Huzhou is located on the south bank of Taihu Lake, surrounded by two Tiaoxi rivers in the east and west, it is a full water city, the two rivers bypass the city, converge under the city of Huzhou, flow into Taihu Lake, Hao Ren's water army, it is from this Tiaoxi River that goes upstream, attacking Huzhou on three sides. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info (Note 1)

For a while, the cannon rumbled, the lead bullets flew sideways, and the sound of killing shook the sky!

Hao Ren has an ankle injury, after the diagnosis and treatment of the miracle doctor Hu Qingniu, although there is no major problem, he can not walk for the time being, this time he finally has gained some experience, he is under the guards Wu Liujiu, Fei Champion, Chen Da and other guards, sitting on a Taishi chair on the ship, hiding far away from the enemy's artillery attack range, just holding a telescope, watching the attack and defense of the enemy and us.

Huzhou is the gateway to defend Hangzhou, although the provincial Pingzhang 'Dazhi Timuer' did not have time to counterattack Hao Ren, but in Huzhou defense, he did his homework.

Originally, there were tens of thousands of soldiers and horses left behind in Huzhou, and the city was full of cumbersome artillery, which was cast by Kang Maocai when he was training the naval army in Taihu Lake, because the warships were already fully equipped, so there were 20 guards left to defend Huzhou.

Although the artillery cast by Meng Yuan is ten times larger than the artillery of the Qingfeng army, it is very cumbersome to move, and the rate of fire is not as fast as Hao Ren's artillery, but the range of the artillery is about the same as that of the Qingfeng army.

Moreover, at this time in Huzhou, there were more than 100,000 Miao troops from Yang Tongguan to come to help, and Hao Ren wanted to conquer Huzhou, how easy it was to talk about!

It's not easy to talk about, it's that at this time, there are no longer the conditions to break through Huzhou!

After a round of attack, more than 20 ships of the Qingfeng army have been destroyed by artillery, and there are nearly 1,000 casualties.

"Lord, I'm afraid Huzhou can't be broken, let the brothers withdraw!" Lu Yanyu, who joined the army, put down his glasses, frowned slightly, and whispered to Hao Ren.

Lu Yanyu is one of the literati who Hao Ren is taking in Anqing, and has been serving as Hao Ren's army, but there are too many celebrities on it, and he has been suppressed, and now Hao Ren's main army and important strategists are not around, and he finally has a chance to speak.

Yu Tongyuan put down the binoculars and saw two Qingfeng Army soldiers who climbed to the top of the city, and the head of the city was cut off, he said, "Oops! With a sigh, both regretful and anxious, he clutched the handle of the saber tightly, stomped his feet and said: "Lord, let me take my brothers to rush for a while, I won't take Huzhou, and I won't come back alive to see the lord!" ”

The first battle in Huzhou made Yu Tongyuan, a bloody man, anxious, but he was also a standard Mengyuan nobleman who could write and martial arts!

Lu Yanyu saw that Yu Tongyuan was still going to fight, so he hurriedly persuaded again: "Lord, you can't fight anymore, you can't let the brothers sacrifice in vain!" ”

Hao Ren relied on his more than 15,000 people, even without Yang Tongguan's reinforcement, the Qingfeng army could not overcome Huzhou for a while, but Hao Ren saw Yang Tongguan's army coming back, and always felt that he was just one step too late, and he was somewhat unwilling in his heart.

One will be a success!

Who are the dead?

It is the Jiang bandit recruited by Wu Liuqi, the newly recruited Kang Maocai's water army!

After all, Hao Ren has been in battle for a long time, and now it is not his main force that has been damaged, and he is not so distressed about his own death or injury.

He also knew that Huzhou could no longer be conquered, and the enemy was ten times larger than himself, and he had a strong base to defend the city.

Sun Tzu said: Ten rules surround it, and double it will hit it! Seeing that he is attacking an enemy ten times his own is a taboo for soldiers.

But Hao Ren believes that he must fight and sacrifice in order to strive for a greater victory!

It is necessary to play the momentum of the Qingfeng Army's ambition to Huzhou! Firmly attract Yang Tongguan's army in Huzhou, as long as Yang Tongguan is allowed to send troops to interfere with other generals to divide their troops to pacify the Quartet, and buy enough time for all generals, not to mention 1,000 dead and wounded at this time, it is worth it.

Martial arts are piled up with corpses, not only enemies, but also their own people!

After fighting for a while, Hao Ren finally felt that his two armies were about to be unable to support it, and if he continued to fight, it was not that he would win, but that he would be defeated.

"Let the brothers stand down and camp on the spot!" Hao Ren said coldly.

"Bell-bell-bell-"

Before Hao Ren could finish the second half of the sentence, Wu Liujiu couldn't wait to withdraw his troops, of course, there were nearly a thousand soldiers, and they couldn't come back!

Wu Liuqi was in the east of the river, Hu Boyan was in the west of the river, and the navy went ashore and set up a half-moon-shaped military camp to defend the Chinese army, preventing Yang Tongguan's soldiers and horses from going out of the city to steal the camp, and also put on a long-term siege, only in a posture that must be won.

For three days in a row, Hao Ren sent Wu Liuqi and Hu Boyan's naval troops to fight in turns, and the warships were shelled at the maximum range of artillery, and they did not climb the city like ants, and after three days, Hao Ren really felt that he was a little unable to hold on, because the ammunition for firearms was basically running out, and what kind of logistical supply must be had to ensure the large-scale supply of ammunition for such a loser.

Qingfeng army fought in Huzhou, the battle line was too far from Luzhou in the rear, since Hao Ren crossed the river, the tiger ate the sky, and mobilized the main ships to fight, the transportation capacity of the flat-bottomed river boats was insufficient, and Luzhou sent ammunition to Huzhou once, which was enough to go back and forth to Jiankang for two round-trips.

Moreover, Liao Yongan, who was sitting in Jiankang, had to transport the troops from all walks of life to attack the army in Huzhou, and at the outermost edge of the battle line, Liao Yongan did not know that Hao Ren's ammunition consumption was so large.

On the one hand, Hao Ren sent people to Jiankang to transfer ammunition to Liao Yongan, and on the other hand, he asked the generals from all walks of life about the battle situation to see if they could have the ability to reinforce, or when the gunpowder ran out, Hao Ren's two armies would return to the era of cold weapons, and they would use one saber to deal with the enemy's ten sabers!

And at this time, Hao Ren has no confidence that he can defeat Yang Tongguan!

Yang Tongguan is known for his bravery, even if Hao Ren concentrates all the 120,000 soldiers and horses who crossed the river in Huzhou, he may be able to fight with Yang Tongguan, but Hao Ren's soldiers and horses are pacifying the Quartet.

Although the Qingfeng army has now occupied a large area of Jiangdong, after all, the foothold is not stable and it needs to be defended, and Hao Ren cannot be like a gambler, pressing the efforts in Jiangdong for half a year on the battle with Yang Tongguan.

Even if you can defeat Yang Tongguan, it will be a miserable victory like Hezhou, if you lose to Yang Tongguan, the land of Jiangdong, live up to everything, and work in vain for half a year.

To put it bluntly, the soldiers and horses of the Qingfeng army crossing the river should have reached the maximum operational limit and reached the stage of strategic repair.

Hao Ren is only thinking about it now, how to eat the land north of Dinghuzhou now, and firmly occupy it, the key is how Yang Tongguan can deal with these 150,000 soldiers and horses, how to make him not fight back, and obediently let Hao Ren stand firm in the city he has occupied.

"Lord Yu, Dragon and Phoenix Pingzhang Luo Wensu is here!" While Hao Ren was meditating, Yu Tongyuan walked into Hao Ren's boat parked in the middle of the river and reported.

Luo Wensu is one of the six people who followed Han Shantong at the beginning, and has a good relationship with Liu Futong, and now Han Shantong's son Han Lin'er has ascended the throne as the emperor, and has done the political affairs of Pingzhang in Zhongshu Province of the Dragon and Phoenix Regime, and now it should be in Bozhou, how did he come here?

Hao Ren had an ominous premonition!

"Please!"

Luo Wensu is also a literati, running around for days, and now his clothes are full of wrinkles, and he doesn't care about etiquette, and he cried and said: "Generalissimo, it's amazing, Liu Dashuai is in Taikang, defeated by the loss of Badulu, and the loss of Badulu follows the future and enters the siege of the capital, I'm afraid that Luo dares to come here, the capital has been breached, please marshal, send rescue troops quickly!" ”

(Note 1: Tiaoxi originates from Tianmu Mountain, because the reeds in the river are dense, and the local dialect calls the reeds 'Tiao', which is one of the eight major water systems of Zhejiang/Jiang, hence the name Tiaoxi.) (To be continued.) )