The situation in eastern Zhejiang is collapsing, and the She family may raise the flag of rebellion again. Under the sword, Pingjiang Mansion is the first to bear the brunt. As far as the Chen family is concerned, they are very eager for the Jiangdong Left Army to establish a solid defense line on the Shengsi Islands to fight against the East China Sea invaders and the She family. In this way,
It can protect the flanks and front wings of Haiyu County from the threat of enemy invaders.
As far as the East China Sea bandits or Shejia are concerned, with such a powerful enemy stationed by the Jiangdong Left Army on the Shengsi Islands, it is unlikely that they will rashly attack Haiyu unless the threat on their flanks is resolved.
In such a critical situation, Lin Fu wanted to draw the main force from Daheng Island and go north to find the main force of the East China Sea Koubei line to fight, and took over the elite ambush on Changshan Island. Chen Huawen and Chen Mingzhe naturally put aside their previous suspicions, gave their full support, and shouldered the responsibility.
Responsibility for defending the island.
In addition, Chen Huawen also temporarily loaned six of Haiyu Xiangying's strongest fast two-masted galley warships to Lin Fu to strengthen the Jiangdong Zuo Army's naval attack power at sea.
The terrain at the northern foot of Jinji Mountain is complicated, and the change of defenses between two and three thousand men is quite time-consuming. Lin Fu left more than 800 wounded soldiers of the Jiangdong Left Army on Daheng Island, and sent the first and second battalions of the Jinghaihai Battalion and the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion.
The third post, the fourth post, the fifth post and the Chongzhou County soldiers, a total of more than 4,200 people, were assembled. The ships sailed out of the bay, and the bright moon, which was slightly missing, was almost at its zenith.
The purpose of bringing the Chongzhou County soldiers was to bring out the elite of the secret camp on Changshan Island and the Fengli Infantry Battalion. Lin Fu did not dare to spare the time on Changshan Island before the bandits trapped in Hecheng surrendered.
garrison, but to deal with the current chaos, the elite combat power of the Jiangdong Left Army must be concentrated and used more effectively.
It is already late autumn and light winter, and the northwest monsoon is prevailing at sea. The southeast wind is very rare and is not conducive to traveling northward. However, sailing more than two hundred miles eastward from Daheng Island is the edge of the Black Water Ocean (Yellow Sea) that runs northward all year round.
The warm current (called Heishui Ocean in ancient times) follows the current of the Heishui Ocean northward to the north side of Changshan Island, then turns and takes advantage of the wind to travel southwest, and can reach Changshan Island during the day and night.
Lin Fu did not know at the time that She Feihu and his troops had left Changshan Island, sailed across the sea, and were on their way to Daheng Island.
Since the Changshan Island was blocked by the warships of the main force of the Koubei front in the East China Sea, Qin Cheng and Ning Zechen were unable to spread the news in time, even though they were able to escape with flying tigers holding their heads and annihilating more than a thousand elite enemies on the island.
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When the moon reached midday, Lin Fu boarded the ship and wanted to lead the fleet eastward to the Blackwater Ocean along the edge of Daheng Island. The sound of a horn came from the watch post on the north cliff, warning that an approaching ship was approaching. The view of the watch post on the north shore under the moonlight
The distance was limited, and Lin Fu soon saw the shadows of several masts emerging from the sea and sky, only three or four miles away.
Three two-masted sailing ships came across the sea, not sentry ships from the direction of Chongzhou. They signaled with lights from a distance and asked to approach - three warships were sent over here, two were on guard nearby, and one would pick up the person who asked for an audience.
Come.
When he got closer, Lin Fu suddenly saw that the person standing on the bow of the boat under the moon was Yuan Jinsheng, the son of Yongchang Hou Yuan who returned to power. In addition, there was a middle-aged man wearing a scarlet official robe standing next to Yuan Jinsheng----Lin Fu
Fu frowned slightly and thought to himself: Who is this person? Standing behind Yuan Jinsheng and the middle-aged man is a burly young soldier.
Chen Huawen came over to see Lin Fu and others off. Just as he was about to get off the boat, he saw the middle-aged man's face and said in surprise: "The man named Miao is here too..."
Lin Fu didn't have time to ask more questions. He saw Yuan Jinsheng, a middle-aged man named Miao and a young soldier boarding the boat on the rope ladder, and asked: "Why did the young marquis come across the sea at this time?"
"This is the steward of Yudong Wanshou Palace. I always have Lord Miao Shuomiao here," Yuan Jinsheng said after bowing and saluting the middle-aged people around him without mentioning the young soldier behind him who was about the same age as him.
Jinsheng has been visiting Mr. Miao in Yudong these days. He saw Mr. Lin leading a fleet to cross the sea on the south bank the day before yesterday, so he guessed that Mr. Lin was coming for Daheng Island. Today, he heard the bad news of the defeat in eastern Zhejiang. Master Miao knew
Master Lin is the pillar of the imperial court, he is good at military affairs, and he has elite soldiers and generals under his command. Jin Sheng, who lost his sense of control, hurriedly brought Master Miao to see Master Lin... He didn't expect Master Chen to be here."
Chen Huawen was well-known in Haiyu, but he was only a county magistrate. In the Dai Viet bureaucracy, he was only a low-level civil servant. However, he did not expect that Yuan Jinsheng also knew him. Lin Fu thought that the second son of Yongchang Hou Yuan who returned to power really had extensive exchanges.
, I actually had the leisure to stay as a guest in Yudong Palace Manor during these few days, which was directly threatened by the swords of the bandit soldiers.
Lin Fu smiled at Yuan Jinsheng and bowed to Miao Shuo, "It turns out it's Mr. Miao..."
To the north of the Shengsi sea area, in addition to Haiyu County, Chongzhou County, and Hecheng Caohe, there is another place called Yudong Palace Village.
Yudong Gongzhuang was originally the Yudong Grassland. During the reign of Emperor Delong, the Yudong Grassland was evacuated and 4,000 hectares (400,000 acres) of the grassland were allocated to the Empress Dowager Liang as farmland. Gongzhuang is a type of imperial village and is directly assigned by the inner court.
The eunuchs who were responsible for the management of the village, the village officials, the guardian Ding Yong, and the small households of the palace were not subject to local control. Miao Shuo, the constant servant in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was the eunuch of the village, and he was a crony sent by the Empress Dowager Liang to run the palace.
In addition to the eunuchs in Prince Lu's palace and the high-ranking eunuchs in the inner court, Lin Fu had come into contact with four people so far.
Hao Zong became the Zuo Changshi, who was waiting in prison and was the head of the eunuchs in the province. He watched the emperor's heart and supervised the armies on behalf of the emperor. He always had real power in Jibei Town. Although he was a third-rank official, he was not as powerful as a minister.
Liu Zhi, the Minister of the Provincial Bureau of Internal Affairs, was ranked seventh in rank. He once served as an envoy to the Jiangdong Left Army and performed the duties of supervising the army. He was actually a close associate of Hao Zongcheng. Lin Fu had the most dealings with him, and also knew many secrets of the inner court from his mouth.
Things that are common to outsiders.
Zhang Yan, the salt and iron envoy of Weiyang, was in the fourth rank. He was in charge of the salt industry and was at least more powerful than the minister of household affairs.
Finally, there is Miao Shuo in front of us - the eunuch in charge of the village has no rank, but he is often treated as a fifth-rank minister. The Empress Dowager Liang uses the rank of a minister to manage Yudong Palace Village, which only receives ten thousand taels of money and food every year.
It's a bit overkill, it seems that the water bottom in Yudong Palace Villa is really very deep.
Hao Zongcheng was the emperor's confidant, and Miao Shuo was the confidant of the Queen Mother. In addition to Miao Shuo, the Queen Mother's core confidant in the inner court was Liu Chenghua, the young eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who was also Hao Zongcheng's biggest enemy. Hao Zongcheng and Liu
The sharp conflict between Chenghua and Chenghua shows that the relationship between Emperor Chongguan and the Empress Dowager of Liang in the inner court is not as peaceful as it seems.
Lin Fu originally thought that these things would not happen to him for the time being, but he did not expect that snakes, ghosts, cows and gods all ran out from under the blade of the She family. Yuan Jinsheng did not even bother to cover up the relationship between Yongchang Houfu and Yudong Palace Mansion and moved forward in a hurry.
It was simply because they were worried that the left army in Jiangdong could not withstand the pressure and took the initiative to withdraw from the Shengsi Islands, causing Yudong Palace Village to be directly threatened by the main force of the East China Sea pirates or the She family's troops.
In terms of close relationship, Yuan Guizheng also married the daughter of the Liang family, the sister of the Empress Dowager Liang, and Yuan Jinsheng was the aunt and nephew of the Empress Dowager Liang. However, the nature of Yudong Palace is equivalent to the private farmland of the Empress Dowager Liang, and they are all stewards.
The eunuchs and village officials were in charge, and according to the law, the Queen Mother's family, the Liang family, could not interfere. It was against the rules for Yuan Jinsheng to have a good relationship with the eunuch who was in charge of the palace.
Regardless of this, Yudong Palace Villa cannot afford to lose everything.
Lin Fu said: "It's a coincidence that Master Miao and Brother Yuan have arrived. If it had been a moment later, you would have missed the trip, but there is always a chance to meet in Chongzhou..."
When Miao Shuo came over, he saw the huge fleet sailing out of the north beach of Daheng Island. He suspected that Lin Fu was going to lead the main force of Jiangdong Zuo Army's navy to withdraw from the Shengsi Islands and return north. Hearing what Lin Fu said, he only took it as confirmation.
Guessing, he could not calm down and persuaded: "Master Lin is the pillar of the imperial court. Yan Nan is trying to save the crisis. The Queen Mother also knows the reputation of Master Lin... Although the Shengsi Islands are scattered in the vast ocean, they should not be taken lightly.
"Abandon, I think with Mr. Lin's knowledge, he will not fail to see that the Shengsi areas are the gateway to the Jiangkou, the gateway to the Pingjiang River, and the flanks of the Hailing Prefecture."
"..." Lin Fu muttered silently, seeming to be thinking about Miao Shuo's words.
Miao Shuo said to Chen Huawen on the side: "Lord Chen must also know the key points of the Shengsi Islands..." This means that Jiangdong Left Army can hold on to the Shengsi Islands, which will also be of great benefit to Haiyu, and he wants his help.
Chen Huawen was also an old fox. Standing next to Lin Fu, he did not expose it and said: "This kind of critical issue has been analyzed with Mr. Lin by the official. However, the new defeat in eastern Zhejiang has made the situation unmanageable, and the East China Sea bandits are still on the northern front."
There are heavy troops threatening the safety of Chongzhou. The Jiangdong Left Army has the responsibility to defend the territory, and must first deal with the threat from Chongzhou..." He did not lie, but he did not mention that the Haiyu Township Camp temporarily defended Daheng Island on behalf of the Jiangdong Left Army.
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When Emperor Delong withdrew from Yudong Grassland, the Chen family also benefited a lot. Since they were only across the Dongjiang River from Yudong Palace and Villa, they knew something about the background of Yudong Palace and Villa. This matter of guarding Shengsi cannot be left to Jiangdong Zuojun and Haiyu.
If the two parties share the burden, what Yudong Palace Village can pull out is far from just a handful of hair.
"Guard the Shengsi Islands. The East China Sea bandits will not dare to stay too long on the northern front. Chongzhou is suffering from mustard ringworm," Yuan Jinsheng couldn't help but interjected and advised, "If Master Lin is worried about Chongzhou, Yudong Palace Villa can borrow some money to protect the village."
Elites will help you guard Chongzhou..."
"Oh?" Lin Fu looked at Yuan Jinsheng pretending to be surprised.
The imperial palace has guards and guards. There is no quota and they are set up as needed. Generally speaking, there will not be too many. Yuan Jinsheng opened his mouth to make the decision for the Yudong palace and defended Chongzhou for the Jiangdong left army——Yuan Jinsheng hurriedly
During this time, quite a lot of secrets were leaked.
Yuan Jinsheng was shocked and made a mistake, but they had already formed a tacit understanding about Su Mei's life experience. He was not worried about any serious problems if Lin Fuzhen found out some of the secrets of Yudong Palace, but the young man behind Yuan Jinsheng
The soldier gave Lin Fu a sharp look, which made Lin Fu realize that the origin of this young man was not too ordinary, and thought to himself: Could it be that he is from the Liang family?
Lin Fu wanted to immediately send troops to the north to Changshan Island, and instead of playing too much Tai Chi with Yuan Jinsheng and Miao Shuo, he directly said: "It is not difficult to defend the Shengsi Islands, but it is not easy to defend the Shengsi Sea... Commander Ziyue
The Longjiang Shipyard was specially designed to build warships for Jiangning Water Camp and Ninghai Zhenshui. The Jiangdong Zuo Army raised its own funds and could no longer rely on the Longjiang Shipyard to build ships. The Jiangdong Zuo Army had no source of warships. After several battles, the original battle
The ship suffered a lot of damage, and the navy's combat effectiveness at sea has been severely reduced. With armored soldiers, it is easy to defend the island, but without warships, it is difficult to defend the sea. It is useless to defend the island but not the sea. Let's not hide it from Brother Yuan and Mr. Miao. They are attacking northward.
As the main force on the North Line of the East China Sea, I even shamelessly borrowed six warships from the Haiyu Township Camp with Mr. Chen, and asked Mr. Chen to lead troops to temporarily guard Daheng Island for three days on my behalf. I really don’t know what will happen after three days.
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The six fast galley warships were loaned by Chen Huawen on his own initiative to strengthen the Jiangdong Left Army's maritime combat capabilities. Lin Fu changed his explanation and said that he had borrowed them shamelessly.
Yuan Jinsheng and Miao Shuo immediately understood what Lin Fu meant. Miao Shuo said: "It is natural for all families to share the responsibility for guarding Shengsi. However, Yudong does not have a big ship, so only three ships behind him are enough."
It seems that if Mr. Lin wants to use it, just take it. In addition, Yu Dong will take another six thousand taels of silver and give it to Mr. Lin as military supplies. Do you think it would be good..."
Lin Fu could not wait to kick Miao Shuo off the boat. He really thought that he was a countryman who had never seen money.