Even if you can speculate on the intentions of Emperor Zhu Yu of Liang, it is extremely difficult to break the situation.

Don't talk about Huaidong, if Han Qian wants to open up the situation in Tangyi a little, he has to fill it with countless lives.

Cooperation with Huaidong is the foundation laid when the Chishan Club was first established and sought from Huaidong, and it is even more important for both parties at this time.

Not only did Huaidong's western flank defense line need the presence of Tangyi, but Huaidong's troops and horses stationed in Yangzhou and Dongyang could also reduce the pressure on Tangyi if they could extend their troops slightly westward from the north and south banks of Fanliang Lake.

The two sides have a more or less bitter relationship.

Thinking of this, Han Qian said to Yin Peng: "Feng Yi is here, whatever requirements King Xin has on his side, Yin Sima can discuss with him." ”

At this time, the golden drums on the north shore were loud, and Yin Peng couldn't help but look at the past, and was not busy talking to Feng Yi about specific cooperation matters.

Three days ago, under the cover of naval warships, Feng Xuan led 3,000 soldiers to march west along the south bank of the Chu River and set up camp at the northwest foot of the Great Thorn Mountain, while the Shouzhou army had stationed more than 1,000 elites in a village located at the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain on the opposite bank.

What Han Qian is seeking is naturally not satisfied by rowing the Chuhe River with Shouzhou.

After Feng Xuan led his troops to set up a camp on the south bank, today, with the assistance of the water camp, he directly sent troops to land on the river beach on the north bank, intending to conquer the camp built by the Shouzhou army at the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain, so as to control the Tingzi Mountain, which stands on the north bank of the Chuhe River, extends for ten miles from east to west, and is more than 100 zhang high.

When Yin Peng arrived at the Tingshan camp, Han Qian was standing in front of the river beach on the south bank to watch the battle, and he was almost able to see with his own eyes the whole process of the fierce and cruel battlefield between the Tangyi soldiers and the Shouzhou army today.

At the beginning, the Huaidong people were very worried that Han Qian would not actively respond to the battle on the north bank in order to preserve his strength, but ten days ago, in order to establish a camp at the mouth of the Puyang River into the Chu River, Han Qian fought with the Shouzhou army led by Wen Bo and Zhao Mingting at the mouth of the Puyang River more than 30 miles away.

And Yin Peng had already learned many details from the letter sent back by the scout.

In the battle of Puyang River Estuary, the Tangyi soldiers still occupied a certain geographical advantage.

After all, when Wen Bo led the elite infantry to prepare for a strong attack, the Tangyi soldiers first established a certain camp and trench defense at the mouth of the north bank, and then used their advantages in armor and weapons to inflict heavy losses on the Shouzhou army, and finally forced the main force of the Shouzhou army to retreat into Chuzhou City, and sat back and watched the Tangyi soldiers gain a foothold at the mouth of the Puyang River.

Yin Peng also thought that Han Qian should be content with such a victory, and then only needed to divide the troops on the south bank of the Chu River and the east bank of the Wushou River, which flows into the Yangtze River through the Chu River, at the southern foot of the Great Thorn Mountain, and into the Yangtze River through the Chu River.

Although the court Xu Hanqian made up 20,000 soldiers in Tangyi, Han Qian only had 3,000 elites in Xuzhou as the foundation, even if he could recruit young and strong men from the old department of the Zuoguang German army and the displaced people to expand the battalion, in Yin Peng's opinion, it would take about half a year for the Tangyi soldiers to really show their sharp and devouring fangs.

Yin Peng didn't expect that it was only less than three days before Han Qian set up camp on the south bank of the Tingzi Mountain section of the Chuhe River, and then sent troops to attack the Shouzhou army

The camp on the north shore.

Although the Shouzhou army had no water camp available in Chuzhou, and although the camp of the Shouzhou army at the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain was very simple, compared with the battle at the mouth of the Puyang River, the advantages and disadvantages of the two sides were completely reversed.

In addition to the thousands of foot soldiers who could capture the camp, the Shouzhou army also gathered thousands of cavalry in the north and east to attack directly, so that the Tangyi soldiers who landed on the river beach and attacked outside were attacked on both sides and suffered heavy casualties.

However, Han Qian ignored these casualties, and after the soldiers and horses had gained a foothold on the river beach, he asked Feng Xuan, who was commanding the battle on the north bank, to decisively extend his troops to the north and attack the enemy camp slightly north overnight.

At this time, Yin Peng could see that the warships were constantly carrying soldiers, weapons and various materials coming from the east, and he was secretly surprised, seeing that Han Qian wanted to launch another tragic war of tens of thousands of people at the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain.

It's only been three days since the end of the battle at the mouth of the Puyang River!

Compared with the battle at the mouth of the Puyang River, the Tangyi soldiers have not taken advantage of the southern foot of Tingzi Mountain, as far as Yin Peng saw this afternoon, the battle in the afternoon was very fierce, the Tangyi soldiers only have an advantage in armor and weapons, and the others are at a disadvantage, and the battle has been carried out so far, the casualties of the Tangyi soldiers should be more severe.

Yin Peng couldn't guess what Han Qian's intentions were, although the more fierce the fight here, the more it would undoubtedly relieve the pressure on Huaidong, but he couldn't help but worry that Han Qian was too aggressive in using his troops, and once he lost, he would suffer a fierce counterattack from the Shouzhou army, and in the end he would not even be able to defend Tangyi City.

In that case, it's too bad.

However, Yin Peng also knew that no matter what he was worried about, there was no room for him to put his beak.

The war was urgent, and neither side had the leisure to make any detours.

When the sky darkened, Yin Peng took Hu with his subordinates, and first followed Feng Yi into the camp to discuss the border between the two sides and many cooperation matters.

This conversation lasted all night, and the sound of fighting on the north shore never stopped, mixed with the bitter cold wind to the south bank.

The sky was bright, and listening to the sound of fighting on the north shore gradually subsided, Yin Peng thought that the two sides had suspended the fierce battle to recuperate.

The matter discussed between the two sides last night, Feng Yi still needs to report to Han Qian, and there will be a relatively formal letter, which Yin Peng will bring back to Yangzhou and hand over to Wang Wenqian.

So Yin Peng followed Feng Yi out of the camp and went to the river embankment to find Han Qian.

However, Han Qian was no longer at the embankment, they climbed the embankment and looked north, and saw black smoke billowing from the enemy camp at the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain, and in the farther direction, more than 2,000 soldiers and horses of the Shouzhou Army were slowly retreating in the direction of Chuzhou City in the north.

Seeing this scene, Yin Peng couldn't help but be stunned, so he fought all night, and the Tangyi soldiers captured the enemy camp in Tingzi Mountain?

Shouldn't the soldiers guarding the camp at the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain be the elite defenders transferred from Chaozhou by Wen Bo?

Under the leadership of Wen Bo, these elite soldiers withstood Li Zhihe's offensive, and held the Chaozhou army for more than half a year without showing fatigue, so easily gave up the camp at the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain?

Yin Peng followed Feng Yi to the north shore by oarboat, especially the battlefield near the camp at the eastern foot of Tingzi Mountain had not had time to clean up at this time, and a large number of corpses were piled up there, and the simple and broken wall was stained with blood.

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According to rough estimates, in order to attack a simple camp with a radius of three or four hundred steps, only a thousand generals were killed, and the battle can be said to be quite tragic.

Walking into the camp, you can also see that the casualties of the Shouzhou army are also quite a lot, but it can still be seen that the casualties are much less than those of the Tangyi soldiers.

The Shouzhou army has a considerable advantage in Chuzhou, and the casualties of the garrison are even less, so why did they abandon the village and retreat north?

Yin Peng has also been tested on the battlefield for a long time, and he was puzzled for a moment, and when he walked on the broken wall and took the battlefield into his eyes more completely, he understood what was going on.

In the position where the Tangyi soldiers set up the whirlwind cannon, the blood stains were still heavy, and the corpses were piled up, so it can be seen that in order to prevent the Tangyi soldiers from erecting the whirlwind cannon outside the camp, the Shouzhou army went out of the village many times to carry out fierce counterattacks.

It is hard to imagine that more than 30 cyclone cannons were set on fire overnight in such a small scale of the walled city.

However, Yin Peng also knew very well how dense the bows and crossbows of the Tangyi soldiers were, and it was not difficult to imagine how tragic the defenders had to pay in order to burn these more than 30 whirlwind cannons.

Did the defenders choose to abandon the village and retreat north because they felt that they could no longer restrain the Tangyi soldiers from erecting whirlwind cannons outside the wall, and that the camp was too small to withstand the bombardment of the whirlwind artillery?

Thinking of this, Yin Peng looked carefully at the traces on the battlefield, and he could see from the traces left on the wall and inside and outside the camp that even if it was an arrow, the Tangyi soldiers were several times denser than the defenders.

In addition to the burned whirlwind cannons, the various chariots and weapons destroyed on the battlefield were basically Tangyi soldiers.

If Han Qian is rushing to attack the village, he uses elite veterans, and he has an absolute advantage in bows, crossbows, weapons, etc., and the casualties cannot be higher than the defenders, of course, the elite veterans in Han Qian's hands are very limited, and no matter how limited the casualties are, they can't withstand the consumption of hundreds or even thousands of people in a battle, unless Han Qian uses all the new soldiers who have just been recruited from the homeless?

Yin Peng somewhat understood.

Ci is not in charge of the army, and the elite veterans that Han Qian can recruit are very limited, so he can only use new soldiers and sophisticated armor and weapons to fight with the Shouzhou army.

In comparison, the Shouzhou army assembled in Chuzhou in the early stage was all elite, and the scale of men and horses had an advantage, but there was a shortage of materials, and it was a great loss to use the elite veterans and the new pawns of the Tangyi soldiers.

It's a no-brainer, isn't it?

Even if he understood this, when he heard Feng Xuan ask about the casualties in this battle of more than 1,600 people, Yin Peng was secretly surprised.

"There are four or five thousand remnants of soldiers and nearly 20,000 people in Wujian Mountain, and they will be able to withdraw at night; The casualties in this battle were a bit heavy, but it was worth it. Feng Yi said to Yin Peng.

Tingzi Mountain is still more than 30 miles away from the southern vein of the Wujian Mountain Range, but the Tangyi soldiers have a firm foothold in Tingzi Mountain, and the Shouzhou Army lacks the materials to camp in the open area, no matter how strong the soldiers and horses are, it is difficult to carry out an impermeable blockade of the southern foot of the Wujian Mountain Range before the Tangyi soldiers.

Therefore, it will be much easier for the soldiers and civilians in the Wujian Mountains to break through at night.

Of course, Feng Yi emphasized this to Yin Peng, even Huaidong didn't want them to guess the final intention of this side too early......