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Chapter 495 Moving is a Habit

The Battle of Huaishui ended with the annihilation of the Jin army. The victorious Han army did not immediately cross the river and continue southward. They still needed to make some necessary statistics, and it would take some time to deal with the aftermath.

Since the Jin army on the north bank of the Huai River was completely annihilated, not a single soldier from Xie Shi ran away.

Xie Shi continued to resist after seeing the fall of Bagong Mountain. They first fought fiercely with the Han army on the river beach. Later, Xu Zheng mobilized a large number of long-range attack troops to wipe out more than [-]% of the remaining Jin army. Xie Shi and others also returned Wanting to continue to resist, the soldiers couldn't stand it and began to surrender.

The breakout was in vain, and the troops no longer had the will to fight. Xie Shi wanted to kill himself at that time, but was stopped by Xie Shang, who had quick eyesight and quick hands, and finally all became captives.

"In this battle, our army has completely annihilated the Jin army across the river." Tiao You looked in a very good mood and made a gesture: "The goal of annihilating the elite of the puppet dynasty has been completed."

Counting from the time when the Han army approached and the war started to the end when Xie Shi was captured, the Battle of Huai River lasted for nearly three months.The decisive stage of the battle started when Xie Shi invited Xu Zheng to join the hunt, and lasted until the Jin army crossed the river and marched north until the entire army was annihilated. The whole process lasted eight days.

In this decisive battle that lasted eight days, the [-] Han troops on the main battlefield of Huaishui killed [-] people, and the disabled and seriously injured personnel lost a total of [-] people. Almost one-tenth of the combat power.

According to the statistics, the number of the Han army's first-level meritorious service is [-], which means that so many Jin troops were cut down according to light energy statistics, and there are more Jin troops who were shot to death by arrows to get their whole bodies. According to rough statistics, among the [-] Jin troops who died directly in battle, there should be more than [-], and the rest became prisoners regardless of whether they were injured or not.

"The Battle of Bagong Mountain was led by the Imperial Guards..." Tiaoyou had to glance at Xu Zheng. He and most of the people present did not know in advance that the Imperial Guards would raid Bagong Mountain.He looked at the battle report in his hand before continuing: "The data reported by the imperial guards is that more than 2000 heads have been captured, and the remaining Jin army only broke out with more than [-] people, and the rest all surrendered."

When the Han Dynasty attacked Li's Chenghan, a guard army suddenly appeared around Chengdu, causing Li Shi to surrender without a fight.Not many people know about this matter, and everyone who knows the news is curious about how the Imperial Guards appeared around Chengdu.But this time, the imperial guards appeared in Bagong Mountain very suddenly, and they didn't reveal any clues beforehand, which made people curious.

"Then that is to say, except for Shouchun's Jin army who are still stubbornly resisting, the Puppet Dynasty's Zhengbei Shogunate has been wiped out." Xu Zheng also knew that the Jin army on Shouchun's side would not last long. After all, the destruction of Xie Shi's main force must have had a considerable effect.He looked around the people in the tent, and said in a brisk tone as much as possible: "The elimination of the main force of the puppet dynasty is a blow to them. You need to work harder to destroy the puppet dynasty as soon as possible."

All the generals laughed and responded with "No!", it can be seen that everyone feels very relaxed.

The Huaishui battlefield is just one of the battlefields where the Han army invaded the south. The originally planned landing operation on the east coast of Yangzhou has also been carried out. So the Han army that invaded the south was launched a multi-line strike against the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The Han army that landed from the sea is counted under Xie Ai's command. He will be in charge of the early battle against Yangzhou, waiting for General Xu Zheng to lead his army into Yangzhou.

Huan Wen's troops will not participate in the Battle of Yangzhou. Their main attack direction is the southwest region, so although they are counted under the system of the Southern Shogunate, Huan Wen's troops are actually fighting alone.

Xu Zheng, who was so busy, didn't go to see his defeated opponent Xie Shi.As the victor, Xu Zheng didn't have any hatred for Xie Shi, and for Xie An's sake, he wouldn't deliberately abuse him, but he didn't even think about giving Xie Shi any good treatment.

It was not until Xu Zheng led his army across the river that he had time to visit the captured generals of the Jin Army. Waiting for the generals of the Jin army to go to Yecheng where Liu Yan was located, Xu Zheng could not worry about what Liu Yan would do with this group of surrendered generals.

The Han army began to cross the Huai River. As Xu Zheng expected, Shouchun, who had been persisting, surrendered after learning of the results of the battle on the north bank of the Huai River. Therefore, the Battle of Feishui would definitely not happen.

Xu Zheng, who crossed the Huai River and came to the south bank, did not hesitate at all, leaving the necessary troops to mop up Bagong Mountain, including trying to annihilate the Jin army navy in Shaopi. Most of them went directly to where the Xie An garrison was located Yin Ling.

It is estimated that the news of the annihilation of Xie Shi's troops has not yet spread to the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The Jin army that came up from the rear did not show any signs of panic. line of defense.

"Who? King's niche?" Xu Zheng did not enter the city after arriving at Yinling, but he occupied the Chinese army's tent that originally belonged to Xie An.He was listening to Xie An's report just now, intercepted and asked: "Isn't Chu Su the coach, is this the king's niche?"

"Wang Kan was promoted to be the governor of the conquest, and Wang Guzhi and Mi Yi were appointed as deputy governors to preside over the defense of our army." Xie An later introduced the origins of these people to Xu Zheng, and finally said: "Our army From Jiangdu to cross the south to attack, Chu Po will only stay in Jiankang to supervise the battle."

Xu Zheng still did his homework on the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but he didn't know as well as Xie An, who was born in the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.What he learned from Xie An was that Wang Kan was more or less one of the few powerful generals in the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Wang Guzhi and Mi Yi were also considered top-notch figures among many aristocratic families.

"The Jin army still doesn't believe in the outcome of the Huaishui battle?" Tiao You was concerned about this.He said with a strange face: "Even if our army arrives later, they still don't believe it?"

During the Battle of Huaishui, Xie An's younger brothers Xie Wan and Xie Shi were captured successively, and his brother Xie Shang was also captured.He didn't evade suspicion and didn't ask questions. He was very depressed when he learned that Xu Zheng had sent someone to escort him to Yecheng, but he didn't say much.

Regarding the fact that the Jin army in the East City did not believe in the outcome of the Battle of Huaishui, Xie An had no good solution. After all, no matter whether it was real or fake, Wang Kan would strongly stabilize the morale of the army.His opinion is to display the banners of the generals and schools of the Jin army obtained in the Battle of Huaishui.

"This is a good idea." Tiao You grinned, took a deep look at Xie An without leaving any trace, turned to Xu Zheng and said: "The number of Wang Gong's troops is greater than that of the Jin army in the Battle of Huai River. We cannot be held captive for a long time. Hold on, it's best to break the morale of the army first."

Xu Zheng naturally agreed.As if intentionally or unintentionally, he glanced at Xie An after nodding, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart.

The so-called orders and orders must first have a flag before they have a number. Any regular army organization will have a flag that represents its identity, and it is also the honor of the organization.Usually the flag is only there when it is established. Once the flag is taken, even if the people are still there, the formation of the army will be cancelled, so we can see the importance of the flag to an army.

The Han army captured a lot of banners of the Jin army in the Battle of Huainan, but there were three military banners prepared by the regular army of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty with 3000 people. Flags, including the Shuai flag as the flag of the North Governor.

The Han army wandered around the battlefield holding up all kinds of banners they had seized, repeatedly declaring that Xie Shi's troops had been wiped out.

"It's fake, it's all fake." Standing on the tower, Wang Kan let go of his voice and shouted: "Those flags were made by the puppet men to shake the morale of the army. The governor is still fighting fiercely and has not been annihilated."

Speaking of which, the number of Han troops brought to Yinling by Xu Zheng, including the imperial guards, was less than [-], and the rest needed to take care of the prisoners of war and carry out related aftermath.

Only when about [-] Han troops came, Wang Kan had room to maneuver, including notifying the whole army that Xie Shi was still leading the army to fight fiercely.The generals of the Jin army were dubious. They generally believed that if the Han army really won, it would not be just [-] people who came, but it should be hula la.

Wang Kan was originally the general of the navy of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but the Yangtze River was taken by the fleet of the Han army. The Yangtze River navy of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty withdrew to several large lakes in the abdomen, and quite a few sailors became the army. He even became one of the land governors.

There are 11 Jin troops in Dongcheng, of which [-] are the original officers and soldiers of the Yangtze River Navy. The transferred Zhuman and Zhuyue.

Dudu is a military position with a relatively high gold content in the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. There are two types of military governors: conquering and defending. The type of Zheng Bei Da Du Du.Relatively speaking, generals in the small courts of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were military positions with low gold content.

Soon, Xu Zheng received feedback again, showing that the effect of capturing the military flag seemed a little low. In some respects, it could be seen that Wang Kan's control was right, and it could even reflect that there were important mistakes on their side.

"The following troops are too few to form a visual impact and psychological shock." Xu Zheng rubbed his chin and said with a little regret: "If those surrendered generals were not escorted to Yecheng, they would take them here for a walk... it would definitely play a role." effect."

The corners of Tiaoyou's eyes twitched a few times, sometimes he really felt that Xu Zheng was unreliable.

"In the army of the puppet dynasty, the navy is stronger than the army." Xie An said a fact: "More than half of Wang Kan's subordinates are sailors."

After the Battle of the Huaishui River, the Han army only rested for two days before starting again. After arriving at Yinling, it still needs to be repaired to show its due combat effectiveness. Xu Zheng looked at Xie An and ordered: "Tomorrow you The troops will attack the city."

Xie An stood up and responded, "No!"

The total number of Han troops on Yinling's side is [-], nearly three times less than the Jin troops under Wang Kan's command. In fact, this is also the main reason why the Jin troops have confidence.

Wang Kan knew that the news about the demise of Xie Shi's troops was true. On the one hand, he tried his best to stabilize the morale of the army, and on the other hand, he urgently reported to Jiankang.

It was four days after Jiankang received the report from Wang Guan. At that time, the Battle of Dongcheng had already broken out, and the Dantu battlefield and eastern Yangzhou were also in flames of war. What they didn't know was that Huan Wen conquered the city at about this time. He arrived at Linxiang, the capital of Changsha County.

"The whole army was wiped out?!" Chu Suanzi was a woman with excellent looks, and she showed a dumbfounded expression at this moment: "What did Xie Shinu say before? He promised to win again and again!"

Xie Po, the contemporary patriarch of the Xie Clan, stood tremblingly on the court hall. He and many other officials knew the news of Xie Shi's defeat and the annihilation of the whole army at the same time. It is very difficult and very hard to be considered standing.

Of course there were also the patriarchs of the Wang Clan and the Huan Clan. Wang Xizhi had an obvious pained expression on his face. The loss of [-] private troops from the Wang Clan would be considered a blood loss, but Huan Yun didn't see it. His complexion was hard to see to a certain extent.

The room was full of Chu Suanzi's angry growls, and the three-year-old little emperor Sima Dan, who was sitting on the emperor's throne, was frightened into crying. Chu Suanzi, who was originally behind the curtain, had to show up to comfort him.

As the head of the state, Chu Po was stunned when he heard the bad news.Their Chu family was originally between the third-rate and second-rate families, and it was only by selling pots and iron that they could gather seven or eight thousand private soldiers of the family, and brought five thousand private soldiers to Xie Shi. If the Jin army that crossed the Huai River was really the whole army The annihilation may have been a major blow to the Wang clan and the Xie clan, but it really meant a catastrophe to the Chu clan.

"It's useless to talk more." Huan Yun's face was also not good-looking, but he didn't have much pain in his flesh. Their family members of the Huan family only invested [-] yuan in the battle of Huai River, which is not considered a muscle injury.He didn't even look at the empress dowager and the emperor who were on the high platform, and directly faced the rest of the clan heads, asking, "Should we gather the remaining troops and attack the Yu family first, and then..."

Yes, no members of the Yu family can be seen in the court, even if there are, they are only some members of the Yu family. If anyone present is calm, then only those members of the Yu family are left.

Huan Yun said that he wanted to attack the Yu family, but before he could finish his sentence, some people ran out of the train. They belonged to the Yu family's disciples. They may have run to inform the news, but in fact, they were mainly thinking about their own lives. After all, Huan Yun Yun dared to speak in public, there is no reason for a person with Yu's label on his forehead to be safe.

Sure enough, someone soon stopped the Yu family members. After being taken away, it was hard to say whether they would live or die.

"Let's fight, if you don't fight, you can't do it." Xie Po's voice was not loud when he spoke. He was already seriously ill, and he wouldn't have appeared in the court if it wasn't for the seriousness of the matter: "The Yu family gathered the family's private soldiers, and if we don't solve them first , I am afraid that we will be cooperating with the inside and outside, and it will be difficult to keep the matter of moving the capital secret.”

At this time, the little emperor had been appeased by Chu Suanzi, and she no longer went back behind the curtain, but looked down sadly. The officials there completely ignored herself and the little emperor, and completely surrounded the three powerful patriarchs. ...

(End of this chapter)