On the fifth day of August, Lin Fucai summoned people from various towns in Qianyuan. Just as Liu Tingzhou and others had predicted in advance, what was discussed was the use of troops against Jiangxi.
"Chizhou has a narrow territory and few troops, and the road to the west is dangerous. It will be difficult to send troops to Jiangzhou after the autumn..."
Lin Fu was sitting high in the hall, and the civil and military officials were sitting in two rows. Deng Yu was sitting at the head of Liu Tingzhou. Naturally, he was trying to push Lin Fu away in every possible way when he urged Chizhou to use troops against Jiangxi.
Deng Yu took out a letter from his arms and continued: "The predicament of Chizhou has been stated clearly in the letter by Governor Yue. Please take a look at it..."
"Everywhere is complaining about this difficulty, that difficulty, whatever the problem is. If you ask this court to solve it for you, what else do you need to do?" Lin Fu said dissatisfied and asked Deng Yu to send Yue Lengqiu's letter.
He handed it to the case, opened it and read it. The more he read, the more he frowned. Finally, he threw the letter aside impatiently and said, "When Mr. Yue was the governor of Jianghuai, this court ruled Chongzhou alone and did not get the title of county secretary."
If we share money and food, and only control the East China Sea bandits in our territory, is the situation in Chongzhou at that time better than Chizhou today?"
Liu Tingzhou and others were sitting in the hall, thinking that Lin Fu had not forgotten that Yue Lengqiu gave him small shoes back then. Now that the situation has changed, there is no need to say it so nakedly...
Deng Yu looked embarrassed. Lin Fu wanted to settle old scores with Yue Lengqiu. How should he respond?
"Does Chizhou have any plans to use troops?" Lin Fu asked Deng Yu with his hands on the table, "Tanzhou has been fighting with the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels for three months; Jinghu has also deployed heavy troops in Ezhou, advancing from the west flank to Jiangxi
The state shares Tanzhou's worries, and Chizhou's troops are stagnant. Could it be that we call it Jinghu, and after Tanzhou defeated Jiangzhou, we asked Chizhou to send troops to capture it?"
Although Jinghu and Xianghu are roughly divided by the Yangtze River, they are located on the south bank of the Yangtze River and in Jinkou and Ezhou at the northern foot of Luoxiao Ridge. They are geographically integrated with Jiangxia, Jichun and other places on the north bank, so they have been since ancient times.
, are all located on the north bank. The border between Jiangxi and Xiang Lake is mostly the passage between the central and southern foothills of Luoxiao Mountains and the northern foothills of Nanling Mountains. Going up from Yuzhang along the Ganjiang River is Yuanzhou. Going west from Yuanzhou, passing through Lu
The river leads to the eastern border of Tanzhou.
After She Wenzhuang led his remnant troops to retreat to Jiangzhou, he immediately ordered the rebel general Huang Binghao to lead his original troops from Yuanzhou to Xiangtan, which put great pressure on Tanzhou, which was not strong in military strength.
The battle was evenly matched for the time being, and there was no winner.
Even if the She family had Yang Xiong join them, the actual naval power was not strong. At the same time, they had to deal with the Chizhou and Huaidong water camps downstream. In addition to guarding the mouth of Poyang Lake, they were unable to go westward against the current to control the river areas of Ezhou and Jiangxia upstream.
After Emperor Yongxing returned to Jiangning, Jiangning changed its policy towards the Cao family. In early March, he sent envoys to Guanzhong and appointed Cao Yiqu, governor of Qin Dynasty. This was regarded as acknowledgment of the fact that the Cao family was separatist in eastern Sichuan and decided to join forces with Cao to fight against Yan.
The Cao family was also overwhelmed by the Yan soldiers coming from the northwest. They were eager to stop fighting with Jiangning. In addition to asking for forgiveness, they also asked Jiangning to send supervisory censors to station in Liangchuan and Guanzhong as a sign of apology.
Recognize Jiangning's legal authority.
The urgent situation on the western front of Jinghu to defend eastern Sichuan has been alleviated, so more troops can be allocated for other aspects.
Although Luo Xiancheng has always been the biggest threat facing Jinghu, Luo Xiancheng did not dare to take any action when the She family invaded Jiangningli. Of course, it is more likely that Luo Xiancheng did not have time to take any action, but in the eyes of Hu Wenmu in Jinghu, compared to the She family
Moving west from Jiangzhou to Ezhou, the threat from Jiangxia is much smaller than that from Luo Xiancheng.
From March onwards, Hu Wenmu focused on strengthening the defense of Ezhou and Jiangxia on the eastern front in Jinghu.
Today, on the outskirts of Jiangxi, Huaidong headquarters borders Jiangxi from the direction of Shangrao at the southern foot of Yishan Mountain, Tanzhou borders Jiangxi from the direction of Luxi at the southern foot of Luoxiaoling, and Jinghu borders Jiangxi from the direction of Ezhou at the northern foot of Luoxiaoling.
, Chizhou borders Jiangxi from the northern foot of Yishan Mountain, and Jiuzishan Mountain. All three parties are trying to advance against Jiangxi, but only Chizhou remains unmoved - Lin Fu's tone is so harsh and merciless.
Although Deng Yu was senior, in front of Lin Fu, who was young, energetic, powerful, and had outstanding military exploits, his face turned red with embarrassment and he could not reply even a word.
Don't look at Yue Duming complaining behind his back. He actually came to the capital hall to discuss matters and shrank there. He really didn't have the courage to stand up to help Deng Yu or openly challenge Lin Fu...
During this military meeting, Chizhou, Jinghu, Nanyang and Huaixi sent people over. Lin Fu said that he wanted to win over Jinghu and attack Chizhou. Liu Tingzhou coughed lightly and said, "The situation in Chizhou is indeed worse than that in Jinghu."
It is much more embarrassed and cannot pose a threat to Jiangzhou. Using troops hastily will only cause harm; if it fails, the barrier to the west of Jiangning will have to be blocked by Huaidong soldiers and horses, which is not a good thing..."
Lin Fu would not be surprised that Liu Tingzhou spoke for Deng Yu. He said: "If you have difficulties, you can raise them, but you can't just bring them out to complain to Jiang Ning? There are no difficulties in Jinghu, and there are no difficulties in Tanzhou? Shouzhou
Which family is having an easier time with Nanyang? Nowadays, the total amount of money given to the Privy Council by the Ministry of Household Affairs is so big, and the porridge is divided equally. No one knows how to work seriously. This court is thinking about which family is doing well?
Just give a little more. Whoever does a bad job should not occupy the manhole and do nothing! If Huaixi can drive away the remnants of Chen Hansan from the northeastern foot of Huaishan Mountain this year and allocate an extra two to three hundred thousand taels of silver, it will be well deserved.
, but the total plate is so big, and there are so many in Huaixi, there must be some places that are less. In this way, everyone can probably understand what to do, right?"
Hearing this, Deng Yu's face turned as red as a pig's liver, and he said angrily: "This is a great injustice to Chizhou!"
"What's the injustice?" Lin Fu asked.
"Jing, Tan, Shou, and Nanyang all have people under their control. If the soldiers are damaged, they can recruit strong men to replace them. However, the people under Chizhou's rule are less than 10,000 brave. When the soldiers and horses go out to fight, the people think it is not enough. If there is any loss, the soldiers and horses will not be enough."
I must add, how is this a long-term solution?" Deng Yu argued.
"Then if you bring Pengze and Duchang here, won't you have the territory and govern the people?" Lin Fu asked.
"Considering defeat before victory is the right way to use troops. If Chizhou wants to send troops to attack Jiangzhou, that's fine. Yicheng and Chizhou stand across the river, and they need to be included under the jurisdiction of Chizhou. Only by advancing along the river can they avoid entering the river.
The state is in Duchang, and Peng Ze intercepted it and tried to exploit its weakness..." Deng Yu said, laying out the conditions for Chizhou to send troops.
Yicheng, later known as Anqing, is located at the southern foot of Huaishan Mountain, connected to Luzhou to the east, and to the west is the Jichun Passage at the western foot of Huaishan Mountain that goes south from Suizhou. Anqing stands across the river from Chizhou, and is bordered by Jiuzi Mountain and Yishan Mountain in the south.
To the north is Huaishan Mountain and Tianzhu Mountain, which is the key point controlling the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Compared with Chizhou, which has many mountains and few fields, narrow terrain, and steep hills, Anqing is located at the southern foot of Huaishan Mountain, with a relatively open terrain and a large population.
The reasons mentioned by Deng Yu do exist. Chizhou has steep mountains and steep rivers, and the passage to the west is very dangerous and narrow. The She family in Pengze was able to block the entrance to Chizhou in the west with only a small number of troops.
On the north bank, go west along the southern foot of Huaishan Mountain, from Songyang to Yicheng, then to Suwei and Huangmei, and go directly to the other side of Jiangzhou City. You can bypass the defense line established by the She family in Pengze and Duchang, and start from Huangmei.
Cross the river and hit Jiangzhou directly...
"Yicheng may be assigned to Chizhou," Lin Fu said while stroking his chin. "As for what General Deng said about Chizhou's lack of young people and the lack of civilians for war, there are more than 20,000 young people in Luzhou, so Chizhou can be moved there.
With the actual city of Yicheng, we can get an additional 100,000 in money and food, but can Deng Yu dare to issue a military order on behalf of Chizhou, and will definitely use troops against Jiangzhou after the autumn?"
"Chizhou is still short of iron. If we can extract an additional 200,000 kilograms of iron, the general will wait for Chizhou to issue a military order!" Deng Yu said with a strong voice.
"Don't lie to this court!" Lin Fu stared at Deng Yu.
"The last general will not dare." Deng Yu said.
"The fine iron and the rough iron will each be allocated one hundred thousand catties to Chizhou," Lin Fu said. "This court does not want you to write any military orders on Chizhou's behalf. Everyone can testify. It is limited to the end of October. Chizhou has not been seen at the end of October.
Action, the extra materials allocated today will be double deducted by our hospital next year!"
Yuan Jinsheng asked Liu Tingzhou in a low voice: "How can the Privy Council be willing to let the people of Luzhou move to Yishiyi City?"
"When the emperor returned to Jiangning, some people abandoned him in Juchao!" Liu Tingzhou whispered.
Yuan Jinsheng suddenly realized.
Emperor Yongxing abandoned Jiangning to patrol Huaixi. Although he stayed in Juchao for more than a month, which was not long, it caused great damage to the production around Juchao. At that time, there were more than 100,000 Jiangning soldiers and civilians who followed the emperor westward to Lushan Mountain, providing food and grass.
There was no preparation, and in the end they had to rely on looting the countryside. Only a few of these people were able to return to Jiangning. About 30,000 imperial troops moved to Huaixi and Chizhou for digestion. In the end, there were still about thousands more.
Nearly 40,000 soldiers and civilians, including palace attendants, stayed in Luzhou for resettlement.
In addition to this, before and after the Jiangning War, including the later clearing up of peripheral counties and mountainous areas, nearly 40,000 rebels, rebels, and mobs who took advantage of the chaos and looting were severely suppressed.
Suppression is not simply about killing them all, but more about hard labor.
There are almost **0,000 people here.
Those who are easy to digest and are willing to digest in Huaidong are mostly those with small families. These people can generally settle down and do their best whether they are farming or recruiting soldiers.
If those fudings, vagrants, and deserters wanted to be rehabilitated, it would take a long time and the cost would be extremely high. They would even cause a nuisance if they were placed in a certain place. Since Chizhou complained that it was short of manpower, they packaged them up and gave them to them.
Chizhou is also too short of young men, and even the army and civilian men are not enough to fight the war. At this time, it is not qualified to choose the fat and thin with Huaidong. Yicheng can be included in Chizhou, and 20,000 to 30,000 people can be moved from Luzhou to enrich the accounts of Yicheng
, Deng Yu had no choice but to agree to such conditions for Yue Lengqiu.
Yuan Jinsheng thought that Huaidong's abacus was really good, thinking that it was already August, and it had only been more than two months, and Chizhou would have to use troops against Jiangzhou.
After the She family occupied Jiangxi, although they occupied the Poyang Lake Plain, they were attacked by enemies on all five sides. After the fall, all five sides were fighting. Can the She family survive easily?
What was Hu Wenmu thinking in his heart? Did he really want the She family to be wiped out by Huaidong?
Huang Binghao led his troops to march west from Luxi, and Tanzhou was forced to fight; Chizhou did not have the strength to delay without fighting at this time. The mountains over Jinghu Lake were high and the emperor was far away, so the situation was completely different. Furthermore, Hu Wenmu had been running Jinghu Lake for a long time.
, controlling Jingzhou, Jiangxia, Ezhou and other places, the area is vertical and horizontal, half a county wide. Even if Jiangning does not have a penny of food, it will not be particularly difficult to support 780,000 or 80,000 soldiers and horses under his command. Hu Wenmu is not worried about Huaidong after the peace of Jiangxi and Fujian.
, to seize the military power from the vassals?
Yuan Jinsheng was thinking wildly, thinking that today's discussion was over, and Lin Fu had no intention of inviting everyone to stay for the banquet, so he asked them all to go back to the post house to rest.
When everyone retreated, Lin Fu rubbed his forehead and shouted that he had a headache, and said: "Gui Laozi is really not good at being the privy envoy. It is better to just command Huaidong's soldiers and horses, like an arm and a finger..." Wen Wen came all the way from Jiangning.
Gao Zongting and Song Fu, who participated in the military meeting, asked, "Zong Ting and Song Gong, do you think Chizhou's attack on Jiangzhou in the autumn will be really serious?"
"Going west from Yicheng, Huangmei County is Wutouchuwei, Jingyang Throat, across the river from Jiangzhou, the old county of Xunyang, and the terrain is connected," Gao Zongting said, "Yue Lengqiu must have control over Yicheng.
Only by occupying Huangmei to the west can the terrain of the southern foothills of Huaishan Mountain be complete. In the past, the counties at the southern foothills of Huaishan Mountain were beaten to pieces by bandits, and the dams along the rivers were destroyed. The terrain was like the terrain outside Juchao, with lakes and rivers connected to each other, and it was not easy to manage them properly.
It's difficult to calm the people. It's hard for us to take care of the past for a while, and after the She family retreated to Jiangzhou at the beginning of the year, they didn't have the ability to extend their hands to the north bank. Now they really want to ask Yue Lengqiu to lead his troops to manage Yicheng. The She family
How could it be possible to give up the yellow plum trees on the other side of Jiangzhou to Yue Lengqiu?"
"No matter how much of a real fight there is," Song Fu said, "Yue Lengqiu and Hu Wenmu are facing each other in Jiangzhou. The She family must not leave less troops and horses in Jiangzhou to defend. After autumn, we can fight in Shangrao.
The main force of the Changshan Army should also be transferred there..."
As long as there are no stalemate wars in other places, a small number of soldiers and horses are left in Luzhou and Yijiang to garrison, and there are still 30,000 forbidden troops guarding the city in Jiangning, there is no need to worry about Huaixi and Yue Lengqiu having different intentions - Huaixi and Yue Lengqiu need to
If there is any change in Leng Qiu, it will be too late to mobilize troops from Xuzhou or withdraw the main force of the southern front troops from western Zhejiang.
The principle of war boils down to one point, which is to concentrate superior forces.
Lin Fu nodded and agreed with Song Fu's suggestion.