Han Qian made a decision, not only did the defensive formation on the north bank shrink closer to the inner line, but also used the old ditches to create more obstacles on the periphery of the defensive formation according to local conditions, and the fleet moored in the Chu River also reacted quickly, transporting more inconvenient equipment such as horses, antlers, and thistles to the shore and deploying them along the outer defense line.

There were also some scattered components brought ashore, and seven or eight whirlwind cannons more than four feet high were assembled at the foot of Tugang Mountain very quickly, standing in the center of the defensive formation.

The Tornado Cannon has a limited range and is slow to fire scattered projectiles, but when erected, it can give your soldiers a sense of psychological dependence.

The inner line also gradually cut through the ice of some ditches to prevent the enemy cavalry from penetrating directly without obstacles.

Near noon, the second fleet, consisting of nearly 100 small and medium-sized awning boats, sailed from the southeast Chuhe estuary to replace the first fleet.

In addition to the iron tools used to dig trenches and build parapets, and more light chariots, a large number of thistles and spikes made of fine iron, with hideous spikes about three to five inches long and a few feet, were carried ashore in a steady stream.

At this time, news came that the 8,000 foot soldiers who came from the direction of Chaozhou had also arrived on the southwest side of the Wujian Mountain Range.

Except for a part of the enemy army, which was stationed in Yuping Mountain on the southwest side of the Wujian Mountain Range to monitor the remnants of the Great Chu Water Division, other soldiers and horses were rushing over at full speed.

From Chaozhou City, although there are official roads to connect with each other, it is also more than 200 miles long.

However, the advance speed of this enemy foot soldier was not much slower than that of the cavalry coming from Zhongli City in the north through Yongyang.

Even if it was not clearly detected that it was Wen Bo personally commanded, Han Qian guessed that this army should be the elite led by Wen Bo who had held Chaozhou for more than half a year and whose morale had not yet collapsed.

After more than ten days of rest, this elite infantry unit has quickly regained its combat effectiveness.

Just as they had long seen the importance of Chuzhou City and the Wujian Mountains in the struggle for control of the hinterland of Huaixi, how could Xu Mingzhen, Niu Gengru, Wen Duqiao, and the rising stars Wen Bo and Zhao Mingting, who were once as famous as Li Yu and others, not see this?

What's more, Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang was in Suyu three hundred miles away at this time.

As for Xu Mingzhen, after the capture of Zhongli City and the withdrawal of the Huaixi Forbidden Army led by Li Zhihe from Chaozhou City, he postponed more than ten days before he massively increased his troops into the hinterland of Chuzhou, but it was not entirely because he guessed that Han Qian and his people were in Tangyi.

However, before a large number of grain and materials were transported from the hinterland of Liang State, the Shouzhou army seemed to have a large number of generals, but it did not have the ability to conquer Jiancheng.

In the case of necessity, Xu Mingzhen could only ask Zhao Mingting to lead an elite cavalry to keep an eye on the movement of Chuzhou City.

However, at this time, the Shouzhou Army was called to slow down a little, and the military potential that had erupted had to be temporarily avoided.

Seeing that the advance speed of the 8,000 Bujia coming from the direction of Chaozhou was so amazing, Han Qian weighed it again and again, and also considered gaining a firm foothold on both sides of the Chuhe River first, giving up the illusion of occupying Chuzhou City.

Li Xiu and Li Qian led more than 1,000 cavalry to still be in the southern section of the Wujian Mountain Range, Han Qian did not expect that they who were difficult to supply and fled south in embarrassment could follow his orders and go to fight with the remnants of the Navy Division to fight out of Wujian Mountain.

However, since the Tangyi camp was officially established, he was the supreme commander of the theater east of Chaohu Lake and about 300 miles deep west of Hangou, and while the enemy army had not completely blocked the passage between Chuzhou City, Wujian Mountain and Chuhe River, he sent scout horses to intersperse with the past to give orders, and Li Xiu and Li Qi led their troops to occupy the steep terrain at the southwest foot of the Wujian Mountain Range, and prepare for active defense.

At the same time, he sent people to Chuzhou City, ordered the Chuzhou assassin Wei Zhen to abandon Chuzhou City, and led the army and civilians to evacuate to the Wujian Mountains northwest of Chuzhou City, and joined the remnants of the Navy Division.

Not to mention Li Xiu and Li Mo, Han Qian is not a little sure whether Wei Zhen will act according to orders, but at present, the remnants of the naval division have been withdrawn to the southeast foot of the Wujian Mountains, because Gao Chengyuan died of his injuries when he crossed the river and returned to Jinling to ask for guilt, he has actually accepted the leadership of Kong Xirong, Guo Xiao and others.

Han Qian hoped to preserve this demoralized and uneven combat power, and sent people to tell Kong Xirong in every possible way not to take risks easily.

The weather was freezing and it was extremely difficult to excavate frozen soil and drive wooden pile walls, so Han Qian ordered most of the wheels and axles of the light chariots to be dismantled, and directly connected the carriages to form three simple parapets about 200 steps long, and even used winches to drag small awning boats directly ashore and placed them on both sides of the official road as obstacles to limit the enemy's attack.

Before more than 12,000 cavalry and foot soldiers of the Shouzhou Army came from the west and north, the Tangyi camp army built a simple camp with a depth of about 300 steps on the north bank of the Chu River at the northeast foot of the Great Thorn Mountain.

Wen Ruilin was wrapped in a big block, withstood the cold wind, climbed the steep earthen hill, and could overlook the simple camp built by the Tangyi camp army on the north bank of the Chu River in just two days, most of the Chu army had withdrawn into the camp, and there were a small number of scout cavalry and thousands of people who were struggling to dig trenches in the frozen soil; Some of the soldiers and horses were even evacuated to the south bank and stationed.

In addition to the parapet wall of the light chariot carriage filled with frozen soil as the main body, the camp is only one person high, and there is no so-called gate. In addition to the Chuhe River in the north, the east and west sides and the north side where they are facing each other have left three or four gaps more than ten zhang wide.

They can organize elite combat forces to fight through these gaps, but at the same time, the Chu army can also use these openings to quickly counterattack the Shouzhou army approaching the camp.

"Han Qian ordered the Chuzhou soldiers and civilians to evacuate to Wujian Mountain at this time, and he didn't want to use the Chuzhou soldiers and civilians to contain us from the side, it can be seen that he is very confident that this simple camp can block our offensive!" Zhao Mingting frowned, and said to Wen Bo, who was wearing black armor, had a gentle temperament, and did not have the rugged aura of a military general.

Emperor Tianyou rose to Huainan, Wen Duqiao presided over and assisted Empress Xu to sit in the rear, and his reputation for commanding troops was far less than that of Li Yu, Xu Mingzhen and others; And Wen Bo has been a guard general under his father since he was a child, especially when Emperor Tianyou Dingding Jinling, he was only in his early twenties, and his reputation was even less conspicuous.

Wen Bo can serve as a senior general at the level of the commander of the guards and the army, and the vast majority of the people in the Great Chu government and the opposition believe that he has succeeded Wen Duqiao's merits.

Wen Bo really became famous, and it should be the battle of Shouchizhou.

Although under Li Zhihe's offensive, Wen Bo was forced to abandon Chizhou and lead the remnants of the army to flee, but at that time, under such harsh conditions, he was able to inflict heavy damage on Yueyang's soldiers and horses, and forced Yueyang's soldiers and horses to dare not attack Jinling quickly, so as to gain enough time for Anning Palace to organize the army and civilians to flee north, which has initially shown his famous general's bearing.

Shouchao Prefecture has pushed the reputation of Wenbo Shoucheng to a new peak.

Li Zhihe fought steadily, using almost all the siege methods throughout the ages, and Wen Bo also saw the move, using the resources reserved in Chaozhou City to block the Huaixi Forbidden Army outside the Chaozhou city wall, and failed to exceed half a step of the thunder pool.

Although the situation in Shouzhou, which is backed by the secret of Chaozhou, is much better than that of Xichuan City at the beginning, it is undeniable that he defended Chaozhou City in a battle, which can be called a classic.

If it weren't for the fact that Wen Bo's defense of Chaozhou City was too stable and there was no hope of capture in a short period of time, it would be impossible for the ministers of Great Chu to rush to support the sailors to attack Hongzepu and fall into the calculation.

After Li Zhihe led the Huaixi forbidden army to withdraw, Wen Bo led the Chaozhou soldiers and horses, who had only rested for more than ten days, and advanced two hundred miles east along the official road in less than two and a half days, and rushed over to meet Zhao Mingting.

Even if Xu Mingzhen did not explicitly mention that Wen Bo would be the leader after Chuzhou, Zhao Mingting, who knew the advance and retreat, would follow his advice and organize an offensive against the Chu army.

Wen Bo frowned and pondered for a long time before turning his head sideways and asking Wen Ruilin: "Mr. Wen, what flaws do you think the Chu military camp can be exploited?" ”

Thinking about the fact that more than a month ago, they were all Chu ministers and Chu generals, but today they called the enemy army as "Chu Army", Wen Bo was also full of emotion in his heart, of course, what was even more touching was the unpredictable change in their hostile relationship with Wen Ruilin.

Wen Ruilin glanced at Wen Bo, wondering if Wen Bo respected his status as Emperor Liang's personal envoy and asked for his opinion, or did he feel that Han Qian was extremely difficult to deal with and had the intention of retreating, but it was inconvenient to say it directly?

"Han Qian is good at using tricks, his camp is dependent on the Chuhe River waterway, the soldiers are free to advance and retreat, and there is no shortage of materials, we must not be on guard," Wen Ruilin said in a deep voice, "General Wen and General Zhao may be able to send troops to test the enemy's fighting spirit, if the enemy camp is difficult to get down quickly, we should calmly plan according to Chuzhou City and then plan later......"

"Also, whether the Marquis of Qianyang is really so powerful, you have to try his catties and two and say it," Wen Bo narrowed his eyes slightly, put his hands behind his back, and followed Wen Ruilin's words, and asked Zhao Mingting, "Mingting, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Mingting led the cavalry to keep an eye on the soldiers and horses on the north bank of Chuzhou for a day and a night, and all the opportunities he could find were traps, and more than 300 soldiers were lost, but he could also understand the meaning of Wen Bo's words, as a general who surrendered the army, if they didn't even have a tentative attack, they would retreat directly to defend Chuzhou City, how to make the Liang monarchs and ministers in Bianjing trust them?

Anyway, even if he knew that he would lose his soldiers, even if he knew that he would lose his teeth, he still had to gnaw on Han Qian's bones.