Yuanzhou's secret letter was delivered to Lin Fu two days later, which was already late at night on August 11th. (_PA&SH&Bar)
Lin Fu and Song Jia put on their clothes and rushed to the side hall of the martial arts hall. Fu Qinghe, Gao Zongting, Song Fu and others had also arrived from their residences.
Lin Fu was stationed in Yuzhang, so the command and military intelligence center of the Privy Council must temporarily move to Yuzhang with Lin Fu.
After entering July, the Yanhu troops moved towards Nanyang, and the situation on the entire Western Front suddenly became tense. On the entire Western Front, as many as a hundred pieces of intelligence were sent to Yuzhang every day.
The elimination of falsehoods and the preservation of true intelligence, analysis, and battle situation deductions became extremely complicated. In late July, Song Fu and others were transferred from Jiangning to Lin Fu to share the pressure on Gao Zongting's shoulders.
Above the bright hall, candles burned high, illuminating the hall as brightly as day; outside the hall, guards wore armor and held swords, fighting with swords.
Fu Qinghe, Gao Zongting, Song Fu and others have all read Yuanzhou's secret letter and are holding candles and discussing it in front of the sand table in the hall.
The sand table is two feet long and one foot six feet wide. It uses fine sand and gum to faithfully shape the terrain from Yuzhang to Yuanzhou. Wugong Mountain, Heshan, Ganjiang, Yuanhe and other major mountains, rivers and valleys in western Jiangxi, as well as Lu
The cities of Xi, Yuanzhou, Xiayuan, Xinyu, Qingjiang, and Yuzhang, as well as the main passages between the cities that could easily allow large groups of soldiers and horses to pass through, were all presented on the sand table in simplified and complicated ways.
Song Jia neatly dressed her clothes and combed her hair in a hurry. Lin Fu, on the other hand, was informal, wearing a green shirt without a belt. He walked in loosely, looked at Gao Zongting and others, and asked: "A letter from Yuan Zhou, you guys?"
I’ve seen it all…”
"I have read it," Gao Zongting replied, "The Huang Binghao plan revealed by Zhou Zhizheng in the letter corresponds to the plot collected by the Military Intelligence Department from other places these days. It is true and credible. Chen Zishou sent troops from Yuan Dynasty to respond.
No later than tomorrow."
At this time, Zhou Pu and Zhang Jiheng walked in together. As soon as they stepped in, Zhou Pu asked in a rough voice: "Has this greedy snake Huang Binghao come out of his hole?"
Lin Fu handed him the secret message sent back from Yuan Zhou.
Under Lin Fu's compulsion, Zhou Pu had a rough knowledge of pen and ink, and it was no problem to read the letter. After reading the letter, he said: "Chen Zishou will send out troops tomorrow. We can't ask them to get to Xinyu City first. They have to rush ahead. I can only lead the cavalry."
Go first!”
"Aren't you afraid that Zhou Pu is Huang Binghao's traitor?" Lin Fu asked him with a smile when he saw that Zhou Pu had read the secret letter and invited him to go to Xinyu.
"So what if we know who is right and what is wrong?" Zhou Pu chuckled, "Even if Huang Binghao sets up an ambush trap with 40,000 soldiers and horses in Xinyu to lure me into leading the cavalry battalion, they still have to have good teeth to attack them.
Let’s eat it!”
Lin Fu smiled and pointed at Gao Zongting: "Both the cavalry camp and the infantry camp must be prepared to move out before dawn; you and Zongting will discuss the specific troop deployment strategy..."
The reason for attacking Huang Binghao was not because he was afraid of having more soldiers, but because he was afraid that Huang Binghao would shrink and not show up in Yuanzhou City.
Passing through Xinyu and going up the Yuan River, you can attack Yuan and Yuanzhou. However, going west from Xinyu, hills and mountains confront each other on both sides of the Yuanhe River, with valleys and valleys crisscrossing it. Several large mountains such as Wugong Mountain and Heshan crisscross the territory of Yuanzhou.
The two cities of Xia Yuan and Yuanzhou are built close to mountains and rivers, making them easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Huang Binghao also misjudged the situation when he surrendered to Jiangzhou, thinking that Emperor Yongxing abandoned Jiangning and left, and the situation in Jiangnan would inevitably collapse and become irremediable. When She Feixiong took his relatives under the city, Huang Binghao chose to surrender to protect his relatives. Waiting for Huaidong
To regain Jiangning and welcome the emperor back to the east, even if Huang Binghao knew that reducing luxury was a wrong move, he could only make the same mistake again and again.
Those Jiangzhou officials and generals who were coerced into lowering their luxury felt a different feeling in their hearts. Although they were controlled by Huang Binghao with kindness and coercion, the morale of Yuanzhou's soldiers and horses dropped from the moment they were transferred to Yuanzhou to fight against Tanzhou.
I've never been able to cheer up.
During the Shangrao War, the invincible She Feixiong on the Western Front died in front of the Huaidong Formation. Tens of thousands of elite Zhejiang and Fujian troops were decimated and annihilated. The She family did not even have the courage to defend Yuzhang and Jiangzhou, and crossed the Yangtze River in panic.
Escape was a serious blow to the morale of Yuanzhou's soldiers and horses.
A few Yuanzhou generals such as Huang Binghao and Chen Zishou were worried that Huaidong would be liquidated after surrender. At the same time, they also coveted the power that Yan Hu had promised to break the earth and become a king or a marquis. But for most Yuanzhou generals,
It is impossible to see the future clearly at this time.
Perhaps the most ordinary soldiers will be coerced and blindly obey, but the middle and lower-level military attachés and generals are the backbone of an army. Their will is weak and they are confused about their future. The weakening of their combat effectiveness will be inestimable.
Since May, soldiers have escaped from Yuanzhou one after another, including middle- and lower-level generals, which proves this point.
Zhou Pu said that Huang Binghao had set up an ambush circle in Xinyu, and he dared to lead his elite cavalry into it to kill him, but this was not because he was underestimating the enemy, but because he had an accurate grasp of the situation of Yuanzhou's troops and horses.
Based on the current situation of Huang Binghao's troops, even if the troops were doubled, it would be difficult to shake the Huaidong infantry and cavalry formation in a field battle. However, if Huang Binghao huddles in Yuanzhou City, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it will definitely make a difference.
Headache.
Although after the Shangrao War, Lin Fu was able to lead one hundred thousand soldiers up the Yuan River and capture Yuanzhou by force.
However, Huaidong had already consumed too many resources during the Shangrao War. Including shipbuilding materials, the eight-month-long Shangrao War only brought a total of 2.4 million shi to the west of Quzhou.
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Including transportation costs along the way, the Shangrao War consumed nearly five million taels of silver in Huaidong.
In the next military deployment, in order to cope with the increasingly tense situation on the Western Front, Lin Fu will inevitably use more resources in Luzhou and Jiangzhou.
One hundred thousand soldiers were sent up the Yuan River to attack Yuanzhou. In May, Lin Fu, Gao Zongting and others could not estimate the serious negative impact it would have on the later military deployment.
At least, if the war was not stopped immediately and the famine in Jiangxi was continued, tens of thousands of people would starve to death, and the situation in Jiangxi would be difficult to ease in a short time.
In addition, the Shangrao War also caused a considerable reduction in the strength of the two elite combat forces of the Chongcheng Army and the Changshan Army. Chen Zhi's troops were tasked with interception operations twice, and the casualty ratio of the soldiers was as high as 50%; and the continuous arduous fighting was very difficult.
The proportion of combat attrition increased significantly.
If the troops did not rest and recuperate immediately, but continued to attack Yuanzhou, the loss of casualties and the weakening of combat power caused by the attrition would be difficult to control, which would be detrimental to Lin Fu's military deployment of the entire war.
Therefore, after May, Lin Fu categorically gave up the plan to attack Yuanzhou, and transferred Tang Fuguan, Liu Zhenzhi, and Yu Wencheng's troops to the north to rest and prepare for the war on the western front in advance, while Chen Zhi and Zhang Jiheng's troops were stationed in Ganzhou and Yuzhang.
At the same time, take a thorough rest.
Lin Fu's strategy for Yuanzhou was to "lead the snake out of its hole" and defeat Yuanzhou's troops in the field. For Huaidong, it was the most resource- and time-saving.
Otherwise, even if the siege battle can go smoothly, the resources and time consumed in the early preparations for the siege battle are difficult to estimate in advance.
If Huang Binghao is not greedy at this time and accepts the surrender conditions offered here, and Lin Fu sends an elite brigade to Xinyu to seal the east passage from Yuanzhou, Lin Fu can mobilize other troops from the hinterland of Jiangxi to Jiangzhou.
, in preparation for Yanhu to move south along the Han River after taking Nanyang.
Huang Binghao couldn't bear his temper and dared to come out of Yuanzhou. Lin Fu would take the initiative with the elite infantry and cavalry stationed in Yuzhang and maim Yuanzhou's soldiers and horses in the field battle, so that they could no longer become a hidden danger in the hinterland of Jiangxi.
Several backup copies of the combat plan have been prepared, but final adjustments still need to be made based on more accurate intelligence.
After Lin Fu issued the marching order, the march preparation and mobilization before departure were organized by the generals at the camp and sentry level to direct the troops. The generals above the brigade and camp were quickly summoned to the main hall of the martial arts hall, and Zhou Pu and Gao Zongting organized the final decision
battle plan.
Lin Fu will go into battle with the infantry battalion, but will not participate in the final adjustment of the battle plan, but will stay in the side hall.
The sand table was placed in the center of the side hall, but Lin Fu no longer paid attention to the sand table. Instead, he personally opened a curtain hanging on the north wall.
Hidden behind the curtain is a topographic map of the entire western front, including Guanzhong, Henan, Huaixi, Nanyang, Jingxiang and northern Jiangxi.
The topographic map is so big that it almost covers the entire wall. On the topographic map, Yanhu, the remnants of the She family, Luo Xiancheng's troops, Huaixi, Jinghu, Chizhou, and Huaidong's troops in Luzhou and Jiangzhou are all accurately marked.
On the picture.
In the picture, the three armies of Yanhu, Shejia, and Luo Bandits have been fully deployed. The thickest arrows are shockingly pointing directly at Nanyang. The defensive markings of Nanyang soldiers and horses are so thin that they seem to be about to be defeated by the enemy in an instant.
The soldiers' arrows pierced through.
This map reflects the latest military developments on the Western Front, and is also one of the core military secrets of the martial arts hall. Even if it is usually heavily guarded and Lin Fu and others are not in the side hall, it must be covered with a curtain and is strictly prohibited from being uncovered.
"Shuiying in Shanyang should make a move to march west to aid Shouzhou at this time to prevent Yanhu from taking advantage of Nanyang to attack Huaixi!" Song Fu also stayed in the side hall. He had just transferred the latest
Military dynamics were marked on the map. Looking at the latest development of the situation in the direction of Nanyang, he suggested to Lin Fu.
The She family and Luo Xiancheng simultaneously faced Nanyang and Xinyang from the south, forming a pincer attack. The situation in Nanyang was destined to be irreversible. Especially the She family sent troops from Fancheng and cut into the hinterland of Nanyang from the south, which would disrupt Nanyang's defense deployment.
Smashed.
No matter whether Liang Chengchong surrendered, collapsed or fled in Nanyang, the situation in Nanyang could not last long.
In the next military deployment that Lin Fu had planned long ago, the fall of Nanyang was expected.
But after the fall of Nanyang, the main force of Yanhu soldiers and horses joined the She family, and after Luo Xiancheng became the two families, whether their troops would move eastward or southward, Huaidong had to lead them by the nose in order to make them fall in the end.
Enter the big pit laid by Huaidong.
Lin Fu did not hesitate to put Cao Zi'ang in Luzhou to build a mountain road for a year, just for this moment.