Chapter 131: Faith (continued)

The smell of bloody blood permeated the air, making people feel a little uncomfortable, but Yu Wenwen enjoyed this smell very much, not that he was murderous and bloodthirsty, but that this smell could always remind himself that if he lost the battle, it would be him and even the whole family who died. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Of course, the female dependents were spared death, and according to the prevailing rules of most times, they were given to others as a reward, and as for the men, all the adults were killed, and the younger ones were probably castrated if they survived.

The feet are slightly slippery, and when I look down, there is a puddle of flesh and blood under my feet on the steps, I don't know if it is intestines or internal organs, of course, it may be the 'pig pioneer', but it is more likely to be human.

It is unknown whether it is the enemy or me, the bloodstained steps, the blood of too many people have been squandered, whether it is the Zhou soldiers who attacked strongly, or the Chen soldiers who defended to the death, one by one the lives before the war have now turned into cold statistics.

"King, our army has taken Caishan, and the preliminary number of dead has been counted..."

Yu Wenwen made a gesture and interrupted the other party's report: "What is the casualty rate of the first board?" ”

"Sixty percent."

"Is the body restricted?"

"It's okay to converge, it's just that some people... Uh, it's rotten, so it can only be packed in bags..."

"Compile the list and send it back to Xiyang along with the body and remains."

"Yes!"

The death rate of sixty percent was enough to collapse an army in the era of cold weapons, and now this death rate does collapse an army, but it was the Zhou army that suffered more than half of the casualties first, and the Chen defenders of Caishan collapsed.

If a person dies in battle, he will receive a triple pension, and his relatives will receive land compensation, and if he is not dead but seriously disabled, the pension will not be doubled, but he will receive land compensation.

Other first, meritorious service rewards doubled, as the so-called heavy reward must have brave men, Yuwen Wen used the heavy reward in exchange for the bloody battle of the pioneers, in exchange for the victory of the strong attack on Cai Mountain.

Stopped, looked at the mess all over the ground, and looked at the ruins and ruins that were still smoking around him, Yu Wenwen turned to look at the east again, and the little sail shadows on the river gradually faded away, which were countless retreating Chen Guoshui warships.

Cai Shan changed hands, Chen Guo's defenders could not bear it and could only leave a corpse to retreat in a hurry, without the support of Jiangxinzhou, where Cai Shan was located, Chen Guo's naval army had no chance of winning the decisive battle in the waters of Cai Shan, so they retreated without hesitation.

At the end of the battle, the losses of the naval armies on both sides were not large, and they were not injured, and the defenders of Chen Guo on Cai Mountain suffered heavy casualties, losing this Jiangxinzhou, and Cai Shan changed hands after it played a crucial role in the next battle situation.

Caishan is located in Jiangxinzhou, and the waterway is only more than 50 miles away from the downstream Jiangzhou Prefecture Zhihuankou, and the Zhou State can be this as a garrison for naval warships, and after gathering troops, there will be a wave.

More importantly, the north and south banks of the Caishan waters are all controlled by the Chen State, especially the Xincai City on the north bank, which is an important Jinzhou of the Chen State.

The sound of tinkling came from all around, it was the craftsmen repairing the camp on the mountain, as the dormitory of the Zhou army soldiers when they were stationed, and the square boats at the foot of the mountain gathered more and more, like duckweed, enclosing the Jiangxinzhou where Cai Shan was located.

The combination of large ships to form a 'floating island' made Jiangxinzhou, which originally did not cover a large area, 'long' into a large island, on this large island, there are not only docks, dormitories, but also baggage warehouses, and even stables.

The wooden piles drilled into the silt at the bottom of the water ensure the stability of the floating island, and the soldiers who are not accustomed to water are no different from standing on the floating islands and standing on the flat ground.

Marshal Yu Wenwen will be here to direct the next series of combat operations, and this will also be a transit point for all kinds of baggage such as grain and grass, and the reason why all the 'reconstruction' work began immediately after the battle is because it was planned in advance.

Numerous wooden boxes were carried down from the ships by the soldiers and carried up the mountain in turn, containing all the supplies prepared in advance, and all the necessary materials for the construction of the barracks, including timber, were prepared.

At that time, the government had the ability to quickly resettle Guanzhong immigrants in Ezhou, relying on the 'resettlement box', and now this practice of packing materials in a unified manner has greatly facilitated the work of craftsmen to 'rebuild' the Caishan camp.

Cai Shan is not high, Yuwenwen soon came to the halfway point of the mountain, walked into the freshly tied Chinese military tent, the main adjutant of the marching marshal was already inside, and after everyone saluted Yuwenwen, the military discussion immediately began.

Marshal Chief Stryda and Marshal Sima Cui Hongsheng were very satisfied with the results of today's battle, they didn't know much about water warfare, but the way they attacked Caishan was so special, it was really eye-opening.

"Our army has such a ship, the lower officer really admires it." Cui Da Zhen sincerely sighed, Yu Wenwen's previous tactics were too incredible, and he was always worried that the official army would hit his head and bleed under Cai Mountain.

"Cui Changshi, the widow said in advance that he should have confidence in the Huangzhou Naval Army, after all, in the past few years, the soldiers have not been idle, the terrain of Caishan is not a secret, but the Chen army is dead, I didn't expect our army to attack from the top."

Yuwen Wen and Cui Da talked, while Cui Hongsheng looked at the map, which depicted Caishan and its north and south riverbank areas, which just covered the next battle area of the Zhou army.

"King, can Xin Cai really win it in a few days?"

"Of course, although I don't plan to use the Thunder Thunder too much, but to deal with just Xin Cai, a few days is enough."

Seeing that Yuwen Wen was so confident, if it was a few days ago, Cui Hongsheng couldn't believe that Yu Wenwen's plan to attack Cai Shan and Xin Cai at the same time by land and water was actually very risky, once Cai Shan could not be taken, I am afraid that the Zhou army would suffer heavy casualties.

And now that Zhou Jun has indeed taken Cai Shan, he has to look at Yuwen Wen differently.

Cui Hongsheng is now more than thirty and half years old, as a senior who has been fighting on the battlefield for more than 20 years, the young Yuwenwen is just like his junior, Cui Hongsheng is naturally a little uneasy about this bold 'stunned youth'.

Abandon the strongholds of the Chen army along the way, gather a large fleet, and even the main force of soldiers and horses are loaded with boats to accompany the main force of the navy, and raid the heavily guarded Jiangxinzhou more than 100 miles away.

If it weren't for the fact that the Huangzhou Army was originally under the command of Yuwenwen, Cui Hongsheng would have reason to suspect that this was the other party's deliberate attempt to cut off dissidents, but even if Yuwenwen would not deliberately harm the officers and soldiers, he still thought that this tactic was a big gamble.

But now that he thinks about it, he feels that Yu Wenwen dared to fight like this because of his confidence, just the concept of attacking Cai Shan from the top of the tactics needed a special building ship to support, and this kind of building ship was not a temporary rush.

Yu Wenwen has been in Huangzhou for so many years, and he knows the situation in the Jiangzhou area of Chen Guo well, so it is not surprising that he has formulated a targeted combat plan, thinking of this, Cui Hongsheng can't help but look forward to it.

If you want to attack Jiangzhou in the future, the King of Xiyang will probably have the confidence to win quickly, right?

"Traima."

"The subordinate obeys orders."

"General Shi and General Fan have landed in Jiangbei, and the capture of Xincai is just around the corner, and at that time, the attack on Jinzhou and its related military affairs will be arranged by Cui Sima in the center."

"The subordinate officer takes the order."

As soon as Caishan was captured, the adjutants still had a lot of affairs to do, so Yu Wenwen turned out of the big tent and took out a clairvoyant mirror to look at the new Caicheng by the river bank in the north.

A few years ago, Yu Wenwen once led the troops to attack Xincai, burned down the place where the Chen army was stored, and also took a look at the Sui army who also came to sneak attack.

As the marshal of the Lingnan Road March, one of his tasks was to attack Chenguozhou County east of Qizhou and at the southeast foot of Dabie Mountain, and after taking Jinzhou, he could march to the northeast and threaten Hezhou Prefecture to govern Ruyin (Hefei) from the flank.

Therefore, taking Jinzhou is something he must do, but the defenders of Jinzhou in Chen State will definitely resist stubbornly, so in order to complete this strategic goal 'quickly, accurately, and ruthlessly', Yuwen Wen came to a wave of water troops.

From Qikou to Caishan, the distance of nearly 160 miles by water, along the north and south banks of the river, the vital places are guarded by Chen Jun, if you use the form of land warfare to pull out these nails one by one, it will be time-consuming and laborious.

In the face of a heavily guarded defensive line, the best way is not to storm but to bypass, Yuwen Wen gathered the main forces of water and land together, went down the river and directly assaulted for 160 miles, and forcibly captured Caishan by land warfare, directly tearing a big hole in the defense line of the Chen army.

The Caishan River would be an important area, and General Chen Guo would not have thought of this, so he gathered the main force of the naval army to garrison Caishan to avoid the attack of Xincai in Jiangbei by the Zhou army after landing on the riverside.

By the way, the Zhou navy retreated, feeling that it was not sure to attack Caishan to control the river, so they could only take the land route to attack the various fortresses in the north of the Jiangbei of the Chen army, and then achieve the purpose of blocking the speed of the Zhou army in Huangzhou.

This is a normal decision, and it is also a line of defense that the Zhou army needs to rack its brains to resolve, but the other party's practice of pulling up the two cross-river iron cables in the north and south after gathering the main force of the naval army in Caishan has exposed its fierce and inward-looking nature.

Whether it is a navy or a navy, warships are used to attack!

The topography of Caishan has long been clearly understood by the Zhou army, so Yuwenwen whimsically designed a three-body building ship, and erected a thick and high ladder on the boat, so that the first climbers could directly attack the top of Caishan Mountain and break through the bottom-up 'three-dimensional defense line' of the Caishan defenders from top to bottom.

The art of war is cloudy: know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Yu Wenwen knows the situation of his own side and the enemy well, so he dares to have the confidence to make a wave.

In the field of vision of the clairvoyant mirror, the Luzhai outside Xincai City was in flames, and the banner of the Zhou army could be vaguely seen replacing the banner of the Chen army, and Yuwenwen was very satisfied with the progress of the landing soldiers and horses.

Don't dare to take the initiative to attack, you will only hide behind the defense line and wait for the rabbit, which is simply a bunch of waste! Since you don't have the confidence to repel the enemy, it's up to me to attack!