When the Dongyang had just rushed out of the ship array intercepted by the water village, it was already dawn, and the four fields emitted a faint blue light, making the lakes, mountains and forests that had been hidden all night reveal a dark shape like a paper cut, and at this time, a fire suddenly broke out in the direction of the forest, and the firelight burned the morning sky in the southwest corner red.

Lin Bin, Lin Tingli, Lin Zonghai, Lin Mengde and others were all shocked, Shanglin is the place where the Lin clan took root, this fire burned weirdly, it is said that the forces of Hongzepu Water Village should not be able to divide their forces to attack Shanglinli. Besides, when they escorted Qin Chengbo to Luoyang Lake last night, they still left more than 300 Xiangyong and more than 100 sword archers in Shiliang County in Shanglin, how could they be so easy to give others a chance? But looking at the timing of the fire in the forest, it was clear that it was a group of people who were waiting for the water village forces on this side of Luoyang Lake to succeed and then cooperate in the forest to launch a surprise attack.

Shen Rong was stabbed in the chest with an arrow and was unconscious, with more breath and less breath, so it was inconvenient to rescue the ship, so he could only be put in the cabin for people to take care of first; Liang Zuoren was also injured and had no energy to participate in the deliberations again. Lin Tie just picked up Lin Zong's sea ship, after all, Lin Tingli was on the ship, in this case, Lin Li Xiangyong would be inclined to obey Lin Tingli's command, and it was pointless for Lin Tie to obstruct Lin Zong's sea ship.

Lin Tingli was sentenced by Dongyang Mansion from Wupintong, Shen Rong was unconscious, and he naturally presided over the affairs of Dongyang Mansion.

In addition, Liu Weizhong, a squire in Dongyang, served as Langzhong of the Wupin Soldier Department before returning to his hometown for retirement, and he was a very prestigious man in Dongyang Mansion. Picked Liu Weizhong up on the boat, and after a few words of warmth, he realized that he was Liu Xilin's uncle. The Liu family is not a big family in Dongyang, Liu Weizhong has been mixed in the officialdom for a lifetime, and he is also the fifth grade of the military department, and he is not a descendant, and he can't study in Liu Xilin's generation, but he is good at martial arts, and he entered the Dongyang Mansion Army as a military attaché. Liu Weizhong has served in the military department for many years, has some connections with the army, and has served under the account of Qin Chengbo, so in the selection of people for the post of captain of Dongcheng, Qin Chengbo spoke for Liu Xilin.

Liang Zuoren was unable to participate in the deliberations, and Lu Dongyang was the eighth grade of Shiliang County, and the affairs of Shiliang County were naturally handled by him on behalf of Liang Zuoren temporarily.

In addition to the Dongyang gentry, Lin Jian finally rescued a lot of Qin family members, and rescued the second son, youngest son, eldest grandson, eldest granddaughter, and Qin Chengbo's wife, daughter-in-law, maid, maidservant, as well as Qin Mansion staff, retinue and family members of nearly 100 people. But if you want to compare Qin Chengbo to leave Jiangning and go north, it is a mighty team of more than 1,000 people, and the Qin family's setback this time can no longer be described as desolate. Nearly 100 people were killed or wounded or captured by the immediate family members and wives and concubines of the Qin family under Qin Chengbo, and the nearly 500 Suihu warriors that the Qin family had privately raised for many years were almost killed or wounded, and a large number of gold and silver treasures carried north fell into the hands of the enemy.

Lin Tie invited Lin Tingli, Liu Weizhong, Lu Dongyang, Lin Zonghai and others to the top deck of the stern cabin to discuss the matter. The fiasco of Luoyang Lake has been decided, Shanglinli must also encounter the enemy's surprise attack, the direction of Shiliang County is still calm, the case of the auxiliary general Qin Chengbo being robbed and killed in Luoyang Lake will shake the government and the opposition in a short time, Hongzepu Zhushuizhai will be non-stop recruiting troops and horses, what to do next, Lin Tie can't be arbitrary, at this time we must respect Lin Tingli, Liu Weizhong, Lu Dongyang and their opinions.

The situation in Shanglinli is unknown, Liu Weizhong and Lu Dongyang both suggested stopping the boat and going directly to Shiliang County, Dongyang Mansion still has more than 700 horse infantry stationed in Shiliang County, and there will be 1,200 or 300 people in the army, and they all hope to hold Shiliang County and wait for help.

Lin Tie naturally wanted to hurry back to the forest, Yingsleeve, Zhao Hu and Sun Jingtang and others stayed in the forest, he was very worried about their safety at this time, he said: "It's still dark, we have fought all night, we are very tired, we have to eat something on the boat and rest a little, otherwise there are no horses, walk back to the county on foot, what if you encounter an ambush on the road?" The soldiers are okay, there are nearly 100 oarsmen, and more than 100 family members of the Qin family have escaped, and they want them to get off the boat and walk in a mess, I'm afraid it's enough, I see that the next road is walking, it is better to kill the thieves in the forest, and then take a boat back to the county from the forest! "Even if Shanglin was attacked, the thieves who attacked Shanglin would not expect them to get out of Luoyang Lake so quickly, Lin Jian decided to kill the speedboat back to Shanglinli, he invited Lin Tingli, Liu Weizhong, Lu Dongyang, Lin Zonghai and others to go to the top deck to discuss matters, but did not let the boat stop.

Rushing to Shanglinli can rest for an hour or two on the boat, and the main force here is nearly 300 villagers in Shanglin, and it is unlikely that these villagers will abandon Shanglin and go to Shiliang County.

Liu Weizhong and Lu Dongyang both looked at Lin Tingli, Lin Tingli is not only the person who can be the master of the Lin clan, but also the person who can be in charge of the current Dongyang Mansion. Lin Tingli frowned, Yu Gong said, he should take stabilizing the situation in Dongyang as the first priority, go to Shiliang County to control the seven hundred horse infantry there and immediately dispatch troops to clear the Hongzepu Water Village forces to deal with it properly, but it is impossible to ask him to abandon the forest and ignore it, the three hundred township Yongdu is looking at this side with blank eyes, how can he pull these three hundred township Yongdu to Shiliang County?

"I will go ashore with Lord Lu and go directly to Shiliang County, and we will take the Dongyang horse infantry away," Lin Tingli looked at Lin Tie and said, "If the Dongyang official gentry don't want to go with us, they will stay on the boat, and you will take care of it together with the Qin family, I will leave you with the three hundred villagers, and I will let Zong Hai go to Shiliang County with me ......."

Shen Rong's life hangs by a thread, he can save his life in time, and it is difficult to take charge in a short time, not to mention that Shen Rong also has to bear the charge of breaking Luoyang Lake with the life of the auxiliary general; As long as Lin Tingli handles it properly at this time, it is natural to make up for the lack of the Dongyang prefect to preside over the suppression of the Hongzepu Water Village forces in the south.

Lin Tingli was not worried at all at this time that Lin Tie would be able to compete with him for clan power, so he asked Lin Zonghai to stay by his side and take him to Shiliang County, and boldly handed over the township Yong to Lin Tie's command, hoping that Lin Tie could decisively deal with all the changes in Shanglin; At this time, he no longer despised Lin Bin's ability and scheming. The change of Luoyang Lake and the simultaneous attack on Shanglinli are both a big crisis and a big opportunity for the Lin people, and Lin Tingli knows that if he survives the crisis and seizes the opportunity, he can no longer tie the hands and feet of Lin at such a critical moment.

The division of troops is also a helpless move, Lin Tie no longer hesitates at the moment, and does not need to stop the boat, take the rope ladder to send Lin Tingli, Lu Dongyang, Lin Zonghai and others to the horse infantry fast oar, Liu Wei and other officials are afraid of the blessings and misfortunes in the forest, thinking that it is safer to go to Shiliang County, more than ten people are on the fast oars, and Shen Rong and Liang Zuoren, who were seriously injured and unconscious, were also handed over to them to take away.

Untying the cables of the two fast oars, the Dongyang went a little faster, and Lin Jian led three hundred villagers and more than 100 people from the Qin Mansion who survived the catastrophe to kill in the upper forest. Lin Mengde and Zhao Qingshan, Lin Jiyuan, Chen Shouyan and other township leaders were very anxious, but they didn't see any thieves fleeing north along the way, and Lin Jian was relieved, indicating that although Shanglin was attacked, it had not been completely lost.

Shanglinli is a town, there is no fortress, but the Lin family's mansion is built stronger than the ordinary fortress, if there is any place in Shanglinli that has not fallen to the enemy, it should be the Lin family's mansion. The thieves sneaked up to the forest, if they didn't capture the Lin family's mansion, it didn't make much sense. This should be the reason why the fire broke out in the direction of Shanglin for more than an hour, but there was no Liukou fleeing north.

When Lin Jian went to Luoyang Lake with Qin Chengbo in the name of escort last night, he was worried that once the Hongzepu Water Village forces successfully succeeded in Luoyang Lake, they would take advantage of the situation to attack Shanglin and take this important place south of Hongzepu, so Zhao Hu and Gu Yingsleeve were very careful. Zhao Hu, his mother, daughter-in-law and two younger sisters all lived directly in the Lin family's mansion, following Gu Yingsleeve's side, Zhao Hu took ten military guards to watch the situation in the west of the village, and if there was a slight disturbance, he would also take someone to the Lin family's mansion to meet Gu Yingsleeve. In addition, since Gu Yingsleeve took power, he has also recruited twenty or thirty villagers, plus other guards and servants, and there is no problem in staying in the Lin family's mansion for a period of time.

In addition, the Wupeng Cao boat of the Xihe Society loaded several new teas and went back to Jiangning first, but Sun Jingtang still took a lot of people to stay in Shanglin, once there was a change, if Sun Jingtang did not give a sneak attack, they would either drive away by boat, or they would go to contact Zhao Hu. Lin Jian felt that Sun Jingtang and other people from the Xihe Society should also have no major incidents. After all, the Xiangyong camp is on the south bank of Shanglin Creek, and the thieves should attack the township camp first, and then defeat the township camp before they can let them act recklessly in the upper forest. In addition, the more than 100 Shiliang County sword archers who were thrown into the forest by Liang Zuoren yesterday were of little use, and they might even take advantage of the fire to rob them.

When the boat went to the lower forest, it met the villagers who escaped from the upper forest, and only then did they know that there were not many people who attacked the upper forest, but the specific number of people, the villagers who fled out were not clear, some said two or three hundred, some said four or five hundred, the key is that no one thought that this group of people would suddenly attack the upper forest. To the sneak attack, Xiang Yong was caught off guard and suffered a big loss, and took the camp, the second son Lin Xuzong also killed the other party with a knife, and more than 100 sword archers in Shiliang County in Lindu on the north bank were also useless, and they were defeated with one blow, only dozens of Xiang Yong and some villagers fled into the Lin family's mansion in time to wait for help, and the people and horses surrounded the Lin family's mansion on the one hand, and burned and plundered in the upper forest, and it seemed that they were not in a hurry to storm the Lin family's mansion.

"Zhao Neng!" Lin Jian and Lin Mengde exploded when they heard this name, not because they were afraid of him, but they never thought that this slave would become a big trouble and bring such a catastrophe to Shanglin. Lin Lian and Lin Mengde looked at each other, and it was not difficult to guess the strangeness.

Last year, Lin Jian designed to transfer the suspicion of Gu Wuchen's assassination to the head of the second son, Lin Xuzong, and forced the second son, Lin Xuzong, to expel the seventy or eighty cavalrymen who had been privately raised from Dongyang Mansion, so as not to implicate the Lin family in the assassination of Gu. Lin Xuzong was afraid that these private soldiers would not be able to control them after leaving Dongyang Mansion, so he deliberately asked Zhao Neng, who had injured his hips/legs, to follow him to control this cavalry. The vast majority of these private soldiers are homeless and robbed by the government and wanted by the government and are unable to settle down in their hometowns and forced to flee from foreign lands. But Lin Jian and Lin Mengde didn't expect that Zhao Neng, the son of the Lin family, could hold this cavalry in his hands in half a year, and in turn bite the Lin family fiercely.

Lin Jian was also able to judge at this time that Zhao Neng should collude with the forces of Hongzepu Water Village when he led this private army to be a rogue in the northwest mountains of Hongzepu, and only then would he cooperate with Hongzepu Water Village to sneak attack Shanglinli. Zhao Neng was not in a hurry to conquer the Lin family's mansion, he wanted to wait for Hongzepu Water Village to win at Luoyang Lake and send people and horses to attack the Lin family's mansion together, so as to reduce casualties. When Zhao Neng left Shanglin last year, there were only seventy or eighty private soldiers who left with him, and now although it is not clear how many people Zhao Neng brought back, it should be no less than two hundred, maybe Zhao Neng has completely won over the forces of Hongzepu Water Village.

The most advantageous thing now is that the Dongyang did not delay for a moment along the way, and Zhao Neng did not know that there were three hundred Xiangyong here who had already broken away from the Luoyang Lake battlefield, and there was only a waterway less than ten miles away from Shanglin.

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