Qianhu Zhuosu almost felt dizzy. He grabbed the parapet on one side of the ship and managed to stand still without letting his body sway.
Yes, that is the White Tiger Commander Flag of the Beijing-Xiangjun Army.
Once upon a time, this white tiger flag made him restless and would wake him up from his sleep from time to time.
Yes, during the Battle of Ruying, he was also stationed in Bianliang as a subordinate of Deputy Wanhu Bage.
Initially, Bianliang was captured first by the troops of Prince Ping Yanzong. The royal family decided to support the puppet Chu State, and the Prince Ping Yanzong sent troops to suppress it.
After the Battle of Ruying, the performance of Yang Jingchen's troops was too unsatisfactory. As the war progressed, the Red Army conquered the entire Dangxiang territory successively, so there was no need to support the puppet court in Hehuai and directly moved Bian.
Liang merged with the states of Xiang, Huai, and Wei in the north, and set up a special military and horse capital general administration office, which was placed under the jurisdiction of the Zhennan Zong Palace.
After that, Qianhu Zhuosu was transferred to Xuzhou with his army and horses.
Five or six years have passed in a flash, but he will not and cannot forget that on top of the Nanxunmen gate tower, amid the loud sound of the trumpet, there was a ferocious white tiger embroidered on the blue background with black??????
The flag on the side is raised high on the original cypress flagpole of Nanxun Gate.
Under the military system of the Southern Dynasties, only the president of the army and the commander-in-chief of the battle were qualified to use the white tiger flag as a command flag. The white tiger flag used at the Chushan camp at that time was given by Emperor Jianji of the Southern Dynasty.
It is embroidered with gold and silver thread and shines brightly under the light of the morning sun.
This white tiger banner not only represents the highest command authority of the Jingxiang (Chushan) Army, but is also the exclusive logo of Jingshenghou, Jingxiang Road System Pacifier, Tianxiong Army, and the Selected Front Army Commander Xu Huai.
On the west bank of the Caochang River, Jingsheng Hou Xu Huai led 500 elites to come in person?!
In any other scenario, Zhuo Su would not have thought that Xu Huai was on the west bank of the Caochang River just because a white tiger flag was raised. He would have thought that the 500 elites from Beijing and Xiangzhou who came from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River this morning and landed west of the Caochang River were Xu Huai's relatives.
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Because he experienced an unforgettable nightmare in Bianliang, Zhuo Su was transferred to Xuzhou and carefully studied the rise of Jingsheng Hou Xu Huai and the Chushan people. He knew that Jingsheng Hou Xu Huai was not only good at fighting, but also scheming.
Tongbai Mountain is known as the "Chu Mountain Fox".
If you only see the white tiger flag, it is possible that Xu Huai, the Marquis of Jingsheng, came personally, or that Xu Huai, the Marquis of Jingsheng, found someone with a similar appearance and came to build Ye first with the flag.
If Jingxiang really did this, it is not difficult to guess their intention. It was nothing more than to stimulate the resistance of Jianye soldiers and civilians and mess up their mentality.
However, with everything that happened in front of him, could he still say that the appearance of the white tiger flag on the bank of the Caochang River was purely a trick of Jingsheng Hou Xu Huai, who actually did not go to Jianye?
Except for Jingsheng Hou Xu Huai's personal guard lineup, who has such terrifying and violent fighting power?
Zhuo Su called the guards, and after giving a few instructions, he ordered them to transfer to the sentinel boat and leave. He immediately rushed back to the camp to report what had happened before them and what he had guessed.
Soon the soldiers and people of Jianye will know that Jingsheng Hou Xu Huai has arrived in Jianye.
The situation is troublesome, the situation is complicated!
However, who could have imagined that Xu Huai, the Marquis of Jingsheng who was already in charge of one side and the most important commander-in-chief of the Southern Dynasties, commanding two to three hundred thousand troops, would suddenly lead five to six hundred personal guards to Jianye?
Will the plans of the camp and even the entire Zongwang Palace come to nothing?
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"Your Majesty, how are we going to fight next?"
Zhou Shan deliberately did not wipe the blood on the scabbard, held the knife tremblingly, walked quickly to see Xu Huai, and asked in a vibrating voice.
"Commander Zhou, are you afraid of death?" Xu Huai stared at Zhou Shan and asked.
"Zhou Shan is not afraid of death, but he is afraid of dying in a cowardly manner!" Zhou Shan said.
Xu Huai waved to several leading military officials from Yuelong Village and asked, "Where are you?"
"What did you say?" An old military official licked the blood spattered on his lips. He didn't know whether it was his own blood or the enemy's blood. It was slightly fishy and sweet. He grinned and showed his gaping teeth and said with a smile, "Sell your life to me."
The prince is the most valuable, but the prince tells you how to fight, and all men, women, and children in Yuelong Village follow suit!"
"I have already shown my flag, and I am sure that before the soldiers gather enough troops, they will not easily cross the Caocha River to test my sword, but they will probably deploy more cavalry to intersperse between Niushou Mountain and Yuelong Village.
time, making it impossible for us to move calmly,”
Even though Zhou Shan and others can only be regarded as middle- and lower-level military officials, Xu Huai is still accustomed to explaining the tactical arrangements in detail, and this is precisely the key to ideological mobilization and strengthening the fighting spirit of the generals. Xu Huai has never felt that the low-level military officials and soldiers are not the same.
It should be educated. On the contrary, if you want your soldiers to use their lives, you must let them know why they are fighting.
Xu Huai asked everyone to squat down, pick up dead branches on the ground to draw a topographic map, and said,
"Considering that the rebel navy will block the entrance of Poyang Lake, the four thousand cavalry I mobilized from Beijing and Xiangzhou need to cross the Gan River from the upper reaches of Poyang Lake and go around to Jianye from Raozhou. It may take about twenty days to a month.
Of course, if Jingnan and Jingbei naval forces are willing to cooperate, Qin Wang’s reinforcements may also compete for control of the Poyang Lake entrance first, so as to facilitate the rapid eastward advance of infantry and cavalry, but we still have to calculate based on one month. In this case
Within a month, the captive soldiers may withdraw directly, or they may use all their strength to attack Yuelong Army Village. Because in such a short period of time, the captive soldiers cannot encircle and suppress Niushoushan with all their strength, and can only use Yuelong Village as a source of anger.
They even used this to lure me to come from Niushou Mountain to fight them decisively!"
Therefore, it is impossible for the Luqi to withdraw from the west of Caochang River easily. They have no way to safely move thousands of old, weak, women and children in Yuelong Village, so they can only arrange for men and horses to defend it.
Xu Huaihui personally led his troops into Niushou Mountain. Relying on the Niushou Mountain, Xianku Ridge, Yuanzi Mountain and other mountainous areas, he fought guerrillas with the Japanese soldiers and called on more rebels from nearby prefectures, counties and military villages to gather.
Although Xu Huai will do everything possible to contain the captive soldiers, before the elite reinforcements from Beijing and Xiang arrive, he will not easily fight with the superior captive soldiers for the gain or loss of a stronghold.
At present, the Yuelong Army Stronghold itself has 800 young and strong soldiers. In addition to Xu Huaihui's deployment of 100 elite infantry to participate in the defense, more than 1,000 young and strong soldiers can also be recruited from surrounding military strongholds.
The defensive force is basically sufficient, but considering the small size of the Yuelong Army Stronghold, the entire stronghold is basically within the coverage of heavy sling crossbows. Even if it is only ten or twenty days, the superior soldiers will be trapped in the stronghold.
Passive defense will cause extremely horrific casualties, and it is not even ruled out that it will be captured by Japanese soldiers.
Of course, this is something that will only happen under extreme circumstances. After all, there are more than 20,000 imperial guards and tens of thousands of government troops gathered in Yecheng under construction. The rebels cannot just sit back and watch the captive soldiers wreak havoc and ignore them. They just lack the fighting spirit at the moment.
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At the same time, it was impossible for the Red Husbands to mobilize too many troops to the south of the Yangtze River. This involved a series of complex issues in addition to the supply of food and ammunition, as well as the strategic adventure of the captive troops.
Lujiang, Shouchun, Shucheng and other cities have not been captured, and the Huaixi passage for the prisoners has not been completely opened. Its navy of more than 20,000 troops currently has an absolute advantage, but with the Jingnan, Jingbei and Jingxiang naval forces
With further gathering and expansion, would the Japanese soldiers still dare to spread the navy like a big pie and spread it across the thousand-mile river road from Jiangzhou to Jianye?
Not to mention that Zhejiang, Jiangdong, Huaidong and other places can gather naval forces to harass and cut off the Yangtze River estuary.
The naval advantage of the Imperial Army on the Yangtze River is only temporary. However, with the limited number of troops deployed to the south of the Yangtze River and the main force of the Suwei Forbidden Army not being seriously damaged, it can only be said that the Imperial Army may have some potential losses.
Even the possibility of storming the Yuelong Army Stronghold is not very high.
It's just that Xu Huai now wants Zhou Shan and others to defend Yuelong Army Stronghold, so he has to analyze and explain some possibilities to them clearly.
"Unless Zhou Shan died here, the captive soldiers would have stopped at the Yuelong Village Wall," Zhou Shan said doubtfully, "But why didn't the envoy build Ye City? The captive soldiers should not have been able to completely block the construction of Ye City at this time.
The envoy should have the opportunity to enter the city, but the envoy is in charge of the imperial guards, how can he still worry about the undefeated army?"
Xu Huai smiled.
He gathered a large enough rebel army outside the city, and when the vanguard army arrived, he might gain control of the Suwei Forbidden Army. But if he were to build Ye City now, Emperor Shaolong, Wang Boqian, and Yang Maoyan would
Liu, if he goes crazy, will he hand over the Imperial Guards to him to lead?
At most, like Liu Yan, he assisted Wang and Yang Maoyan in guarding the capital.
This was not what he wanted when he took the risk to come to Jianye.
Xu Huai said: "If I advance to Yecheng at this time, the Japanese soldiers will probably retreat north decisively and focus on attacking Shucheng, Lujiang, Shouchun and other cities. In that case, they will have enough time to
We have built a complete defense line outside Shucheng, Lujiang and other places, waiting for our King Qin's soldiers and horses to collide, which will be extremely disadvantageous to our army. If possible, I would still like to temporarily attract part of the main force of the soldiers to the south bank. In this case, wait
By gathering enough troops from King Qin, we can not only lift the siege of Jianye, but also the siege of the cities in Huaixi!"
At this time, Zhu Hang and Zhu Tong rushed over from Yuelong Village and happened to hear the conversation between Xu Huai and Zhou Shan from a distance. They also knew that Xu Huai could not go to Beijing to see Emperor Shao Long at this time and said: "I
I plan to return to the capital tonight to tell His Majesty that there is no need to worry about Jianye."
"Although the captive soldiers are not enough to complete the encirclement of Jianye, the outer blockade is not something we can break through at will." Xu Huai shook his head and refused, "At this juncture, it is impossible for me to divide these soldiers and horses into escorts.
Mr. Zhu, Mr. Zhu should follow us to Niushou Mountain. Maybe in three or five days, the situation near Jianye will be greatly improved, or even reversed - I don't think the Chihu people particularly like to get into trouble! Besides, the situation around Jianye will be greatly improved, or even reversed.
, if we make more noise, His Majesty and the ministers will naturally know that I have arrived in Jianye, and there is no need to trouble Duke Zhu to take the risk of making this trip..." [(Scary, vote for me)]
