Chen Beware's heart was cold, that is, the deputy general did not report, and he himself had already seen the situation at this time.

The 5,000 soldiers and horses left behind in Jiujiang are not temporary patchwork cards, but veterans who have been following him for many years. These 5,000 men and horses were his old subordinates when he followed Shen Faxing, the king of Wu, to rise to the house, and after several expansions over the years, he finally had these 5,000 men and horses. Now he is directly under the lineage of His Royal Highness Princess Regent, and he never thought that the five thousand elite old subordinates would have suffered most of the casualties in less than two hours.

At this moment, he couldn't believe his eyes. Three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu, and his five thousand soldiers and horses are compared to the elite Yuejia, but at this time, under the offensive of the three thousand men and horses of the Northern Chen Army, it is actually himself who is defeated and retreated. Didn't the princess say that the original Chen Jun in Jiujiang was just a miscellaneous card of the township soldiers and militias? But why are they attacking so hard? These are not the miscellaneous cards of the township militia at all, and even he feels that this is the elite of Beichen Baizhan at all.

Gritting his teeth, he couldn't afford to live and fight to the death after all.

"Withdraw. Retreat to Yuzhang County, as long as you hold on for half a day, the princess's reinforcements will arrive, and it will not be too late to take revenge. ”

Although he knew that the princess had more than 300,000 horses in the direction of Jiangxia in the west, he did not dare to withdraw in the direction of Jiangxia. If you lose Jiujiang, you can still get it back, but if even Yuzhang and other counties are lost by then, then this is not just a matter of face.

When Chen Dang withdrew from Jiujiang with his subordinates, there were less than 2,000 people left in his subordinates. In this battle, they killed nearly 1,000 people, and nearly 2,000 of their subordinates did not have time to retreat due to injuries and other reasons. He was imprisoned in the city.

One out of Jiujiang. Chen Dang immediately dispatched a number of people to Jiangxia, Yuzhang, Linchuan and other counties to report the news.

As soon as Chen Dang fled, Jiujiang completely fell into the hands of Hu Hai.

It continued for another hour, and the fighting had ceased completely. Although there were still more than 1,000 Wu troops in the city, they had all thrown down their weapons and surrendered at this time. Jiujiang City has changed hands several times over the years. Northern Chen occupied it three times, and Southern Chen also occupied it three times. Both the people of the city and the soldiers knew it. Jiujiang card is too important in this position. As long as it is not a real Armageddon, no matter which side occupies it, it may not be able to hold it for a long time. Therefore, everyone reacts smartly, and whoever occupies it will listen to whichever one is occupied. There is no such thing as a die-hard loyalist who will resist.

After dispersing the surrendered captives and imprisoning them in Beiying, Hu Hai immediately distributed all the grain and grass in the confiscated Chen army's baggage camp to all the people. I can't take these grains and grass with me anyway, and it's a pity to keep them for the cheap Wu army, and it's a pity to burn them. If it is sent to the people, it will definitely fall into their belly immediately, or even hide it, and it will be impossible to return to the hands of Wu Jun anyway.

One by one, the granaries were opened, and a large amount of grain and grass that was supposed to be transferred to Jiangxia was all distributed to the people. When the people saw the white rice, they all came with cans and bags. Many people took the rice and ate it directly. There are frequent wars, and it is these people who suffer the most.

Distributing grain to the people, that is, solving a batch of grain and grass of the Wu army, and buying a lot of Jiujiang people, borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, such a good thing of killing two birds with one stone was also proposed by Xu Shiji first. Not to be outdone, Su Dingfang immediately proposed to distribute a batch of gold, silver and jewelry from the Wu army in Jiujiang City to the soldiers as a reward for this battle. Xu Shiji also spoke out against it, feeling that the private distribution of the spoils of war was not in line with the rules of the imperial court, and it was a bit of the style of a peasant rebel. But Hu Hai doesn't care. The soldiers are desperate with their heads up, and it is also appropriate to give a little reward, he just needs to give the emperor a note and make it clear, anyway, he will not embezzle the war money.

The soldiers were given gold and silver, and recorded them in the military merit book one by one. Hu Hai also asked people to immediately kill pigs and sheep and cook for the whole army. It attracted a burst of cheers and applause from the soldiers. Hu Hai was accompanied by two lieutenants, Xu Shiji and Su Dingfang. A few days later, he once again returned to the Jiujiang Governor's Mansion, which had been in charge for nearly half a year. …,

Entering the Governor's Mansion, Xu Shiji said: "Governor, Chen Dang has escaped from Jiujiang City and rushed all the way to Yuzhang. He will inevitably send a letter to Shen Luoyan in Jiangxia immediately, and in half a day at most, Shen Luoyan will be killed by soldiers and horses. Have we planned ahead and are ready to retreat at any time? ”

Originally, they received the emperor's order to withdraw to Anhui Province in Jiangbei to avoid the enemy's advance, and also increased the defense of Huainan. Hu Hai relied on his old qualifications, unwilling to retreat like this, after discussing with Xu Shiji, he first withdrew Jiangxi's soldiers and horses officials and students to Jiangbei, but secretly selected 3,000 elite soldiers to secretly return to Jiujiang and hidden.

Jiujiang was so easy to take down was indeed a bit unexpected by the three of them, the original plan was to attack Jiujiang in at least half a day, and return to Jiangbei immediately after success.

However, at this time, Hu Hai was obviously a little reluctant to go back.

On the other side, Su Dingfang was almost the same, although he was valued by the emperor and appointed him to command a high position, but in the Chen Dynasty, he did not have many real achievements. As a general, he was already accused by many meritorious factions, but now that he finally encountered such a good opportunity, how could he be willing to miss it. What's more, he knows what his boss Hu Hai thinks, and he is even more reluctant to disagree with his boss at the moment.

"Governor, that Chen Dang is known as the Jiangnan general, and his five thousand soldiers and horses are also called elite soldiers. But today's battle is not worthy of the name. This Chen Dang is so unbearable, and the last general thinks that Jiang Fangchao of Yuzhang is even worse. At present, Chen Dang fled to Yuzhang, and he thought that it was a good opportunity for us to take advantage of the situation to pursue and break Yuzhang in one fell swoop. If Yuzhang goes down again, we can still go all the way to the south, and then take Linchuan and Nankang and other counties, even if Shen Luoyan sends troops to chase, we can also retreat into Lingnan. ”

If he said that he was going to attack other places, maybe Hu Hai was not very sure, but when he said that he was going to fight Yuzhang, he was tempted. The cities of the five counties of Jiangxi have changed hands several times, and several of them are the hidden piles that Da Chen and Nan Chen have planted in the city. This time, Chen Jun took the initiative to withdraw from Jiangxi, and Hu Hai had plenty of time to install a lot of internal commanders in various cities in order to recapture them in the future. Now Yuzhang City is only 5,000 people, and it is still a miscellaneous card that is not as good as Chen Dang's 5,000 people, even if Chen Dang retreats into Yuzhang, there is not much strengthening. There should be an inner should first, and then it doesn't seem to be much of a concern to recapture Yuzhang.

Although it is said that Shen Luoyan has gathered more than 300,000 troops even with miscellaneous cards, he can't hold the cities now. But if you can really capture the five counties one by one, even if you don't defend it, this will be a major blow to Shen Luoyan. Moreover, the Chen army in these five counties also has 25,000 men and horses, if it can win with 3,000 men and horses, this is a great achievement, and it will also be an excellent record compared with other generals in the future.

It is false to say that Hu Hai does not want to be a marshal, and who does not want to be promoted to marshal when he is a general.

However, Hu Hai was still a little worried that he originally only planned to fight Jiujiang and one city, and he would leave after the fight. So there are only 3,000 people around, but if you want to fight all the way south, 3,000 people are a bit less. Jiujiang has just broken, and there are still more than 20,000 people in the four counties in the south, if they are blocked and cannot go south, when Shen Luoyan's soldiers and horses are killed, it will really be called every day, and the earth will not work.

Is it to accept it when it is good, collect troops and withdraw to Jiangbei, or take the opportunity to expand the results of the war, go all the way to the south, and break through the cities of the five counties in the south of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop?

Which is lighter? Which is more important? It's hard to say, it's hard to say!

Seeing that Hu Hai and Su Dingfang both had the intention of continuing to fight, Xu Shiji also began to consider the feasibility of this plan. Slowly turning around in the hall, his eyes inadvertently saw the seal box on the table of the Governor's Mansion, and he couldn't help but move, his eyes lit up, and he said loudly: "Governor, there will be a plan in the end, and it may have a miraculous effect." ”…,

"Oh, what miracle?"

"Smash the enemy's nest, capture Jiankang, and rescue His Majesty the Emperor!" Xu Shiji said loudly.

"What!"

Hu Hai and Su Dingfang almost jumped up, and turned their heads to look at Xu Shiji's face full of incredulity.

"Mao Gong, you're not kidding, are you? Jiankang is the nest of Nanchen, and in June, we went south, but we couldn't capture Jiankang. Otherwise, Your Majesty would not have let me wait to withdraw to Jiujiang. The city of Jiankang is built with high walls, and Shen Faxing built him like a turtle shell, which is stronger than the fortress fortress we built. And Jiankang City has a triple city wall, in terms of size, this Jiankang City is like the largest city today, let's have 3,000 people to attack Jiankang and rescue the Emperor, which is a bit too whimsical. ”

Fighting the counties of Yuzhang, Hu Hai felt that it was still more reliable. Moreover, it can be attacked or retreated to the south, attacked by advance, and retreated to Lingnan. But to fight Jiankang, he really never dared to think about this. In June, the four generalissimos Qu Tutong, Yang Shanhui, Chen Ling, and Zhang Zhongjian commanded the troops to attack Jiankang by land and water, mobilizing more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and even Feng Ang and Feng Wan of Lingnan sent troops to contain part of the troops of Nan Chen, and Hu Hai also participated in the attack that time. But in the end, after hitting Jiankang City, Chen Jun tentatively attacked several times, but still gave up attacking Jiankang for the time being.

The four generalissimos and the 100,000 army could only look at Jiankang City and sigh, Hu Hai couldn't understand why Xu Shiji dared to say that 3,000 foot soldiers attacked Jiankang. Although he has always admired Xu Shiji's resourcefulness, this time, he really can't keep up with his thinking.

Facing the questioning eyes of the two, Xu Shiji smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and gently stroked the beard that had grown quite long in the past few years, and said: "Governor, Shen Luoyan has poured troops into the rescue of Jianghan this time, is the Jiangdong counties already empty, only Jiankang Capital and Quarry Rock and Guazhou Du have a regular army, and the room is just some old and weak miscellaneous cards?" ”

"That's true. Jiankang is estimated to have 30,000 people, and there are 20,000 elites in Quarshidu and Guazhoudu, which is to prevent the soldiers and horses of Anhui and Jiangsu provinces from going south. The rest of the places are estimated to be empty cities. The nearest remaining troops are more than 20,000 soldiers and horses from the five counties of Jiujiang. Hu Hai nodded.

"The Governor's office is good, but we can borrow this." Saying that, Xu Shiji picked up the big seal on the case that Chen Dang didn't have time to take away.

"Pretending to be a soldier and seal a letter? If this is used to fight Panyang and other counties, it may work, but I am afraid that it will not work to fight Jiankang. Hu Hai paused and said. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )