Lord of the House

At the eastern foot of Guanxiling and the source of Fenglinxi, there is a remnant village Fenglinbu, which is also the only passage from Guanxiling and the southern mountains to Jiangshan County.

The extravagant family built the Shangrao line of defense, and the villages east of Guanxiling, except for a few extremely dangerous ones, were forcibly moved westward, and the villages were set on fire.

Fenglinbu is located at the source of Fenglinxi, about fifty kilometers west of Jiangshan County. From mid-November, Tang Fuguan led his troops to settle in one after another, and soon a large army village was established in the ruins of Fenglinbu. The simple fortress built by Li Baidao and his troops on the ridge of Guanxi Ridge was only six or seven miles away.

At present, the soldiers and horses assembled in the western part of Quzhou are led by Zhou Tong, and Fu Qinghe is temporarily staying in Tongziwu in the upper reaches of the Qianjiang River.

Compared with the front-line supervision, the practical significance of continuously transporting the material resources from the rear to the front line is more significant. Not only the water and land passage to Wuyuan is narrow, but the supply route to Quzhou is longer and tortuous. When the autumn and winter are approaching, the waterways of the Lanxi River and the Qujiang River are shallow and narrow, which increases the difficulty of transportation. Of course, the difficulties encountered by the luxury family in Shangrao are bound to be twice as high as those in Huaidong.

On the east line of Shangrao, with Changshan City as the core, the luxury family built eleven strong fortresses in the peripheral passes such as the jaws and Litang, filled with 20,000 elite soldiers and horses, and stormed the jaws and Litang. It is not difficult to attack Changshan City and get through westward to Shangrao.

Since the luxury family can spend so much money to build a gate to guard the gateway to the east, why not ask them to build another fortress in the upper reaches of Shanxi?

Jiangning has entered the cold winter, but Quzhou is located in the deep mountains, and the cold air has not yet come, and the climate is quite pleasant, which provides a lot of convenience for the war after the winter.

After the winter, Fenglinxi became shallow and narrow. After the supplies arrived in Quzhou, it had to be replaced by a small Wushao boat with a load of only 20 stones to continue westward.

Fortunately, the valley road on the south bank of Fenglinxi has been developed by generations, and it is quite easy, and a considerable part of the area is paved with boulders.

Hundreds of mules and horses are continuously transporting supplies along the valley road on the south bank of Fenglin Stream to the depths of the northern foot of Wuyi Mountain. In addition to the horse-drawn carriages requisitioned from Quzhou, there are also new-style Huaidong four-wheeled carriages. The iron-clad wheels squeaked against the mountain road. The Sichuan horses pulling the carts had short heads, but strong endurance. Two horses and one cart could carry twenty or thirty stones of cargo, which was more convenient than sailing against the current.

Surrounded by more than 100 cavalry, Zhou Tong crossed the mule and horse team that used the supplies. Zhou Tong rushed to Fenglinbu Military Village, and there were already soldiers and civilians reclaiming wasteland around the military village.

"In the new order letter handed over by the Privy Council, it instructed us to pay attention to the combination of squatting and fighting. Dengchenghu's arrogant temperament was full of reluctance, and he asked me to send him a fielding officer. If it wasn't for the last time, he told the lord to give him a hard training. Stop, this time, I really don't worry about letting him go ahead, because I'm afraid that he will be impatient, so it's better for you to worry about it!" Zhou Tong said to Tang Fuguan, who came to greet him.

Tang Fuguan said: "When I was trapped in the deep mountains of southern Fujian, the food supply was extremely scarce, and it was difficult to maintain it, so I had more patience. The war is nothing more than eliminating one's strength, eliminating the other's momentum, and increasing one's own strength, no matter how small the matter is, It's worth doing too!"

Zhou Tong nodded and was accompanied by Tang Fuguan towards Guanxiling.

From Fenglinbu to Guanxi Ridge, although it is only six or seven miles deep, the road is steep and steep. In front of Guanxi Ridge, the mountains rise suddenly and lie in front of you.

At this time, on the Guanxi Ridge, Li Baidao led his troops to build a simple fortress with two battalions of elite soldiers. The fortress stands between the open mountains of the ridge, logging fences, and ramming the mountain soil.

It was not easy for the Zhejiang-Fujian army to attack the ridge from the western foot of the mountain. They scrambled around Guanxiling four times and left more than 200 corpses, but they were not able to retake the Guanxiling highland.

The Huaidong Army's armor and ordnance has completely surpassed the Zhejiang and Fujian Army. Under the condition that the fighting will of the two sides is equal, the Huaidong Army takes the advantage of the terrain by defending and attacking. Even if the Zhejiang and Fujian Army is willing to pay double casualties, may not be able to win.

With the passage of time, the Huaidong Army's control of Guanxiling became more and more strict. From the beginning over the mountains and over the mountains, just over ten days passed, and the mule and horse team that had already supplied supplies between the mountains set out a trail. On the steep **** at the eastern foot of Guanxiling, a simple plank road was also built with iron cable pallets for materials and personnel to come up.

In the western foothills, the Zhejiang-Fujian army has never cleared a channel for large-scale troops and horses to pass through and attack Guanxiling.

Zhou Tong also used both hands and feet to climb the Guanxi Ridge from the temporary simple iron rope plank road. The bodies of the enemy and the enemy have been separated and buried, but the bloodstains in front of the fortress show that the enemy has not never wanted to take Guanxi Ridge back.

The western foot of Guanxi Ridge is relatively gentle, but there are also several ridges and hills. To the northwest, the terrain sinks rapidly, forming a valley in the shape of a basin. Xinjiang River Confluence.

Between the mountains, the sparkling waves of the Shanxi River flicker.

"Indeed, if Guanxi Ridge does not become an obstacle, directly attacking Hengshan and Shangrao from Shanxi will have more advantages than Tongkou and Litang, and it will be easier to gather troops," Zhou Tong said, "It's always better to call the Shejia taste. To the misery of not guarding the dangerous land of Guanxi Ridge!"

"It's not that the extravagant family doesn't guard it, but the extravagant family couldn't have imagined that we would give up the near to the far, and the easy to take the hard!" Tang Fuguan said with a smile, "From Jiangshan City westward to Fenglin Port, the mountain road has been abandoned for a long time, and it needs to be repaired. From Fenglinbu to the heel of Guanxiling, it is only six or seven miles away, but two low ridges have to be climbed in a row. Xiyuan Hu is on the west side. Guanxi Ridge has been extending for 50 to 60 miles deep into Wuyi Mountain. We can only use iron drills to dig a road. If we want to go around, it will only be more time-consuming and troublesome. We have to repair the channel to Guanxi Ridge. It is extremely difficult to go up. And it is not easy for the She family to build a fortress on the Guanxi Ridge. The She family always has to make choices, and they can’t let the jaws or the pond leave gaps…”

"Yes," Zhou Tong smiled and called Li Baidao, the chief of Guanxiling's defense, to him, and pointed to the slightly shorter ridge in front, and said, "The real danger of Guanxiling is between these two ridges. , we not only can't let the enemy army stand there, but we also need to repair the fortress, and build this piece of land into a fortress for the advance base for troops to send troops to Shanxi..."

Li Baidao wiped his face full of beards and said to Tang Fuguan: "Then Fenglinbu has a lot of strength. Every day, two or three hundred people use baskets to carry supplies up the mountain, but there is no way to push their positions to Shanxi plug. go..."

"Then I will give you two months to open the mountain road leading to Guanxiling," Zhou Tong said to Tang Fuguan, "In two months, the Changshan Army will also enter Quzhou to fight, be careful that others will take the credit for it. gone."

"I won't keep it!" Li Baidao rushed to issue the military order.

Zhou Tong smiled, went down the mountain with Tang Fuguan, and said as they walked, "I'll give you three thousand soldiers now, and you won't be of any use if you have more. When the mountain road opens further, there will be more room for manpower, and I will recruit more manpower. Here it is; you can recruit the mountain people, but be careful to let the scouts of the luxury family get in..."

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The previous speculation became a fact. The Huaidong Army assembled a large-scale force on the back of Guanxi Ridge, built a road, and wanted to open the channel for troops to enter Guanxi Ridge from the upper reaches of Fenglin River, and then go down along Shanxi to directly attack Hengshan, Shangrao.

Once the main force of Huaidong is called to cross the natural obstacles of Guanxi Ridge and descend along Shanxi, the defense line of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops in front of Hengshan will be far weaker than that of the jaws and Litang lines that were strengthened in the early stage.

In the early stage, it was not that I didn't realize that Guanxiling was too thin and might become a channel for Huaidong troops to enter the army. Only before that, the construction of the jaws and the Litang line of defense was more important. At any rate, there was Guanxi Ridge in the upper reaches of Shanxi River as a barrier, making it difficult for the large forces of Huaidong to pass through at once.

Weighing the priorities, when Deng Yu was in power in Shangrao, he only built the beacon fire pier in Guanxiling first, not even a fortress.

In the current situation, Huaidong paid extra attention to the gains and losses of Guanxi Ridge, and sent more than a thousand soldiers to defend it, and the path at the western foot of Guanxi Ridge was not smooth, so it was difficult to send a large group of troops to attack immediately.

After four small-scale counterattacks in a row, they were all repelled, and it was found that the Huaidong Army's will to guard Guanxiling was unshakable. Next, it was necessary to consider whether to fight a tug-of-war around Guanxiling, or withdraw and stop at Shanxi. Add another fortress between Hengshan City and Hengshan City, so that the defense line in front of Hengshan will be completely consolidated~www.wuxiaspot.com~ She Feixiong will gather all generals to discuss this matter.

"In Shangrao, Huaidong's troops have already surpassed our army by a large margin, and there is even the possibility of continuing to increase our troops. To see and consume around Guanxi Ridge will put our army into a more unfavorable situation," Wang Hui He used to be the guard of Kuaiji, but after the troops of Liangchuan County were defeated, he chose to join Shefeixiong. He has been fighting on the western front for all these years, and Tian Chang and Su Tingzhan will have the opportunity to directly face the Huaidong Army, but His choice was still cautious and conservative, and he did not recommend a counter-offensive against Guanxiling. He said, "For our army, defending Shangrao is the foundation. When Jiangzhou or Guanshan and Caoyan decide the winner, a turning point will naturally appear. Instead of spending troops fighting for the flanks..."

"Once the Huaidong Army is told to open the passage from Guanxi Ridge to Shanxi, only Shanxi Village and Hengshan City will be left on the southern line to prevent the main force of the Huaidong Army from approaching Shangrao," said Shi Hejin, "on the periphery of Shanxi and Hengshan City. , the terrain is open, and it is convenient for the Huaidong Army to launch a siege with its superior forces, but why?"

"Our army can mobilize 20,000 troops and horses to the Shanxi River Valley to fight the Huaidong Army decisively. The Huaidong Army will not enter easily, but it wants to dig a passage on Guanxi Ridge for 20,000 troops and horses and supplies to pass through. It can be done in May," Deng Yu said. "In these three to five months, we can fight out from the jaws or Litang, or we can build defenses between Xiaxi Au and Duxianyu..."

"Both options, I'm afraid both are what the Huaidong Army wishes!" She Feixiong said with a heavy expression.

Huaidong's tactics on the front of Shangrao became extremely conservative. He also built fortifications on the front of Litang and Jaw. He was not in a hurry to attack, and even at the cost of three or five months, he wanted to open a road between Guanxi Ridge. Isn't the new channel for sending troops to force the side to invest more troops and build more defenses in Hengshan and Shanxi? My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter