Chapter 488: Land and Water Advance
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On the side, Li Shenfu said: "Big brother, since Liu Heimin has gone north to attack Wei Chigong, what should we do?" At this time, if you abandon Yu culture and take advantage of the void to attack Zhaozhou, it is also good. ”
Li Shentong turned around and said: "I won't be like this, jumping into the fire pit of the fierce battle between the two armies of Zhao and Xia, the Tang lord is going to take Luoyang, I am just a pawn who explores the way, attacking Zhaozhou, isn't it good for Li Chongjiu?" ”
Speaking of this, everyone laughed. Li Shenfu said with a smile: "That's just what I said. ”
Li Shentong looked forward to the left and right, and said at the moment: "What we have to do is to maintain the balance of power in Hebei, destroy Yu Wenhua, and support Liu Heimin not to be destroyed for Li Chongjiu, as long as Hebei remains like this, after the Tang Lord breaks through Luoyang, and then wave troops to Hebei and Shandong. ”
Hearing Li Shentong say this, everyone also nodded together.
Cui Min said dryly: "King Huai'an, do you want to ask the Son of Heaven about this matter?" ”
Li Shentong said: "It stands to reason that the official document has arrived in Chang'an, but the Son of Heaven has full authority in Shandong, and a certain is set to omit here, first to destroy Yu culture, then to support Liu Heimin, and three to ensure that the land of Hanoi is not lost." ”
When everyone heard this, they all bowed down and said yes.
Li Shentong was full of ambition, and said with a smile: "At present, we might as well watch from the wall, garrison troops here, and see how Liu Heimin kills Wei Chi Gong, if Liu Heimin wins, we will attack Yu Culture and, if Liu Heimin is defeated, we will send troops to aid Xia." ”
Xindu, the rule of the ancient Yizhou, and the Yizhou is the Kyushu. In ancient times, Yao, Shun and Yu were all in Hebei, so they were called Jifang, which was the name of the ancient Central Plains.
For Liu Heimin, the location of Xindu County is extremely important, connecting Hejian County in the north, Qinghe River in the south, and Wu'an County. Zhao County in the east, Xiangguo County, Yongji Canal in the west, and the Yellow River are around.
Liu Heimin's 20,000 elite soldiers rushed from Yongnian City in Zhaozhou to Changle County, Xindu County, and Liu Sergeant marched lightly, but it took three days' effort. When he arrived in Changle County, he could be described as a god, and it also showed the elite of Liu Heimin's army.
Now outside Changle City, Sergeant Liu wore a red scarf on his head and held a fiery red battle flag, standing all over the mountains. A strong fighting spirit enveloped the entire mountain.
Liu Heimin looked at Wei Chi Gong's men and horses in the mountains, with a solemn look on his face, and his younger brother Liu Shishan asked Liu Heimin: "Big brother, all of our elites have come, plus the men and horses of this Xindu County soldier, there are 30,000 people, which is three times that of Wei Chi Gong. is just going to be able to storm the enemy in one go, why did the eldest brother hesitate at this time? ”
Liu Heimin looked at Liu Shishan and said: "I don't know what you said, it's just that this lieutenant Chi Gong knows that there are few soldiers, but he doesn't retreat here, isn't it a fraud?" ”
Liu Shishan heard the words and said: "Big brother, you don't know that the Zhao people have been winning in a row. The arrogance is really arrogant, this Wei Chi Gong heard that he was a welding general under Li Chongjiu, and he never took people seriously, but this time he actually captured Li Tang's drum city, which is tantamount to pulling out Li Shentong's face in public, I think he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and deliberately provokes our army here. ”
Liu Heimin looked at Liu Shishan and said, "If that's the case." That's it. ”
General Zhang Jun said: "General, but Li Chongjiu's grassland horse is still in Youjing, as long as Gaoyang is not lost." Don't worry about its cavalry going south, this lieutenant Chi Gong is the fat meat sent to the door. ”
Liu Heimin nodded and said, "That's right, are the ministries ready?" ”
Liu Shishan clasped his fists and said: "I'm ready, just wait for the general's order." ”
Liu Heimin nodded happily and said, "The whole army is attacking!" ”
Just as the drummer on Liu Heimin's side was about to beat the drum, suddenly someone from the mountain rushed up the mountain in a hurry and said, "Wait, general, something is wrong." ”
Liu Heimin's eyes lit up, and when he saw that the other party was Ling Jing, he said: "You are not in the town of Zhaozhou, what are you doing in the letters?" is so in a hurry, was Gaoyang City attacked by Li Chongjiu, or was Gao Yaxian rebelled by Li Chongjiu? ”
"Neither." Ling Jing shook his head, and the person was still panting violently.
Liu Heimin heard that Gaoyang City was not lost, and said with a smile: "Since Gaoyang City is not lost, what am I afraid of?" ”
Ling Jing's face turned pale, shook his head and said, "General, do you know that today Li Chongjiu burned the barrage on the Changlucheng River with more than 20 fireboats, and his naval ships have already gone south along the Yongji Canal. ”
Liu Heimin's body was shocked when he heard this, and he said: "It turned out to be Yongji Canal!" ”
Hejian County Changlu County, Yanshan County, which is next to Bohai County at the moment, has always been an important transit place for Hebei Yandao to transfer from Yongji Canal to Luoyang Jingshi. Due to the proximity to the Yongji Canal and the salt industry, this place traveled from south to north and commerce, which also made the imperial court set up a water gate here to supervise the ships coming and going from the south to the north.
Now there is a raging fire burning on the river outside Changlu County, and the Xia Army Naval Division stationed in Changlu County, as well as the former Hengjiang Iron Cable, are now burning on the river. Half of the boat was submerged, the other half was on fire, and corpses were floating on the river, indicating that there had just been a fierce battle.
On the north side of the Yongji Canal, hundreds of large and small water boats are paved on the canal. The fiery red Zhaozi flag, planted horizontally on the bow of the ship, is far away like a spark burning the plain, covering the entire river from far and near.
The troop transport ship opened the way in front, and it was full of Zhao soldiers, and the side of the ship was very deep into the water, and it was the grain ship that ate the Zhao army. Nearly 10,000 Zhao troops rode along both sides of the river, sandwiching the water. The Zhao army Wansheng Army, the elite cavalry of the Assault Cavalry Regiment, set fire to the Xia army's piled up military supplies on the port, turning the port into a blank field.
"Your Majesty, our army has captured Changlu County."
Li Chongjiu and Zhang Xuansu were on a big boat, and they all nodded when they heard Xue Wanche's advice.
On the side, Ji Chuan asked: "Xia Jun is here with many people and horses, above the water pass, the water division has been destroyed, the water pass has been broken, and it is difficult for Changlu County not to fall." ”
Xue Wanche said: "The county order was originally stubborn, but it was killed by the county lieutenant in the city, and the county lieutenant opened the door with his head and surrendered, so it was effortless. ”
Li Chongjiu looked at Zhang Xuansu and said with a smile: "I remember the county lieutenant, it was your internal response to the rebellion." ”
Zhang Xuansu smiled and nodded.
It turned out that Li Chongjiu personally led an army of 30,000 people, and did not take 6 routes from Youjing to Gaoyang City, but boarded a boat in most of Yongnu County and went south by water from Yongji Canal.
Before Li Chongjiu had already ordered Lin to be the front, Zhou Bo requisitioned hundreds of merchant ships and grain ships in Youjing, this time Li Chongjiu took the Yongji Canal, it was with these hundreds of ships to load his own 20,000 foot soldiers, as well as a month's military rations for 30,000 troops, and then ordered the cavalry regiment and the cavalry of the Wansheng Army to march along the river with the boats, and to attack the downstream of the Yongji Canal with the momentum of water 6 parallel.
Zhang Xuansu spread out the map and said: "From Changlu County to the south, you need to pass through Gonggao of Hejian County, Wuyi of Xindu County, Zhangnan of Qinghe County, Wucheng, Qingyang, Yongji of Wuyang County, Guantao, you can go to the east of the Daimyo of Zhaozhou, and then go south from the Daimyo, through Neihuang, you can reach Liyangcang." ”
Li Chongjiu looked at it from the map, Yongji Canal is like a link, connecting this line of Hebei heavy cities together, Zhaozhou is Liu Heimin's base camp, and Liyang Cang has grain that can be replenished.
Zhang Xuansu said with a smile: "Liu Heimin stationed in Gaoyang City with Gao Yaxian, but it is not our Hebei grain road, and our army uses the Yongji Canal to transport grain, so the soldiers, horses, money and grain can be from the canal, and the money and grain can continue to reach Yuzhou, so why not be afraid of Liu Heimin cutting off my grain road." ”
All the generals laughed, and even Ji Chuan rarely echoed Zhang Xuansu's opinion, and said: "At the beginning, Yang Guang repaired the Yongji Canal in order to transfer the grain from Henan to Youjing for the purpose of conquest of the Liao army. Our army can get twice the result with half the effort by transporting grain by waterway, and it can also directly attack Liu Heimin's confidant. Liu Heimin is like this, how dare he leave Zhaozhou without permission to support Gaoyang and Xindu, he can only be trapped in Zhaozhou, and our army is divided into several roads, which can sweep the cities of Hebei, isolate Liu Heimin in Zhaozhou, and overcome it in the last battle. ”
Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "It's appropriate." ”
At this moment, Xue Wanshu said: "The water barriers on the river have been completely cleared, and the water army can go south." ”
Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "Levy civilian service from Changlu County, pull boats for the navy and slender men, as for Wu Gu Nai, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin and other generals, when they encounter a stubborn enemy, they don't have to fight, passing under the city, our army's target is only in Zhaozhou, not in the counties around the canal." ”
After that, Li Chongjiu's hundreds of ships, loaded with military rations, men and horses, hoisted full sails, and headed south along the Yongji Canal. Wu Gu Nai, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin and other generals led the cavalry and marched with the ship.
The Xia army on both sides of the Yongji Canal saw the Zhao army's army passing by, and they were terrified, where did they dare to go out of the city to intercept. Li Chongjiu recruited 10,000 people from Changlu County and pulled fiber with the ship.
Li Chongjiu's army marched south along the Yongji Canal, and when they arrived at Gonggao County, they suddenly heard that the waterway ahead was blocked.
It turned out that Gonggao County was garrisoned by Dong Kangmai, a general under Liu Heimin, and the Gonggao County Navy had 20 small boats and 500 sailors.
Dong Kang bought Li Chong's main army of 930,000 and arrived along the river, and he immediately ordered all the sailors to sink on the river, wanting to stop Li Chongjiu's army from going south. But Dong Kangmai didn't expect to think of it,
Li Chongjiu had already taken precautions, and the 5,000 civilian servants who had been recruited stepped forward to cooperate with Li Chongjiu's navy to clean up the sunken ship.
The civilian servants went directly into the water at Li Chongjiu, hooked the sunken ship, and dragged it to the shore. Dong Kangmai wanted to mobilize troops to attack and sabotage the civilian service and clear the boat, but when he saw a large force of cavalry on the shore, he immediately retreated.
However, in an hour, the water surface was cleaned up, Li Chongjiu's navy continued to move south, and the Xia army's navy sank in vain.
Xia Jun Dong Kangmai was on the hill in the distance, watching Zhao Guo's navy march south, and suddenly wanted to vomit blood.
After that, the guards of Zhangnan County of Xindu County announced the surrender of Zhao State, Li Chongjiu's army was unimpeded, and the army advancing by waterway was like entering a no-man's land, and the guards of Wuyi, Wucheng, and Zongcheng counties along the Xia Army Canal only dared to retreat to defend the city, and did not dare to go out of the city.
Li Chongjiu's former army arrived at Qinghe, which was only more than 100 miles away from Liu Heimin's base camp in Zhaozhou. At this time, Liu Heimin, who was in Xindu, fell into a dilemma.