On the third day of December, the left wing of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army withdrew its troops and horses to enter Jiuzi Mountain through Nanling, and retreated from the valley road between Jiuzi Mountain to Qingyang near the river in the northwest; Tian Chang led his troops out of Qingyang to approach Qiupu, the capital of Chizhou, and Yang Xiong, the great Kou of Dongting Lake, led his army down the river from Jiangzhou, and also entered the territory of Chizhou on the same day, sending troops to capture the mouth of the Qiupu River.

Yue Lengqiu sent Chen Zishou out of the city and walked southeast along the Qiupu River, intending to intercept the western withdrawal of the Zhejiang-Fujian army on the west bank of the Qiupu River between Shicheng and Qiupu City......

Chen Zishou was originally Huang Binghao's old department, and when Jiangzhou was besieged, he strongly asked to lead his troops back to Jiangzhou, and he was resentful of Yue Lengqiu's forced bombing. Jiangzhou fell, Chen Zishou's relatives were captured, Yang Xiongdong came to Chizhou, accompanied Chen Zishou's relatives, and sent Huang Binghao into Chen Zishou's army to surrender.

Chen Zishou led his troops out of Qiupu City to face the battle, which was also forcibly sent by Yue Lengqiu, the morale of the soldiers was low, and the generals were full of complaints. In the face of more than 50,000 soldiers and horses in the middle of the Zhejiang-Fujian army, and Yue Lengqiu led the main force to base Qiupu City, Chen Zishou suddenly withdrew from the Huangyatan position on the west bank of the Qiupu River in the early morning of the fourth day of the first month, and led his troops to raid the stone city in the south of Qiupu County, and led his troops to sacrifice the stone city to surrender luxury.

At this point, the Zhejiang-Fujian army controlled the northern foot of Jiuzi Mountain, opened the passage to retreat west to Jiangzhou, and Yue Lengqiu led his troops to stick to Chizhou Mansion to govern Qiupu City......

Qiupu River is the main tributary of the Yangtze River in Chizhou, in the cold winter season, the flowing water sandwiched between the river beach is also 100 zhang wide, and because of the remaining veins of the northern foot of Jiuzi Mountain, the terrain on both sides of the Qiupu River is rugged and precipitous.

If Yue Lengqiu is really determined to send troops to intercept it, even if Feixiong can lead the troops into Chizhou in time, the troops and horses withdrawn from the west may not be able to cross the Qiupu River in time before the main force of the Huaidong soldiers and horses arrives......

Yang Xiong and the generals Huang Binghao, Chen Zishou and others came to the bank of the Qiupu River to greet them, and when they saw Haowenzhuang crossing the river, they bowed and saluted: "See the ...... of the Metropolitan Governor"

Yang Xiong is not tall, his cheeks are long and thin, he was as famous as Luo Xiancheng, the king of Changle in his early years, he was a figure of two lakes and five heroes, led Dongting Lake Kou to cross Xiangtan and other places, and once captured more than a dozen counties such as Tanzhou and became kings. However, as the Yue Dynasty increased the local military power in Xiangzhou, Jingzhou and other places, Yang Xiong was forced to retreat to Dongting Lake as a lake robber.

As early as three years ago, when the luxury family originally planned to enter Jiangxi, they contacted Yang Xiong to seek Jiangxi, but the luxury family's westward strategy hit Huaidong's plan to hide from the sky and cross the sea, and it has never been relieved, and the matter of uniting Yang Xiong and Luo Xiancheng will naturally not be over.

Due to the failure of the joint forces three years ago, Luo Xiancheng became cautious. This time, the extravagant flying bear attacked Jiangzhou, and contacted Yang Xiong, who was exhausted in Xiangtan Mountain, to lead the troops to vote, but Luo Xiancheng was worried that the bamboo basket would be empty again, and he had been shrinking in Xiangfan without action, so that the Zhejiang-Fujian army had always lacked the most important reinforcement in the war after the autumn.

The Zhejiang-Fujian army wants to quickly form a naval army in Jiangxi and Poyang Lake that can compete with the Huaidong water battalion, and it is no longer possible to rely on the lineage alone, and it is more dependent on Yang Xiong, a foreign general.

"The Dongting Navy has dominated the two lakes for many years, and its name has moved the world. It seems that the governor of the Zhejiang-Fujian army and the navy is none other than General Yang! Luxury Wenzhuang held Yang Xiong's shoulder, made the official Xu Jue, and pulled Su Tingzhan over beside him, and said, "Tingzhan is also good at water fights, how about letting him be a deputy marshal for General Yang?" ”

"Yang Xiong obeys the orders of the Grand Governor!" Yang Xiong replied.

Now the situation, only relying on the 20,000 miscellaneous soldiers under his command, it is bound to be the only one, and the government will have no faith to talk about, and secondly, it is uncertain when the Jianghuai defense line will be penetrated by Yanyu, and he will be sent to fill the battlefield with this little water army, it is better to join the luxury family, based on Poyang Lake, Xianghu Lake can be operated to the west, and Jinghu Lake can be united with the Changle army to the north......

Huang Binghao looked at Huang Binghao, Huang Binghao was in his fifties, and like Luxury, his temples had frosted hair. Huang Binghao was originally born in a wealthy family in Jiangzhou, when Li Zhuo led the troops from Jiangxi to attack Eastern Fujian, Huang Binghao was only a small official in Jiangzhou, responsible for escorting Jiangzhou grain and grass into Fujian reinforcements, on the way to lead the soldiers to rob the grain and get the name, accumulating merit for Jiangzhou Sikou.

The war in Eastern Fujian stopped, but from the ninth year of Chongguan, Jiangxi frequent droughts and floods, civil unrest, in the process of governing the civil chaos, Huang Binghao gradually mastered the Jiangzhou government army, and served as the Jiangzhou system envoy, and Ganzhou Domain, after Li Zhuo, and called Jiangxi Shuangjie. Fan Qifeng has died under the iron hooves of the Zhejiang-Fujian army, and Huang Binghao surrendered for the whole family, which is also embarrassing.

Such a character, afraid of being willing to lie in wait, Hao Wenzhuang sighed in his heart: It is also a loss to Emperor Yue to abandon Jiangning in time and flee, so that Huang Binghao lost his determination to defend Jiangzhou, so he was coerced to surrender, otherwise Feixiong really wants to capture Jiangzhou, and the casualties will inevitably be heavy, but Huang Binghao surrendered to Jiangzhou, and now his old department Chen Zishou also led his troops to surrender, Huang Binghao's descendants will exceed 20,000 soldiers and horses, and Jiangzhou is the old root of the Huang family - at this time, Luxury Wenzhuang can not blatantly weaken Huang Binghao, but if Huang Binghao continues to occupy Jiangzhou, One is afraid that Huang Binghao's tail will not fall off and will not be controlled by luxury families, and the other is afraid that Jiang Ning will attract Huang Binghao to join him again......

"Binghao is known as a name, I have admired Jin'an for a long time, and I can see it today, which is a great wish in my life," said in a loud voice, holding Huang Binghao's arm, especially affectionate, and said, "Taking Jiangxi, is my life's wish, according to Jiangxi and operating Xianghu, it is also my life's wish, Binghao is willing to follow my will?" ”

Huang Binghao only recently knew that the luxury family was not tenable in Jiangning at all, but he had already boarded the thief ship, and it was too late to regret it, and he also knew that the luxury family would not allow him to continue to occupy Jiangzhou, which was the key to the north entrance of Poyang Lake, and abandon Jiangzhou to lead the troops west into Xiangtan, which was also a good choice!

Now nearly 20,000 soldiers have disarmed and detained in Jiangzhou City, and their lives are in the hands of the luxury family, and the conditions are similar, and Huang Binghao can't pick up the fat and thin, and he agreed: "Xie Dadu Governor trusts, Binghao will not disappoint Dadu Governor......

Luxury Wenzhuang looked at Chen Zishou and praised: "What a good tiger general!" "Chen Zishou is indeed the leading brave general of the original Jiangzhou Army, otherwise Jiangning is in danger, and Huang Binghao would not have been able to ask Chen Zishou to lead his troops to follow Yue Lengqiu to aid Jiangning to defend Jiangzhou! But he knew that with such a character, Yue Lengqiu must also have the intention to close it, but in the end, he kicked Chen Zishou out, and he also knew that this person was not easy to close, and he still had to use Huang Binghao, so naturally he couldn't directly pull the brave generals under his command over, just untied the saber from his waist and gave it to Chen Zishou and said, "This knife has been fighting with me for half a lifetime, but in recent years, there has been no chance to drink blood, but it is a pity that I hope Zishou will make good use of it and serve well under Binghao......

"Zishou is willing to go to the fire for the governor of the capital!" Chen Zishou knelt down to take the saber and said gratefully.

Luxury Wenzhuang personally helped Chen Shouzi tie the saber around his waist, and after this thing was completed, he left the river embankment and went to Shicheng.

Occupying Shicheng and opening up the passage to Jiangzhou in the west, the army was not in a hurry to retreat westward, delaying for a longer time, and there were also defense deployments in cities such as Pengze and Hukou......

Judging from the current results, the Zhejiang-Fujian army still achieved its early operational goals after entering the autumn: to occupy Jiangzhou, control the entire Poyang Lake Plain, join forces with Dongting Lake Shuikou, annex the Jiangzhou scholars, remnants of Jiangning, and the army retreated westward safely, but if you think about it carefully, the dangerous situation faced by the Zhejiang-Fujian army has not been completely improved, but has made Huaidong completely bigger.

Even if from beginning to end, Haowenzhuang understands that what Huaidong is doing is a poisonous plan to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf, what can he do?

The trapping of Huizhou and the remnants of Jiangning did give the Zhejiang-Fujian army a little relief, but it was just a sigh of relief......

Luxury Wenzhuang pressed the worry in his heart, and Yang Xiong, Huang Binghao, Chen Zishou and others happily galloped into the stone city, and temporarily invited everyone to the public hall to rest before the banquet, Tian Chang held a secret letter in his hand, came to the ear of the luxury Wenzhuang, and said: "Gucheng secret report, Huaidong Army has a soldier and horse to cross Maoshan on the first day of the first day, along the Qingshan River, Yiyang River north, I am afraid that the second son will not have time to cross the Yiyang River, is it ...... by the last general"

Hao Wenzhuang raised his head, his eyes fell on the empty place, and he said for a long time: "Forget it, if Feihu can withdraw, I will give him an explanation; If he can't withdraw, it's also a confession from the luxury family to everyone......"

After the middle road in Qingyang was also broken by Su Tingzhan and a group of soldiers and horses, the left wing will also have more than 10,000 elites from Nanling to Qingyang, but from Qingyang to the mouth of the Yiyang River, it is nearly two hundred miles to the east; If the troops were transferred from Qingyang to the east at this time, and the remnants of the right flank were to withdraw across the Yiyang River, it was likely to entangle the main force of the Huaidong Army that had caught up - in recent years, the elite of the luxury family has lost too much, and it can no longer withstand big losses.

Tian Chang no longer said anything, sometimes it is necessary to give up, if others can be sacrificed, and the children of the luxury family can't be sacrificed, how will the governor win people's hearts in the future? I thought that the second son could escape west alone, or he could escape.

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At dawn on the 2nd day of the first month of December, Yu Wenshan, Luo Wenhu and other generals led more than 6,000 soldiers and horses to retreat west of the Jiangmen, and in order to delay the pursuit of troops in Huaidong, they abandoned more than 20,000 soldiers to disrupt Jiangning. Except for the first section of the water battalion, which pursued along the river but marched slowly, there were no soldiers and horses chasing from the direction of Jiangning.

Luxury Feihu led his troops to the mouth of the Yiyang River day and night, running more than 150 miles day and night, the speed of travel can not be described as unfast, the pontoon bridge erected by the soldiers and horses in front of the horse report is still there, and the luxury Feihu breathed a sigh of relief.

Even though there are still nearly 200 miles away from Qingyang, as long as the Geyang River is crossed, the Jiuzi Mountains will continue to be hills and ravines, and will extend all the way to the territory of Jiangzhou. Even if there were still soldiers and horses of the Huaidong Army chasing after them at this time, it would be easy for six or seven thousand soldiers and horses to disperse into Jiuzi Mountain and withdraw.

Extravagant Feihu urged the soldiers and horses to move quickly, but to the east bank of Yijiangyang, but saw the black smoke in the Yijiang city on the other side of the river like a pillar, straight to the clouds, hundreds of Zhejiang and Fujian defenders defending the city have been defeated by the Huaidong army, more than 100 remnants are fleeing the road, and on the other side of the pontoon bridge, hundreds of Huaidong cavalry generals are waiting for the battle, bows and arrows are withdrawn and held in their hands, and the arrows are shining in the cold sunset......

The extravagant flying tiger rode on horseback, his heart sank like water, he was a step slower, and the way back was cut off like this.

At this time, I saw that the Huaidong army on the other side escorted seven or eight prisoners wearing the uniforms of the Zhejiang and Fujian army up, rushed to the pontoon bridge, and drove these seven or eight people across the river with bows and arrows.

Yu Wenshan and others somehow, afraid that it was the Huaidong Army in disguise, and hurriedly sent soldiers to intercept the people in the past and bring them to them, but they saw that the people who came wrote a word on their vests with blood stains, and they combined them into a total of eight characters, which was: "Luxury Flying Tiger abandoned the crowd and fled alone"!

Seeing these eight characters, a mouthful of blood spurted out of the luxury Feihu, and he was about to fall off the horse......