As soon as the sun rose above the treetops, Zhang Gou and Chen Zhi led their troops to the shore of Yishui River. Chen Hansan also led his cavalry to rush to the rescue. What they saw were broken soldiers and soldiers scattered all over the place.
The remnants of the arrows and the completely burned Hedong camp.
The strong wind was blowing, and the ashes with lingering fire were flying everywhere. Under the rising sun, people's hands were burned and their faces were trembling!
The Hexi camp was completely defeated just before they arrived. Two to three thousand defeated soldiers were driven by the cavalry and fled in all directions. They only regretted that their parents had lost two legs. About two battalions of soldiers from the Jiangdong left army were on guard in the west camp.
, the other soldiers began to gather themselves in order, perhaps waiting for the sun to set a little and the scorching sun to subside a little before they could start the next attack.
The iron cable pontoon bridge between the east and west camps was still there. Zhang Gou peered at Chen Hansan's gloomy face from a distance. He wondered if he had the courage to drive his troops across the pontoon bridge to attack the Jiangdong Left Army that had established a foothold on the west bank.
Chen Hansan was so angry that he stabbed the saddle of his horse with a whip. He really couldn't understand why the defenders of the Hexi Camp failed to burn the pontoon bridge in time and stop the Jiangdong Left Army on the east bank.
Lin Fu stood on the embankment and looked at the east bank. There were quite a few reinforcements. Chen Hansan pulled out all the precious cavalry under his command, but thinking with his toes, he knew that he would not be able to attack by force on the pontoon bridge.
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Seeing Zhou Pu riding his horse up the river bank from behind, Lin Fu said: "If you set up the sling crossbow, it can't be useless at all..."
"What use can it be used for?" Zhou Pu was puzzled. The two sides of the strait were three to four hundred steps away. He might have just reached the east bank and would not be able to pose any threat to the reinforcements led by Chen Hansan. Unless Chen Hansan sent
The people stormed the pontoon bridge and blocked it with catapults.
Lin Fu smiled and said: "Cut off Chen Hansi's head and hit it with a sling crossbow. This is a meeting gift for Chen Hansan! Next time I meet him, I will cut off his head!"
"Ha!" Zhou Pu looked up to the sky and laughed, saying, "Okay! I will cut off this head myself."
During the night raid at dawn, Chen Hanwu, the garrison of the Yihe camp of the refugee army and Chen Hansan's brother, was in Hexi at the time. When he heard the sound of the horn during the attack, he hurriedly pushed the two women he had forcibly married off the bed.
Walk, wear armor and pick up a sword, walk across the bridge and cross the river to supervise the battle.
Who would have thought that Dongying was broken too quickly? As soon as Chen Hanwu crossed the pontoon bridge and was about to enter Dongying, the armored cavalry had already penetrated Dongying and reached the pontoon bridge. Chen Hansi retreated hastily, and the armored cavalry took advantage of the situation to kill them. Chen Hanwu could not escape death.
Before Dongying was breached, the cable pontoon bridge had been captured here, so there was no need to take great risks by wading across the water.
A head the size of a pig's claw drew an arc in the air and smashed into the floating soil on the east bank. Seeing the guard carrying the head of his brother with a familiar face, Chen Hansan roared with hatred.
There were many brothers Chen and Han. When they were bandits, they were either killed by the government or killed in battles for territory, so not many were left. When Chen Hanwu was killed, he was the only one left in the Chen family.
Zhang Gou watched with cold eyes. Last night he tried to persuade him to send troops, but he just refused to listen. If he could send cavalry to attack at nightfall and spread out along the Yishui River, how could the left army from Jiangdong attack the Yishui camp at night?
No matter what Chen Zhi or Zhang Gou thought, Chen Han whipped his horse and led the cavalry to the north.
Jiangdong's left army peeked at the west bank. If they wanted to cross the river smoothly, they could only take a detour from Tancheng County in the north, but it would take more than a hundred miles. The cavalry might be able to use their horse power to catch up, but Zhang Gou and Chen Zhi knew they were going to
If we take a detour from Tancheng, we will probably miss the trip.
In addition to sending people to swim across the river from the lower reaches to ensure that the news of the defeat of the Yishui camp was conveyed to Siyang, Zhang Gou and Chen Zhi decided to stay on the east bank and wait for the main force of the Jiangdong left army to advance westward, and then find a way from here.
It's better to cross the river by force.
Chen Hansan led his cavalry to cross the river in a detour from Tancheng, but there was still a group of elite soldiers guarding the pontoon ferry on the other side. Lin Fu had to lead his elite combat forces to quickly cross the Surabaya River and enter the central area controlled by the refugee army. There were not so many
Time was entangled with the enemy on the eastern front by the Yishui River. In comparison, the more than two thousand light cavalry under Chen Hansan's command was still quite a headache. He immediately ordered the pontoon bridge to be burned, and the entire division immediately set off westward.
Pile firewood and pour oil, and the sky will be in flames.
Dozens of flat-top boats landed on the anchorage, drove piles, laid pallets, and connected the pontoon bridge with iron ropes. Half of the pontoon bridge was quickly burned, but only the iron ropes remained.
The five infantry battalions of Fengbu Camp, the three sentry cavalrymen of the cavalry battalion, as well as auxiliary soldiers and several engineering and transport troops, after traveling all night and capturing the two large camps in the east and west of Yishui, they only took a short rest and hurriedly filled their stomachs.
Just keep going.
An army can be truly strong only when its continuous combat capability is tested.
Compared with other generals who often recruit tens of thousands of troops, as the vanguard of the refugee army, Sun Ganzi likes to use elite soldiers to fight tough battles. The number of soldiers and horses under his command totals five or six thousand, but most of them are tough soldiers. In tough battles,
Compared with their comrades, their soldiers, armor, and equipment are much better; often five or six thousand people can capture a city and capture a land, so the food and grass supplies are naturally much more abundant.
The 3,000-foot brigade traveled all night to reach the banks of the Yishui River, where they still had the strength to fight.
Such elite soldiers would be justified if they were released all over the world.
Previously, Sun Ganzi had mobilized a thousand men to support Malantou, who had tens of thousands of troops in Siyang and Suyu. It seemed that he was confident in his troops.
Seeing that the Jiangdong Left Army was running through the night, captured the Yishui camp, and then immediately broke out of the camp and marched westward, Zhang Gou and Chen Zhe had to worry about the gap between their own army and the Jiangdong Left Army.
Half of the iron cable pontoon bridge was burned, and there were still more than 200 riders lingering on the west bank to prevent people from trying to cross the Yishui River. A thought flashed through Zhang Gou's mind: Donghai Hu Linfu led these more than 4,000 elites to Si.
Go away with the sun?
Guotouli was originally a large village in the northwest of Siyang. At this time, the village was dilapidated and many houses were destroyed. It had been attacked by bandits before. Naturally, the big families in the village could not escape the disaster. Many people escaped, and there were
Some of the old, weak and sick remained to guard the village houses.
After months of heavy rain, no one took care of the earthen fence outside the village, and it was even more damaged than before. However, this earthen fence, which looked like an old lady's gaping teeth and mouth, prevented the Huaihuai army from entering in time.
A devastating blow.
Xiao Kui'an limped around, directing his workers to cut down the wood, dismantle the pillars, build wooden fences, and fill in the gaps in the earthen fence as much as possible. He had not slept for several days and nights, and his eyes were red.
As the sun rose and the weather became hot again, Tao Chun came over from behind and said to him: "Find a place and you can have a good sleep first. There is still a tough battle to be fought! I'll keep an eye on this side first."
Yesterday, thanks to Tao Chun's troops arriving immediately and rushing the outposts of the bandits, the headquarters of the Huaihe Crossing Army avoided a fatal impact and had time to retreat to Tuweizi.
Tao Chun had previously led his dead men to sneak across to Siyang, contacted Siyang's private armed forces, and gathered more than 300 soldiers. However, the number of soldiers does not matter in fighting a war, the key is to be able to surrender to the right place.
The Huaihe Army was not completely defeated and nearly 5,000 elite troops could be preserved at this time. Tao Chun took the greatest credit.
"How is Master Teng's injury?" Xiao Kui'an asked.
"It's hard to say..." Tao Chun shook his head.
Yesterday, during the war, Teng Xingyuan, the magistrate of Shanyang County, was hit by two arrows and was surrounded by his subordinates and fled into Guotouli. Teng Xingyuan lost too much blood and there was a lack of medical treatment here. He fell into a coma and never woke up.
The lack of medical treatment is the second reason. When I stole the camp yesterday, I never thought that I would fall into the bandit's scheme, let alone that I would be trapped here. Bring more dry food with you.
The soldiers also attacked early in the morning after having a full meal. They had at most a few dry biscuits with them, fearing that the battle would not be over in a long time, but they did not bring more.
The village they escaped from had been looted by bandits, and there were still some old, weak, sick and disabled people in the village. The rations collected were only three to five hundred kilograms. The dry food carried by Tao Chun's troops could last for five or six days, but he was in Siyang.
The number of troops gathered in the past few days was only three to five hundred, while the Huaihe Crossing Army withdrew was nearly five thousand. They managed to get through yesterday, but today they have run out of food and grass.
At the moment, we can only pry off all the green grass and leaves in the fence to satisfy our hunger, but with more than 5,000 mouths, even if we tear down all the wood in the fence and eat them, we won't be able to eat for a few days.
Fighting on the battlefield relies on strength. After two or three days, you can only wait for the bandits to break in and kill you.
More and more bandits gathered outside Tuweizi. They were not busy attacking. They dug earth into a wall and wanted to surround it. Presumably they also knew that there was a shortage of food and medicine here, so they planned to surround it for two or three days and then build a wall.
A breakthrough in one fell swoop.
Xiao Kui'an and Tao Chun looked at each other. At this time, they expected the Zhizhi Envoy to lead the Jiangdong Left Army to come to the rescue in time, but they didn't know when the Zhizhi Envoy would come to help, let alone whether the Zhizhi Envoy would come to help...
Under the current situation, if the Zhizhi envoy did not come to Siyang's aid, the village elders in Huai'an, Qingliu, would not voice any criticism. Instead, they would eagerly hope that the Zhizhe envoy would lead his troops to fill the gap in Shanyang's defense line.
Wasn't that the intention when Zhizhi sent troops from Shanyang County to cross the Huaihe River and deliberately left a big gap in Shanyang County? Wasn't he just waiting for a big defeat here so that he could lead his troops to fill the gap in Shanyang's defense line?
Only then did Xiao Kui'an realize the viciousness of fighting between civil servants. Real killings do not involve blood. No wonder Mr. Liu has never mentioned the reinforcements from yesterday to now. He must have realized it in his heart, right?
It's just this level of worry that no one can express.
Now that the generals below are still holding on, and their morale is not weak, they are counting on Zhizhi to lead the Jiangdong left army to come to the rescue. If they know that Zhizhi and the prefect have a falling out over the crossing of Huaihe River to aid Xu, Zhizhi is likely to return to the army.
If we defend Huai'an and ignore them, this battle will be impossible to fight.
Xiao Kui'an secretly thought: At this time, while the generals still have some remaining strength, they should concentrate their forces to attack the banks of the Huai River or the Surabaya River. As long as they are next to the Huai River and the Surabaya River, even if they cannot evacuate for a while, they can always use ships to transport some grain and grass from the waterway.
It's much better than sitting here and waiting to die.
Xiao Kui'an made up his mind and planned to go into the village to persuade Liu Tingzhou to decide to break out of the encirclement.
At this time, there were several bandits approaching outside Tuweizi. Xiao Kui'an just thought they were the outposts of the bandits coming to spy and ignored him. Just as he was about to drive them away with arrows, he saw one of them suddenly running towards him. When the arrow was far away,
He shouted loudly: "Zhizhi sent a secret message to Shukou, don't shoot arrows!"
Xiao Kui'an hurriedly stopped the soldiers from shooting arrows, but the bandits, seeing that the officers and soldiers were sent in to sneak in, opened their bows and fired arrows from behind. Three arrows were inserted into the back of the messenger and rolled into the earthen fence. They failed to penetrate the armor and all three arrows were deeply inserted into the flesh.
The rolling ground pulled at the wound again, and the Shukou messenger screamed in pain. He saw Xiao Kui'an wearing general armor walking over and said, "The road was bumpy. In addition to making paper with the messenger's seal, we only had oral messages. Magistrate Liu