Lord of the House

On the 22nd, the setting sun shone on the Yangtze River.

At this time, it was less than four days before the fall of Fancheng; less than three days before Lishan Luo Wenhu surrendered to Huaidong; Luo Xianyi led his troops to aid Lishan in Luodian Zhangjiawan was defeated in the early morning of yesterday; Tang Fuguan led his troops to pursue them yesterday It was only in the afternoon that the troops approached the city of Suizhou and captured the outer city. Luo Xianyi and Ma Zhen led the remnants to retreat to Changle Palace City, but they were still stubbornly resisting. Complete annihilation with Huang Zuyu...

Ye Jiluorong rode on the war horse, like a frozen statue, listening to the letter riding incoherently reporting the defeat of Eastern Hubei.

Although Ye Jiluorong's vigilance towards Huaidong is not as high as that of Shewenzhuang and Chen Zhihu, he is good at fighting in battle, but not at maneuvering. The news of Mixin and Baihetan's fiasco only reached Jingzhou early this morning, and Ye Jiluorong was able to fully guess Huaidong's entire strategy to lure the enemy into depth, but it was too late.

The collapse of Edong has become a doomed thing, and it will come sooner or later.

Ye Jiluorong raised his head and made a silence gesture, and the courier who delivered the letter was also at a loss as to what to do, so two soldiers rushed over from left to right and stabbed two sharp knives into his body. After struggling, the **** corpse was dragged away from Ye Ji Luorong's eyes.

The letter cavalry has been scared to collapse by the defeat of Edong, such a person cannot stay. Fear is like a plague, it will spread quickly if you are not careful - Ye Ji Luorong has been fighting on the battlefield for more than 30 years, knowing that if you are not careful at this moment, the entire army will collapse.

Once the hearts of the generals in the army are filled with fear, the road to the north will be destined to be covered with corpses.

"It is rumored that Zhou Fan and Tian Chang will come to see me," Ye Jiluorong ordered in a hoarse and firm voice, "Send all the guards out to block all the roads from Jingmen, Changlin, and Shicheng. Those who are arrogant will be executed without pardon, and there is no need to ask for instructions..."

The tribes of Yandong established their clan and country through battles. Ye Jiluorong's entourages had no idea how many **** battles they had experienced with Ye Jiluorong. Even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of them, it would be hard for them to blink their eyes. .

It's just that there are only iron-blooded brave soldiers who can truly stand in front of Taishan without discoloration. After all, there are too few soldiers. Most soldiers cannot face the news of the collapse of the Eastern Front calmly. Luo Rong will do everything possible to prevent fear from spreading to the whole army.

Compared with eastern Hubei, Ye Jiluorong has an advantage on the west bank of the Hanshui River. News from the east bank has only a few limited channels to reach Jingzhou; it is much easier to control the spread of news than in eastern Hubei.

Furthermore, the main force of the Huaidong Army is still in the eastern Hubei area. Even if it wants to go deep into Shicheng, cross the Han River from Shicheng to intercept them, or directly go deep into Xiangyang and Nanyang, it cannot be done in two or three days. This means that. Ye Ziluorong and the others are in a dangerous situation on the West Bank, and they are not about to face extinction immediately. There is still some precious buffer time to deal with the current crisis.

****************

Zhou Fan and Tian Chang, surrounded by cavalry, rode their horses to the river bank to meet Ye Ji Luorong.

On the river bank, apart from Hu Zongguo standing beside Ye Ji Luorong, there was no one else, and the guards were scattered a hundred paces away.

This discussion was about life and death, so Zhou Fan and Tian Chang also withdrew their horses and walked to the river bank on foot.

The sunset spreads over the river. In the south of Jingzhou City, there are more than a dozen warships. It is the Jinghu Navy trying to get close to Jingzhou City.

Ye Jiluorong stood by the knife, turned around slowly, watched Zhou Fan and Tian Chang approach, and said, "Huangpi, Hanjin, and Tiemenshan have all fallen..."

From Chen Zhihu's secret letter and the news of Baihetan's fiasco, Zhou Fan and Tian Chang could have guessed the ending. They really had to face this situation. Although there was a bone-chilling chill, they didn't panic immediately. overwhelmed.

"Su Tingzhan fled from Shicheng first, and took the navy with him. I'm afraid there is no possibility for the troops from eastern Hubei to join us or flee north," Ye Jiluorong said, "Although the king of Ruzhou should be able to lead his troops today Entering Nanyang, but the time left for us is very limited, presumably the two of you also know about it..."

Chen Zhihu and Tu An had 60,000 troops in their hands. At this time, they could occupy the front lines of Xinye, Nanyang, and Xichuan. They could also threaten the Huaidong Army who entered Fancheng and dare not expand. They could also protect the flanks of Wuguanhe and Danjiang. Directly threatened by the Huaidong Army, they can also leave a passage for them to retreat north.

Once the main force of the Huaidong Army was called northward and more than 100,000 elites gathered in the south of Xinye, Chen Zhihu had no choice but to give up Nanyang and reduce his troops to Xichuan and Wuguan if he did not want to divide and encircle the Huaidong Army.

At that time, after the Huaidong Army in Fancheng has lifted the flank threat, and cooperated with the water-battalion warships from the lower reaches to the north, they will be able to directly cross the Han River from Xiangyang, cutting off their passage to the north.

"After this battle, I vow to kill Su Tingzhan!" Tian Chang spat fiercely.

Ye Jiluorong looked at Tian Chang and felt that he just said this to clear his relationship with Su Tingzhan.

If Su Tingzhan did not flee first, the defeated troops from Eastern Hubei could still gather in Shicheng and attract the main force of the Huaidong Army to Shicheng for a period of time. It would be a fool's dream to think that the fallen troops from eastern Hubei would flee across the river from Shicheng to the west bank before the main force of the Huaidong army came around. Come.

If the navy in Shicheng and Hanjin could still obey the orders, it would greatly delay the timing of the Huaidong water battalion entering the Hanshui, and gain more time for the troops and horses on the west coast to withdraw to the north...

It's a pity that no one is a fool, and no one wants to stay in the rear of the East Bank to be surrounded and annihilated by the main force of the Huaidong Army...

Su Tingzhan was resolute and slippery. He escaped so thoroughly that he even brought his family members and relatives in Shicheng. It can be seen that he should have sensed the signs of the collapse of the Eastern Front earlier, but he was able to hold back his words.

Zhou Fan was surprised that Su Tingzhan had fled first, and cut off the last passage for the troops and horses from Eastern Hubei to escape to the West Bank. This crime was not enough to be forgiven; and Shewenzhuang's grandson Sheyuan was able to withdraw from Huangpi first, and he still led the way. The eight clansmen of Shicheng fled north with Su Tingzhan. It can be seen that Shewenzhuang should have been alert to Huaidong's conspiracy when he transferred his grandson to the north. around?

Ye Jiluorong couldn't tell how bitter he was. In fact, when he went south, Shewenzhuang was wary of Huaidong many times, but he didn't raise enough vigilance; at this time, Shewenzhuang was alive and dead in Hubei. All the armies in eastern Hubei have fled, so how could Ye Jiluorong be too harsh to hold Su Tingzhan and Sheyuan responsible for their escape?

Another, they had to cross the Han River from the Wuguan River and the Danjiangkou to the north, and they could not do without the cooperation of the naval warships. At this time, the naval warships were mainly in the hands of Su Tingzhan and Yang Xiong, and Ye Ji Luorong. At this time, we can only appease Su Tingzhan and Yang Xiong, instead of stimulating them to flee westward desperately.

Furthermore, Tian Chang said that he would swear to kill Su Tingzhan, but Ye Jiluorong could not guess what he was thinking at this time.

Ye Jiluorong let out a sigh of relief and said, "Su Tingzhan's stay in Shicheng cannot reverse the situation on the Eastern Front. If he retreats north first, he can rush to strengthen the Danjiangkou, which is also to my liking," he said to Hu Zongguo. , "Zongguo, please prepare an order letter for me, and Su Tingzhan will go north first to take over the post of Baiyang Gatekeeper, strengthen the defense of the Danjiangkou to Wuguanhe line, and take our army's main force northward..."

"Yes." Hu Zongguo replied calmly, Ye Jiluorong gently exposed Su Tingzhan's guilt of fleeing the north and did not pursue it, indicating that the situation on the Western Front still has room to save. If Ye Jiluorong loses his mind, he will Yoda Chang mainly considered a retreat for himself.

A gust of cold wind blew, and Ye Jiluorong only felt the chill through his body. At this time, he realized the power of Huaidong's strategy more and more. In fact, he decided to lead his troops from Nanyang to the south to attack Jingzhou, and he was completely defeated. .

In addition to the rush to attack Jingzhou, the more important thing is that after the 300,000 soldiers and horses went south, the Han River was actually cut into two pieces. The Shicheng Pontoon Bridge was not built for half a month, and only one or two hundred ships were used. , Finally, thousands of people travel back and forth every day.

Even if we were alerted to the existence of the Chaishan ambush in advance, the 160,000 to 70,000 soldiers and horses that had been assembled on the east bank of the Han River would have to be dealt with in a hurry to deal with the elites of the Huaidong Army, who were likely to reach a total of 200,000. Wanchi Prefecture Army?

It only took two or three days for the main force of the Huaidong Army to chase from Huangpi to Shicheng. Even if Su Tingzhan did not escape, how many troops could they send from the east coast?

Starting from Nanyang, everything was a big conspiracy by the Huaidong Brigade and the others to go deep into Jingxiang. Jingzhou was just a fragrant bait released by Huaidong, but he didn't even notice it!

Ye Jiluorong's heart was filled with remorse and pain - but no matter how painful his heart was, he had to hold back and restrain himself, he had not completely lost: the main force of the troops and horses on the western front had not dispersed, including his cavalry and Zhou Fan, Chen Zhihu, and Tian Chang, who were newly attached to the Han army, were the essence of the troops on the Western Front. As long as this army and horses can be kept from retreating to the north, Japan will have the opportunity to turn the book.

It was precisely because Chen Zhihu led his troops decisively into Nanyang that although they could not retake Fancheng, they were able to secure the northward withdrawal passage in the area of ​​Wuguan River and Danjiangkou to the west of Xiangfan, which made Zhou Fan and Tian Chang less panic.

"When Duke Wenzhuang was there, he once said that Dong Yuan was not a rebellious generation. At this time, he took time out of the troops and horses in Xinyang, and let the king of Ruzhou lead his troops into Nanyang, which shows that his heart is not resigned to Lin Bie," Hu Zongguo said, " The most urgent task at the moment is to immediately send someone to sneak into Lishan, and secretly order Luo Xiancheng to surrender to Dong Yuan..."

"There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, how can Dong Yuan keep Luo Xiancheng?" Ye Ji Luorong asked.

Luo Xiancheng surrendered to Dong Yuan, and he still had 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers and horses under his direct line - even if Lin Fu could not investigate Dong Yuan's crime of committing the enemy for the time being, but Dong Yuan could be stupid enough to allow Luo Xiancheng to lead 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers and horses to recuperate beside the couch?

"Since one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, then send envoys to assassinate Luo Xiancheng and make Zhong Rong and others surrender to Dong Yuan..." Hu Zongguo said word by word.

Zhou Fan's heart skipped a beat, secretly thinking that Hu Zongguo's strategy was poisonous! Unexpectedly, under such circumstances, Hu Zongguo could still think of such a poisonous plan, and he was decisively worthy of being the most important advisor around Shewenzhuang.

Luo Xiancheng would not be prepared for the special envoy sent by Ye Ji Luorong to assassinate him, and the possibility of the assassination being successful is extremely high.

At this time, Luo Xiancheng was entangled with Dong Yuan at the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain, and there was no threat to the main force of the Huaidong Army in the hinterland of Jingxiang. Instead, the most taboo in Huaidong at this time was Huaixi Dong Yuan. In fact, the situation has reached this point. Luo Xiancheng's troops stopped the Huaihe River, and there were no troops to the north of the Huaihe River, so there was no possibility of escaping.

Whoever is cheaper is worse than Dong Yuan, who is determined to fight against Huaidong.

Dong Yuan naturally wouldn't dislike Luo Xiancheng's surrender to him. What he disliked was the fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses under Luo Xiancheng.

At this time, Ye Ji Luorong sent someone to kill Luo Xiancheng, and sent Dong Yuan to remove the main obstacle to the incorporation of the Suizhou army, so that Zhong Rong and others would immediately surrender Dong Yuan, and Dong Yuan's troops in Huaixi could suddenly increase sharply.

When the Suizhou army surrenders to Dong Yuan, Dong Yuan will also control the passage from the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain to Jingxiang. When Lin Fuzhen dares to lead the Huaidong army to the north, he completely exposes the back road to the front of the Huaixi army?

As long as Lin Bie stayed in Suizhou to defend against Dong Yuan, even if only 30,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses were left, it would greatly reduce the pressure on them to retreat north.

Ye Jiluorong was shocked when he heard this plan, and said, "It's a good plan."

"Emperor Wenzhuang sent someone a private letter to the next official yesterday," Hu Zongguo said after seeing Ye Jiluorong's approval of removing Luo Xiancheng, "It's just that what Wenzhuang said in the official letter was too alarmist, The official didn't take it seriously, thinking about it at this time, there may be merits..."

Ye Jiluorong raised his brows, looked at Hu Zongguo, and said secretly: If he was responsible for Su Tingzhan's escape, Hu Zongguo probably wouldn't mention this letter, right?

"What did King Min say in the letter?" Ye Jiluorong asked. Shewenzhuang's life and death in East Hubei is unknown at this time, and Ye Jiluorong also wants to know what plan Shewenzhuang has for Hu Zongguo to tell him, thinking that sending someone to assassinate Luo Xiancheng should also be Shewenzhuang's last plan...

"Emperor Wenzhuang said in the letter that after Jingxiang's battle, Huaidong will have the upper hand," Hu Zongguo seemed unable to see the suspicion in Ye Jiluorong's eyes, "Emperor Wenzhuang thought that the court should adjust its strategy towards Nanyue, and should immediately change it. The war was for peace, and immediately sent someone to ask for peace in the Southern Dynasty, even if the land of Henan was ceded back to the Southern Dynasty, in exchange for a chance to recuperate. At the same time, it was necessary to immediately and secretly win over the Cao family, Dong Yuan and the Southern Dynasty imperial party. Officials, it is the best policy to make the Cao family, Dong Yuan and the Emperor Tang of the Southern Dynasty consume Huaidong's strength...Assassination of Luo Xiancheng and the surrender of the Suizhou army to Dong Yuan is only the first step, otherwise Huaidong will be unstoppable."

Zhou Fan was secretly startled when he heard this, and at the same time he was puzzled: Since Shewenzhuang saw the signs first~www.wuxiaspot.com~, why didn't she escape?

Tian Chang said: "No matter what, we must capture Jingzhou City now. The last commander asked Prince Mu to open the passage for the remnants of Jingzhou's army to flee south into the river, and the last commander led his troops to attack it from the north, vowing to take Jingzhou City before tomorrow. …”

Ye Ji Luorong looked at the dilapidated Jingzhou city, but he didn't expect Hu Wenmu to block them for half a month.

Right now, Hu Wenmu is still leading the remnants of the army to defend the inner city of Jingzhou. However, if they do not completely knock down the city of Jingzhou, the Huaidong Army will be able to send an elite force to land quickly from Jingzhou within three to five days. After the elites of the Huaidong Army and the Jinghu Army converge in Jingzhou, should they send their troops to the rear? Who wants to stay behind?

Only by winning Jingzhou City can the northern retreat become more leisurely; even if the passage to the north is completely blocked by the Huaidong Army, they can still fight against the Huaidong Army based on the whole of Jingzhou.

Of course, the Jingzhou defenders already knew Huaidong's overall plan after thinking about it. They were very firm in keeping their will in the inner city of Jingzhou, and they fought very tenaciously, and no one wanted to give up at the last moment.

Beiyan's collapse is imminent. For the defenders of Jingzhou, even if they surrender, they will not survive for a few more days. It is impossible to escape the cleaning of Huaidong after the war. Instead, they will be charged with defeat and surrender to the enemy. in town.

But opening the channel from the south of Jingzhou city to the river and giving Hu Wenmu the opportunity to lead the remnants to evacuate to the Yangtze River, Hu Wenmu and the Jingzhou defenders may not decide to fight for the last soldier——

Hu Wenmu has been sticking to Jingzhou until now, and the other side has also explained to the past. At the last moment, he died in Jingzhou, and what good would it be for him to kill the last elite of the direct line in Jingzhou? Anyway, after Beiyan's troops retreated to the north, he could quickly regain Jingzhou. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter