Lin Yuan decisively let Huang Zu's first battalion of sailors enter the Yangtze River through the Shazhou Dam, go up the river, and attack Hanyang City.

Hanyang Fortress is a special city built by the river.

To the south of it is the vast Jianghan Plain, and to the north is the territory of Ezhou across the Yangtze River.

Occupy Hanyang, you can control the throat of the Jianghan Plain, and from then on, Qizhou and Yueyang in the southeast are close to the mouth.

In addition to the first battalion of Huang Zu's sailors, Yu Ban also led his troops north to attack by land.

The last way was the cavalry battalion commanded by Lin Yuan himself.

The three-way army formed a trap on Hanyang City.

At this time, Hanyang City was really just an isolated city.

Chiguoguo's exposure was in front of Lin Yuan.

As long as Hanyang City is taken, the entire Hanyang County will be able to be included in Lin Yuan's territory.

Hanyang-gun is dominated by plains, with an area of about 10 counties.

1 county, defined as a radius of 100 miles.

After Zhao Pusheng, the defender of Hanyang City, learned the news, he immediately sent a messenger to ask for help from Chen Youliang's forces in Ezhou.

It's a pity that the defenders in Ezhou didn't dare to move at all.

Because once they make a reckless move, the remaining four battalions of Lin Yuan's Longxiang Battalion in the western border of Ezhou will unceremoniously attack Ezhou.

At the end of March, the three-way army besieged Hanyang City.

In the city, Zhao Pusheng only had 8,000 defenders, and in the face of Lin Yuan's three-way army, he directly adopted the strategy of holding out.

No matter how Lin Yuan provoked, he avoided it without fighting.

There is no choice but to take a strong attack!

The good thing is that the forbidden third infantry battalion is a good siege player.

Lin Yuan directly handed over the task of attacking the city to Yu Ban and Huang Zu.

As for himself, he led the cavalry battalion to cross the Yangtze River north and enter the territory of Ezhou.

Ezhou is Chen Youliang's old nest and has been in business for a long time.

Moreover, Ezhou has 55 counties, which is twice as large as Suizhou, and the land is fertile and fertile for thousands of miles.

It is also because of the vast area that it has two county-level cities, Ezhou City and Huangzhou City.

It is also one of the few counties with two county-level cities.

The geographical location of Ezhou is very special, with Xinyang in the north, Hanyang in the south, Suizhou in the west, and Huaixi in the east.

Its overall topography is dominated by flat hills.

Su Shi's 'Thousand Riding Rolls Pinggang' describes this place.

After crossing the Yangtze River, Lin Yuan did not attack Ezhou City.

Although it is very tempting to occupy Chen Youliang's lair, the 100,000 troops in Ezhou City are also quite scary.

Moreover, on the eastern border of Ezhou, 100,000 troops were stationed.

In addition, there are 100,000 defenders in the city of Huangzhou in the northeast corner.

One Ezhou has 300,000 defenders, and Lin Yuan only has 5,000 cavalry.

His entry into Ezhou this time was purely for the purpose of stepping on the expedition in the future.

The cavalry battalion bypassed Ezhou City and headed for Huangzhou City in the northeast corner.

Lin Yuan had been walking north for two days, getting closer and closer to the northern border of Ezhou.

Suddenly, a sentry horse came to report ahead.

"Lord Yu, in Gaoqiao Town, 5 miles ahead, I found a golden soldier robbing the villagers!"

"Jin Bing?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Lin Yuan's expression.

Scout captain Takakura immediately explained: "My lord, Ezhou is adjacent to the northern Jin Kingdom and is the frontier position of both sides, so there are often Jin soldiers who go south to plunder the people of the Southern Song Dynasty and rob property!" ”

"Let's go, let's take a look!" Lin Yuan's eyes suddenly became a little cold.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jin State often indulged the Jin soldiers and went south to loot property.

Ezhou borders Xinyang, and the two sides have a long border, but there is no pass to defend.

This made Xinyang's Jin Bing even more unscrupulous.

They dispersed into small groups of rangers, avoided the garrison area of Huangzhou City, and entered the territory of Ezhou to plunder.

It's usually just a matter of grabbing something and leaving!

By the time the defenders of Huangzhou City arrived, they had already fled without a trace.

It's too mobile!

This is also the disadvantage of the agrarian civilization against the nomadic civilization.

Agrarian civilization needs strongholds to cultivate and rely on cities to make a living, while nomads, as long as they have horses and knives, the rest rely on raiding.

Because it was unable to effectively pursue these plundering Jin soldiers, the Southern Song Dynasty court turned a blind eye and did not know.

As long as it was not a large-scale attack on the city, the Southern Song Dynasty court endured.

After Chen Youliang occupied Ezhou, he basically adopted the same attitude as the Southern Song court.

However, Lin Yuan is different.

Not to mention any national carelessness, but any bloody man will stand up when he sees such a bandit.

This is the chivalrous spirit rooted in the bones of the descendants of China!

What's more, Lin Yuan led the cavalry this time.

Cavalry against cavalry!

Lin Yuan also wanted to see how strong and weak his cavalry was compared to the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom.

"Order the whole battalion, speed up, and rush up to destroy this small group of golden soldiers!"

Lin Yuan took the lead, thousands of horses rolled Pinggang, the dust and sand rolled, and Haohao Tang Tang rushed towards Gaoqiao Town.

Gaoqiao Town is a third-class town with a population of 10,000.

However, at this time, all the 1W people in the town were concentrated in the North Valley Field outside the town by the Jin soldiers.

Each person had to pay 10 taels of silver before he could leave.

According to the name of Jin Bing, this is pawn money!

If someone doesn't have 10 taels of silver, then he has to pawn the most valuable thing in the house, and if he can't make up 10 taels of silver, then he can only arrest the person.

The daughter was taken to the barracks, and the son was taken into slavery.

This is also the unspoken rule that in the past few years, the golden soldiers have gone south to plunder.

If they encountered resistance from the local people, the Jin soldiers would resolutely slaughter the village and town.

There are already many examples like this.

In the past, 10 taels of silver, the people could still make up everything they had at home.

But this time is different.

The leader of the troops this time was a commander named Zhang Wenguang, who is said to be the nephew of Zhang Bangchang of the pseudo-Chu.

This person is extremely greedy, and he actually asks for 1 tael of gold at a time.

1 tael of gold is 100 taels of silver.

It is 10 times higher than the previous pawn money.

The people of Gaoqiao Town couldn't pay it, so he gathered them in the North Valley Field outside the town and began to beat them severely.

The two pig killers in the town took the lead in resisting, and they were directly taken down by his soldiers, cut off their feet, tied them to wooden stakes, beat them with horsewhips dipped in water, and cut off pieces of minced meat with sharp knives on their chests.

The screams were terrifying, but Zhang Wenguang enjoyed it.

When the people in the town saw this, their anger reached their peak, and their eyes almost wanted to breathe fire.

The mayor of Gaoqiao Town is a middle-aged Confucian student, gentle and generous, with a straight body, and quite a Confucian demeanor.

He stood up directly, pointed at Zhang Wenguang's nose and scolded.

"You are a Han person, why do you turn your back on your ancestors, cut your hair and shave your head, recognize the Jurchen thief as your father, and kill the bloodline of the same clan, won't your heart hurt!"