Lord of the House

Yuan Guizheng arrived in Xuzhou the day before Lin Fu's wedding.

In the past year or so, most of the areas under the jurisdiction of the North Hehuai and Henan State Envoys have fallen.

To the north of the Huaihe River, the easternmost line reaches Peixian County in the north of Xuzhou, with a depth of more than 300 li on the north bank of the Huaihe River; in the west, the depth from the north bank of the Huaihe River to Guoyang is less than 200 li.

Although Tao Chun had enough soldiers and horses in Guoyang, he did not have enough cavalry, and he could not restrict the Yanlu sentry along the tributaries of the north bank of the Huai River to the south and interspersed with the bank of the Huai River.

Although it is the most convenient to come from Nanyang, go eastward along the Huai River via Xinyang, and then go north to Xuzhou to Siyang, but Yuan Guizheng, Yuan Jinsheng and more than 100 entourages could not hire boats in Xinyang.

The river gangs in the upper reaches of the Huai River, even if there are still some remnants after the war, also called Dong Yuanzheng to transfer to Hongzepu to transport supplies from Weiyang and Dongyang to Haozhou and Shouzhou, and from Shouzhou to Xinyang. , are official ships.

Although Yuan Guizheng had the title of Marquis of Yongchang, he could not hire two or three ships for himself and his entourage that could travel the rapids of the Huai River.

Yuan Guizheng and his party traveled thousands of miles to Xuzhou by way of Guoyang and Huaiyang on horseback.

Huaidong deployed a considerable number of cavalry on the fortified defense line in the north of Xusi, which could prevent the infiltration of Yanlu's outposts into the hinterland of Xusi. After Yuan Guizheng entered Huaiyang, he saw that Huaiyang organized spring ploughing. In this situation, the fields are full of green wheat seedlings, the roads and bridges are also intact, and the two ends of the Bianshui Ferry have also been repaired to prevent blockages. As a key point of military control, there are soldiers to defend.

Before the war in Xuzhou last year, father and son Yuan Guizheng and Yuan Jinsheng went through Xuzhou to Jining to see Liang Chengchong. They stopped in Xuzhou for a few days. This time they came back to Xuzhou, only half a year later, and the scene was very different. What Guoyang can compare to—maybe Dong Yuan’s talent is not bad, and there is support from the Wu Party behind him, but after all, it is far worse than Huaidong.

Several horses came over, but the first two stopped their horses before they came to the front, and raised their voices and asked, "Can the Marquis of Yongchang go with me?"

Yuan Jinsheng walked up to negotiate with the reins in his pockets. There were more than a hundred people in their party. They all rode on horses and carried knives. They crossed the county and passed the prefecture. I got rid of the arrogance and frivolity that I used to be in Jiangning. In the past two years, I have been running north and south. I am used to suffering on horseback, and my muscles and bones are strong.

"Master Young Master!" Gaozongting's book boy Chen Xiaoyan rushed over from behind on horseback, dismounted and bowed: "My husband is waiting for Master Young Master and Master Hou in the pavilion in front..."

The so-called "phoenix with shedding hair is not as good as chicken", Yuan Jinsheng didn't expect Lin Fu to come out of the city to meet them. As the chief counselor of Huaidong, Gao Zongting could personally come out of Xuzhou City to welcome them, which surprised him, and was busy riding with Chen Xiaoyan to meet them. Reunited with his father at the back.

Compared with the last time we met in Chongzhou, Yuan Guizheng's face was even more frosty, and they rushed to meet Gao Zongting at Sanli Changting.

Yongchang Houfu has long lost its former glory. Yuan Guizheng left Jiangning in the past two years to run around for the Liang family, not so much to restore the former glory, but to leave the place of right and wrong in Jiangning, so as not to give Yongxing Emperor a whim, One was unhappy, and he just found a reason to smash the whole door of Yongchang Hou's mansion.

Huaidong had no intention of being indignant, and told Gao Zongting to leave Xicheng early to welcome Yuan's return to power.

"My family is full of trivial matters, so I asked Zong Ting to come out of the city to meet the Hou Ye. Don't blame the Hou Ye." Gao Zongting walked down the pavilion and bowed to Yuan Guizheng.

"Pengcheng has gone out." Whether Liang Chengchong can gain a firm foothold in Nanyang has a lot to do with whether he can get enough help from Huaidong. Yuan Guizheng came here this time with a low-key idea. The attitude shown by Dong made him feel relieved and comforted.

Gao Zongting invited Yuan Guizheng to ride with him. The newly-made four-wheeled carriage in Huaidong was light and spacious, while Yuan Jinsheng led his entourage and the entourage who came out of the city with Gao Zongting to rush to Xuzhou City.

Yuan Jinsheng also sighed in his heart that when he was in Chaotianyi, Lin Fu was still a small character who depended on the Gu family and didn't give them any attention, but now he has the power to the government and the people who can make the world sleepless with just a stomping. , it's only seven years before and after!

Many people are busy preparing for the wedding of Lin Fu and Liu Miaozhen, but Lin Fu, the groom's wife, is idle and has nothing to do. Seeing Gao Zongting accompany Yuan Guizheng, Yuan Jinsheng and his son in, he said with a smile, "Tonight's banquet, just the few of us, Lord Hou, don't feel deserted..."

Gao Zongting explained with a smile: "In the past few days, there has been a ban on alcohol in Xuzhou City. The adults also laughed and said that it is not an exaggeration for anyone to drink alcohol. Several guys climbed the poles and invited too many people. I am afraid the scene is very ugly... …”

Yuan Guizheng also smiled jubilantly, and greeted Su Mei, who was wearing a woman's bun: "I have seen Mrs...."

"Su Mei has seen Marquis, and Xiaoman is not feeling well, so I asked Su Mei to apologize to Marquis." Su Mei returned the salute.

After Xiaoman grew up, he became more and more like Su Mei, and Yuan Guizheng suspected that Xiaoman was also the daughter of Sumen, but at that time Xiaoman had already brought Lin Fu into the house.

Although Yuan Guizheng's fundamental purpose is to use her sisters, but over the years, her sisters have been able to get out of the mud and not stained, and Yongchang Houfu always has some kind of shelter.

Although there is a suspicion of shooting himself in the foot, the Sumen case and the Qiuye prison assassination case involved are sharp tools to question the legitimacy of the inheritance of imperial power since Emperor Delong, but the initiative has been completely controlled by Lin Bie. hand.

Yuan Guizheng did not know whether Lin Fu had such ambitions, but at least for now, when the combined forces of Hanghu, Huinan, Jiangzhou, Huaixi, Lianghu, and the imperial camp would total 400,000, Huaidong's ambition It's not too early to expose...

"Huaidong will march into Mindong after the autumn. Before the Lord Hou comes, I will submit the secret document to Yulan..." Lin Fu's first sentence after entering the table went straight to the topic.

"..." Yuan Guizheng thought that Huaidong might be about to take action against the She family, but he didn't expect Lin Fu to tell her so frankly, so he was not afraid of the news leaking out and let the She family prepare in advance.

There is no way to leak the news. Huaidong's situation on the southern front is very obvious. After winning Dongyang County, Huaidong's defense line in southern Zhejiang and southern Zhejiang can be concentrated to the eastern section of Quzhou, and the defense line can be shortened by more than half. This means that the garrison can be reduced by nearly half. By capturing Jin'an Prefecture, the luxury family can be driven to the middle and upper reaches of the Minjiang River, and all the prefectures and counties along the coasts of eastern and southern Fujian can be recovered. As long as the time is ripe, it will always be sooner rather than later. .

The She family will not delusionally think that Huaidong will not start from Mindong, and there will be no problem of whether the news will be leaked. The key point is that Lin Fu must stabilize the Huai line of defense before attacking Mindong from the southern line in the autumn.

Not only the issue of the Xu Si line of defense, the situation in Huaixi and Nanyang must be stabilized before the fall.

Whether the battle on the southern front will progress smoothly, and how long Huaidong's main force will stay on the southern front, it is difficult to accurately predict now.

With the Huaiyang Army and Fengli Army guarding the Xu Si line of defense, the Huaidongbei line is almost guaranteed, but this amount of troops can only keep the Xu Si line of defense.

Once Yanhu took advantage of Huaidong's fight on the southern front, he decisively launched his troops to attack Huaixi and Nanyang, but Dong Yuan and Liang Chengchong failed to prepare. Liang Chengyi of the manor and the Cao family further west forced Chen Zhihu to come out, and the next problem was thorny...

Dong Yuan fixed his eyes on Luo Xiancheng in Suizhou, and Huaidong also fixed one eye on Luo Xiancheng in Suizhou at this time. This is probably the most unpredictable and most unstable factor in the Huai defense line.

Luo Xiancheng did not move at this time, that is, he and Chen Zhihu were still separated from Nanyang, separated by six or seven hundred miles. If Luo Xiancheng dared to throw Yan Hu at this time, it would be courting death.

Once the Yanlu invaders enter the autumn and take advantage of Huaidong's entanglement on the southern line, Xingbing will attack Nanyang and open up the channel connecting with Xiangyang, or Xingbing will attack Xinyang and open the channel connecting with Suizhou, what will Luo Xiancheng choose then? Hard to say.

Lin Fuke easily did not dare to take that risk.

"If Lord Hou does not come to Xuzhou, I will also send someone to Nanyang to see Lord Hou and the Hou of Jinxiang," Lin Fu said, "Dong Yuan in Huaixi has done a good job and is quite good, but Nanyang's resources are too tight. . Now that Chen Zhihu is called to cut off contact with the Hezhong Mansion, it must be very tight..."

"It's true, I'm still worried about how to open this mouth?" Yuan Guizheng was relieved, as long as Lin Fu still took care of the overall situation, he would not let Nanyang's situation go unnoticed. It was indeed the right thing to come to Huaidong.

"The Huaidong Military Division will purchase grain from the prefectures and counties. Japonica rice will be transported to Xinyang for eight cents per stone, and the freight will be increased by 30%. After the fall, Nanyang will ensure that Nanyang has 200,000 stone of grain storage. What do you think, Mr. Hou? "Lin Bie asked.

The price of rice shipped to Xinyang is only a little over a tael of silver, and the price of rice in Jiangning has already exceeded this number.

Some time ago, Yuan Guizheng went to Xinyang to raise grain, and he paid the sky-high price of six taels of silver for one stone of rice, but he could only buy a thousand stone of grain.

In troubled times, food is expensive, gold and silver are cheap, and it is unexpected that Huaidong can have such a sufficient supply of rice grain. Of course, Huaidong controls the export of grain, but at the same time, it is also plagued by human contamination~www.readwn.com~ Nanyang can have 200,000 stone of grain storage for the winter, even if Nanyang City is besieged by the Yanhu army, it can still bite its teeth. Persist for half a year. Obviously, it is impossible for the Yanhu army to besiege Nanyang for more than half a year when both flanks are threatened.

"Peng Chenggong really is a quick talker. This has really solved Nanyang's problem. I really don't know how to express my gratitude." Yuan Guizheng said.

"Su Mei, Xiaoman and I have benefited a lot from the lords in the past, but today we only repay the kindness of the past..." Lin Fu smiled, as if the grievances with the Liang family had long since disappeared when Liang Xi was killed. Right now, I just want to promote a good thing in return, "The grain ship passes Huaixi, and Dong Yuan's approval is required. I will send a letter to Dong Yuan, but in Shouzhou, it is better for Lord Hou to go there in person. Don't tell Huaixi about the price, Huaidong is also very nervous about food, if Huaixi also reaches out to me for food, it will be really difficult..."

The Wu Party supported Dong Yuan to establish a foothold in Huaixi, with the intention of restricting Huaidong. At this time, Huaidong would naturally form a good relationship with Liang Chengchong and Yuan Guizheng. It has always been this way.

"After eating Duke Pengcheng's wedding wine, I went to Shouzhou to find Dong Yuan..." Yuan Guizheng said, feeling the kindness shown by Lin Fu, Yuan Guizheng was naturally very happy, and the hard work and sadness were the same. Sweep away.

Nanyang is waiting to be fed. Yuan Guizheng will return to Nanyang to organize personnel to transport grain into Xinyang. He will not stay in Xuzhou for a long time. He will immediately discuss other materials-iron materials, farm implements, arrows, armor, ordnance, mules and horses and other important materials , Lin Fu also supplied Nanyang at a par with the consumption of Nanyang for half a year, and even considered supplying a batch of war horses to Nanyang.

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