Five miles north of Zhenyang, the camp of the Zhou army on the east bank of Qinshui, Yang Jizheng, the head of the march, held a military meeting, and another head of the march, Murong Sanzang, and the generals were present, and there was a map in front of them, on which the terrain of the downstream Zhenyang area was drawn, and there were many marks in the map, which were the layout of the Chen army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The last update marked was yesterday, when the Zhou army scouts risked their lives to find out the enemy situation near Zhenyang City, and the next decision was made by the boss.

"Chen Jun gathered in Zhenyang, dug trenches everywhere, set up villages, and even sank many warships in Qinshui, and all kinds of tricks were used, in order to consume with our army, thinking that if it was consumed until the summer was extremely hot, it would be able to win without a fight!"

On the map, two lines are drawn in the shape of the word "Bu", the thicker vertical line represents the Qinshui flowing from north to south, and the diagonal line (捺) is slightly thinner to represent the Zhenshui flowing from east to west.

Zhenshui in the eastern suburbs of Zhenyang City is a north-south direction of the mountain obstruction, first flows to the southwest, and then turns northwest to join Qinshui near Zhenyang City, so the two rivers form a "Bu" character,

The south of the mountain and the north of the water are for the yang, and the city of Zhenyang is located on the north bank of the Zhenshui, which is named "Zhenyang" for the yang of the Zhenshui, and the reason why the Chen army is based on this city and confronts the Zhou army is because the terrain of Zhenyang is good.

The south of Zhenyang City is Zhenshui, which connects both sides of Zhenshui through a pontoon bridge, and the west of Zhenyang City is Qinshui, so if the Zhou army wants to attack the city, it can only attack from the north and east of Zhenyang City on land, but not far from the eastern suburbs of Zhenyang City is a big mountain, and it is impossible to exert troops, so in fact, it can only attack from the north of the city.

Of course, the Zhou army could still pass through Qinshui and go down the river to attack the west of Zhenyang City, but the Chen army dug a boat and sank the bottom and drove wooden stakes on the Qinshui Zhenyang River section to set up obstacles, and the difficulty of sailing was very great, and if you wanted to attack the city, you could only remove the obstacles first, and the defenders in the city obviously would not stand idly by.

In order to defend Zhenyang, the Chen army mobilized a large number of manpower to dig trenches in the north and east of the city in a short period of time, and diverted Qinshui and Zhenshui into the ditch into a moat.

The moat is very close to the city, within the range of the trebuchets in the city, if you want to fill the river, you have to fill in the lives first, of course, there is also a crooked trick, that is, to attract the trebuchets in the city to constantly fire cannons, so that the stone bombs they throw are piled up in the moat, and slowly fill up.

Will the other party be so stupid? No, even if he was tricked at the beginning, he would always react, and Zhou Jun's desire to rely on this crooked trick to fill the river is not reliable at all.

Even if you fill in the passage in the moat in a hurry, it is very troublesome to cross the river with pointed wooden donkeys and siege ladders, and if you build a wooden bridge, you will have to face the attack of trebuchets, so you still have to fill in the number of lives.

There will definitely be deaths in the war, as long as you can win, it doesn't matter if you die more, but even if the Zhou army wants to compete with the other party to fill the life, it may not win, because the defenders of Zhenyang are more numerous.

Wang Meng, the governor of Chen State, has summoned the slang marshals and cave masters from all over the country to Zhenyang to help, these slang marshals and cave masters came with troops, and Zhenyang City could not accommodate it, so their soldiers were camped on the south bank of Zhenshui, according to the scout's reconnaissance results, the number was no less than 20,000.

The number of Zhou troops under the city of Zhenyang is only 6,000, although there are many Zhou troops in the upper reaches of Qinshui, and there are also Zhou troops in Shixing in the area of Hengpu Shui, a tributary of the upper reaches of Qinshui, but the troops in these two places cannot be mobilized, so 6,000 people attack Zhenyang, which is defended by 20,000 people, and the game is incomparable.

Of course, this is not to say that there is no chance of victory, the reason why the Zhou army can fight more with less is because the 6,000 people are basically soldiers, and the 20,000 defenders of Zhenyang, except for a small part of the defeated Chen Guoguan army, are all slang soldiers brought by slang marshals and cave masters from all over the country, and their combat effectiveness is not very good.

If it was a field wave battle, the 6,000 Zhou army could easily break through this rabble, but now with the advantage of the city's defense, the rabble can compete with the Zhou army.

This situation could have been avoided, that is, after taking Qujiang in early January, the Zhou army pursued and continued to attack Zhenyang, and the Chen soldiers, who were defeated like a mountain, would definitely not be able to support it, as long as Zhenyang was lost, the Chen army could only retreat hundreds of miles away.

The lower reaches of Zhenyang are mountains on both sides of the river, after more than 100 miles, suddenly opened, there is a large plain, Chen Jun wants to block the Zhou army down the river on the plain is delusional, can only retreat to Guangzhou Prefecture to govern Panyu to do the dying struggle.

Therefore, the Chen army, which lost Qujiang, wanted to hold Qinshui, Zhenyang was the last stronghold, and it was the last chance for the Chen army to intercept the Zhou army.

Of course, it is the responsibility of Yang Ji, the head of the march!

"Everyone has been questioning, questioning why after our army took Qujiang, why did not move, let Chen's army strengthen the city defense of Zhenyang, and sat back and watched the other party summon a large number of slang soldiers to come to reinforcements."

"For these questions, I have not answered them before, but now the soldiers are under Zhenyang City, and they will say the answers before the attack, and let everyone know in their hearts."

Yang Ji spoke slowly, not loud but enough for everyone present to hear clearly: "The land of Lingnan smoke miasma is far away from the Central Plains, not to mention anything else, just from Yuzhang to Shixing at the southern foot of the Dayu Mountains, the land distance is more than 1,000 miles. ”

"Everyone is a long-time battle-hardened person, a thousand miles of land, the consumption of grain and grass transportation is huge, from Yuzhang to transport ten Hu grain, to Shixing can be left two Hu is already good."

"The strength of our army in the south of the Great Yuling Mountains, Lin Lin is not more than 10,000 in the end, and the grain and grass of these 10,000 people have to be transported by Yuzhang, the longer the war drags on, the heavier the burden of grain and grass, so the Lingnan war must be resolved quickly!"

"What is a quick fix? Is it over defeating Chen Jun? No! Lingnan is different from Zhongyuan Prefecture, except for Guangzhou, most of the rest of the prefectures and counties are slang and bureaucrats, we defeated the Chen army and stationed in Guangzhou, those local chieftains, cave masters, will honestly obey orders? ”

"Nope! They will wait for the official army to withdraw the main force to Lingbei, and when the time comes, these people will raise troops to make a rebellion, and when the situation is in chaos, can the government rely on thousands of garrisons to suppress it? I can't hold it back, I have to transfer troops from the Central Plains to quell the chaos, and when the time comes, everyone will have to come to Lingnan! ”

"If you want to fight quickly, you must not only defeat the Chen army, but also teach the local chieftains and cave masters in Lingnan with bad intentions, so that they can be truly honest and will not surrender and rebel, so that the officials and soldiers will not run back and forth and be tossed exhausted!"

"How do you teach those slang and cave masters? Divide your troops to attack them? This is Lingnan, a land of smoke miasma, and it is people's territory, they can run or hide if they can't beat it, and how long can the officials and soldiers chase it? Not to mention that the whole army will be wiped out in the middle of the ambush. ”

"Instead of letting these people scatter all over the place and wait for an opportunity to rebel, it is better to let the Chen army gather them, and then our army will break them in a battle, this is a quick battle, and Zhenyang City is the best place for a decisive battle!"

Among the generals present, the marching generals under Yang Ji's command, plus several generals of the Hulin Army, were actually their own people, so even if they didn't understand Yang Ji's decision at first, they didn't complain and doubt, and the reason why Yang Ji was open and honest today was actually to give an explanation to Murong Sanzang, the head of the marching army, and the generals under his command.

Now the Lingnan Zhou army has two marching commanders: Yang Ji and Murong Sanzang, according to the order of the marching marshal Yuwenwen, Yang Ji is the main and Murong Sanzang is the deputy, so if there is really the sin of delaying the fighter, it is natural for Yang Ji to bear it.

Murong Sanzang has been in battle for a long time, was originally a general of Qi State, good at using cavalry, so the style of using soldiers is a "fast" word, in early January, after the Zhou army broke through Qujiang, he saw the importance of Zhenyang at a glance, originally wanted to personally lead the troops to take Zhenyang by victory, but was rejected by Yang Ji.

He didn't think that Yang Ji was a mediocre general, and he wouldn't fail to see the importance of Zhenyang, but in the end he refused to pursue for no reason, which was simply incredible.

For this reason, a fierce quarrel broke out between the two, and Murong Sanzang knew that Yang Ji was a close general of Marshal Yuwenwen, so he complained to the commander of the supervising army, Streda, saying that Yang Ji was afraid of the enemy and did not advance, which caused the fighter to return to the mountain.

What the quarrel on the marshal's side was, the Qujiang generals had no way of knowing, but in the end, Yang Ji's decision was not questioned by anyone from Nanchang, which made Murong Sanzang very depressed.

He was appointed as the head of the Lingnan Road march, as the "own person" of the supervising army commander Shi Cui Da to strengthen his courage and support, but Murong Sanzang did not want to be involved in political disputes, as an old minister of Qi State, he was originally cautious, and the Yuwen family and the Wei Chi family did not want to wade through the troubled waters, so they wanted to return triumphantly from Lingnan.

Yang Ji's explanation, he didn't expect it before, but he always felt that this was a bit risky, seeing that spring had arrived, in case the war was unfavorable and dragged on, in the summer, the miasma broke out, and it was not good that he did not die on the battlefield, but died of illness in a foreign land.

"Chief Murong, do you still have any questions?"

"No, it's just that I ask Mr. Yang not to underestimate the enemy."

"This is natural, the next battle, everything will be done according to the planned strategy!"