Lord of the House

"Specially by the order of the Privy Council, the prefect of Shouzhou, Ding Zhiru who stayed behind, the military superintendent, Chen Juxian, deputy general of the Zuobu School of Huaixi Xingying, and other generals in Shouzhou know that: from now on, the commander of the Fengli Army and the commander of the Shouzhou garrison, Meng Yan, the prefect of Xinyang, went out to know the affairs of Shouzhou. Ding Zhiru and Chen Juxian handed over the fortresses of Shouzhou and Xishishan before the 27th, and the first division of the Fengli Army took over the defense. Cut without mercy!"

Liu Xilin took the lead in ordering the 5,000 elites to take advantage of the grain-carrying boat to grab it from the mouth of Dongling Lake and land at the pier on the east bank of Dongling Lake. Between Lei and Shouzhou City, to prevent the possibility of the Kipishi Mountain defenders retreating to Shouzhou City, only at noon did a few horses gallop to the downstairs of the North City of Shouzhou City, and read aloud in front of the defenders of Shouzhou North City. Privy Council Order.

"Strong thief!" Yuan Hancheng had fainted for a while, and when he woke up, he heard several riders reading the order of the Privy Council under the city, yelling, "Strong thief, shoot me these strong thieves!"

Ding Zhiru smashed the wall with blood, and his palms were dripping with blood. Why didn't he want to order these people in the city to be shot on the spot, and asked the Huaidong Army to see his face, but shooting these horses to death on the spot, that is only to stand by and wait for help. Besides, there is no way out!

There were six battalions of defenders near Shouzhou, and they were divided into two parts: Shouzhou City and Kipishi Mountain, and there was no way to join them together.

Although only five thousand Huaidong elites had landed outside Shouzhou at this time, Ding Zhiru had no doubt that the Meng family in Xinyang had already joined Huaidong. This means that the main force of the first township division of the Fengli Army to assist Xinyang in the west and the defenders of Xinyang City controlled by the Meng family will soon enter the city of Shouzhou by water.

The Sixth Battalion had less than 4,000 defenders divided into two places, and faced 25,000 or 6,000 soldiers and horses. How long could they defend? Ding Zhiru was not familiar with military affairs, but the guard general Chen Juxian was pale and knew that he was not at all sure that he would be able to defend Dong Yuan and lead the main force to return from the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain...

Chen Juxian is a direct-line general trusted by Dong Yuan, but the other generals and the most common soldiers are not puppets with no brains at all! Torn face with Huaidong, in the situation where the odds of winning are extremely slim, there are less than 2,000 defenders in Shouzhou City, how many people need to go with Huaixi on the charge of "rebel" East confrontation in the end?

"There is a difference in Xinyang. The envoys in Guangshan County must be aware of it, and a secret order should be sent back soon." Chen Juxian said to Ding Zhiru, although he was loyal to Dong Yuan, he did not dare to attack and block the final retreat. Death; even if there is a fight, Dong Yuan should make the decision.

Huaidong's army was all under the city, and Dong Yuan didn't have any news. It can be expected that Dong Yuan didn't notice Xinyang's change at least until yesterday - what cards did they have to fight against Huaidong?

Dong Yuan wanted to adjust the deployment of troops to the south of Guangshan, and he wanted to lead the troops and horses of his direct line back to Shouzhou, which could be done in three to five days.

And the order of the Privy Council issued by Lin Fu is very clear, Shouzhou city defense must be surrendered before tomorrow, otherwise it will be punished as treason, Fengli army will directly attack Shouzhou city - there is no doubt that Ding Zhiru is not qualified to test Huai at all The bottom line of the Eastern Army.

At this time, several horses rushed from the southwest on horses. They were the henchmen sent by Dong Yuan from Guangshan to go back to Shouzhou to report the news. He whipped his horse hips and galloped to Shouzhou City.

Dong Yuan did not have a straight gallop between Guangshan and Shouzhou to pass the letter. The letter cavalry came from Guangshan, traveled more than 500 miles day and night, ran away several horses, and still failed to reach the elite front of Fengli Camp. He rushed to Shouzhou to report the letter before cutting the Kip Mountain Stone from Shouzhou City.

After reading Dong Yuan's secret letter, Ding Zhiru burst into tears with heartache and showed the secret letter to Chen Juxian, Yuan Hancheng and others, saying: "The envoy has sent people to Shouxinyang, and Zhong Rong and other generals have led the Suizhou army. Fall, the situation is still promising, there must be a chance to make a comeback, this world will never be covered by the Huaidong Shuzi. I go out of the city to negotiate with the Huaidong Army, and I can't recruit the family of the envoy, the king of Chu and the generals. Xiaodu brings out Shouzhou City, I would rather die than surrender!"

"Shouzhou can't be let go," Chu Hancheng dragged his lips into tears, his face covered with tears, that is, there was a secret order from Dong Yuan, and he was not reconciled to see Shouzhou and Haozhou, which had been in business for several years, being easily taken away by Huaidong. Grabbing Ding Zhiru's arm, he said, "Tao Chun is in Guoyang, only a hundred miles away from the Beishan camp in Kipishi. There are 30,000 soldiers and horses. You can immediately send a letter cavalry over and ask him to lead his troops back to help!"

Ding Zhiru smiled bitterly and shook his head. Tao Chun has suppressed them all these years. From the beginning, he was in charge of 50,000 elites, and even the 20,000 direct descendants may not be able to grasp all of them. He has to take the wrong medicine to help them. Fight with Huaidong?

Even if Tao Chun is willing to lead troops to help, how will he survive the mighty Huai Shui?

The only navy in Huaixi was concentrated in the upper reaches of the Huai River. In the upper reaches of the Huai River, they were prepared to guard against the Suizhou army fleeing north, and there was no possibility of a victory or defeat with the Huaidong elite navy in the Huai River!

Yuan Hancheng was speechless and weeping, so he gave up Shouzhou, and Haozhou could not be guaranteed. Tao Chun would definitely take the opportunity to break away from Huaixi's grasp. Even if Dong Yuan still had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, there was no place to support them. The food to support the army, what about the comeback, what about the capital to fight against Huaidong?

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When the sun was sloping westward, Ning Zechen led nearly 15,000 troops of the Chinese army into Shouzhou.

When Liu Xilin led his troops to completely separate and block Shouzhou City and the military fortress of Kipishi Mountain, the main force of the Chinese army landed directly from the western foot of Kipishi Mountain. Xilin Confluence.

Ding Zhiru came out of the city and proposed various conditions for handing over the defense of Shouzhou, Ning Zechen raised his head and asked him: "After the destruction of Xuzhou city, the king of Chu moved to Shouzhou, what is the reason for the king of Chu to go to Xinyang with you if he does not obey the order at this time? ? King Min is the emperor's youngest son, and he was given the title of Shouzhou when he was young. The emperor misses him very hard, not to mention sending King Min back to Jiangning, why do you want to take King Min away? Tao Chun is guarding Guoyang, even if his family is small If you want to follow the army, the general will naturally send them to Guoyang. What is the reason for you to go to Xinyang? The general was only ordered to take over the defense of Shouzhou, in case the Hulu sent troops from Shandong to attack Shouzhou, Sir Ding, do you think Too much?"

Ding Zhiru almost spat out a mouthful of blood, and said sternly, "Huaidong is bullying people too much, so he's not afraid of changes in his elbows and armpits."

"Huaidong has no intention to deceive people, and he has no intention of deceiving others," Ning Zechen put his hand on the long case and stared at Ding Zhiru with eagle-like eyes, "But who should go and who wants to go. , who shouldn't go, who doesn't want to go, how can there be no rules at all? Mr. Ding can take away those who should go and those who want to go, and I will not keep them; those who should not go, and those who do not want to go. , if Master Ding wants to argue with this general and use some tricks, don't think that Huaidong is easy to bully!"

"..." Ding Zhiru and Ning Zechen glared at each other with no intention of backing down.

Ning Zechen waved his hand and said, "Master Ding, please go back to the city, and I will come to take Shouzhou City at noon tomorrow!" Without giving Ding Zhiru a chance to argue, he asked the left and right squires to directly expel Ding Zhiru from the tent.

To expel Ding Yuan back to Shouzhou City, Ning Zechen did not neglect his actions at all: he divided five thousand troops into a village on the south bank of Dongling Lake, and controlled the passage from the southwest to Shouzhou, so as to prevent Dong Yuan from dying and breaking the net. Zhixin led troops from Xinyang to rescue Shouzhou; divided five thousand troops and arrived at the northern foot of Kipishi Mountain to cut wood as a camp, and sealed the two thousand Huaixi defenders of Kipishi Mountain in the camp; and pushed eight thousand soldiers and horses directly to Shouzhou overnight. They camped outside the northern city and set up heavy slingshots. That night, in the name of military exercises, the stone bombs weighing more than 100 catties smashed the moat outside the city into splashes...

At this moment, Ding Zhiru, Yuan Hancheng, Chen Juxian and others all understood that Huaidong didn't want to force them directly, but they had no room to bargain with Huaidong.

Huaidong still has 30,000 water infantry troops in Shanyang, and coming to Shouzhou to participate will not be slower than Dong Yuan's return from Guangshan. The 100,000 soldiers and horses of Beiyan on the west bank fled. With this excuse, Lin Fu would not miss the opportunity to completely annihilate the Huaixi soldiers and horses.

At this time, Lin Fu sent the water camp warships into the Han River, and Cao Zi'ang led 50,000 to 60,000 troops to defend the front line of Fancheng and Zaoyang, and he could completely block the Yanhu troops and horses in the north and west of Fancheng, and Hui Lin Fu could directly enter from Fancheng. The Huangpi front line led the main force of the Huaidong Army to the north, crossed Huaishan and entered Xinyang to encircle and wipe out the Huaixi soldiers and horses - Huaixi lacked the materials for long-term confrontation with Huaidong, and there were many internal factional conflicts. Zhong Rong and other 60,000 soldiers and horses were all undecided. Subduing the army is really going to be a battle to the death, and Huaixi will not have a chance to win by luck...

Ning Zechen's meaning was very clear: King Chu and King Min, the youngest son of Emperor Yongxing, were not allowed to leave Shouzhou without an decree; those of the Huaixi Army who were willing to move out of Shouzhou would not be stopped or held hostage; If they leave, Ding Zhiru is also forbidden to use means to hold them away.

Day and night, the king of Chu, Yuan Hancheng, suddenly grew old, hunched over his back.

Yuan Hancheng understood that he really had no excuse to leave Shouzhou, and at this time Dong Yuan had no qualifications to show his cards with Huaidong. Since Dong Yuan chose to be forbearance, he would not have a showdown with Huaidong for him. He stayed in Shouzhou. If he had a good life, he would be under house arrest until he died. The concubine, the prince and the grandson of the concubine, it is impossible to live comfortably any more...

Lin Fu wants to stand on his own in the Yuan Dynasty, and the first thing he will eradicate is these imperial barriers.

In addition, as Ding Zhiru expected, he could not force it. Even if Tao Chun's relatives in Shouzhou did not get in touch with Tao Chun, they refused to move to Xinyang with them. They would rather stay in Shouzhou and watch the situation - since Huaidong At this time, Xu Ding Zhiru moved Dong Yuan's family away, and when Tao Chunzhen was determined to follow Dong Yuan and did not break away from Huaixi, Huaidong would probably not tear them apart and leave them in trouble.

Ding Zhiru was so heartbroken that what choice would Tao Chun have? It's not difficult to guess at all: once Lin Bie put the charge of rebellion on the head of the Huaixi Army, and Huaixi could not see any hope of winning, he was afraid that Tao Chun would be the first Stand out from Huaixi, and even attack them fiercely in order to please Lin Fu!

At noon on the 27th, the closed north and west gates of Shouzhou City were silently opened, and the defenders escorted a convoy of nearly a thousand horses and mules from the west gate. Huo Qiu in the west went away...

Ning Zechen sat on the warhorse in armor, and Meng Yan also stood on a gentle **** in the northwest of Shouzhou City, watching the chariots and horses go west, Liu Xilin had already led his troops into Shouzhou City at the north gate.

Meng Yan said, "Xiao Kuian may be able to send someone to lobby..."

Ning Zechen shook his head and said: "My lord, since Dong Yuan is willing to give up Shouzhou City, we will continue to chase and wipe out the enemy on the west bank of the Han River according to our strategy. We will temporarily occupy Shouzhou City and the Kipishi Mountain Army. As for the specific adjustment of the Huaixi defense area, we will make arrangements after the war, and we will not make extraneous problems first.”

Meng Yan nodded, Dong Yuan was the lesser of two evils, and Huaidong had to give priority to ensuring that the main combat intentions could be realized. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter