Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

Compared with the twists and turns of Li Qianzhe's journey, Liang Shiyan's journey was much smoother. He led his army east to Baling to join the boat division led by Xu Wensheng and then headed south together.

The terrain and situation east of Dongting Lake are simpler than those in western Hunan. After crossing the river, there are plains and rivers all the way, and there are no difficulties or obstacles that can stop the army's progress.

Liang Shiyan's army was equipped with a considerable number of cavalry, so he did not choose to march step by step. Instead, he arranged a large group of troops to march in conjunction with Xu Wensheng's boat division to attract the enemy's attention, while he himself took the opportunity to lead two thousand fine cavalry to attack directly. Yueyang City is located on the north bank of Mi River.

The Yueyang guard was Wang Lin's general Ren Zhong. He knew that the Western Wei army was moving south. Ren Zhong was still personally leading the sergeants to repair the Shuimen River defense, but he was suddenly informed that a large group of enemy troops had appeared in the north of the city.

When Ren Zhong learned about this, he was panicked and hurriedly summoned his members to return to the city to guard the city. However, Liang Shiyan had already led his army to Yueyang City at this time, and naturally he would not give the enemy a chance to consolidate the city's defense. After galloping around the city, he soon discovered a defensive loophole in the southwest corner of the city, and led his army to rush in. The defenders were caught off guard and completely penetrated the city.

Because Liang Shiyan's troops charged so quickly, many of the defenders had not had time to retreat to the city. Guard general Ren Zhong led his troops to guard the city lord's palace, and took the lead in repelling several enemy attacks. He originally waited for the troops outside the city to enter the city, and then joined forces inside and outside to surround and kill the enemy troops. However, Liang Shiyan personally led fifty cavalry to charge all the way to the south of the city. The defenders who swarmed into the city were killed and fled.

With no external reinforcements to rely on, and seeing that although the Wei army no longer launched an attack, they were throwing firewood into the city lord's palace and seemed ready to burn the place to the ground, guard Ren Zhong had no choice but to lead more than a hundred remaining soldiers in the palace to surrender.

"Who is the thief general? He was able to retreat to one place after such a sudden attack and injured several of my people. It is unlike Wu'er who was frightened."

When he came to Liang Shiyan, who was bound by Ren Zhong, and saw this strong man covered in blood, Liang Shiyan couldn't help but speak.

After hearing this, Ren Zhong quickly answered with his head on the ground: "The general is coming straight to the heavens for the divine troops to descend. How can a sinner and a defeated general dare to speak bravely? It's just that he has never seen such a majestic army of heaven in his life. To be scared and to survive is to offend the majesty." Please spare your life, General!"

Liang Shiyan laughed loudly after hearing this: "Since I am greedy for life, you need to think carefully about how to help me, but if it can help things, why should I live for you!"

After hearing this, Ren Zhong hurriedly said: "The sinner Ren Zhong, originally from Hefei in Huainan, used to be a slave to Wang Qin of Poyang, but was later forced to do so by Wang Lin. I heard that General Li, the king of Taiyuan, occupied the sinner's hometown, and I felt deeply sorry. I couldn't get along well with my hometown, but now I can serve under the general and work for the king, which is also a regret. I dare not serve the general!"

This Ren Zhong simply told Liang Shiyan that in order to survive, there was a warehouse of Wang Lin's army near Xiangyin, more than 20 miles south across the Mi River. Fang raised the plundered supplies in order to use them as military supplies for a large army to counterattack Jiangling after the beginning of spring.

Liang Shiyan was overjoyed when he learned about this. In order to prevent Wang Lin from being alert, he immediately ordered the team to rest here for a while before continuing southward and destroying Wang Lin's granary in one go.

Although the Dongting Lake Plain is flat, one annoying thing is that it is filled with rivers and crisscrossed by water networks, which greatly restricts the mobility of the cavalry. But because of Ren Zhong's cooperation, Liang Shiyan and his party successfully found the location of the Cangcheng.

At this time, Wang Lin's defenders in the territory were also alert. At the same time that Liang Shiyan and his party arrived, an enemy navy speedboat came quickly from the southwest.

Upon seeing this, Liang Shiyan immediately sent out hundreds of fine cavalry to intercept the supporting army along the river. He then dismounted, held a spear, and personally led his troops to launch a fierce attack on the Cangcheng.

After a fierce fight, the few defenders in Cangcheng were already dead and wounded. No matter how difficult it was to launch an effective counterattack, Liang Shiyan had no time to stay long after he led his army into Cangcheng. He even ordered the troops to stay in Cangcheng. Throwing kindling everywhere, the fire soon started blazing among the barns.

"The dog thief! The dog thief dared to burn down my granary. He deserves to die!"

This place is not too far from Changsha, and Wang Lin has been patrolling the area recently because of the Wei Junnan incident. When he learned that Cangcheng was attacked, he personally led his troops to come to the rescue, but when he was still ten A few miles away, I saw fire and smoke rising into the sky where Cangcheng was located, and I suddenly became so angry that my face turned livid and I started to curse.

While shouting and cursing loudly, he ordered his men to speed up. Hundreds of soldiers around him also rode their horses at high speed. However, these Shu horses captured during the previous battle with the Shu army were not good at running fast. When they arrived at Cangcheng, the fire was already burning. It spread throughout the city, and the enemy troops who came to set fire to the city had already left long ago.

"Quickly put out the fire and rescue supplies!"

The lack of mobility made Wang Lin helpless even though she was full of resentment. She could only order the fire to be put out to recover the losses. At the same time, she said bitterly: "Order all the cities to garrison and prepare beacons to warn. These thieves who have entered the nightclub need accommodation. Once you find out where the camp is, kill it immediately!"

South boats and north horses, once the northern army breaks through the river defenses and crosses to the south, with the powerful mobility of the cavalry, there is almost no other effective response plan except to clear the country and garrison the strong city.

Wang Lin was full of resentment and wanted to seize the camp for revenge, but Liang Shiyan and his party did not continue to fight after their successive victories. Instead, they retreated all the way to the north to join the main army. When Xu Wensheng learned that Liang Shiyan had conquered two enemy cities and burned a large amount of enemy supplies, he couldn't help but express his admiration.

Because Liang Shiyan succeeded in the surprise attack and won the first battle, the morale of the army was greatly boosted. The soldiers' morale became more and more like a rainbow, and they continued to march south. On the other hand, the situation in Wang Lin's case became a bit unfavorable.

Wang Lin's power is not weak, it can even be called very strong. After Hou Jing's rebellion was put down, he already had tens of thousands of troops. When his tribe occupied Xiangzhou and started a rebellion, even the Jiangling Military Palace was unable to calm down for a while.

After the fall of Jiangling, Wang Lin was the only Nanliang general who led a large army to return reinforcements and arrived near Jiangling. Although Jiangling fell too quickly and he was unable to arrive in time to support him, after he occupied Xiangzhou, he still attracted many forces south of the Yangtze River to come to join him. Wang Lin's army surged, and the large army under his command was enough. There are more than 50,000 people.

The core of these troops are naturally the elite of Wang Lin's headquarters, followed by the King Qin Brigade that he recruited on his way back to Lingnan, and then the Han barbarian troops gathered in Xiangzhou.

In addition to these troops that have actually gathered in Xiangzhou, there are also other powerful chiefs from all over the country who have responded to Wang Lin and provided food and grass support. If they are all integrated, they will definitely be a powerful force. It was precisely because of this that Wang Lin dared to plan a counterattack to regain Jiangling.

But as soon as the army of the Western Wei Dynasty came south, they gave the troops gathered in Xiangzhou a hard lesson, allowing them to see the power of the Western Wei Dynasty's elite cavalry coming and going like the wind. The people who were originally confident were now a little less confident.

One of the symptoms of lack of confidence is that he frequently asks Wang Lin for military supplies. Whether it is a real shortage of food or a fake shortage, it is better to get the supplies first so that he can feel at ease. At least it will be convenient when he divides his luggage and disperses.

Although Xiangzhou is located in a land of plenty, Xiao Yu, King of Hedong, and Wang Lin later occupied the city and caused chaos, and they never obeyed Jiangling's control. Therefore, Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang also implemented high-pressure management. , they squeezed the people a lot, and the treasury was not allowed to accumulate large amounts. All valuable materials were plundered and sent to Jiangling. Anyway, the shipping and transportation between them were developed and convenient.

Wang Lin hurriedly returned from Lingnan to serve as King Qin. She did not carry much food and baggage, and after the fall of Jiangling City, there was no help at all. With so many people gathered in Xiangzhou, the consumption was already huge, and a more important warehouse had just been burned. Now it would be even more difficult to face the army asking for military supplies.

But in the face of people from all sides coming to collect supplies. Wang Lin entertained everyone kindly and agreed on a time in a few days for everyone to come to Changsha City to transport supplies.

When the appointed day arrived, the generals led their troops into Changsha City, but what greeted them was not the abundant supplies, but Wang Lin, standing naked in the cold wind.

Wang Lin looked at the puzzled people, walked down the steps slowly with a sharp knife in her hand, and shouted loudly: "The army can't survive without food and fodder, Qinglin also knows this very well. However, the treasury of Xiangzhou is already poor, and the army's depletion of food has made it even more difficult to continue." . Now I have two strategies to tell you. If you are here, you can cut off my flesh and bones and eat them, or maybe use them as a meal.

If this plan cannot satisfy the hunger, and another Qiang army comes from the south, and they come to seize our Jiangling treasury, the military resources will be abundant. If you can gather your strength to defeat it, you will not only do great service to the country, but also gain great benefits from the enemy! Kill me or kill the thief, what should you do? "

No one expected that Wang Lin would play such a trick, and they all looked at each other for a moment, not knowing how to respond.

A moment later, someone suddenly shouted loudly: "Isn't it because you gathered here to bravely fight the national calamity? Wang Xiangzhou is unparalleled in his loyalty and righteousness. The masses elected him as the leader of important events, but he could not bear to abandon him because he was hungry and thirsty after half a meal? The general trend of the world, the Liang family and the country are all in your hands." In one thought, I have the determination to endure hardships and the will to die! But if I can defeat the bandits, why bother trying to make things difficult for the prince?"

When everyone showed hesitation, Wang Lincai ordered a batch of money and materials to be pushed in, and shouted loudly to everyone: "Since you are doing something important, you should be selfless! Whatever I have, I will grant any request, but if it is just to make things difficult It’s not enough for me to harm myself, let alone your life!”