Huang Jinnian went out of the city with his order, escorted by the warships of the Jiangning Navy, entered Chaotiandang from Prison Island, joined Sun Wenbing, and sailed down the river, and at dawn in the waters of Tingzi Island on the border between Jiangning and Danyang, he met the Huaidong Navy, which was stationed there waiting for further news.

In the Tingzi Island River Basin, warships cross the river and sails cover the sky.

Except for a water battalion warship that entered Taihu Lake from Jiyang to join Zhang Jiheng, who had first entered Changxing County in northern Huzhou, the main force of the Jinghai Second Water Battalion and the main force of the Hailing Army, which was temporarily reorganized from the original Miaoshan marching camp army and the first brigade of the infantry army division, and more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, were all waiting in the river near Tingzi Island.

Although the navy also has soldiers, the surface combat is very different from land warfare.

In the battle on the side, the boat surface is narrow, and there is a risk of falling into the water, and the sailors mostly wear light armor, and the blades are mostly short weapons. When engaged, he did not pay attention to the array, but gave full play to the characteristics of the five-person formation of the Huaidong Army to the extreme.

Therefore, even if the soldiers of the Huaidong Water Battalion also landed and operated, most of them were subordinates and wing subordinates, and they were not used as the main force.

If it were to confront the elite infantry armor with the array on land, the sailors of the light armor and short blades would suffer too much.

Unlike Meng Yishan, who was anxious to lead his troops into Jiangning to fight for the first merit of King Qin, Lin Jian sent to Jiangning on the 17th in Songshuli, and stated that the Huaidong military reinforcements from the Yangtze River could enter the city to assist in the defense, and they could enter Chaotian to respond to other reinforcements, but they would not land in the hinterland south of Jiangning to participate in the battle.

Emperor Yongxing didn't dare to let the Hanghu army led by Meng Yishan enter Jiangning City, so how could he let Huaidong soldiers and horses enter the city? How to use this Huaidong reinforcement from the Yangtze River, Jiangning put it aside for several days without discussing it, and it has been delayed there.

It was not until the rebels successively captured Xuanzhou, Yangjiang, Lishui and other cities, approached Jiangning City from the right flank, which was no more than a hundred miles apart, and the Jiangning Navy was annihilated at Bailu Lake, that Emperor Yongxing thought that the Huaidong reinforcements coming from the Yangtze River, even if they did not land and fight, and entered the west side of Chaotiandang, they could also make the rebels on the right wing reined in, so he agreed to Huang Jinnian to come over with an order to supervise the division and urge him.

As a matter of fact, although the Huaidong reinforcement army stationed in the Tingzidao River area is mainly a naval army, it also has part of the First Brigade of the Sijin Navy and the Miaoshan Camp Army, and there are more than 5,000 soldiers who can land and fight.

However, this part of the armor is mainly intended to be used to guard Prison Island.

Prison Island is just outside the Donghua Gate of Jiangning, only five or six hundred steps away from the mouth of the Jinchuan River, as long as Huaidong grasps the Prison Island in his hands, he can force the luxury family not to besiege Jiangning City with all his might.

Fundamentally, Huaidong didn't want Jiangning City to be captured, and if Jiangning City was captured, even if it could be recaptured, it would be too painful.

Before Huang Jinnian came, he only knew that the Huaidong reinforcements from the Yangtze River were mainly composed of Ge Cunxin, the commander of the Jinghai Second Water Battalion, Zhao Hu, the commander of the Zhongjunjin Navy of the Infantry Division, and Yang Yihang, the commander of the Miaoshan Xingying Army, as the deputy generals, and Chen Enze, Hu Yu'er, and other generals.

When Huang Jinnian and Sun Wenbing landed on Tingzi Island, they knew that Gao Zongting, who had accompanied Lin Lian's southern expedition to eastern Fujian, had also rushed here yesterday afternoon.

Huang Jinnian and Gao Zongting have known each other for a long time, and spent the last half a year before the fall of Jinhai together, which can be regarded as old acquaintances, in the morning light, I saw Gao Zongting and Ge Cunxin and others go to the dock to greet each other, and asked: "Why are you willing to let Zongting come here?" ”

"Xiaoshan soldiers and horses borrowed the road from Hanghu to the north, there is Master Fu and Song Gong to conspire, from the side to assist the adults, and it is useless for the Zong Ting to stay there," Gao Zongting said with a smile, "The adults are afraid that the situation here is too complicated, so use me to make a staff ...... for Boss Ge."

"Mr. Gao is polite," Ge Cunxin said, "I am only responsible for commanding the battle, Lin Xiang went to Yue Lengqiu's army again, and Mr. Gao and Lord Huang have to make up their minds about other things......

Commanding the operation, Ge Cunxin, Yang Yihang, Zhao Hu and others will be competent, and after this reinforcement army approached Jiangning, the grim situation it faced was far from being as simple as a landing operation.

Fu Qinghe, Cao Ziang, Qin Chengzu and others all had something to do with them, and they couldn't leave, so Lin Jian asked Gao Zongting to come here on his behalf.

Huang Jinnian is familiar with Zhao Hu, Yang Yihang, Chen Enze and others, but Hu Yu'er led the remnants to join Huaidong after the fall of the Dengzhou Naval Division, and his face is a little raw.

Landing on Tingzi Island, Huang Jinnian and Sun Wenbing told Gao Zongting about some of the situation in Jiangning City.

Gao Zongting was from the east bank of Taihu Lake, from Pingjiang Mansion to the north, came to meet Ge Cunxin, and walked on the road for two days. In addition, Xiaoshan's side learned the news of Jiangning too late, and what Gao Zongting knew was the situation in Jiangning before the Hanghu Army was besieged in Liyang on the 17th.

Although only six days have passed, in the past six days, the situation has changed rapidly, and the use of troops against Jiangzhou by Extravagant Feixiong is the latest situation.

Before Yue Lengqiu's messenger arrived in Jiangning, Huang Jinnian had already left Jiangning, and it was only after arriving at Tingzi Island that he learned about Dongting Lake's Dakou Yang Xiong and Hao Feixiong's joint army to fight Jiangzhou.

Huang Jinnian said with emotion: "My lord is really clever, fortunately, Lin Xiang has gone to Chizhou, and he can probably persuade Yue Lengqiu to continue to lead his troops eastward." ”

Extravagant flying bears encircled Jiangzhou, and Huaidong had expected it.

Compared with Jiangning, the luxury family is more eager to get Jiangzhou, so that they can completely occupy the entire Poyang Lake Plain for recuperation. The soldiers pointed directly at Jiangning, luring Yue Lengqiu out of Jiangzhou to aid the east, which was only the first step for the luxury family to take. Yue Lengqiu had to help Jiangning again, if the surroundings of Jiangning were disabled, Jiangzhou would also become a source of water and a tree without roots.

As long as Jiangning can be kept and Jiangzhou's soldiers and horses will not be damaged, even if Jiangzhou is lost, Yue Lengqiu will still be able to slowly fight back from Chizhou to the west.

Since Lin Xuwen went west, Gao Zongting was not worried about what would happen to Yue Lengqiu, and asked Huang Jinnian with a frown: "There are officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate who invited the emperor to visit Huaixi, can you know who is behind the scenes?" ”

"At first, we suspected that Yu Xinyuan was making trouble behind, but Yu Xinyuan was the first to stand up and denounce him for demagoguery, and asked the emperor to degrade him to the people and never hire him," Huang Jinnian said, "The emperor summoned that person to the court, reprimanded him in public, and punished him with a court staff...... This incident did not cause any waves. ”

"I'm afraid this is just the beginning," Gao Zongting shook his head and said, "I'm afraid the whole thing is not so simple......

The psychological defense line always collapses step by step, thinking that Emperor Chongguan used Li Zhuo out of Jibei to get out of Jibei, and he was full of trust in Li Zhuo, and the early impeachment of Li Zhuo was all severely rejected by Emperor Chongguan, but what was the final result?

Now the Hanghu army is still holding on to Liyang, the right wing of the luxury family is blocked by heavy snow, and it is not allowed to enter the north to besiege the city for a hundred miles from Jiangning, and Emperor Yongxing still has the determination to defend the city and wait for help.

Now the main force of Huaidong soldiers and horses is also given to the heavy snow to block Xiaoshan from going north, once the Hanghu army is annihilated in Liyang, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the luxury family are pouring into Jiangning City like a tide, does Emperor Yongxing still have the determination to live and die with Jiangning City?

Moreover, the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate asked Emperor Yongxing to patrol Huaixi to avoid the war, even if Yu Xinyuan was innocent, this matter also revealed a lot of strange things - it is a pity that Du Rong finally had an old affection for the luxury family and refused to take charge of Huaidong, so Huaidong could not pull out the hidden stakes of the luxury family in Jiangning.

Gao Zongting thought for a moment and said: "The water camp is going slowly against the current, and Lord Huang stays in the army as a staff officer; I'll go to Prison Island first, so I don't have to deal with any situation that I can't ......."

The warships of the second water battalion were mainly sea-going ships, with many sails and masts and few oars, and they sailed very fast on the vast and windy sea. However, after entering the relatively narrow waterway of the Yangtze River in winter, sea vessels will not be able to give full play to their advantages.

The "Lin Zhengjun class" sea ship has a carrying capacity of more than 20,000 stones, and there is no oar.

Even if there is wind, such a large ship is extremely slow in the narrow river channel; If there is no wind, it is a fixed target for enemy ships to attack with fire, so it is extremely unsuitable for water battles in narrow waters. The four Lin Zhengjun-class warships of the Second Water Battalion were all left in Chongzhou and did not go west with the army to aid Jiangning.

Ge Cunxin's westward aid to Jiangning this time was mainly composed of more than 40 Jiyun-class warships, supplemented by a large number of small and medium-sized warships. Even so, the entire fleet was still extremely slow to swim upstream.

"Is Mr. Gao worried that the emperor may give up Jiangning and go to Huaixi?" Huang Jinnian asked.

"As long as someone makes the emperor feel that Jiang Ning can't hold it, it's not impossible to go to Huaixi!" Gao Zongting said, "Even if the emperor insists to the end, if the weather in the south does not improve, and the Huaidong soldiers and horses will not be able to enter the periphery due to heavy snow, Yue Lengqiu will not rush to the east in order to preserve his strength." As long as the luxury family begins to organize the siege of the city, it is difficult to predict how the Jiangning defenders will behave at the bottom! ”

Huang Jinnian also participated in the battle of Jinhai back then, but he could know the cruelty and fierceness of the offensive and defensive battles.

The Tianjin navy is strong enough, and for more than half a year, it still gave Yan Lu to break through the outer walled cities one by one. The offensive and defensive battles for more than half a year were accompanied by repeated battles for a section of the city wall or a key point, and even when the enemy army attacked, there was also the determination to fight street battles. At that time, the Tianjin navy was expanded to more than 20,000 people, and less than half of them were eventually withdrawn.

The danger of the city lies in the hearts of the people, the guards have no experience in defending the city, and the guards do not have the will to live and die with the city, even if the Jiangning city wall is as high as five or six zhang, for the enemy, it is only an obstacle to attacking the city.

Jiangning City is not counted as the side of the river, and there are more than 30 miles in the east, south, and west, and it is impossible for the luxury family to encircle Jiangning City and attack it again, and it is more likely to concentrate troops to attack one side.

In this case, if the Huaidong army is to defend, it can be held with its eyes closed, and it will even take the initiative to lure the soldiers and horses of the luxury family into the city to fight street battles, but the soldiers and horses of the imperial camp army are afraid that if the enemy army climbs the city, it is likely to lose the will to continue fighting.

The many bad performances of the imperial camp army in Huizhou and Yuling Pass are completely the responsibility of Xie Chaozhong alone?

Once the city is unstable, whether Emperor Yongxing stands up to boost morale, or escapes from the city without a gap in the encirclement, Huang Jinnian prefers the latter.

"If the emperor crosses the river to Huaixi, what should I do?" Huang Jinnian couldn't help but worry, once Emperor Yongxing abandoned Jiangning and left, Jiangning would naturally not be able to hold it, and Emperor Yongxing fell into the hands of Dong Yuan, and the one who could coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes was no longer Huaidong, but Dong Yuan.

"It's hard to say anything at the moment," Gao Zongting said, "I'd better go to Prison Island first, if something happens, it's still too late to deal with it." ”

Huang Jinnian knew what Gao Zongting's subtext was, and thought to himself that Lin Jian was afraid that he had authorized Gao Zongting to send troops to intercept Emperor Yongxing at a critical moment, otherwise what else would be the situation that Ge Cunxin could not deal with, and Lin Jian must send Gao Zongting over to take charge? And this kind of thing, you can't tell Lin Ting Liming in the letter, you must send a weighty person to come over and improvise.

Huaidong Water Camp and Dongyang Mansion Army jointly intercepted the road, and it was difficult for Emperor Yongxing to go to Huaixi.

Huang Jinnian wanted to go to Prison Island with Gao Zongting first, but when he arrived on Prison Island, he had to go back to the city first to reply to his will, and whether he could go out of the city again would be left to fate.