Chapter 703: Winter and Spring Communication

And in early February, the Wu army was defeated on Pengli Lake, and suffered heavy damage, and this winter strong northwest wind

It was already the time and place on Pengli Lake, which was extremely unfavorable for the Wu army to attack the Hukou fortress of Qin.

Even if Bo Pi was shocked when he heard the movements of the Chu army in Hengshan, he was helpless.

Seeing the endless flow of Qin warships on Pengli Lake, there were strong bows and crossbows in the fortress, especially the catapults, which were even more in a row.

Bo Pi couldn't help but be a little worried: "In the past, when the Wu and Chu coalition forces set up Hengshan, they advanced without a size for several months, but now the Chu army is attacking alone, but it has been repeatedly pulled, I am afraid that there are people in front of King Wu who are alarmist!" ”

Bo Pi's advisor Zhuang Yi also comforted the former and said: "Dazai's past military exploits are especially good, how could the king listen to those petty words and break up with Dazai?" ”

Zhuang Yu pointed in the direction of Hengshan and said: "The reason why the Chu army was able to make a gain was that the general led the troops to Peng Li, and Qin Guoyan could not pay attention to the [seven inches] of Jingdi's defense?!" ”

This Zhuang Eye's eyes are also vicious, Peng Li is extremely important in the eastern defense position of the Jingdi of the Qin State, especially the Hukou fortress is the most critical.

To put it simply, if this Hukou fortress is captured by the Wu army, it will be like cutting off the Qin army's defense line in the east of Jingdi, that is, from Hengshan to Pengli Hunan.

The Hukou Fortress can be called the throat of the Hengshan to Pengli defense line.

Hengshan Fortress retreats to the heart of Jingdi, and Hukou Fortress is the only way.

Otherwise, the Qin army stationed in Hengshan would only be able to retreat northwest to Jiangxia, but in this case, it would be equivalent to surrendering Jingdi to the Wu-Chu coalition army.

Hearing this, Bo Pi sighed again: "How could the Qin army not see the importance of the Hukou Fortress to the defense of Jingdi, in this case, the Hukou Fortress will be even more difficult to defeat." ”

"Why should Dazai worry, after all, the general and the prince attacked this Hukou fortress and returned defeated, and the king will not blame Dazai."

Bo Pi, who was familiar with King Wu's heart, shook his head at this, "Today's King Wu is becoming more and more weak-hearted, if it is another time, it is just that he can't attack the Hukou Fortress, but when the Chu army has been captured, it is not the case!" ”

Speaking of this, Bo Pi couldn't help but sigh faintly: "The meritorious service is like that Sun Changqing, but he was defeated by the Qin army at the beginning, but he was abandoned by King Wu like a clog, and let him go to the outskirts of Gusu. ”

"O king...... It's unpredictable! ”

After sighing, even if he was defeated for the first time, he did not lose his accurate judgment, knowing that attacking the Hukou fortress at this time could only be half the effort.

Therefore, Bo Pi also retreated from the army and set up camp, and then divided 30,000 troops to test the reality of the Qin army's Peng Li defense line.

In a blink of an eye, it was March, the winter snow was beginning to melt, and the Qilu coalition army and the Hanyan coalition army, which had been dormant for a winter in the north, also sent troops to attack Qin.

Seeing its momentum, it should be that it wants to directly penetrate the border of the Qin army and lead this war to the border of Qin, so as to cut off the Qin army's source of food and grass and the advantage of local warfare.

Of course, the whip is beyond the reach of Lin Yuyan, and Lin Yuyan can only take care of the defense of Jingdi, and now as the Wu army crosses the river to confront the Qin State on the east and west banks of Pengli, Lin Yuyan and Fan Li's correspondence is also much closer.

In the face of Bo Pi's attack, Fan Li suggested taking advantage of Qin's warships to patrol Pengli Lake, and then set up more beacon towers on the west bank of Pengli.

In this way, Lin Yuyan adopted them one by one, and he only gave Fan Li the right to defend, but he did not give Fan Li the right to dispatch troops and horses and attack the Wu army.

Fan is too deep in this person's thoughts, and the praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches are behind, but Lin Yuyan doesn't want to be the praying mantis.

In mid-March, the Chu army pulled out another pass, and at this moment the Chu army was already accumulating, and the captured Hengshan Pass was already connected, which was enough to threaten Hengyang, the center of the Hengshan Fortress of the Qin army.

These Hengshan Passes, which were devastated by the trebuchets that the Chu army had painstakingly transported, were also repaired by the Chu army in a hurry.

The Qin army was also aware of the threat, and immediately sent troops to attack the pass that the Chu army had occupied.

Seeing that the Hengyang base camp had finally sent out the soldiers and horses to attack his side, Chu Shangzhu Shizixi was also a little settled in his heart.

The Chu army's attack on the Hengshan fortress almost used the steps of ants biting the elephant to death, but the Qin army could not hold on, and the attitude of losing the city also made Zixi's own generals Jingyang and Xiang Yan sense a hint of conspiracy.

Now that he saw that the Qin army finally couldn't hold it back, Zixi and other Chu generals also fell a big stone in their hearts.

Immediately, Zixi personally ordered to gather the forces of the Chu State and stick to this Hengshan fortress against the Qin army.

Even Chu Shangzhu Shizixi had to admit that the Hengshan Pass built by the Qin people was used for defense, and there were special armor for dealing with cloud ladders and siege vehicles.

If it weren't for the Chu army's use of catapults, which are almost jade and stone burning, to attack the Hengshan fortress with their troops, would be tantamount to a fool's dream.

The Qin army took the initiative to attack and needed to recover the Hengshan fortresses that the Chu army had captured, and the Chu army also turned from attack to defense, so the Qin army naturally would not take human lives to fill in those lost fortresses.

In addition to the Qin army's feint attack on the Chu army's pass, as soon as it saw that the Chu army had signs of attacking out of the pass, it immediately sent troops to block it.

Therefore, when the Qin army was not keen to recover those lost checkpoints, and the soldiers of the Chu army were afraid to confront the Qin army head-on, the Hengshan offensive and defensive battle between Qin and Chu fell into a stalemate again.

It is said that at the end of March and the beginning of April, the wind direction of the Central Plains gradually shifted from the northwest to the southeast, and at the same time, the rain gradually increased, and the river level rose slightly again.

Bo Pi, who had already consciously investigated the defense of Peng Li of the Qin army, also sent troops to invade the Hukou fortress again.

In this season, as long as the weather is good, it is conducive to the Wu army to attack the fortress of Hukou.

However, the last time the Hukou Fortress was almost lost once in the hands of the most elite Gusu Wang Army in the Wu State, and then the Hukou Fortress guarded the Song Dynasty naturally checked and filled in the gaps, and built the Hukou Fortress more stable, compared to before, it was three points stronger!

Bo Pi personally came to Pengli Lake to command the battle, and at this time he found that the Hukou fortress garrisoned by the Qin army was like a hard stone that the Wu army could not chew.

If it is attacked by fire, most of the fortresses at the mouth of the lake of the Qin army are built with stones, and the few wooden railings do not know what is smeared on the surface, so it is impossible to say at all.

If the strong army captures, the number of Qin troops in this Hukou fortress is not a few, and although most of the large-scale city defense equipment that Bo Pi saw has not seen it, out of intuition, Bo Pi has already sensed something wrong. Still struggling with the latest chapter you can't find? Amway One or search for Hot/Degree/Net/Article "Remember to remove "/"Otherwise you won't be able to search", here is a young lady to help you find books and accompany you to chat!