Renzi Scroll Chapter 263 Sit back and observe the situation, Yucun wanders
A series of news spread throughout the capital and beyond, causing the entire Zhou Dynasty to be in shock.
The Xuanfu army annihilated the entire Shanxi Army in one fell swoop. More than 50,000 troops were routed. Several prefectures and counties east of Zhending Prefecture were all captured. Jizhou, Xinhe, Nangong, Zaoqiang, and even Hengshui and Wuyi were also captured, posing a direct threat.
When they arrived, they were stationed at Jingzhou and the Jizhen Army on the front line of Fucheng.
The Datong Army took the opportunity to invade north, and Sun Shaozu took the opportunity to launch an attack from Lingxian County to Wuqiao and Ningjin, hoping to form a pincer offensive with the Xuanfu Army to the west and keep the Jizhen Army on the front line of Jingzhou and Fucheng.
You Shilu was also caught off guard. As a last resort, he had to completely abandon Jingzhou and Fucheng and retreat to the north. In the end, he even felt that he could not stop, so he simply gave up Jiaohe and Dongguang and retreated to the earliest position.
The first line of Botou and Nanpi can be regarded as a stable position.
However, You Shilu also knew that the purpose of the Xuanfu Army and the Datong Army was not to conquer the prefectures and counties such as Hejian Prefecture, but to completely annihilate this effective force in their hands.
After the defeat of the Shanxi Army, the only thing left to fight on the northern front was the more than 20,000 troops in his own hands. If he lost even his own troops, then Sun Shaozu might really be able to march straight in and win the battle.
It’s heaven.
At that time, the imperial court could either desperately deploy the Liaodong Army or the main force of Jizhen in the hands of his brother to guard against the Chahar people, or it could only completely abandon Hejian and the southern part of Shuntian Prefecture, and simply defend the capital city. But in that case
, I am afraid that the imperial court is really on the verge of collapse.
Therefore, for You Shilu, as long as he kept his army and temporarily lost a few states and counties, it would not be a big deal. As long as he still had troops, Sun Shaozu would not be able to march north unscrupulously, and this battle would still have to be fought.
The defeat of the Northern Front war had an extremely huge impact on the capital. There was an uproar in the DPRK, especially those who had high hopes for Su Shengdu. They were tossing and turning and could not let go.
The 50,000-strong army is an elite force from nine sides. Even if the Shanxi Army is not as good as the Xuanfu Army, the Datong Army and the Jizhen Army, it is still almost the same. Moreover, how could 50,000 people be defeated so easily? Now the entire
The war situation on the northern front suddenly took a turn for the worse, Hejian might be lost, Shuntian Prefecture suddenly faced the threat of enemy forces, and Gyeonggi Province was shaken.
For Nanjing, the capture of Xia Town and the interception of the canal brought no less shock than the defeat of the Shanxi Army to the imperial court.
You must know that water transportation is interrupted, and it is absolutely impossible for the Xuanfu Army and the Datong Army to sustain themselves for a long time relying solely on local supplies from Shandong.
Now the Xuanfu Army and the Datong Army are limited in strength and can only control Dongchang Prefecture and Yanzhou Prefecture along the canal. Jinan Prefecture only controls Qihe, Yucheng, Lingxian, Linyi, and Deping west of Licheng.
, Shanghe, Tai'an and other prefectures and counties, like those farther east such as Wuding, Binzhou, Qidong, Zouping and other prefectures and counties, basically have a laissez-faire attitude.
And these places also maintain a unique state of silence, unwilling to provoke the Datong Army and Xuanfu Army who are close at hand, and even some material requirements put forward by the Xuanfu Army and Datong Army will be met to a certain extent.
However, they did not accept the appointments and arrangements of the Nanjing court, and would resist any excessive demands, so both parties maintained a strange tacit understanding.
Jia Yucun stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back and sighed, then returned to the desk, picked up the letter, and read it again.
The letter was written by Feng Ziying,
The content is not that different. It neither requires me to express my attitude nor do I ask myself to do anything out of the ordinary. It is just a very ordinary conversation, which is no different from the normal letters in the past. It is just that the final book has a little more meaning.
suggestions.
See the situation clearly, consider carefully, and leave room for room. Similar meanings are hidden in words, and Jia Yucun certainly understands the profound meaning.
How long can Nanjing support this? This is what Feng Ziying means in her words. Half a year, one year, or two years?
Feng Ziying never seemed to think in his letter that Nanjing could last more than two years, and that it would only be two years at most, and everything should be over.
Is that really the case? Jia Yucun stroked his beard and pondered.
The sound of footsteps came from outside. Jia Yucun knew that Yan Mingxiang was coming and turned around.
"grown ups!"
"Mingxiang, how is the situation?" Jia Yucun looked at the other party and asked with some expectancy.
"It's hard to say. The news from all sides is messy. There are various opinions, which makes people panic outside." Yan Mingxiang paused for a moment before saying: "The news from the north is definitely beneficial to us.
There are more, and there is less news from Xuzhou, but there are random rumors down there..."
Jia Yucun frowned. This was a reasonable thing. Unfavorable news must be blocked in Nanjing. He even arranged for three groups of government officials to enter and leave the market to prevent the news from spreading randomly. But what is the truth? Even he,
The capital of Jinling Prefecture is in chaos and it is unclear.
"Random rumors?" Jia Yucun pondered: "I'm afraid it may not be random rumors, but some people don't want this kind of news to spread too much."
Yan Mingxiang was stunned, "Your Excellency, I am afraid that the news in Nanjing or Xuzhou will be too shocking, and the impact on the entire Jiangnan situation will be too dangerous."
"Chen Jixian's performance was too disappointing, or too surprising. Fengxian and Peixian, such important places, were easily captured by the Northwest Army. He didn't even have time to react in Xuzhou.
Even if the water transportation is cut off, Zhaoyang Lake and Dushan Lake are already unstable places. Now that Xia Town is controlled by the Northwest Army, how can the grain ships heading north get there?"
"Go around?" Yan Mingxiang asked casually as he didn't know much about the geographical conditions in the north.
But Jiayu Village is different.
After arriving in Jinling, I have been paying close attention to the geography and topography of the entire South Zhili. Xuzhou, as the northern gateway to South Zhili, has a particularly important geographical location, so Jia Yucun is also very concerned about it.
"Go around? How to go around?" Jia Yucun sneered, "The Northwest Army controls the choke point of Xia Town. Needless to say, Dangshan, Feng County, and Pei County to the west are definitely controlled by the Northwest Army. To the east are also
Crossing the canal and capturing Teng County and Yixian County has already built a line of defense in this section. How to bypass it? If you take the land route, you have to go to Tancheng, Yizhou, Feixian, and Sishui to bypass Jining.
, but this section of the road is hundreds of miles long, how can we transport it? By carriages and labor? Who can bear this?"
Yan Mingxiang said sarcastically: "Without the food, wages, medicines and weapons that we used to have in Jiangnan, how can the Xuanfu Army and the Datong Army rely on local supplies from Shandong to survive?"
Jia Yucun slowly shook his head: "It may not matter in a short period of time, or two or three months. After all, Dezhou, Linqing, Dongchangfu and Jining, a series of canal cities, are all where the original water storage warehouse was, and there were originally a lot of grain stores.
, relying on water transportation, some rice grains were also stored, but the Xuanfu Army and the Datong Army were not popular in Shandong, and it was difficult to collect additional grain from places other than along the canal. Therefore, if the water transportation was interrupted, it would inevitably be a waste.
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"What should we do? The Huaiyang Army and the Xuanfu Army march north and south to retake Xia Town and resume water transportation?" Yan Mingxiang was a little anxious. "The northwest army's defense area is so wide, from Shunde Prefecture, Guangping Prefecture to Daming Prefecture.
There are also several prefectures in Henan south of the Yellow River. The distance from north to south from east to west may not be less than a few hundred miles. If the Xuanfu Army and the Huaiyang Army go all out to open up this lifeline, they should be able to do it, right?"
"Huh, the question is, is Chen Jixian trustworthy? Who knows whether his butt is in the north or in Nanjing? Feng County Pei County was thrown away by him. Who knows whether he did it intentionally or unintentionally? I heard that Huai fled back to Xuzhou from Feng County Pei County
Yang's army did not suffer much losses, it was just a rout, but not many were killed or captured, and most of them fled back to Xuzhou." Jia Yucun's tone became very relaxed, "In this case, I hope
Is it possible for him to cooperate with the Xuanfu Army to retake Xia Town? Nanjing is probably still worried about whether the Northwest Army will take the opportunity to go south to capture Xuzhou. What if Chen Jixian simply leads the way for the Northwest Army and goes south directly from Xuzhou?
What about Huai'an and Yangzhou? Who can stop them?"
Yan Mingxiang was shocked, "No way? How much trust does Prince Yi Zhong have in Chen Jixian? Even if he fails in the battle, he won't stab Prince Yi Zhong in the back, right?"
"Mingxiang, what are you thinking?" Jia Yucun sneered, "Who doesn't have faith in Chen Jixian? Doesn't the emperor have faith in Chen Jixian? How did he come to be the general of the Fifth Army Camp? Feng Tang failed to accept him as the general of the Fifth Army Camp.
He did it. Doesn’t the emperor not have enough trust in him? Then why did he propose to go south to serve as the commander-in-chief of Huaiyang Town? Didn’t he know that at that time, the capital needed veteran generals like him the most? If Prince Yi Zhong really is
If you trust him, you won't resist his requests. Then again, with a person like him and such a performance, who would dare to confide in him?"
Yan Mingxiang finally got a taste of the words from his boss's mouth. After calming down, he lowered his voice and said, "Sir, do you mean that I'm afraid Xia Zhen won't be taken back?"
"I'm not optimistic, but if they can't take it back, what will the Xuanfu Army and the Datong Army do? If they want to continue to hold on in Shandong, they must take back Xia Town and restore water transportation. But if they can't hold on in Shandong, they will lose
After reaching Shandong, the imperial army will go south and enter southern Zhili territory, and Nanjing will be out of luck." Jia Yucun mused: "Now it depends on whether Niu Jizong can successfully capture Xia Town, but he cannot count on Chen Jixian, Chen Jixian will not hold him back and cause trouble.
That’s pretty good.”
"If Xia Town cannot be recaptured, the Xuanfu Army and the Datong Army will not be able to maintain their position, and Shandong will not be able to defend it." Jia Yucun stood up, "If Shandong cannot be defended, what else is there to say?"