Lord of the House

An Xiajiang led his troops out of the city to help Wushanjian, and Qin Zitan also ventured out of the city. Under the **** of dozens of elite sentries, they climbed a high ridge in the east of Yongjia City that could see the battlefield of Wushanjian, so that he could observe Wushanjian at any time. The development of the mountain peak war.

Qin Zitan had no way to persuade Wen Tingrui to give up on Wushanjian. The Yongjia defenders were so aggrieved that they shrunk their defense during this period of time, and needed a brutal field battle to vent. Otherwise, the morale will be severely dampened, and it is very unfavorable to stick to the fortress in the later stage.

In the same way, Qin Zitan was eager to fight the Huaidong Army's offensive vigor in southern Zhejiang in the field, and regain some initiative for the depressed southern Zhejiang battlefield. In addition, it is extremely important to ensure that the land road between Tianshui Village and Yongjia City is unobstructed.

The two sides fought such a brutal fight as soon as they contacted at the southwestern foot of Wushanjian. This kind of stance, apart from defeating the other side first, did not leave a way for them to exit the battlefield calmly.

All this was beyond Qin Zitan's expectations.

Qin Zitan could understand An Xiajiang's desire to fight in the field, but he did not expect that the Huaidong Army's will to fight would be so resolute.

In Qin Zitan's view, the Huaidong Army has already occupied a strategic advantage in the southern Zhejiang battlefield, and it should adopt a strategy of step-by-step and advance step by step. strongly avoided.

Soon, black Huaidong soldiers appeared on the top of Tazi Mountain in the front left.

Qin Zitan frowned in pain. At this time, he could understand the strategy chosen by the Huaidong Army: the Huaidong Army wanted to turn Wushanjian into a massacre battlefield, and wanted to involve their defenders in Yongjia and use their strength. Take advantage of the superiority, carry out flesh-and-blood slaughter, and compete for consumption.

Wushanjian is a hill between Tianshui, Yongjia and Yueqing. The road from Yueqing City to Wushanjian is a little farther, but it is only 18 or 19 miles away, which is beneficial for both parties to go to Wushanjian quickly. The battlefield continued to invest troops.

In the past, the Huaidong Army seldom chose the strangulation battle on the frontal battlefield, and always liked to patiently search for the opponent's weakness and deliver a fatal blow at a critical moment, so Qin Zitan was very unaccustomed to the Huaidong Army's choice of strangulation battles at this time. .

After a while, Wen Tingrui sent someone to sneak in to ask for a strategy, and to immediately deal with the strangulation battlefield at the southwestern foot of Wushanjian.

The battle was so fierce and cruel that it was impossible for An Xiajiang to lead his troops out of the battlefield before the winner was decided.

The current situation is very obvious. The Huaidong Army has continuously sent infantry from Yueqing City to enter and control the area near Wushanjian one after another, and is ready to put more troops into the battlefield at any time. If they don't deal with it, even if An Xiajiang can win the first battle, he will not be able to escape the fate of annihilating Huaidong's absolutely superior forces in the field. If they draw troops from Tianshui and Yongjia into the area near Wushanjian, the scale of the battle is likely to expand at any time and evolve into a full-scale battle.

Compared with the strategy of shrinking defense, which is passive everywhere and easy to be defeated by the Huaidong Army, a full-scale battle may be more beneficial.

But in an all-out battle, how much confidence and chance of victory are there in defeating the Huaidong Army with fewer hits?

Their elites on the north bank of the Yongjia River were too limited, and with the addition of the township soldiers, there were only more than 7,000 troops.

Although the troops are insufficient, the Huaidong Army is more likely to be bluffing - they have such a big advantage in strategy, and there is absolutely no need to decide the outcome in a hasty battle.

When Wen Tingrui handed over the decision to him, Qin Zitan was hesitant and had difficulty making up his mind.

The commander-in-chief may need more decisiveness in the face of the fighters that are even at the slightest level, rather than surpassing the calculations of ordinary people.

Without waiting for Qin Zitan to make up his mind, the Tianshui Village guard made a decision for him.

Just when Qin Zitan was hesitating, Wangshao in the north of Lingtou observed that Tianshui Village was acting without authorization. A force of more than a thousand troops left the village and headed west, approaching the Wushanjian battlefield from the east.

Soon, Wen Tingrui personally led 2,000 elites out of Yongjia Dongcheng to join Qin Zitan.

Tianshui Village acted without authorization, leaving Qin Zitan and Wen Tingrui no choice. There are too many troops thrown into the Wushanjian battlefield, and they cannot afford to lose 2,000 elites in Yongjia. Even if there is no battle, they must send troops to respond to the troops who have entered the Wushanjian battlefield.

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The tower behind Yueqing South Gate is more than six feet tall.

Compared with the enemy buildings of brick and wood structure, the cascading buildings built entirely of hardwood are stronger in structure, at least able to withstand four consecutive heavy blows from large catapults. Therefore, for the city in the Huaidong-controlled area, for the convenience of watching the post in the city and commanding the battle, the towers were abandoned, and taller and more sturdy towers were built in the place close to the city gate.

The sky is clear and the clouds are far away, and people standing on the towers can see the surrounding situation of the Wushanjian battlefield.

Lin Bie just stood in the building to watch the battlefield situation, and did not interfere with Zhou Tong's command of the entire battle from beginning to end. In addition to coordination, sometimes it is more necessary for others to boost morale in Yueqing.

Lin Fu himself was extremely reluctant to carry out a strangulation battle of "killing 10,000 enemies and losing 8,000 to himself", which was too cruel and consumed too much force on Huaidong. But there was too little time left for him to calmly convert Huaidong's advantage in southern Zhejiang into a final victory.

"The commander-in-chief had the opportunity to completely defeat the She family back then. After Yu Wangao captured Jian'an, the She family almost lost the depth of continuous warfare. Maybe it only takes one more battle to make the She family doomed forever," Gao Zongting stood in Lin Fu. On his side, recalling the past, he said, "The defeat of Chen Tangyi made Yanjing panic, and hastily accepted the peace negotiation of the She family, and even before the negotiation, he ordered to reduce the supply to the East Fujian army. In the end, the first battle was lost. The opportunity to defeat the She family is embarrassing. The She family has no chance of winning the initiative in the eastern front at this time, but Shewenzhuang, the wolf, is very good at forbearance. He obviously sees that once Yanhu breaks through the Hehuai line of defense , will directly threaten the possibility of the northeastern Huaihe line - now the Zhejiang and Fujian rebel generals are impatient and eager to fight, maybe it is a good opportunity to break the stalemate of the war and make a breakthrough quickly!"

Lin Bie nodded and said, "The more resolutely we invest our troops here, the more they will shrink back and dare not fight. They can successfully eat the two elites of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops that have entered the vicinity of Wushanjian. The next battle It will be much simpler," he said again, "Since I have a word in advance, I will not interfere with Zhou Tong's operations this time, so I can't blunder... just watch it patiently."

Hu Zhiyong stood aside and smiled. The Huaidong Army will open up multiple battlefields in the future, and it needs outstanding generals who are proactive, independent thinking, and non-puppet-like. .

Fighter planes are fleeting, and Lin Bie even encourages generals who lead troops on the battlefield to take the initiative to capture fighter planes.

Since Zuo Guangying, who first led his troops into the battlefield, resolutely launched a battle ahead, Zhou Tong did not disappoint Lin Fu. He soon discussed with Tang Fuguan and others to make a decision, and firmly invested more in the Wushanjian battlefield. The strength of the troops, and the momentum of fighting the battle, rather than letting the fighters lose their hesitation and hesitation.

Zhou Tong ordered the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion on the north bank of Yueqing Bay to shrink so that troops could be drawn out to support the southern line at any time. In addition to a brigade of Chongcheng Infantry Battalion, Zhou Tong sent all the main forces of the Southern Zhejiang Army to control the terrain around Wushanjian to ensure that the Zhejiang and Fujian troops that had been wrapped up in the Wushanjian battlefield could not withdraw. go out.

Wen Tingrui personally led the elite to grab Tazishan from the Huaidong Army.

Tazishan is a low mountain between Yongjia City and Wushanjian Beacon Fire Pier. It is a pity that shortly after the battle of Wushanjian, Tazishan was occupied by the southern Zhejiang army general Su Wenfan and a battalion of Jia soldiers.

Only when Wen Tingrui captured Tazishan could he have a support on the periphery of the Wushanjian battlefield, and help An Xiajiang's troops and their late actions without authorization to the thousand elites of the Tianshuizhai defenders wrapped in the battlefield.

If he bypassed Tazi Mountain and rushed eastward, Wen Tingrui led the two thousand elites, and he would probably be involved in the battlefield and could not escape. If 4,000 elites were to be wiped out by the Huaidong Army on the Wushanjian battlefield, it would mean that the situation in Yongjia was not far from a complete collapse, and Wen Tingrui did not dare to risk his life.

Wen Tingrui failed to capture Tazi Mountain until the sun slanted westward. The Huaidong Army put another battalion of Jia soldiers in Tazishan, and the more determined Yongjia City defenders blocked it from the Wushanjian battlefield.

In the Wushanjian battlefield, An Xiajiang led his troops to temporarily get rid of the brutal fighting, and retreated to Wushanjian Mountain, relying on the beacon fire pier and garrison, to take a break and rectify the formation.

At noon, An Xiajiang led more than 1,000 troops to assist Wushanjian, and then more than 1,000 elites from Tianshui Village came to help. The total strength of the Zhejiang and Fujian troops into the Wushanjian battlefield was more than 2,200, but by this time there were still more than 2,000 troops left. A little over 60% of the soldiers and horses were exhausted and temporarily retreated to Wushanjian to rest for a while.

It is precisely because the two Zhejiang and Fujian armies who went out of the city to help Wushanjian were elites in a hundred battles, they could hold on until this time and not collapse.

Wushanjian, Wushanjian beacon fire pier and garrison is only a fifteen-foot square, stone and soil mixed high platform, temporarily stationed in a team of guards is already very crowded, it is impossible to let the remaining 1,450 The soldiers of Baizhe and Fujian escaped into it, and could only rely on the garrison and the mountain to form a defensive formation.

Standing on the hilltop garrison, you can see the two directions of Yongjia City and Tianshui Village. The defenders all tried to go out of the city to help, but they entered the Wushanjian battlefield and the surrounding Huaidong Army densely stubbled like newly cut wheat fields.

In addition to controlling the surrounding terrain and blocking the troops and horses of the reinforcements~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Huaidong Army invested 6,000 people around Wushanjian, surrounded Wushanjian beacon fire piers, and took advantage of the strength of the army to attack from various Attack in turn.

An Xiajiang's subordinates persisted in fighting for too long, their armor was broken, the number of shields was seriously insufficient, their ability to block the arrow rain was reduced, and the arrows in the quiver were also shot.

Comparatively speaking, apart from Li Baidao's troops who had suffered a lot of casualties at the beginning of the brutal melee, all the troops who entered the battlefield in the future were all alternately fought. In addition to the limited physical strength, in the later stage, they even brought a large number of flying contradictory vehicles into the battlefield. They had to use shield vehicles and large shields to overcome the unfavorable terrain and cover the Zhejiang and Fujian troops with arrows that were dense like rainstorms.

The sun shone from behind, and in the eastern sky a pale crescent rose above the sea.

This means that An Xiajiang's last chance to break through the siege at night is also lost. Qin Zitan knows that the defeat of Wushanjian has severely hit the strength and morale of the defenders in southern Zhejiang, but he has to admit the cruel reality.

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Although the counter-offensives and breakthroughs over and over again brought a lot of casualties to the Huaidong Army, the Zhejiang-Fujian Army surrounded by Wushanjian finally failed to break out.

As the generals of Zhejiang and Fujian were eager to fight, the battle at Wushanjian, which changed from a war of aid to chaos to a battle, was completely subsided in the early morning of March 9. In this battle, the New Zhejiang Southern Army suffered more than 1,000 casualties, but achieved a record of annihilating more than 2,000 elite Zhejiang and Fujian troops and capturing 200 people.

With the exception of Zuo Guangying's troops, who suffered heavy casualties, retreated to Yueqing City for rest, and dispatched Xiangyong from Wenqiao to replenish their troops, Tang Fuguan led the main force of the Southern Zhejiang Army to control the surrounding area of ​​Wushanjian, and pushed the troops and horses all the way to the embankment on the north bank of the Yongjia River, completely cutting off the troops. The land connection between Yongjia City and Tianshui Village formed a siege to Tianshui Village on the north bank of the Yongjia River on the afternoon of the 9th. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter