Han Shizu

Chapter 809
When the army on the North Road won the victory in Lizhou and played the triumphant song, they turned their attention to the east. Under the command of Zhao Kuangyin, the Han Army on the East Road also won successive battles and progressed smoothly.

After defeating the Kuizhou Navy and successfully capturing the Shusongmu Village, the next day, the mighty general Dangjin led the crowd to attack the enemy's Sanhui Village.

On July 23, Dangjin led the army from Sanhuizhai to the southwest, and cooperated with the frontal land and water division led by Han general Cui Yanjin to attack Wushanzhai, the key village of Wuxia.

Cui Yanjin led the Jiangling navy with Wei Lin to cut off the upper reaches, and then divided the division to land, occupying the east-west passage, and avoiding land reinforcements in Wushanzhai.After making sufficient arrangements, he immediately launched an attack on the Shu army.The first battle was unsuccessful, but after finding out the defense and combat power of the defenders, they strengthened their attacks the next day. At that time, Wushan stronghold was broken, and Yuan Dehong, the general of Shu, surrendered.

After the Wushan stronghold was destroyed, all the surrounding villages fell. Afterwards, Zhao Kuangyin quickly advanced with Zhang Yongde, the general of the forbidden army, and captured Wushan county. From this, the Han army completely broke through the dangerous Wu Gorge, and the soldiers pointed directly at Fengjie, the city of Kuizhou. .

When the Master of Han came, he was invincible and shocked in Fengjie.

The autumn wind was bleak, and the Shu flag flying high at the top of the Fengjie city seemed a little sluggish. Although the soldiers of Shu stood at the top of the city, they were not panicked, but the low morale was visible to the naked eye.

A veteran, dressed in military armor, supported the city wall and looked eastward.This person is Shu Kuizhou Jiedu envoy Pang Fucheng, on his old face, even the brown spots are exhausted, his eyes are a little dim, his back looks rickety, and he seems a little unable to bear the weight of the armor on his body.

When the Han army attacked Zhuzhai, especially when they besieged Wushan Village, Pang Fucheng had never struggled and sent troops to the east to help.It is difficult to defend, and let alone attack, the [-] troops who supported were repelled. If the Han army hadn't focused on the matter of attacking the stronghold, I am afraid that the [-] troops would not have been simply repelled.

"My lord, you have been defeated repeatedly, Wushan has fallen, and the main stronghold in the east is lost. The army of the Northern Han Dynasty is about to approach the city, and now there are few soldiers, how can you be a leader?" Beside Pang Fucheng, a bureaucrat asked with a sad face. Dao, his tone was full of fear of failure.

"The Han army is powerful and unstoppable, and we need to make early plans!" Another person said.

Hearing this, Pang Fucheng's expression became serious, his dark eyes became sharper, with great deterrent force, he said coldly: "What's the plan? According to Er and others, the Han army is unstoppable, the old man should surrender right away? "

After being directly told by Pang Fucheng what was in his heart, several staff members couldn't help but froze, not daring to look at him.There was a bit of embarrassment in the tense atmosphere, and one person timidly said: "More than half of Kuizhou's military force is deployed to the east of Wushan, but it was lost in the hands of the Han army in just a few days. How can we protect the army and the people of the city when it comes? what?"

Tossing and turning, that's what it means, the Han army is hard to stop!

Seeing their behavior like this, Pang Fucheng's face became extremely indifferent, his decrepit body stood upright, with such a strong aura that no one dared to look at him, he said sharply: "I know what you guys are thinking! But, a word of advice, put it away You think carefully! I, Pang, have received the kindness of two generations of emperors, and I will never act against the Lord! If you dare to say surrender and disturb our army, I will cut off your head and sacrifice the flag!"

Pang Fucheng said that his expression did not seem to be fake, and he was intimidated by it, and Nuonuo dared not speak anymore.

"Your envoy speaks well!" A stern-faced Shu general said on the side: "There are still thousands of soldiers in Fengjie, [-] rations, and sufficient armaments. Why are you afraid of the Han army? The Han army from the west is only [-]. The rest of the people have been attacking the stronghold for several days without any damage. You mediocre and cowardly fighters who open their mouths and surrender, why are they standing on the top of Fengjie city? Get out of the city and don't shake the morale of the army here!"

This Shu general was named Wu Shouqian, and he was the supervisor of the Fengjie Army. Judging by his performance, he was a hardliner.Being reprimanded by his blunt words, the staff members of Kuizhou blushed a little, but they were more ashamed than ashamed.

"Okay!" Pang Fucheng said, and turned his gaze to the Yangtze River, as if he could see the Han army resting in Wushan and preparing to go.

"Retire, appease the people, recruit all the young and strong laborers in the city, carry the equipment, and at the same time, bring wood to strengthen the Hengjiang floating beam!" Pang Fucheng ordered.

"Yes!"

"You don't have to worry too much!" Thinking that in times of crisis, we should work together to strengthen the city, Pang Fucheng's tone softened, and he said comfortingly: "Vice Privy Secretary Han is coming, mobilizing relief troops along the way, our army You only need to guard him for three or five days, and you will be safe!"

Barely suppressing the internal discordant voices, standing at the head of the city, Pang Fucheng returned to his twilight state and stood there for a long time.

"Mr. Pang, before the Han master arrives, you should go back to the Yamen to rest! The matter of defending the city against the enemy, leave it to the general!" Wu Shouqian advised.

Looking into the distance again, Pang Fucheng smiled at Wu Shouqian: "Then I will trouble the Wu Supervisor Army!"

Turning around and clenching his old fists, Pang Fucheng showed firmness on his face, and said in his heart: "This old man has enjoyed good fortune in Sichuan for nearly thirty years, enough is enough!"

At this time, Pang Fucheng seems to have regained the pride and generosity he had when he followed Meng Zhixiang to fight for the country.Of course, in Pang Fucheng's heart, he may not have much confidence in Kuizhou's defense and the power of the Houshu. All he can do is to do his best and obey the destiny.

In the east of Fengjie City, the Shu army built a floating beam across the two banks, which is not so much a floating bridge as a fence.There are three layers of wooden fences, iron cables across the river, ferocious iron cones, towering spikes, and straight to the east. The purpose, of course, is to block the attack of the Han army boats.Since the westward march of the Han army, Kuizhou Jiedu has invested in manpower for construction, and now it has become a large-scale, and it is also one of the confidence of the Shu army's defense.

And not far downstream, several boats were moored on the shore.Zhao Kuangyin, the coach of the East Route Army, stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the "solid" line of defense.The huge floating beam, like a black dragon with teeth and claws, lies across the river. Under the impact of the river, it slowly surges, exuding a dangerous atmosphere, and seems to be ready to swallow everything that dares to violate it at any time.

"Marshal Zhao, the investigation of the enemy's situation is done by someone else. As the commander-in-chief of the first army, you are in danger of the whole army. Why do you come here personally?" Zhang Yongde, who was recruited for the post, couldn't help saying to Zhao Kuangyin.

"It doesn't matter! The Shu army still has nothing to do with me, Zhao Kuangyin!" Zhao Kuangyin said lightly.

Pointing to the defensive floating beam across the river, Zhao Kuangyin said with a light smile, "This floating beam is well built. Our military boats go upstream. If they hit it, they will be destroyed! The fortresses along the coast are also very good. If you place soldiers in it, you can not only defend the floating beams, but also condescend to control the river with ballistas."

Zhao Kuangyin's mouth was full of admiration, but his expression was always calm and relaxed, obviously he had found a way to deal with it.

Zhang Yongde said: "I heard that at the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, the Jin army attacked Wu. The Wu army built iron chains and threw them into the dangerous and narrow part of the Yangtze River to cross the river to prevent the Jin army from going down the river. The Shu army probably followed this method and wanted to To block our army's advance! This move is a bit wishful thinking!"

"General Zhang is well-informed!" Zhao Kuangyin cast admiring glances at Zhang Yongde, with bright eyes, and asked, "In your opinion, how should our army break his delusion!"

Zhang Yongde thought for a while and said, "Although Fuliang is standing, soldiers are still needed to garrison it! You only need to divide your troops to land on the shore, advance by land and water, and break the army guarding the bridge. Then take advantage of the situation to seize Fuliang, cross the river and attack Fengjie City."

Then, pointing his finger to the north, Zhang Yongde continued: "If you march in this way, you can also cross the Shimen, Baidi City and other villages along the north bank of the river and their river-protecting fortresses! Therefore, this floating beam is not only difficult to stop our army. Oppose the convenient way to march with our army!"

Listening to his analysis, Zhao Kuangyin clapped his hands subconsciously, and said, "General Zhang is truly a wise general!"

"Marshal Zhao is really a commander!" Zhang Yongde looked at Zhao Kuangyin with a humble look on his face, "I'm afraid Dushuai has all of these situations in his mind!"

Zhao Kuangyin didn't answer this question, but followed his analysis and said: "If you want to achieve the general's plan, you need to pull out the forts on the south bank and destroy the army guarding the bridge. How about leaving this offensive task to General Zhang?"

"Order!" Zhang Yongde agreed very simply.

Nodding his head, Zhao Kuangyin greeted: "It's almost enough to see, send an order, turn the bow and go back to Wushan!"

"Yes!"

When Zhao Kuangyin came to investigate the enemy's situation in person, the Shu army's defense in Jiang'an was actually aware of it, but they didn't dare to move lightly, allowing them to come and go freely.

"That's Baidi City!" On the way back, Zhao Kuangyin asked the guide with great interest, pointing to a small pass on the north bank.

"You are handsome, that's right!"

"After the Battle of Yiling, Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty was famous in Bituogu. After the destruction of Fengjie City, I will take some time to visit and pay my respects." Zhao Kuangyin smiled lightly, quite leisurely.

On July 26th, after resting in Wushan for a day, the army of the Eastern Road Expedition against Shu boarded a boat again and marched westward. When they reached Shimen, Zhao Kuangyin ordered that the troops be divided into two groups, and advance by land and water.On land, generals Zhang Yongde and Liu Guangyi of the Forbidden Army led their troops to abandon their boats and land on the shore, and went straight to the floating beams of the Hengjiang River.

The war in Kuizhou has entered the final stage, and the throat of the east road to Shu is about to be opened.

(End of this chapter)