Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The defeat of the Southern Tang army was not considered a one-touch defeat, but it did not go through any difficult tug-of-war. !Top!Point*!Fiction

On the wilderness, there are people in chaos, like victims of a flood fleeing, there are people everywhere. At noon, the Zhou army pursued Dangtu City on foot and cavalry, and the ambush soldiers from the northern left wing who were ready to go out also rushed over... But the gate of the city was closed, and neither the defeated soldiers of the Southern Tang Kingdom nor the Zhou army could enter.

As a result, the troops outside the Southern Tang army had nowhere to go, nowhere to stay, and most of those who hadn't surrendered knelt down and begged for mercy.

Li Chuyun rode his horse to the foot of the city and watched the situation. Although the result was a big victory, the battle did not develop in the direction he had foreseen, and the goal of taking the opportunity to seize Dangtu City was not achieved.

Li Chuyun shook his head and said: "It's really hard to understand why Yang Shou, the leader of Tu, should use troops! He dispatched troops out of the city, why did he want to defend the city? Now the Southern Tang Army lost most of its troops in vain. When Tucheng is empty, they can't counterattack and threaten me when they go out of the city. What's the use of breaking the city and defending?"

Zhang Lingduo echoed: "Dangtu City is useless, we can go straight to quarrying."

"It's exactly what I want." Li Chuyun said decisively, "Leave a thousand cavalry camped on the west side to monitor the movement of Dangtu City, and the army will go straight to the quarry!"

When there was still chaos around Tucheng, and the scattered soldiers of the Zhou army and the defeated soldiers who had surrendered in a disorderly manner had not been rectified, Li Chuyun ordered the vanguard to go straight north in the afternoon. He himself rode northward.

Zhou Jun's advance was very fast, and Li Chuyun's approach in this battle was also very aggressive.

... There are still tens of miles away from Dangtu to the quarry. Li Chuyun and the forward cavalry moved quickly, and arrived near the quarry in the afternoon. No large-scale resistance was encountered, only some sporadic scouts were seen, and they were dispersed.

(Caishi, on the west side of the Yangtze River in today's Ma'anshan City, but there was no Ma'anshan City at this time, not even a city, and Dangtu City was the seat of this area.)

There is a military camp near Caishi, but no one is stationed at this time. The Southern Tang Army retreated to Caishiji Military Village... a mountain that stood out in the middle of the river (Due to the impact of sand and soil, Caishiji at this time was slightly different from modern times).

The small river that Li Chuyun faces on horseback is the Suoxi River, which is narrower and shallower than the moat of Dangtu City. Standing by the river and looking westward, one can see lush green mountains, even in winter, there is a famous building on the top of the mountain: Taibai Tower. There is a port and a low hill on the northeast side of the mountain, which is the ferry.

Li Chuyun rode a horse along the Suoxi River and continued northward, and then he could see the Yangtze River. The large piece of land opposite the Yangtze River is Jiangxinzhou. From here, it is easy to mistakenly think that the opposite bank is the riverside; according to the terrain mastered by Zhou Jun, if you continue to go north, you can see the north end of Jiangxinzhou.

The main mountain of quarrying is densely covered with jungle, and there is no road; but there is a Taibai Building on the top of the mountain, and there is probably a small road leading up to it. The Southern Tang army was stationed at Caishiji Port, and there were a small number of warships and sailors on the shore. Inside and outside the army camp, there were dense banners and a large number of troops.

"This place is not difficult to capture." Li Chuyun observed for a long time, then turned around and said to his staff, "The Suoxi River is shallow, and the Southern Tang army's navy cannot enter; the military fortifications are low and not strong, and the mountains here are not dangerous. Attacking from the land in the east of the river, the Southern Tang army has no danger to occupy."

As for the defenders of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Chuyun has ignored their combat strength, and only considers whether they are dangerous or not.

...

Li Chuyun didn't know that Guo Shao was facing him across the river, but they couldn't see each other across the wide Yangtze River and Jiangxinzhou. There are land continents here, and the river is not wide; but looking north, looking at the Yangtze River from the north end of Jiangxinzhou, it is full of mist and waves, just like standing on the seashore.

The navy of Li Chuyun's department controlled the water surface of the Yangtze River, and directly crossed the river to convey the report to the Central Army of the state. Guo Shao already knew that Li Chuyun had defeated the Southern Tang Army outside Dangtu City, and Li Chuyun's department was rushing to quarry non-stop.

Guo Shao is on the other side of the Yangtze River from the quarry, but he can't see the famous ferry in the legend. Although there is only a Yangtze River across, the distance is too far, out of sight... The two land continents in the middle of the river form the shape of "刂".

Now Guo Shao is looking towards the east of the river, and there used to be a sandy beach...it was bare and looked like land. Maybe the sandy soil is too soft and often flooded, which is not suitable for building houses and planting trees, so it looks so empty; otherwise, the land with such a good location must be used by the people.

That beach is of no value to the common people, but it is of great military use. The boat can be pulled into the beach at Beitou to establish a point of leverage in the middle of the river; the boat is more stable than in the water by piling and other means to gain a foothold on the beach... It can be used when building a pontoon bridge.

The beach can't block the line of sight, and when you look far away, there is another river; because it is blocked by the beach, the second river is not wide.

If you continue to look far away, you can faintly see hillsides, trees and even villages, which is Jiangxinzhou. Jiangxinzhou, whose terrain is not too flat, is very deep, and you can't see farther away... But the survey map of this place has records that Jiangxinzhou used to have a river, and the opposite bank is Caishiji.

The river flows slowly because the whole river in this place is very wide; however, it is divided into three waterways, resulting in a narrow part of the river... The river is narrow, the river is slow, and there is a deep-water port; all these factors are in place. It is difficult to find such a suitable place in the entire lower reaches of the Yangtze River. No wonder there are always wars across the river for quarrying. In fact, Guo Shao didn't need to think about it, he could also be sure that this place was convenient for the communication between the two sides of the Yangtze River. After all, so many people have crossed the river from here throughout the ages, and there is always a reason for it.

Two horsemen galloped towards Hezhou, and the sound of horseshoes came from far to near, but Guo Shao was still looking at the Yangtze River for a long time.

At this time Zuo You reminded: "My lord, Hezhou Youzuobao is here."

Only then did Guo Shao come to his senses, and ordered someone to take the report and open it for a look. Guo Shao suddenly smiled, and his expression seemed to be relieved: "Good news from Wuchang!"

Wuchang reported that Zhou Jun's west road town troops captured Wuchang, and continued to advance towards Jiangzhou (Jiujiang) according to the deployment intention of the Chinese army. Guo Shao showed the report to Zuo You and the generals, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively, and everyone congratulated.

"The big city of Jiangzhou, the water is in the hands of the Southern Tang army, and the troops of the Xiangzhou Jiedu envoy can't capture this place; the lake mouth is separated from Poyang Lake, so there is no way to threaten the lake mouth without controlling the waterway..." Guo Shaodao, "But these don't matter, Jiangzhou and Hukou are across the lake, and the distance is very close. It will definitely make Zhu Lingyun (Southern Tang army Zhennan Jiedu envoy) feel great pressure, and create worries for him to reinforce the downstream."

Zuo You echoed: "Zhu Lingyun is intercepted by Wankou and Chizhou in front of him. It is not easy for them to come to Caishiji."

"It depends on how determined Zhu Lingyun is." Guo Shaodao, "The two lines of defense in front of it are not solid. If the Southern Tang army focuses on water warfare, the two lines of defense can only serve as intimidation, delay, and early warning. Hukou is the frontier of the Yangtze River defense line of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the main naval forces of the Southern Tang Army are located in Poyang Lake; while the newly built warships in Wankou are not up to standard. The hull is not strong enough, and the navy lacks training. Caishiji is gone, and the Nantang army cannot be resisted on the water.

However, it is difficult for the Hukou army to raid the quarry; and as Wang Pu said, Zhu Lingyun may not have the determination and ability. "

At this moment, another messenger came on horseback on the main road in the direction of Hezhou.

The military newspapers of the generals from all over the country are first reported to the Hezhou Zhongjun Military Mansion; because the messengers from other places came, they did not know where Guo Shao was, but the military mansion was stationed in a fixed place. Wang Pu, who stayed behind in the Chinese army, knew where Guo Shao was at any time.

Hezhou was on the west side of the river, and the sun was already hanging on the western horizon. Guo Shao was facing that direction, the sun was dazzling, he squinted his eyes and looked at the men and horses, waiting for them to come.

Guo Shao is the commander-in-chief of the entire army, and the people around him are all focused on him, and they also pay attention to the person who reported the letter. People don't know whether to report joy or sorrow.

After Guo Shao got the things, he took a look. It wasn't the military situation, it was Gao Yanchou's letter.

Gao Yanchou's main force finally crossed the Yangtze River and marched towards Tongling. After the pontoon bridge in Chizhou was easily damaged, the Jiannan Army transported troops across the river by boat... At this time, Li Chuyun had already fought from Chizhou to Tongling, from Tongling to Wuhu, and then went to Dangtu to fight. The forward had already reached Caishiji on the opposite bank! Gao Yanchou really couldn't keep up with the previous battles.

In addition to reporting his itinerary, Gao Yanchou mainly asked for orders: he wanted to capture more than 200 warships of the Southern Tang Army in Tongling Shuizhai.

The reason is that most of the soldiers of the Jiannan Army under him had worked in the navy and understood water and water warfare; the captured warships of the Southern Tang Army were wasted in Tongling.

Guo Shao sent the letter to Zuo You and others, and said: "The warships are not idle. Now that the east and west sides of Hukou and Jingkou are blocked, it is very difficult to transfer warships to the center. I am planning to transfer soldiers from Han Tong to increase the strength of the quarrying navy."

After watching it, Zuo You smiled and said, "Water warfare was particularly important in the battle to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty. Besides, Gao Yanchou was not valued by Li Chuyun on land. He was thinking about the opportunity to make meritorious service... But I don't know if the soldiers of the Shu army are really good at water warfare as Gao Yanchou said?"

Guo Shao thought for a while: "Those who want to make meritorious deeds and are motivated, we should give him a chance; besides, if Gao Yanchou can transfer some troops to expand the quarrying navy, it will save Han Tong's troops. Immediately write a letter to Gao Yanchou and send it overnight, agreeing to his request."

At this time, the sun was about to set, Guo Shao turned his head and glanced at the other side of the Yangtze River, and told the people around him to get on their horses, leave the river and return to Hezhou.

The Li Chuyun Department of quarrying is still the key to the overall situation. Guo Shao has been thinking about it in his heart. This feeling is like a person who is engaged in high-risk business, thinking about whether he will lose money and be in debt. This kind of continuous psychological pressure makes people feel like his heart is hanging in mid-air.

The key to Caishiji is not whether Li Chuyun can capture the pier; Jiangning, the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, must react after being attacked in this important place.

How much he wanted to sleep and wake up, and someone told him that he had won.

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(I wish all book lovers a happy Lantern Festival. The New Year has passed, and I wish you all the best this year. ps: It was delayed tonight, and the update was late. I am very sorry, but I caught up with the early blessings of the Lantern Festival. ⊙_⊙)