Chapter 125: Actually, it's still a blockade
Duoduo, the prince of Yu of the Great Qing Dynasty and the general of Dingguo, finally waited for this moment, and Zhou Yuji's army abandoned Sizhou.
It took Duoduo a long time to cross the river, because there was no bridge on the Bianhe River near Sizhou that could cross the river, and Duoduo had to erect a pontoon bridge for the army to pass. Of course, Duoduo didn't forget to send someone to inform Zhun Tower that he wouldn't use it, and Zhou Yuji's army had already been "repulsed" by himself.
When the people sent by Duoduo found the Zhun Tower, this Qing Dynasty warrior ran very fast, and his army was only a few dozen miles away from Xuyi.
Ran over with all the difficulty, isn't this a play man? Zhun Ta doesn't want to go back, Baoying is full of water, he doesn't like water, and Zhun Ta likes to fight with horses galloping. There's water everywhere too, but it's less after all, at least you don't have to see dizzying boats all the time. The discipline of the Qing army was harsh, and Zhun Ta could not disobey military orders, so the clever Zhun Ta stopped in place, and he asked the commander Duoduo to ask him whether he would continue to move forward or rush back to Baoying.
Waiting is boring, especially in the rain, or continuous rain.
Zhun Ta still has a harvest, 30,000 new attached troops have been trained, Zhun Ta let them understand what is called strict military discipline, this way of running wildly, as long as they fall behind, they will be driven away, and if they can't keep up, they will only be left to wield a knife.
No matter what Zhun Ta thought, he didn't understand that these Han people were so cowardly, up to officials, generals, soldiers, gentry, and common people, Weishenme was so cowering, except to flee was to surrender. In particular, the soldiers of the Ming army, who were also soldiers, repeatedly chose to surrender and laid down their arms without a fight. Now, no one resisted even the soldiers who slashed the captives and surrendered with their swords, and Zhun Ta could not understand it.
For two whole days, in the midst of the impatience of the tower, Dordor finally sent someone to inform him that the news was good; The two armies will meet in the south of Xuyi for twenty miles.
Tianchang is not bad in this place, full of reeds and paddy fields interspersed, large swamps, small rivers and many lakes, this kind of terrain is good for Zhou Huchen. The cavalry that can make your Jiannu useless, especially the father Zhou Yuji's troops to come to the aid is even better.
"Oh my God! Look at this place, my cavalry! How will this battle be fought? Liu Qi and Zhou Huchen's calmness was different, and when he saw Zhou Yuji, he began to complain:
Now Liu Qi is a deputy general, a cavalry deputy general, how does he feel that this day is a tragedy, for his cavalry, this day is a tragic place, the war horse is to run cautiously, let alone to carry out large-scale cavalry operations.
Zhou Yuji ignored Liu Qi's complaints. Instead, he asked directly: "Where is the Inspector now?" Where did Jiannu go? How is my armament war?
"Back to the Governor, the Inspector has returned to Yangzhou, and it is more reassuring for the Inspector to sit in Yangzhou. Jiannu is in Mudian, sixty miles away, according to the scout's report, Jiannu has not moved in the past two days, and it is estimated that he is waiting for Baoying to come to the Jiannu Division. It is ready for battle, ammunition and various supplies are abundant. Zhou Huchen also ignored Liu Qi's complaints, and he directly began to return to Zhou Yuji.
"The terrain of this day is considered to have abolished all the cavalry, and only the group of hard-fought infantry was left to attack and defend. Jiannu's foot soldiers are also battle-hardened. Don't underestimate it, this is a bloody battle! "Zhou Yuji actually doesn't like the strangulation battle between the pawns, but likes the kind of exhilarating and dripping of horses and slashing, but Tianchang is such an environment in this place. No one can change that.
Zhou Huchen didn't expect that the blocking battle in Sizhou would form such a situation, although it was a little unexpected, but Zhou Huchen had his own plans, and it was also for his own convenience to take Shi Kefa away. So he said it directly to Zhou Yuji:
"I really don't know the total strength of Jiannu, but the two lines of soldiers and horses of Jiannu converge. With the addition of those surrendered troops, the total strength should be better than ours, but there will not be much difference. This day is a long blockade, and our battlefield should be in Yangzhou. ”
Zhou Yuji was a little stunned by Zhou Huchen's words: "Block, weishenme?" "The troops and logistical supplies are so sufficient, Zhou Yuji doesn't understand what Zhou Huchen Weishenme wants to say.
Zhou Huchen's words revealed the tactics of this operation, but this tactic does not conform to Zhou Yuji's style, his style has always been fearless and courageous, not really there is no way, Zhou Yuji will never compromise in the battle, his style is to fight with the enemy to the end. The current situation is that although Jiannu is strong, his army is also not weak, so he should fight to the death, and Zhou Huchen's combat strategy is somewhat contrary to Zhou Yuji's combat concept.
"The day is a little far away from Yangzhou, the road is difficult, the supply is difficult, and at the same time, the day is too wet, which is not conducive to my use of military firearms, or Yangzhou is more suitable." Zhou Huchen began to explain and gave reasons.
But is that the reason?
With a large number of auxiliaries and supplies to rely on, is it less than a hundred miles away?
The sky is long and humid, is Yangzhou not humid, and what is the big difference with the sky?
The difference is that Yangzhou is its own territory, the location is favorable, and Yangzhou City is used as a place for defense. But Yangzhou also has defects, Yangzhou's topography is just lonely in the north of the river, and it may be surrounded.
In fact, Tianchang itself is an excellent place to fight, the east side is just the waters of Jinhu, and Liliang Jiannu on the water is at an absolute disadvantage, so that Jiannu cannot fight in a roundabout way on this side; On the west side is the water town, especially further south, in addition to the boundless reeds and paddy fields are swamps, it is also difficult to break through on this side; Jiannu's cavalry has always been strong, and the geographical environment of Tianchang just stifies the strengths of Jiannu's cavalry, coupled with the barrier of the Baita River, which stretches horizontally for nearly 100 miles, it is definitely the best place to fight nearby.
"It's completely possible to fight, there's no problem with guarding the Baita River, where is the use of retreating to Yangzhou?"
Zhou Yuji disagreed with Zhou Huchen's point of view, he thought that he could compete with Jiannu in Tianchang.
In fact, this is not a question of victory or defeat, it is a holistic consideration, and Zhou Huchen has his own jihua. Victory cannot be said to be in his hands, but Zhou Huchen does not think that he will lose, but he is unwilling to carry out close and continuous strangulation with Jiannu, Jiannu can't afford to lose, how can he not be like this. Once the loss is heavy, it will be a huge obstacle to those jihua in his own heart.
"Since my father has objections, this matter can be discussed later, all the way around, and I also ask my husband and father to take a break in the tent for a while." Zhou Huchen didn't talk about it for the time being, he decided to use Jian Chen and let the two of them persuade Zhou Yuji.
Zhou Yuji is a person with a relatively stubborn temper, but this stubbornness is based on ideas, not irrational stubbornness, and Zhou Huchen still has a chance to convince him.
The two armies met, and it was easy to set up camp, and Zhou Yuji didn't have to worry about these things.
Entering the big tent, Jian Chen and Zhou Huchen began to open their bows left and right, frequently explaining this combat strategy to Zhou Yuji.
In fact, Jian Chen is a helper, no matter what decision Zhou Huchen makes, Jian Chen will help, his think tank is equivalent to Zhou Huchen's mouthpiece, and he is completely unconditionally doing things for Zhou Huchen.
After the two of them continued to lure, explain and clarify the pros and cons with various reasons, Zuihou, Zhou Yuji finally agreed, but Zhou Yuji also put forward his request; You can't give up easily, and if you have a chance to win, you must recreate a slave. (To be continued......)
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