Chapter 9: The Battle of Liyang
Chen Ang has taught a lot of apprentices in his life, and those with excellent qualifications are only two or three sons, Fang Su is brilliant, but his physique is not conducive to martial arts, Chen Zifang is only the quality of a middle-aged person, and the martial arts cultivation of the two is difficult to have a chance to reach the top, and the rest of the sons are more keen on fame and fortune, so Chen Ang chose Xuanji as a disciple of the inheritance. It's just that the Amazing Magic Technique is an extremely domineering martial art, which is not suitable for women to practice, although Xuanji's talent is high, but he still hasn't been able to get a glimpse of the true mystery of martial arts. It wasn't until Xu Ruyu taught her the art of extreme change of Dan Xi that he opened up a new path for her.
When Xu Ruyu was a child, he couldn't practice the Dan Breath Technique, but he had no intention of learning the domineering and amazing magic trick, and almost gave away his surname. Xu Ruyu has only practiced martial arts for more than ten years, but his understanding of the Dan Breath technique is not weaker than Chen Ang, outside Fan Yang City, his heart is angry, and the Dan breath of the harmony of Yang and Yin in the body has all turned into the Yin surname, and the instantaneous Yin body stimulates the Yang Yuan Breath between heaven and earth, causing the celestial phenomena to change.
The thunder light born of the god-killing formula is the yin and yang pill breath in the body, and its power is huge beyond the physical body can bear, if it is guided by the yin pill breath in the body, and the heaven and earth yuan breath are combined, the magic tricks derived from this can no longer be regarded as the martial arts of the world.
A hundred years ago, the Hulan army was defeated, and the old rules led the army to chase the north, straight to the southern foot of Yin Mountain. Hulan faced the disaster of extermination, and the Heavenly Master Chu Shi came to the battlefield to cause the mountains and rivers to be slashed, and the head of the knife rushed out of the illusion of a colorful dragon, and the dragon passed everywhere, and the body turned into ashes. With one move, the corpses of 3,000 elite warriors remained. Chen Gui looked at Chu Shiduan, who looked like a god, and no longer had the courage to fight with it, so he led his troops back to the north of Yanmen Mountain.
Master Chu established his position as the first person in martial arts with one move, that is, a hundred years have passed, and the world still cannot forget each other.
Helan Rongruo saw the vision of heaven and earth caused by Xu Ruyu at the southern foot of Yanshan, and realized that the spinning pill breath created by Xu Ruyu was the key to making the world's martial arts go further, and it was also the first time in a hundred years that someone could truly surpass Chu Shiduan.
With Xu Ruyu's ability, he couldn't really make that kind of strange move, otherwise Xu Ruyu's reading power was in the wilderness at that time, and the strange tricks caused by it would only be borne by himself.
The martial arts that Xu Ruyu taught to Xuanji integrated the subtlety of the Heart Sutra of Stopping Water, and Xuanji's practice was still short, and he had not yet broken through the original realm, but his five senses were more keen. Xuanji followed Xu Ruyu and Fang Su to Jinghai and traveled around disguised as a man. Xu Ru was foolish, Xuanji heard the news, and thought that Chen Shi might go to Jiangning to congratulate, so he set off for Jiangning, passing through Xuancheng, and saw the people in the city talking about the debate in Qin Zhongshu's Dexianglou, so he was curious and came to take a look.
The moment Cao San made a gesture to inform his subordinates to arrest Qin Zhongshu, he really had murderous intent in his heart. The killing intent emitted was fleeting, but it made Xuanji feel shocked, and she couldn't help but let out a soft cry. Unexpectedly, this soft cry caused a lot of accidents, and I didn't expect that there was a grandmaster-level figure hiding in the restaurant.
The old man left, but the shock in Xuanji's heart did not disappear for a long time.
Those who have reached the pinnacle of martial arts are all the souls of one party's forces, and if there is no chance, it is impossible for these people to meet, let alone compete with each other. In Xuanji's heart, the ranking between these characters is nothing more than the higher the number of supporters, the higher the ranking. In her heart, Chen Ang is already the ultimate survival of martial arts, and people like Xu Ruyu who stand side by side with Master Chen are also rare in the world, and it is hard to imagine that there is really an existence in the world that surpasses Master Chen.
Although Qin Zhongshu did not have the shock of Cao San and Xuanji, he could understand that the old man who walked downstairs was a strange person in the world, and he thought for a while, but someone had to shout impatiently, "I've been waiting for a long time, why haven't you started today?" Fang woke up.
There was no need for Brother Feng to give a look to the side, Qin Zhongshu had already guessed that Cao San's identity was extraordinary, if he spoke as wantonly as before, he would be too ignorant of responsibility, arched his hand to the surroundings, and said: "Jiang Ning dispatched the Qingfeng Cavalry, with the intention of suppressing the Liyang Army. In the battle of Wenling in the Jinghai Battles, 1,000 Qingfeng cavalry annihilated 6,000 Puji remnants, and the combat power of the 3,000 Qingfeng cavalry dispatched was at least worth 10,000 elite divisions. I told everyone in the morning that this array of battles, the calculation is the combat power between the contact surfaces, three thousand Qingfeng cavalry can be worth 10,000 people, Zhu Tongshan can be used to resist the impact of Qingfeng cavalry at the same time The strength is only 3,000 people, this array of battles, the Liyang army has no chance of winning. And on the battlefield of Liyang, the strength of the Liyang army is slightly weaker than the Jiangning army, and it is impossible for Zhu Tongshan to fight in formation. ”
The young scholar said: "Mr. Qin thinks that with the appearance of the Qingfeng Cavalry, Liyang's army on the north bank of the Jiyuan Canal will not dare to go out of the camp to fight? ”
Young scholars have been listening to books here for six or seven days, and although they wear wide-sleeved shirts and scholarly scarves on their heads, they are not simply readers. It's just that when the rivers and lakes meet, it is most taboo to ask about people's roots, but Qin Zhongshu has never talked to him. Qin Zhongshu also knew that every time the people who came to listen to the book were mixed with the eyeliner of each family, if they were contacted at will, it would arouse the suspicion of Jiang Ning Yousi, and it would only lead to trouble.
Qin Zhongshu said: "It's not impossible for this brother to think so, it's just that Qin's ability is limited and he can't make a conclusion." This is the matter of war, which will end tonight, and when I meet an old friend, I will take it with me to drink, and I hope to bear with me. Taking advantage of the good moon tonight, Qin Zhongshu took out the book gold, and invited everyone here to drink a full meal. ”
Everyone had complaints, but when they heard that he would even use the book money he had obtained as a gift for drinking, the resentment in his stomach turned into nothingness for a while, and they applauded in unison.
Cao San and Feng Ge'er went downstairs first, and asked the subordinates who were waiting downstairs, and learned that Gu Mingshan was waiting in the side courtyard behind the restaurant, so they asked Feng Ge'er to wait for Qin Zhongshu downstairs, and he went to the side courtyard to see Gu Mingshan first. After a while, Brother Feng led Qin Zhongshu in.
Qin Zhongshu heard Brother Feng say that the black and thin old man with white temples who did not attract attention was Qingjiang Zuocheng, and the young man was the commander of the Jing'an Division, and he was taken aback. ”
Cao San snorted coldly, and sat there without moving, but Gu Mingshan owed slightly, which was regarded as a half-salute.
Gu Mingshan looked at Qin Zhongshu for a moment, and said, "You guessed about the Qingfeng Ride upstairs, what do you think of the changes in the battle situation in Liyang?" ”
Qin Zhongshu knew that Cao San didn't like his personality in his heart, but when Gu Mingshan in front of him said something, Cao San would probably listen. Gu Mingshan asked this, it was to study his own ability, Qin Zhongshu couldn't help but be happy in his heart, and said: "Zhong Shu guessed that Zhu Tongshan knew that it would be difficult to escape defeat, and he was only afraid that he had already returned to Jiang Ning. I was shallow in Yuejun, but I also heard that Zhu Tongshan was a person with a rather proud surname, so I thought that even if he had the heart to belong, he would not tolerate Jiang Ning's contempt for him, so the battle of Liyang has been fought hard so far. ”
Gu Mingshan bowed slightly, but did not speak.
Qin Zhongshu continued: "Jiang Ning attaches great importance to military power, and has the experience of the East China Sea, Jiang Ning will not allow one person to be alone in military power, Zhu Tongshan and even Zhu Kunda, Zhu Baiyan and others If they want to return to obedience, they can only give up military power. For these families, giving up military power is almost slaughtered by others, and Jiang Ning also knows that he can't easily say that these families give up military power and return to obedience, so he is not keen on surrendering, hoping that there will be such a decisive battle, laying the irreversible situation in the southeast, and completely breaking the hope of Zhu Kunda, Zhu Baiyan and even Fan Che. Capture Liyang, Jiangning's periphery is strong, the remnants of the Zhu clan and the Fan clan can only be regarded as small enemies, as the saying goes, the small enemy is trapped, and the door is closed to catch thieves, at that time, Zhu Baiyan, Zhu Kunda, and Fan Che If they do not give up their military power and return to obedience, there will be a disaster of extermination, and there will be no other choice if they think about it. This battle of Liyang, for Jiang Ning, also has to be fought. ”
Qin Zhongshu paused, glanced at the faces of the two people in the seat, Cao San narrowed his eyes slightly, he couldn't see what he was thinking, Gu Mingshan didn't hide the look of approval on his face.
Qin Zhongshu knew that he guessed Jiang Ning's thoughts, and became more and more confident, and said: "Qingfeng Cavalry arrived at the Liyang battlefield, and the Liyang war came to the last moment, Jiang Ning successively used Luo Boyuan and Ziyang Yalan as the captains of the Wuwei Army, Zhong Shu expected that the Wuwei Army might also appear on the Liyang battlefield." Jiang Ning is the most taboo Zhu Tongshan to avoid Liyang City, Zhu Tongshan to avoid Liyang City for trapped beast fighting, this battle will probably drag on until Liyang City is exhausted, Jiang Ning does not want to wait for such a long time, probably the final decisive battle is when Zhu Tongshan has to give up the camp on the north bank of Jiyuan Canal and want to avoid entering Liyang City. ”
Cao San's eyes were open, his eyes were shining, and he looked up and down at Qin Zhongshu. The choice of the timing of the decisive battle was still hovering in the minds of Xu Ruyu, Wei Yu and others, and Cao San and Gu Mingshan didn't know, but his analysis of Qin Zhongshu had to make Cao San feel shocked.
At the beginning of the Liyang War, Zhu Tongshan abandoned the city on the west bank of the Qingjiang River and concentrated his forces in the two cities of Liyang and Dangtu. As early as when Zhang Xu led the Qingwei Army to garrison Fengling, Zhu Tongshan built a camp on the north bank of Jiyuan Canal. However, Jiang Ning was indeed worried that Zhu Tongshan would transfer all the elite soldiers to Liyang City to resist stubbornly. The price paid for attacking a city defended by tens of thousands of elite divisions was quite heavy.
Cao San asked, "Then how can you conclude that the chance of the decisive battle will be after Zhu Tongshan has abandoned the camp position?" ”
Qin Zhongshu said: "There are 15,000 defenders in Liyang City at this time, and there are also 10,000 defenders in Tu City, Zhu Tongshan will concentrate the main force of the Liyang Army of nearly 40,000 elites on the north bank of Jiyuan Canal to confront Jiangning, but it is a rare good opportunity for Jiangning, if Jiangning does not have the opportunity to completely annihilate the enemy army in the camp on the north bank, but it will not easily launch a decisive battle, after all, as long as there are 10,000 remnants of Liyang Army fleeing into Liyang City, it will be difficult to capture Liyang City." Liyang could not get out of the camp, Jiangning had no chance to encircle and annihilate, Zhong Shu thought that the decisive battle should be after Liyang gave up the camp and before entering Liyang City. ”
Gu Mingshan was unfazed, and said indifferently: "I don't know if you have any good suggestions for the Liyang War?" ”
Qin Zhongshu knew that Gu Mingshan had the intention of recommending himself to Wei Yu, but he was unwilling to be a strategist under Wei Yu's account, and said: "Zhong Shu has no good advice, because General Wei already has a good strategy at this time. ”
When Gu Mingshan heard this, he could no longer sit still, leaned forward, stared at Qin Zhongshu's face, and said, "Can you guess what General Wei is thinking?" ”
Qin Zhongshu looked left and right, stepped forward, stretched out his finger and dipped it in the teacup, and wrote on the table: "Save its form, remove its god, friend is not suspicious, and the enemy is not moving." ”
The handwriting is written as it goes, Gu Mingshan looked at it for a long time and was silent, then sighed and said: "Tianzhong's capital, you don't need to use you, it depends on the opportunity, but you can't leave Jing'ansi's field of vision." Lord Cao, when you go to Fengling, you will take him with you. ”
Liyang was just as Qin Zhongshu expected, Qingfeng rode out on the Liyang battlefield and suppressed the Liyang army in the camp on the north bank of the Jiyuan Canal, and Luo Boyuan led 10,000 armed guards to arrive at the Liyang battlefield immediately, accompanied by fifty giant stone-throwing crossbows.
The Liyang army was suppressed in the barracks, Wei Yu transferred his troops through the Jiyuan Canal, at the east bank of the Qingjiang River and the north bank of the Jiyuan Canal, which was also the west side of the Liyang military barracks, Jiangning gathered 30,000 foot soldiers and 3,000 elite cavalry, and there were 10,000 water battalion troops in the Qingjiang River behind. At this time, Jiangning's 60,000 troops on the Liyang battlefield were distributed on the north and south banks of the Jiyuan Canal. The 20,000 foot soldiers on the south bank still held the camp of the Fengling defense line, monitoring the battlefield on the north bank and guarding the Qingjiang land behind it. Feng Yuanyuan commanded 40,000 elites on the north bank day and night, bombarding the Liyang military camp with giant stone-throwing crossbows. The giant stone-throwing crossbow takes 30 people to pull, and the stone bullets that are thrown weigh dozens of pounds, and the range is as far as 500 steps. However, as soon as it was said, the parapet wall on the west side of the Liyang military camp was smashed into a big gap. Smashing open the gap, Jiang Ning was not in a hurry to attack the Liyang army in the camp, but just replaced the stone-throwing crossbow with a scattered bullet, which was made of clay soil wet into a ball and dried, or added millet soup to make it harder, each weighing five catties, fired with a stone-throwing crossbow, as far as seven hundred steps, hitting a person's head and bones, and the armor could not reduce its strength, the scattered bullet was brittle, and it would crack when it landed, and it would not be used by the enemy.
Feng Yuanyuan advanced the stone-throwing crossbow to a distance of 300 steps from the Liyang military barracks, and built a watchtower next to the stone-throwing crossbow, the watchtower was more than ten zhang high, and you could see the size of the Liyang military barracks, and the 400 steps in depth on the west side of the camp were in the range of the stone-throwing crossbow. These 400 steps deep, the Liyang army did not dare to stop.
Zhu Tongshan organized people to destroy the Jiangning stone-throwing crossbow position, but Feng Yuanyuan was not in a hurry or impatient, and the defense of the stone-throwing crossbow was quite tight, and the fifty stone-throwing crossbows were protected tightly with Haogou, horse-rejection, cart crossbows, arrow arrays, and foot guards. Later, after the stone-throwing crossbow advanced to the west side of the Liyang military barracks, the west side of the Liyang military barracks became the east side of the Jiangning Army's retaining wall, and the two army barracks were connected to one place, and a thick layer of loess was collected at a distance of six or seven hundred, which were the remnants of the stone-throwing crossbows. It's easy to make shotshots, and it's inexhaustible.
At this time, Jiangning firmly occupied the corner on the east bank of the Qingjiang River and the north bank of the Jiyuan Canal, and Wei Yu began to mobilize manpower to clear the obstacles near the end of the Qingjiang River in Jiyuan Canal. The original Jiyuan Canal connects the Qingjiang River and Zhenze Lake, Xu Ruyu attacked and captured Jiangning, and the Zhu people opened the embankment of the Jiyuan Canal in the north of Xin'an, and the Jiyuan Canal was diverted from Langxi County to flow into the Zangpu River, and flowed into the river from Jiangning. After this diversion, the water level of Jiyuan Canal was lowered, which was not conducive to the passage of large ships. The Zhu people also buried dark piles in the shallow and narrow Jiyuan canal to set up many obstacles. The rivers that communicate with the rivers and clear water in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Zhu clan are about the same, and the Jiangning warships can only pass through the rivers and Qingjiang, but they cannot directly reach the territory of Liyang.
After the Fifth School Army occupied Changxing County in Langxi County, the soldiers repaired the destroyed embankment in Langxi County within one month, so that the Jiyuan Canal could be restored to Zhenze Lake, and only by removing the obstacles on the side of the Jiyuan Canal near the Qingjiang River, the Jiangning warships on the surface of the Qingjiang River could enter the Jiyuan Canal and directly attack the Liyang Army on the north bank.
For Jiang Ning, as long as the main force of the Liyang army is trapped in Liyang City, the other cities in Liyang will fall from the wind, and when the Liyang Realm is recovered, only one single city in Liyang will remain, which is not enough to cause trouble.
Zhu Tongshan was unwilling to let Jiang Ning be forced into the dilemma of closing the door and catching thieves, although the war was hard, he was still unwilling to give up the camp on the north bank. It wasn't until Wei Yu transferred eight huge ships of 400 tips from Jiangning that Zhu Tongshan had to give up thinking about abandoning the camp on the north bank. The 400 giant warships can only sail on the slightly open water surface of the Jiyuan Canal, and each ship can be equipped with three stone-throwing crossbows, so that the south side of the camp is in the range of Jiangning stone-throwing crossbows.
The Liyang army has only more than 30,000 people in the camp on the north bank, and the damage of the Jiangning army can be replenished at any time, and the total number of soldiers has not decreased until now, and the barrier cannot be relied on.
In early August, it rained and the water level in the Qingjiang and Jiyuan canals rose a lot, and the fighting between the two sides stopped temporarily.
The rain was less at night, and Zhu Tongshan looked at the faint fire on the Jiyuan Canal through the rain curtain, and in the section of the Jiyuan Canal near the Qingjiang River, a total of more than 200 Jiangning warships were parked. Although Liyang has 5,000 water battalions, the largest ship type is no more than a large wing ship, compared with the Jiangning water battalion, which is three times its number and has a complete range of large and small ships, it was defeated in the first battle.
This continuous torrential rain eased Zhu Tongshan, knowing that after the rainy period, Jiangning's offensive would be more violent. Zhu Tongshan grabbed both sides of the rain and collected it in front of him, his body shrank slightly, as if he couldn't help the coolness of the rainy night. A faint cold light swept across his face, and he looked too haggard compared to the radiant look he had when he met Xu Ruyu at the Qingjiang Estuary in the past few years. The eye sockets were deeply sunken, and the light of his eyes had overshadowed Lian Yue's sleepless torment, and he couldn't help but sigh and said secretly: This war seems too meaningless, but fighting to this extent, it doesn't mean that it can be stopped.
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