Lord of the House

(Xiao Zhengyi has acute gastritis. Today, he struggled in the hospital for a long time. He didn't go home until three o'clock to code words. Today, I will update a chapter and five thousand words)

The morning of the twenty-third.

The wharf in the south of Jingzhou City was built by the King of Chu to patrol the river in the Spring and Autumn Period. It has a history of 1,450 to 500 years. It has been repaired for several generations. , like a dragon.

At the upstream branch of the Jingshui River, it joins the Yangtze River and passes between Yiling and Jingzhou. Going up against the Jingshui is Jingshan, which stretches for thousands of miles between Jingzhou, Hanzhong and Xiangyang. Ye Jiluo rides his horse on the east bank of Jingshui On the embankment, look around.

Not far to the north, there is a canal that leads the water of the Jing River to the north of Jingzhou City. The water conservancy and irrigation of Jingzhou Prefecture are complete, and the fertile fields are a land of fish and rice. Facing the big river, it is backed by mountains and dangerous, and there are fertile fields for war. After that, it is a good place to control the water army and expand the army to prepare for the control of the Jianghuai.

Ye Jiluorong looked at this land lingeringly, thinking that he was about to abandon Jingzhou City and retreat to the north, and there was an unwillingness in his heart that could not be suppressed.

On the waters of the Yangtze River in the distance, there are more than a dozen platoon oars of the Jinghu Navy looming in the fog, as if they were waiting on the river to withdraw and then go ashore to retake Jingzhou City.

"Hu Wenmu gave up Jingzhou City so simply. It seems that Huaidong did not put any pressure on him..." Hu Zongguo reined in the reins and looked at the warships on the river. The number of ships that received Hu Wenmu and led the remnants of Jingzhou defenders to retreat yesterday was not small, but Most of them are remodeled for fishing boats, and they are far less threatening than the Huaidong Shuiying warships.

Ye Ji Luorong nodded, Hu Zongguo's words meant that Lin Fu might not have thought of sending elite troops to land from Jingzhou to pursue their way back.

Ye Jiluorong would not think that Lin Fu's ambition would only limit the annihilation of their troops and horses on the east bank of the Han River. Since Lin Fu had no intention of landing from Jingzhou to pursue their back path, it is possible that Lin Fu would not have time to split up from Huangpi and go against the Yangtze River. On the other hand, Lin Fu thought that the Huaidong Shuiying warships could enter the Han River in time to intercept them halfway.

There was a long way to retreat to the north, and Ye Jiluorong couldn't see the fog covering the front for a while.

Because of the sudden change, Ye Jiluorong thought that Yanjing would still be celebrating the upcoming victory in Jingzhou, right?

Thinking of this, Ye Ji Luorong felt even more desolate and bitter.

Even though it is unlikely that the main force of the Huaidong Army would land from Jingzhou to pursue their back path, Jingzhou had to arrange for the rear troops.

Ye Jiluorong's general and deputy commander Pujiishi led 8,000 elite cavalry to guard the three cities of Jingzhou, Yiling and Changlin to cover the retreat of the troops and horses from the north. At the same time, Ye Jiluorong threw more than 6,000 disabled soldiers among the generals to Pujiishi, and wanted to use them to defend Jingzhou City in the end, and abandoned them in Jingzhou City when the cavalry in the rear retreated.

Instead of withdrawing from Jingzhou City to the river bank eight or nine miles away, from Jingzhou all the way north to Xiangyang, there are more than four hundred miles. If 100,000 troops and horses were to retreat north, bringing along these more than 6,000 severely disabled soldiers who were unable to travel and needed more care, the speed of the northward travel would be slowed down by half.

Part of the cavalry was in the rear, but there were also 20,000 cavalrymen who had already retreated in the direction of Xiangyang last night.

The main reason was that the cavalry was fast retreating to the north, and they could reach Xiangyang in three days. On the other hand, Chen Zhihu, who was about to enter Nanyang, needed more elite cavalry to deter the Huaidong Army entering Fancheng, so as to avoid Danjiangkou and Wuguan. The flank of the river was prematurely penetrated by the main force of the Huaidong Army.

The next step was the retreat of Zhou Fan, Tian Chang, and Han Li.

If the retreat does not turn into a rout, the speed of the retreat cannot be fast; even the speed of retreating to the north must be consciously suppressed, stopping from time to time to use Jingmen, Nanzhang, Zhongyi and other cities to rectify and rectify, rather than tens of thousands of people. People rushed to Xiangyang in a mess.

The Eastern Hubei defense line collapsed in the blink of an eye, and hundreds of thousands of troops and horses were defeated, and the Huaidong Army was called to take advantage of it to cover up and kill without any resistance. Ye Jiluorong has fought for more than 30 years. He has always led his troops to cover up and defeat the enemy, but never cover up for others.

It was precisely because he knew how terrible the defeat was, and because he didn't want to let the 100,000 soldiers on the west bank escape to Guanzhong in the end, there were less than eleven left. Make the retreat calm and orderly, instead of letting the elites of the Huaidong Army run behind dogs and rabbits.

After winning Jingzhou City, the Huaidong Army wants to land on a large scale from the periphery of Jingzhou City. Safe enough protection.

As for Hu Wenmu leading the 6,000-7,000 remnants of the army to evacuate from Jingzhou City, Ye Jiluorong would not care. After all, his top priority at this time was to make the 100,000 soldiers and horses in the West Bank smoothly withdraw to Guanzhong and save them. The strength of the troops and horses on the Western Front will not be annihilated by the main force of the Huaidong Army, but nothing else.

It is good to be able to take Jingzhou City as a cover; even if the six or seven thousand remnants of Hu Wenmu's army are wiped out, for Ye Jiluorong, it is only a few thousand casualties on his own side, so what's the benefit?

There is no rush to retreat, and it is useless to rush to Xiangyang one step earlier. Xiangyang has not prepared enough ships to cross the river in a short time.

The good news is that Su Tingzhan accepted the appointment of Baiyangguan guard in Shichengbei, which means that Su Tingzhan can intercept Yang Xiong's troops who fled north, which means that Su Tingzhan and Yang Xiong control three or four hundred ships. Ships can be used for the army's northward withdrawal, but these three or four hundred ships cannot be rushed to Xiangyang and Danjiangkou in three or five days...

In addition, Meng Anchan also got in touch, but after Su Tingzhan withdrew from Shicheng, although there are still suitable places to climb the city from Shicheng to the north and the east bank of the Han River, the time has not allowed Meng Anchan to lead his troops to directly cross the river. Go to the west bank of the Han River.

Without a ready-made wharf, most of the 20,000 cavalry wanted to retreat to the west bank of the Han River before the troops and horses from the southeast and north of Huaihe came over. It was extremely unrealistic; Ye Jiluorong could only order Meng Anchan to take advantage of Huaidong in the north The soldiers and horses of the line can break through and enter Xinye before completing the complete blockade between Fancheng and Zaoyang.

If Meng Anchan could break through the 20,000 cavalry and enter Nanyang to join Chen Zhihu, the whole situation would be much more optimistic.

Thinking of this, Ye Jiluorong was also secretly nervous. He never believed in fate. At this time, he also hoped that Meng Anchan could cross Zaoyang first.

By this time, Ye Jiluorong had almost grasped the development of the situation on the east bank of the Han River:

The main force of the Huaidong Army on the southern front was only chasing as far as Panpo (now Jingshan County), and was planning to encircle and annihilate the nearly 100,000 infantrymen who had escaped from Huangpi and Hanshui from Beiyan.

Beiyan's troops and horses in Huangpi, except for Meng Anchan's cavalry, which were very fast, escaped to the vicinity of Shicheng long ago, and almost all the other defeated troops and horses were intercepted at the southern foot of Dahong Mountain.

A hundred thousand foot soldiers, even a hundred thousand dogs, would bite a few times after being besieged, but the 100,000 defeated soldiers who were scattered and panicked seemed to be crops waiting for the Huaidong Army to rush to harvest.

The only one called Ye Jiluorong was in a better mood. The 100,000 collapsed near Panpo and at the southern foot of Dahong Mountain could delay the main force of the Huaidong Army's southern line for at least three or four days.

To the east of Panpo, Xiaochang, located between Dahong Mountain and Shuangfeng Mountain, had been abandoned by Zhong Rong and Wang Xian'er and fled north. The commander of the Chizhou Army, Deng Yu, led his troops to occupy Xiaochang, and actually blocked the escape route from the southern foot of Dahong Mountain to the northeast.

The Huaidong Army on the northern front had no intention of encircling and annihilating Luo Xiancheng, Zhong Rong and other troops for the time being. Instead, their troops moved westward rapidly, trying to block the gap between Fancheng and Zaoyang.

Luo Xiancheng had 50,000 soldiers and horses in Huaishan. After Zhong Rong and Wang Xian'er fled north, they would bring more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of their direct line, but most of them were scattered in the defense villages at the northern foot of Huaishan. Wang Xian'er will have 30,000 soldiers and horses at his disposal, but according to Ye Ji Luorong and Hu Zongguo's understanding of him, he believes that he has no courage to retake Suizhou City.

Even if Luo Xianyi was still in the inner city of Suizhou, but the situation on the eastern front had completely collapsed, he would have to borrow Luo Xiancheng a few more courage before he dared to take the risk of helping the encirclement point to retake Suizhou city.

And Luo Xiancheng wanted to cross Huaishan and escape to the north; even if Dong Yuan hadn't assembled 70,000 to 80,000 troops south of Xinyang and more than 10,000 elites of the Huaidong Fengli Army, only the mighty Huai River in the middle of Xinyang was not a hand. Luo Xiancheng, who didn't have a boat in the boat, could cross over - Ye Ji Luorong thought that he sent to Li Shan to see Luo Xiancheng's special envoy. If everything went well, he would arrive at Luo Xiancheng's Li Shan camp by tomorrow morning...

Ye Jiluo reluctantly left the horse, looked back at the Yangtze River reluctantly, and said to Hu Zongguo, "One day, we will drink the Yangtze River again..."

Hearing Ye Jiluorong's lofty words, Hu Zongguo smiled, and felt that his smile looked so desolate in the morning mist, he pulled the horse's head, looked back at the surging Yangtze River, and thought to himself: there is really a chance to drink the horse's Yangtze River again. ?

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On the afternoon of the 23rd, at the northern foot of Dahong Mountain, there was a strong wind blowing from the mountain pass in the north, blowing rocks and sand flying.

Luo Wenhu rode on horseback, walking against the wind, covering his nose and mouth with a cloth. The horse was whistling white air in the cold wind. There was a ridge in front of him, extending from south to north for twenty or thirty miles.

The territory of Jingxiang is full of hills and mountains. If you can't find a local person as a guide, Luo Wenhu, who often ran between Jingxiang in his early years, would not recognize the mountain in front of him. However, Cao Peng had a detailed map comparison along the way, restrained his horse, pointed to the ridge in front, and said to Luo Wenhu: "This is Queyu Mountain, and Heishigou is in front; Liu Zhenzhi's army has already met the defeated enemy at Longzui Mountain. We are worried that the enemy will escape from the valley road between Que tongue Ridge and Heishigou north. Liu Zhenzhi will ask us to cross Que tongue Ridge before nightfall and guard the valley road between Que tongue Ridge and Heishigou. Let’s stop and rest first. First send scout horses to explore the road to the south..."

It has been two days since the main force of the Huaidong Army in Huangzhou launched a general attack on the Baita River line.

Liu Zhenzhi, who was instructed to enter the south of Zaoyang and the northern foot of Dahong Mountain to intercept, had entered the west bank of the Han River as early as the afternoon, and had already engaged with the thousands of cavalry that fled first.

From Huangpi and Hanjin, almost 20,000 enemy cavalry fled north in the middle of the night on the 21st, but the main force of the Huaidong army south of Huangpi and mainly infantry could not catch up. Since Su Tingzhan led his troops to flee from Shicheng first, This enemy cavalry passed through Shicheng yesterday afternoon and did not enter, and continued to flee north, and would make a large-scale transit through the northwestern foot of Dahong Mountain after tonight.

Because Chen Zhihu's subordinates gathered Gao Yi's troops and horses in Xinye to peep between Fancheng and Zaoyang, Sun Zhuang could not directly deploy his troops in Fancheng to block the gap of more than 100 miles between Fancheng and Zaoyang.

Once Liu Zhenzhi could not intercept the defeated enemy at the northwestern foot of Dahong Mountain, he would send a large number of the defeated enemy to Xinye through the gap between Fancheng and Zaoyang.

The other enemy soldiers on the east bank of the Han River could not fight for a while, but the 20,000 enemy cavalry who fled north were the cavalry of Yan and Hu’s direct line, not to mention that they had the resources of war horses that were extremely scarce in Huaidong, how could they be allowed to escape easily?

Cao Peng suggested to stop and rest first, then cross Que Tong Ling and enter the preparatory blocking position. Luo Wenhu looked back, and the loose team made him ashamed.

The four brigades led by Liu Zhenzhi set out from Luodian, east of Suizhou, at about the same time as they did, but they ran down two days and two nights. Not only were there more than four main brigades of the Third Town Division of the Chongcheng Army, but they had traveled more than fifty miles. They also rushed into the interception position in front of them to annihilate the more than a thousand enemy cavalry that fled first.

The 20,000 enemy cavalry that fled north from Huangpi belonged to Meng Anchan, a general of Yanxi. When the Huaidong Army launched the general offensive, his troops were located behind the waist of the Huangpi line of defense, and they fled north from the camp first.

When Meng Anchan's men fled from Huangpi at the beginning, they panicked and the horses were scattered. However, relying on the speed of the horses, they quickly distanced themselves from the main force of the Huaidong Army who were chasing behind. After passing Shicheng, this cavalry had another Signs of shrinking formation.

Although Liu Zhenzhi led his troops to annihilate more than a thousand defeated enemies in the encounter, he also alerted the large-scale enemy cavalry that came behind. This means that the intercepting troops and horses entering the northern foot of Dahong Mountain will usher in a strong impact from the cavalry fleeing from the north of Yanhu, rather than simply passing through the border.

Luo Wenhu looked at the loose team behind him, and his confidence dropped again.

At this moment, there was a rush of hooves galloping, and the horses listened quietly. The hooves sounded like a shower from the north slope.

Luo Wenhu and Cao Bao were both horrified. If the cavalry sent by Sun Zhuang came to join, they would definitely send a liaison officer first, instead of approaching rashly. If the enemy cavalry suddenly came in from behind, how could the 3,000 loose team behind them be able to do so? Can you resist the attack of the cavalry?

Luo Wenhu ran back after hitting the horse and shouted: "Zhou Gou Left, Zhou Gou Left!"

Zhou Sheng came over with his horse, Luo Wenhu pointed his whip to the north, and said, "You lead someone to plug the gap, you won't be able to block it for half an hour, cut your head off..."

On the north side is a mountain pass, which is a big gap that the enemy cavalry can rush over directly. By blocking it, it can buy some time for the three thousand soldiers and horses behind to shrink and form an formation. The infantry formations used spears and crossbow groups together, and they were not afraid of the impact of the light cavalry.

Luo Wenhu's reaction was so quick, and he was indeed talented, but it was hard to say whether the soldiers under his command could be up to the task.

Cao Peng and Luo Wenhu said, "I'll go with Zhou Sheng; you are behind us, and then use spears to form a defensive formation..." He brought more than 30 Huaidong elites who had been incorporated into Luo Wenhu's division with him, and Zhou Sheng The more than one hundred soldiers of the army rushed towards the mountain pass on the north side together to block the gap.

To block the gap on the north side when the enemy cavalry is coming, it must be a dangerous danger. Cao Peng was the commander appointed by Cao Ziang to serve as deputy to Luo Wenhu to join the army, and he was also a middle-level general at the first level of deputy brigade commander. ?

Luo Wenhu didn't want to think too much. He rode his horses back and forth, beat the panicked soldiers with whips, loudly conveyed orders, and tried his best to gather the 3,000 loose long team to the right steep **** as quickly as possible. Tightly guarding the steps and following the steep **** on the right flank can break through the impact of the enemy cavalry...

When Luo Wenhu raised his heart to his throat, the sound of hooves suddenly stopped outside the woods on the north slope. After a while, Cao Peng, Zhou Sheng and others came back from the mountain pass. two people.

"Release the alarm, it's reinforcements..." Cao Peng ordered the enemy police to be released along the way.

Luo Wenhu was furious, why would the reinforcements dare to make such a joke?

"Luo Xiucai, your ability to lead troops to fight has not improved much. Grandpa rushed over with cavalry. Before you can form a defensive formation, it is more than enough to knock you over twice!" Cao Peng's side was black. The face rider laughed at Luo Wenhu without mercy.

Luo Wenhu squinted his eyes and looked at the familiar faces of the two people beside Cao Peng~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I couldn't remember who was coming.

"Luo Xiucai doesn't know his old friend anymore?" Chen Daozi smiled while holding the reins beside Sun Zhuang.

"Sun Ganzi? How did you shave your beard, Sun Ganzi?" Luo Wenhu recognized Sun Zhuang. In the early years, when the refugee armies joined forces with Fang Ling, Luo Wenhu was also used by Luo Xiancheng at that time, and he shared with other important generals of the refugee army. They are very familiar with each other, and I didn't think they would meet again on this occasion after being separated for seven or eight years.

"Don't blame me for scaring you?" Sun Zhuang asked after jumping off the horse, looking at Luo Wenhu.

Sun Zhuang was a senior general at the deputy commander level in the Huaidong Army. The cavalry commander was only under Zhou Pu. He brought his cavalry over to help him, intending to scare him, but Luo Wenhu really had nowhere to appeal.

Compared with the resentment just now, Luo Wenhu was more ashamed at this time: just as Chen Daozi said, if Sun Zhuang really wanted to lead the cavalry to charge up, the defensive formation formed by the three thousand soldiers behind him was really unstoppable. When they met in Fangling quite a few years ago, he and Sun Zhuang had almost the same status. He even thought that Sun Zhuang's disciples were brave and did not know much about soldiers. Who would have thought that Sun Zhuang had led 5,000 light cavalry outside Fancheng three days ago. Baihetan wiped out more than 10,000 elite enemy soldiers? When will he achieve such a brilliant record?

"Why did Master Pole come here in person, and why didn't he join Liu Zhijun when he came?" Cao Peng asked Sun Zhuang before he had time to ask him about the details.

"Fancheng has Huang Zuyu in charge of defense, and Zhou Bin and Tang Xitai to help him; if I don't come out, how can I get a chance to fight?" Sun Zhuang said, "I'm not going to see Liu Zhenzhi, I'm with him, and I'm in command. He, or is he commanding me? Liu Zhenzhi said that your side is weak, and he is worried that the opening on the west side of Queyuling is a bit big, so I will come and join you in blocking and defeating the enemy, you will not ignore my arrangements, right?" The QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter