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Chapter 414 Wait, I recite a poem.

This is definitely the truth. Not only Xie Shang and the princes in the court felt this way, but Chu Pei, the head of the state who was in Xincai, noticed that a large number of Han troops were marching south from Chen County. They should have known that a war was about to break out.

"How much?" Chu Pei looked very calm, all because he did not know that the Eastern Jin Dynasty's fleet at Jingkou suffered heavy losses, nor did he know that Huan Wen had led a large fleet west to Yuzhou.He asked his lieutenant general Li Mai: "How many infantry, how many cavalry?"

Of course, Li Mai's background was from a family of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. One of the small courts of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was from a family.The information he received was rather vague, and he said in a speculative tone: "There should be [-] to [-]. The cavalry in the lead can be confirmed. How many cavalry behind are waiting for the scouts to investigate further."

The environment to the north of Xincai County and Ruyin County is definitely different from that in Huainan. The larger water systems are Yingshui and Rushui. There is no dense water network, and it is a flat plain terrain.In the melee among the princes at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao used cavalry as the lead to defeat Yuan Shu's defenders almost like a wind swept a building, and rushed all the way to the city of Runan.When dealing with Zhang Xiu who was entrenched in Runan, Cao Cao also led the cavalry, and it was also very easy to go straight to the city of Runan.

Chu Po still consulted some geographical records more or less, and when he heard Li Mai say that the leader of the Han army was cavalry, he was still very nervous for a moment.

"It's a strange discovery that the uniforms of the Han army are not as uniform as before." Li Mai didn't know that the Han Dynasty had rectified nearly 20 servants. Could it be that it is not the Han army at all, but... some rioting civilian armed forces?"

Chu Po was not stupid, but looked at Li Mai like a fool, pondered deeply, and said, "No matter who comes, be cautious."

"The last general will lead the army to Xiyang?" Li Mai looked at Chu Po with a little hesitation: "It's just how much should I bring?"

Chu Po was still pondering. He felt that the most important thing was to ask for help from the Jiankang Center, and the second thing was to figure out how many Han troops had come. At this stage, it is better not to act rashly.

The real situation is that the 300 servant cavalry and the [-] Han cavalry are leading the way. The [-] cavalry are all light cavalry. They were ordered to advance to Gushi and build a bridgehead at the intersection of Xincai County and Ruyin County.

Because of Chu Po's carefulness, the leading Han cavalry only went through a small battle, that is, temporarily built a ladder to let the servants dismount and attack the city. It cost about 600 casualties and conquered the solid defense of only 300 people. beginning.

Gushi is about a hundred miles away from Xincai, sixty miles away from Xiyang, and more than 110 miles away from Ruyin. It is equivalent to the Han army that won Gushi and established an offensive frontier base. It will be very difficult to fight anywhere next convenient.

"Convenience is convenience, but Gushi is a place of four wars." Li Kuang led the headquarters of the [-] Han army and controlled [-] servants to go south from Xuchang. Of course, he would carry out his orders to Huan Wen, but it does not mean that there is no confusion, no Will show confusion: "According to the command of the general, we should attack frequently everywhere in the future!"

Huan Wen's order was very direct, that is, to catch the head of the state's subordinates and beat them fiercely until the head of the state made some effective counterattacks or defenses, or Li Kuang's troops would always be in an offensive posture.

[Hopefully, as the general said, Chu Po is a very slow-response person. 】While writing the military order, Li Kuang was thinking: 【Before Chu Po reacts, maybe he should try to capture Ruyin and cut off the connection between the Jin army and Shouchun. 】

Chu Lin's reputation is still quite good now.He is considered to be a well-educated and reasonable person, and he is also modest and polite enough. It seems that he is still a literati who knows how to fight?

Looking at Chu Po's defenses when he was stationed in the three counties, and the stability he has shown in the past few months, Li Kuang would appear arrogant if he didn't feel afraid.However, even though Li Kuang had doubts in his heart, he had to carry out Huan Wen's orders meticulously, and even did better.

The loss of Gushi did not make Chu Po feel very nervous. It should be said that he would not feel sorry for the loss of the frontier arrangements. What would be nervous is that there are too many barbarians in the Han army.

"11, [-] Han troops and [-] Hulu!" Like many southern literati, Chu Po had a fear of Hulu that seemed to come from the bottom of his heart.He looked at Li Mai and said, "There will be one hundred thousand Hulu? How many cavalry should it be?"

Li Mai said: "The Han people will not allow the Hulu to have too many cavalry."

That's right, the Sima family, who used to fight internally and externally, was a good-for-nothing family. They armed the barbarians for internal fighting but suffered backlash. How should Liu Yan and everyone else in the Han Dynasty learn their lesson?At least Chu Pei and Li Mai thought so.

What happened next made Chu Po unable to react. The Han army that captured Gushi continued to attack everywhere without stopping, which resulted in letters of appeal and warnings "floating" towards Xincai like snowflakes. To find out the main attack direction of the Han army, but no matter how hard it is to figure out a credible idea.

It was not until the Jin army waiter reported to Xincai that about [-] Han troops left Gushi and headed southeast, that Chu Po and Li Mai determined the main attack direction of the Han army, and further speculated that the Han army was going to attack Ruyin City.

"Obviously!" Chu Po looked very happy after figuring out the main attack direction of the Han army, and said to Li Mai: "Ruyin is located on the edge of Yingshui, and I have already asked Jiankang for help. Reinforcements will come."

Shouchun was one of the important military towns of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. More than [-] Jin troops had been stationed for a long time, and they even had a fairly large number of boats.As the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty wanted to assume the posture of being attacked, Shouchun's garrison was increased to [-], and a large number of private armed forces of the family were also located along the Yangtze River.

Chu Pei's idea is very simple. There is no shortage of people who can sail boats south of the Yangtze River. He and Xie Shang have become the leaders of the aristocratic families south of the Yangtze River. They can not only mobilize the defenders of Shouchun, but also mobilize the private families of the aristocratic families along the Yangtze River. soldier.In this way, they may be able to pinch the advancing Han army in the direction of Xincai and Shouchun.

With good thoughts in mind, Chu Po and Li Mai began to prepare for the attack.

To be serious, Chu Po's performance this time can be regarded as a "breakthrough of himself", and it must be clearly understood that in the original history, as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, he was famous for "stopping with silence".

Chu Po's original history of "stopping with silence" means, no matter what the enemy army does, I just don't do anything anyway. (Oops)
The plane map distance from Gushi to Ruyin is more than 110 miles, but it is impossible to walk in a straight line in reality. Considering the need to detour and avoid some terrain that is not suitable for marching, the distance that Li Kuang’s troops must travel is definitely more than 170 miles.

According to the normal marching speed, if the infantry and cavalry advance together, walking fifty miles a day can guarantee the combat effectiveness to deal with emergencies, and rushing a few hundred miles a day will make the soldiers tired and reduce their combat effectiveness.

Li Kuang decided to believe Huan Wen's evaluation of Chu Po, that is, Chu Po is a person who responds slowly to everything.He made a decisive trip day and night, starting in the early morning and arriving at Ruyin City that night.

Ruyin City is the capital of Ruyin County. It used to be the frontier of the confrontation between the Shijie Zhao State and the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

"The city wall is about four feet high. You can't see the fortifications floating on the surface. You can see that there are no obvious gaps in the city wall." Li Kuang came to Ruyin City in person, out of the range of the arrows, at the head of the city. The defenders in white shirts pointed and commented on the city.Behind him is the camp that has begun to set up camp, and there are servants cutting wood endlessly around.It was against this background that he said: "Build a siege ladder overnight, and try an attack tomorrow afternoon."

Wang Biao (the son of Wang Luan) nodded and said with a smile: "Judging from the appearance of the guards lighting up their torches in a panic, they are surprised by our arrival. They should indeed launch an attack as soon as possible."

Li Kuang didn't like Wang Biao very much because Wang Luan fled to Yecheng after Xuzhou fell.

Only seven days had passed since Li Kuang captured Gushi, then the Han army attacked everywhere, until the Han army arrived at Ruyin City.

During the seven days, Li Kuang should be said to have achieved the speed of his troops. Ruyin City was only stationed with more than [-] original defenders, but it was not clear whether the residents in the city would stand on the side of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to help the Jin army defend the city.

Huan Wen, who was taking the Yangtze River waterway to disembark from Runan County, received the battlefield report when the fleet reached a section of the river not far from Shouchun.

The navy of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty suffered heavy losses in Jingkou. The Han fleet passing through the Yangtze River all the way west encountered some Jin army warships sporadically. Private fishing boats are also given the same treatment.

"General Li Pian marched into Ruyin City. After his first attempt to attack, he failed and left empty soldiers." Huan Wen handed the information in his hand to his old buddy Yuan Qiao, and said with full appreciation: "He led the army Turning to the southwest, we went straight to the [-] Jin troops (including private troops from aristocratic families) who set out from Yuanlu to help Ruyin City, and fought an ambush."

Yuan Qiao has already seen the battle reports about the following. What Li Kuang did was a typical round of siege and reinforcements. Although he could not wipe out the [-] Jin troops who set out from Yuanlu, he beheaded more than [-] and captured nearly [-]. It's an admirable battle.

"There are so many talents in the Han Dynasty!" Huan Wen is actually a bit high-spirited. As the main general of the Southern Expedition this time, the number of troops under his command is nearly 23. Maybe he will never have the opportunity to lead an army of more than 20 in his lifetime.He commented: "Li Kuang was born at the end of the century. He fought with the king early on. He was a captain of a county and was the last commander of Jiangdu. As long as he performs well in this battle, he will have a bright future in the future." Limited."

Yuan Qiao nodded approvingly, and said later: "The head of the state sent reinforcements but was ambushed. Next, will he continue to lead the army to defend Xincai City, or lead the army to retreat to Runan?"

"He can't bear the responsibility of losing the city and land, and he won't run away in embarrassment for the sake of fame." Huan Wen and Chu Po are not familiar with each other, but the circle of aristocratic families south of the Yangtze River is so small, and they will still study each other more or less, roughly Will know who is what kind of character.He judged: "It should be possible to gather the army as much as possible and stick to Xincai and Ruyin with all its strength. He stays in Xincai by himself, and Li Mai will defend Ruyin."

Yuan Qiao immediately laughed. He looked at Shouchun's position and said in a deep tone: "We have been ambushed once. If Shouchun's rear reinforcements do not go north, Chu Pei will not send troops from his own headquarters to support Ruyin City. ”

Shouchun is definitely a big city. In addition to stationing a large number of troops in the city, the Jin army also set up a camp at Bagong Mountain in the northeast.

Huan Wen's fleet had already passed Bagong Mountain, and they were able to see the situation along the river before. It was the Jin army who was in a panic and wanted to deploy their defenses.

Now, they can see Shouchun City with their naked eyes, where yellow and red smoke rises, they can hear the sound of drums, and they can also see the banners waving on the top of the city.

"Leave [-] ships to block this section of the river?" Yuan Qiao had already estimated for a long time, and for the sake of safety, he had to suggest: "After the birthday spring, we will directly enter Yingshui and travel by water to meet Li Kuang's troops. meet?"

Before Huan Wen wanted to land directly from Runan, he wanted to land directly with the headquarters of the [-] Han army carried by the fleet, and took Xinxi (which is the capital of Runan) directly with a surprise gesture.The reason why he thought of doing this was not because he underestimated Chu Po, nor because he felt that Xinxi was easy to attack, but because he couldn't wait to complete the task and then participate in the great battle in Puyang.

After thinking about it again, Huan Wen decided to follow his previous thinking and said to Yuan Qiao: "Chu Po didn't expect that we would land from the rear. In order to resist Li Kuang's troops, Chu Po will inevitably move troops from the rear to the north, and Xinxi will form an absolute The emptiness is a good opportunity to capture new information and form a three-sided surround of Chu Pei’s palace.”

Yuan Qiao nodded silently and stopped talking, he knew very well that once Huan Wen decided what to do, it would not be easy to change.

In Xincai City, Li Mai kept persuading Chu Po, saying that he could no longer passively meet the attack of the Han army, otherwise the peripheral strongholds would be lost one after another, and Xincai City and Ruyin City would soon become two places that were attacked by the Han army. Isolated lonely city.

Chu Po looked still in a hurry, and even had time to climb high and look far away. Facing Li Mai who kept persuading him, he kept a contemplative posture. After a long time, he turned around and smiled wryly: "It's been brewing for a long time. I can't even brew poetry? It seems that my mind is in a mess."

At that moment, the stunned expression on Li Mai's face was very obvious, and he didn't know whether to admire Chu Po's calmness or what to say.

(End of this chapter)