Watching Chushan generals Yang Congzong and Bage carrying their heads on long poles, galloping back and forth in front of Zhuque Gate to show off to the public, the defenders at the top of the city were sparsely shooting arrows but could not pose a threat - Sui Bage led his troops to station in Bian
Liang's more than two thousand cavalry, two thousand generals, and more than ten hundred generals were also watching the battle on the Zhuque Gate tower. Seeing this scene, they were so angry that they shouted "Wow!" and stamped their feet to send troops to recapture Ba.
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The generals of the Han army in the imperial city department and the surrendered ministers all held back two generals from a thousand households and tried hard to persuade them:
"The thieves are numerous and have many tricks. Tai Ajie and thousands of households, you must put the overall situation first. Our top priority is to defend the inner city and wait for reinforcements. If Bianliang City is completely lost to the thieves,
How can we explain it to the Zong Palace and the second prince?"
Ba Ge had previously judged that there were only about 2,000 Chushan elites mixed into the bandits. Based on this judgment, he thought of joining forces with Yang Congzong's armored soldiers to drive away the bandits in front of Longjin Bridge in order to strengthen the defense.
Instead of being intimidated by Xu Huai's reputation, he defended the inner city in vain.
Everyone believed in his judgment before, but now Ba Ge and Yang Congzong had lost their heads under the attack of the Chushan Army. How could they still dare to believe it?
Even if there are really only two thousand soldiers and horses among the thieves who attacked the city, and they are the elites of Chushan, the scene that happened in front of Longjin Bridge also proves the terrifying combat effectiveness of the Chushan army. The extraordinary soldiers and horses relied on the strength of their numbers to defeat the enemy.
Ability is the enemy.
Their only idea was to use the seven or eight thousand armored soldiers of Xiongzhou and the elite cavalry of the Red Husband, whose strength had not been greatly damaged, to hold on to the inner city that was more than four feet tall and well-equipped with war weapons, waiting for Yue Hai Tower, Xiao
Qianji Zhennan Zong's palace sent reinforcements as soon as possible.
As for the Prince of Pingyanzong, although he had 200,000 soldiers and horses in Qing, Qi, Xu, Su, etc., he made Li Ji the emperor and established the Dachu Kingdom in Bianliang. Many affairs were under the jurisdiction of the Prince of Zhennan.
Everyone would send messengers to Xuzhou to meet the third prince, Tu Ge, to report the attack on Bianliang, but they never expected that Tu Ge would dispatch cavalry to help immediately.
Even if the relationship between the second prince Ulullie and the third prince Tu Ge has not soured over the succession to the Khan throne, they are not so good that they would take the initiative to wipe each other's butts.
Of course, if the Zhennan Zong Palace feels that the situation in Bianliang is unmanageable and officially sends an envoy to see the third prince Tu Ge to ask for help, or if the rebel army enters the war zone assigned to the Pingyan Zong Palace, the third prince Tu Ge may send troops to participate in the raid.
Encirclement and suppression by thieves in Bianliang.
Seeing Bage's head hanging on a long pole for public display, Tai Ah Ai and Chang Si, two generals of thousands of households, gritted their teeth with hatred and saw stars in their eyes, but they also knew that preventing the entire city of Bianliang from falling was the overall situation they had to take into consideration.
"It is enough for the inner city to be defended by Xiongzhou soldiers and horses!" Tai Ajie, who was also a veteran general who had experienced many battles, forced himself to calm down and stared at the bandits setting up an array on the north bank of Longjin Bridge. He gritted his teeth and said, "At this time, the bandit army has not entered yet.
From the East and West City, Changsi and I led our troops out of Bianliang City and attacked and harassed the people behind..."
Before Ba Ge died in front of the Longjin Bridge, Tai Ajie also saw the powerful power of the Chushan Army's elite cavalry's intensive assault. Moreover, he and Changsi's troops mainly used light cavalry to fight the Chushan Cavalry on a narrow battlefield. There is no doubt that
It is seeking death.
However, they still have 1,780 horses. As long as they pull out of Bianliang City and gallop outside Bianliang City, they can harass the thieves from the side and rear, making it difficult for the thieves to attack the inner city with all their strength. At the same time, they can also provide reinforcements.
Try to hold back the rebels as much as possible before they arrive.
"We must not waste the war!" Yang Jingchen categorically rejected Tai Aji and Changsi's idea of leading troops out of Bianliang City and said, "General Bage was killed by thieves. Tai Aji and Changsi are grieving for thousands of families, but please Tai'a
Well, if you think about thousands of households and believe it, my grief will definitely not be any less than that of the two of you!"
If Bage was still alive, Yang Jingchen would not be able to be so decisive. After all, in addition to being the deputy general of Wanhu, Bage was also officially assigned the responsibility of supervisor by the Zhennan Zong Palace.
Tai Ajie and Changsi are only generals of a thousand households. How dare Yang Jingchen really ask them to take away the two thousand most brave and skilled warriors from the inner city?
Yang Jingchen was dissatisfied regardless of the situation, so he immediately ordered all the soldiers and horses of Xiongzhou in the inner city to board the city and fight the rebels to the death. In addition to sending dozens of trustworthy cavalry, Yang Jingchen also ordered that all the gates in the inner city be blocked with bricks, stones and beams.
Lest someone colludes with the rebels and takes advantage of their unpreparedness, secretly opening the city gate and letting the rebels attack and come in!
Few people witnessed the fall of Nanxun Gate with their own eyes, but the Bianliang defenders faced little resistance at Changtai Bridge, Guangli Gate, Puji Gate, etc., and lost key positions one after another. Yang Jingchen and others witnessed it with their own eyes.
At this critical moment, Yang Jingchen also completely lost trust in the Bianliang surrendered army. Before blocking the gates of the inner city, he ignored the request of the Bianliang surrendered general and withdrew the Bianliang surrendered general, only to order them to stay outside.
The city gates, military camps and other places stood firm and resisted, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
Before surrendering to the enemy, all the generals (commanders) of the surrendered troops in Bianliang were appointed as commanders and envoys of the horse, infantry and infantry commanders of the bodyguards, and duyuhou, etc. After the surrender, they were assigned as commanders and envoys of the imperial city affairs department, and duyuhou.
In order to limit the power of the commanders and envoys in the affairs of the family, and to prevent them from having different aspirations, Yang Jingchen asked them to live in the inner city with their families and go to the imperial city to answer questions, and leave the specific military affairs to them.
The commanders and envoys of all the compartments below are in charge of Yuhou.
After the attack on Bianliang and the fall of Nanxunmen, all the relatives and ministers were in charge, and all the princes and governors followed Yang Jingchen at the Zhuquemen Gate Tower to observe the situation.
Yang Jingchen ordered the inner city to be completely blocked. They were unable to withdraw their troops (the Bianliang surrender army) back to the inner city, but they did not dare to go to the outer city with their heads on their belts to command operations.
After the inner city was blocked, nearly 40,000 Bianliang surrender troops were actually isolated from the inner city. It is understandable that they felt panic.
Not only did a dozen Chushan cavalry carry Yang Congzong, but the heads of Bage and others were paraded through the streets and alleys of the outer city to make a public announcement. Not a single soldier came out to stop them. The veterans of the Jingsheng Army sneaked into the camp to communicate with old friends, as well as some military officials.
, the soldiers deserted and left the camp, and the generals also pretended not to know...
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In mid-August, the Ru River (Ru River) is no longer as turbulent as in summer. However, when crossing Xiaoque Gang, it is blocked by a stone beam across the river. The river suddenly narrows by more than half, but the water flow remains as fast as before.
The evening light shines, and the water contains golden waves.
In the evening wind, Yue Hailou and Zhong Changqing reined in their horses and stopped on a flat hillock on the east bank of the fork where the Liuhua River merged into the Ru River and the Ru River. Dozens of guards were scattered around, with their horses and horses on their crotches.
The rushing water roared from time to time.
Yue Hailou stared at the rushing water in the distance with a sinister expression.
Dozens of Yingzhou warships are sailing upstream on the river east of Xiaoquegang.
The oarsman wearing black trousers had already been soaked by the surging water waves, and water droplets kept falling from his bare chest. The oarsman swung the oar vigorously, fighting against the turbulence, and driving the warship to move little by little toward the pontoon.
The strong warrior stood on the bow of the ship, holding a sharp giant ax and protected by sword and shield soldiers, staring at the approaching pontoon.
The Yingzhou navy had gone upstream several times before, approaching the pontoon bridge and setting it on fire.
However, the pontoon bridge connecting the two sides of Xiaoquegang is made of iron cables that loop around the boats and lay pallets on top. Several arson attacks only destroyed the pallets and a small number of boats that were connected with each other. The Chushan Army also laid new pallets overnight several times.
Replace the burned pontoons and reconnect the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Xu Huai's military tactics were so cunning that he did not destroy the pontoon bridge and cut off the Chushan Army on the north and south banks of the Shuishui River. Even if Yue Hailou secretly gathered thousands of elite troops on the left and right, he would not dare to rashly attack the Chushan Army on the north bank of the Shuishui River.
The camp launched a general attack.
It was difficult to set fire to it, so Yue Hailou ordered people to rebuild dozens of long-handled giant axes, preparing to use the giant axes to cut off the iron cables when the warship approached the pontoon against the current.
At this time, there were more than a hundred generals in Chushan standing guard on the pontoon bridge, waiting.
At this time, in addition to using crossbows and crossbows to block the approach of their warships, the Chushan Army generals also pushed sections of thick logs from the pontoon into the turbulent water.
One person surrounded the thick logs and rushed downstream with the force of the rapids. There were so many logs that it was difficult for the warship to avoid them all.
When Yue Hailou and the others stopped on the shore hundreds of steps away, they could all vaguely hear the dull crashing sound of "bang bang", and their faces could not help but tremble slightly.
At the end of the Yingzhou navy's drill, it was still shallow, and it was already very difficult to go up against the turbulent current. Warships were constantly hit by giant logs. In addition to the hulls of several warships being hit by huge logs, their deck boards were broken and water was poured into them.
Two warships were overturned by the current in the chaos, and dozens of sailors and oars fell into the water and struggled.
Speaking of which, the warships that Yingzhou could build were too small, their stability in rapids was too poor, and approaching the pontoon was too difficult.
"Two newly built giant ships in Yingzhou have passed Cai Cai. They will arrive at Zhaoling tomorrow and join the battlefield. There may be a chance to destroy the pontoon bridge." Zhong Changqing looked at the ship array and saw that it was already unable to move up. It was already getting late at this time. It should be
It was time for Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, so he told Yue Hailou, "However, we still have to be careful to deal with the rebel movements in Yanling, Weishi and other places!"
Last night, hundreds of fishing boats came out from the water between Yanling and Weishi, carrying two to three thousand people and horses to go north along the Cai River to Yuehai Tower. Zhong Changqing had learned about this before noon.
The place where the incident occurred is located at the junction of Yanling and Weishi, less than 100 miles away from Xuchang, Linying, and Xihua counties, and only more than 130 miles away from Chenzhou Zhiwanqiu; and Caihe River flows from Chenqiao
The post goes south (slightly to the southeast) and joins the Ying River in the west of Wanqiu City in Chenzhou Zhi.
The black-shirted army was in Yanling. Wei made such a big noise and headed straight to Bianliang. If Yue Hailou had not known the news before noon and had delayed it for a long time, he would have pushed out the messenger who was delivering the news.
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However, Yue Hailou was indifferent to this matter.
Over the past few days, he has continued to strengthen his offensive against the Chushan Army's camp on the north bank of the Shuishui River. All signs indicate that Xu Huai must have major intentions on the north bank of the Shuishui River. How could he be deceived by such a low-level plan to attack the east and west?
Besides, Yang Jingchen had more than 50,000 soldiers and horses in Bianliang, but only two to three thousand rebels who lacked soldiers and armor and didn't even have enough to eat went to attack Bianliang. What should he worry about?
