Jingzhou, Jiangxia County, Murong Sanzang and Da Xiwei were shrinking their defensive lines and retreating step by step.

First, it was really unbearable, and secondly, according to the prince's intentions, he planned to withdraw from Jiangxia.

The capital of Jiangxia is Jiangxia County, why is this place lost, and the imperial court will definitely save it?

Because it is Wuhan, the interrupted hub of the entire Yangtze River, stuck in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the entrance of the Han River into the Yangtze River, and the largest transit point for the Yangtze River trade.

Yang Ming sent Jurong, it was nothing, Yang Ming dared to send Jiangxia.

The war has always been like this, and success or failure is not judged by the gains and losses of one place, Yang Ming wants to transfer the Xiangyang Navy, he can only do this, as long as the Navy's army comes back, Jiang Xia's kung fu can be taken back in the blink of an eye.

"We can't retreat upstream along the Yangtze River, we can't leave Jiangxia too far, we must be ready to support the sailors who rushed back at any time," Pang Tao said: "Evacuate to Hanyang." ”

Murong Sanzang frowned and said: "Hanyang is in Hanshui, if we retreat into Hanshui, if the enemy army goes up the river and goes straight to Jiangling, how is it good?" ”

"If he goes to Jiangling, we will go out of Hanshui and recapture Jiangxia," Dugu Lingyun said: "Qinghe County is just rushing to Jiangling, even if Dong Jingzhen goes, he can't do anything." ”

The prince of Qinghe County, that is, the fourth Yang Xuan Award, the introducer of Zhu Cang, after being entrusted with important tasks by Yang Ming, led the military government of the four counties of Qianjun, Ruyin, Runan, and Huai'an, with a total of 8,000 people, and was already marching to Jiangling.

These four counties belong to Henan in the Great Sui.

It is equivalent to Henan people coming to Hubei to quell the rebellion.

Pang Tao and Dugu Lingyun meant that their troops and horses would withdraw into Hanshui, let Jiangxia out, and wait for the Xiangyang Navy to come back, and they would attack in two ways and then take Jiangxia back.

Their strategic purpose was to first get the sailors back, and after they returned, they would use Jiangxia as the center of gravity for Jingzhou's defense to block Xiao Miao's westward advance.

Jiangxia is close to the Yangtze River, and the northwest direction of the opposite bank is the mouth of the Han River, all the way up along the Han River, passing through Chuyang County, Jingling County, and Xiangyang County respectively.

It was from here that the Xiangyang Sailor came out.

Yang Ming served as the governor of Jingzhou back then, and he took a boat from Jiangling to the east along the Yangtze River, and after arriving in Jiangxia, he entered the Han River from here and went to Xiangyang to inspect the sailors.

This is also the only section of the Yangtze River that Yang Ming has visited.

Now Murong Sanzang and their soldiers and horses, there are more than 10,000 people, the wealthy merchants in Jiangxia City, after Dong Jingzhen entered Jiangxia County, he has already packed up and left the city to avoid disasters.

Those who are still in the city at the moment really can't go, although it's not an empty city, but it's almost there.

"Du Taishou will support us from Xiangyang, let's withdraw from the city tonight," Pang Tao said.

Murong Sanzang had more than 60 ships in his hands that the Shen family of Jiangling supported him, all of which were converted from merchant ships, and in addition to having the ability to guerrilla on both sides of the strait, the hull itself did not have the combat capability, and at most he could stand on it and fire arrows.

On the rebel Dong Jingzhen's side, there are three big ships, so Murong San is hiding in the Yangtze River and does not have the ability to fight with the enemy.

Don't look at only three big ships, there are ballistas on them, and if you hit your ship, you can sink it directly.

At the end of January, Jiangxia was lost, Dong Jingzhen entered Jiangxia City, and began to send people to collect ships from the people, any boat.

Immediately afterwards, Shen Faxing, another general under Xiao Miao, led 6,000 troops into Wuchang County and began to recruit folk craftsmen to build wharves and ships.

Yang Guang's northern expedition, among the ten Ying Yanglang generals and their lieutenants of the Xiaoguo Army, Zhang Zhenzhou, Gongsun Shangzhe, Cai Yuankai, Shen Shuyi, and Shen Faxing, all of them followed Xiao Miao, and now they are all rebels.

Shen Faxing was originally Wu Xing's Taishou, and his position was much higher than Xiao Milling, and after taking refuge, he was now the right general under Xiao Milling's account, and the left general was Zhang Zhenzhou, which was equal to Xiao Mill's two subordinates with the largest military power.

Their rebel army is different, many of the leaders are from noble backgrounds, so they naturally understand how to create a reaction, and so far, the banner they have played is still to kill and protect their children.

Although the direction they walked was contrary to where Laihu'er was, it did not affect the name of the family, and there was no rebellion.

Xiao Mo didn't call himself a king or a manager, but he still had the name of Ying Yanglang, and several rebels in the south called Xiao Yingyang or Ying Yanggong, called Du Fuwei the general manager, Wang Hua was called An Mingong, and Liu Yuanjin was a general, anyway, each had its own name.

If there is no one who is called king for the time being, he will not leave a way out for himself to be called king.

Shen Faxing stationed in Wuchang was very smart, he knew that the Xiangyang Naval Division was not in Jingzhou, but he was worried that the Jiangdu direction would send the Naval Division to the rescue, so he simply established a foothold in Wuchang downstream of Jiangxia City, established a naval army here, guarded the achievements of Jiangxia, and prepared to fight a protracted war.

He didn't know that the imperial court planned to solve the Jiangnan problem before June, and he felt that the situation in Jiangnan was far more complicated than that in Hebei, and the vitality of the imperial court's northern expedition to Hebei was greatly damaged, and in a short period of time, there was nothing to do with them.

"Yang Ming was left in Luoyang, and the one who presided over Yangzhou was the merry son of the faint king," Shen Faxing said to his staff in the general's mansion in Wuchang City: "This thief is extremely hateful, and he would have been eager to eat his flesh raw." ”

His clan uncle Shen Shuyi is Shen Wuhua's younger brother and Chen Shuyi's maternal uncle, and now he is a military advisor by Xiao Miao's side, and he is a close minister, and he brought the Shen family to Wuchang.

When Yang Jin was in Yangzhou, he kidnapped the girl of the Shen family.

Henchman Jiang Yuanchao said with a smile: "Yang Yun'er, notoriety, when he was the governor of Yangzhou, he harmed many women from good families, and my southerners hated him, and his visit to Jiangdu this time was no different from sending him to death." ”

Yang Jun's reputation in the south is very poor, his father governed the Yangzhou region in an orderly manner, and he came to disaster.

Shen Faxing's son, also called Shen Lun, has the same name as Shen Lun of the Xiangyang Water Division, but this Shen family is a super family in the south, not comparable to the Jiangling Shen family.

I only heard him smile and said: "As long as we occupy Jiangxia and build an invincible naval division in the Yangtze River, then after Yingyang Gong occupies Jingzhou, we will become a separatist trend, and then we can take Jiangnan, and take Lingnan if we take a step back." ”

This is pure paper talk, if you say which county I will fight first, and then which county to occupy, be pragmatic, it is Jiangnan and Lingnan at every turn, how big these two places are, don't you count?

Before the sailor started to build, he wanted to paddle the river and rule, this is an idealist.

"It's not an easy task to build a sailor," staff member Sun Shihan frowned and said:

"The five-tooth ship is a five-story ship, more than 100 feet high, can accommodate 900 guards, there are six shooting rods and four ballistas on the left and right, and the original five-tooth ship in Jiangdu was assigned to the Xiangyang Navy many years ago, and then I heard that three more were built, and now there are eight ships, we want to dominate the Yangtze River, we have to have this kind of large warship."

The doorman Chen Guoren nodded and said: "I once saw the Wuya ship in Jiangdu, and it was a fortress in the middle of the river, with a heavy deck, and the giant crossbow could not be penetrated, but we couldn't build it. ”

"If you can't build it, think about how to knock it out," Shen Lun No. 2 said: "If such a big ship is slower, if it is hit by a fire ship, it will perish." ”

Sun Shihan and Chen Guoren glanced at each other, and at the same time thought, are you really good at talking?

Which ship is not afraid of fire? Do you know that people don't know if you're afraid of fire? A five-tooth ship, how many escort ships are there around it, so that you can approach casually?

"It doesn't work, I heard that the current Wuya ship, the hull is wrapped in refined iron sheets, and it is no longer afraid of fire attacks," Chen Guoren said: "The ship is too high, and it is in vain for us to set fire to the deck, and the Yangtze River is so powerful that it is impossible to set up a reef wall, so we can only introduce narrow waters and hit it from both sides." ”

The reef wall is an artificial trap in the water, some are a log, sharpened at both ends, inserted into the water, the tip is about two meters away from the water surface, not visible from the water surface, used to run aground large boats, and there is a kind of river barrage, which is specially used to entangle the oars to make it lose the ability to navigate.

There are many methods, collectively known as reef walls, because their essence is to refer to the threat of reefs to ships.

But above the Yangtze River, it doesn't work, the water is deep, the river is wide, and there are undercurrents underwater, so you don't say that you can't do it, even if you do it, it won't work, because the surface of the Yangtze River looks very calm, but the bottom is not calm.

"The Wuya ship is originally a deep-water ship, how can it be led into shallow water?" Sun Shihan said: "Don't take it for granted, if you want to break the five teeth, it can only be a big ship against a big ship." ”

Without Dongfeng Express, hitting an aircraft carrier can only be an aircraft carrier.

Shen Faxing sighed: "Recruit craftsmen as soon as possible and build a warship, if you can't build a fifth-floor ship, you can build a fourth-floor and third-floor boat, and you can deal with it for a while, not to mention that the Xiangyang Navy is in Jiangdu, and the headache at the moment should be Du Fuwei." ”

"The Xiangyang Navy is Yang Ming's, will he let Yang Ming use it?" Sun Shihan said: "Their two brothers are mortal enemies, which is known to the world. ”

Yes, except for Yang Guangzai who deceived himself, everyone else did know.

Shen Faxing said: "If you don't let it be used, you won't come to us, Yang Yan can't let the Xiangyang Navy leave Jiangnan, the reason why Ying Yanggong took Jingzhou is because there are not many officers and soldiers here, and it is the land of fish and rice, which is conducive to our development. ”

What kind of father you have, what kind of son you have, Shen Lun No. 2 is a soldier on paper, and his father is not much better.

The twenty-two counties in Jingzhou can be taken if you say you can take them?

Yang Ming has been the governor of Jingzhou for two years, and half of the jurisdiction is not easy to manage, so the Hunan barbarians are playing with you? If people do not obey the imperial court, they will naturally not obey the rebels.

Historically, the territory of the rebels in the late Sui Dynasty seemed to be really large, but in fact, it controlled some major areas, and not all the population they could manage.

Where the peaceful and prosperous times can't be managed, don't expect the chaotic world to be able to manage people.

The mountains and rivers that nurture them also give them unique folk personalities, some simple, some aggressive, and some fierce. (End of chapter)