Chapter 267: Confrontation with Hangzhou
The Qingfeng army was both Kehuzhou, and Hao Ren personally commanded the main force of the land and water armies, and went south along the Dongtiaoxi River, wanting to Kedeqing and Yuhang, and the Jiangfang Army and the water army went down the Qiantang River from Yuhang, grasped the right to govern the Qiantang River, cut off the connection between the Yuan army in Hangzhou and the Yuan army in the south, and surrounded and annihilated Yang Tongguan under the city of Hangzhou. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Deqing City, located in the west of the Dongtiaoxi River, is in the middle of the four cities of Yuhang, Lin'an, Huzhou and Hangzhou, Hao Ren's plan was not so smoothly implemented, the army just occupied Deqing, Yang Tongguan's soldiers and horses, it covered the sky and the sun and overwhelmed it, blocking the route of the Qingfeng army under the Qiantang River to surround Hangzhou.
The Qingfeng army marched south for the second time, held Jiading, conquered Huzhou, and completed the strategic preparations.
Hao Ren's opponent, Mr. Yang Tongguan, has always been brave and good at fighting. Although Hao Ren fought fiercely in Huzhou and Jiading for months, consuming tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Yang Tongguan, Yang Tongguan reached a good understanding through the prime minister of Mengyuan Province, and transferred most of the officers and soldiers, militiamen, bandits, and horse bandits from Jiande and Shaoxing, which were backed by Hangzhou Road, with a total strength of more than 200,000.
Yang Tongguan's 200,000 army, in the upper reaches of the east bank of Tiaoxi, set up a company camp with no end in sight, backed by Hangzhou, locked and controlled the Tiaoxi River, blocked the route of the Qingfeng army to continue southward, and also became a barrier to defend Hangzhou.
Hao Rendu was handsome and Qingfeng's army, relying on Deqing City on the west bank of Tiaoxi, and the army was sandwiched between Tiaoxi and set up a combined company camp of water and land.
The strength of the Qingfeng army was not much, there were 7,000 Jiang Defense Army of Wu Liuqi, 10,000 households of Futong's naval army (Hu Boyan led four sea ships to escort the Shen family's fleet to sea, and Futong acted as Ren Wanhu) 5,000, Deng Yu's Sizhou Army of 10,000 people, Chang Yuchun's cavalry of 5,000 people, Jiao Yu's firearms battalion of 7,000 people, Yu Tongyuan's Luzhou infantry of 7,000 people, Hu Dahai, Geng Zaicheng, Tu Danhu, Yu Tonghe four elite cavalry totaling 8,000 people, plus Hao Ren's Marshal's Mansion 2,000 guards, Hao Ren's strength in Deqing, the total number of troops is only 51,000.
Hao Ren's troops in Jiangnan are far more than these, however, the city defense troops in various places are under the command of the local garrison, responsible for defending the important cities, and cannot go out of the city to fight.
Tu Danjun guarded Jiankang to ensure the connection between Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and Yang informed the town to guard Xuanzhou to guard against Zhu Chongba in the west and Zhao Pusheng in the Tianwan regime.
Although Zhao Pusheng and Zhu Chongba are now fighting hotly in the Dongting Lake Plain, for a while, they can't send troops to look eastward, leaving the generals to guard and ensure that they are prepared. Because Hao Ren faced Yang Tongguan this time and was a relative of Yang Zhi, he asked Yang Zhizhi to avoid it, so as not to let Yang Zhitu die and the fox would be sad.
The Qingfeng army used 50,000 against the 200,000 troops notified by Yang, with an average of one saber to deal with the enemy's four sabers, although the Qingfeng army had the advantage of weapons, but in terms of numbers, it had an absolute disadvantage, according to the calculation of the battle losses in the attack on Huzhou, 5,000 for 20,000, and the strength of the two armies was slightly equal.
However, Hao Ren had five other armies nearby, so he could not participate in the decisive battle for the time being.
Shao Rong's army, defending in Jiading, left less than 3,000 remnants, which can be ignored for the time being, but he is handsome Li Zongke and Chen Yexian, with a total strength of 20,000, from Jiading to the south, attacking Songjiang Mansion.
The two armies of Yu Tonghai and Zhao Jizu, with a total strength of about 30,000, temporarily gave up attacking Hangzhou, attacked Jiaxing Road from the sea, and received Shao Rong's three armies to the south.
This mansion and all the way, in the east of Taihu Lake, south of Pingjiang, north of Hangzhou, Hao Ren's purpose is to contain Yang Tongguan's 200,000 soldiers and horses in Hangzhou City, to ensure that the two roads of soldiers and horses, smoothly conquer the city.
After the two places are conquered, the five armies will come to join Hao Ren, then, Hao Ren's total strength will be more than 100,000, and he can completely fight a decisive battle with Yang Tongguan.
The decisive battle, for a general, is a huge pressure, casualties and battle damage, completely negligible, only seeking victory. If you win, you will have everything, you can continue to expand your territory, and if you lose, you will be able to return to the pre-liberation period overnight, and even the land you have occupied will have to be discarded.
Yang Tongguan can't afford to lose, and Hao Ren can't afford to lose.
The commanders of the two armies have made big bets, and the bets are so big that the commander can't afford them, but whether they can afford to lose or not, they must face the upcoming decisive battle.
Hao Ren's Chinese army is set up in Wu Liuqi's water army camp, he has not smiled for several days, he has too many things to worry about, and the scouts who are looking around for news do not know how many horses have been injured.
It is necessary to ensure that the grain route is unobstructed 24 hours a day, so that the grain and grass hoarded in Pingjiang and Huzhou can be continuously transported to the front line through the water army, so as to ensure that the soldiers on the front line have enough to eat.
The armies of Yu Tonghai and Shao Rong in the east had to send scouts every day to report on the progress of the army.
Moreover, it is necessary to send a large number of personnel to lurk around Yang Tongguan's military camp to monitor the dispatch of Yang Tongguan's army 24 hours a day, as long as Yang Tongguan's troops and horses are disturbed, they must contain Hao Ren's nerves.
"Big brother, are you listening to my song?" Cui Sleeve finished singing, pouted, and asked angrily.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there was no CD player, Hao Ren wanted to listen to music to relieve pressure, so he could only let Cui Sleeve Er act as a live version of the CD player, however, he was already silent on the map, and he didn't listen to Cui Sleeve's questions and answers at all.
"Big brother, I'm asking you, are you listening to me sing a tune?" Seeing that Hao Ren was like a piece of wood, Cui Sleeve ignored her, and stomped her feet and said.
"Oh, why did the music stop? Is it cassette? Hao Ren muttered to himself and took his eyes off the map, only to find that Cui Sleeve'er's aggrieved eyes were flashing with tears.
"Why don't you sing it so well?" Hao Ren asked suspiciously.
Cui Sleeve felt Hao Ren's silence, which made her very afraid, Hao Ren was tired of listening to the little songs she sang, maybe one day, she would be swept away!
"Big brother must be tired of listening to Cui Sleeve's little song, so let Cui Sleeve play a song for the eldest brother!" Cui Sleeve said, softly like flowing water, bubbling in Hao Ren's Chinese army.
Hao Ren listened to the sound of the piano like flowing water, and his nervous mood finally relaxed, and he beat gently with the rhythm of the music.
"The lord is going to worry, General Shao and General Yu are both divisions of a hundred battles, and they will be able to conquer Songjiang and Jiaxing in a few days, and come to meet the lord!" Liu Bowen shook the feather fan and comforted softly.
"I am relieved of the two generals, but I have heard that Yang Tongguan is brave and cunning, I am afraid that it will not be so easy to defeat him!" Hao Ren said.
"The lord and Yang Tongguan are in-laws, and now that the two armies are facing each other, why don't we send envoys to check Yang Tongguan's reality?" Liu Bowen admonished.
"It's not that I don't want to send people, it's just that Yang Tongguan's soldiers and horses are too tragic, Yang Tongguan is cruel, the envoy goes, Yang Tongguan will definitely treat the envoy cruelly to vent his anger, I'm afraid that Yang Tongguan will be more anxious than me at this time!"
Hao Ren said, paused, and continued: "Although Sun Tzu said: 'Soldiers are expensive, not long', and the Qingfeng army has reinforcements there, and Yang Tongguan's army is mixed, the longer the decisive battle is lost, the more beneficial it is to the Qingfeng army, why should we rush to fight a decisive battle with the enemy?" ā
"The lord's study of "The Art of War" is becoming more and more perfect, Berwyn admires and admires!" Liu Bowen patted his ass. (To be continued.) )