Gongsun Qi saw Chen Mingzhe coming to Hangzhou by boat. He stood next to Dong Yuan and said in a low voice, "Did your lord send someone to contact Mr. Gao to establish a relationship? Huaidong must not want to see the situation where his lips are dead and his teeth are cold."

"What kind of stupidity is this?" Dong Yuan smiled bitterly and whispered, "Chen Xiyan, Yu Xinyuan and other Wu people are really clueless and think they have a plan, but they really work hard to make wedding clothes for others. Gao Zongting, Gao Zongting, it seems that the commander-in-chief

Death changes you too much..."

Gongsun Qi was puzzled and thought to himself: Could it be that the current situation in northern Zhejiang is caused by Huaidong's connivance? But if Jiangning strengthens its control over northern Zhejiang and isolates them, what good will it do to Huaidong?

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When the news that Chen Mingzhe learned about the affairs in Jiaxing Prefecture and rushed to Hangzhou to meet Dong Yuan reached Yongjia, it was already April 24th. In a few days, the Battle of Yongjia would last for a full month.

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"We have to actively cooperate with the Wu Party to complete their moves..." When Lin Fu said this, he was no longer in the camp outside Yongjia City, but returned to Ouhai to handle some affairs.

Playing chess with Gao Zongting was a pleasure. Listening to Song Jia standing nearby, he told the news that Chen Mingzhe had gone to Hangzhou to meet Dong Yuan. He touched the chess pieces in the sandalwood box and said with emotion.

"Dong Yuan is arrogant and unwilling to yield to others," Gao Zongting sighed softly and said, "He may be in trouble with Huaidong in the future!"

"There is no fuel-efficient product in Northern Yan or Southern She, and no matter how many Dong Yuan there are in the west, nothing will be great," Lin Fu said. "Huaixi is ultimately short of someone who can stand alone. As long as the Wu Party can control Zhejiang

Bei Shunli successfully eliminated Dong Yuan, and Jiangning then transferred Dong Yuan to Huaidong to take charge of defense, so it was a matter of course."

Lin Fu wanted to maintain the stability of Jiangning's regime and use a united front to deal with the southward invasion of Yan and Hu troops, so he had to restrain his impulse to expand into the surrounding areas of Huaidong.

If it were anyone else, they would probably preserve Dong Yuan's power in northern Zhejiang to share Jiangning's pressure on Huaidong. This may be considered a benefit, otherwise Huaidong would be in danger of dying.

But on the other hand, there are also major disadvantages.

At this time, Lin Fu sat back and watched as the Wu Party emptied Dong Yuan's power in northern Zhejiang, and even further drove Dong Yuan away from northern Zhejiang. It was not that Huaidong suddenly changed his ways and returned to the right way to help the new emperor strengthen the centralization of local power.

Basically, Huaidong is to weaken the military strength of the three prefectures in northern Zhejiang and the two prefectures of Pingjiang and Danyang (that is, the Taihu Plain area).

Huaidong and Zhejiang are separated by the Taihu Plain. Dong Yuan is an ambitious man. Once he is allowed to form a relatively independent separatist force in the Taihu Plain, it will be extremely unfavorable to the situation in Huaidong - this almost means that Huaidong

The most core areas are all within Dong Yuan's direct attack range.

Lin Fu could not extend his tentacles into the Taihu Plain for the time being. Rather than letting Dong Yuan take root there and make Huaidong uneasy, it was better to secretly push the Wu Party to drive Dong Yuan away from Zhejiang and Fujian - weakening the military power of the Taihu Plain was the best way.

In line with the interests of Huaidong.

If necessary in the future, the soldiers from Huaidong can enter as quickly as possible and control the Taihu Plain without worrying about encountering large-scale obstacles when entering.

The same principle applies to Weiyang - Huaidong cannot extend its tentacles into Weiyang for a while, but it must also do everything possible to weaken the local military equipment and garrison of Weiyang Mansion.

At this time, the light in the room dimmed. Lin Fu stood up, opened the window, and looked at the sky outside with clouds, as if it was about to rain.

Counting the season, we have entered the rainy season; in the past two months, almost no rain has fallen in Yongjia Prefecture, and the drought has been quite serious.

Lin Fu was also quite happy to see that it was raining. The wheat in the fields also needed this rain to ear, but Zhou Tong's military operations there would be greatly affected, and it would also mean that the East China Sea would enter the storm season.

And sailing is temporarily closed.

It rained sparsely, and within half the time of burning the incense, the clouds cleared and cleared before the ground was completely soaked, which was not satisfying at all.

"This rain is better than nothing..." Lin Fu rubbed his hands, turned back to Gao Zongting and said, not in the mood to continue the endgame.

"Drought is serious in various places. Even Huai'an Prefecture's summer grain income will be reduced a lot because of the drought. According to information collected from various places, the severe drought in western Zhejiang has already caused disaster. This is excellent news for us. Shejia

Not only can we not get more supplies from Zhejiang this year, we have even given up some grain and grass reserves to prevent local civil unrest. However, the drought in the Hehuai River has made it possible for horses to cross the shallowest parts of the Yellow River from Hezhong Prefecture down.

He, this is definitely not good news!" Gao Zongting said.

"Whether it's sealed or not, we still need to send more spies to Shandong," Lin Fu said. "The drought on both sides of the Yellow River is serious, which has greatly reduced the water level. This in itself is not terrible. If Yan Hu wants to take advantage of the low water level to send troops to cross the Yellow River,

It can only be a small group of cavalry; otherwise, a heavy rain after summer will cause the water level to surge, which will bring them too many unpredictable risks - but precisely because of this, they think that the Yellow River is a natural barrier in summer and autumn.

It will also make Shandong relax its vigilance, which is the biggest danger!"

In the past, the Yanhu cavalry could only cross the Yellow River southward and enter the Hehuai Plain after the ice was frozen in winter.

In late February, Yan and Hu's invading troops from the south retreated to southern Shanxi and Yan. Most people, including the people of Qingzhou, believed that it was impossible for Yan and Hu to cross the Yellow River and move south again before winter.

Qingzhou should use this period of time to build a large number of defense fortresses on the south bank of the Zhulong River with Yangxin City as the core.

However, after Yanhu took control of Jinjun and Yanji, especially tens of thousands of people who were stranded in Yanjing to build palaces for the imperial family, and the craftsmen of the imperial tombs were given to Yanhu, as long as Yanhu could occupy the beachhead on the south bank of the Yellow River

The position has the ability to build a trestle bridge on the Yellow River for the passage of the army.

Lin Fu was afraid that the people in Qingzhou and the Liang family were not vigilant enough.

Gao Zongting turned his head and looked out the window at the clearing mountains in the distance. Huaidong subverted traditional thinking in many aspects.

The Military Intelligence Department under the Huaidong Military Division, in addition to specializing in military intelligence collection and analysis, also relies on combat training schools at all levels and other institutions affiliated with the Military Division to analyze various combat plans, and has also established a dedicated tactical research room.

On the one hand, these various measures have a complete system to ensure that the generals of the Huaidong Army can receive relatively sufficient and systematic training in tactical literacy. They can also get opportunities to grow without going through bloody battlefields. This also allows the Huaidong Army to

The general's control reaches down to the grassroots military attachés, eliminating the problem of privatization.

On the other hand, many of the strategic and tactical ideas put forward by the Huaidong generals have been tested internally to a certain extent in advance, and they no longer rely solely on the generals' personal talents and experience to command operations.

For example, on the issue of whether the Yanhu troops and horses were able to cross the Yellow River in large numbers in the summer and autumn to invade south, the Huaidong Military Division conducted sufficient information collection and combat deductions; while the Jiangning Imperial Camp Division and the towns along the Hehuai defense line could only follow the

Judgment based on experience - the difference here is extremely significant.

There are hundreds of millions of people in the world with outstanding talents and knowledge, just like the crucian carp crossing the river, there are so many people. But in Lin Fu, Gao Zongting saw too many things that were different from the people with outstanding talents and knowledge in the world. He thought, maybe it was these that made him

Huaidong has strong unique characteristics and can rise strongly, right?

At this time, the sound of horse hooves approaching from afar - in the area under the jurisdiction of Huaidong, galloping horses are prohibited in the city, unless there is an urgent military intelligence report - hearing the rapid sound of horse hooves, Gao Zongting walked out quickly, and a moment later

He returned, holding the newspaper in his hand, and said as he walked: "The Wenling defenders are withdrawing and heading back to Pu!"

"It's a pity that the She family didn't have the courage to step into this pit!" Lin Fu smiled faintly and said, "We just need all departments to act according to the plan!"

Gao Zongting smiled, they were definitely hoping that the She family would send troops from western Zhejiang to reinforce the eastern front, and push the defense line to Yongjia, Taizhou and Huaidong for a more brutal military confrontation.

In this way, the She family will inevitably reveal flaws in western Zhejiang, and no matter what Jiang Ning's hidden thoughts are, he will be extremely eager to restore the defense line on the western front to the position before March last year. By then, the She family will be even more sad - Xiang

In comparison, the She family's defense on the eastern front was reduced to Xianju, the rooftop, and the sea front, so the situation was relatively better.

At present, Huaidong's troops in southern Zhejiang are mainly concentrated on the front of Yongjia.

The Zhejiang and Fujian armies first began to withdraw from the north of Yueqing Bay. The Huaidong Army was in the north of Yueqing Bay. Only Chen Zhi led his troops to garrison Wenqiao to monitor Wenling and returned to Pu. Even if they recruited Xiangyong to join Chen Zhi's troops, they would garrison Wenqiao.

There are more than 4,000 elite troops, but the Zhejiang and Fujian troops want to withdraw from Wenling and return to Pupu with nearly 8,000 elite troops. It is obviously difficult for Huaidong to take a bite of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops in the north of Yueqing Bay.

On the north bank of Yueqing Bay, the main purpose was to harass the rear of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops, mainly to prevent the Zhejiang and Fujian troops from damaging the area when they withdrew, and also to prevent the Zhejiang and Fujian troops from threatening the local people and retreating westward.
Chapter completed!