The Founding of the Red Chamber

Chapter 157 Hanzhou City Part 8

The battle was boring and lengthy. Lin Jing's Hanzhou soldiers were used to fighting barbarians and bandits. Tu Xiaosan was not polite to Lin Jing, nor did he pretend to be the boss before coming over. The Hanzhou soldiers were the main ones first. Lead troops out to fight.

Lin Jing sits at the back of the town, food, grass and weapons are the most important things. Lin Jing ordered Hanzhou Governor Chen Kui to write a letter to the imperial capital, asking for food, military and equipment support, and to send the war horse to Governor Shi in Longcheng. According to official documents, although Governor Shi is relatively lenient in terms of people and officials, he also knows the seriousness of the matter, so he first allocated food, grass and horses to support Hanzhou City.It's not just because Lin Jing and the Governor's Mansion have always been on good terms. In fact, this battle is unusual. Since the second prince of the barbarian king is the main battle, if there is any good or bad in Hanzhou City, Jinzhou City and Longcheng will suffer one after another.At this time, how could Governor Shi be so small? Even in the past, Lin Jing had to order one or two to get the weapons in his hand. Naturally, Lin Jing would not ask Lin Jing to order any more. Governor Shi sent his confidant generals to Hanzhou City, and Ask Hanzhou City to report the war in time.

In fact, Governor Shi originally wanted a confidant to go to Hanzhou City, so that he could grasp the dynamics of Hanzhou City. However, Governor Shi also knew that Lin Jing was always difficult to deal with. Now that they have changed their identities, they are the Lin family.Lin Guogong is an official of the Ministry of War, and he is in the cabinet. He is a confidant of the emperor, after all, he still wants to save the face of the Lin family.Furthermore, Lin Jing was a knowledgeable and interesting person, and Lin Jing had killed Jinshang's father before going north to leave the customs. Thinking of Lin Jing's tricky hands, Governor Shi was very unwilling to offend him.

Fortunately, Lin Jing has always been a man. Governor Shi supported the war in Hanzhou City so much, and Lin Jing sent daily battle reports diligently.Moreover, his own analysis of the situation was written into the official document.

Lin Jing also said cryptically, "I hope the governor will give you thorough guidance for such superficial knowledge."

Governor Shi sighed, thinking that this kid really has a wink.It goes without saying that Lin Jing presided over the battle in Hanzhou City, but Governor Shi was always anxious in Longcheng. Moreover, Governor Shi had to send the booklet to the imperial capital in time to explain the cause and effect of the war to the present.These causes and effects, Lin Jing knows better than Governor Shi, even the cause of the war, the barbarians intend to open the gate of Hanzhou because of the closure of Muzhou’s trading market. The governor may not even think of this.

If it was someone else's inference, and Governor Shi directly used it for his own use, then he would feel at ease.After all, Lin Jing has a different status, and he has a lot of connections with the imperial capital. Lin Jing's analysis guessed that Governor Shi was a little hesitant about whether to corrupt Lin Jing's merits.But when Lin Jing said, "Please Governor Governor, please give me thorough advice", which is what he meant by asking Governor Shi to do his own thing.

Governor Shi thought to himself, this kid is fortunate to have offended His Majesty, otherwise, with this kid's ability to be an official, what else would we have to do.Therefore, he directly changed all of Lin Jing's inferences and guesses into the subject, replaced them with the extraordinary insights of Governor Shi, and delivered them to the imperial capital together.

In fact, when the barbarians started a war with Hanzhou City, the imperial court was still a little confused and couldn't figure it out. The barbarians always liked to fight in Muzhou City.The main reason is that the grassland where the Wangzhang tribe lives is close to the Muzhou government, so the supply of food and grass is relatively convenient.Hanzhou City is located in the extreme north outside the pass, not to mention the severe cold, and the products are not very rich.The barbarian tribe adjacent to Hanzhou City is the famous Daiqing tribe. This is a small tribe, and the relationship with the barbarian king is not close.Now that the barbarian king is making such a big move, there must be a reason, otherwise, why would he take down the Daiqing tribe and fight against Hanzhou city after leaving the Muzhou government alone?

As soon as Governor Deshi's memorial arrives, the reason for this will become clear.

Chen Qibao summoned the cabinet to discuss how to fight the battle in Hanzhou City.

In fact, this was not a difficult task for the cabinet or Chen Qibao. There was no urgent battle report from Hanzhou City, so it can be seen that Hanzhou City can withstand it.

The discussion here is how much food, grass and military equipment to allocate to Hanzhou City.

Here, it is the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households who are arguing.

Lin Yi strongly demanded to allocate food, grass and weapons according to the memorial request of Governor Longcheng Shi, and the household department began to cry poorly, saying that when there is no supply, the household department has no surplus food.

In the end, the cabinet almost started a fight first, and according to Governor Shi's request, [-]% was allocated first.

Lin Yi personally inspected the [-]% of the grain and grass, and the Ministry of Household Affairs did not withhold any of it.However, the money to moisten hands is indispensable.Even the Ministry of War has a share.These moisturising funds are naturally provided by Longcheng.

As long as there is a lot of food and grass, Longcheng's money is still willing.

Lin Yi was mainly worried about the situation in Hanzhou City. Shu Jingyun said, "A Jing left the imperial capital back then, and he should have gone directly north to Hanzhou City. Based on his management in the past few years, Hanzhou City should be under his control." If he can't hold on, he's not in the mood to die for the city, and he probably has already written a letter and prepared to run away. Now he can still ask the court for food, grass and weapons, so it can be seen that Hanzhou City still has a lot to do."

Lin Yi said, "It's fine if it's a small fight with the Daiqing tribe in the past. Although he is meticulous, he is not stupid in his actions, but one thing is that he can't go to the battlefield. In this battle, the barbarian king supported Buhe behind his back. Prince, what's more, the barbarians are fighting to restart the battlefield. Then, this battle is not a small battle. In this battle, it is needless to mention that if you lose, but if you win, there will be a general. Such a person, I am afraid He can handle it."

Lin Yi, as the patriarch of the Lin clan, always thinks long-term.What's more, what he was talking about was Lin Jing's shortcoming. Lin Jing was the kind who couldn't lift his shoulders or hands. Let alone fighting, riding a horse at home on weekdays was worrying.

Although Lin Jing couldn't return to the imperial capital right now, Lin Jing didn't do anything outrageous.No matter how hard-hearted Lin Yi is outside, he still has to worry about this younger brother in private.

Shu Jingyun was much more optimistic than Lin Yi, Shu Jingyun said, "Ah Jing has been practicing outside for the past few years, if she doesn't even have this skill of controlling people, I'm afraid she won't be able to get to where she is now."

Lin Yi said, "It depends on his good fortune." Based on Lin Yi's understanding of Lin Jing, this kid has always been tricky. Since he dared to go north to seek life outside the pass, he had no chance of being rich and beautiful.At this time, all Lin Yi can do is provide food and grass support, and the rest depends on Lin Jing's fortune.

Although only [-]% of the food and grass applied for this time, since the beginning of the imperial capital, there has been no deduction in the slightest. After arriving in Longcheng, Governor Shi is a person who knows the importance.In fact, he was surprised that the court allocated [-]% of the food and grass at once.Governor Shi directly ordered someone to send it to Hanzhou City. This is the same principle as a person or an official. You respect people, and people respect you.

Hanzhou City was really relieved to receive this batch of grain and grass.

Although Hanzhou City can still support it, it may be difficult to stop this battle before August.

There is food in hand, and there is no panic in the heart. This principle applies everywhere.

As soon as the food and grass arrived, Lin Jing looked much better. He still had time to give Peng Li, who was new to the battlefield, no, now he was called Shui Li, and gave him psychological counseling.

Shui Li is good at fighting, although he is not as good as Third Brother Tu, but he is a half literate and half tiger who was born as a scholar, and he has not been in Jinzhou City for a year, to be able to perform like this is already an outstanding talent.

It's the same, Shui Li is quite ferocious when fighting, but after the fight, he can't go up to the wall, especially looking at the corpses all over the wall.Shui Li almost vomited bile that day, even these days, Shui Li only eats vegetarian food and does not eat meat.

Lin Jing came over to persuade him, and said, "Seeing that you are not soft on killing people, how can this vegetarian be successful, and you have to go out of the city to kill the enemy. Just think about it like this, what's so terrible about corpses, the pigs, cattle and sheep we often eat are also Carcasses of animals. Even if you are a vegetarian, these vegetables, eggplants and melons are not life. Don’t talk about these food, even we will die in the future. When we die, we will still be divided and eaten by rats and ants in the ground, the same reason."

Lin Jing said that Shui Li felt a little sick to his stomach even if he was a vegetarian.

Lin Jing said, "How about you and I manage the food and grass in the rear."

If Shui Li hadn't experienced a major change in his family, he would never have embarked on the path of becoming a martial artist.Lin Jing's proposal is very tempting. Shui Li thinks he can manage food and grass. Besides, staying in the rear is safer than going out of the city to kill the enemy.After analyzing the pros and cons, Shui Li still said, "Although I am stable in the city, I am like this now, but I still don't fight much. The third brother and the younger four are all younger than me. If I quit the battlefield now, I don't want to fight in the future." Putting on the battle armor again. Lord Jing is kind, and the subordinates have the heart, and the subordinates are still willing to go to battle and kill the enemy."

Well, Lin Jing is not reluctant.

As for Tu Xiaosan, he treats it like a real barbarian and regards it as a whetstone.Tu Xiaosan is not like water, and there are some psychological barriers. Not only does he have no psychological barriers to killing people, but he is passionate, thinking that a man should be "hungry to eat the meat of the barbarians, and thirsty to drink the blood of the Huns".Tu Xiaosan always takes the lead in fighting. Originally, the barbarians were known for their fierceness, but in front of Tu Xiaosan's elite guards, they had some advantages at the beginning. After one month, Tu Xiaosan's elite soldiers were reduced by [-]%, but their combat power But it is not inferior to the barbarians.

Tu Xiaosan not only pretended to go into battle himself, but also asked Tu Xiaosan and the others to come over in shifts. In Tu Xiaosan's words, "The opportunity is rare. If you lead the soldiers to fight, you will know what a man should do!"

Of course damage is indispensable, Tu Xiaosan's personal guards directly subordinate elite soldiers are the ones who lost [-]% of the least, such as Tu Xiaosi's subordinates, the loss was as high as [-]%, Tu Xiaosi himself was hit by two arrows.Fortunately, he was wearing first-class soft armor, so his injuries were not serious.

Compared to Lin Jing's insidious trick of poisoning all the arrows, this battle won't be the first snowfall until August, and the barbarians will also retreat.

I originally thought that Hanzhou City was a small city, and it should be easy to grasp, but it turned out to be a hard bone, and I lost a few teeth.Prince Buhe originally wanted to make a contribution in front of his father, but now his soldiers and horses have been severely damaged, not to mention all the income of the Daiqing tribe, and he almost lost his old background.Under such a situation, Bu He had asked other brothers to help him, and then, after cheating his brothers, Bu He found out that everyone's losses were similar.

It's just that this battle can no longer be fought.

Originally, siege battles were not easy to fight. The city walls of Hanzhou City had been repaired as early as when Lin Jingchu was in charge of Hanzhou City, and they were repaired every year after that.

When Buhe lost to Hanzhou City and proposed to retreat with the barbarian king, he was ridiculed by some brothers, but now, no one can laugh.

Just as it was snowing heavily, buckets of cold water were poured on the city wall of Hanzhou, and an iron wall of ice was erected. This siege battle was unstoppable.

The barbarian king had no choice but to order his troops to retreat.

As soon as the barbarians retreated, the entire Hanzhou City was elated, especially those local gentry families who contributed money and food during the war, felt that they had not misunderstood General Ah Jing.They said privately, "Although General Ah Jing's commission is a bit higher, since General Ah Jing came to our Hanzhou City, the people in the city have never suffered from barbarians." Now even the army of the barbarian king can be repelled, It's like having General Ah Jing, there is a guarantee of safety.

On the other hand, it was the merchants who came to Hanzhou City to do business. Lin Jing was at war with the king of Ximan. Hanzhou is located at the junction of the three kingdoms. One is Ximan, the other is Raksha, and the other is Silla. China, here is at war with the Western Man, but the trade with Rakshasa and Silla continues as usual.

Speaking of which, the courage of the merchants was even more extraordinary because of their interests. Even after hearing about the battle in Hanzhou City, they still escorted their goods to seek opportunities.This bold one came at the right time, because Lin Jing did not close the market transactions between the other two countries.

Today Hanzhou City has won a great victory, and many merchants and gentry came to congratulate each other, but they did not come empty-handed, they all offered gold, silver and rare treasures.Some local gentry were not willing to let their family members go to the post of military counselor during the war, and now they regret it even more. While donating military salaries, they have to send someone to General Ah Jing.

Lin Jing accepted everything with a smile.

However, the most important thing right now is that this battle is over and won, then, how to distribute this huge military merit!

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