Zhejiang-Fujian army stopped in Ningguo for a few days, and on the 13th, it divided a division of about 3,000 people, opened from Ningguo, went to the northeast to trap Guangde and then marched north, attacked Jianping along the west foot of Shifo Mountain, attacked Jianping County and turned into Jingyi and Changxing, plundered along the road, and the speed was extremely fast......

In the ninth year of Chongguan, the Taihu Lake in the East China Sea, all the prefectures and counties along the Taihu Lake were greatly damaged, and the counties of Jingyi and Changxing in the west of the lake were once broken and conquered, and the city was set on fire, the houses collapsed, and the people were destroyed and the fields were destroyed, and it took three or four years to recover their vitality.

The land around Taihu Lake is fertile, the development of grain fields and water conservancy construction are the most sufficient, and it has always been the essence of the south of the Yangtze River.

In the past two years, the three prefectures of Hujiahang in the south have been severely damaged by the war, and their vitality has been greatly damaged, but Pingjiang and Danyang have gradually shaken off the shadow of the war, and together with the Jiangning and Weiyang prefectures, they have become an important source of taxes for the Jiangning regime.

After three additional levies, the tax grain of Pingjiang Prefecture alone was set at 1.2 million stones. Although the peasant households have endured extremely heavy exploitation, they have barely caused civil unrest, and in Hedanyang and Jiangning, the annual tax grain of the three prefectures exceeds 3 million stones.

Even if Jiangning City is defended, if the three governments cannot collect 3 million stone of tax and grain in the coming year, and they will have to subsidize additional money and grain to help the poor, the Jiangning regime will be precarious and difficult to maintain.

Jiangning, Danyang and Pingjiang, in addition to the field tax, are also important distribution areas of official salt, and the municipal tax contributed by the developed silk and cotton spinning industry is also an important source of revenue for the internal government.

When the Zhejiang-Fujian army was not in a hurry to invade Jiangning, but intended to divide troops to destroy Jiangnan, Chen Xiyan had no reason to insist that the Hanghu Army enter Jiangning City to assist in the defense.

On the 15th, in front of the palace of Mengyi Mountain, he was awarded the title of Jingyang Bo, the upper guard, and the general of the auxiliary country, and was given a python robe, and was ordered to return to Jingyi on the same day to lead the Hanghu army to enter Liyang, in order to prevent the rebels from attacking north.

Meng Yishan was invited by Chen Xiyan to go to Jiangning to face the saint, intending to enter Jiangning City to assist in the defense and fight for the position of the commander of the imperial camp and army, but he didn't expect this to be the result, and he regretted it in his heart, but the raw rice had been cooked and cooked, and he could not regret it.

If he doesn't come to Jiangning, he can still stick to the west bank of Taihu Lake to delay, and fight a few small battles with the peripheral sentinels of the Zhejiang-Fujian army as an explanation. But he has arrived in Jiangning, so he can't help but play tricks anymore, even Chen Xiyan wants him to serve the country loyally.

After Meng Yishan signed it, he directly sent a messenger to mobilize the main force of the more than 10,000 Hanghu Army stationed in Yangmeixian on the shore of Taihu Lake in the southeast of Jingyi to join Meng Yishan on the same day.

Liyang and Jingyi are adjacent to each other, and the two cities are only sixty miles apart, but the strategic terrain is very different.

Jingyi is close to the west shore of Taihu Lake, which can be said to be the edge area of the battlefield on the west bank of Taihu Lake, and in the south of Jingyi, is the west ridge of Taihu Lake, although the mountains such as Longchi Mountain and Baixian Mountain are not high, but they stretch for hundreds of miles, the forest is deep, and the road is dangerous, which can hinder a large number of soldiers and horses from entering from the south.

The Hanghu army stayed in Jingyi, and it could be attacked when it advanced, and it could defend the city, mountains, and mountains when it retreated, and there was a naval army to rely on behind it.

Liyang should go west into 60 miles, located at the west foot of the west ridge of Taihu Lake, and then west is the Maoshan Mountain in the south of the Yangtze River that stretches for 100 miles and goes north and south, and Liyang is at the intersection of the Zhejiang-Fujian army from Ningguo and Guangde to the north.

Although the Zhejiang-Fujian army invaded Jiangning in the north, it could bypass Liyang, trap Lishui from Xuanzhou to the north, and enter Fanjiangning from the western foot of Maoshan Mountain, but it was obviously impossible for the luxury family to let the Hanghu army garrison Liyang in Liyang, which was like a belly and back position, while attacking Jiangning.

The entry of the Hanghu Army into Liyang also means that the Zhejiang-Fujian Army will either give up the intention of advancing northward, or it will first remove the nail of the Hanghu Army that is blocking the northward approach - while the Hanghu Army is advancing westward into Liyang, about 20,000 soldiers and horses of the main force of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army in Ningguo are pouring out along the western foot of Fuyu Mountain like a tide, passing through Guangde and Jianping to the north, and heading straight to Liyang.

After repeated bitter battles at the passes of Xintang, Saitang, and Yaojiachong on the west bank of the Shahe River that entered Liyang from the southwest, and after losing troops and losing generals, Meng Yishan realized that there was a big gap between the Hanghu Army and the elite of Fujian, and was forced to retreat into Liyang City for passive defense.

While being ordered to block the northward march of the Zhejiang-Fujian army, Meng Yishan also hoped that the Huaidong soldiers and horses would enter the battlefield on the west bank of Taihu Lake one day earlier and relieve the siege of Liyang.

Although Liyang and other counties are located on the fertile plains along the Taihu Lake, they have not experienced any wars except bandits for more than 200 years since the founding of the dynasty. Although there is Xiling in the southeast of Liyang, but the county seat is built in the open plain area, there is no shelter in all directions, and the Jiangnan region has never attached importance to building the city, although the Liyang city wall is brick-clad stone, but the four sides are not even less than one zhang high, far less than the Jiangning city wall that is four or five zhang high at every turn, and there is not even a moat outside the city for environmental protection.

Seeing that the Hanghu army was lured into the ideal battlefield, the Zhejiang-Fujian army turned from static, and the change was very rapid, the first 20,000 elites forced the Hanghu army into the city of Liyang, and 30,000 soldiers and horses were divided into two roads from Ningguo: more than 10,000 people all the way, and went to Xuanzhou at the northern foot of Yishan; 20,000 all the way to the left flank, attacking Tianzigang, Si'an and other places at the northern foot of Fuyu Mountain, in case Huaidong soldiers and horses borrowed the road from Huzhou to relieve the siege of Liyang.

The city wall of Liyang can only block a small group of bandits from entering the city, and the Zhejiang-Fujian army drove the people to pile up four siege roads several zhang wide in front of the city wall that was less than a zhang.

When Meng Yishan led the army to attack Tonglu, his troops suffered considerable casualties.

Upon learning the news of the annihilation of the Huinan Army, it was speculated that the Yuling Pass would fall subsequently, and without resting, Meng Yishan urgently led his troops north to Linshui to wait and see the situation; After the fall of Yuling Pass and Huizhou, Meng Yishan led his troops north non-stop to fight for the king's first merit. Until stationed in Liyang, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Hanghu Army were actually exhausted, and on the way to the march, they encountered snow and rain several times, and the cloth shoes worn by the generals walked in the mud, and there were a lot of rots, and many people were frostbitten when they arrived in Liyang.

Even the arrows and armaments were seriously insufficient, and the supply of grain and straw was also ordered to be supplied to the counties along the way, which was difficult to complete.

In the face of the current predicament, Meng Yishan's greatest reliance is that on the 14th, he knew that Lin Tie had returned to eastern Zhejiang, and that Huaidong also had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses returning from eastern Fujian.

Luxury Wenzhuang crossed the horse into Yaojiachong, both sides are ridges, Yaojiachong is just the mouth of the mountain, dozens of families gather into a village.

The more troubled and war-prone the area, the more the village will be built into a strong dock.

Different from the many bandits and Filipinos in eastern Fujian, where many families live together, the houses of dozens of families in Yaojiachong are scattered at the foot of the low slope, and there are no protective buildings such as earthen walls on the periphery, which is also directly related to the peace in Liyang and the few bandits.

The day before yesterday, just after a war, the villagers either fled, or were forcibly conscripted as a husband and piled up with the army under the city of Liyang, Yaojiachong had no one, and became a camp of the Zhejiang-Fujian army, and it was also a blocking line of defense in Yanghou to prevent Huaidong soldiers and horses from coming in to interfere with the battle in Liyang.

Luxury Wenzhuang rode his horse up the ridge, looking at the southeast direction, the hills stretched there, and there was no end in sight, no one knew whether Lin Jian would suddenly give up fighting Dongyang County, so he led his soldiers and horses to emerge from the skyline.

Hao Wenzhuang looked up, his eyebrows pressed with worry......

After capturing Huizhou and opening the passage to invade Jiangning, the luxury family only won one more chance to win, and it was far from reversing the situation.

Yue Lengqiu left 20,000 soldiers and horses to garrison in Jiangzhou, Hukou and other places, and led 40,000 Jiangzhou troops to march east along the river by land and water, but the speed was not fast, and he did not enter the territory of Chizhou on the 16th, and at this rate, it would take at least four days to enter the territory of Jiangning.

The soldiers and horses of Huaixi did not move at all, as if they had been warned by Huaidong in advance. A clearer indication was that the Dongyang Fu army, which had the same origin as Huaidong, did not assemble on the north bank of Chaotiandang after Jiangning's situation was in danger, but quickly sent additional defenders to Shiliang County in the north, in the southwest corner of Hongzepu - Huaidong was really determined to prevent Dong Yuan from coming to Jiangning's aid, and Huaixi's soldiers and horses could not even cross the river.

Beiyan took Shandong and Henan last year, and after the setback in Xuzhou, the strategic focus shifted to the Yulin line, hoping to open the passage into Guanzhong from the northern line. At present, if Huaixi does not move, it will be difficult for Beiyan to make up the determination to give up its operation in the first line of Yulin and move its strategic focus back to the Hehuai area.

Obviously, the Northern Yan did not expect that the Zhejiang-Fujian army would be able to open the passage to attack Jiangning from the middle road so smoothly, and the news reached Yanjing, even if the Northern Yan Khan's court quickly made the decision to adjust the strategic deployment and transfer the cavalry assembled on the Yulin front line to the Hehuai area, it would not be able to complete the adjustment in just one or two months-and the troops left by the Northern Yan in Henan and Shandong were not enough to pierce the Jianghuai defense line with nearly 200,000 troops from west to east.

As long as there are no major changes between Jianghuai, even if the Zhejiang-Fujian army can successfully take Jiangning, it will also usher in a flanking attack by the Huaidong Army, the Hanghu Army and the Jiangzhou Army. Counting the Dongyang Mansion Army and the Luzhou Mansion Army that could cross the river from the north bank to the south to participate, led by Huaidong, the Yue Dynasty could gather as many as 1450,000 troops near Jiangning - for the luxury family, if they don't want to face the dilemma of being outnumbered, they must eat the Hanghu Army before the Huaidong soldiers and horses rest and go north, further shake the will of the Jiangning defenders, and take Jiangning City without spending too much effort.

Dozens of horses galloped from a distance, until the near before leading the horse, from Jiangning City sneaked out of the luxury flying tiger, to Liyang immediately changed into armor, walked to the front of the luxury Wenzhuang, said: "The child is fortunate not to disgrace his father's order, Wang Xueshan is willing to respond to my luxury family, and act randomly......."

"Okay," said Xuan Wenzhuang excitedly, "When the Hanghu army is defeated in front of you, let's see if Yongxing Xiao'er still has the courage to live and die with Jiangning City!" ”

If Emperor Yongxing does not have the courage to live and die with Jiangning City, it is naturally his only choice to flee north from the city.

Obviously, not only Emperor Yongxing probably did not have the courage to live and die with Jiangning City, but the officials in Jiangning City could not have this courage, and it was impossible for the majority. Of course, if no one got up and didn't respond, even if Emperor Yongxing had the intention to flee to Huaixi for refuge, he would probably curse Chen Xiyan, Lin Xuwen and others. Luxury's hope is that Wang Xueshan can play the role of "four or two thousand catties" at the critical moment.

As long as Emperor Yongxing has the intention to escape, Jiangning will quarrel about it again, regardless of whether Emperor Yongxing escapes or not, it can shake the will of Jiangning's defenders to the greatest extent.

Thinking that it was possible to take Jiangning City more easily, Haowenzhuang felt a little relieved, and then frowned and said: "Yongxing Xiao'er wants to escape, most of them can escape, and he will not be stupid enough to drill into Huaidong's cage, but if Huaidong can't prevent it, he may send a military ship to take the initiative to 'meet it', and the problem will still be very tricky......"

Jiangning City has a water gate and the north of the city to communicate with Chaotiandang, from the water gate to take a boat out of the city, directly into Chaotiandang to flee to the north shore, for Emperor Yongxing, is also the safest escape route, far from the Chongguan Emperor from Yanjing breakthrough can compare.

Of course, if Yue Lengqiu arrived in time, Emperor Yongxing would also take refuge in the Jiangzhou army - whether Emperor Yongxing fell into the hands of Yue Lengqiu or Dong Yuan, for the luxury family, there was not much difference, and the only thing they didn't want was that Emperor Yongxing couldn't fall into the hands of Huaidong.

"Han Bin has been Wang Xueshan's entourage, Huaidong is really going to 'welcome', the scene is bound to be chaotic, as long as Wang Xueshan appears by Yongxing Xiaoer's side, Han Bin will have the opportunity to appear by Yongxing Xiaoer's side. If it really doesn't work, this is the only way to do it! Luxury Feihu gritted his teeth and said, he is in Jiangning City, and this situation has been considered.

"Well...... "Hao Wenzhuang nodded, "It can only be arranged like this, after all, everything can't be as planned." "It's not very likely that Han Bin will succeed, but it's better than nothing.

Hao Wenhu knelt down on one knee at this time and said, "The child has a request, and he needs the permission of his father." ”

"You say."

"Attack Liyang City, the child is willing to be the forerunner, and the father will be the first to go to the city!" Fei Fei Hu said resolutely.

In the battle of Jiangning, whether Zhejiang and Fujian can reverse the situation lies in whether they can eat the Hanghu army quickly and ruthlessly before the main force of Huaidong's soldiers and horses goes north, attack the city and trap the enemy, and shake Jiangning's will to defend the city.

Hao Wenzhuang nodded and said, "Okay, you go to Tian Chang by yourself, I hope you can stand up from the junior colonel to accumulate combat merits......"

"Father Xie is handsome!" Hao Feihu said, stood up and led Sui Hu to the north to find Tian Chang.