The dusk is getting thicker, and after the sun has set in the western mountains, the clouds are dissipating inch by inch, and the mountains are covered with a thin layer of green mist.
The rushing river water is caught in the gray-white stone gorge, and the flying waves hit the dangerous rocks in the water and the stone cliffs on both sides, stirring up a cloud of droplets, which are swept into a circle together with the dead leaves brought down by the rain from the mountains.
Floating and sinking in one whirlpool after another.
A goshawk flew in mid-air and swooped towards the water. The moment it reached the water, its strong body suddenly stopped, its sharp claws suddenly stretched out, and grabbed a fish that jumped out of the water. In an instant, it was again
It flapped its wings and flew up, chirping several times in the distance between the white clouds, and then disappeared into the vast distant mountains with its prey.
Xu Huaile stopped his horse on the cliff. When the goshawk disappeared among the mountains, he turned his sight again to the fighting in the valley to the north, which was like a millstone of flesh and blood.
In the afternoon, the troops guarding the mausoleum set out to attack the enemy camp at the ferry, but it was mainly a test, more like buying time for the construction of the camp on the southwest side of Qinshui City.
It was not until the sun set in the west, when the enemy thought that the first day of tentative fighting was about to end, that all the troops guarding the mausoleum deployed in full force in the enemy camp and launched a fierce attack.
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Above the river valley, piles of bonfires have been lit in advance.
Night has not yet completely fallen, and a pale full moon has already risen in the sky. Today is destined to be a good day for a night battle.
The combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the former Tomb Guard Army may have been quite average, but they were mainly responsible for serving as guards of honor when the clan paid homage to the imperial mausoleum. As the face of Dai Viet, the physical fitness of the soldiers was far higher than that of ordinary soldiers of the Forbidden Army, and there was basically no chicken blindness.
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After the defensive battle of Gong County, generals Zhang Xin, Deng Gui, Yu Gong, and Han Wende led their troops to rely on the steep terrain on the northern slope of Songshan Mountain to frequently harass the enemy forces between Gong County and Hulao, mainly using dispersed guerrilla attacks.
carried out in a way.
They may not be familiar with fighting in formations, but they are already comfortable with the capital team as a unit, or even smaller-scale dispersed operations. This determines that the generals of the Shouling Army are stronger and better than the Yunzhou Fan soldiers.
night fighting conditions.
Xu Huai did not pin his hopes of victory on blocking the channel.
In that case, the chance is too strong.
He bets his real advantage on the night battle.
Even if enemy reinforcements have arrived at Qinshui at this time, as long as there is no ferry bridge for troops and horses to pass quickly, even if they dare to use twenty or thirty ferries in a hurry and fishing boats to transport troops and horses overnight, it will only intensify their struggle at the ferry.
The chaos nearby does not help the war effort.
In order to ensure that the two new camps to the west and southwest of the ferry were captured in the night battle, to occupy the west bank ferry, and to block enemy reinforcements on the east bank of Qinshui River, Deng Gui and Yang Qiye, together with Qinshui County Magistrate Zhong Yingqiu, sent two thousand troops before dusk.
The Qinshui defenders first launched a fierce attack on the enemy's main camp south of Qinshui City.
During this period, the troops guarding the mausoleum entered the predetermined battlefield from the west and southwest sides, and launched an attack after the sunset fell into the Western Mountains.
The combat effectiveness of the Yunzhou soldiers is stronger than imagined, and their fighting will is stronger.
However, in addition to the main camp in the south of Qinshui City, Yunzhou Fanbing's emergency defense deployment in the west and southwest of the west bank ferry was too hasty, and the surrounding highlands were basically lost immediately.
In addition to the enemy's disadvantage in terrain, the nearby river valleys are basically reclaimed as farmland, and there are no large tracts of land to be found.
The trees prevented the enemy from cutting down enough wood for building camps in a short period of time.
The enemy army hastily built two new camps on the west and southwest sides of the ferry on the west bank. They lacked wood, so they simply dug a shallow trench in a short time, and added some obstacles such as horses and deer antlers as shelter.
This shallow trench was only half a man deep and less than a foot wide. During several tentative attacks in the afternoon, several attack channels were filled in. It was also the battlefield where the two sides fought fiercely in the dusk.
The elite Yiqi battalion led by Wu Chihai, Wang Xian and others are still on the edge of the battlefield.
On the one hand, the Yiqi battalion only has so few elites and cannot afford heavy casualties. On the other hand, this battle is a battle to establish power for King Jing Zhao Tuan. In the future, King Jing Zhao Tuan will recruit troops from Hedong based on the army guarding the mausoleum.
Jianrui is undergoing a large-scale expansion, and the defending army must of course assume the responsibility of being the main force and attacking from the front.
Of course, the two new camps to the west and southwest of the ferry cannot withstand the fierce attack of the mausoleum defenders. If the enemy intends to mobilize reinforcements from the south camp of Qinshui City, Wu Chihai, Wang Xian and others will not do anything.
Hesitantly led the elite cavalry to intercept and completely disrupt the entire battlefield...
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The three tribes of Xiao Qian, Yue Hailou and Cao Shili surrendered and retreated north through Taihangxing. Cao Shili directly led his troops into Luzhou for activities, while Yue Hailou and Xiao Qian led about 40,000 troops in Zezhou.
Attack the city and take out the stronghold.
The Yingzhou Han army and Yunzhou Fan army led by Yue Hailou and Xiao Qian seemed to be outnumbered, but first they stationed 10,000 elite troops at Tianjing Pass in southern Zezhou and nearby passes to guard against the possibility of the Western Army passing through.
Taihangxing came in pursuit.
After that, thousands of soldiers and horses were scattered in the eastern area of Zezhou, burning, killing and looting; Liu Jinzhong led his troops through the Qinshui River Valley and penetrated into the Taiyue Mountains, and successively captured Runcheng, Yangcheng and other walled cities. However, in order to ensure the early capture of Qin
Shuicheng, to remove the threat from the west wing, Liu Jinzhong led the main force northward, leaving less than a thousand men and horses to garrison in Yangcheng, Runcheng and other walled cities.
The main force of the surrender army at this time was the approximately 20,000 troops encircled by Yue Hailou and Xiao Qian at the gate of Jincheng.
If they want to send reinforcements to Qinshui, they can only send them from Jincheng.
The troops surrounding Jincheng were mainly Yunzhou soldiers, and Liu Jinzhong was Xiao Qian's general. Logically speaking, Xiao Qian should have transferred thousands of Yunzhou soldiers from Jincheng, and sent his direct generals to lead them along the Qinshui River Valley into Taiyue Mountain.
Reinforcements.
However, considering that Xu Huai most likely encouraged King Jing Zhao Tuan to lead the mausoleum defenders to cross the river and attack Qinshui via the gorge road at the eastern foot of Mount Taiyue, Yue Hailou did not bother to quarrel with Xiao Qian and took the initiative to undertake the reinforcements.
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Yue Hailou withdrew his troops from Jincheng City. In addition to taking over the defense of Yangcheng, Runcheng and other walled cities, he personally led two thousand elite troops to Qinshui City on a starry night journey.
The distant mountains are shrouded in light blue morning mist, Yue Hai Tower reins up its horse and stops on the rock cliff where the waves are lapping. The war on the west bank has come to an end for the time being. A pile of bonfire ashes are still emitting green smoke.
There were corpses scattered everywhere.
The West Bank Ferry and the two newly built camps to the west and southwest have fallen. Only the main camp took a longer time to build. It has a thick fence wall and an outer protective trench. It is complete in shape. At this time, it still stands between Qinshui City and the West Bank Ferry.
between.
From Runcheng Village to the north, the Qinshui River Valley is long and narrow, sandwiched between hills and mountains, with steep terrain. Only the section south of Qinshui City is the most open.
However, Yue Hailou rode along the east coast,
After surveying the terrain, we found that the most suitable place to cross the river nearby was the ancient ferry that was first built in the late Warring States period to connect the post road.
The main camp built by Liu Jinzhong's troops to attack Qinshui City. Although the east side is close to Qinshui, the stone cliffs there are steep, five or six feet high from the water.
It is obvious that when Liu Jinzhong built the main camp in front of Qinshui City, he only considered how to easily attack the city. He did not expect that reinforcements would come across Taiyue Mountain, and he did not think of leaving a way for himself. Yue Hailou had a headache.
Slapping his forehead, there were hundreds of elite cavalry arrayed on the west bank at this time. Given ten courages, he would not dare to use only twenty or thirty fishing boats at hand to rob the west bank ferry.
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After a fierce battle all night, they captured two villages in a row and controlled the most critical west bank ferry. They annihilated more than 1,400 enemy soldiers. However, the mausoleum guarding army suffered about 500 casualties, including Qinshui, which had weaker combat effectiveness.
The defenders' casualties may not be much lower than the enemy's casualties.
However, since the Chihu people invaded the Hehuai River from the south, the entire Hehuai battlefield has been reduced to a mess.
Although the previous defense of Gong County had achieved more impressive results purely in terms of the number of enemy soldiers annihilated, the soldiers guarding the mausoleum at that time were mainly constrained by strict military laws and disciplines to passively defend on the city wall.
The casualties were also extremely heavy.
In addition to the extremely unbearable surrender of the vassal troops driven by Cao Shili to attack Gong County, there were not only one or two cities in Hehuai, Hedong, Hebei and other places that survived the siege of the Japanese soldiers.
Therefore, the defense of Gong County before was not very dazzling in the eyes of ordinary soldiers guarding the mausoleum.
As for the strategic significance of guarding Gong County, it is beyond the level considered by ordinary soldiers guarding the mausoleum.
In the battle of Qinshui River Crossing, the troops guarding the mausoleum rushed for hundreds of miles, escaping with fatigue and attacking more with less. The enemies they encountered were elite surrender troops who made it difficult for the Western Army's reinforcements to advance. The night battle created such a situation
With the results, the tomb-defending army from top to bottom can truly build the confidence that a strong army should have.
After a night of fierce fighting, the troops guarding the mausoleum returned to their camps to rest and recuperate. The Yiqi Battalion took over the guarding along the river. However, Yu Gong, Ling Jian and other generals were not tired at all. After settling down the generals, they came to the big tent to join the army in high spirits.
Discuss.
After listening to Zhang Xin's introduction about the upcoming war arrangements, which would postpone the attack on the enemy's main camp, Yu Gong and others asked in confusion:
"Why not attack the enemy's main camp in one go and annihilate all the enemies on the west bank?"
Xu Huai advocated suspending the attack on the enemy's main camp on the west bank, and Zhang Xin was also puzzled.
After meeting in Yanling, the two sides joined hands to help Gongxian. Every step they took proved that Xu Huai's suggestions and ideas were very foresight. King Jing Zhao Tuan also trusted Xu Huai. Zhang Xin did not yet have the ability to independently command the troops.
ability, and seeing the support of King Jing Zhao Tuan, he directly made follow-up arrangements according to Xu Huai's suggestion.
There were so many things going on at the moment that Zhang Xin didn't have time to ask Xu Huai in detail why he had postponed the attack on the enemy's main camp on the west bank. When Yu Gong and the others asked about it, he directly asked Xu Huai:
"Marquis Xu Jun proposed to postpone the attack on the enemy's main camp in Xizhai. I would like to ask Marquis Xu to explain something to you..."
