Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

He has always felt that it is risky for the cavalry to advance alone. Although the effect is very good, there is no backup supply, no reinforcements, and no artillery support. The danger of going deep alone is also great.

After being awakened by Wang Huan, he was determined to recall the vanguard party and attack according to his own tactics.

But at this moment, an orderly came over from the southern avenue in a panic, got off his horse and corrected the password, rushed straight over, and reported a message to Cao Bin in a low voice.

After hearing this, Cao Bin's face immediately turned ugly.

The forwards all commanded Dang Jin to be ambushed by the Tang army, and his life and death were uncertain. The forwards had a thousand elite cavalry, but in the end only more than 600 people were gathered.

This is already a considerable battle loss, not to mention the forward thousand cavalry is the elite of the army.

He immediately called the recovered cavalry and asked about the situation. It turned out that they attacked the Wuchang land camp at night and were ambushed while resting. The cavalry knew the approximate location of the ambush.

Cao Bin said: "If they want to defend, they can only retreat to the camp or to Wuchang City. Wuchang City has been trapped by the navy, and they can't go."

Immediately ordered: "Release scouts and ask General Zhang Zhengtao to lead four battalions of infantry, two battalions of horses, and one battalion of artillery to surround the Wuchang camp."

The orderly immediately went to convey the order.

Soon the troops began to dispatch, and in the afternoon, more than 3000 people from the Seventh Battalion of the Qin Army surrounded the dilapidated Wuchang Camp.

And the unusual Tang army who could defeat the elite of the Qin army was also trapped in the camp as Cao Bin expected.

At first they wanted to retreat into the city of Wuchang, but they were repelled by the navy that besieged Wuchang in the morning.

Zhang Zhengtao reported the news ahead to Cao Bin, and everyone felt that Cao Bin knew everything well.

But his expression became tense: "This just shows that the opponent is smart. If he is afraid of a cavalry and navy who only know how to run, he will definitely not be able to run away from our cavalry and sailors. This is why he wants to hold on to the danger and resist stubbornly.

This just shows that he can beat Dangjin's elite strikers from time to time. "

After speaking, he immediately sent four more battalions, increasing the strength to more than 5000.

According to Zhang Zhengtao's report, the besieged Tang army was only about a thousand people. Facing the Qin army's eight battalions of infantry, two battalions of cavalry, and one battalion of artillery, even if they had all-handed hands and eyes, it was hard to see hope.

This is the difference in strength between the two armies. For the Qin army, all of their troops can fight, and a small defeat is like a fly shaking a tree.

As far as the Tang army is concerned, the besieged more than 1000 people in the entire west are already all capable troops, and the result is naturally very desperate...

Chapter 472: Capturing Lin Renzhao

The autumn wind is bleak, lowering the water plants, the large reeds on the side of the road are lowered, the rustling wind is blocked by the gaps, the large bonfires in the distance are already burning, and the air is full of the smell of sulfur.

Layers upon layers of military formations are densely surrounded, flags stand everywhere, and the scorching sun hangs high.

The armor reflected the light in the sun. At the forefront of the position, the cavalry began to retreat in an orderly manner, cruising the periphery, responsible for the detection and security of the periphery of the military formation, as scouts and mobile forces.

Once entering the battle stage, the Qin army's rangers have always been placed on the periphery of the army formation, which is completely different from the tactics of more than ten years ago. It is a tactic that has only begun to emerge in the past few years.

In the past, rangers generally cruised on the left and right wings or in the front, and were used to support unfavorable places in front of the battle, or to harass the opponent's army.

However, with the development of the artillery unit in the past two years, there is a risk of being accidentally injured by rangers cruising in front of the formation. Of course, the generals in the Chinese army said that they were concerned about the feelings of the light cavalry brothers.

The most important thing is the emergence of artillery, which makes it basically impossible for the opponent's front to resist the attack of the Qin army. There is no need for rangers to make up for the disadvantaged front or risk harassing the enemy.

All in the army formation of the Qin army, once the fight started, their cavalry would instead cruise around the periphery.

Those who are familiar with the Qin army will see that their cavalry begin to retreat, and they will know that this is a sign of an attack. Those who are not familiar with it will, on the contrary, follow the retreat of the cavalry, and will make a judgment that the Qin army will give up the attack. .

Obviously, the Tang army defending in the Wuchang camp belongs to the latter.

They repaired the dilapidated gates, built fences, kept horses away, piled up deer villages, spread wet mud, and kept watering to prevent fire attacks.

Faced with the siege of several times the army, there is still no intention of surrendering.

The Qin army had already besieged here for two days. The reason why they did not launch an attack was because the army from the northeast entered Wuchang city yesterday and took over Wuchang without encountering resistance.

Just yesterday, when the forward army rushed forward by land and water, and was about to attack Ezhou, news came from the east.

Huangzhou Bingdu Supervisor Wu Ningqian and others led the local army, crossed the Yangtze River on boats gathered from the people and merchants, and captured the Xifan Shanzhai of Ezhou City with the people as the logistics force.

Fanshanzhai is the camp of an important town in Ezhou. According to information, there are at least [-] troops stationed in the village, because Ezhou is an important town by the river.

Unexpectedly, such an important town was captured by the soldiers and civilians of Huangzhou, and the Dazhai of Ezhou was broken without waiting for the army of the forbidden army.

Huangzhou is roughly located in Huanggang City in later generations. Crossing the river from Huangzhou, the width of the river is narrow. To the south is Ezhou City, separated by a river. In addition, after the war, His Majesty did order the soldiers and horses of all states and counties along the river to cooperate with the army. Generals Scheduling must take orders.

It's just that Wu Ningqian, the supervisor of the soldiers and horses in Huangzhou, and others cooperated too much and directly knocked down the Ezhou camp. Probably because they felt that the Tang army was vulnerable across the Yangtze River, and they were eager to make contributions. They couldn't wait for the imperial army to come, and led the local soldiers to fight passed.

The capture of Fanshanzhai means that Ezhou City will soon surrender. Sure enough, after the navy marched to Ezhou that day, the governor of Ezhou immediately led the civil and military officials to surrender in Kaesong.

After the general Cao Bin heard about this incident, he personally sent his own soldiers to reward Huangzhou Bingdujian and others, and promised to ask for credit for them in front of the officials.

In other words, as early as yesterday, the striker army had passed Ezhou and was approaching Jiujiang and Hukou.

Jiangzhou and Huzhou were the real important towns in the Southern Tang Dynasty. They were guarded by the Fenghua Army. They went east to Jiangning, the capital of Kyoto, and south to Nandu, with more than 3 troops.

As a result, until today, this place has actually become a lone army.

Zhang Zhengtao, the leader of the army, has also sent someone to explain their situation to this lone army. They have no chance of winning, and the lone army is trapped. Sooner or later, the entire army will be wiped out, and he persuaded them to surrender.

But these people are so hard-headed that they will not surrender no matter what, even if they know the corruption of the situation, they are still guarding.

It's not that Zhang Zhengtao can't get in. He has a superior force, and he has an artillery battalion and dozens of field artillery. It's easy to get in, but the rebels have hostages in their hands.

Dangjin and more than 130 vanguard cavalry are in their hands.

But today, Zheng Zhengtao is not ready to wait anymore. First, he has no patience. Second, the forwards have already fought near Jiujiang, and the Chinese army has also arrived in Ezhou, but he is still staying here to save people. If he delays, what will he do? Victory is gone.

So he became cruel and ordered a storm.

The drums sounded, the banners were unfurled, the army array was deployed, the cavalry retreated, and the field artillery had already arrived at the front of the array.

Then the fierce artillery fire was ready to start, and the camp gate and sentry post that the Tang army rushed to repair were trapped, and the fence was immediately smashed to pieces, and debris flew across.

Many trapped Tang troops had no time to react, and many people were still close to the fence to guard, and the result was heavy losses.

Then the artillery battalion began to advance towards the main camp under the protection of the infantry. The advantages of lightness and maneuverability of the field artillery were brought into full play, and they could easily follow the infantry forward.

Soon they advanced to the camp gate.

The Tang army organized a counterattack, trying to defeat the Qin army again with a raid of elite cavalry, just as they had set up an ambush to defeat the Qin army.

As a result, what came oncoming was a salvo of more than [-] field cannons from the artillery of the Qin Army. In an instant, flesh and blood flew all over the place.

Then the Qin army continued to advance, cleaning up the cavalry that had suffered heavy losses, while continuing to advance. Someone roared and tried to move forward, but was stabbed to death by the tightly formed Qin army.

This battle was not as fierce as Lin Renzhao expected, and it was beyond the expectations of all Tang Jun. Although they defeated Qin Jun last time, although it was difficult, they still had to fight and confront each other hard.

This time it was completely different. The Qin army continued to advance in a tight formation, but they had no way to stop them. The cavalry charged at the camp gate and fence, and all means could not shake them at all.

In the distance, there were countless and endless Qin troops waiting in formation, but just seeing these two battalions approaching in front of them made all the Tang troops despair.

When the cavalry with heavy casualties fled back to the camp, Lin Renzhao led people to help them. Most of the people who could come back were covered in blood. More than 300 people went out, but only a hundred or so came back.

Most of them were not injured, and the blood belonged to Brother Paoze, and a few had broken arms and legs, and ran back by relying on their horses.

And the Qin army from behind has already pressed up, only a hundred steps away from the camp gate.

Lin Renzhao ordered the wounded to be sent back, and at the same time personally led people to block the gate of the camp to stop the Qin army.

It's just that the Qin army didn't intend to attack by force at all. The tight infantry formation spread out, revealing the artillery behind. Lin Renzhao's pupils constricted. This was not the first time he had seen these things.

Immediately, he was shocked and ordered to disperse. Soon, with a loud noise, after several rounds of shelling, the entire camp was riddled with holes, stumped limbs and arms, and howling wounded soldiers.

The Qin army also quickly entered the camp and cleaned up the battlefield. After the shelling, the resistance in the entire camp was sparse and there was no large-scale resistance.

By the afternoon, all the trapped soldiers surrendered, more than 200 people were captured, and more than 16 people were killed in battle, most of them died of artillery fire, while only [-] of the Qin army were injured.

The most gratifying thing is that these Tang troops did not kill the prisoners. The 130 and seven captured Qin troops, including the forwards of the Qin Army's West Route Army, commanded Dang Jin to make Dangjin, but they were all safe and sound.

It was precisely because of this that Zhang Zhengtao bypassed these captives. Otherwise, the ordinary soldiers among them might be fine, but the officers must be unlucky, because they killed more than 100 soldiers of the Qin army and had to pay the price.

Since the prisoners were safe, Zhang Zhengtao did not touch these officers.

The leader among them was called Lin Renzhao, but Zhang Zhengtao was not familiar with Lin Renzhao's name, because he was still young during the Huainan War, and he hadn't been with the officials, nor had he participated in the Huainan War, otherwise it would be impossible for him not to know Lin Renzhao's name.

It was just that they were rushed to the riverside immediately after they were escorted, and the ordinary soldiers stayed in Wuchang City and were detained, ready to be dealt with uniformly.

The command envoy and 18 officers above him were escorted by water to Ezhou to meet the commander-in-chief.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived in Ezhou, the Chinese army had already gone to Jiangzhou (Jiujiang).

It turns out that the striker has already captured Huzhou and is approaching Huzhou (Hukou).

Zhang Zhengtao immediately led the troops to Huzhou. First, he was anxious to be ordered to hand over these people to the commander. Second, he felt that he might be able to catch up with the battle in Fenghua Town and gain military merit.

This time he led more than 5000 people and besieged a lone army of 1000 people. Although the opponent was helpless to fight back, it was not a big credit...

Chapter 473 Facts speak louder than words

In the morning, there was a light rain, and the fog on the river did not dissipate until noon. With a little cold wind, the fog still started. The sun pierced through the mist, dispelled the hazy milky white, and it was already after noon when the road ahead was lit.

Since then, the fleet has dared to advance at full speed, without having to worry about the hidden reefs of the islands in the heart of the river.

For this reason, General Zhang Zhengtao of the Qin Army was obviously in a bad mood. He didn't want to waste any more time and distance himself from the Chinese Army. He didn't expect an autumn rain to make things worse.

"I hope they haven't beaten Jiangzhou when we arrive." On the deck, Zhang Zhengtao, who had just watched the situation ahead, complained.

The adjutant said: "It is said that the Fenghua army has more than [-] people in time. No matter how unbearable the Tang army is, it should be able to hold out for a few days."

Dang Jin, who had just been rescued next to him, was depressed and didn't want to speak at all. Lin Renzhao listened in the cabin, feeling that they were delusional.

To the east are the Ezhou Camp, Jiujiang, and Hukou's Fenghua army. They almost dreamed of setting up the Fanshanzhai camp within a few days before going to Hukou.

The Fanshanzhai camp was an important military town where he personally presided over the site selection and supervised the construction when he served as the southern capital, and when he was the Jiedu envoy of the Zhennan Army, he planned to stop them there one day if the Qin army came from Jiangxi.

If they go around, they are likely to be flanked by front and back. If they don't go around, Fan Shanzhai will become a nail, making them unable to attack for a long time and depleting their troops and supplies.

The journey to the east was very torturous. Lin Renzhao was trapped with his hands and shackles, and was escorted to the flagship because the commander of the Qin Army called to see him.

After arriving in Ezhou, he was surprised to find that the ferry by the river was marked with the flag of the Qin army, and there were soldiers of the Qin army everywhere. Then someone boarded the boat, and he vaguely heard Zhang Zhengtao coming to see him in the cabin. He is a senior official of the Qin army and the confidant of the emperor.

After that, he heard an unbelievable news in the conversation of everyone, Fan Shanzhai was breached a few days ago!The magistrate of Ezhou led the army and civilians in the city to surrender.

Moreover, the Fanshanzhai he carefully built was not breached by the army of the Qin Army on the West Road, but by the Qin Army's local soldiers and civilians crossing the river from Huangzhou on the opposite bank!

Lin Renzhao had mixed feelings in his heart, and he was indescribably frustrated.

The fleet stayed in Ezhou for less than half an hour and set off immediately. Later, he also learned that the Qin army had captured Jiujiang and was approaching the camp of the Fenghua army...

At night, Lin Renzhao wanted to find an opportunity when the guards were lax and jumped out of the deck to end his life, but was stopped by the guards of Qin Jun who was handling the official documents while the night wind was blowing: "You can die if you want!" , if you commit suicide in Jiangxin, the commander-in-chief will not blame me, it's the best of both worlds."

Lin Renzhao was enraged, but he was speechless. The Dujian opposite was the second-in-command of the Qin army. He was tall, with a sword on his waist, and was dressed in a purple robe and round collar official uniform, but he had a refined temperament.

"If not, let's go to the commander-in-chief honestly. Officials always love talents. If someone like you can keep his head down, he may have a good future."

"Bow your head to you defeated generals? Fifteen years ago, I won consecutive battles in Zhengyang, and defeated you in Wuchang. So what now?" Lin Renzhao said angrily.

"Well... 15 years ago, you won consecutive battles, and then you lost the fourteen prefectures in the north of the Yangtze River, and the officials and soldiers came to Jinling City. Now you beat us down and become prisoners of the ranks, to be slaughtered?" The other party smiled, and his words were full of contempt.

"If this is the case, according to your standards, I would rather fight and lose again and again, so that the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties can be restored and the world will be unified in less than 30 years. That is too simple.

Why should the official family defeat Khitan in the north, destroy Hedong, pacify Jingchu, take over Shu, go down to Lingnan, seize Huainan, and take Guanbei? "

"You..." Lin Renzhao choked, his face flushed.

The Dujian asked the soldiers around him to untie him, still wearing the shackles, and then poured him a cup of tea, "Please sit down."

Lin Renzhao was not afraid of hesitation, and immediately took a few steps over and sat down at the table, took a swig, his brows furrowed immediately, bitterness... as bitter as medicine.

When he thought he was being tricked, he explained to the other side: "This is green tea, the favorite drink of officials, although it tastes bitter, it can refresh your mind.

Over time, those of us who follow the officials have learned that marching and fighting require a clear mind, and generals in the army are not allowed to drink alcohol when fighting, but tea is fine.

Officials have always liked to drink this kind of thing. He said that a general should keep a clear head at all times, and a king should understand that bitterness comes first, and sweetness should come first. "

Lin Renzhao didn't speak, he tasted the sweetness after a bit of bitterness, and then his heart was full of bitterness again, he was speechless for a while.

The river breeze is cool, blowing through the windows like a cabin, and the waves mixed with the chirping of insects and birds along the river can be heard clearly.

The capital supervisor of the Qin army continued to pour tea for himself, "Referring to the past is not enough to defeat our army, not to mention that I think those old events will only become your fears.

How miserable Jiangnan's fiasco was at the hands of the officials last time, this time it will only be worse. "The other party spoke bluntly, his words were as sharp as a sword, "If the officials hadn't repeatedly explained that you don't have to beat Jiangnan hard and fast, but love the people in Jiangnan, you will only lose worse.I stayed in Ezhou to appease the hearts of the people, and supervised the army so as not to disturb the people. If it weren't for the former army, they would have already arrived in Huzhou.

You may be lucky, but I am the son of heaven Wencheng Wude, the fate of heaven belongs to one mind, and the direction of the heavenly soldiers, let alone your little Jiangnan, Lingnan, Shu, Jingchu, Hedong, and Liao can't stop it.

The general trend of the world, the easier fate is not something you can stop, and it will not change because of your death. You may feel uncomfortable with these words, but it is the truth. "

But Lin Renzhao couldn't find any reason to resist the rhetoric. The Qin army had already passed Ezhou and occupied Jiangzhou. It took only half a month to send troops, and this was only the Qin army's West Route Army...

From their words, Lin Renzhao could also hear that there were four armies sent by the Qin State this time, and they were facing the West Route Army from Jiangling.

Facts speak louder than words...