Chapter 170: The War Tightens (continued)

The siege lasted for fifteen days, and finally at the last moment, the stubborn Chen soldiers failed to create a miracle in the end, and all those who did not surrender were killed. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

On the city tower, the flagpole was cut off, the broken Chen Guo flag fell to the ground, the cheers of the tide resounded in the sky, the Zhou soldiers cleaned up the blocked city gate hole, and after a while, the north gate of the Wei City slowly opened, and the soldiers and horses outside the city immediately entered the city.

In the northern suburbs of the city, outside the military tent in the camp of the Zhou army, the marshal of the Jiangnan Road march, Wei Chi Youqi, put down the clairvoyant mirror, handed it to the entourage and turned sideways to talk with the marshal Sima to eliminate difficulties, the city of Weishi has been taken, and the Zhou army finally came to the north bank of the Yangtze River, and confronted Jiankang, the capital of Chen on the south bank, across the river.

"Marshal, the southeast of the Wei clan needs to be garrisoned in Taoye Mountain, and you can build a water village and build warships on the bank of the river at the southern foot of Taoye Mountain."

"Sima Changshi, just relying on the water village of Taoye Mountain to build a warship, I'm afraid it's too late."

"Of course it's too late, but as long as our army builds a water village in Taoye Mountain, the Jiankang defenders on the other side will not dare to take it lightly, and the naval warships will not dare to be transferred elsewhere, and there will be no time to support Jingkou and quarrying."

"Where is the Qingzhou Water Army?"

"Still berthing on the coast of Yancheng County, our army has not yet captured Guangling, and the naval army has entered the Yangtze River at this time, and there is no place to berth."

"How's the battle going over there in Guangling?"

"I can take it in a few days." Sima replied in the affirmative.

When Wei Chi Youqi heard this, he motioned to a general to step forward and asked him to immediately send someone to Yancheng County on the coast of Wuzhou to give an order, so that the Qingzhou naval army going south could prepare and enter the Yangtze River as soon as Guangling arrived.

There was a busy scene around, and the soldiers began to pack up their tents and prepare to enter the city, and Wei Chi Youqi raised his eyes to the south, trying to see Jiankang City, the tenacious city on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

For hundreds of years, even if the northern army was under the city of Jiankang, it never broke through, although the Southern Dynasty changed several dynasties, but every time Jiankang changed hands, it was caused by the internal turmoil of the Southern Dynasty.

The various turmoil in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Song, Qi, and Liang periods, and the army that broke through Jiankang City were all owned by the powerful ministers and vassal kings of the Southern Dynasty, while the army of the Northern Dynasty never got their wish, and the only thing that could be related to it was Hou Jing, the rebel general of the Qi State that year.

However, when Hou Jing rebelled into Liang, there were only 800 remnants, and later the breakthrough of Jiankang relied on the rebellious army of Liang, and now, the army of the Northern Dynasty is finally going to cross the river and go south to rewrite history.

And the person who rewrites history is him, Wei Chi Youqi!

Thinking of this, Wei Chi Youqi had some expectations in his heart, this time as the coach of Ping Chen, he has never dared to take it lightly, for fear that a slight mistake will lead to the slow progress of the war, which will make people laugh at him for being incompetent.

And now there are rumors that he has hundreds of thousands of troops, but the attack on Huainan Prefecture is progressing slowly, which is worse than the commander of the Zhou army back then.

Who is spreading these rumors? I don't know, but I can probably guess a rough idea: it's all people who are dissatisfied with the Wei Chi family who are spreading rumors!

'Incompetent, if you can't get power, you can only speak as fast as you can!' ’

Wei Chi Youqi scoffed at these rumors, but after all, he was young and strong-blooded, and he still had the idea of competing in his heart, and he felt that he had done a good job.

More than eight years ago, that is, in November of the first year of the elephant of the Zhou State, Wei Xiaokuan, the Duke of Yunguo, served as the marshal of the marching army, and led the army to attack the states and counties of the Jiangbei of the Chen State.

Huainanzhou County, Jiangbei, which also attacked Chen, ended the battle in January of the following year from sending troops to the squad division, and now, as the marching marshal, Wei Chi Youqi also sent troops from November, and only in early February of the following year did Huainanzhou County be pacified.

From the perspective of time, he is indeed not as good as Wei Xiaokuan back then, but the other party is a veteran of the battlefield who has experienced a hundred battles, and Wei Chi Youqi himself is the first time to be the commander of the whole army.

What's more, I'm going to break Jiankang next! When the time comes, see who else dares to sneer!

Wei Chiyou Qi thought so, so he was very much looking forward to the next battle, as long as Guangling was taken, the next things would be much easier.

The Wei clan in front of him is Fangzhou Prefecture, facing Jiangnan Jiankang across the river, while the Hezhou Prefecture on the north bank of the upstream is Liyang, which has been occupied by the Zhou army a few days ago.

Liyang is located on the Yangtze River, across the river is Chen Guo quarrying, quarrying has been the Yangtze River since ancient times, if the Zhou army crosses the river and lands on the south bank, it can threaten the south side of Jiankang.

The Wuzhou Prefecture Zhiguangling, which is about to be taken, is located in the lower reaches of Weishi, and its opposite river is Chen Guojingkou, which is also another Yangtze River point, if the Zhou army crosses the river and lands on the south bank, it can threaten Jiankang City from the north side.

As long as the Zhou army landed in Jingkou and quarryed at the same time, and attacked Jiankang in the north and south, then it would be like a bag to take the capital of the Southern Dynasty, but the problem was to control the river, so the water battle between the two armies before crossing the river could not be avoided.

Zhou's naval army in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River is still very strong, but Wei Chi Youqi does not plan to let the Huangzhou naval army advance eastward to support his side, because he can trust the strength of the Qingzhou naval army.

For Wei Chi Youqi, the Qingzhou Navy is led by his own people, of course he can be trusted, but as for Yu Wenwen's Huangzhou Navy Army, it is very inconvenient.

Thinking of Yuwen Wen, Yu Chi Youqi's mood was a little worse, of course, he didn't have a grudge against Yu Wenwen, just out of instinctive competition, after all, Yu Wenwen marched as a Lingnan Dao army, and his advance speed was amazingly fast, which was unexpected by Yu Chi Youqi.

He originally thought that Yuwenwen would take more than half a year to conquer Jiangzhou and pacify Lingnan, but later received a battle report, saying that the Lingnan Road march would break through the Dayuling before the first day.

And the march of Marshal Yu Wenming on the west road south of the Yangtze River is not slow, Xiangzhou Prefecture has been taken to govern Linxiang, and it is not difficult to pacify the entire territory of Xiangzhou.

People are more popular than people, the Wei Chi family now holds the power of the imperial court, many people are comparing a few of the Yu Chi family with a few of the Yuwen family, not to mention other things, just to say that this time Ping Chen, the performance of the two of the Yuwen family is good, and the record of Yu Chi Youqi is a little overshadowed in comparison.

It's not that there is a problem with the record, but the troops in his hands are much stronger than others, and the progress of the battle is mediocre in comparison, so it's no wonder that some people start to spread rumors.

An adjutant hurriedly walked in with a herald and handed over the battle report to Wei Chi Youqi, he only skimmed it cursoly, and his face became solemn: "What's the matter?" Something happened in Jiangzhou? ”

"Yes, there are now creek dogs in all counties in Jiangzhou, and the officials and troops are crusading everywhere..."

"West... Dog? What is the West Dog?"

The "West Dog" mentioned in the herald's mouth, Wei Chi Youqi didn't understand it very well, and Sima Xiaojiao on the side explained: "The brook dog is a contemptuous name for the people of Jiangzhou in the Southern Dynasty. ”

"I see, it seems that the war in Jiangzhou is tight..."

Wei Chi Youqi looked at the battle report again, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: I said, conquering Jiangzhou so quickly, it must be a raw meal, look, isn't there a stir now?