After the main vanguard troops on the north bank arrived at the bank of the Luowang River and took up a posture to forcibly cross the Luowang River at the northern foot of Fudu Mountain, the main force on the south bank gathered in Tongling officially launched the crossing operation.
Spring returns to the earth in February. Although the rivers, rivers and lakes have not yet flourished, the low-lying tidal flats bordering the rivers have become muddy under the fertile spring rain; reed buds have emerged from the soil and began to grow wildly, and the grass and trees have grown wildly.
I also started to lose my temper, and I no longer looked depressed and lonely.
Yuxi River, as the waterway connecting Fengsha Lake to the Yangtze River, is less than twenty miles long, but winding and winding. It is connected with four or five bays and small lakes with wide water areas. Finally, it turns a corner when it merges into the Yangtze River.
There is a big bend, so that a long and narrow peninsula in the shape of a long embankment is formed to the west of the river mouth, extending obliquely into the Yangtze River.
The peninsula is about a thousand paces long, only 300 paces at its widest point, and only seventy or eighty paces wide at the bottom. Navy warships can enter the Yuxi River and use bows and crossbows to block the prisoners from entering the peninsula. It is the first
Provide convenient conditions for the establishment of beachhead positions.
After Sun Yanguan led his 500 elite troops to land ashore carrying shield carts, crossbows and other war weapons, the construction work ship also quickly approached the north shore, driving down wooden piles one by one in the shallow water near the shore, and dozens of rafts
The boat was dragged onto the river beach to serve as a supporting foundation, laid with pallets, and a simple trestle dock was quickly built on the north bank.
As rails and horses were built one after another, and wooden fences were transported to the north bank, the first bank camp occupying the narrow peninsula was rapidly taking shape, but this by no means meant that it had established a firm foothold in the Linjiang area at the southern foot of Dafan Mountain.
Along the Yuxi River to the north, the terrain of the Linjiang area at the southern foot of Dafan Mountain is similar to Qianchapu before Qiao settled in Nancai County. There are depressions everywhere. In autumn and winter when there is little rain and dryness
During spring, these depressions seem to have no water, but after the permafrost melts in spring, they are all muddy areas. After a few continuous light rains in spring, these river beach depressions absorb enough rainwater and become humans and animals.
Difficult swampland.
It is almost four or five miles to the north before the people of Lujiang County can cultivate and build relatively complete fields and villages; after the flood season comes, almost all the areas four to five miles deep along the river will be submerged by the river.
This also means that the soldiers and horses on the south bank need to advance at least four or five miles north to successfully deploy and build a number of offensive and defensive forts before they can truly gain a foothold on the north bank——
Xu Huai did not have so many elite soldiers and horses on the south bank to expand north along the Yuxi River. He even needed to retain a considerable number of elite soldiers and horses on the south bank to supervise the battle. He could only move Jiangnan West Road, Jiangnan East Road, Jinghu South Road and Zhengzhou one after another.
Rushing to Guangnan West Road, King Qin's soldiers and horses pushed out and acted as the main force in the cross-river battle.
At this time, the Japanese soldiers had no intention of withdrawing directly from Lujiang County. They also wanted to buy more time for the attack on Shouchun, so they would not tolerate the loss of control of the southern foot of Dafan Mountain.
Therefore, the fight for the land four to five miles west of Yuxi River quickly turned into a meat grinding ground for King Qin's soldiers and horses.
The terrain in the Linjiang area to the west of Yuxi Lake is relatively complete, but it is still muddy, severely restricting the passage and expansion of infantry.
In comparison, Luqi can get in and out relatively easily.
Among the soldiers and horses of King Qin gathered on the south bank, apart from the Jingnan Army, which had participated in the bandit suppression operations for a long time, and its generals had rich combat experience and their armor was relatively complete, the Jiangdong Army, Jiangxi Army and Guangxi Army were all quite average.
Whether they advance north through the beachhead or take advantage of
After the boat entered the Yuxi River and then landed, they could not calmly deal with the approaching Japanese soldiers and use their bows and crossbows to shoot, let alone use shield chariots, iron horses and other war weapons to form a solid formation with their backs to the river bank to resist the Japanese soldiers.
The horse rode fiercely and charged forward.
The early cross-river battle can be said to have been a complete mess. Almost every troop of King Qin's troops who forcibly landed on the bank and advanced north along the Yuxi River were defeated by the captive soldiers without exception, leaving behind a pile of corpses.
, crying for their fathers and mothers, they fled to the waterfront beach where the beach camps and warships could shelter, to avoid the slaughter of the captive soldiers. They could not even retreat in an orderly manner. Many generals even jumped into the river or Yuxi River to escape the captives.
The pursuit of soldiers.
In the first three days, more than 2,000 generals were killed and injured by the troops of King Qin. Xu Huai had to return to Tongling to take charge, suppressing the war fear of King Qin and even resisting the intention of sending troops.
However, Xu Huai had no intention of changing the established battle plan for crossing the river. He only stationed elite troops at two new beachheads on the north bank to strengthen the cover and shielding of the flanks. He still resolutely ordered all the soldiers and horses of the troops to organize their troops into battalions.
Cross the river in batches and advance north along the Yuxi River.
For those Qinwang generals who had been defeated and temporarily escaped with their lives, after being brought back to the south bank, only the generals who were injured on the front were able to go to the wounded camp for rest and recovery. The other generals who were not injured or were injured on the back,
Will be directly incorporated into the next round of cross-river combat troops——
Anyone who dares to disobey military orders will be severely punished.
When the captives counterattacked, seven commanders, instead of doing their duty to organize their troops to form a formation to resist, chose to escape as soon as possible. Xu Huai also conducted a simple court-martial on them in Tongling and beheaded them on the spot.
although
The low-lying beach near the river is more conducive to the advance and retreat of the Red Husband Cavalry, but the muddy swamps still impose great restrictions on light-armored cavalry, let alone heavily armored cavalry.
As long as King Qin's soldiers and horses have a stable military spirit and a firm will to fight, even if they form a formation with large shields, use bows and crossbows to shoot, use spears to resist, and have beach camps and warships on the flanks to cover them, even if they fail to withstand the attack of the cavalry.
A sudden charge will definitely cause huge casualties to the captives——
The Chihu people in the south of Dafan Mountain only have a total of two to three thousand cavalry. How much consumption can they withstand?
Xu Huai returned to Tongling to take charge and carried out high-pressure purges against King Qin's troops. King Qin's army saw no possibility of escaping the battle and was easily defeated by small groups of cavalry. The situation was quickly improved.
As long as King Qin's soldiers and horses could organize strong bows and powerful crossbows to fire at each other, the Chihu people would not dare to waste their elite cavalry on fighting against the Southern Dynasty's army and Xiangyong, and would have to surrender to the Han army instead.
The surrendered Han army was mainly infantry and could not pass through the muddy ground and shallow marshes. It could only launch counterattacks from narrow dry areas, and the pace of the battle suddenly slowed down.
At this time, King Qin's soldiers and horses who landed ashore had more time to continuously transport iron horses, shield chariots and other war equipment ashore to resist the counterattack of the surrendered Han troops and constantly form new shore camps and beachheads.
In order to urge Xu Huai to command the Jingxiang army and the soldiers and horses of King Zhulu Qin, Wei Chujun accepted the dispatch of the envoys of Wuludu. When he rushed to Tongling to meet Xu Huai, King Zhuluqin's army had already crossed the Yangtze River with 10,000 troops and successfully crossed the Yangtze River.
Stop to the west of Yuxi River.
Standing on the top of Tonggu Mountain, you can clearly see the Linjiang Camp on the north bank stretching for five or six miles north along the Yuxi River.
——Compared to holding a position south of Dafan Mountain, the six or seven thousand casualties incurred by the soldiers and horses of King Qin of the various routes can be said to be insignificant.
Even for King Qin's soldiers and horses themselves, as long as they can see the war progressing smoothly, the previous fear of war will soon disappear, and even the heavy casualties paid for it, no one will mention it - those who really have opinions
, have all died in the battle.
Even so, Xu Huai still had no intention of organizing soldiers and horses to storm the camp of the captives at the southern foot of Dafan Mountain. At this time, he would either occupy the villages abandoned by the captives, or insert himself into the camps between the captives and build new fortresses step by step.
In the form of a company camp, advance to the foot of the southern foot of Dafan Mountain.
All the generals of King Qin's army have a deep understanding that they form formations and strongholds in battalion units, fight relatively independently on the north bank, and focus on defense. Once they are easily defeated by the captive troops, they cannot expect reinforcements from friendly forces on the left and right.
In order to avoid a series of rout, Xu Huai directly ordered all the camps to strictly prohibit the reception of the rout soldiers, and even ordered the camps to shoot and block the rout soldiers who attacked without authorization. All Qin Wang's troops became more determined to fight.
There is no longer a situation of being defeated at every turn.
In the battle situation to the west and south of Dafan Mountain, Dai Viet has an absolute advantage in terms of military strength - except for the Jingxiang Army and the Suwei Forbidden Army, which total 40,000 elites, in addition to Jiangxi, Jingnan, Jingbei, Jiangdong, Guangxi, and Xishu
A total of 90,000 Qinwang soldiers and horses were assembled, and Gao Junyang and Gu Jiqian also sent a symbolic 3,000 elite troops from each faction to Qianshan, and Songyang accepted the deployment.
At the same time, supplies such as grain and fodder also flowed continuously through the Xiangjiang River, Qingge River, Ganjiang River, Hanshui River and Yangtze River.
After it was transported to Qiupu, Tongling, Qianshan, Songyang and other places, Xu Huai was able to form a stronghold without restriction and fight the war.
Since the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty for one hundred and fifty-six years, civil society has been used to control military affairs, and civilized military affairs have been used to control military affairs. Even when soldiers and horses are dispatched from all walks of life to reinforce Huaixi, they are mostly led by ministers who have some experience in commanding troops. They may not be able to fight tough battles, but
However, he had considerable experience in the tactic of "shallow attack and advance towards the fort", and he was willing to use this tactic to squeeze the strategic space of the enemy soldiers on the periphery of the Lujiang River little by little, thereby achieving the purpose of relieving the siege of the Lujiang River.
After Wei Chujun arrived in Tongling, Xu Huai was not afraid to tell him that even if the siege of Lujiang was solved, he planned to use this tactic to advance his troops toward the Lujiang River step by step.
The soldiers were also deeply aware that their front line extending southward from Shouchun to the Lujiang River for more than 400 miles was still too long. Once they chose to send too many troops and horses to the Lujiang River, Shouchun and Lujiang would be formed.
The head and tail are heavy, but the waist and abdomen are empty.
Especially when Liu Yan was supervising the battle in Chuzhou, the Xiao Sheng army on the left and right became more and more active, threatening their empty flanks.
In mid-March, the Red Husbands transferred tens of thousands of elite cavalry to the Lujiang River to cover the surrender of the Han army as they retreated north. They made great strides to shrink the front line to Hefei, Feixi and Lu'an. Not only was the siege of the Lujiang River solved, Shucheng and Chao were also
