The Caishiji defenders have been easily eliminated by Li Chuyun.
After inspecting the terrain, Guo Shao discussed with shogunate officials and generals, believing that the buoyant bridge could be built under the situation of controlling the river surface, so Wang Pu was ordered to mobilize craftsmen Min Zhuang to handle the matter.
The crowd once again visited the Yangtze River and took a warship to the surface of the Yangtze River.
Wang Pu was wearing a long robe and looked up at the bow of the boat. Guo Shao walked over the deck and watched the scene on the river for a long time.
The sails dotted, the wheels of the waterwheel were rustling, and white waves splashed on the river.
After a long time, Guo Shao said: There are two Luzhous in the middle of the river. The Yangtze River is three waterways here, and the narrowest one to the west.When the King of Envoys was supervising the construction of the floating bridge, the convenient demolition of this line to the west should be considered.
Wang Pu thought for a while and said: General Guo was thinking about giving way to the navy ship?
Guo Shao said: That's right.The quarry ferry was occupied, and our army had a large floating bridge. Jinling could not sit idly by any means. The first thing that threatened Cailing was the Southern Tang reinforcements from Jinling... Li Chuyun placed the main force of the navy on the north side of the river and built a water camp there. He should have expected it.
But the Southern Tang Army still has a large number of naval troops in Hukou, so beware of their breakthroughs in the defense lines of Ankou and Chizhou.By then, the navy of Li Chuyun's army should cross the floating bridge and face the enemy in the south; only one floating bridge could be demolished.
Wang Pu agreed.
At this time, the warship arrived at the quarry ferry on the east bank, and everyone observed it on the river.
Guo Shao was going to land to meet Li Chuyun, so he parted with Wang Pu and landed at Caishi Wharf.
Li Chuyun's central army headquarters is located at the quarry pier.
At first, Guo Shao and others left Hezhou's itinerary was just to inspect the river.It was Guo Shao's temporary decision to cross the river to meet Li Chuyun.
Guo Shao and Li Chuyun haven't met for several months, but when Li Chuyun saw Guo Shao, he didn't care about asking about his well-being, and asked directly: I sent someone to report the urgent matters of the lord, has the lord received it?
Guo Shao said: No, I guess the report is still in Hezhou.What is the important thing for General Li?
We went to the lobby and said.
The group then entered the room, and Li Chuyun said: I have made a detailed report. Jiangning Prefecture has been frequently mobilized recently, and it is rumored that it is necessary to reinforce the quarry!
Guo Shao's expression suddenly became serious.After a while, he spoke: Quarrying is crucial, you must not miss this battle.
Li Chuyun said: The Southern Tang army headed south from Jiangning Prefecture, and the most likely target was Caishi Ferry, followed by Dangtu City.If it is a Caishi Ferry, I plan to guard Caishisuoxi River with Gaoyanzhi troops and Longjie army infantry to face the enemy head-on; Longjie army cavalry ambushed on Shipo Mountain to the southeast of Caishi.During the decisive battle on the Suoxi River battlefield, Shiposhan ambushed out of the mountains and forests and quickly raided towards the enemy's rear wing to shake their camp...
Maybe the target is Dangtu City?Guo Shao pondered.
Li Chuyun put his palm on the thick beard on his chin and said: The Southern Tang army attacked Caishi with obvious intentions, and wanted to regain the ferry and rebuild the river defense.Success is the most beneficial approach for the Southern Tang Kingdom.
But if the commander of the Southern Tang Army believes that field battles are not our elite opponents, there will be a safer way: reinforce Dangtu City.The intention of this method is not to guard the river, but to guard the river.
Guo Shao suddenly said: I understand.
Li Chuyun nodded and said: As long as there are heavy troops in Dangtu City, our army wants to advance from Caishi to Jiangning Prefecture, and the ferry and back will always be threatened by Dangtu City.We will be forced to attack the city, rather than a field battle to decide the outcome.
Guo Shao said: He transferred the warships to the west coast and urgently transferred the three troops of the Tiger and Ben Army to quarry to deploy the quarry battle.
Guo Shao stayed in Jiangdong. The early tactical deployment was that the Long Jie Army deployed a large formation at the Suoxi River (Qiao Pier) with its main force to wait for it to work; the cavalry of the First Army of the Tiger Army and the cavalry of the Second and Third Army were deployed in Shipo Mountain in the southeast; the Jiannan Army of Gaoyanchu camped in Dahuang Mountain twenty miles southeast.
If the Southern Tang army circulates Dangtu City from the east, Gao Yanchu's troops will dispatch eastward to block the attack, and the main force of the Zhou army near Caishi will then reinforce Gao Yanchu.
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Guo Shao was eager to mobilize the Hu Ben Army to cross the river, but he still overestimated the response speed of the Southern Tang Army.Ten days later, Huangfu Jixun set out from Jiangning Prefecture, Lin Renzhao took the lead, and Huangfu Jixun's main force followed.
Lin Renzhao sent a large number of scouts to investigate military information in the south and discovered Gao Yanzhi's troops camped twenty miles southeast of Caishi.Two days later, Lin Renzhao's vanguard had more than 10,000 infantry and rode to Suoxi Hebei for 20 miles and stopped.
He rode a horse and returned to the main central army in person, and advised the chief general Huangfu Jixun: It is not advisable to quarry in this battle, so let's go to Dangtu first.
Unexpectedly, Huangfu Jixun looked incredible and said bluntly: Are you brain-related?Dangtu has become an isolated city, and the Zhou army is crossing the river from Caishi. Wouldn't we take the Caishi Ferry back nearby and go to Dangtu to drink the northwest wind?
Lin Renzhao heard that very unpleasant tone and suppressed his anger: Our soldiers can still fight on the water, and there is still something to do to defend the city, and infantry and cavalry will be defeated in the field!If you go to quarry now and cannot defeat the Zhou army head-on, you will lose all your efforts.It is better to retreat and seek the second best, and the army reinforces Dangtu. Although this city is an isolated city, fortunately, the fortifications are solid and the food is sufficient, so our army can be stationed for a long time.
Huangfu Jixun sneered: There is a bird for the dead land stationed in Dangtu!Now Dangtu City is also in our hands. Is it blocking Zhou Jun?If you go to the riverside and stare at it, the Zhou army will still cross the river from Caishi!
Lin Renzhao said: Dangtu City cannot threaten the Zhou army because it is because its troops are empty and they dare not leave the city.The situation was completely different when our troops entered the army with 60,000 troops.As long as the main elite of the Zhou army dares to go north to attack the capital, our troops can attack by themselves, recapture the ferry and cut off the Zhou army's retreat.
Huangfu Jixun shook his head and said: When he was in Jiangning, you were the ones who were eager to fight and fight. The army was dispatched, and you were the ones who wanted to hide from Tibet.
Lin Renzhao was furious: Who would be willing to be so stubborn when he could beat him? What's the use of going to die if he couldn't win?
Huangfu Jixun sneered: Since that's the case, you might as well go and surrender.
Lin Renzhao said: You are willing to die, you go!I'm here to Dangtu!Whatever you say is up to you, Your Majesty has something to say first, I can ignore you and just obey the court.
Lin Renzhao returned to the military camp with anger and cursed the chief general Huangfu Jixun in front of the soldiers.
At this time, he saw the scout coming from Dangtu City again, and learned about the detailed field battle on the Guxi River, and was furious again.
He ignored the bad influence and cursed in public: Yang Shou is purely a fool!How could this person become a general of the Southern Tang Dynasty?The court does not know how to use people!
The generals hurriedly persuaded him.
Many of the colleagues above were incompatible with Lin Renzhao. On the contrary, the lower-level soldiers quickly became brothers with him, because Lin Renzhao always shared the joys and sorrows with everyone, and would not deduct military pay and silver rewards, and was very fair in his work, so the soldiers naturally liked him.
Lin Renzhao got angry, but finally had no impulse. He stopped moving and waited for Huangfu Jixun's army to arrive.
It is reported that there is a Zhou army in the south of Dahuang Mountain, a native of Shu.
During the Battle of Huainan, Lin Renzhao had some knowledge of the combat effectiveness of the surrendered troops in Shu Kingdom and did not take it seriously at all... If Huangfu Jixun agreed to go to Dangtu together, as long as a force dragged the Shu Kingdom, the main force of the Southern Tang Army would be able to successfully go to Dangtu from the east.
But now Lin Renzhao doesn't take action, and these Shu people may have dragged Lin Renzhao down and attracted the siege of Caishi Zhou army.
So Lin Renzhao was waiting for the main force of the Southern Tang Army.When the main force went to Caishi to fight against the Zhou army, Lin Renzhao went south to defeat the Shu people so that he would not be besieged.
Lin Renzhao held his troops unmoved, and Huangfu Jixun was also unable to move.Tens of thousands of troops spent three or four days in the field doing nothing.
Lin Renzhao didn't understand what Huangfu Jixun meant. At this time, the court's official documents came and asked him why he was not moving as a vanguard!
Now he finally understood that Huangfu Jixun had filed a complaint in the past few days!
Of course, Lin Renzhao was unwilling to quarry and attack the elite Zhou army.
So he wrote a letter to defend himself as the benefit of going to Dangtu City; after he increased his troops to Dangtu City, the city's troops could reach more than 20,000, which would pose a great threat to Caishi Ferry and the Zhou army's back and forth in the future.
Soon, Li Yu sent an imperial edict, issuing an imperial edict if Lin Renzhao wants to reinforce Dangtu, he should set off as soon as possible and not delay.
After some dispute, Lin Renzhao had no choice but to go around the east depth first and then headed south to Dangtu City.It was agreed that Huangfu Jixun would launch an attack on Caishi as soon as possible to prevent the main force of the Zhou army from taking action.
One day later, Lin Renzhao received a report and the Shu army from Dahuang Mountain went east to block the front.
Lin Renzhao sent people to Huangfu Jixun's camp overnight to determine the situation and learned that Huangfu Jixun's troops had been dispatched to the vicinity of Suoxi River. Although there was no conflict with the Zhou army, the distance was very close and the two sides were already tense.
Lin Renzhao breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the elite troops of Caishi Zhou army were dragged down, wouldn’t the Shu people here be defeated at once?He then ordered the battle to start early the next morning and line up to attack Gao Yanzhi!
……
In the evening, the main force of the Southern Tang Army was already several miles away from Suoxi River.It is reported that the Southern Tang Army camp covers a large area, with a population of about 50,000!
Li Yu did invest a lot this time.The problem facing Guo Shao now is that there are only more than 10,000 people in the right wing of the Long Jie Army in Caishi Wharf Camp (part of which are still in the hands of Luo Yanhuan in Chizhou).
The disparity in front of the troops is a bit big!The combat effectiveness of the Southern Tang Imperial Army may not be as good as that of the Zhou army, but it has a few times the number of people.Guo Shao and Li Chuyun both feel that the risk is high.
Then there is also a reserve force, the three Hu Ben Army in Shiposhan near the quarrying battlefield, and there are nearly 10,000 people... This mobile force is used to support the front of the quarrying battlefield?
If the Hu Ben Army goes north to support the situation, then the group of people and horses in the east of the Southern Tang Army will go to Dangtu.This time the elite imperial guards of the Southern Tang Army came, and Gao Yanchu probably couldn't stop them.Li Chuyun said.
Guo Shao said nothing and lowered his head to ponder.
Li Chuyun said again: The enemy troops who went to Dangtu were intended to defend, and the tens of thousands of troops here were indeed aggressive in offensives, so quarrying was even more important.General Guo is cautious in his work. It is better to transfer the Hu Ben Army to the north and stabilize the quarrying situation?
……
After inspecting the terrain, Guo Shao discussed with shogunate officials and generals, believing that the buoyant bridge could be built under the situation of controlling the river surface, so Wang Pu was ordered to mobilize craftsmen Min Zhuang to handle the matter.
The crowd once again visited the Yangtze River and took a warship to the surface of the Yangtze River.
Wang Pu was wearing a long robe and looked up at the bow of the boat. Guo Shao walked over the deck and watched the scene on the river for a long time.
The sails dotted, the wheels of the waterwheel were rustling, and white waves splashed on the river.
After a long time, Guo Shao said: There are two Luzhous in the middle of the river. The Yangtze River is three waterways here, and the narrowest one to the west.When the King of Envoys was supervising the construction of the floating bridge, the convenient demolition of this line to the west should be considered.
Wang Pu thought for a while and said: General Guo was thinking about giving way to the navy ship?
Guo Shao said: That's right.The quarry ferry was occupied, and our army had a large floating bridge. Jinling could not sit idly by any means. The first thing that threatened Cailing was the Southern Tang reinforcements from Jinling... Li Chuyun placed the main force of the navy on the north side of the river and built a water camp there. He should have expected it.
But the Southern Tang Army still has a large number of naval troops in Hukou, so beware of their breakthroughs in the defense lines of Ankou and Chizhou.By then, the navy of Li Chuyun's army should cross the floating bridge and face the enemy in the south; only one floating bridge could be demolished.
Wang Pu agreed.
At this time, the warship arrived at the quarry ferry on the east bank, and everyone observed it on the river.
Guo Shao was going to land to meet Li Chuyun, so he parted with Wang Pu and landed at Caishi Wharf.
Li Chuyun's central army headquarters is located at the quarry pier.
At first, Guo Shao and others left Hezhou's itinerary was just to inspect the river.It was Guo Shao's temporary decision to cross the river to meet Li Chuyun.
Guo Shao and Li Chuyun haven't met for several months, but when Li Chuyun saw Guo Shao, he didn't care about asking about his well-being, and asked directly: I sent someone to report the urgent matters of the lord, has the lord received it?
Guo Shao said: No, I guess the report is still in Hezhou.What is the important thing for General Li?
We went to the lobby and said.
The group then entered the room, and Li Chuyun said: I have made a detailed report. Jiangning Prefecture has been frequently mobilized recently, and it is rumored that it is necessary to reinforce the quarry!
Guo Shao's expression suddenly became serious.After a while, he spoke: Quarrying is crucial, you must not miss this battle.
Li Chuyun said: The Southern Tang army headed south from Jiangning Prefecture, and the most likely target was Caishi Ferry, followed by Dangtu City.If it is a Caishi Ferry, I plan to guard Caishisuoxi River with Gaoyanzhi troops and Longjie army infantry to face the enemy head-on; Longjie army cavalry ambushed on Shipo Mountain to the southeast of Caishi.During the decisive battle on the Suoxi River battlefield, Shiposhan ambushed out of the mountains and forests and quickly raided towards the enemy's rear wing to shake their camp...
Maybe the target is Dangtu City?Guo Shao pondered.
Li Chuyun put his palm on the thick beard on his chin and said: The Southern Tang army attacked Caishi with obvious intentions, and wanted to regain the ferry and rebuild the river defense.Success is the most beneficial approach for the Southern Tang Kingdom.
But if the commander of the Southern Tang Army believes that field battles are not our elite opponents, there will be a safer way: reinforce Dangtu City.The intention of this method is not to guard the river, but to guard the river.
Guo Shao suddenly said: I understand.
Li Chuyun nodded and said: As long as there are heavy troops in Dangtu City, our army wants to advance from Caishi to Jiangning Prefecture, and the ferry and back will always be threatened by Dangtu City.We will be forced to attack the city, rather than a field battle to decide the outcome.
Guo Shao said: He transferred the warships to the west coast and urgently transferred the three troops of the Tiger and Ben Army to quarry to deploy the quarry battle.
Guo Shao stayed in Jiangdong. The early tactical deployment was that the Long Jie Army deployed a large formation at the Suoxi River (Qiao Pier) with its main force to wait for it to work; the cavalry of the First Army of the Tiger Army and the cavalry of the Second and Third Army were deployed in Shipo Mountain in the southeast; the Jiannan Army of Gaoyanchu camped in Dahuang Mountain twenty miles southeast.
If the Southern Tang army circulates Dangtu City from the east, Gao Yanchu's troops will dispatch eastward to block the attack, and the main force of the Zhou army near Caishi will then reinforce Gao Yanchu.
……
Guo Shao was eager to mobilize the Hu Ben Army to cross the river, but he still overestimated the response speed of the Southern Tang Army.Ten days later, Huangfu Jixun set out from Jiangning Prefecture, Lin Renzhao took the lead, and Huangfu Jixun's main force followed.
Lin Renzhao sent a large number of scouts to investigate military information in the south and discovered Gao Yanzhi's troops camped twenty miles southeast of Caishi.Two days later, Lin Renzhao's vanguard had more than 10,000 infantry and rode to Suoxi Hebei for 20 miles and stopped.
He rode a horse and returned to the main central army in person, and advised the chief general Huangfu Jixun: It is not advisable to quarry in this battle, so let's go to Dangtu first.
Unexpectedly, Huangfu Jixun looked incredible and said bluntly: Are you brain-related?Dangtu has become an isolated city, and the Zhou army is crossing the river from Caishi. Wouldn't we take the Caishi Ferry back nearby and go to Dangtu to drink the northwest wind?
Lin Renzhao heard that very unpleasant tone and suppressed his anger: Our soldiers can still fight on the water, and there is still something to do to defend the city, and infantry and cavalry will be defeated in the field!If you go to quarry now and cannot defeat the Zhou army head-on, you will lose all your efforts.It is better to retreat and seek the second best, and the army reinforces Dangtu. Although this city is an isolated city, fortunately, the fortifications are solid and the food is sufficient, so our army can be stationed for a long time.
Huangfu Jixun sneered: There is a bird for the dead land stationed in Dangtu!Now Dangtu City is also in our hands. Is it blocking Zhou Jun?If you go to the riverside and stare at it, the Zhou army will still cross the river from Caishi!
Lin Renzhao said: Dangtu City cannot threaten the Zhou army because it is because its troops are empty and they dare not leave the city.The situation was completely different when our troops entered the army with 60,000 troops.As long as the main elite of the Zhou army dares to go north to attack the capital, our troops can attack by themselves, recapture the ferry and cut off the Zhou army's retreat.
Huangfu Jixun shook his head and said: When he was in Jiangning, you were the ones who were eager to fight and fight. The army was dispatched, and you were the ones who wanted to hide from Tibet.
Lin Renzhao was furious: Who would be willing to be so stubborn when he could beat him? What's the use of going to die if he couldn't win?
Huangfu Jixun sneered: Since that's the case, you might as well go and surrender.
Lin Renzhao said: You are willing to die, you go!I'm here to Dangtu!Whatever you say is up to you, Your Majesty has something to say first, I can ignore you and just obey the court.
Lin Renzhao returned to the military camp with anger and cursed the chief general Huangfu Jixun in front of the soldiers.
At this time, he saw the scout coming from Dangtu City again, and learned about the detailed field battle on the Guxi River, and was furious again.
He ignored the bad influence and cursed in public: Yang Shou is purely a fool!How could this person become a general of the Southern Tang Dynasty?The court does not know how to use people!
The generals hurriedly persuaded him.
Many of the colleagues above were incompatible with Lin Renzhao. On the contrary, the lower-level soldiers quickly became brothers with him, because Lin Renzhao always shared the joys and sorrows with everyone, and would not deduct military pay and silver rewards, and was very fair in his work, so the soldiers naturally liked him.
Lin Renzhao got angry, but finally had no impulse. He stopped moving and waited for Huangfu Jixun's army to arrive.
It is reported that there is a Zhou army in the south of Dahuang Mountain, a native of Shu.
During the Battle of Huainan, Lin Renzhao had some knowledge of the combat effectiveness of the surrendered troops in Shu Kingdom and did not take it seriously at all... If Huangfu Jixun agreed to go to Dangtu together, as long as a force dragged the Shu Kingdom, the main force of the Southern Tang Army would be able to successfully go to Dangtu from the east.
But now Lin Renzhao doesn't take action, and these Shu people may have dragged Lin Renzhao down and attracted the siege of Caishi Zhou army.
So Lin Renzhao was waiting for the main force of the Southern Tang Army.When the main force went to Caishi to fight against the Zhou army, Lin Renzhao went south to defeat the Shu people so that he would not be besieged.
Lin Renzhao held his troops unmoved, and Huangfu Jixun was also unable to move.Tens of thousands of troops spent three or four days in the field doing nothing.
Lin Renzhao didn't understand what Huangfu Jixun meant. At this time, the court's official documents came and asked him why he was not moving as a vanguard!
Now he finally understood that Huangfu Jixun had filed a complaint in the past few days!
Of course, Lin Renzhao was unwilling to quarry and attack the elite Zhou army.
So he wrote a letter to defend himself as the benefit of going to Dangtu City; after he increased his troops to Dangtu City, the city's troops could reach more than 20,000, which would pose a great threat to Caishi Ferry and the Zhou army's back and forth in the future.
Soon, Li Yu sent an imperial edict, issuing an imperial edict if Lin Renzhao wants to reinforce Dangtu, he should set off as soon as possible and not delay.
After some dispute, Lin Renzhao had no choice but to go around the east depth first and then headed south to Dangtu City.It was agreed that Huangfu Jixun would launch an attack on Caishi as soon as possible to prevent the main force of the Zhou army from taking action.
One day later, Lin Renzhao received a report and the Shu army from Dahuang Mountain went east to block the front.
Lin Renzhao sent people to Huangfu Jixun's camp overnight to determine the situation and learned that Huangfu Jixun's troops had been dispatched to the vicinity of Suoxi River. Although there was no conflict with the Zhou army, the distance was very close and the two sides were already tense.
Lin Renzhao breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the elite troops of Caishi Zhou army were dragged down, wouldn’t the Shu people here be defeated at once?He then ordered the battle to start early the next morning and line up to attack Gao Yanzhi!
……
In the evening, the main force of the Southern Tang Army was already several miles away from Suoxi River.It is reported that the Southern Tang Army camp covers a large area, with a population of about 50,000!
Li Yu did invest a lot this time.The problem facing Guo Shao now is that there are only more than 10,000 people in the right wing of the Long Jie Army in Caishi Wharf Camp (part of which are still in the hands of Luo Yanhuan in Chizhou).
The disparity in front of the troops is a bit big!The combat effectiveness of the Southern Tang Imperial Army may not be as good as that of the Zhou army, but it has a few times the number of people.Guo Shao and Li Chuyun both feel that the risk is high.
Then there is also a reserve force, the three Hu Ben Army in Shiposhan near the quarrying battlefield, and there are nearly 10,000 people... This mobile force is used to support the front of the quarrying battlefield?
If the Hu Ben Army goes north to support the situation, then the group of people and horses in the east of the Southern Tang Army will go to Dangtu.This time the elite imperial guards of the Southern Tang Army came, and Gao Yanchu probably couldn't stop them.Li Chuyun said.
Guo Shao said nothing and lowered his head to ponder.
Li Chuyun said again: The enemy troops who went to Dangtu were intended to defend, and the tens of thousands of troops here were indeed aggressive in offensives, so quarrying was even more important.General Guo is cautious in his work. It is better to transfer the Hu Ben Army to the north and stabilize the quarrying situation?
……