Having the initiative to choose the battlefield gives you a strategic advantage.
The coastline of Taizhou Prefecture is deep and winding, and there are more than ten places suitable for large ships to dock and land. The Huaidong Army also controls Yueqing Bay in the south of Taizhou. The Zhejiang and Fujian Army only has 10,000 troops in Taizhou, and there are three counties along the coast.
The area needs to be defended. Facing the Huaidong Army attacking with superior force, apart from holding on to key towns, there is no way to prevent the Huaidong Army from entering Taizhou territory.
Ge Cunxin led the Second Water Battalion to distract the Taizhou garrison's attention in the outer sea area. The general in charge of attacking Wenqiao in Huaidong was Chen Zhi, commander of the first brigade of the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion. Chen Zhi's troops used weak stars on the night of the 28th to
Yue Guangguang first landed at Hengpu at the northern tip of Yueqing Bay, and made preparations for the attack early the next morning. He sent troops northward from the valley roads between Baifengjian, Liushuiyan and other mountains, and entered Taizhou Prefecture to fight.
Wenqiao was formerly known as Haiqiao. Since the early days of the former dynasty, Wenqiao has been a collective town due to the existence of an ancient road that ran from the Taizhou Plain to Yueqing Bay. This ancient town has a history of hundreds of years and was once the seat of Wenling County.
Such a place is also the shortest and most convenient passage from Yueqing Bay to the Taizhou Plain. Landing from the north shore of Yueqing Bay, crossing the low ridge five miles wide is Wenqiao. Crossing Wenqiao is Wenling surrounded by Jinping Mountains.
On the plain, Wenling City's prime minister, Wenqiao, was only ten miles away from each other. Wenqiao was also the walled city where the defenders focused on preventing Huaidong from disembarking from Yueqing Bay and entering Taizhou.
Taizhou focused on defending Wenqiao, but due to the overall strength of its troops, the actual garrisoned troops were actually limited.
The most important thing for Chen Zhi at the moment is to quickly insert himself to the northeast of Wenqiao before the Taizhou Prefecture garrison can figure out Huaidong's active direction to prevent the Taizhou Prefecture garrison from transferring reinforcements from Wenling County to strengthen Wenqiao's defense.
In order to confuse the Taizhou garrison, they deliberately abandoned the direct attack on Wenqiao. The two elite battalions that landed at Hengpu detoured from Huwuling on the west side and forced the Taizhou garrison to defend another garrison in the southwest direction of Yueqing, Xi'ao. Chen
He led a battalion of lightly-armed soldiers and landed at Tangtou Temple at sunset, then crossed Xiaogenwu Ridge without stopping and rushed directly to Wenqiao.
Chen Zhi's group was all led by key soldiers, carrying bows and swords, traveling lightly and at high speed. Although when they landed at Tangtou Temple, they were noticed by the lookout post on Xiaogenwu Ridge, waiting for a battalion of sharp soldiers to complete
After landing on the shore, the smoke on Xiaogenwu Ridge was ignited.
The black smoke column is not blown away by the wind, soaring straight into the night sky.
Chen Zhi led his troops to the foot of Xiaogenwuling Mountain, and then a garrison team of more than a hundred people hurriedly climbed up to the top of the mountain to intercept them. Obviously, Wen Qiao's defenders mainly defended the Huaidong Army on the west side of Xiaogenwuling Mountain.
They seized the valley road, set up a large number of obstacles there, and deployed defenders. They did not expect that the Huaidong Army had the intention of crossing the Xiaogenwu Ridge to attack Wenqiao.
Xiaogenwiling is a mountain with a plain terrain. Although it can hinder the passage of large groups of soldiers and horses, it cannot stop the lightly armored soldiers from climbing over.
Seeing that the defenders of Lingtou had arrived in a hurry, Chen Zhi did not organize his formation. He immediately ordered the troops from the two capitals with relatively complete armor penetration to directly attack Lingtou from both sides. At this time, he had to compete for speed and time, and he could not let anything go.
The defenders must stand firm at the head of the ridge, otherwise even if they organize themselves into formation, the difficulty of attacking will be doubled.
They traveled lightly, with bows and swords on their shoulders, mostly light armor, no large shields, large crossbows, and no flying chariots that could block the rain of arrows. The two groups of soldiers and horses were divided into dozens of masters who were good at archery.
, advance from both wings, stand at a relatively high place, and accurately shoot the Lingtou defenders. The other soldiers either use light shields to protect the front, or let the soldiers wearing temporary double armor directly raise their hands to protect their faces in front, and go up.
Hard rush.
More than a hundred defenders were in a hurry. They were panting when they rushed to the top of the mountain. They were mainly local warriors recruited from the local area and had many bows. When they saw the Huaidong Army rushing in like wolves and tigers, most of them felt their feet weak and their hearts beating. Although they were relying on their strength,
He had the advantage of being in a commanding position, but he shot arrows in a hurry and sparsely, unable to form a threatening volley.
When the Huaidong Army's archers fired hard and accurate arrows from two hundred steps away, the defenders at Lingtou were immediately thrown into disarray. Even if they were to attack with their backs, it would only take them twenty breaths to cross the ground within one arrow.
Armored soldiers rushed forward, and Mo Dao's hand was like a murderous weapon under the cover of the sword and shield soldiers. There were also armored soldiers in the defenders, but they could not cooperate with each other in fighting. No matter how thick the armor was, it would be severely chopped by the 14 to 5 kilograms of Mo Dao.
It can also be split open with one split, and ordinary spears can be broken with one split...
The defenders at Lingtou were defeated. The armored soldiers who were the first to reach Lingtou were not busy pursuing them. They just let the archers occupy a favorable position and shoot them. They mainly stabilized the position and covered the large army of soldiers and horses climbing up.
The injured soldiers were treated on the spot.
Every soldier of the Huaidong Army carries a hemostatic medicine with him in a small porcelain bottle. When a wound is made with a knife, the medicine powder is sprinkled on the wound to stop bleeding and prevent the wound from festering. The wound can then be wrapped with gauze and ready to continue fighting.
Those who were seriously injured, as long as they were not fatally injured, would be treated and bandaged by the army doctor, and then five people would be left to cover and garrison on the spot. Together they would be responsible for covering the retreat of the advancing soldiers and ensuring that the top of the mountain would not be taken away by the enemy's stragglers.
; Only three of them received deep arrow wounds on their waists and abdomens. They had to cut off the arrow shafts and have to carry them down the mountain to retrieve the arrowheads.
Chen Zhi climbed to the top of the ridge and looked over. Wenqiao Town was at the foot of the northwest mountain of Xiaogenwuling. He could also see the corner of the northwest entrance from the Wenling Plain into Wenqiao. Originally, there were barriers in the valley on the west side of Xiaogenwuling.
Hundreds of defenders who dug trenches and blocked the entrance to Wenqiao Town hurriedly withdrew northward and fled to Wenqiao Town.
Wenqiao is worthy of being a big town that has existed since the middle of the previous dynasty. Standing at the top of the mountain and looking over it, you can see black tiles and white walls lined up in rows. It is much larger than an ordinary small county town. The outside of the town is surrounded by a circle of tall, thick, stone and brick buildings.
Protective wall.
According to the previous reconnaissance by the sentinel, Wen Qiao was sent by the Taizhou Prefecture to patrol. Although Wen Qiao had a battalion of garrison troops, there were less than 200 soldiers directly affiliated with the Dudu Prefecture in Southern Zhejiang, and the rest were recruited from local areas.
Xiang Yong.
Due to the attacks by bandits from the East China Sea in recent decades, the towns and villages along the coast of southern Zhejiang have considerable protection against pirates for a long time. The local folk customs in southern Zhejiang are fierce, and even the villagers who stand by their strongholds still have considerable combat effectiveness.
However, the local forces in Wenqiao Town should have very limited loyalty to the She family. As long as the channel to support Wenqiao from the Taizhou Plain is blocked in time, most of the Huaidong Army can disembark from the valley road on the west side of Xiaogenwu Ridge, and the Wenqiao area
The force's will to resist will not be too strong. Counting the time, except when the wolf smoke rises into the sky, unless reinforcements from Wenling happen to be on the way to Wenqiao, there is still time to blockade the entrance to Wenqiao Town from the north before the reinforcements arrive.
Kouzi.
In addition to leaving soldiers and wounded soldiers from the two capitals to guard the ridge head, Chen Zhi did not delay and immediately led the remaining nearly 400 lightly-armed soldiers down the narrow and winding ridge road, bypassing the main stronghold of Wenqiao Town, and stormed Shangwen.
Shuicangtou Mountain in Qiaobei.Computer*Interview
Xiaocangtou Mountain is not high, only more than ten feet high, but it lies to the north of Wenqiao. To avoid Xiaocangtou Mountain, you need to go around seven or eight miles of mountain road to enter Wenqiao.
There is a mountain temple with only three houses on the top of the mountain. Based on the mountain temple, Chen Zhi controlled Xiaocangtou Mountain and blocked the entrance from Wenling into Wenqiao.
Although the Wenqiao garrison was large in number, a small group of soldiers came out to fight at first, but they were shot back with crossbows, and then they stayed in the garrison. After about half an hour, Chen Zhi leaned against the mountain temple,
After establishing a position in Xiaocangtou, reinforcements arrived belatedly from the direction of Wenling County, with only more than 500 troops, less than one battalion.
According to the terrain of Xiaocangtou, Chen Zhi mainly used infantry and bow formations to intercept the Wenling reinforcements and prevent them from entering Wenqiao. At this time, the main force of the remaining three battalions of the 1st Brigade of the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion came southwest of Xiaogenwu Ridge.
We drove from Ludenglu to Wenqiao.
Without the defenders behind, the barrier walls and trenches on the west side of Xiaogenwu Ridge can be easily cleared to allow soldiers and horses to pass through.
In the early morning, more than a thousand elite troops who detoured from Huwuling to attack Xi'ao Village, who were suspected of being suspicious soldiers, also came from Hualing to join up. Seeing more and more Huaidong Army troops entering Wenqiao, the defenders in the village completely gave up fighting.
The intention of the reinforcements to attack Xiaocangtou Mountain could not be sustained. More than 500 reinforcements persisted until the afternoon, and they abandoned dozens of wounded soldiers and hurriedly evacuated to Wenling City.
Chen Zhi is fond of fighting. If he is left to his own devices, he will definitely attack Wenqiao Town with superior force. However, in the battle plan, after forming an encirclement of Wenqiao Town, it is ensured that the Taizhou garrison cannot pose a threat.
Priority is given to persuading people to surrender.
Chen Zhi was in the temporary command shed set up in the mountain temple. The man from the Yueqing faction who came to surrender was Zuo Shixiong, Zuo Guangying's elder brother. He was a scholar and a well-known figure in the local area. He brought the autographed letters of Zuo Guangying and Liu Wenzhong.
Come and persuade me to surrender.
Yueqing and Wen Qiao were next to each other, and many people were related to each other. Being able to disarm Wen Qiao without any blood was good for everyone.
The biggest obstacle at hand is the patrol sent by the Governor's Office of Southern Zhejiang to Wenqiao and the nearly two hundred troops directly under the Governor's Office of Southern Zhejiang. If they refuse to surrender, the local forces in Wenqiao Town may be forced to wait for reinforcements.
Chen Zhi didn't have much patience. He wanted to quickly open up the situation in southern Zhejiang, and he was destined to demand a quick victory here. He said to Zuo Shixiong, who was about to enter the town to persuade him to surrender: "Don't go in either. The guards sent by the She family will
The general is still inside controlling the situation. If you go in, you will probably be beheaded with a knife. Seeing that you are honest, I can't let you die. I will let the soldiers use big shields to protect you as you approach the wall. If you see someone familiar,
People, just shoot in the letters from Lieutenant Zuo and Mr. Liu. But let’s be clear, if the people inside don’t surrender before sunset, I don’t have time to continue fighting them. If we attack here by force, don’t blame the swords and guns for being blind.
Rivers of blood!"
Chen Zhi asked Zuo Shixiong to approach the town to find acquaintances to persuade him to surrender, but the preparations for attacking the town did not stop.
The stone wall surrounding Wenqiao Town is high and thick, which can effectively prevent pirate raids, but after all, it is not as good as a regular city wall.
The passage from Yueqing Bay to Wenqiao was opened here, and the components of large equipment were easily transported in. Two siege rams and several catapult crossbows were quickly assembled, and they were pushed forward to the visible area of Wenqiao Town.
Stand by in the open space.
Before sunset, a mutiny suddenly broke out in Wenqiao Town. The Wenqiao inspectors and two hundred soldiers who were loyal to the She family refused to surrender. The Hu family, a wealthy Wenqiao family, persuaded the Minyong generals to in turn threaten the two hundred soldiers and start the camp.
The door surrendered. Unexpectedly, the matter was not kept secret. Wen Qiao's inspection found something unusual, and there was immediately a massacre inside. Fortunately, the Hu family sent someone to open the gate of the village in time, and let the soldiers from the Chongcheng Bu Camp in, and the scene was over.
Take control and surround and kill the two hundred soldiers who are loyal to the She family.
Even so, more than two hundred people were killed and injured in Wenqiao Town, and blood flowed like a river.
Chen Zhi didn't care about this. He was used to seeing death and injury. Even if tens of thousands of corpses were piled up in front of him, he could chew meat cakes without changing his expression.
After taking control of Wenqiao Town, Chen Zhi set up camp in the relatively open area north of Wenqiao Town. Later, he would continue to send troops ashore to sweep away Wenling and return to the towns outside the two cities of Pu, in order to create a situation with Wenqiao and Pudong.
With Qiao as the base, they attacked to regain Taizhou and attracted the troops of the She family in Quzhou and Dongyang County.