Sweep the World

The momentum of the Han army's southward movement does not appear to be huge, at least it is much smaller than the movement of Shijie Zhao Guo's southward movement in previous years.

There are many reasons why the Han state decided to invade the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The main reason was that the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty took the lead many times to contact Zhuhu United, even taking advantage of the Han army and Shijie Zhao. During the national decisive battle, they attacked the rear. More often, every time the Han army attacked a certain state in Shijie, Zhao, the Jin army would come out to pick up the bargain. It was even so serious that the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty used the advantage of public opinion to constantly provoke the stability of the Han.

In the eyes of the world, there is only one reason why the Han army went south, and that was the struggle for Zhengshuo's status.

The Han army was divided into three ways to approach the border of the small imperial court. The east was centered on Jiangdu to threaten Yangzhou, the central part was approaching Shouchun with Ruyin County as the station of troops, and the west was approaching Jiangzhou with Nanjun as the station of troops. Posture.

Among them, Ruyin County has the largest number of Han troops. Xu Zhengqin rate of 110,000 has already reached several kilograms. It is only 20 miles away from Shouchun. They have conquered Wukou, Ping'a, Xiacai and Matou. Across the river with the Jin army defending Shouchun.

The part of the Han army in Jiangdu has only 40,000 armies, not counting the fleet, and Xie Ai is the main general. After many attacks, they have destroyed the Jinkou naval station in the Yangtze River, and they have tried multiple landing operations and temporarily took more than 30 miles. Stopped by the depth.

The head of Ruyin County is Huan Wen, and Xie Ai, who later returned from the grassland, was appointed as the lieutenant. This part of the Han army has only 30,000. They have already hit Yunmengze at the current stage, and the next stage should be to march into Nanping County.

Because Jiankang has a thirty-mile-deep defensive chain, which is still a defensive chain established by the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in almost four years, plus the number of Han troops that can land on this side is only 40,000. The small court does not think it will. It is the main attack direction of the Han army.

The number of Han troops in Nanjun is even smaller, only 30,000. Furthermore, Nanjun is a little far away from the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, so the Han forces on this route are considered to be partial divisions.

On the contrary, Ruyin County had a large number of Han troops, and the army was led by Xu Zheng, the general of the Han Dynasty, which led the world to believe that the main direction of the Han army was here.

After a year or two of full preparations, the regular army of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty increased from 200,000 to 360,000.

The small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty placed one hundred thousand at a depth of thirty miles. There will be so many that this side is the gateway to Jiankang. Even if the Han army does not have many troops here, it really can’t be less.

Of the remaining 260,000, 150,000 is for Xie Shi to be stationed in Shouchun and the surrounding areas as commander-in-chief. The rest is mainly distributed in Yangzhou, and a small part is scattered in Jiangzhou. For the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the land is large but the essence is not much. Jingzhou is the essence part, but compared with Yangzhou, it appears to be of secondary importance.

Because the invasion of Han was not considered to be a battle of annihilation, the mainstream idea of ​​the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was that as long as Yangzhou was held firmly. If you can block the front of the Han army in Yangzhou, the remaining occupied territories will be able to go back sooner or later. Once Yangzhou is over, the rest of the states won't have to defend it at all.

Xie Shi's defense methods are very realistic. They build a line of defense on the favorable terrain surrounding the south bank across the Fei Shui, and the Bagong Mountain line of defense is the most important. In the Huainan part, some troops were scattered to use boats to maneuver, and if possible, to harass the Han army, but the relatively fierce fighting on this side is on the sides of the many tributaries of Huaishui, Yingshui, and Feishui.

The small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had discovered that Han ships often appeared on the sea to the east of Yangzhou. They could imagine that the Han army was planning to land for operations. But telling the truth may not pay much attention to it, because they believed that even the Han army on the coastline would land. It can only be harassment and destruction, and cannot play a greater role at all.

Looking to the north from the head of Shouchun City, the mountains blocked the view and could not see the Han army's camp, but at night it was possible to see the clouds reflected by the fire light, showing how big the Han army's camp was.

Xie Shi invited Yu Yi to Bagong Mountain. He hasn't got the answer from Yu Yi's mouth. Whether the Yu clan is watching or jumping backwards, Yu Yi always smiles and does not speak when asked.

The Bagong Mountain is composed of numerous large and small peaks. It is one of the remaining veins of the Dabie Mountains. The mountains extend from north to south. Most of the peaks are about 100 to 200 meters above sea level. Some people have had more than 40 peaks. The peak with the highest altitude of 241 meters is called Bai'e Mountain.

In fact, Bagong Mountain occupies a very wide area, leading to the fortifications built by the Jin army everywhere. Looking to the north from the frontier peaks and mountains, you can see the general distribution of the barracks of the Han army based on the advantage of the terrain. If you are farther away, you can only see the barracks. People seem to be small black spots.

"There are more than 10,000 Han troops on this side, and they are under the command of a Han battalion named Si Hongzhuang." Xie Shi pointed his finger at the camp of the Han army, and then pointed to a position slightly closer, and said: "Han The army has tried to attack many times, and I have to admit that they can indeed fight, and there are very few fortifications left in the front of our army."

Bagong Mountain is located on the northeast side of Shouchun. It is not part of the first line of Feishui River. It should be around the Huai River.

The Han army had already crossed the Huaihe River. As a background, the Jin army had no navy army in the Huaihe River, and part of it was destroyed. What was not sunk was to retreat to Shaobei.

From a distance, with Yu Yi's eyes, you can see the movement on the Huai River. The river is not short of the boats of the Han army. There are several places where you can see what seems to be being transported.

"Yeah..." Xie Shi said with a sad expression: "The water war in Han is not good, but there are really too many. They used enough advantages to force us to retreat and make full use of the various water systems to continue to transport. Supplies."

In the past, it was not that no army had invaded the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. For example, Shijie and Zhao Guo went south many times, but the Hu people were not good at water warfare. The city was conquered by Shijie Zhao's army, but the Jin army always used the skill of attacking Shijie Zhao's army to force it to retreat, and then easily retake the fallen cities.

This time the Jin army faced poor water warfare skills, and the problem was the terrifying number of the Han army. In the water battle between the two sides, the Jin army’s battle loss ratio is dominant. It is true that the data is that the Han army loses at least three warships in order to be replaced by a Jin army navy. As a result, it is difficult for the Jin army navy to move forward in continuous victories. The point of war.

"It should be said that the warships of the Han army are very sharp, that is, the combat skills are almost non-existent." Xie Shi felt aggrieved by this. He smiled bitterly and said: "We are completely piled up to be unable to fight."

"Han is now at war in many places. There are more than 200,000 Han troops going south, and as many as 400,000 Han troops fighting Shijie. Bashu has close to 50,000 Han troops, Guanzhong is stationed at 30,000, and Liaodong is fighting the Yan army. Seventy thousand Han army,..." Yu Yi wanted to express one meaning: "If it is in terms of consumption, the land army of the Han army can still be piled up. Besides, after losing the advantage of the water network, Yi is very skeptical. The Han army doesn’t need to use quantity to pile up.”

Xie Shi wanted to ask, "Is this the reason why the Yu family was watching or preparing to jump back?", but those words are not appropriate to ask. He said: "There have been many battles, and Shi knows the combat effectiveness of the Han army. ."

In the past, even after the Han army formally invaded the south, the battle damage ratio between the Han army and the Jin army on each front should be that the Jin army lost two people to defeat a Han army. And this battle loss ratio is the Jin army as the defensive side, using all kinds of time, location, people and to fight.

The Han army is really tough, but the question is can the Jin army not fight? Facing the strong invasion of the Han army, they knew that they would fight if they could not defeat the Jin army, and even the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty should do their best to resist, all because the family and noble families did not want to be included in the rule of Han.

Xie Shi wondered what conditions Liu Yan, the Han king, gave the Yu family, which led to Yu Yi's attitude after the outbreak of war between the two sides. If Liu Yan is willing to preserve the strength of the Yu clan, then Xie Shi said that the Xie clan is also willing to jump back. After all, as long as the benefits are guaranteed, whoever is the ruler above his head is the same.

"Yi has never seen the King of Han at all." Yu Yi looked like he didn't believe it or not, and said casually, "It was because he was being smashed to kill the donkey, and he felt that his hard work was worthless."

Xie Shi frowned immediately.

It is customary for the Yu family to be suppressed, just like the Wang family was also suppressed after the death of Wang Dao. Every era has a stage for the contemporary protagonist. The old protagonist does not decline... at least on the surface, it seems weak, so that later How do you come to the fore?

Xie Shi frowned. It was because the Yu family had a worse demeanor than the Wang family. It seemed very free and easy to think that the Wang family had been suppressed at the beginning, because this was the reason for the re-emergence of a new generation of the Wang family, like Wang Xizhi. Being blown to the sky... Of course, Wang Xizhi can really be called a holy in calligraphy.

Yu Yi's approach was completely ruthless and one-off. It is doubtful that the Yu family did not believe that the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty would continue to exist.

To say that it is the Yu family clan rather than Yu Yi, it is impossible for the clan clan to be alone in charge. The paternal master has the absolute right to speak, but the clan assembly must be held for major events. Many elders will discuss and vote.

Regarding Yu Yi that he had never seen Han Wang Liu Yan, whether others believe it or not, Xie Shi did not believe it anyway.

Xie Shi recently discovered that the Han army was determined to invade and broke the tacit agreement and rules between the family and wrote a letter to Xie An. The letter asked Xie An many questions, stating that even if Xie An was divided out to develop on his own, Xie An was still A member of the Xie family should perform their due obligations to the Xie family.

Xie An was on the Shouchun battlefield. Xie Shi didn't know what Xie An was responsible for. The letter had been sent out, but it had been almost a month since he had not received a reply.

Xie Shi led Yu Yi on the various defense lines. During the period, he also encountered the attack of the Han army. They were far away to watch. A mountainous offensive and defensive battle was only carried out for a short time, and the Han army retreated on its own initiative. And the end.

The attacking Han army was only 1,000, and the guards were all light infantry. They attacked a mountain-top Jin army, and both sides fought from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside. This time the Han army did not carry out a long-term arrow formation beforehand. The Jin army shot a few waves and stopped. The figures of close hand-to-hand combat were all over the mountainside. It only took less than a quarter of an hour for the Han army to ring gold.

"The Han army retreated in an orderly manner. It's just..." Yu Yi's expression was a little strange: "It just doesn't look like a veteran army?"

People who are no strangers to war can see a lot from the actions of the troops. It's about the spirit of an army. To put it plainly, it is the spirit of the army.

"The recent trials of the Han army have become more frequent, and they have become more and more familiar with mountain warfare..." Xie Shi said to Yu Yi with a somewhat unintelligible expression: "Frequent trials mean that the Han army will soon Launch a real offensive."

Yu Yi just smiled, he was waiting for Xie Shi's next words.

"Gong Yu is going to the military camp of the Han army, can you do Shi a favor?" Xie Shi didn't wait for Yu Yi's response, and said directly: "Shi wrote a letter to Xu Zheng, hunting the invitation on the west bank of Fei Shui, presumably they Do you really want something like this to happen?"

It can be said that Yu Yi was stunned. Everyone knew that the Han army was aggressive, but the Jin army wanted to have an upright battle, so they would feel that something was wrong.

The small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had absolute geographical advantages, and there was absolutely no reason to give up those advantages, so Xie Shi's intentions would seem strange.

Yu Yi looked at Xie Shi with suspicion, but saw Xie Shi continue to smile wryly. He asked: "What's the use?"

If Xie Shi intends to bring Shouchun's 150,000 Jin army to battle with the Han army, Xu Zheng agrees again, which means that the Han army should dismantle the camp and retreat at least 15 miles, so as to make enough space for 150,000. The Jin army opened up.

Look at the topography on the west bank of Feishui~www.wuxiamtl.com~ There are also mountains and mountains everywhere, but it is not the topography of Pingchuan, and it is completely impossible for 150,000 Jin troops and more than 100,000 Han troops to form a formation. The hunt is still unfolding in the mountains.

"Yu Gong Gang don't help?" Xie Shi tried his best to be more casual, and then said: "It's just a letter..."

Based on the friendship between Xie's and Yu's before, it was easy to help with the letter along the way.

The current relationship between the Xie family and the Yu family is not good. Who will let the Xie family and the Chu family work together to suppress the Yu family? Yu Yi came to Shouchun and would look for Xie Shi for some purpose, but he didn't say it when the time was too late.

Xie Shi turned his back to Yu Yi, and the ease on his face turned nervous.

Regarding hunting, it’s not that Xie Shi thought about things for a day or two. He sent someone to forward the letter to the same thing. It was different if Yu Yi took it. Therefore, he believed that Yu Yi’s willingness to help is the key. It is the turning point that determines this war.

"Um..." Yu Yi groaned, waiting for Xie Shi to turn around and look over. He laughed "haha" and muttered as if talking to himself, "Help or not?"