Lord of the House

With a "pop", Lin Fu slammed the charcoal pen in his hand onto the letter sent from Nanyang Kuaima, and stared silently at the map beside him without saying a word.

It was the cool season, and the city of Yuzhang was extremely hot. The small pond in the northeast and south of the Xingyuan is connected to the Xicui Lake outside the wall, and there is living water flowing in. The octagonal pavilion is built on the pond water, which is cooler than other places.

After the summer, Lin Fu was acting in the octagonal pavilion, and the secret anti-insect incense was lit. cut.

Lin Fu had long since issued a Privy Council order to abolish the Chizhou camp, re-establish the Chizhou Army, appoint Deng Yu and Yue Zhi as commanders and deputy commanders, and be transferred to the north bank of the Yangtze River, Zongyang, Huangmei, and be responsible for fighting the enemy in the eastern Hubei area.

The Chizhou Army abolished the Xingying camp and established the army town, and the stationed town was relocated to Huangmei, Zongyang, Qiupu, Yicheng and other counties under the original Chizhou Xingying jurisdiction. Luzhou - Agreeing to these conditions also means that the Chizhou Army will give up its local governance and tax rights, and change to a relatively pure military establishment under the direct jurisdiction of the Privy Council.

The area under the jurisdiction of Ezhou in the former dynasty was very large. In addition to the area under the jurisdiction of Ezhou Prefecture today, Jiangxia, Hanjin, east of Hanshui, west of Huaishan, and Suizhou were all within the scope of ancient Ezhou. At this time, except for Ezhou and Jiangxia on the south bank, the original eastern and northern Hubei areas were all occupied by the remnants of the Shejia family and the three departments of Chen and Han.

Yue Lengqiu still retained the position of the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and stayed in the center, in charge of the Chizhou Army and the Eastern Hubei war in the Privy Council.

It seems that the Chizhou Army has not undergone major changes. The Chizhou Army is still in the hands of Yue Lengqiu, Deng Yu, Yue Zhi and other personnel, but its independence has been greatly weakened.

This is the compromise made by Lin Fu and Yue Lengqiu to retain the Chizhou army after learning that Liang Chengyi had abandoned the river and retreated south in early June. At the same time, Lin Fuzhu ordered Zhou Tong to lead the Chongcheng army Tang Fuguan and Liu Zhenzhi Started from Duchang, took the waterway to land from the Lujiang River, and settled in Luzhou to rest.

After Liang Chengyi abandoned the river, the Cao family had no intention of struggling again on the south bank of the Wei River.

Under such circumstances, it has become unrealistic to want to smash Shewenzhuang, Chen Hansan, Luo Xiancheng and other ministries that are entrenched in eastern Hubei, Suizhou, and Xiangfan regions one by one from south to north before the Yanhu army goes south. When dispatching troops and horses into Luzhou, when Nanyang or Xinyang is in an emergency, you can urgently dispatch troops and horses to the northwest foot of Huaishan Mountain to enter Xinyang and Nanyang to fight, and still can barely keep the western front from being completely penetrated by Yanhu.

This is Yue Lengqiu's understanding of Lin Fu's emergency dispatch of more than 30,000 soldiers from Huaidong to Luzhou at this time.

Luzhou was originally the center of Huaixi.

From Luzhou to the north, it is Shouzhou, where the Huaixi camp is located.

Along the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain to the northwest, it is Huaishang Xinyang.

From Zhengyang County, Xinyang Prefecture, pass the Tongbai Valley Road westward, which is the territory of Qinyang County, Nanyang Prefecture.

After Yanhu captured Hezhong and Guanzhong, if he wanted to go south, he would have to conquer Nanyang, so as to be integrated with Luo Xiancheng and Shewenzhuang of Panju in Xiangfan, Suizhou and East Hubei.

After the remnants of the She family fled across the north of the river and entered eastern Hubei, they joined with Chen Hansan, and there were still 80,000 to 90,000 troops. Luo Xiancheng claims to have 200,000 soldiers, but the actual number of soldiers who can fight is lower than this number, but the key is that Luo Xiancheng has been operating Suizhou and Xiangfan for five or six years. It is extremely difficult to uproot its power.

Under such circumstances, if we can defend Nanyang and separate the rebels from Yanhu and Jingbei, it will be extremely important to the development of the North-South war.

Yue Lengqiu remained in Yuzhang for the time being.

Lin Fu heard the news that the soldiers and horses in the river had defeated Chen Zhihu on the north bank of the Ru River, and threw the charcoal pen on the map in a fit of rage. Yue Lengqiu was wearing a blue shirt and stood aside.

Lin Bie's anger was desperate, and Yue Lengqiu felt the same.

Liang Xi was incompetent. He thought that the second son of Liang Xi, an outstanding figure among the Ten Tigers of Liangmen, should always be above the water. But with such a bad retreat of the Hezhong Army, it is impossible for others not to be disappointed.

Speaking of retreat, the Jinhai retreat organized by Huaidong was a very successful case.

Although Jinhai City was finally lost, more than half of the Tianjin Navy died in battle, but in more than half a year, Huaidong successfully evacuated more than 300,000 soldiers and civilians who had fled to Jinhai from the sea to resettle them in the south, which greatly strengthened the situation. With Huaidong's strength, it was not a beautiful retreat.

When it comes to the remnants of the She family fleeing across the river, Yue Lengqiu will be ashamed for the rest of their lives, but in such a situation, the She family can move hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians to the north bank in such a short period of time. The old fox in Wenzhuang is extremely powerful.

There was nothing special about these two retreats. The key was careful planning and preparation.

Before Jinhai retreated, Huaidong operated Jinhai City and Jinwei Island for a long time. Before the war, the Tianjin Navy was fully mobilized, and before the war, the Tianjin Navy was rapidly expanded to more than double its combat strength. Lin Xuwen, Huang Jinnian, Gao Zongting, Wu Qi, Ao Canghai, Ma Yigong, Chen Dingbang, Geng Quanshan and other important figures in the Huaidong lineage, all held on until the last moment before retreating. A large number of sea ships, the route of evacuation, and the preparation of a large number of materials along the way, including the resettlement of the Tianjin Navy and civilians to the south, Huaidong made careful and detailed plans before the war - without these careful plans and preparations, there would have been hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Yanhu. Under the circumstance of Ma pressing the border, it is absolutely impossible for the people of Jinhai to retreat so beautifully.

The remnants of the She family fled north, and Shewenzhuang knew that the situation in Jiangxi was difficult to maintain, so they invited Chen Han's three remnants to go south into the eastern Hubei area in advance, and set up the layout in Huanglongling on the north bank as early as the battle at Zongyang. The collapse, with more than half of the casualties, barely boosted the morale of the remnants of the She family, so that the crossing of the river could be completed in a short period of time.

In contrast, the southward withdrawal of the troops and horses in the river was chaotic and unprepared. There were only more than 60,000 soldiers and dependents, but the troops were chaotic for hundreds of thousands of displaced people who followed them south. On the small Beiru River, the number of ferries prepared in advance was not enough, and the crucial three days were wasted in vain.

The soldiers and horses at the rear of the palace were too close to the main force of the southern retreat, less than twenty miles apart, but when the troops and horses at the rear were defeated, the main troops and civilians of the southern retreat at the ferry were still mixed together, and the defeat was not an unimaginable result.

It is said that the defeat of the troops and horses in the river will seriously weaken the power of the Queen Mother's line, but the key lies in Nanyang.

If Liang Chengyi can successfully withdraw the troops and civilians in Hezhong to Nanyang, it will greatly increase the defensive strength of Nanyang.

If Nanyang itself has 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers and horses, it is guarded by the fortresses and dangerous villages, and there are 100,000 soldiers and horses in Huaixi on the east side. In addition, the elites of Huaidong in Luzhou can also pass Xinyang and take the Tongbai Valley Road. Rescue Nanyang at any time - even if the Yanhu army assembled 200,000 troops to the north of Nanyang, they would definitely not dare to attack Nanyang easily.

The defeat of the troops and horses in the river made the troops retreating to Nanyang with Liang Chengyi less than 10,000. In addition, a large amount of food and cargo were lost north of the Beiru River, and Chen Zhihu was able to go.

On the one hand, Nanyang's potential defensive strength has been weakened by nearly half. On the other hand, Chen Zhihu has captured a large amount of materials left by the Hezhong Army on the north bank of the Beiru River, which will greatly speed up the southward advance of the Yanhu army.

Otherwise, even if Yanhu successfully captured Guanshan and opened the channel to attack Nanyang in the south, he wanted 200,000 troops and horses to quickly push to the north of Nanyang, even if Yanji, Liaodong and Jin had sufficient supplies, such a huge amount of supplies. It takes two to three months to ship it to the front line of Nanyang.

In the confrontation between the north and the south, Liang Chengyi may be a little insignificant, but at the current delicate moment, the defeat of the troops and horses in the river has caused the balance to tilt greatly towards Yanhu, which is definitely not what Lin Fu wants to see.

"Nanyang still has to be guarded!" Gao Zongting said in a hoarse voice.

From the eighth day of June, I learned that Liang Chengyi had abandoned the Hezhong Mansion and retreated to the south, and many people on Yuzhang's side had not been able to do well for more than ten consecutive days.

"The Cao family has abandoned Chang'an, and their troops and horses have withdrawn to the west of Meixian County," said Fu Qinghe, "Ye Ji Luorong has crossed the Wei River and entered Chang'an City. The main force of his foot and cavalry traveled southeast from Chang'an, and attacked the west of Nanyang through Wuguan. The wing is only six or seven hundred miles away. Ye Jiluorong has not yet sent troops to Wuguan, because the Cao family has not completely withdrawn from the upper reaches of the Weishui River, and there are 40,000 troops and horses in the upper reaches of the Weishui River to threaten its west wing. If the family is completely withdrawn from Guanzhong, Ye Jiluorong will be able to move 100,000 paces from Chang'an and ride out of Wuguan to attack Nanyang. At this time, we have to guard Nanyang, will it be too late?"

Lin Fu looked up at Yue Lengqiu and asked, "Master Yue, what do you think?"

Now Jiangning's military and political affairs are all decided by Lin Fu, but after all, it is still the power structure of the Privy Council. Yue Lengqiu stayed in Yuzhang as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, so he could naturally participate in the military aircraft.

Yue Lengqiu suspected that Lin Fu deliberately left him in Yuzhang, and was intentionally asking outsiders to guess that Yue Lengqiu had joined Huaidong, increasing the suspicion of the empress dowager, the emperor, Yuan Guizheng and others. It's just that although the Chizhou Army was able to survive, Yue Lengqiu himself was alone in Yuzhang, and he couldn't help himself to some extent.

The decision to leave or stay is in Lin Bie's hands~www.wuxiaspot.com~ For the time being, Yue Lengqiu can't help struggling.

Yue Lengqiu only wanted Lin Fu to relax his vigilance against him, and treated Lin Fu very respectfully at this time. As long as he can return to the Chizhou army and join Deng Yu and Yue Zhi, Yue Lengqiu knows that he will be considered a free person until then.

"The Cao family's plan to withdraw from Guanzhong is more careful than that of the Marquis of Qinyang," Yue Lengqiu said. "Once the Cao family remains in the upper reaches of the Wei River after the troops and horses are cut off, they will also threaten Chang'an's flank and call Ye Jiluorong to occupy Chang'an. For the time being, I don’t dare to send out troops to go out to the southwest of Wuguan. Another, in order to ensure that Ye Jiluorong can’t be chased after occupying Chang’an, the Cao family’s destruction of the Weinan area was more thorough, and Chang’an also became a ruined city, called Ye Jiluorong. It is difficult to obtain enough food and grass from both sides of the Weishui River to continue fighting. Thirdly, after the summer between the Qinling Mountains and the extreme heat, it was difficult for the Yanhu cavalry who had lived in the north to adapt to the battle. Fourth, Liang Chengchong also operated Nanyang for three years. Time, with the help of Huaidong and Huaixi, the city is strong and difficult to attack, and Liang Chengyi abandoned the river and Cao's family retreated south, all of which should be considered by Liang Chengchong in advance, and the enemy troops in the direction of Wuguan should also have key defenses... Above To count the points, I think it is unlikely that Ye Ji Luorong will send troops from Wuguan to attack Nanyang in the west in a short period of time."

Yue Lengqiu was in Yuzhang, and the military information from the north did not hide it from him.

Gao Zongting said: "Master Yue's words are true, Yanhu removes the threat from the west wing and obtains a complete Hezhong Prefecture, and sending troops from Wuguan should be a partial division and will not gather heavy troops; the main force of his troops and horses should be transferred back to Tongguan. East, from Hezhong, Xingyang, and Daliang to the south, along the foothills of Funiu Mountain, it is more reasonable to approach Nanyang and Xinyang. To defend Nanyang, we should have a buffer time of two or three months. I lost so many supplies to Yan Hu, otherwise at least another two or three months." My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter