Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Sitting on the high platform, Wu Yanrou didn't notice that something was wrong, until out of the corner of his eye he saw dense black shadows rushing out of the woods in the northeast corner.

His eyelids twitched, but before he could react, a large number of soldiers resting by the river had been chopped down like melons and vegetables by the black shadows rushing out of the woods.

Soon not only in the northeast corner, more and more figures poured out from everywhere, and finally the soldiers on the edge reacted and started yelling, wailing and screaming together.

Faced with such an unexpected situation, Wu Yanrou was anxious, but her mind went blank, she didn't know what to do, and she was at a loss.

The black shadows in the woods rushed towards the river like a tide, and they moved quickly, chasing and killing them all the way. The Southern Han soldiers who were caught off guard would have no unified dispatch, no unified order, and no one told them in advance what to do if they encountered such a situation , Instinctively just run towards the river, towards places where there are many people, gathering and squeezing in the middle.

After a while, the earth shook, the sound of horseshoes rumbled, and the black torrent burst out from Zhengbei Avenue and rushed straight to the center. A large number of soldiers in panic were stabbed to death, knocked into the air or trampled to their bones and tendons, and soon A road was cut in the middle to separate the Southern Han soldiers by the river, and they headed straight for the high platform where the coach Wu Yanrou was.

On the south side of the river, there are still a large number of soldiers crossing the river. After seeing the situation in the north of the river, they were helpless. After a while, many large ships came from the river from the east and crashed into the small boats crossing the river. Many soldiers jumped The river escaped, accompanied by the ear-piercing sound of crackling planks, many boats were sunk and destroyed, and the troops crossing the river quickly disappeared.

Two quarters of an hour later, Jiangbei had been killed until blood flowed into rivers. The blood stained the sandy beach and flowed into the river. The chaos lost its organization. The inexperienced Southern Han army could not organize an effective resistance. The generals could not find soldiers, and the soldiers did not know their superior Where is it, I only know to run to the river.

The experienced cavalry of the Qin army interspersed everywhere, deliberately separating them, making it difficult for the soldiers of the Southern Han Dynasty to contact and organize resistance, so they found officers and generals with good armor to kill them.

But running to the river is also hopeless. Entering a river that is close to a hundred paces wide is bound to be a disaster, and there are still large enemy ships entrenched on the river, but many soldiers still jumped into the river driven by their survival instincts.

In less than half an hour, Jiangbei was in complete chaos. A large number of soldiers dropped their weapons and knelt down to surrender. Wu Yanrou, who was sitting on the high platform with disheveled hair, wanted to run away. The high official, eager to do meritorious service, cut off his left foot with a knife to prevent him from escaping, and finally stabbed him to death on the spot with a spear.

Soon, the troops who hadn't crossed the river from the south of the river saw the tragic situation in the north of the river, and fled in all directions, fleeing south for their lives...

Chapter 418, Entering Hezhou

The battle by the river didn't last long. The advantage of the Qin army, who was waiting for work, against the unsuspecting Southern Han army, and attacked halfway, caused the Southern Han army to collapse quickly.

The most important thing is that the Southern Han Army has too little war experience, and the soldiers from the grassroots to the high-level generals don't know how to respond quickly when an emergency arises.

Soon, after the soldiers discovered that dropping their weapons and surrendering could save their lives, many followed suit, and large numbers of soldiers surrendered.

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As the sun slanted westward, the north bank of the He River gradually quieted down.

Corpses and broken arms, armored weapons, and broken flags were all over the beach. The white sand beach and the light green ground were dyed blood red. The Qin army slowly shuttled through it, cleaning the battlefield.

On the edge of the woods in the distance, several large pits have been dug, and many corpses are piled up like a hill, and they are processed in a centralized manner.

The Qin army and the Southern Han army who died in battle have the same destination, but the honor of the soldiers of the Qin army is that they don't have to be buried naked in the cold soil, and their relics will be returned to their families.

But as the defeated party, the soldiers of the Southern Han Dynasty did not have that kind of treatment. They would be pulled out naked and buried deep, their armor and weapons would be handed in, and the few relics would be divided by the soldiers.

Liu Renshan glanced at the dense pile of corpses, his face remained unchanged. As a veteran, he had seen many scenes like this, but he just told the auxiliary soldiers who were working: "Bury them deeper, don't let wolves and wild beasts harm them, and they will be buried on the road to Huangquan." Go safe."

Everyone nodded in agreement, and burying people was a time-consuming and labor-intensive task. If Liu Renshan didn't say anything, of course his soldiers would be buried in a safe place. The Southern Han people thought they could do whatever they wanted.

A large number of prisoners of war gathered at the riverside for guarding, and they were so densely packed that they couldn't be counted clearly, but it seemed that there were at least five thousand prisoners of war, and the soldiers of the Qin army were still confiscating their weapons and armor.

The most exciting result of the battle for Liu Renshan was the identification by the generals of the Southern Han Dynasty, and the killing of their leading general Wu Yanrou.

Without any delay, he immediately had Wu Yanrou's body beheaded, and the head and battle report were sent to the Hezhou siege camp.

This fight was very successful!

However, although the scale is huge, in fact, the two sides did not lose many people during the fighting stage. They only had 87 people killed in battle, and not many were injured. In fact, only more than 900 people were killed in the Southern Han Army, and some were killed in the chaos. , Some were killed when they were too seriously injured while cleaning the battlefield, and most of the rest surrendered and were captured, and more casualties were jumped into the river recklessly in a panic and drowned.

He Jiang is not a brook or river. The river is [-] paces wide, the water is surging, and the waves are choppy.

It was only evening, and the riverside shoal about a mile downstream was already full of floating dead bodies. The riverside was covered with white flowers for miles, which was very frightening, like pieces of whitened dead fish, and there were more to come. It took many days to float up, and the drowned people killed many more than Qin Jun.

On the north bank, there were nearly 2 soldiers of the Southern Han Army, almost half of them were driven into the river, some were shot and killed by the water troops on the river surface, and more were swallowed by the waves. It was very tragic, and the water level near the battlefield rose a few points.

This is undoubtedly a great victory. Tens of thousands of reinforcements are scattered and defeated, which means that Hezhou is in a dead end, and it is also a heavy blow to the Southern Han Dynasty.

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On the second day, the Hejiang battlefield was basically cleaned up, and the follow-up settlement was still going on. Most of the soldiers also had a good rest for a day. Most of them were not taken away when the army collapsed.

The soldiers had a good celebration by the river, and then Liu Renshan selected 3000 strong and strong captives to use as auxiliary troops, and then distributed dry food to the rest of the old, weak, sick and disabled, and asked them to send the Qin army away. The water army has been assembled on the Hejiang River, and the warships are supervised. The news that they will go directly down the river and attack Guangzhou in the south will be brought back to the south and widely spread.

Later, Liu Renshan ordered the navy to patrol the Hejiang River every day. With the strength of the navy in the south of Hezhou City, it was impossible to block the Hejiang River, but it was possible to investigate from time to time.

If it were someone else, they might not be so cautious. After experiencing such a big defeat, I don't believe that Nanhan would dare to fight back across the river.

But he is Liu Renshan, and he thought of what happened when he was in Shouzhou.

At that time, the army of Hou Zhou outside the city exceeded [-], and there were several times inside and outside. , Burned the siege equipment they had been repairing for several months, and made Shouchun guard for more than a year.

He just remembered those past events, and he dared not relax because of his own judgment. If there were ruthless people in the Southern Han army who wanted to fight to the death as he did back then, then slack would lead to catastrophe.

So even after the big victory, he didn't dare to relax at all when he had a huge advantage in troops.

On the third day, a messenger was sent from Hezhou to tell him the good news that the governor of Hezhou had surrendered.

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When the reinforcements were wiped out and the head of the leading general Wu Yanrou was taken by the soldiers to the city and shown to the people at the head of Hezhou city, the city of Hezhou was terrified, but they still did not surrender immediately.

So Pan Mei lined up the next day and ordered to attack the city. The soldiers of the three armies were full of confidence, and they heard that after the victory in the south, their morale was high, and they rushed forward. Going forward bravely with the trenches, not afraid of arrows, directly frightened the defenders at the top of the city.

The forward of the Qin army was covered with several layers of heavy armor and covered with a large shield. The follow-up soldiers followed up one after another. Dozens of long dragons, in just a quarter of an hour, had already approached the foot of the city wall from various places and began to prepare siege equipment. There is no way to stop it, and there are dark Qin troops everywhere at the foot of the long city wall.

This kind of momentum and movement frightened the already frightened Hezhou governor. Wu Yanrou's head was still hanging under the banner of the Qin army, so he didn't dare to fight anymore. He immediately asked to see the envoy and surrender.

Pan Mei also quickly dispatched a group of elite troops to take over the city. For fear of fraud, all the elite soldiers in heavy armor went in, and they also pulled wooden carts inlaid with iron. After entering the city gate, they stood at the gate. Both sides, so that the door cannot be closed at once.

However, the accident did not happen, and the process of taking over went very smoothly. The soldiers and civilians of Hezhou were really frightened and had no intention of resisting.

The army took over Hezhou very smoothly, which also means that the northern gate of the Southern Han Dynasty has been fully opened.

From Hezhou to the south, regardless of water or land, you can directly and quickly pass through Panyu.

On the one hand, Pan Mei reported her victory to the imperial court, on the other hand, like Liu Renshan, she released the news that the Qin army was about to go down the river and take Guangzhou directly!

The morale of the tens of thousands of troops was also high, and everyone was screaming to go to Guangzhou. The news spread quickly, and Liu Renshan released a large number of prisoners. The south trembled for a while, Hezhou fell, and the reinforcements were defeated. The people of the Southern Han Kingdom were panicked .

After Pan Mei took Hezhou, apart from restraining the soldiers and routinely opening the treasury to reward the three armies, the first thing she did was what the emperor repeatedly told him.

The first thing is to gather all the people in the city, burn down the big buckets used for grain collection in the Southern Han Dynasty in front of everyone, and announce that the people under the Qin State will use the same small buckets for grain collection instead of allocating money.

The second is to convict the officials in charge of taxation in Hezhou and execute them in public.

This is the instruction given by the officials and prime ministers after deliberations based on the national conditions of the Southern Han Dynasty spying on them before sending out troops, requiring them to carry out these two things every time they capture a city or a pool.

All the people in the city cheered for a while, and Qin Jun won the great support of the local people.

Not to mention the perverse behavior of the ruler of the Southern Han Dynasty, it was only a regime that had ruled south of the Five Ridges for about 50 years. It was easier for Qin to win the hearts of the people, and because of this, the emperor attached great importance to this matter.

Chapter 419, The Principle of Attack

"Generally speaking, it is necessary to try to avoid the war directly entering the decisive stage.

And hide your strategic intentions before the decisive battle, even if you maintain an absolute advantage, you can't fight a war without calculating the consequences because of arrogance. "In the garden, Shi Congyun was bare-chested and backless. He had just practiced, and the weather in Daliang was getting hot, so he decided not to wear it. Anyway, this is his back garden, and there are no outsiders, even Fan Zhi and Dou Yi. You can't do anything to him.

While he was dictating, Zhao Shijian, who was wearing a light green dress over there, was writing down with a pen with his head slightly tilted.

She doesn't understand everything, she's just taking notes.

For Emperor Shi, a lot of things are his understanding and insights gained from fighting for more than ten years. As for why he wrote it down, it may be because he has the mentality of leaving it to future generations, or he wants to be in the vastness of history. Leave a little footprint in the long river.

After all, just a few decades is very short for human history, and insignificant for biological history. If it is enlarged to the vast universe, there will be no waves at all. He thinks that at least in a small environment that is a drop in the ocean, he can It's good to leave a little trace.

Few people understand Emperor Shi's state of mind, and he has never shown it. He understands nihilism, but he also understands that he is living in reality.

"War is an interaction between the enemy and us, so I think it is very reasonable for Sun Tzu to say that victory is known and nothing should be done.

For war, many people know the ways and conditions of victory, but these conditions cannot be met from the beginning. If the conditions for victory are not met, they should first use the existing conditions to protect themselves and wait for the opportunity to win.

But opportunities don’t have to be created by themselves, and often the enemy will create conditions that are beneficial to one’s own side..."

After writing this, Zhao Shijian raised his head slightly, and asked in surprise, "Doesn't it mean that we often rely on the enemy?"

Shi Congyun grinned: "Of course it's good to be able to create the conditions yourself, but wars are often extremely difficult, and people are not as smart as they or others say. In many complicated battlefields, we must first ensure that our own side is as good as possible." Making no mistakes and exploiting the enemy's mistakes to win is a very clever strategy."

"But they all said that it was the officials who planned their strategies and made decisive decisions to turn the world around."

"Hahahaha!" Shi Congyun was quite proud and smiled happily, thinking that these ministers can really talk, he likes to listen, but he just laughed it off, "They have some truths, but I can make a decision. However, in terms of personnel, many situations are uncontrollable by manpower, especially on a complex and changeable battlefield.

Therefore, generals must be adaptable while following the general principles. "

Shi Congyun glanced at it as he spoke, and found that Zhao Shijian recorded their conversation just now in the form of question and answer, similar to the Analects of Confucius, similar to Li Weigong's question and answer.

It seems that the little lady also wants to leave a name in her heart.

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The Guijiang River is a big river, hundreds of paces wide, with mountains rising to the north.

The mountains here are different from those in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Shu, which often stretch for hundreds of miles, and one mountain traverses dozens of states. The mountains here are more delicate and petite. Cheng Lin.

The mountains that are not high but very steep are like sharp needles, straight into the sky, which look very beautiful and have a strange beauty.

This unique landform also creates a unique environment and culture, that is, there is no common cultural or emotional identity among the villages scattered here, just like these towering lonely mountains and forests, most of the time they will fight on their own.

As a result, the Central Committee of the Southern Han Dynasty's control over this area was actually very weak, and the prime ministers of the Qin State knew this long before sending troops.

This is one of the important reasons why Guizhou is desirable in the final decision made by the emperor, and it is not expected to encounter fierce resistance here.

Guo Tingwei and Si Chao stood at the bow of the boat, and behind them were boats stretching for several miles. Fires flickered on the quiet Guijiang River, like a long winding dragon, and the river was dyed fiery red.

Si Chao said quite emotionally: "The mountains and rivers here are really beautiful, I have never seen such beautiful things in my life."

Si Chao is from western Liaoning, and the southernmost place he has ever reached is Hengzhou. He has never seen such beauty since he was a child.

"The mountains and rivers on both sides of the Guijiang River are unsurpassed, beautiful, strange and beautiful. When I lived in Jiangnan when I was young, I came here once, and it was very shocking." Guo Ting said with emotion. He is a character, he will sell their ancestors a little face, but he will not get much better. He has also carried a heavy burden since he was a child. He dare not indulge in every word, deed, and action easily. He is afraid of humiliating his ancestors. At the same time, he feels powerless. Never catch up with the achievements of the ancestors.

But now under the government's hand, he suddenly saw the dawn, and he might have a chance to glorify his family, his ancestors, so he became more strict and cautious with himself.

"It's not as beautiful as the official's scheme." Si Chao grinned.

Guo Tingwei also smiled, and nodded in agreement, "They thought our main force was on the eastern front, and the main force was on the eastern front. In fact, most of the navy was on the western front. They just waited for something to happen on the eastern front, and their army went east. assemble.

The officials are right. We can’t let the enemy know our intentions. Even if the enemy is vulnerable, a hasty decisive battle is the next choice. Breaking them down one by one, strangling them in the military port camp, or before they are assembled is the best choice. . "

"I can't say something so reasonable as the official's, but I understand the reason." Si Chao put his hands on his waist and looked at the calm river in the distance. The water here is much calmer than that of the Huaihe River, so quiet and clear that people can't bear to shout.

"Someone can't help but think, when we arrive at the military port, what kind of heroic scene it will be when four hundred cannons fire at their military port."

The two looked at each other without saying anything.

Before dispatching troops, after determining the final general candidates, Emperor Shi Congyun convened more than 20 senior generals for a secret meeting and made strategic arrangements.

Different from the previous disputes inside and outside the court, the decision made by the emperor was to enter the army in two ways.

But this two-way attack is very different from before, and it is not the way Qin Chao and the Han Dynasty sent troops.

There is a big difference in the types of arms. The east road is dominated by the army. As the main force on the surface, it goes south from Daozhou to attack Hezhou, and then claims to continue south to attack Panyu. The road army cooperates.

The West Route is dominated by water troops, with a thousand ships of all sizes, ten days later than the East Route Army. After the sight of the Southern Han Dynasty was attracted by the Eastern Route Army, they went down from the south of Guizhou and suddenly attacked the important town of Guizhou, destroying the shipbuilding of the Southern Han Dynasty. The base, Jingjiang Junzhen, the base for training the navy, destroyed the largest military group in the north of the Southern Han Dynasty in one fell swoop.

Then go down the Guijiang River, pass through Zhaozhou, Fuzhou, Wuzhou, etc., and drive directly to Panyu along the river, reach the capital of the Southern Han Dynasty, and cooperate with the East Route Army to go straight to Guangzhou.

This arrangement is not only to allow the water army to play a role, but also to make the heavy artillery on land that is difficult to carry in the mountains of Lingnan play a role, and it is also to make the enemy misjudge the direction of the Qin army's main attack.

If the East Route Army's attack goes well, and they store up a large number of troops on the East Front to block the attack, the waterway to the west will be opened after taking Jingjiang Town, allowing the West Route Army to go straight to Panyu, and vice versa.

In the worst case, if the attack of the two armies fails, then join forces and attack the important towns on the east and west lines with a huge advantage in strength.

Guo Tingwei and Si Chao still don't know what's going on with Pan Mei and Liu Renshan.

The river in the distance became more and more open, and after crossing a few islands in the middle of the river, they were already very close to Guizhou, and there were faint figures of people in the woods beside the river in the distance.

They are likely to be discovered, but this is not important anymore. It is impossible for such a large fleet to be completely concealed.

The river was already more than [-] paces wide, the water flow became more and more gentle, the high mountains along the river gradually receded, and the villages hiding behind the mountains on both sides were gradually exposed.

You can vaguely see many people working back and forth by the riverside, looking at the huge fleet in the river in horror, and fleeing in horror. In less than half an hour, the beacon fire has been lit on the high mountain in the distance, and the smoke billows straight into the sky.

Guo Ting said that his expression didn't change, and he didn't feel flustered. He only ordered, "Set sail and move forward at full speed."

Exposure was inevitable. They had already bribed the two villages in the upper reaches of Jiangfang by threats and money. They traveled down the river at a very fast speed. It only took one to two hours to reach Guizhou from here to the south.

In such a short period of time, even if they were able to organize a navy, it would be hasty, not to mention...

After Guo Tingwei looked to the left, the handsome giant ship was dozens of steps away from his left rear, and the dark gun muzzles on the sides were arranged neatly on the upper and lower decks.

What's more, their fleet has four hundred such guns!

Thinking of this, Guo Ting said that the corners of his mouth turned up confidently. No matter how well prepared he is, he is full of confidence. Sufficient firepower is the greatest sense of security!

Chapter 420, Unexpected Victory