Gu Siyuan went from Shandong to Jiangning and then escorted Xun Niang to Chongzhou, accompanied by two hundred elite horsemen, and stayed in the military camp on the north side of Dongya. Although Chongzhou had prepared comfortable guest rooms, Gu Siyuan still insisted on sleeping in the barracks.

In the early morning, it was still green outside the window, and the sound of horses' hooves flying on the rammed earth road was so sudden that it was like a drum beating singing to an urgent place, constantly entering and exiting the East Ya. Gu Siyuan woke up from his sleep and listened to the sound of horses' hooves outside the barracks, he knew that something was unusual, and as soon as he sat up in his clothes, he heard the sound of horses outside the camp tent.

"What happened?" Gu Siyuan asked.

"The direction of the Hecheng Division has been attacked," Ma Chao lifted the curtain and walked in, and said, "I just received an accurate situation, about two thousand Kou soldiers landed at the mouth of the Yunyan River and stormed the Hecheng Sibao Fortress, and an unknown number of Kou soldiers attacked the Yanchang outpost fort north of the Hecheng Division, and my uncle just sent someone to invite the young prince to the Dongya to discuss the matter...... "Although it will take another day to officially worship and marry, Ma Chao is already used to treating Lin Jian as his uncle."

Gu Siyuan is a guest, not a host, and Lin Jian invited him over politely.

Gu Siyuan put on his riding boots and originally took Ma Chao over with him, but as soon as he walked out of the camp, he thought that Lin Chao's mobile strength in Chongzhou was actually limited, so he instructed Ma Chaodao: "You stay, let everyone prepare for battle, maybe you can help a little......

Gu Siyuan took two followers and walked to the East Ya, Lin Lian, Cao Ziang, Fu Qinghe, Lin Mengde and others were all in the East Ya, and even Zhao Shuhan, Ge Siyu and others also heard the news. However, except for Ao Cang overseas, the other leading generals were not there, and they were all ready to go out in the battalion.

At this moment, Wu Meijiu hurriedly came, but she was wearing clogs under her official robe, and she had no time to tidy up her appearance.

The temporary county government is in Beishanmen, even if the defense is in charge of the Jiangdong Left Army, Wu Meijiu should also wait for news in Beishanmen, Gu Siyuan didn't know that last night, Han Zai had authorized Lin Jian to control the military and political power in Chongzhou, and Han Zai had already boarded the boat at this time, and was anxiously waiting to leave Chongzhou.

Not only did Wu Meijiu come to Dongya, but Li Shuyi and Hu Zhicheng, who were specifically responsible for the government affairs of Chongzhou County, were also in Dongya.

"Gu Shaojun is also here," Wu Meijiu almost hit her head in Gu Siyuan's arms, hurriedly retracted her feet, and asked a little calmly, seeing Lin Jian sitting behind the bookcase on the back of the inner side of the hall, staring at the map on the bookcase, walking over to salute, and asked anxiously, "How is the situation in the Hecheng Division?" Is the Governor planning to send reinforcements? ”

"Si Yuan and Lord Wu are here," Lin Jian stood up and greeted Gu Siyuan and Wu Meijiu, he frowned, and said, "I have a beacon tower on the south bank of the Yunyan River, at the junction of Chongzhou and Hecheng grassland. Just now, wolf smoke burned there—this means that there are two situations, one is that the Hecheng Division is lost, and the Kou soldiers are advancing west along the Yunyan River, and the other is that the Kou soldiers bypass the Hecheng Division and advance westward along the Yunyan River......"

"Tsurujo Division is lost!" Wu Mei was stunned for a long time, the Kou soldiers landed in the early hours of the morning, and it was only a little more than an hour until this time, and the Hecheng Division fell, which was inevitably too fast.

"It's less likely that the Kou soldiers will bypass the Hecheng Division's defenders and advance west," Lin Jian said, "but it will take another hour for definite news." ”

"How long can the Jiangdong Left Army hold the garrison on the south bank of the Yunyan River?" Wu Meijiu asked, "Can you wait for reinforcements to come over?" ”

However, as early as the beginning of June, Lin Jian replaced a large number of tuntian fields along the Yunyan River in the west of Hecheng, and resettled nearly 2,000 displaced households, and the work of rotational training of the people had already begun, and there were four or five hundred people who could be mobilized during the war.

Lin Jian has always been in charge of the defense of Hecheng, and there will be problems.

Although there are thousands of salt soldiers in the Hecheng grassland, the armament is wasted, the armor is not repaired, and the soldiers are mainly exiled prisoners, and they have been used as hard labor for many years, so it is difficult to have much combat effectiveness.

The Donghai Kou gathered on a large scale in the Shengsi Islands, and Lin Jian set up Liu Zhenzhi from Jiuhua Temple to the west of Hecheng, so that the military guards in the west of Hecheng were raised to 200 people. Before any other place took action, Lin Jian mobilized the people in the west of Hecheng in advance, as long as the Donghai Kou did not have large-scale siege equipment, even if there were more than 2,000 Kou soldiers who landed from Hecheng Port, Liu Zhenzhi would not have a problem holding the west garrison of Hecheng for three or five days.

"It's still unclear about the movement of the enemy's main force, my mobile force on the land in Chongzhou is limited, even if I want to send reinforcements, it will be after the Kou soldiers do make a siege posture against Hecheng Xishutai." Lin Jian said, asking Wu Meijiu to be calm and not impatient, and asked people to bring stools for Wu Meijiu and Gu Siyuan to sit down.

"There are two hundred cavalry with me, and I will make the horse dynasty ready to fight at any time, and if there is any dispatch order, it is enough." Gu Siyuan said.

Cao Ziang and Fu Qinghe, who were studying the map, both glanced up at Gu Siyuan, glanced at each other, and thought to themselves: Lin Gu's marriage can still temporarily eliminate the estrangement between the two sides.

"Si Yuan has a heart," Lin Jian thanked, and did not let Cao Ziang count the two hundred cavalry who came to Chongzhou with Gu Siyuan when arranging the troop transfer plan, he was not worried about the situation in Chongzhou, but he was worried about the situation in eastern Zhejiang, which was beyond his reach.

His speculation was consistent with Song Jia's, and it was likely that the extravagant flying bear made a big noise on the northern front, probably creating the illusion of an empty army on the islands of Changguo County on the southern front, and luring the vice secretary of Quan to lead the army of Zhedong Town to attack Changguo.

The center of gravity of the extravagant flying bear is on the southern front, in the east of Zhejiang, and the northern front is just a false shot for him, no matter how loud his momentum on the northern front is, no matter how frequent his actions are, he will try his best to avoid forming a situation of meeting with the Jiangdong Left Army. There is no absolute superiority, the battle on two fronts is something that any general should avoid, Lin Jian speculated that the main action of the Kou soldiers on the northern front should be to divide troops to attack the shallow coastal areas to avoid invading in depth, and it is also difficult for the Jiangdong Left Army to seize the main force of the northern line of the Kou soldiers.

"This turtle grandson walked faster than a rabbit, and there was a boat that hit a hole in Yashi and sank in half," Sun Jingtang walked in, "The military cottage is empty with Han Zai, do you want Ning Zechen to lead a sentry to station according to the original plan?" ”

At this time, Gu Siyuan knew that Xuanfu's envoy Han Zai had just left Chongzhou in a hurry under the escort of the military cottage water camp garrison, and Ninghai Town's garrison in Chongzhou came out empty; After tossing back and forth for half a year, the military cottage finally fell into the hands of Lin Tie at this moment.

"The military cottage temporarily uses the people's courage to assist in defense," Lin Jian said, "The mobile force in our hands is limited, and we can't disperse it, so let Ning Zechen lead Feng to leave the first and second outposts of the camp to the north bank to stand by," and raised his head and asked Hu Zhicheng below, "Until now, can there be village Yongxiang soldiers to report to the county soldiers?" ”

It was also in the middle of the night that Lin Lian had the authority of Han Zai to control the military and political affairs of Chongzhou, so that he had the right to carry out a general mobilization of Chongzhou, even if the people who worked here worked all night, but they could not expect the township to cooperate so actively. Hu Zhicheng said: "Except for the two hundred townships of the Li family in Jiuwei who gathered at the mouth of the Xishan River overnight, there has been no movement from the other families, and the county has already sent a second group of people to urge him...... "He is not sure how much effect it can have."

"Send another group of people down, I will send a sentry navy to cooperate with the county, all civilian ships with a length of six zhang or a load of more than 100 stones, as well as the sailors and boatmen who accompany the boats, when they receive the notice, without any delay, immediately go to the South Cliff Wharf to gather, and the offenders will be arrested and imprisoned and punished for the crime ......of capital," Lin Jian said, "The township soldiers will report the assembly, and they will be limited to tomorrow's unitary time, and if they fail to report within the time limit, if they are found to have private soldiers in the future, they will be punished for the crime of hiding soldiers and plotting rebellion." The Kou army is large, and now it is necessary to mobilize all forces to repel the Kou soldiers and avoid a recurrence of the disaster in April, so the county sent people down to the village, in addition to affirming the military order, but also to explain one or two more to the township......

Lin Jian requisitioned the people's ships and gathered the people's bravery, Wu Meijiu only thought that he was going to have a big fight with the Donghai Kou, so he naturally agreed, followed the signing and sealing, and hurried back to Beiya to sit in the town, so as not to panic and show others in the eyes.

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In the middle of the day, only a sentinel rushed back and delivered specific news.

At dawn, the Kou soldiers swarmed to the port of Hecheng, and the defenders could not hold out for long in the harbor before being forced to retreat to the fortress.

At dawn, the Kou soldiers flocked to the Hecheng Division, and the defenders found that the ambassador, deputy envoy, supervisor and other officials of the Hecheng Division, who were usually showing off their martial arts, had already fled with their families when the Kou soldiers landed on the shore, and the military heart collapsed for a while, and more than 1,000 people opened the west gate together, fled west along the Yunyan River, and entered the territory of Chongzhou.

When the beacon fire was lit at the west tower of Hecheng to report the news, the Hecheng Division had already been occupied by the Kou soldiers.

After the Kou soldiers occupied the Hecheng Division, they did not advance westward along the Yunyan River, except for some of the Kou soldiers who stayed to guard the Hecheng Division's military fortress, a large number of Kou soldiers crossed the Yunyan River and went north, depending on the situation, to see the situation to the Kouhuai South Salt Field.

Lin Jian didn't expect the Hecheng Division to take away the Donghai Kou completely, and he suddenly felt a headache.

The salt fields under the jurisdiction of the Weiyang Salt and Iron Division are extremely extensive, mainly including the Lianghuai Salt Fields and the Hecheng Grassland, from the northern part of the Shanbei Peninsula to Jiangmen, and the coast stretches for hundreds of miles. The salt produced in the two Huai salt places is mainly transported to Weiyang for centralized sale through river transportation, and the salt merchants in the world are six or seven out of ten gathered in Weiyang, and the salt and iron division is naturally also located in Weiyang (now Yangzhou), so as to collect salt taxes in a centralized manner.

Although there are 20,000 salt rods in the Weiyang Salt and Iron Division, they also have the duties of anti-smuggling, supervising transportation, preparing the sea, preparing for thieves, preparing for flood tides, and managing salt households.

However, after the East China Sea was strong, the Salt and Iron Division was quite attentive to the defense system such as the construction of the sentry fort and the military fortress and the garrison platform along the coast, almost reaching the scale of three miles and one pier and one fort, and one hundred miles and one fortress, and the Hecheng Division was the main military garrison on the coast east of Chongzhou and Gaocheng.

The Hesi City military fortress completely fell into the hands of Donghai Kou, it must not be regarded as good news, Lin Jian was just about to send someone to Beiya to tell Wu Meijiu the news, but he didn't expect Wu Meijiu to rush over at this time, and came to the case and whispered: "The Salt and Iron Division sent someone to ask for reinforcements......