Yishan is located in Luzhong, towering majestically, the mountains overlap, the peaks are showing, the pine forest is dense, the terrain is connected with Mount Tai in the west, also known as East Mount Tai, collectively called Yitai Mountains; It is connected to Mengshan Mountain in the south, also known as Yimeng Mountain, and the mountain extends from Linqu in Qingzhou to Mengyang, Yinan, Pingyi and other counties; It is connected to Kunyu Mountain in the east, located in the territory of Dengzhou Prefecture, and the terrain extends to the shore of the Yellow Water Ocean.

The broken car Daxian Pass, which is known as the gateway of Luzhong, is also located on the Daxian Mountain between the Yimeng Mountains, which is the division between Qingzhou and Linyi.

The Hu people invaded the land, there was really the worry of dying in the world, and the Hu cavalry invaded Shandong twice, burned, killed and plundered, and the soldiers and soldiers of Shandong had a strong determination to resist, and it was of great significance to be able to exist in a military force in Yishan, regardless of strength or weakness.

Lin Jian did not expect Chu Zheng to lead a small elite to infiltrate Yishan and repel the Hu soldiers and reverse the crisis in Shandong, but hoped that when the situation in Shandong collapsed, those soldiers and soldiers who were defeated but unwilling to surrender would have a place to retreat.

When the situation in Yanji collapsed, the total number of border troops captured by the formation system was not particularly large, and even among the border troops captured by the formation system, the defenders of Datong and Xuanfu were all in the situation of running out of food, and they were forced to abandon the city and surrender until the end.

After the collapse of the situation in Shandong, he could guide and help the soldiers and soldiers who were unwilling to surrender to retreat into Yishan and settle down, and integrate to form a resistance military force in Shandong in the central Lu region, and then contain Yanhu to control Luzhong, and put an end to the possibility of captives attacking Huaidong by means of Luzhong.

The struggle between friend and foe is nothing more than a matter of eliminating one and the other.

Shandong has always been a county with a large population, nine years ago, 87 counties in nine prefectures of Shandong had 2.27 million households and more than 11 million mouths; In addition, it is also the most important grain producing field in the Central Plains, with more than 50 million acres of dry and dry fields in the field register.

Since the Tibetan Ding hidden field is a stubborn disease that is difficult to treat in various places since the previous dynasties, the number of Dingkou and acres of land under the jurisdiction of Shandong County should exceed the official record by a large margin.

Even though the continuous wars over the years have reduced the population tax in Shandong and a large number of acres of land have been abandoned, according to Huaidong's multi-party spot checks, it is estimated that the total number of Dingkou in Shandong is still about 10 million.

Yanhu has already achieved the momentum of Yanji and Jin counties, and then made it easy to occupy the entire territory of Shandong, with a population of nearly 10 million and tens of millions of acres of land in Shandong, and the situation that Huaidong will face in the future will be extremely sinister.

Lin Jian had previously consulted with the Huaidong people, considering that even if the Liang family was defeated in Luxi, there would still be a considerable number of troops to retreat to Caozhou, Jining, Heze and Linyi in southern Luxi, and it would still be a resistance force to fight with Yanhu in Shandong.

In order to prevent resistance and eventually expel Yanhu from the Central Plains or exterminate them all, what Huaidong planned was to carry out a comprehensive and long-term tug-of-war with Yanhu in Henan, Shandong and other places, and to turn Henan and Shandong counties into bloody battlefields, and would never tolerate Yanhu's complete control of Shandong and Henan counties and the continuous extraction of troops, grain and grass from these two counties to attack Huaisi.

Some people in Huaidong were worried that the Liang father and son would surrender to the east, and Lin Jian weighed it repeatedly with Gao Zongting, Qin Chengzu, Fu Qinghe, Ye Junan and others, thinking that it was less likely that the Liang father and son would surrender to the east before the mountains and rivers were exhausted and the retreat was cut off.

Liang Xi is the prince of the country, and he is one step away from being crowned king, and the two brothers Liang Chengchong and Liang Chengyi are also county marquis and county marquis; Even if Yanhu can be courteous, Gao Hou's knighthood is nothing more than that.

The Liang father and son did not surrender, and retreated to the southwest and southern Lunan regions, with their backs to Huaiyang and Xuzhou, so they naturally had to stand in front and fight to the death with Yanhu's soldiers and horses; Even if the Liang clan surrendered Yanhu, it would inevitably be driven by Yanhu to attack Huaisi, and they would still face a vicious and dangerous battle of death - at least until the Jianghuai situation did not collapse and disintegrate, before the Liang father and son did not reach the end of the mountain, the possibility of the Liang father and son taking the initiative to surrender to Yan was very small.

In fact, Lin Jian was more worried that once Yan Hu attacked and captured Linzi from the soldiers and horses wedged in from the eastern front, the Liang father and son were likely to be unable to withstand the pressure and take the initiative to abandon the Pingyuan Mansion north of the Yellow River and shrink the flanks.

It is difficult to predict in advance how many remnants of the Liang clan will eventually bring out to flee south to defend southwest Lu.

It is much better to let Chu Zheng lead his troops to infiltrate Yishan, and persuade Cheng Weiyuan, Zhang Jinxian and others as much as possible to retreat into Yishan before the situation in Qingzhou collapses, and organize resistance forces in Yishan, than to passively wait for the remnants of the Liang family and his son to lead the remnants of the army to retreat to southwest Lu, it is much more proactive, and it is also more able to restrict Yanhu from controlling Shandong.

The source of Yishui water out of Yishan, out of Linyi and into the Huai River, is actually a lifeline connecting Huaidong and Yishan.

Chu Zheng took the initiative to invite him back to Qingzhou, and Lin Jian discussed with Gao Zongting, Ye Junan and others, and also felt that there was something to be done, so he stayed up all night to discuss the details.

When it was dawn, he invited Meng Xinshi to come to him, Lin Jian endured the tiredness of not sleeping all night, and said to him: "What Chen Xiang said, I thought about it last night, thinking that in the current situation, I really need Lord Dong to go to Huaixi to preside over the defense - I will go to Mingzhou on the same day, gather soldiers and horses, and attack Huiji; I will also ask Gao Zongting to go to Hangzhou on my behalf to meet with Lord Dong to state the urgency of the situation at this time and persuade Lord Dong to focus on the overall situation! ”

"Okay, good ......" Meng Xinshi shouted repeatedly.

Chen Xiyan and others were worried that Huaidong was unwilling to take on more military responsibilities on the Eastern Front, so the situation in Hangjia would be inseparable from Dong Yuan, and now Huaidong not only agreed to immediately gather troops to use troops against Huiji, but also took the initiative to send Gao Zongting to Hangzhou to persuade Dong Yuan, which was just right.

After the fiasco in Fuyang, Dong Yuan lost control over northern Zhejiang, and the Wu Party took advantage of the situation to infiltrate, and a group of Wu Party officials headed by Chen Mingqi filled in the three prefectures of Jiahanghu, which actually made Dong Yuan lose the foundation of self-respect in northern Zhejiang.

The current war against the rebels in Zhejiang and Fujian is absolutely dominated by Huaidong; Huaidong and Wu Dang jointly urged Dong Yuan to leave northern Zhejiang, and Dong Yuan had no choice. Of course, Dong Yuan obeyed the dispatch of the imperial court, and it was impossible for the imperial court to treat him badly.

Meng Xinshi said again: "The Holy Lord and Chen Xiang also asked me to ask Lord Lin, who is better to guard northern Zhejiang on behalf of Dong Yuan?" ”

"Lord Meng is suitable," Lin Jian said, "Lord Meng is a veteran of Ninghai, skilled in military affairs, and knows the situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so he is valued by the people of the time, and has a reputation among the scholars. Except for Lord Meng, Ben Hou didn't know who was up to the task. ”

Meng Yishan was originally the chief general of Ninghai Town, and in the old days, he was in charge of the defense of Pingjiang, Danyang, Weiyang, and Hailing.

And the Wu Party will obviously only push Meng Yishan to replace Dong Yuan, and Lin Tie recommends Meng Yishan, but he is just pushing the boat down the river.

"Okay, what Lord Lin means, I will forward it to the Holy Lord and Chen Xiang word for word." Meng Xinshi said.

"Please go back to the pavilion and rest for a while, I will prepare a boat here, that is, send Lord Meng from Hangzhou to the city, and the Zong Ting will also go to Hangzhou together." Lin Jian said.

Meng Xinshi left, and other things were also arranged by Gao Zongting, Ye Junan, Zhou Pu and others, and Lin Jian first went back to his living room to rest for a while, so as to nourish his spirit.

Song Jia waited for him to go to bed, and when he heard Lin Jian talk about Dong Yuan, he sighed lightly: "This is a strategy to drive wolves into tigers, and Huaidong will build a strong enemy!" ”

"Although everything should be seen from a distance, under the circumstances, it is necessary to take expedient measures; Even if it is to quench thirst, sometimes the situation is urgent. Lin Jian said.

Cutting land to control hegemony pays attention to a current situation and people, and Dong Yuan has lost all four - Dong Yuan is not a stubborn person who does not know the current affairs, and he can neither cut the land to control hegemony, but also make a general prince, and he is also a hero. Dong Yuan never exposed his overly flamboyant ambitions, so although Emperor Yongxing and the Wu Party transferred him out of northern Zhejiang, they could also tolerate him and reuse him elsewhere.

Dong Yuan is now in the high position of the right attendant of the military department, and this time Jiang Ning transferred him to the north, and it is likely that he will comfort him with a high-ranking official at the level of Shangshu - if Dong Yuan makes another war exploit in Huaixi, it is not impossible to enter the court to worship the prime minister.

Dong Yuan is a native of Xianxia County, western Zhejiang, and he is divided into cadastral points, and he has a relationship with Wu Dang; When Dong Yuan lost the opportunity to cede land and dominate the hegemony, it could not but be said that there was a possibility that he would turn to the arms of the Wu Party.

At this time, Huaidong and the Wu Party jointly drove Dong Yuan away from northern Zhejiang, and once Dong Yuan threw himself into the Wu Party and then entered the court, it was likely to be a huge obstacle for Huaidong to reverse the imperial power in the future.

At present, the princes of Jiangning, Lin Jian is most afraid of Yue Lengqiu, and it seems that it is very likely that Dong Yuan's name will be added solemnly in the future.

However, it can't be that far, at present, Jiang Ning still has to maintain a harmonious situation to resist extravagance and eliminate the captivity, and then stabilize the situation.

Gao Zongting and Meng Xinshi left Changguo by boat at noon and sailed directly into the Qianjiang River to Hangzhou to find Dong Yuan.

On Changguo Island, from the guards and the scouts gathered, Lin Jian selected more than 180 people and returned to Qingzhou with Chu Zheng in advance.

Although Chu Zheng went north on this trip and did not talk about the name of Huaidong for the time being, Lin Jian naturally wanted to lead and control the future anti-capture movement between Yishui and Mengshan in the future, and immediately gave Chu Zheng the military position of commanding the army, and set this position in advance. Accompanying Chu Zheng to the north, including the five subordinates who had previously gone south with Chu Zheng, a total of 192 people, were assigned military positions such as battalions, sentinels, military personnel, and capital commanders.

Ordered Hu Qiaozhong to lead the Huaidong Water Battalion stationed in Mingzhou Mansion with only two Little Princess-class warships, transport Chu Zheng and others, some horses and weapons, and go north directly by sea to Jimo to land, and urgently transfer 10,000 taels of gold from Mingzhou Mansion to Chu Zheng to carry with him to see the opportunity.

Sneaking into Yishan and settling down, sometimes the effect of buying with gold and silver is not necessarily worse than that of force.

At the same time, there were two letter ships that accompanied Chu Zheng to the north, and after passing Changshan Island, they parted ways with the two Little Princess-class warships that Chu Zheng was riding, turned eastward, and went to the east of the sea to convey Lin Bin's emergency military order to Zhao Hu and Lin Jingzhong.

At this time, the storm at sea was very strong, and in order to prevent accidents, the letter ships were used in two or two.