As the New Year is approaching, it is also the coldest time of the year in Jianye, and it is also the coldest day after the winter solstice.
Zhong Changqing couldn't sleep soundly. When he opened his eyes and woke up, he saw the faint green light filtering through the cracks in the window paper. There was still some time before dawn. He was completely sleepless and sat up on the edge of the bed.
He was lying on his back with a knife piercing his armor, and he didn't get much sleep all night. At this time, he felt sore in his back and his body was not very warm. The room was as cold as ice.
He pushed open the door. The guards who were keeping watch at night were all holding their swords and bows, squatting or taking a nap in the corner of the yard. It was just a little bright, and most of the torches had been extinguished. There were also a few lanterns hanging on the corners of the corridor that gave off a strange light.
, I saw mist drifting over the courtyard; the ground, eaves, and courtyard walls were covered with hoarfrost.
Zhong Changqing walked out of the yard and saw that the fog in the alleyway of the camp was lighter, and he could see the patrolling soldiers in the distance. He breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the riverside watchtower in the northeast corner of the camp.
"You got up so early?" Wu Chi stood on the watchtower, holding the crossbar with his hand and looking over.
"If you can't sleep well, come and take a look." Zhong Changqing said.
"Before the main force of the Beijing-Xiang army arrives, Marquis Jingsheng will not do anything rashly. General Zhong can rest assured." Tian Rusheng poked his head out from behind Wu Chi and said.
Tian Rusheng has been traveling to Jianye, Huangchuan and other places for more than a month, mainly to attack Jianye when the navy attacked him. He didn't even wait to defeat the Southern Dynasty navy, so he immediately sneaked into Lishui under the escort of an elite team and planned to go to Jianye.
Sun Yanzhou, Hu Dangzhou and other generals who had returned to the German army who had taken refuge in the city were intercepted as much as possible, and their families who had settled here to buy property were intercepted as much as possible, and then they were hurriedly sent to Huangchuan to persuade Sun Yanzhou, Hu Dangzhou and other generals to lead the German army and return to Shunchi.
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After Sun Yanzhou, Hu Dangzhou and others captured and beheaded the military supervisors appointed by the Southern Dynasty and Guangzhou Tongpan and other officials as surrender certificates, and formally surrendered to Chihu, Tian Rusheng rushed back to Jianye without stopping to meet Zhong Changqing.
At present, Sun Yanzhou, Hu Dangzhou and other generals have actively requested to lead the German troops to participate in the siege of Shouchun City. This means that Wu Chi and Zhong Changqing really need to stay near the mouth of the Qinhuai River to gain a longer period for the storming of Shouchun and other cities.
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"..." Zhong Changqing smiled bitterly. The information handed over from Jianye City showed that everything was as they predicted. But if they could really rest assured, how could Wu Chi, Tian Rusheng and the others be standing in the watchtower at this time?
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They knew very well in their hearts that they were facing Jingsheng Hou Xuhuai, and no matter how careful they were, they could not be more careful.
Zhong Changqing climbed up to the already somewhat crowded watchtower and saw thick fog rolling on the Qinhuai River. At this time, the sky was not yet visible, and the thick fog was spreading to both sides like black shadows. Only then did he realize that the fog in the camp was not
It was very heavy, in fact, it was just foggy now. At this time, the trees on the river bank were almost invisible, and the lanterns and torches standing thirty or fifty steps away became hazy.
In cold weather in the early morning, fog is always the first to appear in the rivers, lakes and rivers in the Jianghuai area, and then the fog spreads to the shore. It is almost until sunrise that the fog is thickest in the day.
"The fog is too heavy, we have to be more vigilant!" Zhong Changqing said with a frown.
As if to confirm his inner worries, the faint sound of horse hooves came from the depths of the thick fog.
Zhong Changqing almost suspected that he was hallucinating, but when he saw Wu Chi's expression changed drastically at this moment, he suddenly realized that Niushoushan soldiers and horses were attacking the camp!
At this moment, Zhong Changqing felt as if he had been hit hard by a horse whip. He felt that his hands and feet were freezing. The Chushan Fox actually led the Niushoushan Rebel Army to attack them!
"Zhong Changqing, don't panic,"
Wu Chi noticed that Zhong Changqing and Tian Rusheng were in a state of confusion. Although he was extremely shocked, he did not lose his position and shouted in a deep voice,
"In addition to gathering more than ten thousand people in Niushoushan to strengthen the local bravery, Marquis Jingsheng only secretly mobilized more than a thousand of his elite forwards in Tongguan Mountain to participate in the war. Before that, no elite troops from Beijing and Xiangzhou had entered Chizhou.
Dong, this is certain. Marquis Jingsheng is good at using cunning strategies, but in the end he is a man and not a god. No matter how powerful he is, he cannot turn stones into gold and turn a pile of scattered sand and righteous people into soldiers of heaven.
General, what else do you have to fear? They are taking advantage of the heavy fog to use chaos to cause chaos, so we will use chaos to cause chaos!"
"It is true, we are fighting with chaos," Zhong Changqing said with strong energy. "We have more than ten thousand warriors at the mouth of the river. I don't believe that they are not as good as the people Xu Huai hastily recruited in Lishui, Dangtu and other places."
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The sound of the horn came from the depths of the fog. Xu Huailai stopped his horse and listened. It should be coming from the enemy's stronghold.
At this time, the mist filled the sky and the earth, and the silhouettes of people twenty or thirty steps away had become blurred. The sounds in my ears were filled with the sound of people and horses advancing and armor clusters, as if I was in a strange ocean.
The sound of the horns of the captive soldiers was also a signal for the rebel generals and the selected vanguard soldiers who were advancing in the heavy fog to advance at full speed and attack as soon as they arrived. At this moment, it was like a huge wave was set off all around.
Swelling in the depths of the fog.
Heavy fog will bring a lot of trouble to the attackers. It cannot even ensure that all troops and horses can enter the scheduled battlefield to launch the offensive as scheduled. There is also no way to use traditional means to conduct unified command of the entire army. Only???
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In the heavy fog, apart from attacking and attacking again, there was almost no way to make other tactical arrangements and maneuvers.
Of course, heavy fog will also bring confusion to the enemy, and it may even be more serious.
On the one hand, it is difficult for enemy naval warships to sail into the Qinhuai River for reinforcements in heavy fog.
On the one hand, when the generals of the Rebel Army and the Selected Front Army break into the enemy camp and fight, it seems that both sides will fall into disorder and chaos, but the situation is always better for the attacking side and the more prepared side, even if this preparation is just psychological construction.
, will be more beneficial.
Heavy fog will block the enemy's field of vision and limit the use of enemy soldiers' crossbows and even trebuchets, bed crossbows and other weapons.
However, taking advantage of the heavy fog to launch a strong attack, especially when you can't arrange your troops carefully after the launch, you can only swarm forward, and only a big victory can terminate it. Once the attack is frustrated, it will suffer a tragic backlash, and even lead to a great rout.
Another military adventure.
However, taking advantage of the heavy fog to launch a strong attack suited the fighting style of the tens of thousands of rebels gathered in Niushou Mountain at this time.
The rebel generals mainly come from the children of the Forbidden Army generals who have practiced martial arts since childhood and have a training foundation. They are qualified soldiers. However, even so, most of the generals have not been formally incorporated into the battalion. Old soldiers and old military officials only account for a minority.
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If the rebel generals form a formation to fight the enemy, they will undoubtedly expose their shortcomings.
However, taking advantage of the heavy fog to launch a strong attack on the enemy camp can cover up the shortcomings and give full play to the morale of the rebel generals and their brave fighting style.
The biggest feature of the rebel generals gathered in Niushou Mountain at this time is that their morale is available.
Even the rebel generals will be limited to this to a certain extent:
When they saw the captive soldiers trampling on their soil, their blood boiled in their chests, and they picked up swords and spears to resist. Then they accepted Xu Huai's call and gathered at Niushou Mountain, hoping to fight to the death with the captive soldiers crossing the river.
But this is only limited to Jiangnan, limited to the vicinity of Jianye, and limited to their determination and belief in protecting their homeland.
However, most of the rebel generals are unwilling to leave their hometown to fight, because from protecting their homeland to protecting their country, from protecting their families and children from being trampled by the captive soldiers, to "old people and old people, young people and young people and people."
Defending the common people of Li like a child requires time for deeper ideological mobilization and education. For the vast majority of the illiterate rebel generals, few can naturally take this step.
This means that once the captive troops withdraw from Jiangnan, quite a few rebel generals will want to leave.
Even if Xu Huai can still forcefully recruit the rebel generals, morale and military morale will inevitably be seriously shaken and declined.
However, with such constraints from the imperial court, it was impossible for Xu Huai to have enough time or maneuvering space to calmly convert the rebel generals into recruits under the control of Jingxiang-after all, the rebel generals mainly came from the families of the generals of the imperial army.
If conventional means fail, then we should take advantage of the morale and morale of the army, select the elite vanguard troops as the backbone of the attack, and lead the rebel generals to launch a raid on the enemy camp at the mouth of the Qinhuai River, which is still on the south bank of the Yangtze River at this time, and fight the rebel generals in a bloody battle.
The soldiers are tempered and their victory is used to condense the true unquenchable military spirit of the rebel generals.
Xu Huai would not deny that the heavy fog attack on the enemy camp was a military adventure, but let Chi Hu calmly capture all of Huaixi. Jingxiang only controlled a country in name only, and there were powerful vassals outside Sichuan and Shu, and Huaixi's elite soldiers and generals could be ready at any time.
Isn't it risky for a court that might surrender to the enemy?
Xu Huai accepted the advice of Shi Zhen, Han Gui and others and was no longer rigid in his actions, but he still did not allow Huaixi to fall into the hands of the Chihu people.
To break the current situation, the best way is to use thunderous force to clear out the several camps of the Chihu people at the mouth of the Qinhuai River, without giving the Chihu people the opportunity and time to calmly deploy in Huaixi...
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"Master Long, did we find the wrong village?"
Heading towards the gate wall under the rain of locust arrows, Jiang Ang listened to the generals beside him asking in a low voice. In fact, he had long suspected that the front was in heavy fog.
The looming Dazhai was the main camp of the soldiers at the mouth of the Qinhuai River, but he still insisted:
"If you want to kill the Hugouzi, you still have to worry about whether you touched the wrong village? You won't kill the Hugouzi in the previous village?"
The soldiers had five camps on the west bank of the Qinhuai River mouth.
The biggest advantage of launching a strong attack in heavy fog is that not only the Lubing navy cannot come to respond in time, but also the communication between several large camps of the Lubing army will be cut off by the heavy fog. In a hurry, the situation is not clear, and it is even impossible to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
Never dare to support each other - this gives the raiding troops the opportunity to concentrate their forces and attack one of the enemy camps to break through.
After midnight, the tidal flats and small shallow lakes between the enemy camps were also frozen solid in this cold winter season, clearing terrain obstacles for offensive raids.
There are disadvantages, however.
Starting from the position on the east bank of the Caochang River in the early morning, when we were still seven or eight miles away from the mouth of the Qinhuai River, the heavy fog had completely covered the slender fields on the ridge twenty or thirty steps away, causing many people and horses to lose their way in the heavy fog.
Jiang Ang's troops went astray.
They marched very quickly, but first they reached a wide river. The water was not frozen and was still rippling. It was the Qinhuai River. Then Jiang Ang led his troops to walk north along the river bank and came to a camp.
At this time, they could hear the faint sound of fighting coming from the depths of the fog, but the sound of fighting did not come from in front of the camp. Jiang Ang realized that they had touched the wrong camp. It was probably the south of the main camp of the soldiers.
We sat in front of the camp near the water.
The fog became thicker and thicker, and the silhouettes of people ten steps away became blurry, with no sign of dissipating. Of course, Jiang Ang could not easily lead his men and horses to meet up with the sound of fighting.
Although the sound of fighting was more likely to be from the direction of the main attack, they rushed straight there before the fog cleared, which could easily lead to misunderstandings and confusion.
Furthermore, this raid was a saturation-style attack on the enemy's main camp, which meant that the fence of the enemy's main camp was fully covered and forcibly climbed at the first opportunity, requiring all troops to attack as quickly as possible at all costs.
Break into the enemy camp to disrupt and kill them indiscriminately.
This means that the troops who arrive a little late may not be able to find a place to stay in the enemy camp.
Jiang Ang was unwilling to retreat and waited for the fog to dissipate as reserve troops - although this was the most correct tactical choice.
No matter whether he made a mistake or not, no matter whether the camp in front of him was the main force of the enemy troops, it was definitely a prisoner camp anyway, so he would attack the motherfucker first.
Although there are a small 2,000 troops stationed in the camp south of the main camp of the Lu soldiers, which is several times the number of people behind him, but since it is a surprise attack in the fog, it is not impossible to do it...
