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In late January of the second year of Yongxing, the rebel general Chen Zhihu led his troops to Qinyang, massacred the city, and plundered the city for three days. The troops of Yan, Hu and Jinnan basically controlled the area on the north bank of the Yellow River from Tongguan to the Taihang Mountains. A large number of cavalry bypassed Daliang, Zhengzhou, etc.
Dacheng, raiding the cities in the hinterland of Hehuai River.
In the eastern part of the Shandong Peninsula, more than 20,000 Yanhu cavalry bypassed Yangxin and other cities and infiltrated. After Tupingdu City, they successively captured Changle, Anle, Laiyang, Zhaoyuan, Haiyang and other cities.
The Hehuai defense line still adheres to the strategy of concentrating its forces to defend key cities and avoid field battles with the enemy. Although the Hehuai and Shandong production has been extremely seriously damaged, the Hehuai defense line itself does not seem to have received much direct impact.
Compared with Yanhu's situation in the north, the She family's war along the Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces has fallen into a difficult stagnation.
Qin Zitan stood at the top of the city and looked at the Nanxi River that went around the city. The Nanxi River meandered southward, joined with the Yongjia River, and headed east down for more than 40 miles before entering the sea. The Yongjia River estuary followed the coast three miles to the north.
Ten miles away is Yueqing.
The news brought back by the sentinels who sneaked into Yueqing was not optimistic. Since late January, a large number of ships have been stationed along the coast of Yueqing in Huaidong. In addition to the continuous increase in the Yueqing garrison, Huaidong has even begun to sail to the coast east of Yueqing.
Migrant households on the island.
"Huaidong has made up his mind to open up the battlefield in southern Zhejiang..." Wen Tinggrui, the counselor-general of the southern Zhejiang governor's office and the official of the Yongjia mansion, had deep wrinkles on his forehead. Faced with the continuous bad news coming back from the eastern front,
This is the only way to make such a judgment.
Qin Zitan frowned. When the Huaidong navy crossed the East China Sea and Zhejiang and Fujian were unable to control each other, the She family fell into a passive position.
Huaidong has nearly 40,000 water infantry troops stationed in Mingzhou Prefecture. The Zhejiang and Fujian troops will form an outer line of defense to surround the inner line in Kuaiji, Zhuji, Dongyang, Tiantai, Taizhou and other places on the periphery, deploying nearly 60,000 water infantry troops.
Only the infantry can barely guarantee the stability of the defense line.
In order to gather 60,000 water infantry troops outside Mingzhou Prefecture, the military potential of the She family in eastern Zhejiang has been almost exhausted. The garrison in Yongjia Prefecture has been reduced from the initial 20,000 to 10,000, among whom are absolutely loyal to the She family.
There are only 3,000 elite troops from Fujian.
For Huaidong, there is no need to use any dangerous tricks or tricks at all. He only needs to choose this opportunity to openly open up a new battlefield in southern Zhejiang. Whether it is the officials of Yongjia Prefecture, generals, or Zhejiang
Everyone in the southern governor's office, as well as the governor's office in Zhejiang and Fujian, all felt great pressure.
Qin Zitan had been worried about the situation in southern Zhejiang, so he left Dongyang County and came to Yongjia to observe the situation. He did not expect that the situation would develop towards the side that he was most worried about.
"Yongjia has a total of ten thousand soldiers and horses. To ensure that the Huaidong Army is suppressed in Yueqing City, it will take at least thirty to forty thousand soldiers. The Second Young Master is already feeling very strenuous. Now we can only rescue the First Young Master."
A veteran wearing scale armor stood beside Wen Tingrui and said in a low voice.
"The eldest son's offensive against Huinan and Gannan in western Zhejiang is somewhat lacking in vigor. If we take away another 20,000 to 30,000 troops, we may be forced to switch from offense to defense," Wen Tinggrui said, "Even if we know that Huaidong
Troops and horses have gathered in Yueqing on a large scale, but it is still unclear whether their active direction is Yongjia or Taizhou..."
Taizhou was formerly known as Zhang'an, also known as Huipu. It is located in the Taizhou Plain south of Jiaojiang River, east of Nanxi River, and north of Yueqing Bay. It is the most important grain-producing area in southern Zhejiang. Huipu and Wenling counties alone have paddy and dry fields.
More than 1.5 million acres. In the past, it was severely disturbed by the East China Sea pirates. In recent years, farming has recovered rapidly. Although it cannot be compared with the land of plenty in the Suhu Plain, it is "seven parts mountains, one part water, and two parts farmland".
Southern Zhejiang is extremely precious.
In addition to being a rare and valuable land of fish and rice in southern Zhejiang, Taizhou is also the outer barrier of central Zhejiang. From Taizhou, you can go up the Jiaojiang River, pass through Linhai County, and then pass through Tiantai. If you go west through Xianyou, you can enter Quzhou in central Zhejiang, which directly threatens the Zhejiang and Fujian troops in Zhejiang.
The heart of the West.
After losing Mingzhou Prefecture, Taizhou was also a must-defend place for the Zhejiang and Fujian troops. There were more than 10,000 elite troops stationed in Huipu (Taizhou Prefecture, today's Taizhou City), Wenling and Fanghai villages. At the same time, Jiaojiang was also blocked.
The downstream waterway is to prevent Huaidong warships from driving directly in from the waterway. However, Huaidong is based in Yueqing City and after controlling the forts along the Yueqing Bay, the army can cross the relatively gentle Tainan hills from the south and enter Wenling County.
A brutal landing operation needs to be carried out under the watch of the Taizhou garrison.
If the Zhejiang and Fujian armies want to regain the initiative in southern Zhejiang, they must push their troops to Yueqing City, or even directly capture Yueqing City. To achieve this step, they must maintain an absolute advantage in military strength, but it is not easy!
Qin Zitan lamented in his heart: Huaidong controls the sea route and can assemble and transfer troops and various supplies at a very fast speed. They can't even figure out how many troops Huaidong has assembled in Yueqing. For the She family, the only option is to general
As the situation drags on, waiting for Yanhu to break through the Hehuai defense line, direct his troops to the Huaihe River line, and attract the troops from Jiangning and Huaidong to the north, the She family can regain the initiative.
The main force of the Huaidong Navy is on the southern front. It is difficult for the She family to regain control of the East China Sea from Huaidong. They can only hope that Yanhu can see the irreplaceable role of the Huaidong Navy in strategy and
Pay attention to the construction of naval forces.
The She family raised their flag to rebel against the Yuan family twice in a short period of time, and had lost the possibility of negotiating peace with Jiang Ning. Even if Yanhu gained power in the future and the She family was forced to surrender to Yanhu, they could at least gain a title from the King of Fujian.
No matter how passive the situation is, persisting is the best choice for the She family and other Qi Min clans.
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In the middle of January of the second year of Yongxing, Tang Fuguan and Chen Dingbang led their troops into Yueqing, and the new Zhejiang Southern Army, which was affiliated with the Zhejiang East Camp, was formally formed. The new Zhejiang Southern Army had a total of fifteen battalions and 9,000 water infantry troops. With Tang Fuguan
He led the Southern Zhejiang Army with the title of deputy commander, with Chen Dingbang and Zuo Guangying as his deputies. Liu Wenzhong and Yang Zichen were in charge of Yueqing government affairs, food and salary, city repairs, etc...
In the most difficult time, Liu Wenzhong and Zuo Guangying abandoned all defenses and islands except Yueqing City and Lushan Island, and defended the city by the sea. Because the Huaidong navy and the Chongcheng infantry camp cooperated to harass southern Zhejiang and eastern Fujian
Along the coast, the She family's troops in southern Zhejiang are also in a defensive state, so the pressure on Yueqing is not great.
Only during the storm season in summer and autumn, when the Huai River Army returned to the garrison to rest and recuperate to avoid the storm in the East China Sea, did they fight a few painless battles with the She family's garrison in Yongjia to compete for control of the outer areas of Yueqing.
After autumn, the Huaidong navy became active again in the East China Sea, and the She family's garrison in Yongjia completely shrunk. After Tang Fuguan and Chen Dingbang led their troops into Yueqing, their control of Yueqing and the surrounding areas and islands of Yueqing Bay was lost.
into the control of the New Zhejiang Southern Army.
In mid-February, Zhou Tong led the main force of the Third Brigade of the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion into Yueqing to replace Tang Fuguan and preside over the war in southern Zhejiang. Ge Cunxin led more than half of the main warships of the Second Water Battalion into Yueqing Bay for coordinated operations, and the troops in Yueqing were immediately assembled.
The total number of people exceeded 20,000; Hu Zhiyong also made a special trip to Yueqing to coordinate material preparations for the war in southern Zhejiang.
On February 25, the "Lin Zhengjun", escorted by many warships, anchored in Yueqing Port. Accompanied by Fu Qinghe, Gao Zongting, Ye Junan, Zhou Pu and others, Lin Fu set foot on Zhejiang Province for the first time.
land of the south.
"Fu Gong and I are here to boost morale and not to interfere with your command of the battle..." Lin Fu got off the ship and stood on the pavement at the port, facing Zhou Tong, Liu Wenzhong, Tang Fuguan, Yang Zichen, Chen Zhi and others who came out of the city to greet them.
people said.
After entering Yueqing and taking a short rest, Lin Fu, Fu Qinghe, and Gao Zongting entered the official hall and listened to Zhou Tong and others introduce the preparations for the war in southern Zhejiang and the proposed battle plan.
"Although the She family is on alert, it lacks troops on the eastern front. In addition to recruiting more civilian warriors from the local area, there is no sign of moving troops from western Zhejiang and Dongyang County. In terms of military strength, we are still in an advantageous position.
Moreover, the enemy is defending multiple cities. If we can concentrate our forces to attack one place, the advantage will be more obvious." Zhou Tong, as the chief general of southern Zhejiang, did his best to personally introduce the battle plan they had drawn up to Lin Fu and others. "We plan to send a group of troops to attack one place."
The elite troops left Yan Lake, and with the cooperation of the Shuiying warships, attacked Wenqiao Village from the north bank of Yueqing Bay. From Wenqiao, they made a posture of attacking Taizhou, attracting the She family's troops on the eastern front to the Taizhou front line, and then attacked by force.
Tianshui Village clears the river obstacles in the Yongjia River waterway, allowing the water camp warships to enter the Yongjia River waterway, and separates Ouhai and Yongjia cities..."
The so-called strategy is basically to do everything possible to form a military advantage to suppress the enemy. This is true in strategy and tactics.
Even under forced circumstances, the purpose of using dangerous tactics is to avoid the enemy's superior strength and form a local strength advantage to strike at the enemy's weak points.
Opening up the battlefield in southern Zhejiang, even if it fails to achieve a breakthrough in Yongjia and Taizhou, will force the She family to invest more troops on the eastern front.
Now in eastern Zhejiang, the She family has been forced to invest 60,000 troops and horses; the She family wants to ensure that the foundation of Eastern Mind is not hollowed out under the raids of the Huaidong navy. In Eastern Fujian, the number of troops deployed in southern Fujian has also reached 60,000.
As long as the She family is forced to invest another 30,000 to 40,000 troops in southern Zhejiang, how many more troops can the She family retain in western Zhejiang?
This is the advantage of controlling the sea. With less than 60,000 troops, Huaidong can contain at least twice the She family's troops on the eastern front.
Once the She family's military strength in western Zhejiang drops to a certain level, Dong Yuan, Deng Yu, Meng Yishan, Chen Huawen and the Jiangxi Liangzhi Envoy will seize the opportunity to launch a counterattack to compete for military glory and territory.
For the She family, when the sea route has been lost, only by preserving the western Zhejiang channel can they maintain contact with southern Zhejiang and eastern Zhejiang. For the She family, the strategic position of western Zhejiang is better than that of southern Zhejiang and eastern Zhejiang.
Once Dong Yuan and others launch a counterattack against the She family's troops in western Zhejiang, they will inevitably force the She family to mobilize troops from eastern Zhejiang and southern Zhejiang to move westward to ensure the west of Zhejiang. Of course, there is also a possibility that Jiang Ning feels that the She family is
After the military pressure on the western front weakens, it is very likely that troops will be transferred to the north to strengthen the Hehuai defense line. This will share the pressure on Huaidong on the northern front, and is generally beneficial to Huaidong.
In terms of overall strategy, Huaidong must open up a new battlefield around Yueqing and quickly kick off the war in southern Zhejiang.
After listening to Zhou Tong and others' report on the preparations for the war in southern Zhejiang, Lin Fu said: "You must actively recruit local people to make up for the lack of troops; the Huaidong Army must also maintain its fine traditions in southern Zhejiang.
In order to mobilize the local big landowners and gentry, Huaidong must win over the support of more tenant farmers. The Ding tax will be abolished forever; all the brave civilians who enlisted in the army to fight for Huaidong will rent their small families from local landowners.
The land and land rent must not exceed 30%; Huaidong can even pay wages in advance to help the people redeem the land from the landowners for farming. It is necessary to make it appear to the poor people that by supporting the Huaidong Army, they have land to plant and food to grow.
They have food to eat and a house to live in. Even if they die on the battlefield, their families will be compensated, and they don’t have to worry about their livelihood. For those gentry and wealthy people who are forced to surrender to luxurious homes, we must also understand our righteousness and fight for it.
As for the co-optation work, as long as those who actually supported and supported Huaidong before the city was breached, they will no longer be held accountable for their previous defections. Our only requirement for them is to ask them to sell rice grains to Huaidong.
Continue to support the new policy of reducing rent, clearing land, and redeeming land!”