(First update, big chapter, please vote for me, happy Christmas Eve, I’m going out to eat too)
The sky is white with fish belly. Ten sea-going ships are headed by the three ships "Jinhai", "Jiyun 1" and "Jiyun 2". The first, third and fifth battalions of the Jiangdong Zuo Army and the first and second posts of the labor camp
More than a thousand soldiers have completed boarding and assembly, replenishing ordnance and supplies, and are ready to go.
Lin Fu's command ship raised the main sail half-raised. On the deck of the stern cabin, the messenger waved a two-color flag and conveyed the sailing order in flag language. The other nine ships also raised their sails like flags and adjusted their bows one after another.
People standing on the pier to see off can clearly hear the "click" sound of the stern winch as it winds up the iron chain. At this time, the northwest wind is strong, and the waves are rolling when the anchor is lifted. The ship is like a galloping horse when it leaves the shore, and the stern of the ship is bulging.
The waves were like jade, dragging out a strip of plain white water. When they were about four or five miles away from the seawall, the ships successively adjusted their directions and headed due south, heading straight for Laizhou Bay.
Hao Zongcheng was sitting on horseback. He stopped on the seawall about two miles away from the Liujin Harbor Pier. He stared gloomily at the boats that seemed to be galloping off the shore without saying a word.
Liu Zhi pursed his lips. In the spring weather, there was still a bit of chill in the early morning. The surrounding fields were as white as snow. He gathered up his cloak to prevent more cold air from seeping into his body. He turned around and glanced at the cavalry behind him.
I thought to myself that Lin Fu led the main force of the Jiangdong Zuoying to leave. At this time, the only people left in Jinhai were one battalion of cavalry and one battalion of soldiers from the Jiangdong Zuojun. I wonder how much it would cost to eat these more than a thousand people cleanly.
cost?
Liu Zhi was just thinking about this idea in his mind. When Lin Fu was guarding Yangxin, he only had 2,000 elite troops. At the peak of the siege, the Donglu troops had more than 20,000 troops. Didn't they collapse in the end?
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At this time, the soldiers of the fourth battalion, who had retreated to the north side of Jinhai Port under martial law, led by Ning Zechen, also began to board the ship. They would nominally stay in Jinhai to help with the canal, but except for a small number of soldiers who stayed with Sun Shangwang,
In addition to supervising about 6,000 captured civilians on the shore and continuing to build the port and build warehouses, most of the soldiers of the fourth battalion will retreat to Jinwei Island with Ning Zechen.
In addition to the fourth battalion of soldiers led by Ning Zechen, there were nearly 1,400 Zhejiang soldiers on Jinwei Island.
In order to prevent these Zhejiang soldiers from being killed by Yue Lengqiu as military merits, Lin Fu left Yangxin and organized these Zhejiang soldiers into auxiliary troops of Jiangdong Zuoying and brought them to Jinhai.
After Lin Fu was awarded the title of baron of Jinhai County, the entire Jinwei Island was designated as his private Yongye Field, and he used nearly 1,400 Zhejiang soldiers and soldiers to build Jinwei Island---
-Lin Fu has invested huge resources during this period to build Jinwei Island into a solid maritime military base and defensive barrier.
It has only been more than a month. The Jinwei Island base is still early to be completed, but the basic living facilities have been completed. The soldiers of the fourth battalion retreated to Jinwei Island, at least in the short term, they will not be afraid of the threat from the Jibei Army.
Except for the military soldiers of the fourth battalion, when Lin Fu was in Yangxin, he decisively beheaded all the surrendered generals above the captain of the captured Zhejiang soldiers and recruited old soldiers loyal to the Jiangdong Left Army to join them. Although
This group of people is still an auxiliary force and is currently mainly used for the construction of military barriers on Jinwei Island. However, at critical moments, they can still be mobilized into the battlefield as an important force.
In addition to the nearly 1,400 Zhejiang soldiers who surrendered, nearly 6,000 captured civilians who followed Lin Fu north from Yangxin at this time can also be said to be the important reserve force of the Jiangdong Left Army in Jinhai.
At first, Lin Fu solved their worries about being liquidated after the war. They had no choice but to trust the Jiangdong Left Army and follow the Jiangdong Left Army northward.
Except for a small number of landowners who chose to return home after the war, most of them were landless or landless poor peasants. After the war, apart from staying in Jinhai as hard labor and working hard, there was no other better way to survive. Besides, among them
The vast majority of people have lost their families. Even if they still have family members in the world, most of them have been sent to the north by Donglu, and they will never see each other again in this life. These experiences, as well as Lin Fu's trust in Jiangdong Zuojun, all
This makes it easier for them to unite and unite than ordinary returning refugees.
The sea canal was opened in Jinhai, and Lin Fu stayed in Jinhai to help the canal. These six thousand captives were the most important labor resources. Whether it was sealing the Wushui River, building harbors and wharves, building forts, and digging trenches, they all played a vital role.
important role.
As more and more government offices and troops were stationed in Jinhai, and more and more returning refugees poured into Jinhai, Lin Fu directly moved these captured civilians with the Jiangdong Left Army to the south bank of the Woshui River for temporary residence.
Labor management actually ensures the purity and cohesion of these captives.
In the process of providing work for relief, Lin Fu also paid attention to selecting some prestigious and capable people from among the captured civilians and entrusting them to posts. A small number of people directly joined the Jiangdong Left Army, and a small number of people were directly used to assist in the management of these people.
The captured civilians were not discriminated against because they had been driven by the Donglu to attack Yangxin. Three hundred strong men were directly selected from the captured civilians to form the Woshuihe Township Camp, which was nominally under the jurisdiction of the Jinhai County Captain.
, actually led directly by Sun Shangwang.
It is not an easy thing to answer the call and get what everyone expects.
Lin Fu has always been very careful to treat surrendered generals, surrendered soldiers and captured civilians differently. He treats surrendered soldiers and captured civilians as victims, so that he can unite and gather more strength. He must not do it because of temporary enthusiasm or indignation.
Push the power that can be united to the enemy.
With or without Lin Xuwen's cooperation, it was easy for Lin Fu to do these tricks in Jinhai when local forces and government forces were destroyed and awaiting reconstruction.
In order to solve the grain shortage crisis in Gyeonggi, store grain in Jinhai warehouses as soon as possible, and open up the channel from Jinhai to Gyeonggi, many yamen even condoned Lin Fu's behavior. After all, the efficiency of laborers who are well-organized and highly controlled is far more efficient than temporary labor.
Recruitment of returning refugees is much higher.
In fact, not only did Lin Xuwen, who came from the same Lin clan as Lin Fu, not mind Lin Fu's cultivation of power in Jinhai, but local forces also did not mind Lin Fu's cultivation of power in Jinhai.
On the one hand, Lin Fu rescued and restored the local forces in Jinhaiyuan. Representatives of local forces, such as the Uokou Zhou brothers, directly supported Lin Fu and the Jiangdong Left Army. At least Hejian Prefecture was destroyed by the Donglu.
At this time, only the Jiangdong Left Army, under the predicament of tens of thousands of horses and horses, united with the remaining soldiers in Jinzhong to win the dawn of victory for them. Even if they did not miss their gratitude, they must be prepared to count on the Jiangdong Left Army to rescue them when they were in trouble again in the future.
On the other hand, the local forces have been severely devastated this time. Countless people have been taken away and killed. There are ownerless fields everywhere in Jinhai. These are actually huge profits left over that can be divided up by everyone. The Ukou Zhou brothers and others
Naturally, the local forces would not be so greedy that they would eat up all the benefits. If Lin Fu and Lin Xuwen participated together, they would feel more secure in dividing the cake.
The Zhou brothers donated their Wokou Village to the Jinhai Water Transport Department to transform it into a large warehouse for grain storage. The Water Transport Department and Jinhai County set aside 400 acres of land on the south bank of the Woshui River.
The compensation was given to the Zhou clan. In fact, the Zhou brothers used this name to occupy a large amount of unclaimed wasteland on the south bank of the Wooshui River, becoming the first-class landowners in Hejian Prefecture in one fell swoop.
As long as the Zhou brothers did not cause farm disputes, and as long as no one came to sue, Lin Fu and Lin Xuwen would turn a blind eye to what the Zhou brothers and others did, and it could even be said that they were deliberately condoning it. After all, the Lin family
Or if the left army from Jiangdong went directly to Hejian or Tianjin to occupy the unclaimed wasteland at this time, it would be too naked, too blatant, and vulnerable to attacks from other officials in the DPRK.
Rather than falling into the hands of others, a large amount of unclaimed wasteland would be better off falling into the hands of local forces in Jinhai and Cangnan who are close to them.
After more and more refugees returned to their hometowns from Tianjin and Hainan, which could provide sufficient labor for the construction of sea canals, Lin Fu proposed to the Zhou brothers to lease a large amount of land to the Zhou clan in the name of Jiangdong Zuojun.
The Zhou brothers are not fools. They know who is their real and solid backing. When Lin Fu made such a request, they immediately reciprocated and allocated more than 20,000 acres of fertile land around the Jiangdong Left Army's camp on the south bank of the Wushui River.
Giving it to Jiangdong Zuojun is considered a lease.
At this time, Lin Fu had no excuse to move more than 6,000 civilians to Chongzhou, Jiangdong. In order for these people to become potential forces that can mobilize the Jiangdong Left Army, they must solve their resettlement problem and not use it during the resettlement process.
They dispersed. He leased more than 20,000 acres of fertile land from the Zhou clan in the name of Jiangdong Zuojun, so that he could gather more than 6,000 civilians on the south bank of the Woshui River in the name of Mintun.
However, in terms of the form of farming, he did not plan to divide the fields into households. Although the collective farm form will have various disadvantages in the long term, in the short term, he concentrated on improving the fields, building water conservancy and irrigation facilities, and helping each other to maintain internal cohesion.
It has miraculous effects in other aspects.
Lin Fu decided that after the Jiangdong Left Army withdrew from the south bank of the Wushui River, he would move the civilians from the outer shacks into the camp. If the camp could not accommodate them, he would build large enclosed houses around the camp that were suitable for collective living. Lin Fu also planned to
Based on the Jiangdong Left Army's garrison on the south bank, a solid fortress was built on the south bank of the Wushui River. Together with Zhou's New Village, Jinhai New City on the north bank and Jinwei Island, they formed a complete Jinhai defense system.
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Ning Zechen led most of the soldiers of the fourth battalion to board the ship and leave the shore for Jinwei Island.
At this time, the second battalion of the Jiangdong Zuo Army, which was also the final remaining cavalry camp of the Jiangdong Zuo Army, more than 600 cavalrymen got on their horses one after another. Under the leadership of Zhou Pu, they left the Jinhai Port pier and headed south along the Woshui River Fenghe Dam.
.The second battalion of cavalry, led by Zhou Pu, will travel south along the coastline by land to Bohai County, Laizhou County and other places in Laizhou Bay to join the main force of Jiangdong Zuoying by sea.
Hao Zongcheng's face became more and more gloomy. Liu Zhi sat on the horse and could not guess what Hao Zongcheng was thinking.
Although the Jiangdong Left Army was nominally escorting Tang Haoxin to Shandong to resolve the crisis of the Changyi mutiny, Lin Fu went there with his troops and threatened the Shandong County Sheriff too obviously and blatantly.
"Even if the Jinzhong Army does not favor either side, if there is a conflict between the Jibei Army and the Jiangdong Zuo Army in Tianjin, how sure are you of winning?" Hao Zongcheng suddenly asked Liu Zhi.
Liu Zhi was shocked and thought to himself, could it be that Hao Zongcheng had always wanted to do something?
In the name of escorting Tang Haoxin to Shandong, Lin Fu naturally had to inform all the yamen of Jinhai about the deployment and movements of Jiangdong Zuoying's troops, so as to legalize his move to Shandong.
Lin Xuwen waited for Tang, and the Gu family officials naturally believed that this was extremely necessary; Zhang Wenden and other officials sent by the Ministry of Revenue to take charge of Jinhai warehouse, as well as the supervisory censor sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate to Jinhai, naturally strongly opposed it and did not point the finger at Tang Haoxin.
, but claimed to write to the court to impeach Lin Fu for rashly deploying troops, and even falsely claimed that Tang Haoxin was sent to Shandong under Lin Fu's control; Hao Zongcheng's attitude became the key to whether it was legal for Lin Fu to send troops to Shandong.
Liu Zhi had always thought that Hao Zongcheng would oppose Lin Fu's support of troops to Shandong. Unexpectedly, during the discussion last night, Hao Zongcheng himself did not show up, but sent someone to pass a message in favor of Lin Fu escorting Tang Haoxin to Shandong, which also made the Ministry of Revenue and
The officials stationed in Jinhai by the Metropolitan Procuratorate were speechless and unable to refute.
At this time, Liu Zhi was immediately confused when Hao Zongcheng suddenly asked him. He couldn't figure out whether he agreed with Lin Fu's support of troops to go to Shandong or opposed Lin Fu's move to Shandong.
Hao Zongcheng led 20,000 Jibei troops to Jinhai. On the one hand, and in name, he came to Jinhai to solve the military food problem and ease the pressure on the food supply in the capital. On the other hand, he was also on guard to contain the Jiangdong Left Army and Jinzhong.
The meaning of military.
No matter what excuse there is, even if Tang Haoxin is carried out, it will not work. Lin Fu went directly to Shandong without any announcement from the Ministry of War. This can be regarded as restless. Hao Zongcheng has the idea of getting rid of Lin Fu, which is normal -
--But in this world, you can't just get rid of anyone you want. You must first have the strength to do so.
"This, this, I'm afraid it's too risky..." Liu Zhi said hesitantly. He was afraid that Hao Zongcheng would tie him to the Jibei Army's chariot. If the incident failed and the court wanted to appease the Jiangdong Left Army, he would follow.
He has become a traitor who framed Zhongliang. He might be promoted as a scapegoat by Hao Zongcheng. He is not so stupid. Not to mention that he has received a lot of benefits from Lin Fu. If Jinhai changes, Jinhai and Cao will be abandoned. Except for Jinhai,
, and which place can guarantee the delivery of two to three hundred thousand kilograms of grain to Gyeonggi every month?
Lin Fu designated Jinwei Island as his private land, and this time he withdrew five to six hundred soldiers to garrison on Jinwei Island.
To put it nicely, it is to defend Tianjin Port and prevent foreign enemies from invading from the sea; to put it badly, it is the throat of Tianjin Port that is stuck.
Based on this alone, the court could not touch Lin Fu.
"I'm just saying casually, why are you nervous?" Hao Zongcheng's face, which had been tense all morning, softened and revealed a sinister smile. He glanced at Liu Zhi and then looked at Jinwei Island in the southeast. He was greedy and fearful of money.
Zhan, it’s not that he has no knowledge at all. At this time, moral and unjust, loyalty and disloyalty all depend on the strength of his hands. After a while, he sighed softly, "This Lin Fu is not Li Zhuo after all!
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"Ah!" Liu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and joked about it, of course, as long as he didn't play it, it would be fine. Although Liu Zhi could only talk about war on paper, he also knew the principle of "Soldiers are not more valuable than more soldiers." He had witnessed it with his own eyes.
How did the Jiangdong Left Army fight in the field with the invading Donglu? How qualified were those bastards from the Jibei Army to fight in the Tianjin Sea with the Jiangdong Left Army?
During this period, Liu Zhi spent most of his time in Jinhai. He could still see some of the small actions of the Jiangdong Zuo Army in Jinhai. The Jiangdong Zuo Army maintained a strength of 3,000 soldiers in Jinhai, but
The combat strength that can be mobilized will not be less than three to four thousand people.
Liu Zhi could see some things, but he never said a word. He just wanted to leave a way out for himself and leave some room for him to be a good person. Who knows how the world will change?
Liu Zhi squinted at Hao Zongcheng's profile and couldn't guess what he was thinking. Lin Fu was certainly not Li Zhuo. Back then, there was an imperial decree that Li Zhuo surrendered his military power and went to Jiangning to serve as a garrison general. How did the Chu party want to torment him?
Just torture him no matter what; can an imperial edict make Lin Fu and the Lin family obediently give up their military power?
"But it is a fact that Lin Fu is easier to talk to than Li Zhuo..." Hao Zongcheng said suddenly, "I couldn't confirm it at first - now there is a rift within the Chu Party, and even if we don't add some firewood, we can't stop it.
Don’t let them fight each other.”
Only then did Liu Zhi finally understand Hao Zongcheng's intention of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight. He felt a chill running down his spine and said with a smile on his face: "Your Excellency Chang Shi is right. Li Zhuo treats you like a tiger or a wolf. How can it be possible?"
Is Lin Fu so easy to deal with? All Lin Fu wants is fame and fortune. Give him whatever he wants..."
"You can't give it all to him," Hao Zongcheng smiled coldly, "The human heart is like a deep chasm. If you want to give it all to him, when will it be filled?