The Meishui River, located in the west of the Nanyang Basin, flows slowly southward. Under the setting sun, its waves sparkle, as if thousands of gold coins are shining, making the corpses floating on the river less dazzling.
The main city of Nanyang is located on the west bank of the Feishui River. However, after Liang Cheng rushed into Nanyang, he adopted the method of building the city across the river. He built a new small city on the east bank of the Feishui River and stood across the river from the main city. The two cities were connected by trestles and formed a bridge between them.
horns to enhance Nanyang City's overall defense capability.
Shewenzhuang sat in the car and slowly walked south along the road on the west bank of the Juishui River. When he passed Luofengpo, he could see Nanyang City more than ten miles away. He pointed at the east and west cities of Nanyang and crossed the horse beside him.
While visiting Hu Zongguo, Nahe Azig said: "Of the so-called Ten Tigers of Liangmen, only Liang Chengchong, the Marquis of Jinxiang, can still live up to his name..."
Hu Zongguo smiled slightly, nodded and said: "Liang Chengyi got his name as a young man, but how many years did he spend in the frontier army? If Liang Chengchong had not been affected by the battle of Chentangyi and had to retire with his father Liang Xi, the Liang family would not be in Chongguan Seven
Pushing Liang Chengyi out in the 19th century - Pushing Liang Chengyi out would be a big disaster. When Liang Xi was guarding Shandong, Liang Chengyi couldn't compete with Liang Chengchong as his legitimate son, so he was naturally reluctant to abandon Hezhong Prefecture and concentrated his troops to defend Jinan. When Liang Xi's troops were scattered, Liang Chengyi
The defeat of the family was a direct failure. Liang Chengchong had been in the frontier army for many years, but he had actually accumulated some military exploits and had some ability to run the army. After the defeat in Shandong, the situation in the Hehuai River could not be maintained. Lin Fu supported Liang Cheng in charging into Nanyang, which was also
Value this. However, Liang Chengchong probably didn’t expect that Lin Fu would give up Nanyang so decisively this time..."
Some abilities do not mean strong abilities.
Among the heroes competing for the throne, few people are easy to get along with, but that doesn't mean they are not superior to each other.
In the late period of Emperor Chongguan, Li Zhuoge was regarded as the only mainstay of the Yueting's ability to turn the tide. Shewenzhuang thought that he could compete with him for ten years without falling behind - with this record, he could be proud of it.
All heroes, won't they be beaten like dogs by Huaidong?
She Wenzhuang thought sadly in his heart and thought to himself: Although Liang Chengchong is somewhat capable, how can he be the opponent of East China Sea Fox?
Even Yue Lengqiu, Dong Yuan, Hu Wenmu, and Zhang Han, all of whom were shrewd and able to understand people's hearts, were unable to compete head-on with Lin Fu after Huaidong took the initiative.
A pattern of competition between the north and the south for supremacy has been formed, and the only one that can compete with and defeat Huaidong is Beiyan.
Looking at the political affairs of Beiyan, Emperor Tianming can be regarded as one of the few wise monarchs in history. It is a pity that he has never met him. I don't know who will win between him and Lin Fu. Or should I say that the pattern of conflict between the north and the south will last for a long time?
to maintain?
Liang Chengchong fought against the tribes of Yandong in his early years in the frontier army and had some reputation. However, the younger generation of generals in Nahe Azige had no impression of Liang Chengchong. Therefore, when Shewenzhuang and Hu Zongguo discussed Liang Chengchong, they did not interrupt.
Accompanied by Hu Zongguo and Nah Azig, Shewenzhuang came to the outside of Nanyang City. As soon as the carriage drove up Luofengpo, hundreds of riders came out of the camp and rode towards this side. On behalf of the She family, they surrounded Nanyang.
The commander-in-chief was Tian Chang. He dismounted, knelt on one knee and said, "Tian Chang pays homage to the Governor..."
After capturing Xinye, Shewenzhuang officially accepted the recruitment of Yan Ting, was granted the title of King of Fujian, and served as the vanguard commander of the West Route Army, controlling the troops under his command.
Shewenzhuang helped Tian Chang up and asked, "Has Prince Mu been to Beiying?"
"When Tian Chang came to greet the Governor, he heard that Prince Mu was not far from Beiying. He must have just arrived in Beiying," Tian Chang said.
"Then you can follow me and go to welcome Prince Mu." She Wenzhuang said.
Ye Jiluorong, as the coach of the West Army, had been sitting in Fangcheng before. Shewenzhuang had not had the opportunity to meet Ye Jiluorong; naturally, this time it was Shewenzhuang who took the initiative to meet Ye Jiluorong.
Surrounded by hundreds of horsemen, the group circled into the camp in the south of the city, detoured from the west city, and rode towards the camp in the north of Nanyang City.
On the west bank of the Feishui River, from Luofengpo to the north, all the way to the foot of Nanyang City, there are endless camps. The camps are one after another, stretching for several miles. Tian Changsuo led the She family's 30,000 troops, all stationed in the south of Nanyang City.
Responsible for attacking the main city of Nanyang from the south.
To the north of Nanyang, there was the main force of the new auxiliary army Zhou Fan, about 30,000 troops.
There are also 10,000 cavalry led by Meng Anchan stationed in the west of Nanyang. A total of 70,000 infantry and cavalry surround the main city of Nanyang on the west bank of the Meishui River from the south, northwest and north.
On the east bank of Feishui River, except for a few small camps, there were no large groups of soldiers and horses assembled.
Surrounded by three towers and one tower.
Luo Xiancheng left Tongbai Mountain and marched into Xinyang. Dong Yuan not only did not send troops from Shouzhou, but instead ordered Cai Jin to abandon Luoxian and other counties in the southeast of Xinyang and stick to Xinyang City. In the short term, the channel for Huaidong's soldiers and horses stationed in Luzhou was blocked.
Cut off.
Even if Huaidong will eventually send troops to aid Nanyang, Nanyang's soldiers and horses will still need to survive the most difficult early stage.
After Xinye was captured by the She family, Liang Chengchong had no choice but to abandon Fangcheng, Wuguan and other peripheral fortresses, and concentrate his peripheral troops to Nanyang and Biyang, resisting stubbornly and waiting for the last chance.
It's not that Liang Chengchong was reluctant to give up Nanyang at this time, but that the She family had already captured Xinye at that time, and from Xinye into the hinterland of Nanyang Mansion, the military front directly cut into the plain on the east bank of the Juishui River between Nanyang and Biyang, which was very convenient
.At that time, under that situation, Liang Chengchong did not want to let the She family's troops from Xinye attack the flanks when retreating eastward, so he could only defend Nanyang City first.
Liang Chengchong still had 14,000 to 5,000 soldiers and horses in Nanyang City. When the war first broke out, nearly 100,000 people took refuge in Nanyang City. At this time, they were all recruited by Liang Chengchong to help defend the city. At the western foot of Tongbai Mountain,
Biyang City was headed by Yuan Guizheng, who gathered the soldiers and horses that had been withdrawn from Wuyang and Fangcheng. There were more than ten thousand soldiers and horses and tens of thousands of people.
If Huang Binghao was able to pin down tens of thousands of Huaidong Army elites in the hinterland of Jiangxi in Yuanzhou, Beiyan and the She family could naturally besiege Nanyang City calmly until the day they ran out of food.
But Huang Binghao beat Yuanzhou so hard that he couldn't hold on for half a month, so he asked Lin Fu to capture the entire Yuanzhou Prefecture, forcing Beiyan and the She family to capture Nanyang City before the main force of Huaidong went north.
Completely open the passage south from Nanyang.
Liang Chengchong also managed Nanyang for a while. In his early years, he followed his father to guard the border and was famous for his good defense of the city.
Although Nanyang's soldiers and horses were not capable of fighting in the field, they had a city to defend. Especially since most of the soldiers' families were in Nanyang City, their will to defend the city was still quite firm and they were not completely destroyed.
If Nanyang was besieged to death, its retreat route was cut off, and Liang Chengchong saw the hope of reinforcements from Huaidong heading north, he might lead 100,000 soldiers and civilians to defend Nanyang City and wait for reinforcements.
If they want to storm Nanyang City before the main force of Huaidong troops moves north, Shewenzhuang cannot estimate the heavy price it will bear. At least the worst result is something that neither Shewenzhuang nor Ye Jiluorong can accept.
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From the west bank of the Feishui River, the main city of Nanyang was surrounded, while the new city on the east bank was spared. Only a small number of surveillance troops were deployed on the east bank of the Feishui River, in order to let the Nanyang soldiers and civilians see a possible way to retreat eastward to Biyang.
passage to weaken the will and determination of Nanyang soldiers and civilians to defend the city.
Zhou Fan and Tian Chang led their troops to surround Nanyang City from the west bank of the Feishui River for nearly 20 days. Although they did not launch a fierce offensive, they drove the civilians to fill in the trenches outside Nanyang City and built a long wall on the outside to surround the main city of Nanyang.
The city was besieged, so Liang Chengchong was unable to send troops out of the city to counterattack.
In the south and north of Nanyang City, Tian Chang and Zhou Fan drove the civilians to fill in four siege roads each, leading to the head of Nanyang City. In the past few days, thousands of siege roads have been filled in.
It was a human life, but it was indeed useful. The casualties Nanyang suffered were not this number - outside the long wall of the siege, there were more than a dozen heavy-duty catapult crossbows erected there. During the war, each heavy-duty catapult crossbow
There will be hundreds of people behind the crossbow, pulling the giant rope together to exert force, and smash the boulder weighing more than a hundred kilograms into Nanyang City.
Azige, along with She Wenzhuang and others, rushed to Beidaying to meet Ye Jiluorong. Along the way, he saw the situation of the army besieging the city. He didn't know whether to admit it or not. After joining the She family, their siege ability was greatly strengthened.
In the early years, the tribes of Yandong were invincible in cavalry battles, but it was always difficult to attack the fortified cities defended by soldiers and horses.
Ye Jiduo was defeated by Lin Fu at the foot of Yangxin City. Rather than saying that Lin Fu was good at defending the city, it was better to say that they were incompetent at attacking the city. When they entered the pass, Emperor Tianming personally led an army to attack Jinhai, and they also fought extremely hard.
It took a lot of effort, rather than taking Jinhai City, it is better to say that Huaidong gave up Jinhai City on its own initiative.
In the later period, generals Chen Zhihu, Zhou Fan, and Yuan Lishan surrendered, and the newly attached troops became the main force of the infantry camp in the Southern Expedition. The siege capability was greatly improved, but it could not be called perfect.
Before launching the Nanyang War, the She family surrendered, and the She family taught each other their siege techniques, and the offensive and defensive tactics took a big step forward; this also allowed the Yan-She coalition to attack tens of thousands of people in a short period of time.
It became possible for Nanyang City to be defended by soldiers and civilians.
Of course, Azig is no longer the impulsive boy he once was - the She family is so proficient in offensive and defensive tactics, with as many as 200,000 troops at its peak, but they were defeated by Huaidong on the Eastern Front and were eventually forced to panic.
Abandoning Jiangxi and fleeing north, how strong has the Huaidong Army become?
Capturing Nanyang is the first step to gain strategic advantage on the Western Front. In the end, it will have to compete with the Huaidong troops on both sides of the Yangtze River.
In addition to leaving a deep impression on the Jiangdong Left Army, the predecessor of the Huaidong Army, in Yannan in the early days, Azig did not participate in the Xuzhou War, so he still lacked an intuitive understanding of the strength of Huaidong after its true rise.
Although he lacked an intuitive understanding of the Huaidong Army at this time, Azig would never underestimate Huaidong again.
After the Xuzhou War, Emperor Tianming categorically decided to abandon the eastern front, and decided to bypass the Xu Si defense line guarding Huaidong in order to win a breakthrough on the western front. This caused great controversy within the Yanting. Although Azig was still
Although he has no status, he is a staunch supporter of the Western Front strategy. In the past two years, he has been fighting on the Western Front with Ye Jiluorong.
The Huaidong Army is good at defending the city, which is fully reflected in the Yannan War and the later Jinhai War. It is almost a recognized fact that the Huaidong Water Camp is invincible in the East China Sea. The Xusi defense line has strong cities, and
With the Huaisi and other rivers running across it, Azige, who had had contact with the Huaidong Army, had no confidence that he could break through the Xusi defense line held by Huaidong's elite troops from the front.
The real decisive victory should be on the western front. As long as the army breaks through the Nanyang Pass and captures Jingzhou in one go, it can simultaneously occupy the geographical advantages of the Yangtze River and the upper reaches of the Huaihe River and gain the strategic initiative over Huaidong.