When the suspension bridge was completed, Lin Fu also moved from Fancheng to Huanglongtan to supervise the battle.
Snow is falling in the sky, the cold wind is roaring, Lin Fu is standing in a big cloak, standing on the Dragon Claw Rock like a rock.
For fear of arousing the enemy's alert, Lin Fu only looked at Huanglongtan, the troops and horses extending westward along the north bank, and only the first, third and sixth brigades of the Chongcheng Army's First Town Division.
Lord, more soldiers and horses are parked in Fancheng, waiting to set up suspension ropes, pave trestles, occupy the beachhead on the south bank, and then add more troops here...
"Chen Zhi has crossed the river to the south bank to direct the war. The eight hundred light soldiers in the front have completely occupied Huya Beach and Guanyin Point." Huang Zuyu came over and reported the latest developments on the south bank. "On the other bank, the rebel general Tian Chang led his troops from
Cao Chong came to the village and joined the Wuya and Lin tribes who had set out from Qiangu, with a total of five thousand soldiers and horses. He originally wanted to bypass Guanyinjian and attack Shanmenyan, but suddenly retreated to the south of Guanyinjian. Seeing the situation, he intended to attack Shanmenyan.
South of Guanyinjian, we are blocking our troops from crossing the river and continuing to extend southward; the enemy's naval warships in Xiangyang total sixteen, mainly stern warships, and they haven't passed Longzhong yet, so we should still have three hours to get here!"
"Tian is not slow when it comes to opportunities!" Lin Fu turned back to Song Fu and Gao Zongting said with a smile.
They have less than 400 soldiers in place at Shanmen Rock, but the trestle bridge has been paved. As long as the soldiers in the south of Shanmen Rock can repel the enemy's offensive, two sentry soldiers can be sent over to strengthen the position.
; Waiting for the enemy navy to come from downstream, the three thousand Huaidong soldiers gathered near Longzhao Rock can cross the river, and a single counterattack can tear the enemy troops who stormed Shanmen Rock into pieces.
"They want to make amends, but they're afraid it's too late!" Song Fu said with emotion as he looked at the surging waves of the Han River.
The trestle bridge has been paved, and soldiers from Huaidong stepped onto the bridge to cross in an orderly manner and entered the other side in an orderly manner.
Although the enemy's warships came the fastest from upstream, the ships the enemy gathered upstream were all oars and oars to facilitate crossing the river quickly.
Although enemy ships continued to come from upstream and risked their lives to get through the blockade of the Huaidong Army's crossbow array on the north bank to approach the trestle, they were unable to anchor in the turbulent water for a long time. They missed it in just a dozen breaths and called
The enemy ships had no way to destroy the high-hanging trestle, so they could only shoot dozens of arrows at random, which could not even have much impact on the Huaidong soldiers passing by on the trestle.
The suspension cable was set up at a height of 14 feet from the river, and a trestle was laid. A soldier from the capital team stood on it. The suspension height at the lowest point was also 12 feet. This is why in addition to strength, the rigidity of the wire rope is far superior to
Performance of general hemp rope.
On the left wing of Longzhao Rock, the troops quickly set up a tent, expecting Lin Fu to be in the command shed at the front base. Lin Fu, Song Fu, and Gao Zongting came over. The military attachés from the Military Intelligence Department had already laid out the sand table and map, and the generals were preparing their orders in an orderly manner.
The trend development of the South Bank is marked on the map and sand table.
Zhao Hu also rushed from Fancheng without stopping just now. He didn't even take a breath after entering the camp. Lin Fu asked with a smile: "Was it hard to come all the way?" He added, "Fancheng is controlled by Zhou Tong, you
Now the forbidden camp infantry can be mobilized..."
Zhao Hu led the forbidden camp infantry to arrive at Fancheng last night. There was no time to rest and recuperate. Once Chen Zhi established a foothold on the south bank, more troops and horses would be sent to the south bank through the suspension bridge, completely destroying the eight soldiers and horses on the south bank.
Tens of thousands of enemy troops entangled them and annihilated them!
"You asked me if it was hard work. I thought I could rest for a day before going into battle in Fancheng." Zhao Hu rubbed his hands and smiled, "But for more than half a month, I was mostly on the road and rarely had the chance to kill the enemy.
The generals in the camp are also feeling depressed..."
As the commander of the infantry in the Forbidden Camp, Zhao Hu wore green armor and a scarlet robe to protect him from the cold. Compared to Lin Fu, Zhao Hu was much taller. Standing in the tent, he looked like a mountain.
The three brothers of the Zhao family were born into farmers. The youngest, Zhao Mengxiong, was also a military attache at the command level. The generals emerging from Huaidong were really dazzling. Gao Zongting sighed in his heart and asked Lin Fu: "Should Shiqiao Ridge shrink a bit?"
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At Shiqiaoling, Ao Canghai was in charge, and Liu Zhenzhi, Yu Wencheng, Zhang Jiheng, and Sun Zhuang spread their teeth toward Dengzhou and Xinye. In addition to containing the enemy forces on the north bank, their greater role was to cover up the enemy.
The flank of Huanglong Beach.
When the soldiers and horses at Huanglongtan crossed the Han River and cut off the Xianggu Post Road between Miaotan Ridge and Shilong Ridge, the soldiers and horses at Shiqiao Ridge blocked most of the enemy forces on the north bank in Dengzhou, Xinye and other outskirts.
Lin Fu turned his attention to the map again, pointed to the valley between Miaotan Ridge and Shilong Ridge on the south bank, and said: "The gap here is not big. If we invest 15,000 troops, it will be enough to cut off the enemy troops in Xiangyang from escaping westward."
The enemy army wants to attack Huanglongtan from Zanyang on the north bank. The road is blocked and dangerous and cannot be defeated for a while. I think the troops we have are enough for the time being, and we don’t need the troops at Shiqiao Ridge.
While shrinking," he added, "But Ao Canghai also needs to be more cautious on the Shiqiao Ridge side, in case Chen Zhihu sends troops from Xichuan to suddenly intervene..." He asked Song Fu and Gao Zongting again, "Look at Hu Yuer's troops.
When will the navy come up?"
"We can delay it for another day," Gao Zongting said. "At this time, the enemy's vigor has not yet weakened. While holding on to the line south of Guanyin Point on land, they will inevitably mobilize naval warships from the downstream to destroy the suspension bridge as much as possible.
If we delay it for another day, we should be able to dampen its spirit. It should be easier for our naval warships to pass the evil ghost crutch..."
Lin Fu nodded and said: "Then let Hu Yu'er wait one more day at Longzui Mountain, and wait for him to try the Evil Ghost Turn and enter the Xiangfan Waterway after noon tomorrow..."
At this time, Huang Zuyu hurriedly walked in and said anxiously: "Chen Zhijun said that if the enemy retreats from Guanyinjian, it will be difficult to gain a foothold. He has mobilized all the troops and horses at Shanmenyan to personally lead the attack on the enemy who wants to retreat to the south of Guanyinjian!"
"What a mess! I won't skin him until after the war!" Lin Fu cursed and threw the charcoal on the table angrily. "I asked him to go to the South Bank to sit at Shanmenyan and command the war on the South Bank. He can control the army by himself.
, I was just staying at Longzhao Rock, and he personally sent all his troops to Guanyin Peak without giving any instructions. Should I help him with the dispatch at Shanmen Rock? If the assault on Guanyin Peak was unfavorable, how could he do it?
Shall I go to Shanmenyan to clean up the mess for him? Can asking for permission delay his time to have a cup of tea? "
"Perhaps Chen Zhijun saw an opportunity to break through Guanyin Peak," Song Fu said in an intermediary manner. "Huang Zhijun can be sent to the south bank to replace Chen Zhi in the middle of Shanmen Rock, and Commander Zhao will take over the dispatch of the troops and horses on Huanglongtan...
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Lin Fu thought about it and realized that Chen Zhi had already mobilized his troops to attack Guanyinjian. It was not good to order him to be stopped. He could only send Huang Zuyu to the south bank to replace Chen Zhi. Zhao Hu could also replace Huang Zuyu here. He said to Huang Zuyu
: "You go to the south bank and immediately take over the post of commanding the first town division of the Chongcheng Army. You must prevent Chen Zhi from failing in his assault. Then tell Chen Zhi that I have removed his post of commanding the army today and let him lead the troops.
"Rush up," he wanted to say something cruel, but he shook his head and said, "Forget it, he doesn't care about this, let him go; tell him to cherish his generals and not to use them excessively..."
In the tent, Gao Zongting, Song Fu, Zhou Pu, Zhao Hu and others all laughed helplessly.
Chen Zhi didn't send people to the north bank to ask for instructions, so he raised all his troops from Shanmenyan to attack the enemy at Guanyinjian. With the idea of killing them first, he led his troops to kill them. Even if he was to be relieved of his post as a general,
We have to wait until after the war; no one can do anything about such a general.
Chen Zhi is a tiger general, and his rash advance is an insurmountable shortcoming of his. When he intercepted Zheng Mingjing's troops during the Jiangning battle, he was punished for rashly advancing and underestimating the enemy, but he cannot be demoted and expected to change.
A general like Chen Zhi is a double-edged sword. If used well, he can break the enemy like a piece of leather. If used incorrectly, he will take risks and enter dangerous areas, resulting in unnecessary casualties and sacrifices for the generals.
Of course, although there were only 1,500 or 600 soldiers and horses entering the south bank at this time, and the enemy army numbered 4,000 to 5,000, the enemy army was intending to retreat to the south of Guanyin Point. The position was unstable, and Guanyin was the only favorable terrain nearby.
Jian had already asked Chen Zhi to send people to take control first. Chen Zhi led more than a thousand elite soldiers to decisively attack. It was not that there was no chance, in fact, there was a great chance.
Therefore, Song Fu did not recommend sending people to intercept Chen Zhi immediately. Instead, he suggested sending Huang Zuyu to the south bank to Shanmenyan to replace Chen Zhi and make arrangements in the middle to prevent an unfavorable situation for Chen Zhi's attack.
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Tian Chang, Tong Erdan, Wu Ya and Lin Zheng followed Hu Zongguo's suggestion and retreated the soldiers and horses that broke into the area between Guanyinjian and Shihutan. There was no possibility of taking Shanmenyan in a short time, so they retreated to Guanyinjian.
The top priority was to form a solid infantry formation on the south side and protect the Xianggu Post Road behind it from being cut off by the Huaidong Army coming across the river.
Although there are not many Huaidong troops entering Shanmen Rock at the moment, the trestle bridge has been paved. Groups of Huaidong troops are crossing the bridge to make up for Shanmen Rock at all times, which can destroy the trestle bridge or prevent the Huaidong Army from passing through the trestle bridge.
It would take another three hours for the naval warships to arrive from downstream.
After three hours, I am afraid that three to five thousand Huaidong troops will enter the south bank. Tian Chang knows that he only has three hours to form a formation south of Guanyinjian and wait for Ye Jiluorong to mobilize more troops to follow him.
Combined, suppressed the Huaidong Army and broke through from Guanyinjian to the south.
Seeing that there were not many Huaidong troops entering Shanmenyan, Tian Chang left one battalion behind and divided it on the left and right wings. He, Wu Ya and Lin led the remaining five battalions and retreated southward.
Tian Chang's deployment was not inappropriate. They withdrew to the south of Guanyinjian and met up with Matuhai. It was only five miles away. They could regroup into a dense formation at Guanyinjian in an hour at most. However, they did not expect that they would
After trotting less than two miles south, the Huaidong Army that had already entered Shanmen Rock would suddenly burst out...
Hearing the sudden scream behind him amid the cold wind, Tian Chang reined in his horse and looked back in horror.
Before the Xinqi soldiers sent by the rear of the palace to report the abnormality had arrived, Tian Chang had already seen the Huaidong army south of Shanmen Rock rushing like an iron stream, and like tigers pouncing on prey, they were killing the rear soldiers and horses staying on the right wing of Shanmen Rock.
go.
"Form up your formation and head towards the left mountain!" Tian Chang was shocked.
Tian Chang did not expect that the Huaidong Army taking command on the south bank would be so bold. The Huaidong Army that entered Shanmen Rock at this time was only one-third of their number, but they actually chose to rush out at this time.
Tian Chang was also caught off guard for a moment, and could only order his soldiers to gather up the low slope on the left wing. If the soldiers and horses at the rear could not stop the Huaidong Army's charge, he could still gather up the array, and the consequences would be extremely serious.
It's fatal, no matter how many troops there are, it's useless.
Different from Tian Chang's panic, Wu Ya and Lin were so excited that they tightened their reins and yelled: "Turn around, set up a cone formation, and fight back with me!" The Huaidong Army huddled south of Shanmen Rock, and they were short
It was difficult to conquer in time, but the Huaidong Army at Shanmenyan came out in full force at this time. As long as their rear soldiers and horses were entangled for a moment, they could lead their troops back and surround the Huaidong Army and eat it...
The two thousand soldiers and horses under Wu Yahe Lin's command are mainly one thousand cavalry, and they are equipped with another thousand infantry combat elites. This is also to adapt to the more complex terrain between Miaotan Ridge and Shilong Ridge. His two thousand troops do not need to shrink.
As long as the display is turned back and adjusted slightly, the attack array can be launched.
"No," Tian Chang stopped and said, "The Huaidong Army has made it clear that it will attack our rear troops and horses from the north, and there are dense forests and ravines on both sides. Even if you have hundreds of cavalry, you can't launch; at this time,
If you press forward, you will only collide with the troops at the rear and cause unnecessary chaos."
"You are as timid as a mouse." Wu Ya and Lin didn't care that Tian Chang's rank was higher than his. They cursed disdainfully, looked at Tong Erdan and asked, "Tong Erdan, are you just sitting back and watching the Huaidong Army general us?"
We have only three times as many troops, but we have to shrink our formation here?"
Tong Erdan looked at Hu Zongguo: "Master Hu, can you ask Wu Ya and Lin to lead their troops to fight, and outflank the woods on the flanks of the formation behind the palace, so as to flank the Huaidong Army?"
Hu Zongguo saw that Wu Ya and Lin, who were full of beards, looked unruly and unruly. He would not be controlled by Tian Chang at all. If he did not follow his wishes, he was afraid that he would lead the army back alone. Tong Erdan's suggestion was not inappropriate, as long as
If the troops and horses at the rear of the palace can hold on, if they go around from both wings, they can indeed give the Huaidong Army a heavy blow when they come out from Shanmen Rock, and maybe they can take advantage of the situation to occupy Shanmen Rock...
Tian Chang was trembling with anger, Wu Ya and Lin regarded him as nothing, while Tong Erdan only valued Hu Zongguo's opinion.
Hu Zongguo hesitated, Wu Ya and Lin Ben took it as a yes, and shouted to the brave general behind him: "Dismount your horse and draw your sword..." According to his temper, it would be best to directly ride through the army formation at the rear of the palace and kill directly to Huai.
In front of the Eastern Army, but he was afraid that Tian Chang would get jealous of him, so he dismounted and stood up, and outflanked them through the woods on both sides.
In their early years in Yandong, they were used to fishing and hunting in the dense forests, dismounting their horses and fighting. Although the impact would be greatly weakened, there was no inconvenience.