Rong Yanmen's capture of Yuzhou will shrink Nanping's offensive on the eastern and northern fronts, and put a steady stream of troops into the battlefield of Shu County along the line of Yiling, Jiangguan and Yuzhou, and will no longer be able to interfere in the situation in the southeast until the Shu County family is completely conquered. Without the threat and military pressure of Nanping to the west, it would be the best opportunity for Jiangning to expand outward.

Waiting for Xu Ruyu to return to Jiangning to make a decision, although it will be delayed for three or five days, everyone knows that the opportunity is fleeting, and maybe these three or five days will make Jiangning lose some favorable fighters.

When Xu Ruyu first entered the Lishui River Valley, there were only hundreds of Qingyan troops around him, and in a few years, he gradually accepted and absorbed the forces of the original Henan Ma Gang, Xiangzhou Xiangfan Society, Qingjiang Minzhai, Wuling Mountain Baiyi clan, Yongyang family, and Nanmin family, and became the southeast male lord of the land of two counties. Regardless of the old Yongyang family and the Nanmin family, that is, the Su Gang, the Ma Gang, the Xiangfan Society, the Qingjiang Minzhai, and the Baiyi clan all have the shadow of the family clan, and the composition of the Jiangning forces is actually still based on the family.

When Xu Ruyu integrated the Yongyang forces, he had an agreement with the Yongyang family to make a political affairs hall, and when he integrated the forces of the Nanmin family, he also had a similar agreement.

Xu Ruyu in Jiangning wants to check and balance the royal road, the power of the code will be separated from the political hall, and the reading force will set up the responsibility of the council hall to carry out the code, and share the right to refute with Qingfeng Mansion, so that the system of the council hall will be the political foundation of the family's co-governance. The system of political affairs, Changshi Mansion, Sima Ya, Yizheng Hall, Mingjian Division, and Senate actually formed a complete decision-making system outside of Qingfeng Mansion.

It's just that no one in Jiangning can replace Xu Ruyu's position, and when making major decisions, everyone in Jiangning is still not used to Xu Ruyu's absence. Fortunately, Xu Ruyu had already judged the situation today, and even if he was not in Jiangning, the princes could take specific and subtle measures according to his wishes. From the afternoon when I learned the news of Nanping's capture of Yuzhou City, the important generals who stayed in Jiangning and the officials above the Ministry of Cao Jian were invited to the front hall of Qingfeng Mansion to discuss important matters.

The eyeliner of each family in Jiangning can also realize that Jiangning tonight is different from the past. The Qingfeng Mansion in Dongcheng is as lit as day, and the elites of the Qingfeng Cavalry who stayed in Jiangning have been sent to guard Dongcheng, and the gates of each city are closed one more than before. In order to promote the commercial market in the city, Jiangning usually closes the city gate until midnight, and every festival, the city gate will be delayed for an hour and semi-closed. Flying horses frequently gallop out from the ear doors next to the city gates, knocking on the bluestone street, the crisp sound of hooves on the rammed earth road, making people feel that the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings.

In the countryside on the outskirts of Linjiang, where the stars and the moon were hanging high, Xing Kunmin commanded the Fifth School Army to attack the Wuzhou army formation from the southeast and northeast flanks, and they all encountered quite resolute resistance. Although Wei Yan was able to lead his team into the surface array of the Wuzhou army formation every time, it was extremely difficult to continue to penetrate deeply.

The Wuzhou army formation has an earthen fort as the backing, unless there is a full-scale decisive battle, there is no possibility of piercing its formation, the Wuzhou family soldiers are no better than the Puji Kou soldiers, and before encountering the blow of the destruction surname, the possibility of being defeated is extremely small.

Xu Ruyu stood on a high place, staring at the situation of the two battlefields, silent.

Although Zhu Lianzhi put down the formation in front of the earthen fort and seemed a little sluggish, there were more horizontal columns in the formation than vertical columns, but the horizontal formation could more effectively offset the sharp offensive of the Fifth School Army, although the middle of the horizontal column was torn, the two sides would not collapse, but would slightly rush forward, flanking the two ribs of the Fifth School Army that broke through. The Fifth Colonel Army often broke through to the fourth or fifth floor, so it did not have the spare strength to continue to attack the enemy formation, but on the contrary, it had to worry about the danger of going too deep into the enemy formation and being encircled.

Although Zhu Lianzhi put on such a formation, he was a little conservative, but because of the good quality of the family soldiers, he was not in danger of being defeated.

Xu Ruyu didn't care about the movements of the battlefield below, Wei Yu and Xing Kunmin stood there watching the battle, and they would not miss the details on the battlefield, but it was the good combat power of the family soldiers that made a deep impression on Xu Ruyu.

After midnight, the stars and moon became dim and useless, so Xing Kunmin ordered the five suspended school troops to attack. Wei Yu, Xing Kunmin, Wei Yan and others went to the high ground, and saw that Xu Ruyu was still staring at the formation of the Wuzhou army outside the earthen fort below, and was slightly stunned, only when Xu Ruyu was very dissatisfied with the war today.

Wei Yu followed Xu Yu's gaze and saw that the Wuzhou army was divided into more than 2,000 people and assembled to the south alone, thinking that it was to prevent the five schools from taking the opportunity to leave the battlefield.

Wei Yu said: "Zhu Lianzhi also took a fancy to us, and seemed to guess that we would not be willing to retreat to the north shore. ”

Xing Kunmin said: "The Wuzhou soldiers shrink and form a defensive formation, and it is very difficult for our army to attack its formation from the flank, and the main force of our army moves south, and I wish that the Lianzhi forces will send some troops to entangle, and when their formation is loose, it will be easy to attack." ”

Xu Ruyu didn't say anything, but only asked Wei Yu: "What do you think of the Puji soldiers and the Wuzhou soldiers here?" ”

The Puji soldiers have been wiped out, and the remaining tens of thousands of Puji soldiers have been incorporated into the Nanping Eastern Front Army.

Wei Yu said: "Puji soldiers are really bandits, although their combat power is strong, they are unusable. The soldiers of Wuzhou are native soldiers, brave and persevering, and they will not be out of control if they suffer defeats. ”

Xu Ruyu said: "It is extremely true that the politicians of all dynasties thought that the selection of generals was the key to military service, but they did not know that the selection of soldiers was the foundation of a country. Speaking of this, he paused slightly, pointed to the Wuzhou army array under the high ground, and said: "A big war, the five school troops from the southeast and northeast flanks repeatedly attacked the enemy formation, I looked at it from the heights, and did not find any signs of loosening in the Wuzhou array. ”

When Xing Kunmin heard Xu Ruyu say this, he was shocked, looked down, and said secretly: If it is really a soldier of the clan, even if it is to pull its formation apart, it may not be able to take any advantage. The Zhu clan dominates the land of half the county, and has been breeding and breeding in the north of Yue County for hundreds of years, forming an extremely large clan, and the clan soldiers are mostly recruited from the children of the clan, and the clan is closely related, which can be described as a real native man, and is often the last strength of the family to rely on. During the Battle of Southern Fujian, the soldiers of the Zongzheng clan were trapped in the Tiger Swallow Gorge, and Xu Ruyu's 10,000 light soldiers attacked Quanzhou, and the overall situation of Southern Fujian was determined in the first battle.

Wei Yu said: "A few days ago, Fan Yang's fleet crossed the river to Jiangning, and it is very likely that Zhu Lianzhi led this 10,000 elites to follow secretly, Zhu Lianzhi was cautious, but he took his old bottom to the wilderness. ”

Xing Kunmin asked, "The adult intends to eat Zhu Lianzhi's 10,000 elites?" ”

Xu Ruyu collected the private soldiers of the Yongyang family and built the Fifth School Army, which has been two years now, but the combat power of the Fifth School Army may not be stronger than the soldiers of the Zhu clan. It is very difficult to annihilate the 10,000 elites of the Zhu clan with a not obvious superior force, not to mention that the battlefield located in the Linjiang Plain is in the hinterland of the Zhu clan, and the closest reinforcements of the Zhu clan are only eighty miles away.

Wei Yu instructed Shao Xiaoqi to unfold the topographic map of Yuejun on the ground.

The significance of annihilating the current 10,000 Zhu clan soldiers is very significant, and Xu Ruyu can't take it lightly, as long as he can eat this 10,000 clan soldiers, the Zhu clan will hurt his vitality, and his control over the territory will also be weakened.

It has been two hours since Jiehai led a thousand Qingfeng cavalry elites to set off, although it was night, but to avoid the scouts sent out by Zhu Lianzhi near Linjiang, he had to make a big circle to the south in order to ambush the reinforcements in the direction of Lanling between Linjiang and Lanling.

Xu Ruyu pondered for a moment and asked Xing Kunmin: "If the 10,000 Wuzhou soldiers here are suppressed around the earthen fort and cannot move, how many troops do you need at least?" ”

Xing Kunmin said: "Zhu Lianzhi is cautious, even within his own jurisdiction, he does not dare to offend the authority of adults, although there are 10,000 elites, if they are not used well, Kunmin needs 4,000 elite soldiers." ”

Xu Ruyu said: "The Wuzhou soldiers formed a formation outside the earthen fort and lined up many horizontally, which was not conducive to attacking, and you commanded 6,000 elite soldiers to suppress the Wuzhou soldiers from the southeast in five ways, so that Zhu Lianzhi could not get out of the earthen fort, and Wei Yu and I led the remaining 6,000 soldiers and horses to the southeast corner to the direction of Lanling, so that we would not delay the cavalry camp for many distances." ”

Lanling is the closest to Linjiang, and it will be the first Lanling to receive Zhu Lianzhi's order to encircle and send reinforcements. If Xu Ruyu led an elite group of Wuzhou soldiers who left Linjiang and went to the direction of Lanling, Zhu Lianzhi would inevitably think that Xu Ruyu wanted to break the reinforcements in the direction of Lanling first.

Wei Yan stayed behind to assist Xing Kunmin in launching an offensive against the Wuzhou soldiers near Tubao.

When Xingkunmin stopped the war, Zhu Lianzhi gathered 2,000 troops to the south of Tubao to prevent the Fifth School Army from leaving the battlefield, intending to entangle the Fifth School Army. Unexpectedly, the Fifth School Army only stopped for a moment, and then took advantage of the deeper night to launch an offensive.

The 2,000 Wuzhou soldiers who had abandoned the defensive formation especially felt the tremendous oppressive force that could crush themselves to powder.

The attack of the Fifth School Army before midnight will most likely form a sharp sharp front and stab directly at the Wuzhou Army array, so as to test the Wuzhou Army's will to resist and the strength of the defensive array. At this time, the Fifth School Army obviously abandoned the intention of piercing in depth, and the 3,000 troops attacking were divided into five routes, and pushed over to the Wuzhou Army array outside the earthen fort, only hitting the surface array of the Wuzhou Army's defensive formation, not going deep.

Although the night is not deep, but after midnight, the stars are hidden and the moon is hidden, and there is only a faint starlight left in the wilderness, and the field of vision is not far away, and it is inconvenient to pass military orders through torches and horn drums. Xu Ruyu has the resources to win, and he can't grasp all the uncertainties in the night battle to ensure victory.

Zhu Lianzhi took advantage of the faint light to look at the blurred vista in the distance, and couldn't figure out Xu Ruyu's intentions for a while, while strictly ordering the clan soldiers in front of the earthen fort to stand by, strictly prohibiting them from leaving the formation without authorization to take the initiative to attack the Fifth School Army, and on the other hand, he ordered people to light a bonfire in the empty space of the array, in case the Fifth School Army took advantage of the night to disperse their own array. I thought: As long as I hold on until dawn and wait for the reinforcements from the direction of Lanling to come, I will not be afraid of Xu Ruyu turning over tricks again.

After a while, the five school troops stationed under the high ground moved without warning, and rushed towards the side of the earthen fort.

Zhu Lianzhi was shocked, only when Xu Ruyu wanted to take advantage of the night to launch a decisive battle. However, the army of the five schools was forced to more than 500 steps, and suddenly turned straight to the west, and Zhu Lianzhi suddenly woke up: Xu Ruyu led thousands of elites to leave the war here and ambush the reinforcements in Lanling.

Lanling's 5,000 reinforcements were on their way to this place, and Xu Ruyu led his troops over at this time, just in time to intercept the Lanling reinforcements before dawn.

In the darkness of the night, it was impossible to tell how many troops Xu Ruyu would send to fight the reinforcements in the direction of Lanling, but it would not be less than 5,000, and the 5th school army left here was only 7,000 at most.

Zhu Lianzhi saw that Xu Ruyu dared to divide his troops to send reinforcements, and naturally expected that he would not dare to take advantage of the night to eat the troops left here by the Fifth School Army. There was a feeling of shame in his heart, and he wanted to launch a night battle to annihilate the five school troops left here first, but then go to rescue the reinforcements of Lanling, but he was afraid that Xu Ruyu would lay out a plan of annihilation in the night.

Two years ago, Xu Ruyu defeated Puji's main force in Fuzhou in a night battle and won the Battle of Fuzhou.

Zhu Lianzhi thought about it again and again, and finally did not dare to launch a night battle against the five school troops who stayed in Linjiang, but only sent a large number of scout outposts to inform the Lanling reinforcements to be on guard.

Xing Kunmin divided the 6,000 troops left by Xu Ruyu into two parts, one led by Wei Yan to launch an offensive against the Wuzhou soldiers on the south side of the fort, the starlight was weak, and Wei Yan did not dare to rashly lead the troops deeper, only ordered the soldiers to impact the surface array of the enemy army, oppress the enemy army to the inner layer, and ordered the longbowmen to shoot rockets obliquely at the inner layer of the enemy formation, wanting to disrupt the enemy formation and then take advantage of the chaos to do something; Xing Kunmin led the 3,000 and 5 school troops outside the other to move from the east side of the earthen fort to the west side of the formation, and ordered the sergeants to drive out all the residents of Linjiang City, and burned Linjiang City to ashes with a fire, and the night sky in the east was bright red.

Xu Ruyu occupied Linjiang City, and was not afraid of the heavy troops of the Zhu clan to come and encircle, so that he could retreat from Linjiang City to Jiangbei. Zhu Lianzhi looked at the red flames rising above Linjiang City, and saw that Xu Ruyu resolutely gave up Linjiang City at this time, thinking that he must have a perfect way to pass through the jurisdiction of the Zhu clan. Seeing that the remaining five school troops had moved to the west side, he secretly thought: Xu Ruyu originally wanted to pass between Lanling and Huzhou. The offensive of the Fifth Army only stayed on the surface of its own array, and when the rest of the army moved to the west, the offensive slowed down a lot, which further confirmed his thoughts. He ordered more torches to be placed on the fort wall to the south of the fort to reflect the plains in front of the fort, and then drew troops from the east and north to the south, preparing to entangle the five army when they converged their offensive and make it impossible to leave the battlefield.

Zhu Lianzhi does not expect to leave Xu Ruyu behind, Xu Ruyu cultivates to be the best in the southeast, Xu Ruyu is bent on leaving, no one can stop him, as long as he annihilates the first part of the Fifth School Army, he can severely defeat Jiang Ning's spirit, and the attitude of the Yuhang Fan clan will change greatly.

Xu Ruyu, Wei Yu, Tu Wenyong, and Shen Binglu led the elite of 6,000 and 5 school troops to bypass the Linjiang Tubao and enter the territory of Lanling to the west. The Lanling reinforcements received the news from the Linjiang side and stopped on the gallop road from Lanling to Linjiang.

Xu Ruyu frowned and asked, "Have you contacted Jiehai and them?" ”

Qingfeng rode into the night and detoured to the side, in order to cover his whereabouts, he did not dare to gallop on his horse, and he had to avoid the enemy scouts in Linjiang, and the distance traveled was more than three times that of the straight journey, and he entered the territory of Lanling later than Xu Ruyu and them.

At the beginning of the hour, he finally contacted the Qingfeng Rider who was in the hidden place, and returned with the Wandering Sentry and Jiang Ning's Teleportation Flying Horse.

Tu Wenyong checked the seal on the letter before taking out the secret letter and handing it to Xu Ruyu.

Xu Ruyu looked at it and said, "Rong Yanmen captured Yuzhou. ”

Wei Yu took the secret letter from Xu Ruyu's hand, and said in surprise: "I have received very little information, and I don't know the details of Nanping's fall to Yuzhou, but Rong Yanmen only relied on eight thousand tigers to capture Yuzhou City, one of the nine fortresses in the world, which is thousands of miles away, and it is also fascinating." ”

Xu Ruyu laughed and said, "I want you to lead the Fengling camp, and you don't have to worry about the time to fight with Nanping." ”

Wei Yu said: "Mr. can hand over this place to Wei Yu, and return to Jiangning with Master Tu first." ”

Xu Ruyu said: "Jiangning has a plan for the princes, so there is no need to rush it. Quickly order the cavalry battalion to abandon their horses and sneak to the Lanling reinforcements, and be sure to sneak to the left flank of the Lanling reinforcements before dawn. Said to Shen Binglu, "I only give you 2,000 troops, you lead 2,000 troops to bluff, sneak to the Lanling reinforcements, and at the beginning of the day, launch an offensive against the Lanling reinforcements to cover the cavalry battalion's surprise attack on its flank." ”

It is not yet known the exact number of Lanling reinforcements, but Lanling is under pressure from the direction of Jiangning, and Zhu Lianzhi will not dare to empty the troops in Lanling City, and there may be 4,000 to 5,000 reinforcements. There were 2,000 elite infantry battalions that attracted attention from the front, and 1,000 Jianjian bravely abandoned their horses on the Qingfeng cavalry to raid and defeat the Lanling reinforcements from the flank, but it was not difficult. Shen Bing led the order in a deep voice, led the elite of the two battalions to gallop down the road, and sneaked to the reinforcements of Lanling.

Nanping had no time to take care of Yuejun, Jiang Ning could take advantage of the situation to subdue Yuejun, and the war between him and the Zhu clan was inevitable, and it made people's blood boil when they thought about it. Xu Ruyu rose to several battles, and mostly used the Suwei, Qingwei, Xiaowei armies, and the Yihu battalions, Wuwei, Zhongbase, and the five schools and three armies, and there was no chance to participate in the general battle. Although Shen Bingling is listed among the captains, his combat exploits cannot be compared with Ban Zhaolin, Yang Shang and others, and he has always had regrets in his heart.

Between Lanling and Linjiang are open plains, and there is no dangerous place, the Lanling reinforcements learned that the first part of the Fifth School Army broke away from the Linjiang battlefield and moved to this side, so they stopped on the gallop road, sent scouts to search in the direction of Linjiang, and found the existence of the Fifth School Army almost at the same time. Shen Bing led two thousand elite infantry battalions to sneak towards the Lanling reinforcements, and naturally he couldn't hide the eyeliner of the Lanling reinforcements. Under the darkness of the night, it was impossible to discern the number of people, and the main general of the reinforcements saw that the five school troops dared to take advantage of the darkness to touch, and only regarded the main force of the five school army here, and ordered the sergeants to be on guard and wait.

The Lanling reinforcements formed eight phalanxes, scattered on both sides of the gallop road, Shen Bing knew that the cavalry battalion would attack from the left flank, in order to prevent the Lanling reinforcements scouts from searching from the left flank, he led the troops to stop in front of the enemy's left, sent two centuriens to disturb the enemy from the left flank, took advantage of the night to shoot the enemy array with rockets, and then sent longbowmen to the right flank to disturb it. The rest of the troops were laid out in front, forming three prismatic formations of five hundred people, two of which were located in front of the two sides of the gallop, one was slightly narrow, located on the twenty paces wide gallop, slightly behind the prismatic formations on the two wings, and the three arrays were all pointed directly at the enemy, until the moment when the light first appeared.

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