Lord of the House

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On the night of the 19th, Cao Zi'ang and Zhou Tong led the main force of Chaishan troops and horses into the territory of Lishan.

That night, Sun Zhuang led the main force of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade and ran past the southern foot of Baiyun Mountain in the southern border of Sui County.

Five or six thousand people and seven or eight thousand horses rushed to the aid of Fancheng, and it was urgent, like flowing water to the west.

Sun Zhuang also didn't have time to send out horses and scouts to block the passage between Baiyun Mountain. Moreover, the northern **** of Baiyun Mountain was close to Suizhou City, and it was the central area controlled by the Suizhou army. Many villages in the south of the mountain were directly controlled by the Suizhou army. The Junzhai and Tunzhai that are under control, and the route of the cavalry heading westward from the southern foot of Baiyun Mountain, are only a dozen miles away from Suizhou recently. How could it be possible to completely block the news?

That night, the news about the passage of a large group of cavalry from Baiyun Mountain was introduced into Suizhou City by letter cavalry from the various villages in the south of the mountain. How many soldiers and horses crossed the border, then the sayings were very different, and no one village could explain it clearly.

Some say that tens of thousands of cavalry crossed the border, and some said that one or two thousand cavalry crossed the border. It was difficult to distinguish between Ma Zhen, Luo Xianyi and other civil and military leaders who were assigned by Luo Xiancheng to stay in Suizhou City.

Ma Zhen, Luo Xianyi and others who stayed in Suizhou, although they were suspicious of Wang Xiang, could never imagine that tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of unknown origin would suddenly appear in the hinterland of Suizhou. On the one hand, they sent people to Tiemen Mountain, Huangpi, Shicheng and Fancheng to inquire about the letter, and asked if there were any large groups of soldiers and horses who passed through Suizhou without notifying Suizhou. How big is the size of the cavalry? On the one hand, they sent a letter to Lishan, asking Lishan Luo Wenhu to send troops and horses to Chaishan to scout and be alert to the movement of Chaishan, but they did not expect that Luo Wenhu had already surrendered to Huaidong at this time, and even more did not expect Luo Wenhu to send his troops to ask for assistance in the future. To trick them out of the city...

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On the night of the 19th, the Xiangyang messenger crossed the Han River and entered Shicheng.

At that time, the night was still light, and Su Tingzhan had not yet gone to bed. Instead, he had a private banquet with Suo Chengdong, a cavalry general sent by Ye Jiluorong to Shicheng, and invited several beautiful women from the brothel to accompany the banquet.

Suo Chengdong was a native of Yandong Hu and was born in the Suochuo Luo family.

As the most important support point after the Eastern Hubei defense line, Shicheng not only undertakes the important task of transferring grain and grass to Huangpi, Hanjin, and Tiemenshan, but also the second line of defense after Huangpi, Hanjin, and Tiemenshan. Infiltrated from the gap in the Eastern Hubei defense line and drove straight in without blocking.

It was a means for Ye Jiluorong to constrain the troops and horses to send troops and horses. In Shicheng, Su Tingzhan was the main general, with 8,000 infantry and 2,000 navy troops; Suo Chengdong was the deputy general. There are 5,000 cavalry troops stationed in Shicheng.

The Xiangyang messenger entered the city and said that Fancheng had been attacked. Su Tingzhan was in a cold sweat, the wine glass in his hand slipped to the ground, and the officials and generals who called the banquet were startled.

Suo Chengdong's beard and hair are curled, and there are several scars between his face Zhan Nai, a wise general, who was terrified by the three to five thousand raiders, who was utterly in chaos, how could he deserve this praise?

Suo Chengdong said: "I said earlier that the thieves were unreliable, but Prince Mu was not prepared. This trouble happened at this juncture..."

Yanhu fought to establish the country, and he was brave and brave, and there was no strict hierarchy among the generals of his own family. Therefore, if Suo Chengdong and other generals had any dissatisfaction with Ye Jiluorong and other prince-level princes and ministers, they would speak out quite casually. , there are not too many taboos.

Suo Chengdong obviously agreed with the judgment of Ajige, Shen Haobo and others in Xiangyang, and believed that someone under Luo Xiancheng had secretly invested in Huaidong, and asked Huaidong to have the opportunity to send three or five thousand elite soldiers into the hinterland of Jingxiang to sneak attack on their food route.

In the cities of Nanzhang, Zhongyi, Jingmen, Changlin, Dangyang, and Yiling occupied on the west bank of the Han River, the farming and farming operations have been relatively intact over the years and have not been severely damaged. The work is not so thorough. Relying on the local confiscation and looting, as well as the grain storage in Jingmen and Xiangyang, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses besieging Jingzhou can still support it for a period of time. Desperate.

But for Shicheng and the Eastern Hubei defense line supported by Shicheng, it is very fatal - Shicheng is responsible for transporting grain to Huangpi and Hanjin, and Shicheng's grain and grass are directly transported from Fancheng by Hanshui.

In particular, Shewenzhuang led Shicheng reinforcements to build the Baita River defense line between Huangpi and Hanjin, confronted the Huaidong Army, and strengthened the consumption of grain and grass in the eastern Hubei defense line, so that the grain and grass transported from Shicheng to Huangpi and Hanjin was lost. how much to eat. Now there are 110,000 soldiers and horses between Huangpi and Hanjin, and the grain storage is only enough to last for ten days, and there are more than 30,000 stone grains left in Shicheng that have not been transported. The grain reserves from Huangpi, Hanjin to Shicheng are from Overall, only enough for half a month...

Under such circumstances, for the generals of Shicheng, the decision to be made is very clear: first, send someone to ask Ye Jiluorong for help, so that a batch of grain and grass can be temporarily transferred to Hanjin and Huangpi through Changlin on the west bank of the Han River. In order to prevent the east Hubei defense line from running out of food, another is to immediately send reinforcements to reinforce Xiangfan, retake Fancheng, and restore the food route.

If only three or five thousand strange soldiers from Huaidong sneaked in and wanted to run out of food, the problem would not be serious.

Due to the sectioned grain transportation method under the auspices of Shen Lan, the grains were stored in multiple cities between the grain roads, rather than in Fancheng.

In addition, Ye Ji Luorong could take Jingzhou with more effort on the west bank of the Han River. Hu Wenmu was clearing the fields outside Jingzhou before the war, but Jingzhou city had enough food and grass. As long as Jingzhou City was captured, 200,000 to 300,000 soldiers on both sides of the Han River would be available. The horse can still support two or three months - Suo Chengdong is not particularly nervous about Fan Cheng's careless fall.

Su Tingzhan thought deeper than Suo Chengdong. When he thought of Shewenzhuang crossing the Han River into Shicheng, he suspected that Lin Fuqin led the main force of the Huaidong Army to slam Huangpi in order to lure Shicheng troops south. Thinking of this, Su Tingzhan backed down. A chill came straight from the tail spine: things will never be as simple as three or five thousand ambushes.

Su Tingzhan was frightened and panicked, but he was someone who had experienced strong winds and waves after all. After a while, he regained his composure. Seeing that Suo Chengdong's eyes were full of scorn and contempt, he knew that he didn't think so deeply - Su Tingzhan wanted to The doubts in his heart came out, but after thinking about it, he no longer explained to Suo Chengdong in detail, and only said: "Prince Mu must have a decision in Jingzhou, but when Prince Mu's military order comes to Shicheng, it will definitely be delayed for a day, until the dawn of the day. , General Suo led 3,000 cavalry to aid Fancheng first, and I was in Shicheng waiting for further instructions from Prince Mu, General Suo thought it would be good to arrange this?"

Shicheng has 15,000 water infantry troops and cavalry, but Shicheng is the most important support point after the Eastern Hubei defense line, and it also has the function of blocking the second line of defense. All the soldiers and horses went to help each other.

Su Tingzhan sent Suo Chengdong to lead 3,000 cavalry first. He stayed in Shicheng and waited for further instructions. There was no problem with this disposal, and Suo Chengdong had no opinion. Poor, said: "Cheng Dong leads the order..."

"General Suo, after you lead the reinforcements to Fancheng, don't be in a hurry to approach the city," Su Tingzhan said, "Xiangyang asks for help, not just to Shicheng, Jingmen, Nanyang, and Wuyang will all send reinforcements there. How many reinforcements they send, but most of them are in the thousands. If they attack Fancheng separately, it is easy to divide the attacking enemy and attack them. Therefore, after asking General Suo to enter the outskirts of Fancheng, be sure to join forces with other reinforcements and General Azige. After the troops and horses in Xiangyang converge, we will attack Fancheng again..."

Su Tingzhan's remarks were mature and serious, Suo Chengdong thought for a while, then nodded and replied: "Old Suo, I will listen to General Su! If you don't worry, UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com can send a supervisor to me. "

"That's not necessarily true," Su Tingzhan said. "It's about the safety of food, and I'm in a hurry. I can't help but say a few more words." Su Tingzhan briefly discussed the reinforcement of troops with Suo Chengdong. He also urgently dispatched his cronies to report to Shewenzhuang on a fast horse overnight to Huangpi.

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The fast horses galloped across the Jingxiang wilderness shrouded in darkness. In order to deliver news quickly, no one hesitated to kill a few horses on the road, no matter Xinye, Nanyang, Wuyang in the north, Jingmen, Shicheng in the south, or outside Jingzhou City. In the main camp, the news received on the night of the 19th was that the 5,000 Huaidong Army attacked Fancheng by surprise, and Fancheng was carelessly lost...

Since the letter cavalry from Xiangyang to Jingzhou did not have to cross the Han River, Ye Jiluorong knew the news of Fan Cheng's careless fall almost at the same time as Su Tingzhan.

Ye Jiluorong's vigilance towards Huaidong and Lin Fu is naturally not as vigilant as Shewenzhuang, Su Tingzhangao, Fancheng attacked and careless who have suffered enough for Huaidong over the years. In order to stabilize the military, he even deliberately weakened the current bad situation in Fancheng when he called Zhou Fan, Tian Chang and other generals to discuss matters. In addition to sending messengers to Jingmen, Shicheng and other places to dispatch reinforcements to support Xiangfan, he also called Zhou Fan within a time limit. , Tian Chang captured Jingzhou within three days - in his opinion, as long as Jingzhou is captured, Fancheng will fall into a careless moment, and it will not have much impact on the overall situation. The county directly transported grain to make up for the shortage of grain and grass in Hanjin and Huangpi.

However, when the news of the fall of Fancheng reached the Xiongjiagang camp that Shewenzhuang set up in the north of Huangpi in the early morning of the 20th, Shewenzhuang was paralyzed and his face was ashen. A sap fell to the ground... My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter