When Lin Jiang dragged Liu Zishu back, Liu Zishu's face was covered with blood and his left arm was swollen like a peach. He saw that he was breathing out more than he was breathing in. At this moment, Han Qian remembered who he was and ordered: "Zhang Zui."
This is a punishment for his blunder and disrespect for the Queen Mother. All generals should learn from it. However, his crime today is not fatal. Whether to increase the punishment still needs to be reported to the Queen Mother. First, drag him down for treatment and don't harm him.
life."
Seeing that Han Qian actually wanted to spare this man's life, Feng Liao hurriedly winked at him, thinking that he would not spare any harm.
Han Qian turned a blind eye to Feng Liao's gesture.
Although Liu Zishu and Han Donghu had an old grudge, and he colluded with Wei Zhen and others inside and outside to harm the old Zuo Guangde Army, and deserved death, as the ruler, he must grasp the balance between leniency and severity. Today
Liu Zishu cannot be executed in public unless the assassination case is being investigated.
As for how this person would hate him and Xuzhou, and whether it would be a disaster if he stayed, he had nothing to worry about.
Although Lin Jiang and others were reluctant, they did not dare to disobey Han Qian's order. They immediately dragged Liu Zishu down for treatment and spared his life.
With Liu Zishu's lesson learned, and Zhou Pan cooperating with Han Qian to blockade the whole city, how could the remaining Tangyi County officials and the Jiangzhou soldiers and generals who accompanied Zhou Pan to reinforce Huaixi dare to find excuses for not following the Queen Mother's orders?
Although they are only separated from the capital Jinling by a river, if Han Qian and Zhou Pang are cruel enough to kill them and silence them, who can they ask to reason?
After Han Qian refused to take charge of the case, Zhou Pan sat on his left. Although Chun Shisanniang was detained by Han Qian as a hostage at this time, she was acting under the orders of the Queen Mother. As the messenger, she was equivalent to a prisoner.
The military envoy sat on his right, while the generals of Xuzhou, Jiangzhou and Tangyi sat under him to discuss the situation.
The latest news before nightfall is that a cavalry unit from the Shouzhou Army arrived at Bieziding around noon.
At that time, the Youshenwu Army had a troop of soldiers and horses guarding Bieziding. In just a few days, they could not form a strong camp. Seeing the fierceness of the Shouzhou Army, it was impossible to win. They did not want to be surrounded in the wild, so they hurriedly fled to Zhongli.
Although all the generals in Tangyi City except Zhou Pang were unaware of the plans of Liang Emperor Zhu Yu and Xu Mingzhen, the main force of the Shouzhou cavalry gave up responding to the Chaozhou defenders and marched boldly eastward to intercept the southward retreat of the You Shenwu Army.
As for the situation, anyone who knows a little about military affairs will also know that the situation has changed in ways they did not expect.
At this time, Han Qian did not need to point out that Wen Ruilin was Liang Jian. He bluntly said that the navy's attack on Hongzepu was all a conspiracy between Liang Emperor Zhu Yu and the rebel leader Xu Mingzhen. No one questioned it. After all, only this could
Explain the current changes in the situation.
What needs to be considered now is that after Li Zhigao led the main force of the imperial army to withdraw from Chaozhou City, from Hangou in the west of Yangzhou to Bijia Mountain across the river from Chizhou, which is more than 500 miles deep, only Chuzhou, Yongyang, and Nanqiao are left.
Only a few cities such as Tangyi and Liyang were able to resist the enemy.
However, the city walls of Yongyang, Nanqiao, Liyang and other places are dilapidated and small and cannot be defended. Chuzhou City is slightly larger, but has limited supplies. It is more than 10 miles away from the north bank of the Yangtze River and is easily besieged by the enemy.
Although Tangyi is not a big city, as the gateway to the north bank of Jinling, the city is quite solid. It is about 20 miles away from the main road of the Yangtze River. When the water rises in summer and autumn, there is no embankment on the north bank to stop it, and the river will even overflow to Tangyi.
Under the city.
Tangyi can hold on and is not afraid of being besieged.
Even if Han Qian did not point out his intention to gather the refugees fleeing from the south based on Tangyi City, just south of Shiliang, everyone still felt that Tangyi should stick to Tangyi, and they all knew that even if His Majesty was asked to assess the situation based on the current situation, he would still issue an edict.
Let them hold on to Tangyi and not retreat.
Now that we have to keep it, we need to discuss how to keep it.
The combat effectiveness of the Jiangzhou soldiers was inferior to that of the Forbidden Army, but Zhou Zang's restraint was very strict, so the difference was not much different, but the number was only three thousand.
Even if the Xuzhou Water Camp came to help, they could only mobilize two thousand elite troops in a hurry, and it would be difficult to compete with the enemy's total number of troops, which is likely to exceed 200,000, on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
Even if there is a strong city that can be defended, it will not work.
Tangyi was the first city to be recovered in Huaixi, and it was also the area where aristocratic clan clans and court officials first sent people to occupy their fields. The war threatened the north bank of the Yangtze River, and the nearby villages could gather no less than 10,000 young people in the city.
although
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Although most of these people are domestic servants of noble families or courtiers, they have no rules or mercy in times of emergency.
At the same time, there are more refugees in the north of Tangyi, to the south of Hongzepu, and to the west of Fanliang Lake. If they can all be absorbed into Tangyi, it can provide at least 20,000 to 30,000 young men.
In order to prevent the enemy from being alerted and dividing their troops to intercept the refugees fleeing south, the news of Han Qian's presence in Tangyi City had to be strictly blocked beforehand. In the four cities of Tangyi, no one except Han Qian and Zhou Dan were allowed to enter or leave.
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Early the next morning, Su Lie and Guo Xiao led the first group of Chishan congregation to come to Tangyi from Nashan.
More than 6,000 members of the Chishan congregation and their families evacuated to Nashan in batches. They were different from ordinary women and children. Women and children were organized into women's camps and youth camps. They were well organized and the retreat speed was much faster than that of a mob. But the six
It may take until tomorrow for more than a thousand people to evacuate into Tangyi.
Fortunately, there is an old post road along the way, and the streams and rivers are frozen enough for people to walk on. Otherwise, fishing boats would have to be collected to build pontoons along the way, and the speed would be even slower.
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Chaozhou City was in a state of depression. Hundreds of corpses were abandoned on the battlefield. There were broken weapons and broken halberds everywhere, and the city walls were covered with arrows.
Chaozhou City is more than twenty feet wide and is connected to the moat of Chaohu Lake. For most of the past time, the forbidden army has filled in six attack passages more than forty steps wide in the east, west and south directions. The other end of the attack passage is almost directly piled up.
Fill it to the top of the city.
Not a single part of the city wall of Chaozhou (Luyang) with a circumference of more than ten miles was intact, and more gaps were opened repeatedly by cyclone cannons, and the defenders repeatedly filled them with earth, rocks and wooden palisades.
Li Zhigao's attack on the city was extremely steady, but it was not impossible.
For more than half a year, in addition to constantly building cyclone cannons to bombard the city's defenders, dozens of large and small sieges were also organized.
The defender was able to hold on to this moment because, in addition to the sufficient food and supplies stored in the city, the most critical point was that before the war, after excluding women and children, nearly 30,000 young men were driven into the city by the defender Wen Bo.
Wen Bo used the lives of these young people at all costs, wasting them away little by little. At this time, he still had 20,000 elites in his hands.
However, Wen Bo was a weak force and the situation was extremely unfavorable in all aspects. For Li Zhigao to be able to hold on to Chaozhou City for so long, he can be regarded as a famous general - this battle was even better than when he defended Chizhou City.
It should be regarded as a great achievement in battle.
It's a pity that his military exploits were the result of this defeat.
Li Zhigao reined in the reins and looked at the top of Chaozhou City. Although he knew in his heart that withdrawing from Chaozhou City was the wisest decision, he was somewhat unwilling to give up halfway.
"Commander, let's go back to the camp?" Deng Tai gathered his cloak to block the cold wind and said to Li Zhigao.
Withdrawing from Chaozhou City is the first step. The next step is how to abandon the simple Chaozhou Camp and withdraw 80,000 troops to Shuzhou.
Li Zhigao and Yang En had studied it repeatedly and felt that Chaozhou fell into the hands of the enemy. If they retreated to Chuzhou, which was slightly north of Chaozhou, there was still a risk of being besieged. Once again, the prefectures and counties west of Shuzhou
, all the local soldiers and horses were exhausted, and they did not stick to Shuzhou. The enemy army only needed to separate out a few groups of light cavalry to confuse the hinterland of Jingxiang.
Even if Han Qian sent people over to inform Xuzhou Shuiying General and Zhou Teng to guard Tangyi, Li Zhigao and Yang En felt that it would be more appropriate for the main force of the Huaixi Forbidden Army to withdraw to Shuzhou.
Li Zhigao, surrounded by many guards, galloped back to the Chaozhou camp, which was more than ten miles away. At this time, some detective horses rushed back to report that in addition to Xu Mingzhen's 20,000 cavalry marching eastward last night, today they also discovered that there were large forces coming from the direction of Shouzhou and Huozhou.
A group of infantry broke out of camp and came towards Chaozhou City.
Although the infantry moves slower, the elite cavalry they have are very limited and cannot be released to entangle the enemy. They are more likely to cooperate with each other in combat, which also means that the time left for them is only three or four days.
Of course, with the heavy baggage, the subordinates should withdraw first, followed by the state troops. There is no shortage of fortresses along the way, and the elite soldiers and horses are not afraid of losses at the rear. But how the situation will develop in the future is unknown.
The Shouzhou Army truly became a member of the Liang State. Not only did Liang Guobai gain 100,000 elite troops, but Shouzhou's 100,000 troops occupied the territory of Huaixi. Even if Han Qian barely defended Tangyi, he could not completely defeat the Liang Army's troops.
Blocked by the Yangtze River water
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Outside the Tao.
Just imagine that the hinterland of Gyeonggi may be attacked by Liang Jun at any time. How can we talk about the economy and people's livelihood?
Thinking of this, Li Zhigao gathered his cloak and handed the horse to the retinue behind him. He had been running around non-stop for the past two days and was exhausted. He strode towards the back house, wanting to rest for a while before going to Yang En to discuss other matters.
Li Zhigao just walked into the back house, but saw Li Pu living in the courtyard, and asked: "What can father do to find the child?"
Seeing Li Zhigao come in, Li Pu said with a bitter face:
"I have become a prisoner under your command, but Li Xiu, Li Qi, and Li Chong treat you like brothers and sisters, how can you not save me until you die?"
"Haier sent six groups of messengers, and more than forty elite cavalry were killed or wounded. They were all intercepted by the enemy. As you know, father," Li Zhigao said, "the only organized cavalry in Da Chu fell into the hands of Xu Mingzhen.
, now except for the Huaihe River, all the gentle rivers between the Yangtze and the Huaihe River are almost frozen solid. It is the best time for the cavalry to gallop around. The child will not save me until he is dead!"
"Wen Ruilin is among the enemies, did you really run away on purpose?" Li Pu still didn't believe it and stared at Li Zhigao and asked.
"The child said that Wen Ruilin was an enemy, but the father didn't believe it. Why did he suspect that the child deliberately ran away from Wen Ruilin?" Li Zhigao asked dumbfounded, but when he said this, his eyes flashed and he stood in front of the corridor.
Yao Xishui glanced over at Su Hongyu, secretly feeling that Deng Tai was very brave, and he was able to lead troops in battles well, and there would be no mistakes. However, after all, he was not meticulous enough. It was just that he was busy going to see Yang En at that time, and specially ordered Guo Hong
Yu, asked her to be careful to help Deng Tai keep an eye on Wen Ruilin so that nothing would happen. Could there be something wrong here?
Li Zhigao became suspicious, but his face did not change and he responded to Li Pu first.
When he and Deng Tai walked into the hall, before his face darkened, Yao Xishui said quietly from the side: "Sister Hongyu is not to blame for this, it is me who must not help Deng Tai..."
"Why?" Li Zhigao asked.
"Brother, do you want Li Xiu and Li Qi to break out of the siege alone, or do you want them to lead the troops of the Right Shenwu Army to break out of the siege?" Yao Xishui asked.
"Hey!" Li Zhigao sighed, and sat down on the chair with some mental fatigue.
Deng Tai felt an itch on the back of his neck, and it took him a long time to figure it out.
Considering that Liang Jun must have other scouts lurking on the side, since he could quietly deal with Wen Ruilin on the way, he could delay it for a day or two at most before the enemy would notice the abnormality.
These two days do not make much difference to the main force of the Forbidden Army under Chaozhou City. After all, the enemy is always watching the changes in the offensive and defensive posture of the main force of the Forbidden Army under Chaozhou City. However, as long as Li Pu can be persuaded to submit and act according to the Queen Mother's orders, a day longer will be enough.
One day, the fate of the You Shenwu Army was completely different.
After receiving the news one day earlier, Chen Mingsheng, Li Chong and others had dealt decisively, and it was still possible to lead the main force of the Right Shenwu Army to escape; but one day later, the situation in front of them was that the Right Shenwu Army was completely blocked in Zhongli. Trying to break out with the entire army would be tantamount to intervening.
Wings to the sky.
However, as Yao Xishui said, Li Xiu, Li Qi and others broke out of the siege single-handedly, and they led the main force of the Shenwu Army to break out of the siege, which had a huge impact on the future political situation.
The You Shenwu Army retains its strength. Even if Li Pu cuts officials to serve the people, there will inevitably be a chance for a comeback.
What's more, their next goal is to win over and restrict Chai Jian, and then recruit the remaining descendants of the Zhejiang East County Prince's family for their own use.
If the Youshenwu Army retains its strength, how can they achieve this goal?
Even if Yang Yuanpu and the princes in the court will eventually punish Li Pu, and may even implicate Chen Mingsheng and others, it is very likely that Li Changfeng will come forward to reorganize the Youshenwu Army.
It's just that when Yao Xishui crossed the river back to Jinling, he wasn't sure whether he could persuade Yang En to help, so he used himself to deliberately leak such a flaw. Isn't it too risky?
What if Yang En cannot be persuaded, what if Li Pu would rather die than obey the Queen Mother's edict?
Yao Xishui said: "Whether Wen Ruilin dies or escapes, it will have no impact on the Huaixi Forbidden Army - and if Wen Ruilin really died so quietly, wouldn't no one know that he was Liang Jian in the end?
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"Hey!" Li Zhigao sighed again, but after all he didn't say anything...
