Huzhou is located at the southern end of Taihu Lake, deep into the land on the south shore of Taihu Lake, surrounded by water on three sides, and is the gateway to Hangzhou. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Dongtiaoxi and Xitiaoxi respectively from the east and west around the city, in the north of Huzhou converge into a Tiaoxi and, Tiaoxi River and Taihu Lake are linked, Qingfeng army sailors along the Tiaoxi River upstream, can attack Huzhou from three sides.

Hao Ren personally commanded the small and medium-sized ships of the navy, and walked from Taihu Lake to the Yuxi River, mainly attacking Huzhou.

Often encountered the infantry of the East Road of the Spring Dushuai, walking on the east bank of the Tiaoxi River, guarding the left flank of the navy.

Deng Yudu commanded the Western Route Army, walking on the west bank of the Tiaoxi River to protect the security of the flank of the Chinese army.

The three-way army marched together to attack Huzhou.

Ten naval warships of the Qingfeng Army, as pioneers, sailed against the current on the Yuxi River, green mountains covered with green water, the sailors on the boat were infected by such an atmosphere, and the waterwheel under their feet was fast, and the boat seemed to fly in the painting.

Suddenly, a muffled sound of "bump" came from the bottom of the water, and the excited soldiers on the boat exclaimed and leaned forward in exclamation, the two warships did not know what they had collided with, and there were already two sharp wooden stakes that broke through the bottom of the two warships, and the gurgling river water was then churning in the cabin.

"Oh no, the boat is leaking!" I don't know which soldier shouted, jumped into the water first, and there was a burst of scarlet on the water, but the soldier never surfaced again, and none of the three or five people who jumped down tightly were spared.

Qianhu, who led the army, hurriedly stopped the soldiers from continuing to dive, informed the front army to stop advancing, and sent small boats and water ghosts to check the hydrological situation forward, and on the other hand, the big boat was attached to it, rescued the soldiers of the leaky boat, and sent a fast boat to report the situation to the Chinese army.

Hao Ren thought about the problem simply!

He originally thought that by leaving Wu Liuqi's Jiang Defense Army in Taihu Lake and controlling the right to control the water in Taihu Lake, he would be able to stop the development of the enemy's naval army, and it would be easy to reorganize the army to attack Huzhou next time, but the enemy was not a fool and had no boats, so he had already taken other countermeasures.

Marshal Miao Jun had long expected that Hao Ren would occupy the advantage of the water army, and the next attack would inevitably come from the Yuxi River.

Hao Ren had just ordered the navy to pause its advance, and when the vanguard and the water ghost army had cleared the underwater obstacles, they would continue to advance, but they received unfavorable news from the land.

Yang Tongguan had already ordered people to scatter thistles intensively on the road leading to Huzhou, and the two armies injured a lot of horses' hooves, and the army could not continue to advance.

Tribulus terrestris is a cold weapon to prevent the enemy from attacking in ancient times, equivalent to the most primitive mine, it is an iron thorn with spikes on three sides, no matter how it is placed on the ground, there is always a spike on one side is upward, and it is particularly effective against cavalry, at least it can delay the enemy's attack.

Hao Ren could only order the two armies to camp along the Tiaoxi River and near the water army camp, sending infantry to search for thistle terrestris on the one hand, and sending people back to Pingjiang to search for large magnets.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, in order to prevent the people from hiding iron tools privately and causing instability to the society, some people set up large iron balls of magnets, and the officers and soldiers pushed the iron balls along the streets, and the iron thorns hidden by the people's homes broke out of the windows one after another, and were firmly sucked by the iron balls.

Hao Qingfengjun made a few big magnet stone balls, wearing cloth armor soldiers (it must be cloth armor, or even the iron armor is sucked!) Pushing and rolling along the road, the thistles hidden in the grass on the side of the road were attracted by the magnet and attached to the magnet ball.

The thistles on the main road are easy to clean, because they are working on land and are easy to move, but it is not so easy to clear the obstacles under the river.

The underwater obstacle is also simple, just insert the two cut ends of the wood diagonally into the underwater mud downstream, and aim the spikes at the direction of the Qingfeng army's navy to prevent the Qingfeng army's navy from coming again.

I don't know how much labor Yang Tongguan spent, according to the report of the sentry of the navy, from the mouth of the river to the city of Huzhou, there are obstacles, and the closer to the city of Huzhou, the more dense the underwater obstacles, visually, from the time when Hao Ren just withdrew his troops from Huzhou, Yang Tongguan began to engage in this project, and the construction period is at least more than half a year.

It's a fucking day, and the strong ships and cannons that have entered this era with the leadership of the Qingfeng Army have been stopped by such primitive underwater obstacles.

Qingfeng army wants to break Huzhou, there is no other way, Huzhou City is surrounded by water on three sides, even if Ma Bujun risked being surrounded and annihilated by Yang Tongguan, broke into Huzhou City, there is no boat, and it is impossible to cross the Tiaoxi River to attack Huzhou, if you want to bypass the Tiaoxi River and attack from the south side of Huzhou that is not close to the water, then you don't have to fight Huzhou, Ma Bujun has already gone around to the city of Hangzhou, it is better to break Hangzhou first, Huzhou will not attack itself.

"Generalissimo, why don't I be handsome with soldiers and horses, first relieve the siege of Jiading, and then I will come back and break Huzhou City with you!"

Zhao Jizu urges the water ghost army and the engineering ship (tentatively called the engineering ship) every day to clear the underwater obstacles, but the progress is too slow, visually, at such a speed to break through Huzhou, I am afraid that Jiading has already been conquered by the enemy, and General Shao Rong, who defended Jiading, is too late to burn his head for seven (the seventh day from the day of death).

Zhao Jizu was really worried about Shao Rong, a brother who did not seek to live together, but died together, and Huzhou was not far from Jiading, Yang Tongguan 'forgot' to sprinkle thistle terrestris on the road, and his infantry was expected to be able to go back and forth in ten days. (Note 1)

Hao Ren looked at the three days without progress, and he was also anxious, but he didn't know what to do, but he expected that Yang Tongguan definitely did not forget to set up obstacles on this road, but deliberately left for the Qingfeng army.

However, Hao Ren had already rejected Zhao Jizu's request to rescue Jiading once, and if he refused again this time, he was a little speechless.

Yao Guangxiao, who joined the army, was dressed in a Confucian robe, holding a rosary in his hand, and called 'Amitabha Buddha' and said: "General Zhao, if the generalissimo refuses to rescue, I am afraid that there will be an ambush on the road to Jiading, and this matter needs to be discussed in the long run!" ”

If these words were said by veteran people like Liu Bowen and Yu Tongyuan, Zhao Jizu would definitely not be angry, but this Daoyan monk is too young, and he is not a monk, Confucianism is not Confucian, how does Zhao Jizu look at him, how he looks like a monkey and crown, he can't help but be angry.

He clenched his fists and asked Hao Ren for his life: "The last general is willing to be a striker, go to explore the road in person, and ask the generalissimo for permission, if there is a difference, the last general is willing to come to see him!" ”

"Oops!" Hao Ren sighed and said: "Jiading is surrounded, Ben Shuai is as anxious as you, Ben Shuai also expects that there will be ambushes on this road, if I don't let you go, I'm afraid you and I don't care about Shao Rong's success or failure, in this case, Ben Shuai will order you to have 2,000 soldiers and horses in the headquarters, travel lightly, and go to explore the road!" ”

Two thousand soldiers? I'm afraid this one is a little less!

Zhao Jizu was also a little uncertain, but he was eager to save his friends, and gratefully hugged his fists and said: "The last general will take the order, and he will not return if he is not victorious!" ”

"General Zhao must remember one thing, but whenever there is danger, retreat back immediately, don't be rash, pass the news back in time, this is more important than anything else, and then the commander will seek a way to rescue General Shao!" Hao Ren admonished repeatedly.

(Note 1: Shao Rong and Zhao Jizu, who were buried and died in Jiqing by Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou, followed Zhu Chongba to pacify Jiangnan and made great contributions, because they were loyal to Guo, Zhu Chongba was executed together for the crime of rebellion in order to eradicate dissidents.) (To be continued.) )