Wu Su Dashi soon went out of the city and rushed to the embankment on the north bank with Xiao Yiqing, surrounded by Hu Cai, so as to observe the changes in the battle situation nearby.

He also passed the banner and ordered the forward generals who entered the south bank to focus on the eastern flank of the battle, focusing on attacking the weak Han Yuanqi's troops, but the Tangyi army array on the western flank was still resolute in advancing to the east when their superior cavalry was trying to contain it from the flank.

Wusu Dashi even saw several groups of three or five hundred heavily armored foot soldiers directly breaking away from the main forward array of the Tangyi army, and directly rushing towards the center of the array on the west flank of their Yanyun infantry battalion, forcing them not to dare to shift the center of gravity of the battlefield to the east excessively.

And once they sent a small group of cavalry to advance through the gap, the small group of Tangyi army armor that rushed in quickly shrank, and used large shields and spears to form a formation on the spot to resist the impact of their cavalry, while more armor soldiers were interspersed in the rear.

Obviously, the elite of the Tangyi army could not worry about being cut off on the battlefield, and the Tangyi soldiers who entered the staggered combat area of the two armies even continued to spread to the periphery in a group of 100 people, deliberately making the battlefield more fragmented.

This also made the Tangyi army control a greater depth in the battlefield on the west road, making it more convenient and faster for the Tangyi soldiers in the rear to advance and intersperse, and annihilate the soldiers and horses they leaked in.

In the first battle of Hehuai, the Tangyi army fought quite conservatively in Xiacai, Danxian and other places.

At that time, the main purpose was to attract the main force of the enemy army to the southern front, so that the soldiers and civilians of Bianjing could withdraw from the northern front to Yingshui, and at the same time, on the southern front, the Tangyi soldiers and horses were also at an absolute disadvantage in terms of scale, and almost none of them fought in formation outside the city.

When the Tangyi army defended the city, it was also more of the township soldiers and civilians who were bravely pulled up to the city wall for training, and both sides relied on cyclone cannons and other equipment to bombard, so they could not see obvious advantages and disadvantages.

At this moment, Wusu Dashi can still see that the Tangyi army has a more obvious advantage at the tactical level, especially in the small scattered operations have a strong self-confidence, not only is not afraid of being cut, but even eager to cut each other in the staggered combat area, trying to use excellent armor and old tactical literacy to gain greater advantages on the fragmented local battlefield.

It is said that the Jianghuai soldiers are weak, but this is obviously not suitable for the professional generals of the Tangyi Army who have been recruited into the battalion for many years, experienced countless bloody battles, and can be fully guaranteed in peacetime.

Even if the forward general threw three teams of heavily armored cavalry into the western flank, it would be difficult to tear apart the array of heavy armored infantry of the Tangyi army.

Even in the chaotic staggered combat area, it is impossible to form a charging line, but the heavy cavalry is not afraid of strong bows and crossbows, and after approaching, they use long blades and heavy spears to stab and slash condescendingly, and can easily tear apart the array of light armored cavalry and foot soldiers on the battlefield.

At this time, in the face of the heavy armor infantry of the Tangyi army, their heavy armored cavalry did not play the advantage and role worth expecting.

The heavily armored infantry of the Tangyi army has a strong defense, and they are not afraid of the two sides squeezing together in a scuffle.

On the watchtower of the embankment on the north bank, with the help of the lookout scope, Wusu Dashi could clearly see that the armor of the Tangyi army could directly resist the gravity of the blade, and then use the strong shield grid heavy spear to stab from the side, so that their heavy armored cavalry had long been accustomed to the combat advantage could not be brought into play.

And because the horse armor could not protect the shin and foot parts of the war horse, it became the weakness of the Tangyi army, and watched the tall war horses fall, and the heavy cavalry generals were also thrown off the horse, even if they got up and were not pressed on the horse, they could only be killed on the chaotic battlefield.

The west road array could not be expanded to the south, and was even beaten by the Tangyi army to shrink to the shore, and the flanks of the east road array were exposed, seeing that there was a group of cavalry assembled on the east bank of the Yichuan River in the direction of Xixuan Temple, Wusu Dashi was worried that the flank exposed by the east road array would become a weak point to be attacked, so he could only order the soldiers and horses on the east road to give up the advance of Han Yuanqi's department and shrink back synchronously.

Han Qian obviously wouldn't rush the decisive battle on the first day, at least for a short period of time, he could use too few elite lineages on the Heluo battlefield to withstand attrition, and the goal of the early battle was mainly to ensure that the enemy could not stand on the south bank, and could even use the mountains and hills on both flanks to confine the enemy army to the mouth of the Yiluo River, so that his troops could not extend to the territory of the Yan Division.

In another ten days and half a month, the ice along the Yu River will gradually melt.

Yuhe has the most serious and typical Ling Xun in the Central Plains.

Every winter and spring, the ice in the middle and lower reaches of the Yuhe River melts later than the upstream in spring or the ice freezes earlier than the upstream in winter, and the ice dam formed by the ice will block the river, making the river channel unsmooth, and the upstream water will flood the land on both banks.

The Mengwu people built a dam in Wuzhi County to intercept the river, forcing the Yu River to divert southward from the embankment on the east side of Xingyang City, which would actually aggravate the flood disaster of the Yu River in the section from Mengjin to Xingyang.

This also means that even if the enemy temporarily gains a foothold at the mouth of the Yiluo River, it will not be able to enter the territory of Yanshi County, which is on higher ground, and will inevitably retreat to the north bank first when the Yu River enters the flood season.

The enemy's new offensive could not be resumed until after the flood season had passed, when boats were used to cross the Yu River......

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Wen Ruilin and Guo Duanduo did not stay in the Luohe battlefield for too long, and the next day they bid farewell to Han Qian, took the first batch of generals who went south, and left Luoyang to go south.

Songnan plank road, built between Funiu Mountain and Songshan Mountain, is currently the main passage out of Heluo, through Rucai, south to Huaixi.

Take the hastily repaired Shuanglonggou plank road into Shangluo, and then take the Wuguan Road to Huaixi through Dengjun, the road is more narrow and dangerous, tortuous.

Although there have been many mountain people, hunters and medicine farmers in the southern foothills of Songshan and the north of Funiu Mountain for thousands of years, and there are hundreds of villages located in the middle, because Heluo leads to western Henan, either take the Jialu River and Shaying River waterway, or take the Songshan and Mashiping Post Road at the eastern foot of Funiu Mountain to connect with the western Henan states, since the previous dynasty, there was no official post in Funiu Mountain and Songshan Mountain from the south of Heluo and through Ruzhou to Chen, Cai and other places.

The terrain of the north of Funiu Mountain and the southern foot of Songshan Mountain seems to be not high, but the streams and ravines are vertical and horizontal, cutting the terrain into fragments, so that Songnan does not have a complete channel to communicate the two places.

Zhu Yu returned to Caizhou, first captured Xinzheng, and was unable to attack the important town of Xingyang in a short time, after the Yu River burst, the shallow silt area between Xingyang and Xinzheng was all flooded, and then he was forced to lead his troops from Songnan to the south of Heluo regardless of casualties.

Fortunately, Zhu Yu had a very high prestige in the minds of the local forces in the south of Heluo, tore apart the interception of the rebels in Songyang and other places, and then attacked all the way along the Yichuan River to Luoyang City.

When Wen Ruilin passed through the Songnan plank road, it was only February 10, the climate in Songyang was slightly warmer, the ice and snow had melted, and the narrow post road was trampled into mud by passing people and horses.

The endless sound of "Hi Yo" resounded on this post road, not only thousands of carriages and horses passed, but also more than 20,000 strong people gathered on both sides of the post road, taking materials, knocking down stones, mining river sand, and filling the muddy potholes.

Han Qian has not directly started to adjust the local officials in Heluo, but the county orders of Ruyang and Songyang counties were taken over by Huo Xiao and Guo Xiao respectively before the official practice of meditation, and the township inspection departments were also set up in the two counties for the first time.

Their task is to mobilize the manpower and materials of the two counties as quickly as possible to further renovate and widen the Songnan plank road.

The Songnan plank road is currently the most important lifeline of the beam, and the early stage is not only limited to people and horses, but more importantly, how many ordnance materials can pass through, which will directly determine the direction of the Heluo battle.

Although the elite was sent north to Haluo from the three closest places in Ha Cai, Dan County and Gwangju, the generals only carried armor with them, and even because of the narrow plank road, nearly 20,000 military horses were left in Ruzhou, not to mention bed crossbows, various chariots and many fine iron components for building warships.

At present, the capacity of Songnan plank road, when the weather is fine, is only to use hundreds of military horses and camels to transport more than 1,000 stone materials every day.

If only 20,000 or 30,000 stone of war materials can be transported into Heluo in a month, it may not be able to meet the food shortage of 80,000 generals, not to mention significantly improving the combat effectiveness of all armies.

Wen Ruilin re-walked the Songnan plank road at this time, and he could also see the strength of Tangyi after directly taking over Ruyang and Songyang counties.

Along the way, almost 30 chain bridges entered the construction stage at the same time, which was only 20 days after the two counties of Ruyang and Songyang were taken over.

The capacity of the Songnan plank road is limited, and the terrain is still steep, mainly cut by the streams and ravines in the north and south, and these streams and ditches are deep and steep, even if the Liang army has built a pontoon bridge along the road in the past six months, or the edge slope crest goes around to the narrow place to build a wooden beam bridge, it is still extremely inconvenient.

The key is that the carriage cannot pass, which directly limits the capacity.

The key to whether the situation in Heluo can be truly stabilized is to build the iron chain bridge first because of the simplicity, and then gradually build the iron beam bridge, and expand and improve the capacity of the Songnan plank road step by step.

If the capacity problem of the Songnan plank road cannot be solved, even if the battle situation on the northern flank of Luoyang is stalemate until next year, the situation will not only not be alleviated, but will be more convenient for the Mengwu people to transport people and materials to Mengzhou, Xingyang, and Yongzhou, and finally let them occupy an absolute strategic advantage.

Wen Ruilin and others walked through the Songnan plank road, along the Mashi Ping Post Road all the way south, it was much smoother, and arrived at Yingshang three days later, ready to cross the Huai River to Shouzhou first.

Along the way, they could see the former people of Liang in Heluo, Cai Ru, Xu Chen and other places, and when they saw the death of the first emperor, the envoy of the Great Chu Tangyi, and the official list of the Marquis of Qianyang Dechan who succeeded him as the new lord of the Liang State, they were full of suspicion and incredulity, and their minds could not settle down in a short time.

However, along the way, in addition to the baggage and transportation troops of the whole team, Wen Ruilin and the others could also see the returned veterans and military attaches Zuo Shi who were scattered from Huaixi Prefectures and counties to the north, although their faces were also full of incredulity, but more of them were excited and enthusiastic.

Wen Ruilin could fully imagine why they were so excited, but it was also true, and his heart was even more mixed.

Thinking about it rationally, this is the best choice, otherwise even if he supports the succession of King Liluo, it is difficult to imagine that he can defend Heluo in front of the Mughul who have been prepared for a long time, but he is full of mixed tastes in his heart, and he doesn't know what the result will be when he goes to the Nannei History Mansion this time, and he doesn't know how the Chu Ting and the forces of all parties will react violently to the whole thing......

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Liangzhou is sandwiched between the Qinling Mountains and Daba Mountain, and it is difficult for the cold current to invade, and it is much warmer than the Heluo area in early spring. In the previous dynasty, the Liangzhou city was built on the north bank of the Han River, the outer city was eight miles deep, when the people were the most prosperous, there were tens of thousands of households in the outer city, and the outer city had long been destroyed in the war, and the Shu army only rebuilt the inner city after that.

Before the division and merger, there were only 15,600 households in Liangzhou counties, and although Liangzhou County had the largest number of people, the total number was only 6,000 households, and they were mainly scattered in rural villages.

The inner city was slightly more prosperous because of the garrison, but the outer city was ruined and barren.

At this time, the outer city of Liangzhou was full of people, but they were all coerced from Xiangfan Ying, and Deng Jun to flee westward, all of them were blue-clad and yellow-skinned.

Although Liangzhou occupies the rich Hanzhong Basin between the Bashan and Qinling Mountains, and there are hundreds of acres of land that can be cultivated, the problem is that the reclamation of wasteland requires the input of farm tools, ploughing cattle, mules and horses, and before the new harvest is available, more than 20,000 generals and nearly 100,000 small households need to ensure the supply of food rations.

Liangzhou did not have sufficient agricultural tools and animal power, nearly 100,000 soldiers and civilians withdrew from Yunyang, Fangling and other places to the west, and the rations of adult Ding Zhuang were only half a catty a day, and the rations for women and children had to be halved on this basis, and they swallowed together with wild vegetables, grass leaves or bark, and they didn't even have the strength to stand up and walk around. In the era when there was very little oil and meat, the ration standard for adult Ding Zhuang during the farming period was two catties of rough grain per day plus a small amount of salt or sauce.

And no matter how poor the reclamation conditions are, the seeds must be sufficient, right?

Liangzhou was able to carry it to this time, and there was no shortage of grain, but fortunately, Li Zhihe had cultivated an additional 200,000 mu of new fields on both sides of the Han River two years ago, and when Xiangbei was defeated, Liangzhou had more than 100,000 stones of grain in stock.

It's just that this bit of grain storage is still too difficult to survive until the summer grain harvest.

Generally speaking, the situation in the inner city is better, the houses and alleys are also tidy, and the inner house of the Assassin's Mansion is built by the Shu army, which is also quite magnificent.

It's just that at this moment, in the meeting hall of the Assassin's Mansion, the atmosphere was a little depressing, and the guards guarding in the courtyard in front of the government office could clearly hear Yao Xishui's hoarse and angry voice coming from the courtyard:

"Big brother, do you know how many heads the Liang thief Zhu Wen killed in the White Horse Station, do you know that a fire in the Lu Wangfu burned for a few days and nights before it was extinguished, do you know what countless old people have been thinking about over the years, how can you be at ease with the enemy country? Han Qian coveted the position of Lord Liang today, and not to mention that he would inevitably have a bad relationship with the Chu State, and the Mengwu cavalry would definitely not miss the opportunity to trample on Heluo. He couldn't bear the enemy in the north and south, so he had to show favor to Liangzhou, but, big brother, think about it, Han Qian, what chance does he have to hold Heluo? And even if he is asked to gain a foothold in Luohe, with his wolf ambition, how can he not tear up today's oath and let the eldest brother sleep on his side of the couch? Why did we lose so badly, everything is not thanks to Han Qian, how can you seek skin with the tiger today? ”

The guards inside and outside the Assassin's Mansion are all the elite of Li Zhihe's descendants.

Li Zhihe had the intention to select them and train them as reserve military attachés, teach them to read and write, explain simple exercises and training techniques for governing the army, and more or less know the general trend of the world.

It's just that none of them thought that when Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang was critically ill, he did not pass on his son Zhu Zhen, and made the general welcome Han Qian into Luoyang as the new lord, nor did they expect that Han Qian would send Feng Yi into Liangzhou after succeeding the lord of Liang, and wanted to canonize the governor Li Zhihe as the envoy of Liangzhou, and incorporate Liang and Jin as the territory of Liang.

Although Li Zhihe's military orders were extremely strict, the guards and generals guarding the vestibule couldn't help but look into the conference hall at this time.

The door of the council hall was open, and Li Zhihe didn't seem to mind that the generals of the Ya Army around him could see Yao Xishui's face red from excitement and anger when they heard the quarrel inside.

In contrast, Feng Yi, who rushed to Liangzhou with an edict, sat calmly behind the long case on the left, and waited until Yao Xishui had vented it, and then said slowly:

"The Queen Mother Chan'er and the Xiangwang 'Yang Lin', Chen De and others are no longer useful in your hands, but they still consume your precious grain in vain every day and hand it over to me to take to East Lake, there should be no loss to you, right? And accept the canonization of my Liang's edict, my Liang will neither send a soldier to Liangzhou, nor will he appoint an official to Liangzhou, let alone take away the military power in your hands, and even in the name of Liang, borrow 30,000 stones of grain and grass from Shu on a monthly basis to supply Liangzhou for use and raising soldiers and horses, such good conditions, I really can't imagine why Miss Yao should refuse so firmly, is it too irrational? If the Mughurs can give you such good conditions, I, Feng Yi, will only persuade you to accept the canonization of the Muguls as soon as possible, and you won't have one more fart......"

Feng Yi said it all over the place, and the green tendons on Yao Xishui's forehead were beating faintly, but she couldn't forget the familiar faces of Lu Wangfu, the situation of being engulfed by the raging fire, and how she survived that catastrophe when she was young, even if it was only in name, she couldn't accept the fact that Liangzhou was canonized by Liang Guo.

Deng Tai, Zhang Song, Zhou Tong, Hao Zixia and other generals are all descendants brought out by Li Zhihe over the years, and Chai Xun came from his father Chai Jian; In addition, Su Hongyu and Li Zhihe's eldest son, Li Zhihe, also sat in the hall.

Feng Yi is not a stranger to them.

Any force, in this kind of life-and-death decision, no one can completely ignore the objections of his subordinates and make a decision, at this time he put aside Yao Xishui, looked at Deng Tai and the others and said:

"Over the years, it is difficult to say who is who. It doesn't matter what kind of person I Feng Yi is, but what kind of person Han Qian is, don't care what those high-minded and self-proclaimed people are saying, you touch your chest and think about it, is he really a traitor who has no faith and no righteousness? With Brother Zhihe and all of you to defend Xichuan, who has the greatest credit? With you, who has the greatest credit for pacifying Tanzhou and opening Hunan Xingshangshu Province? Marriage of Shu, and even pacification of Jinling rebellion, whose credit is the greatest? Who is Yang Yuanpu who is supporting the throne of God along the way, and who can't tolerate anyone in the end, and who is suspicious in every way, forcing who has to give up the greatest support and retreat to Xuzhou? The Navy Division was destroyed and the Liang army went south, who stood up to turn the tide? Yes, at this time, Tangyi was self-reliant and no longer listened to the orders of the imperial court, but who caused this situation? The boss was tortured to death, who single-handedly contributed to it? In addition, no matter how much you can ignore your conscience, you can't say that Yang Yuanpu died in our hands in the end, right? And in the end, you couldn't hold Deng Junzhou and had to defend Liangzhou in embarrassment, which was also caused by the defeat, but in addition to leaving you a glimmer of leeway everywhere, what despicable means did Tangyi use that could not be put on the table? In comparison, what kind of means the late Red Mansion has used over the years, I think you all know it. Yes, Heluo is in danger now, but even if we can't hold Heluo, you won't have anything to lose, on the contrary, you can still get a rare opportunity to rest and recuperate, and in the future, you can have more bargaining chips with the Muguls and sell them for a price. And if we can get lucky enough to hold Heluo, think about it, what a heroic figure Zhu Yu of Liang Emperor is, he has been ruined by Han Qian several times, but he dares to entrust the Zhu clan and the Great Liang Jiangshan to Han Qian, what is there to worry about this and that? To tell the truth, it's nothing for me to go home empty-handed, and I also believe that Brother Zhihe won't embarrass me, but I just go home empty-handed, and I will only look down on everyone here in my heart - by the way, I'm not afraid to tell you that Lu Qingxia launched a palace mutiny to assassinate Yang Yuanpu, and when the success was completed, the Mengwu people lurked in Jinling's hands and tried to prevent and delay your family from leaving the city - this is something that Madame Hongyu and Zhang Song will not be unaware of when you escape from Jinling City, right? And what are the intentions of the Muguls, I think you know very well in your hearts, that night the Muguls were sniped by us in Jinling City, a total of thirty-seven secret spy......"

Deng Tai, Zhang Song, Zhou Tong, Hao Zixia, Chai Xun and others were silent, they were generals in the army, even if their positions were different, even if they had fought with Tangyi over the years, they were all pragmatic people, and they were silent at this moment and did not express any opinions.

Feng Yi looked at Yao Xishui again and said: "Miss Yao, you think that the Li family's clan was killed to the ground, and the remaining hatred is difficult to eliminate, I can understand, my Feng family was almost wiped out, and Han Qian even had a great hatred for killing his father, but I think that no matter who bears the injustice of this world, it is unlikely to be as good as the old man who is full of sincerity and wants to solve the danger of Jianghuai, but he was calculated in every possible way and was punished by the corpse of five horses, right?" The old man left a blood letter to Han Qian before his execution, with Miss Yao's heart, guess what the old man left for Han Qian in this blood letter? ”

"How can I guess?" Yao Xishui stiffened his face and said coldly.

"This starts from a past incident when the boss was a servant in Chuzhou in his early years," Feng Yi slowly said about the old things of Han Daoxun's tenure in Chuzhou, and said, "This old thing has been buried in the heart of the boss, and the blood book left when he was about to be sentenced only wrote this paragraph to Han Qian: 'The old things in Chuzhou have been accumulated for many years, and the punishment is imminent, and this life is suddenly in front of me, and I really feel that life and death are small, and I don't think I think '......"

"Is there really such a blood book?" Su Hongyu, who had been sitting silently beside Li Zhihe, couldn't help but ask out loud at this moment.

Feng Yi said: "Why do I need to deceive you at this time, Han Donghu used this blood letter to sneak to Xuzhou to see Wen Duqiao and persuade the Wen family to join Tangyi. ”

"Huh?" Su Hongyu looked at Li Zhihe in a daze.

How the Wen clan was exiled to Tangyi and why Wen Bo, Xue Chuan, Cao Ba and other generals were able to put aside their worries and lead the defenders of Luoshan to surrender to Tangyi, they have been puzzled by this matter for the past two years, but how did they not think that Han Qian could easily resolve the final concerns of Wen Duqiao and Wen Bo and his son with this blood letter.

"What is hatred, the previous dynasty was destroyed, the war disaster was like a tiger, and the heads of your Li family clan were rolling to the ground, but have you ever thought about how many heads have fallen to the ground in Hehuai, Guanzhong, Jianghuai, Heshuo, and Hedong in the past 50 years," Feng Yi said, "Not to mention anything else, just take the Liangjin Prefecture as an example, when the previous dynasty was at its peak, the people in the two states were prosperous, with more than 400,000 mouths, and after Wang Jian collected the Liangjin Prefecture as Shu soil, Dingkou was less than 40,000, and the heads of nine out of ten people fell to the ground." Taking the five states of Huaixi as an example, in the later years of the previous dynasty, ten years before Emperor Tianyou served as the envoy of Shounanjie, there were still four million people in Huaixi, but just forty years later, Huaixi only recorded more than 700,000 mouths, and three million heads rolled to the ground - their heads, compared with your Li family clan, which is more important? Miss Yao never forgets the old hatred, but she doesn't know who she wants to find to avenge this dead soul all over the world? Miss Yao never forgets the old hatred, and is full of thoughts about the fragmentation of Heluo and Huaixi to taste the old hatred, but Miss Yao, you haven't thought about it, Heluo and Huaixi are fragmented, and there are four million remnants of Heluo and Huaixi, how many people can escape this catastrophe? The lonely ghosts who can't escape this catastrophe, who can they find to take revenge? ”

"Feng Yi, Hehuai's head is rolling to the ground, and it's not my doing, what's the use of telling me what you say?" Yao Xishui gritted his teeth and stared at Feng Yi and shouted.

"Miss Yao, you have really fallen into the magic barrier," Feng Yi shook his head and said, "You colluded with Hu Lu to make the Jin land fall into the enemy army, and the war in Guanzhong and Hehuai was corrupted. Not to mention anything else, only Liang Shixiong and Xiao Yiqing dug up the embankment of the Yu River, and the flood rolled down, only last year, Chen Xu Ru Ying, Chu and Sihai Prefectures drowned, as many as 300,000 people, and as many as one million people left their hometowns and went into exile in the wilderness, Miss Yao, you can tell me if the fate of these people is tragic, Miss Yao, can you say that these have nothing to do with you? Moreover, what is the crime of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Liangzhou City waiting to be fed at this time, just because Miss Yao, you will refuse to accept the aid that can be sent as soon as tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and starve to death? ”