【Broadcast】Pay attention to "Reading at the starting point", get the first-hand news of 515 red envelopes, and students who have not grabbed red envelopes after the Chinese New Year can show their skills this time.

The Xiaoguo army on the big ship was in a mess, the waves on the river were undulating, many soldiers were unstable on their feet, and had to lie on the side of the boat to stabilize their bodies, and many people even vomited.

Just after more than 20 Qingzhou military warships sailed past them, hundreds of small boats sprang out of the swamps on both sides, they were very flexible, shuttling around the Xiaoguo army warships, shooting rockets at the sails of the Xiaoguo warships, and soon, the sails of more than a dozen warships were ignited, and the soldiers on the ships shouted in horror, and some even jumped into the river because they were extremely afraid.

The tactics of the Qingzhou army's small boat are very clear, that is, to destroy the power of the opponent's warship, that is, the sails, as more and more warship sails are ignited by rockets, black smoke billows out of the entire river, and the fire spreads, Sima Dejiao shouted anxiously at the stern, he wanted to separate the warships behind, and at least half of the warships on the river caught fire because they were too close and ignited each other.

But he was no longer able to command the warships behind, his ship also had its sails on fire, and the flag soldiers on the mast had already jumped into the river because they could not bear the fire, in this case, they had to change the main ship or use the drum to command the fleet, and even send a clipper to give orders, the navy had its own unique command system, but Sima Dejiao didn't know anything, he used the method of commanding the flag on land, but once the command of the flag could not be carried out, the whole fleet lost its core.

At this moment, a soldier came running in horror and reported: "General, the bottom of the boat is leaking!" ”

Sima Dejiao froze for a moment, and the bottom of the boat leaked. What's going on here?

A boatman next to him shouted: "General, it must be the water ghost who has scuttled through the bottom of the boat, and we must change the boat as soon as possible!" ”

Sima Dezhen ran to the side of the boat and stared into the water, and sure enough, he saw a dozen topless water ghosts on a small boat, and saw them jumping into the water with the knives of the chisel on their mouths. Diving to the bottom of his big ship, Sima Dejiao snatched a spear in hatred and threw it into the water, but to no avail.

The fleet was no longer able to move forward, they were going against the current, when the sails were burned, they lost their forward momentum, some were spinning on the water, and some were going backwards along the water, but behind them there were already more than 20 Qingzhou army warships cut off the way of retreat.

That's when it happened. The main force of the Qingzhou Army and the Navy finally appeared at the mouth of the river in front, with hundreds of warships, and at the front were more than a dozen warships of 3,000 stones, with a bumper head made of pig iron at the front, heading towards the Xiaoguo Army warship.

At this time, half of the main dragon boat of the Xiaoguo Army had sunk, and hundreds of soldiers were desperately calling for help on the water, while the main general, Sima Dejiao, got on a small boat with more than a dozen personal soldiers. Flee to the swamp to the west.

A one-sided massacre was formed on the river for just a few miles, and one after another warships were knocked over by the iron-headed ships of the Qingzhou Army. Countless soldiers on the water cried and shouted for help, although the Qingzhou Army boat continued to rescue the soldiers who fell into the water, but there were too many soldiers in the water, and many people were still swallowed by the waves.

The people watching the battle at the head of the city were silent, and for a long time, Yu Wenhua sighed. Turning around and going down to the city, Yu Wenzhi's face turned pale, and he finally understood how impossible it was to break through the blockade of the Qingzhou Water Army.

The battle to break through the blockade eventually turned into a farce and a one-sided massacre, with only a few hundred of the 10,000 Xiaoguo troops fleeing back, and the rest of the soldiers were either lucky enough to be captured by the Qingzhou army. At least half of the soldiers died in the river.

After this war, Yu Wenhua no longer had the idea of sending troops to break through, he didn't care about anything, he lost the army to his brother Yu Wen Zhiji, and lost the government to Yuan Min, he locked himself in the mansion and had fun with dozens of concubines, and enjoyed a day after a day.

The fighting on the Huai River stopped, the two armies entered a state of confrontation, Zhang Xuan was not in a hurry, he knew that Yu Wenhua's military rations could only last for half a month at most, and he had the patience to consume it with the other party, until Yu Wenhua came to kneel and beg him

In Hanoi County, after the 30,000-strong army led by Li Jiancheng and Dou Wei easily defeated Song Jingang in Changping County, they only rested in Danchuan County for three days, and then the army continued to move south, passing through the reckless Wangwu Mountain in Baicheng, and the army stopped at Gongcheng County, the southern exit of Baicheng.

Hanoi County is Li Jiancheng's choice after careful consideration in Wagang many years ago, here the north and west are barrierd by the Taihang Mountain, the south is the surging Yellow River, and only the east is bordered by Hebei.

It's a pity that Zhang Xuan didn't give Li Jiancheng a chance to recharge his strength in Hanoi County, and at the beginning of the year, after capturing Liyang Cang, he drove them back to Bingzhou, and returned to the old place after a few months, Li Jiancheng felt quite emotional.

At this time, Dou Wei urged the horse to come over and smiled: "Did you find anything strange when you built it?" It's surprising that there are no defenders in Gongcheng County! ”

Li Jiancheng pointed to the low city wall of Gongcheng County not far away with a horsewhip and said: "Actually, it is not surprising, Gongcheng is too dilapidated, and the garrison can't hold it, and there are four roads at the south exit of Baicheng, and it is difficult for the other party to determine which way we come from, so they simply give up defense." ”

"It seems that Jiancheng is very familiar with the situation here, I have been away for too long, I have forgotten a little, you are right, since you can't hold it, the Qingzhou army will not put its troops here, but we have to station an army to leave a good way for us to retreat."

"Elder Ge, please rest assured, it will be fully considered."

They immediately set up a large camp in Gongcheng County, Li Jiancheng immediately sent more than a dozen scout teams to various parts of Hanoi County to investigate the garrison of the Qingzhou Army in Hanoi County, three days later, news came one after another, Li Jiancheng felt strange that the Qingzhou Army basically gave up the eastward retreat of Hanoi County, but the scouts found that there was an army of unknown origin stationed in Wuzhi County, about 2,000 people.

Li Jiancheng was really taken aback by this information, he could understand that the Qingzhou army was retreating eastward, and Wang Kuang, the chief general of Hanoi, must have led his army to Wei County to join Wang Wei in order to concentrate his forces to deal with the Tang army's eastward advance, but how could there still be an army in Wuzhi County?

Although the number is not large, but Wuzhi County is the entrance of the Yongji Canal into the Yellow River, the strategic position is very important, their 30,000 troops into Hanoi County only brought half a month's grain, a large amount of food supplies will be transported from Hedong County to Hanoi County by water, and Wuzhi County just choked the entrance of the Yongji Canal.

The other party occupies Wuzhi County, which means that their supply line has been cut off, Li Jiancheng thought that the grain ship was coming, and suddenly had a little worry, he discussed it with Dou Wei, and both agreed that the supply line must be guaranteed to be unblocked before their army can continue to advance eastward.

Li Jiancheng immediately sent someone to send a letter to the grain ship first, asking the grain ship to beware of the army in Wuzhi County, and asked his henchman Wang Bodang to lead 5,000 troops and Dou Wei to garrison Gongcheng County together, and then ordered Pei Renji to be the vanguard, leading 5,000 troops to open the way in front, and he himself led 20,000 troops to Wuzhi County in the southwest to kill.

The 2,000 troops stationed in Wuzhi County were Wei Wentong who crossed the river north from Xingyang County, and the opposite bank of the Yellow River in Wuzhi County was Xingyang County, an important place in the Central Plains, so Wei Wentong temporarily stationed in this county town to rest after crossing the Yellow River.

But after they entered Hanoi County, they unexpectedly found that the Sui army of Qingzhou had withdrawn from Hanoi County, Wei Wentong did not know the situation, on the one hand, he sent people to Wei County to inquire about the news, and on the other hand, he was stationed in Wuzhi County, where there was a lot of grain and grass, to rest the army.

The soldiers who went to Wei County to inquire about the situation had not yet returned, but Wei Wentong had received news that a Tang army of tens of thousands had crossed the Taihang Mountains and entered Hanoi County from Bingzhou, and he realized that he had inadvertently been involved in a major battle.

Wuzhi County is an extremely important city in Hanoi County, it is located at the place where the Yongji Canal enters the Yellow River, and at the same time, the Qinshui and Yongji Canal flowing from Bingzhou converge more than ten miles in the north of the county, forming a spectacular scene of the confluence of three waters.

In the heyday of river transportation during the Great Cause period, Wuzhi County was also the station of the Northern City of the Great Sui City, responsible for the management of the Yongji Canal and the Yellow River River transport, where the business was developed, the population was large, there were dozens of shipping firms alone, and there were hundreds of transshipment official warehouses on the wharf.

But in the ninth year of the Great Cause, Yang Xuangan's rebellion caused this prosperous transportation city to suffer a heavy blow, all the 100 official warehouses on the wharf were burned down, thousands of ships were forcibly requisitioned by the army, overnight, dozens of shipping companies have gone bankrupt and closed down, because half of the county town was burned, commerce began to wither, the population continued to move out, the population gradually shrank from more than 400,000 at the maximum to less than 100,000, and became a medium-sized county town.

Nevertheless, the special geographical location of Wuzhi County still makes it of great strategic value, and occupying Wuzhi County can directly cut off the lifeline of communication between the Yongji Canal and the Yellow River, and because of this, Wei Wentong's garrison accidentally disrupted the eastward expansion plan of Li Jiancheng's army.

Ps. chasing more children's shoes, are there any free appreciation tickets and starting coins~ The countdown to the 515 red envelope list is over, I'll pull a ticket, ask for an increase and appreciation vote, and finally rush a handful! (To be continued.) )