Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang noticed that there was an ambush on the road ahead, so they naturally chose to retreat along the original route. However, at this moment, a black smoke stick rose slowly from the direction of Zhugong River, which made them surprised and suspicious.
Tan Yuliang reined up his horse and ran back to the high point of the ridge, only to find that there were more than ten soldiers on the bamboo bridge, stacking firewood carried by several mules and horses on the bamboo bridge so narrow that only horses could pass through, and setting it on fire.
Even if the bamboo bridge is not burned down and there are dozens of soldiers holding bows guarding one end of the bamboo bridge, it will be difficult for them to rush through.
At this time, close to Zhongfang Mountain, the road was narrow and rugged, making it difficult for horses to gallop. Seeing more than a hundred soldiers holding swords, bows and cane shields swarming out of the mountain forest, Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang did not have the courage to stay where they were and question these things.
Why did the Fan soldiers ambush them? They immediately led their horses towards the mountain col to the east, hoping that the defenders of Zhongfang City would notice the abnormality here in time and send troops to rescue them.
When the smoke column on the Zhugong River side rose into the sky, it had already attracted the attention of the Chinese city guards. After being informed, guard Tan Tie hurriedly climbed up to the south city tower to take a look.
The mountain forest where the soldiers were ambushed was less than ten miles away from the south tower of Zhongfang City. Even if he couldn't see clearly, he could vaguely see more than a hundred generals divided into two groups, chasing each other into the mountain. Counting the time, he could guess that it was
Zhao Zhixian and Tan Yuliang were robbed halfway.
At this moment, Tan Tie was suddenly shocked to see an unusually large number of black sailing boats gathering on the Yuanshui River east of Zhongfang City.
The Han family's father and son's soldiers and horses in Qianyang City and Wuliuxi (Longya City) were normal. At this time, the soldiers and horses gathered in Yuanjiang River and the soldiers and horses lying in ambush at the foot of the mountain to pursue the clan uncle Tan Yuliang and Xuzhou chief Zhao Zhixian were only
Maybe he is a subordinate of the four surnames.
No matter what the four surnames had against them, Tan Tie could not let Tan Yuliang go. Zhao Zhixian was captured or killed by the four surnames. He sent detective horses to gallop out of Zhongfang City to confirm that there were no other ambush troops at the foot of the southeast mountain.
Some three hundred cavalrymen left the city and rushed to the southeast foot of the mountain to chase the ambush and rescue Tan Yuliang and Zhao Zhixian from the tiger's mouth.
At this time, Feng Changyu and Xizhen, who were wearing silver scale armor, were hiding in the cabin of a awning boat, watching every move in the Chinese city several miles away. They saw three hundred cavalry being lured out of the city seven or eight miles away.
, they did not hesitate to send out a signal, notifying the thirty-six awning boats gathered on the left and right to sail towards the mouth of Lujiao River on the south side of Zhongfang City like arrows.
There were four fishing boats closest to the mouth of Lujiao Creek. They immediately rushed to a newly built wooden bridge in the lower reaches of Lujiao Creek. Dozens of soldiers who secretly crowded into the narrow cabins of the four fishing boats jumped off the boats and quickly walked around to the wooden bridge.
, using hooks and ropes to lift several simple horse-riding boats from fishing boats to the bridge head, to prevent the three hundred Tanzhou cavalry who had been lured to the south bank of Lujiao River from turning around and retreating back to Zhongfang City at any time.
Although Tanzhou sent thousands of elites and more than 2,000 family members to Xuzhou in the past year, it was impossible to openly arm more than a thousand elites and deploy them in Zhongfangzhai, even if they were covering their ears to avoid being criticized by the court.
City head.
Therefore, there are more than 400 armed guards in the Chinese city, and even more are strong and brave, more like the refugees they gathered at the foot of the Chinese mountain.
Even when Han Qian fled to Xuzhou, Tan Tie, Tan Yuliang, and Zhao Zhixian received instructions from Tanzhou, but they were only secretly on guard against making any rash moves. They also believed that the Han family and his son would eventually seek help from Tanzhou.
This is also one of the main reasons why Feng Changyu and the other chiefs of the three tribes believed that Tanzhou only had more than 400 troops in Zhongfang City, in addition to being misled by the supervisory envoys Zhang Ping and Gao Bao.
At this time, they saw more than 300 cavalry being lured to the south bank of Lujiao River. Feng Changyu and others naturally believed that even if they gathered thousands of soldiers and horses to disembark from the mouth of Lujiao River, they would be able to attack the Chinese side before the Han family and his son could react.
city.
Seeing forty or fifty black-topped sailboats and fishing boats rushing into the mouth of Lujiao Creek three or four miles south of the city, more than a thousand soldiers disembarked and landed on the beach. They built a new road to the north of the creek beach and assembled on the Chi Road connected to the wooden bridge. The Chinese side
City guard Tan Tie had another thought in his heart.
It's not that Tan Tie didn't expect that the four surnames might gather their forces and come directly to attack the city. After all, the soldiers of the four surnames gathered directly in the open space between Lujiao River and Zhongfang City. It was more likely that they would mistakenly think that the defense in Zhongfang City was empty, but he couldn't risk three hundred
The cavalrymen, Tan Yuliang, and Zhao Zhixian were in danger of being completely blocked on the south bank of Lujiao River.
Once the assembled soldiers of the four surnames did not come to attack the city and entered the south bank of Lujiao River through the wooden bridge, they only needed to hold the wooden bridge and concentrate their superior forces to attack and rescue the more than 300 cavalrymen of Tan Yuliang and Zhao Zhixian.
Tan Tie didn't even know if the four surnames had dispersed to hide more ambush troops deep in Zhongfang Mountain in the past ten days or so.
Seeing that there were no ships approaching on the left and right rivers, and the spies watching Wuliuxi (Longya City) and Qianyang City did not send out any abnormal signals, Tan Tie naturally summoned more than 600 armored soldiers who were in the city and went into battle urgently.
, forcefully attacked the soldiers of the four surnames gathered on the north bank of Lujiao River.
Looking at the groups of armored soldiers filing out of the city gate in the middle, Feng Changyu looked a little pale and lowered his voice and asked his son Feng Jin, who was wearing heavy armor and ordering the soldiers to form formations: "How did you detect the enemy? Eagle
Why are there only four hundred soldiers and horses in Yuzhai?"
"The Han family and his son secretly sent troops to hide in the Chinese city and wait for us to take advantage?"
Feng Jin had not yet realized that they had misjudged the actual strength of the troops sent by Tanzhou to Xuzhou from the beginning to the end, and thought that everything in front of them was a trap set by Tanzhou and the Han family, waiting for the four surnames to break in.
Yes, how could they realize that the Han family and his son were not on the same side as Tanzhou, and how could they realize that Han Qian's absconding to Xuzhou was a mystery and trap set up by Emperor Tianyou to deal with Tanzhou?
The back of Feng Jin's head felt tight. He turned around to look for Gao Bao, but saw a fishing boat sailing quietly towards the mouth of the stream. Except for a few rowers, the person standing on the bow was not Gao Bao.
who is it?
When Han Daoxun, Han Qian and his son first entered Xuzhou, they forced the four surnames to form a fleet to trade with Jinling. At that time, they sent Feng Zhang and Gao Bao to lead the Feng family's children to escort the ship. They also ordered Feng Zhang and Gao Bao to keep an eye on Feng Xuan's every move.
One move.
All the ships of the Four Surnames fleet were destroyed by Liang Jun during the Jingxiang War. Although Han Daoxun and Han Qian paid compensation, they did not form another Four Surnames fleet after the Jingxiang War. They only used the Xuzhou Ship Gang headed by Yang Qin.
, maintaining the commercial exchanges between Xuzhou, Jinling and Junzhou.
After that, except for Feng Xuan who continued to lead some people to assist the Xuzhou Shipping Gang in transporting goods, Feng Zhang and Gao Bao all returned to Fanzhai.
Feng Changyu, Feng Jin and his son had always been worried that Feng Xuan might be bribed by the Han family. They also specially ordered Feng Zhang to lead a team of troops to station in the village near Feng Xuan and keep an eye on Feng Xuan's every move. However, they never expected
Will Gaobao have problems?
From the south gate of Yingyu Village (Zhongfang City), it only takes more than three miles to reach the bridge. In such a short distance, Feng Changyu and Feng Jin wanted to withdraw the soldiers from the bridge and climb up the creek.
It was impossible for the boat to escape, and the more than 300 cavalrymen who entered the south bank of Antler Creek also stopped at this time, and they might rush back at a faster speed at any time.
They could only bite the bullet and motivate the soldiers, shrinking the formation closer in front of the bridge to deal with the first wave of attacks from Tanzhou's elite soldiers.
"What's going on? Didn't it say that Tanzhou only has four hundred soldiers and horses in Yingyu Village?" Sima Xizhen of Yuanxuzhou came over with a frightened expression. His fat and short body made his scales bulge.
Like an iron-clad ball rolling on the ground, he anxiously asked Feng Changyu.
"Didn't you Xi clan confirm before that there are only 400 Tanzhou soldiers and horses in Yingyu Village?" Feng Jin asked angrily.
"Although Tanzhou has more hidden soldiers and horses in Yingyu Village than imagined, they are not invincible!" Feng Changyu said in a gloomy tone. On the one hand, they cannot disrupt the morale of the army without fighting. On the other hand, they are standing on a
In front of the slope, he could see that except for more than 600 soldiers, there were no more soldiers and horses fighting out of the Chinese city, which made him feel reassured. He thought that even if the Han family and his son colluded with Tanzhou to design, Qianyang City would not be able to survive.
They are only so young, and no matter how cunning and cunning the Han family father and son are, there are only a limited number of elites who can hide in Yingyu Village without any flaws.
At this moment, Feng Changyu was still convinced that the Han family and his son had colluded with Tanzhou to set up a trap against them.
For this sneak attack on Yingyu Village, they pulled out 500 elite soldiers from Jingyun Village, and the Xiang family, Yang family, and Xi family gathered a total of 800 elite soldiers to participate in this operation.
In addition to the more than a hundred village soldiers who were used as bait, they had gathered nearly 1,200 elite soldiers on the north bank of Lujiao River. At present, they only needed to hold the wooden bridge and prevent the more than 300 cavalry from attacking their rear. They faced the six soldiers head-on.
There are more than a hundred soldiers in Tanzhou, so at least there is an 80% chance of winning!
Of course, they had to rush before the Han family and his son led their troops to defeat the Tanzhou troops and capture Yingyu Village. The time left to them was very limited, otherwise, they could only flee deep into the Zhongfang Mountain to avoid Han.
The edge of father and son.
After a stick of incense, Tan Tie led more than 600 soldiers to advance to the formation of the soldiers of the fourth surname. They had the same idea as the soldiers of the fourth surname, they all wanted to end this sudden conflict before the Han family and his son arrived with their troops.
Decisive battle, retreat to the Chinese city and hold on.
In the dense rain of arrows, the Tanzhou soldiers held their shields high and charged forward fearlessly.
The wooden bows held by the soldiers of the fourth surname are short, which is convenient for hunting in the mountains and forests, but the arrows they shoot have limited power. In comparison, the armor soldiers of Tanzhou are much better equipped. They rush forward despite the rain of arrows and swing
Wearing swords and shields, they fought with the spear-wielding soldiers of the fourth surname in the front. The archers in the rear threw waves of iron arrows into the array of the soldiers of the fourth surname. A rain of blood flew up, and neither side made any progress.
After testing, they did not resist even the simplest weapons such as horse antlers to isolate the two sides, and went straight into the most brutal hand-to-hand combat.
Although the equipment of the soldiers of the four surnames is much worse, they still have the advantage in numbers. At the same time, the people are brave and warlike, and have no fear in the face of the bloody battlefield.
This is also the main reason why the Chenxu Shaoheng prefectures have a sparse population and are connected to the hinterland of Dongting Lake by large rivers such as Yuanshui, but they have not been completely naturalized by the central government for hundreds of years.
More than 900 years ago, the famous Eastern Han Dynasty general Ma Yuan led more than 40,000 elites to conquer the Wuling barbarians in the south. In the end, he was stopped in Yuanshui Hutou and unfortunately died of illness...