The Japanese soldiers captured Hefei and captured a large amount of supplies, which gave them enough food, fodder and manpower to build a fort at the mouth of the Feishui River.
This is also their most important transit camp. At least in theory, before the Chihu people capture Shouchun City, the camp at the mouth of the Pishui River must not be missed.
Therefore, the two large camps in the east and south are basically built according to the strict standards of the city. Both camps are thousands of steps square, with rammed earth walls. The walls are more than two feet high, two feet wide at the bottom and two feet wide at the top.
One foot long, there are stacks of dishes, horse-facing walls, towers, war tents, and stone gates.
The rear troops were locked up in the city, and the elite troops were still intact. Without the assistance of heavy weapons, if the elite troops of the front army and the Jingsheng Army were selected to storm these two camps, the casualties would be extremely heavy.
However, Zhang Xiongshan and the others decided to build a fort wedged between the two large camps of the Japanese soldiers, and filled it with elite infantry and cavalry. Their frontline was directed at Fudu and the two enemy camps, and the Japanese soldiers did not dare to retreat lightly.
On the one hand, the river beaches where the two camps of the Japanese soldiers were leaning were all muddy, making it extremely difficult for troops and horses to pass to the waterside to board the boats. On the other hand, the Japanese soldiers were not prepared properly?
, with the elite troops from Beijing and Xiangzhou advancing, retreating easily can easily induce panic and collapse.
Even if they did not want to shake the morale of the army, the Red Husbands did not dare to retreat to the middle and lower-level generals.
The army is approaching, and the ferry that is the best place to retreat has been destroyed. With a soft retreat, Yang Jingchen, who can you expect to be brave enough to stand firm on the wall facing the enemy, instead of retreating in chaos at the slightest pressure?
The defeat is like a mountain falling, this is by no means just talk.
The soldiers did not dare to retreat lightly, and Jingxiang was even less anxious.
After the main forces of the four towns of Jingsheng Army arrived at the mouth of the Pishui River one after another, they set up camps one by one to the south...
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Early the next morning, Xu Wujiang and Han Gui lifted the house arrest of Wei Chujun, Ning Ci, Zhang Xin and others, but the martial law in the city was not lifted.
Although the defenders in Shucheng and nearby camps at this time were mainly composed of soldiers from the Qinwang Army, Xu Wujiang and Han Gui only had one or two thousand generals from the Jingsheng Army left to maintain the normal operation of the recruiting envoys, but Wei Chujun,
Ning Ci and others could no longer hinder the attack, and they could not know the outcome of the attack for sure. How could they dare to act rashly?
When Xu Huai led his troops to attack the enemy camp at the mouth of the Feishui River and failed, they had to consider the serious consequences of the Chihu people's invasion. Even if they were filled with hatred and wanted to settle accounts with the Queen of Qiu, that would be a matter for the future.
If the attack is successful and Xu Huai inflicts heavy losses on the captives again, even Emperor Shaolong will give a thumbs up and say, "Soldiers never tire of deceit." They dare to confuse the crowd with their lies and incite King Qin's soldiers to cause trouble. Are they really not afraid of being executed by the whole family?
The outcome they are most looking forward to in their hearts is for the Jingxiang Army and the Chihu people to slaughter each other at the mouth of the Pishui River, killing both sides. They don't have to worry about the huge crisis of the Chihu people coming back in anger, and they just take this opportunity to kill them.
A severe blow to Jingxiang's strength.
At this time, Han Shiliang and Ge Yuze stationed in Shouchun will become the decisive force in the battle. They may not be able to wrest control of the troops of King Qin from Xu Huai's hands...
Of course, Wei Chujun
They also know that many things cannot be done by wishful thinking.
They waited in panic until the third day, still staying in Shucheng to take control of Xuwujiang in the rear. Han Guicai sent people to deploy Wei Chujun, Ning Ci, Zhang Xin and other troops and horses, all commanding envoys, Du Yuhou and other local senior officials
The generals were invited to the camp again:
"The selected vanguard army, together with Dayan's reinforcement cavalry, defeated the captured soldiers and intercepted the troops. They have destroyed the pontoon bridges and trestle docks, and besieged more than 30,000 captive soldiers at the mouth of the Peishui River. It is urgent to mobilize more elite soldiers from all walks of life for reinforcements to complete the work.
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"...A great victory?" Wei Chujun, Ning Ci and others were all filled with excitement and stood there dumbfounded.
"More than 30,000 soldiers are still resisting and have not been able to annihilate them immediately. It is still too early to call a victory," Han Gui said slowly, "and this is exactly what requires everyone to work hard for this..."
At this time, Xu Huai will definitely not use the elite of the vanguard army and Jingsheng army to gnaw at the enemy camp which is like a fortified city.
What we need to do next is to move the land and water in parallel to entangle the soldiers on the south bank so that they cannot easily cross Huaibei and escape; on the other hand, we must arrange for the Qinwang on the road
According to the established plan, the soldiers and horses were to capture the cities of Compound Fei, Lu'an, Feixi and so on one by one. At the same time, the soldiers and horses of King Qin were also asked to occupy Feixi, north of Liu'an to the mouth of the Peishui River, and restore the abandoned cities and towns by the captive soldiers.
The post road from Huoshan through Lu'an to the mouth of the Pishui River is smooth, ensuring that grain, ordnance and other materials and energy can be continuously transported by land to Qianfeng Camp.
At the same time, the Qinwang soldiers from all directions should also assist the left and right Xiaosheng armies in building a floating ferry in the middle reaches of the Dongfei River in the north of Hefei, so that the left and right Xiaosheng armies led by Liu Yan and Yang Qiye could garrison the camp abandoned by the Lu soldiers on the north side of Shaipi.
, so that we can quickly reinforce the Peishui River Estuary if necessary.
After these deployments are completed, a strong attack will be launched on the two enemy camps at the mouth of the Peishui River. However, when the time comes to attack the city, it will not be possible to select the elite vanguard army and Jingsheng Army.
The king's soldiers can no longer fight in the field. If they no longer see blood in this step-by-step siege battle, won't they lose their role as supply soldiers?
Wei Chujun, Ning Ci, and Zhang Xin looked at each other and were stunned for a long time without coming back to their senses.
Han Gui picked up a letter of order from Xu Wujiang's case, handed it to Wei Chujun and others, and said:
"Xiangong Wei, this is the order letter issued by the envoy, as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, to raise soldiers and horses from all walks of life. King Qin summons the envoys. Please see Mr. Wei and the soldiers and horses from all walks of life to raise generals for inspection. If you have no questions, please hurry up.
Please do as you please, the situation has not reached the point where you are allowed to remain in a daze here..."
Now that the war is not over yet, the Five-Road Envoy Department set up specifically for the Huaixi Campaign, and Wei Chujun, as the Five-Road Commission Envoy, have no responsibility to recruit money and grain from Jiangdong, Jiangxi, Jingnan, Jingbei and Guangxi specifically for the war.
At the end, Wei Chujun had to be asked to return to the Wuludu branch of Lujiang to send officials to Si Yamen, and continue to send officials to various roads to review rents and taxes, and supervise the transportation of grain and fodder to Jingzhou, Xincai and Lujiang for delivery.
In addition, the newly formed Jingsheng Army has already recruited a group of capable soldiers who dare to fight and are willing to fight. The remaining Qinwang soldiers will all return to their hometowns and fields after the war. Xu Huai does not want to
Then firmly grasp the control power in your hands.
More importantly, what comes next
In the stage of recovering lost territory, some of King Qin's troops need to spread out to take over various cities and towns and restore order in various places.
These troops need to deal with local gentry and officials sent by the imperial court, which cannot be dealt with calmly by the middle and lower-level military officials.
At this time, Xu Huai did not want to extend his tentacles to Huaixi too blatantly, so he would recover and take over the dispatches of more than ten counties and more than twenty towns (inspecting military villages) in Huaixi, and assigned them to all the soldiers and horses for deployment.
Waiting for the military commanders to be promoted to officers can also be considered as compensation for the actual removal of their military command rights during this period and their temporary house arrest.
Regarding this result, it is obviously much easier for the generals to accept the promotion of officials than Wei Chujun, Ning Ci, and Zhang Xin.
Of course, many of the arrangements in the palace have nothing to do with Ning Ci and Zhang Xin.
As respectful envoys, they went to the prison camp on behalf of the imperial court to supervise the progress of the withdrawal of the Red Husbands. When they thought they were successful and wanted to return, they came to Qin Wang's camp to claim credit, show off their power, and were placed under house arrest.
Even if they have any resentment in their hearts, they can only hold it tight for now, but that’s all they can do. What else can they do if they return to Jianye?
explain?
But Wei Chujun was faced with the decision of whether to immediately cooperate in supervising the management of money and food, or whether to submit a memorial to impeach Xu Huai for ruining the peace agreement and imprisoning the minister privately?
Of course, Wei Chujun also knew in his heart that writing a letter of impeachment would not help, but he was not willing to cooperate obediently and snorted:
"The Wuludu Branch Envoy is acting on His Majesty's order - Your Majesty has previously ordered that after the captive troops withdraw to the north, the soldiers and horses of King Qin will return home one after another in October. He ordered the Wuludu Branch Envoy to take inventory of money and grain and do a good job.
Just the finishing work. Does it need to be changed? Wei needs to wait for His Majesty’s new decree to be handed down! But I don’t know if we can be allowed to leave Shucheng today!”
Wei Chujun's Five-Road Envoy Si Xingyuan was located in Lujiang. At this time, he just felt uncomfortable staying in Shucheng for a moment longer. He just wanted to leave here quickly and make other plans.
"Invite Mr. Wei!" Han Gui didn't hold back, and held his hand over to invite him and Ning Ci, while Zhang Xin and Zhang Xin left first.
All the commanders and promotion officials also subconsciously wanted to follow Wei Chujun and the others away.
Han Gui coughed lightly and asked: "You gentlemen and military princes, is it possible that you also have to wait for the new decree from the court to reconfirm my envoy's role as the envoy to recruit soldiers and horses from all directions?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment before they suddenly understood that Xu Huai did not want them to interfere with the actual control of the various armies and did not have time to deal with them, so he allowed them to mix with Wei Chujun.
However, in any case, they are temporarily under the command of the King of Tidian Zhulu Bingma Qinwang Zhaobu Envoys, and have no relationship with the Wulu Duzhi Envoys.
Xu Huaixin's order asked them to lead some soldiers and horses to recover and take over the cities and villages in Huaixi. What do they want to do if they don't act under the command of King Qin and recruit the envoys? They want to get into the Qiandi system at this time.
shipwreck?
"When I first heard that Duke Pingliang had won another great victory, we were so happy that we were a little dizzy!" Everyone immediately stopped and regardless of what Wei Chujun, Ning Ci, and Zhang Xin thought, they all bowed to Xu Wujiang and Han Gui.
