An Xiajiang led his troops out of the city to assist Wushanjian. Qin Zitan also ventured out of the city. Under the protection of a dozen elite sentries, he climbed a high mountain in the east of Yongjia City where he could see the Wushanjian battlefield so that he could observe Wushanjian at any time.
The development of the Shanjian War.
Qin Zitan had no way to persuade Wen Tingrui to abandon Wushan Peak. During this period, the Yongjia defenders were so aggrieved by their contraction in defense that they needed cruel field battles to vent their anger. Otherwise, their morale would be severely dampened, which would be detrimental to holding on to the city wall in the future.
Similarly, Qin Zitan was eager to dampen the Huaidong Army's aggressive offensive in southern Zhejiang in the field and regain some initiative in the sluggish southern Zhejiang battlefield. In addition, he also ensured that the land route between Tianshui Village and Yongjia City was smooth.
Also extremely important.
The two sides engaged in such a brutal fight as soon as they came into contact at the southwest foot of Wushanjian. This kind of attitude, apart from defeating the opponent first, did not leave a way for them to retreat from the battlefield calmly.
Everything in front of him was somewhat beyond Qin Zitan's expectations.
Qin Zitan could understand An Xiajiang's desire to fight in the field, but he did not expect that the Huaidong Army would be so resolute in its will to fight.
In Qin Zitan's view, the Huaidong Army already has a strategic advantage in the battlefield in southern Zhejiang, and it should adopt a cautious and step-by-step strategy. This kind of cruel and chaotic battle, in which the Huaidong Army cannot win or lose miserably, should be the Huaidong Army.
Try to avoid it.
Soon, a black mass of Huaidong soldiers appeared on the top of Tazi Mountain on the left front.
Qin Zitan frowned in pain. At this time, he could understand the strategy chosen by the Huaidong Army: the Huaidong Army wanted to turn Wushanjian into a massacre battlefield, and wanted to involve all their defenders in Yongjia and use their strength
Take advantage of them, carry out bloody massacres, and compete in consumption.
Wushanjian is a small mountain between Tianshui, Yongjia and Yueqing. The road from Yueqing City to Wushanjian is slightly farther, but it is only 18 or 9 miles away, which is conducive to both parties quickly going to Wushanjian.
Troops are constantly being deployed on the battlefield.
In the past, the Huaidong Army rarely chose strangulation battles on the frontal battlefield. They always liked to patiently look for the opponent's weaknesses and deliver fatal blows at critical moments. As a result, Qin Zitan was not used to the Huaidong Army's choice of strangulation battles at this time.
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After a while, Wen Tingrui sent someone to sneak in to ask for advice, and they needed to immediately deal with the strangulation battlefield at the southwest foot of Wushanjian.
The war was so fierce and cruel that it was impossible for An Xiajiang to lead his troops to withdraw from the battlefield before the winner was determined.
The current situation is obvious. The Huaidong Army continues to send infantry from Yueqing City to enter and control the area near Wushanjian, ready to put more troops into the battlefield at any time. If they do not deal with it, even if Anxiajiang can win the battle
In the first battle, they could not escape the fate of being annihilated by Huaidong's overwhelmingly superior troops in the field. If they drew troops from Tianshui and Yongjia into the area near Wushanjian, the scale of the battle would likely expand at any time and evolve into a full-scale battle.
Compared with the strategy of shrinking the defense and being passive at all times, which is easy for the Huaidong Army to defeat each other, an all-out battle may be more beneficial.
But in a full-scale battle, what is the confidence and chance of victory in defeating the Huaidong Army with fewer strikes and more?
Their elites on the north bank of the Yongjia River are too limited. Including the rural soldiers, they only have more than 7,000 people. Even if they immediately send troops from Ouhai on the south bank to cross the bank to help, they can only gather 10,000 people at most.
Although the troops are insufficient, the Huaidong Army is more likely to be bluffing - they have such a huge strategic advantage that there is no need to decide the outcome in a hasty battle.
When Wen Tingrui handed over the decision-making power to him, Qin Zitan was hesitant and difficult to make up his mind.
In the face of a fighter that can be manipulated at the slightest moment, a general may need decisiveness more than a plan beyond ordinary people's ability.
Before Qin Zitan could make up his mind, the guard of Tianshui Village made the decision for him.
Just when Qin Zitan continued to hesitate, the lookout post at the northern ridgehead observed that Tianshui Village was acting without authorization. A troop of more than a thousand soldiers and horses left the village to the west and approached the Wushanjian battlefield from the east.
Soon, Wen Tingrui personally led two thousand elites out of Yongjia East City to join Qin Zitan.
Tianshui Village acted without permission, leaving Qin Zitan and Wen Tingrui with no choice. Too many troops were thrown into the Wushanjian battlefield. They could not afford to lose two thousand elites in Yongjia. Even if there was no battle, they would still send troops to the Wushanjian battlefield.
Troops were mobilized.
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The cluster of towers behind the South City Gate of Yueqing is more than six feet high.
Compared with the brick-and-wood watchtowers, the string towers made entirely of hardwood are structurally stronger and can withstand at least four consecutive heavy blows from large catapult crossbows. Therefore, the city in the control area of Huaidong is the center of the city for watch posts and
For the convenience of commanding the war, the city towers were abandoned and taller and stronger string towers were built close to the city gate.
The sky is clear and the clouds are far away. Standing on the tower, one can see the surroundings of Wushanjian battlefield.
Lin Fu just stood in the building watching the battlefield situation, and did not interfere with Zhou Tong's command of the entire war from beginning to end. In addition to coordination, sometimes others were needed to boost morale in Yueqing.
Lin Fu himself was extremely unwilling to engage in a strangulation battle of "killing ten thousand enemies and damaging eight thousand himself". It was too cruel and consumed Huaidong's troops too much. However, there was too little time left for him to calmly kill Huaidong.
Dong's advantage in southern Zhejiang was transformed into the final victory.
"The commander-in-chief had a chance to completely defeat the She family. After Yu Wangao captured Jian'an, the She family almost lost the depth to carry out continuous operations. Maybe just one more battle can make the She family irreversible," Gao Zongting stood on Lin Fu's side.
On his side, recalling the past, he said, "The defeat of Chentangyi made Yanjing panic and hastily accepted the She family's peace negotiation. Even before the peace negotiation, it ordered to reduce the supplies to the Eastern Fujian Army. In the end, it lost the first battle.
The chance of defeating the She family is disappointing. At this time, the She family has no chance of taking the initiative on the eastern front, but the evil wolf Shewenzhuang is very good at forbearing. He obviously sees that once Yanhu breaks through the Hehuai defense line
, will directly threaten the northeastern line of Huaihe River - now that the Zhejiang and Fujian rebel generals are impatient and eager to fight, this may be a good opportunity to break the stalemate in the war and make a quick breakthrough!"
Lin Fu nodded and said: "The more resolutely they invest their troops here, the more they will shrink back and dare not fight. If they can successfully eat up the two elite Zhejiang and Fujian armies that have entered near Wushanjian, the next battle will
It will be much simpler," and then said, "Since I have said it first, I will not interfere with Zhou Tong's command of the battle this time, so I can't make a mistake...just watch it patiently."
Hu Zhiyong stood aside and smiled. The Huaidong Army will open up multiple battlefields in the future. It needs to be proactive, independent thinking, and a non-puppet-like outstanding general. It is also difficult for Lin Fu to restrain the urge to point fingers in Yueqing.
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Fighter opportunities are fleeting, and Lin Fu encourages generals who personally lead troops on the battlefield to proactively capture fighter opportunities.
Since Zuo Guangying, who was the first to enter the battlefield, resolutely launched a battle from the front, Zhou Tong did not disappoint Lin Fu. He quickly discussed with Tang Fuguan and others and made a decision to resolutely invest more troops in the Wushanjian battlefield.
Strength, and build the momentum to fight the battle, instead of letting the fighter opportunities be lost in hesitation and hesitation.
Zhou Tong ordered the Chongcheng infantry battalion on the north bank of Yueqing Bay to shrink so that troops could be readily available to support the southern front. On the southern front, some water battalion soldiers were transferred into Yueqing City to assist in the defense. Except for the first brigade of Chongcheng infantry battalion soldiers, they were left as
In addition to the necessary reserve forces, Zhou Tong dispatched all the main forces of the Southern Zhejiang Army to control the terrain around Wushanjian and ensure that the Zhejiang and Fujian troops that had been entangled in the Wushanjian battlefield could not withdraw.
Wen Tingrui personally led the elite troops to seize Tazishan from the Huaidong Army.
Tazishan is a low mountain located between Yongjia City and Wushanjian Fenghuo Pier. Unfortunately, shortly after the battle of Wushanjian began, Tazishan was occupied first by Su Wenfan, a battalion of armored soldiers led by the southern Zhejiang army general.
Only by capturing Tazi Mountain could Wen Tingrui have a base outside the Wushanjian battlefield to support Anxiajiang's troops and the thousands of elite defenders of Tianshui Village who had been entangled in the battlefield through unauthorized actions in the later period.
If they bypassed Tazi Mountain and marched rashly eastward, Wen Tingrui and his two thousand elites would probably be involved in the battlefield and unable to escape. If the four thousand elites were annihilated by the Huaidong Army on the Wushanjian battlefield, it would mean that the situation in Yongjia would be dire.
Complete collapse was not far away, and Wen Tinggrui did not dare to risk his fortune and life.
Until the sun set in the west, Wen Tingrui failed to capture Tazi Mountain. The Huaidong Army put another battalion of soldiers in Tazi Mountain, and the more determined Yongjia City defenders blocked the Wushanjian battlefield.
Inside the Wushanjian battlefield, An Xiajiang led his troops to temporarily escape from the brutal fighting and retreated to Wushanjian Mountain, relying on the Fenghuo Pier garrison to rest for a while and adjust their formation.
At noon, An Xiajiang led more than a thousand troops to assist Wushanjian, and then more than a thousand elite troops from Tianshui Village came to help. The total force of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops on the Wushanjian battlefield was more than 2,200, but by this time there were still more than 2,000 troops left.
Slightly more than 60% of the troops and horses were exhausted and temporarily retreated to the top of Wushan Mountain to rest and recuperate.
It was precisely because the two Zhejiang and Fujian armies that came out of the city wall to aid Wushanjian were elite soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles that they could hold on until this point without collapsing.
Wushanjian, Wushanjian beacon fire pier garrison is only a high platform fifteen steps square, made of stone and earth. The temporary garrison of the first capital team is already very crowded, and there is no way to keep the remaining 1,450
Hundreds of soldiers from Zhejiang and Fujian fled into it and could only form defenses based on the garrison and the mountains.
Standing on the garrison at the top of the hill, you can see the two directions of Yongjia City and Tianshui Village. The defenders tried to leave the city to receive reinforcements, but the Huaidong Army entering the Wushanjian battlefield and its surrounding areas were as dense as freshly cut wheat fields.
In addition to controlling the peripheral terrain and blocking reinforcements, the Huaidong Army invested 6,000 men around Wushanjian, surrounded the Wushanjian Fenghuo Pier, and took advantage of their strength to launch attacks in turns from all directions.
An Xiajiang's troops persisted in fighting for too long. Their armor was in ruins, their shields were seriously insufficient, their ability to block the rain of arrows was reduced, and all the arrows in their quivers were exhausted.
In comparison, the Huaidong Army, with the exception of Li Baidao's troops who initially entered the brutal melee and suffered heavy casualties, all subsequent units that entered the battlefield fought alternately. In addition to limited physical consumption, they even entered the battlefield with a large number of flying contradiction vehicles in the later period.
, had to use shield carts and large shields to overcome the disadvantages of the terrain, and covered the Zhejiang and Fujian troops with arrows that were as dense as a rainstorm in batches.
The setting sun shines from behind, and a pale crescent moon emerges from the sea in the eastern sky.
This meant that the last chance for An Xiajiang and his troops to break out of the encirclement at night was lost. Qin Zitan knew that the defeat at Wushanjian would have an extremely serious impact on the strength and morale of the defenders in southern Zhejiang, but he had to admit that this was the cruel reality.
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Although repeated counterattacks and breakthroughs brought a lot of casualties to the Huaidong Army, the Zhejiang and Fujian Army surrounded by Wushanjian failed to break out in the end.
As the Zhejiang and Fujian generals were eager to fight, the Wushanjian battle, which turned from a relief battle to chaos and turned into a battle, completely subsided in the early morning of March 9. The New Zhejiang Southern Army suffered more than a thousand casualties in this battle, but it succeeded in annihilating more than 2,000 elite Zhejiang and Fujian troops.
, the record of capturing two hundred people.
In addition to Zuo Guangying's troops who suffered heavy casualties, they withdrew to Yueqing City for rest and mobilized Xiangyong from Wenqiao to supplement their troops. Tang Fuguan led the main force of the Southern Zhejiang Army to control the area around Wushanjian and pushed the troops to the embankment on the north bank of the Yongjia River, completely cutting off the troops.
The land connection between Yongjia City and Tianshui Village was established, and on the afternoon of the 9th, Tianshui Village on the north bank of the Yongjia River was encircled.