(PS: This extremely unstable update state will last until the 23rd, I'm really sorry brothers, I'm timid, and I don't dare to come up directly to apologize, so I can only barely upload a chapter to be brave.) ）

It was raining lightly outside, and Tang Haoxin had bad eyes, so he read the private message from Gu Wuchen and Tuolin Xuhong in the bright light of the window.

Tang Haoxin folded the letter, put it on the bookcase, narrowed his cloudy eyes, looked at the drizzle outside the window worriedly, saw Ma Chao passing by the door, shouted to stop him to come and talk, and asked: "You have been by Wuchen's side for many years, I ask you something, why is Xun Niang's marriage so delayed until today that it has not been decided?" ”

Ma Chao didn't know what Tang Haoxin was talking about for a while, he was puzzled, and it was inconvenient to ask directly.

Tang Haoxin saw that there was a look of confusion on Ma Chao's face, and said: "When I was in Jiangning, Lin Jian was Wuchen's proud protégé, with Wuchen's vision, even if I can't see his achievements today, I don't think I will underestimate him too much, why did he drag it to today?" ”

Only then did Ma Chao know that the letter from the lord to the boss mentioned the marriage of the young lady, and he also sighed slightly in his heart, and said: "The lord had this thought when he was in Jiangning. Strange to say, before and after the Battle of Jiyang, the party in Dongyang Township, Jiangning, was wantonly privately rumored that the adult wanted to give the young lady to Lin Dujian, and the lady and the young son both suspected that Lin Dujian was behind the instigation, but the adult didn't say anything, but this matter was delayed like this......"

"Kaoru Niang, is she happy with herself?" Tang Haoxin asked.

"Miss doesn't seem to have heard any rumors, and she can't see whether she is happy or unhappy, but the maid next to Miss has punished Madame for talking about this matter, and Mademoiselle and Madame have had a few days of trouble over this matter." Ma Chao didn't know how to make things clearer, and he couldn't express any opinion on this matter.

"So that's ......" Tang Haoxin sighed softly, Xun Niang grew up under his knees, what is Xun Niang's mind, he is a grandfather, he is better than Wu Chen, a father, and Lin Lian saved Wu Chen and Xun Niang in Shiliang County, and it is impossible not to be touched by the feelings of the girl.

Tang Haoxin didn't discuss anything on his mind with Ma Chao, just let Ma Chao stand at the door and guard, and didn't let Ma Chao leave, his brows frowned, his eyes looked at the rain curtain outside the window, and he felt that this matter was not an ordinary tricky matter, and it had been dragged to a relatively embarrassing situation at this time, but it would not work if he didn't make a decision if he dragged it out.

If you think about it, it's normal that things are still unresolved. There are such rumors that everyone will hesitate, even if they seem to be a little strange now. Whether it was the Donghai Kou, the counties along the Taihu Lake, the Jiyang bloody battle, or the subsequent Dongyu breaking through the border and entering the Kou, they all came in a very hurry, and the time interval was also very tight, and there was no time left for Wuchen to think about it carefully. Besides, when Lin Jian led the army north to King Qin, Xun Niang had just turned seventeen years old, and Wuchen had been in the army for ten years, and she had only been with her son and daughter for less than two years.

How unwise! Tang Hao sighed slightly in confidence, he could understand Wuchen's mood and hesitation as a father, but he also knew that Wuchen's handling of this matter was not appropriate, at least he still looked down on Lin Bin.

Wuchen's eyesight is still not as good as Li Zhuo, Tang Haoxin sighed slightly, he now has to admit that Li Zhuo's methods and vision are so powerful, they are really not comparable to ordinary people. Tang Haoxin naturally carefully studied the Pingyuce, and he could guess that Li Zhuo's three-way arrangement pinned the hopes of the Jianjin Hailu Division on the Jiangdong Zuoying, which means that Li Zhuo must have followed the Jiangning Expedition to divide the troops evenly with King Qin, in fact, to push Lin Tie out. Only at that time Li Zhuo and Lin Jian had formed some kind of tacit understanding, and he could place such great hopes on Jiangdong Zuoying at this time. In fact, it is only possible for Li Zhuo and Lin Tie to form some kind of tacit understanding, and it is possible for Lin Tie to finally lead the Jiangdong Left Army to the north, otherwise Li Zhuo alone can directly veto the possibility of Lin Tie leading the army alone, after all, there is little precedent for a low-level civilian to lead an army alone.

At least after the bloody battle of Jiyang, Li Zhuo was very sure of Lin Lian's military talent, so there was a series of tacit understandings later, but Wuchen was very unwise and hesitated for more than two months and couldn't decide on the marriage, and he hesitated until the Jiangdong Army went north to King Qin and couldn't make up his mind. Maybe he didn't expect Lin Jian to lead the army north to King Qin to achieve such brilliant achievements, but there is nothing "maybe" to say about this kind of thing, the Lin clan has already achieved power, and at this time, Xun Niang is still allowed to Lin Tie, but it has added a layer of estrangement between the Gu family and the Lin family that should not have existed between each other.

Tang Haoxin is still worried about Xun Niang's own thoughts, he still feels sorry for this granddaughter, it was a happy marriage before, but at this time there is a layer of naked/naked/naked intentions that are difficult to hide, he can still understand the sensitive mind of Xun Niang, a little girl, I am afraid that she will be very embarrassed in her heart. What daughter would want her father to "trade" herself not out of her marriage? Even if the object is still the same Ruyi Langjun, especially the estrangement between Lin Gu that is difficult to eliminate, it will make the situation of the sensitive Xun Niang after marrying into the Lin family quite embarrassing, and it is even impossible to guarantee that Lin Jian will pay more attention to Xun Niang.

At least for now, it can't be considered a happy marriage.

Tang Haoxin stared at the rain curtain hanging from the eaves outside the window with worried eyes, he wanted to ignore the private letter sent by Wuchen, but the current fact was that the Lin clan's power had been established, and he couldn't ignore it.

After the fiasco of Chentangyi, the fall of western Liaoning, millions of acres of military tun fertile land were also lost, and it was necessary to transport nearly 5 million stone of grain to Gyeonggi and Zhubian Town every year to stabilize the Yanshan defense line, Tang Haoxin knew that even if the inland Cao Canal was restored as before, in fact, it would not be able to undertake the task of transporting more than 4 million stone per year, and once Haicao was established, Gyeonggi and Zhubian Town would become more and more dependent on Haicao. Whether it was Lin Jian or the rest of the Lin clan, it was obvious that they had already seen this.

Take 10,000 steps back, in case the Yanshan defense line cannot be held and the imperial capital is forced to move to Jiangning, Jiangdong will become the political center of the Dayue Dynasty, which will directly promote the Lin people to become the first-class powerful clan of the Dayue Dynasty.

Although Lin Tie is still very concerned about the overall situation of the Chu Party at this time, and is firmly on their side in everything, it does not mean that Lin Tie will definitely not have any changes in the future, Lin Tie has a tacit understanding with Li Zhuo at this time, and has close contact with Hao Zongcheng in private, these are some very dangerous things - but this situation is no longer under their control, and they can't even say anything about restrictions.

The rift within the Chu Party is so big that even the emperor who lives in the palace can see it clearly, otherwise he would not have pushed Yue Lengqiu to the post of governor of Jianghuai.

At this time, it is even more impossible to leave Lin Tie and the Lin family, without the support of Lin Tie and the Lin family, even if Wuchen has the title of being an envoy and supervising the township camp, what can he do in Jiangdong, and what qualifications does he have to confront Yue Lengqiu?

After a long time, Tang Haoxin finally made up his mind and said to Ma Chao who was guarding the door, "I bother you to take a trip, invite Lin Mengde to come over, and say that Jinhaicang has some trivial things to ask him, and I want you to go in person." ”

"Okay." Ma Chao didn't know what to say, and he also knew that there were some things that he couldn't intervene at all, so he answered and walked out to find Lin Mengde. Lin Mengde is considered to be Lin Mengde's elder after all, and if the boss really wants to make up his mind to decide on the marriage, he can only try Lin Mengde's tone first.

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After the winter, Liu An'er's troops were ready to move, first led 100,000 troops to besiege Haozhou, and after eight days of unsuccessful siege, they broke the siege and went south to find an opportunity to fight on the southern front. Dongyang Township Yongxue Jiyang Battle tactics, in the northern counties of Dongyang resolutely implemented the strategy of fighting according to the city, so that Liu An'er's troops could not calmly form a block-type encirclement of the city, and naturally could not form a situation of encirclement and reinforcement. Liu An'er had several successive attempts to besiege the northern counties of Dongyang Prefecture or to encircle the points for reinforcements, but he suffered a great setback, so he turned around and went north to attack Haozhou again. Zuo Shangrong saw that Dongyang Township's brave tactics were quite effective, and when Liu An'er's troops went north again, he picked up the elite to go out of the city and fight in the city. When the battle was at its most intense, Chen Hansan led his troops to Haozhou, although Chen Hansan had already shown signs of rebellion at that time, but Zuo Shangrong was not on guard, thinking that Chen Hansan led his troops to help, so he let go of the passage into the city, and let Chen Hansan, who came from afar, advance to the city for a short rest, and then go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Liu An'er's troops. Who would have thought that Chen Han's three divisions would suddenly seize the city gate and flank the rear flank of the elite Changhuai army in the Yicheng field? Lin Xuhong told the details of the Battle of Haozhou to Lin Bin, Cao Ziang, Lin Mengde, Lin Xuwen and others, he had been running around for the logistics and supply of Dongyang Township during this time, and he had a very detailed understanding of the Battle of Haozhou, and even experienced the peripheral battles, his words made everyone frown, "After the city of Haozhou was broken, the Governor Zuo made people burn down the warehouses in the city, and he committed suicide by swallowing gold in the camp. In the following days, the thieves did everything they could and did all kinds of evil in Haozhou to rob grain and women, and they were really several times more vicious than Dongyu. According to the people who fled from Haozhou, the women threw themselves into the ponds to protect their innocence, and the ponds in the city were almost filled with people, and many of the ponds were very shallow, and there were many people who did not die when they threw themselves into the water, and many women stood trembling in the water, and it was better to live than to live, but they could not die for a while, and it was very miserable......

Lin Xuhong's face was gloomy, maybe Lin Xuhong's statement was inevitably exaggerated, after all, Lin Xuhong couldn't have a slight impression of the Hongzepu Liukou who destroyed Shanglin, but Lin Xuhong's description of the Battle of Haozhou was basically true and credible, at least much more detailed than Tang Zhao and Jiang Ning's previous two private letters, and Gu Wuchen's private letter to him also mentioned the fierce destruction of the place by the thieves.

When the displaced people gather in chaos, it is a great problem to get food and military food. Liu An'er claims to have 300,000 troops, but in fact there are far from that many troops, but after adding the old and weak women and children who accompanied the army, the displaced people who gathered around Liu An'er are afraid that there are more than 300,000 people. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered together to eat hundreds of thousands of catties of grain in a day without doing anything about production, and the official grain reserves of the small counties and towns captured were empty for almost three to five days, and they were bound to plunder the civilian grain reserves to barely maintain. Lin Jian originally thought that Liu An'er would be smarter, but he also expected that no matter how smart Liu An'er was, he would not be able to truly control the three or four hundred thousand displaced people in such a short period of time.

Robbery, rape, and random killings are inevitable, and real and living uprisings of displaced people are not as beautiful as the "peasant uprisings" described in history books, especially the uprisings of displaced people that lack clear political ideas and intentions, and do not have a sufficient number of relatively reliable grassroots officers.