When the boat arrived at the mouth of the Zhulong River, they received news from Yangxin. The Queen Mother, King Lu and his entourage escorted them to Qingzhou.
Lin Xuwen, Huang Jinnian, Gao Zongting, Wu Qi and others immediately changed their direction and headed south. When the boat entered Laizhou Bay, they learned that Lin Fu had arrived in Laizhou in person and was staying at the Xiashan Camp at the entrance of Neiwan.
People from Jinhai and Hainan were evacuated southward. They first moved from Jinhai to Laizhou, then from Laizhou south along the Jiaolai River to Jiaozhou Bay, or by sea or land, and were evacuated to Huaidong for resettlement. Laizhou was the largest transit point for people from Jinhai and Hainan who were evacuating southward.
At the base, Huaidong gathered thousands of large and small ships in Laizhou in the name of Jiyun Society and Heishuiyang Shipping Company, and gathered tens of thousands of grain and grass supplies.
In order to make up for the shortage of manpower, as early as early May, Huaidong transferred two battalions of soldiers from the former Guards Battalion and Tianjin Navy to Laizhou, in name only as the Shangshe Military Guard, and in fact as the Tianjin Navy. They were responsible for organizing the evacuation.
A camp was set up at the mouth of the bay, named Xiashan Camp.
Huaidong finally decided to support Gu Siyuan in forming the Qingzhou Army and take over Linzi, Yangxin and other cities from the Liang family. This was partly because to organize such a large-scale evacuation of people in a short period of time, it was necessary to borrow passage from Qingzhou - naturally
It was also necessary to obtain permission from the people of Qingzhou before Huaidong could set up a camp on Xia Mountain outside Laizhou City.
Lin Fu came to Laizhou in the name of supervising the evacuation of refugees. He could not openly say that he came to rob the Queen Mother and King Lu.
Lin Xuwen, Huang Jinnian, Wu Qi, Gao Zongting, Geng Quanshan, Chen Dingbang, Jiang Yue and others anchored at the inner bay of Laizhou and entered the Xiashan camp to meet Lin Fu.
More than 100,000 refugees evacuated from the Tianjin Sea were crowded around the mouth of the Inner Bay, and they had not had time to move south.
.
The war horses roared in the Xiashan Camp - Zhou Pu also served as a guard. The Huaidong Cavalry Camp was actually Lin Fu's elite guard. Lin Fu moved into the Xiashan Camp, so Zhou Pu naturally had to lead the cavalry camp.
Protect left and right.
Gao Zongting thought to himself: Could it be that the Queen Mother and King Lu and their entourage were all in the Xianshan camp? He thought it was impossible!
Lin Fu stood in front of the gate of the Xiashan camp to greet everyone.
It was the end of July, and the weather was hot. Lin Fu was dressed in green armor, holding a saber on his waist. He was standing in the sun, with beads of sweat on his forehead. When he saw Lin Xuwen, Huang Jinnian and others appeared from the corner, he went up to them.
, said: "I figured you would come here in the next few days, so I have been waiting here. I am hiding in Huaidong and letting you work hard. I am here to salute you..."
Lin Xuwen paused for a moment and asked Huang Jinnian to come forward. Lin Fu did not put on airs, and Huang Jinnian was particularly grateful. Sometimes people only fight for face, so he bowed and said in return: "Don't you dare, you can only be safe if you make plans."
Now that we are out of trouble, it is our turn to salute and thank you..."
"You're welcome, Mr. Huang," Lin Fu took Huang Jinnian's arm and greeted Lin Xuwen, Jiang Yue and others. He called Lin Xuwen "eldest brother" based on his rank in the clan, called Gao Zongting by his name, and called Jiang Yue "Master Jiang".
However, Lin Xuwen, Huang Jinnian, Gao Zongting and others, regardless of their apparent status differences, all called Lin Fu "Sir" - the subtle difference in this title surprised Jiang Yue.
As an official, Jiang Yue rarely participated in factional struggles, but that didn't mean that he didn't understand the subtleties involved. After Li Zhuo died, Gao Zongting, Geng Quanshan, Chen Dingbang and others joined Huaidong. There was no doubt that Huang Jinnian would
Lin Xuwen will go to Jiangning as Huaidong's political ally.
Discussing the nuances of Huli in detail, Huang Jinnian and Lin Xuwen clearly joined the Huaidong line and followed Lin Fu's lead.
Jiang Yue was grateful to Lin Fu for sending someone to escort his family to escape south. He bowed and said, "Jiang Yue is deeply grateful to Mr. Lin for your help!"
"Lord Jiang, you are very polite..." Lin Fu returned the courtesy. He respected Jiang Yue's knowledge and character. He could be a friend of such a person, and did not want to drag him into a factional fight prematurely.
In addition to Jiang Yue, Lin Fu also instructed Wu Qi to lead the personnel of the Military Intelligence Department lurking in the north, contact officials with great achievements in miscellaneous studies in various ministries, as well as some master craftsmen and craftsmen from the Ministry of Works and various supervision departments, and arrange cover.
They went south.
These people are extremely ignored within the entire bureaucracy, which is dominated by Confucianism.
After Emperor Chongguan left the city, although Zhang Xie was appointed as the remaining envoy, he still had 20,000 troops from the capital. The city of Yanjing fell into chaos uncontrollably. Through the chaos, these officials and master craftsmen dragged their families and
He disappeared from the mansion, took advantage of the refugees to leave the city, and sneaked south in batches, but did not attract the attention of the Donghu people.
In fact, Zhang Xie and others led the Jingying army defending the city to surrender to the Donghu people, but most of the officials who stayed in Yanjing, including those who were on duty before the fall of Yanjing, those who were idle at home waiting to fill their vacancies, and those from the Hanlin Academy
The non-commissioned officers in the army all have their own thoughts and stay behind closed doors. Those who are quick to respond and dare to take risks are always in the minority, and most of them are slow and wait-and-see...
Jiang Yue and other Si Tianjian officials were present, so it was inconvenient to talk about anything else. The national crisis was at hand, and it was necessary to calm down and calm down. After the banquet, Lin Fu invited Lin Xuwen, Huang Jinnian, Gao Zongting, Wu Tian, Geng Quanshan, Chen Dingbang and others to his
residence.
"Zongting, Quanshan and Dingbang's children, I have sent people to take them from Jiangxi to Chongzhou. After you arrive in Chongzhou, you can reunite with your family..." Lin Fu sat down and asked everyone about their stay in Beidi.
Lin Fu had long been rewarded for his hard work. Li Zhuo gave him the details of his death with wine and medicine. He was resentful in his heart, but could do nothing. The Queen Mother and King Lu fled south to Hejian, where they were bitten by the Donghu cavalry. Chen Xinbo died with his old body.
He led a group of soldiers to the rear, but was trampled to death by Donghu cavalry during the battle.
Emperor Chongguan drowned and died after the defeat in the Chaohe River, and Hao Zongcheng also drank poison and died - it was impossible to overturn Li Zhuo's case in a short time, not to mention that after Li Zhuo's death, although most of the responsibility for the defeat of Liaoxi was
They were all blamed on him, but Emperor Chongguan did not set any formal charges.
Li Zhuo's ancestral home was in the Western Qin Dynasty. When he went to Jiangning and Yanjing to take office, he went alone. His family members were all from their hometown in the Western Qin Dynasty. Lin Fu had no excuse to bring Li Zhuo's family to Huaidong. Gao Zongting, Geng Quanshan
, Chen Dingbang is a native of Jiangxi. When Li Zhuo was appointed deputy envoy of Jiangxi Province to supervise the army in Fujian County, he was successively reused. When they joined Huaidong, General Lin Fu sent someone to take over their family capital from Jiangxi. On the one hand, he wanted to
From now on, they can work for Huaidong with peace of mind. On the other hand, the situation in Jiangxi is very unstable, and the factional disputes in the court will soon evolve into checks and balances between warlords. The family cannot fall into other people's territory.
"Thank you for your sympathy!" Gao Zongting, Geng Quanshan, and Chen Dingbang stood up and saluted.
"We have known each other for a day or two, so there is no need to be so polite!" Lin Fu stopped the three of them and asked them to sit down and talk.
"If the Queen Mother and King Lu are not seen here, they must be in Qingzhou," Gao Zongting asked in a low voice, "Does the Gu family really want to support King Lu?"
"That old witch, I don't know how she did it, she actually saw through the bad relationship between the Qingzhou Army and Huaidong," Zhou Pu said in a low voice sitting next to him, "After all, there are more than 400 Beijing camp troops retreating with the old witch.
After coming down, Gu Siyuan sniffed again and rushed to Yangxin first, and the old witch hooked up with him. Even I couldn't detain the old witch and the ghost King Lu, I could only watch them go to Qingzhou with Gu Siyuan...
"Zhou Pu was so angry that he vomited out the story of the Queen Mother and King Lu being escorted to Qingzhou by Gu Siyuan like beans.
After all, Zhou Pu has no experience in this kind of thing. If it were someone else who is good at planning, he would not stay in Yangxin at all. He would do everything possible to block the news and forcibly escort the Queen Mother and King Lu and their entourage into Huaidong.
control area.
We can't blame Zhou Pu for not thinking carefully about this matter. Everyone must have shortcomings, how can it be perfect?
"Zong Ting is really sharp and can guess right. I will have Zong Ting plan for me in the future. Huaidong will be more helpful!" Lin Fu praised Gao Zongting with a smile and did not mean to blame Zhou Pu. The situation in the North was expected.
Among them, everyone in Jinhai did a good job according to the plan. If they can control the Empress Dowager Liang and King Lu, they may not be a hot potato.
"Your Excellency, you are exaggerating," Gao Zongting said, "I don't know if there is anyone else planning behind the scenes. When the Queen Mother and King Lu arrived at Yangxin, they would rather fall into the control of the Qingzhou Army than quickly break away from Huaidong.
This plan is not weak!"
"Oh! I do have a headache now," Lin Fu said, "I haven't contacted Gu Siyuan directly yet. The Queen Mother and King Lu only sent people to express their condolences!"
If the Queen Mother and King Lu fell into the hands of Huaidong, Huaidong would certainly not support King Lu here. However, when Huaidong was in control of King Lu, he still firmly supported King Ning to ascend the throne in Jiangning.
Naturally, Prince Ning also wanted to provide more benefits to reward Huaidong for his sincerity in supporting the cause.
If Emperor Chongguan could escape, that would be another story. If Huaidong supported Emperor Chongguan and entered Jiangning to sit on the dragon throne, Yuan Jianwu would not only pinch his nose and continue to be King Ning, but also cut off his left and right arms to avoid suspicion.
Causing death.
In fact, King Lu Yuan Jianhai was far from qualified to compete with King Ning for the throne.
Unfortunately, the chess move was one step away. Lin Fu rushed to Shandong, and Zhou Pu had already lost control of the Empress Dowager Liang, King Lu and others.
The Empress Dowager of Liang and King Lu were very poor at military strategy, but they were first-class masters in conspiracy.
As long as the throne of the emperor is established and announced to the world, the role of King Lu will be limited; the Empress Dowager Liang may have the opportunity to go to Jiangning, but there is only an old woman waiting to die in the deep palace, and even the support of the Liang family is far from enough.
Help her regain her former glory of controlling the inner court.
Obviously, Empress Dowager Liang also knew what would happen if she fell into Huaidong's hands - this old woman was unwilling to accept it!
When Gu Siyuan, Chen Yuanliang and others rushed to Yangxin to meet him, Empress Dowager Liang quickly understood that Qingzhou and Huaidong apparently came from the same origin and were connected by the same spirit, but they were somewhat different in appearance. Moreover, the Qingzhou army was known as
It is headed by Gu Wuchen's son Gu Siyuan. It is a newly formed army. It is far from being called a strong army, but it is very ambitious.
The Empress Dowager Liang knew that she could not easily escape and take King Lu to join the Liang family in Jinan Mansion, and dealing with the cunning Huaidong was far worse than dealing with the ambitious but weak Qingzhou Army.
If King Lu falls into the hands of Huaidong, the Qingzhou Army and Gu Wuchen will not gain any substantial benefits. However, the Qingzhou Army controls King Lu, unites the Liang family and Huaidong, and Gu Wuchen in Jiangning to support King Lu as emperor.
, the Qingzhou Army can account for at least one-third of the credit for its support.
Seeing Gu Siyuan's mentality in Huaihe, Queen Mother Liang quickly got rid of Zhou Pu's control after arriving in Yangxin, and entered Qingzhou City with Gu Siyuan - Gu Siyuan obviously also had some ideas.
This matter alone made Lin Fu feel troubled and had a headache.
The Donghu people were unstoppable in Yan and Hebei, and they integrated local forces in Yan, Hebei, and Jin counties very quickly and effectively.
Hehuai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other places should quickly and decisively support King Ning as emperor at this time, form the Jiangning regime, establish a new capital, and then devote their energy to the Hehuai front line to build defenses, instead of supporting the new emperor here.
One incident caused unnecessary infighting.
Gao Zongting originally wanted to persuade Lin Fu not to easily support his support. The risk was too great, and the south could not withstand such a big effort. When he saw Lin Fu frowning and shouting that he had a headache, he knew that he had no such intention, but the Qingzhou Army and Gu Wuchen,
It’s hard to tell about Gu Siyuan and his son.
The power makes one's mind dim. Not many people can stay awake in the face of the power that covers the sky with one hand and is within reach. Regarding the formation of the Qingzhou Army, Huaidong, Gu Wuchen and the others in Qingzhou are already inseparable.
What's more, from the perspective of careerists, Gu Wuchen held the position of left minister of the Ministry of War in Jiangning, and controlled the Jiangning Water Camp. There was Dongyang Army nearby to rely on, so he could combine Huaidong, Qingzhou Army, and the Liang family's forces to dethrone King Ning and support him.