When forced to do so, the Hengshan defense line cannot be abandoned.
She Feixiong thought silently in his heart, but did not say it out loud; once such remarks spread, it would seriously dampen morale.
At this time, dark clouds were gathering in the sky, and the sky became gloomy. Seeing that the rain was not light, She Feixiong did not rush back to defend against the rain, but strode to a high place and waited for the rain to fall.
The scouts could not penetrate. If you want to know whether the Huaidong Army has done something in the upper reaches of Shanxi River, you can also tell from the changes in the water level after the rain.
The guardsmen brought the raincoat, and Deng Yu took one and handed it to She Feixiong: "Young Marshal..."
She Feixiong took the raincoat and put it over his armor, looking at the river surface rippled by the raindrops. At this point, he could fully understand the strategy adopted by Huaidong: Huaidong was going to advance step by step.
Forced to consume all their resources in Jiangxi to achieve the purpose of defeating the Zhejiang and Fujian armies.
They constructed a defense line at Litang and Litang on the outside of Changshan Mountain. The Huaidong Army avoided Litang and Litang, and took another route. They marched westward along Fenglin River and entered Guanxiling. They dug a troop exit channel, forcing them to follow and invest heavily in the south of Hengshan.
A large amount of resources are used to build a line of defense.
The Huaidong Army advanced the front trenches to the front of the Jiahe fortress and launched a bloody attack, forcing them to invest more resources in strengthening the fortress defense.
On the surface, once the Huaidong Army builds a dam and builds a lake in the upper reaches of Shanxi River to store water, the Huaidong Army's front trenches will also be within the impact of the lake - but how big will it be to the Huaidong Army?
Loss?
The Huaidong Army transported up to 300,000 shi of supplies into Quzhou every month, which was three times the amount that the She family invested in Shangrao's defense line.
Compared with building the Hengshan defense line, the Huaidong Army invested more resources in Fenglinbu, Guanxiling and the front base to cross Guanxiling. It was probably three or four times as much as the Zhejiang and Fujian troops invested in the Hengshan defense line.
If the Huaidong Army's front trenches collapse, as long as the troops and horses do not suffer heavy losses, they can build another or two front trenches; if the Jiahe River defense blockade is destroyed by the Huaidong Army's water attack, even if the Huaidong Army does not lose its troops,
Taking advantage of the situation to advance towards Hengshan, will Shangrao, Zhejiang and Fujian troops still have the ability to build a line of defense in front of Hengshan?
In Shangrao, the Huaidong Army could withstand such consumption. Although the Zhejiang and Fujian Army consumed only one-third of the Huaidong Army, it was already on the verge of collapse.
The Huaidong Army actually continued its early strategy of harassing the east coast of Fujian, using high-intensity military confrontations to consume the military potential here and achieve the purpose of weakening and defeating the country.
Moreover, Huaidong's actions went far beyond that. When Jinghu and Chizhou sent troops to delay their troops in Jiangzhou, civil unrest and banditry became more and more intense in the hinterland of southern Jiangxi, eastern Jiangxi, and western Jiangxi.
Huaidong was behind all of this.
Back then, Li Zhuo caused the Zhejiang and Fujian armies to suffer a great deal, but he was still able to fight evenly. Lin Fu's method of "conquering the enemy without fighting" really made people suffer from the tail spine to the top of the head.
I can feel the deep chill.
Thinking of this, She Feixiong turned to Deng Yu and Wang Hui and said: "From now on, the supplies shipped from Shangrao will be reduced by 20% and reserved for reserves!"
Wang Hui turned pale with horror and said: "If we reduce it any further, the soldiers' daily rations will be less than a kilogram, and I'm afraid it will damage morale!"
It’s not that it will hurt morale, but that military food is being reduced day by day, and a lot of dissatisfaction has arisen among the lower-level soldiers. There was very little oil and water in the world, and adults could barely get enough from two kilograms of grain a day. Now, only half of it is provided every day, so what?
Can the soldiers be satisfied?
The soldiers can still eat one pound of food a day, but the nearly 30,000 civilians who were forcibly recruited to assist in defense, city construction, and war equipment construction can only get less than 60% of the supplies for the soldiers. These civilians have no food to eat.
They had to bear extremely heavy labor every day, and Wang Hui could almost see the naked anger and resentment in the eyes of these people.
The Huaidong Army is about to attack, and they have to cut back on military food. How can they still fight this battle?
Deng Yu could understand She Feixiong's painstaking efforts.
Once the Huaidong Army builds a dam and a lake in the upper reaches of Shanxi River, they will not be able to fight out from the Jiahe defense blockade, so they will have to reluctantly abandon the Hengshan defense line. At that point, even if they can successfully evacuate to Shangrao City, Shangrao and
External communication will inevitably be cut off by the Huaidong Army, and it will be difficult to obtain supplies from the outside world. At that time, they will have to use the reserves in Shangrao City to support them until the end of the war.
It was just that Deng Yu suspected that it was not too late. They had invested too much in the Hengshan defense line and were trapped too deep. Moreover, Hengshan had given up. In order to avoid being divided and surrounded by the Huaidong Army, the soldiers and horses on the Changshan side also had to withdraw -
—Abandoning the Hengshan defense line at this time would have an unimaginable impact on morale, and there may be a risk of collapse!
The rain was falling lightly, and She Fei Xiong made a decision in a tone that could not be questioned. Although Wang Hui felt deeply uneasy, he could only do this.
It is said that spring rain is as precious as oil, but there are civil unrest in various parts of Jiangxi. Even if it can last until the winter wheat harvest, the grain and grass that can be collected will be limited.
The Zhejiang and Fujian armies could no longer rely on their own combat power to repel the war launched by Huaidong from the west of Zhejiang. They could only hope that the Beiyan cavalry could go south as soon as possible. By then, if Huaidong wanted to protect the Jianghuai defense line, it would have to fight in Shangrao
The perimeter must turn from offense to defense so that more troops can be mobilized to move north.
The rain was not heavy, but it continued intermittently, and there were other military affairs to deal with. She Feixiong could not hold the river bank all the time, so he prepared to lead his cavalry back to the east base of Jiahe River. When he was about to enter the defense fortress, there was a young general behind him.
He came over on horseback, holding a bamboo knot in his hand, and shouted: "Father, handsome! The news finally came back from the secret room. The letter was hidden in this bamboo knot. The child caught it with a fishing net and almost missed it..."
This young man was She Jiao, the second son of She Fei Xiong. He was only sixteen years old at the time and had been fighting in the army with She Fei Xiong for two years. He handed over the bamboo stick in his hand.
When the Zhejiang and Fujian Army completely abandoned Zhejiang, they still sent some people to lurk. Some of these people were exposed and cleaned up by the Huaidong Army. Some of them pretended to be civilians and were recruited into the Huaidong Army as laborers. However, the Huaidong Army
The Eastern Army's control over the periphery of Quzhou is becoming increasingly tight, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for these secret cells to pass on news.
However, no matter how tight the Huaidong Army's blockade was, Mi Jian still had the opportunity to approach the Shanxi River, hide the secret message in the bamboo branches, and let it flow down the river...
She Feixiong asked without borrowing the secret message: "What's the news?"
Shejiao was startled. He stayed by the river and fished out a bamboo knot with a secret message hidden in it. He didn't have time to open it yet, but he finally made contact with the secret room hidden in the Huaidong Army. He couldn't help but be excited. He didn't know where the secret room was.
The news is good or bad.
She Jiao took a knife and cut open the sealing wax on one end of the bamboo branch, and pulled out the secret letter rolled into a thin roll. After reading it, her expression changed drastically.
Deng Yu's extravagant expression showed in his eyes. He took the secret letter and said in horror: "Just as the young commander expected, the Shanxi River was turbid before noon. It was indeed the Huaidong Army who threw stones upstream to seal the river..."
Wang Hui stood there and felt a chill running down his spine. Just now, he had been confident that the Huaidong Army would not go to such great lengths to build a dam and seal the river - he did not expect that he would see a more cruel side so soon!
She Fei Xiong was completely unprepared to be overjoyed. He just had a bitter look on his face and spit out a mouthful of phlegm, trying to get rid of the bitterness in his heart. There was blood in the phlegm, but it was quickly washed away by the rain.
It is obvious that Huaidong has the most mature craftsmanship in building embankments and dams over the years. The three-hundred-mile Huaidong sea-defending embankment only took two years to build. At this time, Huaidong gathered nearly 100 people at the Guanxiling camp.
Fifty thousand troops and civilians were required to build a dam and create a lake in the upper reaches of the Shan River. As long as they were well prepared, it would not even take half a month.
How could Lin Fu not use his advantage of occupying the upper reaches of the stream to build a lake to attack?
At this time, should we abandon the Jiahe defense blockade and retreat to Hengshan and Shangrao?
At this time, She Feixiong suddenly resented that he was not decisive enough. When Huaidong intended to open the Guanxiling Pass, he would not have invested so much in building a defensive line south of Hengshan.
Nearly half of Shangrao's accumulated supplies were consumed on the Hengshan defense line. How could we be willing to give up at this time?
She Feixiong held down the saber at his waist, the veins between his wrist bones were exposed, and he wanted to crush the ebony sword handle into pieces.
"The valley in front of the Jiahe Fortress is wide open. Even if the Huaidong Army intercepts the river upstream and builds a lake, when they release the water, the water will weaken the valley upstream, which may not really have much impact on the Jiahe Fortress!" Deng Yu said.
Deng Yu once served as a farmer and was very familiar with work and construction.
Although the Jiahe River Defense Blockade is built near the river, it will not be that simple to accumulate enough water to directly collapse the Jiahe River Blockade. It can even be said that before the rainy season comes, even if the Huaidong Army builds a dam upstream,
, and it can’t store much water.
"The most important thing right now is to block the news and not shake the morale of the military?" Wang Hui said.
"How to block it?" She Feixiong asked bitterly.
The Huaidong Army built a dam upstream, and the Shanxi River would soon dry up. If the Shanxi River had already stopped flowing, how could they block the news from the middle and lower-level generals?
As for whether the water potential accumulated by the Huaidong Army in the upper reaches will directly pose a devastating threat to the Jiahe defense blockage, even if there is only a 30 to 50% chance, She Fei Xiong has no confidence to gamble!
In fact, as long as the Shanxi River stops flowing, the Hanging Lake upstream will be like a sharp sword hanging above everyone's heads. As for this sharp sword that will not fall down, what about the generals who are under the sharp sword?
Can you feel at ease? How can you resist the fierce attack launched by the Huaidong Army from the front trenches?
Deng Yu and Wang Hui stared at She Fei Xiong, waiting for him to make the final decision.
I don’t know when, but another sergeant ran up to the river and reported: “Three quarters after the rain fell, the river water did not rise even half an inch, but fell an inch!”
The water level did not rise but fell instead, which meant that the mouth of the dam upstream had been closed, and news of the closure of the river upstream would soon spread among the army.
Whether to fight out or retreat to Hengshan, we must make up our minds immediately. If it is delayed until the Huaidong Army has accumulated sufficient water in the upper reaches, it will be too late to make any decision. She Feixiong watched the rain gradually stop and only
The remaining raindrops were floating, so he took off his coir raincoat and said: "Quickly order all the ships in the river to withdraw into the Xinjiang River. In addition, immediately send people to call Shi, Jin and others to discuss military affairs!"
The Shanxi River is about to dry up. We don't want the boats in the river to be stranded and trapped in the river mud. We can only evacuate to the river branch in the north. Next, the communication between the Jiahe Defense Blockade and Hengshan City in the north can only rely on land.
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As soon as he entered the east gate, the police drums of Nancheng rang "rumblingly", and She Feixiong was so irritable that he stamped his feet. He should have figured out that they wanted to abandon the Jiahe defense blockade and withdraw to Shangrao. The Huaidong Army
They would not be asked to evacuate calmly. At the moment, they could only rush to the south city wall with Deng Yu and Wang Hui, whose faces were shattered, to see what was going on there.
Taking advantage of the rain to stop, a large number of Huaidong Army soldiers and horses were slowly coming out from behind the trenches and pressing towards the city wall. They were about to formally attack the city.