Chapter five hundred and sixty second unexpected encounter
Yingzhai at the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain was originally a village with more than a hundred families living there. The defenders had no intention of clinging to the village and fighting to the death with the Tangyi soldiers, so the houses in the village were largely preserved.
The defenders also set fires when they evacuated, but it snowed heavily the night before and there was still snow on the eaves and corners of the courtyard, so the fire did not burn.
The short main street is actually paved with stones, and the dozens of houses along the street are all deep and wide, with white walls and black tiles. It can be seen that it is still an extremely prosperous trading port located on the south side of Guan Road in Tingzi Mountain. It was not destroyed by the war. It is really quite impressive.
Of course, the rows of houses were covered with green tiles, and there was not much firewood stored in the stockade, which was also a major reason why the fire did not start when the defenders retreated hastily.
Feng Liao and Yin Peng walked into the compound that served as a temporary dental tent. There was no sign of Han Qian for the time being, but they unexpectedly saw Li Xiu, Li Qi, Wei Zhen and others talking to Feng Xuan and Guo Rong in the hall.
The Wujian Mountains are still under blockade by the Shouzhou Army, but the southern foot of the Wujian Mountains is only thirty or forty miles away from the north bank of the Chu River, and it is only thirty or forty miles from the Chu River south to the bank of the Yangtze River.
, it has not been difficult for three or five scouts to sneak out at night to report the news.
Therefore, when Yin Peng was in Yangzhou, he had already known about the remnants of the Youshenwu Army and the Navy who had fled to Wujianshan, and the imperial court clearly ordered these troops to return to Tangyi and conduct camp under control.
Before the Battle of Puyang Hekou, Han Qian ordered Wei Zhen to lead the soldiers and civilians of Chuzhou City to withdraw to Wujianshan. Yin Peng also knew a little bit about it, but he did not expect that they would be here at this time in the past few days.
"Where are the others, Mr. Hou?" Feng Liao asked when he saw Han Donghu and Xi Fa'er were in the hall.
"As soon as we entered the village, we found a side courtyard to catch up on some sleep. We were told to wake him up in half an hour," Han Donghu said.
Feng Liao nodded. There were too many things to deal with at this time, and people were so busy that there was no time to spare. Even Han Qian could only find odd moments to take a nap to recuperate.
Feng Liao glanced at Li Xiu, Li Qi, and Wei Zhen without saying a word, then went directly to Feng Xuan to learn about the specific battle situation last night.
There is no need to hide these things from Yin Peng. After Feng Xuan simply said it, he also knew why Li Xiu, Li Qi, Wei Zhen and others appeared here at this time.
Yesterday during the fierce battle at Tingzi Mountain, except for some enemy troops guarding Yuping Mountain on the south side of the Wujian Mountains, the rest of the Shouzhou Army cavalry scattered in the wild were attracted to the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain.
Li Xiu and the others had no intention of staying in Wujianshan to fight guerrillas. They waited for an opportunity in the early morning and led their cavalry to rush out of Wujianshan. Taking advantage of the enemy's retreat to Chuzhou City, they found an opening and retreated to Tingzi Mountain.
At this time, more than two thousand soldiers and horses were stationed in the mountain valley northwest of the camp to rest and recuperate. Several of them entered the camp with their retinue to meet Han Qian.
When they broke out of the siege from Zhongli City, Li Xiu and Li Qi had only more than 1,400 cavalry left. The first batch of more than 2,000 troops to withdraw contained more than a thousand people, including the Chuzhou defenders and officials led by Wei Zhen.
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As the predecessor of the You Shenwu Guards, the You Guangde Army was mainly composed of children of the Lishui family and clan soldiers in the early stage, in addition to the children of the princes of East Zhejiang County.
Throughout the Jinling Incident, Li Xiu, Li Qi and other Li family nephews who followed Li Pu had a very close relationship with Wei Zhen and others.
Wei Huang, the son of Wei Zhen, also served as a senior general at the level of Du Yuhou in the Youshenwu Guards. Unfortunately, except for a few generals such as Li Qi, Li Xiu and Xu Jing who fled south to Jinling, Chen Mingsheng, who broke out from Zhongli City at that time,
Wei Huang, Li Chong and most of the middle and high-level generals were missing at this time, and their lives and deaths were unknown.
The enemy army has not disclosed the results of the siege of Zhongli until this time, and the battlefield was in chaos when they broke out from Zhongli City. Li Qi, Li Xiu, and Kong Xirong, who had led their troops to fight out of Yashan to meet the remnants of the Navy's breakout, did not know that this was the case.
Are there still some generals who were lucky enough not to be killed, hiding among the reeds on the sand embankment of Hongzeupo?
At this time, Tangyi had no time to take care of rescuing the small group of remaining soldiers trapped in the north of Shiliang County.
Wei Zhen has a close relationship with Li Xiu and Li Qi. It is normal for him to bring more than a thousand Chuzhou officers and generals and defenders to meet with Li Xiu and Li Qi first, and then break out to Tingzi Mountain together - after all, before the situation reverses
, a large number of aristocratic clan clans rushed to occupy fields near Chuzhou City and plunder slaves. It was normal for them to gather thousands of war horses.
And since Wei Zhen only led more than a thousand Chuzhou garrison, and the officials followed Li Xiu, Li Qi and the others to Tingzi Mountain, it meant that the more than 20,000 people of Chuzhou City who had fled into Wujian Mountain were lost to Kong Xirong.
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Not to mention that Han Donghu and Su Lie were in the hall, not to mention that they had already known about Wei Zhen's actions in the assassination case. Even without these, the conflicts and differences that affected the Guangde Army during the Jinling Incident were not the slightest bit.
After hearing what Feng Xuan said, Li Xiu, Li Qi, and Wei Zhen rushed over with their troops, and they directly asked to see Han Qian, hoping to borrow a boat to go to Shuzhou to join Li Pu and Li Zhigao at the southeastern foot of Qianshan Mountain.
Half an hour later, before Han Donghu came to the side courtyard to call, Han Qian walked in with Xi Rong wearing a coat and holding a piece of scallion pancake in his hand.
When Han Qian went to the side hospital to catch up on his sleep, Li Xiu and the others had not yet entered the village, so Han Qian was startled when he saw them. He sat behind the central case and called Wei Zhen, Li Xiu, and Li Qi to the case to ask them clearly.
After what happened, he said: "The Marquis of Xinjin also sent a letter yesterday, hoping that after you break out of Wujianshan, you can go to Shuzhou to join them - since you also have this intention, then I will not stop you..."
Li Qi is Li Pu's youngest son, and Li Xiunai is Li Pu's nephew. He is the son of Li Yu, the king of eastern Zhejiang. His elder brother Li Changfeng was still serving as the minister of the Ministry of War in the court at this time. Han Qian never expected that they would really lead his troops to stay.
Listen to his moderation.
The Youshenwu Army was destroyed and only a thousand soldiers and horses escaped. However, this was not because the generals were incompetent in fighting. Li Xiu was not held responsible for the crime. Li Qi and other generals who led the troops to kill the enemy bravely took the lead, and Han Qian had no excuse to spare them.
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As for Wei Zhen, Han Qian's expression darkened, he stared at his face with pity, and asked in a deep voice: "Master Wei, the order I gave you clearly stated that you should lead Chuzhou soldiers and civilians to withdraw to Wu Zhen first.
Jianshan, until you receive a new order from me, please obey the control of General Kong Xirong in everything. You led the Chuzhou army to withdraw to Tingzi Mountain. Do you have Kong Xirong's permission? If so, please show me the order signed by Kong Xirong.
Wait and see..."
At this time, Han Qian still wanted to maintain good cooperation with Li Zhigao, Lu Qingxia, and Yao Xishui. He hoped that Li Zhigao could lead the Huaixi Forbidden Army and actively contain the more than 50,000 Shouzhou troops stationed in Chaozhou from the west wing, so he would not go
If Li Xiu and Li Qi are left in trouble, they will arrange a boat to send them to Shuzhou.
However, if he lets go of Wei Zhen and more than a thousand Chuzhou military officials, then it will be too easy for him, a soft persimmon.
Three hundred miles in depth from the east of Chaohu to Hangou is the war zone under the jurisdiction of Tangyi Xingying. Chuzhou is the core economic prefecture of the war zone under the jurisdiction of Tangyi Xingying, and the officials, soldiers and civilians are all under the control of Han Qian.
Wei Zhen has experienced countless ups and downs in her life. When faced with Han Qian's questioning, she looked calm and said: "It is true that His Majesty ordered Wei to obey Han Hou's control, but Wei is a senior official of the fourth rank in the imperial court."
, but Han Hou asked Wei to obey the orders of a general who didn’t even have a letter. Isn’t it too difficult for Wei? Wei obeyed Han Hou’s order and led the soldiers and civilians of Chuzhou City to withdraw into Wujianshan and lay dormant for 12 days.
Since the Hou has no new orders, I will lead some troops to join forces with Generals Li Xiu and Li Qi to break out of the enemy siege. May I ask the Marquis of Han, what did Wei do wrong?"
As the governor of a state, Wei Zhen, even if the imperial court ordered him to obey the control of the Marquis of Han, he has the highest rank in the Wujian Mountains, and he should be the leader. Kong Xirong, Li Xiu and others will demand his control.
Therefore, he confidently refuted the part of Han Qian's order requiring him to obey Kong Xirong's control as a disorderly life.
"You are so cowardly that you have so many excuses to run away. I won't argue with you. If you have any reasons, go and explain to His Majesty!" Han Qian slapped the table arrogantly and said, "Come here,
Tie up Wei Zhen and take her to the Privy Council to investigate her for cowardly fighting and escaping!"
Wei Zhen has a high reputation among the sects of the Gyeonggi family, and there is no big reason for him to defend Chuzhou City and escape. Han Qian does not want to cause trouble at this juncture, so he can only drive him back to Jinling first.
In order to seize more than a thousand Chuzhou garrison, break it up and organize it into various tribes, replenish the troops and horses lost by the Tangyi soldiers in yesterday's battle, and prepare to participate in the next stage of the war.
As long as Han Qian didn't kill Wei Zhen on the spot and Li Xiu wanted to beg others, Li Qi wouldn't say anything. He just looked at Wei Zhen and his entourage waiting outside in silence, and was ordered to be tied up by Han Qian.
stand up.
Han Qian signed a warrant and asked Feng Xuan to send people to take over the Chuzhou garrison and arrange a ship to send Li Xiu and Li Qi's troops to the south bank of the Chu River and ask them to go around to the mouth of the Wushou River southwest of Dasi Mountain. Once there, he would arrange a big ship.
Send them to Shuzhou.
After Li Xiu and others left, Han Qian asked about the specific terms of cooperation that Feng Liao had discussed with Yin Peng last night, and sent Feng Xuan, Guo Rong, Yang Qin, Feng Yi and others who had personally escorted a batch of weapons to Tingzi Mountain.
After a discussion, he felt that there was nothing wrong, so he asked Feng Yi to follow Yin Peng to Yangzhou on his behalf.
"By the way, when I came here this time, your Excellency specially asked me to give a few books to the Marquis." When Yin Peng was about to say goodbye and took a boat directly from Tingzi Mountain to Yangzhou with Feng Yi, he remembered something.
He said, "I have left these books in the camp on the front bank. Please remember to accept them."
"Then please thank Mr. Wang for me." Han Qian was wondering why Wang Wenqian gave him the book when he had nothing to do. He and Wang Wenqian really have such a deep friendship? Of course, he couldn't ask Yin Peng to specially give him the book when he returned to Yangzhou.