Song Jia is the daughter of Yongtaibo Song Fu, and the wife of the second son of Jin Anhou Haowenzhuang, Fei Feihu, not an inconsequential little person, of course, he can't disappear for no reason.

Now that luxury and Song raised the flag of rebellion again in Eastern Fujian, and the army swept through the two provinces, if the rumors went out that even a female dependent was robbed of people, wouldn't it become a laughing stock? It is likely to hit the morale of the children of the Hao and Song families.

Jin An had long claimed that Song Jia died of excessive grief and illness when she left Jiangning to return to her hometown to visit her mother, and even selected one person from the school-age women of the Song family's side branch to continue to be the wife of Yu Feihu, covering up this incident.

Although Song Jia is a female dependent, there are many people in Jiang Ning who know her, and Zhang Yubo has seen her.

Seeing Song Jia at first glance in the Green Willow Garden, Zhang Yubo was really taken aback, but seeing that Lin Jian and Song Jia had no different colors on their faces, Song Jia also stood up quite respectfully and gave up her seat, handed water and tea, and stood beside Lin Jia to serve, thinking that Lin Lian, the new favorite concubine, looked like Song Jia.

Of course, Lin Jian never recognized it, and no one could help him.

Zhang Yubo was suspicious in his heart, but his mind was not on this, Liu Tingzhou had to die generously, and he gradually lost patience, and said: "There are so many people kneeling outside the garden, they are all asking you to send troops." I know there's someone behind this, but someone has already fainted, how many people do you really want to die? ”

"They are also using me as a soft bully," Lin Jian said quietly, his eyes fell on the unfinished endgame between him and Song Jia, pulling the chess pieces, and intending to play another game with Zhang Yubo, "If you can't go out of the army, you can't be rash, I have my own thoughts." Liu Tingzhou didn't talk about him, but these people outside the garden used this method to force me to send troops, but in fact, their intentions were sinister......"

How can Zhang Yubo be in the mood to play chess? Lin Jian pushed the chess pieces away, cleared out the chessboard, and he didn't reach out to the chess box to take the chess pieces, and said: "You can't really let Liu Tingzhou and Deng Weidu Huai die!" ”

"What can I do," Lin Jian spread his hands and smiled bitterly, and said, "I, the envoy of the Jingkou system, is just a temporary dispatch, Liu Tingzhou is determined to recruit the people to organize the Huai army to aid Xuzhou, and I can't hold him back...... He was generous and moved out 200,000 taels of silver, and probably next, he would use the excuse of the lack of silver in the treasury to weaken the supply of the Jiangdong Left Army. ”

Zhang Yubo doesn't know the details, whether he helps Xuzhou or not, let alone Jiangning, there has always been a lot of controversy in Huai'an. He himself is also hesitating between aiding Xuzhou or not, the danger of aiding and the harm of not aiding.

Zhang Yubo did not interfere with Lin Lian's military deployment, but he never wanted Lin Lian to sit and watch Liu Tingzhou cross Huai to die.

"Liu Tingzhou generously recruited righteous people to cross Huai, how similar is it to you when you led a lone army into Yannan," Zhang Yubo said, "If you stand by and watch Liu Tingzhou today, how different is it from Yue Lengqiu, who abandoned Jinan back then?" ”

"Then please teach me what to do?" Lin Jian asked.

Liu Tingzhou was also mainly defending Huai at the beginning, and did not agree with the desperate gamble, first, the defensive situation in Huai'an was worrying, and second, he did not know enough about the Jiangdong Left Army. However, after you came to Huai'an, not only did you build a strong city in Shukou, but also Shanyang, Huai'an, Tinghu and other cities were also repaired and strengthened; The township soldiers are arranged as the Huai'an government army, and military equipment is allocated, the weak are retained, and the generals are selected for training, and the government can also mobilize them. The situation has changed greatly, and it is not to blame Liu Tingzhou for changing his attitude," Zhang Yubo said, "Since you think that you do not have the conditions to go to Xuzhou, you must also make a situation of crossing Huai to the north to prevent Liu Tingzhou from crossing Huai to send ......him to death."

"Okay, good, there are still ten battalions of new soldiers in the Guards Battalion here, and the training will also be full-term, so I will be transferred to ......the north shore tomorrow," Lin Jian said, "Watching Liu Tingzhou go to death, it really doesn't do me any good." ”

Lin Jian didn't tell Zhang Yubo Ming that Liu Tingzhou's attitude had changed, but it actually played a role in his wariness and Yue Lengqiu's three secret books.

The more he did not move, the deeper Liu Tingzhou's vigilance became, which made the rift between the two sides more and more huge.

"Then I'll go and persuade Liu Tingzhou to go ......" Zhang Yubo saw that Lin Lian's tone was relaxed, so he got up to say goodbye and went to the city to see Liu Tingzhou.

Looking at the background of Zhang Yubo's departure, Song Jia sighed slightly and said, "Could it be that Gu Gong has always refused to use him, he is too straight." Even if you agree to send troops, Zhang Yubo persuaded him in the past, and Liu Tingzhou will firmly believe that you will send new soldiers to cross Huai, and it is also the idea of not moving the troops and not saving them when they die. ”

"There are benefits to being straight, and you can't play this drama if you change someone else." Lin Jian said.

"Do you still want to urge Liu Tingzhou to lead those rabble across the Huai?" Song Jia asked.

"Chen Hansan is not weak in his soldiers, how can he be so easily deceived?" Lin Jian said, "Liu Tingzhou wants to do his best for the imperial court and die for himself, why should I pull his hind legs?" At that moment, he asked people to bring pen and ink, and drafted a letter of order, asking him to send it to Zhao Hu, asking him to immediately send troops to the ferry on the north bank of Huaishui and prepare to cross Huaishui tomorrow.

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The pro-guard battalion was suddenly expanded from 200 guards to 10 battalions and 6,000 soldiers in Huai'an.

These 6,000 soldiers, braving the scorching sun, began to camp on the north beach of Qingjiangpu and set out for the ferry at the east entrance of Shanyang Bay on the Huaihe River, preparing to cross the Huai River tomorrow and go to the Shukou camp built by the Jiangdong Left Army on the north bank.

Liu Tingzhou got the news from Zhang Yubo's mouth, so he went out of the city with Tao Chun, Zhang Yubo, Liang Wenbo and Deng Wei, the special envoy of Beijing, to see, and saw that there was no Lin Tie in the winding team, and asked Zhao Hu, the brigade commander who led the army and had been promoted to the deputy lieutenant of Zhenwei: "Captain Zhao, what about the envoy?" ”

"Your Excellency is in the south of the city, and there is a delay in something, so I have to delay it for two days and then go to the north shore." Zhao Hu replied.

Liu Tingzhou's face immediately became gloomy, waved Zhao Hu to leave, and continued to lead the army north to the ferry.

Liu Tingzhou said mercilessly in front of Zhang Yubo's face: "Really treat me as a perfunctory child." Since the system envoy is concerned with guarding Huai, it is not a pity that the old man's old and crippled body dies, can he help Xuzhou, and do his best to obey the destiny of heaven...... Huai'an is counting on Master Zhang. Immediately left Zhang Yubo there, and took a carriage back to the city with Deng Wei, Liang Wenzhan, Tao Chun and others.

Lin Tie, the envoy of the Jingkou system, was sent temporarily, and the power to interfere with the local area was very limited, Liu Tingzhou led the army to the north, and the Huai'an Mansion was naturally presided over by Zhang Yubo, the general judge.

Zhang Yubo didn't expect Liu Tingzhou's determination to be so great, and seeing that Lin Jian had the intention of delaying, he didn't even argue about anything, and resolutely decided to cross the Huai with the whole army.

Looking at Liu Tingzhou's figure that was absolutely far away, Zhang Yubo felt bitter in his heart, and sent someone to inform Lin Tie of the result, and then he followed him into the city. Since Liu Tingzhou was determined to cross Huai to help Xuzhou, he could only cooperate and do more.

Lin Jian heard the message sent by Zhang Yubo in the Green Willow Garden, and there was no message to give to Zhang Yubo, so he sent people back, and looked leisurely at the weeping willows under the scorching sun, the long willows hung on the clear lake, curling like smoke, and he didn't know how many lives he had to fill in before it came to an end.

Song Jia held a fan in her hand, covering her smooth forehead in the scorching sun, and asked, "When are you going to the north shore?" ”

"Tomorrow," Lin Jian said, "I will have to go to Shanyang first to take a look before I can decide when is the right time to send troops." After I'm gone, you'll live in the city first......"

"......" Song Jia nodded silently, but there was some parting sorrow hidden between complex feelings.

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Lin Jian rushed to Shanyang County overnight, and only Zhou Pu led hundreds of light armor horsemen to accompany him.

The Huaishui section from Shanyang County to the east of Huai'an City is called Shanyang Bay, it is a big river meandering out of the north, the waves are rapid, the beach is dangerous and the rocks are chaotic, the boat is easy to walk, at this time it is worth the news again, it is more unfavorable to cross the Huai, only the east and west ends of Shanyang Bay are a good place to cross the Huai.

The west entrance of Shanyang Bay is also the north side of Shanyang County, facing the entrance of Surabaya, which is the key point of guarding Huai. In the early years, there was a walled city, the south of the water is yin, the north is yang, and the Sikou village is also called Siyang village. After the exile army captured Siyang, they were also afraid that the officers and soldiers would come to fight for it, and the small city with a circumference of four or five hundred paces was guarded by six or seven thousand soldiers and horses, and the ferry on the north bank was also controlled by the exile army.

Liu Tingzhou had already asked Shanyang Zhixian County to collect two or three hundred civilian boats at the south bank ferry, and Lin Jian rushed to the south bank ferry in Shanyang County, it was already dawn, and the ferry and the moored civilian boats showed a vague shadow in the faint morning light.

Lin Jian stood on the embankment of the ferry, looking left and right.

Lin Jian led the Jiangdong Left Army to the north to defend Huai, and the Jinghai Third Water Battalion was stationed in several water villages along the coast of Shanyang Bay, so that the south bank was protected from enemy ship attacks. With so many civilian boats gathered in Shanyangdu, they were not worried that the displaced army on the other side would be able to cross the river and attack. Even if there is no defense on the north bank, how easy is it to cross the river with more than 10,000 new soldiers?

"of, of, of" The sound of horses' hooves, a group of cavalry came from the east, reporting their flags to each other, only to know that Liu Tingzhou and they also rushed to Shanyang overnight under the escort of the cavalry to prepare for the crossing of Huai.

Liu Tingzhou sent someone over to say that he was unwell and was unwilling to come over to see Lin Lian, so he took the cavalry directly to Shanyang County.

Zhang Yubo came to see Lin Tie, saw Lin Tie standing on the river embankment, climbed up, looked at the dark river in the faint morning light, sighed and said: "In the end, no one can screw Liu Tingzhou, the reinforcements from the Huai will come here first, and Liu Tingzhou plans to cross the Huai from here and attack the Siyang Village on the other bank first!" ”

"What are the odds?" Lin Jian asked.

"I'm afraid it's a problem to cross the river...... Mr. Zhang said.

"He is not afraid of being defeated and dying, so he can force me to send troops to help Xuzhou," Lin Jian sighed slightly, looked at the black and dark Huai River, looked at the faint shadow of the bank on the other side, and said, "Uncle Yu, you go and tell Liu Tingzhou, although I don't agree with him crossing the Huai River to the north, but he insists on doing so, I will contain Chen Hansan's main force in Shukou, and also send a water battalion to escort them across the Huai ......."

"It's so good, as long as you can cross the river, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses may be able to play a role in ......," Zhang Yubo said.

Lin Tie didn't say anything, the lives of people in the troubled world are as cheap as grass, I really have to do nothing, Liu Tingzhou can fulfill the righteousness when he dies, how many of the more than 10,000 newly recruited soldiers can escape back? Pointing to the faint shore shadow on the opposite bank, he said to Zhang Yubo: "The best route to cross the Huai to aid Xu is to go upriver along the Surabaya River, otherwise you can only continue to go west after crossing the Huai, go north along the Bianshui, and enter the territory of Xuzhou......"

From east to west, there are three main tributaries that flow into the Huai River in Huai'an Province, one is the Shushui River, the second is the Yishui River, and the third is the Surabaya River.

The most peculiar situation is the Yishui River, which flows through Linyi.

In the early years, the imperial court dug a new river between Yishui and Surabaya, and built a dam in the old river channel of Yishui, so as to force Yishui to take the new river into Surabaya, strengthen the water potential of Surabaya, and improve the navigation capacity of the Surabaya, the mouth of Yishui into Sishui is in the southeast corner of Xuzhou City.

In recent decades, the old river channel of Yishui has been deliberately shallow for the diversion dams built in the river, and can only be used as a main flood channel during the Xun season. Even if the Liumin Army did not block the river, the fleet of the 3rd Water Battalion in Jinghai would not be able to pass through the old Yishui River and go directly to Linyi.

The army went upriver along the Surabaya, to the north and west, which was the best route to relieve the siege of Xuzhou, but from Sikou to the north, several dangerous cities such as Siyang, Suyu, Suining and so on were in the hands of the Liumin Army, and rushed to Xuzhou, which was the siege camp of the main force of the Liumin Army.

Although the Liumin army did not have a strong fleet, they blocked the river by burying dark piles, forming boat formations, sinking ships, and pulling iron chains near the cities of Suyu and Suining, and built a strong camp on both sides of the lock river to defend it.

Zhang Yubo is really not optimistic about what role Liu Tingzhou can play with more than 10,000 newly recruited soldiers to cross Huai.