The five hundred and fiftieth eight chapters confrontation (three)
In order to gain the trust of the kings and ministers of the Liang Kingdom, Wen Bo and Zhao Mingting could not easily retreat to Chuzhou City. Even if they wanted to hand over the surrender certificate, they could only bite the bullet and attack the Tangyi camp on the south bank of the Chu River. However, this was not possible.
They are destined to bite the bullet and have to bite a hard nut.
In addition to the Xuzhou soldiers, the thousands of soldiers and horses initially gathered by the Tangyi Marching Army were elite veterans from the old Zuoguang German Army. Their combat will, training and combat experience can be said to be the elite among the elite.
In the past few years, Han Qian's military strength in Xuzhou has been maintained at less than 3,000. However, the internal armor, weapons and equipment have not been stopped. The thousands of soldiers and horses initially gathered were almost at the top level.
All junior military attachés wear armor.
The camp on the north bank is narrow, and a large open area needs to be cleared to place the cyclone cannon.
Therefore, no matter how fierce the battle was, Han Qian only arranged for 1,500 elite infantry to guard it. The other troops and horses were first withdrawn to the south bank to rest as reserve troops and horses, and then alternately went into battle according to the combat situation on the north bank.
The cyclone cannons were clumsy and could easily be set on fire by the enemy after they broke through. At the same time, they occupied a large area, and only six of them were placed in the camp. This was mainly to prevent the enemy from setting up cyclone cannons outside to bombard the camp.
In addition to the cyclone cannon, the most common equipment in the camp are crossbows, small and medium-sized scorpion cannons that fire rock bullets and fire oil cans, and various light and heavy tanks that are easy to assemble, disassemble, and use.
In addition, Han Qian also connected a group of six to eight small and medium-sized shuttle boats with iron chains in the Chu River, and then fixed them with wooden piles around them to form eight water platforms for placing cyclone cannons.
, to threaten the enemy forces attacking the camp from the east and west flanks.
On this basis, Han Qian started to build a camp on the south bank and continued to transport more brave men and women from Tangyi on warships.
The Chaozhou garrison led by Wen Bo had just repelled the Huaixi Forbidden Army. After resting for more than ten days, their morale was restored to its peak. A large number of defensive weapons were dismantled and transported to the battlefield. It can be said that their combat effectiveness was at its peak.
In the last few days of the second year of Yanyou, the battlefield on the north bank of the Chu River, which was no more than a mile deep, was like a meat grinder, devouring the lives of soldiers on both sides.
Of course, the Shouzhou cavalry and Chaozhou defenders suffered three times as many casualties as the Tangyi marching army, which is even more shocking.
In the end, Xu Mingzhen came to Chuzhou with the imperial edict of Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang Dynasty to supervise the battle. With Wen Bo suspending his unnecessary offensive against the Chuhe camp, this tentative and cruel fight came to an end for the time being.
By this time, the Shouzhou cavalry and Chaozhou defenders had already left three thousand corpses in the freezing wilderness.
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It was already the third day of the first lunar month in the third year of Yanyou's reign when the overwhelming enemy troops withdrew into Chuzhou City, more than forty miles away to the northwest.
Han Daoming then took a boat from the camp on the south bank to the camp on the north bank. He saw that the simple wall on the north bank had not become dilapidated in the past ten days of fierce fighting, but had become stronger and taller.
Hundreds of brave civilians, even when the enemy's offensive weakened two days ago, had begun to build a three-foot-thick layer of city bricks on the inner side.
Now that the enemy troops have retreated like wind and clouds, you can start building additional barracks on the outside.
These city bricks were originally fired for repairing the walls outside Jinling City, and it was easy to transport them by ship.
Besides, the outer city wall of Jinling City is more than fifty miles long, and the part that needs to be repaired and covered with city bricks is eighteen or nineteen miles long. The plan to repair the outer city wall is postponed and the city bricks are saved, which is enough to build twenty or thirty buildings between the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River.
It's a small camp.
Compared with the camp on the north bank, which is only about 300 steps square, the camp on the south bank is several times larger, measuring a thousand steps square. However, the protective wall is currently only a low rammed earth wall half a person's height.
The protective wall of the south bank camp will be widened and raised in the future, but there is no plan to cover the city bricks - if a large number of enemy troops cannot be blocked on the north bank of Chuzhou, it will already mean that Han Qian's combat intentions are completely bankrupt.
, what we need to do at that time is to evacuate all the soldiers and civilians from the south bank of the Chu River, instead of stubbornly resisting.
In addition, during this period, Han Qian also built a trestle bridge on the river side of the north and south camps to extend into the river so that medium-sized ships can dock directly to unload people and cargo.
These things were accomplished in an orderly manner by Han Qian, who organized thousands of soldiers and civilians during the ten days of fierce fighting on the North Bank. Han Qian seemed to have never considered the possibility of being unable to defend the North Bank camp. He himself had always stayed behind
Supervise the battle on the north shore.
Han Qian was not satisfied with repelling the Shouzhou Army's offensive. After all, if he wanted to control the Chu River, it was not enough to control one point.
After confirming that the Shouzhou Army had withdrawn to Chuzhou City to rest and recuperate, Han Qian ordered Feng Xuan and Lin Haizheng to march westward along the south bank of Chuzhou and set up strongholds on the east and west sides of Tingzi Mountain. First set up strongholds on the south bank, and then
After overcoming all difficulties, we built a camp on the north bank to form a company camp to control Tingzi Mountain, the waterway in the middle reaches of the Chu River, and Dasi Mountain south of the Chu River.
Of course, the Shouzhou Army had a large number of cavalry on the north bank of Chuzhou. At this time, they also rushed to set up a camp on each side of Tingzi Mountain on the north bank. It was easy for the Tangyi Marching Army to set up camp on the south bank, but they had to cross the Chu River in front of their noses.
To build a stronghold on the north bank, one must pay even more tragic sacrifices.
However, if you don't want to be suppressed by the Shouzhou Army with superior strength in Tangyi City, and if you want to gain a certain strategic depth on the north bank of the Yangtze River, how can you do it without bloodshed or tragic sacrifices?
"Liyang City in the west was captured first by Wen Bo's troops. Next, no matter how heavy the price is, I will capture Liyang City and control Qingcang Mountain in the upper reaches of the Chu River and Fucha Mountain in the north.
In this way, we can control the Chu River. Then we can push the troops northward along the tributaries on the north bank of the Chu River and advance step by step. Theoretically, we can build the camp to Yuping Mountain southwest of Chuzhou City and Chuzhou City.
On the south wing of Mopan Valley on the northeast side, Kong Xirong led his troops to continue fighting in the Wijian Mountains. By then, we will be able to completely cut off Chuzhou City's connection with the outside world and trap it into an isolated city."
In the simple tent, with the help of an oil lamp to illuminate the dim tent more brightly, Han Qian pointed to the detailed map hanging on the wall and introduced the follow-up battle plan to Han Daoming, who entered the North Bank camp again, and said,
"However, even if Li Zhigao is not slack on the Western Front, Xu Mingzhen can still gather 40,000 troops in front of us; and with the eyesight of Xu Mingzhen, Wen Bo and others, no matter how slow they are, they will capture Liyang in front of our troops.
After the city understands all my intentions, the battle for the branch along the north bank will become extremely fierce. Even if the imperial court allows me to recruit 20,000 generals from the old Zuoguang German Army and Jiangbei refugees, it is far from enough, because to achieve this
With one intention, it would take at least 20,000 men to throw their heads on this land!"
The main force of the navy and the right Shenwu army were destroyed, and more than 40,000 generals disappeared almost day and night. Han Daoming did not have any deep feelings. He was just worried about the safety of Jinling City and the Chu State, which was closely related to the fate of the Han family.
, when I heard Han Qian say that capturing Chuzhou City from the Shouzhou Army would require the sacrifice of 20,000 generals, I felt frightened.
Han Jun's problem has become a detail, and Feng Liao is supervising their implementation. What Han Qian is talking about at this time is about Han Daoming's interests for Tangyi camp in the court in the future, and even how the Han family will thoroughly
integrate into this strategy.
"If a minister in the DPRK asks why Tangyi Xingying did not send troops to join Wei Zhen in advance to defend Chuzhou City, how should we respond?" Han Daochang asked.
"If anyone asks this, then tell him that I can hand over the position of general manager of Tangyi's camp to save them from hiding in Jiangnan and talking lightly!" Han Qian said with a smile.
Han Daochang was speechless by Han Qian. He had been mainly engaged in family property in recent years and only entered an official career in recent years. He also served in the Salt and Iron Transport Department. How could he know so much about military affairs?
"I'm not afraid of people questioning this, but to gain more support in the North Bank, you still need specific provisions before you can talk about it," Han Daoming said.
He knew that Han Qian was able to hold the camp on the north bank this time mainly because he relied on shipping and the Chu River, a waterway connected to the Yangtze River, which could quickly transport a large amount of military supplies and war equipment. If he really wanted to send troops in advance, even if he could send thousands of soldiers
Entering Chuzhou City, but without sufficient supplies and weapons to support them, they will eventually be besieged in Chuzhou City by the Shouzhou Army with superior strength.
By then, even if Han Qian can barely hold on to Chuzhou, he can only hope that others will lead his troops to rescue him. How can he have any initiative?
"In terms of specific provisions, in addition to Tangyi and Liyang, where we are now, a new county of Puyang can be built, a new county of Tingshan can be built in Tingzishan, and a new county of Wujiang can be built in the southwest foothills of Dasi Mountain and Linjiang.
"Shou Yi County," Han Qian said, "the five counties only have the area along the south bank of the Chu River. If we build remote embankments to divert the river water, we can still reclaim 6.7 million acres of new land. At this time, Tangyi has accommodated more than 16,000 households of refugees.
It can accommodate 14,000 households. The slaves of each family are willing to serve as soldiers in Tangyi. In addition to the salary for recruiting soldiers, the family can be granted thirty acres of grain land when they move north. However, from Tangyi to Liyang, a hundred miles of embankment must be built and reclaimed.
Xintian will cost at least millions of dollars. The stretched national treasury must not be able to come up with this money and food. Xuzhou is currently trying its best to make up for the shortcomings in soldiers and weapons. This gap needs to be filled by the Han family.
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Han Daochang took a breath of cold air.
The Han family is not as good as the Feng family, and their vitality has been severely damaged by these years of hard work. At this time, by disposing of all the remaining farm property, they can probably barely scrape together one million yuan of food.
Han Qian wanted to bankrupt the Han family and depose Han Jun to help him gain a foothold in Tangyi!
"Is it possible that the second uncle is worried that in the end he will lose all his efforts and make no money back?" Han Qian saw Han Daochang's hesitant look and asked with a smile.
