When the Battle of Jiyang came to an end, the Donghai bandits saw that it was impossible to capture Jiyang, so reinforcements gathered in large numbers from various places and retreated.
Regarding the issue of whether to pursue or not, Gu Wuchen asked Lin Fu to make his own decision.
Without the cooperation of the elite navy, it would be impossible to completely annihilate the enemy invaders. Lin Fu and the garrison stationed outside the city were exhausted and did not want to cause any more casualties, so they returned to the city to rest. Gu Wuchen's envoy was the first to rush to Ninghai Town in Jiyang.
The reinforcements pursued the enemy along the Donglai River.
Because Lin Fu delayed the Donghai bandits outside Jiyang City for five days, the deputy general of Ninghai Town, the commander of the Sixth Battalion Navy, and the Cavalry Captain Xiao Taoyuan were able to mobilize the navy from Shanshui Village and calmly put them back in Taihubei.
The remnants of the Ninghai Town Navy Division, which had been defeated in Binhai, assembled more than 2,000 naval troops at the mouth of the Donglai River to fight against the Donghai bandits who hadtily retreated.
The Japanese invaders suffered heavy casualties in the battle at Jiyang in the East China Sea. After withdrawing from the siege, their morale was low, and they had no intention of fighting on the river. Xiao Taoyuan gained a lot of victory, which to a certain extent made up for his responsibility for the defeat in the battle on the northern waterfront of Taihu Lake.
The defense of Jiyang and the subsequent series of water battles at the Donglai River mouth and along the river not only restored the defeat of the Taihu North Waterfront Battle, but also weakened to a certain extent the impact of the East China Sea bandits on Jiangdong County in the past two months.
adverse effects.
In this battle, Guang Linfu captured more than 300 heads outside the north gate of Jiyang City. Pingjiang Prefecture, Ninghai Town and Jiangdong County Admiral's Office, the Xuanfu Envoy and the Inspection Envoys announced to the court that four enemies had been killed in this battle.
More than a thousand people.
Lin Fu returned to the city and slept for two days and two nights before he woke up.
The final spat at Donglai River and the false report of his achievements brought Xiao Taoyuan a lot of benefits. The Admiral's Office and the Inspectorate also decided not to hold him responsible for the failure of the Taihu North Waterfront Battle. This is really annoying. Compared with the quantity
With the attack on Xiao Tao coming, Lin Fu was more concerned about the Ninghai Navy's ability to maintain its organizational structure after the war. This was related to the situation in the coastal prefectures and counties that would not completely collapse. It was also more related to Changshan Island and Xisha Island, which did not need to bear it alone.
The threat of East China Sea pirates.
Although the killing of more than 4,000 enemies was a bit exaggerated, Lin Fu estimated that he would be quite satisfied if he could kill 1,000 people. Of course, the number of injured would be even higher, which was considered a considerable victory.
If such great results could be achieved immediately after the attack in Anji County, it would be impossible for the subsequent Taihu Lake coast to be so badly damaged.
Although the Taihu pirates who were far away from Taihu's Xishan Island retreated to the sea after the battle in Jiyang, the thirteen East China Sea pirates who were directly controlled by the She family and had the most influence could not be wiped out.
Based on the fact, Lin Fu could at least be sure that the East China Sea bandits could no longer pose a fatal threat to Xisha Island a year ago, and the pressure on Changshan Island would also be relieved. This was Lin Fu's main purpose in fighting to the death outside Jiyang City.
This battle raised Gu Wuchen's reputation in Jiangdong County to an unprecedented height. Gu Wuchen's bodyguard was the most direct backbone force in achieving the results of this battle. After the war, Gu Wuchen summoned Pingjiang Prefecture and county officials and Ninghai Town officials in Jiyang City.
The main generals discussed the matter of local training of local braves and the garrison to jointly defend against pirates, and the progress was very smooth.
After the war, Chen Xiyan lived in seclusion and rarely showed up, at least he did not publicly put any resistance to Gu Wuchen's actions in Pingjiang Mansion.
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It was only September, and Lin Fu was lying on a soft couch in the wing, looking out the window at the crimson maple forest contrasting with the sunset. The autumn colors were already dark.
Lin Fu's leg was seriously injured and he could only lie in bed to recuperate. When Gu Wuchen came to talk to him about something, he would always be carried there on a sedan chair.
Xiaoman sat in front of the window, leaning on his chin, leaning against Lin Fu, watching the autumn scenery outside the window.
After the pirates withdrew from Taihu Lake, Pingjiang Mansion also returned to a rare peace. Lin Fu was recuperating in Jiyang and needed personal care, so Xiaoman and Liu Yue'er rushed to Jiyang.
Since the threat of the East China Sea pirates had been temporarily alleviated, Lin Fu sent Lin Jiayong, who was stationed on Xisha Island, led by Zhao Qingshan, to return directly to the mouth of the Jiangning River.
I came to Jiyang to strengthen Gu Wuchen's security force, and I have been in Jiyang County these days. The houses arranged by Jiyang County for Gu Wuchen, Lin Fu and others to live in are also guarded by soldiers led by Zhao Hu.
Liu Yue'er disappeared at this time, and Xiao Man stayed in the house. In addition to taking care of him, he also wanted to prevent others from disturbing his quiet recovery with official duties.
At this moment, there was a noise in the yard downstairs, causing the oriole birds on the branches in the yard to fly away. Xiaoman stood up and looked out the window, and said to Lin Fu: "There are many people at the gate of the yard who don't know what to say."
, Uncle Ao is passing by?"
After a while, Ao Canghai led three people upstairs. Lin Fu saw that the three of them were Jiyang Minyong who came out of the city to help in the battle of Jiyang. They thought they were all outside, so Ao Canghai only led three representatives to the cabin.
He came upstairs and said to Ao Canghai: "It's not convenient for me to walk on my feet. If you ask everyone to come up and sit down, we will live and die together. I can't let everyone wait in the yard..."
"It's absolutely inappropriate to come here to disturb your recuperation. They are all rough sluts, they can't speak, and they are very dirty..." The three people said hurriedly, "We are just thinking about your injury, so we came here to see you.
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Lin Fu asked Ao Canghai to invite everyone up and bring them a long bench. More than twenty people crowded together and sat down in a formal manner in the wing. Liu Yue'er rushed over and made tea for them with Xiaoman.
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Gu Wuchen will go back to Jiangning tomorrow. There is no big threat on Xisha Island for the time being. Lin Fu will also go back to Jiangning to recuperate. Maybe he will never have the chance to meet these people again. It is rare that they are willing to visit. Lin Fu wants him
Liu Yue'er went to prepare a few tables for dinner, and he wanted to keep everyone for dinner.
I chatted casually with everyone about my daily life, and asked about Jiyang County’s pensions for the casualties and the distribution of silver rewards after the war.
Had it not been for the large number of volunteered village warriors and temporarily recruited civilian warriors (even some of them were prisoners in the county jail, Gu Wuchen temporarily pardoned their crimes and recruited them out of the city to fight), Lin Fu would not have been able to hold on outside the city until the end.
In addition to the heavy casualties suffered by the armed guards and the cavalry, these civilian warriors who had not received much training but had forgotten life and death suffered extremely heavy casualties. More than 600 people were killed in the battle, and countless others were injured. The people who came to visit Lin Fu
There were more than 20 people, all of whom were still injured.
After preparing dinner, Lin Fu asked someone to prepare a soft couch for him to sit down at the table, and asked Ao Canghai to call all the military guards over to have a drink and a meal.
Seventeen of the military guards who came to Jiyang with Lin Fu died in this battle. Lin Fu shipped their bodies to Jiangning for burial. Twenty-one people were seriously injured. Lin Fu sent them all to Xisha Island for treatment.
They took their families to Xisha Island to take care of them, intending to place them all on Xisha Island; there were only eight military guards left with Ao Canghai and Lin Fu who were slightly injured.
Lin Fu didn't care about his leg injury and drank a lot of wine with everyone. Gu Siyuan and Zhao Qinmin came over during the process and saw the lively drinking here, so they left without saying anything. Lin Fu didn't care about them.
These Jiyang Township Yongs were thinking of Gu Siyuan and Zhao Qinmin, who might have something to do with Lin Fu. They drank all the wine in their bowls one after another and stopped asking for more. Lin Fu saw that they were worried, so he sat on the soft couch and asked, "Do you have any questions?"
What is the difficult thing that cannot be done? Tell me and I can help you do it."
When these Jiyang villagers heard what Lin Fu said, they all knelt down in the lobby and took the lead in saying: "We individuals are helpless and of low status. Many of us have lost our families to pirates. I want to
I follow the adults, but I don’t know how to speak, and I’m afraid that I won’t be able to do so and the adults will dislike me..."
"Get up quickly, Canghai, help me help everyone up," Lin Fu sat on the soft couch and raised his body, asking Ao Canghai and the military guards to help everyone up, and said, "I am ashamed to say that.
"Everyone," he said, pointing to Ao Canghai and Zhu Wuwei, "they followed me, come and go in the wind and rain, suffered a lot, and went through life and death. They couldn't eat anything that didn't taste good or drink spicy food. The rules were very strict. Speaking of which,
I’m afraid I’ll be sorry to everyone…”
"Life or death is determined by fate. As long as it is the rules set by the adults, we can all abide by them. We just ask you to take them in..."
At this moment, Yang Pu walked in from the outside and saw the people kneeling on the ground inside. He said with a smile: "I heard that there is drinking here, and I want to come over and have a few drinks."
Lin Fu asked General Ao Cang and all the military guards to help them up, and said to Yang Pu: "These people are helpless, but they can trust me. I will take them back to Jiangning tomorrow, and I will inform Jiyang County at night."
Say, I'll let Canghai handle it! What does Uncle Yang want from me?"
"The main thing is drinking," Yang Pu said with a smile, "I didn't expect you all to have finished drinking."
"Then warm up another pot and I'll drink with Uncle Yang." Lin Fu said. Gu Siyuan and Zhao Qinmin walked in just now and left without saying anything. Yang Pu also came over. He should have something to say.
Lin Fu asked Ao Canghai to take everyone to settle down first, and then take these people to Jiangning before making arrangements.
He also asked Liu Yue'er to prepare two more side dishes in the upstairs wing, and when Zhao Hu came back from duty, Lin Fu called Zhao Hu over, opened the window, and the three of them drank together under the bright moon.
"Zhao Hu has been in the military for more than half a year. He has also made meritorious service in Chongzhou this time. After returning to Jiangning, he will be promoted to the rank of deputy lieutenant of Xiaoqi. It is more than enough." Yang Pu did not play tricks on Lin Fu, knowing that he could not hide anything from him.
Tell him directly, "My lord, you want Yang Shi to go to the Dongyang Army for training, but you are afraid that your manpower is too tight."
"Yang Shi should be on his own," Lin Fu said. "No matter how short of manpower there is on Prison Island, Dongyang must be the priority in everything. Yang Shichu went to Dongyang without any foundation. There were some soldiers on Prison Island that he was familiar with.
Just let him take it there."
Compared with the control of Dongyang Xiangyong, which has an establishment of 4,000 people, the interests of Prison Island are relatively much smaller. It was probably the Battle of Jiyang that made Gu Wuchen and others fully realize the importance of directly controlling an elite force.
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The manpower Gu Wuchen could use was very limited. Others were not as trustworthy as Yang Shi, a son of this family. In addition, Yang Shi also had the ability to lead troops. Gu Wuchen transferred Yang Shi to Dongyang. Lin Fu knew that this also meant that Dongyang Xiangyong's affairs would not be solved.
It was his fault to intervene.
If Gu Wuchen asked him to intervene in Dongyang Xiangyong affairs, Lin Fu thought that he would even have to find excuses. After all, the focus in the future would be on Changshan Island, Xisha Island and Prison Island, but Gu Wuchen was so obviously rejecting him.
Outside, Lin Fu felt somewhat uncomfortable.
Lin Fu concealed his emotions well in the fragrant rice wine.
The casualties of Jiqi this time were very heavy. There were more than 400 Jiqi. In the end, only more than 80 people stayed with Lin Fu until the end. It has been proved many times that the army was unusable. Gu Wuchen directly survived this bloody battle in Jiyang.
The people who came down were recruited and replenished.
Gu Wuchen even hesitated to delay for two more days for this. No wonder Lin Fu stayed with more than twenty people and Yang Minyong to have dinner. Gu Siyuan and Zhao Qinmin left without saying anything when they saw it. Maybe they thought they were competing with them for manpower.