(6,000 words is less than a little, and it is also counted as two chapters)

The sky was overcast, the clouds were churning, and the sky suddenly darkened. Qin Zitan lowered his body, almost lying on the back of the horse, turned his head to look at the sky, and couldn't help but cry out in his heart: "It's raining heavily at this time? ”

After this valley and a low hill, Yongjia is calculated; At this time, it was raining heavily, so he could only squeeze into the river valley to avoid the rain, and the pursuers behind him were close, thinking of this, Qin Zitan's face had lost his calm and calm bearing, and he was in a panic that could not be concealed, and he was embarrassed.

In the battle of the East China Sea, Qin Zitan broke an arm, and it was inconvenient to ride a horse, but when he withdrew from Yongjia, his left leg was pierced by a stray arrow, which was not good for walking, and he was only hugged by the left and right sides and lying on horseback. Tracing the Nanxi River up, the mountain road is rugged, although Qin Zitan does not have to worry about falling off the horse, but he suffers.

Beside him, there was a faint sound of fighting, but I didn't expect that after such a while, the Huaidong army chased after him again and collided with their soldiers and horses.

"Dog's thief God......" Wen Tingrui held the reins in his hand, looked up to see that it was going to rain, and scolded angrily.

No wonder he was so resentful, when they planned to withdraw from Yongjia City at night three days ago, it was a torrential rain in the upper reaches of the Nanxi River that caused a flash flood, which washed down many mountain roads and suddenly disrupted their retreat plan.

When they were about to withdraw but not to withdraw, and the army's morale was fluctuating, the Huaidong army attacked the city on a large scale and grabbed the head of the city from the southeast corner.

The Huaidong Army changed its previous tactics and switched to using oil canisters to ignite and throw intensively to open the way. Although the Fujian soldiers wore strong armor, they splashed a large amount of fire oil on their bodies and ignited them, and they were suddenly caught off guard, and they were beaten in a big mess, with heavy casualties.

The Huaidong army ascended the city with great momentum and took the gate tower of the east city like a bamboo, and then poured oil on the fire, igniting the trestle bridge across the Nanxi River and connecting Yongjia and Shangtang, cutting off the connection between the two cities.

The situation was so sinister, Qin Zitan and Wen Tingrui fled in a hurry. Shangtang soon fell, and even the city of Yongjia relied on nearly a thousand wounded soldiers who volunteered to be dead soldiers to stay in the palace, and the main force could withdraw in a hurry.

The Yongjia garrison had 10,000 people before the war, and during the war, Hao Feihu sent about 3,000 Fujian soldiers to reinforce Yongjia in Dongyang County, and finally withdrew from Yongjia City, plus less than 4,000 wounded.

The Huaidong Army did not stop there, and pursued closely behind, forcing Wen Tingrui to throw hundreds of dead soldiers into the palace in batches to block the pursuers.

The wounded and the generals' families took small boats to take the waterway, but the upper reaches of the Nanxi River were narrow and rapid, and there were many dangerous shoals, and after going deeper for more than 100 miles, the waterway was not conducive to the passage of large ships with more than 100 stones, and a large number of wounded and generals and their families were forced to abandon the boat and go ashore.

Although there are also two hundred miles from Yongjia to Xianju, the mountain road is rugged, and it is even more difficult and dangerous because of the heavy rain that has washed away several places.

The passage of a few people may be fine, but three or four thousand people, with a large number of wounded and sick and small families crammed into it, make it seem extra crowded and chaotic, that is, they will abandon all their baggage, and it will be difficult for them to walk thirty miles a day.

At present, we can only hope that the Taizhou defenders will withdraw to Xianju first, and they can send troops and horses to receive reinforcements.

However, after the rainstorm three days ago, it was sunny for three consecutive days, as if God was helping the Huaidong Army to hunt them down, so how could Wen Tingrui not be resentful?

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and seeing that the Huaidong army was catching up from behind, there was a downpour coming at this time-looking at the panic on the faces of the people crowded in the narrow river valley, Wen Tingrui had the urge to cry with a headache.

"Tingrui, look at the mountain in the northwest, there seems to be something wrong!" Qin Zitan sat up straight with difficulty, and fled in a hurry for three days, letting the sides of his thighs grind the saddle with blood, and he pointed to the mountains in the northwest and reminded Wen Tingrui to look.

"There's nothing wrong with that!" Wen Tingrui followed Qin Zitan's hand and looked over, the mountain over there was very quiet, and he didn't see anything unusual.

"It's too calm," Qin Zitan said that he was embarrassed, but he had not lost his analytical ability, and said, "Thousands of us have entered the river valley, and the mountains and forests on both sides should be frightened by birds and beasts, and no movement is abnormal!" ”

Ambush! Wen Tingrui suddenly thought of this possibility, and was shocked into a cold sweat.

Although the mountains on both sides are steep, which is not conducive to the passage of a large number of soldiers and horses, it is not impossible for the Huaidong Army to sneak into the front through the mountains and forests if there are three or five hundred elites. In normal times, three or four thousand eight Fujian soldiers were not afraid of a sneak attack on three or five hundred strange soldiers. But at this time, there were pursuers, and everyone fled in a hurry for three days, they were exhausted and frightened, their morale was seriously damaged, and a large number of soldiers were crowded in the river valley and were in chaos.

"Wang Jianxiong!" Wen Tingrui shouted loudly, and asked his cronies to personally lead the scouts to the mountains and forests in the northwest to reconnoitre, and ordered all departments to strengthen the vigilance of the left flank, and sent half a battalion of elites to organize a palace barrier to intercept the pursuing troops at the end.

As soon as Wen Tingrui deployed, the raindrops of beans hit his head and face.

At that time, the means of command and communication were already limited, and under the heavy rain, Wen Tingrui could not only mobilize the elite of his entourage, but also lost effective means of controlling the troops on the periphery.

At this time, the heavy rain blurred their vision, the two of them were talking and muttering a few steps apart, they could hear the difference, and people were crowded around to avoid the rain, the queue was chaotic, the heralds were difficult to pass, and it was difficult to find the generals below to convey Wen Tingrui's orders - whoever was in Wen Tingrui's position would be helpless.

Qin Zitan dismounted, and the servant ripped open the cloth to let him shelter from the rain, Qin Zitan was worried that there were really ambushes hidden in the mountains in the northwest, and the situation at that time could only make him hope that the ambushes would not take advantage of the heavy rain to attack.

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The scout came back drenched and reported on the deserters who had entered the valley.

Zhang Jiheng stretched out his hand to wipe the rain off his face, tensed his face, and called the two battalion generals and the number one sentry general who sneaked over with him, and one sentry general, licking the rain that slipped to his mouth, asked, "Touch it, hit the fuck?" ”

The so-called surprise attack means that it is necessary to move to a direction that the enemy is not aware of, and when the enemy is unprepared, quickly form a local superiority in troops, carry out a strong attack, and crush the enemy in one fell swoop.

In order to make it impossible for the enemy to detect it in advance, and to achieve concealment on the march, it is naturally impossible to have many troops that can carry out surprise attacks, especially Zhang Jiheng, who wants to climb over the North Yandang Mountain from the steep path, not to mention the slow speed, and it is impossible to bring too many soldiers and horses in.

Of course, if the troops are too small, it is impossible to launch a surprise attack, at least to ensure that a surprise attack can cause chaos in the enemy's formation, so that you can win with fewer strikes and more victories. The number of troops is too small, and once the enemy is allowed to stabilize his position, it is likely that a counterattack will consume all the troops and horses of the raid.

There were three or four thousand Yongjia defenders who fled into the river valley, but there were only more than 300 elite soldiers who had sneaked in with Zhang Jiheng four days earlier, and they hid in the mountains for four days before the Zhejiang-Fujian army fled north.

It is said that if he wants to launch a surprise attack, Zhang Jiheng's troops are still a little small, and the chasing troops are intercepted below, and it is difficult to rush up to support in a short time. But the narrow terrain of the valley and the heavy rain at this time were extremely favorable factors for launching a surprise attack; Without this heavy rain, Zhang Jiheng could only delay until night before he dared to launch a strong attack on the middle of the deserter team.

The current situation is favorable to launching a surprise attack, Zhang Jiheng will not let go of this opportunity, looked at the people around him, and said: "I'm afraid of the dead birds, but my lord is waiting for us to pass on the victory in Yongjia City!" Wait for the meeting to go down, everyone will bring one, from north to south, if you break through, it will be a great victory, and if you stop, you will die, all of them will be clear to me, don't hesitate to chicken \/chicken mother! ”

The generals promised.

Under the heavy rain, the bowstring was soft and wet, and the archery was weak, and the bow and crossbow could not be relied on, so everyone dropped the bow and crossbow. Not only did the bow and crossbow be dropped, but Zhang Jiheng took the lead in taking off the heavy and wet outer armor and lining armor that had been soaked in rain.

Once the deserters stabilized their positions, there was a stalemate between the two sides, and the little troops he had at hand were not enough to consume, and it was of little significance to pierce the armor or not, and the speed of breaking through and disrupting the enemy's formation must be fast, and the thick armor became a burden, and more than 300 people went into battle lightly, divided into several teams, and touched the north mouth of the river valley under the mountain with swords, shields, guns and spears......

Zhang Jiheng led his troops to rush out of the mountains and forests, and first defeated the dozens of scouts who had just gone up the mountain; The soldiers of the Zhejiang-Fujian army on the mouth of the river valley on the north side were vigilant, but the heavy rain greatly reduced their reaction ability, and they could not contain the surprise attack at the beginning - their clothes and armor were soaked by the heavy rain, and their movements were slow, and the heavy rain and narrow and uneven terrain stretched the array of men and horses on the north side, which was mainly composed of wounded soldiers and small generals, into a narrow and chaotic array.

The heavy rain blurred the vision, and it was impossible to figure out how many Huaidong troops had suddenly attacked, and the weak interception array organized in front was quickly crushed, and the Huaidong army that was raided by this formation rushed in, which soon caused chaos that was difficult to contain.

Wen Tingrui and Qin Zitan were wrapped in the heart of the formation, three or four thousand people were crowded together, and it was difficult to find people, let alone dispatch troops to stabilize the position, but it was just an order to withdraw to the mountains...... The south is the main force of the Huaidong Army pursued from Yongjia City, there is no way to retreat at all, and there is no way to stop the chaos in the north, and it is not clear how many Huaidong troops sneaked over to ambush, and the east is Nanxi, which has become irritable and turbulent due to heavy rain, at this time, only as many troops as possible can be evacuated into the mountains and forests, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack, and the chaos will be stopped.

The heavy rain and chaos made all Wen Tingrui's efforts in vain, even Wen Tingrui and Qin Zitan were entangled and unable to retreat to the mountains.

Blood mixed with rain, once the front is defeated, the rear soldiers can only be wrapped in the chaos to go back, but the narrowest part of the valley terrain, only a dozen steps wide, once someone falls, crowded, trampled, it will cause a larger, uncontrollable chaos, there are countless people fleeing to the west of the mountains and forests, more people to squeeze into the raging Nanxi......

When the momentum of this heavy rain weakened, the Yongjia defenders who fled into the Nanxi River valley were completely defeated.

Zhang Jiheng killed him, and there were only more than 30 people left around him, and the others were scattered, but listening to the shouts and killings everywhere, he knew that everyone took advantage of the chaos to kill the enemy army, and their own casualties were limited.

Zhang Jiheng had countless injuries on his body, and blood flowed down, like a bloody man, and his muscles and bones were also soft. He was also known for his bravery in the Huaidong Army, but he was too tired to kill, looking at the tendency of the enemy army to gather in small groups to fight a counterattack, he gritted his teeth and encouraged the people around him, and said with a smile: "As long as you kill, you can live and enjoy the exploits!" "Zhang Jiheng led a surprise attack of more than 300 soldiers and horses, killing through the enemy's formation, and the actual number of enemy soldiers killed and wounded was also limited. In the river valleys, mountains and forests, there are routs everywhere, and this side is close to Xianju, and it can't support the pursuers behind to catch up, so that a large number of routs can flee back to Xianju, which can't be regarded as a big victory.

Zhang Jiheng is few people after all, when the raid was made, the troops were dispersed, and the Yongjia defenders who retreated north were mostly the elite of Fujian, and the old soldiers were experienced. Zhang Jiheng only gathered as many people as possible to hold the position in the center of the river valley, but fortunately, a small group of routs fled from the south soon. This shows that Liu Zhenzhi led his troops to defeat the troops behind the palace of the Zhejiang and Fujian army.

Soon Liu Zhenzhi led five or six hundred elites to catch up with the support, joined Zhang Jiheng, and attacked north together, defeated several small Zhejiang-Fujian troops that had been gathered with great difficulty, occupied the north mouth of the river valley, and put most of the defeated troops in the south, preventing them from fleeing north; Also guard against the Xianju defenders rushing over to receive reinforcements.

The Xianju reinforcements were late, and the follow-up soldiers and horses of the Huaidong Army had already been drawn over, firmly occupying the important place of Nanxiyuan, and repelling the Zhejiang-Fujian army from Xianju. However, the search for the mountains and forests around the Nanxiyuan River Valley continued until early May.

In the battle of Nanxiyuan River Valley, the Zhejiang-Fujian army that fled north from Yongjia to Xianju was almost wiped out.

Yongjia's main general, Wen Tingrui and Suihu, hid in a col in North Yandang Mountain, and were discovered by the soldiers and horses of Soshan Mountain, resisted and were killed.

At the beginning, the Soushan soldiers and horses did not know that they had killed a big fish, and Wen Tingrui also changed into ordinary clothes and armor at that time, but the resistance was extra fierce, which made the Soushan soldiers and horses lose more than ten people before they were annihilated, which caused Liu Zhenzhi, who was in charge of Soushan in the Nanxiyuan River Valley, to be vigilant.

It was only when Wen Tingrui's corpse was poked to the angry search soldiers and horses that he was sent to Yongjia City to identify it.

In the battle of the Nanxi source valley, more than 1,000 enemies were captured and 1,000 people were killed, about 1,4500 people fell into the Nanxi River in chaos and drowned, and only 3,400 people crossed the mountains and forests and fled into Xianju.

At this time, the defenders of Taizhou fully withdrew westward into Linhai and Xianju to hold on, and the Zhejiang-Fujian army in Hengyang and Pingming also fully shrank to the territory of Cangnan County, which was not vulnerable to sea attacks - Chen Yan led the troops to take over Huipu, Wenling and other counties; Geng Quanshan led his troops to take over Hengyang and Pingyang, and the war in southern Zhejiang, which had been launched in mid-February, had come to an end for the time being after nearly three months.

In this battle, the Zhejiang-Fujian rebels were forced to abandon the coastal counties in southern Zhejiang, and the Huaidong Army recovered the six counties of Yueqing, Ouhai, Yongjia, Pingyang, Hengyang, Wenling, and Huipu, and moved the passage connecting with Ninghai County, the capital of Mingzhou in the north.

In the past three months, more than 16,000 enemy troops have been killed and captured in more than a dozen battles in southern Zhejiang. Among them, nearly 10,000 Fujian soldiers were killed, more than 5,000 township soldiers and civilians were recruited, and more than 17,000 sets of armor were captured. The battle of the Nanxiyuan River Valley, for the Huaidong Army, could only give a perfect end to the war in southern Zhejiang.

Although the Huaidong Army also suffered nearly 10,000 casualties in the war in southern Zhejiang, due to the incorporation of township soldiers and people's bravery, and the continuous recruitment of soldiers from the localities, at the end of the war in southern Zhejiang, the troops that entered southern Zhejiang to participate in the war not only did not suffer losses, but the strength of the newly formed southern Zhejiang army even increased from more than 9,000 people before the war to more than 12,000 people.

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In early May, southern Zhejiang turned from drought to rain, rainy days were frequent, and the mountain roads were difficult and difficult to walk.

"This time, Qin Zitan was allowed to escape again, this shit luck is really unreasonable!" Lin Jian never saw Qin Zitan's name from the list of enemy generals who were captured and killed, and he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

"The terrain of the Nanxiyuan River Valley is complicated, and there is no way for three or five hundred people to escape." Gao Zongting said with a smile.

Not only the terrain of the Nanxiyuan River Valley is complex, but also the terrain of the entire southern Zhejiang and eastern Fujian regions.

The terrain is fragmented by the lofty mountains, and the movement of troops is confined to a limited number of roads.

These made it difficult for the Huaidong Army to fight a battle happily even if it had a local advantage, and it usually had to fight a bloody battle one city after another. The battle of Nanxiyuan River Valley can be regarded as the most satisfying battle since the opening of the battlefield in southern Zhejiang.

The more Lin Jian complained like this, the more satisfied he was with the results of the battle in the Nanxiyuan River Valley.

In this battle, almost all the 4,000 elite soldiers who fled the enemy, and the casualties of the Huaidong Army, including the loss of troops during Liu Zhenzhi's pursuit, were only six or seven hundred people - such a great victory seems to be in line with the style of the Huaidong Army.

Even if Qin Zitan can be caught or not, in the sense of the battle situation, Gao Zongting thinks it is not very important. However, he knew Song Jia's identity, and knew that Lin Jian had risen from Jiangning, so he was entangled with the extravagant flying tiger, and Qin Zitan wanted to be regarded as Huaidong's old enemy.

Fu Qinghe guarded Xisha Island with a broken arm and almost died, which was also due to Qin Zitan, including the battles between Huaidong and the Zhejiang-Fujian army and even the battle with the Goryeo people on Danluo Island, Qin Zitan was involved. Among the people in the Zhejiang and Fujian Army, in addition to the father and son of the luxury family, the one who Huaidong thinks about the most is Qin Zitan.

"People can't be too greedy, killing Wen Tingrui this time is also an unexpected gain," Lin Jian threw the latest battle report on his desk, "The Wen family should be in a slump at once, right?" ”

The luxury family rebelled again, and the other seven surnames followed it, extending the scope of influence control to southern Zhejiang, western Zhejiang, and eastern Jiangxi, and the seven clans also expanded outward with the army to divide the territory. The Wen family sent the most children to southern Zhejiang, not only the Yongjia garrison led by Wen Tingrui, but also many generals and soldiers were born in the Wen clan, and a large number of Wen clan children came to southern Zhejiang with their families to compete with local forces for land and monopolize commerce and trade...... The battle of Nanxiyuan made almost all the children of the Wenle clan who entered southern Zhejiang annihilated.

Gao Zongting is the most clear about the situation in Eastern Fujian, in Zhejiang and Fujian, the Wen family is the most trusted by Luxury, not only is Luwenzhuang's wife from Wen, but Luwenzhuang also made his eldest son Lufei Xiong marry the daughter of the Wen family. Although the Wen family still has many people occupying important positions in the Zhejiang and Fujian Governor's Mansion, after such a heavy blow, it is impossible for the Wen family not to decline.

Song Jia stood beside Lin Tie, although she regarded herself as Lin Tie's woman from the bottom of her heart, but the Zhejiang and Fujian army fought so badly on the Eastern Front, and she couldn't help but feel a little entangled in her heart.

Don't say that the Wen family is in a slump, if Yan Hu can't break through the Huaisi defense line and force Huaidong to move the center of gravity of his troops to the north, the luxury family will at least be in a slump on the eastern front, and they will not be able to rely on their own strength to regain their disadvantage.

Earlier, the war in Eastern Fujian lasted for nearly ten years, and a large number of Ding Zhuang died on the battlefield. During the second rebellion in Eastern Fujian, although more than 100,000 Fujian soldiers were quickly gathered and various armies were expanded, the population resources of Eastern Fujian were seriously overdrawn.

After the luxury of the bear led the troops to capture the eastern part of Zhejiang, the Zhejiang-Fujian army gave up the original maritime development strategy, and instead shifted the focus of the military to western Zhejiang, in addition to the luxury family did not pay enough attention to the maritime strategy, more importantly, perhaps the luxury family was eager to compete for territory and population, in order to make up for the lack of their own resources, right?

From the earlier battle of the East China Sea, to Huaidong's attack on eastern Zhejiang, to this war in southern Zhejiang, almost more than 30,000 Fujian soldiers loyal to the luxury family were annihilated or captured by Huaidong.

After ten years of war in Eastern Fujian, how many loyal and reliable Fujian soldiers do the luxury family have to consume?

Although the Zhejiang-Fujian army can recruit troops in Quzhou and other places to bravely supplement the shortage of troops, since the second rebellion of the Zhejiang-Fujian army, it has been eager to protect the interests of the clan forces, and has carried too much weight on the local area, and its rule over Zhejiang County is very unpopular.

Once the proportion of Fujian soldiers in the Zhejiang-Fujian army is reduced, and the number of warriors recruited from the localities increases greatly, the combat effectiveness of the Zhejiang-Fujian army will be seriously weakened.

At this time, Zhou Tong came in from the outside, stood at the door, looked at Lin Jian and the others sitting in the hall, put his hands in front of his abdomen, and laughed: "Haha, catch that big fish!" Ren Qin Zitan was as cunning as a dog, and this time he didn't let him escape! ”

"Oh!" Lin Lian frowned and said, "It's been a few days, why did you just catch him today?" I'm not hopeful! ”