From the end of June, Chen Guoyingzhou was uprooted from Xiakou through Wuchang to the sentry fort along the Xisai River, and the Zhou army relied on the advantage of controlling the Yangtze River waterway to attack everywhere with warships and horses, which made the Chen army unlucky.

The Zhou army had destroyed the main outposts along the river when they captured Yingzhou in the previous time, and after the Chen army recovered Yingzhou, most of the outposts rebuilt due to the rush of time were wooden, and the garrisons ranged from two or three hundred to one thousand, but none of the outposts could hold out until the arrival of reinforcements before the Zhou army's offensive.

The Chen army did not have the early warning of the sentry fort along the Yangtze River, and the defense of the south bank of the Yangtze River became full of loopholes, and although Wuchang, which was captured in one day, once again stationed tens of thousands of Chen troops, they immediately fell into big trouble, because the grain route was constantly disturbed by the Zhou army.

If it had been before May, when Chen Guo and Yingzhou's navy were still alive, there would not have been such a problem, first of all, Wuchang had abundant grain stocks, and it was not a problem to transport grain and grass from Xiakou or Jiangzhou to Wuchang by water or land, but now it is a big problem.

Xiakou's naval army was suppressed by the Zhou naval army on the opposite bank, so that they did not dare to move easily, even if they were lucky enough to break through the interception, and transported grain and grass by ship down the river to Wuchang, they could not reach the shore, because the Zhou naval army stationed in Zhengrongzhou would wait for the rabbit, and now the land route has added a lot of danger because of the fall of the sentry fort along the river.

Nowadays, the grain and grass in various parts of Yingzhou are transported down the river by the upstream Bazhou, and they arrive near Xiakou and then transfer to Xiakou by land to enter Xiakou and then distribute the military supplies everywhere, including Wuchang City, and the grain and grass are now transported by land from Xiakou to Wuchang.

The distance is about 130 or 40 miles, and the Chen army's grain transport team that set out from Xiakou has been attacked three times, losing tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass, and the soldiers and Minzhuang are more than 1,000 people.

The army that recovered Wuchang before and was stationed in the city carried limited grain and grass, although it will not run out of grain now, but the situation is not good if it continues to be so erosive, there is more than one road from Xiakou to Wuchang, and there is only one that can allow the brigade of grain trucks to pass.

It is not impossible to transport grain from Jiangzhou in the southeast of Wuchang, but Fan Yi knows that there are Zhou troops stationed on the five continents on the river downstream of Yanji, and he is likely to cross the river by boat and intercept them along the way. So if the situation is allowed to deteriorate, something will happen in another half a month. And it's a big deal.

"The reinforcements from Bazhou will arrive the day after tomorrow, right?" Fan Yi asked. The generals around him said that according to the news received yesterday, the reinforcements from Bazhou would arrive the day after tomorrow. Today, the deputy commander convened the military council and the generals were all troubled by the problem of the Zhou army's attacks everywhere.

"Very good, when the troops are sufficient, you can garrison along the way, and when the sentry fort is repaired, you will not be afraid of the Zhou army attacking everywhere."

"General, isn't the Zhou army crazy when he goes south this time? They were fighting the Sui army in the north, why did they go south? ”

"Bullying the officers and soldiers, the warship withered, and you can't control the Yangtze River," Fan Yi shook his head with a wry smile.

Lu Guangda, the former governor of Yingzhou and the military of the seven states above Yingzhou, has been dismissed and transferred back to Jiankang because of the loss of Yingzhou, and the post of Yingzhou assassin is temporarily assumed by Fan Yi, the deputy marshal of the army that rescued Yingzhou, and the commander Chen Shujian is stationed in Xisai Mountain, downstream of Wuchang.

Fan Yi already knew that the Zhou State and the Sui State were fighting in Henan and Huainan, so he felt a little inexplicable about this Zhou army's southern crime, and when the news of the loss of Wuchang came, he almost didn't believe his ears, but then he learned that the other party had taken captives and abandoned Wuchang and retreated north, and understood that this was a robbery.

It's a despicable and shameless robbery. Disgusting!

Because of the defeat of the navy, the remaining Chen army warships were stationed in Xisaishan to prevent the Zhou army from attacking Jiangzhou in the south, and Fan Yi had no useful navy in his hands to maintain the smooth waterway between Xiakou and Wuchang, so the Zhou army was unscrupulous to attack south.

Fan Yi couldn't imagine why Wuchang, which was stationed with more than 20,000 soldiers, fell quickly, but the stakes were so high, he didn't dare to take it lightly, not only did the army stationed in Xiakou be fully alerted, but also asked the upstream Bazhou to mobilize reinforcements.

The sentry forts and camps in various parts of Yingzhou have been swept away by the Zhou army when they fell last time, and now they have been pulled out one by one with great difficulty.

Yingzhou has already been lost once, and the imperial court has worked hard to gather enough troops to move west to recover Yingzhou, if it is lost again, where are the surplus troops transferred again, Fan Yi will never allow this to happen.

Xiakou cannot afford to be lost, and Wuchang must also be defended, Wuchang is the key place of the line from Xiakou to the downstream Jiangzhou, once it is cut off, then Yingzhou will be like a tiger that has been broken and the backbone is crippled. Therefore, after having reinforcements, when the troops are sufficient, restore the outposts along the way to ensure the smooth flow of the grain route, and the boat will be pushed along the river.

If it weren't for the safety of Xiakou, in fact, it would not be a problem to push all the way to Wuchang with the strength of the Xiakou garrison, and the Zhou army was unscrupulous, which made people hate itchy.

The number of warships built in more than a month is far from enough, and the soldiers of the navy have suffered heavy casualties and important restoration of combat effectiveness cannot be completed in these months. Chen Jun, who has always used the convenience of the navy to resist the enemy, is now watching the Zhou army look at the Yangtze River as if there was nothing with the help of the warship, and he is not angry.

However, before they could recover from the emotion of the weakness of the navy, bad news came: another grain transport team was attacked by the Zhou army, and there were only more than ten soldiers who fled back with heavy casualties.

The first reaction of the generals when they heard the news was impossible, the size of this grain transport team was 5,000 people, if it was attacked, how many troops would the Zhou army have to eat, and the soldiers who fled back to report the news cried that the ambushed Zhou army had many more troops than the official army, and they were defeated after a long bloody battle and exhaustion.

"Where was the attack?"

"Near Zuoling Village."

"There are nearly 5,000 people stationed in Zuoling Village, and they are watching the grain transportation team attack?"

"Zuoling Village has been broken by the Zhou army before!" ……

Zuoling, in a dilapidated stockade next to the official road, the soldiers of the Zhou army in black uniforms are busy, and today's battle has been fruitful, and countless captures have been made, although they are tired, but they must transfer the spoils in time.

The captives of the Chen army, whose hands were cut back, were strung into a line of hemp ropes, and under the surveillance of the Zhou army, they walked dejectedly along the official road to the northeast, and Shi Yuwenwen, the Bazhou assassin of the Zhou State, stood on the wall and looked at the captives in front of him, showing joy.

'Man, sturdy man. Thousands of sturdy men. Now these men are mine! Yuwen Wen almost shouted.

Naturally, he will not be as good as Long Yang, and the reason why he is 'interested' in men is because these strong are the best labor. Although it is impossible to monopolize it, Bazhou will not be able to get fewer strong prisoners, and with more labor, then Yuwenwen's ambition will be realized.

A general covered in blood walked up the wall and came to Yu Wenwen's side, his sleeve armor was torn in many places, revealing the second layer of armor, and there were several holes, even the second layer of armor was cut down, and the hood on his head was also obviously damaged.

"Are you alright?" Yu Wenwen asked with concern, this is the new building master Tian Xiaoqi in front of him, and he is also the 'first to climb' to break through Zuoling Village, Yu Wenwen used a clairvoyant mirror to see clearly when he commanded the battle before, this Tian building master almost hacked the enemy to death with a knife, but fortunately, he rushed left and right to kill Ce Ying before he picked up his life.

"It's okay, it's not paper paste with two layers of armor." Tian Xiaoqi took off the broken skull mask and said, there was an obvious knife mark on the mask. "It's just that the knife is broken, it's a pity."

"There's no pity, you can fight again if the knife is gone, but if the person is gone, it's really gone." Yuwen Wen patted Tian Xiaoqi's shoulder, not minding the scarlet blood on his palms and the sticky object that seemed to be a brain flower.

The knives used by melee soldiers are of high quality, and the two-handed long knives are even more carefully crafted, but no matter how sharp the knife is, as long as it is used in combat, it will inevitably be damaged, no matter how much you sharpen the iron like mud, blow the hair and break the hair, as long as you cut a few collars of iron armor, it will collapse, and it is normal to cut a few knives in a bloody battle.

Yuwen Wen looked at the long knife in Tian Xiaoqi's hand, which had collapsed and turned like a saw, and said with a smile: "This knife has to be kept, and it is placed in the barracks for everyone to see how powerful the melee soldiers are." ”

"Hey, it's a matter of course to be a soldier and cut people. This broken knife might as well be returned to the furnace. Tian Xiaoqi smiled a little embarrassedly, what kind of military history did Yuwen Envoy Jun do, and it was a little unaccustomed to 'publicizing' the situation of the previous battles, that is, the history of the war, to the soldiers.

Yuwen Wen smiled and said nothing, and asked Tian Xiaoqi to go down to rest. Some of his views are indeed out of step with the people of his time, so I don't want to bother with words, but let the facts prove everything.

The sense of honor is chicken ribs for the army in this era, many people are soldiers just to eat food and be full, for the subordinates, they are fulfilling the obligation of loyalty to the lord, and for the generals, the army is just a tool to achieve fame and fortune, so the sense of honor is nothing more than some generalized empty words.

He doesn't care about other armies, but the soldiers of the Tiger Forest Army must have a sense of honor, rich rewards may not be available every time, and the fields cannot be divided at any time, and not every time the supply of food and grass can be sufficient, if an army can only rely on these material rewards to muster up the courage to fight, it will be over sooner or later.

If the war is unfavorable, the soldiers can actually choose to surrender instead of fighting to the death, and Yu Wenwen hopes that the Tiger Forest Army he has worked so hard to build can have something different from other armies.

As he walked, he thought that he had already walked down the wall and came to the gate of the village, and several horsemen on the official road squeezed through the crowd to come to the side, and the next person threw a whip and dismounted and walked to Yuwenwen to salute and said: "Envoy, after the battlefield is cleaned, the fish belly Chen Jun should also come over soon." ”

"If Wednesday Lang is the leader of the army, can he be sure?" Yu Wenwen asked, the person in front of him is an old acquaintance, Zhou Faming, the younger brother of Zhou Fashang, the assassin of Hengzhou, today's battle is a joint operation of the armies of Ba and Hengzhou, and only in this way can they swallow the two big fish of Zuolingzhai and the grain transportation team one after another.

"No problem, they're all the same!" Zhou Faming didn't care, he still had a few arrows stuck in his armor, like a porcupine, but he didn't care, and he led the cavalry to break through the defense of the grain transport team in one fell swoop, and this result made Zhou Faming very excited.

Since the last time he fought against Chen, Zhou Faming was considered to be in the middle of the day, and the second brother Zhou Fa was still too busy, so he just let him lead the troops to participate in the war, so this Nandu operation made Zhou Faming too addicted to leading troops to fight.

"As the so-called dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, you have to be careful, Chen Jun is not all a waste fish belly." Yu Wenwen put on the stand of the people who came over and began to 'speak seriously', "After suffering so many losses, it would be a fool not to take measures." ”

"It's about showing weakness and other traps, where will our army attack next?" Zhou Faming asked with a smile, Chen Jun's defense line is too long, and the wind is leaking everywhere, and his own side has the advantage of boats, at least he can go up and down the Yangtze River freely during this time, so the initiative to attack is in the hands of Zhou Jun.

"Hit wherever it hurts, what is Wednesday Lang's plan?" Yu Wenwen kicked the ball back to Zhou Faming.

"If I want me to say that it's Xia Kou, but that's impossible, as for where to attack, Jun will have a decision, hehe."

Yu Wenwen looked at the sky and said, "It's almost enough to add more fire." (To be continued.) )