Yanhu's offensive against the Hehuai defense line this winter was not strong. Even Qingzhou, which was the most severely affected, both Jiangning and Qingzhou themselves believed that it would not be difficult to defend key cities. But what would happen if the situation survived this winter?
Development, even Huaidong did not seriously think about or deduce it.
After Song Jia raised this issue, Lin Fu thought about it for half the night before falling asleep. The next day, he called everyone to discuss the issue. In addition to Liu Miaozhen, Malantou and other generals in Huaiyang Town, he also invited Liu Tingzhou and Xiao Kui'an.
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After all, discussing the defense of the Hehuai Defense Line is not Huaidong's secret. Involving Liu Tingzhou and Xiao Kui'an can also convey some of Huaidong's ideas on the Hehuai Defense Line to everyone in Jiangning through them.
Sometimes things are like this. If Huaidong conveys his thoughts directly, everyone in Jiangning will first wonder about Huaidong's intentions. In this way, any advice from Huaidong will be greatly reduced in effectiveness, and may even prompt Jiangning to
Everyone is turning to the opposite side of things.
"If we are asked to formulate a defense plan for Qingzhou, we should use Linzi City as the core, Yangxin as the outpost, and form a buffer zone from the north of Linzi City to Yangxin. This area is two hundred miles deep and is close to the mouth of the Bohai Bay.
Although the terrain is flat, it is actually a long and narrow lake terrain corridor. In the buffer zone, we must resolutely implement strong walls and clear the country to ensure that the Yanhu cavalry that penetrated cannot get food and grass from the buffer zone. As long as Yangxin is defended in front and heavy troops are stationed in Linzi,
Ensuring a certain field capability can basically ensure the safety of farming in the areas east and south of Linzi, preventing Yan and Hu cavalry from infiltrating," Gao Zongting analyzed. "The advantage of using Linzi City as the center of defense can be better.
We rely on each other with Pingyuan Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture..."
Yangxin and Pingyuan are almost at the same latitude, located in the north, and both directly face the enemy in Yannan.
Linzi and Jinan are almost on the same east-west horizontal line, located on the inner line.
Taking this defense plan as a starting point, Huaidong speculated that Yan and Hu would have to conquer the plains and Jinan before they could launch a large-scale attack on Linzi and Qingzhou - and Song Jia believed that the Gu family and his son would probably attack Linzi and Qingzhou after this winter.
, put the Qingzhou Army's defense focus on Yangxin...
"After next spring, if the main force of the Qingzhou Army gathers on the Yangxin front line, it will inevitably lead to a top-heavy stagnation," Liu Miaozhen and Liu Tingzhou sat across from each other, sitting on the left and right sides of Lin Fu respectively, and said, "From the terrain point of view,
, there is no big difference between the troops assembled by Yanhu in Yannan for Yangxin City and Pingyuan City. The biggest difference is that Pingyuan City has Jinan as its backing, and its own strength is relatively sufficient. Once the Qingzhou Army gathers in Yangxin
, Yangxin is besieged, and the Qingzhou Army in Linzi will not be able to spare any extra troops to rescue Yangxin. Considering this, once the main force of the Qingzhou Army gathers in Yangxin, it is likely that Yangxin will become the primary target of Yanhu's attack!"
"If the generals are effective and guard the border to keep the enemy at bay, how can there be any distinction between Liang Chengchong's defense of Pingyuan and Gu Siyuan's defense of Yangxin?" Liu Tingzhou listened to the speeches of Gao Zongting and Liu Miaozhen, and thought that they still wanted to protect Qingzhou in essence.
Liu Tingzhou was quite dissatisfied with the idea that the Liang family was making trouble and causing trouble to flow westward, and retorted, "Qingzhou and Jinan are closely interdependent - even if Yan and Hu attack Yangxin first, the Marquis of Liang and the Duke of Lu will not sit idly by and ignore it."
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Lin Fu scratched his temples with a headache, not knowing how to explain the truth clearly to Liu Tingzhou.
Liu Tingzhou can be considered a capable official, but he still cannot get rid of his limitations. This limitation is very obvious among Dai Viet officials.
Or be weak to the end - Jiangning's requirements for the Hehuai defense line this time are only to defend key cities, and even explicitly prohibit soldiers from leaving the city to fight in the field. While strengthening the walls and clearing the fields, they will completely abandon the countryside outside the city walls. Once the situation improves slightly,
It rebounded so hard that I wished I could build a solid line of defense at the forefront and completely seal the enemy off the outside.
Fundamentally, there is a lack of a realistic and executable strategic plan.
This limitation is not only found in Liu Tingzhou, but also in Gu Wuchen.
This difference is reflected in the military, which is divided into two highly controversial strategic directions: external defense and internal defense.
When the enemy is weaker than the enemy, active internal defense is a more realistic and appropriate strategic plan.
Taking Qingzhou's defense plan as an example, with Linzi as the center of defense and Yangxin as the outpost, it is a typical interior defense.
Yangxin City is small and strong, and only a small number of troops are needed to hold it. The main force of the Qingzhou Army gathered in the inner hinterland of Linzi City, which can force Yanhu not to dare to let go of his hands and feet to attack Yangxin.
While Yangxin had not fallen, the main force of Yanhu was obviously not willing to risk going deep into Linzi to fight the Qingzhou Army.
The Qingzhou Army gathered its main force in Yangxin, which was the idea of external defense.
If the strength is stronger than the enemy's, there is no doubt that the center of gravity of the troops will be placed on the periphery and tit-for-tat with the enemy. But when the strength is weaker than the enemy's, the Qingzhou Army will gather the main force in Yangxin, which actually means that Yan Hu will
On the periphery, you can get a chance to fight without taking too many risks.
Li Zhuo's five-year plan to suppress the enemy was generally based on the idea of active internal defense.
Lin Fu sometimes thought that after Emperor Chongguan's army captured Songshan, he would no longer rush forward with the intention of capturing Liaoyang City, but instead accepted Li Zhuo's suggestion and left only a small number of elite troops and sufficient food to defend Songshan, with Li Zhuo
If Zhuo leads the main force of Ji Zhen's army back to the inner line and continues to maintain the defensive posture of the inner line, the situation will never be as difficult to deal with as it is today.
Lin Fu knew very well that not to mention that Li Zhuo was unwilling to rush into Liaoyang to ensure that the Ji Zhen Army's vitality was not damaged. Under that situation, if he had led the main force of the Huaidong Army to attack Liaoyang, he would not have been able to escape a disastrous defeat.
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It's a pity that many civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty prided themselves on being virtuous and military, but few people could see that it was a trap.
At this time, the same trap is likely to be placed in front of everyone in Qingzhou. Yan Hu is likely to induce the Qingzhou Army to push the main force to the Yangxin area - Huaidong sends people to dissuade and explain, will it be effective?
Lin Fu had no confidence in this. After listening to the discussions among the people in the hall, he said to Liu Tingzhou: "Jiangning intends to strengthen the defense west of Huaiyang and ensure that there are soldiers and horses guarding the line from Wokou to Shouzhou to Luzhou.
I can understand this approach and think it is necessary. But now that Jiang Ning has transferred Commander Xiao’s headquarters and does not want me to interfere in the defense of the Western Front, what kind of thing is this? Commander Xiao is not considered
Counting Huaidong's generals, am I still the Huaidong envoy? If Commander Xiao is completely transferred from the Huaidong Army Division and placed under the direct jurisdiction of the Yuying Division, I won't ask, but the ordnance supply will never be the same as Huaidong.
~ Come to wa] It doesn’t matter. Please move out of Huaidong, please... In addition, Mr. Liu has no time to stay in Huaidong recently. I will report to you the food, grass, money and grain from Huaidong in the future.
Come on, it will save you a lot of hard work."
Liu Tingzhou thought about the meaning of Lin Fu's words: Xiao Kui'an's troops can break away from the Huaidong Army, but their families and children must move out. This is hardly a condition. Haosi has a large amount of wasteland that can be used to resettle the generals, families and children.
At the same time, Liu Tingzhou also hoped that this would ensure that Xiao Kui'an's troops were loyal to the court and avoid the possibility of plundering and threatening Huaidong's family in the future.
In addition to this, Lin Fu's condition was that the food and taxes of Huai'an and Hailing be put under the jurisdiction of the Huaidong Army Division Envoy (Lin Mengde), who would report to the General Army.
The department is responsible for reporting.
The reality is that from now on, Lin Fu will conscript Huaidong for his own use. In other words, in addition to military and political power, Lin Fu will have full control of Huaidong's financial power.
Liu Tingzhou touched his chin and pondered, and said: "This matter cannot be decided by the lower officials. Lord Lin may submit a memorial to the Holy See." He thought in his heart: The tax data of Mingzhou Prefecture is a secret and has been completely controlled by Lin Fu.
, but the money taxed by Huai'an and Hailing to support the army is not high.
After the Tianjin-Hai grain road was cut off, giving all the taxes from Mingzhou, Huai'an, and Hailing to Lin Fu would not necessarily be able to support the Huaidong Army, which totaled nearly 80,000 soldiers and horses.
From this perspective, it is not too much to let Lin Fu conquer Huaidong for his own use. However, once Lin Fu fully controls the military, government and finance of Huaidong, there will be no one in Huaidong Prefecture and County, even officials appointed by the imperial court.
Dare to confront Lin Fu head-on - in this sense, this is a great harm to the court. As time goes by, Huaidong is likely to be completely reduced to a vassal town for Lin's separatist rule.
Gao Zongting was sitting in a position where he could best observe Liu Tingzhou's expression. Seeing Liu Tingzhou's hesitation, he thought that even if Jiang Ning knew that this was a cup of poisonous wine and made him hungry and thirsty, he would drink it eagerly to quench his temporary thirst.
As far as Huaidong is concerned, there is no direct benefit to letting Xiao Kui'an's troops out of control. However, the money, grain, and taxes of the two governments will be put under the unified jurisdiction of the envoys, and the resistance of Liu Tingzhou will be reduced, which will make it easier for Huaidong to implement the new policy in an all-round way.
If we advance to Huai'an Prefecture, we can even use money, grain, and taxes to purge officials.
Moving Xiao Kui'an's generals out of the small capital showed that Huaidong had no intention of plundering Xiao Kui'an's troops. Furthermore, there was a large amount of abandoned land in Huaixi that was uncultivated. If more than 10,000 households were moved there, restoration could be restored.
Farming in the Huaixi area can also limit the amount of farming land in Huaidong.
Liu Tingzhou left Huaiyang with an ambiguous attitude.
As for the possible development of the situation along the Hehuai defense line, Lin Fu could only speak bluntly. He was not sure whether Jiangning and Qingzhou would listen.
After Liu Tingzhou left, Lin Fu stayed in Huaiyang for two more days, then crossed south to Huai'an City and met with Liu Shidu, the prefect of Huai'an, to discuss promoting the New Deal in Huai'an.
No matter what, no matter what means he uses, Lin Fu must fully implement the new policy in Huai'an Mansion after next spring.
However, no matter how the external situation develops, fundamentally, Huaidong's strength will continue to increase.
Hailing Prefecture has been fully promoting the New Deal for nearly a year, but the county's tax and grain revenue has not increased significantly. After deducting local expenditures, the tax and grain that can be used to support the army throughout the year (excluding Chongzhou, Hecheng and other places)
), increased from 300,000 shi before the New Deal to 360,000 shi. Local expenditure totaled 410,000 shi, which was the same as last year, but the sources of income were completely different.
Previously, local expenditures in Hailing Prefecture and counties mainly relied on Ding tax, capitation and various miscellaneous taxes.
With the promotion of the New Deal, the proportion of miscellaneous taxes including municipal taxes, over-taxes, mining taxes and workshop fees has been greatly increased, and they are uniformly collected by the Military Commission Fees Bureau; Ding taxes and capitation assessments have been reduced and reduced to reduce the burden on poor people, and local expenditures are mainly
It comes from the increased land tax and official land income from the inventory of land acres.
In the past, in addition to the salaries of subordinate officials, expenses for maintaining local military equipment, and various dispatch and construction matters, a large amount of local expenditures were spent by officials.
The new policy promoted in Hailing Prefecture does not seem to have direct benefits to the Huaidong Military Division for the time being. However, in the past year, Lin Fu withdrew the Hailing Prefecture Army and merged it with the Zhejiang Marching Army, and vigorously rectified the officialdom.
, local governments can save a lot of money for public affairs such as building water conservancy projects, reclaiming wasteland for planting, repairing cities, building permanent granaries, and building roads.
Furthermore, leaving a large amount of money and grain surplus in the county warehouses is also under the control of the Huaidong Military Division and can be used as an important supplement to the military reserves.
"If the New Deal is to be implemented, tax reduction and tax reduction are the affairs of the government. We must resolutely do it, and we also require large local landowners to reduce rents for tenant farmers. Farming in the fields all year round, even eating is a problem; in the event of a disaster,
In the 1990s, they would have to change their sons to eat, or they would starve to death - who else has no resentment or resentment in their hearts?" Lin Fu always took the trouble to discuss the details and significance of the New Deal with the officials below, and the same was true for Liu Shidu, "I
The problem is very simple. No matter how important things are in this world, nothing is as important as eating and staying alive. There is a lot of trouble outside, whether you are an official or a wealthy family, if the soldiers are in chaos, you will die if you get a knife in the neck. No life is valued.
To put it bluntly, there must be no chaos in Huaidong. It must be stable. The most fundamental point is to ensure that everyone has enough to eat and not starve to death. Only in this way can we ensure that there will be no chaos in Huaidong. If foreign enemies come in, everyone will be safe.
Only then will we have the willpower to work together to resist foreign enemies. I tell this truth to everyone. I hope Mr. Liu can also tell these truths to everyone. Let everyone understand that the implementation of the New Deal is a matter that is good for everyone.
Things. You can even invite the wealthy landowners who have lost their families and fled to Huaidong to tell everyone what the situation is like outside! Of course, some people are resistant, which is normal. This is not a big deal and can be solved slowly.
Convince them to understand and accept it. But if someone jumps out to cause trouble, you must not be lenient. In Chongcheng, those profiteers who hoarded money in front of the government office and intended to manipulate the price of rice have had their heads chopped off a lot..."
"What your Excellency said is absolutely true. Jiangning is also determined to follow Huaidong's lead in promoting the New Deal. How can a lower official continue to do his best?" Liu Shidu said.
Of course, Liu Shidu was not very optimistic about Jiangning's implementation of the New Deal. As soon as Jiangning started talking about the New Deal, there was a quarrel. How many of the officials in Jiangning were not big landowners? Don't talk about others. Chen Xiyan and the Chen family were
Chen Xiyan was a large landowner in Jiyang County with thousands of hectares of fertile land. He was determined to serve the imperial court and donated 10,000 acres of fertile land to the imperial court to support the army. However, there were too few officials with such high awareness.