On the eighth day of August, Emperor Yongxing officially issued an edict, with Xie Chaozhong, the commander of the imperial camp army, as the envoy of western Zhejiang and the right to know Huizhou, and Liu Zhi, the young eunuch of the inner service province, as the envoy of the Guan army, and jointly led 40,000 soldiers and horses of the imperial camp army to the south to reinforce Huizhou; Yu Bijiang and others went south with the army with the title of senator of the army; And the original Huinan system envoy Deng Yu as the deputy envoy, immediately in Huizhou City to build ordnance and war equipment, in order to send troops from Yuling Pass to recover western Zhejiang after the autumn, for the siege of the city, land grabbing, preparation.

Huizhou is the intersection of Jiangdong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and three counties, and is located about 500 miles southwest of Jiangning.

From Huizhou to the northeast, through Xinxian, Jixi to Ningguo, there is a relatively narrow and dangerous valley plain, sandwiched between the majestic and precipitous Fuyu Mountain and Yishan, it is also the only land passage for a large number of soldiers and horses to enter Jiangning from eastern Jiangxi and western Zhejiang.

From Ningguo to the north, the terrain suddenly opens up, except for the undulating large areas of low hills and hills, all the way to the city of Jiangning, there are no major terrain obstacles.

As early as late June, the Imperial Battalion began to prepare for the expedition, and the edict was issued to develop it on August 12, and it went south along the post road at the eastern foot of Maoshan Mountain, passed through Ningguo, and entered the territory of Huizhou.

In comparison, the response of the luxury family was not slow, and at about the same time, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses were transferred from Yuzhang to cross the Jiangxi River to the east to reinforce Wuyuan.

But in comparison, the Zhejiang-Fujian army has less than 30,000 soldiers and horses in western Zhejiang, not only to guard against Xie Chaozhong's departure from Huizhou to Yuling Pass, but also to guard against Meng Yishan from Fuyang along the Qianjiang River to fight Tonglu, and the army is still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength - the only thing that can comfort the Zhejiang-Fujian army or give Xie Chaozhong and others a headache is the complex terrain of western Zhejiang.

Although Xie Chaozhong arrived in Huizhou City in mid-August with an elite army, he really wanted to send troops to Yuling Pass to western Zhejiang, and he had to wait for Huaidong to make some moves on the eastern front - this was also a step agreed by Jiangning in advance, even if Emperor Yongxing was always worried that Huaidong had bad intentions towards Jiangning.

Huaidong did not move, and Yue Lengqiu's role in pinning down the Zhejiang-Fujian army in Jiangzhou was limited, and the luxury family could further transfer troops and horses from the east and west to reinforce western Zhejiang-such a situation was definitely not what Jiangning wanted to see.

Only after Huaidong launched an offensive on the eastern front, Xie Chaozhong sent troops from Yuling Pass to western Zhejiang.

The situation has collapsed to this point, just waiting for Huaidong to make a move and turn the situation to the next step.

In Xuzhou in the middle of August, there is already a cool feeling after autumn, and the miscellaneous trees such as mulberry elm in the streets and alleys will be sparsely blown by the wind, and a layer of leaves will fall down sparsely.

Lin Jian pushed the window to look at the laurel tree in the courtyard, which was blown by the wind, gently shaken, and fragrant.

On the corner table, a scroll of edicts, white jade shafts, moire yellow silk, looked gorgeous, lying quietly on the sandalwood corner table - this edict just came from Jiangning today, urging Lin Jian to go south to lead the troops to fight as soon as possible. With today's edict, Jiang Ning has urged three times in a row.

"I'm leaving, I'm walking heavily, I can't bear to go!" Lin Jian sighed lightly.

"Jiang Ning didn't know the danger of the army, and at this time, he was only worried that Huaidong would make a false shot, so that their deployment in Huizhou and Jiangzhou would fall into the void." Liu Miaozhen stood behind Lin Lian, she could understand the thoughts of the people in Jiangning, but she felt a little sorry for them: she couldn't see the pit in front of her when she opened her eyes, but she was bent on hating the person who wanted to pull them along.

Lin Jian was supposed to leave Xuzhou in July to supervise the battle on the southern front, including pre-war military preparation and military mobilization, and it would take two or three months to prepare for a truly large-scale offensive.

Huaidong has been preparing on the southern front for so long and investing so much, it is impossible not to fight the war in eastern Fujian.

Even if we knew that the situation on the southern front would be a mess, this knife would have to be cut down.

Yan Hu had already gathered a large number of troops and horses in Yulin, wanting to march into Western Qin from the north, and Ye Ji Luorong also went north to sit in the town and preside over the battle against Guanzhong.

If the Cao family failed to hold Guanzhong, Yanhu would be able to send troops from Wuguan to attack Nanyang, and Hanzhong would also be able to go first, and then take Xiangfan - "if you lose Xiang, you will lose Huai", if you wait for Yanhu's troops to come to Xiangfan, and the main force of Huaidong cannot withdraw from the southern front, the whole situation will be sinister.

Even if the focus of Beiyan's offensive this autumn and winter was placed in Guanzhong, it was not that they did not notice Jiangning's abnormality. Just the day before yesterday, 20,000 elite horsemen from Beiyan entered Shouzhang from Jinan.

Shouzhang is located at the junction of Shandong and Henan, close to Xuzhou, since the Dongping War, it has become an important town of Beiyan in the land of Hehuai.

Northern Yan stationed troops in Shouzhang, Xu Si and Huaixi will feel great pressure - of course, Northern Yan to Shouzhang to increase troops, may also strengthen Chen Zhihu's advance on Hezhong Mansion, through Hezhong Mansion, Northern Yan will be able to use troops on the two lines of the Cao family to carry out a flank attack.

In any case, how Huaidong should fight, it is still necessary to fight hard-drag and not fight, and the situation will not improve.

However, it is also obvious that once there is a loophole in the Huaixi defense line, Ye Jiduodi will not hesitate to lead a large number of troops and horses to wade across the Hehuai land to the south.

Liu Miaozhen also looked at the laurel tree outside the window, saw Lin Jian frowning, and said: "Jiangning really wants the luxury family to fall, I think Huaidong should take the first step to take Weiyang!" ”

If Jiangning falls, half of the country that has been pieced together is likely to be torn apart, and militarily, Huaidong will take Weiyang first, at least to ensure the integrity of Huaidong's terrain.

Lin Jian smiled, shook his head and said, "It's useless to worry too much, at the moment, it can only be said that there is wine today and drunk today!" No matter how bad the current situation is, it is better than when you ran bare-bottomed on a fishing boat, right? ”

"Who's running bare-bottomed?" Liu Miaozhen saw that Lin Jian was still worried about the country and the people in front of her, and she didn't have a proper way to speak at this time, so she couldn't keep up with his rhythm for a while, so she laughed at him, and was a little caught off guard, and retorted with a slightly red face.

A few days ago, Lin Lian and Liu Miaozhen took a boat along Surabaya to Hongzepu to inspect, the fishermen's life was extremely embarrassing, and their children ran around on the bow of the boat with their bare buttocks, so that Lin Lian saw it and asked Liu Miaozhen if her life was so embarrassing when she was young?

Liu Miaozhen also had a hard life, and she said casually, who would have thought that Lin would laugh at her with a bare ass in the boudoir.

Seeing that Liu Miaozhen had a shy face, Lin Jian took her hand and said, "This farewell, I don't know when we will see each other, do you complain about me?" ”

"I can share the worries of my husband, it's too late for the concubine to be happy, how can I complain?" Liu Miaozhen grabbed Lin Jian with her hand, and her body softened inexplicably, and said, "As long as you give me the letter, don't want Mr. Ye to ghostwrite!" ”

Lin Lian laughed, he and Liu Miaozhen have always been very light, he is determined to use Liu Miaozhen to guard Xuzhou, except for Liu Miaozhen, there is no more suitable manpower, but with this relationship, even if he and Liu Miaozhen respect each other, there is a lot less intimacy.

Liu Miaozhen is also a person with a strong temperament, and when she gets along with Lin Bin, she will not have a lot of boudoir fun, she will not learn from Song Jia so charming, nor will she be as petty as Xiaoman from time to time, scratching the itch of Lin Bin, nor will she be as considerate of Lin Jian as Su Mei.

Moreover, Liu Miaozhen is also reserved and does not compete with other women, but after Su Mei and Sun Wenwan accompanied Xiaoman back to Chongzhou to give birth, she only had sex with Lin Jian a little more often.

Lin Jian really understands why the king is close to the villain and away from the gentleman since ancient times, the gentleman is too serious, which makes it difficult for people to get close, the villain can scratch your itch everywhere, and have sex with Liu Miaozhen seriously, how can Song Jia always have fun with the Zuo sisters to tease him?

It was rare to hear Liu Miaozhen say affectionate words, Lin Lian took her hand, hugged her into his arms, and said, "It's rare to hear you say that......"

"Is there one?" Liu Miaozhen snuggled in Lin Lian's arms, her cheeks were pressed together, and Ren Lin Lian's hand rubbed and touched her lower abdomen, and her body gradually warmed up......

After more than half a year of operation, the Xusi defense line took Xuzhou City as the core, and the city fortresses of Huaiyang, Xiapi, Peixian, Guangqi, and Dangshan were repaired and consolidated.

The people in the north of Xuzhou City have all moved away, and the area south of Xuzhou City to the north bank of the Huai River is about 200 miles deep, and the villages have been completed. The Yishan Resistance Army under the command of Chu Zheng also withdrew south to Mengshan, disengaged from the new annex army in Qingzhou, and strengthened the defense of Xuzhou and Yizhou.

There may be a big crisis in Jiangning, Dong Yuan's choice is unknown, Cao Ziang and Ning Zechen led Feng to leave the army and the third water battalion in Shanyang.

When the situation is really so bad that it can't be lost, Lin Lian can only bite the bullet and transfer Feng to leave the army to the west to plug the gap - no matter how bad the situation is, Haozhou and Shouzhou cannot fall into the hands of Beiyan, otherwise the advantage of the entire upper reaches of the Huai River will lose its opponent.

Once the Huai River is no longer a barrier, the Northern Yan Iron Cavalry gallops on the land of Huaixi, and Dongyang Mansion will be difficult to defend alone, and the Northern Yan Iron Cavalry crossing the Shiliang River is Weiyang, and crossing Weiyang is Hailing Mansion and Huai'an Mansion - once the hinterland of Huaidong is reduced to a war zone, this situation will be too ugly.

Don't be too late, Lin Jian didn't leave Xuzhou until late August and headed south.

Ye Junan and others went directly to Mingzhou Mansion to join Fu Qinghe to carry out preparations for the early stage of the war, and Gao Zongting accompanied Lin Jian to stay in Chongzhou for a few days.

Rushing Liu Yue'er to add another son in Chongzhou, Lin Jian wanted to stay in Chongzhou and get together with the girls for a few days, and there was also a mess in Chongzhou that Lin Jian had to deal with......

Huaidong only needs to take Xiapu or gain a firm foothold in Quanzhou before next year's storm season, and even transport troops to the south by sea throughout the winter.

Time dragged on, and it was also beneficial for Xie Chaozhong to gain a firm foothold in Huizhou, so that Xie Chaozhong and Deng Yu had a run-in. Even if Xie Chaozhong sent troops to fight western Zhejiang and was frustrated, it would not be too ugly.

In terms of using troops in the middle of the road, Lin Tie suggested that Xie Chaozhong lead his troops to fight western Zhejiang, and Deng Yu led his troops to defend Huizhou-but whether it can be arranged like this is not something that Lin Tie can control.

If the situation in Jiangning is violently turbulent, the key to whether Huaidong can be stabilized lies in the hearts of the people.

At the end of August, a secret report came from Huizhou, which made Lin Jian and others even more worried.

Before Jiangning decided to send Xie Chaozhong to lead the troops, Huaidong sent additional outposts to Huizhou to observe the anomalies in the direction of Zhejiang's west at any time - even if Huaidong could respond to the change in the situation one day earlier, it would be beneficial and harmless.

"As soon as Xie Chaozhong arrived in Huizhou, he had a disagreement with Deng Yu on the issue of defending the war, and even had a big quarrel during the military discussion, in front of the generals and schools of the army and Huizhou officials," Gao Zongting worriedly took the secret report, entered the Dongya Shoujing Hall, and said, "Xie Chaozhong really wants to squeeze Deng Yu out, and the situation in southern Huizhou will only develop in the worst direction......

"We also hope that in southern Huizhou, Xie Chaozhong is responsible for advancing into western Zhejiang, and Deng Yu is responsible for guarding the back road, but it is clear that Xie Chaozhong does not want Deng Yue, who was promoted by Yue Lengqiu, to stay in Huizhou and point fingers at him......," Lin Jian said.

"If I were Xie Chaozhong, I would use Deng Yu to step on the trap of the luxury family!" Song Jia said.

"Xie Chaozhong will force Deng Yu to be the vanguard and send troops to western Zhejiang?" Lin Shuran asked.