Tongguan Mountain was originally called Jinniu Mountain. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, people discovered copper mines here. During the Western Han Dynasty, a "Tongguan" was set up here to specialize in smelting. Tongguan Mountain got its name from this.
Tongguan Mountain is located only four or five miles southeast of Tongling County. To the east it is connected to Fanchang and Nanling counties, which are under the jurisdiction of Jianye Prefecture. To the north, it faces Lujiang County across the river where the remnants of the Jingnan Army led by Luo Wang were besieged. It can be said that it is very
A key node.
Han Gui and Shi Hu went to Liu Li, and Liu Renmei agreed to build a camp on the fortress and left. Before noon, Tongling County recruited more than 500 people to Liu Wangzhai to help build the camp. Liu Li also specially asked Liu Zhuangfei to lead the camp.
There were more than a hundred young people in the village carrying big saws and shovels, helping to cut down trees and dig trenches.
Worried that the forward reinforcements from Beijing and Xiang might attract a large-scale counterattack by the Japanese troops, especially Tongling and the river north of Chizhou, they were still under the absolute control of the Chihu Navy. The internal defenses of Liu Wangzhai did not dare to relax in the slightest. Liu Renmei arrived before noon.
He patrolled the village wall and warned the villagers not to get carried away.
Liu Renmei returned to her father's thatched cottage at noon and saw her father Liu Shiwang standing in the yard, looking eastward. The southeast corner of Liuwang Village is on a higher ground, and you can see beyond the wall to the camp where the camp was built at the eastern foot of Tongguan Mountain.
situation.
"The captive soldiers don't seem to be responding. Are you asking the reinforcements from Beijing and Xiang to set up camp at the eastern foot of Tongguan Mountain without any effort?"
Although Liu Renmei didn't understand why his father insisted on not having contact with Jingxiang, he still respected his father in his heart. At this time, he had questions in his mind and asked him frankly.
Liu Shiwang retracted his distant gaze, looked at his eldest son's young face that had not been carved by time, and asked: "In your opinion, what will the soldiers crossing the river do next?"
"It should be impossible for the Japanese soldiers to attack Jianye City again. They may withdraw to Jiangbei at any time, right?" Liu Renmei said.
"If the soldiers want to attack Jianye, do they still have a chance?" Liu Shiwang asked.
"Marquis Jingsheng personally went to Niushoushan to supervise the war effort, and he summoned six to seven thousand rebels in just seven or eight days. How could the rebel soldiers have a chance to capture Jianye?" Liu Renmei said, "Besides, there are not even 20,000 imperial guards in the capital.
Is it just for decoration?"
"The Chihu people themselves also know that they have lost the opportunity to storm Jianye, and they should have given up on the dream of capturing Jianye City in one fell swoop. Then they will gather their troops and counterattack Tongguan Mountain, or they may build a military base in Fanchang and Nanling counties along the Qingge River.
What's the point of intercepting the defense line? To do so is to divide its limited troops and horses crossing the river into three parts that are difficult to care about. Especially the troops and horses stationed east of Tongguan Mountain in a hurry, they may be attacked at any time.
We encountered a fierce pincer attack from the elite vanguards of the Niushoushan Rebel Army and the Beijing-Xiang reinforcements,"
Liu Shiwang said leisurely,
"Jingsheng Hou has conquered the north and south in recent years, and his troops have been invincible, which is beyond the reach of ordinary generals. How could the Chihu people dare to show such a big flaw in front of Jingsheng Hou? What the soldiers want to do next, or in other words, what they want to do
What they did was to contain as much as possible the Suwei Imperial Army guarding Jianye, the rebel Xiangyong who were mobilized by Marquis Jingsheng in nearby counties, and the soldiers and horses of King Qin who were subsequently reinforced from various counties and prefectures, on the south bank so that they could
They can get more time to capture Lujiang, Shucheng, Shouchun and other important towns in Huaixi one by one. With this goal in mind, they can concentrate their limited troops crossing the river near the mouth of Caochang River or Pogangdu River...
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"Father, do you think Marquis Jingsheng would respond like this?" Liu Renmei asked.
"Perhaps this is what Marquis Jingsheng hopes for? Otherwise, they would not need to spend effort to build a camp in Tongguan Mountain. It is nothing more than a plan!" Liu Shiwang sighed softly, and then walked behind the hut with his hands behind his hands.
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"...Xu Huai relied on the secret edict of Emperor Jian of the Southern Dynasties that was difficult to distinguish between true and false to induce the execution of Zheng Huaizhong, Zheng Cong and his son, and helped Huai Wang Zhao Guan ascend the throne. While Zhao Guan and the generals in the Huai Prince's palace were in a state of excitement, Xu Huai obtained and Jingnan,
The Jingbei Zhiji Division jointly recruited the power of the Dongting Lake bandits, and then went to Jingbei to form the Nancai Recruitment Division. However, in fact, in this name, they controlled Nanyang, Xiangyang and other places, forcing the Southern Dynasties to cede Beijing and Xiangyang to allow them to have autonomy.
——From this moment on, Xu Huai’s ambition of not being a subordinate can be said to be fully demonstrated..."
The main generals at Pogangduhekou Camp and Chihu Crossing the River gathered together to discuss the follow-up response strategy south of the Yangtze River with Guibu, the Deputy Chief of the Military and Horses of Zilai, who arrived in Jianye on behalf of King Tuge of the Pingyan clan.
During this time, all the generals who crossed the river were clearly aware of, or saw with their own eyes how terrible Xu Huai's arrival in Jianye was in boosting the morale of the soldiers and civilians of the Southern Dynasties.
No matter how brave and proud the veteran Chi Hu was, he did not dare to advocate further sending troops to cross the river from the north bank, which was already stretched because the battle line was too long, before Shouchun, Lujiang and other cities were captured.
At this time, decisively withdrawing from Jianye, and taking advantage of the limited gathering of reinforcements from the Southern Dynasty, to focus on strengthening the attack on Lujiang, Shuzhou, Shouchun and other cities, became the mainstream opinion of the generals of Pingyanzong Palace.
Zhong Changqing had a different view at this time.
The generals in Zhennan Zong's palace had always had a very deep understanding of the separation and suspicion between Jingxiang and the Southern Dynasty. Otherwise, they would not have directly advocated peace with the Southern Dynasty after two years of fruitless confrontation.
The purpose is actually to encourage the Southern Dynasty court to strengthen its containment of Jingxiang without external threats, to make the conflict between Jingxiang and the Southern Dynasty open and intense, and even to join forces with them to strangle Jingxiang before it can completely rise and become difficult to control.
It is a pity that the Zhennan Zong Palace's proposal was not taken seriously by the Khan's court. Even the generals of the Pingyan Zong Palace felt that such a proposal was too weak.
After Zhong Changqing arrived in Jianye this time, he assisted Wu Chi in deploying the military blockade of Niushou Mountain, Yuelong Village and other places. From various signs, it can be seen that Jingxiang and Xiang had strong predictions about their raid on Jianye.
From a purely military operational perspective, it should be a better choice for the Beijing-Hangzhou reinforcement division to take the north bank of the Yangtze River, pass through Huangqi and Shuzhou, and threaten their flanks.
Because taking the north bank to station in Shuzhou does not require crossing the river, the advance will be much faster, and the Beijing-Xiang aid division will not have to worry too much about the threat from the Chihu Navy Division from the lower reaches of the river.
With the eyesight of Xu Huai and the generals in Beijing and Xiang, they could naturally see long ago that the Chihu East Road army did not have the ability to capture Jianye in one fell swoop this time; after all, the foundation laid by Emperor Jianji of the Southern Dynasty had not yet been laid by the new emperor and Wang.
Yang and others were completely destroyed.
However, Xu Huai would rather slow down the pace of reinforcements heading eastward, and decided to reinforce Jianye from the south bank. He even risked his own life to rush to Jianye first to calm people's hearts and boost morale.
It was obvious that Xu Huai and everyone in Jingxiang had deep-seated intentions or ambitions.
This is simply obvious.
Zhong Changqing advocated taking advantage of the situation, and did not advocate that all the troops crossing the river should be withdrawn from the south bank too eagerly. He advocated that part of the troops crossing the river, especially some elite combat forces, be concentrated along the lower reaches of the river outside Pogangdu, and continue to attack Jianye.
Don't go near the city.
The purpose is to give Xu Huai the opportunity to further gather rebel troops and control them near Jianye, and to allow Xu Huai to continue to grow his popularity outside Jianye City.
In this way, on the one hand, they will be able to more calmly organize the troops and horses on the north bank to attack Luzhou, Shucheng, Shouchun and other cities; on the other hand, they will promote the ambitions of Xu Huai and everyone in Jingxiang to be more thoroughly exposed, making Jingxiang and the Southern Dynasties
The imperial court could not be more tolerant.
This is exactly what the Zhennan Zong Palace strongly advocated before launching the east-route offensive. Of course, there are still some differences.
The Zhennan Zong Palace had previously expected that the Southern Dynasty court could effectively control other areas, concentrate the local power of the Huaihe River, the Liangjiang River and the Lianghu Lake, suppress and restrict Beijing and Xiangzhou, and even eventually reduce the vassal status by force.
However, they are not withdrawing decisively at present, and they are delaying some of the troops crossing the river on the south bank. This may give Xu Huai the opportunity to control the Southern Dynasty court in one fell swoop, but taking control of the court does not mean that Jingxiang has completely
By controlling half of the Southern Dynasty, it is more likely to directly cause half of the Southern Dynasty to fall apart first.
Of course, the cavalry units still have to evacuate first.
After all, transporting war horses across the river is actually much more difficult than transporting soldiers - a warship can carry hundreds of generals across the river at a time, but it may not be able to hold ten war horses. Therefore, the cabins of traditional warships are relatively small.
It is low, with narrow compartments and decks.
At this point, the Jingxiang Reinforcement Division also encountered the same difficulties. Therefore, in the early stage, only a thousand cavalry crossed the river to the south bank, and the other troops entering the south bank were mainly infantry.
This point was clearly visible to the scouts when Chi Hu entered the sentry ship in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
This is also the main sign of Jingxiang’s unique ambition this time.
Zhong Changqing's idea was also supported by most of the generals crossing the river, including Wu Chi.
At present, within the Pingyanzong Palace, those who are least willing to simply withdraw northward are precisely them, the generals crossing the river, even though they have to face the elite troops from Beijing and Xiangyang who are about to enter Jianye as reinforcements.
Some people even advocated transporting all the war horses across the river first, and leaving some of the elite Red Guards in the Pogangdu Hekou camp to strengthen the ability to contain reinforcements from the Southern Dynasty.
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As Chihu's troops and horses crossing the river were all reduced to several riverside camps downstream of Pogangdu, and most of the horses and some troops were even transported to the north bank to strengthen the siege of Lujiang, Shucheng and other cities, Jianye City finally recovered.
In order to maintain contact with the outside world, some soldiers and horses even came out from the gates of Dongcheng and Nancheng to resume control of the areas east and south of Jianye.
Zhu Hang was finally able to enter Jianye City and enter the palace to resume his decree.
"It is expected that the Japanese troops will be unable to capture Jianye, so they are shrinking in large numbers at this time. Your Majesty's top priority is to have the Suwei imperial army attack the enemy camp at the mouth of the river and completely eliminate the danger of Jianye. Only in this way can Jingshenghou and the reinforcements from all directions be able to concentrate on crossing the river.
Jiang fought with the enemy to relieve the siege of Huaixi!"
Zhu Hang knelt in front of the Chui Gong Hall and sincerely asked Emperor Shaolong to immediately dispatch the Imperial Guards out of the city to fight.
It has been a month since the Chihu Navy raided Jianye, but the efficiency of the current news transmission and troop gathering was extremely low. For example, if two or three thousand forward troops from Beijing, Xiangzhou and Jingbei arrived in Tongling and Qianshan in advance, they had already
It's pretty quick.
The rebel army currently assembled by Xu Huai in Niushou Mountain is not particularly powerful due to its crude weapons and armor, as well as the lack of enough generals and military officials to lead it. Zhu Hang knew that Xu Huai should be asked to command the rebel army that had been assembled earlier.
It would be too difficult to storm the enemy camp; the main force of the Beijing-Xiang reinforcement division has not yet arrived, and the rebels should not bear the heavy responsibility of charging the trap.
Of course, Zhu Hang realized more clearly that there was no more action in the capital, and he let Xu Huai continue to call the rebels on the pretext of Jianye's threat in Niushou Mountain, and then wait until the elite soldiers and horses from Beijing and Xiang arrived to join Jianye, then Xu Huai would be
If there is no intention to replace him, then those people below him don’t have this intention?
The great emperor of Dai Viet put on the yellow robe only half-heartedly!
In Zhu Hang's view, the only way to alleviate this crisis is that the Suwei Forbidden Army must take action as soon as possible, and Xu Huai must lead his troops across the river to fight on the north bank as soon as possible...
