Psychologically, Chongzhou is closer to Qingzhou than Jiangning is to Qingzhou, but actually the opposite is true.
Even after the construction of the Haidi Road, the good news from Qingzhou to Chongzhou and the people sent back by Wu Qi arrived in Chongzhou a little later than Jiangning.
After listening to the people sent back by Wu Qi to report the details of the Qingzhou victory, Gao Zongting categorically concluded that it was Chen Zhihu's plan to defraud defeat.
Lin Mengde listened to the details of the people sent back by Wu Qi. No matter how he thought about it, he didn't think it was a fake defeat. He asked quite puzzledly: "How is it possible? Lord Wu was also in Qingzhou City at that time, and he actually annihilated three thousand prisoners.
Yu, captured countless soldiers and armor, killed Chen Zhihu's more than ten thousand troops and fled in a rout, how can this be false?"
"The world thinks that Chen Zhihu is a fierce general who is obsessed with killing and is not used to using his wits, so they don't think that he can use tricks, but this is not the case," Gao Zongting said. "The reason why Chen Zhihu's image of being ferocious and easy to kill is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people is mainly because of his ability to deal with weak enemies.
He showed no mercy - the Qing bandits went on a killing spree in Wu County in southern Shanxi and massacred Huaisi refugees, including fighting against the She family in the past. But if he just loves to kill, his generals will
Even if they are made of iron, they will be completely exhausted during the ten years of tug-of-war in East Fujian. How can Chen Zhihu gain the same reputation as Dong Yuan, Lu Jingyan, Yu Wangao, and Zang Mingxin? Why should Li Shuai rely on him for everything?
Do you even trust him to go to Datong to stand alone?"
Lin Fu sat at the long desk and remained silent.
Although Chen Zhihu first defended Datong, the Datong defense line was smashed to pieces by Dong Hu, but this was not Chen Zhihu's fault, but the collapse of the entire situation, which made it difficult for him to recover. That time, Chen Zhihu finally defended Datong and saved 20,000 elite troops for the Datong defense line.
It shows that he has unique talents.
The most profound image of Chen Zhihu in Huaidong was the suppression of the Huaisi refugee army during his tenure as the Henan envoy - Chen Zhihu's blind killing, which was indiscriminate and planned to wipe out dozens of refugee armies and refugees in the Huaisi area.
Killing them all will probably greatly deepen the world's image of Chen Zhihu as a ruthless and ruthless general.
In fact, this is not the case. Putting aside the difficulties at the political level, from a military strategy perspective, Chen Zhihu's strategy when he was appointed as the envoy to Henan was not wrong.
At that time, there were too many refugee troops and refugees gathered in Huaiyang, and Jiangning could not provide enough relief food. Even if it temporarily surrendered, it would quickly surrender and revolt, which would not be conducive to the quickest pacification of Henan and Huaihe.
Si situation.
Chen Zhihu's strategy at that time was to use killing to intimidate, and even the surrendered soldiers would be killed and buried in pits. This was to drive all the refugees and refugee armies from hundreds of miles around to Huaiyang City, and drive the red-coated troops in Huaiyang away.
The grain reserves in Huaiyang were quickly exhausted, and the main force of the refugee army was completely trapped in the encirclement of Huaiyang.
Based on the situation at that time, if Huaidong had not released water on the eastern front and it had been delayed for another two months, the hundreds of thousands of refugee troops, including the Red Coat Army, would have completely collapsed and no one would have been spared.
Although cruel, from a purely military perspective, it was Chen Zhihu's only choice to quickly resolve the chaos in Henan and Huaisi.
The reason why Huaidong was able to implement the policy of appeasement was not that Lin Fu was superior to Chen Zhihu in military strategy, but that Huaidong was able to spend 30,000 to 50,000 kilograms of grain per month to relieve the refugee army and was able to solve the problem of hundreds of thousands of hungry people.
Due to the food problem, these people were resettled in the Huaisi area.
"Everyone in the world thinks that Chen Zhihu's fighting method is to rush and strike fiercely, but in fact, he is just accustomed to using the strong to bully the weak to destroy the weaker enemy. This is indeed shocking; but when encountering a strong enemy, he
"His fighting style is far more delicate than what ordinary people see," Gao Zongting said, "Speaking of this, maybe Miss Song also feels it..."
"How can a little woman feel anything?" Song Jia sat on her knees next to Lin Fu and responded, "But my father has never gotten any advantage from Chen Zhihu..."
Although Song Fu no longer led troops for the She family at this time, in his early years he was known for his intelligence and wisdom as well as She Wenzhuang. Listening to Gao Zongting and Song Jia's wishes, Song Fu had many opportunities to confront Chen Zhihu.
If you think about it carefully, Gao Zongting was the adviser of the Five Tigers of East Fujian, and the other four led the troops to fight alone. During the war in East Fujian, Chen Zhihu did not suffer any big losses, but Lu Jingyan, Yu Wangao, and Zang Mingxin were all in East Fujian.
We have suffered defeats to varying degrees - this shows that we cannot look at problems at their superficial level.
Lin Fu glanced sideways at Song Jia, smiled, and then turned back to signal Gao Zongting to continue.
Gao Zongting said: "Chen Zhihu attacked Linzi fiercely because Linzi was a weak enemy; Linzi was unprepared, so he naturally wanted to attack quickly. He led his troops to rest in Linzi for a few days, and had already defeated the Qingzhou garrison who was eighty miles away.
After a short period of time, Gao Yi leads the elite to attack Qingzhou, which is not what he and Gao Yi usually do..."
Qin Chengzu stroked the beard on his chin. He believed in Gao Zongting's judgment.
Whether Chen Zhihu is a general with only the courage of an ordinary man but no strategy, Gao Zongting and he came from Li Zhuo's sect and worked together for ten years. He is more accurate than them on this issue. In addition, with Ao Canghai's intelligence and courage, he also led Li Zhuogang
During the war, he surrendered to the East Fujian Army and always surrendered to Chen Zhihu. Under Gao Yi, he knew that Chen and Gao were not in vain.
Even if Gao Zongting didn't say it, Qin Chengzu would feel that the victory of Qingzhou was a bit strange, but sometimes when the facts are in front of him, it is unbelievable. He asked: "If it is a false defeat, how could Chen Zhihu fight all the elites?"
superior?"
Everyone can clearly see the details of the victory in Qingzhou. Although it is a bit abrupt, there is no fraud.
"Chen Zhihu is cruel and easy to kill, not only against the enemy, but also against himself; he does not think it is worth sacrificing three to five thousand soldiers to win a victory, so he never has many soldiers under his command," Gao Zongting said
, "Those who were defeated at the foot of Qingzhou City this time should be other soldiers and horses of the new annexed army under Chen Zhihu's jurisdiction, and the Tiger Army's forward battalion, which was under Chen Zhihu's jurisdiction and was his confidant, should still be hidden in Linzi City, waiting for a fatal attack.
one strike……"
"What does he want?" Sun Jingxuan asked, "Even if he fought with three to five thousand people, he could capture Qingzhou City, but now he sacrifices the lives of three to five thousand people for this defeat?"
"Ah," Song Jia suddenly realized and said, "The purpose of bringing the tiger out of the mountain with a defeat is to Dengzhou Town, and the purpose is to prevent Huaidong from causing trouble!"
"If Liu Yefei is a tiger, how can it be so easy to bring him out if he is as timid as a mouse?" Sun Jingxuan said, "If he can't be brought out, wouldn't Chen Zhihu have shot himself in the foot?"
"Are you guessing that Liu Yefei has secretly attached himself to Yanhu?" Lin Fu frowned and asked Song Jia.
"In all likelihood, this should be the case, and only in this way can Mr. Gao's speculation make sense," Song Jia analyzed. "It has only been a year since Liu Yefei left Zhidengzhou, so he should not be able to convince the generals of Dengzhou Town to follow him."
We all defected to Yanhu; but with the great victory of Qingzhou ahead, it should not be difficult for Liu Yefei to transfer all the main forces of Dengzhou Town to Qingzhou in the name of aiding Qingzhou and fighting for victory..."
"..." Qin Chengzu took a breath and sighed, "Miss Song is really a good plan for adults. Chen Zhihu is probably plotting to ascend to the state!" After analyzing this, Qin Chengzu and others suddenly became enlightened and said, "Dengzhou and
The terrain of Daoyu Village is absolutely similar to that of Jinhai. Chen Zhihu’s plan to prevent Jinhai from happening again in Dengzhou!”
After Qin Chengzu's praise, Song Jia felt a little embarrassed and stared at the desk.
Although Jinhai was finally captured by Yanhu, before abandoning the defense, nearly 400,000 soldiers and civilians and hundreds of thousands of stones of supplies were evacuated to Huaidong, leaving Yanhu with only an empty city that was crippled.
"It seems that Yan Lord Ye Jier is bound to win the Dengzhou Navy," Lin Fu sighed softly, "otherwise, Chen Zhihu wouldn't need to spend such a large sum of money."
If Chen Zhihu fights steadily, he may be able to capture Qingzhou and Dengzhou without losing three to five thousand soldiers, but in that case, the Dengzhou navy will have enough time to evacuate.
More valuable than hundreds of warships are thousands of shipbuilders and naval officers with experience in maritime combat. Without these, Yanhu could develop a navy to compete with Huaidong in the East China Sea out of thin air.
, it may take twenty or thirty years.
The Huaidong Navy can develop, but it only digs the foundations of Jiangning Industry Department and Longjiang Shipyard.
"If Liu Yefei has secretly surrendered to Yanhu, the main force of Dengzhou Town will not be slow to mobilize," Gao Zongting said with a frown, "If you want to rely on Jiangning to solve the problem, it will take seven or eight days to come and go.
There must be no time to react - Huaidong is being forced into another dangerous move!"
"Zhao Hu should have led his troops into the outer waters of Imperial City Island, but Chen Zhihu's plan to cheat defeat is too weird, Zhao Hu may not be able to react in time; and he is not as familiar with the situation and people in Dengzhou as you are," Lin Fu said,
"It seems that Lao Zongting is going to make this trip!"
"It is Zongting's duty to share your worries, sir..." Gao Zongting said.
It is difficult for Chongzhou to grasp the situation in Dengzhou in time, and it is impossible to know exactly when and how Liu Yefei will cooperate with Chen Zhihu to transfer the main force of Dengzhou Town. He must not move too slowly. If he wants to convey the order through Jiangning, there is simply no time.
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Lin Fu had long been prepared for the situation in Dengzhou to be out of control. He secretly ordered Zhao Hu to mobilize troops from Haidong and sneak to the sea outside Dengzhou in case the situation changed. However, Zhao Hu was not familiar with Dengzhou. Chen Zhihu lured Hu away from the mountain by cheating.
The plan, and Liu Yefei was cooperating with him, this plan is not easy to crack, and Chongzhou needs to send people to take charge.
Lin Fu could not fight on the front line in everything, so he could only temporarily entrust Gao Zongting to go to Dengzhou.
When Li Zhuo was the Minister of the Ministry of War, he gave extremely strong support to the Dengzhou Navy. Gao Zongting traveled between the two places on behalf of Li Zhuo. He was not only familiar with the situation in Dengzhou, but also with the generals of the Dengzhou Navy. Gao Zongting went to Dengzhou more than Qin Chengzu
They must act appropriately.
Qin Chengzu said: "We should send people over from Yishan immediately to prevent the tigers we have hidden in Yishan from being transferred out."
"Yes, I will immediately draft a warrant and send someone to deliver it," Lin Fu said.