"This is forcing us to give up Shouchun! Is it tolerable, but which one is intolerable?"
After the banquet, the officials from Qiandi Department gathered together at Privy Councilor Wang Boqian's residence.
If they were just baseless guesses in the afternoon, but they had just heard Zhou He's son Zhou Lianggong mention the crossing of the Huaihe River in public at the banquet, and everyone in Jingxiang looked indifferent and calm, it can basically be confirmed that Jingxiang did have this.
think.
In this battle of Huainan, Shouchun was once again besieged for more than a year.
For more than a year, Shouchun relied on the construction of an unusually thick double city wall for defense. It also built internal and external trenches, sheep and horse walls and other multiple defenses inside and outside the city wall. However, the Chihu people not only built two hundred walls in front of the city wall,
Multiple heavy trebuchets bombarded the city day and night, driving the surrendered German troops and surrender troops from nearby counties and counties, and stormed the attached city day and night. They also threw rotten human and animal corpses into the city to induce epidemics.
Although they finally gritted their teeth and held on, Shouchun City was still in ruins, and the military and civilian casualties were extremely heavy.
Later, the Shouchun garrison had to accept Xu Huai's deployment and sent tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to participate in the construction and digging of trenches at the Tikou camp, and also participated in the storming of the Tikou camp.
The number of elite soldiers in Shouchun has dropped from more than 50,000 before the war to less than 30,000 due to battle deaths, severe disability and disease, and they are in urgent need of rest and replenishment.
If adequate rest and recuperation were not carried out, the Jingsheng Army, Xiaosheng Army, and Xuanwu Army would have to cross the Huaihe River on a large scale after next spring to participate in the counterattack. Ge Yu could not imagine how many soldiers they would have to endure.
The Shouchun navy suffered all losses. They crossed the Huaihe River directly from Shouchun and entered the area between Xiacai and Yingshang to fight. Who dares to believe that the Xinyang navy and Huaidong navy would not deliberately release the warships of the navy?
From Yingkou on both sides, the swirling water rushed out to cut off their retreat?
At this moment, it was not difficult for Wei Chujun, Ge Yu and others to guess that Zhou Lianggong brought up the matter of crossing the Huaihe River at the banquet, in order to support Jingxiang and force them to give up Shouchun, an important town in the upper reaches of the Huaihe River.
Han Shiliang sat in front of the lamp with a gloomy face and said nothing. However, the officials accompanying him thought that they had paid such a high price and would not be rewarded based on their merits. However, they did not expect that Jingxiang would collude with Zhou He and his son, and did everything possible to force them to give up Shouchun.
, it can be said that the means are despicable and do everything possible.
Even without the instigation of Wei Chujun and Ge Yu, they were all filled with righteous indignation and wished they could go find Xu Huai right now to argue.
"Okay, the military discussion hasn't started yet. Now it's just Zhou Lianggong, a nobody worth mentioning, standing up to make noise. What reason do you have to go to the palace? There are no rules at all?" Han Shiliang shouted with an ugly face, "Everything
Let’s wait until tomorrow’s military meeting…”
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Xu Huai, in the name of promoting the world's soldiers, horses, and diligent kings to recruit envoys, mobilized troops and mobilized a large number of people to hold such a military meeting. Of course, it was impossible to end it in one day, and it was impossible to officially bring the matter of crossing the Huaihe River to the table on the first day.
Let’s discuss it first, but first summarize the Second Battle of Huainan.
After the destruction of the Jianye Navy and the fall of Hefei and other cities, the admonishers in the court had already sharpened their swords, and it was not Xu Huai's turn to dictate military discussions.
However, the military exploits and achievements achieved in the Huainan Battle must be put on a memorial table to reward the generals and soldiers. Statistics and summaries of military exploits and achievements have always been the top priority in the post-war finishing work.
This Huainan battle also involved the coordination of various troops and horses to fight and achieve success. Whether the statistics of the results are reasonable and whether there are any gaps, naturally it cannot be decided by the Jingxiang family.
In the past these
It was all the work of the Privy Council, but this time Xu Huai wanted to announce the preliminary statistical results of the war at the military meeting and asked the generals to have a full discussion.
After everyone reached a consensus, Xu Huaihui directly petitioned for merit in the name of promoting the world's soldiers, horses, and diligent kings to recruit envoys.
Who can say his is wrong?
Xu Huai also did not say that he would not let the Privy Council review his petition for merit.
Of course, it is the practice of Beijing and Xiangzhou to conduct military summaries after the war.
To put it bluntly, it is necessary to continuously improve the level of generals at all levels in commanding troops through repeated summaries of gains and losses.
Jingxiang's evaluation criteria for military achievements are not simply based on the number of heads captured, but more importantly, how much contribution each unit made to the final realization of the campaign goal.
The Xinyang Water Camp went down the river, tearing apart the triple blockade of the Lubing Navy in the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, and rendezvousing with the Huaidong Water Camp and the Jingzhou Navy. Several battles were quite aggressive, resulting in some unnecessary casualties.
, but played the most important role and sacrifice in cutting off the retreat of the prisoners on the south bank.
In terms of the battle to encircle and annihilate the Pikou rebels alone, the Xinyang Water Camp was not only ranked ahead of the Huaidong Water Camp and the main navy in Jingzhou, but was even ranked in the later stage to take on the role of fighting the captives????????????
????On top of the Jingsheng Army and other troops on a storming mission.
Although many battalions of the Qinwang soldiers did not capture many prisoners' heads, they performed well in advancing the company and battalion, building forts, and defending the forts, so their merits were naturally not low.
However, there were several groups of troops who underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, exposing the flanks of the friendly forces at every turn. Not only were they unable to actively cooperate with the friendly forces in combat, they even deliberately blocked the advancing direction of the friendly forces on several occasions, just to grab a few more captive heads.
class.
There were several serious crimes of stealing merit, and Xu Huai severely dealt with a group of generals and military officials on the spot.
Some less serious matters were not dealt with immediately in order not to interrupt the rhythm of the attack. However, when discussing merits and rewards, we must not be vague about them and will take them out for comprehensive weighing.
Of course, in the battle of Tikou, nearly 40,000 captives were wiped out and the Han army was surrendered, which is equivalent to 40,000 heads (captured prisoners are equivalent to heads). This was the second battle since the fall of Bianliang, except for the Battle of Ruying.
A dazzling achievement.
Purely in terms of the number of enemies destroyed, it's not even that much different.
The dazzling military exploits are enough to satisfy all parts, and there is nothing disharmonious about it when everyone discusses it.
Of course, it's not without headaches.
For example, local executive officials such as Kong Changyu have a headache.
For 40,000 head-level skills, the center must spend at least two to three million in reward money.
The Central Committee has been destitute for a long time. If we finally raise funds through the Five-Road Envoy, shouldn't we distribute the reward money among the roads in Jiangdong, Jiangxi, Jingbei, Jingnan and Guangxi?
The matter of military achievements was discussed enthusiastically for three days, and it was not until the fourth day that the subsequent offensive and defensive matters along the Huaihe River were formally discussed.
Of course, in the past three or four days, everyone has not been idle in private.
Xu Huai also talked to Zhou He, Gu Fan, Liu Yan, Yang Qiye, Kong Changyu and others about the subsequent counterattack on the Hehuai River. Zhou Lianggong took advantage of the convenience of being the son of the Prime Minister and frequently contacted the generals of the army and the army.
, to make noise and build momentum for the crossing of Huaihe River.
Wang Boqian, Han Shiliang, Ge Yu, Wei Chujun, Luo Wang and others all realized that if the matter of crossing the Huaihe River was really discussed at this military meeting, the Qiandi Department would be very passive, so on the fourth day of the military meeting, Ge Yu
He stood up directly, intending to interrupt the discussion of offensive and defensive matters along the Huaihe River:
"Military and state affairs should be discussed and managed by the central government.
After careful deliberation, the princes of the secret court submitted a petition to His Majesty for your decision - We have worked hard to repel the southern invading troops and have accomplished a great job. We must not exceed the rules again!"
"Overstepping the bounds?"
Xu Huai, as the leader of the world's soldiers and horses, the King of Qin and the King of Qin, recruited envoys. During the military meeting, he sat high in the hall. Zhou He, as the prime minister, and Wang Boqian, as the privy envoy, could only sit below him. He stared at Ge Yu's head sharply.
Eyes, he sneered,
"The princes of the Privy Council are here. General Ge Yu, you can ask them personally if they still have the nerve to stand up and discuss this military matter in detail?"
When Xu Huai reprimanded him so ruthlessly, Wang Boqian wanted to draw his sword, dig a hole in the ground, and bury his old face in it. How could he have the nerve to stand up and defend himself?
Xu Huai felt that the sword tied to his waist was in the way, so he took it off and threw it on the table in front of him. He stared at Ge Yu and said sternly:
"It is said that every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. The generals here tied their heads around their waists and led their brothers and nephews in bloody battlefields. They made such great sacrifices to defend the Huaihe River and finally drove the invading barbarians from the south to the north bank of the Huaihe River. General Ge Yu
Now you are saying that they are not qualified to comment on the affairs of Shou Huai, and that their discussion of Shou Huai is beyond the rules? Well, I don’t expect you to criticize Jing Sheng????????????????
Army, against the Xiaosheng Army, against the Xuanwu Army, and against the Qinwang soldiers on all roads, I would like to ask you now, are there so many generals in Shouchun who sacrificed their lives to defend the Huai River, are they qualified to defend the Huai River?
Are you talking about the matter of guarding the Huai River? Is it true that Han Shijun and you, General Ge Yu, are treasonous if they discuss the matter of guarding the Huai River? I tell you, you are wrong, very wrong. No one in the world can compare with the guard of the Huai River.
The generals guarding the Huaihe River are more qualified to discuss the matter of guarding the Huaihe River! Even if the strategy of attacking and defending the Huaihe River is ultimately decided by His Majesty and the Privy Council, His Majesty and the Privy Council must also fully consider the opinions of the generals guarding the Huaihe River.
The generals and soldiers have shed their lives and blood for this, and it is a violation of the rules to just accuse us and discuss it..."
Seeing Xu Huai's merciless reprimand, Ge Yu no longer held back and asked sternly: "Since Duke Pingliang admitted that Shouchun generals made great sacrifices to defend the Huaihe River, Ge Yu asked Duke Pingliang, what has happened in the past few days?
In the camp, the generals were indulged in discussing the crossing of the Huaihe River. Did Duke Pingliang want to force the Shouchun generals who suffered heavy casualties to cross the Huaihe River and fight fiercely with the captive soldiers without rest? Or did he want to force the Shouchun generals to attack Shouchun City?
Give it up? Ping Lianggong’s good method is too despicable, right?”
"Is this why you are so strongly opposed to the proposal?"
Xu Huai's cold eyes swept over the faces of Wei Chujun, Wang Boqian, Han Shiliang, Luo Wang and others, and asked,
"I just want to ask you, is it more important to expel the Huru and regain the Central Plains, or is it more important for you guys to seize the city of Shouchun for your own gain? The Shouchun generals have done meritorious service in guarding Huaihe River, and they indeed suffered heavy casualties and are in urgent need of rest and recuperation.
But did I force General Shouchun to cross the Huaihe River to fight without rest? Now that the offensive and defensive positions between the enemy and us have changed, we can take advantage of the victory and seize the cities of Xiacai, Yingshang and other cities north of the Huaihe River while the enemy's strength has not yet recovered.
Is it a good time to suppress the ruling space of the Japanese soldiers in the Hehuai area and prepare for the subsequent major counterattack to recover the Central Plains? General Shouchun suffered heavy casualties and may not be able to participate in the Huaihe crossing battle next spring, but he can
Withdraw to Luzhou or Yangzhou to rest and replenish, and replace the Xiaosheng Army, which is more fully rested, and the Xuanwu Army crosses the Huaihe River from Shouchun and other places to fight. I don't know what is so despicable about my arrangement like this? Or is it just as you suggested?
From now on, everyone should forget about the matter of "expelling the Huru and recovering the Central Plains". It is the most important thing to divide the territory of Jianghuai and Jinghu well, so that the waters of their own wells do not interfere with the rivers. This is the most important thing. General Ge Yu, you touch your chest and ask
