Lord of the House

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The Huaidong Army lacked cavalry in Mingzhou Prefecture, and when the main force of the Kuaiji defenders was defeated, the Huaidong Army only gathered more than 300 cavalry into the battlefield on the west bank, and mainly relied on foot soldiers to kill the defeated soldiers on foot.

She Feihu, surrounded by more than a hundred cavalry and subordinate generals, fled the battlefield first and avoided the city of Shanyin.

She Feihu and the generals were in a panic, and they rushed to the top of the city to see that the mountains and plains were full of defeated soldiers.

The uniforms of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops are brown, like the mountains and forests after autumn; while the uniforms of the Huaidong Army are blue-black, like the furious sea waves covered by dark clouds.

There is a clear distinction between each other, and standing at the head of the city can clearly see the situation in the vast mountains and fields where they are chasing after each other, rushing to kill, which is shocking - the so-called defeat is like a mountain, it is not like this, whoever comes, can't return. God, She Feihu hates the sky and wants to scold him.

Su Tingzhan was determined to atone for his sins, and personally led his entourage to press the gate of the North City, and accommodated the remnants of the fallen soldiers into the city, in case the Huaidong Army followed the fallen soldiers and rushed to seize the city.

From Laotangpu to Shanyin County, the hills and ravines, the fields and the fields are connected, the terrain is undulating like the waves of a spring lake, the mountains and plains are full of collapsed soldiers, and the troops and horses are difficult to move. Tang Fuguan sent generals Huang Zuyu and Feng Yan to lead their elite Supplemented by a small number of cavalry first, they directly attacked Shanyin.

Huang Zuyu and Feng Yan each gathered their troops and got more than 600 soldiers, accompanied by dozens of cavalry, interspersed between the defeated soldiers, but they advanced to the north gate of Shanyin and were intercepted by Su Tingzhan.

Before Tang Fuguan led the main force, Huang Zuyu and Feng Yan did not capture the city gate in the end, they shouted with hatred, and looked regretful.

Looking at the slowly closing Shanyin north gate, and the towers shooting arrows as densely as rainstorms, the defenses were very tight, Tang Fuguan could only give up his thoughts of robbing Shanyin, turned his horse's head, and led his troops across the northeast corner of Shanyin City. Intercept the rout.

In addition to the defenders in Laotangpu, Daoxubu, Hutangtou and other places, She Feihu mobilized a total of about 15,000 troops to participate in this battle-the one who could eventually escape into Shanyin City with She Feihu There were only more than 2,000 soldiers left behind in Shanyin, and there were less than 3,000 guards in Shanyin City behind She Feihu.

The three thousand guards were also in shock. Except for the soldiers and horses who stayed in Shanyin, the rest of the soldiers were in chaos. It is impossible to rely on these three thousand defenders to go out of the city to counter-attack. It is difficult to even defend the city. Seeing the large number of troops of the Huaidong Army rushing into the city, he hesitates, and She Feihu's heart is hanging in his throat.

She Feihu lost his confidence at this time, and was afraid that Huaidong would attack Shanyin at this time regardless of casualties.

Except for some of the fallen soldiers who evacuated into Shanyin City with She Feihu, the only main force of the Kuaiji defenders was completely withdrawn from the battlefield, probably only the troops and horses that Yu Wenshan had previously led to help Daoxu Port.

As Mao Teng's troops were defeated at the beachhead, a large number of soldiers were driven down the Cao'e River like dumplings in the chaos without contacting the enemy. The warships arranged in the Huaidong Water Camp were dispatched to search and rescue the fallen soldiers in a hurry. Failed to send troops to cross the river. Yu Wenshan and his troops were some distance away from the Laotangpu battlefield. Seeing that the situation was not right, he fled to Xianglufeng Fangzhai at the northern foot of Kuaiji Mountain in the south. In the end, he led more than 2,000 people to flee into Xianglufeng Fangzhai.

Although the main force of the general defenders was defeated at Laotangpu in one fell swoop, Shanyin, Xianglufeng, Daoxubu, Hutangtou, Kuaiji and other cities were very close to Laotangpu, and it was easy for the defeated soldiers to escape and escape. Even if there are enough cavalry, it is difficult to intercept more than 10,000 defeated soldiers in the field and annihilate them. After the main force of the Kuaiji defenders was defeated in Laotangpu, Lin Fu instructed the generals to take advantage of the chaos to attack the city. want.

The battle of Laotangpu started at noon on the 14th, and the main force of the Kuaiji defenders was defeated at noon on the 15th. On the 15th, when it was dark, the Zhejiang-Fujian army fought at Laotangpu, Daoxuguan and Hutang on the west bank of the Cao'e River. The head villages have been declared lost.

Tang Fuguan led his troops to attack Shanyin and failed. Zhuji and Xiaoshan were far away from Laotangpu and could not be reached. Han Caizhi led his troops after seeing the defeat of the main Kuaiji army in Laotangpu. the Kuaiji.

When Han Caizhi entered the city, he personally led the elite to occupy the South Gate of Kuaiji County. The defenders of Kuaiji City resisted fiercely, and Han Caizhi's troops were once expelled from Kuaiji City.

Fortunately, Han Caizhi destroyed the city gate of the southern city of Kuaiji one step earlier, and waited for Zuo Guangying to lead his troops to help, first repelled Cheng Yi, the remnant of Cheng Yiqun of the Zhejiang East Water Division who had landed on the north bank of Jinghu Lake and wanted to assist the city, and then attacked from the southern city overnight and captured him. He went down to Kuaiji City, annihilated more than 1,300 defenders, and only let more than 300 remnants flee to Xiaoshan at night.

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Tian Chang was ordered by She Feihu, and on the 14th he went to Chun'an to see She Feixiong. He wanted to transfer troops from Fuyang and Linshui to Kuaiji. He took a boat up the river. To the luxury flying bear.

Hearing that Tian Changxi's second son wanted to fight with the Huaidong Army on the west bank of Cao'e River, She Feixiong's eyes were furious, and he reprimanded Tian Chang harshly: "The commander-in-chief's office clearly ordered to guard the city, but you have eaten the leopard's guts and looked down upon it. Is the order of the Governor's Office like a child's play?"

"Second Young Master also has the intention to boost morale; the situation is already like this, and I also ask the governor to dispatch troops and horses to help quickly. I'm afraid that if the time drags on, the Huaidong Army will transfer troops and horses from other places, and it will be unfavorable for Kuaiji!" Tian Changshang did not know. The main force of the Kuaiji defenders had already failed miserably at Laotangpu, so she did not feel that She Feihu's decision to fight against the Huaidong Army on the west bank of the Cao'e River was fatal.

She Feixiong was so angry that he almost vomited blood, his face was gloomy, and he exhaled "huhuhu", forcing himself to calm down.

She Feihu wants to decide on the west bank. If the Huaidong army is defeated, it is a big deal to retreat to the east bank; and if the Zhejiang and Fujian army is defeated...

She Feixiong didn't dare to think about the bad situation that would happen after the defeat of the Kuaiji defenders in the battle - he just felt that the collar was too tight, making it difficult for him to breathe, he pulled the collar open, sat on the cool couch, The officers who accompanied Tonglu called to come and instructed them one by one: "Deng Shen will go to Fuyang to collect 10,000 elites quickly; I will rush there after that, and the 10,000 elites will follow me to help Kuaiji -- I hope it's still too late!" He had Chen Yu, his aide, write a letter of order for him, and he said, "For the Wuyuan, Xinzhou, and Linshui ministries, after receiving this order, immediately stop the offensive against Gan, Jiang, Hui, and Ningguo, turn to defense, and mobilize Zhou Wenchong. , Wen Tingxi, Fang Zhenhe and other ministries, along the Qianjiang River eastward to Fuyang, and wait for further orders!"

Tian Chang was horrified. According to She Fei Xiong's deployment, the western front was completely transformed into defense, and almost half of the troops from the western front were transferred eastward, and finally entered Kuaiji.

The order was delivered to various places by horse or boat, and She Feixiong did not delay in Tonglu, and rushed to Fuyang with his squires.

From Tonglu to Fuyang, the Qianjiang River flows rapidly. At dusk, Tian Chang entered Fuyang with She Feixiong, and learned that the main force of the Kuaiji defenders had been defeated at Laotangpu. If you can mobilize 15,600 elites on the west bank of Cao'e River, no matter how bad it is, you can't be defeated in just over a day!

She Feixiong was heartbroken. After the ten thousand elites in Fuyang had gathered, they set off overnight on the remnants of the Zhedong Navy and rushed to the mouth of the Puyang River in the early morning of the 16th, and learned that the city of Kuaiji had fallen.

She Feixiong led only 10,000 elites, and the territory of Kuaiji was in chaos. He didn't know if the two cities of Shanyin and Zhuji were lost or not, and how many soldiers and horses were still available, but the Huaidong Army could easily send 20,000 to 30,000 foot soldiers. The Cao'e River enters the west bank.

Wanting to fight fast and retake Kuaiji City from the defensive Huaidong Army, it is very unlikely that She Feixiong had to lead his troops to avoid Xiaoshan first, and wait for reinforcements from Wuyuan, Chun'an, and Linshui to come...

Before nightfall on the 16th, Ao Canghai led 9,000 elite troops down the Cao'e River, crossing the river from Laotangpu to the west bank, and camping on the south bank of Jinghu Lake; and the main force of about 30 battalions of soldiers from the eastern Zhejiang camp also crossed the river. The Cao'e River entered the west bank, with Kuaiji City as the center, along the north bank of Jinghu Lake, and approached the Puyang River.

Kuaiji County is the capital county of Kuaiji Prefecture, where the government is located. It faces Shanyin County across Jinghu Lake; it borders Xiaoshan County in the north (before the war, Xiaoshan was subordinate to Hangzhou and faces Hangzhou across Qianjiang River); to the west of Jinghu Lake, there is Puyang River. From the upper reaches of Zhuji, it flows down into Jinghu Lake, flows out of Jinghu Lake to the northwest, and flows into Qianjiang River; the Puyang River mouth goes up, which is the boundary of Fuyang.

If we compare the terrain of southern Zhejiang, Kuaiji is like Yueqing City.

After the Huaidong Army entered Yueqing, the troops of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army in southern Zhejiang were divided into Yongjia and Taizhou, and they had to travel three or four hundred miles from the west to support each other - the Huaidong Army occupied Kuaiji Once the Puyang River is successfully cut off, the troops and horses of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army in western Zhejiang can only go to Tonglu on the upper reaches of the Qianjiang River, go upstream from the rapid and shallow Lanxi River, and borrow the road from Quzhou to enter Dongyang County. We need to go around three or four hundred miles more; to get further aid to Shanyin County, we have to borrow from Zhuji, and we have to walk one or two hundred more narrow roads.

What's more, after the fall of Kuaiji City, in addition to Zhuji in the upper reaches of the Puyang River, Shanyin and Xiaoshan would be directly reduced to war zones, losing 400,000 to 500,000 shi of grain income every year. Only the summer grain income after June will cost 170,000 to 80,000 shi of rice grain. The defeat of Laotangpu really made She Feixiong and the generals of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops feel the pain.

She Feixiong couldn't blame the second child for his success or failure, but he knew that Kuaiji could not fail.

As of the 22nd, the Zhejiang and Fujian troops assembled in Xiaoshan, including the remnants of the Zhedong Navy Division, were about 40,000 people; at the same time, She Feihu also transferred troops from Dongyang County and entered Shanyin via Zhuji, making the Zhejiang and Fujian troops in The troops south of Mirror Lake increased to more than 20,000.

But at the same time, after the arrival of Chen Zhe and Zhang Jiheng's troops, the Huaidong Army entered Cao'e Jiangxi Line. The number of infantry alone reached more than 36,000 battalions of more than 60 battalions, not including Lin Fu's emergency from Mingzhou and Changguo. More than 20,000 soldiers were dispatched from other places to assist in defending the fortress.

Since it took a few days to dig the waterway connecting Jinghu Lake and Cao'e River from Laotangtou, Jinghai No. 3 Water Battalion resolutely used the clumsy method of pulling cattle and horses, and within a few days, more than a hundred warships were transported from the Cao'e River. Hard dragged into Jinghu, so that the three battalions of the navy can enter Jinghu, and can cooperate with the infantry on the north and south banks of Jinghu to fight.

Due to the shallow water level of Jinghu Lake in Kuaiji, large warships above Jiyun level cannot enter Jinghu Lake to fight; and small and medium-sized warships such as scorpion ships, even if they are bronze-clad scorpion ships, are empty ships. The net weight is only more than 20,000 catties. It is not difficult to use 20 to 30 cattle or hundreds of soldiers to pull it through the shallow river.

The real battle of Kuaiji seems to be about to break out.

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Huaidong's troops and horses in Kuaiji were divided into two battalions, the north and the south. The southern battalion had Ao Canghai as the main general, and the Changshan battalion's three brigade 9,000 elite infantry as the main fighting force. The soldiers and horses of the army in Shanyin.

Beiying Lin Fu personally presided over the assembly, including Tang Fuguan, Zhang Jiheng, Chen Zuo, Han Caizhi, Chen Kuili, and Zuo Guangying generals, including the elites of the two brigades of the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion, the soldiers of the 30th Battalion of the Eastern Zhejing Battalion, and the third battalion of Jinghai. The three battalions of the water camp, with Kuaiji City as the center of gravity, built camps along the north bank of Jinghu Lake to prepare for the troops and horses assembled by the Zhejiang and Fujian troops in Xiaoshan.

Lin Fu temporarily requisitioned the government office as a line, and at night, the lights in the official hall were bright. When the war was booming, in addition to military affairs, the transportation of food and weapons was the most tiring.

Liang Wenzhan also rushed to the west bank of Cao'e River, and spent the night with Gao Zongting, Ye Junan and others, dealing with government affairs in the Xingyuan Official Hall, barely stabilizing the situation.

The drums of war were beating outside the city, and the Zhejiang and Fujian troops assembled in Xiaoshan kept sending troops to infiltrate the territory of Kuaiji, and small-scale contacts continued for days. It is necessary to excavate the waterway that runs through the Cao'e River and Jinghu Lake as soon as possible, but it is hot summer, the rivers and lakes are full of water and rain is frequent, and the excavation of the river is far less convenient than the dry season in autumn and winter. Ning the locality, even the local forces can quickly contribute money to the Kuaiji war, Liang Wenzhan still has a lot of work to do; Go to the side hall with Ye Junan to see Lin Fu.

Lin Fu said that he was hiding in the side hall to study the military situation. .

Song Jia, the inner scripture book, was wearing plain clothes, sitting behind Lin Fu's side, and fanning for him with a fan.

"Have you drawn up the book?" Lin Fu saw Gao Zongting and Ye Junan come in, stopped with his hands on the chess piece, took the book that Ye Junan had drawn up on his behalf, and motioned them to sit down and wait.

The military and political affairs are becoming more and more heavy. When it is tense, there are dozens of orders and letters sent directly from Lin Fu every day, as well as various letters.

Gao Zongting is good at strategy, but the daily tedious government affairs are on his head, and the pressure is also great. Therefore, Lin Fu will have the elegant name of Mr. Siming on this trip. Ye Junan, who is good at government affairs and planning, will be transferred to his side to share the duties of the scriptures. It is also considered that Ye Junan, the representative of the local forces in eastern Zhejiang, will be officially included in Huaidong's core figure.

Ye Junan wrote a good article, and Lin Fu read through the book he drafted and said: "The setbacks in Daoxu Port are profound lessons, and the military division must summarize them; but Mao Tengyuan died in the war and asked the court for credit, and it is not appropriate to leave him out. Uncle Fu, what do you think?" Lin Fu handed the book to Fu Qinghe.

Common sense says that "soldiers are more valuable than elites", and Lin Fu has always followed the strategy of elite soldiers.

However, in addition to the use of elite combat power to attack fortifications, with the expansion of Huaidong's control area, a large number of troops and horses are needed to guard the area.

Lin Fu set up a separate marching army, mixed the water infantry and cavalry arms, and used it as a garrison.

Lin Fu is actually a sub-arms that locates the marching army between the elite combat power directly under the military commander and the worker's battalion.

This can also ensure that Huaidong can be more reasonably equipped with military resources.

According to Lin Fu's vision, the main responsibility of the marching army is to defend the area, and in important battles, cooperate with the elite combat forces directly under the military commander to fight. This time, in order to cooperate with Chen Xiyan's transfer of Dong Yuan out of northern Zhejiang, Lin Tie suddenly transferred troops to the west bank of Cao'e River to fight due to insufficient preparation.

Whether it was the Changshan Battalion or the Chongcheng Bu Battalion, the two elites were too late to mobilize and enter the preset. Lin Fu could only completely let the Zhedong Xingying Army be the main force of the attack.

In fact, Lin Fu not only gave priority to the elite combat power directly under the direct jurisdiction of the Armor and Ordnance Supply Military Division, but also prioritized the incorporation of outstanding generals into the direct jurisdiction of the Military Division. The generals of the camp army were somewhat mixed.

Tang Fuguan was an excellent general who grew up during the war in East Fujian and had always given Yu Wangao a strong support. He even joined the remnants of the Jian'an Army to join Huaidong's many generals with excellent military literacy. After all, he grew up in a sea of ​​blood and corpses. General, there is no way to go anywhere.

Han Caizhi and Chen Kuili were born in the village camp in Linli, and they fought with the refugee army in the world, and finally joined Huaidong. In the refugee army, their military literacy is really inferior to Zhang Gou and Chen Zhuo, and even less to Sun Zhuang and Liu Miaozhen.

Zuo Guangying was originally a military attaché who caught thieves locally, and was the weakest in the resistance army in southern Zhejiang. At that time, Huaidong did not give importance to Liu Wenzhong and Ye Su, so he could only try his best to win over Zuo Guangying, and Zuo Guangying was also able to become an important general of the battalion in eastern Zhejiang. In fact, Zuo Guangying's two generals, Li Baidao and Geng Wenfan, attracted Lin Fu's attention even more, and he intended to strengthen his training.

Mao Tengyuan was originally the captain of Mingzhou Prefecture who was attached to the extravagant family. It was because of his attachment that the Huaidong Army was able to take the Mingzhou Prefecture City without a knife after last spring. After the war, it was also a place to win and win trust. Lin Fu listed Mao Tengyuan as one of the four captains, and did not disband his subordinates, and was led by Mao Tengyuan.

Various factors have resulted in the reality that Mao Tengyuan's army is the weakest even in the eastern Zhejiang camp.

In the ever-changing battlefield, after defeating the defenders who had initially intercepted, Mao Tengyuan saw that there were reinforcements coming, his will was not firm enough, he hesitated, and he failed to deploy his forces decisively and suffered a disastrous defeat. Not so surprising.

If you want to be held accountable, Lin Bie can't get rid of it. Lin Fu made deployment adjustments based on the positions of the various ministries at that time, but did not seriously consider the difference in combat power between the various ministries, which was also ill-considered.

Not to mention Mao Tengyuan's death, most of the more than 3,000 soldiers did not engage in the battle, so they drove Cao Ejiang off in the chaos.

Fortunately, there were warships covering the flanks and the wooden troop-carrying ships did not go far. They participated in the search and rescue in time to avoid the tragedy of more than 3,000 soldiers drowning in the Cao'e River. But even so, there were more than 600 soldiers who were too late to search and rescue and drowned, and the soldiers who escaped to Daoxu Port also killed more than 200 people in the chaos. .

There are many factors for the setback of Daoxu Port, and Lin Bie will not put all the blame on Mao Tengyuan alone; besides, Mao Tengyuan died in this battle, and there is a rule of "going into the earth is the biggest" in the world.

Fu Qinghe briefly glanced at Ye Junan's draft, and said, "Please don't leave out Colonel Mao, otherwise it will chill people's hearts..."

"I'm going to add it..." Ye Junan said. He deliberately omitted Mao Tengyuan's name from the credit application list because he and Mao Tengyuan went out of Mingzhou with Mao Tengyuan.~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Frustration, and defeat is too ugly, it is difficult to shirk responsibility for Mao Tengyuan. Lin Fu personally said to add Mao Tengyuan's name, and Ye Junan did so naturally.

Ye Junan took the book to revise, Lin Fu picked up the chess piece again, continued to play chess with Fu Qinghe, and also distracted with Fu Qinghe and Gao Zongting: "It's a bit of a fluke that we won this battle, it seems that in the future we will Firmly determined to invest in elite combat on the frontal battlefield..."

"Also, if Han Caizhi's troops are blocked from grabbing the beach at Hutangtou, the first crossing of the river is likely to fail." Gao Zongting said.

Lin Fu said: "I plan to make further adjustments to the battalion in eastern Zhejiang - appoint Tang Fuguan as the deputy commander of the Chongcheng battalion, and transfer Chen Zhuo and Zhang Jiheng's troops who have entered Kuaiji to him for unified command; promote Feng Yan and Huang Zuyu Er. He will temporarily act as the brigade commander for the commanding army, and assign Chen Baidao, Geng Wenfan, and their subordinates to strengthen Feng Yan and Huang Zuyu's combat power. Battalion, so that I also have an elite combat force that I can directly call in Beiying..."

"Don't wait for this battle to adjust?" Fu Qinghe asked.

"The forces gathered by the two sons of the She family in Kuaiji are not enough to attack me," Lin Fu laughed, "The strength I gathered in Kuaiji is not strong enough to attack them - it's possible that they still expect me to take the soldiers at this time. Going out to fight with them? In the current situation, it’s a waste of money, can they consume more energy than me?”

"If you get it cheap, you should sell it well," Gao Zongting said. "In the north of Jinghu Lake, the terrain of Kuaiji is much heavier than that of Xiaoshan. The defenders have stored up to 100,000 shi of grain in Kuaiji City, and Xiaoshan should have much less than that. ; Now She Feixiong has led 40,000 soldiers and horses to gather in Xiaoshan, and the rations will be exhausted very quickly - when the time comes, just watch their actions!" My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter