Lin Fu sneaked into Jinhai secretly and the news that he was on Jinwei Island spread quickly in Jinhai.
It had only been three years since the previous catastrophe. In such a short period of time, the pain could not be easily forgotten. Luqi once again set foot on the land of Yannan. Some people held grudges in their hearts and wanted to avenge their past, but the vast majority of the people
They were all in panic and panic, and they were at a loss what to do.
As early as the 13th, Lin Xuwen signed an order to fortify the walls and clear the country, directing people to take refuge in Jinhai. However, in the minds of the world, Jinhai is an isolated city with no escape route. If you want to escape, you should flee south to Shandong or north to Beijing.
Take refuge in.
However, after the news of Lin Fu's arrival in Jinhai spread, most people felt that Jinhai was not necessarily less safe than the capital.
However, many people still flocked to the capital. In the eyes of ordinary people, the Beijing army with 80,000 troops should be of some use.
In particular, reports of the Jizhen Army's frequent field battle achievements in western Liaoning were reported. Even Emperor Chongguan did not think that the Beijing army, which spent huge amounts of food and grass every year, would be of no use at all.
The captive cavalry entered Yannan again from Jingxing. The offensive was so urgent that it was like thunder in the sky. It was difficult to contain the situation. In three to five days, several cities in southwest Hebei were lost. The imperial edict to mobilize the Xuanfu army to enter the pass was issued, but the messenger came to deliver the order.
, but it will take at least ten days for the Xuanfu army to gather and enter the pass.
Anyone with a little military knowledge will worry that the main force of the captive troops entering Yannan will cross in the direction of Jizhou. At that time, the entire rear route of the Jizhen army entering western Liaoning will be blocked. Even the princes of the court, including Emperor Chongguan himself, do not believe in staying behind.
The Donghu people in Liaoyang have the ability to eat up the Jibei army, but if they let the 20,000 captive cavalry entering Yannan defeat Jizhou, then bypass Linyu Pass and enter the back road of Fengji Town Army in western Liaoning, and enter western Liaoning first.
The main force of Ji Zhen's army is really dangerous.
On the 16th, which was also the same day that Lin Fu arrived at Jinwei, the imperial court could not wait for the Xuanfu army to enter the pass, so it urgently mobilized the left and right Weiwei troops stationed on the north bank of the Juma River, also known as the Jingnan Camp, with 20,000 soldiers and horses to go south to defend against the enemy.
On the 18th, the Jingnan Camp marched south to the southeast of Xushui County and ambushed them. They hurriedly engaged in battle and were defeated in a battle. More than ten thousand Eastern captives rode through them and slaughtered them wantonly. When Xushui County received the defeated troops, they were also attacked by the chasing captives.
The cavalry took the opportunity to overcome the trap. Countless soldiers abandoned their helmets and armor. It is unknown how many people escaped under the cover of night and how many people were massacred on the spot. The fact that the 20,000 Jingnan Army was completely destroyed in two days undoubtedly gave Chongqing no doubt.
Emperor Guan and the ministers of the imperial court gave a blow to the head.
The area under the control of the Luqi rapidly expanded. By the 20th, nine cities had been captured in western Hebei, and officials from two counties surrendered.
The rapid deterioration of the situation in Yannan and the reality of the weakness of the Beijing camp army finally made Emperor Chongguan and his court officials give up some illusions.
On the 21st, Beijing finally made up its mind and decided to send an edict to order the Jizhen army to withdraw from western Liaoning and return to the capital to aid. They adopted Lin Fu's advice and appointed Liu Tingzhou as the envoy to Huaisi and Li Wei as the deputy envoy to Huaisi.
The red-coat rebels were recruited and used by the imperial court; Chen Zhihu was summoned to lead his troops to Beijing to assist in the defense; Lin Fu was appointed as the Tianjin and Hainan assisting defense envoy, with the title of third-grade Silver Qingguanglu doctor, the title of Chongzhou Bo, and five thousand horsemen of the Huaidong Army were summoned
Entered King Qin of Yannan.
Due to the blockage of the Xin Road between western Hebei and central Shanxi, except for the edicts sent to western Liaoning, almost all other imperial decrees had to travel southward from Tianjin to the sea to spread all over the world.
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The imperial court trusted Chen Zhihu and Liu Tingzhou more. While entrusting the recruitment and security affairs to Liu Tingzhou, it also summoned Chen Zhihu to lead his troops to Beijing to assist in defense, and only allowed the Huaidong Army cavalry to enter Tianjin and Hainan to assist in defense.
Of course, the imperial court did not hold Lin Fu accountable for going north without permission, and also awarded him a lot of rewards. In addition to the title of Chongzhou Bo and the silver title of Qingguanglu doctor, he also rewarded Lin Fu with gold and silver coins, silver for meritorious service, bullfighting python robes, pearls and jade articles, etc.
A lot.
The current opinion of the court is that the Jinhai side should remain calm and the defense of Jinhai and Hejian Prefecture is the most important. The defense and war defense of Jinhai should be handled by Huang Jinnian, Lin Xuwen and Lin Fu through consultation. The imperial court's decision on Lin Xuwen and Huang Jinnian
There were also commendations, and Lin Xuwen was also awarded the title of third-grade Silver Qingguanglu doctor, but there was no military merit and no title.
"I accept the decree!"
Lin Fu stood up from the incense table with his knees supported, and took the imperial edict with the jade scroll and cloud pattern from the hand of the official of the imperial edict bureau. He was very angry in his heart: There were all the edicts given to him, to Lin Xuwen, and to Huang Jinnian.
He did not mention the treatment of Li Zhuo - in his report to the court, he suggested that Li Zhuo come to Jinhai to take charge of the defense of the eastern Hebei area (Baozhihejian, Jizhou), somewhat on the condition that the Huaidong Army Qinwang be the sponsor.
Li Zhuo meant something, but the court did not hesitate to reward him and put aside Li Zhuo's problems - his suggestions fell into the sea without any response.
The ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs had to take a boat from Jinhai to Shandong, disembark from Dengzhou, and then change horses to go to Huai'an, Henan, Jiangning and other places to deliver the decree. Not caring about Lin Fu's confusion, he said goodbye and left. Huang Jinnian is a good man.
, although the Bureau Lang Guan was only a seventh-rank minister, he often walked around the emperor and had great influence. Huang Jinnian personally sent him to the dock to take a boat.
Lin Xuwen held an edict with a jade scroll and cloud pattern in his hand and said to Lin Fu: "I don't know if the Jizhen Army can successfully withdraw from western Liaoning. Even if half of the troops can be withdrawn, the situation in the capital will be restored.
Opportunity……"
"It's a ghost if you can withdraw it!" Lin Fu said angrily.
Huang Jinnian and others were not present, so Lin Fu did not have so many scruples about what he said. He immediately drafted a military order on the incense case and handed it to the guard beside him, asking him to take a boat to Qingzhou to deliver the order, asking Zhou Pu to immediately lead two thousand elite cavalry to Jinhai to participate in the battle.
Lin Xuwen was confused, waved to the people around him to move away, and asked in a low voice: "Since you have no hope at all for the Ji Zhen Army, why do you want the Huaidong Army to fall in? As long as the retreat is not cut off, abandon the defense of the river.
In the meantime, in Cangzhou and other cities, it is still possible for the Tianjin Navy to defend Tianjin Sea."
"The destruction of the Jizhen army does not mean that Yanjing cannot hold it," Lin Fu said. "The Donghu people are determined to eat the Jizhen army this time, but as long as Hao Zongcheng doesn't make too big a mistake, the Donghu people will eat the Jizhen army."
At the same time as the army, at least a few big teeth will be broken, so they will not be able to capture Yanjing this time... The imperial court still sent some illusions to Hao Zongcheng. I came to Hao Zongcheng, and they were embarrassed to reject it outright, except
In addition, the imperial court transferred Chen Zhihu from the south to lead his troops northward - how the situation develops still depends on western Liaoning!"
At this time Wu Qi came over and said, "Mr. Gao is here in Jinhai!"
"Where?" Lin Fu asked. Li Zhuo knew about his coming to Jinhai in the capital and sent Gao Zongting over. It was not surprising. Lin Fu had been waiting for Gao Zongting to come over these days.
"I didn't deliver the news until I reached the other side," Wu Qi said. "How about I send a boat to pick him up immediately?"
"No, let's go there by boat," Lin Fu said, "Just take a look at the defense of Jinhai City..."
The title of Jinhai Assistant Defense Envoy is optional. The biggest advantage is that Lin Fu can openly board the land of Jinhai without having to hide secretly on Jinwei Island.
When they arrived at the pier, Huang Jinnian just happened to see off the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they took a boat to Jinhai City together.
Lin Fu has been paying attention to the situation of Jinhai City at all times in Jinwei Island these days, but only by seeing it with his own eyes can he deeply feel the chaos in Jinhai at this time.
Lin Fu, accompanied by Lin Xuwen, climbed to the top of the main city wall of Jinhai to see the city defense situation.
Jinhai City consists of the main city and the outer fortress. The main city was rebuilt from the former Wokou Village. It is small in scope. Most households live in the open space between the main city and the outer fortress. A large number of refugees are crowded.
in these areas.
At this time, regardless of the cold weather outside, they were organizing manpower to urgently build a simple trench on the outside to connect the outer fortifications. These tasks were left to this time, which was somewhat late, but the court also
It was impossible to allow Lin Xuwen to build a majestic city in Jinhai that could accommodate 300,000 to 400,000 people from the beginning.
Soon, Wu Qi directly led Gao Zongting to the top of the city to see Lin Fu.
Gao Zongting was wearing an old gray fur coat to get rid of the cold. He was less than forty years old and looked like an old man. Geng Quanshan came with him.
"I made suggestions to the imperial court regarding Li's Ministry of War matters, but despite my humble position, the imperial court ignored me..." Lin Fu said, "Perhaps when the situation worsens, things may turn around..."
"If you know your mistakes and can correct them, there is no greater good! How many people in the world can do this?" Gao Zongting smiled bitterly. He didn't think there would be any improvement in this matter, and he also knew that Lin Fu shouldn't think that this matter was still possible.
I was just trying to comfort them by saying there was any chance of a change, and then asked him about the purpose of his coming to Jinhai, "I didn't expect you to come back to Jinhai, and the commander-in-chief didn't expect it either, and he asked me to ask...
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"Jinhai cannot be lost." Lin Fu said.
Gao Zongting frowned slightly and turned to look at the city. He was dubious about Lin Fu's answer, but he did not ask further, and there was no need for Lin Fu to tell him Huaidong's plan.
Lin Fu pretended not to see the doubt on Gao Zongting's face and said: "It's not easy to guard Jinhai - if Hao Zongcheng can't consume the strength of the Donghu people in western Liaoning, the Donghu people are afraid that 200,000 troops will swarm after March.
Come in. Not to mention that both Datong and Xuanfu will be left alone. They will use their elite cavalry to spy on Yanjing and gather infantry to attack Jinhai; or they will use their elite cavalry to defend Jinhai and gather infantry to attack Yanjing - all will be lost.
We have an unusual headache——Zong Ting, Quan Shan, you standing here can see that the situation in Jinhai is not easy to be optimistic, can you please help protect Jinhai?"
Gao Zongting didn't expect Lin Fu to directly ask them to stay in Jinhai. He was slightly startled.
Lin Xuwen knew that Lin Fu also valued Gao Zongting very much. Hearing Lin Fu's invitation, he also bowed to Gao Zongting and saluted: "Please give me a helping hand, Mr. Gao and Colonel Geng. We should not let hundreds of thousands of people in the river live in ruins!"
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Sun Shangwang advised: "Mr. Gao and Lieutenant Geng have made great contributions to guarding Jinhai, which will also be good for the situation of Li Bingbu!"
Gao Zongting sighed slightly and said: "With my meager efforts, I will not be disliked by the two adults. Zongting is grateful..."