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Jiangban agreed on a countermeasure, Ye Ji Luorong, Zhou Fan, Tian Chang made up their minds, galloped back to the big tent, and more than a dozen orders were sent from Kuaichi to various places in Jingxiang, and the following generals were also summoned to report the current situation.

Although the situation on the east bank of the Han River is irreparable, Chen Zhihu led his troops into Nanyang, and Dong Yuan of Huaixi had different intentions towards Huaidong, so that the situation on the west bank of the Han River does not look like the worst: at least the main force of the Huaidong Army is still some time away from entering the west bank of the Han River, and there is no danger of immediately overheading, and the passage from Jingzhou to Xiangyang and from Xiangyang to Wuguan is still unobstructed - Ye Ji Luorong, Zhou Fan, Tian Chang and other main generals are calm and calm, which also makes the generals below feel more at ease.

This is also where the west bank of the Han River is stronger than the east bank: on the east bank, Haowenzhuang is only the nominal commander-in-chief, and even Yang Xiong's subordinates may not all obey his orders, not to mention Sun Jichang, Zhong Rong, Ma Dekui, Sun Jichang, Meng Anchan and other foreign generals; The soldiers and horses on the west bank are either the elite of Ye Ji Luo Rong's headquarters, or the descendants of Zhou Fan and Tian Chang, and Ye Ji Luo Rong himself is in Jingzhou, and the command system is in order.

Even if Zhou Fan and Tian Chang were unwilling to listen to Ye Ji Luorong's military orders at this time, it was impossible to escape faster than Ye Ji Luorong, including Jingmen, Xiangyang and Nanyang (Wuguan), which were actually still in the direct control of Ye Ji Luorong's soldiers and horses, and Zhou Fan and Tian Chang also understood in their hearts that if they wanted to escape and ascend to heaven, they must not mess with themselves; There was no possibility for the two of them to surrender to Huaidong.

said to Ye Ji Luorong that even if Tian Chang, who was newly attached to the luxury family, was not so reliable, Zhou Fan could still be trusted, after all, most of the families and relatives of Zhou Fan and his generals were in Yanjing City, and it was impossible to ignore his military orders.

Again, after the collapse of the soldiers and horses on the east bank, most of the soldiers and horses left on the eastern front, including Luo Xiancheng's subordinates and the luxury family, were newly attached miscellaneous soldiers; Yeziro Rong commanded the Western Route Army that went south, and the real elite were concentrated on the Western Front and the Northern Front.

Ye Ji Luorong had 40,000 elite cavalry in his headquarters, Zhou Fan's department still had nearly 40,000 elite soldiers in the new annex army who had not suffered major losses, Tian Chang and Han Li's two divisions had a combined 26,000 people before attacking Jingzhou, and there were still nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses undamaged at this time, and there were more than 60,000 elite soldiers on the northern line Chen Zhihu and Tu'an - if the grain road was not cut off from Fancheng and the soldiers and horses on the western and northern lines were concentrated, there were still 160,000 elite soldiers, and they might not have the strength to fight with the main force of the Huaidong Army.

The northern retreat became the target of all the troops and horses on the western front of Yanhu, but the premise of the northern retreat was to take Jingzhou.

The loss of Fancheng, the passage from Xiangyang to the west of the Danjiang River to the north is very narrow, and the 100,000 soldiers and horses on the west bank of the Han River must be withdrawn to Guanzhong, which is not something that can be done in three or five days.

At this time, the wavering of the army's heart is the most terrible thing, spread out everything, let the generals below see the hope of retreating north, and let the generals below realize that taking Jingzhou is the premise of retreating north, but it will not cause too much panic, but will arouse the middle-level generals Yu Yonglai.

This in itself is also the quality that an elite army of soldiers and horses should have when facing crises and difficulties, just like a vicious beast, even if it falls into a trap, it will struggle violently and produce extremely strong destructive power.

Tian Chang knew that the luxury family was completely finished, and it was impossible to rise again: luxury Wenzhuang still offered a legacy in Huangpi, on the one hand, he didn't want Beiyan to lose too badly, so as to force Lin Jian to take more gentle measures, so that the remnants of the luxury family left in northern Fujian might escape the blood awakening and purge; On the one hand, Haowenzhuang wanted to dispel Ye Ji Luorong's hatred for Haoyuan, Su Tingzhan and the Shicheng clansmen to flee first, so that Haoyuan and the eight surnamed clansmen could escape the bloody purge of Beiyan after fleeing to the north - Tian Chang had to think about his own future, not to mention the hatred accumulated with Huaidong before, his subordinates participated in the Nanyang massacre, his hands were full of blood, and there was no way to go back.

If Tian Chang wants to eliminate Ye Ji Luorong's suspicions and completely integrate into the new Han army system, he can only do his best to fight Jingzhou at this time; Even if all the soldiers and horses under his command are exhausted, Ye Ji Luorong will see his hard work and high achievements, and flee north with him.

Ye Ji Luorong also had no intention of sacrificing Tian Chang and Zhou Fan's soldiers and horses to make them deviate from Germany, and deployed his 10,000 elite cavalry along the north bank of the river. On the one hand, after Hu Wenmu withdrew from Jingzhou, he used this 10,000 elite cavalry to rear......

Ye Ji Luorong has also experienced a lot of wind and rain in his life, of course he knows the truth that he can't escape if he wants to escape alone, and the queen must keep the soldiers and horses who can be trusted, and also reduce the worries of generals such as Zhou Fan and Tian Chang.

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Hu Wenmu stood on top of the remnants of the inner city of Jingzhou, watching Yan Hu withdraw the soldiers and horses in the south of the city; Although Yan Hu gave up the passage to escape from the south of the city into the Yangtze River, the soldiers and horses gathered on the north side of the inner city were more dense, and Hu Wenmu was full of bitterness: should he hold on to the last soldier, or take advantage of the situation to withdraw?

These two choices are extremely difficult for Hu Wenmu, and he is unwilling to do them, but can there be a third option?

At dusk, after Yan Hu withdrew the soldiers and horses blockaded in the south of the city, Senior Hu rushed into the remnants of Jingzhou under the cover of dozens of soldiers and joined his father Hu Wenmu. Obviously, Yan Hu will not pay attention to the small group of soldiers and horses landing into the city, but more soldiers and horses want to land, from the riverbank dock to the south of the city that is nearly ten miles deep, it will be a bloody death zone, Yan Hu deployed on both wings of the elite cavalry is by no means a decoration.

Looking at his old father with a thin face, messy beard, and bloodshot eyes, as if his energy had been squeezed out, Senior Hu did not have the excitement of a big victory.

"Hulu's fighting spirit doesn't seem to be fading!" Senior Hu climbed the remnant wall, looking at the Yanhu soldiers and horses who completely controlled the remnant city in the north, the array was still neat, and at this time, there were still soldiers and horses pouring in from the broken north gate of the outer city, and he could have a premonition that the upcoming offensive would be like a storm.

"The trapped beast is still fighting!" Hu Wenmu said lightly, looking at the eldest son coming over, at this time, there was no joy of victory at all, and there was still a life and death test in front of them.

In order to capture Jingzhou City, the captival Ye Ji Luorong concentrated almost all the elite soldiers and horses in his hands on the periphery of Jingzhou.

Of the 30,000 defenders, more than half of the defenders were killed or wounded in battle, and those who were routed, divided and surrounded and forced to surrender to the enemy when the outer city was broken through, and there were less than 8,000 people who retreated to the inner city with Hu Wenmu, and less than 6,000 who could stand up and take weapons to fight the enemy - even if he abandoned Jingzhou City and retreated to the river at this time, Hu Wenmu would not lose his heart, but things will never be as simple as they seem.

"When will the Huaidong reinforcements arrive?" Hu Wenmu asked softly.

"Even if there are reinforcements, it will be four or five days at the earliest." Senior Hu said.

To tear apart the blockade of Yanhu's soldiers and horses on the river bank and send reinforcements to Jingzhou City, it is no longer up to the more than 10,000 weak soldiers of the Jinghu Army on the south bank to do it, and Huaidong has to concentrate troops and horses to break through the defense line of eastern Hubei before this, and it is impossible to divide troops to aid Jingzhou. After all, the overall strategy in Huaidong, whether or not Jingzhou can be held will not play a decisive role in the entire battle situation.

Even if Lin Jian would consider sending reinforcements to Jingzhou when the overall situation of the Eastern Front had been decided, it would take four or five days to go up the waterway from the east of Huangpi for four or five hundred miles, and the northwest wind would be strong after winter. In fact, Senior Hu did not see any signs of Lin Jian directly sending reinforcements to Jingzhou in Jiangxia.

Hu Wenmu looked at the generals around him, after four or five days, how many people could survive?

Hu Wenmu is not afraid that Lin Jian will grab the pigtail because of the abandonment of the city afterwards, he is unwilling - victory is within reach, who is willing to be helpless with the final victory!

"What do you have to say to you?" Hu Wenmu asked softly, so soft that he could barely hear himself.

"Zuo Xiang didn't say anything else, just asked Zuo Lian to take a note to the child......" Senior Hu said, and took out the letter from his arms and asked his son to hand it over to him.

The letter was crumpled, and Senior Hu kept it close to him for two days.

Two days ago, Senior Hu was in Jiangxia, and Zuo Chengmu sent his son Zuo Lian from Huangpi to cross the river to see Senior Hu; Senior Hu galloped from Jiangxia to the south bank of Jingzhou, and finally had the opportunity to cross the river into Jingzhou City today, and handed over the letter to Hu Wenmu.

There are only a few numbers in the note: it is better to learn from Zhang Han than to go against the flow of risk.

Hu Wenmu sighed, sighing too much unwillingness and reluctance.

Of course, Senior Hu knew what Zuo Chengmu meant by these few numbers, and he also nervously watched his father make a decision.

Hu Wenmu sighed bitterly again, and looked at the armored generals beside him: "After the old man stays in the palace, you can prepare, and after nightfall, you and the senior will retreat to the river first, be careful, don't lose the front hooves of the horse in the end......"

"Your Excellency!" The generals on the left and right were unwilling and persuaded, "The great victory is ahead, you can't give up halfway!" ”

"We did not give up halfway, the generals and I defended Jingzhou, pinned down the main force of Hu Lu for twenty days, and created favorable conditions for the privy envoys to annihilate the enemy's main force on the eastern front on the east bank of the Han River; These are all the generals who have fought and killed, and the glory of Jing Xiang's victory will definitely be shared," Hu Wenmu said in a loud voice, "At present, there is no need to fight these fierce beasts and increase casualties." ”

Senior Hu turned his face to look at the deepening twilight in the sky, suppressing the urge to cry, maybe this can make everyone happy:

If the Hu family is unwilling to give up the authority in their hands after the war, then giving up Jingzhou at this time will be a stain on Huaidong's attack, and the victory of Jingxiang's victory will naturally have nothing to do with the generals of the Jinghu Army, but they should worry about liquidating Huaidong.

If the Hu family conformed to the general trend after the war and was willing to give up the authority in their hands and give up their efforts to divide Jinghu, it would be that the Jinghu Army had held Jingzhou for so long, and it would have successfully attracted the main force of Yanhu on the western front and created favorable conditions for the main force of the Huaidong Army to annihilate the enemy on the eastern front; Temporarily abandoning Jingzhou City after completing the campaign objectives is just to avoid unnecessary casualties; What's more, in the past few days of defending the city, the defenders themselves have suffered more than 20,000 casualties, not to mention, and there are as many as 30,000 or 40,000 enemy soldiers annihilated......

As for the civilians in Jingzhou City, when the outer city of Jingzhou was breached, they had already suffered heavy casualties, and the gains and losses of the inner city had nothing to do with the civilians.

History is always written by the victors.

There are few numbers on Zuo Chengmu's note, and this is what he said.

Even if the Jinghu Army was crippled like this, Hu Wenmu made up his mind to let go of the power of the divided places, and he still had a strong unwillingness.

The remnants of Jingzhou's army deliberately withdrew, and Tian Chang naturally would not risk attacking again - after all, adding one more wounded soldier would make it more difficult to retreat north.