Xiao Baiming, whose hands were tightly tied behind him, tripped when he went ashore and almost fell. Before he could cry out, the escort sergeant raised the scabbard and jerked him with a kick on his shin bone, and his unsteady body lost his balance, and his arms were tied behind him, unable to support him, and his forehead fell straight to the ground full of rubble.

"Stop, my lord's three orders strictly prohibit beating and insulting prisoners of war, which battalion of soldiers do you dare to ignore your lord's commandments?" Chen Enze accompanied Chen Xiyan and Chen Mingzhe to the dock to see Xiao Baiming, and when he saw the escort sergeant committing violence to Xiao Baiming, he shouted and stopped.

The sergeant buckled the saber back on his belt, took out the official letter from his arms, and replied: "Wang Shou'er, the commander of the first outpost of the third battalion of the third water battalion, was ordered by General Xiaoge to escort the surrendered general Xiao Baiming to Hukou!" Speaking of this, seeing Xiao Baiming looking up with hatred, he forcibly suppressed the urge to kick him, and explained, "It's not that I don't obey the orders of adults, this fight Lao Tzu has killed and injured many brothers, seeing him so comfortable, Lao Tzu is angry!" ”

"Okay, presumably it was Wang Dutou who won the first credit, and General Xiaoge asked you to take the prisoner order. This is all ashore, you also have some restraint, don't let a good first work be wasted! Chen Enze took off the waist card and handed it to Wang Shou'er for inspection, and did not pursue his intention of abusing the prisoners, and said, "Give it to me, Wang Dutou, you can be regarded as paying the order...... and instructed the soldiers around him, "You take Wang Dutou and them into the village, see if you can order good dishes and treat Wang Dutou and them." ”

"I have to hurry back," Wang Shou'er said, after looking at Chen Enze's waist card, he leaned over and asked in a low voice, "What will the military secretary do with this guy?" ”

Xiao Baiming also heard this, raised his head and looked over, he didn't recognize Chen Enze, but he recognized Chen Xiyan and Chen Mingzhe beside Chen Enze, he didn't understand why Chen Xiyan and Chen Mingzhe were here, but like catching a straw when drowning, he struggled to kneel, kneeled in front of Chen Xiyan, and burst into tears, and said: "Master Chen, Brother Mingzhe, I am Baiming, when I left Jiyang, it was really to coerce those reckless soldiers, I have not forgotten the teachings of Master Chen in eastern Zhejiang all these years...... I hope Chen Xiyan can save his life.

Xiao Baiming also wanted to enter the imperial examination in his early years, but he was not good in the examination, tried and failed repeatedly, and only recruited Xiao Taoyuan to be a staff member after being discouraged and failed. However, he has always regarded the scientific examination as the right way in his heart, and during Chen Xiyan's seclusion in Jiyang, he visited several times with disciple ceremonies, hoping to join the ranks of Wu Party scholars through Chen Xiyan's doorway, which can be regarded as a bit of incense friendship.

Chen Xiyan looked at Xiao Baiming's bloody face, hideous and ugly, and didn't say anything.

Chen Enze squatted down, looked at Xiao Baiming's face, and said: "Xiao Taoyuan is dead, Chen Qianhu is dead, Xiao Changhui is also dead, Ninghai is a rebel, you and Xiao Changze are left." You said that you were coerced, I want to ask you, when the Ninghai Army rescued the Chongzhou boy from Haikou, you persuaded Xiao Tao to seek money and kill him, and he was also coerced? ”

"......" Xiao Baiming saw that although Chen Enze was young, his status in the Huaidong Army was not low, and when he asked again, he vaguely guessed that he was one of the Chongzhou boys back then.

"My family remembers that you are also a character, and I will reward you and Xiao Changze for the whole corpse, Chen Ge Lao and Lord Chen are the ...... who remembered the acquaintance with you in the past and came to see you off" Chen Enze stood up, ordered the sergeant who came with him, and said, "Bring Xiao Changze up, let them meet again, and immediately go to the execution ground to be hanged!" ”

Xiao Baiming's eyes were dark, and he couldn't even see Lin Bin's side, so naturally he couldn't save his life, and the spirit of the whole person was completely dispersed, and he was paralyzed on the ground like a dead pig.

Wang Shou'er, who escorted Xiao Baiming to the mouth, and other Shuiying soldiers heard that they would be hanged immediately, and they did not leave in a hurry, pestering them to go to the execution ground to watch the execution.

Seeing that the corpse hanging under the gallows was no longer convulsive, Xiao Baiming and Xiao Changze were completely dead, and Chen Xiyan, who was also unfamiliar with bloody things, also sighed inexplicably in his heart, and said to Chen Enze, who was going back to pay the order after the execution: "Chen joins the army, please tell Lin Zhizhi, the old man wants to go to the north shore to take a look at the situation, can it be convenient?" ”

"......" Chen Enze nodded, and went back to the official hall to pay the order first.

"The teacher is going to see Dong Yuan at this time?" Chen Mingzhen asked in a suppressed voice.

“…… Not only do I want to see Dong Yuan, but I also want to see your second uncle Chen Huawen," Chen Xiyan nodded and said, "Although I don't know about military affairs, I also know that if the luxury family can't recapture Mingzhou from Huaidong this time, they will go all out to expand on the western front and gain living space." Huaidong is the first to attack the west, and the next thing to do is to drive away the wolf and devour the tiger - if Deng Yu can't hold Huizhou, Dong Yuan can't hold Fuyang, if it really gets to that point, Huaidong's ambition can't be compared with the extravagant! ”

Chen Mingzhen also saw some eyebrows:

The Huaidong Army, whether it was a naval army or an infantry battalion, the first phase of military operations was bounded by the Cao'e River estuary. Although Huaidong must first ensure that the Mingzhou Mansion can be captured, and the soldiers and horses of the luxury family will not be recaptured by the counteroffensive, in addition, the Qianjiang waterway west of the Cao'e River estuary is also narrow and shallow, which is not conducive to the Huaidong naval army to give full play to the advantages of large and strong ships, but the military deployment of Huaidong somewhat makes the luxury Feixiong feel at ease to fight on the western front.

If you let the luxury flying bear capture Fuyang, so that Fuyang, Linshui, Xiaoshan, and Tonglu are connected, even if the luxury family loses Mingzhou Mansion, they can get considerable compensation on the western front.

Dong originally came to fight with the luxury family on the Qianjiang River, with the three mansions of Hangjiahu as the hinterland, and he could also raise 350,000 troops. Once Fuyang is lost, the troops of the luxury family can use Linshui and Fuyang as bases to directly push the front to Huzhou and Hangzhou to fight in depth, and Dong Yuan will only have Jiaxing Mansion as the hinterland.

At that time, if it is not supported by Jiangning, Dong Yuan will be able to raise 20,000 soldiers and horses in northern Zhejiang.

The Chen family and the Haiyu army were originally seeking a balance between northern Zhejiang and Huaidong. Once after this war, the power of northern Zhejiang is greatly damaged, and the power of Huaidong is greatly expanded, the balance between northern Zhejiang and Huaidong on the eastern front will be completely broken.

Chen Enze came in to report Chen Xiyan's intention to rush to the north shore to see Dong Yuan, Lin Tie took his hand and said: "My original intention, I don't want Fuyang to lose, whether he can understand it or not, he wants to go to see Dong Yuan, it's okay." Si Ze, you go to the north shore and explain our military deployment in eastern Zhejiang to Dong Yuan face to face, and see what they have to say...... Chen Xiyan, I won't send it in person. ”

Chen Enze was ordered to leave, and Song Jia said with a smile: "Aren't you trying to force Dong Yuan to fight to the death with the extravagant flying bear in Fuyang?" The luxury family has 50,000 elites on the western front who can be transferred to Fuyang, even if the Haiyu Army and the old department of the Ning Navy are on top, in the situation that Fuyang and Linshui have lost the opportunity, it is difficult for Dong Yuan to plug this loophole! ”

"I don't force him, Chen Xiyan, Yue Lengqiu and even Ning Wangfu will force him," Lin Jian said, "In this world, you must rely on strength to speak, Dong Yuan must also know this truth in his heart...... If he can't hold Fuyang, why does Yue Lengqiu support him to continue to control the entire northern Zhejiang? Why did Yue Lengqiu continue to let Meng Yishan be controlled by him? ”

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Dong Yuan also has bitterness and can't say it.

Although Huaidong attacked eastern Zhejiang on the 24th, the morale of the northern Zhejiang army was greatly boosted, Dong Yuan personally led his troops to capture Shangyanwu before nightfall, and opened the passage to receive reinforcements from Fuyang, but at this time, only the north gate of Fuyang City still controlled the defenders, and most of the city had fallen into the hands of the enemy.

By this time, the battle to defend the city had developed into a brutal tug-of-war, and whether it was against northern Zhejiang or against the extravagant flying bear, Fuyang was bound to win.

Even if Chen Xiyan doesn't go, why doesn't Dong Yuan understand the meaning of keeping Fuyang?

With the loss of Fuyang, the defense area under the jurisdiction of the Northern Zhejiang Command Division will lose nearly half of its strategic depth, and it will also face the condescending suppression of the extravagant flying bear on the Western Front.

Yue Lengqiu had already urgently ordered Meng Yishan to enter Huzhou, and Meng Yishan obviously learned about the Huaidong Army's plan and deployment to repair the plank road and secretly cross Chencang, and before the night of the 22nd, the Ning Navy began to cross the river from Weiyang Mansion into Danyang, and Meng Yishan personally led more than 1,000 elites to enter the Huzhou Mansion before nightfall on the 24th, and fully took over the defense of Huzhou Mansion.

Once Fuyang is lost, Huzhou and Hangzhou will directly face the soldiers and horses of the Western Front of the luxury family. At that time, Meng Yishan was nominally still under the control of the envoy of northern Zhejiang, and in essence, he would also gain the same status as Dong Yuan in Huzhou.

The only thing that can make Dong Yuan happy is that the Huaidong Army rushed to eastern Zhejiang, so that Hangzhou, Jiaxing and other places turned the crisis into safety, and was no longer threatened by the extravagant Zhedong naval division, so that he could rest assured that he would transfer his troops and horses to the front line of Fuyang, and fight a cruel tug-of-war with Fuyang City with Fuyang City as the core.

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Fuyang City lies horizontally at the foot of the mountain, the line of the houses in the city, row upon row in the moonlight, everywhere remnants of fire, one by one the black smoke columns rising in the sky are also exceptionally clear in the moonlight.

Extravagant Fei Xiong's face was expressionless, just staring at Fuyang City lying under the mountain.

Although the soldiers and horses that entered the city in the early stage have controlled most of the area of Fuyang City from the west and south, but in the north, on the post road from Shangyanwu to the north gate of Fuyang City, the reinforcements from northern Zhejiang opened a queue of two or three miles, and are desperately pouring into Fuyang City, wanting to recapture the city with the north gate as the basis, and the two wings are also divided into soldiers and horses, wanting to recapture the mountains on the east and west wings of Fuyang City.

Fuyang City has become a slaughter field, northern Zhejiang does not allow Fuyang to lose, for the luxury flying bear, Fuyang is also his inevitable.

Fuyang City is located on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Qianjiang River, and the south city wall is hundreds of steps away from the river.

In the past, the Eastern Zhejiang Water Division had the ability to control the entire Qianjiang waterway, and Fuyang City was under the control of the Northern Zhejiang Army, so Luxury Feixiong would not feel any inconvenience.

Mingzhou Mansion may have been lost on all fronts, and the Huaidong Navy Division warships also entered the Qianjiang waterway, and at this time Fuyang could not be captured.

When the time comes, don't say that you will transfer troops from the Western Front to counterattack and recapture Mingzhou Mansion, I am afraid that even Huiji Mansion will become a lonely place; And to lay down Fuyang and connect Fuyang and Linshui as a whole, even if Mingzhou Mansion can't be taken back, the situation is not too bad for luxury families.

Xu Feixiong ordered Su Tingzhan to lead his troops to rush to the aid of Huiji, and ordered Cheng Yiqun to lead the main force of the Eastern Zhejiang Water Division to defend the Qianjiang waterway in the Xiaoshan section, and personally rushed to the southern line to sit in the town, gritting his teeth and threatening to attack Fuyang City.

Since Fuyang City cannot afford to lose Dong Yuan and the Northern Zhejiang Army, then let Fuyang City become a slaughter field-Luxury Feixiong thought with hatred in his heart.

Who would have thought that the main force of the Huaidong Army would raid eastern Zhejiang and punch the waist of the luxury family, but the most cruel and fierce tug-of-war in this battle took place in Fuyang, between the western army of luxury and the northern Zhejiang army of Dong Yuan.