Chapter 404: Sending troops to Donghai County

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"Let's talk about it, what are we going to do, it's not a way to be so stuffy."

Zong Hanlin pretended to speak impatiently, breaking the silence in the Governor's Palace. After everyone took their seats and briefly introduced Matsue's actions, the atmosphere in the governor's palace became like this, and no one spoke for five minutes, which made him very flustered and uneasy.

The words of the Governor of the East China Sea reactivated the room, where the air seemed to be stagnant.

The officials with real power in Donghai County also felt a little more relaxed. Some people coughed lightly twice, and some people picked up their teacups and pretended to drink tea to hide their thoughts. After a while, Ma Chang, the city lord of Fengquan Mansion, couldn't hold back at first, but what he said was repeated and empty: "The king of Thailand has wolf ambitions, and he is eyeing our Donghai County, and he must not be allowed to come in." At this time, everyone should work together to keep the power of the King of Thailand out of the East Sea. ”

It's very exciting, but it doesn't really help the status quo in any way.

Most of the people present responded with a disapproving attitude, and no one even echoed it at the first time, not even symbolic, which made Ma Chang quite embarrassed and sat back down.

In the end, it was Deng Wenshan, the deputy general of the East China Sea Division, who spoke first: "Everyone, on behalf of the East China Sea Division, I will directly express my position." The sailor is different from your form, and must be attached to the port. Therefore, the East China Sea Division can only stay in Changding Military Port and will not leave. ”

He still didn't say a word, that is, he heard that His Royal Highness the King of Thailand is very concerned about the development of the sailor and does not hesitate to invest a lot of money. The originally weak Ninghai Master expanded exponentially in size within a few years of his hands. Although it is still a patchwork, it is much stronger than it was a few years ago.

What's more, before this, the Songjiang Army also sent people to make a deal with the East China Sea Division. It was Deng Wenshan himself who collected money to help pull the thread.

There is such a relationship, and the East China Sea Master is actually not disgusted by the entry of King Chen Wu of Thailand. In addition, the fleet of sailors cannot be moved, whether active or passive, they will not jump out against the king of Thailand. Deng Wenshan's trip was entrusted by Zheng Cheng, the master of the East China Sea, to show his attitude to these powerful figures in Donghai County. Let them dispel unrealistic ideas.

Although Deng Wenshan's words were euphemistic, the meaning of rejection was already very obvious. Who can sit here is not a person who has been rolling in officialdom for more than ten years or even decades. Even if it's a little stupid, you can understand it after a little thought.

Everyone was a little disappointed, but they couldn't blame anything.

If the Songjiang Army landed from Changding on the Ninghai Division's fleet, they would still have a reason to put pressure on the Donghai Division. But the Songjiang army came from the land, could they still force the sailors to go ashore?

However, disappointment is disappointment, Deng Wenshan's attitude. It still played a pioneering role.

After him, Qiu Zhengxia, the lord of Denglai Prefecture, and Guan Shanyue, the head of the Donghai County Internal Affairs Bureau, also expressed their views. If you want to prevent Matsue from entering the East China Sea, it is nothing more than a civil and military way. Wen, seeking help from outside forces, or trying to rely on morality to make the Matsue army abandon the action on its own. Wu, then it depends on whether the general of the Protector Army, Cen Wukun, has the courage to face the Songjiang Army.

However, the path of the text is doomed to a dead end.

The so-called external force can only be the Qianmingde family of Yanyun County for Donghai County. Unfortunately. The one who canonized Chen Wu as His Royal Highness the King of Thailand and held the power of the four counties was the former prince and the current fifteenth emperor - or one of the two emperors. As for trying to get the Matsue Army to give up on its own. It's even more ridiculous. Chen Wu is not an old rotten Confucian, but a rebel who started and drove the homeless people to attack the city!

As for Wu's ......

Cen Wukun, who was stared at by everyone in the room, lowered his head in embarrassment, not daring to respond to their gaze.

As the most qualified person in the entire Donghai County to talk about military affairs, Cen Wukun was well aware of the strength of Donghai County: due to the strong Donghai Sea Division along the coast, only two garrison brigades were armed in the hinterland of Donghai County. One is the 1st Garrison Brigade of Donghai County stationed in Donghai City; The other is the 2nd Garrison Brigade stationed at the junction of Pungcheon Province and Wonsan County in the west. plus a cavalry wing, the latter was mainly used to encircle and suppress the horse bandits of Yuanshan County who crossed the border.

With two brigades and a cavalry wing, there are less than 10,000 people in the full fight, and they want to resist the Songjiang Army with more than 100,000 troops?

In particular, the previously described expansion of the Songjiang Army. I heard that the Six Masters Group was expanded at once, with more than 80,000 people. For such an enemy, Cen Wukun's only thought is to surrender!

If you want to resist, you will only hit the stone with an egg.

In addition to responding with this attitude, Cen Wukun thought more than the people present. Indeed, if Jiang Jun were to come in like this, most of the people present would probably lose their existing power status. As the governor, Zong Hanlin is the first person who will not be spared. However, in order to better rule the East China Sea and stabilize the hearts of the people in the East China Sea, the Songjiang Army had to retain a group of former officials, and it was impossible to remove all of them.

In this case, if you can take the initiative to take refuge in Matsue......

Whether it's out of the effect of buying horse bones, or just making a show, Songjiang Jun shouldn't be embarrassed, right? Even if you won't be promoted in an official position, at least you can keep your peers and give you a big reward, right?

Cen Wukun doesn't have much ambition, and if he can keep his current position and save more money, he is basically satisfied.

"This guy ......"

Cen Wukun's reaction made Zong Hanlin, who had certain expectations for him, secretly annoyed. The governor was unaware of the luck of the others, but it was possible for anyone to stay in office, but he could not be demoted. But if it doesn't come down, with these people in the house, what can Zong Hanlin do?

The governor of a county, speaking of all directions, is simply omnipotent in the eyes of the people at the bottom. But when it comes to really facing a behemoth of the level of the Songjiang Army, the governor will also feel powerless and alone.

However, just when this meeting seemed to be fruitless, a henchman of Qianmingde who grasped the right time arrived in the East China Sea.

This person's name is Chen Gao, and he is the new envoy of Qian Mingde. As early as in Zhongzhou, he was the henchman of the eldest prince, and he kept shouting for him. After the eldest prince returned to Yanyun unknowingly, this one also decisively chose to resign, followed Yanyun, and was reused.

Chen Gao's arrival. Give Zong Hanlin and a group of powerful officials another way out.

By the way, a part of the secret agreement between Qian Mingde and the king of Thailand, Chen Wu, was announced: "Although His Majesty appointed His Royal Highness the King of Thailand to take charge of the East China Sea, in fact, it only included the four southern prefectures. In Bohai Prefecture, the northernmost part of the East China Sea, Songjiang cannot garrison troops, and it is a buffer zone between the strength of the Yanyun Army and the Songjiang Army. ”

This news made Zong Hanlin quickly know what to do.

………

July of the year 677 in the continental calendar!

The drought in the game, which affected more than half of the empire, came as scheduled, although the drought was not too severe. At least it can't compare to the great drought in Taiping County in 671, but the scope of this drought is too wide. Even Songjiang County, which has an abundant water network and is rich in high-quality rice, has suffered from the impact of summer grain. Although the full harvest has not yet begun, and the specific statistics will take a month or two, the preliminary investigation of the Songjiang County Internal Affairs Office has determined that the summer grain harvest will be reduced by at least one percent!

This is still the case in Songjiang, not to mention the situation in other counties, and Yan zhòng's production may even be reduced by three to four percent.

Although there has not been a large-scale harvest failure, or even thousands of miles of red land, the total amount of grain has decreased on average. Enough to frighten the leaders of any force.

The already volatile situation in the empire was exacerbated by the drought.

However, the Matsue Army as a whole was the least affected.

Tiannan County's perfect water conservancy facilities have helped a lot. The island of North Luzon in the South China Sea was completely unaffected by the drought, and the fleet of the Tongguò Navy Division continued to transport grain to Quanzhou Port. With the overall regulation and control of the Songjiang Army, there was almost no significant increase in grain prices in the three counties of Songjiang.

In contrast, grain prices in Tohae County to the north have risen sharply.

Powerful people everywhere. After Qian Mingde's envoy Chen Gao secretly visited, they already had their own plans. Among them. Some of them felt that it was impossible to be retained by the Songjiang Army, so they held the idea of making a handful of money at the end, and colluded with the big grain merchants of Donghai County without any scruples. Taking advantage of this rare and large-scale drought, they began to buy low and sell high, hoard, and maliciously raise grain prices.

As a result, the situation in Tokai County, which had been relatively stable, began to deteriorate rapidly.

Yongshun Mansion, located in the southeast corner of Donghai County, was the first to cause chaos. There was a group of people who used to be robbers in Yuanshan County, but later escaped back to their hometown with some money. Because the dividends previously robbed were gone, and life could not be sustained, so he took advantage of the drought to encourage the local people and announced the incident.

Yongshun Mansion, which was panicked by the rumors that the Songjiang army was going north, did not put down the rebellion as soon as possible. allowed the rebellion to grow, and even directly captured a small city.

At this moment, the Songjiang army couldn't sit still.

Originally, Chen Wu's idea was to wait for the first batch of new recruits to complete their training, and then go north to fully take over Donghai County. During this period, the old troops can sit in Songjiang to prevent chaos in all directions. The new troops who went to the East China Sea can take advantage of this opportunity to hone their skills. If Tokai County resists, it will be just the right time for the recruits to see blood, and they will be able to plunge into the civil war of the empire in the future.

On the other hand, to take over a completely new state and county, the Songjiang Army also needs to prepare a large number of officials and talents at all levels in advance, which also takes time.

But the turmoil and chaos in Donghai County made Chen Wu give up his plan to wait for another two months.

He has long regarded Donghai County as his own territory, and if he allows such chaos to continue, he doesn't know how much wealth will be annihilated, and he will even be seized and stolen by the various forces of Donghai County. So, with the help of this Longhezhuang rebellion, the Songjiang Army officially sent troops and started the process of fully taking over Donghai County in advance!

On the southern front of the two emperors, the first major battle since the battle began in Ganding Mansion in Taiping County, when the sum of the troops of the two sides was close to 50,000, two light infantry brigades of the Songjiang Army, totaling 8,000 men, took the lead from Daqing Pass and passed through Guò Yuanshan County all the way to the east and entered Fengquan Mansion in Donghai County.

However, the land attack of the light infantry was only a cover to attract the attention of Tokai County.

The actual strategy of the Songjiang Army is to advance by land and water!

The water here does not refer to the Ninghai Division, but to the Qingjiang Waterway.

Since the East China Sea Division had already sent people to secretly communicate with the Qu in advance, the Songjiang Army could not worry about the threat of the East China Sea Division. On this basis, the 6th Mixed Cavalry Division of the Songjiang Army sent two cavalry wings to take a large number of river merchant ships temporarily requisitioned. Along the Qingjiang waterway all the way into Baoxin Mansion, after going ashore, he went east non-stop and pounced on Yongshun Mansion.

Their mission is to put down the rebellion in Longhezhuang as quickly as possible!

The Military Intelligence Department had been stationed in Donghai County two or three years in advance, and the two cavalry wings were moving at a rapid pace. After entering the East China Sea from the Tongguò Qingjiang waterway and going ashore, it took only three days to break through to the vicinity of Yongshun Province Longhezhuang.

For the thousands of rebels who were still gathered nearby to eat and drink, the sudden appearance of the 2,000 Songjiang cavalry could definitely be described as "divine soldiers descending from heaven".

The pitiful early warning measures they had laid out in advance did not have time to exert any effect at all. The cavalry charged in a uniform formation, and several successive rounds of arrows on the way crushed the rebels. Although there were still some rebels left in the nearby city, with the help of the captured rebels, the disguised cavalry opened the city gate and easily wiped out all the rebels before dark.

The whole process of the battle is not even a day!

Even, a day and a half after the Longhezhuang rebellion was put down, the city lord of Yongshun Mansion received the news of the entry of the Songjiang cavalry. The city lord slipped away quickly, packed up his things in three or two clicks, and left Yongshun Mansion with his family and dozens of carriages full of gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings—this was only a part of his wealth, more than the land or bulky items that could not be taken away.

However, the military intelligence agents of the Songjiang Army have long been eyeing this person.

They had already received orders from above, and if these officials of Donghai County had the heart to take refuge, or if they were not too far when they left, they would ignore them. But if you loot three feet, you will bring countless riches and want to escape from the East China Sea, and continue to spend time and drink elsewhere. Sorry, don't even think about it!

After receiving the news, the Songjiang cavalry immediately sent a brigade, followed and chased after them, and seized all of them on the grounds that these properties were stolen money!

Soon, the fixed assets would appear at auction in Tokai-gun, and the money from the auction, along with the recovered property, would be collected into the Matsue Army's treasury and turned into war funds.

The news of Yongshun Mansion spread, which effectively shocked the officials of Donghai County.

Seeing that the entry of the Songjiang Army was a foregone conclusion, Zong Hanlin no longer hesitated, and recalled the Second Garrison Brigade of the East China Sea stationed at the junction of Fengquan Prefecture and Yuanshan County on the grounds of preventing a head-on conflict with the Songjiang Army. Subsequently, he chose his own camp and "broke up" peacefully with the protector general Cen Wukun.

Cen Wukun took the 1st Garrison Brigade stationed in Donghai City and continued to garrison Donghai City, waiting for the Songjiang Army to come and receive it. Governor Zong Hanlin took the recalled Second Garrison Brigade and some officials who were unwilling to defect to the Songjiang Army and retreated north to Bohai Province.

Three days later, the Bohai Dominion was proclaimed!

Although nominally it is still the province of Donghai County, and neither Qian Mingde nor Chen Wu recognizes the existence of the Dominion, this term claimed by Zong Hanlin has spread far and wide, becoming a neutral buffer zone between the two behemoths!

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