Lord of the House

At the end of May, it was rainy and windy along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

With the convenience of Cao Ziang's accommodation, Chu Zheng went south from Shanyin to defend the seawall without stopping, and crossed the Yangtze River from Jiangmen to the east of Yudong. When Chu Zheng set foot on the land of Yudong, he was just in time for the passing of the typhoon. The hurricane and torrential rain destroyed several roads in Yudong.

Chu Zheng was anxious to see Lin Fu, so he went south against the wind and rain to recount the critical situation in Yangxin.

Fortunately, the hurricane has already passed. Although it is not known whether the next wave will come again, there is a certain gap time. Chu Zheng and his entourage went south on horseback despite the wind and rain. Although it was difficult, it was not so dangerous.

Entering the territory of Jiaxing, Chu Zheng realized that the typhoon in Yudong was relatively light.

This typhoon happened to cross Changguo Island and entered at the junction of Haiyan and Pinghu counties in the southeast of Jiaxing. Changguo Island and Pinghu County were severely affected.

There were houses, fields, and roads destroyed by the hurricane. There were many casualties and tens of thousands of people were left homeless.

At this time, Chu Zheng could only understand how miserable it was that the typhoon in Xisha Island caused tens of thousands of people to drown in one night. Only then could he understand why the Jiangdong Zuo Army, whose main body was the brave people of Xisha Island, was loyal to Lin Fu, and why he was so heroic. Fight without fear of life and death.

The road was destroyed, and the cavalry was also difficult to move. It was not until the third day of June that Chu Zheng and his party arrived at Menshandu in the south of Haiyan County.

Many fishing boats were parked in the mouth of Menshandu to avoid the storm. Chu Zheng wanted to hire a boat to take them across the river.

The Qianjiang River estuary in the Menshan Ferry section is unusually wide, and it takes fifty miles to reach the shore of Cixi. The fishing boats were all small, the weather was cloudy at that time, and the wind had not completely ceased.

No one was willing to take the risk of sending Chu Zheng across the river for a few taels of silver, and they all persuaded him to go to Haining and take Tazishan to Shangyu on the other side, which was only twenty miles away. It is also convenient to go to Mingzhou Fucheng by land from Shangyu.

Chu Zheng didn't know that Lin Fu, Gao Zongting and others were in Shangyu. He thought about going to Haining to take a detour. It would take two more days to walk. It would be better to stay in Menshandu for one more day. .

There is a fishing port in Menshandu, forming a small town. Although there is no inn in the town, it is possible to rent residential houses. He slept into the night, listening to the whistling of the wind and the sound of the rain hitting the eaves and the eaves of the door. Chu Zheng was worried that he would not be able to walk at dawn.

I don't know when the wind and rain will stop, and I woke up to the sound of knocking on the door. Chu Zheng woke up and heard that someone was knocking on the door of the master's house. Hearing the door opened, someone asked the master from outside the courtyard: "Before night, there will be six people, One of them broke his left arm and spent the night with you..."

Jiaxing belongs to the northern Zhejiang system and is under the jurisdiction of the defense, which is regarded as the site of Dongyuan. Although Dong Yuan was also a figure from the East Fujian Army, Chu Zheng and Dong Yuan also knew each other, but the current situation is complicated and people are unpredictable. Chu Zheng is worried that Dong Yuan will detain several of them, and there will be no publicity from the southeast of Yu.

It was said that Dong Yuan had no way of knowing that they passed Jiaxing, but in the middle of the night someone knocked on the door to ask, and Chu Zheng couldn't help but be vigilant.

No matter what, Chu Zheng couldn't meet Dong Yuan's swordsmanship. Even if a few of them detained Dong Yuan, there would be no fear of their lives. Hearing someone walking towards this side, Chu Zheng opened the door and asked: " Who is looking for me?"

"Xiaowei Chu, it's me!" A young voice came from the dark.

Chu Zheng sounded familiar at first, but he couldn't remember who it was. Hu walked over from behind holding a lamp, only to see the face of a young man in his twenties. Chu Zheng hadn't recognized it yet, but the Hu Cong behind him slapped him enthusiastically: "Chen Xiaoyan, why are you?"

Only then did Chu Zheng recognize the person who was a book boy beside Gao Zongting. He hadn't seen him in five or six years. The young man of that year was already a young man with a dashing appearance.

"Why did you come here, Mr. Gao asked you to come here, what about Mr. Gao's people?" Chu Zhenglian asked.

"Mr. is on the boat, his identity is sensitive, and it is inconvenient to go ashore. Knowing that you are looking for boats to cross the river in Menshandu, he asked me to come to you. Fortunately, the town is not big, otherwise I will run and break my legs." Chen Xiaoyan said.

When Chu Zheng came here, he wanted to find Gao Zongting first, but he did not expect that Gao Zongting had already arrived at Menshandu, so he quickly settled the payment with the main family, and followed Chen Xiaoyan to the ferry with his squire.

At this time, the wind and rain stopped, and there was a faint starlight coming from the sky. When people arrived at the ferry, they could see the shadow of a large mountain-like ship parked not far away, which was swaying and swaying endlessly by the wind and waves.

Chu Zheng first took a small boat to Jiangxin and then climbed onto the big boat. Gao Zongting was wearing a long gown and stood on the deck, smiling as he watched Chu Zheng board the boat. Among the Eastern Fujian Army, Gao Zongting had the best relationship with Lu Jingyan. He is not as difficult to approach as Dong Yuan and Chen Zhihu, and he has a good relationship with the generals under the East Fujian Army.

"Why did Mr. Gao cross at Menshan?" Chu Zheng respectfully saluted Gao Zongting, and casually asked why Gao Zongting was in Haiyan.

"I made a special trip to pick you up, but I didn't expect to be in time for the trip-Changguo Island was severely damaged by the typhoon this time. I followed the envoy to inspect the disaster on Changguo Island. I knew that you came here, and I was afraid that you would go astray, so the envoy let me sit. The boat came here and bumped into luck," Gao Zongting explained the reason why he came to Haiyan, and said, "You really came to Mingzhou, Ao Canghai, Tang Fuguan, Chen Dingbang, Yang Zichen, Yu Wencheng, Yu Wenbei are all in Mingzhou— Quanshan's letter is one step ahead of you, complaining that you are passing through Chongzhou, so go to see him first."

In the Qingzhou Army, Chu Zheng was just a little Yang Xinwei. In the past few years, he brought out more than a thousand elites, and also seized the military power for the Gu family and his son. Except for the five loyal retinues, Chu Zheng was alone and had no support. At this moment, Chu Zheng's heart was surging, as if returning to his hometown, and Lin Fu made a special trip to ask Gaozongting to cross the river to pick him up, and he was even more moved.

After getting on the big boat, Chu Zheng didn't think that the wind and waves at Qianjiangkou were too big. Gao Zongting invited Chu Zheng into the cabin to talk about the situation in Qingzhou in detail.

Chen Zhihu attacked and captured Leling, and Gu Siyuan led his troops to attack it.

After several days of fierce fighting in Leling, Gu Siyuan was unable to recapture Leling. When the rebel general Zhou Zhizhong led his troops to cross the Zhulong River and entered the south bank, Gu Siyuan was forced to lead his troops to retreat into Yangxin, and take the city to defend.

Huaidong knew the clear development of the situation in Qingzhou, but the specific deployment and defense strategies of the Qingzhou Army were far less detailed than Chu Zheng knew.

Before Chu Zheng went south, Gu Wuchen, in order to strengthen his confidence in guarding Yangxin and Zhulong River, moved the carriage to Yangxin, and urged the army and the people to step up the construction of the fortress on the south bank of Zhulong River. At that time, nearly 40,000 civilians were requisitioned from Yangxin and surrounding areas. , the Qingzhou Army garrisoned in Yangxin as many as 20,000 people.

Since the garrisoned troops were scattered at various points of the fortress, when Chen Zhihu unexpectedly led his troops to attack Pingyuan Mansion, the garrison in Leling was less than 2,000, and the garrison in Yangxin City was less than four. thousand.

The Leling garrison attacked Chen Zhihu oddly, and Gu Siyuan couldn't gather enough troops in Yangxin to attack Leling immediately, which finally gave Chen Zhihu a firm foothold in Leling.

If it wasn't for the Qingzhou Army's division of troops on the defense, and the lack of enough troops to fight the counter-offensive, Chen Zhihu's troops would be brave and good at fighting, and Chen Zhihu would be a world-famous general. If it is less than 3,000, the possibility of being expelled will be more likely.

Chen Zhihu's troops are all elites in a hundred battles. Once they have a firm foothold, they are as solid as a rock. The Qingzhou army, which has not been expanded in a hurry and is incomplete, can be defeated; the only hope is to hope that the Liang family can dispatch elites and join forces with the Qingzhou army to retake Leling.

At this time, the Liang family should no longer have the mind to watch the fire from the other side. The defeat of Chen Tangyi had already proved that the Liang family and son were not commanders to rely on, but the slow response of the Liang family and son this time was disappointing. Maybe their ability is also to bully and bully the refugee army.

At this time, it was not clear how many troops Yan Hu would invest in Yangxin, but since Chen Zhihu had been transferred from the western front this time, Yan Hu would definitely not have less troops in this battle.

Knowing from Chu Zheng some details of Qingzhou's military deployment that Huaidong could not know, Gao Zongting stood up and sighed with a candle on his back.

Chu Zheng also knew the military strategy, and of course he knew that Yang Xin's situation was extremely critical.

Linzi Prefecture is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. Due to the big break of the Yellow River in the ninth year of Chongguan, floods flooded the lower reaches of the Yellow River.

The people who built the embankment of the Yellow River were in chaos, making the efforts to repair the old embankment of the Yellow River come to nothing, but the water eventually followed the low-lying area.

The Zhulong River and the Xiaoqing River flow through the territory of Linzi Prefecture. The Zhulong River flows in the north of Yangxin City, and the Xiaoqing River flows between Yangxin and Guangrao. The Xiaoqing River actually forms a natural barrier between Yangxin and Guangrao, shielding the southern part of Linzi Prefecture.

However, when the main force of the Qingzhou army gathered in Yangxin, and Chen Zhihu established a firm foothold in Leling, the rebel general Zhou Zhizhong led his troops to cross the Zhulong River, and the Xiaoqinghe became an obstacle to the calm withdrawal of the main force of the Qingzhou army from Yangxin.

There is only one wooden bridge on the Xiaoqing River, and there are enemy soldiers peeping nearby. It is difficult to use this wooden bridge to evacuate tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to the south.

At present, the main force of Qingzhou army can only be assembled in Yangxin City to defend...

"Yan Hu chose this opportunity to attack Yangxin, which is not conducive to the dispatch of his cavalry, but in fact, he also used the violent summer and autumn winds and waves in the East China Sea to avoid the Huaidong Army from attacking his side by sea - it depends on how long Yangxin can defend!" Gao Zongting said. ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Yangxin is not far from the sea. When Chu Zheng was in charge of the township soldiers in Yangxin, he often went to the beach for training. However, how does the storm in the Bohai Bay compare to the violent East China Sea in summer? In the past, I only knew that Huaidong was extremely convenient to travel between North and South by sea boat, but I didn't know that the sea people often said that the danger of the sea was so terrifying.

This time, I came to Mingzhou to find Lin Fu and Gao Zongting. After walking through the southeastern coastal areas hit by the hurricane, I knew that even if Huaidong and Qingzhou did not have bad relations, before the storm season passed, Huaidong would definitely not be able to help Qingzhou by sea.

Huaidong's troops are almost all pressed on the southern line, even if they ignore the military pressure of the She family in Zhejiang County, they can draw them all out - they can't go by sea, tens of thousands of troops and horses cross the Qianjiang River, enter the north of Zhejiang, go north from Hangdi, along the The west bank of Taihu Lake passes through Pingjiang Prefecture, then crosses the Yangtze River to Chongzhou, takes Hanhaidi Avenue to Shanyang and crosses the Huaihe River and enters Huaisi, and then passes through Yinan and crosses Yishan to enter Qingzhou Prefecture—even if Dong Yuan and the Liang family agree to give Huaidong to Huaidong Jun borrowed the way, after such a tossing, 30,000 to 50,000 troops entered Qingzhou Mansion, at least two months later.

Far water cannot save near fire!

We can't count on Huaidong, can we count on Dengzhou Town or the Liang family, can we count on the Changhuai Army further west?

Obviously, Yan Hu's troops in southern Jin will inevitably be dispatched to contain the Changhuai Army and the Liang family who are difficult to move. Even if Liu Yefei disregards the previous suspicion, the strength of Dengzhou Town is really limited, and it is combined with the garrisoned troops in other areas in Qingzhou except Yangxin. , you can make up more than 20,000 miscellaneous soldiers, but you can't defend the soil, how to rescue?

Right now, they can only count on the Gu family and their sons to lead the main force of Qingzhou army to defend Yangxin. Fortunately, Gu Wuchen had previously kept Yangxin wholeheartedly, and the grain reserves in Yangxin were relatively sufficient, which could last a few months. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter