This time it was the Han army's turn to concentrate and press forward step by step.
The Northern Zhou army in front was completely in disarray.
In the former camp, because the Han army's artillery and stone bombs had completely demolished the camp, it was no problem at all. The Northern Zhou army was gradually oppressed by the Han army into a strip long from east to west and narrow from north to south, with the cyan flags of the Zhou people.
They were scattered messily on the ground. Even standing on the bank of Huai River, one could hear the hoarse but helpless shouts of the Zhou generals in the distance.
The soldiers do not know the generals, and the generals do not know the soldiers. This is already complete chaos.
The drums of the Han army stopped.
The Han troops pressing up from the north and south gradually stopped, and the Han troops on the west bank of Qingshui had already built two pontoon bridges. Tens of thousands of Imperial Guard soldiers moved quickly along the pontoon bridges, and the troops in front of them
Zhou Jun had no intention of blocking them at all. He just retreated desperately, squeezing the people behind him all the way east.
However, it is not possible to leave the east side if you want. The Han troops on the south and north sides have already detoured eastward, and finally blocked the gap that was originally only responsible for the Yulin Cavalry. After all, the number of Yulin Cavalry is not large.
If the enemy mustered up the courage to really charge forward, the Yulin Cavalry might not be that capable of stopping them.
But now, the Northern Zhou army really has no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth.
"Long live my emperor, long live my emperor!" The Han army burst into uniform shouts.
The red dragon flag inlaid with gold edge crossed the Huai River and appeared on the north bank of the Huai River.
Emperor Li Xingchen of the Han Dynasty has crossed the Huaihe River and appeared on this battlefield.
"My emperor's decree is to put down your weapons and surrender without killing!"
A famous cavalryman quickly walked across the battlefield.
The Han army also moved forward again.
Obviously, as long as the enemy insists on not putting down their weapons, they don't mind inserting the sword directly into their chests!
"My emperor's decree is to surrender without killing!"
When the cavalry came back again, the Battle of Qingjiangkou was over.
The green flags that were still barely erected had fallen down one after another. From the generals to the soldiers, the Northern Zhou army laid down their weapons one after another.
The enemy's Emperor has already visited the battlefield in person, and the enemy's morale has been greatly boosted. In addition, the encirclement has been completed. If he doesn't want to be turned into flesh and hang on his brother's armor, what other choice is there besides laying down his weapons?
The Han army quickly moved out and controlled the surrendering Zhou army. A Zhou general was picked out. The Battle of Qingjiangkou was a bit strange. Li Xingchen was also eager to know why the Zhou army reacted in the Battle of Qingjiangkou.
He always seems so slow, and his organizational skills are not very strong. Almost every battle relies on the bravery of the soldiers.
Both Li Xingchen and the other Han generals were aware of this problem.
The Zhou people seemed to lack a unified command. Even though there was only one battlefield, various parts of the Zhou people fought independently.
Soon Li Xingchen got the answer he wanted.
"Wang Gui led his army to the mouth of the vortex?!"
The expressions of Yang Su and others accompanying him also changed.
Wukou, opposite to the mouth of the Qingjiang River, is located in the other direction of Zhongli, upstream of the Huai River, specifically on the northwest side of Liangjun.
This time the Han army attacked Huaibei across the board. Of course, it was impossible to launch an attack at every river mouth. The main direction of the attack was the Qingjiang mouth and the line from Chuzhou to Xuzhou further east, where Wu Huijue was in charge. These two places were both east and west.
Belongs to Huaidong.
In Huaixi, Lu Zicai was responsible for attacking Xuanhu City, and then went north along the Ru River to join Chen Zhishen.
As for the area between Huaidong and Huaixi, in the direction of the vortex, Dai Cai led the Jiangnan Guards to guard it, mainly using Ma Tou City in Huainan as a defensive point to cover Liangjun's flanks.
The Jiangnan Guards, as the name suggests, is not a regular military establishment of the Han Army at all. It is a temporary unit composed of rural soldiers recruited from Jiangdong, Jingnan and other places after the war began.
Even now, the number of regular troops of the Han army is actually not very large. They can only maintain the offensive against the enemy on the front line. However, the defense of many towns in the rear still has to rely on local rural troops, in other words, militiamen. These militiamen are almost
He has not received much formal training. He mainly works on farming and maintaining local order on weekdays. He is only called into battle when the war comes.
Of course, muskets and artillery are completely new things to them. Even trebuchets, they may not be able to use them neatly. After all, the daily training of rural soldiers is mainly simple assassination with swords and guns and forming formations.
To maintain local security and deal with some thieves, firearms and large siege equipment are not needed.
Therefore, when he heard that Wang Gui led his troops towards the mouth of the vortex, even Li Xingchen took a breath of cold air.
The mouth of the vortex is still far away from here!
Yesterday, I was busy rushing to support the war at Qingjiangkou, but I ignored Wang Gui's whereabouts. I thought Wang Gui was either at Qingjiangkou or in Chuzhou, but I didn't expect that Wang Gui would take such a risk and go directly along the Huai River to Huaixi.
And go.
If Dai Cai could block Wang Gui, it would be okay. If the vortex was lost, Wang Gui would be able to cross the vortex and attack Liangjun. At this time, Liangjun was the rear area of the Han army and had few defenders and no food.
There is no shortage of equipment reserves!
In addition, once the vortex was lost, Lu Zicai's flanks in Huaixi would also be exposed to Wang Gui's troops.
This Wang Gui is so brave!
Of course, Li Xingchen is not in a state of chaos now.
At this time, it was unrealistic for the Han army to turn around and support the vortex mouth, but Wang Gui would not completely gain the upper hand. Wang Gui himself probably did not expect that Li Xingchen would lead reinforcements to the Qingjiang mouth so quickly and break through the outer and inner forces.
The empty Northern Zhou camp.
If Li Xingchen lingers on the road for another two days, the Han army may face an embarrassing situation: there is no breakthrough at the Qingjiangkou, and the enemy's main force has already attacked Liangjun from the mouth of the vortex, so there is no doubt that the Han army will be absolutely passive.
So after thinking about this, Li Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief.
At least I haven't completely become passive yet.
However, he was also taken aback by Wang Gui's boldness.
Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. Since Wang Gui knows that defending the defense line will eventually be broken through by the enemy, it is normal to take the initiative to attack and "use small to gain big".
"It's really 'nervous and exciting'," Li Xingchen laughed, "the order was sent, the Yulin Cavalry gathered. I led the Yulin Cavalry back to Liangjun. I took the first step. Li Ping's troops repaired for half a day and then took the naval warship to Liangjun.
The county and other troops will attack eastward and northward as planned and break through the Huaidong defense line as soon as possible!"
"His Majesty!"
Chunyucen, Lu Shixiong and others were all shocked.
Your Majesty led his light cavalry back to rush for reinforcements. How could this be done?!
Doesn’t that mean that His Majesty will personally face the dangers from Wukou to Liangjun?!
As generals of the Han army, their mission is to protect His Majesty's safety. How could they put His Majesty in danger?