Chapter 697: Overwhelming??
Xuzhou was lost, Tan Lei retreated to Shandong in a gloomy manner, Liu Song occupied Xuzhou, and the soldiers pointed directly at Huainan Road.
Lu Zheng personally led to Ruzhou, and Hengzhou was on the front line to deal with Lingnan Wang Bai Jingzhong, who was originally Han and was born in the Central Plains. He came to Lingnan in the thirteenth year of Xinde to serve as the governor of Lingnan, and then took root in Lingnan, forcibly turning the Bai family into the top powerful family in Lingnan.
Therefore, he knows the Central Plains very well, and he is also very clear about Dakang's national strength and combat power. When it comes to fighting, if you fight alone, the Lingnan mountain people are definitely a first-class good player.
However, if the corps were to fight, the Lingnan mountain people would be arrogant and unruly, in fact, most of them would be a rabble, and it would be difficult to compete with the elite of Dakang.
Therefore, Bai Jing has been the king for a long time, and he has never dared to easily send troops to attack Jiangnan, not that he doesn't want to, but he doesn't dare!
The reason why he dared to send troops this time was mainly instigated by Sun Chongwen, who claimed to have an army of 100,000, and Bai Jingzhong had been the emperor of Lingnan for decades, and he thought that he could organize 100,000 horses under his hands.
According to the information provided by Sun Chongwen, Jiangnan originally did not have a single soldier, but Lu Zheng temporarily recruited troops and reluctantly formed a Nanfu army.
This Nanfu army was originally weak, and it fell into the great battle between Song Wensong and Cao Weiming in the north, and the main force of the Nanfu army went to Lianghe, and Jinling was very empty. In this case, Sun Chongwen said that if he didn't take Jiangnan at this time, when would he wait?
And Sun Chongwen made a serious promise to Bai Jing, and the two shot together, and after taking Jiangnan, they divided it in half, and Bai Jingzhong couldn't help but live in his heart.
Bai Jingzhong specially collected information about Lu Zheng in Lingnan, Lu Zheng was only in his early twenties and had such a great power, he always felt incredible, in his mind, no matter how powerful Lu Zheng was, he must be young, and the affairs of the capital might be a mistake made by Lu Zheng.
Lu Zheng sent the main force to the north, leaving Jiangnan empty, with just tens of thousands of Nanfu troops, can he really block the north-south attack of a total of 250,000 troops in Huainan Province and Lingnan Province?
Therefore, Bai Jingzhong felt that the victory rate of this time could reach eighty percent, but what he never expected was that Sun Chongwen's 100,000 army had just crossed the Huai River, and he was attacked by Lu Zheng's fierce attack, and he was defeated miserably, and more than half of the 100,000 army was lost.
Moreover, Bai Jingzhong also heard that Sun Chongwen had lost his fighting spirit and did not dare to enter the army at all, counting on Bai Jingzhong to break through the Nanfu army from the south, so that he could reap the benefits!
Bai Jingzhong is a very cautious person, he is stimulated like this, and he really has no bottom in his heart, he is not advancing for a while, nor is he retreating, it can really be said that he has lost ground!
And just when he hesitated, there was another military situation, but it was Liu Song of the Nanfu Army who broke the Liaodong Army in Xuzhou, after Liu Song broke the Liaodong Army, the soldiers pointed directly at Huainan Road, Lu Zheng's posture was to copy Sun Chongwen from behind, Huainan Sun Chongwen's family was lost in Jiangnan, and now his own territory has encountered a great crisis, Bai Jingzhong understands that Sun Chongwen of Huainan Province can't be counted on.
However, Bai Jingzhong finally led the army Hao Hao Tang Tang to cross the heavy pass mountains and arrived at Ruzhou, and the attack on Ruzhou was successful.
Under such circumstances, he would not be willing to let him retreat no matter what! Therefore, Bai Jingzhong is still on the front line of Hengzhou. In his mind, Sun Chongwen had 100,000 horses after all, and more than half of the 100,000 horses had been lost, and it was impossible for the Nanfu army to be unscathed.
Because even if there are more than 100,000 pigs for the Nanfu army to deal with, it will be very difficult, and the pigs can hurt thousands of people and horses of the Nanfu army!
Therefore, after the battle between Nanfu Jun and Sun Chongwen, it is very likely that he is already at the end of the crossbow, if he misses this once-in-a-lifetime fighter at this time, he will really be annoyed for a lifetime! With this in mind, he decided to fight Hengzhou!
In order to make this battle a success, Bai Jingzhong can be said to have thought of a lot of ways, he specially prepared siege vehicles, prepared spear troops, and prepared a geotechnical excavation team.
He thought that the specialties of the Lingnan people are hunting and digging soil, although the Lingnan people are a rabble, but they are not afraid of death! Therefore, he wanted to use more than 100,000 horses under his command to surround Hengzhou from all directions, and then attack and fight!
On the one hand, the frontal attack with siege vehicles and spear army, and secretly he organized a large number of manpower to engage in geotechnical excavation, in fact, it is to dig holes, Hengzhou is the gate of the south of the Yangtze River, with a population of more than 100,000, is a first-class city!
The general who guards Hengzhou is Su Zhi, the governor of the Nanfu Army, and General Su Zhi personally led tens of thousands of horses to guard Hengzhou, once Hengzhou is lost, it means that the Nanfu Army is completely finished!
Bai Jingzhong's number one strategist is Yang Jie, Yang Jie is gentle and elegant, likes to hold a folding fan in his hand, looks very temperamental, and has the demeanor of Prime Minister Zhuge .
He is also a person from the Central Plains, so he knows the customs of the Central Plains very well, he held a folding fan in his hand, and said respectfully to Bai: "The person Jiangnan relies on is just Lu Zheng." Lu Zheng is a top genius, not only is his talent amazing, but more importantly, his scheming methods are also a must, such a character, Jiangnan has not appeared in the past decades!
If this person had been born 20 years ago, when he was stable and invulnerable, he might not have had a chance to take advantage of it.
However, he was born in the era when the Dakang Building was about to collapse, and in this era, he really had the opportunity to make great progress! However, this time he is young after all, multi-faceted enemies, and is destined to encounter a crisis! In the battle of Hengzhou, we are 100% sure that we can win! ”
Yang Jie said that he was ten percent sure, and Bai Jing laughed and said: "If we can be ten percent sure, then we can have at least eighty percent in Jiangnan!" After taking Hengzhou, we will be unimpeded if we go north, at least we can swallow half of the south of the Yangtze River first! ”
Yang Jie said: "Lord, if we can swallow half of the country, the richest land in the south of the Yangtze River will be occupied by us, and we will have millions of people, in time, wait for three or five years, we will be able to dominate the world!"
Lingnan lives in the south, we have no foothold in the north, now we can take Hengzhou, from now on we can gain a foothold in the Central Plains, this is a golden opportunity for the lord! ”
Yang Jie talked eloquently, listening to his words, Hengzhou was really at his fingertips. After winning Hengzhou, and then going north, it is indeed impossible to find a place that can stop the Lingnan army. Because Hengzhou went north into the plain, the granary of Jiangnan is behind Hengzhou!
After Yang Jie and Bai Jing said this, both of them were overjoyed. In fact, it is not easy for Bai's respectful character to get to this point, and it has always been Yang Jie pushing him behind it. In this battle of Hengzhou, Bai Jing lacked confidence before, and it was Yang Jie who gave him confidence.
As the war progressed step by step, and it progressed rapidly, the relationship between the two also heated up rapidly. Yang Jie painted the cake very large, which also greatly stimulated Bai Jingzhong's ambition......
People's ambitions are very great, especially people like Bai Jingzhong, the more cautious and cautious he is, the more restrained he is, and once such a person is released, he is more likely to be affected by emotions.
Such a person makes it rain when the wind blows, and when there is sunshine, he thinks that the whole world is splendid! When the wind is smooth, you will soon expand yourself and feel that you can control the world! In his bones, Bai Jing is such a character, so the so-called cowardice and fear are all disguises!
The Battle of Hengzhou began, because Bai Jingzhong had made full preparations and had an absolute advantage, and his style of play was also very suitable for the characteristics of the Lingnan Army.
Bai Jingzhong's style of play for the Lingnan Army is to attack from all sides, a random fight, Hengzhou City is surrounded by enemies on all sides, the pressure of the defenders is very great, in addition to attacking the city, Bai Jingzhong also took advantage of the characteristics of the Lingnan Army to be good at digging holes in Hengzhou City from all sides. I have to say that his move hit the soft underbelly of the Jiangnan Army.
The city walls of Hengzhou City are strong, but how can things under the ground be prevented? At first, the Hengzhou army didn't know about it at all, and it wasn't until Bai Jingzhong dug the tunnel to the edge of the city gate that the Hengzhou army found out what was wrong and immediately organized people to block the matter.
It's just that the tunnel has been dug to this point, and it's a little powerless to block it! Su Zhi blocked for a few days, the thief was really too big, and in desperation, he could only convene many generals under him to discuss the matter and decide to break through quickly!
Hengzhou broke through, gathered all the generals and elite soldiers outside the east gate, Su Zhi personally led the elite to open the city gate and rush out first, and then the remaining more than 10,000 people were killed together, the cavalry in front opened the way, and the infantry killed in the back.
Bai Jingzhong took advantage of the situation to enter Hengzhou City, took Hengzhou City as his own, and after occupying Hengzhou City, Yang Jie couldn't let Bai Jingzhong be out of the list, and immediately said to Bai Jingjian:
"Lord, at this moment, the soldiers should be fast! Su Zhi fled north, this is a good opportunity for us to attack north, we went north from Hengzhou in one go, enough to kill three hundred miles, there are a total of twelve states within three hundred miles, we will take these twelve states, and then slowly figure it out! ”
Bai Jing said: "Mr. Yang has a point, but as the saying goes, the poor don't chase, we ......."
"Lord, now the fighter plane is fleeting! Although we won the attack on Hengzhou this time, our men and horses were not damaged much! If we had to pay such a great price for every city we captured in our advance, we would never have been able to capture Jinling!
Therefore, at this moment, we must take advantage of the opponent's unstable foothold to move quickly, go north in one go, and swallow the entire granary in the south of the Yangtze River, at this time, we must not miss the opportunity! Yang Jie knelt on the ground, eager to smear her liver and brains.
Bai Jingzhong was very moved, and said: "Okay, Mr. Yang's old minister seeks the country, and I, Bai, am not a person who does not adopt opinions, since this is the case, immediately order the army to march north, remember, all the way to the north, we will not retreat if we don't defeat Lu Zheng!" ”
Bai Jingzhong's dual personality was once again highlighted, just now he was very conservative to stick to the opportunity to wait, but now he immediately became very radical, and released the bold words that Lu Zheng would never withdraw if he did not defeat Lu Zheng, I have to say that sometimes it is this kind of rhetoric in the army that can inspire people's morale the most.
For a while, the morale of the Lingnan army soared, the army no longer rested, and even the people were exempted, all the way to the north, they captured Qizhou in one day, continued to the north, captured Lingzhou, and won three cities in five days.
At this time, Bai Jingzhong no longer doubted Yang Jie's fast attack theory, he laughed and said, "Mr. Yang is really clever!" At this moment, there is nothing to say, immediately attack quickly. Lu Zheng is at the end of his crossbow, even if he is a powerful genius, in my Bai respectful eyes, he is just a dry bone in the grave, haha! ”
Bai Jingzhong laughed, and for a while, the people around him were like sycophants, and Yang Jie said: "Lord, if everything goes well this time, maybe the lord can fight all the way to Jiangning and capture Jinling!" The loss of Jinling means that Dakang's national honor is lost, and from now on, Dakang will cease to exist!
There is no master in the world, and the lord is not the lord of the world, who can be the lord of the world? So, my lord, your inheritance is right in front of you, and you must not lose this opportunity! ”