In the west city of Jiangling, the smell of blood was permeated in the air, and countless corpses were spread horizontally at the head of the city, just before the Chen army rushed to the city wall, and the defenders who had no way to retreat fought with their last breath, they finally resisted and did not collapse, and now the reinforcements have arrived, and the other party has no patience to retreat.

The reinforcements outside the city and the Chen army had the advantage in the battle, and they thought that a large number of reinforcements could march all the way south and force the Chen army to the riverside camp, but the subsequent development of the battle situation was beyond everyone's expectations.

The reinforcements actually stopped the pursuit and let the Chen army withdraw to the camp, and then the Chen army camp was in a hurry, and a large number of soldiers boarded the warships that had long been moored on the bank of the river and began to withdraw!

The reinforcements from the north stopped and stopped not far outside Jiangling City, allowing the Chen army to retreat in a hurry and did not move, the Chen army closed the gate of the camp and was heavily guarded, seeing that the other party had no intention of attacking, and gradually increased the speed of retreat.

However, the defenders of Gangneung did not have the heart to think about the strangeness, and when they saw that the city was about to fall but was rescued at the last moment, the surviving soldiers and civilians wept with joy, and many of them collapsed to the ground and wept.

Cui Jun, the deputy head of Jiangling, who was covered in bruises, walked among the wounded with difficulty with the support of the soldiers, and the armor on his body was broken in many places, blood oozed from the holes, and the pocket he was wearing on his head had long since disappeared.

"Deputy Chief, I'm finally holding on!" Many soldiers burst into tears when they saw him, and the hard fighting that lasted for half a month to defend the city day and night cost many of their relatives and friends their lives.

Cui Jun squeezed out a smile and waved his hand to greet the soldiers on both sides, but his heart was like knocking over a five-flavor bottle: the reinforcements are coming, but they are not the expected reinforcements, the other party can barely be called the Zhou army, but it is the Anzhou rebels who are no different from the enemy.

You know your own business. Cui Jun, as the deputy governor of Jiangling, his duty was to defend the city of Jiangling, and the duty of the governor of Jiangling, Heba Zhonghua, was to protect Emperor Liang, the royal family, and important ministers. Now the reinforcements of the Great Zhou Xinzhou Governor's Mansion in the west have been repelled by the Chen army. So for Heba Zhonghua, it is best to defend Jiangling City, and if it can't be defended, it will not do its best to rescue.

Now that reinforcements are coming and the size of the force is beyond Cui Jun's expectations, he quickly judged that this reinforcement was the Anzhou rebels that he had been on guard against before, specifically the Xiangzhou army under the command of Yu Wenliang, the governor of Anzhou.

"Deputy Chief, a team of cavalry approached the north gate and shot a letter." A subordinate general ran over and said breathlessly, Cui Jun took the letter from his hand and unfolded it and read it carefully.

"What does the letter say?" A thoughtful person dared to ask, this reinforcement seems to be a little strange, not like the expected reinforcement, more than one person has this idea, but no one dares to think about it.

Isn't it? Now the defenders are no longer able to fight, and if the other side does not arrive in time, they are afraid that they will have become dead by now. Anyway, the other party is considered Zhou Jun, isn't it?

"Herald" Cui Jun only said two words but paused, his face was tangled as if he was making a difficult decision, and the hand holding the letter squeezed the paper tightly and seemed to have a thousand weights.

Looking around, Cui Jun found that everyone was looking at him, and that gaze contained all kinds of emotions such as joy, doubt, expectation and pleading, everyone's minds were very clear that there was no need to be entangled, he took a deep breath and said: "Order, open the north gate!" ”

"The deputy chief has an order, open the north gate!"

"Quick, move the masonry blocking the door!" ……

The north bank of the Yangtze River. The dense Chen army soldiers were lining up in a line to board the ship under the reprimand of the generals, and the trestle bridge that was hastily erected last night was crumbling and crumbling, not enough to support so many people passing at the same time, so many teams were directly wading towards the warships.

They walked waist-deep into the river, came to the side of the boat, and climbed onto the deck with the help of the sailors on board. The warship full of men slowly rowed into the middle of the river and moved towards the south bank, and empty ships kept approaching the vacated position.

The soldiers who boarded the ship had different expressions, some were dazed, some were silent, and some sighed, but more were relieved, the army besieged Gangneung for half a month, and it was about to be taken, but it fell short, for them, although the expected 'three days of plunder' were gone, it was a fortunate thing to save a life.

The soldiers who had not yet boarded the ship were like ants on a hot pot, and they were afraid that after a long time, the enemy army in the north would attack south again, and they would never be able to go again.

"Don't withdraw, don't withdraw!" A gauze-clad man roared inarticulately, and he drew his saber and charged at the soldiers lining up for the boat, despite the obstruction of those behind him.

"Lone is the boss, Lone is not allowed to retreat until he gives the order to retreat!"

That person is the king of Shixing, Chen Shuling, is the commander of the Chen army who attacked Jiangling this time, and he led his troops to set off from Jiangjin to support the army under Jiangling City, when he was attacked halfway, he was hit by an arrow in the front door, fortunately he did not die, and fled to the outside of Jiangling City, but he was rescued by Xiao Maha, the general of the right guard, and escaped in time.

The military doctor pulled out the arrow nailed to the face and bandaged it, and Chen Shuling, who was not lightly wounded, heard that the deputy commander Fan Meng had ordered the whole army to retreat, so he rushed to the river to try to stop it.

"Don't withdraw, whoever dares to withdraw will be punished according to the front of the battle!" Chen Shuling frantically brandished his long knife and ran through the crowd, "Go back and fight again, go to the siege, go to the siege!" ”

"Gangneung City has not been captured yet, and no one is allowed to retreat!"

Seeing that this killer's eyes were red, many soldiers avoided it, and some of them were unlucky enough to dodge, and they were kicked to the ground, Chen Shuling then stepped on the man's chest, and he was about to cut it off with a knife, but his arm was tightly pulled by someone.

That person was the deputy marshal Fan Meng, and seeing that Chen Shuling had lost his mind, he whispered with a solemn face: "King, be decent!" ”

"Your Majesty, it's too late if you don't retreat." Xiao Maha, the general of the right guard, rushed up and persuaded on the side, and the rest of the generals also surrounded him and couldn't stop persuading.

Jiang Jinshu was attacked, the grain and grass were burned, and there was no way to confront the enemy, and there was no time to attack the city, because the enemy's troops were more than their own, if they forcibly attacked the city, they could only take care of their heads, but fortunately, the other party had no intention of knocking hard, and their own side had the advantage of boats, if they did not take the opportunity to make a decision, they would leave immediately, in case the other party changed their minds, then it would be too late to regret it.

The army went north to besiege Jiangling, and it took half a month to still fail to take it, so it can only be like this, the lost personnel of the consumed grain and grass are gone, as long as the army can be brought back, at least it can maintain its strength, and it will not hurt the muscles and bones.

Chen Shuling didn't know this truth, but he was unwilling, this Northern Expedition, he spent a lot of effort to win the position of commander, so he wanted to conquer Jiangling and made great contributions, but now that he has fallen short, how can he be willing.

In his opinion, the soldiers are gone, and they can be requisitioned, and they are not worth it anyway. When the grain and grass are gone, they can be transported again, and whoever dares not to transport them will kill them. But when the opportunity is gone, there will be no more!

My father's health deteriorated, and he didn't have long to live. He also has to rely on the great merit of capturing Jiangling this time to fight for the position of the crown prince, and he also has to wait for the military power to return to Beijing on the day of the mutiny to launch a mutiny to seize the throne, if he is removed like this, where will he have a chance!

"Don't retreat, all go back to attack the city!" Chen Shuling kept struggling, but was escorted by a group of people on a boat by the river.

"The king fought hard to kill the enemy, and he was seriously injured and needs to be healed and rested, and the idlers should not be disturbed!"

"Keep boarding, quick!" ……

On the north side of Jiangling City, Yu Wenming was holding a clairvoyant mirror and was looking at the movement in the Chen Jun's camp in the south.

"It's a pity that the navy is not strong. If they can burn down Chen's warship, then they don't want to leave! He muttered to himself, and the generals around him also showed regret when they heard this.

The art of war is cloudy: Siege three queyi, south to reinforce the Jiangling defenders, the 'Zhou army' commander Yu Wenming decided to let Chen Jun a way out, so as not to trap the other party in the beast fight, this battle his troops are more than the other side, if the battle is a melee, even if the final victory is afraid of heavy casualties.

A few miles south of Gangneung City is the Yangtze River, but there is no good port on the shore, the ship can get on and off people after being berthed near the shore, but it is inconvenient to load and unload bulk goods, only Jiangjin 20 miles away in the southeast is the key Jin, and now a large number of ships are parked on the shore on the south side of Gangneung, which is used to load people and retreat.

For Yu Wenming, taking Jiangling is the top priority, so in the case of insufficient troops, as long as Chen Jun wants to run, let the other party run, in case he wants to eat Chen Jun, and as a result, the other party is forced to fight against the water, and finally loses both, so whether Jiangling can still 'take' is two words.

"Last night, I am afraid that the fire of Jiangjin was enough to burn the Chen army, but it is a pity that our navy was defeated before, if it can repel the Chen army's naval army and hold Fengcheng, then it will kill the Chen army just by consuming it." Chen Shiwu, the general of Liang Guoda, was also quite sorry on the side.

A burst of cheers came from the north of Gangneung City, but the generals saw that the north gate had been opened. The cavalrymen who were originally waiting outside the city rode into the capital of the Liang Kingdom, which had been besieged for half a month.

"General Chen, please join your army in the city to maintain order. After all, the people of Liang are not very familiar with our army, so as not to have unnecessary misunderstandings. Yu Wenming put away the clairvoyant mirror and turned to Chen Shiwu and said.

When Chen Shiwu led the cavalry of the Liang army to leave, there were no more Liang generals around him, Yu Wenming instructed the generals to pay attention: "After a while, the official will lead the main force into the city, and you will be stationed at the north gate to respond." ”

"If there is any change in the Liang army, you don't need to ask for the opinion of your own official, you can make your own decision, and everything is to control Jiangling as the first priority!"

"Pass the order, strictly abide by military discipline after entering the city, and do not disturb the people, and those who violate it will be killed!"

Last night, Yu Wenming, under the command of the Liang general Chen Shiwu, got rid of the Jiangling governor He Ba Zhonghua and his henchmen, who promised to 'not change the status quo', decided to cooperate with the Anzhou army to drive out the forces of the traitorous minister Yang Jian.

The primary purpose of Yu Wenming's army to the south this time is to snatch the Liang State from the Zhou court controlled by Yang Jian, this Great Zhou subject country can attack Xiangzhou in the north and attack Anzhou in the east, and it must be firmly controlled in his hands, plus Liang is south of the Yangtze River and has several important ports, so for Yu Wenliang, the governor of Anzhou, is determined to win.

Their first enemy in the south was the Chen army that attacked Jiangling, and the second enemy was the army of the Jiangling Governor's Office, which had been entrenched in the Liang State for many years, and the Liang forces led by the general Chen Shiwu who took over their southward movement needed to maneuver, and the other Liang army generals had to take twelve points of spiritual precautions.

Yu Wenming has to deal with more than one enemy of Chen Jun, and his own strength is not enough to swallow the other party, once the siege of Jiangling City is lifted, it is difficult to say whether the Liang army who originally agreed to assist will have other thoughts, in view of this, he did not chase after Chen Jun, but let the other party have the opportunity to retreat south by boat, as long as the army in his hands is still there, then others don't want to stir up any storms.

"Envoy, the lord of the history under the command of the Yuwen army has been brought." A subordinate general approached with a big man, and that person was Shi Wansui, the master of the horse army under the command of Yuwen Wen.

"Master Shi is very capable, Fang just fought with the enemy general in the formation for dozens of rounds, and finally won the horse lance, which is really exciting." Yu Wenming looked at the fierce general in front of him and approved, "That Chen General is unstoppable, but he was repelled by the master of the Shi Building, which can be counted as a merit." ”

"Thanks to the envoy's praise, Shi Mou was ordered by Yuwen to hunt down and kill the enemy general, but he didn't succeed and dared to claim merit."

"Lord Shi, when I go back, inform your family to command the army, and everything will be done according to the plan." (To be continued.) )