Before Tan Xiuqun and He Liufeng led their troops to land, Lin Haizheng had been forced to abandon the camp between the low mountains on the north side and retreat to the south bank of Shiquan Creek, one of the upper branches of the Zhegao River, to reorganize his position.

In addition to Lin Haizheng's first batch of more than 4,000 troops and horses who entered Fucha Mountain to intercept the enemy, Han Qian successively dispatched Han Bao and other elites from various departments to rush over for reinforcements, and gathered more than 7,000 troops and horses in Fucha Mountain in four days, almost using nearly one-third of the Tangyi soldiers to intercept enemy reinforcements from Chaozhou trying to move south from this side; In addition, Zhao Wuji and Han Donghu led more than 800 elite cavalry battalions and guard battalions to guerrilla attacks on the south side of Fucha Mountain.

Under the leadership of Wen Bo, the enemy's offensive was fierce and fierce, fearless sacrifice, and the Tangyi soldiers suffered more than 3,000 casualties at the western foot of Fucha Mountain in four days of fierce fighting, and the rest were also exhausted.

In the end, Lin Haizheng's troops were unable to gain a firm foothold in the low mountains on the north side, and the camp that had been repaired for several days was also forced to be abandoned, and a large number of weapons were set on fire during the retreat, retreating to the second line of defense.

This section of Shiquan Creek seems to be more than 100 zhang wide, but because of the shallow water in early spring, most of the riverbed covered with pebbles is directly exposed, and only one bay of shallow water flows through, which cannot be compared with the overflow of the river in the rainy season in summer and autumn.

Such streams and rivers are not enough to form a topographical obstacle, and it is not enough to restrict the Shouzhou army from attacking it.

The enemy army did not have the conditions to build pontoon bridges on the downstream river in a hurry, but the seven or eight miles long and semi-dry stream bed where Shiquan Creek flows into the main waterway of the Zhegao River can be said to be the main gap in the rapid advance of the Shouzhou Army to aid Liyang.

Wembo played too resolutely.

Because the terrain of the eastern foothills of Fucha Mountain is more dangerous and steep, there are several streams and rivers and undulating low ridges in the upper reaches of the Chuhe River, which cut and shattered the terrain for more than ten miles, which is not conducive to cavalry assault.

The Tangyi soldiers are equipped with heavy shields, all kinds of light chariots outside the reinforced crossbows, scorpion crossbows, light cavalry has no heavy armor, and even lacks enough bows and crossbows, it is difficult to assault the infantry from the front, but the streams directly wade through the shallow water of the river and go around to the south bank of Shiquan Creek, cutting off Lin Haizheng's troops from the water camp warships assembled in the main channel of the Zhegao River and the Tangyi soldiers in other places, and intercepting the supplies needed by Lin Haizheng's troops in the future, but it is very effective.

Zhao Wuji and Han Donghu led more than 800 generals into the southern foot of Fucha Mountain, but the number of men and horses was too inferior to hedge with the enemy cavalry in the open area.

Liyang City is located in Qingcang Mountain, Weixu Mountain, Wuyuling and other mountains in the east of the lake, Wen Bo saw the resilience of the Tangyi soldiers, and knew that only two or three thousand, or even more cavalry were used on the south bank of the Zhegao River and Chuhe River, there was no way to expel the Tangyi soldiers from Liyang City, and even could not pass through the middle of the mountain passes and valleys of the Qingcang Mountain, Wuyuling and other mountains to receive reinforcements from the part of the soldiers and horses that were besieged at the southeast foot of the Misu Mountain.

They had to open a passage for the foot soldiers to go south and the grain supplies to Liyang at the western foot of Fucha Mountain, so that it would be possible to drive the Tangyi soldiers out.

The cavalry assaulted from the flanks and the shield-wielding foot soldiers attacked from the front, and the chiseling and striking of the hastily built defense line of the Tangyi soldiers at the western foot of Fucha Mountain did not stop for four days, and finally forced Lin Haizheng to abandon the camp on the north bank.

And because the communication with other tribes was cut off by the enemy cavalry that entered the south bank, and no more supplies could be obtained, and the previous fierce battle and the abandonment of the camp on the north bank, a large number of weapons were destroyed, and it was even more difficult to suppress the surprise attack of the enemy cavalry, Lin Haizheng once doubted that the remaining troops could tell him to hold on to the south bank of Shiquan Creek for a long time, until Tan Xiuqun and He Liufeng came to help in time.

Tan Xiuqun led 2,000 soldiers and came by boat.

In winter, the Ruan River and the Yangtze River, the water flow is gentle, the giant sail is driving down, the speed is fast and steady, the general does not have too much discomfort, recuperates for many days, and lands in the upper reaches of the Zhegao River, which is the most energetic time.

The place where they landed was still eight or nine miles away from Lin Haizheng's headquarters, and this gap was cut by more than 2,000 enemy soldiers who had originally waded across Shiquan Creek to the south bank.

After landing on the shore, Tan Xiuqun directly asked He Liufeng to lead a battalion of generals who suffered heavy casualties in the attack on Dongguan Village, and set up a camp on the beachhead.

Where cavalry is stronger than infantry, in addition to strong mobility and conducive to roundabout outflanking attacks, it also has a condescending height advantage when engaging on the frontal battlefield, which is conducive to slashing left and right, and is also more conducive to assault operations and tearing apart the opponent's formation.

Between Fucha Mountain and the Wuyuling Mountains further east, and the Qingcang Mountains in the south, there is a long and narrow valley about forty or fifty li long from east to west, but only six or seven li wide from north to south.

At this time, the infantry array covered the flanks with various weapons and heavy shields, and was equipped with a large number of bows and crossbows to block the enemy cavalry on the periphery, so there was no dilemma that the infantry armor advanced and retreated before the enemy cavalry.

Zhao Wuji and Han Donghu led the cavalry to kill, and after meeting with Tan Xiuqun, as long as the enemy cavalry dared to approach them, the foot soldiers held the middle, and the cavalry quickly attacked from the flanks, shooting with bows and crossbows, and advancing crosswise, and the offensive was even sharper.

The enemy cavalry was short of bows and crossbows, and seeing that the situation was difficult to do, they had to retreat to the north bank of Shiquan Creek before dark after being entangled for a long time.

Before nightfall, Tan Xiuqun led his troops to meet Lin Haizheng, and He Liufeng also rushed over.

They only defended the south bank of Shiquan Creek, and it was difficult to completely block the entry and exit of enemy cavalry, and more importantly, Han Qian's intention was to completely control Fucha Mountain from the east and west flanks, so they still had to kill the south bank of Shiquan Creek as soon as possible and recapture the camp on the north bank.

Even further, it is necessary to build another camp between the main channel of the Zhegao River and the camp on the north bank, and form the camp on the south bank

The depth of the cross-blockade can be regarded as the establishment of a relatively stable defensive line at the western foot of Fucha Mountain, which is not afraid of being cut off.

In addition to Lin Haizheng's troops, who had suffered nearly half of the casualties, continued to stay on the south bank to rest and recuperate, Tan Xiuqun, Zhao Wuji, and He Liufeng led their troops and horses to wade across Shiquan Creek and launch an attack on the Shouzhou army, which had just occupied the camp on the north bank for less than a day.

On the north bank, in addition to the superiority in the size of men and horses, the Shouzhou army only had a burned barracks, and there were no weapons.

Whether it is the soldiers and horses of Tianping led by Tan Xiuqun, Dong Tai and others, or the elite led by Zhao Wuji and He Liufeng, they are good at mountain combat and small-scale operations, which determines that on a moonlit night when the line of sight is limited and the order is inconvenient, the combat is much stronger than the so-called elite in the world.

The Chishan Army's attack on Langxi, the most critical two sniper battles were able to win, and it was also because the Chishan Army's daily training was coordinated with a squad of more than a dozen people.

In addition to fighting with the enemy, this can have stronger combat resilience, more stability, and will not be immediately defeated because of chaos or being cut by the enemy, which can be fully reflected in night battles.

In addition to not allowing the enemy army to prepare for a longer period of time, and in addition to worrying that more enemy reinforcements would arrive every day after a delay, there was also an important reason, that is, Zhao Wuji, Tan Xiuqun, and He Liufeng had stronger confidence in the night battle.

Although the camp on the north bank is built on a low mountain, the mountain is relatively gentle, and the uplift on the north bank of Shiquan Creek is about ten zhang high.

Lin Haizheng's purpose in setting up camp here is mainly to stop and drag the enemy army to prevent the enemy from bypassing from the side, which requires the camp to be able to control the Shiquan River along a larger scale, rather than building the camp to a dangerous and steep place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In that case, Wen Bo directly divided an elite army and horses to block the entrance and exit of the camp, and the other soldiers and horses could bypass and reinforce Liyang.

The camp had to control the north shore area on a larger scale and could not be built in too remote and dangerous places, which made Lin Haizheng unable to support the offensive that lasted for several days before, and had to temporarily withdraw to the south bank.

Of course, Zhao Wuji, Tan Xiuqun, and He Liufeng wanted to attack this place, and there were no special obstacles in the terrain.

Seeing Tan Xiuqun and others crossing the river overnight to attack, Wen Bo was also secretly surprised, although they had the advantage in terms of troops, but Wen Bo knew in his heart.

Even so, he knew in his heart that this battle was going on, and he had no choice to retreat, and he had to hold out until follow-up reinforcements arrived.

And as long as they can gain a firm foothold on the north bank of Shiquan Creek, even if Liyang City falls into the hands of the Tangyi soldiers, they will not lose the opportunity.

On the one hand, they kept the connection between Chaozhou and Chuzhou, and they were able to continue to block part of the remnants of the Chu army in the Wujian Mountains; On the other hand, it is to control Fucha Mountain, wait for them to gather more elites from Huozhou and Shouzhou, and wait for the grain, money and materials supported by Liang State to transform into the strength in the general's body, and into armor and weapons to suppress the attack of the Tangyi soldiers.

It's just that the soldiers and horses who have newly arrived on the north bank of Shiquan River are too elite, and they are obviously much stronger than the previous Tangyi soldiers - maybe from this point, it can be judged that the Sizhou civil unrest is connived at by Han Qian behind the scenes, otherwise how could the balance of the Sizhou rebellious army accept the reorganization of Zhao'an, how could it be so elite?

On the chaotic and rugged night battlefield, it was obviously impossible for the bulky chariots to be pushed directly to the half-man-high camp parapet by manpower, mainly deployed on the two flanks, to suppress the Shouzhou cavalry from attacking from the two flanks.

However, Xuzhou also built some lighter, stronger chariots to storm the camp along the rising slopes of the mountains, surrounded by elite armoured foot soldiers......

Wen Bo knew in his heart the importance of holding the North Shore camp, but the development of events was not subject to his personal will.

In the past four days, the Shouzhou army gathered more than 11,000 soldiers and horses, 4,000 cavalry, and 7,000 infantry soldiers at the western foot of Fucha Mountain, and paid more than 3,000 casualties to capture the camp.

With such a big advantage in armor and weapons, and losing the opportunity to establish a position on the north bank of Shiquan Creek, Wen Bo was able to drive Lin Haizheng's troops to the north bank with considerable casualties, which was enough to be proud.

However, the problem is that in addition to the relatively light casualties of the Shouzhou cavalry, he relied on the more than 7,000 elite infantry soldiers guarding Chaozhou City in the early days, and suffered nearly 3,000 casualties in the previous battle, which can already be said to be extremely heavy.

After only a day's rest, this part of the soldiers and horses had to face the fierce balance of dragons and tigers, and the pressure they were under was unimaginable.

Even if the situation was critical, Wen Bo personally led the way and entered the battlefield to recover the disadvantage, but he couldn't contain the elite of the balance to enter the camp from the south and southwest, killing his troops and retreating; And the Shouzhou cavalry fought all night from the flank, and did not tear apart He Liufeng, Zhao Wuji, Han Donghu and others led their troops to intercept......

Not wanting the whole army to collapse, Wen Bo was not allowed to retreat north under the cover of cavalry at noon the next day.

When new reinforcements arrived at dusk and Wen Bo wanted to deploy a new offensive against the Tangyi soldiers who had recaptured the camp on the north bank, the news came that the soldiers and horses trapped in the shallow valley southeast of the Misu Mountains had been defeated by the Tangyi soldiers.

At this moment, Wen Bo could only choose to lead his troops to the northwest and retreat to the Taoyuwu camp in the southeast of Chaozhou City to rest.

The soldiers and horses in the shallow valley southeast of the Wet Sushan Mountain were 3,000 elites who were lured out of the mountain by the Tiger in Liyang City, and their existence could at least contain more than 3,000 Tangyi soldiers and more than 2,000 Youlongwu troops reinforced from the south bank.

The end of the battle in the shallow valley southeast of the Misu Mountain not only means that the morale of the remaining more than 1,000 defenders in Liyang City will be dealt a heavy blow, but also means that Han Qian will be in one day at the earliest

Within time, up to 5,000 soldiers and horses can be sent to the battlefield at the western foot of Fucha Mountain.

Not only could he continue to organize the offensive in a short period of time, but Zhao Mingting, who led his troops to fight at the eastern foot of Fucha Mountain for several days, failed to even tear through the defense line formed by Zhao Qi and Su Lie......

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Han Daochang transported money and grain on behalf of the Duzhi envoy and rushed to the western foot of Fucha Mountain, it was already the tenth day after the end of the Liyang War, at this time a new camp after the reinforcement stood on the north bank of Shiquan Creek, and the traces of fierce fighting were not so obvious.

In order to restrict the enemy's riding across the river, more than 2,000 people who had been requisitioned from Gyeonggi counties to the north bank were building a low fence along the south bank of the river.

This low fence wall extends east to the east bank of the main channel of the Zhegao River and west to the rugged hills of Fucha Mountain.

In addition to restricting the rapid penetration of enemy cavalry, this low fence wall also has the effect of restraining the surging water between Fucha Mountain and the low hills in the north in the Shiquan River during the flood season, so as not to flood the area south of the Zhegao River, east of Chaohu Lake, and north of Qingcang Mountain, thus becoming conducive to farming.

In addition to the large-scale reclamation of the lake bay area sandwiched between the Zhegao River and Qingcang Mountain, the low-lying area near the lake between the Weixu Mountain and the Qingcang Mountain, as long as a great effort can be spent to build a polder, the new fields that can be reclaimed will be as high as 100,000 acres.

The pressure of building the polder embankment in these two areas is on the side near Chaohu Lake, but the front and back add up to only need to build a ten-mile-long embankment, which is much less difficult than building a remote embankment of more than 200 miles along the river.

Yes, the earlier plan to build the river embankment was more than 100 li, but that was from the mouth of the Wushou River.

Now that the beach from the Wushou River to the Yuxi River is counted, the scale of the construction of the remote embankment along the river has directly more than doubled.

And this spring, it is necessary to grant land to the families of the generals and soldiers of Tangyi.

After forming a solid defensive line at the western foot of Fucha Mountain, it is more realistic to reclaim the land on the east bank of Chaohu Lake and take out the fields around Liyang City for distribution, and in autumn Tangyi can directly have a new harvest, which can greatly reduce the pressure on relief.

Han Daochang has already seen the draft of Tangyi soldier recruitment and pension drafted by Han Qian.

All the generals and soldiers of Tangyi who are recruited into the army, depending on the quality of the field, are given 10 to 15 acres of ration fields, and those who have the merit of beheading, serious disabilities and war deaths will be awarded 10 to 15 acres of ration fields.

Han Qian did not want the meritorious generals of Tangyi soldiers to be transformed into new landlords, and the direct field reward was capped at 30 acres of fertile land.

The military service of the conscripts is limited to three years, except for the open grain fields, the soldiers' salaries are one stone of grain per month, and all the daily necessities such as armor, horses, shoes and clothing are given by the battalion.

After the completion of three years of service, they will retire to the reserve camp, and during the five-year period, they will need to receive three months of preparation for war each year, and the salary will be paid according to the regular soldier during the preparation period, and the rest of the time will be reduced by half.

After the five-year preparatory period, except for wartime call-ups, they are self-employed in peacetime, but the barracks will be reduced by half and the subsidy will be paid for life......

Although Han Qian transferred 2,000 elites from Xuzhou a year ago, there are a number of veterans who have retired into the reserves, and the scale of Xuzhou's state soldiers has recovered to 3,000 people.

A new batch of military attachés, officials and a thousand elite soldiers are on their way from Xuzhou to reinforce Tangyi.

Of course, after reading Han Qian's plan, Han Daochang still has no way to calm down.

This plan is too expensive to eat.

Dachu is currently implementing the military government system in combination with the military system, and it has almost been fully implemented in the forbidden army and the guard pro-army system.

In addition to the initial grant of a part of the land for cultivation, the military households of the military government need to be military households for future generations, and the brothers and brothers, fathers and sons succeed, cannot be interrupted, except for obtaining military merits and leaving the country, otherwise they are not eligible to be elected officials.

In addition to the rewards for war achievements, soldiers are assigned to the battalion for defense and conquest, not only do they have no additional salaries in peacetime, but they also have to prepare their own armor, swords, and bows, and even every ten to fifteen households also bear the maintenance of a war horse or other military animals, which is an extremely heavy burden.

In addition to being slightly more stable than the displaced people, the military government and military households actually endured great oppression and exploitation, but this system greatly ensured that the center had sufficient elite soldiers, and did not need to bear multiple financial burdens.

According to the plan drafted by Han Qian, the military expenditure of each regular soldier of Tangyi will be two to three times that of the forbidden army and the guards and pro-soldiers.

Although Han Daochang has not been in politics for a long time and does not know much about military and political affairs, he has been responsible for the operation of the Han clan's property for a long time, and he can still calculate the accounts in it, and sighed in his heart, Han Qian wants to maintain a 20,000-person army and horse establishment in Tangyi, where is it enough to invest one million yuan in food?

Investing a million dollars in food every year may not be enough!

In addition, Han Qian also asked Han Daoming and Han Daochang to fight for a privilege for the old department of the Zuoguang German Army in the court, that is, all the generals of the old army of Zuoguang who had participated in the Jinling War were willing to be newly recruited into the Tangyi Army, and the military service period was counted from the time they joined the Chishan Army or the Zuoguang German Army.

This also means that the earliest batch of personnel of the old German army of Zuoguang will be able to complete the three-year military service period and transfer to the reserve force by the beginning of next year......

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