Before Tan Xiuqun and He Liufeng led their troops to land, Lin Haizheng had been forced to abandon the simple camp between the short mountains on the north side and retreated to the south bank of Shiquan River, one of the upper branches of the Zhegao River, to reorganize his position.

In addition to Lin Haizheng, who led the first batch of more than 4,000 troops to enter Fucha Mountain to intercept the enemy, Han Qian subsequently transferred elite Han Bao and other elite troops from various tribes to come over for reinforcements. In four days, more than 4,000 troops were gathered in Fucha Mountain.

Seven thousand men, nearly one-third of the Tangyi soldiers, were used to intercept Chaozhou's enemy reinforcements trying to go south from this side; in addition, there were Zhao Wuji and Han Donghu leading the cavalry camp and more than 800 guard camps.

Elites, guerrillas on the south side of Fucha Mountain.

Under the leadership of Wen Bo, the enemy's offensive was fierce and fierce, and they were fearless and sacrificed. After four days of fierce fighting, the Tangyi soldiers suffered a total of more than 3,000 casualties at the western foot of Fucha Mountain, and the remaining people were exhausted.

In the end, Lin Haizheng's troops were unable to stand firm on the short mountain on the north side. The camp that had been repaired for several days was forced to abandon it. A large number of war weapons were set on fire during the retreat, and they retreated to the second line of defense.

This section of Shiquan Creek seems to be more than a hundred feet wide, but because the water is shallow in early spring, most parts of the river bed covered with pebbles are directly exposed. There is only a shallow bay of water flowing through it, which is incomparable with the river that overflows the bank during the rainy season in summer and autumn.

Such streams and rivers are not enough to form terrain obstacles, and they are not enough to restrict the Shouzhou Army from attacking.

The enemy army was in a hurry and had no conditions to build a pontoon bridge on the downstream river. However, the seven or eight miles long semi-dry stream bed where Shiquan Creek flows into the main waterway of Zhegao River can be said to be the main gap for the Shouzhou Army to quickly advance to Liyang.

Wenbo fought too resolutely.

Since the terrain at the eastern foot of Fucha Mountain is more dangerous and steep, there are several streams and low undulating ridges in the upper reaches of the Chu River, cutting up the terrain of more than ten miles in radius, which is not conducive to cavalry assault. Wen Bo immediately

That is, three days ago, nearly four thousand cavalry that could be assembled were gathered at the west foot.

The Tangyi soldiers were equipped with heavy shields, various light tanks with reinforced crossbows, scorpion crossbows, and light cavalry without heavy armor, and even lacked enough crossbows. It was difficult to attack the infantry defense formation from the front, but they passed through directly.

The shallow water of the river went around to the south bank of Shiquan River, cutting off the contact between Lin Haizheng's troops and the Shuiying warships gathered in the main channel of Zhegao River and the Tangyi soldiers elsewhere, intercepting the subsequent needs of Lin Haizheng's troops.

The supply is very effective.

Zhao Wuji and Han Donghu led more than 800 generals into the southern foot of Fucha Mountain. However, the disadvantage in numbers of men and horses was too great to compete with the enemy's cavalry in the open area. They mainly used the terrain to cruise on both wings, using faster-firing and denser arms.

Crossbows, fighting against the enemy cavalry entering the south bank of Shiquan Creek, still had a slight advantage, but there was no way to expel the enemy cavalry from the south bank of Shiquan Creek.

Liyang City is located in the Qingcang Mountain, Ruxu Mountain, Wuyu Ridge and other mountains surrounding Hudong. Wen Bo saw the resilience of Tangyi soldiers in combat and knew that only two to three thousand or even more cavalry would be used in Zhe.

On the south banks of the Gao and Chu rivers, there was no way to expel the Tangyi soldiers from Liyang City, and they could not even pass through the passes and valleys of Qingcang Mountain, Wuyu Ridge and other mountains. Reinforcements were coming to the southeast of Ruxu Mountain.

The troops and horses that were besieged at Lu.

They had to open a channel at the western foot of Fucha Mountain for infantry to move south and for grain and fodder supplies to be transported into Liyang, so that they could drive out the Tangyi soldiers.

The cavalry attacked from the flanks, and the infantry with shields attacked from the front. They penetrated and attacked the defense line hastily built by the Tangyi soldiers at the western foot of Fucha Mountain for four consecutive days, and finally forced Lin Haizheng to abandon the camp on the north bank.

However, because the communication with other tribes was cut off by the enemy cavalry entering the south bank, no more supplies could be obtained. In the previous fierce battle and the abandonment of the north bank camp, a large number of war equipment was destroyed, making it more difficult to suppress the enemy cavalry's assault. Lin Haizheng was once

They all doubted how long the remaining troops could allow him to hold on to the south bank of Shiquan River until Tan Xiuqun and He Liufeng came to the rescue in time.

Tan Xiuqun came by boat with two thousand generals.

In winter, the currents of the Ruan River and the Yangtze River are gentle, and the giant sails are sailing down the river at a fast and steady speed. The generals do not feel much discomfort. After recuperating for many days, they land on the upper reaches of the Zhegao River. It is the time when they are most energetic.

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The place where they landed was still eight or nine miles away from Lin Haizheng's headquarters. This gap was cut open by more than two thousand enemy soldiers who originally waded across the Shiquan River to the south bank.

After landing, Tan Xiuqun directly asked He Liufeng to lead a battalion of generals who suffered heavy casualties in the attack on Dongguan Village to set up camp on the beach. He personally led three battalions of soldiers and horses to form a "pin" shape along the north bank of Shiquan River, using shields and chariots to block the gate.

The sword carriages, side carriages, etc. covered the flanks, resisting the attacks of waves of cavalry, and crossed to advance westward, re-establishing direct contact with Lin Haizheng's headquarters stationed in the upper reaches of Shiquan River at this time.

The reason why cavalry is stronger than infantry is that in addition to being highly mobile and conducive to outflanking attacks, they also have a commanding height advantage when fighting on the frontal battlefield, which is conducive to slashing left and right. It is also more conducive to assault operations and tearing apart the opponent's formation.

Between Fucha Mountain and Wuyu Ridge to the east, and Qingcang Mountain to the south, there is a narrow valley about forty or fifty miles long from east to west, but only six or seven miles wide from north to south. Tangyi soldiers are at the main pass of the valley.

The capital was fortified with armored soldiers, which restricted the enemy's cavalry from maneuvering in this area.

At this time, the infantry formation used various weapons, heavy shields to cover the flanks, and was equipped with a large number of bows and crossbows to block the enemy cavalry at the periphery, so there was no dilemma for the infantry to advance or retreat before the enemy cavalry.

Zhao Wuji and Han Donghu led the cavalry to attack, and after rendezvousing with Tan Xiuqun, as long as the enemy cavalry dared to approach, the infantry guarded the center, and the cavalry quickly attacked from the flanks, fired with crossbows, and crossed the enemy's attack. The offensive was even more sharp.

The enemy's cavalry was short of even bows and crossbows, and seeing the situation it was difficult to do anything. After struggling for a long time, they had to retreat to the north bank of Shiquan River to rest before dark.

Tan Xiuqun led his troops to meet up with Lin Haizheng before nightfall, and He Liufeng also came over shortly afterwards.

They only guard the south bank of Shiquan River, and it is difficult to completely block the entry and exit of enemy cavalry. More importantly, Han Qian's intention is to completely control Fucha Mountain from the east and west wings, so they still have to kill the south bank of Shiquan River as soon as possible and recapture the north bank.

Camp.

Even further, another camp needs to be built between the main channel of the Zhegao River and the camp on the north bank, forming the same shape as the camp on the south bank.

The depth of the cross blockade can be regarded as establishing a relatively stable defense line at the western foot of Fucha Mountain that is not afraid of being cut off.

When the starry moon filled the sky at night, a battle plan was drawn up. Except for Lin Haizheng's troops who had suffered nearly half of their casualties, they stayed on the south bank to rest and recuperate. Tan Xiuqun, Zhao Wuji, and He Liufeng led their troops to cross the Shiquan River. They did not even have a day to occupy the camp on the north bank.

The Shouzhou Army launched an attack.

On the north bank, the Shouzhou Army had an advantage in terms of numbers of men and horses. It only had a burned-out camp and no weapons of any kind. In addition to some wooden and rolling stones prepared according to local conditions, even its arrows had been severely exhausted.

Whether it is the Tianping soldiers and horses led by Tan Xiuqun, Dong Tai and others, or the elites led by Zhao Wuji and He Liufeng, they are good at mountain combat and small-scale combat. This determines that on a moonlit night when sight is limited and it is inconvenient to convey orders,

They are much better at fighting than the so-called elites of the world.

When the Chishan Army attacked Langxi, the two most critical sniper battles were successful because the Chishan Army's daily training was carried out in coordinated operations in teams of more than ten people.

In addition to being able to fight with the enemy, it can have stronger combat toughness, be more stable, and will not be defeated immediately due to chaos or being cut by the enemy. The advantages of this feature can be fully reflected in night battles.

In addition to not giving the enemy more time to prepare for the overnight attack across Shiquan River, and in addition to worrying that more enemy reinforcements will arrive every day that passes, there is another important reason, which is that Zhao Wuji, Tan Xiuqun, and He Liufeng are facing a night battle

Have stronger self-confidence.

Although the camp on the north bank is built on a low mountain, the mountain is relatively gentle. It is about ten feet high on the north bank of Shiquan Creek. In addition to the west and north, the carabid can cross Shiquan Creek and can even launch directly to the camp from the south.

offensive.

Lin Haizheng's purpose of setting up camp here is mainly to stop and drag the enemy troops and prevent them from bypassing from the side. This requires the camp to be able to control the Shiquan River in a larger area, rather than building the camp to a position that is easy to defend.

It is difficult to attack and is located in a dangerous and steep place.

In that case, Wen Bo directly detached a group of elite soldiers and horses to block the entrance and exit of the camp, and other soldiers and horses could go around and reinforce Liyang.

The camp needed to control the north coast area on a larger scale and could not be built in too remote and dangerous areas. This made Lin Haizheng unable to sustain the offensive that lasted for several days and had to temporarily withdraw to the south coast.

Of course, if Zhao Wuji, Tan Xiuqun, and He Liufeng wanted to attack this place, there would be no special obstacles on the terrain.

Seeing Tan Xiuqun and others crossing the river overnight to attack, Wen Bo was also secretly surprised. Although they had the upper hand in terms of strength, Wen Bo knew it in his heart.

Even so, he knew in his heart that in this battle, he had no choice but to retreat and must hold on until follow-up reinforcements arrived.

As long as they can gain a foothold on the north bank of Shiquan River, even if Liyang City falls into the hands of Tangyi soldiers, they will not lose the opportunity.

On the one hand, they can maintain the connection between Chaozhou and Chuzhou, and can continue to block some of the Chu army's remnants in the Wijian Mountains; on the other hand, they can control Fucha Mountain, and wait for them to gather more elites from Huozhou and Shouzhou.

After the grain, money, and supplies provided by Liang Guo were transformed into the strength of the generals, they were transformed into armor and weapons to suppress the attack of the Tangyi soldiers. Later, if they wanted to regain the land surrounded by mountains, there were no rivers for the Xuzhou warships to carry out directly.

How difficult can it be to drive into Liyang City below the city?

It's just that the newly arrived soldiers and horses on the north bank of Shiquan River are too elite, and they are obviously much stronger than the previous Tangyi soldiers. Perhaps from this point, we can judge that the civil unrest in Sizhou is caused by Han Qian's connivance behind the scenes, otherwise

How could the Sizhou rebel army be so elite in Tianping City where they were recruited and reorganized?

On the chaotic and rugged night battle battlefield, it was obviously impossible for the heavy chariots to be pushed directly in front of the half-man-high camp wall by manpower. They were mainly deployed on both wings to suppress the Shouzhou cavalry from attacking from both wings.

However, Xuzhou also built some lighter and sturdier chariots, and surrounded by armored elite infantry, they stormed the camp along the increasing hillside...

Wenbo knew in his heart the importance of holding the camp on the north bank, but the development of the situation did not depend on his personal will.

In the past four days, the Shouzhou Army gathered at the western foot of Fucha Mountain with more than 11,000 soldiers and horses, 4,000 cavalry and 7,000 infantry. They also suffered more than 3,000 casualties in order to capture the camp.

With Bingjia having such a huge advantage in weapons and equipment, and having lost the opportunity to establish a position on the north bank of Shiquan River, Wen Bo could be proud of being able to drive Lin Haizheng's troops to the north bank with considerable casualties.

However, the problem is that in addition to the light casualties of the Shouzhou cavalry, he relied on more than 7,000 elite infantrymen guarding Chaozhou City in the early days. In the previous battle, he suffered nearly 3,000 casualties, which can be said to be extremely heavy. At this time

As the main force guarding the camp, the Shouzhou cavalry were Xu Mingzhen's direct troops. They withdrew to the north bank and were still scattered on the periphery, responsible for containing the flanks.

After just one day's rest, this group of soldiers and horses had to face the fierce attack of the powerful Tianping soldiers. The pressure they endured was so great that ordinary people could hardly imagine it.

Even though the situation was critical, Wen Bo personally led his retinue and entered the battlefield to restore the disadvantage, but he could not help but watch Tian Pingdu's elite attack the camp from the south and southwest, killing his troops and retreating; while the Shouzhou cavalry fought from the flanks.

After a whole night, He Liufeng and Zhao Wuji were not separated. Han Donghu and others led their troops to intercept...

Not wanting the entire army to collapse, Wen Bo led the remaining troops to retreat north for a temporary rest and recuperation at noon the next day.

When new reinforcements arrived at dusk, Wenbo was about to deploy a new offensive against the Tangyi soldiers who had retaken the camp on the north bank. At this time, news came that the troops trapped in the shallow valley southeast of Ruxu Mountain had been defeated by the Tangyi soldiers.

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At this moment, Wen Bo could only choose to lead his troops to the northwest and retreat to the Taoyuwu camp southeast of Chaozhou City to rest and recuperate.

The soldiers and horses in the shallow valley southeast of Ruxu Mountain are the three thousand elites who were lured out of Liyang City by the Tigers Leaving the Mountain. Their presence can at least defeat the more than three thousand Tangyi soldiers and the more than two thousand Youlongwu reinforcements from the south bank.

The army restrained him.

The end of the battle in the shallow valley southeast of Ruxu Mountain not only means that the morale of the remaining thousands of defenders in Liyang City will suffer a heavy blow, but also means that Han Qian will be killed in one day at the earliest.

Within a certain period of time, up to five thousand soldiers and horses can be sent to the battlefield at the western foot of Fucha Mountain.

Not only was his side unable to organize an attack in a short period of time, Zhao Mingting, who led his troops in a fierce battle at the eastern foot of Fucha Mountain for several days, could not even tear open the defense line formed by Zhao Qi and Su Lie.

The only option is to give up and choose to temporarily retreat and recuperate...

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On behalf of Duzhi, Han Daochang arrived at the western foot of Fucha Mountain to transport money and grain to the governor. It was already the tenth day after the end of the Liyang War. At this time, a brand-new and reinforced camp stood on the north bank of Shiquan River, leaving traces of the fierce battle.
To be continued...