Lord of the House

The setting sun spreads on the river with sparkling waves, and more than a dozen warships are divided into two, chasing each other down the river. The boats on both sides were broken, and there were still fires that could not be extinguished. Black smoke rose and was scattered on the river by the wind. The battle flag on the mainmast was also burnt to pieces, so that the navy who could barely recognize the two fleets belonged to Jiangzhou and Chizhou.

Most of the soldiers on the decks of the warships on both sides were wounded, and many soldiers died in battle, either falling into the river or carrying their bodies into the cabin. But as far as the naked eye can see, the situation of the Jiangzhou navy is better, it has the upper hand, and is sailing in pursuit. If the waterway from Huanglongling to the east is not complicated, it is very likely that the fleeing enemy will be overtaken and a beautiful annihilation battle.

The Yangtze River emerges from Ezhou and turns into a large bay at the southern ridge of Huanglongling. The water channel forms a right angle of almost 90 degrees. The water conditions of Huanglongling become complicated. The turbulent river flows, forming countless eddies and sediment deposits, making Huanglongling. In the eastward river channel, sandbars grow in clusters, adding to the complexity of the water regime.

After chasing Hengsha Island, worried that Chizhou was hiding behind the staggered sandbars and sand islands, the warships of the Jiangzhou navy stopped sailing and stopped chasing. Watching the remnants of the Chizhou navy continue to flee eastward, and the sun went down a little, the Jiangzhou navy also slowly turned the warships around and returned to the camp.

In the territory of Zongyang County, on the Huaping Ridge near the river, Yue Lengqiu straddled the war horse and watched the chasing battle in the heart of Jiang. Difficult to function...

Emperor Yongxing returned to Jiangning in the east, but neither soldier nor soldier could be brought back.

Chizhou received the Imperial Navy with a number of more than 20,000, including nearly 300 warships.

Compared with the Chizhou navy, Shewenzhuang used Yang Xiong as the navy commander in Jiangzhou, and reorganized the Dongting Lake bandits and the remnants of the former Zhedong and Fujian navy divisions into a new Jiangzhou water camp, with a total of 30,000 troops.

Although the Chizhou navy has undergone more than half a year of training, its morale is low, and the generals have not been able to get rid of the bad influence of the Jiangning war. In addition, Yue Lengqiu wanted to completely control the navy, and when reorganizing the navy, adjustments to the generals of the navy were also very frequent. In terms of general morale and will to fight, the Chizhou navy was weaker than Jiangzhou, and even the number of navy was at a disadvantage.

The predecessor of the Jiangzhou Navy was the Dongting Lake Army, a group of fishermen and lake thieves who went to sea. Most of the warships were converted from large and small fishing boats in Dongting Lake, which is really not good. Although the remnants of the Zhedong Navy and the Mindong Navy had more experience in water combat, a large number of warships could not be towed directly from Qianjiang or Minjiang to Ganjiang and Poyang Lake by land.

Although a large number of craftsmen moved westward to Jiangzhou with Shejia, Shewenzhuang also set up a new shipyard in the small port in the south of Jiangzhou, but it will take time to manufacture new sturdy warships in batches.

Far away can't quench near thirst, the disadvantage of Jiangzhou navy on warships is very obvious. Both sides have advantages and advantages. From mid-August onwards, in the battle between Jiangzhou and Chizhou on the Yangtze River, the balance of victory and defeat did not deliberately favor which side.

"Master Yue, as far as the last generals know, if Chizhou cannot gain control of the waters west of Zongyang before October, it will be difficult to use troops directly against Jiangzhou after the autumn!" The chase in the Yangtze River today was not called. Hu Qiaozhong is satisfied.

Yue Lengqiu frowned and nodded slightly, acknowledging Hu Qiaozhong's judgment.

There is no shipyard in Chizhou, the navy is fighting on the river, and the warship is damaged, and Jiangning needs to supplement it - Lin Bie's conditions are quite loose. More than a dozen military observers headed by Hu Qiaozhong entered Chizhou on behalf of the Privy Council to ensure that Chizhou did not do anything when counting battle losses, and actually monitored the combat training of the Chizhou army.

Even though he knew that after Hu Qiao and others came in, it would be difficult for Chizhou to keep Huaidong secret from the military, but Yue Lengqiu had to accept such an arrangement in order to obtain Jiangning's supplies of war weapons.

The area controlled by Chizhou is too small and the mouths are scarce, and there are simply not enough resources to organize the manufacture of warships and armour on their own.

Even if Yue Lengqiu knew what conspiracy and tricks Lin Fu was hiding in his heart, if he wanted to get rid of Huaidong's hold, he would have to bite the bullet and go west. The southern bank can temporarily abandon Pengze and other counties, but the northern bank from Yicheng to the west, the Shannan area between Zongxian, Huangmei and Qichun must be fully taken over, so that the 50,000 soldiers and horses of Chizhou can barely have a foothold.

In front of the people sent from Huaidong, Deng Yu and the others endured not talking much about military affairs. Here, the Jiangzhou navy has withdrawn its troops and returned to the camp. Today, the battle on the Yangtze River will be suspended. Hu Qiaozhong also rushed over to check the battle damage. Deng Yucai said to Yue Lengqiu, "It's not the way to fight like this! We must use our steps. Only when the soldiers go to control Huanglongling can they control the tributaries on the north bank, instead of having to fight with the Jiangzhou navy for control of the river road every foot and every foot..."

Yue Lengqiu knew that what Deng Yu said was true. From Huaishan to the south, lakes and rivers are densely covered, and as long as the land to the west to Huanglongling and Huangmei Remnant City is controlled, the naval forces will not be able to win in the main waterway of the Yangtze River. , there is no need to flee to Chizhou, hundreds of miles away. At that time, you only need to avoid the river branches and river ports on the north bank, and you will be able to get rid of the disadvantage that the current navy is in the lower reaches.

Don't say that the luxury family will not easily give up Huanglongling, which stands next to Jiangzhou City.

Yue Lengqiu frowned and said, "Chen Hansan has cavalry in his hands. After Chizhou soldiers and horses entered Huangmei, they suffered too much loss between the hills and mountains, and if the flank threats were not eliminated, it would be difficult to forcibly attack the city... "

"Chen Hansan was greatly favored by his father, and today he sent an envoy to Qichun to meet him. Even if he couldn't ask Chen Hansan to vote, would he still dare to be an enemy of his father?" Yue Duming said.

Yue Lengqiu initially recruited Chen Hansan to be the envoy of Xuzhou, but Chen Hansan was eventually expelled from Xuzhou. He was also forced by Huaidong and had no direct relationship with Yue Lengqiu. But don't say Jiang Ning doesn't allow it at this time, even if Jiang Ning doesn't say a word, Yue Lengqiu knows that it is difficult for him and Chen Hansan to coexist peacefully.

Just not wanting to be too thorough in front of the generals, Yue Lengqiu shook his head and said, "Chen Hansan is capricious, even if there is an appointment ahead, how dare you trust him?"

Deng Yu looked at Qiqi Jiangzhou in the distance, thinking that the young marshal couldn't be alone after all.

Shannan and Hubei are close to each other, and there are almost no obstacles on the terrain. Whether it is Chizhou or Chen Hansan, how can it be possible for the other party to stand firm on the side of his heart?

It's just that it is difficult to defeat Chen Han's three divisions at the moment.

If Chizhou can capture Huanglongling, completely expel the troops and horses of the She family on the north bank of the river, and then join forces with Jinghu to attack from the east and west flanks, it will be easy to annihilate the unstable Chen Hansan.

But it is clear that Chen Hansan jumped out of Huaishan and entered Qichun with three or five thousand remnants to seize the territory, obviously with the support of the luxury family. The luxury family wants Chen Hansan to gain a firm foothold in the eastern Hubei area, and will not give up Huanglongling easily.

Obviously, the luxury family never wants Chizhou to gain a firm foothold on the north bank of the Jiangbei. If Chen Hansan wants to gain the support of the luxury family, it is impossible to secretly communicate with Chizhou.

Lin Fu put Yicheng in the defense zone of Chizhou, probably because today's situation has been thoroughly considered. Otherwise, how could a large area west of Yicheng be assigned to Chizhou for no reason?

Deng Yu was thinking wildly, and several horses came from the west, which were sent by Chizhou.

The sentry galloped near, got off his horse and knelt down and said, "The two thousand-paced cavalry of Chen Han's three divisions have already entered Huangmei one step ahead!"

"..." Yue Lengqiu gritted his teeth for a long time before taking a deep breath.

"Huangmei City was destroyed by the war long ago, and Chen Han couldn't gain a foothold in a short period of time with two or three thousand cavalry. Let Commander Xu Dengyu lead his troops to capture it..."

"Huangmei Remnant City and Huanglongling are each other's horns. It is difficult to cover the flanks in a strong attack, and there is a worry of losing both ends," Yue Lengqiu frowned and said, "You lead your troops to Xiaocang Mountain first, and set up camp in Xiaocang Mountain. , don't rush into battle..."

Deng Yu was instructed to step on the horse and go down the mountain, order the troops and horses he ordered, and then go to Xiaocang Mountain where Zongyang and Huangmei are connected.

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Chen Hansan entered the eastern Hubei area as if he was stirring shit, forcing Yue Lengqiu and Hu Wenmu to increase troops to the eastern Hubei border at the same time.

Not only Yue Lengqiu, Jinghu, whose situation on the western front has been alleviated, will not tolerate Chen Hansan's foothold in the eastern Hubei area, so as not to threaten the security of Jinghu's eastern front.

While Hu Wenmu increased the troops in the area east of Jiangxia, he sent an envoy to sternly warn Luo Xiancheng to support Chen Hansan behind his back. Luo Xiancheng is not crazy, Jing Hu has no intention to follow the state to go to war directly for the time being, and he can't directly catch the handle of Suizhou in this matter.

In early September, Zhou Bin re-entered Suizhou.

Before Zhou Bin re-entered Suizhou, Wang Xiang persuaded Luo Xiancheng about Chen Hansan's borrowing of troops and food to prevent tigers from becoming a problem~www.wuxiaspot.com~ During the dispute, Wang Xiang was scolded by Zhong Rong and angrily invited him to go.

Zhou Bin entered the Wang Xiang's mansion in the name of a visit, just in time when Luo Xiancheng sent Wei Zhang over to comfort Wang Xiang.

Wang Xiangyi asked Wei Zhang to tell Luo Xiancheng about his intention to go to Chaishan: "The loyal words are disgusting, the good medicine is bitter, and it is not acceptable to others. Lord Wei, don't persuade me today. Please go back to Luo Shuai and talk to Wang Xiang again. He was scolded by Zhong Rong several times. He was in a difficult situation in Suizhou. He didn't want Luo Shuai to be embarrassed. Wang Xiang asked to go to the depths of Huaishan to manage a hiding place for Luo Shuai. If the situation in the future is just as Wang Xiang expected, Suizhou In the event of a crisis, Luo Shuai can also go to Huaishan and try his hardest, in order to make a comeback!"

Luo Xiancheng repeatedly sent people over to comfort him, but the Prime Minister Wang had already made up his mind to leave, and he was determined not to change.

Luo Xiancheng was also tired of Wang Xiang's staying in Suizhou to hinder his enjoyment, so he pushed the boat to let Wang Xiang select more than a thousand soldiers and horses into Chaishan as the guardian of Huaiyou.

Chaishan was originally the fringe of the area controlled by Suizhou, located in the hinterland of Huaishan. Wang Xiang himself is going to this desolate place, what doubts can Luo Xiancheng and others have?

Wang Xiang also recommended Zhou Bin to Luo Xiancheng to serve as Chaishan captain, and left Suizhou in mid-September, entered Huaishan, and took over Chaishan's defense. Before, only more than 600 soldiers and horses sent by Luo Xiancheng were stationed in Chaishan City, and the control of the surrounding cottages was almost equal to zero.

In the name of running Chaishan for Luo Xiancheng, after Wang Xiang and Zhou Bin took over the defense of Chaishan, they recruited people to widen the mountain road between Lishan and Chaishan. In the name of joint defense, build and widen the mountain road between Huaishan Mountain and various cottages. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter