Lord of the House

(6,000 words are less than one point, and it counts as two chapters)

The sky was cloudy, the clouds were churning, and the sky suddenly dimmed. Qin Zitan lowered his body, almost lying on the back of a horse, twisted his head to look at the sky, and couldn't help crying: "It's raining at this time?"

After crossing this river valley and climbing over a low mountain, Yongjia is considered to be out. At this time, it was raining heavily, so I could only squeeze in the river valley to avoid the rain, and the chasing soldiers behind were close. Thinking of this, Qin Zitan's face became uneasy. A calm demeanor, with an unconcealed panic and embarrassment.

In the Battle of the East China Sea, Qin Zitan broke his arm, which made it inconvenient to ride a horse, but when he was withdrawing from Yongjia, his left leg was pierced by a flowing arrow, which was not good for walking. Going up the Nanxi River, the mountain road is bumpy. Although Qin Zitan doesn't have to worry about falling off his horse, he has suffered a lot.

There was a faint sound of fighting beside him. Unexpectedly, after such a short time, the Huaidong Army chased after them again and collided with their rear soldiers and horses.

"God's thief God..." Wen Tingrui scolded angrily with the reins in his hands, looking up at the impending rain.

No wonder he was so resentful. When they planned to evacuate from Yongjia City at night three days ago, it was a torrential rain in the upper Nanxi River that caused flash floods, swept away many mountain roads, and suddenly disrupted their evacuation plan.

When they were about to retreat, and the army's heart was floating, the Huaidong army attacked the city in a big way, grabbing the top of the city from the southeast corner.

The Huaidong Army changed its previous tactics and used oil tanks to ignite intensive throwing to clear the way. Although the Bamin soldiers were wearing strong armor, they ignited by splashing a large amount of kerosene on their bodies.

The Huaidong Army climbed the city and took the Dongcheng Gate Tower like a broken bamboo, and then poured oil and set fire to the trestle bridge that spanned the Nanxi River and connected Yongjia and Shangtang, cutting off the connection between the two cities.

The situation was so dangerous that Qin Zitan and Wen Tingrui fled in a hurry. Shangtang quickly fell, and even the city of Yongjia had to rely on nearly a thousand wounded soldiers who volunteered to be dead soldiers to stay behind, and the main force could be hurriedly withdrawn.

Before the war, there were 10,000 defenders in Yongjia. During the war, Feihu sent about 3,000 Fujian soldiers to reinforce Yongjia in Dongyang County. The number of soldiers who were finally evacuated from Yongjia City, including wounded soldiers, was less than 4,000.

The Huaidong Army did not stop there, and chased after him, forcing Wen Tingrui to throw hundreds of dead soldiers in batches to stop the chasing soldiers.

The wounded soldiers and their generals took small boats to travel by water, but the water in the upper Nanxi River was narrow and fast, and there were many dangerous shoals. Abandoned boat to land.

Although there is a two-hundred-mile road from Yongjia to Xianju, the mountain road is rugged and the rainstorm has washed down several places, making it even more difficult and dangerous.

A small number of people and horses may pass through, which may not be a problem, but three or four thousand people are crowded with a large number of injuries and family members, which makes it extra crowded and chaotic. .

Right now, we can only count on the Taizhou defenders to retreat to Xianju first and send troops to help.

But after the rainstorm three days ago, it was sunny for three consecutive days. It seemed that God was helping the Huaidong Army to chase and kill them. How could Wen Tingrui not feel resentment?

It was raining all night, and seeing the Huaidong Army chasing after him, it happened that there would be a torrential downpour at this time - seeing the panic on the faces of the crowd crowded in the narrow river valley, Wen Tingrui was holding his head and crying. an impulse.

"Ting Rui, look at the mountain in the northwest, there seems to be something wrong!" Qin Zitan sat upright with difficulty and fled in a hurry for three days. The lofty mountains and mountains reminded Wen Tingrui to look.

"There's nothing wrong with it!" Wen Tingrui followed Qin Zitan's hand and looked over. The top of the hill over there was very quiet, and there was nothing unusual.

"It's too calm," Qin Zitan said, although he was embarrassed, but he had not lost his ability to analyze. "Thousands of us entered the river valley, and the mountains and forests on both sides should be frightened by birds and beasts. No movement is abnormal!"

ambush! Wen Tingrui suddenly thought of this possibility and broke into a cold sweat.

Although the mountains and mountains on both sides are not conducive to the passage of large groups of troops and horses, it is not impossible for the Huaidong Army to have three or five hundred elites sneak through the mountains and forests to the front. Normally, three or four thousand Fujian soldiers would not be afraid of surprise attack by three or five hundred soldiers. However, there were chasing troops after this time, and everyone fled in a hurry for three days. The Five Hundred Raiders attacked, and the consequences would be catastrophic.

"Wang Jianxiong!" Wen Tingrui shouted loudly, and asked the cronies to lead the scouts to the northwest mountain forest for reconnaissance. He also ordered the ministries to strengthen the vigilance against the left wing, and sent half a battalion of elites to organize a group of interceptors at the end. The Guard Barrier.

As soon as Wen Tingrui was deployed, bean-sized raindrops hit his head and face.

The means of command and communication in this world are limited. Under the heavy rain, Wen Tingrui can not only mobilize the elites around him, but also loses effective means of controlling the surrounding troops.

At this time, the heavy rain obscured their vision, and the two of them grunted their voices a few steps apart, but they could listen to each other. People were crowded around to take shelter from the rain, the queue was chaotic, and it was difficult for the messengers to pass through. They wanted to find the generals below to convey Wen Tingrui's order. It's all difficult - whoever is in Wen Tingrui's position will be helpless.

Qin Zitan got off the horse, and the squatter pulled the awning to let him shelter from the rain. Qin Zitan was worried that there were really ambush soldiers hidden in the mountains to the northwest. The situation at that time could only make him hope that the ambush soldiers would not attack in the heavy rain.

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The scout came back soaked wet and reported the situation of the deserters who had entered the valley.

Zhang Jiheng stretched out his hand to wipe off the rainwater on his face, his face tightened, and he called out to the two battalion generals and the number of sentry generals who had sneaked over with him. : "Touch it, hit his mother?"

The so-called surprise attack is to move to a direction that the enemy is not aware of, and when the enemy is not prepared, quickly form a local military superiority, carry out a strong attack, and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

In order to prevent the enemy from being aware of it in advance, and to make the march concealed, it is naturally impossible to have many troops who can carry out a surprise attack, especially Zhang Jiheng and the others have to cross the North Yandang Mountain from the steep trail. Bring the horse in.

Of course, if there are too few troops, it is impossible to launch a surprise attack. At least one must ensure that a surprise attack can cause chaos in the enemy's formation. Only by attacking more with less can victory be achieved. There are too few troops, once the enemy is stabilized, it is very likely that a counterattack will consume all the raiding troops.

There were three or four thousand Yongjia defenders who fled into the river valley, but the elite who had sneaked in with Zhang Jiheng four days ago were only three hundred. They hid in the mountains for four days before they waited for the Zhejiang and Fujian troops to flee north. So far.

It is said that to launch a surprise attack, Zhang Jiheng's troops are still a little small, and the pursuers are intercepted below, and it is difficult to rush up to support in a short time. However, the narrow terrain of the river valley and the pouring rain at this time were extremely favorable factors for launching a surprise attack; without the heavy rain, Zhang Jiheng could only drag it to night before he dared to launch a strong attack on the middle of the deserters.

The current situation is favorable for launching a surprise attack. Zhang Jiheng will not miss this opportunity. Looking at the people around him, he said, "I'm afraid that the dead bird will fly to the sky, but your lord is waiting for us to spread the word in Yongjia City! After a while, everyone will bring One, from north to south, if you break through, you will be a great victory, if you stop, you will die, let me know it clearly, don't hesitate to chicken/mother chicken!"

The generals promise.

Under the heavy rain, the bowstrings were soft and wet, the archery was weak, and the bow and crossbow could not be relied on, so everyone threw the bow and crossbow away. Not only did the bow and crossbow drop, Zhang Jiheng took the lead in taking off the outer armor and lining that had become heavy and wet from the rain.

Once the deserters are stabilized, the two sides are at a stalemate. The troops at his hand are simply not enough to consume. It is of little significance to pierce armor or not. The speed of breaking through and disrupting the enemy's line must be fast, and thick armor will become a burden. Three More than a hundred people went into battle lightly, divided into several teams, holding swords, shields, spears and spears to the north mouth of the river valley below the mountain...

Zhang Jiheng led his troops out of the forest, and firstly killed the dozens of scouts who had just reached the mountain; the soldiers of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops on the north side of the valley were wary, but the heavy rain greatly reduced their ability to respond and could not The raid was stopped at the beginning—the armor was soaked by the heavy rain, and the movement was slow. The heavy rain and the narrow and uneven terrain stretched the northern side of the army, which was dominated by wounded soldiers and small generals, into a long, narrow and chaotic array.

The heavy rain obscured the sight, and it was impossible to find out how many Huaidong troops were raiding. The weak interception array organized in front was quickly defeated, and the Huaidong troops who were raiding in this array rushed in, which soon caused unstoppable chaos.

Wen Tingrui and Qin Zitan were wrapped up in the formation. Three or four thousand people were crowded together. It was difficult to find someone, let alone dispatching troops to stabilize the position. It was just a message from people to retreat to the mountains... The south is from Yongjia City. The main force of the Huaidong Army who chased after them had no way to retreat at all, and could not stop the chaos in the north. At that time, only as many troops as possible can be evacuated into the mountains and forests, waiting for an opportunity to fight back and stop the chaos.

The heavy rain and chaos made all Wen Tingrui's efforts in vain, even Wen Tingrui and Qin Zitan were wrapped up and unable to withdraw to the mountains.

The blood is mixed with the rainwater. Once the front line is defeated, the generals of the back line can only walk backward in the chaos, but the narrowest part of the valley is only a dozen steps wide. Once someone falls, crowds and tramples, it will cause In a bigger and unstoppable chaos, countless people fled to the mountains and forests in the west, and even more people were squeezed into the turbulent Nanxi River...

When the heavy rain weakened and stopped, the Yongjia defenders who fled into the Nanxi Valley were completely defeated.

After Zhang Jiheng killed him, there were only about thirty people left, and the others were all scattered, but after listening to the shouts of killing, he knew that everyone took advantage of the chaos to kill the enemy, and their casualties were limited.

Zhang Jiheng had countless wounds on his body, and the blood was dripping down like a blood man, and his muscles and bones were soft. In the Huaidong Army, he was also brave, but he was too tired to kill. Seeing the tendency of the enemy to gather in small groups to fight back, he gritted his teeth and inspired the people around him. He smiled and said, "As long as you kill, you can live and enjoy the exploits. !" Zhang Jiheng's raiding troops were only more than 300 people, and they completely destroyed the enemy's formation, and the actual number of enemy soldiers killed and wounded was also limited. The river valleys and mountains and forests are full of broken soldiers. This side is close to Xianju, and it cannot support the chasing soldiers behind to catch up. If a large number of broken soldiers flee back to Xianju, it is not a big victory.

After all, Zhang Jiheng had few people. During the raid, the troops were scattered again. The Yongjia defenders who retreated north were mostly the elites of Bamin. Zhang Jiheng just gathered as many people as possible to hold the position in the center of the river valley. Fortunately, a small group of defeated soldiers escaped from the south soon. This shows that Liu Zhenzhi led his troops to defeat the rear of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops.

Soon Liu Zhenzhi led five or six hundred elites to catch up to support, join Zhang Jiheng, and then attacked north together, defeating a few small groups of Zhejiang and Fujian troops that had finally gathered, occupying the north entrance of the river valley, and destroying most of the defeated troops. Pocket in the south, do not let it escape north; also guard against Xianju defenders rushing over to receive aid.

The reinforcements from Xianju arrived late, and the subsequent troops of the Huaidong Army had already drawn in, firmly occupying the important position of Nanxiyuan, and repelling the Zhejiang and Fujian troops from Xianju. However, the search for the mountains and forests around the Nanxiyuan River Valley continued until early May.

In the battle of Nanxiyuan River Valley, the Zhejiang and Fujian troops who fled north from Yongjia to Xianju were almost wiped out.

Yongjia's main general, Wen Tingrui and his entourage, hid in a mountain pass in the North Yandang Mountains. They were found by the soldiers and horses in the mountains, and they were killed when they resisted.

At the beginning, the Soshan soldiers and horses did not know that they killed a big fish. Wen Tingrui also changed into ordinary clothes at that time, but the resistance was extra fierce, causing the Soshan soldiers and horses to lose more than ten people before they were annihilated, which caused the chaos in Nanxi. The vigilance of Liu Zhenzhi, who presides over Soshan in Yuanhe Valley.

It was only when Wen Tingrui's corpse was stabbed to shreds by the venting search troops, or he sent the almost unrecognizable head to Yongjia City to identify it.

In the battle of Nanxiyuan River Valley, more than 1,000 people were captured and killed. About 1,400 to 500 people were drowned in the chaotic Nanxi River, which was swelled by the water. Only 300 or 400 people passed through the mountains and forests and escaped into the immortals. home.

At this time, the Taizhou defenders fully retreated westward and entered Linhai and Xianju to hold their ground. The Zhejiang and Fujian troops in Hengyang and Pingming also shrunk to the territory of Cangnan County, which was not easily attacked by sea. Chen Zhu led his troops to take over Huipu and Wenling. County; Geng Quanshan led his troops to take over Hengyang and Pingyang—the war in southern Zhejiang, which started in mid-February, has come to an end after nearly three months.

In this battle, the Zhejiang-Fujian rebels were forced to abandon the coastal counties in southern Zhejiang, and the Huaidong Army recovered the six counties of Yueqing, Ouhai, Yongjia, Pingyang, Hengyang, Wenling, and Huipu, and moved the land to connect with Ninghai County, the capital of Mingzhou in the north. channel.

In the past three months, more than 16,000 enemy troops have been annihilated and captured in dozens of battles in southern Zhejiang. Among them, there were nearly 10,000 soldiers in the Eight Fujian wars, more than 5,000 people from the villages and civilians were recruited, and more than 17,000 sets of military armor were captured. For the Huaidong Army, the battle of Nanxiyuan River Valley could only give a perfect ending to the war in southern Zhejiang.

In the war in southern Zhejiang, although the Huaidong Army also suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, due to the incorporation of rural soldiers and people, and the continuous recruitment of soldiers from local areas, at the end of the war in southern Zhejiang, they successively entered the various ministries participating in southern Zhejiang. Without suffering any losses, the strength of the newly formed Southern Zhejiang Army even increased from more than 9,000 before the war to more than 12,000.

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In the first ten days of May, southern Zhejiang changed from drought to rain, with frequent rainy days and difficult mountain roads. The ministries also retreated to Yongjia one after another, giving up their search for the Nanxiyuan River Valley.

"This time, Qin Zitan was allowed to escape again. This **** luck is really unreasonable!" Lin Bie never saw Qin Zitan's name in the list of captured and killed enemy generals, and finally couldn't bear it. It's a pity to live.

"The terrain of the Nanxiyuan River Valley is complicated, and there is no way for three to five hundred people to escape." Gao Zongting laughed.

Not only the topography of Nanxiyuan River Valley is complex, but also the entire southern Zhejiang and eastern Fujian have complex topography.

The terrain is fragmented by the mountains and mountains, and the movement of troops is strictly limited to a limited number of roads.

These made it difficult for the Huaidong Army to fight a battle happily even if it had a local advantage, and usually had to go to a **** battle for one city and one place. The Battle of Nanxiyuan River Valley was the most heartwarming battle since the opening of the southern Zhejiang battlefield.

The more Lin Fu complained like this, the more satisfied he was with the results of the battle at Nanxiyuan River Valley.

This campaign almost wiped out the 4,000 elite who fled the enemy, and the casualties of the Huaidong Army, including the loss of troops during Liu Zhenzhi's pursuit, were only 600 or 700 people. Such a great victory seems to be in line with the style of the Huaidong Army.

Even if Qin Zitan can be caught, in terms of the war situation, Gao Zongting thinks it is not important. However, he knew Song Jia's identity, and knew that Lin Fu rose from Jiangning, and he was entangled with She Feihu. Qin Zitan was considered Huaidong's old enemy.

Fu Qinghe guarded Xisha Island with a broken arm and almost died. It was also thanks to Qin Zitan. Including the battles between Huaidong and the Zhejiang-Fujian army and even the battle with the Koreans on Danluo Island, Qin Zitan was involved. in. Among the people in the Zhejiang and Fujian army, apart from the father and son of the She family, Qin Zitan was the one who Huaidong wanted the most.

"People can't be too greedy. Killing Wen Tingrui this time is also an unexpected gain," Lin Fu threw the latest battle report on his desk. "The Wen family should be in a state of collapse, right?"

The She family rebelled again, and the other seven surnames followed suit, extending their power control to southern Zhejiang, western Zhejiang and eastern Jiangxi. The Wen family sent the most children to southern Zhejiang. Not only was the Yongjia garrison headed by Wen Tingrui in the end, many generals and soldiers were from the Wen clan, and a large number of children of the Wen clan came to southern Zhejiang with their children to join forces with the local forces. Competing for land, monopolizing commerce... The battle of Nanxiyuan almost wiped out the entire army of the Wenle clan's children who entered southern Zhejiang.

Gao Zongting was most aware of the situation in East Fujian. In Zhejiang and Fujian, the Wen family was most trusted by Shewenzhuang. Not only did Shewenzhuang's wife come from Wen's family, but Shewenzhuang also ordered her eldest son, She Feixiong, to marry a daughter of the Wen family. . Although the Wen family still has many people occupying important positions in the governor's office of Zhejiang and Fujian, but after such a heavy blow, it is impossible for the Wen family not to decline.

Song Jiawei stood by Lin Fu's side. Although she regarded herself as Lin Fu's woman from the bottom of her heart, but the Zhejiang-Fujian army fought so badly on the east front, she couldn't help but feel a little tangled in her heart~www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Don't say that the Wen family was in a state of failure. If Yanhu could not break through the Huaisi line of defense and forced Huaidong to shift the focus of troops northward, the She family would at least be slumped on the eastern front, and would not be able to rely on their own strength to regain their disadvantage.

The East Fujian war lasted for nearly ten years earlier, and a large number of Ding Zhuang died on the battlefield. When Dongmin rebelled for the second time, although more than 100,000 soldiers from the Eight Fujian Wars were quickly gathered and the various armies were expanded, the population resources of Dongmin had been severely overdrawn.

After She Feixiong led his troops to capture eastern Zhejiang, the Zhejiang-Fujian army abandoned the original maritime development strategy and shifted the focus of military use to western Zhejiang. In addition to the fact that the She family did not pay enough attention to the maritime strategy, the more important thing was perhaps the She family. Are you eager to compete for territory and population to make up for the lack of your own resources?

From the earlier battle of the East China Sea, to Huaidong's attack on eastern Zhejiang, to this war in southern Zhejiang, almost more than 30,000 soldiers from Ba Fujian who were loyal to the She family were annihilated or captured by Huaidong.

After ten years of war in East Fujian, how many loyal and reliable Ba Fujian soldiers can be consumed by the She family?

Although the Zhejiang-Fujian Army can recruit soldiers from Quzhou and other places to supplement the lack of strength, but since the second rebellion of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army, it has been eager to protect the interests of the clan forces, and has searched too much in the local area, and its rule of Zhejiang County is very unpopular.

Once in the Zhejiang-Fujian army, the proportion of the Eight Fujian soldiers decreased, and the number of recruits from local areas increased greatly, which would seriously weaken the combat effectiveness of the Zhejiang-Fujian army.

At this time, Zhou Tong came in from the outside, stood at the door, looked at Lin Fu and the others sitting in the hall, put his hands in front of his stomach, and laughed loudly: "Haha, caught that big fish! Ren Qin Zitan As cunning as a dog, this time he didn't let him escape!"

"Oh!" Lin Bie raised his brows and said, "It's been a few days, why did you catch him today? I don't have any hope!" My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter