Facing the enemy troops from the west of Beijing crossing the Yingshui River from Xuchang, Xu Huai had no intention of avoiding the battle and thought of fighting in the north of Xiangcheng first; how could the generals be prepared for the enemy's overwhelming force and oncoming force?
Xiong Heng felt fear in his heart and said:
"Then let's fight his mother first, then we can find out what the thief is thinking!"
Chen Zixiao and others previously advocated sticking to Xiangcheng and Zhaoling, mainly because of the overall situation of Dai Viet, thinking that there would be no worries in Huaihe, and if there were worries in Ruzhou or Huainan, the situation would not be completely hopeless.
However, if you want to truly understand the strategic intentions of the Lu soldiers towards Huaishang, the best way is to bring all the elites to Xiangcheng and have a head-on fight with the enemy forces west of Beijing in the north of Xiangcheng.
There may be too many ingenious deceivers for any intention or plan, but it is often the bloody fight with blood and flesh that can best discern everything.
During the Battle of Ruying, if Yue Hailou had dared to attack the camp on the north bank of the Shuishui River at all costs, or if he had taken the toughest stance to prevent Chen Zixiao from gaining a foothold on the south side of Miaowang Valley, the subsequent flooding plan would have been very difficult.
It is difficult to implement.
On the battlefield of Ruzhou, it was also when Yang Qiye led his troops to meet the enemy at Guangcheng Station, and they fought fiercely for three days and three nights, that it was truly confirmed how determined Cao Shixiong was in leading the enemies of Heluo to march eastward.
Shi Zhen also used this to judge that Cao Shixiong's move to wedge his tentacles between Ruyang and Liang County would not be limited to this winter. He judged that after the enemy forces in the west of Beijing retreated after the spring of next year, Xu Huai would lead the Chushan elite to go westward for reinforcements.
Ruzhou will encounter a strong fortress built by the enemy during the winter to the west of Liang County.
At that time, there will be an arduous and arduous battle waiting for the Chushan Army.
Of course, the premise is that Yang Lin can defend Ruyang and Song County is not lost.
Now we need to figure out the intentions of the enemy forces in the west of Beijing. Do they want to delay the Chushan Army from taking care of other battlefields? Or are they just as eager to fight as the enemy forces in Heluo? The best way is to attack hard in the north of Xiangcheng.
One game.
This not only involves further confirmation of the enemy's strategic intentions, but also involves how Chushan's limited elite troops will be distributed among several important cities such as Xiangcheng, Zhaoling, and Wuyang this winter.
Everyone was determined not to avoid fighting, and the next step was to deploy troops and generals.
Xiangcheng is located in the mountainous area extending to the southeast from Jishan Mountain (the southern range of Songshan Mountain). It has the geographical advantage of being in a high-rise building in the entire Huaishang Western Front Defense Zone. It is also further north than Zhaoling in terms of location. It is almost deserted. Both sides
Linying City, which has not sent troops to garrison, is level with the east and west, and is closer to Xuchang, the enemy's western front stronghold west of Beijing.
Because of this, after winter, the number of Xiangcheng defenders increased from six to seven thousand to more than ten thousand, including elite soldiers on both sides of the left army, two thousand elite cavalry from the front army, and more than five thousand state soldiers.
The basic defense of many cities including Xiangcheng.
Compared with the elite left army in the camp, there is a big gap between the state soldiers in terms of training, armor and equipment, as well as the equipment of the grassroots generals. They are mainly responsible for the basic defense of the city wall. They can really pull out the city to fight in the field and act as an offensive force. They are currently stationed there.
Xiangcheng's troops were mainly composed of Chen Zixiao, Tang Pan's armored soldiers and two thousand cavalry from the front army.
Compared with the enemy forces gathered in Xuchang, the gap in strength was huge.
In addition to further deploying elite troops from Ye County, Zhaoling, Wuyang and other cities on the eastern front to reinforce Xiangcheng, Xu Huai also sent Chen Zixiao, Tang Pan, Fan Zongqi and other generals to lead 6,000 elite infantry and cavalry to the south bank of Ying River.
, to curb the enemy's march southward in the west of Beijing.
The Yingshui River originates from the various veins of the Songshan Mountains, and the upper reaches of the river are located between Xiangcheng and Xuchang. After winter, the water volume is very small, and the cavalry can directly wade through it. In addition, there are some streams and rivers between Xiangcheng and Xuchang, but when entering
After winter, most of them are dry and waterless.
After the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Ruying, the enemy forces in the west of Beijing did not give up their efforts to move south. After the autumn, when the water in the upper reaches of the Ying River was slightly smaller, they relied on their military strength and the navy's advantage in controlling the Ying River to enter the south bank of the Ying River and build a walled city;
After winter came, the garrison on the south bank was expanded, more camps were built, pontoons were built on the narrow and shallow Yingshui River, and multiple marching channels were laid on the muddy river bed.
After Cao Shixiong led the Heluo enemy forces to massively attack Guangchengyi, the enemy forces in the west of Beijing under the command of Muchi and Yue Hailou also transferred thousands of elite cavalry into the camps on the south bank of Yingshui River overnight.
It is good to be prepared to travel to Xiangcheng, Linying Cancheng, Zhaoling and other places in the south.
Chu Mountain is in the north of Xiangcheng, and the beacons and sentry bases in the northeast mainly follow the source of Jishan (Southern Range of Songshan Mountain), flow through the north of Xiangcheng, and are distributed along the Centipede River that meanders into the old route of Yingshui in the west of Linying Cancheng.
——It is less than twenty miles away from the enemy's camp on the south bank of Yingshui River in the west of Beijing.
The Centipede River has dried up since winter, but the mountains on both sides are undulating.
Chen Zixiao, Tang Pan, Fan Zongqi and other generals led their troops into the lower reaches of the Centipede River in the west of Linying, and mainly relied on sentries and beacons to form camps to resist the enemy's southward march...
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The scout cavalry units of both sides first came into contact in the wilderness with withered vegetation. However, with such a large-scale military mobilization on both sides and the tentative engagement of dozens of small scout units and dozens of cavalry, it was impossible to detect any falsehoods.
Chushan didn't know how determined the enemy troops in the west of Beijing were to move south, and the enemy in the west of Beijing also didn't know how determined the Chushan army was in leaving the city to fight.
Yue Hailou had learned from the past and did not dare to hesitate or hesitate again this time, nor did he make any feints or tests.
On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, Yue Hailou saw the Chushan Army massing towards Xiangcheng in large numbers. Before the massing was completed, he directly commanded tens of thousands of elite infantrymen to advance along the lower reaches of the Centipede River.
Although Yue Hailou's troops and horses have not yet completed their assembly in Xuchang, their scale has surpassed that of the Xiangcheng defenders, and more than half of the troops are elites of the Chihu clan and Semujia soldiers.
In order to strengthen the ability to attack cities and forts and make up for the inconvenience of cavalry in rugged mountainous terrain and the lack of combat effectiveness of the surrender troops, the princes of Pingyanzong and Zhennanzong have spared no effort in the past two years to order a large number of cavalry from the northwest Tibetan tribes to train on foot.
war, and on this basis, Han people who originally belonged to Khitan, such as Yunshuo, Yanji and Bohai, were recruited to form the Semubu Camp.
Cao Shixiong led his troops to attack Guangchengyi, and fought fiercely with Zuo Xiaosheng's army in the valley north of Guangchengze for three days and three nights. Finally, he successfully forced back the elite Zuo Xiaosheng's army and occupied the valley north of Guangchengze. The frontline of the army was directed towards Liang County.
In Ruyang, Semu Elite can be said to have played a mainstay role.
Mu Chi has been in poor health in recent years, so he stayed in Wanqiu to take charge.
After Yue Hailou arrived in Xuchang and took control, the newly assembled soldiers and horses in the early stage may only account for half of the defenders from the four states west of Beijing, but the elite of the defenders from the four states west of Beijing can be gathered here.
Lead clouds covered the sky, the biting cold wind blew like a knife on the rough face, and the snowflakes drifted down, as if they were trying to cover up the bloody battlefield downstream of the Centipede River.
Even if Ruying's battle left a deep shadow on Yue Hailou, he would not dare to fight against the Chushan army again.
Besides, after the Chushan Army entered the bank of the Centipede River, the front line was less than 20 miles away from the camp of the Western Beijing Army on the south bank of Yingshui River. If Yue Hailou was timid and avoided fighting at this time, the Chushan Army would soon build up the camp.
Coming to the coast of Yingshui River will greatly squeeze their space on the south bank of Yingshui River, and they will not even be able to deploy their troops and horses.
Xu Huai sent the elite Chushan Army out of Xiangcheng and into the banks of the Centipede River. Rather than blocking and intercepting the Jingxi Army, it was better to force the Jingxi Army to come out from the camp on the south bank of the Ying River to fight.
Yue Hailou wore a blue and black cloak over his armor and stared at the vast snowy fields to the south with a stern expression. It was difficult for him to feel comfortable as the war progressed. The Chushan Army was still so unshakable.
Facing tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry in the west of Beijing, the troops divided into three groups early in the morning and advanced toward the lower reaches of the Centipede River. The Chushan Army's six thousand infantry and cavalry did not stand still without holding on to one or a few dangerous camps.
The Chushan Army did not even intend to take advantage of the rugged terrain of the dry river to resist the enemy. Except for a small number of reserve troops and horses remaining on the south bank, the 5,000-foot cavalry directly crossed the Centipede River and entered the vast snowy land on the north bank, fighting with an army that was almost twice their size.
The enemy forces kicked off a bloody battle.
Xu Huai ordered all the troops to take the initiative to enter the north bank to fight. In the final analysis, the purpose was to prevent the enemy from advancing to the north bank without launching an attack, but to take advantage of their hesitation and hesitation to set up camp on the north bank first.
In countless battles in the past, surrendered generals such as Yue Hailou and Cao Shixiong have used this kind of advance and pressing tactics derived from the "shallow attack and advance building" method to the extreme to make up for their lack of infantry and armor combat capabilities.
defect.
Xu Huai sat on the saddle and looked around the battlefield with cold eyes.
After a fierce battle for a long time, the battlefield more than ten miles deep on the north bank had been trampled into a mess by the soldiers of both sides.
There were broken knives and broken halberds everywhere, and corpses were lying in the uneven ridges and shallow valleys.
The flags that were burned by the fire were still stuck in the snow and fluttering in the wind.
The blood was mixed with ice and snow, mixed with the muddy soil, and after being frozen again by the cold temperature, it looked so hideous and ugly.
However, on today's battlefield, more of the corpses lying in the wilderness came from the enemy forces in the west of Beijing who thought they could force the Chushan Army to retreat with their superior strength.
Angle iron riveting is used to manufacture the frame of the fine iron shield car. Although the structural strength is much worse than that of solid casting, it makes the manufacture of the fine iron shield car more convenient.
More importantly, the Ordnance Supervisor finally controlled the weight of the light iron shield vehicle to less than 200 kilograms.
This is a key indicator of whether wheeled weapons such as shield vehicles and ballistas can enter rugged battlefields and maintain a certain degree of mobility.
Although the enemy deployed a large number of elite cavalry on both wings, including many heavily armored cavalry, Chushan pulled more than two hundred light iron shield vehicles directly into the rugged battlefield, completely unafraid of the enemy's cavalry being able to attack the flanks of the battle formation.
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Yue Hailou spent half his life fighting against the party members in the northwest battlefield, and he also attached great importance to the use of tanks. However, the traditional light tanks built by Yue Hailou's craftsmen in Wanqiu, Xuchang and other places had too limited structural strength.
When a light chariot with a wooden structure is dragged bumpyly for more than ten miles by manpower or packhorses in rugged wilderness, its tenon or nail joints will basically loosen. After entering the battlefield, it collides with the solid iron shield chariot of the Chushan Army.
, rarely can they persist for a long time without falling apart, and the shelter they provide to enemy soldiers in the west of Beijing is very limited.
The result of a half-day fierce battle was that the enemy forces in the west of Beijing suffered thousands of casualties and finally succeeded in setting up camp in a dilapidated village seven or eight miles away from the Centipede River. At the same time, with the help of the cover of elite cavalry, hundreds of heavy but sturdy vehicles were
, a heavy chariot weighing more than a thousand kilograms was dragged near the battlefield with cattle and horses...
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