Lord of the House

On the defensive line of eastern Hubei, the most fortunate one is Zhong Rong, who guards Tiemen Mountain, once was a giant bandit in Tongbai Mountain, and is known as the butcher general.

Tiemen Mountain is located in the middle section of the Eastern Hubei defense line, but it is more inward geographically than Huangpi and Fengshan. If the Huaidong Army wanted to pose a threat to the enemy of Tiemen Mountain, the two flanks would inevitably be exposed, so they and the Chizhou Army let go of the Tiemen Mountain in the middle section, and pointed the main force to the two ends of the Eastern Hubei defense line.

When Lin Fu ordered a general attack on the Eastern Hubei defense line, he could only temporarily let go of Tiemen Mountain to give Zhong Rong a chance to retreat to Xiaochang calmly.

When Zhong Rong entered Tiemen Mountain in the early stage, he had 40,000 troops and horses, and because he was not in the active direction of the Huaidong Army, in the later stage, he continued to draw troops to supplement Shewenzhuang into the front lines of Huangpi and Hanjin. , Zhong Rong's troops in Tiemen Mountain were less than 15,000.

Tiemen Mountain is also close to Xiaochang, only more than 80 miles away, and in Xiaochang, Luo Xiancheng also deployed another 10,000 soldiers and horses as backup. In fact, before the collapse of the Baitahe defense line, Zhong Rong made up his mind to abandon Tiemenshan and flee to Xiaochang. Zhong Rong also knew in his heart that once the main force of the Huaidong Army on Huangpi's side was called free, he would have ten feet and would not be able to escape the Huaidong Army's net.

Zhong Rong must flee north as soon as possible when the attention of the main force of the Huaidong Army is returned to the defeated troops on the front lines of Huangpi and Hanjin, in order to gain a chance of survival.

In the early morning of the 22nd, the sky turned pale, and the horses' hooves hurried like a shower, and they went straight to Xiaochang City and knocked on the door.

The gate of Xiaochang City was closed, and the small school guarding the gate picked out the wind lantern, and his nervous hands were shaking, afraid that a sharp arrow would suddenly shoot him into a hedgehog.

"Blind your dog's eyes, even I don't recognize it! Tell Wang Xian'er to get up and open the city gate." Zhong Rong restrained the panting warhorse, raised his head and shouted to the city tower. The school's ears exploded.

"General Zhong!" Only then did the guard Wang Xian'er stick out his head tremblingly, and told the guards to lower the suspension bridge and introduce Zhong Rong into the city.

Joining Beiyan was not without merit. Zhong Rong had won two or three thousand good horses before the war, and he had a rare line of cavalry in his hands. At this time, it was these two or three thousand direct descendants who followed Zhong Rong to Xiaochang first.

Wang Xian'er saw that only two or three thousand cavalry came in with Zhong Rong, and when Tiemenshan also called the Huaidong Army to be defeated, she asked Zhong Rong in her voice, "Why did General Zhong bring back such a number of people?"

"Gou Laozi, how many people can run away in the middle of the night?" Zhong Rong was also panting.

Zhong Rong was worried that Tiemen Mountain would cut off the Huaidong Army's retreat route one step later. When retreating at night, only the soldiers and horses of his direct line were retreating, and the other soldiers and horses remained behind.

The 15,000 soldiers and horses left for Zhong Rong in Tiemen Mountain can be said to be the elite soldiers in the Suizhou army, but the elite soldiers are also divided into grades. Zhong Rong insisted that all the soldiers and horses follow the speed of his direct cavalry, and to withdraw to Xiaochang before the early morning, he would only make most of the 15,000 soldiers scattered during the march.

Wang Xiang and Luo Wenhu's surrender to Huaidong had also been confirmed at this time, and Zhong Rong was not sure that all the soldiers and horses in Tiemen Mountain were willing to flee north with him. Why ask them to flee north with them?

At this time, only the loyal and reliable direct line soldiers and horses can be grasped in their hands.

If there is too much greed at this time, and the troops are in a panic, who knows if anyone would think of taking his head and running to the Huaidong Army to claim credit and atonement?

"What's the situation in Suizhou?" Zhong Rong walked into Wang Xian'er's guard house, drank the hot tea brought by the maid, and asked Wang Xian'er several questions one after another. All night he was in a hurry to hurry, and he had no time to pay attention to the movements on other sections of the Eastern Hubei defense line.

Wang Xian'er was someone Luo Xiancheng and Zhong Rong trusted, otherwise he would not have been asked to lead the army to guard Xiaochang.

Wang Xian'er was also in shock, and said: "The exploration of horses can't get close to Suizhou City, but listening to the news, Suizhou has not completely fallen. Huaidong has a military and horses in the north that are moving very fast, and I am afraid that they are going to capture Zaoyang. It's Huaidong's big conspiracy..."

"What are you panicking about?" Although Zhong Rong couldn't help his heart tremble when he thought of the terrible place, he still called Wang Xian'er to calm down and said, "What's the situation over Huangpi, has Chen Hansan withdrawn?"

"The Huangpi side has already fallen, and most of the troops and horses have fled to the northwest. The Huaidong Army is currently chasing the northwest. No troops and horses have come to Xiaochang yet. There is no movement from Chen Hansan. He wants to withdraw. It's not easy..." Wang Xian'er said.

Chen Hansan is based on Fengshan in the north. He is stationed on the other side of Fengshan. Behind him are the steep Fengshan and Zhiqishan. To escape, he can only escape to Fengshan and Zhiqishan. He wants to pass through Fengshan. , Inserting Qishan and withdrawing to Qishan is not an easy task, nor can it be accomplished in a short time.

Zhong Rong thought about it too. With the 30,000 main force of the Chizhou army staring at him, it was not easy for Chen Hansan to withdraw. If he wanted to survive, he could only escape to the depths of the southern section of Huaishan, but after the war in Jingxiang, Huaishan will become Huaishan. Under the control of the Eastern Army, Chen Hansan escaped this disaster at this time, how long can he struggle?

Zhong Rong couldn't control Chen Hansan. At this time, the Huaidong Army in the direction of Huangpi had not sent troops to fight Xiaochang, which was good news for him, but to the north of Xiaochang, there were still a large number of Huaidong between Suizhou and Lishan. It is still not easy for him to lead his troops with Wang Xian'er through the blockade of Suizhou and Lishan, enter the northern vein of Huaishan, and join Luo Xiancheng...

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After completely breaking through the enemy's Baitahe-Huangpi-Xiongjiagang defense line, Lin Fu left everything behind and went to sleep, but Fu Qinghe, Gao Zongting, Song Fu, Ao Canghai, Zhou Pu and others still couldn't relax. They must sit in the central army tent, coordinate and adjust the deployment of troops to pursue and defeat the enemy.

The letter cavalry was constantly passing and running on the front line, and the officers of the Ministry of Military Intelligence were constantly adjusting the advance of the chasing and crushing armies on the hanging map. With the development of the war, the enemy cities and enemy bases in the key places of Huangpi, Hanjin, Xiongjiagang, Xiaonan, and Yunmeng were recovered, and the small red flag was constantly inserted in the northwest direction.

Zhou Pu sat listlessly in the chair. He couldn't lead his troops to chase down the enemy, and he was not good at staying in the central army tent, so he had to stay in the central army tent, so it was inevitable that he would doze off. I want to find a corner to make up for a big sleep.

"Fengshan Chizhou army reported the victory, Deng Yu broke the Feng Shanzhai, and Chen Hansan led the remnants to flee to Paqi Mountain!" Another military intelligence came in.

Zhou Pu was refreshed when he heard the news, and suddenly came to his senses. There are not a few people who have been harmed by Chen Hansan over the years, but when it comes to hating Chen Hansan, few people are more profound than Zhou Pu. They were killed by Chen Hansan back then, and the brothers suffered heavy casualties, so they were forced to leave Huaishang and flee to Huaian...

Fu Qinghe was calm, he took his remaining right hand and planted a small flag on Fengshan Mountain. After discussing with Gao Zongting and Song Fu for a moment, he gave Lin Fu an order: "Let Yuezhi lead the Qing Dynasty to plant the flag in Mount Qishan. Remaining enemy, order Deng Yu to lead his troops to bypass Fengshan and attack between Tiemenshan and Xiaochang to pursue the enemy and defeat..."

Song Fu looked at the map and said worriedly: "Before the inner city of Suizhou is underway, Zi'ang will concentrate more troops in Suizhou. Between Suizhou and Lishan, there is a gap for Zhong Rong to escape..."

Between Suizhou and Lishan, there is a low hilly belt of 145 miles wide. Cao Zi'ang sent Liu Zhenzhi to lead his troops westward to intercept the enemy's defeat in the south of Zaoyang. There were only 24,000 or 5,000 troops in Suizhou. With the ability to completely block the relationship between Suizhou and Lishan, Zhong Rong and some of the enemy soldiers in Xiaochang had the opportunity to pass through it and escape to the north of Huaishan.

Fu Qinghe said: "With such a big net, there is no way to catch all the fish in one net, and there is no way to leak one or two out..."

Yanhu's 160,000 troops in eastern Hubei will have 110,000 troops concentrated on the front lines of Huangpi and Hanjin in the later period. The Huaidong army will naturally concentrate its forces to surround and destroy the enemy.

Moreover, the defeated enemy mainly fled in the direction of Shicheng. Shicheng was located in the upper reaches of the Han River and was an important node for the continued development of the war. The next step for the Huaidong Army is to gather in Shicheng, or cross the Han River from Shicheng to the west bank of the Han River, or continue northward along the Han River from Shicheng to Xiangfan and Nanyang.

The main battle direction of the main force of the Huaidong Army should gradually move to the west, so that too many troops should not be dispersed to the east.

Ao Canghai said: "It is possible to send a cavalry between Xiaochang and Tiemen Mountain to urge the enemy to break up..."

Gao Zongting nodded and said, "That's fine, I can't tell Zhong Rong to take the entire army to the northern front~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Let him escape with his heirs to meet Luo Xiancheng, it's already for him. You're welcome." Right now, the enemy generals on the southern front cannot be told to escape comfortably to the northern front. Even if Zhong Rong, the big fish, can't be free to catch it for a while, he must cut off as many defeated soldiers as possible.

The reconstruction of Jingxiang after the war and the subsequent expansion of the war on the Goryeo Peninsula required a large number of young soldiers, and prisoners were the cheapest source of young soldiers. Naturally, the 25,000 enemies in Xiaochang and Tiemen Mountain could not be comfortable. The clothes fled to the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain. What's more, Luo Xiancheng had the possibility of surrendering to Dong Yuan, so he couldn't make Dong Yuan feel comfortable.

At this time, someone came in and reported: "Zhang Gou's army sent people to **** Shewenzhuang and Wen Chengyun..."

Everyone in the tent stopped what they were doing together and looked at the tent door.

Zhang Gou first sent a cavalry to report the capture of Shewenzhuang, and Fu Qinghe ordered Zhang Gou to **** the people back to the camp immediately. At this time, Zhang Gou brought people in, but everyone still felt that there was something unreal.

Gao Zongting sighed softly and ignored the matter, but sat there and continued to sign the military order to send troopers to Xiaochang to harass him.

Fu Qinghe glanced at Song Fu and said, "I have to trouble Duke Song to confirm the identity of Shewenzhuang..."

Shewenzhuang has a great reputation, but Song Fu was the only one who had actually met Shewenzhuang, and only Song Fu could confirm the identity of Shewenzhuang.

At this time Song Jia came over and asked, "I heard that Duke Wenzhuang was escorted?"

"Master is awake?" Gao Zongting raised his head and asked.

Song Jia shook her head and said, "My lord is still sleeping soundly; if possible, my concubine has asked me unkindly, and I want to see Duke Wen Zhuang before my lord wakes up..."

Fu Qinghe nodded and said, "Miss Song, please." My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter