Chapter 61 The battle situation is a bit chaotic
Miao Xin sent Cheng Dongxing 100,000 horses and weapons and equipment, so Cheng Dongxing had confidence, at this time, the Qin army went down the river and the vanguard arrived at Wuling Bridge, and was attacked by Miao Xin's Shenwei army and suffered heavy losses.
Because there were Xia troops stationed on both sides of the Li River, the Qin army had not found a suitable landing place for a while, but it was not a matter of floating on the river like this.
Jiang Peng had long expected that it would be this embarrassing situation, so he kept suppressing and didn't want to send troops, but this time Emperor Qin gave a death order, and he couldn't resist the pressure and had to send troops in a hurry.
This journey seems to be like a rainbow, but in fact, he knows his own family affairs, and so far he has lost forty percent of the people, more than 500,000 people, plus 50,000 sailors, more than 200,000 dead and wounded, Jiang Peng's heart is dripping blood.
So how many Xia troops are stationed on both sides of the Li River?
On both sides of the Li River, from the upper 100 miles of Wuling Bridge to the section of the river to which Suli belongs, Xia Guo deployed six corps of 600,000 horses, not including logistics support personnel, and Xia Guo transferred eighty percent of the army.
Up and down the Wuling Bridge in China is the Shenwei Army of the First Corps, led by Miao Xin, assisted by Fei Lin and Ma Kui, and the deputy general is slightly ......
On both sides of the Wuwei Kingdom, Ye Chenghai of Ling Weijun and Liu Ke, a military advisor, supervised Zhang Chun......
Miao Qi of the Zhiwei Army, and Shi Lingtong, the military advisor Ma Gaojianjun...... This is a newly formed corps, and Zhang Xian finally gave Miao Qi a chance to break away from the Three Holy Gates and go to the Prancing Horse battlefield.
The Miao family is also extremely prominent in the Xia Kingdom, the commanders of the two major corps are both members of the Miao family, and there is a big sect in the rivers and lakes, which is allowed by the imperial court and is a legitimate sect.
Zongwei Army, Lan Fang, military advisor Cai Ming supervised the military Shi Liang Kuo, and it was also a newly formed corps, Lan Fang came out of the Huwei Army, and Zhang Xian also gave him a chance to display his ambitions.
Jie Wei Jun Ma Huan, military advisor Zhu Jian supervised the military history Song Gong Min.
Luo Yu of the Fenwei Army, Long Xinfang, and Huang Wei, the military supervisor.
In the Liangyicheng area of Suli State, there are two corps, Luo Fei of the Fenwei Army, Bai Kuo, and Liu Jinfei, the military supervisor.
Chai Ming of Wuwei Army, Chai Shichang of Military Division, and Shi Bao'e of Military Supervision.
Now the Zhenwei army is still guarding in Dongli State, that is, Yizhou, because Yizhou has a vast territory and complex personnel composition, and there will be problems without the rapid mobility of the Zhenwei army.
Zhang Xian also realized this, and ordered Wang Yangxin to form a corps: the Yiwei Army.
It is still in the training stage, Zhang Xian plans to let the Yiwei Army take over the Zhenwei Army to guard Yizhou, and free the Zhenwei Army.
The Zhenwei army seemed to be guarding Yizhou, but most of them secretly entered the northern part of the Li State from the Ranshi Pass, intending to raid the Qin army in the Gadfly Mountains of Suli State from the south bank of the Chen River in the north.
Needless to say, their warships could be seen everywhere in the rivers and lakes, and their personnel far exceeded 100,000 men.
There are also two newly built corps and millions of local armies in the territory of Xia State, and these men and horses can only be stationed in the local area to ensure the stability of the rear.
Now the strongest corps that Xia can fight in, except for the Northern and Southern Army and the two newly built corps, are all going to the front line.
There are a total of twelve corps, which does not include the Yizhou Wang Yang Xinjian Yiwei Army.
"Order Ma Huan to give up and down Bian Cheng. ”
Most of the Qin army had already rushed through the Wuling Bridge, Zhang Xian thought about it and asked Liao Lin to pass on the decree.
Why do you want to give up the narrow and narrow section east of Poyang Lake on the west wing of Beishan, in fact, because the Wuwei Kingdom has been destroyed, the original plan has lost its effect, and it needs to be changed, if the Qin army is allowed to drift along the river, it will pose a threat to the land on both sides of the lower reaches of the Li River in the Xia Kingdom, and if it is allowed to enter the territory of the Suli Kingdom, it is not good at this stage, so they can only let them land on the north bank of Yanjiang City, the land that the Suli Kingdom does not pay attention to, where the territory is narrow and there is a natural barrier of Poyang Lake, even if the Qin army has a naval army, they do not dare to enter rashly.
And Beishan doesn't have to worry about crossing it, the only thing that poses a threat is to enter the mountain pass of Liangyi City and Kanding City.
There is Ye Chenghai Lingwei's army guarding the city of Kanding, and Ma Huan's Jiewei army withdrawing to guard the mountain pass, which will trap Jiang Peng's people on the west flank of Beishan.
Zhang Xian calculated like this, and also communicated with Liu Yong and Wang Yan and reached an agreement.
"Order Zhang Yu to intercept the river and not let go of a Qin warship. ”
After the arrangements were made here, Zhang Xian was worried about the Chen River again, because some of the warships of the Qin West Route Army entered the Chen River to meet the Wuyue Hou army on the north bank of the Chen River, which was a big pile of people, and once the river was crossed, it would be difficult to keep the north bank of the Li River in Wuwei Prefecture.
Although it is now barren and sparsely populated, it is the territory of Xia Kingdom after all.
In Chenjiang, the Xia State Navy was weak, after all, Zhang Yu's main energy was to prepare to deal with the Qin State West Route Army.
However, part of the Black Flag Army plus 50,000 horses of the Zongye State were stationed in the first pass mountain area on the north bank of the Chen River.
In that section of the water, the two armies could condescendingly give the Qin army a long-range attack, which could cause some casualties.
Wu Wei, the deputy general of the Yangwei Army, and Xu Maocai, the military advisor, were here, and they fought in cooperation with the Black Flag Army, and they had made the worst plan, that is, to burn the river.
This section of Chen Jiang was burned by Zhang Yu once, and Wu Wei was influenced by Zhang Yu, and he was also ruthless.
"Intercept the river first, buy more time for the Black Flag Army, as long as you destroy some of the warships, you will have nothing to fear. ”
Xu Maocai is very calm, the current countermeasure does not need to collide with the Qin army, after all, there are too many places where the army needs to be promoted, and the super strong corps of about 150,000 is torn apart, and it cannot be concentrated to fight the enemy with superior forces, so some means must be taken to deal with the current situation.
With these warships and people, it is impossible to stop so many Qin naval forces.
"The burning of the river should be the final measure to be taken when Wuyue waits to cross the river, and it must be controlled, but don't burn both sides of the Yanjiang River. ”
Wu Wei thought for a while and nodded.
This time, the Qin army attacked in a big way, not just one way, the entire strategic layout, Wu Wei was not too clear, but Xu Mao knew, after all, he belonged to one of the members of the staff headquarters to formulate the strategic plan.
It's just that the delay in the action of the Western Route Army of the Qin State has brought great variables to the plan formulated by Chunqi.
And now that the situation has changed, some strategies are useless.
At the end of August, Jiang Peng really landed in Bian Cheng according to King Xia's plan, but he didn't go according to Zhang Xian's idea, and even arranged some of his men and horses in Poyang Lake.
In this way, Xia Guo, who originally did not have many sailors in Poyang Lake, made some mistakes.
Poyang Lake is very large, and the terrain inside is complicated, and Jiang Peng didn't go too deep.
This made Zhang Xian breathe a sigh of relief.
So I started to rearrange it.
On the side of the Chen River, Wu Yuehou finally got hundreds of warships, but he didn't dare to cross the river immediately, he couldn't cross half of the men and horses in a short time, and he couldn't guarantee a foothold on the other side, and those who couldn't be sent over would be eaten.