(The Spring Festival has passed, I wish my brothers and sisters a new year)

The residence that Lin Tie arranged for Yue Lengqiu was next to each other.

Before entering the city, he traveled by boat, and Yue Lengqiu was also unable to sleep. Entering Yuzhang, it was almost noon, and before the feast, Yue Lengqiu temporarily went to Yuzhang's side to temporarily arrange a side courtyard to wash up.

The Huaidong Army has just been stationed in Yuzhang for more than a month, Jiangxi is broken, Yuzhang is broken, and there is a lack of materials in the territory.

Looking at the simple living room, there are traces of burning on the beams, the four walls have just been brushed with lime, except for a few bamboo chairs, there is nothing else; There is a copper lamp on the table and a number of paper and pens, which must have been temporarily prepared by Yue Lengqiu after he moved in.

Yue An and Yue Zhou are the accompanying subordinates, and there are other room arrangements in the courtyard. Yue An moved Yue Lengqiu's clothes, books and other things in at this time, and saw that the room was really shabby, and couldn't help complaining: "Huai Dongta looks down on Xiangye......"

"Don't lie about it!" Yue Lengqiu stopped his old family member Yue An from saying more.

The situation in Yuzhang City, they have seen it along the road into the city and carrying out the rear, it is really very dilapidated. At this time, it was too late for Lin Lian to buy people's hearts in Jiangxi, and whatever materials were brought in, they would first be used to supplement military supplies and provide relief to the victims.

Moreover, they came to ask Huaidong to save the Chizhou army, and it was not Huaidong who asked for them, and complained about the poor accommodation arranged by Huaidong for no reason, which was not the mentality they should have.

A moment later, Yue Zhou walked in from the outer compartment.

Just now, the official in charge of the kitchen in Xingyuan specially called Yue Zhou over to ask Yue Lengqiu if there was anything taboo, so that the kitchen could be eliminated in advance, Yue Zhou walked around from Xingyuan and said to Yue Lengqiu: "In addition to the strict protection of the guards, the traces of the war have not been removed, it seems that the Yuzhang is broken, and it is too late to clean up after calling Huaidong over." ”

Yue An has been by Yue Lengqiu's side for many years, and he is loyal and trusted, but he is not as knowledgeable as his son Yue Zhou, who was carefully cultivated by Yue Lengqiu.

Yue Lengqiu is limited to his identity, and it is inconvenient to walk around in Yuzhang City, so Yue Zhou is his eyes and ears.

"Maybe Chongguo Gong has no intention of restoring Yuzhang to a city governed by the county?" Yue Lengqiu frowned and whispered.

"Huaidong doesn't guard against Yuanzhou?" Yue Zhou was surprised. In his opinion, Huaidong restored Yuzhang to Jiangxi County and rebuilt it, firstly, it could strengthen its control over the hinterland of Jiangxi, and secondly, it could supervise and defend Yuanzhou Huang Binghao.

Now from what they saw when they entered the city, Huaidong did not mean to clean up Yuzhang City immediately.

Although the Huaidong army has only entered the city for more than a month, with the speed of Huaidong's recovery of Jiangning and other places, Huaidong has not yet cleaned up Yuzhang on a large scale at this time and recruited the displaced to return to their hometowns, which shows that Huaidong has no intention of rebuilding Yuzhang City for the time being.

"It's not that it's unprepared, maybe it's the Shangrao war that makes Huaidong also powerless," Yue Lengqiu said, "In addition, the situation of the Cao family's southward retreat has been decided, and Huaidong also has to guard against the sudden collapse of Jinghu, and it is also natural that the troops are in a hurry to move north." ”

Judging from the detailed information collected later, the Huaidong Army consumed a huge amount of money in order to break through the Shangrao defense line of the luxury family, and now it has to rush to prevent the collapse of the situation in Jinghu, and it will probably slow down when Yuzhang is rebuilt.

There is no large-scale import of materials into Yuzhang, and in the current situation, Lin Jian can only hope that the strategy of delaying the army can really be effective for Yuanzhou, otherwise the main force of Huaidong will not be able to withdraw from the hinterland of Jiangxi.

At this time, Gao Zongting and Tang Xitai walked into the courtyard and invited Yue Lengqiu to the East Garden for a banquet on behalf of Lin Lian.

Lin Tie used Gao Zongting and Song Fu as the masterminds, and Gao Zongting was valued by Lin Tie and had a high status in Huaidong.

All the way south, there are some words that Yue Lengqiu is inconvenient to test Tang Xitai, but he can carefully observe Gao Zongting's reaction.

To the East Garden, you have to pass through a bamboo forest, a corner of the bamboo forest has traces of burning to the fire, Yue Lengqiu and Gao Zongting walked side by side, asked: "I came from Pengze, all the way south, I saw Jiangxi is dilapidated, especially than Jiangning, three or five years, the Privy Council is afraid that Jiangxi will not be able to look at Jiangxi. However, the greatest advantage of annihilating the enemy in Jiangxi and cutting off the threat of Jiangning's flank armpit is that the Privy Council can recruit sufficient troops from Jiangxi - now the armies of Chongcheng, Changshan, Fengli, Huaiyang, Banying and Jinghai are 300,000 iron armor and sharp soldiers. If the Privy Council can replenish another 200,000 soldiers from Jiangxi, Humanan will come over, and the people will be fearless......"

"Yue Du Gaojian." Gao Zongting laughed and replied, so that Yue Lengqiu couldn't tell whether he agreed or was perfunctory.

Yue Lengqiu's judgment was not wrong.

After the collapse of Yan Ji, it was Lin Jian who accepted Li Zhuo's political legacy, including Gao Zongting, Tang Fuguan, Yu Wencheng, Yu Wenbei, Geng Quanshan, Chen Dingbang, Chu Zheng and a large number of Jiangxi generals from the former Eastern Fujian military system joined in, making Huaidong have a very deep network foundation in Jiangxi.

The foundation of Lin Tie in Jiangxi is second only to Huaidong, and even above Zhedong, which has been in business for several years.

This is also an important reason why Huaidong launched an offensive from the periphery, and the resistance forces in Jiangxi responded one after another.

Jiangxi is dilapidated, and the 600,000 households in Jiangxi are living in distress and waiting to be fed, which is also a good opportunity for Lin Tie to draw Ding Zhuang to replenish the number of soldiers.

Now the total number of soldiers of the Huaidong water and land infantry cavalry army is not 300,000, and it is not much different, and the armies of Jinghu, Xiangtan, Huaixi, and Chizhou will have 600,000 to block Huma's southward movement; If Huaidong replenishes another 200,000 troops from Jiangxi, then there is no need to rely on Jinghu, Xiangtan, Huaixi, and Chizhou to block Huma's southward movement.

If the armies of Jinghu, Xiangtan, Huaixi, and Chizhou are useless, but half of South Vietnam's rivers and mountains are not Lin Tie alone? Yue Lengqiu's question was completely tempted.

Lin Lian had already entered the banquet to treat each other, and watched Gao Zongting lead Yue Lengqiu in, stood up and greeted him: "The banquet is simple, Lord Wangyue doesn't blame this court for being negligent...... Lin Lian is in charge of the Privy Council, so he naturally calls himself "this court".

Yue Lengqiu also saluted: "The privy envoy Jian Zheng loves the people, how dare Yue complain?" ”

The situation in the north is already stormy, there is no time to stay in Yuzhang to keep tempting, during the banquet, Yue Lengqiu directly into the topic, please sin: "I regret that I can't strictly abide by the orders of the privy envoy, confused by the situation, delayed for two days, resulting in the collapse of Zongyang, Yue has a negative privy council, and I have come to Yuzhang to ask the privy envoy for guilt......"

If you really want to ask for sin, you didn't have those politeness before, and even pretense at this time is redundant.

Lin Jian groaned for a moment and said, "The extravagant thief is cunning and slippery, and the speed of his escape is also deeply surprising to this court. The Chizhou army suffered such a setback, with tens of thousands of military and civilian casualties, and this court is also ashamed, what qualifications does it have to hold Lord Yue accountable? ”

The privy envoy comforted him with kind words, but a certain hung up his boots and left, and his heart was full of regret. A certain pondered on the road, only as a soldier with the Chizhou army to fight in Jinghu, chasing and suppressing rebellion, or can make up for one or two crimes, and ask the privy envoy to agree. Yue Lengqiu said.

Yue Lengqiu's request was not unexpected by Lin Lian, and other than that, Yue Lengqiu had no choice.

Lin Jian pondered for a moment or two, and said: "Although Huaidong has won a great victory, the casualties of the various troops are also heavy, and they dare not easily cross the river to fight without resting; The Chizhou army was in a big hit at a moment, and at this time crossed the river to chase down the remnants of the luxury family, will it drive the troops to overwork? ”

The only option to preserve the Chizhou Army is to ask the Chizhou Army to play a role in the current situation in Jinghu; If you don't cross the river and go north, you want to preserve your strength and wait and see the situation in the cracks of the Huaidong Army, which is tantamount to a fool's dream, or you underestimate the IQ of the Huaidong people too much.

Whether it is to use Lin Tie as a sword envoy, or to rush Lin Tie to the north bank to kill the luxury family, if he wants to save the Chizhou army, Yue Lengqiu knows that there is only one way, which is to cross the river and completely let out the two counties of Qiupu on the south bank.

Lin Lian was still pretending, Gao Zongting and Fu Qinghe were also veterans and remained silent, but the other officers and generals of the Huaidong Army who were sitting with him were somewhat happy - Yue Lengqiu regarded the expressions of the Huaidong generals as if he didn't see them, and responded to Lin Tie with a positive color: "Shame and courage, the Chizhou army is ashamed of the defeat of Fangyang, and everyone wants to wash away the shame of the past, and they will fight bravely to kill the enemy, and there is no worry about driving labor." ”

Lin Jian pondered for a moment and said: "Don't hide it from Lord Yue, the situation in Guanshan is critical, the lonely trees in the river and Nanyang are difficult to support, and the troubles of the Luo bandits are incomprehensible, and it is difficult to chase the rebels who flee north. The Huaidong Army has fought many battles, and the casualties are also heavy, and those who can still continue to fight, five or six out of ten, are in great need of rest, and the grain has also been exhausted. The only way to do this is to have a soldier and horse to cross the river in advance. Don't be in a hurry. deter the bandits and make them dare not move; And delay the extravagant rebellion, so that it is settled in Ernai, will not quickly flee north, and join Huma, only this strategy, Nanyang can support for three or five more months, Huaidong Army also has enough time, go to Xinyang to fill in Nanyang to strengthen the defense ......"

Yue Lengqiu pondered the meaning of Lin Bin's words:

The Huaidong Army rested, and the Chizhou Army crossed the river to the north, first filling in the area east of Huangmei and Qichun, so that Luo Xiancheng and Haowenzhuang would not feel too much crisis for the time being. In this way, Luwenzhuang and Luo Xiancheng will not jump off the wall in a hurry, and they are likely to stabilize their foothold on the east bank of the Han River first.

In this case, Nanyang Mansion does not have to worry about being attacked from both sides for the time being, so even if Yanhu takes Guanzhong and Hezhong as scheduled, it is impossible to directly use the iron hooves of cavalry to attack Nanyang's fortified city without adequate preparation of food baggage.

In the past two or three years, Liang Chengchong retreated to Nanyang, first with the support of Huaidong, and then with Huaixi with the same breath.

If you are afraid, you are afraid of the front and back attacks, otherwise no matter how weak the Nanyang defense line is, it will be able to drag the situation until the autumn.

There are three or five months to buffer, the situation in Jiangxi can be completely settled, the war in eastern Fujian may also come to an end, the main force of the Huaidong Army will also be given a rest, after the autumn grain in the south of the Yangtze River is on the market, there will be no worry about how scarce the grain and grass will be, as long as Nanyang is not lost, the main force of the Huaidong Army can even borrow from the northeast foot of Huaishan Mountain, from Xinyang, enter Nanyang, strengthen the defense of Nanyang, and completely separate the luxury family, Luo Xiancheng and Yanhu.

This situation is better than the main force of the Huaidong Army continuing to cross the river without resting.

Yue Lengqiu wanted such a result before he came, but it came too easily, and he was a little confused.

Lin Lian could see the confusion on Yue Lengqiu's face, maybe it was Yue Lengqiu who showed his incomprehension on his face. Lin Jian didn't care what he thought, and continued: "After the Chizhou army crossed the river, it took Zongyang and Huangmei as its roots and approached Qichun, with grain and weapons and the posture of building fortresses, the Privy Council with the number of 40,000 foot soldiers, enough to supply, is it okay?" ”

Abandoning the two counties of Qiupu on the south bank, abandoning Yicheng adjacent to Luzhou, advancing westward to Zongyang and Huangmei to confront the remnants of the extravagant army in Qichun, completely abandoning the establishment of the naval army, and reducing the number of troops to 40,000 - although such conditions make people feel bitter when they hear it, it is not unacceptable.

Yue Lengqiu hesitated whether to accept such a condition right away, or to delay for a few days, when the sound of horses' hooves galloped over, and it seemed that several horses galloped straight into the house, and there was an urgent military situation.

Lin Jian sat upright according to the long case, staring at the door, not knowing what urgent military information would come.

A guard came in with a letter, Yue Lengqiu saw that Lin Jian opened the letter and read it, his face became extremely serious, and he thought: Could it be that Guanzhong has fallen?

Lin Jian did not circulate the letter, but said directly: "Liang Chengyi abandoned the river on June 4 without telling him, and led more than 60,000 soldiers and civilians to flee to Nanyang and defect to Liang Chengchong ......."