"We walked along the Lishui River from Laoluling and saw that the eastern foothills of Funiu Mountain are many shallow hills with sparse trees and intertwined cliffs. After summer, there are heavy rains and raging floods, and a large amount of gravel and gravel are washed down by the water.
, causing the Lishui river bed to be eroded, and it is generally more than a hundred feet wide. As far as Ye County, the Li River beach is full of rocks and clumps. These characteristics make the Lishui river turbulent after the summer, but by the time
When the water is dry in winter and spring, even if the river ice is not thick enough and the river bed is too wide to store depth, it will be difficult to hinder the Chihu people's cavalry! We continue to move forward, and the Lishui River exits Wuyang County and enters Zhao
In Lingxian County, the terrain on both sides of the Lishui River in this section of the river is easier. Without the erosion and washing of gravel and gravel from the upper reaches, the river bed is much narrower than the upper reaches, with a narrow point of about thirty feet. However, after summer, it becomes even more
Many streams, rivers and ditches flow into it, and the water flow is even more violent. The river water floods the riverbanks and slopes on both sides. It is normal for the water surface to be one or two miles wide, which gives people a sense of majesty. However, in comparison, in the territory of Shangcai, in the north of Wuyang, Zhao
In Lingxian County, the terrain is generally higher in the southwest and lower in the northeast, with rugged low ridges. Although floods are still frequent, it is still much weaker than Shangcai, Runan, Xiping, Xincai and other places! Fortresses can be selected.
It is easy to dig wells and collect water in high sheltered areas, so defending is much easier and less laborious than going downstream..."
In late July, the weather has turned cooler, dusk is approaching, the breeze is blowing, and wearing armor does not feel too hot and uncomfortable, but the flood season has not completely passed. Xu Huaile stopped in front of Pinggang, and the Lishui River was still wet.
The river roared and stirred not far away.
More than a hundred students from the fifth period of the Warrior House reined in their horses and stopped in front of Xu Huai in a fan shape, listening to Xu Huai explain the use of terrain in various combat deployments based on the actual terrain of Lishui.
It is completely meaningless to simply talk about fighting in formation without observing and understanding the terrain and climate.
Wu Shehai and Shi Hu led ten guards to stop on the left wing of Pinggang.
At this time, more than a hundred cavalrymen came from the east.
The south bank of Ru River is currently the area controlled by Chu Mountain. The puppet Chu army has withdrawn its main force except for Shangcai, Xincai and other limited cities in the east.
Generally speaking, there will be no enemy scouts in Wuyang and Zhaoling areas.
However, Wu Shehai and Shi Hu were still wary.
Xu Huai personally served as an instructor for the warriors, and all of them were automatically assigned as bodyguards.
At this moment, the teachings were immediately stopped, and more than a hundred people sacrificed their lives to form a combat formation. They rode their horses in small groups to the two wings of Pinggang to form a warning formation.
"..." Su Mung, Liu Yueting and others who were in charge of perimeter security came back from the perimeter a moment later and took Xu Panchi to the post.
"Our troops stationed in Xiaoquegang attracted the enemy's attention. At this time, a large group of enemy troops gathered on the north bank, and a small group of scouts sneaked to the south bank. Junjun Chen was worried that Xu Hou would be disturbed during his trip, so he specially ordered me to lead the troops.
Come and escort Xu Hou to Xiaoquegang!" Xu Zang dismounted and reported.
"Let's not delay any more. Let's set off now and arrive at Xiaoquegang before dark!" Xu Wukun looked up at the sky and said to Xu Huai.
"Okay!" Xu Huai immediately took the lead and galloped out, galloping through the slightly undulating wilderness...
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The Lishui River and the Shuishui River both originate from the Funiu Mountains and converge on the northern ridges of the Funiu Mountains, Tongbai Mountains and Dengjiatai Mountains. The streams and rivers at the western foot of Wuyun Mountain merge with the Hunlong Branch in the northeast corner of Wuyang, and from then on they are called eastward.
For your water.
The east of Xiaoquegang is only eight or nine miles away from Qunlong Branch.
Choosing to cut off the Ru River at Xiaoquegang actually means draining the Lishui River, Shuishui River and a series of streams and rivers originating from the eastern foothills of Funiu Mountain and the western foothills of Tongbai Mountain, which were originally part of the upper reaches of the Ru River, into the Yingshui River.
After receiving Xu Huai's secret order, Yin Peng, who was responsible for garrisoning Wuyang, first built two small forts on the southeast bank of Qunlong branch and Xiaoquegang, and then built a sentry fort on the long slope of the north bank.
Xu Huai and the others followed the path on the right bank of the Lishui River and arrived at Hunlong Branch Village at dusk.
This is where the Lishui River and the Yuan River merge. The flood season has not yet passed, and you can hear the mighty and fierce water flow from a distance.
The Lishui River originates from a spring at the southern foot of Funiu Mountain. During the non-flood season, the water flow is clear and the drink is sweet, hence the name Lishui River.
However, after it merged with the Kuanshui River, the water flow became turbid and its power became even more powerful, like a muddy dragon tumbling among the shallow mountains and low hills.
The locals call the branch at the confluence the Hunlong Branch, which is also vivid.
Xu Huai did not delay at Qinglong Branch Village. After meeting up with Chen Zixiao, Du Wu, Fu Liang and others, they rushed to Xiaoquegang Village together.
Xiaoquegang is a ridge that is high in the south and low in the north. On the north side, there is a long, low cliff extending into the river, which looks like a bird lying on the river beach to drink water. The military village was built along the western slope of Xiaoquegang.
After galloping into the military camp, everyone climbed up to Xiaoque Hill. It was dark at this time and they could only see the outline of Beipo Village on the north bank, a thousand steps away.
The Ru River is to the west of Xiaoquegang. During the flood season, the river channel will be 100 feet wide. However, due to the obstruction of Xiaoquegang, the river channel suddenly shrinks by nearly two-thirds of its width.
This is nothing in the dry season, but in the flood season the turbulent and turbulent water suddenly forms a drop of nearly ten feet in front of Xiaoque Hill, and the water rushes down like a galloping horse.
"I know that Xu Hou is coming today. Mr. Yu also said at dusk that he would come to the south bank to see you overnight. I asked people to hold him down." Tang Tiande, who stayed in Xiaoquegang and was responsible for early material dispatch and logistical support, accompanied Xu Huai and others
Climbing to the top of the ridge, he said with a smile, "This is a fool's errand. The water flow is so fast that if something goes wrong, it's useless for us to stamp our feet!"
Although the three villages near Xiaoquegang were built by Yin Peng under Xu Huai's secret order, Xu Huai finally decided to mobilize Chen Zixiao from the east wing to garrison at Xiaoquegang.
Yue Hailou, whose main force is currently stationed in Chenzhou, is not blind. Even if he cannot guess the intention here for a while, as long as tens of thousands of people from Chu Mountain gather on both sides of Ru River, no matter how confused Yue Hailou is, he will be negligent and let Chu Mountain do it.
Shiwei on the north bank of the water?
This is obviously impossible.
Yin Peng built three small outposts near Xiaoquegang. In the early days, he only sent a small number of soldiers to guard them. It seemed that they were just for the purpose of detecting any movement on the left bank of Ru River in time, but the Yuehai Tower was soon set up not far from the north bank.
They even sent scouts across Ru River to harass them many times, trying to find out whether the intention here was as simple as deploying outposts.
Chen Zixiao has not yet mobilized all his troops. He only led the elite three battalions to expand his control over the area near Xiaoquegang and make final preparations for the large-scale mobilization of civilians, soldiers, horses and materials into Changpo on the north bank of Ru River.
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Yue Hailou and his troops soon increased their troops on the left bank and strengthened their reconnaissance and harassment on the right bank. Chen Zixiao was worried that Xu Huai would come to Xiaoquegang first to supervise the battle. He did not have a few bodyguards to accompany him, so he would suffer from the enemy.
Because of the possibility of elite scouts from the army, Xu Zan was sent to lead a group of cavalry to meet Xu Huai halfway to avoid any accidents.
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Although the number of people who can directly enter Xiaoquegang is currently very limited, the staffing is extremely luxurious.
Chen Zixiao is the former army general, Tang Tiande is responsible for material dispatch and logistical support, and Zhou Jing personally leads the team to be responsible for enemy reconnaissance.
As the commander-in-chief of the rear army, Yin Peng was stationed in Wuyang City, and Su Laochang also led the magistrate of Wuyang County.
In the original plan, considering that after the Zheng family retreated south, most of Heluo would be occupied by Japanese troops, and troops would have to leave Ruzhou to attack Huaishang, Xu Huaisui made Ye County the focus of the west wing's defense and moved the troops there.
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Now the focus of defense deployment has shifted to Wuyang and the nearby Zhaoling City, which was once abandoned. The reason why there is no direct garrison of troops in the remaining Zhaoling City or the movement of the camp directly to Wuyang is mainly to reduce the Yuehai Tower and other buildings as much as possible.
The vigilance of a traitor general.
In order to confuse the rebel generals such as Yue Hailou as much as possible, in the early stage, Chushan built an outpost fortress in Xiaoquegang in the name of protecting the flanks of Xiangcheng and allowing the people of Heluo to evacuate southward faster and safer.
Now that the preparatory work was in place, Xu Huai led more than a hundred samurai warriors to the front line.
This period of sacrificing life was mainly selected from the grassroots military officials in the sixth chamber. Xu Huai personally led it for a period of time, and then handed it over to Zhou Jing to lead the team for a few days, responsible for reconnaissance and scouting the enemy situation near Xiaoquegang. Waiting for the sixth chamber
After the main force arrived, they were all assigned to the sixth compartment, responsible for holding on to Xiaoquegang and protecting the work of digging mountains and embankments.
The sky had completely darkened, and except for the bonfire in the Beizhai camp, the world was plunged into darkness.
Xu Huai and others returned to their camp on the west slope, and Zhou Jing also rushed back by boat from the north bank at this time.
Yu Chengzhen, who had been asking not to take the risk of crossing at night, insisted on returning to Xiaoquegang with Zhou Jing.
"Xu Hou is really knowledgeable and knowledgeable," Yu Chengzhen clapped her hands and shouted when she saw Xu Huai, "The long slope of the north bank is opened to channel the Kuai River to the north. The water can indeed take the way to the Ying River!"
Yu Chengzhen spent most of the month in Xiaoquegang, mainly leading the men to survey the soil and rock strata of Changpo on the north bank, and selecting suitable canal opening points. However, due to his rigorous character, he still measured and verified the terrain north of Changpo.
The long slope on the north bank can only be broken into a channel five to six feet deep. To the north, there is no need to dig a channel, and the flood can flow directly to the direction of Yingshui and take its way.
Although the long slope on the north bank is only two thousand steps wide and the terrain is not high, the soil layer is not thick. In some places, rock formations one to two feet deep need to be dug. With the current technology, it is necessary to catch up with the main force of the captive soldiers from Hulao.
It was completed before reinforcements were sent from Yanshi and other directions. It was indeed an arduous project.
In comparison, due to the special terrain of Xiaoqueling, after the long slope channel is dug, it is much simpler to pile up earth and rocks on the east side of Xiaoqueling to cut off the 30 to 40-foot-wide river channel.
What Xu Huai and the others have to consider now is how to quickly and effectively establish a stable and reliable defense on the north bank during the process of breaking through the mountains and digging canals.
The key thing to consider is that as time goes by, more and more enemy troops will be attracted, and even the elite cavalry of the Red Husbands will be attracted...
