In late November, the territory of Jinan Prefecture was already extremely cold.

In the southwest of Jinan City, about a watch, the mud road on the east bank of the Yufu River gives the cold air after the night to be solid, the color is slightly lighter than the dark night of the four fields, as if a light yellow burlap extends out, and it does not extend for long, I feel that there is a bottomless abyss in front of me, and the mud road in front of me is like a bait that tempts people to fall into a trap.

Only the frozen surface of the Yufu River has a faint reflection in the dark night, making people believe that they are walking on solid ground.

On the road from Jing'er Lake in Wohu Mountain to Licheng County, a group of cavalry, about 60 people, the horses' hooves trampled on the frozen dirt road like a dull drumbeat, the local dogs of the nearby villages barked at the sound of the horses' hooves that suddenly broke in, occasionally a few cottages lit oil lamps, and the dim lights that came out of the paper windows were like ghost fires, and they were quickly blown out.

Lin Jian rode a horse and hugged the riders in the middle, his heart heavy.

Cheng Yuqian, the commander of the Jiangdong Qinwang Division, led the main forces of the middle and right armies to be stationed in Linqing, two hundred miles away, and sent a letter ordering him to stop continuing to go north, and asked him to move to Liaocheng to join him.

Liaocheng is more than 100 miles south of Linqing, and it is more than 150 miles away from Licheng.

Lin Jian thought that Cheng Yuqian already felt that Linqing was not so safe, and wanted to retreat Jiangdong Qinwang's division to Liaocheng to avoid the troops of the Dongyu Iron Cavalry.

Since the beginning of October, nearly 100,000 Qinwang troops have arrived in Jinzhong, Shandong, Zhongzhou counties, Datong and Xuanhua towns, but there are few people who dare to fight with Dongyu......

Seeing that the road into Gyeonggi had been blocked, the Qinwang army who had come from other counties did not dare to rush into the inner line, and they were stationed on the outer line to wait and see the situation. The Qinwang army in Linqing, Dezhou and other places also gathered tens of thousands of people, but they did not belong to each other, and the imperial court did not send envoys to the governor of the world. Seeing that the Dongyu Iron Cavalry swept over, all the Qinwang troops gathered in Pingyuan Prefecture and Dezhou began to withdraw to the outer line, and they did not have the consciousness of guarding the gate for Shandong.

After Lin Tie led the five battalions of the left army of the Jiangdong Qinwang Division from Weiyang to the north to Suyu, he broke away from the direction of Cao Road, interspersed from the Yishui Valley Road to the north, crossed the mountains in central Shandong, and entered the territory of Jinan Prefecture, and the whole army was stationed along the Yufu River and Wohu Mountain for seven or eight days, and Cao Zhuang in front was the fourth battalion of the left army led by Zhao Qingshan.

More than sixty horsemen stalked in silence in the deep night, except for the sound of horses' hooves, only the barking of startled dogs one after another. rushed to Caozhuang and came to the farm yard where the main tent of the fifth battalion was located, Lin Lian, Cao Ziang, and Zhou Pu turned over and dismounted. Ning Zechen, Zhao Qingshan, Lin Mengde, Wu Qi and others who came in advance were all standing at the entrance of the courtyard waiting for them.

Lin Mengde said: "The night wind blows like a knife, and the speed at which you come is not slow......"

Lin Tie took off his gloves, stuffed them into the side pocket next to the saddle, asked the guards to lead the horse away, and gave the frozen hand a warm breath, hoping to warm it up, and said, "I was also about to come over, and I received a report that you had arrived with the crow master...... What's the news on the northern line? ”

"Let's go into the house and talk about it." Zhao Qingshan, who was wearing Rong armor and had a well-defined face, greeted.

In the courtyard of the peasant house, which was temporarily requisitioned, was very poorly laid out, in the middle of the hall was a smoky wooden pillar, the stone foundation was pitted, next to the pillars was a simple table with gaps almost enough to fit into the fingers, four elm benches, and in the corner was a stove, and the fire was burning, which made the room much warmer than the outside.

Lin Tie untied the big shackles, separated them on a bench, asked everyone to sit down, and asked Wu Qi directly: "Is the river in the north frozen?" ”

"Not only the river, but also the Xiaoqing River is icy," Wu Qi blew his nose, his voice was a little urned, and said, "This is still a trivial matter, Yang Zhaoqi died in the battle in Gaoyang County......"

"What!" When Lin Jian heard Wu Qi say the news, it was as if his back had given a cold whip to his back.

Yang Zhaoqi is the commander of Jinzhong County Xuanfu and the rank of Commander of the Military Department, in fact, his power is not weaker than that of ordinary governors, but the post of governor is not lightly established, so Yang Zhaoqi has not been able to go further.

After the Dongyu broke the border, Yang Zhaoqi was the first to lead 20,000 Jin soldiers into King Qin, and he was one of the few generals who rushed to King Qin's army in Gyeonggi in advance.

On the way north, he heard that the imperial court intended to make Yang Zhaoqi's governor Qin Wang's army fight against the invasion of Dongyu, and he didn't know where the accident happened.

Cao Ziang was also taken aback, looking at the map unfolded on the table, Gaoyang County is located in the southeast of Baozhou Mansion (now Baoding City), located in the hinterland of Yannan Sanfu, Yang Zhaoqi died in this battle, indicating that he led the main force of the Jin Zhongqin Wang Division to meet the Dongyu cavalry in Gaoyang.

"What about the casualties of Yang Zhaoqi's department? Why didn't the Tang Copy from Jinan Mansion mention the Battle of Gaoyang? Cao Ziang asked two key points.

Even if the post road in Yannan Sanfu is blocked, but the battle of more than 10,000 people, Jinan Mansion does not know any news, so it is a little too much to say.

"I don't know why Tang Copyi didn't mention it," Wu Qi wiped his face and said, "I have personally been to the Gaoyang battlefield, and thousands of Dongyu cavalry have also died, and the Jinzhong soldiers should have been completely annihilated, and only a small number of soldiers escaped." The battle took place on the night of the 16th, and there were about 30,000 Dongyu cavalry gathered in Gaoyang to participate, and the total annihilation of the Jinzhong soldiers should be on the 19th. At that time, Hao Zongcheng led 20,000 Jibei cavalry at Tongkou, fifty miles northwest of Gaoyang......"

"Dead eunuch of the dog!" Lin Lian scolded hatefully, the Jibei cavalry is one of the few elite cavalry in the imperial court after the defeat of Chen Tangyi, known as the Jibei Iron Cavalry, and it is also one of the few elites who have the ability to fight with the Dongyu cavalry in the field, in order to master this elite, the emperor did not hesitate to violate the ancestral system, and directly sent his minister Hao Zongcheng as the military supervisor to control this elite. Who would have thought that Hao Zongcheng would sit on elite soldiers but sit back fifty miles away and watch the soldiers of King Qin of Jin Zhongqin to encircle and annihilate the eastern captives......

"I'm afraid there are dirty things in the capital that we don't know," Cao Ziang frowned, Hao Zongcheng was a minister, but he was just a military envoy sent by the emperor to the Jibei Army, and there was no need to preserve the strength of the Jibei Army, especially openly sitting back and watching Yang Zhaoqi's troops being completely annihilated, and he couldn't explain to the top and bottom, and asked Wu Qi, "What noteworthy rumors are coming out of Yanjing?" ”

"Rumors," Wu Qi thought for a while and said, "It is rumored that the Holy Lord intends to negotiate peace with the Eastern Prisoners who have entered the Kou, and the Second Prime Minister Zhang Xie and others all agree with the peace, Prime Minister Chen Xinbo and Yang Zhaoqi are the main battle faction, and it is also said that Hao Zongcheng is the ...... responsible for negotiating peace with the Eastern Emperor."

"The DPRK and China have not sent envoys and governors to fight against the border and the east, and the matter of negotiating peace is probably not groundless," Cao Ziang said, "Chen Xinbo's main battle is easy to understand—although he is the prime minister, he has given him a vacancy, and he cannot play a decisive role in either the main battle or the peace negotiation, and of course he is unwilling to bear the charge of surrendering and negotiating peace for them......"

Lin Lian's brows were deeply locked, and he didn't say a word.

In this dynasty, the left servant of Shangshu and the servant of the door are the prime ministers, the right servant of Shangshu and the middle servant of the middle book are the secondary ministers, and the governors of the political affairs, the left and right of Shangshu are the deputy ministers. The people who decide the major military and political affairs in the world, in addition to the prime ministers, are the emperor Lao'er and the eunuchs and ministers who surround him all day long.

If Yang Zhaoqi's death in battle involved the dispute between the DPRK and China and the two factions, it would be easy to understand that Tang Bao deliberately did not raise the Yanghui battle, but Yang Zhaoqi and more than 20,000 Jinzhong soldiers also died too unjustly.

Zhao Qingshan, Ning Zechen, Zhou Pu and others were silent, they were okay, they had no intention of sacrificing their lives for the Great Yue Dynasty, but they didn't know what they would think when such news reached the ears of other civil and military officials.

Wu Qi smiled hesitantly, wanting to dissipate the current lifelessness, and said: "At present, in addition to the outpost cavalry entering the Plains Mansion, there are also a large number of rangers who go west to enter Jinzhong, especially after Yang Zhaoqi dies in battle, the morale of the defenders in Jinzhong will be greatly damaged, and Yan Jingjing is worried that the main force of Dongyu will take advantage of the situation to enter Jinzhong. ”

"Impossible," Lin Jian shook his head and said with certainty, "Both sides of the Eastern Capture are bluffing, but what is the benefit of the Eastern Capture's main force attacking Jinzhong to the west?" Get out of the way of Yannan, so that the Qinwang army from all over the country will continue to enter Gyeonggi and cut off their retreat? The main force of the Dongyu is southward, they can cut off the Cao Road and threaten Jinan Prefecture, and if it is not good, they can grab a ship from Dengzhou and go to sea to go back to Liaodong......"

Lin Lian's conclusion, everyone here felt great pressure, they are in the territory of Jinan Mansion, only more than 50 miles away from Jinan City, if the main force of the East Capture is directed at Jinan Mansion, they will have to move and retreat.

At this moment, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves, and Lin Jian and they pricked up their ears to listen for a while, and after a while, they saw that the sentry on duty brought a few officers and soldiers to the door. The leader was a small school, and without waiting for the word to be transmitted, he walked in directly, swept his eyes over everyone's faces, and said, "Which of you is the leader?" Who can lead me to your Lin Dujian, my lord has something to summon him to meet in Jinan City. ”

"I'm Lin Lian, who is your adult?" Lin Jian turned around and sat down, his eyes looking at the comer.

"Lord Lin," the little colonel saluted Lin Lian and said, "I am the Governor of Eastern Fujian, Lord Yue, who has just arrived in Jinan City, and knows that Lord Lin is stationed here with his army, so I am invited to invite Lord Lin to the city to discuss important matters......" He took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Lin Bin.

Lin Lian didn't expect that the Eastern Min Qin Wang Division would be personally led by the governor Yue Lengqiu, Yue Lengqiu was one of the core figures of the Chu Party, and Yue Lengqiu invited him into the city, but it was inconvenient for him to ignore it. Lin Jian opened the letter that Yue Lengqiu gave him, and after reading it, he said to the junior colonel who came to deliver the letter: "I have already read the letter of Governor Yue, you go back and report to Commander Yue, I will go to Jinan City to see Commander Yue before noon tomorrow." ”

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