Lord of the House

Of course, Chen Hansan was ready to remove Zhang Yubo's prefect's yamen and Chu Wang's mansion as soon as possible. He had already stationed four battalions of soldiers around the prefect's yamen and Chu's mansion, but he couldn't be a real general before he publicly defected. The prefect's yamen and the palace of the king of Chu were surrounded by water, but Zhang Yubo and Liu Xilin reacted faster, rushed out first, and led their troops to escape into the palace of the king of Chu, where they joined forces with the palace of the king of Chu, and defended the palace of the king of Chu.

Chen Hansand's generals reported that Zhang Yubo led the troops to escape into the Chu palace first, gritted his teeth and smashed his fists against the wall.

"It seems that Donghai Fox is also playing tricks with us!" Ma Zhen said.

"Fuck/damn, Huaidong will come here with 20,000 soldiers and horses, and they can play to the sky!" Chen Hansan hated.

At this time, the generals asked for more troops to attack the Chu palace. Chen Hansan groaned and did not respond. Ma Zhen advised: "At this time, we can't waste too much troops for the storming of the Chu palace..."

Chen Hansan is old-fashioned and has his own calculations in mind.

Although the guards of the Chu palace were insignificant, the three hundred soldiers who came back from Huaiyang with Zhang Yubo were all elites. The terrain around the Chu palace was complicated, so that Zhang Yubo and the soldiers of the Chu palace were easy to defend and difficult to attack.

At this time, it was necessary to send troops and horses to attack the palace of the king of Chu, and together with the garrison troops on the city wall, the city said at least six or seven thousand troops and horses were left in order to ensure that there would be no trouble. Then the force he pulled out to attack Huaidong might be less than 13,000 people. In addition, Zhou Zhizhong's will to lead his troops to attack Huaidong could be very firm. The defeat in this victory is five or five. It's very dangerous.

Chen Hansan felt his scalp tense, and scolded: "Donghaihu, this dog thief is really tricky and slippery!"

Lin Fu only sent 300 elites into the city. At this time, he was with the soldiers of the King of Chu's palace, and he restrained his 6,000 or 7,000 people from entering the battlefield. He couldn't help but say that he was extremely clever, which made Chen Hansan feel extremely uncomfortable.

Without Ma Zhen's persuasion, Chen Hansan also knew that he didn't want to risk a decisive battle, and there were only two choices at the moment.

First, he left only a small amount of troops to block the north and south gates of the Chu palace.

For more than a hundred miles around, apart from the main force of Huaiyang Town led by Liu Miaozhen, no other troops approached at full speed; Jiuli Mountain was only a dozen miles away from the northern city of Xuzhou, and Chen Hansan left 3,000 troops in the city. Lead the main force to fight, even if something is wrong, return to Xuzhou City quickly.

Lead the main force to join forces with Zhou Zhizhong to defeat Liu Miaozhen's group first, and the overall situation will be settled. The few small fish in the Chu palace's mansion can't struggle to make much waves. Don't look at the odds of winning by only three or four thousand more troops, but it is possible to win by several points. When you want to win, you should seek stability. At this time, there is really no need to bet on a narrow victory of five or five.

If you don't want to take risks, the second choice is to ignore Zhou Zhizhong's subordinates, Chen Hansan leads 20,000 troops to defend Xuzhou City, and first eliminates the miscellaneous fish in the Chu palace.

But at this time Chen Hansan had already sent cavalry to attack Sun Zhuang's army, and Zhou Zhizhong might have already led the main force of his partial division to come from Weimiaopo. The Ministry is likely to give Liu Miaozhen a head-on defeat in the middle.

Chen Hansan didn't know that He Xiongqi was on his way to Xuzhou with 10,000 elites, but he only knew that if Zhou Zhizhong defeated Huaidong, Dayan would probably not send any more troops before solving the Dongping problem. Come to Xuzhou. Furthermore, if he joins Yanhu in the future, how could Zhou Zhizhong and Yuan Lishan, who lost their troops and lost their generals in Xuzhou City, spare them?

Another possibility is that after the Huaidong Army defeated Zhou Zhizhong, they would join forces with Guoyang to solve the problem in Xuzhou first.

As long as the main force of Yanhu and horses no longer dares to send troops to the south before solving the Dongping issue, Lin Fu and Dong Yuan can work together to gather 50,000 or 60,000 troops and horses to storm Xuzhou City - Chen Hansan began to agree with the generals to defect to the Great Yan, if you can defeat the Huaidong Army in one go, the morale of the army will be settled; if instead you are caught in the siege of the Huaidong Army, the morale of the army is really hard to say, maybe some generals will persuade them to rebel. Han San did not dare to take this risk.

Chen Hansan immediately ordered his generals to lead two battalions of soldiers to block the north and south gates of the Chu Palace, and then emptied the houses around the Chu Palace, ready to attack the Chu Palace at any time. Only half of the battalion was left to guard the city gate, and the rest of the troops were assembled outside the northern city.

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Chen Hansan sent 2,000 cavalry out of the city to raid Sun Zhuang's troops, and after a moment of fighting, Li Liang led his troops to come from the side and behind, and the cavalry force of Huaidong entering the southwestern foot of Jiuli Mountain increased to more than 3,000.

The cavalry was very valuable, and the strength was not superior. Chen Hansan did not dare to fight hard, but sent troops to attack him. He just told Zhou Zhizhong to understand his will and invited Zhou Zhizhong to lead the main force to attack the Huaidong Army.

To achieve this goal, Chen Hansan ordered the cavalry to retreat a little, arrayed on the south bank of the Jingma River to stand by, and at the same time sent the infantry out of the city to approach the battlefield at the southwestern foot of Jiuli Mountain.

Although the Jingma River in the north of Xuzhou City and the southern foot of Jiuli Mountain is already frozen solid at this time, the ice layer will be one or two feet thick, so people can come and go without hindrance. But going down from the riverbed, a natural ice trench about twenty feet wide and several feet deep is formed. Although the ice trench could not prevent the passing of the cavalry, it could somewhat disrupt the formation when the enemy was charging. The soldiers and horses did not retreat to Xuzhou City, but chose to line up behind the Jingma River Embankment. That was the right choice.

Since then, there is a small village on the south bank of the Jingma River, which is dozens of feet away from the Jingma River. This is also after Huaidong chose Jiuli Mountain as the battlefield for the battle, and Chen Hansan marched to the Jiuli Mountain battlefield for his troops. The camping location chosen on the periphery, in order to oppress the Huaidong Army at the shortest distance, and always form a pinch attack, to prevent the Huaidong Army from thinking of breaking down.

Zhou Zhizhong's front-wing cavalry general Zhou Fan saw that Chen Han's three troops and Huaidong were fighting each other, killing more than a hundred people and falling off their horses. Only when Huaidong's follow-up cavalry arrived did they disengage. Only then did Chen Han's three cast Attachment will not be repeated.

Zhou Fan and his troops stagnated at the northwestern foot of Jiuli Mountain, staring at the Huaidong Army that entered Jiuli Mountain, but sent fast horses to Weimiaopo, reporting that Zhou Zhizhong knew about the situation here, and asked him to lead the main force to fight immediately. .

It's okay to drive out the generals and fight to the death, but to lure the enemy with the lives of hundreds of generals in vain, even if you win in the end, the morale of the army will be severely hit, so the desperate strategy of using the lives of the soldiers to lure the enemy is not a ruthless character like Chen Zhihu. Can't make it.

Even so, after the Qingzhou war, Zhou Zhizhong also fell out with Chen Zhihu, and he did not want to be controlled by Chen Zhihu anymore.

As long as Chen Hansan's troops and Huaidong Army join the battle, and more than 100 generals are killed or injured, Zhou Zhizhong's previous concerns about Chen Hansan's repeated fears will be greatly reduced. The guilt of cowardly fighting the enemy.

Furthermore, Zhou Zhizhong led his troops to come from the north, and together with Chen Hansan's troops, they formed an attack on the Huaidong Army entering the southern foot of Jiuli Mountain, instead of falling into the siege of the attack. What is not obvious enough about this situation? of?

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With Sun Zhuang and Li Liang leading the elite cavalry as the front wings, and Zhou Pu leading 3,000 cavalry to cover the sides, Liu Miaozhen led the main force of the Huaiyang Infantry Battalion with more than 1,000 carriages and rushed to the southwest foot of Jiuli Mountain calmly.

Zhou Zhizhong also had more than 3,000 cavalrymen who came to join Zhou Fan. About 4,000 cavalry were at the northwest foot of Jiuli Mountain, staring at the Huaiyang Army. Shajiaji inside and outside, when the road into Xuzhou City was blocked by the Huaiyang Army, they could only first occupy the three villages around Shajiaji as a camp.

This was also the location that Chen Hansan had agreed for Zhou Zhizhong to camp in in advance. After Zhou Zhizhong led his troops to enter, he also felt Chen Hansan's intentions to attack.

If it is too close to the preset battlefield of Jiuli Mountain, it is very likely that the position will fall into chaos. If it is too far away, there is a danger that it will be divided and attacked by Huaidong. The Huaidong Army is famous for its ability to fight at night. If you don't guard against it, you have to force the attack.

After Zhou Zhizhong led the main force of the infantry to stand on the ground, Zhou Fan and other generals led the cavalry to retreat a little, not in a hurry to fight to the death today.

The southwest foothills of Jiuli Mountain are relatively open, and there are no current villages that can be used for camping. Enemy soldiers were approaching on both sides, and it was impossible to set up a logging fence calmly. The only camp was a simple camp with vehicles and guns, thinking that it was a temporary camp, and the sun was spreading on the snow.

Liu Miaozhen wore a bronze mask, straddled on top of a blue-black horse, wearing two layers of thick armor, a red cloak, a waist knife between her crotch, and a black scabbard, looking like a Valkyrie in the sunset.

Liu Miaozhen looked at the camp of Chen Hansan's troops on the south bank of the Jingma River, and there was a smoke column burning in Xuzhou City in the distance. Every once in a while, a pile of fire and smoke rises, telling the situation in the city outside the city that the situation has not been out of control.

Even if the main force of Chen Hansan is defeated outside the city, there is still the possibility of its remnants retreating to Xuzhou City. The Chu Palace is to ensure that the most important deployment of Xuzhou City can be successfully captured in the end, but the progress of the Jiulishan battle cannot develop as expected. In the end, Liu Miaozhen had to ensure that the main force could not be annihilated, and could only retreat while fighting, and evacuated from the periphery of Xuzhou. Zhang Yubo, Liu Xilin and others who were trapped in the palace of the King of Chu were certain to die.

In this case, Liu Xilin still volunteered to accompany Zhang Yubo back to Xuzhou City.

Liu Xilin had worked in Xuzhou for more than a year before going north with Gu Wuchen, and he also had feelings for Xuzhou, and did not want to see Xuzhou city spoiled by Chen Hansan.

Liu Miaozhen and Zhou Pu, Li Liang and other generals around him said, "The main force of Chen Han's three divisions has indeed come out!"

It's not enough to lure them out. Now the three troops are sticking very tightly. Liu Miaozhen leads his troops to attack Zhou Zhizhong, and he will attack Chen Hansan later; , if there is no means to effectively isolate Zhou Zhizhong and Chen Hansan's department, they will be at an absolute disadvantage.

"It's best to lure them to the north bank of the Jingma River and keep pressing their feet to retreat. At this time, the river ice cracks open, that's fun!" Li Liang said with his hands, tongue licking his lips, He was so greedy that he could not wait to eat the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses who had entered the south bank of the Jingma River immediately by Chen Han Sansuo.

"Tonight, he doesn't dare to cross the river to attack the camp, and tomorrow he will attack our army with Zhou Zhizhong!" Liu Miaozhen said, "I will be worried that he will not cross the river then? It's just that the timing may not be so coincidental. Do what you want, don’t be rigid.”

Although Zhou Pu is the oldest in terms of qualifications, Lin Fu agreed that Liu Miaozhen will be the main general, and Liu Miaozhen has been fighting the world for several years with her brother. What command is Liu Miaozhen fighting for?

At this time, dozens of people came, and the leader was hemp shoes and cloth.

Liu Miaozhen acted as the chief general for this purpose, but seeing the pedestrian approaching, he also dismounted to meet him and asked, "Master Ge, can you be sure to break the river ice tomorrow?"

The man in linen shoes and cloth is not someone else, it is Huaidong who is in charge of the craftsmanship, and Ge Siyu, who has the most experience in the research of miscellaneous artisan art under Huaidong.

Huaidong is especially built by heavy industry, and Ge Siyu's status is comparable to that of Sun Jingtang, Sun Jingxuan, etc. ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The commander of the army and the following generals should regard him as a leader. Huaidong previously agreed with Chen Hansan to In the name of setting up an ambush in Jiuli Mountain, Ge Siyu first came here to survey the hydrology and geography and prepare for ice breaking.

Ge Siyu and the Valkyrie Liu Miaozhen, Zhou Pu and others greeted them and said, "Look at the weather, it will be sunny tomorrow, the river ice is covered with a layer of snow, and it will melt when you sprinkle salt. It's difficult, it's just that the timing is difficult to grasp..."

"That's enough," Liu Miaozhen said, "all the armies will be careful not to set foot on the river ice in the decisive battle tomorrow!"

"Xiaogushan has a stream connecting with the Jingma River, and the water flow under the ice is also suitable. There is living water flowing slowly under the ice, and the flow rate has also been measured. The mileage difference in a day is only two miles. Open the river ice and pour salt into it, and before dawn tomorrow, this section of the Jingma River can be turned into a salt river. There are several ice layers that need to be sprinkled with salt and carbon slag. General Liu will send someone to do it at night... …”

"Miaozhen saves it, Master Ge does whatever he tells you to do," Liu Miaozhen said.

In addition to a small amount of rice and grain supplies, these more than a thousand heavy trucks mainly consist of Bai Jingjing's sea salt and charcoal residue mixed with sea salt. In order to do this, Lin Fu transferred nearly 20,000 bags of salt from Shanyin and other places for urgent use.

In terms of official salt, 20,000 bags of salt are worth 500,000 to 600,000 taels of silver. Fortunately, Huaidong itself controls a large private salt field, but 20,000 bags of salt will almost use up the salt reserves in Huaisi area for a year. It's amazing.

This battle is technical work, and it is also a work that consumes money, but in order to successfully win Xuzhou City, the price is worth it.

Liu Miaozhen and others had never heard of salt and charcoal breaking ice, but after seeing Lin Fu and everyone experimenting with them personally, they confirmed that this ice breaking method was definitely not something Chen Hansan could understand. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter