When the army on the north route was victorious in Lizhou and singing a triumphant song, its eyes turned to the east. Under the command of Zhao Kuangyin, the Han army on the east route also fought consecutive battles and made smooth progress.
After defeating the Kuizhou Navy and successfully capturing Shusongmu Village, the next day, the powerful general Dang led the crowd to attack the enemy Sanhui Village. The Shu army could not defeat it and defeated it in half a day. Dang advanced and killed the defender Nan Guanghai.
On July 23, Dang Jin led the army from Sanhui Village to the southwest, and cooperated with the land and water division led by Han general Cui Yanjin to jointly attack Wushan Village, the important stronghold in Wuxia.
Cui Yanjin led the Jiangling Navy led by Wei Lin to cut off the upper reaches, and then divided his divisions to land, occupy the east-west passage, and eliminate the land reinforcements from Wushan Village. After making sufficient arrangements, he immediately launched an attack on the Shu army. They were unable to defeat the Shu army in the first battle, but they figured it out
The defense and combat power of the defenders were strengthened, and the attack was strengthened the next day. The party took the lead and climbed up with strong determination. They were brave and unrivaled. The Han army was inspired and the Shu soldiers were frightened. After two hours of fierce fighting, the Wushan stronghold was defeated and the Shu generals were defeated.
Yuan Dehong surrendered.
After the Wushan stronghold was destroyed, all the surrounding strongholds surrendered. Later, Zhao Kuangyin quickly advanced with the light force of Zhang Yongde, the general of the imperial army, and captured the Wushan county seat. As a result, the Han army completely broke through the dangerous Wu Gorge and directed its troops towards Fengjie, the capital of Kuizhou.
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When the Han troops came, they were invincible and Fengjie was shaken.
The autumn wind was bleak, and the high-flying Shu flag at the top of Fengjie City seemed a little sluggish. The Shu soldiers stood at the top of the city. Although they were not in panic, the low morale was visible to the naked eye.
A veteran general, wearing military armor, stood on the city wall and looked eastward. This man was Pang Fucheng, the governor of Shukuizhou. Even the brown spots on his old face showed fatigue, his eyes were a little dim, and his back looked rickety.
It seems a little difficult to bear the weight of the armor on his body.
When the Han army attacked various strongholds, especially when they besieged Wushan stronghold, Pang Fucheng struggled and sent troops to the east to assist. As a result, he was pinched by the Han army. It was difficult to defend, but when it came to attacking, the three thousand reinforcements were
The army was repelled. If the Han army had not focused on attacking the stronghold, the three thousand army would not have been simply repelled.
"Your Majesty, you have been defeated one after another. Wushan has fallen, all the strongholds in the east have been lost, and the Northern Han army is about to attack the city. Now we have only a small number of generals, how can we do it?" A lieutenant next to Pang Fucheng asked with a sad face.
He said, his tone full of fear of failure.
"The Han army is powerful and unstoppable. We need to make plans in advance!" another person said.
Hearing this, Pang Fucheng's expression became solemn, his dim eyes became sharp, with great intimidation, and he said coldly: "What are your plans? As I said, the Han army cannot be defeated, I should surrender directly?"
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When Pang Fucheng directly expressed his thoughts, several staff members could not help but be stunned and did not dare to look at him. There was a little embarrassment in the tense atmosphere. One person said timidly: "More than half of Kuizhou's military strength is deployed east of Wushan.
, within a few days, they were all killed by the Han army. How can we protect the army and the people of the city when the enemy invades?"
Over and over again, that's what it means, the Han army is unstoppable!
Seeing them acting like this, Pang Fucheng's face became extremely cold, his decayed body straightened up, and his momentum was so strong that people didn't dare to look away. He said sternly: "I know what you guys are thinking! But, a word of advice, put it away.
Your little thought! I, Pang, have been favored by two generations of emperors, and I will never betray the Lord and act cowardly! If you dare to say surrender again and disrupt the morale of our army, I will cut off your head and sacrifice it to the flag!"
Pang Fucheng's words and expressions didn't seem to be fake, and they were so frightened that everyone, Nono, dared not speak any more.
"Your Majesty is right!" A stern-faced Shu general nearby said: "There are still thousands of soldiers in Fengjie, 100,000 grain stores, and sufficient weapons and equipment. Why fear the Han army? The Han army coming from the west is only 20,000.
The rest of us have been attacking the stronghold for days, but no damage has been done. You mediocre and cowardly warriors can't open their mouths and surrender, so why should you stand on the top of Fengjie City? Why should you roll down the city and don't shake the morale of the army here!"
This Shu general was named Wu Shouqian, and he was in charge of supervising the army. Judging from his performance, he was a tough guy. His subordinates in Kuizhou blushed at his blunt rebuke, but they were more angry than ashamed.
"Okay!" Pang Fucheng said, looking towards the Yangtze River, and seemed to be able to see the Han army resting in Wushan and preparing for attack.
"You retreat, appease the soldiers and the people, recruit all the young and strong laborers in the city, carry the equipment, and also bring the wood to strengthen the floating beams across the river!" Pang Fucheng ordered.
"yes!"
"You don't have to worry too much!" Thinking that when we are in danger, we should work together to consolidate the city. Pang Fucheng softened his tone and said soothingly: "Deputy Privy Han is on the way, mobilizing reinforcements along the way. Our army
You only need to guard him for three to five days and you will be safe!"
Reluctantly suppressing the discordant voices inside, Pang Fucheng returned to his twilight state and stood at the top of the city for a long time.
"Pang Shijun, the Han army has not arrived yet, so you should go back to the Yamen and rest! Let the defense of the city be left to the general for the time being!" Wu Shouqian advised.
After looking into the distance for a while, Pang Fucheng showed a smile to Wu Shouqian: "Then I'll bother the military supervisor!"
Turning around, clenching his old fist, Pang Fucheng's face showed determination, and he thought silently in his heart: "I have enjoyed happiness in Shu for nearly thirty years, which is enough!"
At this time, Pang Fucheng seemed to have regained the pride and magnanimity he had when he followed Meng Zhixiang to conquer the country. Of course, in Pang Fucheng's heart, he may not have much confidence in the defense of Kuizhou and the national power of Houshu. What he can do is
Most of the time, we can only do our best and obey fate.
In the east of Fengjie City, the Shu army built a floating beam across the two banks. It was more like a fence than a floating bridge. The wooden fence was three-fold, with iron cables across the river, ferocious iron cones, and towering spikes, pointing straight to the east.
The purpose, of course, was to stop the Han army's ships from attacking. Since the Han army's westward march, Kuizhou Jiedu had invested manpower in its construction. Now it has grown to a large scale and is one of the pillars of the Shu army's defense.
Not far downstream, several boats were moored on the shore. Zhao Kuangyin, the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army, stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the "solid" defense line in the distance. The huge floating beam was like a black dragon with teeth and claws.
Lying on the river, it surges slowly under the impact of the river water, exuding a dangerous aura, as if it is ready to devour anything that dares to invade it at any time.
"Commander Zhao, it is up to others to investigate the enemy's situation. As the commander-in-chief of the first army, you are concerned about the safety of the three armies. Why should you come here personally?" On his side, there were General Longqi Army and Marquis Yu, the capital of the East Road.
Zhang Yongde, who was serving in the army, couldn't help but say to Zhao Kuangyin.
"It doesn't matter! The Shu army can't do anything to me, Zhao Kuangyin!" Zhao Kuangyin said lightly.
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Pointing to the defensive floating beam across the river, Zhao Kuangyin chuckled and said: "This floating beam is well built. If our army's boats go upstream, if they hit it, the ship will be destroyed and people will be killed! The fortresses along the coast are also very good.
If you place troops within them, you can defend Fuliang, and you can also command the river from a high position and use crossbows to control the river..."
Zhao Kuangyin's mouth was full of admiration, but his expression was always calm and relaxed, and he had obviously found a way to deal with it.
Zhang Yongde said: "I heard that in the early Jin Dynasty, when the Jin army attacked Wu, the Wu army made iron chains and threw them in the dangerous and narrow parts of the Yangtze River to cross the river to prevent the Jin army from going eastward along the river. The Shu army probably imitated this method and thought
You want to block our army’s advance! This move is a bit wishful thinking!”
"General Zhang is so knowledgeable!" Zhao Kuangyin cast admiring glances at Zhang Yongde, his eyes bright, and asked: "In your opinion, how can our army break his delusions?"
Zhang Yongde thought for a while and said: "Although Fuliang is established, it still needs soldiers to garrison it! All we need to do is divide our troops and land ashore, advance by land and water, and defeat the troops guarding the bridge. Then we can seize Fuliang and cross the river to attack Fengjie City."
As he spoke, pointing his finger to the north, Zhang Yongde continued: "By marching in this way, we can also cross the Shimen along the north bank of the river, Baidi City and other villages and their river-protecting fortresses! Therefore, this Fuliang is not only difficult to stop our army,
Instead, it is an easy way for our army to march!"
Listening to his analysis, Zhao Kuangyin subconsciously touched his palms and said: "General Zhang is a truly wise and strategic general!"
"Dushuai Zhao is truly a commander in chief!" Zhang Yongde looked at Zhao Kuangyin with a humble look on his face: "I'm afraid Dushuai already has all these situations in his mind!"
Zhao Kuangyin did not accept this, but followed his analysis and said: "If we want to achieve the general's plan, we need to pull out the forts on the south bank and defeat the troops guarding the bridge. How about leaving this offensive task to General Zhang?"
"As ordered!" Zhang Yongde agreed simply.
Nodding, Zhao Kuangyin greeted: "It's almost done. Give me the order to turn the ship around and go back to Wushan!"
"yes!"
When Zhao Kuangyin came to inspect the enemy's situation in person, the Shu army garrison on the river bank was actually aware of it, but they did not dare to move lightly and allowed it to come and go as they pleased.
"That's Baidi City!" On the way back, Zhao Kuangyin asked the guide with interest, pointing to a small pass on the north bank.
"Hui Du is handsome, exactly!"
"After the Battle of Yiling, Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty was famous for his work in Bituogu. After defeating Fengjie City and having some free time, he went to visit and pay homage..." Zhao Kuangyin said with a chuckle, quite leisurely.
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On July 26, the army that had rested for a day in Wushan on the east route to attack Shu boarded boats again and headed westward. When they arrived at Shimen, Zhao Kuangyin ordered that the troops be divided into two groups and advance by land and water. On land, they were led by Zhang Yongde and Liu Guangyi, the generals of the Forbidden Army.
The division abandoned the boat and landed ashore, heading straight for Fuliang across the Yangtze River. Zhao Kuangyin led a large army to provide cover and attract the attention of the defending Shu army.
The war in Kuizhou has entered the final stage, and the choke point of the east road to Shu is about to be opened.