As the transfer port between the Yangtze River and the canal, Guazhou Port has countless military supplies and food transported to the port in advance, and it has accumulated like mountains. As a result, Guazhou Port suddenly became busy, and the general manager Lin Deshao was so busy that he was extremely busy.

When Tian Chuyun led his troops to Guazhou, he transferred to a ship suitable for canal navigation. Guazhou Port was unable to load and unload ordinary merchant ships, so Lin Deshao had to order all merchant ship loading and unloading business to stop for two days and wait for the army to head north before reopening business.

Seeing that Lin Deshao was so busy that he couldn't take care of his head and tail, Lin Chunhong ordered Cui Yuer to stay in Guazhou to assist Lin Deshao. He personally led more than 50,000 troops in the Southeast Army and headed north in a mighty manner.

When they arrived in Huaiyin, Lin Chunhong learned that Dorgon and Yuetuo had attacked Deshengmen and Andingmen.

He frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly sneered at Tian Chuyun beside him: "Everyone wants to be a fisherman. This time, I don't know what trick the court will come up with!"

Tian Chuyun also saw Dorgon's feint attack and asked, "I wonder if Dorgon wants the court to transfer us north or to transfer the border troops?"

"It should be all. Zheng Fulin's movement in Lushunkou is so big that Samushka and Huang Taiji can actually hold back. As the saying goes, a small impatience will cause chaos in big plans. If nothing unexpected happens, Huang Taiji should have a bigger plan."

Tian Chuyun frowned and said, "I don't know if the court will be fooled."

Lin Chunhong shook his head and said, "This is hard to say. No one wants to see the robbers swaying in front of him. Naturally, the emperor and the court officials are not willing. It's just that Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian have always opposed the large-scale mobilization of border troops. I don't know if the two can withstand the pressure!"

Tian Chuyun said: "Is there any possibility that Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian are working hard to promote us to go north in order to prevent the court from mobilizing the border troops?"

Lin Chunhong was stunned and said, "The possibility is very high. But what will Yang Sichang take? Should we only send some troops north?"

...

As the two were talking, they suddenly received a quick report from the Military Information Department: The court wanted to issue an order to order the Southeast Army to continue to go north to serve the king. At the same time, on the pretext that the Henan bandits were rekindled, they ordered the Central Plains Army to station in Fangcheng and stand by, ready to wipe out the bandits at any time.

After hearing this, Lin Chunhong said, "As expected, Yang Sichang convinced the emperor, but this reason is a bit unreasonable. He always thought about letting us fight the Tartars to lose both ways, and eventually the fisherman will benefit."

Tian Chuyun frowned and said, "By the Southeast Army alone, it may be a bit unlucky to fight against more than 50,000 elite Tartar cavalry. Will we obey the order?"

Lin Chunhong was silent for a while and said, "We have been obeying the imperial edict, but we have not. We have put so much effort into moving our troops north to resist the Tartars, but the court has suspected that this time. Now the court is in a difficult situation, and I think of us again, and I want to let us tie our hands to fight! This time we have to let the court bring some benefits!"

"What benefits can the court do?"

Lin Chunhong said coldly: "Letter!"

...

The Southeast Army has the Yangtze River and the canal is convenient. Even so, the Central Plains Army relies on land transportation along the way, and its military supplies and food transportation is even more spectacular. The people nearby can always see convoys of several miles of continuous vehicles and heading north.

Zhou Wang ordered a transit base to be established on the south bank of the Yellow River in Xinzheng County, and all the materials were transported to Xinzheng first, and then crossed the Yellow River and headed north.

Once the valve of war is opened, the laymen can only see arrows flying and swords and guns shining. Perhaps, they only care about this. However, for commanders such as Zhou Wang, they almost devoted 70% of their energy to material transportation and military supplies, so that Zhou Wang often kept a word: "If you can make every soldier have enough food, the war will be won halfway!"

Zhou Wang is over 60 years old, and his years of work have left deep marks on his face. Judging from Zhou Wang's past experience and talent, Zhou Wang is not suitable for the position of governor of the Governor's Office. The most suitable position for him should be as the commander of the first army or the first legion, and to fight the enemy in front of the enemy. Even Zhou Wang himself admitted this and was more willing to go to the front line to fight, rather than sit in front of the desk every day.

Lin Chunhong obviously could not agree to this. In the Jingzhou army, Zhou Wang's prestige was so high that he was respected as the "father of the Jingzhou army". After all, the senior generals in the Jingzhou army, such as Di Wei, Wei Yuexiang, Lin Chunyi, etc., were all trained by him, and he also captured the foundation of the entire Jingzhou army, and even Lin Chunhong was trained by him.

Lin Chunhong needed Zhou Wang to take charge of the Governor's Office to coordinate the entire army.

This time, Lin Chunhong ordered Zhou Wang to command the Central Plains Army, and there was no helplessness. No one in the Jingzhou Army had the experience of commanding large corps operations, and even he himself did not. Lin Chunhong was afraid of various unexpected accidents, so he had to make Zhou Wang, who had a high prestige, come out and appoint Lu Shiming as the general manager of the army, to assist Zhou Wang.

The Ministry of War ordered the Jingzhou army not to cross Liaocheng and Guangping. Although Lin Chunhong blocked the news, he would never hide it from the commanders such as Zhou Wang and Lu Shiming. If the commander of the 60,000 to 70,000 troops did not even know such strategic intelligence, how would he fight?

After Zhou Wang and Lu Shiming arrived in Fangcheng, they quickly ordered Sheng Kunshan to lead the cavalry army north and as the vanguard, they arrived in Xinzheng in advance to prepare for crossing the river.

Sheng Kunshan held the guards of the generals who were pacified and kept the road unobstructed. He rushed to Xinzheng and arrived in Xinzheng in just two days. He began to collect civilian ships all over the world to prepare for the army to cross the river.

What made Sheng Kunshan very surprised was that even though he publicly claimed that he would pay compensation for the ship, no one came to apply for the contract. "Damn it, don't eat the toast!" Sheng Kunshan was furious and immediately sent troops to search for the ship and forced the recruitment.

However, after searching for more than a dozen ferries by the Yellow River, no trace of the ship was found.

Shengkun Mountain was inquired and only then did he know that General Liu Zeqing led his troops to guard the Yellow River and had long concentrated all the ships on the north bank and controlled them in his own hands.

Sheng Kunshan was furious and was about to go to Liu Zeqing's camp in person, asking Liu Zeqing to release the ship, but received Zhou Wang's military order, ordering Sheng Kunshan to suspend preparations for crossing the river, and wait for Wu Tianzhu to lead the Longwu army to join Xinzheng, and then go to Pizhou to join the Southeast Army.

Zhou Wang was really unwilling to give up this military order.

Since leaving Liaodong when he was young, Zhou Wang has not fought face to face with the Tartars for more than 30 years. This time he finally hoped for a chance, but was smashed by an imperial edict from the court.

Zhou Wang not only criticized the court by pointing out the sky and drawing the earth, but also complained about Lin Chunhong, complaining that Lin Chunhong should not compromise and give in to the court, and only transferred the cavalry of the Central Plains Army, and let the three main legions of Tiger Roar, Shenwei and Xuanwu stop heading north.

However, when Zhou Wang received a report from the Military Information Department: Liu Zeqing received an order from the Ministry of War to guard the Yellow River and not allow the Central Plains Army to cross the Yellow River one step; Hong Chengchou wanted to lead his troops east; the general of Shanxi, Hu Dawei, also gave up going north and prepared to go south... Zhou Wang had just put away his dissatisfaction with Lin Chunhong.

If the Central Plains Army forced to go north to resist the Tartars because it did not obey the order, but caused the court and the Jingzhou army to meet each other and eventually gained the Tartars. This was something that Zhou Wang would never want to see.

On the eighth day of November of the 10th year of Chongzhen, Yang Yiren, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, made a memorial, vigorously praised Lin Chunhong's achievements, wiped out Gao Yingxiang, removed hundreds of thousands of bandits such as the Five Left Camp, resettled nearly one million people, wiped out Liu Xiang, fought against the red barbarians, and expanded the territory. He claimed that the court could not allow the generals who had made contributions to the rewards, which ruined the hearts of the soldiers and suggested that the court grant Lin Chunhong the title.

As soon as Yang Yiren took action, Zhu Youjian and Yang Sichang knew that Lin Chunhong began to propose conditions. However, the conditions were really harsh, and almost grabbed the court's fatal point.

Within the scope controlled by Jingzhou, except for Nanyang, Yunyang, Kuizhou and Wuchang, most of the land belongs to Lin Chunhong. Once Lin Chunhong is granted the title, wouldn’t the court lose nearly two million Dayuan income every year? The court has been so difficult in recent years, and hasn’t it been a mess by lack of money and food? If there is enough money and food, what is the training of the new army, relief for disasters, and appease the people is no problem, and there is still a need to ask you, Lin Chunhong, to send troops to resist the Tartars?

Lin Chunhong is in line with this. Lin Chunhong's military merits are inferior to anyone other than Xu Da and other founding merits and Yu Qian, who saved the nation, is no less than anyone else. Even Zhu Youjian has to admit this. However, the title is a means of inspiring soldiers to fight to the death and being loyal to the court. Once Lin Chunhong, a general with ulterior motives, wouldn't it be encouraged to have a different intention?

Zhu Youjian calmly submitted the memorial to the court for the title of title. The civil and military officials in the court were in an uproar and came forward to criticize Yang Yiren, and scolded Yang Yiren so impeccably.

Pragmatic factions such as Yang Sichang and others saw that the court would lose part of their income after they were awarded the title, so they focused on opposing it. However, moral guards such as Huang Daozhou did not care about the money and grain income at all. They focused on Lin Chunhong's ulterior motives and opposed it desperately, and Zhu Youjian did not agree and killed him.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian was quite happy and drew a fork on Yang Yiren's memorial, with the words: There were too many people who opposed it and could not be awarded the title.

Unexpectedly, Yang Yiren was more and more courageous in the battle. After Zhu Youjian replied, he submitted a memorial the next day, insisting on awarding Lin Chunhong titles. However, he could consider paying taxes in the land where he belonged to Lin Chunhong, and he would not lose a penny.

As soon as the memorial was posted, the court was like a bomb was thrown and suddenly exploded.

Yang Sichang was the most keen. After receiving the news, he almost jumped up and shouted: "Lin Chunhong actually wants to attack the nobles. Is he dedicated himself to the court or wants to hold the court? It is hard to distinguish between loyalty and treacherous!"

After receiving Yang Yiren's memorial, Zhu Youjian read it several times before he soothed his violently beating heart. The court's financial difficulties were simply because there were fewer and fewer places available for tax payment, and most of the tax sources fell into the hands of nobles and tax-free scholars. If Lin Chunhong was awarded the title and paid taxes as usual, it would be like opening a hole, which would allow the court to gradually cancel the privileges of nobles and scholars.

Moreover, if Lin Chunhong really did this, he would inevitably gather all the resentment of the nobles in the world, which was something Zhu Youjian was happy to see.
Chapter completed!