The boat was on the river, the wind blew and the waves were broken, Liu Zhi stood against the wind, and the crown was blown away by the cold wind.

Liu Zhi left Jiangning on the 11th and went up the river, the official ship had a deep draft, sailed by the wind, the speed was very slow, and on the 12th he met with Lin Xuwen in quarrying, and it was only at dusk on the 14th that he could be worthy of being Tu.

The soldiers and horses of the extravagant family were anxious to retreat to run Jiangzhou, firmly establish their roots in Jiangxi, and began to withdraw troops from Chizhou to the west from the sixth day of the first month. With the westward advance of Shuiying, the Huaidong Army increased to 40,000 soldiers and horses entering Yijiang and Qingyang, and Yue Lengqiu also had more than 30,000 troops in Qiupu and Shicheng, but due to the restrictions of supplies and the turbulent situation in Jiangning, he was unable to advance westward and recover Jiangzhou in a short period of time.

However, as the Huaidong Water Camp advanced westward, the Dongting Lake Kou and the rebel water army were expelled from the Yangtze River down from Qingyang. The vast majority of people were still in the post-war panic and wait-and-see, but there were also merchants with a keen sense of smell, and at this time they had already organized merchant ships to buy grain from Luzhou, Juchao and other places upstream and sell it to Jiangning.

Although there are not many grain ships, they have also encountered several pulls along the road, which makes Liu Zhi feel that the Yangtze River has recovered a little vitality, which is indeed after the war......

Liu Zhi traveled slowly on the Yangtze River, firstly, the official ship could not go fast, and secondly, Liu Zhi did not want to rush to Juchao too early.

Yue Lengqiu had already handed the guilty plea to Jiangning, and when Lin Xuwen left Qiupu, Zhang Yan also returned north angrily, and when the emperor heard these news, his mood would probably be thunderous. If he rushed to Juchao in the emperor's anger, maybe he would really cut off his head, Liu Zhi pressed the speed on the Yangtze River, but sent someone to sneak to Juchao County to find out the news, and waited for the time to enter the nest to face the saint, so that he would be more sure.

Besides, Lin Jian also has a mess of things in Jiangning City, and he is not too slow for a few days.

At this time, two pulp sail clippers came from behind, flying the flag of the firm. In the past few days, we have been able to see supply ships or warships flying the flag of the Huaidong Army passing by, and it is the first time that I have seen a merchant ship coming from the direction of Jiangning.

Liu Zhi waited in the cabin for a while, and the accompanying eunuch Zhou Yuanqiao ran in and said: "After the master left Jiangning, there was a lot of excitement in Jiangning City...... "The riot in Jiangning Mi Market was detailed, "Lord Zhang is really iron-faced and selfless, and he dares to lose such a big face as Peng Chenggong." Gu Tianqiao is the brother of Duchess Pengcheng, and he was given thirty lashes in a cold night, and the Dongyang family was forced to bow their heads. In the future, this grain merchant will transport rice into the city, and he will buy 30% of the rice to the official family at a parity price, and the households in the city can buy a pound of parity grain every three days with the registration book......

"Six hundred yuan for a bucket of rice is also a huge profit, I hope it will return to normal in three or five months," Liu Zhi sighed slightly, as for the thirty whips that Gu Tianqiao struck, he didn't want to evaluate it in front of Zhou Yuanqiao.

Zhou Yuanqiao was a minor official who followed Liu Zhi in the Inner Servant Province, and when Jiangning was in turmoil, he did not flee with the emperor to the west, but stayed in the imperial city to send Liu Zhi prison food, which can be regarded as loyal. Liu Zhi came out this time, naturally he regarded Zhou Yuan Qiao as a confidant, but he may not be able to understand some things, if he talks too much outside, he will cause more trouble.

Gu Tianqiao received thirty lashes, to put it bluntly, Lin Jian wanted to settle people's hearts, not only to calm the hearts of the people in Jiangning City, but also to let everyone in Luzhou know that Jiangning City has not yet reached the point where Huaidong covers the sky with one hand - Liu Zhi smiled slightly, thinking: It is always a good thing that Gong Pengcheng can endure his temperament. Thinking that Chen Huawen and Sun Jingxuan, who were sent by Lin and went to Shouzhou, should also see Dong Yuan and Liu Tingzhou, right?

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Just entered the middle of December, Shouzhou also entered the cold day.

These days, Dong Yuan has to send sentinels to ride out along the Huai River to the west every day, just because he is worried that the Huai River will freeze like last year.

On the north bank of the Huai River, the counties around Wuyang will gradually complete the clearing of the wilderness after the winter, and the people will avoid the fortress - the clear field of the strong wall can effectively prevent the infiltration of the Yanyu cavalry and advance, but the clear field of the strong wall will cause great harm to agriculture, so it can only be carried out on the north bank. If the south bank is also cleared after winter, at least three or four percent of the year's harvest will be lost.

If you don't know the wilderness, once Huaidong is frozen, the Yanyu cavalry will easily infiltrate in, and Huaixi will lack cavalry, and the loss of the people will be difficult to control.

As for the chaos in Jiangning, the people in Huaixi have feelings, but the feelings are very short, so they are not very profound.

Emperor Yongxing abandoned Jiangning on the 25th and marched westward, Jiangning fell on the 27th, and the Huaidong Army recovered Jiangning on the fourth day of the first month.

When it was first known that Jiangning had fallen, Shouzhou was also panicked, and before this panic had passed, the news of the Huaidong Army's frequent victories and the recovery of Jiangning came from the south bank of the Yangtze River. Such three or five days was only enough for Dong Yuan to gather the guards on the outskirts of Shouzhou City, and there was no more time to make other reactions.

Yu Xinyuan also rushed to Shouzhou on the sixth day of the first month, and the original intention was to persuade Dong Yuan to lead a group of soldiers and horses to Luzhou to escort him, and join forces with the Jiangzhou army to force Jiangning from the west side, so as to divide the momentum of Huaidong.

Yu Xinyuan also beat Meng with a stick, and Dong Yuan even happened to rush to the Voryang patrol before Yu Xinyuan arrived in Shouzhou City; Yu Xinyuan wanted to rush to Wuyang to see Dong Yuan, but Ding Zhiru was entangled in Shouzhou and couldn't get out.

Although he could see Liu Tingzhou and Chu Wang Yuan Hancheng, Dong Yuan did not show up, and nothing could be discussed, and the night before yesterday came the news that the Queen Mother returned to the court, that is, Liu Tingzhou and Chu Wang Yuan Hancheng's attitudes were also blurred.

It wasn't until Chen Huawen and Sun Jingxuan came to Shouzhou that news came from the north that Dong Yuan had returned to the camp of Kip Shishan.

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The north wind was strong, Dong Yuan was entangled in military affairs, and invited Yu Xinyuan and Chen Huawen to meet at the Xiashishan camp.

Kip Stone Mountain is located on the bank of the Huai River, standing between the north and south mountains and the river, which is the most dangerous place of the Huai River. The upper reaches of Kip Stone Mountain are the best crossing points in the middle reaches, and the lower part is the situation of Shouzhou when the water enters Huaikou, and nearly half of it falls on Kip Stone Mountain.

Dong Yuan rectified Shouzhou and defended Huai, and most of his energy was also spent on the camp of Kip Stone Mountain.

Ding Zhiru accompanied Yu Xinyuan and Sun Jingxuan in the car; However, Chen Huawen is accustomed to his military career, and the cold wind is cold, and he also travels on horseback, overlooking the camp of Kip Stone Mountain, with strict military congestion and banner hunting.

From Shouzhou City to the north, all the way to the south bank of the Huai River, along the road twenty or thirty miles, mostly Tuntian, by Dong Yuan one year of operation, also the beginning of the scale, the weather is cold and the color is white, but the four wild wheat seedlings are green, the wind blows and does not break......

Yu Xinyuan was gloomy in his heart: Dong Yuan's intention was to show the bargaining capital in front of Sun Jingxuan and Chen Huawen.

Yue Lengqiu had handed over the guilty fold to Jiang Ning in Chizhou, and Yu Xinyuan's heart was almost completely cold, but there were still some unwillingness and luck, and it was even more cold and stiff at this time......

Jinghu Lake and Xiangtan are too far away, and the distant water can't save the near fire, Yue Lengqiu and Dong Yuan are bargaining with Huaidong, and Emperor Yongxing has a righteous name, but after the queen mother returned to the court, the bargaining capital was almost lost.

What is Chen Huawen and what is Sun Jingxuan? One is just a military general who has risen to prosper, or Dong Yuan's old department, and the other is a member of the Huigang, and he was convicted of being a gangster in Chongzhou in his early years, just because they came on behalf of Huaidong, and the car that Dong Yuan prepared for them was the same as his imperial history of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate......

Compared with Yu Xinyuan, who came empty-handed, Sun Jingxuan and Chen Huawen were followed by dozens of boats full of grain and straw destined for Huaixi.

Jiangning was unable to collect taxes for a while, but Huaixi's military support could not be cut off for a day, and before Sun Jingxuan and Chen Huawen came over, the will of the Empress Dowager Liang came out, and the grain of Huaixi's soldiers and horses next spring was temporarily advanced by Huaidong.

But obviously, if Sun Jingxuan and Chen Huawen came over to talk unpleasantly, dozens of boatloads of grain and straw would stop in Dongyang Mansion at any time.

What are Chips? That's the stakes!

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Before Chen Huawen, Sun Jingxuan, Yu Xinyuan, and Ding Zhiru, Liu Tingzhou and Yuan Hancheng, the king of Chu, entered the Kipshan camp to meet Dong Yuan first.

Dong Yuan's big tent was quite simple, the chairs and tables were unpainted, planed flat, revealing rough log rings, and the stove was blazing, shining with red-hot fire. Liu Tingzhou and Yuan Hancheng sat with solemn faces, and Dong Yuan, who had returned from patrolling, pushed the door in, took off his robe, came to the stove, and saluted the King of Chu and Liu Tingzhou who stood up: "Call the prince and Lord Liu to wait for ......a long time."

"Not busy...... Yuan Hancheng asked Dong Yuan to sit down and discuss the matter, "Lord Yu and the people from Huaidong are on the way to the camp, what does Lord Dong think in his heart?" ”

"Lord Wang and Lord Liu, what do you think in your hearts?" Dong Yuan quietly kicked the ball back to Yuan Hancheng and Liu Tingzhou.

Liu Tingzhou sighed lightly and said: "The situation is like this, Jianghuai can't be chaotic, otherwise it will only be taken advantage of by Yanyu......"

Jiangning recovered from the fall, in just seven or eight days, Huaixi was unable to react, and the Yanlu soldiers and horses between the river and Huai had no time to react, but if Jianghuai fell into a long-term split, Yanlu would never have had time to react.

Huaixi was dilapidated, and it could not be completely restored in just one year; Without the support of Jiangning's grain, it would be impossible for Huaixi to stop the Yanlu army alone!

Now that Huaidong has invited the Queen Mother out and asked the emperor to return to the court, there is a great name for righteousness, even if Liu Tingzhou is loyal to the imperial family, he also knows that the current situation cannot help them to make more choices. Besides, Liu Tingzhou is loyal to the imperial family and the imperial court.

"What if the emperor is unwilling to return to Jiangning?" Dong Yuan asked.

Now Emperor Yongxing stopped in Juchao County, south of Luzhou City, and did not even enter Luzhou City, although there were not many imperial camps and naval forces accompanying him, and his combat power was not strong, but it also made Emperor Yongxing have a little confidence to stay in Juchao and not return to Jiangning.

Yuan Hancheng, the king of Chu, also sighed helplessly, and said: "With the queen mother's family law, the emperor will not be able to return to Jiangning." ”

The queen mother represents the family law of the imperial family, but in this country, at a special time, the queen mother can suppress the emperor in name. Emperor Yongxing lost his virtue in front, and forced to stay in Luzhou and not return, and the minister abolished the emperor by the order of the queen mother, and set it up separately, which is also in accordance with the etiquette law.

The emperor is unvirtuous in the front, and the abolition of the emperor is not contrary to Liu Tingzhou's loyalty and filial piety.

Dong Yuan nodded, under the circumstances, Emperor Yongxing issued an edict to return to the dynasty, which is the best choice at the moment, and the second is to abolish the emperor and set up another one. The Jiangzhou Army, the Huaixi Army and the Huaidong Army set up another king of Lu, and the 20,000 imperial battalions in Juchao County could not become a climate at all, and most of them would be scattered like beasts as soon as the grain and grass were cut off.

When such a consensus is reached, the next thing to discuss is to limit Huaidong's abuse of power or to obtain more benefits for Huaixi......

Huaidong gave up control of the news, and Jiangning's movements in the past few days quickly came to Shouzhou. However, these tricks of Huaidong are to calm the hearts of the people, and Dong Yuan, Liu Tingzhou and Yuan Hancheng will naturally not be confused.

However, these tricks of Huaidong are not useless, after Huaidong recovered Jiangning, he did not abuse power, and he regarded the Yuan clan as Zhengshuo, and if the Huaixi and Jiangzhou armies wanted to confront Huaidong, they would lose their righteous name and would tell themselves to centrifuge first. After all, most people still don't want to break the split.