"Order Han Donghu and Su Lie not to be too eager!"

Han Qian stood in front of the eagle's beak cliff, staring at the changes in the battle situation ahead.

Such a joyful victory made Han Donghu and Su Lie forget Han Qian's warning before the war, and personally led hundreds of elite armor soldiers to rush forward from the east and west wings.

The river valley north of Wujin Ridge was flooded with water, and the terrain along the foot of the slope was rugged, and it was difficult for the armor soldiers to form a formation and fight, so Han Donghu and Su Lie took the lead and rushed forward and fought fiercely.

There was nothing to resist along the route, but when they were about to approach Meitang Mountain, there were three or four hundred enemy soldiers in front of the dense forest to resist extremely stubbornly, and Han Donghu and Su Lie led the team to rush twice, but they were all blocked back.

Han Qian was worried that Han Donghu and Su Lie were eager to win, resulting in unnecessary casualties, which would be too embarrassing, and it was rare to directly order to interfere with the command of the front battalion.

The advantage of the bronze telescope not only enabled Han Qian to clearly grasp the dynamics of the battle situation, but also the generals such as Han Donghu and Su Lie, who led the troops to fight in the front formation, could clearly see the flag instructions here even if they were four or five miles away.

This makes the transmission of orders and tactical adjustments extremely fast and effective.

It is extremely difficult to adapt to complex battlefields by beating drums and retreating with gold, and the requirements for military attachés at the grassroots level are extremely high, but in this regard, Tangyi soldiers are more advantageous.

Seeing Han Donghu and Su Lie slowing down their rhythm on the front side, stabilizing their positions and waiting for support from the rear, Han Qian handed the bronze telescope to Yuan Guowei, who couldn't wait.

Han Daochang also wanted to snatch the bronze telescope, but thinking of the little goods in his stomach, even if the bronze telescope could clearly bring the battle situation closer to him ten times clearly, he might not be able to see the subtle changes, and felt that it was better not to add chaos at this time.

Yuan Guowei has long known that Xuzhou can build such a bronze telescope, seeing distant objects as if in front of him, but the number is quite limited, at present, in addition to the generals of the Duyu Marquis level, there are some used by the Military Intelligence Staff Department to reconnoiter the enemy's terrain; At that time, there was no one in the world who could successfully imitate it, and he was not embarrassed to ask Han Qian for one.

It's just that at this time, the sky is cloudless and the sky is clear, and he looks at the battlefield with the help of a bronze telescope, which is also a hard addiction.

"The silt of the Meitang Pass was washed down by the water, Tian Chengzheng ordered Zhao Wuji and He Liufeng to take a light boat to enter the battlefield - Xu Mingzhen is still on the top of Meitang Mountain, and if Xu Mingzhen is arrested, we will make a big deal!" Feng Yi didn't have a bronze telescope, but he could barely see the situation where the Meitang Pass was broken away, and he shouted excitedly, he couldn't wait to rush to the front to replace Tian Cheng and Feng Xuan as the battlefield commander, and enjoy the feeling of commanding thousands of troops.

Of course, there are no decent warships in the mountains, but the upper reaches of the Nanqishui River are relatively developed in the main and tributary water systems in the mountains, and there are also many mountains and lakes covering an area of tens to dozens of acres.

Before, the Meitang Pass was silted, the water potential could not be accumulated, I don't know when the water potential will change greatly, and the shuttle oars boat that is less than three zhang long is very poor, and it can't withstand the impact of big waves, and 800 elite soldiers and 400 oars are on standby in the rear.

After the siltation of the Meitang Pass was broken away, the water level from Meitang Mountain to Wujinling stabilized, and Tian Cheng asked Zhao Wuji and He Liufeng to lead their troops to take light boats and plunge straight ahead, so that they could use weapons and crossbows to cover the enemy's rear in the water, further disrupt the enemy's army, and expand the results of the battle.

This is the advantage formed after the big water broke out the enemy camp, don't look at the enemy soldiers and press a layer in the dark, but its command system is completely chaotic, and any small elite of the Tangyi soldiers thrown into the front will cause great confusion and casualties to the enemy.

"Xu Mingzhen saw that the general trend had gone, and finally ......escaped," Yuan Guowei said as he returned the bronze mirror to Han Qian.

Han Qian pulled through the bronze telescope, Xu Mingzhen and others could no longer be seen from the top of Meitang Mountain, and the Shouzhou army on the southern slope of Meitang Mountain was leaderless, and it was completely in chaos at this time.

Zhao Wuji and He Liufeng also immediately adjusted their plans, did not stop at the southern slope of Meitang Mountain, but led elite light boats to pass directly through the Meitang Pass, probably thinking of going around to the north side of Meitang Mountain to establish a position to intercept the rout.

No matter how calm Han Qian was, he couldn't help but grab Wang Jun's hand excitedly at this time.

The main battalion of the Shouzhou Army had 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses, and at this time they were in a chaotic group crowded on the north and south slopes of Meitang Mountain, if Zhao Wuji and He Liufeng could successfully establish an interception position on the north side of Meitang Mountain, it would mean that their gains in this battle would far exceed expectations.

The raiding soldiers and horses held on to this line after holding on to Shen Jiaji for so long and bearing heavy casualties, and at the same time, due to the limited number of troops, the continuous combat ability to pursue the dead and defeat was greatly weakened.

No matter how bold Han Qian was, at this time, he didn't dare to expect to use only three or four thousand physical strength to overdraft the armor soldiers, and take advantage of the victory to rush to attack Anfeng Village, where the enemy army was already prepared.

This also means how much success Wujinling can reap, the key depends on how much the enemy army in Meitang Mountain can be intercepted at this time, which also directly determines the extent to which this battle can weaken the Shouzhou army.

After Zhao Wuji sent back the news that he had gained a firm foothold on the north side of Meitang Mountain and that the enemy was unable to organize a decent breakthrough and counterattack, Tian Cheng ordered a small group of elites on standby to set off from both flanks of Wujin Ridge in batches to pursue the defeated enemy who had fled to the dense forests of the hills and mountains, and further expand the results of the battle.

At this time, the soldiers and men who had been driven into the water in the front camp of the enemy army were driven to the front of the fence, and the defenders made way of the gap, let them climb over, and gathered in the designated camp behind the fence to be guarded.

Inside the fence and the reserve team waiting under the Eagle's Beak Cliff, more than 2,000 generals raised their arms to the Eagle's Beak Cliff and launched an earth-shattering shout.

"I can finally sleep for a few days and sleep peacefully," Han Qian held Wang Jun's hand, tried to put on a calm appearance, and said, "The next thing is to be handed over to Tian Cheng and Feng Xuan, and after standing here for a long time, my legs are also weak." ”

Seeing Han Qian and Wang Jun leaving side by side, Feng Yi felt that he had to follow Han Qian as a qualified follower, but he felt that even if he stood on the eagle's beak cliff and watched the Tangyi soldiers chase down and lose, he hesitated for a while, and then saw that Han Daochang and Yuan Guowei did not move, patted his head and thought, Han Qian hugged Wang Jun to sleep, what kind of fun did he go to?

He immediately snatched the bronze mirror from Yuan Guowei's hand and said, "I have just learned to deduce the changes in the battle situation recently, and I have to study at such a moment. ”

"Are you learning at this time? Kong Xirong can be on his own, you are only serious at this time, can you catch up? Yuan Guowei couldn't cry or laugh, but he was too old to compete with Feng Yi for the bronze mirror.

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Fleeing back to Anfeng Village in embarrassment, Wen Ruilin turned his head to look at the rout soldiers around him who rushed into the village, wanting to cry without tears, he never thought that he would be defeated so badly.

In this battle, Shouzhou mobilized more than 40,000 elite soldiers and more than 20,000 elite soldiers, even before the rout, they still had 30,000 elite soldiers and 20,000 elite soldiers gathered in the south of Meitang Mountain, and they were defeated like this?

Could it be that Han Qian is really invincible?

What's more, they still don't know how it all happened.

There weren't a few decent rains throughout the autumn and summer, and they were constantly keeping an eye on the changes in the water flow under the ice of the river, so why did Han Qian accumulate so much water overnight that it would flood the valley from Nantang Mountain to Wujinling?

Could it be that Han Qian really has magical powers?

Xu Mingzhen's face was bloodless, his hand grabbed the edge of the battlement wall, and the bruised green tendons seemed to crush the bricks and stones between his fingers.

Xu Jin and several generals commanded their few guards and baggage soldiers in front of the village, and placed rows of obstacles such as horses and antlers on the river beach in front of the gate of Nanzhai.

If they want to collect the rout, they can't close the gates of the village like frightened birds now, but they must also guard against the Tangyi soldiers chasing after them.

In addition to some of the heavy soldiers who are responsible for transporting war materials, more of them are wounded soldiers and sick soldiers who were withdrawn from the battlefield in the early stage; Therefore, although there are thousands of soldiers in Yongfeng Village, there is no combat effectiveness.

And because from Meitang Mountain to the north, the Nanqishui River is covered by ice, and has not yet melted, which also makes the upstream water carry a large number of corpses, sundries, and ice floe after the impact down, and the river ice that breaks through and accumulates more and more, and soon forms a large ice jam four miles away from the north of Meitang Mountain, so that after the turbid water is stopped, it is very high, overflows the post road on the east side to repair, and then continues to flood the river valley below along the terrain.

Xu Mingzhen and the others took the first step to escape by horse and water, even if they gathered two or three thousand soldiers and horses on the way, but the road was washed away by the flood, and the new ice jam would collapse at any time, they could only watch the Tangyi soldiers use only six or seven hundred armor soldiers to intersperse the north of Meitang Mountain, and intercept their thirty or forty thousand horses to the south.

"The mountains north of Wujin Ridge are relatively gentle, lacking the dangerous ravines of Chongling, which are difficult for apes and birds to cross, even if the Tangyi soldiers attack very decisively, it is absolutely impossible to intercept all the soldiers and horses in Meitang Mountain, and most of the generals under Huo Guogong are elites, and they should break through from the dense forests on both wings at any cost......," Wen Ruilin said with relief to Xu Mingzhen.

"I hope so?" Xu Mingzhen said in a hoarse voice, at this moment, he seemed to be dozens of years old, and his pupils did not have the power they had before, full of regret and tangled pain.

Perhaps to verify Wen Ruilin's prediction, after dark, the number of routs gathered in Anfeng Village began to increase again - this battle was finally not so tragic that the whole army was wiped out.

"Kuaima sent a message to Xu Sizhao and Zhao Mingting that there must be no delay after receiving the military order, and the soldiers and horses on the west bank of Chaohu Lake must be immediately withdrawn to the north of the Longtan River to prevent changes!"

Xu Mingzhen summoned several guards to him, handed them several signed and escorted letters, and immediately rushed to Chaozhou on fast horses to deliver the order; Then he signed a letter of order, and the messenger immediately rushed to Chuzhou, and Wen Bo received the military order to abandon Chuzhou and other walled cities, and withdraw his soldiers and horses to the Mopan Valley between the Wujian Mountains to serve his orders.

Wen Ruilin knew that Xu Mingzhen had lost the confidence to recapture Wujin Ridge and drive Han Qian out of Huaiyang Mountain.

On the one hand, it is necessary to ensure that the garrison on the west bank of Chaohu Lake will not be attacked by the Tangyi soldiers and the Zuolongque army, and must withdraw to the north of the Longtan River as soon as possible.

Otherwise, when the ice of the Longtan River melts, the Tangyi naval warships forcibly enter the Longtan River, and Han Qian leads the elite of the Tangyi soldiers to kill from the eastern slope of Huaiyang Mountain, why do they think that the garrison west of Chaohu Lake and south of the Longtan River can break through?

Could it be that they still have the ability to launch another large-scale battle with the Tangyi soldiers on both sides of the Longtan River at this time.

On the other hand, after they withdrew some of their soldiers and horses to the north of the Longtan River, the passage between Tangyi and Huaiyang Mountain was completely opened, and they had to guard against Han Qian passing through the Longtan River and the hinterland of Huaiyang Mountain, and transferring more elite Tangyi soldiers to Wujinling - at the same time, their defeat was so miserable, it would also prompt the large and small cottage forces in Huaiyang Mountain to accept the reorganization of the Tangyi soldiers without any struggle, and promote the increase in the strength of the Tangyi soldiers.

In particular, the Zuowu Guards also killed Tongbai Mountain and Huaiyang Pass, and if they wanted to keep the fundamental land of Huo Shouhao's three states, they must gather more elite soldiers and horses to the area north of Huaiyang Mountain.

At this time, he could only give up Chuzhou City categorically.

To be honest, Xu Mingzhen still hesitated, if they gave up Chuzhou City as soon as possible, and Wen Bo led his troops to attack the eastern slope of Huaiyang Mountain along the Longtan River Valley regardless of casualties, there might not be today's defeat.

It's just that Wen Ruilin can't complain about Xu Mingzhen's hesitation, encircling Sanque Yi was originally the right way to war, not to mention that he was sure that he was completely sure that he would drive the Tangyi soldiers out of Huaiyang Mountain this time before yesterday......

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"Xu Mingzhen was worried that the soldiers and horses on the west bank of Chaohu Lake would be cut off by our army, so he must retreat to the north of the Longtan River as soon as possible, and ordered Kong Xirong to lead his troops out of Huaiyang Mountain. In addition, Lin Jingzong led the naval warships to peek into the Longtan River, and made preparations to enter the Longtan River as soon as the enemy retreated northward......

Han Qian said that he wanted to sleep well for a few days, but in fact, how could it be easy?

The Nanqishui River Valley to the north of Meitang Mountain was flooded, and the road was confused, and they did not have to worry about the Shouzhou Army being able to counterattack in a short time, but it was also difficult for them to use troops against Anfeng Village in the north.

At present, in addition to stabilizing the defense of the first line of Meitang Mountain and Wujinling, and intercepting and detaining as many defeated troops as possible, it is also necessary to speculate on the possible follow-up response of the Shouzhou Army according to the degree of the attack on the Shouzhou Army by the great victory of Wujinling, so as to adjust the strategy of using troops on both sides of Chaohu Lake.

If Great Chu was an inseparable entity, and there were not so many and no contradictions inside, Han Qian would definitely not hesitate to draw out the elite of the naval army and infantry army that could be drawn in his hand at this time, and cut off the retreat of the Shouzhou army stationed on the west bank of Chaohu Lake from both ends of the Longtan River estuary and the upper river valley at a lightning speed.

Then, at the expense of casualties, together with the Zuo Longque Army and the Shuzhou Prefecture soldiers, they attacked from north to south, and ate the enemy army on the west bank of Chaohu Lake, which was about 20,000 people.

Only by achieving this step can we say that we will win a hearty victory, and the blow to the Shouzhou army will be even more severe, so as to completely reverse the situation of confrontation between the enemy and us in Huaixi, and improve the situation in which Dachu has been passively beaten between Jianghuai and Huai since the Jinling Incident

However, some people didn't hold back before, they just didn't realize that the situation would suddenly turn around, right?

Han Qian didn't think that after the news of the victory in Wujinling was transmitted back to Jinling, the Tangyi soldiers gathered a limited number of elite soldiers and horses and cut off the retreat of the enemy army in Chaoxi along both sides of the Longtan River, and there would be no moths.

Sometimes adventures have to be done in moderation.

What is needed now is to stabilize and digest the fruits of victory, so as not to be plucked by others.

The night is deep, the pursuing soldiers and horses have not returned, thousands of captives were driven to the open space between the eagle's beak cliff and the north fence to be combed, Tian Cheng, Feng Xuan, Zhao Wuji, Tan Xiuqun, Guo Ke, Dou Rong and others will not be able to relax and rest until late at night, at this time, sit on both sides, listen to Han Qian make arrangements for the follow-up, listen to Han Qian say the last sentence, and can't help but look at Yuan Guowei who is sitting on the lower left side of Han Qian.

Han Qian asked the Military Intelligence Staff Department to block the passage at the eastern foot of Huaiyang Mountain, but it was not to stop the Shouzhou Army from transmitting the message.

The east of Huaiyang Mountain is still the hinterland under the absolute control of the Shouzhou Army, how could they not ask the scout messengers of the Shouzhou Army to travel east of Huaiyang Mountain?

When Han Qian said this, he actually wanted to delay the time for Shuzhou and Jinling to learn of Wujinling's victory as much as possible, especially to delay the news to Lujiang City as much as possible.

Only in this way can they seize ahead of the Zuo Longque Army, and take advantage of the retreat of the enemy army in the west of the nest to the north, and send troops to control both sides of the Longtan River as soon as possible.

This will also directly determine whether the control of both sides of the Longtan River after the war will fall into the hands of the Tangyi soldiers or the Zuolongque army.

If the Zuo Longque Army sent troops first, or at the same time, and entered the banks of the Longtan River, in order to ensure the continuity of Tangyi to Huaiyang Mountain after the war, they could ask to take over the area along the Longtan River, but they would inevitably have to pay a considerable price to persuade Lu Qingxia to give up this area.

Now that they are blocking the passage to the eastern foothills of Huaiyang Mountain, they are trying to limit the scouts of the Privy Council or the Huaixi Forbidden Army from spreading the news as much as possible.

Li Zhihe was not in Shuzhou, he had already gone to Suizhou to supervise the war, and left Shuzhou Sima, the soldiers and horses and the deputy commander of the Zuolongque Army to make Deng Tai sit on the Lujiang defense line.

Deng Tai's army was steady and brave, but he lacked quick wit, and most of them could not detect anything from the movements of the enemy army in Chaoxi at the first time.

The biggest problem is with Yuan Guowei.

Yuan Guowei was ordered to comfort the army, and he sent someone to report the news at this time, did they stop it or not?

Yuan Guowei snorted a haha, as if he didn't understand why everyone looked at him at this time, touched his face, turned his head sideways and asked Han Daochang: "What is on my face, everyone looks at me?" ”

Han Daochang smiled awkwardly, but fortunately, Han Qian quickly diverted the topic to other aspects.

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In the next two days, the pursuing troops and horses have successively shrunk to the front camp newly built in Meitang Mountain, Han Qian asked Zhao Wuji to lead a group of soldiers and horses from the hinterland of Huaiyang Mountain to the upper valley of the Longtan River, and meet Kong Xirong, preparing to take over the defense and tunzhai on both sides of the Longtan River after the enemy withdraws and before the Huaixi Forbidden Army.

At this time, the preliminary results of the victory of Wujinling were also counted, and a total of 25,000 Shouzhou soldiers and civilians were intercepted and captured in this battle.

In addition, the victory at Wujin Ridge killed more than 6,000 enemy soldiers.

Of course, most of these enemy soldiers were drowned in the water, or they were soaked in ice water and froze to death during the escape.

The will of the people to resist or flee was much weaker, and most of them did not even think about fleeing, and of the more than 25,000 prisoners of war, two-thirds were young and strong men who were forcibly recruited by Xu Mingzhen from near Gaocheng to serve as hard labor in front of the camp, but also captured 8,000 elite soldiers of the Shouzhou army.

Of course, from the beginning of the first month of the Tangyi army from Fucha Mountain to the north, the victory of Anfengzhai, the tug-of-war of Shenjiaji that lasted for more than a month, and the most brilliant and dazzling victory of Wujinling, the whole battle lasted for three months, and the Tangyi soldiers captured, killed or seriously injured nearly 30,000 generals of the Shouzhou army before and after; This also includes the part of the enemy who have been severely frostbitten and frozen to death since the tug-of-war.

Under the leadership of Han Qian, the Tangyi soldiers penetrated into the hinterland of the enemy territory with so few elite soldiers and horses, and achieved such brilliant results, even more dazzling than the battles he had participated in or led before.

It's just that although the morale of the generals is available, it is finally limited to the limited number of troops that can be mobilized, and Han Qian is still unable to launch an offensive against Anfengzhai, Gaocheng and other places to take advantage of the victory and expand the results of the battle for the time being.

Of course, although Xu Mingzhen retreated to Anfengzhai after the war and successively collected a large number of defeated troops, such heavy casualties, coupled with the loss of a large number of materials and ordnance, dealt a tragic blow to the morale of the Shouzhou army from top to bottom, so that Xu Mingzhen may not dare to have the courage to defend Anfengzhai, let alone gather troops and horses to attack Meitang Mountain or Wujin Ridge.

The 20,000 Shouzhou Army on the west bank of Chaohu Lake confronted the Left Longque Army stationed on the Lujiang defense line, and as Han Qian expected, it all withdrew north across the Longtan River at the fastest speed in mid-February.

There was no precipitation in the whole spring season, but after the victory in Wujinling, it rained continuously in Huaiyang Mountain for several days, but fortunately, the rain was not strong and did not seriously affect the movement of soldiers and horses.

At this time, the streams and rivers of the Jianghuai land thawed one after another.

The warships of the Zuolou Boat Army have always been cowering in the river of Nanqishui, and they did not dare to enter Chaohu Lake.

Lin Jingzong led the captain of the Tangyi Navy to drive straight into the Longtan River waterway, and Kong Xirong led his troops down the Longtan River, rushing to the defense villages abandoned by the Shouzhou Army on both sides of the Longtan River before Deng Tai reacted, and effortlessly opened up the connection between Tangyi and Huaiyang Mountain.

At this time, Han Qian sent someone to send the first good news to Jinling.

Considering that Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang might mobilize elite soldiers and horses from the hinterland of Liang to reinforce Shouzhou, Han Qian still had no rest throughout mid-to-late February, and kept preparing the defense line of Wujinling, and adjusting the deployment of Tangyi troops on the defense line extending more than 400 miles from east to west.

Wen Bo led his troops to withdraw from Chuzhou City, and Han Qian only ordered Zhou to lead a small elite army to station, and even temporarily did not consider dividing troops to enter Shiliang County.

Tangyi was still constrained by the strength of the army, and it was difficult to suddenly force the maximum results, and even could only watch the Huaidong Army enter Shiliang County before them.

On the one hand, Han Qian escorted more than 8,000 prisoners of the Shouzhou Army back to Puyang, Shiquan, Tingshan and other camps through the hinterland of Huaiyang Mountain and Longtan River, and incorporated them into the baggage battalion to supplement the shortage of reserve soldiers and horses on the Eastern Front.

After the victory in Wujin Mountain, those cottages and villages in Huaiyang Mountain were almost descending from the wind, and the poor people and slaves at the bottom were even more enthusiastic to enlist in the army, which also greatly alleviated the lack of troops in Tangyi to guard Huaiyang Mountain.

However, it will take time to prepare and train new soldiers, repair and replenish armor and combat equipment, and sort out the population of Dinghu in the hinterland of Huaiyang Mountain.

In addition, Han Qian also had to build a real water barrier dam at Meitangkou before the rainy season really came......

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