The artillery roared, and the entire south bank of the water groaned under the roar of the artillery.
Cui Jingsong backed the underwater fortress not because he had the same determination and courage as Han Xin to mobilize the soldiers to fight against the water. Cui Jingsong still had some idea of the mixed good and bad soldiers under his command.
It's just because there is no place on the south bank of this huge water that can be defended by danger. Water is the last choice. The water is not deep anyway. Even if we really can't fight, the worst we can do is run through the water.
After receiving Wang Gui's order to send out troops to resist, Cui Jingsong was ready to die here at any time.
Because he didn't think it was a good choice to go out of the city and fight with the Han army in the field.
The current Han army is not the original Nanchen army. Cui Jingsong also followed Wang Gui south to attack Wu Mingche. Although the Nanchen army at that time was elite, the number of soldiers and horses was too small. Even Wu Mingche was a figure.
After all, it's hard to stand alone.
But today's Han army needs quality and quantity. The numerical advantage of the Northern Zhou army no longer exists. Even in field battles, there is no advantage.
But of course Cui Jingsong also knows Wang Gui's difficulties.
Defending the city must defend the country, especially now that there is a large amount of grain that has just been planted on the land outside the city. If the Han army were to compress the Northern Zhou army into Xuchang City, it would be equivalent to the Northern Zhou directly losing control of a large amount of farmland.
If every city is like this, the cities south of the river may not be able to hold on until the second half of the year. Not to mention that the Han army has strong siege capabilities. Is it safe to defend the city?
not necessarily.
Cui Jingsong now admits that this is indeed the case.
Because the artillery smashed down the shells, it was the same everywhere!
Under the bombardment of artillery, even the Chinese army's tent was crumbling, so Cui Jingsong decisively hid in a naturally formed trench, lying in the trench and looking forward, while the guards behind him were still desperately trying to clear the trench.
Broaden, because by this time everyone has realized that there is no difference between staying on flat ground and seeking death!
Even so, the dust raised by the artillery fire still fell on him from time to time. Cui Jingsong watched the Northern Zhou soldiers who were running and hiding in panic were easily overturned by the artillery fire, and his eyes became red: "Where is Qi Lianxiong?!"
Qi Lianxiong was not Wang Gui's subordinate, but Yuchi Jun's subordinate. Originally, the Han army's attack direction was at the junction of Wang Gui's and Yuchi Jun's defense areas, and the significance of Xuchang to Luoyang was far greater than that to Huaibei, so although Xuchang
Wang Gui should be responsible for guarding this area, but Yuchi Jiong definitely can't sit idly by. Once Xuchang is easily lost, Luoyang will be lively.
Qi Lianxiong is the reinforcement that went south from Xuanyuan Pass. However, since Qi Lianxiong sent the news that he had set off from Xuanyuan Pass, Cui Jingsong has not yet contacted Qi Lianxiong. Where has this guy gone?
There is only one path in total, could this guy take the wrong path?
"There is no news from our messenger yet. I guess he will be here soon, right?" a personal attendant shouted loudly. If his voice had not been louder, it would have been completely drowned out by the roar of the artillery fire.
"It stands to reason that we should have arrived two days ago!" Cui Jingsong reached out and punched the ground angrily.
It was not his original intention to fight with his back to the water. The water defense line he planned was to line up on the south bank of the water to block the enemy for a period of time, kill the enemy's spirit, and then retreat to the north bank under the cover of Qi Lianxiong, and then rely on the water and
After that, Ru Shui and others resisted step by step.
But now the situation has unexpectedly evolved into Cui Jingsong leading his soldiers to defend the south bank of the water, while Qi Lianxiong, who should have appeared on the north bank to respond, has never been seen. At this time, Cui Jingsong is really in a dilemma.
If you continue to persist, your entire army will inevitably be annihilated.
And if he were to run away at this time, he would probably be killed by the Han army, which would be no different from the annihilation of the entire army.
"Damn it!" Cui Jingsong yelled angrily.
At this time, there was a sharp roar in the sky, and the guards around him had quick eyes and quick hands and threw Cui Jingsong down.
The shell exploded just outside the trench, and the whole earth trembled violently.
Cui Jingsong felt his eyes go dark and lost consciousness.
It's not that Qi Lianxiong didn't want to go to rescue Cui Jingsong. If he was really slacking off, he had to at least pretend and try to move closer to the water to show that he really went. But unfortunately, due to the weather, so
Rescue could not arrive in time.
It is definitely impossible to say that there is no conflict at all between Yuchi Jiong's command and Wang Gui's command. Most of Wang Gui's generals are not satisfied with the current troop arrangement, so why should Yuchi Jong go to defend?
Luoyang, one of the few remaining prosperous places in the Central Plains, still has delicious food and spicy food, but they can only be trapped in Huaibei, unable to move at all?
You must know that there is no harm without comparison. Although Luoyang has been devastated by years of war, it is definitely not a wealthy town, but because it is an important node and support point on the Henan defense line for the Northern Zhou Dynasty, most of the food, weapons and equipment, etc.
etc. will give priority to supplying the defenders of Luoyang, while Wang Gui's subordinates in Huaibei can only get some soup from Luoyang or directly obtain supplies from Yecheng through Qingzhou. However, the former is of course very few. With the current stretched national power of the Northern Zhou Dynasty,
It is already very difficult to feed Yuchi Jiong's troops. If Yuchi Jiong squeezes a little more out of his teeth, there won't be much left.
As for the latter, the Northern Zhou Dynasty's national power had already been squeezed to the extreme by Yu Wenxian. After giving priority to Luoyang and Jinyang, there was not much left.
It’s not that the Huaibei defense line was unimportant in the hearts of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. For the Northern Dynasties, Huaibei was an indispensable defense line for them to maintain Qingzhou and even the entire Central Plains region.
Physically, Huaibei is the defense line of the Central Plains, and Luoyang is the heart of the Central Plains. If even the heart has been lost, then what is the use of Huaibei?
Therefore, the conflict between Huaibei and Luoyang still existed for a long time, and the two sides were often at war with each other in order to snatch the few supplies from the imperial court.
In addition, Captain Chi Jiong and Wang Gui are far from working together. The reason why Yu Chi Jiong supports Yu Wenxian is to protect the orthodoxy of the Xianbei people, while Wang Gui supports Yu Wenxian more because of his
At first, he and Yang Jian were irreconcilable political enemies. In fact, his relationship with Yu Wenxian was not close. It was just that the Northern Zhou Dynasty was divided and he had no choice at all.
In other words, the middle and low-level generals under Yuchi Jiong, who constituted the main body of the army, were actually Xianbei people, such as Fei Yejinli.