The cavalry spread their vigilance in the wind and snow, and the thatched roof of the simple workshop creaked in the strong wind, and the thatch was constantly blown, and it drifted away into the distance in the boundless wind and snow.

The white silk cloth fell on the snow, and the word "no food" was particularly dazzling!

Gao Zongting traveled all the way south and endured all the hardships. His thighs were blurred by riding a horse, and it wasn't until Shanyang that he was treated for injuries and came by a carriage. His hair was disheveled, his clothes were ragged, his appearance was not much better than that of a beggar, and his physical strength was even more overdrawn. If it weren't for Cao Ziang taking old ginseng to feed him medicine in Shanyang, whether he would be able to support Yanqing or not.

Previously, there were rumors in Jingshi that Li Zhuo's intentions were ill-intentioned, and he had recently collapsed due to the victory of Songshan, but if the news of Gao Zongting's secret visit to Huaidong at this time leaked out, Li Zhuo would not be able to clear the suspicion of bad intentions with a hundred mouths.

Lin Jian didn't pick up the blood book on the ground, and didn't even look at Gao Zongting's haggard eyes that pinned his hopes on Huaidong, he looked at the goose feather snow outside the work shed with his hands - his vision was covered by the wind and snow, and he couldn't see thirty or fifty paces away, and even the cavalry on the periphery was only shaking with a vague influence.

Cao Ziang wanted to speak and stopped, gave up in despair, and stood aside without saying a word.

Song Jia looked at the blood book on the ground, and then looked at Lin Lian's slightly thin back.

How to cut off food?

Even if it is interrupted due to an "accident", the grain storage in Gyeonggi and the grain and grass in the hands of the Jizhen military commander in Changli and in the hands of Hao Zongcheng can still last for a month or two.

Both inside and outside the government and the opposition, the vast majority of people believe that it is within easy reach to solve the border troubles in Liaodi once and for all. If it was only because of accidents such as "shipwrecks", "uproar of grain merchants" or "Korean attacks", the imperial court would have asked the Huaidong Military Division and the Dengzhou Navy Division to work together to restore the smooth flow of the grain route, and most likely would have been more eager to urge Li Zhuo to use troops from Songshan to Liaoyang.

Even if Huaidong put forward all kinds of coercion, it would not work.

Don't talk about Jiangning's side, Yanjing's side is likely to pinch its nose and admit any conditions put forward by Huaidong first: that is, the price of grain will rise by 30% or 50%, and the extra grain and silver in a month will only be more than 100,000 or 200,000 taels. The household department can't last for a year or two, and it can still hold on for a month or two.

Even if Lin Jian used the Jinhai grain road to threaten the king at this time, the imperial court might agree first - but the imperial court would even press all its hopes on the battle of Liaoxi, hoping that after completely solving the border troubles in Liaodi, it would be able to free up its hands to clean up these powerful eunuch warlords in Huaidong.

In addition to Huaidong's neat cutting off of the grain route, it was clear that the imperial court was coerced to give up its military adventures in western Liaoning.

Huaidong may be able to save the Jibei Army from the brink of annihilation, and may be able to avoid the collapse of the Yanbei defense line in an instant, but what consequences will Huaidong bear?

The thief of the country referred to by the thousand husbands!

Tearing his face, the Jinhai grain road could not be maintained, and after Li Zhuo withdrew from the army, the first thing the imperial court to survive this winter was likely to move the capital to Jiangning.

Huaidong will be the first warlord force to be eliminated by the Yuan clan after the imperial capital moved south.

If Lin Jian wants to save his life, he can only lead everyone to withdraw from Huaidong and retreat to Haidong - ah, Haidong!

A thought flashed through Song Jia's mind, is Haidong a retreat left by Lin Tie for himself?

No wonder Li Zhuo thought that Lin Tie would cooperate with him to draw salary from the bottom of the kettle at this time, there are really not many people in the world who can see through Lin Tie's layout.

What choice will Lin Tie make? Will it be for the Yuan family and the world, and give up the Huaidong foundation that has been so hard to operate to such a scale?

What will Fu Qinghe, Lin Mengde, Qin Chengzu, Cao Ziang and others think of this? Will they agree with any decision Lin Tie makes?

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I don't know how long it took, Lin Jian slowly turned around, looked at Gao Zongting, and asked, "Mr. Gao, you tell me: I withdraw from Huaidong, will the Yuan clan have a chance to restore the rule of Zhongxing?" ”

The blood book of the word "cut off grain" contains too much information, but for Lin Bin, Gao Zongting, Cao Ziang and others, there is no need to explain anything in too many words.

Song Jia knew that Lin Tie would not sacrifice anything for the rotten Yuan clan, the Yuan clan could restore the rule of Zhongxing, and the people of the world would not be affected by the chaos and make a living for the people of the world, but Lin Tie was willing to cut off the grain first and then withdraw from Huaidong - is Li Zhuo sure to help the Yuan family restore the rule of Zhongxing?

Gao Zongting's lips pursed, his hands rubbed the cotton robe with his head exposed, Lin Lian's eyes were sharp and deep, and the question directly pressed on his body, like a thousand pounds, he was difficult and unable to answer, and spit out a few meaningless syllables in his throat, but finally couldn't say a word.

"Trouble Mr. Gao to bring three words to Li Shuai!" Lin Tie sat cross-legged, picked up the white silk cloth and spread it on his lap, pulled out the short knife at his waist, cut the middle finger of his right hand, and wrote three blood characters crookedly: "Qingjun side"!

Compared with the word "food shortage", the three blood words "Qingjun side" are even more shocking!

"Qingjun side!" Gao Zongting did not accept the blood book handed back by Lin Bin, looking at the three blood characters on the white silk cloth, his face showed not surprise, but a wry smile.

Song Jia secretly calculated in his heart: Lin Jian immediately gave up the offensive on the southern front, gathered elites from Huaidong to the north, and joined forces with the Tianjin Navy to get 20,000 elite infantry and 3,000 elite cavalry.

Although the Yanjing battalion has about 80,000 or 90,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the garrison, as long as Li Zhuoken cooperates, in the name of attacking Liaoyang, he transfers some of the soldiers and horses of the Beijing battalion to strengthen the defense in the direction of Datong and Linyu, and the possibility of Lin Jian leading elite soldiers and horses to land from Jinhai and successfully enter the "Qingjun side" of Yanjing is not low.

Li Zhuo quickly imprisoned Hao Zongcheng and others, and mastered the Jibei Army-Huaidong quickly organized the Gongqi battalion into an army, and the soldiers and horses could be rapidly expanded by as many as 70,000 or 80,000, completely controlling the situation in Huaidong, including Weiyang Mansion; Gu Wuchen controlled the Jiangning Water Camp, and Lin Tingli controlled the Dongyang Army; Dong Yuan and Chen Zhihu are Li Zhuo's old subordinates, and even if they don't make a choice immediately, most of them will choose to wait and see - then Yue Lengqiu and Zhang Xitong have no possibility of setting up a new emperor in Jiangning.

The next step is to compromise with Liang Xi and Cao Yiqu......

Of course, this is only an ideal state, and it may collapse suddenly, but it will not be more serious than the consequences of "food shortage".

Song Jia sighed in her heart when she saw that Gao Zongting did not accept the blood book.

Cao Ziang could also see it on the side, Gao Zongting's expression undoubtedly showed that he had offered this plan to Li Zhuo, and thought to himself: If Li Zhuo can use this plan ruthlessly, it will not be Li Zhuo! "The situation in the north is not necessarily unsolvable," he said. Two months as early as March, and as late as March, Liaodong Bay will be warm and ice melt in spring......"

"I hope so!" Gao Zongting said a word with difficulty, Cao Ziang said this was just a word of relief, he bowed to Lin Lianzuo again, and said, "I also want to trouble Huaidong to prepare a ship to send me to Jinhai...... He wants to go from the shore of Jinhai to Liaoxi to join Li Zhuo.

Lin Lian wanted to speak and stopped, he hoped that Gao Zongting could stay in Huai'an, but seeing that his mind was firm, he couldn't open his mouth in this way, waved his hand dejectedly, and said to Cao Ziang: "Ziang, you can arrange it!" ”

Cao Ziang helped Gao Zongting to get into the carriage, saluted Lin Lian, turned over his horse, took dozens of cavalry guards, walked back and forth, and soon disappeared into the wind and snow - the situation in Huaisi was also tense, and Cao Ziang did not dare to leave Shanyang for too long.

Lin Jian was not in the mood to see Zhao Qinmin, who had just gone to Yanqing, he climbed into the carriage, called Zhou Pu to his side, and said: "After tonight, I will go to Yanqing tomorrow ......" got into the carriage, feeling haggard and exhausted!

Lin Jian didn't say where to stay overnight, as long as he didn't go to Yanqing to see Zhao Qinmin today. When it got dark, Zhou Pu took the cavalry to the west, went to Jianling County to camp in Jianling County, and sent someone to Yanqing to inform Sun Jingtang and ask him to find a way to get Zhao Qinmin; Song Jia also followed into the carriage to avoid the wind and snow.

The westward march was carried out in the wind and snow, and the cavalry walked very slowly.

Lin Jian fell asleep in the carriage groggily, when he woke up, he had not yet arrived in Jianling City, it was dark, and the wind and snow outside the car window were roaring, and he did not recover his strength after sleeping, but he became more and more exhausted, his body was cold, but his forehead was very hot, and he was sick.

Lin Lian's illness made Song Jia, Zhou Pu and others panic.

Lin Jian is a person who practices martial arts, his muscles and bones are hard, and he will not get sick easily, but if he gets sick, it will be more troublesome than ordinary people.

Zhou Pu wanted to send someone to Chongzhou to ask the medical officer to come over, but Lin Jian did not agree, only said that he was not so delicate, and it was good to go to Jianling to rest for one night, but his body still couldn't control the cold war.

Song Jia remembered what Lin Zhuo said when he guarded the tomb for Tang Haoxin, the person who had the deepest influence on Lin Tie in the world, except for Tang Haoxin, was probably Li Zhuo, who didn't have a deep relationship - if Li Zhuo hadn't reached a desperate situation, how could Gao Zongting come over to see Lin Tie with a blood book?

Lin Tie was planning for Huaidong and refused to cooperate with Li Zhuoxing's plan of "cutting off food and drawing salary", and the blow to Lin Tie's heart was heavier than outsiders imagined.

If you talk about the hero, Lin Tie may not be qualified to be called a hero, his heart is not black enough, his methods are not vicious enough, and he has too many worries in his heart - maybe after this pass, Lin Tie will not be so worried and worried, right? Maybe this is where Lin Tie is better than others.

There may be no shortage of ruthless heroes in the world.

Song Jia hugged the cold war Lin Jian in her arms, and wanted to use the body temperature with a faint fragrance to make him feel warmer.

Although Lin Jian was sick and uncomfortable, and his head was dizzy, his brain was not burned and confused, lying in Song Jia's arms, and chanting softly: "When you are drunk, you can pick up the lamp and look at the sword, and you dream of blowing the horn and the battalion." Eight hundred miles of moxibustion, fifty strings turned over the outside sound. Autumn soldiers on the battlefield. The horse-made Lu was fast, and the bow was like a thunderbolt. But the king of the world, won the name before and after his death. Poor white happens! ”

Song Jia didn't know that Lin Jian was reading other people's words, listening to him sing softly, although the words were full of arrogance, I thought he was talking about Li Zhuo, right? Only what Li Zhuo thinks in his heart is "the affairs of the king and the world", think about Li Zhuo's loyalty to the Yuan family with all his heart and death, and what will be the end?