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The summer morning was unusually dry. The sun was slowly rising, and the bright sunshine was falling down in strands. It fell on Chuying in Chenglingguan. It was obvious that it would be a good weather.
The Chu camp was in disarray, devastated and smoky, with some corpses scattered around, and the smell still permeating the air was very pungent. In order to retreat safely, Zhou Xingfeng was fully prepared, in addition to leaving behind
An army at the rear was outside the camp, and the passage was covered with hay and sprinkled with grease. An ambush was set up, and a fire still delayed the pursuit of the Han army.
Stepping onto Chengling Pass, Han Tong's face was full of exhaustion. He looked at the low earth wall that was being stepped on and couldn't help but cursed: "This Zhou Xingfeng really won't let up at all and won't let me sleep well."
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"Du Jian, although the Chu army was well prepared, they retreated in a hurry after all!" A side general next to him reported the night's battle to Han Tong: "Although he was hindered by fire and ambush, he was still pursued by General Du.
.In a chaotic battle last night, we killed and captured nearly three thousand enemy troops. However, except for the two remaining battalions, they were all old, weak and wounded soldiers who were abandoned by Zhou Xingfeng."
"This person is quite ruthless!" Han Tong sighed and asked, "Where is General Du?"
"Zhou Xingfeng retreated to Baling. General Du has already followed his lead and pursued him to the gates of Baling City!" the general replied.
"How is the fighting situation over at Junshan?" Han Tong asked again.
"No news yet!"
"Send someone to investigate immediately!"
On the Chengling Pass side, because it was so close, the Han army reacted faster, but on the Junshan side, they received the report more than half an hour later, and immediately sent Wei Lin to lead the navy to encircle and suppress it and disrupt its retreat.
At the beginning of discovering the Chu army's sudden movement, the Han general Zhang Xun who led the army also chose to test the attack. After finding out his intention to retreat, he concentrated his best troops to attack.
Without waiting too long, the battle report from Junshan came. Although the Chu army there withdrew suddenly, they finally withdrew across the lake. Even a normal crossing of the water and river requires a lot of preparation, and because of the temporary order, it also took a long time to prepare.
In the dark night.
At Junshan, Zhou Xingfeng directly invested half of his troops there, led by Zhang Chongfu, the deputy envoy of Jingjiang Army appointed by Zhou Xingfeng, to be responsible for the attack.
Excluding the losses in previous attacks and defenses, with Zhang Xun's attack and the support of Wei Lin's boat division, less than 5,000 people successfully evacuated across the lake from Junshan. Wei Lin, on the other hand, made some further contributions, and the Chu navy navy
, in the final cover process, they were basically wiped out, and the ones who died were surrendered.
"...In the night battle at Junshan, General Zhang led his troops to pursue them and annihilated more than 7,000 enemies. The Chu navy was wiped out. It was considered a great victory!" The general reported to Han Tong: "However,
, I learned from the prisoners’ mouths that the enemies they destroyed were mainly weak brigades, and the soldiers who retreated across the lake to Baling were all the strongest men in their army!"
"Ha!" Han Tong couldn't help but sigh: "Being ruthless and decisive enough, concentrating the best, shrinking the troops, and discarding the old and weak is tantamount to throwing away burdens and saving food! Calculated in this way, there are still nearly 10,000 people in Baling City.
If we reorganize our strong soldiers a little and rely on Baling City to hold on, I'm afraid they won't be that easy to deal with. Zhou Xingfeng is really a character!"
The general said: "However, no matter how hard he persists, it is nothing more than a trapped beast still fighting!" The general said: "He gathered 30,000 water and land troops here, but it has only been 20 days, and he has lost 70% of his troops, and all the water troops are gone. Now,
Morale is low, military morale is turbulent, how can a mere Baling city stop my army!"
Analyzing only from the data, Zhou Xingfeng did suffer a huge defeat, which is of course true. If Zhou Xingfeng wanted to hold on and make a comeback with only ten thousand soldiers, the possibility of a comeback would be slim.
"That's right!" Han Tong acknowledged what the general said, his expression becoming increasingly serious: "No matter how cunning and cunning he is, he can only struggle to the death. If he wants to resist in Yingcheng, I will fall into the city and destroy the army. He
No matter how tough he is, I don't believe that the people under his command are all as stone-hearted and don't know whether to live or die, and they want to live or die with him!"
"Pass my order, the whole army will rest for a while, set up a stronghold in Baling in the south, and lay siege to the city!" He took a deep breath, with a ruthless look on his face: "Instruct Wei Lin to lead the navy from Dongting Lake to blockade Baling City.
Cut off the way out on the water. Then mobilize the ships to transport the soldiers from Junshan over!"
"yes!"
After giving the order, Han Tong's serious expression quickly changed. He opened his eyes wide and stared southward in his trademark way, with saliva flying from his mouth: "Zhou Xingfeng is really a tough guy. He has reached this point.
You still have to resist stubbornly, wasting my time and troops. Just watch, when I break the city, I will crush it to ashes to vent the hatred in my heart!"
"Du Jian." At this time, the general called out somewhat hesitantly.
"Why are you so upset? Just say what you have to say!" Han Tong saw him hesitating and scolded him with some impatience.
"It is said that General Zhang was furious last night when he saw that he failed to annihilate the Junshan bandit army and took away thousands of people, so he killed thousands of prisoners in anger..." he reported.
"What is said! Who said it? Is it true?" Upon hearing this, Han Tong stared at him seriously.
The general also quickly changed his tone of affirmation: "It is true!"
"This Zhang Xun is a good fighter, how can he be so murderous!" Hearing this, Han Tong couldn't help but cursed: "This time, among our East Route Army, in terms of military exploits, he must be one or two.
Isn’t this a crime for himself? Wouldn’t it be better to use those thousand prisoners to attack the city? He killed them in vain! After all, he is a local general, so it’s hard to know how strict the military laws of the Forbidden Army are!”
"Captain, regarding this matter..." the general asked for instructions.
"Let's talk about it after the war!" Han Tong said with a straight face.
Zhang Xun is also a veteran on the battlefield. He has been promoted to military positions since the Jin Dynasty. He has excellent troop commanding ability and rich combat experience. Looking at his resume, one obvious feature is that he is very lethal.
Every time a city or a stronghold is attacked, more blood will be shed by his hands. It has been somewhat restrained over the years, but once on the battlefield, the old habit returns...
"My general ordered me to find Zhang Xun directly and tell him that I will remember this for him first, but I will ask him to transport the remaining captives in Junshan to Baling City one by one. Don't blame me, but he is old.
One person, I'll whip him!" Han Tong said again.
"As you command!"
It didn't take too long. At midnight on the same day, Han Tong personally led the guardian saint, Fengguo, Jingnan and a part of the state army to Baling, occupied the outer crossings and key passes, and basically completed the encirclement. Then came the
Civilians and prisoners were doing hard work, and strong camp walls were built. From the north, a large amount of grain, fodder, and ordnance were also exported to the south.
In the evening, Zhang Xun also led his army across the lake from Junshan. Faced with the intensive deployment of the Han army, the Chu army in Baling City did not stop. Zhou Xingfeng was also actively responding to it, rectifying his troops and making arrangements.
Targeted layout.
However, the soldiers on both sides were extremely tired and did not want to invade each other. They also tacitly rectified their weapons and prepared for the next war.
At night, the lights in the Chinese army's commander's tent were brightly lit, and Han Tong ascended the tent to discuss the army. There was a lot of laughter and laughter. He briefly summarized the melee last night, and then analyzed Zhou Xingfeng's movements and plans.
"Everyone, it has been nearly twenty days since we marched south from Xiangyang to Yuezhou and fought against the bandits. The soldiers fought bravely, and as of today, we have finally broken through Sanjiangkou!" Han Tong began to mobilize for war, with an excited expression: "Now,
Zhou Ni gathered his remnant troops, but he still did not repent and planned to fight against the heavenly army. Zhou Ni wanted to fight our army decisively in Baling, so I will allow him to do so and let Baling City become his tomb!"
After Han Tong finished speaking, Du Hanhui added: "Everyone, after the Battle of Liyang, Commander Murong has moved south, and Langzhou will definitely be difficult to stop. Now, it's up to us to kill his leader and put an end to the war in Hunan!"
"Captain, give the order!" A group of generals said in unison, eager to try.
"I propose that the entire army rest for a day tomorrow and launch an attack on Baling the day after tomorrow!" Han Tong opened his mouth and stated his plan: "However, we cannot do nothing on this day. Let the military comfort envoys and documents
You guys, write a thousand letters to persuade me to surrender overnight, and shoot them all into the city tomorrow. Then I will select hundreds of sergeants with loud voices to go to the city to persuade them to surrender! Destroy his military morale first!"
"Even if Zhou Xingfeng has more skills, his morale and morale will not last long in this situation. The effect of this attack on the heart should be good!" Zhang Xun, a veteran with gray beard and hair, commented.
After looking at him, Han Tong asked: "How many prisoners are there in the army?"
"Tens of thousands of people!" replied an army secretary.
"Okay!" Han Tong said with a cold face: "One thousand men per battalion, organize them into ten battalions, and instead of feeding them and giving them weapons, these prisoners will be used to open the way for our army to attack the city in the future!"
"yes!"
At this time, Han Tong could not see any kindness towards the prisoners...
On April 21st, the eighth year of Qianyou's reign, he camped in the south and led the army, civilians and prisoners, more than 40,000 people, to attack Baling. Hunan Zhou Ni wanted to die rather than surrender. In this battle, the two sides fought fiercely for four hours.
In the afternoon, the city was destroyed. More than 4,000 Han soldiers and civilians were killed and wounded, and the rebels suffered 3,000 casualties. The corpses were piled in the city gates, the trenches were filled, and the lakes were dyed red with blood...
Zhou Ni personally wore armor and carried a sword, and fought in Guancheng. When the city was broken, he was killed in the rebel army. More than ten of his generals died in the battle, and the rest of his troops surrendered.
After the death of Zhou Ni, there was no more war in Hunan.
