The Western Wei Dynasty might send troops to intervene in the war between the two countries, and such a situation was not unexpected. However, the dispatch of troops, the investment of so many troops, and the rapid offensive also greatly exceeded the expectations of the Northern Qi.

Because the Western Wei and Southern Liang have an old grudge against the Battle of Jiangling after all, and the Western Wei has just experienced a series of turbulences such as the change of power, plus the East and West have just sworn to quit the army in the Luoshui Alliance, even if they turn their faces, they should have some scruples when they think about it.

The speed of the Western Wei's turnaround was certainly beyond the imagination of the Northern Qi, and the tenacity of the Southern Liang's fighting spirit and fierce resistance were also unexpected by the Northern Qi at the beginning of the war. After all, Chen Baxian had just backstabbed his allies and held power for a short time, and the rebellions in the country proved that he did not have the ability to control the big move.

All kinds of wrong judgments and overly optimistic imagination made the Northern Qi war inevitably lead to a major defeat.

The loss of Liyang has not yet been immediately reported on the battlefield, and it has had a bad impact on the Qi army, which is still maintaining an offensive posture, and the Qi army is even trying to cross the Qinhuai River and complete the north-south division east of Jiankang City.

However, the sudden rainstorm restricted the movement of the northern and southern armies, and in view of the fact that the Qi soldiers in the north of Jiankang were particularly affected by this harsh combat environment, Chen Baxian chose to personally lead the elite army to attack the enemy camp under the shogunate mountain, and captured the large camp in one fell swoop, which caused the chain collapse of the enemy army around it.

Many soldiers rushed back to the river, trying to board the ships and escape, but the river swelled so much that it was difficult for them to reach the warships anchored in the harbor. But these unreliable methods could not save them, and soon the riverside along the river was filled with drowned corpses.

With the breakthrough of the landing camp under the shogunate mountain, the rest of the Qi army fighting in various places suddenly became an isolated and helpless lone army, and they were in a state of turmoil, and they no longer had the majestic momentum before, and they scattered and fled under the attack of the Liang armies from all walks of life.

The torrential rain and muddy environment also limited the Liang army's play, making this pursuit battle very difficult, and the efficiency of killing the enemy became very slow. waited until the rain was at its most ferocious, and the battlefield was full of Qi soldiers lying down, and the victory of the Liang army became more and more obvious.

Chen Ba first suppressed the joy in his heart, and when he ordered to gather 3,000 elite soldiers, and ordered his general Shen Tai to lead his troops across the river and attack the Qi army's stronghold on the north bank of the river, so as to prevent the Qi army from crossing the river to the south again, making the situation repeated.

After making these explanations, Chen Ba led a group of personal soldiers back to Taicheng to report to the emperor the news of the complete victory in the battle and appease the ministers. However, the crowd here did not cheer for a long time, and the generals who had been sent to cross the river to fight north returned dejectedly.

"Did you lose the battle?"

Seeing this, Chen Ba frowned and asked, Guabu on the north bank is the closest ferry port to Jiankang, as long as this place is not captured, Qinjun, Guangling and other places can still control the Qi army to come south.

After hearing this, Shen Tai shook his head and said, "No, no, the last general has not yet arrived in Guabu, and Fang Zhijiangzhong was blocked back, and it was the Wei army and the Wei army that had already taken Guabu first."

"Wei Jun?"

Chen Ba frowned immediately after hearing this, and then asked Shen Tai in detail about the scale of the Wei army's battle, and after listening to Shen Tai's story, his brows couldn't help but frown deeper.

Chen Baxian led the army to fight hard here, and finally won the victory of the Jiankang Guard, and the Western Wei, who entered the battle at the right time, also gained a lot.

In addition to Liyang, an important town in Jiangbei, the next naval army did not directly join the war around Jiankang, but directly bypassed the fierce battlefield and went straight to the Jiangbei base of Northern Qi.

At this time, most of the Jiangbei Qi army had already moved south, and the remaining more than 30,000 men and horses were scattered in Qinjun, Guangling and other cities in Jiangbei, and only Zhao Yanshen and thousands of soldiers and soldiers were stationed in Guabu.

Zhao Yanshen is not known for his military affairs, and this time the unified army came south mainly to undertake a task of coordinating the logistics of the generals and the superintendents, so when he was fighting on the front line, he was just sitting in the rear, and he was caught off guard at this time

was attacked, and it was difficult to resist, and he soon led the remnants of the defeated soldiers to retreat to Qin County.

As the advance base of the Northern Qi army, the Guabu camp has accumulated a large number of materials, there are hundreds of large and small boats, and the number of money and grain rice and armor and knife ordnance is also large, which are naturally packaged and accepted by the Wei army, and Li Zhen, Xu Shipu and other generals who led the boat division to march here have seen such a rich harvest, and they are naturally happy to keep their mouths together.

However, now is still not a good time to celebrate the victory and take stock of the results, because of the fear that the Jiangbei Qi army will counterattack again, Xu Shipu and other sailors will take the lead and order the soldiers to carry the supplies to the ship, and then transport them to Liyang.

As for Li Zhen, he took on the task of envoy again, and led more than 100 soldiers to Jiankang City in a light boat to meet Chen Baxian and explain to him the actions and plays of the Western Wei Dynasty in this war.

At this time, the news of the Wei army's intervention in the war was also known to the Southern Liang soldiers, but when Li Zhen came to Jiankang City, he was not greeted warmly, and people such as Hou Andu directly looked at him angrily.

The reason is also very simple, although the Western Wei Dynasty also joined the battle, the Southern Liang soldiers actually did not feel much of the ease of being burdened, and the victory was still achieved through their bloody battles on the frontal battlefield.

As a result, in the end, the biggest gain was obtained by the Western Wei army that traveled outside the frontal battlefield, and they seemed to have attracted the main force of the Qi army to the Western Wei Dynasty, which was not easy for anyone to accept for a while.

Fortunately, Chen Baxian's mood was a little more open-minded than that of the generals, and when Li Zhen was introduced into Taicheng, he took the initiative to stand up from the seat to greet him and said with a smile: "Tang Gong is a true believer, and he sent a message to send troops before, and Li Dudu and others really did not miss the deadline."

After Li Zhen heard this, he also bowed and said: "Chen Situ is the real husband of Jiang Dongwei, and the former governor of Yingzhou of our country, General Lu of Wuyang Gongdou, planned to use troops to block the river and cut off the thief's rear road, and then meet with the army led by Chen Situ to attack the enemy who landed in Jiangdong. More than halfway through the implementation of the strategy, Chen Situ has broken the enemy, and some of the disciples are also deeply admired!"

He was not false, after all, Tang Gong really wanted to establish a long-term friendly and interactive relationship with the Jiangdong regime, so the front-line generals formulated the battle plan based on this, not to maliciously snatch the results of the battle when the battle between the two sides was raging.

The reason why the Southern Liang people will have the feeling of being robbed of the results of the battle this time cannot be blamed on the Western Wei, it is purely that they fought too fiercely, if they are in a stalemate with the Qi army for a period of time, and wait until the Wei army sweeps the surrounding area and joins the frontal battlefield, then they can feel the strong goodwill of the Wei army.

Chen Baxian didn't care that Li Zhen was cheap and obedient, but said directly: "Today, the Wei State Sailor has captured Liyang and Guabu, and he must have gained a lot. Today, our army has been fighting hard for many days, and the surrounding grain roads are mostly blocked due to rain, and there is a lack of food in the city. The soldiers suffered heavy injuries and received little as a result, and the people were uneasy, and if they could not be properly appeased, it would be much of an obstacle to the follow-up plans of the two sides."

Chen Baxian said so frankly and directly, but it made Li Zhen difficult to avoid this question. And he did feel the dissatisfaction of those soldiers, and understood that what Chen Baxian said was true, and after a little muttering, he said, "Since Chen Situ has spoken, I will nod and agree no matter what. Only if there is another general in charge of the use of troops this time, I can only blame this situation to Duke Wuyang, and I can't decide where Duke Wuyang will decide. As soon as there is good news, I will definitely come back to tell Chen Situ as soon as possible!"

Hearing Li Zhen's statement, Chen Baxian nodded and didn't say anything more. Compared with the generals' dissatisfaction with the invasion of the results of the battle, what he really valued and worried about was another problem, that is, the aggressiveness and swiftness of action displayed by the Western Wei.

Although it is also said that there are fierce battles in the lower reaches and Jiankang attracts the main force of the Qi army, this battle also shows that the Western Wei Dynasty already has the ability to directly attack the downstream and advance and retreat unhindered.

Especially now Liyang is obtained by the Western Wei Dynasty, so that the entire Huaixi region has been completely occupied by the Western Wei Dynasty, and the Western Wei Dynasty has the control of the Yangtze River line upstream, which makes the Western Wei Dynasty the most threatening force to the Jiangdong regime!

Chen Ba also knew that it was a dangerous plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, but the situation after the war was directly dangerous, which was also what he expected

Not yet. However, this situation has been seen as early as when the Hou Jing Rebellion was still continuing, and then Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang failed to effectively redeem it, and now it is a bit difficult to return, and Chen Baxian did not have a good way to solve it for a while.

At the moment, what he can do is to try to strive for more benefits in this cooperation, so after a little muttering, he said to Li Zhen: "Qi people are arrogant, and they may not be completely dead after this battle. Tang Gong's preface said that the mutual trade market is indeed beneficial to the two countries, and I am quite interested in promoting this matter. Weijiang was damaged and commerce was difficult to prosper, so he wanted to ask the Wei army to help him for a while and help him return Qin County. If it happens, thank you!"

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