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Soon, Lin Jian led his soldiers to disperse in the fields on the south side of the official road, and went to meet the enemy, and soon they met the attacking enemy.

There are more than 100 horsemen to the enemy, all of them are brave and brave, and the leader Lin Lian looks familiar, remembering that this person once stood by Du Rong's side during the robbery in Baisha County.

These more than 100 horses were the elite combat power directly sent by the luxury family, and Lin Jian was not surprised at all.

In order to welcome Gu Wuchen's arrival, Chongzhou County garrisoned a guard along the river, and also notified the township camps west of the county seat to strengthen their defense, and the county also sent some officials and archers to the townships to check whether there were any suspicious characters.

These more than 100 horsemen can sneak through the warning net to approach, and their anti-reconnaissance ability is extraordinary, so naturally they will not be ordinary Donghai Kou, and it is impossible for ordinary Donghai Kou to sneak into the country to carry out a surprise attack at such a big risk.

Lin Tie did not fight with the other party, and more than 40 horsemen scattered along the south side of the official road, shooting with bows and crossbows, and quickly went around to the enemy's side and then went to the official road. Once the enemy wanted to chase the Chongzhou gentry who had taken refuge in the courtyard of the farmhouse, Lin Tie turned around and bit their tails.

After such repeated entanglement, it was not until Yang Pu and Ma Chao arrived in the car escorting Gu Wuchen that this group of enemy cavalry broke through to the east after the formation of the encirclement.

Chen Kun and other Chongzhou county gentry were disgraced by the sudden enemy attack, and there was no glamour before the afternoon at all, watching the enemy cavalry flee, and the garrison of Ninghai Town in Chongzhou also sent troops and horses to chase them, and they came out of the dirt courtyard to greet Gu Wuchen, embarrassed.

Gu Wuchen got out of the car and greeted the Chongzhou gentry, comforted them with kind words, and let them rest assured.

The day before yesterday, when Jiang Ning came to report the news, he did not say that Zhao Qinmin would accompany him to Chongzhou, Lin Jian saw Zhao Qinmin and Gu Siyuan get out of a carriage at the same time, he was quite surprised, and thought to himself: Gu Wuchen has decided to let Zhao Qinmin participate in the internal decision-making of the Inspectorate Department, right?

Zhao Qinmin was very polite and enthusiastic when he saw Lin Tie, he knew very well what Lin Tie had to do to Gu Wuchen at this time.

Lin Jian rushed to raise a large amount of money and food for Dongyang to train Xiangyong before the large-scale influx of Donghai Kou into the Taihu Lake Basin, which is not something that anyone can do casually. Zhao Qinmin is still a little self-aware, so it's okay for him to come up with ideas behind the scenes, this kind of work is far less than that of Lin Lian; Besides, there are not a few people who want to pull Lin Jian into the past high-ranking positions now, where will Gu Wuchen let go?

Gu Siyuan was a little more mature than the last time he met, at least he saw that Lin Jian no longer had a straight face, and there were still not many words with Lin Bin. Because he was Gu Wuchen's son, while the Chongzhou gentry surrounded Gu Wuchen, they naturally put more attention on him, and Gu Siyuan soon got along with the Chongzhou gentry and left Lin Jian aside.

Gu Siyuan completely gave up the path of taking the imperial examination to enter the office, after Gu Wuchen was promoted to the post of the third rank of the inspector, he attacked the door and got the rank of a recruiter, and lived with Lin Jian Zhengbapin, but the door shadow needed to be a trainee for a certain number of years before he could get a real position, and Gu Wuchen kept him by his side as a clerk to increase his experience.

Lin Jian made Ao Canghai lead his soldiers to disperse along the official road to guard, and he and Yang Pu stayed behind. Yang Pu told him about the situation of rushing all the way over: "We set out from Hailing City early in the morning, and we encountered harassment along the way, and several sections of the road were dug up at night, and people were sent to deliver letters, and those who wanted to deliver the letters were intercepted and killed on the way. The adults were worried that Chongzhou would be attacked, but we didn't dare to delay on the road, but we didn't expect that this side was really attacked," Yang Pu asked Lin Lian again, "You are in Chongzhou, and you have also been to Anji, Huzhou, what is the situation in the south?" ”

"I have already explained in detail in my letter to adults, and Uncle Yang should also see that the situation will only be worse than what I wrote in my letter, not better. The other day, I intercepted a couple of pirate ships on the river, and guess what they were robbing to go to sea? ”

"What's that?" Yang Pu shook his head and asked.

"The bronze Buddha, roughly estimated to be twenty-five or six thousand catties," Lin Jian said, "The pirates can calmly load such a heavy bronze Buddha on the ship, so how bad is the situation in the south?" ”

"......" Yang Pu frowned, if this is the case, I am afraid that the local defense system in Pingjiang Mansion and other places has been almost destroyed.

Lin Jian said: "It looks calm on the Dongyang side now, but I'm worried that they are playing tricks, and when they enter the city and sit down, I will have to talk to the adults and you in detail......

Gu Wuchen and his entourage, as well as the escort team of Hailing Mansion, were all placed in the post house in the city and the requisitioned houses around the post house.

The conditions are relatively simple, and the local government of Chongzhou County is actually indifferent to Gu Wuchen's arrival, but Gu Wuchen is the head of the county department after all, and the local gentry can't help but be very enthusiastic on the surface.

Gu Wuchen first inspected the defense of the city when he entered the city, and then went directly to the post house to gather the civil and military officials such as the magistrate, the chief bookkeeper, the county lieutenant, and the lieutenant of the garrison of Ninghai Town in Chongzhou to inquire about the county's bandits, officials, military equipment, and grain, and did not let these people go until late at night.

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By the end of August, the weather was steeply cooler, and wearing a single-layer cloth shirt in the courtyard at night could no longer bear the cold, Lin Tie was wearing a jacket, and Gu Wuchen and Zhao Qinmin sat in the narrow courtyard of the post house and talked, Yang Pu and Gu Siyuan stood aside.

Talking about the poor performance of the Ninghai Town Water Division and the town army in Pingjiang Mansion and other places this time, Gu Wuchen also shook his head and said: "The town army is no longer enough, but there are no soldiers to adjust at this time. Admiral Zuo Shangrong thought that the western front had been stabilized, and although Liu An'er, who was huddled in Sizhou, Shiliang and other small cities, claimed to have 200,000 people, it was difficult for the rabble to make great achievements, and the East China Sea was so rampant, and the eastern front provinces were particularly important to the imperial court, and the salt tax could not be lost, so the war preparedness of the eastern front should be strengthened. ”

"No," Lin Jian shook his head and said, "I told Uncle Yang on the way that this may be the strategy of the luxury family. ”

"Oh," Gu Wuchen asked, "how do you judge this?" ”

"I spent more than ten days observing Xisha Island and captured some prisoners...... Lin Jian said.

"Which one caught some?" Gu Wuchen said with a smile, "There are so many generals in Ninghai Town who are leading the way by the nose of Donghai Kou, and they are tired of running for their lives, and they have not seen any of them kill the enemy and capture more than 400 enemies. ”

"I'm also a trick. It was from these captives that I judged that the Donghai Kou under the direct control of the Hao family was still very limited, and I originally wanted to go back to Jiangning to discuss the matter with the adults," Lin Jian said, "Before the storm season, there were only thirteen Donghai Kou in the Shengsi Islands Alliance, about 4,000 people, which is also the backbone of the Donghai Kou who attacked Taihu Lake this time, of which there are only more than 1,000 people under the direct control of the Hao family. The main reason for this disaster, which should have been prepared by the officers and men of the 6th Battalion of the Ninghai Town Water Division, and the success of the Donghai Kou was that the coastal provinces such as Pingjiang and Jiahang did not form a complete external defense system. In the early stage, when more than 1,000 Donghai Kou rushed to Anji County, the garrisons of Jiahang, Huzhou, Pingjiang and other peripheral provinces were mobilized to the inner line, so that the already scattered defense line was completely opened; In the middle period, the Ninghai Town Naval Division passively avoided the war, and when the Ninghai Town Naval Division's warships were nearly half lost, there were very few Donghai Kou who were annihilated, which made the Donghai Kou more and more rampant, so that in the later period, the strong men of Mingzhou, Jiahang, Pingjiang and other coastal prefectures and counties also disguised themselves as Donghai Kou and entered Taihu Lake to plunder ......"

"......" Gu Wuchen nodded and said, "You see it very thoroughly, you don't agree with strengthening the armament of the Eastern Front, but the Eastern Front has become a mess, what do you think should be done?" ”

"In a short period of time, the coastal provinces should concentrate their superior forces and unite with the villagers to defend the main waterways into which the East China Sea invades within their borders. With precautions, especially when the Ninghai Town Water Division was still intact, the Dongjiang River and other waterways in Pingjiang Prefecture and Jiahang Prefecture were narrow and easy to block, and the key was the mouth of the Yangtze River and Zhejiang (Qiantang River), and this was not a problem that could be solved by the dispatch of town troops. If Xiao Taoyuan, the commander of the sixth battalion of the Ninghai Town Water Division, can be adjusted, and replaced by a general who knows the water war, the eastern front will be ......worry-free in the short term," Lin Jian said.

Zhao Qinmin only felt embarrassed when he sat at the table, he also had some opinions on military strategy, but in front of Lin Bin, he couldn't find a chance to interject at all.

"You're right, it's just not that easy to do. The town army system, it is difficult for outsiders to interfere," Gu Wuchen sighed, "So, you are still worried about the Western Front?" ”

"Yes," Lin Jian nodded and said, "Liu An'er's department is a rabble, there are also 200,000 people, and Liu An'er has 200,000 rabble, and he will not be willing to be trapped in Sizhou, Shiliang and other narrow places. ”

"I also think that the Hongzepu thieves are too quiet," Gu Wuchen said, "The Changhuai Town Army is the main force of the war on the Western Front, and Admiral Zuo Shangrong has frequently reported good news in Haozhou, but there has been no decisive result. The Dongyang Township Army doesn't know when it will be trained, and I don't know if the Hongzepu thieves can give us this time......"

There are two major chaos in Jiangdong, and the existing troops are stretched, Gu Wuchen is very much looking forward to the results of the compilation and training of Xiangyong, which will not only stabilize the situation in Jiangdong, but also add a glorious stroke to his political achievements.

"If you want to win more time, Dongyang Township Yongke can enter Shiliang County to actively contain the Hongzepu bandits, and delay the possibility of the Hongzepu thieves organizing a battle in the direction of Haozhou," Lin Jian said.......

Gu Wuchen didn't ask Lin Jian why he judged that the direction of Liu An'er's battle was in Haozhou.

Although Admiral Zuo Shangrong had more than 15,000 officers and soldiers in Changhuai Town concentrated in Haozhou, and the strength of the troops far exceeded the three directions of Dongyang, Weiyang, and Huai'an, Liu An'er could only survive the chess game of Hongzepu if he conquered Haozhou and opened up the passage to Huaishang and Zhongzhou.

Of course, Liu An'er laid down the two mansions of Weiyang and Hailing, opened up the passage to the sea, and obtained the support of luxury families from the sea to liven the chess game. But don't say that when Liu An'er conquers Hailing Mansion, as long as Weiyang Mansion is seriously threatened and Cao Grain is completely cut off, the Chu Party will also be forced to use Li Zhuo.

As soon as the Cao Road of Hongze Pu is broken, the Cao Road in the realm of Weiyang Mansion is extra important, even if it is known that Dong Yuan, the prefect of Weiyang Mansion, is Li Zhuo's former subordinate, and the Chu Party that controls the center still gives Weiyang Mansion 3,000 people to train the township warriors, and Ninghai Town also has nearly 5,000 officers and soldiers stationed in Weiyang Mansion.

The situation is also quite obvious, if troops are transferred within Jiangdong County to strengthen the eastern front, the most likely is to transfer the Changhuai Town Army in the direction of Haozhou, which is really an extremely dangerous thing.

"Training soldiers with battle...... Gu Wuchen tapped his fingers on the table and groaned, and asked Lin Jian again, "Lin Jiyuan and Chen Shouyan, who do you say is up to the task?" ”

"None of them have experienced a big war, so it's hard to say who is up to the task and who is overwhelmed," Lin Jian said, "Let them alternately lead the troops to attack in the direction of Shiliang County, so that Lin Tingli can sit in Dongyang, so it is a little more secure to arrange it......

Gu Wuchen only hated that the Gu family had been in decline for ten years, and there was no one available among the younger generation, thinking that Lin Tingxun had been in Dongyang for all these years, and he had overwhelmed several other families in Dongyang, and it was not for no reason that the Lin family could just transfer one person to stand alone. Fortunately, Shanglin was captured, and the Lin family suffered an unprecedented setback, whether it was Lin Tingli or Lin Xuwen, the son of the Lin family, they had to rely on him politically, and they were both Dongyang Township Party, so Gu Wuchen could also use the Lin family with confidence. Gu Wuchen still recruited many Gu family and Hutang children in the newly trained 4,000 Dongyang Township Yongli this time, even if training to train elite soldiers is at the cost of high casualty rates, in order to make the Gu family and Hutang children grow up quickly, cruelty must also be done.

"I'm afraid that's all," Gu Wuchen nodded, "I'll write a letter to Lin Tingli, and ask him to take the initiative to attack and harass the rebellion of Shiliang in Dongyang, and the soldiers can't be fine without training, which is not bad at all." ”