The Huaidong Army has firmly controlled the situation on the periphery of Yueqing, from Yongjia to Taizhou across several lofty mountains, large-scale troop transfer needs to detour three or four hundred miles of mountain roads, but the sentinel can still calmly climb the mountains and mountains, sneak in and out.

Qin Zitan was in Yongjia City, and he could still know the changes in the situation in Taizhou as soon as possible, and as time went by, the worries in his heart became heavier and heavier.

Compared with the momentum of the main force of the Huaidong Army attacking the city and pulling out the village, what worries Qin Zitan even more is that the speed of the Huaidong Army's purge of local township soldiers has reached a jaw-dropping level.

The war in Taizhou was still in a stalemate period, and Huaidong was able to draw four battalions of new soldiers from Taizhou.

Who would have imagined that the luxury family, which has been rooted in Eastern Fujian for two hundred years, is afraid of the consumption of soldiers with Huaidong, which has only risen for four or five years?

"When will this end? It's better to pull people out of the city happily, fight with his mother, and die happily, why hold your breath like this! ”

Qin Zitan looked sideways, and the green tendons on the neck stalk of the veteran An Xiajiang, who was sitting diagonally opposite, were beating when he spoke, and his beard was like a thorn.

An Xiajiang is not the only one, the patience of many generals in the army has been exhausted, and the mood for war is irritable and difficult to suppress.

Since the second time the luxury family raised the flag, it has been nearly three years, and there have been dozens of large and small battles. If you want to talk about big setbacks, there are only two times, both of which were folded in Huaidong's hands. Although these two setbacks made the Zhejiang-Fujian army lose face, from the perspective of troop losses, it was not a difficult defeat to accept. But the Eastern Front seemed to have become so embarrassed overnight that many of the generals in the army were puzzled and dissatisfied.

Wen Tingrui held the long case in his hand and said to Qin Zitan, who was sitting beside him: "Even if the Dadu Governor's Mansion has no plan to counterattack, Yongjia and Taizhou must be reinforced. If the situation drags on without seeking improvement, what will happen in the end, Mr. Qin must know better than anyone else......"

Qin Zitan smiled bitterly, he just sent Yongjia to fight for the Luxury Flying Tiger, and it was not his turn to interfere in the decision-making of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, not even the Luxury Flying Tiger.

Everyone wants to change the situation of passive defense on the Eastern Front, but how?

In the southern Zhejiang battlefield, the Huaidong Army invested only 25,600 soldiers and horses, and the Zhejiang-Fujian Army was not at a disadvantage in terms of the total number of troops.

The strength of the Huaidong Army in southern Zhejiang, relying on Yueqing City, concentrated in the villages along the coast of Yueqing Bay, and the transfer was convenient, rapid, and hidden. Although at this time, the Huaidong Army in southern Zhejiang mainly used troops against the outer fortifications of Taizhou, no one knew whether the main force of the Huaidong Army in southern Zhejiang would suddenly move to the south tomorrow to attack the defensive villages on the periphery of Yongjia.

The soldiers and horses of the Zhejiang-Fujian army in southern Zhejiang were scattered in Yongjia and Taizhou, and they had to detour three or four hundred miles of mountain roads in order to realize the transfer of troops, and it was impossible for the transfer of troops to hide from the scouts of the Huaidong Army.

In terms of the current situation, even if we want to barely hold Yongjia and Taizhou, it is far from enough to rely on the current troops. Otherwise, after the Huaidong Army cleared the outer fortifications, the soldiers and horses of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army in southern Zhejiang were scattered and trapped in several isolated cities that were far from majestic, and finally they could not escape the fate of being uprooted one by one.

Faced with such a predicament, Qin Zitan and the generals of Yongjia were at a loss. Although many generals lost patience and wanted to send their soldiers out of the city to fight, Qin Zitan knew in his heart that the situation was so unfavorable that if he rashly went out of the city to fight, he would suffer a crushing defeat nine times out of ten. Rather than storming the city, the Huaidong army should also look forward to fighting outside the city.

At this time, the guards came in to report: "Beacon Rock, Osan Sharp Wolf Smoke Alarm ......"

Wen Tingrui, Qin Zitan and the others stood up.

Bijia Rock and Wushanjian are the two beacon piers set up in the east of Yongjia City by the Governor's Office of the Southern Zhejiang Governorate, monitoring the enemy situation in the vast area on the north bank of the Yongjia River estuary, including Yueqing City to the south to Tianshui Village......

The generals hurriedly walked out of the meeting hall, walked to the east of the city, climbed the east city tower, the view to the east of Yongjia City rolling hills, at this time there were fast horses galloping into the city from the east, black-clothed sentry scouts climbed the city tower to report: "The Huaidong Army has a large number of soldiers and horses out of Yueqing City and rushed to the sky......

Tianshui Village is located on the north bank of the estuary of the Yongjia River, and the Zhangdu Village on Jiangxin Island and the Wuyun Village on the south bank, which is an important place used by the Yongjia defenders to block the Yongjia River.

Once Tianshui Village is occupied by Huaidong, Huaidong will be able to calmly remove the obstacles blocking the Yongjia River from the north bank.

At that time, the island village Zhangdu Village located in the center of the Yongjia River will also be difficult to protect itself, and the Huaidong warships will be able to enter the Yongjia River waterway, and the connection between Yongjia City and the Ouhai, Wuyun, Qingtian and other cities on the south bank will be completely severed.

The generals on the tower looked at each other.

Although they have strengthened the defense of Tianshui Village, in addition to the 2,000 soldiers loyal to the Zhejiang and Fujian Governor's Mansion, there are also more than 1,000 local township soldiers guarding Tianshui Village. In order to prevent the recurrence of the tragedy of Wenqiao Village and prevent the local township soldiers from fighting against the water, Wen Tingrui and Qin Zitan forcibly moved the families of the township soldiers into Yongjia City as hostages.

Although there are 3,000 troops guarding Tianshui Village, Yongjia City also has 4,000 elite garrisons, there is a waterway between the two cities, and the land route is more than ten miles apart, so they can help each other, but the Huaidong Army has a large number of soldiers and horses rushing to Tianshui, and the determination to attack the city is resolute, whether they can hold Tianshui Village, Wen Tingrui, Qin Zitan and others are not full of confidence.

"If Huaidong wants to attack Tianshui, he must first attack Wushanjian, and the old man will lead his troops to aid Wushanjian!" Veteran An Xiajiang asked for battle.

Wen Tingrui glanced at Qin Zitan, Qin Zitan didn't say anything, so he asked the veteran An Xiajiang to quickly order troops and horses to aid Wushanjian.

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Zuo Guangying led his troops out of Yueqing to the southwest, and went to the tip of Wushan.

Wushanjian is located between Tianshui Village and Yongjia City, Yongjia to Tianshui has a land route from the foot of the southern foot of Wushanjian to pass through; The Governor's Mansion of Southern Zhejiang is equipped with a beacon pier platform at the tip of Wushan, and there is only one team of soldiers guarding it in peacetime.

If you want to attack Tianshui Village, you must first capture Wushanjian, and you can cut off the land connection between Tianshui and Yongjia City; It can effectively prevent the main force of the Huaidong Army from attacking Tianshui Village, and the flank of the defenders of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army in Yongjia will be disturbed.

Zuo Guangying led his troops to the north foot of Wushanjian, and was catching up with the veteran An Xiajiang of the Zhejiang-Fujian army to rush to the aid of Chi.

There are two brave and powerful generals under Zuo Guangying, one Li Baidao and one Geng Wenfan, both of whom are brave generals from Yueqing tenants, each leading a battalion of soldiers. Rushing to the tip of Wushan, Li Baidao led his troops in front, heard the sentinel report that the Zhejiang and Fujian army had reinforcements running out of Yongjia City, galloping to the back with the reins, seeing Zuo Guangying and Su Wenfan, and said: "It's too late to hit the tip of Wushan, I led my troops to directly bypass the tip of Wushan to beat his mother." Calculating the footsteps, we can still rush to the southwest foot of Wushanjian to rectify the formation first; Wen Fan went to occupy Tazi Mountain......"

The brave wins when the narrow road meets, and there are more than 1,000 soldiers and horses from the Zhejiang and Fujian armies out of Yongjia City to aid Wushanjian, but there are three battalions of soldiers with Zuo Guangying first, and they have to take a great advantage in terms of troops.

If the garrisons of the Zhejiang-Fujian army in Tianshuizhai and Yongjia City can be lured out, the main force of the southern Zhejiang army still has 9,000 soldiers and horses ready to fight in Yueqing City, and Tang Fuguan and others can lead them to fight at any time.

The opportunity on the battlefield was fleeting, and Zuo Guangying didn't have time to ask Zhou Tong and Tang Fuguan, and immediately agreed to Li Baidao's suggestion.

Zuo Guangying allocated the only more than 100 armored light cavalry at hand to Li Baidao to cover the flank, so that he led a battalion of armor to seize the favorable terrain at the southwest foot of Wushanjian first, and fought a field battle with the reinforcements of the Zhejiang and Fujian army out of Yongjiacheng; Su Wenfan went to occupy Tazi Mountain on the northwest corner of Wushan Jian, and gave the main force of the southern Zhejiang army to enter the battlefield to occupy a favorable terrain that could straighten out the position, and he led a battalion of soldiers to slow down in preparation for the Zhejiang-Fujian army that would come out of Tianshui Village or Yongjia City to participate in the battle at any time.

In the spring, the land in southern Zhejiang has warmed up, and the mighty Yongjia River and the rolling hills on the north bank show the infinite vitality of the earth.

Two dragon-like soldiers and horses meander under the blue sky, white clouds and dazzling sun, and in the afternoon after the drizzle, there is less smoke and dust rolled up, and the flag is like a forest, unfurled in the wind, and the flowers blooming in the wild, making the sky and earth colorful.

Only the sentinels who were standing at the top of the ridge to observe the battlefield could clearly see that these two murderous dragons would collide directly at the southwest foot of Wushanjian.

Most of the soldiers in this battalion of Li Baidao's department were born in Yongjia place, Yongjia City was slaughtered, and many relatives died in their difficulties, with hatred and indignation, and they did not participate in the war for nearly a year.

The Zhejiang-Fujian army was originally the elite of a hundred battles, and since the eastern front adopted a contraction defensive strategy, most of the time it has been held in the walled city to defend, and the mood is impatient, and it can't wait to go out of the city to fight.

An Xiajiang was originally a brave general of Fujian, more than ten years before and after the two uprisings, he fought more hard battles to attack the city and pull out the village, just to be happy, fearless of life and death, to find out that the Huaidong army was coming, and also knew that Huaidong invested more soldiers and horses in the first battle than himself, but he did not have the mind to avoid and avoid the edge, he raised his knife and straddled the horse, pointed to the smoke and dust billowing in the distance of vision, and asked his subordinates: "The brave wins when they meet on the narrow road, the sons and daughters have been aggrieved for so long, and they see the enemy coming, how to treat it?" ”

"Fuck me!" Behind him, thousands of people shouted in an uproar, drawing swords and holding bows, shields and spears, without fear.

In infantry battles, the formation is most emphasized, and when they meet, they usually shoot each other with bows and arrows, and then charge each other at a distance of an arrow. Whoever can disrupt and defeat the opponent's array first will basically control the victory.

However, An Xiajiang believes that his subordinates are all elite Fujian, there are many brave generals, and the local forces still have an advantage, so he believes that even if it is a chaotic battle, he can kill the other party first.

Li Baidao believed that the military attachés at the grass-roots level of the new southern Zhejiang Army had undergone systematic training in the combat training school, and their ability to command operations and restrain his troops in chaotic battles was higher than that of ordinary people.

Both sides had no intention of cleaning up their positions, and both wanted to rush each other first, and the two armies in the smoke and dust fired crossbows at each other as soon as they made contact, but without the slightest pause, they launched an attack on each other.

At present, the infantry collides, and the light cavalry of the two armies on each flank also wants to attack the relatively weak flank of the other side first, directly hedge, and fight together.