The scale of Huaidong's supply troops has reached 120,000. The various camps, garrison camps, prefectures, counties, and inspection departments are also involved in the specific work, construction, defense, training and other matters. Sun Jingtang also has overall jurisdiction over the supply camp and other matters.
It's a good thing, but it doesn't have to be as hard as traveling around.
The supply troops not only provide sufficient and efficient human resources for large-scale construction and settlement affairs carried out in various places, but also provide Huaidong with sufficient reserves of reserve soldiers.
When the situation is critical, the supply troops who have received certain training and have a complete organizational system can be mobilized at any time, issue weapons and armor, and pull them onto the battlefield or the top of the city. They are the soldiers of Huaidong.
Therefore, the deployment of supply troops is closely related to the distribution of the Huaidong War Zone.
On the southern line, Shengzhou, Kuaiji, Shanyin, Xiaozhou, Huipu, Pingyang, Yizhou and other counties adjacent to the enemy, a total of nearly 40,000 supply troops were distributed.
With Chongzhou as the center, there are also 30,000 troops distributed in the surrounding counties of Yudong, Hecheng, Hailing and other counties. They share the responsibility of guarding the core area of Huaidong with the Jinhai Battalion of the Infantry Division.
On the northern front, in Shanyang, Siyang, Huaiyang, Suyu and other places, a total of 50,000 troops were deployed to deal with the main force of Yanhu cavalry that might move south at any time.
Except for Huaiyang Town, Huaidong only had more than 20,000 soldiers from Fengli Battalion and the main force of Jinghai No. 3 Water Battalion on the northern front, while Yanhu could gather hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to fight all the way, so Lin Fu was in
Fifty thousand troops were deployed on the northern front to prepare for emergencies.
It is only natural for Sun Jingtang to follow Lin Fu northward to serve.
He was going north in two days, and Sun Jingtang also returned home early to pack his bags. His concubine, Mrs. Zhao, kept chatting with him: "My young lady is going to Shanyang to take care of your daily life. The women's camp is here."
I still need to send some people over, but Madam’s intention seems to be to let Wen Wan go over..."
"Just let Wen Wan go!" Sun Jingtang responded casually. He was thinking about other things and didn't realize what Zhao wanted to say to him.
Seeing that her husband had not come back to his senses, Mrs. Zhao pinched him lightly, and Sun Jingtang suddenly realized. At this time, Sun Jingxuan's voice came from outside: "Jingtang is in the inner room?"
"Here he is." Sun Jingtang responded. Mrs. Zhao watched Sun Jingxuan walk in, stood up and said, "His uncle is here for something..."
"Jingtang will go to Shanyang in two days. I don't know when we can see each other again. How about we brothers find a place to have a drink?" Sun Jingxuan said.
"You can drink in this room. It's going to rain today..." Mrs. Zhao said. Huaidong has relatively sufficient food and there is no ban on brewing. Sun Jingtang doesn't drink much, but the house always keeps some wine for entertaining guests.
Zhao then called her servants to the kitchen to prepare some dishes to go with the wine.
"Grandpa!" Hearing Sun Jingxuan's voice, Sun Wenbing's two children came over and threw themselves into his arms. They reached into his arms to grab something, "Did you bring any gifts today?"
Sun Jingxuan happily held the two children in front of his knees and stood up, and said to Sun Jingtang: "Wen Yao took both children to Xiaoshan. I don't think it is safe. He has to let him send the children back. The adults are on the edge of the knife."
Licking blood, there is no other way, the child should stay in Chongzhou and be safe..."
"I also told Wen Yao to leave the child in Chongzhou, but he said that the eldest son is over thirteen years old and will be spoiled if he continues to follow us. He insists on taking the child with him and teaching him. I can still go to the military department to sign
A piece of paper forcing him to leave his children in Chongzhou?" Sun Jingtang said.
"I can tell that they are complaining about me." Sun Jingxuan chuckled. He had no children, only one daughter, Wen Wan, and had been putting off getting married. He was not as good as Sun Jingtang, who had many children and grandchildren. He had no choice but to pamper his children and grandchildren.
The children who doted on Sun Wenyao and Sun Wenbing.
"His wings have grown stronger," Sun Jingtang said with a smile, "but the She family is unable to defeat Xiaoshan. The eldest brother and Wen Yao can gain some experience by going to Xiaoshan. I think that when the eldest brother and I were thirteen years old, we were already in the world.
The sea is floating all over the ground. According to your request, in one year, all children from all families who are under the age of eighteen will be admitted to school. By next year, the eldest son of the Wenyao family will be back..."
"This school does not teach Confucianism, but it is divided into military and political miscellaneous subjects. Since the boss of the Wenyao family has not yet decided, it would be a good idea to follow him out for a year and a half..." Sun Jingxuan said.
Mrs. Zhao was sitting next to her, listening to Sun Jingxuan talking about the parents of her children. She wanted to understand his purpose. After the servants put the food and drinks on the table, she pulled the two children of Wen Bing's family over and said, "Uncle and Jingtang are very friendly.
Let's sit down and have a drink and chat. I'll take the kids to bed first..." Before leaving, he gave Sun Jingtang a look, fearing that he wouldn't understand.
After Zhao left, Sun Jingxuan returned to the topic and said: "I heard that the young lady is going to Shanyang to take care of the adults' daily life. This girl Wenwan wants to bring some people with her. Why do you feel a little awkward about this?
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Sun Jingtang poured wine for Sun Jingxuan from the jug, and sighed softly and said: "Speaking of which, the Sun family owes the girl a lot..." He paused in the middle of the sentence, as if he was recalling the past.
"This girl has a stubborn temper," Sun Jingxuan sighed bitterly, "I'm afraid she will suffer a lot in the future..."
"What should we say about this?" Sun Jingtang put down the wine bottle and said, "We can't pretend to be confused because we understand. I think it would be a good thing if the adults are willing to let the girl follow him to Shanyang. The girl can talk to the adults.
We are about to get married, and where is the girl’s thoughts? You and I can’t cover our ears and blindfold our eyes and pretend not to hear or see—even if we don’t delay, which family can we promise to? This matter is famous.
Of course, status is good, but without status, it is not useless..." At this point, Sun Jingtang grinned, "If there are any heirs in the future, won't the eldest brother have a successor?"
"What kind of 'successor' is this?" Sun Jingxuan asked with an annoyed smile.
"Didn't the girls from the Su family live in public and have no status? Qin Chengzu accepted her as his adopted daughter. Qin Chengzu had no idea. He just thought that the girls from the Su family would have children in the future. One was named Su and the other was Qin. He never thought about it.
If you don't have a name or status, you can't be considered a successor," Sun Jingtang said. "In comparison, the Su family has been granted the title of prince, and our Sun family is just a mud-footed family. There is no need to pay so much attention. As long as the girl feels it.
If you are not aggrieved, why should we join in the fight?"
Sun Jingxuan was silent for a while, then sighed and said: "Let it go. In a few years, I will stretch out my legs and let go. How can I still take care of this?"
"If you feel unhappy, which one of the two Wen Bings do you like? I will decide to adopt him for you?" Sun Jingtang said.
"I seem to like both of them," Sun Jingxuan said with a smile, and then sighed, "Forget it, you are an adopted child and you have no father or mother, so what fun is there in staying with me?"
Although Lin Fu was eager to go north to supervise the war, many tedious matters delayed him, and he did not set off north until October 12th.
Prior to this, Lin Fu had ordered Geng Quanshan to lead his troops to Tancheng, and to support Liang Chengchong from the east who was losing ground in Jining. He also wanted to contain and prevent Chen Hansan from making any changes.
Yinan is named after it is located in the south of Yishan Mountain. The Yishui River passes through it, so it is also called Linyi.
Although strategically speaking, Yinan is far from being compared with the adjacent Xuzhou, but Yinan connects Yishan and Huaidong. For Huaidong, if Xuzhou is not available for a while, it can hold the land of Yinan in its hands.
It's also a great comfort.
As early as the beginning of summer, Lin Fu sent Wu Qi and Chu Zheng to sneak into Yishan first to organize resistance forces. After the situation in Shandong collapsed, he used the topography of Yi, Tai, Meng, and Yu mountains to gather together those who were unwilling to surrender.
The army and the people, Huaidong now has Yinan in its hands, and its tentacles can reach into the hinterland of Shandong through Yishan, which will greatly delay the progress of the Yanhu army in western and southwestern Shandong.
The bone-chilling morning wind blew the fallen leaves and rolled them on the road. Lin Fu was wearing a blue cold armor, holding the reins and galloping his horse.
Lin Fu has become accustomed to riding his horse through fields, lakes, and rivers in the biting cold wind. Looking at the vibrant land, he can understand more and more clearly how heavy the responsibility of guarding the land is on his shoulders.
Not only does Huaidong have to defend the eastern front, but the central and western fronts must also not be defeated, otherwise the Yan and Hu armies will be forced into the Yangtze River from the central or western fronts and then move down the river, and Huaidong's flanks will be exposed.
The people going north went in batches, including Gao Zongting and Ye Junan, who also went to Shanyang on the ninth day of October before Lin Fu. When Lin Fu went north, there were only 600 cavalry left in the cavalry camp led by Zhou Pu.
Accompany.
Sun Jingtang was delayed until the end and set off with Lin Fu. He rode a green and black horse and rode side by side with Lin Fu.
"Since ancient times, when playing chess, there has been a saying of 'golden horn, silver edge, grass belly'. Fujian and Zhejiang are considered to be golden horns, Yanji plus two Liao are considered to be one corner, Guanzhong is considered to be one corner, and two rivers are considered to be one corner. When it comes to edges, Jinghu and
Jiangxi counts as a border, Jianghuai and Shandong count as a border, Hanzhong counts as a border, and Jinzhong counts as a border; Hehuai is this grass belly, the real place of the Four Wars. I don’t know if this winter can pass comfortably.
..." Lin Fu walked on horseback and discussed with Sun Jingtang and Zhou Pu the situation of the Hehuai River and Huaihe River with emotion. According to his standards, this winter has passed comfortably, and only the Changhuai Army can
After successfully withdrawing into Huaixi, Liang Chengchong withdrew into Nanyang and ceded all the areas north of Xu Si to Yanhu, forming a relatively stable north-south confrontation. He did not expect to get any benefits from the winter war, let alone want to go.
Turn the situation around.
Now the main force of the Yanhu cavalry is shrinking behind, and the new auxiliary troops are charging in front. Even if Huaidong can get one or two big victories on the Hehuai battlefield, it will be of no avail. If it fails and loses, the situation in Huaisi will change.
It's extremely severe.
Before the southern front failed to completely defeat the She family, Lin Fu did not have the confidence to take a chance on the northern front.
Sun Jingtang was more optimistic than Lin Fu, and said with a smile: "The theory of golden horns and silver rims was before Huaidong's warships crossed the East China Sea. The mountains of Zhejiang and Fujian are high and dangerous, and the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The foundation is the place, but I guess today the She family will not think that they still occupy a golden corner. If we talk about the situation in terms of "corner, edge and belly", it is the Cao family that occupies the most position. Guanzhong, Liangchuan plus Hanzhong, the golden corner and the silver edge are all occupied
If everything is done, will the Cao family really have the confidence to plan for the world?"
Lin Fu said: "Liang Chengchong occupies Hezhong Prefecture, and Tongguan is not threatened, but the life of the Cao family may not be easy. If the vision is limited to the Central Plains hegemony, there is no way to enter Guanzhong without passing through Tongguan, Wuguan and other passes, but Yanxi
If all the Hus are surrendered to Yanhu, they can send troops from the north or even the west to threaten Guanzhong - this is actually what worries me the most. The western front in the narrow sense is the Nanyang and Xiangyang lines, but once the Yanhu troops and horses are blocked by the river
Without being able to advance into the Huaihe River, the main force passes through the Yanxi tribes in the north, enters Guanzhong from the north, pushes all the way south, passes through Hanzhong and enters the two rivers. This is the true Great Western Line. If it really gets to that point,
If Jiang Ning continues to hold back, it will be impossible..."
"Then just take Jiang Ning into your own hands." Zhou Pu said in a loud voice.
Lin Fu smiled softly and said: "It would be nice if it was that easy - but if Yanhu doesn't suffer hardships in Hehuai, he may not be willing to sacrifice the near for the distant. When they are forced to take a detour from Guanzhong, it won't be easy. The Cao family is a roadblock in the first place.
When the time comes, we can also land in Liangliao and hold them back..."