(I wish my brothers and sisters a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, and today is still a chapter floating!) ）

In order to cope with the collapse of the Hehuai situation, in addition to the large-scale adjustment of the deployment of troops in Haidong, at the end of September and the beginning of October, Lin Jian also made a series of adjustments to the deployment of troops north of Chongzhou.

Huaidong is becoming more and more independent, and Jiangning is becoming more and more dissociated, and no matter how tight the combat strength of the northern and southern fronts is, there is also a need to set up a special Su Guard Army to protect the core area from threats.

Ma Yigong was transferred to Haidong, and Zhao Hu replaced Ma Yigong as the commander of the Jinhai Battalion, assuming the responsibility of guarding Chongzhou.

The original Jinhai battalion had four brigades, and the troops on the north and south lines were very tight, and Lin Jian only left two brigades of soldiers for Zhao Hu and organized them into infantry divisions to garrison Chongzhou and assume the duties of the guards - the two surplus brigades, one brigade was taken to Haidong by Ma Yigong to strengthen the attack on the west coast of the Goryeo Peninsula; The first brigade was led by Geng Quanshan to the north and incorporated into the Fengli battalion, and the most urgent thing for Huaidong at this time was to strengthen the combat strength of the northern front to deal with the Yanhu army that would sweep in at any time.

In addition to Geng Quanshan's headquarters, nearly 2,000 mourning soldiers who were withdrawn from Yangxin were also incorporated into the Fengli battalion, so that the Fengli battalion was rapidly expanded from the previous four brigades to more than 20,000 soldiers of the seventh brigade.

Liu Xilin was temporarily assigned to the Military Intelligence Department as a commander to join the army, and Yang Shi was appointed as the deputy commander of the Jinghai Third Water Battalion.

Before Lin Jian went north to supervise the war, Yuan Guizheng rushed to ask for a meeting.

In mid-July, Yuan Guizheng entered Chongcheng to seek Huaidong's support for the Liang family's southward retreat, but Lin Jian categorically refused, and the meeting with the Empress Dowager Liang was not happy. Afterwards, the Empress Dowager Liang did not have the courage to go to Jiangning, and still stayed in Chongzhou under the pretext of illness.

In just over two months, when the situation collapsed and there was no way to respond, the Hehuai defense line was about to fall, and the Liang family was about to be wiped out, Jiangning naturally no one was worried about urging the Queen Mother to return to the court for a while.

Liang Xi was trapped in Dongping County, and Liang Chengchong only had less than 20,000 soldiers and horses in Jining, which was not enough to relieve the siege of Dongping.

"The Queen Mother, is her old man in good health?"

In the afternoon, the autumn wind that blew the face gradually chilled swept from the treetops, and the golden-red maple leaves fell into the courtyard, and the forest was bound in the courtyard outside the Shoujing Hall, accompanied by Gao Zongting and Ye Junan to meet Yuan Guizheng and greet the Empress Dowager Liang first.

Compared with the last time we met, Yuan Guizheng, who had been running back and forth as a lobbyist for the past two or three months, was even more embarrassed and haggard.

Last time, although the Yongchang Marquis Mansion was oppressed by Xie Chaozhong and other upstarts in Jiangning, after all, there were still Liang Cheng's thick thighs to hold, and today the Liang family has also become a lost dog, and the Yongchang Marquis Mansion is even more in turmoil.

"The Queen Mother's old man's body is still reluctant, she is just thinking about the Dongping War, she can't sleep well, and she is getting thinner and thinner," Yuan Guizheng said, "I just came from Jining, and the Queen Mother asked me to ask Marquis Lin, when will the Huaidong soldiers and horses go north to aid Dongping?" ”

"Master Hou must have already gone to Wuyang to see Lord Dong, what does Lord Dong think about the war in Hehuai?" Lin Jian asked.

"Jiang Ning urged Dong Shilang to send troops to the north to aid Dongping, but Dong Shilang forgot his public revenge for personal grudges, and supported the troops in Wuyang without moving, the time has dragged on for a month, and Lu Guogong pinned his last hope on Lin Houye." Yuan Guizheng said sincerely.

"I can't afford the trust of Lu Guogong," Lin Jian said, "The world's good management of military soldiers, Dong Shilang is not willing to be left behind." Dong Shilang fought in Wuyang, he has his own considerations, and he can't simply say that he forgets public hatred for personal grievances - if you want to talk about personal grievances, what personal grievances does Dong Shilang have with the Liang family? If you want to talk about personal grievances, I still have some old grudges with the Liang family, so why should Lu Guogong pin his hopes on Huaidong? ”

Yuan Guizheng didn't expect Lin Bin's words to be so naked, Tang Haoxin's death and the Liang family's plan for Shandong at that time did have a direct stake, and the Liang family didn't want to wipe their butts clean, but Tang Haoxin's death was just a wedge for Lin Tie to stand on his own feet in Huaidong, including the matter of salt and silver to protect grain in the back, didn't Lin Tie take advantage of Tang Haoxin's death to profit his own interests?

Moreover, Tang Haoxin went on a hunger strike in Qingzhou, and Emperor Yongxing, who was still King Ning who crossed the border from Shandong to Jiangning to settle in the domain, could not escape the involvement - no wonder Lin Lian still wanted to go further to the Sumen case, which had long been an old thing?

Yuan Guizheng couldn't guess Lin Lian's plan for a while, so he was silent and silent, only looking at Lin Jian with gloomy and cold eyes.

Lin Jian continued: "I believe that Dong Yuan's army in Wuyang is not because of personal grudges...... Hehuai can no longer afford a big defeat, even if Jiang Ning's opinion is based on weight. Don't hide it from the Marquis of Yuan, what I presented to Jiang Ning was to suggest that the Changhuai army withdraw directly into the defense line of Huaixi, and that Dong Yuan should be under the unified jurisdiction of Dong Yuan to organize the defense of the middle line; And if the Marquis of Changxiang doesn't want to be in front, he can withdraw to Nanyang and fight with the Marquis of Qinyang, who guards Hezhong Mansion, as ...... the western front."

Yuan Guizheng was stunned for a while, after supporting the matter, the Yongchang Marquis Mansion in Jiangning was all abolished, if it wasn't for Lin Tie to mention it in person, it would be difficult for him to know the imperial court's motion on the Hehuai war in time, and he couldn't have imagined that Lin Tie would have such an excerpt at the meeting......

If the Changhuai army retreats north to Huaixi and accepts Dong Yuan's control, it will directly form a heavy army group with more than 100,000 troops in Huaixi, no wonder Lin Jian is really willing to Dong Yuan and him equally?

Looking at the hesitation in Yuan Guizheng's eyes, Lin Jian sighed lightly in his heart.

Huaidong has become today's pattern, and if Lin Jian has no ambition in his heart, he is also deceiving himself, but the priority of the matter is urgent, and the contradictions are also prioritized.

Compared with the incompatibility between Huaidong and Jiangning, and pulling each other's legs, the main contradiction that Huaidong and Jiangning openly face is to join forces to block Yanhu's overwhelming offensive - under the nest, there are no eggs?

If Yanhu's soldiers and horses break through the Jianghuai defense line like a bamboo, they can't even protect half of the country, Huaidong and Jiangning are secretly fisting and calculating with each other, but they want to provoke the laughter and disgust of future generations.

Under the current circumstances, Lin Jian was confident that he could barely hold the eastern front, so he would rather give all the soldiers and horses of Tao Chun's troops of the Changhuai Army to Dong Yuan, support Changxiang Hou Liang Cheng to retreat to Nanyang, and jointly hold the Huai River and Qinling line.

Although this will directly form a heavy army group with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under Dong Yuan's command, Liang Chengchong and Liang Chengyi will also be re-twisted into a force on the western front, and from Nanyang to the south, they can develop forces in the area controlled by Luo Xiancheng, but at least half of the Southern Dynasty can be supported first.

However, for Lin Bin's third-line defense plan to be successfully implemented, there is a premise, that is, to ignore Yanhu's plan to encircle and send reinforcements, give up the Liang Xisuo Department trapped in Dongping, and temporarily give up the scorched earth in northern Henan that has been disabled to Yanhu......

Yuan Guizheng came over to try his last hand to persuade Lin Tie to send troops to relieve the siege of Dongping, but Lin Tie in turn asked Yuan Guizheng to persuade Liang Chengchong to give up his Laozi and give up Dongping.

Yuan Guizheng was stunned for a moment, the understanding and ideas of the two sides were very different, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Abandon Dongping, led by Liang Chengchong to retreat to Nanyang, this matter is not Yuan Guizheng can make a decision, Yuan Guizheng sat for a while, and then resigned and left.

Lin Lianli sent Yuan Guizheng out of the Shoujing Hall, and returned to the East Yabian Hall with Gao Zongting and Ye Junan.

Ye Junan said as he walked: "From ancient times to the present, filial piety comes first, Liang Chengchong is afraid that he will not dare to take the charge of abandoning his father to save his life, right?" ”

Gao Zongting smiled faintly and said: "In the past and present, there have been rare examples of brothers looking at the wall and father and son killing each other? What's more, Liang Chengchong still has the shield of the Empress Dowager Liang, as long as within the Liang family, the decision to give up Dongping comes from the Empress Dowager Liang instead of Liang Chengchong, Liang Chengchong is not so difficult to be! Of course, this will inevitably lay the foundation for the rupture of the Liang Chengchong and Liang Chengyi brothers, and the Western Front still cannot be twisted together and hugged together...... Relatively speaking, Liang Chengchong's withdrawal to Nanyang is still located on the inner side of Liang Chengyi's shelter, and the conflict with Luo Xiancheng is inevitable. ”

Ye Junan is still more conservative and polite, and his calculations are not as deep as Gao Zongting's.

Regarding the discussion between Ye Junan and Gao Zongting, Lin Jian was noncommittal, just looked at the yellow leaves in the courtyard while walking, winter is here again, in addition to the Huai River, the rivers north of the Huai River will soon freeze seriously, how can you survive this winter in order to see the dawn of victory.

Ye Junan thought of a question and asked: "Dong Yuan went out of the town of Huaixi, and none of his soldiers and horses in northern Zhejiang were left to Meng Yishan, did he have any expectations for today's situation?" ”

Lin Jian stopped and looked at Gao Zongting.

is familiar with Chen Zhihu and Dong Yuanzhi, no one is better than Gao Zongting, Gao Zongting and Dong Yuan have known and worked together for more than ten years, if Huaidong wants to accurately judge Dong Yuan's motives, there is no one else except Gao Zongting.

Gao Zongting said: "After Dong Yuan raised troops to the north and entered Wuyang, he stopped moving, and Wuyang was still three or four hundred miles away from Jining, so naturally it was impossible to talk about containing the main force of the enemy army surrounded in Dongping. But we can't complain that Dong Yuan didn't move, and it was less than three months since Dong Yuan left the town of Huaixi. In addition, as Mr. Jun'an said, Dong Yuan left almost all the Northern Zhejiang Army he brought out to defend Hangzhou to Meng Yishan, and what he led north out of Zhenhuaixi was the Imperial Camp Army adapted from the Jiangning Garrison. Coupled with Xiao Kuian's department, the 30,000 soldiers and horses that Dong Yuan gathered in Wuyang at this time were far from elite soldiers. On the flat and flat Hehuai Plain, Yan Hu gathered more than 100,000 soldiers and horses on the periphery of Dongping, including more than 40,000 elite cavalry, who had enough confidence to lead 350,000 infantry to pounce? No matter how harsh and stern the vision is, Dong Yuan will be excused with 'it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice' - in this situation, it is a normal way of thinking to avoid a rash decisive battle that will lead to a larger scale of losses and defeats, and to withdraw the Changhuai army and fill in the middle line...... Of course, with the vision of the emperor and Chen Xiyan and others, the Changhuai army was withdrawn into Huaixi and placed under the jurisdiction of Dong Yuan, and he was not afraid that Dong Yuan would be able to support the army and respect himself. It's not surprising that Dong Yuan can see this step......"

Whether or not we can support the army and respect ourselves, the first point is whether there are enough pro-confidants and descendants of the generals to control the army. Obviously, after the Changhuai Army withdrew into Huaixi, even if a heavy army group of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses was formed in Huaixi, due to the complex origin of the generals of the entire corps, almost none of them were Dong Yuan's descendants, and it was impossible for Dong Yuan to support the troops and respect himself - in this case, Emperor Yongxing and Chen Xiyan and other Wu party forces would also be more relieved to support Dong Yuan to lead the Huaixi soldiers and horses.

Lin Jian touched his chin, looked at the yellow leaves in the courtyard, and said, "The words of the sect court are not finished, Dong Yuan also calculates the development of the situation on the southern front......

Wake up Lin Tie a little, Ye Junan also immediately figured it out, patted his thigh and said, "What a calculation!" As long as our army or the Northern Zhejiang Army can recapture Fuyang, northern Zhejiang and the Suhu Plain will become a relatively safe inner line again, and Meng Yishan's troops can mobilize to the north to support the war against Yanhu, which is also the proper meaning of the question. At this time, Dong Yuan's northern Zhejiang military lineage, which he gave up before going north to Huaixi, will return to his control - at this point, it will be possible for Dong Yuan to digest the Huaixi soldiers and horses for himself. Dong Yuan is really a good city and a good calculation! ”

Gao Zongting smiled bitterly: "Even if he knows that he may have such a calculation, at the moment, Huaidong can only support the withdrawal of the Changhuai army to Huaixi......"

Lin Jian smiled lightly and said: "Since ancient times, there have been many people who have risen up in troubled times, but how many people can make things happen simply by conspiracy?" ”