The several camps of the Chuzhou Army stationed inside and outside Liyang City began to stir before noon like water dripping into a boiling oil pan.
The camp is full of swords and guns, and people are hunting with flags.
Seeing Wang Wenqian who had rushed back from Yangxian with his forehead wrapped in white cloth and blood oozing out, Zhao Zhen asked with concern: "Master Wang, what's going on with you?"
"The horse ran too fast and the cart overturned on the rocks. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured." When Yin Peng learned the news about the Chishan Army's movement, he and Wang Wenqian were in Yangxian and rushed all the way to Liyang without stopping, eating on the way.
It took a lot of hard work.
The last time he rode a fast horse, Wang Wenqian's thigh flesh was bruised and bloody, and it took almost a month for the injury to heal. This time, Yin Peng specially hitched a carriage to make Wang Wenqian a little more comfortable, but he didn't want Wang Wenqian to urge the groom to speed up all the way.
The wheel hit the rocks and overturned. Fortunately, it only broke my forehead and no serious injuries were caused.
Wang Wenqian didn't care to say whether these were available or not, and asked Zhao Zhen: "What news has come back from the direction of Langxi?"
"The main force of the Chishan Army's first capital is 6,000 infantry, and the 500 cavalry have gathered in Nantang Village without any movement. However, the 9,000 infantry in the second capital, as well as the guard battalion and more than 200 cavalry around Han Qian, have all been pushed back before noon.
At the foot of Langxi City, yesterday afternoon for unknown reasons, Gu Zhilong suddenly led his direct Yajun bodyguards to leave Langxi and return to Xuancheng." Zhao Zhen quickly recited the letters and reports that were collected to him at this time to Wang Wenqian.
"At this time, at Honglin Port south of Langxi City, that is, at the pass of the post road connecting Xuancheng and Langxi between Magu Mountain and Shifo Mountain, and at Baima Chong, ten miles north of Honglin Port, our scouts found that there were
The activities of more than a thousand Chishan Army generals..."
"Although I don't know why Gu Zhilong suddenly left Langxi with his direct bodyguards, Han Qian must attack Langxi City so that he can take root in Guangde and Langxi!" Wang Wenqian saw that the entire army was ready to dispatch in the camp.
He said to Zhao Zhen, "General Zhao, no matter what, you must lead your troops to break through the Chishan Army's obstruction on the Nantangzhai front line. You must not let Han Qian capture Langxicheng! Otherwise, the situation on the southern front will be completely bad!"
Zhao Zhen knew how much pressure the southern front would face after Langxi City fell to the Chishan Army, but he thought of another possibility and hesitated and asked: "Master Wang has sent people to Langxi to see Gu Zhilong several times, but they have been rejected.
Outside the city, could Gu Zhilong have secretly defected to Yueyang long ago and set some trap with Han Qian for us to step into? "
Gu Zhilong led his direct bodyguards to leave Langxi City inexplicably, and Han Qian unexpectedly went to take advantage of Langxi. How could Zhao Zhen not worry that this might be a trap for Han Qian and Gu Zhilong to lure them into a trap?
According to Zhao Zhen's opinion, they should have waited until the Chishan Army and Xuanzhou Army had fought a bloody battle in Langxi City and confirmed that there was no fraud before they considered sending troops.
"Gu Zhilong has been waiting for the price until now. He has no reason to rush to conspire with the Chishan Army to earn our seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses," Wang Wenqian said flatly, "You and I will lead our troops out of Liyang and arrive in front of Nantang Village
, it’s almost dusk. By then, whether Han Qian is really attacking Langxi City or pretending to attack Langxi City, there will be definite news coming back from the scouts ahead! We must not wait in Liyang and waste half a day, then no one will
There is no direction in which the situation will evolve!”
Zhao Zhen thought about it. He really wanted to wait for the exact news in Liyang City before leading his troops out of the city. At least it would take an extra half day. For the Chishan Army, it would be possible to capture Gu Zhilong and his direct lineage in half a day.
Langxi City where the tooth soldiers were transferred out.
When the time comes, it will be much more difficult for them to attack the Chishan Army, which can be defended by Langxi City.
After the Jinling Incident, Gu Zhilong devoted himself to running Langxi City as the northern gate of his Xuanzhou. He had extremely abundant reserves of grain, fodder, soldiers and other materials. Once the Chishan Army captured Langxi City, and Han Qian would return in another month.
Being able to harvest the autumn grains in Guangde and Langxi is likely to allow the Chishan Army to survive the most difficult time.
Thinking about how powerful the Chishan Army with 30,000 soldiers would be after surviving the most difficult moment, Zhao Zhen felt chills in his heart.
That may directly mean that all their strategies since crossing the Yangtze River have failed, and they may be forced to retreat north of the Yangtze River.
Zhao Zhen did not dare to show any further neglect and immediately sent an order to all the camp troops to immediately move out of the camp and advance south along the official road to reinforce Langxi. Han Qian's plan must not be allowed to succeed.
Wang Wenqian changed his carriage and followed the army.
"How could Gu Zhilong make such a fatal mistake?" Although Yin Peng also believed in Wang Wenqian's judgment, why did Gu Zhilong suddenly take his direct Yajun guards away from Langxi? What happened in Xuancheng? He was a hundred
It’s hard to understand.
Whether or not Langxi City has Gu Zhilong's Yajun bodyguards, the level of defense can be said to be completely different.
Yin Peng really doubted whether without Gu Zhilong's Yajun personal guards, Langxicheng would be better able to withstand the strong attack of the Chishan Army than Shangjiabao.
"How do I know?" Wang Wenqian spread his hands and said, anxiously looking at the distant mountains to the south.
Fortunately, this question did not bother Wang Wenqian, Zhao Zhen, and Yin Peng for too long. Gu Zhilong sent a messenger to ask for help, fought his way through the blockade of the Chishan Army, came to Wang Wenqian, and presented Gu Zhilong's request for help letter.
"This guy is so cruel!"
Seeing Gu Zhilong explaining the whole story in the letter, Wang Wenqian, Zhao Zhen, and Yin Peng all took a deep breath. They were puzzled as to why Gu Zhilong would leave Langxicheng so easily. They never thought that Han Qian would use his grandfather, second uncle, etc. as bait.
, Tune the tiger Gu Zhilong away from the mountain.
"All the Chishan troops stationed in Nantang Village have gone out to form formations. What should we do?" At this time, the forward general sent people to report.
"Kill him!" Zhao Zhen said without hesitation.
Since all the garrison troops in Nantang Village have gone out to form formations, they have no way to get around. They can only defeat the Chishan Army guarding Nantang Village in order to open a channel to reinforce Langxi City and join the Xuanzhou soldiers.
It's sad to say that the Chuzhou Army had more than 2,000 elite cavalry in front and behind the southern front, and nearly 3,000 strong horses were lost in Han Qian's hands. Otherwise, they could have assembled 3,000 or 4,000 elite cavalry much faster.
With such speed, he bypassed the interception of the Nantang Village guards and rushed directly to the outside of Langxi City.
Of course, no matter what, this battle must be fought and won.
Since the Jinling Incident, the Chuzhou Army has sent people to contact Gu Zhilong many times, but Gu Zhilong has always been ambiguous and sold for the price.
To win this battle, not only can Han Qian's conspiracy be thwarted, not only can the Chishan Army be severely damaged, but also Gu Zhilong's surrender can be won. The situation since the Chuzhou Army crossed the river will once again take a big step forward after this battle.
Their reinforcements from Jintan, Danyang, and Yangyang will take a day to a day and a half to arrive at the battlefield, but even if the Huzhou troops stand still, the Chishan Army's troops on the eastern front will take at least a day and a half or even longer.
It takes time to reach the battlefield.
On the battlefield at the western foot of Jieling Mountain, the Chishan Army only had 6,500 or 6,500 people. Even if the Chishan Army was the most elite, no matter how elite it was, it was extremely limited. After all, there were only a few thousand old soldiers, and the other generals were just passing by.
With the experience of one or two bloody battles, half of them even fought with broken long bamboo poles and simple rattan shields.
Behind Zhao Zhen were eight thousand elite Chuzhou troops.
As long as he no longer looks back and forth like in the Shangjiapu battle, and Han Qian took advantage of him in the end, Zhao Zhen believes that if he dares to risk his life to fight this time, his chances of winning will never be low.
At this moment, Zhao Zhen was as if he was beaten to death. He asked Wang Wenqian to stay in the rear and supervise the formation. He led four thousand soldiers of the Chinese army to join the forward troops, and then personally beat the war drums and launched an attack on the Nantangzhai defenders.
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The battle on the south side of Honglin Port started first.
Honglin Port was originally a very important town located between Langxi and Xuancheng. It was the only place for merchants traveling between Xuanshe and Huhang. It was also famous for the paper and stone inkstones produced in Honglin Port.
, Marketing, Huhang, Surun and other places, the local commerce and trade are extremely prosperous and prosperous, but the surrounding mountains are undulating and bandits are infested, so wealthy families provide money and people, and recruit 300 rural soldiers all year round to train against theft.
Zhao Wuji led 400 cavalrymen to the south of Honglinbu in the early morning. More than 300 rural soldiers in Honglinbu were frightened, but they could not figure out the situation. They huddled in the town and did not dare to move out. The rural soldiers even connected with several large houses in the town.
In the house, obstacles were used to block the vicinity of the laneway, forming a small fortress.
At noon, more than 300 horsemen came from the valley road at the southwest foot of Shifo Mountain to attack the temporary defense line established by Zhao Wuji and others in front of the pass. Seeing an opportunity, more than 300 rural soldiers from Honglinbu came out of the town to attack from behind.
come over.
"Everyone mount up and march north to defeat the Honglin soldiers. Han Donghu is not allowed to use crossbows, but remember that we only have one stick of incense to kill the Honglin soldiers!" Zhao Wuji took off the Tuomu bow from behind and placed it in front of him.
, shouted loudly.
Zhao Wuji completely ignored the Xuanzhou soldiers in the south who were clearing the obstacles at the pass, and ordered the four hundred cavalry who had rested for a short while to regain some strength to mount their horses and fight. Led by Han Donglong, they rushed towards the Honglinbu soldiers who were attacking from behind.
They did not have the conditions to fight a defensive battle. The antlers, horses and other obstacles they built in half a day filled the pass, and they could not stop them for a long time. Although there were only more than 300 cavalry Xuanzhou soldiers coming from the south, as long as Gu Zhilong was not willing to give up Langxi
With such an important bargaining chip, more and more Xuanzhou soldiers will soon come from the south. At that time, they can easily hold up their big shields and move forward while clearing these obstacles.
At this time, if they formed a formation to fight a defensive battle, they would not only have to guard against the enemy forces in front of them breaking through, but they would also have to resist the attack from the Honglinbu soldiers from the north. It would be even more uncomfortable to be attacked from both sides.
Once a stalemate is formed, they will only have a thousand infantry reinforcements from the north in a short period of time, while Gu Zhilong can mobilize seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses from Xuancheng - how long can they sustain it and how long can they sustain it to the third place?
Was it the moment when all the main forces captured Langxi City?
It is necessary to use the sharpest means and use a little time difference to defeat the Honglinbu rural soldiers and Xuanzhou soldiers attacking from the north and south, and then defend the pass, which may be slightly easier.
Honglinbu rural soldiers saw that there were not many Chishan troops entering the South Pass in the early morning. At this time, a large group of Xuanzhou soldiers came from the south. They launched an attack from the north. First, the Xuanzhou soldiers sent scouts to explore and cross the mountains.
They were asked to cooperate in the attack. Secondly, they also thought they could get a big deal. Who would have thought that the Chishan Army cavalry at the South Pass would completely abandon the Xuanzhou Army cavalry heading south through the canyon and rush towards them like a furious wave.
