During the East China Sea War, Du Rong saw Song Jia next to Lin Fu and considered the possibility of the Song family defecting. However, he also thought that Song Fu was a pragmatic person and that Zhejiang and Fujian would never change their banner until they were at the end of their rope.
Du Rong and Du Cheli have been in Jeju and Dongzhou for many years. Since the ships sailing from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Haidong are basically controlled by Huaidong, Du Rong and Du Cheli will not deliberately explore the Central Plains.
There was no news. It had been less than a month since I landed in Mingzhou. I was still lamenting the turmoil of the world and the changes in the current situation. I didn't expect to see Song Fu next to Lin Fu in Mingzhou.
The moment he saw Song Fu, Du Rong suddenly understood that the situation in Zhejiang and Fujian was on the verge of collapse. The situation had already developed to this point!
"Farewell Du Gong, come to Wuxian!" Lin Fu came over and saw that Du Rong's white hair was still the same, and his energy was much better than when he was first captured.
"The common people pay homage to the Duke of Pengcheng!" How could he be brave enough to show off his defeated general, let alone still survive in the territory of Huaidong? Du Rong and Du Cheli both came forward to pay homage to Lin Fu.
"Gong Du, General Du is too polite," Lin Fu said with a smile, "You and Duke Song are old friends, so you won't ask for news about your relatives..."
Du Rong was always worried that if he and Du Cheli were captured and surrendered, their relatives in eastern Mindong would be implicated. However, in the past few years, the East China Sea has been under the control of Huaidong, and no news has spread from eastern Mindong to Haidong.
"Du Rusong caused a dispute with the Wen family over land, and after he was dismissed from his official position, no one held an important position as the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian. In the past two years, at my invitation, more than 300 members of the Du family moved to Quanzhou.
There are no ups and downs in living..." Song Fu said.
"Thank you so much, Duke Song, for taking care of me." Du Rong bowed his head and said. Regardless of whether it was Huaidong's intentional arrangement or not, it is always something worthy of gratitude that relatives can avoid the disaster of war.
The Du family is a small clan that immigrated later in Eastern Fujian, and cannot be compared with the big families with eight surnames. Du Rong, Du Cheli, and Du Rusong are the three pillars of the Du family. Du Rong and Du Cheli "died" in battle, and Du Rusong resigned.
Mindong was even more insignificant, and it was no surprise that the She family ignored it - after all, it was Huaidong who deliberately blocked the news of their capture and surrender.
"The past is gone, but the future can be pursued. In this battle on the southern front, Huaidong took over the entire territory of eastern Fujian and drove the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels to the middle and upper reaches of the Min River," Lin Fu said, "Use Min to rule Fujian.
Only in this way can the peace of the place be ensured. Before the great righteousness is upheld, are Du Gong and General Du willing to contribute their efforts to eliminate the scourge of war and restore peace in Eastern Fujian?"
Du Rong and Du Cheli looked at each other in confusion. Between these few words, Lin Fu opened his mouth to invite them. Knowing that they were summoned to meet, he was still surprised and suspicious.
"Du Rong is grateful to Duke Pengcheng for his trust, but at this moment he feels like he is being burned, and it is difficult to respond to Duke Pengcheng's question in such a hurry!" Du Rong replied.
Du Cheli remained silent and did not say a word.
"It doesn't matter," Lin Fu smiled slightly and said, "I will stay with Duke Song for two more days in Jikou. It won't be too late for Duke Du to give me the answer then."
The Song family will officially change its banner, and Du Rong and Du Cheli will "resurrect from the dead", which will be a strong blow to the morale of the stubborn resistance forces in eastern Fujian. It will not only help to easily regain the counties in southern Fujian, but also affect the Jin'an Prefecture.
The war also has all the benefits and no harm - from this point of view, it is more meaningful than Du Rong and Du Cheli to do their best to serve Huaidong from now on.
In addition, we must also consider the governance issues after regaining southern and eastern Fujian - Jiangning's penetration and influence on eastern Fujian are almost equal to none. Lin Fu will let the Song family integrate into Huaidong, but he will not let the Song family go
To control the Eastern Fujian region to prevent another powerful man from growing up, but in the early stage of managing Eastern Fujian, there was too little manpower, which was also one of the main reasons why Lin Fu considered inviting Du Rong and Du Cheli to come out.
But for Du Rong, since he went to persuade Du Cheli to surrender in the first place, he also wanted to protect the lives of Du Cheli and many generals. He had no intention of betraying Shewenzhuang. After all these years of suffering, he had not changed his mind. Lin
Fu's sudden invitation made it difficult for him to answer.
Lin Fu asked Chen Hualian to see Du Rong off. Du Che left and invited Song Fu to come back to the room for a chat. Fu Qinghe, Gao Zongting, Ye Junan, Liang Wenzhan, Hu Zhiyong and others were all sitting with him in the room.
"Your Majesty's move is really setting Du Rong on fire," Song Fu said, knowing the personnel affairs of Mindong most clearly, "Shewenzhuang was able to use Du Rong to sneak into Jiangning, including the Shu and Cheng families who secretly supported him.
They are all under the direct control of Du Rong, so he is sure that Du Rong will not repeat himself..."
It was precisely because Song Fu was very familiar with the affairs of Eastern Fujian that Lin Fu invited Song Fu to serve as a consultant in the war in Eastern Fujian, and the change of flag in Quanzhou was left to Song Yi and Song Bo.
Lin Fu smiled slightly and said: "I can understand that to work behind enemy lines, one must have a particularly firm revolutionary will."
Song Fu was slightly startled. The words in Lin Fu's mouth were very fresh. Thinking about it carefully, they also made sense...
Taking up the topic before Du Rong came over, Lin Fu asked Song Fu: "Is it possible that Shewen Village has left Jin'an Mansion?"
"The news is tightly sealed, but based on my understanding of Shewenzhuang, the battle in western Zhejiang is his only chance to completely disrupt the entire southern front. I'm afraid he won't be allowed to make a desperate move," Song Fu said, "
Especially the issue between the Song family and Quanzhou, even if you think about it, it is impossible to hide it from him..."
Gao Zongting, Ye Junan and others who were accompanying them also felt the same way: if the Song family and the She family were of the same mind, the She family could barely defend the Jin'an Mansion. The Song family's change of flag would easily have a great impact on the morale of both the enemy and us. She Wenzhuang
It would be really unwise to have realized that there was something wrong with the Song family a long time ago and still insisted on guarding Jin'an Mansion.
Since Song Fu judged at this time that Shewenzhuang had secretly left Jin'an Mansion and went to western Zhejiang to preside over the war, on the one hand it meant that the resistance to Huaidong's recovery of eastern Minden would be further reduced, but on the other hand, it meant that the western Zhejiang and Huinan areas
The development of the situation along the way is likely to develop according to the worst situation previously expected.
Is it necessary for Huaidong to adjust its previous strategy and troop deployment at this time?
Lin Fu frowned, thought for a moment, and said slowly: "We still have to fight in Mindong. If we don't fight in Mindong, the situation will remain stalemate. It seems that the crisis can be temporarily suspended, but the next dilemma will be more difficult to solve...
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"Even if She Wenzhuang can lure Xie Chaozhong to go deep in western Zhejiang and annihilate him, if he wants to completely disrupt the situation on the southern front, he must invade Huizhou and attack Jiangning City," Gao Zongting said. "The maximum estimate at this time is that She Wenzhuang
Their home is in Wuyuan, and there are at most 30,000 elite soldiers in Chun'an. No amount of more will be able to lure Xie Chaozhong to go deep. However, after Shewenzhuang defeated Xie Chaozhong in western Zhejiang, he wanted to occupy Huizhou and direct his troops towards Jiangning.
Jiangning is crushed, and 30,000 troops are far from enough. After Shewenzhuang defeated Xie Chaozhong in western Zhejiang, where will he urgently mobilize his troops and fill them in from Yuling Pass? "
Gao Zongting looked at Song Fu, still hoping that Song Fu, who was familiar with Shewenzhuang, could answer this question - Song Fu's judgment of Shewenzhuang was the most valuable reference.
"The counties along the Minjiang River are too far away. There are only two ways Shewenzhuang can urgently mobilize troops to supplement western Zhejiang. One is the troops from eastern Jiangxi east of Poyang Lake, and the other is the troops from central Zhejiang in Dongyang and Quzhou Prefecture.
They can all be mobilized into western Zhejiang to enter Yuling Pass at a faster speed, directly threatening Jiangning," Song Fu said, "If Shewenzhuang can successfully capture Yuling Pass, he will mobilize Dongyang County and Quzhou troops and horses...
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"Will Shewenzhuang give up on Guyuan in central Zhejiang?" Ye Junan asked in a loud voice.
"Abandoned sons are rushing to be the first!" Lin Fu said with a breath of cold air. "Even if Zhejiang and Fujian voluntarily abandon the valley in central Zhejiang, we cannot judge the development of the situation. We still cannot go deep into the west of Quzhou, otherwise we will worry about being attacked on both sides."
"We don't go deep into the west of Quzhou, but as long as we can capture Dongyang County and Zhuji County, the situation in eastern Zhejiang and southern Zhejiang will be complete, which will benefit Huaidong without any harm." Ye Junan said.
By capturing Dongyang County, even the eastern gateway of Guyuan in central Zhejiang, eastern Zhejiang, and southern Zhejiang can be completely connected. As long as a small number of troops in Huaidong use the favorable terrain to block the enemy troops in the western part of Quzhou, they can ensure that eastern Zhejiang, Zhejiang, and Zhejiang are completely connected.
From now on, Nanwu Yu and Huaidong's defense line in the two Zhejiang provinces can be shortened by more than half, which means that the garrison can be reduced by more than half.
"This is of great benefit to Huaidong without any harm," Song Fu said, "but if we ensure that Dongyang County is successfully captured after drawing troops from Shewenzhuang, Huaidong's troops in Shengzhou and other places can be deployed in advance
To prevent chaos in Jiangning - Shewenzhuang is also competing for time. Huaidong soldiers and horses cannot help Jiangning in the short term, and Shewenzhuang will have relatively ample time to torment Jiangning..."
Huaidong has been in turmoil on the eastern front for more than half a year, and the direction of attack has been uncertain between central Zhejiang and eastern Fujian.
The She family drew troops from Jiangxi and strengthened their forces considerably in Jin'an Prefecture and Dongyang County - the Zhejiang and Fujian troops in Yuzhang were roughly reduced to 50,000 troops, 30,000 troops in western Zhejiang, and 30,000 troops in central Zhejiang (Dongyang County and Dongyang County).
Quzhou Prefecture) and Mindong (Jin'an Prefecture and along the Minjiang River) each deployed more than 40,000 elite troops, just to resist Huaidong's offensive from these two lines after the autumn.
Even if the She family spares the troops in Dongyang County and Quzhou Prefecture, as long as three to five thousand troops are left behind, Huaidong will have to use all its strength to deploy troops from Shengzhou - then naturally it cannot transfer troops from Shengzhou to Xiaoshan to prepare for the attack at any time.
Prepare to support Jiang Ning.
If the main force of Changshan's army under Ao Canghai's command had been transferred to Xiaoshan in advance to prepare for changes in Jiangning at any time, it would be extremely sad to see that Dongyang County only had three to five thousand defenders and could not take them.
Seeing that everyone in the audience was silent, Song Fu said again: "Song Fu has something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not..."
"Song Gong, please speak." Lin Fu said.
"Dong Yuan is immobile in Huaixi and Jiangning is in chaos. What harm will it do to Huaidong?" Song Fu said.
As soon as Song Fu said this, Ye Junan and others were thinking: Like a daughter, she really has a father!
When the issue of Xie Chaozhong's leadership of the army first surfaced, Song Jia wanted to make a fuss. When he came to Song Fu, he even suggested condoning the chaos in Jiangning - even if the She family captured Jiangning, it was separated by the Yangtze River and they would not be able to attack Huaidong in a short time.
The land south of the Yangtze River that would really suffer was the final foundation of the Wu Party and Emperor Yongxing.
As soon as Song Fu left his mouth, he could feel the abnormality in the atmosphere, and he just looked at Lin Fu quietly.
Fu Qinghe supported his knees with one arm and said: "Huaidong is what it is today because it experienced blood and fire and was reborn from the ashes. If the land south of the Yangtze River is massacred, it is not Huaidong's fault. Huaidong cannot shoulder this responsibility.
Otherwise, how to cut through the mess quickly..."
Fu Qinghe has always cared for the people and cherished the soldiers, and he also agreed with Song Fu, which surprised Gao Zongting, but if he thought about it carefully, Song Fu's words at this time were not without intention.
It is true that Song Fu represents the Song family's defection to Huaidong, but there are differences in it:
If Huaidong does not have great ambitions and still puts pressure on the imperial court at all times, then the Song family's surrender will be limited and will not be complete. Even if they use troops against Mindong this time, the Song family will first guarantee to defend Quanzhou and will not take the initiative.
Launch an offensive against Jin'an Mansion from the south——
If Huaidong has great ambitions, then the Song family's surrender at this time is Conglong's merit. Whether it is the attack on Mindong this time or other things in the future, the Song family will make every effort to contribute.
Thinking of this, Gao Zongting also said: "If you have the opportunity to take Dongyang County, you should take Dongyang County to ensure that the situation in eastern Zhejiang is complete..."
Taking Dongyang County first is in line with the interests of the local forces in eastern Zhejiang. Ye Junan hesitated for a moment and said: "The situation on the eastern front has improved. If Jiangning changes, Huaidong can really safely mobilize its troops..."
Liang Wenzhan and Hu Zhiyong still had doubts. Lin Fu made up his mind and said: "Okay, order Ao Canghai, Zhang Gou and other troops to stay put in Shengzhou and Luohe Mountain. If Shewenzhuang deploys troops from Dongyang County, eastern Zhejiang can take advantage of its emptiness
, that is, organize troops and horses to capture the two cities of Dongyang and Zhuji."