The raindrops hit the leaves of the tung tree, making a rustling sound. The dusk has become thick, and the raindrops slide through the air, like silver threads appearing against the dark background.
Song Jia walked to the threshold and called Sister Zuo Lan, who was waiting in the outer room, to come in and add a few more candles to make the light in the room brighter.
Lin Fu sat there reading the pond copy like a stone sculpture, ignoring these trivial matters.
The news that the Donghu troops came up to encircle Jinhai reached Chongzhou at noon today, which means that the main force of the Donghu people has launched a new round of offensive after two months of rest and recuperation after entering the customs.
Song Jia walked back and stood beside Lin Fu, sorting out the messy copy he had read.
These are all intelligence collected about the Donghu people. Although a lot of it is just a few words, after spending so much manpower and time, the information collected is overwhelming.
In the past, this intelligence would be sorted out and sent to Lin Fu in briefings, but Lin Fu was still worried that the officials of the Military Intelligence Department were inexperienced and had missed any important information. In addition to sorting out the briefings, he also asked the Military Intelligence Department to send the original materials.
, ready for him to check at any time.
At this time, a new copy came in from outside, another thick stack. Song Jia read through it first and selected the important ones for Lin Fu to see.
"The Donghu people are so fast!" Song Jia picked out a letter and handed it to Lin Fu.
This letter was not about the Donghu people's war in the north. Lin Fu unfolded it and frowned more and more as he read it.
Less than a month after the fall of Datong, the Donghu people set up a prefecture and county in Datong, appointed magistrates, magistrates, county magistrates and other political officials. They also set up military households and military garrison and other officials. They re-measured the land and allocated it to the surrendered military households, and rewarded them.
Fighting...
In addition to Datong, the Donghu people also appointed magistrates, county magistrates and other political officials in the counties in eastern Hebei. In eastern Hebei, in addition to abandoning farmland around Jizhou and turning it into horse breeding land, they also harvested wildly in the counties of Changli and Linyu.
The land was not registered, so the tenants were classified as military households. One of the three military households was classified as a regular military household. In addition to providing manpower to farm for the military households, the military households also had to pay land taxes as before.
The Donghu people's strategy was to abandon the old predatory policy in the areas they had already occupied, and to bloody massacre the local wealthy gentry, so that they could feed the general households on the tenants, thereby reducing the Donghu's direct expenditure on raising the army. Of course,
It also has a certain pacifying effect on the original tenant farmers.
In addition, Donghu also induced refugees to leave the customs and occupy land in western Liaoning to reclaim wasteland and cultivate it.
Compared with the Donghu people's unstoppable progress in the war, these actions of the Donghu people in the newly occupied areas made Lin Fu even more worried.
"All the princes in the temple have always regarded the Donglu as barbarians, but how many of them can come up with such powerful means?" Lin Fu sighed slightly and said, "The Liang family has occupied Shandong for nearly two years, except for the far-fetched 60,000 yuan.
Soldiers and horses are coming, but there is no way to impress people. If you don't compare, you don't know. Once you compare, they pale in comparison."
Song Jia smiled slightly and said: "Liang Xi, if Liang Chengchong was really an outstanding person, he would not have been defeated by the Donghu people in Chentangyi. In the final analysis, it was the stubbornness of the court's illness that was difficult to cure, which gave the Liang family a chance to come forward again. Mail
Hoping that the Liang family could hold on to Shandong was just an extravagant wish. The Liang family was unwilling to retreat and did not dare to advance. They just had some luck in their hearts and hoped that the power of the Donghu people would stop in Yanji. This mentality of the Liang family,
How similar are they to some people in Jiangning? Once the Donghu people sweep across Yan and Hebei and then move south, the Liang family will be like a mountain and the land will collapse, and they will probably collapse in one battle!"
"The Donghu people have a strong military presence in Yanji. The Liang family simply doesn't dare to go in and fight. But if the Liang family wants to retreat, where can they retreat to?" Lin Fu shook his head. Song Jia was an outsider and could stay out of the matter.
Commenting on the current situation, but this kind of thing worries him.
In the past, the food and grass needed by the Donghu people for their campaigns, in addition to the self-imposed levies from Liao, came from three sources. One was the supply of rice and grain from Korea, which last year amounted to about 200,000 shi, which was not much, but it could make up for what the Donghu were short of;
The Husbands of Yanxi provided livestock for meat and milk. It is difficult to estimate the exact number, but it will not be in the minority. The third was plundering on the battlefield...
For a long time, the number of soldiers used by the Donglu for military campaigns has remained at around 100,000, and the previous grain-raising model was barely sustainable.
As the war progresses, logistical supply lines lengthen and transport consumption increases; battlefields are crippled, and the proceeds from plunder will become increasingly restricted. Furthermore, the scale of surrender troops will also increase, which will intensify the shortage of food and grass...
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If the Donghu people do not change their grain-raising model, it will be difficult for them to send troops south on a large scale in a short period of time after conquering Yanji.
This is also the main basis for the Liang family to infer that the Eastern Hu's power ends at Yanji, Gu Wuchen believes that Qingzhou can be defended, and Jiangning believes that an effective defense line can be established between the Hehuai River and the Huaihe River.
On the other hand, the size and combat strength of the Liang family and Jiangning surrender troops were also seriously insufficient.
Most people think that the surrender of the vassal army is a coercion, and their combat power is very limited. The Donghu people want to prevent the surrender of the vassal army from losing its tail, so they will definitely control the size of the surrender army. Most people think that once the Donghu people invade Jin County, Yan and Hebei,
To control such a large area, the original military strength must be diluted, and the forces that can be used to move south are naturally limited.
"Under such circumstances, we can no longer place our hopes on the First World War," Lin Fu threw the Tang copy on his desk and said, "The Donghu people will probably use the siege of Jinhai to reorganize the surrendered troops. Wait until they go south.
At this time, we can use the surrendered troops to lead the front, and the Yanxi barbarians attack the flanks, while the elite of the Yandong headquarters can retreat behind to recuperate."
"It's very simple. If it were you, you would fight like this," Song Jia said. "What's hard to predict now is the Cao family's reaction."
At this time, a guard came in from outside to report that the convoy from Qingzhou was approaching the outside of Beicheng, and Lin Mengde had already left Beicheng to greet it.
Lin Fu ordered the guards: "Send someone to tell Madam..."
Lin Fu tried to persuade Gu Wuchen and Gu Siyuan to give up the idea of guarding Qingzhou, but the effect was very little. Instead, Gu Siyuan came over personally to persuade Huaidong to support him in taking charge of the army in Qingzhou - Gu Siyuan was not allowed to appear in public when he came to Chongzhou, and he had to ride a carriage to hide from others.
Zhao Qinmin went to Yandu to meet Gu Siyuan two days in advance. Calculating the time for Gu Siyuan to arrive in Chongzhou, Lin Fu asked Lin Mengde to go out of the city to greet him on his behalf. He and Gu Junxun would wait for Gu Siyuan to arrive in Chongzhou City.
The more intelligent a person is, the more stubborn they will be. Many people refuse to look back even if their heads are broken and bleeding.
Fundamentally speaking, it is also the two sides' inferences about Donghu's fundamentals that have severe and difficult-to-convince differences - Gu Wuchen, Gu Siyuan and others are more willing to believe and stick to their own inferences, and do not believe in Huaidong's analysis and inferences of the current situation.
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Novel~ Just come. No wonder, everyone’s cognition has limitations...
Before Huaidong attacked eastern Zhejiang, who would have thought that Huaidong would be able to maintain 60,000 to 70,000 troops and horses after cutting off the Tianjin-Hai grain route? Who would have thought that Huaidong would be able to maintain the current 70,000 troops and horses?
Do you still have the ability to secretly support the Red Coat Army in building the Huaisi defense line?
When things got to this point, Lin Fu could only give up his previous position and forcefully maintain the Dongyang lineage from breaking up.
Lin Fu stood up with his hands in his sleeves, listening to the sound of rain outside the window, he couldn't help but sigh softly, and waited for Gu Junxun to come down the mountain, and then they went into the city to wash away the dust for Gu Siyuan.
The roads were slippery on rainy days, so the carriages and horses moved at a slower pace. It was only when night fell that the faint black shadow of the North City Wall of Chongzhou could be seen in the distance.
A lantern was raised on the corner of the car to illuminate the road, and the dim yellow halo illuminated the raindrops, and a little light penetrated into the car. The raindrops pattered on the roof of the car. Gu Siyuan was wearing a green shirt, casually stretching his legs and sitting on the soft
On the couch. Today, Gu Siyuan has a thick short mustache on his lips, a weathered face, deep eyes, and a serious expression. There is no trace of the playboy he once was.
The changes in people are really strange. Not to mention Gu Siyuan, Zhao Jin, who was riding beside the carriage and accompanying him, was wearing armor and carrying a sword under the raincoat, looking very high-spirited.
Who can connect him with the young man from Jiangning who only knew how to sneak around and do evil things?
Sometimes Zhao Qinmin doesn't know whether to thank Lin Fu or resent Lin Fu. His only son Zhao Jin broke his leg by Lin Fu. Although he treated it diligently, he always had a slight limp when walking and was left with a disability. But Zhao Jin has since
He changed his past and devoted himself to studying and practicing martial arts. After Zhao Jin followed Gu Siyuan to Qingzhou, he quickly became his confidant.
At this moment, two riders arrived from the front, announcing that Lin Mengde was waiting at the pavilion ahead. Gu Siyuan's trip could not be publicized publicly, and it had to be kept strictly hidden from the Liang family. Only two or three people from the city were greeted by Lin Mengde.
, there is no pomp and circumstance.
Gu Siyuan nodded to show that he knew about this, and then asked the knight who came to report to leave, and asked Zhao Qinmin: "How sincerely will Huaidong welcome me?"
Zhao Qinmin said: "For Young Master to come here, Lin Zhizhi and Miss Lin specially asked people to prepare a garden in the city. The decorations and utensils in it were all arranged by Miss herself, just in case you wouldn't be used to it..." Zhao Qinmin
It can only be said that in his opinion, Huaidong still has not given up his efforts to persuade them to prepare for withdrawing from Qingzhou.
Tang Haoxin's two sons had no ambitions, so the wealthy man in the farmhouse was satisfied, so he focused on supporting his son-in-law Gu Wuchen. If Gu Siyuan did not change his past and always had a playboy-like nature, Gu Wuchen would naturally only support his son-in-law.
Lin Fu is alone.
That's not how things progressed.
During the bloody battle in Jiyang, Gu Siyuan was greatly touched. He suffered from his past mistakes and put his already superior talents and talents to the right path. He also had the will and ambition to do something wrong. Later, he inherited Men Yin,
He followed Tang Haoxin to Qingzhou to serve as an official, and Tang Haoxin devoted himself to teaching him, and he gained a lot. Tang Haoxin died in office, and Gu Siyuan carried the coffin to Tongguan for burial. During the Hehuai Rebellion, he returned eastward and recruited refugees along the way to pick out the brave.
With Pu's assistance, he compiled an elite fighting force loyal to the Gu family and outsmarted Suining in the Huaisi War. When he entered Qingzhou again, Gu Siyuan naturally inherited the political reputation and connections left by Tang Haoxin.
, together with Chen Yuanliang, Du Juefu, Zhang Jinxian and others, when they were in charge of the transportation of the Shandong section of the Tianjin-Hai Liang Road, they also joined forces to resist the penetration of the Liang family's influence into Qingzhou. Later, he married Du Juefu's wife, and married the Du family, a local tycoon in Qingzhou.
This completely established Gu Siyuan's position in Qingzhou.
Huaidong and Qingzhou come from the same lineage of Dongyang, and they are connected by the same spirit. It is necessary to support each other, but similarly, there is competition between the two.
Of course, Lin Fu's great achievements and deep foundation in running Huaidong were unmatched by Gu Siyuan. Under such circumstances, Gu Wuchen could only mainly support Huaidong in order to form a political system for the external vassal and internal ministers of the Dongyang system as soon as possible.
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Even if there is a competitive relationship between Huaidong and Qingzhou, the competitive relationship is very weak and the conflicts are not so prominent.
The Donghu people invaded aggressively and Yanjing was about to fall. For Qingzhou, it was both a crisis and an opportunity!
Yanjing and Jinhai will soon fall one after another. Shandong will be directly threatened by the Donghu cavalry, but at the same time Shandong will also become the front line against the Donghu. Before the fall of Yanjing, the people in Jiangning would not immediately support the new emperor, but in He
There has been a consensus that Huaihe, Shandong and other places should strengthen their defenses and establish military defense lines to protect the Yangtze River and Huaihe River.
The people of Qingzhou, led by Gu Siyuan and Chen Yuanliang, in addition to nearly 4,000 elite soldiers, also controlled nearly 20,000 transport troops deployed along the Jiaolai River. As long as they can get the support of Jiangning, the 20,000 transport troops can be quickly organized into battle.
They were killed and filled into the city north of Qingzhou, forming a strong military town shielding eastern Shandong.
In this way, Gu Siyuan, who was serving as the governor of Qingzhou Prefecture at this time, could almost rise to become a frontier vassal with military power in one step.
In such an opportunity, even if they face the risk of directly confronting the Donghu cavalry, who would let it go easily?
Lin Fu opposes defending Qingzhou, probably because he is worried that after Gu Siyuan rises in Qingzhou, your Excellency and other Dongyang officials will turn to support Qingzhou? Zhao Qinmin secretly speculated in his heart, and at the same time thought that a son-in-law is always not as close as a son. When your Excellency has a choice,
How could he devote his whole life to his son-in-law again?