Chapter 161 Epilogue (End)
In the mud, the crumbling walls, the huge battering rams, and catapults have been burned to charcoal, and the scattered flames are still burning, and black smoke is rising...... There were dead bodies all over the ground, and the corpses were piled up on top of each other.
The horse neighed a few times, shaking off the raindrops stuck to its mane. The armoured horsemen of Qi and Chen patrolled the battlefield freely, dismounted their horses, rummaged through corpses one by one, occasionally looked at each other, each hand pressed on the hilt of the sword, looked at each other vigilantly, and slowly staggered their steps before continuing their work.
The finishing touches after the war were complicated, and after this bloody battle, there were corpses that stretched for miles.
Wang Lin was surprised and broke the Chen army under Jiangling City, and at this time, the two armies were still facing each other. Deputy marshal Fan Yi and Sun Jin, two of Wang Lin's old subordinates, confronted Wang Lin, and the rear that Chen Jun spared no effort to supervise became the basic plate for a battle with Qi State, it seems that Chen Guo did not suffer a serious loss in this battle, but the veterans themselves knew in their hearts that this Northern Expedition was over.
Now, the most important thing is to keep half of the land that Gangneung has been seized.
On the other side of Jingzhou, several armies of 1,000 men are marching rapidly, and dozens of warships are lying across the river, and these combat forces will be transported to the battlefield of Jiangling, replacing the old, weak, sick and disabled of the front-line army.
"It's going to be tough." The weather-covered veteran sighed worriedly, and countless sergeants crossed by him in a neat line, and the sky was dark, and a few sand gulls circled over the reeds.
“…… The sudden intervention of Qi Guo caught us off guard, and Brother Zhaotong was fighting against Lu Teng with all his strength at that time, and he had no time to devote his energy to the north, so Wang Lin took advantage of it. The excellent situation in which we swallowed Jiangling and Xiangyang in the north has collapsed. ”
Huang Fayan is over 50 years old this year, and he is also a general of the Southern Dynasty, and he is the general of the Southern Yuzhou Assassin History, the Scattered Cavalry Attendant, and the General of the Southern Expedition. It was important for the Southern Dynasties, and to this day, the veteran is still in good spirits.
The army of the Southern Dynasties was divided into two roads, one for Zhang Zhaoda, one for Huang Fayan, Zhang Zhaoda was the mainstay, and Huang Faqi supported on the side above the strategy. Before the war, all the generals blindly believed that a corner of Jiangling could be wiped out with a snap of their fingers, and after Zhang Zhaoda stopped at the city of Jiangling, they realized that there was a problem with the strategy, and Huang Fayan had no choice but to stay in the rear of the south bank.
Lu Teng has been destroyed, and it is the time for the Southern Dynasty to march north, but unexpectedly, Wang Lin attacked first and defeated Chen's army in Jiangling, making the great cause of the Southern Dynasty's Northern Expedition in vain.
The covenant between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, everyone knows that it is just a piece of paper, the Qi State wants grain, and the Chen State wants horses, and the two hit it off, and this paper alliance is useless in the face of territorial disputes.
Originally, according to Chen Guo's assumption, Qi State captured Xiangyang, and if it was captured, it was taken away, and Zhou State lost its territory, and it was impossible not to draw military strength to settle accounts with Qi State, and after taking Xiangyang, the main force of Qi State was bound to be attracted to the Western Front, and then Chen State could take advantage of the situation. It is also unknown that he attacked with the Zhou State before and after, destroyed Gao Changgong, and buried the main force arranged by the Qi State in Hedong.
If the Southern Dynasties' strategy succeeded, the vast and populous strategic area from Gangneung to Xiangyang would be taken into the pocket of the Southern Dynasties. Now, it's all smashed.
Qi also had two commanders, and this beginning was not in Chen Guo's calculations. Wang Lin transferred troops from Huainan and captured Chuzhou, Fuzhou, Anzhou, Suizhou, and Shunzhou all the way from Beijiangzhou...... After smashing all the way to Xiangyang, they turned around and killed Jiangling in the south, all of which was not in their calculations, so when the two saber soldiers met, Chen Guo was caught off guard.
If Zhang Zhaoda and he could have estimated the situation earlier, and didn't keep too optimistic thoughts, it would have been a different situation now. But it's too late to say anything now, the most important thing at the moment is to keep the territory that has been obtained, otherwise the emperor will definitely go crazy! Huang Fayan's eyes flashed a little helplessly, and he ordered the fleet to speed up the march, and by dawn tomorrow, it must reach the north shore.
Huang Fayan was going to replace Zhang Zhaoda, who was seriously ill, and replaced him from the battlefield. After the battle with Wang Lin, Zhang Zhaoda was furious and couldn't afford to get sick. Many of the generals of the Southern Dynasty were Wang Lin's subordinates, not to mention Fan Yi, Sun Jin was Wang Lin's former classmate and subordinate, although Chen Guo has always been bold in employing people, but at this juncture, who dares to give full trust to this part of the people?
Chen Guo, he can't withstand the blow anymore!
On the north shore, the military village stretched, and Zhang Zhaoda was lying in the mattress, barely opening his eyes, and holding directly against the top of the tent. A subordinate officer dressed as a general, holding a fine brush in one hand and a military newspaper in the other, reciting word by word.
The general was groggy for a long time, and the first thing he did when he woke up was to listen to the battle situation in the past few days.
“…… The day before yesterday, the Qi army attacked the rear camp, and General Sun Jin took the lead and repelled the Qi army. The next day, the enemy general He Ruobi attacked the Zuotun army village, our army suffered hundreds of casualties, fortunately General Xiao Maha rescued in time, so as to hold Zuotun...... Early this morning, the Qi army invited our army to fight in the field, and there were victories and defeats for each other, and General Cheng Wenji was covered with more than ten heavy blows, blocking the front of the Qi army, pushing the front two miles forward, and greatly boosting the morale of our army......"
"Enough......" Zhang Zhaoda said, although his voice was very weak, the subordinate officer could still hear clearly.
Seeing the general's arm pressed on the couch, struggling to get up, he hurriedly stepped forward to help.
Zhang Zhaoda lost more than two laps, his face was sallow, and it took a lot of trouble to get up from the couch.
Heroic twilight, this is probably the saddest thing in the world.
"What are you crying about?" Zhang Zhaoda glanced at him, and the subordinate officer quickly wiped away his tears with his sleeve, and stood underneath. Zhang Zhaoda took a hard breath and said, "What about Fan Yi and Sun Yao?" ”
"I heard that the general woke up and was waiting outside the tent. It's been two quarters of an hour. ”
"Invite them in."
"Obey."
The curtain of the big tent was lifted, and a group of generals with armor and armor poured in from outside, many people were very embarrassed in spirit and appearance, Cheng Wenji had a lot of colors hanging on his body, and there were still undried blood stains on the armor. The most restrained of these are Fan Yi and Sun Jin, they were originally Wang Lin's old subordinates, and in the days when Zhang Zhaoda was in a coma, they suffered a lot of blank eyes when they dispatched the army, and many sergeants and generals maliciously speculated when they would rebel. Not only must we guard against the Qi army, but we must also be vigilant in the rear and carefully maintain stability...... In short, these days are really hard to describe.
"You are here," Zhang Zhaoda coughed twice, and his soldiers came up with a lot of stationery, "These things are all things that our army has intercepted from the Qi army's sentry riders in the past few days, you all have a look." Fan Yi and Sun Jin's faces turned pale, and what was in it was nothing more than a letter of surrender written by Wang Lin to them. In the past few days, it has spread all over the barracks.
The generals read it silently, waiting for the general's next military order, Zhang Zhaoda glanced at Fan Yi and others, there was no disgust and hatred in his eyes, he took a breath and actually smiled: "This is Wang Lin's divisive plan, intending to break the old man's arm, General Fan and General Sun, sincere and brave, have repeatedly made military exploits, if they want to demote him Wang Lin, they can have surrendered to the past, why endure these suspicions here?" ”
“…… General! Fan Yi and Sun Jin immediately fell to the ground, and Zhang Zhaoda ordered them to be helped up left and right.
"In the past few days when the old man has been in a coma, thanks to a few people in charge, the old man is grateful to the two."
"The general is serious." "It is our duty to fight the enemy. Fan Yi and Sun Jin said solemnly.
Zhang Zhaoda nodded: "Wang Lin is mobilizing the main force, their army is moving south, and they are about to arrive in Jiangling, an encirclement, hehehehe......, this Wang barbarian, I thought he was old." He lifted his sword and slammed it against the map on the wall, "If he succeeds, won't my court die?" ”
“…… The old man didn't let him get his wish! ”
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On March 10 of the second year of Wuping in the Northern Qi Dynasty, Wang Lin led the army and Zhang Zhaoda to fight in the suburbs of Jiangling, winning and losing each other, and the two sides fought endlessly. On the 24th, Huang Fabi led the army to the north, attacked Chuzhou, Kefuzhou, broke the Qi army, captured more than ten cities, He Ruobi was ordered by Wang Lin's army, and Huang Fayan fought in Yichuan, was defeated, retreated to Weiyang, Huang Fayan transferred his troops, attacked the territory of Liang State, attacked Wang Lin's flank, and also broke the Qi army. On the 28th, Wang Lin beheaded Chen's general Sun Jin in Nanjun, broke Chen's army, and Zhang Zhaoda and Huang Fayan surrounded each other and fought with Wang Lin. At the beginning of April, Wang Lin broke Chen's army in the West Causeway......
Under the fierce battles, the two armies suffered heavy losses.
Xu Ling, the envoy of the Southern Dynasty, spoke eloquently in the court of the Northern Qi Dynasty, accusing the Lord of Qi of treachery. Zu Ting listed the three "last resort" reasons for Qi to send troops, saying that he would be outside, and the king's order would not be accepted. In one sentence, the emperor's responsibility was shirked cleanly.
Xu Ling once again asked the Qi State to withdraw from Jiangling, which was rejected by the Qi government and the opposition, and in the end, an agreement was reached that Jiangling was divided into two horizontally, the north was returned to Qi, and the south, including Fuzhou and Chuzhou, were all owned by the Southern Dynasty.
The two countries reached an agreement to cease the fighting. Emperor Chen issued an edict and ordered Fan Yi to be the general of the expedition to the west and lead the troops to guard this place. The governor is responsible for military and political affairs. Huang Fa returned to Yuzhou, and ordered Chun Yuliang, Lu Guangda, Ren Zhong and other local officials to return to the dynasty to report on their work, and the shadow was extremely long. Awarded Wu Mingche the position of general and supervised the army in Zhenjiang. Nan Chen's series of personnel changes made great adjustments after this war. Chen Ji gritted his teeth and swallowed blood, a series of policies made concessions to the future layout, he set his eyes on Northern Qi, and vowed to be ashamed of this blood!
In May, after a long confrontation, Gao Changgong defeated Xin Wei in Yizhou and defeated the Zhou army. Xin Wei and Yu Wenshu retreated. The two armies closed the camp and confronted each other, and in the same month, Zhang Zhaoda died of illness in Jiankang.
The situation gradually stabilized, and Emperor Gao Wei ordered the generals Gao Changgong and Wang Lin to return to the court, and the whole country was boiling!