In fact, the message Li Shou received was wrong.
There were only more than a thousand Liang troops who arrived outside Ji County. They crossed the river at night to the south bank, but they carried a lot of golden drum flags, which seemed to be a lot.
The purpose was to scare the defenders and see if they could scare them away. As a result, the defenders refused to run away, and there was nothing they could do, so they retreated back to the north shore.
At this time, the main force of the Cheng army navy arrived and stationed in Jiming Gorge under Jixian County.
The General of the Chengguo expedition to the East and the Navy General Luo Heng climbed to the top of the four-story boat and looked into the distance.
Yesterday, the navy vanguard arrived at Jiming Gorge and fought with the Liang Navy. He was defeated and sank more than ten ships.
But this result did not satisfy Luo Heng, because he found that the Liang army navy grew very fast, and from the downstream to the upstream, there were no large ships, and they actually killed more than a hundred people on their side, and retreated after fighting hard.
Although I won, it seems that I am not as easy as before.
On the north bank of the Yangtze River, the Liang army had already set up camp, but did not stop and was still moving forward for a moment.
Luo Heng sent the navy to observe and found that the Liang army's banners were from west to east: left Jinwu Guard, right Yulin Guard, silver spear center camp, black lining right camp, right Jinwu Guard, left Yulin Guard, proton army, Wuqiang Town troops should be still there, but it was too far away, stretching hundreds of miles east and west, and the army was very powerful.
Logically speaking, such a long food route should be easily attacked. However, it was precisely such a brilliant military force that made the tribes on the north bank dare not act rashly and watched the Liang army advance westward step by step.
The next destination of the Liang army should be Yangguan, located twenty miles east of Jiangzhou City, built by Shu Han, and it is also an ancient pass. The Ba State reigns on one of the three passes of Chu, guarding the road leading to Jiangzhou.
The General of the Conquest East gathered his troops in Jiangzhou, but in fact he fought at Yangguan.
"Det the ship, search for the Liang army navy to the east and defeat it." Luo Heng withdrew his gaze and issued an order to go to war.
Soon, the first warship sailed out of Jiming Gorge, followed by the second and third ships·—
Outside Shibao City downstream of Jixian County, Liang army naval ships gathered, urging transport ships of all sizes to quickly unload their resources.
Yang Bao went ashore and found a leeward to sit down. While pounding his legs, he kept slapped his feet and said, "After the New Year, I have all kinds of back pain, and I will no longer be as good as before. But the Prince of Julu was still urging me so urgently that I couldn't afford enough food and grass. I really couldn't live a peaceful life for a moment.
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Huan Wen, the captain of the Xiangyang branch, sat with him, and his eyes patrolled the Jiangpu Wharf.
Ding Zhuang, who came with the army, returned and moved back and forth like a steamer, and struggled to remove all kinds of resources and sent them to the city for reserve.
In fact, if they follow the most labor-saving approach, they should drive the ships upstream and send their resources to the place where the Land Division is. Unfortunately, the Navy had just been in a slight slump. The Prince of Julu ordered the ships coming from Jingzhou to unload the goods in Nanpu, Shibao, try to stay away from the enemy's naval activity area, and then organize manpower to transport by land.
It’s better to be harder than to sank the boat into the bottom of the river and feed fish and turtles with people and food.
There are more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry guards stationed near Shibao, and the most elite of them are the 2,400 Right Cavalry Guards, Yijing Town Soldiers, and Bingzhou Miscellaneous Hu soldiers. However, many of them will travel west with the Song Dual Force in the past few days and will not stay in Shibao for too long.
Huan Wen listened to Yang Bao Nianlu for a while and interrupted, "Does the Governor know what happened to the Northern Army?"
Yang Bao pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "A few days ago, he heard the news that Shangyong had turned around. The army had surrounded Xia Tao City and attacked for two days. He failed to take it lightly. He might be mobilized to mobilize Ding Zhuanghu soldiers to attack fiercely."
"Her thief sent heavy troops to Xiatao City?" Huan Wen frowned.
"It should be no doubt." Yang Bao said, "I heard that a mountain in the southeast of Xia Tao City will be relatively flat, so I attach great importance to it. If I do not conquer this city, my retreat will always be threatened. Even if I break into Hanzhong, if there is no plunder, I can only retreat. Some cities will be built for you to fight, otherwise I will not have to work hard to build a city if I become a thief."
Huan Wen nodded silently.
It seems that the Northern Army could not take any tricks and could only fight all the way.
But thinking about it, how many years have you fought there during the Three Kingdoms period? What strange tricks have you never used? They are no longer new.
If you want to make a breakthrough, you still have to take down the enemy army steadily or wait for the Southern Route Army to make a breakthrough. They are originally accompanied attacks, and the King of Julu is the main force in the process.
"Is the governor looking for the navy to fight to the decisive battle?" Huan Wen asked again.
As soon as these words were said, Yang Bao was silent. After a long time, he sighed and said, "Is there any basis for wealth in the world? Hey, I can't say that I want to fight for a thief, otherwise I'm afraid I can't explain it."
"The navy has been in the army for more than two years, and the emperor has high hopes. If so much money is spent, if he still wins away from the war,
Even I look down on myself. After the navy went west, Yuanzi was careful when he walked on the river. You are transporting troops, but not the navy after all. When you encounter a thief, you may be unable to resist it, so you should do it yourself."
"But if the front line is short of food, no matter how difficult or dangerous it is, we must dispatch it and do everything possible to deliver the food. The Lu army has no shortage of food, and it is not worth mentioning to become a thief. If the Lu army is forced to retreat due to lack of food, no one can escape the punishment of the emperor, remember."
"I've been taught." Huan Wen bowed and said.
Seeing that he was so serious, Yang Bao laughed and said, "Don't worry, the North has fought for more than 20 years, and is still afraid of becoming a thief? Relax, at the latest, you can stay in Xiangyang and get together with Princess Jingfu at mid-next year."
When talking about his wife, Huan Wen suddenly missed her.
In a few months, their baby will be born. Huan Wen really wants to make some contributions so that he can straighten his back in front of his wife and children in the future.
Unfortunately, he has no chance to go to the front line to make contributions. Everyone advised him not to worry. He is only twenty years old and has opportunities.
But are there really many opportunities? He doesn't know,
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On the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Huan Wen led his fleet back to Nanpu.
This is not the planned mooring, but the fleet of the Chengguo Navy appeared on the river. In order to avoid being caught by the enemy, these unfavorable water warships were all pulled into the inland river port and Han to avoid it.
Huan Wen had no choice but to temporarily extinguish the idea of ​​returning to Jiangling and even Xiangyang.
Nanpu is now also a large army camp.
Nearly 20,000 Hu and Han soldiers from the Bingzhou counties gathered here, making them extremely noisy and waiting for the next order.
Looking at the thin and thin horses, Ding Zhuang, who was exhausted on his face, and the local soldiers who were placed outside the city due to injuries, Huan Wen could only sigh.
It is not easy to fight anywhere. War itself is a very tiring, dangerous and cruel thing. Even in a brilliant victory, there are shadows in the corners under the brilliance of light.
In the evening, the soldiers caught two turtles by the river, and Huan Wen asked someone to clean up and cook soup.
At this moment, the soldiers who went out to pick the woodcutters came back and as soon as they arrived at the river bank, they said, "Her San Hu caught two turtles. When we went out to chop some firewood, we even caught a few turtles."
The soldiers squatting on the deck saw the dusty prisoners and laughed, "I have eaten it before, but it's not delicious, but I haven't eaten meat for a long time. Kill it and roast it, just take your brain."
When the prisoners heard this, they were all sieve, because these Liang people didn't seem to be joking, they might have eaten human flesh.
"Have you reviewed it?" Huan Wen stood up and asked.
The soldiers also stopped joking and only looked at a few people on the shore.
"Captain, I've beaten up on the road, but they refuse to tell the truth." Sergeant Qiao Cai replied.
"What did they say? Come on," Huan Wen asked.
The soldiers rushed forward and took the three prisoners into the cabin.
"Captain, they said they were from the Gong family of Banman, Brazil. There was a man named Gong Qing who lived in Yanqu for generations and came to surrender to Daliang." said the soldier Qiaocai.
Huan Wen frowned and looked at the few people carefully.
One of them was excited when he saw Huan Wen wearing military uniforms and was a lieutenant. He immediately became excited and said loudly: "Captain, I am Gong Qing. My brother Gong Chun has led his army to Hanfeng. I have seen on the way here that Hanfeng has almost no guards, so he can easily take them. Once Hanfeng is lost, Banman will come straight to Nanpu, and the lieutenant is the first one."
"What?" Huan Wen's brows frowned even more.
Before the war, he knew about the Sanba clan. For example, he knew that there was a Ba leader named Xu in Qunin County, Badong County.
He was once heavily bribed by his mother Qiu Ao and sent troops to help defend Badong.
Yanqubanman is headed by Luo family, and the Gong family is also very powerful, so it should not be small.
If this person is really from the Gong family and is sincerely obedient, that would be amazing.
"What I said is true." Gong Qing said anxiously.
Chapter completed!