"Give up Dongping? Is that really what the shaft said? ”

The old man's hoarse voice trembled a little, like the rustle of the autumn wind blowing through the window paper, with the coldness of the first winter.

The Empress Dowager Liang's eye disease became more and more serious, and in the dimly lit room, she could only vaguely see the figure of Yuan Guizheng sitting opposite. Liang's body became weaker and weaker, and she was bedridden all the year round, so Yuan returned to politics, and she was also half lying on the soft couch, but when she heard the news brought by Yuan Guizheng, she was emotionally tired.

Now the one who is trapped in Dongping is not someone else, it is his younger brother Liang Xi, who depended on each other for his life in his childhood, at this time, Lin Jian was not only unwilling to send troops to aid Dongping, but also suggested that she give up Dongping here, so how can she treat it calmly?

Yuan Guizheng looked bitter and said: "Guizheng doesn't dare to hide half a sentence......

"This is also evil!" Empress Dowager Liang excitedly patted the carved armrest of the couch, looked up to the sky and sighed, "The Liang family has seen death and not saved it all these years, and now it is their turn, it is the sin, who is to blame!" ”

Yuan Guizheng looked at the Empress Dowager Liang's body, and her thin and green hands slapped and slapped on the carved armrests, as if he had nothing to think about the situation in front of him, so he followed her tone and said: "Lin Lianyan abandoned Dongping, and there are also some situations that are pressing, if Chen Hansan is removed early, the situation will not be so sinister; Chen Hansan was like a nail stuck in Hehuai's henchmen, and no one dared to act rashly. Cheng Chong was also attacked in Jining, and it was very difficult......"

The Empress Dowager Liang closed her eyes in pain, it was not others who did not want Huaidong to get rid of Chen Hansan in the past, it was precisely the Liang family that occupied Shandong that needed Chen Hansan to stay in Xuzhou, as a buffer force between Shandong and Huaidong, where did you think that today would be cocooned and bound by yourself?

Yuan Guizheng smiled bitterly in his heart, in order to pacify the Huaisi chaos, Yue Lengqiu's recruitment of Chen Hansan was only an expedient measure, and after recruiting An, he took every possible precaution, coupled with Chen Hansan's habit of betrayal, the Yanhu army swept in, thinking that Chen Hansan could be loyal to the imperial court, it was really delusional.

Chen Hansan may have secretly colluded with Yanhu a long time ago, and he has 20,000 elites in Xuzhou, located between Jining, Wuyang, and Huaiyang. If it weren't for his father Liang Cheng, who was besieged in Dongping, Liang Chengchong would have abandoned Jining West a long time ago.

Jiang Ning had previously ordered the Changhuai army to relieve the siege of Dongping, but Lin Jian clearly expressed his support for the Changhuai army to withdraw into Huaixi, and it is conceivable that including Yue Lengqiu, who had just resigned, would not mind the Changhuai army preserving its strength at this time.

In fact, at this time, the soldiers and horses who could relieve the siege of Dongping were the Changhuai army led by Tao Chun, with as many as 50,000 soldiers and horses; First, Dong Yuan led the soldiers and horses stationed in Wuyang, about 30,000 people; First, Huaidong garrisoned Huaisi to Huaiyang Town, which was controlled by Huaidong, with nearly 50,000 soldiers.

Dong Yuan's troops and horses were quite mixed, and the main force came from the imperial camp army, which had almost no experience of war, and its combat strength was quite weak, and it was difficult to confront Yanhu infantry in the relatively open Hehuai Plain.

The Changhuai Army can be said to be one of the few elite troops in Jiangning, which was originally based on the elite of the Eastern Fujian Army, and under the leadership of Yue Lengqiu, it has been purged for many years, and there are many elite soldiers and strong generals.

However, the Changhuai Army has been repeatedly expanded in recent years, and the supply of armor and personnel training are inevitably insufficient, and they are all foot soldiers.

Jiang Ning did not want to consume the drama of the Huai Army, and it was not difficult to understand that Yuan returned to power.

If you want to solve the siege of Dongping, the most reliable thing is the soldiers and horses stationed in Huaidong and Huaiyang Town-

The Huaiyang Town Army, which was formed by recruiting Liu Miaozhen's Red Jacket Army, was almost all Liu An'er's remnants. Liu An'er betrayed Chen Hansan, and his subordinates suffered heavy casualties, and in the end they almost fell into a desperate situation of killing Chen Zhihu, and almost everyone had a deep blood feud with Chen Hansan. 、

Xuzhou and Huaiyang are bordered, Chen Hansan will not be eliminated or expelled from Xuzhou, it is difficult to imagine that the main force of Huaiyang Zhenjun originally intended to go north to aid Dongping, and then the three cities of Huaiyang, which were empty in defense, were exposed under Chen Hansan's nose.

The reason for this is that Miao Shuo, who is standing on the sidelines and waiting, can also figure it out, the Liang family is cocooned and self-bound, leaving Chen Hansan in Xuzhou to leave a scourge, the siege of Dongping is really a crisis of nine deaths and one life, listening to the tone of Yuan Guizheng, I want to abandon Dongping and Liang Xi, the Duke of Lu.

The dimly lit cold room was silent for a long time, and the Empress Dowager Liang leaned back and asked Yuan Guizheng: "If the Huaidong soldiers advance to Yinan, can my younger brother who is not angry have one more chance to survive?" ”

Yuan Guizheng said: "When the Huaidong Army goes to Yinan, it should be able to contain part of the enemy's troops......"

"You can talk to Lin Tie about this condition," Empress Dowager Liang waved her hand weakly, and said frustratedly, "You send someone to talk to Cheng Chong and Cheng Yi again, the idea is that I, a useless old woman, took it, even if their father can't escape, the two brothers must fight for their anger, don't let outsiders look down on it......"

Yuan Guizheng nodded, accompanied by Miao Shuo and withdrew, he really didn't know how much of a role it would be to go to Lin Jian again.

Although Yinan was still the territory of the Liang family at this time, in fact, Liang Chengchong could only withdraw to the west.

Jiangning has officially divided the area west of Bianshui into a war zone under the jurisdiction of Huaidong, Yinan is almost already in Huaidong's bag, what confidence does Yuan Guizheng have at this time to take Yinan as a quid pro quo, and want Huaidong to immediately send troops into Yinan?

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Yuan returned to politics and returned, and put forward a request that Huaidong could send troops to Yinan.

Of course, if Huaidong wants to take over Yinan smoothly, it must send troops and horses over before Liang Chengchong retreats westward. However, how many enemy troops can be contained depends on the number of soldiers and horses stationed in Yinan.

Huaiyang Town was almost immobile, and Lin Tie's troops in Huaisi were extremely limited, and Lin Tie only promised to send troops and horses to Yinan in the near future, but did not promise to send many soldiers and horses.

Yuan returned to politics and left, and Lin Jian also made some preparations for the Northern Huaisi to supervise the battle before leaving, and went to the northern foot Yaju where Jun Xun lived from Dongya early.

Gu Junxun moved down the mountain, Liu Yue'er and Xiaoman all moved down one after another, and circled a house at the northern foot of Zilang Mountain as an inner house, and built a thick parapet wall on the periphery, and the guards were naturally extremely strict.

The development of Chongcheng was extremely rapid, and the new city built in the early years could not accommodate nearly 40,000 Chengfang households, and a large residential area was planned to be built outside the east and north cities. Lin Mengde, Qin Chengzu and others even had plans to build another city wall comparable in scale to Weiyang, Jiangning and other cities on the periphery.

Lin Jian finally rejected this idea, first, to build a strong city wall with a circumference of thirty or forty miles, which was very depleted; Moreover, once the inner line is broken, there is really not much difference between one more wall and one less wall.

walked to the north foot of Yaju, stepped through the door, and almost collided with Sun Wenwan in the weeping flower hall.

"Your Excellency is going north in the next two days, right?" Sun Wenwan asked softly.

"Yes," Lin Lian nodded, and was about to talk to Sun Wenwan for a few words, Xiaoman listened to the voice and walked out of it and beckoned: "Xianggong is back?" ”

Sun Wenwan saluted and withdrew, Xiao Man glanced at her back, and then lightly took Lin Lian's arm and walked in, and said: "Mr. Wu is here, Sister Yue'er has been unwell these days, it's really as you said, and you're pregnant again, you can support half a doctor......

"Needless to say?" Lin Jian said with a smile, "The first aid technique in the army, but I participated in the research together; Besides, I'm the father of two children, Yue'er is not happy, I can always see some eyebrows......" Seeing that the expression between Xiaoman's eyebrows was a little lonely, knowing that she was worried that she had not given birth so far, she pinched her delicate chin, and asked with a smile: "What, anxious to have a child?" ”

"It's said that old hens will lay eggs...... "Xiao Man replied sullenly.

Although Xiaoman has been included in the room for a few years, but Xiaoman is only a double decade, if it is in the later life of Zhaohua, Lin Jian originally wanted her to have a child in a few years, and she deliberately avoided the days of being fertile when she had sex, but she did not expect to cause her psychological burden and make her depressed.

Lin Lian smiled and took Xiao Man into his arms, and said, "That's because we used to get together less and leave more, and you will always stay by my side in the future, and you will become a ......."

"I would like to, but you're going to Shanyang in two days, and I don't know how many days it will take to see you." Xiao Man thought of parting, and his heart was still depressed, so he just hugged Lin Lian's waist under the eaves, and didn't reluctantly let go of his hand until he heard Gu Junxun and Liu Yue'er talking.

Seeing Gu Junxun and Liu Yue'er walking hand in hand like sisters, Lin Tie crossed his waist and said: "The war on the northern front is protracted, and I don't know how long I will live in the north when I leave." Fortunately, there is also a house prepared on the Shanyang side, so you can move there with me. ”

On his trip to Shanyang, he officially set up a system in Shanyang to set up a camp yamen in Shanyang, including the North Division of the Military Intelligence Department and the War Training Academy, and from Sun Jingtang, Gao Zongting, and Ye Junan downwards, there will be a set of people and horses who will follow him to the north to deal with the war on the northern front, and it is no longer in the nature of temporary supervision.

Lin Jian even wanted to go further, making Shanyin the capital county of Huai'an Prefecture, and moving the Huai'an Mansion from Huai'an County to Shanyin County.

Lin Jian didn't want to be separated from his wife and concubine for a long time, so he wanted to take them to live together.

Gu Junxun shook his head and said, "How can I leave my mother's orphan in Chongzhou?" Moreover, Huaidong always has to be based in Chongzhou, I am a woman's family, there is no great use, staying in Chongzhou, can always help you settle people's hearts - let Sister Yue'er and Xiaoman accompany you to Shanyang. ”

"What am I going to do with him to Shanyang with a big belly?" Liu Yue'er held her slightly bulging belly, even if she wanted to go to Shanyang, she finally decided to stay in Chongzhou with Gu Junxun.

Xiaoman was silent, looking at Liu Yue'er and Gu Junxun pitifully, she wanted to follow her to Shanyang, but she was afraid that she would not be able to go alone.

Liu Yue'er said with a smile: "Xianggong must always have someone to take care of him, Xiaoman just go over, you can't ask Miss Song to work hard in everything!" ”

After so many things, Gu Junxun has matured, as the main mother, she has to manage the inner house for Lin Lian, and she can no longer be jealous of the wind, she will inevitably sacrifice a lot, and said: "Xiaoman is taking care of Xianggong by his side, and Sister Yue'er and I can rest assured in Chongzhou......"

Xiao Man smiled and turned his head to look at Lin Bin, Lin Jian couldn't cry or laugh, but he didn't expect Liu Yue'er, the most docile person on weekdays, to squeeze him with words - he couldn't categorically deny the "adultery" with Song Jia.

Xiaoman thought that he could go to Shanyang with him, and he would not fight with others in Chongzhou, and after dinner, he went back early with Liu Yue'er.

Gu Junxun and Lin Jian sat in the room and talked, and said: "All these years have passed in the blink of an eye, when the Sun family's sister met you, she was only eighteen years old, and she is twenty-three this year, her marriage can't be delayed forever, what do you say?" And the matter of the Su family's sister......"

Lin Jian pursed his mouth, thinking of the situation when he came back and bumped into Sun Wenwan.

At first, Su Mei wanted to rub him and Sun Wenwan together, but the world was unpredictable, and many things went wrong by mistake. In order to take care of the affairs of the Xihe Society, Sun Wenwan dragged on until she was eighteen years old and did not allow anyone, and she was already considered an older leftover girl in her lifetime.

However, the Sun family settled in Chongzhou, and they were already a family with great roots in Huaidong, and they wanted to come to the Sun family to be willing to marry, and other families did not care about the problem of being older than Sun Wenwan, but her marriage has been delayed, and Lin Jian has never heard anyone mention it.

Gu Junxun mentioned it at this time, and Lin Jian didn't know how to respond.

"Xiaoman will accompany you to Shanyang, you always need some manpower, so let the sister of the Sun family accompany you over?" Gu Junxun asked.

"This," Lin Jian was stunned for a moment and said, "I can't decide this!" ”

Sun Wenwan has never allowed others, and Lin Lian will not pretend to be stupid and pretend that this matter has nothing to do with him, but the prestige and status of the Sun family in Huaidong today are far from being comparable to the past, Lin Lian has to respect Sun Jingxuan and Sun Jingtang, and he can't let Sun Wenwan follow him without a name - at this time, the national disaster is at hand, and his father-in-law Gu Wuchen has just been martyred in Yangxin, and Lin Jian has no face to marry a wife and concubine at this time.