Ganshui starts from the mountains north of Ganshuiguan in the south of Anling County, goes all the way north through the mountains, and turns eastward south of Chuancheng, a town in the north of Anling County, flowing into the south of Guang County and passing through Xiucheng.
Then it merges into Yahe River.
Ganshui is also the junction point between the northern part of Yongchang County and the Chuancheng area of Anling County. The two sides face each other across the water. For hundreds of years, the two places have been connected by ferry. There are many intermarriages among the people, and they are quite harmonious.
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But this harmonious atmosphere was completely broken a few days ago.
The army of Yongchang County took advantage of the darkness and crossed Ganshui north to march overnight to the gates of Sichuan City. The pass and two passes south of Sichuan City were unable to effectively send out beacon fire, so they changed hands.
If it hadn't been for the guarding general who realized it later but still managed to escape and take the risk to pass the information of the enemy attack back to Sichuan City, I'm afraid even Sichuan City would have changed its owner in one night.
But even so, Sichuan City was still difficult to defend. The bloody battle on the city wall overnight, the ferocity of the Yongchang army's attack on the city, and the determination of the Sichuan City defenders to defend the city in the face of the sudden enemy attack were far beyond the opponent's general's expectations.
outside.
The city walls are stained with blood. The walls are broken but the city is not.
At daybreak, the Yongchang army was forced to retreat, leaving the west alone on three sides of the besieged city. They forced the surrounding people to build the outer walls and siege equipment for them. They had a posture of besieging the city for a long time. However, at nightfall, they launched a surprise attack and used a single soldier to conquer the city.
The arrow quickly captured a corner of the city, and the elite infantry followed closely behind. The attackers' morale was greatly boosted and they stormed into the city like a bamboo!
However, they encountered the cruelest sniper attack at the beginning of entering the city. The commander of the defenders was a gray-haired old general named Xing Jushu. He was old and frail but still took the lead. He also used strong individual soldiers as arrows and deliberately gave up street fighting in the city. Instead,
In one fell swoop, the assault cut off the attacker's follow-up reinforcements on the city wall, trapping the enemy forces inside the city!
That night, except for a few strong men from the fourth realm and above who flew away with their swords, all Yongchang attackers who entered the city died in battle!
In just two nights of attack and defense, the elites of both sides fought extremely fiercely.
After that, the war situation came to a stalemate. Yongchang County besieged the city and defended it. They set up ambushes twice and defeated the Anling County reinforcements. The main general of Sichuan City just huddled in the city, constantly piling up fortifications inside and outside the city wall, and forcibly commandeered all residential buildings within tens of meters of the city wall.
As a secondary defense, it has the appearance of a protracted war. No matter how provocative the Yongchang army outside the city is, they just can't hold on.
After more than half a month, the Yongchang army tried another night attack under the cover of night. The inconspicuous city gate was almost opened, but in the end it failed and returned with gold medals.
The lord of Sichuan City, Xing Jushu, and the defenders carefully guarded the city wall all night. When it got daylight, they discovered that there were no people in the enemy camp that was visible outside the city. It seemed that the attackers the night before were also an illusion.
On this day, the reinforcements from Anling County finally entered Sichuan City, and Xing Jushu finally got some important military information from the outside world from the reinforcements. The furious old general ignored the dissuasion of his staff and personally led nearly 10,000 elite soldiers out of the city and headed south.
After catching up with the Yongchang Army, they fought and fought for a long time. Once the Yongchang Army tried to adjust their formation, the old general immediately led his troops to withdraw, and so on, trying to delay the pace of the Yongchang Army's southward retreat.
However, when they were entangled for the third time and almost saw the Ganshui River, they fell into an ambush by Meng Zian, the commander of the Yongchang Army. The Yongchang former army, who was thought to have crossed the river first by Xing Jushu, somehow appeared before the Sichuan Army.
On both sides of the army, they cut the Sichuan Army in half. Even though the old general Xing Jushu was so frightened, he still did not panic. He changed the formation of the rear army into a forward force and forcibly opened a retreat gap for the front army.
, and then joined forces and changed formations, retreated all the way to gather the defeated troops into the formation, and barely managed to hold on without forming a rout.
Just when the two armies were entangled in a bloody battle, on a hilltop not far from the battlefield, a middle-aged general with stern eyebrows and square lips stood with his sword in hand. He frowned slightly and stared at the defeated army in Sichuan City.
The big flag with the character "Xing" in it, symbolizing the general, said nothing.
Beside him, a strategist dressed as a scholar with delicate features had his hands folded and his sleeves were also staring at the banner with the word "Xing", his face as sinking as water, "If Li County hadn't suddenly disrupted the situation, how could Xing Jushu have survived the battle here and returned to Sichuan?"
City? When we approach the city again, it will be the day when Sichuan City changes hands. I hate Meng who left the city..." He seemed to realize that the words he was about to say were inappropriate, so he stopped talking, and immediately felt angry again.
, couldn't help but snort coldly.
The middle-aged general finally moved his eyes away from the big flag with the word "Xing" and looked at the Ganshui River south of the mountain. The first batch of sergeants had already boarded the boat to cross the river. "Now Tongcang City has undoubtedly fallen into the hands of Zhao Wuji."
, there was doubt in Zhengcang's reply, and it was most likely that it had already fallen. I asked Kan'er to abandon Liangcang City, and most of the northern part of Yongchang County was gone. Even if Sichuan City was taken at this time, it would only be an isolated land.
It’s meaningless anymore.”
The scholar was obviously very angry, but he tried his best to restrain himself. "Before sending troops this time, the general had written to the prefect, saying that it was not appropriate to go north to plot Anling County until the dust settled in Licheng. The prefect refused to listen and insisted on taking advantage of Guang County to plot something."
I want to send troops to the Northern Expedition. How can Meng Fanxing be a successful person? How can Luo Tianen be an easy person? Now that it’s good, there must be a big mess in Licheng, so Luo Tianen can’t do it
There is no poisoning at all, everything is just using Meng Fanxing's words to plot against me in the north of Yongchang County!"
The middle-aged general didn't react at all to the scholar calling someone by his name. He just said coldly, "The matter has come to an end. It's useless to say more. Now Kan'er has burned the grain inventory in Liangcang City according to your plan, and then destroyed the city."
We gave it to Han Feng. Zhao Wuji, who is eager to take over the three major military towns in the north of Yongchang County, has already arrived at Liangcang City. Both sides must not give up easily. We can join forces with Kan'er and go south. If there is still something we can do
, then take advantage of the situation to recapture Zhengcang. If nothing can be done, lead the troops back south to Yicheng. As long as most of our elite northern troops are still there, there will still be room for improvement in the situation in northern Yongchang after some repairs..."
Unexpectedly, the scholar suddenly became anxious, "General, you must not return south to Yicheng! You know the temper of the prefect. Although the current situation is ultimately a failure of his strategy, the situation has reached an extremely evil level. He is bound to
The general, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, must be held accountable. Now that the general has integrated the Northern Army, he still has tens of thousands of troops. If he retakes Zhengcang City at all costs, he will use it as a basis to confront Han Feng and Zhao Wuji in the north of Yongchang. The prefect is afraid of it.
I cannot really touch the general. If the general goes south and returns to Yicheng, his property and life will not be saved!"
"The supplies of grain and grass for the tens of thousands of northern coalition troops like us were originally supported by the two lines of Liangcang and Zhengcang. Now both places have changed owners. Although Kaner still brought a batch of grain and grass with the army before leaving Liangcang City, it could not last long after all.
If there is a chance that Zhengcang City can be defeated, that's all. If not, I will attack Zhengcang City with a lone army. If I miss a single blow, I will be entangled by Zhao Wuji's returning army. Once Lijun Qingqi appears on the battlefield, my tens of thousands of troops will most likely be destroyed.
In Beidi, when that time comes, not only will I, Meng Zian, die without a burial place, but I will also become a criminal in Yongchang County." The middle-aged general shook his head and sighed, "Shui Sheng, Meng Zian is still a member of the Meng family after all. The Meng family can do anything to me.
I am unkind, but I cannot be unjust to the Meng family..."
The scholar gritted his teeth and said, "What about the young general? You can't just tie yourself up and go back to Yicheng?!"
The middle-aged general hesitated for a moment and said slowly, "Kan'er... let Kan'er lead my elite troops back to southern Xinjiang to find his grandfather. Everything from now on can only depend on God's will...