Located in the middle reaches of Shanxi, the Jiahe River has been washed by the flood twice, although it has not collapsed as a whole, but it is also dilapidated. The large section of the river embankment on the inner side collapsed, and the river water soaked directly to the foot of the wall, and the wall was also like the teeth of the elderly.

Although the time for the excavation of the open water in the hanging lake to impact both sides of the bank is very short, a large area of waterlogging is formed in the low terrain on both sides.

Standing on the southeast city wall of the Jiahe River Blockade, as far as the eye can see, there are large areas of flooded land all around, like a swamp.

The roads near the river were all washed away by the flood, and there were still large areas of waterlogging, and although the slopes on both wings were not flooded, the forest was deep and Shaanxi, and it was difficult for the army to pass through.

The main force of the Huaidong Army in Guanxiling, wanting to catch up with the remnants of the Zhejiang-Fujian army fleeing westward, did not have enough warships to take the waterway, so they could only rely on their legs to wade through the flooded land.

At this time, near Chenjiaao on the west bank, more than 10,000 Huaidong soldiers and horses were passing through the flooded land from the slope.

Ao Canghai hung his combat boots around his neck, rolled up his trousers to his knees, stepped barefoot in the mud, did not ride a horse, shared weal and woe with his generals, and moved forward step by step.

This flooded land has been explored by the outpost, the flooding is not deep, the deepest can only be submerged to the thighs, and the route along the road is also marked with bamboo poles and branches, but as more and more soldiers and horses in the front pass, this mud road flooded by shallow water is getting more and more muddy.

Stepping on it and falling into the mud, it often takes a lot of effort to pull out the old nose and take the second step.

Ao Canghai, a brave general with such a physique, was sweating profusely and panting for half a day, and when he looked back, he walked out of five or six miles.

From the northern section of Chenjiaao to the mouth of the river where Shanxi flows into the Xinjiang River, there is still more than 30 miles of flooded land to walk - such a long and rotten road is desperate to think about.

The only thing that is gratifying is that the morale of the generals who pursued them north is high, and they are not intimidated by the current difficulties in the slightest. Along the road, shouting and singing, the sound vibrates the clouds.

Several horses chased from the back road, which could not interfere with the marching procession, and the horses could only gallop through the shallow water that flooded the lower abdomen, causing a large splash along the way, catching up with Ao Canghai in the middle of the ranks.

The galloping riders were wearing maroon guard armor, and they were the horsemen beside Lin Lian.

It was only when Lin Jian sent someone over to urge them to catch up with the extravagant bear who was fleeing west from the south bank of the Xinjiang River as soon as possible, Ao Canghai could only smile bitterly.

Huaidong generals, if you want to say who wants to intercept and encircle and annihilate the troops of the luxury flying bear, no one will be more urgent than Ao Canghai, who exterminated the luxury family, but Ao Canghai has survived all these years of hard work, and has long refined a heart that is as calm as water, and now knows that he can't overwork the army and drive the army too much.

Catching up with the enemy is a problem, and after catching up, there is still room for strength to fight with the remnants of the fleeing enemy - Ao Canghai and Zhang Gou beside him said: "If only the lord could press a pair of wings on each of us, it would be good......"

"How can there be such a beautiful thing, and the extravagant flying bear in front of us wants to put on a pair of wings and fly out more than we do?" Zhang Gou said with a smile.

Although the march from the flooded ground in front of them was bitter, compared to the extravagant flying bear fleeing for their lives in front of them, they also took suffering as pleasure.

Ao Canghai and Zhang Gou walked to a slope above the water to rest, and waited for the attendants of the large camp to ride over to see what the latest instructions were given by Lin Jian to chase them.

"General Ao, the Lord is coming from behind to join you, please take a step back!" The little school who chased after him on horseback was Zhao Hu's younger brother Zhao Mengxiong.

When Zhao Mengxiong was in Jiangning, he was still ignorant and childish, and now he is also a well-known brave general in the Huaidong Army.

"Oh, the lord also ran to the front to join in the fun?" Zhang Gou asked suspiciously.

Zhao Mengxiong said: "I don't know this! ”

The terrain on which they stood was not high, and when they looked south, they could not see where Lin Tie had been chasing, but from the south side the sound was higher and higher, and they knew that Lin Tie had passed there, and the morale of the generals was boiling like boiling water.

After waiting for a while, Lin Lian, Zhou Pu and dozens of horsemen chased after him from behind.

Lin Jian wiped the sweat on his forehead and jumped off the horse, hugged Ao Canghai, Zhang Gou and others who wanted to salute, and said with a smile: "It is also difficult to ride a horse on this road, it really makes you hard!" ”

It is not as good as riding a horse on the flat ground, chasing after the water, the horse is tired and tired, Lin Tie and Zhou Pu are all perennial people who have worked hard all year round, and it is so hard to ride a horse, it can be seen how difficult it is for the general to trek through the flooded ground.

Ao Canghai said: "The heads of the enemy army are waiting for us to rush over to harvest like familiar crops, and they will not feel bitter!" ”

"It's both bitter and happy." Zhang Gou said.

"The Zong Ting has arrived in Shangrao, and it is not a problem to hold Shangrao," Lin Jian sat down with a stone mill that he didn't know where he rushed from, and invited Ao Canghai, Zhou Pu, Zhang Gou and others to squat at will, and said, "The timing of our attack is even better than expected." In addition to Deng Yu's department, which is likely to collide with Chen Yan in Huating, Wang Hui and other enemy generals are hesitant and hesitant in Qingxi, which is better news for us! What do you guys think? ”

Ao Canghai asked the staff officers of the army under his command to unfold the map and spread it on the half-dry slope, and accurately marked the main forces of the eastern front of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army from the map.

Zhang Gou's eyes lit up, and he asked: "Does the lord mean that after Chen Yan defeated Deng Yu's department, he let go of the remnants of the enemy on the north shore and turned to the south bank to intercept the extravagant flying bear?" ”

Lin Jian looked at Ao Canghai.

Among the generals of Zhejiang and Fujian on the Eastern Front, the first person Ao Canghai killed was undoubtedly Extravagant Feixiong, but he would not let personal vendetta drown his reason. There are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses on the south bank of the Xinjiang River, while the Zhejiang-Fujian army has more than 30,000 main forces on the north bank.

Ao Canghai asked: "After Chen Yan defeated Deng Yu's troops, he did not defend Huating, and the remnants of the enemy on the north bank are most likely to flee from Huating Creek to the north to Yongshan and Leping, so are the Qiao Zhong and Yu brothers sure that they will take Yongshan first?" ”

As long as the advance army of eastern Jiangxi took Yongshan first, it could once again block the road for the remnants of the eastern front of the Zhejiang-Fujian army to flee north.

At present, Lin Jian was worried that the remnants of the eastern front of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army would flee directly north to Jiangzhou and join the main force of the Jiangzhou Army led by Hao Wenzhuang. If the remnants of the eastern front of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army did not go north through Huating Creek, but continued to go west along the Xinjiang River, and fled to Ganzhou or Yuzhang through Fuzhou, then the main force of the Huaidong Army would have enough time to catch up with Ganzhou or Yuzhang and then encircle the remnants of the enemy; There is also enough time to transfer the main force of the water camp in Luzhou to the west to the periphery of Jiangzhou to participate in the battle.

"I can give it a try," Zhang Gou said, "The situation in Shangrao is developing very fast, I'm afraid that Su Tingzhan hasn't woken up in Fuliang yet." As long as the remnants fleeing north through Huating Creek are not the entire northward retreat, the interception of the northern line will not have much impact. Even if the soldiers and horses of Gandong are in a hurry and difficult to conquer Yongshan City, as long as they block the road on the south side of Yongshan first, they can block the remnants of the northward escape for three or five days......" Speaking of this, Zhang Gou was unusually excited.

There is no doubt that the annihilation of most of the enemy is a better result than the crushing of the enemy; Compared with the annihilation of most of the enemy, there is no doubt that the total annihilation of the eastern front soldiers of the Zhejiang and Fujian armies is more exciting.

"The Zong Ting is in Shangrao, and has already sent people north to contact Qiao Zhong and Wen Cheng and them to block the enemy from the south of Qimen," Lin Jian said, "Next, it depends on whether we go fast enough!" Zhang Jiheng and Sun Wenyao led their troops to walk on the northern line, and they should be able to reach the mouth of the Shanxi River tonight, but the road on the north bank of the Xinjiang River for nearly 20 miles has been washed away, and it will not be easier than this side. ”

"Kill the extravagant flying bear, there is no shock in this life!" Ao Canghai said, "Please supervise the battle here, I will go to the front to lead the troops to march at night, and strive to walk through the flooded ground before tomorrow morning!" ”

"Good!" Lin Jian said. Extravagant Fei Xiong fled along the Jiangxi River, all under the surveillance of the Huaidong warship, and he couldn't play any tricks. They only need to spread their feet and chase after them here, and they are not afraid that the extravagant bear has the ability to shoot back the carbine.

There is no perfect plan in the world, build a dam to intercept the river, and scare the enemy army back; At this point, the Huaidong Army can be said to have an absolute advantage, but in order to transform the advantage into a real battle of annihilating the enemy, it is necessary for the main forces of the Huaidong Army's soldiers and horses at Guanxiling, Jaw, and Litang to quickly catch up with the enemy and encircle and annihilate it.

Huaidong's main force in the direction of Guanxi Ridge has to go north to pursue the enemy, and it has become the most troublesome problem at present if it passes through the flooded land with a depth of forty or fifty miles.

Historically, the boat goes down the river to the fast, and the upstream is slow, maybe it only takes one day to go down the river from the Peach Blossom Pass to the Flower Pavilion, but the fleet wants to go upriver from the Flower Pavilion and return to the Peach Blossom Pass, I am afraid it will take three or four times as long.

Unable to wait for the flotilla to return, the main force could only trudge through the flooded ground and catch up with the fleeing enemy.

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Throughout the ages, all the art of war has been concentrated on one point in the final analysis, that is, "to divide the enemy and unite oneself," and all stratagems must do everything possible to achieve this goal in the final analysis.

In the early stage of the Shangrao War, the Luxury Fei Xiong concentrated his limited forces at the key passes, and filled the 50,000 or 60,000 Zhejiang-Fujian troops into the various sections of the Shangrao defense line and defended the danger.

Even if the Huaidong Army has an advantage in weapons and troops, it will inevitably pay a heavy price if it wants to completely destroy the Shangrao defense line of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army in a short period of time.

Lin Jian wanted the Huaidong Army to open the Guanxi Ridge Road first, that is, to attract the main force of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army to the south of Hengshan, and to build a dam to intercept the river, but also to use all means to scare away the main force of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army from the outer defense line of Shangrao.

In the later period, Luxury Feixiong was forced to choose to use the narrow passage on both sides of the Xinjiang River to delay the pace of the Huaidong Army entering Jiangxi, which was actually what Lin Jian wanted. Only at this moment will the main force of the eastern front of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army abandon the front defense line and retreat to the cities along the Xinjiang River, which will be scattered on its long road to the west, giving the Huaidong Army the opportunity to "break through each and annihilate it".

At this time, including the soldiers and horses led by Hao Feixiong himself, the eastern front of the Zhejiang-Fujian army was scattered on both sides of the Xinjiang River, and they could not take care of each other. At this time, for the Huaidong Army, the most important thing at present is no longer to break through the Shangrao defense line of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army or defeat the main force of the eastern front of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army, but to intercept and encircle and annihilate as many soldiers and horses on the eastern front of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army as possible.

In one fell swoop, several legs of the luxury family were broken, so that they could no longer get up.

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PS: To motivate myself, I will open a new post in the book review, before nine o'clock in the evening, if the number of new posts reaches two hundred, after nine o'clock code the third chapter! Are the brothers good?