Lord of the House

Song Jia is the daughter of Yongtai Bo Song Fu, and the wife of She Feihu, the second son of Jin'an Hou Shewenzhuang.

Now that She and Song raise the flag of rebellion again in East Fujian, and the army has swept the two Zhejiang, if rumors go out and say that even a female family member was taken away, wouldn't it be a laughing stock? It will likely damage the morale of the children of She and Song.

Jin'an has long claimed that Song Jia died of illness due to excessive grief when she left Jiangning to return home to visit her mother, and even chose one person from the Song family's supporting women of the right age to continue as the wife of She Feihu. Things were covered up.

Although Song Jia is a daughter-in-law, many people in Jiangning know her, and Zhang Yubo has seen her.

Zhang Yubo was really surprised when he first saw Song Jia in the Green Willow Garden, but seeing that Lin Fu and Song Jia had no different expressions on their faces, Song Jia respectfully stood up to give up his seat, handed water and tea, and stood in the forest again. Waiting on the side of the body, he thought that Lin Fu, the new favorite concubine, looked exactly like Song Jia.

Of course, Lin Fu refused to admit it, and no one could help him.

Zhang Yubo was suspicious, but his mind was not on this. Liu Tingzhou was going to die generously. He gradually lost his patience and said, "There are so many people kneeling outside the garden, and I am asking you to send troops. I know that there are people behind this. But someone has already fainted, how many people do you really want to die?"

"They also took me as a scumbag," Lin Fie said calmly, his eyes fell on the unfinished game between him and Song Jia, and he pulled the pieces, intending to play another game with Zhang Yubo, "If you can't send troops, I can't be arrogant, I have my own thoughts. Liu Tingzhou won't talk about him, but these people outside the garden are using this method to force me to send troops, but their intentions are sinister..."

How can Zhang Yubo be in the mood to play chess? Lin Fu pushed the chess pieces aside and cleared the chessboard. He didn't reach for the chess pieces in the chess box, and said, "You can't really let Liu Tingzhou and Deng Wei cross Huai to die!"

"What else can I do?" Lin Fu said with a wry smile, "I am the envoy of the Jingkou system, which is only a temporary dispatch. Liu Tingzhou is determined to recruit the people's brave team to join the Huai Army to help Xuzhou, but I can't argue To live on his back... He was generous, and moved out the 200,000 taels of silver, probably next, he will use the excuse of the lack of silver in the treasury to weaken the supply to the Jiangdong Zuo Army."

Zhang Yubo does not know the details, whether to help Xuzhou or not, let alone Jiangning, there has always been a lot of controversy in Huaian. He himself is also torn between helping Xuzhou or not.

Zhang Yubo did not interfere with Lin Fu's military deployment, but he never wanted Lin Fu to sit and watch Liu Tingzhou cross Huai and die.

"Liu Tingzhou generously recruited righteous people to cross the Huai River, which is similar to when you led a solitary army into Yannan," Zhang Yubo said. "If you stand idly by Liu Tingzhou today, what is the difference between you and Yue Lengqiu who abandoned Jinan back then?"

"Then ask Uncle Yu to teach me, what should I do?" Lin Fu asked.

"Liu Tingzhou also focused on guarding Huai'an at the beginning, and did not agree with desperate attempts. First, the defensive situation in Huai'an was worrying, and second, he did not know enough about the Jiangdong Zuo Army. But after you came to Huai'an, not only did you build a strong fortress at Shukou. , Shanyang, Huai'an, Tinghu and other cities have also been repaired and strengthened; the township soldiers are organized into the Huai'an government army, the military resources and equipment are allocated, the weak and the strong are eliminated, the generals are selected and trained, and the government department can also mobilize them. The situation in Huaihua has improved greatly, and it’s no wonder Liu Tingzhou changed his attitude,” Zhang Yubo said, “Since you don’t think you have the conditions to go to Xuzhou, but you have to make a move to cross Huaibei and stop Liu Tingzhou from crossing Huai to die… "

"Okay, okay, there are ten new soldiers in the Guards Battalion here, and the training will also be full-term, and will be transferred to the North Bank tomorrow..." Lin Fu said, "It really doesn't do me any good to watch Liu Tingzhou go to his death. ."

Lin Fu didn't tell Zhang Yuboming that Liu Tingzhou's attitude had changed. In fact, his vigilance against him and Yue Lengqiu's three secret books played a role.

The more this side does not move, the more wary Liu Tingzhou becomes, which makes the rift between the two sides even bigger.

"Then I'll go to persuade Liu Tingzhou to go..." Seeing Lin Fu's tone loosened, Zhang Yubo got up to leave and went to the city to see Liu Tingzhou.

Looking at the background of Zhang Yubo's departure, Song Jia sighed slightly and said, "Could it be that Duke Gu has always refused to use him, he is too straight. Even if you agree to send troops, Zhang Yubo persuades him in the past, and Liu Tingzhou will firmly believe that you send new soldiers. Du Huai is also the idea of ​​holding on to the troops and not saving them if they see death."

"Straight has the advantage of being straight, and someone else can't do this play well." Lin Fu said.

"Do you still want to prompt Liu Tingzhou to lead the rabble to cross Huaihuai?" Song Jia asked.

"Chen Hansan is not weak in military use, how could he be so easily deceived?" Lin Fu said, "Liu Tingzhou has to do his best for the court and die for himself, so why should I pull his hind legs?" He drafted an order letter and asked him to send it to Zhao Hu, asking him to immediately send troops to the ferry port on the north bank of the Huai River to prepare for the Huai River crossing tomorrow.

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The refugees were recruited to be strong and brave, and the Guard Battalion in Huaian was suddenly expanded from two hundred military guards to ten battalions of six thousand soldiers.

These six thousand soldiers, from noon on June 28, braved the scorching sun to set up camp from the north beach of Qingjiang Pu, to the ferry at the east mouth of Shanyang Bay of Huaihe, ready to cross Huaihe tomorrow, to Jiangdong Zuojun in Go to the Shukou camp built on the north bank.

Liu Tingzhou got the news from Zhang Yubo's mouth, and went out of the city with Tao Chun, Zhang Yubo, Liang Wenbo, and Deng Wei, the special envoy to Beijing, and saw that there was no Lin Bie in the winding line for several kilometers, and asked the leading brigade commander, who had been promoted to Zhenwei. Zhao Hu, the deputy commander: "Xiaowei Zhao, where is the commander-in-chief?"

"My lord is in the south of the city. If something is delayed, I have to wait two days before going to the north bank." Zhao Hu replied.

Liu Tingzhou's face darkened immediately, he waved Zhao Hu away, and continued to lead the army north to the ferry.

In front of Zhang Yubo's face, Liu Tingzhou said mercilessly: "I really treat me as a perfunctory child. Since the governor's priority is to guard Huai, it is not a pity for this old man to die. Can he help Xuzhou and do his best? It's just a matter of destiny... Huaian is counting on Master Zhang." Zhang Yubo was about to be thrown there, and he went back to the city with Deng Wei, Liang Wenzhan, Tao Chun and others in a carriage.

Lin Fu, the envoy of the Jingkou system, was sent on a temporary basis, and his power to interfere with the local area was very limited. Liu Tingzhou led the army north, and the Huai'an Prefecture naturally presided over the sentence of Zhang Yubo.

Zhang Yubo didn't expect Liu Tingzhou's determination to be so great. Seeing that Lin Bie meant to delay, he didn't even bother to argue, and resolutely decided to mobilize his army to cross Huaihuai.

Seeing Liu Tingzhou's disappearing figure, Zhang Yubo felt bitter in his heart and sent someone to inform Lin Fu of the result, and he followed into the city. Since Liu Tingzhou was determined to cross Huaihuai to aid Xuzhou, he could only do more with him.

In the Green Willow Garden, Lin Bie heard the message sent by Zhang Yubo, and he didn't have any message to send to Zhang Yubo. He sent the people back and looked leisurely at the weeping willow under the scorching sun. On the lake, it was like smoke, and I didn't know in my heart how many lives would be filled in before it would be considered a paragraph.

With a fan in her hand, Song Jia covered her smooth forehead under the scorching sun, and asked, "When are you going to the North Shore?"

"Tomorrow," Lin Fu said, "I have to go to Shanyang to take a look before I can decide when it is appropriate to send troops. After I leave, you will live in the city first..."

"..." Song Jia nodded silently, but some sadness of parting was hidden in the complicated thoughts.

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Lin Fu rushed to Shanyang County overnight, only Zhou Pu led hundreds of light armored cavalry with him.

The Huaishui section from Shanyang County to the east of Huai'an City is called Shanyang Bay. It is a big river bend that bends northward. The waves are rapid, the beach is dangerous and rocks are chaotic, and the boat is easy to ride. , only the east and west ends of Shanyang Bay are good places to cross the Huaihe River.

The west entrance of Shanyang Bay is also the north side of Shanyang County, facing the Huaihe entrance of Sishui, which is the main point of Huaihuai keeping. In the early years, there was a city wall, the south was yin and the north was yang, so Sikou Village was also called Siyang Village. After the refugee army captured Siyang, they were afraid that officers and soldiers would come to fight for it. The small city with a circumference of four or five hundred paces was guarded by six or seven thousand soldiers and horses, and the ferry on the north bank was also under the control of the refugee army.

Liu Tingzhou had already asked Shanyang County magistrate to consign two or three hundred civilian boats at the ferry port on the south bank, and Lin Fu rushed to the ferry port on the south bank of Shanyang County. shadow.

Lin Fu stood on the river bank of the ferry, looking left and right.

Lin Shui led the Jiangdong Zuo Army north to guard the Huaihe River, and the Jinghai Third Water Battalion was stationed in several water villages along the coast of Shanyang Bay to protect the south bank from enemy ships. With so many civilian boats gathered at Shanyangdu, they are not worried that the refugee army on the other side has the ability to cross the river and attack. Even if there is no defense on the north shore, it is easier said than done to cross the river with more than 10,000 new soldiers.

The sound of horse hooves, a group of cavalry came from the east and reported their flags to each other. Only then did they know that Liu Tingzhou and the others were also escorted by the cavalry to Shanyang overnight to prepare for the crossing of Huaihuai.

Liu Tingzhou sent someone over to say that he was not feeling well, and was unwilling to come to see Lin Fu, so he took the cavalry team directly to Shanyang County.

Zhang Yubo came to see Lin Fu, saw Lin Fu Zhuoran standing on the river bank, climbed up, looked at the dark river in the faint morning light, sighed and said: "No one can beat Liu Tingzhou, the reinforcements from Huaihuai will come here first, Liu Tingzhou I plan to cross the Huaihe River from here, and first attack the Siyang Village on the other side!"

"What are the chances of winning?" Lin Bie asked.

"I'm afraid that crossing the river will be a problem..." Zhang Yubo said.

"He's not afraid of losing and dying, so he can force me to send troops to help Xuzhou," Lin Fu sighed slightly, looking at the dark water of the Huai River and the faint shadow on the other side, and said, "Yu Bo, you go with him. Liu Tingzhou said, although I don't agree with him crossing Huai North, but he insists on it, I will contain Chen Hansan's main force at Shukou, and send Shuiying to **** them across Huai..."

"This is very good, as long as you can cross the river to ~www.readwn.com~ more than ten thousand soldiers and horses, maybe they will be able to play some role..." Zhang Yubo said.

Lin Fu didn't say a word. The lives of people in troubled times are as cheap as grass. I really want to do nothing. Liu Tingzhou's death can fulfill justice. How many of these more than ten thousand newly recruited soldiers can escape? Pointing to the faint shadow on the opposite bank, he said to Zhang Yubo, "The best route to cross Huai River to aid Xu is to go upstream along the Sishui River, otherwise we can only cross the Huai River and continue westward, go north along the Bian River, and enter Xuzhou. Inside..."

From east to west, there are three main tributaries that join the Huai River in Huai'an Prefecture, one is the Shushui River, the other is the Yishui River, and the third is the Sishui River.

The most special situation is the Yishui River that flows through Linyi.

In the early years, the imperial court dug a new river between Yishui and Sishui, and built a dam to divide the old river in Yishui, so as to force Yishui to join Sishui through the new river, strengthen the water potential of Sishui, and improve the shipping capacity of Sishui. The opening from Yishui to Si is on the southeast corner of Xuzhou City.

The old river channel of Yishui has been deliberately silted shallow by the diversion dam built in the river channel in recent decades, and it can only be used as the main channel for flooding in the winter season. Even if the refugee army did not block the river, the fleet of the Jinghai Third Water Battalion could not pass through the old Yishui River and go directly to Linyi.

The army goes upstream along the Sishui River and goes north to west, which is the best route to relieve the siege of Xuzhou, but from Sikou northward, several dangerous cities such as Siyang, Suyu, and Suining are under the control of the refugee army. , rushed to Xuzhou, is the main camp of the refugee army besieged.

Although the refugee army did not have a strong fleet, in Suyu and Suining near the city, they blocked the river by burying piles, forming boat formations, sinking ships, pulling iron chains, etc. Fortify the camp.

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