"My lord, you can't give up so easily. I asked the general to lead the men to fight. If Fuyang cannot be taken back, I would like to bring my head to see my lord!" One of the soldiers wrapped his left arm in a splint and wrapped the Qiu-bearded general hanging around his neck with tears streaming down his face.
In front of Dong Yuan, Ku Jian wanted to continue the war in Fuyang. Behind him, more than a dozen generals, who were still black and luxurious, knelt down to beg for war.
These generals were all more or less injured, and some even had broken arms and limbs. Their faces looked resolute and showed no fear of battle.
At this stage of the Fuyang war, newly recruited soldiers continued to flee under the brutal suppression. However, the generals around Dong Yuan became more and more courageous as they fought. Many of their subordinates were completely disabled and refused to retreat.
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Dong Yuan holds the title of Right Minister of the Jiangning Ministry of War and also leads the Zhejiang Envoy in Northern Zhejiang. He is one of the few powerful people in Jiangdong. At this time, he is wearing a purple python robe outside his armor. He is sitting in front of Nanmu Gongan, his eyes as deep as water, his eyes under the sword eyebrows.
It was dark, like a deep pool of cold springs. Faced with the generals' impassioned pleas for battle, they just remained silent.
Chen Mingzhe looked at it and sighed.
Dong Yuan led his troops to capture Shangyanwu too late. When the passage to support Fuyang was opened, more than half of the Fuyang defenders suffered casualties, and only the north city gate was not lost.
In the past five or six days, Dong Yuan had invested no less than 20,000 troops in the small Fuyang Beicheng area. Only six generals above Zhaowu Xiaowei were killed in battle, but he could not increase the area under his control by one foot or one inch.
She Feixiong is also one of the most famous generals in the world, and he is not an idiot. He obviously intends to take advantage of the favorable terrain and military strength to use Fuyang City as a slaughterhouse to strangle the new forces of the Northern Zhejiang Province.
At this time, Dong Yuan was defending the stronghold at Shangyanwu and nearby, and he still had 15,000 troops and horses to mobilize. However, if these troops and horses were destroyed, not to mention retaking Fuyang, Jiaxing would have a serious shortage of troops to even defend Hangzhou.
Moreover, the longer time passes, the more elite soldiers and generals She Feixiong will transfer from the western front, and the situation in northern Zhejiang will become more and more unfavorable.
Chen Mingzhe believed that if Lin Fu had led the Huaidong Army, the outcome of the Fuyang War would not have been higher than it was now.
In terms of his ability to run the army and lead troops in battles, Dong Yuan may not be slightly worse than Lin Fu; Lin Fu passed the provincial examination in the eighth year of Chongguan's reign, Dong Yuan was already the prefect of Weiyang at that time, and Lin Fu even served under Dong
In the original territory, pirates were robbed and killed.
In the past five years, Dong Yuan has been promoted from the prefect of Weiyang to the right minister of the Jiangning Ministry of War and the envoy to the northern Zhejiang Province. His rise is not slow, but compared with the miracles Lin Fu created in Huaidong, it is far behind - Dong Yuan
What is the difference between Lin Fu and Lin Fu? Chen Mingzhe thought about this question in his heart.
"I have made up my mind," Dong Yuan spoke slowly, with a sad and solemn tone, "Since I have already had the idea of withdrawing the defense, if I continue to fight hard, the morale of the army will be shaken. Besides, it is not that I will not recapture Fuyang in the future.
Opportunity. When the Commander-in-Chief was in East Fujian, he told us that the tiger and wolf troops must not only be good at winning battles, but also be good at defeating them - I can afford to lose, but you can't afford to lose?"
All the generals in the hall were brave men, but Dong Yuan's words made many of them burst into tears.
At this time, Dong Yuan looked at Chen Enze, the commander of the army who came to contact on behalf of the Huaidong Army, and said: "In the battle of Fuyang, the Zhejiang and Fujian armies have done their best. Next, it depends on your family to make strategic plans.
"It's..." This sentence is full of unspeakable bitterness and ridicule.
"Enze, go back immediately and inform my master!" Chen Enze said with his fists clasped.
Dong Yuan waved his hand, and then discussed the retreat with the generals to prevent She Fei Xiong from taking a retreat.
The Northern Zhejiang Army withdrew from the Fuyang battlefield, and She Fei Xiong breathed a sigh of relief.
He boarded the building at the north gate of Fuyang City. Under the stars and moon, the thick layer of flesh and blood on the city head had turned purple-black. The smell of blood was stronger than any battlefield he had ever experienced before. There were broken limbs and broken arms everywhere.
, those county citizens who were driven to clean up the battlefield looked numb and had no intention of resisting.
Outside the North City, the rear troops of the Northern Zhejiang Army were withdrawing in an orderly manner. She Feixiong also gave up the idea of sending troops to pursue them. He only waited for Dong Yuan to withdraw from Shangyanwu before sending troops to occupy it. Even if Dong Yuan still sent troops to the east, he
By garrisoning, he can also open up the passage to the north towards Linshui.
She Feixiong's elite soldiers who went to attack Fuyang were much better than the Northern Zhejiang Army in terms of the quality of their soldiers and their armor and armament. However, they were always worried that the Huaidong Army would take a retreat from the east, and the generals' fighting spirit was not as firm as that of the Northern Zhejiang Army.
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This battle was not easy for the Zhejiang and Fujian troops.
The bloody battle that lasted for several days disabled nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Northern Zhejiang Army. After this battle, Dong Yuan's troops would not exceed 20,000, but the casualties of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army also exceeded 10,000, and there were many
The elite of Fujian who survived the ten years of war in East Fujian.
It is rare for such a small battlefield to be filled with so many lives in such a short period of time.
As long as it is in the expansion period, no matter how heavy the casualties are, the military strength will be quickly replenished. However, if Mingzhou Prefecture is lost, the sea route from eastern Fujian is completely cut off. How many troops can be maintained west of Kuaiji with only Xianxia Ridge and northern Fujian?
Preparation: The Western Front must open up more space to make up for the loss of Mingzhou Prefecture.
"Captain, if you don't send troops to save Shengzhou, it will be too late!" Shi Tianchang, the governor of eastern Zhejiang Province, climbed up the tower with stumbling steps and asked She Feixiong in a tearful voice to send troops to save Shengzhou!
During the war between Zhejiang and Zhejiang, Tian Chang defected and the soldiers from the two Zhejiang counties were defeated and perished. The Tian family in Shengzhou later chose to join the She family and benefited a lot. Not only did Tian Chang take the opportunity to occupy fields in Shengzhou, Tian Chang went out to Mingzhou Prefecture.
, the Tian family also took advantage of the situation to expand to other counties and emerged as the leading wealthy family in Mingzhou Prefecture.
It is said that in thirty years of Hedong and thirty years of Hexi, the Tian family has only been in glory for three years. Mingzhou Prefecture was attacked by the Huaidong Army and most of it fell - who is willing to face such a result?
After Cixi, Shangyu, Yuyao and other counties fell one after another, the Cao'e River was again controlled by the Huaidong Shuiying warships. Although Mingzhou Fucheng had not yet fallen, it was surrounded by the area controlled by the Huaidong Army. In a hurry, it was impossible to send troops across the Cao'e River to pick up the enemy.
Aid Mingzhou Fucheng.
However, Shengzhou, which is located in the southwest corner of Mingzhou Prefecture, has not yet fallen and is still waiting for reinforcements. The second son, She Feihu, is leading his troops from southern Zhejiang to rush for reinforcements and is close to the outskirts of Shengzhou. They still control the access to Shengzhou from Kuaiji and Zhuji.
There is still enough time to approach and rescue Shengzhou directly from the outside.
If Shengzhou falls, the Tian family will be extinct except for a few of Tian's children who serve in the army with Tian Chang.
Not only in Huaidong, but also in Jiangning, not many people would be willing to let go of the opportunity to cleanse the Tian family.
Although they could read books from Zhuji Branch and come to sort out and support Shengzhou, after the Huaidong Army captured Shangyu, it was more convenient to enter Shengzhou from Shangyu via the Yanxi River Channel, the main stream of the Cao'e River.
The situation has developed to this point. Every step is dangerous and one misstep could lead to catastrophe. There is no room for Fei Xiong to make hasty decisions.
Faced with Tian Chang's plea, She Feixiong would not be completely indifferent. Even if he only defended Kuaiji in the end, he would add more troops to the eastern front. He said: "In the current situation, we can only block the Qian east of Xiaoshan first."
The rivers and waterways are fortified. I will send Yu Wenshan to lead 10,000 elites to reinforce Kuaiji. You will also go to Kuaiji to assist Su Tingzhan. After the second brother comes over, if he is willing, the eastern front will be handed over to him. As for Jin'an, most of them
This will also be arranged..."
As the commander-in-chief of the entire northern front in Zhejiang and Fujian, She Feixiong must stand in the entire battle and consider how to mobilize troops and generals to regain the disadvantage of the Zhejiang and Fujian armies under the circumstances of abandoning Mingzhou Prefecture.
What they faced on the northern front was not just the Huaidong Army. The Haiyu Army came up, and Meng Yishan led the old Ning Navy Department. General Yue Lengqiu also transferred more than 10,000 troops from the Huai Army to the Ningguo front line to recapture Dusong.
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The Huaidong Army rushed to Mingzhou in the morning of the 24th, but they held off Dong Yuan's Northern Zhejiang Army for three days in Fuyang. The opportunity was lost - the Huaidong Army was likely to mobilize another 20,000 to 30,000 people.
When the troops crossed the sea and entered Mingzhou Prefecture, She Feixiong led his troops into Mingzhou Prefecture in a hurry for a battle, which was obviously irrational.
In the battle of Fuyang, there were more than 10,000 casualties. She Feixiong let Tian Chang and Yu Wenshan lead 10,000 elites into Kuaiji for support, which was already his limit. Of course, Feihu could transfer 5,000 elites from southern Zhejiang, although it was not possible
It is possible to drive the Huaidong Army away from eastern Zhejiang, but it is still barely possible to stabilize the situation in eastern Zhejiang.
No matter what, Shengzhou cannot give up easily - from Shengzhou to the north along the Yanxi River and Cao'e River, it can threaten Shangyu. There is a valley road to the northeast that leads directly to Yinxian County, the hinterland of Mingzhou Prefecture, and it can also threaten Ninghai and Xiangshan to the east.
As long as Shengzhou can be defended, Huaidong is far from able to capture Mingzhou Prefecture.
But Shefei Xiong cannot bet all their chips on Shengzhou. They can see the key points of Shengzhou, and there is no reason why Huaidong cannot see it.
Just like they used Fuyang to strangle the Northern Zhejiang Army, didn't the Huaidong Army have the intention to encircle the point to gather reinforcements and use Shengzhou to strangle the reinforcements from southern Zhejiang and Kuaiji?
Thinking of this, She Feixiong felt heavy, but suppressed his voice so that only Tian Chang could hear him, and said: "You also know the current situation. If the Tian family can break out from Shengzhou, it is better to break out. Don't
Put all hope on rescue..."
When Tian Chang heard this, his heart felt cold.
Before Huaidong attacked eastern Zhejiang, Shengzhou was on the inner line of eastern Zhejiang, and the defenders only had more than 500 soldiers.
Precisely because Shengzhou is located on the inner line of eastern Zhejiang, Zhou Tong led the main force of the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion to cross the Yue Ridge at the southern foot of Siming Mountain and enter Shengzhou territory. It was already the afternoon of the 25th, and the suddenness of the attack was lost - the Shengzhou defenders had almost two days.
Adjust the deployment of defensive cities.
The Tian family's clan power in Shengzhou is particularly deep-rooted. In two days, nearly two thousand clan soldiers were mobilized to defend the city.
When the troops in the two Zhejiang counties were destroyed, Tian Chang played a decisive role. After the Tian family joined the She family, they were also the wealthy family in eastern Zhejiang that benefited the most. Those former officials and generals of the two Zhejiang counties, as well as Jiangning and the imperial court, could not easily let go after the war.
Guo Tianshi - Tianshi also knows this clearly.
Shengzhou can provide support to southern Zhejiang in the south, and Zhuji and Kuaiji in the west. The Tian family will definitely not give up resistance easily. Zhou Tong led the main force of the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion to enter Shengzhou from the afternoon of the 25th, that is, to attack
Shengzhou launched an offensive, and the siege lasted for a day and night. In the absence of large-scale siege equipment, the casualties were heavy, but Shengzhou could not be shaken at all.
When She Feihu led his troops to approach Shengzhou from the south, Zhou Tong had no choice but to change the siege into a siege. He seized villages at the mouth of the Shanxi River between the Chengtan River and the main stream of the Cao'e River, southwest of Shengzhou City, and built simple defenses.
Preparing for siege and reinforcements, and also waiting for follow-up troops to be transferred from Shangyu...
She Feihu's southern Zhejiang reinforcements scouts have entered the southern foothills of Tiantai Mountain, but Zhou Tong has cleared the passage north to Shangyu outside Shengzhou City. Not only the wounded can be sent down through the Yanxi River waterway, the main stream of Cao'e River, but also supplies and supplies.
As well as reinforcements, they can also be brought in from Shangyu through the Yanxi River waterway.
In the military tent set up with oilcloth, Sun Zhuang could not sleep well at night.
The wounds on his body were cold, painful, and numb, and he didn't know what kind of medicine the military medical camp applied to him. Based on his injuries, he should have been withdrawn to recuperate, but as long as he didn't lie down and couldn't get up, Sun Zhuang was unwilling to go down even if he died.
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The tent curtain was opened from the outside, and the light from the campfire came through. Sun Zhuang leaned forward and saw Chen Zhi's dark face peeking in, and asked: "You come here to show off your hair at this time? What will happen to tomorrow's battle?"
Fight, what are you officials talking about?"
"Master Gan is scolding me?" Chen Zhi sat down at the curtain of the military tent and said with a smile, "You accumulate military merits, and soon I can follow you again!"
"Shit," Sun Zhuang spat rudely and said, "I can't be a general in Huaidong. Since Donghai Fox spared my life, if I die on the battlefield, I have repaid his kindness! You
Go ahead and dream of becoming a prince and general, and don’t involve me!"
"She Feihu may lead his troops from the south of Tiantai Mountain to Dongyang to join the troops transferred from Zhuji by the She family. I'm afraid there will be no battle to fight tomorrow," Chen Zhi changed the topic to the war and looked at the campfire outside.
, said, "If it really breaks out, it will probably be a fierce battle. In Fuyang, She Feixiong and Dong Yuan have filled an area as big as a palm with almost 20,000 lives, and they don't know when they will stop.
." Little did he know that the bloody battle in Fuyang had temporarily subsided.
"The East China Sea Fox is the East China Sea Fox after all. I have never seen him suffer a loss." Sun Zhuang folded his arms and rested his head on the back of his head, looking at the dark military tent roof. He was still used to calling Lin Fu "the East China Sea Fox" in Chen Zhi.
, said, "There will always be a fierce battle here. Only this time can the She family stop thinking about taking back Mingzhou Mansion! The key is that Shangyu needs to guard against Kuaiji's troops. How many troops can be invested here?"
Although the Huaidong Army is elite, it has too little land combat power. The Changshan Camp and Chongcheng Infantry Camp combined with the combat power are not very impressive. The Hailing Prefecture Army, which is only used as a reserve force, only has over 20,000 people.
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Twenty thousand elite troops are more than enough to attack and defend one city and one place. However, as the war has developed to this point, several cities have to be defended, attacked, surrounded, and divided at the same time. The Huaidong Army's land combat capabilities are stretched thin.
The Chongcheng Infantry Battalion was responsible for the initial attack on the stronghold. The early attack on Shengzhou City was not successful and suffered a lot. After the wounded were transported out, there were less than 4,000 soldiers left. These troops must surround Shengzhou City tightly.
It's all difficult, let alone besieging the city and calling for reinforcements.
The Changshan Battalion led by Ao Canghai had the strongest troops. Before the war, there were 20 battalions and more than 12,000 soldiers. However, in the past three or four days, they defeated Cixi, Yuyao, Shangyu and Qiba.
They built a defensive fortress and were victorious in several battles, but the accumulated casualties were nearly 2,000.
In the early stage, the Hailing Prefecture's army mainly defended the She family's troops on Changguo Island at Laotangshan Port. They did not fight hard battles and had almost no casualties, with only 3,000 troops.
Fortunately, the bloody battle in Fuyang allowed Dong Yuan's Northern Zhejiang Army to take the lead. Otherwise, even if the Huaidong Army could withstand more than 10,000 casualties, it would lose the ability to continue fighting in a short period of time.
At this time, in addition to Shengzhou, there were nearly 2,000 remnants of the She family in the capital of Mingzhou who refused to surrender. In Changguo and Daishan Islands, there were nearly 4,000 remnants of the She family who refused to surrender. Of course, the Changguo islands could use water camps.
The warships are isolated from the outside first, but the number of troops surrounding Mingzhou Prefecture cannot be reduced. At this time, it is really difficult to say how many reinforcements can be mobilized from Mingzhou Prefecture to Shengzhou.
Chen Zhi didn't care about strategic issues such as military potential. When he asked Sun Zhuang, he felt that the situation was not as optimistic as he imagined. He only said: "There will be reinforcements coming, but I don't know how many exactly - more and more will be fought."
The method is to use less and less."
At this moment, a primary school principal came over to Chen Zhi and said, "College Chen, why are you hiding here? Commander Zhou wants you to come over!"
"What happened?" Chen Zhi asked.
The principal glanced at Sun Zhuang, hesitated, and said nothing.
Chen Zhi was unhappy and stretched out his foot to kick him, cursing: "Oh no, this is my eldest brother, what can't you say?"
"Chen Zhi, how can you break the rules you should abide by? How did you become a camp general?" A voice came out from the shadows and scolded Chen Zhi abruptly.
Hearing Zhang Gou's voice, Chen Zhi looked over and asked in surprise: "What a big deal I said, it turns out you were the one looking for me! Aren't you in Huaisi?"
"I'm telling you to go to the big tent, get up quickly," Zhang Gou said, leaning forward and raising his hand to lift the curtain door, looking at Sun Zhuang lying inside, and said, "Master Gan's injury is not serious?"
Sun Zhuang crouched and sat up, pulling on the wound and sucking in air, but he said: "A wound as big as a fart is not as serious as a fart. I heard that the imperial court was playing Zhao'an again in Huaisi. Didn't the eldest lady fall for it?"
"Liu Tingzhou is the envoy to appease, and Li Wei, Chen Zhi's cheap father-in-law, is the deputy envoy to appease," Zhang Gou said, "I can't tell you what happened specifically."
"..." Sun Zhuang glared at Zhang Gou, turned over and turned his back, unwilling to pay attention to him anymore.
Zhang Gou smiled. He knew that Sun Zhuang had this temper. He knelt down and said, "According to the rules, only military attachés above the camp general level should know about some things. Chen Zhi has a big mouth, so I can't tell him.
If it leaks out of his mouth, it will harm him..."
"Don't you have the nerve to insult me?" Sun Zhuang turned over and sat up, saying angrily, "I need Chen Zhi to inform me? You also think about your background, how did I treat you? An An
Handsome and eldest lady don’t owe you anything.”
"Since I have joined the Huaidong Army, I must abide by the rules of the Huaidong Army." Zhang Gou said with a straight face.
"He Zhe, you are the commander of the army. I am a soldier. Do I have to stand up and salute you?" Sun Zhuang asked angrily. Zhang Gou's attitude made him more and more angry. "All the camp generals of the Huaidong Army must
You can't make it with gold, you can do it, Chen Zhi can do it, you're deceiving me that you must not be able to do it?"
"Maybe Mr. Gan is still not willing to do it," Zhang Gou said calmly, "Is the Huaidong Army worthy of Mr. Gan risking his life?"
"Bah, Ding's life is not worth anything, but if he is a bad camp general, his life is valuable? A man dies and a bird flies to the sky, it's just a cheap life," Sun Zhuang spat and glared at Zhang Gou and said, "You are saying such nonsense.
,What's the point?"
"Master Gan is a soldier today. It is natural for him to eat soldiers' food and kill the enemy with a sword. If Master Gan is a camp general, he will kill an entire city for the Huaidong Army in the future," Zhang Gou said. "Master Gan, do you think the same thing?"
"Zhang Gou, what's wrong today? Why are you talking so rudely?" Chen Zhi was afraid that they would get into a fight if they quarreled again. He also felt strange about Zhang Gou's words today and complained.
"Killing one person is for living. Mr. Gan used to slaughter three thousand people at Yunti Pass. What was he thinking?" At this time, another voice came from the shadows. Chen Zhi looked up and saw that it was Lin Fu who was standing next to Zhou Tong.
Accompanied by her, I walked over here.
Chen Zhi was stunned. Lin Fu personally came to Shengzhou to supervise the battle. He didn't know any information. Only then did he realize that Zhang Gou asked Master Gan for Lin Fu.g