Fuding Peak is the highest peak of Dafan Mountain in the south of Lujiang County. Although it is only 1560 feet high and cannot be compared with the majestic mountains in the world, it is the commanding height of the southern chain of Huaiyang Mountain extending to the river bank.
, in addition to the low hills and ravines with a radius of ten to twenty miles, there are more lakes and flat rivers, which are still tall and straight.
Zhong Changqing and others accompanied Ping Yan Zong Wang Tu Ge to brave the biting cold wind to climb to the top of Fu. They deployed the Southern Dynasty's cavalry and navy camps on the south bank more than ten miles away, and had a clear and panoramic view.
After Xu Huai controlled the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasties, in just over a month, the land on the south bank of the Yangtze River, including Tonggu Mountain, Tongling City, Tongguan Mountain and Tianjing Lake, was heavily guarded.
Continuous super large military camps.
In addition to the Suwei imperial army, after the capital was moved to Jianye in the Southern Dynasties, Jiangnan East Road was governed by Xuancheng as a road, and Jiangnan West Road was governed by Yuzhang. At this time, a total of nearly 30,000 King Qin's soldiers and horses had gathered in Tongling and the west of Tongling.
Qiupu and other cities were controlled by Xu Huai, the Marquis of Jingsheng. Counting the civil servants requisitioned from Chizhou, Xuanzhou and other places in the Southern Dynasty to pave roads and build fortresses, the scale was even more astonishing.
As for Jingnan and Jingbei, King Qin's soldiers and horses, as well as the elite direct lineage of the Beijing and Xiang armies, totaled more than 50,000 troops and had assembled in Qianshan, Songyang and other cities on the north bank.
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Under the leadership of Jingsheng Hou Xu Huai, the soldiers and horses of the Southern Dynasty had a very clear strategic intention before their eyes:
In the east wing, Xu Huai sent Liu Yan, the deputy privy envoy of the Southern Dynasty, to Quanjiao to supervise the battle. He assembled more than 20,000 Xiaosheng troops on the left and right and local prefecture troops. He became active relying on Jilong Mountain and other mountains, intending to bring them to Chaodong.
The troops and horses were contained to the west of Chuzhou.
In addition, the East Wing Su, Jian, Yang, Tai and other places have also been actively recruiting and training naval forces recently. They frequently use small groups of naval forces to appear in the Yangtze River and harass their naval warships cruising in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It is obvious that they intend to
Their navy was stationed in Chuzhou, west of Dangtu.
In the west wing, Xu Huai is personally in charge.
Looking at the deployment of the Southern Dynasty's troops on the west wing, Zhong Changqing judged that the Southern Dynasty would only stay between Qiupu and Songyang to complete the blockade of the Yangtze River, and Xu Huai would lead the Suwei imperial army to cross the river northward and join forces with the direct troops of Beijing and Xiang who were advancing eastward.
The troops will join forces and launch a fierce attack on the outskirts of Lujiang County.
Thinking of this, Zhong Changqing turned around and looked north.
The majestic Huaiyang Mountain is like a huge and towering barrier that covers the sky, spanning sixty or seventy miles away.
A corridor about 400 miles long and 60 to 70 miles to more than 100 miles wide is formed between the mountains at the southern foot of Huaiyang Mountain and the Yangtze River. Because of its fertile land and mild climate, ancestors have been in the area for thousands of years.
This area is prosperous, with Huangmei, Qianshan, Wangjiang, Taihu, Huaining, Songyang, Tongcheng and other cities located in it. Lujiang City is located at the easternmost end of this corridor.
Lujiang City is built on Yefu Mountain, which is slightly smaller than Dafan Mountain. Thirty miles east from the eastern foot of Yefu Mountain is Chaohu Lake.
In other words, Lujiang City is not only the east gate of the plain at the southern foot of Huaiyang Mountain, but also the west gate of the Chaohu Plain.
Lujiang City, located in the southwest of Chaohu Plain, is just a small city with an area of only more than a thousand square meters. At this time, its north, west and south are surrounded by endless camps and Yefu Mountain in the east, just like
An isolated island caught in a black storm.
Qie Buhei led the infantry and cavalry to lure the Hefei defenders out of the city to fight, and repelled them with overwhelming force. At the same time, they took advantage of the chaos to attack Hefei City. It can be said that the power of the Red Husband's surprise attack was brought to its peak.
After that, the defenders of many walled cities near Hefei either fled or surrendered, but were captured without any effort. The defenders of Weichao County, Lujiang, and Shucheng neither surrendered nor abandoned the city and fled.
At that time, Wu Chi had already led his troops across the river and had established a foothold near Jianye City. Because the generals of the Pingyanzong Palace defeated the Jianye Navy and annihilated the Hefei garrison with ease, they could not help but think of the scene when they captured Bianliang City and hoped to do it again.
To create the miracle of that year, they did not rush to organize troops and horses to storm Lujiang, Shucheng, Chaocheng and other cities. Instead, they concentrated the limited troops and horses on the southern front to intercept the reinforcements from the Southern Dynasty that might arrive at any time, and to obtain more troops for the storming of Jianye.
for a long time, rather than wasting limited troops on Lujiang and other cities that did not seem to be very important at the time.
This is also the roundabout tactic used by the Red Husbands to conquer the world.
Just like when the troops were divided into two routes to go south to the Central Plains, the Red Husband Cavalry also bypassed Taiyuan, Zezhou and other cities that were difficult to capture in a short time, and went straight to Bianliang City.
From the defeat of the Jianye Navy and the fall of Hefei City, they also saw the stupidity of the emperors and ministers of the Southern Dynasty. Compared with the Tianxuan Dynasty, they were almost indistinguishable.
, but they did not expect that Jingsheng Hou Xu Huai would go straight to Jianye alone, which directly boosted the morale and confidence of the soldiers and civilians in the capital of the Southern Dynasties. At the same time, they also did not expect that the combat effectiveness and morale of the rebel generals summoned by Jingsheng Hou Xu Huai at Niushou Mountain were even better than those of the Southern Dynasties.
The Imperial Guards are all slightly better.
The battle at the mouth of the Qinhuai River directly shattered their dream of repeating the miracle of Bianliang. At this time, they turned back and wanted to attack the three cities of Lujiang, Shucheng, and Chaoxian, but they were somewhat in a hurry and embarrassed.
On the one hand, they had not implemented a strict blockade of these three cities before. The news that Jingsheng Hou Xu Huai's army rushed to Jianye and won a great victory at the mouth of the river came in, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers and civilians in these three cities. On the other hand, they were not completely prepared in their deployment.
Before taking the throne, I didn't dare to attack these three towers.
They were afraid that if they failed to attack by force, Xu Huai, the Marquis of Jingsheng, would seize the flaw and rush in with a special force, completely disrupting their deployment on the southern front.
If it were other generals in the Southern Dynasties, they would not have such worries, but the style of Jingsheng Hou Xu Huai was too fierce and fierce. This time they did not expect that Jingsheng Hou Xu Huai would march straight into Jianye alone, which already made them heartbroken. How could they dare to be careless?
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Therefore, when Xu Huai was deploying his camp in Songyang and Tongling to gather the troops of King Qin, the commander-in-chief of Luzhou on the southern line, Qie Buhei, dispatched his troops to the west of Lujiang City and in front of Dafan Mountain and the southern foothills of Huaiyang Mountain.
Build camps, dig trenches, and conduct more active defense and interception deployments.
However, they are currently building a series of camps to the west of Lujiang City, relying on Dafan Mountain. In Zhong Changqing's opinion, they are still too crude.
Between Lujiang and Songyang, there are many streams and rivers, and there are dense lakes and lakes. It is difficult for the cavalry to play a big role. Zhong Changqing doubts that without the cooperation of the elite cavalry of the Chihu tribe, the surrendered Han army can really defeat Jingxiang with only simple fortifications.
The front of the soldiers blocked it.
However, over the years, Zhong Changqing thought he had seen through Jingxiang's plans many times, but almost every time he was beaten into a dog, and every time his face was cruelly ravaged by the bloody reality.
Although Wu Chidu was attacked at the mouth of the Qinhuai River this time and unfortunately died heroically in battle, the Prince of Pingyanzong did not hold him accountable after the review, but only ordered the withdrawal of all the remaining 5,000 troops on the south bank - yes, compared to
With Wu Chi's head missing, Zhong Changqing's situation at this time was not bad, but he had lost the confidence to "offer advice" and now he just followed King Pingyan to the top of the cauldron to look at the enemy camp.
At present, the troops and horses on the southern front are setting up water camps and other subordinates in the riverside area south of Dafan Mountain, relying on Fengsha Lake. They are the commander-in-chief of the southern front, the captain of ten thousand men, Qie Buhei, the deputy commander-in-chief of the army and horses in Zilai, and the Laizhou Navy.
Zhong Changqing did not comment on the opinions of the two managers, Deng Bo.
Of course, Zhong Changqing didn't feel cowardly or shady, and there was something wrong with Deng Bo's two opinions.
The defensive forts they built based on Dafan Mountain were still quite rudimentary. At the same time, they also had to consider that when Jingsheng Hou Xu Huai led the Southern Dynasty soldiers and horses to attack Lujiang River, they would coordinate operations on land and water. If the main force of their navy continued to be stationed behind Chaohu Lake,
, it is difficult to imagine that reinforcements can be sent in time - especially when the waters between Tongling and Lujiang are controlled and the navy of the Southern Dynasties is dominant.
If they want to curb the counterattack of the Southern Dynasties soldiers and horses on the Lujiang River, they are also inseparable from the coordinated deployment of land and water camps; to suppress the arrogance of the Jingzhou Navy, which is becoming more and more active in this Yangtze River water area, the best way is to imitate the opponent.
, Relying on the topography of Dafan Mountain and Fengsha Lake, the Neihu Water Camp was also built to provide water division warships to be stationed.
If anything happens to the Jingxiang Navy on the opposite side, they can dispatch naval forces to suppress it in time.
Even after several deductions, Zhong Changqing didn't think there was any problem, but he couldn't suppress the uneasiness in his heart.
Jingsheng Hou Xu Huai set up camp on the south bank one step ahead and watched helplessly as they made the same deployment on the north bank. After completing the same deployment on the north bank, the two navies faced each other tit for tat, and there was no turning around in the waters of the Yangtze River between Tongling and Lujiang.
Space?
Zhong Changqing really didn't have much confidence at this time. Even if he felt uneasy, he didn't mention it in front of the generals of Pingyanzong's palace: he didn't want to bear the ruthless ridicule of the generals of Pingyanzong's palace anymore.
Contempt.
Zhong Changqing has also requested Tu Ge, the king of Pingyan Zong, to lead the remaining troops north to participate in the siege of Shouchun.
During this period, the second-line Han army should have been used to continuously consume the Shouchun garrison, but Zhong Changqing no longer had the confidence to face the complex and strange battle situation on the southern front. He would rather lead the remnants to fight, which might be more cruel, but he was strict.
Siege warfare.
After all, Zhong Changqing was affiliated with the Zhennan Zong Palace. This time he was invited to lead his troops to help in the battle. Tu Ge, the king of Pingyan Zong, would not be too demanding and agreed with him to lead his troops north.
On the fifth day after Tu Ge inspected the southern line's infantry and cavalry and naval defense deployments and left, Zhong Changqing also followed the established plan and led the remaining troops who had rested for more than half a month in Wuwei County east of the Lujiang River to go north.
However, just as he led his troops to the eastern foothills of Yefu Mountain, the Xinqi, who was reporting to Hefei, galloped through the nearby fields with all their might, as if the military situation was urgent.
Zhong Changqing sent someone to stop Xinqi, only to learn that the Southern Dynasty naval forces had marched out from the Tianjing Lake Water Camp in Tongling and entered the Yangtze River before noon. Judging from the posture, they were likely to attack their Fengsha Lake Water Camp at the southern foot of Dafan Mountain.
Zhong Changqing was worried, so he led his troops to continue moving forward. Surrounded by more than a hundred cavalry, when he arrived at the east bank of Fengsha Lake, he saw that the Southern Dynasty Navy had dozens of warships, large and small, coming from the mouth of the river.
Entering the Yuxi River waterway connecting Fengsha Lake to the Yangtze River; and on the river outside the mouth of the river, the Southern Dynasty navy gathered more than two hundred large and small warships...
