There is a shallow stream seven or eight miles east of Daying on the north bank of Xiaoquegang. This shallow stream flows from northwest to southeast, with only more than twenty miles of twists and turns. It mainly collects rainwater from nearby shallow mountains and low hills, and flows from the other side of the ruined city of Zhaoling.
The branch of the river flows into Ru River.
According to the survey by Yu Chengzhen and others, this shallow stream is also one of the very limited tributaries of the Ru River on the north bank of Zhaoling County. It can be said to be the Shuishui River - the north bank of the Ru River. The enemy camp is from the east side to the north bank of Xiaoquegang.
A strategic point of the advance.
Chen Zixiao did not want to stop the canal digging work, so he could not tolerate the enemy's advance towards the North Bank camp, which was not even well-defended, and directly launched a fierce offensive.
At noon, more than 2,000 enemy cavalry interspersed between Wuyang and Zhaoling, cutting off the passage for Wuyang soldiers and horses to reinforce Zhaoling. The enemy's main force, secretly gathered in Heishigou, was finally dispatched. Chen Zixiao ordered Du Wu to lead two battalions of infantry.
Under the cover of a small number of cavalry, A waded into the east bank of the shallow stream in advance.
On the north bank of Huishui-Rushui River, more than a thousand enemy cavalry quickly advanced westward to cover the main force gathered in Heishigou. When Shen Shi arrived near Qianxi, he resolutely attacked the Chushan soldiers and horses who entered the formation on the east bank of Qianxi.
Launch an attack.
Thousands of Chushan's elite infantrymen could not just defend the east bank of Qianxi River.
More than a thousand infantrymen in Chushan formed a dense formation. Of course, they were not afraid of enemy cavalry charges. However, if they were compressed by the enemy cavalry in the small space on the east bank and unable to move, the enemy infantry could quickly approach and form a formation under the cover of their cavalry. In the end,
With absolutely superior force, they drove Chushan soldiers and horses down Qianxi.
Not wanting this scene to happen, Chushan, under the cover of sophisticated war weapons such as fine iron shield vehicles, took the capital team as a unit, and launched a fierce fight with the enemy cavalry in an area of about four or five miles on the east bank of Qianxi River.
The remaining enemy cavalry was never able to form a blockade to cover the approaching formation of their infantry.
The setting sun is like blood, covering the blue sky.
Several vultures stood on the low hills, their pupils staring warmly and suspiciously at the battlefield where Zhenglie was fighting by the stream. The timid crows had long been frightened away by the roar of the fighting that shook the earth.
Yue Hailou, surrounded by more than a hundred guards, arrived at the Xidong battlefield and met with Zhong Changqing, who was here to supervise the battle for the first time.
The fighting on the battlefield is still going on.
The casualties on both sides were considerable. Large areas of reeds on the creek beach were trampled and fell. There were hundreds of corpses lying in a pool of blood on both sides, and they had not had time to be carried away from the fighting battlefield.
"Chen Zixiao's troops mainly recruit the remnants of the Xuanwei Army, and they thought their combat effectiveness would be weaker," Yue Hailou sat on the horse with the reins in hand, frowning and scanning the battlefield, and said, "It is definitely Chen Zixiao's troops.
, not mixed with other elite troops?"
During this period, Yue Hailou secretly gathered elite soldiers and horses in Heishigou. He was always worried whether Chushan would be aware of it. He was afraid that the size of Chushan's soldiers and horses on both sides of the Nishui River seemed to have remained unchanged, but in fact they were trying to hide it from the enemy.
The strategy has already been replaced by the most elite soldiers.
"Currently, we have captured more than ten prisoners alive on the battlefield, and they have been tortured, but there is no change!" Zhong Changqing is also extremely cautious. He has long thought of the possibility of Chushan substituting others, so the wounded Chushan soldiers captured on the battlefield,
Instead of killing him immediately, he was captured, tortured, and interrogated.
Judging from the current situation, Chushan's soldiers stationed on the north bank of the Shuishui River are indeed affiliated with the Sixth Wing of the Tianxiong Army.
There are three sources of ordinary soldiers in the sixth wing of Tianxiong Army. The most important one is that after the collapse of Xuanwei Army, the remaining soldiers from Nangui, Huaichuan, Huangchuan and other places were recruited by Chushan. Some of them were recruited from Ruying refugees.
Some of the young, strong and capable soldiers were recruited from other departments of the Tianxiong Army when the Sixth Chamber was established.
In addition to the original military officials of the Xuanwei Army, the military officers of the Sixth Wing Army were drawn from various tribes of the Tianxiong Army, mainly the remnant Khitan troops who returned to the south from the Han Army.
This is also the reason why Xu Huaiqi appointed Chen Zixiao as the commander of the sixth chamber.
But at the same time, Du Wu and other Tianxiong Army veterans were assigned to the Sixth Chamber to assist Chen Zixiao and ensure Xu Huai's absolute influence on the Sixth Chamber Army.
Although the soldiers and horses of the sixth wing of the Tianxiong Army were more tenacious and brave than expected on the battlefield by the stream at this time, they did not look like soft men who could be manipulated. But at present, it seems that there is no conspiracy in it. In fact, Chen
Zixiao's method of managing the army was slightly stronger than they imagined.
"Do these prisoners of war know what Chushan intends to do by stationing on the north bank of the Ru River?" Yue Hailou asked.
"No one among the middle and lower-level generals and soldiers should know the secret. They only know that the stronghold on the north bank was built to cover the retreat of the people of Heluo to the south. And this is obviously Chushan's excuse to the inside!" Zhong Changqing frowned and said, this is what they have done so far.
Still puzzled by things.
"I thought that General Yan personally led the troops and blocked the passage to Wuyang, Ye County and other places to reinforce Zhaoling, so that the war here would be easier. It seems that a fierce battle is still inevitable!" Yue Hailou said with emotion.
Yue Hailou looked towards the west bank of Qianxi. In addition to dozens of cavalry stationed on the west bank of the stream, Chushan General Chen Zixiao should be supervising the battle on the other side, there were also soldiers and horses gathering towards the west bank of the stream, intending to reinforce them at any time.
east coast.
This shallow stream has no name on the Luzhou Kanyu map. It is called Liuhua River locally. Near the mouth of the river, the water depth is only seven or eight feet, which can barely accommodate medium-sized warships.
However, at this time, slightly above the river mouth, there were more than a dozen awning boats sinking slowly. It could be seen that Chu Shan had already detected that they had warships sailing from Huaichuan into Ru River, and he only thought of it at the last moment.
The mouth of the Liuhua River should be blocked with sunken ships.
This also proves that Chushan is not too wary of them.
To be honest, not only was the current combat effectiveness of the Tianxiong Army's Sixth Wing somewhat beyond their expectations, but Chen Zixiao's small number of troops on both sides of the Nishui River and his proactive combat attitude also made them even more excited.
Accident.
Yue Hailou thought he could directly approach Chushan's camp on the north bank of Ru River and use the weapons newly built by Master Sivama to inflict heavy damage on Chen Zixiao's troops who were defending themselves in seclusion!
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In the Zhoujia Village in the north of Yanling City, the incomplete walls of the village looked even more dilapidated under the setting sun, and few smokes rose from the kitchens at dusk.
Several villagers were sitting listlessly under the elm tree at the end of the village, with their farm tools thrown aside.
Seeing the villagers' sallow faces and lean bodies, Liu Yueting walked to the end of the village and looked around the village with confusion, suspecting that they had found the wrong place again this time.
"After the earthquake in Gaogang, the mountains and rivers are beautiful through the ages..." Zhou Jing pushed the package with the hidden short blade over his shoulder, hunched over, and walked to the foot of the elm forest. He seemed to be impressed by the beauty of the village and praised, "It's really nice here.
What a place!”
"What a great place!" A skinny villager stood up and cursed, "The gate faces the sea, and the three rivers have merged and flowed for thousands of years, so it is called a grand scene! How can our village be called a good place?
These distinguished guests, where did they come from? These days, we don’t see many foreigners wandering around!”
"The war is in turmoil, but what can we do to make ends meet?" Zhou Jing said, "We miss the sun and cannot enter Yanling City at night. How can we easily go into the village and rest for the night?"
"My family has two shabby houses. The three distinguished guests don't mind the shabby houses of poor families and are willing to give them a try. What's the inconvenience?" the villager said, rubbing his hands, and led Zhou Jing and others towards the village.
After walking into the village, Liu Yueting discovered that although the village wall looked dilapidated from the outside, the winding lanes in the village made it a good place that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Passing through several dilapidated thatched houses, we suddenly walked into a spacious house.
There were dozens of Jian Rui in the yard who were dressed in ordinary clothes but could not hide their awe-inspiring aura. At this moment, they stared at Zhou Jing and others warily.
"Shi Hu, I've had a hard time looking for you. Where are Commander-in-Chief and Master Qi?" Zhou Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw everyone in the yard. He walked to a stone basin in the corridor and saw that it was full of water.
He stretched out his hand and poured water to wash away the dirt and dye used for camouflage on his face, straightened his rickety body, and asked Shi Hu.
"Master Zhou, why are you here? I thought you were who it was, but I didn't recognize it at all!" Shi Hu said in surprise, "Shuai Jie and Master Qi are in the hall, I will lead you over!"
At this time, Liu Yueting looked around in disbelief. It was hard to imagine that Marquis Jingsheng did not stay in Ye County or Chushan to take charge, but came to this dilapidated stockade not far from Bianliang to lurk.
But Xu Huai and Wang Ju heard the commotion in the yard, walked out, saw Zhou Jing and said with a smile: "What's the matter, I asked you to come over in person to contact me?"
"Yue Hailou is really not easy to deal with. He has not been dazzled by our deployment in Zhaoling and other places. He has been secretly gathering elites at Heishigou. It is expected that he may attack Xiaoquegang in the next few days. He is under the bed.
, they don’t allow us to sleep soundly!” Zhou Jing said, “In order to avoid alerting the enemy troops too early, Mr. Shi decided not to go to Xiaoquegang to reinforce the elite troops after discussing with everyone, and used the troops currently deployed in Xiaoquegang to resist everything.
Wait for Jieshuai to start moving first. Jieshuai's trip is top secret, and I'm afraid that others might try to contact us, so I'll bring someone over for a visit! How are the preparations for Jieshuai's side?"
"I just said that Yuehailou is not easy to fool," Xu Huai smiled and said, "We have made arrangements. If Yuehailou does not attack Xiaoquegang, we will attack Bianliang, but the effect will be compromised. Let's do it now.
Just right……"
Bianliang fell, Hehuai was destroyed, and prefectures and counties fell or surrendered, but none survived. However, not all the millions of people in Hehuai gave up resistance.
The fall of Bianliang was extremely sudden. After the fall of Bianliang, Chushan and Hu Kai only had time to persuade and organize some people in Caizhou, Xuzhou, Chenzhou and other places to evacuate south; most people in the Hehuai area basically
Along with them, they fell into the hands of the enemy.
On the one hand, the Red Husbands and their surrendered soldiers and horses brutally killed and tortured; on the other hand, Li Ji and other surrendered ministers were willing to become puppets and established the pseudo-Chu Kingdom in Bianliang.
One day or stop.
At this time, not only the people at the bottom of Hehuai River were falling into the abyss, but the life of the local gentry and wealthy people was also not easy.
But it was not because the puppet Chu regime did not want to win over the gentry and country lords to maintain local rule.
It is true that the people at the bottom of Hehuai River cannot extract much food at this time.
The Puppet Chu regime was in Bianliang. In order to maintain the operation of the court and maintain the supply transportation to Yue Hailou and other ministries, it was also responsible for the Zhennan Zong Palace and the Yan Zong Palace's war needs in Hehuai and other places.
He set his sights on the gentry, countrymen and nobles who still had some food left in their hands.
This naturally led to the people in Hehuai and Huaihe River being filled with hatred and resistance from top to bottom against the Japanese soldiers and the puppet Chu regime that surrendered to the enemy.
There are more than a hundred prefectures and counties in the Hehuai River and tens of thousands of villages, big and small. Unable to endure the brutal political exploitation of the Red Husbands and the Puppet-Chu, there are countless people who have turned into bandits and gathered troops to defend their strongholds to resist.
After the main forces on the east and west routes of the Red Guards completed their rest and reorganization in Bianliang, they and the main forces of the surrender troops sent troops to Shaanluo, Qingxu and other places on the two wings to expand the results; Yue Hailou served as the Puppet Chu Privy Envoy, and also absorbed the surrender troops from the capital to have combat effectiveness.
The soldiers and horses then went south to control Chen and Xu, and launched an offensive against the Huaishang defense line.
Although the Puppet Chu troops left behind in Bianliang still had tens of thousands of surrendered troops, their combat effectiveness was uneven, and they could not clear out the resistance forces near Bianliang for a whole year.
Chushan has been actively contacting the rebel forces in Bianliang and surrounding areas that persist in resisting.
This time, in order to deceive others and achieve the goal of the raid, the guard barracks were also broken into pieces. In the name of a certain resisting rebel army, they first dispersed and infiltrated near Bianliang to wait for an opportunity...
