Lord of the House

On the 19th, the Zhejiang-Fujian army abandoned Ouhai and crossed the Yongjia River to the north to strengthen Yongjia's city defense. On the 22nd, the obstacles in the lower reaches of the Yongjia River were cleared, and nearly a hundred warships from the Jinghai Battalion entered the Yongjia River waterway.

Yongjia City is located in the lower valley of the Nanxi River, with high mountains on both sides, especially the North Yandang Mountain between Yongjia and Yueqing. Horses will never pass. The Zhejiang-Fujian army is based on Yongjia City, Shangtang and other cities.

The world speculated that the Huaidong Army would take the lead in recovering Hengyang, Pingyang, Cangnan and other counties to the south of the Ouhai Sea to advance to the north of Fujian, but the Jinghai Sea Battalion used two days to set up two branches at the mouth of the river where the Nanxi River joins the Yongjia River. Building a trestle, a large group of troops and horses crossed the river from Ouhai on the south bank of the Yongjia River and advanced along the north bank of the Yongjia River from Wushanjian.

Judging from the topography, Yongjia City is not afraid of being cut off, but it is built in the valley of the lower reaches of the Nanxi River. It is entered from the mouth of the river. The unequal and shallow river valleys and plains are enough for the Huaidong Army to expand and advance from the front.

She Feihu defeated Ye Su's troops to retake Yongjia City, and brutally slaughtered the soldiers and civilians in the city, and the surrounding people fled Yongjia City; In addition to the local forces of the family, the Yongjia defenders were only about 8,000 people until the end of March, and there were only more than 8,000 soldiers and horses evacuated from cities such as Ouhai and from Xianju, Dongyang and other places, and not many civilians could threaten. Wrapped up to help defend the city.

In the direction of the Huaidong Army, in addition to the adjustment and expansion of the Xinzhe Southern Army to the 20th Battalion and the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion in Yueqing to maintain the 15th Battalion's elite troops, by the end of March, Lin Fu transferred Chen Kuili, Mao Tengyuan, Han Caizhi's troops, and Geng Quanshan's troops who were transferred from Chongzhou landed from Yueqing by sea. Together with the main force of the Second Water Battalion in Jinghai and a part of the First Water Battalion, the Huaidong Army was on both sides of the Yongjia River mouth. 40,000 people, and more than 10,000 people were also recruited from local areas.

In addition to the defensive forces in Wenqiao, Wuxi, Yueqing, Ouhai and other places, as well as the water camps controlling the outer sea and the Yongjia River waterway, the troops and horses that entered Yongjia County along the banks of the Nanxi River on March 25, including Tang Fuguan and Chen Dingbang , The main force of the Southern Zhejiang Army under Zuo Guangying, the main force of the Eastern Zhejiang Army led by Chen Kuili and Mao Tengyuan, the Chongcheng Infantry Division led by Zhang Jiheng and Liu Zhenzhi, more than 24,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 civilians.

Even if it was impossible to climb the mountains and cut off the back road of Yongjia City, Lin Fu still authorized Zhou Tong to launch a siege from the south of Yongjia City on March 28.

Yongjia City is located in the valley on the west bank of the Nanxi River, on the east bank is Shangtangzhai, and the terrain is more steep. Yongjia City and Shangtangzhai are connected by a trestle bridge, and the bottom of the trestle is naturally blocked by sunken ships and dark piles.

In tit-for-tat, the Huaidong Army entered Yongjia County and built two fortresses against Yongjia City and Shangtang Village, and launched a continuous attack on Yongjia and Shangtang.

Yongjia County was once invaded by pirates, and it fell into decline. Yongjia Fuzhi was once forced to move to Ouhai; last March, when Yongjia City was invaded by She Feihu and his troops, the degree of damage became even more serious.

After that, most of the resources of the governor's office in southern Zhejiang were drawn to Dongyang County, and a line of defense was built in front of the Huaidong Army stationed in Luohe Mountain Defense Village. It was not until the situation in southern Zhejiang was critical and Qin Zitan, on behalf of She Feihu, arrived in Yongjia to supervise the battle, did he recruit people to strengthen the defenses of Yongjia and Shangtang.

After Qin Zitan returned to southern Zhejiang, some deficiencies in the city defenses of Yongjia and Shangtang were effectively strengthened, but after all, the city was low and could not be fully covered with bricks and wood. Yongjia was far from being a strong city. The only ones who can rely on it are the more than 8,000 defenders in Yongjia, and nine out of ten are the Ba Fujian soldiers who are loyal to the extravagant family.

The Yongjia siege was officially launched on March 28 and lasted until April 18. During the 20 days, including the continuous siege and sneak attack of the Huaidong Army and the counterattack and sneak attack organized by the Yongjia defenders out of the city, there were more than 100 battles of various sizes, and they tried their best to capture the city or repel the city. When the enemy came, the war fell into a brutal tug-of-war.

The bloodstains on the front of the city were dazzling black and purple, and neither the enemy nor the enemy knew how much blood was shed on the front of the city, and the cracks in the brick road at the front of the city were overflowing. The broken arrows and broken halberds and the fallen armor pieces were all picked up to re-cast the swords and arrows, and the broken arrow shafts and spear shafts were everywhere. There are crumbling crenels and traces of fire everywhere—compared to the devastation at the top of the city, the wounded soldiers resting on the back of the crenelated walls are even more shocking...

In the distance, the cloud platform built by the Huaidong Army for the siege of the city is ten feet higher than the towers in the city. It is placed on the cloud platform and can be fired without the need for people and animals to pull large and small catapults. And the bed crossbow, it is a serious trouble on the head of the defenders.

Although the thrown stone bullets are not very accurate, as long as they hit them, they will lose half their lives if they don’t die. Chilled.

Under the cloud platform, the soldiers of the Huaidong Army were lined up in order, as solid as a rock.

In order to limit the suppression of the Yuntai giant crossbow on the city head, Qin Zitan and Wen Tingrui organized the generals to leave the city to counterattack many times, and fought fiercely with the Huaidong Army under the city, setting fire to many Yuntais and destroying the Huaidong Army to throw stones at a heavy price. Dozens of crossbows and bed crossbows.

Lin Fu, who stood behind Zhou Tong and personally went to the camp outside Yongjia to supervise the battle, had the intention of fighting a war of attrition in Yongjia. In terms of force deployment, Lin Fu defended his position with Zhang Jiheng and Liu Zhenzhi's two Chongcheng Infantry Battalion elites to prevent the Yongjia defenders from going out of the city to counterattack. , The preparations on the siege equipment are even more sufficient.

At present, most of the casting workpieces are made of clay molds. Huaidong has used petal-type steel molds as a model for casting some important workpieces. The cost of making a set of steel molds is naturally extremely high, but a set of steel molds can cast thousands of workpieces without damage. imagine.

There are various craftsmen woven along with the military industry battalion, and various workpieces and components can be prepared in advance in a relatively low cost and according to the standard production mode, including bristle, hemp, silk, glue and other materials are also stored in large quantities before the war. By harvesting nearby woods such as new sandalwood and new oak to make cannon tips, the Huaidong Army could build dozens of nest carts, bed crossbows, catapults and other weapons every day to supplement the damage in the war.

The tug-of-war lasted for 20 days. Although a large amount of ordnance was damaged by the Yongjia defenders' counterattack every day, on April 21, in the south of Yongjia City, a cloud constructed with nest cars as the skeleton. The platform reached the level of one every two hundred steps, and the attack surface covered the entire southern city wall of Yongjia City. It is surrounded by a cloud platform, and there are retaining walls, fence walls, trenches and other enclosures.

Before the generals of the Huaidong Army climbed to the top of the fortress by climbing the road, using a ladder attached to the wall, or walking on a cloud bridge, the defenders could only hide under the low-level battle sheds built with double layers of hardwood to avoid arrow stones, and could not enter the top of the city first. , so that the opportunity of active defense is greatly missed, and the advantage of defending the city is greatly reduced.

Perhaps it was in the brutal confrontation with the East Fujian Army led by Li Zhuo that the Ba Fujian soldiers had honed their super tenacity, so that the Ba Fujian soldiers were still as strong as they were after being attacked by turns for nearly 20 days. The rock was not shaken in the slightest, but the accumulated casualties were shocking.

More than half of the 8,000 defenders suffered casualties, and perhaps the Huaidong Army suffered more casualties, but Qin Zitan, Wen Tingrui and the other Yongjia defenders knew in their hearts that if such cruel exhaustion continued, their situation would be very serious. unfavorable.

The Yanhu cavalry can threaten the northern line of Huaidong and the area of ​​Huai-Si, forcing the main force of Huaidong to move northward. It will take half a year at least until the winter and the rivers in the Hehuai area are frozen. speculate.

In half a year, the Huaidongbei line will hardly be threatened in the slightest, and Huaidong has the conditions and foundation to fight a protracted war outside Yongjia City. The Huaidong Army also had the same thought, and has been continuously strengthening the camps on both sides of the Nanxi River. Today, the Huaidong Army Camp opposite Yongjia City is as strong as a fortress.

If he wanted to grit his teeth, let such a brutal war of attrition persist, and defend the Yongjia army, Qin Zitan estimated that he would have to send 10,000 elite soldiers from the western front. In fact, as long as the strength of the Yongjia defenders increases, it can limit the attack intensity of the Huaidong Army. After all, the total number of troops that the Huaidong Army can call is limited.

Lin Fushe captured Yongjia City with 10,000 casualties - 10,000 casualties were within the range that the Huaidong Army could bear on the southern front. It would not greatly reduce the Huaidong Army's combat effectiveness and will to fight, but the casualties would increase. At 20,000 people, the situation will be very different.

Once the strength of the Yongjia defenders has been greatly increased, for Lin Fu, the only option is to change the active battle of seizing the city into a long-term, close-range military confrontation.

Qin Zitan, Wen Tingrui, She Feihu in Dongyang County, She Feixiong in Wuyuan, and the governors of Zhejiang and Fujian in Jin'an all had to weigh the pros and cons of a brutal military confrontation with Yongjia City.

If Qin Zitan and Wen Tingrui could hold Yongjia City, Taizhou defenders would not need to give up the coastal counties of Huipu and Wenling—otherwise they would not be able to defend alone—to retreat to the deep Linhai, Xianju and other cities. In this way, the Zhejiang-Fujian Army has a certain strategic depth, and the situation with the Huaidong Army will be stalemate until the northern front turns around.

However, if the strength of the Yongjia defenders is increased to 15,000 or even higher, can the material preparation be supported for half a year or even longer?

I don’t think about meat, the soldiers eat two liters of rice grains a day, 15,000 soldiers, and 10,000 stone of grain every month, and the grain storage in Yongjia City can only support two months. After two months, 10,000 stone grains of rice need to be transported from Dongyang County or even further west to Quzhou every month to consume.

Unlike traveling by sea, a boat can hold thousands, thousands or even tens of thousands of stones of rice grain. The Zhejiang and Fujian troops lost control of the waterway. From Dongyang County to Yongjia City, the road was a winding and narrow mountain road of more than 400 miles.

This 400-mile mountain road is located between the mountains of Yandang Mountain and Kuocang Mountain. There is no need to worry that the Huaidong Army will have a large force to attack, but it is difficult to prevent the infiltration and destruction of the Huaidong Army by a small group of elite scouts. In Luohe Mountain and Tiantai Mountain in the north, the infiltration operations of small elite scouts are very frequent, causing headaches for the Zhejiang and Fujian troops - even if the small elites do not directly attack the grain transport troops, as long as they continue to destroy the mountain roads, they will be greatly improved. The difficulty of transporting supplies from Dongyang County to Yongjia.

Cars cannot be used on the steep mountain roads of more than 400 miles. At the same time, there is destruction and harassment by a small group of elite scouts of the Huaidong Army. Whether the army is transported on horses and camels or organized by force, the speed can not be fast. It takes a month at least to make a round trip. time.

To employ people, at least 15,000 porters must be organized. Counting the consumption of porters along the way, Dongyang County supplies 20,000 stone grains per month.

South of the Qianjiang River, in addition to Kuaiji and Mingzhou, which have a large number of cultivable and fertile fields, there are two main grain-producing areas in southern Zhejiang. One of the plains is the Valley Plain in the middle of Zhejiang with Dongyang County as the eastern end, later known as the Jinqu Basin.

Relying on Yueqing City, the East Huai Army entered the coast of southern Zhejiang wantonly, and the Zhejiang-Fujian army naturally lost control of the coastal waters and river valleys and plains. The grain-producing areas in southern Zhejiang that could still be firmly controlled were mainly concentrated in the valleys of central Zhejiang.

In the Guyuan area of ​​eastern Zhejiang, which is dominated by Quzhou Prefecture, the number of registered fields is as high as 4 million mu, but mainly dry fields, the output is far from that of cooked paddy fields. Therefore, when Quzhou Prefecture was at its peak, there were more than 50,000 households, far from the Mingzhou Prefecture, which had 200,000 households at its peak.~www.wuxiaspot.com~ She Feihu organized the Dongyang line of defense and attacked Quzhou Prefecture. It has already been squeezed hard; can the Quzhou Prefecture withstand the transfer of 20,000 stone grains of rice and 15,000 people per month?

Once Quzhou could not bear such heavy pressure and aroused civil revolt, the entire eastern front of the Zhejiang-Fujian army would first cause internal collapse.

In addition to the supply of rice grains and other materials, what Yongjia City lacks more is the wound medicine.

Twenty days of intense fighting resulted in the accumulation of nearly 4,000 defenders casualties.

Casualties, casualties, casualties.

In the siege battle, rather than catching and fighting, fighting with swords and guns, it is more about shooting and throwing arrows and arrows. In a short period of time, far more wounded than killed, and more arrow wounds than stab wounds.

Bumps and bumps are not considered injuries. At least they have to temporarily lose their combat effectiveness and cannot continue to fight before they can be counted in the total number of casualties. The casualties are nearly 4,000 people. Thousands of wounded, have exhausted all the wound medicine reserves in Yongjia City.

Without treatment, the 3,000 wounded, at least half of them will not survive, and if they were to be treated, a large amount of wound medicine would have to be transferred from Dongyang County. Dongyang County can barely supply enough wound medicine for the time being, but the military confrontation in Yongjia City has been stalemate for half a year or more, what should I do?

Ba Fujian soldiers may not be afraid of death, but a large number of wounded soldiers gathered in the city could not get effective treatment, and they endured huge pain and waited to die. Only then will the morale and will of the generals face a real cruelty. test.

In addition to the superficial slaughter with guns and blood and blood, the deeper and real contest is here.

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