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Chapter 96

(Second update, please vote for red)

Han Zai left Chongzhou in the early morning of the 17th in the name of reinforcements. He was escorted by Xiao Baiming and led the Ninghai Town Zhoushi to the escort. In Xiao Taoyuan and Xiao Baiming's enthusiasm remained, and stopped in Jiyang for two days. The women with wine and meat were all beautiful, which made him feel a little happy and forgot to go to Jiangning to rescue.

On the 19th, his family stayed in Chongzhou for information and caught up in a small boat to tell him about the great victory in Chongzhou.

Han Zai was stunned at the time. He stood there at the banquet, feeling melancholy for a moment. He never expected that the left of the left army in Chongzhou would break the enemy like a rotten wood after he had just left for a day.

No matter how thick-skinned he was, with his bad relationship with Lin Fu, Lin Fu would never allow him to return to Chongzhou to get a share of the military achievements.

If the matter really spreads, Han Zai will only become a laughing stock in the officialdom. As long as he has the courage to stay in Chongzhou for one more day, as the nominal military and political chief of Chongzhou and the special envoy of Xuanwei in Chongzhou, the great victory in Hecheng would never escape his great contributions to the deployment.

Xiao Taoyuan and Xiao Baiming were also both hindered and hated, and Xiao Baiming even regretted it even more. Xiao Taoyuan's beloved general, the former army's cross-city guard, and the Zhenwei Captain Chen Qianhu was so angry that he slapped the armrest of the seat with a palm: "This pigherd, actually so easily forced us out of Chongzhou."

Chen Qianhu said this, Xiao Baiming could only run to Xiao Taoyuan to apologize. He was the chief official sent by Xiao Taoyuan to Chongzhou to be responsible for military parcel affairs. It was naturally his greatest responsibility to force Lin Fu out of Chongzhou: "Bai Ming is stupid, please punish him!"

Lin Fu threatened to withdraw from Jiangkou to avoid the war. Xiao Baiming was forced to lead the Zhou army to withdraw from the military hamlet. When he returned to Chongzhou, it was impossible for Lin Fu to vomit out the military hamlet that had been eaten. Xiao Baiming hated and regretted, felt envious and painful in his heart, and his throat was sweet, and he was almost vomiting blood.

Chen Qianhu said this, which made Han Zai very embarrassed. If he hadn't been rushing to leave Chongzhou, if he hadn't granted the Chongzhou military regime to Lin Fu, Xiao Baiming, Chen Qianhu and others wouldn't have given up the military hamlet so easily.

"Get up and talk first," Xiao Taoyuan said in a deep voice, "Even if you didn't leave before, the swineherd threatened the governor's office with this great victory. It would be difficult for the governor's office to support Ninghai Town in division of troops to defend Chongzhou... It's better for you to return to Jiyang, the commander-in-chief intends to revive the Zhou army. After autumn, the silver will be allocated twice as much as half a year. It is time for you and I to make great achievements. This military merit was picked up by the swineherd, and it will be our turn to show our power in the future - don't rush for a moment."

In Xiao Taoyuan's view, his grudge with Lin Fu was due to the fact that the army's cross-city boat troops stood by when the thief thieves in Xisha Island last year. This grudge cannot be resolved. Lin Fu and the left army of Jiangdong were so strong again. It is difficult for Xiao Baiming to insert it in Chongzhou like a wooden wedge, so he did not particularly blame Baiming.

In order to prevent the case of the boy in Chongzhou, Xiao Taoyuan, who had a bad relationship with the then Jiangdong Admiral Zuo Shangrong, led the more than a thousand elite troops raised by public funds and were led by Xiao Baiming, Chen Qianhu, his son Xiao Changze and others to the garrison army, and prepared to go to sea at any time.

Zuo Shangrong died in battle, and Yue Lengqiu became the governor of Jiang Jun, deliberately encircling the side. Besides, the Chongzhou Boy Case was almost kicked into a forgotten corner, and Xiao Taoyuan was not as alert as before. Xiao Taoyuan had long hesitated to transfer the only thousand elites to his side, hoping to take advantage of this opportunity of Yue Lengqiu's intentional enriching the Zhoushi Water Camp and expanding his strength.

Listening to Xiao Taoyuan's words, Xiao Baiming felt a little relieved and felt something was strange about this. He asked the Han Zai family who came to Jiyang to report the news: "Did you witness the news of the Hecheng victory with your own eyes? Jiyang and Chongzhou are a hundred miles apart. Chongzhou really won this great victory yesterday afternoon, so we should have known the news earlier."

Han Zai's family was also stunned and hesitated, "I haven't seen it with my own eyes. Before nightfall yesterday, the news spread in Chongzhou. Juxian celebrated, and I think it would be impossible to fake it... Perhaps Jiyang and Chongzhou are separated by the river, so the news is not so convenient."

Han Zai also heard the question. Jiyang and Chongzhou were separated by the river, and during the war, there were almost no fishing boats. Merchant ships crossed the river, and it was difficult for news on the north bank to reach the south bank. However, Chongzhou won this great victory, and the flying cavalry should have received the news from Chuanjietang before dawn today.

The news of the victory was delayed until the afternoon of the 19th. Han Zai's family was asked to chase after him in a small boat to find out the matter. The strangeness here made Han Zai, Xiao Taoyuan, Xiao Baiming and others unable to understand.

"Maybe Lin Fu is very serious and wants to report the victory together after the results are counted," Xiao Baiming gave a plausible answer. "When he was in Yannan, the timing of the victory seemed to be delayed, which seemed to be his usual bad habit - if Chongzhou really wins a great victory, and Lin Fu has not sent anyone to report the victory, Lord Han can take the lead..."

Han Zai was stunned at first, and smiled knowingly. Before others arrived in Jiangning, if he had taken the lead in sending people to the county sergeant Chuanjie in the name of Chongzhou Xuanwei Special Envoy, he would have to get a share of this military merit!

Yue Lengqiu and Wang Tian always have to help him. Even if Chuan Jie has some errors and some inaccuracies, it is no big deal.

Lin Fu was not in a hurry to fly a cavalry to pass the victory in Chongzhou, not for anything else, but for the seemingly easy victory of Chongzhou was passed to the ears of the Liangzhe Admiral Quan Sei-Ching, which made him a wrong judgment that the East Sea pirates were empty in the defense of Changguo and could take advantage of it.

Although the East Sea Pirates who invaded Hecheng in the north were much more elite than in the Battle of Jiyang, it was obvious that the main force of the East Sea Pirates this time was Cheng Yiqun and Shu Qingqiu's troops, and they were not She Feixiong's core combat power in the East Sea. She Feixiong must have set up a trap for Quan Ciqing in Changguo and waited for him to jump in.

Lin Fu previously reminded Quan Ciqing through Gu Wuchen's letter to Quan Ciqing that She Feixiong might have set up a trap in eastern Zhejiang - Gu Wuchen also supervised the township camp, and the prefectures along the Yangtze River Prefecture were mainly responsible for sea disasters. The Jiangdong Censorate had direct official correspondence with the Liangzhe Admiral's Office - but Lin Fu was very suspicious of what effect such a official correspondence could have, and it was very likely that Quan Ciqing smiled contemptuously and threw it into the wastebasket.

Lin Fu had to use some small tricks in Chongzhou to deliberately conceal the scale of the East Sea pirates' invasion of Hecheng, so that Quan Ciqing should not be deceived.

Even if it is usually the Yangtze River separates north and south, the news of Chongzhou usually takes ten days and half a month to spread to eastern Zhejiang. Even if you hear the news of Chongzhou's great victory without the confirmation of the official Tang Daily, Quan Ciqing's cautious and subtle nature probably suspects that it was spreading rumors among the East Sea pirates - this is the fundamental reason why Lin Fu dragged his way to Jiangning to report the victory directly.

In short, it should be the military achievements of the left army in Jiangdong, and no one could take them away, but he did not expect Han Zai to destroy his plan in Jiyang.

On Daheng Island, She Feixiong was shocked when she received the military report of Hecheng's defeat. However, Su Tingzhan wrote in the secret letter: "If there is no such defeat, it would not be enough to make Quan Ziqing get into the trap!" He returned to his face as usual. Yes, there was no solid defeat on the northern line. How could Quan Ziqing believe that the main force of the East Sea pirates moved north to invade Chonghuai?

She Feixiong tore the secret letter to pieces. Although he did not want to defeat so badly, the one who suffered the most severe damage this time was the second son's direct descendants, Cheng Yiqun's unit, and Su Tingzhan's words in the secret letter would always cause unnecessary suspicion. He looked at the paper scattering into the waves of the reef like snowflakes, and said to a general with his left hand: "Su Tingzhan has the responsibility of being unsupported in the defeat of Hecheng City. If you point two thousand elite troops to support, you must support the battlefield on the northern front. Su Tingzhan - let him come back to guard Daheng Island! At this time, the boat army of the left army of Jiangdong may be retracted back to the river mouth. You will lead your troops to pass through the Jiangoutaikou and approach Hecheng by the shallow water beach - you don't need to be afraid of the boat army of Jiangdong's left army chasing!"

"The last general is in power." Xu Zhong is a child of the Xu family in Dongmin. The mother of She Feihu, Xu, was born in the Xu family and was Xu Zhong's aunt. At this time, he had never thought that the eldest son She Feixiong had the intention to secretly weaken the second son. Without thinking too much, he obeyed the order to order Qi's subordinates to go to the Hecheng Army to replace Su Tingzhan.

Although the Jiangdong Left Army's Boat Division can block Hecheng Port by taking advantage of its large and strong ships, the East Sea pirates often take flat-bottomed boats, and there is no need to borrow a port to land from shallow water beaches. The Jiangdong Left Army has not yet given enough military strength advantages, and the Hecheng Army blocks the shallow water beaches on the east side of the Hecheng Army.

In order to make Quan Ciqing believe that the Northern Line is the focus of the East Sea Pirates this time, after She Feixiong was defeated in Hecheng, he still had to continue to gather troops on the Northern Line.

Lin Fu Wu was enjoying his newlywed leisure. He returned to the North Line early in the morning of the 20th to inspect defense and condolences to the casualties.

Gu Siyuan could not stay in Chongzhou for too long, so he followed him to the west of Hecheng to guard the Taiwan Strait and see the results of the Hecheng victory with his own eyes. After a day or two, he went straight from Chongzhou to Qingzhou, Shandong. Wu Meijiu, as the Chief of the Chongzhou government, also went to the northern line to inspect the people's situation.

It was impossible to attack Hecheng Army Pass, Jinghai Water Camp returned to Jiangmen yesterday. There were still a large number of enemy soldiers gathered in the Shengsi islands. Lin Fu wanted to prevent them from rushing to Chongzhou from the Jiangkou, and they must have enough troops to block the Jiangkou.

In the west of Hecheng, Chongcheng Buying, Fengli Buying and Cavalry Camp are the main forces, and the people are brave and the Hecheng Army - especially the people are brave. In the past two days, the main force came to assist in defense, and the troops have increased to 4,000. Even if the remaining bandits retracted back to the Hecheng Army, the size of 2,400 or 500 people are able to suppress and blockade from the land.

Although Wu Meijiu was a civil servant, he had been in charge of the government soldiers for several years. He was skilled in the civil servants and rode his horse up the river embankment.

On the north side of the garrison, a mud dam built after the war yesterday lies across the Yunyan River. The river water on the west side of the mud dam is almost gone, revealing a dark brown riverbed. There is only shallow water left to the east. Perhaps water will flood when the tide is high, but at this time there is even mud exposed. The wreckage of the burned warship and the remains of the silt that have not been cleared out in time are shocking to ordinary people.

Wu Meijiu was also a man of some knowledge. He pointed to the black mud on the riverbed and smiled at Lin Fu and said, "The chief officer was determined to dig the river channel. This is a convenience. I heard from the old farmer that the black mud at the bottom of the river is a good fertilizer. If it is dug out, it can be used to pile up fields and fertilize..."

One advantage can be said to be building a dam to intercept rivers and killing enemies, building a dam to drain water and silt, and it can be said to be digging silt. Of course, digging silt is far more than these two benefits. Lin Fu is not so ignorant that he is very good at human affairs in front of Wu Meijiu, and he only smiled and said, "Mr. Wu is also quite familiar with farming affairs, which is really a blessing for the people of Chongzhou..."

Wu Meijiu smiled awkwardly and said, "The Chief Supervisor is the welfare of the people of Chongzhou..."

Lin Fu laughed. Wu Mei had opposed the dredging matter a long time ago, but was unable to get rid of Lin Fu's control. At this time, she changed her previous opposition attitude.

The results of the day of inspection also made Wu Meijiu fully understand: before the situation, he had to bow his head.

He killed 672 enemies and captured 1,863 enemies. He was a great victory wherever he placed, which made Lin Fu's reputation in Chongzhou soar.

Ordinary villagers actively supported him. Yesterday, they took the initiative to go to the East Yai, and there were as many as 2300 people who were recruited for military recruitment by the North Yai. Even if they were tied to Lin due to the dispute over public and land, the Chongzhou rich people who were completely opposite to the left army in Jiangdong also gradually changed their direction. The Hecheng victory caused many people to change their attitude. At least before nightfall yesterday, private soldiers from each township and li completed their assembly on the eastern foot of Zilang Mountain. The number of township soldiers under the county military brigade increased to more than 4,000, and 126 civilian ships carrying more than 100 stones were recruited.

The sunset at dusk was shining on the black mud on the riverbed. At this time, a red horse rushed from the south, as if it was a messenger, and directly brought people to Lin Fu. Wu Meijiu's expression became heavy after seeing Lin Fu open the letter, and he was curious about what happened again.
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