With the threatening letter sent by Master Sheng, the opinions of Huzhou's side finally began to unify, and the next question was how many people should be sent to save Jiaxing, and who should lead the troops to rescue. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Huzhou garrison originally had 20,000 people, but last time they sent Gao Wei and Tu Huanzhi to lead an army of 8,000 people to rescue Hangzhou and were ambushed and defeated in Lingyin Mountain. Today, the Huzhou garrison has only more than 13,000 people; The Huainan army that attacked Jiaxing had an army of 15,000.

If the Huzhou army that went to rescue Jiaxing was small, it might not succeed in the rescue but be defeated by Yang Wu; But if more people are sent to the rescue, the defenders of Huzhou will be insufficient, and once the other party sends troops from Shengzhou and other places to besiege Huzhou, Huzhou itself will be in danger.

Therefore, how many troops to send to rescue Jiaxing is a question, and Gao Yan must decide carefully.

After some deliberation, Gao Yan finally decided to take the risk of sending 10,000 troops to rescue Jiaxing, and he only took the remaining 3,000 people to stay in Huzhou.

Even if 10,000 people can't defeat Yang Wu, plus the 3,000 people in Jiaxing City, it is enough to confront Yang Wu for a while. And the 3,000 people left behind by Gao Yan were enough to hold Huzhou for a period of time even in the face of the enemy siege. So this plan was finally approved by everyone.

But then on the question of who would lead the troops, Gao Yan had difficulty making up his mind. After all, in the previous battle of Lingyin Mountain, almost all the generals who were good at fighting in the Huzhou garrison were killed, and now the remaining three commanders Xu Jun, Shen Xingsi and Zhu Xingxian were all promoted by the capital in a hurry.

If these three people talk about qualifications, Xu Jun and Shen Xingsi have higher qualifications than Zhu Xingxian; In terms of positions, all three of them have just been promoted from the head of the capital to the commander; But when it comes to ability, although Xu Jun and Shen Xingsi are brave, they are too cautious, Gao Yan is worried that if they are used as commanders, they may risk fighting with Yang Wu, but Zhu Xingxian is much more cautious, it is the commander who needs at this time.

Therefore, after a little consideration, Gao Yan decided to let Zhu Xing command the troops first, hoping that he would successfully complete this mission after successfully leading the remnants back to Huzhou.

"General Zhu, there are many enemy soldiers and few of our troops, so after you lead the army to Jiaxing, don't be busy breaking the siege first, defend yourself first, and then look for an opportunity to defeat the enemy army. Your 10,000 people are already the last troops that our Huzhou can mobilize, and we must act cautiously! ”

"The last general understands!" Zhu Xingxian replied solemnly.

"Also, although you have to be cautious, don't hesitate if you see the fighter, it's best to defeat the Huainan Army in one fell swoop, I'm sure you will be able to complete this task?" Gao Yan patted Zhu Xingxian's shoulder and looked at him with burning eyes.

After all, Zhu Xingxian had just been promoted from Dutou to commander, and now he was about to take on such a heavy responsibility, he couldn't help but feel a little heavy, and he could only say in the face of Gao Yan's gaze: "The last general will definitely try his best to complete the task assigned by the adult!" ”

Gao Yan was a little disappointed, but he also knew that this requirement was a bit high, and Zhu Xingxian couldn't guarantee him anything, so he smiled and said: "Don't be so heavy, maybe Yang Wu is young and vigorous, revealing flaws, and then you may defeat Yang Wu's army in one fell swoop." Moreover, after the army went out to Jiaxing, there were too few defenders on Huzhou's side after all, if you didn't have the certainty of defeating the enemy, then try to delay the time, at least help Jiaxing hold on for a month! In a month, you will have to find a way to withdraw to Huzhou.! ”

Zhu Xingxian was sure of delaying the Huainan Army for a period of time, and immediately replied loudly: "The last general will guarantee the completion of the task!" ”

Gao Yan nodded, smiled and waved his hand to let him go down and prepare to send troops.

On the 22nd, when Yang Wu led the army to arrive outside the city of Jiaxing, the city had already closed its gates and waited for the arrival of the Huainan army.

It was still the old rule, Yang Wu first asked the army to build a walled city, dig a trench, prepare for defense, and then try to cut off Jiaxing's contact with the outside world.

However, the next day, the news that Huzhou sent troops to rescue Jiaxing came quickly.

"What? Huzhou actually sent troops so quickly this time? ”

Originally, according to Yang Xingmi's deployment, Yang Wu should first capture Jiaxing, and then go west to Huzhou, and then Guangling will send another army directly south from the direction of Shengzhou to join Yang Wu to attack Huzhou. But things are clearly changing.

During the last siege of Suzhou, Huzhou did not send a single soldier of reinforcements from beginning to end, and before this attack on Jiaxing, Yang Wu thought that Huzhou would also not exclude reinforcements. But then he reacted, Gao Yan must have been worried that he would continue to attack Hangzhou south after occupying Jiaxing, so he sent troops to rescue Jiaxing so quickly.

"Who is the leader of the army? How many enemy troops are there? ”

"The general who led the troops was called Zhu Xingxian, who used to be the head of the capital, because after the defeat of Lingyin Mountain, he led the remnants back to Huzhou, which was valued by Gao Yan and promoted to commander. As for the strength of the enemy army, it should be around 10,000 people. ”

"How fast is the enemy marching? Can the formation be tight? How's the morale? ”

"They began to walk very fast, but when they were fifty miles away from us they suddenly slowed down, and now they were moving slowly, in a tight formation, and the soldiers seemed to be in high spirits and ready to fight at any time."

Yang Wu couldn't help but be a little disappointed, in the current situation, the best way is naturally to defeat Zhu Xingxian's reinforcements first, and when the reinforcements have been defeated, the Jiaxing defenders may surrender without a fight.

But Zhu Xingxian was cautious and did not give him a chance to raid. Moreover, the morale of the enemy army was high, and there were 10,000 people; Although he has 15,000 people, he must set aside a part to contain the defenders in the city, and the forces that can really fight with Zhu Xingxian are not very advantageous, and a large number of Suzhou troops have been incorporated into his command, and his morale and combat effectiveness will definitely decline. If he rashly fought with Zhu Xing first, he might be defeated by the other party.

Immediately, Yang Wu thought of another question, "There are a total of 13,000 defenders in Huzhou, and now the enemy army has sent tens of thousands of people to relieve the siege, which means that only about 3,000 people remain in Huzhou." ”

Thinking of this, Yang Wu's eyes couldn't help but light up. It is definitely not enough to leave only 3,000 people to hold a big city like Huzhou, maybe it should be done by Guangling?

"There are 10,000 people sent by the enemy to rescue Jiaxing this time, and if they attack head-on, even if they can defeat the other party, the loss will not be small; And if you avoid his edge first, confront Zhu Xingxian for a while, and at the same time send people to besiege Huzhou, so that Zhu Xingxian will definitely withdraw his troops back, and I can take advantage of the opportunity of his withdrawal to launch an attack, isn't it safer? ”

Hangzhou has now become a quagmire completely, and Tian Yan and Qian Biao are fighting endlessly there, and they are afraid that they will not be able to tell the winner for a while. So I have enough time to attack Huzhou, and I am not in a hurry at this time.

"Order, let Zhang Kezong lead his troops to contain the defenders of Jiaxing, and the general will lead an army of 10,000 to intercept enemy reinforcements!" After thinking for a while, Yang Wu ordered, and then quickly wrote a letter asking for help for the messenger to take to Guangling.

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