(The first update, ask for a red ticket)

The Weiyang Salt and Iron Division set up a field and a warehouse yamen in Hecheng, and were respectively appointed by low-level civil officials such as the grassland supervisor, the warehouse ambassador, the deputy minister, and the deputy ambassador, and there was a battalion of salt guards led by the grassland captain, and the supervisor was set up above the supervisor, the warehouse ambassador, and the grassland captain to take care of his affairs, and it was Song Xiaobo, the capital supervisor of the Hecheng Division, who came to Chongzhou to ask for help.

Hearing that Song Xiaobo, the capital supervisor of Hecheng, came to ask for help in person, Lin Lian's face was gloomy, and he asked people to bring Song Xiaobo in, but he didn't expect Wang Chengfu to follow in. Lin Jian passed through Jiangmen, met Wang Chengfu, knew that he was talented, and took him under his command, so that he temporarily participated in the inventory of public land affairs in the Jiuhua area, and I don't know how he met Song Xiaobo, and accompanied Song Xiaobo to Zilang Mountain to ask for reinforcements.

Lin Jian ignored Wang Chengfu for the time being, and stared at Song Xiaobo, the capital supervisor of Hecheng.

Song Xiaobo's body was fat, and he walked into the hall of Dongya, his face was undiminished, and he pushed away the entourage who was supporting him, his knees were weak, and he knelt down and bowed in front of Lin Jian without any backbone, and howled loudly: "The soldiers surrounded Hecheng, and the lower officials fought hard to get out of the siege and came to Chongzhou to ask for reinforcements, and the family was still trapped in Hecheng...... Please Lord Lin send reinforcements to save Hecheng, the subordinate Song Xiaobo is grateful for Lord Lin's help, there is nothing to repay in this life, and he will be a cow and a horse in the next life——"

Seeing the fat on Song Xiaobo's cheeks trembling when he cried, Lin Jian was so hateful that he wanted to kick him out of the lobby.

Obviously, it was these incompetent officials who were greedy for life and afraid of death who fled first when they heard the wind, so that the defenders were routed and the Hecheng military fortress completely fell into the hands of the East China Sea Kou, Song Bozi could refer to the deer as a horse, and said that the matter of escaping at night was a breakthrough and asking for help, and his face was ashamed - even if he wanted to break through and ask for help, it would not be his turn to get out of the horse - this side is only seventy or eighty miles away from the Hecheng military fortress, and the land, sea and rivers are connected, if Song Xiaobo can lead the official Zuo Yanding to stick to the military fortress, not to mention two thousand Kou soldiers, it is three or four times more Kou soldiers, and this side can also calmly rescue- If the general of the Jiangdong Left Army dared to be so greedy for life and afraid of death, Lin Jian would not hesitate to cut off his head to correct military discipline.

The Donghai Kou captured the Hecheng Military Fortress without a single hand, and gained a foothold at such a critical point, not only directly threatening the abdomen of Chongzhou, but also using the Hecheng Military Fortress as a stronghold, the Donghai Kou were able to stay in the East China Sea of Chongzhou for a long time, and carried out long-term continuous invasion and destruction of Chongzhou, Huainan Salt Field, and Hecheng Grassland.

Seeing the fat man kneeling on the ground like a mourner, Lin Lian's eyes showed a fierce light, looking at the teacup in his hand, and he had the urge to pick up the teacup and smash it on his head.

The detailed information of the loss of the Hecheng military fortress is known here, and listening to Song Xiaobo's lies about the breakthrough in the hall, everyone in the hall looks down on them, and the Hecheng military fortress is particularly important to Chongzhou, and it has fallen into the hands of Kou, so that this side has fallen into complete passivity, and he has a great hatred for Song Xiaobo, who is responsible for the city, and he can't figure out how this fat man has the face to run to Chongzhou to ask for troops to help him recapture Hecheng?

On the surface, Song Xiaobo wanted to ask reinforcements to recapture the Hecheng Military Fortress, and he should also ask the Salt and Iron Division to send troops, which had nothing to do with the Jiangdong Left Army - besides, the Hecheng Division Military Fortress was completely taken by the Kou soldiers, unless the Kou soldiers took the initiative to retreat and forcibly recapture, they would have to pay a very heavy price.

Wang Chengfu looked at the faces of everyone in the hall and his face was cloudy, don't say that Song Xiaobo, who Lin Jian didn't give up the city and fled, took it seriously, and no one in the hall took the initiative to stand up Song Xiaobo from the ground, hurriedly took two steps forward, stood under the hall and said loudly: "Chongzhou and Hecheng, next to each other, are supposed to be in the same boat and fight against robbers, don't want Lord Song to invite, Lord Lin will also send troops to help Hecheng......"

Everyone in the hall was full of dissatisfaction with Song Xiaobo who abandoned the city and fled, Lin Jian also had a gloomy face, and made a gesture to drive Song Xiaobo out, but Wang Chengfu stood up to speak for Song Xiaobo without interest, Hu Zhicheng reprimanded: "How can you speak here, you are not in Jiuhua, who asked you to come back?" ”

Wang Chengfu didn't mind, and said: "Chengfu met Lord Song in Jiuhua early in the morning who was going to Weiyang Mansion to ask for help, thinking that with the danger of Hecheng, wait for Weiyang's reinforcements to arrive, I am afraid that I have already let the Kou soldiers gain a firm foothold in Hecheng, so I followed Lord Song to Chongzhou to ask for help - the Jiangdong Left Army is very powerful and invincible, as long as the soldiers are in the city, the Kou soldiers will abandon the city and flee......"

"How easy can it be?" Hu Zhicheng said angrily.

Cao Ziang signaled not to let Hu Zhicheng say anything, he knew that Lin Lian attached great importance to Wang Chengfu, but he had just taken him under his command, and there was no chance to reuse him, seeing that he was talking nonsense in his mouth, but his eyes were confused, and it seemed that there was something else that was inconvenient to speak directly in person, so he said: "Lord Song came from afar to ask for help, hungry and thirsty, do you want Lord Song to take a rest first?" The matter of whether or not to send troops must be filled before it can be discussed. ”

Only then did Lin Jian suppress his anger and said to Wu Meijiu: "Please Lord Wu accompany you on your behalf......

Wu Meijiu is of the same rank as Song Xiaobo, and he should accompany him, and he wonders in his heart how Song Xiaobo could run to Lin Lian to beg for pleasure? Seeing that Lin Tie didn't mean to help Song Xiaobo stand up, the rabbit died and the fox was sad, he and Wang Chengfu picked up Song Xiaobo's fat body from the brick floor, his hands were very heavy, and he doubted whether he could stand up.

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Due to the presence of Gu Siyuan and others, when Wu Meijiu accompanied Song Xiaobo to the side hall to rest, and did not let Cao Ziang and Fu Qinghe accompany them, Lin Jian directly asked Wang Chengfu to follow him to the secret room in the back to talk about things.

Lin Jian sat down, looked at Wang Chengfu standing in front of him, and asked, "You say, what reason do I have to help Song Xiaobo recapture Hecheng?" ”

"I persuaded Song Xiaobo to come to Chongzhou instead, I wanted to come directly to see the adult, I didn't want to meet Wu Meijiu, and I couldn't report to the adult first," Wang Chengfu said, "Chengfu asked the lord with a grit, if Song Xiaobo doesn't come to ask for help, will the adult send troops to recapture the Hecheng military fortress?" Can adults tolerate the Hecheng military fortress falling into the hands of the Kou for three months or more? ”

"The cavalry camp and the Chongzhou infantry camp have completed the assembly, if you don't come, you must set off at noon, first assemble along the Yunyan River, and stop the Kou soldiers from advancing west," Lin Liang waited for Wang Cheng to serve sincerely, and there was no need to hide these things from him, and said, "Hecheng fell into the hands of the Kou, and the harm is very great, not to mention three months, a month is too long." ”

The Hecheng Military Fortress is located at a critical point, directly threatening Chongzhou's abdomen, and if he falls into the hands of Kou for a day, Chongzhou should not think about peace for a day. Not only will it affect the harvest of autumn grain, but also the dredging of rivers and the construction of cities will also be greatly delayed.

The most important thing is that the sea ships will go to sea from Chongzhou and take the Heishui Ocean route, and they will be able to reach the Jinhai Sea in three or five days, but the Hecheng military fortress will be lost, and the Chongzhou sea ships will be directly threatened by the East China Sea Kou if they take the Heishui Ocean route.

Lin Jian had already planned to arrange a boat division in Hecheng Port, and then seize Daheng Island, form a horn with Changshan Island, restrict the invasion of the North in the East China Sea, and thoroughly ensure the safety of the route from Chongzhou River Estuary to Heishuiyang, so that he could organize large-scale grain ships to go north from Chongzhou.

I don't want his plan to be implemented yet, the Hecheng military fortress was taken away by the Donghai Kou, and at this moment it seemed that the throat fell into the hands of the enemy, and he was afraid that the luxury family would see the key point of the Hecheng military fortress and stick to it desperately.

Even at the expense of making the secret camp of Changshan Island public, Lin Jian also wanted to concentrate his forces to take back the Hecheng Military Fortress, but he hated Song Xiaobo in his heart for being a greedy and incompetent person who harmed the situation, even if he wanted to recapture the Hecheng Military Fortress, he didn't want Song Xiaobo to take advantage of it.

Although the Hecheng military fortress is located at the mouth of the river, the shape of the wall is complete, it is impregnable, easy to defend and difficult to attack, how easy is it to forcibly recapture?

Therefore, Lin Liancai especially hates Song Xiaobo, these incompetent officials who are greedy for life and afraid of death, in order to clean up the mess they have caused, I don't know how many lives have to be filled! However, the current mastermind of the luxury family is not likely to divide troops on the northern front for a long time, and as long as enough pressure is exerted here, Donghai Kou is likely to take the initiative to withdraw.

"Chengfu heard the old man say a sentence: Those who want to do great things can tolerate gentlemen, and they must also be able to tolerate villains - since the adults want to send troops to recapture Hecheng, why do you mind letting Song Xiaobo take a ride with the wind?" Wang Chengfu then asked, "Let me ask you again, if you want to seek the Hecheng grassland, do you want the head of the Hecheng Division to be an incompetent person who is greedy and afraid of life, or do you want him to be a capable person with discipline?" ”

Lin Lian sighed slightly, although he hated Song Xiaobo for being greedy for life and afraid of death, incompetent and despicable, but just as Wang Chengfu said, if Song Xiaobo is a capable person with discipline, how can he be allowed to get involved in the Hecheng grassland? Rationally speaking, he not only wants to recapture Hecheng, but also helps Song Xiaobo cover up the crime of abandoning the city and fleeing.

Wang Chengfu observed Lin Lian's expression and continued: "Fleeing without fighting and abandoning the city led to the collapse of the defenders, and it is a major crime to investigate it, but for those who are greedy for life and afraid of death, even if they live a little longer, it is good." If the Lord can cover up this sin for him, why worry that he will be able to turn out the palm of the adult's hand one day......"

Lin Jian grabbed a book on the desk, his finger joints were white, and he almost scratched the cover, and after a while, he let go of his hand and said: "The Hecheng military fortress can't be captured after all, as for how to cover up the charges for Song Xiaobo, you are responsible for ......."

"Song Xiaobo wants to cover up his crimes, in addition to Li Dai Taostiff and find a substitute for the dead ghost, he must always do something," Wang Chengfu said calmly, "The Hecheng rout army dispersed into Chongzhou, please borrow some soldiers and horses for me to restrain the chaotic soldiers, in addition to the Hecheng military fortress, there are nine pavilions in the Hecheng grassland, all of which have a small number of garrisons. ”

Lin Jian waved his hand and said, "I will give you a cavalry at your disposal in the afternoon, you go to Song Xiaobo first to calm his mind." "Since he has made up his mind to help Song Xiaobo cover up the charges, Lin Jian no longer needs to make him feel unhappy, secretly Wang Chengfu committed adultery with Cao Yiqu's daughter, ruined the Cao family's style, and can still save his life, I think there are really people who pity him and can't bear to kill him.

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Accompanied by Su Tingzhan, the extravagant flying bear boarded the wave-proof sea pond of Hecheng Port - the coastline east of Hecheng Division is more than 200 miles tortuous, only this one has a sea pond, and the rest of the place is a tidal flat directly exposed to the tide. In normal times, when the tide rises, the tidal flats within a range of twenty or thirty miles will be flooded by seawater, and when the tide is high, half of the Hecheng grassland will be submerged.

Extravagant Feixiong stood on the wave-proof sea pond and looked at the Hecheng military fortress two miles away. More than 900 steps in Zhou, the Hecheng military fortress of two zhang high is not a heroic city in the Central Plains, but it is built with bricks and stones, standing at the south mouth of the Yanhe River, the surrounding terrain is low and flat, and a horse is flat and the river is flat, it is particularly majestic.

Su Tingzhan watched Cheng Yiqun climb up the embankment, stretched out his hand and pulled him, and asked, "I have checked carefully, has the fort really not done anything?" ”

"I have checked inside and out, and it is true that the defenders abandoned the city and fled," Cheng Yiqun said, "The Jiangdong Left Army has only more than 200 soldiers in the western garrison, and there are also some people who assist in the defense, all of which are useless and cannot advance eastward for the time being." ”

"Everything is about being careful," Su Tingzhan said, "Lin Tie in Cangnan wanted to indulge in the plan, first of all, the Xiaobotou plug was easily given to the Dongyu, in fact, a lot of things that were easy to ignite were arranged in the village, and when the counterattack on the Xiaobotou Village, he directly sealed the gate of the village and set it on fire, and burned more than 1,000 captives to death in the village, and it is not too careful to deal with Lin Tie......

"No matter how clever this shaft is, it can't be counted that the officials and defenders of the Hecheng Division will be so incompetent......" Cheng Yiqun laughed, and there was a suspicion that Su Tingzhan was too careful in his tone.

Su Tingzhan didn't mind, although it didn't take much effort to inadvertently take down the Hecheng Military Fortress, but he had to admit that it was a miracle, and it was normal for Cheng Yiqun to be a little complacent. Strictly speaking, Cheng Yiqun and Shu Qingqiu are both recruited by the second son, and Qin Zitan has also secretly haunted the Shengsi Islands several times, just to replace the second son to maintain influence on Cheng Yiqun, a force adapted from Taihu Lake pirates.

They didn't think of capturing the Hecheng military fortress before, and the original plan was to make a strong attack on Hecheng, and when the Jiangdong Left Army came to help, they would retreat north.

In the offshore waters between the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River, most of the terrain is shallow shoals, except for the deep estuaries of rivers and lakes. As long as the main warships of the Jinghai Battalion do not participate in the battle, Su Tingzhan is not afraid to engage in a water battle with the Jinghai Battalion in the shallow sea.

Cheng Yiqun asked Hao Feixiong again: "If you occupy this dangerous place, you will have a foothold, is it now to send people to infiltrate the hinterland of Chongzhou and catch the Jiangdong Left Army by surprise?" If you want to be fooled by Quan Jiqing, you have to fight a lot here......"

"It is not advisable to go too deep, now is not the time for a large-scale battle with the Jiangdong Left Army." Su Tingzhan said that the Jiangdong Left Army has a cavalry battalion establishment, taking a straight road, sixty or seventy miles, and it only takes an hour for the cavalry battalion to gallop to arrive, and the generals still have the strength to dismount and fight, and the small force penetrates too deeply, and it is easy to lose the troops.

"I'll go back to the south in the afternoon, and I'll leave this matter to Tingzhan." Fei Fei Xiong said.

Hearing that Fei Feixiong determined that the northern front was headed by Su Tingzhan, Cheng Yiqun was not happy in his heart, and asked directly: "If the Jiangdong Left Army blockades the open sea with a boat division, and the infantry and the Yantiesi joint forces force forward from the western front and storm the Hecheng military fortress, how will it be handled?" ”

Extravagant Feixiong's brows furrowed slightly, he also thought that Lin Lian would be unable to tolerate the Hecheng military fortress falling into their hands, and it was likely to join forces with the soldiers and horses of the Salt and Iron Division to forcibly force Hecheng, and it was really difficult to decide whether to retreat or defend at that time, he thought for a while, and did not make up his mind, but said: "The momentum must always be bigger, Quan Ciqing has not swallowed the hook, you have to stick to Hecheng, after Quan Ciqing swallows the hook, your side will decide according to the situation, however, everything is mainly based on the southern line." ”