During the war in the East China Sea, Du Rong saw Song Jia beside Lin Lian, and he considered the possibility of the Song family defecting, but he also thought that Song Fu was a pragmatic person, and it was impossible for Zhejiang and Fujian to change their banner until the mountains and rivers were exhausted.

Du Rong and Du Cheli have been in Jeju and Dongzhou for many years, because the sea ships sailing from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Haidong are basically controlled by Huaidong, so Du Rong and Du Cheli will not deliberately go to explore the news of the Central Plains.

Seeing Song Fu at this moment, Du Rong suddenly understood that the situation in Zhejiang and Fujian had reached the verge of collapse, and the situation had developed to this point!

"Duke Du, don't come to Wuxian!" Lin Jian walked over and saw that Du Rong's white hair was still the same, and his spirit was much better than when he was first captured.

"The grass people meet the prince of Pengcheng County!" His subordinates were defeated, how could he be brave, not to mention that he was still living on the Huaidong territory, Du Rong and Du Cheli came forward to pay tribute to Lin Lian.

"Duke Du and General Du are polite," Lin Jian said with a smile, "You and Duke Song are old friends, so you won't inquire about the news of your relatives......

Du Rong was always worried that he and Du Cheli would be captured and surrendered, which would involve his relatives in Mindong, but in the past few years, the East China Sea has been under the control of Huaidong, and no news has been transmitted from Mindong to Haidong.

"Du Rusong and the Wen family fought for land, a case, dismissed the official position, no one held an important position in the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, in the past two years, at the invitation of the old man, the Du family, but more than 300 people moved to live in Quanzhou, but there are no ups and down......s," Song Fu said.

"Thank you Gong Song for taking care of you." Du Rong saluted and said, whether it is Huaidong's intentional arrangement or not, it is always a matter of gratitude for relatives to avoid the scourge of war.

The Du clan is a small clan that moved in later, and it cannot be compared with the eight surnames. Du Rong, Du Cheli, and Du Rusong are the three pillars of the Du family, Du Rong and Du Cheli "died in battle", Du Rusong resigned, and Du Rusong was even more insignificant in Mindong, and there was no accident when the luxury family ignored it - in the final analysis, it was Huaidong who tried his best to block the news that they were captured and surrendered.

"The past is gone, the future can be traced, this time the southern front, Huaidong is likely to take the entire territory of eastern Fujian, and drive the rebels of Zhejiang and Fujian to the middle and upper reaches of the Min River," Lin Jian said, "To govern Fujian with Fujian, in order to ensure local tranquility, before the righteousness, Du Gong and General Du are willing to contribute to the elimination of the war disaster in eastern Fujian and the restoration of peace?" ”

Du Rong and Du Che looked at each other, and between these three words, Lin Jian opened his mouth to invite, knowing that they had summoned each other, and he was still shocked and suspicious in his heart.

"Meng Peng Chenggong trusts, Du Rong is grateful, but at this time, he feels like he is roasting on fire, and it is difficult to respond to Peng Chenggong's question in a hurry!" Du Rong replied.

Du Cheli was silent and silent.

"It's okay," Lin Jian smiled slightly, and said, "I will accompany Song Gong for two more days in Hukou, and it will not be too late for Du Gong to give me an answer then." ”

The Song clan will officially change banners, and Du Rong and Du Cheli will "come back from the dead" again, which will be a strong blow to the morale of the recalcitrant forces in eastern Fujian, which will not only help to easily recover the counties of southern Fujian, but also benefit and no harm to the war in Jin'an Mansion - from this point of view, it is more significant than Du Rong and Du Cheli trying their best to serve Huaidong from now on.

In addition, it is also necessary to consider the governance after the recovery of southern Fujian and eastern Fujian - Jiangning's penetration and influence in eastern Fujian are almost equal to none. Lin Tie will let the Song clan integrate into Huaidong, but he will not let the Song clan control the eastern Fujian region to prevent another gate valve from being raised, but in the early stage of governing Mindong, there is too little manpower, which is also a major reason why Lin Tie considered asking Du Rong and Du Che to leave the mountain.

But for Du Rong, since he went to persuade Du Cheli to surrender, he also wanted to protect the lives of Du Cheli and many generals, and he did not betray the heart of Luxury Wenzhuang, and he had not changed his mind after all kinds of hardships over the years.

Lin Jian asked Chen Huamian to send Du Rong and Du Che away, and invited Song Fu to re-enter the room to talk, Fu Qinghe, Gao Zongting, Ye Junan, Liang Wenzhan, Hu Zhiyong and others all sat indoors.

"My lord's move, it really set Du Rong on fire and roasted it," Song Fu was most clear about the personnel of Mindong, and said, "At the beginning, Luwenzhuang was able to use Du Rong to infiltrate Jiangning, including the Shu and Cheng families who secretly invested, all of which were directly controlled by Du Rong, so it was not easy to see that Du Rong was not easy to ......repeat."

It was precisely because Song Fu was extremely familiar with the affairs of eastern Fujian that Lin Jian invited Song Fu to come over as a staff officer for the war in eastern Fujian, and the matter of changing banners in Quanzhou was presided over by Song Yi and Song Bo.

Lin Jian smiled slightly and said: "I can understand that to do work behind enemy lines, you must have a strong revolutionary will. ”

Song Fu was slightly stunned, the words in Lin Lian's mouth were very fresh, and if you think about it, it makes sense......

Picking up the topic before Du Rong came over, Lin Jian asked Song Fu: "Is it possible that Luwenzhuang has indeed left Jin'an Mansion?" ”

"The news is very tightly blocked, but according to my understanding of Luwenzhuang, the battle in western Zhejiang is the only opportunity for him to completely disrupt the entire southern front, and I am afraid that he will not be allowed to make a desperate bet," Song Fu said, "Especially the problem between the Song family and Quanzhou, it is impossible to hide it from him......

Gao Zongting, Ye Junan and others, who were accompanying on the side, also felt the same way: If the Song family is of the same heart as the luxury family, the luxury family can barely defend the Jin'an Mansion, and the Song family's change of banner will easily greatly affect the morale of both the enemy and us. It would be unwise if Luwenzhuang had realized that there was a problem with the Song family and had stubbornly guarded the Jin'an Mansion.

Since Song Fu judged at this time that Haowenzhuang had secretly left Jin'an Mansion and went to western Zhejiang to preside over the war, on the one hand, it meant that the resistance of Huaidong to recover eastern Fujian would be further reduced, but on the other hand, it meant that the development of the situation in western Zhejiang and southern Huinan was likely to develop according to the worst situation predicted before.

Is it necessary for Huaidong to adjust its previous strategy and troop deployment at this time?

Lin Jian frowned, thought for a moment, and said slowly: "This Mindong still has to fight, if Mindong doesn't fight, the situation will be stalemate there, it seems that the crisis can be suspended, but the next dilemma is more difficult to solve......"

"Even if Luxury Wenzhuang can lure Xie Chaozhong deep and annihilate him in western Zhejiang, if he wants to completely disrupt the situation on the southern front, he must enter and occupy Huizhou and attack Jiangning City," Gao Zongting said, "At this time, the maximum estimate is that the luxury family will have a maximum of 30,000 elites in Wuyuan and Chun'an, and no matter how much, it will not be able to lure Xie Chaozhong to go deeper, but after Luxury Wenzhuang defeats Xie Chaozhong in western Zhejiang, he wants to occupy Huizhou, and he wants to use his troops to crush Jiangning, and if he wants to use his strength to crush Jiangning, 30,000 soldiers and horses are far from enough, fill in from Yuling Pass? ”

Gao Zongting looked at Song Fu, and still hoped that Song Fu, who was familiar with Luwenzhuang, would answer this question - Song Fu's judgment on Luxury Wenzhuang was the most valuable reference.

"The counties along the Minjiang River are too far away, and there are only two ways for Luwenzhuang to urgently transfer troops to western Zhejiang, one is the eastern Gandong troops east of Poyang Lake, and the other is the soldiers and horses of central Zhejiang in Dongyang and Quzhou Prefecture, which can be transferred into western Zhejiang and enter Yuling Pass at a faster speed, directly threatening Jiangning," Song Fu said, "If Luwenzhuang can take Yuling Pass relatively smoothly, he will transfer Dongyang County and Quzhou soldiers and horses......

"Will Luwenzhuang give up Zhezhong Guyuan?" Ye Junan asked in a raised voice.

"Abandoned sons compete for the first!" Lin Jian sucked in the cool air and said, "Even if Zhejiang and Fujian take the initiative to abandon the valley in central Zhejiang, and we can't judge the development of the situation, we still can't go deeper into the western part of Quzhou, otherwise we will be worried about the enemy on both sides." ”

"Don't go deep into the western part of Quzhou, but as long as you can take Dongyang County and Zhuji County, the situation in eastern and southern Zhejiang will be complete, and it will be beneficial to Huaidong without any harm." Ye Junan said.

Taking Dongyang County, even if the eastern gateway of the valley in central Zhejiang, eastern Zhejiang and southern Zhejiang can be completely connected, and Huaidong only needs a small number of soldiers and horses to take advantage of the favorable terrain to block the enemy troops in the western part of Quzhou, and can ensure that eastern and southern Zhejiang are safe. Huaidong's defense line in Liangzhejiang can be shortened by more than half from now on, which means that the garrison can be reduced by more than half.

"This is beneficial to Huaidong and not harmful," Song Fu said, "but to ensure that after the troops are drawn in Haowenzhuang, Dongyang County is successfully taken, then Huaidong's soldiers and horses in Shengzhou and other places can be deployed in advance to prevent the chaos in Jiangning-Luwenzhuang is also competing for time." Huaidong soldiers and horses can't help Jiangning in a short time, and Luwenzhuang will have relatively ample time to toss Jiangning......"

For most of the past six months, Huaidong has made a lot of noise on the Eastern Front, and the direction of attack has also been uncertain between central Zhejiang and eastern Fujian.

The luxury family drew troops from Jiangxi and strengthened their forces in Jin'an and Dongyang counties to a considerable extent - the strength of the Zhejiang-Fujian army in Yuzhang was roughly reduced to 50,000, and the number of soldiers and horses in western Zhejiang was 30,000, and more than 40,000 elites were deployed in central Zhejiang (Dongyang County and Quzhou Prefecture) and eastern Fujian (Jin'an and along the Minjiang River) respectively, in order to resist the offensive that Huaidong might launch from these two lines after the autumn.

Even if the luxury family evacuated the soldiers and horses of Dongyang County and Quzhou Prefecture, as long as three or five thousand troops were left behind, Huaidong would have to use all his strength to use troops from Shengzhou - then naturally they would not be able to transfer Shengzhou soldiers and horses to Xiaoshan to be ready to support Jiangning at any time.

If the main force of the mountain army of Ao Canghai was transferred to Xiaoshan in advance to guard against changes in Jiangning at any time, if in the end it was impossible to see that there were only three or five thousand defenders in Dongyang County and could not take it, it would also be extremely regrettable.

Seeing that everyone in the audience was silent, Song Fu said again: "Song Fu has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not......

"Song Gong, please speak." Lin Jian said.

"Dong Yuan does not move in Huaixi, Jiangning is in chaos, what harm is there in Huaidong?" Song Fu said.

As soon as Song Fu's words came out, Ye Junan and the others were thinking in their hearts: There is a daughter, there really is a father!

When Xie Chaozhong's leading troops just surfaced, Song Jia wanted to take advantage of the fire, and when he went to Song Fu, he even suggested conniving at the Jiangning chaos - even if the luxury family captured Jiangning, separated by the Yangtze River, it would not be able to impact the foundation of Huaidong in a short period of time, and the land south of the Yangtze River that would really suffer was the last foundation of the Wu Party and Emperor Yongxing.

As soon as Song Fu spoke, he could feel the abnormality of the atmosphere, and he just looked at Lin Jian quietly.

Fu Qinghe supported his knees with one arm and said: "Huaidong can have today, it is also a rebirth of blood and fire, if the land south of the Yangtze River is slaughtered, it is not Huaidong's fault, Huaidong can't take this responsibility down, otherwise how to cut through the mess quickly......"

Fu Qinghe has always been sympathetic to the people and cherishing the soldiers, and he also agreed with Song Fu, which was quite surprising to Gao Zongting, but thinking about it, Song Fu said this at this time, it was not without intention.

It is true that Song Fu represents Song's surrender to Huaidong, but there is no difference in it:

If Huaidong does not have great ambitions, and still presses the imperial court everywhere, then the Song family's surrender will be limited, and it will not be thorough, even if the troops are used against Mindong this time, the Song family will first guarantee to hold Quanzhou, and will not take the initiative to launch an offensive against Jin'an Mansion from the south-

If Huaidong has great ambitions, then the Song family's refuge at this time is from the dragon's work, whether it is this time to fight Mindong, or other things in the future, the Song family will make full efforts.

Thinking of this, Gao Zongting also said: "If you have the opportunity to take Dongyang County, you should take Dongyang County to ensure that the situation in eastern Zhejiang is complete......"

Taking Dongyang County first is in line with the interests of the local forces in eastern Zhejiang, Ye Junan hesitated for a moment, and also said: "The situation on the eastern front improves, if Jiangning changes, Huaidong can really rest assured that the soldiers and horses will be withdrawn......"

Liang Wenzhan and Hu Zhiyong still had doubts, and Lin Jian made up his mind and said: "Okay, I ordered Ao Canghai, Zhang Gou and other troops to stay in Shengzhou and Luohe Mountain. ”