(Update one chapter with 5,000 words first, and update that Su Tai is also sick. There are so many people who get sick in spring; so I don’t know if the second chapter will be updated)
The currents in Huaixi are surging, which can even be said to be earth-shaking, but Zhong Rong is at a loss in Lishan, waiting for the news to come from Guangshan County...
At noon on the 27th, it was still drizzling heavily in Lishan Mountain. The cold rain in recent days had made the road muddy. Dozens of riders drove two small carriages through the mountain road between Huaishan Mountain and galloped towards Lishan Camp.
, the rutting plows made the mud fly.
Chen Jingrong lifted the curtain of the carriage, showed the token given to him by Zhong Rong, and led the carriage and horse directly into the Lishan North Camp.
Zhong Rong heard that Chen Jinrong had returned from Guangshan. He had been waiting anxiously for the past two days and hurriedly came from Nanying to greet him.
"Mr. Chen," Zhong Rong is about seven feet tall, a head taller than Chen Jingrong, and has a very burly figure. He walks towards him as if a hill is moving. He stands in front of the thin Chen Jingrong and bows in salute. It looks like
Somewhat funny.
Chen Jingrong looked tired, with too much hesitation and hesitation in his eyes. He secretly asked himself: "Zhong Rong, a thief who kills without batting an eye, has bloody hands, a cruel nature, and no loyalty to his old master. How can he really fight with him at this time?"
Is he complicit?"
Zhong Rong could also see the hesitation on Chen Jingrong's face. He frowned and looked at a carriage with a closed curtain parked in the distance, with dozens of Huaixi cavalry regiments guarding it. He frowned.
He jumped and asked suspiciously: "Who else is coming with Mr. Chen?"
Chen Jingrong looked back. Since he had already entered Lishan Camp, it was impossible to look back. He lowered his voice and said, "The messenger is in the carriage!"
"..." Zhong Rong just flashed countless names in his mind. He never expected that in the carriage would be Henan's envoy Dong Yuan himself. Dong Yuan came to Lishan camp in person. Zhong Rong was not overjoyed, but called
He was shocked and suspicious, and subconsciously thought that there must be a big problem inside Huaixi, otherwise Dong Yuanduan would not be able to easily take risks and come to Lishan Camp.
Zhong Rong naturally knew that he was not an honest person.
Chen Jingrong was frightened when he looked at the wrinkles on Zhong Rong's face and the vertical and horizontal scars. Although Zhong Rong and other generals had nominally surrendered to Huaixi, he independently controlled more than 30,000 surrendered troops in Lishan. Huaixi is still
There is no other way to restrain him, so it would be a big mistake to think of him as a harmless big cat.
If he makes one wrong move, blood will be scattered all over the place, and the army will fall apart. How can Chen Jingrong not be frightened?
Seeing Chen Jingrong and Zhong Rong standing and talking under the drizzle of rain, Dong Yuan, who was dressed in Tsing Yi, opened the curtain and stepped out of the carriage, motioned for the horsemen to stay where they were, walked towards Zhong Rong alone, put his hands behind him, and said with a smile: "
General Zhong, don’t you welcome me to Lishan Camp?”
Zhong Rong couldn't figure out what went wrong, but Dong Yuan was wearing a plain green robe, and his bearing was extraordinary. Although his face was a little pale, his eyes were bright, as if they contained electric light, so he couldn't stare at him.
Although he has never met Dong Yuan, Zhong Rong does not doubt that the Dong Yuan in front of him can be played by others - as if he had been stagnant for a few breaths, Zhong Rong pushed the mountain and knelt down, and bowed to him on the wet ground.
: "The envoy went to great lengths to see Mount Li, but the general was unable to meet him from far away. Please forgive me, the envoy!"
Dong Yuan looked at Zhong Rong's abnormally burly body as he knelt down with bright eyes. He looked at Chen Jingrong and then went to help Zhong Rong up and said: "I came to Lishan camp because I don't want you and me to be different. Zhong Rong
Why should the general be so outspoken?"
"Did something happen in Huaixi?" Zhong Rong stood up and asked impatiently.
Dong Yuan secretly felt that although Zhong Rong's hands were full of blood, he was not a fool after all - as long as he was not a fool, things would be simpler, and he was worried that he would not understand the power of it. He nodded and said: "There is indeed something wrong in Huaixi
There is no need to hide some changes from General Zhong: Just yesterday, Ning Zechen, the commander of the Fengli Army in Xinyang, was ordered by the Privy Council to lead his troops to take over the defense of Shouzhou. I have ordered the general of Shouzhou to lead his troops to withdraw to Xinyang.
Already..."
Dong Yuan's understatement was like telling Zhong Rong to be stung by a poisonous scorpion, and his face suddenly changed.
Shouzhou is to Huaixi, just like Jiangning is to South Vietnam. Without Shouzhou, Dong Yuan will lose the foundation of Huaixi. Not to mention taking in Lishan's surrendered troops, it is difficult to raise one hundred thousand soldiers and horses under his own command.
This means that Dong Yuan has no value in surrendering at all!
But if you don’t invest in Huaixi, what other road is ahead of you?
Chen Jingrong watched Zhong Rong's reaction nervously. What would he do if Zhong Rong used Dong Yuan's head to surrender to Huaidong?
Dong Yuanchu learned that Fengli's army had left Xinyang without permission to attack Shouzhou. He was furious and drank blood that night, so his face looked pale from blood loss. However, he forbade the troops to take any action and did not stop until nightfall on the 25th.
He sent a letter to ride to Shouzhou, ordering no resistance, and sent a letter to Yuan Guizheng to lead the remnants of the Nanyang Army to take over Xinyang City. He decided to come to Lishan alone to see Zhong Rong. Chen Jinrong, Liu Tingzhou and others tried hard to persuade him not to do it.
In this dangerous plan, beware that Zhong Rong has the heart of a wolf! Dong Yuan only said: "I am still a commander-in-chief who guards the borders of Vietnam - Zhong Rong kills me and surrenders to Huaidong. At this time, Lin Fu will not hesitate
Are you worried that Lin Fu will kidnap an innocent deputy privy envoy? Is it possible that Zhong Rong still has a way out and sacrifices me to Huaidong?
To Beiyan? If I don’t go to Lishan at this time and gain Zhong Rong’s trust, Lin Fu only needs to send someone to deliver a Privy Council order ordering us to rectify the Jiangjun, and the Lishan Jiangjun will fall apart..."
Dong Yuanli ignored all opinions and went to Lishan alone with Chen Jingrong and stood in front of Zhong Rong.
Before Dong Yuan left the Guangshan camp, he also asked Tong Erdan, the Yan general who assassinated Luo Xiancheng, to successfully "escape" from the prison camp to prevent Lin Fu from coming to demand people in the name of the Privy Council.
"I want to send General Zhong as the vanguard to lead 20,000 troops across the Huaibei River to recapture Queshan, Ruzhou and other places," Dong Yuan said, regardless of the change in Zhong Rong's face, "What does General Zhong think?"
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This plan is also a dangerous one: give Zhong Rong a chance to lead 20,000 troops to cross Huaibei. From then on, the sea and the sky will be brighter for Zhong Rong. If he breaks away from the control of Huaixi and goes to Beiyan, Dong Yuan will completely block it.
If you want to kill your own retreat and don't lead your troops to rebel, you have to resign from the positions of Deputy Privy Envoy, Chief of Huaixi Camp, Henan Recruitment Envoy, etc., and hand over all the military power to the Imperial Guard in order to be able to shoulder this responsibility, and give an explanation to Jiang Ning——
Similarly, if only Dong Yuan can control Zhong Rong, and he and Dong Yuan's many direct soldiers are all alone in the north of the Huaihe River, then Lin Fu will not easily attack Huaixi and Dong Yuan again...
Zhong Rong lowered his head, his eyes rolled, and many thoughts flashed through his mind.
He didn't want to use Dong Yuan's head to switch to Huaidong, but thinking that Dong Yuan and Lin Fu were both South Vietnamese commanders at this time, if he used Dong Yuan's head to please Lin Fu, he would only ask Lin Fu to chop off his head.
To show his innocence - if Dong Yuan can come over, he must be fully prepared. Even if he kills Dong Yuan, he may not be able to escape from Xinyang north. Moreover, Ye Ji Luorong sent Tong Erdan to assassinate Luo Xiancheng and make the Suizhou army descend to Huaixi. Naturally, he will not
Hope to see Dong Yuan killed by himself.
Since Dong Yuan stated that he would lead his troops to regain Queshan and Ruzhou, it showed that he had no intention of harming him. Zhong Rong felt a little relieved and lowered his voice and said: "Zhong Rong often hears people say, 'It is tolerable, but what is intolerable?'"
' Lin Fu is targeting Huaixi and wants to take Shouzhou without saying a word. Why should the envoys tolerate him? If the envoys use Zhong Rong as the vanguard to attack Suizhou, Zhong Rong will definitely fight for the envoys.
There’s blood coming!”
"General Zhong, since you have entered Huaixi as a general and are a general of Vietnam, how can you provoke war against friendly forces?" Dong Yuan said this, but his tone was not harsh, but revealed an indescribable sadness and powerlessness.
"Huaidong did it on the first day of the first lunar month, how could he do it on the 15th day of the lunar month?" Zhong Rong said.
Chen Jingrong said from the side: "Not to mention in Fancheng, the Huaidong Army in Zaoyang has more than 30,000 elite troops; the main force of the Huaidong Army on the southern front, as well as the Chizhou Army, a total of 140,000 to 50,000 elite troops, have arrived in Panpo
, Xiaochang line, it only takes three or four days to reach Suizhou in the north. How sure is General Zhong that he can capture the city of Suizhou, which is guarded by 10,000 Huaidong Army elites, before the main force of the Huaidong Army's southern line moves north? "
Lin Fu secretly ordered Ning Zechen to leave his troops and attack Shouzhou. How could he have no backup and no defense?
To capture Suizhou by surprise, it would be a good move, so that Huaidong would not be able to pursue the Northern Yan soldiers and horses on the west bank of the Han River. Not only that, Huaidong's soldiers and horses in Fancheng and Zaoyang would also be completely exposed due to their flanks.
Being forced to retreat south gave Beiyan a chance to regain Fancheng and open up the grain road connecting Xiangyang to the south and the west bank of the Han River!
As long as the troops on the Northern Yanxi Front do not withdraw from Jingzhou, the Huaidong Army will naturally have nothing to do with the Huaixi Army that has occupied Suizhou.
However, the premise of everything is that Zhong Rong's Lishan surrender army must be able to catch Suizhou City by surprise before the main force of the Huaidong Army's southern line moves north. Is this possible?
Suizhou City cannot be taken by surprise. Even if the Huaixi Army joins forces with the Northern Yanxi Front Army at this time, even if the troops to the south and west of Guangshan are obeying Dong Yuan's order to start a war with Huaidong, even if Li Shan's surrender army can immediately
Dong Yuan used it to restore morale and fought hard in the front line, but their chances of winning were also very slim.
Chen Zhihu's headquarters just north of Xinye can hardly pose a major threat to the defense lines formed by the Huaidong Army in Fancheng, Zaoyang, and Pinglinbu, and it is impossible to coordinate their attack on Suizhou. In the end, it is impossible to coordinate their attack on Suizhou.
Ye Jiluorong's 100,000 elite troops were isolated on the west bank by the Han River. Ye Jiluorong and his troops had to go around the narrow passage of Danjiangkou, Wuguan River, and Wuguan to Nanyang. It would take a month to say Shaoli.
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Even if Lin Fu is so slow that he delays it for a month and asks Ye Jiluorong to lead his troops to slowly retreat to Nanyang, will the military rations of Lishan and Guangshan camps still last for a month?
Suizhou is the main force of Lishan's Suizhou army. If Suizhou falls, Lishan's army and horses can descend to Huaixi; Shouzhou is the main force of Huaixi's army. If Shouzhou is lost, Huaixi will have no room to struggle. How many people can defeat Huaixi?
Can you still fight back if your opponent catches your testicles and pills?
Listening to what Chen Jingrong said, Zhong Rong could also understand their anger and unwillingness when they first learned that Lin Fu sent troops to seize Shouzhou. Zhong Rong also understood that only when the hatred of Huaixi people towards Huaidong became greater, he would not be able to do anything in Huaixi.
The safer it is, the more likely it is that Dong Yuan will not be betrayed to Huaidong.
Thinking of this, Zhong Rong knelt down again and said: "The general feels deeply unfair on behalf of the general, and the nonsense he talks is because he has hatred in his heart and cannot control himself. I just hope that the general will not blame the general for being stupid. The general has something to do.
You will go through fire and water and you will never give up!"
Dong Yuan nodded and said: "General Zhong immediately inspected the troops and horses heading north. Even if there is any order from the Privy Council, General Zhong will not care about it. He will take care of it..."
Yue Lengqiu rode into Suizhou on the night of the 27th.
Since Tang Fuguan took advantage of the defeat and attacked Suizhou with a thunderous force, he captured the outer city of Suizhou. At present, the outer city of Suizhou is basically intact, only Changle Palace was destroyed beyond recognition. Luo Xianyi, Wei Zhang and other Suizhou army generals who refused to surrender have been killed.
Chief owl, less than half of Luo Xiancheng's three thousand direct descendants survived the war, and they have all been imprisoned in prisoner of war camps.
In addition to these, the most captured people were Luo Xiancheng's relatives and children. However, there were not many Suizhou army generals and children living in Suizhou City.
The Huaidong camp was to treat the camp fields as public property, and the troops and troops stationed in the camp were reserve soldiers for the Huaidong Army. It was actually a means to effectively restrict the soldiers from becoming generals. This was not the case for the Suizhou camp.
The Suizhou Army still failed to change the old pattern of soldiers becoming generals. The farming model under the auspices of Wang Xiang actually encircled the fertile fields near Suizhou and enfeoffed them to the generals. The generals set up villages and manors to use the soldiers.
Grow it.
In other words, the troops and horses garrisoned by the Suizhou Army are usually in the hands of the generals, and the soldiers in the garrison have actually become their slaves and slaves.
The advantage of doing this is that Wang Xiang can quickly change the situation of Suizhou's lack of military food and supplies without affecting the interests of the generals; the disadvantage is that the status of ordinary soldiers is even lower, they have no centripetal force towards Suizhou, and they do not show particularly strong influence.
combat effectiveness.
Therefore, many of the families and relatives of the generals and officials in Suizhou lived in villages and manors, rather than living together in the city of Suizhou.
Yue Lengqiu was also very clear about Suizhou's farming model. Although it could not be said to be perfect, it did improve the bad situation of the Suizhou army in time. Therefore, when he entered Suizhou City, he first asked Cao Ziang who the king was to show his respect for the king.
Appreciation of the Prime Minister - Lin Fu has just ordered Wang Xiangquan to inform the prefect of Suizhou to assist Cao Ziang in handling government affairs in Suizhou. He has just arrived in Suizhou City from Lishan.
"There are not many families of the surrendered generals living in Suizhou City, which gives many people the opportunity to escape to Lishan. Otherwise, there will be more opportunities for the surrendered generals to escape from the Huaixi Army after the war." Wang Xiang said with regret. Although
At this time, all the troops and horses from Suizhou were surrendered to Huaixi, but after all, the Privy Council had the power to transfer generals. When the military affairs were sorted out, the surrendered generals from Suizhou might not continue to be tied to Huaixi after getting rid of their worries.
On the tree.
Of course, having a small family and relatives is a good bargaining chip, but the Huaidong Army has not yet been able to grasp all these chips.
When Suizhou was captured, the most captured people were Luo Xiancheng's family and relatives. Luo Xiancheng was really extravagant, with more than 120 concubines and concubines under his command. All the officials, wives and daughters of his generals who were attractive should beware of Luo Xiancheng.
This fact alone made few generals dare to leave their children in Suizhou City.
"It's difficult to have both ends," Yue Lengqiu laughed, thinking that Luo Xiancheng couldn't fully trust the king, otherwise he might be able to make a difference in Jingxiang. "How can I be demanding in everything?"
Yue Lengqiu went north to see Dong Yuan, but Huaixi was still unstable, so he wanted to stay in Suizhou to wait and see the situation for a few days.
Cao Zi'ang, who was sitting across from Yue Lengqiu, smiled slightly and ignored the Wang Xiang's regret. If he really wanted to use his family as a pledge, he would be in the inferior position. It was not in line with the overall pattern created by the Lord. Let these Suizhou generals and officials all defect to Huai.
Going west, they can take all the people who are working in the fields without any resistance as officials and distribute them again, which is not without any benefit.
At this time, a guard came in from outside and handed Cao Ziang a secret letter.
Cao Ziang read the secret letter and said to everyone present: "Dong Yuan may have a secret meeting with Zhong Rong at Lishan Camp at this time..."
"He's so bold!" Yue Lengqiu was startled, and Er saved the fact that he shouldn't have said this. Didn't he go into danger alone in Xuzhou to convince Chen Hansan not to kill Liu An'er? Dong Yuan even lost his son.
Well, other than taking dangerous risks, what other clever ideas could he have to get out of Huaidong's hands?
Cao Ziang, Wang Xiang, and Tang Fuguan looked at each other and smiled, turning a blind eye to Yue Lengqiu's embarrassment.
Yue Lengqiu also suppressed his embarrassment and said: "Dong Yuan went to Lishan alone, probably to prevent a wedge between him and Jiang Jun; Duke Chongguo originally intended to take Zhong Rong's head, but this trip may not be possible.
Already..."
Cao Ziang nodded. If Dong Yuan could not appease Li Shan's surrendering army in time, all they needed to do was send an order from the Privy Council to order Dong Yuan to investigate the crimes of the surrendering army generals, and everyone in the surrendering army would be in danger - Dong Yuan went to Lishan alone.
The purpose of Shan was to appease Zhong Rong and other generals before the Privy Council issued the order.
At this time, if an order from the Privy Council is really sent to ask Dong Yuan to liquidate his crime of surrendering the army, Dong Yuan will definitely refuse and delay in every possible way, which will make the surrendered general return to Huaixi. It can be said that Dong Yuan is very courageous and strategic in going to Lishan alone.
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Cao Ziang thought for a moment and said to Tang Fuguan: "The possibility of Dong Yuan jumping over the wall in a hurry is not high, but he must be prepared. He ordered Lishan and Luodian to be on guard in order to prepare for a surprise attack by troops from Lishan..."
Zhou Tong went to Fancheng and personally commanded the troops and horses on the front line in Fancheng, Zaoyang and Pinglinbu. There were more than 30,000 elite infantry battalions and the main force of the third brigade of Sun Zhuang's cavalry battalion there, mainly to guard against Chen Zhihu's attack from Nanyang.
Cao Ziang stayed in Suizhou. The soldiers and horses in Suizhou and the areas east of Suizhou including Luodian, Lishan, and Chaishan included more than 15,000 elite troops from Tang Fuguan's command and more than 4,000 supply troops, guarding several city fortresses at key points.
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Yue Lengqiu knew that Dong Yuan had the possibility of jumping over the wall, but he really couldn't calculate that Dong Yuan had the chance of winning. In the final analysis, all strategies must be based on corresponding strength. Dong Yuan really wants to drive Zhong Rong to attack Suizhou, or simply
Yi Ban surrendered to Hu, but he was seeking a quick death.
At this time, Lin Fu had no intention of forcing Dong Yuan to rebel with no way to retreat, nor did he intend to cause Li Shan's surrender army to fall apart immediately - even if he used a trick to break up Li Shan's surrender army at this time, it would have both advantages and disadvantages, although he could further advance.
Weakening Dong Yuan's power, but cleaning up Nanyang, Xinyang, Jingxiang and other leftover areas after the war will only be harmful but not beneficial.
Lin Fu just hoped that he could drive Dong Yuan's troops to the north of the Huai River first, so as not to affect the subsequent battles to recover Xiangyang and Nanyang. After the war, the Huai River and the area south of the Qinling Mountains would also have a chance to recuperate, and give them a chance to recuperate.
Huaidong is completely under control.
By that time, even if Dong Yuan still had 100,000 direct troops in his hands, gathered Zhong Rong and other surrendered troops for his use, and secretly colluded with Yan Hu, what else could he do?
Everyone in Huaidong has a clear account of when to use risks and when to be safe. Yue Lengqiu sighed in his heart. It would be good to be able to take the initiative. However, no matter what, Huaidong's next step
How to adjust the deployment, or whether Yue Lengqiu should go north to see Dong Yuan? It still needs to wait and see for two days before making a decision.g@.