The scale of Huaidong troops has reached 120,000, and the specific workmanship, cantonment defense, training and other affairs, the battalions, garrisons and prefectures, counties, and inspection departments are also involved in the responsibility, and Sun Jingtang is also in charge of the work and camp, but there is no need to work as hard as running around the country at the beginning.

The army not only provides sufficient and efficient human resources for the large-scale construction and reclamation affairs carried out in various localities, but also provides sufficient reserve troops for Huaidong.

At the critical moment of the situation, the soldiers who have received a certain amount of training and a complete organizational system will be able to mobilize at any time, send weapons and swords, and pull them to the battlefield or the city, that is, Huaidong soldiers.

Therefore, the deployment of the troops is closely related to the distribution of the Huaidong Theater.

On the southern front, nearly 40,000 troops were distributed in Shengzhou, Huiji, Shanyin, Xiaozhou, Huipu, Pingyang, Yizhou and other counties adjacent to the enemy.

With Chongzhou as the center, in the surrounding Yudong, Hecheng, Hailing and other counties, 30,000 soldiers are also distributed, and the Jinhai Battalion of the Central Army of the Infantry Division share the responsibility of garrisoning the core area of Huaidong.

On the northern front, in Shanyang, Siyang, Huaiyang, Suyu and other places, a total of 50,000 troops were deployed to deal with the main force of Yanhu infantry that might move south at any time.

In addition to Huaiyang Town, Huaidong's soldiers on the northern front only had more than 20,000 people in Fengli's camp and the main force of the Jinghai Third Water Battalion, while Yanhu was able to gather more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to fight all the way, so Lin Jian deployed 50,000 soldiers on the northern line in case of emergency.

Sun Jingtang went north with Lin Jian to serve this time, which was a natural thing.

He was going north in two days, and Sun Jingtang also returned home early to pack up, and the concubine Zhao had a word of gossip with him: "The little lady is going to go to Shanyang to take care of the adult's living life this time, and the women's camp will also allocate some people to go over, and the lady's meaning seems to be to let Wen Wan go ......over."

"Let Wen Wan go over!" Sun Jingtang replied casually, he was thinking about other things, and he didn't realize what the Zhao family was going to say to him.

Seeing that her husband didn't come back to his senses, Zhao pinched him lightly, and Sun Jingtang suddenly realized; At this time, Sun Jingxuan's voice came from outside: "Jingtang is in the inner compartment? ”

"Yes." Sun Jingtang answered, and Zhao watched Sun Jingxuan walk in, got up and said, "His uncle has something to come over......

"Jingtang is going to Shanyang in two days, I don't know when we will see each other again, or will our brothers find a place to have a drink?" Sun Jingxuan said.

"I can drink in this house, and I see that it is going to rain this day...... Zhao said, Huaidong food is relatively sufficient, there is no ban on brewing, Sun Jingtang does not drink much, but the house always has some wine for banquet guests, and Zhao called people to the kitchen to prepare some snacks.

"Grandpa!" Sun Wenbing's pair of children listened to Sun Jingxuan's voice, walked over and threw themselves into his arms, and reached into his arms to take out something, "Did you bring any gifts today?" ”

Sun Jingxuan happily took the two children to his knees and stood up, and said to Sun Jingtang: "Wen Yao brought the two children to Xiaoshan, I don't think it's safe, I have to let him send the children back, and the adults lick the blood on the knife edge, there is no way, the children still stay in Chongzhou and ...... safely."

"I also told Wen Yao to let him leave the child in Chongzhou, but he said that the eldest is over thirteen years old, and if he follows us again, he will be spoiled, and he insists on taking him with him to teach, and I can still go to the military department to sign an order to force him to leave the child in Chongzhou?" Sun Jingtang said.

"I can hear it, it's complaining about me." Sun Jingxuan said with a smile, he has no children under his knees, only Wen Wan and a daughter, and he has been dragging on without marriage, not as many children and grandchildren as Sun Jingtang under his knees, and if he wants to spoil his children and grandchildren, he can only dot on Sun Wenyao and Sun Wenbing's children.

"His kid's wings have grown stiff," Sun Jingtang said with a smile, "but the luxury family can't afford to fight Xiaoshan, and the boss and Wen Yao can still gain some insight when they go to Xiaoshan." When my eldest brother and I were thirteen years old, we were already full of rivers, lakes and seas. According to the request of the adults, in another year, as long as the children of each family are younger than eighteen years old, they will all be enrolled, and by next year, the eldest of the Wenyao family will come back......"

"This school does not teach Confucianism, but it is divided into military and political miscellaneous studies, and the boss of the Wen Yao family is undecided, and it is good to go out for a year and a half...... "Sun Jingxuan said.

Zhao sat next to him, listening to Sun Jingxuan talk about some parents of children, but he wanted to understand his intention, and when the next person put the wine and food on the table, he pulled the two children of Wen Bing's family over, and said: "Uncle and Jingtang will sit down and have a drink and chat, I will take the child to sleep first......" Before leaving, he gave Sun Jingtang a look, afraid that he would not understand.

When the Zhao family left, Sun Jingxuan turned back to the topic and said: "I heard that the little lady is going to Shanyang to take care of the adult's daily life, Wen Wan, this girl wants to bring some people to follow, why do you feel a little awkward about this?" ”

Sun Jingtang held the wine jug and poured wine for Sun Jingxuan, sighed lightly and said: "Speaking of which, the old Sun family owes too much to the girl......" Halfway through the words, he paused there, as if recalling the past.

"This girl has a stubborn temper," Sun Jingxuan sighed bitterly, "I'm afraid she will suffer a lot in the future......"

"What do you mean by that?" Sun Jingtang put down the flask and said, "We can't pretend to be confused, I think, if the adults are willing to follow the girl to Shanyang, this will be a good thing." The girl has talked to the adults about marriage, and where is the girl's mind, you and I can't cover our ears, blindfold and pretend not to hear or see - even if we don't delay, who can the girl promise to? This matter, it is naturally good to have a name, but if you don't have a name, it's not useless......" Speaking of this, Sun Jingtang grinned, "If there are heirs in the future, won't there be successors in the long house?" ”

"What kind of 'successor' is this?" Sun Jingxuan asked with an angry wry smile.

"Isn't the girl of the Su family also disrespectful and famous? Qin Chengzu recognized being a righteous daughter. Qin Chengzu had any idea in his heart, he thought that the girl of the Su family would have children in the future, one surnamed Su and the other surnamed Qin, he didn't think that if he didn't have a name and no share, he would not be considered a successor," Sun Jingtang said, "If you want to compare, the Su family has been sealed as a county marquis, and our Sun family is just from a mud foot, how can there be so much attention, as long as the girl herself feels that she is not wronged, what is it better for us to mix in?" ”

Sun Jingxuan was silent for a long time before he sighed and said, "Let's go." In a few years, I will stretch out my legs and let go, can I still manage this? ”

"If you don't feel happy, those two of the Wen Bing family, who do you like, I will be the master and pass it on to you?" Sun Jingtang said.

"I like both of them," Sun Jingxuan smiled, and sighed again, "Forget it, after the succession, there is no father or mother, what's the fun of accompanying me?" ”

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Although Lin Jian was anxious to go north to supervise the war, many cumbersome affairs dragged on, and he did not leave for the north until October 12.

Prior to this, Lin Jian had ordered Geng Quanshan to lead his troops into Tancheng, and Liang Chengchong, who had lost his position in Jining, from the east, had to contain and prevent Chen Hansan from making any changes.

Yinan is located in the south of Yishan and gets its name, Yishui passes through its border, also known as Linyi.

Although strategically, Yinan is far from being compared with Xuzhou, but Yinan connects Yishan and Huaidong. For Huaidong, if he can't get Xuzhou for a while, it can be regarded as a great comfort to be able to control the land of Yinan in his hands.

As early as the beginning of the summer, Lin Jian sent Wu Qi and Chu Zheng to infiltrate Yishan first, organize resistance forces, and after the collapse of the situation in Shandong, he used the topography of Yi, Tai, Mongolia, and Yuan Mountains to gather the army and people who were unwilling to submit to the enemy.

The cold morning breeze blew the fallen leaves, rolling on the avenue, and Lin Tie wore cyan cold armor and galloped on the reins.

Lin Jian has become accustomed to riding horses through fields, lakes, and rivers in the bitter cold wind, looking at the vibrant earth, and can more and more clearly understand how heavy the responsibility of defending the land is on his shoulders.

Not only must Huaidong hold the eastern front, but the central and western fronts must not be defeated, otherwise the Yanhu army will be forced into the Yangtze River from the middle or western front, and then down the river, and Huaidong's flanks will be exposed.

The people who went north went in batches, that is, Gao Zongting and Ye Junan also went to Shanyang on the ninth day of October before Lin Lian. When Lin Jian went north, even the cavalry camp was accompanied by only 600 cavalry led by Zhou Pu.

Sun Jingtang dragged it to the end, set off with Lin Tie, rode a blue and black horse, and rode side by side with Lin Tie.

"Since ancient times, there has been a saying of 'golden horn and silver edge grass belly', Fujian and Zhejiang count the golden horn, swallow thistle plus two Liao count a corner, Guanzhong counts a corner, and two Sichuan counts a corner. When it comes to the border, Jinghu Lake and Jiangxi are counted as borders, Jianghuai and Shandong are counted as borders, Hanzhong is counted as borders, and Jinzhong is counted as borders; Hehuai is this grass belly, the real place of the four wars, I don't know if this winter can be comfortable in the past...... "Lin tied the whip and walked on the horse, and discussed the situation of Hehuai with Sun Jingtang and Zhou Pu who accompanied him with emotion, with his standard Huai, this winter's comfortable past, it was only the Changhuai army that could smoothly withdraw into Huaixi, Liang Chengchong withdrew into Nanyang, and gave all the areas north of Xu Si to Yanhu, forming a relatively stable north-south confrontation situation, and did not expect that the winter war could get any bargains, I didn't even think about turning the situation around.

Now the main force of the Yanhu cavalry is shrinking behind, and it is the new annexed army that is charging in front of the trap, even if Huaidong can get lucky to pick up one or two big victories on the Hehuai battlefield, it will be useless. If the defeat is missed, the situation in Huaisi will become extremely serious.

Before the southern front failed to completely defeat the luxury family, Lin Jian did not have the confidence to fight on the northern front.

Sun Jingtang was even more optimistic than Lin Lian, and said with a smile: "The Golden Horn and Silver Border said that it was before the Huaidong warship crossed the East China Sea. Zhejiang-Fujian Mountain is high and dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack on the terrain, and it is a place to establish a foundation, but presumably today's luxury family will not think that they still occupy a golden horn. If the 'corner belly' is based on the situation, but the Cao family is the most dominant in the situation, Guanzhong, Liangchuan and Hanzhong, the golden horn and the silver border are all occupied, and the Cao family really has the confidence to seek the world? ”

Lin Jian said: "Liang Chengchong occupies Hezhong Mansion, and Tongguan is not threatened, but the Cao family's life may not be easy. If the vision is limited to the hegemony of the Central Plains, and there is no way to enter the pass without passing through Tongguan and Wuguan, but all the Hus of Yanxi are collected by Yanhu, and you can send troops from the north or even from the west to threaten Guanzhong - this is actually what worries me the most. The western line in the narrow sense is the first line of Guiyang and Xiangyang, but once the Yanhu soldiers and horses are blocked by the river and cannot enter, the main force passes through the jurisdiction of the Yanxi tribes in the north, enters Guanzhong from the north, pushes all the way south, and enters the two rivers through Hanzhong, which is the great western line in the real sense. If it really gets to that point, Jiang Ning's side will not be a ...... if it drags its feet further."

"Then take Jiang Ning into your own hands." Zhou Pu said in a loud voice.

Lin Jian smiled lightly and said, "It's good that it's so easy - but Yan Hu doesn't suffer in Hehuai, and he may not be willing to go far." When they are forced to take a detour from Guanzhong, it will not be done overnight. The Cao family is first of all a roadblock, and when the time comes, we can also land in Liangliao and drag it back......"