"Chen Zhishen fought beautifully in this battle!" Li Xingchen patted the table excitedly.
The accompanying officials, including Yang Su, who had just boarded the ship to see Li Xingchen, all showed joy on their faces.
The good news just came this morning.
Chen Zhishen had led his troops to break through the water defense line. Northern Zhou defender Cui Jingsong fled across the water in a hurry. He had nearly ten thousand troops under his command, but only a thousand of them escaped because of their fast running. The only drawback was that Cui Jingsong had no ability to escape.
Too bad we didn't catch him.
Chen Zhishen would not give up. After crossing the water, he led his army in pursuit and broke through two camps of the Northern Zhou army on the south bank of Ru River. Of course, part of the reason was Cui Jingsong's escape. The defenders in these camps had already
They had no intention of fighting anymore, and the Han army came to kill them in a mighty manner. They were alone, what else would they do if they didn't run away?
Therefore, the Han army has now advanced to the south bank of Ru River overnight, and a Han navy fleet heading north along Ru River has connected with Chen Zhishen's troops.
The result of the convergence of the Han army's land and naval divisions was naturally that Chen Zhishen was able to use the waterway to calmly transport more troops south to Xuanhu City, helping Lu Zicai, who was indeed somewhat lacking in troops, to solve this nail on Huaixi's throat, and then completely
Lu Zicai's troops were also liberated.
It can be said that Chen Zhishen broke through the water and really revived the whole battle in Huaixi. The entire Huaixi War situation has changed from the original situation where the Han army was unable to advance to the current situation where the Northern Zhou army collapsed.
In addition, the Han army also lured the Northern Zhou reinforcements from Luoyang to Luyang County, and then fought a beautiful siege battle under the leadership of Cao Zhong. Yuchi Jiong's Qi Lianxiong army was almost wiped out, and even Qi Lianxiong
I myself became a prisoner of the Han army.
Obviously, in terms of escape ability this time, Wang Gui's men should be slightly better.
Of course, the Han army did not pay a price at all. As the news of the Battle of Luyang came, no matter how stupid Cui Jingsong was, he knew that there was a spy under his command. Fortunately, before Cui Jingsong ran back to Xuchang in embarrassment, Xuchang
The white robes escorted Bao Xin to evacuate from the city, but even so, most of the white robes who stayed in the city were sacrificed in the subsequent large-scale manhunt.
Wang Gui also didn't trust Yuchi Jiong, so after Yuchi Jiong agreed to send reinforcements to support the war in Xuchang, he still squeezed out 8,000 troops and horses through his teeth and asked his son Wang Yu to lead them to Xuchang.
Thanks to Wang Gui's wise decision, Cui Jingsong was defeated miserably when Wang Yu arrived in Xuchang. The eight thousand Northern Zhou troops entering the city finally gave Cui Jingsong some confidence to clean up the mess.
Otherwise, there would be no reinforcements, and most of the soldiers and horses under his command would be dead or wounded. Cui Jingsong really didn't know what he should rely on to continue defending.
Although Xuchang can be regarded as a big city, there is no danger to defend it when looking around. It is actually located in the fertile wilderness in the hinterland of the Central Plains. If the battle line is drawn to the Songshan Mountains in the north, what is the difference between that and voluntarily giving up on Xuchang?
Now that there are eight thousand more soldiers and horses, Cui Jingsong has the courage to compete with the Han army again, and the Han's spy in Xuchang has almost been lost, so there is no way to find out what is going on in Xuchang city.
There must be gains and losses. Chen Zhishen and Cao Zhong, who originally planned this battle, could not judge the next changes of the Northern Zhou army. Therefore, such a price must be paid. Compared with the victory achieved by the Han army, these prices
It’s nothing.
The Han army would not be able to fight without internal cooperation.
At the same time, good news came from Guanzhong.
Although Xiao Shilian has not yet captured Tongguan, he has made a lot of fuss around Tongguan.
As the gateway to Luoyang, Tongguan is the place where the Northern Zhou army will inevitably rescue. Especially after Sima Xiaonan was defeated, the defenders of Tongguan were even weaker. Therefore, not only Yuchi Jiong was thinking of ways to increase troops to Tongguan, but Yu Wenxian also transferred a group of troops from Puzhou.
The infantry, cavalry, and horses tried to cross the river directly from Puban and attack the flanks of Guanzhong, so as to contain Xiao Shilian's troops as much as possible.
Tongguan could not be captured for a long time, so Xiao Shilian had already changed his mind and prepared to encircle the point and call for reinforcements.
Since you have soldiers and horses from the Northern Zhou Dynasty coming to your door, I will naturally not be polite to you.
It was night, and Xiao Shilian lined up under Tongguan, pretending to fight at night. In fact, in addition to the front row of soldiers and horses, there were scarecrows behind the city. Anyway, Fei Jinli did not have the guts to go out of the city to face the continuous artillery fire these days.
The bombardment had caused them to lose the courage to leave the city. Even with the protection of the city wall, the casualties were so high. If they had rashly left the city, they would have been beaten to a pulp by the enemy.
In fact, the main force of the Han army has moved north. In cooperation with the Chang'an garrison led by Xu Deyan, the Han army laid a dragnet around Puban. Naturally, the Northern Zhou army ran into the encirclement and was forced by the Han army to retreat to the bank of the river.
, Northern Zhou Buqi fought for the ferry, resulting in numerous casualties.
After cleaning the battlefield after dawn, Xiao Shilian reluctantly discovered that not many Northern Zhou troops were actually killed or wounded by the Han army. Most of the Northern Zhou troops were trampled to death by their own people, drowned when crossing the river, etc.
After all, in the dark of night, the Han army's muskets and crossbows were not very accurate. Without waiting for the Han army to fight hand-to-hand, the Northern Zhou army, which realized that it had been tricked, was completely confused and turned around and ran away.
, by the time the Han army caught up, the Northern Zhou army was already robbing the ferry.
After a night of hard work, the Han army defeated the Northern Zhou reinforcements at almost no cost, and even easily captured Pubanjin, taking control of the main battlefield where Yang Jian and Yu Wenxian had fought.
In this regard, Xiao Shilian can only say that the guys from the north, especially when they are still bringing war horses, should just build the pontoon bridge obediently. They have to take a boat because they can have a surprise effect. Now, when you are defeated,
Just snatching ships was fatal enough, and several ships even sank in the water because they were overloaded.
Why bother?
If you don't have the diamond-swimming skills and shipbuilding skills of the Southerners, you shouldn't take this porcelain job.
When daylight broke and Fei Yejinli from Tongguan Gate realized that the people staring at him yesterday were actually a group of scarecrows, the Han army forward Shi Shiran returned to the camp and threw the captured Northern Zhou flags on the ground.
The morale of the defenders at Tongguan Pass dropped sharply.
It’s no wonder that the Han army killed too fiercely. The main reason was that Fei Yejinli spread the news that reinforcements would come from Pubanjin in order to improve the morale of Tongguan. It was no longer a secret in Tongguan City. The Northern Zhou army
They are all gearing up and waiting to cooperate with the reinforcements coming from the north to end this nightmarish city defense battle.
In the end, who would have thought that the reinforcements they were waiting for were just broken flags.