Chapter 101 Night
At dusk, northeast of Jiankang City, outside Beilimen, and on the Arrow Tower, King Chen Shuying of Yuzhang used a Qianli Mirror to observe the Zhou army camp opposite. Although the distance was a bit far, with the help of Qianli Mirror, he could still see the approximate situation of the enemy camp.
Qianlijing is indeed a good thing. Just like its name, it can make people see Qianli.
Of course, Qianli is just an adjective. This kind of equipment seized from the Zhou army was indeed very helpful for marching and fighting.
Chen Shuying observed the enemy camp and found nothing unusual for the time being. The opponent was very "honest" today, but he didn't know what the coach was thinking about.
Although it is impossible to predict the future, Chen Shuying knew that as long as he calmed down, the other party would have no chance to take advantage of it.
Yesterday, Jingkou fell, and the Empress Dowager summoned the royal family and the important officials discussed the matter. The result of the agreement was to stick to Jiankang and not rush to fight to avoid falling into the other party's complete set.
The Zhou army, who fought undeclared, claimed that the Chen State massacred the Zhou people living in Jiankang, turned a deaf ear to the explanation of Chen State's envoys. The other party clearly wanted to attack, so the one side could not do as they wished, defending the city first and then slashing the other party's spirit.
Chen Shuying led his troops out of the city, and set up camp outside Beili Gate with Jiankang on his back, confronting the Zhou army who was camping against Jiangshan.
When fighting, you should be as proactive as possible. You should not challenge yourself if you want to fight. Chen Shuying made up his mind to rely on trenches and barriers to leave the invading enemy helpless.
As long as the troops who were waiting for the rescue arrived in Jiankang, with their superior force, they could make the enemy retreat in the face of difficulties.
The enemy only occupied Jingkou, with Jiankang in front and Guangling behind. He would definitely not stay long. As long as the troops attacked Jiankang step by step and approached Jingkou, the other party would inevitably lose their tenacity and flee by the ship owner.
By driving away this enemy army, the court could calmly mobilize troops and deal with the main force of the Zhou army that was very likely to invade from Huaibei and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
Chen Shuying didn't know whether Chen could resist Zhou's attack, but he had to defeat the Zhou army in front of him first. After observing for a while, the afterglow of the sunset disappeared on the horizon, and night fell.
It is pitch black everywhere at night. Even with moonlight, people's vision is obviously blocked. It is a good time to steal the city at night. Jiankang's outer fences are mostly wooden fences, not city walls, and they are easily broken through.
So even at night, you should not be careless.
All the deployments that should be made have been done. Chen Shuying looked at Jiang Shan in the night, looked at the wilderness in the night, turned around and walked down the arrow tower.
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At night, the thunder sounded alarmed the Longzhou Mountain defenders. The sleepy soldiers looked in the sound, but saw fires blowing around the North Limen Gate in the east and the East Limen Gate in the southeast. Thunder sounded and shouts shook the sky.
The thunder sound is actually the sound made when the thunder explodes. There are a large number of thunder explosions in Beilimen and Donglimen at this time, which means that the Zhou army occupying Jiangshan launched a night attack and is attacking two thunders at this time.
But no matter how urgent the war is, the Longzhou Mountain defenders cannot be easily mobilized. This is an order and no one can disobey it.
Longzhou Mountain is located in the north of Jiankang City and in the south of Xuanwu Hunan. It was originally named Xuanwu Mountain and Fuzhou Mountain. During the Taijian period, it was renamed Longzhou Mountain. The south of the mountain was Leyouyuan and a royal garden. At this time, Chen Jun, who was camping on the side of the mountain, was responsible for defending the north gate of Jiankang and could not leave easily.
The north of Longzhou Mountain is Xuanwu Lake, and the lakeside on the north side is not under the control of Chen's army. Once the enemy crosses Xuanwu Lake by boat, it will not only threaten the safety of Jiankang North North City, but also threaten Taicheng, because Taicheng itself is located in the north of Health City.
Therefore, Chen Jun of Longzhou Mountain has a heavy responsibility. Although Beilimen is not far from the east of Longzhou Mountain, and the royal family, King Yuzhang, is in charge, unless the situation is urgent, the defenders cannot easily leave Longzhou Mountain.
No matter how lively the Beilimen and Donglimen are, there will naturally be soldiers in the city rushing to reinforce. It is not the turn of the Longzhou Mountain defenders to rescue the emergency. It is precisely because of this that we must be more careful of the movements in the direction of Xuanwu Lake in the north.
There is a water camp at the foot of Longzhou Mountain. Although it is not large in size, there are warships. During the day, Chen's warships patrol on Xuanwu Lake and found no traces of Zhou's ship building by the lake.
In theory, even if the opponent makes a sound and attacks the east and west, they will be able to attack Donglimen at night, and actually attack Longzhou Mountain, there will be less than a large number of Zhou soldiers who can swim south.
Of course, when using troops at night, it is not expensive to use troops. If the Zhou army really attacks Longzhou Mountain, they will definitely be brave men. Therefore, the Chen army in Longzhou Mountain dare not take it lightly. The more the movement in the east, the more they will focus on the Xuanwu Lake.
Sure enough, there was movement on the dark lake surface. Because the moonlight was dim, although the Chen army soldiers could not see the lake surface clearly, they could vaguely see black shadows gradually approaching on the lake surface.
Someone is swimming near the south shore.
Seeing that the enemy was indeed launching a night attack from the direction of Xuanwu Lake, the soldiers came to their senses and held their breath, as if hunters were waiting for their prey to approach.
The movements in the direction of Beilimen and Donglimen were getting louder and louder, as if the loss was just around the corner, but the guards of Longzhou Mountain were unmoved and signaled their subordinates to continue waiting for the prey to come ashore. They were hitting the head-on.
The military strategy is about "attack halfway through", and the defenders were about to wait for the Zhou soldiers to go ashore and then launch a counterattack halfway. Seeing that there were more and more shadows on the shore, after a command, Chen's archers fired arrows one after another.
The explosion then rang out, and the coming Zhou soldiers threw thunder into the camps on the shore. The fire was flashing, and between the light and shadow, there were many figures on the shore.
Seeing that the Zhou soldiers were invading, there were many thunders thrown out, but the ready-made Chen soldiers were full of fighting spirit and were not afraid at all. They directly launched a counterattack based on the camp.
Countless fire arrows shot out, tilting to the shore like rain of fire. The sharp men holding swords and shields lined up and waited for a while to rush out of the camp and fight with the invading enemy soldiers.
On the south side of Longzhou Mountain and north of Taicheng, there was a clamor on the streets. It was the movement made by the large group of soldiers as they advanced. It seemed that the soldiers in the city rushed to reinforce when they heard the news, and the defenders increased their confidence.
Suddenly, a whistling sound occurred on the lake surface, and several balls of fire flew upwards, blooming gorgeous flowers in the air.
The shining fire illuminated the faces of the soldiers of Chen Jun and Kong Fan's eyes.
At this moment, he quickly approached Longzhou Mountain with hundreds of songs. The sparks blooming in the night sky were clearly visible. The signal agreed upon in advance appeared. The direction of Longzhou Mountain was "lively" and this indicates that the Zhou army attacked Longzhou Mountain as scheduled.
Then, according to the requirements of Wang Yuwen Wen of Bin, Kong Fan led his troops to respond internally and attacked inside and outside. Now is the most appropriate time.
Yes, we must be an internal support, assist the Zhou army in conquering Jiankang and make great contributions.
Kong Fan thought it very clearly that when the official family was in, he kept Chen Guo, which means protecting his own wealth and glory. However, now the official family is unconscious. Once there is a few mistakes, he will be liquidated sooner or later, and the whole family will be in trouble.
Therefore, now is the best time to commit suicide by the Zhou State. As long as the Zhou army sneak attacks Longzhou Mountain through Xuanwu Lake, they can turn east and attack Beilimen from the inside, and cooperate with the inside and outside again to defeat Chen Shuying's troops.
At that time, Chen's army will be in chaos, and the Zhou army entering the city can attack Taicheng nearby. It is not impossible to quickly break through Taicheng with the help of the powerful thunder. Then, when tomorrow dawn, Jiankang's change of ownership will be a foregone conclusion.
The emperor, prince, queen mother, royal family, and court officials were all caught in one go, and Chen troops from all over the country had no other choice but to surrender.
Assisting the Zhou army to invade Jiankang and pacify Jiangnan, this is Kong Fan’s best asset to become an Zhou Kingdom. With King Bin as his backer, his glory and wealth will remain, and his children and grandchildren can enjoy happiness.
Thinking of this, Kong Fan was very excited. He was of course violating the curfew when he took his troops to do so. He was indeed stopped by the patrol troops on the way.
But it is well known that Kong Fan was the confidant of the emperor. Although the emperor is now in a coma, Kong Fan's power is still there, let alone a few years ago, as the head coach, he defeated the Zhou army outside the city.
Who would have thought that he was now an internal supporter of the Zhou army?
So in fact, no general dared to stop him, and Kong Fan acted under the name of "leading troops to assist in the war by the order of the Empress Dowager", and no one had the courage to verify with the Empress Dowager to verify whether Kong Fan was lying.
This time, the matter was of great importance. Kong Fan did not tell others, nor did he call his confidants, nor would he tell Yu Zhongwen, who was skilled in military strategy. He was afraid that someone would report it, which would lead to failure.
And the troops that followed him tonight were all reliable people. Although there were a few hundred people, as a surprise soldier, they would definitely be able to accidentally give the Longzhou Mountain defenders a fatal blow.
Now, the Longzhou Mountain military camp is close at hand, and the Zhou army is fighting with Chen army. Kong Fan knows that as long as he comes from behind, Chen army will collapse.
Victory is right in front of you!
Kong Fan felt his breathing was a little rapid. As soon as he ordered to take off, he heard the sound of bowstrings on both sides, and arrows were falling like rain. Many archers suddenly appeared from the houses on both sides of the street and shot arrows at his team.
Chapter completed!