The main force of the Great Chu Water Division was ambushed in the waters on the west side of Hongzepu, and the whole army was almost wiped out, and there were only 3,000 generals left in the Left Wuya Army, and the news that they abandoned the ship and landed on the east side of Zhongli City, and joined the horse infantry of the Right Shenwu Army who captured Zhongli City.

At that time, Li Puzheng, the Duke of Changguo, was sitting against Zheng Chang in the imperial history, looking at the snow outside the window and talking about the past and the present, as if he had been struck by lightning, looking at Chen Mingsheng and Li Chong's messengers sent from Zhongli in a dejected manner, it was hard to imagine that all this was true:

"How is that possible? How can it be? The main force of the naval division, the ship is strong and strong, how could it be so miserable, Gao Chengyuan, Fan Xiang's second general, more than 20,000 soldiers, is it possible that it is paper paste? ”

Zheng Chang was also shocked, but he was slightly more shocked than Li Pu, and said after a while:

"Maybe Gao Chengyuan and Fan Xiang were too careless, so they carelessly lost Jingzhou in Hongzepu and fell into the trap of the enemy, but Chen Mingsheng and Gao Long captured Zhongli, the situation is not too bad, the key is that we can no longer stay in Yangzhou."

"Yes, yes, we can't stay in Yangzhou......" Mr. Li said.

It was only three days since the main force of the Great Chu Water Division entered Hongzepu, and the news came that the whole army had suffered heavy losses, although Li Pu, the Duke of Changguo, did not know more specific details, but there were too many possibilities he could imagine at this time.

Even if Huaidong didn't know about the whole thing, even if the whole thing was not a conspiracy deployed by Huaidong and Anning Palace and Xu Mingzhen, after Huaidong knew the news that the main force of the Great Chu Water Division was destroyed in Hongzepu, would he send troops to detain them, or two words.

The only plan now is to rush before Wang Wenqian and Zhao Zhen know the news, and they will lead the 3,000 cavalry of the Right Shenwu Army to withdraw from Zhuyu Bay as soon as possible.

The main force of the naval division was destroyed, and the few remaining two or three thousand remnants of the army were also abandoned and landed on the west bank of Hongzepu, and it became meaningless for them to continue to stay in Zhuyu Bay to control the Hangou waterway.

Just after leaving Dogwood Bay, where should they go?

Along the west bank of Fanliang Lake, go to Zhongli, and meet the main force of the Right Shenwu Army led by Chen Mingsheng and the remnants of the Naval Division?

Or go straight back to Chuzhou City?

"Grandpa Guo should go back to Jinling at this time!" Wen Ruilin stepped forward and gritted his teeth and said.

Seeing that Wen Ruilin dared to stand up and speak at this time, Li Pu couldn't wait to kick him out of the window.

"Chen Mingsheng and Gao Longneng led the Right Shenwu Army to successfully capture Zhongli City, which is enough to prove that Grandpa Guo's analysis and judgment of the situation is not wrong, and the defeat of the Sailor to Hong Zepu may be too care......less, as Lord Zheng said," Wen Ruilin said.

Wen Ruilin's words, Li Pu loved to listen, and his first thought just now was the same, and after sitting back at the case with a little calm, he motioned for Wen Ruilin to continue.

"At this time, Chen Mingsheng led the main force of the right Shenwu army to guard the bell and leave the city, so that Li Xiu and Li Qi led the cavalry to Yandun Mountain as a response, but the grandfather of the country did not return to Jinling at this time, if the courtiers slandered him, the grandfather of the country would have no way to defend himself." Wen Ruilin ignored Li Pu's ugly face and said.

Li Pu was slightly stunned, but after thinking about Wen Ruilin's words, he also felt that this was the truth:

Shen Yang, Yang En and others had strongly opposed the main force of the Sailor Division entering Hongzepu to fight, and the news of the destruction of the Sailor Division was transmitted back to Jinling, and he himself was not there

Jinling, I don't know how Shen Yang and Yang En will splash all the feces and urine on his head.

If Your Majesty is moved by them and puts the responsibility for the destruction of the main force of the sailor on his head, when he returns to Beijing again, will he be reduced to a prisoner?

"Lord Zheng, shall I accompany you back to Jinling?" Li Pu looked at Zheng Chang and asked.

Zheng Chang nodded and agreed to go back to Jinling first.

He didn't know exactly what happened to cause the main force of the Navy Division to suffer heavy losses in Hongzepu, but since the Right Shenwu Army had successfully captured Zhongli, he also felt that the situation was not incorrigibly bad, and thought to himself, it would be better to go back to Jinling first and wait for further news before discussing the next strategy, rather than scurrying around like a fly without a head.

Besides, his feet are on Li Pu's body, and he, as the Emperor of the Imperial History, is not qualified to prevent Li Pu from returning to Jinling.

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Although yesterday there were a large number of corpses of naval generals floating to the east bank, so that Huaidong's soldiers and horses stationed on the east bank of Hongze East could see them, it was only before this afternoon that a small number of remnants of the defeated soldiers broke out of the encirclement and fled to the north of Dongyang County, bringing the news of the destruction of the main force of the Great Chu Naval Division to Huaidong.

Wang Wenqian learned the news of this in Yangzhou City a little later, but when he summoned Yin Peng, Zhao Zhen and other generals to the Assassin's Mansion, and then sent people to contact Li Pu, the Duke of Changguo, and Yu Shi Zhongcheng, there was already an eyeliner rushed back from Zhuyu Bay to report the news:

"Li Pu, the Duke of Changguo, and Zheng Chang, the Emperor of the Imperial History, led three thousand elites, and withdrew to the west of Hangou without saying goodbye!"

"He's so fast!" Wang Wenqian said with emotion.

He had the intention of detaining Li Pu and Zheng Chang, but after all, he didn't know much about what happened to the main force of the Great Chu Water Division in Hongzepu, and he didn't know what happened, let alone how the situation would develop next, so he dispelled the idea of acting rashly.

He didn't expect that Li Pu, the Duke of Changguo, and Zheng Chang, the Cheng of the Imperial History, would run faster than a rabbit.

Since Li Pu and Zheng Chang left in a hurry with the cavalry of the Right Shenwu Army, Wang Wenqian naturally asked Zhao Zhen to send troops and horses to take over the defense of Zhuyu Bay and other places.

No matter what happens, they will not be wrong to strengthen the defense in Yangzhou first, and then send scout scouts to rush to the coast of Hongzepu to reconnoitre.

The low hills and ridges at the northeast foot of the Wujian Mountains and the southwest corner of Hongzepu such as Yandun Mountain and Turtle Peak are more than 200 miles away from Yangzhou City.

Even if the scouts sent by Yangzhou did not hide their whereabouts and rushed directly to the horse, if they wanted to obtain further information on the southwest coast of Hongzepu, they would have to wait until dawn.

It's just that Wang Wenqian couldn't sleep after nightfall.

The soldiers and horses of the imperial court suffered heavy losses between the Jianghuai and the Huai, and not all of Huaidong gloated.

Shouzhou was forced by the imperial court soldiers and horses, and it was a foregone conclusion that Shouzhou would take refuge in the Liang State, and the main force of the Great Chu Water Division would be destroyed in Hongzepu.

Feng Yi rushed to Yangzhou City at noon the next day to see Wang Wenqian.

The main thing is that Li Xiu and Li Qi led the cavalry of the Right Shenwu Army to pass through the territory of Shiliang County last night afternoon, and rushed to Yandun Mountain and Turtle Top to meet Chen Mingsheng's department, and the passage to the south of Baihugang was under the supervision of the cavalry of the Right Shenwu Army.

Not wanting to cause unnecessary misunderstandings and killing, Feng Yu delayed until the early hours of the morning

Baihogang set off and rushed to Yangzhou.

Wang Wenqian had just received the latest information at this time, but the development of the situation west of Hongzepu only made Wang Wenqian even more puzzled, as if a fog covered his ears and eyes.

Feng Yi rushed over, and Wang Wenqian was not surprised.

Even if Wang Wenqian can't see through everything at this time, but the strength of the Chishan Army on the west bank of Fanliang Lake is still weak, and suddenly such a big change occurs, no one knows how the follow-up situation will develop.

Even if Feng Yi proposed that when the situation deteriorated further, the men and horses of the Chishan Army in Baihugang would retreat to Yangzhou, Wang Wenqian would not be surprised.

Of course, Wang Wenqian still has a question in his heart, and he also wants to meet Feng Yu in person to ask clearly.

That is, the Great Chu Water Division suffered a heavy blow in Hongzepu, and whether there was any participation of the Chishan Society.

The strength of the Chishan Society south of Hongzepu and west of Fanliang Lake seems to be weak, but if Han Qian had already colluded with Anning Palace, would the strength of the Chishan Society in Shiliang County still be the same as they had judged before?

Although Wang Wenqian had not found any clues of collusion with Shouzhou in Xuzhou before, the situation is now strange and unpredictable, and he cannot afford not to think about all possibilities.

Besides, Han Qian suddenly appeared in Zhuyu Bay to cooperate with them before, who could have guessed?

“…… Lord Wang was really joking, "Feng Yi was brought into the Assassin's Mansion, and when he heard Wang Wenqian meet, he directly questioned whether the main force of the Great Chu Naval Division was destroyed in Hongzepu, and whether Chishan would add fuel to the fire, and laughed loudly, "Didn't Lord Wang think that the Changguo Gongli Chen Imperial Court Naval Division rushed to attack Hongzepu, and it was also Xuzhou who was behind the scenes?" ”

"Before the defeat of the Sailor Division, the people and horses of the Red Mountain in Baihogang seem to be gathering?" Wang Wenqian was suspicious of Xuzhou, but it was not completely unfounded, he stared at Feng Yi suspiciously and asked, "Where is Han Qian at this time?" ”

"Could it be that before the defeat of the Sailor Division, he couldn't see the signs of his defeat?" Feng Yi asked rhetorically.

In any case, even if it is for the sake of the future wind discussion will not be too unfavorable to Xuzhou and Han Qian, Feng Yi and others will never admit to the outside world that Xuzhou has already guessed that Wen Ruilin has a problem.

Although Emperor Yanyou was in the plan, everything was rooted in his suspicion of Xuzhou and Han Qian, which caused the Great Chu Sailor to suffer this defeat, and Xuzhou did not need to bear any responsibility for this.

However, sometimes, people's hearts and winds are not reasonable.

No matter how doubted by the outside world, their unified statement was that when the main force of the imperial court sailors moved, they had already expected such a defeat, so the people and horses of the Red Mountain in Baihogang would gather unexpectedly to deal with possible changes, instead of evacuating and hiding their tracks.

Although the plotters are suspicious, Wang Wenqian is still too unbelievable to think about the possibility of Han Qian colluding with Anning Palace, and he can't see what benefits Han Qian can get from colluding with Anning Palace.

Of course, Feng Yi hinted that Han Qian had seen the signs of defeat of the sailor in advance, and Wang Wenqian did not believe it, he guessed that just like during the Jingxiang War, Han Qian persuaded Yang Yuanpu to defend Xichuan in advance, Xuzhou may have obtained some information in advance this time, but he had no intention of sharing it with Huaidong......

(End of chapter)