Chapter 26: The Battle of Jiujiang (continued)

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The number of boat divisions from Nanyang County was not large, only more than 50 warships and 3,000 men and horses, after all, if there were many of them, they might disturb the Chu army in Yingdu. In comparison, the Chu army boat division, which has more than 120 warships and more than 5,000 people, is more like an invincible behemoth.

But the problem is that Xiang Fengtuo is big, thinking that there is no Han army boat division on the river, so only 3,000 people are left to guard the ferry. There were even fewer people left on the ships, and on average, there were less than twenty people on each ship.

Therefore, when the Nanyang Boat Division, which had been dormant for a long time, showed its hideous fangs, went down the river, and launched a fire attack, the Chu army could not organize effective resistance at all. Twenty people are okay to operate the boat, and if they want to launch a counterattack, they are purely self-defeating. As for the Chu army on the shore, in the face of the battle on the river, if they want to help Paoze, they are also more than willing but not enough.

When more than 50 warships of the Chu army burned into a raging fire and reflected the surface of the river, the remaining Chu army boat divisions knew that they could not do anything, so they immediately scattered as birds and beasts, and fled for their lives in a hurry.

As soon as the Chu army boat division fled like this, it immediately pushed the Chu army led by Xiang Feng to the edge of the cliff. Behind him is the rolling river with no way to escape, and in front of him is an impassable valley. If you want to escape, you can only go east along the river. As for going west? The west has been occupied by the South Korean army, and no one knows whether the South Korean army will continue to increase its troops, and if it is not careful, it may fall into a desperate situation surrounded on all sides.

Of course, Xiang Feng was the lieutenant of Jiujiang County. As the leader of the Xiang clan, he still cherishes his reputation and is unwilling to run away lightly! After all, the number of South Korean troops is no more than 10,000 people! His 5,000 pioneers were broken, and he also lost 6,000 people in the valley, counting the more than 2,000 boat masters who fled or died. There are still 22,000 people under his command, although it is not twice as large as the South Korean army, but it also occupies a lot of numerical advantages, right?

What's more, it is easy to escape, but behind him is Jiujiang County, once he runs east, the Han army can quickly occupy Jiujiang as if he was in a no-man's land! The consequences of such a strict zhòng are unacceptable to Xiang Feng! Once Jiujiang is lost, even the Xiang clan will not be able to protect themselves!

So. Xiang Feng could only hope that the whole army would muster up Yu Yong and be able to stalemate with the South Korean army for a while. In this way, the escaped boat division can also return to Jiangnan, regroup the army, and then make a comeback, defeat the Han army's boat division, regain control of the Zì River, and transport their own group to Jiangnan. It is better to rely on the river defense line. Defend Jiangnan.

To this end, Xiang Feng ordered his Chinese military flag to be held high. At the same time, he inspected the whole army and greeted the ordinary soldiers to show that he would live and die with them. At the same time, Xiang Feng also ordered people to take out all the few treasures in the army, and rewarded the sergeants who had killed the enemy, which was regarded as fulfilling his previous promise.

But these things. It only alleviated the worries of the Chu army. The flames rising from the surface of the river were clearly visible even if they were more than ten miles away, and even the stupid Chu army guessed that his back road had been cut off, and it was by no means an ordinary water walk as the commanders said. Moreover, Xiang Feng was suddenly so good-looking. Doesn't it show that the Chu army is now in a desperate situation and needs the three armies to serve their lives?

Now that the defense has been determined, before inspecting the three armies, Xiang Feng has already ordered the construction of an offensive to stand by. It's just that the fortifications of the Chu army were only half completed, and the 10,000 Han troops led by Wang Jian launched an offensive.

Procrastination has never been Wang Qian's style, and neither is mercy on his subordinates! Although even if the 20,000 Chu army retreated to Jiangnan, Wang Jian was sure enough to break through, but it would undoubtedly delay time. He spent more than ten days under the city of Qixian County, precisely to lure the Chu army to attack. Now that the back road of the Chu army has been cut off and the army's morale is unstable, it is a good time to use troops!

In the face of the onslaught of the Korean army, the Chu army resisted tenaciously, but sometimes, the outcome of the war is not subject to human will. After the fortifications that were relied on were destroyed, the hastily assembled Chu army's array was then torn open by the Han army's dense and undodgable rain of arrows. One thousand forest heavy cavalry, two thousand forest light cavalry, in the face of the scattered Chu army light infantry, it was a complete massacre. In just two hours, more than 20,000 Chu troops were killed in the battle, more than 15,000 were killed, more than 5,000 surrendered, and the remaining more than 1,000 people either fled into the mountains and forests, or were forced to jump into the boiling river, and their lives and deaths were unknown. Xiang Feng, the chief general of the Chu army, committed suicide, and the three captains, except for Xiang Yi, who escaped, the other two were all killed in battle.

After solving the main force of the Chu army in Jiangbei, Wang Jian returned to Qi County. Last night, the South Korean army feinted to attack Qi County, making Qi County feel like a great enemy. In this regard, the Qi County guard only sent more people to the city, but did not have the courage to send people to inquire about the news. Even though the sound of fighting was faintly heard in the second half of the night, and it was never interrupted, the Qi County guard thought that this was just a suspicious tactic of the Korean army and wanted to lure him out of the city. By mistake, the 3,000 people prepared by Wang Jian waited in vain for the whole night.

However, when Xiang Feng's head appeared in front of the Qi County defenders, the last trace of luck of the Chu army disappeared. Xiang Feng died, the 35,000-strong reinforcements were almost wiped out, and the defenders of Qi County had realized that it was impossible for the entire Jiujiang County to send a second wave of reinforcements, and Qi County had completely become a place of death, and if they wanted to live, there was only one way to surrender.

On March 17, the county commander of Qi County, Jing Ying, led the people to surrender, Wang Jian was overjoyed, ordered Jing Ying to remain the county commander, dismissed the Chu soldiers, and ordered them to return to their hometowns. The defense of Qi County was taken over by a thousand Korean troops.

On March 18, Wang Jian led 10,000 Korean troops to cross the Yangtze River to the south. On March 22, he took the shallow plain, and on the 25th, he surrounded Jiujiang County and governed Nanchang County. After holding on for three days, Jiujiang County Shou Mi Xuan accepted the lobby of the wealthy clan in the city and surrendered the city.

With the cooperation of Mi Xuan, the Korean army occupied the entire county of Jiujiang County in only half a month. Since then, the vast area east of the Xiang River and west of the Gan River has been owned by the South Korean army. Of course, limited by the number of the Korean army, it cannot be called completely controlled, but the orders of the Chu State cannot reach this vast area!

On 3 April, the Korean general Le Cheng led 30,000 troops along the Han River to the south, and in only 10 days, he captured the land of 100 miles east of the Han River and west of the Han River.

At this time (mid-April), the king of Chu, who was far away in Jiangdong, suddenly discovered that Korea had divided the huge Chu State into two! The capital of Yingdu and the place of sacrifice Yiling have become enclaves, surrounded by Korea on three sides! Finally won Huiji, and the Chu State, which forced Yue Guo to retreat eastward, suddenly had a feeling that the gains outweighed the losses! And at the same time, the smoke of the north is rising! (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)