Chapter 1968 A person has not moved yet, but you will come first
Xiao Shilue had a small number of troops on his side. It would be good to attack Qiziling by force, but he had not yet planned to do such a thing that was likely to result in death.
In the previous confrontation, Xiao Shilue and Shuofeng were not idle. There was no large-scale conflict between the two sides, but the small battles between the scouts almost never stopped, and the final result was that both sides suffered a lot of casualties.
This also made Xiao Shilue dare not really underestimate Shuofeng.
This guy effectively took advantage of the high mountains and dense forests in Qiziling Mountain. The scouts spread out and fought closely with the Han army. In this case, it was almost difficult for the Han army's firearms to play their due role, and both sides could only rely on their weapons.
There was a fight, so that Xiao Shilue later simply did not send out the musketeers, as they would not be able to help and might cause trouble.
Speaking of this, Xiao Shilue was still a little depressed. Originally, it was the Han army's specialty to separate scouts for guerrilla combat, but in the end, he was imitated by these phoenixes.
This guy is qualified to sit in Qiziling, and he is not a vegetarian. In the previous battle, he must have underestimated the enemy. In other words, under the turbulent attack of the Han army at that time, he himself could not judge clearly what Xiao Shilue's purpose was.
The purpose is not to attack the cottage, so we can only focus our defense on the cottage first and ignore the grain transportation road behind it.
Now that several phoenixes have gained wisdom, the scattered scouts have opened a large net that is difficult to see in the dense forest, so it is unlikely that Xiao Shilue will repeat his same trick.
The sound of horse hoofbeats suddenly sounded. Du Fuwei turned over and dismounted, and rushed to Xiao Shilue in three steps and two steps at a time: "Captain, some phoenixes have come down the mountain."
"What?" Xiao Shi slightly raised his eyebrows.
"Two hundred cavalrymen should have passed the valley by this time," Du Fuwei said hurriedly. "In addition, the smoke is billowing behind the cavalrymen, and there should be a large group of infantry."
"I was still worried about how to cause trouble for him, but I didn't expect him to come to the door first." Xiao Shilue raised his eyebrows, "What do you want to do?"
Du Fuwei considered it and said: "It should be that our army has begun to attack Hanoi from Luoyang north, and various places are in panic, so Shuofeng is eager to return to the army for rescue. If he cannot ensure that our army will not launch an attack on Qiziling, he should not dare to rush
Turn back to Hanoi.”
"So you plan to give someone a showdown first?" Xiao Shiluo smiled.
"It seems so." Du Fuwei nodded.
"Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover, and I haven't come to trouble him yet, but he has come to trouble me first." Xiao Shilue raised his knife and said loudly, "Soldiers, let's go meet this prince-in-law for a while!
"
The soldiers agreed in unison.
Shuofeng was defeated by Xiao Shilue last time, and they believe it will be the same this time!
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The speculations of Xiao Shilue and Du Fuwei were not wrong. The Han army began to cross the river from Mengjin and Hulao directions yesterday afternoon. The naval warships covered the entire river, and the artillery and trebuchets took less than an hour to cross the river.
Several camps on the other side were wiped out.
More than a dozen warships of the Northern Zhou Navy launched a heroic attack on the Han Navy, but were quickly crushed by Han warships that were not even of the same order of magnitude.
Crushing is not an exaggeration, but a real crushing.
The huge five-tooth warship of the Han Navy directly pressed over the red horse boats and other ships of the Zhou Navy. Wherever it went, these ships turned into broken wooden boards, and just now they were waving their swords and pulling
The soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty navy who bowed their bows and strings also turned into drowned rats, and were fished out one by one by the Han navy navy.
The big man needs labor now, and it can't be wasted like this.
The navy had completely controlled both sides of the river, and the Northern Zhou army on the other side naturally had little intention of resisting. On the tidal flats and in the camp, they were passively beaten, so they decisively began to retreat.
By the time the main force of the Han army came ashore, it was too late to escape.
Playing landing and counter-landing with the Han army, the Northern Zhou army is really not qualified to do so.
The Han army that crossed the river from Luoyang was composed of the Imperial Guards, the Yingyang Army and the Tiger Wing Army. After crossing the river, they divided into two groups, one to capture Hanoi County (today's Qinyang) and the other to capture Wude County.
Hanoi County and Wude County are both important towns in the lower reaches of the Qinshui River. Hanoi County is in the west and Wude County is in the east. If you want to cross the Qinshui River, you must capture these two cities. After crossing the Qinshui River, you must continue to the north along the Taihang Mountains.
Able to rendezvous with the Han army's troops crossing the river from Jijun on the middle route, further north is the city of Ye.
Of course, the reason why the Han army mobilized so many troops to attack Hanoi was not just to control the lower reaches of the Qinshui River. As long as the Qinshui River can be controlled, the Han army's navy can go upstream and pass through Anping County to Yining County (
Today Qinyuan).
Yining County is an important flank town on the southern side of Jinyang's defense line. From here, you can directly attack the flanks of the Fenshui defense line to the east or even outflank the rear, and you can even directly reach Dingyang County (today's Jiexiu) from the north without passing through.
Fenshui River Valley and Fenshui Pass.
In addition, Qiziling can be captured from Hanoi to the west, opening up the connection between Hedong and Hanoi, and turning the entire Hedong war situation into a whole. Han army supplies no longer have to be mobilized and transferred through Mengjin Wharf and Fenglingdu Wharf respectively.
If there is a gap on either side, allocate it from the other side, which will greatly reduce the logistical pressure.
For the Han Dynasty, taking Hanoi may not directly help the Han army break through Yecheng, but the location of Hanoi determines it. Whether the Han army attacks Yecheng or Jinyang next, or a two-pronged approach, it is the Han army that makes the decision.
, the Northern Zhou Dynasty will lose the initiative on the battlefield and can only adopt passive defense. At that time, whether to launch a decisive battle and which city to attack first will no longer be decided by the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
At least now, the Northern Zhou Dynasty still had room for strategic maneuver by virtue of its superior military strength in the north and control of the vast state capitals.
On the temporarily built dock, the warship slowly docked.
It is said to be a dock, but it is actually just a plank road extending into the river. The Northern Zhou army learned from the previous lessons and did not set up water forts along the river at all. Navy ships generally parked far away in the Qinshui inner port or by the river.
Chagang Li. Because once there is a water fortress, it will become the best channel for the Han army to go ashore. When the Han army forcibly crossed the Huai River, the Northern Zhou army suffered losses. In the end, all the water fortresses became Han armies.
Tools for landing.
Furthermore, water fortresses are built to facilitate the protection and maintenance of underwater defense facilities such as river barrage cables. Placing river barrage cables in a fast-flowing river is obviously meaningless and dangerous.
Therefore, the Han army could only use small boats to ferry, build trestles, and then let the big ships dock one after another. Even so, the only ships that could dock were of Mengchong's level, such as the Huanglong Ship and the Wuya Ship.
, it is better to anchor in the deep water honestly, it will be even more distressing if it is stranded.