Lord of the House

The camp in the north of Nanyang City is larger than the camp in the south of the city. The camp is close to ten li, and it stretches to Dushan in the north of Nanyang City. It is about eighty li from Fangcheng in the north.

Dushan Mountain is the remnant of Funiu Mountain extending into the center of Nanyang Basin. The mountain body runs from northwest to southeast, around ten miles, and connects to the water in the east. It is a key place to enter Nanyang City from Fangcheng.

Dushan is located in the center of Nanyang. Although it is only 30 to 50 feet high, it has a wide field of vision, overlooking the banks of the Ganshui River and the hinterland of Nanyang.

Shewenzhuang, surrounded by Tian Chang, Azhige, Hu Zongguo and others, rushed into the Dushan Camp. Ye Ji Luorong greeted him in front of the main gate, and Shewenzhuang saluted: "My minister, Shewenzhuang, greets Prince Mu. …”

"The King of Fujian has paid a lot of respect," Ye Jiluo Rong said in return, according to the Chinese system, "The sage was very concerned about the King of Fujian in Yanjing. Knowing that the King of Fujian was not feeling well recently, he sent two old ginsengs on a fast ride... …”

"Thank you for your understanding of the old minister..." Shewenzhuang bowed to the northeast to show his gratitude, and then straightened up and looked at Ye Jiluorong.

Ye Jiluorong was wearing vermilion armor, with a burly stature, beard and big eyes, with faint scars left from the battles in the early years on his face, wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, white hair between his temples, and his eyes were sharp after the killing. , walking in front of him, you can feel the temperament of an ancient sword.

She Wenzhuang has known countless people in his life, and has a unique vision. He called the second, but few people dared to call the first. He secretly said: Beiyan built the clan and the country through warfare. Ye Ji Luorong, who has been around for more than 30 years, can probably be regarded as a true veteran who has experienced many battles.

Although Ye Jier is the soul of Beiyan, since Yejier and below, there is no one in Beiyan who can stand side by side with Yeji Luorong, Ye Jiduodi and Yejier's eldest son Yeji Baishi, all of which are inferior in terms of record. Ye Ji Luorong's front line, it is no wonder that Ye Jier sits in Yanjing, and will hand over hundreds of thousands of troops and horses on the western front to Ye Ji Luorong.

Shewenzhuang met with Zhou Fan's generals one by one.

Zhou Fan was originally the main general of Xuan Town. He was in his 40s, and he was also a strong general. He was born in a military commander. Before the war, Beiyan was canonized Chen Zhihu and Yuan Lishan as the two county kings, and Zhou Fan was only awarded the marquis.

It is also for this reason that Zhou Fan and his generals were very energetic and attentive in the attack on Nanyang this time.

Zhou Fan built a viewing platform on the southern **** of Dushan Mountain, and Ye Jiluo Rong invited She Wenzhuang and others to the viewing platform, so as to better observe the terrain and military deployment around Nanyang City.

Under the setting sun, surrounded by camps as dense as fish scales, the Nanyang Camp in Zhouda Bali is like a large gray linen cloth attached to the west bank of the Ganshui River.

Although only 30,000 soldiers and horses were stationed in the North City Camp, in order to facilitate the 60,000 cavalry temporarily stationed in Fangcheng under the command of Ye Jiluorong, they could enter at any time and participate in the storming of Nanyang City. It is huge, extending from the southern **** of Dushan to behind the long besieged wall outside Nanyang North City.

In fact, in the camp in the south of the city, preparations were also made to be transferred to the new affiliated army Sun Jichang.

In addition to Chen Zhihu and Luo Xiancheng who attacked Huaixi from both the north and the south, Beiyan united the luxury family and Ye Ji Luo Rong was able to mobilize as many as 160,000 troops in the Nanyang Basin and the peripheral areas.

And Nanyang's guards in Nanyang and Biyang added up to less than 30,000.

Taking Nanyang City is not a problem, the key is to take Nanyang City before Huaidong troops go north.

"For the past few days, the Nanyang defenders have not been firm in their will to attack Beicheng." Standing on the viewing platform, Zhou Fan introduced the plan to attack Nanyang by force. The main city, Zhoubali Xu, is seven or eight times the size of the small town in Hedong. However, Liang Chengchong has recently deployed troops in the small town of Hedong, which is no weaker than Hexi. The army launched a violent offensive from the south, west, and north at the same time, causing the casualties of the Nanyang defenders to exceed a certain limit, and Liang Chengchong would be able to abandon the city and flee..."

"How many casualties can Nanyang's defenders take?" Ye Jiluorong asked with a frown, "If we want to take Nanyang, how many casualties will we take at most."

Shewenzhuang nodded secretly, Zhou Fan introduced the plan to attack Nanyang, and the words were still vague.

Everyone knows that there is a limit to the extent to which an army can bear casualties, but there are great differences in the extent that different armies can bear.

Liang Chengchong was also a battle-hardened veteran. Although his guards were not very elite, they were loyal to Liang's school and could defend against the city. If he wanted to defeat and repel him, he would eventually take Nanyang City. Much more complicated and difficult than field combat.

Even if the siege tactics improve, the defending side will still take a big advantage. If the Nanyang defenders are firm in their will to defend the city, even if there is one soldier and one soldier left in the battle, the price to pay for taking Nanyang City will be unbearably high.

However, it was difficult for Zhou Fan to answer Ye Ji Luorong's question. As a general, he could only test the weak points of the defenders, and then attack them violently, but how weak the defenders would be, and how strong the offensive would collapse, was not something Zhou Fan could answer accurately.

However, Zhou Fan also gave a rough answer, saying: "Liang Chengchong has 8,000 guards in Hexi, and 20,000 civilians go to the city to assist in the defense. From the perspective of the last general, as long as the accumulated casualties at the top of the city exceed 5,000, It's enough to tell Liang Chengchong to withdraw..."

Ye Jiluorong looked sideways at Shewenzhuang and asked, "What does King Min think?"

"General Zhou's words are true," She Wenzhuang said, "Liang Chengyi's 30,000 soldiers and horses beat the 3,000 soldiers and horses of the Ruzhou County King in Ruyang, losing their armor and armor, and they were defeated. If there is a younger brother, it can be seen that his brother may not be able to. Jia, saying that the Nanyang guards can withstand 5,000 casualties is also looking down on Liang Chengchong..."

Ye Jiluorong laughed, but when he turned to look elsewhere, his eyes narrowed, and he secretly said: They all say that Shewenzhuang is an old fox, it seems true or not. Originally, to attack Nanyang, Zhou Fan's troops and She family troops and horses attacked from the north and south at the same time, but Shewenzhuang mentioned Chen Zhihu's victory in Ruyang, intentionally or unintentionally, not to stimulate Zhou Fan to attack Nanyang with all his strength in the north of the city. , so that the extravagant family can pay less casualties.

However, motivating Zhou Fanmao to attack Nanyang with all his strength was also Ye Jiluorong's original intention. Besides, the extravagant family was newly attached, and it was necessary to borrow the power of the luxury family to sweep down Jiangnan. Naturally, Ye Jiluorong would not break the intention of the luxury family.

She Wenzhuang, however, keenly captured Ye Jiluorong's anomaly that no one else could notice, and there were no miscellaneous people on the viewing platform. …”

Ye Jiluorong frowned slightly and confessed frankly, "It's not that Yanjing has any objections, but the Qingzhou guard, Na Hexiongqi, thought that he should surround Nanyang and lured Huaidong troops to attack it north. come over……"

Shewenzhuang is no stranger to Na Hexiongqi. She family first contacted Beiyan through Nahexiongqi, and Nahexiongqi was also the first general of Beiyan who advocated uniting the She family. At that time, the luxury family was still strong in Fujian and Zhejiang. At this time, it could only rely on Beiyan to live.

Na Hexiongqi is a veteran general of Beiyan. Although he is not from a royal family, his position in the Beiyan army is only under a few princes and county kings. Ye Jier made him sit in Qingzhou and actually govern Qingzhou, Denglai, The military administration in Linzi and other places controlled more than 50,000 horse and water troops.

"Nanyang is more suitable for cavalry to kill in the wild, but to the south of the Han River, all the way to Jingzhou, hundreds of miles in between, the network of ditches and rivers is relatively dense, which restricts cavalry combat," Shewenzhuang said, "Then General He advocates encircling Nanyang and fighting for reinforcements, which is indeed a strategy..."

In addition to Chen Zhihu and Luo Xiancheng's two troops, which combined more than 100,000 troops to attack Xinyang from the north and south, in the periphery of Nanyang, Ye Ji Luo Rong was able to mobilize a huge number of 160,000 troops.

In addition, Sun Jichang had 20,000 soldiers and horses in Shangzhou (Wuguan), the She family had 20,000 foot soldiers under Su Tingzhan’s army in Xiangyang and Fancheng, and 5,000 cavalry soldiers under Ajige’s army were also stationed in Fancheng, and Luo Xiancheng was also stationed in Suizhou. There are twenty or thirty thousand soldiers and horses. In Hanjin and Qichun, Chen Hansan and Yang Xiong also had more than 30,000 troops.

In the entire Nanyang Basin, except for Nanyang and Biyang, and Tongbai Mountain to the east of Biyang, other areas, especially the outer Fangcheng, Wuguan, and the south of Xiangyang, Fancheng and other military key points, are under their control. The main force of the Huaidong Army really dared to come to help Nanyang. Nanyang was indeed a battlefield that was extremely beneficial for them to fight.

"It's a good idea to encircle the points and help Nanyang," Ye Jiluorong said with a smile. "It's a pity that Lin Fu is not someone who can easily enter the Internet. How could he go to the northern foot of Huaishan to help Nanyang?"

If the Huaidong Army wants to help Nanyang, it cannot come from the south. Even if the Huaidong Army takes Hanjin and Qichun, along the north of the Hanshui River, they will block the big city of Xiangyang from the Nanyang battlefield. The main force of the Huaidong Army wanted to aid Nanyang, and only from the northeast of Huaishan, through Xinyang in Huaixi, and through Tongbai Mountain to aid Nanyang.

She Wenzhuang smiled and said: "Prince Mu is really wise, unless Donghai Hu is a good man who is willing to let the main force of Huaidong Army enter Nanyang to risk a deadly battle, and let Dong Yuan sit and enjoy the success in Huaixi, otherwise he will not let the main force of Huaidong Army follow Xinyang took the road to help Nanyang. The situation has reached this stage, and it is very obvious that Lin Fu has no intention of calling the main force of the Huaidong Army to help Nanyang."

Azige was trained by Nahexiongqi, so in the Western Route Army, he was one of the few generals who supported Nahexiongqi's strategy of besieging the city. Hearing that Ye Jiluorong and Shewenzhuang both refuted this strategy and asked: " If Lin Fu started, he would never have thought about helping Nanyang, but in July he went to Luzhou to reinforce 30,000 elites, what was he doing?"

"From what the last commander saw, Luzhou and Shouzhou depended on each other, and Luzhou was the center of Huaixi. The Donghai Fox sent troops to Luzhou. The intention was to abandon Nanyang and protect Shouzhou. Only Shouzhou was not lost, and Huaidong was the only one. Only in Xu Si's defense line and its fundamental place Huaidong will the flanks be exposed," Su Tingzhan, who came to Nanyang with Shewenzhuang to meet the Beiyan generals, said eagerly, "Now Huaidong is in the mountains. Yang's water camp also moved westward. Although it did not enter the Hao Shou area, it was always ready to support Hao Shou. To put it bluntly, the military deployment of Donghai Fox in Luzhou and other places was not to help Nanyang, but to guard against us. After winning Nanyang, take advantage of the situation to attack Huaixi..."

Ye Ji Luorong nodded, and gave Su Tingzhan a serious look.

Seeing that Su Tingzhan wanted to vote for the new master, Shewenzhuang felt sad, but he also voted for Yan as a minister. Then Su Tingzhan wanted to leave the She family and set up a new door in Beiyan, but he had no way to stop it, he was afraid that Tian would Chang and Yang Xiong would also have such thoughts.

It is also a slave, how many people are willing to be slaves of slaves? How many people don't want to fight for the status below one person and above ten thousand people?

Ye Jiluorong motioned Su Tingzhan to continue.

"Except for the transfer of Tang Fuguan and Liu Zhenzhi to Luzhou in July, the rest of the Huaidong Army did not change," Su Tingzhan said. "It can be seen that Lin Fu had already decided to give up Nanyang before July. At the same time as protecting Huai West, Lin Fu is more determined to first firmly grasp the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River. At this time, Yuanzhou has fallen, and all the land in Jiangxi is in his hands. At this time, in Lin Fu's heart, instead of risking the north to help Nanyang , it's better to plan Jiang Zhizhi..."

Ye Jiluorong and She Wenzhuang said with emotion: "Zhejiang and Fujian have been more handsome since ancient times. The name of General Su, this king has long heard of it..."

"Tingzhan is indeed a famous general and a handsome soldier." Seeing that Su Tingzhan completely said Ye Jiluorong's heart, She Wenzhuang could only give a compliment.

Ye Jiluorong laughed and said, "It should be said that the people under the King of Fujian are full of talents..."

Even if he wanted to win over Su Tingzhan, he wouldn't overdo it. In fact, the two sons of Shewenzhuang had already died in battle, and they were also old and frail, so they couldn't suppress Su Tingzhan and Tian at all. Chang, Yang Xiong these brave generals.

This is also the fundamental reason why Emperor Tianming canonized Shewenzhuang as the King of Fujian, and Xu Qi cut the land of Fujian to become independent in the future. If She Feixiong and She Feihu were alive, then the She family could not have a chance to return to Fujian.

Ye Jiluorong said to Su Tingzhan again, "General Su, continue talking."

"Lin Fu's plan to rule Jiang, the focus of his plan is not in Nanyang, but in Jingzhou and Hanjin," Su Tingzhan said, "Although Jingzhou is under the jurisdiction of Hu Wenmu, Hu Wenmu is still a minister of the Yue court. Going south, Hu Wenmu wants to hold Jingzhou, and he must rely on Huaidong. If our army delays in Nanyang for too long, ask Hu Wenmu to complete the deployment in Jingzhou, and ask Huaidong to gather the main force to Jiangzhou, or even go further, replace The Chizhou army crossed the river from Jiangzhou and entered the eastern Hubei area, threatening Qichun, Hanjin, and even taking Hanjin, and the trend of crossing the river became..."

Jingzhou is the geographical center of the two lakes, guarding the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and is equally important with Xiangyang in the north and south of Jingxiang.

And Hanjin is also the entrance of the Han River into the Yangtze River. If the main force of the Huaidong Army is called to take Hanjin first, then Beiyan still wants to attack Jingzhou, and the entire flank will be exposed to the front of the main force of the Huaidong Army~ www.wuxiaspot.com~ Right now, Shewenzhuang uses Chen Hansan to guard Qichun and confronts the Chizhou army led by Deng Yu and Yue Zhi in the eastern Hubei area. The Chizhou army had no navy, so it could not cross Qichun and attack Hanjin.

Shewenzhuang used Yang Xiong to guard Hanjin and block the Hanshui branch, but the Huaidong Army had an elite water camp in Jiangzhou, and there were a large number of warships and ferries, which could directly cross the main force of the Huaidong Army's infantry camp from Jiangzhou. The North Shore attacked Hanjin.

In fact, even if the Huaidong Army did not attack Hanjin, as long as tens of thousands of elites were inserted between Hanjin and Qichun along the Yangtze River, it would be enough to destroy their plan to attack Jingzhou in one go after taking Nanyang.

How will the situation of the confrontation between the north and the south develop next? The key point is not Nanyang, and it is impossible to induce the main force of the Huaidong Army to come to help Nanyang and fight with it in Nanyang. The key points of the confrontation between the north and the south are in Jingzhou and Hanjin.

For Beiyan, to capture Nanyang as soon as possible, and the main force to move south quickly, while strengthening the defense of Hanjin, besiege Jingzhou, and finally win Jingzhou, in order to share the geographical advantage of the Yangtze River with Huaidong, and in the future confrontation between the north and the south Take the initiative.

Once Hu Wenmu is asked to strengthen the defense in Jingzhou, and the Huaidong army crosses the Yangtze River and directly threatens Qichun and Hanjin, they will have to send reinforcements and horses to the front line of Hanjin to fight, and they will lose the opportunity to attack Jingzhou in one go. The power fell into the hands of the Huaidong Army.

When Jingxiang's battle situation stabilizes, and when Huaidong's army takes a breather and frees up his hands and feet, Beiyan will have a headache for Huaidong's offensive against Yanliao and other places from the sea.

For Beiyan, it was to capture Nanyang before the main force of the Huaidong army had time to gather in Jiangzhou, and quickly crossed the Han River to attack Jingzhou. The time to stay in Beiyan is only about a month. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter