When news came back that the Yellow River had burst its banks, Lin Fu called all the generals to his camp to discuss matters, and also invited Zhang Jinxian and Cheng Weiyuan to attend.
The large candle inside the camp was burning brightly, exuding the aroma of turpentine. It was hung on the inner wall of the tent. It covered almost half of the map, which roughly described the cities and terrain of the Yanji Plain and surrounding areas.
The atmosphere in the tent was solemn. Lin Fu stood in front of the wall chart with his arms folded, frowning in thought. When he saw the generals gathered, he put down his hands and said: "The Yellow River burst its embankment. The specific location of the breach has not yet been found out, but the water
It has spread to the southwest of Jihe County..."
"Damn you," Geng Quanshan cursed bitterly, "The thieves are attacking the Yellow River with such viciousness that they will destroy the foundation of our dynasty!"
The generals in the camp were all resentful. Although they won the battle to defend Yangxin, they could not stop the Japanese soldiers' strategy of plundering and destroying.
"Before the 26th, the main force of the southern front of the Japanese army was still in Jinan, and the Ministry of War sent personnel to the northeast of Zhongzhou County to restrain the Qinwang Division. Until now, there has been no news of a major battle at the southern foot of the Taihang Mountains. I predict that the main force of the southern front of the Japanese army will bring the captives to the west.
The possibility of entering Jinzhong is unlikely. The most likely possibility is to shrink from Jinan, Dezhou, and Linqing to Xingzhou." Lin Fu sighed softly, pointed at the map, and continued, "Break the embankment and break the Yellow River.
On the one hand, it is to block the pursuers behind with flooding, and on the other hand, it is intended to destroy. According to these two goals, and considering that the water level of the Yellow River is dry and shallow at this time, the Yellow River bursting point should be in many places in the south of Linqing and the north of Jinan.
.The Yellow River reaches the east of Linqing and is a suspended river, an above-ground river. A breach at the bottom of the embankment can cause floods to pour from Linqing to the north, forming a floodplain in Pingyuan Prefecture. It not only seals the Qinwang River in the southwest
Division, and more importantly, destroy all the water routes in Pingyuan Mansion..."
The water is not strong at this time, but as the weather gets warmer and the rivers thaw, and the excavated breaches cannot be blocked in time, the destructive power will become greater and greater. Especially the Yellow River ice drift will begin in mid-to-late February.
The destructive power of Lingxun is astonishing.
Perhaps as the lower river water pours out at any time, the upper ice structure has begun to destroy. This year's freezing floods in the Yellow River may form first in the lower reaches. Once the freezing floods form, under the threat of a large number of ice floes, under the current conditions,
It is very difficult to seal the breach.
The main force of the Japanese troops on the southern front delayed their retreat until this moment. This was also a good time!
"Will the main force of the southern line of the Japanese troops go north along the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, meet with the main force of the northern line, and then leave the border?" Zhou Tong asked.
"Most likely," Lin Fu nodded and said, "But as they go all the way north, there are two final exit channels. One is to go to the west of Jing, and go back from the Pobian route when the invaders came, and the other is to go to the east of Jing...
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"If the soldiers leave Jingdong, will they go to Jinhai?" Zhou Tong asked.
"It's hard to say," Lin Fu said, "Normally, the villages at Uokou are not on their exit route, but they are only fifty or sixty miles apart, and they are on the edge of where the main force of the Japanese soldiers will sweep..."
"Sir, General Zhenguo wants to see you..." The officer on duty at the gate came in to report.
Lin Fu did not deliberately block the news of the Yellow River bursting its banks, and led his people to welcome Yuan Jianhai in; Zuo Tanggui also followed Yuan Jianhai to the Zhulongpo camp.
"I heard that the bandits dug up the Yellow River?" Yuan Jianhai walked into the big tent and saw the generals, Zhang Jinxian, Cheng Weiyuan and others there. He didn't say anything and went straight to the topic. The clan members were restricted from participating in local affairs.
In military affairs, Lin Fu was discussing matters in the camp. It was only polite to invite Yuan Jianhai to participate, and it would not be rude not to invite him to participate.
"Yes, although no more specific information has been sent back, it is basically certain that the embankments of the Yellow River from Huaiqing to the north of Jinan have been dug up in many places. In order to achieve the goal of destruction, the bandits also considered that the water level of the Yellow River was dry and shallow at this time. After Lu Ji left Jinan, he probably concentrated on destroying the north bank..."
"So, the bandits have withdrawn from Jinan?" Yuan Jianhai asked.
"It's very possible, but the specific information needs to be reported by the scouts..." Lin Fu said. He was sure that the main force on the southern front of the Donglu had withdrawn, but he could not confirm whether the rear troops would remain on the south bank of the Yellow River.
"Then, on behalf of the Prince of Lu, I would like to invite the Jiangdong Zuo Army to march westward and recover Jinan. Since this battle, the Jiangdong Zuo Army has made outstanding military exploits. The contribution of the Jiangdong Zuo Army in recovering Jinan should also be attributed to the Jiangdong Zuo Army..." Yuan Jianhai said.
Lin Fu did not immediately agree to Yuan Jianhai. He was more worried about the safety of Jinhai at this time. He now needed more specific information and needed to know the time when the main force of the Eastern Lu's southern line would withdraw from Jinan. He did not say much, just asked Zhu The army is ready to leave and will wait for further news at dawn at the earliest before making a decision.
The main force of Donglu's southern line was carrying a large number of captured prisoners. It was huge and bloated and could not move fast. It would take half a month to set off from Jinan and pass through the northern part of Jinhai. He was advancing lightly and in a straight line. It only takes a little more than two days to get to Jinhai, so I don't have to worry about not being able to make it in time.
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Lin Fu inspected the troops and prepared intelligence in the middle of the night before returning to the camp to rest for a while. At dawn, the scouts from the front returned with specific intelligence about Jinan. Also coming with them was the messenger from Yue Lengqiu, the governor of Eastern Fujian.
This messenger was none other than Song Jia, the younger brother of She Feihu's wife, a descendant of the Song family in Jin'an, and Song Bo, a clerk in the Governor's Office of East Fujian.
Yue Lengqiu had led his army to Jinan at noon last night, and had already recaptured Linqingshu City. Just as Lin Fu expected, the Eastern captives forced Qingzhuang to be captured on the north bank of the embankment, which is nearly two hundred miles from Linqing south to Jinan north. , in just three or four days, more than a dozen holes were made.
Lin Fucai slept for less than an hour. He was dragged out of bed and read the letter written by Yue Lengqiu in Jinan under the lamp. His cold and cunning face appeared in his mind. He was so angry that he wished he could show Song Song in front of the messenger. Bo's face tore the letter into pieces.
"I understand. Please go and have a rest, Master Song. When Master Song wakes up, you will get my reply to Governor Yue!" Lin Fu said coldly.
"Then I won't disturb Mr. Lin." Song Bo bowed before leaving the camp under the guidance of the guards.
After walking out of the camp, the sky gradually became brighter. The main battlefield of the Yangxin Defense War was right in front of us in the southeast. Although Song Bo was a little tired after driving more than two hundred miles, he couldn't help but feel refreshed when he saw the situation on the battlefield. Southeast. In Fang's Valley, there are rebels one after another. The corpses of the captive soldiers have only been sorted out slightly and have not been buried. They are everywhere. The city walls and gates are all stains of blood and fire. You can only know Yang Xin if you see it with your own eyes. The fierceness of the defense battle and the glory of Yangxin's victory.
My sister said in the letter that Lin Fu was probably the most outstanding figure to emerge in the southeastern counties after Li Zhuo. If he did not show up at this time, it was because the current situation did not give him the opportunity. If the storm arises, it would be easy to transform a dragon into a tiger. This is really not true at all. Virtually, it had only been more than two months since the departure of Jinan. The Jiangdong Left Army had won all four battles and was a great victory. The Battle of Yangxin further blocked the strategic intention of the Japanese soldiers to advance eastward. The meritorious work was recorded in the battle of Zhuqin King's Division, where thousands of horses and horses were in silence. Here, it can be said to be as dazzling as the sun.
Two months ago, who would have thought that the weak force of the Jiangdong Left Army would repeatedly achieve such miraculous achievements, and who could have believed that it would be a 22-year-old young man who led the Jiangdong Left Army to achieve such brilliance?
Song Bo looked back and saw Lin Fu's figure reflected on the tent by the candlelight. This was the cowhide tent left by Donglu. He saw Lin Fu slamming the things on the table to the ground, but no sound was heard.
, thinking that Lin Fu probably threw Yue Lengqiu's letter to the ground.
Indeed, Yue Lengqiu's behavior is somewhat shameful.
In early December, Yue Lengqiu led some of the elite troops of King Qin of East Min to leave Jinan and march westward to central Jinan. In fact, they did not go deep into the hinterland of central Shanxi. Instead, they took a detour and attacked through the tunnels in the middle of the Taihang Mountains to harass and plunder the invaders' flanks and contain them.
I stayed in the small town at the southeastern foot of Taihang Mountain for nearly a month.
In the middle of last month, seeing the change in the direction of the imperial war and the weakening momentum of the main force of the Eastern Lu's southern offensive, Yue Lengqiu led his army south from the Taihang Mountains and entered Hebi, southwest of Linqing, to garrison.
As the governor of Eastern Fujian, Yue Lengqiu was a local official of the second rank. He gathered the Qinwangshi generals and officials from Zhongzhou. Yue Lengqiu had the most senior status and was a core figure of the Chu Party. In mid-January, the imperial court sent envoys to Hebi
To comfort the army, Governor Yue Lengqiu was specially appointed to assemble the armies of King Qin's Division on the southern front in Shandong, Zhongzhou, Shanxi and other places to unified command the war on the southern front. Logically speaking, the Jiangdong Left Army was also under the command of Governor Yue Lengqiu, the Governor of King Qin on the southern front.
under jurisdiction.
Seeing that the Jiangdong Left Army had made great achievements on the eastern front, Yue Lengqiu could only do these small things of opportunism and striving for success. Song Bo, as a member of the East Fujian Governor's Office, was all affected by Yue Lengqiu's actions.
Because I feel ashamed, but the reality is so ridiculous and cruel, Yue Lengqiu has to take away the great contribution of recovering Jinan. As the governor of the Southern Front, Yue Lengqiu also needs to take away one or two points of the credit for the defense of Yangxin.
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Geng Quanshan and Chen Dingbang rushed over; Song Bo bowed and saluted, Geng Quanshan and Chen Dingbang ignored him coldly, and went straight into Lin Fu's tent to discuss matters. Song Bo looked at them with hateful eyes, but the anger in their hearts was
It is understandable that Lu Jingyan died in battle, and Shao Wu's army that was assisting Jinan was almost completely destroyed. Yue Lengqiu, who was responsible for this, suddenly became the governor of the southern front and became a major contributor to the recovery of Jinan.
Yue Lengqiu not only pointed out the movement direction of the left army in Jiangdong, but also asked Shaowu's remnant army to break camp and return to Jinan to assemble as soon as they received the military order. Who could stand this tone?
Lin Fu could still rely on his merits and not be restrained by Yue Lengqiu, but Geng Quanshan and Chen Dingbang were generals of King Qin's division in Eastern Min. If they dared to disobey Yue Lengqiu's military orders without Lu Jingyan's protection, Yue Lengqiu would most likely have the guts to chop off their heads.
Establish prestige.
After a while, Zhang Jinxian, the magistrate of Yangxin County, and Cheng Weiyuan, the county lieutenant, also hurried over, and with them came Zuo Tanggui from the Prince of Lu's Mansion. Zuo Tanggui was not invited by Lin Fu to discuss matters, he was invited by the general Zhenguo.
was sent to invite Song Bo to the city to discuss matters.