Lord of the House

The main force of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army's eastern line officially withdrew from the Jiahe, Zhekou, and Litang defensive lines on April 16. She Feixiong led the troops and horses to abandon the Jiahe defense and retreat north on April 18. In the early morning of the 19th, the Huaidong Army dug a stone dam on the upper reaches of Shanxi River, and the water released to the lower reaches.

After the main force of Shangrao's navy was swept away by the flood in Shanxi, She Feixiong led his troops to reach the mouth of Shanxi River on the night of the 19th, and stationed outside Hengshan City that night. Chen Zhu's troops passed through the mouth of Shanxi River in the early morning of the next day, attacked Shangrao, continued to defeat Deng Yu's troops at Huating at dusk on the 20th, and moved to the next day, on April 21st. At the southern foot of Lianchi Peak on the south bank, it blocks the way for luxury flying bears to escape to the west.

It has been sunny for five or six days in a row, but since noon on the 21st, the rain has continued to rain.

The heavy rain slowed down the pursuit speed of the Huaidong Army, which was a good thing for the Zhejiang and Fujian troops who retreated to Hengfeng on the north bank, which meant that they had more time to wait for reinforcements from Jiangzhou.

As for She Feixiong's order to immediately abandon Hengfeng's westward advance and evacuate northward along the Huating Stream to Fuliang, it was also delayed due to the rainy weather.

She Feixiong's order, called Wang Hui, Tian Jingshan and other generals, more understood that She Feixiong hoped to use their retreat westward to attract the Huaidong Army to cross the river north to intercept, in order to resolve the resistance of the troops and horses on the south bank escaping west.

Although She Feixiong and the soldiers and horses who retreated into Hengfeng were only separated by the Xinjiang River, but the Xinjiang River blocked the Huaidong Army's warships. When the situation collapsed, it was difficult for She Feixiong to ask Wang Hui, Tian Jingshan and others to obey him.

For the Zhejiang and Fujian troops led by She Feixiong on the south bank, the rainy weather was not a bad thing, but it was not a good thing. They could not find a stronghold from the south bank—the upper reaches of the Xinjiang River valley was narrow in the south and wide in the north. On the south bank, apart from the city of Hengshan, the slightly larger towns and ports were mainly concentrated on the north bank.

She Feixiong had no other choice but to attack in the rainy day and break through the Huaidong Army's blockade on Lianchi Peak; and he had to break out from Lianchi Peak before the main force of the Huaidong Army caught up from behind.

The rainy weather delayed the speed of the Huaidong Army's main force chasing from behind, but at the same time, it was also much more difficult for them to penetrate the passage through Lianchi Peak.

Rainy weather greatly reduces the frequency of use of bows and crossbows. After all, bowstrings wet with rain will lose their elasticity. Even though every bowman has multiple spare bowstrings, it is much more difficult to use the crossbow as often as usual in heavy rain.

Only the counterweight catapult is not affected by the rain, and it launches the catapult alone in the rain.

Even in the rainy weather, the Huaidong Army only had a limited number of catapults left to play a role in the formation, but they still had a great advantage over the attacking Zhejiang and Fujian Army in terms of warfare.

Fleeing westward from Hengshan, She Feixiong almost ordered his subordinates to discard everything that could be discarded, and the generals had no other weapons to use except the armor they carried with them.

The bow and crossbow cannot be used under the rain. The Zhejiang and Fujian troops can only hold swords, shields, spears and spears, and use their flesh and blood to attack the Huaidong Army from shallow trenches, shield carts, horses, fences, etc. and the Huaidong War. The pawns formed a line of defense that seemed like an iron wall.

The generals on both sides had no rain gear and were exposed to the scouring of the rain. Fortunately, the weather is getting hot, and it is not much inconvenience to wear armor naked. Just at the southeastern foot of Lianchi Peak, in front of the intercepting defense line of the Huaidong Army, it was like a massacre field, smashing the Zhejiang-Fujian Army's almost desperate attacks again and again and mercilessly.

Flesh and blood were flying, and the blood mixed with rainwater from the soil, between the rocks, and on the grass, like a blood-colored stream, overflowed everywhere, sought high and low, and finally converged into the Xinjiang River...

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It was the 20th day when the Huaidong Water Battalion sent troops and horses out of Shanxi River, and it was the 21st day when Chen Zhuo led his troops to defeat Deng Yu's troops and then transferred to the southern foot of Lianchi Peak to intercept She Feixiong.

If Huaidong Shuiying went out of Shanxi on behalf of the defense line operated by the Zhejiang and Fujian troops in Shangrao, the entire line of defense collapsed, and the news had just reached Fuliang before the evening of the 21st.

It has been raining heavily since the 20th in Fuliang, and Changhe has skyrocketed. The secret letter that She Feixiong wanted to abandon the peripheral defense line and withdraw troops to the Xinjiang hinterland to delay the Huaidong Army's advance in Jiangxi was delivered to Fuliang early yesterday morning.

Just before today, Su Tingzhan also believed that even if he could not compete head-on with the Huaidong Army, She Feixiong still had 50,000 soldiers and horses available along the Xinjiang River, and most of them were reliable soldiers of the Eight Fujian Wars. After Xiaqiu, and finally retreating to Ganzhou and Yuzhang, maybe the situation can be smoothly dragged to the moment when Beiyan moved south and the Huaidong Army had to withdraw north to aid Jianghuai.

Who would have thought that in just one day, the Huaidong Army would conjure a water camp out of thin air in the upper reaches of Shanxi?

First, the naval forces of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army in the middle and upper reaches of the Xinjiang River were destructively destroyed. First, the Huaidong Army added an elite water battalion in the Xinjiang River out of thin air, and the Huaidong Army could send more than ten thousand elite soldiers directly through the waterway It can be quickly delivered to any place along the Xinjiang River by water.

This is the decisive advantage.

She Feixiong's seemingly flawless plan of "exchanging space for time" was ruthlessly smashed and bruised - at the same time, the main force of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops on the eastern front was due to She Feixiong's branch withdrawal plan. And completely dispersed, thus becoming a delicacy that the Huaidong Army has broken down and eaten one by one.

Su Tingzhan couldn't guess how much resources Huaidong had invested in secretly building a fleet of this size in the upper reaches of Shanxi, but no matter how much, the Huaidong Army at this time was worth it.

Secretly building such a fleet in the upper reaches of Shanxi is more cost-effective than dragging the war in the hinterland of Jiangxi for the first half of the year or even longer.

Su Tingzhan's hands and feet were cold, and the chill went from his tailbone to the top of his head.

After fighting with the Huaidong Army for all these years, Su Tingzhan claimed to know the Huaidong Army like the back of his hand, but only at this moment did he realize that he had always underestimated the tactical creativity and offensive power of the Donghai Fox and the Huaidong Army.

Su Tingzhan was chilled and timid.

"General Su, why didn't you give orders or send reinforcements?" Han Lihu glared at Su Tingzhan.

I knew for a long time that these Zhedong guys were not on the same path as Bamin. The eldest son was in danger at Shangrao. Su Tingzhan didn't immediately send troops to rescue him, but his eyes kept turning and thinking about other thoughts. Han Li thought resentfully. road.

If it wasn't for Su Tingzhan's vicious reputation, Han Li would have almost walked over, grabbed the front of his shirt, and slapped him awake.

"Reinforcement?" Su Tingzhan smiled bitterly, looked at Han Li, and asked, "Where are the reinforcements?"

Han Li entered Qimen eastward and fought with the Jiangdong advance army at Ma'anling in the west of Qimen city and upstream of Changhe River. That tough battle was undefeated, but the 5,000 soldiers and horses who had been sent along with Su Tingzhan and Han Lidong to aid Fuliang would be damaged by 30%, leaving only 3,000 to stick to Fuliang.

In contrast, although Huaidong's Jiangdong advance army in Qimen suffered a lot of casualties, it was even more powerful, and it pushed the public opinion of Qimen, Duchang, Fuliang, Yongshan and other counties to surge, and they all raised their families, The whole family joined the Jiangdong Advance Army, which made the Jiangdong Advance Army stronger day by day after the battle at Ma'anling.

In fact, when Han Li could not block Qimen and was forced to retreat from the upper reaches of Changhe, it meant that the situation in Eastern Gansu was out of control.

Except for the limited three or five cities in Fuliang and Yongshan, which were still controlled by the Zhejiang and Fujian troops, almost all the wider countryside was under the control of the advance army in eastern Jiangxi.

In addition, through the Yaodaoqiao Trail between Yishan Mountains, the Jiangxi advance army was based on Qimen, and continuously obtained supplies such as salt, iron, and armor from the Yijiang River at the foot of Yishan Mountain to communicate with the local people. In exchange for food, take soldiers and armor to organize more soldiers. The resistance forces in western and southern Jiangxi also gathered in eastern Jiangxi.

Su Tingzhan didn't know whether the size of the Jiangdong advance army was 10,000 people, 20,000 people, or more. He just wanted to defend Fuliang City, control the rivers in the middle and lower reaches of the Changhe River, and drag the situation to the north. The moment when Yan soldiers and horses went south.

Su Tingzhan no longer expects to be able to clean up the situation in Jiangxi with the strength of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops.

In this case, Su Tingzhan had less than 4,000 troops in Fuliang City. He sent reinforcements to the south to assist Shangrao. How courageous and determined he must be to sacrifice for the extravagant family?

"Whether or not to help Shangrao, how to help Shangrao, I dare not decide, I can only wait for the governor to decide!" Su Tingzhan said.

"You!" Han Li glared at the table and said, "When the news reaches Jiangzhou, the day lily will be cold—you! You!, they all say that Su Tingzhan is a man, but I didn't expect you to be a rookie. You If you don't help, I will!"

"A certain person was ordered to guard Fuliang, and General Han also has military orders," Su Tingzhan said word by word~www.wuxiaspot.com~ You want to lead your troops south, ask for the military orders to show me! "

"You, you..." Han Li was so furious that he was about to come over to pull Su Tingzhan's shirt and slap him in the face. Tian Weiye and the others were so scared that they hugged him.

At this time, a soldier came in and reported: "The enemy of Qimen divided into two routes in the afternoon, all the way along the Chang River to Fuliang, with about 5,000 soldiers and horses, all the way across the East Yuanshan to the Yongshan Mountain, and about There are five thousand soldiers and horses..."

Su Tingzhan expected this, and said to Tian Weiye and other generals: "Maybe the commander-in-chief told me to wait for the military order to retreat to Jiangzhou. You should all start to make preparations. Those rabble people who want to call Qimen have an opportunity."

"Su Tingzhan, you are talking nonsense, the Governor will never abandon the eldest son and not save him!" Han Li roared, angry, frustrated and even hopeless.

Su Tingzhan ignored Han Li with a cold face, and Han Li rushed out in a frenzy.

Tian Weiye and Huang Biaozi jumped and chased out, hugging Han Li tightly from behind, letting Han Li kick and beat him without letting go.

At this time, Han Li led more than 1,000 remnants to the south. More likely, they fell into it together. They did not know the details of the collapse of the Shangrao line of defense. They were not aware of the fact that the Huaidong Army had an absolute military advantage on the land when Xinjiang went online. At this time, even if the main force of Jiangzhou's troops and horses are transferred to the south to fill in Shangrao's decisive battle with the Huaidong Army, the outcome may be five or five, but the direction of Jiangzhou can ignore the Chizhou Army in the east and Jinghu in the west. Army?

Even if aid is needed, it is absolutely impossible to draw Guangjiangzhou troops and horses on land; it is an old strategy to transfer the main force of the Jiangzhou navy to the south into the Xinjiang River to support each other.

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