On the valley road between Luohe Mountain and Dongbai Mountain in Dongyang, Sun Zhuang led the horse and looked up from the forest tops. The moon hung like a thin hook in the lead-blue night sky in the west, illuminating the valley road dimly and dimly. It was more than 300 meters high.
The peaks of the Taibai Peak in eastern Zhejiang are clearly visible under the moonlight.
The wound on his body had not yet completely healed, and blood was seeping out of the gauze bandage that bound the wound. Sun Zhuanghun didn't care and listened to the sounds in the night forest. Even though most of the people on the night journey were riding horses, the mountain road
It was very bumpy, and it was normal for the wound to open after just two days of rest. However, as long as the muscles and muscles all over the body are tightened when entering the battlefield, this wound is nothing at all.
Even with a forbidden mouth, the movement of nearly three thousand armored soldiers walking through the Silent Valley Road was insignificant, especially when the armored soldiers moved around, making a clattering sound. When walking nearby, it sounded like a heavy rain, and the birds and beasts in the mountains were frightened.
As long as the Dongyang defenders set up sentries around the valley road, it is impossible not to arouse alert. For now, they can only hope that Dongyang's night sentries will not be placed too far away.
After leaving the valley road, the terrain is slightly more open, and going down to the western foot of Luohe Mountain is the valley plain in western Zhejiang.
The valley in western Zhejiang starts from Dongyang and extends westward to Xinzhou, Shangrao and Fuzhou. It is seven or eight hundred miles long. It is sandwiched between the northern foot of Wuyi Mountain and the Qiuling and Baiji Mountains in western Zhejiang. The terrain is relatively easy and it is the origin of northern Fujian.
Xianxia Ridge is the most important land passage connecting Zhejiang and central Zhejiang and eastern Zhejiang.
In addition, Lanxi originates from Dongbai Mountain in the northeast of Dongyang County, goes westward, passes through Yiwu, Lanxi and other counties, then turns northward, and merges into the Qianjiang River from Tonglu County to Chun'an in the west. It is one of the main tributaries of the upper reaches of the Qianjiang River.
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Who would have thought that after Lin Fu arrived in Shengzhou with a small number of guards, he did not start to strengthen the offensive against Shengzhou. Instead, he mobilized nearly three-quarters of the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion and marched westward from the valley road between Luohe Mountain and Dongbai Mountain.
Attacked Dongyang, leaving only a thousand soldiers in Shengzhou to monitor the defenders in the city.
There was a galloping horse galloping back in front, and I heard the shouting from the front: "Prepare your armor for war! Prepare your armor for war!" The silent team suddenly became excited, one person followed another, and the military order to prepare for war quickly came from the front of the team...
Sun Zhuang knew that he was still far away from the enemy, so he took his time and was not anxious. On the contrary, when the two guards behind him heard the military order, they quickly opened the package carried by the war horse and unfolded the entire set of armor. One person quickly helped the war horse put it on, and the other
Help Sun Zhuang wear a set of scale armor in addition to the leather armor.
Even excluding the inner armor worn by Sun Zhuang, the entire set of heavy cavalry armor including man and horse weighs a hundred kilograms. When wrapped up, the horse can walk with ease. If he wears it on his body and walks on a valley road of nearly a hundred miles, what a strong man.
I have to lie down tiredly.
At this time, Chen Zhi came from the front, came to Sun Zhuang's side, and said: "We bumped into the night spies from Dongyang in front of us. As expected, She Feihu had no intention of guarding Dongyang. He parked his main force on the east bank of Taibai River and focused on
When reinforcements from Zhuji arrive, we will attack Shengzhou. The defenses on the east bank of Taibai River are very crude and can be penetrated by heavy armored cavalry..."
"It's just a barricade to stop the horses. It's easy. If there are other traps, it will be difficult for the heavy armored cavalry to get out..." Sun Zhuang said, "It's best to send light cavalry to step on them first!"
"I know," Chen Zhi said, "Master Gan, please take it easy. I will arrange for the infantry to attack at the same time from both wings. If you see the opportunity is wrong, just stop and don't go deep..."
"Damn it, Bazi, when you led the people forward, you were more powerful than any of my grandsons. In the past two years, you have been chilling?" Sun Zhuang asked with a sneer.
"If a man is dead and a bird is in the sky, I'm afraid of asking for help!" Chen Zhi said, "But the She family's soldiers and horses are extraordinary, they are different from the paper-like officers and soldiers. If you hit the officers and soldiers, just open a hole, and you can pierce them all.
In the past, if you attack the She family and open a hole, it might be a trap, so you can't go forward alone..."
"Where did you learn these literate words? It wasn't your cheap father-in-law who taught you, right?" Sun Zhuang laughed at him.
"If you don't fight bravely and don't retreat timidly, and the whole army advances and retreats as one after being ordered, then you are the real tiger and wolf division." Zhang Gou came up from behind and said, "The tiger that climbed the city has really learned a lot of military skills in the past two years. No wonder this time
Being able to become a brigade commander..."
"Hey, it's not a disaster," Chen Zhi chuckled, "If you suffer a loss, you can't lose your memory at all!"
Sun Zhuang chuckled and stopped laughing at Chen Zhi.
In those days, he liked to show his prowess in battles. Whenever he fought, he would take the lead and lead dozens of soldiers to charge forward. It was like a sharp knife piercing the enemy's formation and causing chaos. The soldiers and horses behind him could follow up and defeat the enemy's formation.
This kind of tactics is very effective when dealing with officers and soldiers who are weak in combat and have low fighting spirit, but they have to suffer every time in the hands of the Huaidong Army. In the battle of Suining, Sun Zhuang even brought his men and horses to Huaidong.
The army captured him alive.
Zhang Gou came close and asked Sun Zhuang: "It doesn't really matter whether Mr. Gan is injured. Why don't I join the team to fight him this time?"
"The injury is on my leg. It won't hurt me when I ride on the horse." Sun Zhuang still had some objections to Zhang Gou, and his tone of voice was still stiff. "I've already put on this armor, and you came here to talk about something? Are you?"
Commanding the army to join the army and leading troops to attack does not break the rules of Huaidong. You should stay and keep an eye on Chen Zhi - don't look at what he is saying right now. When the fight starts, he may get hot and wear his clothes.
Shang Jia took the lead and pushed inward. I still don’t know what kind of temper this grandson has. Can a dog change to eat shit? "
Chen Zhisan smiled and did not refute. He turned around and ordered the two soldiers who were following Sun Zhuang to attack: "Follow Mr. Gan closely, don't let the horses startle!" He then said to Chen Daozi, "What do you want, Mr. Gan?"
If something goes wrong, I will tear your bones apart!"
Chen Zijigong promoted Lin Fu to brigade commander in front of the battle, responsible for leading his troops to attack Dongyang. Zhang Gou still accompanied him as a general who commanded the army to assist in commanding the battle. Sun Zhuang was promoted to sentry general, responsible for leading the few infantry battalions in Chongcheng.
cavalry.
In an era of fierce warfare with cold weapons, personal bravery is still the strongest color in war.
Although Sun Zhuang was still an ordinary soldier before the war, he attacked Jiankou Village, landed at Tiegang, and rushed to Shengzhou. He killed the enemy in several battles and won no less than twenty ranks. Such bravery naturally quickly established his personal reputation in the army.
. Especially the soldiers who were recruited in the later period of the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion, most of them were surrendered soldiers of the refugee army, and they were no strangers to the name "Sun Ganzi". Not to mention those who were promoted from the front line of the big soldiers to sentry generals, even if they were promoted to sentry generals,
If you are promoted to camp general or brigade commander, there won't be many surprises for the generals below.
In order to avoid disturbing Dongyang, Shangyu's reinforcements were deliberately delayed. On the 28th, the Huaidong Army that besieged Shengzhou was mainly composed of 4,000 soldiers and horses from the Chongcheng Infantry Camp.
The people who followed Lin Fu secretly to Shengzhou brought with them more than 200 guards and more than 100 sets of horse armor. In the eyes of the She family's scouts, this small force was just a baggage team bringing supplies and could not attract enough attention.
of alertness.
In addition to the cavalry camp led by Zhou Pu in Chongzhou, each infantry camp also had a small number of cavalry. Lin Fu came up with more than a hundred sets of horse armor, and the Chongcheng infantry camp was able to gather two teams of heavy armored cavalry.
The delay here was only a short while. The two outposts of the Dongyang defenders at the northwest foot of Luohe Mountain had been cleared. Sun Zhuang put on his heavy armor and got on his horse with the help of the sword and shield guardsmen and entered Luohe Mountain. The attack position at the northwest foot of Heshan Mountain.
Sun Zhuang led his troops to attack from the center with only more than 120 heavy armored cavalry, plus twice the number of sword and shield guards, arranged in three rows. The entire array was more than 40 feet wide, with a battalion on each wing. An array of armor and soldiers, coordinated attack.
The sky is clear and the crescent moon is white and thin and transparent. It is already dawn. The horses' bits are unfastened and the horses are neighing, which is especially clear amid the roar of the wind.
In front of the battle formation, the fortress on the east bank of Taibai River showed a vague shape. On the gentle slope sloping to the west, with green grass separated, nearly a hundred armored light cavalry were already galloping to attack. They were divided into two teams and crossed directly to attack the Shefeihu Taibai River. The right wing of the east bank camp. The first is to restrict She Feihu from sending troops out of the camp to form defenses on the right wing. The second is to step out any possible pits on the right wing of the camp to prevent heavy armored cavalry from getting stuck in them.
The defenders on the east bank of Taibai River were mainly reinforcements brought by She Feihu from southern Zhejiang. There were more than 5,000 elite troops. They marched north from Yongjia and arrived at Tiantai County on the 27th. As the Chongcheng infantry camp was well prepared outside Shengzhou In order to prepare for reinforcements, but the road from Tiantai to Shengzhou was too dangerous, She Feihu led his troops to move west from Tiantai to Dongyang on the 28th, hoping to join the reinforcements from Kuaiji, and then from Luohe Mountain and Dongbai Mountain. Gudao marched eastward to support Shengzhou.
Taibai River is the upper reaches of Lanxi River. She Feihu led his troops into Dongyang, which was naturally on the east bank of Taibai River, and Dongyang City was on the west bank of Taibai River. She Feihu then built forts on the slopes near the water on the east bank, waiting for reinforcements from Kuaiji Come up.
The reinforcements led by She Feihu were mainly infantry. After walking nearly 500 miles in four days, they were extremely exhausted. The fort was built in a hurry with the help of the Dongyang defenders, and they planned to rest in Dongyang for two days.
She Feihu's strategy was not wrong. He did not go directly north to Shengzhou from Tiantai County. Compared with the past, he was quite cautious. What She Feihu did not expect was that Lin Fu only had more than 4,000 troops in Shengzhou, so he had to be on guard. Considering the situation of the more than 2,000 defenders in Shengzhou City, they decided to abandon Shengzhou and send the main force to attack Dongyang.
The perimeter sentry rushed back to warn, but She Feihu only got half an hour of warning time.
Half an hour of preparation time could only allow the five thousand tired soldiers from sleeping to wake up hastily and put on their armors to form an array. The first two teams of people to come out of the camp to intercept were not well prepared and were quickly charged by the two teams of light cavalry. chaos.
She Feihu was aware of the weakness of the right wing of the camp, and the entire camp was spread out along the east bank of Taibai River. It was obviously too long and narrow, and once it was breached from the flank, it would be very passive.
Hearing the sound of the wind mixed with the screams of war horses, She Feihu had to build an interception array in the shortest possible time on the slope of the right wing, using crossbows, high shields, and simple horse-repelling weapons to draw out a certain depth to avoid Huaidong. The army directly broke through the base!
The camp on the east bank of Taibai River was built on the gentle slope of the bank, while the main attack position of the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion was on the gentle slope of the northwest foot of Luohe Mountain, with a wide ditch in the middle. During the rainy season in summer and autumn, this wide ditch was The flood road was now covered with weeds and not even shrubs. It became a smooth passage for the advance and the main position of the bloody battle in Dongyang...
Since the She family's reinforcements from Zhuji could reach Dongyang in one day, leaving little time for the Huaidong army to attack the Dongyang troops, Chen Zhi and Zhang Gou decided to invest 60% of their troops in the first wave of offensive. Chapter 2
After the soldiers and horses were drawn out, Chen Zhi and Zhang Gou did not rest. Since the current position had been filled up and no more troops could be deployed, they ordered the remaining two battalions of armored soldiers to march along the northwest side of Luohe Mountain.
The slopes of the foothills spread out to both wings, looking for new attack channels.
As long as the frontal battlefield led by Sun Zhuang can gain an advantage, they will not hesitate to order the last two battalions of armored soldiers to attack again, striving to deploy all three thousand attacking horse soldiers in the shortest time, and attack the She family
A stormy attack was launched on the camp on the east bank of Taibai River.