In the past, the Military Intelligence Department was separated from the Privy Council and the Military Staff Department was established, which only involved the internal adjustment of the Huaidong Army, and the towns of Henan and the Shu Army under the jurisdiction of the Cao clan were still nominally under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council-

After Yue Lengqiu returned to Wuyang, by mid-December, Lin Zhengda signed a Privy Council decree to separate the two towns of Zhengyang and Wuyang from the army of the six towns in Henan, and set up a separate Changhuai army, with Tao Chun and Deng Yu as the chief and deputy commanders; The correspondence and military and political affairs were transferred from the Privy Council to the Military Staff.

Yue Lengqiu was the deputy privy councillor and the right capital of the imperial history, the chief of the prison Huai, and the military governor of Henan and the governor of grain; At the same time, Yue Zhi was transferred from Wuyang Town and served as the deputy commander of the Southeast Water Division.

In addition, more than 200 officers were transferred from the Jiangning Junior High Army Command School to complete the graduation of more than 200 generals, and went to Wuyang with Hu Qiaozhong to prepare for the establishment of the staff system of the Changhuai Army, and Hu Qiaozhong also served as the staff officer of the Changhuai Army.

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After the government governs the government, Jiangning's military and political affairs no longer need to be approved by the government hall and the inner court, but such a major military and political affairs as the establishment of the Changhuai Army usually need to be reported to the political affairs hall and the inner court in a timely manner.

When the Empress Dowager Liang saw the words taken out by Zhang Yan and Shen Rong, she directly spurted out a mouthful of blood and stretched out her feet and fainted.

Miao Shuo panicked and sent someone to ask for the imperial doctor, and sent someone to Mei'an Garden to invite Princess Yangxin over.

Since the marriage farce, Yuan Yan moved out of Wanshou Palace and lived alone in the nunnery behind the palace. Hearing that the Queen Mother coughed up blood and fainted, Yuan Yan had the heart to ignore the matter, and she couldn't bear it, hesitated again and again, and finally rushed to Wanshou Palace with her maid to see how the Queen Mother's health was.

Before he entered the inner hall, he heard the old and desperate voice of the Empress Dowager Liang coming from the inside: "The declining family can't live with the thirteenth generation ancestors of the Yuan family, the situation in Jiangning is irretrievable, you still go and persuade the emperor to want to open some, you don't want to gather in front of the dying man's couch of the declining family......"

Yuan Jianhai, the king of Hailing, had a depressed face, walked in in dejected, and almost bumped into Yuan Yan.

"Uncle." Yuan Yan saluted.

Yuan Jianhai didn't respond, Mu Mu glanced at Yuan Yan, walked straight to the inner hall, and came out with a crying wail: "Ancestor, that vertical son can't wait to usurp the throne, the children of the Yuan family are in trouble......"

In the eyes of Yuan Jianhai, Shen Rong, Zhang Yan and others, the Cao family was isolated in Shu, Dong Yuan was also flawless in Xuchang, and Yue Lengqiu's public surrender undoubtedly meant that Lin Jian no longer concealed his intention to usurp the throne and claim the emperor, and the usurpation would happen at any time.

Yuan Yan stood hesitantly in the middle hall, looking at the empty and lonely hall, and there was a lot of confusion for a while: Is this world really going to change the dynasty in the future? Will he really go on a killing spree to exterminate the Yuan clan? Sometimes I can't help but think, since I can't live with Qiu, it's fate to die under his knife!

Thinking of this, Yuan Yan turned around and left the Wanshou Palace, feeling that everything in this palace had nothing to do with her, she thought of the cold morning nine years ago, after the war, Lin Jian slept soundly in the city, and she hid aside and watched curiously, her heart was filled with the beautiful excitement and curiosity that a girl should have—but all this seemed to be gone.

Liu Zhi stood outside the gate of Wanshou Palace, just quietly looking at Princess Yangxin, who was lonely and silently departed.

To be honest, what Lin Jian would do with the Yuan clan and Princess Yangxin, the ministers of the Privy Council were not very sure.

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"This was originally determined after the Battle of Jingxiang, if it weren't for this, Lin Lianyan would make the Chizhou army go north, and Yan would use Yue Lengqiu to supervise Henan's grain and master the two towns of Wuyang and Zhengyang?" Yuan Guizheng said, "Yue Lengqiu led the two towns of Wuyang and Zhengyang to change banners, undoubtedly to cooperate with Lin Jian to usurp the throne and build momentum, so as to deter other opponents......"

In the Xuchang Office, Dong Yuan, Liu Tingzhou, Yuan Guizheng and others were sitting in danger.

The two towns of Zhengyang and Wuyang set up the Changhuai Army, Hu Qiaozhong led hundreds of generals from the Huaidong Army into the Changhuai Army to establish a staff system, and Yue Zhi was transferred to the Southeast Water Division, one of the core combat forces of the Huaidong Army, as the deputy commander, which clearly and unequivocally showed that Yue Lengqiu, Yue Zhi, Tao Chun, and Deng Yu officially merged with Huaidong.

Although this incident shocked Xuchang very much; But Yuan Guizheng, Liu Tingzhou and others all thought that Lin Jian was speeding up the pace of usurpation.

Dong Yuan frowned, shook his head decisively and slowly, and said: "Yue Lengqiu is not the kind of person who will easily hand himself over completely, could it be that Yue Zhi served as the deputy commander of the Southeast Water Division, and the guarantee given to Yue Lengqiu is stronger than grasping the soldiers and horses of the two towns of Voryang and Zhengyang in his own hands?" There must be something wrong, there must be something crucial, so that Yue Lengqiu can make this determination! ”

Yuan Guizheng and Liu Tingzhou looked at each other, and the two of them didn't care about Dong Yuan's words, and even thought that Dong Yuan was a little suspicious. The two of them insisted that Yue Lengqiu, like Zuo Chengmu and Hu Wenmu, had already secretly defected to Huaidong, and at this time, the two towns of Zhengyang and Wuyang changed banners, not because Lin Jian had accelerated his fall for usurpation.

Dong Yuan was puzzled, and said slowly: "Xu is going to send some eyeliner to Haizhou......"

Yuan Guizheng and Liu Tingzhou were equally puzzled:

Don't look at Haizhou, which is already a big city with tens of thousands of households, but as the logistics support base of the Northern Army, the entire city is still under military control, and the outside of the city is surrounded by military-controlled tun areas.

Workshop owners and maritime traders who fancy the arms procurement market must apply to the Privy Council, and after examination and approval by the military department, they can enter Haizhou to set up factories and be included in the arms procurement system of the Northern Army.

Jiangning and Chongzhou are much more open, and it is relatively easy to gather intelligence, but it is very difficult to infiltrate Haizhou. Dong Yuan has always been cautious, for fear that some handle will fall into the hands of Lin Lian, at this time to send eyeliner to Haizhou, once the eyeliner is captured by Huaidong, it will almost completely block Xuchang's retreat.

Yuan Guizheng and Liu Tingzhou are still very puzzled by Dong Yuantiexin's belief that Haizhou is hiding secrets that others don't know, but they will not object. If the eyeliner sent by Xuchang was unfortunately captured by Huaidong, then Dong Yuan would have no other way out except to raise the banner of the Kuang Fu Emperor's family to resist Huaidong.

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Dengzhou City, the junction point of the defense line of the landing site and the Suohai defense line, is not only the station of the Dengzhou Naval Division, but also the general of Dengzhou, and the superintendent of Qing, Lai, Jiao, Dengzhu Army and Dengzhou Naval Division, Nahe Xiongqi, will also be stationed in Dengzhou City, at the same time, the Xisi Supervisor who is responsible for searching for Jianghuai intelligence affairs is also located in Dengzhou City.

In the line of General Dengzhou, Tong Huacheng, the chief supervisor of the West Temple, picked up a cup of tea with a solemn expression, stared at the steamy tea cup, thought about it, and then turned his head sideways and said to Na He Xiongqi: "In the past three months, the four Huaidong secret documents intercepted by the southern secret agents risking their lives all mention the words 'fire crossbow', 'third-class', 'fourth-class warship', etc....... This kind of phenomenon, if you simply understand that Lin Jian deliberately accelerates the pace of usurping the throne and becoming the emperor, it seems inappropriate. ”

Su Tingzhan stood on the right side of Nahe Xiongqi, and saw that Nahe Xiongqi's face was tense like a dead tree.

Although Nahe Xiongqi was also defeated by the Huaidong Army when it was still the Jiangdong Left Army in the early days, when it comes to understanding and vigilance of Huaidong, there are few other generals in Northern Yan who can match Nahe Xiongqi.

Although at the insistence of the Emperor of Heaven, the generals appointed on the Hehuai defense line, such as Ye Ji Duodi, Ye Ji Duodi, Zhou Zhizhong, Yuan Tingli, Nahe Xiongqi and others, were all able to have a more sober understanding of Huaidong, but in Yanjing, most of the princes and ministers were still not vigilant enough for Huaidong.

Since the beginning of winter, seeing that they have recovered from the defeat of Jingxiang, and their military equipment has risen compared to before the Battle of Jingxiang, many princes and ministers of Yanjing have been a little unable to hold back, and they are clamoring to organize an offensive to the south.

They completely blamed the frustration of Jingxiang on the head of Ye Ji Luorong's improper command and unclear detection of the enemy, and they were lured by the enemy's schemes, and they did not admit or were unwilling to admit that the Southern Dynasties, which were under the control of Huaidong, had actually gained a strategic advantage.

There is a world of difference between whether the strategy is offensive or defensive.

In order to adopt an offensive posture, it is necessary to advance the main forces to Jining, Jimo and other more peripheral fortifications, although it can cause great pressure on the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasties, it will also weaken the defensive elasticity of one's own side.

Once the judgment is wrong, and the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty have the heart of a decisive battle, a major defeat in the outer defense lines such as Jining and Jimo may lead to the collapse of the entire defense line.

Na He Xiongqi looked at Su Tingzhan and asked, "General Su, what do you think of Yue Lengqiu's change of banner?" ”

Although Su Tingzhan knew that the decision was not on him, Na He Xiongqi asked himself like this, which made him feel extremely stressed.

Su Tingzhan also knew that the princes and ministers of Yanjing generally thought that Yue Lengqiu's change of banner was a key step taken by Lin Jian to usurp the throne and claim the emperor—if this was the case, then the garrisons of Northern Yan on the defense lines in Henan and Shandong should adopt a more active posture and advance as far south as possible, at least to ensure that Cao Yiqu had the courage to set up a new emperor in Yuzhou and Dong Yuan to confront Huaidong in Xuchang.

However, after dealing with Huaidong for so many years, Su Tingzhan thinks that Yue Lengqiu's change of banner is more likely to be the precursor of Lin Tie's organization of the Northern Expedition - Su Tingzhan thought about it for a long time and said: "Tingzhan thinks that what Governor Tong said is reasonable, and he can't estimate the current situation too optimistic," Speaking of this, Su Tingzhan's words became sharper, "I think that the imperial court should not be full of expectations for what benefits can be obtained from Lin Tie's usurpation and self-reliance, but should immediately mobilize and raise funds to deal with the upcoming Northern Expedition offensive of the Southern Dynasty......"

"General Su also thinks that this is the precursor of the Huaidong Army's Northern Expedition!" Na Hexiong Qi took a long breath, and then said to Tong Huacheng, "Prince Duodi, I will write directly to the past, Governor Tong, you should go back to Yanjing directly to report this kind of abnormality to the emperor in detail......