Lin Fu opened his eyes, and the rays of the sun were shining in his eyes, making him unable to open them. He did not expect that after sleeping for so long, the sun had already risen so high. He squinted.
With his eyes, he saw a beautiful and childish face in the colorful glow. The eyes that were as clear as a spring flowing through the valley in winter were staring at him. When Lin Fu opened his eyes, the owner of these eyes was frightened.
Jump out of the way.
Lin Fu saw clearly that it was Princess Yun Yan, and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Princess Yan!" I don't know when the little girl ran to the tower, and when she saw her hiding, she yawned, and then she saw General Yun Yan.
Jian Hai, Yangxin Magistrate Zhang Jinxian, County Lieutenant Cheng Weiyuan, Ao Canghai, Zhou Pu, Ning Zechen, Zhou Tong, Geng Quanshan, Chen Dingbang and others stood together, looking as if they had been waiting for a long time, and stood up to hand over their coats to the guards.
, bowed to Yun Jianhai, Zhang Jinxian, Cheng Weiyuan and others, and said, "How long have I been asleep? I deserve to die for letting General Zhenguo wait with you adults for so long," and then blamed the guards, "Why didn't you wake me up?
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"It's not the hero's fault, it's all my own decision. Mr. Lin has worked hard to guard Yangxin for more than ten days, and only today did he have a peaceful and sound sleep. How can we bear to wake Mr. Lin up?" Zhang Jinxian replied.
Yun Jianhai also had a smile on his face. As long as the captives retreated, he was in a particularly good mood. He seemed to have forgotten that hundreds of people in the Lu Palace had died in Jinan. He did not take the arrogance of the clan, he just felt about Lin Fu.
No matter how bad he is, he still knows who is the biggest contributor to keeping Yangxin. If he doesn't even have this kind of magnanimity, he is in vain to be a member of the clan.
Lin Fu saw Zhou Pu also coming to the North Tower and asked, "Who is in charge of Zhulongpo Camp?"
"Master Ge is guarding the ship in Zhulong Bay. Zhao Qingshan and I are coming here, and Zhao Qingshan is staying outside the city," Zhou Pu replied. "That He Xiongqi is much more cunning than last time. He easily avoids contact with the defeated troops. We have also been
Before finding an opportunity to engage in battle, just before a stick of incense, Na He Xiong Qicai left with his rear troops, do you want to pursue him?"
"The Jiangdong Left Army, Jinzhong Army, and Shaowu Army all gathered at Zhulongpo before noon to rest and reorganize their camps and prepare for pursuit..." Lin Fu raised his head and looked at the sky. "The scouts will conduct reconnaissance first. If there is any major military information, we will report back in time! Wait for the detectives.
After understanding the situation, decide whether to pursue or not!"
Donglu suffered a setback in this battle and could not continue to advance eastward. Lin Fu only had 2,400 to 500 elite men available for field pursuit.
Ye Jiduodi and Nahe Xiongqi's cavalry withdrew completely from Yangxin, totaling more than 3,000 men.
After the rebels were dispersed, it was difficult to gather them together. Except for military attachés and generals, most of the ordinary soldiers who could take advantage of the chaos and escape home would not follow the rebels to the bitter cold land. This was the last time Lin Fu gave up.
The main reason for pursuing is to control the battlefield.
In the battle last night, the defenders were unable to surround all the soldiers who were dismounted and armored in the narrow field of Guyuan. Even if we did not consider the supporting troops sent from the southern front of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ye Jiduo Dy and Na He Xiongqi could almost do it again.
Gather more than a thousand captive soldiers and go back.
After Yangxin was besieged, the passages west of Yangxin and Zhangqiu were blocked and scouts could not penetrate. However, in early February, the Donglu troops had as many as 40,000 troops in Jinan, Jihe, and Dezhou, far away from Yangxin.
The letter was only over two hundred miles away. Lin Fu could not even figure out how many Donglu troops were stationed in Jiyin County.
The specific situation was in the dark. Lin Fu was so full that he sent troops to pursue him?
Regardless of whether you want to pursue a pursuit or not, the pursuit situation must be established. As for whether you really want to pursue a pursuit, you must let the generals who have guarded Tiancheng for so many days rest and understand the dynamics in the west before considering it.
Lin Fu looked at Zhulongpo northwest of Yangxin. Nahe Xiongqi did not set fire to the camp until the last moment, and immediately withdrew from Zhulongpo after setting the fire. There was no wind at night, and the fires did not spread together. However, he was able to save three or four camps, which was convenient for the left army in Jiangdong.
, Jinzhong Army and Shaowu Army were stationed in Titong.
"Have you snatched any supplies from the enemy camp?" Lin Fu asked Zhou Pu.
"Fortunately, the fire did not spread. He Xiongqi also had a hasty retreat when he withdrew. Several camps were burned down from the outside, but they were not completely burned inside. A lot of supplies were preserved, and the food and grass were enough for the soldiers to besiege Yang again.
It takes ten days and a half." Zhou Pu said.
"That's good," Lin Fu said, "Except for the ordnance, all other supplies should be handed over to Yangxin County. Since we defended the city, the people in the city have also suffered a lot from us. We would rather suffer some losses in everything.
We must first compensate the people and not let them suffer..." He then asked Zhou Tong, Geng Quanshan, and Chen Dingbang, "What do you think of this arrangement?"
"It all depends on Master Lin's orders!" Zhou Tong, Geng Quanshan, and Chen Dingbang said in unison.
The local government had almost no say in this kind of seizure of military supplies. Yuan Jianhai only had a stern look on his face, while Zhang Jinxian, Cheng Weiyuan and others thanked them on behalf of the people of Yangxin.
Lin Fu said: "The people in the city have all done a good job in defending the city. When we are providing relief, please don't tell each other apart."
Yangxin is a small town. There are only a thousand people in Dingkou in the city. Most of the people are refugees who came to the city to avoid the war. Among them are people from Yangxin and many who fled from Yannan. Lin Fu gave an extra order.
, I am worried that Yangxin County will take extra care of the locals during the relief work, and there will be no benefit to the outsiders at all.
"Of course, Yangxin County will never be partial and divide each other," Zhang Jinxian said, "There are many dead horses outside the city. I just asked General Ao for thousands of catties of horse meat and put it in the porridge pot together!
It’s a celebration! I haven’t said a word to Master Lin yet.”
"Now that the Donglu have withdrawn their troops, the supply can be relaxed a bit. Not only horse meat can be added to today's meal, but I think horse meat can be added to every meal. Eat it up until it's all gone - the horse meat can't be kept until next month.
Go and clean up your home. We need to have enough to eat and have the strength to work. I will go and thank the people in the city later for their bravery and fearlessness in helping our troops defend the city," Lin Fu said, "Jiangdong
The supplies of the Zuo Army, Jinzhong Army and Shaowu Army do not need to be borne by Yangxin. In addition, hurry to Dengzhou now, and then buy grain from Dengzhou and take the sea to Yangxin. Seven or eight days should be enough...
...In addition, extra rewards will be given to the civilians who went to the city to help defend the city and who have meritorious service. I hope Yangxin can draw up a list in the next two days. If the captured military supplies are insufficient, I will find a way. The previous commitment will always be
Fulfilled.”
In order to ensure that he could hold on to the city for a long time, when he was defending the city, Lin Fu held the entire city's rice grains in his hands and centrally controlled them. The ordinary people in the city were given two meals of porridge a day, and the average food supply per person per day was only four taels (four taels).
One pound), just to keep them from starving to death, and many of them were already so hungry that they started to suffer from bloating.
For this battle to defend the city, many people demolished and destroyed houses, and the civilian warriors who went up to the city to help defend the city also suffered more than a thousand casualties. Without these civilian warriors, Jiangdong Left Army, Jinzhong Army, and Shao Wujun would not have been able to defend the enemy for seven days.
He still maintained such a strong combat effectiveness during the siege that Lin Fu couldn't even pat his butt and walk away.
Refugees need to be helped, their homes need to be rebuilt, city defenders need to be rewarded for their bravery, and those killed or disabled in battle need to be compensated. Now that the captive soldiers have withdrawn from the siege, Lin Fu will naturally give priority to replenishing the captured materials to the Yangxin area.
Jiangdong Left Army, Jinzhong Army, and Shaowu Army also suffered a lot of casualties in the city defense battle. Lin Fu used all the captured materials to replenish the army, and there was nothing to say locally. After all, Jiangdong Left Army, Jinzhong Army
, Shao Wujun fought to defend Yangxin and ensured that Yangxin did not fall into the hands of captors. It should be the Yangxin locality who paid the Jiangdong Left Army, Jinzhong Army, and Shao Wujun, not the Jiangdong Left Army and Jinzhong Army.
, Shao Wujun in turn used the captured materials to subsidize the local area.
Neither Zhang Jinxian nor Cheng Weiyuan thought that Lin Fu would be so considerate. While listening to Lin Fu's instructions, they bowed to express their thanks with gratitude and excitement.
After the battle was fought like this, Yangxin was slightly better off than those cities that had been conquered.
This time, including Jinan Prefecture, Pingyuan Prefecture, Xingzhou Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture, and Baoding Prefecture, almost fifty or sixty counties were captured by the soldiers. Even if the imperial court would eventually provide compensation, the amount of money allocated to Yang Xin's compensation would not be much.
.Faced with Yangxin being riddled with holes, it would be difficult to survive the most difficult moment after the war without money.
Now Lin Fu brought all the captured materials that were supposed to be from the army to the local government, which really solved Yang Xin's biggest problem.
Zhang Jinxian and Cheng Weiyuan had a deeper understanding of Lin Fu's demeanor as a famous official and general who helped the world.
"There is one more thing that I would like to ask your lord to decide..." Ning Zechen said.
"What's going on?" Lin Fu asked.
Ning Zechen asked: "Whether we should cut off the heads of the captured soldiers outside the city and the rebels together, or just cut off the heads of the captured soldiers, we are still having a hard time deciding, and it still needs to be decided by your lord."
"Rebels are more hateful than captives. After the war, it is necessary to rank up and record merit. Why not?" Yuan Jianhai was afraid that Lin Fu would be soft-hearted, so he came over and said.
The direct cause of the fall of Jinan was the defection of Zhejiang soldiers. How could Yuan Jianhai not hate the rebels?
In addition, the guards of Prince Lu's Mansion also participated in the defense of the city. Yuan Jianhai, a member of the clan, was naturally indispensable for the defense of the city. The first-level merit is the most important military merit. It is quite benevolent for them not to kill good people and take merit.
Is there any reason not to pick up the head on the ground?
Seeing Yuan Jianhai's attitude when he interrupted, Lin Fu thought that they might have been quarreling over this issue. Only then did Lin Fu realize that he hadn't asked about the specific results of the battle yet, so he asked Ning Zechen: "How many enemies did we kill in the battle last night?"
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"We killed 567 captives, 1,486 rebels, 1,171 rebels, and more than 6,000 civilians..." Ning Zechen said.
"Those who are killed by the rebels will be promoted to the highest rank by military attachés above the captain's rank; all the captured soldiers will be promoted to the highest rank..." Lin Fu did not explain anything to Yuan Jianhai.
It was not a pity for the rebels to die, but Lin Fu did not want to use the heads of the rebels to show off his military exploits.
The Linqing defenders surrendered without a fight, and the Zhejiang soldiers fled before surrendering. After the rebellion, they were driven to death by the bandits and died in the battle at the foot of Yangxin City. In Lin Fu's view, this was not a military achievement worthy of showing off, but a shame that was hard to wash away for this nation.
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Besides, the accumulation of merit is enough. Why do we need so many people?
There were only so many heads for military attaches above the rank of captain. Yuan Jianhai was puzzled when he saw that Lin Fu had given up military honors, but he couldn't say anything.
Lin Fu then said to Ning Zechen and others: "Where are you keeping all the surrendered soldiers? Take me to see..."