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Although the hillside in front is not high, it stretches out slowly for seven or eight miles, completely blocking the view to the east.
Bu Renxian, who was standing on the river embankment, could not see Yangxin City, and could not confirm that the Jiangdong Left Army would meet them in Yangxin City. Watching the number of captives pursuing in the wilderness increase instead of decreasing for two consecutive days, he felt in his heart.
Breeding some despair.
When they were ambushed by the cavalry in Jihe County, Jihe County closed the city gate tightly, fearing that when the city gate was opened to let them in, the cavalry would take the opportunity to seize the city. Bu Renxian could not wait to kill the generals who defended Jihe County.
He caught them and cut them into sections to vent their anger. What he didn't know was that just one day after they left Jihe, the magistrate of Jihe, who had lost the courage to resist, opened the city gate and surrendered. Because there were a large number of prisoner outposts between Jihe and Yangxin
, the news that Lin Fu led the Jiangdong Left Army to aid Yangxin did not reach Jihe County in time, otherwise the situation would have been slightly better.
When encountering an ambush, they failed to evacuate into Jihe City in time, causing the more than 2,000 imperial troops who had finally escaped from Jinan City to suffer another heavy setback. When they were ambushed, they had no time to adjust their defensive arrays, so they were forced to surrender to the sudden appearance of the cavalry.
They were cut into several pieces and fought independently. They lost five or six hundred people in the first battle, and finally gathered them together. They blocked the enemy's cavalry at the periphery, and fought hard to reach the Ji River before dark before breaking out at night.
At daybreak, we formed a formation to hold on and marched eastward at a very slow speed; last night we broke through and advanced for dozens of miles, and calculated that the distance should be to Yangxin City.
It's just that Bu Renxian was not familiar with the terrain in Yangxin and Jihe areas, so he couldn't compare it with the already rough map. He couldn't prepare an estimate of the distance when traveling at night. In addition to being harassed by enemy cavalry, he could not only be sure that the direction was good.
, it is completely impossible to judge how many miles are there from Yangxin City; now the view is blocked by the hillside, and Bu Renxian even wonders whether they have taken the wrong river course. The river they are in is not the Zhulong River that flows through Yangxin.
They had already strayed away from Yangxin, otherwise they would not have been able to see Yangxin City.
Bu Renxian jumped off the river embankment, quickly ran to Lu Jingyan's side, and said: "Captain, you can't see Yangxin City from the river embankment. There is a hillside blocking your eyes in the east, but Yangxin City is impossible."
It happens to be on the back of that hillside, right?"
"..." Lu Jingyan struggled to sit up, but the arrows still in his chest and ribs were in severe pain. When he was ambushed in Jihe County, his back was hit hard by an enemy general and he fell off his horse.
, his lower body had completely lost consciousness, and it was just a matter of hanging his life to survive here. At this time, he felt better, and he felt that he was not far from Yang Xin. He looked feebly at the river embankment blocking his sight, and ordered
Geng Quanshan, Chen Dingbang and other generals around him said, "If I can't hold on to Yang Xin, you have to put down your arrogance and at least obey Lin Fu's arrangements during the war. When the captors retreat, the commander-in-chief will come forward to arrange your way out.
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Bu Renxian listened to the captain's arrangements for the funeral, and his heart ached, and he couldn't help but shed tears.
"Why are you crying? There is no hope at all! The captain has a great fortune, you are crying!" Geng Quanshan raised his foot to kick Bu Renxian. He couldn't help but feel sad. He pulled out his knife and cut a piece of the river embankment.
He cut off the frozen soil and swore fiercely, "As long as I am still alive and breathing, I will chop this beast like Zhao Jinlong into thousands of pieces!"
"Zhao Jinlong is afraid that he also surrendered to the Eastern Fujian," Lu Jingyan said feebly, "No matter whether you want to take revenge or not, the right thing to do in this world is to survive first. I still regret that I didn't persuade the commander-in-chief to stay in Eastern Fujian and harm the Eastern Fujian.
The Fujian army was torn apart by the imperial court..." Lu Jingyan looked at the river embankment with cloudy eyes, unable to see the scene behind the river embankment. He was thinking: Will Lin Fu be the second commander-in-chief? If he were in the position of commander-in-chief.
Will the Chu Party be allowed to dismantle the Eastern Fujian Army?
Lu Jingyan knew that he could not see that day coming. He looked at the river embankment, and when he was dying, he still couldn't help but laugh: Lin Fu is really a genius in using troops. Except for the commander-in-chief, he has never seen anyone who can use troops.
Comparable to him.
When Lin Fu sent a messenger to Jinan to report the victory, the commanders and chiefs of Shandong Province also organized a celebration banquet in the Admiral's Mansion to boost the morale of the defenders, and people from Prince Lu's Mansion were also present.
Zuo Tanggui, the eunuch in charge of Prince Lu's Mansion, also had a eunuch whose name he named. Because Lin Fu led his army to Jinan and captured Zuoguan'er Village, they developed a grudge against him. At the celebration banquet, they made things difficult for the messenger who reported the victory, saying
The great victory in Cangnan was just a false claim of military merit by the Jiangdong left army. How could the cavalry march hundreds of miles at night in a snowstorm to lure the captive cavalry to Cangnan?
During the banquet, these two eunuchs made great use of snowstorms to outrun the cavalry, and even marched hundreds of miles at night to question the authenticity of the Cangnan victory. The messenger sent by Lin Fu remained silent at the banquet, so the two eunuchs and eunuchs were naturally very proud.
Lu Jingyan also had some doubts about this. He did not doubt that Lin Fu had falsely claimed military merit. However, in the desolate Yanji Plain, it would be very difficult to march at night, let alone a snowstorm. There must be some ingenuity in Lin Fu's use of troops that others could not understand.
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In private, the messenger sent by Lin Fu told Lu Jingyan and the generals of Zhaowu Town the details of the snowstorm night march.
It is difficult to travel in the wilderness, but it is much easier to choose a river that flows to Cangnan in advance. It is much easier to advance along the frozen river at night than simply marching in the rough wilderness. It is not easy to lose the direction, and it is not easy for the army.
Get separated.
In other words, the Cangnan victory was entirely due to Ye Jinyan falling into the trap that Lin Fu had set long ago.
The first battalion of the Jiangdong Left Army advanced through the frozen river. Ye Jinyan could not see through the secret. Although he had the most powerful elites from the royal camp under his command, they pursued them wildly in the wilderness and even the dead horses ran away after arriving in Cangnan.
It is no longer an accident to be completely wiped out by the weaker Jiangdong Left Army.
The way to use military force lies in judging the situation. Strong and weak, difficult and easy are all relative terms. "A strong enemy cannot be called strong unless it is deployed." The ingenuity in this is due to two eunuchs who thought they had read several military books.
Can the eunuch see through it?
If you think about it seriously, Lin Fu should have been worried about the East Fujian Army's breakout after the fall of Jinan, otherwise he would not have let the messenger tell them the secret of the snowy night march in detail. In the past two days, they could be pursued by twice the enemy cavalry.
We also maintained a relatively intact structure and broke out to the east, taking advantage of the convenient terrain of the frozen rivers of Jishui and Zhulong Rivers. We did not have to worry about getting separated or losing our direction when we broke out at night, and we could move forward relatively quickly.
Lu Jingyan deeply regretted that because of his temporary arrogance, he ignored Lin Fu's solicitude when he was in Jinan. He knew that Lin Fu was actively trying to contact him at that time, but he just hated that Lin Fu was a member of the Chu Party and ignored him. The Chu Party misled the world,
But it doesn’t mean that there are no officials with general knowledge and ability in the Chu Party. If he is so impulsive, doesn’t he blind his eyes to the party struggle? Otherwise, whether he is guarding Jinan with the Jiangdong Left Army or traveling to Yannan together, it will not matter.
This would be the situation today: of the more than 6,000 elite Eastern Fujian imperial military troops who stayed with him in Jinan, there are now only more than a thousand left.
There is no regret medicine in the world. Lu Jingyan shouted and gave some instructions to the generals, feeling that his physical strength was about to be exhausted.
At this time, there was suddenly a dense sound of gongs and drums carried by the wind from the southeast, and there was also the vague shouting of the crowd. The sound of gongs and drums came too suddenly, and Zuo Tanggui stumbled over from behind and asked: "
What is this sound? Is there an ambush ahead?" Zuo Tanggui's chin has become thinner and pointed in the past few days. He followed the army, but unexpectedly did not suffer any injuries. The person who came with Zuo Tanggui was a thin little boy.
, with an unusually delicate appearance, but others did not know it, but Lu Jingyan knew that she was the only daughter left by King Yuan Jiancheng of Lu. The little princess Yuan Yan, who was only twelve years old this year, had to disguise herself as a man when she fled with the army.
Yuan Yan opened her black and white eyes and looked at Lu Jingyan who was about to see Wu Zhi. She wanted to see his wounds, but she was afraid of being too abrupt, so she just followed Zuo Tanggui cautiously. These days, she was really frightened.
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Lu Jingyan glanced at Zuo Tanggui with disdain. This eunuch who thought he had read a few military books and talked about military affairs on paper could not even imagine that Yangxin City was on the other side of the hillside at this time?
They were chased all the way here by two thousand soldiers. What kind of ambush did Donglu need to set up?
Geng Quanshan, the captain of the Eastern Fujian Imperial Military Academy, stood on the embankment and shouted loudly: "Captain, Yangxin City is ahead of us. The Jiangdong Left Army rushed to Yangxin's rescue in time as the captain expected. Lin Dujian must be in Yangxin
The city head saw the unusual movements of the sentries outside, and judged that we were here, so they summoned people to beat gongs and drums and wait for our reply..."
"My sons, whoever can still walk, pick up your sword and gun, rush over and you will see Yangxin City. There is still one last journey, don't let me be discouraged!" Chen Dingbang grabbed the halberd used for starting the battle,
With more than a hundred elite soldiers still brave enough to brave the enemy cavalry attacks from both sides, they rushed forward along the river. As long as the Jiangdong Left Army guarding Yangxin knew of their existence and Jiangdong Left Army sent troops out of the city, they could alleviate their problems.
The side's breakout pressure.
Bu Renxian also shouted with joy. As long as he entered Yangxin City, he could find a doctor to heal the captain's injuries. He looked excitedly to the southeast. After a while, he realized that the captain's hand he was holding was cold.
, turned around in surprise and saw that the captain had closed his eyes and burst into tears...
Lu Jingyan's death did not completely collapse the remnant army of Zhaowu Town. Instead, it inspired the generals to bravely break through. The infantry on both sides of the river embankments and river channels were mainly divided into three groups and struggled to advance eastward. The enemy cavalry came to attack.
, there are always countless infantrymen who rush back into the enemy cavalry assault array without caring about life and death. Even if they are trampled until their bones are broken, they still have to cut off the horse's legs with a knife and disrupt the enemy cavalry assault array. When they bypass the unruly road along the river,
On the high hillside, Yangxin City and the Jiangdong Zuo Army soldiers and Jinzhong cavalry who fought from the city appeared in front of them...
Lu Jingyan's bodyguard Bu Renxian carried Lu Jingyan's body and moved forward with the brigade. In front of them was the fork connected to the Yangxin City Protector. With the Jiangdong Left Army coming out of the city to meet them, they could quickly approach Yangxin City from there.
, get rid of the entanglement of enemy cavalry.
With a pain in his vest, Bu Renxian looked back and saw a soldier on horseback who had rushed up the river embankment at some time and was holding a riding bow with the string still vibrating and looking at him with cold eyes.
It seemed that the arrow he shot from the gap in the crowd hit him? Bu Renxian felt his feet go weak, and Lu Jingyan's body fell to the ice together...