Chapter 845: Abandon first, then take it, and then fight Jiujiang
By the time dawn, Jiangxia City, the third largest town in Jianghan, had completely fallen into the hands of Shan Xiongxin. At this time, the Jiangxia army and the people who had been hiding in the chaos in the city all night suddenly discovered that it was not the Beichen army that attacked the city at night, but their own men and horses.
The only thing that gave them a good fortune was the chaos last night, although there were fires in many parts of the city, and the sound was terrifying. But in fact, the scene was large and the momentum was great, and the cavalry that attacked the city did not attack the defenders of the city much. After taking control of the city gates and various barracks and warehouses, and searching for Shen Xi and a group of officers, the chaos gradually subsided. Even, for the Jiangxia soldiers who escaped the catastrophe, these mighty Zhennan troops did not seem to have any intention of dealing with them.
Just blowing the trumpet to let the soldiers scattered all over the city go back to their respective camps, and then some new officers were transferred to the camp, and some of the original low-level officers were promoted, and the matter seemed to be over.
On the top of the Feng Volcano, not far south of Jiangxia City, a small group of people and horses were hiding above. At this time, it is standing on the top of the mountain, overlooking Jiangxia City.
"Can you find out about Jiangxia's turmoil last night?" Dressed in a gorgeous robe, Dou Hongxian, who is dressed as a young lady of the family, overlooks Jiangxia from afar, and his face is solemn. She traveled thousands of miles to Jianghan, originally wanting to find Shen Faxing, a big tyrant who occupies a quarter of the world, and persuade him to join forces with other heroes from all sides in the Central Plains to deal with Chen Kefu and carve up the Chen Dynasty. But he never thought that he had just arrived in the south and had not yet entered Jiangling City, and Shen Faxing would actually die.
Shen Faxing was seriously injured and died. Dong Chun won first and then lost. Annihilated. The Shen brothers competed for the throne, Shen Yu led troops into Jiangling to seize the throne, but Shen Wei borrowed Chen's army to compete for the throne. turned over the chaos, and in the end, it was all cheaper than the Chen Dynasty. Lu Shishen and Zhang Zhongjian went south in one fell swoop and took Jiang Ling. Originally, the Chen Dynasty had insufficient troops in the southwest and could only hold on to Xiangyang. But now, Chen's army has occupied Jiangling at once, and also captured the four counties of Jianghan and Badong County, and the situation has completely changed. This time, the Chen Dynasty did not hit Nan Chen hard, but also Yang Jun. In addition, with such a large occupation area as the five counties, Beichen no longer has to worry about the situation in the southwest for a few months, and with such a large buffer zone, even if a few families attack. They can last a year and a half.
"Miss, is Jiang Ling's Lu Shishen attacking? The Chen army has already occupied Xiangyang and Jiangling, and if they occupy Jiangxia again, the more than ten counties of Jianghan will all belong to Northern Chen. An old man worried.
"It shouldn't be Lu Shishen, he only has 30,000 horses in his hands, he has to guard Xiangyang, and now he has to guard Jiangling and the five new counties. He couldn't get any troops, and as far as I could see, these 30,000 troops were already the only heavy army southwest of Luoyang. And there are only more than 10,000 elite government soldiers among them, and most of the rest are composed of township soldiers. It's ridiculous that Shen Faxing I is a hero. There were actually five such stupid sons, and as soon as Shen Faxing died, they were all defeated by Chen Jun at once. ”
A scout dressed as a common man hurriedly arrived, "Miss, it was the Nanchen army that attacked the city last night, under the banner of Shen Luoyan, three thousand light horsemen, and they took Jiangxia in the middle of the night." Now Jiangxia City has completely fallen into their hands, I heard that Shen Laosan was killed by Shen Xi a few days ago, and Shen Xi had also fallen into the hands of the cavalry who entered the city last night. ”
"Nan Chen Jun fighting Nan Chen Jun? It can't be, right? The old man wondered.
Dou Hongxian suddenly laughed. For the first time in days, there was a look of joy.
"There is nothing impossible about this, since it is under the banner of Shen Luoyan, it seems that the young lady of the Shen family has taken action in person after all. The Shen family is now the only one who can turn the tide and fall. If she doesn't make a move, she is afraid that Nan Chen will not be able to breathe for a few days. There's her out of the way. It seems that Nan Chen's qi is not yet exhausted, and it seems that there is still hope for us to go south this time. ”…,
The old man was full of surprise: "A few days ago, the Jiujiang Counties were still in the hands of Bei Chen. Why did Shen Luoyan lead the army to Jianghan in a blink of an eye? This is really a lost corner and a gain in the east. Bei Chen had just captured the five counties near Jiangling and had won a big victory. Unexpectedly, the five counties of Jiujiang were taken away by Shen Luoyan in a blink of an eye, looking at the situation, Shen Luoyan was not good. According to Miss, which one can win this time, Shen Luoyan or Lu Shishen? ”
Dou Hongxian shook his head, disagreeing with the optimism of the uncle who had been following his father in the first place.
"They can't fight, although Shen Luoyan is menacing, he must do his best to fight Jiangdong soldiers and horses, desperately to solve the danger of Jianghan. But looking at their speed, it can be seen that the five counties of Jiujiang must have been automatically given up and withdrawn by the people of Beichen, and they would not have come so quickly if they didn't come. Bei Chen fought a big victory in Jiangling, but he took the initiative to show weakness and retreat in Jiujiang, which showed that everything was still under Bei Chen's control. ”
Although Chen Pojun transferred all the main forces to the north, he prepared to fight the Turks. But now that the war has not yet started, Chen Pojun still has an absolute advantage over Nan Chen. Giving up Jiujiang now is just temporary. The capture of the five counties of Jiangling was to attack instead of defend. However, the Xiangyang army had also reached its limit, so it was impossible for them to attack Jiangxia again. And Shen Luoyan is in charge of Nan Chen as a woman, and now the six Shen father and son are either dead or captured, although she has successfully sat in this position, but there must be opposition within her, and without a certain amount of time, she cannot really lead Nan Chen. ”
After sighing, Dou Hongxian still had a little loss in his heart: "Bei Chen's troops are limited now, and he will accept it when he sees it, and the next step will definitely be to turn to the defensive stage." And although Shen Luoyan needs to keep Jianghan and use this war to win momentum for her to ascend to the throne, it is enough to take Jiangxia and hold Anlu, Baling and other counties. If she really wants to attack Jiangling at this time, then she may be dragged in Jianghan, and her base camp Jiangdong is empty at this time, and it is entirely possible that she will be countered by Bei Chen. Therefore, this battle has already been fought before it has been fought. ”
"Shen Luoyan is here to come to Annei, this time she wants to calm the internal contradictions and really hold the power of Nan Chen. Lu Shi picked up a big bargain for a long time, and he would never get cheap and sell it well. The two sides can't fight, and it won't be long before Shen Luoyan will definitely withdraw his troops back to Jiangdong. ”
After another half a day, the scouts finally found out the detailed information.
Hearing that Shen Luoyan sent 350,000 troops, Dou Hongxian strengthened the speculation in his heart. The more soldiers Shen Luoyan dispatched, the more difficult it was to fight this battle. First, Jiangdong was so empty that Shen Luoyan didn't dare to stay longer. Second, even if Lu Shishen really had the intention of attacking Jiangxia, he would definitely not come up again when he saw Shen Luoyan put on this posture.
Dou Hongxian said with some disappointment: "We finally persuaded Tong Ye Hu to agree to let us go south to contact Zhuxiong, but we didn't expect such a big change in the south. The Shen family and Yang Jun have been hit hard, and it is even more regrettable that after the battle of Yichang, Shen Luoyan and Yang Jun have become enemies of life and death. ”
"If the Central Plains Zhuxiong can't unite with the Turks, I'm afraid it will be difficult to defeat Chen Po's army by relying on the Commander Ye Hu alone. If the Turks are defeated this time, we want to avenge the Xia King, and we don't know what year and month we will wait. "The old man's heart was full of unwillingness, Xia Guo was defeated, and few of the old brothers before and after survived. Hebei men are the most righteous people, for the old man, it doesn't matter what Huayi or what sect, only revenge is the most important.
"Uncle Zhang, I'm going to Jiangxia to see Shen Luoyan. Although Shen Luoyan is a woman, she is resourceful. I believe she understands the benefits of the alliance. Dou Hongxian clenched his fists tightly and said.
"Miss, in the current situation, I'm afraid it's useless to go." Uncle Zhang sighed. …,
"Uncle Zhang, if you want to take revenge, there is only this one chance. If you don't go, you don't have a chance. ”
In Jiujiang City, a fierce battle is in full swing.
No one could have imagined that the Northern Chen army, which had already taken the initiative to withdraw from Jiangbei without a fight, would suddenly launch an attack on Jiujiang, which had changed hands, after the Southern Chen army had crossed Jiujiang.
This sudden attack made the left-behind general Chen Dang unable to understand it in his dreams. If you want to beat you, you will fight, it was you who abandoned Jiujiang, but now you are running to rob it, isn't this sick? However, attacking it is not prepared, which is also the way of the art of war. Although it was a little unhappy to be thrown off by the Northern Chen army, Chen Dang was not afraid, and there were 5,000 soldiers and horses in Jiujiang City. He didn't believe that he couldn't hold Jiujiang, and he couldn't go far to the west, but it was the princess's army of 330,000.
As long as you hold on for half a day, the reinforcements will be able to come back to help, and then you will be able to counter-encircle and annihilate this invading Chen army.
However, Chen Dang was a little too optimistic, and until the appearance of the Northern Chen Army, the fierce battle was only half an hour. But Chen Dang felt that after half a day, the Northern Chen army's offensive was so fierce that it was difficult for him to resist.
There were not many Northern Chen troops besieging the city, only about 3,000. But the leaders of the troops are all famous people, and the main general is Hu Hai, the governor of Jiangxi who originally sat in Jiujiang, and the battlefield general who has followed Chen Pojun since Liaodong. He may not be able to command an army of 100,000 on his own. But in a siege battle like this, he is extremely proficient, not to mention that he is fighting Jiujiang City, which has changed hands twice.
And his left and right lieutenant generals are also quite prestigious, the left commander Xu Shiji, the general of Wagang in the Central Plains of Weizhen. The right commander Su Dingfang, a famous young general among the young generation of the Hebei Righteous Army, was not only valued by Dou Jiande back then, but also valued by Chen Pojun, and finally subdued this general by all means.
The three generals are all shows. The 3,000 soldiers and horses under his subordinates are all the most elite 3,000 veterans in the Jiangxi Province.
With such a combination, even Jiangnan generals like Shang Du Fuwei are not afraid, not to mention that at this time, they are only dealing with second-rate generals like Chen Dang. It was Jiujiang City that they had just taken the initiative to abandon.
As soon as the battle began, the long-arranged Neiying blew open the city gate and welcomed them into the city. Chen's army entered Jiujiang with a swift speed, and the tall city defense became a decoration. At the right time, the inner city should be even more chaotic and respond to Hu Hai.
Under the incomparably fierce offensive of the Northern Chen army, more than half of Chen Dang's 5,000 defenders were killed and wounded, and they were finally defeated. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )