If Fu Qinghe hadn't sneaked back to Chongzhou with Lin Fu's warrant, and if Fu Qinghe, Lin Mengde, and Sun Jingxuan hadn't gone up the mountain to report the matter, Gu Junxun wouldn't have believed that everyone in Huaidong was still working hard to prepare for the northward journey to King Qin yesterday.
Today, I suddenly want to turn my head and head south to attack Zhejiang and Fujian!
The Huaidong army marched north to King Qin in accordance with the imperial edict. Wouldn't it be against the order to suddenly turn south to attack Zhejiang and Fujian? If Huaidong had such an intention from the beginning, wouldn't your husband be deceiving the emperor by returning to Jinhai?
Gu Junxun had been trained in loyalty to the emperor since he was a child, and he had his own opinions on everything. He found it difficult to accept such a result for a while, and was so stunned that he didn't know what to say.
Liu Yue'er felt surprised, but there was nothing difficult to accept. She had always been as big as the world, and she was not as big as Lin Fu in her heart. Whatever decision Lin Fu made, she naturally thought it was the correct truth, and there was nothing to question.
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Xiaoman had an unimaginable resentment towards the imperial court, and she had the biggest objection to King Qin going to the north. But on such a matter, there was no room for her to express her opinions. At this time, Fu Qinghe and Lin Mengde came over and said that they would no longer go to the north to King Qin.
, she wanted to go south to attack the She family. If she hadn't been worried about her little wife's identity, she would have clapped her hands and applauded her long ago. In her heart, she wished that Fu Qinghe and Lin Meng had to leave quickly so that she could talk to Su Mei about this.
The biggest disappointment in Gu Junxun's heart may be that she didn't expect such a big thing, and she couldn't know anything about it in advance. Gu Junxun looked at Liu Yue'er and Xiao Man who were sitting next to them. Looking at their expressions, she didn't know anything about it beforehand.
information.
It's no wonder that Liu Yue'er has not cared about military affairs in recent years. Xiaoman still has a little girl's heart and can't hide things in her heart - just the woman living in the city and the woman following Lin Fu,
Didn’t you know the news at all beforehand?
Thinking of this, Gu Junxun couldn't help but feel a little jealous in her heart, but she still knew what to do. Even if Lin Fu chose to go down the road of deceiving the emperor, she could only marry the chicken and follow the chicken, and treat Fu Qinghe and others
He said: "My husband trusts you, and you also have my husband's order in your hands. All you have to do is obey it - what we three women can do, please ask Mr. Fu and Uncle Mengde to tell you!"
"I don't dare to be rude. According to your instructions, there are indeed some things that I need to ask the three ladies to do." Fu Qinghe had hardly interacted with Gu Junxun, but he respected that Gu Junxun was Huaidong's mistress and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, I will
He led the main force to seize the opportunity to attack the enemy's territory without having time to return to Chongzhou to mobilize follow-up troops. Although the She family mobilized troops from Mingzhou and Kuaiji to march westward, their troops in Wuyuan, Chun'an, Tonglu and Xiaoshan were as many as 100,000, and they were far away from the east.
The distance of the line is not far, and the return of reinforcements is very quick. In this battle, Huaidong's fortunes will depend on the next few years or even ten years, and it cannot be done without using all possible means. In addition to the cavalry camp in Jinhai, the Fengli camp is in Huai'an.
, Huaidong will not only push all active troops to the southern front, but the Haidong camp will also be ordered to come to support at a later stage; most of the work and supply camps must gather in Hecheng, Jiangmen, and Chongcheng from now on to provide support.
Preparation for the front line; more importantly, all commercial and civilian ships that can go to sea in Chongcheng and Hecheng must be requisitioned for troop transport... Including Chongcheng, Guanyintan, Hecheng, and Jiangmen, all civilian workshops must be requisitioned for military use. Chongzhou garrison strength
There will be a vacancy, and Feng Si is appointed as the deputy general of the female battalion to lead the female battalion to assist in the defense of Chongcheng... If there are officials in Hailing Mansion and various county yamen who are unwilling to cooperate, military control will be the first priority, and they will be imprisoned or executed.
There is no need to hesitate. When things suddenly take such a big turn, it is inevitable that there will be a lot of discussion in urban and rural areas. The morale of the generals, soldiers and civilians may be frustrated, and we need three ladies to come forward to comfort the soldiers and civilians!"
Although Huaidong has long had the basis for separatism and self-reliance, many people have more or less such thoughts in their hearts, but this kind of thinking has always been obscure and has never been openly stated. In the hearts of more people,
They all regard Huaidong and the imperial court as one.
In order to deceive the She family, Huaidong had publicized on a large scale the order to go north to King Qin, and all work was prepared for King Qin to go north. Only Cao Ziang, Qin Chengzu, Lin Mengde, Fu Qinghe, and Sun Jingxuan knew the real plan in advance.
, Sun Jingtang and a few others. In order to hide it from the She family's ears and eyes in Chongzhou, everyone else, including Gu Junxun and others, were kept in the dark and focused on supporting King Qin in the north.
Suddenly abandoning the imperial edict and mobilizing all forces to turn around and attack the She family, it is difficult to predict how much impact and chaos it will cause in Chongzhou and Huaidong.
Even if he wanted to use all his troops as much as possible, Fu Qinghe sneaked back this time and brought back a thousand soldiers from the Chongcheng infantry camp. In the north, Cao Ziang led a thousand soldiers into Huai'an City, intending to attack the city in Huai'an.
Use force when necessary to suppress any chaos that may arise.
At this time, only a few people who were present in Chongzhou knew about the matter. Especially since the contents of Lin Fu's warrants presented before and after were completely contradictory. If any officials or generals questioned the authenticity of the secret orders, unnecessary confusion would arise.
Fu Qinghe, Lin Mengde, and Sun Jingxuan came here to ask Gu Junxun, Liu Yue'er, and Xiaoman, as mistresses, to assist them in conveying Lin Fu's secret orders layer by layer to ensure that Chongzhou's military potential
, mobilized in the shortest possible time.
After Fu Qinghe explained it, Gu Junxun understood and said: "Everything will be arranged according to Mr. Fu..." Then he, Liu Yuer, Xiaoman and others went down the mountain with Fu Qinghe and others to Dongya to meet Huaidong officials and generals...
Hu Zhiyong, Hu Zhicheng, Zhou Guangnan, Zhou Guangdong, Li Shutang, Li Shuyi, Wang Chengfu, Chen Lei, Ge Siyu and others were the first to be summoned to circulate the secret order. Even they were surprised and suspicious after seeing Lin Fu's secret order.
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But no matter what, they are all core members of Huaidong. They have a deep understanding of Huaidong's core interests. With a little explanation, they can easily accept the secret order to turn around and attack the She family...
The more than a thousand cavalrymen who stayed behind in Chongzhou were also sent out together with some of the sentry boats of the Third Water Battalion of Jinghai, and they tried their best to block the channels from Huaidong to other places, especially to the south bank of the Yangtze River.
Next came the more peripheral officials, generals, ordinary staff and reserve officers from the combat training school - late at night, the Chongzhou squires who were usually close to Huaidong, the maritime merchants who moved south, and the Dongyang Xiang Party and other forces in Chongzhou
The representatives were all notified. However, it was only on the third day, the 21st, that the Hailing Prefecture and county officials, represented by Wu Meijiu, received Lin Fu's notice that the government offices and county offices would accept military control and carry out general military mobilization.
Warrant.
On this day, a beacon message was sent from Changshan Island and the beacon piers deployed on the sand islands in the sea between Changshan Island and Hecheng to Chongcheng - ordinary people did not know what this beacon message meant, and thought it was something.
The enemy troops invaded from the east sea, but Fu Qinghe and others knew that the main fleet led by Lin Fu had returned to the Changshan Island line from the north. They were waiting for Ge Cunxiong to lead the main fleet of the Jinghai No. 3 Water Battalion to sail from Jiangmen.
Let’s use the power of thunder to attack the heart of the She family in eastern Zhejiang!
At the same time, Li Shutang took a boat to the south bank of the Yangtze River. On behalf of Huaidong, he would persuade the Chen family to agree to mobilize the Haiyu Army to participate in the later war...
On the 21st, there was a steady drizzle in the sky near the water. The sky was gloomy and the light was dim.
More than a thousand corpses lay scattered in the west gate of the county. Before they could be cleaned up, the blood flowed out from the corpses that were not yet rigid, and collected in low-lying areas, mixing with rainwater, forming a larger pool of blood and flesh.
There were broken weapons and halberds everywhere, and the city walls were covered with arrows, as dense as hedgehogs. Accompanied by Tian Chang, She Fei Xiong climbed up to the West City Gate building in Linshui County. Looking at the battlefield inside and outside the West City Gate, it was not difficult to imagine the afternoon.
The scene of a fierce battle - at this time, there were still sounds of resistance from some houses in the streets and alleys in Dongcheng.
A strong middle-aged man wearing black armor climbed onto the city gate building. His hair under the steel hood was wet from the rain and stuck to his forehead. His eyes were as big as copper bells and he had a wispy beard. His left arm was wrapped with a wound.
, walked with a limp and his legs were injured, but he was very energetic. After three or five steps, he pushed the mountain and bowed down, shouting: "Zhenhe pays homage to the governor. Zhenhe ghost has lost his mind and is subject to Tian."
Your Majesty, please remind me that I didn’t know the Master until today. You are really as stupid as a pig, please punish me!”
"What's the blame, what's the blame?" She Feixiong came over, lifted Fang Zhenhe up from the ground, and said, "General Fang, get up quickly. In order to keep it secret, I didn't ask the Governor's Office for credit in time for you, General Fang.
, but from today on, you will be the most successful general and minister of the Governor-General of Zhejiang and Fujian. In the future, it will be normal to be granted a title or title, so General Fang, please don’t despise your insignificant position today..."
"Being able to serve Zhejiang and Fujian, and serving the governor, Zhenhe will be satisfied," Fang Zhenhe said. "It's just a pity that we were unable to completely wipe out the Linshui garrison. Please allow me to lead my troops to the south to pursue the remnants of the Linshui army, and serve as the governor."
Make great achievements again!"
"Okay!" She Feixiong laughed loudly, "General Fang has the ambition to make great contributions. That's really good..."
The road from Fangjiabu to Linshui is narrow and dangerous. Fang Zhenhe went to She's home, and She Feixiong first sent more than a thousand elite troops to sneak into Fangjiabu in light clothes. Even if there were any clues exposed, the news would not reach Linshui at all.
For several days, She Fei Xiong sent more than 2,000 elite troops to take dangerous paths in the mountains, lurking in Fangjiabu, waiting for opportunities to act. The defenders of Linshui County were not aware of anything unusual on the western front from the beginning to the end.
In the early morning of this morning, Fang Zhenhe led the Fang family's caravan to cover hundreds of Zhejiang and Fujian elites entering Linshui City under the guise of transporting mountain goods, and captured the west gate of Linshui City in a surprise attack.
Dong Yuan did have a good command of the army. Linshui County was on the inside line, with 3,000 defenders and less than 800 old soldiers. When the West City Gate was captured by a surprise attack, he immediately organized a counterattack. Inside and outside the West City Gate, he fought with the elite troops from Zhejiang and Fujian who were unexpectedly attacked.
The rebels in Jiabu fought a fierce battle. After almost all the elite troops were exhausted, and the reinforcements from Hangzhou were unable to arrive in time due to rain and the river network being blocked by the Eastern Zhejiang Navy, the remnants of the Linshui County defenders were forced to abandon Linshui County.
Water County.
In addition to the Zhejiang and Fujian elites who had been lurking in Fangjiabu in advance to quickly support the war outside the west gate of Linshui County, She Feixiong personally led the elites to clear the defenses between Chun'an and Fangjiabu. In time, Dong Yuan arrived from Hangzhou.
Before the reinforcements were sent, not only did the two thousand elites who had sneaked in early cooperated with the Fangjiabu rebels, they had a general grasp of the situation in Linshui County, but She Feixiong even led his troops to forcibly break through and enter from Chun'an at the eastern foot of Fuyu Mountain.
Waterfront channel.
Although more than 500 elite troops from Zhejiang and Fujian were killed in the attack on Linshui, by conquering Linshui, they could assist Su Tingzhan in the siege of Fuyang to the south, threaten Hangzhou to the east, and protect the road from the east foot of Fuyu Mountain to the west.
Flank - the trail at the east foot of Fuyu Mountain, go north to enter Huzhou Prefecture, go west to Qianqiu Pass to enter Huizhou, clear Deng Yu's retreat, go northwest to Dusong Pass to enter Ningguo County and attack Jiangning...
After capturing Linshui, and then capturing Fuyang in the south, the situation will be even more favorable——
To trace the supplies from eastern Zhejiang to the Qianjiang River and the Xin'an River to Chun'an, and then take the trail at the east foot of Fuyu Mountain to go north, it takes a big circle. It is far worse than after the capture of Fuyang, the supplies in eastern Zhejiang go directly to the north via Fuyang and then to the water.
Go west to Fangjiabu, north to Huzhou, or west to Qianqiu Pass, Dusong Pass is convenient.
Furthermore, the trail at the east foot of Fuyu Mountain is too dangerous and can be passed by a small number of soldiers and horses, but it will be very difficult for a large number of soldiers, horses and food supplies to go this way; and there is a Chi Road from Fuyang to Linshui, only from Linshui City to Fang.
The home port is less than twenty miles away and the road is dangerous.
If Fuyang is in the hands of the Northern Zhejiang Army, Linshui County will always be an isolated city and is in danger of being recaptured by Dong Yuan at any time. By capturing Fuyang, Fuyang and Linshui can be integrated with the control area south of the Qianjiang River, completely defeating Dong Yuan.
Suppressing the enemy to the east of Hangzhou will also provide convenience for the advancing troops to enter Huzhou and encircle Hangzhou in a roundabout way.
After occupying Linshui City, She Feixiong sent more than a thousand elites to use small paths to seize Qianqiu Pass, Dusong Pass and outside Anji County, Huzhou Prefecture. They also wanted to conquer Fuyang and completely open the gap to the north from the central road...
The rebellion of the Fang family and the fall of Linshui County were undoubtedly a head-on blow to Dong Yuan. He had no time to regret anything. At this time, he was more concerned about whether Fuyang could be defended.
As long as Fuyang does not fall, the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels will have limited numbers of soldiers and horses that can leak in from the footpath at the eastern foot of Fuyu Mountain.
Dong Yuan has quickly sent people to Anji to strengthen the defense of Anji County. As long as the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels do not leak in many troops, there is still hope for holding Anji County. As long as Anji County is defended, the Zhejiang and Fujian troops can be blocked.
The entrance to Huzhou Prefecture from the north - As for Dusong Pass and Qianqiu Pass, Dong Yuan did not care whether it could be saved.
If Dusong Pass and Qianqiu Pass are lost, Jiangning may have no choice but to send troops southward from Dangtu, Luzhou or Dongyang and rush to Huinan to seal the gap. Similarly, as long as Fuyang is not lost, the Zhejiang and Fujian troops can move from the east foot of Fuyu Mountain to the north.
The number of soldiers and horses that can enter Huizhou Prefecture through the Luxiao Trail will also be very limited, and the supplies that can be transported in are even more limited - the soldiers and horses that enter through surprise attacks will not have strong long-term combat capabilities. Once the capture of the city is blocked, it will be abnormal to penetrate deeper.
It is difficult. As long as Jiangning mobilizes reinforcements in time, it will not be too difficult to fight off the Zhejiang and Fujian troops that have penetrated into Tongnan.
If Fuyang is captured by the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels, the city from Fuyang to Linshui will be connected as one, and a big gap will be formed in the entire middle road. Tens of thousands of elite soldiers and horses of the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels can flow in through this gap - Huzhou Prefecture
Originally on the inside line, Huzhou Prefecture and the counties had limited garrison troops. The total number was less than 8,000, and most of them were new soldiers. How could they resist the Zhejiang and Fujian tiger and wolf divisions pouring in from the gap in the middle road? Hangzhou City
While adjusting the deployment, it is obviously too late.
If Huzhou Prefecture falls, not only will Hangzhou and Jiaxing be cut off, but the passages from Huzhou Prefecture to Huizhou Prefecture and Jiangning Prefecture will be more spacious. In fact, as long as Fuyang is captured, the rebellion of Zhejiang and Fujian will be over.
The main force of the army can also go from Fuyang to Linshui, then go west to Huizhou Prefecture through Dusong Pass or Qianqiu Pass -
Previously, considering the fall of Fuyang, Linshui County could be used to organize a strong defense line. After Linshui in the north was first used by the She family to capture it, Dong Yuan really couldn't imagine how bad the situation would be if Fuyang fell again.
As the only current plan, Dong Yuan could only mobilize elite troops from Hangzhou. Regardless of the approaching night, he personally led his troops to help Fuyang to ensure that Fuyang would not be captured by the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels.