More than 20 miles south from the savage ferry is Gutang County, Jiangning Prefecture.

Lin Tie undressed his armor, changed into a civilian robe, and deliberately bandaged the wound on his right arm exaggeratedly; There were only ten armor-piercing guards left on the Dongyang, and the others either went to take over the sails or went into the lower cabin to rest. The scorpion crossbow on the aft deck has also been dismantled a long time ago, and there are some things that everyone knows, the Dongyang is a private armed ship, but the surface work must also be done.

Near dusk, the Dongyang and five fast paddle boats, six Wupengcao boats of the Xihe Society, and dozens of other boats along the Shiliang River that followed the Dongyang fleet to Jiangning for refuge entered the territory of Gutang County, Jiangning Prefecture.

Compared with the chaos and disorder in Shiliang County, Jiangning Mansion was heavily guarded, and it was only dusk when dozens of campfires were burned on both sides of the river.

In Gutang County, a little into a mile, the Shiliang River is slightly narrow, about 40 zhang, at this time the river has been built with boats, cables, chain locks to build a pontoon bridge to connect the two banks together.

On the open space on both sides of the pontoon bridge, the camp tents are connected, and rows of trees with the thickness of the bowl mouth are cut down to build a walled wall and reject horses.

The river is blocked by the pontoon, behind the pontoon bridge, the warship is as tall as a forest, there are light boats and paddle boats on this side of the pontoon bridge, and there are horsemen on the shore who loudly announce that they want to escape from the north, and the boats are close to the west bank and drop anchor in turn, and they will be released after checking in turn in front.

"Li Zhuo is really not simple." Cao Ziang sighed slightly.

"Hmm......" Lin Jian nodded, Gutang County is the defense area of the Jiangning garrison, Li Zhuo took over as the general of the Jiangning garrison for only more than ten days, Liu An'er gathered a crowd to rob and kill Qin Chengbo in Hongzepu The news of the flag raising incident will not reach Jiangning until noon last night at the earliest, only fourteen or fifteen hours, and the Jiangning garrison has been waiting for the border of Gutang County, Li Zhuo is of course worthy of his reputation.

Hundreds of boats fleeing to Jiangning were blocked in front, and the western half of the Shiliang River was jammed, and the eastern half of the river remained unobstructed.

At this time, this order is the most important, so as to avoid giving the enemy ships in the water village to take advantage of the chaos to cover up.

Lin Jian didn't know who was in charge of the Jiangning garrison here, he settled down and waited for the crossing, he had already erected the banner of Qin Shizheng, the second son of Qin Chengbo, thinking that it would not be long before someone would come to pick them up.

Sure enough, more than a dozen fast horses rushed in the afterglow of the setting sun, and the two horsemen in front of them shouted: "General Qin, Captain Zhaowu, Lord Lin, Jinchuan Division, where are the people?" There is an order in the military tent, please come out and see you quickly. ”

After four or five horses, Yang Pu and Gao Zongting's cavalry arrived, and there was also a senior military attache accompanying him, and Lin Jian shouted loudly from the other side: "Mr. Gao, Yang Dianwei, I'm here, are the commanders and Master Gu in the camp?" ”

"Sure enough, it's you, you scared everyone into a cold sweat, just come back safely," Yang Pu said loudly, "Is Second Prince Qin on your boat?" ”

Lin Jian had already asked Qin Shizheng to be connected to the deck, and at this time he raised his voice and said: "The second prince fought bravely with the enemy in Luoyang Lake, and led us to escape from the forest, although he was not injured, but he suffered from the cold after the fierce battle, and the high fever did not fall at this time, can the camp be equipped with medicine?" ”

Qin Shizheng was barely able to stand still with the help of others, he was very grateful to Lin Tie for speaking for him, but he didn't expect that Lin Tie was gagging him.

"There is medicine in the camp," Gao Zongting shouted, "bring you ashore quickly, the commander and the lords will ask about the military situation of Hongzepu......"

Lin Lian didn't dare to delay, the Dongyang couldn't dock, he first went down to a light boat with Qin Shizheng, and then went ashore.

Qin Shizheng had two hundred catties of fat, and Gao Zongting and Yang Pu didn't believe that he could fight fiercely with the enemy without being injured an inch, but the auxiliary general Qin Chengbo died in Luoyang Lake, and it was inconvenient to be harsh on the children of the Qin family.

Gao Zongting, Yang Pu and one other person are the Zhaowu lieutenants of the Admiral's Mansion, and the three of them came together, one is to verify the true body of Lin Tie and Qin Shizheng, and the other is to confirm that Lin Tie and Qin Shizheng are not coerced by the enemy.

The ships of the Dongyang came and gathered more than 400 armed Xiangyong people along the way, plus other ships and people who fled to Jiangning, a total of 3,000 or 4,000 people.

The sentry released here detected that the Dongyang had erected the banner of Qin Shizheng and Lin Lian, so they quickly reported to Li Zhuo and Jiangdong Admiral Zuo Shangrong, Gu Wuchen and others, and they immediately sent someone to summon Lin Lian and Qin Shizheng ashore to meet them, after all, they had experienced the great changes in Hongzepu, and they knew better the details of Liu An'er and other traitors.

When Lin Lian and Qin Shizheng came ashore, Yang Pu saw that Lin Lian's arm was wrapped in an injury, and asked with concern, "Does it matter?" ”

"It's not a big deal, when Luoyang Lake was attacked, someone let me wear the armor in time, so I exposed my arms and shot an arrow at the crossing, but fortunately I didn't hurt my muscles and bones," Lin Jian said, and asked Yang Pu in a low voice, "What is the situation in Dongyang and Haozhou?" We're running for our lives all the way, and there's no way to find out anything. ”

On the way, Lin Jian knew that Liu An'er gathered a crowd to revolt with General Shuntian, but at this time, more information about Dongyang was not clear.

"The situation is not optimistic, a battalion of soldiers stationed in Sizhou in Changhuai Town mutinied, Sizhou City was lost before noon yesterday, and Shiliang County was also lost at night yesterday......"

"Ahh How could Shiliang County be lost? Lin Jian was taken aback.

Returning to Shanglin early yesterday morning, Lin Tie put down Lin Tingli and 150 Dongyang Mansion horse infantry on the west bank of Shiliang, at this time there should be more than 700 Dongyang Mansion horse infantry in Shiliang County, and the combined forces are one plus Shiliang County sword archers and Changhuai Town's garrison army in Shiliang County is almost 1,2300 people, and it is impossible to conquer Liu An'er in one day with the city to hold on.

"The specific situation has not been clarified at this time, and the letter sent by Dongyang Mansion is also unknown," Yang Pu said, "Let's go back to the camp first and reply to the adults." "Let the escort give up two horses to Lin Tie and Qin Shizheng.

Qin Shizheng couldn't ride a fast horse even if he didn't have a high fever, let alone at this time. But it takes three or four miles from here to the camp, and the adults are in a hurry to see it, and they can't find the carriage at this time, Gao Zongting said to Qin Shizheng: "Offended the second son...... let people bring a rope to tie Qin Shizheng on the back of the horse to prevent him from falling, and gallop to the camp tent quickly.

Qin Shizheng vomited twice on horseback, but when he arrived at the camp, he became more sober, and after entering, he cried to Li Zhuo, Zuo Shangrong and others: "My father died so miserably, and your uncles want to avenge my father......"

"Virtuous nephew and peace of mind, the auxiliary general is the pillar of the country, we all hate the auxiliary general Xing Hong Zepu, when we want to kill Hong Zepu Jukou...... "Jiangdong Xuanfu made Wang Tian have the closest relationship with Qin Chengbo during his lifetime, and he was the oldest among them, and he comforted Qin Shizheng with words.

In this large tent as wide as a palace, the Jiangning Military Department Shangshu, the Jiangning garrison Li Zhuo, the Jiangdong Governor Zuo Shangrong, the Jiangdong Xuanfu envoy Wang Tian, the Jiangning Mansion Yin Wang Xueshan, the Jiangdong Inspector Jia Pengyu, the Jiangdong Inspectorate Deputy Envoy Gu Wuchen and other senior officials, as well as the main generals of the Jiangning Garrison Military Mansion and the Jiangdong Governor's Mansion sat together in order of position.

Lin Jian also saw Zuo Shangrong and Wang Tian for the first time.

Although this is the camp of the Jiangning garrison, and the giants are gathered here, there is a new will in the imperial court, Liu An'er raised the flag and rebelled under the disposal of the Jiangdong Third Division, Li Zhuo has the highest rank, but his and Wang Xueshan's current duty is to guard the ground of Jiangning Mansion and not cause chaos.

After Lin Jian came into the tent to salute Li Zhuo and the others, no one cared about the injury on his arm, Li Zhuo stared into his eyes and asked: "You two have fought with the Hongzepu Jukou, you should know the details of the Hongzepu Jukou, now that Dongyang Mansion and Haozhou Mansion are in chaos, and the information is limited, you will talk in detail about the attack on Luoyang Lake and the withdrawal from Luoyang Lake, so as to analyze the enemy situation......

Lin Jian hid his passive confrontation with Hongzepu Shuikou in Luoyang Lake and his fishing in troubled waters, and told Li Zhuo, Zuo Shangrong and others all the details after the attack on Luoyang Lake, as well as the generals of various military governments. Of course, he didn't mention that he found all kinds of abnormalities on the way to the forest and wrote a letter to Gu Wuchen to report these things.

When Luoyang Lake was attacked, Qin Shizheng hid in the cabin most of the time, and he did not know the details of the attack, and many questions were not clear. Others didn't embarrass him, and only asked Lin Jian for detailed inquiries.

Lin Jian took the trouble to answer the questions of Li Zhuo, Zuo Shangrong and others, and after stating the details, he left the big tent; There is no place for him to stand in the big tent.

The sky was dark, the campfires around were booming, burning the four fields as bright as day, Lin Jian didn't know if the fleet had passed the blockade pontoon bridge through the check, and wanted to find Yang Pu to send him out of the barracks, and go to the shore to talk to Cao Ziang and them; He didn't dare to wander around the barracks.

At this time, Gao Zongting chased him out of the big tent and said to him, "Lord Lin, can you please stay in the barracks temporarily?" After all, you know the situation of Hong Zepu best, in case you adults want to ask about something, it's trouble to find you, you want to have dinner, I'll find someone to arrange it for you......"

"I'm not hungry, I'll go and see the fleet first, I'll come if something calls me," Lin Jian said, Gu Wuchen was still in the barracks, of course he couldn't go to the south bank in a hurry, and immediately promised Gao Zongting that he would stay in the barracks temporarily, and asked, "There are more than 400 people from Shanglinli Xiangyong who went south with me to take refuge in Jiangning, all of whom are armed with armor, and they didn't dare to say this in the big tent just now, so it's a little troublesome not to say it when I think about it at this time." ”

"If you are innocent, I will accompany you on a ......trip," Gao Zongting said, he was Li Zhuo's most trusted staff member, and he had only been in the Jiangning garrison for more than ten days.

At this time, Yang Pu listened to the sound of Lin Jian and Gao Zongting talking here, and walked out of the camp next to him; Gao Zongting said: "When Xiang Yong arrives in Jiangning, he must also report to the soldiers of the Inspectorate Division, and there are arrest horses from the Envoy Division on the shore, so let Yang Dianwei accompany you over." ”

Gu Wuchen also led the troops and supervised the military road, and it could be said that he was fighting against Jia Pengyu in the Ministry of Inspection, so Lin Jian arched his hand towards Gao Zongting, and walked towards the river bank with Yang Pu.

"It depends on the situation, Jiangning's side got the news early, has there been a decision on how to quell the rebellion?" Lin Jian asked Yang Pu.

"The death of the auxiliary general Luo Yanghu was sent by a letter before yesterday afternoon. Li Zhuo lightly said that he wanted to make the Jiangning water battalion drive straight into the army when the enemy situation was unknown, and even before the division made a decision, he dispatched the ten battalions of foot soldiers of the Jiangning garrison army and two battalions of the water army to assemble here, and made the ten battalions of foot soldiers to the north bank of Chaotiandang to deter the displaced people...... All the divisions felt that they should be cautious before the enemy's situation became clear, and the matter of suppressing the rebellion in Hongzepu should also be under the jurisdiction of the Admiral's Office, and the prefectures and counties should be divided and suppressed. Yang Pu introduced the situation here to Lin Lian.

Lin Jian frowned slightly, he still didn't know Gu Wuchen's attitude, so he couldn't comment casually in front of Yang Pu.

Li Zhuo's judgment was undoubtedly correct, and it was not necessary for the captain of the Jiangning Water Camp to drive straight into the battle to immediately suppress and defeat the Hongzepu Water Kou, the key was to deter the displaced people on both sides of the Shiliang River from acting rashly, and to contain the main force of the Hongzepu Water Village, so that the surrounding prefectures and counties of Hongzepu could calmly deal with it. In this way, the impact and scale of the Hongzepu Incident can be limited to a certain range and calmly dealt with, even if Liu An'er's troops capture Sizhou City and Shiliang City, it is much better than a military disaster sweeping the land of Jianghuai.

However, without the decision of the divisions, Li Zhuo did not have the authority to transfer the Jiangning garrison out of the Jiangning Mansion to fight, and Li Zhuo's quick action to deter the displaced people on the north bank was already the limit of what he could do.

After thinking about it carefully, Lin Jian could think that Gu Wuchen's judgment on the matter was on the opposite side of Li Zhuo, and whether Li Zhuo could transfer troops out of Jiangning Mansion to deal with the rebellion in Jiangdong was the most important thing according to the opinion of the Inspector General and the Inspector of Military Dao.

"The enemy situation is unknown, if the Jiangning Water Camp is lost, the Hongzepu Water Village boat can drive straight into the sky, and the disaster will be more intense at that time, Li Zhuo is a little rash...... Lin Jian said against his will.

In fact, the most important river channel for Hongzepu to directly enter Chaotiandang is the Shiliang River, the widest part of the Shiliang River is only more than 100 paces, and the narrowest part is only more than 30 zhang, even if the water camp is completely lost, it is not difficult to block the river with the foot camp, but if it is delayed for two more days, there will be tens of thousands of displaced people gathered under the command of Liu An'er, the general of Shuntian.

Lin Lian went south to the south of Shiliang River, and he has already seen a tendency for displaced people on both sides of the strait to move north.

In order to have something to eat, as long as someone takes the lead in agitating, raising a hoe and sickle to follow the rebellion, killing the rich and helping the poor is not particularly difficult to overcome, not to mention that Liu An'er robbed and killed the auxiliary general Qin Chengbo in Luoyang Lake, conquered Sizhou and Shiliang, and also caused a great impact among the displaced people.

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