Just like when Chen Hansan defected to Liu An'er, many people spread their grievances on Chen Hansan, but few people complained that Liu An'er induced Chen Hansan to defect - Chen Hansan defected to the government again and willingly served as the official
Minions, trapping and killing Liu An'er, the generals of the refugee army hated Chen Hansan even more than the contrary, but Yue Lengqiu didn't have much resentment towards Lin Fu who actually implemented the strategy of recruiting and killing Liu An'er behind the scenes.
Officers and soldiers kill bandits, bandits kill officers and soldiers, and countless lives are destroyed. Each of them does whatever it takes. This is a matter of course.
When everyone rebelled, they pinned their heads to their belts and arranged for the government to kill them. Even though they felt resentful in their hearts, they would not express their hatred and complain about others.
Liu An'er was trapped and killed in Xuzhou. For the generals of the refugee army who gathered in Qinglonggang, their illusion of getting rich by recruiting people was shattered.
Although there was a fierce battle in the remaining city of Xiapi, with Liu Miaozhen and the Jiangdong Left Army drawing a draw, and their momentum greatly increased, many of the refugee soldiers were not confused.
In this battle, Sun Zhuang led 6,000 elite troops to attack from Suyu. Liu Miaozhen and Malantou also came out with their elite troops. Later, many generals thought of Liu An'er's righteousness and sent troops to fight. It was about 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers and horses of the refugee army.
The Jiangdong Left Army numbered less than 10,000 people.
On the refugee army's side, Sun Zhuang's troops from Suyu were first defeated, and their general Sun Zhuang was captured; the refugee army's only nearly 3,000 cavalry in Qinglonggang were crippled, and Liu Miaozhen's elite red-armored cavalry were crippled.
They were beaten and disabled, and the infantry casualties were even heavier, with nearly 10,000 casualties lost.
The Jiangdong Left Army suffered less than 2,000 casualties in this battle.
If Xuzhou is not lost, such a victory will be of great significance to the refugee army.
They have a numerical advantage, and their soldiers can be consumed almost unlimitedly. One or two more tough battles like this will be enough to make the Jiangdong left army dare not leave Suining City to fight, and they will be able to win the initiative on the battlefield.
However, Liu An'er was booby-trapped in Xuzhou, and Chen Hansan was eyeing him in Xuzhou. The greatest significance of the draw in the ancient city of Xiapi was that it only increased Liu Miaozhen's momentum. After Liu An'er's death, the generals were able to recover a little bit of their fighting spirit and morale.
Come.
The most fundamental problem has not been solved at all.
The fierce battle in the ancient city of Xiapi was a field battle for the refugee army, with more troops fighting against the smaller troops. It was a field battle between the elite soldiers of the refugee army and the Jiangdong Left Army. It was only a bleak draw, but it was already a rare and beautiful fight.
The Jiangdong Zuojun retreated from the camp and could not get out. There was the fortified city of Suining in front of them and the Shuiying warship behind them. The generals of the refugee army had completely lost the confidence to seize the Jiangdong Zuojun camp by force.
So what if we don't fight? The way to the north is blocked by Chen Hansan. Going south to Suyu, there is even less room for maneuver. There is no ferry, no water camp, no way to cross the Huai River, no way to cross the Si River, and no way to cross the Bian River. The most important thing is to be old.
The fate is that food and fodder are at the bottom and cannot last for more than a few days.
Surrender? Don’t even dare to surrender! Liu An’er was trapped and killed by Zhao An in Xuzhou. Who dares to easily believe in the government’s promise?
The situation in Suining and Qinglonggang seems to have fallen into an irresolvable deadlock after the battle in Xiapi Ancient City.
Of course, this deadlock will only drag the 70,000 to 80,000 refugee troops in Qinglonggang into a more dangerous brink----
Yue Lengqiu led the Huai army's elite troops to go north after resting and devastated the Tengzhou front line, and soon they were able to free up their hands to go south to join the war; Liang Chengchong led 20,000 elite troops to run under the stars at night, hoping to go south to get a piece of the pie - the general of the refugee army in Qinglonggang
, even if you open your toes, you will know that they have become a meal in the eyes of the powerful officers and soldiers.
Although the Three Kings Luo Xiancheng still has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses west of Shouzhou, it is impossible for Luo Xiancheng not to want to recruit the remnants of Liu An'er's Huaisi refugee army, but they are suppressed by the officers and soldiers of Luzhou, and there is a fierce tiger named Cao Yiqu above Tongguan.
Looking at it with eager eyes, Luo Xiancheng didn't have the guts to cross the Huaihe River and join in this chaos.
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The deadlock in Suining and Qinglonggang did not last long.
On August 30, Sun Ganzi, the pioneer of the Huaisiliu people's army, went to Kaicheng in Suyu and sent a surrender envoy to the Huaidong Zhizhi Envoy. Li Weixian, the magistrate of Suining, surrendered and was appointed as the commander of the left camp of the Huaihe Army.
Dongzhi appointed the envoy Si Suining as the governor. His troops organized six battalions of regular soldiers, and the remaining troops were led by generals Chen Zhi and Zhang Gou. They crossed the Huainan from Siyang Feixiaji and entered Shanyang for resettlement...
Sun Zhuang led his troops northward and stationed in Suining on September 2, taking over the entire defense of Suining. On the same day, Gu Siyuan led his troops southward to take over the defense of Suyu.
As soon as Sun's pole dropped, it was like an ice-breaking blow, immediately breaking the deadlock between Suining City and Qinglonggang.
With Lin Fu's tacit approval, the refugee army in Qinglonggang actually had three options to take.
The first is to follow Liu Miaozhen all the way to the dark side, refuse to surrender, and refuse to be summoned to peace, and then cross to Bianxi with soldiers, armor, and provisions, and fight again the next day.
The first is to accept the recruitment and be incorporated into the left camp sequence of the Huaihe Crossing Army, nominally accepting Sun Zhuang's control, with Suining, Suyu and other places as the garrison, and the total number of soldiers is limited to 20 battalions and 12,000 regular soldiers.
The left camp of the crossing Huaihe Army is stationed in the local area and must be supervised by local civil officials such as Li Wei, the magistrate of Suining County. It must not disturb the people or invade the local area. The Huaidong system is responsible for setting up an envoy to be responsible for paying the regular soldiers six measures of food and three hundred coins per month.
However, all the remaining troops need to be dispersed and moved to the south of the Huaihe River for resettlement.
First, upon surrender, the troops were dispersed and moved to the Huaihe River to be resettled. The generals presented the number of surrendered soldiers and the Huaidong Zhizhi Department requested the generals to be granted corresponding military and casual official titles. They could return to their hometowns to retire, or they could stay here.
Huaidong will also have the opportunity to accept the conquests of Huaidong Zhizhishi and serve as generals and officials in the future.
The left army in the east of the Yangtze River retreated to the Hexi camp in Suining. All the recruitment, surrender, and even Liu Miaozhen's troop crossing to Bianxi to retreat were arranged by Sun Ganzi Zhuang as the intermediary. At present, only Sun Zhuang, a "surrendered general", can accept the orders of the refugee army.
The general's trust; Han Caizhi secretly provided necessary support and coordination on behalf of the Jiangdong Left Army.
Although Liu Tingzhou and Zhang Yan were in Suining, it was only after Sun Zhuang, a descendant of Sun Gan, and Gu Siyuan changed defenses that they saw the clue that Lin Fu was going to let the red-coated girl cross Bian to escape west.
Liu Tingzhou and Lin Fu had a big quarrel, but Lin Fu just turned a deaf ear. Liu Tingzhou and Xiao Kui'an took a dozen of their followers to the north to Tengzhou to complain to Yue Lengqiu that night.
By the time Yue Lengqiu escaped from Tengzhou and came to Suining in person to interrogate the charges, it was already the sixth day of September. Liu Miaozhen and Ma Lantou led 20,000 elite refugee troops to cross the Bianshui River one day earlier and joined the refugee army in Huaiyang.
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Lin Fu opened the gate of the camp and invited Yue Lengqiu to lead more than a hundred of his followers to inspect the camp. He proudly said: "We eliminated Liu Miaozhen, the sister of the bandit commander, and Ma Lantou, the bandit general, and led the remaining troops to escape. They retreated to Huaiyang where they caused harm and fought against the imperial court.
Outside, there are nearly 70,000 rogue bandits in Qinglonggang, Suyu and Siyang, starting from Sun Zhuang and below. They deeply feel the kindness of the imperial court and the kindness of Yue Du. They are willing to abandon their evil deeds and become good, and accept the recruitment. They will eliminate the weak and keep the strong.
Under the Huaidong system, the twenty battalions of the left battalion of the Huai army were organized into regular soldiers, and they were allowed to perform meritorious service and serve the imperial court. They were temporarily stationed in Suining. The remaining thieves were all forgiven, dispersed, incorporated into civilian households, and moved to Huaidong.
Monitor the arrangements in each county to avoid becoming a new scourge... This is the name of the general who has accepted the recruitment. Please review it by the Governor-General! Or the Governor-General will come to Suining City in person to receive the review. I apologize that I was injured in the fierce battle a few days ago and it is inconvenient to accompany you.
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Yue Lengqiu was so angry that his neck became stiff, but he never expected that Lin Fu would move so quickly.
The number of bandits in the Huaisi area once numbered as many as 400,000, but Geping's Tianyi army of 200,000 was purely a mob and was not enough to cause trouble.
Liu An'er's 200,000 troops fought all over the world for two years, and were reorganized many times during this period, so they had a solid foundation of veterans. Even if Xuzhou lost some of them, the remaining most elite ones were taken away by Liu Miaozhen or incorporated into the ferry.
The Huai army's left camp lost 60,000 men to Lin Fu, which was a force that should not be underestimated.
Although Jiangdong's left army was strong before, its foundation was weak, its consumption was too high, and its reserve troops could not be replenished. Lin Fu did not have the confidence to fight many tough battles such as the storming of Daheng Island and the fierce battle in the remaining city of Xiapi.
Huaisi sent out strong troops, which refers to the area north of the Huaihe River. The folk customs in these places are strong and strong. The folk customs south of the Huaihe River are weak and cannot recruit many strong troops. These 60,000 strong men have not been taken away by Lin Fu, and the potential of the Jiangdong Left Army is very small.
Doubled.
Yue Lengqiu regretted it endlessly. If he had known this, he should have led his troops south decisively after Chen Hansan killed Liu An'er and attacked the refugee army in Qinglonggang. Lin Fu only set up the envoys, accepted the surrender, accepted the recruitment, and the general of the refugee army.
Most of them will only recognize the Jianghuai Governor's brand.
In addition, Lin Fu organized the left camp of the Huai army, led by the bandit general Sun Zhuang and others, and relied on Suining to not leave. Wasn't the purpose of the fight to use bandits to control bandits, and to use Sun Zhuang to contain Chen Hansan?
Yue Lengqiu became even more angry and led more than a hundred cavalry to Suining to investigate the crime. Lin Fu also sneered secretly when he saw this.
Compared to being trapped in Xuzhou City and using his position as governor of Jianghuai to rescue Lin Fu, Yue Lengqiu gained no less benefit.
Summoning Chen Hansan, trapping and killing Liu An'er, and defeating the bandits in Huaisi, no matter how you calculate it, Yue Lengqiu must be considered as the first contributor; the failure of the Changhuai Army in the previous battles naturally does not count.
Chen Hansan rebelled again and again. Although 20,000 troops and horses were not lost, they were still lost. There was no other way out except following Yue Lengqiu. In addition, Yue Lengqiu led the Huai army to the north and surrendered on the northern front.
After accepting the rebellion, at least within a short period of time, the Huai Army returned to its previous full strength in terms of number of soldiers.
The deal was done. Yue Lengqiu also knew Lin Fu's domineering temperament. It was useless to use the title of governor to suppress him, so he brought over the list of surrendered generals from the left camp of the Huaihe Army.
Yue Lengqiu was not afraid that Lin Fu would be unfavorable to him, but he did not dare to go to Suining City to meet these surrendered generals. Seeing that the Jiangdong Zuo Army's camp and Suining City also looked like rivers and wells, he knew that Lin Fu was also worried now.
Just using these people to deal with Chen Hansan still cannot control these people. Sitting in the governor's seat, he always has the opportunity to win over these surrendered generals.
Yue Lengqiu's refusal to enter Suining City does not mean that Liu Tingzhou cannot go in and contact these surrendered generals, nor does it mean that he cannot summon Suining Magistrate Li Wei to ask for details. This list is still useful.
Yue Lengqiu accepted the list of surrendered generals, took out a booklet from his pocket, and said to Lin Fu: "Although there are precedents for setting up envoys, they are not permanent ones. Their government offices, assistants, military systems, recruitment of troops, and
There are no clear precedents to refer to regarding the similarities and differences between food and pay, weapons, camps, defense and other services with military towns. Since the imperial court has appointed me to handle this matter with authority, and you and Chen Hansan are both new appointees.
Officer, I have to discuss the details with you. I have drawn up a brochure. Please take a look at it. If you have no objections, I want you to countersign..."
There are advantages and disadvantages to formally taking up the post of Huaidong envoy.
The advantage is that the territory under its jurisdiction has increased on the surface, and it also has a certain degree of control over local civil servants. It can even mobilize local rural armies to fight. The power is much greater than that of the generals in the town army system. The disadvantage is that it requires the direct control of the Jianghuai Governor's Office.
How much authority the Huaidong envoys have is greatly restricted by the Jianghuai Governor's Mansion.
Lin Fu took the documents submitted to the court by Yue Lengqiu and read them carefully on the edge of the school field in front of the camp.
It was almost the same as what Lin Fu had guessed before.
In the usual sense, Huaidong refers to the area east of Hongzepu, south of the Huaihe River, and north of the Yangtze River, including the three prefectures of Hailing, Huai'an, and Weiyang (Yangzhou) and the Lianghuai Salt District.
In Yue Lengqiu's plan, Weiyang Mansion and the Lianghuai Salt District were removed from the defense areas under the jurisdiction of the Huaidong Production and Construction Department, and only Huai'an, Hailing and Hecheng Grassland were retained as the defense areas under the jurisdiction of the Huaidong Production and Construction Department. .
The Lianghuai Salt District is under the jurisdiction of Zhang Yan. Zhang Yan is the fourth-rank salt and iron envoy, and his official title is only the fourth-rank official. It is unreasonable to reach out to manage the Lianghuai Salt District.
Weiyang has always been a major prefecture, and the prefect is one level higher than the prefects of other prefectures, and is also the fourth grade. Moreover, Shen Rong is appointed as the prefect of Weiyang at this time, and Lin Fu cannot reach in even if he wants to. Whether it is included in the defense area under his jurisdiction, this It has no practical significance, and Lin Fu doesn't argue about it.
Huaidong established the Envoy Department and set up marching commanders, marching commanders, magistrates and other assistant officers. These were all routine. Yue Lengqiu did not recommend candidates in the regulations. After thinking about it, he knew that it was meaningless to interfere with this recommendation power.
Who should be appointed as subordinate officials and who would have real power were matters decided by Lin Fu at his own discretion.
However, in the article, Yue Lengqiu had a trump card, which was to suggest that in addition to the Huaidong Envoys Department, there should also be a Huaidong Army Leading Department, and recommended Liu Tingzhou to concurrently serve as the Military Leading Envoy.
The military commander is a newly created official position by Hao Zongcheng. The precedent is the three-town military commander, which has jurisdiction over the food, wages, weapons, and materials supplies for the three towns of Jibei, Xuanfu, and Datong. To put it bluntly, it restricts the border commanders such as Li Zhuo from controlling the border. The military power of the army.
When the imperial court was weak, the local supervisory system became a decoration. In addition to military affairs, local powers included civil affairs and finance.
As the Zhizhi envoy, Lin Fu was the highest military and political officer in the defense area. However, by setting up a military chief envoy in addition to the Zhizhi envoy, Lin Fu could be restricted from intervening in local civil affairs and financial affairs.
Lin Fu wouldn't find anything surprising about these arrangements. If Yue Lengqiu didn't set a few shackles for him, he would have encountered a ghost.
Lin Fu looked down again.
Yue Lengqiu suggested in the article that the Huaidong Zhizhishi Division should use 20,000 regular soldiers to assess the number of soldiers. The food and salary should be provided according to the standard of regular soldiers in the town army. Each soldier should be provided with six dou of food per month and a salary of 300 yuan. The Military Leading Department shall issue the payment on a quarterly basis, and the damage to ordnance and garrison materials shall be verified and issued by the Military Leading Department according to the actual situation.
Yue Lengqiu looked at Lin Fu coldly, saw that he had almost finished reading the statement, and said: "Since the left camp of the crossing Huaihe Army also belongs to the Huaidong system, the food and salary should also be led by the Huaidong Army. Come and issue it; 20,000 regular soldiers, excluding the Huaihe Army, only 8,000 soldiers are left for you..."
Although Sun Zhuang and other troops accepted the recruitment, they were stationed independently in Suining, and Lin Fu could not mobilize them. He originally thought that he could use food and salary supplies to exert influence, but when Yue Lengqiu, the military leader, came, the food and salary supplies were given to Liu Tingzhou. Caught in hand.
Lin Fu remained calm, and Yue Lengqiu thought he had a plan, but he didn't know that he never thought that Sun Zhuang and others would surrender easily, so he let Sun Zhuang and others "fake surrender" and occupied Suining, and finally wanted to lure Liu Miaozhen to retreat. Huai Sijiao came to confront Chen Hansan.
If Liu Tingzhou had the ability to control the rogue bandits from the left camp of the Huaihe Army, Lin Fu would be happy to give them up; besides, if Sun Zhuang raises a rebellion flag again in the future and cedes Suining City to Liu Miaozhen, he can also shift the responsibility to Liu Tingzhou.
The most regrettable thing is that most of the food and salary supply that could have been obtained through the Huaidong system to establish the position of the Secretary was given to Sun Zhuang's "fake surrender" refugee army.
"Yue Du is really wise..." Lin Fu said calmly. Yue Lengqiu couldn't win anything from him, and he didn't think he could win anything from Yue Lengqiu.
Seeing Lin Fu's calm expression, Yue Lengqiu said, "Since guarding Huai, Zhang Yubo has made great achievements in raising food and fodder in Huai'an. The governor plans to recommend him to Xuzhou and serve as Xuzhou's military commander. What do Lin Fu think? ?”
Less than five months after Zhang Yubo was promoted to Huai'an General Magistrate, he went to Xuzhou. It was considered a meteoric rise. But it is hard to say whether going to Xuzhou was a blessing or a curse. But as long as Chen Hansan stopped raising the flag of rebellion, Zhang Yubo would not go to Xuzhou. There will be fear for his life; it is not surprising that Yue Lengqiu does not want Zhang Yubo to stay in Huai'an.
"The Governor-General is wise. A low-level official has no say in such matters," Lin Fu said with a smile. "Now that the Governor-General is in charge of the overall situation, the low-level official can go back to Chongzhou to recuperate..." Although the war in Huaisi is not over yet. , Huaiyang, Haozhou, Sizhou and other places are still occupied by the refugee army. Luo Xiancheng's troops in Shouzhou are even more powerful, and their strength is not compromised at all. However, it belongs to the Huaixi and Henan war zones, and Lin Fu can't control it too much. Applying oil on the soles of your feet makes you want to leave.