Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 551
The afterglow of the sun shines on the mountains, shining golden light on the mountains.The Han River in the distance turned a corner according to the terrain, forming a ninety-degree angle, turning from east to south.

Its north bank is Lumen Mountain.

The bustling foot of the mountain in the past is already another look.There are several villages at the foot of Lumen Mountain. The land tenants here belong to Lumen Temple. There are hundreds of households and thousands of people, but now there is no one, not even a well, and not even a sound house. .There are only ruined houses and rotten tiles all over the ground, and piles of haystacks and firewood after burning. Several villages have been burned to nothingness.It's just a piece of rubble, and there are no messy, murdered men and women.

A large number of Liangshan troops gathered here, and a flag with the characters of Qin was waving.

Pilihuo raised his eyes to look at the Lumen Temple halfway up the mountain, and he only thought of the Erlongshan Baozhu Temple in Qingzhou Green Forest Sanzhai.

The latter is the steepest end.Two Lishan Mountains surround the future and enclose the Baozhu Temple.The mountain peaks are majestic, with only one road in the middle.And what about the current Lumen Mountain?It is also surrounded by mountains, surrounded by lions, censers, Bawang, Nuwa Mountain and other mountain tops. All the mountains have their own majestic appearance. Looking from a distance, the five mountains are like fairies, surrounded by clouds and fog, flickering and fascinated. .But looking at the mountains up close, there are dense forests and winding mountains, and it is also difficult to find the road.

Although this strategic point cannot be compared with Baozhu Temple, it is very similar.

A stone step leads directly to the mountainside, and the Song Army has set up three checkpoints along the way.When the triple gate is closed, there are wooden cannon stones, hard crossbows and strong bows, and big spears and spears are densely packed.After passing these three gates, there is the Lumen Temple. The mirror surface in front of the gates of the three temples is also like a flat ground, and the surrounding mountains, stones and wooden fences are the city.

The Liangshan army came again, and the Song army occupied the ground and bowed down, and the spying information suddenly became dense like snowflakes.

But Zhang Qiong could only watch. He had limited troops and even more limited combat power, and he did not dare to attack the strong with the weak.He ordered people to pay close attention to every move of Liangshan's army, and watched Qin and Ming split their troops into two groups, advancing all the way to the foot of Lumen Mountain and all the way to the bank of Hanshui River.

As soon as the two armies arrived, they were divided into two sections, one for police posts and the other for fortification camps.

Taking the Ministry of Qin and Ming as an example, four main battalions lined up in front of the mountain, forming a semi-arc defensive array, with a passage of twenty steps between each battalion, and behind the passage was a full cavalry battalion.

There are no scouts and rangers, just five battalions in formation, just a very simple long snake, which seems to be broken with a single stab.But Zhang Qiong's family knew about their own affairs, so they just watched with wide eyes.

And behind this line of defense, a large number of soldiers and civilians are struggling to start building camps.

In the military history of ancient China, professional engineering troops existed very early [edit here].The Liangshan Army also set up a full-time supply battalion very early, but it was not considered an engineer in the strict sense.

They are a comprehensive force integrating many functions such as engineers, transport troops, logistics and defense.And with the establishment and expansion of Lu Qi, a large number of backbones have changed from soldiers to government officials.

It's just that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, not to mention that the well-established supply battalion is also producing blood by itself, and its strength today, not to mention recovering from the past, cannot be underestimated.At least in terms of building bridges, paving roads and constructing camps, compared with the Song army, it is more than one level stronger.

They are more professional, more efficient, and more organized than the auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands of this era!
To achieve such a state, there is no need to have advanced equipment beyond this era, only to be able to organize the army, soldiers and civilians to do what they should do, and maximize the group role of the latter, so that it is enough to go far in terms of efficiency and at the same time any army of the generation.

When logs that were roughly the same in thickness and length appeared in front of soldiers and civilians, and at the same time ropes were drawn to them, it was a group of pigs who knew what to do next.

It didn't take long for the wooden villages with a length, width and height of about four feet to be declared complete. In this way, the outermost defensive circle of the camp was formed.Then use thick and short wooden stakes to tie long ropes to connect them, forming another stumbling block.

On the periphery of them, soldiers and civilians wielding shovels and hammers dug trenches one person deep and three feet wide.The steel output under Lu Qian's rule far exceeded that of the Song army. These shovels and hammers were of first-class quality, which was of course helpful for digging trenches.

By the time the sun sets to the west, the logs have been erected, and when dusk comes, the fence has taken shape.There are still two rows and four rows on the high ground, with tamped earth and stones in the middle, wooden boards on top, and even wooden signboards.Semen knife carts can also be seen in the camp.Even the three trenches outside the camp were completed.

In just the first day, a well-organized fortress has been built.By the dawn of the next day, there were eight more arrow towers more than two feet high in the camp, and an even taller watchtower was erected on the highest slope!

Such a construction speed only stunned Zhang Qiong on the mountain.

Just like the Xiangyang garrison on the other side of the Han River, Wang Shixuan's eyes almost fell to the ground when he saw a completed camp rising up on the bank of the Han River overnight.

This construction speed can be called a miracle.

Compared with the camp when marching and fighting, the camp in front of you is a small city with double the defense.

In an ordinary military village, the fence outside is only a single layer, and no trenches need to be dug, and the antler wooden village is only piled up at the gate of the village, where there are already three and a half person-high parapets like the current one.

The banners were flying in the camp, even if he was standing on Yanshan Mountain, he couldn't see whether there were stone cannons in the camp.But once this camp is established, as long as there are a few Liangshan stone cannons, most of the river can be blocked.

The warships of the Song Army Navy, who used to travel to and from the river as if they were at home, did not dare to form a group and passed this section of the river densely.Not only in one row, but also in the back and forth, and sailing on the side of Yanshan Mountain.

Of course, the bigger and more direct threat to Xiangyang is the paper Fancheng.

The latter's performance was already very tenacious. He fought repeatedly with the Liangshan army for a whole day in the ruins of the city, but the result was unchangeable.

Thirty Liangshan cannons wiped out the enemy towers, bed crossbows and other utensils at the top of the city in one day.

When the moat, which was only half the width of Xiangyang City, was filled and the ladder carts were pushed onto the city wall, everything would be irreparable.

The soldiers and horses sent from the other side and the stubborn resistance in the inner city only delayed this time.As mentioned before, the Liangshan Army is in a strong position, and he is least afraid of this kind of attrition fighting.

It will only be Zhao Song who is injured and bleeds.

that's the truth.In a Fancheng, the Song army on the other side filled in at least 5000 people.It also ended in failure.

As night fell, it was chilly.The howling night wind made people unable to open their eyes.

Opposite the Xiangfan Floating Bridge, on the banks of the Han River, hundreds of tents stand in a row, with bonfires burning brightly.Groups of heavily armed soldiers patrolled back and forth, and everything seemed orderly.

Xiangyang defense envoy and Zhizhou Yao Gu personally led a group of officers to hold sacrifices to Fancheng.They suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Fancheng.There are white flags flying by the bank, and it is written: the souls of the fallen soldiers in Fancheng have lined up many sacrifices.

The generals Wang Xiaozhong and Wang Shixuan all hung up their white robes, their iron helmets were covered with a layer of filial silk, and a group of monks and Taoists set up the Taoist hall.The military academy has listed black pigs and white sheep, gold and silver sacrifices, lit up candles, and burned incense.Yao Gu signed the alliance in Zhongzhong, and wept at Fancheng on the other side of the Chaojiang River.Monks and Taoists rang bells and recited mantras, summoned names, blessed the souls of soldiers, and lowered the banners of gods.

Many officers and soldiers present had sad expressions on their faces.

In the Battle of Fancheng, the imperial army lost no less than 3000 people, one deputy commander was martyred, and seventeen commanders and deputy commanders, dozens of capitals and more generals, can be said to be the imperial army. The most costly battle ever.At this moment, the people here don't know the feelings of Niu Gao's tribe, so one of Liang Fangping's arms has already been broken.

They only knew about the Battle of Fancheng, and they had lost a lot of money.Even in the decisive battle with Zhong Xiang and Wang Qingjun at the bank of Dongting Lake, the losses of the imperial guards were far less than what they are now.

It was not until three days later that Yao Gu in Xiangyang received an urgent report from the rear, saying that the Niugao tribe had lost.Of the [-] troops under his command, fewer than a thousand fled back to Hanchuan.Controlling Niu Gao is trapped in the formation.The navy, army and soldiers in Xiangyang City were all stagnant.

The urgent report from the Hanyang Army was not only delivered to Yao Gu, but also to Jiangling.The latter reacted very quickly, and dispatched Liu Guangguo from Jiangzhou to turn back nearby to reinforce the Ezhou and Hanyang armies.

Fortunately, they also know that the Western Army is in a hurry to fight in Jiangning Mansion, and the latter is already on the verge of collapse, and the great success is about to be completed.He did not order the Western Army to retreat lightly.

"Brother, what's the point of fighting and not fighting these few days, retreating and not retreating? Does Zhemo want me to just sit here?"

After taking down Fancheng, the army under Lu Qian's supervision had already stood still, and was at a stalemate with the Song army on the opposite bank.It has been many days so far, and Li Kui has been waiting impatiently.

"Otherwise? Could you still fly over the Han River?"

There was a gentle night breeze along the river, and the new moon hung high in the sky, casting a faint silver light on the water.It's already mid-to-late September, and winter has arrived.In the night, you can't hear any insects chirping, not even a bird, only the sound of the Han River washing against the shore.

Occasionally, a big firework will hit the sky, and the sound of the explosion will spread across the river, cutting through the suffocating and silent night sky, illuminating a section of the river, but also adding infinite tranquility to the world.

The secluded river, shining in the cool northwest wind, is like silver moonlight.

If a literati is faced with this situation, he is afraid that he will write a poem to express his emotions.It's a pity that Lu Qian and Li Kui are just ordinary people, and the other is a rough embryo.

"The focus of this upcoming battle is no longer here. In Huainan, in Jiangnan, in Jingnan..."

Lu Qian looked at the opposite bank, the Song Army warships were patrolling the river at night, and the lights were dribs and drabs.

Li Kui scratched his head in confusion, he didn't understand Lu Qian's words, obviously there were tens of thousands of troops here, as long as they could pass the river, those bad soldiers from Zhao Guan's family were nothing.And crossing the river is not very difficult.It's hard to get through here, what about other places?Is it still possible to pass the upper reaches of the Han River?

Why is the point no longer here?

It's just that although Li Kui's brain is not smart, he is obedient.Since it was Lu Qian who said it, then it will not be here anymore. "If you don't fight, don't fight, I can go home early."

It's good to go home early if you don't fight. He just married his wife last year. When he went out with the army, his belly was already big.Li Kui is stupid, he cares a lot about his daughter-in-law and the baby in his wife's womb.

"I heard that you gave all the property to your brother? Why did you suddenly show kindness? Didn't you want to have nothing to do with him a few years ago?"

"That's an angry word. After all, he is my elder brother. For the sake of my old lady, I can't help him being downcast. Besides, those farmers are so irritable, and there are some poor tenants among the tenants. It's not because of the strict law of the elder brother, See, I also waved my fists to teach them a lesson. I gave them all, and taught him to wrestle with others, and I was also satisfied."

(End of this chapter)