Updated: 2011-10-30

Although the number of enemy troops in Jianshan Sentinel Fort is small, but the resistance is tenacious, Zhao Qingshan is surrounded by guards, and Tang Fuguan landed ashore, from the cliff bank at the northern foot of Jianshan Mountain to the top of the sentry fort, hundreds of corpses lie horizontally and vertically, all wearing the maroon armor of the Zhejiang and Fujian army, and the surrenderer is less than eleven.

Broken guns and blades are scattered, arrows are stuck all over the ground, and under the autumn sun before noon, the cruelty and bloodiness of war are displayed.

Tang Fuguan said: "The generals of the extravagant family deployed on the coast of eastern Fujian are still quite tenacious......

"Then come up with more resolute means to break the last bit of the enemy's will to resist," Zhao Qingshan pointed to the mountains to the west and said, "Tell Li Baidao to intersperse to the west, don't be afraid that the Zhejiang and Fujian army will dare to come out with ambitions, even if there is an ambush, you must ruthlessly defeat the ambush soldiers......"

The soldiers who landed in the first place, led by Li Baidao, who was born as a tenant of Yongjia, were pursuing and defeating the enemy along the northern foot of Jianshan, and Zhao Qingshan asked him to abandon the fragmented remnants of the enemy and quickly intersperse to the west. The herald got Zhao Qingshan's military order handwriting, and immediately crossed the horse to chase Li Baidao's order.

The coastal plain of eastern Fujian, bounded by the Minjiang River, has more in the south and less in the north.

Located in the north bank of the Minjiang River, Luoyuan, Jiaocheng, Xiapu and other counties along the coast of Sansha Bay, except for the extremely narrow coastal plain, the territory is mostly mountainous and hilly, and the mountains are mostly oblique from east to west. In another place of rain and heavy rain, the valley is cut horizontally and vertically between the mountains, which makes the terrain broken, which also makes the Huaidong soldiers and horses have a part of the land from Sanshawan and cut into the depth, which is easy to block the road for the enemy of Xiapu to flee south to Jin'anfu.

Zhao Qingshan first cared about whether the scouts were released, and whether it was possible for the Zhejiang-Fujian army to send troops and horses to fight to the death with Huaidong in the hills and valleys on the west bank of Sansha Bay......

Affected by the topography of eastern Fujian, in the early stage of the war, it was impossible to concentrate the troops into one place, in addition to the Song clan in the south to contain Xing'an to defend the city, the soldiers and horses attacking Xiapu and other cities were also divided into two roads, from the soldiers and horses of Sanshawan to the shore, in addition to the first water battalion all the soldiers and auxiliaries of 15,000 people, there were also the three brigade infantry led by Tang Fuguan, the deputy commander of the Chongcheng Army.

In addition to the infantry armor of the Third Brigade of the Chongcheng Army led by Tang Fuguan, the First Water Battalion also organized 9,000 soldiers to go ashore as a reserve force to deal with the Zhejiang-Fujian army that may be reinforced from Jin'an City at any time.

Starting from Cangnan, the soldiers and horses that approached the eastern part of Zhejiang and Fujian through the Guanling Road were led by Lin Tieqin, and nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses included Zhou Tong, the commander of the Chongcheng Army, and the deputy envoy Chen Yan, the Ninth Brigade led by Liu Zhenzhi, the 6,000 soldiers of the eastern camp of Zhejiang led by Zuo Guangying, and the 2,000 elite cavalry and auxiliary soldiers led by Zhou Pu. There is also a second water battalion along the coast to the south, land and sea at the same time, echoing each other from afar.

Eastern Fujian is located between rainfall, with streams and rivers crisscrossing and flowing into the sea alone, and the cutting of the terrain makes it difficult for the northern army to effectively exert its combat effectiveness when it moves southward. Even if the infantry army is the mainstay, it is necessary to advance by sea and land, so that when the streams and rivers are separated, the boats and boats can be quickly filled in, and the trestle bridge can be built for the soldiers and horses to pass through.

Lin Jian rode on horseback, and the front probed the horse to gallop back and reported: "Chen Yan, the deputy commander of the Chongcheng Army, has a military situation: the water dividing pass has been taken, the enemy has been annihilated by 600, and the Guanling Road to the south into Xiapu has been opened; It was detected that the enemy in Xiapu was out of the city, not to the south or to the north, and fled west along the Jiaoxi River......"

"In this way, Zhao Qingshan's fight against Sanshawan should not be hindered?" Lin Jian looked at Gao Zongting inquiringly.

"It should be so," Gao Zongting said, "when Haowenzhuang leaves Jin'an, there should be proper arrangements, we can cut off the connection between the cities of eastern Fujian, but there is no way to surround Xiapu and other cities at once, and besiege the defenders in the city. As long as the defenders of Xiapu and other cities do not aim to withdraw to Jin'an Mansion, they can retreat westward along the valley trails such as Jiaoxi, Huotongxi, and Jiulongjiang, until they reach the hinterland of Eastern Fujian, and it ......will be difficult for us to pursue them."

"Fucking thief, the luxury family is really cunning, and he slipped away so fast." Zhou Tong scolded with hatred. The war in eastern Fujian kicked off, but there was no big war to fight, didn't it make him depressed?

"Do you think they are willing to abandon the city, their baggage, and the people, and only the light soldiers flee through the valley?" Lin Jian chuckled, and ordered to record his military order casually, "Chen Yan first led his troops to recover Xiapu, cleared the road for the army to advance to Puwan, and entered the anchorage along Puwan with the second water battalion warship to receive the army to cross the sea, Zhao Qingshan and Tang Fuguan, recovered Jiaocheng and Luoyuan, and only after our troops rushed to converge, they marched to Jin'an City......"

Although he wanted to destroy more of the living forces of the Zhejiang and Fujian army, he was bent on preserving his strength and did not fight with the Huaidong soldiers and horses on the eastern front, and Lin Jian had nothing to do.

Eastern Fujian is mountainous and the terrain is dangerous, but if you throw away the baggage and retreat westward, you don't have to go along the Min River to enter the hinterland of western Fujian.

The Zhejiang-Fujian army has a response in western Fujian, so it can throw away all the baggage, even if it is hungry, as long as it goes to Jian'an counties; However, the Huaidong soldiers and horses could not but carry sufficient grain and grass and chase after them without being familiar with the terrain of the hinterland of Min County......

Since the Zhejiang and Fujian armies have abandoned the city and retreated to the west, instead of retreating to Jin'an City, there will not be many soldiers and horses left in Jin'an City, but they must also guard against the luxury family deliberately showing weakness and luring the enemy. Everything still has to be carried out according to the steps, first clear the outer barriers on the north and south sides of Jin'an City, and finally merge with the Song family's soldiers and horses at the mouth of the Minjiang River, and after clearing the obstacles at the mouth of the Minjiang River, the Huaidong warship can sail directly to the city of Jin'an.

Huaidong successively opened the prelude to the war in eastern Fujian in Xing'an and Xiapu, and Meng Yishan also led his troops from Fuyang to the west to attack Tonglu, the eastern gateway of western Zhejiang.

Compared with the Huaidong soldiers and horses who took Xiapu and other cities almost without a single soldier, the interception encountered by the Hanghu army when entering Tonglu can be described as unusually tenacious and bloody.

The Hanghu army marched west in two ways, and the naval army led by Su Pinxiao marched west along the river, went upstream, forcibly broke through the river barrier, and attacked Tonglu; One route is led by Meng Yishan, from Fuyang along the west valley road of the city to the west, through the Baifeng Mountain to the bank of the Luzhu River, and then along the Luzhu River, the largest branch of the north bank of the middle reaches of the Qianjiang River, to the south, directly approaching the Dengcheng Walled City set up by the Zhejiang-Fujian army on the north bank of the Qianjiang River.

The section of the Luzhu River is less than 100 steps wide, and the Qianjiang River at the mouth of the river is less than 300 steps. Although this section of the Qianjiang River is turbulent, but the terrain on both sides of the river is relatively open, only there is a hill in the northwest corner of the mouth, less than 50 zhang high, it can be said that it is the best place for the Qianjiang River to cross the river and recover Tonglu in Tonglu County.

However, first of all, it was necessary to conquer the Dengcheng Walled City where the Zhejiang-Fujian army was located on the north bank and on the Dengcheng Mountain at the northwest mouth of the Luzhu River.

The Zhejiang-Fujian army deployed in Tonglu was less than 10,000 people, of which the remnants of the eastern Zhejiang Navy Division were about 5,000 people. Su Pinxiao led 10,000 people of the Hanghu Naval Army, attacked from the downstream, and fought fiercely with the remnants of the Eastern Zhejiang Naval Division in Jiangxinzhou, east of Tonglu County.

Meng Yishan personally led the soldiers and horses who went south along the Luzhu River and attacked the gate of the north bank of Tonglu County to climb the walled city, which was the elite of the Yuanning Navy, with more than 18,000 people.

As long as Xie Chaozhong sent troops from Yuling Pass as scheduled, the Zhejiang-Fujian army in western Zhejiang will have no extra soldiers and horses to the east to aid Tonglu, although the Tonglu defenders occupy the advantage of terrain, but Meng Yishan crushed it with nearly three times the force, and naturally has the confidence to crush the Tonglu defenders to pieces!

Wang Yue, the general judge of Hangzhou, was appointed as the envoy of the army and went to war with the army.

Although you don't have to rush to the front to lead the troops to fight, but watching the battle behind the battle, you can also feel the unusually stubbornness of the defending enemy, like a rock, no matter how stormy the wind and waves hit, you will not be moved.

The highest Baishan Mountain is only 50 zhang, the north is close to the Qianjiang River, and the east is adjacent to the mouth of the Luzhu River, but on the west and north sides, the generals of the Hanghu Army can be called to climb the back attack.

Considering that Su Pinxiao and the naval army may not be able to forcibly break through the river barrier as scheduled, defeat the remnants of the eastern Zhejiang naval division, and enter the belly of Dengcheng Mountain, and attack the Dengcheng Walled City, when they reached the upper reaches of the Luzhu River, Meng Yishan ordered the sergeants and craftsmen to cut down huge trees, throw them into the Luzhu River, and go down the river to force the remnants of the Zhedong Naval Division at the mouth of the Luzhu River to force away the remnants of the warships of the Zhedong Naval Division at the mouth of the Luzhu River, so that he could attack the Dengcheng Walled City without interference.

The garrison of Dengchengcheng is less than 2,000 people, and the walled city was also built by the Zhejiang-Fujian army after giving up Fuyang, and it is not much stronger in a hurry, but when it really fights, I know that this is a hard bone that cannot be gnawed at all.

More than 18,000 foot soldiers of the Hanghu Army were stationed on both sides of the Luzhu River, connecting the river surface less than 100 steps wide with a trestle bridge, and surrounding the Dengcheng Mountain with soldiers and horses, and fighting hard for two days, filling in more than 1,000 lives, and not even a single gap in the Dengcheng Walled City was built.

Meng Yishan also fought bloodily, wearing armor and personally rushing to the front to supervise the battle, pressing the generals to attack the mountain without stopping. Meng Yishan has always prided himself as a veteran, if he can't even defeat a walled city with less than 2,000 defenders and the terrain is not dangerous, how can he face the Hanghu father?

The Hanghu army carried a big shield and carried a ladder to climb the slope, the enemy's arrows were as dense as rain, and occasionally there were giant arrows from the bed crossbow that made a sharp sound to break through the air, and even the people with the shield pierced a penetrate, and suddenly hit a gap in the shield array, so that more generals were injured by the rain of arrows.

Meng Yishan prepared trebuchets before the battle, but he couldn't find a suitable place to attack the fortress on the northern slope, and the only six bed crossbows were carried to a nearby place, and they were also destroyed in the counterattack of the defending enemy - to this point, it was also confirmed that the people who guarded Tonglu, the gateway to the west and east of Zhejiang, were the real elites of Fujian who were loyal to the luxury family, not ordinary miscellaneous soldiers.

The water battle in the Qianjiang River was also particularly tragic, and the remnants of the Eastern Zhejiang Water Division set up a large number of river barriers in Jiangxinzhou in the east of Tonglu County, and there were as many as eight iron locks to seal the river alone.

The Hanghu Navy was also prepared for a long time, and built dozens of giant axes before the war.

The warship went upstream, and Su Pinxiao ordered the soldiers to stand at the bow of the ship with a giant axe, and greeted the giant rope, that is, the sergeants on both sides were clamped, and the soldiers held the giant axes and slashed it.

The lock river iron cable is as huge as an arm, and it can't withstand the continuous slashing of the giant blade, but after breaking the giant rope, it ushered in the remnants of the Eastern Zhejiang Water Division that relied on the Jiangxinzhou Water Village and attacked down with the water.

Although the Hanghu Navy purchased a large number of sturdy warships from Chongzhou, the warships of the Eastern Zhejiang Naval Division were not weak in terms of inland river ships, and they were also sealed in the Qianjiang River for a long time, and they were all holding back their strength, and the war was extremely tragic.

Although the Hanghu Navy has an advantage in the number of warships and troops, it is against the current, and its combat power is not as good as the elite of the East Zhejiang Water Division, and after a day of fierce fighting, it is unable to resist the pressure after all, and retreats in the direction of Fuyang, intending to lead the remnants of the East Zhejiang Water Division to open waters, and then invite the Huaidong Water Battalion to attack it.

The remnants of the Eastern Zhejiang Water Division did not chase endlessly, but only blocked the Qianjiang waterway, so that Su Pin Xiaoyang would not go up to the mouth of the Luzhu River to meet Mengyi Mountain.

Attacking for two days in a row, it was all like this result - Su Pin Xiaoxiao was damaged in battle, and he lost more than one-third of his warships in two days, and the generals who died in battle or fell into the water and did not have time to rescue them, let alone the mortal.

Although the Hanghu Army was only half a step away and was blocked outside Tonglu and could not go further west, it was true that there were a large number of elites of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army to contain the Hanghu Army, and they could not participate in the battle between Chun'an and Wuyuan in Tonglu - the secret letter of the Hanghu Army's envoy to the military and the Hangzhou General Judgment Wang Yue accompanied the special envoy sent by Xie Chaozhong to inspect the war situation on the Eastern Front, crossed the mountains and mountains, returned to Yuling Pass, and truthfully reported the battle situation in Tonglu to Xie Chaozhong.