Lord of the House

In the battle at the foot of Maoshan Mountain, Yu Wenshan led his troops to ambush and completely defeated the remnants of the Hanghu Army. Then, he won Jinshan effortlessly. At night, he got a secret report that Emperor Yongxing was about to leave Jiangning, and the city was in chaos.

She Feihu also took the lead in rushing from Liyang to the north of Jinshan at this time to join Yu Wenshan.

The main force of the Central Route Army is still starting from Liyang. After She Feihu and Yu Wenshan converge, there are more than 10,000 elites. They have been fighting hard for several days and are exhausted, but their fighting spirit is still there, and their morale is stimulated by the successive victories.

After Yu Wenshan defeated the remnants of the Hanghu Army, he immediately sent the only 400 cavalry in his hand to Jiangning as an outpost. The four hundred cavalry were the outposts, mainly for the defense deployment of spying on the periphery of Jiangning. After learning about the chaos in Jiangning City, She Feihu negotiated with Yu Wenshan, and sent more capable and brave generals to lead 3,000 infantry to the north overnight, but the main force of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops gathered in the north of Jinshan City still needed a short rest before they could recover their physical strength. Another forced march.

To be honest, She Feihu and others, including She Wenzhuang, the coach of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army, did not expect that Emperor Yongxing would abandon the city so easily. He didn't expect Emperor Yongxing to be so useless, he didn't expect Emperor Yongxing to be startled long ago, and the Jiangning Rebellion was much earlier than they expected.

The original idea of ​​Shewenzhuang was that the middle road and the right wing would attack Jiangning from both sides, find one side, attack it hard, and then make Wang Xueshan cooperate with the hidden piles to create chaos in the city, disturb the situation in Jiangning, and force the eternal. Emperor Xing abandoned the city and fled.

When he got further accurate news, it was already dawn on the 26th, and Tian Chang also brought hundreds of cavalry to the north of Jinshan to join She Feihu and Yu Wenshan.

There were no large groups of enemy soldiers approaching within a hundred miles to the left, and in the leeward south of the unknown **** in the north of Jinshan City, the Zhejiang and Fujian Army's camp was extremely rudimentary.

Except for the guards on duty, nearly 10,000 generals and soldiers of Zhejiang and Fujian troops all fell asleep.

Since the Daqingxi battle, the Zhejiang and Fujian troops have not had a decent rest for about two months. The successive brutal battles have made the generals and soldiers numb, and only the desire for victory is left. Morale stayed high and inexhaustible.

Only generals who command battles for a long time can deeply understand how important morale and will to fight are.

The current situation facing the Zhejiang and Fujian troops, especially after the fall of East Fujian, forced them to fight hard until they were truly safe.

Once the morale is exhausted, and facing a powerful enemy like the Huaidong Army, the consequences will be disastrous.

The simple war shed was erected on the top of the mountain about ten feet high. The cold moon floated in the air, and there was still snow in the four fields. The north wind was blowing, and the grass was broken.

She Feihu's armor was puzzled, and he was wearing a dark brown shirt outside to keep out the cold. More than a dozen senior generals such as Tian Chang and Yu Wenshan were sitting around the bonfire.

"The Huaidong army should also be behind, otherwise the reinforcements from Huaidong from the Yangtze River, even if they abandon their boats and travel by land, should arrive between Moling and Jiangning City." Yu Wenshan said.

Knowing that Jiangning City is in chaos, Huaidong Water Camp will inevitably rush to enter Jiangning. As long as you win Jiangning City a moment in advance, you will be able to gain an advantage in the upcoming battle of Jiangning - Yue Lengqiu may stagnate in Chizhou and dare not rush However, Huaidong is definitely a master who dares to take chestnuts out of fire.

This point, including She Feihu, the generals of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops sitting around the bonfire, everyone knows it.

Jiang Ning want to take it? Of course to take.

How could Jiangning City not be taken at this stage of the war?

Jiangning City is actually a turning point for the morale of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops - Jiangning City is within easy reach. If Jiangning City is abandoned, the morale of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops will inevitably drop rapidly from the peak at that time.

At this time, even though She Feixiong had successfully seized the city in Jiangzhou, it was far from having a firm foothold and needed to be dragged to Jiangzhou Army and Huaidong Army for a while.

If they retreat to the south, firstly, the main Huaidong troops and horses may follow behind to attack Ningguo and Huizhou, biting their butts and chasing them fiercely; another possibility is that Huaidong troops and horses can quickly move westward through the waterway. , compete for Jiangzhou.

In the next situation, it is very likely that She Feixiong was besieged in Jiangzhou City, and Huaidong was waiting for them to come to help.

They have to withdraw from Huizhou to western Zhejiang, then enter Jiangxi from western Zhejiang, and go north to assist Jiangzhou along the west bank of Poyang Lake. The speed is much slower than that of the Huaidong Army's main force along the Jiangxi.

Yu Wenshan's opinion is very firm: Dayue will surrender Jiangning City, and the Zhejiang and Fujian troops will not take it, it will be self-defeating.

"Jinchuan Prison Island is the place where Lin Bie made his fortune in Jiangning, and it has been owned by the Lin family since then. It is impossible for Huaidong not to deploy hidden soldiers there!" Tian Chang frowned and said with concern, "Indeed, Huaidong The reinforcements from the Yangtze River stopped between Danyang and Jiangning the day before yesterday, and went west along the Jiangxi from Danyang. If you can't tell that they'll be half a beat..."

"General Su should be able to get ahead." Fang Zhenhe said, even if he set fire to Jiangning City, he would have an explanation for the generals below. Otherwise, what's the point of fighting for so long?

Zheng Mingjing's department was located in the southeast of Liyang, and he wanted to intercept the main force of the Huaidong Army that was heading north from Xiaoshan, and then retreated into Liyang to defend it first, so as to maintain the connection between Jiangning and Ningguo.

The main force of the Central Route Army was still in Liyang. After a brutal siege, it would take at least three days to reach Jiangning even if they immediately pulled out their camp and marched north.

The main force who could reach Jiangning as quickly as possible, in addition to the troops and horses that had been dispatched from Jinshan, were the more than 10,000 troops and horses that Su Tingzhan drove straight from Lishui to Jiangning.

She Feihu clenched his brows tightly, the key was that it was impossible to detect how many secret soldiers Huaidong had deployed on Jinchuan Prison Island. The number of people may be only two or three thousand, but Huaidong desperately used three thousand elites to defend a city gate, waiting for the main force to come to help, the situation is still quite difficult.

Not counting the main force of the Huaidong army led by Lin Tie in Xiaoshan, Huaidong could mobilize around 30,000 troops on the northern front, including reinforcements from the Yangtze River and Dongyang Prefecture troops.

At this time, they set off at dawn, but they must take into account all possible situations now. When they arrive in Jiangning, they will likely participate in the battle immediately, and there is no possibility of calm negotiation.

The next battle was extremely dangerous for the Zhejiang and Fujian troops, but it had to be fought.

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On the morning of the 26th, Chen Enze led a battalion of soldiers, advancing by water and land, along the Jinchuan River to the south, on the west bank of Moling Lake, where they met the sentry cavalry of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army, and the two sides retreated after contact.

The Zhejiang-Fujian Army had few sentinels and horses, but most of them were top soldiers and had more horses. Even if the Huaidong Army could form a military advantage in a very short period of time, it could not bite the Zhejiang-Fujian Army's outposts.

Gao Zongting ordered Chen Enze to lead his troops to attack decisively. First, he wanted to make the troops and horses of Zhejiang and Fujian troops in Jinshan and Lishui hesitate and buy more time. First, he wanted to make the chaotic military and civilians in Jiangning city aware of the existence of Huaidong troops and horses. ; Another is that the prison island wants to sing an empty city plan.

Chen Enze led his troops to retreat to Donghuamen after a little contact, also afraid that they would be bitten by the troops and horses that came from the Zhejiang and Fujian troops outside the city. To be sure, the Zhejiang-Fujian Army will drive 14,000 to 5,000 troops to Jiangning today.

As for the troops that Huaidong can call, there are only more than 1,200 soldiers from the two battalions of the Tianjin Navy, more than 1,000 military guards from Jiyun Society, more than 2,000 people who train people's bravery, and generals who have not yet dispersed from the imperial battalion. More than 2,400 people.

It seems that with the active cooperation of Chen Xiyan, Gao Zongting can still call nearly 7,000 people in Jiangning. But the soldiers are too complex to be used in field battles, because it is not clear which one will make a big leak in field battles. The most stable and feasible strategy is to protect the imperial city and the prison island. The first is the imperial city.

Compared with the innocuous contact battle outside the city, the inside of the city is much bloodier.

The city is full of rioters and mobs, and gentle expulsion is inevitable. Mu Guogong's mansion is next to the imperial city, but Zhang Yubo's house is in the west of the city.

Before the chaos, Zhao Shuhan's family also avoided Zhang Yubo's house.

Zhang Yubo served as a pirate in Jiangning for a long time. Even if he returned to Jiangning, he would have a deep influence on the Jiangning military.

Most of Jiangning's army was also in chaos, but Zhang Yubo still summoned more than 300 old troops. Most of them had family members in the city, and most of them gathered in Zhang Yubo's house to concentrate on protection, preventing them from being attacked by the mob and the rebels.

Naturally, these people also have to go to the imperial city.

The streets were full of chaotic people and soldiers. Zhao Hu, wearing heavy armor, personally led armored soldiers and military guards, and attacked across the street. No matter whether the street was evil or good, he would be killed.

After walking more than two hundred steps, that is, killing more than a hundred people in a row, blood soaked the long street, and the chaos of the city and the soldiers came back to their senses, and they fled in a panic - in fact, it also curbed the chaos in the city to a certain extent.

In addition to the troops necessary to defend the imperial city, the imperial battalion troops were also sent out to suppress the mob.

Grain silos that are not within the imperial city will also be set on fire.

There are extravagant families lurking in the dark, and it is impossible to completely eliminate the chaos in the city in a short period of time. Even if it is cleared up for a while, it will be revived soon, but before the majority of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops are in the future and the sentinels are afraid to enter the city, the imperial battalion will be scattered to suppress the mob, and some chaotic soldiers can be gathered for their own use. The main thing is to let the generals of the imperial army see blood.

People have violent and murderous spirits in their hearts, and the elite soldiers should not only release this violent and murderous spirit, but also use strict military discipline to constrain them within a controllable range.

Sometimes the slaughter of a city is cruel, but it is an effective means of motivating the generals to kill and maintaining morale in this world. Not everyone can learn Huaidong's methods.

Gao Zongting always accompanied Chen Xiyan to guard above the Donghuamen gate tower, always paying attention to whether most of the troops of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops were coming.

Fortunately, there are sufficient supplies in the imperial city, which were originally used by thousands of servants and maids in the palace.

The Royal Horse Battalion withdrew, and only a few servants and palace maids accompanied him, but because Chen Xiyan sent a competent general to take over the imperial city quickly, there was no major trouble in the imperial city. Although the rebels tried to attack the imperial city several times to loot, they were all repelled~www.wuxiaspot.com~ By the time Zhao Hu led Huaidong's army into the city, the rebels no longer dared to approach the imperial city.

Gao Zongting looked outside the city, the flags of the Mi tribe appeared on the horizon like clouds, and said to Chen Xiyan, "That's the only way..." He ordered the smoke to be lit from the left and right, and ordered the generals scattered in the city to return to the imperial city. Avoid the imperial city as soon as possible.

Chen Xiyan turned to look at the city, his mouth was full of bitterness. He used to be loyal to the imperial family, but only after Emperor Yongxing left the city, did he feel that the people in the city were pitiful.

Although the chaos near the Imperial City was temporarily suppressed, the Imperial City was only a small corner of Jiangning City. They stood on the tower and could see the north of the Zangjin Bridge. There were even signs of mob gatherings, which was obviously a luxury. There is a hidden pile of trouble at home, and there is no time to take care of it at this time.

"Can you stick to the Donghua Gate?" Chen Xiyan asked Gao Zongting.

Donghuamen has a urn with a complex structure. As long as the Huaidong soldiers desperately defended Donghuamen and waited for the main force to come to help, the Zhejiang and Fujian troops would not dare to enter the city.

"No, the situation is too dangerous, Zong Ting can't let Huaidong General die for no reason!" Gao Zong Ting decided to veto it, and said, "The Zhejiang and Fujian troops control the outer city, and they will definitely control the chaos in the city first, and Chen Xiang doesn't need to worry about it. ."

Although Donghuamen is dangerous, it is far from being compared with the imperial city, and the casualties are bound to be heavy.

The battle of Jiangning was unavoidable for the luxury family, otherwise it would hurt morale too much. The key is how many troops to invest.

Once they defended Donghua Gate, the She family saw that they could not capture Donghua Gate before the main force of Huaidong Army arrived, and the main force would probably avoid Jiangning. How could Huaidong catch turtles in the urn?

The situation has developed to this stage, and it is difficult to capture the main force of the She family. No matter what, he must be injured in one leg, otherwise the war in Jiangxi will be difficult to fight in the future. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter