After nightfall, the rain became heavier and the wind became stronger. The wind and rain blew against the green bamboos in the corner of the courtyard, making a rustling sound. On this stormy night, Qin Zitan took off his belt in the private courtyard where he was imprisoned, and hung himself from the beam.
.By the time the guards discovered it, the body was already cold and there was no rush to rescue him.
When Lin Fu heard the reply, he put on his clothes and sat up. He got out of bed and walked to the wing where Song Jia was resting. He saw her sitting in front of the window. The candle on the table had only its wick left and was about to go out. He must have sat there all night without sleeping. He walked over to hold it.
Hold her cold hand.
"He studied with my father for three months. My father didn't like his arrogance, so they ended up unhappy. No one mentioned it after that, and no one knew about his relationship with the Song family..." Song Jia
said.
"He wanted to surrender, but he misjudged that I am not the kind of person who is thirsty for talents; for him, this ending may not be a bad thing," Lin Fu leaned forward slightly and held up Song Jia's soft chin.
, looked at her charming and clear eyes, and said softly: "I will let someone choose a cemetery to bury him, and I will also let his reputation of being loyal to the She family spread back to Jin'an..."
After helping Song Jia to go to bed to rest, Lin Fu was not sleepy at all. He walked through the corridor and walked to the attendant's room in the outer courtyard, where he heard the guards talking about Qin Zitan's suicide by hanging from the beam.
Huaidong has been fighting with the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels for many years. We have encountered many brave soldiers and generals from Fujian who were loyal to the old master and would rather die than surrender. However, Qin Zitan was taken from Nanyuan River and there was nothing unusual in the few days.
He happened to hang himself from a beam on the first night in Ouhai, which is really confusing. No wonder the guards were talking about it in the room.
Qin Zitan may have the intention to surrender, or he may simply have no will to die; Lin Fu can allow Qin Zitan to survive, but he cannot use a character who is incompatible with Huaidong - Song Jia walked out from behind the screen and
Huaidong showed his trump card to Qin Zitan.
Lin Fu and Song Jia both expected that Qin Zitan would intend to commit suicide, but thinking that the outcome was not bad for him, they both remained silent.
Lin Fu walked into the guard room, and the night guard who was resting in the house stood up in a hurry to greet him. Lin Fu called Chen Hualian out and said to him: "Qin Zitan will die loyal to the She family. Those who are not
There should be no necessary discussions; find a cemetery for him to be buried outside Ouhai City, it should be unobtrusive and not too casual..."
These days, there is a rule of "everyone serves his master and everyone is loyal to his duty": Qin Zitan was captured in a panic, and all the generals of the Huaidong Army regarded him as contemptible; but when the news came out that Qin Zitan committed suicide by hanging a beam, all the generals of the Huaidong Army
The generals all felt that he was loyal to the old master and a retainer with strong moral character, and most people felt sorry for him.
No matter what, in the bloody and troubled times, Qin Zitan's death by hanging from a beam was like a small wave in the river. It calmed down after a few days and few people talked about it anymore. Although the war in southern Zhejiang was temporarily over,
Yongjia Mansion was extremely busy with affairs after the war, and Lin Fu couldn't get away for a while, so he stayed in Ouhai.
Huipu and Wenling counties were originally under the jurisdiction of Taizhou Prefecture, but Taizhou Prefecture only regained these two counties. Lin Fu would naturally not create extraneous branches and simply placed them under the jurisdiction of Yongjia Prefecture.
Yongjia City is in dilapidated condition and is too deep into the Nanxi River Valley.
Huaidong was dominated by water, and the ships were large and strong. The core city of the region was naturally located on the bank of the river. Lin Fu decided to locate Yongjia Prefecture in Ouhai City on the south bank. He recommended Hu Zhiyong to Jiangning to inform Yongjia Prefecture affairs. Zhou Tong passed through Chongcheng.
The battalion commander also supervises the preparation of local troops in Yongjia Prefecture.
Lin Fu also decided to establish a new Yongjia County on the north bank of the Yongjia River, in the open valley area of the west branch of the Nanxi River that merged into the Yongjia River, and the original Yongjia County seat was renovated and converted into a garrison. In the upper reaches of the Yongjia River, the Wenxi River and the Yongjia River
At the intersection of the river branches, civilian villages were requisitioned, fortifications were built, and elite troops were stationed to resist the Zhejiang and Fujian troops stationed in Qingtian County upstream.
The Yongjia River rises from the mouth of the Wenxi River. The water flow is rapid, the terrain is steep, there are many dangerous beaches, and the terrain on both sides is dangerous. Whether the Zhejiang and Fujian troops fight along the Yongjia River from Qingtian downstream, or Huaidong relies on Wenxi Village
It is extremely difficult to fight upstream.
In addition to Wenxi, Yongjia Prefecture also requisitioned and built forts in Dabaishan Mountain, the watershed between Wenxi River and Nanxi River, west of the Nanxi source valley, and stationed elite troops to blockade the western foot of Kuocang Mountain, from Xianju, Jinyun, etc.
The mountain road from the county to Yongjia - the mountain road is steep, and only half of the road has a relatively open valley to walk on. It was also at this time that the resources of the She family were almost exhausted, otherwise the Zhejiang and Fujian troops would build more defense fortifications along this dangerous road.
, the Yongjia garrison was there to support them when they retreated, so it would never have been such a disastrous defeat.
The two counties of Zhejiang and Fujian have high mountains and ridges spread over a wide area, cutting the terrain into pieces. Normally, the Huaidong Army attacks the hinterland of Zhejiang County from the coastal plain, either advancing westward along the Qianjiang River, or from Shengzhou to Dongyang County. In other places,
Either the terrain of the river valley is too dangerous, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack, or it is simply blocked by high mountains.
"In the later period, it will be very difficult to directly threaten the eastern front of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army from Yongjia. This task should be handed over to Shengzhou. In addition to guarding against the Zhejiang and Fujian Army from the upper reaches of the Yongjia River and Jiaojiang River, the Yongjia garrison mainly crosses the Feiyun River,
Advancing into Cangnan, advancing into northern Fujian..." Lin Fu summoned the main generals in Yongjia to analyze the current military situation in southern Zhejiang, "There are many dangerous roads in Zhejiang and Fujian mountains, and the terrain is broken.
In addition to the connection between Fujian and Fujian, there is a long and narrow coastal corridor along the east coast. From Xiapu, Jin'an Prefecture, it bypasses the eastern foot of Tailao Mountain and passes through Fenshui Pass into Cangnan County, Yongjia Prefecture - we can divide this
The passage is called the Tailao Mountain Corridor. Without the East China Sea, the Tailao Mountain Corridor would be extremely dangerous. If Cangnan or Fenshui Pass were blocked head-on, the soldiers and horses of southern Zhejiang would not be able to go south. However, because the Tailao Mountain Corridor faces the East China Sea and is so narrow,
The terrain that lacks depth is a fatal place. Our Huaidong Shuiying warship can find dozens of easy landing places in this narrow corridor of two hundred miles, especially in Xiapu County, and can easily land at any time.
This corridor is cut off..."
"If the Zhejiang and Fujian armies don't want to lose Cangnan, which extends deep into Yongjia territory, they must build intensive defenses against coastal landings along the Tailao Mountain Corridor to prevent Cangnan's retreat from being cut off," Tang Fuguan listened to Lin Fu's analysis
, asked in confusion, "The general is puzzled as to why the She family didn't decisively abandon Cangnan this time and retreat to Xiapu?"
"The She family probably didn't expect that the Battle of Nanxiyuan Valley would be defeated so miserably," Lin Fu took over and said, "If Wen Tingrui and Qin Zitan were allowed to take five or six thousand more elites from Yongjia to escape to Xianju, Linhai
, will be sent over to form a situation where the enemy gathers and we disperse. Don't underestimate these five or six thousand troops. In addition to the increase in the strength of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops, the key is morale. The morale of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops will not be severely damaged or severely hit.
In addition to increasing the garrison in Wenxi and Dabaishan, we also need to focus on guarding the lower reaches of the Jiaojiang River to prevent the Zhejiang and Fujian troops from coming down from Xianju and Linhai along the Jiaojiang River to launch a surprise attack! In this case, we really cannot gather too many troops in southern Zhejiang to advance.
Cangnan. Furthermore, if the She family abandons Cangnan, the situation in northern Fujian will be very ugly. Cangnan is still surrounded by mountains. There is only one relatively open road from Pingyang in the north to Cangnan. If Cangnan is abandoned, any part of the Tailao Mountain Corridor will
We will face a two-line attack on the waterway of our Huaidong Army everywhere, especially Fuding Bay, which can directly send the large warships of our Huaidong Water Camp into a depth of sixty or seventy miles - it can be said with certainty that as long as the Western Front does not
If there is a reversal, the She family will have no chance of making a huge difference on the Eastern Front."
Gao Zongting sat aside and listened to Lin Fu and the generals analyzing the situation. He couldn't help but nod slightly: The She family abandoned the land and went to the sea. They managed to survive the situation and almost captured the entire Zhejiang County. However, the She family's advantage in the East China Sea was lost.
After Huaidong completely surpassed him, he was destined to be unable to regain the initiative.
Whether it is the two Zhejiang provinces or Eastern Fujian, there are mountains and ridges throughout the depths, and the roads are dangerous. Therefore, the core areas controlled and relied upon by the Zhejiang and Fujian armies are almost concentrated in narrow and relatively scattered offshore and coastal areas, and the terrain is very shallow.
Once control of the East China Sea is lost, the core areas of the Zhejiang and Fujian armies will be almost exposed to the front of Huaidong. And once a place is captured, usually an area will lose its coherence and be broken into several sections that cannot be considered from beginning to end.
This is called a dead shape in military affairs, and in chess it is also called a dead chess that lacks vigor.
Just like this battle in southern Zhejiang, the Taizhou garrison and Yongjia garrison of the Zhejiang and Fujian armies were one in the north of Yueqing and the other in the west of Yueqing. However, just because Yueqing was occupied by the Huaidong Army, Taizhou and Yongjia were lost to the steep Northern Yandang Mountains.
Separated by high mountains such as Kuocang Mountain, they had to go around more than 400 miles of steep mountain roads to support each other. In the end, the Huaidong Army only needed a small number of troops to guard Wenqiao and monitor the Taizhou defenders in the north. Then they could concentrate their forces and attack Yongjia with confidence.
garrison.
How could the Zhejiang and Fujian troops win in this passive terrain?
"Then how to fight next? Should we storm northern Fujian and go straight to the She family's home base, or should we focus on Shengzhou? Or should we directly gather troops and horses in Shangyu, cross the Cao'e River, and directly attack Kuaiji..." Chen Dingbang asked.
"The She family has completely shrunk on the eastern front," Lin Fu patiently answered the generals' questions and said, "The eastern front has Dongyang County as its center of gravity, and the four cities of Xianju, Linhai, Tiantai and Jinyun form the left wing of its eastern front. Zhuji,
Kuaiji constitutes the right wing of its eastern front. However, the She family's military strength in western Zhejiang is almost centered on Chun'an, with cities such as Fuyang and Linshui as the left wing, and cities such as Xinzhou as the right wing. The most important connection point between its east and west lines is
In Fuyang. If Fuyang is cut off, the east and west lines of the She family in Zhejiang County are connected. It is necessary to go around six to seven hundred miles from Quzhou and Xinzhou. The Qianjiang waterway is blocked, and presumably the generals in northern Zhejiang will not
Let the Huaidong Army use the road to directly attack Fuyang; then we will gather troops and horses at Shangyu, on the east bank of the Cao'e River, and prepare to attack Kuaiji... Taking Kuaiji will also cut off the connection between the east and west lines of the She family."
"Once we mass our troops in Shangyu and make preparations for a battle, the She family will inevitably send troops from Fuyang to strengthen Kuaiji. We may not be able to capture Kuaiji for a while - isn't it a favor to those in northern Zhejiang?
" Zhou Tong asked.
"That's exactly what it is!" Lin Fu said with a smile.
How could Jiangning transfer Dong Yuan away if they did not help relieve the pressure in northern Zhejiang? Lin Fu was also prepared to prevent She Fei Xiong from taking the risk of breaking through from northern Zhejiang after Dong Yuan was transferred, so he gave up advancing to northern Fujian and sent his troops to Mingzhou.
With the government concentrated, even if something unexpected happens in northern Zhejiang, and the Huaidong Army comes to the rescue, it will only need to cross the Qianjiang River, which is relatively faster.
At this time, Jiangning was mainly supported by the taxes from Jiangning, Danyang, Pingjiang, and Weiyang Prefectures. Lin Fu did not dare to let Danyang and Pingjiang Prefectures be crippled by Zhejiang and Fujian at this time.
Immediately, Lin Fu announced adjustments to the deployment of troops in southern Zhejiang: the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion will be mainly stationed in Yongjia Prefecture. After the wounded generals in the war in southern Zhejiang are cured, priority will be given to recruiting the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion, so that the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion will be expanded to
The fifth brigade has 15,000 soldiers. Chongzhou does not even need to support ordnance. The captured soldiers and armor alone are enough to support this level of expansion.
The New Zhejiang Southern Army was officially incorporated into the East Zhejiang Marching Army to indicate that Yongjia Prefecture was integrated into the defense area under the jurisdiction of the East Zhejiang Envoys Department. The total strength of the East Zhejiang Marching Army increased to 24,000 soldiers, except for Chen Dingbang who led the fifth battalion of the East Zhejiang Marching Camp.
The army assisted the defense outside Yongjia Mansion, and the rest of the troops, including Tang Fuguan and Zuo Guangying's troops, all led Lin Fu into Mingzhou Mansion.
In this way, the troops in Yongjia Prefecture and Yizhou Island are mainly composed of Chongzhou Infantry Camp, Jinghai First Water Camp and the first section of Zhejiang East Marching Camp, with about 24,000 troops. Not only must they be stationed in Yongjia Prefecture and Yizhou Island, but also
It is necessary to maintain an advance on the coastal areas of eastern Fujian by land and water, and carry out harassment and raid operations.
In Mingzhou Prefecture, Changshan Camp, the main force of the Marching Army in East Zhejiang, the Second Shuiying Camp, and the first part of the Third Shuiying Camp, with about 50,000 troops, are mainly stationed in Mingzhou Prefecture, with Shengzhou and Shangyu remaining
Military pressure on Dongyang County and Kuaiji. In addition, the total number of troops organized into the labor camp in Huaidong in Mingzhou Prefecture also reached 40,000.
The war in southern Zhejiang had just ended, and Lin Fu had no intention of letting the She family breathe a sigh of relief. Because of the obstruction by mountains such as Cangkuo Mountain and Tiantai Mountain, it was not conducive for Lin Fu to organize his troops to fight a war of attrition on the southern front, which would consume
The battle moved to Mingzhou Prefecture and launched an attack on Kuaiji along the Cao'e River. The terrain was flat, and the Huaidong Army had the geographical advantage of controlling the Cao'e River.