"Ah He, but you also know that our Yan Army has never been good at siege warfare, and the city defense system on the Chuzhou side is obviously much stronger than that on the Huaibei side. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Qin Heng knew the meaning of the Qin River, and he couldn't drag it out any longer, so he wanted to take Huaiyin before the Yangzhou naval army arrived in Chuzhou, or use the attack on Huaiyin to force the Hailing army that was cowering in Shanyang City to come out and defeat the Hailing army in one fell swoop.

This is indeed a problem.

Although the Flame Army was strong, its performance in the siege of Huaibei was lackluster.

In addition to taking advantage of the mobile advantage in the early stage and taking advantage of Huaibei to capture a few county seats, the Yan army repeatedly suffered setbacks in attacking the city in the later period.

Like the first battle of Hongxian, 30,000 troops besieged, Hongxian only 5,000 troops were stationed, but they failed to fight for five days, and dragged on until Yu Mingzhen led the army from Xiapi to feel that the siege was lifted, and the battle of Shuyang was even more besieged for many days, and finally when the army was withdrawn, it was counterattacked by the Huaibei army, and suffered heavy losses.

This is not good at siege warfare has become a major weakness of the Flame Army, and even the high-level commanders of the Flame Army are also studying how to solve this shortcoming, so that the Flame Army can really give full play to its combat effectiveness in the battle.

"Second uncle, the people from Baishuitang have already contacted the people of Fanliang Lake, Baima Lake and Sheyang Lake, and the sailors from Yangzhou are only two armies, as long as they can hold this sailor armies, maybe we can catch them off guard. Qin He's eyes flashed.

There are many water bandits on Huainan Road, Baishuitang is the water tyrant of Chuzhou, while Fanliang Lake and Baima Lake are on both sides of the Cao Canal between Chuzhou and Yangzhou, there is a waterway to communicate with the Cao Canal, and Sheyang Lake is the big Xuze in the east of Chuzhou.

These lakes are all rampant with water bandits, but because the Cao Canal is the key patrol section of the Yangzhou Water Army, the water bandits in Fanliang Lake and Baima Lake basically only dare to operate in the lake, and rarely step into the Cao Canal, unless there is a great temptation to buy and sell, they will only make a vote.

"Oh?" Qin Heng is not stupid, rubbing his jaw, his eyes flowing, "Ah He, then why don't you set up an ambush in Anyi? It is also closer to Fanliang Lake and Baima Lake, not to mention that Huaiyin's status cannot be compared with Anyi, as long as we besiege Anyi, we may cut off Caoyun, Shanyang is absolutely intolerable, and it is bound to come to the rescue, it is far better than setting up an ambush in Huaiyin." ”

"Of course, it is better to set up Fu Anyi, but the main force of the Baishuitang gang is still in Huaishui, and it is difficult to pose a threat to the Yangzhou Navy with those people from Fanliang Lake and Baima Lake alone. ”

Qin He didn't think about this problem, but he originally looked down on the Baishuitang water bandits, thinking that they were a rabble, but because the Yan Army didn't have a water army, he could only rely on them for the time being.

As for the Fan Lianghu and Baima Lake bandits who said that the Baishuitang bandits said they wanted to contact, he didn't have much hope.

It's just that now he wants to urge Qin Heng to clean up the army as soon as possible, so that it can be used at any time, so he said this, but he didn't expect Qin Heng to admit it, so he couldn't help but start degrading the bandits again.

"Ah He, I'm afraid the situation is not what you think. Qin Heng shook his head, "Whether it's Baishuitang, Fanliang Lake and Baima Lake, I don't like their performance after they go ashore, but you have to admit that they still have a set on the water, our Yan Army is really not good on this, you don't see Han Baling's guy deliberately befriending the Jiang bandits on the Xuanzhou side, it is said that now from Zongyang to Shizhen, he and a group of people are stirring up the Xuanzhou and Runzhou soldiers to turn their backs, just rely on those water bandits to help him travel north and south of the river at will." ”

Qin He didn't talk, Qin Heng didn't care, he also knew that this kind of opinion could not be reversed all at once.

"Yangzhou Navy escorts Caoqu, but also from stepping into Fanliang Lake and Baima Lake, which shows that Yangzhou Navy is still a little afraid of Fanliang Lake and Baima Lake water bandits, I have learned, Wudi Navy elite is Runzhou Water Army, was taken away by Xu Zhixun, Yangzhou Navy is not as strong as Runzhou, and Wu Water Army is much inferior to Shouzhou Water Army, Baishuitang Water Bandit also dares to shout with Shouzhou Water Army, so I think if Baishuitang and Fan Liang Lake, These people from Baima Lake are united, not to mention eliminating the Yangzhou Naval Army, but it should be no problem to contain and drag the Yangzhou Naval Army, right?"

Qin Heng's words made Qin He finally a little tempted, if he could really use these water bandits to drag down the Yangzhou Water Army, then this battle would be somewhat interesting.

"Map!" Qin He grabbed the reins of the horse, turned over and dismounted.

A personal soldier had already sent the map over, and Qin He crouched on the ground, unfolding the map on the ground.

This is a very fine map of Chuzhou, which depicts the geographical topography of the entire Chuzhou, and the Huaishui, Caoqu and the towns and roads around these two important water passages are all outlined in great detail, which is obviously not something ordinary people can have.

This is a map that Qin He traced from his father-in-law Qin Quan, and the original map was obtained when he laid Lianshui, this is a military map of Huaibei, and it also shows that Huaibei was originally ambitious for Huainan in the early years, but it was lost in history with the decline of Huaibei.

"Second uncle, if we plan to set up an ambush in Anyi, how can we fight?" Qin He's eyes fell on the line of Caoqu on the map, which was the enemy who must be saved, "Will it attract reinforcements from Yangzhou?"

Qin Heng had also dismounted, handed the reins to his own soldiers, and squatted down himself, observing carefully.

"Yangzhou can send a naval army is already commendable, and now Li Yu's army is still besieging Yang Pu in Luzhou, and he can't even take care of Haozhou, where can there be more troops to support Haizhou? Besides, didn't Li Yu's establishment of the Hailing Army want it to defend Chuzhou? How can there be any reason why if something happens in Chuzhou and the Hailing Army does not move, but Yangzhou comes to help?"

Qin Heng's words did not make Qin He relieved, "Even if the reinforcements from Yangzhou don't come, then we will besiege Anyi, and what if Chuzhou only comes to the aid with some infantry troops and naval troops?"

The strategy of the Flame Army is to force the Hailing Army stationed in Shanyang to step out of Shanyang City, and the consumption of this siege battle is something that the Flame Army cannot afford, but if the Hailing Army can be transferred out of Shanyang City, it will be much easier.

"It's a matter of what strategy to use. "Qin Heng didn't have a better way for a while, after all, the Hailing Army stationed in Shanyang City had strong troops, and if he only mobilized some troops and added water troops to help, he would not be able to achieve his goal.

Qin He's gaze was fixed on the map, and he didn't move, "We must transfer the main force of the Hailing Army in Shanyang City, but how can we do it?"

Now that the Father-in-law's army is stationed near Shanyang, in this case, it is impossible for the Hailing army to come out, which is a difficult problem.

Luzhou City.

The stones are like rain, and the crossbows are like the wind.

With a burst of shouts, a huge rolling log hula rolled down the slope, and in an instant, more than a dozen soldiers broke their bones and tendons in the screams, and were crushed into a piece of flesh.

It was a hill built by the defenders outside the city, and with the help of the superior terrain, the whole area could be condescending, and it was extremely suitable for launching an attack with rolling logs.

In order to exert the power of this hillside, the defenders of Luzhou extended the original shallow hill to both sides, so that its coverage was larger.

If you want to attack the city wall of Luzhou, then you will inevitably be exposed to the long-range strike weapons such as trebuchets, ballistas, and gun carriages on this hill, and if you want to attack this hill, then the arrows and crossbows on the city wall can cover the attack surface, and at the same time, the slope brought by the hill makes the power of the rolling wood be greatly amplified, so that Li Yu's Eastern Navy suffered heavy losses.

Li Yu, who was covered in armor, was much thinner, and his originally rich and fair face became a little almost sickly yellow and thin at this time, but he was a little more anxious and impatient, and seeing that another round of attacks was defeated, he couldn't help but stick the long sword in his hand into the mud.

"Zhonghua, it can't go on like this!"

Xu Wenzhi, who was wearing heavy armor and an iron helmet, turned around, forcibly suppressed the anxiety in his heart, and said indifferently: "Your Majesty, the trapped beast is still fighting, this is Yang Pu's lair, it will definitely not be so easy to attack, we need some patience." ”

The siege of Luzhou has lasted for ten days, the battle is unprecedentedly fierce, the East Navy, the town navy launched a full-scale attack from both sides of the north gate and the east gate, but the battle situation is still deadlocked.

The town navy and the east navy have paid a lot, but they have also achieved a lot of results, the north gate was captured twice, but they were still beaten out by Yang Pu's personal guards, and now the battle has been transferred to the east gate, because the east gate city wall has been destroyed by the siege vehicles of the east navy for two sections in a row, even if there is the threat of this hill, but this is undoubtedly a good breakthrough point.

Xu Wenzhi can understand the restlessness of the sovereign.

From the news obtained the day before yesterday, the main force of the ant thief army began to besiege Huaiyin, and the offensive was fierce, although Huaiyin's city defense system is also perfect, but after all, it is only a county town, the number of garrisons is only 10,000 people, in the face of the crazy attack of the ant thief army of more than several times, it is also a little unbearable, but also thanks to the reinforcements of the two armies of the Yangzhou Water Army, it barely resisted the attack of the ant thief.

Chuzhou cannot afford to lose, once Chuzhou falls, then the entire north of Yangzhou will be opened, which is unacceptable.

Once Huaiyin is lost, then Shanyang is in danger.

However, what made Xu Wenzhi more worried was An Yi, the ant thief did not choose An Yi as the attack point, but chose Huaiyin, which still made him a little puzzled.

Anyi's city defense system is not as good as Huaiyin, and the geographical location is more important, which is somewhat unreasonable, the only factor may be that Anyi is close to Gaoyou, and it is also very close to Yangzhou, is the ant thief worried that Gaoyou and Yangzhou's tooth army will come to help?

Qin Quan shouldn't be so stupid, he should be considered unlikely to get reinforcements from Yangzhou Yajun Anyi, only Shanyang reinforcements come to help, but what is his intention to attack Huaiyin?