In May, the whole of eastern Fujian was in turmoil, and the city of Jin'an was naturally not peaceful.

Not to mention Huaidong's operation of Yizhou Island, it is also in the south of Yongjia Mansion, and in Cangnan, where Fujian and Zhejiang are divided, it continues to strengthen its military garrison, directly threatening Xiapu, the gateway town in the northeast of Jin'an Prefecture.

Including the soldiers of the Shuibu Battalion stationed in Hengyang a little north, the total number of troops stationed in Huaidong in the south of Yongjiafu and directly aimed at Xiapu has reached 30,000, while the total number of garrisons of the Zhejiang-Fujian army in Xiapu and the surrounding docks, including the northern border of Xiapu to directly defend Cangnan, is only 20,000.

Although the Zhejiang-Fujian army still had 20,000 soldiers in Jin'an City, at the same time, Huaidong could transport more reinforcements by sea from elsewhere and land directly from Sanduao on the east bank of Xiadong, forming a flanking attack on Xiapu.

After entering May, the storm in the East China Sea increased sharply, and it was not a good season to organize troops and horses to directly land and fight from eastern Fujian by sea, but no one could guarantee that Huaidong would not carry out a surprise attack, and with the momentum of quickly not covering up his ears, he would encircle the situation in Xiapu with superior forces.

Huaidong's troops in eastern Zhejiang are close to 100,000, and even if they take the land route, the soldiers and horses in Shengzhou will be able to increase their military pressure on Xiapu at a relatively fast speed, from the coastal counties of Mingzhou Prefecture to Hengyang, Pingyang, and Cangnan through Huipu and Yueqing, and to Hengyang, Pingyang, and Cangnan.

Since the beginning of the year, the Fujian forces have gradually withdrawn from the prefectures and counties in southern Fujian, so as not to attack Huaidong, but the Jin'an Mansion, which occupies a core position in eastern Fujian, is the foundation of the Fujian forces, and it is not that they can give up if they give up.

The Song family clearly declared that they would not give up Quanzhou, and recruited villagers to strengthen the garrison of Quanzhou.

At this time, Haowenzhuang was basically sure that the Song family had colluded with Huaidong, but the Song family had been running Quanzhou for many years, and at this time it was heavily guarded.

Not to mention that Huaidong's soldiers and horses in Yizhou can directly aid Quanzhou, as long as Huaidong uses troops against Xiapu from Cangnan, the pressure on Jin'an will be extremely great. Moreover, even if you know that the war in eastern Fujian must be fought, the later it is delayed, the more beneficial it will be to the luxury family.

In this situation, Haowenzhuang could only acquiesce to the Song family staying in Quanzhou, and at the same time transfer troops and horses from Jiangxi to strengthen the defense of Jin'an Mansion, and speed up the migration of the children and generals of the Bamin clan to Jiangxi along the upper reaches of the Min River.

In order to avoid causing a collapse of chaos and to avoid seriously dampening the morale of the generals of Fujian, Song Jia and the Song family and the bad situation in eastern Mindong, Luwenzhuang only reported to the core of the other six surnames.

The real situation is strictly controlled at the top, and leakage is strictly prohibited, and the middle and lower ranks, officials, and ordinary people do not know the details. It is said that Jiangxi has a field and a house to give, but how can it be easy to ask ordinary generals, officials and people to abandon their homes and move west?

Even if it is to give an explanation to the middle and lower-level generals and the people, the first battle of Mindong is not indispensable. Only when there is a pretext for war can the people be forcibly evacuated, without fear of causing a strong backlash and chaos among ordinary generals.

You can't easily give up Jin'an Mansion, and you can't really fight with Huaidong in Mindong, and you have to prevent Huaidong from making a surprise attack, and suddenly send troops to contain the soldiers and horses of the Zhejiang and Fujian army in Xiapu, Jin'an and other cities that can't be withdrawn - if you change someone else, you may not be able to withstand such a big pressure like Luwenzhuang.

At the end of May, it was already a scorching summer in Jin'an City, and in the Beiyuan of the Governor's Mansion of Zhejiang and Fujian, Hao Wenzhuang was gathering his henchmen to discuss the matter of retreating westward, and Hao Feihu walked in with a crumpled piece of paper, and said excitedly: "Jiang Ning secret report, I will say that this group of fools will make mistakes one day......

Although he is no longer in charge of the army, and even some high-level military meetings are no longer present every time, after he returned to Jin'an, he was still in charge of intelligence affairs, and he did not completely idle Haowenzhuang.

The channel from Wuyuan, through Shangrao, through Xianxialing, through Pucheng, and down the Minjiang River to Jin'an, is extremely fast. Jiangning's various abnormalities, and the secret report made into wax pills was quickly transmitted between the mountains and mountains of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Fujian, only four days later than Xuzhou.

Hao Wenzhuang took the small piece of paper that was still stained with wax handed over by Hao Feihu, a small piece of paper, and couldn't write many words, but the more Hao Wenzhuang looked at it, the tighter his brows became, and after a while, his eyes did not take his eyes off the piece of paper.

Wen Chengyun, Hu Zongguo, Shi Hejin and others, as well as Zheng Mingjing, the captain of the guard of Haowenzhuang, didn't know what kind of secret report came from Jiangning, which made the second prince so excited, and made the governor fall into such a long period of contemplation.

After a while, Hao Wenzhuang remembered to circulate the secret report to everyone, and said: "Emperor Yue has personally watched the military exercises of the imperial camp twice since May, and during the military exercises, Xie Chaozhong was summoned to ask about military strategies, and in addition, there are rumors in Jiangning that Yue Lengqiu colluded with us......

At this time, it was rumored that Yue Lengqiu was colluding with this side, and such a rumor was that they themselves felt ridiculous.

Now Huaidong and Jiangzhou have formed a trend of pinching the head and tail of the Zhejiang and Fujian armies, occupying a great strategic advantage, and Luwenzhuang even hopes that Huaidong can fake a fight in Mindong, so that they can take advantage of the situation to withdraw the main force into Jiangxi.

In this situation, Yue Lengqiu had to lose his mind, so he would give up the high position and military power given to him by Jiang Ning, and collude with this side at the risk of rebellion.

If there are a few hidden piles in Jiangning, you might as well put some rumors to confuse the public.

But after Yu Wenhu was forced to withdraw from Jiangning, the manpower deployed in Jiangning City was cleaned several times for Gu Wuchen and Yue Lengqiu, and the hidden stakes that were not exposed were Jin An's last eyes and ears in Jiangning, how could he risk being exposed to create rumors of low value?

The secret report was circulated in the hands of everyone, and Hao Wenzhuang and the others, of course, were more convinced than Huaidong that someone in Jiangning was building momentum for Xie Chaozhong to lead the troops......

"It's really heaven to help the Metropolitan Governor!" Shang Sima Wen Chengyun said.

Compared with fighting with Yue Lengqiu on the Western Front, the generals of Jin'an Mansion voted that about ninety-nine out of a hundred people were willing to fight Xie Chaozhong.

It is not for nothing that Yue Lengqiu can sink and recover-Yue Lengqiu was once the governor of Eastern Fujian, and there are many people here who have dealt with him a lot, and they know that although Yue Lengqiu's reputation is not as dazzling as Lin Jian and Li Zhuo, he is definitely a handsome minister of the same level as Dong Yuan and Chen Zhihu......

Yue Lengqiu knows about military affairs, and he also has a set of winning people's hearts, and the Huinan Army and the Changhuai Army can be said to be a strong army formed by Yue Lengqiu's hands. Yue Lengqiu led the remnants of the Changhuai army to defend Xuzhou, and Liu An'er led more than 200,000 Huaisi troops to fight for more than half a year, but they failed to bite down, which was a proud achievement, pushing Yue Lengqiu to the position of a famous general in the world.

As long as Yue Lengqiu was in Jiangzhou, the people of Zhejiang and Fujian never thought that they could easily take Jiangzhou.

Nowadays, Haowenzhuang seems to be constantly drawing troops from Jiangxi, but in fact, what is left for Haofei Xiong to guard Yuzhang is the elite of the elite, mainly to guard against Yue Lengqiu. Another is to hope that Yue Lengqiu will cooperate with Huaidong to fight after the autumn, so that the enemy can advance lightly, and let the extravagant Fei Xiong lure the Jiangzhou soldiers into favorable terrain for field annihilation.

But obviously, in the face of Yue Lengqiu, an old fox, such a strategy is difficult to work, and they don't have much hope in Luwenzhuang.

Replacing Xie Chaozhong is different.

Xie Chaozhong, as the commander of the imperial army, is one of the most important military figures in Jiangning, and Jin An's secret stake in Jiangning naturally pays close attention to Xie Chaozhong.

Xie Chaozhong is not useless, he was born in Jiangmen, martial arts, and military exploits, so he was appointed as the commander of the guard camp and went south with King Ning.

Xie Chaozhong's military exploits were the merits of killing the enemy, not the merits of commanding the troops.

It's not that Xie Chaozhong doesn't necessarily understand military affairs, but Xie Chaozhong suddenly got a high position in Jiangning, and he had the contempt for greed and money, and he was mean and unkind to his generals and subordinates, even if he was supported by Emperor Yongxing to be the commander of the imperial army, he was not supported by his generals. Although Emperor Yue was kept in the dark, those who had a little contact with the generals of the imperial camp had a deeper understanding of Xie Chaozhong.

At least in terms of winning people's hearts, Xie Chaozhong is thousands of miles away from Yue Lengqiu - when it comes to the qualifications of generals, the most important one is to be a royal person. The emperor is not lawful, and it is useless to memorize the military book backwards.

The Battle of Changping in history is a living example.

More importantly, Xie Chaozhong is vying to lead the troops into battle at this time, so he sees that Zhejiang and Fujian are weak, and he wants to jump out to grab the merits. With this mentality, he is the easiest to underestimate the enemy and get into the middle of it......

Jiang Ning's side really wants to use Xie Chaozhong, and it is tantamount to good news for the people of Jin'an.

Changshi Hu Zongguo said: "Chen Xiyan is not a fool, and Huaidong is unlikely to connive with Xie Chaozhong to disturb the situation...... In addition to Xie Chaozhong's support from Yu Xinyuan behind him, the other ministers of Jiangning seem to have no performance! ”

"Emperor Yongxing doesn't seem to trust foreign soldiers......," Hu Mingjing said.

"Changing the battle will be a big taboo, with the lessons of Liaoxi in front, Jiang Ning is afraid that he will not easily use Xie Chaozhong to replace Yue Lengqiu," Shi Hejin said, "Moreover, Yue Lengqiu can make a comeback governor, and it should be Emperor Yue's will." Even if he was suspicious of foreign soldiers, Emperor Yue didn't have the reason to withdraw Yue Lengqiu at this time......"

"Huinan," Hao Wenzhuang said calmly, although he didn't get much news at present, he also made the same judgment as Huaidong, only by judging the right direction can he make arrangements, "Xie Chaozhong intends to open another front against us in Huinan!" If he wants to lead his troops to fight for merit, this is probably his only choice at this time......"

As soon as Haowenzhuang said this, Wen Chengyun, Hu Zongguo, Shi Hejin, Hu Mingjing and others reacted differently.

Now Huaidong and Jiangzhou have formed a trend of pinching their heads and tails, which makes them extremely painful, Jiangning has increased troops to Huinan, and then opened a front to fight western Zhejiang, even if Xie Chaozhong is a fool, fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses poured into western Zhejiang from Yuling Pass, and this cheap is also difficult for them to pick up. What's more, Huinan still has Deng Yu, an old opponent, who is a difficult bone to gnaw.

Extravagant Fei's tiger eyes shone brightly, clenched his fists excitedly, and said, "Xie Chaozhong came out of Huinan, that's the best." From southern Huinan through Ningguo, it will be able to directly threaten Jiangning, and Jiangning's deployment of troops and horses in Huaidong, Taihu, Jiangzhou, and Huaixi will all be chaotic......"

"The gap in Huinan is not easy to open!" Luxury said.

Even if Xie Chaozhong led his troops from Yuling Pass into western Zhejiang, it was impossible not to garrison troops at Yuling Pass to guard the back road.

"If you can lure Xie Chaozhong in and annihilate him, even if you can't open the gap in Huinan, the result will not be worse than now!" Fei Fei Hu said.

Xie Chaozhong sent troops from Huinan, and it seemed that they had to deal with three roads at the same time, but in fact, Huinan Deng Yue was always a threat to western Zhejiang, and Jiangning would strengthen Jiangzhou if he did not strengthen Huinan, making Yue Lengqiu's offensive from Jiangzhou even more fierce.

Now that Xie Chaozhong has sent troops from Huinan, Jiangning will strengthen Huinan, and Jiangzhou will weaken.

Yue Lengqiu is a relatively conservative person, and he doesn't have to worry about problems in Jiangxi.

The coastal area of eastern Fujian has long been secretly discussed to give up, but giving up Jin'an Mansion and retreating to the middle reaches of the Minjiang River will deal too the prestige of the luxury family and the morale of the generals.

If you can win a battle in western Zhejiang while giving up Jin'an Mansion, you can resist the negative impact of this aspect. Even if you can't break through the gap in Huinan, it will be beneficial and harmless.

If you can break through the gap in Huinan, and you can hit the heart of South Vietnam with a heavy punch, this significance is too great - Extravagant Feihu didn't dare to imagine this possibility, and resolutely said: "I'll go to Jiangning!" ”