"Huaidong Jiaqi has 5,000 cavalry, 15,000 soldiers, and more than 10,000 sailors, and they are sharpening their knives and waiting for the Dan," Lin Jian said impassionedly, "The first cavalry has been assembled in Haizhou, and can go north from the broken car Yanguan, from Qingzhou, through Yangxin, and north to Hejian; More than 100 soldiers, sailors and sea ships have been assembled in Chongzhou - just wait for the order of the imperial court, and within ten days, they will be able to enter the king of Yan Diqin north to resist the tyranny!

Lin Xuwen, Wu Qi, Sun Shangwang and others listened to it and thought to themselves: Can Huaidong draw so many troops to go north to King Qin?

"Good, good, good!" Huang Jinnian didn't know what Huaidong's strength was, and said "good" three times in a row.

It is said that the actual number of Huaidong soldiers should not exceed 20,000, but who can manage these in these years. Besides, in times of emergency, recruiting and expanding troops can be done expediently, as long as the salary and food for raising soldiers are not allocated by the imperial court.

Lin Lian came to fight for the first hero to protect King Qin, in Huang Jinnian's opinion, he was very utilitarian, but there was nothing bad about this. If Lin Jian didn't ask for the same and led troops into King Yannan Qin, who could rest assured?

Of course, whether to summon the Huaidong Army into the Yan Diqin King is far from something that Huang Jinnian can decide.

"The official immediately sent an envoy to Beijing to report this matter," Huang Jinnian was anxious about the critical situation of Kou Yan before the captivity, and as soon as Lin Jian came to Jinhai, he suddenly swept away his gloom, eagerly held his arm, and said, "If the courtiers of the world are as loyal to the court as you and me, and worry about the king, why worry about the difficulties in the world?" No matter what the imperial court decides, the loyalty to the envoy of the forest system will definitely be rewarded! ”

The controversy between the government and the opposition against Huaidong is very great, but one thing that cannot be questioned is that in recent years, only the Huaidong Army has won a victory in the field battle against the Dongyu Iron Cavalry. In the past, he felt that Huaidong was arrogant and intolerable, but Huang Jinnian felt that Huaidong was very cute at this time.

"......" Lin Lian laughed, and said humbly, "You and I are courtiers, it is natural to worry about the king." It is good to have a reward; If there is no reward, isn't it still serving the imperial court? He also said, "I heard that Li Bingbu has resigned and returned to Beijing to stand by-Li Bingbu is not effective in attacking Liaoxi, but the imperial court is good at guarding the ministers, and there are few ......Liao Liao outside the Li Bingbu."

Huang Jinnian listened to Lin Lian's words with the intention of sponsoring Li Zhuo, and felt a little unhappy. However, Li Zhuo no longer has military power, and Lin Zhuo is not taboo when he says such a thing, as for whether the court will adopt it, that is another matter.

"The river Huailiu is difficult to clear, and the east is going east to invade Huaisi again. In this autumn of Cheng's survival, I would like to suggest that the imperial court temporarily appease the army, as a plan to delay the army. I wonder what Lord Huang thinks? Lin Jian said again.

Regarding the eastward advance of the Red Jacket Army, Liu Tingzhou and Huang Shuen's impeachment excerpts, including Lin Bin's plea excerpts, were all sent to Beijing.

How to deal with the red-jacketed rebels is to suppress or appease, and there is also controversy in the court. The mainstream opinion of the household officials is still mainly to fu, after all, when the people are killed, who will plant the fields, and who will the household department go with to collect taxes and grain? It was convenient for the main suppression officials to directly ask: If you want to caress it, what should you take to caress it?

In any case, at this time, the imperial court will not easily dispose of the ministers of the handsome soldiers. The two cities of Suyu and Suining were lost, and it was impossible to hold the responsibility on Lin Lian's head. In case Lin Tie is forced to be anxious and force him to jump over the wall, this consequence is something that Da Yue Chao cannot afford at this time.

"If the envoy of the forest system has such a proposal, he may be able to submit a fold to the imperial court to express his opinion," Huang Jinnian said, "I think the Holy Lord and the guilds of the imperial court will consider the opinion of the envoy of the forest system." ”

"Okay." Lin Jian nodded and said.

According to the rules, Lin Jian could not step into the land of Jinhai without following the edict, so he had to wait for the order of the imperial court on Jinwei Island. Huang Jinnian first said goodbye and left Jinwei Island, and returned to the government office to arrange for sending people to Beijing to report the news; Lin Jian handed over the excerpt he had written in advance to Huang Jinnian, and asked Huang Jinnian to send someone to Beijing.

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Huang Jinnian, Zhang Wendeng and others left, and there were no outsiders on Jinwei Island, Lin Xuwen asked: "How many soldiers can Huaidong pull out?" ”

Lin Xuwen is still quite familiar with the situation in Huaidong.

The total strength of Huaidong may exceed 30,000, but to guard against the surprise attack of the extravagant Zhedong naval division from the sea, Huaidong must leave enough defensive troops from the Shengsi Islands to the inner line including Jiangmen, Hecheng, and Chongzhou...... Being able to draw out the troops of King Qin in the north is far less optimistic than what Lin Jian said to Huang Jinnian just now.

"If you can really transfer King Qin's troops, about half," Lin Jian said, "Even if all the Huaidong cavalry is transferred, it will only be about 3,000 people." Chongzhou is dominated by the Changshan battalion, which was only expanded to 20 battalions last month. The navy retreated to the north of the Shengsi defense line; In addition, the Blackwater fleet has also assembled in Hecheng and Chongzhou......"

Since the summer and autumn of last year, the Blackwater Ocean fleet has been incorporated into the four battalions of the personal guard battalion, and all of them have been changed to armed merchant ships. The grain route was temporarily suspended, and the sea vessels belonging to the Blackwater Shipping Company could be used as qualified troop transport warships.

Chongzhou has a lot of reserve troops and some training, but Lin Jian attaches more importance to the expansion of the main infantry battalion.

Although the Huaidong Ordnance Supervision has made great efforts in building in the past year, and the number of craftsmen directly under the central government has increased again and again, the reserve of armor is just over 5,000 sets. The Changshan Battalion was expanded to 20 battalions last month, which is already the limit.

Of course, when it comes to critical moments, when the maximum mobilization is carried out, it is good that each foot soldier can be sent a spear to fight. Huaidong's reserves of spears and spears are still sufficient, an iron spear piercing spear does not consume much iron, and it is far easier to build than a steel knife.

Even if compared to what he said to Huang Jinnian just now, only half of the Qinwang troops that Huaidong could draw, Lin Xuwen still felt satisfied.

There are only ten battalions of soldiers in the Tianjin Navy, of which one battalion is composed of cavalry; Huaidong can draw out the troops of King Qinwang in the north is almost twice as much as the Tianjin navy - so that there are 20,000 elites who can be used in Jinhai, and there is also a Huaidong naval army to keep the back road on the sea and hold the three cities of Hejian, Cangzhou, and Jinhai, which should be quite sure.

As long as they can hold the eastern Hebei region, the Xuanfu army and the Jingying army can hold Jinggi, and restrict Ye Ji Duodi from leading the cavalry to Jizhou from the gap between eastern Hebei and Jinggi, the situation is still promising, and the key imperial court must make decisions quickly.

If Ye Ji Duodi led his troops to enter Jizhou, cut off the retreat of the Jizhen army, and led to the annihilation of the Jizhen army in western Liaoning, the situation would have completely collapsed. Unless Huaidong can fully arm the subordinate soldiers and horses of the Gongqi battalion and transport them to Jinhai, it will be difficult to reverse the situation in the north - but what good will it do to Huaidong?

At this time, the most critical problem is whether it is in time to catch up and where will the main force of the captive cavalry assemble and rest in the Dingzhou area?

Thinking of this, Lin Xuwen's face was undiminished.

"Is the situation in Yanjing really saved?" Lin Xuwen asked.

"It's hard to say," Lin Jian said untruthfully, "to see if the imperial court's movements are fast enough!" Before I came to Jinhai, I ordered 2,000 horsemen to enter Shandong through the broken Cheyan Pass, and at this time they should be on standby in the area south of Yangxin. I'll send someone over and get in touch right away. As long as the imperial court decrees, the cavalry can rush to Jinhai as soon as possible, but it can prevent the situation in Hejian Mansion from eroding. However, Jinhai's side still has to prepare for the worst......"

On the Qingzhou side, as long as Huaidong says hello to Chen/Yuan Liang, Gu Siyuan and others, and Zhou Pu leads the cavalry camp to sneak in, there will basically be no problem, and he can buy five or six days for the cavalry camp to enter Yannan in advance - this is very crucial.

The Tianjin Navy has 6,000 soldiers, and it is not a problem to defend three cities in a short time. However, if Hejian Mansion infiltrates and separates a large number of captives, the three cities, Cangzhou and Jinhai are close to the sea, it is better to say something, and Hejian will become an isolated city.

There are more than 2,000 elite cavalry to come to help, as a mobile combat force, unless Ye Ji Duodi takes Hejian Mansion as the main attack direction from the beginning, the situation on this side will not collapse.

Lin Xuwen nodded, suppressed his voice and asked again: "Does Huaidong really want to bet his chips here?" ”

Lin Xuwen was very clear about the current situation in the imperial court, and he was also clear about the situation in Huaidong. The Great Yue Dynasty is really about to fall, and Huaidong is qualified to chase the Central Plains. It is Ma Yigong, Yang Yihang and other admirals of the Tianjin Navy, and their feelings for Huaidong are also deeper. If they want to look at the east and the horse, there is no problem.

"Even if Yanjing can't hold it, Jinhai must hold on for a while!" Lin Jian said decisively, paused, and said, "As for the rest, act on the opportunity." ”

Jinhai is the key pass in the eastern Hebei region, peeking into Jinggi, as long as Jinhai is not lost, the Donghu people will occupy Yanjing, and they will not dare to invade the south. Holding Jinhai will be able to buy more time for the south to prepare.

Even if Yannan and Jinzhong were lost, they should be evacuated as much as possible from the Dingkou in these areas and not used by the Donghu people.

A large number of refugees have gathered in Jinhai, and it is not possible to evacuate hundreds of thousands of refugees to the south in a short period of time.

Sun Shangwang was puzzled: he knew before that Huaidong did not have the plan of King Qin this time, and the order he received also tried to cooperate with Wu Qi as much as possible to persuade Lin Xuwen to abandon the defense of Hejian and Cangzhou, and make every effort to stick to Jinhai.

Now Lin Xu not only transferred Huaidong's valuable cavalry to the north, but also made every effort to defend the three cities of Hejian, Cangzhou, and Jinhai, and it is more likely that the Changshan battalion and the main force of the naval army will be transferred to the north - when did Huaidong suddenly change its strategy?

However, since Lin Jian came to Jinhai in person, Huaidong undoubtedly changed his strategy.

Maybe Lin Mengde, Cao Ziang, Qin Chengzu, Fu Qinghe and others all saw that King Qin was more profitable for Huaidong.

Is it more profitable?

The luxury family in the south is like a tiger on the side, hasn't it been accumulating strength and waiting for this opportunity to strike a fatal punch? In the past six months, Huaidong's harassment of the coastal areas of eastern Fujian and southern Zhejiang has weakened the power of the luxury family?

Sun Shangwang was full of doubts.