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Chapter 32 Victory

?In early June of the 14th year of Taijian of the Chen Kingdom, a good news from the upstream Yingzhou shocked the capital Jiankang: in early May, he set out to go back to the imperial court that advanced to the west of Jiangxi, and the army defeated the Zhou army that crossed the south of the Yangtze River to recover the entire territory of Yingzhou!

The news spread quickly and the specific situation became well-known. People in the taverns and teahouses in Jiankang City were hotly discussed the heroic deeds of the imperial army fighting bloody battles to repel Zhou's army.

First of all, by land, the imperial army pressed step by step to force the Zhou army entrenched in Jingling County, Yingzhou to flee without fighting. Next, the bloody battle of the Wuzhou garrison was on the water. The brave soldiers of Chen fought for several days and defeated the Zhou army entrenched in the Wuzhou garrison, which was entrenched in the Wuzhou garrison, and they did not dare to emerge. The Zhou naval warships moored in the Wuzhou were burned all over.

The despicable and shameless Zhou naval army, who only knew how to attack, saw the imperial army coming to Wuchang, rushed to jump into the wall and set up a ship formation in Zhengrongzhou. The commander of the army, Chen Shujian, knew that the other party had set up many traps, but in order to recover Yingzhou as soon as possible, he knew that there was a tiger in the mountain and sent the main naval force to fight to the Hushan Mountain.

The battle was earth-shaking. The Zhou navy set up many traps and the actual force was more than twice that of the official army. The Chen navy soldiers, who were determined to defend their country, fought bloody battles under all difficulties and suffered 70% of the casualties, but they still fought to the death and refused to retreat. Finally, they tied with the Zhou army and defeated them.

The navy failed. The Zhou army knew that it was not good, but he dared to stay in Jiangnan and fled back to Jiangbei in a mess. The land army recovered the prefectures and counties of Yingzhou without any blood.

"If I want to say that the navy of the southerners is powerful, no matter how rampant the northerners are, they cannot gain a foothold in Jiangnan!"

"Of course, the thousands of warships of the official army are not comparable to those of the Zhou Dynasty's ragged navy. The navy warships this time were all golden wings, green dragons, and hundreds of Pinggu. How could the Zhou Dynasty navy have gathered so many large ships!"

The people were discussing the victory after dinner. Everyone had more experience of the power of the government and naval forces, but in the eyes of insiders, they were not so optimistic. Emperor Chen was now listening to the report on this matter in the palace.

The situation was very bad. First of all, the imperial army suffered heavy losses in the battle of Zhengrongzhou, with more than 60% of the warships and troops losing. Fortunately, the ships could be logged and built, but the tens of thousands of elite naval soldiers lost in this battle were not so easy to make up for.

Secondly, although Yingzhou was recovered, the population of more than 20,000 households in the other prefectures and counties except Shangjun County were abducted by the Zhou army. Not only that, even pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese and other livestock and poultry were taken away.

All the warehouses in the prefectures and counties were plundered, and all the property such as grain, silk cloth, silk and hemp were moved away. All the crops in the farmland were damaged and the harvest was a foregone conclusion this year. The Xiakou City, the Zhizhou Prefecture of Yingzhou, was razed to the ground, and even the bricks of the city wall were removed, and all the wells were filled.

Wuchang City is not much better. The north wall of the city has been demolished. Fankoushui Village seems to have never existed before. The garrison on the top of Fanshan has also turned into ruins. After the Zhou army left, it left a mess for Chen State.

Yingzhou, especially Xiakou and Wuchang, are important for land, so even if they have become white land, they must be rebuilt. The original garrison had suffered heavy casualties, so they had to be dispatched from other places. The garrison alone could not have to live in the people to provide food, so they had to move people.

To rebuild the navy, we must mobilize craftsmen and wood to build ships, and the people who moved to Yingzhou provinces and counties need to live in various places and carry out various farm tools and oxen, which must be recruited from various places.

"What do you mean?" Chen Shubao, the emperor of Chen State, asked, with a little impatient tone. In his opinion, the army recovered the lost land was the most important thing. As for the aftermath, there will always be a way. Why bother him to brains?

"Officials, the empress meant that it cost a lot to rebuild Yingzhou." said Mr. Jiang, the Minister of Personnel. The official in front of him seemed not very interested in government affairs, but he had to explain carefully, "In order to prevent the Zhou army from moving south again, we must re-arrange the defense. This matter should not be delayed."

"I understand. Since I have defeated the Zhou army, I don't have to hurry up. Let's discuss this later." Chen Shubao waved his hand. Mr. Jiang wanted to speak again, but was rushing to speak by Shi Wenqing, a clerk in the Secretariat, said: "Shangshu Jiang, big things are important."

The Chen family was tactful and silent. Now that the Chen family was thinking about other things, if they didn't know anything, they would be in trouble. Besides, the emperor was not in a hurry to do this. Why did he be anxious? Today, the official family summoned a few of their confidants to have important matters, but the matter in Yingzhou was just a discussion. He was a minister of the Ministry of Personnel and was too in charge of it, but the gods hated ghosts and evil.

Another person walked into the hall, but another minister of the Secretariat Chen Keqing. He smiled and bowed to Chen Shubao and said, "The official family, Concubine Zhang has already arranged it in the Imperial Garden. Celebrate the imperial court for the recovery of Yingzhou."

When Chen Shubao heard this, he stood up and left: "Let's go, you guys and you guys go to the Imperial Garden to see!" Those present discussed the matter were all ministers who were close to him when he was the crown prince, so he was indispensable to traveling around the mountains and rivers.

For this newly ascended Emperor Chen, the Yangtze River chasm was in the Northern Dynasties, no matter how rampant the Northern Dynasties were, they could not grasp the country of the Southern Dynasties. Since Yingzhou has been recovered, why bother with some trivial matters? Just enjoying timely is the main thing.

"Shangshu Jiang. I will write a good poem to celebrate the expulsion of the northerners in Dachen!"

......

Anlu, Anzhou General Administration Office, military discussions are underway, and the successful completion of the battle against Chen is now underway. The "summary meeting" is being held.

For the states in Shannan, the Sui State, located in the northwest, is a major enemy and the first direction to guard against, while the Chen State in Jiangnan is like a stunning person who makes people unable to sleep or eat. Being attacked from both sides is a reality that Yu Wen Liang must face in the Shannan Road Grand Historical Station of Zhou (Shangshu Ling).

As the saying goes, there are tigers in the north and wolves in the south. If the Sui army in the northwest attacks in large quantities, it must respond with all its strength, but the Chen State, which was not triggered, had to restrain his large number of troops. This situation must be resolved, so this action was taken: attack instead of defense.

The best offense is defense, so this battle is carried out for this goal, attacking the boundaries of Yingzhou, the state of Chen in Jiangnan, and defeating the navy of Yingzhou and then the navy of Chen in the counterattacking Chen army, and then moving all the population of Yingzhou to Jiangbei.

It took at least several years for Yingzhou to recover its vitality after such a struggle. Chen State had no strong naval army and had to continually lose money, so he could only huddle in Jiangnan and lick his wounds. This was also a response to Chen State's attack on Jiangling, Liang State, a vassal state of the Great Zhou Dynasty last year.

In order to prevent fires on the grassland, people would take the lead in setting fires in the selected areas in advance as a fire-proof isolation belt. Yingzhou of Chen State was this isolation belt. The Zhou army moved tens of thousands of households from Yingzhou's territory away tens of thousands of prisoners. Army soldiers could be said to have beaten Chen State until they vomited blood.

At the same time, a large amount of food, grass, money, silk and livestock were taken away. The consumption of this battle was deducted, and the rewards for the meritorious soldiers and the pension for the casualties were still more than enough. It was a veritable victory while achieving a great harvest while achieving a great harvest.

After success, the city of Yingzhou Prefecture and County was completely destroyed, especially Xiakou had become a white land. This not only increased the manpower, material resources and energy that Chen State had to invest in reconstruction, but also avoided the Zhou army's trap in Jiangnan and Chen State for a war of attrition. This was different from the great victory claimed by Chen State, which was real. Of course, since the other party recovered Yingzhou, it was considered a victory.

The family was looted by the thief and then fled with the stolen goods. The owner of the household can claim that killing the thief is a victory, and the thief can say that returning the whole body and returning it with a full load is a victory. As for how others understand it, it is another matter.

At the meeting, Tai Yuwen Liang, the major station of Southeast Road, praised the performance of all the participating generals. The praise and distribution of spoils were carried out according to the plan formulated in advance. The main force of the navy was the Xiangyang Navy, and the general manager of the navy was Zhou Fashang, the governor of Hengzhou, and the general manager of Xiangzhou was Du Shijun.

The troops of Anzhou, the Huangliang General Administration Office attacked Wuchang, and the troops of the bazhou governor Yuwen, were guarding the Wuzhou governor Yuwen, and the soldiers of the prefectures and counties under the command of the governor of Bazhou. During the decisive battle on the Rongzhou River, the newly established naval army in Bazhou also entered the battle. The subsequent forces against the Chen army were borne by the Huangzhou General Administration Office.

This is the ratio of troops arranged in advance, so the spoils are also carried out according to the amount of effort. Then Yuwen Wen came out from halfway and tried hard to "scan the face". This time, Chen was successfully completed, but he was on the verge of bankruptcy, so he had to strive to "stop the loss" according to reason.

For the sake of the cool land boat, Yu Wenwen consumed countless lard, and he used all the fat pigs in the Huangzhou General Administration to plunder the land, and mobilized a lot of human and animal power. It was also expensive to build Wuzhou Shu into a "heedgehog". Yu Wenwen, who burned the bun and gastric convulsion, was shameless to recover the losses.

Such as "the Hulin Army soldiers suffered heavy casualties and half of them were killed and killed in prefectures and counties", "the people of Wuchang who settled in Xiyang died 60% of them due to the plague", "70% of the food transported from Wuchang became moldy", "80% of the prisoners of war transported back died in riots", etc., etc.

When he was slapped on the table by Yuwen Liang, he asked for some spoils, including plowing oxen, prisoners of war and other human and animal power. Everyone here knows that the plan to guide Chen Guo Yingzhou was proposed by this uncontrollable Yuwen Erlang and strongly advocated it, so they all smiled bitterly.

After the meeting, Yuwen Wen, who was full of spring breeze, came to the courtyard, where the attending generals and officials were waiting for the attending party. Two of them quickly met him when they saw him coming out. One was Yuwen Shiwu and the other was the shopkeeper Wang Yue.

"There is no problem for the people on the list. Take the time to get the people." Yuwen Wen whispered, and Wang Yue nodded when he heard this. They were not doing something illegal but were strange.

Xiakou City was taken away in one fell swoop, and the besieged army captured this important town in just a few days with the "long-range gravity-type projectile of cross-age" standing like a forest. Therefore, except for a few Chen army soldiers who broke through, the rest were "packed" and were taken away, including those shopkeepers in various businesses.

Some of them are familiar faces who have "business" dealings with Wang Yue, so Yuwen Wen wants to get someone, and the other party is just a businessman and not a military and political official, so it is just a matter of his words.

Of course, there are some specific details about how this person is "taken away" as well as Wang Yue also knew it well, so Yuwen Wen gave him this favor. At today's meeting, Yuwen Wen was hoarse and was about to lead Yuwen Shiwu away but was stopped by someone. When he looked back, he was Zhou Fashang, the governor of Hengzhou. The other party explained that he wanted to invite him to the "elegant seat to talk".

"I am addicted to alcohol as if I am alive. That kind of wine that cannot be poured thousands of glasses is the most boring!"

"I wonder where the envoy often goes to the wine shop?"
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