"General Zhigao is really quick to send out troops. The state soldiers from Shao Heng and other places have not set off to Ezhou yet, right? This is good, many soldiers and horses can meet directly outside Chizhou City!"
Before Han Qian returned, Li Pu, Gu Zhilong, Chen Mingsheng, Li Xiu, Wen Ruilin and others were first accompanied by Feng Liao and Feng Xuan into the court hall where the ambassador's office was built, and drank while waiting for Han Qian's return.
Chatting and laughing over tea.
The original plan was to wait until the end of October for the soldiers and horses from various states in Hunan to arrive in Ezhou to complete their assembly, and then advance by land and water together to attack Jiangzhou.
However, the Caizhou Army of the Liang State moved eastward in mid-September to peek into Chuzhou. Yueyang was worried that after the Chuzhou Army retreated north, the main force of the Nanya Forbidden Army would move westward at any time to reinforce Jiangchizhou, which would greatly increase the difficulty of their eastward advance.
After the navy of the Wuya Army and the state soldiers from Xuzhou Shuiying and Tanlang arrived in Ezhou, Li Zhigao took the lead with the 40,000 elite soldiers and horses assembled earlier, marched by land and water, and entered Jiangzhou to fight.
Jiangzhou governs Pengze, Xunyang, Chiwu, Duchang and other counties. Before the war, the defenders gathered nearly 20,000 local troops, most of whom were gathered in Xunyang and Chiwu cities on the west side of Poyang Lake.
The two cities of Xunyang and Chiwu are sandwiched between Jiugong Mountain, Lushan Mountain and the Yangtze River. The terrain is difficult, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The defenders have strong combat effectiveness, and the city is extremely strong. Xunyang has been continuously built and reinforced since the Qin Dynasty.
Thousand-year-old city.
Zhou Ang, the governor of Jiangzhou, was a general of the Guangling Jiedu Envoy in his early years. His sister was Xu Mingzhen's successor. She was loyal to Anning Palace and the Xu family. He also had Zhong Yanhu, Zhou Zhao and many other rising stars under his command.
general.
Everyone thought that even if Anning Palace did not have reinforcements to march westward, it would be considered a success if they could capture Jiangzhou within two months at a relatively low cost.
In fact, after Li Zhigao left Ezhou, he had already formulated a detailed plan to attack Jiangzhou. His troops marched eastward along the water and land, and advanced to Chiwu City on the west flank of Jiangzhou. At the same time, he sent an elite force to abandon the extremely convenient Yangtze River waterway, and
It climbs over the steep mountains in the southern areas of Jiang and Hubei, and lurks in the mountains and forests between Xunyang and Chiwu.
When the governor of Jiangzhou sent Zhong Yanhu to lead 3,000 elite reinforcements to Chiwu City, he used the Five Tooth Navy to attract the Jiangzhou water camp warships to the mouth of the Hengjin River, and used an ambush to seize the position between Chiwu and Xunyang City from the side and rear.
Hengjin River crossing, burned the pontoon bridge, and cut off Zhong Yanhu's retreat route.
At this time, Li Zhigao personally led the main force to give up the plan to attack Chiwu City, turned around and annihilated Zhong Yanhu's troops on the west bank of the Hengjin River, captured Jiangzhou warrior Zhong Yanhu alive, severely damaged the morale of the defenders, and then abandoned Chiwu City and directly attacked Jiangzhou Prefecture.
Xunyang City where it is located...
Everyone sat in the court hall and listened to the messenger from Jiangzhou describing in detail the details of Li Zhigao's attack on Jiangzhou. Gu Zhilong and other generals who knew military affairs also felt that Li Zhigao's attack on Jiangzhou was remarkable.
A lot.
Outsiders don't know about the relationship between Li Zhigao and the Xinchanghou Mansion. They only know that Li Zhigao is the adopted son of Xinchanghou Li Pu. He is the core and most dazzling military general of the Xinchanghou family - Wei Zhen, Zhou Yuanhe and others are looking at Li Zhigao at this time.
In spite of his poor reputation, why don’t you praise Li Zhigao to the fullest?
After all, the only people in the Yueyang clan who can possibly keep pace with Han Qian in commanding and running the army are Li Zhigao, Zheng Hui and other two or three people. Li Xiu, Li Qi, Zheng Xingxuan and other rising stars have not yet commanded an independent army.
Opportunities for large armies to fight.
Even though Li Xiu and Li Qi could feel the alienation between Li Zhigao and the rest of the Xinchang Hou Mansion, they at least regarded Li Zhigao as their elder brother. At this time, they were sincerely happy for Li Zhigao's successful capture of Jiangzhou.
Feng Liao, who knew the inside story best, sat quietly aside and saw Li Pu's gloomy old face...
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When Han Qian returned to Langxi City, he happened to encounter a heavy rain, so he went back to the back house to change out of his robes and armor that were soaked by the rain. He heard Feng Yi, who was waiting for him in the back house, talking about Li Pu waiting in the front office.
Looking at the waiting situation in the public hall, he asked with a smile: "Do they have the courage to come to Langxi City this time?"
It has been almost two months since the official establishment of the Guangde Army and the establishment of the Envoy Office. However, although Li Pu, Gu Zhilong, Chen Mingsheng, Li Xiu, Wei Zhen, Zhou Yuanhe and others were all incorporated into the Guangde Army, they rarely came to Lang.
Come to Xicheng.
At least it is impossible for these people to enter Langxi City at the same time.
They were more or less on guard against the unruly Han Qian who would take action unreasonably.
If Han Qian was bold enough to act against common sense and detain them all, wouldn't they all be blind?
However, this time, they all walked into Langxi City without any scruples, waiting for Han Qian to return from watching the army from the north.
"The Jiangxi Recruitment Army, with a total of 120,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses along the Yangtze River, successfully captured Xunyang, Pengze, Chiwu and other cities belonging to Jiangzhou, and opened up a channel for troops to approach Chizhou City - and at this time
Anning Palace's garrison in Chizhou was less than 10,000. Even though the Chuzhou Army had more than 40,000 troops on the south bank, they all withdrew to the north bank in the past two or three days so that Anning Palace could send additional troops to the Chizhou line as quickly as possible.
More reinforcements are needed, but it is currently impossible to stop the 120,000 main troops of Yueyang's two armies from advancing eastward to the west of Chizhou, right? It was previously optimistically estimated that the troops of Yueyang's three armies could arrive as early as the year before
At present, it seems that the time to join forces in Jinling City can be pushed forward one month. The current situation of Anning Palace may not dare to fight on three fronts," Feng Yi said, "Now Li Pu, Gu Zhilong and others are all thinking about regaining Jinling.
, assist His Highness to succeed to the throne, and then divide such a big piece of cake, of course, we are not afraid of our being secretly playing tricks at this time. In any case, if we really want to fight for power again, it will have to be after His Highness succeeds to the throne.
Something about..."
"You can see clearly now!" Han Qian smiled and said.
"People are always growing," Feng Yitian responded shamelessly, then thought of something and said, "After Li Pu came over, he specifically asked Zhang Ping to send someone to invite your old man to come over. The former government office should also be here by now.
Are you in the hall?"
Hearing what Feng Yi said, Han Qian was slightly startled.
After persuading Gu Zhilong to serve, Han Jun followed Yuan Guowei back to Yueyang. After Yuan Guowei returned to Xuanzhou, Han Jun stayed in Yueyang and did not follow him again; Han Daochang later went to Raozhou to serve as governor. The old man's body could no longer withstand the bumps of the road, so he stayed in Yueyang.
Rest in Langxi City.
Although he claimed that luring Gu Zhishan out of the cave was a matter of prior discussion, Han Qian himself could not possibly take it all seriously.
And when Li Pu and Zheng Yu were tempted by Wang Wenqian in Qiuhu Mountain and decided to give up their father, the old man did not stop them in Qiuhu Mountain, and it was impossible for Han Qian to have no grudges in his heart.
Therefore, in the past two months, Han Qian did not even go to the house where the old man was resting. At most, he occasionally sent Xi Rong or Feng Yi over to say hello to him.
Han Qian was stunned for a while. After Xi Yin served him, he put on his crimson official uniform, fastened his leather belt, and put on his sword. Then he walked to the government office with Feng Yi, Guo Que, Kong Xirong and others...
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"May I ask Mr. Han, when will the main force of Zuo Guangde's army be mobilized and assembled to march north from Nantang Village?"
Seeing Han Qian, accompanied by Guo Que, Kong Xirong and others, walking into the courtyard from outside and standing in front of the corridor of the public hall to greet Li Pu and others, they couldn't wait to ask.
Although under the pressure of Liang Jun, King Xin Yang Yuanyan was forced to lead a part of the Chuzhou army's elite troops with Zhongmen envoy Ruan Yan and others to the north bank in mid-to-late September to strengthen the defense of Chuzhou, the base of the country.
Having more time to plunder more resources and slaves from the three states of Su Run and Chang, Yang Yuan acted as Wang Wenqian, the secretary and deputy defense envoy of Chuzhou, and led Rao Geng, Zhao Zhen and other generals to stay behind with nearly 50,000 elite soldiers and horses.
South Bank.
Under this situation, not only was the main force of the Nanya Forbidden Army unable to move westward in a large scale to strengthen the defense of Jiangchi and other states, but after the Guangde Army integrated local troops and expanded its strength to more than 40,000 troops, it was also unable to immediately move north to regain Lishui.
, Liyang and other cities - the three parties have been in a state of entanglement and stalemate for more than a month in Jinling and surrounding areas.
Of course, the main reason for the southern route was that Han Qian was too negative.
No matter how Li Pu urged it, Zuo Guangde's army only retained a small number of elite combat forces and huddled in Langxi City, leaving Nantang Village unchanged.
Apart from being unable to deal with Han Qian, the situation was not completely clear at that time. Li Pu and Gu Zhilong themselves were a little unsure. Naturally, they did not dare to let the main force of the Youguang German Army stand out too much on the west wing, let alone seize Maoshan directly.
A strategic location on the front line of Lishui City.
At present, the remnants of the Chuzhou Army have been plundering the south bank for more than a month, and have transported a large number of slaves and materials to Yangtai and other places to hoard them. With the main force of Yueyang quickly capturing Xunyang and Pengze, I believe Wang Wenqian will lead the army soon.
The remaining troops of the Chuzhou Army crossed the river and retreated north. Li Pu had no intention of taking a bite of the Chuzhou Army, but he also did not want the achievements and glory of recovering Jinling to be taken up by the other two armies.
At this time, Li Pu hoped that Han Qian could further mobilize Zuo Guangde's army as soon as possible and be ready to march north at any time.
"Zhigao and the Prince of Yuzhang County have captured Xunyang, Pengze and others so smoothly. No matter how late Wang Wenqian is, they will all evacuate to the north bank within three days, right?"
Han Qian led everyone into the public hall and saw the old man sitting in the public hall. He nodded slightly as a sign of greeting. He stood in front of the terrain map and said to everyone,
"Three days later, as long as the Chuzhou army withdraws as scheduled, Zuo Guangde's army will divide some of its elite troops and go north to take over the three cities of Liyang, Jintan and Yangyang - I believe Huzhou governor Huang Hua will no longer wait and see at this time
Maybe we should ask Mr. Zhang to make another hard trip and go to Changxing County to see Huang Hua immediately. If Huang Hua is willing to send his two sons to Langxicheng to serve here, Mr. Li and I will guarantee that he will take up the post.
The Guangde military system appointed a deputy envoy, and asked him to immediately divide his troops to take back the two states of Suzhou and Changzhou to stabilize the situation in these two states and prevent them from deteriorating again - Mr. Li Hou, do you think this arrangement for the East Wing is good?"
"Zuo Guangde's army only took over the three cities of Liyang, Jintan and Yangyang. Can it be said that Zuo Guangde's army will maintain its current elite combat strength of 10,000 people and not make further mobilization?" Li Pu stared at Han Qian with bright eyes and asked.
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After Zuo Guangde's army captured Langxi and Gu Zhilong surrendered, Huzhou governor Huang Hua's attitude softened.
After King Xin Yang Yuanyan led part of the Chuzhou army's elite troops to cross the Yangtze River and retreat north, Huzhou famous scholar Zhou Qinian took the opportunity to visit Langxi and Xuancheng to visit Li Pu, Gu Zhilong and others.
Although Zhou Qinian did not hold a formal high-ranking official position, during the period when King Dong Chang of Yue ruled the two Zhejiang provinces, he was the head of the Huang family, Huang Hua's stepfather, and Huang Wenyi, the former governor of Xiuzhou, served as a guest of honor - King Dong Chang of Yue was defeated and the two Zhejiang provinces were merged.
After entering Dachu, Zhou Qinian did not accept Emperor Tianyou's invitation to join the court as an official. He spent these years living in the countryside, teaching for a living, but he was quite famous in Huhang, together with Huang Hua and Wu Zun, who was the governor of Hangzhou at this time.
Very close personal relationship.
Zhou Qinian traveled to Langxuan and other places in September and October, and came into contact with the aristocratic families in these places. To put it bluntly, for Huang Hua, Wu Zun and Wu Zun closely observed the situation in Guangde's imperial palace and Jinling in the north, so that they could make decisions
Last choice.
At present, the main force of Yueyang soldiers and horses has successfully captured Jiangzhou, Hunan, and Jiangxi. If Huanghua and other Huhang local factions still can't see clearly who is in control of the general trend, aren't they just blind?
Zhang Ping went to Huzhou to persuade Huang Hua to send his son to Langxi as a hostage, and then gathered Huzhou soldiers and horses to go north to recover Suchang and other places. Li Pu didn't think there would be any problem.
Li Pu didn't think there was any problem in giving the credit for persuading Huang Hua to Zhang Ping. After recovering Jinling, who would have nothing to do to compete with Zhang Ping for the position in the inner court?
However, after the Chuzhou Army completely withdrew, the Zuo Guangde Army only wanted to send troops to take over the three counties of Jintan, Liyang, and Yangyang?
After the capture of Langxi City, Zuo Guangde's army still had a strength of 24,000 people. Later, it shrunk significantly. In the view of Xinchang Marquis Li Pu, even if Han Qian did not make further mobilization, Zuo Guangde's army would not advance northward before
, no matter what, we should return to the previous strength of 24,000 people!
And he came here with a group of people today with the intention of persuading Han Qian to launch a general mobilization of Zuo Guangde's army immediately.
The Jiangxi Recruitment Army plans to expand to 80,000, and the number of troops currently assembled or on the way has reached more than 85,000. The Jiangxi Recruitment Army has actually numbered more than 45,000, and they are recruiting and merging Sherao.
After the soldiers and horses of the two states, the Right Guangde Army also expanded to more than 25,000 people. On the occasion of the final decisive battle against the Anning Army, Han Qian actually had no intention of mobilizing the Zuo Guangde Army?
Li Pu looked at Zhang Ping and wondered if he, the military supervisor, was still making pretense at this time, without any intention of suppressing and urging Han Qian on behalf of Yueyang?
