Zhou Pu wanted to encircle the point and send reinforcements, but the enemy's reinforcements came very quickly, almost not long after the battle of Fangjiawa, and the camp from Yao's house came from there.

All the way along the shallow water of the Shahe River, all the way to the west foot of Longya Mountain on the east bank of the Shahe River, all the way from the east foot of Hengziling on the west bank of the Shahe River - nearly 10,000 people and horses on the three roads went straight to Fangjiawa. When the sun was still hanging obliquely on the top of Hengziling Mountain in the east, the front part reached the periphery of Fangjiawa.

At this time, Zhou Pu also knew that the important person trapped in Fangjiawa was Zheng Mingjing, the chief general of the left wing of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army, but there was nothing to be done, and it was too late to fight.

After Zhao Bao and the others came up, Zhou Pu only had more than 1,500 horsemen available in his hands, and there were more than 100 wounded people to protect and retreat. After a night of rapid travel, the battle continued, and the loss of war horses was also large, and Tang Fuguan's headquarters was still more than 80 miles away from here, and he would not be able to catch up for a while.

The enemy aided three routes, each of which was twice the strength of the cavalry battalion, one of which advanced in a conical formation, and also learned that Huaidong was equipped with dozens of flying vehicles before the infantry formation; The left and right lanes are later, but the edge points to protect the two wings of the middle lane.

"Fucking thief, it's not slow to learn Huaidong," Zhou Pu took a sip, eager to smash a hole in the frozen land, and said to the left and right, "There is no way to fight for the time being, Zhao Bao, you lead people to guard this mountain, it's okay to send some people to practice running the slope, don't let him calm down." If they are at peace, we will not be at peace. I'll take people to retreat south first, make a point, and nourish your spirit......"

"Is that still going to be fought?" Chen Daozi asked, he was originally Sun Zhuang's general, so he asked Zhou Pu to come over, and asked with a face. The happy battle was only fought, but it was not enjoyable, I was afraid that as soon as they shrank to the south, the enemy army would flee to Liyang City, and then to fight Liyang City, it was also a matter of foot camps, and it was not the turn of the cavalry battalion to attack the city, so how could he be willing?

Zhou Pu rubbed his hands and said, "If you want to fight, you have to wait for Tang Fuguan to come over!" "If he has twice as many troops in his hand, he still dares to try to cut the enemy reinforcements to attack, at this time the disparity in strength is too great, if the charge cannot penetrate the formation, the casualties will be controlled.

No matter how itchy his heart is, he has to endure it, Zhou Pu angrily drove away the other generals who asked for battle, and ordered the cavalry camp to shrink back, allowing the enemy reinforcements to enter Fangjiawa, Zheng Ming had to catch this big fish later.

Zhou Pu led his troops to temporarily shrink to the south, found a valley mouth that could shelter from the wind for temporary rest, and Zhao Bao led two sentry cavalry to nail it to the south side of Fangjiawa.

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Zheng Mingjing chewed the frozen rice balls, and had no time to mourn for the soldiers who died on the battlefield today, standing under the pines and cypresses on the top of the mountain like a canopy, frowning and looking south:

Although he escaped without danger, the current situation is not optimistic.

This has just been engaged, and 14,500 people have been devastated by the Huaidong cavalry battalion, and most of them are the elite of Fujian, and more than half of the main force of the left wing has been forced to move forward to Fangjiawa, which has no danger to defend.

It's easy to get in, but it's hard to withdraw, and if you are surprised, it is very likely that the main force of the Huaidong Army will stick here to fight.

At that time, don't say that you will delay for three or five more days for the middle and right wings, for fear that the main force of the left wing will be the first to be carried into the hands of the Huaidong Army.

Although the Huaidong cavalry camp shrank to the south, it was not far away, on a low ridge on the south side of Fangjiawa, only six or seven hundred steps away from this side, there were more than two hundred horsemen nailed there like nails, staring at every move on this side.

How can the current situation make Zheng Mingjing not worried?

Whoever has cavalry controls the battlefield.

The only cavalry on the left flank of the Zhejiang-Fujian army was also exhausted in the encounter before noon, Zheng Mingjing could only watch the Huaidong cavalry sentry easily cover the entire battlefield, they wanted to know the situation from the south to the Guangde line, so they could only send people to go to the depths of the Xiling first, and then go through the mountains in the middle of the Xiling to the north of Guangde County to infiltrate and reconnoitre, and the delay was not half a point.

At the moment, the scouts can't go out, and the view is blocked by the ridge head in the south, I don't know if the main force of the Huaidong cavalry is resting after shrinking to the south, or if they are preparing for the next offensive, so that they don't dare to relax at all. Even if the soldiers stay in place and do not move, and those who hold swords and shields are always vigilant against enemy attacks, and cannot stop to rest, they will be very tired, not to mention that the cavalry nailed to the Nantou Ridge from time to time beat their horses and run up the mountains and climb the slopes, which makes it difficult to be peaceful here.

Zheng Mingjing knew that this side was heavily disturbed by the Huaidong cavalry, but there was no way to stop it.

The characteristics of the cavalry are that they move as fast as the wind, and they do not pay much attention to arrays and formations, as long as the terrain is open, there are no mountains and deep rivers to obstruct each other, and they can advance and retreat at any time on horseback.

Surrounding the unfavorable infantry formation, the cavalry went forward and backward, shooting the flanks with bows and crossbows, and could launch a fierce attack at any time.

If the infantry wants to advance the cavalry, it must have a strict and dense array, but in this way, the speed will not be fast, and naturally it will not be able to catch up with the cavalry. If the infantry is a little disorganized, the flanks will become the weak point of the cavalry to use a stormy onslaught.

At the moment, as long as he holds his position and does not give an impact on the march, Zheng Mingjing is not afraid that the Huaidong cavalry battalion of less than 2,000 people in front of him will be able to gnaw them, and what worries him is the main force of nearly 60,000 infantry soldiers that the Huaidong army will arrive later.

Because Zhou Pu led the cavalry too quickly and too suddenly, Zheng Mingjing suspected that the main force of the Huaidong Army's infantry battalion had also approached, but the south of Fangjiawa was blocked by the Huaidong rangers, and Zheng Mingjing was in the dark about the march of the main force of the Huaidong Army at the southern foot of the Xiling Mountains.

How can this battle be fought?

It's too late to withdraw from Fangjiawa today, and it will get dark early after winter, and it will be completely dark in more than an hour to see the sun. Later, there were enemy horsemen peeping, and it was too late to retreat to the Yaojiachong camp in such a short time, and if it was dark in the middle of the day, and it was too late to set up camp and set up formation, it would be even more dangerous at night.

The Huaidong army is good at fighting at night, Zheng Mingjing is clear.

Zheng Mingjing frowned and fell into deep thought.

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At the southern foot of the West Mountains, the post horses of Huaidong messengers are galloping.

Zhou Pu's light troops advanced, crossed Guangde, and engaged the peripheral troops of the left wing of Zhejiang and Fujian at Hetang and Fangjiawa, destroying more than 1,000 enemies, forcing his main force of more than 10,000 people to move forward to Fangjiawa, and the news was transmitted back to Meixikou shortly after nightfall.

The main force of the Chongcheng Army led by Zhou Tong, Chen Yan and other generals had just come out of the camp in Haixi and had not yet left the territory of Anji County. The army marched non-stop, Lin Tie gathered the generals, temporarily set up a big tent by a pond on the south side of the post road, picked up several horse lanterns to illuminate, the map was spread on a simple long table, Lin Tie held a charcoal in one hand, an oil lamp in the other, and illuminated the map.

In addition to the generals, Chen Huawen, Chen Huazhang, and Su Pinxiao, who was temporarily appointed as the deputy commander of the Third Water Battalion and in charge of the original department, were also invited to attend the military meeting.

It was the first time Su Pinxiao had seen such a detailed map, which clearly depicted the counties south of Jiangning, as well as important terrains such as Xiling, Maoshan, Shahe, and Rouge River.

Yaojiachong is nearly 20 miles south of Liyang City, Fangjiawa is still 20 miles south of Yaojiachong, the surrounding is mainly flatland, and the mountains are also low mountains and low ridges that are not low from more than ten zhang to dozens of zhang, which is regarded as the remaining vein of the West Ridge of Taihu Lake. This terrain is conducive to the Huaidong Army to carry out a battle with superior soldiers and horses, and it can be quickly resolved.

If the main force of the Zhejiang-Fujian army can be dragged to the battle of Fangjiawa, it is undoubtedly the most ideal result.

"According to what Zhou Leopard said, Fang Jiawa's enemy army should not have time to withdraw tonight, then only Tang Fuguan needs to rush to join Zhou Leopard before sunrise tomorrow, and then drag the enemy army in Fang Jiawa, and wait for the main force on our side to calmly rush over to fight!" Zhou Tong said, "Even if the enemy army survives with a broken arm and covers the main force to retreat in the direction of Yaojiachong and Liyang City at the cost of sacrificing part of the troops, it will not affect our previous advance plan." After the depletion of part of the troops on the left flank of the enemy, the situation will only be more favorable to us! ”

The soldiers and horses on the left wing of the Zhejiang-Fujian army are not so easy to gnaw down, and it will inevitably take a lot of time to fight a war of annihilation, so Gao Zongting may not be able to hold out for so long in the imperial city...... If it weren't for the fact that more than half of the left flank of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army moved forward to Fangjiawa, Lin Jian would not have considered fighting a battle on the periphery of Liyang.

Zhou Tong's opinion is also in line with the previous plan, if there is a chance to make a quick decision, then fight; Without the opportunity to fight a quick battle, we cannot delay the opportunity in Liyang, and we must take the fastest march to the outskirts of Jiangning as the primary goal.

In Jiangning City, before it was destroyed by the luxury family, this involved the people's hearts and minds of Jiangning's hundreds of mouths, and its significance to Huaidong was far more important than the annihilation of the 20,000 elites of the left wing of the luxury family.

"What does Song Gong think?" Lin Jian asked Song Fu.

"I'm wondering," Song Fu said, "is it possible that the enemy's left flank will not retreat to Liyang, but will concentrate its forces and withdraw westward before our main force arrives......"

"Will the luxury family let Jiang Ning go easily?" Lin Jian was slightly stunned, the latest letter from Jiangning was also transmitted from Jiangning at noon on the 26th, at least on the 26th, the luxury family still looked like Jiangning was bound to win, and the Huaidong people also judged that it was difficult for the luxury family and the generals of the Zhejiang and Fujian army to refuse Jiangning's temptation.

"Indeed, if Luwenzhuang can resolutely resist the temptation, he should quickly shrink to the south after defeating Liyang," Song Fu said, "but the situation is not up to him, if he can know one day in advance that Emperor Yongxing abandoned Jiangning and fled, and give him one more day to think about it, he may be able to make this decision, but the middle of the Zhejiang-Fujian army and the soldiers and horses on the right wing are on the way to Jiangning, then the situation cannot be decided by him." In the case of the middle road and the right flank marching in front of Jiangning City, it is too late for Haowenzhuang to shrink southward, but whether he will be desperate to defend Jiangning City is still a five-five number. Zong Ting didn't say anything in the letter, but he asked us to pay attention to the movements of the enemy's left wing, and he was also worried that Luwenzhuang might not enter and jump out! ”

"Let me go, as long as Zhou Leopard and Captain Tang can entangle the enemy army until tomorrow afternoon, there will be enough time!" Chen Yan said as he licked his chapped lips in winter.

As long as the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses on the left flank of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army, which had moved forward to Fangjiawa, were annihilated, the Huaidong Army could still firmly grasp the initiative on the entire battlefield.

Even if the right wing of the Zhejiang-Fujian army and the soldiers and horses in the middle were allowed to escape, the Huaidong army would have to recover some interest on its left flank.

The current unfavorable situation is that if the enemy's left flank really wants to retreat westward, the forces gathered in Fangjiawa will exceed the combined forces of Tang Fuguan and Zhou Pu by a large margin, and the main force of the Chongcheng army is nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses, and if they want to rush to Fangjiawa to participate in the battle, they will have to wait after nightfall tomorrow.

Tang Fuguan was able to travel 140 miles continuously on the eve of the previous night, which was to confirm that he would not engage a large group of enemy soldiers on the night before, so he could spread his feet and run.

The rapid march on the first night limited the distance to be traveled on the second night to within 80 miles, to ensure that after entering the periphery of Liyang, the generals would still have the physical strength to fight the enemy's left flank at any time.

Theoretically, the Chen Stain Rate Department can rush to Fangjiawa before tomorrow afternoon, but when they arrive at Fangjiawa before tomorrow afternoon, the soldiers will be weak and tired, and there will be no time to rest, where can they have any strength to participate in the war?

Lin Jian thought for a moment and made a decision: "Immediately send an order to Zhou Pu, first, to reconnoiter the defense of Gucheng and Xuanzhou, and the main force of the cavalry battalion should also move to the west side of Fangjiawa to prepare for the enemy; Tang Fuguan also needs to be more careful when leading his troops forward, and be careful that the enemy's left flank is gathered in Fangjiawa......"

Tang Fuguan led his troops to go too quickly, and when he arrived at Fangjiawa, he would become a tired soldier. If the enemy's left flank of troops and horses are all gathered in Fangjiawa, and a great advantage in strength will be formed in a short period of time, then the cavalry battalion led by Zhou Pusuo will no longer be able to provide sufficient cover for Tang Fuguan's headquarters, and it is very likely that the enemy's left flank will first defeat the vanguard of the Huaidong Army and then retreat westward.

At this time, Lin Jian not only did not rush to let Chen Yan lead his troops to march over, but asked Zhou Pu and Tang Fuguan to press down their pace.

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