The city of Linzhou was washed twice by the exile army, the city was dilapidated, and the people were strong or coerced to join the army, from the thief, or exiled to other places, and there was not one in the city. After the Liang family recovered Linzhou, although they went to Linzhou to appoint new officials, they only wanted to scrape from Linzhou, and they had no intention of investing half a penny of food. To this day, the county government office, which was requisitioned for Lin Bin, is also broken and decayed.

The north wind howled angrily, and the tiles on the roof clicked - the garrison in Linzhou was also a temporary measure, and the line was just freshly pasted with window paper to block the cold wind.

Lin Jian had no intention of defending Linzhou, so naturally he would not spend energy to renovate the house, and even completely destroyed Linzhou City before evacuating.

Linzhou is not far from Xuzhou, about 300 miles. In the east of Linzhou, there are lakes such as Juyeze, Weishan Lake, Dushan Lake, Zhaoyang Lake, and Nanyang Lake, forming a group of lakes that connect Xuzhou in the south.

The mighty Surabaya River also flows into this group of lakes from the northeast, and flows out of Xuzhou until Siyang, where it joins the Huai River. The ice period in Weishan Lake and other lake counties is a little more than two months.

From the geographical situation, the first line of defense in Huaisi is centered on Xuzhou City, and the northern line extends to Linzhou, and there is nothing suitable for it.

It's just that Huaidong held Linzhou, and Yanhu's soldiers and horses in Henan and Shandong wanted to take the western front to attack Huaixi, Nanyang and other places, and they would inevitably give up in despair because of the threat of Huaidong. In other words, Huaidong's defense of Linzhou is actually equivalent to taking on the vast majority of the military pressure for Huaixi Dongyuan and Nanyang Liang Chengchong in disguise.

Lin Tie was not willing to make a wedding dress for others, he decided to give up Linzhou, and he didn't even plan to defend Yutai, and directly withdrew the outer defense line to the first line of Peixian, which was only a hundred and ten miles away from Xuzhou City.

In fact, to make such a decision, Huaidong is also forced to pressure from many sides.

If the outer defense line is set up in Liangzhou, relative to Peixian, it will extend two hundred miles to the north, and it is necessary to build eight or nine more fortresses under the threat of Yanhu's iron hooves to fill the defense line. After repairing the city ramparts, it is natural to fill in more than 10,000 soldiers to be counted - once there are too many troops and resources on the northern front, it will inevitably weaken the investment in other aspects.

Pei County, and the east side of Guangqi County and Weishan Lake, can be Xuzhou foreign domain, and Guangqi County will Yinan, Yizhou and other places in the inner line, the outer line of defense to Pei County, Guangqi line, for Huaidong, is the most economical.

Lin Tie was planning to withdraw the troops in the official hall, Gao Zongting and Ye Junan pushed the door in from the outside, bringing in a cold wind, which made the letters on the desk "whoosh".

"I'm afraid the luxury family is going to give up Fuyang." Gao Zongting said.

"Well," Lin Jian threw aside the file in his hand, asked Gao Zongting and Ye Junan to sit in front, and said, "Our plan to delay the army didn't work!" ”

Yan Hu is not sure that he will pull out Xuzhou all at once, so he will not be in a hurry to fight further south, and the main force will shrink back to Jinan to rest, which is not an unpredictable thing. After surviving this winter, the pressure on the front line of Huaisi will be reduced a lot.

When the time is delayed, the Changhuai army will withdraw to Huaixi and fill in Huaixi, and the soldiers and horses in Luzhou and other places will be able to come alive, and it will be possible to suffocate the luxury family in western Zhejiang from many aspects.

The plan to delay the army was not sold, and the luxury family made up their minds at this time to break the wrist of the strong man, resolutely give up Fuyang, transfer all the tens of thousands of elites in Fuyang to the west, and seek a breakthrough from the western front.

The extravagant family abandoned Fuyang instead of Dongyang County, and Huaidong's troops in eastern and southern Zhejiang were pinned down by the defenders of Dongyang County, unable to move in place, but the Hanghu Army led by Meng Yishan was able to escape.

After recapturing Fuyang, the flanks were no longer threatened by Mingzhou and Huiji, and the Hanghu Army only needed part of its forces to block the two narrow openings from Tonglu to Fuyang and Chun'an to Linshui, and the troops were obviously quite abundant.

If Huaidong's troops in southern and eastern Zhejiang can get out, they can quickly organize themselves and attack the coastal areas of eastern Fujian by sea, or even go south from Pingyang to attack Xiapu in northern Fujian, so that they can contain or even disrupt the westward expansion plan of the luxury family.

But can the Hanghu Army be expected to cooperate with the Huaidong Water Battalion and attack Mindong by sea? I am afraid that after the army of luxury families pours into Jiangxi from Xin and Fu, Jiangning will belatedly make the decision to transfer the Hanghu Army to the west to support Jiangxi, but it has lost the opportunity, how can it be in time?

"Can you take Fuyang first?" Ye Junan asked.

Lin Jian frowned, thought for a while, shook his head, and said: "The soldiers and horses should not be spread too loosely, Fuyang and Linshui, let's give it to Meng Yishan." In this way, not only Xiaoshan could reduce some garrisons, but the Third Water Battalion could also withdraw from Qianjiang. ”

Fuyang is very tempting, if Meng Yishan didn't realize that the luxury family would completely abandon Fuyang, Linshui and other places, Huaidong would have the opportunity to send troops to occupy it first. Huaidong's biggest problem at the moment is that the soldiers and horses are too scattered, and they can't move in the various defense lines, and many things are passive, and it is difficult to take the initiative to master the fighters.

Moreover, sending troops to occupy Fuyang first is equivalent to digging up a large piece from the periphery of Hangzhou, and there will be a lot of discord with the Hanghu Army and the Wu Party, which is not a good thing.

"The luxury family can be so ruthless, and they can gather 100,000 elites on the Western Front; From this point of view, Ganzhou is in a catastrophe this time. Gao Zongting said.

When the luxury family captured Zhejiang County that year, they successively captured the two prefectures of Xinzhou and Fuzhou, which were originally subordinate to Jiangxi, and inserted them into Jiangxi from the middle section. In order to facilitate preparedness, Jiangxi was divided into Ganzhou and Jiangzhou, and the two systems were set up to defend the division.

The Ganzhou Legation actually included the southern part of Yuzhang (present-day Nanchang), the upper reaches of Poyang Lake, and most of the coastal areas along the Ganjiang River.

The Jiangzhou Envoy Division includes the lower reaches of Poyang Lake and the areas along the river in Jiangxi.

The luxury family is becoming more and more difficult on the eastern front, and it is impossible to suddenly capture Jiangning, and to the west is to expand the living space, occupy the central and southern regions of Jiangxi, and first control Poyang Lake and the upper reaches of the Ganjiang River, which is undoubtedly the only choice that the luxury family can have at this time.

"If Ganzhou can survive two months, the situation may not be bad." Ye Junan said.

"Yes, the key depends on whether Ganzhou can survive two months." Lin Jian said with emotion.

Now Yanhu has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses piled up in Shouzhang, whether it is the Huaidong Army or the Changhuai Army or Dong Yuan's Huaixi, if they want to retreat south, they can't be hasty, they must slowly retreat south, leaving no flaws, and they can't be bitten by the Yanhu cavalry.

For the Hehuai defense line to be stabilized, and to be able to transfer troops from the northern front to support the southern front, it will take two months to say the least; Moreover, after confirming that Yanhu would not pose a threat on the northern front for the time being, he dared to transfer reinforcements from the north to the south.

At this time, Liu Miaozhen and the others walked in, and Gao Zongting and Ye Junan sat down on both sides in turn.

Lin Jian and Liu Miaozhen said: "The luxury family is likely to use troops against Jiangxi in the next few days, and they may also give up Fuyang categorically, and Huaidong will not be able to intervene for the time being." I will go back to Xuzhou first, and it is good to make some preparations in advance...... You are in Linzhou, not only to guard against the direction of Shouzhang, but also to guard against the possibility of the Liang family defecting to the enemy. When the armies of Changhuai and Huaixi are withdrawn, I will pick up the wind and wash the dust for you in Xuzhou. ”

"Myozhen obeys your lordship's orders." Liu Miaozhen leaned down and bowed.

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Due to the change in the situation in Fuyang, Lin Jian did not wait until the end, but asked Liu Miaozhen to lead his troops behind the Linzhou Palace, and he withdrew to Xuzhou first.

Two days after Lin Liannan returned to Xuzhou, there was news that the troops of the Xufei Xiong were divided into two routes, from Wuyuan and Xinzhou to Shangrao, and along the Wujiang River and Xinjiang River.

Jiangxi is in danger, but it has little impact on Xuzhou, and Xuzhou is still immersed in the afterglow of the great victory.

Jiangning's reward for Lin Jian and the Huaidong generals also arrived in Xuzhou with Zhang Yubo's return from Jiangning.

Lin Tie was awarded the title of Duke of Pengcheng County, the second rank and the fourth class, with 2,000 households and actual leaders; In addition to Huaidong and eastern Zhejiang, he also led the Xuzhou system. Liu Miaozhen and others will be awarded the rank of governor of the light car.

Liu An'er only killed Chen Hansan after accepting Zhao'an. Although this plan came from Yue Lengqiu, Chen Hansan rebelled, and Jiang Ning naturally counted all the foolish accounts on Chen Hansan's head, and officially crowned Liu An'er as the general of Fengyang Bo and Haozhou, and his son attacked his lord, with 500 households.

The food is divided into virtual and real, and the ordinary feudal is only a false award, and in the end it is converted into food and the money is received by the person who receives the knighthood.

There are 500 households in the food town, and they only receive an extra forty or fifty taels of silver every year, who is still short of dozens of taels of silver every year?

Lin Tie actually received 2,000 households, which means that the 2,000 households classified as Lin Tie Lingyi have no relationship with the local government in their tax power, and Lin Tie can directly send tax collectors over. In the era when the right to tax was almost equivalent to the right to govern, these two thousand households became the subjects of Lin Xuan's retainers, and the meaning was very different.

This is also the southern Zhejiang, Huiji record pressure is not rewarded, dragged to Xuzhou victory, Jiangning can not delay and no longer pay for meritorious deeds, and is afraid that all of a sudden will be crowned the prince, and then there will be no room for reward.

Now those with different surnames are crowned kings, only about the Cao family, Cao Yiqu brazenly sent troops to Liangchuan, which is no different from a blatant rebellion. Jiang Ning didn't dare to easily give the prince to Lin Bin.

Zhang Yubo is also a meritorious minister, and has been accompanied by Chen Hansan for several years, playing a great role in containing and restricting Chen Hansan, and at the critical moment, he cooperated with Liu Xilin with the palace guard camp to defend the Chu Palace, and successfully captured the city - speaking of the strategy of deceitful surrender and luring the enemy, Zhang Yubo was the first to put forward.

Zhang Yubo has meritorious service, and promotion is the right thing to do, but in the end, it was Lin Jian who officially recommended Liu Miaozhen and knew Xuzhou because of Zhang Yubo's return to Jiangning to serve as the waiter of the Ministry of Works. Not only Zhang Yubo will leave Xuzhou, but Yuan Hancheng, the king of Chu, will also move to another place.

First, Yuan Hancheng and Huaidong have always had a pimple, and there will be no fundamental changes because of this incident; Second, the palace of the king of Chu was almost destroyed in the war twice, and almost destroyed the family twice-Lin Jian intended to build Xuzhou into a pure military town, and it was located on the periphery and frontier of the two armies, so it was naturally no longer suitable to be the residence of the king.