Chapter 32: The Battle of Fengzhou (I)
Wuzhou is the ancient city. It is bordered by the Xunjiang River in the south, the Guijiang River in the west, and the Heshui River in the east. To the southeast of Fengzhou, only a hundred miles away, is the capital of the Southern Han Dynasty - Xingwangfu (now Guangzhou City).
In other words, if you ride a horse, you can set off from Wuzhou in the morning and go to the capital of the Southern Han Dynasty in the evening to chat with the emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty. Later, Zhao Kuangyin said a famous saying - "On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep peacefully". The state of Chu owned Wuzhou and other Lingnan lands, and for the Southern Han Dynasty, there was no doubt that its own gate was occupied by others. How can the belongings in this house be safe? The reason for the dispute between Chu and Han came from here, the Chu State occupied Wuzhou and perfected its own defense line, but it was like putting a knife on the neck of the Southern Han. On the side of the couch, you will not allow others to sleep soundly. Wuzhou and other places are like a fish in the throat, and it is strange that Chu and Han cannot afford conflict.
After Ma Guangmeng said goodbye to Liu Yantao and others, he immediately convened the generals to discuss the matter. Now stationed in Fengzhou is the eunuch general Pan Chongche of the Southern Han Dynasty, who led an elite army of the Southern Han Dynasty, and it was this army that harassed Wuzhou, Mengzhou and other Chu counties for three days.
Now that the Chu army is huge, and the king of Chu has newly established the prince, no matter from what point of view, the battle of Fengzhou is inevitable, and it is also a war that must be won. Once he loses, under domestic pressure, Ma Yun can only go south to conquer the Southern Han in person. Ma Yunnan went down, in case the political situation in Changsha got out of control and the king of Chu returned to power, then civil strife was inevitable, and the Jingnan group could fail completely.
Ma Guangmeng, who was holding Erlang's legs on the handsome chair, tapped the armrest with his right hand as if unintentionally, but he repeatedly weighed the number of victories and defeats in his heart. Xu Sheng is not allowed to be defeated, but the army in his hands at the moment includes the internal army, the Jingnan army, the Langzhou army, and the Jingjiang army. It is necessary to command Ruyi and enforce orders and prohibitions, so that we can be qualified to talk about the truth of victory.
In the sound of the drums of the generals, the senior generals of the Wuzhou garrison came to Ma Guangmeng's tent one after another. Liu Quanming died of illness and Liu Yantao was promoted to Changsha, and only Liu Yantao's deputy general Xu Wei was highly qualified in the internal army. It's a pity that the order of the king of Chu was to be led by Ma Guangmeng. Xu Wei was naturally unconvinced, although he said that since the founding of Ma Yin, the three major festival envoys in the Chu State: Wuping Jiedu Envoy, Wu'an Jiedu Envoy, and Jingjiang Military Jiedu Envoy were all served by the children of the royal family, but in sending troops to fight and foreign wars, they have always used the generals in the battlefield. Now that Liu Yantao is gone, the commander of the three armies should be his, and it shouldn't be a child like Ma Guangmeng.
Xu Wei raised his head and strode towards the handsome tent, but He Jingzhen, the commander of the Langzhou Army not far behind him, was much more careful. Ma Guangmeng is Ma Yun's beloved brother and Ma Yun's best relative in the royal family. But He Jingzhen's Langzhou army is a sturdy garbage army, Ma Xicao is afraid that Ma Guangliang will take the opportunity to weaken Langzhou, and the troops sent out are sturdy garbage troops, and the generals sent out are also the generals he looks down on the most and is not used the most. Such generals generally have a common problem, that is, after changing the environment, he always thinks that he can work hard to see if he can perform better and win a chance to rise.
He Jingzhen walked cautiously, secretly thinking about how he should behave in front of Ma Guangmeng, the new coach. He didn't think about the question of whether Ma Guangmeng should be the coach or not. As for Cui Honglian, the assassin of Wuzhou, he was alone in Wuzhou, and he was so anxious by Pan Chongche that he didn't care about thinking about these things at all, what he thought about the most was to quickly teach Nanhan a lesson, so as not to let them continue to harass him so constantly.
The generals stood in turn in the handsome tent according to the level of their grades, and seeing that Xu Wei at the front did not salute for a long time, Zhou Xingfeng's expression moved, and he hinted at Qian Qing who was standing opposite him with his eyes, took a step, bowed and saluted: "The last general will participate in the handsome!" ”
Seeing Zhou Xingfeng and others visiting, He Jingzhen and Cui Honglian did not dare to hesitate, and hurriedly came over to see Ma Yun. Xu Wei took a sideways look, the black pressure in the tent was overwhelming, and Ma Guangmeng seemed to have just discovered the strangeness in the tent, smiled, and raised his eyes to look at him coldly. Xu Wei couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and involuntarily bent down to worship, but he didn't say much.
Ma Guang glanced at the generals in the tent, and said in a deep voice: "Generals, please get up," as he spoke, Ma Guangmeng stood up, he slowly walked two steps, and then said: "The generals have been in the army for a long time, and their prestige is staying; Or a battle-hardened general, brave and abnormal. I must know more about this principle of governing the army than I do below. The boy was young, and he had not been in the army for a long time, and today he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and he was appointed as the commander of Wuzhou, responsible for the conquest. I also hope that the generals will give you a lot of support. As he spoke, Ma Guangmeng waved at Tuan Tuan.
The generals under the tent either bent down to return the salute, or leaned half to the side, to show that they did not dare to accept the salute. Only Xu Wei's eyes were looking straight ahead, as if he hadn't seen it. Ma Guangmeng turned around and sat on the handsome chair, and continued: "The king launched a large army to the south to conquer the Liu clan in Lingnan, how do the generals think they should enter the army? ”
He Jingzhen took a step across and said: "Dashuai, the Xun River is more than 200 meters wide, the river is deep and the water is rapid, and it is easy for big boats to walk. ”
Cui Honglian hurriedly shook his head and said: "General He's plan is not appropriate, there is an elite division of the Han army in Fengzhou, if our army goes east by boat, it will inevitably meet the attack against the current." Liu's business in Fengzhou for many years, Mong fighting ships, and so on. Neither the number of ships, nor the quality of the ships, our army has the upper hand. Therefore, between the last generals, our army should act prudently, first break its naval army, and then go east and attack Fengzhou. ”
All of a sudden, the generals were gossiping, either to act cautiously or to be agitated. Only Xu Wei smiled at the corner of his mouth, but he didn't say a word.
Ma Guangmeng waved his hands to stop everyone's discussion. He looked around at everyone again, and when his eyes swept over Xu Wei's face, he seemed to look at it more meaningfully, but Xu Wei's eyes wandered and ignored him.
Ma Guangmeng was extremely shrewd, and when he saw Xu Wei's expression, he guessed a little, and he saw that Xu Wei was reluctant to say more, and he didn't force it, so he said in a deep voice: "What the generals said is quite reasonable. However, in my opinion, the most urgent task of our army at the moment lies not in a hasty attack or a slow attack, but in our army's internal affairs. Generals, Wuzhou currently has 45,000 soldiers, of which 20,000 are internal troops, 10,000 Wu'an troops, 10,000 Jingnan troops, and 5,000 local Jingjiang troops. There are many policies, and the orders are different. This is a big taboo for the army. Therefore, Ben Shuai believes that the first thing we need to do is to integrate our troops and create a team that is forbidden by order. ”
As soon as he finished saying this, Xu Wei couldn't help but raise his eyes and glance at Ma Guangmeng, although this person was young, his vision was not bad.
"From today onwards, the commander will turn these 45,000 people into four teams, General Xu Weixu, General He Jingzhen, General He Honglian, General Cui Honglian, and General Zhou Xingfeng Zhou each command a team of 10,000 people, and the remaining 5,000 people will be led by the commander himself. Generals, today and tomorrow, the military judges will concentrate the army and once again clarify military discipline. ”
"General Xu." Ma Guang said at Xu Wei.
Xu Wei was secretly assessing Ma Guangmeng's ability, and when he heard this, he hurriedly lowered his head and said, "The last general." ”
"General Xu, a veteran general in the army, has a significant prestige. This marshal would like to ask General Xu to personally select 1,000 sword and shield soldiers from the inner army to form a law enforcement team. When the two armies fought, and the soldiers retreated, killing the whole army, the captain retreated, killed the captain, and the captain retreated, and the captain retreated, and the captain was killed. . . And so on. Ma Guang said murderously at Xu Wei.
There is only one life, the two armies fight, hand-to-hand combat on the battlefield, swear to fight to the death, even if they are veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time, there are times when they are afraid of death, how to let them overcome their fear? In addition to heavy rewards, there are also heavy punishments. Ma Guangmeng's words couldn't help but coincide with Xu Wei's thoughts. Xu Wei nodded and said, "Honorable Order." ”
Two days later, after the military discipline was emphasized again, Ma Guangmeng took He Jingzhen and Cui Honglian, a total of 20,000 people, on a Wuzhou military ship and conducted a drill on the Xunjiang River. On the one hand, the training of the army is one thing, and on the other hand, Ma Guangmeng is also waiting for the news of the detailed work he has sent out. The state of Chu went south to crusade against the Southern Han Dynasty with great fanfare, and if the Southern Han court did not move at all, it would be too much to say. Fengzhou City is the gateway of the Southern Han Dynasty and the top priority of the defense of the northern line of the Southern Han Dynasty.
Southerners are good at swimming and good at maneuvering boats, and in addition to being at the helm and controlling the boats, this navy needs to have a certain amount of experience and professional skills. Bend the bow and shoot arrows on the ship, and kill and wound the enemy soldiers, as long as they are skilled in bows and arrows and do not get seasick. It is much easier to train sailors with the Southern Army. In addition, the Chu army that went south was already elite, and after being familiar with the situation for two days, there was basically no major problem.
On this day, Ma Guangmeng was training troops in the Xunjiang River, and where the handsome flag pointed, large and small ships marched according to orders, advancing and retreating in an orderly manner, attacking or defending, and the layers were clear. By the middle of the day, Ma Guangmeng was preparing to withdraw his troops. Then I saw the sentry report in a loud voice: "Marshal Bing, there are many warships coming from the east. ”
Ma Guangmeng raised his eyes and saw that there were more than 100 small boats in the east blowing wind and sailing, going east along the river, and the big flag with the word "Han" and the big flag with the word "Pan" were hung high on the boat. It turned out to be the army of the Southern Han Dynasty. The fleet was quite far away, and the ship seemed to be full of sergeants.
The Chu army attacked the Han, but he didn't expect the Southern Han to be the main anti-guest, and he took the lead in hitting the door.
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