Zhongzhou Troubled Times Chapter 1 Qingyang Building Fortress (I)

In the early spring of the 56th year, when the remnants of the Huo clan in Jingbei withdrew from Jingbei and handed over the defense of Jingbei to Jiangning, Yuan Zhen personally led 100,000 Nanping elites to invade Jingbei.

At that time, Huo crossed half of his troops to the north bank of the river, and some of his troops were attacked by the Nanping Water Division when crossing the river, suffering heavy casualties. At that time, Jiangning's troops stationed in Jingbei were only 20,000, and under the pressure of 100,000 elites in Nanping, they were forced to abandon the city they had won and move into the mountains.

At that time, there were still more than 15,000 elites trapped in the mountains and fields of Jingbei in Jiangning, and nearly 10,000 remnants of the Huo clan failed to cross the river in time, and they also stayed in the former area of Pengze for guerrillas.

Since the beginning of the winter of 55 years, Xu Ruyu led more than 100,000 troops to fight against Chen in the East China Sea in Baishi, in the early spring of 56 years, 10,000 remnants of Chen Pre were besieged in the southwest of Qingchi, and the news that 100,000 elites in Nanping crossed Peng Li Lake came, Xu Ruyu took the initiative to negotiate peace with Chen Pre, opened the encirclement, and let Chen Pre return to the East China Sea.

In the following month, the Jiangjin Yi clan was forced by the situation to dedicate Jiangjin City, one of the four capitals, to Jiangning.

At that time, Zhang Zhongdao led the army to fall into a new posture, and when the peace was negotiated, the East China Sea was cut far away, Wan Rong did not dare to stay in Longyou, abandoned the city and left in a hurry, and wanted to burn Longyou when he left, and his advisers dissuaded: "Stay until you can see each other later." Wan Rong hesitated again and again, and finally gave a finished city to the Jiangning Zhongli Army who came later, which shows that Wan Rong was full of fear of Xu Ruyu in his heart. Make another choice for him at this time, and he will most likely not betray Jiang Ning.

Yuan Zhen accepted Qin Ziqing's suggestion to send troops to Jingbei, but he was unwilling to be overtaken by Rong Yanmen, and personally commanded the army to fight, so as to increase the power in his hands, since he occupied Jingbei, he had no idea of giving up.

This is by no means a good thing for Nanping, although Nanping's strength is above Jiangning, but Nanping fought on three sides, Rong Yanmen led the army to the west to conquer Chongqing, and the north and Jingxiang Huo's war continued, and at this time and Jiangning started a provocation, greatly depleting Nanping's war potential.

Huo's campaign in Jingbei for nearly ten years, Jingbei's material resources have been exhausted, 100,000 elites in Nanping entered Jingbei, in addition to tens of thousands of sailors in Pengze, Jiangzhou to guard Jiangning's water camp, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of grain and grass consumption suddenly overwhelmed Nanping.

Jiangning's remnants in Jingbei have 15,000 people, and Huo's remnants in Jingbei are nearly 10,000, although more than 25,000 soldiers and horses are surrounded by 100,000 elites in Nanping, but their existence allows Yuan Zhen to only control a few big cities, and grain and grass can only be transported from the waterway into the cities along the river in Jingbei, and the roads to the inland are basically cut off.

Yuan Zhen also wants to annihilate the remnants of Jiangning and Huo's trapped soldiers in Jingbei beautifully, Xu Ruyu has risen in the southeast since he has fought more than 100 battles and has not tasted defeat, and the first defeat of Xu Ruyu is a very tempting idea, but Yuan Zhen knows in his heart that the situation does not allow it.

Since he led 100,000 elites into Jingbei, Jiangning's strategic focus immediately shifted westward, almost as if there was no need to make any preparations for this, Jiangning's naval division was reorganized and moved westward to Wuzhou, and Wei, the head of the Fengling camp, moved the Shuai Tent to Qiupu, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the five schools were stationed in Qiupu with him. Feng Yuanyuan led tens of thousands of elite Xiao guards into Jingyi, Fan Wenlong led more than 20,000 elite Hangzhou troops to borrow from Jiangjin, stationed in Tongyi, and Peng Ze across the river, the main force of the Qingjiang garrison also moved west to Fengling to prepare for the war, and the three seedlings in Yunling also gathered a large army in the Dayu area.

The fact that Jiangning elite borrowed from Jiangjin tells the world that Jiangjin Yi has actually taken refuge in Jiangning. The Jiangjin Yi clan sat on 40,000 elite soldiers and returned to Jiangning, the world was shocked, and Yuan Zhen actually knew that he was sitting on the crater, and if he was not careful, the situation could be corrupted.

In such a situation, Yuan Zhen dispatched troops to guard against Jiangning's pressure on the periphery, and he couldn't spare his hands to clean up the remnants of Jiangning and Huo's troops in Jingbei.

As soon as Yuan Zhen sent troops to Jingbei, he fell into a situation of internal and external difficulties, and there were many accusatory voices in Linxiang, demanding that the troops return to the west, give up Pengze, Jiangzhou and other places, and Jiangning with Pengli Lake as the boundary, so that the two families can be safe, wait for the return of Zuo Governor Rong Yanmen, and then discuss in the long run.

Temporarily avoiding Jiangning's edge, this may be a better choice for Nanping, but it is definitely not the path that Yuan Zhen hopes to take, once he returns to the west, Yuan Zhen will forever lose the opportunity to command the army, and from then on he can only watch Rong Yanmen elevate himself.

Yuan Zhen ordered Xu Bodang to stick to Qimen, Gongliang Youqin to stick to Peng Ze, although he could not spare his hands to encircle and annihilate the remnants of Jiangning and Huo's in Jingbei, but as long as he held the gateway of Jingbei, the remnants of Jiangning and Huo's could not stay in Jingbei for a long time, as long as the remnants of Jiangning and Huo's troops withdrew from Jingbei, the situation in Jingbei would gradually improve.

The mountains of Jingbei are steep, it is the land of the four stops, except for the attack from the waterway, the other terrain is not conducive to the use of troops, Jiangning is very strong, Yuan Zhen believes that there are 100,000 elites in his hands, and there is Jingnan Yuan Longyi in the south to help, and it will never be a problem to defend Jingbei.

Xu Bodang and Gongliang Youqin voted for Nanping in the west, and they voted for Rong Yanmen's disciples, and at this time, they obeyed Yuan Zhen's dispatch, and naturally wanted to get back the past festivals from Xu Ruyu.

Qimen is the main passage in and out of Jingshan, and most of Jiangning's soldiers and horses in Liyang will choose Qimen to cross Jingshan if they want to enter Jingbei by land. Qimen is connected to Wuyuan in the south and Xinchang in the west, which is the most important mountain city at the western foot of Jingshan Mountain, and is also the gateway to the eastern part of Jingbei. However, the road between Qimen and Wuyuan and Xinchang is dangerous, and it is not easy to import grain and grass, and the most dangerous thing is that once the battle is defeated, it cannot be calmly withdrawn from the dangerous road.

Qimen is connected to Jingyi in the east, Jingyi is an important town at the eastern foot of Jingshan Mountain, and Feng Yuanyuan led the Xiaowei army into Jingyi, just to open the opening into Jingbei from Qimen. Jingyi and Qimen are less than 100 miles apart, but the mountain road is circling, nearly 300 miles, there are many mountain roads open on the cliff in the meantime, now the spring water has not risen, there are many valleys and ravines in the deep mountains for marching.

If Yuan Zhen gave up Qimen, the Xiao Guards could send troops from Qimen to threaten Wuyuan and Xinchang, and the Su Guards who were trapped in the inner line of Pengze could choose to go up the Chang River and attack Xinchang with the Xiao Guards; Or go up the Anle River and attack Wuyuan with the Xiao Guards.

Yuan Zhen insisted on Jingbei, which Jiangning was happy to see, but Yang Shang led the elite of the Xiao Guard Army to enter the territory of Qimen from the Yiyang Valley Road, and saw Xu Bodang building a defense line in the Qingyang Outer Ridge, and he still felt a headache.

Beyond the Qingyang Ridge, it is the Qimen Valley.

Qimen belongs to Xinchangyi, which once built a small city, but it is only surrounded by miles. Huo's invasion of Jing, the city was destroyed in the war, the surrounding mountain people were chased, Huo's was unable to build a new city, and set up a pavilion and beacon fire pier here, thinking that it was a border defense.

The westernmost peak of Yiyang Mountain is separated by four miles from the outer ridge of Qingyang Ridge, more than ten remnant hills are erected, and the stream is murmuring between the hills and mountains, if you can capture the outer ridge of Qingyang Mountain, tens of thousands of male soldiers can be hidden here, and the Qimen Valley City is confronted. But first of all, we must capture the outer ridge of Qingyang Ridge, Xu Bodang saw through this, and put heavy troops on Qingyang Ridge, so that Jiangning's superior forces could not be brought into play.

Xu Bodang rose in Yongning, from the battle of the East China Sea, repeatedly frustrated by Jiangning, until he abandoned Baishi to Nanping, which can be described as extremely downtrodden, but it is undeniable that he is one of the few famous generals in Zhongzhou. The reason why he failed was that he could only say that time did not wait for him, so that he met Xu Ruyu, who was better than him, and Baishi had been in the encirclement of Jiangjin, Donghai, and Jiangning, and Xu Bodang had painstakingly managed Baishi after the defeat in the Battle of the East China Sea, but he had no allies, no strategic depth, and no chance to turn over at all.

Qiupu is in the north of Jing, the riverside water, the west of Liyang, crossing the river in the past, and the northwest fifty miles is Jiangjin Tongchengyi. Crossing the north slope of Jing Mountain, which lies on the south bank of the river, is Peng Zeyi. The Qiupu River, which originates at the eastern foot of Jingshan Mountain, joins the river from there, and Wei Yu moves the Shuai Tent to Qiupu, and the Jiangning Water Battalion and the Five School Army assembled in Wuzhou will also go to Qiupu.

On the day that Fan Wenlong led the elite of Yuhang Strikers to Tongcheng, he crossed the river to visit Wei Yu.

Jiangjin Yi's dedication to the city is still only ten days, and Jiangning has not yet decided whether Jiangjin is under the jurisdiction of Fengling Xingying or Guangling Xingying, but Fan Wenlong led Yuhang elite to threaten Peng Ze's Nanping army from the north, and was controlled by Fengling Xingying, and Wei Yu was his commander.

Before the army settled, Qiupu was a small city of less than 1,000 households, Jiangning restrained the army very strictly, the army crossed, it was strictly forbidden to enter the city, the military camp was located outside the west city, but tens of thousands of soldiers and horses poured into Qiupu, and the southeast merchant brigade with the army made this small city become extremely prosperous.

Fan Wenlong crossed the river to see Wei Yu, first, to see the commander of the Fengling camp, and to explore Wei Yu's tone for the question of Yuhang's return to the Shun army. Fan Wenlong personally led the elite of Yuhang to connect hundreds of thousands of cities in Wuzhou, and then led the elite of Yuhang to cross the river to the north, and repeatedly made meritorious contributions.

However, the question of the fate and retention of the soldiers and horses of Yuhang Guishun has been unresolved in Jiangning, and it has not been decided whether to break up the establishment and be included in the military tun, or to be included in the garrison system, or to be preserved as Jiangning's elite combat power. Fan Wenlong's official general was the commander of Qingfengwei, and temporarily controlled Yuhang's return to the Shun army. As an upstart in Jiangning, Fan Wenlong has a great future, but he succeeds Fan Che as the sect leader of the Fan clan, so he has to consider the interests and future of the rest of the Fan clan. It is the best result for the Yuhang Guishun Army to maintain a complete establishment as the elite combat unit of Jiangning, so as to ensure that Yuhang can obtain a fairly high status in Jiangning with the Fan family.

It is quite taboo for the Guishun army to maintain the reading power system, Fan Wenlong has Xu Ruyu's trust, and some things are straightforward, but in this matter, he does not dare to suggest easily, so as not to be suspicious of the princes of Jiangning for no reason.

Wei Yu is the head of the Fengling camp, Sima Ya generals, Wei Yu is the third in the sequence, only under Jiang Lingtian and Zhang Zhongdao, and he is the person who can speak on the issue of Yuhang's return to the Shun army. Fan Wenlong returned to Jiangning with Xu Ruyu, Wei Yu has been leading troops outside, Fan Wenlong has only met him a few times, and there is no personal relationship, both are Jiangning heavy generals, and there is no lack of mutual respect. Fan Wenlong crossed the river to meet him, and Wei Yu, who was born cold, also made an exception to greet Xing Kunmin, Shen Binglu and others by the river.

Yi Xingzhi followed Fan Wenlong into Tongcheng to assist Fan Wenlong in taking over the defense of Tongcheng, and also crossed the river with Fan Wenlong to meet Wei Yu at this time. Wei Yu is the most famous and most famous of the Jiangning generals, when Xu Ruyu led everyone to Qingjiang, borrowed from Jiangjin, Yi Xingzhi saw Wei Yu side, Wei Yu was unknown at that time, Yi Xingzhi did not leave too deep an impression, at this time I saw Wei Yu again, but also regretted the cold atmosphere exuded by him.

Thinking of the people who followed Xu Ruyu through Jiangjin back then, countless famous generals poured out, and Yi Xingzhi felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

In the middle of spring, the weather was slightly cold, Wei Yu was wearing a brown robe, with a straight-edged knife hanging from his waist, and the hem of his clothes let the river breeze blow away, revealing the armor inside. Wei Yu had a scar on his cheek across the bridge of his nose, his face was cold, Fan Wenlong was very grateful when he saw him coming to greet him, and naturally he didn't expect too many smiles from him.

Fan Wenlong was most concerned about the battle situation in Jingshan Qimen at this time, Feng Yuanyuan was the first to enter Jingyi, and when Fan Wenlong was on the north bank, he heard that Yang Shang led the elite of the Xiao Guard Army to go straight to Qimen.

Wei Yu said lightly: "The Xiaowei army's attack on Qimen was frustrated, and at this time, even the Qingyang Ridge on the periphery of Qimen has not been captured. ”

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