Jingshan Nunnery is the name of a trading port at the southeastern foot of Baohua Mountain. In the early years, a nunnery was built, hence the name. It is located at the water and land intersection from Runzhou City to Jin Dynasty. Like Longhua Port and Yanling Port, it is
The outskirts of Jinling are densely populated with business travelers and large towns.
Xu Zhu, the direct general of Anning Palace and deputy commander of all armies and camps, was beheaded by King Xin Yang Yuanyan on the side of a low slope ten miles west of Jingshan Nunnery.
More than 30,000 Nanya Imperial Guards cried for their fathers and mothers. They were killed and their helmets were discarded. Their bodies were left lying on the ground, and their blood flowed everywhere.
Up to this time, in the abandoned fields with long weeds outside Jingshan'an Town, one could still find severed fingers, hands and feet that had been chopped off and were in a state of decay.
The fence wall stretches for several miles, and the ditch formed by the connecting ditch encloses the huge town. Jingshan Temple has turned into a huge fortress in the past two months.
Tall and sturdy arrow towers and watchtowers were built one after another, and thick walls of rammed earth crisscrossed each other.
Although the camp city does not have a formal thick wall, it has built a relatively reliable defense system through fence walls, trenches, and a large number of obstacles such as horses and antlers. The elite forwards of the Chuzhou Army relied on this to fight with
The Nanya Forbidden Army and Shouzhou Army stationed in Qiuhu Mountain and Jiangcheng City faced off.
Even if the Nanya Forbidden Army led by Xu Zhu suffered heavy losses, the Nanya Forbidden Army, Lou Chuan Army, Su Wei Army and Shouzhou Army controlled by Anning Palace together still had 160,000 troops.
In particular, the Shouzhou Army, under the command of Xu Mingzhen, has persisted in fighting the Liang Army in the Huaixi region for many years. Its combat effectiveness is not inferior to that of the Chuzhou Army, and is far beyond the capabilities of the newly formed Nanya Forbidden Army, which has unstable military morale.
compared to.
The Chu and Yang states on the north bank of the Yangtze River and east of Hongzepu, as the foundation of Chu state, need to station enough elite soldiers and horses to prevent Xu Mingzhen from raising troops to directly copy their retreat, so Chu state recruits troops during this period.
, to expand the total strength to 120,000, but currently only 50,000 elite troops can be mobilized to cross the river.
On the south bank, the Chuzhou Army was still at a huge disadvantage in terms of military strength, not to mention that the Anning Palace was constantly transferring elite troops from Shouzhou to strengthen the defense and military strength on the east side of Jinling City.
The Chuzhou Army has now crossed the river with 50,000 soldiers and horses. King Xin Yang Yuanyan personally led 30,000 elite troops as the vanguard. They were at Jingshan Temple, keeping an eye on the remnants of the Nanya Forbidden Army that were only 20 miles away in Qiuhu Mountain and were stationed southward.
The Shouzhou Army who arrived at Longhua Port and Jiangcheng City made every move.
The other elite Chuzhou troops who crossed the river were mainly stationed in Dantu and Beigu Mountain on the line of Jingkou City.
Although the great victory of Jingshan'an greatly shocked the prefectures and counties east of Jinling, due to the fact that their military strength was still at a disadvantage, the area directly controlled by the Chuzhou Army on the south bank of the Yangtze River at this time was limited to the area close to Dantu, located in
A city in Runzhou.
Prefectures and counties a little further away mainly used food and grass in exchange for peaceful coexistence with the Chuzhou army.
Farther away, Huxiu, Hangyue and other states, which are temporarily beyond the reach of the Chuzhou Army, sit on the fence and wait and see, and do not forget to seize the time to recruit troops to expand the state camp, so that when they have to make a choice in the future, they can hold more in their hands.
With so many bargaining chips, there are even some ambitious people in these states who are planning something secretly.
Therefore, in terms of the overall situation, Chuzhou is still far from being able to laugh out loud.
In this situation, the remnants of Taowu soldiers gathered to attack Danyang and then burned it with fire. Naturally, the ordinary generals of the Chuzhou Army were furious and extremely angry. They wished they could immediately gather their troops and attack Taowu.
The remnants of Jibinghu were torn to pieces, but the general who truly understood the general trend felt as if a needle had been stabbed into his waist and eye. It didn't seem like he was bleeding much, but he was heartbroken.
Wang Wenqian was still in Beigu Mountain before noon yesterday, looking at the construction situation of Shuiying Dazhai there. When he learned about the attack on Danyang, he was not sure for a while. He didn't know if the Shouzhou Army that crossed the river the day before yesterday had elite troops.
, bypassing their reconnaissance network and attacking Danyang.
Who could have guessed at that time that Han Qian sneaked into Jinling and took away military power from Xinchang Marquis Li Pu?
Even though Qin Ran quickly figured out that it was the remnants of Taowu Jibinghu who had attacked him, Wang Wenqian and other Chuzhou generals were more worried that Yueyang might be afraid of the Chuzhou army after his victory at Jingshan Nunnery.
Strong, but secretly colluded with the Ning Ning Palace.
At that time, Chu Junzhou's soldiers and horses in Jingshan Temple were in a panic. Rather than immediately organizing soldiers and horses to counterattack and retaliate, they were more worried about what would happen to the Nanya Imperial Army and the elite Shouzhou Army who were stationed in Longhuabu and Qiuhu Mountain.
Wang Wenqian also rushed to Jingkou, Dantu and other places as soon as possible to check whether there were any loopholes in the defense to avoid being taken advantage of by the soldiers and horses of Anning Palace.
In the early hours of this morning, after Wang Wenqian rushed to Jingshan Nunnery to meet up with Xin Wang Yang Yuanyan, their scouts captured several young men from Taowu soldiers gathered near Maoshan. After rigorous interrogation, they found out that it was Han Qian who secretly arrived in Jinling four days ago.
, replaced Xinchang Hou Li Pu and took command of the remnants of Taowu's military gathering.
At this time, it was finally recognized that there was no collusion between Yueyang and Anning Palace. In addition to the fact that the blood feud between Han Qian and Anning Palace could not be resolved, the Nanya Forbidden Army and the Shouzhou Army at the southern foot of Baohua Mountain and Jiangcheng City were absent all day and night.
Make any appropriate response to Han Qian's attack on Danyang City.
Even so, there was still great controversy among the Chuzhou generals who gathered at Jingshan Nunnery on how to deal with the attack on Danyang City.
The moment Zhang Ping, Lin Haizheng and others entered Maoshan to join Han Qian, Xin Wang Yang Yuanyan was temporarily stationed in Jingshan Nunnery, and the large hall was filled with dozens of generals in two rows, all of them
The Chuzhou Army followed Wang Yangyuan as a key figure in crossing the river to discuss how to deal with the attack on Danyang.
The core generals of the Chuzhou Army included generals Rao Geng, Su Xingzhou, Zhao Zhen and others at the level of the capital commander, as well as secretaries such as Wang Wenqian and Ruan Yan, and assistant ministers and assistants at the middle level.
Rao Geng, Su Xingzhou and other generals in charge of the army had relatively direct thinking and strong will. When Danyang was attacked, it became clear that Yueyang had no collusion with Anning Palace. Han Qian had only 3,000 weak troops under his command. Naturally, they strongly advocated immediate transfer.
Send troops and generals to fight back firmly and eliminate hidden dangers in the south.
Wang Wenqian and Zhongmen envoy Ruan Yan had deeper worries.
It would be good to deploy troops and generals, retaliate with tooth, and defeat and annihilate Han Qian's 3,000 weak troops in one fell swoop. However, the problem is that Han Qian assisted Tan King Yang Yuanpu to defend Xichuan. It was only three years ago that he organized troops in Xuzhou.
Ma helped Yang Yuanpu destroy the Ma family, which happened last year and the year before that.
Taowu gathered 3,000 remnant soldiers. Under the command of Xinchang Hou Li Pu, their morale was low, their military morale was disorganized, and they were weak to a single blow. But yesterday, under the leadership of Han Qian, they bravely attacked Danyang City where the elite Chuzhou Army was garrisoned.
Even though they were captured in one fell swoop at a small cost, their morale is still low and their military morale is still weak.
How many soldiers do they need to send to be able to capture Maoshan in one fell swoop?
Although there was no collusion between Yueyang and Anning Palace before, and the Nanya Imperial Army and Shouzhou stationed at Qiuhu Mountain and Jiangcheng had no reaction to the destruction of Danyang City, when they dispatched their troops to attack Maoshan, Anning Palace still
Will he continue to remain silent or not respond at all?
Han Qian brazenly raised his troops to attack Danyang, which most likely changed the situation around Jinling. They must consider countermeasures from a deeper level and a larger situation.
After discussing for a long time, especially after receiving a report in the afternoon that an elite cavalry force of three to four hundred people set off from Jilong Mountain in the north of Xuanzhou at night and arrived at the western foot of Maoshan Mountain to meet Han Qian in the early morning, the Chuzhou generals finally put aside their immediate plans.
Thinking of organizing troops and horses to storm Maoshan to counterattack and retaliate, we decided to hold our troops temporarily and wait to see how the situation develops in the next few days.
The generals and officials dispersed, and King Xin Yang Yuanyan left Wang Wenqian alone to speak.
Yang Yuanyan is tall and powerful, with a thick short mustache on his lips. He is very similar to the young Emperor Tianyou. His eye sockets are deep, which makes his appearance look a bit sinister. He is sitting behind a long desk.
, took the tea cup handed over by the concubine Gu Mei, looked at Wang Wenqian and said:
"Yueyang probably sent Han Qian over because he had seen through Mr.'s siege strategy..."
In addition to blocking information about Anning Palace, besieging the city, and driving hundreds of thousands of civilians into Jinling City to consume Jinling's grain reserves, and then provoke civil uprisings and disrupt the defense of Anning Palace, they are all insidious.
Therefore, at any time, the siege strategy is not a topic that can be discussed openly. At present, it can only be deployed with idle chess and cold pieces.
Neither Yang Yuanyan nor Wang Wenqian thought that Han Qian's move was to relieve the plight of the people of Jinling. After all, from Yueyang's perspective, after seeing the strength of the Chuzhou Army after the battle of Jingshan Nunnery, they
They will not just sit back and watch Chuzhou easily capture Jinling and occupy the entire Jianghuai area. They even hope that Chuzhou and Anning Palace will kill both sides so that Yueyang can finally gain the advantage.
As for whether Han Qian was sent by Yueyang to destroy their siege strategy, Wang Wenqian was doubtful and said: "Tan Ma sneaked into Maoshan and captured a few unimportant women and children. After interrogation, it was learned that Han Qian had obtained it from Li Pu.
There was no harmony during the military expedition. After Han Qian attacked Danyang, he did not lead his troops to escape to the south or east to the shore of Taihu Lake. Instead, he stuck in Maoshan like nails. There were too many things that were difficult to see through.
It’s just that there is too little information at the moment, and further confirmation is needed to figure out his true intentions.”
"But you can't wait until you have figured out all the questions before handling the matter. Otherwise, the day lily will be cold." Yang Yuanyan said with a cold face.
"Yes, Your Highness." Wang Wenqian said.
"How do you think you should deal with this?" Yang Yuanyan asked.
Wang Wenqian pondered for a long time, sorted out his thoughts from the past day, and suggested: "Your Highness should send troops to take over the two cities of Jintan and Liyang, guard the cities tightly, and send another 3,000 elite cavalry to patrol between Danyang, Jintan, and Liyang.
If there is a chance to fight, we will look for and annihilate Han Qian's troops; if there is no chance, we must not attack Maoshan easily to avoid being taken advantage of by Han Qian."
Yang Yuanyan nodded and said: "Yes, regardless of whether Yue Yang sent Han Qian over because he saw through our siege strategy, it will be of great benefit for us to send troops to directly control the Jin and Li cities east of Maoshan.
On the one hand, we should now further cut off the communication between Jinling and the counties in the east of the Yangtze River. With Han Qian occupying Maoshan as a buffer, we don't have to worry that Anning Palace will send a large number of troops to go around and attack. We have three positions in Danyang, Jintan and Liyang.
It is enough to send one or two thousand armored infantry to each city to defend, but we need to be careful to prevent the attack on Danyang from happening again. This will also force Han Qian's 40,000 to 50,000 old, weak, women and children to go to the west of Maoshan.
Grain. In this way, sir’s siege strategy is still flawless, and at the same time we should use this to put some pressure on the counties in Suzhou and Huzhou.”
"In Wei Chen's opinion, Han Daoxun is a great talent, but he is still easier to deal with than Han Qian. Your Highness must not take Han Qian lightly," Wang Wenqian said.
"I don't have to worry about this. I thought I would take advantage of this opportunity to set up a separate camp on the southern line to take charge of military and political affairs. The garrison would be in Jintan. Zhao Zhen is calm and wise, so I sent him to be the camp commander.
The general manager of the capital, the commander of the troops, went to take charge. In addition to the 6,000-horse infantry under Zhao Zhen's command, he could recruit another 4,000-5,000 troops and horses in the local area, blockade the area east of Maoshan, and also take into account the raising of grain, grass, troops and horses, which should be more than enough - Yin Peng vs. Han
Qian's situation is relatively familiar, so you send Yin Peng to Zhao Zhen to serve as Army Sima." Yang Yuanyan said.
"Your Highness can think so carefully, the southern route should be no problem." Wang Wenqian said.
"I'm going to let Ruan Yan go to Dantu to supervise the rear formation. You should stay with me and plan. You have to be careful every step you take. I'm afraid I'm not thinking carefully." Yang Yuanyan said.
"Yes." Wang Wenqian responded.
"Qin Ran carelessly lost the city, causing Danyang to be destroyed and the morale of the army to be weakened. What do you think should be done?" Yang Yuanyan asked again in a calm tone.
"The crime of losing the city should be punished. How to deal with it is up to Your Highness." Wang Wenqian said.
"Then recall him to the camp and allow him to lead his troops into the battle. If he survives three times, he will be pardoned for losing the city." Yang Yuanyan said.
"Your Highness is wise." Wang Wenqian said.
Wang Wenqian knew that King Xin had always been harsh in dealing with delinquent generals, and there was no room for intercession. If he interceded for Qin Ran, it would not only increase His Highness's suspicions about what they were doing in private, but would also likely increase Qin Ran's punishment.
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Saying goodbye to Xin Wang Yang Yuanyan, Wang Wenqian returned to the courtyard where he temporarily settled in Jingshan Nunnery, and sent his guards to look for Yin Peng. After half a stick of incense, he saw Yin Peng coming back with a worried look.
Wang Wenqian's heart suddenly sank. He motioned for everyone to retreat and asked Yin Peng: "Still no news about Jun'er?"
"Nowadays, both inside and outside Maoshan are full of old and weak women and children who have gathered from Taowu. It is easy to catch a few scattered women and children from the periphery, but our people still have no way to sneak into Yinyun Nunnery to find the young lady," Yin Peng felt guilty,
Said, "I should have taken the young lady to Dan Tu long ago."
"Jun'er will protect herself. Besides, Han Qian and other rebels won't know that Yin Yun Temple is one of our secret contact points. Jun'er may just be trapped in Maoshan," Wang Wenqian said.
If it’s not so strict, Jun’er will figure it out on her own.”
Of course, although Wang Wenqian said this, he knew better in his heart that this was probably just self-comfort.
According to the information obtained so far, Han Qian led the remaining troops to retreat into Maoshan, and the armor was changed. Moreover, it was not captured from the attack on Danyang - Qin Ran led his troops to guard Danyang. Most of them were light armored cavalry, and there were not so many armored, scales.
A, today they sent scouts to explore the horses and sneaked into the edge of Maoshan Mountain. They saw that among the generals in Maoshan Mountain, quite a number of them had put on armor and scale armor.
This shows that there are some war preparation materials in Maoshan to prevent disasters. This is also an important reason why Wang Wenqian opposes hastily organizing troops to carry out counterattacks and retaliations - they are temporarily unable to mobilize more troops, so they hastily organized four to five thousand people to go over.
It is more likely that they will be hit hard again, and the scene will only be uglier. It is better to send five to four thousand troops to Jinling, Liyang and other cities to blockade Maoshan from the east.
The three thousand soldiers and horses under Han Qian are not the same as the three thousand remnant troops under Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang.
However, Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, led the remnants of his troops to retreat to Yanling, east of Maoshan, and did not send a large number of troops into Maoshan. It seems that he did not know that there were war preparation materials hidden in Maoshan.
There are still many doubts here that he has not figured out yet, but in any case, he can now confirm that Han Qian has long been aware of Maoshan's strategic position, so he should have already had a look at the many Taoist nunneries in Maoshan.
At this time, it is difficult to say that Han Qian must not have noticed the suspicious points of Yin Yun Temple.
Yin Peng saw the worry in Wang Wenqian's eyebrows and said, "How about I personally lead a team of people to sneak into Maoshan to find the lady?"
"She is too willful to follow my father to Xuzhou. How can we allow the love between children and daughters to grow in the face of our family and country?" Wang Wenqian shook his head, suppressed the worries in his heart, and said to Yin Peng, "His Royal Highness is determined to establish a foundation in Jintan.
The camp has general jurisdiction over Danyang, Jintan, Liyang and other cities. Zhao Zhen is appointed as the general manager of the camp. I want you to serve as a military commander for Zhao Zhen. I also think it is more appropriate for you to go. After all, you are more familiar with Han Qian's situation..."
"Han Qian occupies Maoshan. If we don't solve it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to implement your lord's siege strategy?" Yin Peng said worriedly.
According to their original plan, the remnant troops led by Xinchang Hou Li Pu were not only a tool for them to consume the grain reserves in southern Beijing and disturb the southern region of Beijing, but also a bait to lure the Nanya Imperial Army or Xuanzhou soldiers and horses. The next step was to drive the remaining troops of Xinchang Hou Li Pu westward, toward
Movement in the direction of quarrying - Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, wanted to abandon his escape and led his remaining troops to the west, moving in the direction of quarrying which was also located on the south bank of the Yangtze River, without them even having to deliberately drive them away.
Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, led the remnants of his troops and 40,000 to 50,000 old, weak, women, and children to march westward. They then sent a small number of elite cavalry to harass the area, and gradually marched to the east and south of Jinling, all the way to the quarries, causing the people to flee their homes and flee.
The buffer zone cut off the connection between Jinling and Xuanzhou and Shezhou in the south, thereby finally achieving their goal of cutting off the connection between Jinling and the counties in the east of the Yangtze River.
Now they have sent troops to Jintan and Liyang to block the passage for Han Qian to lead his troops to retreat eastward to the bank of Taihu Lake. But in the gap between Maoshan and Xuanzhou to the south, should they directly send troops to intervene?
If they don't send troops to intervene, the connection between Jinling and Xuanzhou and Shezhou will always be disconnected.
Yin Peng was very familiar with Han Qian and knew that Han Qian was extremely difficult to deal with, but just because Han Qian was too powerful did not mean that they could not fight in fear of the enemy.
Wang Wenqian nodded and said: "Perhaps Your Highness will have to fight another battle with the Nanya Forbidden Army and the Shouzhou Army on the banks of Chishan Lake before he can calmly turn back and deploy more troops to deal with Han Qian; you go to the South with Zhao Zhen
The front line must not be acted rashly in a short period of time, as long as it is difficult for Han Qian to break through the blockade on the eastern front..."
Yin Peng nodded, indicating that he remembered this.
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After the Taowu Jitunying Military Mansion was established, the land on the north bank of Chihu Mountain was delimited from Jiangcheng County.
Qiuhu Mountain, now the core of Taowu Jijunfu, faces Jiangcheng City on the south bank of Chishan Lake across the lake.
It’s already a bit hot in Jinling in late April.
Zhao Mingting was wearing battle armor and standing at the head of Jiangcheng County, facing the scorching sun and looking at the faint green mountains under the clear sky in the south.
After the Jinling Incident, Zhao Mingting served as deputy general to Xu Zhu and led the 30,000 Nanya imperial army to march westward along the north bank of Chishan Lake. He wanted to completely eradicate the remnants of the Longque Army near Jinling City and move Chuzhou, which at that time had less than 10,000 people across the Yangtze River southward.
The army drove them away.
In that case, they can successfully control the entire Jiangnan East Road, East Zhejiang, Poyang Lake and Huaixi areas.
But who could have imagined that they would be defeated so miserably in the battle of Jingshan Nunnery.
The other remnant soldiers were defeated and hurriedly fled to Jinling, abandoning their helmets and armor. Zhao Mingting calmed down a little and first led his direct troops to retreat to Qiuhu Mountain. Then he used the defense system of Qiuhu Mountain to block several waves of Chuzhou Army cavalry attacks and gather the remaining soldiers.
, successfully blocked the pursuit of Chuzhou Army to the east of Qiuhu Mountain.
Because of his meritorious service in gathering the remnant soldiers, Zhao Mingting officially became one of the six major commanders under the Nanya Forbidden Army. He first commanded more than 10,000 remnant soldiers to guard Qiuhu Mountain, and then waited for the deputy envoy of Shouzhou Jiedu, Xu Mingzhen and Empress Xu's sister-in-law, and the Shouzhou army.
When Xu Mingzhen's general Zhou Zhen led his troops to cross the river south, Zhao Mingting gave Qiuhu Mountain to Zhou Zhen to settle in, and he led his troops to Jiangcheng City in the south of Chishan Lake.
As a result, relying on the large warships of the Louchuan Army navy to enter Chishan Lake, Jiangcheng City and Qiuhu Mountain were at the horns of each other, which contained the Chuzhou Army on the east wing and was unable to advance half a step westward.
In any case, Zhao Mingting does not think that prolonging the situation will be more beneficial to them. However, the battle at Jingshan Nunnery not only made the military morale fluctuate, but also caused many officials in Jinling City to wander. Without complete preparations, it is definitely not appropriate to fight with them.
The Chuzhou army hurriedly started fighting again.
Who would have thought that at this time, Yueyang's remnant army in Jinling had once joined forces with Chuzhou to issue a revolt against the enemy. Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang who had joined forces with the Chuzhou army in the battle of Jingshan'an, would send troops to raid Danyang where the Chuzhou army was stationed.
The city was burned down?
It is true that Zhao Mingting did not know that Han Qian had seized military power from Xinchang Hou Li Pu at this time. They were also in extreme shock, but their understanding of Maoshan was not as urgent as that of the Chuzhou Army. The scouts they sent to explore the horses were only in Danyang.
, peripheral reconnaissance information of Yanling and Maoshan.
To be honest, Zhao Mingting and other generals of An Ning Palace even suspected that this was a bitter trick jointly created by Yueyang and Chuzhou.
"Commander Commander, this is a notice sent from Maoshan to the surrounding towns. It was not the Marquis of Xinchang, Li Pu, who led his troops to attack Danyang City yesterday, but Prince Tan's proposal to join the army. Han Qian has arrived in Jinling!" Dozens of horses galloped in the sunset,
After raising flying dust all over the sky, they walked to the Jiangcheng South City Tower. One of them couldn't wait for the city gate to open, so he directly tied a letter they had just collected with a stone and threw it on the top of the city. He raised his voice and said.
"What?"
Hearing the shouts of his subordinates in front of the city, Zhao Mingting couldn't believe it. He reached out to take the notice thrown into the city, only to see Han Qian accepting the responsibility of Tan Wang Yang Yuanpu and Hunan Xing Shangshu in the notice that was copied and distributed to the surrounding towns and towns.
The province entrusted him to serve as an envoy to the Jingzhao Prefecture and the Jiangdong prefectures to suppress the rebellion. He specially formed the Chishan Rebellion Army in Maoshan, and notified the surrounding Jingzhao Prefecture and the prefectures and counties in Jiangnan East Road to allow them to requisition grain, tax, and military personnel.
County slaves and official slaves join the camp and join the army, and reward Xuntian with military merits, and no family can stop them...
"What is this guy going to do? Is he really crazy and not afraid of offending everyone in the world?"
Duke Ying and Zong Zhengqing Yang Tai came to Jiangcheng to work today. They were shocked when they heard that Han Qian was in Jinling. They were even more shocked when they saw the contents of the notice. They had no idea that Han Qian had a bloody feud with Anning Palace.
Qian, suddenly rushed to Jinling to attack and destroy Danyang City in the hands of the Chuzhou Army, and then issued such a notice. What was the purpose?