passage from Guanzhong to Sichuan and Shu to surrender to Cao's family.
After the Battle of Jingxiang, Chen Zhihu was awarded the title of King of Qin and actually achieved a relatively dominant position.
After the Huaidong Army regains Jinhai and captures Yanjing, the strength of the Yanhu tribe will be further severely damaged, and only a small number of remnants can be retained west of the Taihang Mountains - in this case, there are 60,000 troops in Guanzhong
Chen Zhihu, compared to the remnants of Yanhu, had the strength to rebel against the foreigners. It was not impossible to support a descendant of the Yuan family as the new emperor. Liu Tingzhou may have wanted to preserve the imperial family until his death.
Fundamentally speaking, Liu Tingzhou could not be used by Huaidong, so it was no wonder that Lin Fu had such emotion in the early morning.
There is no limit to politics. If it comes to the last step, Yan Hu might even push the Yuan clan's children to oppose Lin Fu's proclaimed emperor and establish a new dynasty, so as to gather as many forces as possible to defeat Lin Fu.
"What choice would Chen Zhihu, a man with blood on his hands, make?" Song Jia also asked Lin Fu with some confusion, "Will he stick to Guanzhong and fight us to the death, or will he abandon Guanzhong and flee westward?"
Yanhu was in Shandong, and Henan's defense line was about to be broken through. Ning Zechen led the Huaiyang army to occupy Shandong. After Yue Lengqiu and Tao Chun led the Changhuai army to occupy Henan, the Northern Expeditionary Army had the ability to use troops on both fronts in Guanzhong.
Under the conditions of outflanking and attacking, Chen Zhihu will face the choice of fighting or fleeing...
"Chen Zhihu should be able to escape," Lin Fu raised his eyes and looked at the sky to the west and said, "The Changhuai Army has entered Hezhong Prefecture, and there is no condition to use troops against Guanzhong for the time being. However, when we regain Yanji and complete the attack on the remaining enemies in Jinzhong
The massacre will drag on for a while. This period of time is enough for Chen Zhihu to see the situation clearly. He should not give us a chance to march into Guanzhong..."
Song Jia thought about it. Even though Yanhu's total troops were still hundreds of thousands, the Northern Expeditionary Army attacked Jinhai directly, and their troops were directed at Yanjing. Yanhu's troops and horses were immediately torn to pieces.
Just like a body without its head, no matter how huge it is, it will only be swallowed up - but precisely because Yanhu's remnant body is still very large, it will take some time to clear out its remnants in the Central Plains, which will give
Chen Zhihu in Guanzhong and Cao Jia in Sichuan and Sichuan have some reaction time, and correspondingly have some room for choice.
At this time, Gao Zongting, Song Fu, Ge Cunxin, Wu Qi and others came in and saluted Lin Fu.
Gao Zongting said: "Luo Wenhu has accompanied Cui He back to Shaocheng..."
"Oh," Lin Fu responded, to show that he knew that the Goryeo battlefield had become relatively insignificant. Even if the Goryeo war was delayed until the end of the Central Plains war, there would still be enough means to solve it. Can instigating the Cui family have a miraculous effect?
, Lin Fu was not very concerned. He said to Gao Zongting, Song Fu, Ge Cunxin, Wu Qi and others, "For the next military deployment, I plan to send Zhang Gou and Chu Zheng from Jinhai to the two wings: Zhang Gou will lead
The troops went west to the south bank of the Wushui River to attack Wang Dengtai Mountain. Chu Zheng led his troops to approach the Chaobai River and march westward; the Denghai Zhenshi stayed in Jinhai for a while to rest and recuperate. This spear is the sharpest and can hide another one - Haidong Camp
The two brigades of the army and other newly arrived divisions and brigades will serve as reserves..."