Chapter 116: Defection
(The second watch is coming, asking for a red ticket)
The violent vibration of rushing to the beach and landing on the island made Qin Zitan wake up from a coma, in pain, his body was wet, and he fell into the water when he got off the boat, and carried the door panel for the guards, he was powerless to raise his head, only knowing that the chaos around him was incomparable, and the shouting of killing was near and far away, and sometimes when the battle array was about to penetrate, it was embarrassing to resist.
The door panel is tilted, and the guards surround him to climb the mountain, and you can see the bright red and bright sunrise in the east as if it is reborn from the sea, and in the north beach northeast of Jinshan chicken, the sea water is like blood, I don't know whether it is to reflect the morning sun red, or to dye the blood red - on the north beach, although the number of soldiers of the Jiangdong Left Army is small, less than 1,000 people, but it occupies an absolute advantage. If it weren't for Su Tingzhan leading an elite army to contain it from the flank, the main force of the northern front that grabbed the beach and landed on the island would have to give the Jiangdong Left Army more than 1,000 soldiers and horses a complete defeat.
There was no suspense in the naval battle in the waters of Beitan, and the boat division of the Jiangdong Left Army formed an encirclement with three boat formations (one was the Haiyu Township battalion led by Chen Huawen). Except for the warships that landed on the beach and ran aground on the beach, the other warships did not see the possibility of escaping from the encirclement - after the Jiangdong Left Army took control of the beachhead, these warships were almost all about to become their trophies.
At this time, the Luxury Flying Tiger completely got rid of the danger of pursuit, and was able to gather stragglers and organize a counterattack against the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion in North Beach, so that more beach-grabbing soldiers could avoid the killing of the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion.
Qin Zitan had just woken up, and he was still unclear about the situation, but he thought of a key question: how many days can the food brought to the island last?
Xuan Feihu never thought that the boat division of the Jiangdong Left Army would intercept it in the waters of Beitan at the right time, except for the small amount of rations carried by the generals, other supplies were on the ship, and they could not be transported ashore in a hurry.
There is no need to count on medicine, except for the wounded military attaché, whether the injured ordinary soldiers can survive depends on whether their lives are hard or not.
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Lin Jian stood on the aft deck of the Jinhai, looking at the battlefield in North Beach.
When the extravagant flying tiger rushed to the beach and landed on the island, it had the intention of abandoning the ship, so it was able to ignore the terrain and the reef to get close to the shore.
The Jiangdong Left Army could not, and after Lin Jian saw that the Kou soldiers had been able to form a powerful counterattack at Beitan, he ordered Zhou Tong to establish a solid position and not attack rashly.
The overall situation has been decided, and the war of attrition in exchange for casualties is meaningless, and the Jiangdong Left Army cannot afford to fight for attrition.
Subsequently, more troops, chariots, high shields, horses, iron thorns and other objects were sent to the beachhead to strengthen the North Beach position - at least on the local battlefield of Daheng Island, Lin Jian was able to draw out an absolute superiority of troops and block the remnants in the dense forest at the eastern foot of Jinji Mountain.
As long as the luxury family can't organize a fleet that can suppress the Jinghai camp in the short term, they don't want to take these remnants away smoothly, and Lin Jian wants to see how many more than 3,000 people can survive on the barren mountains and wild islands for a few days.
Seeing a large number of ships that were damaged by the reef due to beach grabbing, Lin Lian's heart ached, these should have been captured by the Jiangdong Left Army to really strengthen the Jinghai Sea Battalion, and it was very difficult to tow these boats across the sea to Xisha Island for repair, it seems that it is necessary to build another shipbuilding dock on Daheng Island, and what makes people distressed is the silver - not to think about the matter of building a defense line on the Shengsi Islands in the future, Lin Jian suspects that this series of fierce battles has been fought, and he has gone bankrupt.
At this time, Li Huawen, Yuan Jinsheng, Miao Shuo, and Liang Chengyi took two ships to join Lin Lian.
Under the fierce attack of the Jiangdong Left Army's Boat Division, the Kou soldiers had no power to fight back at sea except to flee for their lives, and the large number of Kou corpses in the North Beach and the shallow sea shocked them greatly.
"Congratulations to Lord Lin on another great victory!" Yuan Jinsheng boarded the boat and congratulated, "I have heard for a long time that Lord Lin is good at fighting, but I only saw it today, and it really deserves its reputation." ”
"Kou Bing has no intention of fighting, this battle is easy to fight," Lin Jian smiled and said, "Even if there is merit, it is the soldiers who fought bravely, which one am I worthy of?" ”
"If the Kou soldiers have a hard fight with Lord Lin at sea, Lord Lin will only win a little harder, but the Kou soldiers will not escape the fate of the annihilation of the entire army!" Miao Shuo leaned over with a flattering face and said with a smile, "Although the situation in eastern Zhejiang is bad, the envoy of Lindu is the Dinghai Divine Needle of Jiangdong, maybe the situation in eastern Zhejiang will be cleaned up by the envoy of Lindu!" ”
"Oh!" Lin Lian glanced at Miao Shuo, and the hint of his words was too obvious, but after the defeat of Chen Tangyi, the strength of the Liang family was very weak, and Liang Xi, the Duke of Zheng Guo, and Liang Chengchong, the Marquis of Changxiang, were forced to hand over their military power, which made the Empress Dowager Liang's voice in the inner court very weak, if the Empress Dowager Liang recommended herself in front of the emperor, this may not be a good thing......
"I'm afraid that there are no less than 3,000 remnants of the remnants who have retreated to the island, what does Lord Lin plan to do with it?" Li Huawen interjected.
The Li family and Yu Dong are only separated by the Dongjiang River, but the water in the inner court is deep, and Chen Mingzhe is a protégé of the Son of Heaven who is personally ordered by Emperor Chongguan, so the relationship between the Li family and Yu Dong is deliberately thin.
"I still need Lord Chen to stay for three days," Lin Jian said, "I want to set up a camp on the north beach, and block the remnants of the Kou in the dense forest at the eastern foot of Jinji Mountain, the northern foot camp needs to be strengthened to prevent the Kou soldiers from taking the trail to grab the northern foot camp, and then there is the water mill, the wild things in the forest of Jinji Mountain, I don't know how many days can be eaten for these people......"
Chen Huawen also laughed.
The defeat of Longshan has made the situation in eastern Zhejiang very bad, and the luxury family has almost raised the flag of rebellion above their heads, and they have abandoned the land and gone to the sea, and the pressure is on the southeast coast, and Chen Huawen has borne a lot of pressure yesterday. Although the whole situation had not changed much at this time, seeing that the elite of the East China Sea Kou controlled by the luxury family was somewhat vulnerable in front of the Jiangdong Left Army, he suddenly regained his confidence.
Chen Huawen said with a smile: "Then I will guard the fort for Lord Lin for three days, which is also the credit of the left army in the east of the river......"
Lin Jian clasped his fist at Chen Huawen and said, "It's hard work." ”
No matter how thick-skinned Yuan Jinsheng and Miao Shuo are, they may not be able to stay to add icing on the cake.
Although there were still more than 3,000 remnants, when they hurriedly went ashore, they abandoned their armor and had no supplies, so it was impossible to shake the position of the Jiangdong Left Army on the north beachhead. There is also the help of the Haiyu Township Battalion here, and before the main force of the South Line of the East China Sea or the elite of the luxury family can withdraw and intervene, the situation on Daheng Island is generally like this.
Miao Shuo regretted that he was too stingy in the early hours of the morning, but he couldn't regret what he said, and seeing that Lin Jian didn't mean to keep them, they could only go back to Yudong first in displeasure.
The naval battle was won easily, and the second water battalion acting as the main force had almost no casualties, and Lin Jian made Zhao Qingshan immediately lead the first battalion to set off north to Changshan Island according to the original plan, and he and the second water battalion and Zhou Tongbu stayed with the Haiyu Township battalion to deal with the remnants of the island.
Nearly 2,000 Kou soldiers were captured in this battle, and more than 3,000 remnants of the main force on the northern front of the East China Sea Kou were left here, and there was no major threat in the north, and Lin Jian was not afraid that the 2,000 Kou soldiers trapped in Hecheng could escape to the sky. It is enough to have a cavalry battalion, a personal guard battalion, a women's battalion, the first and second posts of the Chongcheng infantry battalion, and more than 3,000 villagers to stay in Chongzhou, but the Shengsi Islands are the focus of the future struggle, and Lin Jian must establish a solid defense line here to protect Chongzhou in the inner line.
The expedient measure is to bring Qin Chengzu and Ning Zechen's troops from Changshan Island, first survive the difficult situation in front of them, and then consider the matter of reorganization. The Shengsi Islands are in hand, and the fleet of the East China Sea Kou has not yet quietly passed through the Shengsi Islands, and the status of Changshan Island behind the flank has become less important, and the Jiangdong Left Army has limited strength, so it can only use two or three hundred Xiangyong to defend there for the time being.
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Ninghai Town is divided into two divisions of water division and infantry battalion, the infantry battalion is under the command of Meng Yishan, the chief general of Ninghai Town and the general of Ninghai, and Xiao Taoyuan is the commander of the six battalion water divisions.
Since the invasion of the East China Sea Kou, Xiao Baiming and Chen Qianhu were forced to leave the army cottage by Lin Tie, and Xiao Taoyuan was resentful in his heart, and there was nothing he could do. Similarly, without the pressure of defending Jiangkou, Xiao Taoyuan simply made the whole army shrink in Jiyang to preserve its strength.
Yesterday, when he received the news that Quan Ciqing had died in Longshan and the situation in eastern Zhejiang had collapsed, Xiao Taoyuan was still prostituting on the white and tender bellies of the two beautiful concubines, and he suddenly felt that the situation was tense.
Knowing that this time no matter what, the Ninghai Town Water Battalion will be on top, and it is likely to be directly transferred to fight in eastern Zhejiang, he also ordered the mobilization to make the six battalion water divisions ready to go, but before nightfall, he received an order from Yue Lengqiu from Jiangning, asking him to go to Jiangning immediately after receiving the order.
Yue Lengqiu's order letter was incomprehensible, the situation in eastern Zhejiang collapsed, Jiangdong County could not take care of itself, Jiangning Military Department, Jianghuai Governor and Jiangdong County Division discussed what conclusion, and the order was to ask him, Qiu Ba, who led the troops, to go to Jiangning to follow and mix, which made Xiao Taoyuan very incomprehensible.
Although Jiyang is not far from Jiangning, it will take a day or two to come and go. The situation is so critical, can we afford to delay this time?
Although Yue Lengqiu's order letter was full of suspicions, Xiao Taoyuan did not doubt him, during this time, Yue Lengqiu treated him with great trust, giving him silver, giving ships, and adding officials to the knighthood, Xiao Taoyuan had no reason to doubt Yue Lengqiu. Xiao Baiming, Chen Qianhu and others did not suspect fraud, and inquired from the messenger in every possible way, and it was indeed the urgency of the military situation, and the people in Jiangning had no idea, so they summoned Xiao Taoyuan and other generals to Jiangning to ask for advice.
It was also Xiao Taoyuan's life that should not be extinguished, his favorite concubine had a fever at that time, and when he left, his condition suddenly intensified, as if he had been hit by a nightmare, looking for death and life, and everyone couldn't be appeased, so they went to report to Xiao Taoyuan.
Xiao Taoyuan has never been a person who abandons family affairs for the sake of state affairs, so he wanted to delay one night and then leave without hindering any major events, so he stayed in Jiyang for one night, and when the concubine's condition was relieved, he prepared a carriage to go to Jiangning.
The messenger sent by Hao Feihu from Changshan Island wanted to bypass the blockade of the Jiangdong Left Army, and arrived in Jiyang before noon on the 14th, and did not see Xiao Taoyuan, but saw Xiao Baiming and Xiao Taoyuan's eldest son Xiao Changze.
Xiao Taoyuan was intercepted by Xiao Baiming and others before leaving Danyang and entering Jiangning.
Xiao Tao is far from stupid, luxury Feihu and Qin Zitan still guess that Lin Tie is related to the Chongzhou boy case, he asked about the situation on Changshan Island, and he was sure that the Chongzhou boy fell into the hands of Lin Tie - he was not sure that Yue Lengqiu summoned him to Jiangning to ask for advice was to kill his trap, but he would never go to Jiangning again at this time, the situation in eastern Zhejiang collapsed, which means that the luxury family has a great chance of competing for the world, Xiao Taoyuan almost didn't hesitate, and decided to join the luxury family! Beat the horse, and the order was to gallop back to Jiyang and pull the water battalion soldiers and Yongdu over.
"Can't go back to Jiyang!" Xiao Baiming said.
"Why?" Xiao Taoyuan asked, "If you don't pull the soldiers out, everyone will go to eastern Zhejiang to drink the northwest wind?" ”
"Lin Tie has no last resort, he used the secret chess of Changshan Island to fool the Donghai Kou, he should know that we can figure everything out," Xiao Baiming said, "He and Gu Wuchen will not arrange anything at all, let us take the water camp of Ninghai Town away to the luxury family?" ”
"You said that Yue Lengqiu must be trying to kill me this time?" Xiao Taoyuan asked.
"Yue Lengqiu didn't dare to protect Du Wei, so he naturally wanted to kill Du Wei," Xiao Baiming said, "When Du Wei set off from Jiyang, it should also be the time when the Jiangning Water Camp went down the river." When I came out, I and the eldest prince took it upon themselves to take it upon themselves to order the battalions to disperse and march to the four counties of Jinhu, Tingshan, Anji, and Jiashan under the pretense of being the commander......"
"Good, good!" Xiao Taoyuan said.
"We can't take all the people away, the target is too big, it's easy to intercept them, so we can only divide the ground and distract them," Xiao Baiming said, "Let's go directly to Anji by land." The people who Qianhu led to Anji are the hard work of Du Wei, and they can also be trusted. After arriving in eastern Zhejiang, with the ability of the captain, are you still afraid that you won't be able to pull a bigger team? ”
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The secret whistle reported that Xiao Taoyuan's convoy suddenly turned south, and Yang Pu, who took two hundred elite horsemen to Danyang in advance to handle the case, knew that Xiao Taoyuan was alert and wanted to escape, so he asked Zhao Qinmin to bring Gu Wuchen's secret letter to the Danyang prefect, and asked Danyang to send troops to assist him, and he directly took the elite cavalry out of the city to chase after him.