With a "pop" sound, Lin Fu dropped the charcoal pen in his hand on the letter sent from Nanyang Kuaima, and stared at the map beside him without saying a word.
It is already the hot season, and the city of Yuzhang is also extremely hot. The small pond in the northeast and south of the Xingyuan is connected to the Xicui Lake outside the wall, with running water flowing in. The octagonal pavilion is built on the pond water, which is cooler than elsewhere.
After the summer, Lin Fu went about his business in the octagonal pavilion, burning the secret insect repellent incense, but the battle report coming from Nanyang was so disturbing that he wanted to break the charcoal in his hand into two pieces.
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Lin Fu had long issued an order from the Privy Council to cancel the Chizhou camp and reestablish the Chizhou army. Deng Yu and Yue Zhi were appointed as chief and deputy commanders. They were transferred to the north bank of the Yangtze River and entered Songyang and Huangmei. They were responsible for fighting the enemy forces in the eastern Hubei area.
The Chizhou Army abolished its camp and established a military town. The garrison towns were moved to Huangmei, Songyang, Qiupu, Yicheng and other counties under the jurisdiction of the original Chizhou camp. Chizhou and Yicheng were separately established, under the direct jurisdiction of the central government, and defense was merged into
Luzhou - Agreeing to these conditions means that the Chizhou Army will give up its local governance and taxation rights, and transform into a relatively pure military organization under the direct jurisdiction of the Privy Council.
The area under the jurisdiction of Ezhou in the previous dynasty was very large. In addition to the area under the jurisdiction of the current Ezhou Prefecture, the area east of Jiangxia, Hanjin, and the Han River, west of Huaishan, and all the way to Suizhou was the scope of ancient Ezhou. At this time, except for Ezhou on the south bank
Beyond Jiangxia, the former eastern and northern Hubei areas were all occupied by the remnants of the She family and Chen Hansan's troops.
Yue Lengqiu still retained the position of Deputy Privy Envoy and remained as the Central Committee, in charge of the Chizhou Army and the war in eastern Hubei within the Privy Council.
It seems that there have been no major changes in the Chizhou Army. The Chizhou Army is still in the hands of Yue Lengqiu, Deng Yu, Yue Zhi and other people, but its independence has been greatly weakened.
This was the compromise made by Lin Fu and Yue Lengqiu to retain the Chizhou Army after they learned that Liang Chengyi had abandoned Hezhong and retreated south in early June. At the same time, Lin Fu ordered Zhou Tong to lead the Chongcheng Army to Tang Fuguan and Liu Zhenzhi.
Departing from Duchang, we took the waterway to land on the Lujiang River and settled in Luzhou for rest.
After Liang Chengyi abandoned the river, the Cao family had no intention of struggling again on the south bank of the Weishui River. Their troops, horses, and military family members also followed suit and retreated south in batches. The entire western front was in danger.
Under such circumstances, it has become unrealistic to annihilate the Shewenzhuang, Chen Hansan, Luo Xiancheng and other tribes entrenched in the eastern Hubei, Suizhou, and Xiangfan areas from south to north before the Yanhu army goes south.
Mobilize troops and horses to enter Luzhou. When Nanyang or Xinyang is in emergency, you can urgently mobilize troops and horses to go to the northwest foot of Huaishan Mountain and enter Xinyang. Fighting in Nanyang, you can still barely keep the western front from being completely penetrated by Yanhu.
This was Yue Lengqiu's understanding of Lin Fu's decision to mobilize more than 30,000 Huaidong's main soldiers to rush into Luzhou at this time.
Luzhou was originally the center of Huaixi.
Going north from Luzhou is Shouzhou, the seat of the Huaixi camp.
Along the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain to the northwest is Xinyang, Huaishang.
Going west through the Tongbai Valley Road from Zhengyang County, Xinyang Prefecture, it is within the territory of Qinyang County, Nanyang Prefecture.
After Yanhu captured Hezhong and Guanzhong, if he wanted to go south, he had to conquer Nanyang in order to be able to connect with Luo Xiancheng, Shewenzhuang and other tribes in Xiangfan, Suizhou and eastern Hubei.
After the remnants of the She family fled north across the Yangtze River and entered eastern Hubei, they joined Chen Hansan and still had 80,000 or 90,000 troops. Luo Xiancheng claimed to have 200,000 troops, but the actual number of soldiers capable of fighting was lower than this number, but the key was Luo Xiancheng's management.
Suizhou and Xiangfan have been in power for five or six years, and they can be considered as laying a foundation between Huai and Han. It is extremely difficult to uproot their influence in a short period of time.
Under this situation, if Nanyang can be defended and the rebels in Yanhu and Jingbei are separated, it will become extremely important to the development of the war between the north and the south.
Yue Lengqiu remains in Yuzhang for the time being.
When Lin Fu heard the news that the soldiers and horses in the river were defeated by Chen Zhihu on the north bank of the Ru River, he threw the charcoal on the map in anger. Yue Lengqiu, wearing a green shirt, stood aside.
Lin Fu was furious and Yue Lengqiu felt the same way.
Liang Xi was incompetent. I originally thought that Liang Xi's second son, who was an outstanding figure among the Ten Tigers of Liang Clan at that time, should always be able to survive on the water and Huaihe River. However, the Hezhong Army's retreat was so bad that others could not help but be disappointed.
Speaking of retreat, the Tianjin-Hai retreat organized by Huaidong was considered an extremely successful case.
Although Jinhai City was eventually lost and more than half of the Jinhai Navy would die on the battlefield, in more than half a year, Huaidong successfully evacuated more than 300,000 soldiers and civilians who had fled to Jinhai from the sea and relocated south, which greatly strengthened the
Knowing Huaidong's strength, it was a beautiful retreat.
Speaking of the remnants of the She family crossing the river and escaping north, Yue Lengqiu would be humiliated for life. But under such circumstances, the She family could move hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians to the north bank in such a short period of time. They had to admit that the She family
This old fox in Wenzhuang is extremely powerful.
There is nothing particularly outstanding about these two retreats. The key lies in careful planning and preparation.
Before the retreat of Jinhai, Huaidong had been operating Jinhai City and Jinwei Island for a long time. It fully mobilized the Tianjin Navy before the war, and quickly more than doubled its size before the war without reducing its combat effectiveness. Lin Xuwen, Huang Jinnian,
Gao Zongting, Wu Qi, Ao Canghai, Ma Yigong, Chen Dingbang, Geng Quanshan and other important figures in the Huaidong group all held on until the last moment before retreating. A large number of sea ships and evacuation routes were prepared along the way, as well as a large amount of supplies, including the Tianjin Navy.
When the people of Huaidong went south to resettle, Huaidong made careful and detailed plans before the war. Without these careful plans and preparations, with hundreds of thousands of Yanhu troops pressing down on the border, it would have been impossible for the people of Tianjin to retreat so beautifully.
Impossible.
The remnants of the She family fled north. It was also because She Wenzhuang had long recognized that the situation in Jiangxi was unsustainable, so he invited the remnants of Chen Han and San to go south to the east of Hubei in advance. They made arrangements early in the Huanglong Ridge on the north bank. In the battle of Songyang, the Chizhou army was defeated.
The army collapsed, with more than half of the casualties, but it barely boosted the morale of the remaining She family troops, allowing them to cross the river completely in a short time.
In comparison, the southward retreat of the soldiers and horses in the river seemed chaotic and unprepared. There were only more than 60,000 generals and their families, but the team was disrupted by hundreds of thousands of refugees who followed them south. And Xiao Xiao
On the Beiru River, three critical days were wasted because there were not enough ferries prepared in advance.
The rear troops and horses were too close to the main force retreating south, less than twenty miles apart. However, when the rear troops and horses were defeated, the main soldiers and civilians retreating south were still mixed together at the ferry. A great defeat was not an unimaginable result.
It is said that the defeat of the soldiers and horses in the river will seriously weaken the power of the Queen Mother and her family, but the key lies in Nanyang.
If Liang Chengyi can successfully evacuate the soldiers and civilians in Hezhong to Nanyang, it will greatly increase Nanyang's defensive strength.
If Nanyang itself has 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers and horses, which is far away from the city fortress and can be defended by a dangerous stronghold, and there are 100,000 soldiers and horses from Huaixi on the east side, in addition to Huaidong's elite troops in Luzhou, they can also pass through Xinyang and take the Tongbai Valley Road.
Reinforce Nanyang at any time - even if the Yanhu army gathers 200,000 soldiers and horses in the north of Nanyang, they will definitely not dare to attack Nanyang easily.
The defeat of the soldiers and horses in the river reduced the number of troops who followed Liang Chengyi to Nanyang to less than 10,000. In addition, a large amount of food and baggage were lost north of the Beiru River, leaving Chen Zhihu to leave.
On the one hand, Nanyang's potential defensive strength was weakened by nearly half; on the other hand, Chen Zhihu captured a large amount of supplies left by the Hezhong Army on the north bank of the Beiru River, which will greatly speed up the southward advance of the Yanhu army.
Otherwise, even if Yanhu successfully captured Guanshan and opened a channel to attack Nanyang from the south, if they want 200,000 troops to quickly push to the north of Nanyang, even if Yanji, Liaodong and Jin have sufficient supplies, such a huge amount of supplies
It takes two or three months to transport it to the Nanyang front line.
In the confrontation between the north and the south, Liang Chengyi may be a little insignificant, but at this delicate moment, the defeat of the soldiers and horses in the river has tilted the balance greatly towards Yanhu, which is definitely not what Lin Fu wants to see.
"Nanyang must still be defended!" Gao Zongting said in a hoarse voice.
On the eighth day of June, we learned that Liang Chengyi had abandoned Hezhong Mansion and retreated to the south, and that many people in Yuzhang had been unable to take action for more than ten consecutive days. Gao Zongting, as the main conspirator around Lin Fu, naturally had an even harder time.
"The Cao family has abandoned Chang'an and their troops have withdrawn to the west of Mei County," Fu Qinghe said. "Ye Ji Luorong has crossed the Wei River and entered Chang'an City. His main force of infantry and cavalry traveled southeast from Chang'an and took Wuguan to attack Nanyang West.
Wing, there are only six to seven hundred miles away. Ye Ji Luorong has not yet sent troops out of Wuguan, because the Cao family has not completely withdrawn from the upper reaches of the Wei River. There are still 40,000 troops on the upper reaches of the Wei River threatening its western flank. Once Cao Cao
After the family has completely withdrawn from Guanzhong, Ye Jiluorong can mobilize 100,000 troops from Chang'an to ride out of Wuguanxi to attack Nanyang. Is it too late to defend Nanyang at this time?"
Lin Fu looked up at Yue Lengqiu and asked, "Master Yue, what do you think?"
Nowadays, the military and political affairs of Jiangning are decided by Lin Fu, but after all, it is still the power structure of the Privy Council. Yue Lengqiu stays in Yuzhang as the Deputy Privy Envoy, so he can naturally participate in the military.
Yue Lengqiu suspected that Lin Fu deliberately left him in Yuzhang to cause outsiders to speculate that Yue Lengqiu had defected to Huaidong, which increased the suspicion of the Queen Mother, the Emperor, Yuan Guizheng and others. However, although the Chizhou Army was preserved,
But Yue Lengqiu himself was alone in Yuzhang, and he was somewhat helpless.
The decision of whether to leave or stay rests with Lin Fu, and for the time being, Yue Lengqiu has no choice but to struggle.
Yue Lengqiu just wanted Lin Fu to relax his vigilance against him, and he treated Lin Fu very respectfully at this time. As long as he could return to the Chizhou Army and join up with Deng Yu and Yue Zhi, Yue Lengqiu knew that only then would he be considered free.
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"The Cao family's plan to withdraw from Guanzhong was more thorough than that of the Marquis of Qinyang," Yue Lengqiu said. "Once the Cao family stays behind in the upper reaches of the Wei River, it will also threaten Chang'an's flanks and ask Ye Ji Luorong to occupy Chang'an.
For the time being, they dare not draw out their troops and march out of Wuguan to Nanyang. Furthermore, in order to ensure that Ye Jiluorong occupied Chang'an and could not pursue him in succession, the Cao family destroyed the Weinan area more thoroughly, and Chang'an was also reduced to a ruined city, named Ye Jiluorong.
It was difficult to obtain enough food and grass from both sides of the Wei River to continue fighting. Thirdly, after the summer in the Qinling Mountains, the weather was extremely hot, making it difficult for the Yanhu cavalry who had lived in the north for a long time to adapt to fighting. Fourthly, Liang Chengchong had been running Nanyang for three years.
Time, with the help of Huaidong and Huaixi, the city was strong and difficult to attack suddenly. However, Liang Chengchong abandoned the river and the Cao family retreated south. Liang Chengchong should have considered it in advance. He should also focus on defense against the enemy troops in the direction of Wuguan... The above
Counting a few points, I think it is unlikely that Ye Ji Luorong will send a large-scale army from Wuguan to the west to attack Nanyang in the short term."
Yue Lengqiu was in Yuzhang, and the military information coming from the north was not hidden from him anymore.
Gao Zongting said: "What Mr. Yue said is reasonable. Yanhu has eliminated the threat on the west wing and obtained the complete Hezhong Prefecture. The troops sent from Wuguan should be a partial division and not heavy troops. The main force of their troops should be transferred back to Tongguan.
To the east, from Hezhong, Xingyang, and Daliang to the south, spread out along the eastern foot of Funiu Mountain, and attack Nanyang and Xinyang. It is more reasonable. To defend Nanyang, we should still have two or three months of buffer time. We should also blame the soldiers and horses in the river.
We lost so much supplies to Yan Hu, otherwise we would have had at least two or three more months."