Yue Hailou was just about to send someone to order the navy to withdraw its troops and wait until the two giant warships arrive tomorrow to join the battle. At this time, a number of fast horses came, but it was the Xinqiu who came from Zhiwanqiu in Chenzhou.
Come forward and report:
"At dawn today, the black-shirted thieves raided Bianliang and trapped Nanxunmen! A messenger sent by Yang Jingchen, the Imperial City Secretary's official business, came to Wanqiu two hours ago to report this matter."
Yue Hailou and Yang Jingchen were equal in status. He sent troops to Chushan's camp on the north bank of the Nian River and went to the battlefield in person. He did not need to inform Yang Jingchen or anyone in Bianliang. Therefore, he would not inform Yue Hailou of any news from Bianliang.
He immediately sent a messenger to Chenzhou to govern Wanqiu.
During this process, it will take an hour or two at least.
"..." Zhong Changqing looked at Yue Hailou with a serious look, wondering what he thought about the fall of Nanxun Clan?
"What do people like Yang Jingchen do for food?" Some people couldn't help but complain. Unexpectedly, Yang Jingchen had 50,000 troops in Bianliang and allowed the rebels to easily capture Nanxun Gate.
There are thirteen water and land gates in the outer city of Bianliang. Nanxun Gate has the highest strategic value. You can capture it by going directly to Zhuque Gate, the south gate of the inner city, along the Li Street, which is more than a hundred paces wide. Before the invasion of troops, Bianliang City fell from Nanxun Gate.
"Xu Huaixing's plan to attack the east and attack the west is really cost-effective!" Yue Hailou frowned and asked thoughtfully, "Where is the envoy from Bianliang? Bring him with him."
Before noon, I learned that the rebels had moved late at night yesterday. Yue Hailou believed that it was Chu Shan's plan to attack the east and attack the west, intending to drag Chenzhou's troops northward to relieve the military pressure on Zhaoling. However, at that time, Yue Hailou was short of two or three thousand soldiers and armor.
The rebels don't take it seriously.
Now it seems that the fighting power of the rebels is somewhat beyond previous expectations.
There are some things that he cannot ignore.
The guards quickly brought Yang Jingchen's messenger sent from Bianliang to Yue Hailou for questioning.
This messenger was sent by Yang Congzong after the fall of Nanxunmen. When a dozen of them rushed from Bianliang City to report the news, Yang Congzong and Bagegang came to Zhuquemen to take charge. The first wave of troops to counterattack Nanxunmen was frustrated, and Yang Jingchen
He had just arrived at the imperial city from his residence and had just learned about the attack on Bianliang.
At that time, Yang Jingchen and the generals of the Imperial City Department generally knew that there were about ten thousand thieves who raided Bianliang, and they even deeply misunderstood that they were the restless resistance forces of the black shirt army active in Yanling, Weishi and other places.
Although Nanxunmen was said to have fallen at that time, Yang Jingchen and others still thought that the Bianliang surrender troops stationed at Nanxunmen were too useless and thought that the situation was still under control.
Therefore, whether Yang Congzong or Yang Jingchen sent envoys, they only informed Yue Hailou that Xiao Qian and others were attacked in Bianliang.
This is just a matter of convention and not a request for help.
The messenger who came to Chenzhou knew very little.
Yue Hailou called him in front of him and asked him carefully. From various signs, it is not difficult to guess that Chushan must have spent a lot of money to intervene in the raid on Bianliang by the black shirt army and other resistance forces, so that Yang Jingchen could be caught off guard.
"Yang Jingchen has no intention of asking for help. He should still have the confidence to control the situation," Shen Changqing frowned slightly, looking at the Chushan Army's fortress gradually forming on the north bank of the Nishui River under the sunset in the distance, and said worriedly.
, "But at this juncture, the black-shirted thieves who contacted Yanling, Weishi and others launched an attack on Bianliang. Chushan should secretly
I have been planning for a long time, and now I am afraid that Chushan’s plan will not be limited to this!”
"Hei Shi and the other thieves are nothing but fugitives from Bianliang who colluded with Yanling, Weishi and other local soldiers to seize the place. We just don't have time to deal with it for the time being. No matter how big the capital of Chushan Hua is, what kind of climate can we achieve?"
?No matter how bad Yang Jingchen is, he still has 50,000 soldiers and horses available in Bianliang. Among them, Xiongzhou's 10,000 elite soldiers can still fight a dozen. I don't think we need to worry,"
Some people think that Zhong Changqing is still too afraid of Chushan. He shrinks his head and tail in front of Chushan in everything, and says with some dissatisfaction,
"Besides, Yang Jingchen has no intention of asking for help, how can we put our hot face on our cold butt?"
"The navy first ordered the navy to withdraw its troops and return to the Caohuai River water camp." Yue Hailou ordered the navy to withdraw its troops and return to the camp first, saying, "We will also go to the Caohuai River water camp first. Two newly built warships will join us tomorrow.
We need to discuss carefully how to organize the ship formation to fight, and strive to destroy the Xiaoquegang pontoon tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Chushan may have other plans in Bianliang, but it won't last three to five days!"
The guards held the order flag and rushed to the riverside to convey the military order. Soon they saw dozens of large and small warships from the Yingzhou Navy slowly shrinking eastward from the turbulent waters approaching the Xiaoquegang Floating Bridge.
Yue Hailou, Zhong Changqing and other generals, surrounded by guards, were about to gallop to the temporary water camp camp at the mouth of the Caohuai River twenty miles away. At this time, they saw the defenders in the remaining city of Zhaoling on the other side suddenly suddenly
From the repaired West City Gate, people poured out and headed to the west, where Chu Mountain set out to Xiaoquegang Camp on the south bank of the Nian River.
"What are they going to do?" Yue Hailou reined in his horse, stared at the south bank, and asked around in confusion.
Zhong Changqing and other generals were also at a loss for a while, unable to figure out the Chushan Army's intentions.
In mid-August, Mo Lihu personally led 3,000 red cavalrymen, interspersed among the hills south of Zhaoling, with the purpose of blocking Chushan troops in Wuyang, Ye County and other places from reinforcing the Shuishui-Rushui coast.
However, Chushan's soldiers and horses along the Shuishui-Rushui River were mainly concentrated in three places: Zhaoling Remaining City on the south bank, Xiaoquegang on the south bank, and the camp on the north bank. The connection between them was not cut off by them.
Although the remaining city of Zhaoling is only twelve or three miles away from Xiaoquegang, and Guo Junfan led two thousand soldiers and horses and some young and strong civilians to be stationed in the remaining city of Zhaoling, there has been no movement in the past ten days.
At this time, the Chushan Army suddenly rushed out from the remaining city of Zhaoling. It is hard to believe that this had nothing to do with the actions of the black-shirted thieves in Bianliang.
"General Yan is here!"
After hearing the news in advance, Yue Hailou looked to the east and saw dozens of horses riding along the north bank of Ru River and Ru River from the east. Who could it be if it wasn't Mo Lihu?
The Yuehai Tower and its subordinates control Shangcaicheng City in the upper reaches of Ru River and Huaichuan City at the mouth of the lower river. Currently, only the Yingzhou Navy is invincible in Ru River, while the Chushan Army exercises in Xinyang and Chushan City.
The army and warships are still very weak, and they still dare not enter Ru River to compete with the Yingzhou navy for control of Ru River.
This allowed Mo Lihu to rush to the north bank after learning about the attack on Bianliang in the afternoon. He no longer needed to make a special trip to Shangcai to cross the bridge. He only needed to cross the river by boat from any shallow beach controlled by the Yingzhou navy.
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Mo Lihu had also noticed the strange movements of Zhaoling's troops a long time ago. He rushed to Yuehai Tower, reined in his horse and stopped on Pinggang. He couldn't help but ask: "What on earth is Yakshahu going to do this time?"
Yue Hailou concluded that Chushan's actions on the north bank of Shuishui-Rushui River this time must have a major intention, but he still has not figured it out thoroughly.
Although they said they had nearly three thousand cavalry on the south bank, they mainly
They must gather near a long ridge called Yehupo, more than 40 miles south of the remaining city of Zhaoling. They are mainly responsible for keeping an eye on Chushan's military movements in Wuyang and Ye County, which are relatively far away from the remaining city of Zhaoling and Xiaoquegang.
Far.
This caused Chushan's soldiers and horses in the remaining city of Zhaoling to dispatch out in the direction of Xiaoquegang. They did not need to have any scruples and moved very quickly.
Yue Hailou, Zhong Changqing and Mo Lihu not only confirmed that the Chushan army would abandon the remaining city of Zhaoling this time, but even Chushan's men and horses in Xiaoquegang took advantage of the withdrawal of the Yingzhou navy and walked out of the camp one after another.
They passed through the pontoon one after another and headed towards the north bank camp.
"Are they going to abandon the camp on the south bank and all gather on the north bank?" Zhong Changqing asked in shock, "Aren't they afraid that we will destroy the pontoon bridge and cut off their way back south?"
The remaining city of Zhaoling is very close to the Xiaoquegang camp. Some of the troops traveled lightly and arrived at Xiaoquegang in half an hour. At this time, the sky was getting dark, but they could still barely see the figures on the other side. Yuehai Tower and the others could see from the
The Chushan Army, which came out in full force from the ruined city of Zhaoling, did not enter the Xiaoquegang camp, but came directly to the north bank via the pontoon bridge.
It is obvious that Chushan's soldiers and horses along the Juishui-Rushui River are really going to completely abandon the camps and remaining cities on the south bank this time, and all gather to the north bank.
But, what is Chushan's intention, and what does it have to do with instigating the black-shirted army and other thieves to raid Bianliang?
Previously, Chushan had 4,000 generals and 3,000 young men on the north bank of the Ru River - Chushan River. However, Chushan now transferred all the troops from the south bank to cross the north bank, causing the number of troops on the north bank to suddenly increase to 7,000 generals and 5,000 soldiers.
Qianqingzhuang, Yue Hailou also rushed to the camp on the east bank of Liutiao River with Zhong Changqing and Mo Lihu first to prevent the Chushan army from turning from defense to attack.
Yue Hailou, Zhong Changqing, Mo Lihu and other generals were just about to go to the camp on the east bank of the Liutiao River on the north bank, when another messenger came from the east to report:
"The Chushan navy sent out a dozen boats from the mouth of the Mingxi River in the afternoon. They broke into the Ru River in the east of Huaichuan City before dusk. They sank the boats at the mouth of the river and all the soldiers swam away!"
Yue Hailou, Zhong Changqing, Mo Lihu and others were all shocked when they heard the news.
The mouth of the Rushui River is under the control of the Huaichuan garrison. The Chushan navy scuttled the boat at the river mouth. The Huaichuan garrison organized more than a thousand civilians to drag the sunken boat aside with a little effort. It is difficult to say that this kind of
Simple means can seal the mouth of Rushui River.
What if Chushan’s intention is just to use this method to block the mouth of Rushui River for three to five days or two to three days?
"Chu Shanshui Army is going to enter Yingshui?" Zhong Changqing asked in shock.
In order to annihilate or expel Chushan's soldiers and horses on the north bank of Ruishui River and Ru River, Yue Hailou took the main force of Yingzhou Navy, which was established almost at the same time as Chushan Navy, and governed Ruyin from Yingzhou, which controlled Yingshui River.
The Huaichuan River is transferred into the Ru River.
At this time, there was no navy force to prevent the warships of the Chushan Navy from entering the Ying River. Even though the Chushan Navy had just been formed, with only a thousand men and horses, the training was not very familiar, and its combat effectiveness would not be better than that of the Yingzhou River.
The army is stronger.
Yue Hailou was somewhat restless at this time, so he immediately signed a military order and sent people to rush to Yingzhou to control Ruyin. He ordered the Yingzhou garrison to keep an eye on the movement of Yingshui River, and if necessary, collect fishing boats to carry sand and rocks to sink Yingshui River.
During this period, the river was temporarily closed.
Not far after Xinqi had just galloped out, the news that Xu Huaiqin led his elite troops to raid Bianliang and killed Yang Congzong and Bage in front of Longjin Bridge at noon today was passed on to the last batch of Xinqi sent by Yang Jingchen before closing the city.
