Lord of the House

Chizhou is located between two rivers, bordering the river and the mountains. The terrain is high in the southeast and low in the northwest. Therefore, it is dangerous and difficult to enter Chizhou from Jiangning and Xuanzhou. It is relatively easy to enter Chizhou from Jiangzhou and Pengze, and it is across the river from Yicheng, an important town in the north of the Yangtze River.

On the eve of the luxury flying tiger abandoning Jiangning and fleeing to the west, and Zheng Mingjing's death, the remnants were surrounded by Meizixi, the westward withdrawal of Zhejiang and Fujian troops has entered the territory of Qingyang County outside Chizhou...

Chizhou Prefecture ruled Qiupu County, facing a large number of enemy troops, the wind was terrifying, and now it was hard to defend the city.

Before night fell on the second day of December, a small group of rebels had crossed Qiupu County and marched westward to the Qiupu County Yali, which had been recruited for a temporary expedition. The lobby was changed to a public hall. Yue Lengqiu wore battle armor and velvet robes, and sat in front of the long desk, majestic and dignified.

Lin Xuwen, wearing a python robe, sat on the left of the long desk, and said to Yue Lengqiu: "Cut off the extravagant betrayal of the west and flee to the west, annihilate his main force under the city of Chizhou, and extravagantly betray the remnant bandits in Jiangzhou, so naturally it will be hard to support Yue; If the prime minister leads the troops to recover Jiangzhou, Yuzhang, and Ganzhou, it will be easy to turn back the hand, and the achievements of Sheji can be expected..."

"Lin Xiang's statement is absurd," Zhang Yan, wearing a four-clawed golden dragon python robe, walked into the public hall and directly refuted Lin Xuwen's words, saying, "A really good hound can't chase down a cunning rabbit who is running for his life. Frightened, we should focus on the society and crops, and we should not fight in waves..."

"If you abandon Jiang Ning easily, what face do you have to talk about fighting without waves?" Lin Xuwen watched Zhang Yan come in, his anger was not so strong, his veins burst, and he grabbed Zhang Yan's sore spot and asked, "Why did you abandon Jiangning?" And when you go, is it important for society?"

"Why did Prime Minister Lin make such a false statement?" Zhang Yan asked sternly, "where is Prime Minister Lin when I am guarding Jiangning with the Emperor?"

"A certain person came to Chizhou to advance and retreat with Yue Xiang, but he did not retreat to Luzhou..."

"Lin Xiang said that the luxury family is exhausted. If the luxury family is really exhausted, it is the opportunity to send envoys to surrender. If the army can be rested as soon as possible, and the people's livelihood will benefit, it is better than the use of military force!"

"Extremely shameless, extremely shameless," Lin Xuwen trembled with anger, pointed at Zhang Yan's nose, and scolded, "Do you have a face to speak to the slaughtered Jiangning people?"

Lin Xuwen came for Huaidong on his behalf, and used Dongyang Prefecture's grain and grass to aid Chizhou to feed the 40,000 troops and horses of the Jiangzhou Army, intending to urge Yue Lengqiu to lead his troops eastward and encircle the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels who entered Jiangning.

Zhang Yan only arrived in Chizhou before noon yesterday. When he came to Chizhou by boat, the Imperial Navy and Imperial Horse Imprisoned Guards had already escorted Emperor Yongxing into Juchao County, Luzhou Prefecture.

Zhang Yan's more important intention here is to hope that Yue Lengqiu will be able to cross the river to honor the emperor.

Zhang Yan and others are naturally very clear about the bad consequences that the emperor will have when he goes out to Jiangning to patrol Huaixi. Even if they knew that the emperor's abandonment of Jiangning would shake the foundation of the emperor's family and lose the world's popularity, Zhang Yan and others eventually embraced the Yongxing emperor and fled from Yangzi Jiangxi to Luzhou to avoid disaster. In the final analysis, including Emperor Yongxing, Zhang Yan, Cheng Yuqian and others have a strong distrust of Huaidong.

Luzhou is sandwiched between Jianghuai and Shanpu. Although it is not the place where imperial power is established, it can also ensure short-term peace. After temporarily avoiding the military disaster, Emperor Yongxing, Zhang Yan and others had to think about the way forward?

Obviously, if the matter of hunting in the west of Jiangning is abandoned, it will get the understanding and support of Yue Lengqiu, Dong Yuan, Jinghu Liu Wenmu and others. Even if there will be serious sequelae, it will not immediately induce a crisis of abandonment. Therefore, as soon as the emperor drove into Luzhou, Zhang Yan came to Chizhou to see Yue Lengqiu, Yu Xinyuan went to Shouzhou to see Dong Yuan and Liu Tingzhou, and sent an envoy to Jinghu to meet Liu Wenmu, leaving only Zuo Chengmu and Cheng Xueqian with Emperor Yongxing. , Wang Xueshan and other ministers guard...

When Zhang Yan arrived in Chizhou, the news of Jiangzhou's fall and Huang Binghao's downgrade of luxury came to Chizhou, and the news of the advance of Huaidong troops and horses in the periphery of Liyang, because the road was a little far away, and there were rebels blocking the middle, it was not in time. When it spread to Chizhou-Chizhou, it faced a situation of collapse of the society and the collapse of the mountains and rivers, which made the Jiangzhou soldiers who guarded Chizhou panic. On the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth days, the Zhejiang-Fujian army continued to march westward from Jiangning with a large number of troops and horses. In the name of chasing and capturing the fleeing Emperor Yongxing, it was even called Chizhou.

Just this morning, Ge Cunxin dispatched a sailboat from Jiangning to Chizhou City, reporting that the Imperial City had not been lost.

By this time, the situation of the entire battle situation had basically become clear. The Zhejiang and Fujian troops entered Chizhou in the name of escaping and chasing them. In essence, they did not dare to stay in Jiangning to fight the Huaidong Army to the death. Instead, they had to pass through Chizhou and enter. Jiangzhou…

At this time, Lin Xuwen's attitude was naturally more and more resolute, and he asked Yue Lengqiu to lead the Jiangzhou army to block the remnants of the Zhejiang and Fujian army to the west of Chizhou.

As long as the Zhejiang-Fujian rebels who attacked Jiangning from Huizhou northwards in the winter are completely wiped out, the She family will be basically crippled. Even if She Feixiong captures Jiangzhou, the She family's troops in various places will be more than enough. Seventy or eighty thousand, but it doesn't make much of a climate.

The Huaidong Army's recovery of Jiangning is just around the corner, and the more and more it is set off that Emperor Yongxing abandoned Jiangning and fled to the west to be stupid and immoral.

If Huaidong were to abolish Emperor Yongxing and replace King Lu, Lin Fu and officials of Huaidong's line including Zhang Yan, Wang Xueshan, Cheng Yuqian, Zuo Chengmu, Yu Xinyuan and other ministers who fled west with the emperor would not be able to do it. There are good fruits to eat...

At this time, instead of calling the Jiangzhou Army to fight against the Zhejiang and Fujian Army, Zhang Yan hopes that Yue Lengqiu can preserve his strength. Even at this time, he can make peace with the She family and ask the She family to preserve a certain strength, which is far better than calling Huaidong. Totally better.

Lin Xuwen and Zhang Yan smashed their faces on the public hall. They said badly and glared at each other. They almost took off their robes and started a fight. Yue Lengqiu stood up as a peacemaker and said, "Where are the two adults? , where has the personal friendship of the same court and ministers gone, why bother like this, after all, isn't it all for the sake of the court and society?" He waved his hands to withdraw all the generals from the court, lest the jokes here fall below. In the eyes of people, it shakes the hearts of the army even more.

Lin Xuwen said angrily: "The extravagant family surrendered and revolted, and then slaughtered the southeast with troops, and all Xinde died. If the emperor has a secret order to allow Lord Zhang to discuss the surrender, Lord Zhang can go there, but someone will not stop him!" Throw Zhang Yan and Yue Lengqiu in the hall.

Regarding the surrender, Zhang Yan also said it to stimulate Lin Xuwen. At this time, Zhang Yan hoped that the She family would still retain a certain amount of strength to contain Huaidong and ask Huaidong to act with scruples. Li - I used to think that Empress Dowager Liang was a nuisance, and she didn't make her return to Jiangning, but this time it was even more of a headache. In the matter of Huaidong's rise and fall, Empress Dowager Liang was the biggest piece of chess held in Huaidong's hands.

There was no one else above the public hall, and Zhang Yan spoke without any scruples. He only said to Yue Lengqiu: "If Lord Yue believes in Lin Xuwen's words, he can wipe out all the troops and horses in Jiangzhou. If you want to come to Chizhou, Lin Fu may not be able to. I will compete with Lord Yue for the position of the first assistant, but what is the use of this first assistant..."

In the past, although the power of the vassal towns in various places was strong, they were basically able to obey orders and be controlled. Many prefectures and counties were also directly controlled by the court. Jiangning was also able to control the dispatch of most officials and generals, as well as the deployment of troops, horses, and grain. Therefore, the court The position above is worth fighting for. However, the court has completely controlled the officials of the Huaidong lineage, including the soldiers and horses who guarded Jiangning, and they are all under the control of Huaidong. Ornament—how could Yue Lengqiu not understand this truth?

"Master Zhang doesn't need to be so excited. It's also the responsibility of the ministers to surround and destroy the robbers..." Yue Lengqiu said with Xiao Ni, but when it came to substantive issues, he never made a statement, and he didn't have much patience with Zhang Yan. , on the pretext that he wanted to patrol the city head, and sent Zhang Yan away first.

After Zhang Yan left, Deng Yu came to meet him and said: "The main force of the thief army has almost all entered the territory of Qingyang, and at the latest tomorrow, a large group will rush to Qiupu Castle..."

Daqingxi was defeated, and Deng Yu led the remnants to cross Yishan Mountain to Pengze County to defect to Yue Lengqiu. The Anhui Southern Army was 20,000 elites, and in the end, less than 2,000 remnants escaped with Deng Yu.

Deng Yu led the remnants into the Jiangzhou Army, and Yue Lengqiu treated him seriously, and assigned another army to him under his command, but the Huinan Army ceased to exist.

"Deng Yu, tell me, should the Zhejiang-Fujian army pass through the border, should I intercept or let it go?" Yue Lengqiu asked Deng Yu to come to the case.

Deng Yu's face changed and struggled, he pondered for a long time, and said, "If you don't fight a battle, you can't; if you fight hard, who knows when the Huaidong Army will be able to clear up the situation in the east and come to help, She Feixiong led his troops to come from Jiangzhou. , but be quicker... If Yue Xiang can trust Deng Yu, Deng Yu is willing to lead his troops to Shicheng!"

"Why don't I believe you?" Yue Lengqiu said, "I can't blame you for the Anhui Nanjun army to come this far. If I have a responsibility, my responsibility is even greater. But if I really want to go out to Chizhou City to fight a battle, I won't send you, there are other candidates! I'll let Chen Zishou go!"

"Huang Binghao surrendered, Chen Zishou is Huang's old clan, his family and relatives were all captured in Jiangzhou, and he was sent to lead his clan out of the city. The consequences are unpredictable!" Deng Yu said in shock.

When Jiangzhou was besieged, it was Chen Zishou's troops who wanted to come back to help; after Jiangzhou fell, Chen Zishou and other generals also put the blame on Yue Lengqiu's failure to return to help in time, full of complaints, and the chaos was very stiff.

"If Chen Zishou falls, I will always have to take some responsibilities, but as long as you don't abandon me and leave, it's okay to take some responsibilities..." Yue Lengqiu said.

Hearing what Yue Lengqiu said, Deng Yu suddenly realized.

Chen Zishou surrendered, Yue Lengqiu just had an excuse to stay in Chizhou City, and Yue Lengqiu took the responsibility for Chen Zishou's surrender, so he did not need to be transferred to Jiangning to serve as minister, minister, etc. On the other hand, you can continue to stay in Chizhou to control the military power. In the upcoming Ninglu battle, Yue Lengqiu has resolutely decided to give up Emperor Yongxing, but he does not want to lead Huaidong by the nose. The only way is to control the military power. , and support the pirates! My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter