On the third day of December, the left wing of the Zhejiang and Fujian armies withdrew from the west through Nanling and entered Jiuzi Mountain. They retreated from the valley road between Jiuzi Mountain to Qingyang, which faces the river in the northwest. Tian Chang led his troops out of Qingyang and approached Chizhou Prefecture to govern Qiupu.
Yang Xiong, the great bandit of Dongting Lake, led his navy down the river from Jiangzhou and entered Chizhou on the same day, sending troops to capture the mouth of the Qiupu River.
Yue Lengqiu dispatched general Chen Zishou out of the city and walked southeast along the Qiupu River, hoping to intercept the westward retreating troops of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops on the west bank of the Qiupu River between Shicheng and Qiupu City...
Chen Zishou was originally from Huang Binghao's old tribe. When Jiangzhou was besieged, he strongly demanded that he lead his troops back to assist Jiangzhou, but he was resentful for Yue Lengqiu's forcible suppression. Jiangzhou fell and Chen Zishou's relatives were captured. Yang Xiong came east to Chizhou, accompanied by Chen Zishou's relatives.
He also sent Huang Binghao into Chen Zishou's army to persuade him to surrender.
Chen Zishou led his troops out of Qiupu City to fight, which was originally forced by Yue Lengqiu. The morale of the soldiers was low, and the generals were full of complaints. Faced with a pincer attack of more than 50,000 troops and horses from the Zhejiang and Fujian Army in the middle, Yue Lengqiu led the main force to occupy Qiupu City and failed.
In the early morning of the fourth day of the lunar month, Chen Zishou suddenly withdrew from the Huangyatan position on the west bank of the Qiupu River, led his troops to raid the fortress Shicheng in the south of Qiupu County, and led his troops to sacrifice the stone city to surrender.
At this point, the Zhejiang and Fujian troops controlled the key points at the northern foot of Jiuzi Mountain and opened up the westward retreat to Jiangzhou. Yue Lengqiu led his troops to defend Chizhou Prefecture and rule Qiupu City without leaving...
The Qiupu River is the most important tributary of the Yangtze River in Chizhou. In the cold winter, the water between the river beaches is also hundreds of feet wide. And because of the remaining veins at the northern foot of Jiuzi Mountain, the terrain on both sides of the Qiupu River is rugged and steep.
Shewenzhuang rode his horse across the Qiupu River from the pontoon built near the water. Looking at the mountains and rivers on both sides of the Qiupu River, he secretly felt lucky: If Yue Lengqiu was really determined to send troops to intercept, even if Fei Xiong could lead his troops into Chizhou in time and withdraw his troops to the west.
The horses may not be able to cross the Qiupu River in time before the main force of Huaidong soldiers and horses arrives. Yue Lengqiu is indeed a person who "would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix"...
Yang Xiong and the surrendered generals Huang Binghao, Chen Zishou and others came to the bank of Qiupu River to greet them. When they saw Shewenzhuang crossing the river, they all bowed down and saluted: "See the Governor..."
Yang Xiong was not tall, with long and thin cheeks. In his early years, he was as famous as Luo Xiancheng, the king of Changle. He was one of the Five Heroes of the Two Lakes. He led the Dongting Lake bandits across Xiangtan and other places, and once captured more than ten counties including Tanzhou and became king. However, as the Vietnam Dynasty increased the number of Xiangxiangs,
Yang Xiong was forced to retreat to Dongting Lake and become a lake bandit.
As early as three years ago, when the She family originally planned to invade Jiangxi, they contacted Yang Xiong to plan for Jiangxi. However, the She family's westward advance strategy hit Huaidong's plan of concealing the truth at the heart of the matter, and they never recovered.
The matter of Yang Xiong and Luo Xiancheng will naturally be left unsolved.
Due to the failure of the coalition three years ago, Luo Xiancheng became cautious. This time, Lu Feixiong attacked Jiangzhou and contacted Yang Xiong, who was at the end of Xiangtan Mountain to lead his troops. However, Luo Xiancheng was worried that the attempt would be in vain again, so he stayed in Xiangfan.
The lack of action meant that the Zhejiang and Fujian armies had been lacking the most important support in their post-Autumn war.
The Zhejiang-Fujian Army wants to quickly establish a naval force in Poyang Lake in Jiangxi that can compete with the Huaidong Water Camp. It is no longer possible to rely solely on direct lineage, and more depends on the foreign general Yang Xiong. Although after the formation of the navy, Luxury
The control of the family is no longer what it used to be, but the situation is like this and there is no good solution.
"The Dongting navy has dominated the two lakes for many years and is famous all over the world. Looking at the military appearance now, it is well-deserved. It seems that the commander of the navy of the Zhejiang and Fujian armies must be General Yang!" She Wenzhuang held Yang Xiong's shoulders and appointed Xu Jue.
, and then pulled Su Tingzhan beside him and said, "Tingzhan is also good at water fights. How about letting him be the deputy commander of General Yang?"
"Yang Xiong will obey the order of the Governor!" Yang Xiong responded.
In the current situation, with only 20,000 miscellaneous soldiers under his command, he can survive alone. If he surrenders to the government, the government has no credibility to say. Secondly, he may not know when the Jianghuai defense line will be penetrated by the Yanlu. His navy will give him
If sent to fill the battlefield, it is better to join the She family. Based on Poyang Lake, you can manage Xiang Lake to the west, and attack Jing Lake to the north to join forces with the Changle Army...
Shewenzhuang looked at Huang Binghao. Huang Binghao was in his fifties. Like Shewenzhuang, his hair on his temples had grown frosty. Huang Binghao was originally from a wealthy family in Jiangzhou. When Li Zhuo led his troops from Jiangxi to invade East Fujian, Huang Binghao was still just Jiang.
He was a small official in the state, responsible for escorting Jiangzhou grain and grass to the Fujian reinforcements. He was named after leading his tribe's troops to suppress the grain bandits on the way, and he was named Jiangzhou Sikou for his merits.
The war in East Fujian ceased, but from the ninth year of Chongguan, Jiangxi suffered from frequent droughts and floods, and civil unrest broke out. In the process of controlling the civil unrest, Huang Binghao gradually took control of the Jiangzhou government army and was able to serve as the envoy of Jiangzhou.
Ganzhou Fan Qifeng, after Li Zhuo, was also known as Jiangxi Shuangjie. Fan Qifeng died under the iron hoof of the Zhejiang and Fujian armies. Huang Binghao surrendered for his entire family, which is also lamentable.
Such a person was willing to surrender for fear of difficulties. She Wenzhuang sighed in his heart: It was thanks to Emperor Yue that he abandoned Jiangning and fled in time, which caused Huang Binghao to lose his determination to defend Jiangzhou and was forced to surrender. Otherwise, Feixiong would really have forced his way to Jiangzhou.
The casualties must have been heavy, but Huang Binghao surrendered to Jiangzhou, and now his old subordinate Chen Zishou also led his troops to surrender. Huang Binghao's direct troops will exceed 20,000, and Jiangzhou is the hometown of the Huang family - at this time,
She Wenzhuang cannot blatantly weaken Huang Binghao, but if Huang Binghao continues to occupy Jiangzhou, firstly, he is afraid that Huang Binghao will not be able to lose his tail and will not be controlled by the She family, and secondly, he is afraid that Jiangning will win over Huang Binghao again...
"Binghao has a long-standing reputation. I have admired him for a long time in Jin'an. To see him today is to fulfill a big wish in my life," She Wenzhuang said loudly, holding Huang Binghao's arm, and said affectionately, "Capturing Jiangxi is the key to success."
My lifelong wish is to control Jiangxi and manage Xianghu. This is also my lifelong wish. Will Binghao follow my will?"
Huang Binghao didn't know until recently that the She family had no foothold in Jiangning, but he had already boarded the pirate ship and regretted it too late. He also knew that the She family would never allow him to continue to occupy Jiangzhou, which controls the north entrance of Poyang Hubei.
Abandoning Jiangzhou and leading troops westward to Xiangtan is a good choice!
Now nearly 20,000 soldiers were disarmed and imprisoned in Jiangzhou City. Their wealth and life were in the hands of the She family. The conditions were almost the same. Huang Binghao couldn't help but pick and choose, so he agreed: "Thank you for your trust, Commander-in-Chief, Binghao will not let you down."
The Governor is disappointed..."
She Wenzhuang looked at Chen Zishou and praised: "What a good tiger general!" Chen Zishou was indeed the leading brave general of the original Jiangzhou Army. Otherwise, Huang Binghao would not have asked Chen Zishou to lead his troops to follow Yue Lengqiu to aid Jiangning when Jiangning was in danger.
Defend Jiangzhou! But he knew that such a person, Yue Lengqiu must have wanted to recruit him, but in the end he kicked Chen Zishou out because he also knew that this person was difficult to recruit. Now that he still wants to use Huang Binghao, naturally he cannot directly intercept him.
The brave generals under his command came over, took off the sword from his waist, gave it to Chen Zishou and said, "This sword has been with me for half my life, but in recent years I have no chance to drink blood. It is a pity. I hope Zishou can make good use of it.
Hao will serve you well..."
"Zishou is willing to go to the fire for the Governor!" Chen Zishou knelt down to receive the sword and said gratefully.
Shewenzhuang personally helped Chen Shouzi tie the sword around his waist. After finishing this, he left the river embankment and headed for Shicheng.
By occupying Shicheng and opening up the westward passage to Jiangzhou, the army will not be in a hurry to withdraw westward. This will delay it for a longer time, which will also facilitate the defense deployment of Pengze, Hukou and other cities...
Judging from the current results, the Zhejiang and Fujian armies still achieved their early combat goals after entering the autumn: occupy Jiangzhou, control the entire Poyang Lake Plain, join forces with the Dongting Lake water bandits, annex the Jiangzhou nobles, and remnant Jiangning, while the army safely retreated westward.
, but if you think about it carefully, the dangerous situation faced by the Zhejiang and Fujian armies has not been completely improved, but has caused Huaidong to become completely powerful.
Even if Shewenzhuang knew from beginning to end that what Huaidong was doing was a vicious plan to drive away tigers and swallow wolves, what could they do?
The fall of Huizhou and the loss of Jiangning did give the Zhejiang and Fujian troops a slight breath of relief, but it was just a breath of relief...
She Wenzhuang suppressed his worries in his heart, and happily rode into Shicheng with Yang Xiong, Huang Binghao, Chen Zishou and others. Before the banquet, he invited everyone to rest in the public hall. Tian Chang held a secret letter in his hand and came to
She Wenzhuang's ear said: "Gucheng secret report, a troop of Huaidong Army will cross Maoshan on the first day of the lunar month, along the Qingshan River, and go north to the Yiyang River. I am afraid that the second son will not be able to cross the Yiyang River in time. Is it the last general...
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She Wenzhuang raised his head, his eyes fell on the empty space, and he said after a long time: "Forget it, if Feihu can withdraw, I will give him an explanation; if he cannot withdraw, it will be the She family's explanation to everyone...
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After the middle road was cut off by Su Tingzhan and his troops at Qingyang, more than 10,000 elite troops on the left wing would also withdraw from Nanling into Qingyang. However, from Qingyang to the mouth of the Yiyang River, it would take nearly two hundred miles to the east; if
At this time, troops were transferred from Qingyang to the east to support the remnants of the right wing and withdraw across the Yiyang River. They would probably be entangled by the main force of the Huaidong Army that was catching up. In recent years, the elite members of the direct lineage of the She family have lost too much, and they will no longer be able to do so.
I can't bear the big loss.
Tian Chang didn't say anything anymore. Sometimes you have to give up. If others can sacrifice, but the children of the Dushe family can't, how can the governor win people's hearts in the future? He thought that if the second young master could escape west alone, he would still be able to escape.
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At dawn on the second day of December, She Feihu, together with Yu Wenshan, Luo Wenhu and other generals, led more than 6,000 soldiers and horses from his direct line, and retreated westward from Yijiang Gate. In order to delay the pursuers in Huaidong, he abandoned more than 20,000 soldiers to disrupt Jiangning.
.The Huaidong Army had no soldiers and horses pursuing it from the direction of Jiangning, except for a section of the Shuiying Army that was pursuing along the river but moving slowly.
She Feihu led his troops to the Yiyang River Estuary day and night, and ran for more than 150 miles day and night. The speed was not unpleasant. The pontoon bridge set up to explore the way forward and withdraw the troops to the west was still there. She Feihu breathed a sigh of relief.
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Even though it is still nearly two hundred miles away from Qingyang, as long as you cross the Geyang River, the Jiuzi Mountains and ravines will stretch all the way to Jiangzhou. Even if there are soldiers and horses of the Huaidong Army chasing them at this time, six
It would be easy for seven thousand soldiers and horses to disperse into Jiuzi Mountain and evacuate.
She Feihu urged the soldiers and horses to move quickly, but when they arrived at the east bank of Yijiangyang, they saw black smoke like pillars in Yijiang City on the other side of the river, rushing straight into Yunxiao. The hundreds of Zhejiang and Fujian defenders who guarded the city had been defeated by the Huaidong Army.
, more than a hundred remnant soldiers were fleeing, while on the other side of the pontoon bridge, hundreds of Huaidong cavalry soldiers were waiting in strict formation, with their bows and arrows withdrawn and held in their hands, and the arrow clusters were shining coldly in the cold sunset...
She Feihu was riding on the horse, his heart was as heavy as water. He was actually a step too slow, and his way back was cut off.
At this time, I saw the Huaidong Army on the other side escorting seven or eight prisoners wearing Zhejiang and Fujian Army uniforms. They rushed to the pontoon and drove these seven or eight people across the river with bows and arrows.
For some unknown reason, Yu Wenshan and others, fearing that they were Huaidong Army spies in disguise, hurriedly sent soldiers to intercept the intruder and bring him to them. However, they saw one word written in blood on each person's vest, which together formed a total of eight characters: "
The extravagant flying tiger abandons everyone and escapes alone”!
Seeing these horoscopes, She Feihu spurted out a mouthful of blood and was about to fall off his horse...