The news that Lin Jian secretly sneaked to Jinhai and was on Jinwei Island soon spread in Jinhai.

Only three years have passed since the previous catastrophe, and in such a short period of time, the pain cannot be easily forgotten. The captives once again stepped into the land of Yannan, and some people hated them and wanted to hate them for the past, but the vast majority of the people were in a panic and panicked.

As early as the 13th, Lin Xuwen signed an order to clear the wilderness and guide the people to take refuge in Jinhai. However, in the impression of the world, Jinhai is a lonely city with no way out, and if you want to escape, you should flee south to Shandong or north to Beijing for refuge.

However, after the news of Lin Lian's arrival in Jinhai spread, most people felt that Jinhai might not be safer than the capital.

However, there are still many people flocking to the capital, and in the impression of ordinary people, the Beijing army with 80,000 troops should always be of some use.

In particular, the Jizhen army's victories in western Liaoxi were passed back, even Emperor Chongguan did not think that the Jingying army raised by spending a huge amount of grain and grass every year would not be useless.

The captives and cavalry re-entered Yannan from Jingcheng, the offensive was very urgent, such as thunder in the air, the place was difficult to contain, and in three or five days, the southwest of Hebei lost several cities. The holy edict of transferring the Xuanfu army to enter the customs has been issued, but the messenger has passed the decree in the past, but when the Xuanfu army gathers and enters the customs, it will take more than ten days, to say the least.

Those with a little military knowledge will be worried that the main force of the captives who re-enter Yannan will be interspersed in the direction of Jizhou. At that time, the entire back road of the Jizhen army entering western Liaoning will be blocked. Even if the princes of the imperial court, including Emperor Chongguan himself, did not believe that the Donghu people who stayed in Liaoyang had the ability to eat the Jibei army, but if the 20,000 captive cavalry who entered Yannan smashed Jizhou, and then bypassed Linyu Pass and entered the back road of the Jizhen army in western Liaoning, the main force of the Jizhen army that entered western Liaoning in the early stage would be really dangerous and abnormal.

On the 16th, the same day that Lin Jian arrived in Jinwei, the imperial court could not wait for the Xuanfu army to enter the customs, so it urgently transferred the left and right Wei Wei troops stationed on the north bank of the Juma River, also known as the Jingnan battalion, and 20,000 soldiers and horses went south to resist the enemy.

On the 18th, the Jingnan camp traveled south to the southeast of Xushui County, and hastily engaged in battle, and was defeated in a battle. More than 10,000 cavalry in the east wantonly interspersed with slaughter, and when Xushui County accepted the rout, it also gave the captured cavalry pursuing at the tail to take the opportunity to trap. Countless soldiers threw away their armor, but they didn't know how many escaped by the night, and how many were slaughtered on the spot. The fact that the 20,000 Jingnan army was completely wiped out in two days undoubtedly dealt a blow to Emperor Chongguan and the courtiers.

The scope of captivity and cavalry control expanded rapidly, and by the 20th, the number of captured cities in western Hebei had increased to nine, and there were still two county officials who surrendered the cities.

The rapid deterioration of the situation in Yannan and the weak reality of the Jingying army finally made Emperor Chongguan and the courtiers lose a little illusion.

On the 21st, Jingzhong finally made up his mind and decided to send an edict ordering the Jizhen Army to withdraw from Liaoxi and return to Gyeonggi; Adopting Lin Bin's proposal, Liu Tingzhou was appointed as the Huaisi envoy, Li Wei was appointed as the deputy envoy of Huaisi, and the Red Jacket rebels were recruited for the use of the imperial court; summoned Chen Zhihu to lead his troops into Beijing to assist in defense; He was appointed as the defense envoy of Jinhai Cooperation, added the title of doctor from Sanpin Silver Qingguanglu, sealed Chongzhou Bo, and summoned 5,000 horsemen of the Huaidong Army into the king of Yannan Qin.

Due to the blockage of the letter road in western Hebei and Jinzhong, in addition to the edict sent to western Liaoxi, almost all other imperial decrees had to be transmitted from Jinhai to the south by sea.

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The imperial court trusted Chen Zhihu and Liu Tingzhou more, and at the same time entrusted the recruitment of security to Liu Tingzhou, it summoned Chen Zhihu to lead his troops into Beijing to assist in the defense, and only let the cavalry of the Huaidong Army enter the Tianjin Sea to assist in the defense.

Of course, the imperial court did not hold Lin Jian accountable for going north without authorization, and also rewarded him with a large reward. In addition to the title of Chongzhou Bo and the title of Qingguanglu Doctor, gold and silver money, reward silver, bullfighting python robes, pearls and jade, etc., have been rewarded a lot.

According to the current opinion of the court, Jinhai is still quietly braking to defend Jinhai and Hejian Mansion; The matter of Jinhai defense and war defense was handled by Huang Jinnian, Lin Xuwen, and Lin Tie through consultation. The imperial court also rewarded Lin Xuwen and Huang Jinnian, and Lin Xuwen was also awarded the title of doctor from the third grade silver Qingguanglu, but he had no military merits and was not knighted.

"Command!"

Lin Jian propped his knees, stood up from the incense case, and took the edict of the jade axis cloud pattern from the hand of the Lang official of the Decree Bureau, but he was very indignant in his heart: in the edict to him, to Lin Xuwen, and to Huang Jinnian, there was no mention of the disposal of Li Zhuo - in his excerpt to the imperial court, he suggested that Li Zhuo come to Jinhai to preside over the defense of the eastern Hebei region (Baozhihejian and Jizhou), which somewhat meant that he was sponsored by the Huaidong Military Qin King on the condition of sponsoring Li Zhuo, but the imperial court did not hesitate to reward him and put aside Li Zhuo's problem - his suggestions were like a stone sinking into the sea, There was not the slightest response.

The ministers of the Inner Servant Province also had to take a boat from Jinhai to Shandong, and then change horses from Dengzhou to Huai'an, Henan, Jiangning and other places to deliver the decree. Huang Jinnian is very good at being a man, although the bureau official is only a seven-rank minister, but he often walks beside the emperor, and his influence is not small, Huang Jinnian personally sent him to the dock to take a boat.

Lin Xuwen held a jade axis cloud pattern edict in his hand, and said to Lin Bin: "I don't know if the Jizhen army can be successfully withdrawn from Liaoxi, even if half of the soldiers and horses can be withdrawn back, the situation in Gyeonggi has a chance to recover......"

"Only if you can withdraw can you call a ghost!" Lin Jian said indignantly.

Huang Jinnian and the others were not present, Lin Jian did not have so many scruples when he spoke, and immediately drafted a military order on the incense case, handed it to the guards around him, and asked him to take a boat to Qingzhou to pass the order, and asked Zhou Pu to immediately lead two thousand fine horsemen to Jinhai to participate in the battle.

Lin Xuwen was puzzled, waved his hand to let the people around him go away, and asked in a suppressed voice: "Since you don't have hope for the Jizhen Army at all, why do you want to let the Huaidong Army fall in?" As long as the back road is not cut off and the cities of Hejian and Cangzhou are abandoned, the Tianjin Navy is still sure to defend the Tianjin Sea. ”

"The destruction of the Jizhen army does not mean that Yanjing will not be able to hold it," Lin Jian said, "The Donghu people are determined to eat the Jizhen army this time, but as long as Hao Zongcheng does not make too big a mistake, and the Donghu people eat the Jizhen army at the same time, they will at least have to break a few big teeth, then they will not have the ability to defeat Yanjing this time...... The imperial court still sent some fantasies on Hao Zongcheng. I sent it to the door, and they were embarrassed to refuse completely, in addition, the imperial court transferred Chen Zhihu from the south to lead his troops to the north - how the situation develops, it still depends on Liaoxi! ”

At this time, Wu Qi came over and said, "Mr. Gao has come to Jinhai!" ”

"Where?" Lin Jian asked. Li Zhuo knew the news of his coming to Jinhai in Beijing, and sent Gao Zongting over, which was not surprising, Lin Jian had been waiting for Gao Zongting to come over for the past few days.

"I just arrived on the other side of the river, and I delivered the news," Wu Qi said, "or I will send a boat to pick him up immediately?" ”

"No, let's go by boat," Lin Jian said, "just take a look at the defense ...... Jinhai City."

The title of Jinhai Auxiliary Defense Envoy can be lost, and the biggest advantage is that Lin Jian can land on the land of Jinhai in a grand manner, and there is no need to hide on Jinwei Island secretly.

When he arrived at the wharf, Huang Jinnian just sent away the official of the Inner Servant Provincial Bureau, and then took a boat to Jinhai City together.

Lin Jian has been paying attention to the situation of Jinhai City at any time on Jinwei Island in the past few days, but after seeing it with his own eyes, he can deeply feel the chaos in Jinhai at this time.

Lin Jian was accompanied by Lin Xuwen and climbed to the head of the main city wall of Jinhai to see the city defense.

Jinhai City is composed of the main city and the outer walled fortress, the main city is rebuilt from the previous vortex walled wall, the scope is narrow, and most of the households live in the open space between the main city and the peripheral walled wall. A large number of refugees are crowded in these areas.

At this time, he didn't care about the cold outside, and he was organizing people to urgently build a simple moat on the periphery to connect the periphery fortress. These works were left to be done at this time, which was somewhat late, but it was impossible for the imperial court to allow Lin Xuwen to build a Xiongcheng in Jinhai that could accommodate three or four hundred thousand Dingkou from the beginning.

Soon, Wu Qi directly led Gao Zongting to the city to see Lin Bin.

Gao Zongting was wearing a gray fur to relieve the cold, he was less than forty years old, he looked like a half-hundred old man, and Geng Quanshan came with him.

"The matter of Li Bing's department, I made a statement to the imperial court, but the imperial court ignored it...... Lin Jian said, "Maybe when the situation deteriorates further, things may take a turn for the better......

"Knowing that mistakes can be corrected, good is great! How many people in the world can do this? Gao Zongting smiled bitterly, he didn't think that there was any turning point in this matter, and he also knew that Lin Jian shouldn't think that there was any turning point in this matter, so he was just comforting them, and then asked him the purpose of coming to Jinhai, "I didn't expect you to go back to Jinhai, and the commander didn't think of it, so he specially asked me to ask......

"Jinhai can't be lost." Lin Jian said.

Gao Zongting frowned slightly, turned his head to look at the city, and replied to Lin Tie that he would be suspicious, but he didn't ask the bottom line, and Lin Tie didn't need to tell him Huaidong's intentions.

Lin Jian pretended not to see the suspicion on Gao Zongting's face, and said: "It's not easy to defend the Jinhai - if Hao Zongcheng can't consume the strength of the Donghu people in western Liaoning, the Donghu people are afraid that 200,000 soldiers and horses will rush in after March." At that time, Datong and Xuanfu will become lone troops, not to mention, they will peep at Yanjing with elite cavalry and gather infantry to fight Jinhai; Or use elite cavalry to defend Jinhai and gather infantry to fight Yanjing - it will give us an extraordinary headache - Zongting, Quanshan, you stand here, you can also see that the situation in Jinhai is not easy to be optimistic, can you please contribute to defending Jinhai? ”

Gao Zongting didn't think that Lin Lian would ask them to stay in Jinhai directly, and he was slightly stunned.

Lin Xuwen knew that Lin Lian also attached great importance to Gao Zongting, and when he heard Lin Lian's invitation, he also saluted Gao Zongting: "Please also ask Mr. Gao and Captain Geng to help me and others, I can't see the hundreds of thousands of people's lives in the river!" ”

Sun Shangwang persuaded: "Mr. Gao and Captain Geng have meritorious service in guarding Jinhai, and it is also good for the situation of Li Bingbu!" ”

Gao Zongting sighed slightly, and said: "The meager strength is not disliked by the two adults, and the Zongting is grateful......"