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As soon as the army left the border of Changxing County, a flying horse galloped from the west to deliver a message: the enemy's left flank was at dawn at the headquarters of Yaojiachong and Qiantang, and immediately set up camp before the corner of the sun, and converged at Fangjiawa; Tang Fuguan had just arrived at Fangjiawa with his troops, but his foothold was not stable and he did not dare to approach. At this time, the enemy divided into three groups and broke through to the west, but the cavalry camp could not be blocked, and was forced to give way to the west......

At this time, Lin Jian was surrounded by the generals, galloping up the Erqiao Ridge, looking at the army that passed on the post road in front of the ridge, including the Changshan Battalion Zhang Jiheng's department, the second echelon of soldiers and horses had more than 24,000 elites, but there were still 80 miles away from Fangjiawa in the west of Longya Ridge.

"Zheng Mingjing can be trusted by Luwenzhuang to lead the soldiers and horses of the left wing, but he has some ability, and he is very good at choosing the time to break through......" Lin Jian heard about Fang Jiawa's battle situation, crossed his waist with his hands, looked at the light clouds in the distance, and said with emotion.

"Luxury Wenzhuang said that he abandoned Jiang Ning and left, he really didn't hesitate at all, it can be seen that he has been messing up the southeast all these years, and he does have something outstanding," Chen Huazhang lost no time in praising and praised, "If it weren't for the adults, no one would be able to turn the tide!" ”

"Can you really just leave?" A smile appeared at the corner of Lin Lian's mouth, and he turned his head to ask Song Fu beside him, who didn't seem to be bothered at all when the left wing of the Zhejiang-Fujian army broke through.

"After the fall of Huizhou, the Zhejiang-Fujian army stayed in Ningguo for a few days, and incorporated a large number of imperial battalion soldiers captured in the Yuling Pass and Huizhou battles into the right wing," Song Fu said, "Luxury Wenzhuang wants to go west, but it can't bypass Chizhou quickly, and it is inevitable to leave the soldiers and horses behind to delay the pursuit of the Huaidong army, so it is appropriate to leave the right wing soldiers and horses to slaughter Jiangning City!" I think at the latest, before nightfall, there will be clear news from Jiangning......"

No matter what the intentions of the luxury family are, Emperor Yongxing abandoned Jiangning and fled, and Huaidong wanted to protect Jiangning from being slaughtered, which was more important than annihilating the left wing of the Zhejiang-Fujian army.

Luxury Wenzhuang will stay in Jiangning to slaughter and plunder the right flank of the main soldiers, attracting the main force of the Huaidong Army to pass, which is also the only feasible way for the luxury family to cut off the tail and save their lives. If you don't have the determination and ruthlessness of breaking your arm, it's not so easy for the golden cicada to get out of its shell.

"Fucking thief, run faster than a rabbit!" Zhou Tong scolded hatefully, he knew that it was more important to protect Jiangning, but how could he be willing to let the elite soldiers and horses of the luxury family escape from under his nose and eye? Chen Yan, Zhang Jiheng and other generals are all indignant, and they are eager to come forward to fight.

"Yue Xiang may be able to block it in Chizhou," Chen Huawen said, "When the Huaidong Army is on duty, it is important to save Jiangning first......

Chen Huawen was quite conservative, the Huaidong army drove the Zhejiang-Fujian rebels out of Jiangning and the whole city, and then welcomed the Queen Mother and King Lu into Jiangning, so they took the absolute initiative and let the luxury soldiers and horses escape, but it became a trivial matter.

Take 10,000 steps back, if Yue Lengqiu sends troops to intercept in Chizhou, it can also allow Yue Lengqiu and the luxury family to fight on the periphery of Chizhou; If Yue Lengqiu shrunk his soldiers and horses in Chizhou City and did not move, and let the main force of the extravagant family go over, then Yue Lengqiu would not have the confidence to meddle in the arrangements of the Jiangning regime, and could only be led by Huaidong......

"Unless the extravagant family tempts us to rush to the west foot of Maoshan Mountain for a decisive battle," Song Fu said, "Otherwise, the retreat route of the enemy's left flank is to retreat west to Gucheng, and then cross the Qingshan River from Gucheng to the west directly to Nanling, if the cavalry camp can disturb all the way, the main force of the Chongcheng army should be able to catch up with the soldiers and horses of the left flank of Zheng Mingjing's department before Nanling......"

"Let Tang Fuguan lead his troops to Jiangning?" Lin Jian asked.

Song Fu nodded and said, "If Luwenzhuang only leaves the right wing of soldiers and horses in Jiangning, from Liyang to the north to the periphery of Jiangning, there will be no large number of enemy soldiers. Tang Fuguan led his troops to the outskirts of Jiangning as quickly as possible, and combined with the Shuiying and Dongyang Mansion armies, they could form a force advantage and attack the outer city of Jiangning......"

There are some things that Song Fu didn't say explicitly, but Lin Jian and others can figure it out:

As long as the imperial city is not lost, it is impossible for the Zhejiang-Fujian army to completely let go of the slaughter of Jiangning, but it is impossible for the people of Jiangning to be harmed by the war at all. Tang Fuguan led his troops to the past, and after joining up with Shuiying and Dongyangfu troops, he attacked the outer city, which delayed the right flank of the Zhejiang-Fujian army and prevented it from attacking the imperial city with all its might.

Could it be that the people of Jiangning will be resentful because the Huaidong Army recovered the outer city of Jiangning two days late?

Lin Jian pondered for a while, looked at the generals around him, and made a decision: "Order Tang Fuguan to go north to recover Liyang first, and after recovering Liyang, he will lead his troops to the north and rush to the aid of Jiangning without delay; Zhou Pu led the cavalry battalion to the west, and did everything possible to delay the enemy's left wing to the east of Nanling, and waited for the Chongcheng army to rush to the battle, Zhou Tong, Chen Yan, Zhang Jiheng, the three of you immediately went to the army, organized the soldiers and horses to pursue the enemy's left flank lightly, but to prevent the enemy's left flank from fleeing to Ningguo......"

Zheng Mingjing led the left wing of the Zhejiang-Fujian army to flee westward to Gucheng, hoping to bypass Chizhou, enter Jiangzhou, and join up with the Xufeihu Department who was besieging Jiangzhou. From Ningguo to the south, the terrain became precipitous, and Ningguo, Jixi, Huizhou and other cities were in the hands of the Zhejiang-Fujian army, which was conducive to escaping and not conducive to pursuit.

Zhou Tong, Chen Yan, Zhang Jiheng and other generals heard that Lin Jian decided to pursue the Chongcheng army as the main force to the west, and immediately became excited, Zhou Tong rubbed his hands, did not hide the excitement in the eyes, and said: "If you want to escape into Ningguo, you must also have long enough feet of the Zhejiang and Fujian army!" ”

Lin Jian continued to order: "Order Ao Canghai, all the baggage of the Changshan Army will be handed over to the Haiyu Army to take over and transport, and be sure to arrive in Liyang before the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, I will wait for him in Liyang......"

Zhou Pu led the cavalry battalion to delay the retreat of the left flank of the Zhejiang-Fujian army, and Zhou Tong led the main force of the Chongcheng Army and Zhang Jiheng of the Changshan Army to pursue it, and the entire battlefield would be divided into two: one was in Jiangning, and the other might be at the western foot of Maoshan Mountain, and the whereabouts of the main force of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army led by Haowenzhuang in the middle were not clear for the time being. Ao Canghai led his troops to Liyang, and Lin Jian could also have enough troops in Liyang to deal with the war on both sides at any time.

Zhou Tong, Chen Yan, Zhang Jiheng and other generals immediately rushed back to the marching team with their cavalry, and summoned the generals to convey the order to abandon the baggage and speed up the march and pursuit. The whole army gathered nearly 3,000 mules and horses and handed them over to the front of the Chen Zhi Division.

In pursuit, the enemy may encounter a counterattack at any time, and the troops in front must also ensure sufficient physical strength while marching, and there is no better place to do this than on a mule or horse.

When there is a shortage of war horses, the horse infantry army that marches on horseback and encounters the enemy in foot combat is also a type of army that has an advantage in mobility in the flat and low ridge areas.

The main force of the Chongcheng army was only a hundred miles behind the left flank of the Zhejiang-Fujian army, and it was not impossible for Zhou Pu to lead the cavalry to harass in front and intercept it before Nanling......

Chen Huawen, Chen Huazhang, Su Pinxiao, and officials such as Changxing and Anji counties, watched the light soldiers of the Huaidong Army pass through, a large number of baggage vehicles were discarded on the side of the road in disorder, leaving only a very small number of soldiers to take care of them.

Lin Tie stepped on his horse and said to the magistrates of Changxing and Anji counties, "The supply of grain and grass for the Huaidong Army still needs to be raised by the two counties, and Lord Chen is responsible for it at this time, I hope that I can meet you in Liyang and Jiangning in the future......" and ordered Su Pinxiao, "You return to Changxing immediately, I will wait in Jiangning for you to lead your troops to come and meet!" Lin Tie casually ordered, there were records of the book next to him and used the seal as a warrant, Su Pin filial piety got the handwritten and led the horse to leave the Erqiaoling eastward and return to Changxing.

The remnants of the Bai Nao Army led by Su Pinxiao were all water troops, and they took the waterway north out of Taihu Lake and into the Yangtze River to Jiangning to receive the reorganization, which means that the last water army forces within the scope of Taihu Lake were completely incorporated into the Huaidong Army system, and a small number of water battalions still left in Taihu Lake at this time were all descendants of the third water battalion in Huaidong.

Lin Jian said to Chen Huawen again: "The matter of baggage, I have to bother Lord Chen to stay behind and coordinate ......."

"The Chinese language obeys the orders of the adults." Chen Huawen had to be entrusted with the heavy task of carrying grain and grass, and also responded to the order, after seeing the speed of the elite march of the main force of the Huaidong Army, the 3,000 Haiyu Army could only be qualified to serve as the task of escorting the baggage and raising grain and grass.

Lin Jian said to Chen Huazhang: "Chen Gong, can you go to Liyang with me to watch the battle?" ”

"Your Excellency, please go first." Chen Huazhang said, and then they all stepped on their horses, together with Song Fu and others, and more than 200 horsemen, accompanied Lin Tie to gallop down the Second Bridge Ridge, and went westward to Liyang City, where the main force of the Hanghu Army was destroyed.

Leaving the army alone, only two hundred horsemen traveled very fast between the plains and hills, and arrived at Liyang City, which had been crippled before nightfall.

After the capture of Liyang, the Zhejiang-Fujian army did not enter the city on a large scale, including the extravagant Feihu tribes, they were eager to march north to Jiangning, and the Hanghu army still had a large number of corpses abandoned in the city, and no one cleaned it up. Fortunately, in the cold winter season, the weather is cold, the corpses are exposed to the wild, and a large-scale plague will not be formed.

Lin Jian rushed to Liyang City, and Tang Fuguan's department had just arrived in Liyang. The army did not enter the city, bypassing Liyang City and continuing to go north, Tang Fuguan rushed to Liyang City, and further received Lin Tie's face-to-face teaching.

At this time, further news also came from Jiangning, and after the left flank of the Zhejiang-Fujian army withdrew from Liyang, the channel from Jiangning to the south was also opened.

Just as everyone expected, the Zhejiang and Fujian army only left 30,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangning, this army is headed by luxury Feihu, mainly stationed in Donghuamen, holding the outer city at the same time is stepping up the attack on the imperial city, Dongyang Mansion Army to prison island as a base, the vanguard has entered Hekou Town, but the siege progress is slow, waiting for the main force here to converge.

The Zhejiang-Fujian army had another 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses, and at noon on the 27th, they left Jiangning and marched westward, and the secret pile found out that the Zhejiang-Fujian army had fled to Chizhou in the Yongxing army, and the Zhejiang-Fujian army divided its troops to pursue the Yongxing Emperor......

"It's a clumsy lie, but it works!" Lin Jian smiled disdainfully and said, "The plan that has been said is not only to hide from the enemy, but also from your own family......

Lin Jian sent a fast horse to order Jiangning, and ordered Ge Cunxin to organize the sailors to land on the shore, cooperate with the Dongyang Mansion Army, and use Hekou Town as a base to contain the soldiers and horses of the right wing of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army at Donghua Gate; and announced leaflets in the city through secret piles, pointing out the fact that Emperor Yongxing and his officials fled to Luzhou, and the luxury family was reduced to a pawn as an outcast; In addition, the passage for the enemy troops to escape west of Jiangning was opened and not blocked, so as to weaken the enemy's will to defend the war. On the one hand, Tang Fuguan led his troops to step up the march and join the Shuiying and Dongyang Fu troops to seize the outer city of Jiangning.

Song Fu secretly sighed:

This battle cannot be regarded as the defeat of Luwenzhuang, and the outcome was basically decided before the war in eastern Mindong.

On the eastern front, the Zhejiang-Fujian army faced the offensive of Huaidong to hold both ends of central Zhejiang and eastern Fujian. With the command of Luwenzhuang guarding eastern Fujian, the Huaidong army could concentrate its forces on the front of Dongyang County through the mobile advantage of the sea route, and make every effort to seize central Zhejiang, and then penetrate deep into Xinrao, cutting off the communication between eastern Fujian and Jiangxi. The owner of the luxury village guards Zhejiang, and he must be determined to give up the foundation of eastern Fujian and give it a go......

In the face of Huaidong's strategic superiority, even if the Zhejiang-Fujian army can win one or two victories, it will be difficult to change the overall situation.

For Luxury, the only chance is to retreat to Jiangxi to recuperate.

The whole war has developed very rapidly, from the beginning of the war in eastern Fujian, only a month and a half has passed now, and it has not yet entered December, and the Donghu in the north and the Changle bandits in Xiangfan have not had time to react.

In the final analysis, Huaidong borrowed the sea route, and the adjustment of soldiers and horses was unusually fast. The main force of the Huaidong Army, after the end of the war in eastern Fujian, retreated north, including the time of rest, to cross the river from Xiaoshan to the north to participate in the war, only half a month. Is there any army in the world that can be so fast?

If the main force of the Huaidong Army could enter the battlefield in southern Jiangning for ten days and half a month, and let the Zhejiang-Fujian Army completely occupy Jiangning City, the development of the entire battle situation would be completely different. It was the swiftness of the Huaidong Army that made the luxury family dare not make a desperate attempt to defend the outer city of Jiangning.

By this time, Huaidong's overall situation of controlling Jianghuai could no longer be changed.

For the Zhejiang-Fujian army, the key is to seize Jiangzhou, occupy the Poyang Lake Plain, and save more elites to flee into Jiangxi to recuperate, and there may be a possibility of turning over in the future......

The Governor's secret order was to preserve the elite of the left flank first, and the second was to delay the speed of the Huaidong army's march to Jiangning - the speed of the movement of the Huaidong soldiers and horses was surprising, and the unexpected encounter made the main force of the left wing soldiers and horses forced to move forward to Fangjiawa, which was not in danger to defend. In order to prevent the situation from slipping into an irreparable desperate situation, Zheng Mingjing could only send a secret letter to the generals of the Grand Governor, and resolutely gathered troops to retreat westward, avoiding the possibility of a battle with the superior forces of the Huaidong Army at Fangjiawa.

But the westward retreat is not an easy task, the two wings of the side and rear have Huaidong cavalry ranks, Zheng Mingjing led the division can only be divided into several strands to alternately retreat westward, from the corner of the day resolutely decided to break through the westward retreat, to the night, the whole army and horses only traveled less than thirty miles west to Fengqiao Zhu.

Fengqiao is a large port between Gucheng and Liyang, and it is also one of the 24 towns in Jiangning.

To the west of Fengqiaozhu, there is the Xu River leading to Gucheng Lake in the south of Gucheng. Out of Gucheng Lake to the northwest is the Qingshan River, the Qingshan River is the upper reaches of the Yiyang River, zigzag to the west, from the Yijiang River (now Wuhu) into the Yangtze River, is one of the most important tributaries of the Yangtze River in the west of Jiangning, there is an artificial ditch at the west foot of Maoshan Mountain and the Longzangpu tributary Rouge River in the north communicates.

The materials in Liyang, Guangde, Xuanzhou and even as far as Ningguo, Jixi and other Huizhou are usually gathered in Fengqiaozhu to take the waterway, which is one of the important land and water wharves in the south of Jiangning Prefecture.

Affected by the war, the people in Fengqiaozhu Town have fled, and there is no shadow of half a ferry boat on the wharf and in the thin river after winter. For the soldiers and horses on the left wing of the Zhejiang-Fujian army, if they did not go to Ningguo, they could only go to Gucheng along the north bank of the Xu River, and the defenders of Gucheng collected some ferries for backup.

Gucheng Lake is not big, the north and south are only ten miles long, even if the left wing soldiers and horses are stationed in Gucheng County, they can smoothly cross the Qingshan River from the north bank of Gucheng Lake; Huaidong soldiers and horses walked around from the south of Gucheng Lake, and they walked more than 20 miles, and the Qingshan River and the Yiyang River downstream did not constitute a topographical obstacle.

Only by going west to Nanling and entering Jiuzi Mountain (Jiuhua Mountain in present-day Chizhou) can it be possible to take advantage of the steep terrain of Jiuzi Mountain to get rid of the pursuers.

It's just that Fengqiao Zhu is still more than forty miles away from Gucheng County, and it will take more than 100 miles to cross the Qingshan River from the west side of Gucheng County to the west, and it will take more than 100 miles to reach Nanling. In such a long time, it was enough for the main force of the Huaidong Army to run back and forth......

The current danger made Zheng Mingjing walk on thin ice, every step was thrilling, but it also aroused his fighting spirit, and after arriving at Fengqiao Zhu, he gathered the generals and asked: "The current desperate situation, do you want to live?" ”

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