In mid-November, Fuyang also snowed heavily for several days, and this winter, eastern Zhejiang also encountered extremely rare cold weather.

The people of Fuyang were caught off guard by such extremely cold weather, lacking food and clothing, and dozens of people inside and outside the city were frostbitten and frozen to death every day.

East Fujian is located in the south latitude, and there are lofty and steep Fujian and Zhejiang hills in the north to block the cold current in the north, and the winter has always been warm, and the vast majority of people often have no chance to see snow in their lives. Last year, the winter of Zhejiang was warm and moist, which was similar to that of Eastern Fujian, but this year, the soldiers of Fujian who entered Zhejiang to fight first had to endure the test of winter.

After the war in Huiji, Hao Wenzhuang personally sneaked to eastern Zhejiang, adjusted the military deployment, and Lu Feihu gave the military power, and after Lu Feihu returned to western Zhejiang, Tian Chang stayed in Fuyang and presided over the military administration.

When the Huaidong army attacked Shengzhou, the Tian clan resisted stubbornly, and finally broke the city, in addition to defending the city and dying, the Tian clan was escorted to Jiangning for trial, and there were sixty-seven people who were beheaded at the execution ground - except for the Tian children who served in the army with Tian Chang, the Tian clan was uprooted.

There is no hatred, even if you grit your teeth, it is useless, Tian Chang has never been soft on destroying people and dying people, but at the moment there is no other choice except to go to the dark with the luxury family.

At least on the Eastern Front, there is no longer the luxury of a counteroffensive at the moment; On the contrary, under the influence of the war in Xuzhou, Meng Yishan became ready to move in Hangzhou.

Since the middle of November, Meng Yishan has continuously increased the strength of the Wuchao Mountain camp, and has also transferred people to build additional camps at Shangyanwu at the western foot of Wuchao Mountain, intending to increase the military pressure on the periphery of Fuyang from the northwest.

Dong Yuan went north to Huaixi, left the soldiers and horses of the Northern Zhejiang Army to Meng Yishan, and the Yuanning Navy, Haiyu Army and Bai Nao Army were all integrated into the Hanghu Army in front of the Imperial Palace, with a total strength of more than 60,000 people. And Tian Chang only has less than 40,000 soldiers and horses in Fuyang and other places, and he also has to take into account the important tasks of guarding Linshui, Dusongguan and other places.

Even considering Huaidong's soldiers and horses in Xiaoshan, Huiji, and Shanyin counties, and Fuyang are only separated by mountains and rivers, Tian Chang has already borne extremely heavy pressure on his shoulders, but the tightest thing for him at the moment is to raise 10,000 sets of winter clothes, but it is not easy to say.

The scorching cold of this winter, Tian Chang has never encountered in his memory, it is common for hungry people to freeze to death, but the generals lack clothes to keep out the cold, and many people have frozen their hands and feet, which seriously affects the combat effectiveness.

Compared with the cold weather, the most chilling thing is that the result of the battle in Xuzhou is so unbelievable and shocking.

The hazy sky is like an upside-down button at the head of Fuyang City, snowflakes are falling down, Tian Changyi does not untie his armor, and his hand presses the waist knife to patrol the city, not afraid of the cold at all, looking at the inside and outside of the city, people are like ants, and his heart is full of emotion.

"This ghost weather, Fuyang is afraid that it has not been so cold in thirty or fifty years!" Fang Zhenhe put his hands in his sleeves, complained about the ghost weather, and said, "Even the ice of Fuyang's streams and rivers is nearly a foot thick, it is really hard to believe, the weather in Xuzhou is much colder than Fuyang, how can the river ice suddenly break open and trap the Xuzhou soldiers?" ”

Tian Chang strictly forbade his subordinates to talk about the Xuzhou war privately, but the impact of the Xuzhou war was still very influential in the army.

At the beginning, it was precisely because Fang Zhenhe led the crowd to sacrifice Fangjiabu and was the vanguard to capture Linshui City, that the western Zhejiang army successfully gathered Fuyang and other great victories, so Fang Zhenhe was quite reused by the extravagant flying bear, and Tian Chang forbade Fang Zhenhe's head.

Tian Chang glanced up at Fang Zhenhe and said, "The soldiers are treacherous, Huaidong is good at this technique, and it is really not a problem." Although he said this in his mouth, he didn't believe it in his heart, let alone expect Fang Zhenhe to believe it.

Yongjia and Huiji suffered setbacks one after another, and they were forced to abandon Yongjia, Huipu, Wenling, Hengyang, Pingyang, Ouhai, Huiji, Shanyin, Xiaozhou and other counties, and were forced to shrink in the eastern front - even at that moment, Tian Chang still believed that there was still hope for the luxury family.

Once the Northern Yan soldiers and horses go on a rampage and destroy all the Hehuai defense lines, it will force Huaidong and Jiangning to invest more troops on the northern front.

Who would have thought that the battle in Xuzhou would end like this, like a giant fist, hitting them in the chest, making them breathless for several days.

The great victory in Xuzhou not only completely solved the hidden danger of Chen Hansan for Huaidong and Jiangning, but also put Xuzhou City, which is located at the key point of Huaisi, in the hands of Huaidong, so that the situation of the Huaisi defense line was complete, and also severely dampened the sharp spirit of Yanhu going south - in this situation, as long as the Huaidong and Jiangning departments retreated to Xuzhou, Huaiyang, Wuyang, Hao, Si and Shouzhou, it would constitute a solid defense line for Huai, and it would be difficult for Yanhu to pierce through it with all his might.

If he dragged on, Tian Chang really couldn't see where the hope of victory was.

Fang Zhenhe has complained a lot recently, and Tian Chang guessed that he might vaguely regret his original impulse.

Fang Zhenhe dedicated Fangjiabu, and Gan Wei led the crowd to seize the water, which was the key reason why Luxury Feixiong was able to achieve a series of big victories in Dusongguan, Fuyang and other places.

However, this dazzling achievement did not bring too many benefits and benefits to the Fang family, but made the Fang family completely break with the local forces in Hanghu.

Once the luxury family can't keep Fuyang and Linshui, the Fang family clan that has been farming and operating in Fangjiabu in the eastern suburbs of Linshui City for generations will inevitably suffer cruel and severe retaliation.

At present, Lin Lianqin led tens of thousands of Huaidong elites to gather in Linzhou, and invited Dong Yuan, Tao Chun, and Liang Cheng to rush over, wanting to fight with Yanhu in Shouzhang to relieve the siege of Dongping - if Huaidong is frustrated in this battle, or if they fight with Northern Yan to lose both, they will still have a chance on the southern front; If Huaidong wins another big victory, Tian Chang will also have the illusion and frustration of losing his underwear.

When Huaidong won another great victory in Linzhou and Shouzhang, Yanhu's southward spirit would be completely defeated, and Huaidong would have the spare strength to turn around and refocus on the southern front, and its first step would be to join forces with the Hanghu Army to attack Fuyang.

The best ending is that Huaidongjun and Yanhu fight in Linzhou and Shouzhang to lose both, Tian Chang thought so in his heart.

At this time, a Hu came from the top of the city and said, "The governor of the capital is in a hurry!" ”

Tian Chang opened the letter, read it and said to Fang Zhenhe: "The governor of the capital summoned me to discuss the ......" The summons was very urgent, Tian Chang made a little arrangement for the military and political affairs of Fuyang, and set off by boat overnight, rushed to Chun'an against the water, and when he passed through Tonglu, he met Su Tingzhan who came from Dongyang.

Su Tingzhan traveled by horse from Dongyang to Tonglu, and after meeting with Tian Chang, he rushed to Chun'an by boat together.

"There is such a situation in Xuzhou, and the governor of the capital urgently summoned all the ministries in Chun'an, what is the reason?" Tian Chang invited Su Tingzhan to the ship to discuss matters.

"I'm afraid I'm going to do something to Ganzhou!" Su Tingzhan said.

Tian Chang was shocked and asked: "The soldiers and horses of Huaidong and Jiangning are all gathered on the front line of Linzhou, and they are ready to fight to the death with Beiyan—if we make a move against Ganzhou at this time, wouldn't we want to prompt Huaidong and Jiangning to withdraw their troops from Linzhou to the south?" ”

"I thought so at first, but when I saw that the Governor of the Metropolitan was in a hurry to summon the commanders of the various departments, I guessed that Huaidong's gathering of troops in Lin could be a delaying strategy." Su Tingzhan said.

"A delaying tactic? Slow us down? Tian Chang asked in surprise.

Su Tingzhan nodded and said, "Huaidong is good at trickery, but it rarely fights uncertain battles, and its gathering of troops in Linzhou is likely to be just pretending; If we believe it, if it drags on for another two or three months, I'm afraid things will be bad. ”

Tian Jue fell into deep thought:

It seems that Huaidong invited Dong Yuan, Tao Chun, and Liang Chengchong to join forces, and collected about 1340,000 soldiers and horses, but Yanhu had 100,000 soldiers and horses in Shouzhang and Dongping, but in Qingzhou and Dengzhou, Chen Zhihu also had more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, and more importantly, Ye Ji Luorong was in Jinnan and Qinyang, Hebei, and had more than 30,000 iron cavalry and more than 40,000 new attached troops - Yanhu These two soldiers and horses can be pulled to the periphery of Shouzhang and Dongping at a relatively fast speed to participate in the battle.

Not to mention the newly attached army, the cavalry troops that Yanhu can transfer are as high as 70,000 or 80,000 people, and it is not Jiangning's 1340,000 foot soldiers who can carry it on the Hehuai Plain.

Perhaps Huaidong won too smoothly and mysteriously in Xuzhou, and they ignored Huaidong's lack of strength to fight to the death with Yanhu at this time.

Su Tingzhan continued: "After Xuzhou won the victory, in terms of the situation and people's hearts, Huaidong had to make an appearance, lead the troops to the north, and make it look like a decisive battle with Yanhu on the Shouzhang line. Even if Huaidong didn't do this, as long as Yanhu gathered a large army on the front line of Shouzhang and Dongping, Huaidong would not be able to draw troops and horses out of the Xusi defense line if he wanted to consolidate the Xusi defense line. And the most important thing, Tao Chun, Dong Yuan, and Liang Chengchong are still trapped in Hehuai at this time, even if they want to withdraw, it will not be possible to do it in a day or two - but the time will drag on for two or three months, what kind of situation do you say it will be? ”

Tian Chang frowned and gasped: After the war in Xuzhou, he was full of hope that the soldiers and horses of Huaidong and Jiangning would be on the front line of Linzhou and Shouzhang, and fight with Yanhu to lose both, but he never thought that this was Huaidong's move, and it was possible to pretend.

If the battle of Linzhou is not successful, and the time drags on for two or three months, the main force of Yanhu is likely to be trapped in grain and grass, withdraw the main force to the front line of Jinan to get food, and only deploy a small number of troops and horses on the southern front to meet the enemy. After the spring, the crisscrossed rivers in the Hehuai region will also become an obstacle to the southward movement of Yanhu soldiers and horses, so that the military pressure on Huaidong and Jiangning in the Hehuai region will be greatly reduced.

At that time, Huaidong and Jiangning not only did not need to reinforce troops on the northern front, but could even draw troops and horses from the northern front to support the southern front.

Thinking of this, Tian Chang's back oozed cold sweat, at this time he and Su Tingzhan were very struggling on the eastern front, if Huaidong sent more troops and horses to eastern Zhejiang after spring, the situation would be extremely sinister.

"This guy is really sinister!" Tian Chang said angrily, "How can God allow such a demon who is against the sky to live in the world? ”

Su Tingzhan knew that Tian Chang was a little afraid of the enemy, and he had been entangled with Huaidong for many years, and he had suffered setbacks one after another, and he had not been able to take advantage of it.