Tian Chang led his troops into Dongyang County, and there was no hope of understanding the siege of Shengzhou.

The blood-stained river water is also diluted by the upstream water, and it is restored to clarity, and outside the West City Gate Building, the Taibai River that surrounds the city is sparkling golden in the setting sun.

The Huaidong Army is sending people to clean up the battlefield on the east bank, remove the armor of the soldiers who died here, transport the corpses to the river embankment, and wait for the ships to be sent back here.

Farther away, the main force of the Huaidong Army occupied a slope plain at the northwest foot of Luohe Mountain, which was only more than ten zhang, and this slope plain was blocking the valley road from Dongyang County to Shengzhou.

At the foot of the slope plain, the Huaidong army surrounded the simple camp wall with a large number of car shields and baggage vehicles, and the soldiers were on guard behind the car camp; More soldiers were cutting down trees and building barracks on the inner line, and there were signs of a long-term standoff at the foot of Luohe Mountain on the east bank of Taibai Creek.

Counting the remnants of the retreat to the west bank, the defenders of Dongyang County, and the reinforcements from Zhuji, the troops that Hao Feihu could mobilize in Dongyang County were about 10,000 people.

But the battle on the east bank of Taibai Creek was too bad. Although half of the soldiers were withdrawn, more than half of the remaining 25,600 were wounded, and the establishment was almost completely disabled, and the loss of armor was severe, and it took a long time to rest and recuperate before it was possible to restore combat strength. The morale of the defenders in Dongyang County was also very low. Rashly pressed the Zhuji reinforcements to fight, once unfavorable, Dongyang County could not hold, then the Huaidong Army will be able to fight west through Dongyang, southern Zhejiang, and north Huiji - compared to relieving the siege of Shengzhou, the most important thing at present is to stabilize the position in Dongyang County.

Extravagant Feihu held the battlement wall with his hands, his face was quite calm, his eyes were sharp, but his fingers were almost scratching the city wall.

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As the twilight grew, campfires burned from the east bank of Taibai Creek in the plains, like campfires scattered in the pasture.

To prevent the Dongyang defenders from crossing the river at night to sneak attack, Lin Jian listened to the wind whistling in the mountains and forests, looked up at the sky, the clouds were churning, and the rain would not be small after dark.

"God helps Huaidong!" Lin Jian turned around and said with emotion to Zhang Gou, Chen Enze and the others behind him.

Zhang Gou looked up at the sky, if it rained heavily last night, although it would make the attack more hidden, it would actually increase the difficulty of the attack, and it was more likely to return in vain. Once the Luxury Flying Tiger is allowed to take advantage of the heavy rain to assemble and adjust the complete force in Dongyang County, the difficulty and danger of the first battle in Shengzhou will be greatly increased.

Lin Jian said that it was appropriate for the heavens to help Huaidong, and it was also the continuous cloudy and rainy weather in the past few days, so that Huaidong occupied the time of the day, so that the progress of the war was not unexpectedly hindered. Fighting a war depends on the right time, place, and people - the next rainy weather, although it will make it difficult to build a fortress and transport supplies, but it will also make it more difficult for the Flying Tiger to counterattack from the west bank.

Walking to the military medical camp, thousands of wounded soldiers were crowded here for treatment, looking chaotic, Lin Jian frowned, quite dissatisfied. One camp tent after another, and finally couldn't help it, and asked everyone behind him with a questioning tone: "How long can you empty the valley road?" If the wounded can be transferred, they should be transferred to Shangyu as soon as possible to recuperate! ”

In such a short period of time, for Zhang Gou, Chen Yan and others, what is more important is to prevent the extravagant flying tiger from counterattacking from the west bank of Taibai River, and it is inevitable that there will be some inability to take care of this side. Moreover, in a short period of time, it is necessary to transport as many materials and reinforcements as possible to stabilize the front here, and the valley road from Shengzhou to Dongyang County is full of wagons and men and horses advancing westward. There is a waterway in Shengzhou that communicates with Shangyu, but it is not much better, and there is no spare passage for thousands of wounded soldiers to withdraw from this side, and they are all staying in the camp for centralized treatment for the time being.

"It's going to take about three or five days...... Zhang Gou replied.

"It's too slow," Lin Tie frowned, and said, "Post road, valley road pass, no matter the carriage or horse, you must follow a principle, keep to the left to ......" Lin Tie clenched his left hand into a fist and raised it, deepening the generals' concept of "left" and "right", "No matter how urgent, the cart, the people and horses, must give way to the right hand in the reverse direction." Of course, it is really difficult to do this, as a measure of friendship, you can plant a flag every fifty zhang along the valley road to guard a soldier to maintain order, and you must divide two avenues that can be passed in reverse direction as soon as possible. The road to the west can be wider, but it is necessary to ensure that the road to Shengzhou in the east is also kept smooth at all times! Where the valley road is dangerous and not wide enough, the troops should be sent out, widened and rebuilt; Also be prepared for flash floods that will wash away the valley road after the rain! ”

Afraid that the generals would be incomprehensible for a while, Lin Jian squatted on the ground, drew the diagram and explained it again.

Although it is said that three or four hundred soldiers will be sent from Shengzhou to this side of the nearly 100-mile valley road, but at this time, to ensure that the roads between Luohe Mountain and Shengzhou and Shangyu are unblocked, even if the price is large, it will have to be spent.

Zhang Gou and the officials in charge of material transportation carefully recorded Lin Bin's words and arranged for someone to implement them. Sun Zhuang lay on the sickbed, leaned over, and said: "The severely disabled soldiers can be withdrawn, if all the wounded soldiers are withdrawn, how will they fight down here?" ”

"You take care of your injuries first," Lin Jian said, "Not only the wounded must be withdrawn to recuperate, but the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion must also be withdrawn to recuperate, and men and horses will be transferred from the Changshan Battalion to defend here!" Completely replaced in three to five days! ”

"Who will fight Shengzhou City?" Sun Zhuang asked with concern.

"The Chongcheng infantry battalion was responsible for the siege in the early stage, and it is necessary to wait for the men and horses of the Changshan battalion to be transferred up before attacking the fortifications." Lin Jian patiently explained the next deployment to Sun Zhuang.

The battle of Taibaixi is almost the limit of Huaidong, and it is no longer capable of expanding outward. If the luxury family transferred the troops in western Zhejiang to the east, Lin Jian would even have to consider retracting it later, in case the entire front would fail and collapse.

The strength of the Chongcheng infantry battalion before the war was limited, only more than 6,000 people, and after landing on the shore, the consumption of several battles was very large, the proportion of attrition was nearly half, and a large number of wounded soldiers had to be transferred to the rear to recuperate.

If the Chongcheng infantry battalion is thrown into a high-intensity battle to capture the city, it is likely that this strong army will be crippled if you are not careful.

Even though the morale of the Chongcheng infantry battalion was available, Lin Jian still insisted on withdrawing the Chongcheng infantry battalion to rest and recuperate, and handed over the defense line in the east and west of Zhejiang and the siege of the inner line to the Changshan battalion, which had relatively sufficient troops.

On the other hand, the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion was more specialized in cooperating with the landing operations of the Water Battalion, while the Changshan Battalion was more adequately trained in attacking the city.

According to the established plan, as long as the defenders of Dongyang County did not fight back violently within three or five days, Chen Yan would lead the first brigade of the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion to withdraw the soldiers and wounded to Shangyu for rest, and Ao Canghai would also lead his troops to complete the handover with Zhou Tong; The defense line on the side of Luohe Mountain, Lin Jian arranged Zhang Gou to be in charge.

Chen Yan is suitable for being a qualified general for attacking fortifications, but compared to Zhang Gou, he lacks the patience and resilience to engage in a long-term military confrontation with the enemy, and lacks the ability to stand alone.

The east-west line of Zhejiang will be headed by Ao Canghai, and Ao Canghai also wants Zhang Gou to serve as the brigade general of the Changshan battalion to be responsible for building and garrisoning the Luohe Mountain defense village.

On the basis of the elite of the 2,000 Changshan Battalion that came to Luoheshan with Lin Tie this time, some new soldiers were incorporated into the first brigade of the Changshan Battalion. In addition, Lin Jian also left two battalions of heavy soldiers to Zhang Gou to assist in the construction of the defensive wall. Of course, the Luohe Mountain defense village is in an emergency, and the reinforcements from Shengzhou can also arrive in one day.

After nightfall, it began to rain gently, and in the middle of the night, the rain became heavier. Except for a few campfires under the rain shelter, all the other campfires were extinguished by heavy rain, and the sky and the earth were pitch black.

The rain continued until the second day of April, as if announcing the early arrival of the plum rainy season in eastern Zhejiang.

The continuous rainy weather greatly slowed down the construction of Luohe Mountain, but seriously restricted the defenders of Dongyang County from crossing Taibai River to counterattack. The trestle bridge erected by the defenders of Dongyang County with fishing boats over Taibai Creek was also overwhelmed by the sudden increase in water and the broken trees that washed down from Dongbai Mountain.

The tension on both sides of the Taibai River was temporarily eased by the rainy weather that lasted for three or four days, and the fence wall of the Luohe Mountain defense village and the chest-high protective fence on the periphery of the camp were erected one after another. Also on the vulnerable flanks, deep trenches were dug.

After the defense system of Luoheshan had a preliminary appearance, Lin Jian left Dongyang County on April 5 and returned to Shengzhou.

It rained in eastern Zhejiang for several days, so that the water potential of the Yanxi River in the west of Shengzhou City rose sharply, and it was as vast as a lake.

Ao Canghai and Zhou Tong have completed the handover in Shengzhou, and the soldiers and horses besieging Shengzhou are mainly the elite of the two brigades and ten battalions of the Changshan Battalion, and there are two battalions of engineers to assist in the attack and defense, and the follow-up soldiers and horses are also being transferred one after another. Heavy equipment such as crashes, rushing cars, nest cars, cave house cars, climbing ladders, catapults and bed crossbows were all transported to the periphery of Shengzhou City through the waterway of the Yanxi River.

On the west bank of the Yanxi River is the transshipment wharf and material station of Shangyu connecting Luoheshan Fangzhai.

When Lin Jian led his troops to Dongyang County to support, the wharf was still a barren beach overgrown with weeds, so he drove a row of piles into the water, filled the inside of the piles with earth and stones, and built a small wharf that could berth three hundred stone boats at the same time in a short time. The material station was originally a earthen village on the west bank of the Yanxi River, which was requisitioned for reinforcement, hoarding, and transfer of materials.

The main camp of the siege is on the east bank of the Yanxi River, close to the south gate of Shengzhou City.

Lin Jian boarded the ship from the transshipment wharf on the west bank and rushed to the main camp of Shengzhou City, just as Zhou Tong had not left Shengzhou.

Let's go to Shengzhou City to inspect the enemy's situation, and watch the defenders at the head of the city holding their halberds from a distance, and the military appearance is quite neat, Lin Jian frowned and sighed: "Attacking Shengzhou City is also a tough battle!" ”

"The Tian clan refused to surrender in the end, and the master of Shangyu County volunteered to go into the city to persuade him, and he lost his head and came out!" Ao Canghai said.

"Then fight!" Lin Jian said, "In the future, it is indispensable to fight siege battles!" Before the fight, all the 6,000 new soldiers were incorporated into the Changshan camp......"

"When will the Chongcheng Infantry Camp be expanded?" Zhou Tong asked.

The Changshan battalion had 12,000 troops before the war, although there were losses after landing, but after Fu Qinghe led reinforcements to come up, the soldiers of the Changshan battalion quickly replenished it. With the addition of 6,000 new soldiers this time, the strength of the Changshan battalion will be expanded to 18,000 people, becoming the largest elite of Huaidong's soldiers and horses, and it is no wonder that Zhou Tong is envious.

Both the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion and the Fengli Battalion maintain an establishment of 6,000 people.

"Although the camp in eastern Zhejiang will be organized into 20 battalions, the marching army is mainly to defend the local city, which is not enough to form military pressure on Huiji and southern Zhejiang. The Changshan battalion will temporarily stay in eastern Zhejiang as a field infantry battalion to fight together, and will be controlled by the eastern Zhejiang battalion," Lin Jian said, "Only thirty battalions of soldiers are formed, and the strength is still small!" As for the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion, it will be expanded after the rest is over, and it will give you the establishment of five more battalions......"

In the past, the Huaidong Army Infantry Battalion was mainly based on the Changshan Battalion, the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion, and the Fengli Battalion, all of which were elite soldiers, and the continuous increase of troops to the pre-war period saw that Huaidong had 24,000 elite infantry soldiers, and it was enough to defend Huaidong on land with the water battalion.

With the expansion of the scale of the war, especially this step directly jumped to eastern Zhejiang, and carried out a comprehensive military confrontation with the luxury family from the rivers and seas to the mountains, the elite infantry of Huaidong, which was dominated by the Changshan battalion, the Chongcheng infantry battalion, and the Fengli battalion, had to take into account the situation on the northern line of Huaisi, and at the same time, the strength that could be invested in the southern front to fight against the luxury family for a long time was somewhat seriously insufficient.

Not to mention the pressure of supplies and money, Huaidong couldn't get too much fine armor at this time. The number of troops that can be increased in a short period of time is limited to the standard of elite infantry soldiers.

In order to solve this contradiction, Lin Tie was within the Huaidong Army, distinguishing the infantry battalions according to the different operational purposes of field battles or garrisons, and while constantly strengthening the Changshan Battalion, Chongcheng Infantry Battalion, and Fengli Battalion, he would also follow the example of the government army to set up a marching camp as the main force of the garrison area.

Haidong has a camp in the east of the sea and a camp in the east of Zhejiang.

Yanjing was besieged, the letter road was blocked, and Lin Lian asked for instructions to dispose of the excerpts of Mingzhou Mansion could only be presented to Ningwangfu and Jiangning Six Divisions.

Lin Tie recommended Liang Wen to show Ren Mingzhou Governor in the excerpt, and Li Wei replaced Liang Wen to show Ren Shanyang Governor - I don't know how Ning Wangfu and the Jiangning Six Ministries will deal with Lin Bin's recommended official excerpt, but Lin Tie has no intention of letting Mingzhou Mansion out, and between the Mingzhou Mansion and the Ya, the formation of the Zhedong Xing Camp is already within his clear plan.

Of course, if Jiang Ning agrees to be appointed by Liang Wenzhan as the Mingzhou Mansion, then the administrative, financial and other rights will be included in the Mingzhou Mansion; The eastern Zhejiang military camp is in charge of defense and military confrontation with the luxury family. If Jiangning must block Huaidong and force others to come to Mingzhou to serve as prefects and other officials, then directly use the eastern Zhejiang camp to carry out military control over Mingzhou Mansion.