Compared with the relaxed atmosphere of Guangling, the atmosphere of Hangzhou is extremely dignified. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Before the defeat of Deqing, the news from Huzhou was still victorious, and the people rejoiced, thinking that a big victory was just around the corner; But he didn't expect the situation to change dramatically in an instant, and the news of the annihilation of Qian Biao's army suddenly came from the front line, and even Qian Biao himself didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

Then, news came that the Huainan army marched south after defeating the main forces of the two Zhejiang armies, and captured Hangzhou in one fell swoop and eliminated Qian Biao.

This news immediately plunged the people of Hangzhou into a huge panic, and Yang Wu, the son of King Wu who led the Huainan army to the south, was rumored to be a monster with six hands and three heads, feeding on children all day long.

Fortunately, the chaos of the people did not last long, whether it was Qian Chuanying or Qian Chuanqian who stayed in Hangzhou, they were excellent and capable people, and they issued martial law at the first time, not only the people in the city were not allowed to walk at will, but the city gate was tightly sealed, and the entire Hangzhou was not allowed to go out, and anyone who wanted to go out of the city must have a warrant issued by the Yue Wangfu.

After Qian Biao returned, martial law was further strengthened, and at the same time, a large-scale investigation was carried out in the city, and all people from places controlled by Huainan were expelled from the city, so as not to be mixed with Huainan's meticulous work.

The troops mobilized from Mingzhou, Taizhou and other four prefectures also arrived in Hangzhou soon after, and desperately strengthened the city defenses outside Hangzhou.

Regarding this decision to abandon the periphery and concentrate troops to defend Hangzhou and Yuezhou, Qian Biao did not feel inappropriate, but praised the performance of his two sons.

Up to now, although the Huainan army has not yet arrived under the city, the defenders in the city have more than 20,000, which is enough to rely on the strong city wall to hold on.

However, there were only more than 8,000 defenders on the Yuezhou side, which made Qian Biao a little worried, and he was even ready to give up Yuezhou and concentrate all his forces to defend Hangzhou.

Fortunately, Luo Yin spoke out to dissuade him at a critical time, Hangzhou and Yuezhou are very close to each other, they can support each other, and they can contain the strength of the Huainan army, if such an important place is easily abandoned, then Hangzhou will really become a lonely city, even if there are more defenders, how long can it last?

In mid-October, when Yang Wu personally led an army of 40,000 to Hangzhou, he found that it had completely become a huge barracks.

All the houses outside the city near the city wall have been demolished, and the trees in the nearby five miles have been cut down and transported back to the city, in order to hoard more stones and rolling logs to make horses and deer to defend the city; The second is to prevent the Huainan army from using these to make siege equipment.

The city wall was heightened, the moat was temporarily widened, and the defenders dug two more trenches outside the city, which were just within the range of the archers on the city wall.

Looking into the city from the heights, the streets of Hangzhou are full of patrolling soldiers, and many of the crowded streets have been cleared to facilitate the rapid transfer of troops in wartime; There were also a large number of people in the open field who were being trained, apparently improvised.

In addition, in addition to the dense arrow towers on the city wall of Hangzhou, hundreds of Suzhou cannons were also erected, apparently intending to use artillery against artillery when the Huainan army attacked the city with Suzhou artillery to block the offensive of the Huainan army.

Looking at this well-guarded city, Yang Wu couldn't help but smile bitterly, Hangzhou City was originally a strong city, and it was reinforced by Qian Biao like this, it was not at all something that he could capture with only 40,000 troops, at least there was no long-term siege, so he didn't want to capture this city.

"Your Highness, can we really capture such a strong city in the future? It's just that it can be defeated, how many lives do you have to fill it! Wang Maozhang couldn't help but gasp, and this brave general also had a hint of fear in his heart at this time.

"yes, let's take down the other cities first! Muzhou and Wuzhou, these do not have many troops to defend, and they can be easily defeated. On the side, Qin Pei also made suggestions.

Yang Wu nodded, "Build a camp first, strengthen the defense, and then cut off the surrounding roads to trap the enemy army in the city as much as possible!" ”

Two days later, the initial defense was established, and Yang Wu ordered Wang Maozhang to lead 20,000 men to the south to attack Muzhou and Wuzhou, while he himself led the rest of the troops to contain the two Zhejiang armies in the city.

The defenders of Muzhou and Wuzhou were very few, and they were powerless to resist in the face of Wang Maozhang's attack, and Muzhou City chose to surrender when the Huainan army approached the city.

Although Wuzhou insisted on resisting at the beginning, Shen Xia, the assassin of Wuzhou, usually levied violently in the local area, and was unpopular, but when the Huainan army arrived, the people took the initiative to resist and opened the city to welcome the Huainan army into the city.

Yang Wu immediately ordered all the big families in these two places to be forcibly relocated to Shengzhou, this in order to increase the strength of Shengzhou and prepare for the future relocation of the capital to Shengzhou; The second is to clear the local powerful forces, so that the Huainan army can control the two places as soon as possible.

After conquering these two states, Wang Maozhang rested for two days and then continued to advance eastward, aiming directly at the two prefectures and Taizhou.

Although Mingzhou and Taizhou were not the core areas of Qian Biao's rule, the locals did not welcome the arrival of the Huainan army, and even resolutely resisted under the leadership of the assassins of the two places.

In late October, Wang Maozhang failed in attacking Taizhou, and there were signs that Shi Luyo, the assassin of Chuzhou, had raised troops to attack Wuzhou and cut off the back road of the Huainan army, so he had to temporarily retreat to Wuzhou to rest.

During this period, Chen Zhang, who was previously sent by Yang Wu to relieve the siege of Shezhou, brought an unexpected surprise.

In early October, Chen Zhang obeyed Yang Wu's military orders, but instead of directly leading the 5,000-strong army north to Shezhou, he chose to take a detour.

He first led the army to detour through Muzhou, and then entered from the north of Shezhou, along the way the flag covered the sky, mighty, and the general flag was also the general flag of Yang Wu and Wang Maozhang.

Zhong Kuangshi and Zhong Yangui originally heard that Yang Wu had annihilated Qian Biao's army in the first battle of Deqing, but they were already frightened, and they wanted to withdraw in hesitation, but they were afraid of losing face. At this time, when he heard that the Huainan army was coming to help, he thought that Yang Wu had turned his head to deal with them after defeating Qian Biao, and he was flustered and at a loss.

Chen Zhang took the opportunity to lead a thousand elite soldiers to launch a fierce attack, coupled with the fact that Chen Zhixin led his troops out of the city and attacked inside and outside, and the Jiangxi army was defeated and fled.

Chen Zhang and Chen Zhixin followed the pursuit and did not stop until they reached the territory of Raozhou. In this battle, countless victories were taken, and nearly 20,000 people were captured by the prisoners alone, and the Jiangxi soldiers were terrified.

The victory in this battle made Yang Wu also have to sigh, this Chen Zhang's ability to lead the army to fight is really good, if he was born more than ten years earlier, maybe he can really rise to become a force.

In fact, there is a person in Huainan today who is similar to Chen Zhang, who is also an outsider, with strong ability and great ambition, and this person is Zhu Jin. It's just that in addition to the above three points, Zhu Jin also has a huge reputation, so Yang Wu didn't dare to trust him, so he could only offer it, but he didn't have such a big defense against Chen Zhang.

In mid-October, after cleaning up the brothers Zhong Kuangshi and Zhong Yangui, Chen Zhang took the opportunity to propose to Yang Wu to lead a large army to attack Jiangxi, and Yang Wu naturally refused this suggestion without hesitation.

Although Jiangxi has lost its troops, it is not easy to eliminate it in one fell swoop. What's more, Huainan has already formulated a strategic plan, and now the focus of the offensive is Qian Biao, how could he give up the established strategy because he saw a little opportunity in Jiangxi?

So at this time, instead of wanting to attack Jiangxi, Yang Wu was ready to try to stabilize Zhong Chuan, so as not to let him come over again to make trouble for Huainan.

Hongzhou.

After receiving the news of Shezhou's defeat, Zhong Chuanqi almost vomited blood on the spot.

The army of 60,000, equivalent to a small half of all the troops in Jiangxi, let the two sons lead the attack on Shezhou, which had less than 10,000 troops, but did not achieve any results in more than a month, but was defeated by the enemy's 5,000 reinforcements, and finally fled back less than 20,000 people.

Such a fiasco made Zhong Chuan scold again and again, and as a result, he fell ill in anger.

"Regret shouldn't have been! I Jiangxi and Huainan have never had a grudge, but have had an alliance, and now I listen to Qian Di's demagoguery and act in vain, resulting in today's defeat. Mr. Xu, what do you say about making peace with Huainan now? Lying on the hospital bed, Zhong Chuan couldn't help but regret it.

"At this time, please and? Will Huainan agree? Xu Yanxiu asked with some concern.

This time, the three families jointly attacked Huainan, which looked violent, but in the end, only the Liang army led by Kang Huaiying was only repelled by the Huainan army and did not suffer much loss, and the rest of the armies ended in a fiasco; Even the 30,000 troops led by Qian Biao himself were not only wiped out, but even he himself was almost captured alive.

"There should still be a possibility, after all, Huainan is now bent on attacking Qian Di, if he takes the initiative to ask for peace, Yang Xingmi should agree. It's just that I'm worried that in the future, Qian Biao will be wiped out, and I won't be able to survive alone in Jiangxi! ”

Zhong Chuan sighed: "I only hate that Gu is now old and sick, and he is unable to personally conquer Huainan, and the sons under his knees are incompetent, and he is not a talent for commanding troops at all; Among the generals, there are even more waste......" Speaking of this, Zhong Chuan couldn't help coughing violently, and Xu Yanxiu hurriedly stepped forward to serve.

If he hadn't paid attention to it when Qian Biao came to preach the Huainan threat, then he wouldn't have been unaware of the seriousness of the problem after today's defeat. It's a pity that today's Jiangxi can't be beaten and can't be beaten, and if you ask for peace, you are worried about the future.

Zhong Chuan is already old after all, and Huainan may not attack him when he is alive, but how many years can he hold on? When I die in the future, I am afraid that the original proverb will become a reality.

"Mr. Xu, you said that if Gu Ruo marries the little girl to the prince of Wu Wang, and the two families become in-laws, can you prevent my Jiangxi from being annexed by Huainan in the future?" Zhong Chuan coughed for a while, then suddenly proposed.