"My lord, you can't give up easily. Let the last general bring people up to fight, and if you can't take Fuyang back, you are willing to bring people to see your lord! A member of the bearded military general who wrapped a splint around his neck with a splint in his left arm wept and knelt in front of Dong Yuan, bitterly admonishing to continue the Fuyang war. Behind him, more than a dozen generals knelt down to fight together.

These generals were more or less wounded, and even a few had broken arms and limbs, and their faces were resolute, without fear of war.

The war in Fuyang has reached this point, and the newly recruited soldiers are still fleeing under the brutal suppression, but the military generals around Dong Yuan are becoming more and more courageous, and many of their troops are completely disabled and refuse to withdraw.

Dong Yuan was one of the few powerful figures in Jiangdong with the title of the right attendant of the Jiangning Military Department and the envoy of northern Zhejiang. At this time, he was wearing a purple python robe outside his armor, sitting in front of the Nanmu Gong case and sinking like water, his eyes under the sword eyebrows were dark and heavy, like a deep pool of cold springs, and he just didn't say a word in the face of the generals' impassioned invitation to fight.

Chen Mingzhe looked embarrassed.

Dong Yuan led his troops to capture Shangyanwu too late, and when the passage to support Fuyang was opened, more than half of the Fuyang defenders suffered casualties, and only the north city gate was not lost.

In the past five or six days, in the small area of Fuyang Beicheng, Dong Yuan has invested no less than 20,000 troops, and only the generals above the rank of captain of Zhaowu have killed six people in battle, which is still not enough to increase the area under control by one foot or an inch.

Extravagant Fei Xiong is also a famous general in the world, not a stupid person, he obviously intends to take advantage of the terrain and military advantages in his favor, and use Fuyang City as a slaughtering ground to strangle the forces of the Northern Zhejiang Commander.

Dong Yuan was in Shangyanwu and nearby fortifications at this time, and there were still 15,000 soldiers and horses that could be transferred, but if these soldiers and horses were disabled, let alone recapture Fuyang, even the troops defending Hangcheng and Jiaxing would be seriously insufficient. And the longer the time drags on, the more elite soldiers and strong generals will be transferred from the Western Front, and the situation in northern Zhejiang will become more unfavorable.

Chen Mingzhe believes that if Lin Jian leads the Huaidong Army over, the Fuyang War will not have a higher result than it is now.

In terms of his ability to govern the army and lead the troops to fight, Dong Yuan may not be slightly worse than Lin Yuan; In the eight-year township test of Lin Lian's Chongguan, Dong Yuan was already the prefect of Weiyang at that time, and even Lin Jian was robbed and killed by pirates in Dong Yuan's realm.

In the past five years, Dong Yuan has been promoted from the prefect of Weiyang to the right attendant of the Jiangning Military Department and the envoy of northern Zhejiang, and the speed of his rise is not slow, but compared with the miracle created by Lin Tie in Huaidong, it is too far behind - where is Dong Yuan and Lin Tie worse? Chen Mingzhe secretly thought about this question in his heart.

"I have made up my mind," Dong Yuan slowly opened his voice, his tone sad and solemn, "Since I already have the idea of withdrawing, if I continue to fight hard, the army's heart will also be shaken." Besides, it is not without a chance to recapture Fuyang in the future. When the Governor was in Eastern Fujian, he told us that the army of tigers and wolves should not only be good at winning battles, but also good at defeating battles - I can afford to lose, can't you afford to lose? ”

All the generals in the hall are tigers and wolves, but Dong Yuan's words made many of them tearful.

Dong Yuan looked at Chen Enze, the commander of the army who came to contact on behalf of the Huaidong Army, and said: "In the first battle of Fuyang, the Zhejiang-Fujian army has done its best, and the next thing is to see how your family forest system is strategizing...... This sentence is full of indescribable bitterness and ridicule.

"Enze will go back immediately and inform my family!" Chen Enze said with his fists clenched.

Dong Yuan waved his hand, and then discussed with the generals about retreating, and wanted to be on guard against copying the back road for the extravagant flying bear.

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The Northern Zhejiang Army withdrew from the Fuyang battlefield, and Luxury Feixiong was also relieved.

He climbed the north gate tower of Fuyang City, under the stars and moon, the thick layer of flesh and blood at the head of the city had condensed into purple-black, and the bloody qi was stronger than any battlefield he had experienced before, and there were stumps and broken arms everywhere, and the county citizens who were driven to clean up the battlefield looked numb and had no heart to resist.

Outside the northern city, the soldiers and horses of the palace of the Northern Zhejiang Army are withdrawing in an orderly manner, and the luxury Feixiong also gave up the idea of sending troops to pursue, only waiting for Dong Yuan to withdraw from Shangyanwu himself, and then send troops to occupy it.

The elite of the extravagant flying bear invested in the attack on Fuyang, both in terms of the quality of the soldiers and the armament of the soldiers, they surpassed the Northern Zhejiang Army by a lot, but they were always worried that the Huaidong Army would take the back road from the east, and the generals' fighting spirit was not as firm as the Northern Zhejiang Army.

This battle was also not easy for the Zhejiang-Fujian army.

After this battle, Dong Yuan's troops will not exceed 20,000, but the casualties of the Zhejiang-Fujian army will also exceed 10,000, and most of them are the elite of Fujian who survived the war in East Fujian for ten years.

It is rare for such a small battlefield to be filled with so many lives in such a short period of time.

As long as it is in the expansion period, no matter how heavy the casualties are, the troops will quickly make up for it, but the sea route from Mingzhou Mansion and eastern Fujian will be completely cut off, and only from Xianxialing to northern Fujian, how many troops can be maintained west of Huiji? The western front needs to open up more space in order to make up for the loss of the Mingzhou capital.

"Governor, if you don't send troops to save Shengzhou, it's too late!" Shi Tian, the governor of eastern Zhejiang, often staggered up to the city tower, dragging his crying voice and asking Luxury Feixiong to send troops to save Shengzhou!

In the war between the two Zhejiang, Tian Chang rebelled, and the soldiers of the two Zhejiang counties were defeated in a big rout, and the Tian clan of Shengzhou then chose to join the luxury family and benefited a lot. Not only did he take the opportunity to occupy the fields in Shengzhou, Tian often went out of Mingzhou Mansion, and the Tian family also took advantage of the situation to expand to other counties and rose to become the leading wealthy family in Mingzhou Prefecture.

It is said that in 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, Tian's scenery has not been three years, and Mingzhou Mansion has been attacked by the Huaidong Army and most of it has fallen - who wants to face such a result?

After Cixi, Shangyu, Yuyao and other counties fell one after another, the Cao'e River was controlled by the Huaidong water camp warships, although the Mingzhou capital city has not yet fallen, but it is surrounded by the Huaidong army's control area, and it is impossible to send troops across the Cao'e River to receive the Mingzhou capital in a hurry.

However, Shengzhou, which is located in the southwest corner of Mingzhou Prefecture, has not yet fallen, and is still holding on to help, and the second son, Hao Feihu, is leading his troops from southern Zhejiang to help, approaching the periphery of Shengzhou, and the passage into Shengzhou from Huiji and Zhuji is still in their hands, and there is still enough time to approach and rescue Shengzhou directly from the periphery.

If Shengzhou falls, except for a few Tian children who serve in the army with Tian Chang, the Tian family will die.

Not only Huaidong, but also Jiangning will not have a few people who will be willing to let go of the opportunity to clean the Tian family.

Although they could support Shengzhou from Zhuji, after the Huaidong Army defeated Shangyu, it was more convenient to enter Shengzhou from Shangyu through the waterway of the Yanxi River, the main stream of the Cao'e River.

The situation has developed to this point, every step is dangerous, and if you lose one step, you may be doomed, and you will not be able to make a hasty decision.

In the face of Tian Chang's plea, Luxury Feixiong will not be completely indifferent, even if he only guards Huiji in the end, he will add more troops and horses to the eastern front, he said: "In the current situation, we can only block the Qianjiang waterway east of Xiaoshan to fortify the defense, and I will send Yu Wenshan to lead 10,000 elite reinforcements to Huiji, and you will also go to Huiji to assist Su Tingzhan." After the second child comes, if he wants to, the Eastern Front will be handed over to him to preside. On the Jin'an side, most of them will arrange it like this......"

As the commander in charge of the entire northern front in Zhejiang and Fujian, Xuan Feixiong must stand in the entire battle situation and consider how to transfer troops and dispatch generals to recover the disadvantages of the Zhejiang-Fujian army.

They faced not only the Huaidong Army on the northern front, but also the Haiyu Army, and the old naval department of Meng Yishan and Ning; Yue Lengqiu also transferred more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Changhuai Army to the front line of Ningguo, wanting to recapture Dusong Pass.

The Huaidong Army rushed to attack Mingzhou on the morning of the 24th, but they delayed Dong Yuan's Northern Zhejiang Army for three days in Fuyang, and the opportunity was lost - under the condition that the Huaidong Army was likely to mobilize another 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses to cross the sea and enter the Mingzhou Mansion, it was obviously irrational for the Huaidong Army to hastily lead his troops into the Mingzhou Mansion for a battle.

In the first battle of Fuyang, there were more than 10,000 casualties, and it was already his limit to let Tian Chang and Yu Wenshan lead 10,000 elites into Huiji to support. Of course, Feihu can transfer 5,000 elites from southern Zhejiang, although it is impossible to drive the Huaidong army away from eastern Zhejiang, but to stabilize the situation in eastern Zhejiang, it is still barely possible.

In any case, Shengzhou can't give up easily - from Shengzhou to the north along the Yanxi River and Cao'e River, it can threaten Shangyu, and there is a valley road to the northeast that leads directly to Yinxian County, the hinterland of Mingzhou Prefecture, and it can also threaten Ninghai, Xiangshan and other places in the east.

But the extravagant bears can't bet all their chips on Shengzhou, they can see the key points of Shengzhou, and Huaidong has no reason not to see it.

Just like they used Fuyang to strangle the Northern Zhejiang Army, didn't the Huaidong Army have the intention of encircling the point to send reinforcements and using Shengzhou to strangle the reinforcements from southern Zhejiang?

Thinking of this, Luxury Feixiong was in a heavy mood, but he suppressed his voice, so that only Tian Chang could hear it, and said: "In the current situation, you also know that if Tian can break through from Shengzhou, or break out, don't put your hope entirely on rescue......

When Tian Chang heard this, his heart was cold.

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Before Huaidong rushed to eastern Zhejiang, Shengzhou was in the inner line of eastern Zhejiang, and the defenders were only more than 500 soldiers.

It is also because Shengzhou is in the inner line of eastern Zhejiang, Zhou Tong led the main force of the Chongcheng infantry battalion to cross the Yueling at the southern foot of Siming Mountain and enter the territory of Shengzhou, it was already the afternoon of the 25th, and the suddenness of the attack was lost - the Shengzhou defenders had almost two days to adjust the deployment of the defensive city.

The Tian clan's clan power in Shengzhou was particularly deep-rooted, and in two days, nearly 2,000 clan soldiers were mobilized to participate in the defense of the city.

After the Tian clan was attached to the luxury family, it was also the wealthy family that benefited the most from eastern Zhejiang, and the former ministers of the two Zhejiang county divisions, as well as Jiangning and the imperial court, could not easily let go of the Tian clan after the war - the Tian clan also knew this clearly.

In the case that Shengzhou can receive reinforcements from southern Zhejiang in the south and Zhuji and Huiji in the west, Tian will not easily give up resistance - Zhou Tong led the main force of the Chongcheng infantry battalion to enter the territory of Shengzhou from the afternoon of the 25th, that is, launched an offensive against Shengzhou, and the siege lasted for a day and a night, and in the absence of large-scale siege equipment, there were heavy casualties, and it failed to shake Shengzhou in the slightest.

In the case that Xu Feihu led his troops to approach Shengzhou from the south, Zhou Tong had no choice but to change the siege of the city to a siege, seize the village at the mouth of the Yanxi River in the southwest of Shengzhou City, the main stream of the Chengtan River and the Cao'e River, build a simple fortification, and prepare for the siege and reinforcements, and at the same time wait for the follow-up troops to be transferred from Shangyu......

The scouts of the southern Zhejiang reinforcements of the Extravagant Flying Tiger had already entered the southern foothills of Tiantai Mountain, but Zhou Tong was outside Shengzhou City and had cleared the passage to Shangyu in the north. Not only can the wounded be sent down through the waterway of the Yanxi River, the main stream of the Cao'e River, but also the materials, supplies and reinforcements can also be transported from Shangyu through the waterway of the Yanxi River.

In the military tent set up by lacquered cloth, Sun Zhuang couldn't sleep well at night.

The wounds on his body were cold, painful and numb, and he didn't know what kind of medicine the military medical battalion had applied to him. With his injuries, he should have been withdrawn for recuperation, but as long as the person did not lie down and couldn't get up, Sun Zhuang was unwilling to go down.

The tent curtain was lifted from the outside, and the light of the campfire came in, Sun Zhuang leaned over, saw Chen Yan's black face leaning in, and asked, "You ran over here at this time?" How will tomorrow's battle be fought, and what will you officials and masters come up with? ”

"What about Master Pole scolding me?" Chen Yan sat at the mouth of the curtain of the military tent, smiled, and said, "You have accumulated military merits, and soon I will be able to follow you again!" ”

"Fart," Sun Zhuang snorted rudely and said, "Huaidong's general, I can't do it." Since the East China Sea Fox spared my life, and I died on the battlefield, I will repay his love! You can be your feudal lord and worship the big dream, don't get involved with me! ”

"Luxury Feihu may lead his troops from the south of Tiantai Mountain to Dongyang to join the soldiers and horses transferred from Zhuji by the Luxury family, and I am afraid that there will be no battle to fight tomorrow," Chen Yan turned the topic to the war, looked at the campfire outside, and said, "If you really want to fight, it is likely to be a fierce battle." In Fuyang, in the palm-sized place where Luxury Fei Xiong and Dong Yuan were slapped, almost 20,000 lives had been filled, and they didn't know when they would stop. But he didn't know that the bloody battle in Fuyang had temporarily stopped.

"The East China Sea Fox is the East China Sea Fox after all, and I didn't see him at a loss," Sun Zhuang folded his arms on the back of his head, looking at the black military tent, he was still used to calling the East China Sea Fox Lin Tie in Chen Zhen, and said, "There will always be a fierce battle here, and this time the luxury family will never want to regain the Mingzhou Mansion!" The key is that Shangyu has to guard against the soldiers and horses of Huiji, how many troops can be invested here? ”

Although the Huaidong Army is elite, it has too little combat power on land. The Changshan Battalion, the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion, and the Hailing Mansion Army, which is not very strong enough and is only used as a reserve force, are just over 20,000 people.

20,000 elites are more than enough to attack and defend one city and one place, but the war has developed to the present, and it is necessary to defend several cities, attack several cities, encircle and divide several cities at the same time, and the combat strength of the Huaidong Army on land is overstretched.

The Chongcheng infantry battalion undertook the early stage of seizing the fortification, and the early attack on Shengzhou City was unfavorable and suffered a lot of losses, and after the wounded were transported out, there were less than 4,000 soldiers left here. It is difficult for these troops to surround Shengzhou City to the death, let alone besiege the city for reinforcements.

The Changshan battalion led by Ao Canghai had the largest number of troops, with 20 battalions and more than 12,000 soldiers before the war, but in the past three or four days, the three cities of Cixi, Yuyao, and Shangyu and seven or eight fortified villages have won several battles and won great victories, but the accumulated casualties have also been nearly 2,000.

In the early stage, the Hailing Mansion Army mainly guarded against the soldiers and horses of the luxury family on Changguo Island in Laotangshan Port, and did not fight much hard battles, with almost no casualties, and only 3,000 troops.

Fortunately, the bloody battle of Fuyang put Dong Yuan's Northern Zhejiang Army in front, otherwise even if the Huaidong Army could withstand more than 10,000 casualties, it would lose the ability to continue fighting in a short time.

At this time, in addition to Shengzhou, there are nearly 2,000 remnants of luxury families in Mingzhou Mansion who will not surrender, and in Changguo and Daishan Islands, there are nearly 4,000 remnants of luxury families who refuse to surrender - although Changguo Islands can be isolated from the outside with water camp warships, but the strength to surround Mingzhou Mansion cannot be less-At this time, it is really difficult to say how many reinforcements can be drawn from Mingzhou Mansion to Shengzhou.

Chen Yan didn't care about the strategic issue of military potential, and when he asked Sun Zhuang, he also felt that the situation was not as optimistic as he imagined, and only said: "There will be reinforcements coming up, and I don't know how many there are - more ways to play, less ways to play." ”

At this time, a small colonel came over to find Chen Yan: "Captain Chen, why are you hiding here?" Zhou Shuai wants you to come over! ”

"What's the matter?" Chen Yan asked.

The little colonel glanced at Sun Zhuang, hesitated, and didn't say anything.

Chen Yan was not happy, stretched out his foot to kick, and scolded: "Squeak, this is my eldest brother, what can't I say?" ”

"Chen Zhen, how can the rules that should be obeyed be abolished, how do you do the battalion general?" A voice emerged from the shadows, coldly reprimanding the old stains.

Hearing Zhang Gou's voice, Chen Yan looked at it and asked in surprise: "What a big deal I said, it turned out that you were looking for me!" Aren't you in Huaisi? ”

"Tell you to go to the big tent, get up quickly," Zhang Gou said, and raised his hand to lift the curtain door, looked at Sun Zhuang who was lying inside, and said, "It doesn't matter if Master Gong's injury is serious?" ”

Sun Zhuang sat up with a bow, pulled the wound and inhaled, but said in his mouth: "A big fart hurts, you have to be a fart." I heard that the imperial court played Zhao'an again in Huaisi, but the eldest lady was not fooled, right? ”

"Liu Tingzhou is the appeasement envoy, and Chen Yan's cheap uncle Li Wei is the deputy envoy of the appeasement," Zhang Gou said, "I can't tell you what is going on." ”

"......" Sun Zhuang glared at Zhang Gou, turned over and turned his back, unwilling to pay attention to him anymore.

Zhang Gou smiled, he knew that Sun Zhuang was in this temper, he squatted down and said: "There are some things, according to the rules, only the military attache above the battalion general can know, Chen Yan has a big mouth, and I can't tell him." If it leaks out of his mouth, it will hurt him......"

"You kid have the face to chill me, don't you?" Sun Zhuang turned over and sat up, and said angrily, "I need Chen Zhen to ventilate with me?" You also think about your origin, how do I treat you? An Shuai and the eldest lady didn't owe you anything back then. ”

"Since I have joined the Huaidong Army, I have to abide by the rules of the Huaidong Army." Zhang Gou said with a straight face.

"You are the commander of the army, I am a pawn, I have to stand up and salute you, right?" Sun Zhuang asked angrily, Zhang Gou's attitude made him more and more annoyed, "The battalion generals of the Huaidong Army can't be beaten with gold, you do it, you do it, you must not have the ability to do it?" ”

"Maybe the pole master is still unwilling to do it," Zhang Gou said quietly, "Is the Huaidong Army worth the pole master's life?" ”

"Phew, Ding Pawn's life is not valuable, when he is a broken battalion general, his life is worth it? People die and birds are facing the sky, and it's just a cheap life," Sun Zhuang took a sip, glared at Zhang Gou and said, "What do you mean by saying these nonsense?" ”

"Master Pole is a pawn today, eating military food and killing the enemy with a knife, it is justified; If the pole master is a battalion general, he will kill a city for the Huaidong army one day," Zhang Gou said, "The pole master thinks it's the same?" ”

"Zhang Gou, what's wrong today, why are you talking so impulsively?" Chen Yan was afraid that they would tear their faces and fight if they quarreled again, and he also felt strange about Zhang Gou's words today, and complained.

"Killing one person is for the sake of life, what did Master Pole think about slaughtering 3,000 mouths in Yunti Pass in the past?" At this time, another voice came from the shadows, and Chen Yan looked up, but it was Lin Lian, accompanied by Zhou Tong, who was walking this way.

Chen Yan was stunned for a moment, Lin Lian personally came to Shengzhou to supervise the battle, he didn't know the slightest news, and then he realized that Zhang Gou asked the pole master for Lin Lian just now.