In late June, the border of Yingzhou in Chen State, which had been quiet for more than a month, boiled again, and Shi Yuwenwen, the Bazhou assassin of Zhou State in Jiangbei, raised troops south again to attack Wuchang in the south of the Yangtze River, and the defenders elsewhere were one step late when they heard the news and mobilized troops and horses to reinforce them: Wuchang had been captured by the Zhou army.

Since last month, after driving away the Zhou army, the imperial army led by Chen Shujian, the king of Changsha, was stationed in various parts of Yingzhou to prevent the Zhou State of Jiangbei from attacking again, and when Wuchang was attacked, they lit the beacon smoke to warn the surroundings, and the reinforcements from all walks of life did not dare to be careless because of the lessons of the previous car, and were cautious along the way so as not to be ambushed, so they arrived in Wuchang three days later, and the result was an empty city in front of them.

As in the previous month, Wuchang and the Fan Shanshu on the west side of Fan Mountain were once again empty, not only did the more than 20,000 soldiers stationed there be no trace, but also there was no money, food, chickens, ducks, geese, and dogs.

The city turned into a white ground again, and it seemed that Wuchang had never been inhabited, except for the mottled blood stains on the walls and the ground from time to time, proving that there had been fierce battles here, and there was no sign that there were troops stationed here.

There was not a single corpse, not a single weapon that had been left behind, and there was nothing left except the slippery city wall, and the soldiers of the Chen army looked at the scene in front of them with grief and indignation: "The Zhou army, which was killed by God, ran away after captive people, and came to fight happily!" ”

The Zhou army did not run but did not stay in Wuchang, Yanji, twenty miles east of Wuchang, had been captured by it, when the Chen army that recovered Wuchang arranged the city defense and sent troops to Yanji, the Zhou army had already dug a ditch and built a fortress, after several attacks, the Chen army was defeated and retreated, so that the other party could only gain a foothold in the south of the Yangtze River.

Xisai on the south bank of the Yangtze River fifty miles downstream of Yanji, Xisai Mountain, where Chen Junshui and land soldiers and horses gathered, Chen Shujian, the king of Changsha, looked at the battle report and fell into contemplation, and the Zhou State of Jiangbei, which had calmed down for more than a month, now began to invade the south again, Wuchang was attacked and Yanji was captured by the Zhou army, so he could not know what the situation of Wuchang was now.

"King, Zhou Jun seems to have come prepared this time. Not only did they take Yanji, but they also set up camp, and the reinforcements sent by our army to Wuchang were blocked, and Yanji could not advance. One of the generals said that Yanji was located between Wuchang and Xisai Mountain, and because it had been captured by the Zhou army, they had no way of knowing what was going on in Wuchang.

"The military newspaper said that they had seen the officers and troops of Wuchang in the west also come to attack Yanji, what do you think?" Chen Shujian asked, the reinforcements sent by his side were blocked, Yanji came to report that the official army of Wuchang was attacking Yanji and Zhou's army on the other side, and the two sides did not have direct contact, so I don't know if it is true or not.

Chen Shujian was worried that this was a strategy of the Zhou army, in order to lure him to increase his troops to attack Yanji, and then ambush him halfway. The official road from Xisai Mountain to Yanji is along the river, and now the Zhou army controls the river, and at any time can use ships to transport troops to the south bank to land, so it has to be guarded.

The opinion of the generals is also to be cautious, if there are fewer people to attack Yanji, it is useless, but there are more people, and the grain road is not guaranteed, it is a very troublesome thing, and the Zhou army's Wuzhou garrison in the middle of the river can attack and disturb the back road of the officers and troops attacking Yanji, it is better to withdraw the troops.

"King, in the past month or so, Yuwenwen has built a few camps on Wuzhou, it seems that he is determined to pinch the river, if our army attacks Yanji along the official road by the river, the other party will definitely come to cut off the back road, it is better to take the northwest direction from Huangshiji through Huama Lake and cross the path at the northern foot of Baipheasant Mountain and enter Wuchang from the south side."

"Well, let them withdraw." Uncle Chen is determined to act cautiously, and now Yingzhou can't be easily lost in his own hands, "If it weren't for our warships, they couldn't be easily dispatched." Where can Zhou Jun be so presumptuous! ”

Since the defeat of the Battle of Zhengrongzhou, the remaining warships of the Chen army have gathered at the Xisai Mountain, and they have not easily fought, resulting in the Zhou army occupying Wuzhou running rampant on the river, Chen Shujian has sent warships to Wuzhou to reconnoitre, and found that the Zhou army on the continent has set up many camps, and many warships are moored, completely blocking the channel, and it is impossible for Chen's warships to go from Xisai downstream to Wuchang upstream.

There was no news from Wuchang except for the news of Fengyan, but Chen Shujian didn't think there would be a problem, there were more than 20,000 defenders in Wuchang, and the city defense was strengthened, which was not something that the Jiangbei Zhou army could easily gnaw, and a large army was stationed in Xiakou, and he could send troops to relieve the siege at any time, so he couldn't have an accident here.

Xisai's Xisai Mountain has been an important place for river defense since the Three Kingdoms, Chen Shujian is sitting here as the finale, as long as he is as stable as Mount Tai, then the front army will not be chaotic, although thinking about it, there should be no big problem, but Chen Shujian is still a little restless.

The assassin Shi Yuwen Wenwen in Bazhou, Jiangbei is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and since he has crossed south to attack Wuchang this time, I am afraid it will not be a small fight. According to the results of the generals' deliberations, it was judged that this fang was probably deliberately attacking Wuchang to attract reinforcements and then ambush them halfway, so as long as the reinforcements were careful on the road, there should be no problem.

However, the news that came later made Chen Shujian almost draw his sword and cut people, because he sent to Wuchang but was blocked, and Yanji's army was completely annihilated.

"What's going on! Lonely, let them be careful on the road, how can they all be wiped out! Chen Shujian roared. A few days ago, as soon as he received the news of the beacon smoke from Wuchang through Yanji, he sent an army of 5,000 people to reinforce him, and specially explained that he would rather be slow than fast, and be careful all the way, but the result was still over.

Fang Cai's battle report was transmitted by the reinforcements who arrived near Yanji, and he thought that it was just an unfavorable march and wanted to let them withdraw, but he didn't expect the Zhou army's actions to be so fast.

"King, the Zhou army sent a large number of soldiers and horses from Wuzhoushu to cross the river to intercept the rear road of our army, and their number is more than our army!" The soldier who fled back to report the news cried.

When Chen Shujian heard this, he only felt that his whole body was weak, the Yanji defenders had 2,000 and his own reinforcements had 5,000. The Zhou army attacked Wuchang and attacked Yanji at the same time, and as a result, Yanji was taken and blocked their own reinforcements, and now they sent troops from Wuzhou to cut off the back road and swallow it in one bite

"They're going to go south!" Chen Shujian thought of this, and blurted out, it is impossible for the troops of Bazhou alone to complete such an attack, so it must be the Huangzhou Governor's Mansion of Zhou State to gather the troops of Jiangbei states to attack the south, so that it is not simply against Wuchang, but against Xiakou.

"Mad dogs, they're all mad dogs!" One of the generals scolded. Now that the Zhou State and the Sui State are at war, the Zhou army in Jiangbei does not go, and the Sui army in the north is playing with their lives and comes to attack Jiangnan, which is really a mad dog.

"Fight with all arms, let them know that my Da Chen is not a soft persimmon to pinch casually!" ……

More than 30 miles south of Wuchang, the official road at the northern foot of Baizhi Mountain was in a mess, and a Chen army of thousands of troops was annihilated in this ambush on the way to Wuchang, and it was the Zhou army in black uniforms that attacked them.

More than a month ago, this place was the camp of Chen Jun in Wuchang to rescue him, the terrain was open, the sight was good, and the weeds were also sorted out, and it was not a suitable ambush location, but the Zhou army was ambushed here and succeeded in one blow.

The dust settled. The soldiers of the Zhou army are cleaning the battlefield, the arrows shot, the enemy's armor, and weapons must be recovered, and those who are not dead are caught and escorted away, but they can still hold out for a while, do a good deed to give the other party a good deed.

Tian Yilong is now leading his subordinates to 'do good', he led more than 300 young and strong people of the clan as a township soldier to participate in the last battle against Chen, and this time he followed the Hulin army to the south to attack Wuchang, and then came here to ambush the Chen army according to the arrangement.

"Eleven, what are you shaking, poke!!" Tian Yilong looked at a villager and shouted. It was his brother's first time on the battlefield, so he couldn't use the knife against the dying Chen soldier on the ground.

"Me, me!" The villager struggled for a while, pointed the tip of the knife at the throat of the Chen soldier on the ground, then squinted his eyes and poked down, and then let out a miserable scream, Tian Yilong looked at him and shook his head helplessly.

The knife didn't poke into the opponent's throat at all, but was a little off and stuck on the ground, according to Yuwen Envoy Jun, if this kind of weak chicken fights with people on the battlefield, it will be taken away by a wave, fortunately, they are mainly used as archers to assist in combat, otherwise it will really collapse at the touch of a button.

"It's not right, come again!" Tian Yilong scolded, this guy is alive and well when he trains and hunts on weekdays, but now he is timid, and sure enough, it is very suitable for them to come to 'do good', but it only takes a few more times to get used to it.

Since the Tian clan firmly stood on the side of Yuwen Envoy, the young and strong people in the clan regularly trained with the state soldiers as township soldiers, mainly practicing archery and basic formations, identifying flags and golden drum orders, archery and killing the enemy has been taken for granted, but killing people at close range is something that many people have not done, so it is necessary to practice courage.

Arms and shoulders swelling. Tian Yilong just pulled the bow and released the arrow, so now he is a little weak, the bow he uses is a little higher than that of his companions, so he is more tired after continuous archery, and when he looks back at the battlefield around him, a different feeling arises spontaneously.

The battle process of Fang Cai surfaced again: they squatted in the trenches that had been dug long ago, covered with weeds, lurking on both sides of the road, and when the Chen army passed in front of them, they listened to the order and got up together to attack, and the soldiers of the Hulin Army directly killed the enemy with the mandarin duck formation, while the village soldiers were covering with arrows.

Chen's army was hit by a sudden ambush, and when Meng and others came back to their senses, they had been close to the two sides, and some cavalry saw that the situation was not good, and they turned around and ran, and as a result, they were waiting for the archers, and shot down their horses like hunting, and the cavalry who escaped by luck was then intercepted by their own cavalry, so an ambush ended cleanly.

"Aaron, what are you thinking?" A man about the same age as Tian Yilong stepped forward and said. "Are you thinking about your son?"

The man was dressed like Tian Yilong, but inside it was not a military uniform, but a cloth coat, without a hood, and he was holding a bow and carrying a pot and arrows. Tian Yilong smiled and said that he was thinking about when he would be able to rush into battle and kill the enemy.

"Don't, your father asked me to stare at you, don't mess around, don't make it difficult for me to be an uncle."

"Daddy is now revolving around his little grandson, where can he take care of me, hehe." Tian Yilong said with a smile, "Besides, I am not allowed to rush the officers and soldiers if I want to." ”

Although the man is the same age as Tian Yilong, he is his uncle, that is, Tian Zongguang, the father of Hetian Yilong, is a generation, and he is a distant relative of the Xiyang Tian clan in Wuchang, Jiangnan. It is also the 'Belt and Road Party' from the previous time when the Zhou army attacked Wuchang to the present.

Zhou Guobazhou Thorn Shi Yuwen Wen promised them benefits, plus the relatives in Xiyang 'blood is thicker than water', so he did Zhou Jun's internal response, and Tian Yilong since he washed away his grievances, he took his big-bellied sweetheart home to 'forcibly worship' and gave birth to a son at the beginning of the year, and now Tian Zong Guangcheng is surrounding his grandson every day, but Tian Yilong is completely out of control.

Although there is a risk of being taken to the top cylinder after fighting with the official army, after several battles, Tian Yilong and other Tian clansmen determined that Yuwen Envoy Jun had no malice at all, and if you want to rush into battle to kill the enemy, the fighting men of the Hulin Army will not be able to rush forward one by one, and it will not be their turn to sacrifice the ugliness of these village soldiers, and it is not bad to stay on the flank to shoot arrows with peace of mind, if you are accidentally shot by a stray arrow, then you can only blame yourself for your bad luck.

After a few actual battles, Tian Yilong and the minds of the clansmen began to be active and wanted to improve. Fighting with the officers and soldiers, their treatment and rewards and punishments are almost the same, so they have the idea of making meritorious contributions, and just archery can not make much great achievements, you must know that the rewards after meritorious service are very rich!

The sound of horses' hooves pulled Tian Yilong back to reality, and more than ten cavalry rode forward, and the leader shouted loudly, quickly packed up and prepared to retreat, and then threw a whip and dismounted and came to Tian Yilong's side.

"Leader Tian, the township soldiers can still stand up, right?"

"Hold on, does the owner of Yuwen Mansion have any new military information?" Tian Yilong asked, the person who came was Yuwen Envoy Jun's Ma Army, and Yuwen Fifteen was also his confidant, Yuwen Envoy Jun was with him when he visited the Tian clan several times, so Tian Yilong was quite familiar with him.

"Master Shi smelled a dangerous smell and asked me to leave quickly." Yuwen Fifteen smiled and said, "Tian Zhuangshi, now it's up to you to lead the way." ”

"I wonder where your officers and soldiers are going?" The man asked.

"Do you have to buy and sell the goods, don't you have to put them into the warehouse, as for the next deal, let's talk about it on the way." (To be continued.) )