"Huainan is facing a fierce enemy, Chu Mountain is also facing a powerful enemy, and the enemy from Heluo is coming fiercely from the east. Marquis Yang must be careful. The gain or loss of the city is only temporary, and only the people can save the land!"
The wounded soldiers and civilians evacuated to Liang County overnight. The next morning, the second batch of retreating soldiers and horses was Yang Qiye leading 2,000 horse infantry to withdraw to Liang County.
He led a thousand-foot cavalry force behind the palace and stayed until noon before abandoning the camp and retreating eastward.
The enemy did not plan to swarm them up near Lingtai Mountain and Guangcheng Station regardless of casualties, but slowly advanced from west to east in a dense formation, so the entire retreat of Xu Huai and his companions was relatively smooth.
Before dusk, the troops behind the palace retreated to a ferry called Niuyadu east of Guangchengze.
Guangchengze is a swamp that stretches for dozens of miles, but there is a waterway on the east side that merges into Beishui River. This waterway was called Guangchengzeshui or Guangchengze River in the world.
Niuyadu is located above the estuary where Guangchengze River flows into Beishui River, and is located on the left bank of Beishui River.
After autumn, the rain decreased, Guangchengze also became thinner, and it flowed into the waterway of Beikui River. At Niuya ferry, only a trickle was left flowing slowly on the exposed river bed; at the ferry, several ferries were stranded directly on the mud.
On the beach.
The infantry and cavalry of Zuo Xiaosheng's army waded directly across the river, and the front troops continued along the left bank of Beishui River toward Ziluokou in the southwest.
At dusk, the cloudy peaks on the south bank of the Beishui River are stacked with mountains. The Ziluo Mountain standing on the left bank (west bank) is shrouded in light purple mist. The mouth of the valley where the Beishui River flows from the Yunwu Mountain and Ziluo Mountain to the north is only more than a thousand steps wide, left and right.
The mountain cliffs are steep and dangerous, and a lonely posthouse is located on the left bank of the river valley.
In the further direction, Bei Ru River is a bright ribbon flowing between the mountains and valleys south of Yunwu Mountain and Ziluo Mountain; Ruyang City is located in the valley south of Ziluo Mountain, and the city is purple.
Blocked by Luoshan Mountain, only a corner is exposed in the field of vision.
The so-called "strengthening the wall and clearing the field to defeat the enemy" is by no means simply retreating to an isolated or dangerous city, with the superior enemy forces blocking the four walls - if Zuo Xiaosheng's army had more manpower and materials, they should build a fortress near Niuyadu
Jiancheng shielded the periphery of Ziluokou and cut off the post road from Guangchengyi to Liangxian along the north bank of Beishui River.
It is a pity that the manpower and material resources that Zuo Xiaosheng's army could use in Ruzhou in the past year were limited. They neither built a city near Guangchengyi nor a city at Niuyadu. They used the limited manpower and material resources to
Strengthen the defenses of several old cities such as Liangxian, Ruyin and Songxian.
This also means that the Heluo enemy troops marching eastward to occupy this place will use their absolutely superior force to completely cut off the communication between Ruyang, Song County and Ruzhou, turning them into isolated cities.
However, Yang Lin has decided to personally lead his troops to guard Ruyang and use Ziluokou to spy on the enemy troops marching eastward along the Beishui River into Ruzhou. Although Xu Huai was a little worried, he also liked to take the lead and charge into the battle, so he did not
He will dissuade Yang Lin and just remind him to be more careful and avoid the sharp edge of the enemy when necessary.
At this time, several riders came from the east, but they were messengers coming from Xiangcheng.
The enemy forces in the west of Beijing that had gathered in Xuchang crossed the Ying River in large numbers yesterday and headed south. Chen Zixiao and Guo Junpian urgently dispatched messengers from Xiangcheng and rushed to Ruzhou to look for Xu Huai to report the enemy's situation.
"..." Xu Huai didn't say much. He held hands with Yang Lin and then got on his horse with Wang Ju, Zhou Jing and others. Surrounded by dozens of guards and cavalry including Wuchihai, Wang Jun and others, they walked along the north bank of Beishui River.
Take the post road and head towards Xiangcheng first.
The Chushan Selected Front Army also had more than 400 sharp cavalry, carrying a large number of pack horses, auxiliary troops, and some wounded soldiers. Under the leadership of Fan Zongqi, they also quickly retreated eastward, but the speed was slower than galloping; Niu Erqi
The skill is still not up to par, so he follows the large force of the selected vanguard and moves slowly.
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"Tap-tat", the mist filled the air at dawn, iron hooves broke through the morning frost, and Xu Huaai galloped into Xiangcheng surrounded by dozens of riders.
Xiangcheng, located on the only way from Zheng and Xu south to Jingxiang, was once just a little-known small town at the southeastern foothills of the Songshan Mountains (Jishan Mountain). At this time, it has become one of the most important military fortresses in Huaishang against the enemy in the west of Beijing.
one.
The strategic role of Zhaoling is more to control the rivers such as the Nianshui River, the Lishui River and the Ru River and to protect the western frontier areas such as Wuyang, Xiping, Suiping, and tallow trees, while the strategic role of Xiangcheng is more focused on containing the west of Beijing.
The enemy crossed Ying from Xuchang and headed south.
Chen Zixiao was the commander-in-chief of Xiangcheng, but Xu Huai went to Xiangcheng to supervise the war during the war. In addition to the elite selected vanguard troops commanded by Wang Ju, Guo Junpan, Zhou Jing, Zhang Xiongshan and the record office joined the army, Han Gui and Jiang Xie
They will also bring a group of troops to follow Xu Huai and stationed in Xiangcheng.
The situation is becoming more and more serious, and Shi Zhen has been in Xiangcheng these days.
After waiting for Xu Huaiying to enter the Yamen Hall with others, Shi Zhen couldn't wait to ask:
"The enemies of Xuzhou, Bozhou and Xuchang are making big moves. The bandits in Jingnan Lake are at the end of the war, and there is civil unrest in Ganzhou. I am afraid there will be a pause this winter. What is the situation over there in Ruzhou? Can we ensure it is defended?"
Everyone in Xiangcheng is worried about what will happen in Ruzhou. Chushan will have to face enemy forces from the west of Beijing and Heluo at the same time, and the pressure will be doubled by then.
"Cao Shixiong seems to be very confident this time. It is not yet certain whether he is really confident or just has the strict order of the captive king to entangle us with Yue Hailou from both sides, making it difficult for us to free our hands to interfere in the war in Huainan."
Xu Huai shook his head and smiled bitterly, "If it's the latter, they really think highly of us..."
"When Ru Ying fights, who else in the world will underestimate Jieshuai?" Shi Zhen said.
Everyone sat down, and Zhou Jingxian gave everyone a detailed account of Yang Qiye's attack on the enemy troops in Heluo at Guangcheng Station and the subsequent withdrawal of the troops.
"Even if it is necessary to avoid suspicion, Commander Jie should be more determined to persuade Yang Hou to abandon Ruyang and Song County and withdraw from Liang County!"
Shi Zhen frowned and said regretfully,
"The imperial court issued an order urging Zheng Huaizhong to send troops to march north along the Luoshui River to contain the enemies of Heluo. Zheng Huaizhong didn't even mean to be perfunctory. He wrote a letter crying that the Shenwu Army suffered heavy casualties while guarding Heluo and needed to continue to recuperate. It was almost blatant.
Let the enemy troops in Heluo attack Ruzhou. Even if Zheng Huaizhong did not secretly communicate with Cao Shixiong, Cao Shixiong knew Zheng Huaizhong's thoughts very well, so he dared to boldly march eastward with confidence. Unexpectedly, there would be worries about the way back. The day before Dagu Pass, there was
When the news came back, Heluo carried out large-scale forced labor in the north and south of Wan'an Mountain, forced hard labor, cut down timber on a large scale, and transported a large amount of materials for building camps to Yanxia Town south of Daguguan. Zuo Xiaosheng's army was still too weak. Even if Cao Shixiong
Without anything else to rely on, we will be wedged between Ruyang and Liangxian this winter, and I’m afraid we won’t be able to evacuate easily!”
Wan'an Mountain is the west branch of the Songshan Mountains, located on the east bank of the Yishui River, opposite the Xiong'er Mountain that is separated by the Yiluo River. Yique Pass is located on the west side of the Wan'an Mountain, and is one of the eight passes in Luoyang.
The Dagu Pass was built in the eastern section of Wan'an Mountain, close to the valley entrance of the main mountain range of Songshan Mountain. It was the main pass from Luoyang south to Dengfeng and Ruzhou. Together with Yique, it was the southeast gate of Luoyang.
After the establishment of the Dai Viet Dynasty, Heluo had not experienced any war for more than a hundred years. Yique Pass, Dagong Pass and Guangcheng Pass were all abandoned until Zheng Huaizhong took over Heluo and rebuilt Yique Pass and Dagong Pass.
Guancheng - Zheng Huaizhong was operating Luoyang as his own territory at that time.
Daguguan and Yiqueguan are still smaller, but they are located at the southern foot of Wan'an Mountain, the northeastern foot of Jishan Mountain, Yanxia Town, which is bypassed by the upper reaches of Yingshui River, and connects the upper reaches of Yishui River Valley, the valley on the north side of Guangchengze, and Dengfeng, etc.
Earth, the effect is stronger.
Heluo forced hard labor and went to Yanxia Town south of Dagu Pass to gather supplies for building camps. If Heluo builds a city in Yanxia Town this winter, it means that Cao Shixiong will directly and significantly strengthen his control over the southeastern region of Heluo. Cao Shixiong does not even rule out that he will
Walled cities were built directly at Guangchengyi and even Niuyadu, permanently cutting off the connection between Ruyang, Song County and the east.
This means that even if the enemies in the west of Beijing will retreat from Xiangcheng and Zhaoling cities in three or four months due to the rising floods in Ying and Shui, Xu Huai will be able to escape and lead his elite troops to the west to reinforce Ruzhou.
What we faced were the fortified cities built by Cao Shixiong on the north bank of the Beikui River and defended by large-scale elite troops, rather than simple fortresses.
"It's beyond our reach, and it's useless to think too much. We should discuss how Chushan can survive this winter safely before we can talk about anything else!" Xu Huai said, indicating that everyone should not discuss the situation in other battlefields in depth, but first study how they can resist it.
The enemy troops who were crossing Ying from Xuchang asked Chen Zixiao, Tang Pan and others, "Have you formulated any countermeasures?"
"Since Chihu went south, when he attacked cities such as Taiyuan, Pinglu, and Gongxian, he mostly advanced to the city and built deep fortifications and strong walls to surround him. That's why Mr. Shi failed to attack Zuo Xiaosheng's army in time at Guangcheng Station and Niuyadu.
"I am deeply worried about building camps in other places and making these dangerous places easily fall to the enemy," Chen Zixiao said. "The enemy in the west of Jing is moving south at this time, and the shadow of Ruying's defeat will not easily dissipate. I guess they
We will rely on our superior troops and horses to maximize the tactics of advancing step by step and pressing step by step. If we go out of the city to fight in the field, it will be difficult to get an advantage. Perhaps we can only rely on the city to defend and wait until next spring to see the situation.
develop……"
Chushan only had a total of 18,000 elites and 15,000 state soldiers on the western front, while the enemy troops west of Beijing gathered in Xuchang to march south may have been more than twice their number, including not only 20,000 Red Guards elite cavalry.
, as well as a large number of infantry combat elites adapted from the Semu Cavalry.
Zhaoling, Wuyang and other cities, especially Zhaoling, have an extremely important strategic position, but they are surrounded by open areas and are easily surrounded and attacked by superior enemy forces. Chen Zixiao and others will gather some of the elite troops in Xiangcheng and send them to Zhaoling to ensure that Zhaoling
Ling Wuyou, let's get through this winter first.
"What we do may be the most stable thing. As long as we defend Xiangcheng and Zhaoling, the enemy will inevitably retreat after next spring, but this is also the last thing Mu Chi expected," Xu Huai said, "
In this case, we may not be able to free our hands to interfere in other battlefields - we still have to do the opposite..."
"Gather all the elite troops to Xiangcheng and fight the enemy first in the north of Xiangcheng or in Linying territory?" Chen Zixiao asked.
"What do you think?" Xu Huai asked.
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