Lord of the House

Huang Jinnian went out of the city with a decree, was escorted by the Jiangning Navy warship, entered Chaotian Dang from Prison Island, joined with Sun Wenbing, and let the boat go down the river. At dawn, he was in the waters of Tingzi Island at the junction of Jiangning and Danyang. News of the Huaidong Navy.

In the river area of ​​Tingzi Island, warships cross the river and sail masts cover the sky.

Except for a water battalion warship transferred from Jiyang to Taihu Lake to join Zhang Jiheng, who entered Changxing County in the north of Huzhou, the main force of Jinghai Second Water Battalion and the first army from the former Miaoshan battalion and infantry division. The main force of the Hailing Army, which was temporarily reorganized by the brigade, was more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and they were all waiting in the river area near Tingzi Island.

Although the navy also has soldiers, but fighting on the surface is very different from land warfare.

When fighting on the side, the ship's surface is narrow and there is a risk of falling into the water. The navy soldiers wear light armor, and most of the weapons are short weapons. When fighting, they did not pay attention to the formation, but made the best use of the characteristics of the Huaidong Army's five-member formation.

Therefore, even if the soldiers of the Huaidong Water Camp also landed to fight, they were mostly subordinates and wing followers, and were not used as the main force.

If they were to face off against the well-organized elite infantry on land, the lightly armored and short-blade navy soldiers would suffer too much.

Unlike Meng Yishan, who was eager to lead his troops into Jiangning to compete for the first merit of King Qin, Lin Bie, who was sent to Jiangning on the 17th, said that the Huaidong military aid from the Yangtze River could enter the city to assist in defense, and he could enter Chaotiandang to assist others. All road reinforcements, but will not land in the hinterland south of Jiangning City to participate in the battle.

Emperor Yongxing did not dare to let the Hanghu Army led by Meng Yishan enter Jiangning City, so how could they let Huaidong troops enter the city? How to use the Huaidong reinforcements from the Yangtze River, Jiangning put it on hold for several days without discussing it, and it has been delayed there.

It was not until the rebels successively captured Xuanzhou, Yangjiang, Lishui and other cities, approached Jiangning City from the right flank, only a hundred miles apart, and a part of the Jiangning Navy was annihilated at Bailu Lake, that Emperor Yongxing thought of coming from the Yangtze River to this Huaidong reinforcements. , Even if they did not land and fight, and entered the west side of Chaotiandang, they could make the rebels on the right flank to restrain themselves, and only agreed to Huang Jinnian's order to come to the supervisor to urge it.

In fact, although the Huaidong reinforcements stationed in the river area of ​​Tingzi Island are mainly navy troops, they also have some troops from the First Brigade of the Infantry Sijin Navy and the Miaoshan Camp Army. There are more than 5,000 dead.

However, this part of the armor is mainly prepared to guard the island.

Prison Island is just outside the Donghua Gate in Jiangning, and it is only five or six hundred steps away from the mouth of Jinchuan River. As long as Huaidong holds Prison Island in his hands, he can force the She family not to besiege Jiangning City with all their strength.

Fundamentally, Huaidong did not want Jiangning City to be captured. If Jiangning City were captured, even if it could be recaptured, it would be too debilitating.

Before Huang Jinnian came here, he only knew of the Huaidong reinforcements coming from the Yangtze River. Ge Cunxin, the commander of the Jinghai Second Water Battalion, was the main general. , and Chen Enze, Hu Yuer and other generals.

When Huang Jinnian and Sun Wenbing landed on Tingzi Island, they learned that Gao Zongting, who followed Lin Fu's southern expedition to the east of Mindong, also came here yesterday afternoon.

Huang Jinnian and Gao Zongting had known each other for a long time, and they spent the last half year before the fall of Jinhai together. They could be regarded as old acquaintances. In the morning light, they saw Gao Zongting, Ge Cunxin and others greeted at the pier, and asked, "How can you be willing, sir? Let Zong Court come here?"

"Xiaoshan soldiers and horses took the road north from Hanghu, and there was Lord Fu and Duke Song who were planning to assist the adults. It would not be useful for the clan to stay there," Gao Zongting said with a smile, "The adults are afraid that the situation here is too complicated. , use me as an advisor to Boss Ge..."

"Mr. Gao is very polite," Ge Cunxin said, "I'm only responsible for commanding the battle, and Lin Xiang went to Yue Lengqiu's army again. Other matters must be decided by Mr. Gao and Lord Huang..."

Ge Cunxin, Yang Yihang, Zhao Hu, etc. will be competent enough to command the operation, and after the reinforcements approached Jiangning, the severe situation they faced was far from being as simple as a landing operation.

Fu Qinghe, Cao Zi'ang, Qin Chengzu and others all had a lot of trouble on them and couldn't walk away, so Lin Fu asked Gao Zongting to sit here on his behalf.

Huang Jinnian was familiar with Zhao Hu, Yang Yihang, Chen Enze and others, but Hu Yuer was the only one who led the remnants to join Huaidong after the demise of the Dengzhou navy.

On the pavilion island, Huang Jinnian and Sun Wenbing told Gao Zongting about the situation in Jiangning City.

Gao Zongting went north from the east bank of Taihu Lake and took the road from Pingjiang House to join Ge Cunxin. He walked on the road for two days. In addition, Xiaoshan heard the news of Jiangning too late. What Gao Zongting knew was the situation of Jiangning on the 17th, just before the Hanghu Army was besieged in Liyang.

Although it has only been six days, the situation has changed rapidly in the past six days. She Feixiong's use of troops against Jiangzhou is the latest situation.

Before the messenger from Yue Lengqiu arrived in Jiangning, Huang Jinnian had already left Jiangning, and it was only after arriving at Tingzi Island that he learned about the fact that Yang Xiong, a big robber from Dongting Lake, and She Feixiong joined forces to attack Jiangzhou.

Huang Jinnian sighed with emotion: "Your Excellency is really clever. Fortunately, Lin Xiang has already gone to Chizhou, so he can probably persuade Yue Lengqiu to continue to lead his troops eastward."

The extravagant Feixiong attacked Jiangzhou, and Huaidong had long expected it.

Compared with Jiangning, the She family is more eager to get Jiangzhou, so that they can completely occupy the entire Poyang Lake Plain for respite. Bing Feng pointed directly at Jiangning, and lured Yue Lengqiu out of Jiangzhou to help in the east, which was only the first step for the luxury family. Yue Lengqiu had to help Jiangning again. If the surrounding area of ​​Jiangning was crippled, Jiangzhou would also become a water without a source and a tree without roots.

As long as Jiangning can be kept, and Jiangzhou's troops and horses are not damaged, even if Jiangzhou is lost, Yue Lengqiu can still fight back slowly from Chizhou to the west.

Since Lin Xuwen had gone west, Gao Zongting was not worried about what would happen to Yue Lengqiu, he frowned and asked Huang Jinnian, "There is an official in the Supreme Court asking the emperor to go to Huaixi for a hunting tour, can you know who is behind the scenes? ?"

"We initially suspected that Yu Xinyuan was behind, but Yu Xinyuan was the first to stand up and denounce him as a deceiver, and even asked the emperor to demote him and never hire him," Huang Jinnian said. At the court, reprimanded in public, and punished with a court stick... This incident did not cause any trouble."

"I'm afraid this is just the beginning," Gao Zongting shook his head and said, "I'm afraid the whole thing is not that simple..."

The psychological line of defense always collapsed step by step. I think that when Emperor Chongguan used Li Zhuo to go out of Jibei, he was full of trust in Li Zhuo. The early reports of impeachment against Li Zhuo were all severely rejected by Emperor Chongguan, but the final result How is it?

Now the Hanghu Army is still holding on in Liyang, and the right wing of the She family is blocked by the heavy snow. It is hundreds of miles away from Jiangning and cannot enter the besieged city north. Emperor Yongxing still has the determination to defend the city and wait for help.

Now, the main force of Huaidong troops and horses is also blocked by the heavy snow, and Xiaoshan cannot go north. Once the Hanghu Army is wiped out in Liyang, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from luxury families flood into Jiangning City like a tide, will Emperor Yongxing still have the determination to coexist with Jiangning City? ?

In addition, the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate requested Emperor Yongxing to patrol Huaixi to avoid war. Even if Yu Xinyuan was innocent, there were many strange things in this matter. It is a pity that Du Rong finally had an old love for the luxury family and refused to serve. Huaidong, so Huaidong could not pull out all the hidden piles of luxury cloth in Jiangning.

Gao Zongting thought for a moment, then said: "Shuiying is slow to go against the water, Master Huang stays in the army as a staff officer; I will go to Prison Island first, lest there be any situation that I can't deal with..."

The ships of the Second Water Battalion were mainly sea-going ships, with many masts and few oars, and they sailed very fast on the vast and windy sea. However, after entering the relatively narrow Yangtze River waterway in winter, sea-going ships cannot take advantage of them.

"Linzhengjun-class" sea-going ships, with a capacity of more than 20,000 stone, have no oars.

Even if there is wind, the speed of such a large ship is extremely slow in a narrow river channel; if there is no wind, it is a fixed target for enemy ships to attack with fire, so it is extremely unsuitable for water warfare in narrow waters. The four Lin Zhengjun-class warships of the Second Water Battalion were all kept in Chongzhou, and they did not follow the army westward to aid Jiangning.

Ge Cunxin's westward aid to Jiangning this time consisted of more than 40 Jiyun-class warships, supplemented by a large number of small and medium-sized warships. Even so, the speed of the entire fleet upstream is still extremely slow.

"Mr. Gao is worried that the emperor might abandon Jiangning and go to Huaixi?" Huang Jinnian asked.

"As long as someone makes the emperor feel that Jiangning can't keep up, it is not impossible to go to Huaixi!" Gao Zongting said, "Even if the emperor insists to the end, if the weather in the south does not improve, Huaidong troops will be blocked by the heavy snow and enter the outside. If you don’t come, Yue Lengqiu will not rush eastward to preserve his strength. As long as the She family starts to organize a siege, it is hard to predict how the Jiangning defenders will behave!”

Huang Jinnian also participated in the defensive battle of Jinhai back then, but he knew the cruelty and intensity of the offensive and defensive battles.

The Jin navy was strong enough, and for more than half a year, the Yan prisoners were still able to break through the outer fortresses one by one. The offensive and defensive battle for more than half a year was accompanied by repeated competition for a section of the city wall or a key point. The Tianjin Navy was once expanded to more than 20,000 troops, but less than half of them were eventually withdrawn.

The danger of the city lies in people's hearts. The defenders have no experience in defending the city, and the guards have no will to live and die with the city. Even the Jiangning city wall, which is as high as five or six feet, is just more obstacles for the enemy to attack the city.

Jiangning City is not counted on the side of the river~www.wuxiaspot.com~ There are more than 30 miles in the east, south, and west. It is impossible for the luxury family to encircle Jiangning City and attack again, and it is more likely that they will concentrate their forces on one side.

In this case, if the Huaidong Army went to defend, they could defend with their eyes closed, and they would even take the initiative to lure soldiers and horses from extra families into the city to fight in the streets. It is very likely to lose the will to continue fighting.

Could it be that Xie Chaozhong was solely responsible for the many poor performances of the Royal Battalion in Huizhou and Yuling Pass?

Once the city head is unstable, whether Emperor Yongxing stands up to boost morale, or flees out of the city in a disheartened way, Huang Jinnian prefers the latter.

"What should the emperor do if he crosses the river to Huaixi?" Huang Jinnian couldn't help but worry. Once Emperor Yongxing abandoned Jiangning and left, Jiangning would naturally be unable to hold back, and Emperor Yongxing fell into Dong Yuan's hands. Here, those who can hold the emperor to command the princes are no longer Huaidong, but Dong Yuan.

"It's hard to say anything right now," Gao Zongting said, "I'd better go to Prison Island first. If something happens, it's too late to deal with it."

Huang Jinnian knew what the subtext of Gao Zongting was, and thought that Lin Fu had authorized Gao Zongting to send troops to intercept Emperor Yongxing at a critical moment. Otherwise, what situation was Ge Cunxin unable to deal with, and Lin Fu must send Gao Zongting to take charge? And this kind of thing, I can't tell Lin Ting clearly in the letter that I must send a person with weight to act accordingly.

The Huaidong Water Camp and the Dongyang Prefecture Army jointly intercepted the road, and it was difficult for Emperor Yongxing to go to Huaixi if he wanted to.

Huang Jinnian wanted to go to Prison Island with Gao Zongting first, but when he arrived at Prison Island, he would have to return to the city to answer the decree. Whether he could leave the city or not was up to fate. For the sake of his own life, Huang Jinnian felt that it would be safer to follow the army. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter