When Li Gonglin returned to Jiangning, he walked with the envoys from Nanping, which was naturally arranged by Zhao Jingyun. It's just that Zhao Jingyun and Li Gonglin didn't expect Wu Qingyi to appear on the Nanping envoy ship in advance. Li Gonglin saw Wu Qingyi at first glance, and was intimidated by his peerless appearance, and he sprouted the old madness, and wanted to draw a pair of ladies and ladies for Wu Qingyi to be handed down. Li Gonglin claims that his painting art has reached its peak, but at this moment, he has a peerless beauty in front of him that he can't copy, and he can't help but feel a sense of decadence.

People say that the daughter of Shao Gong is stunning in the southeast, and Li Gonglin secretly thought: Maybe I have seen Shao Ruyan, and I have a plan in my heart. Xu Ruyu and the princes of Jiangning were also very surprised that Wu Qingyi appeared on the Nanping envoy ship, so they asked Li Gonglin to dedicate the unfinished Danqing to the inner mansion.

Li Gonglin also knew that Wu Qingyi's arrival in Jiangning with the Nanping envoy was unpredictable, but he was more concerned about the unfinished Danqing, thinking that Shao Ruyan was the daughter of Shao Haitang, and at this time she was the daughter of the Inner Mansion Division, and she bluntly asked to see her, which was too abrupt. It's just that he went to Jiangning to report on his work this time, but he was free for three or five days, and he was going to return to the Wuzhou army, if he couldn't see Shao Ruyan or Wu Qingyi again, then Danqing would have no chance of completion.

Li Gonglin went north from southern Fujian and came to Jiangning for the first time. The wife of the relatives moved to Jiangning at the same time as Li Gonglin served as the captain of the Suwei Military Academy, and his half-brother Li Yuanji ruled a deep house for Li Gonglin on the east bank of Longzang Pudong in Jiangning City.

Li Gonglin sat on the stone bench in the pavilion, looking at the zigzag pond water, and there was a sound of broken feet outside the garden, frowning and turning his head to look at the *moon gate. Seeing the old servant who had been following him for nearly twenty years walking in, Li Gonglin's face eased and said, "Ah Zhong, didn't I tell me that when I am cultivating, others are not allowed to disturb me?" ”

Yuemen said with a smile: "Tang Tu master, Wenlong, why don't we come back in the afternoon?" Although he said so, the man had already stepped through the moon gate and stepped in*, followed by three people.

Li Gonglin was surprised and happy when he saw the person coming, and he was eager to kneel down to worship him, but the person who came stepped in front of Li Gonglin, supported his body that was about to kneel, and said with a smile: "Jiang Ning doesn't bother to bow down, Gonglin should get up." He turned his face to look at the garden and said, "I have heard the name of Mianqin Garden for a long time, but the owner is not there, so it is inconvenient to visit." Wenlong and I are here to disturb at noon, and I hope Gonglin will not be annoyed. ”

Mianqin Garden was originally Li Gonglin's residence in Quanzhou, Li Gonglin is good at Danqing, but also good at garden architecture, although Mianqin Garden is narrow, but the stone planting trees of Quchi Liuxie Lake are arranged by Li Gonglin personally, and it has won the charm of the southern garden. After moving to Jiangning, the courtyard where Li Yuanji governed him was modeled after Quanzhou Mianqin Garden, also known as Mianqin Garden.

Li Gonglin knew that the person who came did not want to reveal his identity, so he bowed, so he turned sideways and ordered the old servant: "Go and ask the lady to treat a table of wine and send it to the garden." "Lead the four of them to the pavilion and sit down.

The old servant has followed Li Gonglin for nearly 20 years, knowing that Li Gonglin has gone through several ups and downs, and a heart has been refined to be pampered and not shocked, just watching the young man in a green shirt walk in front of him, he can't help but be a little flustered, when the old servant left, he glanced at the man in green shirt again, only to feel that it was very usual, but the three people around him were unforgettable, and the woman's face in the middle was hidden under the green veil, but she couldn't hide the bright atmosphere before her eyebrows.

The matter of the banquet has its own subordinates to do it, and the lord pointed out that the lady will do it, and it must be very important for someone to come. Li Gonglin never thought that Xu Ruyu would visit the private house, and he was a little flustered for a while; The old servant naturally didn't expect that the person in front of him, who looked quite ordinary, was Xu Ruyu, the lord of Jiangning.

Li Gonglin couldn't guess Xu Ruyu's intention for a while, but Xu Ruyu didn't summon himself to Qingfeng Mansion for something, but visited the mansion privately, which was a great honor. Li Gonglin couldn't guess Xu Ruyu's intentions in his heart, and he was afraid that his wife would not be able to lead the banquet to be smashed. Li Gonglin also knew that Xu Ru's surname was economical, and if his subordinates could use ordinary dishes, it would be more in line with his wishes.

Sitting down in the pavilion, Li Gonglin greeted Xu Ruyu, Zhao Jingyun, and Fan Wenlong one by one, turned his face to look at the woman with a blue veil on her face, and saw that she was dressed as a girl, her eyebrows and eyes were as beautiful as the bright moon, and the picture scroll she was holding in her hand seemed to be newly dedicated to the inner mansion yesterday. Li Gonglin was slightly stunned, bowed to each other, and said, "Gonglin has seen Miss Shao. ”

Shao Ruyan took off the masked tulle, bowed back, and said with a smile: "You are Jiangning's general, Ruyan can't afford your gift." But he didn't ask Li Gonglin how to guess her identity.

Li Gonglin is a captain of the Suwei Military Academy, and his general position is the same as Zhao Jingyun and Fan Wenlong, and he is regarded as a person with real power in Jiangning, but Shao Ruyan is just a female official with no rank.

Li Gonglin said: "Miss Shao has the posture of getting rid of the dust, and it is no longer appropriate to accept the courtesy of an ordinary man like me." ”

Xu Ruyu said: "I have seen Gonglin's Danqing, and the Wu Qingyi on the Danqing has not yet been eyed, so I and Ruyan came over, and I asked Gonglin to add it." If you want to complete the painting here, it will become a work of hand-me-down. ”

Li Gonglin sighed: "The eyes of people are the most moving, Gonglin consciously has shallow painting skills, and he really has no courage to lift the pen at this time." Squinting at Shao Ruyan's peerless appearance, and panicking in Xu Ruyu's eyes, he felt very rude.

Shao Ruyan didn't mind, and spread the scroll on the stone table, the breeze was blowing, and the woman on the paper was lifelike, wanting to step out of the scroll.

Xu Ruyu said: "Gonglin said yesterday that when Sima Ya reported on his work, he was slightly down, I heard Ling Tian say this, and secretly thought that Gonglin might be worried about this unfinished Danqing in his heart, and now he will be sent back to Gonglin." ”

"How dare Gonglin take back what he gave away?"

Xu Ruyu smiled slightly and said, "Then you can wait for Gonglin to put his eyes on and give it to me." ”

Li Gonglin saw that Xu Ruyu's sudden visit was actually to let himself complete this danqing, and he didn't understand the deep meaning, Wu Qingyi was in Jiangning, Xu Ruyu wanted to know her face, so he could invite her into the mansion for a gathering, and there was no need to go through this kind of trouble. Isn't it that he can't blatantly leave Wu Qingyi in Jiangning, but he covets her peerless appearance, so he asks himself to paint her face, and misses it a little? Li Gonglin didn't dare to think deeply, and said in a low voice: "Gonglin reported on Jiang Ning, only for three or five days, and wanted to complete this work in three or five days, a little hasty?" ”

Xu Ruyu said: "I'll sign a military order for you, and you can stay in Jiangning for a few more days." ”

Li Gonglin didn't think there was anything wrong, even if Xu Ruyu forcibly detained Wu Qingyi in Jiangning, it wouldn't make people feel abrupt, heroes are pitiful, how many heroes in the world are like Xu Ruyu?

Xu Ruyu stayed in Li Gonglin's mansion and had a luncheon before leaving, and Shao Ruyan said that he wanted to ask Li Gonglin for painting skills and stayed in Li Gonglin's mansion. If Li Gonglin wants to complete the painting, he will inevitably invite Wu Qingyi to be a guest at the mansion, and Shao Ruyan will stay in Li Gonglin's mansion, but she wants to meet Wu Qingyi. Xu Ruyu knew her thoughts, so he naturally followed her wishes and quietly returned to Qingfeng Mansion with Fan Wenlong.

Shao Haitang, Jiang Lingtian, Xu Boying, Zhang Zhongdao, Tu Wenyong and others were already waiting at the mansion, Xu Ruyu greeted him and said with a smile: "I had lunch with Wenlong at Li Gonglin's mansion, and the guests and hosts had a very happy conversation, but I forgot the time of the meeting, Mr. Shao waited for a long time?" ”

Shao Haitang said: "It won't be long. ”

Fang Su said: "We gathered here at noon, and when Youli saw that we were pitiful, he invited us to have a luncheon, otherwise we would be hungry." ”

Xu Ruyu saw Shao Haitang's eyes looking for Shao Ruyan, and said with a smile: "Ruyan stayed in Li Gonglin's Mansion to learn painting, and she will probably come back at night." ”

Shao Haitang said: "Ruyan will be interested in Danqing? At this time, learning was just a waste of time, and when I entered the inner house, I was still so arrogant. He sighed slightly, but didn't think deeply.

Jiangning's political affairs are all entrusted to the political affairs hall, and Mei Tierui, Yi Guanyuan, and Shen Deqian are divided into the affairs of Zuo Cheng and the left and right affairs of the political affairs hall, and the government affairs that cannot be resolved will be reported to Xu Ruyu. Xu Ruyu was committed to the military, and most of the people who often walked around him were officials from the Changshi Mansion and Sima Ya.

During the discussion, Shao Haitang and others did not mention Wu Qingyi, but Xu Ruyu knew that Shao Haitang would not give up his ideas easily.

Just as Xu Ruyu never gives up his views easily, Shao Haitang is not a person who easily gives up his own ideas. Of course, if Xu Ruyu still insists on his own opinion in the end, Shao Haitang will also try his best to maintain his majesty.

Shao Haitang acts pragmatically, which makes people feel cold and hard, but the Jiangning generals and officials know that the only indispensable person in Jiangning is Shao Haitang, such as Mei Tierui, Yi Guanyuan, Kou Zichan, Xu Boying, Fang Su, Jiang Lingtian, Zhang Zhongdao and others. Xu Ruyu is intelligent and intelligent, and as a dominant overlord, the only flaw in his surname is probably his lack of hard and cold side. Shao Haitang is sleek, but he is quite stubborn in his bones, and his pragmatism is almost cruel. When he worked for the Xiangfan Society, he calculated Xu Xing and Xu Ruyu, and he didn't feel anything inappropriate in his heart; During the Lishui confrontation, Shao Haitang was completely disappointed in Xiangfanhui, and turned to assist Xu Ruyu, who spared no effort to calculate Xu Jingcheng until he forced Xu Jingcheng away from Xin'an City.

But because of Shao Haitang's survival, Jiang Ning has less trouble. The officials and generals of Jiangning admired Xu Ruyu more than they were in awe, but they were more afraid of Shao Haitang.

Except for the Su Guard Army led by Xiao Wuye to rest in Wuzhou, the main forces of the Fengling camp were gathered in the northeast of the Qingjiang River, advancing from Chongyi, Xin'an and other places to Huzhou in the north. After the death of Zhu Lianzhi, the Zhu clan was divided into three, Zhu Tongshan led the troops to surrender, and the Zhu clan only had two divisions left: Zhu Baiyan and Zhu Kunda. Zhu Lianzhi was ambushed by Xu Ruyu on the top of Huishan Mountain, and died on the way back to Wuzhou, because of Zhu Lianzhi's strange death, Zhu Baiyan and Zhu Kunda broke off categorically, the original Wuzhou Mansion Siyi City, Zhu Baiyan and Zhu Kunda each accounted for two, Zhu Baiyan occupied Linjiang and Wuzhou, claiming to have 50,000 soldiers, but the elite of the good war was only more than 20,000 people. Zhu Kunda occupies Lanling and Huzhou, and has nearly 30,000 elite combat power.

Zhu Kunda sent Jiang Ning several times to negotiate peace, and after Zhu Tongshan descended, Zhu Kunda frequently sent envoys to negotiate peace, but Xu Ru ignored it, and the military deployment of Xin'an was also carried out in an orderly manner. Compared with Zhu Kunda, Zhu Baiyan is much easier, Wuzhou and Linjiang are located in the northeast of Zhenze Lake, Huzhou, Yuhang and others are separated from Jiangning in the south, and the vast river is in the north. If Jiangning wants to seize Wuzhou, it is necessary to capture Huzhou, Yuhang and other places first. Of course, Jiangning can also send troops from Yongyang and Jinghai, and use the water camp warships to cross the river and enter the territory of Wuzhou, but in the Jinghai battles, the Yongyang and Gantang water camps suffered heavy casualties, and after the war, the establishment of the Gantang water camp was abolished, and the remnants of the Gantang water camp and part of the combat power of the Yongyang water camp were incorporated into the Wuhu water camp and went to Wuhu Island in the northeast sea area of Qingzhou. Before the Jinghai War, the Yongyang Water Battalion was the most powerful part of the Winged Tiger Army, but at this time it was the weakest one, and its combat strength barely recovered to 10,000 people.

Jiangning stationed a total of 70,000 troops in Baishi, Yongyang and other places on the north bank of the river, including the Green Guard, the Zhongli Army and the First Division of the Fifth School Army, but these 70,000 combat forces were used by Jiangning to guard against threats from the East China Sea. After the tension between Jiangning and Wanling, Chen pre-hoarded more than 80,000 soldiers and horses in Longyou and Anyi. Even after Jiangning transferred part of his troops from the northern foot of Cuiping Mountain and Guangling to the south, Chen Yu continued to increase the garrison on the southern front, and there was almost no possibility of easing the contradiction between Jiangning and Wanling.

It can be seen from this that the possibility of Jiangning mobilizing the troops on the north bank of the river to use the Yongyang Battalion warships to cross the river to fight is extremely small.

Regarding Chen Pre's increasing garrison in Longyou, Jiangning was not worried. Chen Pre's original intention was to use the threat of Jiangning to increase the bargaining chips in his hands and suppress the threat to his dominance from the side generals, and in just a few months, the garrison on the southern front soared from 30,000 to 100,000.

Xu Ruyu's gaze swept over the people in the hall and said, "The Green Guards crossed the agreed border and advanced to the northern foot of Cuiping Mountain, exposing the contradictions between Chen Yu and the side generals. Chen took the opportunity to transfer troops and horses to the southern front, and concentrated the military power in the central and southern parts of the East China Sea into his own hands, so as to weaken the influence of the side generals and consolidate his dominance in the East China Sea. However, he gathered nearly 100,000 troops on the southern front but took a defensive position, presumably he had to face internal inquiries and suspicions every time, and this deepening suspicion was bound to shake his foundation in the East China Sea. His gaze stopped on Shao Haitang's face and asked, "How long does Mr. Shao think Chen Yu can hold back?" ”

Shao Haitang thought for a while and said: "Chen Pre gathered troops in the Longyou area, it was the harvest season in the East China Sea, and the Longyou garrison had no pressure on supplies at this time, and when Longyou ran out of food, Chen Pre would have to transfer supplies from Wanling, Biling, and Tairu to the southern line, at that time, the huge amount of material consumption of more than one million stones per month would make the doubts within the East China Sea increase sharply. Chen's armament and grain stocks on the southern front could only be maintained until the end of the year. ”

Xu Ruyu bowed slightly, and said: "Summoned Zhang Xu and Mei Liting, since receiving this order, the road between the East China Sea and the East China Sea will be blocked, and the displaced people from the north will be prohibited from entering Jiangning from the border. ”

Displaced people cannot enter Jiangning and can only stay in the southern border of the East China Sea, which will further increase the food pressure on the southern route of the East China Sea.

Zhao Jingyun said: "According to the news from the north, it is very likely that Chu Shize will not wait for the capture of Fanyang to wave his army into Hanoi, Bianzhou and other places, and at that time, a large number of displaced people from Fenjun and Qingzhou will flock to the south. ”

Xu Ru smiled foolishly: "Chen Pre's pressure has doubled, but Jiang Ning has not given him the opportunity to raise troops, what do you think Chen Pre will do?" ”

Zhao Jingyun said: "Chen Pre can only solve the contradiction with the side generals head-on, and the Lord decided to push the Jiangjin Yi clan to Chen Pre? ”

Xu Ruyu nodded and sighed: "Without the help of the Yi family, Chen Yu would have no strength to solve the conflict with the side generals head-on. When his eyes fell on Zhang Zhongdao's face, he was a little gloomy, this plan was ultimately aimed at Zhang Jidao, but Zhang Jidao's reaction was unpredictable at this time.

Fang Su said: "How to ensure that Chen Yu will not transfer the pressure to Jiang Ning? ”

Xu Ruyu said: "If you send an envoy to sue for peace at this time, does it seem that you are not sincere enough? ”

Everyone couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Fang Su said: "In order for Chen Yu to be able to resolve internal conflicts with confidence, a peace agreement that seems effective is indispensable. ”

Shao Haitang said: "If Jiangning's strategic focus shifts to the west, Chen will naturally believe in our sincerity in seeking peace. ”

Lishui to the west, across the Huaiyu Mountains is the Jingnan Family Alliance forces, Jingnan Mountains are deep and dense, the Huo family recruited 150,000 soldiers for several years and failed to seize an inch of land in Jingnan. Jiang Ning and Nanping will not touch this nail until the situation in the south is undecided.

To the west of Liyang, Huo Qingtong led the remnants of the invasion of Jing and confronted the main force of the eastern front of Nanping on the side of Peng Lihu. When Xu Ruyu was in Wuzhou, he agreed with Huo Qingtong that only after Jiangning solved the problems in Wuzhou, Yuhang and other places, the Qingyan Army would take over Huo's fortress and city in Jingbei, and Huo Qingtong would lead 40,000 remnants of the army to return to Jingxiang from Jiangjin. Pengli Lake and the surrounding mountains constitute the difficult and complex terrain of Jingbei, and the two families are based on one end of Pengli, both of which are conducive to defense and not conducive to attack. If Rongyanmen wants to invade the east, it will need more than 150,000 troops to pose a threat to Jiangning, and if Jiangning wants to invade the west, it may need more troops to penetrate the defensive positions on the eastern front of Nanping.

Rong Yanmen led more than 200,000 soldiers and horses to conquer Chengyu, and even after the conquest of Chengyu, Rong Yanmen would first start to deal with the Huo clan in the north, but only then would he shift the strategic focus eastward and launch an offensive against Jiangning.

If Jiang Ning mobilized more than 200,000 troops to fight on the outside line at this time, Jiang Ning's financial resources would not last a few months.

As everyone knows, Nanping and Jiangning will never open up a large-scale battlefield in Jingbei in the short term.

Jiangning solves the unification of the Fan and Zhu clans in Yuejun, and the strategic focus can only go north, plotting Yongning and the East China Sea. Now it is easier said than done to deceive Chen Yu and disguise Jiangning's strategic center of gravity in the west?

Everyone looked at each other, and for a while they couldn't guess what Xu Ruyu and Shao Haitang had in mind.

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