(The third watch, asking for red tickets)

Just as Chen Hansan betrayed Liu An'er back then, many people sprinkled their grievances on Chen Hansan's head, and few people would complain that Liu An'er induced Chen Hansan to defect - Chen Hansan defected to the government again, and was willing to be a pawn of the government to trap Liu An'er, and the generals of the Exile Army hated Chen Hansan even more, and they did not have much resentment towards Lin Jian and Yue Lengqiu, who really implemented the strategy of recruiting An'an and booby-trapping behind the scenes.

It is a matter of course that officers and soldiers kill bandits, bandits kill officers and soldiers, and countless lives are annihilated.

When everyone rebelled, they pinned their heads to the waistband of their trousers and designed to kill the government.

Liu An'er was booby-trapped in Xuzhou, and for the generals of the exile army who gathered in Qinglonggang, it was more of a delusion to recruit peace and get rich.

Although there was a fierce battle in the remnant city of Xiapi, Liu Miaozhen and the Jiangdong Left Army had a draw, and the momentum soared, but many of the displaced soldiers were not confused.

In this battle, Sun Zhuang led 6,000 elite soldiers from Suyu to attack, Liu Miaozhen and Ma Lantou were also elite, and then there were many generals who read Liu An'er's righteousness and sent troops to fight, almost the Jiangdong Left Army with 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses fighting less than 10,000 people.

On the side of the Liumin Army, Sun Zhuang's subordinate who came from Suyu was first defeated, and the main general Sun Zhuang was captured; The only nearly 3,000 cavalry of the Wandering People's Army in Qinglonggang were disabled, and Liu Miaozhen's elite personal guard red armor cavalry was disabled, and the casualties of the infantry were even heavier, and nearly 10,000 people were reduced piecemeal.

The casualties of the Jiangdong Left Army in this battle were even less than 2,000.

If Xuzhou is not lost, such a result will be of great significance to the displaced army.

They have an advantage in numbers, and the soldiers can be consumed almost unlimitedly, and if such a tough battle is fought once or twice, it is enough for the Jiangdong Left Army not to dare to fight in Suining City, and they can win the initiative on the battlefield.

However, Liu An'er was booby-trapped in Xuzhou, Chen Hansan was eyeing Xuzhou, and the greatest significance of a draw in the battle of Xiapi Ancient City only made Liu Miaozhen's momentum rise, and the generals could also recover some fighting spirit and morale a little after Liu An'er's death.

The most fundamental problems have not yet been solved in the slightest.

The fierce battle in the ancient city of Xiapi, for the Wandering Army, was a field battle, a field battle with more and less, and a field battle between the elite soldiers of the Wandering Army and the Jiangdong Left Army, which was only a dismal draw, and it was already a rare and beautiful fight.

The Jiangdong Left Army retreated to the camp and did not come out, there was Suining Jiancheng in front of it, and there were water camp warships in the back, and the generals of the Liumin Army completely lost the confidence to forcibly seize the Jiangdong Left Army camp.

What if there is no war, the north will block the way for Chen Hansan, and go south to Suyu, there is less room for maneuver, there is no ferry, no water camp, no Huaishui, no Surabaya, and no Bianshui, the most important thing is that the grain and grass have bottomed out, and it can't last for a few days.

Fall? Don't dare to descend! Liu An'er booby-trapped Zhao'an in Xuzhou, who would dare to easily believe the government's promise?

The situation in Suining and Qinglonggang seems to have fallen into an intractable stalemate after the battle of the ancient city of Xiapi.

Of course, this stalemate will only drag the seventy or eighty thousand exile troops in Qinglonggang to a more dangerous edge-

Yue Lengqiu led the elite of the Changhuai army to the north after resting, destroying the withering and decaying on the front line of Tengzhou, and soon be able to free up his hands to go south to participate in the war; Liang Chengchong led 20,000 elite starry night gallops, wanting to go south to get a piece of the pie - the generals of the Wandering Army in Qinglonggang, they also knew that they had become a meal on the plate in the eyes of the officers and soldiers.

Although the three kings Luo Xiancheng still had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses west of Shouzhou, it was impossible for Luo Xiancheng not to want to absorb the remnants of Liu An'er's Huaisi Liumin Army, but he pressed the officers and soldiers of Luzhou, and there was Cao Yiqu, a fierce tiger above Tongguan. Luo Xiancheng didn't have the courage to cross the Huai to participate in this chaos.

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The stalemate between Suining and Qinglonggang did not last long.

On August 30, Sun Gongzi, the pioneer of the Huaisi Liumin Army, surrendered to Li Wei, the envoy of Suining Zhi County, who was sent by the Huaidong Envoy to surrender in Kaicheng, Suyu, and was appointed to serve as the commander of the left battalion of the Huai Army and the commander of the Huaidong Envoy Suining. The rest of the troops were led by the generals Chen Yan and Zhang Gou, and they crossed the Huai River from Siyang to the south and entered Shanyang to settle ......

Sun Zhuang led his troops to the north and stationed in Suining on September 2 to take over the defense of Suining; On the same day, Gu Siyuan led his troops south to take over the defense of Suyu.

As soon as Sun Pole fell, it was like an ice-breaking blow, and the impasse between Suining City and Qinglonggang was suddenly opened.

With Lin Lian's acquiescence, the exile army in Qinglonggang actually had three ways to go.

The first is to go to the dark with Liu Miaozhen, not to surrender, not to recruit peace, to cross Bianxi with soldiers and armor, and to fight again in the future.

The first is to accept Zhao'an, all of them are incorporated into the left battalion sequence of the Huai Army, nominally accept Sun Zhuang's moderation, with Suining, Suyu and other places as the station, and the total number of soldiers is limited to 12,000 soldiers in the 20th battalion.

The left battalion of the Huai Army is stationed in the local area, and it needs to be supervised by Li Wei and other local civil officials of Suining Zhi County, and must not disturb the people or invade the locality.

The first is to surrender, the department is scattered, moved to the Huaihe River to accept the resettlement, its generals to surrender the number of soldiers, by the Huaidong system of the envoy to grant the generals the corresponding military ranks, can return to the hometown for the elderly, can also stay in Huaidong, in the future also have the opportunity to accept the Huaidong system of the envoy to the expedition, come out as a general, as a general.

The Jiangdong Left Army retreated to the camp west of the Suining River, and all the recruitment, surrender, and even Liu Miaozhen led his troops to retreat to the west of Bian, all of which were arranged by Sun Gongzi Zhuang as an intermediary. At present, only Sun Zhuang, a "descended general", can be trusted by the generals of the Exile Army; Han Caizhi secretly provided necessary support and response on behalf of the Jiangdong Left Army.

Although Liu Tingzhou and Zhang Yan were in Suining, it was only after Sun Gong's Sun Zhuang and Gu Siyuan changed guards that they had seen the clues that Lin Jian wanted to let the girl in the red jacket flee to the west.

Liu Tingzhou had a big quarrel with Lin Lian, but Lin Lian just turned a deaf ear; Liu Tingzhou and Xiao Kuian took more than a dozen people to Tengzhou to find Yue Lengqiu to complain that night.

When Yue Lengqiu got away from Tengzhou and personally rushed to Suining to ask about the crime, it was already the sixth day of the ninth month; Liu Miaozhen and Ma Lantou led 20,000 elite exiles to cross Bianshui one day earlier and joined up with the exile army in Huaiyang.

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Lin Jian opened the camp gate and invited Yue Lengqiu to lead more than 100 people to enter the camp for inspection, and proudly invited the merit: "In addition to the thief's sister Liu Miaozhen and the thief's general Ma Lantou led the remnants to escape, retreated to Huaiyang as a harmful place, and confronted the imperial court, Qinglonggang, Suyu, Siyang Liukou, from Sun Zhuang down, nearly 70,000 deeply felt the kindness of the imperial court, deeply affected by the grace of Yue Du, and were willing to abandon evil and follow good, and accept Zhao'an." Under the Huaidong system, the 20th battalion of the left battalion of the Huai Army was arranged, and he was allowed to make meritorious contributions to the imperial court, and he was temporarily stationed in Suining. The rest of the thieves were not to blame in the past, and they were scattered and incorporated into the people's households, and moved to various counties in Huaidong to monitor and resettle, so as not to become a new bane...... This is the name of the generals who accepted Zhao'an, please review it by Governor Yue! Or Governor Yue wants to come to Suining City in person to be read, and he was injured in a fierce battle a few days ago, so it is inconvenient to accompany him. ”

Yue Lengqiu was so angry that his neck stiffened, but he didn't expect Lin Lian's movements to be so fast.

At one time, there were as many as 400,000 bandits in the Huaisi area, but the 200,000 people of Geping's Heavenly Jacket Army were purely a rabble and were not enough to cause trouble.

Liu An'er's 200,000 soldiers and horses have been fighting in the world for two years, and they have been reorganized many times in between, and they have a veteran foundation. Even if Xuzhou lost a part, and the remaining most elite part was taken away by Liu Miaozhen or incorporated into the left battalion of the Duhuai Army, the 60,000 Ding Zhuang that was given to Lin Tie was really a force that should not be underestimated.

Although the Jiangdong Left Army was strong before, its foundation was weak and its consumption was too large, and the reserve army could not be replenished. In tough battles such as the storming of Daheng Island and the fierce battle of the remnants of Xiapi, Lin Jian did not have the confidence to fight more.

Huaisi has a strong army, which refers to the area north of the Huai River, and the people in these places are fierce. The people south of the Huai River are weak and cannot recruit many strong soldiers. The 60,000 Ding Zhuang was not left for Lin to bind, and the potential of the Jiangdong Left Army was to be doubled.

Yue Lengqiu regretted it, he knew that this was the case, and he should have decisively led his troops south to attack the exile army in Qinglonggang after Chen Hansan killed Liu An'er. Lin Jian is only a control envoy, and when it comes to surrendering and accepting Zhao'an, most of the generals of the Liumin Army will only recognize the brand of the governor of Jianghuai.

In addition, Lin Tie crossed the left camp of the Huai Army, headed by the thief general Sun Zhuang and others, and he still had to rely on Suining not to leave, and he didn't fight with bandits and Sun Zhuang to contain Chen Hansan's mind?

Yue Lengqiu was even more angry, and led more than 100 horsemen to Suining Xingshi to ask for the guilt, and Lin Lian also secretly sneered when he saw it.

Compared with being trapped in Xuzhou City and taking the position of the governor of Jianghuai to rescue Lin Bin, Yue Lengqiu did not benefit less.

Recruiting Chen Hansan, booby-trapping Liu An'er, and breaking the Huaisi bandits, no matter how you count it, Yue Lengqiu must be counted as the first merit; The Changhuai army lost in the previous battle, so it was naturally nothing.

Chen Hansan rebelled and rebelled, although there were 20,000 soldiers and horses undamaged, but he was also a lost dog, and there was no other way out except to follow Yue Lengqiu. In addition, Yue Lengqiu led the Changhuai army to the north, recruited and rebelled on the northern front, at least in a short period of time, in terms of the number of soldiers, the Changhuai army restored the previous full establishment.

The wood has been completed, Yue Lengqiu also knows what kind of domineering nature Lin Jian is, and it is useless to use the title of governor to force him, so he will take the list of generals who surrendered to the left battalion of the Duhuai army.

Yue Lengqiu was not afraid that Lin Tie would be unfavorable to him, but he didn't dare to go to Suining City to meet these surrendered generals, and saw that the camp of the Jiangdong Left Army and Suining City also looked like the river water did not interfere with the well water, and knew that Lin Tie was only using these people to deal with Chen Hansan at the moment, and he couldn't control these people, he was sitting in the governor's seat, and there was always a chance to win over these surrendered generals.

Yue Lengqiu did not enter Suining City, it did not mean that Liu Tingzhou could not go in to contact these surrendered generals, nor did it mean that Li Wei of Suining Zhixian County could not be summoned to inquire about the details, this list is still useful.

Yue Lengqiu accepted the list of attached generals, took out a book from his arms, and said to Lin Bin: "Although there is a precedent for the establishment of the envoy, it is not permanent. There is no clear precedent to refer to in terms of the similarities and differences between its government offices, shogunates, military systems, recruitment, and food, armaments, garrisons, and jurisdictional defenses, as well as military towns. Since the imperial court has entrusted me with the authority to deal with this matter, and you and Chen Hansan are both new officials, I can't help but discuss the details with you, I have drawn up an excerpt, you can take a look, if you have no opinion, I want you to countersign it......"

Officially taking office as the envoy of Huaidong has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that the territory under the ostensibly jurisdiction has increased, and it also has a certain degree of control authority over local civil officials, and can even transfer local township troops to fight, and the power is much greater than that of the town guard generals in the town army system, and the disadvantage is that it is under the direct control of the Jianghuai Governor's Office.

The extent of the ownership of the Huaidong envoy was greatly restricted by the Jianghuai Governor's Office.

Lin Jian took Yue Lengqiu's article Chen from the imperial court, and opened it on the edge of the school field in front of the camp to read it.

It's pretty much the same as Lin Jian had guessed before.

Huaidong in the usual sense refers to the area east of Hongzepu, south of the Huai River, and north of the Yangtze River, including Hailing, Huai'an, Weiyang (Yangzhou) and the two Huaiyan areas.

On Yue Lengqiu's Tiaochen, Weiyang Mansion and the two Huaiyan districts were separated from the jurisdiction of the Huaidong Establishment Embassy, and only Huai'an, Hailing and Hecheng Grassland were retained as the jurisdiction areas of the Huaidong Establishment Envoy.

The two Huai salt areas are under the jurisdiction of Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan is the fourth grade salt iron envoy, and the official title of the preparation department is only from the four products, and it is unreasonable to reach out to manage the two Huai salt areas.

Weiyang has always been a big mansion, and the prefect is one level higher than the prefect of other prefectures, and it is also from the fourth grade, and at this time, it is Shen Rong who is the prefect of Weiyang, and Lin Jian can't reach in if he wants to. Whether it is zoned into the jurisdiction area or not, there is no practical significance at this time, and Lin Tie does not fight for this.

Huaidong set up adjutants such as marching commanders, marching horses, and judges, all of which were common practice, and Yue Lengqiu did not recommend candidates in the article, so he knew that it was meaningless to meddle in this recommendation right.

Who should be used by the subordinate officials of the system envoy and who will have real power are all matters that Lin Jian decides.

However, in the article Chen, Yue Lengqiu had a trick that suggested that in addition to the Huaidong envoy, the Huaidong military consular department should be set up, and Liu Tingzhou should be recommended to serve as the military consular envoy.

The military commander is still Hao Zongcheng's newly created official position, the former example is the military leader of the three towns, which is in charge of the supply of food, salary, ordnance and materials to the three towns of Jibei, Xuanfu and Datong, to put it bluntly, it is to restrict the military power of Li Zhuo and other border marshals to the border army.

When the imperial court is weak, the local supervision system becomes a decoration, and local power, in addition to military and political affairs, is civil affairs and finance.

As a control envoy, Lin Tie is the highest military and political chief of the defense area, but the establishment of a military leader and envoy in addition to the control envoy can restrict Lin Tie's interference in local civil affairs and financial affairs.

For this kind of arrangement, Lin Jian would not feel any surprises, if Yue Lengqiu didn't set a few shackles for him, he would have met a ghost.

Lin Jian looked down again.

Yue Lengqiu suggested in the article that the Huaidong Command Department should use 20,000 regular soldiers to approve the soldiers, and the food and salary should be provided according to the standard of the town army, and each soldier should be provided with six buckets of grain and 300 yuan per month, which should be issued by the military consular department on a quarterly basis, and the loss of ordnance and garrison materials should be approved and issued by the military consular department according to the truth.

Yue Lengqiu looked at Lin Tie coldly, and saw that he had almost finished reading Tiao Chen, and said: "Since the left battalion of the Huai Army is also part of the Huaidong Envoy Division, the food and salary should naturally be issued by the Huaidong Army Commander; 20,000 soldiers, excluding the crossing army, there are only 8,000 soldiers left for you......"

Although Sun Zhuang and other troops accepted Zhao'an, the independent garrison was in Suining, and Lin Jian couldn't dispatch them, so he thought that he could still use the supply of food and salary to exert influence, but as soon as Yue Lengqiu, the army leader, came, the supply of food and salary was caught by Liu Tingzhou.

Lin Jian was silent, Yue Lengqiu thought he was scheming, but he didn't know that he didn't think that Sun Zhuang and the others would easily surrender, so that Sun Zhuang and the others would "fake surrender" to occupy Suining, and finally wanted to lead Liu Miaozhen to retreat to Huaisijiao to confront Chen Hansan.

Liu Tingzhou must have the ability to master the left battalion of the Duhuai Army, and Lin Jian is also happy to give it up; Besides, in the future, Sun Zhuang will raise the banner of rebellion again and cede Suining City to Liu Miaozhen, and he can also put the responsibility on Liu Tingzhou's head.

The most regrettable thing is that the food and salary supply that could have been obtained through the Huaidong system made Si Zhengyi smooth had to be divided into half of Sun Zhuang's "fake surrender" exile army.

"Governor Yue is really wise......" Lin Lian said quietly, Yue Lengqiu couldn't fight for anything from him, he didn't think about what he could fight for from Yue Lengqiu.

Yue Lengqiu saw that Lin was silent, and said: "Since guarding Huai, Zhang Yubo has raised grain and straw in Huai'an, and his merits are also known. ”

It has been less than five months since Zhang Yubo was promoted to Huai'an, and he knew about Xuzhou, which can be regarded as a straight up, but it is really hard to say whether going to Xuzhou is a blessing or a curse, but as long as Chen Hansan no longer raises the flag of rebellion, Zhang Yubo will not worry about his life when he goes to Xuzhou; Yue Lengqiu didn't want Zhang Yubo to stay in Huai'an, and he was not surprised.

"Governor Yue is wise, this kind of affairs, lowly duties can not be interjected," Lin Jian said with a smile, "Now that Governor Yue is in charge of the overall situation, the lowly position can also return to Chongzhou to recuperate with peace of mind......" Although the Huaisi war has not yet ended, Huaiyang, Haozhou, Sizhou and other places have been returned to the exile army, and Luo Xiancheng's troops in Shouzhou are even stronger and stronger, and their strength has not been damaged at all, but it belongs to the Huaixi and Henan theaters, and Lin Tie can't manage too much, and he wants to leave because he is oiled on the soles of his feet.