Chapter 578 Horns (1)

"Oh, it's useless to say this at this time. Let's think about how to deal with it!" Li Jian calmed down and sighed in a low voice. He walked to the map placed on several cases and looked at it for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Since Yixing has fallen into the enemy's hands, there is no danger to defend south of Wujin, and the troops have such a huge advantage. Our army must not be alone, otherwise once the enemy is blocked in the city and there is no room for maneuver, then the situation will be gone."

"That's natural!" Li Yu nodded and agreed with the other party's opinion: "Besides, this Wujincheng is only more than two miles away, our army has more than 10,000 people, and there are many small people in the city. It is enough to place two or three thousand people in Wujincheng. The rest of the troops should be divided into two places and support each other."

Seeing that Li Yu agreed to his thoughts, Li Jian couldn't help but feel happy. Although he now has the right to command the troops in the three prefectures of Jiangdong, he is a guest soldier. Li Yu's qualifications and rank is similar to his own. Wu Jin is his capital. If the other party insists on combining one place to defend this city, although he can be suppressed, he has different opinions and will suffer a great loss in fighting. Thinking of this, Li Jian smiled and said, "Since that's the case, I won't bother the second master. This Wu Jincheng City will be held by Li Changzhou. How many soldiers are missing? Just speak." He was in a good mood at this time and his tone was relieved a lot.

Li Yu didn't speak loudly, shook his head and said, "This city is not big, it's enough to have the soldiers guarding the city. Their small relatives are all in the city and will definitely fight to the death. This city was built by the former kings, with horse faces and shooting towers, and even the moon-town navy can't be taken down. Your soldiers staying in the city are all guest soldiers. In this lonely city, they will miss things. It's better to stay outside the city, which is more useful."

Li Jian was very surprised to hear Li Yu say this. He was already a little cautious. After all, he and Li Yu had similar qualifications and positions, but Guangling gave him an imperial edict. In this case, Li Yu was a little bit distracted and not a kidnapped. Li Jian was also prepared to suffer a small loss. But Li Yu's performance just now was really in harmony, which made Li Jian a little unbelievable for a while.

"You are wondering why a family is so easy to talk today?" Li Yu didn't wait for Li Jian to answer, so he continued to talk to himself: "To be honest, if it were two years ago, a family would do some things that would make you unhappy. For nothing else, Li Jian climbed onto my head for you." Li Yu said this and paused for a moment. Li Jian's face was slightly red and his lips were slightly opened, obviously trying to say something. Li Yu waved his hand, stopped the other party's words, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Li, please let the family finish it first. Maybe this time it will be the last time you and I will talk to you, and let the family be rude again."

Seeing his colleagues like this, Li Jian couldn't help but feel sad, and he swallowed the words he said. After Li Yu paced back and forth in the house for a few steps, he suddenly stopped and smiled bitterly: "After the Battle of Qingkou, King Zhongwu defeated Zhu Wen. Without this external trouble, the problems within us emerged. First, Tian Wei, Zhu Yanshou, An Renyi and others were in trouble. After King Zhongwu passed away, there were a series of fires in Guangling. Everyone's mind was only three or four points on foreign enemies, but six or seven points on

When dealing with our own people, the Huainan Army was still very glamorous on the surface, but the inner flesh was already empty. Fortunately, the surrounding families were similar to us a few years ago, and they could not see it. But now that Lu Fang stabbed him with this stick, he immediately poked a hole. It turned out that we had become hollow bosses. You and I are both old ministers of King Zhongwu, and I have also done a lot of disheartened activities a few years ago. But at this time, as long as you don’t want to be a minister under Lu Fang, you can only be the only one who is alone."

After Li Yu said this, Li Jian was also mixed with feelings. Not long ago, Lu Fang was just a new minister in Huainan. He took the opportunity to occupy Hangzhou and Huzhou. He had a small area of ​​land and was lying on Huainan. However, he did not expect that in a few years, he quickly rushed to eat all the territory of the thirteen prefectures of Zhejiang and Zhejiang. After rectifying it, he actually counterattacked. Most of the people on his side seemed to be still in a dream, and only a few were sobering and fighting to the death. Thinking of this, Li Jian sighed: "Your Majesty acts like this, and there is nothing to say in a certain family. Xu Wen also explained it, saying that Zhu Jin was the commander-in-chief and lead the army to cross the river, so that you and I can hold on here for twenty days! You are very familiar with the situation in Changzhou. Tell me where I should garrison?"

"Of course it's Benniu Town!" Li Yu had obviously thought about this issue for a long time. He clicked on the map to find a point on the west side of Wujin City. From the map, it can be clearly seen that the Jiangnan Canal passed by here. "This place is thirty miles away from Wujin City, and the cavalry can arrive in more than an hour. It can echo the defenders in the city and serve as a horn. Moreover, the terrain here is quite high. For the convenience of canal ships, the local government has built a dam here, which can adjust the water volume and irrigate the farmland; and it can be conducive to the passage of canal ships. There are a large number of ships in the town pirates and must pass through here. If our army defends in the town centre camp, the first thing is that the pirates cannot bypass it. The second thing is that it is the turn of summer and autumn, and the water in the pond is abundant. If the thief army comes to attack, I can dig the embankment and release water to flood the enemy."

Li Jian was overjoyed when he heard this. He also knew that the logistics burden of Lu Fang would definitely be very heavy when he attacked the strongest Zhenhai Army on the battlefield, so instead of fighting with the morale Zhenhai Army on the battlefield, it is better to defend the important nodes on the transportation line and then stand firm and wait for the fighter planes without fighting. Benniu Town is such a node, with waterways in the south of the Yangtze River, and water transportation is the most important form of transportation. Therefore, Lu Fang would never throw the enemy-controlled canal key points like Benniu Town in the rear and enter Danyang straight into Danyang. If he controls this place, whether it is fighting or defending, he has taken the initiative. If the battle situation is unfavorable, the gate is destroyed and then the army will retreat. It will be difficult for the Zhenhai Army to repair it in a short period of time, at least it can achieve the role of delaying the enemy.

Li Jian stood up, sorted out his crown and clothes, polite him to Li Yu, and said solemnly: "If you win this battle, it will be thanks to the Lord!"

Henglin Town, this was originally a small town on the Jiangnan Canal, located 35 miles southeast of Wujin City. After this place, Wuxi County will be walking fifty miles southeast. Because the water depth of this section of the river is very shallow, and it is difficult to pass through the large ships. The cargo must be unloaded from the ship, transported through this section and then loaded it onto the large ship. Over time, there was an additional small town here, with hundreds of families. After the war, the Huainan defenders left hundreds of people here and set up a base to defend.

Wang Foer sat on the horse. Henglin Town in front of him was already in a broken shape after the war. In the trench outside the barrier, sharp bamboo sticks and pointed wooden stakes were sparsely inserted. There were traces of carbonization at the ends of the pointed wooden stakes and bamboo sticks. This was obviously a deliberately barbecued by the guards to make them harder. The bamboo sticks and pointed wooden stakes in some areas were tilted, and there were even black and red blood stains. Obviously, this was left by the victims who fell into the trench.

Wang Foer kicked the horse's belly, his mount neighed lowly, and began to walk towards the gate with a slow walk. As he got closer and closer to the gate, the traces left by the battle became more and more obvious. On the wooden walls on the barriers, the feather arrows shot everywhere, and the wooden walls began to show signs of damage - this was the result of the crossbows and battle axes. Suddenly, Wang Foer grabbed the reins of the horse. The gate was not far ahead, and a team of Zhenhai soldiers were driving prisoners of war to repair the gates on both sides. It was obvious that the Zhenhai army attacked the barrier from here not long ago.

"Meet the General!" Seeing the gorgeous guards behind Wang Foer, the soldiers of Zhenhai quickly made them to both sides of the road and bowed to salute, while the prisoners of war were lying on the ground, fear and hunger made them tremble all over. Wang Foer nodded and made a gesture to make the soldiers get up. The soldiers in the crossing road had just stood up straight, and a captain in the village rushed out. It was him who led the vanguard to break through the camp. The commander unexpectedly arrived, which made his dark face a little nervous.

"What's the news over Wu Jin?" Wang Foer's question was very direct.

The captain took a deep breath and tried his best to calm his voice: "The lower officials have sent out a sentry detective. According to the information we have obtained, the Huainan Army did not defend the city. All the buildings outside the city have been demolished, the people have almost fled, and many forests have also been cut down."

"Well!" Wang Foer nodded. He had long been familiar with the size of Wujincheng and the strength and weakness of defense. Along the way, the Huainan Army's resistance was very weak. Wuxi, which was killed by Qian Miao and Yang Xing secretly, had only three or four hundred soldiers. Facing tens of thousands of Zhenhai army, he had not even persisted for a day, but this only made Wang Foer even more cautious. The Changzhou guards' actions could only show that the other party was shrinking their troops and waiting for the opportunity to fight. However, the other party was just holding on to the city in Wujincheng, which shows that the Huainan Army had limited troops in the city and was not enough to attack at all. Is it really that the Huainan Army had just such a small amount of troops in Changzhou?

Just as Wang Foer was lowering his head and thinking, the captain gritted his teeth, as if he had made a great decision, and stepped forward and said, "I still got a piece of news from the fleeing people, but I don't know whether it is true or false."

"Say!" Wang Fo'er raised her head. Any negligence at this time will affect the life and death of tens of thousands of people.

The captain swallowed and whispered: "The people said that two days ago, a team of cavalry arrived in Wujincheng. At lunch, they left the city and headed west."

"Cabinets? How many people are there!" Wang Foer's pupils shrank a little. In the south where there was a shortage of horses, cavalry was a rare thing.

"The man couldn't explain it clearly. At first, he said it was one thousand, and then four or five hundred. When asked again, he became one thousand four or five, and his subordinates dared not say anything." The captain's voice was low, and he couldn't help but be afraid that this vague answer would anger Wang Fo'er and cause trouble.

Wang Foer did not get angry. Old Yu was very clear about this. Because judging the number of enemy troops was a very professional thing, especially the cavalry with more sparse ranks than infantry, not to mention that many of the lower-class people in ancient times had no concept of numbers. For them, it was almost the same as more than 300, and they couldn't count them anyway. However, the appearance of this cavalry itself could explain a lot. Wang Foer turned around and said to the still a little nervous captain: "You did a good job. Next, you must continue to send out sentry detectives to inquire about the Huainan Army. Don't be stingy with money, especially the whereabouts of the cavalry. They have a big goal. Do you know?" By the last sentence, Wang Foer's voice suddenly increased.

"Here, I will do it immediately!" Hearing the commander's approval, the captain immediately became excited. He crossed his hands and bowed carefully, then stepped back and executed the order.
Chapter completed!