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"The Zhejiang and Fujian troops in Yongjia have limited troops. After passing through Wushanjian, they lost more than 2,000 elite soldiers, making their strength even more stretched. Our troops have formed a siege on Tianshui Village, and it will be a matter of time to capture Tianshui Village. At this time, we
We must also be on guard against the Zhejiang and Fujian troops guarding Wucuo on the south bank, and the soldiers and horses in Ouhai and other fortified villages are afraid of fighting and escaping. I think it is necessary to mobilize a Chongcheng infantry battalion to land on the south bank of the Yongjia River to contain Wucuo before storming Tianshui Village.
, the enemy forces in Ouhai and other cities..."
Lin Fu leaned on the long desk, twisted his body and turned around, listening to Tang Fuguan standing in front of the topographic wall map of southern Zhejiang behind him to analyze the current situation.
Lin Fu hoped that when fighting in the Huaidong battle, the principle of "big destruction and annihilation" could be implemented, and more battles of annihilation should be fought instead of simply defeating or repelling the enemy.
Annihilation warfare can effectively weaken the enemy's strength, and at the same time capture a large number of soldiers, armor, supplies, and capture prisoners of war, which can effectively supplement and strengthen itself to achieve the purpose of persisting in fighting and continuously strengthening.
Simply defeating and repelling them obviously cannot achieve this goal well.
Although a considerable number of Zhejiang and Fujian elites were annihilated in the First Battle of Wujian Mountain, if we could not take advantage of the opportunity of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops to disperse and garrison in the city, we could quickly cut them apart and defeat them one by one, allowing them to escape and gather in Yongjia City, which would be a great blow to the later war in southern Zhejiang.
It will still pose a huge resistance.
Lin Fu tapped his knuckles gently on the long desk, looked at Zhou Tong, who had not shaved for several days, so that his unkempt beard covered half of his face, and his appearance looked rough, and said with a smile: "Don't wait for me to speak, Zhejiang
The decision-making power on how to deal with the war in South China is all in your hands. I am only responsible for helping you boost your morale..."
Zhou Tong scratched his chin, twirled his beard that was about to be knotted, and said: "Since you said so, I won't be polite..." Then he turned to look at the officials and generals sitting in two rows, and immediately said
The latest situation adjustment combat plan and troop deployment, "On the northern front, Chen Zhi's troops were retracted to the Wenqiao line, mainly to guard against the rebels stationed in Wenling, and the defenders who returned to Pu rushed out. Asking the navy to cooperate, Zhang Jiheng led his troops to land from the south bank
, mainly to prevent the defenders of Wuluo Village from escaping. If you take too much, you will lose. Ouhai City is too far inside. Before the Yongjia River waterway is opened, the rebels still have the ability to quickly gather on the south bank. It is not easy for soldiers and horses on the south bank to enter too deep. Even if they are given
There is no other way for the Ouhai defenders to escape. Tang Fuguan’s troops must be prepared to capture Tianshui Village by force before the eleventh day..."
The overall strategy has been determined, but there are still many details that need to be discussed clearly regarding the specific combat plan.
In addition to keeping an eye on the development of the war in southern Zhejiang at all times, there are also a large number of documents from various places forwarded through Mingzhou every day, various requests for instructions, official letters and even edicts from Jiangning, which require Lin Fu to read and approve in time.
Lin Fu stopped attending the next meeting to discuss the specific details of the battle. He, Hu Zhiyong, and Gao Zongting withdrew first, and returned to the official hall where he usually handles official business in Yueqing and meets with local officials and generals.
A ship arrived from Mingzhou before noon, bringing documents that Lin Fu needed to read in person. They were piled up on his desk more than a foot thick.
Lin Fu frowned after looking at it, sighed "Alas", sat down with his hands on the long desk, and laughed with Gao Zongting and Hu Zhiyong: "Life is hard, only then do you understand why the ancients said that you have to steal to gain leisure."
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Gao Zongting, Hu Zhiyong smiled, bowed to Song Jiazuo, who stood behind the long case and bowed, bowed in return, and sat down in front of the chief's case at the bottom left.
Lin Fu turned his head and asked Song Jia: "You pick up the important things first..."
Lin Fu had to review this document, which was more than a foot thick, for a long time when he was not doing other things. Usually Song Jia would read it first and write a summary. When it was important, Lin Fu would read the full text carefully and even take it out to discuss with everyone;
It is not important to just glance at the summary and then throw it aside. In this way, all the official correspondence that must be dealt with almost every day can be dealt with in the shortest possible time, and only then can time and energy be spent on other things.
Song Jia had a very good memory. While spreading various official letters and copies in front of Lin Fu, he briefly described the main contents of them: "From late February, the weather in Qingzhou became warmer, the rivers began to be unblocked, and the Yanhu cavalry
The main force withdrew from Qingzhou, Linzi and other places before March and retreated to the north bank of the Zhulong River. Qingzhou suffered heavy losses during this trip. Qingzhou's letter to Jiangning described it with the character "Destroyed and destroyed countless households".
Building fortifications on the south bank of the Zhulong River... I am afraid that what we worried about years ago cannot be avoided."
Lin Fu took a pile of papers, which were a summary of news about Qingzhou compiled by Song Jia. His hand rested on the desk and did not fall down for a long time. He had always been worried that the Qingzhou Army would adopt an external defense strategy and shift the focus of defense.
Go to Yangxin Line.
After the Yellow River burst its banks, the old river channels were abandoned and could no longer be used. In northern Shandong, the water channels of Zhulong River and other rivers were mainly seized to enter the sea. The Zhulong River's water potential increased greatly and became the natural dividing line between Shandong and Yanji in the north of Yangxin City. It was also the defense of Qingzhou against Yan.
It was a natural barrier for the Hu troops in Yannan to invade southward.
With Yangxin City as the core, defense fortifications were widely built along the south bank of the Zhulong River to form a dense walled defense line with heavy troops stationed there, which could effectively curb the penetration of cavalry enemies. To achieve this, in addition to investing a large amount of resources in building fortifications,
In addition to the considerable ability of the Qingzhou Army to conduct field operations outside the city, it also needs to have enough time to operate this line of defense.
Lin Fu looked through the transcript of Qingzhou's letter to Jiangning. It was obvious that Qingzhou wanted to use seven or eight months to build the Yangxin-Zhulong River defense line before winter and before the next wave of Yanhu's cross-border invasion to the south.
It is obvious that the current situation is extremely unfavorable to Qingzhou. The Qingzhou Army is weak and fundamentally lacks the ability to carry out external defense.
Huaidong has always suggested that all people from the south bank of the Zhulong River to Linzi should be evacuated southward to form a clearing buffer zone with a depth of two hundred miles from north to south. A continuous defense barrier should be built between Yangxin and Linzi to limit the Yanhu
The cavalry’s ability to penetrate into Qingzhou.
Huaidong's suggestion was not accepted by Qingzhou, and Jiangning's idea of building fortifications from the outside was rampant.
Huaidong has strategically chosen to completely abandon Qingzhou, but after all, Gu Wuchen and Gu Siyuan are Jun Xun's father and brother, and Yingxiu's uncle. Although they have completely broken up with each other, once Qingzhou falls into an extremely bad and dangerous situation
Here, there will still be many unclear and unreasonable entanglements emerging.
Maybe Zhang Yubo, Lin Tingli and others will stand up to plead for Qingzhou and ask Huaidong to rescue Qingzhou. When the time comes, Lin Fu will be completely unkind and refuse, and everyone will look bad.
Lin Fu stayed in southern Zhejiang to supervise the war this time. In fact, he mainly wanted to avoid possible entanglements out of sight and out of mind.
Lin Fu quickly looked through the documents related to the news about Qingzhou. Even the special letter asking for advice from the Imperial Camp Division was handed over to Gao Zongting to prepare a reply.
Gao Zongting and Hu Zhiyong both remained silent on the Qingzhou matter and did not comment. Lin Fu picked up another document from the desk and motioned to Song Jia to continue.
"The new emperor ascended the throne and launched an encaustic ceremony in Jiangning in mid-March. The princes from all over the country gathered in Jiangning one after another. However, it first caused a good show of jointly requesting the execution of Zhang Xitong," Song Jia said. "The voices demanding Yue Lengqiu's resignation were also very strong...
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"Zhang Xitong should have been killed long ago, but Yue Lengqiu still has to be saved!" Lin Fu sighed softly.
Although Huaidong and Yue Lengqiu have been fighting secretly for many years, we have to admit that Yue Lengqiu still has his own views on military affairs. Jiangning prime ministers, Chen Xiyan, Cheng Yuqian, Wang Tian, including Lin Xuwen, all have their own understanding of military affairs.
They are very limited. The current core task of the Jiangning regime is to deal with the war between the north and the south.
Kicking Yue Lengqiu out of the center will probably allow Chen Xiyan, Zhang Yan, Cheng Yuqian, Wang Tian, Liu Zhi and others to randomly direct the defense and military affairs of the north and south, making a big mistake.
Although if Yue Lengqiu stays in the center, Huaidong will be restrained by him, in order to maintain his own interests, Yue Lengqiu will also try his best to stabilize the north and south defense lines.
From this point of view, the advantages of keeping Yue Lengqiu in the center outweigh the disadvantages.
In addition to raising his son to jointly request the execution of Zhang Xitong, Jiangning also has other turbulent undercurrents lurking under the relatively calm sea.
Xie Chaozhong, who gained the trust of the new emperor as the commander of the guard camp of Prince Ning's Mansion and eventually became the commander of the imperial camp, can be regarded as a powerful upstart in Jiangning City. At least in Jiangning, his reputation is not lower than that of Lin Fu, the Marquis of Huaidong.
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When Xie Chaozhong followed the new emperor to Jiangning to join the feudal vassal, all his family members stayed in Yanjing as hostages; when Emperor Chongguan broke out, his family members also went with the army and were lost in the war. Xie Chaozhong's newly married wife in Jiangning,
It's not someone else, but Yu Xinyuan's niece.
After Chen Xiyan completely retired due to the affairs of the Qu family, Yu Xinyuan became the new leader of the Wu Party. Chen Xiyan came back with the help of his support and directly served as the first assistant, becoming the head of the ministers in the new dynasty. This made Yu Xinyuan feel unhappy. These two
There were secret discords among fellow villagers, and they often disagreed on political affairs.
There are several similar complex relationships, such as Liu Zhi, Zhang Yan, and Xie Chaozhong, who were close to the core figures in Prince Ning's palace. After the new emperor ascended the throne, Liu Zhi divided power between Zhang Yan and Xie Chaozhong in the imperial camp.
This caused new conflicts between them. On the other hand, Liu Zhi, Zhang Yan and others were interested in restoring old friendship with Huaidong.
Yue Lengqiu competed with Huaidong for military resources. Chen Xiyan and Yu Xinyuan were worried that Huaidong's forces would penetrate into the south of the Yangtze River and harm the fundamental interests of the Wu Party. However, as far as Liu Zhi, Zhang Yan and others were concerned, as long as Huaidong had no intention of deposing Emperor Yongxing,
On the contrary, there is no fundamental conflict of interest with Huaidong.
Lin Fu was still confused by the messy pile of things, even though Song Jia stood beside him and explained it concisely.
Lin Fu suggested that Jiang Ning urge Dong Yuan, Deng Yu, Meng Yishan and other troops to cooperate with the war in southern Zhejiang and step up the counterattack against the Zhejiang and Fujian troops in western Zhejiang. Jiang Ning also responded very coldly to this. Lin Fu stretched out his hand to rub his swollen temples and followed
Gao Zongting and others said: "It seems that our pace in southern Zhejiang is faster and bigger..."
Gao Zongting said: "If the war in southern Zhejiang drags on, it may still be detrimental to Huaidong. It is necessary to conquer Ouhai, Yongjia, Huipu, Wenling, and Tiantai counties in one go, open up land connections with Mingzhou Prefecture, and connect southern Zhejiang,
Only when the eastern Zhejiang war zone is connected can the initial goal of 'defending Huaihe River and attacking Fujian' be achieved..."
"The real tough battle was at Wushanjian," Lin Fu frowned and said, "The next step is to attack Tianshui Village, which won't be too difficult. It will be relatively easy to fight back to Pu and Wenling; maybe the Zhejiang and Fujian troops
We will take the initiative to withdraw from Ouhai, and the She family will not give up Yongjia and Tiantai easily. These are hard bones to crack but must be cracked!"
At this time, the guards came in to report that Tang Xitai and Squire Wen Qiao had entered the city.
Lin Fu, Hu Zhiyong, and Gao Zongting stood up and went to the yamen gate in person to greet Squire Wen Qiao, who had come to Yueqing with Tang Xitai to pay a visit.
If you want to win the support of local forces, you must also avoid easing the tensions with local forces that may result from the implementation of the New Deal. It is definitely not the correct attitude and approach to rely on your own identity, play with your posture, and hide from others.