There were no communication facilities such as wireless telegraphy in the world, and the complexity faced by wars was often difficult to control and predict in advance.
It was also after it was confirmed that the main naval force of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army in Shangrao was overturned by the flood, the Huaidong Army officially broke through the Zhejiang and Fujian Army's defense line in Shangrao - Lin Fu, Fu Qinghe, and Gao Zongting deduced the subsequent changes in the battle situation in Jiangxi
, are all based on this foundation.
The latest official letter issued by Lin Fu, ordering the towns to respond to the changes in the situation in Jiangxi, was also sent to various places by Kuaiqi. When the secret letter arrived in Songyang County, it was already the night of the 23rd.
Prior to this, the Privy Council's military deployment on the northern front of Jiangzhou mainly ordered the Chizhou Army and Jinghu Army to attack Jiangzhou from the east and west sides in order to contain the She family's tens of thousands of troops in Jiangzhou.
The Chizhou Army invaded Jiangzhou from the east wing and was mainly divided into two routes. One was from the south bank of the Yangtze River, heading east from Qiupu, and invaded Pengze, Hukou and other counties east of Jiangzhou Prefecture; the other was from the south bank of the Yangzi River,
From Yicheng and Songyang, they advanced towards Huanglongling on the other side of Jiangzhou and Chen Hansan's troops who occupied the remaining city of Huangmei.
Yue Lengqiu was known for his steady use of troops. After he defended Chizhou, his early military deployment focused on the north bank, in order to compete for the southern foothills of Huaishan Mountain.
However, Chen Hansan was guarding Huangmei and had a strong ambition to run the east of Hubei. The She family also had thousands of elites stationed in Huanglongling, south of Huangmei City. Yue Lengqiu was hard pressed to decide to attack one of them. Therefore, Yue Lengqiu was in Songyang.
To build a joint camp on Xiaocang Mountain in the west, the actual intention is to first digest the three counties of Yicheng, Songyang and Qianshan, which are east of Xiaocang Mountain, west of Yicheng and at the southern foot of Huaishan Mountain.
However, as Hu Qiaozhong sneaked into eastern Jiangxi, Yu Wencheng, Yu Wenbei, and Pan Wenshu made waves in eastern Jiangxi, making everyone with a discerning eye realize that the situation of the She family in Jiangxi was precarious, and Yue Lengqiu became greedy to divide the land in eastern Jiangxi.
Seeing that it was difficult to win a sudden victory on the north bank, in mid-March, Yue Lengqiu transferred another force from the north bank to the south bank and stationed it west of Qiupu, hoping to seize the opportunity to capture Pengze and Hukou, which were guarded by the rebel general Tian Chang.
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By almost the end of March, Chizhou's 50,000 troops were distributed in three directions in the south and two in the north.
Yue Lengqiu's wishful thinking was also very precise. He had no intention of taking over the entire Jiangzhou, and he knew that Lin Fu would definitely not allow the Chizhou army to occupy the entire Jiangzhou Prefecture on the northern plain of Poyang Lake. Yue Lengqiu intended to use Poyang Lake to control Jiangzhou Prefecture.
Hu Wenmu gave up several counties west of Jiangzhou Prefecture to Hu Wenmu, and he took the eastern Jiangxi plain east of Hukou. Even if Lin Fu Lei was furious, Chizhou and the Jinghu family could resist the fall of the entire Jiangxi province.
The hand of Huaidong.
After establishing Shangrao's defense line, Lin Fu was not worried that Shewenzhuang would lead Jiangzhou troops to aid Shangrao. He was more worried that Shewenzhuang would lead his remaining troops to cross the river and allow the poor soldiers to flee north.
Therefore, in Lin Fu's secret letter to Yue Lengqiu, he asked him to immediately mobilize heavy troops to gather on the north bank and maintain military pressure on Jiangzhou's beachhead on the north bank, Huanglong Ridge, from both land and water directions, so that the She family would not be threatened by the water in the future.
Before it was lifted, they did not dare to cross the Yangtze River and flee north on a large scale.
As long as Yue Lengqiu holds out for three to five days, and when Ge Cunxin leads his water camp upstream from the Yi River and joins the Chizhou navy, he will be able to form a military advantage on the Yangtze River, completely blockade the Yangtze River, and cut off the She family's escape north.
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Yue Lengqiu had his own considerations. He suspected that Lin Fu deliberately made the situation too optimistic in the secret letter to lure the Chizhou army to intercept on the north bank.
Once the situation of the She family in Jiangxi can be barely maintained, She Wenzhuang will definitely give priority to sending aid to Shangrao instead of making a desperate move to cross the river and flee north. In this case, Yue Lengqiu should naturally gather troops on the south bank to take advantage of Zhejiang Province.
When the Fujian army sent reinforcements to the south and Jiangzhou was empty of troops, it took Pengze, Hukou, etc.
When it comes to territory, it's always about who gets it.
After Chizhou Prefecture was divided by Huaidong, only two counties were left. The three counties at the southern foot of Huaishan Mountain were full of lakes and swamps, and they were not a place to take root. Only Pengze, Hukou and other counties in northeastern Jiangxi were large in area and densely populated.
It is rich and luxuriant, and the harvest can nourish and thrive, and it can also divide Huaidong's monopoly on Jiangxi.
After various considerations, Yue Lengqiu temporarily decided to wait and see for three to five days before deciding, except for immediately moving a naval force that had been transferred to Chizhou for rest and recuperation to Yangui Lake Water Village immediately.
However, Yue Lengqiu was also suffering inside.
What if the situation is really as judged by Lin Fu in the secret letter, and the remnants of the She family cross the river and flee north, but the Chizhou army fails to intercept them?
At that time, the She family was entangled with Chen Hansan and Luo Xiancheng, putting great pressure on Jinghu to the west.
Under such circumstances, it is impossible for Jinghu to take the risk of offending Huaidong to occupy Jiangzhou, and then it is impossible for the Chizhou army to fight alone against Huaidong, who has just won a great victory in Jiangxi!
Yue Lengqiu was very entangled in his heart and worried about the possibility that Jiangzhou was indeed crossing north, so he decided to stay on the north bank and asked Deng Yu to secretly sneak to the south bank to help his nephew Yue Zhi lead the army. Yue Lengqiu stayed on the north bank.
, I am also afraid that it will really delay the fighter plane, so that I can have an explanation in the future.
In the early morning of the 24th, many groups of scouts were sent to sneak into Huangmei, Pengze and the hinterland of Jiangzhou, hoping to get more accurate news. However, throughout the whole day of the 24th, there was no obvious change in the situation in eastern Jiangxi.
No direct news reached Chizhou beyond Gandong.
However, the Jiangzhou Navy did not retreat to the inner line of Poyang Lake until nightfall on the 24th, which made Yue Lengqiu realize that there was something abnormal, but it did not rule out that Shewenzhuang had set up a suspicious formation in Jiangzhou.
Even if Shewenzhuang wanted to aid Shangrao, they would definitely try their best to delay the encirclement of Jinghu and Chizhou troops from the east and west wings.
On the 24th, Ge Cunxin led the main force of Jinghai's Third Water Battalion to assemble and set off from Yijiang. Cao Ziang also sent envoys to Songyang in Luzhou to once again urge Yue Lengqiu to gather troops and horses on the north bank in preparation for Jiangzhou's army to cross the river and escape north.
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On the night of the 24th, Yue Lengqiu sat in front of the map all night. Even though he knew that the scouts sent out would not return the news so quickly, he kept asking questions. Until the early morning, Yue Lengqiu couldn't bear the mental exhaustion and finally
Lie down and rest in your clothes.
Yue Lengqiu was awakened by the sound of rapid footsteps in his sleep, and saw his son Duming and Deng Yu's second son Deng Wenchang rushing to the tent. Yue Lengqiu stood up and asked in surprise: "Jiangzhou soldiers are going south!"
"Pa", Yue Duming slapped the table fiercely and said, "Lin Fu was right again. After midnight, thousands of boats covered the river in the south of Huanglong Ridge. The She family is indeed going to abandon Jiangzhou and flee north!"
"That's true!" Yue Lengqiu sat up in shock and asked again, "Can you tell how many soldiers and horses the Jiangzhou Army had crossing the river last night?"
"Most of the people who crossed the river last night were family members, and there were very few soldiers, about 20,000 people." Yue Duming said.
Yes, if the She family wants to flee north, ordinary soldiers will be fine, but if they still want to have the troops and horses in their hands at the end, the generals and their family members cannot be left behind.
"Governor Yue, how should we deal with this?" Deng Wenchang asked.
Yue Lengqiu touched the beard under his chin, Chen Hansan got Luo Xiancheng, and the She family supported him. Last winter, he led the remnants of his troops to go south to eastern Hubei and occupied Qichun, Huangmei and other counties in eastern Hubei. Especially in Jinghu,
It exists in the gaps between Chizhou, Suizhou and Jiangxi.
Chen Hansan has more than 4,000 troops in Huangmei; and on the south side of Huangmei's ruined city, across the river from Jiangzhou City, the She family has always stationed 3,000 elite troops in Huanglongling.
The horns depended on each other, making it impossible for Yue Lengqiu to chew any of them for a while.
Now that the She family wants to cross the river and flee north, they must also use Huanglongling as a beachhead to continuously evacuate people and materials from Jiangzhou City.
"My son will lead the army to attack Huanglongling by land. Dad can supervise the navy to advance westward so that the Jiangzhou army cannot cross north in large numbers!" Yue Duming said. He was eager to try and fight for the army. Before that, Yue Lengqiu mainly focused on training his nephew.
Yue Zhi, Yue Duming only served as a staff officer in the army.
The She family still has nearly 70,000 land and sea troops in Jiangzhou. Yue Lengqiu dare not send all the She family's 70,000 Jiangzhou soldiers to the north bank.
The only current solution is to overwhelm the Chizhou navy, forcing the Jiangzhou army to not dare to cross the river on a large scale.
As for land, the connection between Huangmeicheng and Huanglongling should be cut off immediately to restrict the enemy from Huanglongling from extending eastward.
Unlike other river sections with large open shoals, the Yangtze River near Huanglongling has ridges and mountains running straight into the middle of the river. The river surface is narrow and dangerous. Once the Jiangzhou Army is called to spread out along the south ridge of Huanglongling, the infantry will have catapults and crossbows.
War weapons can also support surface operations very well, which will expand the advantages of the Jiangzhou navy in the upper reaches.
Whenever there is a battle with the Jiangzhou navy on the Yangtze River, the Chizhou army always advances by land and water. Its infantry camp attacks from Xiaocang Mountain and advances to Huanglongling, entangling the She family's garrison in Huanglongling so that it cannot assist the navy.
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Huanglong Ridge and Xiaocang Mountain are only thirty miles apart.
On the one hand, Yue Lengqiu was shocked by Lin Fu's statement about the She family's escape to the north. On the other hand, he was pleased that his son could decide on the military strategy so quickly. He nodded, agreed to the arrangement, and urgently sent someone to contact Deng Yu on the south bank.
, and led his troops to attack Pengze from the south bank.
No matter what, of course Yue Lengqiu would not let it go if he had the opportunity to take over the counties in northeastern Jiangxi.
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Feilai Peak on the east ridge of Huanglong Ridge is a huge boulder.
The stone is as white as jade, about seven feet in diameter, hanging on the top of the ridge, as if flying from the sky.
Feilai Peak has now become the most important lookout post on the east wing of the Huanglongling garrison.
Shewenzhuang had a sad face, looking at the vast expanse of the south of the Yangtze River, looking at the Chizhou soldiers and horses swarming from the east as if they were nothing.
The veteran general around Shewenzhuang, the Governor Shi Hu Zongguo, saw that Chizhou's troops were advancing westward so urgently, and seemed to fancy that there was no counterattack here. He felt contempt and anger after being looked down upon, and said: "The tiger fell on Pingyang.
Being bullied by dogs, these vicious dogs in Chizhou really don’t know how to live or die! Yue Lengqiu is also old. Duke Wenzhuang, you see, he sent troops in three directions. It seems that there is no leakage, but in fact, he is dim-witted and too eager to defeat everything.
.Should we just ask She Yuan to fight?"
Thinking of defeat before seeking victory, the Zhejiang and Fujian troops retreated to Jiangxi. Shewenzhuang was worried that the situation in Jiangxi would be unsustainable and that the defense line might collapse first from Shangrao.
Chen Hansan led his remnants to go south. On the surface, Jiangzhou handed over all the land in eastern Hubei to Chen Hansan to manage the military pressure of Jinghu and Chichi on Jiangzhou. The She family only occupied a corner of Huanglongling on the north bank.
, the garrison was also reduced to more than 3,000.
Lin Fu had been planning to encircle Jiangxi since last autumn. Chizhou, Jinghu, and Tanzhou were all pawns in Lin Fu's military deployment. They cooperated with the elite of the Huaidong Army headquarters to form an encirclement force against the Zhejiang and Fujian troops retreating to Jiangxi.
Huanglongling looks small, but it is actually the last escape route for the She family to escape from the Huaidong encirclement. How can She Wenzhuang not run it carefully?
Shewenzhuang used a small plan of reducing flags and adding more troops. In the past six months, the garrison in Huanglongling was maintained at five battalions. However, one battalion had more than a thousand soldiers, and the strength of Huanglongling had never been less than 6,000.
Going up to the soldiers who crossed the river first last night, the She family has ten thousand soldiers in Huanglongling.
This kind of subterfuge should not have been hidden from Yue Lengqiu. Even if Yue Lengqiu could not accurately detect the number of soldiers stationed in Huanglongling, he should not relax his vigilance.
Seeing the direction of Xiaocang Mountain, Yue Duming, the son of Yue Lengqiu, led 10,000 troops to attack Huanglong Ridge. Hu Zongguo also lamented that Yue Lengqiu was old.
Shewenzhuang's face was as smiling as tears, and his eyes were desolate, and he said: "What if the Chizhou army is defeated? After half a year of planning, just waiting for this defeat, it is really panic-stricken! Waiting for Chen Hansan to attack from Huangmei to separate
Enemy soldiers, let She Yuan attack! Consider She Yuan, if you can't take down Xiaocang Mountain in one fell swoop, the She family will have no way out!"
In addition to defeating the troops and horses of the Chizhou Army advancing towards Huanglong Ridge from the north bank, it is also necessary to break through the Chizhou Army's camp in Xiaocang Mountain. Only in this way can the water camp of the Chizhou Army at the eastern foot of Xiaocang Mountain and the west bank of Yangui Lake be exposed, and Chizhou can be forced to
The navy army fled in panic, so that they could buy a crucial two or three days for the Jiangzhou people to cross the river on a large scale before the Jinghaihai camp arrived.