Although the Chu thief was condescending this time, it was not that he was out of options. Although both sides of this Songkeng Ridge are mountains, it is not an unattainable place. If our army is supplemented by the method of digging trenches and wants to conquer this place, there will not be too many casualties! ”

Looking at the Chu army, which condescendingly occupied the geographical advantage, Geng Zaicheng, who was also experienced in battle, also thought of the 'method of digging trenches' at once.

However, when Hu Dahai, who was standing on the side, heard Geng Zaicheng's words, he couldn't help but shake his head at Geng Zaicheng.

"Although the method of digging trenches is feasible, if it is implemented, it will take at least a month. If the soldiers and horses in Huizhou are not damaged, and the elite soldiers are still there, we can indeed slowly figure it out. But now, our army has no time to perform this plan!

She County is now in danger, and it may be broken under the strong attack of the Chu army at any time, and at this time, our army can only fight quickly! ”

"It's, okay. Everything is according to the words of the marshal! ”

……

In the nineteenth year, at the beginning of July, Taiping Road, Fanchang City.

After the Chizhou Road fell under the steel knife of the Chu army's warships, this small city whose strategic position was not very dangerous and whose people's livelihood and economy were not very prosperous became the forefront of the battle between the Chu and Wu armies on the water.

However, it is said to be the front line, but until nearly a month after the fall of Chizhou, there was no war here.

The menacing Chu army, after conquering Chizhou Road, seemed to disappear all at once. In addition to sending some sampan boats that could not pose any threat to the 5,000 Wu army sailors guarding Fanchang City to routinely inspect the river, Fanchang City has not seen the Chu army sailors who claim to have a million male divisions until now.

But the more this is the case, the more Yu Tonghai, the general of the Wu Army's naval division who was ordered by Xu Da to guard Fanchang City, the more he dared not be careless.

After all, from Chizhou Tongling to the east by boat to Fanchang, the waterway is only more than 100 miles. With such a short distance, if the Chu army's sailors went eastward, it would only take half a day, and the Chu army's sailors' warships would be enough to descend the city.

Therefore, after coming to Fanchang City, Yu Tonghai asked his sons and daughters who were familiar with water to divide into three shifts, and inspected the river day and night. He also mobilized thousands of people in Fanchang City to assist Wu Jun's sailors in placing water traps in the river.

Although once the Chu army really marched eastward, the Wu army would not choose to confront the Chu army head-on in a small county town like Fanchang. But if you can stop the Chu army with this and kill the sharpness of the Chu army when it comes to attack, then for the Wu army, it will be regarded as earned.

……

"General, the summer grain in Fanchang has been loaded onto the boat, see if you let them set off now."

On the afternoon of the third day of the seventh month, when Yu Tonghai landed and returned to the city from the camp of the sailors, the last batch of summer grain in Fanchang was finally loaded onto the big ships on the bank of the river by the officials in Fanchang City.

And the reason for this is because after the summer harvest, the Chu army, which is also short of grain and grass, may come east at any time. In this way, there is no need for the summer grain in Fanchang to be stored in the treasury of Fanchang.

"Let the fleet go now. By the way, in addition to this grain, all that can be taken from the treasury is also loaded onto the ship. If the Chu thieves come to attack, they will definitely attack in a big way. The city of Fanchang is small, and it is powerless to stop the Chu thieves.

If you put things in the treasury of the city, you will only be cheaper than the Chu thieves. ”

"Don't worry, general, your subordinates understand. Whatever could be taken away in the city treasury, his subordinates had already ordered someone to load it onto the ship. Today's treasury is empty of nothing except a few hamsters who can't even find food. ”

"Okay, that's fine." Yu Tonghai nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, but when he saw the people around him who were working under the expulsion of the Wu soldiers, he raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help but step closer to the official, and whispered to him: "This matter should be kept secret, and it must not be spread out now."

At present, most of the people in the city do not know that our army will be evacuated later, and if the news is accidentally leaked, it is very likely to cause unrest among the people and increase the burden on our army. ”

"Don't worry, general, your subordinates will definitely take care of the people below."

"Yes, good. With your words, I will be relieved. ”

Praise this highly trusted scribe, Yu Tonghai did not stay on the shore for long, and even returned to the Wu army's sailor camp again in the evening.

Anyway, Fanchang City is definitely going to be abandoned now. Although the Wu army would not want to slaughter the people of the city like Yang Wanzhi, the commander of the Miao army, when he abandoned the city, Yu Tonghai would not stay in the city for the night at this time.

"Hey, the general gathered his soldiers and horses in Wuhu to fight the Chu thieves. But I don't know how sure the outcome of this battle can be! ”

Late at night, standing on the deck of a warship, Yu Tonghai looked in the direction of Chizhou, and in the dead of night, he couldn't help but have such thoughts in his heart.

However, after sighing softly like this, Yu Tonghai hurriedly shook his head, leaving his untimely worries behind again.

Although the Chu army is menacing this time, the strength of the army is several times that of them.

But in his heart, Yu Tonghai still believes in his grandfather, and this time he can also lead them to the final victory.

……

Nearly two days passed quietly, but it was finally the fifth day of the seventh month of the nineteenth year of Zhizheng.

And on this day, the hundreds of thousands of Chu troops stationed in Chizhou finally moved.

When all the summer grain has been put into storage, the army no longer needs to worry about grain and grass; The messenger sent also returned, bringing Zhang Shihua the good news he was willing to hear. Zhang Shihua, who had been waiting for dozens of days and nights for this battle, finally issued an order for the whole army to advance eastward.

First, the 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Chu army guarding Tongling, the Baixi Department of the Wu'an Army and the Zhang Yang Department of the Wuyong Army, a total of 30,000 vanguard soldiers and horses, went eastward.

Immediately afterwards, there was the Zhang Mingtong Department of the Longxiang Army and the Zhana Department of the Naturalized Army, with a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses starting from the land on the south bank, leading the chariots and cavalry of the Chu army to attack Fanchang directly.

In the end, Zhang Shihua, as the king of Chu, personally led the Li Erniu Department of the Wuning Army; Wuding Army Deng Hu Division; the Fifth Division of the Ironclad Army; Shen Ke Department of the Zhongguo Army; Anton Army's Wansheng Division; Dai Shoubu of the Anding Army; The loyal army Wang Pubu (composed of soldiers recovered after the conquest of Huguang), a total of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Seventh Army, the mighty carrier of the heart of victory, directly to the Taiping Road in the east of Chizhou rushed to kill.

In an instant, this Taiping Road, which has the name of 'Taiping', set off a storm even then.

……

"Haha, Bai Shuai seems that Wu Jun is really timid this time. This Fanchang City can be regarded as the forward outpost of the Wu army, but the Wu army is good, even such a place has been directly abandoned at this time, and it has no heart to fight with our army. From this, it can be seen how timid Wu Jun has become at this time. ”

On the fifth day of the seventh month, in the morning. Bai Xi, the commander of the Wu'an Army, who had just been promoted to marshal. led the two "martial" armies of Wu'an and Wuyong, who were known as the descendants of the Chu kings in the Chu army, and marched eastward to Fanchang.

However, he did not expect that Yu Tonghai, the general of the Wu army, who guarded Fanchang City and was known as a good war, did not even have the courage to confront the Chu army, so he directly abandoned the city and fled, so that the Chu army occupied the frontier position of Fanchang City without a single soldier.

And with such a good start, the two armies really can't help but be happy.

Even if Bai Xi, who had become more and more cautious with age, suppressed the arrogant mentality of the generals under his tent, these generals would have to chase and kill Wuhu this time.

"On the battlefield, it is the place where corpses stand, and you must not be arrogant. Don't forget what the king said before: "The Wu army in western Zhejiang is not used for other purposes, the generals are good at fighting, and the leaders are resourceful." With the end of the situation, into today's foundation, it is by no means a lucky generation, be cautious! ”

And today's events also show the wonder of Wu Jun's tactics. Fanchang is just a small city, and guarding it is nothing more than a white increase in casualties for the Wu army. They abandoned the city, and took away the treasury of the city, leaving only an empty city for our department. At this time, it is really the most appropriate way to deal with it.

Therefore, you have to give me a twelve-point spirit in the future, and you must not underestimate Wu Jun because of this, understand? ”

"Yes, the last general will understand!"

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but be shocked, and they didn't dare to say more arrogant words like Fang Cai, but hurriedly bowed their heads and agreed.

"Very good, then immediately report to the king at this time, and it is up to the king to decide whether to move forward or not."

Saying this, Bai Xi waved his hand and let the generals present retreat.

……

"Ordered Bai Xi to let Bai Xi lead his soldiers and horses to continue the pursuit. However, tell Bai Xi to be cautious and careful, don't rush forward, and let him keep in step with the two armies of Long Xiang and Naturalization on the road. Wu General Xu Da, who guarded Wuhu, was a rare hero in the world.

This person guarded Zhenjiang back then, and defeated Zhang Shicheng in eastern Zhejiang with outnumbered people, which shows his skills. Therefore, you must be careful, and you must not be arrogant! ”

"Yes, the subordinates understand, and the subordinates will convey the king's words to General Bai word for word."

"Yes, go ahead."

With an indifferent expression, he waved his hand to let the herald retreat, and Zhang Shihua, who was living in the bright cabin, couldn't help but pay attention to the sand table on the table that he had spent more than a year making.

"Wu Jun's reaction now is not beyond our army's expectations. But whether it is Xu Da or Zhu Yuanzhang, both of them are rare geniuses and heroes in the world. When it comes to the art of war, I am not necessarily an opponent of these two.

However, this I have an absolute advantage in strength, as long as we advance step by step and steadily, even if these two people have the talent to reach the sky, I can also win! ”

……

"Kill, !!" More than 20 miles away on the south bank of Wuhu Lake, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Chu and Wu were engaged in an extremely fierce fight.

At this time, although the 30,000 Chu soldiers and horses of the Longxiang Army and the Naturalized Army occupied an absolute advantage in terms of strength, they were almost at a one-sided disadvantage.

"Damn, send orders to the generals to move closer to me and rush out with me."

In the midst of the chaos, Zhang Mingtong, as the commander of the 30,000 Chu army, couldn't help but have a look of anger on his face at this time. This afternoon, he was leading his troops and horses on a land march, but he never expected that the Wu army, which had mobilized boats and boats to fight them in a decisive battle on the water, unexpectedly set up an encirclement on land, and immediately caught them off guard.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! On the low hills on both sides of the road, which were not very high, the sound of Wu Jun's artillery seemed to be endless.

With the assistance of such sharp weapons, the more than 10,000 Wu troops ambushed the soldiers, and they had already divided the 30,000 Chu soldiers and horses into two halves.

Even though there were many soldiers and horses on the Chu army, at this time, they couldn't help but become a mess.

As the commander-in-chief, Zhang Mingtong has already fallen into the encirclement at this time because of the leading army, and as for the naturalized army marshal Zhana who walked behind the team, although he was not greatly affected at this time, because of his identity, he also lacked the prestige to integrate the chaotic army without unified command at this time.

In this way, even though the Chu army has many soldiers and horses, the combat power that can be exerted at this time is not one in ten.

And because most of the people in the Long Xiang army were cavalry, they suddenly fell into encirclement, and the war horses under their crotch could not gallop. In this way, this war horse, which was once regarded as their life on the battlefield, naturally became a useless drag.

The soldiers of the Long Xiang army were riding on their beloved horses at this time, and instead of using the power of their horses to gallop, they also made them live targets in the hands of the Wu army, and let the Wu soldiers kill them.

"Marshal, we can't go on like this, let's order the whole army to abandon the war horse and break through on foot!"

Seeing that his sons were killed by Wu Jun in vain at this time, he was like a live target, and a rational general in Long Xiang's army could also share the weight at this time.

"Okay, give the order to the whole army, dismount and fight!" was reminded by his subordinate general, Zhang Mingtong immediately reacted.

Therefore, with such a roar, he hurriedly turned over and dismounted with hundreds of guards beside him, picked up his saber and formed a war, and began to rush backwards to kill.

"Heh, the reaction is very fast, but since he has been tricked, how can this general let you and others get out of trouble so easily!"

On a hill next to the battle, Xu Da, as the first military minister of the Wu army in western Zhejiang, looked at the soldiers and horses of the Chu army who were ready to break out of the encirclement when he gave up his war horses under his crotch and formed a foot battle formation and began to rush to kill the soldiers and horses of the Chu army who were ready to break through the encirclement.

Then he waved his hand, and he couldn't help but listen to him order to a herald beside him: "Let General Deng make a move, just use the treasure in General Deng's hand to give these Chu thieves a little color!" ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey!"