Lord of the House

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In late January of the second year of Yongxing, the rebel general Chen Zhihu led his troops into Qinyang, slaughtered the city, and plundered the army for three days; Yanhu Jinnan soldiers and horses basically controlled the north bank of the Yellow River from Tongguan to Taihang Mountain, and a large number of cavalry bypassed Daliang, Zhengzhou, etc. The big city, raided the city in the hinterland of Hehuai.

In the eastern part of the Shandong Peninsula, more than 20,000 cavalry of Yanhu who infiltrated around Yangxin and other cities, and after Tupingdu City, successively captured Changle, Anle, Laiyang, Zhaoyuan, Haiyang and other cities.

The Hehuai Line of Defense still adheres to the strategy of fortifying walls and clearing fields, concentrating forces to defend key cities, and avoiding field battles with the enemy. Although the production of Hehuai and Shandong has been severely damaged, the Hehuai Line of Defense itself does not seem to have received much direct impact.

Compared with Yanhu's situation in the north, the battle of the Shejia family along the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line fell into a difficult stagnation.

Qin Zitan stood at the head of the city and looked at the Nanxi River, which passed around the city. The Nanxi River meanders southward, and joins with the Yongjia River to go east for more than 40 miles before entering the sea. Thirty miles north of the Yongjia River estuary along the coast is Yueqing.

The news brought back by the sentry who sneaked into the territory of Yueqing was not optimistic. Since the end of January, a large number of ships in Huaidong have been stationed along the coast of Yueqing. In addition to the continuous increase in the number of troops stationed in Yueqing, Huaidong even began to migrate households to the coastal islands east of Yueqing.

"Huaidong is determined to open up the battlefield in southern Zhejiang..." Wen Tingrui, the counselor of the Southern Zhejiang Governor's Office and the director of Yongjia Prefecture, pulled out deep wrinkles on his forehead. Facing the continuous flow of bad news from the east, he said: Only make such a judgment.

Qin Zitan frowned, when the Huaidong navy swept across the East China Sea and Zhejiang and Fujian could not control each other, the She family fell into a passive state.

Huaidong has nearly 40,000 water infantry troops stationed in Mingzhou Prefecture. The Zhejiang and Fujian troops will form an outer line of defense around the inner line in Kuaiji, Zhuji, Dongyang, Tiantai, Taizhou and other places on the periphery, deploying nearly 60,000 water troops. The infantry can barely guarantee the stability of the defense line.

In order to gather 60,000 water infantry troops on the periphery of Mingzhou Prefecture, the military potential of Shejia in eastern Zhejiang has almost been emptied, and the garrison in Yongjia Prefecture has dropped from the original 20,000 to 10,000, of whom are absolutely loyal to the Shejia. There are only 3,000 Bamin elites.

For Huaidong, there is no need to resort to any risky tactics or tricks, just choose this opportunity to open up a new battlefield in southern Zhejiang, whether it is the officials, generals of Yongjia Prefecture, or Zhejiang. Everyone in the Southern Governor's Mansion, Yang or Zhejiang and Fujian Provinces, felt great pressure.

Qin Zitan was always worried about the situation in southern Zhejiang, so he came to Yongjia from Dongyang County to observe the situation.

"The Yongjia commander has a total of 10,000 soldiers and horses. We must ensure that the Huaidong Army will be suppressed in Yueqing City. At least 30,000 or 40,000 people will be required. The second son has already felt very difficult, and now he can only rescue it with the eldest son." The veteran general wearing scale armor stood beside Wen Tingrui and said in a urn.

"The eldest son's offensive against Huinan and Gannan in western Zhejiang is also a little lacking, and if we take out another 20,000 to 30,000 troops, I am afraid that he will be forced to switch from offensive to defensive," Wen Tingrui said, "Even if we know Huaidong The soldiers and horses have assembled in Yueqing on a large scale, and it is still uncertain whether their active direction is Yongjia or Taizhou..."

Taizhou was formerly known as Zhang An, also known as Huipu. Located in the south of Jiaojiang River, east of Nanxi River and north of Yueqing Bay, Taizhou Plain is the most important grain-producing area in southern Zhejiang. Huipu and Wenling counties alone have more than 1.5 million mu of dry and dry fields. In the past, it was severely harassed by East China Sea bandits. In recent years, farming has recovered rapidly. Although it cannot be compared with the land of fish and rice in the Suhu Plain, it is extremely precious in southern Zhejiang where "seven points of mountains, one point of water, and two points of fields".

In addition to Taizhou being a rare and precious land of fish and rice in southern Zhejiang, it is also the outer barrier of central Zhejiang. From Taizhou along the Jiaojiang River, through Linhai County, you can clip Tiantai, and through Xianyou westward, you can enter Quzhou in central Zhejiang, directly threatening the heart of Zhejiang and Fujian troops in western Zhejiang.

After the loss of Mingzhou Prefecture, Taizhou was also a must for the Zhejiang and Fujian troops. There were more than 10,000 elite soldiers stationed in Huipu (Taizhou Fuzhi, today's Taizhou City), Wenling City and Fanghai Zhuzhai. At the same time, it also blocked the downstream waterway of the Jiaojiang River to prevent the Huaidong warships from driving directly in from the waterway. However, with Yueqing City as the base in Huaidong, after controlling the fort along the Yueqing Bay, the army can cross the relatively gentle Tainan hills from the south and enter the territory of Wenling County, without the need to carry out brutal landing operations under the guard of Taizhou defenders.

In order to regain the initiative in southern Zhejiang, the Zhejiang-Fujian army must suppress the troops and horses under Yueqing City, or even directly capture Yueqing City. To achieve this step, it is necessary to maintain an absolute advantage in military strength, but it is easier said than done!

Qin Zitan lamented in his heart: Huaidong controls the sea route and can gather and transfer troops and various materials at a fast speed. They don't even know how many troops Huaidong has assembled in Yueqing. For the She family, only by delaying the situation, waiting for Yanhu to break through the Hehuai line of defense, directly pointing the troops to the Huaihe line, and attracting the forces of Jiangning and Huaidong to the north, can the She family regain the initiative.

The main force of the Huaidong navy is on the southern line. It is difficult for the She family to regain control of the East China Sea from Huaidong. They can only hope that Yanhu can see the irreplaceable role of the Huaidong navy in strategy. Pay attention to the construction of the navy.

The She family raised the flag twice in a short period of time to rebel against the Yuan clan, and they have lost the possibility of negotiating peace with Jiang Ning. Even if Yanhu gains momentum in the future and the She family is forced to join Yanhu, they can at least win the title of the King of Fujian.

No matter how passive the situation is, sticking to it is the best choice for the Shejia and other seven Fujian clans.

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In the middle of January of the second year of Yongxing, Tang Fuguan and Chen Dingbang led their troops into Yueqing, and the new Zhejiang Southern Army, which was affiliated to the Eastern Zhejiang Camp, was officially formed. The New Zhejiang Southern Army has a total of 15 battalions and 9,000 water infantry troops. Tang Fuguan leads the Zhejiang Southern Army as deputy commander, Chen Dingbang and Zuo Guangying are deputy, and Liu Wenzhong and Yang Zichen are divided into Yueqing government affairs, food and salaries, and city repairs. ...

At the most difficult time, Liu Wenzhong and Zuo Guangying gave up all the defense villages and islands except Yueqing City and Jishan Island, and defended the city according to the sea. Since the Huaidong Navy and the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion cooperated to harass the coastal areas of southern Zhejiang and eastern Fujian, and the She family's troops and horses in southern Zhejiang were also in a state of shrinking defense, the pressure on Yueqing was not great.

Only during the storm season in summer and autumn, when the Huai Shui Army returned to the city to recuperate in order to avoid the East China Sea storm, did they fight a few battles with the She family's garrison in Yongjia for control of the outer areas of Yueqing.

After the autumn, the Huaidong Navy reactivated in the East China Sea, and the She family's garrison in Yongjia was completely shrunk. After Tang Fuguan and Chen Dingbang led their troops into Yueqing, the control of Yueqing and the areas and islands around Yueqing Bay fell. to the control of the Xinzhe Southern Army.

In mid-February, Zhou Tong led the main soldiers of the third brigade of the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion into Yueqing, succeeded Tang Fuguan, and presided over the war in southern Zhejiang. Ge Cunxin led more than half of the main warships of the Second Water Battalion into Yueqing Bay for coordinated operations, and gathered the troops in Yueqing for a while. The total number exceeded 20,000; Hu Zhiyong also made a special trip to Yueqing to coordinate the material preparations for the war in southern Zhejiang.

On February 25, the "Lin Zhengjun", under the **** of many warships, moored at Yueqing Port. Lin Bui, accompanied by Fu Qinghe, Gao Zongting, Ye Junan, Zhou Pu and others, set foot on Zhejiang for the first time. South land.

"Gong Fu and I are here to boost morale and not interfere with your command of the battle..." Lin Fu got off the boat and stood on the paved ground in the port. said the man.

Entering Yueqing and resting for a while, Lin Fu, Fu Qinghe and Gao Zongting entered the official hall and listened to Zhou Tongtong's introduction to the preparations for the war in southern Zhejiang and the planned battle plan.

"Although the She family is on guard, the troops on the east front are lacking. Apart from recruiting more people from the local area, there is no sign of transferring troops from western Zhejiang and Dongyang County. In terms of military strength, we are still in an advantageous position. And the enemy defends many cities, we can concentrate our forces to attack one place, the advantage will be more obvious," Zhou Tong, as the main general in southern Zhejiang, did his part to personally introduce the battle plan they had drawn up to Lin Fu and others, "We plan to send a The elites of the troops came out of Yanhu Lake, and with the cooperation of the water camp warships, they attacked Wenqiao Village from the north bank of Yueqing Bay, and made an attack on Taizhou from Wenqiao, attracting the troops and horses of the luxury family on the east front to the Taizhou front line, but then attacked again. Tianshui Village, remove the river barriers in the Yongjia River waterway, allow the water camp warships to enter the Yongjia River waterway, and divide the two cities of Ouhai and Yongjia..."

The so-called strategy is basically to do everything possible to form a military advantage to suppress the enemy. This is the case in strategy and tactics.

Even in the case of a last resort, the use of dangerous tactics is aimed at avoiding the enemy's superior forces and forming a local superiority in the enemy's weak points to strike.

To open up the southern Zhejiang battlefield, even if it fails to form a breakthrough in Yongjia and Taizhou, it will force the luxury family to invest more troops on the eastern front.

Now in eastern Zhejiang, the She family has been forced to invest 60,000 troops and horses; the She family must be under the raid of the Huaidong Navy to ensure that the foundation of eastern Fujian will not be hollowed out, and the troops and horses deployed in eastern and southern Fujian have also reached 60,000. People, as long as the She family is forced to invest 30,000 to 40,000 troops in southern Zhejiang, how many troops can the She family continue to keep in western Zhejiang?

This is the advantage of mastering the sea power. With less than 60,000 troops, Huaidong can at least contain more than double the forces of the She family on the eastern front.

Once the forces of the She family in western Zhejiang dropped to a certain level, Dong Yuan, Deng Yu, Meng Yishan, Chen Huawen, and the envoys of the two systems in Jiangxi would seize the opportunity to launch a counter-offensive to compete for military merit and territory.

For luxury homes ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ in the case that the sea route has been lost, the only way to maintain contact with southern Zhejiang and eastern Zhejiang is to keep the passage to the west of Zhejiang. For luxury families, the strategic position of western Zhejiang is better than southern Zhejiang and eastern Zhejiang.

Once Dong Yuan and others launched a counterattack against the She family's troops in western Zhejiang, they would inevitably force the She family to move troops westward from eastern Zhejiang and southern Zhejiang to ensure western Zhejiang. Of course, there is also a possibility that Jiang Ning may also send troops to the north to strengthen the Hehuai line of defense after he feels that the military pressure of the She family on the western front has weakened. This will share Huaidong's pressure on the northern line, and will benefit Huaidong in general.

In terms of overall strategy, Huaidong must open up a new battlefield around Yueqing and quickly open the curtain of the war in southern Zhejiang.

After listening to Zhou Tongtong's report on the preparations for the war in southern Zhejiang, Lin Fu said: "You must actively recruit people from the local area to make up for the lack of troops; the Huaidong Army must also maintain a fine tradition in southern Zhejiang. From the local big landowners and big gentry lords, Huaidong has to win the support of a larger number of tenants. The Ding Tax will be abolished forever; Farmland, the land rent must not exceed 30%; Huaidong can even pay salaries in advance to help Minyong buy land for cultivation from the owner of the land. To make the poor people think that they support the Huaidong Army, they will have fields to grow and food to grow. Food and a house to sit on. Even if they die on the battlefield, their families will be comforted and don’t have to worry about their livelihood. For those gentry who were forced to surrender to their extravagant families, we must also be righteous and do a good job in fighting for, In the work of wooing, as long as the city is broken, those who actually support and support Huaidong will no longer be held accountable for their previous defections. Our only requirement for them is to ask them to sell rice to Huaidong. Support the new policy of rent reduction and land redemption!" My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter