He Ruobi crossed the river!

Because the main force of the Sui army was densely distributed in Huainan before, the opposite bank of the Yangtze River was also the key area of the Chen army's defense, and most of the main force of the southern Chen water army, which was far stronger than the Sui army's naval army, was concentrated in this section of the river day and night, and it was not easy for the Sui army to cross the river from here.

In order to be able to cross the river smoothly, He Ruobi really put a lot of thought into it!

In the more than three years before that, in order to confuse the Chen army on the other side, he hid all the powerful warships newly built by the Sui army, and only put some dilapidated naval ships on the port of Jiangbei in peacetime, so that the generals of the Chen Dynasty thought that the Sui army did not have good ships.

So the well-shipped Nanchen Navy began to disdain the Sui army on the other side, and every time they saw it, they even had a sense of contempt, and before they knew it, the Chen Army began to become arrogant, but they didn't know that this was exactly the plan of He Ruobi's arrogant soldiers.

In the three years of guarding Guangling, he ordered the Sui army along the river to gather in Guangling every time they changed their guards, and then waved the battle flag all over the sky, and the camp where the army was stationed stretched for dozens of miles.

Several times the Chen army thought that the Sui army was going to attack south, so they hurriedly stepped up their combat defenses, but the Sui army did not come to attack, and they later learned that the Sui army on the other side was changing guards, and the Chen army would be nervous once or twice, but over time, the Chen army was accustomed to the gathering of the Sui army in Guangling, and even did not care.

When He Ruobi found that Chen Jun was no longer nervous about the actions of his army, he knew that Chen Jun had finally been fooled, so he suddenly waved his army to organize a large army to cross the river at Guazhou (near present-day Yangzhou), and was almost not blocked by Chen's army.

On the second day after He Ruobi crossed the river, Xu Zijian, the general of the Chen army defending Jingkou, had already reported the battle report of He Ruobi leading the army to cross the river to the Jiankang court, and at this time, the panicked Shi Wenqing and Shen Keqing finally did not dare to ignore the attack of the Sui army, and they reported the matter to Chen Shubao.

But it wasn't until the third day that Chen Shubao, the queen of Chen, who finally came back to his senses, convened his ministers to discuss countermeasures.

On the fourth day, Chen Shubao, the queen of Chen, appointed Xiao Maha, Fan Yi, and Lu Sidda as the governors, Sima Xiaonan and Shi Wenqing as the chief supervisors, and sent Fan Meng, the assassin of Southern Yuzhou, to lead a fleet out of Baixia (now Jiangning, Jiangsu) to attack He Ruobi.

In addition, Chen Shubao sent Gao Wenzhu to lead his troops out of Southern Yuzhou (now Dangtu, Anhui) to block the Han Capture Tiger army that crossed south from Hengjiang.

However, before they could lead their army to arrive, He Ruobi had already conquered the key city of Jingkou on July 21, and most of the following troops under the defender Xu Zijian were killed in battle, and captured Huang Ke, the assassin of Xuzhou in the south of Chen Chaonan.

Due to the strict requirements of Emperor Wen of Sui before the destruction of Chen, the military discipline of the Sui army was very strict, not only did there be no burning, killing and looting, but even after defeating the Chen army, more than 6,000 captured people were released, so officials from all over Southern Chen surrendered to He Ruobi one after another.

On the second day after He Ruobi conquered Jingkou, Han Baohu, the governor of Lujiang, captured the quarry city, and captured Fan Meng's son Fan Xun alive, repelling the blocking army led by Gao Wenzuo.

After He Ruobi and Han Baohu crossed the river, one east and one west, they divided their ways, and the Chen army along the river broke and fled, and by the end of July, the two armies had arrived outside Jiankang City almost at the same time.

When Han Baohu and He Ruobi successfully crossed the river downstream and marched towards Jiankang, there were still 100,000 people in Jiankang's Chen army, and they could rely on their geographical advantages to resist and wait for reinforcements from all over the country, but at this time, Chen Shubao was already panicked and eager to win, and was eager to fight a decisive battle, which was a great mistake in strategy!

He Ruobi's army captured the strategic point of Chongqu'a, and then captured Zhongshan (now Nanjing Purple Mountain), the tun army in the east of Baitugang, Yang Guang sent the governor Du Yan and Han Baohu to rendezvous, a total of 20,000 people, stationed in Xinlin, and the three-way army surrounded Jiankang City.

And Wang Shiji, the governor of Qizhou, led the water army out of Jiujiang and defeated Chen Shou general Ji Yao at Qikou, at this time it was already very close to Jiankang City, and it could reach Jiankang City at any time, and the threat of the Sui army to Jiankang City further increased, and the demise of Nan Chen was imminent.

Chen Shubao, who was burning his eyebrows, suddenly remembered that his grandfather Chen Baxian had defeated the Qi army twice in Jiankang City, so he had a whim to prepare to send a large army out of the city to defeat the Sui army, after all, at this time, Jiankang's Chen army still had an advantage in numbers.

So in order to protect the capital, he first sent Chen Shuying to guard the court, and then to the general Xiao Maha Tun to guard the Le Youyuan, Fan Yi to guard the Qiyan Temple, Lu Guangda to guard the Baitugang, Kong Fantun to the Baotian Temple, ordered Ren Zhong to rush back from Wuxing, and to guard the Zhuque Gate, and the army in the capital totaled more than 100,000 people.

Xiao Maha and other generals were very helpless about Chen Shubao's chaotic command!

When He Ruobi crossed the river to attack Jingkou, Xiao Maha asked to lead troops to stop it, but Chen Shubao was afraid of the emptiness of the capital and resolutely refused to allow it; When He Ruobi hit Zhongshan, Xiao Maha wanted to take advantage of the Sui army's unstable foothold to send troops to attack, but Empress Chen still refused to allow it. Dream life

It wasn't until several other Sui soldiers came to the city that the Sui army had already gained a firm foothold, and at this time, Chen Shubao, who was in a hurry and had been distracted, suddenly wanted to take the initiative to attack, so Xiao Maha and Ren Zhong and others tried their best to dissuade Chen Shubao's whim.

In the face of Chen Shubao's inquiry, General Ren Zhong believed that the art of war said, 'The guest is noble and quick to fight, and the lord is valuable.' Today, the country has enough food and soldiers, it is advisable to stick to Taicheng, and set up a fence in Huai, although the northern army comes, do not fight with it; The division of troops and the cutting off of the river road did not make him credible. ’

It means that the Sui army is fighting away from home, and it pays attention to a quick victory, while we are fighting at home, we can take advantage of the geographical advantage and people to delay time, it is best to stick to Jiankangtai City, and then build a camp fence in these outer cities of the Qinhuai River, and wait until the Sui army attacks only to hold on and not fight with them.

Then we will send the superior naval army to cut off the communication between the north and the south, so that the armies of the Sui army and the north and south of the river will not be able to get news from each other, so that we will surely be able to achieve a great victory.

Even Ren Zhong took the initiative to ask for battle: 'Give 10,000 elite soldiers to the ministers, 300 golden wings (ship names), and go down the river to cover Liuhe, and his army will say that his soldiers crossing the river have been captured, and they will naturally be frustrated. The ministers raised their voices and wanted to go to Xuzhou, and cut off the way back, so the armies did not attack themselves. When the autumn water rises, Shangjiang Zhou Luo and other armies will go to the aid along the river, which is a good policy. ’

Ren Zhong meant that he only needed to give him 10,000 elite soldiers and 300 ships, and he used these ships to cut off the north-south communication of the Sui army, and the Sui army in Jiangbei would inevitably think that the comrades who crossed the river to the south had been defeated and captured, so that the morale of the Sui army in Jiangbei was frustrated and would not go south.

Then the news was released, saying that the Chen army was going to attack Xuzhou by sea and cut off the retreat of these Sui troops, and the Sui army in Jiangbei would inevitably retreat in a hurry, so that the Sui army in Jiangbei would not attack itself, and when the autumn water rose in August and September, Zhou Luo and other generals in the upper reaches would inevitably lead the army to rescue, which was a good way to deal with it!

It can be said that Ren Zhong's strategy is the most suitable combat strategy for Nan Chen, Nan Chen is not without the strength to fight against the Sui Dynasty, but because he is not prepared for war at all, it happens that Jiankang City has enough food and a large number of soldiers, which is very suitable for holding.

At the beginning, Chen Baxian used a similar strategy, first tried his best to defend the tired Qi army, and then suddenly attacked to defeat the Qi army, and it was with this strategy that he defeated the hundreds of thousands of Qi troops who crossed the river to the south twice, and won an unprecedented victory in the Southern Dynasty.

If Empress Chen decides to use Ren Zhong's suggestion, I am afraid that Nan Chen may really be able to defeat the Sui army's attack this time, even if it still ends with the Sui Dynasty defeating Nan Chen, but it can continue to extend the existence of Nan Chen for a few more years.

Ren Zhong's suggestion was very good, but he didn't take into account how Chen Shubao could have such patience to wait for reinforcements, he thought that there were still 100,000 elite soldiers in Jiankang City, and the Sui army outside the city was only tens of thousands, so he said irritably: The soldiers have been indecisive for a long time, which is annoying, and Xiao Lang can be called to attack.

It means that the army can't win the decisive battle for a long time, which makes people irritable, and it's too boring, so that Xiao Maha can lead the army to attack, and Kong Fan, a minister who is deeply trusted by Chen Shubao, also advocates a decisive battle, so Xiao Maha, Ren Zhong and others have to obey orders.

In early August, the Chen army in Jiankang City took the initiative to go out of the city to set up a battle formation, the south is Lu Sidda Tun in Baitugang, the north is Xiao Maha, in turn is Ren Zhong, Fan Yi, Kong Fan, the north and south are 20 miles apart, and the two farthest military formations can no longer even see each other.

He Ruobi and others originally just led the army to besiege Jiankang City, and then waited for their reinforcements to arrive and attacked the city together, but now Chen Jun actually took the initiative to go out of the city to meet the battle, which made him and Han Baohu overjoyed.

In order to better attack the Chen army's military formation, He Ruobi climbed the mountain accompanied by the guards to observe the Chen army's formation, he saw that Lu Siddha's army was in strict formation and difficult to break, and the army led by Kong Fan was very scattered, so He Ruobi immediately personally led his troops to attack Kong Fan's troops.

At this time, the Chen army of 100,000 people, facing the Sui army of only 50,000 or 60,000, if the two sides fought to the death, even the possibility of Chen army victory was greater.

But in this war, someone once again fully embodied the true meaning of the saying 'not afraid of a god-like opponent, afraid of a pig-like teammate'.

He Ruobi had just led the army to rush to the front of Kong Fan's army, and Kong Fan, who was so frightened that his face was colorless, actually fled on his own.

You must know that Kong Fan's location is exactly in the middle of the entire Chen army's military array, and his escape immediately caused a chain reaction, and the other Chen troops also retreated after seeing this, so the Chen army collapsed on the whole line, and the general Xiao Maha was captured.

At this time, Han Baohu, the governor of Lujiang, took advantage of He Ruobi to contain the main force of the Chen army, marched from Xinlin to attack Jiankang City, and happened to encounter the overall rout of the Chen army.

Cai Zheng, who was guarding the Vermilion Bird Hang, heard that Han Baohu was leading the army to come, and even the famous general Ren Zhong had surrendered, and he disappeared without a trace, and let Ren Zhong lead General Han Baohu straight into the Vermilion Bird Gate, and the civil and military officials in Jiankang City fled in panic when they heard the news.

Chen Shubao, the queen of Chen, no one paid attention to this faint monarch for a while, because he knew that the time of the defeat of the army was too late to escape, so he had to hurriedly take his beloved Zhang Lihua and Kong Guifei two concubines to hide in the imperial garden.

But there were too many places to hide in the imperial garden, and at last he saw a dry well, and with an idea, he took his two concubines to hide in this dry well.