Nan** was defeated, not a one-touch collapse, but it also did not go through any difficult tug-of-war.

In the wilderness, there was a tumult of people and horses, like the people fleeing from a flood. By noon, the Zhou army pursued to Dangtu City on foot, and the ambush soldiers on the left flank in the north were also rushing over...... However, the city gate was closed, and neither the defeated troops of the Southern Tang Kingdom nor the Zhou army were allowed to enter the gate.

So the people outside the southern ** city had nowhere to go, nowhere to go, and most of those who had not surrendered knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Li Chuyun rode his horse to the city and watched the situation, although the result was a great victory, but the battle did not develop in the direction he foresaw, and did not achieve the goal of taking the opportunity to capture the city of Dangtu.

Li Chuyun shook his head and said: "It's really unreasonable to be the master of Tu to use Yang Shu's troops!" He sent his troops out of the city, but why did he defend the city? This Nan** lost most of the troops in vain, when Tu Cheng's troops were empty and could not threaten my belly and back in the counterattack out of the city, what was the use of breaking the city and defending it? ”

Zhang Lingduo echoed: "When Tu Cheng has no effect, let's go straight to quarrying." ”

"Just what I want." Li Chuyun said decisively, "Leave a thousand cavalry to camp on the west side, monitor the movement of Dangtu City, and the army will go straight to quarry!" ”

When there was still chaos near Tucheng, and the scattered Zhou soldiers and the defeated soldiers who surrendered in a mess were not in order, Li Chuyun ordered the vanguard to go north directly in the afternoon. He himself rode north.

The speed of the Zhou army's march was very fast, and Li Chuyun's approach in this battle was also very aggressive.

…… There were still dozens of miles from Dangtu to the quarrying, and Li Chuyun and the forward horsemen moved quickly, and arrived near the quarrying in the afternoon. There was no large-scale resistance, only a few sporadic scouts were seen, which were dispersed.

(Quarrying, now the west side of Ma'anshan City, by the Yangtze River, but at this time there is no Ma'anshan City, not even the city, the governance of this area is in Tucheng.) ）

There was a military village near the quarry, but it was no longer manned. Nan** retreated to the Quarry Rock Military Village...... A mountain abruptly located in the middle of the river (due to the impact of the sand, the quarry rock at this time is slightly different from the modern one).

One of the small rivers that Li Chuyun rode his horse to face was the Suoxi River, which was narrower and shallow than the moat of Dangtu City, and the water was shallow in winter, so it seemed that he could wade directly across the river. Standing by the river and looking westward, you can see the lush green mountains one after another, even in winter, you can see a large area of woods, and there is a famous building on the top of the mountain: Taibai Building. On the northeast side of the mountain there is a harbor and a low hill, and there is a ferry.

Li Chuyun rode along the Suoxi River and continued to go deeper to the north, and he could see the Yangtze River. The large land on the other side of the Yangtze River is Jiangxinzhou, and when viewed from here, it is easy to mistake the other side of the river for the riverside; According to the terrain mastered by the Zhou army, if you continue to go north, you can see the north end of Jiangxinzhou.

The main quarrying mountain is dense with jungles, and there is no road in sight; But there is a Taibai building on the top of the mountain, and it is estimated that there is a path leading up. The station of the south ** is in the quarry rock port, there are a small number of warships and sailors on the shore, and the military village is full of flags inside and outside, and there are many people.

"It's not a difficult place to take." Li Chuyun observed for a long time, then turned back to his staff and said, "The water of the Suoxi River is shallow, and the South ** Water Division cannot enter; The fortifications of the military village are low and not strong, and the mountains here are not dangerous. Attacking from the land of Jiangdong, there is no danger in the south. ”

As for the defenders of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Chuyun had already ignored their combat strength, and only considered whether they were in danger or not.

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Li Chuyun didn't know that Guo Shaozheng was looking at him across the river, but across the wide Yangtze River and Jiangxinzhou, neither of them could see anyone. There is a land continent here, and the river is not wide; But looking north, looking at the Yangtze River at the north end of Jiangxinzhou, it is a vast smoke wave, as if standing on the seaside.

Li Chuyun's water division controlled the water surface of the Yangtze River, and reported that he directly crossed the river to convey the Hezhou Central Army, Guo Shao already knew that Li Chuyun defeated Nan** outside Dangtu City, and Li Chuyun's department was constantly entering the quarrying.

Guo Shao was on the other side of the Yangtze River on the other side of the quarry, but he couldn't see the legendary famous ferry now, although it was only separated by a Yangtze River, but it was too far away from sight...... The two continents in the center of the river form the character "刂".

Now Guo Shao looks east into the river, and it used to be a sandy beach...... It was bare and looked like land, but the sand was probably too soft and often swollen for building houses and trees, so it looked so empty; Otherwise, the land in such a good location will definitely be used by the people.

That beach had no value to the common people, but it was very useful militarily. Boats can be pulled into the sandy beach in Beitou to establish a point of borrowing in the middle of the river; It is better for a boat to gain a foothold on the beach, and then rely on piling and other means, to be more stable than in the water...... It can be used when building pontoon bridges.

The beach can't block the view, and when you look at the past, it's a river; Because it is blocked by the beach, the second river is not wide.

Continue to look into the distance, you can faintly see the hillside, trees and even the village, which is Jiangxinzhou. The terrain is not very flat, and Jiangxinzhou is very deep, and you can't see farther...... However, the survey map of this place records that there was a river in Jiangxinzhou in the past, and the other bank was the quarry rock.

The slow flow of the river is due to the fact that the whole river is very wide in this place; However, it was divided into three waterways, resulting in a local narrowing of the river...... The river surface is narrow, the river water is slow, and there is a deep-water port; With all these factors in place, it is difficult to find such a suitable place in the entire lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and it is no wonder that quarrying always has a war to cross the river. In fact, without Guo Shao pondering, he can also be sure that this place is convenient for communication between the two sides of the Yangtze River, after all, it always makes sense that so many people have crossed the river from here throughout the ages.

The two horsemen galloped from the direction of Hezhou, and the sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, but Guo Shao was still looking at the Yangtze River for a long time.

At this time, Zuo You reminded: "My lord, there is a report from Hezhou." ”

Guo Shao came back to his senses at this time, ordered someone to take the report, and opened it to take a look. Guo Shao suddenly smiled, and his expression seemed to be relieved: "Wuchang good news!" ”

Wuchang reported that the Zhou army's troops on the west road had captured Wuchang, and they continued to advance to Jiangzhou (Jiujiang) according to the intention of the Chinese army's deployment. Guo Shao showed the report to Zuo You and his generals, and the atmosphere suddenly became warm, and everyone congratulated one after another.

"The big city of Jiangzhou, the water is in the hands of the south, and the people and horses of the Xiangzhou Jiedu envoy can't capture this place; The mouth of the lake is separated by Poyang Lake, and if you don't control the waterway, you can't threaten the mouth of the lake......," Guo Shao said, "But it doesn't matter, Jiangzhou and Hukou are across the lake, and they are very close, which will inevitably make Zhu Lingyun (the envoy of Nanjie in Nan** Town) feel great pressure, and create worries for him to reinforce downstream." ”

Zuo You echoed: "In front of Zhu Lingyun, there are two layers of interceptions in Wankou and Chizhou, and it is not easy for them to think of quarrying rocks. ”

"It depends on how determined Zhu Lingyun is." Guo Shao said, "The two defenses in front of it are not solid, and if the south fights with heart, the two lines of defense can only play the role of intimidation, delay, and early warning." Hukou is the frontier of the Yangtze River defense line of the Southern Tang Kingdom, and the main force of the Southern ** Water Division is in Poyang Lake; However, the materials of the newly built warships in Anhui are not up to standard, the hull is not strong enough, and the navy lacks training, so it is difficult to defeat the main force of the Southern ** Naval Division...... Chizhou is even worse, most of the navy has been transferred to Quarry Rock by Li Chuyun, and the water surface is even more unable to resist Nan**.

However, it is difficult for the Hukou army to raid and quarry; And as Wang Pu said, Zhu Lingyun probably doesn't have the determination and ability. ”

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

The military reports of the generals in various places are reported to the military office of Hezhou Zhongjun first; Because messengers from other places came, they didn't know where Guo Shao was, but the military government's location was fixed. Wang Pu, who stayed in the Chinese army, knew where Guo Shao had gone at any time.

Hezhou was on the west side of the river, and at this time the sun was already hanging on the western horizon, Guo Shao faced that direction, the sun was dazzling, squinting at the centaurs, waiting for them to come.

Guo Shao is the commander of the entire army, and the attention of the people around him is on him, and when they see this, they also pay attention to the people who reported the news. But people don't know whether to report joy or sorrow.

Waiting for Guo Shao to get the things, he took a look. It was not the war situation, it turned out to be Gao Yanyan's letter.

Gao Yanyu's main force finally crossed the Yangtze River and marched towards Tongling, and 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 to fight in Tu, and the striker had already arrived at the quarry on the other bank! Gao Yanyan really didn't catch up with the previous wars.

In addition to reporting his itinerary, Gao Yanyan mainly asked for his life: he wanted more than 200 southern ** warships captured in Tongling Water Village.

The reason is that most of the officers and soldiers of the Jiannan Army under him have worked in the navy and understand water nature and water warfare; The captured Nan** warship was idle and wasted in Tongling.

Guo Shao sent the letter to Zuo You and others, and said: "The warships are not idle, and now the east and west ends of Hukou and Jingkou are blocked, and it is very difficult to transfer warships to the center; I was planning to transfer soldiers from Han Tong to increase the strength of the quarrying army. ”

Zuo You looked at it and said with a smile: "In the battle of attacking the Southern Tang Dynasty, the water battle is particularly important, not to mention that Gao Yanyu has not been taken seriously by Li Chuyun on land, he is pondering the opportunity to make meritorious contributions...... But I don't know if the soldiers of the Shu army are really good at water warfare as Gao Yanyu said? ”

Guo Shao thought for a while: "If you want to make meritorious contributions and are self-motivated, we should give him a chance; What's more, if Gao Yanyan can transfer some troops to expand the quarrying division, it will save the troops on Han Tong's side. Immediately wrote a letter to Gao Yanyu and sent it overnight, agreeing to his request. ”

At this time, the sun was about to set, Guo Shao looked back at the other side of the Yangtze River, and beckoned the people around him to get on their horses, leave the riverside, and return to Hezhou.

Quarrying Li Chuyun is still the key to the whole, Guo Shao has always been thinking about it, this kind of taste is like a person who does high-risk business, thinking about whether he will lose money and go into debt, this kind of continuous psychological pressure makes people feel that their hearts are hanging in the air.

The key to Quarry Rock is not whether Li Chuyun takes the dock; After Jiangning Mansion, the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was attacked in this important place, it was inevitable to react, and how to reinforce and deploy the main force of the Southern Tang Dynasty was the key...... After all, the strength of the Zhou army on the other side was relatively thin.

When he wanted to get some sleep, he was told that he had won.

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(I wish you a happy Lantern Festival, the New Year has passed, and I wish you all the best this year.) PS: It's delayed tonight, and the update is late, I'm sorry, but I caught up with the early blessing of the Lantern Festival. ⊙_⊙）