Lin Xuwen and Huang Jinnian returned to the house around the same time, and Sun Wenbing was waiting at Lin Xuwen's mansion early.

"The emperor has made up his mind, and there is no room for recovery from Xie Chaozhong's leading troops to the battle," Lin Xuwen didn't bother to wash up and see Sun Wenbing again, and directly told him the result of today's court meeting, saying, "In this way, it seems that we have to prepare for the worst consequences......

"Maybe the consequences won't be so bad?" Huang Jinnian said.

There are not many officials in the DPRK and China who support Xie Chaozhong leading the troops to go on the expedition, but most people think the same as Huang Jinnian, even if Xie Chaozhong leading the troops on the expedition is not good, it will not be bad there.

Lin Xuwen sighed lightly and said: "Back then, Hao Zongcheng was replaced by Li Zhuo as the commander, and I also think that the consequences will not be so bad, but the lessons of the defeat of Liaoxi and the collapse of Yan Ji have not passed for two years, and this one is repeated here, and it can't be ......ignored."

Huang Jinnian was speechless, as far as the facts we know now, replacing He Zongcheng with Li Zhuo as the commander to lead the Jizhen army was a discordant plan of Yan Yu - after changing Hao Zongcheng to lead the troops, the situation of the Ji Zhen Army in western Liaoning did not seem to have changed much on the surface, but Yan Yu was like fighting chicken blood, and the soldiers and horses of the two roads, which had been silent for a long time, immediately became active, almost destroying the southward trend until they swept the entire land of Yan Ji.

The whole situation of the battle situation in western Liaoning is completely in line with the gist of "winning with the right and winning with the odd" - Yan Yu did not hesitate to take out Songshan City, the gateway to Liaoyang, as a bait, in order to do this, but he didn't expect Jiang Ning to take the initiative to take this step because of the internal struggle for power this time.

Lin Xuwen sighed: "The luxury family is a trapped beast, as long as Jiang Ning and Huaidong are in the camp step by step, the luxury family will not escape the end of destruction, who would have thought that Jiang Ning would take this stinky move at this time......" and said to Sun Wenbing: "The matter of sending troops is still confidential, and some preparations must be made, but before Xie Chaozhong officially leads the troops to the battle, at least Jiangning's side cannot make a big show." If the soldiers and horses of the luxury family are sent to the city of Jiangning, the losses at the mouth of the river will be heavy......"

After the Qujiatong bandit case, Quyang Town quickly fell, led by Jiyun Society, gathered the party forces in Dongyang Township, and Hekou Town on the other side of the prison island rose rapidly, and today it is the head of the 24 towns in the outer city of Jiangning.

It can be said that the Dongyang Township Party in Jiangning has its roots in Hekou Town outside the Donghua Gate.

Although the estuary was a prosperous town, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, no formal city wall could be built except for weaving wicker as a wall, and the defense was very weak. Once the gap in southern Huinan is opened, even if only a small number of Zhejiang-Fujian rebels leak in, Hekou Town outside the Donghua Gate will be one of the main targets of luxury looting.

"Do you want to evacuate some of the city first?" Huang Jinnian said.

"The worst result, Jiangning City may not be able to hold it!" Sun Wenbing said, "According to the meaning of the adults, if you can evacuate in advance, you should retreat to the north shore of Chaotiandang, and if you can't evacuate in advance, Prison Island is the last place to stay." Even if the army of luxury families is pressing, it is not recommended to retreat to the city! ”

"Even if Huinan opens a gap, the luxury family shouldn't be able to capture Jiangning City, right?" Huang Jinnian said.

The imperial camp army has 80,000 soldiers and horses, and they will not all be sent to Huinan, and Jiangning will retain a considerable number of garrison soldiers and horses.

Jiangning is the Xiongcheng built by Gaozu, the river is close to the mountain, the terrain is extremely dangerous, the low place of the city wall is also three zhang high according to the mountain, the terrain is easy, the city wall is high and steep like a mountain cliff. Jiangning City was built that year, and Gaozu said that Xiongcheng could reach a million soldiers, Huang Jinnian really couldn't imagine how many soldiers and horses the luxury family had to send over to capture Jiangning?

Lin Xuwen shook his head and smiled bitterly, if you want to say that the city is steep and Yanjing is dangerous, which city in the world can reach it? Yan Yu took Yanjing City, how could he have spent a single soldier?

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In the Ruyi Garden, Han Bin walked into the secret courtyard and led him into the wing.

Chen Ruyi was sitting at the bottom of the luxury flying tiger and talking, Han Bin bowed to the luxury flying tiger, and there was irrepressible excitement in his low voice, and said: "Just as the second prince expected, today's court meeting, Xie Chaozhong's decision to lead the troops to the expedition has been decided; In order to confuse us, Jiang Ning will claim that Xie Chaozhong will go to Jiangzhou to represent Yue Lengqiu, but in fact, it is intended to be in western Zhejiang...... Although this matter was confidential, Wang Chao got carried away and told his subordinates everything. ”

"This level of deception is still trying to hide from us, it's really laughing off!" Extravagant Feihu smiled coldly, as if he had forgotten that he had suffered Huaidong's losses before.

Han Bin said with a smile: "Wang Chao and the others, at this time, they have already regarded the military exploits of western Zhejiang as something in their pockets, and their words are very frivolous. Looking at this situation, Wang Chao, Yu Bijiang and other sons and brothers in Jiangning City also intend to go out with the army, so as to fight for some military exploits to smear the façade, and the second son will teach them a good lesson when the time comes......"

"No," said Feihu, "I'll stay in Jiangning." You have to persuade Wang Chao to dispel the idea of following the army as much as possible, Wang Chao will stay in Jiangning City, it will still be of great use to us, and you must continue to stay by Wang Chao's side......"

"The second son stays in Jiangning, so what is the ...... in Zhexi," Han Bin asked in surprise.

"It's good that you know it in your heart......" Hao Feihu nodded, affirmed Han Bin's guess, and said to Chen Ruyi, "In order to be able to pull Wang Chao on the boat, you have to make some sacrifices, in the future, the father and son of the Wang family will be the founding heroes of the luxury family, and I will also uphold justice for you, and I will not humiliate you." ”

"Ruyi has no father and no mother, regards the governor and the second son as relatives, and for the sake of luxury family, Ruyi is also willing to go to the soup and fire." Chen Ruyi said.

"Hmm!" Hao Feihu nodded and said, "Then the news will be transmitted to western Zhejiang immediately, and the development of the situation will inevitably surprise everyone in Jiangning......

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"The defeat is like a mountain," after reading the secret letter delivered from Jiangning's fast horse, Gao Zongting sighed, Emperor Chongguan exchanged Hao Zongcheng for Li Zhuo, which can be said to be a discordant plan of Yan Yu, but Emperor Yongxing took the initiative to take a big stinky move, and at the same time disrupted Huaidong's deployment, saying, "If Xie Chaozhong is defeated in Huinan, Jiangning's people's morale will be seriously hit; Jiangning has not experienced military affairs for more than 200 years, and when the luxury soldiers and horses are pressed, although there are still 30,000 or 40,000 defenders in Jiangning City, it is likely to be defeated without a fight......"

"The situation forces Huaidong to go to the fire," Ye Junan said, "If the situation in Jiangning is bad, it is Dong Yuan's reaction that is the most unpredictable!" ”

"The Changhuai army is on the north bank of the Huai River, between Haozhou and Shouzhou, Dong Yuan can not use many soldiers and horses," Qin Chengzu said, "Dongyang has to send someone over, even if Dong Yuan really has any ambitions, Dongyang must intercept the Huaixi soldiers and horses and prevent them from entering Jiangning!" ”

Dong Yuan led the Huaixi soldiers and horses to aid Jiangning, and there will be a big gap of six or seven hundred miles in the entire defense line of Huai, which is easy for Yan Lu to take advantage of. This will be the worst consequence, even worse than the capture of Jiangning City to the luxury family.

"Even if Dong Yuan is to return to help, most of them are also ordered to return to help, and Dongyang's blockade is serious in nature," Cao Ziang said worriedly, "Can Dongyang have the determination to send troops to intercept at that time?" ”

"......" Lin Tie looked at the map hanging on the wall with his arms crossed, and vigorously pointed at the direction of the prison island on the northeast corner of Jiangning City, and said, "From now on, Zhao Hu and the captain of Hailing City, led the first brigade of the Chinese army in the infantry camp to move to Hailing; Yang Yihang, Hu Yu'er, Chen Enze and other Miaoshan camp departments, all incorporated into the third water battalion, stationed in Hailing - in Hailing 10,000 soldiers and horses, if the situation in Jiangning falls step by step as expected, Hailing soldiers and horses can be the advance army, with Prison Island as the foundation, first blockade Chaotian, waiting for our army to come back! ”

"At this time, we can't expect Dongyang to have this determination, and Huaidong's own soldiers and horses are the most assured. The blockade is swinging in the sky, so that the Huaixi soldiers and horses cannot cross the river, no matter how ambitious Dong Yuan is, but for his own safety, it is impossible for him to give up the defense of Haozhou and Shouzhou! Gao Zongting said.

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After Hao Feixiong led his troops west into Jiangxi, he stayed in western Zhejiang and controlled the soldiers and horses of Chun'an, Tonglu and Wuyuan.

Tian Chang and Su Tingzhan of Dongyang County, although they are both from Zhejiang County, they are all iron-hearted and go all the way to the dark with the luxury family, and they are also quite trusted by the father and son of the luxury family, and they can be regarded as the fresh blood of the Zhejiang and Fujian army outside the power of the eight clans.

Jiangning sent a secret letter from Huinan to attack western Zhejiang with Xie Chaozhong's troops to Tongziwu on the north bank of the Qianjiang River, and it was already mid-July.

The Qianjiang River is in the east of Tongziwu, and it follows the confluence of Daqing Creek, which originates from Huaiyu Mountain in Huizhou, and the water potential is magnificent. Tongziwu was originally an inconspicuous dock on the north bank of the Qianjiang River, but the Zhejiang-Fujian army could not take Yuling Pass from the hands of the Huinan Army, and then was forced to take a defensive position, in order to prevent Huinan from going south from Yuling Pass, had to strengthen the river valley dock fort along the Daqing River, Tongziwu controlled and guarded the mouth of Daqing Creek, located in the key point, Tian Chang set up the Shuai tent here.

Tian Chang had less than 20,000 troops in western Zhejiang, and in addition to guarding against the Huinan army from leaving Yuling Pass, he also had to guard against the Hanghu Army and Huaidong along the Qianjiang River to attack Tonglu downstream. Although Tian Chang does not have many soldiers and horses, it is relatively easier than Su Tingzhan who guards Dongyang County.

When Yue Lengqiu went west to Jiangzhou to supervise the war, he transferred some soldiers and horses from the Huinan Army, and the strength of the Huinan Army was about 20,000, but it did not mean that the number of soldiers and horses in Huinan increased to 60,000 or 70,000, and Tian Chang did not feel the pressure.

From Huizhou to western Zhejiang, the Daqingxi River Valley is the most convenient road, and the most dangerous place is Yuling Pass.

Yuling Pass is located between Fuyu Mountain and Tianji Mountain, even so, the altitude of Yuling Pass is still as high as more than 300 zhang, and the ridge walls on both sides can not be climbed - but from Yuling Pass, enter the Daqingxi River Valley, although the road is far from being comparable with the plain, but it is not possible to talk about the danger of being a man and a man.

Xie Chaozhong led the troops to fight in western Zhejiang, so that the luxury family could see a glimmer of life in strategy, but when he really wanted to command the battle, Tian Chang's feeling in his heart was not easy.

The second prince sneaked to Jiangning through Tongziwu, but the governor did not authorize the second prince to preside over the war in western Zhejiang, and the eldest prince couldn't get out of Yuzhang, no wonder this burden was pressed on his body?

Tian Chang sat at the table, looked at the secret letter from Jiangning, and thought that he had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of western Zhejiang alone, without too much excitement, more of a breathless pressure.

To deal with Xie Chaozhong's use of troops from southern Huinan to western Zhejiang, only Chun'an, Wuyuan, and Tonglu are far from enough, but Jiangxi, Dongyang County, Jin'an Mansion, Jian'an Mansion, where are there still soldiers and horses to draw?

"General Tian, don't come to Wuxian!" The guards brought one person in, but it was Zheng Mingjing, the captain of the personal guard of Haowenzhuang.

Tian Chang stood up and asked, "Why is the Metropolitan Governor willing to let General Zheng come over!" He also thought that Zheng Mingjing came to western Zhejiang to lead the troops on his behalf.

"The Jin'an convoy is outside the gate of the mansion, and the metropolitan governor is hiding in it, so General Tian must not alarm others." Zheng Mingjing said.