Xu Wuqi usually has a gentle and forbearing demeanor, and has the demeanor of a general. In his early years, he and Su Laochang protected Xu Huai. He endured the misunderstandings of Xu Wuliang, Xu Wukun and others for many years. He served Xu Wufu for more than ten years, and even the most violent banditry in Tongbai Mountain was
Even when there is a strong fire, you don’t expose your conduct and hidden things.
He, Wang Ju, Shi Zhen, and Su Laochang could be said to be three or four of Xu Huai's subordinates in Chushan, but his own boy was so reckless that he refused to obey discipline.
Come everywhere.
"You little beast, did you know Shouchun didn't get the news?"
Xu Huai frowned slightly and asked Xu Wuqi: "Shou Chun didn't get the news?"
"Currently, Shouchun's defense shows no signs of adjustment. It should be because they haven't received the news." Xu Wuqi smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"How is it possible?" Su Mi asked in disbelief and shock, "We clearly handed the letter written by Commander Jie to the guard of King Huai before leaving. At that time, King Huai's car was only thirty or forty miles away from Shouchun City, how could the news not be heard?
Did it reach Shouchun?"
"I don't know whether the letter was thrown away without reading after it was delivered to King Huai, or whether King Huai read the letter a little later, when the captive cavalry had already crossed the Huai River in large numbers, and he did not have the courage to send anyone, or maybe King Huai was around
No one dares to pass through the blockade of the vanguard cavalry and send the news back to Shouchun City..." Xu Wuqi frowned and guessed.
Xu Huai's autograph letter must be sent to Huai Wang Zhao Guan through formal channels, but did Shouchun pay attention to Xu Huai's autograph letter and make adjustments to the existing defense?
Sima Yuan will still make further confirmation through the eyeliner hiding in Shouchun.
What is known for sure is that Shouchun did not receive the news and did not make corresponding adjustments to the city defense deployment for the Western Region Artillery.
Speaking of the timing, there are many things that are inappropriate. When Xu Huai discovered in Xiangcheng that the Red Husbands were putting the Western Region Artillery into the battlefield, he did not know that King Zhao Guan of Huai had decided to go to Jianye to live under the imperial edict, so he wrote a secret letter in Xiangcheng, specifying the delivery date.
It was handed over to Zhao Guan, King of Huai, and then Xu Pan, Su Miao and others described in detail to the people in the Huai Prince's palace how the Western Region Artillery performed far better than traditional trebuchets on the battlefield.
"We did deliver the letter to the guards of King Huai. Ge Boyi refused to see me, and King Huai did not allow us to come and talk. Whether Shouchun got the news in the end, whether there were heavy casualties in the end, and whether the city fell and people died, it is their own fault.
, What does it have to do with us?" Xu Pang shook his head and said unconvinced.
"..." Xu Wuqi glared and scolded and asked: "You little beast, do you still have the nerve to defend yourself? Talk about it in a small way. You said you would deliver the letter to the guards of King Huai, but where is the receipt? If Shouchun City falls, King Huai will admit it.
They received the secret letter from the Commander-in-Chief. Is it their fault that they did not send the news back to Shouchun in time? Will they bite us in turn and accuse us of knowing about it but not caring about the life and death of our friendly troops? And speaking of the big picture, Shouchun City has fallen.
People died, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers occupied Huainan. Is it a big benefit or a big disadvantage to Chushan? Do you still think that the military-state struggle is just a child's play house and vindictiveness? "
After the victory of Ruying, the lower reaches of the Yingshui River were flooded. The enemy forces in the west of Beijing were basically unable to put any military pressure on the eastern front of Chushan. The attention of the Chihudong Route Army was mainly attracted by the Huaiwang Mansion stationed in Shou, Chu and other places.
, and had no time to use troops on the eastern front of Chushan.
Therefore, Chushan can deploy its limited elites on the western front in a focused manner, closely linked to the Zuo Xiaosheng Army guarding Ruzhou, and firmly nailed to the sides of Funiu Mountain and Songshan Mountain. Before this winter, the situation in Chushan Mountain was
Much more relaxed than before.
And now the news coming back from Ruzhou is very pessimistic. Zuo Xiaosheng's army is in Ruyang, and Song County is suffering heavy casualties. More than 20,000 Heluo enemy troops are surrounding Liang County. Next, Shouchun, Chuzhou, etc.
If there is another big trap on the ground or falls to the enemy, Chushan will fall into a more dangerous and frightening predicament than before Ruying's victory.
If we talk about grudges, who among the people in Chushan would look down upon the generals and officials in Prince Huai's Mansion?
However, it was precisely for the sake of Chushan and the hundreds of millions of people that Xu Huaicai drew the pattern of the Western Region Artillery immediately, and detailed the advantages, disadvantages and defense points of the Western Region Artillery in a letter to Prince Zhao Guan of Huai, and reminded the Huai Prince's army
Paying attention to precautions, and worrying that ordinary couriers were not high enough, they might encounter enemy scouts heading east from Xinyang, so they specially sent the extraordinarily brave Xu Tan and the young and mature Su Miao to team up.
Xu Fang put such an important relationship under his personal will, but still couldn't figure out where he was wrong. Why didn't Xu Wuqi get so angry that he chopped him with a scabbard?
Xu Huai waved his hand and said: "The situation may be very serious. Xu Pan, Su Mung and the others did not send the letter beautifully enough, but it can only be said to be a small mistake. There is no need to treat the big mistakes made by others.
If it falls on them, they will be fined three months' salary and not allowed to be promoted within a year."
"You really offended them!" Xu Wuqi said angrily.
"Shi Qi fell asleep and made mistakes, causing heavy casualties to his colleagues. With thirty sticks, he will be driven out of the selected vanguard army!" Xu Huai said again.
"It was my determination to pick up the stone and return together that led to the unfortunate death of Qi Shen'er and others in the battle. If this matter is to be punished, I should be punished first." Xu Panweng said in a loud voice.
"Shi Qi is alone in the enemy's siege. You avoid the enemy's edge and let him go back alone, or send someone to find and contact you, or join forces to pick him up. These should be weighed and decided by those who are facing the enemy. Others cannot be harshly criticized. Even if the final decision is made,
The decision resulted in heavy casualties, which was neither an error nor a crime - otherwise, we would not have been able to suffer defeat on the battlefield? In this regard, we still have to learn from Chi Huren, Yue Hailou will be defeated in our hands
Despite so many losses and so many defeats, Chi Hu Ren can still make him rise higher and higher, that is, he can distinguish between success and failure and not judge a hero by success or failure."
Xu Pang, Su Mi and others are all outstanding members of the younger generation in Chushan. Of course Xu Huai is willing to spend more time guiding them and said,
"Shi Qi's fault was not that he caused serious casualties to his colleagues when he was being rescued, but that he was too sleepy and forgot about his duty as a sentry, which prevented you from being aware of the enemy's approach in advance. Upon closer inspection, Su Mung used him as a sentry, and there were also
If you are aware of people's faults, and you slack off in military affairs, you should be punished with disciplinary training. Chushan has sorted out so many military disciplines and regulations in the past two years, which may seem complicated, but the way to build an army is all in them. In addition, you will be punished by copying ten
There are rules and regulations throughout the army, I think this is more effective than the staff and your thirty military sticks..."
"..."
Xu Tan was young and energetic, indulged in the practice of martial arts and neglected literary thoughts. There were some things that he needed to think about slowly. Xu Huai put aside the matter for the time being and personally asked Han Qihu about the enemy's deployment after Huangchuan crossed the Huaihe River, and discussed the East with the generals.
line and the severe situation facing Huainan.
At dusk, fast horses came galloping to report that Zhu Hang was ordered to come to Chushan to comfort the troops. The chariots and horses had arrived in Anzhou, and Wang Fan would be deployed along the Jinghu North Road to enter Chushan tomorrow.
Zhu Hang was ordered to retaliate, and of course he wanted to meet Xu Huai, but he did not know where Xu Huai was at this time, so he sent a messenger to contact him first.
From Anzhou to Luoshan via Wusheng and other passes, it was more than 100 miles away from the Shanxia Post Road. Xu Huai sent an advance messenger to Anzhou to meet Zhu Hang, informing him that he was in Luoshan, and ordered Fan Zongqi to lead more than 200 cavalry to Wuhan.
Shengguan, waiting to welcome Zhu Hang and Wang Fanhou tomorrow, and escort them to Luoshan New City.
Zhu Hang learned that Xu Huai was in Luoshan, so he set off from Anzhou that night and rushed to Luoshan New City early the next morning to meet Xu Huai.
Seeing the haggard and exhausted Zhu Hang, Xu Huai was filled with emotions.
After the imperial capital moved south to Jianye, Emperor Jianji would issue an imperial edict as usual every month, asking about the current situation of Xu Huai and Chushan.
This is the first time that Beijing has sent its ministers to Chushan to offer condolences; everyone knows that in fact this is mainly due to the critical situation in Huainan.
After the imperial capital moved south to Jianye, Zhu Hang learned about the affairs of Jianye Mansion and was extremely busy with official duties. At this juncture, Emperor Jianye still sent him to Chushan to meet him urgently. This shows that he can really trust the ministers around him to contact Chushan.
It's really too limited.
"The King of Huai received your secret letter. At that time, the captive soldiers had crossed the Huai River and marched southward. The King of Huai sent dead men to Shouchun several times to report the message, but they were all intercepted by the captive soldiers." Zhu Hang saw it at the foot of Luoshan City
Xu Huai, Xu Wuqi, Shi Zhen and others who came out of the city to greet you also directly stated their purpose of coming and said, "Your Majesty is also extremely worried about the situation in Shouchun. He sent me to come to Chushan to see you. Do you have any good plans to deal with it?"
Xu Huai didn't know whether to sneer or smile bitterly——
Xu Zang and Su Miao delivered the letter to the Huaiwang guards at dusk on the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month. The soldiers officially crossed the Huaihe River in the middle of the night on the 15th. If the Huaiwang did not delay for any reason after getting his secret letter, there would be no help.
Send someone to Shouchun to report this matter.
In fact, on the third day when the Japanese soldiers crossed the Huainan River in large numbers, Zuo Sima Yuan was lurking inside Shouchun, risking his own life to deliver the news for the last time.
Of course, Xu Huai also knew that now was not the time to dwell on such minutiae. At least King Huai was not stupid enough to deny receiving his secret letter.
"The city of Shouchun is dangerous and strong. When King Huai took control of Shouchun, in addition to the inner city, he also built an outer city. Generals such as Ge Boyi and Ge Yu were stationed with 40,000 elite troops. It would be no problem to sustain it for a month or two.
"Yes," Xu Huai said, "The key depends on whether your Majesty can organize enough reinforcements within a month or two to force the captive troops to retreat to the north of the Huaihe River..."
Inspiring and bloody battles can best temper generals.
No matter how much Xu Huaiduo looked down on Ge Boyi and others, no matter whether the Huai Prince's army retreated again and again from Hebei to Jingdong, and then to Henan in the past few years, and they won less and lost more against the Chihu people, it is undeniable that in the
After a bloody and cruel battle, the weak were eliminated and the strong were retained. The combat effectiveness of Prince Huai's army was no longer comparable to that of Tianxiong's army back then.
In fact, the combat effectiveness of the Xiaosheng Army, the Xuanwu Army, and the Shenwu Army led by Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son cannot be underestimated - a large number of generals and officers in the army have been trained and grown, and a large number of veterans have experienced hundreds of battles.
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In addition, there is no need to consider that people like Ge Boyi, Yang Maoyan, and Ge Yu will defect to the enemy in a short period of time.
The Huai Prince's army has not fought well in recent years, but they have resisted the barbarians all the way. There have been countless bloody battles, big and small, and the generals have rebuilt a strong will to resist from top to bottom.
Even if Ge Boyi, Yang Maoyan, Ge Yu and others were afraid of the enemy and feared fighting, they would not risk the collapse of their entire army to surrender to the enemy unless it was a matter of life and death - and in the troubled times of the great war, the soldiers and horses under their command were still in danger.
It is the cornerstone of their power.
Of course, Xu Huai would never overestimate the will to resist Ge Boyi, Yang Maoyan, etc.
Therefore, the key to whether the war in Huainan can successfully turn the crisis into peace is whether Jianye can organize enough reinforcements in time to force the Japanese soldiers to withdraw from Huainan...
