Knowing that Huaidong's soldiers and horses in Mindong had begun to retreat, Huang Jinnian was quite excited, before he and Lin Xuwen were in Jiangning they were worried that Huaidong's main force in Mindong could not be withdrawn in time and could not catch up, but he didn't expect Huaidong's soldiers and horses to move so quickly.

This is also a huge benefit of Huaidong's control of the East China Sea and the development of maritime transportation, in other words, in the past, an elite army had to travel thousands of miles to fight elsewhere after experiencing a continuous difficult battle with casualties and attrition of nearly one-third, and the possibility of the collapse of the whole army was higher......

After the Zhejiang-Fujian rebels captured Huizhou, Jiangning officials also expected Huaidong, Huaixi, and Jiangzhou to return in time, but they all believed that Jiangning had to survive the initial difficult period before waiting for reinforcements from outside.

Of course, even if the Huaidong soldiers and horses arrive in eastern Zhejiang, they will not be able to go north immediately; Not to mention the Huaidong soldiers and horses who have gone through continuous and difficult battles, after Yue Lengqiu received the edict from Jiangning, he wanted to arrange the defense of Jiangzhou and send troops and horses to help, and it would not be possible to make the trip in just three or five days.

Huang Jinnian remembered something and asked Sun Wenbing: "Huaidong still has nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in Hailing, are you ready to go to Jiangning?" ”

"The soldiers and horses in Hailing, I don't think there is a need to rush over," Lin Xuwen said, "Jiangning's edict to Huaidong was sent directly to Mingzhou, ostensibly hoping to be directly transferred to Lao Seventeen through Mingzhou, but in fact, the emperor and Chen Xiang didn't want Huaidong soldiers and horses to enter Jiangning first......"

Sun Wenbing didn't say anything, and it was not difficult to guess what Emperor Yongxing was thinking with Chen Xiyan.

Huaidong has garrisons in Hailing, and Jiangning is not unclear, and the edicts of King Qin to Huaidong and the Hanghu Army were sent to the southeast at the same time, and the Hanghu Army would be one step faster than Huaidong.

"It's all burning, they are still guarding against Huaidong, waiting for Meng Yishan to lead the Hanghu army to a big rout in the south, waiting for the rebels to come to the city, and tell them to continue to guard against it!" Huang Jinnian sneered, but after thinking about it, he could still understand the mentality of Emperor Yongxing and Chen Xiyan.

Huizhou was devastated, and the whole court blamed Xie Chaozhong for only talking on paper, and most of them didn't think that the imperial army would be so unbearable.

Even though the Zhejiang-Fujian rebels had opened the gateway to Jiangning, there had been no further action in Ningguo for several days, not to mention that there was still a trace of luck in the hearts of the panicked Manchu civil and military forces more than 300 miles away.

If the Huaidong soldiers and horses enter Jiangning first, and then the rebels rush over, there will inevitably be a situation where the Huaidong soldiers and horses enter the city to assist in the defense and other reinforcements are blocked......

"From Hailing to Jiangning, you have to travel 400 miles against the water, and it will not take a day or two to come over. In addition, adults may be able to go to Mingzhou today, and the news will not be able to come to Jiangning until the day after tomorrow at the earliest. However, Fu Ye and Qin Ye were worried that Meng Yishan would be greedy for merit and would bury the Hanghu Army under the blade of the luxury family - if the Hanghu Army took the liberty and collapsed, Jiangning's hearts would be completely shaken, and Jiangning would be in danger...... "Sun Wenbing said.

Huang Jinnian sighed: "Meng Yishan has already entered Jiangning City. ”

Sun Wenbing was stunned, he didn't expect to worry about something, he continued: "If Meng Yishan can lead the Hanghu army into Jiangning City, Jiangning can still defend it; If it's Meng Yishan...... Fu Ye's meaning is to hope that Lin Xiang and Lord Huang can go to the Hailing army in the name of urging the war by the superintendent......"

Huaidong got the edict, and Zhao Hu was able to wave his army along the west in Hailing, but whether the soldiers and horses gathered and then went fast or slowly was in Huaidong's grasp. Against the water and catching up with the winter headwind, it is Huaidong's ability to go fast, and it is natural to go slowly.

At this time, Emperor Yongxing and Chen Xiyan and others were still lucky, so they didn't want the Huaidong soldiers and horses to be the first to come to Jiangning, but after the Hanghu army was defeated, Jiangzhou and Huaixi soldiers and horses were far away and difficult to quench their thirst, and the Hailing army led by Zhao Hu became the only life-saving straw that Jiangning could grasp at that time, and it was also the right thing to send ministers to comfort the army and supervise the war - it was also the best excuse for Lin Xuwen and Huang Jinnian to leave Jiangning.

Huang Jinnian was afraid that Huaidong would be treated as an outcast, and when he heard that Huaidong had this arrangement, he felt a little at ease.

Lin Xuwen only said, "Let's talk about it until that step," and then asked, "How is the situation on the other side of the estuary?" ”

"The evacuation of the estuary has been completed, but a considerable number of people prefer to believe that the walls of Jiangning are impregnable, and they cannot be forcibly tied up to go to the north shore or to go to Prison Island," Sun Wenbing said. The Imperial Battalion Division said to the Ministry of War that he was going to send a supervising army, and he had to ask Lin Xiang for instructions on this matter......"

"This is also the rule, then let them send someone over......" Lin Xuwen said.

"Okay," Sun Wenbing responded, the Imperial Camp Division sent individuals to decorate in the past, and there would be no obstacles, and said, "I have also contacted the various factions of the River Gang, and the ships of Donghuamen and Xicheng are moving to the north bank one after another, but some of the River Gang forces in Longzangpu in the south of the city are still quite optimistic, and they suspect that the luxury family has already infiltrated the forces, and they have not yet moved......"

Before Luxury Feihu, Du Rong had operated in Jiangning and other places for several years, and it was difficult to uproot the hidden pile forces of the Luxury family in Jiangning. Before Lin Lian went to Mindong, he met Du Rong in Mingzhou and invited him to join Huaidong, but Du Rong refused, and Huaidong lost the opportunity to completely eliminate all the hidden stakes of the luxury family in Jiangning.

Lin Xuwen frowned and said, "The Jiangning faction is too complicated, and the imperial court does not have a clear order, so it is impossible to withdraw all the ships nearby. Twenty-four towns and four rice markets outside Jiangning City, Hekou accounts for one of them, including the Longjiang Shipyard, many workshops of the Ministry of Industry, and many granaries of the Ministry of Household and Military Consulates are in the outer city, and at the moment it can only be said which step is which step, even if this Jiangning City is defended, the imperial court will be greatly damaged......

The scale of the extravagant family's naval army once numbered tens of thousands, although it gave Huaidong a big blow, but there was still some foundation. If the extravagant navy abandons the ship and lands and obtains enough ships in Jiangning City, it will be able to temporarily form another navy army, which will be a major threat to Huaidong's important considerations. However, even if Huaidong can withdraw all the civilian ships near Jiangning, it is difficult to ensure that the Jiangning Navy will not capture the warships for the luxury family, and at present, the only way to weaken the possibility of the luxury family to obtain warships from Jiangning is as much as possible, and it is impossible to put an end to it.

Sun Wenbing and Lin Xulu had a secret discussion in Lin Xuwen's mansion for half the night, and only went to the guest room to rest in the early hours of the morning, planning to go out of the city after dawn to make the next deployment.

At this time, the cold moon hanging above the night sky covered a corner of the dark clouds, and the faint moonlight fell on the eaves of the rows of the Hubu Shangshu Wang Xueshan Mansion......

Wang Xueshan couldn't sleep all night in the study.

Who would have thought that supporting Xie Chaozhong to lead the troops to western Zhejiang turned out to be the most infamous move since he joined the office. Now for the Wang family, the rebel soldiers are still second to Jiangning, Wang Xueshan has been invading officialdom for decades, and the danger of political fighting is clearer than anyone else, and he knows that the next step is terrifying, and if he makes a mistake, he and the Wang family will fall into a dangerous situation from which they will never recover.

"Da Da Da" someone knocked on the door outside, the night was so late, and I didn't know who else in the family came to disturb at this time, the attendant also slept deeply in the outer wing, did not hear the knock, Wang Xueshan stood up in his clothes, and listened to his son Wang Chao calling outside: "The child saw that the light was still on on his father's side......"

"It's so late, is there anything else?" Wang Xueshan opened the door and saw that in addition to his son Wang Chao in the corridor, he was also his son Xinna's concubine and a man in Tsing Yi.

The cold moon covered the dark clouds, and there was only a wind lamp in the atrium, and the light was very dim, Wang Xueshan looked at this person's face and was vaguely familiar, thinking that Chen Ruyi was outside in the name of the Wang family to allow something to do, and asked people to come down in the middle of the night.

Wang Xueshan was quite serious, and he was quite unhappy in his heart, thinking that it would be a mistake for such a woman to let her enter the door, and sooner or later she would make a joke for the Wang family, blocking the door and not letting the three of them in, so she only said with a cold face: "It's so late, what's the matter, let's talk about it tomorrow, it's a mess, who comes into the house in the middle of the night, what kind of promotion, do you want to make a joke for the Wang family?" ”

"Lord Wang, I haven't seen you for many years, and I don't know the old man today?" Fei Fei Hu laughed openly.

Listening to the familiar voice, Wang Xueshan's heart trembled, and he subconsciously took a step back, and the light in the room leaked out, shining on the face of the extravagant flying tiger, Wang Xueshan was shocked, but still shouted: "The second son is so bold, you are a thief, dare to break into my house alone, come here!" ”

There are servants waiting in the left and right compartments, listening to the voice of the second son, there are people who get up to wait, and at this time I heard Wang Xueshan shouting angrily, I don't know what happened, and they all rushed out. Wang Xueshan's personal entourage picked up the sword and rushed into the courtyard, and when he saw the luxury flying tiger, he grabbed him and grabbed him with a sword on his neck.

Who else may be a thief?

"Lord Wang can make a great contribution by handing over people to the imperial court, but how can Lord Wang explain to the imperial court that I am in the palace in the middle of the night?" The Flying Tiger laughed, as if he was not afraid of the knife on his neck.

Someone who has seen Wang Xueshan with Wang Xueshan has seen Wang Xueshan's face, and when they saw the face of the luxury Feihu through the light, they were all stunned - the luxury family gathered troops in Ningguo and was about to invade Jiangning on a large scale, how could such an important figure of the luxury family appear here?

"Father!" Wang Chao said in a low voice.

Wang Xueshan's face was cloudy, sweeping Chen Ruyi's face that was demonic and harming all beings, he could figure out many things in a blink of an eye, and said in a calm voice: "Tie him up, no news is allowed to leak out, whoever dares to leak out half a sentence, I want someone to look good!" He motioned to Sui Hu to tie up the luxury Feihu to his study, and said to his sons Wang Chao and Chen Ruyi in a deep voice, "You come in with me!" ”