(Today, I coded another 8,000 words, and the second one was sent, asking for a red ticket)

Yangshanzhai is located in the northwest of Qingzhou City more than ten miles, nearly forty miles away from Shouguang.

The terrain of Yangshan is not high, only eight or nine zhang high, it is a hill to the big one, but in fact it is just a mound standing on the east bank of the Yanghe River. Looking from the west bank, the earth cliff on the riverside side of Yangshan is as steep as cutting, which looks very tall and steep, and the local people are used to calling it a mountain.

Covering an area of only forty or fifty acres of square circle of Yangshan Village along the halfway up the mountainside and built, after the Zhejiang soldiers defeated the soldiers to occupy the Yangshan Village, drove the local villagers to dig down vertically on the outside of the wall, the soil slope of about one zhang away from the wall, forming a circular protective earth platform. People stand outside the village, the wall built on the earth and stone looks very majestic, which is also the place where Yangshan Village is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The officers and soldiers were repulsed in both attacks, and the Yanghe River in the west of Qingzhou was controlled by this gang of bandits.

In Zhou Pu's view, Yangshanzhai is not particularly difficult to attack, the soil and stone of the village look precipitous, in fact, the stone on the soil and stone is very thin, it is easy to dig and collapse to form a big gap. He and Wu Qi speculated that Liu Yefei's mind probably wanted to recruit these bandits for his own use, and he did not have the intention of exerting great efforts to suppress the bandits, so that they could survive in the hinterland of the northwest of Qingzhou City to this day.

Wu Qi went ashore two days in advance and contacted the bitter master, that is, the original residents who drove the defeated soldiers out of Yangshanzhai, not only knew the detailed terrain inside Yangshanzhai, but also learned that there was a merchant in the local area who secretly colluded with Yangshanzhai, and would take advantage of the darkness to transport grain, grass, ordnance and other materials into Yangshanzhai for trading at night.

After Wu Qi and Zhou Pu converged, they first directly controlled the merchant who colluded with Yangshanzhai with the power of thunder, and selected the elite to disguise themselves as a caravan under the merchant to transport goods into the village. After pretending to be a caravan to control the walled gate, the main force that had sneaked to the nearby place rushed up, and it only took half a shift to end the battle and capture Yangshanzhai.

More than 30 people were killed on the spot, more than 220 people were captured, and it didn't matter if some people escaped over the wall, Zhou Pu cut off the heads of 11 people led by Zhou Pu, and sent fast horses to Shouguang County to report the victory, in fact, he demonstrated with the officials of Shandong County who gathered in Shouguang County, and the moonlight in Qingzhou Mansion was still bright at this time.

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Shouguang, which has been in Chongguan for ten years, is just an insignificant small county town on the coastal plain of Shandong, the post house of blue bricks and black tiles is located in the east of the city, the place is not big, living in the front yard, and the neighing of mules and horses in the stable can be heard all night. Tang Haoxin is old, he can't sleep well at night, there is no charcoal burning in the house, the weather is still a little cold, and the quilt is still frozen so that the joints of his legs and feet are faintly tingling, and he can't rest well.

The courtyard of the post house is next to the main street of Shouguang City running through the east and west, Tang Haoxin was confused and heard someone running on the street of the courtyard, he didn't care at first, and after a while, he heard the sound of chaotic steps like a large army.

In order to guard against the Jiangdong Left Army, the Shandong County Division was transferred to 5,000 Qingzhou Prefecture troops to enter this small city, which caused people to suppress the horses.

You must know that all the residents in Shouguang City add up to three or four thousand, and suddenly five thousand people pour into the city, and the chaotic scene can be imagined.

Seeing that the sky outside the window was a little green, Tang Haoxin got up with his clothes, put on a cotton robe, pushed the door and walked into the courtyard, the light in the courtyard was still very dark, and the soldiers on duty were inevitably a little sleepy at this time. There is also a horse shed in the yard here, but there are no mules and horses in the stable, and the hay is matted, and the horses sleep in the haystack of the horse shed at night, and when they hear the footsteps in the yard, they wake up, and see Tang Haoxin coming out of the house, standing up and greeting: "The old man is up at this time?" ”

"At my age, I don't know when I'll close my eyes and fall into the ground, where do I still have the heart to sleep, and I can rest for a while, but you are careful of catching a cold." Tang Haoxin said.

"The small body is sturdy, and there is nothing serious." Ma Chao said.

Although he came to Shouguang, Lin Jian allocated an additional team of soldiers to escort Tang Haoxin, Ma Chao still didn't dare to rest assured, for fear that there would be assassins who would be unfavorable to Tang Haoxin, and he didn't dare to fake others for all the guards and diets, for fear of leakage. The imperial court is sinister, and the adults have only gained a firm foothold in Jiangning, and they can't talk about the deep foundation, if there is no boss in the capital to rely on, the situation will be very difficult.

"What's going on in the noisy streets outside?" Tang Haoxin asked.

"The Jiangdong Left Army cavalry battalion has leveled a stockade thirty miles south of Shouguang, and just threw the heads of more than a dozen bandits in front of the south gate of the county seat, causing a riot," Ma Chao said, "The specific news has not been confirmed, and the Shandong County Division is probably frightened and transferred back to Qingzhou......

"In the name of the bandits," Tang Haoxin sighed slightly, when he separated from Lin Tie in Daokou Town, he just asked Lin Tie to promise him that he could not use troops arbitrarily, but he would not criticize the specific military affairs of the Jiangdong Left Army to provoke people, he stroked his white beard under his chin, pondered for a while, and said, "It's also a reasonable excuse, the bandits in Qingyi Mountain have threatened the banks of the Jiaolai River, and they should indeed be cleared up with great efforts...... In this name, if he can find a suitable foothold in Shouguang South, Lin Jian will probably continue to increase his troops in the Qingyi Mountains. ”

"That's right, the Jiangdong Left Army did this, probably making the Shandong County Division very surprised and passive - after all, the Yangshan Village that the Jiangdong Left Army suppressed before dawn is only more than ten miles away from Qingzhou City, if the Jiangdong Left Army continues to increase troops to Yangshan Village and clear the bandits in the Qingyi Mountains in the south point by point, they are actually wandering around the gate of Qingzhou City - they didn't come to disturb you, my lord." Ma Chao said.

"What do I have to disturb?" Tang Haoxin said: "In this way, I should go back to my room and sleep - you go and do something for me, spread some words in the city, just say that if Liu Yefei is dismissed from his post and questioned, the Qingzhou Mansion Army formed by recruiting troops will definitely be purged, and those rebel generals and generals will also be dragged out for liquidation and severely punished......"

"Oh!" Ma Chao was slightly stunned, if such a rumor really played a role, wouldn't it prompt the Qingzhou Mansion army to support Liu Yefei? He couldn't guess what Tang Hao was thinking in his confidence for a while.

Tang Haoxin saw the puzzled look on Ma Chao's face, sighed lightly, and said: "Liu Yefei still can't understand the situation in Jinhai at this time, it's really stupid, Jinhai is actually a rope that Lin binds in his hand but puts it around the neck of the imperial court. Lin Jian wanted to use the name of clearing bandits to continue to use troops and increase troops in the heart of Qingzhou, so as to deter the Shandong County Division stationed in Qingzhou from attacking the imprisoned River Gang members. Both sides bite the bullet and do not retreat, and the matter can only wait for Jingzhong to decide. If the matter drags on for a day, the rope of Jinhai will be tightened for one day, and the grain shortage in Gyeonggi will be tightened for one day, and the situation will be unfavorable to the Shandong County Division for one day - the exchange of official letters between Beijing and China will not be able to go back and forth for half a month, and if it cannot be solved by one trip, it will be delayed for a month. The interruption of Jinhai's grain storage for one day will kill you, how can it be interrupted for a month? ”

"......" Ma Chao was silent, the matter of grain storage in Jinhai was really going to be interrupted for a month, and there would be chaos in Gyeonggi. Don't look at Lin Jian is small from the fifth rank of the scattered rank, only three or five thousand elite soldiers in his hands, even if there is a big chaos in Gyeonggi, he will still have the ability to force the imperial court to bow to him at that time.

"You watched Lin Tie rise in Jiangning step by step," Tang Haoxin said softly, "Don't look at him young, let me ask you, how many people do you think he can match - Wuchen can't do it, and I can't do it!" ”

"The old man thinks that Lin Jian may condone the Gyeonggi chaos?" Ma Chao boldly asked, he knew that these words should not have been asked by him.

"Gyeonggi is in turmoil, and most of the imperial court will abandon Yanjing and avoid Jiangning for the time being—how many people do you think can't imagine this possibility?" Tang Hao's confidence was depressed, and many things could not be told, all of them were held in his heart, he sighed and said, "Yue Lengqiu can imagine this change, and Lin Lian can naturally imagine this change. For the Lin clan, how attractive should it be to leap from a powerful clan on the edge of imperial power to a great family that can influence the government and politics? ”

Ma Chao broke out in a cold sweat on his back, he didn't expect that there was such a big mystery hidden behind this, and said: "No wonder when Lin Jian gathered the whole army in Jinhai, the boss didn't blame him for acting recklessly......"

"Hehe," Tang Haoxin smiled bitterly twice and said, "Not only did I not blame him, but I also did not hesitate to take the matter on my own head - you have been in the army for so many years, and you are usually more silent than Yang Pu, I think you know it in your heart - you put rumors out in the city for me, the current situation is likely to fall into a stalemate, we have to simply add another firewood to burn the fire more vigorously." When such rumors spread, one possibility is that the Qingzhou Mansion Army will unite to support Liu Yefei, and the other possibility is that Liu Yefei is not enough to rely on, and the Qingzhou Mansion Army will first collapse under pressure ......"

"Do you want to prompt the Qingzhou government army to mutiny?" Ma Chao asked. If the Qingzhou Mansion army mutinies, I am afraid that the Shandong County Division will beg Lin Tie to lead the troops into Qingzhou to quell the chaos, and it will always be able to promote the resolution of the matter as soon as possible.

"It's not that simple," Tang Haoxin sighed lightly, "The military discipline of the Qingzhou Mansion Army in the city is quite bad, you take people to the street today, and when you see those who have defeated the military discipline, you will directly send them to Admiral Chen Debiao, and ask him to punish him severely, now it depends on whether Chen Debiao understands people......

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After Lin Jian received the news that Zhou Pu led the cavalry battalion to successfully capture Yangshanzhai in Yingkou Town, he sent Zhou Tong back to the mouth of the Mihe River, replaced Cao Ziang to temporarily lead the second battalion, and led more than 600 soldiers to march to Yangshanzhai along the east bank of the Yanghe River. The mouth of the Yang River and the mouth of the Mi River are more than ten miles apart, and the two rivers are roughly parallel in the territory of Qingzhou Prefecture.

In the early morning light, Lin Tie was covered with a crimson official robe over his armor, standing on the deck looking at the hazy scenery on the distant shore, he knew that it was a very taboo thing to support troops to enter Shandong. Perhaps if this matter is resolved, the imperial court will directly transfer the Jiangdong Left Army back to Chongju, and will not tolerate such a disobedient army staying in Jinhae and staying on the side of the couch in Gyeonggi.

The footsteps behind him sounded softly, Lin Lian turned his head, Sun Wenwan was wearing his clothes, still dressed as a man, walked over, and bowed to Lin Lian.

"It's still early, why don't you rest for a while?" Lin Jian asked.

In the morning light, Sun Wenwan's face was still pale from blood loss, her lips were like withered rose petals, there was no luster, and her injuries had only been recuperated for three or four days, far from healing.

"Wen Wan can't replace my father with any promises to you, but adults will be so dedicated to my father and Xihe, Wen Wan can decide what promises she makes to adults," Sun Wenwan fell to her knees on the ground and said, "Even if the matter is properly resolved, my father will also be responsible for the Changyi mutiny, Wen Wan is the daughter of the sinners, a slave and a maid, I hope the adults will not dislike it!" ”

"If you come to talk to me, then stand up, I'm not used to talking to people kneeling on the ground, we're tired and panicked on each other," Lin Tie put his hands behind him, and didn't go to Sun Wenwan, asking her to get up from the deck by herself, and said, "Are you really willing that Xihe will be responsible for the Changyi mutiny?" You have to be clear, if my side takes the initiative to relax, how big the culpability of the Changyi mutiny will be in the end is not within my control. ”

"When the adults are fighting with the Qu family at the mouth of the river, my Xihe will seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, which is moral, my lord can ignore the past suspicions, Wen Wan is already grateful, where do you dare to ask for more?" Sun Wenwan stood up, still bowing her head and not daring to look at Lin Lian.

"There is no need to say these things again, just as I will think more about the Jiangdong Left Army now, Xihe will seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, which is not worth criticizing, and you will not think that I don't have this kind of tolerant stomach." Lin Jian said.

"Thank you for your understanding," Sun Wenwan said, "My father has only worked hard for the Xihe Society all his life, and before he was arrested, he only told me one thing, not to let the children of the Xihe Society die unjustly, and the life and death of the Sun family, gains and losses are trivial matters...... Besides, you won't be able to bear to cut off Jinhai Caoyun to blackmail the imperial court. ”

"Oh," Lin Jian stared at Sun Wenwan in surprise and asked with a smile, "How can you be so confident that you think you have seen through me?" ”

"Your Excellency is not a rigid person, but if Gyeonggi is in turmoil, it is not the clan or the official who is in despair and suffering, but the millions of unarmed civilians - your lord will not bear to see this happen." Sun Wenwan didn't avoid Lin Lian's eyes anymore, and said quietly.

"You must know that Tang Shaobao can come forward without hesitation to take care of the whole thing, and go to Shouguang City alone to question the officials of Shandong County for us, in addition to the fact that we have to be in a group against Zhang and Yue, in fact, he is more worried that I will really cut off the supply of grain from Jinhai - judging from the bad deeds I have done in Jiangning, I am the one who will do this kind of thing," Lin Jian asked Sun Wenwan with a smile, "Not to mention that I left Jinhai to make so many arrangements, What makes you see that I don't look like someone who can do such a cruel thing? ”

"What the Lord said in the Estuary Bamboo Hall is that the mantis arm blocks the car," Sun Wenwan said lightly, "I don't believe this, but I believe it." ”

"......" Lin Lian pursed his lips, and after half a salary, he said, "It's good if you can understand......" Seeing Cao Ziang emerging from the tail cabin, he said, "Prepare, you stay and command the Jiangdong Left Army on my behalf, and I will enter Shouguang in the afternoon, and things can't drag on like this." ”