The tent is set up in the city tower above the Donghua Gate, there are traces of fireworks burning, and the four walls are scorched black, but the urn city of the Donghua Gate is built very strongly, even if a large number of people and instruments are used to destroy, it is not possible to destroy it in a short time. Of course, it is more likely that the Huaidong army deliberately wanted to let them see that there was hope of holding the outer city, hoping that they would jump into this pit.

How can this pit not jump?

Luxury Wenzhuang paced back and forth, the cotton robe shook with the candle flame on the side wall, and Luxury Feihu, Tian Chang, Su Tingzhan, Yu Wenshan, Fang Zhenhe, Luo Wenhu and others all looked at him with a sigh of relief, waiting for him to make a final decision.

Although Jiangning City is open, the Jiangning City that is open is like a monster with a bloody mouth, revealing the irresistible temptation inside, and it is waiting for them to get in and bite it.

Extravagant Wenzhuang suddenly stood up, everyone's hearts jumped, only to see the Metropolitan Governor slowly turn around, his haggard and thin face was even darker under the shadow of the candle flame, and said in a hoarse and cold, unquestionable voice: "The right-wing soldiers and horses are all under the command of the Flying Tiger, according to Donghuamen, to resist the strong enemy of Prison Island and attack the imperial city, and break the imperial city for seven days. And told the generals, Yue Emperor Yuan Jianwu went to Chizhou, Su Tingzhan immediately led 8,000 elites to the west, Tian Chang immediately returned to the south, and the main force of the Middle Route Army converged, from the north foot of Maoshan to the west, the tail pursued Chizhou - Po Chizhou, the same plundering for seven days. The rest of the troops were led by me and stationed in quarries to prevent the Jiangzhou army from advancing eastward......"

The discussion was late at night, and who would have thought that the Metropolitan Governor would make such a decision.

Luo Wenhu opened his mouth and said: "Emperor Yue went west along the river, most of them went to Luzhou, and it is unlikely that he will go to Chizhou!" ”

Su Tingzhan, Tian Chang and others looked at Luo Wenhu, their eyes were crooked, and they all thought in their hearts: The stupid man is really a stupid person, and the governor of the capital is trying to tell a big lie, not to deceive the Huaidong Army and the Jiangzhou Army, but to deceive the ordinary generals of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army.

When the Huaidong Army and the Jiangzhou Army surround it, the combined army will be more than 130,000, even if the Zhejiang-Fujian Army shrinks back the left flank of Zheng Mingjing, the Zhejiang-Fujian Army plus the surrendered soldiers, the total number of troops is only 80,000, there is no chance to divide and attack, and the disadvantage in strength is too great.

When the Huaidong Army and the Jiangzhou Army came together, the difficulty of holding the outer city was too great, and Haowenzhuang made up his mind to go.

To go, but how?

The four gates of Jiangning City opened in, turned around and left, how to explain to the generals?

Su Tingzhan, Tian Chang and other senior generals knew that Jiangning City was a bait under Huaidong, and they also knew that the war should avoid bullying the weak, but this truth did not make sense to ordinary generals, so they needed to lie.

How do you tell a lie?

That is, the Zhejiang-Fujian army not only has to take Jiangning City, but also captures Emperor Yue Yuan Jianwu!

In fact, the few people who can sit in the handsome tent and discuss matters are not stupid, even Luo Wenhu also knows that the possibility of Emperor Yongxing going to Chizhou is quite small.

Chizhou is close to the river, sandwiched between Jiangzhou and Jiangning, Jiangzhou is crumbling, in the minds of Emperor Yongxing and Jiangning officials who abandoned Jiangning, Jiangning City is also not guaranteed.

Whether Emperor Yongxing went to a city of Chizhou that was about to be attacked by the troops and horses of Zhejiang and Fujian, or to Luzhou, an important town in Huaixi with the Yangtze River, Huaishan Mountain, and Huaidong barrier on the periphery, this question is not difficult to answer.

However, as long as a play is played and the sentry cavalry comes back and lies that Emperor Yue is going to Chizhou along Jiangxi, Gao Wenzhuang, Hao Feihu, Tian Chang, Su Tingzhan and other senior generals will not question it, and ordinary generals will believe it.

Emperor Yue abandoned the city and fled westward, accompanied by the vast majority of Jiangning officials.

As long as ordinary generals believe that Emperor Yue went to Chizhou, there will inevitably be countless generals screaming and demanding to pursue westward!

Let Hao Feihu stay in Jiangning and be responsible for leading the troops to attack the imperial city, just to make the lie look more real, so that the generals below have no way to question it.

It is precisely the right wing of the soldiers and horses who stayed to attack the imperial city, nearly two-thirds of them are the soldiers of the imperial camp, even if there are nearly 4,000 troops left to temporarily form a naval army, the naval army will naturally follow the westward pursuit, and those who stay are really considered to be the descendants of the luxury family, it is only six or seven thousand people - even if these six or seven thousand people cannot break through in the end, it is the price that must be paid to preserve the main force.

Luo Wenhu saw that everyone's faces and demeanors were different, and he realized it after a while, and scolded in his heart: Damn it, isn't this his mother's golden cicada out of its shell? It hurts to think that the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses that he has finally gathered may be confessed here, but it is better than himself to confess here.

Hao Wenzhuang looked at Su Tingzhan and said, "Tingzhan, what do you think?" ”

Su Tingzhan licked his lips, the foundation of the soldiers and horses on the right wing is mostly his descendants, and the meaning of Lu Wenzhuang's words is to give him 4,000 elite soldiers in addition to the 4,000 sailors, but with the old brother who was born and died, the possibility of breaking through in the end will not be too high, making it difficult for him to cut off.

Su Tingzhan swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty and said, "The last general will obey the orders of the Grand Governor. ”

Hao Wenzhuang looked at his son Hao Feihu and said: "If you can capture the imperial city before the main force of the Huaidong Army arrives, then defend Jiangning City, and I will lead my troops back and forth to aid Jiangning; Otherwise, you will abandon the Donghua Gate and go west......"

Luxury Feihu nodded, as a child of the luxury family, at this time, it is natural to have the consciousness of making sacrifices for the luxury family.

After attacking the imperial city, and after the main force of Huaidong soldiers and horses arrived, he abandoned Jiangning and left, not so much retreating as fleeing. If the Huaidong Army pursues, it is unlikely that there will be many soldiers and horses that can escape.

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Several people here agreed, and Haowenzhuang immediately convened the generals above the battalion general for a military discussion, and arranged for the dark pile and outpost to converge with Emperor Yongxing's escape to Chizhou.

The successive victories made the ordinary generals of the Zhejiang and Fujian armies become greedy, aggressive, and arrogant.

Before Luxury's decision to get rid of the golden cicada, Su Zhanting, Tian Chang, Feihu and others, even if they knew in their hearts that Jiangning City was secretly killing, why didn't they want to gamble?

Many generals did not have a good time when they slaughtered Lishui, so they wanted to enter Jiangning to do a big job and sharpen their fists, but when they heard that Emperor Yue and Jiangning Mancheng officials had fled westward, they were even more excited and shouted.

For a long time, the elimination of the Jiangning regime and the capture alive of the Yue Emperor Yuan Jianwu were important goals for the Zhejiang-Fujian army to invade Jiangning in the north.

Since the ordinary generals believed that Emperor Yue and the officials of the city had fled to Chizhou, it was only natural for them to pursue.

Of course, in addition to the desire to obtain more dazzling military exploits, the gold, silver, jewelry, and accompanying beauties carried by the Yue Emperor and the officials of the city must not be few, which also makes it difficult for people to suppress their greed.

Luxury Wenzhuang immediately decided to divide the troops to the west, leaving the luxury flying tiger in Jiangning while guarding the prison island, immediately organized an attack on the imperial city, occupied the entire Jiangning City, and the other soldiers and horses immediately marched west, attacked Chizhou, and promised to break the city that is, the army slaughtered.

The navy army temporarily reorganized in the upper reaches of the Rouge River gave up the plan to storm Prison Island, and immediately incorporated 4,000 elite soldiers to board the ship with them, and marched west against the river as soon as dawn.

There are nearly 20,000 main forces of soldiers and horses on the middle road, and they are still on their way to Jiangning. In the end, Haowenzhuang still decided that he and Tian Chang would return south together to join the main force of soldiers and horses on the middle road, and directly march west from the northern foot of Maoshan Mountain, and go straight to Nanling and Qingyang.

Luxury Feihu immediately took over the right flank of soldiers and horses, with Yu Wenshan and Luo Wenhu as deputy generals, to organize the attack on the imperial city.

Naturally, there will also be secret orders to be passed to Liyang and handed over to Zheng Mingjing, which will allow him to choose the opportunity to go west, but it will not be too urgent, and the left wing soldiers and horses will be needed to stay in Liyang to confuse the judgment of the Huaidong Army.

In addition, as long as Zheng Mingjing led his troops to block Liyang, the soldiers and horses of the Huaidong Army would not dare to spread their feet and run away. For the Luxury Flying Tiger, there are still seven to ten days left to attack the Imperial City.

Why does the luxury flying tiger want to be a lost dog? In seven to ten days, it is not impossible to capture the imperial city, no matter how you have to fight, it is worth fighting, and you also need to fight to confuse the judgment of the Huaidong army.

Jiangning City is a trap that the Zhejiang-Fujian army has to step into, and the nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses on the right flank of the Zhejiang-Fujian army are the bait that the Huaidong army can hardly refuse.

Hao Wenzhuang, Tian Chang, Su Tingzhan, Fang Zhenhe and others left one after another.

Luxury Feihu immediately arranged deployment with Yu Wenshan and Luo Wenhu, abandoned the camp outside the city that night, and the soldiers and horses on the right wing immediately entered the four cities and nine gates. The other eight gates each arranged two battalions of soldiers to guard the palace to suppress the rebels and mobs, and the main force of the right flank, more than 15,000 people, concentrated in the Donghua Gate, and launched an offensive against the imperial city, which was only 500 miles away from the Donghua Gate.

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The snowmelt weather, the road is wet and slippery, and the temperature in Hangzhou is not cold enough to freeze the muddy road all day long.

The supply of the Huaidong Army can be said to be more sufficient than that of the Imperial Camp Army, but the waterproof leather riding boots can only be popularized to the level of the commander of the capital, and the ordinary soldiers march in winter or tie the soles of cotton ropes to prevent slipping.

Over the years, Hangzhou and Huzhou have been busy with war, and the post road has been in disrepair for many years.

Often, thousands of people walk in front of them, and the road is not seen in the original appearance. It takes a lot of effort to pull out a foot in the mud, and the elite who can walk a hundred miles a day will be exhausted when they walk thirty or forty miles a day on this kind of road.

It was not until the afternoon of the 27th that the main force of the Huaidong Army marched to Deqing County, north of Hangzhou.

"Damn, I knew that it was better to let the Chongcheng army go to Chongzhou to repair and then go to Jiangning!" Lin Jian couldn't help but complain when he looked at such a bad road.

Because it was not advantageous for large sea ships to enter the Yangtze River in autumn and winter, the Second Water Battalion actually did not have extra warships to transport the Chongcheng Army infantry from the waterway west into Jiangning, so Lin Jian decided to let the Chongcheng Army go to Xiaoshan, meet with the main force of the Changshan Army and then go north.

The combination of soldiers is strong, and to prevent the Zhejiang-Fujian army from retreating to Huizhou, the real battle battlefield is likely to be in Guangde and Liyang, and the decision to let the Chongcheng army enter Xiaoshan to rest and recuperate is not wrong, but whoever encounters such a bad road will not be able to help complaining.

The post roads along both sides of the Yangtze River have always had to be repaired, and the situation is naturally much better than that in northern Zhejiang.

In addition, the banks of the Yangtze River are also colder, which also means that the road freezes for a longer time.

Chen Huawen led the horse, and when he heard Lin Lian's complaint, he didn't respond to anything, looking up into the distance, and couldn't see the end of the team.

The front of the army was already camped in the west of Guangde City, and they were still more than ten miles away from entering the camp to rest in the middle and rear of the entire team.

The news of the loss of Liyang, the destruction of the main force of the Hanghu Army, and the unknown life and death of Meng Yishan arrived in Hangzhou late at night on the 25th. After the loss of Liyang, the northern foot of Xiling was controlled by the rebels, and if you want to get news of Jiangning again, you have to go around a big circle from Danyang.

Lin Jian and Chen Huawen didn't know the situation of Jiangning City at this time, but the main force of the Zhejiang-Fujian army was moving north, and if it was calculated, there were also 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers and horses rushing to Jiangning City. But as long as the main forces on this side can't catch up, there is no possibility of a battle.

Lin Lian was also anxious in his heart: if the Zhejiang-Fujian army let Jiangning go and turned westward, Yue Lengqiu would block it; If the old fox of Haowenzhuang immediately retreated to the south, they would have to hurry up if they wanted to bite the tail of the Zhejiang-Fujian army in the north of Ningguo.

Zhang Gou and Chen Kuili did not lead their troops to attack Dongyang County until the 25th, and only after destroying 3,000 enemies did they force the remnants of the defenders to abandon their weapons and surrender.

Lin Jian was also able to let go of his worries about the rear line of eastern Zhejiang on the 25th, so he immediately ordered Chen Kuili to lead his troops to take over the defense of Dongyang County, Luoheshan Defense Village and Shengzhou, Zhang Gou led his troops north to Xiaoshan to rest, and the main forces of the Changshan Army and the Chongcheng Army also accelerated their northward advance from now on.

Chen Huawen also led 3,000 Haiyu soldiers and horses to accompany him.

The soldiers and horses marched with their own generals and colonels, and Chen Huawen accompanied him by Lin Bin's side.

Lin Jian saw that he was depressed, and thought that he was probably unhappy because the main force of the Hanghu Army was destroyed in Liyang, and it was difficult for the Chen family to have other choices.

There were more than a dozen horsemen galloping from the wheat fields on the left side of the post road, led by Tang Fuguan and Chen Yan, the deputy commander of the Chongcheng Army.

There was no strange feeling in front, and Tang Fuguan, Chen Yan and others were responsible for supervising the march of the army in the front, and when they saw them rushing over together, Song Fu, who was sitting in front of the carriage, looked uplifted, and said: "It should be that there is important news from Jiangning......

"These turtle sons are not addicted to fighting in Mindong, and they can't wait to rush to Jiangning to do a big job; I don't know if the luxury family can do what they want! Lin Jian smiled, reined in his horse, waited for Tang Fuguan to watch them gallop over, and asked, "What kind of message did you intercept in front?" ”

"The emperor abandoned Jiangning and fled west on the night of the 25th!" Tang Fuguan held in his hand the letter that had just been sent from Jiangning around Danyang, dismounted and said, "Mr. Gao has a secret letter from Jiangning!" ”

"!" Lin Lian subconsciously spit out a dirty word from the corner of his mouth, a shallow smile appeared at the corner of Song Fu's mouth, Zhou Pu and other generals showed their eyes, and Chen Huawen was stunned on the spot - Chen Xiang's hard work and the thousands of generals who died in Liyang At this moment, what is the meaning left? What is the significance of the Chen family's loyalty to the court and the emperor over the years?