Lord of the House

Except for Yue Lengqiu who dispatched personnel to break out of the siege in Xuzhou to ask for help, since mid-June, both the Ning Wangfu and the Jiangning Military Department have issued edicts for Huaidong to assist Xuzhou, but Lin Fu refused.

On June 20, Beijing also sent an envoy from Qingzhou to Huai'an, urging Huaidong to send troops to Xuzhou.

Although Lin Fu obeyed the decree, he refused to send troops because his major general was weak and the food supply was insufficient, and he did not enter Huai'an City.

In the eyes of scholars, Lin Fu has shown the appearance of a tiger and a wolf, and its essence is no different from Liang Xi and Liang Chengchong who were based in Jinan, and Cao Yiqu who could not be based in Tongguan.

June is scorching hot, and the sun is scorching hot.

In the courtyard of the Yahou residence of Huai'an city mansion, Xia cicadas chirped irritably, Liu Tingzhou couldn't stand the heat, sweat gurgling down, took off his official robes, and the green robes inside were soaked with sweat, standing by the pool under the willows, facing the breeze of the pool willows, After I poured a bowl of mung bean soup to relieve the heat, I felt better, but it was hard to get rid of the irritability in my heart.

Tao Chun was wearing light leather armor, the leather armor was not breathable, and the inside was lined, sweating like pulp, but he sat in front of Liu Tingzhou, his waist was as straight as a pillar when he bowed, and he said: "When Tao Chun came, the thieves were in the southwest of Xuzhou City. The embankment was built, and the idea was to further raise the flooding in the city. Ten days later, Xuzhou would fall at any time, and the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians would hang in the balance. , then rush back to Xuzhou, life and death are with Xuzhou!"

Liu Tingzhou was restless, listening to Tao Chun's generosity and awe-inspiring, and his mood was also indignant. He rolled up his sleeves and said, "General Tao will stay for a few days. Since the governor does not want to fight, this old man will raise thousands of brave and brave men in the city tomorrow. Going north to aid Xuzhou. The old man is also a bone, useless for other purposes, to serve the court, and the broken body is not worth pity..."

"Tao Chun is a martial artist. It's not a pity to die on this trip, but the boss is tied to millions of Huaian soldiers and civilians, so he can't easily cross Huai'an!" Tao Chun bowed and kowtowed again and again, sobbing.

The special envoy in Beijing was Deng Wei, the censor of the imperial court, who was a student of Zhang Xie.

After arriving in Huai'an, Deng Wei had a falling out with Lin Fu in just two days, and he also persuaded: "Please take your life back, Master Liu, I don't believe that Shen can't defeat the pig herd!"

Liang Wenzhan secretly said: When Jinan City fell, why didn't Tao Chun sit on the sidelines with Yue Lengqiu, what face would he have today to accuse Jiangdong Zuojun of not helping him?

Liang Wenzhan disdained Tao Chun and Deng Wei's tricks. Liang's and Cao's soldiers were strong and strong, but they did not move, but forced Huaidong, who was weak in the major general, to send troops. Deng Wei's ginseng instinct came into play.

However, Liu Tingzhou said that he wanted to recruit Zhuangyong to personally lead Duhuai to Xuzhou. His expression was resolute and generous, and his determination was no trivial matter.

Since the chaos in Hongzepu, Liu Tingzhou's family was killed by Chen Hansan. For several years, he defended Huai and refused the eastward advance of thieves.

Liu Tingzhou's crossing Huai was killed by the thieves, which would naturally achieve his reputation as loyal and fierce through the ages, but at the same time it would also seriously damage Lin Bie's reputation in Huaidong; and Mafu and other Huaian salt merchants have extreme hatred and rejection of Lin Bie. .

After Liu Tingzhou died, the court could send another prefect, but Lin Fu lost the possibility of gaining a firm foothold in Huai'an.

Unexpectedly, Liu Tingzhou would rather take thousands of people to die, but also insisted that he would not agree to the permanent establishment of Huaidong's envoys.

Liang Wenzhan put down the fan, bowed down, and said, "Fu Zun's righteousness and loyalty are the role models of our generation. However, Wenzhan urges Fu Zun to take his life back. Fu Zun is willing to die. Who are the millions of people in Huai'an?"

"Xuzhou and Huai'an are like lips and teeth. Xuzhou city was destroyed, Yue Du died, and hundreds of thousands of thieves rushed south. With Huaian's mantra, can they stop the car?" Liu Tingzhou asked sadly.

Hearing what Liu Tingzhou said, Deng Wei also said: "Since Mr. Liu sacrificed his life to serve the country, Deng didn't dare to sacrifice his life, please come along!"

Liu Tingzhou Du Huai wanted to die and refused to compromise with Lin Fu. Deng Wei actually thought that Liu Tingzhou was going to use this to coerce Lin Fu into sending troops, and asking him to go with him would be an added bargaining chip - Liang Wenzhan thought it was funny: I don't know if he will catch up with him. Can Deng Wei still have the determination to die generously?

Thinking of this, Liang Wenzhan said: "Wen Zhan has thought about it again and again, and thought about it again and again, please speak for the adults..."

"Wenzhan, please speak." Liu Tingzhou said.

"It is said that under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man. You can't expect others to have the righteousness of the government, so you can say that the reward is high. The governor has been reluctant to send troops, and his greed and desire are obvious," Liang Wenzhan said a little. Thinking about it, he also wanted to say something bad about Lin Fu, saying, "I want to ask your lord, if your lord Lin sent troops to aid Xuzhou and made a great contribution, even if there is no account of the Governor of Yue, if he asked for the envoy of Huaidong, will the court be able to do so? Yunzhi? If Lord Lin's success is in tatters, even if you hand over Governor Yue's book, there's nothing to worry about..."

"According to what you said, of course there is nothing to hesitate," Liu Tingzhou frowned and said, "I'm afraid that the deputy commander here will hand over the book of Yuedu, and he will not move! Liang and Cao have the heart of tigers and wolves, this The pig herdsmen are not to be taken lightly! Mr. Chen sees people very accurately and will not make false statements."

The notoriety of Lin bound pig herd was first spread from Chen Xiyan's mouth, and it was very poisonous in the Qingliu of Scholars. It is not surprising that Liu Tingzhou has a prejudice.

Liang Wenzhan sighed inwardly: The possibility that Liu Tingzhou was worried about did not mean that it did not exist.

Zhezi went to Qingzhou to deliver it to Beijing, and said that it would take seven or eight days.

Under the current situation, it is almost impossible for the imperial court to refute Yue Lengqiu's case, but once the Huaidong system is officially established, Lin Fu can still stand still in Huai'an.

Or Lin Fu bluffs Du Huai to fight a few innocuous small battles, explain it, and then return to Huai'an, others can do nothing.

At that time, there was a big thief in Huaibei, and Lin Fu also had the official name of the envoy. He might be out of reach for Hailing and Weiyang, but Huaian Mansion would definitely not be able to escape his palm.

In the final analysis, Liu Tingzhou was very wary of Lin Bie, and if he continued to argue without limit, this game really couldn't be solved.

Liang Wenzhan didn't want to see Liu Tingzhou acting out of loyalty, so he really recruited thousands of Minyong to take Du Huai to die in person.

Liang Wenzhan said: "I don't want to reveal the rumors about the recruitment of the people for the time being. I just have something to go to see Mr. Lin. Maybe I can take the opportunity to explore his words..."

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Listening to Liang Wenzhan coming over and saying that Liu Tingzhou wanted to recruit people to cross Huaihe to aid Xuzhou, Lin Bie kept quiet when discussing matters in the hall, and returned to the house, and couldn't help but complain bitterly: "This old man really disdains me. For Wu!"

During the discussion, Song Jia hid behind the screen and listened, and at this time smiled: "Liu Tingzhou is also a person of Qingliu, and his character is better than those who claim to be Qingliu, you really can't watch him take thousands of people across Huaihuai to die. "

Now that the weather is hot, she can't hide her graceful figure even if she wears a green shirt, especially her bulging breasts, which are only a thin layer of clothing, and it can't hide her.

Lin Bie said with a wry smile: "Deng Wei followed suit, thinking that Liu Tingzhou wanted to persecute me, but I shouldn't, Liu Tingzhou would really cross Huai to die... He is a stubborn old man, wrangling, wrangling, why bother to force himself to death ?" Although he couldn't urinate in a pot with Liu Tingzhou, Lin Fudao also admired Liu Tingzhou's character, which was definitely not a common sense.

At this time, I had to admire Yue Lengqiu's true ability to see people. He was obviously trapped in a cage, and he made it clear that he could only rely on this side to send troops to rescue, but he could still hold the last hole card in his hand.

Song Jia said, "But it would be beneficial to let Liu Tingzhou and Deng Wei toss around..."

"Confuse the bandits?" Lin Bie asked.

"Well," Song Jia said, "it's impossible for the bandits to have no spies in Huai'an City. The news of Huai'an's civil-military confrontation has naturally spread to Chen Hansan and Liu An'er. Liu Tingzhou's recruitment of people's bravery to aid Xuzhou is nothing more than forcing you. Sending troops to cross Huaihuai is the same for Liu An'er, Chen Hansan and others. When the official document of the government is posted, you send troops to cross Huaihuai. For Liu An'er, Chen Hansan and others, it is natural that you are forced by the situation. It's just a gesture, first fight a few wrangling battles in Sikou and Shukou area, which can confuse the bandits..."

Lin Fu thought for a moment, then nodded: "But it's a good excuse to adjust the situation of the defense line across the north..."

The confrontation with the refugee army along the Huai River, the small-scale movement is easy to cover up, but the large-scale adjustment of troops and horses is impossible to hide from the opponent's eyes and ears. Nearly 10,000 elites crossed Huaihuai to aid Xuzhou. It is very difficult to suddenly catch the refugee army by surprise. All means must be used to confuse the refugee army and relax their vigilance.

Lin Fu also discussed with Qin Chengzu and others in Huaian, and determined to let the situation develop without responding in advance.

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On June 26, Huai'an Prefecture put up a notice to recruit the brave people of Huai'an to form an army to cross Huai'an.

Jiangdong Zuo Army has been guarding Huai River for more than two months, and the situation of Huaihe River has improved. In the eyes of ordinary people, crossing Huaihe to aid Xu is not a deadly battle.

This time, Liu Tingzhou evacuated the house silver and increased the Anjia silver to twenty taels. Half of it was distributed on the spot, and the remaining half was distributed in Xuzhou.

There are many refugees going south. In Huai'an, where food is not covered, clothing is not covered, and there is no place to stand, recruiting to join the army is also a livelihood, and having a family silver ~www.readwn.com~ will naturally protect the family from starvation. Furthermore, there were a lot of poor people in Huai'an at that time, and Liu Tingzhou's reputation in Huai'an was indeed not weak.

Liu Tingzhou also recruited 30 or 40 military attachés from the Huaian Prefecture Army who volunteered to accompany him across the Huaihe River, opened the government armory, organized and armed 7,000 or 8,000 brave people, and transferred 2,000 to 3,000 soldiers from the Huaian Prefecture Army. , to make up the number of 10,000 people to form the Duhuai Army.

The time is short, and there is no guarantee that the newly recruited seven or eight thousand Min Yong will not be infiltrated by the meticulous work of the refugee army, and there is no practical and effective means to settle the children of these Min Yong. After crossing the Huaihuai, there is no effective means to stop them. Birth of escapees.

In the opinion of Lin Fu and others, it is no different to use these rabble to cross Huai'an to aid Xu, but it does not prevent Liu Tingzhou from making a mighty and enthusiastic momentum in Huai'an. There are even hundreds of scholars who generously joined the army and wanted to follow Liu Tingzhou to cross Huai'an. Aid in Xuzhou.

Ma Fu was the son-in-law of the King of Chu, the King of Chu was trapped in Xuzhou, Liu Tingzhou raised people to bravely cross Huai’an, Ma Fu donated 100,000 silver to help the army, and Ma Conglong led more than 500 elite soldiers to accompany him, but the Ma family was in Huai’an. His reputation has recovered quite a bit.

Those who are interested in secretly engage in actions, Lin Bie's reputation in Huai'an naturally plummets, "holding the soldiers still, and seeing death without saving." Every day, many scholars, Qingliu, and village elders even come to invite troops to fight, and kneel in front of the Green Willow Garden without any hesitation. Ken left.

Zhang Yubo, who was supervising the Huai'an army in Shanyang County, finally couldn't sit still. He rushed to the green garden on the 28th. She Feihu's wife Song Jia played chess for fun, and couldn't help but get angry: "You can't really let Liu Tingzhou cross Huai to die. You go into the city and see, Liu Tingzhou is really going to die, who will let you in Huaian? Master Gu is in Jiangning. I will also be forced to plead guilty!" My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter