When they finally arrived at Wangbei Village, Li Xingchen and the others discovered just how small the village was. It could only accommodate a hundred or ten people in a small camp, standing on a hill by the river that was not very high. At best, it was a small camp for the scouts and
Explore the place where horses rest.
I am afraid that if it were not for the important location of this camp, it would not even be marked on the map.
However, there is no danger to defend on the surrounding river beach, and it is not suitable for large ships to berth, so there is no need for Nanchen to run the camp here. After all, in the war against Xiliang, Nanchen has always been on the offensive.
Even though the two sides have been at peace with each other these years, Nan Chen is actually sharpening his sword.
In Xiliang, only the capital Jiangling can be called a town on the entire river defense line. Zhangchuan County further north and Mianyang downstream are both some distance away from Jiangling, and there is no way to properly block the roads on both sides of Jiangling.
The enemy can completely ignore these two cities and attack Jiangling directly.
Compared with Xiliang, Nanchen has many cities that are quite close to each other on the south bank of the Yangtze River, enough to support a complete line of defense.
Therefore, it does not make much practical sense to go to great lengths to build an undefensible defense line on the river beach like Xiliang. As long as Nanchen can defend Yidu, Songzi, Gongan and other important riverside towns, the entire river defense line
Nature is impregnable.
Because Fan Yi had already launched a cross-river attack in the direction of Jingmen Mountain, there were only a dozen soldiers stationed in the entire Wangbei Village, which only served as a sentinel. After all, at this time, the Xiliang opposite had too much to take care of themselves, so how could they care about this?
The situation on the south bank of the Yangtze River.
Standing on the archery tower of Wangbei Village, Li Xingchen looked far into the distance. The mighty river rushed eastward not far away, and there was a thin layer of fog on the surface of the river—perhaps because it was cloudy today—so he could only
You can see the hazy outline of the other shore.
"Across the river from here is Jiangling City. However, the Xiliang people also built many fences on the river beach outside Jiangling City, and there are a large number of deer villages in the river. If there is no one who is familiar with the situation on the other side to lead the way, we
It's not that easy to cross the river." Pei Zilie stood next to Li Xingchen and said with a slight frown.
At this time, he wished he had more eyes, able to pierce the thin mist and see clearly the situation on the other side.
"Crossing the river rashly will inevitably lead to heavy losses, and we can't afford to lose a single soldier now." Li Xingchen said carefully, "I just asked the soldiers who stayed behind in Wangbei Village. They rarely take the risk to cross the river.
After all, it is far easier to forcefully cross the river from here than from other places, so their main task is to monitor the movements on the other side, rather than crossing the river to spy on news on the other side."
"This is also expected," Pei Zilie said lightly, "but having said that, now that we have reached this place, is there any other way to work around it?"
Li Xingchen frowned. Now there is the Jingzhou army led by Fan Yi upstream, and the main Nanchen army led by Xiao Mohe downstream. Their first partial division has become the last Nanchen army that has not crossed the river.
But now besides the front of Jiangling, there is no other direction for them to choose.
"Good news!" At this moment, the sound of someone going up the stairs sounded behind him, and Xiao Shilian ran up quickly, "Fan Yi, the governor of Jingzhou, led his army to cross the river from the Jingmen Mountain Ferry, and the troops were pointed directly at Jiangling City!"
Li Xingchen and Pei Zilie looked at each other in surprise: "So fast?"
Xiao Shilian ran over all the way, out of breath, but he still nodded solemnly: "If you don't believe me, look at this... this Fan Yi is really... cruel."
Just seeing that the military report sent by their own scouts clearly stated "heavy casualties", Li Xingchen and Pei Zilie already understood one or two. The reason why Fan Yi was able to break through the Dajiang defense line so quickly was definitely not because the Xiliang army did not resist, but because
Because Fan Yi came too quickly and hit him too hard.
Fan Yi clearly wants to sacrifice at all costs in exchange for precious time so that he can reach Jiangling City before Xiao Mohe. After all, regardless of who takes Jiangling City first in the end, at least from now on,
Arriving at Gangneung Castle first is a great achievement.
"Fan Yi is in a hurry to eat meat." Li Xingchen gave a wry smile. Fan Yi's rapid progress from being motionless at the beginning is not incomprehensible. Obviously he has made up his mind that since there is no way to sit back and watch, it is better to just sit back and watch.
The idea of eating meat, and now it seems that he really has the possibility to realize this.
"After being beaten like this by Fan Yi, Lu Teng is probably going to curse his mother in a hurry." Xiao Shilian wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile.
After all, the troops on the front line of Western Liang and Northern Zhou Dynasty were limited. They had been mobilized to the west because of Fan Yi's attack, and later they had to be mobilized downstream because of the emergence of the main force of Nanchen. The result is good now. Fan Yi, who originally stood still, has
He suddenly went berserk, and after taking Jingmen Mountain in the first battle, he immediately began to cross the river to attack. It is estimated that the Xiliang army defending on the river beach was also caught off guard.
Otherwise, it would not be that easy for Fan Yi to successfully cross the river. You must know that when Xiao Mohe crossed the river, he also used all the strategies such as attacking from the east and attacking from the west. He just seized the few flaws of the Xiliang army and succeeded in one fell swoop.
"But Fan Yi's attack did give us an opportunity." Li Xingchen tapped the railing lightly with his hand. He stared at the river in front of him, "How many troops are left in Xiliang on the other side of us?
?”
Pei Zilie and Xiao Shilian glanced at each other subconsciously.
The number of troops in the entire Western Liang was not large. In fact, at most it could only be sufficient to defend Jiangling City, Mianyang City, and several camps on the north bank of the river. Most of the time, it had to rely on the support of the Northern Zhou army.
But now the possibility of reinforcements from the Northern Zhou Dynasty is very small, and Xi Liang's own troops have been mobilized to the west of Jiangling City to deal with Fan Yi, or to the east to deal with Xiao Maha, plus Jiangling and Mianyang
How many defenders can be left to guard the river front line?
Xiao Shilian's eyes lit up: "In other words, these camps on the other side of the river are probably just some frivolous displays?"
Among the three people, Xiao Shilian was definitely the boldest, so Li Xinchen just mentioned it and he already understood what Li Xinchen meant and was even eager to give it a try.
Next to him, Pei Zilie gently rubbed his chin, and after a long time he said worriedly: "Shizhong, although it is reasonable to say this, the hint is just your guess after all. If things go against your expectations, then the three thousand of us are very likely to face the consequences of several...
Xi Liang’s army is twice as large as our own…”
Compared to Xiao Shilian, Pei Zilie is obviously more cautious. After all, from another perspective, more of these three thousand people are also under his command.