Xiao Yanhan glanced at Xu Huai blankly and asked, "I can only tell you this to my elder brother?"
"You're not stupid either, but you can't be considered very smart for asking this question." Xu Huai calmed down and smiled at Xiao Yanhan.
"I'm telling you seriously!" Xiao Yanhan glanced at Xu Huai.
"Seriously, you have to believe me." Xu Huai said.
"How serious is this?" Xiao Yanhan complained.
Xu Huai also wanted to ask Xiao Yanhan if his elbow hurt, but at this moment Shi Hu came over with the elders from Sushui Can Village.
"I've seen the military lord!"
The residual village in Sushui is the Majiagou Village. To the south is a gully that comes from the north slope of Mount Li and flows into Sushui. Ninety-one people in the village have the surname Ma.
The elder Ma Fang's family was originally considered an upper-class family in the village. They had practiced martial arts and traveled around the world when they were young. They had just passed their forties at this time, which was considered the age when Kong Wu was strong.
As the East Route Army retreated northward, the captive soldiers wandering in the four prefectures of Pujiang, Shanxi and Shanxi (old Hezhongfu) also gradually shrank to the north, and their numbers were greatly reduced. The Ma Fang thought of taking advantage of this gap to go into the mountains to cut trees and strengthen the village.
During the defense of the village, when the village was attacked, he, his son Ma Jun and a dozen young men escaped in the ravine more than 20 miles away.
Of course, Ma Fang, Ma Jun and his son also had regrets in their hearts. They always thought that if more than a dozen young men had participated in the defense of the village, it would have been possible to save his family of nine and more than 400 people in the village from being massacred.
, instead of now there are less than seventy people left to survive.
"What do you want to say to Mr. Ma?" Xu Huai looked at the dimly lit courtyard and greeted Ma Fang, who looked haggard and sad. Ma Jun and his son sat down to talk.
"I have fully complied with what the Marquis told me at dusk. Now I come here to ask if my father and son can follow the Marquis to kill the Hugo?" Ma Fang asked, biting his molar teeth.
"Why do you want to follow me?" Xu Huai asked.
"...Following the Junhou can kill a few more wild dogs," Ma Jun said bitterly, "There are millions of people in the river, but no one can fight as well as the Junhou..."
"There are more than 20 counties in the three prefectures of Pu, Jin and Jiang in the middle of the river, with a population of 15.6 million. How can there not be a few heroes? I only have brute strength." Xu Huai said with a smile.
"Of course we can't know all the heroes in the river, but when Hugo first came, more than thirty cavalry attacked Shenshan County. The county magistrate, Gu Chengru, took advantage of the few Hugo men and the weak strength, organized three to four thousand county soldiers in the city to bravely go out to surround and kill them, but they were defeated.
These more than 30 people riding on the back of their horses killed many people, and I don’t know how many people were killed. Since then, no city in the river dared to organize soldiers and horses to go out to meet the enemy!" Ma Fang said, "In the next year, along the Fen River, we will
The Hugos who came here may only be two to three thousand people, but they were stunned to let them ravage the Hezhong Mansion with millions of people!"
"Ah..." Xiao Yanhan stared at Ma Fang in disbelief. It was hard to imagine that a city's soldiers could be killed so miserably by more than thirty red cavalry. They had never heard such a battle report before.
Xu Huai just sighed slightly. It is not unimaginable that the three or four thousand defenders without strict organization, training, swords, bows and armor were defeated by more than thirty elite cavalry and then killed, or even trampled on each other and caused collapse.
things.
Of course, the Red Husband's cavalry, which consisted of more than thirty or forty men, dared to directly attack a garrison that was a hundred times their own size, which shows the bravery of the Red Husband's men.
Such a disastrous defeat will inevitably severely damage the will of the local military and civilians to defend, and the Western Army has not dared to cross the Yellow River and enter the Fen River coast. It is no wonder that for such a long time, a small number of captives have been able to travel freely in the lower reaches of the Fen River.
The human realm.
Xu Huai had no intention of delving into the details of the tragic defeat of the Shenshan County defenders, and asked Ma Fang and his son:
"If you and your son follow me to kill Hugou, what will happen to the villagers in Majiagou Village?"
"Some people want to seek refuge with relatives and friends, but most of them still have to stay and tidy up the village and rush to plant the seasonal food. However, my father and son are both dead and have no worries, so they can follow the military lord." Ma Fang said.
Xu Huai shook his head and said: "The war is far from being over for a while. It is very likely that Fenshui will be trampled by Hu horses in the future. You have also witnessed how strong Hu dogs are. What's more, the number of their soldiers and horses is not inferior to that of Da Viet. They are only
We can't save the situation even if we fight hard with our troops, and even Heluo, Guanzhong, Hehuai and other places will become war zones in the future. You and your son still have to persuade the villagers to move south as soon as possible. In the face of human life, don't begrudge your houses and fields.
, those who are unwilling to fight with the captive soldiers, move to Jinghu to open up wasteland and grow food. When the time comes, they can pay grain and grain, which can be regarded as supporting the war and avenging the blood and hatred of their relatives; those who are willing to pick up their swords and bows to fight with the wild dogs can join
Let's go. As long as we still have our lives, we can move to Chushan!"
There are more than 20 counties in the four prefectures in the river (Pu, Jin, Shaanxi, and Jiang). Xu Huai knows that the vast majority of the people still have illusions about the imperial court and it is difficult to leave their homeland. However, no matter what, as long as there is a slight possibility, he still thinks about it.
To persuade more people to move south.
"What should the officials do?" Ma Fang asked in confusion.
"The people like you are not inferior to the people - the people of Majiagou Village have suffered so much that they are exempted from the conquest of husbands," Xu Huai said.
In the past four months or so, although the lower reaches of the Fen River are separated from Guanzhong and Heluo by only one water, they have been constantly harassed by two to three thousand Japanese soldiers. Tens of thousands of people have been massacred, and millions of people have been trapped in more than a hundred walled cities.
If you dare not come out, you will be miserable.
Therefore, no matter how strong the atmosphere of surrender in the DPRK is, and no matter how ambiguous the attitude of Jianghuai, Jinghu and other places, the counties currently contacted by King Jing Zhao Tuan are eager for and welcome the troops guarding the mausoleum to move north.
There is no shortage of people, grain and fodder, as well as carriages and horses for transporting grain and fodder.
They still have to march in secret and only contact the four counties they pass through, hoping that they will provide support in terms of food and fodder. But when the first battle of Qinshui can be fought beautifully and the momentum is built up, Xu Huai predicts the future
It would not be a problem for Wang to adjust grain and draw grain from the four states in the river.
Xu Huai asked Shi Hu to leave two people to assist Ma Fang, Ma Jun and his son. In addition to persuading the villagers of Majiagouzhai to move south, after the main force of the mausoleum guarding army marched eastward to Taiyue Mountain, they also wanted Ma Fang. Ma Jun and his son tried their best to persuade the nearby people.
People in villages that had been severely looted and violated by the Japanese soldiers moved southward.
As for those people who had temporarily taken refuge in the walled city without suffering a fatal blow, it was expected that they would not leave their homeland lightly, and they did not have time to take care of too many people.
After dawn, King Jing, who had not rested for long, sent someone to summon Xu Huai to discuss matters; Xiao Yanhan and Zhang Xiongshan also rushed to resign, saying they were worried that Chen Zixiao had returned to Xishan to deliver a message before, but there had been no response for more than ten days.
There may be unexpected changes on the way, and she will rush to Xishan in person and lead her troops to assist in the battle.
After Xiao Yanhan said goodbye, no one mentioned the matter of ceding land and negotiating a peace envoy. However, the Chihu people were building a camp in Hanxinling to hide a large number of elites. King Jing Zhao Tuan and Qian Shangduan were still worried.
Although they chose to advance eastward into Taiyue Mountain, Qian Shangduan was worried that once their whereabouts were exposed, the Red Husband Cavalry hiding in Hanxinling would go down the Fen River and cut off their retreat.
Dai Viet valued civility and suppressed military force, using civility to control military affairs. Most of the officials were responsible for guarding the frontiers, and it was their duty to command the troops.
Over the past 100 years since the founding of the dynasty, there have been only a few ministers at the privy level, such as privy envoys, envoys, and court judges, who are in charge of military affairs across the country. They are actually military ministers, and they are mainly served by military officials; even eunuchs have the opportunity to serve as privy envoys.
They are all much bigger than Wu Chen.
In addition to the high-ranking military and political envoys, who are in charge of military and political power, as well as the governor of the capital, the general manager of the army and horses, and the deployment of military officials, the chances of serving as ministers are also higher than that of military ministers.
Qian Shangduan had been an official in various places and had rich life experience. He had also read several military novels. Although he did not understand the details of uniting troops in combat, he still had his own opinions on major strategic issues.
On this point, even though Qiao Jien was born as an eunuch, he would not give in.
After learning the information dug out from the prisoners' mouths, they were all worried that once the tomb-defending army entered Taiyue Mountain, their retreat might be cut off by the captive soldiers heading south along the Fen River. Even if they could solve the Qinshui incident, they would be very unlikely to do so.
May be trapped in Taiyue Mountain.
"It doesn't matter. We don't have enough troops to force the Red Husbands to change the overall strategy. What they expect is for the main force of the Western Army to go north through the Fen River to relieve the siege of Taiyuan. How can they look down on us?" Xu Huai didn't have much hope.
Worried, he said.
"The situation is difficult, and only when we sacrifice ourselves and forget the danger can we turn around, we don't need to worry too much," King Jing Zhao Tuan said frankly, asking Xu Huai, "When can we march to Taiyue Mountain?"
"As long as we further confirm the situation in Wuling and Hengcheng Ridge, I will lead the Yiqi Battalion to go first!" Xu Huai said.
Wuling is the boundary ridge between Yicheng County, Jiangxian County and Qinshui County in Zezhou to the east, and Hengcheng Ridge is further east.
The official road that crosses Taiyue Mountain from Zezhou to Jiangzhou is the most dangerous section of Wuling and Hengcheng ridge. The mountains on both sides of the official road are Cuiwei. There is no other way to go around except the official road.
Once the enemy establishes defenses in these two places in advance, it will be no easier for the army to pass than to capture the city fortress.
It is impossible for the defending army to enter the territory of Qinshui and conceal their whereabouts, but as long as they pass through Hengcheng Ridge, further east there is a shallow hilly terrain with small undulations, which is connected with the Qinshui River Valley. There are no longer any huge obstacles, and the enemy
At this time, the army realized that they had no other choice but to fight them in the open area of Qinshui River Valley.
Not long after Xu Huai finished speaking, a reconnaissance team came back and reported: "There are no abnormalities in Wuling and Hengcheng Ridge. The Zhou army envoys led more than a hundred elites to lurk near Hengcheng Ridge. Even if the enemy is alert, they can resist until noon. Please
Your Majesty, the military lord quickly sends the Yiqi battalion into Taiyue Mountain!"
"Okay," Xu Huai patted his thigh and asked for a fight with King Jing Zhao Tuan, "Your Highness, I will take the lead with the winged cavalry battalion. The front battalion and middle battalion troops no longer need to hide. If we can enter the Hengqiu camp before nightfall,
In the hills east of Chengling, this battle will definitely be a great victory..."
