(In the face of the powerful third watch, brothers vote for red!) ）

Luwenzhuang rested for a while before he regained his breath; The messenger sent by Su Tingzhan to report the news was still in the house, and Hao Yuan hugged his grandfather and asked in a suppressed voice: "The East China Sea Fox is really unexpected, but Fancheng has fallen carelessly, and it seems to be harmless to the overall situation, as long as Prince Mu can capture Jingzhou as soon as possible......"

"Alas......" Haowenzhuang's sigh was endlessly bitter, and there was no way to talk about it to the eldest grandson Haoyuan for a while.

Hao Yuan only thought that his ancestor was taboo that the messenger sent by Su Tingzhan was present, and he opened his mouth to ask the messenger to retreat.

Hao Wenzhuang shook his head and said, "Zi Pei is Tingzhan's nephew, and he is his right-hand man on weekdays; If Ting Zhan hadn't seen something, he wouldn't have asked Zipei to run this trip himself......"

Su Zipei is the son of Su Tingzhan's cousin, and he brought Su Tingzhan with him to lead the guards, Su Tingzhan asked him to come to Huangpi to report the news, but he didn't say anything more to him - what Su Tingzhan wanted to say, in fact, through the detail of sending Su Zipei to report the news, he had already given enough hints to Haowenzhuang.

Su Zipei didn't know what his uncle Su Tingzhan saw, and Duke Wen Zhuang saw something from the incident when he came to report the news.

Haowenzhuang had the weakness after prostration, and it was difficult to walk, so he asked Haoyuan to sit down with him, and asked the other soldiers in the camp to go out, leaving only Haoyuan and Su Zipei.

Hao Wenzhuang asked Su Zipei: "When Ting Zhan heard about the fall of Fancheng, was he also panicked?" ”

"Indeed," Su Zipei nodded and said, "Uncle and General Suo were having a banquet in the mansion, and when they heard the news, the wine glass fell to ......the ground."

Only then did he realize the seriousness of the problem.

What kind of character is Su Tingzhan: He was born as a showman, was sentenced for his crimes, imprisoned in the county jail, instigated the prisoners to break the prison and rebel, entered the sea as a coward, crisscrossed the East China Sea, and then attached to Zhejiang and Fujian, dedicated to the strategy of abandoning the land and going to the sea, and helped his father to absorb the East China Sea group.

If it weren't for the setback in Huaidong, Su Tingzhan would have been a better general than Tian Chang. Whether it is his grandfather or his father, the evaluation of Su Tingzhan is higher than Tian Chang - Tian Chang's military power is more important than Su Tingzhan, but Tian Chang made great contributions when he captured the two Zhejiang, and he is the representative of the surrender forces of the two Zhejiang, and the Tian family is a wealthy family of the two Zhejiang, not Tian Chang's ability to overpower Su Tingzhan.

Hao Yuan also admired Su Tingzhan's courage.

Fan Cheng's careless fall not only made his grandfather Hao Wenzhuang shocked when he heard it, but even Su Tingzhan reacted like this, indicating that there was something hidden behind him, which he and Su Zipei did not see.

Su Zipei also realized the seriousness of the problem, but he couldn't figure out the key points, and looked at Hao Wenzhuang suspiciously.

"Tingzhan sent Zi Pei here to ensure that Zi Pei would not talk nonsense about his reaction in Shicheng here, and I also guessed that I would be shocked when I heard about the fall of Fancheng at first glance," Lu Wenzhuang certainly understood Su Tingzhan and said, "On the surface, Huaidong bribed Luo Xiancheng's generals, so that five thousand elites could sneak into the hinterland of Jingxiang from Huaishan and attack Fancheng by surprise. If the time had come earlier, the king would not have thought much about it; Hao Yuan, Zipei, you can all see that Jingzhou is about to fall, even if you give Huaidong 5,000 strange soldiers to attack Fancheng, it will not subvert the entire battle situation, and in the armies in Shicheng, Nanyang, Jingmen, you have sufficient troops, at most 20,000 people can be transferred back to Xiangyang to capture Fancheng - Lin Lian, Gao Zongting, Song Fu and others, how can they not see this? If they saw this, why would they easily send 5,000 soldiers and horses to sneak into Jingxiang's hinterland to die? ”

Hao Yuan and Su Zipei both looked at each other, they are the generals of the younger generation of the Zhejiang and Fujian army, although the newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger, but Lin Jian and the Huaidong generals under his command are indeed not to be underestimated.

The news of the fall of Fancheng brought him too much panic, so frightened that he wanted to vomit blood, his mouth was full of blood, and he said: "Take 10,000 steps back, if Huaidong only has 5,000 soldiers and horses to sneak into the hinterland of Jingxiang and take Fancheng by surprise, it should also be a fire to burn Fancheng and the pontoon bridge, and then immediately withdraw to the east and to the direction of Tongbai Mountain, instead of staying in Fancheng to attract our reinforcements - another 10,000 steps back, if Huaidong only has 5,000 soldiers and horses to sneak into the hinterland of Jingxiang, it can approach Fancheng quietly, I believe it will be easier to sneak attack Suizhou. The 5,000 strange soldiers in Huaidong did not fight in Suizhou, but instead attacked Fancheng from afar, isn't all this clear enough? ”

Only then did Hao Yuan completely understand that in the final analysis, it was Huaidong's choice between Suizhou and Fancheng that revealed Huaidong's true strategy and ambition...... It was precisely because he could understand that Hao Yuan suddenly had cold hands and feet, and said in a lost voice: "It is actually Huaidong's soldiers and horses stationed in Luzhou who have entered the hinterland of Jingxiang!" ”

"......" luxury Wenzhuang resisted the urge to cry, bet on all the old books and opponent studs, thinking that the victory was in hand, and when the hole cards were uncovered, they suddenly found that even the underwear would be lost, who could resist the urge to cry?

Su Zipei was also stunned on the spot.

Indeed, if the Huaidong Army only has 5,000 soldiers and horses to sneak into the hinterland of Jingxiang, it will be easier to sneak attack Suizhou than to sneak attack Fancheng, and the benefits will be much greater - Suizhou City, as Luo Xiancheng's old suppression, is also the core support point of the defense line at the northern foot of Huaishan......

These 5,000 Huaidong soldiers did not fight Suizhou, but bypassed Suizhou and went all the way to attack Fancheng, which means that Huaidong still has enough troops in the hinterland of Jingxiang to attack Suizhou - the only possibility is that all or at least most of Huaidong's soldiers and horses in Luzhou have infiltrated the hinterland of Jingxiang and are opening their fangs to strike a fatal blow.

Huaidong is in Luzhou, there are Tang Fuguan, Liu Zhenzhi and Zhang Zhuang on the bright side, nearly 40,000 foot riders, Cao Ziang and Zhou Tong are after all Huaidong can be good at fighting wise generals, brave generals - if 40,000 foot cavalry quietly sneak into the hinterland of Jingxiang, peeking at the defenseless heart and preparing to save a fatal blow, how can this battle be?

After all, Su Zipei was young and vigorous, and he was not as completely desperate as Fuwenzhuang, and said: "At that moment, we should immediately send a probe horse to the front line of Chai Mountain and Lishan to reconnoitre?" ”

Hao Wenzhuang shook his head, knowing that Su Zipei was young and incomprehensible, and he had not yet understood the true intention of Su Tingzhan to send him, and said: "Although I don't know how the soldiers and horses of Luzhou came in, I can know that the East China Sea Fox has been preparing for this for a long time, and the fall of Fancheng shows that it is too late...... Even if we can catch the whereabouts of the Huaidong Army, what can we do? ”

"What should I do?" Hao Yuan asked in a panic.

"Quietly," said Yu Wenzhuang, "I want to come to the court to see the same thing......

"Why are you quiet?" Hao Yuan had no idea in his heart.

"Hao Yuan, don't panic, and listen to me slowly," Hao Wenzhuang said, "Xiangyang sent a message that Fancheng had fallen carelessly, so we will inform Sun Jichang, Yang Xiong, Meng Anchan and Zhong Rong of the generals, and we must not mess with ourselves at this time." In addition, I will immediately send you and Zipei to ride five thousand steps to aid Fancheng, and you will go directly to Shicheng to join Tingzhan. Remember, you must keep all the sailors in Stone City in your hands. After you get the news of the fall of Huangpi in Shicheng, don't hesitate, don't care about any orders from Prince Mu's side, just abandon Shicheng, advance by land and water, and go in the direction of Xiangyang. Xiangyang is not a place to stay for a long time, you must first withdraw to the west of Xiangyang, and then withdraw to Guanzhong with the Yan army, or disperse to Hanzhong, depending on the situation; But remember, whether it is to retreat to Guanzhong, or Hanzhong, or the war in the Central Plains, you should not get involved, and find a way to go to the northwest or go to the southwest......"

To go to Hanzhong is to join the Cao family, and he didn't expect that the Zhejiang-Fujian army would fall to this point, and he didn't expect his grandfather to despair the situation to such an extent......

Hao Yuan said with a crying voice: "Grandfather, you ......"

"Leave me alone," said Hao Wenzhuang, "the Huaidong Army's soldiers and horses in Huangzhou have all pressed up, and if the news leaks, Sun Jichang, Yang Xiong, Meng Anchan, or Zhong Rong will escape first, and the entire defense line will collapse in the blink of an eye." If I stay here, I can only buy you two more days at most. You have to remember, the son of the luxury family has tears and does not flick, your father and your second uncle died on the battlefield, my old bones have nothing to pity, but it is a pity that there is no way for us to live in Huaidong......" After saying this, Lu Wenzhuang felt that the hero was in the twilight, and he couldn't help but cry.

Su Zipei stood there, his heart choked: only then did he really understand the meaning of his uncle asking him to come over to report the news, and he would not leak any news, and he must not make Yang Xiong, Meng Anchan, Sun Jichang, Zhong Rong and others realize that tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Huaidong had infiltrated the hinterland of Jingxiang and messed up - even so, it could only buy them two days at most......

Once the defense line in eastern Hubei collapses, there will be rout soldiers everywhere, and Huaidong's main force in front of the defense line of Baita River will cut in like a sharp blade, and they can only flee with the rout, but their home in Shicheng is small, and it will be difficult to escape.

If the main force of the soldiers and horses infiltrated by the Huaidong Army was rushing towards Suizhou, then the soldiers and horses of the Huaidong Army would then fall into Zaoyang and completely block the entrance between Fancheng and Zaoyang, blocking the passage of the east bank of the Han River to flee north, and it would only take four days at the earliest. There are more than 500 miles from Huangpi to Zaoyang, and the journey is not good, and it takes at least five or six days to spread your legs and escape to Zaoyang.

If you flee on the east bank of the Han River, it is very likely that you will escape, so you can only go west along the Han River and find a way to escape to Guanzhong from the Danjiang River or the Wuguan River.

After the fall of Fancheng, it was not possible to take a relatively spacious land route from Xichuan County, Nanyang Prefecture, and the passage from Xiangyang to the mouth of the Wuguan River and the Danjiang Estuary was very narrow.

More than 200,000 soldiers and horses of the Huaidong Army, the Chizhou Army and the Jinghu Army counterattacked from the southern front, how many soldiers and horses could not be eaten?

After Hao Yuan and Su Zipei retreated to Shicheng to join Su Tingzhan, holding the naval army in their hands was the foundation of survival. Although the Huaidong Water Camp is invincible in the world, it is necessary to clean up the shipwreck at Hanshuikou first, and the time to enter Hanshui cannot be too early.

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At the corner of October 20, at the same time that Cao Ziang led the Chaishan soldiers and horses to salute in the west, Lin Jian had already transferred all the reserve troops and horses in Huangzhou, and in the front camp of Zhaohushan and Changxuanling, the total strength of the Huaidong Army had exceeded 100,000, making final preparations for the final counterattack.

In the past few days, the attacks on the enemy's fortifications such as Baitahe and Xiongjiagang have been fought by one town division after another, and the enemy's spirit must be tensed to the extreme, exhaust their physical strength, and wait for the moment when their defense line collapses......

Lin Lian, Song Fu and others studied the map in the big tent.

They knew that Huang Zuyu and Zhou Bin had led their troops to sneak to Fancheng disguised as grain transporters, but because the line from Shicheng to Huangpi was the hinterland controlled by the enemy, the Huaidong Army spies could only sneak out day and night, and the news of the capture of Fancheng had not been transmitted back to the Zhaohushan camp in time.

Gao Zongting hurriedly walked in; Seeing that there was joy hidden between Gao Zongting's eyebrows and eyes, Song Fu, who was usually very good-natured, couldn't bear it, and blurted out: "Is there any news from Fancheng?" ”

"There is no news from Fancheng, but Haowenzhuang intends to ask his grandson Haoyuan to lead his troops to flee north," Gao Zongting said, "I want to come to Fancheng and have already succeeded!" Agent Huangpi had just shot an arrow and sent back the news, saying that the news that Hao Wenzhuang had dispatched his grandson to lead 5,000 paces to ride north to aid ......"

"Ah......" Song Fu was also quite surprised.

"This old fox has escaped for half his life, and he won't run away this time?" Lin Lian stood aside with his hands and laughed.

But seeing Chen Yan and Zhang Gou rushing in with their front and back feet, Chen Yan hurriedly said: "The old thief wants to escape, please allow Chen Yan to stab the Baita River at noon......"

Lin Jian shook his head and said, "Luxury Wenzhuang has left himself behind this time, and we have to wait for another day." ”

"How many fish do you have to miss for a day?" Chen Yan said dissatisfiedly.

"Luxury Wenzhuang has ordered his Sun to retreat to the north, if he doesn't leave, he will definitely help our army stabilize Sun Jichang and other enemy troops, which also shows that Ye Ji Luorong of Jingzhou has not understood for the time being, and it is not too late to wait for a day or two." Zhang Gou said.

Gao Zongting nodded secretly, Chen Zhen is a brave general, and he may not live on the battlefield, but Zhang Gou is a handsome talent.