At the same time, in Xuanzhou, at the key point between Danyang Lake and Gucheng Lake, it turned into a dilapidated and messy battlefield inside and outside Gaochun (Jun) Town (now Gaochun District, Nanjing City), Huainan Army Zhuniao Banner and The Taiping Qingqi still stubbornly fluttered in the air.
It's just that neither side of the battle has much continued posture, but temporarily maintained a weird peace and horrific relative silence.
As the Taiping soldiers and civilians who are standing here, they are dead and wounded and exhausted; they can’t wait to breathe for a while; but the Huainan Army, which seems to be able to spare, is also shaken and suspicious from within. , No longer have the intention to fight.
With the population and trophies already obtained in the early stage, returning to Huainan to recuperate after a good deal is undoubtedly a choice to stop losses quickly and still make money.
However, as news of a large number of thief army ships appeared upstream, they were confirmed one after another. The five troops headed by the Xiong Ruijun, one of the four armies of the Huainan camp, which seemed to be working together, began to fall into internal disputes and wrangling.
Passing through one of the three traditional ferry crossings downstream of the big river, Caishiji (now southwest of Ma'anshan City, Anhui) in Wuhu County, and returning to the land of Huainan on the north bank, everyone has no opinion.
But the only question is, who should stay in charge of breaking the game and blocking the enemy. Gao Yun, the envoy of the Xiongrui Army, vowed to promise that he would lead all the horse teams as a maneuver to receive and support the broken troops.
However, among the other four troops of Chuzhou Unity, Gaoyou Town Soldiers, Caohe Patrol Army, and Yanyuan Soldiers, none of them took the initiative to undertake this "important" and "honorable" mission.
After all, they initially agreed that they would come across the river from the conscription, not only to occupy the corresponding territory for food, but also to have enough gains to reward the soldiers. And now the goal is only half achieved.
Although they fought bravely to fight for the first place, they did not retain the burning, killing and plundering that had not yet recovered the thieves, but once it came to the time when it was really necessary to sacrifice and sacrifice others to preserve their own strength, they would definitely not hesitate.
After all, compared to taking charge of the Xiaoxiong Army, and following Linggong to the north and south, the old generals Yu Gongchu, Yao Guili and others who have fought for many years; or it is Zuo Xiaojie who entrusted Dong Jin to the army, who has been in command for several years. Active, the generational generals with deep local qualifications;
As the military envoy of the Xiongrui Army, Gao Ming had some prestige and appeal, and lacked credibility. He is the same as Gao Tianxing, another right xiaojie army envoy, but he is one of the nephews of Gao Linggong who valued and entrusted him as the commander of the southeast camp.
In Ren Xiongrui's military envoy for several years, apart from resolutely executing the order to clear the country and strengthen the strength and shrink and preserve his strength, there was no extraordinary record or commendable deeds.
And the greatest result he can achieve after mastering this man and horse is probably to withdraw and clear out those wild roads or miscellaneous generals one by one, and become a "Gao Jiajun" in the true sense.
Therefore, over the years, his heartfelt devotion to Gao Linggong and his conviction with Zuo Changshi and Liang Zan are also unquestionable results. But in other areas, such as resolute implementation of orders, it is really inadequate.
This time, he alone led troops to declare and search for fighters in the pond. All he thought was to occupy the territory, so that it would be convenient for Huainan to set up a hillside under the name of Huainan, as the foundation of his existence.
It's just that these compliant men and horses, when the wind is going well, it is of course that everyone is rushing to respond, but when confronted with the trend, they begin to expose many problems of procrastination and fear of war.
Therefore, even if he received Liang Zan's dispatch the day before yesterday, he still spent a lot of time sorting out and unifying the internal opinions, and wasted the buffer and response opportunities of these two days.
In this precious moment, he even listened to the advice of an adviser, put on a gorgeous crotch shirt and a gilt lion swallowing armor, and held a neatly-dressed review event in public, thinking of intimidation. And declare the bandit army in the town.
As a result, a small group of thieves who took advantage of their excellent water performance and bypassed the lake surface ignited the camp tent behind them. Fortunately, the opponent did not choose a suitable target in a hurry, so he was discovered by a patrol sergeant from another camp.
Therefore, the fire was not able to catch up with the wind, but only burned cleanly within a small area; it failed to cause any real losses. However, this accident also made Gao Ming, who insisted on holding the review, a little faceless.
As a result, under his resentment, he not only vented his anger in the account and hacked to death the culprit who gave him the idea and caused the "emptiness in the army"; he also flogged and expelled the anger. Another Sima who confided in the admonishment that "should not be lynched, but the military law should be the law of justice."
The reason is also very simple, "When others mistake me, why don't you give me advice in time? After the mistake has been made, you have to invite famous people to posture. This is a way to ask for good fortune."
So even though there were dozens of staff and officials around him, they were completely cleaned up because of this, and there was no more voice that dared to talk too much. However, real problems still need to be faced.
No one is willing to break it, which means that these five troops, together with the tutu and civilian husbands gathered and entrapped along the way, confrontation with more than 30,000 people who have done nothing here, or wait for the situation to deteriorate further.
Therefore, at the right age, Gao Ming, who was elegant and handsome in appearance, once again served a singer in his camp, but accidentally made a taboo on the soft couch, struggling to squat with a bleeding mouth and nose. Up.
As the guardian of Gaoyou, ranked third in strength among the five men and horses, Zhang Xiong, known as the "Zhang Shenjian", brought him a new suggestion:
"You mean, let us divide our forces?..."
Gao Ming asked suspiciously.
"That's the case, I can think of it as understandable. Instead of letting everyone get stuck here, it's better to let the ministries do their own thing..."
Zhang Shenjian was straightforward.
"What about the specific post-breaking election..."
Gao Ming asked without letting his guard down.
"Naturally everyone worked together to separate a battalion of loyal and intrepid men and horses to form a partial division, and then the battalion was assigned by the military envoy as a powerful subordinate."
Zhang Xiong explained with confidence:
"My people just learned from the local husbands that, in addition to the main road tunnel between the two lakes, there is actually a shaded forest barrier trail beside the Qiongtai Mountain at the other end of the Gucheng Lake..."
"In the name of a surprise attack, the Pianshi will carry a staff at night and rush towards Xuancheng. Then the thief army along the lake inside and outside Gaochun Town will be mobilized; here it is possible to withdraw. go with.."
"So, very good..."
In the end, Gao Ming, who had been thinking about it in front of Tuyu for a long time, finally agreed to the other gathered.
"I have a strong commander Li Shirui can drive..."
"It's really good..."
The four people including Zhang Xiong couldn't help but exclaimed, as if they had returned to the situation where everyone was vying for the first place.
Along with the noise and noise of the official army camp, the peace soldiers who remained half of the army town as evidence could not help but watch and explore in surprise.
Then, as they separated a lightly outfitted man and horse from the official army camp, they wanted to follow the lakeside mountains and forests to go back to the back, and the reaction became intense.
It was just that within Xuancheng who had received the news, the reinforcements and horses sent out with all their strength, and the defenders in Gaochun Town, blocked and surrounded this somewhat indescribable detour, and surrounded by several hills.
Only then did we receive another message from Gaochun Town, that the front official camp was already empty, and only a few people who woke up to know that they had been abandoned by civilians and handymen belonged to them.
—I am the dividing line between fake sneak attack and real retreat —
And to the north of the Dajiang River, it was so easy to bring a part of the establishment to retreat to the southern conquest, and was ready to return the troops to the left long Shi Liang Zan, who was going to rest at the station in Yangzhou, but he felt like he was going crazy on the spot.
It was not long before he set foot on the north bank of the Yangtze River and burned and destroyed this pontoon bridge; he encountered a group of “bandits” who robbed the area, and only then discovered that they were rebel soldiers who had escaped from Hezhou.
These rebellious soldiers also brought him a terrible news. He was originally scheduled to cross the river to attack Jiangxi and cut off the Huaixi Liu Hanhong's tribe from the upper reaches of the Taiping thief, but he didn't know what was going on.
Did not attack Dajiang as scheduled. Instead, after delaying and Panheng in Huangzhou for a period of time, he broke the contract and led the troops eastward.
, Stabbed the Huainan official army severely.
Under their sudden turn and attack, Shuzhou and Luzhou, which were still under the control of the official army, as well as Hezhou and Chuzhou, which were directly controlled by Huainan, fell one after another; now, the last city of Lin Chuzhou-Lai'an City is already under the control of the army. Up.
However, just as he had to stay there, reorganize his business and collect goods on the spot, the next day he received another bad news from the north; the one who occupies most of Shouzhou, Huaishang (now Huainan City, Anhui Province) Yang Xingshu, who claimed to be a defensive envoy, also moved.
It's just that he didn't go south to attack Liu Hanhong, who was attacking the city. Instead, he used the excuse of chasing down thieves to break into and control Haozhou Zhoucheng Zhongli (now Fengyang County, Anhui), and imprison the governor Li Qun appointed by Jie Ya.
Then he asked for the Shouhao defense envoy, expressing his willingness to attack and expel Jieya, the Sun Ru tribe of Caizhou Army, which now occupies more than half of Chuzhou.
To make matters worse, the Sun Ru, who was born as a Caizhou thief, naturally did not stop; even before and after Huainan sent troops, he never stopped plagiarizing and plundering Gaoyou.
It wasn't until the latest Huainan Youdu soldier and horse envoy Bi Shiduo, who turned to be a Yangbei defensive envoy, and gathered a crowd to fight with him for several consecutive games, each with his own victory and defeat, that has converged and stopped. However, together with the fire, it will no longer fade away so easily;
This also means that if it is not possible to calm down and carry out containment in time, let alone the areas of Yangzhou, which is just during the spring plowing period, the Huaidong prefectures that are still intact, they will have poor harvests and even no crops throughout the year.
Therefore, now Liang Zan found that the situation he had to face in Huainan was like a chain reaction that caused Dong's whole body, which was worse and full of dangers than before sending troops. (End of this chapter)