Fifty or sixty miles south of the Yellow River, there is a river that meanders eastward and flows parallel to the Yellow River into the sea. This is Jishui.
In the time and space that Li Chengzhong traveled to, the Jishui River had long since dried up and disappeared, but this ancient river still occupied a prominent position in history books. Emperors of the past dynasties generally referred to the Five Mountains and Four Rivers when they offered sacrifices to famous mountains and rivers. In "Erya", the Four Rivers are
They are the Yellow River, the Yangtze River, the Huaihe River, and the Jishui River. These are four water veins that have independent sources and flow to the sea alone, so they are called the "Four Rivers".
Jishui originates from Dayeze in Yunzhou, passes through the mighty Liangshan Mountains, passes through the water of Dongping Lake and flows eastward. The water is clear, noble and continuous.
The Yellow River has changed its course many times since ancient times, and has taken over the water channel of Jishui several times. Once during the Zhenguan period, once during the Yuanhe period, and once during the Dazhong period. However, every time it returned to its old path, the Jishui water was always clear again, so it was praised by the world as "a gentleman."
wind".
Because of the endless entanglement with the Yellow River, the dozens of miles south of the Yellow River and north of Jishui have formed a landscape with crisscrossing rivers and dense water pools. It is also very similar to the Huainan water town, and the roads are extremely difficult to travel.
To the south of Yanci, on the bank of the Jishui River, stands the strategic military town of Bochang, firmly blocking the way for the Xuanwu Army to go north to rescue Liu Chongba.
The moat has long been filled with sand, and more than ten racket poles on the city wall have long since fallen apart, either hanging from a single rope outside the city wall, or falling into pieces under the city wall.
Several cloud ladders were leaning against the city wall. Teams of red-collared soldiers climbed up the wooden ladders to the top of the ladders, and then jumped onto the city wall to fight with the Qingqing soldiers. There were more simple wooden ladders leaning against the wall.
Many red-collared soldiers held horizontal knives in their mouths and quickly exerted their strength with their arms. They climbed to the top of the wooden ladder and clashed with the defenders at the top of the city.
Occasionally, a wooden ladder would be pushed out by the fork pole, and the soldiers lying on the wooden ladder would fall on their backs while holding the wooden ladder. But it wouldn't take long for the wooden ladder to be lifted up again by the soldiers of Xuanwu, and they would lean on it.
The new force climbed up the wooden ladder again.
The suspension bridge has been burned down. Only half of the wooden planks are left sticking out of the river. Several new boards have been erected next to the bridge piers, supported by sandbags below, to pave the way across the river. Outside the south gate, dozens of Xuanwu soldiers are pushing hard.
As the door rammed into the car, the huge wood on the car hit the iron-wrapped door back and forth, making a dull bell ringing, which shook people's internal organs as if they were about to be knocked over.
Another pot of boiling oil was poured on the city gate tower. The Xuanwu sergeant pushing the cart had a thick, wet bedding on his head. The oil was poured on the bedding, making a burst of boiling sound. Listen.
It made people’s teeth sore. A rocket was fired from the city, which instantly ignited a little boiling oil. Blue sparks flew everywhere. However, due to lack of kerosene, the fire did not ignite in the end. Only the skirts of a few Xuanwu soldiers on the edge were ignited.
, rolled on the ground to put out the fire, and the following Xuanwu soldiers rushed under the quilt to fill the gap.
The sounds of fighting and shouting resounded throughout the city, making people dizzy.
Zhu Youning, the military governor of Jianwu and the military governor of Ningyuan, frowned. After looking at it for a long time, he couldn't help but loudly said to Liu Han beside him: "Liu Shi, the Qing soldiers are brave, Wang Shiyue, Wang Shike is very guarded, we can't fight like this. We will lose money.
It’s too big! More than 300 people have been sold today!”
There was so much noise on the battlefield that Liu Han couldn't hear clearly. He turned his horse's head and took a few steps closer, shouting: "Zhu Jiedu. What did you just say?"
Zhu Youning raised his voice and said: "Liu Governor, we can't fight like this! The loss is too great——"
Liu Han was the Marquis of Yu, the pro-army horse army of the Liang Dynasty, and was a confidant of the Liang King. Before he came, he was appointed the governor of Dengzhou by the Liang King, so Zhu Youning called him "Liu the Governor". In fact, Dengzhou was still in the hands of Jian Qing, and Liu Han was
It's just a false name. He came this time to supervise Zhu Youning's battle.
Liu Chongba was attacked from the north and south by the Lu Long Army and the Ping Lu Army. The military report had already been sent to Ge Congzhou by the Yanci Navy. Ge Congzhou was sending troops to attack Liu Wei in Yanzhou, but could not spare anyone to support Liu Chongba, so the general sent the report urgently.
King Liang. King Liang was sitting in Yizhou at the moment. He couldn't sit still after hearing the news. The pro-unification hall and Yuan Cong's pro-army rushed to Qingzhou City, took over the command of the Middle Route Army, and ordered Zhu Youning to unite the military army to the north and open up Bochang.
, in order to rescue Liu Chongba.
Unfortunately, Wang Shiyue and Wang Shike, who were guarding Bochang, were brothers of Jiedushi Wang Shifan. They were brothers, and they knew the importance of Yanci, so they fought hard in Bochang, hoping that the Lulong Army could capture Yanci so that they could pass by.
He. For more than ten days in a row, Zhu Youning's Jianwu Army was still unable to capture Bochang, and has suffered more than 2,000 casualties so far.
Liu Chongba was surrounded in the city of Yanci, and clippers were sent out every now and then to ask for help, which made King Liang anxious. Yanci, the bridgehead crossing the Yellow River to the north, was about to be lost, and he did not care about the dignity of his nephew Zhu Youning, so he sent
Liu Han came to supervise the army and desperately urged Zhu Yongning to attack Bochang.
Today's battle was quite brutal. Liu Han witnessed the Jianwu Army's attack on the city with his own eyes and couldn't help but sigh: "If it doesn't work, just retreat. I'll tell the prince later about the situation. I hope the prince won't blame Jiedu."
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Zhu Youning breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ordered to retreat. The Jianwu Army's more than 30,000 people were the foundation of Zhu Youning's career and the guarantee of his strength to join Xuanwu. If the Jianwu Army was exhausted, he didn't know whether he would be able to survive in the future.
Continue to stand alone.
The defenders returned to camp, and Zhu Youning and Liu Han sat across from each other and continued to discuss ways to attack the city.
The feeling of having supervisors around him is completely different from not having supervisors. When there are no supervisors, Zhu Youning can fight according to his own wishes, and it is easier to plan. Now that Liu Han is here, Zhu Youning feels tremendous pressure. He is anxious.
As I walked back and forth in the tent, various ideas came to my mind, only to be rejected one by one.
Liu Han was the general of Liang Wang Yajun - Yuan Cong's army. The Yuan Cong's army and the hall were both small in the Xuanwu system. The Yuan Cong's army had ten thousand people, and the hall was even less, only five thousand and two.
An army is rarely used to protect King Liang. What's more, Liu Han is not the commander-in-chief, but just the Yuhou of the Ma Army in Yuan Cong's army. Therefore, facing the fortified city of Bochang, he has no idea than Zhu Youning. At this moment, he also
He could only promise in front of Zhu Youning that he was sent by the King of Liang to help Zhu Jiedu, and that as long as Zhu Jiedu could use him, he would go through fire and water.
But Liu Han's guarantee was of no use to the current war. How to capture Bochang, which was strictly guarded by the Wang brothers, Zhu Youning had to rely on himself.
Unable to make up his mind for a moment, Zhu Youning asked about the battle situation in other directions.
Liu Han was a senior officer of King Liang's Yajun and was very familiar with the progress in all aspects. He immediately explained to Zhu Youning.
The first is the Qingqing area. There are now three battlefields here. One is where King Liang led the main force to besiege Qingzhou, the second is when Ge Congzhou led a heavy force to attack Yanzhou, and the third is here in Bochang.
The combat effectiveness has been very strong since then, so no big results were achieved in the three battlefields.
Qing Qing's military reports were sent from Liang Wang's army to all parties every day, but they often only had summary information and no detailed descriptions. Liu Han then told Zhu Youning the details and intensity of the wars in various places, combined with the news he got.
For example, Wang Shifan defended the Qingzhou City resolutely, Xuanwu's army could not attack, and Liang Wang prepared to besieged for a long time; another example was Shi Shucong's proposal to divert his troops to the east, attack Denglai, and completely wipe out Wang Normal's supply source; another example was
The military newspaper reported that Huainan General Wang Maozhang was stationed in Haizhou and was eyeing the north. The reason why the prince had not yet decided to send a partial division to wipe out Denglai was because he was afraid of being attacked from behind by Wang Maozhang; and the reason why Wang Maozhang stood still in Haizhou was, according to reports
The generals analyzed it, but they were afraid of their own Yang Shihou who was stationed in Huaisi... It was like a chain within a chain, and there was a yellow bird behind the yellow bird.
In addition to the Qingqing battlefield, in the direction of Ezhou, the Jiangnan coalition forces in Shannan, where Liang Wang had gathered with the emperor's edict, were in a disadvantageous situation and were beaten to a pulp by Huainan general Li Shenfu. Liu Han expressed his contempt for those Jiedu envoys, including Wuchang
Du Hong, the military envoy of the Zhongyi Army, Zhao Kuangning, the military envoy of the Zhongyi Army, Ma Yin, the military envoy of the Wu'an Army, and Lei Yanwei, the military envoy of the Wu Zhen Army, were several times heavier than Li Shenfu, but they were unable to even fight back! Du Hong sent a letter asking for help.
He asked the King of Liang to send troops to help. Liu Han said that the King of Liang was so angry that he tore up the letter asking for help.
Zhu Youning was very interested and asked Liu Han, how could the military governors in Shannan and Jiangnan be so miserable? Did King Liang send troops?
Liu Han said that he did not know the specific situation of the war, so he did not know how those Jiedushi were defeated. King Liang originally did not want to pay attention to those Jiedushi, but the observing judge Li Zhen persuaded him hard, and King Liang finally answered
He is allowed to send troops to Ezhou, but the candidates have not yet been decided.
In addition, Liu Han also talked about Hedong. Before Liu Han left Qingzhou, he got the latest military report. The Tuyuhun people launched an uprising in the northeast of Hedong. Qirang and Wang Jinghui raised troops in Zhenwu and Yunzhou successively. The King of Jin had sent Li Sizhao to send troops to quell the rebellion.
Hearing the news, Zhu Youning couldn't help but sigh, what a great opportunity this was. It was a pity that the army wanted to destroy the Qingqing and could not take the opportunity to attack Hedong. It was really a pity.
The topic changed for a long time, and then returned to Qian Qing. Liu Han talked about the war in the direction of Yanzhou with great interest.
Ge Congzhou's Taining Army, Huazhou Army, Mingzhou Army, etc. totaled 50,000 people, and Liu Wei who defended the city only had 5,000 Qingqing Army. The strength gap between the two sides was too big. Ordinarily, given Ge Congzhou's ability, he should have fought for a long time.
The drums descended on Yanzhou City, but in fact this was not the case. Yanzhou had been besieged for more than a month and almost two months, but Ge Congzhou was still unable to advance.
Is Liu Wei a good fighter? Yes! But not entirely. Liu Wei led Wang Shifan's Ya soldiers, who were quite powerful. There is no doubt that Ge Congzhou's attack on Yanzhou City was quite difficult at the beginning. But
Ge Da Jiedu had gone through countless battles, won more than lost, and was extremely experienced. He had crossed more bridges than Liu Wei. In addition, he had experienced Xuanwu generals such as He Delun and Zhang Guihou to help him, regardless of Liu Wei.
How could he fight against Liu Wei? Ge Da Jiedu was trying to kill him a little, just using more soldiers to bully the fewer soldiers. Fighting steadily, step by step, Liu Wei couldn't hold on in the end - he was really outnumbered.
Hearing this, Zhu Youning was surprised and asked Liu Han, why hasn't it been captured yet? (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!