(The first update is a bit late, I wish my brothers and sisters a happy Valentine’s Night!)
The bright moon shone high in the night sky, and Su Tingzhan stood on the seawall and looked at the sparkling silver waves of the sea. The eldest son had secretly left Hecheng and returned to Changguo. Although the eldest son had agreed that he would be in charge of the military affairs on the northern front before leaving, Cheng Yiqun,
Shu Qingqiu and other generals may not be willing to accept his restraint.
Su Tingzhan knew very well that Cheng Yiqun and others had always regarded him as the second son. Although they did not dare to be too presumptuous in front of the eldest son, after the eldest son left Hecheng, they could no longer restrain themselves.
Needless to say, Shu Qingqiu and Lin Fu had a genocide feud. In the afternoon, he led the troops to test the strength of the Jiangdong Left Army in the west garrison of Hecheng. Cheng Yiqun also hoped to take advantage of the Jiangdong Left Army's lack of boat divisions on the northern front to concentrate the warships.
, block the Yanyan River, establish a position on the east side of the garrison to strengthen the confrontation, and suppress the main force of the Jiangdong Left Army's northern line on the south bank, unable to move. After that, you can send a main force to move west along the north bank of the Yanyan River, turning Chongzhou upside down.
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Su Tingzhan was quite afraid of Lin Fu in his heart, not because of Lin Fu's reputation for leading the Jiangdong left army northward to King Qin and winning four battles and four victories, but because he was as solid as a rock against Lin Fu at the foot of Jiyang City last autumn and was helpless.
The image of being indestructible is deeply felt - the soldier will be brave, not to mention that the combat power of the Jiangdong Left Army is not weaker than that of the old soldiers of Jin'an, even if the Chongzhou garrison is a newly recruited civilian brave, in Lin Fu, a strong-willed soldier
, under the leadership of a general who knows his troops well and is supported by his generals, he will also unleash extraordinary fighting power.
Su Tingzhan had no intention of stopping Cheng Yiqun. Shu Qingqiu and others insisted on going their own way, not to mention luring Quan Qingqing into taking the bait. Their actions must not be too small. Furthermore, Cheng Yiqun, Shu Qingqiu and others were also responsible for assembling the troops at Hecheng Military Fortress.
His subordinates are mainly subordinates. If something goes wrong, even if he has to take some responsibility, it will only weaken the potential power of the second young master. How can he forcefully interfere and make people unhappy?
Su Tingzhan stood on the seawall and turned to look at the garrison where Jiangdong Zuo Army was stationed. The bright moon was across the sky. Five or six miles away, he could see the faint black shadow of the garrison. He couldn't help but think: at such a close distance
,Why did Lin Fu build such a fortress-like garrison?
The mouth of the Yanyan River is heavily silted, and only single-deck galleys with shallow drafts can enter and exit unimpeded.
Cheng Yiqun connected the two galleys together to form a horizontal boat eight feet long and four feet wide. As his boat on the Yanyan River, he went west to the near side of the west garrison of Hecheng to observe the Jiangdong Left Army's garrison here.
Shu Qingqiu stepped onto Cheng Yiqun's boat. The armor on his body made a clanging sound, reflecting the cold moonlight. The night wind blew by, and his surroundings felt chilly. Unknowingly, it was already late autumn.
"How is the concentration of troops of the left army in Jiangdong?" Cheng Yiqun asked when he saw Shu Qingqiu, accompanied by his second son Shu Shanyue, stepping onto the boat and exchanged courtesy with him.
"The cavalry camp came to the rescue in the afternoon, with more than 800 horses. At dusk, 600 to 700 infantrymen came, and there were 400 to 500 scattered soldiers. It is estimated that the defeated troops of Hecheng were gathered here," Shu Qingqiu said, "
The Second Young Master estimates that Lin Fu has between five and six thousand troops, which is correct. His naval division needs to deploy defenses at Jiangmen and retain some manoeuvrable forces at the base camp. The number of soldiers who can truly assemble to fight us on the northern front is at most two thousand.
There are many people, many brave people, and many soldiers in the village, but they are not enough to cause trouble. I really don’t understand why Su Tingzhan should be timid..."
"I'm afraid I'll be too brave to kill you under Jiyang City," Cheng Yiqun smiled slightly. In addition to dispersing the troops that invaded the Huainan Salt Fields, they had assembled more than 3,600 troops at the Hecheng Military Fortress, which was twice as many as the Jiangdong Left Army.
The troops assembled on the northern front really don't understand why Su Tingzhan should be timid. "Since he doesn't want this credit, then we will get it all back..."
Cheng Yiqun did not suffer a loss at the hands of Lin Fu. On the contrary, Cheng Yiqun followed Qin Zitan to invade Xisha Island and killed more than 2,000 soldiers and civilians. It can be said that Lin Fu suffered a big loss at his hands. Cheng Yiqun did not feel that Lin Fu
How dazzling the aura of King Fubei Shangqin's four battles and four victories was to him.
"The second young master also seems to be interested in going to sea. Did Mr. Qin tell you this when he came last time?" Shu Qingqiu asked, "If the second young master also goes to sea, we don't need to rely on anyone else. Now is a good time. It's obvious here
We have the majority of troops, but we have to suffer from Su’s indifference..."
"I have sent people to sneak to Jiangning. The Second Young Master will make his own decision," Cheng Yiqun said. At present, this area is divided into two fronts: the north and the south. Although the southern front is the main force, the forces on the northern front are not weak, and most of them are loyal to the Second Young Master.
Soldiers and horses are indeed a good opportunity for the second young master to sneak out of Jiangning and go to sea to fight against the eldest young master. However, they, as subordinates, can only play drums in this matter and cannot make decisions for the second young master. He added, "It is not convenient for us to talk about this matter.
We must prohibit casual discussion below." It is not just a matter of power struggle within the She family, but the fact that the Second Young Master is still in Jiangning. If the news leaks out, the Second Young Master will be put in an extremely unfavorable and passive situation.
"I'm old enough to worry about this," Shu Qingqiu said, stroking his beard.
At this moment, there was a noise in the front. Shu Qingqiu stood up and looked over. No matter how good the moonlight was, there were many campfires. He could only see the shadows of people mingling around each other three or four hundred steps away. He cursed bitterly: "The pigherder sent another
People come to harass, which is really annoying. They rely on the speed of their horses to rush away, and chase them with their legs spread out, but they can't do anything..."
"Be careful," Cheng Yiqun said. "It may seem like harassment and prevent our troops from building a wall on South Beach, but we must be on guard against him making nine false claims and one real one. If he is careless, give them a fake cavalry show and force him to charge back."
, it’s really annoying..."
"I'll go over and give the order again later..." Shu Qingqiu said. They have the advantage of the navy to block the salt river, but the Jiangdong Left Army has the advantage of the cavalry on the northern front, which restricts their infantry from moving too far away from the river embankment.
, He and Cheng Yiqun stood on the bow of the boat and watched the Jiangdong left army harassing the river beach position. Shu Qingqiu frowned slightly, "The harassment seems to be getting more intense. Is it possible that the pigherders have the guts to attack my river beach position?"
"This Zhuzi is plotting and treacherous. We must be on guard." Cheng Yiqun couldn't help but feel nervous. After all, Lin Fu's reputation was there and he couldn't tolerate his contempt. He said to Shu Qingqiu, "You go to the west side of the boat formation and keep an eye on it. I'm here."
Watch. Beware of them using fire, and beware of them sending water ghosts to dive and dig boats. As long as there are no problems with the boat formations on both sides, we are not afraid of them attacking the river beach formation. If the pigherders really want to fight us here, will it be possible?
Afraid of him?"
Lin Fu, wearing green armor and a crimson cloak, was observing the enemy's position on the east side.
About a thousand bandit soldiers formed a formation on the river beach. They built a simple, chest-high wall with crossbars and horses, antlers and other materials tamped with earth. Seventy or eighty bandit boats were divided into two places, each standing on the side of the river beach formation.
After that, they also took out several boats and connected them with pallets on the river bank to build flank positions, and together with the pirate boats behind them, they covered the two wings of the river beach position.
This kind of deployment was much more satisfactory than when Lin Fu led his cavalry battalion back in the afternoon. As a result, the troops sent here to harass could only attack the river beach position from the front, with little effect.
"No matter what, after dawn, we will formally organize a powerful offensive from the front to attack the river beach position," Lin Fu said briefly and forcefully, "Before dawn, you must have a detailed plan on how to deploy the troops involved.
Give me your plan..."
Lin Fu's eyes were bright, staring at Zhou Pu, Zhou Tong, Hu Zhicheng, Liu Zhenzhi, Wang Chengfu and others.
In the early morning, only 2,000 soldiers landed at Hecheng Port. At this time, there were nearly 3,000 soldiers gathered on the east side of the Hecheng military fortress to confront them. Lin Fu estimated that the soldiers who stayed behind at the Hecheng military fortress were
There are more than a thousand soldiers, and they are only five or six miles away from here. If there is really a big fight, it only takes one or two sticks of incense to get here.
Including the broken troops and civilian warriors gathered here, there are almost 2,780 people. However, the elite military soldiers only have two divisions, the Chongcheng infantry camp and the cavalry camp, which only have more than 1,400 people.
At least in terms of strength comparison, the Japanese troops already had a considerable advantage on the northern front.
In order to make up for the disadvantage in strength, Lin Fu had sent people back to Chongzhou at dusk to convey an order, asking Ning Zechen to lead the Fengli camp to rush to the rescue at night. They expected to arrive at dawn. The Jinghai camp had already rushed to the waters near Jiangmen Island to assemble.
In addition to the more than a thousand rural soldiers belonging to the county barracks, the only people left behind at the Zilangshan base camp were a hundred personal guards and more than 300 female soldiers from the female battalion.
The investigation of the temple fields could also suppress the opponents in the name of the banditry case, but the investigation of the public fields had offended almost all the big households in Chongzhou County. At this time, Lin Fu was still worried that the big households with private soldiers would take the opportunity to cause trouble.
The war on the border cannot be delayed for too long. There must be a staged victory to suppress various crises again.
After a night of continuous attacks, the sky turned white at dawn. Jiangdong's left army officially launched an offensive against the simple position built by the East China Sea bandits on the river bank west of Hecheng. Liu Zhenzhi led the armored soldiers to attack the bandit's river bank position from the southwest first.
The flying contradiction chariots, bed crossbows and other sharp weapons that played a huge role in the battle of King Yan Nanqin were also incorporated into the armor and soldier array and approached the invaders. Using shield chariots and large shields as cover, the obstacles outside the walls of the invaders were cleared.
, use the crash car to hit the south corner of the wall directly.
The wall of the enemy soldiers on the river bank was only built in one night under constant harassment. How could it be said to be strong? After being hit by a charging car seven or eight times, it suddenly collapsed. The crossbowmen gathered together and placed six of them.
The crossbows on the wheeled vehicles fired towards the gap to suppress the blockade of the enemy soldiers.
The Japanese soldiers resisted very tenaciously. A group of Japanese soldiers rushed out from the south entrance of the wall and attacked the right wing here to contain and weaken the Jiangdong left army's attack on the gap. The Japanese soldiers in the gap held the prepared weapons.
Wooden fences and small boats forcibly blocked the gap.
The Jiangdong Left Army's offensive was so fierce from the beginning. Su Tingzhan, who had stayed behind the Hecheng Army, was also quite surprised. He took a team of guards and came overland from the south bank to watch the battle.
Although Su Tingzhan hoped that both Cheng Yiqun and Lin Fu could lose in order to weaken the power of the second son, he never wanted Cheng Yiqun to be easily defeated by Lin Fu. Besides, the fierce offensive of the Jiangdong Left Army was far beyond his expectation.
The east side of the river bank position has not yet been blocked by the Jiangdong Left Army. In fact, they have the advantage of warships occupying the river, and the Jiangdong Left Army cannot block the flanks. Su Tingzhan boarded Cheng Yiqun's horizontal boat. At this time, the garrison not far away
Two piles of smoke rose from the fire, and the straight smoke pillars shot straight into the sky, seeming to summon reinforcements from afar...
"..." Su Tingzhan's heart palpitated, inexplicably believing that Lin Fu was fully confident in his attack on the river beach position, but he didn't know which link had gone wrong.
Cheng Yiqun and Shu Qingqiu wanted to confront the Jiangdong Left Army in a tyrannical manner, but Su Tingzhan did not stop him. In addition to other factors, at least he believed that there was no problem with Cheng Yiqun and Shu Qingqiu's arrangements at this time, and there could not be any big loopholes for Lin Fu.
Take advantage of.
"Hmph!" Cheng Yiqun felt a little guilty, but he didn't believe in evil. He gritted his teeth and said, "This sudden smoke is just to mess up the morale of our troops. General Su, look ahead. If he releases this smoke, our troops will hesitate."
, they have already taken the opportunity to kill many people. Since General Su has come to take charge in person, I will go ashore to supervise the battle. I don’t believe that in this short day and night, Lin Fu can recruit any reinforcements! Even if there is an ambush, Chongzhou is a flat river, and ten
The sentry tower can be seen twenty miles away. Even if an ambush emerges, it will not be too late for our troops to shrink our front!"
"No, you have to continue to be in charge here. I will return to Hecheng Military Fortress," Su Tingzhan said decisively, "The boat division of Jiangdong Zuojun may have gone to sea at night, but my sentinel did not have time to report back to the general.
The beacon signal was probably to inform his navy to take my retreat. Although there are many shoals and silts in the offshore area, Hecheng Harbor is conducive to the presence of large ships. His navy will not engage in a water battle with us, but it is possible to attack Hecheng Harbor.
There must be no mistakes in the fortress, I must rush back immediately - once it is confirmed that the boat division has appeared, you must lead the troops to recover and return to guard the Hecheng military fortress with me. If you disobey the order, don't blame me for being merciless..."