Xu Huailema stood in the morning light and looked at the enemy camp on the east bank. It was completely deserted. The enemy troops on the east bank had withdrawn overnight, leaving a mess behind and giving them no chance to cross the river to intercept and pursue them.
In a river bend in the southwest, there were several drowned corpses wrapped together with water plants; on the rugged river beach, there were taken off armors and abandoned swords and bows everywhere.
The scouts who had crossed the river in the early morning and entered the east bank for reconnaissance saw a number of horsemen galloping north along the east bank valley. They reined in their horses on the opposite river beach and loudly announced: "All the enemy troops in Yangcheng have also withdrawn!"
"Have the enemies of Yangcheng withdrawn?" King Jing Zhao Tuan heard the message from the east bank and looked at Xu Huai's hesitant guess and asked, "The Western Army crossed the river and went north via Taihangxing?"
"One man is in charge of the pass at Taihangxing, and no one can open it. Even if the Western Army crosses the river from Zhengzhou and goes north, Xiao Qian, Yue Hailou and other wolf-hearted people don't have to rush to withdraw, right?" Yang Qiye asked hesitantly.
Yang Qiye witnessed the Western Army's cowardice in fighting in Gong County. In his opinion, the combat effectiveness of the troops led by Xiao Qian, Yue Hailou, Cao Shili and others was no weaker than that of the Western Army, and they defended the danger of Taihang.
There is no need to retreat.
"Xiao Qian and his Yunzhou troops have been unable to capture Jincheng. It is no longer easy for them to rely solely on looted supplies to support this time," Deng Gui said. "Even if the Western Army did not go north via Taihang County, Xiao Qian and Yue
People like Hailou should also evacuate northward!"
Xu Huai looked at Wang Zhang and Shi Hu and asked them to pass on the order and send more reconnaissance cavalry into the area east of Yangcheng to find out the enemy's movements.
He agreed with Deng Gui's judgment. Unlike Chihu, who could rely on mare's milk and cheese to maintain sufficient physical strength in difficult times, Xiao Qian and Yue Hailou's vassal troops, the supplies for this southern invasion came entirely from plundering.
Once the efficiency of siege and fortification is reduced, or they stay in a certain place for too long, they will be in crisis of supply shortage.
The army guarding the mausoleum rushed to the rescue of Qinshui. Although they did not cross the Qinshui to directly relieve the siege of Jincheng, they forced Yue Hailou and Xiao Qian to dispatch five to six thousand soldiers and horses from Jincheng to reinforce the valley on the east bank of Qinshui and Yangcheng and Runcheng.
and other places, on the one hand, it weakened the power of the surrendered troops to attack Jincheng, and on the other hand, it also gave the Jincheng defenders strong confidence and support.
For more than a month, Xiao Qian and Yue Hailou's troops failed to capture Jincheng. Not only did they not receive large supplies in Zezhou, but because the mausoleum defenders faced off across the Qinshui River, east of the Qinshui River, Tai
The local forces at the eastern foot of Mount Yue were encouraged, and more and more people dared to stand up and resist.
These many factors will inevitably make the situation of the surrendered troops in Shangdang difficult.
However, reasonable speculation is one thing. To prevent the enemy from giving them a counterattack before they actually retreat, Xu Huai still advocated waiting for the outpost scouts to thoroughly understand the enemy's movements before the main force of the defending army crossed Qinshui to Yangzhou.
City, Jincheng.
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The Yiqi Battalion first crossed the Qin River, followed the Qinshui River Valley southward to Yangcheng and Runcheng, and then headed east out of Taiyue Mountain and into Shangdang Highlands, which was the area where the famous "Battle of Changping" took place in history.
A large number of scouts from the Yiqi Battalion rode their horses in the west of Jincheng and went north along Danshui, a tributary of the Qin River, to a small mountain with the same name as the Qinling Mountains eight hundred miles between Sichuan and Shaanxi. As the place where the Battle of Changping took place, this small mountain also
Therefore
The name "Qinling" is also the boundary between Zezhou and Luzhou.
Except for the territory of Luzhou to the north of the "Qinling Mountains", there are still a small number of cavalry troops responsible for the surrender of the vassal army at the rear. There are no traces of the enemy in Zezhou to the south. This also verifies Deng Gui's judgment on the banks of the Fenshui River: the surrender of the vassal army They withdrew because they could no longer quickly attack the city and fortress in Zezhou to obtain supplies.
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The main force of the defending army then crossed the Qinshui River and recaptured Yangcheng, Runcheng and other cities in the upper reaches of the Qinshui River.
Two days later, Xu Huai, Xu Wuqi, Qian Shangduan, Qiao Jien, Zhong Yingqiu and others led the Yiqi battalion to surround King Jing Zhao Tuan and enter Jincheng, Zezhou Prefecture, which had been besieged for half a year.
Zheng Huaizhong, Zhu Hang and others, who led the vanguard troops of the Western Army and entered Zezhou from Huaizhou via Taihangxing, also arrived in Jincheng on the same day.
Not to mention the crowds of people who lined the streets to greet him, the officials from Zezhou (Jincheng County) such as Liu Zhiyuan, the prefect of the prefecture, who went out of the city to greet him, were all sallow and thin.
During the defense of the city, Liu Zhiyuan and other officials also stood on the city wall to encourage the soldiers to fight. The official robes they wore were not replaced. At this time, they were also fully patched. Many of them were even stained with blood, indicating attack and defense. When the battle raged, they did not all withdraw from the city wall.
The Chihu people invaded south for the first time. Although many cities and villages fell in Hebei, Hedong and Hehuai, in addition to the so-called "integrity", it was mainly because most people in the government and the public believed in the Chihu people's southward invasion. During the plundering, there was no strong ambition to invade the Central Plains, so only a few officials took the initiative to surrender.
Most of the city's garrison generals and officials in charge were able to maintain their due "integrity" during the war that started last winter and ended early this summer; officials such as Zhong Yingqiu and Liu Zhiyuan, the cities they guarded were captured by soldiers. The siege lasted for a long time and the offensive was quite fierce, so the performance was even more outstanding.
However, Xu Huai didn't know how many officials north of the Yellow River could still stick to their "integrity" after the Chihu people invaded the south for the second time and captured Bianliang.
Liu Zhiyuan and other Zezhou officials went out to welcome the two generals entering the city, and their attitudes were completely different.
Liu Zhiyuan and other officials were indifferent and perfunctory towards Zheng Huaizhong and other Western generals, but they were sincere and sincere towards the arrival of King Jing Zhao Tuan.
Liu Zhiyuan walked closer at the foot of the city, helped King Jing Zhao Tuan off his horse, grabbed the sleeves of King Zhao Tuan's robe and burst into tears. Judge Ma Sijing and other officials also did not shy away from leading the generals to kneel down and salute, shouting: " Chitose".
All of this is by no means the king of Jing, Zhao Tuan, but the prince.
In fact, Dai Viet only restricted the princes from making friends with courtiers and interfering in government affairs when the throne was not determined. After the throne was determined, the influence of the princely clan descendants on the government was minimal, and the officials basically avoided making friends with the clan.
What everyone really knows is that without Jing Wang Zhao Tuan's mausoleum guarding army rushing to Qinshui and containing the flanks of the surrender army at the critical moment, it would be difficult for Jincheng to hold on for another month.
After the main force of the Chihu East Route Army withdrew northward, the imperial court assembled more than 200,000 troops and horses in Gyeonggi and Zhengzhou, but the main force of the Western Army's reinforcements delayed for a full month before crossing the river; passing through Taihangxing and heading north to Zezhou, it even dropped After the attached army voluntarily abandoned the pass at the northern end of Taihang County.
Officials in the government and the public south of the Yellow River may think that this is a prudent act, but it is completely different for the generals and officials who are deeply surrounded by the enemy and are facing danger day and night.
The attitude of the central government towards King Jing Zhao Tuan leading his mausoleum-defending army across the river to the north was still ambiguous.
On the one hand, no one from the peace negotiation faction dared to stand up and accuse the mausoleum-defending army of sabotaging the "peace negotiation" and violating the rules by crossing the river to the north at such a special period.
The DPRK finally decided to select additional jailers from the southeast and southwest to be transferred to Gong County, and Chen Yougui formed a new tomb guarding army. The Xuanwu Army was basically destroyed, and the original mausoleum guarding army took over the banner of the Xuanwu Army.
Recommended by King Zhao Tuan of Jing Dynasty as military commanders, they were all awarded the title of Commander of the Capital; Qian Shangduan was awarded the title of Du Cheng of the Privy Council, and he also took charge of the Xuanwu Army during the war and exercised the power to command the Xuanwu Army; Qiao Jien was appointed as the Supervisor of the Army.
At the same time, Qian Shangduan, as the deputy envoy of Hedong, accepted the control of the new Hedong envoy Zheng Huaizhong and participated in the subsequent war in Hedong.
This was an acknowledgment that the troops guarding the mausoleum crossed the river and went northward and won a great victory over Qinshui, but at the same time, it did not give any substantive mission to King Zhao Tuan of Jing Dynasty.
Of course, the DPRK had no intention of ordering King Jing Zhao Tuan to return to Bianliang immediately, and was allowed to stay in the army to "consult military affairs."
Zheng Huaizhong and Zhu Hang brought a lot of royal wine as rewards during their trip. At night, the state government held a banquet. Liu Zhizhong and other generals were in high spirits and drank a lot.
Xu Huai excused himself to command the Yiqi Battalion and did not dare to slack off. He left the state office early and patrolled the city with Xu Wuqi, Xu Xin'an, Niu Er and others.
A curfew is still enforced in the city, but the porridge restaurants are still crowded with hungry people in ragged clothes.
Jincheng had been without food for many days. Previously, Shi Hu, Wang Zhang, Wu Chihai and others led their troops to scout for the enemy. When they passed by Jincheng, they saw that the soldiers and civilians in the city were all thin and shapeless. Basically, the defenders were holding their spears or leaning against the wall.
The wall can barely stand.
Shi Hu, Wang Zhang, and Wu Chihai didn't leave much of the dry food they carried, so they urgently transported a batch of military rations from Qinshui to ensure that each of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city drank a bowl of thin food every day.
You have to have porridge that can reflect people’s shadows.
Xu Huai, on the other hand, stayed away from the porridge market and rode his horse in the dark of night. He waited until the dead of night, thinking that the state government banquet was over, and then returned to the post house.
In front of the gate of the post house, I saw Zhu Hang returning from nowhere, accompanied by Lu Wenhu, Zhu Tong and others.
"I've always wanted to get away and talk to you. Why did you leave the banquet so early?" Zhu Hang grabbed Xu Huai and asked, "I just heard someone said that you went to the North City Gate, and I rushed over to find you."
"I urge His Highness to lead the mausoleum guarding army to cross the river and go north. At this moment, I don't know whether this is right or wrong!" Xu Huai said with a bitter smile.
"How could it be wrong?" Zhu Tong was very surprised by Xu Huai's wavering and self-doubt at this time, and said, "People like Wang Qiyong are obstructing me, and the officials must have doubts about many things, so they did not officially grant His Highness the power to command the army.
, but after all, the DPRK did not recall His Highness to Bianliang, and the newly appointed generals of the Xuanwu Army were all His Highness's direct followers. In fact, they acquiesced in His Highness's leadership of the Xuanwu Army. Look at the treatment of His Highness by local officials such as Liu Zhiyuan, Ma Sijing, and Zhong Yingqiu.
Support, if it wasn't too arrogant, I think they would shout 'Long live'..."
Zhu Tong was forced to work next to King Jing Zhao Tuan, and he grew a lot in just six months, but after all, he still couldn't see too deeply.
Zhu Hang understood Xu Huai's mood and sighed: "The more sincere you are, the harder it is to live up to it."
"I wonder if His Highness has rested. Let's go in and discuss it in detail!" Xu Huai grabbed Zhu Hang's arm and walked with him to the post house...
