Gu Siyuan left Tongguan, walked through Hezhongfu, and entered the Huaisi area. He selected talented people from the refugees and expanded his retinue from more than 200 to more than 2,400 soldiers in four battalions, plus nearly 6,000 family members.
Fortunately, the Huaisi area has been very mature in the past two years, and it has not suffered from military disasters before. It has been able to survive the difficult supply of food and grass. What is in short supply is soldiers and armor.
The fourth battalion has more than 2,400 soldiers, with only more than 300 sets of various armors. The total number of bows and crossbows is less than 600, and they are mainly soft bows and hunting bows with low lethality.
When Yang Pu and Zhao Qinmin went to Tongguan to pick up Gu Siyuan, they had more than 200 good horses with them, but they were damaged along the way. Including the ordinary mules and horses that were added later, the number was less than 200.
Fortunately, there are two hundred elites loyal to the Gu family as a foundation, and they can freely choose capable soldiers from the refugees. The foundation of Gu Siyuan's four battalions is quite good.
Lin Fu led his troops to Siyang and asked Gu Siyuan to stay and guard Suining. Of course, he didn't want anything to happen to him.
When he came this time, he planned to meet up with Gu Siyuan in Suining or Suyu, and he was fully prepared. He immediately took out 600 sets of armor, 200 crossbows with crouching arms, 200 crossbows with arms, 400 bundles of arrows, and six shields.
One hundred sheets, one hundred shield chariots, six hundred pieces of straight-spine steel knives, two hundred pieces each of Mo Dao and Saber Saber, one thousand fine steel spears, hemostatic wound medicine, gauze, some bandages and other materials were given to Gu Siyuan.
In addition, fifty war horses and two hundred camels were allocated to Gu Siyuan.
The soldiers of Gu Siyuan's four battalions changed their uniforms overnight, and they suddenly felt like crows turning into phoenixes. Their combat effectiveness increased by at least two levels, and they suddenly became elite soldiers.
Zhao Qinmin was secretly shocked after seeing this. He did not suggest that Gu Siyuan ask Lin Fu to leave troops to help defend, but asked for some reinforcements. They were indeed short of soldiers, but they only hoped that Lin Fu could use the soldiers captured in the past few days.
A can just leave it to them. I didn't expect Lin Fu to be generous enough to give so much.
This batch of military supplies, plus one or two thousand spears and spears, is enough to equip four battalions of excellent soldiers. Even Gu Wuchen, who is the left minister of the Jiangning Ministry of War, wants to come up with such soldiers and armor at once. It is not easy.
Lin Fu's move showed that on the one hand, Lin Fu had no grudges against this side and spared no effort in helping each other. He was completely worthy of Tang Haoxin and Gu Wuchen's cultivation and promotion in the past two or three years. On the other hand, it also showed that Chongzhou's most important
The strength hidden under the water in Erxiaoxian County is astonishing.
The Jiangdong Left Army did not undergo a major expansion until next year, and had just recruited 6,000 new soldiers to be incorporated into the Guards Battalion. Fortunately, the previous seizures were sufficient, and Chongzhou's ordnance manufacturing had reached a large scale. It would not be too difficult to come up with this batch of soldiers.
.Otherwise, these soldiers would have to be bought from the black market, costing at least one hundred thousand taels of silver.
They were married to each other. Under the current situation, Lin and Gu's family needed to be more closely united. Lin Fu didn't want to be too stingy and leave any grudges in everyone's hearts.
On the other hand, the Gu family, led by Chen/Yuanliang, currently controls 20,000 Yuan troops in Qingzhou. However, the combat power of these 20,000 Yuan troops is quite limited and may not even be stronger than the current refugee army. It is far from enough to stop the Liang family.
The power expanded to Qingzhou.
Gu Siyuan is going to Qingzhou after this battle. Without an elite fighting force, it is not enough to curb the ambitions of the Liang family.
In addition, Lin Fu also decided to leave two elite water camps in the Sishui River section north of Suining. In addition to blocking the Sishui River, it also ensured that if Gu Siyuan could not defend Suining, he would have a way out.
Gu Wuchen only had this only son. If Gu Siyuan died in Suining, Lin Fu would not have the shame to see Gu Wu.
In addition to reorganizing the Third Water Camp in Huaisi, Lin Fu also transferred three-post warships and water camp soldiers from the First Water Camp when the Changshan Camp went south.
June and July are the storm season in the East China Sea, and the Heishuiyang route from Chongzhou to Jinhai has also been suspended. Even if Lin Fu removed all the water camps on the Si Sheng defense line, he is not afraid that the She family will take the sea route to attack Chongzhou----
At this time of year, it was too risky for the She family to transport troops by sea to attack Chongzhou, even if they were approaching the sea. They also lacked strong ships that could withstand wind and waves.
On the land route, south of Chongzhou is Pingjiang Prefecture, and to the south of Pingjiang Prefecture is the North Zhejiang Defense Line presided over by Dong Yuan.
Chongzhou was quite safe at this time. In addition to transferring some warships of the Second Water Battalion back to Chongzhou, Lin Fu only left one battalion of elite cavalry on land, and almost all the troops that could be transferred were transferred to Huaisi.
Lin Fu's troops in Huaisi included, in addition to the 6,000 new soldiers of the Guards Battalion left behind at Shukou under the command of Zhao Hu, there were also the Jiushao Water Camp, the 3,000 soldiers of the Changshan Camp, the 3,000 soldiers of the Fengli Camp, and the Cavalry Camp.
A thousand soldiers and a number of auxiliary troops.
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In order to let the generals rest more and recuperate their strength, Lin Fu planned to send troops south to Siyang after dawn to aid Liu Tingzhou.
In the early morning, Lin Fu put on his armor and was about to go to the school field to order troops to leave the city when spies came to report: "A cavalry group of the refugee army, about 6,000 people, is heading south from Xuzhou along the Surabaya River. It is estimated that it is less than thirty miles away from Suining.
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"So fast!" After hearing the news, Lin Fu, Qin Chengzu, Gu Siyuan and others looked at each other and exclaimed in surprise.
Lin Fu, Qin Chengzu and others had previously calculated that when they set out from Suining, the reinforcements sent by the main force of the refugee army from Xuzhou should be a hundred miles away. Without them, the refugee army would have six thousand cavalry approaching three miles away.
It's ten miles away.
The refugee army has very few cavalry, otherwise Chen Hansan's two thousand cavalry would not be so valuable. The refugee army can have 6,000 cavalry, which shows that they are all elite combat forces drawn from the main force surrounding Xuzhou.
When Lin Fu captured Suining, he really stepped on a sore spot for the refugee army.
"Have you ever found out who the general is?" Qin Chengzu asked the sentinel who was galloping back.
"The scouts scattered by the enemy cavalry are very wide and dense. They cannot get close to conduct reconnaissance. We can only vaguely see that the cavalry in front are all wearing red armor." The sentry reported back.
"Girl in red coat!" Zhou Pu's eyes lit up and he said excitedly, "Looks like she has a head!"
There are many generals above the level of the refugee army. After all, there is such a large base, but there are not many people who can excite Zhou Pu.
The red-coat girl Liu Miaozhen is not the opportunistic thing like Chen Hansan.
For the sake of the overall situation of the refugee army in Huaisi, Liu Miaozhen would not only kill all his troops, but also sacrifice his own life, and he would not frown even thinking about it.
Zhou Pu was excited, but Lin Fu and Qin Chengzu found it extremely difficult. If possible, Lin Fu would never want to use the mountains of blood and corpses of soldiers to make up for his dazzling military exploits.
Although it was only seventy miles closer than expected, the seventy miles was actually a day's journey.
An extra seventy miles away would not only mean that Lin Fu would have an extra day to lead his troops to attack Siyang, but it would also mean that they would have an extra day of safe distance from the main reinforcements of the refugee army surrounding Xuzhou.
Come.
The key to Lin Fu's attack on Huaisi this time was the word "quick".
Fight quickly, attack quickly, break quickly and advance quickly, so that the refugee army cannot take care of its head and tail, preventing them from using their superior strength and completely disrupting their rhythm.
Liu Miaozhen was able to lead reinforcements so decisively and quickly. It can be seen that she or Liu An'er or other refugee army generals in Xuzhou probably saw through the "fast" tactic of the Jiangdong Left Army before last night. They mobilized the best troops and wanted to use fast.
Fight quickly to disrupt the rhythm of Jiangdong's left army after crossing the Huaihe River and regain the initiative.
What troubled Lin Fu and Qin Chengzu was not only that the six thousand cavalry led by Liu Miaozhen were the elite of the refugee army, but also that Liu Miaozhen had seen through the rhythm of their use of troops this time.
"The girl in the red coat will probably bypass Suining and go directly to Suyu or Siyang!" Qin Chengzu pointed out the key points. Their previous battle plan was completely useless by this time, and they needed to re-formulate their battle strategy.
Lin Fu rubbed his chin and frowned in thought. There was not much time left for him to make a decision.
"I'm afraid I can't take care of Liu Tingzhou now..." Zhao Qinmin said.
Gu Siyuan didn't say anything. He had already learned the rules of the city and left the decision-making power to Lin Fu without interfering with his decision-making.
Yang Pu sticks to his duty.
Lin Fu did not respond to Zhao Qinmin's words: Liu Tingzhou was always against him in Huai'an in the later period. Perhaps Liu Tingzhou's death in Siyang was more in line with his interests in secretly seizing Huai'an, but he really had to stand by and watch the Jinzhong Army collapse in Yannan with Hao Zongcheng.
What's the difference between Yue Lengqiu and Yue Lengqiu who just sat and watched the destruction of Shao Wu's army in Jinan?
How will the remaining generals of the Jinzhong Army and Shaowu Army identify with themselves?
How will Huai'an and Jiangning, and even the government and the opposition, view this matter? Do they really think that after Jiangdong's left army captured Suining so smoothly, they would not have the energy to go to Siyang to rescue Liu Tingzhou?
"The main force of the refugee army in Xuzhou cannot gather more than 6,000 cavalry. A considerable number of them must be improvised infantry, and the horses cannot be good horses." Lin Fu knocked on the table flatly and said, "Zhou
Pu, you rush to Siyang at the rate of 400 light armors. If there is a chance to relieve Liu Tingzhou, attack it by force. The water camp will not be transferred for the time being. Stay with Mr. Qin in Suining and assist Si Yuan in guarding Suining. I will lead Changshan
Camp, Feng left the camp and took the land route to Siyang..." He also told Zhou Pudao, "If there are enemy cavalry who bypass me and go ahead, you must not easily engage them in battle!"
"Understood!" Zhou Pu responded, picked up his saber, and ordered all his armored cavalry to leave the city first.
The horses mounted by the four hundred Qingqi have good footwork, and there are also replacement horses. They can reach Siyang before Liu Miaozhen's troops and still have the strength to fight. There is no problem at all. The key is that the number is too small. The precious armored cavalry team of only two hundred people will have to fight.
Marching behind Lin Fu.
The armored soldiers of the Jiangdong Zuo Army can better resist the impact of cavalry even if they are marching. However, to bring Liu Tingzhou's Huaihe Army out for reinforcements, there must be a cavalry to protect its flanks from the impact of the refugee army's cavalry.
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The more than 400 armored light cavalry led by Zhou Pu cannot be easily destroyed.
Lin Fu said to Gu Siyuan again: "It seems that I will borrow the war horses and camels given to you first, and I will give them back to you twice as much after the war!"
"What are you talking about?" Gu Siyuan laughed.
Lin Fu led the Changshan Camp. Although the Fengli Camp was organized as infantry, it had a large number of mules and horses. In fact, a large number of them were horse infantry.
The so-called horse infantry means riding horses to maneuver when marching, and dismounting to engage in battle when encountering the enemy.
This is also an important guarantee for the high mobility and strong combat effectiveness of the Jiangdong Left Army infantry.
The more than 6,000 cavalry led by Liu Miaozhen cannot be pure cavalry, and a considerable part of them must be horse infantry.
If not, Lin Fu would have led Changshan Camp and Fengli Camp's 6,000 infantrymen to go overland, and they would have been caught by the 6,000 elite cavalry of the refugee army. By the time they walked to Siyang with difficulty, Liu Tingzhou's body would have rotted away.