Zhang Xianzhong was severely hit, and Tian Zhao, who had most of his troops trapped in Huai'an Prefecture and Xinghua, was also shocked and didn't know why. On the second day of November, in the Xingting River area, at dawn, Tian Zhao discovered the entire ten-mile area around the Xingting River.
There was no sign of any officers and soldiers anymore. Those officers and soldiers seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. After sending someone to inquire, they found out that the Northern Shanxi Army had quietly moved northward.
He saved his life, but Tian Zhao couldn't be happy, because now he was facing not only Tie Mo, but also his younger brother Tian Chao. After the reinforcements didn't arrive, Tian Zhao knew that he could pretend even if he wanted to
I can't go on anymore, because since that third brother Tian Chao has shown his ferocious face, he will never take it back.
Sure enough, the reinforcements led by Zheng Zhirui, Tang Chang, Zhang Xiong, and Ji Wenbing did not come directly to Xingting River. After learning that Tian Zhao was still alive, these people stopped their army in Jingcheng Town. And Tian Zhao did not come again.
He went to Jingcheng Town and led the remaining troops back to Xinghua without saying a word. On the same day, Tian Zhao ordered An Shilong, Guan Yan, Lu Zhen, and Hu Ying to lead their troops back to defend Xinghua and prevent the northern Shan army from going south.
Although the reason was to mobilize troops to stop the enemy, in fact everyone knew that Tian Zhao no longer trusted his brother Tian Chao, because An Shilong and others were all Tian Zhao's cronies.
After ordering An Wenxing and others to return their troops, Tian Zhao also recalled his second brother Tian Tao and Geng Gong who were stationed in Yanshan. In front of many people, Tian Zhao made a "legendary edict". If he died, all his powers would be taken away.
It was handed over to nephew Tian Long. It was said that Tian Long was appointed as the heir, but in fact the inheritance rights were given to Tian Tao.
An Wenxing and others who were stationed in Huai'an Prefecture also learned the truth after receiving the letter. When they learned that Tian Chao had done something and intended to kill Boss Tian, they were immediately chilled and led their troops to withdraw to Xinghua. In response to this,
, Tian Chao remained silent. He had the intention to seize the military power of An Wenxing and others, but now that powerful enemies are surrounding him, it would be a joke if his own people started fighting first. I'm afraid this is why the eldest brother silently returned to Xinghua and didn't come.
Jingcheng Town, there is no reason why he ordered Tian Chao to seize his military power. Everything is clearly stated. In the future, there will definitely be a fight to the death, but there is a bottom line. We can wait until the officers and soldiers are driven back.
In the so-called government office of Xinghua Mansion, Tian Zhao looked haggard and pale. Although there were injuries on his body, he could not withstand the wounds in his heart. Tian Tao was by his side, holding a bowl of medicine in his hand. All along, the three brothers
Among them, Tian Tao is the most honest. He really can't figure out why it has developed to this point. "Brother, why don't you let Tian Long take the responsibility? Let the third brother take the responsibility."
"Hey" looking at the honest second brother, Tian Zhao smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Second brother, do you think the eldest brother wants to do this? Third brother dares to harm me. If I don't hand over what I still have in my hand.
For you and Tian Long, how long can you two live after I leave?"
Tian Tao lowered his head in pain, and after a long time, Douda's tears fell down, "Brother, I don't understand, I really don't understand, why is it like this? Why? What was the purpose of us three brothers gathering to raise the flag back then?
If we had known this earlier, we might as well have been a hunter in the mountains, without enough food and clothing, at least we wouldn’t have to live so tiringly. Tian Ling is gone, and so is my elder brother. What’s the point of fighting over and over again?”
Tian Tao regretted it very much, and so did Tian Zhao. If he had known the situation today, he really would not have raised an army. He would rather be an Orion. If he was an Orion, at least Ma Qiao would not die, his son Tian Ling would not die, and his brother would not die either.
Will not turn against you.
"Second brother, do you know? The third brother intends to fight for power with Tian Ling. I know this very well. To be honest, since Tian Ling died in the hands of the Living King of Hell, I have decided to leave everything to the third brother, but
You absolutely shouldn't do this... He can even do such ruthless things, what else can he not dare to do? Giving the burden to Tian Long is for your own good, at least there will be someone else in the future
The power of self-preservation!”
"elder brother...."
"Okay, don't cry. How old do you have to be to be embarrassed by others? Now, it's too late to say anything. Power, haha, is poison!"
At this moment, Tian Zhao let out a sigh. If Tie Mo were right in front of him, he would definitely nod in agreement.
Tie Mo is in the imperial court, and knows better than anyone else the tragedies caused by the struggle for power. Power can create demons, and it can also destroy demons. In this whirlpool, no one can be immune.
The conflict between Tian Zhao and Tian Chao has been made clear, and there will definitely be a winner in the future. However, now that the enemy is facing a formidable enemy, both of them are guarding the final bottom line. In Nanjing Xijin Mansion, Zhang Xianzhong is also thinking about what to do next.
What to do next? Zhang Xianzhong didn’t want his plans for many days to come to nothing. Whether it was for himself or for others, he couldn’t watch Tian Zhao be destroyed at the hands of the Northern Shanxi Army. After thinking for a long time, Zhang Xianzhong made a decision.
A bold decision.
"Beside Han Jing, order all the ministries to mobilize the army to gather at Qingshui River within three days. I will intimidate Baiyu Bridge and Daling Bridge!" Zhang Xianzhong's decision was really too bold, even a little reckless. Now that Qingshui River has been defeated, morale is low. On the contrary
However, the morale of the Song army was high, especially Ma Fang and Yang Hu, who directly deployed heavy troops on Baiyu Bridge and Daling Bridge. Under such circumstances, would it be stupid to attack the Qingshui River line?
Han Jingbian hesitated for a moment, then bowed and said, "Your Majesty, now that the army is newly defeated, is it too hasty to send troops hastily? Moreover, Ma Fang and Yang Hu are also difficult people. If you want to recapture Baiyu Bridge and Da Ling,
Bridge, there will definitely be heavy casualties!"
Although Han Jingbian didn't say it explicitly, he already said that there was something wrong with Zhang Xianzhong's head. Zhang Xianzhong squinted his eyes with coldness in his eyes. He stared at Han Jingbian and sneered, "Han Jingbian, what are you doing?"
Do you question me? Did I ever say that we must build the Baiyu Bridge or the Daling Bridge? What you have to do is to cooperate with He Rong and pin Tie Mo and his Northern Shanxi Army to the front line of Qingshui River as much as possible. This Superintendent
I don’t want to see Fengyang return to the Ming court again!”
With just one sentence, Han Jingbian understood. It seemed that he had misunderstood King Zhang. Attacking Qingshui River was a lie, but containing the Northern Shanxi Army was the real thing.
On the ninth day of November in the eighth year of Chongzhen, heavy troops gathered on both sides of the Qingshui River again. At the same time, Tian Zhao and Tian Chao sent troops at the same time. Among them, Tian Chao sent his troops into Tianchang and Sizhou, while Tian Zhao sent troops to the north of Xinghua and Hengyang.
It seemed that the Tian Zhao brothers were cooperating with the Song army to attack the front line of Qingshui River. Tian Zhao's bandits made such a big move. Naturally, they couldn't hide it. After learning about the dangerous situation of the army in the Qingshui River area, the prefect Mo Shi'en suddenly panicked. The people gathered there
There are not only 30,000 Northern Shanxi troops, but also nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses from Fengyang. And the most worrying thing is that there is insufficient food, grass and baggage. Even if you insist on holding on, how long can you hold on? For the first time, Mo Shien actually
He hoped that Tie Mo would win again. He thought he was not a good person, but he also didn't want Tie Mo to lose. If he lost this time, Fengyang would really be left without any soldiers.
Mo Shien had no confidence at all in Yang Sichang and other government soldiers. This group of men had been suppressing the bandits for two and a half years. Not only did the bandits not collapse, but they also took out Fengyang Mansion. With this precedent, Mo Shien had no confidence in him.
People like Yang Sichang really have no confidence.
On the same day, Mo Shi'en and officials from the Kaifeng Prefecture jointly submitted a petition to the court, trying to describe the details and ask all the troops of the court to rush to Fengyang's aid. However, after three days, there was still no reply from the court. At this point, Mo Shi'en knew that there was no hope. Inexplicably,
Yes, Mo Shien showed a wry smile, how could the cabinet do this? Even if there is a great hatred, it cannot do this. Do nothing to save people, sit back and watch tens of thousands of troops destroyed, Tie Mo will die if he is defeated, but Tie Mo will die.
With this defeat, most of Fengyang will fall into the hands of rogues or bandits. Are the cabinet officials really determined to trade Fengyang for Tie Mo's life?
Mo Shien was greedy for money and power, and had many shortcomings, but he still had a little conscience in his heart. He was an official of the Ming Dynasty, a man of the Ming Dynasty who read poetry and books, and he also had the heart to pray for the people. So the court was like this
He really couldn't agree with this approach.
How could Tie Mo not know that the imperial court had a good plan? No reinforcements have arrived in Fengyang for many days, and no heavy baggage has arrived. It can already be seen the ruthless intentions of the people in the cabinet, and Emperor Zhu Youjian has also acquiesced
Otherwise, even if the cabinet is extremely powerful, it would not be possible to do such a thing openly.
However, Tie Mo is not worried. Since he dares to deploy an army on the Qingshui River, he has a way to deal with it. Now Han Jingpang and He Rong are deploying their armies in Qingshui Fengyang, and it seems that they will attack Baiyu Bridge and Daling Bridge at any time, but
In fact, even if they had the guts, they wouldn't dare. Zhang Xianzhong sent troops to Qingshui River, which was really a clever move. He used a large group of thieves to contain the officers and soldiers in Qingshui River, while Tian Zhao and Tian Chao attacked the city in the rear and stabilized the defense line. Want to play
Is there a scenario of a north-south pincer attack trapping the dragon to death?
In the big tent, Liu Guoneng was very happy. Chen Yaofeng and others' faces were not very good-looking. Compared with the relaxed expression of Inspector Tie, all the generals were worried. Yang Hu was the most anxious. He held up his hands and said, "Inspector,
Now that the bandit soldiers have been stationed for many days, Tian Zhao and Tian Chao have also occupied Sizhou, Hengyang and other places. What should we do? If we don't respond as soon as possible, when the food and grass are exhausted, it will be a great disadvantage to our army.
"
"Well, General Zhou, I wonder how long the food and grass in the army can last?"
"Return to the Superintendent, if the consumption is halved, it can last for half a month. If it remains as usual, we will probably run out in six days!" Yang Hu said with a look on his face.
Tie Mo touched his chin, counted the days, and then laughed loudly and said, "Six days is enough. Go ahead and tell me. In the past few days, the food tube has been enough, so don't skimp on it. In the near future, I will give it to you all."
An answer!"
The Iron Supervisor was full of confidence, as if he was certain that something would happen within six days. Yang Hu and others looked puzzled, and even Shang Kexi and Zhou Dingshan didn't understand what the Supervisor was planning. Look.
Looking at the expressions on the generals' faces, Tie Mo didn't bother to explain. There were some things that the fewer people knew about, the better.
Thirty miles northwest of Gaoyou Prefecture, there is a town called Baishishan Town. Baishishan Town is under the jurisdiction of Laishui County. Laishui County is a good place with crisscrossing streams and poplar green land. It can be regarded as a place with rich water and grass.
place.
Of course, Laishui County not only has beautiful scenery, but also has other wonderful places. Laishui River, Yishui River, and Juma River meet here, so Laishui County is also called the "Land of Three Rivers", and Baishi Mountain
The town is where the three rivers meet. Although Laishui County is under the jurisdiction of the rogue bandits, in fact the rogue bandits are not too concerned about this place. This is probably because Laishui County is too close to Zhuozhou. In terms of pure military status, Laishui County is inferior to
Zhuozhou is too far away, so it is understandable that the rogue bandits don't pay much attention to Laishui County.
Although Baishishan Town belongs to Laishui County, it is the closest to Gaoyou Prefecture. A few days ago, a caravan came to the town from Yi County. This caravan stopped in Baishishan Town and stayed there for several days. As for
Why the caravan didn't hurry south is also easy to explain. Now the land of Fengyang is crowded with Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, and rogue soldiers and horses. What kind of merchants dare to leave hastily at this time? The people in the town are all honest people, but they don't know this.
How scary this caravan is. It turned out that this caravan had nothing to do during the day, and even slept soundly, but at night they all turned into calves and ran to the east of the town to cause havoc.
At night, a young man leaned under the big willow tree on the high slope and kept complaining, "It's true, the supervisor, every time we dig the river, we ask a certain family to do it."
Listening to that tone and posture, isn't it the young general Yue Fei of the Northern Shanxi Army? No wonder Yue Song complained. Last time he went to dig a river outside Wuzhou City, and this time he went to Baishishan Town to dig trenches. The Iron Superintendent simply treated General Yue
Think of it as digging rivers to fill Cao households.
The task of digging the river this time is much heavier than before. You can imagine how the water flow will be at the intersection of the three rivers. River digging is a technical job. It does not mean that just digging an opening will work. If you just dig it open, the river water will flow freely.
, when it reaches a distance, the water weakens, what else can it do? What Yue Song is doing now is to divert water, first divert the water from the Three Rivers to the Liuli River, wait for the water level of the Liuli River to rise, and then open the hole dug in advance.
The water from the four rivers all flows eastward, and the scene is spectacular.
The Liuli River is located in Zhuozhou. At this time, the rebels are threatening the Qingshui River, but nearly 60,000 troops are concentrated in Zhuozhou, south of the Xinkai River. If the Liuli River bursts its embankment, the flood will take advantage of the terrain to the east and sweep away the rebel garrison. Of course, if it is just
The water from the Liuli River would probably not have much power when it reached the rebel camp, but this time Yue Song borrowed the water from the Three Rivers.
On the night of November 13th, for some reason, He Rong couldn't sleep no matter what. He always felt a little uneasy in his heart. Looking at the nearly round moon in the sky, his face was full of worry. Now there are big thieves and soldiers.
To intimidate Qingshuihe, Tian Zhao and Tian Chao worked step by step. The situation became increasingly unfavorable for Tie Mo, but this cunning man like a fox did nothing but defend Qingshui River. He Rong already had some psychological shadow on Tie Mo.
I always feel that this man uses troops unconventionally and often buries tricks in secret. Could it be that he used some dirty tricks this time?