Lord of the House

It has been sunny for four consecutive days. Although there is still snow on the far ridge, the post road is not as muddy as when the snow has just melted. It travels overnight, rests before noon, and continues to drive in the afternoon.

As soon as the army left Changxing County, there were flying cavalry galloping from the west to deliver a message: the enemy's left wing set up camp at dawn at Yaojiachong and Qiantang, and rushed to Fangjiawa before Riyu; Tang Fuguan led his troops at that time. I just arrived at Fangjiawa, but I didn't have a firm foothold and didn't dare to approach. At this time, the enemy divided into three groups, broke through to the west, and the camp was unable to cover it, and was forced to give up the passage to the west...

At this time, Lin Fu was surrounded by the generals, galloping up the Erqiao Ridge, and looked at the army passing by the post road in front of the ridge, including Zhang Jiheng's troops in Changshan Camp. The second echelon had more than 24,000 elite troops, but It is still 80 miles away from Fangjiawa in the west of Longyaling.

"Zheng Mingjing can gain the trust of Shewenzhuang to lead the left-wing troops, but he has some skills, and he is very good at choosing the time to break through..." Lin Fu heard Fang Jiawa's battle situation, his hands on his waist, looking at Qingyun in the distance , said emotionally.

"Shewenzhuang said that he would abandon Jiangning and leave without hesitation. It can be seen that he has disturbed the southeast these years, and he has indeed been outstanding." People can turn the tide!"

"Can Shewenzhuang really say go and leave?" Lin Bie smiled and turned to ask Song Fu next to him. He didn't seem to be bothered at all when the Zhejiang-Fujian army broke through.

"After the capture of Huizhou, the Zhejiang-Fujian Army briefly stayed in Ningguo for a few days, and incorporated a large number of imperial troops captured in the Yuling Pass and Huizhou wars into the right wing," Song Fu said, "Shewenzhuang wants to go west. , but it is impossible to bypass Chizhou quickly, and it is necessary to leave the rear troops and horses to delay the pursuit of the Huaidong Army, so it is appropriate not to leave the right wing troops and horses to slaughter Jiangning City! I think at the latest, before night, there will be a clear The news came from Jiangning..."

Regardless of the extravagant family's motives, Emperor Yongxing abandoned Jiangning and fled, and Huaidong should be able to protect Jiangning from slaughter, which is more important than annihilating the left wing of the Zhejiang and Fujian army.

Shewenzhuang kept the right flank, which was dominated by soldiers, in Jiangning and slaughtered, attracting the main force of the Huaidong Army to pass over, and it was the only way for the She family to survive by breaking their tails. If it weren't for the determination and ruthlessness of breaking his arm, Jin Chan's shelling would not be so easy to take off.

"You bastard, you can run faster than a rabbit!" Zhou Tong scolded bitterly. He knew that the preservation of Jiangning was more important, but how could he be reconciled when the elite soldiers and horses of the She family escaped from under their eyes and nose? Chen Zhe, Zhang Jiheng and other generals were all indignant and eager to fight.

"Yue Xiang may be able to block the first block in Chizhou," Chen Huawen said. "When the Huaidong Army is in charge, it is more important to save Jiangning first..."

Chen Huawen was quite conservative. The Huaidong Army drove the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels out of Jiangning and the whole city, and then welcomed the Empress Dowager and King Lu into Jiangning, and took the absolute initiative to let the luxury family escape, but it became a small branch.

Taking 10,000 steps back, if Yue Lengqiu sent troops to intercept Chizhou, it would still make Yue Lengqiu and the She family fight in the periphery of Chizhou, and both would suffer. After the main force has passed, Yue Lengqiu has no confidence to intervene in the arrangements of the Jiangning regime, and can only be led by Huaidong...

"Unless the She family lured us to the western foot of Maoshan for a decisive battle," Song Fu said, "otherwise, the enemy's left wing's retreat route is to retreat to Gucheng in the west, and then cross the Qingshan River from Gucheng to go directly west to Nanling. The main force of the Chongcheng army should be able to catch up with the left wing troops of Zheng Mingjing before Nanling..."

"Let Tang Fuguan lead his troops to Jiangning?" Lin Fu asked.

Song Fufu nodded and said: "If Shewenzhuang only leaves the right wing in Jiangning, from Liyang to the north to the periphery of Jiangning, there will be no large groups of enemy soldiers. Tang Fuguan and his troops can catch up with the fastest speed. Going to the periphery of Jiangning, join forces with the Shuiying and Dongyang government forces, and you will be able to form a military advantage to attack the outer city of Jiangning..."

There are some words Song Fu didn't say clearly, but Lin Fu and others can understand:

As long as the imperial city is not lost, it is impossible for the Zhejiang and Fujian troops to completely let go and slaughter Jiangning. Tang Fuguan led his troops to attack the outer city after joining with the army of Shuiying and Dongyangfu. It was to delay the right flank of the Zhejiang-Fujian army and prevent it from attacking the imperial city with all its strength. The Jiangning outer city was recovered one day earlier or one day later. relation.

Could it be that the people of Jiangning would resent the fact that the Huaidong Army recaptured the outer city of Jiangning two days later?

Lin Fu pondered for a while, looked at the surrounding generals, and made a decision: "Order Tang Fuguan, let him go north to recover Liyang first, and after recovering Liyang, he will lead his troops north to help Jiangning without delay; Zhou Pu will lead his cavalry camp westward, as far as possible. It is possible to delay the enemy's left wing troops and horses to the east of Nanling. When the Chongcheng army rushes to the battle, Zhou Tong, Chen Zhe, Zhang Jiheng, you three immediately go to the army, organize troops and horses to pursue the enemy's left wing in light armor, but beware of the enemy's left wing. Escape to Ning Country..."

Zheng Mingjing led the left flank of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army to flee westward to Gucheng. He wanted to bypass Chizhou and enter Jiangzhou, where he would meet with Shefeihu, who was besieging Jiangzhou. It can be predicted that the Zhejiang-Fujian army's middle and right flank forces would mostly go to Jiangzhou. Go west - but it is also guaranteed that Zheng Mingjing will resolutely go south if it is too late to flee west. From Ningguo to the south, the terrain becomes steep, and Ningguo, Jixi, Huizhou and other cities are in the hands of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops, which is beneficial to escape but not conducive to pursuit.

Zhou Tong, Chen Zhe, Zhang Jiheng and others heard that Lin Fu decided to use the Chongcheng army as the main force to pursue westward, and immediately became excited. Zhou Tong rubbed his hands together, not hiding the excitement in his eyes, and said, "I want to escape to Ningguo. , and the foot of the Zhejiang and Fujian army must be long enough!"

Lin Fu continued to order: "Send Ao Canghai, all the baggage of the Changshan Army will be handed over to the Haiyu Army to take over and transport, and be sure to arrive in Liyang before noon the day after tomorrow. I will wait for him in Liyang..."

Zhou Pu led the cavalry battalion to delay the retreat of the left flank of the Zhejiang-Fujian army. Zhou Tong led the main force of the Chongcheng army and Zhang Jiheng of the Changshan army to pursue it. The whereabouts of Wenzhuang's main force in the middle of the Zhejiang-Fujian army is not yet clear. Ao Canghai led his troops to Liyang, and Lin Bie could have enough troops in Liyang to support the war on both sides at any time.

Zhou Tong, Chen Zhu, Zhang Jiheng and other generals immediately rushed back to the marching team with their cavalry, and summoned the generals to convey the order to abandon the baggage and speed up the marching pursuit. Nearly 3,000 mules and horses of the entire army were gathered and handed over to Chen Zhu's department at the forefront.

During the pursuit, the enemy may encounter counterattacks at any time. While the front troops are advancing, they must also ensure sufficient physical strength. Nothing is more suitable than riding mules and horses.

When there are not enough horses, the horse-infantry army that marches on horseback and encounters the enemy's foot-battle is also an army that has an advantage in mobility in flat and low-ridge areas.

The main force of the Chongcheng army was only a hundred miles behind the left flank of the Zhejiang-Fujian army. Zhou Pu led the cavalry to harass the front and intercepted it before Nanling. It was not impossible...

Lin Fu only led a small number of cavalry and stood on Erqiao Ridge to watch the army go far. Chen Huawen, Chen Huazhang, Su Pinxiao, Changxing, Anji County and other officials watched the Huaidong Army pass through. It was abandoned on the side of the road, leaving only a very small number of soldiers to look after it. Looking at the scene of the army passing through, I was very emotional for a while, and there were still contradictions in my heart.

Lin Fu stepped on his horse and said to the magistrates of Changxing and Anji counties, "The Huaidong Army will have to raise some supplies for the two counties. At this time, Mr. Chen is responsible for it. I hope to be able to meet you in Liyang and Jiangning in the future. See..." and ordered Su Pinxiao, "You go back to Changxing immediately, I will wait for you to lead your troops to join us in Jiangning!" Lin Fu ordered casually. Leave Erqiaoling eastbound and return to Changxing.

The remnants of the Bainao Army led by Su Pinxiao were all navy troops. They took the waterway north out of Taihu Lake and entered the Yangtze River to Jiangning to receive reorganization. A small number of water camps in Taihu Lake are still the direct line of soldiers and horses of the Third Water Battalion in Huaidong.

Lin Fu said to Chen Huawen again: "As for the baggage, I have to trouble Master Chen to stay and coordinate..."

"Huawen will follow the orders of your lord." Chen Huawen was entrusted with the heavy responsibility of transporting food and grass, and responded to the order, seeing the speed at which the main force of the Huaidong Army was marching, the three thousand Haiyu army could only be qualified to serve as an **** for the transport and financing. forage tasks.

Lin Fu said to Chen Huazhang, "Chen Gong, can you follow me to Liyang to watch the battle?"

"Sir, please go first." Chen Huazhang said, and then they all mounted their horses, together with Song Fu and others, and more than 200 cavalry, accompanied by Lin Fuchi down Erqiaoling, went west, and went to the place where the main force of the Hanghu Army was destroyed. Liyang City.

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Leaving the army and walking alone, only two hundred hussars traveled very fast between the plains and hills, and before nightfall, they arrived at Liyang City, which had been maimed.

After the Zhejiang and Fujian troops captured Liyang, they did not enter the city on a large scale, including the Shefeihu tribes, they were eager to march north to Jiangning, and the Hanghu Army still had a large number of corpses abandoned in the city without anyone to clean up. Fortunately, in the cold winter season, the weather is cold, and the corpses are exposed to the wild, and a large-scale plague will not form.

Lin Fu rushed to Liyang City, and Tang Fuguan's department had just arrived in Liyang. The army did not enter the city, and bypassed Liyang City and continued northward. Tang Fuguan rushed to the bottom of Liyang City, and further received a face-to-face instruction from Lin Fu.

At this time, further news also came from Jiangning. After the left wing of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army was withdrawn from Liyang, the channel from Jiangning to the south was opened.

Just as everyone expected, the Zhejiang-Fujian army only left 30,000 troops in Jiangning. The troops were led by Shefeihu, and they were mainly stationed at Donghuamen. The government army is based on Prison Island, and the first step has entered Hekou Town, but the siege progress is slow, waiting for the main force here to converge.

The Zhejiang and Fujian Army had another 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses. At noon on the 27th, they left Jiangning and marched westward. They found out that Emperor Yongxing, the capital of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army, had fled to Chizhou. Xingdi...

"The lie is clumsy, but it works very well!" Lin Fu smiled disdainfully and said, "It's a good strategy, not only to hide from the enemy, but also from his own family..."

Lin Fu sent a fast horse to send orders to Jiang Ning, and ordered Ge Cunxin to organize naval soldiers to land on the shore, cooperate with the Dongyang government army, and use Hekou Town as a base to contain the Zhejiang-Fujian army's right-wing troops at Donghuamen; Announce leaflets, pointing out the fact that Emperor Yongxing and his officials fled to Luzhou, and the She family abandoned their sons to surrender; in addition, open the escape route of the enemy in the west of Jiangning, and not block it, so as to weaken the will of the enemy to fight. . On the one hand, Tang Fuguan led his troops to step up their march, and merged with the army of Shuiying and Dongyang Prefecture to capture the outer city of Jiangning.

Song Fu secretly sighed:

This battle cannot be regarded as the defeat of Hewenzhuang, and the ending was basically decided before the war in East Fujian.

On the eastern front, the Zhejiang-Fujian army had to defend both the middle of Zhejiang and the east of Fujian in the face of Huaidong's offensive. Shewenzhuang is the main defender of East Fujian, and the Huaidong Army can use the mobile advantage of the sea route to concentrate its forces on the front of Dongyang County, seize the middle of Zhejiang with all its strength, and then penetrate deep into Xinrao and cut off the connection between East Fujian and Jiangxi. The owner of Shewenzhuang guards the middle of Zhejiang, and he must be determined to give up the foundation of Fujian Province and give it a shot...

In the face of Huaidong's strategic advantages, even if the Zhejiang and Fujian troops can win one or two victories, it is difficult to change the overall situation.

For Shewenzhuang, the only chance is to retreat to Jiangxi to rest and recuperate.

The entire war has developed very rapidly. It has only been a month and a half since the start of the war in Mindong. It has not yet entered December. The Donghu in the north and the Changle bandits in Xiangfan have no time to react.

After all, Huaidong borrowed the sea route, and the adjustment of troops and horses was extremely fast. The main force of the Huaidong Army, after the end of the war in eastern Fujian, retreated north, including the time for rest, and it took only half a month to cross the river north from Xiaoshan to join the war. How can any army in the world be so fast?

If the main force of the Huaidong Army can enter the battlefield in southern Jiangning ten days and a half later, and let the Zhejiang and Fujian troops completely occupy Jiangning City, the development of the entire battle situation will be completely different. It was the rapidity of the Huaidong Army that told the She family not to risk everything to defend the outer city of Jiangning.

By this time, the overall situation of Huaidong's control of Jianghuai could not be changed.

For the Zhejiang and Fujian troops, the key is to seize Jiangzhou, occupy the Poyang Lake Plain, and save more elites to escape to Jiangxi to rest and recuperate, and there may be a possibility of turning over in the future...

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The secret order of the commander-in-chief was to preserve the elites of the left wing first, and the second was to delay the advance of the Huaidong army to Jiangning. Move to Fangjiawa where there is no danger. In order to prevent the situation from slipping into an irreversible desperate situation, Zheng Mingjing could only send a secret letter from the governor to the generals, and resolutely gathered his troops to withdraw to the west, avoiding the possibility of a battle with the superior forces of the Huaidong Army in Fangjiawa.

However, retreating to the west was not an easy task. There were Huaidong cavalry on both sides and the rear flanks that could not go. Zheng Mingjing led his troops to retreat westward in alternate groups. The soldiers and horses traveled westward for less than thirty li and arrived at Fengqiaozhu.

Fengqiao is a large port between Gucheng and Liyang, and it is also one of the twenty-four towns in Jiangning~www.wuxiaspot.com~Fengqiaozhu West has Xu River leading to Gucheng Lake in the south of Gucheng. Going out of Gucheng Lake to the northwest is Qingshan River. Qingshan River is the upper reaches of Yiyang River. It twists and turns westward, and flows from Yijiang (now Wuhu) into Yangtze River. It is one of the most important tributaries of Yangtze River in the west of Jiangning. There are also artificial ditches in the west foot that connect with the Rouge River, a tributary of Longzangpu in the north.

The materials from Liyang, Guangde, Xuanzhou and even as far as Ningguo, Jixi and other Huizhou areas are usually collected in Fengqiaozhu and transferred to the waterway, which is one of the important water and land terminals in the south of Jiangning Prefecture.

Affected by the war, all the people in Fengqiaozhu Town have fled, and there is no shadow of half a ferry boat on the pier or in the thin river after winter. For the left-wing soldiers and horses of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army, if they did not go to Ningguo, they could only go to Gucheng along the north bank of the Xu River. The Gucheng defenders collected some ferries as spares.

Gucheng Lake is not big, only ten miles long from north to south. Even if the left-wing troops and horses are advanced in Gucheng County, they can smoothly cross the Qingshan River from the north bank of Gucheng Lake; After walking for more than 20 miles, the Qingshan River and the Yiyang River in the lower reaches do not constitute obstacles on the terrain.

Only by going westward from Nanling Mountain and entering Jiuzi Mountain (now Jiuhua Mountain in Chizhou) can it be possible to take advantage of the dangerous terrain of Jiuzi Mountain to escape the pursuers.

It's just that Fengqiaozhu is still more than forty miles away from Gucheng County. From the west side of Gucheng County, cross the Qingshan River to the west, and it takes more than a hundred miles to reach Nanling. Mountain, I'm afraid it will be five or six days later. In such a long time, it was enough for the main force of the Huaidong Army to run back and forth...

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