Qingzhou Magistrate's Yamen, Qingzhou was originally temporarily led by Shi Bao, but now Shi Bao was transferred to Dengzhou by Lin Chong, so now it is Wang Jin who is temporarily in charge of Qingzhou.
Because of the different situation, Lin Chong now wants to set the seat of government in Qingzhou.
As the war deepens, Liangshan's limitations will become more and more obvious.
Liangshan can be a corner, but it cannot become the center.
If Lin Chong can succeed in the future, Liangshan may be canonized as a holy land and become a spiritual symbol.
"Brothers also know that the imperial court sent 70,000 troops to reinforce Jeju for a very clear purpose, which is to prevent us from continuing to expand.
However, what I am considering now is not the 70,000 troops, but whether we should attack Jeju now.
I have analyzed with you before that because of Jeju’s geographical location, once we capture Jeju, we will be surrounded by other states and counties.
Even if we have the strength to defend, we will be exhausted from defending attacks from different directions, which will involve too much energy, so I don’t know what brothers think about this."
Lin Chong asked the doubts in his heart.
After listening to Lin Chong's words, the brothers below began to whisper and discuss among themselves.
After a while, Hua Rong said, "Brother, I think it is better for us to attack Jeju.
Although taking Jeju will make our army surrounded by the Song army, this is a matter of attitude.
Attacking Jeju can let the world know that we, Yangshan, will not be afraid of reinforcements from the imperial court.
Let alone only 70,000 troops coming, even if there are 70,000 more, we, Yangshan, will still not be afraid."
"Brother Hua Rong is right.
If we don't attack, people in the Jianghu who don't know why will think that we are afraid of Liangshan," Qin Ming echoed loudly.
"That's right, if there's anything to consider, whoever comes to fight will be the one to fight."
Li Kui is always the one who is not afraid of big troubles.
"Yes, brother, let's fight."
"That's right" The brothers began to persuade them to fight.
In fact, Lin Chong was really hesitant about attacking Jeju.
However, what Lin Chong hesitated about was not that he would be surrounded if he attacked Jeju, but his plans after attacking Jeju.
Defending Jeju is of course the main thing, but you also have to start making choices on offense, whether to go south to attack Yanzhou and then move south in a big way, or to go north to attack Dezhou and start going north, or to set a bigger goal and go directly to Tokyo.
Of course, this is the most impossible thing.
One way that works.
After all, the Centipede is dead but not stiff.
The Song Dynasty is still capable of fighting.
If they attack Tokyo now, Lin Chong is sure that the outcome will be failure.
Not to mention whether Liangshan can eat the hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops, but at the critical moment of life and death, King Qin's army pouring in from all over the country will make Liangshan difficult to resist.
What's more, there are strong men like the Western Army who have been fighting all year round, so it is definitely not feasible to attack Tokyo directly.
At least for now, the time is not yet ripe.
Lin Chong thought for a while, and then asked Wu Yongdao out of habit, "What do you think about this?"
Wu Yong was also thinking about the pros and cons of attacking Jeju at this time.
When he heard Lin Chong's question, he raised his head and replied, "My younger brother also thinks that we should attack Jeju.
Although this will put us under siege, we can quickly divide our forces to capture Dezhou and Yanzhou with sufficient defense.
In this way, we can connect the three states into one, just like closing the door on Qingzhou and Dengzhou behind us.
The door.
However, while attacking Jeju, I feel that my brother should put up a big flag and write the slogan of eradicating violence and peace and quiet, so that our Yangshan will become famous as a division, and then we can use this flag to recruit troops, so that our Yangshan will not become weak in the follow-up. .
Although we now have more than 200,000 troops, as our territory continues to expand, our troops will become more and more dispersed.
Once the number of troops cannot keep up, our army will become extremely passive.
Since ancient times, major uprisings have been like sailing against the current. , If you don’t advance, you will retreat.”
Wu Yong explained everything in his mind in detail in one breath.
Although there was no direction selection issue that Lin Chong was concerned about, he had solved the current problems very well, which was very rare.
Lin Chong nodded after listening, and did not continue to ask the question of whether to go north or south after conquering Jeju.
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Instead, he said, "Pedant means to attack Jeju first, and then attack Dezhou and Yanzhou at the same time.
Wouldn't this be too aggressive?"
After all, the longer the front is drawn, the more disadvantageous it will be for us now."
"Don't worry, brother, as long as we can capture the three states of Dezhou, Jeju, and Yanzhou, we can defend on the spot, recruit troops and intensify training, and recuperate at the same time.
When we recover, or there are major changes in the court, we can take advantage of the situation and continue the attack."
The more Wu Yong talked about it, the happier he became.
In fact, he had already calculated these things in his mind.
With Liangshan's current strength, it is not difficult to achieve this goal.
Lin Chong did not speak, but sat there and carefully thought about the feasibility of doing so.
It's not that Lin Chong doesn't trust Wu Yong, but that Lin Chong doesn't want to become a person who doesn't know how to think.
If every time we discuss things in the future, Wu Yong or other brothers make suggestions, and Lin Chong agrees without thinking, this will slowly reduce Lin Chong's prestige in the minds of everyone, and over time, he may be ignored by those who are interested, and it is easy to cultivate powerful ministers.
You must listen to the opinions of military advisors and other brothers, but you must think carefully before making the final decision.
After thinking about it, Lin Chong felt that although Wu Yong's strategy was a bit risky, it was also very feasible.
Then he stood up and said, "Since all the brothers agree, we will continue to attack Jeju.
After we capture Jeju, we will do something based on the actual situation." out of choice” "Yes."
When the brothers below heard that Lin Chong agreed to attack Jeju, they all happily stood up and accepted the order.
"Wang Jin, Huang Xin, Lei Heng, and Li Congji ordered the four of you to lead an army of 20,000 to stay in Qingzhou, with Wang Jin as the chief general and the other three as deputy generals.
Qingzhou is a link between the past and the future, so the four of you must pay special attention to it.
Don’t be careless” Because he was going to Yuncheng tomorrow, Lin Chong had to arrange the candidates to stay in Qingzhou in advance.
"My little brother, take your orders."
After hearing Lin Chong's arrangement, Wang Jin and the other four people stood up and replied.
After all the instructions were given, Lin Chong asked everyone to go down and rest early so that they could start their journey the next day.
Early the next morning, the army had breakfast and assembled outside the city gate.
Lin Chong said goodbye to Wang Jin and others, and then with a big wave of his hand, the army started slowly and walked towards Yuncheng.
The army marched on the road for more than a day and finally arrived at Yuncheng.
Wang Yin and others met Lin Chong early ten miles outside the city.
They met twice and exchanged greetings before heading to Yuncheng together.
"Where are the imperial troops now?"
Lin Chong asked Wang Yindao on the way.
"According to the latest news from the spies, the imperial army is about three days away from Jeju.
Now Jeju has sent additional spies to Yuncheng to closely monitor the movements of our army.
Because of this, our army's spies have fought several times with Jeju's spies, causing damage to each other. " Wang Yin introduced the current situation to Lin Chong in detail.
"What happened to the county magistrate at that time?"
Lin Chong thought of Yuncheng County Magistrate Shi Wenbin.
This man was a good official, so Lin Chong couldn't bear to harm him and hoped that one day he could surrender and work for him.
After all, conquering the world requires military generals, but governing the world requires civil servants.
"Still the same as before, taciturn and depressed.
I tried to persuade him to surrender several times, but he always remained silent and ignored my words."
When thinking of Shi Wenbin, Wang Yin shook his head helplessly.
After hearing this, Lin Chong thought for a while and said, "He is a good official and very loyal to the court.
Since he doesn't want to talk, let's lock him up for now.
Then we will arrange a separate courtyard for him.
As long as he doesn't leave the courtyard, he can do whatever he wants."
Try to satisfy him with everything.”
"Okay, I will make arrangements immediately when I get back."
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Wang Yin is a very pragmatic person, so he agreed readily.
Everyone marched all the way to Yuncheng.
Because there were too many troops and there was no room for them in the city, Wang Yinzao ordered people to build a camp outside the city for the new soldiers to rest.
There was originally a large camp outside Yuncheng County, where brothers Guan Sheng and Sixingfang led an army of 20,000 people.
This new camp was newly built next to the original camp.
Lin Chong brought nearly 50,000 troops this time, plus the original 50,000 people in Yuncheng.
In other words, in this small Yuncheng County, Lin Chong had already deployed 100,000 people, which was really a luxury.
Lin Chong came to the prefect's Yamen, and chatted briefly with the brothers for a while, and then introduced Sun Li, Zhang Ping, and Wang Yin to each other.
From now on, we are all brothers in the trenches, so of course we need to get familiar with each other.
That night, Lin Chong ordered a big banquet.
Firstly, it was a celebration for everyone.
Secondly, everyone had not seen each other for a long time, so of course they had to have a good time together now.
The banquet did not break up until very late.
Although everyone was happy, because it was wartime, no one got drunk.
Even Li Kui rarely controlled his drinking, which surprised Lin Chong.
After the banquet ended, Lin Chong returned to the room, but Lin Chong did not rest immediately.
He was waiting for someone.
Sure enough, after a while, there was a knock on the door.
Following the gentle knock on the door, Shi Qian's voice came in, "Brother, have you rested?"
Lin Chong smiled.
Yes, he was waiting for Shi Qian.
Lin Chong knew that Shi Qian would definitely come to him and give him a detailed introduction to what had happened these days.
"Come in" Lin Chong shouted to Shi Qian.
With a "squeak" sound, Shi Qian walked in with a smile on his face.
After entering, he turned around and closed the door.
After "brother" came in, Shi Qian first saluted Lin Chong.
Seeing the playful expression on Shi Qian's face, Lin Chong was happy and thought to himself, "This kid always looks like he is just carefree.
This will really become a big deal in the future.
With his dignity, he doesn't look like a cheat at all."
Material for a high official."
"Sit down, you did a good job on that matter, I'm very satisfied."
Lin Chong asked Shi Qian to sit down, and then said to Shi Qian happily.
Although Lin Chong did not explain what it was about, he knew that Shi Qian would understand
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