readx; The long-awaited flying pigeon biography has finally arrived. www.biquge.info The letter was indeed sent by the king of the Nanjing garrison in Jin, saying that he had sent 10,000 guards to support Yangzhou, and sent sailors to supply food and materials and escort prisoners, and asked Yangzhou to hold on and wait for help.

When everyone learned the news, their morale was greatly boosted. Especially the Guanning Iron Cavalry, because there were too few troops to defend the city in Yangzhou, they had to allocate more than half of their troops to act as archers at the head of the city. And once the Nanjing Weisho army arrived, Cao Wenzhao did not point out that they could charge into battle, as long as they held firmly on the city, the Guanning Iron Cavalry could be liberated, and the whole army went out of the city to fight, and even rushed straight to the enemy camp, he had absolute confidence in this.

However, everyone began to look at the river south of the city in the afternoon, and waited until the sunset in the western mountains, and did not see a single official ship on the river. As for the 10,000 guards army, there is not even a shadow. Shi Kefa and Cao Wenzhao couldn't help but become anxious, because from Nanjing to Yangzhou, it was only a little more than a hundred miles by water, even if it was difficult for the Weisuo army to arrive for a while, the warships of the naval division went down the river, and it should have arrived at this time.

At the same time, the thieves' attacks are non-stop. As Cao Wenzhao expected, the enemy army focused on digging the mountain. They made full use of the advantages of a large number of people, started work at the same time in the east, west, and north directions, and dug trenches along the front line of the big camp, so that they could not only take soil, but also play a defensive role.

And the excavated soil was put into sacks, and it was carried to the battlefield on the shoulders of people, and began to pile up mountains of soil. In order to prevent the official cavalry from going out of the city again to disperse the thieves piled up in the mountains, the leaders of each family each sent 10,000 elite soldiers to suppress the formation. This time it was basically all cavalry, guarding eighty steps away from the city wall, as long as the officers and soldiers dared to go out of the city, even if they trampled all the thieves who piled up the soil in front of them, and then put together the heavy casualties of the cavalry, they would also fight the official cavalry out.

The enemy is far from being emotional, and the battle is cold

The enemy is far from being reluctant, and at the same time, the attack of the thieves is non-stop. As Cao Wenzhao expected, the enemy army focused on digging the mountain. They made full use of the advantages of a large number of people, started work at the same time in the east, west, and north directions, and dug trenches along the front line of the big camp, so that they could not only take soil, but also play a defensive role.

In this case, it would be very dangerous to go out of the city again, and Cao Wenzhao had to stand still. At this time, the soldiers all sighed, because if there were cannons in Yangzhou City, they would not need to reach the scale of the Beijing Division, even if there were only three or four Franc cannons, they could effectively kill and injure the thieves. However, Yangzhou is far away from the northern border, and after a long period of peace, the armament is relaxed, not to mention the cannons, and there are not even a few bird guns that can be used!

Even more worryingly, the thieves also seem to realize that reinforcements may come from the Yangtze River. Previously, they had only surrounded the east, west, and north sides, but the south of the city was too close to the Yangtze River, only about one mile wide, which was not conducive to the deployment of troops, so they were not surrounded. However, from the afternoon onwards, the thieves on both flanks gradually flanked and closed to the south of the city, although the number of troops was not large, it was enough to prevent reinforcements from landing on the shore.

And the thieves also began to tie up wooden rafts in the river. This kind of wooden row is about five feet long, about five feet wide, and it is made of wooden planks as oars, and seven or eight people can stand on it. Of course, there are three miles at the narrowest point of the Yangtze River here, and it is very dangerous to cross the river directly with such a wooden raft, and it is very likely that the boat will capsize or be washed away when it reaches the center of the river, which is turbulent. But the biggest advantage of the thieves is the large number of people, and even if one of the ten wooden platoons reaches the opposite bank, it will have a disastrous impact on the situation of the battle. Because there were almost no officers and troops stationed in Dantu County on the other side, after the thieves occupied Dantu, they could collect boats to cross back to Jiangbei, which would not only turn Yangzhou into a lonely city, but even Nanjing would be in danger.

Of course, Cao Wenzhao couldn't sit idly by in this regard, and he led Guanning Iron Cavalry to rush out of the south gate twice in a row. As soon as the thieves on the shore saw the officers and soldiers coming out, they scattered as birds and beasts, but the camp was never set up. But the thieves who had already taken the wooden raft in the Yangtze River, Guan Ning Tieqi had no choice but to release arrows on the shore. But the thieves were armed with shields, and they didn't shoot much. Cao Wenzhao did not dare to stop outside the city for a long time, because the cavalry of the thieves could outflank him at any time, so he had to withdraw his troops immediately after beating and rushing. After two such cases, not only could not stop the thieves, but more and more wooden rafts in the river.

Just when everyone was at a loss, they suddenly heard a muffled sound from the distant opposite shore, a bit like thunder in the sky. Everyone still wondered: although it is early spring, the weather is still cold, how can there be thunder? Suddenly, Cao Bianjiao shouted excitedly: "Could it be that the reinforcements are coming, they are firing cannons, right?" ”

The crowd immediately became excited and looked to the south. It was already night, and the other side was completely clear, but the light of the fire could flicker in the night sky, and the muffled sound was still heard. Reinforcements are finally here!

The feud is not far away, and the knot is not far away

Shi Kefa was overjoyed, and after discussing with Cao Wenzhao, he decided to take advantage of the night thieves to suspend the piling of soil, quietly withdraw all the Guanning iron cavalry soldiers at the head of the city, and assemble the army in the south gate. As soon as the reinforcements on the other side began to cross the river, the Guanning Iron Cavalry fought their way out of the city to welcome the reinforcements into the city.

However, after a few cannon shots, there was no movement on the other side. waited until late at night, and there were no reinforcements to cross the river, which made the people in Yangzhou City anxious! Shi Kefa was still speculating whether something had happened to the reinforcements, but Cao Bianjiao said a little angrily: "it, I was there when I was in Nanjing City, and these guards are all deflated calves!" They didn't dare to cross the river! ”

Sun Di Ke Ke ghost enemy inspection office cold to the moon

The thieves apparently sensed the movement on the other side of the river, and began to send a large number of troops to the south of the city, and put more wooden rafts into the river. Even if the reinforcements don't dare to come, the thieves will force their way across the Yangtze River after dawn!

Just when the people in the city were anxious but had nothing to do, there was a sudden rumbling of cannons on the opposite bank, followed by the sound of golden drums, the sound of killing was great, and the reinforcements lit countless torches, and finally began to cross the river!

The morale of the Yangzhou defenders was immediately rekindled. The nine hundred Guanning Iron Cavalry in the south gate were already ready to go, and Cao Wenzhao had been commanding the battle in the city before, and this time he was also personally put on the battle. He shouted loudly and rushed out of the city gate first, and a stream of iron immediately swept through the battlefield in the south of the city. At this time, the thieves had already deployed a lot of cavalry in the south of the city, but when they really exchanged hands with the Guanning Iron Cavalry, they found that even if they lured the official cavalry out of the city, they still didn't want to besiege this army, because he was like an extremely cold wind, iron hooves everywhere, invincible!

But just when the Guanning Iron Cavalry was fighting hard, the ships of the reinforcements actually stopped in the middle of the river again! There were also more and more thieves in the river's wooden platoon, and the people on the wooden platoon kept firing arrows, both at the reinforcements in the center of the river and at the Guanning iron cavalry on the shore. Because it was in the middle of the night, the battlefield was extremely chaotic, and this kind of cold arrow was extremely difficult to prevent, and dozens of soldiers were wounded by arrows in a short time. Although the rogue cavalry suffered more accidental injuries, this kind of chaotic battle was very unfavorable to the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and it was even more dangerous to drag it on!

At this moment, the agitated war drums were heard again in Jiangxin, and the reinforcements seemed to have changed people, and they resolutely drove the warship to the north shore!