After being captured from Xiongjiagang, Shewenzhuang was heartbroken and sat in the prison car without saying a word.
Wen Chengyun is not afraid of death, but this defeat makes him unwilling to accept it. He still can't figure out how Huaidong quietly sent tens of thousands of elites to Chaishan to lurk and lurk Beiyan's main force.
Go south and then deliver the fatal blow.
If you don't understand this, how can Wen Chengyun be willing to lose?
Wen Chengyun's clothes and armor were forcibly stripped off at Xiongjiagang, leaving only his thin robes, which were shivering in the cold air. They were torn to pieces when he was captured, and his face was still left for the Huaidong soldiers to use the hilts of their knives.
There were bloody marks from the ruthless hand, and two of his front teeth were knocked out; on the contrary, Shewenzhuang did not struggle at all and did not suffer much.
There is a special and heavily guarded prisoner of war camp in the north of Zhaohu Mountain, but Shewenzhuang and Wen Chengyun were different from ordinary prisoners of war. Instead, they were escorted directly to the main camp and temporarily detained in a sturdy wooden house.
The wooden house is isolated from other buildings in the camp. There are double posts outside. Any sharp objects that can be used to kill or injure people are kept in the wooden house. The ropes have been cleaned up. Even the oil lamps only have a small amount of lamp oil.
, exuding a dim light on the table, not even as bright as the light coming from the campfire outside.
However, the location of the wooden house is better. Through the window, you can see the situation to the west of Zhaohushan. In the dim light of the morning, you can see the general situation of Zhaohushan Camp.
On the slope to the west, there are all Huaidong soldiers wearing armor. Except for the sentry posts on the outside, most of them are sitting on the ground. They should be soldiers who have been mobilized. They are sitting there waiting for military orders and will immediately set off. Further north
, there are also large groups of cavalry lining up...
Seeing the scene in front of him, Wen Chengyun was still shaken: after Huaidong tried his best to break through the defense and pursue the defeat, Lin Fu still had so many reserve troops and horses in the camp. Looking at the scale of the troops and horses on the west slope,
I'm afraid there are no less than 10,000 people, and this is only a corner of the entire Zhaohushan camp.
Shewenzhuang was escorted into the wooden house and sat in front of the lamp, paying no attention to the situation outside the window - his era was completely over. Even if he could see the Huaidong Army at this time, what was the use?
It just adds to the bitterness in my heart.
At this time, there was a rustling sound outside the door as a group of people approached. Wen Chengyun turned his head and watched the door being pushed open...
She Wenzhuang raised his head. His eyesight had declined somewhat in the past two years, and the light was dim at this time, but when he saw the person wearing a ruqi, he knew that the person coming was not Song Fu, but Song Fu's daughter.
"You bitch, what are you doing here?" Wen Chengyun pointed his halberd at Song Jia's face and cursed, "Is it possible that Donghai Fox has such little temperament that he wants a woman like you to humiliate Duke Wenzhuang? Song
Fu Xiao'er, don't you have the guts to come see us?"
"Lin Fu fell into a deep sleep after falling into the night and had not yet woken up; his father was afraid that seeing an old friend would only make him sad. Song Jia thought that Duke Wen Zhuang was confused, so he came over to see him." Song Jia didn't mind Wen Chengyun's swearing, and Chao She
Wenzhuang bowed and said, "I am from the Song family and have met Duke Wenzhuang."
"Alas," She Wenzhuang sighed softly and said, "your father said long ago that this son should not be underestimated. Now it seems that your father was right; your father does not want to see his old friend, and I have nothing to resent?
"
"Thank you, Mr. Wenzhuang, for your understanding." Song Jia said.
"How's the bright moon?" She Wenzhuang asked.
"It's quite peaceful to live in a temple and guard a tomb in a quiet place, with no outsiders to worry about you," Song Jia said.
"Oh," Shewenzhuang didn't ask whose tomb Mingyue was guarding. Thinking of other things, he opened his mouth to speak, but thought about it and gave it up. After a while, he sighed and said, "I will leave a handwritten message to everyone in Jian'an.
Put down your weapons, just exchange for a glass of poisonous wine and a whole corpse..."
"I will tell Lin Fu," Song Jia said, "Does Mr. Wenzhuang have anything else to tell Song Jia?"
"No more. I originally wanted to see Lin Fu, but I was still a little reluctant when I was in Xiongjiagang. Now I think about it: what's the benefit of meeting, and what's the point of resentment if I don't?" She Wenzhuang said.
Song Jia looked at She Wenzhuang for a moment with bright eyes, and saw that his face was as sinking as water, standing there like a statue, making it impossible to see any emotion on his body, so he bowed and left, regardless of the people standing beside him.
Wen Chengyun.
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Lin Fu woke up from a full sleep. The sunset was shining outside, but Song Jia was the only one sitting there.
"How long have I slept?" Lin Fu sat up and leaned on the bedside to ask Song Jia.
"It's not that long, it's only been an hour," Song Jia smiled warmly, picked up the cold clothes and helped Lin Fu put them on, and said, "Mr. Wenzhuang is detained in the camp, and he only wants a glass of poisonous wine..."
"Oh," Lin Fu was slightly startled, looked at Song Jia doubtfully, and asked, "His request is that simple, so what is he doing here?"
"He asked about Mingyue and probably wanted to meet you, but he gave up the idea at the end; he would leave a handwritten message asking the enemies of Jian'an to surrender, but he didn't say anything else," Song Jia said, "If you have
It would be nice to meet him or meet him..."
"Why should I see him?" Lin Fu seemed to be asking himself. After thinking for a while, he shook his head and said, "Seeing him is useless..."
"Gong Wenzhuang also said the same thing. He also said: What's the point of complaining if you don't see me?" Song Jia said, "The news has been sent back to Shicheng. Su Tingzhan and Sheyuan abandoned Shicheng in the early morning. At this time, the news was sent
Go out and pretend that Duke Wenzhuang has surrendered, maybe you can ask Ye Ji Luorong to kill Su Tingzhan in front of the formation, She Yuan..."
Su Tingzhan and Sheyuan went north against the river and evacuated to Xiangyang. It would take three to five days. If Ye Jiluorong believed that the defeat of Eastern Hubei was due to Shewenzhuang's loss of fighting spirit and let his grandson escape first, Ye Jiluorong could still do it.
They intercepted Su Tingzhan and Sheyuan before they crossed Xiangyang.
On the contrary, if Shewenzhuang went to death decisively and took the responsibility for the collapse of eastern Hubei, Ye Jiluo Rong would probably not be eager to hold Su Tingzhan accountable and She Yuan would be eager to flee north in order to win people's hearts; at least he would not be in Su
Tingzhan saw that when Sheyuan still had some ability to protect himself, he ordered Xiangyang soldiers and horses to intercept them.
"You want me to use this strategy?" Lin Fu looked at Song Jia's bright and beautiful eyes under the sunset.
"I don't hope," Song Jia shook her head and said, "but there are some things I have to say..."
Lin Fu touched Song Jia's face lovingly and said, "Forget it, let's send a glass of poisonous wine to Shewenzhuang. I won't see him either. If he really wants to spread the false news, Su Tingzhan is more likely to first
Kill She Yuan in one step to prove his innocence in front of Ye Ji Luorong. No matter how I look at it, I don’t think he is the kind of person who would kill everyone. The sooner the situation in northern Fujian can settle down, the better. This mountain and river has already endured
Too much hurt..."
"If there are people in northern Fujian who are unwilling to surrender, can we give them a chance to leave the Central Plains?" Song Jia asked.
"You mean your sister?" Lin Fu asked. Thinking of Song Fu's daughter who married She Feihu and had a son, he smiled and said, "If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten about it. A four or five-year-old boy,
How do you know what hatred of country and family is? If you don’t want to leave, it’s okay to stay. They don’t owe any blood debt. Do you suspect that I don’t even have the tolerance to tolerate a four or five-year-old child? Forget it, I have time to write a letter
Write a letter to Zhao Qingshan and ask him to handle this matter properly."
"I'm not doubting you, it's just that there are some things you can't help yourself with," Song Jia said.
"..." Lin Fu sighed softly and said, "Yes, some things seem to be involuntary. Over the past thousands of years, there has never been a time that was not full of blood, and the power of habit is often very powerful.
, it’s hard to make people violate it. But if I don’t change these bad habits, how can I expect others to change them? If I don’t change them, sooner or later this kind of thing will happen to my descendants. Is there really such a thing as ironclad in this world?
Is your country going to be successful? This time when I go back, I will abolish Zhu Lian’s tricks..."
"Is it true that you have never met Mr. Wenzhuang?"
"Gone," Lin Fu sighed and said, "He may have thought he really saw through me this time, but how could he see through me?"
"Yes, if he saw through you, why would he ask She Yuan to lead his tribe to follow Su Tingzhan?" Song Jia sighed.
After She Feihu and She Feixiong died in battle, She Yuan could be said to be the last direct heir of the She family, but he had been serving as a bodyguard beside She Wenzhuang for a long time and had never independently commanded a war in a complete sense, so
Lin Fu did not let Gao Zongting and others list She Yuan and the large number of people of the Eighth surname who fled north along the Han River with She Yuan as war criminals who must be punished.
Of course, Sheyuan and her relatives of the Eighth Surnames will be liquidated and punished after the war, but the vast majority of them did not directly participate in the war, nor in the massacre of people in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jingxiang. Their lives are still safe, even if they suffer
Hard labor is not particularly severe.
Lin Fu smiled, waved his hand and said, "I'm going to see Zong Ting and the others to see how far the war has progressed."
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Everyone seems to have forgotten about Shewenzhuang, and no one mentions the section of Shewenzhuang.
The Chinese army tent was still busy as before. Lin Fu walked in and asked everyone to focus on what they were doing. There was no need to salute. He walked to the sand table and asked Fu Qinghe, Gao Zongting, Song Fu and others: "How far have we reached?" Map
The markings are so confusing that people can't understand them for a while.
"There has been no further news from Jingzhou for the time being. After all, it is far away. Su Tingzhan intends to escape alone and will deliberately delay the news in Shicheng to spread to Jingzhou. Song Gong and Zongting and I believe that Ye Jiluo
Rong probably didn’t know about the collapse of eastern Hubei at this time..." Fu Qinghe said.
Jingzhou is more than 400 miles away from the Huangpi Straight Line on the map, not to mention that the two places are blocked by mountains, rivers, lakes and swamps. Shicheng was originally a key point for the enemy to connect the east and west sides. Su Tingzhan intended to escape alone, so he would naturally do so in Shicheng
Delay the opportunity for Ye Ji Luorong to know the whole story.
"It doesn't matter if the Jingzhou side knows it one day earlier or one day later," Lin Fu said, "What's the situation in eastern Hubei?"
Lin Fu didn't care about Hu Wenmu's life or death. Zuo Chengmu stood aside and said nothing: Hu Wenmu couldn't defend Jingzhou, who can he blame?
"Li Baidao and Zhao Bao led more than 4,000 infantry and cavalry troops to the south slope of Dahong Mountain, between Huzhao Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain," Fu Qinghe said. "Nearly 100,000 enemies were defeated and most of them were submerged in Yunmeng.
Between the mausoleums. The enemy generals Ma Dekui, Ji Shiben and others have been captured. Sun Jichang is still at large and there is no definite trace of the enemy. Because of Su Tingzhan, Sheyuan abandoned Shicheng and fled first, taking away most of the enemy's ships in Shicheng. Meng An
Cicada and his enemy cavalry have retreated to the south of Shicheng, but it is no longer possible to cross the river from Shicheng to the west bank of the Han River. It is very likely that they will risk fleeing north between Zaoyang and Fancheng. As early as yesterday morning, Ziang had asked Liu Zhenzhi to lead his troops.
Go to Pinglin Port to stop the enemy, and will engage the enemy at the Longzui Mountain and Heishigou lines at the northern foot of Dahong Mountain before nightfall tomorrow at the earliest. Sun Zhuang led his troops in Baihetan to completely wipe out the enemy forces gathered east of Fancheng, but Chen Zhihu had
It is possible that if he leads his troops into Nanyang and there is no chance to seize the new territory in the north, Sun Zhuang should send a force of troops and horses to join Liu Zhenzhi to intercept the enemy cavalry fleeing north..."
On the east bank of the Han River, Yanhu's direct troops mainly consisted of 20,000 cavalrymen under Meng Anchan. They would rather let Zhong Rong and Luo Xiancheng go temporarily, but focus on encircling and annihilating Meng Anchan's men.
Lin Fu nodded to show understanding and asked: "Where are the enemies of Fengshan, Tiemenshan and Xiaochang?"
"Chen Hansan retreated from Fengshan and still had some strength. He avoided entering Chaqi Mountain. I have ordered Yue Zhi to lead his troops to pursue and suppress him. In addition, Deng Yu has led his troops to the front line of Dawa Mountain. According to the news before dusk,
, he is still sixty miles away from Xiaochang City. It is estimated that when he rushed to the foot of Xiaochang City, Zhong Rong and Wang Xian'er had abandoned Xiaochang and fled north," Fu Qinghe said, "Following Zhong Rong and Wang Xian'er retreated to Xiaochang, there were still fifteen to six thousand enemies.
The soldiers may pass between Suizhou and Lishan and flee to the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain to join Luo Xiancheng. In the north of Xiaochang, Ziang led two brigades of soldiers and horses to guard Lishan. Zhou Tong supervised the battle in Suizhou, with six brigades of soldiers and horses, and the inner city of Suizhou
There are still more than 3,000 remnant bandits that have not surrendered, and I am afraid that there will be no spare power to set up an ambush between Suizhou and Lishan to intercept Zhong Rong..."
"Ask Zi'ang to seize Zaoyang and send troops to penetrate between Huaishan and Tongbai Mountains. Call Luo Xiancheng. Zhongrong enters the northern range of Huaishan and has no chance to escape to Nanyang." Lin Fu said.
"Luo Xiancheng cannot enter Tongbai Mountain, and from Huaishan Mountain to the north, there is a mighty Huai River in the middle of Xinyang Mansion, making it impossible for Luo Xiancheng to cross. He is desperate and may surrender to Dong Yuan." Gao Zongting said.
"Isn't that what Dong Yuan had in mind? Why not ask him to take back those defeated soldiers? This time we ask him to lose all his bottoms and trousers, so what's the point next?" Lin Fu laughed and said,
"Draft a Privy Council order for me and send it to Dong Yuan: He can take the defeated soldiers as he pleases, but I must see the heads of Luo Xiancheng and Zhong Rong..."
Zuo Chengmu heard this and was surprised: after Luo Xiancheng and Zhong Rong reunited, there were still 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers and horses, and their escape route to the north was blocked. There was indeed the possibility of surrendering to Dong Yuan and begging for his life - Huaidong would not care about Luo Xiancheng at this time.
surrendered, but Dong Yuan, who was already greedy, would inevitably be hungry.
Dong Yuan occupied Huaixi, and over the years he had suppressed Tao Chun and Xiao Kui'an and cultivated his own direct lineage. There were 110,000 troops in Huaixi, but now 60,000 to 70,000 were his direct lineage. Then he asked Dong Yuan to recruit Luo Xiancheng and Zhong Rong.
If the troops were surrendered, their strength would increase sharply again. How confident could Lin Fu be that Dong Yuan would obediently surrender the heads of Luo Xiancheng and Zhong Rong to Dong Yuan?
Although Huaidong will have an absolute advantage after this battle, after all, Daiyuan has not yet established itself. If Dong Yuan bypassed the Privy Council and directly requested a pardon for Luo Xiancheng from Emperor Yongxing, Lin Fu would not be able to accept Zhong Rong's edict in a short time.
There's nothing we can do about him, right? Lin Fu can't just send troops to conquer Huaixi at this time.