Huangzhou is located to the west of Ezhou, spanning both sides of the Yangtze River, and belongs to Jinghu North Road.
Shuzhou and Qizhou are located in the area between the southern foot of the Huaiyang Mountains and the Yangtze River, across the river from Linjiang County to the north of Jiangxi East Road. They both originally belonged to Huainan West Road.
The Jingxiang Road was established, and the four counties in Jingbei and Nancai County that originally belonged to Jingbei Road were transferred to it. At the same time, the imperial court also included Kiazhou, Jingzhou Nan'an Public Security Bureau, Shishou and other counties into Jinghu South Road for better containment.
Beijing and Xiang penetrated to the west and south.
At this time, in order to make up for or strengthen the depth of Jingbei Road, the imperial court assigned Qizhou, adjacent to Huangzhou, to Jingbei Road.
At this time, Xu Huai proposed to take over the defense of Huang, Qi, and Shuzhou. Shuzhou belonged to Huainan West Road, and it was not the turn of Kong Changyu and others to comment. However, Huang and Qizhou were important places connecting the north and south of Jinghu North Road.
Once the northern part of the Yangtze River in the two states of Huang and Qi is taken over by Jingxiang for defense, not only will these two states face the situation of "Liu Bei borrowing Jingzhou", but the loan will not be repaid - given the virtues of the people in Jingxiang (Chushan), Kong Changyu and others
He has no doubt that this is possible. At the same time, he is also worried that Sui, Ying, and An are blocked to the north, and will they also fall into the pockets of Jingxiang and Xiangzhou?
By then, on Jinghu North Road, will only Ezhou and Fuzhou be left in Guangganzhou?
No, Fuzhou is located in the north of the Yangtze River, between Nancai County and the four counties of Jingbei, including Hanchuan County, which belongs to Ezhou to the north of Nancai County, and may be eaten by Beijing and Xiangzhou.
However, Kong Changyu can say that he definitely disagrees at this time?
Zhu Hang handed King Qin's edict to Jingxiang, clearly stating that Marquis Jingsheng would personally organize and lead the elite soldiers and horses of Jingxiang to march to Luzhou via Huangzhou, Qizhou, and Shuzhou.
Although the Jingxiang Army was not required to stop in these three states before, now that the Jianye Navy has been defeated, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are like an uninhabited land for the Lu soldiers, and the Lu soldiers may attack these three states at any time. Xu
Even if he wants to temporarily take over the defense of these three states for the sake of the security of food and fodder supply, who can say anything?
This is normal, but due to military considerations, it is not excessive at all.
Furthermore, for the sake of their own safety, will the local officials and local forces in these three states refuse, or will they accept the garrison and asylum of the Beijing-Xiangang Army?
At this juncture, local officials and local forces in the three states would be crazy to refuse.
No matter how disgusted you are with the people in Jingxiang (Chushan), who else has been able to completely resist the invasion of troops from outside the territory these years, besides the Jingxiang army?
Kong Changyu knew that no matter how much he opposed the establishment of a pacification envoy on behalf of Jinghu North Road, he could not prevent the Jingxiang Army from taking over the defense of the three states. He couldn't help but secretly took a breath and said: "What Xu Envoy said is not mine.
You must find it difficult to handle it. The kings have governed the Chu Mountains, and the civil and military affairs of Jing and Xiang have been witnessed by all the world. However, the soldiers, horses, money and food in northern Jing are all under the control of Xu Shijun, but how to do it, Xu Shijun has to let us know a little bit.
Second, right? Otherwise, how can we convince the generals and obey orders?"
"The three states of Huang, Qi, and Shu are the gateways to prevent the Japanese soldiers from advancing eastward along the Yangtze River. They are also important vassals to contain the Japanese soldiers from the flanks and peek into the Yangtze River. They must be defended with heavy troops," Xu Huai said, "My original intention was to prevent the soldiers and horses from Jingbei.
After the assembly, in addition to focusing on strengthening the defenses at Jiuli, Wusheng, and Pingjing Passes north of Anzhou to prevent the returning German troops from getting restless, we mainly moved to Qizhou and Shuzhou to station, waiting for the situation to change there while I personally
He led the elite troops from Beijing and Xiang to march eastward along the south bank of the Yangtze River in order to build Ye. He looked for an opportunity to fight against the enemy troops crossing the river, and first relieved the siege of Jianye, but he did not expect that Kong Shijun would find it difficult..."
"This is not difficult to do!" before Kong Changyu could say anything, Yuan Jiuliang, the deputy commander of the army and horses accompanying him, responded impatiently.
Xu Huai's plan actually hopes that the soldiers and horses in northern Jing will mainly defend the city, and also mainly defend the city on Jinghu North Road to prevent the captive soldiers from coming in. At most, they will move from Qizhou to Shuzhou.
To defend the city, there is no need to fight with the captive soldiers in the field, which is probably the most considerate of the conscience of the soldiers and horses in northern Jing that have a slight lack of combat effectiveness.
Now the troops and horses are deployed. Gao Juntang and his troops are trapped in Lujiang County. If the troops in northern Jingzhou follow the edict of King Qin and directly advance to aid the capital, the leader of the troops will be none other than Yuan Jiuliang.
As a former subordinate of Zheng Huaizhong, Yuan Jiuliang also led his subordinates on the battlefield and made great achievements in battle. Only after Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son were executed, could he continue to be transferred to Jinghu North Road to serve as the deputy commander of the army and horses.
He was not a timid person, but without strong reinforcements, he gathered more than ten thousand Jingbei troops and rushed directly to Jianye. What would happen to him? How could he not have any self-awareness?
Therefore, he resented Xu Huai's design to frame the Zheng family and his son, but in the face of the cruel reality, he knew better than ordinary generals that perhaps only Xu Huai could solve the current evil situation.
Besides, he was transferred to Jingbei, and his wife, children, and children were all still in Jianye. Faced with the cruel reality, he knew what was the right choice.
Yuan Jiuliang was a martial artist, and Kong Changyu couldn't scold him at this juncture for not knowing the rules, so he could only follow his words and say:
"Since Commander Xu has thought so carefully, we naturally have to be more respectful than obey the order! But there is one thing we need to make clear to Commander Xu. Commander Xu wants to divert troops and horses from Jingbei to other uses, and the military order needs to be signed by both departments before it can take effect!
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The troops and horses in Jingbei are under the control of Xu Huai. This is not just a verbal agreement by Kong Changyu and others here. It needs to be formally written by the Jingbei and Jingxiang Production Departments. Xu Huai also has to get the written documents from Jinghu North Road to establish the Appeasement Envoy Department.
, in order to legitimately control and dispatch the assembled Jingbei soldiers and horses.
In terms of the proportion of grain and salary apportionment, Jinghu North Road is also mainly responsible for the part of aiding troops from Jingbei, but it needs to be transported to Nancai in advance and arranged by the Jingxiang Manufacturing Department.
This is another insurance for Xu Huai to control reinforcements from Jingbei.
If there are generals in the Jingbei army who do not obey the rules, I will cut off your food and salary first and see how you deal with and explain to the soldiers under my command.
At the end, Xu Huai took out a list and said: "I will lead my troops to the capital in person. If there is a military order sent to Huang, Qi, Shu, An and other states, and the military officials from Beijing and Xiang are not familiar with each other, they will
There is a lot of inconvenience, and I hope Kong Shijun will temporarily transfer these people to me to serve as liaison officers!"
Kong Changyu took the list provided by Xu Huai and his face became more constipated.
Fu Liang was the nephew of the Fu Qian clan who was originally deployed in the Jinghu North Road Military and Horse Command. Together with Chen Su, he served as the chief and deputy commander of the former Liu Xianqin Barracks. Cheng Xiao was the military officer who was deployed in the Jinghu North Road Military and Horse Command - both of them were defeated by the Xuanwei Army.
After the destruction of the Han Dynasty, the few remaining generals participated in the Huaichuan defense battle with Xu Huai, and later organized the remnants of the Xuanwei Army and the soldiers and civilians in Huaichuan and other places to withdraw southward.
When Liu Xian came to know Wuzhou, he once transferred them to Wuzhou to serve in the Military and Horse Supervisory Department, but they were later driven back by the Gao family - Gao Junyang did not want elite soldiers outside his jurisdiction to appear within the West Qin Road area.
horse.
During the period when they served in the Military and Horse Deployment Department of Jinghu North Road, Wang Fan happened to be in charge of the Military and Horse Deployment Department of Jingbei and was reused. He successively led his troops to participate in the rotation of garrisons in Rucai and other places.
(Chushan) The general with the closest relationship.
Kong Changyu even forgot where he and Gao Juntang kicked these people into.
Someone next to him remembered it well and reminded Kong Changyu in a low voice that Fu Liang was kicked to a military pasture under the Military Department as a supervisor. Chen Su was a military official who was responsible for purchasing one or two hundred war horses from Dali Guoqian every year.
, was escorted back to Jingbei from Jingjiang Mansion, and Cheng Xiao was kicked to the Army Bingma Buyuan as a military prison officer...
"Okay, if Xu Shijun wants to use these people, I will transfer them to you." Kong Changyuqiang suppressed his anger and accepted Xu Huai's additional conditions.
Of course, some officials under Kong Changyu whispered: "Should we wait until Jingnan's envoy Ge Guogong sends someone over before making the final decision?"
Kong Changyu glared at the man.
Kong Changyu also knew very well that the situation was so corrupt. The root of everything was that the soldiers and horses in northern Jing could not fight a tough battle. Even if Ge Boyi was here and had no soldiers to use, how could he stand up in front of everyone in Beijing and Xiangzhou?
If we don't mention Xu Huai's sharp ambition, Kong Changyu must admit that at this juncture, there is really no one more qualified than Xu Huai to stand up and command the troops of King Qin.
Ge Boyi is actually far inferior.
"What do you think, Mr. Zhu?" Kong Changyu looked at Zhu Hang and asked.
As the minister of Honglu Temple, Zhu Hang rushed to Jingzhou to deliver the imperial edict. He was unlike any other envoy delivering the imperial edict. Kong Changyu also respectfully asked him for his opinion.
"Kong Shijun understands the great righteousness, and the top priority is for the two departments to work together to serve the king." Zhu Hang said.
Zhu Hang knew that Xu Huai was unruly and unruly, and that everyone in Beijing and Xiang did not have the duty to be loyal ministers and good generals. However, when the Jianghuai River was broken, he knew more clearly that only Xu Huai, who commanded the soldiers and horses of King Qin on the road, could conquer the enemy again.
The soldiers rushed back to the north bank of the Huaihe River.
After everything was settled, Zhu Hang also took the initiative to invite Ying and Dong Cheng to accompany Kong Changyu and others to Jiangxia City.
At dusk, not only did Zhu Hang get many letters signed and sealed by Kong Changyu as the envoy of Jinghu North Road, but Xu Huai also called Fu Liang, Chen Su and Cheng Xiao who were named to serve as liaison officers.
, regardless of the dangers of night sailing, they rushed back to Nancai by boat.
"Your Majesty, this move is too dangerous, please proceed with caution!"
When Zhu Hang and Dong Cheng walked into the courtyard, they saw Xu Wujiang, Han Gui, Fan Yong, Fan Zongqi and others who had just arrived in Nancai today, all trying to dissuade Xu Huai from doing anything.
Fan Zongqi was originally the guard general of Xichuan. Zhu Hang speculated that he transferred Fan Zongqi, and probably put Xu Wujiang in Jingzhou or Nancai, with Fan Zongqi commanding the infantry that had been assembled one after another. After all, in addition to the Jingzhou Prefecture Army and the Selected Front Army, the infantry
The elite main force were all drawn from the Fourth Town of the Tianxiong Army.
Xu Huai was wearing armor and sitting in front of the lamp. He was wiping a long knife with a piece of silk cloth. The blade shone like moonlight; it had not been seen before.
Xiao Yanhan appeared, also wearing light armor, sitting next to Xu Huai. Her appearance was so beautiful, but her eyes were filled with coldness, like a wild leopard about to hunt.
Seeing Zhu Hang and others coming back, Xu Huai said, "It's just the right time for Duke Zhu to come back. We'll leave immediately!"
"Let's go, where are we going?" Zhu Hang thought that no matter how hasty he was, Xu Huai would lead an elite cavalry to cross the river early tomorrow morning and then advance eastward from Jiangxia, which would be fast enough.
"Let's go directly to Jianye!" Xu Huai said.
"Go, go to Jianye..." Although Zhu Hang hoped that Xu Huai would send troops as soon as possible, he never thought that Xu Huai would go directly to Jianye.
Now Jianye to Luzhou, and even to the river near Chizhou, are all controlled by the Lubing Navy. How can they go directly to Jianye?
Fly over?
Xu Huai stood up, sheathed his sword, looked calmly at the cold moonlight outside the window, and said: "Hefei has been captured, and the soldiers near Shouzhou are constantly marching towards Shucheng and Lujiang counties. The German troops will surrender to the enemy at any time."
, how could the King of Lu not think of doing everything possible to intercept our eastward aid? How long will it take for us to wait until the navy has no advantage before we can get to Jianye City? Don’t forget, after we have assembled, the Lu troops and navy will definitely
We will block the entrance of Poyang Lake in advance and cut off the march route from Xunyang, Jiangzhou to the east! Now is our last and opportunity to enter Jianye directly as quickly as possible!"
"The problem is that the waterway into Jianye has been blocked by the Lubing Navy?" Zhu Hang asked in shock. He didn't know what Xu Huai was thinking.
"After winter, the river near Jianye is also vast, and the Japanese navy can block it without any water leaking. I have three or five light boats and fast boats, carrying three to five hundred generals, but I can't get through?" Xu Huai said.
"How can we fight against the captives with just a few men and horses?" Zhu Hang asked.
"Is Jianye short of troops?" Xu Huai looked at Zhu Hang and asked calmly.
Zhu Hang was stunned, yes, does Jianye lack troops?
In addition to the 20,000 imperial guards in Jianye city, since the separation of garrisons, a large number of families of the left and right Xuanwu troops and the left and right Xiaosheng troops have been placed in the military villages near Jianye - although the left and right Xuanwu troops and the left and right Xiaosheng troops have
The generals of the army are currently mainly stationed in Huaidong and Huaixi, but the generals are small and medium-sized, and there are still a large number of young and strong soldiers. They are all qualified soldiers and they are also reserve soldiers of various armies.
When the soldiers crossed the Yangtze River and invaded south, these military strongholds would also be organized to defend against the enemy and would not surrender easily.
Yes, Jianye does not lack soldiers and horses, but what it lacks is the eroded fighting spirit after two defeats!
Xu Huai looked at Fu Liang, Chen Su, Cheng Xiao and others who came with Zhu Hang and Dong Cheng, and asked: "Will you go with me to Jianye to kill the enemy?"
"I would like to follow you to kill the enemy!" Fu Liang, Chen Su, and Cheng Xiao shouted enthusiastically.
