The rain had just stopped, and there were still drops of rain falling on the eaves. Before it stopped, the dark clouds dispersed, and a few stars appeared in the sky.
Liu Miaozhen stood in front of the window, looking thoughtfully at the Heisen mountain cliff that seemed to be lying quietly on the courtyard wall. At this moment, the sound of rutting could be heard. From the window here, she could see the scene in the front yard. Inside the house
A strong and healthy woman listened to the voice and said: "Maybe that person is coming..."
"Aunt Ma, help me get the face mask..." Liu Miaozhen said.
When Liu An'er moved to fight in the world, he had no base, and his children also followed the army. Each ministry set up military camps to accommodate their families.
Liu Miaozhen initially joined the army. Except for his personal attendants, who were all strong women, he was no different from male generals. Therefore, he wore multiple layers of armor and a face mask to avoid affecting his prestige as a general.
After the Huaisi War, Liu Miaozhen was elected as the co-leader of the Huaisi people's army by the revered red-coat goddess, and then she officially selected strong women who were proficient in martial arts from the dependents' camps to form a women's camp. Ma's aunt, Ma's family, was the wife of Ma Lantou
, originally the daughter of a lake pirate in Hongzepuri. Her father was killed by officers and soldiers. Ma's daughter inherited her father's business. In her early years, she was a female water thief who caused a headache to the government. Later, she recruited Ma Lantou as her son-in-law and gave up her subordinates to Ma Lantou.
Commander, she stayed behind the scenes and became unknown.
It is a shocking act for a woman to show her face in this world, but how can a daughter of Jianghu be so particular? Liu An'er was ambushed and killed by Chen Hansan, and it was several female soldiers from the old camp who escorted Liu An'er's two young sons to escape from Xuzhou.
Sun Wenwan knocked on the door and came in. She saw Liu Miaozhen covering her face with a bronze mask. She said, "My lord has arrived in the front hall and is waiting for General Liu to come over..." But her eyes were fixed on the saber on Liu Miaozhen's waist.
Liu Miaozhen's superb martial arts had already spread throughout the Huaidong army. During the battle outside Suining City, Lin Fu stepped forward to supervise the battle. Although there was no danger, both Zhou Pu and Ning Zechen were reprimanded afterwards - Lin Fu
Maybe he didn't care, but Sun Wenwan had been warned by his father, Lin Mengde and others early on that Liu Miaozhen and those around him must not be allowed to approach Lin Fu with knives. Even after Sun Zhuang escorted Liu Miaozhen to Chongzhou, he found an excuse to transfer Sun Zhuang first.
Walk.
The intention to harm others depends on the situation, but the intention to guard against others must never be lost.
Looking at Sun Wenwan, Liu Miaozhen knew what he meant. He took off his saber, put it on the desk, stood up, and followed Sun Wenwan to the front yard with Aunt Ma.
Seven or eight giant candles were inserted in the front hall, illuminating the hall as brightly as day. Lin Fu was dressed in green and sat in front of the nanmu long desk. Only Song Jia was sitting beside him - waiting for Sun Wenwan to put on the red coat.
When the girl came in, Lin Fu and Song Jia stood up to greet him and said, "General Liu is here. If the news leaks out, it will be detrimental to Huaidong and Huaiyang. If there is any negligence, please forgive me."
Liu Miaozhen thought that Lin Fu would be surrounded by swords and guards, but unexpectedly there was only a beautiful woman sitting with him. Lin Fu's serious tone let her know that Lin Fu was taking this meeting seriously.
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"Lin Zhizhi is so polite. It's my presumptuous visit that has caused a lot of inconvenience to Huaidong." Liu Miaozhen sat down in front of the long desk opposite Lin Fu, Aunt Ma stood behind her, and Sun Wenwan stood next to Lin Fu.
Bound side.
Lin Fu smiled. Liu Miaozhen was wearing a spacious red shirt, and her black hair was tied casually behind her shoulders with a red ribbon. When a bronze mask covered her rosy face, no matter what tone she spoke in,
It gives people a chilly feeling.
Perhaps because of the bronze mask she was wearing, Liu Miaozhen's eyes looked extraordinarily deep and clear. Even if you didn't look at her face, just seeing these eyes, you would tend to think that she was a stunning woman who would captivate the entire country.
It's really strange to say that if Suining hadn't split her mask open in the first battle, I would have never thought about what kind of face she looked like under the mask. I always thought she was a fat and ugly woman. It was probably because of the previous encounter that the girl in the red coat gave someone
The feeling of being too sharp makes people ignore her appearance.
Huaidong never thought that Liu Miaozhen would come to Chongzhou in person at first. After receiving the news, it took him a long time to digest the news.
It is difficult to see any ambition in Liu Miaozhen.
After the Battle of Suining, the reason why the Huaisi refugee army favored Liu Miaozhen as the leader was due to many factors. The most important one was the second son who escaped from Xuzhou after the death of Liu An'er. They were both young at the time and were far from old enough to stand up and take charge of the situation.
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Under the circumstances at that time, if we did not want the refugee army to collapse completely, we had to introduce someone. Even if Liu Miaozhen was a woman, there was no one else more suitable to sit in that position than Liu Miaozhen.
When Chen Zhihu was appointed as the envoy of Henan, the refugee army was beaten to the death in the Huaiyang area. The generals of the refugee army could only save one life, and they had no intention of fighting for power. Marching eastward
Later, the Huaisi refugee army was dismantled, with nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses. In the end, the Red Coat Army, composed of Liu Miaozhen, Malantou and other elite troops, gained Huaidong's acquiescence and recuperated in the Huaisi area with a complete establishment - Liu Miaozhen's status was reversed.
Stabilize.
There are certainly ambitious women in this world, but Liu Miaozhen has neither recruited a capable but powerless man to assist her as her husband, nor has she succumbed to any hero. So far, her sister-in-law has been alone. It is more likely that she wants to
The situation supported Liu An'er's two sons until they grew up and took over the military power.
"General Liu came here in person. When he first received the news, Huaidong was also quite surprised. I was still worried in Chongcheng. Could it be that Qin Sima went to Huaiyang on behalf of Huaidong and made General Liu feel that Huaidong was not sincere enough?" Lin Fu
asked.
"There are some things that I don't understand. I need to ask Lin Zhizhi in person for advice."
"Please say."
Liu Miaozhen put her hands in her spacious long sleeves, folded them in front of her buttocks, and looked straight at Lin Fu.
Liu Miaozhen's figure was considered quite tall among the women of the time, barely half a point shorter than Lin Fu. Although her face was as bright as a peach blossom, her body frame was quite large. In later generations, she would have had the proud figure of a model, but she seemed too tall in this world.
In addition, Liu Miaozhen is accustomed to wearing multiple armors to ride and fight, which inevitably gives people the impression of being strong.
"Lin Zhizhi worked hard and went around in such a big circle, and it is only now that this little girl can get a glimpse of its secrets," Liu Miaozhen said, "I would like to ask, are the Donghu people really so powerful, why did Master Lin do this?
Cautious? But in Mr. Lin’s eyes, the defense line Jiangning built in Hehuai is really worthless?"
"It's not as far-sighted as you think," Lin Fu smiled slightly and glanced at Song Jia beside him, "It was Song Dianshu's plan to leave Sun Zhuang to guard Huaisi. Initially, he just didn't want Chen Hansan to occupy the entire Huaisi area.
Of course, I have to say that I can’t bear to see the refugee army slide into a hopeless situation, and you won’t believe it either..."
"Why are you so sure I don't believe it?" Liu Miaozhen asked.
"Your eyes tell me that you won't believe it..." Lin Fu said.
"I believe what you said is true. You secretly pushed the court to recruit me today with this intention in mind, but why couldn't you leave a way for my brother to survive two years ago?" Liu Miaozhen asked.
"You misunderstood what I said," Lin Fu shook his head and said, "The refugee army that I cannot bear to slaughter are the countless people who are crying for food, hungry and cold, and have no choice but to pick up a hoe or a sickle to kill officials and rebel for themselves.
The poor people who are fighting for food for their families are not those ambitious rebels who are greedy for the throne of princes..."
"You have no ambition?" Liu Miaozhen asked disdainfully.
"Ambition is not a bad thing, but some ambitions can provide a way for the people of the world to survive, while some ambitions are as greedy as a prairie fire and want to devour everything, turning the people of the world into their own stepping stones," Lin Fu said, "I
There is nothing to pretend to be noble. My reputation among scholars is not much better than that of a bandit, but my determination cannot be shaken by others. I am in Huaidong, reduce rents and taxes, exempt from civil service, and millions of people can eat.
Having enough food to eat, being able to wear warm clothes, not suffering from hunger and cold, not being harmed by the disasters of war - these things I have done are worthy of myself and worthy of heaven and earth..."
"..." Liu Miaozhen remained silent. Lin Fu's many actions in Huaidong were not welcomed by the scholars, but they were very popular with the generals of the refugee army. They all said that if all the officials and generals in the world were as good as Lin Fu,
For the sake of the people, no one will raise a flag to rebel.
"... There are four to five million ordinary people in Huaisi. What are they thinking and looking forward to? Don't they hope to have enough to eat, to wear warm clothes, to not suffer from hunger and cold, and not to be harmed by the disasters of war?
Could it be that they all want to be crowned kings and marquises?" Lin Fu continued, "If things were peaceful, although the first few years would have been more difficult, it would not be difficult for everyone to live and work in peace and contentment in the end. Today, Hu Qi rode away.
Come on, the world is in chaos, so we can no longer sit back and enjoy the gains. If you want to have enough to eat and wear warm clothes, you have to work hard to earn it for yourself and your family - I said the same to the generals of the Huaidong Army. Of course.
, This alone is not enough, I also said to the officials in Huaidong: The officials and soldiers are supported by the people, so how can you abandon them without fulfilling your duties?"
"..." Liu Miaozhen had no idea that Lin Fu was so eloquent. These words were almost all things she had thought about but had not thought through.
"I think when General Liu comes over, there will be a big controversy within the Red Coat Army. But when General Liu sees how wary and cautious we are about the Donghu people, he comes to Huaidong in person. He is just worried about our bad intentions after all our good deeds. He is worried about us."
He pushed the Red Coat Army and even all the hundreds of thousands of refugees stranded in Huaisi to die, while he had nothing to do, watched the fire from the other side, and finally sat back and enjoyed the results..." Lin Fu continued.
"..." Liu Miaozhen realized that she didn't say a few words when she sat down, and Lin Fu intuitively revealed her purpose.
Although there are still many people alive in the old troops that Liu An'er brought back from the border army, and they have a certain understanding of the Donghu people, they are still not vigilant enough.
Liu Miaozhen will not believe that there is any love and hate for no reason in the world.
Lin Fu wanted to directly recruit the refugee army. He had a good chance at the beginning of the year and even after Chen Zhihu's troops were transferred to the north. When marching eastward, Liu Miaozhen was deeply worried about how weak and desperate the Red Coat Army and the various refugee armies were.
It is clear that as long as Huaidong gives a way to survive, most people may directly surrender to Huaidong.
Even if Huaidong sent troops to defeat them first and then capture prisoners, it would be more effective than buying them with rice and grain, and the Red Coat Army should never be given a chance to breathe or even recuperate.
Even after reaching this point, even though many generals had a great impression of Huaidong, the Red Coat Army could only accept Jiang Ning's recruitment, and Huaidong did not receive any direct benefits.
If it weren't for the Donghu people, Liu Miaozhen and the generals of the Red Coat Army would regard Lin Fu as a saint with no desires or desires.
The situation in the North after the defeat of the Jizhen Army showed that Huaidong's previous actions had profound motives - Huaidong spent the past five months trying his best to preserve the Red Coat Army and obtain relatively sufficient supplies for the Red Coat Army.
The time to rest and recuperate is all to prepare for the Donghu cavalry who may break through the Hehuai defense line and go south at any time.
Previously, Huaidong was too constrained by Jiangning, Yanjing and other forces. It was impossible to personally come forward to stick to the flanks of Xuzhou, Shandong and Henan, and deploy a 30,000-strong elite force on the front line of Huaiyang to shield Huaidong.
The construction of the Huaisi defense line could only be done by the Red Coat Army.
Although Liu Miaozhen did not have an intuitive understanding of the Donghu people's combat power, Huaidong's far-sighted deployment made her jealous. She speculated that the Donghu people's offensive through the Hehuai River would be extremely violent, and it was very likely that they would
The Red Coat Army devoured all the hundreds of thousands of people stranded in the Huaisi area until their flesh and bones were gone.
Just as Lin Fu said, Liu Miaozhen was worried that Huaidong's deployment would eventually require the Red Coat Army to stand in front to block the sword. She was worried that the Red Coat Army's 30,000 men, hundreds of thousands of children, and hundreds of thousands of refugees stranded in Huaisi, in order to avenge
The kindness that had been given to Huaidong for several months was to be used as a scapegoat for Huaidong.
Liu Miaozhen's face was hidden behind a bronze mask, but her eyes were sparkling. Lin Fu said: "When the Donghu people invaded, it is true that Huaisi blocked Huaidong, but this was a natural act, not a human arrangement, and there was no red."
The Yong Army and Huaidong will also organize a force to go north and advance to the front line of Huaiyang and Suining. In addition, it is what I often say to the officials in Huaidong: What the officials and soldiers support is what the people say.
, how can you abandon it without fulfilling your duties? Then I will also tell General Liu today that the rice grains Huaisi receives every month is not obtained by me, Lin Fu, using magic tricks with my bare hands, but by countless people in Huaidong who live frugally and frugally. General Liu is suspicious of this.
Do you think we should lead the red-coated army to hide behind Huaidong?"
Liu Miaozhen's pink face hidden under the bronze mask was slightly hot, and she said: "That's not what I meant..." It seemed like her children were arguing when she said this.
"What's behind Huaidong? It's the battlefield in eastern Zhejiang." Lin Fu couldn't see Liu Miaozhen's face, nor could he guess what she was thinking. It was a foregone conclusion that the Red Coat Army would accept the recruitment. He just wanted to let Liu Miaozhen defend Huaisi with peace of mind.
, so he spoke without any scruples and said, "If General Liu wants to go to eastern Zhejiang to exchange battlefields with the Huaidong Army, I have no objection..."
"I said that's not what I meant," Liu Miaozhen couldn't help but straighten up her body childishly, and argued, "The hundred thousand elite soldiers of Ji Zhen Army were all defeated in an instant. As you have guessed, Mr. Yi Lin, the Hehuai defense line is very
They may be vulnerable to a single blow. There may be hundreds of thousands of Hu people sweeping south, and Chen Hansan is a repeat villain. The Red Coat Army only has 30,000 troops available in Huaiyang, and it still lacks soldiers and armor. It is an embarrassing task!
"
"Qin Sima went to Huaiyang in person on my behalf to discuss war and defense matters. It would be better for General Liu to leave Qin Sima in Huaiyang and come to Chongzhou to question me about war and defense matters," Lin Fu laughed and said,
"If you are worried that the conditions Qin Sima promised to Huaiyang will not count, that's fine. I will talk to you personally..." Looking at the lights in the hall, he said, "It's late today. General Liu is tired from the journey, so I won't bother you much."
Okay, I will leave this map of the Hehuai situation and come to discuss the details with you tomorrow! What do you think, General Liu?"
Liu Miaozhen was ashamed and annoyed, so she said, "Whatever you say will be okay?"
Lin Fu and Song Jia said goodbye and left first. After sitting in the car, Song Jia smiled and said: "Liu Miaozhen is used to pretending to be a goddess, but she is not as eloquent as you. She can't win in a battle, and she can't argue with you because of her rhetoric. This
I’m afraid I have to surrender completely…”
"Alas," Lin Fu sighed, ignoring Song Jia's teasing, and said, "Things are not that simple yet. Fortunately, Liu An'er's second son is still young and there are some problems. It would be good to be less bloody -"
"What ambitions can Liu An'er's two sons have? I'm afraid they will be pushed forward by someone who is interested. It was really troublesome at that time," Song Jia said, "There are simple ways to do it."
"What can I do?" Lin Fu sat in the car, moved his body and asked.
"You married Liu Miaozhen!" Song Jia said.
Lin Fu almost fell off the car and retorted: "That's nonsense."
"Am I talking nonsense?" Song Jia asked persistently, "Why do you think the generals of the Red Coat Army are so wary and unwilling to give up their military power? It's not that they are worried about being liquidated in the future. You are worried that they may be liquidated in the future.
Why would someone push Liu An'er's second son out? It's not just the words "fame, fortune and wealth" - if you marry Liu Miaozhen, you can calm the hearts of the generals of the Red Coat Army. The generals of the Red Coat Army join Huaidong and make achievements, which is comparable to supporting Liu An'er.
Two sons with runny noses have a better chance - in my opinion, I may not think this, and it may not be someone in Huaidong who thinks so. I think there may not be anyone in the Red Coat Army who doesn't think so! As long as they can get
Who cares how Liu Miaozhen ruins the road to wealth and wealth in Huaidong? Of course, there is no guarantee that others will covet Liu Miaozhen in the future!"
"Trash," Lin Fu smiled bitterly. When it came to being sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued, he was not as sharp as Song Jia. He asked directly, "Will the Song family send a daughter to me to spoil?"
"Bah!" Song Jia spat at Lin Fu, and her face turned red with embarrassment. Unexpectedly, after talking for a long time, it turned around and said, "She Fei Xiong is fighting lively on the Western Front. General Huizhou, She Fei Xiong
The family's strength has not yet been exhausted, how could my father, who is so scheming, remember that there is a daughter like me living outside."
Lin Fu sighed softly. If the Song family could be won over, the situation on the southern front would be much simpler. But She Song and the other six surnames are too entangled with each other. If the She family dies, no matter how good the Song family is,
You have to lose half your life. Who has the courage to break his arm until the end?
At this time, Lin Fu had no intention of secretly sending someone to Quanzhou to contact him. Even if he wanted to play tricks, he would have to back him up with strength.
When we returned to Dongya, it was already dawn in the early morning. Just as Lin Fu was about to go back to the mountain to rest, news came back that the southern route troops formed by the Jinghai No. 1 Water Battalion and the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion successfully captured Yizhou.
However, before the arrival of the Southern Route Army, the officials, defenders, clan forces of the eight surnames, and a large number of people sent to Yizhou by the Zhejiang and Fujian Governor's Office had already evacuated in advance. Before leaving, they set fire to the city wall, Wugang, and villages, leaving behind
This left a ruined city in Huaidong and less than 10,000 Yizhou people who had no time to evacuate.
As large areas of villages were burned down and food and money were stolen, more than 10,000 Yizhou people became refugees waiting for food, eagerly waiting for relief from the Huaidong Army.
Zhejiang and Fujian's combat power at sea is dominated by the Zhejiang Navy. In the first battle in East Zhejiang, nearly half of the Zhejiang Navy was lost, and the remaining troops were blocked in the middle and upper reaches of the Qianjiang River.