Xiagou made a sharp bend in the northwest of Fangshan, forming an open river beach on the side close to Fangshan, and Chen Yi, the general of the East China Sea, led 3,000 foot soldiers to guard the Xiagou river beach.

Before nightfall, the troops of Yuhang rushed to the vicinity of the river beach and separated the two banks of the lower ditch, while Fan Wenlong and Xu Haofei, who were also on the east bank of the lower ditch, divided the three thousand East China Sea foot soldiers on the river beach into two places and were not allowed to converge.

Only by defeating the garrison on the river beach in the East China Sea can it converge with Xu Haofei's troops. When the time comes, the soldiers and horses on the west bank can cross the river; If you want to go, you will cross the river.

For Chen Pre, holding the river beach can divide the Yuhang army into three roads, which is really a great advantage, and he can't take care of it and send the cavalry to help defend the river beach position.

Soon after nightfall, the situation on the Xiagou River Beach became chaotic, the sound of swords and soldiers was loud, and the flames of war burned the sky, reflecting the sky in the northwest of Fangshan into a dark red color of blood condensation. Fan Wenlong and Xu Haofei surrounded 5,000 East China Sea soldiers on the river beach, while Xu Haofei's flank and rear were fiercely attacked by Chang Shulian. Chen Pre led 5,000 East China Sea soldiers to wedge in from the north side, wanting to break into the river beach, and seal the 10,000 soldiers and horses of Xu Haofei's troops on the east bank to gather and annihilate them.

The soldiers and horses that were entangled together could be regarded as the elite divisions of the two families, and before the situation was completely clear, Chen Yu did not dare to press all the troops.

Fan Wenlong saw that he could not capture the Xiagou River Beach for a while, so he ordered the soldiers and horses on the west bank to go north to find an opportunity to cross the river. Chen pre-ordered Wang Baiquan to lead 5,000 Qingchi soldiers to the north along the lower ditch to monitor it, and made up his mind that as long as the soldiers and horses of the southern battalion came to converge, he would first encircle and annihilate the Yuhang army under Xu Haofei's department.

The battle on the other side of the southern camp was also fierce, and the purple light pressed against the ridge of Fangshan, and the lead-gray clouds swirled above the ridge.

Uncle Lin sent someone to ask: "Why didn't Xu Ruyu divide his troops to rescue?" ”

Although the southern camp is simple, it is close to the steep terrain at the southern foot of Fangshan Mountain, and although Xu Ruyu has 40,000 soldiers and horses, he cannot capture the southern camp. Bypassing Fangshan, there are seventy or eighty miles of rugged mountain roads, Chen predicted that the 40,000 soldiers and horses in the south of Fangshan with Xu Ruyu were all surrendered by Wuzhou, and led 40,000 weak soldiers to rescue, it was better to let Xu Haofei and Fan Wenlong break through each other.

Thinking of this, Chen Yu hesitated a little, and said secretly: The decisive battle is the most taboo to invest troops and horses one after another, the situation on the Xiagou River Beach is obviously unfavorable to the Yuhang Army, and Fan Wenlong will definitely not fight a decisive battle on the river beach. I was afraid that Xu Hao Feibu would jump out and break through through the gap in the northeast direction.

Qingqiu Mountain is in that direction, so if Xu Haofei and Ding Mianchen join forces, they can't help them.

There was no cavalry to deploy in his hand, Chen Zhen hated it in his heart, and after some calculation, he took out two thousand soldiers and horses to lie in wait on the northeast road, hoping that when Xu Haofei led the troops to break through in the northeast direction, the two thousand soldiers and horses could be blocked for a while, and let the other soldiers and horses come over to join the siege.

When the two thousand soldiers and horses were about to go out, a fire rose in the direction of the main camp. Thick smoke obscured the air, and tongues of fire swallowed in the smoke.

Chen Yu was shocked and looked at the direction, but it was the grain camp to the north of the main camp that caught fire first. The most important place of the main camp is the grain camp, a clear stream flows down from Fangshan, the grain camp is located on both sides of the clear stream, and the outside is the deer of the garrison, the grain camp is on fire first, the wind blows to the southwest, hits the mountain to avoid the direction, and the two sides are reversed, and the fire is very easy to spread.

There were only 2,000 people in the main camp, and Xu Ruyu arranged surprise soldiers to attack the camp, but most of the main camp could not hold it.

But where did this strange soldier come from? Although he didn't know where the enemy soldiers came from, Chen knew that the situation had been reversed, and he was shocked and anxious, and ordered his troops and horses to leave the battlefield on the river beach.

Taking advantage of the panic of the East China Sea soldiers, Xu Haofei put aside the East China Sea soldiers of Chang Shulin and Chen Yi, peeked into the gap in the northeast direction, and broke through.

The road back to the camp was blocked by Xu Haofei, and he didn't know what had happened to the main camp, so of course he didn't dare to forcibly entangle Xu Haofei, so he had to join the river beach guards first. At this time, Fan Wenlong also led his troops to the south along the western foot of Fangshan Mountain.

The moon entered the Yunhe River, and the fire on the main camp burned more and more, and there was no sign of stopping at all. The battle here gradually subsided, and there was a faint sound from the main camp, but it was not clear, Chen pre-ordered Chen Jingyuan to gather the remaining cavalry and follow him to support the main camp. Not more than two miles of road, the wind direction from the northeast to the east, the original fire only burned one way, so that the wind direction changed, turned to burn.

Caught up with the Chang Shu Lin Department, and learned that the Chang Shu Lin had led 2,000 light soldiers back first, and then Chen Yu knew a little about the main camp:

Just when the battle on the river beach was fierce, the reinforcements of the southern camp were still in the middle of the road, and the Qingchi reinforcements went north along the lower ditch to prevent the Yuhang army from crossing the lower ditch, and hundreds of elite cavalry attacked the big camp directly, and there were only 2,000 soldiers and horses on the side of the big camp. The enemy cavalry rushed into the camp and set fire only along the grain camp. The location of the grain camp was chosen to prevent the enemy from attacking, but Xu Ruyu sent the 500 elite cavalry to escort him, how could the 2,000 defenders drive the enemy and extinguish the fire?

When Chen heard the news, his eyes were dark, and he almost fell off the horse.

More than 40,000 Hangzhou troops fought on the periphery for a long time, but they wanted to transfer the main forces of the North Battalion in the East China Sea so that hundreds of elite cavalry could attack the battalion and set it on fire.

Chen Yu rushed to the main camp, but saw that the battalion was full of corpses, a mess, the grain and grass in the grain camp were burned clean, and most of the garrison's deer fortress was also burned down. Chen Yu sat on the horse, angry, and his mouth was so sweet that he almost spurted out a mouthful of blood.

The eldest uncle's white beard was burned half, his face was black, he came over, and said, "The cavalry camp of Zhongdao Ling, when I came, most of the camp was burned, and he led it to retreat to the northeast. ”

Zhang Zhongdao?

Xu Haofei led his troops to the northeast, Ding Mianchen led his troops to Qingqiu Mountain in the northeast, and Zhang Zhongdao led five hundred elite cavalry to the northeast.

Chen pre-covered his sleeves, spit a mouthful of blood into his sleeve, and said: "Zhang Zhongdao personally went to the north to lead the troops, Xu Ruyu wants to take a new position, or block me to return?" ”

Uncle Lin said: "Both. As soon as the North Camp is destroyed, the terrain of Fangshan will be unsustainable, and if there is a slight hesitation, 60,000 elites will be trapped in Qingchi. ”

Chen pre-camped with the help of the terrain of Fangshan, used the long valley of Fangshan to communicate the two camps in the north and south, and took Qingchi City as a corner, as long as the grain and grass were sufficient, he was not afraid of Xu Ruyu leading the troops to surround him. The north camp was destroyed, this natural anti-deficiency array was dispersed like this, the south camp did not retreat, Fan Wenlong drove troops to seize the long valley of Fangshan Mountain, and the soldiers of the southern camp will be sealed in Fangshan; If you want to wait for the southern camp to withdraw from Changgu to Qingchi, the 60,000 army will trap the Jiangning soldiers and horses who have come over from the encirclement in Qingchi City.

Qingchi City is small, 60,000 troops are crowded in the city, Xu Ruyu only needs half of the troops to surround the city, and at that time he can draw 100,000 troops to eat the East China Sea soldiers and horses that will come to the aid in the periphery.

Chen Yu sighed and said, "Xu Ruyu's tricks are really vicious. ”

Standing for a while, someone came to report, when the main camp was on fire, Wang Baiquan hurriedly led the Qingchi soldiers back to help, and met Xu Haofei who broke through to the northeast in Laohutan, and the first battle was defeated, but fortunately Xu Haofei had no intention of entanglement, and the casualties were not large.

Chen Yu only won the battle at the beginning, but he didn't expect to change the situation with just a slight flick. Zhang Zhongdao led the elite cavalry to attack the camp, and the elite soldiers from all walks of life in the East China Sea ignored it, and there was still a chance to annihilate Xu Haofei's troops on the east bank of Xiagou. Defeat Xu Haofei and hold the Xiagou River beach, this battle may not be without a chance.

Could it be that he has such a fear of Xu Ruyu in his heart?

Liu Zhaoyu came from Nanying, saw the wolf of the main camp, was overshadowed, and said, "How is it good?" ”

Liu Zhaoyu may not have an idea in his heart, after the soldiers and horses of the southern battalion are broken, occupy the long valley of Fangshan Mountain, and can contain the Jiangning Zhulu army behind the Shannan Mountain, and the northern camp and Qingchi soldiers and horses must withdraw from Baishi before the Jiangning Zhulu army comes to encircle.

If the 60,000 elites here are trapped in Qingchi City, Zeng Yixing in the north and Wan Rong in the southeast will also be broken by Jiangning, although Zhang Jidao has 80,000 elite soldiers, but he can't maintain the situation in the East China Sea, and a county in the East China Sea will be in Jiangning's bag sooner or later.

There are still 14,000 troops in the southern camp, and at this time, Chen Pre needs to show the courage of a strong man to break his wrist, not only that, but the road to Xinzi is blocked, and the main force needs to go east to the territory of Biling through Longyou; Don't make Zeng Yixing a lone army, Zeng Yixing's department also needs to give up Dingyuan and shrink to the territory of Biling.

Chen Pre cast his eyes to the distant sky, floating clouds and black shadows swept away, indicating that the world is changeable, and the sound of swords and soldiers in all directions will be subsided, at this time he can no longer hesitate, pondered for a moment, and said: "Maybe it is the last time I will command in the name of the governor of the East China Sea......" resolutely said: "Liu Zhaoyu is the captain of the Biling Mansion, and the general of the Biling Soldiers and Horses Battalion ......"

Liu Zhaoyu hurriedly said: "Don't do this, I will lead Nanying to deal with Jiangning, and Zi Pre and the eldest uncle will go back to Biling first." ”

Chen Yu smiled bitterly and said: "I pinned my hopes on Jiangjin Xiao'er, causing our army to fall into this predicament. ”

"Extravagant hopes?" The eldest uncle said in silence.

Chen Yu's face was particularly bitter, and he said: "I hope that Xu Ru will be foolish and miss the old feelings. ”

The eldest uncle was silent and panting.

Chen pre-set up camp in Qingchi according to Fangshan, far away from the three cities of Dingyuan, Longyou and Xinzi. When Zhang Jidao led tens of thousands of elite soldiers to be 500 miles away, Chen Pre insisted on stranding the 60,000 army in Qingchi, and naturally had extravagant hopes in his heart.

Chen Yi, Chen Jingyuan, Wang Baiquan and others led the troops to the ruins of Beiying.

Chen Yi said: "The camp caught fire, the soldiers were shocked, the governor left a little, and Fan Wenlong sent troops to seize the ditch and river beach. ”

Chen was surprised: "Didn't Fan Wenlong lead the troops to retreat to the south?" ”

"The Laohugou camp was occupied, and a part of the Jiangning soldiers crossed the lower ditch from there and joined Fan Wenlong to seize the river beach."

Liu Zhaoyu said: "Ding Mianchen has come out of Qingqiu Mountain......"

Chen Yu patted Liu Zhaoyu on the shoulder and said: "These 40,000 soldiers, I will entrust them to you, Mei Liting and Wan Rong contain each other, there should be a gap in the east, Zhaoyu should not stay in Longyou, go to Yiyang." ”

Yiyang is 200 miles northeast of Xinzi, but the road from Qingchi to Yiyang is blocked, so he has to take a detour from Longyou.

Liu Zhaoyu saw that Chen Pre had a firm look in his eyes, and knew that he had made up his mind, so he said secretly: Xu Ruyu may remember the feelings of the old man and not hurt his surname, but how can Chen Pre endure the humiliation? Thinking of this, he was overshadowed and did not speak.

Uncle Chang said: "I will also stay, there will be no chance of breaking through." ”

Chen Yu smiled faintly, the strength of the southern camp is limited, and it is quite difficult to contain most of Jiangning's troops in the north of Baishi, so what is there to talk about breaking through.

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When Xu Ruyu led his troops to cross Axi, Zhang Jidao set out to attack Hailing City, hoping to attract Jiangning's troops on the north bank of the river. Although the soldiers and horses led by Zhang Jidao were strong, they had no offensive weapons, and these days were just to besiege Hailing, cut down giant trees to make siege equipment, and the siege was ready to stop, but the news that the main camp of Fangshan was attacked.

Xi Daoning wondered in his heart: Chen Yu acted cautiously, how could Xu Ruyu easily burn the main camp? However, the battle report is not detailed, so I can't figure out the details of the situation.

Zhang Jidao paced in the tent, uncertain. After the main camp was burned, Chen Pre handed over the northern camp and Qingchi soldiers and horses to Liu Zhaoyu for control, and he and Chang Shulin led the southern camp soldiers and horses to contain the Jiangning soldiers and horses in Baishi. In the eyes of others, no matter whether Chen Yu can get out smoothly or not, the governor of Donghai County has no face to do it again.

Zhang Jidao felt that there was something strange in this matter, although Chen Yu was forced to withdraw his troops, the main force was not damaged, and he only ceded the entire territory of Baishi to Jiangning. Xu Ruyu's ambition stops there?

"What's weird?"

Seeing Wei Shuwei say this, Zhang Jidao was also startled for no reason, raised his head, looked at Wei Shuwei, and said, "Uncle Wei also thinks that Jiang Ning has other plans?" ”

Uncle Wei frowned slightly, and said: "I don't understand, Jiangning only has 20,000 Zhongli troops near Longyou, and he still has to guard against General Wan Rong, so he can't stop Liu Zhaoyu from leading the main force to withdraw from Baishi." ”

"Why does Xu Ruyu want to help me?"

Listening to Zhang Jidao's light words, Uncle Wei was slightly surprised: The key is here.

Xi Daoning said secretly: The gap between Jiangning and the East China Sea is quite deep, not only Xu Ruyu has ambitions for the East China Sea: Hulan invaded Youji, and the East China Sea took advantage of the fire to loot and attack Pengcheng in Qingzhou, which caused the situation in Youji to be very bad. Thinking that Xu Ruyu would not be unable to see through the East China Sea's attack on Pengcheng, it was Zhang Jidao who contributed a lot. The East China Sea was divided into two lines, Zhang Jidao gradually gained the upper hand, and Xu Ruyu attacked Chen Pre, but it was convenient for Zhang Jidao to further control the East China Sea, which was unreasonable.

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The horse's hooves have been repeated, Xu Jingcheng looked up, and in the distance, dozens of horses came on the residual snow.

Ying Xun walked over tightly, the sword in his hand, and there was some excitement in his eyes.

The Zhongli Army crossed the Xiaoyang River and entered the area west of Longyou, and Xu Jingcheng and more than 20,000 displaced people were stranded in the west of Longyou, unable to continue to move eastward, and knew very well about the battle situation in the north of Baishi.

Chen Pre-North Camp let Xu Ruyu attack and burn down, and the natural defensive formations held by the North Camp, South Camp, and Qingchi by the Fangshan Terrain Regiment collapsed and became invisible. Liu Zhaoyu led 40,000 main forces to leave Qingchi in the early morning of the next day and retreated eastward. Chen Pre and Chang Shu Lin led the Donghai South Battalion to contain the Jiangning armies. Since Fangshan Changgu was still in the hands of Chen Xuan, Jiangning contained a considerable number of troops in the north in front of Fangshan. After Xu Haofei led his troops and horses to join Ding Mianchen's troops in Qingqiu Mountain, and went south to participate in the siege, he went straight to Xinzi under the leadership of Zhang Zhongdao. Zhang Xu and Xu Zhaorong led 20,000 Qingwei troops to leave the territory of Dingyuan and went to Xinzi to join Zhang Zhongdao's army. Liu Zhaoyu led the main force of the East China Sea to withdraw from Fangshan, and Fan Wenlong led his troops to capture Qingchi and control the mouth north of Fangshan Changgu.

Just waiting for the capture of Xinzi, the 40,000 elite divisions will continue to penetrate eastward, not only will the soldiers and horses of the Nanying led by Chen Pre be trapped at the southern foot of Fangshan, but Longyou will also be divided outside the East China Sea. The north camp of Fangshan was destroyed, and Wan Rong moved the mind of withdrawing from Longyou, not retreating at this time, just waiting to see the situation.

Xu Jingcheng thought to himself: Wan Rong quit Longyou, and Zeng Yixing will also give up Dingyuan immediately, but Chen Yu, who is trapped at the southern foot of Fangshan Mountain, has no way to escape.

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