(The second update, ask for a red ticket)

Han Zai left Chongzhou in the early morning of the 17th in the name of borrowing reinforcements, and went upriver under the escort of Xiao Baiming's Ninghai Town Boat Division, and stayed in Jiyang for two days after Xiao Taoyuan and Xiao Baiming's enthusiasm.

On the 19th, his family who stayed in Chongzhou to inquire about the news caught up with him in a small boat and told him the news of Chongzhou's great victory.

Han Zai was dumbfounded at that time, on the banquet, he stood there stunned, melancholy for a while, he never thought that he had only left for a day, and the Jiangdong Left Army would break the enemy like rotten wood in Chongzhou.

No matter how thick-skinned he is, with his bad relationship with Lin Lian, Lin Lian will never allow him to rush back to Chongzhou at this time to share a piece of the military exploits.

Originally, as long as he had the courage to stay in Chongzhou for one more day, as the nominal military and political governor of Chongzhou and the special envoy of Chongzhou, the victory in Hecheng would never escape his great achievements.

Xiao Taoyuan and Xiao Baiming are also annoying and hateful, Xiao Baiming's intestines are even more repentant, and Chen Qianhu, a beloved general under Xiao Taoyuan, a former army cottage guard, and a captain of Zhenwei, is even more hateful and slaps the armrest of the seat with a palm: "This swineherd has so easily taken us out of Chongzhou." ”

Chen Qianhu said this, Xiao Baiming could only run to Xiao Taoyuan to apologize, he was the chief officer sent by Xiao Taoyuan to Chongzhou to be in charge of the military cottage affairs, and he forced Lin Tie out of Chongzhou, naturally his greatest responsibility: "Baiming is stupid, please ride to punish the crime!" ”

Lin Tie threatened to withdraw from the Jiangkou to avoid the war, Xiao Baiming was forced to lead the boat division to withdraw from the military cottage, and then return to Chongzhou at this time, it is absolutely impossible for Lin Tie to vomit out the military cottage that he ate into his stomach - Xiao Baiming hated and regretted, his heart was envious and painful, his throat was sweet, and he almost vomited blood.

Chen Qianhu said this, which made Han Jae also embarrassed. If he hadn't been in a hurry to leave Chongzhou, if he hadn't given the Chongzhou military regime to Lin Xuan, Xiao Baiming and Chen Qianhu would not have let the military cottage out so easily.

"You get up and speak first," Xiao Taoyuan said in a deep voice, "You just didn't leave before, and the swineherd will blackmail the governor's mansion according to this great victory, and it will be difficult for the governor's mansion to support Ninghai Town's division of troops to defend Chongzhou...... It's good for you to go back to Jiyang, the commander intends to revive the boat division, and the silver will be doubled for half a year after the autumn, it is the time when you and I have made a great difference, this military merit will be picked up by the swineherd, and it will be our turn to show our might - not in a hurry. ”

In Xiao Taoyuan's view, his grudge with Lin Tie lies in the fact that the army copycat boat division stood by and watched when the Lake robbed Dakou Xisha Island in the autumn last year, this grievance cannot be resolved, Lin Tie and the Jiangdong Left Army are so strong, it is difficult for Xiao Baiming to stick in Chongzhou forever like a wooden wedge, so he did not particularly blame Baiming.

In order to prevent the Chongzhou boy case, Xiao Taoyuan, who had a bad relationship with Zuo Shangrong, the governor of Jiangdong at that time, led more than 1,000 elites raised by public funds and private funds to Xiao Baiming, Chen Qianhu and his son Xiao Changze, and others to garrison the cottage, ready to go to sea at any time.

Zuo Shangrong died in battle, and Yue Lengqiu served as the governor of Jiang Zhun and deliberately encircled this side; Besides, time has passed, and the Chongzhou boy case is almost kicked into a forgotten corner, and Xiao Taoyuan is not as vigilant as he was at the beginning. Xiao Taoyuan also hesitated to transfer the only more than 1,000 elites to his side, wanting to take advantage of Yue Lengqiu's intention to enrich the boat master water camp this time to expand his strength.

Listening to Xiao Taoyuan's words, there was not much blame, Xiao Baiming was a little relieved, and felt that there was something strange about this matter, and asked the Han Zai family who rushed to Jiyang to report the news: "But you witnessed the news of the victory in Hecheng?" Jiyang and Chongzhou are separated by hundreds of miles, and if Chongzhou really wants to win this big victory yesterday afternoon, this side should also know the news earlier. ”

Han Zai's family was also stunned, and said hesitantly: "I haven't seen it with my own eyes, before nightfall yesterday, the news spread in Chongzhou, and the county celebrated, so I can't fake it...... Maybe Jiyang is across the river from Chongzhou, and the message transmission is not so convenient. ”

Han Zai also heard the question, Jiyang and Chongzhou across the river, and in wartime, there are almost no fishing boats and merchant ships crossing the river, and it is difficult for the news from the north bank to reach the south bank, but Chongzhou won this great victory, and should fly and ride to pass on the Jie, and Jiyang should receive the Chuanjietang report before dawn today.

The news of the great victory was delayed until the afternoon of the 19th, and Han Zai's family had to chase after him in a small boat to find out about it - the strangeness in this made Han Zai, Xiao Taoyuan, Xiao Baiming and others unable to understand.

"Maybe Lin Lian is old and serious, and he will report the victory together after the results are counted," Xiao Baiming gave a plausible answer to himself, "When he was in Yannan, the timing of the victory seemed to be delayed, but it seemed to be his consistent bad habit - if Chongzhou really won a great victory, and Lin Lian did not send someone to pass on the victory, Lord Han could take the lead......"

Han Zai was stunned for a moment, and then smiled knowingly, others have not yet arrived in Jiangning, if he takes the first step to send someone to the county department in the name of Chongzhou's special envoy to convey victory, how can this military merit have to share his share!

Yue Lengqiu and Wang Tian always have to help him, even if there are some errors and inaccuracies in Chuanjie, it is not a big deal.

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Lin Jian was not in a hurry to pass the victory in Chongzhou, not for anything else, but because he did not want the seemingly easy victory of Chongzhou to reach the ears of the Vice-Secretary of the Governor of Liangzhejiang, so that he made the wrong judgment that the defense of the East China Sea Kou in Changguo was empty and there was an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Although the Donghai Kou in the north who invaded Hecheng in the north was much more elite than in the Battle of Jiyang, it was obvious that the main force of the Donghai Kou on the northern front this time was mainly Cheng Yiqun and Shu Qingqiu, and they were not the core combat power of the Luxury Flying Bear in the East China Sea.

Lin Jian had previously sent a letter to Quan Ciqing through Gu Wuchen to remind Extravagant Fei Xiong of the trap that he might set up in eastern Zhejiang-Gu Wuchen was also the governor of the township camp, and Jiangdong was the main force in preparing for sea disasters in the prefectures and counties along the prefecture, and Jiangdong had direct correspondence with the governor's office of the two Zhejiang provinces according to the envoy - but Lin Jian was very suspicious that such an official letter could have any effect, and it was likely to give Quan Ciqing a contemptuous smile and throw it into the wastepaper basket.

Lin Jian had to use some small means in Chongzhou to deliberately conceal the scale of the East China Sea Kou's entry into Kouhe City, so that Quan Jiqing would not be deceived.

Even in normal times, with the Yangtze River separating the north and south, it usually takes ten days and half a month for the news of Chongzhou to reach eastern Zhejiang. Even if he heard the news of Chongzhou's victory, there was no confirmation from the official Tang newspaper, and with Quan Jiqing's cautious and subtle temperament, most of them suspected that it was the Donghai Kou envoys who spread rumors - this was the fundamental reason why the news of the victory spread in Chongzhou, but Lin Jian dragged it out and did not directly report to Jiangning.

In short, it should be the battle exploits of the Jiangdong Left Army, and no one can take it away, but he didn't expect that Han Jae would sabotage his plan in Jiyang.

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On Daheng Island, Extravagant Feixiong received the military report of the defeat in Hecheng, and he was also shocked in his heart, but Su Tingzhan wrote in the secret letter: "Unless there is such a defeat, otherwise it will not be enough to make Quan Jiqing in!" It made his face return to normal, yes, there was no solid defeat on the northern front, how could Quan Jiqing believe that the main force of the East China Sea Kou moved north to invade Chonghuai?

Extravagant Fei Xiong tore the secret letter to pieces, although he didn't want to lose so badly, but this time the most seriously damaged was the second child's descendants, Cheng Yiqun's department, Su Tingzhan's words in the secret letter should be leaked into the ears of the second child, which would always cause unnecessary suspicion, he watched the pieces of paper scatter into the waves under the reef like snowflakes, and said to a general on the left: "The defeat of Hecheng, Su Tingzhan has an unshirkable responsibility. If you order 2,000 elite reinforcements, you must support the battlefield on the northern front. Su Tingzhan—let him come back to guard Daheng Island! At this time, the boat division of the Jiangdong Left Army is likely to retreat back to the mouth of the river, and you lead your troops to quickly pass through the mouth of the river, and take the shallow water beach to approach Hecheng - you don't need to be afraid of the pursuit of the Jiangdong Left Army's boat division when you take the shallow water beach! ”

"The last will be ordered." Xu Zhong is a disciple of the Xu family in Eastern Fujian, the mother of the luxury flying tiger Xu was born in the Xu family, and is Xu Zhong's aunt, he didn't think that the eldest son Xu Feixiong had the intention of secretly weakening the second son, and without thinking too much, he obeyed the order to order his subordinates to go to the Hecheng military fortress to replace Su Tingzhan.

Although the Jiangdong Left Army Boat Division could take advantage of the advantage of large and strong ships to blockade Hecheng Port, Kodo in the East China Sea did not need to borrow a port to land from the shallow water beach, and the Jiangdong Left Army had not yet had enough strength to advantage, and the shallow water beach on the east side of the Hecheng Army was blocked.

In order to convince Quan Jiqing that the northern front is the center of gravity of the Donghai Kou this time, it is necessary to continue to gather troops on the northern front after the fiasco of Hecheng.

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Lin Jian was blessed to enjoy the leisure of the newlywed Yan'er, and returned to the northern front in the early morning of the 20th to inspect the defense and comfort the casualties.

Gu Siyuan couldn't stay in Chongzhou for too long, so he also went to Hecheng Xishutai to see the results of the victory in Hecheng with his own eyes, and after a day or two of delay, he went directly from Chongzhou to Qingzhou, Shandong - Wu Meijiu, as the chief minister of Chongzhou, also followed him to the northern front to inspect the people's situation.

Unable to storm the Hecheng military fortress, the Jinghai battalion returned to Jiangmen yesterday, and there were still a large number of soldiers gathered on the Shengsi Islands, and Lin Jian had to prevent them from rushing to Chongzhou from the mouth of the river, and he must have enough troops to block the mouth of the river.

In the west of Hecheng, with the Chongcheng infantry battalion, Fengli infantry battalion, and cavalry battalion as the main force, and the Minyong and Hecheng armies—especially the Minyong, the main force has come to assist in the defense in the past two days—the strength has increased to 4,000, and even if the remnants of the Hecheng military fortress are as large as 2,4500 people, this side has the ability to suppress and blockade them from the land.

Although Wu Meijiu is a civil minister, he has also led a few years of government soldiers, and he is considered to be skilled in arching and riding a horse among the civil ministers, and he gallops up the river embankment.

On the north side of the garrison, a mud dam built after the war yesterday lies in the Yunyan River, the river on the west side of the mud dam is almost exhausted, revealing the black-brown riverbed, and there is only shallow water left in the east, maybe there will be water overflowing at high tide, but at this time there is even silt exposed, the wreckage of the burned warship and the corpses that have not been cleared out in time in the silt, it is shocking to see ordinary people-

Wu Meijiu is also a knowledgeable person, pointing to the black mud on the riverbed, and said with a smile to Lin Lian: "The capital supervisor is bent on dredging the river, which can be regarded as a convenience and two benefits-I heard the old farmer say that the black mud at the bottom of the river is a good fertilizer, and when it is dug out, it will dig the river deep, and it can be used to pile up the field and make manure......"

Of course, dredging is far more than these two benefits, Lin Jian is not interested enough to be good in front of Wu Meijiu, so he only smiled: "Lord Wu is also quite familiar with agricultural affairs, which is really a blessing for the people of Chongzhou......

Wu Meijiu smiled awkwardly and said, "The envoy of the capital is the welfare of the people of Chongzhou......

Lin Lian laughed, Wu Meijiu had an objection to the dredging before, but she was unable to get rid of Lin Lian's control, but at this time, she changed her previous opposition attitude.

The results of the one-day inspection also made Wu Meijiu know thoroughly: Before the situation, he had to bow his head.

672 enemies were killed and 1,863 were captured, and wherever they were placed, they were all great victories, which greatly increased Lin Lian's prestige in Chongzhou.

Ordinary villagers actively supported it, and yesterday there were as many as two or three hundred people who took the initiative to go to the east and north to ask for military service; Even the big families of Chongzhou, who were diametrically opposed to Lin Tie and Jiangdong Left Army due to the dispute over public land, also changed the direction of the wind one after another - the victory in Hecheng made many people change their attitudes, at least before nightfall yesterday, the private soldiers from all townships and villages went to the eastern foot of Zilang Mountain to complete the assembly, and the township soldiers under the jurisdiction of the county military house surged to more than 4,000, and 126 civilian ships with a carrying capacity of more than 100 stones were recruited.

The sunset at dusk sprinkled on the black mud of the riverbed, and at this time, a red horse galloped from the south, as if it was a messenger, and brought it directly to Lin Lian, Wu Meijiu saw that after Lin Lian opened the letter, his expression became heavy, and he was curious about what happened.

Lin Jian did not tell Wu Meijiu the content of the private message, but asked Cao Ziang, Gu Siyuan and others to circulate it: Luxury Feihu sneaked away from Jiangning before dawn today, and the news of Chongzhou's victory was also reported to Jiangning by Han Zai before nightfall yesterday.