Huang Jinnian carried the decree out of the city and was escorted by Jiangning Navy warships. He entered Chaotiandang from Prison Island, met up with Sun Wenbing, and put the boat down the river. At dawn, he met the people stationed there in the waters of Tingzi Island at the junction of Jiangning and Danyang, waiting for further treatment.
News of the Huaidong Navy.
In the river area of Tingzi Island, warships are crossing the river, and their sails and masts cover the sky.
Except for a water camp warship that transferred from Jiyang into Taihu Lake to join Zhang Jiheng who had entered Changxing County in northern Huzhou, the main force of the Jinghai Second Water Camp and the former Miaoshan Camping Army and the First Infantry Division of the Central Army
The main force of the Hailing Army, which was temporarily reorganized by the brigade, consisted of more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and they were all ready in the river area near Tingzi Island.
Although the navy also has soldiers, water surface warfare is very different from land warfare.
When fighting on the side, the ship's deck is narrow and there is a risk of falling into the water. The navy soldiers mostly wear light armor and their weapons are mostly short weapons. When fighting, they don't pay attention to the formation, but they form a group of five Huaidong troops.
Features taken to the extreme.
Therefore, even if soldiers from the Huaidong Water Camp landed to fight, they were mostly subordinates and wing followers and not used as the main force.
If they were to face off against the well-organized elite infantry on land, the navy soldiers with light armor and short blades would suffer a huge loss.
Unlike Meng Yishan, who was eager to lead his troops into Jiangning in order to win the first victory for King Qin, Lin Fu stated in the memorial sent to Jiangning on the 17th that the Huaidong military reinforcements coming from the Yangtze River could enter the city to assist in defense, and could enter Chaotian Dang to coordinate with others.
Reinforcements will be sent from all directions, but they will not land deep into the hinterland south of Jiangning City to participate in the battle.
The Yongxing Emperor did not dare to let the Hanghu Army led by Meng Yishan enter Jiangning City, so how could he let the Huaidong troops enter the city? How to use the Huaidong reinforcements coming from the Yangtze River? Jiangning put it aside for several days without discussion.
It's been delayed there.
It wasn't until the rebels captured Xuanzhou, Yangjiang, Lishui and other cities one after another, approaching Jiangning City from the right wing, and the distance was less than a hundred miles, and the first part of the Jiangning Navy was annihilated at Bailu Lake, that Emperor Yongxing thought of coming from the Yangtze River with the Huaidong reinforcements.
, even without landing operations, entering the west side of Chaotiandang can make the rebels on the right wing restrain themselves, so Huang Jinnian was allowed to come with the order to supervise the division and urge them to proceed.
In fact, although the Huaidong reinforcements stationed in the Tingzidao River area are mainly naval forces, they also include some troops from the 1st Infantry Brigade of Sijin Navy and the Miaoshan Camping Army, which are capable of landing operations.
There were more than 5,000 dead.
However, these soldiers are mainly used to guard the prison island.
The Prison Island is just outside the Donghua Gate of Jiangning, and is only five or six hundred steps away from the mouth of the Jinchuan River. As long as Huaidong keeps the Prison Island in his hands, he can force the She family to not dare to attack Jiangning City with all their strength.
Fundamentally, Huaidong did not want Jiangning City to be captured. If Jiangning City was captured, even if it could be recaptured, it would be too destructive to one's vitality.
Before Huang Jinnian came over, he only knew that the Huaidong reinforcements coming from the Yangtze River were led by Ge Cunxin, the commander of the Jinghai Second Water Battalion, and Zhao Hu, the commander of the Infantry Division's Zhongjun Jin Navy, and Yang Yihang, the commander of the Miaoshan Camping Army, were the deputy generals.
, as well as Chen Enze, Hu Yuer and other generals.
It was not until Huang Jinnian that Sun Wenbing landed on Tingzi Island that he learned that Gao Zongting, who had followed Lin Fu to conquer Eastern Fujian, had also arrived here yesterday afternoon.
Huang Jinnian and Gao Zongting had known each other for a long time, and they had spent more than half a year together before the fall of Jinhai. They were considered old acquaintances. In the morning light, they saw Gao Zongting, Ge Cunxin and others coming to the pier to greet them, and asked: "How can you let me go?"
Let Zongting come here?"
"Xiaoshan soldiers and horses borrowed the road from Hanghu to go north. Master Fu and Song Gong are plotting to assist you. Zongting will be useless if he stays there." Gao Zongting said with a smile, "I am afraid that the situation here will be too complicated.
, use me as a consultant to Boss Ge..."
"Mr. Gao is too polite," Ge Cunxin said, "I am only responsible for commanding the battle. Prime Minister Lin went to Yue Lengqiu's army again. All other matters have to be decided by Mr. Gao and Mr. Huang..."
Generals such as Ge Cunxin, Yang Yihang, and Zhao Hu are competent enough to command operations. However, after the reinforcements approached Jiangning, the severe situation they faced was far from as simple as a landing operation.
Fu Qinghe, Cao Ziang, Qin Chengzu and others all had a problem on their hands and couldn't leave, so Lin Fu asked Gao Zongting to come here to take charge on his behalf.
Huang Jinnian was acquainted with Zhao Hu, Yang Yihang, Chen Enze and others, but Hu Yuer, who led the remnants of the Dengzhou Navy to defect to Huaidong after the destruction of the Dengzhou Navy, looked a little more unfamiliar.
After landing on Tingzi Island, Huang Jinnian and Sun Wenbing told Gao Zongting some of the conditions in Jiangning City.
Gao Zongting borrowed the road from the east bank of Taihu Lake and went north from Pingjiang Prefecture to meet up with Ge Cunxin. He walked for two days on the road. In addition, Xiaoshan learned the news about Jiangning late. What Gao Zongting knew was on the 17th.
The situation in Jiangning just before the Hanghu Army was besieged in Liyang.
Although only six days have passed, the situation has changed rapidly in the past six days. She Feixiong's use of troops against Jiangzhou is the latest situation.
Before Yue Lengqiu's messenger arrived in Jiangning, Huang Jinnian had already left Jiangning. It was only after arriving at Tingzi Island that he learned about the Dongting Lake bandits Yang Xiong and She Feixiong joining forces to attack Jiangzhou.
Huang Jinnian said with emotion: "Your Excellency, it's really a clever plan. Fortunately, Prime Minister Lin has gone to Chizhou, and he can probably persuade Yue Lengqiu to continue leading his troops eastward."
Huaidong had long expected that She Fei Xiong would attack Jiangzhou.
Compared with Jiangning, the She family is more eager to get Jiangzhou, so that they can completely occupy the entire Poyang Lake plain to survive. The military front is directed at Jiangning, luring Yue Lengqiu out of Jiangzhou to aid, which is just what the She family wants to leave.
The first step. Yue Lengqiu had to help Jiangning again. If the surrounding areas of Jiangning were crippled, Jiangzhou would become a sourceless water and a tree without roots.
As long as Jiangning can be saved and Jiangzhou's troops and horses are not seriously damaged, even if Jiangzhou is lost, Yue Lengqiu can still slowly fight back from Chizhou to the west.
Since Lin Xuwen went west, Gao Zongting was not worried about what would happen to Yue Lengqiu. He frowned and asked Huang Jinnian: "An official from the Metropolitan Procuratorate has invited the emperor to go on a hunting tour in Huaixi. Do you know who is behind the scenes?"
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"We initially suspected that Yu Xinyuan was behind the trouble, but Yu Xinyuan was the first to stand up and accuse him of demagoguery. He also asked the emperor to demote him to a commoner and never hire him," Huang Jinnian said. "The emperor summoned that man
When he went to the court, he was reprimanded in public and punished with a cane... This incident did not cause any trouble."
"I'm afraid this is just the beginning," Gao Zongting shook his head and said, "I'm afraid the whole thing is not that simple..."
The psychological defense always collapses step by step. I remember when Emperor Chongguan used Li Zhuo to control Jibei, he also had full trust in Li Zhuo. The early impeachment memorials against Li Zhuo were all severely rejected by Emperor Chongguan, but the final result
So what?
Now the Hanghu Army is still holding on to Liyang, and the She family's right-wing troops are blocked by heavy snow. They are hundreds of miles away from Jiangning and cannot advance northward to besiege the city. Emperor Yongxing is still determined to defend the city and wait for reinforcements.
Now that the main force of Huaidong soldiers and horses is blocked by heavy snow, Xiaoshan cannot go north. Once the Hanghu army is wiped out in Liyang, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from the She family rush to Jiangning City like a tide, will Emperor Yongxing still have the determination to coexist with Jiangning City?
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Furthermore, officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate asked Emperor Yongxing to patrol Huaixi to avoid war. Even if Yu Xinyuan was innocent, there was still something fishy about this matter - it was a pity that Du Rong ended up having old feelings for the She family and refused to serve.
Huaidong, so Huaidong cannot pull out all the hidden piles set up by the She family in Jiangning.
Gao Zongting thought for a moment and said: "Shuiying is moving slowly against the current. Mr. Huang will stay in the army as a staff officer; I will go to Prison Island first to avoid being unable to deal with any situation..."
The Second Shuiying warships are mainly sea-going ships with many sails and masts and few oars and oars. They can sail very fast on the vast and windy sea. However, after entering the relatively narrow Yangtze River waterway in winter, sea-going ships cannot
Take advantage of it.
The "Lin Zhengjun-class" sea-going ship has a carrying capacity of more than 20,000 stone and has no oars and oars.
Even if there is wind, such a large ship will travel extremely slowly in narrow rivers and waterways; if there is no wind, it will be a fixed target for enemy ships to attack with fire, so it is extremely unsuitable for water battles in narrow waters. Secondly
There were four Linzhengjun-class warships in Shuiying, so they all stayed in Chongzhou and did not go west with the army to aid Jiangning.
Ge Cunxin's westward aid to Jiangning this time was mainly composed of more than forty Jiyun-class warships, supplemented by a large number of small and medium-sized warships. Even so, the entire fleet's speed upstream was still extremely slow.
"Mr. Gao is worried that the emperor might give up Jiangning and go to Huaixi?" Huang Jinnian asked.
"As long as someone makes the emperor feel that Jiangning cannot be defended, it is not impossible to go to Huaixi!" Gao Zongting said, "Even if the emperor persists until the end, if the weather in the south does not improve, the troops in Huaidong will be blocked by heavy snow.
If he doesn’t come, Yue Lengqiu will not rush eastward to preserve his strength. As long as the She family starts to organize an attack on the city, it is hard to predict how the Jiangning defenders will perform!"
Huang Jinnian also participated in the defensive battle of Jinhai back then, so he knew how cruel and fierce the offensive and defensive battles were.
The Tianjin navy was strong enough, and for more than half a year, the Yanlu were able to conquer the outer cities one by one. The offensive and defensive battles for more than half a year were accompanied by repeated battles for a section of the city wall or a key point, and even when the enemy invaded,
, but also the determination to fight street fighting. The Tianjin Navy once expanded to more than 20,000 troops, but less than half of them were eventually withdrawn.
The danger of the city lies in the people's hearts. The defenders have no experience in defending the city, and the guards have no will to live or die with the city. Even the Jiangning city wall, which is five to six feet high, is just an additional obstacle to the enemy's attack.
Jiangning City does not include the side facing the river. It stretches for more than 30 miles to the east, south and west. It is impossible for the She family to completely surround Jiangning City and then attack it. It is more likely that they will concentrate their forces to focus on one side.
In this situation, if the Huaidong Army were to defend it, they could defend it with their eyes closed, and they would even take the initiative to lure She family soldiers and horses into the city to fight in the streets. However, the soldiers and horses of the Royal Camp Army would probably allow the enemy to board the city.
You may lose your will to continue fighting.
Is Xie Chaozhong solely responsible for the many poor performances of the imperial army in Huizhou and Yuling Pass?
Once the city was unstable, whether Emperor Yongxing would stand up to boost morale or flee from the city in despair through an unenclosed gap, Huang Jinnian preferred the latter.
"What should we do if the emperor crosses the river to Huaixi?" Huang Jinnian couldn't help but worry. Once Emperor Yongxing abandoned Jiangning and left, Jiangning would naturally not be able to hold it, and Emperor Yongxing fell into Dong Yuan's hands.
Here, the one who can hold the emperor hostage and command the princes is no longer Huaidong, but Dong Yuan.
"It's hard to say anything at the moment," Gao Zongting said. "I'd better go to Prison Island first. If anything happens, it's still too late to deal with it."
Huang Jinnian knew what Gao Zongting's subtext was, and he thought that Lin Fu might have authorized Gao Zongting to send troops to intercept Emperor Yongxing at the critical moment. Otherwise, what situation would Ge Cunxin be unable to deal with, and Lin Fu would have to send Gao Zongting to take charge? And this kind of situation
I can't tell Lin Tinglim clearly in the letter about the matter, but I must send someone with weight to respond accordingly.
The Huaidong Water Camp and the Dongyang Mansion Army jointly intercepted the road. It was difficult for Emperor Yongxing to go to Huaixi if he wanted to.
Huang Jinnian wanted to go to Prison Island with Gao Zongting first, but when he got to Prison Island, he had to go back to the city to reply. Whether he could leave the city again would have to be left to fate. For the sake of his own life, Huang Jinnian thought it would be safer to move with the army.