Xiliang Navy went down the river, and at a glance in the river, they were all warships of Xiliang Navy.
Soon the army came to the place where three big rivers converged, Sanshui Lake on the edge of Sanshui City. Sanshui Lake was the place where three big rivers converged, and it was extremely vast.
Sanshui City was built on an island in the lake near the river. It is said to be an island, but in fact the person who built Sanshui City dug the city and the shore himself. He wanted to use the water of Sanshui Lake to act as the moat of Sanshui City.
It is a full hundred meters away from the shore, but there is a stone bridge connecting the city. If attacked, the defenders of Sanshui City can destroy the stone bridge.
Sanshui City stores a large amount of food and also has a naval force. In Liangzhou, no other force has a navy except Sanshui City!
The navy is no better than the infantry. A qualified navy soldier is much more difficult to train than an infantryman. There are also naval warships. Warships are difficult to build. The problem of wood can make most of the forces in Liangzhou have their delusions.
technical problem!
The warships in Sanshui City all come from the south. They do not have their own shipyard, but they are the emperor's money bag. As long as they give them money, they will build as many warships as they want, and they will build more battlefields for them.
They only have a few maintenance personnel.
Sanshui City is still busy with traffic and people coming and going. A large number of caravans on the lake return to Sanshui City from the grasslands or the past few states of Liangzhou.
This can be regarded as a resting point and a supplementary point. Even if it is affected by the war, Sanshui City's tax revenue has not been reduced.
Boom, boom, boom!
On the tall watchtower of Sanshui City, the soldiers on guard sounded the copper sound that had not sounded in Sanshui City for three years.
The last time this voice sounded, it was because the grassland people betrayed Daqian. A group of grassland people wanted to take over the important place of Sanshui City. Then they were trapped in the city for two months, and the enemy retreated after the Liangzhou army came out.
The sound rang out again today, and the civilians in the city quickly ran home and took out the leather armor weapons they had prepared. Several Liangzhous around Liangzhou have never been truly peaceful since the establishment of Daqian.
Every once in a while, some of the surrounding ethnic groups begin to turmoil, and the government sends troops to suppress it. There are also some people who want to take advantage of the situation and rob them. Everyone who lives in this land carries weapons and leather armor at home.
They only believe in the weapons in their hands and don't want to trust others!
When you hear the warning sound, put on leather armor, hold weapons, and close all the doors of your home. Sometimes the person who kills you may not necessarily be the enemy outside, but may also be the person in the city who you often greet in the past.
The Lord of Sanshui City came to the city gate tower and looked at the Tongtian River area going down from the northwest. Among the waterways in the past few days, the Tongtian River was the largest. As it went down to Sanshui Lake, the river was still called the Tongtian River.
They could see a large number of huge boats on the lake, and those boats were really too big.
Perhaps because they arrived at the big lake, the ships slowed down and moved forward slowly, while the warships behind them kept up.
When the giant transport ship Fu Chuan appeared, the Xiliang Navy formed a huge fleet. It no longer pulled a long team, but formed a huge formation with Fu Chuan as the center, and hundreds of arrow boats on the lake.
, just as fast as flying, constantly exploring dark corners or other things.
This is also their job.
Xiliang's blood-colored wolf-headed banner rang in the wind, putting great pressure on the people on the walls of Sanshui City. Those warships were difficult to provoke at first sight.
"City Lord, that big flag seems to be that of the Xiliang Navy under the northwest prefect Li Xiang!" General Xiang doesn't know the northwest very well, but Xiliang's battle flag is different from Dagan's, and the bloody wolf head only needs to be seen once. Will forget again.
Many Xiliang caravans passed by Sanshui City before, but those merchant ships never entered the city and went directly to the south.
He knew that there was a navy in Xiliang, and he had seen several Xiliang warships before, but this was the first time he saw that the Xiliang navy was dispatched together, and it turned out to be so huge!
Lei Miao, the Lord of Sanshui City, narrowed his eyes.
An order came from the imperial capital. Li Xiang, the northwest prefect, was appointed governor of Liangzhou and took charge of the five counties of Liangzhou and Jiuyuan County!
Several big families in Liangzhou have already begun to take action. According to the letter from the scouts, the three big families have gathered nearly 200,000 troops and are marching to the outside of Sanshui City. The target should be the Xiliang army.
Looking at the appearance of the Xiliang Navy, if a bandit leader from outside the customs can build such a large naval force, then his infantry equipment will definitely not be worse than that of the navy.
Outside the pass, it’s the world of infantry!
"Let the people in the city not panic!" Lei Miao thought and said to the general: "However, we must let the soldiers get up to speed and pay attention to where the opponent stops!"
The general nodded: "Yes."
The city watched in horror as a huge fleet appeared on the lake. Li Xiang led the army to a grassland that had been reserved before. The arrow boat ran to the shore, put down the boat and quickly built a pontoon bridge. Xiliang soldiers mounted their war horses and quickly Jogging onto the grass.
After staying in the ship for such a long time, both the soldiers and the horses couldn't stand it any longer. When they saw the grass, they ran quickly, and then ran wildly.
The Xiliang Iron Cavalry was followed by a logistics force of five thousand troops. The navy helped carry various materials to the shore. The logistics personnel quickly set up this kind of tent. This was their task.
Li Xiang then ran with his army to explore the surrounding situation.
The transport team retreated, and there were still a large number of troops waiting for them to transport behind. The navy was around the camp.
The past three miles of the camp are within the attack range of their warships, and the Fu Ship can directly attack enemies five kilometers away.
With the protection of naval warships, the safety factor of the camp is greatly increased.
After inspecting the surrounding terrain, Li Xiang secretly sent out scouts. These scouts were special agents. Their mission was to investigate the situation in Liangzhou and were not battlefield scouts.
Battlefield scouts need to send Xiliang headquarters scouts to suppress the enemy. Intelligence on the battlefield is very important.
The place where the Xiliang army was stationed was not very far from Sanshui City, only about twenty miles away. Some of the scouts sent by Li Xiang entered Sanshui City.
The location of Sanshui City is very good. If it can be taken down, a huge shipyard can be built next to it. There is also Sanshui Lake outside. This is a strategic location for the further development of the Navy!
However, thinking about the Sanshui City I saw in the past few days, if I want to capture Sanshui City, I can only rely on the navy army. The infantry poses little threat to Sanshui City. It is difficult to reach the city wall. We need navy troops. Go on the offensive!
After the transport team returned, the navy escorted the Xiliang cavalry. Li Xiang stayed quietly in Liangzhou, usually just visiting the surrounding area.
Liangzhou is just a grassland with not many trees. The cold in winter is not much worse than that in the northwest. The cold wind here comes from the west. If you look at it on a big map, it comes from Western Xinjiang.
"Major General, there is a letter from the spies from Sanshui City!" The scout leader ran to Ma Jin and said, "Li Xiang, the governor of Jiuyuan County, has arrived at Sanshui City with his cavalry!"
Ma Jin picked up the letter and took a look at it: "The speed in Xiliang is not slow. Do you want to meet us before winter comes?"
"Brother Ma, I'm afraid that Li Xiang thinks that our Liangzhou army is the same as the bumpkins he met in that wild land in the northwest!" Hande of the Han family laughed and said: "This time, I will let him understand.
Who has the final say in Liangzhou!"
"Why don't we all bring the cavalry to meet with Prime Minister Li?" The total number of cavalry troops from the three parties is 120,000. These cavalry are all elite cavalry. If they did not belong to the private armies of the three major families, they would have been killed long ago.
He was taken to the north by Li Zhen.
When Ma Jin heard Pang Yong's suggestion, he smiled and said: "My Ma Jiajun can attack at any time. I wonder if you two may make the decision?"
"When we can bring the army out, we can naturally take the initiative!" Pang Yong said: "This place is about 120 kilometers away from the Xiliang garrison. At the current marching speed, it will take about three days for our army to arrive.
If we attack with cavalry, we can kill them outside the opponent's camp tomorrow afternoon."
"Soldiers are valuable and quick!" Ma Jin interrupted Pang Yong: "Since the three of us want to go together, why not start now?"
Han De glanced at Pang Yong: "Brother Pang, are you going?"
Pang Yong shouted: "Go!"
Their cavalrymen all carry about five days' worth of food, and they only arrive one day earlier than the infantry army, so they can go and meet Prime Minister Li first.
They didn't know that when they received the news, the Xiliang transportation team had already transported the Xiliang infantry to the camp.
The Seventh Legion's Zhongguan Foreign Army and the Five Dragons Army have all arrived.
The number of each of Lou Fan, Ji Mo, the first battalion (Heiyun), and the second battalion (Zhao Tiezhu) in the Guanwai Army has reached 5,000.
The number of the Guanwai Army was 20,000, and the number of the Wulong Army was 5,000 more than them, reaching 25,000.
There are also five thousand prairie cavalry, a total of fifty thousand horses!
The third group is Xiliang headquarters soldiers, which are expected to include 10,000 heavy infantry, 5,000 crossbowmen, 5,000 archers, 10,000 light infantry, and 5,000 Xiliang headquarters light cavalry.
A total of thirty-five thousand people.
The number of troops mobilized by Xiliang this time is not large. The total number of troops is 120,000, plus the Xiliang Transportation Department, which is responsible for logistics, has 20,000 people, and the Xiliang Navy has 30,000 troops, which is an army of 170,000.
The camp has already been prepared, and the Seventh Legion soldiers only need to check in when they come in.
At noon the next day, Li Xiang received news from the scouts in front.
"Lord!"
"Lord!"
The main generals of each battalion came to Xiang Li's tent, and soon the spacious tent seemed a little small. This was also due to the huge sand table in the tent.
Li Xiang nodded in response. Heilong, Heiyun and others stood on one side, and the generals of Xiliang headquarters stood on the other side. This was a tacit understanding between them.
"This is a sand table I asked him to build according to the surrounding area of fifty kilometers!" Li Xiang said to his generals: "This time we will face Liangzhou's elite army.
This time Liangzhou dispatched about 200,000 troops, more than half of which were cavalry, and about 30,000 heavy cavalry.
These cavalry are also veterans who have crawled out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, so we must pay attention to them.
According to the information from the scouts ahead, the cavalry and infantry of the Liangzhou coalition have been separated, and a cavalry army of more than 100,000 is coming towards us in a mighty manner!"
Li Xiang picked up a few flags nearby and said: "According to the scouts' calculations on the opponent's speed, these cavalry will arrive in front of our military camp this afternoon.
Our military camp is built on the grassland, so there is no danger to defend. The only thing we can rely on is the navy at the rear!"
Li Xiang placed a small flag representing the Five Dragon Army on the left side of the camp, and the Guanwai Army on the right side: "The Five Dragon Army needs to guard the northern camp, and the Guanwai Army guards the southern camp.
Our troops have not yet come together, so we cannot engage in combat with the opponent yet. All we have to do is delay, waiting for all the troops to assemble."
Take out a stick on the sand table and draw a line along the front of the camp: "From this line to the camp, it is within the attack range of the navy. Once our army walks out of this area, the navy, except for the Fuchuan, will
No warship can help you!
Therefore, if there is a fierce battle with the enemy and the enemy is driven out of the way by accident, then stop pursuing."
Li Xiang put the small flags on the sand table: "I will bring the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to the left side of the Chinese Army, and the Chinese Army's headquarters infantry, grassland cavalry and light cavalry will go to this place!"
Place the light cavalry and prairie cavalry in a small low-lying area five miles away from the battlefield: "They are our army's surprise troops!"
Light cavalry is not suitable for frontal battlefields, so Li Xiang placed the light cavalry outside the battlefield. The Xiliang cavalry must be beside the Chinese army. Xiliang has heavy infantry, but the strongest enemy of the cavalry is still the cavalry!
"The most important thing on the grassland battlefield is the breath. It depends on our Xiliang army or the Liangzhou army, which one can hold the breath longer!"
It is very difficult to set up an ambush or sneak attack on the grassland unless you hide in the dark.
But as soon as the Xiliang troops entered the territory of Liangzhou, they had already fallen into the eyes of the other party's spies. Moreover, although Liangzhou was also a grassland, it was not like the prairie, with no farming land and no villages.
Unless Li Xiang ordered the army to kill everyone who saw Xiliang's army along the way, and massacre the villages the army passed by, then it would be possible to hide it.
However, it only made the other party unclear about their specific location. Xiliang Navy entered Sanshui Lake with no ordinary arrogance.
"Lord, why are you holding back your anger!" Cheng Jurong said in confusion: "Just cut them down, will that be enough soon?"
"Hahaha!" Everyone couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and Li Xiang said with a smile: "Ju Rong said he was right, if we kill all these birdmen in Liangzhou, we will win!
I heard that the women in Liangzhou are very good. You guys are all singles. When Liangzhou is defeated and you fall in love with that woman, as long as she is willing, I will pay for you to start a family.
However, you must remember the military regulations! If anyone violates the military regulations, don't blame me for not giving you a chance. When the time comes, you will have to watch others take the money and take their wives home, but you can only go back empty-handed.
