Yin Peng, Shi Hu and others really wanted to make persistent efforts. At dawn, they launched a strong attack on the inner city where the remnants of Sun Yanzhou and Hu Dangzhou were guarding. As long as they broke into the inner city, they could select the main force of the vanguard and then go straight to Zhangzi.
They left the ditch and fought again with the remnants of the Red Hussars who had retreated to Zhangzigou, finally encircling the Jiaopi-Quanhe enemy.
Wang Ju rushed to Ruyin to take charge, but he wanted to avoid the excessive consumption of the selected vanguard army as much as possible. He would rather let some of the enemy troops go than to choose the vanguard army and the elite horse and infantry drawn from Jingsheng's army to bear all the fierce battles.
The battle plan drawn up by Yin Peng, Shi Hu and others was adjusted.
First, the combat arrangement of directly attacking Zhangzigou directly after dawn with the main cavalry force of the Selection Front Army was suspended. Instead, the cavalry force of the Selection Front Army and the horse infantry drawn from the Jingsheng Army were on standby outside the south city gate to wait and see whether there were any new developments in the battle.
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If the enemy from Jiaopi and Quanhe desperately flees toward Chenzhou at dawn, the main cavalry and horse infantry of the vanguard army will be selected to cooperate with the main force of troops and horses south of Jiaopi and Quanhe to pursue the fleeing enemy in succession.
If the enemy in Jiaopi-Quanhe does not move, the selected vanguard army will continue to stand by outside the south city; south of Jiaopi there are nearly 200,000 main troops and horses.
You can take your time and encircle Jiaopi-Quanhe. The next main combat task for Ruyin is to cooperate with the Xuanwu Army and the Xiaosheng Army to intercept the soldiers and horses of the Pingyanzong Palace that may come from Xusu and other places.
Although the arrangements for attacking and annihilating the remnants of Sun Yanzhou and Hu Dangzhou will be implemented at dawn according to the scheduled time, the heavy armored infantry of Sun Yanguan and Xu Pan will no longer be the main force.
Instead, Yang Ji, Tang Yuan, Yu Mo, Guo Yunkun and other generals led the uprising troops and recruited the surrendering troops to launch an orderly attack on the inner city, with no strict requirements on the time of the capture.
Yang Ji, Tang Yuan, Yu Mo, Guo Yunkun and other generals had long accepted the instigation of rebellion by the Military Intelligence Department and secretly worked for Beijing and Xiangzhou. Naturally, they had long received the same status and treatment as the direct generals of Beijing and Xiangzhou; the subordinates under their command, even if they had not previously
Although they were aware of the situation, after Yang, Tang and others disclosed their identities, as long as they chose to surrender to Beijing and Xiangxiang for the first time, they would be treated as generals of the rebel army, that is, they would retain their original positions and lead their original troops to participate in subsequent battles.
A guard who surrenders will receive certain preferential treatment personally, but the original troops must be dismantled and then accepted into the army.
As for those who surrendered and the generals did not resist stubbornly, they would be given a lighter sentence; while those who had stubbornly resisted but finally saw that the situation was over and chose to surrender in order to save their lives, and their troops would be treated as prisoners.
In addition to the annihilated outer city defenders, including Guo Yunkun and other troops, there were about 2,000 troops in Ruyin who rose up in front of the battle, more than 7,000 surrendered, and more than 6,000 surrendered and were captured on the spot after being defeated.
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However, there were only two thousand remaining soldiers who followed Sun Yanzhou, Hu Dangzhou and other bandit chiefs who fled into the inner city to resist stubbornly.
On the basis of more than 2,000 rebel troops, Yang Ji, Guo Yunkun, Tang Yuan, Yu Mo and others recruited more than 7,000 surrender troops to guard nearly 7,000 surrendered troops, capture prisoners, and attack Sun Yanzhou and Hu Dangzhou in the inner city.
The remaining troops are sufficient in terms of strength.
After fully controlling the outer city area, a batch of siege weapons was also collected, which was enough to be used in the attack on the inner city.
Although the efficiency will be much lower, and it may not be possible to capture the inner city in three to five days, it is also an effective method for quickly organizing and reorganizing surrendered troops.
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The Selected Front Army and the elite troops drawn from the Jingsheng Army can also get a rare opportunity to rest and breathe, instead of continuing high-intensity operations non-stop and suffering the heavy casualties in the past.
In fact, the casualties in this battle during the day were tragic enough.
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After a large number of cavalry infantry from Beijing and Xiangzhou reinforced the Ruyin battlefield, the red cavalry was already at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and it was more difficult to shake the dense array of armored soldiers. However, the cavalry reinforcements had not been waiting for a long time, and Sun Yanzhou and Hu Dangzhou's troops were defeated and forced to
Withdrawing into the narrow inner city and holding on, Mo Lihu had no choice but to withdraw his troops and return to Zhangzigou.
Zhangzigou, like Quanhe on the south bank earlier, is just an ordinary village along the Yingshui River.
Quanhe's strategic position is more important. It forms an angle with Jiaopi, connecting Ruyin to the north and Huaichuan to the south. After several expansions and reinforcements, it has become an important city on the right bank (south bank) of Yingshui River.
However, on the left bank (north bank) of Yingshui River, Ruyin City, which is the prefecture of Yingzhou, is already large enough, and there is no need to build any more cities.
Or after the siege of Huaichuan, Yue Hailou considered the need to further strengthen the communication between the two sides of the Ying River beyond the pontoon in the south of Ruyin City - the Ying River near Zhangzigou
As the flow became more stable, Yue Hailou finally built two pontoon bridges near Zhangzigou, and Zhangzigou was upgraded to a military village.
Zhangzigou urgently built a city wall, but the overall scale was very small, only 400 steps square, which was far less big than the inner city of Ruyin. Some soldiers and horses were stationed, mainly to guard the two pontoon bridges across the Ying River to ensure that the people
, materials can pass through smoothly.
Although the entire section of the Yingshui River has been frozen, people and horses traveling on both sides do not need to rely on pontoons for the time being. However, except for the southern Hehuai area, the ice period is shorter, usually less than two months, and abnormal warming of winter weather also occurs from time to time.
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Another thing is that no matter how crude the methods in this world are, there are still many ways to destroy the ice.
For example, manpower can be used to break chisels, or to accumulate firewood, ignite charcoal, or absorb heat to melt ice.
Even with these crude methods, the manpower and material resources required to destroy the ice on hundreds of miles of rivers and prevent passage are extremely staggering. But now it is a battle related to the gains and losses of the rivers and Huaihe Rivers. Even if tens of thousands of hard laborers are forced to use the clumsiest
Most generals won't even frown if they use various means to do these things.
Therefore, after Yingshui was frozen, Yuehai Tower still retained the three pontoon bridges near Zhangzigou in the south of Ruyin City and sent troops to guard them.
Now Ruyin is destined to fall, and the Lugou-Yingshang reinforcements are patrolling and dare not go north. Yue Hailou still wants to lead the main force to stick to Jiaopi-Quanhe and wait for reinforcements. Zhangzigou must be defended.
Otherwise, when Zhennan Zongwangfu and Pingyanzongwangfu gathered enough reinforcements to arrive, they would not be able to attack Ruyin City in a hurry. They wanted to bypass Ruyin, but were blocked by the mighty Yingshui River and were trapped in Jiaopi.
-How can the people of Quanhe escape and ascend to heaven?
The Zhangzigou military stronghold was still too small. Previously, Zhong Changqing personally led two thousand elite soldiers to strengthen the defense. The red cavalry who withdrew could only sleep in the snow.
Zhangzigou is less than twenty miles away from Ruyin, and it is extra clear at night when the wind and snow have stopped.
Zhong Changqing, Mo Lihu, Shan Xue and other generals climbed up the wall of the village, and could even vaguely see the silhouettes of people illuminated by the piles of bonfires at the top of Ruyin City.
They can see it, Ruyin
The outer city has completely fallen under the control of Jingxiang, and Sun Yanzhou and Hu Dangzhou have not been annihilated even if they retreated to the inner city, but the one or two thousand remaining soldiers who were killed and courageous can no longer exert much restraint.
"Is there any new news from Lugou?"
After withdrawing from Ruyin City, Kuo Ti took charge of leading his troops and then returned to Zhangzigou. He climbed up the wall of the village and saw Mo Lihu, Zhong Changqing, Shan Xue and others there, so he asked about Lugou-Ying.
Is there any new news over there?
"I have long said that there will be no Khitan Han generals available, but King Dazong doesn't believe in this evil, and he doesn't know what kind of ecstasy was poured into him by this bitch named Meng, so he actually asked him to bring troops to help,"
Shan Xue, the general of the Red Hut who was ordered to lead 10,000 elite garrison troops from Zezhou and other places to go south for reinforcements, thought of the tragic casualties under his command today and the precarious battle situation. He couldn't contain his anger. Seeing Kuo Wei, he asked, "What's the matter?"
He replied with a face,
"This piece of shit named Meng is now huddled in Lugou Camp and doesn't dare to stick his head out. How can he get any bad news!"
Kuo Ti looked to the southeast. Although he also guessed that Meng He did not send troops immediately and would continue to pretend to be dead and huddle in the Lugou camp, he still felt resentful in his heart.
But it was hard to get rid of him, and his fist as big as a bowl hammered hard on the wall.
To be honest, they have no chance of winning today.
Even if Meng He can mobilize thousands of cavalry from Lugou at all costs to entangle the second wave of more than 10,000 horse infantry from Beijing and Xiangzhou to attack Ruyin, even if they wipe out all the 20,000 cavalry in their hands, at least
If he can help Sun Yanzhou, Hu Danzhou can regain control of Ruyin City.
Now that more than 20,000 of their cavalry have been crippled, but failed to defend Ruyin, they can only vent their resentment by yelling at Meng He for being cowardly and afraid of fighting, and complaining that King Da Zong mistakenly trusted Meng He and these Khitan generals.
Zhong Changqing just lamented in his heart. He knew that there were some things that he didn't want to do but simply couldn't do.
At the beginning, the Zhennan Zong Palace and the Pingyan Zong Palace went south brazenly. The Zhennan Zong Palace took over the remaining Khitan forces in Yunshuo, and the Pingyan Zong Palace took over the remaining Khitan forces in Yanji. However, in terms of the appointment of Han generals, Zhennan Zong Palace took over the remaining Khitan forces in Yunshuo.
The Prince of Nanzong trusted Yue Hailou, Cao Shixiong and other Southern Dynasty surrendered generals more, but the Prince of Pingyanzong trusted more and reused the Khitan generals who surrendered at Yanji.
However, there is a reason for all this.
The most important point is that when the Khitan fell, a considerable part of the remaining forces in Yunshuo were taken away by Xiao Linshi, while Li Chulin, Xiao Yi and other Khitan surrendered generals died at the hands of Jingxiang (Chushan) one after another.
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These are the things that destined the rise of Yue Hailou, Cao Shixiong and others under the Zhennan Zong Palace. No one else can replace them.
However, under the command of Prince Ping Yanzong, the Yan Ji Army, led by Meng He and other Khitan surrendered generals, has not suffered any serious losses and has preserved its strength well. On the contrary, the surrendered troops represented by Yang Jingchen and Xiongzhou soldiers and horses
However, the Han army suffered heavy losses in the just-concluded Second Battle of Huainan.
The Yanji Army has a large cavalry formation and is relatively good at fighting in the cold winter snow. Prince Ping Yanzong wants to reinforce Yingzhou this winter. In addition to using the Yanji Army as the main force, is there any other better option?
"What did Marshal Yue say, should we stay or leave next?" Kuo Ti suppressed the resentment in his heart and asked about business matters.
"We can only hold on to a slim chance of survival now, there is no way out!" Mo Lihu said...