In the battle of Chengziling, more than a thousand Zhejiang and Fujian troops were killed. Although most of them were newly recruited soldiers of the She family in eastern Jiangxi, many soldiers were also captured. More importantly, the momentum of the battle at Chengziling shocked the surrounding counties.
, after Yu Wencheng and Wu Jingze's troops joined forces, they followed the broken troops and rushed to Fuliang, a large city in eastern Jiangxi.
Fuliang is a large city in eastern Jiangxi. It prospered because of the porcelain tea river. Guard general Tian Jiye gathered troops from all counties and went into the mountains to suppress the kiln bandits. There was still a battalion of guards in Fuliang city, and the defense was very tight. Yu Wencheng saw that the enemy soldiers were on guard.
, and Fuliang City was strong, he had no siege equipment in his hands, and it was suddenly difficult to capture Fuliang. According to the deployment of the Privy Council, they had to continue to hide their strength at this time and could not forcefully attack the city. They did not hesitate at the moment and led the Eastern Army.
Withdraw and capture Qimen.
Qimen County is nearly a hundred miles east of Fuliang, between Yishan Mountain and Jiuzishan Mountain, with dangerous mountains and narrow roads. Qimen is closer to Nanling County, Yijiang Prefecture, but the passage connecting it to Fuliang is slightly wider
, the great river Changshui in eastern Jiangxi originates from the territory of Qimen, and Qimen has always been included in Fuliang Prefecture in Jiangxi.
Chengziling was defeated, and the Qimen County garrison only had more than a hundred sword archers, and only 11 or 12 old soldiers loyal to the She family. Yu Wencheng led his troops, and the Qimen garrison tied up the county magistrate and other officials sent by the She family.
, Kaicheng surrendered.
After Yu Wencheng captured Qimen, he officially displayed the banner of the Privy Council's advance army in eastern Jiangxi. He sent people to inform the surrounding counties of Yongshan, Fuliang, Duchang, and Poyang, and issued an order from the Privy Council to reduce the number of expeditions to Yongshan, Fuliang, and other counties in three years.
The people of Duchang and Poyang counties made a fortune and invited the gentry and civilians from all villages to join forces to suppress the rebel bandits and resist the tyranny of the She family and the puppet government. They also recruited soldiers from the tenant households of the Qimen Mountains to bravely defend the city and strengthen the advance army in eastern Jiangxi.
to resist the She family's imminent counterattack.
Fuliang is not far from Jiangzhou, only about 200 miles away. Fuliang County was still subordinate to Jiangzhou Prefecture during the previous dynasty. After Yue Dynasty, Fuliang Prefecture was newly established to govern the counties in northeastern Jiangxi.
News of the defeat at Chengziling reached Jiangzhou, Hukou, and Pengze cities on the same day. Pengze was the first to receive the news and responded the fastest.
Worried that the Eastern Jiangxi Army would capture Fuliang and cut off the land route between Jiangzhou and Shangrao on the east bank of Poyang Lake, Tian Chang, who was guarding Pengze, immediately sent General Han Li to rush to Fuliang with 2,000 elite troops.
Pengze is located to the north of Fuliang, no more than a hundred miles away on a hilly mountain road. The day after Yu Wencheng led his troops to retreat eastward, Han Li led his troops into Fuliang. On the same day, Shewenzhuang sent Su Tingzhan to lead three troops in Jiangzhou.
Thousands of soldiers and horses went south by water, entering Changhe from Duchang and heading towards Fuliang.
Su Tingzhan entered Fuliang City first and took over the defense of Fuliang. Han Li's troops and the remnants of the original Fuliang garrison were all under Su Tingzhan's jurisdiction.
Su Tingzhan stood at the head of Fuliang City and looked around.
Under the crescent moon, the mountains and hills outside Fuliang rise and fall, as if surging waves have trapped Fuliang City in it. This is also called the illusion that Su Tingzhan was born on an isolated island.
Under the moonlight, several people were climbing up the city. The sound of their armor was like a river tide hitting the shore. The general at the head, with a beard and an angry face, was the first to lead his troops from Peng Ze.
Fuliang's East Min brave general Han Li.
When the left-wing troops retreated from Liyang, they were trapped by the main force of the Huaidong Army. In order to preserve their strength, the left-wing commander Zheng Mingjing personally led the elite troops to break off the rear, and Han Li followed suit. In the end, the elite troops to break up the rear were trapped on the east bank of Gucheng Lake. The commander-in-chief Zheng Mingjing
Their lives and deaths were unknown. Only a thousand people fought and broke out from the siege of the Huaidong Army, which was as solid as an iron barrel. Han Li was one of them.
When She Feihu died by the Yiyang River and Zheng Mingjing's life and death were unknown, Han Li was already one of the few brave generals in the Zhejiang and Fujian armies.
Han Li had already led his troops out of Fuliang City to pursue eastward, but he forced Su Tingzhan to send someone to bring back the order from Shewenzhuang. Filled with resentment, he angrily climbed up to the top of the city and asked: "Soldiers are valuable."
With great speed, Huaidong secretly gathered a rabble in Qimen, which should be destroyed with a thunder blow. Why does General Su delay?"
"It would be better if it were just a mob!" Su Tingzhan didn't mind Han Li's doubts and just smiled faintly. Over the years, he had been fighting Huaidong on the Eastern Front. In which case would Huaidong not make a decision and then act?
If it were just a mob, it would be easier to handle.
At that time, the Tianyi army numbered more than 300,000, but Liang Chengchong's 20,000 elite troops beat them until they fled; Liu An'er led 200,000 soldiers and horses to surround Xuzhou City, and Yue Lengqiu led the Huai army of 20,000 to hold on for half a year and still had some strength left.
As for the formation of the battalion, the ragtag army is far from being comparable to the elite division.
If the soldiers and horses gathered in Qimen were just a mob, it would really be a mustard problem that is not something to worry about. Unfortunately, things cannot be that simple.
Su Tingzhan didn't bother to explain anything to Han Li, and immediately summoned all the generals in Fuliang to discuss the matter.
When Fuliang guard Tian Weiye broke through the siege, he was hit by an arrow in his left shoulder, but it was not a big deal and he managed to break through and escape.
Su Tingzhan sat in the middle, called Tian Weiye to him, and said in a deep voice: "Colonel Tian, please tell us the details of the battle at Chengziling again. The fault of this defeat is not yours. Don't do anything."
What to hide..."
"I don't dare to hide anything. What I said before is true, and it will be the same if I say it again." Tian Weiye said.
"Then just say it again." Su Tingzhan said.
"On February 19, the scouts in Huangtian discovered that the kiln thieves were colluding with Gujiagou in Huangtian. The general Mo immediately led his troops to attack Gujiagou, caught the kiln thieves by their tails, and pursued them from Gujiagou to the city.
Ridge, I never expected that the kiln thieves would regard Chengzi Ridge as their lair. They were on guard. They were temporarily blocked outside the valley and could not enter. Eventually, they sealed the entrance of the valley and set up camp. They wanted to trap the kiln thieves to death, but they never thought that the enemy soldiers would
Taking advantage of the heavy fog to attack the camp, Fuliang and Qimen were not alert at all before..." Tian Weiye said.
Su Tingzhan looked at Han Li and asked: "Vice General Han, what do you think?"
Han Li was brave and good at fighting and had a rude temper, but that didn't mean he was a reckless man. He patiently listened to Tian Weiye, the defeated general, detail the details of the battle at Chengziling. He heard a lot of things and said: "Huaidong is here.
More than a thousand soldiers and horses have been lurking in Fuliang for a long time, and the kiln thieves are just their bait. Fuliang failed to detect them in time, so they should be killed!"
Tian Weiye's expression changed with horror, fearing that if Su Tingzhan uttered the word "kill" again, he would be blamed for the defeat at Chengziling.
"Captain Tian didn't realize that the kiln thieves were bait, so Vice General Han decided that the Qimen gang was not bait?" Su Tingzhan asked.
Han Li's face darkened. Su Tingzhan questioned him like this, which made him lose face. However, Su Tingzhan was the general appointed by the Grand Governor, and he had to endure it no matter what. He said: "If General Su has something to say, say it clearly.
I am impatient and I don’t know how to talk in circles!”
"Lieutenant Huang, please tell me about the enemy soldiers' attack on Fuliang City." Su Tingzhan called out a thin-faced general who was sitting under Tian Weiye.
Han Li also looked at the thin-faced general and cursed with a smile: "Huang Biaozi, I heard that you are so bold that you dare to hook up with the maid in the Governor's Mansion. Last time I went back to Jiangzhou, I didn't find anyone from you.
I thought you were demoted to Fuliang..."
Huang Biaozi grinned and said: "Xiaocui was given to me by the Governor to warm my feet, but the Governor ordered not to tell anyone about it. I can't invite everyone to the wedding banquet. I will definitely make up for it in the future." Seeing Su Tingzhan
Frowning with an impatient look, he hurriedly stopped talking to Han Li and replied to Su Tingzhan's words, "There are not many thieves, thousands of them. They are equipped with bows, armor and swords. The camp is organized and rushed to Fuliang."
At the bottom of the city, seeing that the city gates were closed and there was no attempt to attack the city, I withdrew my troops and went east to seize Qimen! Lao Han led his troops over. I advised Lao Han to be calm and calm, but Lao Han had a hot temper and refused to listen.
mine……"
"Listen to your little son, the day lilies are already cold!" Han Li scolded. Suddenly an idea clicked in his mind. He pointed at Huang Biaozi and asked in surprise, "Huang Biaozi, are you a big man?"
The governor intends to arrange it in Fuliang!"
Huang Biaozi nodded and said: "Yes, Lao Huang, I am indeed a secret move deployed by the Governor in Fuliang. I am not the only one, I have 600 men under my command, all of them are recruited from the refugees.
The new recruits are actually old brothers in the Yellow Shirt Army..."
Su Tingzhan looked at Han Li at this time and asked: "Vice General Han, do you understand the Governor's arrangements now?"
Han Li frowned and asked in surprise: "Are the soldiers and horses led by Lieutenant Tian who went to suppress the kiln thieves a bait?"
Su Tingzhan nodded and said: "Yes, the governor has long noticed the abnormality of banditry in eastern Jiangxi, but these bandits are scattered among the mountains. At this time, there is simply no time to attack them one by one, and there is no
With so many troops dispersed and stationed in various counties, we can only come up with other strategies. Fuliang City is guarded by Deputy Lieutenant Huang. As long as the bandits from eastern Jiangxi gather to attack the city and pin them down under Fuliang City, unable to advance or retreat, it will not be difficult to encircle them.
Annihilate it, but Huaidong is far more cunning than we imagined!"
"What's so cunning? I think Huaidong didn't have enough troops lurking in eastern Jiangxi to attack Fuliang City, so they retreated and took the next best thing to seize Qimen." Han Li said, glaring at Huang Biaozi, "Huang Biaozi"
The more you fight, the less courage you will get. If you don’t dare to let the thieves in to fight, you should bite them..."
"I have to do as you say, and Old Huang's skin will be peeled off by the Governor," Huang Biaozi said with a smile, "The order I accepted is that there is no room for failure. The rest are all between Old Han and General Su
It’s your business!”
Since Tian Weiye knew that he was just a bait, he sat aside in frustration and remained silent.
Su Tingzhan said: "The troops lurking in Huaidong dared to go to Chengziling to attack the camp, but did not dare to take advantage of the situation to seize Fuliang City, which was only guarded by 600 'new soldiers'. Is it really not surprising to Lieutenant General Han?"
Han Li can't show off his face and has a tough mouth, but he is not really stupid. They are playing tricks and baits, and there is no guarantee that Huaidong's soldiers and horses lurking in eastern Jiangxi will also play this trick! What if Huaidong has something else hidden in eastern Jiangxi?
With a thousand elite men, if he led his troops to seize Qimen rashly, he might suffer a big loss.
"Then what should we do?" Han Li said, "Qimen is hidden in Yishan Mountain. It controls the upper reaches of Changshui River and can go west to Fuliang. Although it is separated from Yijiang Nanling in the east by mountains and ridges, it is only thirty or fifty years apart.
With this distance, Huaidong can transport a large number of soldiers, armor, bows and arrows even if it is carried in a basket. If it takes ten days and a half, it will be difficult for us to recapture Qimen..."