Dusanjin is located in the middle reaches of the Gusu River, in the early years it was an extremely important ferry port in the east of Gwangju, the post road extending from Nasan Fortress to the east, after crossing the Gushui River through Dusanjin, there are two branches, one to the northeast of Hwangcheon Fortress, and the other to the southeast of Le'an County.

Subsequently, in order to strengthen the control of the central and western regions of Gwangju, Xu Mingzhen added a post village and built a pontoon bridge in Dusanjin, and the importance of Dusanjin became more prominent.

Even the Xiangbei Prefecture could not have known the exact timing of the rebellion of the Mengwu and Zhu Rang and Liang Shixiong, but since it was determined that the annihilation of the defenders of Wenbo and Luoshan would be the core goal of their offensive, Li Xiu advocated that the occupation of Dushanjin should be given priority.

Although before the news of the drastic changes in Heshuo and the chaos in Liangguo came, the division of troops to seize Dushanjin was very likely to be actively and fiercely attacked by the Shouzhou army on both sides of Gushui, but if you want to cut off the eastward escape channel of the Luoshan defenders in time, this risk must be taken.

On March 1, almost when Li Zhihe and Zhou Shuqin led the main force of the Zuo Longque Army and the Zuo Wuwei Army to attack Luoshan City, Li Xiu and Li Qi led 3,000 horse infantry directly to the east of Luoshan City, and took advantage of the night to storm Dushan Station, which was only less than 200 guards.

Li Xiu and Li Qi were also prepared to attack from both flanks after the Shouzhou army was assembled, and in order to ensure that the troops could be used in the area on the east bank of the Gushui River in the future, they did not even set fire to the Dushan pontoon bridge.

In the next two days, Li Xiu and Li Qi did not see the Shouzhou army on the east bank of the Gushui River assembled—on the west bank of the Gushui River, Luoshan and other cities were garrisoned, and they had to deal with the advance of the main forces of the Zuo Longque Army and the Zuowu Guard Army, and it was impossible to act rashly before the soldiers and horses on the east bank gathered reinforcements - it was not until after the night of March 3 that the scouts who infiltrated the territory of Haozhou brought back the news that the Hejin army had suddenly withdrawn from Haozhou and crossed the Huai to the north.

At this time, even though Li Zhihe, Li Xiu and others did not know what channel Chen Kun used to assassinate Haozhou, they were sure that he had already known in advance the news that Liang Hewang Zhu Rang and Liang Shixiong were about to collude with the Mugwu people to rebel.

At this moment, Wen Bo and the Luoshan defenders were still in the dark, and Li Zhihe had no time to speculate what action Han Qian would take, so he personally led the Zuo Longque Army and the Zuowu Guards to boldly penetrate the north and northeast sides of Luoshan City, completely cutting off the passage for the Luoshan defenders to cross the Gushui River to the east and retreat north to the Huai River.

It was not until 6 March that Li Xiu learned for sure that as early as the eve of the northward withdrawal of the Hejin Army, Han Qian urgently transferred the Tangyi Army on the Eastern Front to assemble at Daishanzhai at the northwest foot of Wujian Mountain.

Xiangshan got the news a few days later than Huaidong, and it was not that the Weaving Bureau and the Privy Council under the chairmanship of Xu Jing had no eyeliner lurking in Tangyi.

The key point is that the main area of Huaiyang Mountain west of Tangyi is under the control of the Tangyi army, and after receiving the news, they did not dare to directly pass through the enemy-occupied area in the north of Huaiyang Mountain, but first retreated to the north bank of the Yangtze River, and then found a ferry to go up the river until they landed in Huangzhou, and then took a fast horse along the post road at the western foot of Huaiyang Mountain to Lishan County, crossed Jiuli Pass, and sent the news to them.

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Dushanjin as a land and water important jin, although not as prosperous as Anfeng Village, but the town port along the Gushui River on both sides of the river also stretches for two miles.

Under the continuous spring rain, the houses are lined up one after another, and the stone street with a history of hundreds of years has unconsciously climbed into the corner.

Thousands of soldiers and horses were stationed, and the horses roared and neighed after nightfall, making people's hearts become impetuous and uneasy on such a rainy night.

The ancestral hall of the Song family is located in the west of the town, and the courtyard of the three entrances is built against the Dushan Ridge that stretches for three or four miles, which is quite magnificent, and is used by Li Xiuzheng as a tooth tent at this time.

More than a dozen fast horses came in the rain, and they didn't hold the reins until the front of the ancestral hall, and through the dim light of the rain curtain through the air death wind lamp, Li Zhihe turned over and dismounted, his face was resolute and serious.

Seeing that Li Xiu, Li Mo, Xu Jing, Chun Shisanniang and others all came out to greet him, he took off the rain and handed it to the guards behind him, regardless of the fact that his robe was soaked by the rain, and said, "Let's go first." ”

"At present, it is known that the Tangyi Left Army had already moved one step ahead of the Hejin Army. Before that, there were dozens of fast horses, which should have galloped out of the Wujinling camp under Han Qian's order, along the northern foot of Zipeng Mountain and the northern area of Chaozhou, and galloped non-stop for more than 400 miles into Huailing City. It is very likely that Han Qian learned the news of Zhu Rang and Liang Shixiong's rebellion earlier, and sent someone to inform the assassin of Haozhou - but I don't know why he trusted Chen Kun, so that Chen Kun decided to withdraw his troops from Haozhou that night, and made the Tangyi army capture the entire territory of Haozhou without blood! Li Xiu welcomed Li Zhihe into the hospital while further reporting more detailed information.

"When the main force of the Wuya Water Division was destroyed in Hongzepu, some people said that Han Qian secretly communicated with Liang Guo, no one believed it before, and blindly put the blame for the defeat on the head of the grandfather of the country, at this time, I am afraid that many people will be speechless, right?" Xu Jing said compassionately.

Xu Jing was the chief of secretly collecting intelligence in the late Red Mansion in his early years, and surfaced when he seized Lishui City, and served as an official under Li Pu, after Emperor Yanyou ascended the throne, the Marquis of Xinchang and the Late Red Mansion were divided into two veins, and Xu Jing followed Li Pu to enter the Privy Council.

When the main force of the Right Shenwu Army was destroyed in Zhongli, he, as the head of the department, was also in Zhongli City at that time, and finally escaped and returned to Jinling.

As the head of the Privy Council, although he has the responsibility of collecting military information, but the main force of the Navy Division and the Right Shenwu Army was destroyed, he did not need to be responsible as a subordinate, and then he had the opportunity to regain allegiance to the Late Red Mansion, and at this time he was still the head of the Privy Council.

It's just that the Privy Council is the Shouwang Yang Zhitang and Zhou Bingwu as the privy envoys and deputy envoys, and the staff is no longer Xu Jing's one-handed cover.

However, when it comes to resentment towards Han Qian, Xu Jing will definitely not be a little less than others.

"Let's not mention this for the time being," Li Zhihe interrupted Xu Jing's groundless speculation and asked, "Have you sent someone to find the water ......?"

"When we landed in Huangzhou, we had already sent fast horses to Chenzhou, but it is difficult to say whether we could catch up with it." Chun Thirteen Niang said.

Yao Xishui personally sailed to Chenzhou half a month ago, the purpose of which was to instigate the hostile forces of the big surnames in Xuzhou at the southern foot of Wuling Mountain, and stir up something along the Ruan River to attract the attention of the Tangyi army, so that when the news of the Liang State Rebellion reached the southern front, Han Qian was not in a hurry to take over Huozhou, Shouzhou, and the southern region of Haozhou.

It's just that who would have thought that Han Qian would not only learn about the drastic changes in the situation in Heshuo much earlier than they imagined, but even directly persuade the Hejin army to take the initiative to cede Haozhou?

At present, the Tangyi Left Army has not only taken the entire territory of Haozhou without bloodshed, but Kong Xirong has even led 8,000 soldiers and horses to kill the northern slope of Huaiyang Mountain.

They have also received definite information that after Kong Xirong's 8,000 troops and horses left the northern slope of Huaiyang Mountain, at dusk today, they completed the assembly in the valley on the east bank of the Pengwan River, a tributary of the upper reaches of the Huang River, 60 miles east of Dushanjin, and the troops were directed at Le'an City on the west bank of the Huang River and Gwangju Prefecture in the lower reaches of the Huang River.

Chun Thirteen Niang also had no time to guess why Han Qian could know the news of the Heshuo upheaval and Zhu Rang and Liang Shixiong's rebellion earlier than them, and was even more worried about whether Yao Xishui could get the news in time to stop at the southern foot of Wuling Mountain.

If Yao Xishui really instigated the big surname forces hostile to Xuzhou to do something in the southwest, not only could he no longer contain the attention of the Tangyi army, but it was very likely that he would give people a handle, so that Han Qian would have an excuse to further attack the big surname forces at the southern foot of Wuling Mountain.

Seeing that the Spring Thirteen Niang had already done what they had to do, Li Zhihe no longer had to worry about the consequences of the follow-up, walked into the hall of the ancestral hall, and by the light of the light, his eyes were fixed on the topographic map of Huaixi that had already been spread out on the long case.

Seeing that Li Zhihe was silent, Li Xiu first said his speculation:

Chen Kun led the Hejin army to withdraw from Haozhou, and from the reaction of the Shouzhou army in the past few days, it can be seen that Xu Mingzhen was also caught off guard, it can be seen that Chen Kun did not inform Xu Mingzhen, and he was prepared to guard against Xu Mingzhen's possible defection to the rebels - however, the Hejin army and the Caizhou army have already galloped north to help, and their forward soldiers and horses may arrive under Bianjing, so there is no need for Chen Kun and Han Yuanqi to continue to hide from Xu Mingzhen. No matter what, they still have to win over the Shouzhou army as much as possible. Xu Mingzhen's reaction may only be two, one is that Xu Mingzhen may hesitate, and may choose to stand still and wait and see the situation for a period of time before staying. This is the most beneficial for us, Kong Xirong's troops do not have the combat effectiveness to attack the city, we will have time to complete the siege of Luoshan City, divide the troops to Le'an, Huangchuan, even if the time comes to join forces with Kong Xirong's troops to take Le'an, Huangchuan and other counties, we can also divide the results of the battle in the future. Of course, Xu Mingzhen may decisively abandon the city far away from the south bank of the Huai River, and shrink the soldiers and horses to Huoqiu, Shouchun and other cities near the Huai River as soon as possible. In that case, Kong Xirong will take over Le'an, Huangchuan and other places before us without blood, and block our passage to the east to receive the results of the battle......"

"In your opinion, what choice is Xu Mingzhen more likely to make?" Li Zhihe raised his head and asked Li Xiu.

"In my opinion, if Xu Mingzhen confirms that Zhu Rang and Liang Shixiong colluded with the Mughurs to rebel, he should be able to think that no matter how optimistic the chaos in Liang is, it will not be able to subside within three or five months, and if he does not decisively shrink his troops and horses, he will only lose his troops and generals, and he will be able to fold his last bit of old capital," Li Xiu said, "We may focus on how to keep Wen Bo and the Luoshan defenders behind." ”

"Why don't you just divide your troops to Le'an and Huangchuan now?" Xu Jing questioned, "Kong Xirong's troops are all foot soldiers, and we have three or four thousand horse infantry troops, and we will definitely be able to reach Le'an and Huangchuan before them." ”

Li Zhihe shook his head and said: "Wen Bo is not a weak general, we have limited soldiers and horses in the east of Luoshan, at this time, we will divide our troops to fight for Le'an and Huangchuan, so that Wen Bo can see the opportunity to break through, I am afraid that we will lose all the games - we will not think about anything else, let's make sure to take Luoshan City down first......"