Lord of the House

In early March, the planned massing of troops and horses on the southern front was completed.

The entire Chongcheng Army, the main force of the Changshan Army, and Sun Wenyao, Su Pinxiao and other troops transferred from eastern Zhejiang, as well as the first cavalry brigade, nearly 100,000 soldiers, including accompanying soldiers and civilians, the total number of troops reached 170,000, one after another. The assembly was completed in the area east of Quzhou, and the defense line built by the Zhejiang and Fujian troops on the periphery of Shangrao was divided into three routes.

Among them, Guanxiling-Hengshan is the main attack direction, and Ao Canghai is the main commander of the road. Lin Fu also personally sits in Fenglinbu, the back camp of Guanxiling Camp, to supervise the battle. Gou, Zhang Jiheng and other Huaidong Army elites, including the soldiers and civilians who accompanied the army on the expedition, gathered a total of 90,000 troops in Guanxiling.

Facing the pressure exerted by the Huaidong Army, She Feixiong was forced to send another 10,000 elites from Fujian to go north to strengthen the defense of Shangrao, so that more than 50,000 soldiers gathered in Shangrao, plus the local coercion to assist the defense. The total number of people and horses is nearly 100,000.

The eastern line of defense constructed in Shangrao has Shangrao City as the inner line, and Changshan and Hengshan cities as the outer fortification centers.

The main attack direction of the Huaidong Army was set on the Guanxi Ridge-Hengshan line, and She Feixiong was also forced to build a fortress in the Shanxi Valley in front of Hengshan City to fill in heavy troops.

Not to mention the reserve troops in Shangrao City, twenty miles away, the guards and soldiers filled by She Feixiong in Hengshan and Shanxi Zhuhai had 20,000 elite soldiers, twice as many as Litang and Tongkou Pass. Relying on the danger of closing the gate, the Huaidong Army's forthcoming ferocious offensive like a mountain torrent was blocked.

Both sides are battle-hardened veterans. On a narrow battlefield, nearly 300,000 people have sneaked into the battlefield. Winning is more of a **** tough battle.

Going down from the relatively easy southern section of Guanxi Ridge is the source valley of Shanxi River. It is a relatively flat river valley and plain, which is the widest twenty miles wide.

There are occasionally hills ranging from two to forty feet high in the middle, which do not constitute an obstacle to the passage of the army.

Bypassing Hengshan City and advancing westward along the southern bank of the Xinjiang River for less than 20 miles, it is Shangrao City, the core of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army's Shangrao Defense Line. Bypassing Shangrao City and heading west, it is the open hinterland of Jiangxi; to the south, through Shanguan, you can attack Shaowu, an important town in northern Fujian, directly besieging the troops and horses of the Shejia family in the middle and upper reaches of the Minjiang River and the clan forces that have time to evacuate into Jiangxi in the future. Catch turtles inside, in the urn.

Naturally, the Zhejiang-Fujian Army could not let Hengshan and Shangrao City be directly exposed to the superior forces of the Huaidong Army.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Huaidong Army has used a lot of manpower to dig Guanxi Ridge Road in the past four months, the Zhejiang and Fujian Army built two fortresses along the river in the middle reaches of the Shanxi River, at the narrowest part of the river valley, blocking Huaidong. The army went down the river valley and directly attacked the route of Hengshan City.

Surrounded by the generals, Lin Tie rode his horse up the ridge. He raised his eyes and looked into the distance. He had a panoramic view of the defensive situation of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops in Hengshan. : "She Feixiong is bullying me that I can't transfer the water camp!"

Usually, the fortresses are built on high terrain, but the navy warships of the Zhejiang-Fujian Army can come from Poyang Lake and Xinjiang River, and the Huaidong Army from the west of Zhejiang over the mountains and the mountains to the west, cannot rely on the elites who have been successful in the past. Shuiying, She Feixiong built the two most important Saibaos on the periphery of Hengshan with the river, in order to use warships to connect the fortresses on the east and west banks of Shanxi into one.

The structure of Yongjia City, which was guarded by Qin Zitan, was the same, but with the rear wing of Hengshan City as its backing, the Huaidong Army could never separate Jiahe Ersai and Hengshan City to surround it.

If the fortress was built at a high place, it would easily give the Huaidong Army a superior force to divide the siege.

"I don't think She Feixiong can do anything," Ao Canghai said. "They didn't expect that we would have water mill time to open Guanxi Ridge Road and use Hengshan as the main direction of attack. Before that, they only occupy the east bank of Shanxi River. A village was built and rebuilt to strengthen the control over the hinterland of the river valley—when they can be sure that our army’s main attack direction is here, they can only passively build a defense line around Hengshan on that basis.”

At this time, several people climbed up the **** from the west, and the leader was dressed in crimson official robes. Although he was wearing an official robe that can only be worn by officials of the fifth grade or above, the robe was pulled up around his waist, and the official boots and trouser legs were covered with mud, as if he had just walked through the mud. This person is not someone else, but it is Ge Siyu, the worker and the supervisor of the Privy Council, who was supervising the battle this time with Lin Fu.

Ge Siyu climbed up the slope, bowed to Lin Fu and the others, and said, "I have touched the coast once, and there are three suitable places to build a dam..."

Lin Bie turned around and took the map from the attendant, took it in his own hand, and asked Ge Siyu to mark the three locations suitable for building the dam on the map.

"..." Ge Siyu took the charcoal field from his ear, marked the three places, stood on the ridge, pointed out the general positions of the three places, and said, "The spring water has risen, if you want to quickly build Chengdazhu, now there is a method available..."

"I said that Si Yu's coming here can be of great use," Lin Fu said with a smile, "Let's hear it!"

"First, we build wooden stakes in the river for support, and then weave bamboo into cages, fill them with gravel, and sink them into the river, so that a dam can be quickly built," said Kaushiyu, "The key is to spend some time on the wooden stakes supporting the dam body , When the water is stored, pull out the wooden stakes, and the dam can be collapsed to release the water. I just don’t know if the materials here are sufficient?”

"Bamboo, wood, sackcloth and other materials, Guanxiling already has a lot of reserves. As long as Master Ge gives an order, I will send craftsmen to fabricate bamboo cages! The location of the dam will also be decided by Master Ge." Ao Canghai said.

"I intend to build a dam at the Taowu Pass, where the terrain is steep, the pass is narrow, and there are ridge slopes on both sides to hold the water potential, and it is easy to store a large lake. Moreover, there are lush forests and it is easy to hide and not be noticed by enemy soldiers. However, in Taowu, A dam is built to store a large lake, and when the dam collapses and the lake is released, the front barrier of Guanxi Ridge is also within the impact range of the lake!" said Ge Siyu.

"As long as the fortresses outside Hengshan can be overrun, what's the use of leaving the front fortress?" Ao Canghai said, and asked Lin Fu for his life, "Since the water attack is feasible, Lord Canghai asks for permission to drive Canghai to attack Hengshan immediately. One is to cover up the construction of the dam, and the other is to suppress the enemy within the fortress, even if they find out that we are building a dam upstream, they will not be able to withdraw calmly!”

"Okay!" Lin Fu said.

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The Huaidong Army used a lot of manpower and materials to open the Guanxi Ridge Road, and a large number of people, horses and supplies were able to pass through, and they were able to build a front fortress close to the Shanxi plug on the periphery of the Zhejiang and Fujian Army. Far.

In the early stage, due to the lack of large groups of troops and horses, the front base was built in the most open valley hinterland, on a low **** near the river. .

Although only 3,000 elites were stationed at the front base, but with Tang Fuguan leading his troops behind him, he was not afraid of being besieged by the Zhejiang and Fujian troops.

As the war progressed, the front base became stronger and stronger, and the scale became larger and larger.

After Lin Fu arrived in Quzhou to supervise the battle, the fortress had been built into a joint village, which controlled the upper reaches of the Shanxi River Valley into a deep hinterland controlled by the Huaidong Army.

From March 15th, Zhang Gouye led his troops and Zhou Pu to lead the 1st Cavalry Brigade from Guanxiling to the front base and joined with Tang Fuguan's troops, making the number of soldiers assembled at the front base reach 30,000. Cang Hai also personally went to the front base to direct the battle.

Both sides are veterans, and the peripheral defense line built by the Zhejiang and Fujian troops with the east and west fortresses of Shanxijiahe as the core is also solid, and it is difficult to suddenly capture and attack the fortress, and it is difficult to take advantage of the situation.

On the 15th, Ao Canghai sent his elite troops out of the front base to force under the city.

The infantry formed an array, the vehicle shields were connected, and the ballistas, scorpion crossbows and other weapons were filled in, so that the enemy could not come out and fight back.

When attacking the city, he was most afraid that the defenders in the city would come out and fight back, but She Feixiong personally led the defenders to defend the Hengshan line, most of whom were the elites of Bamin. Dig trenches and build walls to completely enclose the enemy city, which can effectively limit the counterattack of the defenders, and then attack the fortress calmly.

Standing on the city wall of Jiahedongsai, She Feixiong could clearly see that Huaidong's mobilization ability was stronger than that of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops at this time.

About 6,000 Huaidong Army infantry formed three dense defensive formations outside the fortress wall, advancing to within 300 paces of the base of the fortification wall, in case the troops here would be sent out of the fort to counterattack. Although the head of the city could barely be reached with a bed crossbow, the Huaidong army had a shield wall erected around it, and the bed crossbow could not penetrate the shield wall.

Between the formations, there were still several teams of cavalry standing by, making the connection between the formations closer, and She Feixiong didn't dare to send troops and horses out to fight back.

Unless the 10,000 elites in the city are sent out to fight back, it will be difficult to shake the defense formed by the Huaidong Army outside the city. But if he really wanted to send out 10,000 elites, once he was entangled, there were nearly 20,000 elites at Huaidong's front base four miles away that could quickly press him up.

The strength of the troops is at a disadvantage, and the counter-attack methods that She Feixiong can choose become extremely limited.

Although there are warships that can attack from the Jiahe two villages, enter the upper reaches of Shanxi~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and go deep into the heart of the valley controlled by the Huaidong Army to harass. But I don't know how many iron cables Huaidong sank in Shanxi, and the Huaidong Army's rock-throwing crossbows and ballistas are low-mounted with short wheels, which are very easy to move on the flat river beach, and can be attacked from the river bank and upstream. warship.

After the spring, the water level of Shanxi gradually rose, but the middle reaches were only three or four hundred paces wide. The warships went up the water and hit the Huaidong Army's catapults and ballistas, causing the warships to go to the hinterland of the valley. In-depth harassment is hard to do.

In this situation, She Feixiong could only watch the Huaidong Army's brigades and the recruited civilians, about 20,000 people digging trenches after sticking close to the infantry defense formation. Compared with the civilians who were recruited by the stronger army, the soldiers and civilians organized by the Huaidong Army were extremely fast and efficient in digging trenches. In almost a day, a long trench six or seven miles long, nearly two feet wide, and of unknown depth was dug four hundred steps south of Jiahe Dongzhai.

In the daytime, a long trench was dug, and it was Yeyueming, and the soldiers of the Huaidong army retreated behind the long trench. The prefabricated fence wall was divided into sections and operated from the baggage behind the front fortress.

The generals of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops could only watch helplessly as the Huaidong Army pushed the confrontation position to a distance of less than 400 paces from the city head. The distance of 400 steps is already within the attack range of the Huaidong heavy catapult. Those veterans of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops who have experienced the wars in Jin'an, Yongjia, Dongyang, etc. recall the situation of the heavy siege of the Huaidong heavy catapult array. , I couldn't help but change color. I really don't know if the war shed and the towers built by the double-layer wooden row at the top of the city can stop the bombardment of Huaidong's heavy catapults.

However, the generals of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops knew in their hearts that when the preparations of the Huaidong Army were completed, the **** battle at the city head would follow. The room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter