Goryeo was the suzerainty of Yuanyue in the past, and then succumbed to the iron hooves of the Donghu people - watching the Huaidong army defeat Yanhu's defense line, important towns, and elite soldiers and horses, Cui He, who had the typical characteristics of the Goryeo people who were accustomed to subjugating the strong and surviving, had already fallen physically and mentally with the army on the shore of the Jinhai Sea, and had no intention of struggling.

That night, Gao Zongting, Luo Wenhu and Choi He negotiated the terms of Choi's annexation: as long as Choi's clan can make meritorious contributions in eliminating the Yanhu soldiers and horses who came to aid Goryeo and eradicating the stubborn forces of the state minister Zuo Jing, Jiangning will protect Choi's status in Goryeo while retaining the Goryeo royal family.

In the early morning of the next day, accompanied by Luo Wenhu, Choi Hyuk sailed east and secretly returned to Hejin, hoping to contact his father Choi Quanchen, who was guarding Mani Mountain in Gimpo......

Jinhai City was beaten into ruins, but the ruins and remnants were the best barrier to prevent the Yanhu cavalry from dying.

The headquarters cleared out the main fortress of Jinhai City and used it as a temporary station.

The clear morning light poured in through the broken battlements of the city wall, and the air was still filled with the smell of unfinished blood after the killing.

Lin Jian got up after a nap and stood in the middle of the court with his hands in his hands, holding the urgent report sent by the speedboat sent by Haizhou overnight.

Listening to the sound of footsteps, Lin Jian turned his head and saw Song Jia walking over in a green shirt and skirt, and said: "I have come to Jinhai twice before, one is the Yannan War, and Jinhai is also a wreckage; The second time was that Tang Gong went on a hunger strike in Jimo and abandoned the world, and I completely lost confidence in Yuan Yue at that time, but at that time, the foundation of Huaidong was not solid, and I could not sneak to Jinhai, and use the Jinhai grain road as a threat to carry out the policy of salt and silver to protect grain...... In the blink of an eye, nearly ten years have passed, and I really don't know it! ”

There is salt and silver to protect the grain, only to be able to build a seawall, build a seawall, Huaidong's policy of "building a deep city and accumulating grain" can really take root - the real rise of Huaidong began in the Jinhai grain road, and this time it took the northern expedition of the old road of Jinhai, which can be regarded as echoing before and after.

Song Jia walked up to him, smiled, and said, "I accidentally detained you in Chongzhou, and the concubine really feels that ten years will not pass." ”

Lin Jian looked at Song Jiaruhua's beautiful face, mature and plump, and asked with a smile: "When I mentioned this, I have always had doubts in my heart, and I forgot to ask you, did you really not feel the danger of Chongzhou when you lived in Guangjiao Temple?" ”

"The concubine is willing to be caught?" Song Jia glanced at Lin Lian, her beautiful eyes looked forward to a different charm, recalled the past, and said, "When I was on Zilang Mountain, I didn't think that there was a possibility of not being able to get out, but others spied on you, after all, I couldn't help but want to see if you had the courage to do great things, but I didn't expect that one misstep would become a thousand ......years of hatred."

"......" Lin Lian smiled and said, "If the luxury family had listened to you earlier, maybe there would really be no Huaidong today......

Song Jia shook her head and said, "After all, the concubine is a woman, and what she says is insignificant. In fact, before the luxury Feihu entered Jiangning, Du Rong drew up a list of talents to be recruited in Jiangning, including Zhao Shuhan, Song Shixian, Ge Cunyu, Shi Fengtai and others, and even Jingxuan and Jingtang; At this time, looking back, the luxury family still thinks a little higher of themselves......"

"Oh......" Lin Jian looked at Song Jia and asked, "I haven't heard you mention this?" Are you worried that after I know about it, I will detain Du Rong and not tell him to leave the free mountains and forests? ”

"It's Du Gong who is worried that you will be like this," Song Jia said, "At that time, in addition to Zhao Shuhan, Song Shixian, Ge Cunyu, and Shi Fengtai have all entered the Huaidong scene, Du Gongyang and I will keep the secret for him, I think Du Gong is also resolute, and he has no intention of being an enemy of Huaidong, so he can only reluctantly send a favor - will you complain about me?" ”

At the beginning of the rise of Huaidong, Du Rong was a big opponent, and Lin Jian did have some wry smiles in his hands, but at this time, looking back on the past, he had a feeling of "going to the past".

Du Rong lurked in Jiangning, and for several years he set up an intelligence network for the luxury family in Jianghuai, and also supported a Qingfeng line that was inferior to other warehouses, merchant gangs, and clubs, and was actually a very pragmatic and capable person.

After the extravagant Feihu entered Jiangning, he obeyed Qin Zitan's words, but Du Rong's status was not as good as Qin Zitan, and he was actually suspected of putting the cart before the horse. As a strategist, Qin Zitan's strategy is indeed first-class, but emphasizing strategy over practice is an obvious shortcoming of him.

In the final analysis, it is also a luxury family from Fujian, and it regards itself as a big family with a family name, which is not much different from the mainstream of the world, and fundamentally despises cheap skills such as miscellaneous craftsmen.

Although the two brothers Luxury Flying Bear and Luxury Flying Tiger are also pragmatic people, they are more superstitious about superficial force, and in fact they cannot get rid of the shackles of traditional thinking.

Lin Tie rose at the beginning of Jianghuai, Zhao Shuhan, Song Shixian, Ge Cunyu, Shi Fengtai and others were not reused in Jiangning, and they were all middle and lower-class officials, but they had already achieved success and fame in miscellaneous studies - when Lin Tie was a prison official at the beginning, Ge Siyu and his father Ge Fu compiled "Will Make a Supplement to the Sutra" on Prison Island, and invited 26 craftsmen from Jiangning to participate in it. These 26 craftsmen were tens of thousands of craftsmen in Jiangning at that time, and they were masters from all walks of life......

The development of the new learning system is directly related to the promotion after the rise of Huaidong; These master craftsmen and master level figures themselves stand on the peak of traditional craftsmanship, and they have nothing to do with whether Huaidong is not rising or pushing.

Du Rongneng has noticed these people for a long time and paid enough attention to them, which shows that he can still see some essential things; It's a pity that they didn't pay attention to the luxury flying tiger and the luxury family behind the luxury flying tiger, and there was no positive action.

Du Rong's Qingfeng Bank in the early years did not develop much in the later period, which is already very revealing......

Lin Jian would not assume that there would be a different result if Feihu paid more attention to Du Rong than Qin Zitan, and there was really no need to assume some fundamental things - at the beginning of the collapse of Yanjing, Huaidong used almost the power used in Yanjing's potential, just to escort Jiang Yue and several others who seemed insignificant to the south, which in itself was a choice that other forces would not make except for Huaidong.

Du Rong, including Du Cheli, chose to work for Huaidong, and Du Rong, who was actually able to be called the same as Gao Zongting, Song Fu and others, resolutely chose to retire, Lin Jian just felt a little pity, and sighed lightly: "The old people are either mourning or hiding, and they feel that life is lonely." If you have the opportunity to see Du Gong again, it will be a happy life. Hao Yuan led the remnants to the northwest, no longer participating in the Central Plains battle, as long as his footsteps moved fast enough, I am not a person who will be killed, and Du Gong really has no need to avoid me......"

"Why do you feel like this at this time?" Song Jia asked puzzled.

The urgent report in Lin Bin's hand was handed to Song Jia.

Song Jia took it, but it was an urgent report from Haizhou sent at night - it would take three days to send a ship from Haizhou at the earliest, Song Jia didn't know what news Haizhou or Haizhou received three days ago, which made Lin Jian so emotional.

The letter reported Liu Tingzhou's death.

Liu Tingzhou was poisoned and died on the 27th, and the Songyang Army also officially accepted the reorganization on the 27th, blocking the way for the soldiers and horses of Xuchang to flee westward, but the news was transmitted to Wuyang on the 30th, and then reported to Haizhou through the Voryang Express Cavalry, and sent a fast boat to Jinhai through Haizhou, and today is already May 6.

Liu Tingzhou actually wanted to kill Xiao Kuian, and Song Jia was also quite surprised: "Does Liu Tingzhou want to master the Songyang Army by himself?" ”

"The foundation of the Songyang Army is Huai'an Xiangyong, and most of the generals are directly related to Liu Tingzhou's promotion," Lin Lian smiled and said, "If Liu Tingzhou really wants to kill Xiao Kui'an by surprise, it is not impossible to master the Songyang Army; It's just that he thinks everything too simple......"

"Liu Tingzhou led the township army to cross Huai to aid Xuzhou in Shanyang, didn't he think about the problem too simply, how could it have changed?" Song Jia sighed lightly, "Moreover, the people of Xuchang are also forcing you to be cornered, even if there is a glimmer of opportunity, you have to fight." They want to kill Xiao Kuian'an with dangerous medicine to open the passage to the west, and it seems that they want to escape from Hezhong Mansion to Guanzhong......"

"Hmm." Lin Jian nodded.

If the people of Xuchang directly surrendered to Yanhu, there was no need to take risks to kill Xiao Kui'an, they only needed to send people through Ye Ji Luorong who was in Luoyang at this time, so that Ye Ji Luorong would send troops to threaten Songyang from the flank, and the Songyang army would be suppressed and could not be deployed, and the soldiers and horses of Xuchang could flee west into Hezhong Mansion - only if the people of Xuchang wanted to escape from Hezhong Mansion to Guanzhong, they could only rely on themselves to solve the problem of the Songyang army blocking the way.

Yanhu itself is difficult to protect, the national capital is under the threat of the Huaidong Army, and the people of Xuchang have no way out of Yanhu at this time, and they will only provoke even the ancestral tomb to be unable to keep. And the people of Xuchang borrowed the road from Hezhong Mansion to go to Guanzhong, and persuaded Chen Zhihu to correct the chaos and support the Yuan imperial family, which would be the last move they could struggle; It's really not good, you can also borrow the road from Guanzhong to go to Sichuan and Shu to join the Cao family.

After the Battle of Jingxiang, Chen Zhihu was crowned King of Qin and had actually achieved a relatively independent status.

And after the Huaidong Army recovers Jinhai and captures Yanjing, the strength of the Yanhu clan will be further setback, and only a small number of remnants may be retained west of Taihang Mountain - in this case, Chen Zhihu, who has 60,000 soldiers and horses in Guanzhong, has the strength to oppose the guest compared to the remnants of Yanhu, and it is not impossible to support the children of the Yuan clan as the new emperor - Liu Tingzhou to death, perhaps he still wants to protect the imperial family.

Fundamentally speaking, it is impossible for Liu Tingzhou to be used by Huaidong, so it is no wonder that Lin Lian has such feelings in the early morning.

Politics has never had a bottom, and if it really comes to the last step, maybe Yan Hu will push out the children of the Yuan clan to oppose Lin Tie as emperor and establish a new dynasty, so as to gather all the forces that have fallen into the forest as much as possible.

"What choice would you make for a person like Chen Zhihu, who is full of blood, so much?" Song Jia also asked Lin Jian with some incomprehension, "Will he stick to Guanzhong and fight to the death with us, or will he abandon Guanzhong and flee west?" ”

After Yan Hu's defense line in Shandong and Henan will be broken with a stab, Ning Zechen will lead the Huaiyang army to occupy Shandong, and Yue Lengqiu and Tao Chun will lead the Changhuai army to occupy Henan, and the Northern Expeditionary Army will have the conditions to use troops and outflank the two fronts in Guanzhong, and Chen Zhihu will face the choice of fighting or fleeing......

"Chen Zhihu should be able to escape," Lin Jian raised his eyes to look at the sky to the west and said, "The Changhuai army has entered the Hezhong Mansion, and there is no condition to use troops against Guanzhong for the time being. However, when we recover the thistle and complete the slaughter of the remnants of the enemy in Jinzhong, it will drag on for a while. This time is enough for Chen Zhihu to see the situation clearly, and he shouldn't give us the opportunity to enter Guanzhong in three ways......"

Song Jia thought about it, don't look at Yanhu's total strength There are still hundreds of thousands, but the Northern Expeditionary Army attacked Jinhai directly, and the soldiers pointed directly at Yanjing, and Yanhu's soldiers and horses were suddenly torn apart.

Just like a body that has lost its head, no matter how large it is, it will only be swallowed up - but it is precisely because Yanhu's remnants can still be very large, and it will take some time to clear its remnants in the Central Plains, which will give Chen Zhihu in Guanzhong and the Cao family in Sichuan and Shu some time to react, and correspondingly have some choices.

At this time, Gao Zongting, Song Fu, Ge Cunxin, Wu Qi and others walked in and saluted Lin Bin.

Gao Zongting said: "Luo Wenhu has already accompanied Cui He back to Shaocheng......

"Oh," Lin Jian responded, to show that he knew that the Goryeo battlefield had become relatively irrelevant, even if the Goryeo war dragged on until the end of the Central Plains war, there were enough means to solve it, whether the rebellion against the Cui clan could have a miraculous effect, Lin Jian didn't care very much, he said to Gao Zongting, Song Fu, Ge Cunxin, Wu Qi and others, "For the next military deployment, I plan to send Zhang Gou and Chu Zheng to expand from Jinhai to the two wings: Zhang Gou led his troops to the south bank of the Vortex River to force Wang Dengtai Mountain to the west, and Chu Zheng led his troops to approach the Chaobai River and advance westward; The Denghai Town Division stayed in Jinhai for temporary rest, this spear is the sharpest, and it can be hidden again - the two brigades of the Haidong Xingying Army and the other newly arrived divisions and brigades as reserves......"