Zhao Qinmin waited all night in Yanqing. Even though he had Sun Jingtang accompanying him, he felt very uncomfortable. He didn't know that Huaidong was hiding something important from him that would make Lin Fu's face change. Although he was dissatisfied, he still felt uncomfortable.
He also knew that he was just a guest of the Gu family, so he did not show his dissatisfaction on his face.
The next day came the news that Lin Fu fell ill in Jianling. Lin Fu had a history of pretending to be ill in Jiangning. Zhao Qinmin naturally didn't believe it. Accompanied by Sun Jingtang, he rushed to Jianling to meet Lin Fu.
Jianling is a very inconspicuous small county in the northeast corner of Hailing Prefecture. The city is about two miles in circumference. It has been in disrepair for many years. The earthen walls are somewhat dilapidated, and many copper nails on the city gate are missing.
Covered with white snow.
Lin Fu requested that the eleven counties of the two prefectures and counties in Huaidong should reorganize their military equipment and repair the city. However, these are related to local financial resources. The prefectures and counties cannot raise money, and the military commander cannot subsidize so much at the same time. Repairing the city can only be done
Drag it down.
Zhao Qinmin entered the city and went to the hotel where Lin Fu was staying, only to find out that Lin Mengde, Qin Chengzu and others had come from Chongzhou; the young lady Xiaoman had also come specially from Chongzhou to serve Lin Fu.
Lin Fu rested in Jianling for two days. After regaining some energy, he invited Zhao Qinmin in and asked Xiaoman to serve tea in person. He said, "It's rare for Mr. Zhao to come over, and I didn't spare the time to entertain him. It's really a neglect. Uncle Meng De
I happen to be going to Jiangning, so you can send Mr. Zhao off for me..."
Seeing that Lin Mengde would go to Jiangning to explain the matter in person, Zhao Qinmin knew that Lin Fu was determined to get the post of Hailing magistrate, so he no longer persisted in persuading him. Even if Gu Wuchen had objections and dissatisfaction with Lin Fu's stubbornness, after all, they
It's Weng's son-in-law, why would he squeeze into the middle and be a villain?
After sending Zhao Qinmin to the pavilion to rest, Lin Fu wore a leather robe to keep out the cold, leaving only Qin Chengzu, Lin Mengde, Zhou Pu and others to talk to him in the warm pavilion.
"It's best if we can convince Jiang Ning to cooperate," Lin Fu said to Lin Mengde in a suppressed voice, "If we can't agree on the same, we can only proceed according to our own arrangements first. I have written several books
Take all the information with you and act according to the circumstances..."
Several excerpts: First, he impeached Liu Tingzhou to Jiangning's official department, the Governor's Mansion and Prince Ning's Mansion for his dereliction of duty as the military commander and envoy. He refused to cooperate with the Huaidong Military Chief. Lin Fu took the opportunity to retreat and recommended Liu Shidu to take over the Huaidong post.
In short, the military leader wants the seat of Hailing prefect to be vacant; secondly, he complains to Jiangning household department, governor's office and Prince Ning's office that the price of grain in Jiangdong has increased sharply, which has greatly increased the cost of transporting grain to Tianjin and sea, and has caused resentment among merchants and people.
, if the imperial court continues to do nothing to appease him, he may be in danger of running out of food.
After presenting these notebooks, Yue Lengqiu, Zhang Xi and others could naturally understand that Lin Fu was seeking the position of Hailing prefect, but it would be too blunt for Huaidong to reveal this intention on his own.
First of all, we still have to convince Gu Wuchen that he is willing to cooperate with Huaidong. If it doesn't work, then he can only forcefully ask for it.
At this point, not only the conflicts with Prince Ning's family will become more acute, but the differences within the Dongyang family will also become more glaring and exposed to outsiders.
No one knew that the western Liaoning front was about to collapse, and everything should be done first. After the discussion here, Lin Mengde set off directly from Jianling to Jiangning, regardless of the fact that it was getting dark.
Before Lin Mengde, Wu Qi had already left for the north, initially planning to go to Jinhai to take charge, and might even sneak into Beijing himself to observe the situation.
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Zhao Qinmin looked at the bloody sunset in the distance over the snowy field, knowing that traveling at night would be very hard even if he was sitting in a carriage. He was reluctant in every way, so he could only follow Huaidong's arrangement and follow Lin Mengde on the road.
Soon, the cavalry galloped into the silent, boundless night.
The horse lantern specially made by Huaidong was hung on the corner of the carriage. It swayed along with the ruts, and the dim light mixed with the cold air filtered in from the window - more than 30 horsemen accompanied the escort, and the sound of horse hooves walking on the snow was scattered.
It's not messy, and it sounds very clear in the quiet snowy night.
Zhao Qinmin sighed inwardly: Lin Mengde was ranked as the director-general of the Huaidong Army, ranked sixth rank, and the official rank of Jiangdong County was a lot higher than him. According to the regulations, officials and generals below the fifth rank can only travel with four retinues.
, it’s just that these days, the powerful don’t care about these anymore, but there are only a team of cavalry to protect them when they go out, and there are really not many people in Jiangdong County.
The dim lights filtered in. Zhao Qinmin looked at Lin Mengde's frosty white hair and asked, "Brother Mengde hasn't turned fifty this year, right?"
There were some things that Zhao Qinmin couldn't say in front of Lin Fu, but in front of Lin Mengde, he didn't have those scruples.
"You are only two years older than Qinmin," Lin Mengde laughed, "but you have much more gray hair on your head..."
"The affairs in Huaidong have made you work too hard," Zhao Qinmin responded with a smile, "You are no longer as leisurely and comfortable as I am in Jiangning. Of course, Brother Mengde is a person with great ambitions, and he can't imitate me in hanging around in Jiangning.
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"What ambitions or ambitions?" Lin Mengde said, "Qinmin makes plans for Lord Gu, how can it be considered a day of fooling around? It's just that I have little knowledge and knowledge, and I am no more talented than Qinmin. I hope that diligence can make up for my weakness, so I added more
Just some gray hair."
"When it comes to great talents and great ambitions, there are few people in the world who can compare with Zhi Zhishi," Zhao Qinmin said. "When I was in Jiangning, I once heard people comment that Zhi Zhishi had as much power as the King of Huaidong; if he could do it this time
He was successfully appointed as the prefect of Hailing, which makes his name more worthy of his name..."
Lin Mengde glanced at Zhao Qinmin warily, a look of wariness flashed across his face. He turned to look at the wind and snow outside the window, and smiled calmly: "It's just village talk. Listening to it will only increase your confusion. Sir, I am single-minded."
Thinking about the people's livelihood and the country, I feel a little impatient, and I also feel that the situation is urgent - as for power and so on, if it were Qinmin you, all you would do in your life is to seek shelter for your children and grandchildren..."
Gu Wuchen would never support Lin Fu to separatize Huaidong at this time - this is also the fundamental reason why Gu Wuchen did not support Lin Fu to seize the prefecture of Hailing this time.
Gu Wuchen was the minister of the Jiangning Ministry of War, and his power came directly from the Dai Viet imperial court system, which was Jiangning Shuiying. It was completely impossible for him to control it by relying on Yang Shi alone.
On the whole, Jiangning Shuiying was still a force loyal to the Yuan Dynasty.
Even if Gu Siyuan, Chen Yuanliang and others have some influence in Qingzhou, they are too weak and scattered. At present, they can only rely on the righteousness of the court to keep the Liang family's tentacles out of Qingzhou.
If you really have any ambitions, many fatal contradictions will be exposed within Qingzhou first.
Although Lin Tingli has strong control over the Dongyang Army, Lin Tingli himself does not have any particularly big ambitions. None of them, including Lin Xuwen, will support Lin Fu's separatist rule of Huaidong at this stage and are in sharp opposition to the Yuan Dynasty.
In the view of Lin Mengde and others, only if the Yuan Dynasty collapses in an instant, and Gu Wuchen, Lin Tingli, Lin Xuwen and others all lose their allegiance, can the forces in their respective hands gather around Huaidong as the core...
Of course, it is difficult to achieve this. Even if Yanjing is defeated by the Donglu, they can still establish King Ning as the new emperor, and the Yuan family's orthodoxy will not be cut off.
Zhao Qinmin suddenly mentioned the dazzling word "King of Huaidong" at this time. How could Lin Mengde not be wary?
This is the way of the world. Liu Tingzhou tried every means to make things difficult for Huaidong, but people in Huaidong thought he had integrity. Sun Zhuang was in Huaidong and secretly colluded with the red-coated girl. People in Huaidong pretended not to see it, but thought he was honest.
He knows loyalty.
For example, Zhang Yubo, Zhao Shuhan and others did not agree with Huaidong's approach, and they were all outside the Huaidong system, but the people in Huaidong also had a very close relationship with them.
Regardless of his relationship with Huaidong, Zhao Qinmin was still loyal to Gu Wuchen, but he had a history of switching to another family, so the people in Huaidong treated him coldly.
"That's true..." Zhao Qinmin laughed. Lin Mengde was born as a merchant, and he had stood up for the Lin family in Jiangning in his early years. He had already become a mature figure, so he relied on Lin Fu so much. He didn't expect to follow Lin Fu.
I dreamed that something would come out of my mouth.
At this moment, a fast rider approached. Listening to the shouts and shouts from outside, it was the post rider coming from Jianling to deliver Tangchao. Lin Mengde had a special status in Huaidong. In addition to ensuring that he could keep in touch with Lin Fu at all times,
In addition, he will also be kept informed of the latest changes in the situation. If there is any copy, a dedicated person will send it to him.
Lin Mengde took the Tang copy handed in by the cavalry through the window, looked at it through the lantern outside the car window, and sighed slightly: "Jiang Ning decided to mobilize troops and horses from northern Zhejiang to Dangtu...Chen Zhihu's troops went south to blockade the Red Army.
The way the rebels fled to the west----" There was no need to hide this news from Zhao Qinmin, Lin Mengde handed him the copy from Jianling.
Zhao Qinmin took the Tang copy and read it by the lantern. On the margins of the Tang copy, someone took charcoal to make annotations.
Zhao Qinmin recognized Lin Fu's handwriting. He read Lin Fu's annotations more carefully than what was written in Tangchao: "Affected by Liaoxi, the mentality of the princes in Jiangning has become frivolous. Such mobilization is an attempt to invade Liaoyang in the north of Jijun.
At that time, the situation in Huaisi was solved in one fell swoop, but there was no limit to advance or retreat, which might lead to negative consequences..."
Zhao Qinmin thought carefully and agreed with Lin Fu's judgment.
Before, Luo Xiancheng led his troops southward, Jiangning hastily transferred troops from Taochun to guard Luzhou to prevent the Changle bandits from escaping eastward, and also transferred Jiangning Water Camp to garrison quarrying. It was entirely on the defensive to prevent the situation on Jiangxi's east and west fronts from deteriorating, even in the west of Huaiyang.
Open a gap in the front, lure the red-coated bandits to flee west, and then attack them...
At this time, the Northern Zhejiang Army was mobilized to march westward to Dangtu - obviously seeing the She family massing heavy troops on the western front, and the eastern front being severely attacked by the Huaidong Army, the pressure faced by the Northern Zhejiang Army was minimized, so it was
The Northern Zhejiang Army took the lead to suppress Luo Xiancheng's attempt to flee eastward or southward. He also ordered Chen Zhihu to block the way for the red-coat bandits to escape from Huaiyang to the west. The next step is likely to be to mobilize Tao Chun to lead the Huai army to advance north and defeat the red-coat bandits.
Completely trapped in Huaiyang City and annihilated.
Changhuai's army was transferred back and forth, and Jiangning was a little hasty in deploying its troops. However, Zhao Qinmin did not think that this was a sign of excessive advance and retreat, or a sign of rash advancement - he believed that this was precisely inspired by the great victory in western Liaoning, and Jiangning's princes felt anxious.
Get motivated.
This adjustment of the military strength is more conducive to the attack. In the past, it was too conservative.
At least compared to Huaidong's initial suggestion of moving the Jiangning water camp westward to block the Changle bandits from crossing the river, Jiangning's troop adjustment at this time was still conservative.
However, these annotations were all written by Lin Fu. Zhao Qinmin knew the prestige of Lin Fu in the hearts of people in Huaidong. He would not criticize Lin Fu in front of Lin Mengde. Instead, he said in a smooth annotation tone: "It's a bit confusing.
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Lin Mengde didn't recognize Zhao Qinmin's good or bad words for a moment, and responded with emotion: "Yes."
Unless it can be done very quickly, like the Huaidong Navy rushing south, and in just three to five days, the frontline of the troops is directed towards the mouth of the Minjiang River, the She family can be caught off guard. Otherwise, tens of thousands of troops and horses will be mobilized,
It's hard to hide from the enemy.
Even if many people cannot see the possible bad consequences in western Liaoning, as a normal strategic choice, the southern route should stop quietly at this time and keep the original strategy unchanged: The battle of Songcheng in western Liaoning changed the mentality of many people.