Chapter 2: Night View of the Barracks
(The second update, ask for a red ticket!) )
Lin Lian returned slightly drunk, and listened to Lin Mengde, who was waiting in front of the gate, say that Gao Zongting had come to visit, and as soon as the wind with a slight smell of sea blew, his brain immediately sobered up, and he immediately walked to the big tent with Lin Mengde.
Lin Jian is the commander of the army, and he holds the Jiangdong Left Battalion, an elite division that no one in the world dares to peep into; Li Zhuo is the new secretary of the military department, and he is about to lead the army of Jizhen, Gao Zongting, as Li Zhuo's confidant, came to visit privately, if he let the official or the inner servant of the prison army know about it, he will be impeached - some things still have to be concealed.
The climate in the north is dry, not as wet and cold as the south, although it is the early spring season in the north, Gao Zongting only wears a thin green robe, and looks thin under the lamp. Compared with when Jiang Ning parted, Gao Zongting added a lot of frost hair to his temples, and when he calculated it carefully, Gao Zongting was a few years younger than Lin Mengde and Cao Ziang, which shows his and Li Zhuo's torment in Jiangning.
Lin Tie made the guards retreat, and only Cao Ziang and Lin Mengde stayed to accompany Gao Zongting and Geng Quanshan. Sitting opposite each other in the tent, Lin Jian and Gao Zongting sighed: "How can Mr. Gao let the commander play like that? The Yanshan defense line is full of holes, and it is not easy to block and sparse, where can I free up my hands to calm the captives? If there is a slight negligence or a slight mistake, no one will understand the hard work of the commander, and if he can't block the mouth of the world, he will ruin the reputation of the commander! ”
"How can I persuade the commander to decide something?" Gao Zongting smiled bitterly and saluted Lin Lian, "If the commander doesn't boast about this Haikou, how can he sweep away the resistance to the northward war?" It's just that I didn't expect Yue Lengqiu to take advantage of the loophole. ”
"There is no one available in the court," Lin Lian sighed slightly, and said, "It is not so easy for Yue Lengqiu to sit firmly in this position, he must always do some real things." ”
"Yue Lengqiu is as fearful as a tiger, and he still has the courage to kill the thieves," Gao Zongting smiled helplessly, and said, "Jiangdong Zuoying has won a great victory in the fourth battle, and I haven't congratulated you yet......" Looking at Lin Bin, compared to when they met in Jiangning, Lin Bin's skin was much darker and rougher, and he had a dense short mustache on his lips, which made him look older than his actual age, his face was resolute and tough, his eyes were burning, and he was radiant, and he had the demeanor of a superhuman Confucian general and a minister. led 3,000 weak brigades, repeatedly created captives, although the year of the weak crown, there was already the bearing of famous ministers and famous generals.
"It's not about the big picture, what's your favorite?" Lin Jian shook his head and said disapprerovingly. In his view, the standard of military merit should mainly reflect the degree of completion of the implementation of strategic and tactical intentions, and he has always instilled this idea within the Jiangdong Left Battalion.
Although the Jiangdong Left Battalion won four battles and won four victories, and there were many leaders, there was no substantial strategic intention to interfere with the capture of the troops to break through the border and enter the army, and none of the four victories was of turning significance, and in this sense, none of the four victories could be called great victories.
The main force of the captives calmly withdrew from the pass, plundered a large number of Dingkou and goods, and destroyed northern Lubei and Yannan to a mess, and caused a food shortage crisis in Gyeonggi.
Lin Jian and Geng Quanshan bowed their heads and asked, "Has Captain Chen also arrived under the command of the Governor?" Did Yue Lengqiu leave you in trouble? In addition to the remnants of Shao Wujun, who were all sent to Chongzhou for recuperation and recuperation, there were 426 people left in Jinhai, and they did not report to the Ministry of War.......
"Yue Lengqiu couldn't find an excuse to embarrass us for a while, he still had to put Yangxin's military exploits under his name, and he couldn't unload the mill and kill the donkey in front of the people of the world. Dingbang and I don't have any soldiers in our hands, so it's useless for Yue Lengqiu, stay under his nose, he still feels that it's an eyesore, and he can't find an excuse to kick us away," Geng Quanshan said, "Dingbang went directly to Beijing with the governor, and I came with Mr. Gao, to formally ask the lord to take care of Shao Wu's remnant army, so that they can have a good way out......" Geng Quanshan held the table with his hand, and buried his head to salute Lin Lian.
"Don't dare to be a ......," Lin Jian said, as if he was blocked by something, Geng Quanshan also clearly realized that the factions in the DPRK and China were intricate, and it was difficult for Li Zhuo to complete the great cause of pacification in five years, and he had the consciousness of sacrificing for the court and the governor in his heart, but he was unwilling to let more than 400 Shao Wujun brothers also be buried with him in the bitter cold place.
"Have you ever read the Governor's peace policy, and what kind words do you have to say?" Gao Zongting asked, "This is the main purpose of me coming to Quanshan......
Lin Lian was not qualified to see Li Zhuo's recital directly to Emperor Chongguan, but Tang Haoxin was in Jinhai, and it was easy for him to see Li Zhuo's copy of Pingce. He nodded, frowned and thought for a moment, and said, "How do you say that?" Take the matter of Yanxi Thirty-six Yi as an analogy - since the defeat of Chen Tangyi, the Dongyu soldiers pointed directly at Yanxi, and even if Yanxi Thirty-six Yi did not immediately take refuge in Dongyu, it was inevitable that they would secretly communicate with Dongyu. The governor put forward the policy of 'inter-market grain and straw to show the convergence and differentiation', which is really a stable and helpless policy, and there is no other good strategy for me. However, if this policy can be successful, everyone will naturally be happy; If this policy can't be successful, I'm afraid that the commander will not be able to escape the charge of selling grain to the enemy? ”
"Whether it is successful or not, how can there be a certainty? If you don't have complete certainty, can't you fight for it? Even if you can't win it, you won't be accused of framing an enemy for selling grain! Gao Zongting smiled disapprerovingly.
"Where would the pencil officer care about the merits...... The evil of party strife, Mr. Gao will not fail to understand, they bite to death, and you can't even open a hundred mouths to argue. Lin Jian said.
"Are you worried that there are people in the court who will control the elbow?" Gao Zongting remembered the sinister party struggle between the DPRK and the Chinese people, and a chill also rose on his back, and then he shook his head and said, "The commander offers a peaceful policy, please go out of the Governor Jizhen and say that it will be peaceful in five years, in addition to blocking the mouth of the ministers of the DPRK and China, it is to get the full support of the saints." No matter how the ministers of the DPRK and China talk about it, they are still the masters who want to do something and recover their ancestors' homeland. As long as you can give the governor two to three years, it will not be difficult to restore the old view before the disastrous defeat of Chen Tangyi, and at that time, I think that the Holy Lord and the ministers of the court will no longer demand a five-year contract......"
If the emperor wants to be reliable, the old sow will be able to climb trees.
Lin Jian didn't say this kind of thought of him, whether it was Li Zhuo or Gao Zongting, they were still loyal to the monarch in terms of fundamental concepts, although they were much more pragmatic than ordinary officials and generals, but they still pinned their blood on the most unrealistic possibility or extravagant hope that "today's saint is a master who has temporarily been blinded by traitors".
Lin Jian didn't have the opportunity to meet Emperor Chongguan, but judging from his performance in many political decisions, he didn't think he would be a master with a sense of governance.
Lin Jian couldn't help but think of the captive king Yezir Khan. He did not deal directly with Yezir Khan, but Nahe Xiongqi was defeated several times in the hands of the Jiangdong Left Army, and when the captive king Yezir Khan led his troops to retreat, he still let Nakh Xiongqi be in charge of the palace - Lin Lian even if he hated the captive king Yezir for brutalizing the people of the Central Plains, he had to admit that he had the bearing of a generation of heroes.
If the enemy Li Zhuo has to face is someone else, Lin Zhuo will still think that Ping Yuce has three or four percent certainty, but Li Zhuo is facing the captive king Yezir Khan, and I am afraid that there is only one or two percent of the certainty left.
Lin Zhuo didn't think that Li Zhuo could be better than Ye Zier, Li Zhuo had his limitations, not to mention that not all those standing behind Li Zhuo were unwavering backing.
In any case, Sheji was dying, and Li Zhuo, regardless of the danger of being ruined, resolutely invited the army to go north to resist the captives, which was far beyond the reach of the snakes and rats in the temple.
Li Zhuo's Pingyu policy used many dangers and strange places, but let Lin Jian think about it, the Dayue Dynasty was eroded to such a point, and he couldn't think of any other safe and good strategy that could be used to pacify the Dongyu in a short period of time, and the current imperial court party is bad, and the order is changed overnight, and it is impossible to imagine that a long-term policy to restrict the Dongyu can be formulated.
"The Jibei Army is stationed on the north bank, Mr. Gao, Captain Geng, come with me by boat to take a look at its military appearance...... Lin Jian said.
"Alas," Gao Zongting sighed lightly, "I have heard a little about the general of the Jibei Army openly prostituting prostitutes in the camp; In addition, the Jibei Army can obtain the combat power of the first thousand soldiers in this battle, I am afraid that the Jiangdong Left Army sold it to them, right? ”
With a pragmatic and intelligent person like Gao Zongting, there was no need for Lin Lian to be sloppy, he nodded calmly, and said: "Hao Zongcheng wants to buy a barbarian head to make military merits, and I want to maintain the expenses of the Jiangdong Left Army, where can I not be tempted?" I'm afraid that it will make the Jibei Army arrogant, and it will be even more difficult to tame the commander! He asked the guards to prepare a sea boat outside the sea pond, and took him, Gao Zongting and others to the north to watch the military camp in Jibei Town.
The garrison of the Jiangdong Zuo Battalion was on the south bank of the Hexiazikou, and the garrison of the Jibei Army was on the north bank of the Hexiazikou, which was temporarily under the command of Hao Zongcheng, the envoy of the supervising army, and the two were five or six miles away.
The moon is bright on the sea, the boat is on the blue waves, from a distance, the military camp of the Jibei Army is far from the solemnity of the Jiangdong Left Army, the ship leans over, there is no law in the camp, through the moonlight, the glimmer of the campfire, you can see the soldiers in the barracks taking advantage of the night to walk and run, and there is even a faint sound of sheng flute drum music, singing and singing, Gao Zongting hatefully pinched his fist and hit the ship's side parapet. Although he had heard all kinds of bad deeds of the border army before, but seeing with his own eyes that this was the Jibei elite who they would lead to resist the Eastern Capture, how could he calm down?
Lin Jian sighed slightly, that is, there was no other restraint, and the Jibei Army, which had a total strength of 60,000, would be in order to rectify the military appearance and military discipline, I am afraid that it would take Li Zhuo's time for a year or two, I don't know if the court or the Chongguan Emperor has this patience.
Lin Lian stayed in the Tianjin Navy camp for two days, mainly to discuss the matter of peace, and finally sent Gao Zongting and Geng Quanshan away, and promised: "Mr. Gao told the commander that he could ask the Jinhai Capital Cao Transportation Division to be responsible for the grain supply of Jibei Town by sea, and I will never hold you back in this matter!" This is also what I can do now for the Governor and Mr. Gao. ”