There was a burst of autumn rain and a burst of coolness. The sound of rain hitting the treetops in the courtyard was in harmony with the "beeping, peeling" sound of the bronze oil lamp.
Lin Fu sat in front of the case, and Gu Wuchen's suicide note was spread out on the table. Thinking back on every bit of the eight years since Chongguan, it made people sad - after sitting quietly for a long time, he saw Jun Xun coming, Lin Fu holding the long case
Stand up and walk to the mourning hall.
The mourning hall is located in the Beilu Bieyuan. Mrs. Du has helped Mrs. Tang and Gu to rest in the side courtyard; Gu Siyuan, Yang Shi, Liu Xilin and others are still keeping vigil in the mourning hall.
Lin Fu and Jun Xun came over, lit incense and bowed, picked up the futon and sat down, Jun Xun knelt down beside him.
Lin Fu asked Yang Shi, Liu Xilin and others not to be formal, and said to Gu Siyuan: "The situation in the Hehuai River has been completely corrupted. Hundreds of thousands of Yan soldiers have poured in from the east front, and the number of troops will continue to increase in the future. Judging from the current situation of Yan and Hu
, it could barely mobilize 200,000 to 250,000 troops to move south from the eastern front. The towns in Jiangning were similar in appearance but distant in spirit. Each focused on supporting troops and did not trust each other. It was difficult to twist a rope to defend the territory and resist the enemy.
Chen Hansan is like a bone spur nailing Xuzhou, making the two Huaihe Rivers feel even more chilled. It is approaching the twelfth lunar month of winter, and this winter is the real torment. If we cannot win a victory in Huaibei, our homeland between the Hehuai River and the Huaihe River will be destroyed.
It is necessary to throw them all away. The front line of the Huaihe River is threatened, and Luo Xiancheng in the west will also be worrying; and once troops are mobilized from the south line to the north for reinforcements, the She family will inevitably struggle to the death, and the next situation will become more and more difficult... The world is only difficult.
, We should sharpen our ambitions, and my father-in-law does not want you to indulge in the sorrow of the past. Siyuan, what are your plans for the future?"
Qingzhou fell, Gu Wuchen, Du Juefu, Zhang Jinxian and others died, and Chen/Yuanliang's whereabouts were unknown. The forces operating in Qingzhou suffered a devastating blow, but many people and resources still evacuated to Huaidong.
More than a thousand troops who withdrew from Qingzhou and Linqu were scattered in Yishan. Yang Shi only selected a hundred guards to escort the Tang Gu family and the Du family clan to Huaidong. However, Gu Siyuan and Liu Xilin withdrew from Yangxin.
The dead soldiers who came down and the rest of the remaining soldiers gathered together numbered nearly 2,000, which can be regarded as a strong mourning army.
In addition, part of the wealth accumulated by the Du, Gu, Chen and other families in Qingzhou was also evacuated to Linqu in time to avoid being robbed by Yan and Hu, which is equivalent to three to five million taels of silver.
Gu Wuchen's posthumous letter stated that the remaining forces that had withdrawn from Qingzhou would be accepted by Huaidong, but Lin Fu still wanted to respect Gu Siyuan's opinion, but he would soon go north to supervise the battle, and did not have much time to wait for Gu Siyuan's sadness to fade away.
Let’s talk about this again.
Regarding the remaining forces that had withdrawn from Qingzhou, Lin Mengde and the others rarely expressed any opinions.
Compared with the power in Huaidong at this time, the remaining forces that Qingzhou withdrew from were either integrated into Huaidong, or remained independent, or even remained hostile to Huaidong, but they did not have much substantial impact on Huaidong. Therefore, Qingzhou
The departure and stay of the remnant forces is more like a family matter in the inner house.
Since the new emperor ascended the throne, Gu Wuchen was the first minister to die while guarding his land. Regardless of whether Emperor Yongxing still harbored resentment for his support, the funeral arrangements and rewards would be extremely sad and honorable, and would also benefit Gu Siyuan.
If Gu Siyuan is still brooding about the past and does not want to be attached to Huaidong, he still has a political basis.
After arriving in Chongzhou, Gu Siyuan's spirits improved slightly.
In the past, Gu Siyuan was still blindly optimistic about the situation in Hehuai, but today that blind optimism has been completely shattered. Naturally, he can also understand the difficulties of Huaidong.
No.
Gu Siyuan said: "One wrong thought will cause all my bones to wither. In the past, I was too ambitious and implicated too many people. When I boarded the ship from Yangxin, I was completely despairing. Only when I arrived in Chongzhou could I calm down and think about something. My father's suicide note asked me to cherish my useful life.
I am not bound by common etiquette, but no matter what, I have to go back to Hutang first to erect a tomb for my father. My mother and Lianniang will stay in Chongzhou for the time being, entrusting my sister to take care of them. Yang Shi, Xilin and those who have retreated south from this trip
They are all loyal and righteous people. I owe them too much, but I am unable to take care of them. I can only ask you to make arrangements for me..."
"One family does not talk about two families." Lin Fu listened to Gu Siyuan's willingness to accept the remaining forces of Qingzhou to Huaidong. He nodded and said, "At this time, Yang Shi and Xilin are all useful in resisting the Hulu, and Huaidong is also the right one."
Need - you go back to Hutang to set up a tomb, and your mourning will be limited to three months, and then you will return to Huaidong. You can use your talents to govern a county or a government. In order to resist the barbarians and restore the mountains and rivers,
People should do their best and use it to their best advantage, regardless of common etiquette. This is what my father-in-law’s suicide note said..."
Gu Siyuan nodded, approving Lin Fu's arrangement.
After suffering this setback, Gu Siyuan gained a clearer understanding of himself.
The brave generals of Huaidong are like Lin, and if we talk about their ability to lead the army, Fu Qinghe, Cao Zi'ang, Qin Chengzu, etc. are all the choices of commanders who can stand alone; Ning Zechen, Ao Canghai, Zhou Tong, Zhou Pu,
Ma Yigong, Yang Yihang, Zhao Hu, Tang Fuguan and others are all first-class generals in the world; including Liu Miaozhen, Sun Zhuang, Zhang Gou, Chen Zhi and others, they are also famous generals who have risen in the refugee army. Speaking of advisers, Gao Zongting, Ye Junan
They had long been famous all over the world, and now they were all used by Huaidong. Lin Mengde, Sun Jingxuan, Sun Jingtang, Liang Wenzhan, Wang Chengfu, Sun Shangwang, Yang Zichen and others were all selected at the moment.
It can be said that Huaidong truly "promotes talents in an eclectic way". This is far from what Qingzhou was able to do when it was mainly limited to promoting close associates from the clan. Gu Siyuan also knew that after being integrated into Huaidong, his own talents could only be considered average.
, after receiving such a heavy blow, I can only do something down-to-earth.
When Yang Shi and Liu Xilin heard what Gu Siyuan said, they respectfully moved in front of him and kowtowed. Gu Siyuan knelt down, helped them up, and said, "I owe you a lot..." From then on, Yang and Liu
The two of them were no longer considered to be the retainers of the Gu family. As generals of Huaidong, they got along with Gu Siyuan as colleagues, and the kowtow ceremony was regarded as an end.
The next day, Jiang Ning's edict arrived in Chongzhou. Gu Wuchen was given the posthumous title of "Zhongjing", and was granted the title of Grand Bachelor of Dongge, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, and Dongyang Bo. Gu Siyuan was demoted to the first rank, granted the title of Shiliang Bo, and was promoted to Zheng.
The fifth-grade Zhongsan doctor; the Tang Gu family specially awarded the first-grade imperial concubine.
Gu Siyuan had to go to Jiangning to return the order and express his gratitude before returning to Dongyang Hutang to erect a tomb for his father. The remains of Yang Pu and Ma Chao were buried in a cemetery at the northern foot of Zilang Mountain.
Tang Gu was in poor health, so Gu Siyuan's wife Du stayed in Chongzhou with her son to take care of Tang Gu. Hundreds of people from the Du family also settled in Chongzhou.
It was not until the first ten days of October that all the various matters were sorted out. It was not until the second day of October that an edict came from Jiangning, calling Huaidong to send troops from Huaisi and rescue Dongping from Yinan. It was also officially agreed to use the Bian River as the line.
The area north of Huaiyang and east of Bianshui River, excluding Jining, Caozhou and other places, will be classified into the Huaidong defense area.
On the second day of October, Lin Fu summoned the special envoy of the Zhen family of Haiyang in Goryeo, Zhen Qitai, the son of Zhen Feng, Chi Zhou's son, Chi Yuanji, the son of the governor of Jisi, Dongzhou, Li Ji, the crown prince of Danluo Prince, and others at Dongya Jingguan Hall.
After mid-June, the situation in Shandong became increasingly tense. The troops in Huaidong were also stretched thin at that time. Lin Fu was forced to transfer troops and horses from Haidong to form a partial division and rush to the outskirts of Dengzhou for emergency response.
After the Dengzhou incident, Huaidong's deployment in Haidong could no longer be concealed from others. It was only at this time that Jiang Ning realized more clearly that Lin Fu had been running Haidong for several years, and his foundation was so deep that he had
Far beyond others' imagination.
Not only did they borrow land on Danluo Island to build Jeju Castle, but they also formed an offensive and defensive alliance with the Saga clan, Jingo clan, and the Zhen clan of Goryeo Haeryeong in Fuso and Huaidong. Danluo Kingdom and Dongzhou Jisi Dudufu actually
It became Huaidong's peripheral force in Haidong, and this time it directly sent troops to participate in the war in Dengzhou.
Under the current situation, Jiang Ning could only acquiesce to this fact, and in the edict issued on the second day of October, the affairs of the Haidong vassal state were placed under the jurisdiction of the Huaidong system.
Zhen Feng sent his son Zhen Qitai as a special envoy to Huaidong this time, and he also came specifically to seek Huaidong's support to seize the royal power of Goryeo.
Lin Fu naturally hopes that the Zhen family will expand the scale of the war in Goryeo so as to weaken Goryeo's military support for Yanhu to a limited extent. However, the current strength of the Zhen family is still slightly weaker.
The Zhen family currently occupies a county in Haiyang, with a population of about 500,000, and an army of more than 30,000. It faces the Li family of the Goryeo royal family and the Prime Minister Zuo Jing who temporarily takes charge of the Goryeo royal government. Although they are said to be corrupt and incompetent, their governance is sluggish.
, and externally, they succumbed to Yanhu, which made the people at home miserable, complained, and alienated the army and the people. However, the land, population, soldiers and other resources under their jurisdiction were several times that of the Zhen family.
If the support for the Zhen family was limited to the exchange of strategic materials, it would be difficult to completely involve Goryeo in the war in a short period of time, and it would also be difficult to achieve the purpose of weakening Yanhu's military resource support from Goryeo.
Lin Fuyi supported the Saga clan, and the Jinxiang clan directly sent troops from the east to Shannan and other counties on the east coast of the Koryo Peninsula. As a condition of exchange, in addition to the gains from war plunder, the Zhen clan promised to
Mashima Island was returned to the Saga clan forever. Secondly, Lin Fuyu used the Jeju soldiers and horses as the basis, combined with the forces of the Danluo Kingdom and the Dongzhou Jisi Governor's Office to form the Haedong Joint Camp Army, expanding the force to 10,000 taels
Thousands to 18,000 men, with Huaidong and the Zhen family sharing military supplies, attacked Hanyang and other counties on the west coast of the Goryeo Peninsula - thus forming a three-line troop deployment situation on the Goryeo battlefield, not only to ensure that Goryeo could no longer support the Yanhu and Yi armies
supplies, and even more so, the Koryo Navy must be pinned to the west coast of the peninsula, unable to move.
Taking into account the limited population resources of Dongzhou Jisi Dudufu and Danluo Kingdom, Lin Fu authorized the Danluo Li family and Dongzhou Chi family to recruit soldiers from Huaidong to ensure that the number of troops participating in the war at the same time could be maintained at more than 3,000.
Lin Fu transferred Zhao Hu back to Chongzhou this time, and Ma Yigong replaced Zhao Hu as the captain of the Haidong marching army. He was fully responsible for Huaidong's defense and warfare in the Haidong area, as well as the development and escort of the Haidong trade route.
In addition to deploying a brigade of elite troops from the Jinhai Camp, troops and horses were also mobilized from the Works and Supply Camp to ensure that Huaidong's soldiers in Haidong increased to more than 9,000.