On the defense line in eastern Hubei Province, the most fortunate person is Zhong Rong, who guards Tiemen Mountain, was once a giant of Tongbai Mountain, and is known as a butcher general.

Tiemen Mountain is located in the middle of the eastern Hubei defense line, but compared with Huangpi and Fengshan, it is geographically more inward. If the Huaidong Army wants to pose a threat to the enemy at Tiemen Mountain, the two wings will inevitably be exposed, so it will not let go of Tiemen Mountain in the middle section with the Chizhou Army, and point the main force to both ends of the Eastern Hubei defense line.

When Lin Jian ordered a general attack on the eastern Hubei defense line, he could only temporarily let go of Tiemen Mountain and give Zhong Rong a chance to calmly retreat to Xiaochang.

When Zhong Rong entered Tiemen Mountain in the early stage, he had 40,000 soldiers and horses, and it was precisely because he was not in the active direction of the Huaidong Army that he continued to draw troops to Huangpi and Hanjin in the later period, and on the 21st, Zhong Rong's troops in Tiemen Mountain were less than 15,000 people.

Tiemen Mountain is also close to Xiaochang, only more than 80 miles, and in Xiaochang, Luo Xiancheng also deployed another 10,000 soldiers and horses as a backup. In fact, before the collapse of the Baita River defense line, Zhong Rong made up his mind to abandon Tiemen Mountain and flee to Xiaochang. Zhong Rong also knew in his heart that once the main force of the Huaidong Army on the Huangpi side was freed up, he would have ten feet, and he would not be able to escape the net of the Huaidong Army.

Zhong Rong must flee north as soon as possible when the attention of the main force of the Huaidong Army is still attracted to the rout troops on the front line of Huangpi and Hanjin, so that he can gain a chance of survival.

In the early morning of the 22nd, the sky was slightly white, and the horse's hooves were as rapid as a shower, and they galloped straight to the door in front of Xiaochang City.

The gate of Xiaochang City was closed, and the little colonel guarding the gate picked out the wind lantern, and his nervous hands were trembling, afraid that a sharp arrow would suddenly shoot him into a hedgehog.

"Blind your dog's eyes, I don't even recognize you! Tell Wang Xian'er to get up and open the city gate. Zhong Rong reined in the war horse that was panting for white air, raised his head and shouted towards the city tower, his voice was as thick as thunder, and it exploded in the ears of the guard school.

"General Zhong!" The guard Wang Xian'er poked his head out in fear and asked the guards to put down the drawbridge and bring Zhong Rong into the city.

It was not without benefits to join Beiyan, Zhong Rong got two or three thousand good horses before the war, and he had a rare team of cavalry in his hands. At this time, it was these two or three thousand soldiers and horses who withdrew to Xiaochang with Zhong Rong first.

Wang Xian'er saw that only two or three thousand cavalry came in with Zhong Rong, and only when Tiemen Mountain also called the Huaidong army to defeat, he asked Zhong Rong in a suppressed voice: "Why did General Zhong bring back this little people?" ”

"Dog Laozi, how many people can spread their legs and run away in the middle of the night?" Zhong Rong was also wheezing.

Zhong Rong was worried that Tiemen Mountain would cut off the retreat route for the Huaidong Army if he was one step late, so he retreated at night and only took his descendants and horses to retreat, and the other soldiers and horses were still behind.

The 15,000 soldiers and horses left in Tiemen Mountain for Zhong Rong can be said to be the elite soldiers in the Suizhou army, but the elite soldiers are also graded, and not all the "elite soldiers" can march in the starry night. Zhong Rong insisted that all the soldiers and horses follow the speed of his cavalry, and to retreat to Xiaochang before the early morning, which would only cause most of the 15,000 soldiers and horses to disperse during the march.

Wang Xiang and Luo Wenhu's surrender to Huaidong was also confirmed at this time, and Zhong Rong was not sure that all the soldiers and horses in Tiemen Mountain were willing to flee north with him.

At this time, you can only grasp the loyal and reliable descendants in your hands.

At this time, if he is too greedy and the soldiers are panicked, who knows if anyone wants to use his head to run to the Huaidong Army to ask for merit and atonement?

"What's the situation over there in Suizhou?" Zhong Rong walked into Wang Xian'er's guard's mansion, drank the hot tea brought by the maid, and asked Wang Xian'er several questions one after another. He was in a hurry to leave that night, and he had no time to pay attention to the movements on other sections of the eastern Hubei defense line.

Wang Xian'er is a person trusted by Luo Xiancheng and Zhong Rong, otherwise he would not have been asked to lead his troops to guard Xiaochang.

Wang Xian'er was also frightened, and said: "Tanma can't get close to Suizhou City, but listening to the movement, Suizhou has not completely fallen, and Huaidong has a soldier in the north who is walking very fast, I'm afraid that I want to take Zaoyang." This whole thing is a big conspiracy in Huaidong......"

"What's the panic," although Zhong Rong couldn't help but tremble when he thought of what was powerful, he still told Wang Xian'er to calm down and said, "What's the situation over there in Huangpi, has Chen Hansan withdrawn?" ”

"Huangpi's side has fallen, most of the soldiers and horses have fled to the northwest, the Huaidong Army is currently mainly chasing to the northwest, there are no soldiers and horses coming to Xiaochang for the time being, Chen Hansan's side has not moved, it is not easy for him to withdraw...... Wang Xian'er said.

Chen Hansan is guarded in the north according to Fengshan, and he is stationed on the side of Fengshan, behind which is the steep Fengshan and Flag Mountain, and if you want to escape, you can only flee to Fengshan and Flag Mountain, and it is not an easy thing to pass through Fengshan and withdraw to Flag Mountain, nor can it be done in a short time.

Zhong Rong thought about it, to the 30,000 main forces of the Chizhou Army, it was not easy for Chen Hansan to withdraw, if he wanted to survive, he could only flee to the depths of the southern section of Huaishan, but after the Jingxiang War, Huaishan would become under the control of the Huaidong Army, Chen Hansan escaped this catastrophe at this time, how long can he struggle?

Zhong Rong can't control Chen Hansan, at this time, the Huaidong Army in the direction of Huangpi has not yet sent troops to fight Xiaochang, which is good news for him, but in the north of Xiaochang, there are still a large number of Huaidong troops between Suizhou and Lishan, and it is still not easy for him and Wang Xian'er to lead his troops through the blockade of Suizhou and Lishan, enter the northern vein of Huaishan, and join Luo Xiancheng......

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After comprehensively breaking through the enemy's Baitahe-Huangpi-Xiongjiagang defense line, Lin Jian left everything behind and went to sleep, but Fu Qinghe, Gao Zongting, Song Fu, Ao Canghai, Zhou Pu and others were still not easy, they had to sit in the Chinese military tent, coordinate and adjust the deployment of troops to pursue the enemy's rout.

The officers of the Military Intelligence Department constantly adjusted the advance of the chasing armies on the hanging large map. With the development of the war, Huangpi, Hanjin, Xiongjiagang, Xiaonan, Yunmeng and other enemy cities and enemy bases in the key places were recovered, and the small red flag was constantly inserted in the northwest direction.

Zhou Pu sat listlessly in the chair, he couldn't personally lead his troops to pursue the enemy's rout, and staying in the Chinese military tent to strategize was not what he was good at, but he still had to stay in the Chinese military tent, so it was inevitable that he would doze off, and he wanted to find a corner to make up for a big sleep.

"The Fengshan Chizhou Army reported success, Deng Yu broke the Fengshan Village, and Chen Hansan led the remnants to flee to the Flag Mountain!" Another piece of military intelligence came in.

When Zhou Pu heard the news, he was in high spirits and suddenly came to his senses. There are not a few people who have been harmed by Chen Hansan over the years, but when it comes to hatred for Chen Hansan, a thief, few people are more profound than Zhou Pu. They were killed by Chen Hansan that year, and the brothers suffered heavy casualties, so they were forced to leave Huaishang and flee to Huai'an......

Fu Qinghe was calm, personally took the only remaining right hand and planted a small flag on the position of Fengshan, discussed with Gao Zongting and Song Fu for a while, and then ordered on behalf of Lin Bin: "Order Yue Zhi to lead his troops to clear the remnants of the enemy in the flag planting mountain, and order Deng Yu to lead his troops to bypass Fengshan and attack the pursuit of the enemy between Tiemen Mountain and Xiaochang......

Song Fu looked at the map and said worriedly: "The inner city of Suizhou has not yet been built, Ziang wants to concentrate more troops in Suizhou, between Suizhou and Lishan, there is a gap for Zhong Rong to escape......

There is a low hill belt wide up to 1450 miles wide between Suizhou and Lishan, Cao Ziang sent Liu Zhenzhi to lead his troops to the west to intercept the enemy's defeat in the south of Zaoyang, only 24,500 troops in Suizhou, and there is no ability to completely block the gap between Suizhou and Lishan, so Zhong Rong and some enemy soldiers in Xiaochang have the opportunity to pass through it and flee to the north of Huaishan.

Fu Qinghe said: "With such a big net, there is no way to catch all the fish in one net, and there is no way to leak out one or two......

Yanhu's 160,000 soldiers and horses in eastern Hubei were concentrated in the Huangpi and Hanjin lines in the later period, and there were 110,000 people concentrated in front of the Huaidong army.

Moreover, the defeated enemy mainly fled in the direction of Shicheng, which is located in the upper reaches of the Han River and is an important node in the continuation of the war. The next step of the Huaidong Army was to assemble at Shicheng, either cross the Han River from Shicheng and enter the west bank of the Han River, or continue from Shicheng along the Han River to Xiangfan and Nanyang.

The main campaign direction of the main force of the Huaidong Army should gradually move to the west, and too many troops should not be dispersed to the east.

Ao Canghai said: "It is possible to send an infantry horse between Xiaochang and Tiemen Mountain to urge the enemy to disperse......"

Gao Zongting nodded and said: "That's fine, you can't ask Zhong Rong to take the entire army and horses to the northern line, and let him take his descendants to escape to meet Luo Xiancheng, which is already polite to him." "At the moment, we can't tell the enemy generals on the southern front to flee comfortably to the northern front, even if Zhong Rong, a big fish, can't spare his hands to catch it for a while, but we must intercept as many rout troops as possible.

The reconstruction of Jingxiang after the war and the subsequent expansion of the war on the Goryeo Peninsula required a large number of young and strong, and prisoners were the cheapest source of young and strong, so naturally the 25,000 enemies in Xiaochang and Tiemen Mountain could not be comfortably fled to the northern foot of Huai Mountain. What's more, Luo Xiancheng has the possibility of surrendering Dong Yuan, and he can't make these people feel comfortable for Dong Yuan.

At this time, someone came in to report: "Zhang Gou sent someone to escort Hao Wenzhuang and Wen Chengyun over......"

All the people in the tent stopped what they were doing and looked at the door of the tent.

Zhang Gou first sent a cavalry back to capture the matter of Haowenzhuang, and Fu Qinghe ordered Zhang Gou to escort the people back to the camp immediately. At this time, Zhang Gou escorted people over, and everyone still felt that it was a little untrue.

Gao Zongting sighed lightly and didn't pay any more attention to this matter, but sat there and continued to sign the military order to send foot cavalry to Xiaochang to harass him.

Fu Qinghe glanced at Song Fu and said, "I have to trouble Song Gong to confirm the identity of Luwenzhuang......

The name of Luwenzhuang is very great, but only Song Fu is the only one who has really met with Luxury, and only Song Fu can confirm the identity of Luxury.

At this time, Song Jia came over and asked, "I heard that the Duke of Wenzhuang was escorted?" ”

"The lord is awake?" Gao Zongting looked up and asked.

Song Jia shook her head and said, "The adults are still asleep; If you can, the concubine has had a reluctant invitation, and wants to see the Duke of Wenzhuang before the adults wake up......"

Fu Qinghe nodded and said, "Miss Song, please." ”