On March 15th, the weather was light and overcast. After a few rains, the Takashima Peninsula also became warm and sunny, and the vegetation became lush and green.
A large group of cavalry wearing vermilion armor galloped out from the east gate of Guangzhou City, the capital of Haiyang County, and took the post road to Luozhou in the southeast. Since the defeat of Danluo Island, Haiyang County had been in panic for a while.
Troops are constantly being mobilized, and soldiers can be seen coming in and out of Guangzhou City every day. In recent days, some calm has been restored. Today, another large group of cavalry left the city and galloped southeast. Passers-by were inevitably frightened when they saw it.
, speculative and uneasy.
In the north courtyard of Guangzhou City West Post Office, Qin Zitan is writing. He has lost an arm. Although it is a bit inconvenient, the writing is basically done by others, so that the order is messed up and it will be troublesome to find it next time.
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The Battle of Danluo Island is just like this, and we don't see any changes in the short term.
After this defeat, Goryeo's vitality was greatly weakened. As a result, the horse infantry and naval forces in Haiyang County only numbered more than 10,000 people, and they were unable to attack Danluo Island again.
After losing the foothold of Seogwipo City, even if Lin Fu led the main force of the Huaidong Army back to Chongzhou, it would not be easy for Goryeo to capture Danluo Island. The Donghu people even hoped that Goryeo could concentrate its naval forces in Hanyang Prefecture
To the north, to interfere with and weaken the Jinhai grain route. In the next period of time, it will be difficult for the Koryo people to organize a large-scale offensive against Danluo Island.
Of course, the Jinhai Food Road is also one of the lifebloods of Huaidong that must be protected. As long as the Korean navy can effectively interfere and contain the Jinhai Food Road, it will also be of great benefit to the She family.
Of course, even if Huaidong obtains Danluo Island as a springboard, it is still unable to attack the Koryo Peninsula.
The situation will remain stalemate for the time being, but Qin Zitan believes that even if Huaidong temporarily opens the maritime trade route, the entire Goryeo will be its enemy, and if the situation gradually develops, it will only be more detrimental to Huaidong.
No matter how weak Goryeo was, it still had a population of two to three million. Even if Lin Fu controlled the entire Huaidong region, it would only have a population of two million. However, the area that Lin Fu could really effectively control at this time was only limited to Chongzhou.
Donghu envoys Nahe Xiongqi and Nahe Azige will leave Guangzhou in a few days and return to Liaoyang directly via Hanyang.
Qin Zitan will return to Jin'an with She Feihu in two days.
It would be much more troublesome for Qin Zitan and She Feihu to go back than the Donghu envoys. It was no longer safe to go to Kyushu Island, so they would have to take a detour to the west of Goryeo, cross the sea to Honshu Island, and then borrow a road from Honshu Island to go out to sea. They might not be able to catch up.
Return to Jin'an before May.
The servant hurriedly walked in from the outside and reported back: "Mr. Qin, the second master has something urgent to see you!"
"What's the matter?" Qin Zitan asked. He really couldn't think of anything urgent in Guangzhou City. Lin Fu couldn't lead his troops to attack Haiyang County unless he took the wrong medicine.
Qin Zitan threw the scroll aside and followed his retinue to the south courtyard to see She Feihu.
When She Feihu saw She Zitan come in, he said, "General Na He just sent someone to report. Lin Fu wanted to release Zhen Feng and Haiyang County soldiers back to Korea, and specially sent a captured military attache to cross the sea to Guangzhou to report the news. General Na He
Invite us to discuss matters!"
"Ah!" Qin Zitan suddenly felt troubled and said, "What a divorce plan to let the tiger return to the mountain! How did the Goryeo Prime Minister and the new county governor deal with it?"
"We have sent troops to Luozhou, but we didn't tell the Donghu envoy what to do with sending troops to Luozhou," She Feihu said.
"That's stupid!" Qin Zitan said, "The Zhen family is in Luozhou. Zuo Jing sends troops to Luozhou at this time. Apart from arresting the Zhen family, what else can he do? Since Lin Fu wants to kill Zhen Feng and the Haiyang County soldiers
Put them all back, what good will it do if Zuo Jing takes down the Zhen family? Maybe someone has gone to Luozhou to report the news. If Zuo Jing can't take Luozhou, the drama will be better than him. Zuo Jing needs to be smarter.
If you have the ability, you can either welcome Zhen Feng back with a smile and put aside all previous grudges, or you can wait for Zhen Feng to come back and find the right opportunity to strike cruelly. How can you scare the snake at this time?"
"If Zuo Jing was useful, how could he be manipulated like this by the Donghu people?" She Feihu smiled contemptuously.
The Donghu people supported Zuo Jing to control the state affairs of Goryeo because they valued Zuo Jing's incompetence and cowardice, but sometimes this was also a big trouble.
Qin Zitan and She Feihu went to see Nahe Xiongqi.
"I just learned the news." Na He Xiongqi had uncontrollable anger on his face. He was obviously furious at Zuo Jing's stupid move. He welcomed She Feihu and Qin Zitan in and said, "Zuo Jing is also sending troops.
An hour later, someone was sent to inform people here! I thought about it, but I didn't have a plan, so I asked the Second Young Master and Mr. Qin to come over and discuss it."
"If the Zhen family in Luozhou gets the news early that Zhen Feng will return to Goryeo, they will definitely send people to keep an eye on Guangzhou. The soldiers and horses have already left Guangzhou City. Zuo Jing has murderous intentions against the Zhen family. It seems that he cannot hide it from Zhen Feng.
"The matter was urgent and there was no need to be polite. Qin Zitan spoke out what he had analyzed in his heart, "It is no longer possible for Zuo Jing and Zhen Feng to put aside their past grudges and live in harmony."
"Well, I can also think of this," Na He Xiongqi said, "I'm not familiar with Zhen's situation. Does Mr. Qin know something about it?"
"What does He Xiongqi plan to do?" Qin Zitan asked.
"If the Zhen family does not have a deep foundation in Haiyang County, I will let Zuo Jing go and make trouble, and pacify Luozhou first. If Zhen Feng dares to lead 3,000 Haiyang soldiers to land, I will send troops to suppress them," Na He
Xiong Qi said, "Even if Zhen Feng switches to Huaidong, it won't be a big deal."
Qin Zitan knew what Na He Xiongqi was thinking.
As long as the Zhen family's foundation in Haiyang County can be dug out in one fell swoop and Haiyang County can be stabilized, three thousand infantry is not a decisive force. Even if Zhen Feng defected to Huaidong, it would greatly increase Huaidong's military strength.
It is limited and cannot affect the overall situation.
Qin Zitan said: "If the Zhen family is prepared in advance, Zuo Jing may not be able to attack Luozhou for a while if he sends troops!"
This was what gave He Xiongqi a headache. He decided to trust Qin Zitan's judgment and said to Azig: "Go to the governor to see Zuo Jing and Jin Chengyue. No matter what means you use, no matter how heavy the words are, ask them to send them immediately."
People will chase the soldiers and horses back!"
The power of the Zhen family cannot be uprooted from Haiyang County in a short period of time. Nahexiong Qi would rather let the Zhen family separatize Haiyang County than let Goryeo's military power sink into the quagmire of Haiyang County.
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Seeing that Na He Xiongqi was so decisive, Qin Zitan secretly felt that the quality of Donghu generals should not be underestimated. It was not a fluke that he could rise in Liaodong in thirty or forty years. But a veteran general like Na He Xiongqi, in front of Lin Fu,
It has completely lost its luster, and just thinking about it makes my teeth itch!
Lin Fu's simple stratagem to alienate each other made Goryeo and his generals at odds with each other, which was really brilliant. But when it comes to using such a stratagem, it is more like the style of Yongtai Bo and Song Gong. Could it be said...
A thought that he shouldn't have flashed through Qin Zitan's mind, and he didn't dare to mention it in front of She Feihu.
Soon after, Goryeo Prime Minister Zuo Jing, Haiyang's new governor Jin Chengyue and navy commander Ji Quanchen came to the posthouse with Azige to see Nahe Xiongqi.
In panic, Zuo Jing ignored the system, walked in, and said directly to Na He Xiongqi: "Zhen Feng was deceived by Huaidong and rebelled against Goryeo. Why did the envoy prevent me from sending troops to attack the Zhen family? The Zhen family is here.
The foundation of Haiyang County is very deep, and we can only send troops to uproot it before Zhen Feng leads his troops back to Haiyang..."
"If Prime Minister Zuo is sure that the Zhen family will be uprooted from Haiyang County, I will naturally not stop you," Na He Xiongqi said with a pointed finger, "Does Prime Minister Zuo have this confidence?" Na He Xiongqi stood there.
In the hall, everyone stared at Zuo Jing. After a while, they invited Zuo Jing, Jin Chengyue and the three powerful ministers to take their seats.
Among Zuo Jing, Jin Chengyue and the urging officials, Qin Zitan paid more attention to the urging officials who did not have much real power.
When the warships of the Goryeo navy completely suppressed Huaidong, the urging ministers also successfully sent tens of thousands of reinforcements across the sea, which showed that he had the ability that others could not match. As for the subsequent defeat, it had nothing to do with the urging ministers.
The urging official's face was solemn, and it was hard to see through what he was thinking, but the more he looked like this, the more it showed that he was disdainful of the Prime Minister Zuo Jing and dissatisfied with the Donghu envoy - maybe there were many generals in the Goryeo army,
Don’t officials all have the same idea as those who press for power?
Zuo Jing was also aware of this mentality of his colleagues, so that's why he was so sensitive to Lin Fu's release and Zhen Feng's return, right?
Qin Zitan glanced at Na He Xiongqi and thought: The Donghu people really expected the Koreans to be of great help, but they couldn't support a person as incompetent and timid as Zuo Jing.
Zuo Jing no longer looked like a state minister in front of the Donghu people. He was completely intimidated by Na He Xiongqi's momentum. Seeing that Na He Xiongqi was so angry, he was afraid that he would be abandoned by the Donghu people and lose his power. In the mid-spring weather, he sat down
Everyone in the hall had sweat beads on their foreheads.
Zuo Jing, who was still more interested in protesting than when he first came in, changed his tone to a weak and incompetent tone and said: "I have sent people to recover the soldiers and horses, but what should I do next? Please come up.
Give instructions!"
"Although Zhen Feng was defeated, he still had the merit of hard work. Zuo Xiong treated him like this, which will chill the hearts of the people in the country." Seeing that Zuo Jing had sent people to recover the soldiers and horses, Na He Xiongqi also softened his tone and tilted his head.
Asked Jin Chengyue, the powerful minister, "What advice do Governor Jin and General Jiang have?"
"It all depends on the superior's opinion." Jin Chengyue and the powerful ministers said in unison.
Qin Zitan sat aside, thinking that Jin Chengyue should not be perfunctory in urging the powerful minister to say this.
There are nine counties in Goryeo, but the north and east are mountainous, and the plain areas are mainly concentrated in the southwest. Haiyang County has a population of more than 500,000, and is the largest county in Goryeo except the first county, Kannai County.
If Haiyang County falls into a melee and is crippled, it will not only be detrimental to Dong Hu's current purpose of using Goryeo to contain Yue Dynasty from the sea, but it will also be of no benefit to the Goryeo people.
At this time, the Donghu people could use the sea to contain Yue Dynasty. Goryeo could also take the opportunity to develop its navy and reorganize its armaments. If Haiyang County was crippled or even fell into a full-scale civil war, Goryeo wanted to break away from the control of the Donghu people in the future.
It is even more difficult.
We cannot attack the Zhen family. In the current situation, there is no other safer way except to welcome Zhen Feng and the 3,000 Haiyang County soldiers back first.
There is no way to dispel the Zhen family's wariness. Once Zhen Feng returns with his troops, Goryeo's control over Haiyang County will be greatly weakened. Once Haiyang County gains a relatively independent status, the Zhen family may even secretly make peace with Huaidong, which is also a big deal.
trouble.
Unless the Donghu people can be ruthless to drive Zuo Jing out and support a puppet in Goryeo again, Lin Fu's alienation plan can be broken. But Zuo Jing's foundation in Goryeo is not shallow. He can't be driven away by force.
Expulsion may cause even greater chaos.
Qin Zitan thought to himself: The only expedient solution could be to force Zuo Jing to compromise with Zhen Feng, return the position of governor of Haiyang County to Zhen Feng, and withdraw all naval forces to Hanyang, but the Donghu people hope that the Koreans can attack at sea
Jinhai Liangdao's intention may have to be compromised. I thought that the war on Danluo Island was over, but I didn't expect that Lin Fu would have such a powerful back move. The key is that this back move may be someone he never thought of before.