Discussing the arrangements for the next war, it was noon before we knew it. Liu Shiwang first accompanied Xu Huai, Han Gui, Wu Chihai, Zhang Xiongshan, Jiang Ang and others to the Majia branch camp of the Suwei Forbidden Army on the east bank of the Qinhuai River.
Patrolling the 4,000 imperial guards who left the city overnight yesterday.
At this time, sunken ships, iron wire ropes, and wooden piles had been used to block the river downstream of the Majia branch. Although there are currently only a limited number of boats that can be collected on the Qinhuai River, and the pontoons in the upstream direction are still being built, the two sides of the bank can already be directly connected.
Ferry by boat.
Generals Yu Gong, Chen Jin and Zhou Shu also rushed to the temporary ferry to welcome Xu Huai's arrival.
"At the end of the day, Yu Gong was sent to Zhou Shu, and Chen Jin met with the envoy!"
In the last years of Tianxuan, Xu Huai followed Emperor Jianji, who was still King Jing at the time, to Gongyi County, Luoyang Prefecture, to seize the mausoleum defenders to resist the westward advance of the captive soldiers. Chen Jin and Zhou Shu were ordinary generals in the mausoleum defenders at that time, and Yu Gong and his younger brother
Yu Zheng and others are team leaders, low-level military officials at the primary school level.
Because the commanders of the mausoleum guarding army, Chen Yougui, Gu Dajun, and the then Gongyi County Lieutenant Zhu Xun and others were slack and incompetent and did not engage in drills, Xu Huai selected Yu Gong, Chen Jin, Zhou Shu and others to serve as actual battalion commanders to command Gongyi.
The defenders blocked the westward advance of the Japanese troops.
Even after Zheng Huaizhong led the Western reinforcements to Yanshi and Gongyi, he was angry that the Western reinforcements were timid and fearful of fighting. Xu Huai led his generals to attack Qingquangou.
, severely damaged the troops of the surrendered general Cao Shili - it was that battle that really made Yu Gong, Chen Jin, Zhou Shu and other generals surrender to their hearts. The thought of it still makes me feel angry.
Therefore, Emperor Shaolong summoned them to the Chui Gong Hall and conferred them general positions. Wei Chujun did not forget to provoke them in his words. Yu Gong, Chen Jin and Zhou Shu just thought it was funny.
When the generals in Beicheng mutinied, Yu Gong, Chen Jin, and Zhou Shu had already heard about it at the Ministry of War. Almost all officials in the Ministry of War accused Marquis Jingsheng of adding fuel to the flames and inciting the generals to cause trouble. But the three of them knew clearly that
Xu Huai's actions over the years have been filled with excitement in many places, but how often did he not try to turn the tide in an extremely dangerous situation?
Xu Huai encouraged Emperor Jian to seize the troops guarding the mausoleum to defend Gongyi.
If you have a pedantic view, wouldn't this be a heinous crime and risk the disdain of the world?
However, this time, why did the situation deteriorate to this point? What was the root cause of the mutiny?
Isn't it that Emperor Shaolong, Wang Boqian, Yang Maoyan and other officials were weak and incompetent, fearful of the enemy and fearful of fighting, and were repeating the tragedy caused by Emperor Tianxuan and the ministers in the court in the last years of Tianxuan?
Yu Gong, Chen Jin, and Zhou Shu still had passion in their chests, and of course they longed to lead the Suwei imperial army back to Xu Huai's command to fight the enemy. They were worried that Liu Shiwang would have different ideas before, but seeing Liu Shiwang accompanying Xu Huai
When we got off the boat together, the last trace of worry in our hearts was swept away.
In addition to the three generals Yu Gong, Chen Jin, and Zhou Shu, the four thousand generals who have camped out of the city are either generals from the original mausoleum guarding army, or were selected from local guards when they crossed Hebei to aid Qinshui, Zezhou and other places.
Jian Rui was either recruited from the survivors of Taiyuan. There was almost no one who did not know Xu Huai, and almost no one who had not participated in the war directly commanded by Xu Huai.
Most of the Niushoushan volunteers who participated in the Battle of Hekou were their sons, nephews and even their fathers and brothers.
In response to Xu Huai's arrival, all the generals in the army burst out with great enthusiasm and rushed to ask when they would go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.
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"We won a great victory in the battle at the mouth of the Qinhuai River. It is not a problem to drive away the remaining soldiers who crossed the river. But we also have to see that the total number of soldiers surrendered by the Hulu and those who have no seeds is more than 200,000.
The enemy troops are entrenched on the land of Huaixi, heavily surrounding Shouchun, Lujiang, Shucheng and other cities. They are well deployed and even captured Hefei, which gave them sufficient supplies. The situation is extremely unfavorable to us..."
Xu Huai was never afraid to explain the strategic battle situation and objectives in front of the generals. He did not think that this was a huge secret, and even encouraged the generals to communicate more with the middle and lower-level military officers and even general generals before the war:
On the one hand, it can strengthen the fighting spirit of the generals and make them understand why they are fighting; on the other hand, it can prevent the troops from being dispersed so that small groups of troops can continue to fight in accordance with the big strategic battle goals under the leadership of middle- and lower-level generals.
Not completely panicked.
This is also a key reason why the Jingxiang army dares to fight in a dispersed manner.
Xu Huai stood on the temporary general ordering platform, looking at the crowds of people on the requisitioned wheat field as the school ground, his eyes full of anticipation, secretly feeling that in the past three or four years, although the Suwei Imperial Army was controlled by the generals of the Qiandi Department
, but the generals did not deteriorate, which is probably a blessing in misfortune.
Xu Huai succinctly explained that after completely expelling the Japanese soldiers crossing the river, he would arrange for the Niushoushan Rebel Army to supplement the basic defense on the south bank, so that the Japanese soldiers would no longer have the possibility of crossing the river in large numbers to invade the capital. At the same time, he would lead the Suwei Imperial Army,
The main force of the Beijing-Xiang aid division and the soldiers and horses of King Qin from all directions crossed the river to engage in battle with the captive soldiers. The goal was to break the siege of Lujiang, Shouchun and other cities, regain Guangzhou, and restore the defensive situation to that before the Huaixi Battle.
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After inspecting the Majiacha camp, Han Gui and Dong Cheng, who had just arrived at noon, carried Xu Huai's memorial and went to Jianye City together with Liu Shiwang, who needed to go to Beijing to formally accept the appointment.
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In addition to relying mainly on the central government's deployment, Xu Huai still hopes to further relax the vigilance of Emperor Shaolong, Wang Boqian and others, so he needs to properly express his "respect" and "attention" to the imperial court.
The overall battle strategy, as well as the subsequent establishment of the Suwei Forbidden Army and the adjustment of the generals, and the recommendation of Liu Yan to go out to Zhenchao County, etc., still need to obtain the permission of Emperor Shaolong and the Privy Council in advance...
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Since the soldiers crossed the river, 200,000 to 300,000 people in the city have crowded into Jianye City to escape the war. Jianye City, which was already overcrowded after the capital was moved, was even more crowded.
Han Gui, Dong Cheng, and Liu Shiwang, surrounded by their team of guards and family generals, entered Jianye City from Xinhua Gate. They saw that except for the long street of Xinhua Gate, which was driven away by patrolmen and the clean streets, the alleys on both sides were basically crowded.
It was filled with war refugees sitting or lying on the ground.
Fortunately, it has only been a month, and Xu Huai has already severely damaged the soldiers crossing the river, and can drive the remaining soldiers across the river at any time.
Otherwise, the soldiers would have blocked Jianye City, which was crowded with nearly half a million soldiers and civilians, and besieged it for a year and a half. Even if the city was finally defended, there is no telling how many tragic tragedies would be staged in Jianye City.
Although the ban on Jianye City has not yet been completely lifted, as long as the soldiers crossing the river on the south bank are completely expelled, these war refugees will soon be able to return to their homes outside the city, and they will not even violate the farming season.
Liu Shiwang was ordered to return to the capital to resume his appointment. He could not follow his whereabouts before entering the city. After all, it was more than two hundred miles from Liu Wangzhai to Jianye City. It would be quick to reach Jianye at this time, but others would have to go to Jianye City.
Let’s go and reply first.
Han Gui and Dong Cheng first went to Dujin Memorial Hall to present Xu Huai's memorial, which was then forwarded to the Privy Council and the imperial court.
However, Han Gui and Dong Cheng did not wait for a reply at Dujin Memorial Hall. Instead, they went to the Political Hall to meet with Wang Fan and told Xu Huai about the next battle in Huaixi.
Previously, the political affairs hall of Shaolong Dynasty consisted of six people:
Zuopushe, the minister of state, who was also a minister, was the left prime minister and the main prime minister, and Zhou He was appointed as the prime minister.
Shangshu Youpu She and Zhongshu Shilang were the right prime minister and deputy prime minister. Yang Maoyan was originally in charge of both. At this time, Yang Maochang was imprisoned and awaiting trial, and both the positions of deputy prime minister and imperial envoy were vacant.
There are two political advisors, namely Gao Chunnian and Wang Fan.
The two ministers, Qian Zerui and Wei Chujun, had a lower status and were mainly responsible for the daily affairs of the political hall. They were equivalent to the role of secretary-general in later generations.
In addition to Zhou He, Yang Maoyan, Gao Chunnian, and Wei Chujun, Qian Zerui was also in charge of the Ministry of Etiquette. Only Wang Fan was the most leisurely. He did not even have the opportunity to enter the Chui Gong Hall to participate in daily palace discussions, but Wang Fan
There is still a government office in the political hall that is dedicated to handling political affairs.
Han Gui and Dong Cheng rushed to the Zhengshi Hall and found out that Zhou He was once again in charge of the imperial envoy; Zuopushe, the minister of state, and the minister of Zhongshu, were the deputy prime ministers. There was a temporary vacancy, but Yang Maoyan was in charge of the affairs in the political hall before.
Wang Fan is mainly responsible for this and is also the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
This is also the most direct change in the court after the rebellion of the Beicheng generals.
Han Gui and Dong Cheng had not been sitting with Wang Fan for long before the palace attendants rushed over and summoned the three of them into the Chui Gong Hall to discuss the strategy presented by Xu Huai.
Han Gui and Dong Cheng were not qualified to participate in the deliberations. They went to Chui Gong Hall and were mainly responsible for explaining in detail some of the minutiae that were not fully stated in the memorial.
The Huaixi strategy envisioned by Xu Huai is roughly divided into three parts:
The first is the defense of Gyeonggi and nearby areas. In addition to Jianye City being defended by the Jianye Prefecture Army, the Niushoushan Rebel Army will subsequently strengthen the defense of the area between the Qinhuai River and the Caocha River and reorganize the defense line along the river.
The second is east of Hefei. At this time, generals such as Jie Zhong, Liang Wenjiang and Yang Qiye led the remnants of the Right Xiaosheng Army with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the Left Xiaosheng Army with 8,000 elite troops, plus nearly 10,000 local defenders, who were still resisting.
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Xu Huai advocated that Liu Yan, as the Deputy Privy Envoy, go to Chuzhou or Chaoxian County to take command of the remnants of the Youxiaosheng Army on the eastern front, Yang Qiye Ministry and the soldiers and horses of King Qin gathered from Chu, Yang, Qin and other places to do everything possible.
Limit the front line of the Japanese troops to the west of Chuzhou, and at the same time cut off the waterway connecting the Yangtze River and Hongzepu in Chuyang and other places.
The third part is that Xu Huai personally gathered the main troops in Tongling and Qianshan, preparing to break the siege of Lujiang and Shucheng first. However, he went north through Shucheng and inserted his troops into the north of Luzhou. At this time, he was a captive soldier.
The occupied Hefei formed a situation of outflanking.
Xu Huai expected that at this time, the two sides would conduct a general battle north of Shucheng and northwest of Hefei.
Since the captive soldiers received a large amount of supplies from Hefei, occupied a key city like Hefei, and the returning German troops surrendered to the captives, the imperial court should give up the illusion that the captive soldiers would withdraw from northwest Huaihe until the flood season.
It will be inevitable for the two sides to have two or three major battles between Shucheng and Lujiang, as well as to the north of Lujiang.
For this reason, Xu Huai not only needs to control the troops of King Qin of various places, but also needs the authorization and consent of the court. He recruits generals from the troops of King Qin of various places and the Niushoushan rebel army at any time, promotes them, and appoints middle- and senior-level generals to control them.
The Beijing-Xiang reinforcement division and the Suwei imperial army have the power to supplement the troops.
The Beijing-Xiang reinforcements and the Suwei Forbidden Army, which can really serve as the main force in the attack, only have 40,000 troops. If they are not supplemented midway, there is no way to support two to three large-scale bloody battles.
Just like this time, the attack on the enemy camp at the mouth of the river was a great victory, but the total number of Niushoushan rebels was close to 2,000. If there are no new reinforcements and a certain amount of rest, there will be no way to carry out a new round in a short time.
fierce fighting.
Xu Huai also proposed to adjust the establishment of the Suwei Forbidden Army, from the previous ten compartments to six compartments, with six soldiers in each compartment, including Yu Gong, Yu Zheng, Ling Jian, Han Wende and Chen Jin, and Zhou Shu's six generals.
As the commander-in-chief, Yu Gong, as the first general of the imperial guards, had control over the army; Liu Shiwang was not good at commanding troops in battle, so he stayed in the big tent to assist with military affairs.
In addition, the remnants of the Jianye Navy, in addition to those who had surrendered and were incorporated into the Runzhou garrison, still had Mi Bao and other remnants of 2,000 soldiers. Xu Huai requested that they be directly incorporated into the Jingzhou Navy, and the Jingxiang Zhi Division was stationed in Nancai.
Jingzhou and others are requisitioning boats to strengthen their ability to contain the Japanese navy from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River...
