Lord of the House

Clouds of mist flowed along the river beach to both sides, quickly spreading out, covering the river beaches, grass slopes, wild forests, wheat fields, houses, villages on both sides of the Xu River...

The fierce battle that broke out at dawn, as the sky became brighter and the fog became heavier, seriously affected the vision of both sides of the battle. Not only could they not see the opponent's array, but also the communication between their own ministries was a big problem. The fierce battle lasted until the early morning, when the fog was at its worst, both sides were forced to retreat and no longer attack the other's position.

Zhou Pu asked his followers to help him get off his horse, sat down on the rocks by the river beach, and asked the military doctor to cut off the two arrows on his legs, sprinkled hemostatic powder and wrapped them with bandages.

Zhao Bao put the matching sword behind his waist, walked over and said, "General Zhou Tong got the news early, and the main force moved south in time. If the remnants of the bandit army flee to Ning, they should be able to stop them; but I'm afraid they can't pursue their west. Withdraw the troops!"

Zhou Pu and Chen Zhe ordered their subordinates not to cross the Xu River to pursue: on the one hand, the battle in the early morning caused great casualties. Pursuing in the fog was easy for the enemy to take advantage of, increasing unnecessary casualties; on the other hand, the Chongcheng Army The main force and Changshan Army Zhang Jiheng's troops were all surrounded, from Gucheng to the south to Xuanzhou, to Ningguo, with a depth of more than 100 miles, and they could besiege the enemy army calmly.

Huaidong's chasing troops were already quite strong. Since the enemy left nearly half of the troops to think that the dead men had broken their tails and did not solve this part of the enemy troops, they would not be able to bypass Gucheng Lake and continue to pursue westward. If you are greedy for more, you will lose, especially when the enemy is trapped and fighting, and you must be more careful.

It is about the rhythm of military use, the enemy urges me to slow down, and the enemy urges me to slow down.

The soldiers and horses on the left wing of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army were clearly left behind, and they had the determination to fight against the water.

Even if it is barely stable at the moment, the first brigade of the Chongcheng army has paid disproportionate casualties. Two sharp arrows pierced Zhou Pu's calf, and Zhao Bao's cheek carved a blood trough on the spear blade, all of which were minor injuries. Geng Wenfan, a promising battalion general of the Chongcheng Army, died in battle; Wei Xu was also on the cavalry side. In the chaos, the enemy general was knocked off his horse with a mace, and his chest collapsed into a piece. Even if he survived, he would not be able to fight on horseback in his life.

The cavalry battalion had 2,000 people, and in the battle of Fangjiawa, he alone wiped out nearly 2,000 enemies, and less than 200 people were reduced. The early morning was chaotic, and nearly one-third of the generals could not return to the battlefield in a short time As a result, his combat ability has also been greatly reduced. How can Zhou Pu feel at ease?

The enemy on the west bank of Gucheng Lake is a lost dog and a caged beast. If the Huaidong Army would have to pay seven or eight thousand casualties in order to wipe out these seven or eight thousand enemy troops, it would be strange if the generals such as Zhou Tong, Zhou Pu, and Chen Zhe did not scold Lin Fu.

In addition to the remnants of the left flank of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army who fled south, there were still six or seven hundred enemy troops left behind in the port of Zhu Town, Fengqiao. Some of the wounded and wounded soldiers moved towards Fengqiaozhu, besieging the last 600 or 700 enemy troops in Fengqiaozhu, urging them to surrender...

The heavy fog continued until noon before dispersing. Nearly 10,000 troops from the enemy's left flank had already crossed the Qingshan River from Gucheng. The fire that burned the city could be seen in the hazy sky, from a distance on the top of the mountain at the west end of Fengqiao and Zhu.

Towards dusk, Zhou Pu learned that the remnants of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army who fled south from the left flank were at Sheba in the southeast corner of Gucheng Lake, and they were intercepted by Zhou Tong and the main force of the Chongcheng Army.

After nearly two hours of fierce fighting, the siege could not be broken through. About 4,000 soldiers from the left flank of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army retreated north to a stockade named Meizixi on the east bank of Gucheng Lake.

At this time, Zhou Pu and others already knew that the general of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army in charge of the breakup was Zheng Mingjing, the left-wing commander of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army.

Zheng Mingjing led the remnants of the trapped beasts to fight, and the backlash was fierce. Although the main force of the Chongcheng army was encircling Meizixi, it is expected that the encirclement will not be completed until tomorrow noon. Zhou Tong asked Zhou Pu to lead a few sentry cavalry over there, worried that this remnant of the Zhejiang-Fujian army would break through at night.

Zhou Pu handed over the siege of the Fengqiao Zhu remnant to Chen Zhe. He ignored the injury on his leg, and recklessly rode the camp across the Xu River to the south, blocking the opportunity for the remnant enemy of Meizixi to break out to the south from the periphery.

As soon as Zhou Pu arrived at Meizixi, he received an order from Lin Fu from Liyang. Lin Fu gave Zhou Tong full responsibility for the battle on the southern front, and asked him to recover Xuanzhou, Ningguo and other cities after completely annihilating the enemy's remnants in Meizixi; he asked Zhou Pu to lead the cavalry camp and Zhang Jiheng's troops to quickly move from the edge of Gucheng. Go north on the east bank of Qingshan River to intercept right-wing enemy troops who may flee westward from Jiangning.

The left flank of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army decided to cut off its tail on the east bank of Gucheng Lake, which shows that the current main intention of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army is to preserve its strength and withdraw to Jiangxi. There will be no redundant deployment of troops between counties. Although the Tang Fuguan Division of the Chongcheng Army headed north in the early stage, the main force of the Chongcheng Army left to Zhou Tong and nearly 14,000 complete soldiers were enough to deal with the remnants of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army stranded on the east bank of Gucheng Lake, recover Ningguo, Xuan State, Gucheng and other lost land.

The Zhejiang-Fujian army's left flank deserters could not catch up with them, and they couldn't tell more troops to chase. However, the Zhejiang-Fujian army still had nearly 30,000 troops to defend the outer city of Jiangning. Lin Fu needed to concentrate more troops to retake it. Jiangning, but also do everything possible to intercept the Zhejiang and Fujian troops fleeing westward in Jiangning.

The Yangtze River runs westward from Jiangning, not due west, but runs obliquely to the southwest; Zhou Pu and Zhang Jiheng go northwest along Qingshan Hebei, with the destination of Yijiangkou (now Wuhu) as the destination. That is to say, even if She Feihu resolutely gave up Jiangning and fled westward at this time, it would be intercepted by Zhou Pu and Zhang Jiheng before crossing the Yangjiang River. Jiangcheng, if we can further enter the quarrying in Jiangning West, we will have greater confidence in intercepting the troops and horses of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops left in Jiangning...

The more important significance of ordering Zhou Pu and Zhang Jiheng to lead their troops to the west foot of Maoshan to recover the southwestern city of Jiangning is that Lin Fu is also not sure how Yue Lengqiu will intercept the Zhejiang and Fujian troops fleeing westward from Chizhou in Chizhou, but one thing is certain. Yes, it is better not to let the Jiangzhou army enter Jiangning, or not to let the Jiangzhou army enter Jiangning, the Huaidong army must take the first step to recover the cities to the west and southwest of Jiangning.

He couldn't catch Zheng Mingjing with his own hands, Zhou Pu resented it, but he couldn't disobey Lin Fu's military order. The two arrows on the leg are worthless..."

"If you can enter Yijiang City one step ahead, intercept the luxury flying tiger, and avenge everything..." Zhou Tong said with a smile.

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Lin Zonghai led the Dongyang government army, joined forces with the soldiers of Ge Cunxin's water camp, and used the prison island as a springboard to board Hekou Town as early as the 28th. For three consecutive days, it advanced along the Jinchuan River, and fought fiercely with the Zhejiang and Fujian troops, competing for the strategic point between the Moling Lake and Jinling Mountain on the periphery of Jiangning City.

After Tang Fuguan and his troops arrived, the Huaidong Army gathered more than 30,000 troops outside Jiangning. Before the night fell on the first day of December, they annihilated the remnants of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army defending Tianbao and captured the heaviest troops in the southeast corner of Jiangning City. Jinling Mountain, the key place, allowed Huaidong warships to enter Moling Lake at the foot of Jinling Mountain and completely control the situation in the east of Jiangning City.

Because Moling County is in the east of Jiangning City, on the route of Huaidong Shuiying from the east, it has become the only city on the south bank of the Yangtze River and the periphery of Jiangning that can be preserved.

On the first day of December, after nightfall, Jiangning was also foggy, and the campfire was like a dim red firefly in the white mist.

It was difficult for soldiers and horses to move and move in the foggy night, and all the tribes in Huaidong had to stop moving and guard their camps at night, waiting for more Huaidong soldiers and horses to come.

She Feihu is like a trapped beast in Donghuamen, and the speed of Huaidong Army movement is astounding.

Not to mention ten days, She Feihu fully grasped Jiangning's outer city on the 27th, and started to attack the imperial city. Today, only four days have passed. Four days can't even knock down a corner of the imperial city.

The left-wing soldiers and horses responsible for intercepting and blocking the main force of the Yanhuai East Army had to leave nearly half of the soldiers and horses broken, so as to protect the other half of the elites and safely retreat westward. The first part of the reinforcements has arrived, and the second part will quickly enter the periphery of Jiangning within a day or two.

From the 28th, the Huaidong Army distributed a large number of leaflets to the outer city through catapults inside the imperial city and outside the Donghua Gate, to publicize the main force of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops fleeing westward.

From that moment on, it was difficult for the soldiers and horses who stayed in the outer city of Jiangning to be restrained by military discipline. The incidents of fleeing soldiers and private looting occurred all the time, and it was naturally difficult to gather all their strength to attack the imperial city.

The situation has developed to this stage, if it is not for She Feihu’s cronies who supervise the supervising team with swords and axes, and if there are still outer cities to defend, it would not be impossible for the right-wing soldiers and horses who stayed as abandoned soldiers to collapse first— -Although the way of slaughtering and forcibly incorporating the soldiers into each department can temporarily maintain a high morale and fighting spirit, but this method cannot last for a long time, and the morale is at risk of collapse if there is a slight setback.

"Second Young Master, if you don't leave, you won't be able to leave!" Yu Wenshan lowered his voice and advised She Feihu.

In the past few days, especially when Zheng Mingjing sent letter cavalry to report that the left wing might not be able to support for a long time, they secretly transferred the six or seven thousand soldiers and horses loyal to the She family to Xicheng through frequent mobilization of troops, which is convenient to discard at the critical moment. Retreat west.

In order to prevent the Huaidong Army from chasing after retreating westward, Shefei would swept Jiangning before retreating westward. In this way, the Huaidong Army soldiers and horses who first entered the periphery of Jiangning can be forced to advance to Jiangning City to clean up the mess, and gain critical time for them to retreat westward without being entangled.

Zheng Mingjing's left wing will give up on the 29th to retreat from Liyang to the west~www.wuxiaspot.com~ If they want to leave, they must leave tonight, otherwise even if Zheng Mingjing's left wing escapes into Jiuzi Mountain in time, their right wing will retreat westward. The Huaidong Army was intercepted by the troops and horses advancing directly westward from Liyang.

Even if he left tonight, the time was already very fast. If the Huaidong Army directly sent troops from Liyang East to move northwest along the Qingshan River, She Feihu would not be able to cross the Yiyang River first.

"Let's go!" She Feihu's face was twitching in pain, but he had to face the cruel reality. The Zhejiang and Fujian troops were no longer ready to fight with the main force of the Huaidong Army outside Jiangning. To add to the great achievements of the Huaidong Army.

On the 27th, Yuzhang troops and horses successfully captured Hukou, captured all Huang Binghao's relatives, and took them to Jiangzhou city to coerce them. Huang Binghao, the former Jiangzhou system envoy and deputy commander of the former Jiangzhou army, who was not aware of the development of Jiangning's situation, was all relatives, and was forced to surrender to Jiangzhou. Since Jiangzhou has fallen, Yue Lengqiu may not have the courage to go all out, but even if the remnants of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops can successfully pass through Chizhou, enter Jiangzhou, and join forces with Yuzhang soldiers and horses, the situation is far from favorable for the luxury family. It's just a breath of relief from the vicious situation where the two sides were beaten before the Mindong War...

The She family only breathed a sigh of relief, but Huaidong took advantage of this battle to control the plentiful land in the south of the Yangtze River, including Jiangning, in his hands.

The main enemy of the She family is not Canyue, but Huaidong.

In the past, Huaidong was still cramped in a corner of Huaidong, and due to various restrictions of the Yueting Court, it was difficult to use his fists and feet. In the future, Huaidong was able to control Canyue in the palm of his hand. Chen Xiyan, Yue Lengqiu, Dong Yuan, Hu Wenmu, Zuo Cheng Mu, Cheng Yuqian and others could no longer contain Huaidong. From this level, the situation that the luxury family will face in the future will only be more dangerous, and there will be no improvement at all... My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter