(This is my New Year's Day, four o'clock in the morning is still an honest code word, code out a big chapter, can the red ticket be more powerful!) ）

Lin Lian rode his horse slowly, and in front of him was the setting sun of Chongzhou City, although the Donghai Kou had retreated three days ago, but the embers in the remnant city had not been extinguished, and there was still black smoke floating up.

Lin Tie reined in his horse and looked at the tragic situation of Chongzhou after being cowardly attacked.

The south gate tower was also burned to ashes, and half of the city gate collapsed, and the girders, which were not completely burned, were crumbling, and a gust of wind blew through, as if there was a hand, peeling off the black flying dust from the beams and pillars, and blowing everywhere. A large section of the rammed earth city wall collapsed, some sections of the city wall collapsed into the city, and some sections of the city wall collapsed into the moat, blocking the moat of the past with rippling blue water for several sections, floating with the corpses of slaughtered villagers or civilians.

People who survived the catastrophe wept without tears, or risked being hit by bricks and stones to go into the city to find some leftovers to burn, or salvaged the bodies of their loved ones along the moat.

"After breaking the city on the night of the eighth day, the Donghai Kou went around coercing the people to dig up the land and destroy the city, and if they were not satisfied, they killed them and abandoned them into the Hao River, and the city wall was almost collapsed, so they set fire to the city, and the fire did not stop until the night before." Fu Qinghe's left arm was hanging empty, and his beard under his chin was slightly frosty white, and he gritted his teeth when he mentioned the destruction of the city by the East China Sea.

"The poison of the methods of the Donghai Kou is so fierce that people hate it to the bone, so that the adults can avenge the blood hatred of the Chongzhou people after knowing it - Ding Zhuang, who can't be taken away, the Donghai Kou are all killed, and more than 3,000 people died in can't dodge, and there are thousands of corpses in this Hao River, and they can't be picked up and buried......" Wu Meijiule, the secretary of Hailing Mansion, joined the army, walked on the left side of the forest, looking indignant, and said.

Wu Meijiu just pretended to be indignant, he was not a local, the East China Sea Kou landed in Kou Chongzhou on the fourth day, the police message was transmitted to Hailing Mansion, Wu Meijiu led two thousand troops to aid Chongzhou, seeing that the East China Sea Kou was strong, he led the army to Pheasant Water and did not move forward until it was confirmed that the East China Sea Kou withdrew, and only on the night of the 13th did he lead the reinforcements to arrive at the destroyed Chongzhou City, take over the defense of Chongzhou, and temporarily take over the post of magistrate.

Hu Zhiyong, Hu Zhicheng, Li Shuyi, Li Shudang and others are all from Chongzhou County, and they have a painful pain about the destruction of Chongcheng, and they even have clansmen and relatives who were killed and slaughtered, but they can't blame Wu Meijiu for being afraid of fighting and avoiding the enemy, after all, no one thought that Donghai Kou would rest for several months after capturing the islands of Changguo County, and the first time Dakou went straight to Chongzhou.

A full 8,000 soldiers, not to mention that the 2,000 army led by Wu Meijiu was not enough to fill, and Lin Lian's hidden troops on Xisha Island did not play their due role.

Although Xisha Island can mobilize three or four thousand or even more troops at a time, the Jinhai and other ships that are conducive to water warfare are all transferred to Jinhai and Shandong for Cao affairs, and when the Donghai invades on a large scale, Xisha Island will add up all the ships, and there will be only fifty or sixty small and medium-sized river boats.

When attacking Guanyintan, after quickly destroying the ships that Xisha Island had no time to withdraw from Guanyin Beach into the rivers on the island, they did not storm Xisha Island and turned to attack Chongzhou.

It is not difficult to imagine that the garrison of the Ninghai Town Water Camp in the military mountain village closed itself to defend itself, Fu Qinghe did not have any warships in his hands that could compete with the Donghai Kou on the river, and the river boats that were preserved after the attack could only transport five or six hundred people at a time.

From Guanyin Beach to the northeast foothills of Zilang Mountain, less than 2,000 steps wide of the river, there is an insurmountable chasm, Xisha Island has only male soldiers, but can only sit and watch the destruction of Chongcheng and the slaughter of the people.

Lin Jian held the saber tightly, stared at Chongcheng with dead eyes and black smoke, and said coldly: "The luxury family is coming at me this time, and I vow to avenge the people of Chongcheng......"

Wu Meijiu pondered in his heart how to say it appropriately, the imperial court set Chongzhou as the source of Jiangdong Left Army, Donghai Kou invaded Chongzhou on a large scale, mobilized the same number of troops as last year's Kou Taihu Prefecture and County, and the first battle was only to destroy a city in Chongzhou, and there was indeed a suspicion of targeting the Jiangdong Left Army and Lin Bin.

It was not easy for the Donghai Kou to organize a landing and assault of nearly 10,000 people from the islands of Changguo County to Chongzhou County, and it was not easy for the base camp of the islands of Changguo County to give the two Zhejiang water battalions a chance to take advantage of the situation.

Although there are only more than 1,000 defenders in Chongcheng, Donghai Kou landed from the 4th, and only broke through the south gate to capture the city on the night of the 8th, and the casualties were not few, I am afraid that it is from Chongzhou's plunder, and it is far from making up for the loss.

In this kind of situation where the gains outweigh the losses, the Donghai Kou also resolutely decided to break the city in Chongzhou, and the most energetic thing to do after breaking the city was to destroy the city.

Wu Meijiu glanced sideways at Lin Lian, thinking that after last autumn, Lin Lian would respectfully call him "Adult" when he saw him, who would have thought that only seven or eight months had passed, and he would call Lin Lian "Adult" in turn. The world is really impermanent, the feng shui of the east and thirty rivers in the past thirty years has turned too fast, think about it, Lin Jian is only twenty-two years old this year. I used to laugh at him as a swineherd who could only raise pigs, but at this time, I am afraid that Chen Mingzhe is far less majestic than him.

Thinking about it, it is no wonder that Donghai Kou is so eager to attack Chongzhou, Lin Jian established a huge prestige in the bloody battle of Jiyang and led the Jiangdong Left Army to the north to Qinwang in four battles and four victories, who stands on the opposite side of his hostility and is not jealous? On the eve of the return of the Jiangdong Left Army, the Donghai Kou invaded Chongzhou and burned the city to destroy the city, probably to destroy the foundation of the Jiangdong Left Army in Chongzhou.

Chongzhou's current desolate appearance, not only can it not provide the Jiangdong Left Army with a garrison city, but it is afraid that it will not be able to recover within a few years, and it is naturally impossible to provide money and salary to the Jiangdong Left Army.

An elite army must first ensure sufficient salaries, even if the soldiers are loyal and brave, it is impossible to go hungry and carry rusty knives and shields to kill the enemy.

Donghai Kou is playing the Qingye Desperate Scheme!

Lin Lian turned over and dismounted, held the horsewhip, and walked towards the half-collapsed southern city wall, dozens of steps away, looking at the scattered officials along the moat Hao River who were organizing the people to salvage the corpses, and did not approach the past, turned back and asked Wu Meijiu: "How many scribes and yacha have survived in Chongzhou?" Isn't it just a few people here? ”

"It's not clear whether they will be surrendered or captured, but the lieutenants of Chen Zhixian and Hong County both died in battle when the thieves entered the city," Wu Meijiu replied, "There are only a few officials in the city who have escaped and can be used to do something......

No matter what grievances he had with Chen Kun before, he didn't ask anyone to be a sage, Chen Kun could die defending the city, and he could be regarded as a righteous official and a righteous official, Lin Jian sighed slightly, and was about to ask if there were any descendants of the Chen family left, Wu Meijiu said to herself: "...... However, the monks of Guangjiao Temple were compassionate and set up a porridge shed at the north foot of Zilang Mountain, and set up a dojo outside the west city gate to help refugees and the undead, which helped a lot......"

"Is it Zilang Mountain Guangjiao Temple?" Lin Lian's eyebrows suddenly straightened, his voice became cold, and when he saw Wu Meicun nodding, he said, "Let's go, let's go over and have a look, I want to see how these monks help refugees and surpass the undead!" ”

"Ah," Wu Meijiu didn't expect Lin Jian to be interested in this, and thought that he was going to enter the city to take a look at the ruins of Chongcheng, so he asked Lin Lian, "Do you want to go to the West City Gate to see the Chaodu Dojo, or do you want to go to Zilang Mountain to see the porridge shed?" ”

"You go to the West City Gate on my behalf to take a look at the dojo and take a look at the monks who are overdue!" Lin Jian frowned and ordered Ao Canghai, who came with him, to give him half of the guards, and he said to Wu Meijiu, "Let's go to Zilang Mountain!" "Spit it out word by word, and it sounded loudly.

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Zilang Mountain is eleven or twelve miles south of Chongcheng, and the Jiangdong Left Army landed at Hekouzi on the east side of Zilang Mountain, and Wu Meijiu and others also rushed there to meet Lin Bin.

Lin Lian couldn't wait for all the Jiangdong Left Army to land ashore, first with more than 200 guards, and Wu Meijiu and others came to inspect the destroyed Chongzhou City, Wu Meijiu didn't expect to just arrive in the city, not to mention entering the city, he hadn't looked twice outside the city, and he had to turn back to Zilang Mountain.

Wu Meijiu joined the army as the commander of Hailing Mansion to temporarily represent the magistrate of Chongzhou, and was a seventh-grade civilian, Lin Lian's official position was already much more prominent than him, and he had the honor of being knighted by Wenchen, and he was in charge of the defense area around Chongzhou as a Wenchen, even if Wu Meijiu was unwilling, he could only follow Lin Lian back and forth.

In the afternoon, when we went to the mouth of the Zilang Mountain River to pick up Lin Bin, the Jiangdong Left Army had just landed, and when it turned back, the Jiangdong Left Army had completely landed.

The ships parked outside the estuary have been withdrawn, and for some reason, nearly 2,000 soldiers did not gather together after landing on the shore, and they were scattered around Zilang Mountain, and there were five or six hundred soldiers gathered in front of the mountain gate of Guangjiao Temple at the northern foot of Zilang Mountain, arguing with the monks in the temple.

Wu Meicun followed Lin Tie and rode over, looking at the soldiers of the Jiangdong Left Army as if they were going to forcibly enter the mountain gate, and dozens of monks sat cross-legged at the mountain gate, bowing their heads and chanting scriptures, fearlessly ignoring the armor and swords, as if they wanted to use their flesh and blood to prevent the soldiers from forcibly entering the mountain gate.

Outside the gate of the north foot of the mountain was a big field, the monks of Guangjiao Temple set up a porridge field here, thousands of people gathered on both sides to watch, they all stood on the side of the monks of the temple, pointed at the soldiers who wanted to force into the temple, and fought for the monks, and even some believers angrily picked up the bricks and stones and threw them at the Jiangdong left soldiers.

Wu Meijiu didn't know why this was, and he didn't know why these things suddenly happened, so he asked Lin Jian in surprise: "My lord, what's going on?" ”

Lin Jian saw a middle-aged monk with a beard under his chin and a red face coming over angrily, he didn't answer Wu Meijiu's question anxiously, just sat quietly on horseback and looked at the middle-aged monk who was rushing towards him.

The middle-aged monk blocked the way for the guards, but he still looked at Lin Jian with undiminished momentum and asked: "You are the Lin Dujian of Weizhen Yannan, I heard that you have a good reputation, why do you want to connive at the soldiers to practice the tranquility of my mountain gate?" ”

"So, you are Cihai, the abbot of the mountain temple, why don't you kneel and talk when you see this official?" Lin Lian raised his brows slightly, "Do you believe that this official will treat you for a crime of disrespect first?" ”

"You ......" Cihai didn't expect Lin Jian to be such an arrogant and unreasonable figure at all, glared at him angrily, and said, "I have a relationship with the Qian Governor's Mansion, and I also sit on the scriptures, and Lord Wu can testify, why do you have to kneel and talk when you see Lin Dujian?" ”

"Are you using money to suppress me?" Lin Lian snorted coldly and said, "It is said that the Bodhisattva is compassionate and the monks should be wholehearted and kind, my Jiangdong Left Army galloped to Chongzhou, chased and suppressed the thieves, and traveled far away. ”

"The labor division is far away, and he should be stationed in the camp to rest, where is the reason to forcibly occupy the mountain gate? In this lawsuit, Lao Na will fight with you to the yamen of the Governor's Mansion, and he is not afraid of losing reason! "Where is Cihai willing to let the Jiangdong Left Army enter the mountain gate, and he stopped in front of the horse with a tough attitude.

Wu Meijiu didn't know why Lin Jian had to go to the mountain temple for the Jiangdong Left Army to be organized, and in order to persuade a few words, he heard Lin Jian shout: "Presumptuous, it's not enough to recruit the Qian Governor's Mansion, and move the Governor Yue out!" Do you really think I'm a bully, come on, take down this thief bald......" The guards in front listened to Lin Bin's order, and detained Cihai with his backhand.

Don't look at Cihai's muscles and muscles, full of brute strength, he clamped and buckled three or four guards, and he couldn't move. Cihai felt that something was wrong, he was born with divine power, and he could knock down the mad cow by holding the horns, and it was impossible for three or four ordinary warriors to easily hold it and not move.

Lin Jian leaned over, stared at Cihai's eyes, and asked in a cold voice: "If you offend me today, aren't you afraid that I will plant a crime of gangsterry on your head, and cut off your head first?" ”

Wu Meijiu's heart jumped, and he said secretly: No matter how rampant it is, you can't plant the crime of bandits on the heads of the monks, they all say that Lin is bound and domineering, it is really not an ordinary domineering, thinking that this Chongzhou magistrate is not easy to do, so he quickly found a way to push this errand away, so as not to deal with this evil god, whoever has the ability to govern the family and let whoever come.

But Wu Meijiu couldn't watch Lin Tie frame Monk Cihai in broad daylight, if things got bigger, he would also be responsible, so he hurriedly persuaded: "My lord, my lord, you take a break, don't be impatient, I and Master Cihai are also old acquaintances, and Master Cihai is not an unreasonable person." The Jiangdong Left Army came here, and it should be done to rest for a few days through the mountain gate......" said while giving Cihai a look, asking him to agree to come down first, and then talk about it, don't disobey the powerful Lin Dujian.

"Lin Dujian insisted on framing him, and Lao Na had nothing to say, the quiet place of the mountain gate could not tolerate the anger of the murderers!" Cihai stubbornly said, how could he let the Jiangdong Left Army enter the Guangjiao Temple at this time?

"Of course you're not afraid that I'll kill you!" Lin Tie pulled out his saber, lightly clamped the horse's belly and drove the horse forward two steps, holding the tip of the knife against Cihai's throat. Cihai still wanted to say a few words with a hard mouth, but he felt a pain in his neck, and with a force in his hand, Lin Lian had already stabbed the tip of the knife into his neck, and he didn't know what the problem was when he was dying!

The tip of the knife pierced the trachea and cut the artery, and the blood gushed like a spring, and Cihai grabbed the guards tightly, and he couldn't struggle before he died.

Wu Meijiu was shocked, he didn't expect Lin Lian to be so murderous, he said kill to an unarmed monk, wanted to reprimand Lin Lian's atrocities, and was afraid of provoking him and ruined his own life.

The monks and onlookers who sat in front of the mountain gate saw that the abbot monk had killed Lin with a sword in front of him, and they were shocked for a while and didn't know what to say.

Lin Jian glanced at Wu Meijiu and said with a smile: "It's just killing one person, hasn't Lord Wu killed anyone?" Tyler took the reins, took a few steps forward, sat on horseback, and announced in a murderous voice, "It has been verified that the monks of Guangjiao Temple secretly communicated with Donghai Kou, and the evidence is conclusive and heinous. This official led the Jiangdong Left Army to capture the bandit monks and ask them for their crimes, and those who were tied up lay down on the ground and buried their heads, and those who dared to raise their heads were regarded as if they resisted, and there was no forgiveness for killing! ”

Wu Meijiu was confused, and subconsciously asked: "The monk is really a bandit, do you have any evidence?" ”

"Kill in, maybe you can find evidence!" Lin Jian smiled indifferently at him.

Hearing Lin Lian's words, Wu Meijiu almost fainted, watching the five or six hundred armor soldiers in front of the mountain gate draw their blades together, and really kill the unarmed monks in front of the mountain gate, so he thought about how Lin Jian would clean up the mess......