Although Jinan City is the capital of Shandong, in terms of the prosperity of towns and the transportation and collection of goods, it is not as good as Linqing City, where the Hejin Meeting (the Yellow River and the Caoluwei River intersect with three rivers), the grain transmission channel, and the throat between the north and the south, or even Linqing City
Compared with Jining, which is located on the Cao Road, the cities in Dezhou are slightly inferior, and it cannot be compared with Jiangning, Weiyang, Lin'an and other large commercial cities in the south.
Lin Fu arrived at the outer city of Jinan, surrounded by more than a hundred cavalry, and looked at the earth-brown outer city wall built with rammed earth. Some of the vines climbing down from the top of the city had withered, as if they were integrated into the city. The city has no moat.
The city is only a few feet high, and the city gate is a single iron-clad wooden gate with traces of decay on its exposed edges. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Jinan has not experienced any major wars. It is inevitable to repair the city and prepare war equipment.
Got slack.
When Lin Fu entered Kuocheng, he could already feel the depression and desolation of the future war in the city. Refugees from the north continued to pour into the city, and the number of patrols at the city gates and streets far exceeded the number of people usually on guard.
The identity verification of others is also extra careful.
Although the imperial court is still somewhat unclear about the movement direction of the main Donglu forces, and is more inclined to believe that the main Donglu forces will march westward into central Shanxi, Shandong has already been under great pressure as an aspect where the main Donglu forces may invade.
If the Eastern captives come to Shandong, they will definitely attack Jinan.
In terms of the situation in Shandong, Jinan is the most important. It is bordered by the Yellow River in the north and Mount Tai in the south. It is the land and water metropolis of the Three Qi Dynasties. If you come to the west, you will not be able to reach Jinan without having any ambitions in Linzi. If you come from the north, you will not be able to reach Jinan without asking in Huaisi. Dongshan County Secretary and the King of Lu
The vassal capital is stationed in Jinan. If the Donglu cavalry captures Jinan, the whole of Shandong will be turned into a piece of scattered sand, which will not hinder their cavalry from raiding the prefectures and counties in Shandong to the east and west. Otherwise, if the Donglu cavalry enters Shandong, Jinan will be like this
Thorns covered its back.
Shandong Xuanfu envoy Nai Yue Lengqiu was a Jinshi in the same year. With this relationship, more than 10,000 Eastern Min Qin Wang's troops were able to enter the highland in the southwest corner of Kuocheng. After Li Zhuo left Eastern Fujian, the imperial court transferred elite troops from Eastern Fujian to support the northern front.
But it also left a lot of elite soldiers for Eastern Fujian. Lin Fu rushed to the camp of the Eastern Fujian soldiers and saw that the weather in the camp was better than that of the local army in Shanji, so he knew that Yue Lengqiu had mobilized the elite troops from Eastern Fujian.
"Since Yue Lengqiu has mobilized all his elite troops, aren't he afraid that the She family will take advantage of the empty defenses in Eastern Fujian to start another war?" Lin Mengde asked in a suppressed voice.
Lin Fu came to see Yue Zhiqiu. In addition to having Ao Canghai lead a sentry team of 180 cavalry soldiers to accompany him as escort, he also brought Ao Canghai and Lin Mengde with him.
"The She family has been fighting in Eastern Fujian for ten years, and they chose to negotiate for peace when they were exhausted. The soldiers were disarmed and returned to their fields, and they only had a year to recuperate. If they suddenly broke their promise and raised troops, it would do great harm to the She family's own prestige and the morale of the army.
There will be huge internal disputes among the eight East Fujian families over their inability to raise troops. In addition, even if the She family hurriedly raises troops, the possibility of rushing out of East Fujian by land is still extremely slim," Lin Fu squinted his eyes and looked at Shining Shining against the sunlight.
At the military camp, he said, "Yue Lengqiu is also a man who knows military affairs and the situation. If he can escape from Eastern Fujian, he is somewhat confident..."
Lin Fu and the others stopped far outside the camp gate. The guards took his name card and went to post it. After a while, a captain in his early thirties wearing military uniform came out. Lin Fu, Ao Canghai, Lin
Among the three people in Meng De, Lin Fu was the youngest and quite easy to recognize. The captain directly cupped his fists and saluted Lin Fu and said: "Yue Zhi, the captain of the Yamen Camp of the East Fujian Governor's Mansion, has met Mr. Lin. Please follow me to see Commander Yue..."
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"General Yue is so polite..." Lin Fu clasped his fists in return. He didn't know that the commander of Yue Lengqiu's soldiers, Yue Zhi, also had the surname Yue. He was probably Yue Lengqiu's nephew. He was about thirty years old, with a strong build and a red face.
, has slender eyes but is very energetic, wears armor, doesn't talk much, but behaves like a scholar.
Lin Fu sent Ao Canghai and Lin Mengde and the escort cavalry to rest in the camp with the people sent by Yue Zhi. He went to the tent alone to see Yue Lengqiu.
After the defeat of the officers and soldiers Chen Tangyi, the northern defense line of Heishan and Jinzhou collapsed, and the Donglu cavalry directly threatened the capital. At that time, Yue Lengqiu served as the left minister of the Ministry of War and stabilized the Yanbei defense line. He was promoted and succeeded Li Zhuo as East Fujian.
At that time, with Yue Lengqiu's contribution to stabilizing the Yanbei defense line and the Chu party's power in the center, Yue Lengqiu could have been appointed as the governor of Jixuan, responsible for the eastern theater of the Yanbei defense line.
At that time, the situation in East Fujian had stabilized, and Yanbei had become the focus of the imperial defense war. However, Yue Lengqiu was willing to go to East Fujian to pick up Li Zhuo's favors, rather than stay on the more important northern line. He probably also saw the Yanbei defense line.
I'm fragile and don't want to take responsibility.
Exactly like this, when the Donglu invaded the border, not only did Yue Lengqiu not need to be involved, but the Chu Party could easily shirk responsibility, and it could also take the opportunity to suppress the noble forces responsible for the Yanbei defense line.
Lin Fu guessed that he no longer had a good impression of Yue Lengqiu. Maybe he had some abilities, but he was more interested in political speculation.
"Hahaha, being called the Jianbi of Jiyang is really an outstanding talent. Wuchen deserves to be such a disciple..." Yue Lengqiu was convening the generals in the tent to discuss matters, and saw Yue Zhi leading Lin Fu into the tent.
Come, greet him warmly and introduce him to the Eastern Fujian generals. Yue Lengqiu brought a garrison officer and five lieutenants, a total of more than 12,000 troops and horses. The generals who discussed matters in the tent were all camp captains.
The above-mentioned generals have the lowest rank of Zhaowu Colonel.
Although Lin Fu had been promoted one more level during the march and was now a seventh-rank Xuandelang Sanguan and a seventh-rank Dusu Supervisor, he still looked lackluster in the East Fujian governor's tent where generals gathered.
Except for Yue Lengqiu who greeted him eagerly, the other generals of the Eastern Fujian Army were quite indifferent.
Lin Fu didn't mind either. He cupped his fists and saluted. Yue Lengqiu gave him a seat and he sat down, waiting for Yue Lengqiu to talk to him.
"I know that you are familiar with military matters. We are discussing the disaster of Donglu, so you don't need to stay outside." Yue Lengqiu asked Lin Fu to sit down next to him and said, "Just listen to our discussion. Do you have any opinions?"
Please enlighten me and don’t hold anything back.”
"I don't dare to take it seriously. Lin Fu's knowledge is really shallow." Lin Fu said, no matter what, Yue Lengqiu spoke with such a relaxed attitude as a second-grade border official, Lin Fu still felt that it was very useful, but he still felt wary in his heart.
Although he had the same origin as the Chu party, he was a guest general after all. It would be very annoying to interfere in the discussions of the Eastern Fujian army for no reason. Before he entered the camp, he heard the sound of controversy inside.
Lin Fu thought to himself: Yue Lengqiu only entered Eastern Fujian as governor in late April. In less than seven months, I am afraid that he has not yet surrendered all the brave generals with outstanding military exploits in the Eastern Fujian army. Yue Lengqiu
Although he is the governor-general, there is nothing he can do if the generals stand together to fight against him.
Obviously, Li Zhuo's former generals were resentful for treating the old commander Li Zhuo so coldly and tearing the East Fujian army into pieces. They were not easy to surrender.
Sure enough, Yue Lengqiu judged that the main force of the Donglu would march westward into Jinzhong, and thought that the Eastern Minqin King's division should leave Jinan immediately, go west through Liaocheng, and pass through the northeast of Zhongzhou to aid Jinzhong. The Eastern Minqin King's division was headed by Lu Jingyan, the chief guard of Shaowu Town.
The generals in the division believed that the main force of the Donglu forces would march southward to Shandong, and they should assist Shandong locals in defending the city and preparing for the prisoners...
"Prince Lin is good at military matters. Which side do you think the main force of the Donglu forces will gravitate to?" Yue Lengqiu squinted his eyes and was not annoyed that the generals were refuting him in front of outsiders. He also asked Lin Fu's opinion in a gentle tone.
Lin Fu felt a chill running down his spine, knowing that Yue Lengqiu would never be as kind as he appeared on the surface. He was probably a Yue Buqun-like figure who hid his sword behind his smile.
Yue Lengqiu probably also judged that the main force of Donglu cavalry would march south to Shandong, but he was unwilling to take the risk of defending Shandong for the Lu people, so he wanted to immediately move westward and turn towards Jinzhong, so as to miss the main force of Donglu cavalry. Even if Shandong was lost in the future, he would not need to
He must take responsibility. After all, he is proactively "marching". Maybe he will get some achievements after entering Jinzhong to show off.
The generals of Eastern Fujian were promoted one after another after ten years of fighting in Eastern Fujian and accumulated military exploits. Even if they are no longer under Li Zhuo's command, their ambition and arrogance will not fade away easily, and they regard themselves as elite. Since they believe that the main force of Eastern Fujian will
When he entered Shandong in the south, he wanted to help defend Shandong and gain more military exploits.
Under the surface of the discord between the generals of the Eastern Fujian Army, there is a fundamental difference between Yue Lengqiu's speculation to avoid war and the generals' determination to fight. How could Lin Fu dare to easily speak in favor of one side?
Lin Fu pretended to think deeply for a while, and only said: "My knowledge is really very shallow. I see that the Donglu may go westward or southward. I can't tell which one is more likely. I am stationed in Crouching Tiger.
It’s been nearly half a month since I arrived in the mountains, and I haven’t had any contact with Commander Jiangdong in the past three or five days. May I ask Commander Yue if there are any latest instructions from the imperial court to the various Qinwang divisions?”
"There are endless disputes in the court. They only ordered all the troops to actively seek out the enemy and fight..." Yue Lengqiu also couldn't see Lin Fu's attitude, thinking that he was really not a simple person and should not be taken lightly.
Lin Fu cursed secretly in his stomach, "You're a thief."
The main battle was in the middle of the court, and the two factions were secretly fighting endlessly. The tendency of the main force of the Eastern captives was unclear, and all the troops of King Qin were assigned to their own formations. It was clearly stated that the armies were actively looking for the enemy to fight, but the envoys and governors were not sent for a long time.
All the Qinwang divisions were unified in commanding the battle against the enemy. Since there was no need to bear any responsibility, especially after Yang Zhaoqi died on the battlefield, how many people would fight hard with the Donglu cavalry? The center actually wanted to negotiate peace, but after such delay,
It will only make the situation in Shandong completely corrupt. Even if you are willing to negotiate for peace, you still need the capital to negotiate for peace. How can you negotiate peace with the enemy without fighting or winning the first battle?
What a bunch of temple rotten wood!
The officials in the court were so unbearable, and they judged Yue Lengqiu to be just an opportunistic politician, Lin Fu's heart was extremely cold, and he sat there respectfully, like a piece of rotten wood.
At this time, messengers came in from the tent camp to report the matter. Prince Lu's Mansion sent people to invite Yue Lengqiu, Lu Jingyan and others to go to the Yamen of the Admiral's Mansion to discuss the matter.
Wang Fan was not allowed to interfere in local military and political affairs, but there was no official with a higher rank than Yue Lengqiu in the Shandong County Bureau. Carrying out King Lu was a sign of respect for Yue Lengqiu, a guest general. Besides, King Lu was the Yuantang of the current emperor.
Brother, bringing out King Lu can also restrain the guest soldiers morally, but the discussion still has to go to the Admiral's Mansion, and the main personnel are officials from the Shandong County Division.
In addition, the Shandong County Secretary also knew that Lin Fu had come to the city, and the visitor also invited Lin Fu to go to the Yamen of the Admiral's Mansion to discuss matters.
Lin Fu's official position was not high, but after all, he was the representative of King Jiangdong Qin's division in Jinan Prefecture, and he actually commanded more than 3,000 troops under his command, so he was qualified to participate in a meeting of this level.