Lord of the House

In the ninth year of Chongguan, Donghu broke the pass, Kou Yanji, and the King of Zhejiang Bing Qin surrendered to the enemy in Shandong, and then besieged the city of Yangxin, which was firmly guarded by Lin Fu. In the Battle of Yangxin, the Zhejiang soldiers who had surrendered to the enemy lost their helmets and armor, and about 6,000 Zhejiang soldiers were captured.

For the soldiers of Zhejiang who surrendered, Lin Bie killed the generals and accepted them. About 6,000 surrendered soldiers were moved to Jinhai after the war for resettlement, and Hu Jinxiong was among them. When defending Jinhai, Hu Jinxiong joined the battalion.

Hu Jinxiong, who came from a low-level background, has experienced all kinds of actions for the people of the Huaidong Army over the years. After the Battle of Yongjia, Hu Jinxiong had the opportunity to take up a military position in the locality, and he can be considered to be able to honor his ancestors from now on.

However, like many generals from Zhejiang, he believed that when the world did not reach Jingping, the armor would not be in control, and Hu Jinxiong insisted on returning to the Chongcheng army, which was the most frequently fought, and fought with the army in the field.

Chen Zhu and Su Pinxiao led the main force to continue to advance westward along the Jiangxi, and before the main force of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops withdrew, they had to occupy the most important pass, Huating, in the western border of Hengfeng County. Only in this way can the main force of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops be sealed in a narrow area south of Huaiyu Mountain and north of Xinjiang.

Although three or five hundred remnants abandoned Shangrao City and fled westward, Hu Jinxiong did not divide his troops to chase after him. The most urgent task was to take over the city defense of Shangrao.

Hu Jinxiong led his troops into the city, and first met with Yang Biao, a spy sent by the Ministry of Military Intelligence, who sneaked into Shangrao's private camp with the people.

Hu Jinxiong entrusted the security of the city to Yang Biao and others. He sent all 3,000 soldiers to the front of the city for defense. Chen Zhu also left more than a dozen bed crossbows and scorpion crossbows for him, and they also moved them to the front of the city to strengthen the defense. .

In the afternoon, about three hours after Chen Zui led the main force of the raid to leave Shangrao City, two more Jiyun-class warships came from upstream, and flags were raised above the high masts, requesting that they be stationed in Shangrao to land.

Hu Jinxiong felt strange in his heart. As a brigade commander-level general, he clearly knew that apart from the raiding fleet led by Chen Zhu and Su Pinxiao, there were only three Jiyun-class warships left in Guanxiling.

The Zhejiang and Fujian troops will no longer have complete naval combat power in the Xinjiang, Shanxi and other water systems. If they hadn't escorted important people over, the Guanxiling Camp would not have used two Jiyun-class warships to **** them, and then there would be messengers first. When they landed, Gao Zongting rushed over from the Guanxiling camp.

Hu Jinxiong and Yang Biao went out of the city to meet them, but they saw Gao Zongting led more than 300 soldiers ashore, and ordered two warships to return. Almost all the newly built warships in Guanxiling were taken away by Chen Zhe. Now the camp is in Shanshan. The upper reaches of the river also lack warships.

"Master Gao came here in person, does the camp want to adjust the previously planned combat plan?" Hu Jinxiong asked suspiciously.

"I can't talk about adjustment," Gao Zongting said. "The battle plan was initially drawn up, and the scale of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops near Shangrao could not be accurately judged, so there was no requirement that the raiding troops must take Shangrao City. After General Chen Zhe led you out, the scouts who infiltrated the other side of Shangrao for reconnaissance returned to Guanxiling after Riyu. Only then did the main camp know exactly the distribution of the main force of the rebels' eastern front along the Xinjiang River, and it was speculated that Shangrao should be empty of troops!"

"Indeed, we only received the secret letter from Shangrao when we were about to leave Shanxi," Hu Jinxiong said, "Fortunately, Captain Yang and the others were there to support the city, persuaded the civilians*, scared the guards away, and called me instead. When you take advantage of it, you can take Shangrao City without spending a single soldier."

"..." Gao Zongting nodded. On his way to Shangrao, he encountered a letter ship sent by Chen Zhe. Knowing the details, he nodded to Yang Biao. He was extremely satisfied with Yang Biao's work in Shangrao. , and said to Hu Jinxiong, "The camp speculates that Shangrao will play an important role in the next battle. If you can defend and defend, you are afraid that General Chen Zhe is good at fighting and has no intention of defending. The adults specially asked me to come and see." He took out a letter from his sleeve and said, "This is the order of your lord, and your department is temporarily under my dispatch."

Hu Jinxiong looked at the warrant and said, "Master Gao please give instructions!"

Gao Zongting is the official decree of the Privy Council and is in charge of the Right Division of the Military Intelligence Department. It can be said that the privy envoy in the Privy Council is far above the generals such as Hu Jinxiong. However, Lin Fu implemented the separation of civil and military in the Privy Council.

Gao Zongting didn't have time to take a sip of tea, and he went directly into the city with Hu Jinxiong, Yang Biao and other generals, and said as they walked, "How long has General Chen Zuo been going westward, can any news come back? What's going on in Qingxi, where the Zhejiang-Fujian army Wang Hui is headed? "

"Chen Shi's army has been advancing westward for three hours, and has already crossed Qingxi to continue westward, and there is no letter ship to send back for the time being," Hu Jinxiong said, "The enemy of Qingxi was trusted a moment earlier, and it was not long after the camp was set up, and they would always go to Qingxi. The fortress has shrunk, and there is no sign of a large-scale deployment of troops at this time..."

Qingxi is a riverside town 30 miles west of Shangrao City. Last night, Wang Hui led about 6,000 troops to camp there.

Wang Hui was originally the guard of Kuaiji. When the two Zhejiang counties collapsed, Wang Hui led his troops to dedicate the city to reduce luxury.

If it was someone else, if they learned that Huaidong soldiers and horses were attacking from the waterway, it might be possible to rush back by land to capture Shangrao, but Wang Hui did not have the courage to lead his troops back to Qingxi, which was a normal move...

Gao Zongting listened to Hu Jinxiong's report on Shangrao, and said: "General Chen Zui led his troops to let Wang Hui's troops in Qingxi go, and there was no delay in traveling westward along Jiangxi, and he could arrive at Hengfeng Huating at the same time as Deng Yu, a veteran of Fujian Province. This also means that the main force of the rebels on the eastern front will be intercepted in the narrow and long area east of Huating and west of Shangrao..."

"Is this time really wrapping it up?" Hu Jinxiong, Yang Biao and other generals showed joy, how could they not be excited if they could wipe out 30,000 troops of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops at once?

"It's not that simple," Gao Zongting said with a smile. "First of all, we must defend Shangrao, and we must immediately organize the people in the city, so that they can be dispatched to the city head for defense at any time. In addition, it is to choose trustworthy people who are familiar with the place and immediately send them to the city. The Zhejiang-Fujian Army has collapsed, the Huaidong Army has taken control of the Xinjiang River, and the news that the main force is about to move westward is sent back to the local area. They are required to notify the villages and villages in the northern foothills of Wuyi Mountain and the western foothills of Huaiyu Mountain on both sides of the Xinjiang River, and all villages and villages must be closed from now on. Strictly guard. If you can't build a village to protect yourself, you must abandon the village and destroy the food to avoid going to the mountains. Don't ask the villages and villages to kill the enemy, but you must not help the enemy with grain, otherwise after the war, you will be punished by the enemy! If there are surplus weapons and food in the city, you can ask them to take them away to increase the defense force of the villages and villages.”

Shangrao is the center of gravity of the entire upper reaches of the Xinjiang River, and it is also the center of gravity for the Zhejiang-Fujian Army to operate the eastern line of defense.

The materials that the luxury family transferred from the hinterland of Jiangxi were all transported from Shangrao to peripheral defenses such as Hengshan and Changshan. In addition to the strong city, Shangrao City also accumulated a large amount of grain and ordnance, which was originally planned to be consumed by She Feixiong and his troops to retreat into the defending city.

Once Chen Zhuo led the main force of the first town division of the Chongcheng Army to land successfully in Huating, and sealed the opening of the main force of the eastern line of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army to escape westward, in addition to the full-strength breakthrough of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army, there is still a great possibility. It is to take back Shangrao City and stand firm for help.

Not counting the troops and horses of She Feixiong on the south bank, now in the valley on the north bank of Xinjiang River west of Shangrao and east of Hengfeng, there are more than 30,000 generals of Zhejiang and Fujian troops, and another 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers and civilians—— If the main force of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army is annihilated, even if the Shefeixiong on the south bank is told to flee south, the overall situation of Jiangxi can be settled.

If the main force of the Zhejiang-Fujian army on the east line could neither break through Huating to the west, nor recapture Shangrao City and wait for help, there is another possibility that they would break out from the Lingshan Mountains at the western foot of Huaiyu Mountain to the north to Fuliang.

The entire upper reaches of the Xinjiang River valley is surrounded by the western foothills of Huaiyu Mountain and the northern foothills of Wuyi Mountain. The mountains on the two wings are about three or four hundred to seven or eight hundred feet high.

The mountains are high and the forests are deep, and it is difficult for a large group of soldiers and horses to pass through, but there are also many forest roads and wild trails in the middle, which are easy for small groups of soldiers and horses to escape. The most dangerous section at the western foot of Huaiyu Mountain between Shangrao and Fuliang is close to the north of Shangrao. Although it is dangerous, as long as you can climb over the deep mountains and forests of 30 to 50 miles and enter the territory of Fuliang, it will be much easier.

Today, the villages scattered in the depths of the western foothills of Huaiyu Mountain are precisely the key points for the scattered northward withdrawal of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops. Gao Zongting rushed over, in addition to personally taking charge of the defense of Shangrao City, the other point was to make the net tighter, so that even the little fish and shrimp would be hard to miss.

Most of the civilians requisitioned by the Zhejiang and Fujian troops were local farmers.

In almost every village between the North and South Ridge Mountains, more than half of Ding Zhuang was forcibly recruited. In addition to the heavy labor they endure every day, their food is less than 30% of that of ordinary soldiers, and countless people died of starvation and illness, which made their hatred for the extravagant family to the bone. Even if they were strongly suppressed by the Zhejiang and Fujian troops, there were not a few people who were secretly instigated by Yang Biao to participate in the Communist Party, and cooperating with the Huaidong Army to attack Shangrao.

Yang Biao was ordered to gather all these people and give them money, grain and weapons, and told them to take the weapons and go back to the depths of Huaiyu Mountain in groups. Stick to it, in order to completely block the Nanbei Lingshan Mountains and prevent the Zhejiang and Fujian troops from scattered and fleeing - all the people responded positively.

Yang Biao had been sneaking into Shangrao for half a year. He was originally a native of Shangrao and was most familiar with the local situation. Gao Zongting came over and ordered Yang Biao to temporarily take the post of Shangrao County Commander, specializing in public security and private affairs in Shangrao.

Organized by Yang Biao, before dusk, more than 5,000 strong people were divided into more than 80 teams and returned to the Lingshan Mountains at the west foot of Huaiyu Mountain with a small amount of ordnance. At this time, She Feixiong had just led his troops to pass by the south bank.

Under the setting sun, watching the forcible march of the long snake on the rugged road along the river by She Feixiong on the south bank, Gao Zongting stood at the head of the city and thought deeply. He immediately took a pen and wrote a letter and handed it to Hu Jinxiong. , said: "Quickly send the fast boat to send this letter to the Guanxiling camp!"

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It was only after noon that Deng Yu learned of the Huaidong army's attack by water. At that time, he was leading his troops to stop at Hengfeng County, about thirty miles from the flower pavilion west of Hengfeng.

The Huaidong Army dug a lake in the upper reaches of Shanxi and released water, and two large flood peaks were formed in the Xinjiang River. From Hengfeng to the west, Huaiyu Mountain in the north and Wuyi Mountain in the south are pressing towards the middle, making the Xinjiang waterway in this section extremely narrow.

When Hongfeng crosses the border, it is particularly turbulent in Hengfeng. There was a river embankment in the west of Hengfeng County that failed to withstand the impact and was washed away by the flood. The official road along the river on the north bank was washed away by the flood for almost three or four miles.

Deng Yu and his troops could have gone faster, but at this time they had to pause and force the civilians who were evacuating westward with the army overnight to repair the post road. It was also almost before noon that the post road that had been washed away by the flood for three or four miles west of Hengfeng City was repaired.

Deng Yu was also shocked when he learned that the Huaidong Army was attacking by water.

The main force of the Huaidong Army's rushing troops and horses spared She Feixiong's broken back troops and horses, spared Wang Hui's troops in Qingxi, and spared the troops and horses of Changshan and Litang between Qingxi and Hengxi. Do not fight, continue to advance along the west of the Jiang, the intention is self-evident - Deng Yu knew that the Huai East Army had great ambitions, and he wanted to take the first step in Huating, and lock the main force of the Zhejiang-Fujian army in the Xinjiang River Valley to the east of Huating. be surrounded within.

The terrain north of Xinjiang River and south of the west foot of Huaiyu Mountain is relatively open and easy. In these open terrains, Deng Yu could gather more than 30,000 troops to gather the main force of the Eastern Front, so that he was not afraid of the more than 10,000 people who came from the Huaidong Army in front of the road.

However, after passing through Hengfeng City, the Yumailing Mountains at the western foot of Huaiyu Mountain seem to cross the river bank, and Hengfeng County is named after it.

This change in topography made the terrain along the north and south along the river rugged and steep after the Xinjiang River crossed the Hengfeng Peak, forming an obvious bottleneck terrain.

The flower pavilion is located at the west end of the bottleneck of Hengfeng. It is the most dangerous place on the north bank of the Xinjiang River and the western border of Hengfeng, but after crossing the flower pavilion, the terrain suddenly becomes easier. To the west of Huating, there is Huating Stream flowing out from the western foot of Huaiyu Mountain and pouring into Xinjiang River. Crossing the Huating Stream is the territory of Guixi County, and going north along the Huating Stream Valley Road, you can enter the territory of Leping County, Fuliang...

Huating is not only a land pass, because the mountains on both sides of Huating are forcing the Xinjiang River, which makes both sides of the Huating River Road steep, and the Jiang Road is also extremely narrow.

The distance between the north and south Yashan Mountains in the Huating section of the Xinjiang River is only 300 steps away, and the Huating Gorge is actually the pass of the Xinjiang Waterway.

Once the Huating Army is called to land on the shore of Huating, the catapults erected on the cliffs can block the entire Huating Gorge. In this way, the Huaidong Army can seal the entire Xinjiang waterway with a small number of elite navy troops.

Although the Zhejiang and Fujian naval forces in Shangrao all gave their unexpected destruction, the Huaidong Army unexpectedly built nearly a hundred warships in the upper reaches of Shanxi, but the Zhejiang and Fujian army in Jiangzhou and Yuzhang still have a total scale of 20,000. More than 5,000 navy forces~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Although the Jiangzhou navy will pass through Poyang Lake to come to aid, it will take about ten days and a half months, but the main force of the Zhejiang-Fujian army's east line is besieged in the upper reaches of the Xinjiang River, and the nearest Avoiding the fortress, the lack of food and grass, it is not a problem to stick to ten days and a half months to wait for assistance.

The most feared thing is that the Jiangzhou navy will come to help, but they cannot attack the Huating Gorge from the lower reaches and enter the upper reaches of the Xinjiang River, and the breakthrough will become impossible.

Not only the Huaidong Army knew the importance of Huating, including Deng Yu, many generals of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army also understood the importance of Huating - the success and loss of Huating is related to whether the entire Eastern Front can escape the overthrow. calamity of fate.

Deng Yu learned that the Huaidong Army was attacking from the waterway, regardless of the 3721, that is, more than 12,000 soldiers and horses were withdrawn from Changshan, and they pulled out their camp and rushed towards Huating...

Deng Yu had been ahead for two days, but the Huaidong warship descended from Shanxi and went down extremely fast.

Although there was a delay of two hours when they attacked Shangrao, Chen Zhu and Su Pinxiao still led their troops to reach the Huating River section before dusk. At this time, about 10,000 soldiers and horses under Deng Yu's department of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army were rushing on the north bank of the long snake.

"How to fight?" Su Pinxiao asked Chen Zui.

Su Pinxiao and Chen Zui were both in command of the army, but Su Pinxiao was the general of the navy. This raid must be the main battle of the Chongcheng army landing on the shore, so Lin Bie personally ordered Chen Zui as the main general.

"General Su, you lead the water camp and warships to continue walking, enter the Huating Stream, and tell the enemy soldiers not to cross the ridge to the west bank of the Huating Stream to form a formation. I will go ashore from behind their tails and fight through to reach the Join General Su on the west bank of Huating Creek. If the fight goes well, maybe we can send our troops to the south bank to capture She Daxiong!" Chen Zhu said. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter