Chapter five hundred and sixty-one night battle to seize the stronghold
Even if one could guess the intentions of Emperor Liang Zhu Yu, it would be extremely difficult to break the situation.
Not to mention Huaidong, if Han Qian wanted to open up the situation in Tangyi, he would have to spend countless lives to fill it.
Cooperation with Huaidong was the foundation laid when the Chishan Association was first established, and it became even more important for both parties at this time.
Not only Huaidong's western defense line requires the presence of Tangyi, but Huaidong's troops stationed in Yangzhou and Dongyang can also reduce the pressure on Tangyi if they can extend the front slightly westward from the north and south banks of Fanliang Lake.
The two sides have a more or less bitter relationship.
Thinking of this, Han Qian said to Yin Peng: "Feng Liao is here. If King Xin has any requests, Yin Sima can discuss them with him."
At this time, the sound of golden drums on the north bank was loud, and Yin Peng couldn't help but look over, instead of being busy talking to Feng Liao about specific cooperation matters.
Three days ago, under the cover of naval warships, Feng Xuan led 3,000 soldiers to march westward along the south bank of the Chu River and set up camp at the northwest foot of Dasi Mountain. At that time, the Shouzhou Army was already on the other side at Tingzi.
A village at the foot of Shandong is home to more than a thousand elite soldiers.
Naturally, what Han Qian sought was not just to divide Shouzhou across the Chu River and rule it.
After Feng Xuan led his troops to set up camp on the south bank, today, with the assistance of Shuiying, he directly sent troops to land on the north bank of the river, intending to capture the camp built by the Shouzhou Army at the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain so that they could stand on the north bank of the Chu River.
The Tingzi Mountain, which stretches ten miles from east to west and is over a hundred feet high, is within your control.
When Yin Peng arrived at the Tingshan camp, Han Qian was standing in front of the river beach on the south bank to watch the battle. He was almost able to see with his own eyes the entire process of today's fierce and cruel battlefield between the Tangyi soldiers and the Shouzhou army.
In the early days, people in Huaidong were very worried that Han Qian would not actively fight on the north bank in order to preserve his strength. However, ten days ago, in order to establish a camp at the mouth of the Puyang River flowing into the Chu River, Han Qian established a camp in Puyang, more than 30 miles away.
Yanghekou fought against Wenbo and the Shouzhou Army led by Zhao Mingting. The scale was quite large, and Huaidong was completely relieved.
And Yin Peng had already known many details from the messages sent back by the scouts.
In the battle at Puyang River Estuary, Tangyi soldiers still occupied certain geographical advantages.
After all, when Wen Bo led his elite infantry to prepare for a strong attack, Tangyi soldiers first established a certain defensive camp at the mouth of the river on the north bank, and then used their advantages in armor and weapons to inflict heavy losses on the Shouzhou army, and finally forced the Shouzhou army to
The main force of the army retreated into Chuzhou City and watched as the Tangyi soldiers established themselves at the mouth of the Puyang River.
Yin Peng thought that Han Qian should be satisfied with such a victory. In the future, he only needed to divide his troops on the south bank of the Chu River and the western foot of Dasi Mountain, and establish a camp on the east bank of the Wushou River that flows into the Yangtze River through the Chu River. He would almost be able to conquer Dasi Mountain, including Dasi Mountain.
The area extending eastward to Tangyi for nearly a hundred miles is under control.
Although the court allowed Han Qian to recruit 20,000 regular soldiers in Tangyi, Han Qian only had 3,000 elite soldiers as his base in Xuzhou. Even if he could recruit young and strong men from the old Zuo Guangde army and refugees to expand the battalion, Yin Peng saw that
It would take about half a year anyway before the Tangyi soldiers could really show their sharp and destructive fangs.
However, Yin Peng did not expect that Han Qian sent 3,000 infantrymen to camp on the south bank of the Tingzi Mountain section of the Chu River, and within just three days, he sent troops to attack the Shouzhou Army again.
The camp on the north shore.
Although the Shouzhou Army had no water camp to use in Chuzhou, and although the Shouzhou Army's camp at the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain was very crude, compared with the battle at the Puyang River Estuary, the advantages and disadvantages of both sides were completely reversed.
In addition to having thousands of infantry to capture the camp, the Shouzhou Army also had thousands of cavalry from the north and east to attack directly. As a result, the Tangyi soldiers who landed on the riverbank and attacked outwards were attacked on both sides and suffered heavy casualties.
However, Han Qian ignored these casualties. After his troops had established a foothold on the river beach, he asked Feng Xuan, who was commanding the war on the north bank, to decisively extend his troops to the north and attack the enemy camp slightly north overnight.
At this time, Yin Peng could see warships one after another, carrying soldiers, weapons, and various supplies from the east in a steady stream. He was secretly surprised. Judging from the situation, Han Qian wanted to launch another tens of thousands of warships at the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain.
A brutal battle on a human scale.
It has only been three days since the Battle of Puyang Hekou ended!
Compared with the Battle of Puyang River Estuary, the Tangyi soldiers could no longer gain much advantage at the southern foot of Tingzi Mountain. As far as Yin Peng saw this afternoon, the fighting was very fierce in the afternoon. The Tangyi soldiers only had an advantage in Bingjia and War Weapons.
, the others are all at a disadvantage. As the battle progresses now, the casualties of Tangyi soldiers should be more heavy.
Yin Peng couldn't guess what Han Qian's intention was. Although the more intense the fighting here would undoubtedly be, the more pressure Huaidong would face, he couldn't help but worry that Han Qian was too aggressive in using troops and would suffer the Shouzhou Army's defeat if he lost.
The fierce counterattack finally failed to defend even Tangyi City.
In that case, that would be too bad.
However, Yin Peng also knew that no matter what he was worried about, there was no room for him to comment.
The war is urgent, and neither side has the leisure to make any detours.
When the sky darkened, Yin Peng and his retinue followed Feng Liao into the camp to discuss the border issues of the two sides' defense zones and many cooperation matters.
This conversation lasted all night, and the sound of fighting on the north bank never stopped, mixed with the biting cold wind and spread to the south bank.
It was daylight, and when the sound of fighting on the north bank gradually subsided, Yin Peng thought that the two sides had stopped fighting to rest.
Feng Liao still needed to report to Han Qian about the matters discussed between the two parties last night before a relatively formal letter would be sent back to Yangzhou by Yin Peng and handed over to Wang Wenqian.
So Yin Peng followed Feng Liao out of the camp and went to the river embankment to find Han Qian.
However, Han Qian was no longer at the river embankment. They climbed up the river embankment and looked north. They saw black smoke billowing from the enemy camp at the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain. In the farther direction, there were more than 2,000 Shouzhou Army soldiers heading north.
It slowly retreated in the direction of Chuzhou City.
Seeing this scene, Yin Peng couldn't help but stood there in a daze, so he fought all night, and the Tangyi soldiers captured the enemy camp on Tingzi Mountain?
Shouldn't the soldiers guarding the camp at the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain be elite defenders transferred by Wen Bo from Chaozhou?
Under the leadership of Wen Bo, these elite soldiers withstood Li Zhigao's offensive and defended the Chaozhou Army for more than half a year without showing signs of fatigue. Why did they abandon the camp at the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain so easily?
Yin Peng and Feng Liao took a paddle boat to the north bank, especially the battlefield near the camp at the east foot of Tingzi Mountain. At this time, the battlefield had not yet been cleared. Large bodies of corpses were piled up and down, and the simple and incomplete walls of the village were stained with blood.
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A rough estimate shows that in order to attack a simple camp with a radius of 300 to 400 paces, only a few thousand generals were killed. The battle can already be said to be quite tragic.
Walking into the camp, you can also see that the Shouzhou Army suffered a lot of casualties, but it can still be seen that the casualties were much less than those of the Tangyi Army.
The Shouzhou Army had a considerable advantage in strength in Chuzhou, and the casualties in defending the stronghold were less, so why did they abandon the stronghold and retreat north?
After all, Yin Peng had been tested on the battlefield for a long time. He was confused for a moment. When he walked up to the incomplete village wall and took a more complete view of the battlefield, he understood what was going on.
At the position where the Tangyi soldiers set up the cyclone cannon, the blood stains were still heavy and there were many corpses piled up. It can be seen that in order to prevent the Tangyi soldiers from setting up the cyclone cannon outside the camp, the Shouzhou army went out to the camp many times to carry out fierce counterattacks.
It is unimaginable that in such a small-scale capture of the Walled City, more than thirty cyclone cannons were set on fire and burned overnight.
However, Yin Peng also knew very well how dense the Tangyi soldiers were with their crossbows, so it was not difficult to imagine the tragic price the defenders had to pay in order to burn down these more than thirty cyclone cannons.
Did the defenders choose to abandon the stronghold and retreat north because they felt that they could no longer restrict the Tangyi soldiers from setting up cyclone cannons outside the stronghold and that the camp was too small to withstand the cyclone cannons?
Thinking of this, Yin Peng took a closer look at the traces on the battlefield and could see from the traces left on the walls and inside and outside the camp that even the arrows used by Tangyi soldiers were many times denser than those used by the defenders.
In addition to the burned cyclone cannon, all the various tanks and war equipment destroyed on the battlefield were basically those of the Tangyi soldiers.
If Han Qian was seizing the beach and attacking the stronghold, he only used elite veterans, and he had an absolute advantage in bows, crossbows and weapons. The casualties could not be higher than those of the defenders. Of course, the elite veterans in Han Qian's hands were very
Limited, no matter how limited the casualties are, it cannot withstand the consumption of hundreds or even thousands of people in a battle, unless Han Qian uses new soldiers who have just been recruited from the refugees?
Yin Peng somewhat understood.
Since Ci was not in charge of troops, Han Qian could only recruit a limited number of elite veterans, so he could only use new soldiers and sophisticated armor and weapons to compete with the Shouzhou army.
In comparison, the Shouzhou army assembled in Chuzhou in the early stage were all elite and had an advantage in terms of size of troops, but they were short of supplies. It was a real loss to use the elite old soldiers to compete with the new soldiers of the Tangyi army.
Is this the only choice to retreat if you have no choice?
Even if he wanted to understand this, Yin Peng was secretly surprised when he heard Feng Xuan ask about the casualties of more than 1,600 people in this battle.
"There are four to five thousand remnant soldiers and nearly 20,000 people in Wujian Mountain. After capturing Tingzi Mountain, these troops can withdraw at night. The casualties in this battle are a bit heavy, but it is worth it." Feng Liao said to Yin Peng.
There is still a gap of more than thirty miles between Tingzi Mountain and the southern range of Wujian Mountains. However, the Tangyi soldiers have established a foothold in Tingzi Mountain, and the Shouzhou army lacks the supplies to set up camp in the open area. No matter how strong the soldiers and horses are, the capital
It would be difficult to establish an airtight blockade on the southern foot of the Wujian Mountains before the attack of Tangyi soldiers.
Therefore, it will be much easier for the soldiers and civilians in the Wujian Mountains to break out of the encirclement at night.
Of course, Feng Liao and Yin Peng emphasized this point. Even Huaidong did not want them to guess the ultimate intention here prematurely...
