Lord of the House

Fuyang faces the river on one side and is surrounded by hills and valleys on three sides, making it difficult to walk.

Under the circumstance that the waterway was under the control of the Shejia Zhedong Naval Division, Dong Yuan led his troops to assist Fuyang from Hangzhou, and went westward from Gudang Town on the north side of Xihu Lake, and divided his troops into two paths after leaving the town: all the way through Longwu Village, Take the tunnel between Wuchao Mountain and Xixiang Mountain to Aid Fuyang, all the way through Zhuantang Town and take the valley road between Xixiang Mountain and Lingshan Mountain to Aid Fuyang...

In order to gain time to attack Fuyang, Su Tingzhan not only controlled the waterway with navy warships, but also dispatched a number of elite troops to the east of Fuyang County to intercept reinforcements from Hangcheng; he even divided his troops to attack Shangyanwu in the north of Fuyang City, in order to Establish a more stable interception position in Shangyanwu.

Shangyanwu is the last and most crucial opening to approach Fuyang City from the north.

It was about a hundred miles from Hangzhou to Fuyang, and the valley road between the hills and ridges was also a post road built. Dong Yuan did not lead his troops until noon on the 23rd to Yanque Ridge, north of Shangyanwu.

Standing on the Yanque Ridge, which is more than 40 feet tall, you can not only see the tiled walls of the houses in Shangyanwu, but also clearly see the north gate of Fuyang City—presumably the Fuyang defenders can also see Hangzhou. The city reinforcements have arrived at Yanque Ridge. After all, Yanque Ridge is only the last ten miles away from Fuyang City.

A cloud of black smoke emerged from Shangyanwu and rose into the cloudless blue sky. Dong Yuan finally came a step slower, and Shangyanwu gave Su Tingzhan the first step to capture. A small number of remnants fled to Yanqueling in a hurry, and the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels did not chase, but entered Shangyanwu, or on both sides of the outer periphery of Shangyanwu, using the hilly terrain that was favorable for defense, dug trenches and built fortresses to prevent counterattacks here seize the fortress.

Dong Yuan had a gloomy look on his face. The sentry had just crossed over from the area controlled by the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels. He learned from the sentry that the West Gate of Fuyang County had collapsed, and the fierce guards of the extravagant family were frantically robbing the west gate.

The 6,000 defenders in Fuyang County, most of them newly recruited soldiers, have been defending the city for eight days. During these eight days, Su Tingzhan led the main force of eastern Zhejiang to attack Fuyang in turns, regardless of casualties, and the Fuyang defenders had already been defeated. tired.

At this time, the Fuyang defenders still had the will to resist, and they did not collapse. They just saw that the reinforcements were approaching from the north, but if they were to support Fucheng, they had to capture Shangyanwu first.

Dong Yuan looked at the armored soldier behind him with a heavy heart.

In the past two days, they have been running for the road, and successively defeated the six intercepting teams of the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels along the road, with heavy casualties. Compared with the casualties, what was even worse was the two days and two nights of fierce fighting and rushing on the road, and the generals and soldiers were exhausted.

Most of these 6,000 or 7,000 people were soldiers who were recruited by Dong Yuan when he was out of Weiyang Mansion. But what they are facing is also the division of tigers and wolves of the luxury family. They have strong combat experience and strong will to resist. This will be a **** battle.

During the ten-year East Fujian War, Dong Yuan had already fully experienced the strength of the soldiers in the East Fujian war.

Dongmin is located in a corner, and it is extremely difficult to seek the world from a corner of Dongmin, but it is even more difficult for the outside world to break into Dongmin.

During the ten-year East Fujian War, the East China Sea bandits were rampant, and the imperial navy was unfavorable. The strategy of harassing Jin'an by sea was not feasible. To attack East Fujian by land, the only way to go east was the Sanxi and Minjiang waterways.

Unlike ordinary rebels, the eight surnames in Dongmin are of the same spirit.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were only more than 2,000 people of the Baxing clan who fled to Fujian, but they thrived for more than 200 years and married the local Yiyue people. People ranked fourth among the ten.

That is to say, if the eight surnames Zonghao headed by the extravagant family fought hard, the court would have no possibility of recruiting security and dividing the place, and could only conduct repeated tug-of-war along the narrow Minjiang channel. The tug of war has lasted for nearly two years, and both sides have filled in the flesh and blood of countless generals.

Li Zhuo also went from the deputy envoy of the supervisory army to the supervisor of the army and then to the supervisor of Dongmin. It was not until the seventh year of Chongguan that he finally took control of the whole territory of Jian'anfu in the middle reaches of the Minjiang River. Home can't last for a year or less.

It is also a luxury family of God, and the frontier army was defeated by Chentangyi at this time. More than half of the 200,000 frontier troops were destroyed, the western Liaoning was lost, and Gyeonggi was in danger. The temple was also turned upside down. The Chu Party replaced the Qin Party, and Chen Xinbo was idle for seizing power. The Chu Party would rather give the luxury family a chance to breathe, and would not allow Li Zhuo, who belonged to the Qin Party line, to make a contribution to the southeast of Pingjing. It is also urgent to deploy elite troops to support the northern front.

It was under such a background that the She family surrendered and surrendered, Chen Zhihu led his troops to the north, and Li Zhuo handed over the right to leave the army to Jiangning to serve as the minister of the Jiangning Military Department.

After all, the commander-in-chief was unwilling to disobey the emperor's orders, and there were too many entanglements in his heart. If he had insisted on finishing the last battle in Dongmin, the situation might have been very different.

Dong Yuan sighed inwardly. He didn't know what happened in the past and regretted it was useless, but now he had to take advantage of the unsteady foothold of the Zhejiang-Fujian rebels and take down Shangyanwu as soon as possible. After She Feixiong won Linshui, it was inevitable. It is necessary to redeploy elite soldiers and strong generals to reinforce Fuyang from the western front—counting the time, the western front troops of the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels may be halfway to reinforce Fuyang.

From Wuyuan, Chun'an, and Tonglu along the river, the speed will not be too slow; in the early stage, there were a large number of wooden boats from eastern Zhejiang going westward. I think that from that time, She Feixiong broke through the middle road, and then transferred troops and horses on the west line. The plan to go down the river and move to the north on the middle road, right?

The Zhejiang and Fujian rebels have nearly 50,000 elites on the western front. In the situation where Linshui has fallen, once Fuyang is lost, let She Feixiong transfer 30,000 to 50,000 elites to the middle...

There is no need to waste time to deduce the bad situation after the fall of Fuyang. Now we must first capture Shangyanwu and defend Fuyang City, and then wait for the Haiyu Army and Meng Yishan's old Ning Navy to go south for reinforcements...

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From the news of the fall of Linshui County, the emergency of Fuyang, and the attack of Zhejiang and Fujian troops on Anji in the early morning of yesterday, Haiyu was also in various embarrassments and was caught off guard.

The middle road between Fuyang and Linshui is opened for luxury families. The defense of Huzhou Prefecture is very weak, and it is impossible to resist the influx of tens of thousands of luxury elites. From Huzhou Prefecture to the northeast along Taihu Lake, is Pingjiang Prefecture—including Chen Mingzhe and others, everyone in Pingjiang Prefecture did not expect such a big leak in the middle.

The defense of Pingjiang Prefecture has always been centered on the eastern coast. The southwest is located after Jiaxing, Hangzhou, and Huzhou. It is an interior line. Defense has never been paid attention to. Whether it is garrisoned by troops or fortresses, it is far weaker than the east.

Although the Haiyu Army takes the name of Haiyu, it actually counts as the local military armament of Pingjiang Prefecture. Neither Yu Xinyuan nor Chen Xiyan will tolerate the Chen family only caring about the safety of Haiyu County. After receiving a warrant from Dong Yuan from Hangcheng, Chen Huawen ordered Su Pinxiao to lead the Haiyu navy along the Dongjiang River into Taihu Lake to reinforce Huzhou Prefecture.

Chen Huawen also personally led the soldiers of the Haiyu Army to go south by land, intending to go to Nanxun first, to assist Huzhou and Hangzhou.

Eyes must first keep Huzhou Prefecture City intact, and then we can calmly mobilize reinforcements from other places - but where can there be reinforcements to be adjusted?

Chen Zhihu led his troops to the north, most of the Changhuai Army also went north, and the Huaidong Army also went north - the strength of Dangtu and Luzhou should be guarded against Luo Xiancheng taking the opportunity to move eastward, and the Jiangning garrison was the general reserve army and would not leave easily. In Jiangning, there are less than 8,000 soldiers and horses under Meng Yishan who went to Weiyang Mansion to rest a few years ago to cross the Jiangnan for reinforcements!

It is difficult to say whether Meng Yishan will immediately lead the army to cross the river after receiving the order, and whether he will delay and wait and see.

Fuyang was in a hurry, and the situation could not tolerate any delay. Chen Xiyan, who was recovering in Haiyu County, decided to go to Weiyang to do Meng Yishan's work in person.

Chen Mingzhe left for Chongzhou a moment earlier. In their opinion, the main force of the Huaidong Army had already moved north to King Qin, but there were always some reserve forces on the Chongzhou and Shengsi defense lines that could be urgently transferred to support one or two.

Chen Mingzhe met Li Shutang on the way, and urgently sent someone to stop Chen Xiyan from halfway. When they met in Haiyu City, it was already the early morning of the 23rd.

"What, the envoy Lin Zhizhi has returned to Huaidong!"

After learning from Li Shutang's mouth that Lin Fu had gone south quietly and that there was no news that the main force of the Huaidong Army had gone north to King Qin, Chen Xiyan could no longer hide his shock.

Chen Mingzhe was also surprised and delighted. What was surprised was that Lin Fu had put on such a big pretense that the main force of the Huaidong Army actually lurked after leaving Chongzhou. Without the reinforcements of the Huaidong Army, what would happen to the situation in Yanji?

At present, the luxury family is about to come in from the middle road, and the whole line of Zhejiang, Pingjiang, Danyang, Huinan, and Jiangning is in a hurry, and no one is in the mood to pay attention to the situation in Yanji!

At this time, the main force of the Huaidong Army had already lurked in the northern sea area of ​​the Shengsi line of defense, and adjusted the deployment of the south to raid the luxury home.

"My lord has been informed a long time ago and knew that the southern line is critical. When the north and the south can't see each other, Huaidong can only protect Jiangning first, and my lord secretly returned from Jinhai to Huaidong to supervise the battle!" Li Shutang explained.

Li Shutang's eloquent explanation naturally could not deceive Chen Xiyan.

Someone in Fangjiabu defected to the luxury family and opened the gap for the luxury family to attack Linshui, which was beyond everyone's expectations. This is also the key to the emergency in the middle. It is impossible for Huaidong to know the news in advance.

The main force of the Huaidong Army left Chongzhou on the 12th and headed north. At this time, he was able to dive into the sea to the north of the Shengsi line of defense to make preparations, which means that Lin Fu used King Qin as a guise from the beginning to follow his plan to build a plank road and cross Chencang secretly!

Even if they cover up for Huaidong again, Huaidong is a big crime to deceive the emperor. In the past, Chen Xiyan would never be in the company of a traitorous minister like Lin Fu, but at this time, what choice would he have?

Yanji is in danger, but it is more important to protect Jiangdong.

"My lord returned to Huaidong for the first time, and didn't know much about the situation in Zhejiang and Zhejiang; I only learned about the fall of Linshui and the emergency in Fuyang after I arrived at Haiyu," Li Shutang said, "I also asked Sir Chen to make it difficult and condescend to go to Shengsi with my lord. Let’s discuss the rescue plan together!”

Even if Huaidong can build a miracle this time~www.wuxiaspot.com~, he is not afraid that the court will investigate the crime of deceiving the king, but using King Qin as a guise is always at a loss. Li Shutang invited Chen Xiyan to Shengsi to meet with Lin Fu, so that he could not get involved in this matter, at least to stop the mouths of some Wu Party officials and scholars in the future.

Chen Xiyan hesitated again and again. Although he knew that the court was unable to investigate Huaidong's accusation of deceiving the emperor, he did not want to be with Lin Fu, let alone get involved in this matter, but at the same time he was worried that the Huaidong army did not know the situation in Fuyang. , delaying the war opportunity - once the extravagant army and horses leaked in from Fuyang and Linshui, it was the children of Sanwu who suffered.

As long as Meng Yishan knew that the main force of the Huaidong Army did not go north, he would decisively lead the army to cross the river south and compete for military exploits, so Chen Xiyan no longer needed to go to Weiyang Mansion in person.

However, the original Ning Haijun crossed the river and then went south by land to reach the territory of Huzhou Prefecture. At least it would take three or five days. What the situation will be after three or five days, it is difficult to say now, and it will not be worse.

In the end, Chen Xiyan, with extremely complicated feelings, took a boat with Chen Mingzhe and Li Shutang to Daheng Island to see Lin Bie.

From the 21st, the main force of the Huaidong Army has assembled in the waters north of Daheng Island, adjusted its deployment, and made final preparations before the attack. Chen Xiyan and Chen Mingzhe followed Li Shutang to Daheng Island, and the twilight was already heavy. The advance fleet is moving south by the wind, and under the cover of the night, it will quickly pass through the inner waters of Daishan and Changguo Islands, and hit the heart of the luxury family in eastern Zhejiang!

Since the She family has established a complete beacon fire pier system in Daishan, Changguo Islands, Mingzhou and Kuaiji, after the main Huaidong army has passed the Shengsi line of defense, the time to sneak to the inner line without being detected is only one night at most. It would be too late to directly attack Fuyang, which is located in the middle reaches of the Qianjiang River and has tortuous waterways. Lin Bie's first attack is Mingzhou! My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter