The bad news came one after another, and Zhu Hang felt as if he had been beaten twice in a row, and his expression was a little dazed.
Xu Huai glanced at him and said: "In such a chaotic situation, it is extremely dangerous to send troops to serve. There are still too many things to prepare. You go to the post house to rest first. If you have anything to do, wait until Kong Changyu comes to Nancai tomorrow to talk about it.
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"Is Kong Changyu willing to go to Nancai in person, or should I go to Jiangxia now? I should go to Jiangxia to see Kong Shijun before dawn." Dong Cheng asked.
Kong Changyu was appointed as the pacifier of Jinghu North Road, and he was on an equal footing with Xu Huai.
Dong Cheng was worried that Kong Changyu was unwilling to cross the river in person to Nancai to discuss the matter of King Qin because of his face. When the time came, Kong Changyu would send an official over.
There are too many issues that need to be communicated between Jingxiang and Jingbei, and there are too many differences that need to be unified. Xu Huai does not meet Kong Changyu directly, just like relying on the officials below to contact and negotiate. Some serious differences need to be consulted separately.
Only then can we move forward. I don’t know how much time will be wasted on the nearly hundred miles of waterway between Jiangxia and Nancai.
The Baili Water Road between Jiangxia and Nancai may not seem long, but a round trip takes a day.
What is lacking now is time.
Dong Chengcheng thought that he would make a hard trip to Jiangxia to persuade Kong Changyu to come to Nancai in person to discuss King Qin's plan, so as not to delay the opportunity.
"There is no need to work so hard. If Kong Changyu doesn't want to come to Nancai to see me tomorrow, then I will go to Jiangxia to see him," Xu Huai said. "Some of our troops need to go overland, so we can just go east from Jiangxia."
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It is most convenient to go to Jianye by water from Nancai. It is 1,200 miles away. If you don't encounter bad weather and travel day and night, you may be able to complete the journey in just two days and two nights. This is also the so-called "Chaoci Baidi Caiyun"
"A thousand miles of rivers and mountains return in a day."
However, the Jianye Navy was defeated in three days, and the defeat was somewhat tragic. At present, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are controlled by the Lubing Navy. It is still unclear how deeply the Lubing Navy has penetrated into the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the Jingzhou Navy's
The power is still limited, and there is no way to ensure the safety of waterways.
What is more appropriate is that some of the soldiers and horses risked taking the water route to march eastward along the river, while some of the soldiers and horses directly crossed the river from Nancai County to the south, and took the post road from Jiangxia to the east. The two are initially scheduled to meet at Xunyang County, Jiangzhou on the East and West Road of Jiangzhou.
, instead of Chizhou Tongling County as originally expected.
Zhang Xiongshan, Han Gui and others resolutely dissuaded Xu Huai from risking a battle on the Yangtze River with the Japanese navy, which had an absolute advantage in all aspects. Xu Huai had no choice but to cross the river and go eastward by land.
Therefore, it doesn’t matter whether Kong Changyu comes to Nancai tomorrow. The reason why Xu Huai specially sent someone to invite Kong Changyu to come over is actually to test Kong Changyu’s posture, or perhaps he intends to initially show a stronger attitude.
come out.
Dong Cheng expressed his understanding and was about to take Zhu Tong and accompany Zhu Hang to the post house to rest. At this time, a military official came over, whispered a few words to Zhang Xiongshan, and handed a letter to Zhang Xiongshan.
Turned around and left.
Zhang Xiongshan opened the envelope and took out a stack of excerpts densely packed with small characters, glanced at them quickly, handed them to Xu Huai, and said:
"The specific situation of the navy's defense during the first three days of the Japanese invasion of Jianye is almost clear."
Seeing Xu Wujiang who had just arrived in Nancai, Dong Cheng and Zhu Hang were a little confused. Wang Mingqi, who took over as the magistrate of Nancai County after Shi Xun, explained to them:
"Yesterday I heard that some warships of the Jianye Navy escaped to the vicinity of Qizhou, so I sent someone to rush there to learn more about the navy's engagement with the enemy and its defeat, so as to serve as a reference for the next dispatch of troops. Now we should rush to Qizhou
The state’s people who know the situation are back.”
Xu Huai walked back to the long desk and sat down, moved the lamp in front of his eyes, carefully read the detailed records of the battle and defeat of the Jianye navy, put the records back into the envelope with a solemn expression, handed it to Zhang Xiongshan, and said: "
Let the Military Intelligence Department and the Jingzhou Navy summarize the combat characteristics of the Lubing Navy in this, and seal the rest and do not disseminate it for the time being."
Xu Wujiang came to Nancai from Jingzhou and could share most of the military affairs. After Xu Huai handed the letter to Zhang Xiongshan, he went straight back to the back house to rest, temporarily leaving many front office affairs to Xu Wujiang, Han Gui, and Zhang
Xiongshan and others took over.
After Xu Huai left, Zhu Hang looked at Han Gui and others who were looking through the naval defeat records and asked: "How on earth was the Jianye Navy defeated?"
"Zhu Gong is also a man who knows military aircraft. Jianye????????????????How did the navy lose? Do you need to ask?" Han Tu smiled slightly and handed over the record of the defeat.
Go over and ask Zhu Hang to read it himself.
The scouts sent by the Military Intelligence Department to Jianye, no matter how powerful they were, were still greatly restricted in their mobility. Now they contacted the remnants of the navy that had fled to Qizhou, and they were able to piece together the full picture of the navy's defeat.
The Jianye Navy was originally part of the Jianye Prefecture Army. It had two inspection stations in the upper and lower reaches of Jianye and the Linjiang area. Its initial duties were only to arrest smugglers and bandits and ensure the smooth flow of the Jianye section of the Yangtze River. There were only twenty or thirty ships.
Sentries, oars, and more than four hundred soldiers.
After deciding to move the capital to Jianye, Emperor Jianji sent Liu Yan to lead the Youxiaosheng Army to station in Jianye first, and then sent Zhu Hang to serve as the Yin of Jianye Prefecture to prepare for the capital move. At that time, the Jianye Prefecture Army, including the navy, all came to Liu Yan
, it developed rapidly under the joint rule of Zhu Hang.
After the capital was officially moved to Jianye, the role and status of the Jianye Navy in garrisoning the capital was no less than that of the Suwei Forbidden Army. They were separated from the Jianye Prefecture Army and placed under the direct control of the Imperial Envoy Division. Emperor Jianji also transferred Lingjian and Yu Zheng respectively.
He assumed command of the left and right and expanded the Jianye Navy to more than 20,000 troops.
During the First Battle of Huainan, generals Ling Jian and Yu Zheng not only took turns leading their troops into Hongzepu, but also went north along the Huaidong offshore sea and entered the Huaihe River in search of fighters.
In the first battle of Huainan, the Red Hudong East Route Army was forced to withdraw from Huainan. There was no major military action on the East Road for several years. The main reason was to realize that there was a gap between Vietnam and Dai Viet in naval forces, so they sent their elite infantry and cavalry into rivers and lakes.
Fighting in vertical and horizontal areas is too restrictive.
After Emperor Shaolong ascended the throne, he conducted a major change of personnel in the Imperial City Division, Suwei Forbidden Army and Jianye Navy. Generals such as Zhang Xin, Liu Shiwang, Yu Gong, Ling Jian, and Yu Zheng were all transferred to idle positions.
, replaced by generals from Qiandi (Prince Huai’s Mansion).
This was not a big problem in the first place. The Huai Prince's family had also survived the wars in the north and south over the years. Even if the results were not as dazzling as those in Beijing and Xiangzhou, the generals had seen blood. The foundation of the Jianye Navy would not change this time.
Just destroy it.
Basically, this time it seems that they want to imitate the strategy and tactics of the first Huainan Battle, but there are big deviations in some details.
The strategic choice in the early stage of the First Huainan Battle was to stand still and wait for reinforcements. However, the Privy Council absolutely did not require that all soldiers be contained in the walled city. On the contrary, it encouraged the defenders of the walled cities to actively look for fighter opportunities to counterattack. The Jianye Navy also actively entered Hongzepu.
, on the one hand, they avoided premature battle with the Chihu East Road Army, and on the other hand, they actively curbed the overwhelming power of the Chihu East Road Army.
This time, Han Shiliang and Ge Yu performed better in waiting for reinforcements. Yang Qiye led his troops into Chuzhou immediately, showing the quality of a strong army. This is because Han Shiliang, Ge Yu and Yang Qiye have higher status and can lead the troops to fight.
He is rich in experience and will not be at the mercy of the Privy Council in everything. He is also far away from the Central Committee.
Even at this time, Han Shiliang and Ge Yu were besieged in Shouchun City, but they did not completely give up their efforts to counterattack. They also actively organized troops and horses to leave the city and relied on the city walls to prevent the soldiers from launching a direct attack on Shouchun City for the time being.
However, Youxiaosheng's army rushed to Luzhou to reinforce Jingnan and Jingbei's troops and horses immediately following the imperial edict. They were too tightly restrained by the Privy Council. When several groups of soldiers boldly crossed into the territory of Luzhou, they did not make any restraint.
Ling Lu soldiers easily opened the passage to peek into the Yangtze River from Shouchun.
??????????????????This is also the key for the Japanese navy to enter the river near Jianye and be able to immediately transfer the three to four thousand elite infantry soldiers from the north bank to the south bank - otherwise
Even with the 3,000 or 4,000 infantry units shipped by the Imperial Navy, they may not be able to establish a foothold near the city of Ye on the south bank.
This is related to the fact that Xu Pu relied on Wang and Yang and others to take charge of the Youxiaosheng Army in place of Liu Yan. They dare not disobey Wang Boqian and Yang Maoyan in everything. It is also related to the lack of combat effectiveness of Jingnan and Jingbei as local soldiers and horses.
This shortcoming was even more extreme when the Lubing Navy raided Jianye.
After Liu Yan's proposal for the Jianye Navy to evacuate to the west was rejected, when the Lubing Navy appeared on the east side of the river in Jianye, Wang Boqian and Yang Maoyan were afraid that the Navy would suffer unbearable losses, and despite the objections of the generals, they strictly ordered the entire Navy to withdraw from the water.
In Yingwu Port, they even gave up control of the river outside Wuxing Port.
After seeing some of the Japanese soldiers landing near Jianye City, the Suwei Forbidden Army clearly had an absolute advantage in strength on the south bank. However, Wang Boxian and Yang Maoyan did not have the determination to organize their troops to fight head-on. When they saw the Suwei Forbidden Army appearing on the west side of the Yupu River,
With more than a thousand casualties, they could not wait to withdraw their troops and horses to Jianye City.
At this time, they suddenly thought that if they gave up control of the suburbs of Jianye, Shuiying would face a pincer attack by the Japanese soldiers from land and water. Under such circumstances, Wang and Yang hurriedly ordered the navy to leave the port to fight the Japanese soldiers and the navy.
The Jianye Navy had no control over the river outside the dock. In this case, if hundreds of large and small warships left the dock to engage the enemy, what would be the result? One needs to imagine what the outcome would be?
If it were Xu Huai who was leading the troops, he would be killed without even his underwear if he went to fight against the enemy in this situation.
The naval general who is currently leading more than a hundred remnant troops to flee to Qizhou is a commander who followed Emperor Shaolong when he was granted the title of King of Huai. Because he is a veteran of the Huai Prince's family, he can know many secrets. This record
It's mainly his dictation.
After reading the records, Zhu Hang's hands and feet were cold.
Emperor Shaolong expelled Hu Kai from the court and replaced Liu Yan with Xu Pu to take charge of the Youxiaosheng Army. Xu Huai came up to advise him. He also realized at the time that this was definitely not a good thing for Vietnam, and he also came out to oppose it. However,
He still had not thought before that the harm of changing generals and coaches would be so great and so direct...
