Lord of the House

Sun Zhuang abandoned the two cities of Suining and Suyu, as if to open a big gap in the Huaisi area for the hundreds of thousands of hungry people trapped in Huaiyang by Chen Zhihu. The situation in Huaisi, which had finally settled down, was a mess.

Zhang Gou and Chen Zui followed Lin Fu to Shanyang for help non-stop. It was already the third day of the first month of the thirteenth year of Chongguan, and Sun Zhuang also sent Lin Fu back to Shanyang for custody. Zhang Gou and Chen Zui were in the prison in Shanyangli and saw Sun Zhuang who was heavily shackled.

Sun Zhuang's beard was like a horn. Sitting in the haystack in the prison, he closed his eyes and rested. He heard the clanging sound of the iron prison door opening. When he opened his eyes, he felt the glare at the door. In the dark prison, he didn't recognize it for a while.

Zhang Gou and Chen Zuo had mixed feelings, and Sun Zhuang came to jail because he was afraid of affecting them. Otherwise, he could stay in Suining and Suyu and continue to serve in front of the eldest lady.

After recognizing Zhang Gou and Chen Zhuo, Sun Zhuang laughed and said, "Weeping and showing your face to the ghosts, it's worth seeing you before you die—the eldest lady is desperate, and 400,000 people are trapped in Huaiyang City. , I won't help the eldest lady, I will have no face to see An Shuai after my death, and I hope that I will not cause you to be implicated!"

"You mad dog, you have all your loyalty, yet you dragged us into the water together," someone in the cell next door yelled at Sun Zhuang, "If grandpa gets slashed with a knife, grandpa won't let you go!"

"Bah, those who are greedy for life and fear of death don't care how An Shuai treated you back then, but only covet their own wealth and honor, so they deserve to die!" Sun Zhuang spat and cursed back.

After the Huaisi War, part of the refugee army surrendered, part of it crossed the Bian River with Liu Miaozhen, and part of it was incorporated into the Sibei Army of the Infantry with Sun Zhuang, maintaining a relatively independent status. The Northern Army numbered 12,000 soldiers, and Sun Zhuang's troops were only 4,000, and the rest were only under his control.

Sun Zhuang did the fake show, lost the two cities, and handed over the 4,000 tribes to Ma Lantou, and went to Siyang to be sent to prison.

The other generals of the Northern Army were all threatened by Sun Zhuang and Ma Lantou, who had sneaked into the two cities, and lost the city. cast in custody.

Ma Lantou, who occupied the two cities, did not embarrass them, but only detained their soldiers and let them leave the two cities with their families.

Among the more than 30 generals of the Northern Army, it is not that they reformed their hearts and followed Huaidong wholeheartedly, but they really had no confidence in the future of the refugee army. Besides, if they were really loyal and did not forget their old feelings, they would have followed Liu Miaozhenxi long ago. Crossing the Bian River into Huaiyang.

However, after arriving in Siyang, Cao Zi'ang was unable to distinguish the truth from the false for a while, and for the crime of losing the city, he put them all in the prison in Shanyang County, and waited for Lin Bie to come and deal with them together.

Originally, the generals of the Northeast Huai Army who held military power, because of Sun Zhuang, lost military power overnight and became a prisoner. How can they not hate Sun Zhuang? Sun Zhuang wanted to be loyal to An Shuai and the girl in red jacket, and he could lead his troops to seek refuge, but he dragged them all into the water, how could they be reconciled?

Of course, in addition to the thirty-odd Northern Army generals, Sun Zhuang was accompanied by eleven members when he came to prison. These eleven people, including Sun Zhuang's subordinate generals and Sun Zhuang's guards, did not want to see Sun Zhuang come alone to be tortured and die, so they followed.

These two groups of people have a very obvious characteristic. Sun Zhuang and his followers have left their children in Suining. They came here with the intention of being sent to prison and sent to death, in the sense of being brothers. The other generals of the Northern Army took their family and left Shuangcheng because they really didn't want to get involved with the refugee army.

Zhang Gou and Chen Zui came all the way, and generally understood the right and wrong inside. Seeing Sun Zhuang scolding people, he felt sad and sad. Unable to bear Sun Zhuang's humiliation by these people, Zhang Gou said to them, "Your affairs will be released when the system is verified, so you'd better stay calm..."

Hearing what Zhang Gou said, the thirty or so afflicted generals of the Northern Army all took a breather, turned their heads and followed Zhang Gou and Chen Zui into the prison cell to complain about their grievances.

Chen Enze also had a headache, saying that as long as it was verified that they were burdened by Sun Zhuang and did not deliberately lose the city, they would naturally be innocent and fair.

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Zhang Gou, Chen Zhu and Chen Enze saw the generals in the prison, and went to Lin Fu's temporary residence in Shanyang County to see Lin Fu. Before entering the official hall, they heard Liu Tingzhou's severe accusation: "You The thieves are fleeing to the east, and the bandits are self-respecting, do you really think that everyone in the world is blind?"

Zhang Gou and Chen Enze looked at each other. They all knew that Liu Tingzhou and the military commander were not dealing with each other. Why did they quarrel as soon as they arrived? Listening to Liu Tingzhou's tone, they put the responsibility for the fall of Suining and Suyu on Lin Fu's. head up.

Zhang Gou, Chen Enze, and Chen Zhu braved their heads and walked into the official hall, and they saw Lin Fu Tieqing respond to Liu Tingzhou with a face: "I am responsible for losing two cities, but if you want to say that thieves and pirates are raised, Mr. Liu's sewage will not be splashed. Too cool?"

In addition to Liu Tingzhou, the inspector of the school, Tang Shuen, the newly appointed prefect of Huai'an Liu Shidu, the magistrate of Shanyang County Liang Wenzhan, and others were all in the official hall. There were also two people with very unfamiliar faces. Zhang Gou had never seen them before. One person wears the official uniform of the fifth grade, and they are not minor characters. Judging from their expressions, they all seem to be on Liu Tingzhou's side.

"You dare to say that when the red-jacketed bandit army crossed Bian into Huaiyang, it wasn't because of your private self-indulgence?" Liu Tingzhou's face flushed, and when he talked about the excitement, his white beard trembled, "Today's loss of the second city is not the same as your indulgence back then?" What's the difference between the red-jacketed bandit army crossing the Bian River in the west? Others don't know that Sun Zhuang and the thief are secretly working together, how can they hide it from your eyes?"

"Master Liu, you have a high opinion of me," Lin Fu said with a cold smile, "According to what you said, when you led the Huai Army to the north, you suffered a big loss in Siyang, and how much did you benefit from the bandits?"

"You..." Liu Tingzhou didn't expect that Lin Bie's ability to bite people was also first-rate, which made it difficult for him to defend himself. He knew in his heart that he was far inferior in military use, but he couldn't use this point to argue!

"Master Lin, Master Liu, don't be impatient, you are so arguing, you can't argue right and wrong," said the middle-aged man standing next to Liu Tingzhou in the fifth-grade civilian uniform, "Since Su Yu and Suining have failed The city generals came over to be put in prison and took the initiative to bear the crime of losing the city, Lord Lin, do you think you will hand these people over to me to take away?"

"Take it away?" Lin Fu raised his brows, looked at the middle-aged man, and said in a cold voice, "Master Liu, you said this lightly. Who dares to pat his chest these days and say that he is invincible in a hundred battles? If you lose one or two cities, you will I hand over the people to you to take away, there are hundreds of generals and officials in Huaidong, who would dare to defend the city in the future?"

Liu Yefei gave Lin Fie a sentence, and he couldn't spit it out in his heart.

Liu Shidu came out to smooth things out: "At the moment, all parties should try their best to curb the eastward advance of the bandits, instead of rushing to find out who's responsible? If you want to talk about the responsibility, you can only blame the bandits for being too cunning. , who knew they would flee east?"

Liu Shidu's words were obviously unconvincing, and Liu Tingzhou just stared at Lin Fu coldly: If others don't think of it, he believes it; if Lin Fu can't think of it, he doesn't believe it.

Zhang Gou breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Lin Bie didn't hand over Sun Zhuang and others, there was still room for recovery.

Lin Bie frowned and said, "I'm tired. I won't argue with you. If you guys come up with a solution, let me know - I'll try my best to save the situation!" Go back by yourself.

Liu Tingzhou flung his sleeves and left, reviewing the imperial censor Tang Shuen and the two new faces, and left with Liu Tingzhou. Liu Shidu, Liang Wenzhan and others stayed, and Cao Zian greeted them with a smile: "I can't live in peace during the Chinese New Year. The adults led the horse camp to help Shanyang in three days, but they gave the Lord Liu Tingzhou such doubts. It's good, but I would like to ask you to bear more..."

"It's easy to say, easy to say..." Liu Shidu said. He had planned to come to Huai'an to take up his post after the Chinese New Year, but when this happened, he also got up from the bed on the 30th night and brought two servants to take up the post. Liu Shidu's mood is naturally not pleasant, but he is only qualified to take anger in front of Lin Fu, and now only Liu Tingzhou in Huaidong can yell at Lin Fu, right?

Only then did Zhang Gou know that the middle-aged man in the military uniform of the Cavalry Commander was Chen Zhihu's deputy general Gao Yi; the middle-aged man in the fifth-grade civilian uniform was Liu Yefei, the counselor of the Governor's Office sent by Jiangning to question the lost city. .

In the eyes of Chen Zhihu and Jiangning people, the remnants of Suiyang were drowned in the siege of Chen Zhihu's army, Changhuai army and Chen Han's three armies. ——I couldn't adjust the deployment for a while, but first came together to hold Huaidong accountable.

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Song Jia sat in the small pavilion and boiled water to make tea. When she saw Lin Fu walk in, she smiled and said, "The noise in front of you is really lively. I don't want to hear it?"

"Liu Tingzhou is not stupid, I can't hide it from him..." Lin Bie sat down opposite Song Jia, picked up the cup full of tea on the tea table and took a sip. Seeing that the tea was not hot, he drank it again, his face sullen. How can there be the slightest anger in the front hall? It's just that I have a dry mouth in the front and need tea to quench my thirst.

"As soon as Sui Ning and Su Yu are lost, Master Cao will transfer Xiao Kui'an and Huai'an's troops to the north to strengthen the defense of Shuyang," Song Jia stretched out her slender hand and poured tea into Lin Bing's cup. I can't figure it out, but in a few days, I can probably figure it out... North of Siyang, if you don't make any arrangements, it's your biggest arrangement! Tell me, the 20th battalion stationed in Suining and Suyu The name belongs to the Huaidong Military Division, but when have you been able to adjust it? Besides, Suining and Suyu are not under the jurisdiction of the eleven counties of the Huaidong two prefectures. They are supposed to be allocated to Xuzhou. Lai Pi, used Sun Zhuang to occupy two of Chen Hansan's sites, and prevented Chen Hansan from extending his hand to the south. Now that Sun Zhuang is replaced by Liu Miaozhen, what's the loss to you? If Liu Miaozhen accepts Zhao'an and Huaidong's Adaptation, but you are taking advantage of it!"

"It's not that easy," Lin Fu said with a sigh, "Anyway, I can't shirk the responsibility for Liu An'er's death, just as it was at the time. If Liu An'er didn't die, the entire Jianghuai would be in turmoil... Now Yanbei It is at stake. Once the Eastern captives break through and enter, from Jinzhong, Hebei to Henan, there will be a big leak. What good will it be to slaughter 400,000 to 500,000 people in Huaiyang? Maybe these 400,000 to 500,000 people are kept. It will be of great use in the future!"

Song Jia nodded. At this time, Huaidong was doing all he could to develop the navy. There were only 12,000 people in the Lu Bu battalion, and it was difficult to expand in a short time. Although the Gongyi battalion had a reserve force of 80,000 troops, the Huaidong Ordnance Superintendent tried his best to produce enough basic armor for 80,000 infantrymen in two or three years.

Once the Yanbei line of defense collapses, most of the cavalry of the Eastern Captives will easily penetrate into the Huaisi area. Only the well-equipped elite infantry can fight against the captives on the Hehuai Plain of Yimapingchuan.

If there are 30,000 to 40,000 cavalry groups infiltrating Huaisi, and Huaidong has less than 10,000 elite soldiers on the northern front, how can they resist? Do you want to throw away all the areas north of the Huai River?

Furthermore, Chen Hansan is a very uncertain factor. People in Jiangning don't like him. He is also very difficult in Xuzhou, but he always holds 20,000 elite soldiers in his hands. Whether it is the Liang family in the north or Huaidong, there is no way to eat Chen Hansan in one bite in a short period of time, and there is no such name - once the captive rides through Huaisi, Chen Hansan betrays the Donghu people, Huaidong How to deal with it?

The red jacket girl naturally wouldn't surrender easily, but keeping the red jacket girl as Huaidong's peripheral buffer would at least help Huaidong get out for a year. In this regard, the role played by the woman in the red jacket is stronger than that of Sun Zhuang. In name, Sun Zhuang only controlled 12,000 underdogs, and in terms of military and political management, Sun Zhuang had too many women in red jackets.

Just as Song Jia said, after the Huaisi war~www.wuxiamtl.com~ apart from providing food and salaries to Sun Zhuang's subordinates once every half month, Lin Fu did not make any arrangements for the area north of Siyang. The biggest arrangement - others can't see through, Song Jia can see through naturally.

Speaking of Chen Zhihu, Song Jia didn't like him much, and there were many children of the Song family who died under Chen Zhihu's sword.

"Chen Zhihu left Li Zhuo, it's just a sharp knife," Song Jia said, "Mr. Wenzhuang is only afraid that he is under Li Zhuo's banner - Li Zhuo is someone who can use this knife well, others can't! Chen Zhihu is only there! Blocking the leaks in the west, not even preventing the gap on your side. Sun Zhuang lost two cities and opened the eastward entrance for the Red Jacket Army. Liu Miaozhen personally led 20,000 elites behind the Huaiyang Palace, Chen Zhihu was helpless, and then It is a pity that he lacks the overall situation."

"Not necessarily," Lin Fu shook his head and said, "He sent Gao Yi over, it's also possible that he was afraid of being attacked by Huaidong!"

"That's right, Sui Ning and Su Yu are too neat to lose. Anyone who changes it will be suspicious!" Song Jia covered her lips with a smile and said, "It's no wonder Liu Tingzhou came over and pointed at your nose to scold—that's right, Do you still want him to stay in Huaidong and sing opposite you?

"Why not? If there is someone in Huaidong who can sing opposite me, Jiangning will feel that the situation in Huaidong has not been out of their control, so they can feel more at ease..." Lin Fu said.

"Then why did you stop him this time?" Song Jia asked.

"The Northern Army has been wiped out this time," Lin Fu said. "For the extra 12,000 troops, I'll give him 8,000, and he will probably shut up!"

"Isn't that why you want Xiao Kuian to stay in Shuyang forever?" Song Jia could see through Lin Fu's thoughts at a glance, "Then from now on, south of the Huai River, there will be no real power that can hinder you..." My QT room is open ! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter